As soon as they were in the clear grace quickly took her wrist back. Holding in a scold she felt her insanity reach her again and relaxed completely. Her eyes wandered around before they landed on byakko the saint beast Kuwabara was about to fight. A slow blush fanned out across her face and she shyly hid behind yusuke who gave her a strange look.
"It's a giant kitty." Crimson still getting more pronounced. Yusuke's eyes widened in horror before going from byakko to Grace and back again. "You do not!" he exclaimed grabbing everyone's attention. Grace shot him a heated glare then promptly squealed and tried to hide behind yusuke once again when said saint beast looked their way.
Booming laughter assented the room before the dark chuckle slowly subsided. "It appears the human girl fears me." His dark chuckle was broken off when said human girl sparkled and began walking towards him only for Yusuke to grab the back of her shirt and sigh. "He's the enemy grace." Grace seemed to pout as she hustled to Byakko once again. "It's a GIANT kitty." She emphasized for him in protest. Yusuke let an annoyed expression show before pushing her to sit down the gang ignored byakko as they began to catch on.
"You can't worship the enemy." well they thought they did now they're not so sure. "What are you talking about detective." Hiei finally asked in surprised looking between grace and him in confusion. Everyone was confused. Grace huffed and crossed her hands over her chest once again. Yusuke gave then a blank look. "It's hard to explain but I'd know that expression anywhere. It her I'll worship you until I die look." There eyes widened and they all looked at grace who snorted.
"It's a giant kitty." she mumbled once again under her breath. "What about your giant turtle?" grace seemed to contemplate something before nodding to herself. "Tashi-sama will understand." The team turned away from her and began to discuss her a bad move on they're part considering the fact that grace walked over to Byakko why they were discussing.
"Where did grace go?" Youko asked when he noticed the girl was no longer there. Hiei and kurama looked to each other then looked towards Byakko who looked down at grace as she bowed before him. "Giant kitty-sama please allow me to worship you until i die."
Booming laughter filled the air as Byakko stared down at the human girl before him. "You're amusing girl so i won't kill you." He looked thoughtful for a moment before smirking darkly. "I think i'll keep you as a pet after i murder your friends of course." Grace look contemplative as Byakko picked her up and put her on the platform thing beside him. "I'm cool with that, I'll be a good pet." She practically beamed as she sat down and began swaying her legs happily despite the others mortification.
"Bullet!" Yusuke exclaimed only to have Grace send him a death glare. "Don't ruin this for me Grease head it's a GIANT KITTY." Yusuke sighed rubbing his temples lightly. "Now we have to save her crazy ass from herself." Youko growled. "She's mad red we need to lock her away from the world. Its the only way to protect her from herself and others" Shuichi sighed at his other half before looking at Grace who was currently staring up at Byakko in admiration. "Youko stop right now we need to focus on our current issue."
Byakko rose an eyebrow at the group. "Why don't you all come at me at once so i can kill you quickly." Grace giggled slightly and watched the yu yu gang devise a plan to save her while kuwabara distracted Byakko. "Ahh plot change." she thought to herself as she watched Byakko's weird dog things attack Kuwabara. She couldn't help but notice how shuichi began to move around the perimeter slowly towards she was currently sitting.
"So there sending the redhead to take me away from Giant kitty-sama ain't happening i will worship this giant kitty until i die they can all suck it." Soon enough kuwabara was fighting the actually Byakko and Shuichi was now standing directly behind her. "Stay quiet." her eyes widened and she screeched as shuichi snatched her up and Byakko fell into the lava.
Now in front of Yusuke she glared at the boy and fought to get out of shuichi's hold who was really fucking strong. "Dammit let me go. The hell Yusuke you let him kill my GIANT kitty!" Yusuke scolded her like a child. "You no longer have free range considering the fact that you can't keep yourself out of trouble. He could have killed you bullet!" Said girl scolded then pouted as Yusuke turned to Shuichi.
"You're in charge of Grace watch make sure she doesn't get herself killed. "With pleasure." Youko purred and shuichi nodded at yusuke grace still locked down in his arms.
Suddenly there was a roar and Grace perked up the room collapsing around them as everyone began running grace still secured to Shuichi. They came to a stop in the hall and Byakko's voice moved through the halls telling them where to find him. They began walking slowly toward the room and Shuichi pulled out a rose, swiftly he had it dethorned one side slithering around her wrist then the other wrap around his. Grace just glared at him while youko was having a field day.
"Are you putting me on a leash?" she glared with a scold not happy at all and youko sighed in contentment. "Consider yourself lucky lover as soon as i'm free you won't need a leash cause you'll be locked away in my room." Shuichi shook his head in amusement at his other half. "Youko control yourself." Youko brightened immediately. "I didn't hear a protest." Shuichi glanced down at grace for all of five second.
"That's because i didn't." Youko giddily began bouncing neither noticing the way Grace was slowly paling in realization. "Does this mean." Youko squealed Yes people Youko fucking kurama just squealed like a little girl drawing a chuckle from both hiei and Shuichi. "Perhaps."
Grace couldn't even focus long enough to watch Byakko get defeated by kuwabara. She didn't notice when Hiei defeated the ice guy. She didn't even notice shuichi easily throwing her around like a rag doll while he destroyed the veggie people because she was honestly in shock. To begin with she couldn't understand how Youko managed to talk Shuichi into finding interest in her. She couldn't understand how a simple touch from the Kitsune managed to fight away the insanity that she had lived with for years. She couldn't understand, it pissed her off. It made her absolutely livid to think that this one demon could change the way she thought.
