Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Unexpected Gift ❯ More Surprises ( Chapter 7 )

Part Seven: More Surprises

After a few sleepless nights, the Spirit Detectives are beginning to wonder about Koenma's information. They had yet to see any trace of Shinobu. “Why hasn't that bastard revealed himself?” Yusuke growls, “There is no way he'd plot quietly for THIS long!”

“This does seem odd,” Kurama agrees, “Though he may have developed a new strategy since our last encounter.”

“Even if he did, he'd still come to say hello. He's beginning to worry me,” Yusuke answers.

“He might be doing it on purpose,” Kuwabara points out.

“That is a possibility,” Kurama says. None of the others want to think about that. They have been meeting at Yusuke's house everyday after school because it was the safest place to talk and because Shizuru was still giving Kuwabara a hard time. The carrot-top still looks haunted by Koenma's news but has pulled himself together enough to help out the others. What he really wants to do is find the three-foot-tall midget and demand to know why he would slaughter a helpless innocent. `There were other options, dammit! He didn't need to do that!' he thinks, `Had our roles been reversed, I would have looked into adoption and had the child. That honorless piece of shit!'

His angry musing is interrupted by the telephone. Yusuke picks it up. “Hello Urameshi residence,” he says. Kuwabara watches his brown eyes widen for a moment before a grin appears. “So that's where he's hiding? Well, we'll go check it out and see what we can do. No, we won't engage him.” Yusuke hangs up the phone. “We have a location on a certain Shinobu Sensui. We're going to say hi to him and find out just why he's hiding in a hotel.”

“He's in a hotel?” Kurama asks with a furrowed brow.

“Yes, he's checked in a hotel downtown,” Yusuke answers.

“Well, I guess we could…if we don't engage him in battle,” the emerald-eyed male answers. Yusuke nods and the four of them silently head out of the house towards their destination.

Ten minutes and four blocks later, they are standing in front of a pretty ritzy hotel. “Well, at least he's got good taste,” Yusuke remarks.

“Do you have a room number?” Kurama asks.

“Yep, Room one-hundred and two. It's on the second floor.” The other three merely nod and follow him within. They immediately head for the stairs and walk to the next floor.

“Even numbers are on the right side of the hall,” Kurama announces.

“Eventually, we would have figured that out,” Yusuke says sarcastically.

“I meant no offense, Yusuke. I was merely stating the obvious,” the redhead answers. Yusuke just walks down the hall. The numbers start at ninety so they don't have far to walk. Yusuke stops in front of the door. He cocks his head staring at it curiously.

“Since when do bad guys put `do not disturb' signs on their doors?” he asks. The others shrug. “Well, unfortunately, he's not getting privacy.” With that said, Yusuke after trying the door and finding it locked, kicks it open. It takes the group a minute to realize just what it is they are seeing.

“When the sign says `do not enter' it normally means DO NOT ENTER!” Shinobu growls from the bed where it is obvious that he's engaged in some fun with Itsuki. The aqua-haired demon looks embarrassed and highly annoyed.

“Yeah, well we don't normally care when it comes down to evil humans who want to destroy the world!” Yusuke answers recovering first, “Why are you here Sensui?”

“I want to be alone THAT is why!” he snaps as he gently pulls the blankets up over his and his lover's waist. “I haven't gotten even ten minutes alone with my lover. I WANT TO BE ALONE FOR TEN MINUTES WITH ITSUKI! Is that too much to ask?”

Yusuke blinks. “You're not trying to destroy the world?”

“No. Although if I don't get left alone I just might do it out of principle!” he grits out.

“Once you're done whatever it is you're doing, THEN are you going to try to destroy the world?” Kuwabara asks hesitantly.

“Look, all of you. I am NOT here to destroy anything. I have better things to do. Would you go away because you are really, really vexing me. I have a neglected lover who is feeling unloved and I don't want to deal with nosy spirit detectives who are mistakenly thinking that I am trying to kill them! I want to be alone with Itsuki. Go AWAY! If not, then I might be forced to stand up and come after you.”

