Together Then, Together Now
I do not own any of the characters from Yu Yu Hakusho.
Introductions
"Hello Botan," Kurama said, "what seems to be the problem?"
"Hello Kurama," Botan said, "Koenma wants to see Necko in his office now."
"What? Fine, you mind opening a door," Kuramasaid and gave a small growl he though no one heard.
'Did he just growl,' Necko thought looking at Kurama through her bangs.
Botan waved her hand and a door of some kind appeared in front of them. Necko tensed in Kurama's arms as the door opened and they walked through it.
Sitting in front them, in a large chair was a short brown haired guy with Jr. on his forehead and a pacifier in his mouth.
"Necko has been brought as instructed Koenma," Botan said standing off to the side.
Kurama set Necko down in a chair in front of Koenma and stood behind the chair. Necko looked back at Kurama, then to Koenma, and back to Kurama. Kurama smiled down at Necko and placed a hand on her right shoulder. Looking away from Kurama, Necko looked straight at Koenma.
"Why am I here," Necko asked looking at Kurama's hand before pushing it off.
"You are here, because when you were attacked in the alley you sent out a giant spirit wave," Koenma said looking down at some papers in front of him.
"You know it's rude not looking someone in the eyes when you're speaking to them," Necko said.
"I've learned the hard way that sometimes looking into some ones eyes is not the best thing to do in some situations. Like this one now," Koenma said still not looking up.
Getting annoyed with Koenma, Necko kicked Koenma's desk shoving it back into his stomach.
"Now that I got your attention look me in the eyes and tell. What am I doing here," Necko asked in a low voice.
"I thought that serum Dr. Hin gave her was suppose to make her to weak to walk," Botan said backing away to the wall.
Kurama pulled Necko up out of the chair and tossed her over his shoulder. Kurama looked to Botan then to Koenma before turning to leave.
"I think it would be best if you save this little talk with Necko when she is not in a bad mood," Kurama said tightening his hold on Necko and leaving the room behind.
Kurama walked through another door and down a dirt path for about ten minutes with Necko being silent. He stopped and put her down and started to walk away. Kurama stopped looked back at her and motioned her to follow before turning and continued walking. Necko stood there on shacking knees and tried to walk. She took about three steps before her knees buckled and she fell to the ground. Kurama stopped looking back only to find Necko struggling to get back on her feet. He stood there watching her struggle to stand. After the fifth attempt to stand Necko gave up and just sat there on the ground. Kurama walked back to her and kneeled in front of her. He looked into her eyes and saw anger and sorrow staring right back at him.
"How come I was able to kick that guy's desk into his stomach, yet I can't even stand up and walk," Necko said looking away from him.
"I don't know how you did that back there, but I know I'm not going to let you stay here," Kurama said picking Necko up and carrying her the rest of the way.
Along the way to the mansion Necko had fallen a sleep to the steady beat of Kurama's heart. Kurama noticed that she was a sleep.
"Don't get attached Kurama," Youko said, "because she probably will not be staying here very long."
"Who said that I was getting attached Youko," Kurama said, "I'm just giving her a helping hand."
"Keep telling yourself that," Youko said annoyed, "but remember that I'm a part of you."
Kurama looked down at Necko before looking up at the mansion just twenty feet in front of him. He got to the front door and repositioned Necko, so that he could open the door. Once inside he closed the door with his foot and walked down the hall, up a flight of stairs, and went to his room once ther he opened the door and walked inside. He laid Necko down on his bed and covering her up. Kurama left the room shutting the door behind him and went down stairs to the living room.
"Hey Kurama your back," Jin said as Kurama entered the room, "where's Necko."
"She is asleep up in my room," Kurama said taking a seat across from Jin.
"Why is she in your room," Yusuke asked leaning forward.
"Where else was I supposed to put her while she is sleeping," Kurama said.
"Good point," Yusuke said leaning back into his chair.
Kurama and the guys sat there talking for about an hour and a half. Before Botan appeared with a message from Koenma and they all left for his office. Not too long after they left Necko started to wake up.
Once Necko was fully awake she bolted up right and took a quick look around. Throwing the covers back, she sat on the edge of the bed. Necko stood up slowly testing her own legs to see if that shoot had worn off. She took a few steps forward and looked around as she did. The room she was in was a soft tan color. In the far-left corner surrounded by windows was a raised circular platform that was covered by a thick dark brown cushion. She walked around the room noticing two light wood doors. She opened one of the doors and found that led to a bathroom. She walked inside looking around. The bathroom walls were the same color as the room and the sink was placed in a dark brown garnet contour-top. It had an average size mirror with a small light above it. To the left of the sink there was a shower surrounded by sanded down glass and to right of the sink was a Jacuzzi type tube big enough for two people. On the same wall as the shower there was a set of cabinets the same light color wood as the doors. And sitting beside it was the toilet.
