*All characters belong to Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi. They are not
mine. (crap)
I have changed this chapter a bit because my friend typed this last time
and there are some small errors. There are parts in the story that I want
to use three continuous full stops to show hesitation, but somehow
fanfiction.net had cut it down to one. So if you see some weird places with
full stops at the wrong spots, sorry.
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Chapter 1: A New Mission; A Long Mission
A new beginning marks the end
To the long and precious, yet painful past
A new beginning marks the start
To create new memories, bear with it, no matter how painful it is.
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Hiei's POV
The yellowish sky, dead and acidic air, which caused all the plants to wither. Sandy soil almost buried my feet when a strong gust of wind blew by, across the Makai forest. That was where I had spent my last month, training against the harsh weather. I had seen the forest of Ningenkai and admit that it was beautiful and placid, but in order to survive in the world where the weaklings got killed, I would rather die than making up lies to convince myself and hide in those Ningenkai forest.
My ki flared when I sensed something, and died down when I found it was Koenma.
"I have a new mission for you."
"Hn"
"You have to live in Ningenkai as a normal human for a year. Your identity would be Kurama's, or Minnamino Shuuichi's distant cousin who does to Tokyo to study for a year. I would change Minnamino Shiori's memory and you will live together with Kurama. Report to me any suspicious event, but I will tell you the details later. You will be spy so act like one. Less information would benefit you."
"What if I don't accept this mission?"
"It's up to you and I won't force you, but this mission is dangerous. Are you up to the challenge?" With that, he disappeared.
I knew he was trying to make me angry, and I decided to take the bait. One year to a youkai is nothing, actually, and staying in Makai for training is tedious too. I bid farewell to Makai on the spot and started hurrying to Kurama's house.
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I hid my youki when I arrived at that familiar tree beside Kurama's window, where I spent many of my nights. Kurama was clearly visible from where I stood. He had just waked up and was tending to his crimson silk- like hair, which in my opinion, did not need combing at all. It all just fell so neatly onto his shoulders and back. With every stroke of his hand, his liquid like elegance was shown, which could not be mastered by anyone but this youko. He had his window open, apparently foretelling my appearance. After my observations, I hopped lightly onto his windowsill.
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Kurama's POV
I felt his youki once he landed on the tree, but since he wanted to keep hidden, it was not good for me to point him out. Finally, he decided to come over, and my heart skipped a bit out of control.
"You are finally here." I said keeping my eyes as tranquil as ever.
"Hn. What is this mission all about anyway?"
"There must be a reason for all the things done in the world, so it is not appropriate for me to ask Koenma too much questions." I looked at the koorime and seeing that he was not hurt, I felt slightly better. I had not seen him for a month and cannot help missing him a little. Although I did not know when he would come, but I would always keep my window open.
"Alright, I will dress you up and after that, you will enter through the main door and introduce yourself to my mother. Your name is Tanaka Hiei, remember that." I turned around and took out all the clothes I bought for Hiei after I had known our mission. I spent a whole ton of time picking clothes for him because not much clothes were of his size and I was sure he would not like children's clothing.
"What are those in your hand?"
"Ningen clothes for you to wear. I will help you or else you would just tear them to shreds."
"I can do it myself, baka kitsune."
I couldn't help but smile as I saw the tiny blush that crept to his cheeks, mixed with that death glare he gave me. He just looks so cute this way. I guess I showed my feelings too much because Hiei just gave me another fierce glare that said if I don't keep my thoughts to myself, he would kill me. That just made him look even cuter. I could not suppress any longer and chuckled.
"Shut up! Kitsune!"
I know when I have crossed the limit, so I stopped laughing and tossed the clothes to him, which he caught as if he was holding a bomb.
"Tell me if you need any help." I turned around, not wanting to cause him more embarrassment. I tried fixing my eyes on the book on my desk, pretending to study them in order to cover my nervousness. After a dreadful period of silence, about 5 minutes, but it seemed much longer.
"Can you help me to pull this thing together?"
I turned and saw that Hiei had worn the jacket front to back and trying desperately to zip the zipper, which was supposed to be in the front. The pants were inside out, and he had somehow tied this katana to the belt. I guess I must have had a weird expression. (sweat drops)
"Told you. You need my help." I took off his jacket and reversed it. He seemed to be even more muscular, but some how his skin still stayed smooth and pale after those trainings under the Makai sun. My hands trembled a bit and had to try twice before pulling up the zipper successfully.
"Are you cold?"
"No." Now I felt hot in the face.
"Are you hot?"
"No." Now I'm sure my face must have been the colour of my hair so I quickly bent down to remove his katana. What was with me today?
When I absolutely sure I had turned back to normal, I rose, taking his katana.
"No katana in the Ningenkai if you want to be a spy."
"Do you think I would let you keep it?"
I felt his ki going a bit wild, and I knew he hate Ningen stuff so this mission was not going to be easy. At least he could stay with me for a year and I would not have to look out of the window every night.
