Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's head
And this is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we'd ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking out
And this is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I broke in twice
I must have done it half a dozen times
I wonder if It's too late
Should i go back and try to graduate
Life's better now then it was back then
If I was them I wouldn't let me in
Oh oh oh
Oh god I
Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
Remember the old arcade
Blew every dollar that we ever made
The cops hated us hangin' out
They say somebody went and burned it down
A/N: Here's another chapter! Well I've got the last box set of Yu Yu Hakusho and to be honest - I'm kinda scared to watch it - silly I know but...IT'S THE LAST SERIES! /sobs/
Sorry - on with the story!
The past few days have been annoying - I mean with University handing out essays (which is pretty dam hard!) And now with Tiny...
Here's the lowdown:-
When a demon fox reaches a certain age it evolves - like that pokemon program where that catersummit turns into a metawhatisname.
Same glowy impact - embarrassing consequences.
Unfortunately Kurama is slightly struggling with the new family member but only because it always spies on him and then reports back to me.
I always end up laughing my head off though like one time, I was bathing tiny (Y'know in his humanoid form) and he was telling me about the time Kurama was in the shower and he was imagining that I was there with him. He went complete Youko and turned the cold tap on that hard he busted it! Good thing that the sink wasn't installed completely that day...
"You funny mummy..." He says, splashing the rubber ducky around as if it was edible.
"What? Woah, woah I ain't your mother - well, I guess I would be since I found you in the Makai woods"
"Youko my daddy?"
"More like your uncle scar from the Lion King. C'mon I've gotta go meet Keiko today!"
She feels just as lost - I mean with the wedding planning and her waiting for her exam results for mid term - it was crazy when I walked in.
Jeeze! That's an understatement! Decorations EVERYwhere ( and I mean everywhere - even Mr Yukimaura even had confetti due to the bag splitting and bursting on him /sighs / looks like confetti fried noodles for me then...
"You look like you haven't seen your boyfriend Mina - where is he?" Her dad grilled me whilst cooking my noodles.
"Dunno, I'm starting to wonder if the journey was a waste of time. Mind you /laughs / he does have some strange methods of keeping contact with me...heh heh..."
"How did you meet him by the way - Keiko did mention but in my old age my memory's going..."
"Not to mention my appetite..." Looking at my dinner...
"What did you say?"
"Heh heh! Nothing! Looks delicious! Yum!"
Luckily Keiko came down to rush me outside towards her favourite café - why in such a hurry I'll never know but she looked ecstatic.
"He's here!" Hugging me to bits - almost cutting off my oxygen! Gack! Keiko! Gonna bust a valve here!
"Who? The pope?"
OW! What was that for? She didn't have to hit me that hard! I nursed a bruised head and 'damaged' arm.
"No silly! Yusuke! We kinda spoke to each other on the phone last week; he's coming back from demon world - oh you didn't know up till the Sensui fight. Um, how to tell you this..."
-Five Minutes and a couple of sodas later-
"And that's it really Mina...We're hoping to marry soon well, in few months time...Aren't you supposed to be getting married Mina?"
I just sat there in a trance. Yusuke's a demon? Kurama's an advisor to some friend of his in his bandit years? Is this the same place I left? Not to mention that Hiei's now gone back to the Makai.
"Mina? You ok?" Keiko looked at me worried.
"Uh, yeah I'm ok. Just getting used to the idea. That and knowing the inevitable..."
"I heard it's a painful process. I'm sure you'll recover..."
"Yes, I'm sure University won't be ENTIRELY painful..."
"MINA!"
"Heh heh heh, C'mon Kurama told me all about the 'after-marriage' thing - but his Youko side is having a hard time dealing with it."
"When?"
"Um, back last year - he sent that letter to me via flying tiny express! C'mon - let's pick a dress for you before we grow too old and fat to fit in them properly"
We met up with Yukina and Botan too. We all had such a laugh! I got kicked out of Maccy-D's because I jumped over the counter and pummelled the zit-faced-filled teenager because he gave a chicken-burger WITH salad! Jeeze, not everyone is on a salad diet y'know...
"What about this dress?" Botan held up a wedding dress what was trimmed with soft lace around the arms and bottom part of the dress.
When she put it on I must admit she looked lovely - with the veil an' all. Actually I got sort of jealous - then I realised that I too was gonna be married too. Just 18 and walking down the Isle.
