Chapter 1
Today was the same as every other day. I wake up, go to school, have all the lovesick girls chase after me, leave school, meet Hiei, and go home. Everything was just the same as always. . . until SHE came.
The usual girls who sent "anonymous" love letters and poems to me were chasing me again after school as usual, and I slipped out and around a corner into an alleyway, giving them the slip for the third time today. I concealed myself well, if I do say so myself, but they still all found me. Most girls would probably see me as the hard-to-get type, I just hope the kitsune-yasha girls don't like this sort of thing as much as THEY do. They don't just LIKE it, they're OBSESSED.
I stood in the alleyway for a few more minutes, then decided it was safe and started walking home. After a few minutes, I saw Hiei asleep in his usual tree outside Meihou High.
Hiei suddenly opened one of his fiery red eyes. "You're late. . ." he said, with a bit of disgust in his voice. But his usual frown turned into a quick smirk. "Those girls chasing you again?"
"Do you need to ask?" I laughed.
His smile didn't last long as it changed into a glare. "Baka ningen-girls. . ." he said softly. He swiftly jumped down from the tree, looking more like he was levitating off the ground than standing on it. "Ready?"
I nodded. We started walking towards my house, and before I knew it, I was rambling on and on and on. "Why won't these girls just leave me alone? Can't they see I have no interest in them? They send me all these letters, poems, and other things, bearing their souls to me, but at what cost? They come after me every single day, waiting for an answer, but still, I give them no reply. But they still wait. . . I just don't understand."
Hiei just looked at me contently as I talked. He may have his evil points, but his personality, quiet as he is, makes him a good listener. He might not be able to carry on a good conversation, but still I tell him everything. My soul has bore everything to him, and my secrets are trapped inside him, sort of like a diary that can never be read.
We finally got home, and I was starting to feel hungry. Hiei stepped around back to the kitchen window as I walked inside. I waved to my mother as I walked in to let her know I was here.
"Oh, Shuichi! You're home! How was your day?" my mother innocently asked. I could probably never tell her about the group of obsessed fans that chase me everyday, but somehow I fell she knows.
"Fine, same as always," I said as I walked into the kitchen. I went to the window and opened it to let Hiei in. He climbed through, then sat on the edge of the kitchen counter next to the refridgerator. "Hungry, Hiei?"
"More thirsty than hungry," he said.
"How about some soda?" I asked as I smiled at him.
Hiei looked confused. "Soda?" he asked, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?"
I took a can of coke out of the fridge and handed it to him. "Try it! It's good!"
Hiei turned the can around and upside down a few times, then after awhile, he bore his demon fands and bit the side of the can. Hiei's innocently confused face quickly turned to disgust as he quickly pulled his teeth out of the aluminum can. "Ugh! It tastes awful!" he yelled.
I laughed so hard I almost cried. "Silly demon, that's because you tasted the CAN," I laughed. I took the can away from him and flipped up the top. Hiei jumped back as he heard the air pressure being released from the can. I handed it to him and smiled. "Now try it."
Hiei looked at it for a second, then lifted the can to his mouth and took a sip. Barely a second later, the soda went in his mouth, then spurted out his nose. He dropped the can and scooted back further onto the counter. "What the f***?! It bubbles inside my mouth! And why do you ningen-people put sugar in your food? It ruins your teeth!"
I just smile as Hiei started sprouting random questions about the soda. I looked at the drips of soda still on his face.
Hiei kept rambling on, "How can you humans eat so much sugar?! Why the hell--"he broke off as I grabbed his chin and started wiping the soda still on his face with a napkin.
Suddenly, my mother burst in the door. She looked at Hiei. "Oh, I didn't notice you had a friend over," she said politely, "You should've called me and I would have made you guys a snack before you got home."
"We're fine, mom" I answered her.
My mother turned to leave, but then turned back around, "Oh, Shuichi, you have another guest at the door. She says it's important." An innocent smirk crept on her face. "Is she one of your little fangirls you're not telling me about?"
My jaw dropped wide open, although to my disliking. HOW DID SHE KNOW?!? HOW THE HELL DID SHE KNOW?!? I felt somewhat stupid with my mouth agape, and no matter how hard I tried it would not close.
My mother chuckled. "I'll leave this to you and her. If you need me, I'll be upstairs," she said as she left.
I still stood there, not able to give any other expression than shock. Finally, Hiei pointed one of his fingers under my chin and pushed it up for me. I blinked a few times, and then returned to normal. "Thanks. . ."
"Don't mention it," Hiei replied, "It looked like you needed a reality check."
I walked out of the kitchen with Hiei and saw a girl who looked about 15 sitting on my living room couch wearing a dark blue cloak. I sat on the couch across from her, with Hiei standing behind me. I looked at her gleaming, yellow eyes from under the cloak's hood, and something told me she wasn't one of the obsessive girls from Meihou High. She didn't seem quite human at all, but somehow she seemed familiar.
The girl stood up and looked down at me. "I can tell it's you, Kurama. Your appearance has changed but your soul and senses have not." She took hold of my chin and tilted it slightly upward. "Why have you taken this life?" She asked as she peered into my emerald eyes.
I could feel Hiei's energy rising as he gripped his katana.
I pushed the girl's hand away, off of my chin, and I stepped back.
She stared at me blankly. "What's the matter? You're not afraid, are you Youko?" she asked as she started taking off her cloak, revealing silver hair, fox ears, claws, and a tail. She continued, "You do not fear your own lover, do you?"
