Paper Voice
Chapter Twelve
A YYH Fancfic
Kurama went back to the living room and joined Hiei holding up the wall. "So, how did Catherine-Chan convince you to come tonight?" he teased.
"She did not have any part in my coming, I choose to come on my own, I didn't even know those baka's were still here. It's been almost a year since they came, aren't they going to leave anytime soon?"
"I'll have you know that one of those 'baka's' is my girlfriend, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't make fun of her. Besides, they are adults who can live how they choose, and so long as Genkai allows it they live here," Kurama ended the conversation slightly annoyed as he walked off to chat with more jovial company, Botan.
Kuwabara was sitting on the couch with Yukina begging her to let him take her on a date, she was trying her hardest to resist him because she felt it would be rude to leave Genkai and Pooh on there own the next day.
"Kazuma, I would love to go on a date with you tomorrow, but what if Genkai-"
"Genkai, is right here, and I can handle a day with out your help, If you want to go out with Kuwabaka tomorrow then you are welcome to do so. In fact take, Catherine and her boyfriend with you, get them out of my hair so I can have some peace!"
"Please, Yukina!" Kuwabara begged, oblivious to Genkai's insult. Yukina glanced back and forth between Kazuma and Genkai and caught Hiei glaring at Kazuma. "Well, okay, if you're sure you won't mind, Genkai-Sempai?"
"I'm sure, and don't forget Catherine!"
Catherine was still dancing with Daiku lost in the music and exahustion, Chu walked over, more or less managing to trip over everything and anything he could. "Hey... Hic... Dai-Buh! Daiku, how old are you? You drink?" Daiku threw Chu a bewildered glance and saw that he was drunker than a skunk* and didn't really seem aware of his surroundings so he answered and tried to move away from the fowl breath being burped into his face. "You're only... Fif- Hi-ic... teen! Sssad... you-Gurg- 've got a long wait ahead of you till you can- whoah!" *THUMP!* Chu was cut off as he fell on his butt nearly crushing Rinku. Catherine was slap-happy and burst out laughing at the sight.
"I think it's time for bed, Cat," Daiku said as he tried to keep from being knocked over by Catherine.
Rinku woke up the next morning with a splitting headache, "Ugh… what happened last night?" He tried to sit up only to realize he was pinned down by Chu's unconscious weight."Get off me you big lug," he shouted as he shoved Chu. Catherine came in and offered to help him if he helped her in return, he agreed and as soon as he was free Cat whispered," Find a big bucket and fill it with as much icy water as you can and throw it on Kat."
"Why would I want to do that?"
"You promised to help me and this is how your gonna do it or I'll trap you under Chu's butt."
"Going, finding a bucket!" Rinku shouted as he ran off.
Daiku walked in and took Catherine's hand, "What was that about?"
"Oh, just a little revenge..." Catherine chuckled. Daiku sighed and headed out of Genkai's to meet up with Yukina and Kuwabara for their double date.
"Hey, Toya, can you cool this water down a lot more for me?" Rinku asked as he carefully held the bucket of water up to Toya.
"Why would you want me to do that?"
"You'll see, just do it." Toya sighed and drastically decreased the water's temperature then went back to trying to figure out how to beat Yusuke at a videogame. Rinku carefully carried the bucket to Katrina's room and listened to make sure she was asleep, when he was sure he set the bucket down and slowly opened the door. She was curled up on her bed in pajamma's because she'd woken up earlier that morning and changed, Rinku suppressed a laugh and dumped the entire bucket on top of her. Katrina woke up, screamed and dived out of bed nearly catching Rinku who'd dropped the bucket and ran. "RINKU YOU LITTLE MONSTER! GET BACK HERE SO I CAN STRANGLE YOU!"
Yusuke and Toya paused their game and ran onto the veranda to see Katrina chasing Rinku around, her eyes were pissed and she was steaming as she dried herself off, she was in her demon form to top it all off and poor Rinku was just barely avoidiing her. "I'll string you up with your lousy yo-yo's and burn you to a crisp you little demon!" Yusuke collapsed on the floor laughing as other's showed up to watch the spectacle. "Why just me? Cat told me to do it and Toya cooled the water for me, they're just as guilty as me!"
"I'll deal with Cat later and as for Toya, he's innocent because he had no idea what you were planning!" Toya looked puzzled then started to laugh a little. Kurama sighed but stayed out of it because he could tell Katrina wasn't really pissed anymore, she was just messing with Rinku to teach him a lesson. Genkai sighed too and laughed a little, "that's what he gets for messing with Katrina." Rinku tripped giving Katrina the opportunity she needed to catch him, she snitched his yo-yo's and tied him to one of the beams supporting the roof then walked off satisfied with her work. Rinku shouted for help but everyone just walked off for lunch, eventually Chu woke up nursing a severe hang-over and heard Rinku's shouting. Slowly he got up and walked onto the veranda to find Rinku strung up and losing his voice from shouting, Chu burst out laughing and lost his balance landing on the ground on the ground. "Chu, get me down," Rinku begged; but Chu just continued laughing until his headache stopped him, when he'd calmed down enough he asked, "So how'd you get yerself tied up with your own weapons?"
"I listened to Catherine..." he mumbled.
"HAHAHAHAH! So you tried to do what to who?"
"I threw a bucket of cold water on Katrina while she was sleeping and she tied me up. Now untie me, I've been up here since breakfast."
"You know that if I try your poor toys are gunna get all torn up and ruined."
"Then go inside and get someone else out here to untie me!"
