Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ From Dusk til Dawn Starts a New Day ❯ Chp. 2 The Puu enters the Picture ( Chapter 2 )

Chp. 2 The Puu Enters the Picture.

Her palms were sweaty. Her knees were weak. Her arms were heavy. There wasn't vomit on her sweater, but she was still pretty nervous.

She was scared for her life. She had made a mistake. And she was paying for it every time that clock ticked, paid for it every time the clock tocked. Time was running out, and school would soon be over. And he would be waiting. Waiting for her. And she knew it.

The seconds flew by slowly. She couldn't pay attention to her professor. She was too nervous, too scared.

It was at times like this, that she needed something small and cuddly to cuddle and adore with love, something to get her mind off her impending doom.

Biting her lip, she tried to concentrate on her studies, but it was useless. She'd just have to get notes from someone else.

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*tock* went the clock on the wall. Looking up at it, she cringed. The bell would ring in less than a minute, and then she would be dead.

She began to pack. `Maybe if I run all the way home, take shortcuts, and jump fences, maybe, just maybe I won't run into him.'

`Or maybe he'll just be waiting outside the door for you.' A voice in the back of her head said.

She gulped. Because everyone knows that, that voice in the back of your head is always right.

BBBBRRRRIIIINNNNGGG went the bell.

Grabbing her bag, she headed for the door, purposely hiding herself amongst the mass crowd of college students.

Out in the hall, as the students went their separate ways leaving her with little protection, she shook her head so that her loose hair would hide her face and her easy-to-find-in-a-crowd eyes.

Looking around she didn't see him anywhere in sight. But just to be safe, she ducked behind a big tall guy, who, just like her, was heading out the door.

He didn't seem to notice her, or he just decided to ignore her. But she didn't care just as long as he didn't find her.

The door, she saw it, only a few feet away and getting closer, closer, closer. It was close now (bet you didn't see that coming) it was only an arms length away, closer. The doors opened and a bright light blinded her, but she kept on walking, through the door, she had made it through the door and still no sight of him. She had made it, made it out the door. She was home free. Or so she thought.

"Hello there, Higurashi." A cold sinister voice said behind her.

A chill ran down her spine. She knew who that voice belonged to. It belonged to him...

The big guy she was hiding behind had eased away while she feeling happy about getting out the door.

Turning around slowly, she looked into the eyes of a very angry Yuske Urameshi, holding a bag of ice to his crotch. Someone, whom I'm not, gonna name *coughKAGOMEcough*, had kicked him there...Hard, really Hard.

"OH he...hey Y-Y-Yu-Yuske. Y-y-y-you're n-n-not still m-m-m-mad are you?" she stammered as he limped towards her, a sadistic smile on his face.

"OH no no no no noooo. Now why would I be mad? You know, if you just hold still, I'll show you how un-mad I am."

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"Aahhhhhh!" Kagome screamed as she ran down the streets, Yuske hot on her tail.

"NO DON'T RUN. IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GOING TO KILL YOU." Yuske yelled after her.

They ran through town and pass an outdoor café where Kurama, Kuabawra, and Hiei were sitting doing their own things. Kurama was reading a book, with a cup of tea sitting in front of him. Kuabawra was eating a hamburger, fries, with a root beer, and Hiei. Hiei was eating a combo. Chocolate cake smothered under cookie and cream ice cream, with a side of chocolate chip cookies. (Hiei has a sweet tooth.)

"Should we, you know...help her?" Kuabawra asked looking as the two ran by.

"No. let Yuske have his little revenge. She did go a little too far this time." Kurama said not looking up from his book.

"Besides, he wouldn't dare hurt her badly." Hiei put in after finishing his desert.

Putting his book down Kurama looked Hiei square in the eye. "Are you sure about that? She did kick him pretty hard."

"......" without a word Hiei simply disappeared in a blur from his spot.

"Where'd the shrimp go?" Kuabawra asked.

But Kurama simply hid a smile behind his book.

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He didn't know what happened. One minute he had been chasing Kagome, then out of nowhere, POW a fist appeared and then he woke up at the café with Kurama, Hiei, and Kuabawra. All this Yuske pondered as he walked aimlessly through the city not sure why, but just walking. He didn't know where he was going, but he just knew which corner to take and which not.

Just as he passed a corner, he ran into Kurama and Hiei, who looked just as confused as to where they were going just as he.

With hands behind his back Yuske cast them a lazy eye. "So...are you guys walking aimlessly through the city towards a location you don't know?"

