Small World
by Yukitsu
Disclaimers: Yu Yu Hakusho is NOT mine. Hunter X Hunter is also NOT mine. They both belong to Yoshihiro Togashi-san. I am merely borrowing Kurama and Kurapika from him. With an added Hiei, Leorio etc... for extras ^_^ well.. not really...
BTW, in my fic, Killua's a hunter already. Netero-san finally agreed to let Killua get his license. Because of that fact, you can call this an AU.
Dedications to my bestfriend, Ayuro, also called Tomo-chan.
And to my soul sis, Ayori-neesama.
Gorri-chan! *waves*
This is just a pathetic attempt at a humor. ::shrugs::
Glossary: I used basic jap only. But these are for those who don't know. If I missed anything, just tell me in the reviews please. And, if my interpretations of the jap are wrong, atleast you can still understand them.
Nani - "what"
Kitsune - "fox"
Ningen - "human". (That means you!)
Gomen nasai - "I'm sorry"
Daijobu - "It's all right." If it's a question, it's "Are you all right?"
Boku wa _____ des. Yoroshiku - "I'm ___. Nice to meet you." (Said by MALES)
Oneechan/Oneesan - "elder sister" or simple "sister"
Oniisan/Oniichan - "elder brother" or "brother"
Iya - "no"
Ojiisan/Ojiichan - "Uncle" or "Granpa"
Reikai - "Spiritworld"
Makai - "Demonworld"
Youkai - "Demons" for the lack of a better term
Matte - "Wait"
Kisama - "Bastard" or something equally offending
* yadda * = thoughts
_ yadda _ or YADDA = Bold or emphasis
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"Hiei... Come on. Don't be difficult" Kurama pleaded to a very grumpy fire demon.
"No."
"Please Hiei" Kurama gave him the sweetest most pleading look he could muster.
"..."
"Come on. Don't you want to be able to keep an eye on Yukina tonight?"
"Alright. I'll try whatever it is that you want me to wear"
Kurama smiled and lead his pretty little fire demon to a men's clothing store. They had been invited to a small banquet that was going to happen that very night. Everyone had been invited by the Reikai; only problem was, it was supposed to be formal. That's why Kurama had brought Hiei here to buy a tux for himself. But the Fire Demon was proving to be very difficult to handle.
"Here Hiei. Try this on." He said cheerfully, handing him a black tuxedo that he was sure would fit the youkai. He gave Hiei a little push towards the fitting room.
"Hn. Stupid fox" he muttered under his breath as he walked forward, looking back at the said fox.
He suddenly bumped into a very tall man.
"Hey! Watch where you're going, Shorty!" the man said rudely at him.
He looked the ningen over. From his weird haired, to his small shades, down to the ridiculous business suit with the colorful tie.
"Hn. Stupid ningen"
"Nani?!?!" The guy bellowed. He made a move to grab Hiei by the collar, but Hiei was too quick and dodged his attempts.
"Hn. Stupid ningen." He moved to give the guy a solid punch straight in his ridiculous glasses but a hand moved in to block it.
He looked up, startled, to see to see the guy who blocked his punch.
"Hiei! What are you doing?!" Kurama exclaimed as he ran up to them. In his mind, though, he wondered who the blond kid was. No normal human can just block Hiei's punch just like that. Without even putting that much effort into it!
"Hn." He pulled his arm back and glared at the blond kid, about Yusuke's height, who was staring down at him with a passive face.
"Gomen nasai." Kurama uttered softly, in behalf of his short-tempered fire demon.
"Haha!! Daijobu! Daijobu!" The freaky guy said loudly. Hiei was starting to get this feeling that he was related to the big oaf, Kuwabara.
"You should control your brother, though, lady." he laughed loudly again. A nerve started to appear on his shorter friend's head. He elbowed the man with in the ribs, causing the man to yell in pain.
"Leorio! Baka! Stop flirting!" He started scolding his companion, also mistaking Kurama for a girl.
"Da-daijobu." Kurama gave a smile as he fought to discreetly constrain his fire demon from attacking the naïve man.
"Gomen nasai. This jerk here, forgot to take lessons in manners before he graduated."
"Daijobu. Ano... Boku wa Minamono Shuichi des. Yoroshiku" He extended his hand for a handshake.
"Hai... Boku wa Kurapika desu. Yoroshiku" The blond reached for his hand to acknowledge the handshake. *Did she say Boku?* Realization dawned on him. He had mistaken Minamono for a girl....
