|| A Bouquet of Red and White Roses || [Yu Yu Hakusho Fan-fic] {Edits}

Beads of a Broken Rosary

Today was Mizuki's first day at Tachibana Elementary. I knew that staying with him would cause me to be late but I didn't mind being late for just this day. His introduction went like this:

"おはよおございます。私の なまえは 花村 水木です。私は１０さいです。よろしくねえ。" [Translation: Good Morning. My name is Hanamura Mizuki. I am 10 years old. Nice to meet you.]

Afterwords, I spoke to him a little before leaving. "Here", I said as I rummaged through my bag, "Keep this with you." I gave him one of those bracelets that we had made a while back, however instead of just ten beads, I made the bracelet to where he could wear it on his arm. I used the rose beads that were clear so it wouldn't make much of an appearance. Even thought he looked hesitant, he took it anyways and wore it. "Thank you", he said. I nodded. "I'll come pick you up later then." He nodded and waved. "Bye bye."

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When I got to school, there was a large commotion going on. I didn't understand why until I actually reached the classroom. I was about to open the door when suddenly it opened up. I took a step back in surprise. "Nani ?", I asked myself. I walked in and was immediately the center of attention. What's going on ? I searched the room for the teacher. Nope, no sign. To my surprise, I was bombarded with these really unexpected and weird questions.

"Hanamura-San ! Is it true that you're going out with Minamino-San !??" Eh ? Say what ? "Sorry, could you repeat that ?", I asked. "Did you just ask if...." "I said, Are you going out with Minamino-San ?" The classroom suddenly got quiet as they waited for my response. I looked in the back of the room and noticed Shuichi glaring at me. Geh, just what was the octopus mad about now ?? I gave an uneasy smile. "What're you guys talking about ?", I asked, placing my things down at my desk, "Since when did you guys come up with that conclusion ?" A pause. Suddenly, my asker pulled a notebook out of nowhere and began flipping pages. Uh. This girl must be in the News Paper Clue or something.

"Well you see Hanamura-San", she began to say after a couple minutes of flipping through, "A couple days back, you were both spotted together and... it would have appeared that you both were..." "Were ?", I asked slightly tilting my head. Her face suddenly got pink. And with a very faint voice, she said, "kissed." Excuse me ? "S.... since when !??", I asked, really confused, "What do you mean !?" In the corner of my eyes, I could see Shuichi just have his hand on his face. A look of pure disbelief and agitation. "I don't recall that happening ! Minamino-san and I never kissed !" Immediately, I covered my mouth with my hands but it was too late. Everyone's jaw had already dropped. IM GOING TO DIE FOR THIS.The interview continued on anyways. "Then why was it that a few days back, you and Minamino-San were spotted alone together ? You were on your tippy-toes and Minamino-san's head was slightly looking down ?" I thought about that real hard. "So how are you supposed to explain that Hanamura-San ?" Hmmmm.... He was looking down and I was reaching up. Then it hit me. It was the time when Shuichi killed those demons and blood had splashed on his face. I was attempting to wipe the blood away with my handkerchief. But now that I do think about it, if you saw us from Shuichi's back then....! Ohhhhhhh I see now. IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE WE WERE KISSING because Shuichi here, is too tall for me. I could feel the color of my face just get drained away. How was I supposed to explain something like that to them !???? It was too much to take in. I think I was going to faint ? I took a seat in my chair and placed my hands on my forehead.

How was I supposed to explain this ? I can't just tell them, "Oh, there was blood on his face so I wanted to wipe it away." If I said that, then it would only lead to more questions."Hanamura-San ?"I heard someone's chair move back. And then I felt someone's cold hand on my forehead. When I turned to see who it was, my heart kinda sank. "M...Minamino-san ?", My asker had asked, "Wh... what is it ?" Everyone got quiet I had my hands on his arms because be suddenly covered my eyes as well. I didn't know what he was doing. "ごめんめ, リザさん", he said, in that feigned gentle voice of his. [Sorry, Lisa-san.] "I'll be taking Hanamura-san to the infirmary now." Why the infirmary ? "Why's that Minamino-San ?", Lisa asked with determination, "Are you doing this to avoid having your hidden relationship revealed ?" I couldn't tell if he shook his head or not because remember that his hands are still covering up my eyes. "No", he replied moments later, "It's because it would appear that Hanamura-san has a fever." Fever ?

"Th- then how about we ask someone else to take her while you stay here and answer a few questions ?" He removed his hands from my face as I saw a slight smirk on his smile. We walked towards the door and when we were almost out, he said, "Sorry, but it can only be me." We left the room, but you could hear them all squealing.

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When we got to the infirmary, the first thing Shuichi did was look for the Sensei before just throwing me on the bed. I landed on my face. Thank you every much. "So did you realize when that was", he asked me. I fixed myself and crawled into the bed. "It was during that time wasn't it ? When we were walking home from cleaning duty ?" He nodded. "Nee, Shuichi, do I really have a fever ?", I placed my hand on my head but couldn't tell. "If you're asking that, then yes you do", he replied, standing over the bed, "Just what exactly did you do yesterday ?" I thought about it. "Nothing really", I mumbled, "Just that yesterday, something tried breaking into the house... and then there was a Monkshood." An interest sparked in his eyes the moment I mentioned "Monkshood". "Did you touch it ?", He asked. I nodded. "It's in my room. I picked it up and decided to keep it." "You idiot", he said, picking up the hand that I had picked the flower up with, "Did you ever think about if the flower had a poison on it or not ?" I shrugged. "No, not really", I muttered. "But I was fine when I was in my house." He lifted up my other arm.

"A rosary ?", He asked. I looked at the bracelet and slightly nodded. "Just the beads", I replied, "The rosary broke a long time ago." "But why ?" "You see Shuichi, the day before yesterday, there was a something following Mizuki and I. Then yesterday morning at 3, there was something trying to get into the house. Around 10 or 11, I found that Monkshood." "And now this", Shuichi finished. I nodded. "Originally I was supposed to ask you but..." I laughed at the thought. "Ciel isn't there ?", He asked. I shook my head."Even though we saw her, she wasn't there when I got home."