They both gave him surprised looks.

"Was I close?"

"Very." Hiei said putting on his blank face.

"How may I ask do you know that?" Kurama asked.

"I'm doing the exact same thing."

"Yuske is there by any chance that Kuabawra has gotten this urge to travel, as we?"

"No. I passed him a while back; he was busy playing with a bunch of stupid cats. Sooo...do any of you know where only us `demons' are heading?" Yuske asked stuffing his hands into his pockets.

As to answer his question, a wave of raw energy seemed to wash over them...choke them...pound them...draw them towards the source.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Yuske yelled.

"Where did it come from?" Kurama asked.

"It came from the park." Hiei said calmly.

"Well looks like we have a demon to stop, come on!" Yuske yelled before they all took off at full speed towards the park.

Kurama and Yuske were neck to neck. Hiei had taken to the trees and had been long since gone. They soon made it to the park. They followed the bowls of energy that seemed to call to them. They followed it to a secluded area in the park, into a grove of trees.

They were almost to the center of the grove when they heard slow soothing like music.

"What the hell is that?" Yuske asked aloud.

"Shhhh!" Kurama hushed him as Hiei jumped from the tree above them. "What is it Hiei?" Kurama asked. "Where is that music coming from?"

Not giving a direct answer Hiei began to walk deeper into the patch of trees. As they walked, the music became louder and a demonic aura started to become apparent.

`Where the hell is Hiei taking us?' Yuske thought to himself before Hiei stopped in front of some bushes before a clearing, where the music was loudest.

Stooping down Hiei looked back at them indicating for them to do the same. Squatting down on either side of Hiei, Kurama and Yuske looked into the clearing to see a startling sight.

For in the clearing next to a portable boom box stood Kagome. She had a blind fold over her eyes and she was doing tai chi exercises. Behind her lay a blanket with a book and backpack laying on it.

"Breathein...Breathe out." A woman's soft voice said on the radio. "Very good, you're doing just fine."

Behind the bushes, Kurama had to put a hand over Yuske's mouth to keep him from laughing aloud.

"Breathe in...Breathe out. Good.Now don't you feel relaxed...calm...and energized. Now you have completed part 1 of the exercise. Flip this tape over to continue."

Behind the bushes, Hiei pushed Yuske's face into the ground before an assault of laughter burst through his mouth.

Taking off her blindfold Kagome walked over to her blanket, where she squatted down, picked up a towel, and wiped her face.

Kagome had all her curly hair in a high ponytail. She was wearing tight black spandex shorts, and a cutoff spandex shirt. She didn't have any shoes or socks on. they could be seen lying on the blanket next to her bag.

Standing back up she walked over to the radio. Bending over she flipped the cassette over, before pressing play.

The slow music started up again, only this time accompanied with a steadily speeding tempo in the ground.

"Okay ladies, one more time. Breathe in...Breathe out. Now you're calm, relaxed, and energized. You feel...at eased. WELL NOT ANYMORE, I WANT YOU TO BE A LEAN, MEAN, KICKASS FIGHTING MACHINE...RIGHT PUNCH, FRONT! LEFT PUNCH, FRONT!LEFT KICK, SIDE!RIGHT KICK, SIDE... AGAIN!" The woman's voice now took on a drill sergeant like tone, along with the music that had become a fast and steady aerobics R&B sound.

In the bushes the boys watched in awe as she followed the instructions giving to her by the radio, some not as good as the rest, but still impressive for a human girl.

`So that's why her attacks have been getting stronger.' Yuske thought as he remembered how much his jaw had hurt after she punched it. "HEY!" he was about to scream at her, but was cut short when Hiei pushed him down onto his back with a pinecone stuck in his mouth.

"RIGHT, PUNCHAND KICK, SIDE!LEFT, KICK AND PUNCH, SIDE! LEFT PUNCH, FRONT! RIGHT PUNCH, FRONT! TURN! JUMP AND RIGHT KICK, FRONT! JUMP AND KICK LEFT, FRONT! SPINNING LEFT KICK! RIGHT PUNCH, FRONT! SPINNING RIGHT KICK!"

Kurama and Hiei watched with careful eyes as Kagome did her exercise. Hiei, oblivious to the steaming mad Yuske glaring behind him, didn't have time to react as he was attacked.

"How do you like it Hiei? Huh? How does it feel?" Yuske ground out quietly through clenched teeth as he shoved Hiei's head into ground.

"Get off you idiot!" Hiei said as he managed to get up before punching Yuske in the face, sending him ramming into Kurama.

