Hola, peoples! I stayed up to 4 a.m one night to work on this story and 2:30 a.m another night to bring you this chapter as soon as I possibly could. The least you can do is when you finish reading to review. It would make me very happy! And not in that weird, freaky way. Just the 'Yay! My story is good! I'll get the next chapter out even sooner just because I got a review!' kind of 'happy.'
Alrighty then, on with the chapter!
Cat pulled the cookies out of the oven to cool. Ignoring the small dent in the door, she closed her eyes not wanting to look outside to see chaos and called out to the children somwhere in the yard. "Hey, kids! The cookies are done. Come on inside!"
(Silence)
(Abnormal silence)
Cat turned around ver worried. At the even slightest mention of cookies, at least someone(Kurama) would come running. What could be happening that nobody would come when cookies were involved? Could it be that something really bad happened? 'Oh crap. That's what I get for leaving six demons and two humans together with a lot of them acting like complete idiots all/most/some of the time.'
Cat continued to wonder about all the stuff that could be happening outside.
(meanwhile, four little people have gathered in front of the door)
"Narrator person!" Cat yelled at the ceiling.
(Yeah?)
"Why don't you shut up for awhile?!" She screamed.
(I can't. Where would ya'll get without me?)
"We've been doing fine without you!"
(Yadda, yadda, yadda. Look, just go on with the story.)
"Fine. But not because you told me to. I'm doing it because if I don't the readers will attack me."
(-sigh- Good luck with that.)
"Urghh!" If that narrator voice didn't disappear, Cat was going pop a blood vessel. Like when she gave Kurama catnip. Kurama was hyper for an entire month. That's all day, every day. Try controlling that while still trying to stay sane; I tell ya it's not easy.
(Moral: Never give Kurama catnip even though he's a fox. -.-;)
"Will you just leave and wait for me to tell you when you are supposed to come in?" Cat screamed.
All four youngsters cocked their heads.
(Hiei was destroying the fence and Jin was taking a nap, while Kurama and Yukina were out cold, remember?)
"Shut up!"
"Is she talking to the narrator?"
"Is that who she's talking to?"
"Can she do that?"
"I want cookies."
The three stared oddly at Yusuke. "What? I want cookies," he muttered, averting his eyes.
"Oh, hey!" Cat looked at the door to see them standing there. "How long were you there? Where are the others?"
Botan and Toya pointed outside while Yusuke and Kuwa imitated them. Yusuke imitated the unconscious ones by sprawling out across the porch with an occasional snore for Jin, while Kuwa had to demonstrate Hiei banging his head on the wall. That wasn't very good; cause the house was harder than the fence and just left Kuwa with a big boo-boo on his head.
(Poor, Kuwa)
Ignoring the narrator, Cat stepped out to see for herself. She nearly fainted but decided to think happy thoughts. 'Well… at least the tree and the house were still intact…' The fence however, was gone. There was no hope of saving it. They would have to get a new one put in. And grass, too. The grass had somehow been scorched to a black crisp except for where the four were sleeping/unconscious. And this time once everything was done, they'd Hiei proof it. It couldn't be that hard, could it?
(It's hard. Nothing, and I repeat, nothing is Hiei proof.)
"Thank you for that, narrator…" Cat began, nerves pulsing everywhere. "Kids…wake them all up while I fetch the cookies…" Cat stormed off back into the house.
(She's a bit testy today, huh?)
"Ah' guess so. She 'woke me up from ah good nap." Jin yawned as he dug a finger into his ear. "Ah'll go wake 'dem, ya'll gotta get ol' three eyes o'er there." He flicked something off his finger and floated over to where the two unconscious were.
All they understood was 'she woke me up from a good nap, 'ya'll gotta get ol' three eyes', 'there.' So they assumed they had the pleasure (punishment) of getting Hiei up. That wasn't fair, he just woke up and he gets the safe job? Thats a bit mean but no one refused so they were stuck with him. Better call their insurance agents.
(Ya'll don't have insurance agents.)
"Well we should!" Kuwa screamed at the sky, earning a look from the other three. "Kuwa, we're supposed to listen but ignore the narrator, remember? No matter what it said, do you remember that?" Toya asked. He shook his head. "Just ignore it, then. Back with the story."
All four were very cautious. Very, very cautious. The best thing to do at a time like this was…
(Push the annoying blue haired girl in to investigate while you watch safely from a distance. A long distance. Like at twenty feet.)
That's what they did. Except that they were nicer and gave Botan a stick to poke him with so maybe she'd live to tell them about it. "Hey, great protection, guys! Really appreciate it," she yelled sarcastically at them. They were already twenty feet away. Even Toya, but hey, Hiei is like a fire demon or half of one anyway and Toya doesn't like fire. Toya plus ice equals happy Toya! Toya plus fire equals scared Toya.
(Ok, enough math. In other words: Toya no likey fire.)
Botan bravely stepped a step closer to Hiei. One more step. Another. And another, until she was in poking distance. Two and half feet at most. Not very safe.
Hiei stirred in his sleep. He yawned( in a non-masculine way, btw) and rolled onto his side away from Botan. She gulped before being brave and poked him in his head. Or at least she tried to. His freakin' (but lovable) spiky hair was in the way.
(Huh. It really is as spiky and as hard it looks. Gotta write that down…)
Botan was now on a mission. Find Hiei's head. For all she knew, he could just have hair coming out of his brain and not even have a scalp or anything.
(Pause)
(Ewwww…)
Enough of that. Botan just went with poking him. Anywhere. Where the stick went, she'd poke. And one time, that wasn't the right place to poke…
(This scene has been censored for icky violence and mean words but here are the others reactions.)
