The first time he saw her- he was hardly looking to find himself a woman. Much less a relationship with one that went beyond the normal and didn't end after a few one night stands. But then generally, he wasn't a one night stand kind of person. He simply couldn't risk accidentally mating himself to someone, not with his demon half. Or at least he shouldn't have had too with his human half in almost full control. But that was niether here nor there.
He was trying to think of how he first met her- oh yes, now he remembered.
It had been during his excursion to demon world with Yusuke and the others to participate in the dark tournament. Sometime before the final matches he had had the insane urge to call his human mother, being as it may be the last and only time he could speak with her and tell her just how much he loved and appreciated her when she had dropped a little bit of a bomb on him.
She was going to get remarried to a nice man who owned his own software company, but that wasn't the most startling news. In fact, Shuichi had found that rather nice. The most startling news was that on top of gaining a father figure, he would also gain a sibling. A sister just barely a year younger than himself to be exact.
After which she had sent him a text of a picture of his new sibling.
The image was of a young girl with fair skin, long mid back length hair almost as red as his own liberally laced with traces of blonde and pink tints to it, a heart shaped face, pale sparkling green eyes, a petite build akin to Botan's and she was wearing a pretty looking off mint colored long sleeved striped shirt and a pair of torn jeans. According to the stuff his human mother told him, his soon to be sister's hobbies were flower arranging, clothing and jewelry design, and making perfumes and lotions and herbal teas when she wasn't gardening or reading or sleeping.
All and all, for a human- Shuichi thought she sounded quite like she looked- rather lovely. And Yoko had to agree with his human half. The young girl was something special.
Especially if she was to be his younger sibling.
Shortly after that, the dark tournament ended with team Yurameshi the winners, and he and his friends- bruised, battered- yet alive, had returned to the human world for some much needed down time to rest and heal. And it was during this time, that his mother managed to call him at Genkai's. Surprising and both scaring the hell out of him all at once when she invited him to have dinner with her and his 'newest' family members.
The dinner would take place at his favorite restaurant. A nice, cozy place that served many traditional dishes that were absolutely wonderful. Plus the sushi was to die for. Shuichi thought fondly as his mother gave him the details of the upcoming dinner.
It was in three days, which was fine with him considering the fact that he had already healed up nicely.
What irked him slightly was the fact that it was a semi formal dinner. He hated dressing up in suits, they always made him feel like a monkey or something. But since he knew it was for his mother- and he had never been the type to deny her anything- then he quickly agreed to greet her and his new 'family' members at the restaurant in three days with a proper suit...and yes, somewhat begrudgingly he even agreed wear to a tie.
Once he was done speaking with his mom, Shuichi hung up his cell and tossed it onto his bed and then sank down onto the matress beside it with a tired sigh. Good grief, he almost missed the dark tournament now that he knew what lay ahead of him.
Because he rarely made favorable first impressions with normal people due to his odd appearance (nearly waist length red hair, emerald green eyes) and his overly intellegent personality. Which seemed to put people off or make them want to try bullying him. And god knew that never ended well. Not with his vicious second nature.
Whether it was verbal or physical, Shuichi could lay into anyone and do it all with that damned mockingly angelic smile he always sported. After all, what was it to him if he ripped a few bastards to pieces? It had always been his policy, even as a human, that if someone pushed him- he shoved them back. And preferrably knocked them on their ass.
But that was niether here nor there. Especially since his primary concern at the moment was figuring out a way to keep from embarrassing his mother and thinking up ideas for conversation with his new soon to be sibling. Which after several minutes...proved to be a bit much for him. Honestly what did a teenage male talk about with young girls?
Music and movies seemed like a safe bet since everything else may make the girl seem like an airhead. And that would be bad since he couldn't stand speaking to airheads. They annoyed him with their lack of depth and intellegence. Luckily he'd have at least two days to figure out adequate dinner conversation with his new family. Until then he'd take a day to relax, a day to go to his flat and fetch his suit- No scratch that. Being as Hiei hadn't suffered as much wounds as the rest of the group, he'd blackmail him into going to his flat and fetching his suit for him.
Then all he would have to do is relax for a bit and deal with the fire demon's wrath.