Paper Voice

A YYH Fanfic

Chapter Ten

Catherine was having a delightful dream about Hiei skipping through a field of flowers lighting matches and set the flowers on fire with a giant goofy smile on his face*; when she was rudely awoken by a bucket of cold water being dumped on her. "HRAAAAAAAHHHHH! WHAT THE H-!" she screamed. Katrina dropped the bucket and ran out of the room laughing as Catherine jumped up and dashed after her. Then she slipped into the shadows and popped out of the floor two feet in front of Katrina; Katrina skidded and turned a corner heading out side. Catherine slipped into the shadows again and came up grabbing Katrina's ankle's effectively tripping her. She fell flat on her face and shouted a muffled "OW!" into the floor because she'd bruised her nose, rolling over she laughed at her angry friend. "I- couldn't hel- help it! Genkai told me to do it and who am I to argue with Sensei?"

"Coward..." Catherine grumbled, and started laughing as well.
"Here I'll dry you off if you'd like?" Katrina asked.

"Much appreciated, Kat. So let me guess, Genkai's got more training for us?"

"Actually no, she said the gang's coming over and she wants us to make lunch for everyone. Plus there's supposed to be some new guests she wants' us to meet. She say's they're old friends of the gang's and that they don't know they're coming so we need to keep quiet about it."

Catherine groaned, "Fine, I'll cook but you have to clean."

"Deal! I hate cooking."

After Catherine was dry and dressed she and Katrina headed to the kitchen to get started they knew they were going to be making a big meal and they had a lot of work to do. Catherine told Katrina what pots and pans to get out while she found the ingredients that she'd need and once everything was set up she started making lunch. Since there wasn't anything else for Katrina to do until after the meal she grabbed a book and went up to the roof.

Eventually Catherine popped out of Katrina's shadow and said that everyone was showing up so it was almost time for lunch and Genkai told them to set the really long table. Katrina put her book in her back pocket and jumped down near the kitchen; inside Yukina and Catherine were already setting up and she joined them. Keiko and Botan came in a few minutes later and asked if the girls would like help and before they knew it the table was set and everyone was seated waiting to dig in. Keiko sat next to Yusuke and Kuwabara and Yukina sat next to each other the same went for Daiku and Catherine and Botan sat on one side of Katrina while Kurama sat on the other. Genkai came in and announced that the surprise guests had arrived and in came a little boy with stars under his eyes, a huge guy with a purple mow hawk, a red haired guy with a horn in the middle of his head, and a young man with silver hair and green bangs that looked almost plastic. Yusuke and Kuwabara jumped up and shouted a mix of names while Kurama smiled and walked over to say hello to everyone as well.

"Gin, it's great to see you again! Chu, you up for a fight after lunch? Hey, Rinku try not to kill Kuwabara; Toya it's been forever since we saw you, how has everyone been?" Yusuke asked. The reunion went on for a few more minutes before Catherine jumped up and shouted, "Hey, are you forgetting something? I slaved over an evil stove for hours to bring you men this feast and you're all totally disregarding it. I thought men followed their stomachs, you can have your lovely reunion AFTER we eat!"

Gin started laughing so hard he nearly puked, when he'd finally caught his breathe he replied, "Well, she's got a big mouth and a wit to go with it are you sure you ain't related to Yusuke?"

Katrina started laughing so hard she fell out of her seat as Catherine jumped up to shout, "How dare you compare me to that oaf! Everyone knows I'm a million times smarter than him, there is absolutely NO WAY we could be related to each other!" Botan leaned over and helped Katrina back up only for her to fall again as Jin appeared floating in her face. "Hello, there, and who might you be? Another red head to add to the group? I hope that your smart 'cause everyone knows that if your friend there's a dumb as Yusuke then Kurama and Hiei need someone on their side to counter the stupidity." Jin grinned from ear to ear, "By the way where is Hiei anyway?"

"I don't think Cat would be happy to be lumped in with Kuwabara and Yusuke. My name's Katrina by the way. And I have no clue where Hiei is, we haven't really seen him since Cat glomped him and started playing with his hair," Katrina replied still giggling and enjoying Jin's Irish accent.

Someone cleared their throat and Jin turned to see Kurama, "Would you please back away from my girlfriend so that she can get up, Jin?" Jin blinked startled by what Kurama had said but backed away.

"Ah, so the lovely little lady's already taken, that's too bad. 'Course I'm glad that you finally found yourself a girl, Kurama, how long have you been together?"

Kurama helped Katrina up and she was quickly glomped by an ecstatic Botan who shouted, "KATRINA I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!" Startled by Botan's outburst everyone went quiet and stared at her and the girl being crushed in her arms. "What do you mean, Botan?" Keiko asked.

"Katrina and Kurama are boyfriend and girlfriend now!"

"... That's not even the best part," Catherine said with an evil gleam in her eye. "You guys should have seen the-" Katrina jerked free of Botan's death glomp and clamped her hand over Catherine's mouth. "If you know what's good for you, you'd better lose that thought quick and never bring it up again," Katrina whispered menacingly in Catherine's ear. Yukina tilted her head in an adorable manner and said, "Should have seen what, Catherine-Chan?"

Catherine pulled Katrina's hand off of her mouth and finished, "way he asked her and she responded. It was priceless, you'd all be laughing so hard; man, I wish Hiei was here to telepathically show you guys cause just telling you isn't nearly as funny. But I can't tell you or Kat'll kill me."

"Aw, c'mon, Kat, lighten up and let her tell us. A funny story on Kurama's expense would be so worth it," Yusuke begged. Katrina went red in the face and Catherine took that as the okay to tell what happened. "Okay, yesterday Kat and I were heading up here to Genkai's when we ran into Kurama on the stairs. I started teasing him about how he and Katrina would make a great couple and wondering if he'd ever ask her to be his girlfriend when he said... and I quote," Catherine tried imitating the way Kurama had talked, "'If you want us to be a couple then I am perfectly fine with that, I've grown to like you more than any girl I've meet in a long time. Katrina, would you be my girlfriend?' and then Katrina said, 'Yeah, yes, I would be honored'" Katrina was red in the face as she glared at Catherine who just burst out laughing with Yusuke and most everyone else.

"Man, Kurama, I didn't' know your speech habits were contagious!" Yusuke gasped as he laughed.

Botan scooped up Yukina, Keiko, and Catherine and started whispering a plan she'd just come up with, after lunch they had a surprise for Katrina. Catherine grinned when Katrina looked at her, "What are you girls planning?" she asked.

"It's nothing, Katrina-Chan, don't worry about it," Keiko replied as she headed to the table to eat.

Daiku grabbed Catherine's wrist and asked her if they were ever going to dig into the meal she'd prepared or if they were waiting for it to rot. Catherine gave him a quick kiss and they sat down and started eating; eventually everyone else joined them and lunch finally officially commenced.

As soon as lunch was over the girls scooped up Katrina and headed for the train station and the boys went outside to fight. Katrina immediately knew what they had planned for her and started fighting to get free and run for her life. "Oh, calm down, Katrina-Chan, we're not going to hurt you just get you some new clothes and maybe a makeover as well," Botan said.