Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ These Dreams Are Driving Me Crazy ❯ Out of breath ( Chapter 8 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Chapter Eight

Seeing the look that Kuwabara was giving him, Hacchi had an inner asthma, panic attack. 'Does he know something?' The man shuddered to wonder. 'Hmph, well if he thinks I'm missing out on a date with Shizuru he's nuts. Time to kick this up a knotch.'

Kuwabara stood beside the man and gave a nod, before opening the fake car door and sitting himself inside the imagined vehical. "Ready to go?" Asked Hacchi with a smile.

"Sure am Mr. Hacchi. Bring on the next test." Said Kuwabara giving nothing away. But little did he know, he was already found out. With a broader smile the man climbed into the car as well then pulled something out of his back pocket.

"Everybody listen up!" Hacchi announced to get their attention. The three drivers gave him their full attention this time, knowing that their lessons were nearly complete the three boys wanted nothing to stand in the way of their student drivers license. "This next part of the test is free range driving," Points outward towards a goal post about a mile ahead.

"You are going to drive the three of us to that goal point and then you're through." Lowering his voice. "We'll be grading your performance and we aren't going to help you out as you explain everything you're doing to us, but there's a catch this time...."

Reaching into his back pocket Hacchi pulled out three thin pieces of led pipe. Kuwabara and Yusuke cringed at the thought and raised a shoulder curling the rest of their body inward to shrink back from the already rising pains.

"For everything you do wrong, you will be tapped on the hand until you get it right." The man explained.

Kurama was the first to speak up saying, "Are you sure that's permitted at a driving school?"

Hacchi smiled reassurance to the boy holding out a hand hitting hisself with the led as hard as he could. "See, doesn't really hurt at all. It's just to teach you how to relax in tense situations so you don't become a dangerous driver."

"Touche." Said the fox. It made some sense he guessed and the man had already shown that it really didn't hurt so there must not be a problem then.

"So everyone hands on the wheel and start your engines." Hacchi pulled over his seat belt and turned to them adding. "Remember drive carefully, this isn't a race. Good luck."

Kurama scoffed. 'A lot of luck we'll need in an imaginary car.'

The three students started the engines by making their vrrrrrrrmmm, rrrrrmmm sounds. Hacchi kept a sharp eye on Kuwabara who had turned his face into stone, breaking this guy down wouldn't work if he thought he was on to him.

'Get ready for the ride of your life Hacchi, heh heh heh heeeh.' The red head smiled.

Hacchi turned his face away thinking to himself. 'Get ready for the hardest exam of your life.'

The two of them mentally threw their heads back and burst into silent inward laughter.

"Ready....?" Said Lenny. "On my count...Three..."

Kurama steaded his feet. 'As strange as these test seem, I've got to do this.'

"Two..."

Yusuke's eyes narrowed in sheer arrogance of his own confidence to succeed. 'Ha! No real cars and all I have to do is answer questions.' Snickers. 'How can I go wrong.'

"One....."

Kuwabara narrowed his eyes thinking. 'That Shizuru thinks she's so smart, this probably isn't even gonna accomplish anything for us, we're just out here to look stupid. Well we'll see who looks stupid in the end, sis.'

"Go!"

Fired up the three boys sped ahead, but they had not gone but three steps forward before all of them were cracked on the backs of their hands. "OW!" They wailed snatching the soar hand up into the other one. Then proceeded to blow on the swell.

"Uh uh uh, you've forgotten the first magor part of driving." Said Seira to everyone but mostly Yusuke.

"Wha-..." The boy was shocked. "What did I forget?" He asked. The woman crossed her arms showing that she wasn't supposed to answer him.

Kurama furrowed his eyebrows, a little annoyed at himself for not remembering one of the first things they had gone over. Calming his barely risin nerves the boy reached beside himself and pulled a fake seat belt over his body. "Placing on my seat belt."

The others looked over at the Kitsune to get the idea only recieving a tap to the hand. "Ow!" They cried out.

"Hey!" Shouted Yusuke. "That thing doesn't exactly tickle like you said it did, so lay off!"

Seira raised the small pipe and Yusuke quieted, grouchily, but he remained silent and went through the proper procedure of checking the mirrors and his seat belt then he turned to Seira with a snotty smile. "Happy." He said through clenched teeth.

Turning her nose up, the woman replied. "Delighted, thank you."

Kuwabara tied up his loose ends as well, and he was already starting down the course. Yusuke brought up the rear following behind Kuwabara resisting the urge to tailgate him again. He couldn't help it, the big lug was just jumpable. But he knew that Kuwabara wanted to take this seriously and for him, Yusuke would too.

Kurama's voice was heard faintly up ahead, when he slowed to a stop at a stop sign then continued walking on. Kuwabara came to a turn and he spun the fake wheel but doing so he got another whack to the hand. "Will you stop that it hurts!" He blew on his mild injury.

