Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Cruel and Unusual Punishment ❯ To the Zoo! And Tastes Like Lead ( Chapter 8 )

A/N: Updating is going to be REALLY slow. I have a lot of things to do this summer, and I'm going to camp for the next two weeks.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, or Tastes Like Lead, but I wish I did! That Band is AWESOME!!!! I also don't own Emri or Kasia.

Ch. 8: To the Zoo! And Tastes Like Lead.

Hiei's POV:

Kumaru seems in a better mood after her `nap'. I think she's forgotten the whole `your food is gonna kill me'scene. I hope so. I don't think I could stand all that screaming any more.

Earlier this morning Kurama took me back to the doctor to get the cast removed. My leg is still a little shaky, but like I'll tell him that. These stupid baka ningens would probably try to stick me back in the hospital, and this time WITHOUT sweet snow. I shudder at the thought.

Right now Kumaru and I are on our way over to Emri's to pick up Kurama and the little brat.

This day is going to drag on forever. But Kumaru's parents come back the day after tomorrow. Then I can pick up this ningen money and buy my sweet snow. I just hope I live long enough to buy it......

5 minutes earlier:

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please please please PLEASE?????"

"Al-RIGHT!!!!!! We'll go to this zoo, but only if you'll be good when we get back, and promise not to blow up anything." Kumaru has been begging me to take her to the zoo.

"Kurama will have to come with us too. If I get tortured, so will he."

"Okay babysitter person!" Kumaru sang happily. "That means Emri will come too!"

At the Zoo:

"But Uncle Hiei, I wanna popcicle!"

"Yeah, me too babysitter person!"

"Please, can I have a popcicle?"

"FINE! FINE FINE FINE FINE FINE! You can have a `popcicle', just stop! I would like to be able to hear after today!" Kurama nodded his head vigorously. He looked really haggard. His hair was a mess and his clothes were torn in various places. One of the legs of his pants was torn off, and his shirt had a burn through it. There was a fresh scar on his cheek in the shape of a heart.

As Emri and Kumaru raced to the-what's it called- popcicle stand, Kurama fell to the ground in exhaustion.

"Oh no, that's not going to happen again, Kurama, the last time You did that got me hit by one of those car things. Not this time. Either you get up or I leave you here."

Kurama sighed and stood shakily up. He looked at me, and limped over to a bench. A couple minutes later, Emri and Kumaru came running back with their popcicles. "Lets go see the monkeys!" exclaimed Emri. Kurama groaned and got up. He must have heard her.

"You want to go visit your cousins?" I asked, only half sarcastically. To my suprise, Emri nodded. I'll just ignore that. "Yay!" Emri shouted, and took off in a dead run, Kumaru right behind her.

At the Monkey Exhibit:

"Yay!Igettoseethemonkeys!Ilovemonkeys,they'remyfavoritenexttofo xesIwantamonkeywhenIgrowuptheyaresocuteandfuzzyIwish-mffffffffffffff!"Emri' s hyperactic sugar-induced talk frenzy was cut short when her lips froze over. Wait- her lips froze over? What's with that?

"Kasia!" Kumaru exclaimed when she saw the girl. "I didn't know you would be here!"

I turned in the direction she was talking, A young girl (great, another 7-year-old demon brat) with turquoise navy-ish hair, about 3'4 came walking up to Kumaru and the still talking-impaired Emri. "You gave her sugar, didn't you?" She said tiredly to Kurama and I. I nodded. "Moron." she muttered, obviously not caring that I heard. Brat.

"Well, looks like you need some help here. You must be the one babysitting Emri." She said, looking at Kurama with distaste.Kurama nodded graciously, choosing to ignore her tone for help with Emri. "I'm sorry, let me introduce myself." She started in a nicer tone. "I'm Kasia. I'm an ice apparition." Ice apparition? *twitch twitch* Ice apparition? Ice apparition Yukina Ice apparition? It figures. She kind of looks like Yukina too.

I was about to ask her a question when a band started playing about 50 yards away. There was a kid in Hornrimmed glasses that were taped together, and another kid playing guitar. The people gathered around the group started chanting over and over, "Tastes Like Lead! Tastes Like Lead!" As the two broke into their #1 hit, Rabid Dog.

"They're pretty good." I stated as they finished. Kurama nodded, looked around, then blanched. He ran around in a circle, got on the ground and looked around, then stood up and looked again.

"Kurama, what are you doing?"

"Hiei-where are Kumaru and Emri!?!?!"

A/N: Cliffy, I know. Short cliffy at that. The next one won't be up for a LOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG time. I've got camp and other things. Sorry. But the next one will be really long. Promise! :)

Ta!

Kumaru Yeoman