Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Love Me, Hate Me, Just Don’t Let Me Fall ❯ The Chibis' Awakening ( Chapter 16 )

To anyone ticked off by Keiko: I realize that she has been acting a bit annoying, but that WILL change shortly! Within a few chapters, everyone will find out that Touya and Botan were not on a date and things will be straightened out. But she won't be much of a bother until then anyway, for reasons you will find out in this chappie!

Last Chapter...

Everyone helped put away Kurama's books they had been searching through. When that task was completed, everyone except the Wind Master grabbed a chibi and proceeded to the bedroom window. Jin opened it for them and began flying them out one by one with his wind power.
Before it was his turn to go, Kurama left a seed in his bedroom and quickly fed his ki to it, willing it to grow. When it had already become a small plant, ready to guard against intruders, Kurama continued following the others.

Love Me, Hate Me, Just Don't Let Me Fall

Chapter 16: The Chibis' Awakening

As Jin and the others escaped, Keiko and company were still at the front door.

"So, uh... What do we do now?" Yusuke glanced at Keiko, since she seemed to be leading them. Keiko was just staring straight ahead at the door Kurama slammed in their faces, twitching faintly.

Kuwabara felt Jin and the others' ki leave, and said, "Uh, guys? I don't think they're there any more..."

"...Did he just... call us foolish... and SHUT THE DOOR IN OUR FACES?!" Keiko asked, still staring at the door.

"Uh... kinda..."

"Guys?! Did you hear me?" Kuwabara asked after being ignored.

Keiko's eyes hardened into a glare and her mouth formed a tight line. Recognizing the signs of an angry Keiko, Yusuke backed away instinctively and Kuwabara pulled Yukina close to him in a protective manner.

"Now, now, Keiko... Let's not get mad..."

"Yusuke?" Keiko asked almost too calmly- almost like the calm before a storm. Uh-oh!

"...Yes...?" Yusuke answered tentatively.

"Break the &*@#^&@* door down! NOW!"

"But... THEY AREN'T EVEN THERE!" Kuwabara yelled.

"Yes they are, you baka! You said so yourself!"

"But that was before they left! Duh!"

"Shut up Kuwabara! Yusuke, I told you to break the door down!! NOW!" Keiko ordered.

Yusuke nodded to show his obedience. He had seen this side of Keiko too many times to not know that this wasn't the time to fool around. He stepped in front of the door, and with a swift kick aided by his ki, knocked down the door.

A furious Keiko stormed inside, Yusuke following her close behind, and behind him Kuwabara walked beside Yukina, his hand holding hers for comfort. They swept through the empty house, searching high and low for any sign of Kurama and the others. All the while, Kuwabara grumbled to Yukina about how this was pointless and nobody but his sweet Yukina-chan listens to him.

After they had thoroughly searched downstairs, they swept upstairs and continued looking. They checked almost every room unsuccessfully, until the only room left was Kurama's bedroom. The four approached the closed door cautiously, wondering if the fox had set any traps for them. Or at least three of them- Keiko was already turning the doorknob.

"Keiko...?" Yusuke asked.

"What is it?!" Keiko paused and looked at Yusuke.

"I don't think we should go in there..."

"Why not?!"

"Because Kurama's probably got some weird death plant thing in there ready to eat us!"

"Whatever, Yusuke! Kurama would NEVER do that to his friends!"

"Keiko? You DO remember that he was a notorious criminal in his Youko days, don't you?"

"But do YOU remember that he's changed because of his human mother?"

"So? Once a criminal, always a criminal!"

"Hmph! You just can't accept change!" Keiko glared at Yusuke. "Or is it because you're JEALOUS of him? He does have an awful lot more fangirls than you..."

"NANI?! I don't even pay attention to that stuff!"

Kuwabara snickered. "You are SO jealous!"

"Shut up Kuwabara! At least I have fangirls, unlike YOU!"

"I do too have fangirls! Here's one of them!" Kuwabara pointed at Yukina, who avoided his loving gaze. She was NOT a Kuwabara fangirl, thank you very much!

