Bewitched Chapter 4
They arrived just as school was letting out, they stood and waited for a glimpse of the red head but they didn't see him exit the building. Finally Kuwabara stopped a girl and asked "Excuse me, have you seen Kur… I mean Shuichi today?"
She glared at him suspiciously and snapped out an answer "No, who are you and why do you want to know?'
"Um" was all Kuwabara could muster out before Yusuke cut in and said "We're friends of his, thanks for the help. Bye!" With that the boys hurried away from the school. Once they were a few blocks away Yusuke finally spoke "Kuwabara do you find it odd that Kurama would skip school?"
"Yeah, that's not like him at all." he replied.
The two decided to go to Kurama's house to see if he had stayed home. They walked in silence all the way there each of them thinking about what Hiei had shared with them. It didn't take the boys long to arrive at Kurama's house. When they got to the door Yusuke reached out and rang the doorbell. Kurama's mother Shiori quickly answered the door and smiled at the sight of the two teens.
"Hello boys, what you brings you here today?"
Yusuke managed a smile and said "We were just looking for K…Shuichi."
"Yeah" Kuwabara piped up "We um need some help with some homework."
Yusuke narrowed his eyes at his orange haired companion but said nothing. Shiori giggled and said "How nice of you to ask for help, although Shuichi isn't home right now."
The boys slumped their shoulders and said goodbye to Shiori. They stood and stared at the door after it had shut then looked at each other quizzically. They turned to head home and ran headfirst into Kurama. Kurama groaned inwardly at the sight of the two spirit detectives. 'What are they doing here? They never come to my house' he thought.
"Hey Kurama how's it going?" Kuwabara asked.
"Fine" he replied as he tried not to show his frustration.
"Everything ok?" Yusuke asked.
"Of course" the red head replied as he pushed past the two on the way to the front door. "Alright" Yusuke said "I guess we'll be going then." Kuwabara was about to chime in when he felt Yusuke pulling him along with him. Kurama stared stone faced as the two walked out of sight. When they rounded the corner Yusuke narrowed his eyebrows and said "That was strange."
"Whaddya mean?" Kuwabara said as he scratched his head in confusion. Yusuke sweat dropped and said "You idiot, you didn't notice that Kurama seemed different?"
"No" Kuwabara said defensively.
"Are you stupid?" Yusuke cried "Kurama never acts like that; he's always polite no matter what. I can't believe you didn't notice." Kuwabara shrugged his shoulders, this gesture made Yusuke mad and he struck the taller teen.
"Ouch" Kuwabara shouted and before you could blink the two were on the ground wrestling. Hiei watched the two humans and rolled his eyes. He wasn't entirely sure what his next step would be but he knew he had to figure out what was wrong with the kitsune before something bad happened.