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The Feudal Era Across the Street
Chapter 18: Bad Day
"When multiplying binomials, it is important to rememeber the FOIL method," the teacher said and wrote 'FOIL' on the blackboard, "Now, FOIL, stands for 'First, Outer, Inner, Last. That is the order in which the numbers are to be multiplied, take..." The teacher droned on and on.
It was a very boring and dull day at Sarayashiki Junior High and although Keiko Yukimura is a top student, she wasn't feeling her normal self. She sighed. School isn't the same without Yusuke, even though he only comes once every ten days, she thought. She grudgingly took notes on today's algebra lesson about multiplying binomials. She sighed again.
DIIIIING. DIIIIING.
The students immediately stood up. "Fire!" a person from the back of the class shouted. Even the teacher was surprised. Usually the faculty was aware of a fire drill. "Remember students! Form an orderly line and head to the parking lot across the street," the teacher said over the panic stricken students.
As the students rushed their way toward the door, and a couple really frightened students actually jumped out the window, but they didn't get badly hurt, it was the bottom floor, Keiko found herself thinking about something really silly. And Yusuke always says nothing exciting happens at school, she thought, Wait, what's wrong with me? I'm supposed to be get out as quickly as possible and I found myself thinking of something so silly... I really do miss him...
Everyone had gotten out of the building safely and all the teachers were taking roll. Keiko was leaning on the chainlink fence, looking at the school. It was only a small part of the school that had caught on fire and the firefighters seemed like they had it under the control, but the damage done to the school was extensive. A professional had to check the structure of the building and there was the fact that the part of the school that caught on fire had to be rebuild. Keiko was thinking that school could possibly be closed for a month to two months.
"Hey," someone said, behind Keiko. She was startled and turned around.
"Oh, Shizuru, it's you. You scared me," she said relieved.
"Sorry, I just came by to see if you're okay. They have this on the news live."
"I guess they would. This is the third fire this past week," Keiko said and stared at the fire, "Everyone thinks it's arson, but who would want to burn a school down?"
"Some kid who has problems, that's who," Shizuru replied. She took out a lighter and a cigarette. She lit it and puffed out some smoke.
"I really don't think you should smoke this close to a fire."
"You're so proper," she dropped the cigarette on the ground and put it out with her foot, "But that's what I like about you."
"Attention students! You are free to go home! We urge you to go straight home! Your parents will be contacted about the school's condition!" Mr Takanaka, the school principal shouted over the bullhorn.
"I'll walk you home, kiddo," said Shizuru.
"Thanks."
Their walk towards the Yukimura Cafe was mostly done in silence. There was the occasional stops at an electronic store with the television on with the news. The fire at Sarayashiki Junior High was all over the news.
"Keiko, I was thinking, since you school won't be open for awhile, why don't we go to Tokyo."
"Tokyo? Why?"
"To see how my idiotic brother is doing," she said, "And I'm sure you miss Yusuke a lot. It's written all over your face." She chuckled.
"Yeah, but-"
"But nothing, tell your parents and we'll go as soon as possible."
Shizuru was sitting at one of the tables at the Cafe, while Keiko was trying to persuade her parents to let her go to Tokyo. Shizuru was fiddling with the straw in her drink. She heard Keiko's parents protesting to everything Keiko said. Finally, after a few more silent moments, Keiko came out with a smile on her face. "I can go."
The next day...
Shizuru came by the cafe along with Yukina. Keiko was waiting for her with her suitcase. She ran to Yukina and Shizuru.
"Yukina, I didn't know you were coming, too."
"Well, Shizuru came by last night and convinced me, besides, it was a bit lonely at the the temple," Yukina said.
"Oh, and school is closed for about two months, so I need to get back before then," Keiko added.
A taxi pulled up in front of the cafe. "Come on, I called a taxi to take us to the airport," Shizuru said, "We're going to be traveling in style." She flashed the first class plane tickets. The taxi driver got out and put all their suitcases into the trunk.
Their plane ride to Tokyo was boring, but it was a wonderful experience for Yukina, considering she has never been in a plane. She sat next to the window and enjoyed the beautiful view of the sky. There was also a very crack on the window that caused the cold air to come inside, well, that was the excuse Shizuru made up. (Yukina was causing the air to be just a little colder.) The movie was very boring. It was about a cabbage farmer. Shizuru's eye was twitching through out the entire movie, even though she took her headphones off so the movie was silent. The food was, for one thing, better for them than it was for the rest of passengers, but airplane food isn't exactly the best food there is. One other fact about this plane ride cannot be forgotten. An overweight man sat next to Shizuru. He was asleep for most of the ride, but when it was lunch time, he did not have the best manners. And, whenever he was asleep, his head kept sliding onto her shoulder and she kept pushing it off. In fact, she made constant trips to the restroom to escape from him. Hm, maybe if he was good looking, I wouldn't mind, she had thought as she made her way back to her seat.
The plane ride wasn't very long, but it seemed like an enternity to Shizuru. As soon as they were allowed to leave, she was first to get out, with Keiko and Yukina close behind her. They sat in another taxi.
"Where to?" the driver asked.
"Um," Shizuru and Keiko said in unison.
"To here," Yukina said and gave the man a piece of paper.
"What's that?" Keiko whispered.
