Bewitched Chapter 3

After Botan left Kurama stayed rooted where he sat. He stared at the wall and thought about what could possibly be bothering him so bad that his friends had noticed he wasn't himself. He was soon interrupted by his mother's voice telling him that his breakfast was ready. He got up and dressed in his uniform and went downstairs. He chatted with his mother during breakfast but he couldn't focus on the conversation. His mother noticed his behavior and asked him if was feeling well.

"Yes I think I'm a little tired. I must have stayed up too late studying." She walked over and kissed his cheek, and replied "Oh, well you better hurry up or you'll be late for school." He nodded and got up and put his plate in the sink. Before he left he kissed his mother goodbye and gathered his backpack and put on his shoes.

As he walked to school his head started to feel fuzzy, all of a sudden he had flashes of memories running through his head. He fell to his knees as the memories continued to surface; these particular memories were extremely violent. At first Kurama was repulsed but then he began to enjoy the feelings they brought forth. His eyes started to turn gold and then a voice brought him back to reality.

"Shuichi, are you alright?" he heard a female voice ask.

He stood up and turned to see a girl from his school staring at him with a worried look on her face. He shook his head yes and replied "I'm fine, I just got a little dizzy that's all."

She sighed and said "Oh good, I was worried." He thanked her for her concern and she hurried away her cheeks red with embarrassment. He watched her walk away feeling bad for not even knowing her name. He looked around to make sure no one else might have witnessed his spell. He blew out a breath and decided to skip school. He walked towards the park where he decided to spend the day trying to clear his head.

The small shadowy figure of Hiei looked on at the scene on the street. He watched the red haired fox walked away and really began to worry something might be very wrong with the former thief. Hiei decided to follow Kurama to the park and watch him carefully. He wasn't sure whether or not Kurama could sense him but he stayed anyway. Kurama found a secluded area and sat down. He reached into his bag and pulled out a book and began to read. Hiei found a spot where he could get comfortable and continued to watch the fox. After a while he noticed Kurama's shoulders slump and he knew the teen had fallen asleep. He decided that there wasn't too much trouble Kurama could cause or get into while he was asleep and he left in a flash to go find Yusuke and inform him of what was happening.

Yusuke was bored. He didn't know why he had even bothered to come to school in the first place. He stared at the teacher and daydreamed of shooting his Spirit gun at unsuspecting apparitions. He thought about trying to sneak out and looked around the room to see if the coast was clear, he froze when he saw Keiko staring daggers at him, she knew what he was thinking and disapproved. He looked way and stared at the teacher once more. After a few seconds he glanced over to see if Keiko was watching him, she was too busy reading to pay any more attention to him. He blew out a breath and stared out the window. He soon heard a voice in his head "Detective, we have a problem" Yusuke knew that voice and shot out of his chair. The teacher shouted "Mr. Urameshi, is there a problem?"

Yusuke's eyes widened and he quickly said "Umm, I'm not feeling well, may I be excused to go see the nurse?" The teacher nodded and he slipped out of the room, he could feel Keiko's eyes burning in the back of his head as he left the room, she knew he was lying but could do nothing about it. Yusuke knew she wouldn't follow him because she was too afraid to miss something important in class to skip class. Once he was in the hallway he made his way to the door that led to the roof. He threw open the door and raced up the stairs where he knew Hiei was waiting.

"Detective" Hiei said after Yusuke appeared on the roof.

"Whats up Hiei, why are you here?" Yusuke asked.

"There's something strange going on with Kurama" Hiei explained. Yusuke looked at the fire demons serious expression and burst out laughing.

"Is this your idea of a joke? Nothing is wrong with Kurama I just saw him a couple of days ago."

"I'm serious" Hiei said and he started to explain but was interrupted when the door swung open once more. Hiei rolled his eyes as Kuwabara shouted "Urameshi, are you up here?"

"Kuwabara, what do you want?" Yusuke shouted back at the teenager.

"I saw you running and assumed you had an important case and needed my help" Kuwabara replied. Hiei humphed and continued to try and explain Kurama's behavior to the two detectives. They listened but neither of them believed the fire demon.

"That's a riot short stack" Kuwabara said as Hiei finished his explanation.

"Yeah Hiei, I find all of this hard to believe" Yusuke stated.

"If that's how you feel then I will handle this myself" Hiei huffed as he disappeared into the trees. The two teens looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders as they watched his small form disappear into the distance.

"So what now Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked as he looked at Yusuke.

"Maybe we should go and check on Kurama just in case what Hiei said was right" and with that the two detectives snuck away from school and started to make their way across town where Kurama went to school.