"No, so I would give it to Koenma for safekeeping."
"Hn"
"The pants are inside out, and you have to take them down and reverse it before wearing it again. Do you want me to help?" I lifted a brow and if he said yes, I swore I would have jumped off a cliff. As I expected, his eyes said everything, though I could not help wondering what was hidden behind those scarlet pupils - a strong defensive wall to the inner part of The Forbidden Child.
I started packing the stuff he needed to make him look as if he really was a Ningen when suddenly I felt something burn behind me. I turned and saw that edge of Hiei's pants where starting to burn up. I should have known. His body temperature is slightly off the normal scale.
"Hiei, control your body temperature. I don't want to return one day and find the house completely burnt up!" I quickly kneeled down and smothered the fire.
"Why do you not stay away from me?"
I was a bit taken aback by the question, though I answered instinctively.
"I don't find the need to."
"You know The Forbidden Child brings disaster to the people or youkai around him, why are you not afraid?"
"Even if you do being disaster, I believe I could ward it away. I do not live centuries for nothing. Besides, I fell happy to be around you."
I looked up and found him looking at me with an expression, which I could not tell what he was thinking of. Maybe I have said a little too much. When I fixed my gaze on his eyes, I saw my reflection in them, and some how, I felt.content. A gentle smile crept to my lips.
I gave him the luggage bag I have packed and saw him jump out of the window, though no sound of landing was heard.
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Hiei's POV
I landed on the grass quietly and walked around the house to the front door. Walking was a slow and inefficient way of traveling, or else I could have got to the doorstep within a second.
I thought back to what had happened and found everything.out of my control. Even I did not know why my youki had hone wild and ended up burning the Ningen clothing. As for those questions I asked, they were totally ridiculous. I did no know what overtook my mind, but what were even stranger were Kurama's answers. I should not be able to make anyone happy, let alone the infamous Youko Kurama, and the shock his answers brought was huge and I made tremendous effort not to show it. I was definitely not expecting such an answer, or was I?
The way Kurama's emerald green eyes looked at me, his smile so small that was hardly noticeable. They all seemed so sincere, but I knew very well that sincerity and youko were the last things on the planet to match. I could feel myself giving in to some stupid Ningen feelings and I must stop it. It's all that darn kitsune's fault. I really felt like slicing him up using my katana sometime. Oh, right. My katana was already taken away.
I arrived at the front door of the house and found that the garden was filled with blooming roses. Do they still bloom in winter? I'm not sure but Kurama's rose never withered. I'm turning soft, all right. I lifted my hand to the doorbell button and pressed. My 1-year Ningen life had started from that point.
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Chapter 1: A New Mission; A Long Mission
A new beginning marks the end
To the long and precious, yet painful past
A new beginning marks the start
To create new memories, bear with it, no matter how painful it is.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hiei's POV
The yellowish sky, dead and acidic air, which caused all the plants to wither. Sandy soil almost buried my feet when a strong gust of wind blew by, across the Makai forest. That was where I had spent my last month, training against the harsh weather. I had seen the forest of Ningenkai and admit that it was beautiful and placid, but in order to survive in the world where the weaklings got killed, I would rather die than making up lies to convince myself and hide in those Ningenkai forest.
My ki flared when I sensed something, and died down when I found it was Koenma.
"I have a new mission for you."
"Hn"
"You have to live in Ningenkai as a normal human for a year. Your identity would be Kurama's, or Minnamino Shuuichi's distant cousin who does to Tokyo to study for a year. I would change Minnamino Shiori's memory and you will live together with Kurama. Report to me any suspicious event, but I will tell you the details later. You will be spy so act like one. Less information would benefit you."
"What if I don't accept this mission?"
"It's up to you and I won't force you, but this mission is dangerous. Are you up to the challenge?" With that, he disappeared.
I knew he was trying to make me angry, and I decided to take the bait. One year to a youkai is nothing, actually, and staying in Makai for training is tedious too. I bid farewell to Makai on the spot and started hurrying to Kurama's house.
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I hid my youki when I arrived at that familiar tree beside Kurama's window, where I spent many of my nights. Kurama was clearly visible from where I stood. He had just waked up and was tending to his crimson silk- like hair, which in my opinion, did not need combing at all. It all just fell so neatly onto his shoulders and back. With every stroke of his hand, his liquid like elegance was shown, which could not be mastered by anyone but this youko. He had his window open, apparently foretelling my appearance. After my observations, I hopped lightly onto his windowsill.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kurama's POV
I felt his youki once he landed on the tree, but since he wanted to keep hidden, it was not good for me to point him out. Finally, he decided to come over, and my heart skipped a bit out of control.
"You are finally here." I said keeping my eyes as tranquil as ever.
"Hn. What is this mission all about anyway?"
"There must be a reason for all the things done in the world, so it is not appropriate for me to ask Koenma too much questions." I looked at the koorime and seeing that he was not hurt, I felt slightly better. I had not seen him for a month and cannot help missing him a little. Although I did not know when he would come, but I would always keep my window open.
