Rei: Amazing! Chapter 7 already! All I can say is that I am very proud of myself...
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Chapter 7
Kana stood up, having finished her lunch, and looked at Kurama. "I think I'm going to go home…I've stayed too long anyways."
"Are you sure?" He waited for her nod, then continued: "If you want I can take you home…walk you, I mean…or drive."
Kana stopped. "Drive?"
He nodded. "Well, yeah. I've got a permit."
"Wow." Kana shook her head, smiling. "But no. You've already done so much for me."
"I think it would be better…" Kurama persisted.
Kana sighed. "If you insist, soldier." She mock-saluted him and waited for him to grab his jacket.
"Just—" Kurama was interrupted by loud knocking from the door. Kana jumped; not expecting it. Kurama furrowed his brow. Who could that be? He went to open the door and got nearly slammed into the wall. Kana ducked behind the staircase.
"KURAMA!" Two voices shouted, barging in already. "Where are you?"
"And where's Kana? She's alive and in the country still, right? RIGHT?"
"What? Kuwabara, that made no sense!"
"Well, you'd never know!"
Kana poked her head out, hearing the all-too-familiar voices, and came out of hiding. "Hey you guys."
Yusuke and Kuwabara were standing in the doorway. Seeing her they hung their heads in relief.
"You left last night and we didn't know what happened to you. So we decided to check up on Kurama, since we lost him too…hey, where is he anyways?" Kuwabara asked.
Kurama came out from behind the door, rubbing his head. "Here…"
"Sorry Kurama…looks like we kinda got you there…" Yusuke grinned apologetically.
"So Kana, are you okay?" Kuwabara looked at her as if studying for wounds or something.
"It wasn't like I was mugged or anything. But yeah…I'm fine for now." Kana smiled, looking at Kurama. "Thanks to Kurama." She ran her hands through her hair. "But I don't know what I'm going to do if I run into Aki…"
"If that happens, get your ass out of there and get us." Yusuke said, jerking a thumb to his chest. "That demon is a wanted criminal and we need him."
Kana cocked her head. "You never said that before."
"Well, that's 'cause we just found out…"
Kana shook her head. "Sometime you guys have to explain all of this to me…"
Kurama nodded. "We will."
"We will?" Yusuke looked at Kurama questioningly.
"We don't have much of a choice, Yusuke…y'know…?" Kuwabara said.
"Ah…right…" Yusuke looked at Kana, giving her the thumbs-up. "We will definitely fill you in later."
Kana looked at him, a little relieved that all of this will be explained. "Thanks." She sighed, stretching her arms and yawning. "Well, I was on my way back home…"
"Oh, really? Then we'll come too! I've got nothing to do, and knowing Kuwabara, he doesn't either, so we're set." Yusuke grinned. Kuwabara shot him a look.
"Was that an insult, Urameshi?" He narrowed his eyes.
"Guess we're not taking the car," Kurama said with a smile. Kana shrugged, as if to say, 'well, maybe next time', and then headed over to break up Yusuke and Kuwabara's little fight.
"Okay!" Kana barged in between the two of them, shoving them out the door. "Time to go!" She shouted, urging them forward, ignoring their protests. Suddenly Kana turned around, seeing Kurama was still standing in the doorway.
"Hey, aren't you coming?"
"…Hmm? Oh, yes." Kurama smiled at her reassuringly and followed after them.
Kana slumped against the door, sighing and closing her eyes. Kurama and the others just left. It was just her now.
The apartment seemed so empty. Just a minute ago Yusuke and Kuwabara were wrestling on the floor in the kitchen, over nothing as usual. She smiled; they were so strange.
It was dark in here, she realized. She got up and flicked on the lights, her eyes softening at the sight of the place. How long ago was it that everything seemed so normal? It was just her and Aki, and it was fine that way. But now…
The phone rang suddenly, and Kana jumped.
I wasn't expecting that, she thought to herself as she headed over to the phone in the kitchen.
"Hello?" Kana asked, cautious.
"Yellow!" The voice of T filled her ears and Kana sighed in relief, realizing she had been holding her breath.
"Hey T. What's up?"
"Ahh, not much, not much. Is Aki there?"
Kana stiffened, gripping the phone a little more tightly. "N-no, actually, he went back home for a few days. He had to sort something out," Kana lied.
She heard T whistle. "Oh, that's right. I forgot. He had taken off a few days."
"He did?"