Today was the same as every other day. I wake up, go to school, have all the lovesick girls chase after me, leave school, meet Hiei, and go home. Everything was just the same as always. . . until SHE came.
The usual girls who sent "anonymous" love letters and poems to me were chasing me again after school as usual, and I slipped out and around a corner into an alleyway, giving them the slip for the third time today. I concealed myself well, if I do say so myself, but they still all found me. Most girls would probably see me as the hard-to-get type, I just hope the kitsune-yasha girls don't like this sort of thing as much as THEY do. They don't just LIKE it, they're OBSESSED.
I stood in the alleyway for a few more minutes, then decided it was safe and started walking home. After a few minutes, I saw Hiei asleep in his usual tree outside Meihou High.
Hiei suddenly opened one of his fiery red eyes. "You're late. . ." he said, with a bit of disgust in his voice. But his usual frown turned into a quick smirk. "Those girls chasing you again?"
"Do you need to ask?" I laughed.
His smile didn't last long as it changed into a glare. "Baka ningen-girls. . ." he said softly. He swiftly jumped down from the tree, looking more like he was levitating off the ground than standing on it. "Ready?"
I nodded. We started walking towards my house, and before I knew it, I was rambling on and on and on. "Why won't these girls just leave me alone? Can't they see I have no interest in them? They send me all these letters, poems, and other things, bearing their souls to me, but at what cost? They come after me every single day, waiting for an answer, but still, I give them no reply. But they still wait. . . I just don't understand."
Hiei just looked at me contently as I talked. He may have his evil points, but his personality, quiet as he is, makes him a good listener. He might not be able to carry on a good conversation, but still I tell him everything. My soul has bore everything to him, and my secrets are trapped inside him, sort of like a diary that can never be read.
We finally got home, and I was starting to feel hungry. Hiei stepped around back to the kitchen window as I walked inside. I waved to my mother as I walked in to let her know I was here.
"Oh, Shuichi! You're home! How was your day?" my mother innocently asked. I could probably never tell her about the group of obsessed fans that chase me everyday, but somehow I fell she knows.
"Fine, same as always," I said as I walked into the kitchen. I went to the window and opened it to let Hiei in. He climbed through, then sat on the edge of the kitchen counter next to the refridgerator. "Hungry, Hiei?"
"More thirsty than hungry," he said.
"How about some soda?" I asked as I smiled at him.
Hiei looked confused. "Soda?" he asked, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?"
I took a can of coke out of the fridge and handed it to him. "Try it! It's good!"
Hiei turned the can around and upside down a few times, then after awhile, he bore his demon fands and bit the side of the can. Hiei's innocently confused face quickly turned to disgust as he quickly pulled his teeth out of the aluminum can. "Ugh! It tastes awful!" he yelled.
I laughed so hard I almost cried. "Silly demon, that's because you tasted the CAN," I laughed. I took the can away from him and flipped up the top. Hiei jumped back as he heard the air pressure being released from the can. I handed it to him and smiled. "Now try it."
Hiei looked at it for a second, then lifted the can to his mouth and took a sip. Barely a second later, the soda went in his mouth, then spurted out his nose. He dropped the can and scooted back further onto the counter. "What the f***?! It bubbles inside my mouth! And why do you ningen-people put sugar in your food? It ruins your teeth!"
I just smile as Hiei started sprouting random questions about the soda. I looked at the drips of soda still on his face.
Hiei kept rambling on, "How can you humans eat so much sugar?! Why the hell--"he broke off as I grabbed his chin and started wiping the soda still on his face with a napkin.
Suddenly, my mother burst in the door. She looked at Hiei. "Oh, I didn't notice you had a friend over," she said politely, "You should've called me and I would have made you guys a snack before you got home."
"We're fine, mom" I answered her.
My mother turned to leave, but then turned back around, "Oh, Shuichi, you have another guest at the door. She says it's important." An innocent smirk crept on her face. "Is she one of your little fangirls you're not telling me about?"
My jaw dropped wide open, although to my disliking. HOW DID SHE KNOW?!? HOW THE HELL DID SHE KNOW?!? I felt somewhat stupid with my mouth agape, and no matter how hard I tried it would not close.
My mother chuckled. "I'll leave this to you and her. If you need me, I'll be upstairs," she said as she left.
I still stood there, not able to give any other expression than shock. Finally, Hiei pointed one of his fingers under my chin and pushed it up for me. I blinked a few times, and then returned to normal. "Thanks. . ."
"Don't mention it," Hiei replied, "It looked like you needed a reality check."
I walked out of the kitchen with Hiei and saw a girl who looked about 15 sitting on my living room couch wearing a dark blue cloak. I sat on the couch across from her, with Hiei standing behind me. I looked at her gleaming, yellow eyes from under the cloak's hood, and something told me she wasn't one of the obsessive girls from Meihou High. She didn't seem quite human at all, but somehow she seemed familiar.
The girl stood up and looked down at me. "I can tell it's you, Kurama. Your appearance has changed but your soul and senses have not." She took hold of my chin and tilted it slightly upward. "Why have you taken this life?" She asked as she peered into my emerald eyes.
I could feel Hiei's energy rising as he gripped his katana.
I pushed the girl's hand away, off of my chin, and I stepped back.
She stared at me blankly. "What's the matter? You're not afraid, are you Youko?" she asked as she started taking off her cloak, revealing silver hair, fox ears, claws, and a tail. She continued, "You do not fear your own lover, do you?"