Suntiger: I'm sorry that I took so long. I didn't realize it was a week already. Time really does fly. Either that or I wasn't paying attention. I'm thankful for all my readers.
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The Reunion
I woke up to find Keiko missing from her bedroom. Yea, I really shouldn't have left them alone. I traveled down the stairs into the kitchen. I spotted Keiko squashed between Yusuke and the floor. They were making out like there was no tomorrow.
"Who's winning right now? You guys could win a prize," I surprised them with my presence so much that they jumped out of their skins. Not literally mind you.
"Good morning, Varia," Keiko gave me a sheepish smile and Yusuke got off of her. I smiled in greeting at him.
"Good morning to you too. Did you ever go to sleep last night or did ya stay in here?" I asked and Keiko blushed. This made me wonder if she was still a virgin or not. Yusuke twiddled with his fingers.
"Actually, we were upstairs for a while," Keiko continued to blush. I was gonna ask 'Doing what?' but I decided against it. I don't want to know.
"Today's the reunion," I reminded her and she nodded. She usually reminded me of the things that were going on but today it seemed like she had too much to think about. More like too much to do.
"Yea, might as well get going," Yusuke yawned.
"Trying to escape?" I smirked. His turn to blush. I stopped picking on them from there. I went back upstairs after breakfast and got dressed. The couple was waiting for me at the door and we left. We arrived at Genkai's around mid-afternoon and I was hoping that my mind invaders were behaving. Please, like that will ever happen. By the time we were half way up the stairs I could already hear someone screaming. I ran the rest of the way. From there I learned that good old Celosia had set a few trees on fire.
"ONNA! CAN'T YOU CONTROL YOUR DAMNED POWERS!" Hiei was yelling. The fire demon lost his patience a long time ago. The alien wasn't fairing any better. I took a look around the shrine. Shiva and Shizuru were sitting on top of the steps next to Yukina. Kuwabara and a blue haired woman were laughing as Celosia set ablaze two more trees. Genkai, Hecate and Kurama appeared at the doorways a few seconds later. The females were looking equally annoyed.
"Genkai was generous enough to allow us permission to dwell in her home and here you are destroying her territory!" Solace exploded in a rage.
"This is what happens when I'm not around," I groaned.
"What happened here, Botan?" Keiko asked.
"Well, Celosia bet that her fire powers were greater than Hiei's so she spread her flames around in a circle. Hiei called it weak, but all the sudden the flames erupted in his face. It also caught the trees," Botan explained.
"Always causing trouble," I grumbled.
"Hiei! You have yet to show me your abilities!" Celosia shouted only to be smacked by Solace. The alien was obviously angry about her behavior.
"Like I would ever honor you, human," Hiei grunted. I was debating with myself on whom to whack first. Hiei or Celosia? Shiva saw me and waved.
"Varia's here!" She then hollered and the mind invader's turned their attention to me. Talking all at once.
"Oh my god, I'm so glad to see you here Varia-"
"Did you see the mess she caused? She should be punished for such foul outrageous behavior!"
"What did you do last night without us, V-chan?"
"HEY! SHUT UP!" I screamed and silenced them.
"Wow, you're very popular," Yusuke chuckled and they each turned on him with a scowl. They decided he was new meat to grill.
"And who are you, punk?"
"I don't believe we've met."
"Hi my name is Shiva. By the way, stay away from my V-chan!" Shiva clung to my arm possessively. I think she had been hanging around Hiei too long. Yusuke laughed nervously and took a step closer to Keiko for protection. I sighed and sweat dropped.
"Yusuke, these are my mind invaders. The red head is Celosia, the blue haired is Solace and the child is Shiva. Hecate is standing next to Genkai," I introduced my group to him.
"Ladies, this is Yusuke. He's Keiko's boyfriend. Try not to kill him." I aimed that specifically at Celosia, who was glaring daggers at him.
"You better treat her right or else," The pyro threatened.
"Will you just leave him alone!" Solace scolded her.
"Yea, what she said!" Shiva piped in.
"My, aren't they a handful," Keiko muttered and I nodded.
"You better clean this mess up, Celosia," Genkai said and Celosia glowered at the old lady.
"No way."
"Yes way, you created the mess," I told her.
"You can't make me!" She shouted childishly. Hecate moved with lighting speed and twisted the girl's arm behind her back. Celosia yelped in pain while Hecate gave Hiei a death glare.
"You will help her."
"I will do no such thing," Hiei retorted.
"Yes, you will. If you hadn't agreed to Celosia's bet then you would have no part in cleaning. However, you did accept the bet and therefore you will." Hecate kept her death glare. Hiei shook his head and growled but realized that he was on the losing end. Celosia smirked as they were both handed a broom and a rake.
"Like I said, can you not control your powers you stupid human woman," Hiei snarled under his breath and Celosia grinned.
"I may be human but at least I'm taller than the rake!" Celosia yelled and most of us laughed. I did. Hiei growled again and held back the urge to strangle her. He was only an inch shorter than the rake. We watched the two pyromaniacs gather up the leaves and branches. It wasn't till during dinner that we left Genkai's place alone and went out to eat.