"Yeah. Well, sorry for botherin' you, Yellow. See you around."
Click.
Kana hung up the phone and ran her fingers through her hair, grimacing at the knots she felt. This will all be figured out…it will all make sense soon.
Yeah. Right.
Kana woke up the next morning, slamming her alarm clock into the wall. God, she hated that thing. She fell out of bed and untangled herself from her sheets, quickly getting into the shower and slipping into her school uniform.
"Skirts should be outlawed…" She muttered to herself, grabbing some coke from the fridge and putting on her shoes. She looked over at the clock and cursed.
"Aw, dammit. I'm going to be late again…" Kana said as she swung her backpack over her shoulder and ran out the door.
It was right after fourth period. Kana sighed. This day was going by so slowly…
She heard the sound of pounding footsteps and turned around, wondering what was going on.
"You!" A female voice cried. Kana looked at her oddly, trying to remember if she had seen her before. She was tall, with long, straight blond hair and green eyes.
"Uh…me?" Kana pointed at herself, looking around the hallway making sure she wasn't mistaken. Nope. The hallway was totally empty.
"Yes! You!" She stomped her foot angrily. The girls behind her held the same angry expression as she did. What the hell was going on?
"Who…are you?" Kana asked.
"Nina, founder of the Shuuichi Minamino Fan Club!" She cried.
Shuuchi…where had she heard that name before? Kana wondered. Oh, damn.
Kurama.
"According to my sources, you spent a day at the lovely Shuuichi-sama's house!" She said, looking over Kana curiously.
How'd they know that? Kana thought. This day just kept getting weirder…
Nina stepped forward more. "Well? Did you?"
The bell rang, and Kana jumped. Great timing. She turned and started to walk away, fast. "I-I'm going to be late. We'll talk later."
"No! You can't leave!" She shouted, and started running after her. All the other girls followed. "We have questions to ask!"
Kana bit her lip, dashing around the corner. Kurama's got wild fan girls now?
"What color is his room?"
"Does he like spaghetti?"
"Boxers or briefs?"
"Holy crap…" Kana muttered as she skidded along the floor. She regained her balance and kept running, checking to see if they were still behind her. Yep. She was being chased by rabid, screaming fan girls. This was just great.
Without looking where she was going, she connected with something hard.
"Ow…" She muttered, looking up to see who she ran into. The familiar redheaded Kurama stood there, his hand outstretched.
Wait…Kurama?
He took her hand. "This way." He said, and took off down another hallway.
"Kurama? Since when were you in this school?"
"Well, of course. This is the high school, correct?" He smiled.
"I thinkShuuichi-samais nearby!"
"I think I smell him!" They heard a girl screech, and Kana stifled a laugh. She was dragged further down the hallway, until suddenly Kurama opened a door and led her inside quickly, shutting the door closed. Kana sniffed.
Supply closet.
"Shh," he whispered, and Kana quieted, listening.
They waited until the screaming girls had stomped past the door, completely unknowing that they were inside. Kurama let out a sigh.
"Uh…Kurama? Where are you?" Kana put out her hands, trying to feel where she was. She came upon something hard and warm. His chest. She drew away, blushing, thankful for the darkness. "Ah, s-sorry…"
He opened the door and they stumbled out. Kana slumped against the wall.
"Now that," he said, "was extremely close."
Kana looked over at him. "Since when did you get a fan club?"
Kurama looked away, putting a hand to his temple. "Don't even go there. I took no part in it."
"Suuure you didn't."
He shot her a glance. "What was that?"
She put her hands up in mock-surrender. "Nothing, nothing." Kana smiled, trying to hold in laughter. Kurama shook his head, sighing.
"What am I going to do with you?" He asked with a crooked grin.
"Did you hear them? One of them said they thought they could have 'smelled you'…" Kana said.
"They're a bunch of very scary girls," Kurama said, "I don't doubt they could."
Kana's yellow eyes widened. "Wow."
Kurama sighed. "At this point, anything's possible." He grabbed his bag up from the floor and swung it over his shoulder. "I'd better get to class."
Kana nodded. "Me too…" She looked over at the clock conveniently on the wall opposite them. "We're really late." She cursed silently. "See you later, Kurama." And with that, she took off down the hall.
Kurama stood there, in the hallway, watching her until she turned down the next hallway. He smiled a little.
"'Bye."
He turned on his heel and headed upstairs.
Chapter 7: end