Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Cherry Blossoms ❯ Caught ( Chapter 3 )

Shin5: So here is the third chapter. Hope you all have liked it so far.

 

Cherry: You freakin' turned me into a woman! A woman!

 

Shin5: Oh, come on. You make such a cute little girl.

 

Cherry: fifteen is not little. You should know.

 

Shin5: I AM NOT FIFTEEN!!! Go somewhere and sit in a corner. I don't care where.

 

Cherry: *walks out of the room* Well as long as you don't care where I sit.

 

Shin5: *runs after Cherry* I do care! Don't you dare think of what I'm thinking.

 

I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho…just Cherry.

 

Chapter 3: Caught

 

“So did your mother like the gifts?” Cookie asked as she took another bite of ice cream.

 

“She looked like she liked them. I was a bit upset that I wasn't able to make her supper though. I was gone until a little before midnight,” Cherry answered, taking a bite of her chocolate ice cream almost dropping it on the table of the café.

 

“Where were you so late?”

 

“Hanging out with my boyfriend.”

 

“What?!” Cookie yelled, almost knocking over her bowl of ice cream.

 

“Get your head out of the gutters!”

 

“I can't believe your mother let you stay out with him that late.”

 

“She didn't know I was with him.”

 

“It's already going around that you are dating an adult. No one knows a Kurama but the person you described sounds exactly like Mr. Shuichi Minamino. He's the owner of the flower shop on your street.”

 

“Shuichi Minamino, huh? So that's his full human name. Not a very cute one though,” Cherry thought as she finished up her bowl of chocolate ice cream. “Word travels fast, doesn't it?” Cherries said as she leaned back in the booth the two of them were sitting in.

 

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Two women in their late 50's were walking passed the flower shop. Kurama was out in front of the shop watering the plants that were sitting in front and around the sides of the shops. He turned to the women with a warm smile and a friendly wave.

 

“That's the man that is dating a 15 year old high school student,” said one of the women.

 

“That's Mr. Minamino. I thought he was a sweet, polite young man. Never, in a thousand years, would I have thought he was into that sort of thing,” said the other woman.

 

The two women quickened their pace to pass the shop faster. Kurama's smile faded and his arm fell to his side.

 

“I wonder what they were talking about,” Kurama thought as he turned his attention back to the plants.

 

The day went by with the same thing happening. Kurama's normal costumers acted different towards him. The entire day he heard people saying that he was dating a 15 year old named Cherry.

 

“Mr. Minamino, I'm clocking out,” Luis said, taking off the white apron he was wearing.

 

“Okay. See you tomorrow,” Kurama said, watering some of the wild flowers.

 

“Before I forget, Cherry came by yesterday.”

 

“Cherry?”

 

“Yeah. Your girlfriend.”

 

“Luis, I know you are off the clock but can you help me lock up?”

 

“It's kind of early, don't you think?”

 

“Yes, but I some things to do.”

 

“Okay. Sure.”

 

As soon as the two got done locking the flower shop the two said their goodbyes. Kurama started down the sidewalk deep in thought.

 

“Cherry sounds like an Americanized name. I wonder who she is,” Kurama thought as he headed towards the subway.

 

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Kurama took a seat to the right of the back door. He pulled out a medium sized novel and started to read.

 

“Cherry! Tell me what it is!” ordered Yuri from a few feet from Kurama.

 

“I can't. What is the point of a birthday present surprise if I tell you? You can wait two more days,” Cherry answered, sitting down on the blue seat of the train.

 

“Cherry, you are so mean! Why tell me you even have it if you're not going to tell me what it is? Cherry!”

 

Kurama brought his attention from his book to a group of four teenage girls. The girls were laughing and smiling. His eyes fell upon the girl with glazed fire hair in the middle of the group.

 

“So, Cherry, are you ready for class tomorrow?” asked Cookie as she sat next to Cherry.

 

“I wonder if that's her,” Kurama thought as he stared at Cherry.

 

“Not really. I haven't finished my report for class,” Cherry answered with a sigh.

 

“Is it because you were out all night with your Kurama?” Yume asked in a sly, underlying tone of voice.

 

This is when Kurama got to his feet. Cherry playfully hit Yume in the shoulder. Kurama walked over to the girls but was cut off by people exiting the subway. By the time everyone cleared the girls were gone. He tried to get off but was too late.

 

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“Mother, I'm back,” Cherry said as she closed the front door behind her.

 

No one answered so Cherry checked around the house only to find a note from her mother on the kitchen table. Cherry placed the note back onto the table after scanning over it.

 

“Guess I'll be alone for a while,” Cherry said as she walked up the stairs.

 

Cherry closed her door and walked over to her bed. She lied down on her fluffy pink comforter that her mother put on her bed. She laid there for a few moments just staring at the ceiling. A warm breeze came through the open window about the bed.

 

“Guess it's about time. I'll miss this quietness,” Cherry said as she sighed.

 

She got to her feet and swiftly jumped out of the window. She grabbed onto the window seal below her room. The allowed her to land on the ground unharmed. As soon as she was on the ground she took off down the sidewalk.

 

As she got to the flower shop she slowed down. Cherry tiptoed to the side of the building and peeked through a window. She was two people whom she summed was Kurama and Luis. She couldn't see their heads because there were two pots of plants hanging from the ceiling in her way. After this she continued to tiptoe around back.

 

Cherry then walked over to the white, one story house in the back of the shop. She crept around until she was at the right side of the house. She tried to open the window only to find it was locked. This little fact was only a small annoyance. It only took her a few seconds to unlock the window.

She slowly opened the window and climbed up onto the window seal. As she got her feet onto the seal she looked into the room. This is when she realized that Kurama was staring at her from where he was sitting at the desk.

“Looks like we have a little intruder in our mists,” Kurama stated, turning her full attention to Cherry.

 

Cherry immediately turned red but quickly gathered her composure. She started to place her right foot back onto the ground when Kurama got to his feet.

 

“Your name is Cherry, correct?” Kurama inquired, walking over to the window.

 

“If you truly must know then yes,” Cherry answered less than politely.

 

“Is there a reason why you are breaking into my home?”

 

Cherry got both her feet on the ground. She smiled at Kurama since she was tall enough to have her head show. Kurama watched her suspiciously.

 

“It's just been such a long time,” Cherry said a bit cryptic before running off.

 

Kurama watched Cherry disappear before sitting back down on the chair. He pulled a piece of paper out from the right hand draw of the desk. He looked at it as a slight frown appeared.

 

“Looks like this won't be the last time I see Cherry,” Kurama said as he reread the note left on his mirror two days ago.

 

Kurama looked up from the note to the window. This is when he noticed a white slip on the window seal. So he got up, walked over to his bed, leaned over and grabbed the paper.

 

Evening, Shuichi. Or should I say Kurama? In any case, I have decided on the play date. Excited? I am. Finally, we meet face to face after all these years. So if you are interested meet me in the park tomorrow evening at five. See you soon.

 

Kurama sat back at his desk with his attention on the note. He started to let his mind play with some ideas on who this Cherry really was.

 

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Cherry stopped for a moment so she could allow herself to calm down. After a second she climbed onto the window seal below her room. She jumped and grabbed onto her room's window seal barely. She then climbed through her window. Just as she closed her window she heard the front door close.

 

“Cherry, we're back,” called her mother.

 

Cherry sighed. She walked to her door and opened it slowly. She walked to the stairs to find her mother and a man with short, slicked back black hair standing at the bottom of the stairs.