"Excuse me for interrupting, CHILDREN, but if we may continue...?!" Keiko sighed irritably and proceeded to open the bedroom door. Yusuke looked nervously at the door as it swung open, revealing... an empty bedroom.

"See, Yusuke? No death plant here!"

Kuwabara looked at the empty room. "Guys, there's nobody here! We've already searched the entire house, and as I said before- even though you two IGNORED me- I don't feel their ki nearby."

Keiko replied, "Well, let's just check the room to make sure! Maybe they're hiding in the closet or something."

"Didn't you hear me? I CAN'T FEEL THEIR KI NEARBY!" Kuwabara frowned, disliking his warnings being ignored. "They could be getting away right now!"

"Yes, I realize that, but we should stop arguing and just check Kurama's room first! We'll feel especially stupid if we checked everywhere but the bedroom that they were hiding in!"

Ignoring Kuwabara's protests, Keiko walked into the room and began searching for any kind of clue to the missing group's whereabouts. Reluctantly, Yusuke walked in behind her and, cautious to avoid anything suspicious, joined in her search. Kuwabara led Yukina inside and glanced around, already sure that there was nothing to be found.

Kuwabara's eyes landed on the plant Kurama had put in his bedroom earlier. Curiously, he walked towards it and began poking it. Yukina, wary of an unknown plant in Kurama's bedroom, immediately made a hasty retreat towards the door.

The plant was young, and had yet to fully bloom. It looked fairly normal, except that instead of sitting in a pot of soil, it was simply resting on the windowsill (where Kurama had used his ki to make it grow earlier). Kuwabara poked and prodded it mercilessly, until Yusuke noticed him.

"Kuwabara! What the heck do you think you're doing?!"

"Look at this weird plant thing, Urameshi! It's so freaky!"

"DON'T TOUCH THAT!" Yusuke yelled, catching Keiko's attention. She turned and asked, "Nani?"

"Don't tell me what to do!"

"GAH! DON'T TOUCH WEIRD PLANTS THAT BELONG TO KURAMA! DID YOU NOT SEE HIS ROSE WHIP?!"

"Quit yelling Yusuke, and please tell me what you're talking about!" Keiko said.

Yusuke pointed at the plant as Kuwabara backed away slowly. "KuwaBAKA over there was messing with that weird plant!"

"So...?"

"So?! SO?!?! IT'S A PLANT IN KURAMA'S BEDROOM! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD DO!"

"Hmph! Quit being such a baby, Urameshi!" To prove how brave he was, Kuwabara poked the plant again. Yusuke's eyes widened dramatically, and he stared in horror at the plant.

"Quit...touching...it...!" hissed Yusuke.

The plant in question, as if tired of being poked, suddenly began blooming. The petals spread and a strange-smelling gas- almost like an exotic perfume- drifted from the center. The gas spread quickly, and Kuwabara, being the closest, breathed in the most.

"Whoa, this stuff's... so..." His sentence was left incomplete as he fainted- the result of the strange gas. Keiko and Yusuke's eyes widened and they turned to escape, but the gas had already entered their bodies. Soon, they too fainted.

Yukina, having already walked to the doorway, quickly backed out of the room. Shocked, she quickly shut the door and fled downstairs to escape. She couldn't let herself be harmed, since she was the only one who could help the others. Yukina thought briefly about trying to enter the room and heal them, but she wouldn't be able to hold her breath long enough to keep from fainting.

Silently praying that the other three were only unconscious and nothing worse, she quickly ran from Kurama's house to Genkai's temple. Perhaps Genkai could help her find Kurama and stop the plant.



Jin had successfully aided the others to escape to the hotel, and the chibis were put to rest- Botan and Hiei in the bedroom and Rinku in the living room area so that they could keep an eye on him, in case the hit he received from Jin caused injury. While awaiting the chibis' awakening, the others discussed what to do.

First thing they did was deciding what to do about the crowded hotel room. It had already been bad enough with just Touya and Company, but now with an additional four people, it was extremely crowded. After much discussion and argument, Jin left with Chuu, Shishiwakamaru, and Suzuka to go 'train'. They were most likely going to mess around and scare all of the ningens, Touya had replied, but nonetheless consented to their immediate departure- only after making sure to give them an extra communication mirror Kurama had with him. Touya didn't want to have to spend hours hunting for them.

