Welcome to special holiday edition "Saving Flower Boy" This is an action-packed, weirdness-packed, and most importantly, Koenma-packed episode. Also, I changed "Tsukika" to "Tsukiko." I have to thank anyone who's given me a review, saved me as a favorite author, or put my story as a favorite story. I love you all. That's why I have three pages of graph paper filled up, and it's sure to be more once I'm done. Once again, I love you all, happy holidays, and well, heck, I LOVE YOU!!! -Twilyte Princesse
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+Tsukiko+
"Tsukiko, wait up!"Dangit. Not only did I really need to pee, he was following me. Things were definitly not going my way today. All I had to look forward to was two days of unadulterated freedom.
"Hey, I need to talk to you!" Come on. It's Friday, I want to sleep, and eat, and more importantly, I want to forget yesterday's mess. Quickening my step, I dodged the Minamino fan-club, and the biology nerds trying to get Shuichi's attention. Who ever cam up with the whole "glaring daggers" phrase obviously hadn't ever seen a pack of rabid fan-girls. They were glaring atom bombs at me. Hyperactive giggly girls obstructed his path. I almost feel sorry for him. Well, at least they're doing something useful for once. Now on the verge of running, I crossed the school yard and turned to go home.
"Tsukiko!" Ah, he's back, marvelous. My fast walk turned into a jog as Shuichi flung himself around the corner. Since he was quickly gaining, I stopped running and began sprinting
"God dang it! What the are you? A mosquito?" He'd been trying to talk to me during class, but I wouldn't allow it. We were nearly equal now, and I was nearly out of energy. Home was still several blocks away, and Flash here was barely breaking a sweat.
"Can I just talk to you?" I tried to run, I really did, but my legs decided to go Ka-put at that very moment.
"Fi-" Shuddering and stuttering, I tried to catch my breath and finish my sentence. Running so fast for that long of a time was definitly beginning to catch up with me. Stopping a few steps ahead of me, he resumed his usual relaxed pose, hands in pockets and placid smile framing his face.
"What the heck is wrong with you?" He shrugged and I managed several ragged breaths.
"So, should we go grab something to eat or-"
"I don't care if you helped me, why are you talking to me, you've never talked to me before." If I trusted him too much, he might hurt me, I knew it. It happened all the time.
"It's my mission, and for your information, I don't really care for you much either." His friendly mask had begun to fall off, but he must've stopped it just in time.
"Hmph. I don't care where we go, just please, let's get this over with."
"Fine, come on," I offered no response as he proceeded down the narrow sidewalk.
"You coming?" Grudgingly, I followed.
+Kurama+
"So just tell your mom you'll be spending the night at a friend's house,"I concluded. Assessment of her would be... interesting. I'd seen her quiet side, and her "up yours" attitude, and I was almost afraid of what she'd talk to Koenma with.
"Am I sharing a room with anyone?" Her eyes got wide at the thought.
"No," I laughed, "But we'll all be close together. The castle is huge." She sipped her coffee quietly, bangs clouding her face.
"Can you even see?"
"Hm?'' She lifted up her bangs to look at me with one eye, "Oh. Yeah, I don't even notice it anymore." Laughing nervously, a red tint overcame her olive skin. You're not used to talking about yourself, huh?
"Thank you very much for the coffee, I'll pay you back later. May I go?"
"Yeah, four-o' clock tomorrow. Just meet me by the school." She grabbed her bag and walked out of the shop, shadow following as she made her way towards the sun.
+Tsukika+
"TSUKIKO! THIS IS TWO DAYS IN A ROW!"
"Yes, I'm sorry. I needed to take care of something at school. I couldn't find a phone, so I thought you'd understand. Hey Dad?" Being a bit of a Daddy's girl, if I wanted something, I'd ask him. It always came with a few extra chores, but I was fine with that.
''Yeah, Tsukiko,"
"I have, um, to do a school project with a friend, and it's most of the terms grade, so, can I stay at that friend's house tomorrow?" If my parent's didn't see through my lie, I might know where I'd gotten my stupidity.