"Why is your hand chained up like that?" Hiei asked curiously.
"Eh? Uh...." Kurapika lost his composure for a second. He looked around, as if trying to find an excuse.
"Well... it's just for fashion." he finally said, forcing a big smile to the kid who was staring at him with weird eyes. He knew those eyes. They were like Killua's, even the shape was the same. The eyes of a killer.
"Hn" He looked away. Kurapika inwardly sighed in relief.
"Umm.. This unmannered jerk is Leorio." he mumbled.
"I see. Well, this hot-tempered, short kid is Hiei." Kurama replied teasingly. Hiei growled and bared his fangs.
"He sort of reminds me of Killua" Leorio muttered to Kurapika.
"I know. Same face, same eyes.... Only the color of the eyes and hair are different." Kurapika replied.
Meanwhile, Kurama and Hiei were having their private discussion.
"I am NOT a kid!" Hiei hissed menacingly.
"I know. Anyway, how hard did you punch?" Kurama asked
Hiei knew what he was talking about. "Enough to break his nose"
"And Kurapika-san caught it? Just like that?" he asked incredulously.
"Yeah. Anyway, that Leorio guy reminds me of Kuwabara." he complained.
"That's true. Acts, move and talks like him." Kurama silently agreed.
"Ano... Minamono-san.... What are you doing here, anyway?" Leorio inquired politely.
Kurama seemed taken aback by the very _polite_ question, before he saw the firm elbow digging into the man's side. He struggled to stop his chuckling.
"We're here to buy Hiei a tux. We're attending a party tonight and he hasn't got a thing to wear." Kurama explained
"We here for the same thing too. We've been invited suddenly to a formal party which is supposed to be tonight, and Kurapika hasn't got anything--" Kurapika elbowed him
"Oi! Stop that! It hurts, ya know!" Leorio half-bellowed, ignoring the glares he recieved from the people around him.
"Then shut up!" Kurapika retorted. Kurama giggled.
"I do have something to wear! You just insisted that I buy something even though it's not even necessary!" Kurapika continued.
"What? That blue tunic with the cute orange bow-tie? Or that red one that made you look like a girl? Or that blue two-piece tunic with the weird skirt? Or were you planning on wearing your female disguise?" Leorio asked sarcastically. Kurapika scowled darkly, matching Hiei's best scowl.
"I know! You were going to wear that get-up that you used when you disguised yourself as a receptionist, weren't you? Don't tell me you also planned on wearing that wig." Leorio continued rambling on. Kurapika's face turned as red as Kurama's hair from anger and embarrassment.
"Leorio...." Kurapika growled, his fist clenching, and the nerve becoming unbelievably large.... Angering him was _not_ a very good idea.
"What?" Leorio finally realized what was happening to his friend. He backed off in fear.. "Uh... Kurapika... calm down...." He started sweating
Kurapika continued to advance slowly and menacingly.
"Uh... Good Kurapika.... Good Pika-chan.... Good Kura-chan.... uh..." He backed off till the wall.. "Good boy... You won't hurt poor ole Leorio- chan, would you?" he gulped when Kurapika didn't stop.
*Wrong move, Leorio-san* Kurama thought, very amused. He looked closely at Kurapika and noticed that his eyes had gone red. *Weren't his eyes green before?* He also noticed the growing amount of ki coming from the boy. He looked at Hiei who noticed the same thing.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Leorio screamed as Kurapika throttled, strangled, punched, kicked, pounded, beat, choked, asphyxiated, suffocated, smothered, bashed, battered, rattled, shook, hit, boxed, noogied, slammed, and slapped the poor guy until the only thing left of him was an undistinguishable mass of broken bones, tangled limbs and bloody skin.
"Kurapika-san, daijobu ka?" Kurama asked pensively
"Hai. Stupid oaf." He muttered. His eyes had gone back to green and he was being amiable again, even if his description of amiable was like Hiei's. His eyes, however, still had deep sadness in them.
"Kurapika! Why'd you do that?!" Leorio demanded, magically restored to his original health, except for a number of bumps and bruises and some broken teeth.
"That'd teach you to keep your mouth shut. And just so you'd know, I was planning on wearing the clothes that I wore when I still worked for Mr. Nosturado."
"But that isn't formal." Leorio whined.
"It is. I attended an auction wearing that and nobody minded. That's formal for me." Kurapika shrugged.
"What your wearing now is more formal than that!"
Kurapika looked at his own clothes. A short-sleeved white shirt, sleeveless blue-green vest, blue jeans, and a pair of white sneakers. He raised an eyebrow irritantly
"It is not!"
