Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Real Roses Have Thorns ❯ Too Much of a Good Thing Turns it Bad... ( Chapter 4 )

Angeltiger: Angel's been doing some thinking...

Inuyasha: *pales* That's never good.

Angeltiger: Silence you!

Inuyasha: *now sporting a flaming ass*

Angeltiger: *sigh* Anywho, I've spent all night thinking about the pairings. In IY, if Kagome and Sango are both not in the running, that means Kikyo is the only female of the show left, save for Kagura, but I don't want her in it. Oh, and Kaede...but...no. And that leaves Inuyasha and Miroku all alone.

And in YYH, if the only real bachelors are taken: Kurama/Hiei, and Yususke and Keiko (though god knows she'll end up killing him), and poor Yukina has Kuwabara, that leaves Boton and Koenma left. Right?

Kurama: I belive so...

Angeltiger: OK then. Now, if Inu, Kikyot and Miroku are left in IY, and Boton and Koenma in YYH, then something must be done about organizing the rest of the pairings.

Kagome: And?

Angeltiger: And...I haven't gotten that far yet.

Everyone: *falls anime style* *feet twitching*

Angeltiger: But it's ok! Sabby promised to help me out!

Sabriel: Yup!

Angeltiger: And what's with you guys giving Sabby tips on killing people? You'll soil her innocent mind! Inuyasha already does enough of that. So no more tips got it? Besides, *cuddles Sabby* it's not like she'd ever be able to do a thing like that anyways.

Sabriel: *buries face in shoulder and rolls eyes*

Real Roses Have Thorns

Ch 4: Too Much of a Good Thing Turns it Bad...

Did you know females between the ages of 12-18 put thier normal lives on hold to experience horomonal changes and brain developments that often times led them into what some would call temporary insanity?

Yeah, apparently neither did Kurama; currently lying face-down on his couch clad in only his boxers. A torn and dirty royal-blue uniform strewn aside very uneatly in the corner, barely held up by the bending frame of an indoor willow. Several empty shot glasses of what had once contianed his mother's vodka were now sitting innocently on the nearby coffee table.

Then the phone had to rang, waking him from his 'general time of reflection', and hurting his now-very sensitve ears. Lifting a fuzzy head that refused to stop lolling, his pink cheeks puckered in consideration of what that ungodly sound could be. Yes ladies and gentlemen, our dear Kurama had gotten himself drunk.

His head churrned at the sudden 'beep' of the answering machine, his mother's voice droned in greeting to whomever was on the other line. "You have reached the Minamino residence. We are not able to come to the phone right now, leave a message and we'll get back to you. Oh, and Kazuki-san, don't forget to call my cell phone this time! My mother doesn't want to hear of your failed attempts to reach me. Thanks!"

Once again answered by a 'beep', another version of his mother's voice followed. "Suiichi honey? Are you there?" Kurama half-heartedly sat himself up, wincing at the weight of his head. His diolated eyes trained their unsturdy gaze at the contraption that was making all the noise. After several moments of silence, he was convinced it had shut up, and proceeded to lie himself back down in his previous position: belly down, face buried in the decorative pillow.

"Guess not. You're probably getting to know all the sweet kids at school." He scoffed, now scantly aware of what was going on. Getting to know the sweet kids at school, that was a good one. More like fleeing from mini-satans and all thier diabolicly evil plans they had laid out for him. If only she knew how wrong she was."We'll have to talk about this whole transfer thing later, I know you left a message on my cell, but I'm still a bit unclear about it.

"When you do get this, I don't want you to be alarmed that I'm not home yet. I know it's been two days, but that chicken bone was really lodged in deep. The doctors had to operate on him for four hours. Trust it to Shawn to try and swallow a leg whole." He snickered, succeding only in hurting his head more. Yes, trust it to his fat cousin. He probably at the cake his mother had made him in one bite two. Regretfully, that had no bone in it.

"I have to go now, the doctor just came out, I'll call you later dear. Please be good!" A satisfy click was heard on Kurama's part. Did she have to be so loud? Then again, everything was loud.

*How do you do it?*

~Do what?~

*Weren't you some kind of womanizer back when you had your own body?*

Youko let out a mental snort, one that Kurama could only see, and feel, all to well.

