Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Love Doesn't Always Triumph ❯ Punk Mom Store ( Chapter 10 )

Love Doesn't Always Triumph

Chapter 10: Punk Mom Store

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho; those rights belong to its creator Yoshihiro Togashi.

 

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Lisha rolled over to get out of bed with the same feeling of nausea she's had for the last three months. She grabbed the hair band from the bedside table and ran into the bathroom. While she was inside, she heard the door slide open, then shut. She glanced over and found a small pile of clothes at the door. She smiled weekly before going back to the toilet.

 

Once she was sure that she could keep it in, she went over to the clothes that Kurama had slid in the door. She picked up her soft lilac colored sundress and smiled. “`Rama always knows exactly what I want to wear.” She mumbled to herself and pulled on the dress. She pulled out the hair tie that was quickly thrown in and fixed her hair into a proper ponytail. When she opened the door, a familiar scent that hadn't filled the temple in a while wafted her nose. She smiled and ran to the kitchen. When she opened the door, her suspicions were confirmed: Yukina was back.

 

“Yuki, it's about time you got back!” She squealed and ran over to the koorime.

 

The two hugged. “You look beautiful as ever Lisha.” Yukina said looking over Lisha.

 

“How did it go with your mate?” Lisha grabbed some orange juice and sat down at the table.

 

Yukina handed her a glass. “He's resting in my room right now.”

 

“Oh, Yuki.” Lisha had on a small smirk.

Yukina smiled and turned back to making breakfast. “Well, when you haven't seen your mate for nearly fifteen years, sex tends to happen.”

 

“Fifteen years?” Lisha's eyes nearly bugged out of her head. “And here I thought that spending more than a few hours away from `Rama was a long time.”

 

“It was hard at first, but I managed to resist the feeling of wanting to run back to the Makai. Of course, when I got kidnapped, I had no way of getting back to him.”

 

“Mmmmm.” Lisha put her chin in her hands and leaned her elbows on the table. “Hey Yuki?”

 

Yukina turned her head back from the frying pan. “Yes?”

 

“After breakfast, wanna go shopping? I need some new clothes.”

 

“Sure.” She turned around. “French toast or pancakes?”

 

“Hmmm, both sound good.”

 

Yukina handed Lisha a plate loaded with some of both. “Then both it is.” she said with a smile.

 

“Thanks.” She grabbed a fork and jumped right into the meal, savoring every bite, as it had been a long time since she had Yukina's cooking.

 

The back door slid open, and Kurama walked in. He grabbed a water bottle from the fridge and sat down next to Lisha. “Morning sunshine.” He said.

 

“-ut t ama.” Lisha said with a mouth full of food.

 

“Very attractive Lisha.” Yukina said with a small smile on her face.

 

“I'm guessing you've made plans already with Yukina, as she has only been home and awake for only a few hours?” Kurama put his arm around Lisha.

 

Lisha swallowed her food. “You bet, Lindsay decided to take me out shopping right now, while there's still the fun looking maternity clothes left, so naturally, I have to take Yuki with me since she's back.”

 

“No doubt, you'll be wearing sweats?”

 

“I can still fit into my shopping robes, the pants aren't too small yet.” Lisha stuck her tongue out. Kurama gave her a look and her tongue went quickly back into her mouth. “Yeah, I know, I know, if I'm not going to use it, keep it in my mouth.”

 

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“Lisha, you ok?” Lindsay asked. They were in the book store, in the manga section, since it was somewhat a tradition for Lisha and Lindsay to buy one each before going anywhere else in the mall.

 

Lisha looked over to her friend. “Yeah, fine, maybe I should have went with an elastic waistband, these are starting to get too tight.” She indicated to her pants. “And my shirt's getting too tight too.” She pulled at the bottom of the shirt.

 

“Well, the jeans might fit you after your baby's born, but the shirt most likely won't. I went from a B, to a DD, and only went back down to a D after I stopped breast feeding.” She pulled out one of the books.

 

“But I love my shopping shirts. Especially this one, it says `Shopping is to women just as football is to men.' Of course, it really doesn't apply to `Rama, as he's a demon, but you get the idea right?”

 

“Yeah, hey, the newest volume of Ceres is out.”

 

“Really? Sweet.” The two each grabbed their own copy and went to the checkout line. While they waited in line, Lisha noticed that the store now had candy at the checkout lines. “If this is a bookstore, and you're not supposed to bring in food and drink, why are they selling candy at the checkout?”

 

Lindsay put an arm around her. “If you'll notice the sign, it says that it funds the breast cancer cure foundation, we're not stupid, we know we can buy a ribbon from the corner store for 50 cents, and have a ribbon for each peace of clothing and so on. The Americans can't seem to figure that out. So they sell candy instead here in Japan.”

