Chapter 5: A Promise Fulfilled?
Starlite: As you all know I don't own YYH or the characters. I do own Satochi and Trisha and a few other people though...
Satochi: I'm not in this chapter!
Starlite: Must you always interupt me?
Satochi: Yes.
Starlite: (Sweatdrop)
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9 Years Later
After getting over the depression of losing the love of his life for the second time, Kuwabara changed his life for the worst. He started partying with Yusuke and getting drunk and doing stupid stuff. His latest self-embarassment was singing. He couldn't sing, but when he was drinking he didn't care if he could or not.
"She's got a smile that it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky." sang Kuwabara. (A/N: I don't own Guns N Roses or Sweet Child o Mine.)
"Now and then when I see her face, she takes me away to that special place and if I stared too long I'd probably break down and cry." followed Yusuke.
Then as they started to sing together, Kayko and Shizuru walked in carrying their children. The whole bar stood still as the women entered the crowded club with such young kids.
"I wonder where Kazuma and Yusuke are? It's hard to tell with so many people here."
"Umm, Shizuru don't look now, but isn't that Yusuke and Kazuma up on the bar singing?"
"I dunno, but for his own good that better not be my baby brother."
"Ugh, it is. They have obviously been drinking like fish. (sigh) And Yusuke has to go to the Parent -Teacher conference tonight."
"Ohhhh, sweet child o mine..." sang the duo.
"We have got to do something about this, it's too damn embarassing!"
"Too damn embarassing!" yelled Shizuru's youngest son.
"Haru! I told you that only mommy and daddy are allowed to say those words!"
"I sorry. Haru never say that again."
"Good. Now on to my baby brother. (walks up to the bar) KAZUMA!!!! GET OFF THAT FING BAR RIGHT NOW BEFORE YOU DISGRACE OUR FAMILY MORE THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE!!!!!!"
"Yeah Uncle Kazuma, get off that fing bar!"
"Haru..."
"But Sis, (hiccup) me an' Urameshi are 'aving a good (hiccup) time..."
"Yeah, but you both are a mess and you have to do a favor for Koenma tonight."
"Can Urameshi come?"
"No, he's got to go to a meeting with his wife, something you wouldn't know anything about!"
"Fine, I'll go, but I'm goin' to bed 'fter this."
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In Koenma's Office
Koenma's office seemed empty without all the ogres. They had all went on strike and left Koenma doing his paperwork by himself. He was very annoyed with them, but had worse problems on his hands. Kuwabara was there to take care of a few of those problems.
"Kuwabara, I need you to do me a favor. There is a gang in Demon World and some people have said that they have a young girl there with them that they are mistreating. I need you to go see if there really is a girl and if there is I will have one or you guys keep her 'til we know where she goes. Are you ready?"
"Kinda, my head hurts tho'."
"You've been drinking again, haven't you?"
"Yeah, but I only had a couple."
"Does that mean it would be ok if a cannibal only ate a few people?"
"No, not really..."
"My point exactly. Go find that girl. NOW!"
"Geez, ya don't have to yell."
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In Demon World
When he got outside, Kuwabara all of the sudden realized what a dark place he was in. There were robberies, vandalism, and all kinds of different crime all over the place, but he was sent to find that girl and that was exactly what he was going to do. His problem was that he didn't know what dark alley to start searching in, they all looked equally creepy. After pondering for a while, he remembered that he might be able use his spirit awareness to help put him in the right direction. In a minute or two he found an alley that felt much different than the others, like it had something in it much more pure than the others.
This was a good choice, because shortly after choosing that path he ran into a group of men who seemed to be yelling at something and hitting it with rocks. It was a little girl. She had black hair and blue eyes and she couldn't have been more than 8 years old. No wonder Koenma was disturbed by this, they were torturing her.
"What do you guys think you are doing?!"
"Teachin' this little brat to respect her elders. She might not look like much, but she is a fighter." said the gang's leader.
"Listen gentlemen, I have been sent here by my boss to bring this girl back to him and right now I have a hangover and am not in the mood to deal with bullshit, so if you would be kind enough to hand her over without a fight I would greatly appreciate it."
