Toge Aida de Bara (Thorns Among Roses)

Chapter 5: Kosei Mondai





A few minutes earlier......



Yusuke saw Kizuna walk into the living room and look at him. “Can I sit with you?” she asked. Yusuke blushed slightly and then replied.



“Sure.” with that being said she took a seat next to him. Yusuke hadn\'t noticed it till now, but he was taller than she was. He was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts when she said something.



“Hey, Yusuke?” she said calmly.



“Yeah?” he said curiosity in his eyes. Her eyelids were slowly starting to close. \'She\'s falling asleep.\' He thought to himself.



“Um...well...” she started to stammer.



“Thank you, for covering me up earlier.” he looked at her surprised and blushed as she fell on his shoulder and went to sleep.



“Wait, Kizuna? How\'d you know...” he started to say but then stopped himself. “Oyasuminasai,” he smiled to himself as he continued to watch Kuwabara and Jin play video games. \'How did she know it was me?\' he thought to himself.



Meanwhile upstairs......



Kurama stared blankly at the door that had just been shut in his face moments ago.



“Who\'s dangerous?” he said to himself as he started to walk downstairs towards the kitchen. Hiei was sitting at the table when Kurama walked in.



“So why are they here?” Hiei said raising an eyebrow. Kurama just shot Hiei a dirty look.



“You know as well as I do Hiei I couldn\'t have killed them, they’re part human, we would have been charged with murder in the Spirit World.”



“But why are they still here?” he questioned again. Kurama thought about this, he was so confused he had let them stay after they had tried to kill them. \'But why?\' he questioned himself, as he made some cha. “There\'s something about that fox that\'s strangely familiar.” Hiei said thinking Kurama had already noticed it but he obviously hadn\'t, Kurama and Kizuna\'s auras are the same. Kurama turned around stirring his cha and looked at Hiei kind of weird for a second.



“I have the same feeling. That\'s part of the reason they\'re both still here. I guess I was driven out of curiosity of how exactly I knew the fox.” Kurama said now taking a seat at the table next to Hiei.



“Her aura is quite familiar, also.” Kurama said stirring his cha again.



“Heh.” Hiei smirked. Kurama knew that laugh, which meant that Hiei knew something he didn\'t. “I guess your curiosity has screwed up your senses, fox.” Hiei said tauntingly. Kurama looked up at Hiei a little shocked.



“What do you mean?” he said starting to sip his cha.



“Her aura is exactly like yours.” Hiei said smirking, at that Kurama almost dropped his cup of cha he had carefully been drinking and set it down on the table.



“What?” he said still in a state of shock, Hiei\'s smirk got wider at the look of utter disbelieving shock on Kurama\'s face. \'So Kurama really didn\'t realize it.\' he thought to himself.



“Her aura is the same as yours except for the slight traces of a fire aura mixed in with the fox and human.” Hiei said starting to get annoyed at Kurama\'s blatant stupidity. Kurama just sat there and thought about what Hiei had said. It all made sense to him now, why she felt familiar, it was her aura it was almost one in the same with his, now that he thought about it. Something else bothered him though. There was something else he felt like he was missing. He gathered his thoughts, picked up his cha, took a sip and then sat it back down on the table.



“Yes, but the real question is why?” he said smiling at Hiei.



“Why don\'t you ask Koenma?” said Botan. During Kurama and Hiei\'s little conversation they hadn\'t noticed Botan had appeared out of nowhere as usual. Then she walked up to the table and sat down next to Kurama. “So I take it this mysterious girl with the strange aura is the one sleeping in Yusuke\'s lap?” she said ever so cheerfully. Kurama looked at Botan kind of surprised then got up from the table.



“I\'ll be right back.” he said as he left the kitchen and entered the living room. \'Heh, I thought she was kidding.\' he thought to himself as he saw Kizuna asleep in Yusuke\'s lap.



“Yusuke.” Kurama said with a smile.



“Huh...?” he replied as he looked around to see who had called his name and he found Kurama.



“Oh, hey Kurama.” Yusuke replied.



“Can you take Kizuna to the guest room upstairs?” Kurama asked.



“Yeah, sure.” Yusuke said slightly blushing realizing Kizuna had somehow drifted from his shoulder to his lap.



“Arigatou.” Kurama said as he left to return to the kitchen.



Yusuke looked at the clock and then yawned. \'Its twelve o\'clock time to hit the hay too I think.\' he thought to himself, he picked up Kizuna in his arms and started to walk up the stairs to the guest room. He opened the door and walked towards the bed and walked towards the bed, set Kizuna down, and then looked at her sleeping form. Then he noticed something \'Is she sweating?” he questioned. He bent over and felt her head. \'She\'s got a fever.\' he said as he removed his hand from her head. “Better tell Kurama.” he said to himself as he walked out of the room headed for the kitchen.