Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Rock My World ❯ Mourning Epitaph ( Chapter 30 )

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DC-chan: JV soccer sucks. All we do is sprints, stairs, pushups and sit-ups. I better be in shape after this.

Seraph: It’s better than sitting on your ass all day…

DC-chan: Neh.

Disclaimed, I’m too sore from soccer practices to care that much about this…

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Chapter 30 Of Rock My World

Mourning Epitaph

What was left of the snow from winter was beginning to melt as spring drew closer and closer. The sky was less cloudy and it was considerably warmer. The windows on cars and houses were still covered in condensation and the grass was always frosty in the morning, but at least it wasn’t snowing anymore.

Kira and Kurama took the good weather as an opportunity to walk together, however there was much pressure between the two of them now.

“How’s school?” Kurama asked as he walked besides Kira on the sidewalk as he tried to make forced conversation. It had been a little over two weeks since Kira had woken up and Kurama vividly recalled biting the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing when her mother had almost suffocated her in hug with joy that her daughter was alright.

“It’s fine, I guess.” She answered, barely paying attention. She had a pair of headphones around her neck that was blasting music, but she wasn’t listening to that either.

“You have been going to school, haven’t you?” He gave her a skeptical look as if he didn’t believe her at all.

Kira rolled her eyes, “I’ve been going. Geez, don’t you trust me at all?” She gave him a hard stare then muttered, “Guess not.” She didn’t have to read his mind or anything to figure out that he wasn’t sure that she was because it was written all over his face. Kira pursed her lips together uncomfortably. He never trusted her to take care of herself or go to school, which was the only thing he could really ever get her on because she didn’t really go that much. You could say school was at the bottom of her priority list.

He knew what that look in her brown eyes meant after a few moments of silence and both of them only hearing the faint cacophony of rock music coming from her headphones.

Kurama bit his bottom lip. How was he supposed to tell her when she was mad at him that he was only worrying about her? Over the past few days there had been a lot of tension between them and it seemed to be getting worse. This was driving him crazy and what irritated him more were Youko’s devious perverted comments in the back of his mind. He even contemplated banging his head against a wall a couple of times. Part of him wanted to tell her how he felt, but another part of him told him it wasn’t the right time yet to bring that up with her.

“Kurama, you look constipated.” Kira said bluntly while trying to hide an amused grin. “Should we find a restroom for you?”

He arched an eyebrow at her, “You enjoy making fun of me, don’t you?”

“Perhaps,” she replied gruffly as she kicked a pebble that was on the sidewalk. Kira looked at him dubiously, “That’s only because you never tell me what’s on your mind, not that there’s a point to that now since I can READ your mind, but I’m going to respect your privacy and wait for you to tell me.”

He put his hands in his pants pockets and exhaled heavily. He wanted to tell her what was on his mind, he really did, but how would she react? Now that there was a lull between missions it would be the ideal time to tell her before something popped up, but he couldn’t. His voice, for the first time, seemed stuck in his throat.

She gazed curiously at him, “Are you sure we shouldn’t find you a restroom?”

THUMP!

“What the hell was that for?” Kira grumbled rubbing the back of her head where he had hit her. She glared at him out of the corner of her eyes and grumbled some inaudible curse words under her breath. “If it’s not constipation then tell me what the hell is bothering you!” She demanded loudly, ignoring the odd stares of people walking by them on the street.

Kurama didn’t answer, he instead walked ahead of her and disappeared around a corner. By the time she turned the corner he was gone and was left alone.

She clenched her fists angrily and her cheeks flushed a bright red. “How I’m supposed to know what’s bothering him? Honestly!” Kira stomped her foot furiously on the pavement and folded her arms across her chest, trying her best to pay no attention to the guilty feeling that was rising within her. “Feh, baka kitsune…” She turned on her heel and instantly collided with someone knocking her back on her ass. “Watch where you’re going!” Kira growled as she looked up to see a familiar woman with ruby red hair frowning down at her.

It took her brain a few seconds to register who it was.

“Hosaki.” Kira said coolly as she stood up and brushed off her butt with her hands. “What are you doing here?”

“I just got out of Reikai and I wanted to see Kurama,” the fire demoness replied in a blasé voice. Her eyes lingered on Kira’s face, “You look flustered.”

“You think?” Kira snorted glowering at Hosaki.