Once they actually had room to breathe, the three left began on the current problem- what to do with Hiei, Botan, and Rinku. During their discussion, they ordered room service, and continued talking while they ate their dinner. After identifying that the major problem was discovering what exactly happened to Hiei and Botan during their brief meeting with Koenma, Kurama suggested they sneak into Reikai's vast library and research the mysterious 'Joyful Pills'.

Of course, Touya and Shizuru were against it, because they preferred not to snoop about like a common criminal. Kurama quickly explained that they couldn't possibly get it directly from Koenma, who didn't even know anyone had been told of the happenings between him, Botan, and Hiei. The godling didn't want Hiei and Botan to succeed in their testing to prove their love, so it was highly unlikely he would just tell whoever asked the information regarding the pills. This made perfect sense to Touya and Shizuru, who reluctantly agreed to the plan. So, after the chibis awoke, it was decided that Kurama would take Shizuru to the Reikai library and look for information while Touya stayed behind with the chibis.

Shortly after they formed a plan of action, Hiei, apparently awake, ran into the room in obvious shock and discomfort, screaming questions about what happened and why he looked so odd. After Kurama questioned him, they found out Hiei couldn't remember anything other past being in Reikai with Koenma, and that his personality had changed drastically. Hiei was much more loud, impatient, hot-tempered, childish, and, odd as it seems, innocent.



For the second time that day, Botan awoke on the same hotel bed. Her body felt weird, like it was suddenly twice as energetic as usual, and things seemed much taller. She had trouble remembering what exactly happened, and what was going on.

"Oh good, you're awake!"

Botan turned to see Kurama beside the bed. "What happened?"

Kurama quickly explained what had happened before arriving to the hotel. "We've only been here for a few hours, and Hiei woke up ten minutes ago. Rinku's still out, though; Jin must have hit him on the head a bit too hard. Now, what can you remember?"

Botan tried to think back, but the last thing she remembered was being in Reikai. She didn't even recall the Joyful Pills! "Well, not much, I'm afraid."

"That's what I was afraid of. It was the same thing for Hiei." Kurama stood up and walked out of the room, returning moments later with Hiei. "Okay, you two need to think together and tell us what happened between you and Koenma. What are Joyful Pills? Was this yet another test to prove your love? How is it supposed to work?"

But neither chibi was listening. Botan's chibi instincts kicked in, and she stared at Hiei lustfully. Hiei's chibi mind recognized the look and, without a thought about honor or dignity, began backing away. With a chibi version of the Xena battle cry, Botan tackled him and they landed on the floor. Hiei shoved her away and ran behind Kurama for protection.

"GAH! You evil thing! Stay away!" he yelped.

Kurama quickly stifled any laughter trying to escape him, and tried to restrain Botan. All the while Hiei lingered behind him, whimpering in a very out of character manner. The chibi ferry girl squirmed and shrieked loudly. The noise found its way to the others staying in the hotel room, and Shizuru came in to see what was wrong.

"Kurama...?" Shizuru asked tentatively, poking her head into the room. She had to stifle a giggle at the odd sight.

"A little help here would be nice, thank you," replied the fox, busy trying to keep Botan away from Hiei. Botan became frustrated quickly as to why the mean fox wouldn't let her see her lovable fire demon and began to sob hysterically.

Shizuru took pity on poor Kurama, stuck in the middle, and grabbed Botan from him. She comforted the small chibi like a mother would a child. Relieved of one charge, Kurama turned to the other and began to sooth Hiei, who was still slightly frightened of Botan.

After a while, when they were relatively calm, Kurama sat Hiei and Botan beside each other on the hotel bed. Hiei sent the ferry girl suspicious looks, and received loving glances in return. Shizuru sat back and relaxed, letting the fox handle the questions. Kurama asked Hiei and Botan to try and remember what happened. Several minutes passed and nothing came to mind.

Sighing, Kurama said, "Oh well, I wasn't really expecting any outstanding results. Come on, let's go to Touya and see if Rinku's up yet." And with those words, the fox led Shizuru, Hiei, and Botan out of the room.