"The address to where Master Genkai is staying," Yukina replied, "She gave it to me the night before they left." Keiko and Shizuru sweat dropped.
"Why didn't you tell us before?" Shizuru whispered.
"You never bothered to ask, and besides, I just remembered." More sweat drops.
The taxi took them to Genkai's new house. It didn't take very long. Shizuru payed him, and he was kind enough to take their suitcases out of the trunk. They went up the stairs and saw an elderly man knocking frantically at the front door.
"Genkai, darling, please open up," he said. The group of girls sweat dropped. They looked up and saw a window open on the second floor. A pot came tumbling down and almost hit the man.
"Oh, I see, you're playing hard to get," he said, "I'll come again soon!" He passed by the girls, gave them a quick hello and climbed up the stairs of the place across the street.
"That was interesting," Keiko commented. The other two nodded. Shizuru knocked on the door, while Yukina picked up the pot. After a few moments, they saw someone looking at through the blinds. The person was quickly gone and opened the door.
"Hello, girls, what are you doing here?" Genkai asked.
"We came to see the idiots," said Shizuru.
"Come in."
They walked in. They were in the living room. It had a television set, a glass top table, along with a leather sofa. The walls were painted a nice cream color. The room had hard wood flooring.
"It's so nice here," Keiko said.
"So, where are the idiots?" asked Shizuru.
"In the feudal era," replied Genkai.
"The what?" Keiko nearly screamed.
After Genkai had explained everything that had happened so far, Keiko calmed down, slightly.
"Of all the stupid and idiotic things, he had to go 500 years in the past!" Keiko shouted angrily, "He's missing so much school! One day he'll come crawling back saying, 'Oh, Keiko, you were right, school is important.'"
"Relax, kiddo, he's making the world a safer- Oh, I can't say it. It's too funny," Genkai said, "By the way, where's Puu?" Keiko rushed immediately to open her purse and began throwing everything out. Then, a blue fuzzball came out with black hair. It had long ears and a beak. It gasped for air.
"Oops, you won't tell Yusuke, will you?" Keiko asked innocently.
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In the feudal era, Yusuke was gasping for air as well. It felt like he was cut off from oxygen for the past hour or so.
"You okay, man?" Kuwabara asked.
"Yeah, I think." He was rubbing his neck.
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In Spirit World, the great Lord Koenma was drumming his fingers on his desk. "A day late," he kept saying over and over again.
"Please, sir, I'm sure he has a perfect excuse," Ayame said. When he gets here, I'm giving him a piece of my mind, she thought bitterly.
"Exactly, maybe there's family crisis he has to take care of," said Botan. Ooh, he's gonna get it when he gets back, she thought angrily.
"That ogre is in a heap of trouble when I get my hands on him," they all muttered in unison. They looked up at each other and laughed nervously, in unison.
"Okay, this is creepy, Ayame and I should get out," Botan said. She grabbed Ayame by her arm and dragged her out. They walked towards the main gate and decided to give George a nice little surprise.
"No one puts our jobs in danger and gets away with it," Ayame said angrily. They were both holding their oars, ready to hit the next thing that moves. George had almost cost them their jobs and he was not getting away with it.
The large doors opened. A gust of wind came rushed in and made their hair messy. Then someone dressed in a oversized, brown drench coat with a matching hat came inside. His hat was covering his eyes. He quietly closed the doors behind him and walked forward through the hallway, but was stopped by the crossing of two oars. He lifted his hat slightly away from his face. He saw the two angry women. He tried backing away, but it was too late. Botan hit very hard on the head while Ayame aimed for his stomach. They kept hitting him until he was black and blue all over.
"I deserved that," George said, trying to straightened his hat out, "Where is Lord Koenma?"
"His office, planning your punishment," Ayame said calmly.
"I see... I'm getting outta here!" He tried to rush to the doors, but was stopped, again. Botan and Ayame decided it was best to hold their oars to his back and lead him to Koenma's office.
As George was faced by doom either way, he decided to go along with it, hoping someone brave enough came to his rescue. They entered the busiest part of Spirit World. Ogres were rushing to and fro with stacks of files and shouting incoherent things. As soon as the group of three entered, they stopped in their tracks. They looked at George with sorrow in their eyes, which will soon change to regret because none of them were brave enough to help him. They watched Botan and Ayame jab their oars in his back to quicken his pace. When George entered the dreaded office, Ayame gave them all a glare which meant 'get back to work, you lazy slugs.'
They heard yelling come from the office, then it was quiet. Maybe a little too quiet. "You know, I'm starting to feel sorry for him," Botan said. A pair of ogres went inside the office.
"He's going to get spankings," commented Ayame. Both girls practically memorized the warnings of coming punishments. Then the pair of ogres came out, dragging George.
"Not spankings!" he shouted.
"You know, I feel sorry for him too," Ayame said. Koenma stood by the door and glared at Botan and Ayame. He motioned for them to come inside. They looked at each other and gulped. This was definitely not a good day for anyone.
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CrazyDreamerGirl: I really don't know what do next. If you have any ideas, please tell me so I can update faster. Oh, and I hope you all remember this, but Yusuke and Puu have a special connection. If Yusuke is in pain, so is Puu. If Puu is cut off from oxygen, so is Yusuke. Please review and no flames please.
