Life's Lessons Drabbles

Based off of the book Life's Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

I read this small book and I thought that they would make great drabble topics. I'm not going to do all of them, but I will include the number and the instruction with each one. I hope you think that this is exiting as I think it will be. Hopefully it will help me with my writing style.

This will have yaoi, this is your warning. It will contain YuusukexHiei and KuramaxHiei, just because I love those two pairings. By the way, Hiei is going to be a girl in these, just because I want it this way.

Another warning! I do not own either Yu Yu Hakusho or Life's Little Instruction Book.

Enjoy the first set of Life's Lessons.

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1) Compliment three people every day.

Life really sucked today, and no-one could agree more with this statement than Yuusuke Urameshi. He officially hated school, work, and just life in general. He had failed another test, and had been told by his teachers that he had no hope of passing and would have to repeat the grade. Sooner or later, if he didn't actually start passing his classes, someone would notice that he wasn't aging. This meant he actually had to work hard next year.

If that wasn't bad enough, his Ramen Stand had been getting less and less business for some reason. It was seriously pissing him off because none of his old customers would tell him why they weren't coming back! He took a shower every morning and all of the ingredients were in date and farm-fresh, dammit!

Life was just a bitch, nothing more, nothing less. There's a life lesson for yah.

But, as Yuusuke was walking home to take care of his probably drunk mother, he ran into someone. This person bounced right off of Yuusuke and hit the pavement hard with a mumbled 'oof'. The voice gave away that it was a girl; and looking down it was one, a pretty one at that.

She had long, black hair that had a white halo of hair on top tied in a high ponytail with loose black bangs hanging over her big, red eyes. She had a short stature, but not too short. The dress she wore was as black as her hair and went down to her knees, it had no real designs on it, and the sleeves only went to the elbow. And her boobs... he could hang around her for a good while.

Yuusuke held out his hand, offering it to the exotic girl he had just accidently knocked over. The girl stared at his hand for the better part of a minute, probably thinking if he was a rapist or not, before she took it and pulled herself up.

"Sorry for knocking you over, my name is Yuusuke Urameshi. And you are...?"

"Hiei Jaganshi." It seemed she wasn't much of a talker, it didn't bother him though.

"Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going, and I have had a really crappyday and-"

"Just stop. Listen, I really don't care, I wasn't looking where I was going either. To make your day better even though I don't really care, why don't I tell you something?"

"Really? Well, what is it?"

"Well, I think you're hot. See you later."

Yuusuke froze, only able to watch as his new crush walked nonchalantly away, as if she hadn't just confessed to some random stranger that she liked him. He really liked her now, and it was really powering his ego that she liked him back.

Maybe life didn't suck so much after all.

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2) Have a dog.

"Happy birthday Hiei! Open your present."

"What kind of present has holes in it?"

"I... ran out of paper?"

"Oh, okay then- holy shit, what is this thing?"

"Hiei, calm down! Wait! Don't set it on fire!"

"Kurama, why not? It has hidden in my present, and I think it ate it, too!" Kurama shook his head, his spouse really needed to learn a little bit more about the Human World. He had thought that this puppy from the shelter would help, but it had almost died already. Maybe this was a bad idea. He should have listened to Kuwabara and gotten her a fire-proof tank-top instead.

"It's a puppy; humans keep these things as pets for entertainment and responsibility and for company. So, while I'm gone at work you can talk to him, bond, and keep each other company."

"Where are its parents?" The question confused Kurama, was Hiei really that uneducated on pets and the shelters that they came from?

"It doesn't have any parents Hiei." That's when Kurama realized why Hiei was so concerned. She didn't have any parents either, having been thrown off the floating koorime island at birth because she looked different. Yep, he was really wishing he had listened to Kuwabara right now; he wasn't a stupid as he looked.

"Well then, I'll be his parent."

"Eh?"

"I said I'll be his parent, and a good one too."

Take that Kuwabara! Kurama never doubted his idea for a second.

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3) Watch a sunrise at least once a year.

"Don't you think this is just lovely, Hiei?"

"Don't be such a sissy, Kurama... but I think it looks like a big, colorful ball of fire."

Kurama smiled, that was Hiei-ese for 'this sunrise is beautiful'.

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10) Learn to play a musical instrument.

Can you believe everyone's' surprise when Hiei came home with a flute one day?

Can you guess how long Yuusuke was outside the door listening to Hiei practicing her flute before he jumped her?

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11) Sing in the shower.

"Evacuate the dance floor

I'm infected by the sound

Stop, this beat is killing me"

Believe it or not, Hiei was singing in the shower. The hot water soothed her frayed nerves of the day away. It was crazy how many demons could cause trouble in the Human World in one freaking day. You would think that they would stop coming after what's-his-face won the tournament and started ruling, but no, they just come to get killed by them. It's like they all are suicidal and coming here with their death wish. Can't they go to somewhere else and die?