Well, Yusuke was being… well…Yusuke, cheering on Hiei and at the same time yelling for Botan to run faster. Toya grimaced at each connection he heard and there was a lot of them and so he ended up just closing his eyes. And Kuwa was just thankful it wasn't him. Well, they all were thankful for that but none were so happy at this than Kuwa.
Botan was now making a feeble attempt at running for her life with lots of bruises and bumps on her head.
Hiei was laughing like a maniac gone insane, swinging a stick like a mad man.
(Poor Botan…)
(Lets go see what Jin was doing through all this!)
Jin had successfully woken Yukina. Kurama, on the other hand, wanted to be stubborn so Jin went to poking. Yukina even joined in with the poking to wake Kurama up but nothing worked.
By this time, they could here kicks and stuff they weren't allowed to repeat behind them and they chose to ignore it…for a while. Yukina couldn't bare it anymore. She was too nice and sensitive; she had to check it out. But by the time she reached them, it was over. (OoO) That was the face she made when she saw. Her fcae twitched and she siad this: "Ooo…that has got to hurt." It was the only thing she could think to say when she saw Botan. Now that means something had ended badly… for Botan, I mean. (She was currently half-conscious and swirly-eyed.)
Meanwhile, Jin was having his own troubles. Troubles that could be compared to Botan's. (Got your attention, then, huh?) Not in body damage, but in damage to Jin's sanity. If it was enough to be compared to Botan's physical damage, it must be bad.
"Kurama, get up!" It was the first time everybody understood what Jin had said.
Kurama muttered something and stood up; eyes still closed.
-bap!-
Kurama's hand connected with Jin's face. A still sleeping Kurama, that is. Turns out Kurama can do just about anything in his sleep. Even beat the crap out of somebody. How cool is that!? Not cool for Jin, though; his face was red and bruised. That was one time out of many connections made by Kurama, who is still asleep.
(Let us take a trip through Kurama's dream! What happens next will be better explained this way. Italics are what he's thinking NOT what he's saying or what I say or think.)
(You see Kurama watching TV; however, you cannot tell what he's watching.)
A desperate voice from nowhere. "Kurama?" –crinkle, crackle-
What? I'm trying to watch something.
The voice didn't give up. In fact, it sounded even more desperate almost pleading. "Kurama..?" –crinkle, crackle…crinkle-
I said, what?! Can't you see I'm watching TV?!
"Kurama!" The voice screamed. A snapping noise is heard. "Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Now, the voice sounded really frightened.
(The camera angle changes and you see the back of Kurama's head as he watches TV. But at this angle, Kurama's head blocks the screen so we can't see what he's so upset about. He was clearly annoyed; his hands were in the air and he was kicking the floor as steam was coming out of his ears.)
(Kurama lays on his back and throws a tantrum and we are finally able to see what made him mad. On the screen was sign that said: "Cancelled."
(end trip through Kurama's head.)
Kurama bolted awake and screamed. "No! It can't be cancelled! It's impossible! The show should be immortal! O-" Kurama realized he was awake. Just in time to; he was just about to blab to you about his favorite show. (Hah, you thought I was going to tell you. Its ok, I'll tell eventually or maybe someone will guess. Go on people guess! I don't mind.)
"Kurama… call off the tree please…" It was Jin and he sounded scared. Not a tone we usually associate with the cheery wind-master to-be. He was suspended a few feet in the air held by a tree vine that had wrapped around one of his ankles. It turns out he was scared of heights before he completely mastered wind. Note the fact he always(in my story) is floating but a few centimeters above the ground. And he had the oddest expression on his face. All in all it was pretty funny.
"Sorry, Jin." Kurama muttered as the tree loosened and let Jin go. He did make a funny noise when he landed, too. It was the famous 'splat!' noise!
"Kids, come in, now! I have good news! And cookies!" Cat yelled from the open doorway. Being nice and all, Toya and Yukina carried Botan in (Blue/green haired people need to stick together, right?) while the rest ran in like a herd of wild horses except they don't smell as bad… Wait; never mind. Somebody needs their diaper changed.
(Readers: -Holds their noses-
(Random narrator comment: Bye, peOple! Thanks for reading the CHapter and For putting up with me for so mAny ChaptErs!
Comparing previous chapter with notes and this chapter w/o this note I have realized that this is my longest chapter yet! Yay! Go me! It's over 2000 word!?!? What the!?!? This is what I get from staying up an hour and half longer than I planned. (shrugs shoulders) Ah, well. It was my sister's fault. She had the laptop and I had to get on the old computer. That's not exactly a bad thing but that's not the point.
And as for the answer for yesterday's question: Find it in random narrator comment above. The last one. The one above the paragraph above this one.
Haha. The answer is funny! Anyone else think its funny? Yeah, I know, all you Kuwa lovers out there might not like it but IT IS FUNNY! Now laugh! Wait. Don't laugh. That's not as funny as Kuwabara's reaction to being called it. Now THAT is hilarious! Now laugh!
So today's question is: What fighter on Yusuke's team never lost a match in the Dark Tournament that they were allowed to fight in? If it was a battle with a person from the tournament, it counts.
Aw, come on! I know you know it! How? Because I'm psychic! No, I'm serious! I've said stuff that came to my mind and they actually happened! It was so weird but I can't explain it all right now, too many examples!
Ok, enough ranting. Sayonara, everybody!! But remember to review! Or nobody gets cookies!(Yes, I know I'm insane! But I'm psychic, too! I can see at least one person reviewing. That person knows who they are, and so I'll give you a cookie after you review, K? And I'll give a cookie to everyone who reviews. –Leaves to bake virtual cookies for reviewers- )