"Where do they live, what's the project-" the usual questionaire went on and on. This won't be too difficult, right? Shuichi looks like a girl, sits like a girl, heck, he even smells like a girl, it won't be too hard to pretend.
"Fine. When will you be home on Sunday?" my dad's fatherly, man-of-the-house speech was finishing up.
"By noon," I smiled.
+Yusuke+
We'd all arrived with time to spare. The pink skies seemed to burn my eyes more than they ever had as we walked up the path towards Koenma's castle.
"So what exactly is the toddler doing with her?" I wasn't pleased to come during my spare time, but I'd had nothing better to do for the weekend.
"Well, he wanted to go into her memories to see when she had first been able to do things with her notebook. It might take awhile, so we'll try it tonight, rest, and try again in the morning." Kurama whispered. It had taken a lot of persuasion to get the girl to come in the first place, and she had promptly told us that partial qoute if we tried anything, she would definitly kick our butts end partial qoute
"I need to be home tomorrow by noon," chimed in the girl. I turned to see if she had anything else to say. Blushing, she turned her head down and continued walking.
"You sure blush a lot, don't you?" My comment made her face turn a crimson I'd never thought humanly possible.
+Tsukiko+
"And you bathroom is over here, but if you need any towels, they're-" Over in the closet to the right of the entrance, yes, I know. The blue ogre had told me more than once where the bathroom was, where to find towels, and how to work the toilet. Screaming might possibly be the best option.
"And the-"
"Thank you, if I need anything, I will be sure to ask you," I bowed and went back to my luggage. After entering a chaotic flurry of bodies in the entranceway, we had all decided to get cleaned up, and meet back in Koenma's office once we were done. This ought to be fun. The only other girl is Botan, I'm going to have some sort of counseling or something from a two-year-old, and I don't even think I can climb onto the bed. The room was huge. The bed was huge. Heck, the only small thing in the castle was the toddler. Gah, I better head down there.
"So what exactly are we trying to do?" I looked down at the shrimp-king-junior-thing. The room was an antiseptic white, with only a bed, nightstand, and silver machine to break the monotony. Outside, dusk was beginning to overcome the skies.
"We'll put you into an induced-sleep," he turned to look at the machine, "And we'll use this to see what caused you to be able to control drawings."
"Hiei could have done that with his Jagan eye," commented Yusuke, "Speaking of which, where is he?"
"He decided it was a waste of time and went to sleep somewhere... I think," Shuichi replied.
"Are you ready?" Koenma looked up at me.
"Eh... yeah, I guess," I sat down on the bed and obediently holding out my arms for the wires they clipped to my arms and face.
"Okay, just lie down and relax," Whenever someone tells you to relax, you know something bad is going to happen. Koenma held a clear mask with several tubes hanging from it. My body tensed and I pulled away from it, but as soon as they got it on, heavy exhaustion clouded my head.
"Emo," he hissed, "Emooooo." I glared and went back to working.
"So Koba, what's it like sitting next to the emo girl," said Hibi. Koba smirked.
"I keep thinking she's going to kill me."
"I've told you before, I couldn't. I'm afraid of blood." I stood up to get more clay. The two boys looked at each other, grinning. Sitting back down, something was missing. My planner, my notebook, and my library book were gone.
"Where are they?" I demanded. My body shook and my eyes narrowed.
"I didn't do anything to them, Hibi hid them." Koba's eyes were wide with fear, and I squeezed his arm harder.
"I don't care who the hell took them, tell me where my stuff is." He pointed to various locations around the room.
"We were just kidding," He smiled nervously.
"Don't talk to me," I glared, "I hate you."
"Stay out of her kill zone!" Koba yelled again.
"Yeah, I don't want to die," Korin joked. I sat down and began writing on my wrist. It had always seemed easier, being less painful, and not washing off as often, but the boys didn't seem to think so.
"See, look, she's cutting herself again." they whispered, just loud enough to hear.
"I'M NOT CUTTING MYSELF!"
