What I Learned At Genkai's Temple
Tag-Alongs (Part One)
Jacqie: Well, the HieiDaphne love thing went over well, I'd say.
Kohari: Yeah, now they want to hook Kurama up with someone. Y'all are spoiled! But...your wish is our command...
Jacqie: Why is their wish our command? Hello! WE are the authoresses! WE control the fic.
Kohari: But they fuel it...
Jacqie: Whatever. I say we're in command.
Kohari: And I say we start this thing already. These nice people have been waiting since Christmas for an update!
Jacqie: Finally, we agree on something.
"Are you serious?" Yusuke's voice carried down the hallway. After a second's pause, he hollered in celebration, "YES!" He ran down the hall, past the girls (and Hiei and Kurama), repeating the word over and over again, hopping up and down. He was completely oblivious to their weirded out expressions.
"What's he all excited about?" Daphne inquired of Keiko, who followed shortly afterward, though she was walking much more calmly than the detective.
She smiled. "He's all happy because I finally agreed to go on a date with him," she explained.
"Well, it's about damn time. What took so long?" demanded Kai.
"I have homework and cram sessions during the school year, and lately, I've been busy volunteering. I was free tonight, so I said, 'yes'."
"So where are y'all going?" Kit asked.
"I dunno," Keiko confessed. "I think he was too pre-occupied with the fact that I accepted to tell me where he was taking me. If he even knew himself."
"I'm tempted to say I agree," Kit told her, glancing at where Yusuke had disappeared to.
"You girls aren't planning anything, are you?" Kurama asked them once Keiko was out of earshot, knowing all too well their mischevious tendencies.
"I didn't have any plans tonight if they don't mind double-dating, Hiei," Daphne hinted.
"Find me the right kinda guy and we can triple it up," Kai added. "I'm curious to see what Yusuke wants to do for his 'first date'."
"You kow what that sounded like, right?" Kit checked.
"You are so dirty-minded, sometimes."
"When you refer to triple-dating," Hiei interrupted, "I would hope that you aren't assuming Daphne and I are going anywhere."
"Oh, so you guys are just gonna stay here instead of going out somewhere?" Kit asked. "I suppose there's more privacy here..."
"We're not doing anything together!" Hiei tried to get through to Kit. "We're not together at all."
"That's not what he told me last night," Daphne whispered playfully to Kai, loud enough for Hiei to hear. She dodged an attack from Hiei that she knew wouldn't have hit, anyway.
"Daphne..." Hiei growled in warning.
"Aw, come on!" Daphne pleaded, reverting to their original topic - the date.
"NO!"
"Pleeeease?" Daphne resorted to the whine combined with the famous "puppy-dog eyes".
"No." Hiei began to stalk away so he didn't have to put up with this nonsense anymore (actually, he just didn't know how long he would last against Daphne's charm). They could be heard arguing all the way to his room.
"So are you actually gonna go, Kai?" Kit asked her.
"I think Keiko and Yusuke were planning on being alone together, girls," Kurama interrupted, but they ignored him.
"I'm probably not gonna go. I don't have a guy, and it ain't worth gettin' one," Kai replied. "You guys can just brief me on it when it's over. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a phone call to make."
"Gonna challenge Vampire to air hockey?"
"Got that right. And he still owes me 20 bucks from the last time I beat his ass at that game."
"And you're actually expecting he'll pay you?"
"Well, I kinda figured he wouldn't, but it makes me feel better to complain."
"Okay..."
"I should probably make that call now. You give them hell for me, Kit."
"Will do!" Kit mock saluted her as Kai pulled out her cell and went outside. This left Kit and Kurama alone.
"So, Kit," Kurama began. "Since you're going to crash Yusuke and Keiko's date,anyway, would you like to go on a date with me tonight?" (They hafta be part of a couple to double- or triple-date)
"Are you serious?" Kit found something like this hard to believe.
"Of course." Silence ensued.
"Sure!"
Kurama breathed an internal sigh of relief. Outwardly - "Alright, then. I'll talk to Yusuke and find out where we're going."
'I hope it's a horror film,' they thought.After a few moments of awkward silence...
"I suppose we'll be in touch," Kurama concluded, silently promising himself to have a small chat with Youko at some point.
"Okay."
They split up for the time being.
Kohari: I know it was short, but hey - Jacqie and I are in two different states at the moment. Kinda hard to get everything together.
Jacqie: We actually had most of this written up the last month of school.
Kohari: I was waiting for more reviews before I typed it up. My bad. Sorry I made y'all wait.
Jacqie: I ain't apologizin' for nothing. It was all Ko.
Kohari: Right...
Jacqie: Don't forget to review, folks! New chapter's comin' up as soon as we clock five additional reviews!
PS: Actually, we did do a little proofreading this time. Just a little though. So you know what that means: Any mistakes you find - let us know so we can fix 'em!