Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Everyday Life? ❯ The Mysterious Demoness ( Chapter 2 )

Kurama watched as the demoness whose name he had yet to learn lay her friend down on a couch in the cozy townhouse.

`Have a seat,' she said, gesturing towards the comfy-looking loveseat to her right, `I'll be back in a moment.' She walked down a hallway and opened a door, flicking on a light switch before entering.

Kurama sat down next to Hiei, who had plopped down as instructed. He had a puzzled look on his face. `I assume you've noticed it too, huh?'

Hiei nodded and gestured in the direction the youkai had gone, `Our lady has no name and an untraceable youki. I'm guessing she's at least a B- class, but even the Jagan isn't helping me lock on exactly.' He shrugged lightly, `At least it's an advantage in battle.'

Kurama sweat dropped, `Is that all you ever think about?'

Hiei grinned his one-fanged grin, `That, sex, and sweet snow, yes.'

`Having fun, I see,' the demoness said, having silently returned. Both Hiei and Kurama looked like deer-in-the-headlights. She snickered lightly and turned to her friend.

Kurama sniffed the air and wrinkled his nose, `Smelling salts?'

The demoness looked over her shoulder at the curious fox. `Perceptive little kitsune, aren't we?' she said, then smirked at the deer-in-the- headlights look once more. `Old fashioned I know, but it always works.' She fanned the foul smelling crystals under the ningen's nose.

Judy recoiled from the smell and came awake with a groan. She looked around for a moment before her gaze landed on her demon friend, `Did I get overexcited again?'

`Hai, as always,' the demoness said before grabbing a folding tray from a nearby stand. `Do me a favor and recon while I get some tea.'

The ningen looked startled, `It's tea time already?' She gazed at her watch. `Well, I'll be damned.'

The demoness shook her head and walked off in the same direction as before, disappearing into the darkness of the hallway once more.

Kurama and Hiei looked with confusion at the scene unfolding before them.

Judy's gaze landed on them and she grinned sheepishly. `Don't mind me, I'm just insane.'

`Right...' Hiei said, then turned his attention back to targeting the other demon's fleeting youki. I'm gonna pin her if it takes me all day. He fed the Jagan under his bandanna more youki, having reached the end of his patience.

`That won't do you any good, Jaganshi,' the ningen said, bringing Hiei's attention back to her.

Hiei raised an eyebrow and closed the Jagan. `Honto ni? And why's that?'

She smiled, `She's a Jaganshi too.'

Hiei's mouth fell open for a moment before he caught himself. He blushed lightly at being caught off guard, `Hn.'

Kurama laughed and received a glare from his lover, `Sorry koi, I couldn't resist.'

Judy stared at the two demons, `By the way, would you mind speaking in English. I'm not to hot on Japanese. Robin's not done...' Judy clasped her hands over her mouth with a gasp. `Ooops!'

`Just can't keep that mouth shut can you?' the now-known Robin said, entering the room while easily balancing a tray of tea settings. `So much for secrecy.' She set the tray down on the table and poured four cups in a traditional fashion, handing one to each of the others in the room before taking her own. `Milk's in the pourer, sugar cubes are in the tin.'

The room rested in silence for a moment as each set their tea as they pleased- Judy's containing more sugar cubes than all the rest combined.

`So, Robin is it?' Kurama said, awaiting a nod of acknowledgement from the youkai before continuing, `I take it this is your home?'

`Yes, if that even matters,' she said, sipping her tea briefly before looking over the cup at her guests. Kurama watched, amazed, as her originally yellow-green eyes darkened to a completely different gray shade.

She blinked once and lowered her cup to the table.

`It's very nice,' Kurama complimented, receiving a nod in return. He gave up on that avenue of information gathering and turned to her bubbly companion. `So Judy, tell me more about yourself.'

Judy gave him a huge smile. THen she moved in her seat till her legs where under her butt. Her eyes grew excited and she began to slightly bounce up an down.

Here we go...again... Robin thought with a slight roll of her eyes.

"Lets see...I am single and looking. I want a strong man. Not one like my ex. You know he never was that much help!! Plus..we did not have much of a sex life If you can call it that. Oh!! I just love to shop!! Shopping is so much fun. Unless the store does not have what you want! Then you have to go to another store and look for what ever!! Then it really blows if no one has it!! I mean...its pretty bad! Oh..i do need a new bar." She said thoughtful.

- three hours later-

Kurama elbowed the sleepy Hiei from a doze as the ningen neared the end of her rant. Robin had moved from her place in an overstuffed chair to a window seat and was currently buffing her fingernails- a bad habit, Kurama inferred, because she had done so countless times in the short time he knew her.

Finally, as Judy picked yet another topic, Robin got up and said with a note of finality, `That's enough, they didn't ask for your life story.' Judy looked up and stuck her tongue out at her partner, and Kurama braced himself to restrain the demoness, but was shocked when all she did was smirk and stick her own tongue back out.

Judy `hmphed' and crossed her arms, `Fine, be that way.' She sounded insulted but wore a cheesy smile, which Robin returned with a surprisingly wide one-fanged grin.

`Back to the business end of things,' Robin said, `We need to determine who's staying where.' She glanced at the clock, `Mom'll be home soon.'

Hiei raised an eyebrow, `Mom?'

Robin shrugged, `A ningen, but with a strong sixth sense. I took a forced break from demon life once Koenma caught us and since then I've lived like a ningen.' She shuddered lightly, `I miss the Makai.'

`But he said,' Judy added, `That if we worked with you guys he would let Robin roam free again.' She frowned, `But I still wish he hadn't caught us.'

`What did you do?' Hiei asked, wondering at the origin of the still untraceable youkai's past.

`We were trying to steal Chapter Black,' Robin said then frowned, `I really wanted to see it, I heard it was good.'

`Yeah, but then some black-haired idiot with a stroke of luck snuck up on us with some carrot-head and knocked us out from behind,' Judy said with a snort. `Lucky fools.'

`That would be Yusuke and Kuwabara,' Kurama filled in, then explained their background as Reikai Tantei, as well as their own capture. Hiei filled in a running commentary on Kurama's words.

`Interesting tale Youko,' Robin said once he had finally finished. `I never would have imagined you would hide here.'

Kurama raised a perfect brow, `Nani? You know of me?'

Robin flushed for a moment, then shrugged, `Maybe. That's for me to know and you to find out.' Kurama frowned, disappointed that his plan didn't work, and more than a little intrigued by her momentary embarrassment. `Good try, but you'll never get me to tell my past till I'm good and ready.'

`So,' Judy said, `Who wants to go with me!?'

After a few minutes of silent discussion via telepathy, Kurama said that he would go with Judy and Hiei would stay with Robin.

`Yah, she seems the least annoying of the two,' Hiei said, leaning against a wall.

`What's that supposed to mean,' Judy said, `huh?'

`Just what I said,' Hiei smirked, `Do you have a problem with that?'

Judy frowned and stuck her tongue out at him, `Baka!'

Robin looked surprised, `You actually remembered something I taught you?'

Judy laughed and grinned, `Only the good stuff.'

The demoness sighed and made a shooing gesture with her hands, `Out with you two! We'll talk more tomorrow.'

Kurama said a tearful goodbye to Hiei, cut short when the green-eyed- monster known as Judy dragged him off and pulled him into the car. They waved goodbye and drove off.

And with that, the journey began...