"Alright, I will dress you up and after that, you will enter through the main door and introduce yourself to my mother. Your name is Tanaka Hiei, remember that." I turned around and took out all the clothes I bought for Hiei after I had known our mission. I spent a whole ton of time picking clothes for him because not much clothes were of his size and I was sure he would not like children's clothing.
"What are those in your hand?"
"Ningen clothes for you to wear. I will help you or else you would just tear them to shreds."
"I can do it myself, baka kitsune."
I couldn't help but smile as I saw the tiny blush that crept to his cheeks, mixed with that death glare he gave me. He just looks so cute this way. I guess I showed my feelings too much because Hiei just gave me another fierce glare that said if I don't keep my thoughts to myself, he would kill me. That just made him look even cuter. I could not suppress any longer and chuckled.
"Shut up! Kitsune!"
I know when I have crossed the limit, so I stopped laughing and tossed the clothes to him, which he caught as if he was holding a bomb.
"Tell me if you need any help." I turned around, not wanting to cause him more embarrassment. I tried fixing my eyes on the book on my desk, pretending to study them in order to cover my nervousness. After a dreadful period of silence, about 5 minutes, but it seemed much longer.
"Can you help me to pull this thing together?"
I turned and saw that Hiei had worn the jacket front to back and trying desperately to zip the zipper, which was supposed to be in the front. The pants were inside out, and he had somehow tied this katana to the belt. I guess I must have had a weird expression. (sweat drops)
"Told you. You need my help." I took off his jacket and reversed it. He seemed to be even more muscular, but some how his skin still stayed smooth and pale after those trainings under the Makai sun. My hands trembled a bit and had to try twice before pulling up the zipper successfully.
"Are you cold?"
"No." Now I felt hot in the face.
"Are you hot?"
"No." Now I'm sure my face must have been the colour of my hair so I quickly bent down to remove his katana. What was with me today?
When I absolutely sure I had turned back to normal, I rose, taking his katana.
"No katana in the Ningenkai if you want to be a spy."
"Do you think I would let you keep it?"
I felt his ki going a bit wild, and I knew he hate Ningen stuff so this mission was not going to be easy. At least he could stay with me for a year and I would not have to look out of the window every night.
"No, so I would give it to Koenma for safekeeping."
"Hn"
"The pants are inside out, and you have to take them down and reverse it before wearing it again. Do you want me to help?" I lifted a brow and if he said yes, I swore I would have jumped off a cliff. As I expected, his eyes said everything, though I could not help wondering what was hidden behind those scarlet pupils - a strong defensive wall to the inner part of The Forbidden Child.
I started packing the stuff he needed to make him look as if he really was a Ningen when suddenly I felt something burn behind me. I turned and saw that edge of Hiei's pants where starting to burn up. I should have known. His body temperature is slightly off the normal scale.
"Hiei, control your body temperature. I don't want to return one day and find the house completely burnt up!" I quickly kneeled down and smothered the fire.
"Why do you not stay away from me?"
I was a bit taken aback by the question, though I answered instinctively.
"I don't find the need to."
"You know The Forbidden Child brings disaster to the people or youkai around him, why are you not afraid?"
"Even if you do being disaster, I believe I could ward it away. I do not live centuries for nothing. Besides, I fell happy to be around you."
I looked up and found him looking at me with an expression, which I could not tell what he was thinking of. Maybe I have said a little too much. When I fixed my gaze on his eyes, I saw my reflection in them, and some how, I felt.content. A gentle smile crept to my lips.
I gave him the luggage bag I have packed and saw him jump out of the window, though no sound of landing was heard.
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Hiei's POV
I landed on the grass quietly and walked around the house to the front door. Walking was a slow and inefficient way of traveling, or else I could have got to the doorstep within a second.
I thought back to what had happened and found everything.out of my control. Even I did not know why my youki had hone wild and ended up burning the Ningen clothing. As for those questions I asked, they were totally ridiculous. I did no know what overtook my mind, but what were even stranger were Kurama's answers. I should not be able to make anyone happy, let alone the infamous Youko Kurama, and the shock his answers brought was huge and I made tremendous effort not to show it. I was definitely not expecting such an answer, or was I?
The way Kurama's emerald green eyes looked at me, his smile so small that was hardly noticeable. They all seemed so sincere, but I knew very well that sincerity and youko were the last things on the planet to match. I could feel myself giving in to some stupid Ningen feelings and I must stop it. It's all that darn kitsune's fault. I really felt like slicing him up using my katana sometime. Oh, right. My katana was already taken away.
I arrived at the front door of the house and found that the garden was filled with blooming roses. Do they still bloom in winter? I'm not sure but Kurama's rose never withered. I'm turning soft, all right. I lifted my hand to the doorbell button and pressed. My 1-year Ningen life had started from that point.