Hosaki tossed her shining red hair over her shoulder and smiled devilishly, “Something happen between the two of you?”

“The two of who?”

“The two of you.”

“There’s two of me? Since when?” Kira blinked innocently.

“That’s not what I meant…” Hosaki trailed off, not smiling anymore and clearly frustrated at Kira’s childish antics.

“I know what you’re talking about,” Kira mumbled quietly. “Kurama just stormed off a few minutes ago, I figured he needed to use the bathroom.” She knew that wasn’t the real reason he walked off, but she didn’t feel the least bit inclined to tell Hosaki what she really thought. Kira bit her thumb, forgetting that Hosaki was scrutinizing her at that very moment. How was she supposed to know what was bothering him anyway? And he said she was immature….

“If you’re going to act like this then I’m leaving!” Hosaki snapped.

“Don’t let me stop you…”

Hosaki turned her head up and marched away not that it bothered Kira at all, that demoness was the one that had tried to kill her once so she really couldn’t care less.

“What’s wrong with everyone today?” She thought aloud as she crossed the street rather slowly despite the cars honking at her to hurry up. “It’s not like I can read minds!--wait….I can…but it isn’t polite to just read someone’s mind like a book at the library.” Kira rubbed her chin in one hand as she tried to reason this out.

But since when do you care what’s polite? A nasty little voice said in the back of her mind. You never cared before how people felt about what you did.

“That’s true,” Kira nodded vigorously. She put her headphones over her ears and then tried to navigate herself to Kurama’s house.

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Kurama closed the door to his room quietly although he really felt like slamming it shut. Kira was so unbelievably dense! After a little more than six months of knowing each other she had no idea how he felt. He was mad at himself for walking off on her now though, she’d probably punch him the next time they saw each other just for that. He hadn’t even realized he had walked out on her until he was opening the front door to his house.

Kira’s going to kill me…

He sank down at the chair in front of his desk. He then folded his arms on his desk and laid his head down on them trying to think about what to do next.

She’s so difficult, doesn’t she even try to understand what people are feeling?

Kurama sighed into his arms as he tried not to think about her which proved to be extremely complicated.

Just then there was an abrupt knock on his door and he heard his mother say in a pleasant voice, “Shuichi, Kira’s here.” She opened the door, “Are you going to stay for dinner?” The question was aimed at Kira who stepped into the room.

“No thanks, Minamino-san. I’m only going to be here for a few minutes.” Kira responded courteously and bowing her head a little.

“Well, alright.” Shiori closed the door behind her as she left.

Kira stood next to the door for a few awkward seconds before walking over to the bed and sitting on it. Her deep brown orbs were gazing attentively at Kurama and she put her hands in her lap. “So…” she then directed her eyes to a corner of the room. “How are you?” It was the only thing she could think of to say. She scratched Neko behind the ear as the cat, who had also been on the bed, came prancing over to her purring.

He lifted his head up from his desk and put an arm over the back of his chair, but didn’t face her.

She got to her foot and hesitantly stepped over to the desk so she was standing beside him. “You know, I was planning to tie you to a chair and gag your mouth while I read your mind so I could found out why you’re acting so moody.” Kira paused, waiting for a reaction, but when she didn’t get one she pouted. “Don’t make me do it Kurama.”

He couldn’t help it. He laugh lightly at her serious face.

Kira blinked, her face dead pan, “What’s wrong with you now?”

“Nothing,” he said quickly. He was sure she had been close to tying him to the chair and gagging him, but she had looked so cutely serious when she had said it.

“Kurama!” She whined, her expression lightening as well, putting emphasis on each syllable of his name. Kira punched his shoulder, “Why did you have to laugh? I was trying to act like a concerned friend and being earnest too!”

He grinned broadly, the two weeks of tension seemed to have disappeared in a simple moment of time. It had been lifted like a curtain blocking out the sunlight. It was refreshing to be with her when she was being her goofy self instead of her being anxious and indifferent. However, he had a sneaking suspicion that she had kind of been hoping to tie him up because she looked somewhat disappointed.

Kira stuck her tongue out at him then tackled him and pinned him under her. Her hands were pressed on his shoulders to keep him from getting up. “I really don’t get you.”