"Do you really think that I would give her up that easy, Carrot-top?! She is way too valuable to do that! Get 'im boys!"
After watching Kuwabara easily take down her captors, the girl made an attempt to get away from him, but soon he caught up with her and picked her up. When he did this he knew he had to get her to a good home soon, because her ribs and shoulder blades were sticking out. She needed a whole lot of TLC, but with all the girls that she was about to be in contact with he knew she would be fine. For a few minutes she tried to get away, but she was weak from hunger and couldn't struggle much.
"Since it looks like you are going to be with us for a while, could you tell me you name?"
"Why should I?"
"First of all, I'm sure that your name is better than calling you 'little girl' all the time."
"Ok, I'll tell you my name. My name is Kazumi. My mom got put in jail for killing a guy and my dad gave me to those guys. I'm starting to get used to the street life and I don't even know who you are and what you are going to do to me."
"Alrighty, that's a start. My name is Kazuma Kuwabara and my boss is going to give you a nice family until your mother gets out of the slammer."
"Really!? That's the nicest thing anybody has ever done for me! When will I meet these other people?"
"Later tonight, after you get cleaned up. Hmmm, I'll bet you'll fit into some of Hoshiko's clothes." (A/N: Hoshiko is Kurama and Botan's daughter.)
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Back At Koenma's
When they got there everyone else was there too. All the children were running around playing tag while they waited for Kuwa-chan to get back. Kazumi wasn't used to being in such a big place, or surrounded by people who weren't being mean to her.
"Kazumi, this is everybody. Everybody, this is Kazumi. I saved her all by myself!"
"Hi..."
"And now that we have everybody here we can decide who is going to pretend to be her parents until her mom gets out of jail. Lets try to make it look like you are her actual parents so that people don't get suspicious. Anybody want to speak up." said Koenma.
"I'll pretend to be her dad." volunteered Kuwabara.
"I must disagree. This girl is in very poor condition and needs someone to take care of her. Kuwabara, over the past few years you have shown us that you have a hard time taking care of yourself, let alone a child." argued Kurama. "I think Botan and I should take her."
"But, I..." wimpered the child before she was interupted by Yusuke.
"I think me and Kayko should take her 'cause she resembles our kids and we have the most experience."
"But I saved her!"
'Neither of you have shown any characteristics of being a model parent!"
"God dammit! Me and Hiei will take her if you guys are gonna argue about it!" yelled Shizuru.
"STOP!!!!!!! Stop yelling, you're making a huge fuss about nothing! Just let Koenma decide where you are going to put me and drop it!" screamed Kazumi.
"Thank you, Kazumi. I have decided to send Kazumi with Kurama. I think that she will be able to get into a better physical condition with you. I will give you the adoption papers tommorow. Everyone else be here so we can get to know Kazumi a little better. Come around 1:00 p.m."
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The Next Day
Koenma was lucky, his meeting with everyone was about start and he had been given permission by the adoption agency to put Kazumi as someone else's child. Everybody came early to see her and brought gifts, but there was one problem, Kurama and family were late, very late. Finally after about an hour of waiting they arrived, but they didn't look so happy to be there. Kurama was covered in mashed potatos, Botan had her hand in a cast, and Kazumi had a very pissed look on her face. Their children just playfully skipped behind the grumpy group.
"I take it that things aren't going so well." joked Koenma.
"I don't this is going to work out. She won't eat, she won't sleep, and she won't obey orders, at least we got her clean." mumbled Botan.
"There's too many people in that place. I don't want to stay there!" yelled the defiant Kazumi.
"Kazumi, if I let you pick who you want to stay with will you be good and eat?" suggested Koenma.
"Hmmm, yeah. Lemme see who the canidates are."
After she carefully examined everybody, Kazumi went to the middle of the room and cleared her voice.
"I want to stay with Kuwabara. He saved me and he doesn't have anybody else."
Everyone's jaws dropped, including Kuwabara's. Nobody expected her to choose him over everybody else, because ever one of the families had fathers that were demons, even though Yusuke is only part-demon. She just seemed to feel better in a smaller group.