"Sorry Kuwabara, but those are the rules to driving." Said Hacchi shrugging his arms out. "Now you've missed one crucial thing about turning, I'll cheat this time and give you a hint."

The man said nothing and Kuwabara raised an eyebrow shaking his head around as if mentally shouting, 'Come on already.' But he settled for a dry, "Well?"

"Well.... What, you can't cheat unless you want points taken off." Said Hacchi recieving a growl from the red head. Kuwabara remained at the turn and thought.

'Now what is it that you do at a turn....' He wondered. 'I must have seen my mom and Shizuru do this about a hundred times.' A smile brightened his face before saying, "Flip the turn signal on, and if it's broke Iiii.... hold out an arm."

Hacchi looked surprised as the boy continued saying. "Up if it's right and extended if it's left."

"That's absolutely right." The man replied. 'He may not be too bright, but I like his determination.' Beamed the man.

The fake car finally turned the corner and Kuwabara looked ahead surprised to see and hear that Yusuke had passed him without taking a beating for the turn signal. 'Heh, Urameshi must be more serious about this than I thought.' The red head smiled.

The three of them walked along smoothly, and their instructors jotted notes onto a clip board they were holding. Kuwabara was actually reconcidering his plans to break the man down until he got to a sign with the large 'X' on it.

He caught his voice in his throat. He hadn't seen this sign before. What did it mean?! 'That's it!' He remembered now.

"Uuuhhh... Ow! What did you do that for I was thinking." He heard Yusuke shout.

"Sorry Yusuke but thinking shouldn't be an option when you see a sign, it should already have been learned." The woman stated. Her words only made Yusuke growl in his throat at her. He's never seen this sign before!

"How do you expect me to know what a sign I've never seen before means?" He asked trying to calm his voice.

Kuwabara was becoming restless standing there a few feet behind him, making honking sounds. "Let's go Grandma! Beep! Beep!"

"Hold your horses dumb ass, I'm thinking!" The dark haired boy shouted over his shoulder.

"How hard could it be," Retorted Kuwabara. "it's a train track sign, now keep pedaling jack ass!"

Yusuke scowled in a low growl. From the corner of his eye he saw Kuwabara going past him sticking his tongue out, but there was a wink that followed it and Yusuke was beginning to get the hint.

After a brief checking for any.... 'trains'. Yusuke followed after the red head picking up his speed as he went. Kuwabara glanced to his right and picked up speed as well.

"Hey wait." Called Hacchi picking up his pace as well. "This isn't a race Kuwabara. What are you doing?" The boy didn't answer he instead was following behind his lover laughing up a storm as he passed by him.

"See you later Urameshi!" He called going by.

"That's what you think." Yusuke's pace became a little faster and Seira started running as well.

"What are you doing, kid!?" She panted. "Slow down!"

Kurama gasped seeing his friends rushing by him. He resisted the ridiculous urge to speed up as well, but something inside got the better of him and he didn't want to lose his place of first.

The three boys laughed excitedly the further they ran turning this corner and that of the course, with their instructors practically being dragged along. Seira had since grabbed a hold of Yusuke's arm for support but her balance was fading quickly. "Slow down, I'm getting whip lash!" She cried out.

"How can you be getting whip lash the wind shield isn't broken." Teased the boy knowing the fake car provided no protection for the woman or anyone for that matter.

Hacchi was fading fast, as his feet began to drag along the ground but he pulled himself back up to the right standing position. 'I've got to...' Pants. 'Keep up.' Looking at Kuwabara whose speed seemed to increase the further they went. 'How long can this kid run.'

The three boys sped along the course, missing sign after sign and practically running over the little orange cones that were strategically placed along the course to seperate the lanes.

Taking a sudden corner, Kuwabara smashed into the back of Yusuke staggering the boy forward a bit. The spirit detective merely laughed, slowing his pace down a bit, "Oh good." Said Seira seeing the boy slowing.

Yusuke only slowed hisself just enough for the red head to pass him before he jutted to the side of the street where Kuwabara was running slamming into Seira's shoulder, who went sailing sideways slamming into Kuwabara, who slammed into Hacchi who ended up tripping over the orange cone spiraling to the ground.

Over and over the man tumbled, crashing into both Kurama and Lenny who were up ahead trying to avoid the wreckage in back and the collision sent the two face down to the ground.

Ringing ran through all of their ears, it was intimidating, kind of like a police siren or something. Wait that wasn't their imagination, so where was that sound coming from?

Covering their ears the group looked around seeing a girl standing at the end of the lot watching them all, holding a bull horn in one hand and cigarette in the other. "I knew it." Said Kuwabara when the noise from the bull horn died down.

"Shizuru." Yusuke blinked.

The girl raised an arm waving to the three ginue pigs and her friend, Hacchi. The three boys groaned, they couldn't believe they fell right into her trick.

"April fools." Hacchi said weakly.