Kurama shrugged under her and tried to gently push her off, “I could say the same about-”

A scream issued from the doorway, “AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

Both of the teenagers turned their heads to see Kurama’s stepbrother standing there with his jaw dropped, looking terrified before he turned and slammed the door. “I didn’t mean to walk in you guys!” Kurama blushed at his stepbrother’s comment as they heard his footsteps in the hallway scurry away.

Kira giggled into her hands as she maneuvered off Kurama so he could sit up. This made it twice that she had gotten the kitsune into an embarrassing situation in his room. She had to admit she enjoyed it. The more the embarrassment the better.

Kurama rolled his eyes as Kira continued in her fit of giggles, “I’ll have a talk with him later.”

“We probably scarred him for life,” Kira noted trying to keep a straight face.

“We? You’re the one that tackled me.”

“We can play the blame game all day, kitsune.”

He decided to change the subject because he knew Kira could drag it out all day, “Why did you come here anyway?”

She scrunched her nose like a rabbit disdainfully, “Because that nuisance, Hosaki, pissed me off.”

Kurama sweatdropped, “Hosaki? And what was she doing in Ningenkai?”

“She said she was looking for you.” Kira eyed him carefully. “Any idea what that’s about?”

“Not particularly…”

She seemed to approve of this answer because she stood up, “Well, I got to go. Kaasan will have a cow if I don’t get back before dinner, she’s convinced that I’m going to be eaten by a youkai any day now. She flips out really easily now.”

“She’s only worrying about you,” Kurama said softly.

“I know.”

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“ACK! Yusuke, you pervert!” Keiko slapped Yusuke across the face leaving a red hand print on his left cheek before going back inside the school.

Kira and Kuwabara sniggered. The three delinquents were now the only ones standing outside the school and they couldn’t seem to care less as the final bell rang.

Yusuke rubbed his cheek with his hand, “Man, I think Keiko should’ve been a Reikai Tantei.”

“You were asking for it when you put your hand up her skirt,” Kira commented giddily. “What did you expect her to do? I’m sure there’s a better way of getting across to a girl that you like her instead of doing that. You’re just being extremely tactless.”

“Says Kira, the most dense of all of us,” Yusuke grumbled.

“What was that?” She growled menacingly, her eyes flashing red.

“Touchy today, are we?” Yusuke tantalized.

“A bit,” Kira admitted blowing her crimson bangs out of her face and calming down. She took a few, deep breaths.

“Are we going to the arcade?” Kuwabara asked cradling Eikichi in his arms happily.

Kira’s eye twitched, “Why’d you bring your cat?”

“I couldn’t leave Eikichi home alone!” Kuwabara said defensively.

“You know a guy’s secure in their masculinity when they carry around kitties,” Yusuke said.

Kira laughed so hard she had to hold the side of her ribs. “So,” she said wiping the tears out of her eyes, “where were you guys yesterday? I didn’t even see you guys ditching yesterday.”

Yusuke and Kuwabara looked sideways at each other. They had been in Koenma’s office yesterday with Botan, Hana, Mitsukai, Hiei and Kurama and had been discussing a certain heated issue…

“So no one knows where he went off to?” Kurama inquired curiously.

“Hai,” Koenma nodded. “We’ve been looking for him since you defeated Shikyo, but we can’t seem to find him anywhere. Not even Namiko or Toshihiro know where he is.”

“So the guy just ran off?” Yusuke wondered. “Why would he do that?”

“Beats me,” Koenma sad honestly. “Just keep a look out for him just in case he shows up, but don‘t tell Kira.”…

“Uhh…we were around…” Yusuke lied quickly before grabbing Kuwabara and shouting, “RUN!” And the two took off like rockets away from the school.

“Huh?” Kira stared after them vacantly as they ran away before her temper flared and she began chasing after them angrily. “Get back here you bastards! Tell me or I‘ll read your minds! You can‘t keep a secret from me!”

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DC-chan: One more chapter then this is over! The next chapter will probably be up by Thursday before I go on vacation from Thursday to Saturday. I love having a week off from school, but stupid soccer tryouts…Is it just me or does anyone else find Kira and Kurama’s relationship amusing? I like getting them frustrated at each other and I don’t know why. xD

NEXT CHAPTER: Another Side, Another Story (I just like that title for some reason…KH RULES!!! I WANT THE SEQUEL!!!)

Until then, ROCK ON!

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