Causing in Kurama, who had been watching Kagome, to push Yuske making him ram into Hiei, who pushed back making Yuske go back towards Kurama, who decided to push back, which then would have continued back and forth if it wasn't for Yuske, who deciding he had enough, punching them each at the same time, which soon turned into an all out wrestling match between the three. (Doesanyone else feel like they just read a scene from the Three Stooges? Anyone? Just raise your hand.)

"LEFT PUNCH FRONT! DUCK! STAY DOWN! LEFT PUNCH, FRONT. RIGHT PUNCH, FRONT! PUNCH, PUNCH, PUNCH, AGAIN. JUMP UP! RIGHT KICK, BACKWARDS! HOLD IT!TURN! RIGHT PUNCH AND HOLD IT!"

Kagome now stood in the middle of the clearing, with her right arm and leg suspended in the air breathing heavily from fatigue and the struggle to keep her position.

"Okay now relax. You have now finished today's session."The woman said; her voice soft and calm again.

With the tape finished, Kagome relaxed and was about to head for her blanket when she heard the sound of grunting and bushes moving.

Eyes wide and body tense Kagome cautiously made her way towards the noise.

"Ah-huh?" Kagome yelled confusedly as she pulled the bushes apart only to find no one.

"I'll see you guys later. I have to get my house key from my mom." Yuske yelled over his shoulder to Hiei, Kurama, and Kuabawra, as he jogged to his mother's job.

Once making it there he ignored all the yells he got from the people standing in lineand went straight to the door, where he was stopped by a big brutish arm. It was the bouncer, but after he saw it was Yuske he smiled.

"Go on ahead, your moms is right at the bar."

"Where else." Yuske muttered as he walked in.

"HEY!" the crowd yelled.

"WHY DOES HE GET TO GO IN?"

"HE'S NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH."

"THAT'S NOT FAIR."

"SHUT UP!" Barney the bouncer yelled, quieting them all.

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"Yuske, over here!" Atsuko yelled over the noisy crowd and music at her son. "What can I do you for?" she asked when he came up to the bar.

"I need my key...mom."

"Oh sure, be with you in a sec." she said as she smiled at him before stooping down. "Oh wait." Atsuko said as she rose back up with purse in hand. "We have a new bouncer and need to tell them about you."

"Yeah alright, give me the key."

"Hey, Tiffani! Go get the new bouncer for me, would you?" Atsuko yelled, ignoring her son and putting her course on the other side of the bar, out of his reach.

"Oh come on give me the key!"

"Not until the bouncer meets you, oh here she comes now."

"She?"

"Hi Atsuko, you wanted me?" Kagome asked as she came bounding to the bar. She had on a pair of firm fitting black jeans, with a black shirt tucked in it with the word `security' written in white across the chest.

"Kagome?" Yuske asked surprised.

"Yuske?" she asked just as surprised.

"What are you doing here?"

"I work here you idjamamit. What are you doing here, you're under age?"

"Just by one year and my mom works here. Besides you're underage too."

"Not really I'm 21, so there."

"You're older than me?"

"Of course. Me and Kurama are the same age."

"Why are you working here anyway, I thought you worked at the Burger hut?"

"I did, but I got fired. Something about cruelty to customers or something like that. Anyway, you said your mom works here, so who is she?"

"Ahem. That'll be me." Atsuko spoke up after watching the little argument with much amusement.

"You're Yuske's mother?"

"The one and only. So, you're the Kagome my little Yuske's always talking about." Atsuko asked as she decided to embarrass the hell out of her son."

"Give me the key." Yuske demanded, not liking where this conversation was going.

"You be talking about me to your moms Yuske?" Kagome asked slyly.

"Does he? It's Kagome this, Kagome that. Kagome did this, Kagome said that. He talks about you so much it feels like I know you. I remember once he mumbled out your name in his sleep..."

"MOM! GIVE ME THE GOT DAMN KEY!" Yuske yelled, his face red as a tomato.

"Yuske!" Kagome scolded as she slapped him upside the head, not meeting his eyes with a reddish tint to her face. "Don't be so rude to your mother."

`She's blushing.' he noticed as he stared at her.

"Um, Atsuko, what did you call me for again?"

"Just to tell you, that's its okay to let Yuske in when he comes." Atsuko said with a knowing smile on her face.