"So what restaurant do you guys wanna eat at?" Yusuke asked.
"Why? Are you paying?" Kuwabara grinned.
"No, you're paying your own meal," Yusuke remarked.
"Before you two children get into a fight, let's decide on where we want to eat," Keiko narrowed her eyes at her male companions.
"Right, umm.. I don't know," Yusuke frowned. I didn't feel like ingesting seafood. Not after what happened with Keiko a few months earlier. So I figured that I better start suggesting places... now.
"How about the Gyudon-ya restaurants?" I know for a fact that they cook beef.
"Or maybe Yakitori-ya," Keiko implied. They grill chicken. I love you Keiko! She just knows me so well now. I made a mental fake sniffle. I'm weird I know. Stop looking at me like that.
"What about Unagi-ya?" Kuwabara suggested and I almost threw up.
"GROSS! THAT'S FRESH WATER EEL!" I shrieked in disgust.
"Okay.. Maybe the Izakaya?" Kurama recommended.
"Yea, that's good. I'm up for that," I said. Wow, I'm so hard to please sometimes. Izakaya were drinking places that offer a selection of small dishes, such as robata (grilled food), salads and finger food. It's probably the most admired eating region type among the Japanese people.
Izakaya tend to be casual, and the people at one table usually share all dishes, rather than ordering and eating on your own. So off we went to the nearest Izakaya bistro and when we managed to all sit down, the servants brought the food in. Reminds me of a buffet. Now, if I remember right, the actual name of this eatery is Susto. During the time we were walking down the street I noticed an Italian restaurant. Next time we'll go there.
Kuwabara took his time eating while we poured out our cash so we could all pay the price equally. He was the last one eating.
"And here I thought Varia was slow at eating," Celosia frowned. She hated slow eaters. She lacks the patience to wait for them.
"Shut up, Celosia, and let him finish," I snapped.
"The humans are slow in everything," Hiei rolled his eyes and I growled. Why does he have to insult my race all the time? And why doesn't Celosia do anything about it? She completely ignores him instead.
"Hey Kuwabara, could I use your spoon?" I asked him in a whisper so Hiei couldn't hear me. Hiei wasn't paying attention anyways so he wouldn't have heard me. Kuwabara nodded and handed the spoon to me. When I first got here I was surprised that the Japanese actually had the English silverware, but I'm glad for it.
Now I can make a surprise attack on Hiei. I picked up a tomato and placed it on the spoon. Using my index finger, I brought itback and let it free. It flung at Hiei. It landed in the middle of his forehead. He turned his head towards me.
"What did you do?"
"I flung it at you," I answered, stating the obvious. I guess it was the way I said it was why everyone started laughing.
Hiei picked up Yusuke's spoon and aimed a carrot at my head. It flew and I ducked. The carrot hit Celosia. She growled. She selected Solace's spoon and positioned a piece of meat on the spoon. She hurled it at him. He dodged to the right. Instead it got Yukina in the chin.
"HOW COULD YOU HARM MY YUKINA!" Kuwabara yelled. Shizuru got up and dumped an entire dish of spinach on her brother.
"FOOD FIGHT!" Yusuke shouted and we all started chucking things at each other. I mean I saw everything going; Spoons, knives, forks, food, dishes, and glasses were flying in mid air. Clearly, we weren't in there for long. We got kicked out of the restaurant and we were asked to never come back. Shame, I liked that place.
"It was all your fault!" Keiko yelled and smacked Yusuke.
"It was not! Varia started it!" He pointed at me. I laughed and kept my guilty smile. I didn't care. I got back at Hiei.
"If you hadn't thrown that tomato nothing would have happened," Celosia accused me. We started to argue about it all.
"Look, I seriously don't care. There's a lot of other Izakaya restaurants so why are you all getting so pissy?" I asked. Wrong thing to ask; they continued to shout and bicker with each other.
"This has been a long day," I muttered to myself and ignored their quarreling. Since no one was really paying attention to me, I decided to take a long walk by myself. We all need some peace and quiet sometimes don't we?
Another location
"Arise, warrior," A male voice commanded. A dark violet colored cloud poofed out of the ground. A female figure started to take form.
"Yes, master," She whispered.
"It seems that Harva has betrayed us." The male's tone was cold
"Would you like me to dispose of her?" She questioned. An eyebrow moved upward in curiosity.
"No, let her have her way. It will be only a matter of time before her death comes," The man answered.
"What do you intend me to do?"
"Find Varia. Kill her."
The woman nodded and disappeared. Once she was outside of the castle, she chanted a spell for a portal to open. She stepped through the dark gates of travel and the portal closed.
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Suntiger: Not very long but it will get longer. I just lost my trail of thought when I was writing this part. Sorry. Anyways, I should update sooner. I want to get this story over with so I can finish my other one and start a new one. GAH! This really is a bad habit.
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Suntiger: I think my hand died just from responding to all the reviews. Anyways, here are the previews.
Previews:
… School starts and I head off to the library…
.. I meet someone there who Solace recognizes…
…. Then when Keiko and I are heading home something expected happens…
… Who here has seen Hiei perverted?…