"If Keiko is going to marry in the summer - when is your wedding taking place?" Yukina inquired, looking at the leaflets the shop provided.
I picked up one of the dresses - looking at it with confusion (I couldn't make heads or tails of what it was supposed to be traditional or trash? It looked tacky to me).
"Well...We kinda decided on the 4th of February"
"That's Ironic...the day before it's Setsubun and the 4th is Risshun"
"Yeah Keiko - where everyone starts chanting 'Demons out! Luck in! Tiny's nervous about it"
After all the commotion I picked a cream dress - looked sort of romantic with the little red & white rosed braided into the strapless bust part and some of it dotted on the actual dress and trail.
Then I got a call from Mrs Minamino - SHIT I'VE GOTTA HELP COOK TONIGHT! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
"Ahem, hello Mrs Minamino?"
"Oh hello Mina, I hope you're still coming over to help cook for Shuichi's home-coming dinner. He should be back from gap-year studying. Oh I can't wait for him to return home!"
"I can't wait either. It would be nice to see him again. I'll come by around 4:45 pm - well that's in about, 20 minutes - I'll show you the dress I brought too! Um...you aren't crying? Shiori? Uhhh... I'll see in you in about 10 minutes - take care bye!"
Well I got there on time (my mother & sister are looking after Tiny - last I heard he was chewing on Narumi's TV cable line)
So I've been put on the basics - boiling water (which I managed to scold myself at first but I've got the hang of it!) to make Udon soup! The next was tricky - taking the roasted Duck out of the oven WITHOUT spilling any fat.
"You know Mina you're not that bad at cooking as your mother says - I think you just get nervous when you're trying too hard to please someone. Oh that must be Shuichi. Go and set the table out dear - but try not to do anything complicated ok?"
Well it could be worse - well it did...my mobile phone went.
"Hello?"
"Miiiiiiiiinaaaaaaaaaa"
God that was creepy! It was as if the person had slime down his throat - but I knew that voice anywhere. It was my derranged father's.
"What in hell do you want?" I spat down the phone. I was hoping that some demons had slaughtered him by now...guess that was too much to ask then!
"Hehe, I just wanted to see how my baby-girl was doing? Heard you were still with that putrid bandit -"
"What's that gotta do with you? Don't you dare think about coming down here father. You promised!"
" I don't know - but I at least want to be there to give you away heh heh"
I was that disturbed I threw my phone in the cooking pot - crap. That cost me 500 Yen too! Agggh! I think I'm gonna cry...
We all sat down for dinner and I was certainly surprised that NONE of them choked on the food (well Kota received the mobile-phone beef-stew); which I was happy for two reasons -
Kurama was here (though he kept playing Footsie with me under the table).
Though the thought of my mutated father turning up at any given time was starting to piss me off. I get first crack at him if he even sets FOOT in my personal space!
( I wish Kota stopped looking at me as if I was a crazy old hag - bleh)
It was getting late but here I was (for the first time) In Kurama's room - on his bed (relax people! I was just laying there in a little world of my own! Slowly nodding off to sleep mind...oh he was studying - his Uni books , not me the books)
"Shuichi? Can I ask you something" I asked half-awake.
Looking slightly confused by my sudden apprehensiveness ( whoot! My big word for the year!) He sat on the bed. His shirt was slightly undone, sleeves rolled up and he had the pencil behind his ear; which in my opinion made him look really hot.
"What's the matter? You're blushing so you've thought of something involving me..."
Dammit stop smirking at me!
"Um...being what you are. Say we grow old together and stuff. What will happen to you when the time comes for me to die? You'll die and become your 'other' self. Will you still -"
"Don't say such things when they haven't happened Mina. We need to focus on the present, getting our grades and then looking for a church or temple."
He laid down and rested one of his arms across my stomach as he pulled me closer into him protectively.
"My family should be watching televison by now...You know, we could -"
"Shuichi your fox ears are sticking out..."
"Dammit! Just a second!"
I tried not to laugh and ruin the moment but he looked cute when he looked at me like that (plush the fox ears were twitching around in anticipation). Then I had a idea...
While he was busy in the bathroom composing himself -I took the liberty of stripping off my black buttoned dress and shoved one of his baggy shirt on. Heh heh.
But when he returned...
Well, you could say that we both bit more than we could chew in more ways than one.
A/N: Read and review please! I wonder what'll happen next?