~I, little human, was a lady-killer. Not a womanizer.~

*Right, well how did you get rid of them?*

The fox sneered, michchief flickering in his golden eyes, ~I gave them what they wanted.~

*What?*

~I gave them what they wanted, they left me alone. It worked out well for both sides.~ Kurama could feel the laughter in the stow away's tone, ~Actually, I belive I got the better of the deal.~

*Of course you would.*

~I hope my advice helped.~

*More than you know.*

Now up the stairs of his humble abode, Kurama turned down the hallway to his one sanctuary. He was carefull not to think to hard. Thinking used the brain. And that particular organ was protesting his very existance about now, so thinking was not an option.

(AT: Now keep in mind that I'm the one discribing him. He's not discribing himself, he ain't that arrogant. But I do love to be discriptive...*drools*)

Entering his room and closing his door behind him, softly, he looked into the full-length mirror that hung on the inside. A handome young man looked back at him, a slighly thrashed and dissheveled looking young man, but handsome nontheless. Toned muscles refleced back to his eyes, and a very goergeous flushed face. Was this what those girls wanted? Bah, maybe he should take up his cousin's eating habits, minus the whole consuming things larger than his mouth. Maybe then they would leave him alone once he'd gained a couple hundred pounds.

Sliding his gaze upward from his calfs, to his rippling six back and straight up to...boobs? Blue hair, pink ey-ahhh, Boton.

"You gave me a fright." Actually, he was still shaking. In his place was Boton, in Koenma's office, thought the little prince was nowhere to be found.

"What do you-eep!" Quickly averting her gaze from his barely clothed person, she turned her pink-tinted cheeks to his own. Wait, Kurama never blushed...and that doesn't really look like one...

"What's the matter, Kurama?"

"You mean besides woman popping up everywhere I go, even in my bedroom mirror? Nothing really."

She looked a bit taken aback, he'd never snapped at her, or anyone else for that matter. At least as far as she knew. "What's the matter with you?"

"Absolutlly nothing, why do you ask?"

She raised an eyebrow, "You look a little..."

"Drunk?"

"Ahhh...yeah."

"That would be because I probably am."

She shook her head, "No, you seem to understand me clearly enough. Maybe you're only slightly out of it...wait a second. What are you doing drinking!?"

He shook his head, slinking over to his bed to take a very wobbly load off his feet. "Long story Boton."

"I see." She clapped her hands together merrily, missing his wince. "But I do need another story from you."

He groaned, falling back into the warmth of his bed. "And that would be?"

"Any luck today?"

He froze. Everything inside him begged to get out and lash at the mirror thar portrayed the one making him think so much. Didn't he tell his head to take the day off? Ah wait, there it goes. Mmmm sweet oblivion.

"Kurama?" Boton looked on at his still form. "Kuraaaama?" {Hm...he's asleep...I can fix that.} "KURAMA!!"

"What!?" Said Kurama jerked up, immediatly regretting his actions. The pulse in his head continued to thrum harder. "What...do you want, Boton?!"

"Sorriee ya grump! I just need to know if you're closer to finding the girl."

Now more than slightly annoyed, his green eyes rested mercilessly on her own. "So you had to ask me? Why not Yusuke?"

"Nuh uh. He's spending time with Keiko. He told Koenma last time we tried to reach him that if we interrupted again, he'd rip out Koenma's pacifyer and...well...we'll leave it at that."

Youko flashed at grand smile, even if Kurama was a nice boy, it didn't mean Youko didn't have his own separate thoughts. Truth be told, he'd love to see that baby get his stuck-up ass kicked, if only once. Kurma however, remained true to the 'no critical thinking' policy. He was sure that if he did, his mind would tear at him with all the visuals of Koenma's mutilation.

"What about Hiei?"

"Can't get a hold of him. You know he's always moving."

Right, he knew that. "Kuwabara?"

She turned skeptical eyes on his bewildered form, "Just how much did you drink?"

"Only three or four shots of vodka, why?"

She shook her head, "Do you honestly think we'd ask Kuwabara to relay the important information of a mission?"

He knew that one too. He just wasn't thinking clearly, but wasn't that the point? Ah yes, less thinking equals less headache. "Not really?"

"Duh. Now what do you have to tell me?"

"I'll get back to you later." Kurama grunted, lying his head down on his comfy pillow. All he wanted was the soft, and quite. Was that too much to ask? No more questions. qestions hurt. Ah, here comes that darkness again. Dark is good...

"What?!" But it was too late. The normally suavvy redhead was off in deamland yet again. "Dammit Kurama." With the blink of an eye she was gone, no doubt stomping off to find someone to beat her frustrations on (poor George). Thus leaving only the reflectoin of a bed with a young man's leg hanging limply off the side.