She sucked in a breath and looked around her not realizing she had been caught in thought for so long. Shuichi and Hiei came to a stop outside the barrier kuwabara over Shuichi's shoulder and Yusuke over hiei's a portaled open up and they stepped through it Grace trudging along after them. "She's been quiet for awhile." Youko pointed at seriously. "She might be in shock." Shuichi supplied with a frown.
Grace just ignored them when they stepped inside of Koenma's office said boy fussing over her. "Grace!" he practically shouted and looked her over quickly. "Good she's not hurt." He nodded to himself in relief. "Come along dear let's escort you to the erase room."
Youko pouted and Grace shrugged began walking only to be pulled back by the rose steam around her wrist. "Is that really necessary koenma." Shuichi asked as grace glared at her leash. She almost hissed at Koenma's perplexed look. "Of course it's necessary we can't have normal humans knowing about our world."
Shuichi looked thoughtful. "She's from my school, she also knows my mother it would be easier for missions if she knew." koenma looked thoughtful and Grace almost rejoiced when he shook his head. "I'm sorry kurama but she can't know." shuichi sighed and nodded the rose stem around her wrist uncurled itself and grace followed Koenma happily.
Then Hiei had to open his fucking mouth. "I can't read her mind, I don't think the machine will work on her." Grace blinked about 5 times before sighing in aspersion. Koenma looked genuinely surprised before turning to grace questioningly. "Perhaps she had an awareness like kuwabara? If so it'll do no good to erase her memories." koenma pouted before turning to her seriously. "What you know no one else can know ok?" he said softly and grace nodded in understand. Youko was pretty much fucking giddy and kurama looked way to please with himself.
Koenma clapped his hands happily but Suddenly a phone rang and everyone stopped to stare at grace as she moved her hand into her pocket and silently flipped her phone up before putting the device to her ear. She stayed silent and there was breathing on the other line before finally an old voice spoke. "You aren't home." grace looked up at the cell in with a fuck my life expression. "I'm not." she confirmed and the old voice sighed. "Where are you then?" grace shrugged before speaking into the phone.
"An office in spirit world with the ruler and two demons." koenma and the other two just stared at her wide eyed in shock. The voice let out a hearty laugh. "in other words you're out in a forest somewhere?" grace chuckled but didn't respond the old voice huffed. "Just hurry up and get home momo the living room in still half way painted and this old man in hungry." grace's eye twitched with annoyance. "You know we're the food in it's your night." the voice gave a long dramatic sigh. "So cruel to this old man." grace shook her head before mumbling out. "I'll be home soon." there was a snort followed by a you better be before the line went dead.
"You just." koenma stuttered out and grace just rose an eyebrow. "He didn't believe me and I don't lie to him."
Koenma just belched looking shocked but grace shrugged. "Can I go home now I still need to get paint." he just stared wide eyed as botan opened a portal for her. "Thanks." she mumbled rolling her eyes when kurama followed her out. "Can I help you?" kurama smiled slightly.
"I'm just making sure you get home safely." She shrugged and began walking to the hardware store and gave the woman the color she wanted waiting for her to mix it. Kurama just stared at her curiously while grace tried to figure out her next move. Youko wouldn't just let her avoid them. She could always just go back to stalking them. Then again she could. She stopped and just stared at the hand on her wrist her mind clearing and making her wonder why she was going to try and avoid...She almost ripped her wrist from his grasp and let out a shaky breath when her insanity came rushing back to her.
She refrained from glaring at the fox demon beside her before taking the paint the woman offered her. They left soon after the fox behind her and his demon side being a little to silent for her liking. "Why won't she let us touch her." it was growled out and pissy as kurama sighed. "I don't know youko." the kitsune whined. "Well fix it red."
Grace just shook her head at them boredom slowly sinking into her mind as she walked home the kitsune turned human boy following her closely. She stopped when she reached the bus station and shuichi looked genuinely surprised as they waited for said bus.
"You don't live in town?" she answered swiftly voice monotone and bored. "no." Kurama frowned slightly his mask slipping in his confusion. "Why do you go to school in the city then?" grace glanced at his confusion before shrugging. "Reasons." he pressed. "These reasons are?" grace countered. "Reasons." it went back and forth like that for awhile even as they boarded the bus.
Sighing grace let her eyes fall to the landscape. Outside of the bus as they past. She knew that kurama was only following her so he knew where she lived. "She lives a pretty good ways away." youko grumbled pouting like a child over this fact. Shuichi just sighed in aspiration not commenting on the demon's child like behavior. Grace relaxed her body completely and closed her eyes letting herself relax to the sound of the bus engine.
When they come to her stop she got off and shuichi followed her all the way to the small house that sat on a good amount of farmland. "You live on a farm?" grace hummed at him then rolled her eyes when an old man walked out the house with a pistol raised. "What er ya doin' her'?" he practically growled in a very thick Southern accent. Grace let out a long suffered sigh shaking her head. Walking over grace switched to English as she spoke to him knowing the old man didn't understand a lick of Japanese and all but snatching the gun that was currently pointed at shuichi from his hold.
"How did you get a hold of this? You know it's highly illegal right?" she huffed and pulled the clip sighing in relief when she found it was empty. "I got my ways girl, this old man needs ways ta 'tect himself ya hear?" grace just sighed and ran her hands through her hair. "Where grandfather at?" the old man huffed. "I reckon he's still inside lazy ass."
Grace blow out air and made a shooing motion with her hand shooing him and his racist comments towards shuichi inside. She turned after he was in and gestured to the gun in her hand. "Could you not mention this to anyone?" she switched back to Japanese and shuichi nodded slightly. "You walked me home the next bus arrives at the stop in 10 minutes you should probably hurry." she all but snatched her paint he had at some point started carting and rushed inside her home slamming the door in his surprised face.
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