Something wrong?" The mystery person asked, leaning on the fence.
" Dodo?!" Yusuke gasped. " What are you doing here?!"
" Do something, Dodo!" Hiei Rabbit squeaked, cowaring on his knees and grabbing on to "Anastasia" again. Dodo Karasu hopped the fence and examined the outside of the house. Yusuke peered out into the woods, wondering if the annoying Cheshire Youko was getting a kick out of the scene. Just his luck...no sign. = Hmph, even in this world the youko tries to avoid Karasu.=
" Monster trouble?" Dodo Karasu asked, peering back at the pair. Yusuke realized Dodo Karasu didn’t recognize him in this girlie form. Hiei Rabbit nodded and burried his face into Yusuke’s tummy, hiding his expression.
" Go and get it, Dodo!" He called back.
" Me?" Dodo Karasu gasped. " Ehm....no. That... that wouldn’t be wise."
Yusuke watched as Dodo Karasu paraded himself outside the house, thinking of every excuse to not go in. He shook his head as he watched this miserable display of cowardice from two very powerful creatures.
" Alright, enough!" He finally sighed. " Rabbit," he pushed Hiei Rabbit away to look into those big eyes. Yusuke couldn’t help but notice how suddenly, remarkable and disgustingly cute they were all of a sudden. Pathetic animal eyes always hit him hard.
" Rabbit, if I were a man, I’d go and take that monster on for you."
" You’d save my house from that beast?"
" Absolutely!" Yusuke smiled. This one was more gullible than the real one. Well, why stop when you’re on a roll. " You’re my bestest friend, White Rabbit. I’d do that just for you. I just need you to repay the favor."
" Name it."
" First, I need to know how to become a man....then I can beat it up and scare it away."
Dodo Karasu came closer, " Such a brave young lady," he mused. " How radiant and.....noble. May the best of luck be with you."
Yusuke gave a nod but never raised his eyes to Dodo Karasu...but wished he had. He felt a pair of lips on his cheek and turned suddenly to see Dodo Karasu pull away.
" Bad...Dodo.....Very bad!" Yusuke blushed, rubbing his cheek. Hiei Rabbit let him go and darted around the back yard to his special little garden. He returned with a carrot, small in stature but not as small as a baby carrot.
" Here. Try this."
Yusuke was about to refuse when her remembered Cheshire Youko’s words to him earlier in this mess. He sighed with a nod and took the carrot from the Hiei-figure and munched on it. He honestly felt no change and wondered if it had even worked. When he heard the clap from Dodo Karasu, he knew it must have.
" Shall I cover you?" Dodo Karasu asked, uprooting the bird house and cracking it to make a make-shift spear. Hiei let out a high pitched cry, " My birdhouse! The swallows will have no place to LIVE!"
" Your house or theirs, White Rabbit?" Dodo Karasu replied, wielding the stick. Hiei Rabbit almost looked as if he were about to cry but nodded. " Very well."
Yusuke shook his head and glanced into the woods not far from them. He narrowed his eyes and stepped up to Dodo Karasu, quite sure his own theory was correct.
" Dodo, I can handle the monsters in there. But, once they run out here, I can’t control where they go, nor can I keep the monsters out here away from the house."
Dodo Karasu listened intently. Yusuke was almost beginning to enjoy the kindergarten level minds of some of the people he had met here. " Why don’t you stay out her and protect the White Rabbit?"
Dodo Karasu peered around and then stood straight, giving Yusuke a salute. " I will guard him with my life!"
Yusuke smiled and headed back into the little house.
" I guess that doesn’t make anybody worth very much."
He skipped up the stairs and began to bang things around, making it sound as though a great battle was occuring. Out in the yard, Hiei Rabbit and Dodo Karasu winced and held onto each other when the big noises came.
" She was such a good little servant girl!" Hiei Rabbit cried out, when all was silent and still. Dodo Karasu embraced him and patted his back, " She’s in a better place now, Rabbit."
It was all the two could bare before they both began to bawl over the loss of Anastasia. However, Yusuke was skipping down the stairs, patting the dirt from his jeans when he came across the sight. He sighed and crossed his arms.
" Rabbit!"
Hiei Rabbit turned and then leaped onto Yusuke, knocking him into the grass, " You’re alive!"
" Uhm....yeah. Boy, those monsters were tough.....and man, they were ugly."
" My hero!" Dodo Karasu swooned.
" Look," Yusuke replied, pushing Hiei Rabbit onto the grass, " now I did you a favor. Now I want one in return. Just like we promised."
Hiei Rabbit shook his head, " Very well. You sure are pushy, y’know that?"
Yusuke’s eyes went wide. Well, that was more Hiei-like. " I need to get to my home."
" Eh?"
" I’m not Anastasia. I’m Yusuke Urameshi. I followed you here, remember?"
" Ack, the guy who kept slowing me down!" Hiei Rabbit gasped.
" Yeah...uhm...look, I want to get home now. But, I need you to get me there."
" I don’t know how to get you home, Yusuke," Hiei Rabbit admitted. " But, I know someone who might."
" Oh?"
" You don’t mean...?" Dodo Karasu gasped, bringing his hands to his face. Yusuke glanced at him. =Man, that guy is making me sick.=
" I’ll take you to the Queen of Hearts. She’ll know what to do!"
" She’s wonderful!" Dodo Karasu swooned. Both Yusuke and Hiei Rabbit glanced at him, narrow-eyed. In unison they scolded, " Damare, Kisama!"
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