Chu slowly picked himself up and headed inside to find someone to untie Rinku... no one came. Rinku screamed until his voice gave out and then Catherine finally came home and untied him.
Earlier that day before all the crazyness with Rinku, Catherine and Daiku were on a double date with Yukina and Kuwabara. Kuwabara said that the should go to the movies and then have lunch and Daiku and the girls agreed, at the theatre Kuwabara pulled out his wallet to pay for everyone's tickets when he found he only had enough for one ticket, so Daiku ended up paying for the tickets and lunch. After the movie Yukina was crying, because it was a sad film, and Catherine was trying not to laugh, "That was probably one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen," she complained to Daiku in a whisper. "I'd have to agree, but you can't blame me, Kuwabara picked it," Daiku whispered back.
"So where do you want to go for lunch, Yukina?" Kuwabara asked trying to cheer he up.
"Uh, I think I saw a nice place to eat just down the block from here," she said, "lets check it out."
"I hope they serve ice cream!" Catherine shouted. Yukina laughed and Kuwabara took her hand and they headed in the direction Yukina pointed.
Lunch ended with Kuwabara accidentally shoving his chair into a waitress that was walking behind him carrying a try of dishes. There was a loud crash and he spun around and appologized profusely and everyone helped clean the mess, Kuwabara offered to work there in return for the damage since he had no money but Daiku payed for it. They went to the trainstation after that and Yukina tried to make Kuwabara feel better about their date. "It's okay,Kazuma, I had a wonderful time today, I hope we can go out again sometime." That brightened him up and he began making plans for a million more dates. Catherine smiled and the sillyness and grabbed Daiku's hand, "C'mon, lets leave them alone and find somewhere to sit on the train, I really enjoyed today too." Daiku smiled and kissed Catherine before they got on the train and went back to Genkai's.
Catherine was the first back to Genkai's where she found Rinku still tied up, she laughed and asked him what happened, he told her and she laughed harder as she tried to untie him. "You'd better be careful because Katrina said she was gunna get back at you too," he warned her. She shrugged and went inside to find Katrina sitting on the floor in her room, her cell on the floor and Gensu's voice calling her. "Kat, are you okay?" she asked dropping to the floor and scooping her best friend into a hug. Katrina blinked and gently pulled out of Catherine's arms.
"My mom... called," she mummbled, a look of shock on her face. Gensu's voice shouted for her again and Catherine said she'd call back later and then hung up the phone.
"Kat, what did your mom say? Is everything okay?"
"My... my papaw's... d-dead*," she sighed and started to sob. Catherine scooped her up like a little girl and squeezed her until Kurama came in to tell them dinner was ready. He dropped to the floor with them and asked what was wrong, Catherine told him and he joined in the hug. When Katrina had calmed down some she tried to pull out of the hug again but Kurama and Catherine wouldn't let her go. "Guys, I need to blown my nose," she said, that was what she always said when she wanted out of a hug after she'd cried, though she really did need to blow her nose. They let her go and Kurama got her some tissues, "do you want to go home?" he asked gently as she blew her nose.
"What? I can't hear you when I'm blowing my nose," she said.
"Do you want to go home?" Kurama repeated.
Katrina blinked, sighed, blew her nose again, and then said, "yes..." Kurama and Catherine stayed with Katrina as she blew her nose and smilled at them, "I'm okay for now, my emotions are weird like that, they come in waves and I never know when they're going to hit. You guys go eat dinner, I need to make some phone calls," she shooed them out of her room with a sad smile and closed the door.
"Is she going to be okay?" Kurama asked, turning to Catherine.
"Yeah, she just needs a little time to herself, she talk to us when she's ready, for now lets not say anything to anyone, she'll tell them when she's ready. Two things she really hates are tons of unwanted attention and worrying or disapointing people, so we should just go eat dinner and help her when she needs it."
Nobody really noticed that Katrina wasn't at dinner because they'd all spread out and ate in different rooms; after supper Katrina came out and got herself some food and talked to Kurama and Catherine about the phone calls and what she planned on doing. Katrina was going to go home for a bit to be with her family and attend the funeral, Catherine wanted to go with her, but Katrina said that Gensu said she should probably stay. Kurama said he was going to go with her regaurdless of what she said, he wasn't taking no for an answer, she was his girlfriend and he wanted to be there for her. Reluctantly she agreed and they made plans for going back the next day. Kurama called his family and told them what had happened and that he was going to go to America with Katrina to be there for her. His family talked to Katrina and told her that if she need anything she could always go to them if she came back. Katrina thanked them and promised that she'd come back when things were settled, then she called Gensu to find out about the portal and if it was possible for Kurama to go and come back, it was. Finally she called her family agian and let them know she was coming home and Kurama was coming with her. They knew him through phone calls and were happy to hear that he was kind enough to be there.
That night Katrina and Kurama packed their things and left early the next day, they left Catherine in charge of telling everyone what was going on becuase Katrina really didn't want to. Kurama thought she should tell them but understood she had enough to deal with, and Catherine was perfectly fine with it, she said goodbye and went to tell everyone a couple hours after they were gone like Katrina had asked.
At the portal Katrina took a deep breath took Kurama's hand and they stepped through together arriving in Gensu's wearhouse.
Author's Note: first *drunker than a skunk; I couldn't help it, I just had to use that, I thought it was so funny and doesn't get usef often
second *my papaw's dead; that actually happened to me this year, March 13th, 2011 a Sunday morning and my emotions do come in waves. But I'm happy to know that my Papaw's in Heaven and no longer suffering.