Necko walked to the sink turning on the water and washed her face. Drying her face she walked out and found a dresser just a little ways away from the bathroom door. Walking over to it, she opened one of the five drawers. In it was shirts and sweaters all were neatly folded. Necko looked down at herself and then picked out a dark blue shirt and put it on. She closed the drawer and opened another drawer and found shorts and sleep-pants. Necko dared not to look into the other drawers. She found the door leading to the hallway. Closed the door behind her, Necko started to walk down the hallway. She came to some stairs and hesitant to proceeded for her knees started to shake horribly. Necko started down the stairs taking it one step at a time keeping a tight hold of the stair railing. Once at the bottom of the stairs she took a good look around before proceeding with shaky steps.
She opened another door that led into the living room. The living room had a cherry wood floor and the walls were painted a hunter green; there was a cherry wood base boards and molding and above the molding was a foot and a half strip of tan colored paint. The ceiling was a different shade of tan. There were seven huge windows letting in the fading sunlight. There were four other doors connecting the living room to other parts of the mansion. There were two dark brown leather chairs and two matching couches set neatly around a coffee table in front of a fireplace. Above the fireplace was a wide flat-screen TV. Necko walked around one of the couches looking around paying little attention to her surroundings.
When suddenly one of the doors swung open causing Necko to jump and somehow fall over the back of the couch hitting her head. Necko heard voices, but couldn't understand what they were saying over her throbbing head.
"Yusuke what did you do," someone said, who Necko didn't know.
"Hey I didn't do anything," Yusuke said.
Necko felt herself being picked up off the floor, but stumbled and had to hold onto the shirt of whoever was holding her up. Necko shuck her head to clear her vision. She looked up and found that Kurama was the one holding her up. Kurama led Necko over to one of the couches and had her sit down.
"Are you alright Necko," Kurama said, "We all saw you fall over the couch and hit the floor."
"Is she going to be okay Kurama," someone with an Irish accent said.
"I think she should be okay after a while Jin," Kurama said kneeling in front of Necko.
"Jin," Necko said, "Who's he?"
"That would be me," Jin said coming to look at Necko over Kurama's shoulder. Jin gave her a goofy smile and Necko gave a small smile in return.
Kurama got up and left the room. Necko looked around at the five guys standing around her; then she spotted a guy sitting on one of the windowsills.
"So the guy sitting in the window must be Hiei," Necko said getting everyone to look at her funny.
"Wait how did you know Shorty's name was Hiei," a tall guy with orange hair said.
"Kurama said that the one who pointed his sword at me was Hiei," Necko said, "beside who could forget a pair of eyes like that."
Hiei looked over at her before giving a "Hn" in response. Kurama reentered the room carrying a plate of sliced fruit in one hand and in the other a glass of water. Kurama sat down beside Necko and offered her some of the fruit.
"No thank you," Necko said holding her hand up, "I don't know if the shoot affected my stomach."
Kurama shrugged his shoulders and set the plate on the coffee table in front of them.
"Well at least drink something," Kurama said holding the glass out for Necko to take.
Necko took the glass from him and took a small drink before asking, "Okay so who is who? I know who Jin and Hiei are."
"You can call me Chuu," Chuu said with an Australian accent. He also stood about six foot, five inches tall and had a purple Mohawk.
"My name is Yusuke," Yusuke said. He had black gelled back hair and brown eyes.
"I'm Kuwabara," Kuwabara said. He had orange hair and stood taller than Yusuke.
"The name is Touya," Touya said. He had aqua blue hair and grayish blue eyes.
"Nice to meet all of you, maybe," Necko said taking another drink of water.
Everyone looked at her before taking a seat, but Jin. Yusuke took a deep breath letting it out slow. He leaned forward resting his elbows on his knees.
He looked at Necko before asking, "Necko who attacked you……"
"None of your business," Necko said interrupting Yusuke's question, "I keep what goes on in my life a secret, especially from people I don't know or trust."
Necko turned sharply and looked over at Hiei and said, "Stay the hell out of my head!"
Everyone looked at her shocked that she knew Hiei was looking in her mind. Necko threw the glass of water at Hiei.
"I told you to get out of my head!" Necko yelled holding her head as if in pain.
"Hiei stop!" Yusuke said standing to face the fire apparition.
Hiei pulled out of Necko's mind.