"Oh okay then, well umm...I guess I'll be leaving then." Kagome said, never looking up at Yuske. Turning to leave she bumped into a waitress carrying a tray of beer. "Oh I'm so sorry, here let me help you." Kagome told the waitress as she got on her hands and knees, not knowing she was giving a certain staring boy quite a view.

"Don't you want the key Yuske?" Atsuko asked she jingled the keys.

"The what?" he asked in a dazed voice as he watched Kagome get up and leave.

"Keep it in your pants son."

"What!? Give me the damn keys." He ground out as he snatched the key from her hands and marched out of the bar.

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"and then he snatched the keys and stormed off." Atsuko told the boys as they waited for Yuske. "Ooh here he comes."

Just as she said this Yuske entered the living room with a disgruntled look on his face and a blue bird like creature on his head.

"What are you talking about?" Yuske asked his mother suspiciously.

"Oh nothing." She said with a smile. "Good bye boys, have a nice day." And still smiling she left the room.

"What did she tell you?" he asked his friends.

"When did your appendage grow back?" Hiei asked, ignoring his first question.

"Sometime between last night and this morning. Found him squawking around my room when I woke up."

"Puu." Puu said happily.

"Yuske? Puu feels the same feeling you feel towards a person right?" Kuabawra asked him.

"Yeah. Why?" he asked slowly, eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"Good." Hiei said as they began to leave.

"What's good?" Yuske asked.

"This should prove interesting." Kurama said more to himself than the others.

"What?"

"Should provide entertainment." Kuabawra put in as they left the room.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING?" Yuske yelled, but was still ignored. "I blame this all on you." Yuske said as he looked up at his spirit beast.

"Puu!"

"...and then she scaled the fence and I lost her." Yuske ranted on as he told them about his latest fight with Kagome.

"Why don't you quit fighting it and admit you like her already?" Kuabawra said with a wide grin on his face.

"What are you talking about? I don't like Kagome?" he retorted back as his face began o turn red.

"Yes I agree. It is quite obvious Yuske." Kurama added in smiling.

"Hey! Let me tell you what's wrong with that! You just agreed with Kuabawra!"

"Even your mother noticed. You should be ashamed." Hiei said with a smirk.

"Noticed what? There's nothing to notice?" Yuske yelled, but his red face gave it all away.

"Hell you may even love her." Kuabawra said again as they all stopped.

"Love? I don't love anyone. I'm a cold, emotionless, bastard. Like Hiei."

"Flattery will get you nowhere." Hiei spoke up.

"Why did this come up all of a sudden anyway?" Yuske asked them, still red in the face.

"Your mother told us what happened at the bar." Kurama told him.

"So that's what you were talking about!" Yuske yelled enraged.

"Here comes your woman now Yuske." Hiei said as he leant up against the wall.

"My what? Shut up Hiei!"

"Don't you tell Hiei to shut up you idjamamit!" Kagome yelled as she came to stand beside Kurama, dressed in a white jumper with shorts.

"Ah, Kagome. We were just talking about you." Kurama said cheerfully.

"Really, nothing bad I hope." She said happily.

"No nothing bad, was it Urameshi?" Hiei said, averting all attention to Yuske.

"Uhhhhhhhhhh....no?"

"Oh my god, you're so cute!" Kagome suddenly squealed as she marched up to Yuske, all googly eyed.(Googly. Now that is an interesting word. Googly.)

"w-what?" Yuske damn near yelled as his face turned crimson.

"Is he yours Yuske? What's its name?"

"Oh. Well...uh...his names, Puu." He said once he realized she was talking about Puu.

"Oh. Hi Puu. Can I hold him?" she asked him.

"Uh sure."

"Puu!" puu yelled happily as he dived for Kagome and latched himself onto her chest.

"Funny he should go there isn't it Urameshi." Hiei said from behind him.

"Yes, and what did you tell us this morning about Puu's feelings." Kurama added in.

At hearing this Yuske's jaw dropped. `They had planned this.'

"Puu seems to like you Kagome." Kuabawra laughed.

"He seems to like you a lot." Kurama said, as Kagome snuggled the little spirit beast.

"Hey Yuske, would you mind if I borrowed Puu for the day?" she asked him giving him puppy dog eyes.

"Of course. Why don't you keep him for the day, and give him back tomorrow. I think he'll love to sleep with you." Hiei answered before Yuske could. Even though he couldn't, because he was too embarrassed.

"Really, thanks Yuske. I promise I'll take good care of him." She said before walking off, with a happy Puu in her arms.

Once she was gone, Yuske turned on his smiling, and one smirking, friends. "I hate you all."