Chapter 8 : Think or Thwim (YYH Xover)

 

Author’s notes: I only hope that I remember that this is a Xover! *sheepishly remembers  “Souvenirs”*

 

*****

 

Yuuki looked around the supposed pool that Jericah had reserved for them. She nodded appreciatively. It was a fine place to be boisterous in.  There was a rather large T.V at the corner and a drinks cooler she knew Jeri had stocked before hand, hopefully with sodas not beer this time.

 

Before she could forget, she turned to look at her friends and her newfound acquaintances. It turned out that Jeri’s friend from the bar the other night had friends with him in the hotel. Jeri had good-naturedly invited him and his friends to a pool party with them. Their response was enthusiastic to say the least.

 

Yuusuke and Kuwabara were making noise over at the other side of the pool, already trying to dunk each other in. Shuuichi remained with Andrea and was already apologizing for the other night. The shorter boy that they brought with them, Hiei, stood nearby in dark blue shorts and tank top and looked particularly ill at ease.

 

Andrea nodded and smiled at Shuuichi, although Yuuki could see from her stance that she still didn’t like him. Erika was rummaging inside the coolers, obviously not trusting Jeri not to bring alcoholic drinks. Meg was testing the water daintily with one foot and was smiling over at Yuusuke. Jeri was….Jeri was….

 

….running towards her direction  with a maniacal grin.

 

“CANNNOOOOON BAAAAAAAAALLLLL~!” she shouted as she dived into the pool….

 

Right in front of Yuuki.

 

Erika, watching all this from the other side, said mock seriously, “Yuuki, couldn’t you have at least waited to put on your swim clothes before getting wet?”

 

Yuuki just glared at her.

 

*****

 

 “Syl, where are you going?” Jericho’s honest question stopped Syl in her tracks, the ones she was making while sneaking out of their hotel room.

 

She turned around and sheepishly smiled at the younger man, who stood nearby with a hand cocked on his hip and an eyebrow raised.

 

“Er, some shopping?” she ventured.

 

Jericho went, “Oh” and seemed to be placated by her answer. Syl took this moment that he was distracted to turn around and start for the door again.

 

“Hey, wait” Jericho’s voice stopped her again and she sighed to herself. She turned around and said again, “Yes?”

 

“I’ll come with you.” Syl’s words wouldn’t stop him for he had already grabbed his jacket and was making his way to the door. She sighed inwardly, there went her plans she thought.

 

:But then,: she said as they made their way down to the shopping center :Que sera sera, besides,  I just might  accomplish my goal if I go with the flow… : she nodded to herself :Yeah, that’s right, go with the flow!:

 

She smiled anew with this thought as she stepped off the elevator towards the Shopping Center.

 

*****

 

“Andrea, is that thing recording?” asked Jeri who looked up at her friend from her viewpoint in the pool.

 

“Sure is.” Was the distracted answer. Andrea was busy panning the area of the pool with her new Vidcam that she got for her birthday.

 

Jeri shrugged and said “As long as you don’t record a tape full of our butts, I’d be happy.”

 

“JERICAH!” was the scandalized screech.

 

All Jericah offered was a mischievous laugh.

 

Andrea returned to taping the rest of the place. She was the only one not inside the pool but she didn’t mind. She didn’t like water that much and add to that, there were guys in the pool. She didn’t trust Shuuichi or his friends that much.

 

“Those” she said as she took a shot of the boys, “Are Shuuichi’s friends” she took a shot of the red head chasing Yuuki under water, “And that is the guy…er, person that got me drunk. Shuuichi.” She smiled a little warily, “Doesn’t look it ne?”

 

She got a shot of Yuusuke just in time to videotape him dunking Kuwabara under water. “That guy in the green trunks is Yuusuke, the noisier of the group.“ Kuwabara’s head reappeared on the surface with a burst of water and expletives. Andrea winced and wondered if she should censor the whole tape, “And the guy with weird hair and cursing up a storm is Kuwabara.”

 

She panned a little to the right and saw Hiei sitting in the shallow part of the pool, taking no part in the festivities. “That quiet guy over there is Hiei. He’s pretty quiet.” As if hearing her from the distance, Hiei turned his head and glared at the camera. Andrea quickly panned away to find another subject.

 

“ahhhh, oh look, Erika’s over there.” She said focusing on the girl that lay on her back in the pool, floating. “Mukhang patay na lumulutang” she snickered.