"Is to!"
"Is not!" Kurama and Hiei looked at them weirdly. Of all things to argue about, did it actually have to be about how formal a tunic is?
"Ummm.... Leorio-san" Kurama finally decided to interrupt. Things were decidedly going to get bloody any minute. And Kurapika won't be contributing his.
"What?" Leorio snapped. Kurapika promptly bashed him upside the head. Hiei glared at him... no one snapped at his fox
"Stop that!" Leorio yelled. Kurapika bonked him again.
"YOU stop! I suppose the Hunter Association can't really drill manners into oafs." Kurapika loudly 'muttered' after his yell.
Kurama and Hiei sweatdropped.
"NANI?!?!" More sweatdrops
"You heard me.... Now shut up! I'm going." Kurapika started to move towards the front door of the store.
"Kurapika... You still haven't bought your tux" Leorio whined comically.
"I don't need it." Kurapika snapped. He glared at the poor man and proceeded outside.
"Of course you do! Come on... please?" Leorio was starting to plead now...
"Hn." Kurapika turned around and glared more.
"Please stay, Kurapika..." Leorio pleaded, his hands in praying position
His face finally softened. "All right. I guess a tux _is_ what I should wear...." he sighed audibly and allowed a very pleased Leorio to lead him back in.
"Sorry about that, miss.... Kurapika is just too hot-tempered for his own good.... Imeanheisn'tbecauseI'mjustreallyirritating" he gulped as Kurapika glared at him.
"It's Ok...." Kurama stared at them before turning to Hiei and gave him another push.
"Hn" Hiei stood his ground
"In there now, Hiei. I want to know if that tux you're holding fits" Hiei finally consented and went in, adding another Hn for effect.
"By the way, miss, uh..." Leorio racked his brain on how he could invite Minamono-san for a date.
"Yes? Leorio-san?" Kurama was starting to really dislike the guy, comical or not... Kurama is NOT a girl.
"Wou-would you go out on a date with me?" he finally blurted out.
Kurama stared at him....
Kurapika stared at him....
Hiei came out of the fitting room and glared at him....
"Leorio you idiot!" Kurapika almost yelled.
"What?" Leorio asked, flustered. What was wrong with asking a perfectly beautiful girl to a date?
"I didn't know that you're gay..." Kurapika finished, his eyebrow twitching.
"I am NOT a gay!" Leorio exclaimed.
"But you asked Minamono-san out...." Kurapika prompted.
"What's wrong with that?" Leorio asked blankly.
"I'll tell you what's wrong with that.... Kurama's mine!" Hiei growled fiercely, glaring at the poor, confused man with all he's got.
"Kurama? Who's that?" Leorio was VERY confused.
"I'm Kurama, Leorio-san. It's my nickname." Kurama explained wearily.
"I see... Daijobu, Hiei-chan. I'm not going to take your 'neechan form you. I just wanted to invite her for dinner." How dense can a man be?
" 'neechan?" Kurama echoed, an eyebrow twitched
"Leorio..." Kurapika muttered, exasperated
"Hiei-CHAN?!?!?!" Hiei lost all control and pounced on the poor man, wringing his neck for all he was worth.
"Hiei! Stop that!" Kurama exclaimed, dragging Hiei away from the dense idiot. Kurapika helped him and they managed to calm the fire demon up.
Leorio was going like @_@. Kurapika approached him and hauled him up to his feet.
"Leorio no baka! Minamono-san is not a guy! And he is not Hiei-san's sister!" He had finally figured it all out. Hiei was Minamono-san's lover. And Hiei wasn't as young as he looked. *Nobody that young can have such deep voice... or have that much power either.... Except for nen-users, that is....*
"Hiei's not Minamono-san's brother?" Leorio asked dumbly, not hearing the previous sentence at all. He looked at Hiei and said, quite arrogantly: "Hiei-chan, you shouldn't be so jealous.... You're too young for Minamono- san. She should go out with someone of her age. When you grow up, you'll find someone of your age to go out with."
"Stop calling me Hiei-chan! I am not a kid! And Kurama's MINE!!" If not for Kurama's bearhug, Leorio would be dead by now....
"Leorio... you're really gay, aren't you?" Kurapika said.
"I am not gay!" Leorio cried.
"But you asked Minamono-san out."
"So? Minamono-san's a female, what's wrong wi---" Leorio stopped and stared at Kurama, currently busy in keeping a struggling Hiei from killing him.