Someone knocked on the bathroom door. That someone having to be Kurama since he was the only one in the house and the only one in their group polite enough to knock.

"Why did you stop singing? It was so beautiful."

He could hear her? Damn, she needed to stop doing that!

"I just started thinking about how stressful today was."

"Well, today is over and done with, so you should look forward to tomorrow. It is Yuusuke and Kuwabara's turn after all. So we have all of tomorrow to relax. Please sing again."

Kurama always had a good point about this kind of stuff. Hiei shook her head, and started to sing again.

"I want your love and I want your revenge

You and me could write a bad romance"

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14) Plant flowers every spring.

"Come on, Hiei! It's that time of year again!"

Hiei let a small smile grace her lips, it was this time of year that always got her fox so exited after the dreadful winter; spring.

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15) Own a great stereo system.

It was a quiet night at the Urameshi household, except for the soft music coming from the new stereo system that Yuusuke had bought earlier today just for this occasion. It was the anniversary of his wedding with his wife, Hiei. They had officially been married for one year, and they hadn't even killed each other yet!

He and Hiei had cooked a special meal together, dimmed the lights, lit some scented candles, and began their anniversary dinner.

After the food was gone, they had cleaned up the mess and sat together on the couch, engaging in small talk and occasionally just listening to the soft music.

All of the sudden, Yuusuke stood up and extended his hand to Hiei. She looked at him, confusion evident on her face, until she realized that there was a super slow song now playing on the stereo. She gave a faint smile that coupled with a blush, took Yuusuke's hand, and then they proceeded to dance the night away.

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23) Floss your teeth.

"Yuusuke, you are not getting into this bed with me until you floss your teeth."

Dammit, and he thought she wouldn't notice!

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24) Drink champagne for no reason at all.

"Why are we drinking alcoholic drinks, Kurama?"

"No reason really, I just thought that I would take a page out of Yuusuke's book and use this champagne for a small chance to unwind. It's not like we're going to get drunk or anything. Just a glass or two."

Hiei lifted an eyebrow, but continued drinking anyways. Boys could be so weird for no reason at all, it seemed.

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26) If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.

"Yuusuke! What in the three worlds happened to your face?"

"Just what every guy wants to hear from his girlfriend."

"Yuusuke, I asked you a question. What. Happened. To. Your. Face?"

Yuusuke recognized that tone in her voice. She was worried, and she was going to beat the information out of him if she had to.

He put both hands on her shoulders, slightly surprised when she didn't push him off, and guided her to the couch where he sat her down, along with himself. Then he proceeded to explain how a new street gang had come into town after hearing about his fighting reputation. They had confronted him, and had threatened Hiei if he didn't fight them. He explained that he became so enraged that they had threatened her that he punched the ever-loving shit out of the gang leader's face, then went to beat the others up; but they all had weapons. He still had won, but not without bloodshed from both parties.

Throughout the story, Hiei's eyes had widened, and her fists had clenched. She remained silent until her boyfriend finished though.

"You did throw the first punch, right?"

"Yes." Yuusuke was nervous, his girlfriend was being emotionless right now, which usually means that he was about to be in a world of pain.

"And you hit that guy as hard as you could?"

"Yes." Here it comes.

"Good. Next time, leave some for me." And then she stood up and walked to a different part of their rented apartment.

"What the hell just happened?"

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Explanation time!

1) Yuusuke has his demon powers, but went through all of his adventures without meeting her first. And this is where he first meets her in some alternate universe. Maybe she has demon powers, maybe she doesn't. Only time can tell.

2) My interpretation of how Hiei would react to getting a puppy. Almost setting it on fire.

3) Just a cute little drabble with no real story behind it.

10) It was the only instrument (besides percussion) that I could see Hiei playing as a girl. And it happens to make Yuusuke very happy.

11) Sorry about the song choices, I just don't know any Japanese songs. I'm an American so you will just have to excuse me. Hiei has some great vocal chords!

14) A cute moment between Hiei and Kurama at Kurama's favorite time of year.

15) Yuusuke and Hiei are married! And they've had a great first anniversary. Hooray, they have success!

23) Funny, random, and a bit awkward. At least it is to me. I have no idea where it came from, so don't bother asking.

24) Kurama is drinking? Maybe he had a hard day at work or something. It does seem like something Yuusuke would offer as advice though.

26) Yuusuke and a gang go one-on-way-more-than-one. Don't screw with Yuusuke's girl, he'll get you back.

I hope that clears some things up for you. If it doesn't, then feel free to message me.

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