Authors Note: Another Hiei/Kuwabara story…. I have yet to finish the other one, but this idea has been in my head for a while… I do not know how long it will be, but here is the first chapter… I hope you all enjoy… on to the story my ducklings… oh and side note… I do not own and never have.
Humans are idiotic. I am babysitting the oaf again while the fox and detective try to sense the enamys spirit energy. I would rather not be with the oaf, but the fox has been trying to get in the detectives pants. And of all the places for the ringleader to be hiding, why must it be this.. mall place. So many humans in a confinded place. Several of those inferior beings together. Holding hands. The majority being heterosexual, though I do notice one set holding hands, both male. They are getting odd looks.
"Kuwabara." He looks to me. I am only curious, otherwise I would not be asking him a question. "Why is that couple getting odd looks." He looks where I'm motioning.
"Well, yea. Gays aren't always welcome in our culture."
"That's stupid."
"It's just not accepted."
"Are you one of the ones that don't accept it?" It's just a question. Mostly curiousosity, but I have to know. He always speeks highly of his honor code.
"Honestly I never really thought about it. It just isn't normal." That word. I've always hated that word…normal.
"What exactly is your definition of normal?" Am I board, is that why I'm asking, or do I really just want to know.
"Well, normal is when something is the same as everything or everyone else."
"Then normal is bad."
"Well, actually normal would be good. It would be bad to be different." I know that I'm bad. That's fine. But everyone else has saved this world countless times. They are all different. Even Kuwabara is different than 'normal' humans. Would he be bad.
"That is stupid."
"Just how it is."
"And who sets the standards for normal. I know I didn't have a vote in it."
"Just society."
"So, there are different sets of normal."
"Well, I guess that'd be right." He looks confused. Good.
"What sets of rules that govern normal do you go by. The human ones that would suggest that you are bad, or the demon ones that claim you to be good." He thinks for a minute.
"What's with you shorty, you seem to be different today." That word. I've always hated that word… Different.
"Answer the question."
"Well, I guess it'd be neither. I'm never going to be fully accepted right? I'm not a demon, so demons will look down on me," It's true, at one time, even I thought him beneath me, "and I have high spirit awareness, that certainly wouldn't be considered normal amoung most humans." That is also true. I never put much thought into him plight. "I guess, if I had to go by someones rules, It would be my own. I do not think there is anything wrong with me. I'm how I should be. As long as I can look in the mirror and like myself, who cares what others think?" I don't look at him. Am I actually shocked. I have to know. As I watch that same couple show love to each other dispite the crule looks… I have to know.
"What of me."
"What about you?"
"Would I be considered normal by your standards." Is that my heartbeat. I think it's pounding. Am I ill.
"Well, there isn't anything wrong with you. And even though I wasn't sure about you at first- you know considering that you tried to kill lots of people- you're pretty kind. And you seem to care about us-though sometimes reluctantly. Why wouldn't I consider you normal?" He's not really asking me, and even if he were, I don't have to answer… but I have to.
"I've always been different. From birth, I was shuned due to being different. I guess I just wanted to be sure I was accepted… that I was normal." I think I hear him chuckle.
"Is that what all this was about."
"Mostly."
"They look sweet." I look up at him and he smiles down at me. "They don't seem bothered that everyone is stairing, just that they are happy to be together. That all that really matters when you love someone." He's right. They don't seem to care. They don't seem to even notice.
"I think I love you Kuwabara." He looks shocked for a moment, but I don't care. I see the fox and detective up ahead and I rejoin the groups.