"Wrist-check," I gave in. The easiest way was just to hold out my wrist and let them inspect them.
"Ooh, there's a cut,"
"Pen,"
"There's a cut,"
"Also pen," I concluded. Going back to my writing, they gossiped on the opposite side of the room. Bits and pieces of their conversation floated back.
"Die," he hissed again, "Why don't you just die. You're useless. What point do you have. No one loves you. Emo."
"You're right, there is no point anymore. I am useless." I was on the verge of tears. "Just please, leave me alone."
"You useless fuck! Making a girl cry. Arent' football players too good for that? You and your friends. What the hell is wrong with you!" yelled Neko.
"No! I don't want anyone's help anymore! It just makes it worse. Why-
+Kurama+
"NO! NONONONO I DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE THIS! NO MORE!" She thrashed and tore at the wires, shooting off of the bed, and heading towards the door. She flung herself out of the room and stormed down the hallway.
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT! WHAT THE HELL GIVES YOU THE RIGHT!" She reached her room and slammed the door.
"Wait!" Yusuke cried. He banged himself against the door.
"YUSUKE!" Koenmas yelled, "Just let her be, she'll come out when she wants to.
"Humans. Teenage girls to be exact. What is wrong with them?" Asked Hiei.
"Just give her some time, Hiei," said Botan. Concern welled in her eyes, but she turned into her room.
+Tsukika+
It was dark. Too dark. Panic and fear filled my inside, and all I could see was a faint light glowing outside of the door. My nightmares had come back. Koba telling me to die. Eyes. Falling. The dream pieced itself together and I shuddered. I don't like being alone. In the dark. On a bed the could fit about ten of me. My feet stuck to the marble floor as I got off the bed and tip-toed my way towards the light. one person was up, that was for sure. Still tip-toeing, I wnet down the hallway and entered the room. This one was as elaborate as mine, only instead of my red interior, this one was red. Shuichi lay on his bed, reading. Silently, I crept to the other side of the bed and crawled in, facing the wall.
"Oh, you woke up? You're still in you jeans, you know." Shuichi asked. I turned and nodded.
"What's the matter?" I had the feeling I might not be able to fall asleep here, either.
"Nightmare, too dark, couldn't fall asleep." I concluded.
"What was you nightmare about?" SHUT UP ALREADY! I came in here so I could sleep, not get questioned by you.
"Hm. Nothing important. It was in the past. It's not too much to worry about," It reminded me of any scenario at my own household. Shuchi was like my dad, fatherly, worried. And the pillow could be my mom. Asleep. Not a care in the world. I turned over and fell back asleep.
+Kurama+
My dream-like states kind of suck. Zoned out, I was staring at Tsukiko, asleep, until she opened her own eyes.
"Were you watching me sleep?" She rubbed her eyes and yawned.
"No. Just zoning out" I laughed. She closed her eyes again, but the peace was short lived.
"KUWABARA! HIEI! KURAMA!"
"Yusuke, please, you'll wake up the entire castle."
"Botan, you check her room again, she might be in there!"
"Yusuke."
"KUWABARA"
"Yusuke, just listen,"
"HIEI!"
"Please, she might be-"
"KURAMAAAAAAA! Kurama!" Yusuke burst into my room.
"Kurama, Tsukiko's gone missing. No one can- oh. Oh. OOOHHH!" He looked over us in the bed, only several centimeters apart.
"No, wait," Tsukiko begged. "It's not what it-"
"FOUND HER!"
"Please, listen to-"
"SHE AND KURAMA ARE SLEEPING TOGETHER!" Something clicked in her brain. I really don't know how she moved that fast. Soon, she was chasing Yusuke down the hallway, throwing anything she could grab at him.
"I WAS NOT SLEEPING WITH HIM!"
"TSUKIKO AND KURAMA, SITTING IN A TREE-"
"SHUT UP! JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW YOU DOESN'T MEAN I WON'T HURT YOU!"
"FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES-" I was going to get so much crap for this later.