Yuka's POV
I see Dad again. I know this is a dream, but something tells me this'll help me in the future. He's wearing a white cloak. He glances at me before turning away. I run over to him. "Dad!" He stops and turns slowly.
"Yes?" he asks in a quiet voice.
"Dad, what did you mean when the judge wasn't a real judge?" I ask, getting straight to the point. He doesn't answer. "Dad, please! Answer me!"
"Yuka?" I immediately shoot up, hitting my forehead on something. I yelp.
"Ow!" I rub my forehead and look at my surroundings. I'm in the car. Auntie looks at me with a worried face.
"Are you OK?" I nod.
"Just hit my head on something," I tell her, shaking my head. She laughs lightly.
"You hit your head on the glovebox." I shake my head again, trying to stop the dizziness.
"Wait, my head was on the glovebox?" I ask, trying to get the facts straight.
"Yes, you started to snore loudly, so I woke you up," Auntie tells me, snickering. "Usually, you snore softly." Oh man.
"Nice to know," I tell her, giving her a fake smile. "So, are we home yet?" She shakes her head.
"Nope. I thought we could run into this place to eat," she tells me. I look out her window and read the sign.
"Ahh, a resturant," I say aloud.
"Yes, when I was coming home from the diner, I ran into a woman. She had long, light brown hair and had a bulky man at her side. They had asked who I was, and I told them my name." I nod.
"And?" Auntie clicks her tongue.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You are hungry, aren't you?" I nod. "Well, they were Shizuru and Kazuma Kuwabara. And the man, Kazuma, told me that he had a friend and his friend happened to be your friend." I thought deeply.
"My friend? ... Oh no."
"Yusuke?" I ask in disbelief. She nods.
"And that Yusuke had a girlfriend named Keiko Yukimura," she says informingly. My left eye twitches.
"Oh, he's real faithful," I think bitterly. Wait, Yukimura? ... I look at the sign again. The Yukimuras' own this shop.
"Oh, and I guess he said something along the lines like, 'You should visit their shop. They make some good food'!" I say in a goofy voice. Auntie laughs.
"Exactly! Now let's go!" I nod and unbuckle my seatbelt. I open my door and jump out. Auntie does the same and has her purple sequined purse strapped onto her shoulder. We both walk into the shop. They were a few people inside, but not alot.
"Hello!" a bubbly voice greeted. We both look at the counter and saw a girl with shoulder-length brown hair. I suppose this must be Keiko, seeing as how young she is.
"Hi," Auntie says in an equally chipper voice. We both sit down at the counter.
"I'm Keiko," she says, smiling. I knew it. "What would you like?" I didn't care. As long as something gets stuffed down my throat. I'm guessing Auntie's the same.
"Surprise us," she tells her. Keiko nods and turns around, putting ramen into the pot. As soon as she did so, everyone in the store but Auntie and I left, leaving money where they sat, leaving us in an eerie silence. Keiko turns around and stares at us.
OK, forget eerie silence. This is deadly.
"So, I haven't seen you two around here before," Keiko says, breaking the ice.
"Oh, we just moved here," Auntie says.
"Really? What're you names?"
"I'm Yuka Izumi," I tell her.
"And I'm her auntie, Ume Yamasaki." Oh yeah. I never knew Mom's surname before she married Dad. It was Yamasaki... Cool.
"Ohh, you guys are the new ones," Keiko says before giggling nervously. She turned around and went back to cooking the ramen. "Yuka, right?"
"Yep." I try to sound as enthusiastically as I could.
"How old are you?"
"Fifteen." She stops and whips around, her brown eyes wide.
"Wh-what?" I laugh lightly.
"You think I'm younger than I am?" She nods nervously. "Ahh, don't be nervous. I get that all the time." She sighs before laughing.
"I love your shirt," she comments. I grin.
"I know." Then, we all bust out laughing. The only thing that's creeping me out is the fact that I feel like I'm being watched. But I shrug it off.
"Where'd you get it?" Keiko asks between laughs.
"Hmm? Oh, my auntie and I make them," I tell her. Auntie wraps her arm around me.
"Because we're freaking cool!" I shake my head, still smiling.
"Oh, and what school are you going to?" I thought again. I already forgot which school I was going to! Damn me and my forgetfulness!
"She's going to Meioh High," Auntie informs her. I sigh with relief.
"Oh, Kura- ... I mean, Shuichi's school." Keiko looks frightful at her mistake and stops breathing. Now I'm curious. Maybe she knows why Kurama/Shuichi has two names since a certain someone didn't tell me... yet. I sniff.
"Smells like the ramen's ready," I say, closing my eyes and changing the subject. I could hear Keiko resume her normal breathing.
"Are you gonna black out here too?" Auntie asks me in her playful voice. I snore loudly. Keiko clicks her tongue.
"You remind me of my boyfriend," she comments.
"Yusuke, right?" I ask, opening my eyes slowly. She freezes... Oh, damn! "I'm not goin' out with him, in case you're thinking that!" I insist her. "I don't even like him! He's a perv!" She then sighs before giggling.
"Oh, Yusuke's always a perv," she tells me. "That really wasn't what worried me..." I didn't say anything, nor did Auntie. She gave us a bowl filled with ramen. By the look Keiko and Auntie gave me, I looked eager.
I grabbed some chopsticks and ate the ramen as fast as I could... DAMN, IT WAS GOOD!!
"Ughh," Auntie groans loudly and disugustedly. Keiko gives me a disgusted look. I only grin at that.
"Dis is goof," I say with my mouth full. Auntie shakes her head.
"Chew, chew, then swallow," she tells me. I nod, chew, and swallow.
"This is good," I comment, eating some more ramen. Keiko beams.
"I love to hear that." Auntie smiles. I glare at her, slurping some more ramen.
"Err, what?"
"Eat!" I motion her to eat, demonstrating how she should do it. She sends daggers at me.
"I know how to eat," she huffs.
"Then eat! It's delicious!" I eat some more. Keiko giggles as Auntie shakes her head and eats some ramen. She stops after she takes a bite.
"Err, Miss Yamasaki?" Keiko says nervously. Auntie eats like a maniac.
"Damn, this stuff is good!" she comments. "Mmm!" Keiko and I laugh. To be honest, she scared me for a minute there. We continue to eat and talk. This Keiko seems cool.
"So, where did you guys come from?" Keiko asks suddenly.
"Osaka," Auntie and I answer in unison.
"Ahh..."
"KEIKO!!" All three of us stop talking and look towards the entrance. Yusuke and Hiei were there, as well as a girl with long blue hair.
"Hey guys," Keiko greets. Auntie stands up and helps me stand. She left the right amount of money and even left a tip.
"We had better go," Auntie tells Keiko. She nods.
"See ya later, Yuka," she chirps. I smile and nod. The two of us leave. Hiei wasn't paying attention to me, much to my surprise and pleasure. I just wonder who that girl is. She has pink eyes and long blue hair. I wonder if it's natural...
BUMP, THUD!!
"I told you to look up, Yuka," Auntie says in a disapproving way, clicking her tongue. Yusuke was laughing. I was sprawled out on the floor. I had bumped into the wall... Damn it.
"Ow," I say, standing up, a bit wobbly.
"You're always deep in thought," Auntie comments. I shake my head.
"What time is it?"
"Mmm... Eight o'clock. You are going to bed early." I merely nod. Besides, I was already feeling sleepy. I shivered unexpectedly. That being-watched feeling didn't go away. I looked up and saw nothing. Damn it...
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