 

“Yeah, but 50 cents for a peace of candy? Come on.”

 

“And they're four for a dollar.”

 

“Didn't notice that, but it's still kinda cheesy.”

 

“Yeah, I know.”

 

They paid for their books and met up with Yukina at the food court. “So where to?” she asked at their arrival.

 

Lisha opened her mouth up to talk, but Lindsay jumped in. “We're going to get Lisha some fat clothes.”

 

“You tried to kill me when I said that Lindsay.” Lisha growled, glaring at Lindsay.

 

Lindsay put up one finger. “Ah, yes, but the circumstances were far different than they are now. You were willing when your child was conceived, I wasn't.”

 

“Sukira never would have happened if you hadn't put off picking up your birth control for nearly a month.” Lisha looked around. “So, which store to first?”

 

“May I make a suggestion?” Yukina asked.

 

“Of course Yuki.”

 

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Lisha and Lindsay stood outside of the store wide mouthed, with Yukina smiling next to her. “I didn't even know this kind of store existed.” Lindsay said. Lisha merely nodded. The sign was deep blood read writing with a black background, but the letters couldn't be made out. “What is this place called?”

 

“It doesn't really have a name, most of us call it the punk mom store. Azriel showed it to me, out of her own sheer amusement, to see if I'd actually go in.” Yukina explained.

 

“Did you ever go in?” Lisha asked.

 

“I work here.”

 

Two heads spun around and looked at Yukina. This girl, who wore very conservative kimonos, and her hair in a big bow, would work in a store that sold the most punked out and gothic clothes. “Yuki, this store is worse than most of the punk stores that I've been to.”

 

“It's worse that that goth store I brought you to Lisha.” Lindsay put in.

 

“I can't see you working here.”

 

Instead of responding, Yukina merely walked inside. Lindsay and Lisha glanced at each other and walked in after her. The guy behind the counter looked up and smiled, catching Lisha by surprise. He looked almost as clean as Yukina, save for the eyebrow piercing. “Kin, darling, what brings you here outside of business? Don't tell me you started selling yourself and got into trouble?” he said.

 

“Not at all Trev, I'm bringing my friends in.” Yukina turned around. “Trev, this is Lisha and Lindsay. Guys, this is my boss, Shamus.”

 

“Kin, what did I tell you about the `T' word?” Trev groaned.

 

“Does your mother know that you work here? And under a different name?”

 

Trev's eyes grew bigger. “No.”

 

“Would you like to run into one of these two on the streets when you're visiting your dear old mother? And then have them call you Trev? When she knows that your name's Shamus?”

 

Trev groaned. “No.”

 

“Then leave it alone.”

 

“I'll be in the back, you know how to work the register Kin.” With that, Trev left behind the curtain that led to the storage room.

 

Yukina giggled. “What he doesn't know, is that his mother already knows.”

 

“Yuki, you're pure evil.”

 

She shook her head. “Not really, I gave him the name Shamus Trevon, he was merely 5 when I left, so he doesn't much remember me. He tried to follow me, I had no choice but to put him in a home, but he was instantly adopted, so he doesn't know anything about the Makai.”

 

Lindsay looked around. “Where'd Lisha go?”

 

“Over there.” Yukina pointed to the front corner of the store, where the dresses were. “She seems to like the dress look.” Yukina walked over to her. “See something you like? Or rather, something you can't make on your own?”

 

Lisha nodded. “I like, but would never have the confidence to wear.”

 

Lindsay shook her head. “Yukina told me about what you wore when you told Kurama you were ready, don't tell me about no confidence.”

Lisha blushed. “But that was in the privacy of the temple. I'm talking about public.”

“So am I.” Lindsay grabbed random dresses from different sections of pregnancy and started piling them up on the counter. Then she went over to the skirts, grabbed mostly long ones, and piled more up. After that, she ran over to the shirts, and grabbed a few more random ones. Once she had gone through the entire store, grabbing items from each section, she grabbed Lisha's wrist and brought her to the register. “You're getting all this, no questions, and you're going to wear it all too.”

 

“Uhhh.” Was all Lisha managed to say, all the while, Yukina started ringing everything up. “How do you expect me to be able to pay for it?”

 

“No worries, I'll pay for it.”

 

“And I'll use my employee discount.” Yukina chimed in.

 

They had paid for it all and put it in the bags. “Great, I have a whole new wardrobe, and I don't even know what it consists of.” Lisha grumbled.

 

“Don't fret, let's go back to the temple, we got what we came for.” Lindsay said.

 

“Yeah, and I am getting a little tired.” Lisha said, with a yawn to accompany it.

 

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