The thought of a naked Shinobu chasing them, is enough to make them leave rather quickly. Once outside, they stop and three of them look at each other in confusion. “Did we just have a semi-decent conversation with Sensui that didn't include him telling us how he wanted to end mankind?” Kurama asks.

“Umm, I think so. Man, I am trying to get the image of him naked out of my head,” Yusuke answers before shuddering, “That was really, really gross.”

Kuwabara isn't paying him any mind. Now that it was obvious that Sensui posed no threat to them, he needed to get some information from a certain midget demon. He would find that bastards phone number and when he did, there would be hell to pay.

Ani is curled up on the couch with a warm cup of tea when the phone rings. He waits to see if someone else will answer it. After four more rings, he picks it up. “Hello?” he asks.

“What the hell is your issue?” Kuwabara's voice comes over the line sharp and angry.

“What are you talking about?” Ani demands.

“How you had the gall to kill an innocent child! Gods, Ani, I thought you were better then that!” Kuwabara yells.

Ani is completely confused. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“Don't play stupid with me! I know you hate me but that is no reason to kill a child over!”

Ani's golden eyes widen and then narrow. “How dare you! I have done no such thing! Don't you ever accuse me of something you have no proof of!”

“Koenma called you and asked.”

“The last time Koenma called was to warn my brother to stay away from you!”

“You didn't abort the baby?”

“Abort the…Dear gods, what did Koenma tell you?”

“He told me that you got rid of the child.”

“He's a lying piece of shit!”

“So you didn't?”

“No, Kuwabara. I am yet that honorable. I cannot believe you would accuse me of such a thing…you're horrible!” Ani once again bursts into tears and hangs the phone up. Oto is in the room within a few seconds.

“Brother, what happened?” he asks worriedly.

“K-Kuwabara called yelling at me because Koenma told him I'd aborted the child!”

“So Kuwabara found out and Koenma tried to keep the truth from him? Well, that never goes his way…Ani, calm down, you need to pull yourself together before you end up hurt,” Oto says. Ani just clutches him and begins to cry harder unable to keep his emotions in check.

Kuwabara sits there for a moment, stunned. Koenma had lied to him? Anger spills through him and he doesn't know what to do. There was no excuse for what he had done. Toying with his emotions was never smart. `This is the second time I have learned that I've been lied to…and from Ani. Why do they continue to hide important things from me? I can't stand being the last to know about something.' Angry and upset, he picks the phone up and dials Koenma's number. Of course, he gets an ogre. “I need to speak to Koenma,” he says.

“I am sorry but Lord Koenma is very busy right now,” the ogre responds.

“I don't care. I am going to speak to Koenma or I will march there and make sure he sees me!” Kuwabara answers angrily.

“Who is this?” the ogre inquires.

“Kazuma Kuwabara. I am one of his spirit detectives.”

“Hold on just a minute, Kuwabara.”

He sits there and waits patiently wondering what he would say to the idiot. Finally, someone clicks over. “Kuwabara, I already got the report about Shinobu from Yusuke,” Koenma tells him.

“I am not calling about that damn report, Koenma. How could you lie to me?” he demands, “How could you make me believe that Ani is heartless enough to get rid of a child when he isn't?”

“How did you find out?”

“I called Ani.”

“You found their number?”

“I called your office and asked for it.”

“Listen to me; I didn't want you to focus on the fact that you fathered a child on Ani. You have too much going on in your life right now to be concerned with that. Let him raise the child and you just need to forget it ever happened.”

That was the wrong thing to say if he didn't want to set Kuwabara off. “How dare you? That is MY child he's having! I don't care that I am a Spirit Detective and a high school student! I have a right to know about this and to be able to make my own decision! You have no right to keep things like this hidden or lie! At this point, Ani is better then you, in my eyes!” He knows that he should be so cruel but he cannot help it. Koenma had really hurt him by lying about Ani getting rid of his child. It was a betrayal that was going to take a while to heal.