"So I guess this means that I give the papers to you, Kuwabara. I hope she knows what she is in for."
"Yeah, but she won't have to worry 'cause I'm gonna change. I'm gonna be the best dad you've ever seen and the first thing I'm gonna do is give up alcohol and then I'll get a job. I did at least finish college, so I should be able to get a decent job around here. Hmmm, Kazumi Kuwabara. I like it, what do you think?"
"I like it." smiled Kazumi.
"Kazumi and Kazuma, that's weird how things worked out that your names sound so much alike." said Shizuru.
The young girl approached him slowly, tugged on his jacket and said, "Daddy, I'm hungry. Can we go get something to eat?" Kuwabara's face lit up and he picked her up and hugged her, Kurama and Botan, on the other hand, got red in the face, because about half an hour earlier they had begged her to eat something.
"Hey Koenma! Can we have this meeting some other time. Kazumi is hungry and you said yourself that she needed to be taken care of." said the proud new surrogate father. "Oh, and I'm gonna need those papers."
"All that I need to know now is how long it will be until your mommy gets out of jail?"
"Ummm, she'll be in there 'til I'm about 14, maybe a little less than that."
"You've got a long haul ahead of you Kuwabara, can you handle it?"
"We'll manage. Today is the best day of my life. Satochi's promise has been fulfilled and I have a new reason to live. It all works out great. I wonder if she is happy?"
"Most likely. Queens tend to lead good lives."
"Yeah, we'd better go. Buh bye!"
"That poor guy...I do believe I forgot to mention what she did to my hand. I tried to give her a hug, 'cause I thought that might make her feel more at home and she bit me! It hurts really bad." complained Botan.
"Poor Kuwabara, doesn't know anything 'bout being a parent. I feel sorry him."
"I feel sorry for anyone has to live with her!"
"Botan, shame on you! Sometimes it isn't nice to state the already obvious!"
Koenma: (Sweatdrop)
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Starlite: What did ya think? At least we know that Satochi is honest.
Satochi: And you had doubts before?
Starlite: Just a few...
Starlite: As you all know I don't own YYH or the characters. I do own Satochi and Trisha and a few other people though...
Satochi: I'm not in this chapter!
Starlite: Must you always interupt me?
Satochi: Yes.
Starlite: (Sweatdrop)
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9 Years Later
After getting over the depression of losing the love of his life for the second time, Kuwabara changed his life for the worst. He started partying with Yusuke and getting drunk and doing stupid stuff. His latest self-embarassment was singing. He couldn't sing, but when he was drinking he didn't care if he could or not.
"She's got a smile that it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky." sang Kuwabara. (A/N: I don't own Guns N Roses or Sweet Child o Mine.)
"Now and then when I see her face, she takes me away to that special place and if I stared too long I'd probably break down and cry." followed Yusuke.
Then as they started to sing together, Kayko and Shizuru walked in carrying their children. The whole bar stood still as the women entered the crowded club with such young kids.
"I wonder where Kazuma and Yusuke are? It's hard to tell with so many people here."
"Umm, Shizuru don't look now, but isn't that Yusuke and Kazuma up on the bar singing?"
"I dunno, but for his own good that better not be my baby brother."
"Ugh, it is. They have obviously been drinking like fish. (sigh) And Yusuke has to go to the Parent -Teacher conference tonight."
"Ohhhh, sweet child o mine..." sang the duo.
"We have got to do something about this, it's too damn embarassing!"
"Too damn embarassing!" yelled Shizuru's youngest son.
"Haru! I told you that only mommy and daddy are allowed to say those words!"
"I sorry. Haru never say that again."
"Good. Now on to my baby brother. (walks up to the bar) KAZUMA!!!! GET OFF THAT FING BAR RIGHT NOW BEFORE YOU DISGRACE OUR FAMILY MORE THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE!!!!!!"
"Yeah Uncle Kazuma, get off that fing bar!"
"Haru..."
"But Sis, (hiccup) me an' Urameshi are 'aving a good (hiccup) time..."
"Yeah, but you both are a mess and you have to do a favor for Koenma tonight."