"You mean..." He stared at Kurama's VERY flat chest. Kurapika nodded, barely managing to keep his face somber.
"She's a... he?" Leorio squeaked.
Kurapika couldn't help it anymore, he burst out in hysterical laughter. Kurama and Hiei stopped struggling with each other to stare at him.
"It's not funny!" Leorio whined.
"It... is!" Kurapika managed to choke out in his laughter, he clutched at his sides and tears threatened to spill over his cheeks.
Leorio turned redder than Kurama's hair.... Kurapika finally managed to control himself. He looked at Leorio and glanced at the blinking couple, and burst out laughing again.
"What's so funny?" Hiei asked irritantly.
"Leorio fi--finally realized that... Mi-minamono-san's a guy!" Kurapika choked out.
"The dense oaf finally did." Hiei muttered. Kurapika, with his sharp ears however, heard him, and he laughed even harder. Leorio made a move to grab him, but Kurapika slapped his hand away and leapt out of reach of Leorio's arm, still laughing.
"Well I'm relieved that Leorio-san's finally realized his mistake" Kurama declared.
"Yeah. You're so dense, Leorio..." Kurapika had finally controlled his laughter to giggles and chuckles.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Leorio whined at him, looking like an injured puppy. Kurapika cracked, he started laughing again. Kurama giggled.
"I thought that you knew... I kept on trying to tell you but you just ignored my warnings...." Kurapika giggled.
"Kurapika!" Leorio whined. What a way to add insult to injury!
"Go-gomen nasai!" Kurapika chuckled.
"Hmph! I should leave you here to buy your own tux!" he turned away.
"Aww... Leorio, it wasn't your fault that you're so attracted to pretty women.... You just made a mistake." Kurapika's laughs had finally subsided and he's back to his normal, sober state. Although if you look closely enough, you'll notice a twinkle in his bright emerald eyes that wasn't there before.
"But you didn't have to laugh so hard..." Leorio pouted.
"But it was funny!" Kurapika grinned widely. Kurama gave a giggle and even Hiei's lips twitched.
"Oh come on... I'll treat you later OK?" Kurapika offered.
Leorio almost fell over. Kurapika, offering to treat?! This was something new! Often, when the four of them went out to eat, they'd usually pay for their own meal. Kurapika was the practical one of the four and didn't squander away money the way his other three companions did.
"You will?"
"Yeah. As compensation for laughing at you. All right?"
"OK..."
Kurama and Hiei looked at each other, amused. Kurapika was treating Leorio as if Kurapika was the elder one! If Kurama didn't know better, he'd think that the two of them were lovers. But he knew that the love shared between the two humans were that of friendship and brotherhood only.
"Hey, Hiei."
"Hn."
"How did the tux fit?" He asked, taking the clothing from Hiei's arm.
"Fits fine."
"Do you like it?" Kurama asked patiently.
"It will do. It's not like I'll be wearing that after tonight." Kurama smiled and went to pay.
Leorio blocked his path. Kurama stopped and looked inquiringly at him.
"Nani ka?" Kurama asked, a bit apprehensive. *If this guy asks for a date again...*
"A-ano... I want to apologize for mistaking you for a woman.... Gomen..." He said a bit sheepishly
Kurama, a bit taken aback, took some time to answer. "Ah, Iya... It's Ok, that often happens to me anyway..."
"I apologize too..." Kurapika spoke up. "I'm sorry for involving you in my silly prank against Leorio." The blond made an elegant little bow.
"That's OK... ehehehe...." Kurama was starting to get a bit uncomfortable with the apologies that they were giving.
"Well... now that that's over... Let's get your tux now, Kurapika!" Leorio said enthusiastically. Kurapika sighed and surrendered to his fate. Hiei approached them
"Ja, Minamono-san, Hiei-san.... " Kurapika said politely. Leorio said nothing. He elbowed him. "Ah? Oh.. Ja, Minamono-san, Hiei-ch---san...." He eyed the glaring eyes. *It's so like Kurapika's crimson ones..* The duo walked over to the black coloured tuxedoes while Kurama proceeded for the cashier.
~~~ In the party that night~~~
"Oi! Kuwabara!" Yusuke bellowed. The various creatures in ridiculous 'formal' outfits turned to glare at him.
"Urameshi!" Kuwabara bellowed back. He waved from somewhere in the throng of people present in the banquet. Yusuke made his way towards his partner.
"What?" Kuwabara asked. He was holding a card in his hand.