"You're being attacked by a group of guys from the high school you have to attend," Hiei said not caring if he hurt Necko getting the information from her.
Everyone looked at Necko again not being able to believe that she would go to a school were guys would beat her and put her in the hospital.
"So why do you still go to Minudo?" Yusuke asked.
"The guys are from Goru High School not Minudo High School," Necko said hiding her eyes behind her bangs.
"Wait, don't you go to Minudo?" Yusuke asked.
"I did before I was transferred to Goru three years ago," Necko said not looking up, "it was there that all my troubles started. I'm not answering any more questions."
"Changing the subject," Jin said before Yusuke could push the subject, "are you wearing one of Kurama's shirts?"
Everyone except Hiei looked at what Necko was wearing.
"Yes," Necko said, pulling the shirt away from her to look at it, "I found it in the dresser in his room."
"So you just went looking around my things," Kurama said, "and without me even knowing."
"What did you expect me to do just sit there wearing a shirt the hugs the parts that make me a woman," Necko said crossing her arms in front of her.
The guys looked at one another, except Hiei, Touya, and Kurama, before busting up laughing. Necko looked at them as if they had lost their minds. She looked at Kurama and Kurama looked at her before shrugging his shoulders. The guys settled down from their laughing fits. Jin sat down on the arm of the couch beside Necko.
"So you did that to hide yourself," Jin said giving Necko a funny look.
"Yes, and will you please not look at me like that? It's a little unnerving," Necko said leaning away from Jin, but ended up leaning into Kurama.
Necko stood up turning to face Jin. Because of the shoot and hitting her head earlier, Necko lost balance and started to fall. Kurama caught a hold of Necko by her the right arm and Jin caught a hold of Necko by her left arm. Jin released her when she got her footing, where as Kurama keep a hold of her. Kurama gently pulled Necko forward, spun her around, and released her while standing.
"I think it would be best we all retired for the night," Kurama said, "for if I do recall Koenma has us all going to the training arena tomorrow. Also you Necko are going to. No questions."
Necko looked as if she had just been stabbed in the back. Shaking her head, she looked into Kurama's eye to see if he was joking, but instantly regretted it when she saw something move inside his eyes. Kurama looked at Necko before turning her and making her walk to the stairs. Everyone looked at the scene then to each other shrugging their shoulders and talked between each other for a while. Then they got up and headed to their rooms.
On the way up the stares
"Why help her when all she does is fight against everything," Youko said in annoyance, "all her fighting is rather tiresome."
'I don't think that's going change for a while, so we're just going to have to get use to it,' Kurama said stop the conversation with Youko.
"Maybe you should listen to what the fox has to say," Hiei said inside of Kurama's head.
'I don't want to discuss this with you Hiei,' Kurama said.
"Hn, just think about it," Hiei said retreating from Kurama's mind.
Kurama lead Necko back to his room. Leaving his door open, Kurama walked Necko farther into his room. Kurama nudged her forward. She took a few steps before stopping and turning to look at him.
"You're going to be stay in my room until we can get you a room set up," Kurama said walking over and shutting the door.
"Wait you mean to tell me I'm staying the same room as you," Necko said watching Kurama as he walked over to his dresser and pulled out another set of clothes.
"It will probably be only for a night," Kurama said handing Necko a set of clothes, "besides I don't think you want to share a room with one of the other guys."
Necko looked at the clothes in her hands before walking into the bathroom shutting and locking the door behind her. Kurama shuck his head before pulling out a pair of sleep clothes and put them on. After a short time there came a knock from the bathroom door.
"You decent or do I need to wait a little longer," Necko said through the door.
"You can come out and make yourself comfortable," Kurama said knocking on the door. He gave Necko a side-glance when she reentered the room.
"You don't have to be so nice to me," Necko said walking over and taking a seat on Kurama's bed.
"Someone has to make up for all the times other 'guys' hurt you," Kurama said walking over and lying down on his stomach on the circular platform, "so that you don't think that all men want to hurt you."
"So you're standing up for the rest of the male race Kurama," Necko said laying down on her back and looking over at him, "you remind me of a hopeless romantic."
Both Necko and Kurama started to laugh at her comment. Kurama stop laughing first and waited for Necko to stop. When she did, Necko looked at Kurama then turned over, so that her back was facing him.
"When do you think I'll be able to go home?" she asked knowing all too well that he didn't know.
"I don't know Necko," Kurama said, "but when I find out I'll tell you as soon as I find you."
Necko didn't comment, but took hold of the covers throwing them over her body, curling up, and went to sleep. Kurama looked at her before getting up and turning off the lights. Kurama laid back down where he had been and fell asleep.