"Can Urameshi come?"
"No, he's got to go to a meeting with his wife, something you wouldn't know anything about!"
"Fine, I'll go, but I'm goin' to bed 'fter this."
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In Koenma's Office
Koenma's office seemed empty without all the ogres. They had all went on strike and left Koenma doing his paperwork by himself. He was very annoyed with them, but had worse problems on his hands. Kuwabara was there to take care of a few of those problems.
"Kuwabara, I need you to do me a favor. There is a gang in Demon World and some people have said that they have a young girl there with them that they are mistreating. I need you to go see if there really is a girl and if there is I will have one or you guys keep her 'til we know where she goes. Are you ready?"
"Kinda, my head hurts tho'."
"You've been drinking again, haven't you?"
"Yeah, but I only had a couple."
"Does that mean it would be ok if a cannibal only ate a few people?"
"No, not really..."
"My point exactly. Go find that girl. NOW!"
"Geez, ya don't have to yell."
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In Demon World
When he got outside, Kuwabara all of the sudden realized what a dark place he was in. There were robberies, vandalism, and all kinds of different crime all over the place, but he was sent to find that girl and that was exactly what he was going to do. His problem was that he didn't know what dark alley to start searching in, they all looked equally creepy. After pondering for a while, he remembered that he might be able use his spirit awareness to help put him in the right direction. In a minute or two he found an alley that felt much different than the others, like it had something in it much more pure than the others.
This was a good choice, because shortly after choosing that path he ran into a group of men who seemed to be yelling at something and hitting it with rocks. It was a little girl. She had black hair and blue eyes and she couldn't have been more than 8 years old. No wonder Koenma was disturbed by this, they were torturing her.
"What do you guys think you are doing?!"
"Teachin' this little brat to respect her elders. She might not look like much, but she is a fighter." said the gang's leader.
"Listen gentlemen, I have been sent here by my boss to bring this girl back to him and right now I have a hangover and am not in the mood to deal with bullshit, so if you would be kind enough to hand her over without a fight I would greatly appreciate it."
"Do you really think that I would give her up that easy, Carrot-top?! She is way too valuable to do that! Get 'im boys!"
After watching Kuwabara easily take down her captors, the girl made an attempt to get away from him, but soon he caught up with her and picked her up. When he did this he knew he had to get her to a good home soon, because her ribs and shoulder blades were sticking out. She needed a whole lot of TLC, but with all the girls that she was about to be in contact with he knew she would be fine. For a few minutes she tried to get away, but she was weak from hunger and couldn't struggle much.
"Since it looks like you are going to be with us for a while, could you tell me you name?"
"Why should I?"
"First of all, I'm sure that your name is better than calling you 'little girl' all the time."
"Ok, I'll tell you my name. My name is Kazumi. My mom got put in jail for killing a guy and my dad gave me to those guys. I'm starting to get used to the street life and I don't even know who you are and what you are going to do to me."
"Alrighty, that's a start. My name is Kazuma Kuwabara and my boss is going to give you a nice family until your mother gets out of the slammer."
"Really!? That's the nicest thing anybody has ever done for me! When will I meet these other people?"
"Later tonight, after you get cleaned up. Hmmm, I'll bet you'll fit into some of Hoshiko's clothes." (A/N: Hoshiko is Kurama and Botan's daughter.)
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Back At Koenma's
When they got there everyone else was there too. All the children were running around playing tag while they waited for Kuwa-chan to get back. Kazumi wasn't used to being in such a big place, or surrounded by people who weren't being mean to her.
"Kazumi, this is everybody. Everybody, this is Kazumi. I saved her all by myself!"
"Hi..."
"And now that we have everybody here we can decide who is going to pretend to be her parents until her mom gets out of jail. Lets try to make it look like you are her actual parents so that people don't get suspicious. Anybody want to speak up." said Koenma.
"I'll pretend to be her dad." volunteered Kuwabara.
"I must disagree. This girl is in very poor condition and needs someone to take care of her. Kuwabara, over the past few years you have shown us that you have a hard time taking care of yourself, let alone a child." argued Kurama. "I think Botan and I should take her."