"Where's our table? The one that dumb oni reserved for us. Where is it?" He demanded. He was extremely pissed of since Keiko and the rest wasn't invited. The dumb guy who arranged the invitation had only included the four guys and entirely left the females out. Koenma was in there with someone, fixing the whole mess.
"Um... it's right over there." Kuwabara said, pointing at a large, circular table fitted for eight. Yusuke cursed even more. If the girls where there, the table would have been perfect! Instead, they had to share it with four other strangers! First he had to wear those very uncomfortable tux, then he'd learned that the girls hadn't been included in the invitation list, now they had to share a table with somebody else!
"Hn." Yusuke stormed over to the table and sat on the nearest chair. Kuwabara sat down beside him, sulking a bit.
"Atleast Kurama and Hiei are enjoying themselves" Yusuke grumbled. He looked at the pair talking animatedly at the bar. Well, atleast Kurama was talking, he wasn't sure about Hiei.
"This must be our table, Killua! Ne?" A high childish voice asked loudly. Yusuke didn't bother to look.
"Ah.. This is it." A slightly deeper voice answered the high one. Kuwabara looked at the two men -- kids -- approaching their table.
A boy, with weird hair and big brown eyes approached them. Besides him was a taller boy, roughly Hiei's height, and probably of the same age, with silver unarranged hair and very familiar eyes.
" 'Jiisan... May we sit here?" Gon said politely.
"Ojiisan?! Who're you calling 'jiisan?!" Kuwabara exclaimed angrily. He half stood up, his face contorted in rage.
"Ehehe... Go-gomen nasai, ni-niisan.." Gon stammered, bowing.
"Oi oi! 'Jiisan.. Is someone sitting here?" Killua asked cheekily, indicating the seats opposite them.
"Why you... I am not your granpa! I'm just a little older than you!"
"Shut up, Kuwabara." Yusuke muttered grumpily. He took a look at the newcomers and raised an eyebrow. "So the one sharing our table with us are kids?" He asked a bit incredously.
"I asked you if anyone has taken these seats yet, 'Jiisan." Killua said, if a bit rudely. Gon just forced a smile out and tried to stop Killua from being rude. He knew the type... that Kuwabara guy is like Leorio....
Kuwabara opened his mouth to retort when Yusuke interrupted him.
"Hey kid, don't be too cocky... that mouth of yours could get you in trouble." He gave Killua a dangerous look, the one that sent all those demons running.
"Yeah yeah... All I wanted to know was if these seats were occupied. Well?" Killua was on the alert. This guy was dangerous! Nobody, save for really powerful guys -- not even that! -- could scare him. Not that he was really scared...
"Yeah... go on" Yusuke drawled. He gave a big yawn and leaned his cheek against his palm, while his elbow was on the table. He looked around with a bored look.
"Ano, niisan, my name is Gon Freecs!" Gon gave his widest and most friendly smile. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked weirdly at him before Kuwabara grinned.
"I'm Kuwabara Kazuma! The greatest member of the Rekai Tantei!" He said loudly, thinking that they know who the Reikai Tantei were.
"Yeah... as if.... I'm Urameshi Yusuke." Yusuke muttered
"This is Killua!" Gon said, grabbing Killua by the arms and almost dragging him from the chair in excitement.
"I see...." Yusuke said, marvelling at the friendliness of the boy.
"Niisan.. what's the Rekai Tantei?" Gon asked curiously. The said Tantei looked strangely at him. *Gee.. I've been getting lots of those lately...* Gon thought vaguely.
"You don't know?" Kuwabara asked
Gon nodded, his smile never faltering.
"How the hell did you get yourself invited by the Rekai?" Yusuke grumbled.
"We're hunters!" Gon was still smiling. Chairman Netero had finally given Killua consideration and turned him into a hunter too.
"Hunters? You mean those humans who go take this ridiculous test and when they pass they get all those unbelievable benefits for it?" Yusuke asked
"Yeah" Gon chirped. *Ridiculous?*
"I see... Well Spirit Detectives are different. We protect Ningenkai from Makai demons that wants to take over it." Yusuke said, a bit proudly, thinking that they already knew what he was talking about.
Gon looked at him, puzzled. "Makai?"
Killua bopped him upside the head. "Baka! Didn't you listen to the lecture that the Hunter Association when you passed?"
"Killua!..." Gon whined, rubbing his head. "Lecture? Oh!" he blushed.
"Well? You didn't listen, didn't you?"