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Kaede deftly chopped the onions and poured them into the pot that contained gumbo-smelling goodness. She was glad to have Kagome's help, for the girl really knew how to cook.

Inuyasha had only been back for around a half an hour, but the two had only just enddedthier argument. As it stood, Inuyasha was facing the wall, arms folded into his sleeves, and grumbling something about stupid families and glad he never had one. Kaede couldn't but notice that a nice-sized chunk of hair had gone missing, and inwined with the fray of his sliver locks was what looked to be...wood chips? Odd.

Kagome was fuming in her own right, only she actually got to vent it out on the pepper she was chopping. Miroku decided now wouldn't be the best time to say hello in his own special way, his eyes following the slamming down of the knife to the flat stone that served as a cutting board.

Catching little snippets of the muttering hanyou's rambles, her head turned after catching one sentance in particular. "Why would I have come back? Forgive me for thinking you could handle it."

He spun around, once again taking to the fight. "You could've at least come back to see if I was alright!"

"So sorry if I thought you might be able to free yourself from a well. You've defeated so many demons, Inuyasha, I only thought you'd be able to take on a well."

His chest puffed out importantly, "Well I'm sure your grandfather will have something to say about that. After he's done fixing it that is. I ripped the damn top of it to shreds."

She would have been worried that it wouldn't take the time travelers to and fro if it weren't for the fact that he had made it back safley. Without looking up from her chopping duties, she pointed the knife breifly at the part of his head with a visibal skalp. "Well it's not like you escaped without your own injuries."

"Why you-"

"Calm ye selves down. Dinner is ready."

Kagome glanced up at the old woman with confused eyes. "What about the peppers?"

If Kaede could wink, she would have. But instead she settled for a small smile only the nearby Kagome and Shippo could see. "We have more than enough."

Kagome nodded. The smile hadn't slipped past her. The only reason Keade called dinner was to save her ass from getting chewed out. She smiled back in thanks.

All through dinner it was strangely quiet. Save for the thwacks Miroku got from meeting Hiraikotsu a few to many times. Oh, and Inuyasha's bad table manners produced a few nasty slurping sounds. But other than that and Shippo's quirks to Kagome, it was quiet. Ok, maybe not. But quieter than normal.

Kagome had begun to collect the ceramic bowls when it hit her. That warm and tingly feeling that could only mean there was a jewel shard near near. Or in this case, about five. "Inuyasha!"

Hearing the alertness in her voice, the hanyou jumped up, ready for action. "What is it Kagome?"

"Shards." She wispered, staring deer eyed in a direction one could only assume the jewel shards were in. "And alot..."

Sango stood as well, removing her boomerang from the unnaturaly deep crevice in Miroku's forhead. "How many is alot Kagome?"

"About five," she informed, still looking straight ahead, completly oblivious to the frozen group. "And they're heading towards us...really fast..."

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Angeltiger: Ah, that was a bit of a dissapointment. You know I didn't laugh manically once that whole time I wrote that?

Sesshomaru: Wouldn't that be a good thing?

Angeltiger: Nah, it just means I didn't find it as funny as the last chapter.

Yusuke: I didn't find it funny.

Kuwabara: Neither did I.

Angeltiger: Well I didn't ask for your opinion. And besides, Sabby thought it was good, and so did many readers, so that's all I care about.

Sabriel: *rolls eyes, then sees Angel look her way* Of course I loved it, Angel-neechan! It was great. *giggles*

Angeltiger: *nods* See, see? Now, be good and tell me how I'm doing. Do you like this style, or would you rather me go back to my origional style of writing?

Inuyasha: They both suck ass.

Angeltiger: *shoots flames at Inu* Oh, and I just couldn't resist that Kurama part.

Sesshomaru: *turns the other way* Stupid Kurama...

Angeltiger: Awww, Sess's jealous.

Sesshomaru: This Sesshomaru does not get jealous.

Angeltiger: Riiight. Anywho, I know some of you hate me for getting him drunk, and I know it's kinda ooc. But hey, he had a rough day. That's what I do to take the pain away! Everyone! Sing with me now!

~If you like Pina` Coladas~

~And getting caught in the rain~

Everyone: *groans*

Angeltiger: Sorry no reviewer responses this time, I'm in a hurry! Ah yes, next time. But I just want to let out a huge shout out to everybody: THANK YOUUU! And oh yeah, one more thing. I've asked a few lovely little ppl about why MM won't let me see my reviews...and I followed thier advice, and it STILL won't work. Anyone else want to help this poor computer illiterate fool? STUPID MM!!