 

Nearby, exhausted after being chased all throughout the pool, Yuuki hung at the side of the pool looking like she was ready to drown the red head. “Ha, ha napagod din si Yuuki. Buti nga”

 

Over to the side, Meg was getting out of the pool, most likely to put on more baby oil. Or to show off to Yuusuke her legs, mused Andrea silently. “Ms Universe of the Pool, Meg.” She said instead.

 

Over to the side Jericah was helping Kuwabara get even with Yuusuke, dunking and roughhousing with the guys like she belonged there. “If Meg’s the Ms Universe, Jeri’s gotta be the Mr. Universe. “ she said to the camera’s microphone with no small amount of amusement. She laughed out loud as all of a sudden the guys turned on Jeri and dunked *her* in. “Karma” she reiterated.

 

She panned over behind her, where the Shopping central was. They were a bit far but there was a pathway connected from just outside of their pool’s fence leading there, and many people passed through and fro. There were many people and she scanned though them quickly, aiming to get the view not the individual people. “See?”  she said to the Camera “That’s the Shopping Center over there. Lotsa people.”

 

She caught a familiar face in the crowd and she zoomed the lens to the fullest. It was Yvonne, looking like little Bo-peep. “Oh” she said to the Camera, “what is Ms. Sorales doing there?” she panned slowly to the sight and saw Anne and De behind her. “And Ms. Genkai and Ms. Dexter? What are they doing here?”

 

 

*****

 

 While Andrea was pondering the presence of Yvonne and co. in the nearby Shopping center, Yvonne was completely desperate.

 

“Where the hell did Jericho go?” she muttered.

 

Anne and De kept on lagging behind her, looking over a thing or two. She was almost convinced that they were doing it on purpose to annoy her.

 

 

*****

 

 “They have such nice products here” said Syl smiling at the young man beside her.

 

Jericho smiled back, feeling at ease with Syl by his side. At least she didn’t cling to him like a lint like Yvonne did or try to read his mind like De or tease him repeatedly like Anne.  She simply talked to him and smiled and well, shopped. He was faintly reminded of his mother.

 

“Oh, so how’s your mother Jericho?” said Syl as if reading his thoughts.

 

:maybe she does: thought Jericho idly.

 

“She’s fine. Still teaching actually so we help each other.”

 

“Oh that’s good.” Smiled Syl. She nodded towards a path over to the side. “Say, could you do me a favor?”

 

“Shoot” said Jericho recklessly.

 

“Could we go back using that path?”

 

Jericho shrugged and said, “Sure.”

 

Syl gave him an odd smile but he shook it off and smiled back.

 

*****

 

Andrea took a comfortable seat near the fence of the pool as she continued taping. She was getting tired of going around and taking shots of people. Besides, she kept on getting wet whenever Jericah or any of the boys would go cannon ball.

 

She was a bit bored but still amused by the antics of her friends.

 

She kept on talking to the camera as she videotaped the entire thing.

 

“Oh look, Jeri’s putting in the tape of Pokemon in the video.” She smiled gleefully, about time she thought.

 

“What’s Pokemon?” came a voice to her side.

 

Thinking it was one of the boys, she said, “Oh it’s a really cute thing that we watch. Look, it’s filled with theses really cute creatures…the cutest is Pikachuu” she pointed with her free hand, “That one, with the zigzag tail and yellow skin.”

 

“That one with big beady eyes?” came the voice again.

 

Andrea laughed easily, “Yeah, that’s him…er…her…it whatever.” She laughed even more. “Basta, Pikachuu is so cute that I once drew a picture of him once.”

 

“Really?”

 

“Yeah, I was using these colors see? But I couldn’t find the yellow one inside the box! So I like looked for it EVERYWHERE. Until I finally realized that I was holding it in my right hand.” She laughed gaily. “That was most likely the stupidest thing I did in my life….”

 

She drifted off, thinking something wasn’t right.  She panned from left to right, doing a mental count. :There’s Yuusuke, Kuwabara, Shuuichi and Hiei: she said to herself counting the boys. :There’s Yuuki, Erika’s asleep on the beach seat, Meg’s near Yuusuke, Jeri’c drinking Cali….:  She said, with a rising dread. :and then there’s me….then who…:

 

She abruptly turned her video cam towards the person she was looking at and groaned inwardly as she saw who it was through the camera Lens…

 

…Syl Paladin smiled sweetly at her.

 

“Hi Andrea!”

 

Andrea briefly wondered if  it was possible to die at that minute.

 

***Owari***

 

Ha, ha. May halung Filipino mostly because it think that it would lose the meaning if I translated it pa.

 

Happy B-day Katkat! (July 30)