"But, I..." wimpered the child before she was interupted by Yusuke.
"I think me and Kayko should take her 'cause she resembles our kids and we have the most experience."
"But I saved her!"
'Neither of you have shown any characteristics of being a model parent!"
"God dammit! Me and Hiei will take her if you guys are gonna argue about it!" yelled Shizuru.
"STOP!!!!!!! Stop yelling, you're making a huge fuss about nothing! Just let Koenma decide where you are going to put me and drop it!" screamed Kazumi.
"Thank you, Kazumi. I have decided to send Kazumi with Kurama. I think that she will be able to get into a better physical condition with you. I will give you the adoption papers tommorow. Everyone else be here so we can get to know Kazumi a little better. Come around 1:00 p.m."
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The Next Day
Koenma was lucky, his meeting with everyone was about start and he had been given permission by the adoption agency to put Kazumi as someone else's child. Everybody came early to see her and brought gifts, but there was one problem, Kurama and family were late, very late. Finally after about an hour of waiting they arrived, but they didn't look so happy to be there. Kurama was covered in mashed potatos, Botan had her hand in a cast, and Kazumi had a very pissed look on her face. Their children just playfully skipped behind the grumpy group.
"I take it that things aren't going so well." joked Koenma.
"I don't this is going to work out. She won't eat, she won't sleep, and she won't obey orders, at least we got her clean." mumbled Botan.
"There's too many people in that place. I don't want to stay there!" yelled the defiant Kazumi.
"Kazumi, if I let you pick who you want to stay with will you be good and eat?" suggested Koenma.
"Hmmm, yeah. Lemme see who the canidates are."
After she carefully examined everybody, Kazumi went to the middle of the room and cleared her voice.
"I want to stay with Kuwabara. He saved me and he doesn't have anybody else."
Everyone's jaws dropped, including Kuwabara's. Nobody expected her to choose him over everybody else, because ever one of the families had fathers that were demons, even though Yusuke is only part-demon. She just seemed to feel better in a smaller group.
"So I guess this means that I give the papers to you, Kuwabara. I hope she knows what she is in for."
"Yeah, but she won't have to worry 'cause I'm gonna change. I'm gonna be the best dad you've ever seen and the first thing I'm gonna do is give up alcohol and then I'll get a job. I did at least finish college, so I should be able to get a decent job around here. Hmmm, Kazumi Kuwabara. I like it, what do you think?"
"I like it." smiled Kazumi.
"Kazumi and Kazuma, that's weird how things worked out that your names sound so much alike." said Shizuru.
The young girl approached him slowly, tugged on his jacket and said, "Daddy, I'm hungry. Can we go get something to eat?" Kuwabara's face lit up and he picked her up and hugged her, Kurama and Botan, on the other hand, got red in the face, because about half an hour earlier they had begged her to eat something.
"Hey Koenma! Can we have this meeting some other time. Kazumi is hungry and you said yourself that she needed to be taken care of." said the proud new surrogate father. "Oh, and I'm gonna need those papers."
"All that I need to know now is how long it will be until your mommy gets out of jail?"
"Ummm, she'll be in there 'til I'm about 14, maybe a little less than that."
"You've got a long haul ahead of you Kuwabara, can you handle it?"
"We'll manage. Today is the best day of my life. Satochi's promise has been fulfilled and I have a new reason to live. It all works out great. I wonder if she is happy?"
"Most likely. Queens tend to lead good lives."
"Yeah, we'd better go. Buh bye!"
"That poor guy...I do believe I forgot to mention what she did to my hand. I tried to give her a hug, 'cause I thought that might make her feel more at home and she bit me! It hurts really bad." complained Botan.
"Poor Kuwabara, doesn't know anything 'bout being a parent. I feel sorry him."
"I feel sorry for anyone has to live with her!"
"Botan, shame on you! Sometimes it isn't nice to state the already obvious!"
Koenma: (Sweatdrop)
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Starlite: What did ya think? At least we know that Satochi is honest.
Satochi: And you had doubts before?
Starlite: Just a few...