"I was too busy thinking of where you were! Irumi-san took you away, remember?"
"Oh..." Killua was touched. "I see... Well, let me explain. There are Three major Worlds. These are Ningenkai, Makai and Reikai. The Ningenkai is our, humans', world. Reikai is where our spirit goes to when we die, that's where we are know. Makai is the demon world. It's citizens are called Youkai."
"Youkai?" Gon squeaked.
"Yes. Youkai. Like that guy over there." He said, pointing at an ugly, green scaled youkai. Gon went like O.O
"Are youkai really ugly, Killua?" Gon asked.
"Yeah. They're really ugly. And they stink! And they eat humans! That's why Reikai formed the Reikai Tantei, so no youkai would harm humans."
"So youkais are really ugly, eh?" Yusuke asked, looking at them with a weird expression, a large tick present at his temple.
"Yeah!" Killua nodded.
"And they stink?" Yusuke continued; the tick was growing bigger.
"Uh huh." Killua said cockily. Yusuke's face distorted.
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING UGLY, KID?!?!" Yusuke bellowed. Kuwabara bearhugged him to save the staring kid.
Killua went O_o he backed away a bit before realizing his mistake. *This guy is a youkai?!?!*
"WHO STINKS?!?!?! DO YOU WANT ME TO EAT YOU, KID?!?!?!" Yusuke roared. Now everyone in the room was looking at them.
"Killua..." Gon squeaked. He clutched at Killua's arm
"..." Killua kept on staring at the youkai trying to grab him.
"He's a youkai?" Gon continued. Killua nodded.
"And you just called him ugly and stinky?"
"Yeah..." Killua finally answered.
"Let's run Killua..." And they bolted, keeping as much distance from their table and the raging mad youkai from them.
~~Tsuzuku~~
It was supposed to be one-shot... But it got too long. Did you find it funny? Hope so... See ya in the next chapter! (That's the last one)
Gomen for the OOC-ness...
Disclaimers: Yu Yu Hakusho is NOT mine. Hunter X Hunter is also NOT mine. They both belong to Yoshihiro Togashi-san. I am merely borrowing Kurama and Kurapika from him. With an added Hiei, Leorio etc... for extras ^_^ well.. not really...
BTW, in my fic, Killua's a hunter already. Netero-san finally agreed to let Killua get his license. Because of that fact, you can call this an AU.
Dedications to my bestfriend, Ayuro, also called Tomo-chan.
And to my soul sis, Ayori-neesama.
Gorri-chan! *waves*
This is just a pathetic attempt at a humor. ::shrugs::
Glossary: I used basic jap only. But these are for those who don't know. If I missed anything, just tell me in the reviews please. And, if my interpretations of the jap are wrong, atleast you can still understand them.
Nani - "what"
Kitsune - "fox"
Ningen - "human". (That means you!)
Gomen nasai - "I'm sorry"
Daijobu - "It's all right." If it's a question, it's "Are you all right?"
Boku wa _____ des. Yoroshiku - "I'm ___. Nice to meet you." (Said by MALES)
Oneechan/Oneesan - "elder sister" or simple "sister"
Oniisan/Oniichan - "elder brother" or "brother"
Iya - "no"
Ojiisan/Ojiichan - "Uncle" or "Granpa"
Reikai - "Spiritworld"
Makai - "Demonworld"
Youkai - "Demons" for the lack of a better term
Matte - "Wait"
Kisama - "Bastard" or something equally offending
* yadda * = thoughts
_ yadda _ or YADDA = Bold or emphasis
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"Hiei... Come on. Don't be difficult" Kurama pleaded to a very grumpy fire demon.
"No."
"Please Hiei" Kurama gave him the sweetest most pleading look he could muster.
"..."
"Come on. Don't you want to be able to keep an eye on Yukina tonight?"
"Alright. I'll try whatever it is that you want me to wear"
Kurama smiled and lead his pretty little fire demon to a men's clothing store. They had been invited to a small banquet that was going to happen that very night. Everyone had been invited by the Reikai; only problem was, it was supposed to be formal. That's why Kurama had brought Hiei here to buy a tux for himself. But the Fire Demon was proving to be very difficult to handle.
"Here Hiei. Try this on." He said cheerfully, handing him a black tuxedo that he was sure would fit the youkai. He gave Hiei a little push towards the fitting room.
"Hn. Stupid fox" he muttered under his breath as he walked forward, looking back at the said fox.
He suddenly bumped into a very tall man.
"Hey! Watch where you're going, Shorty!" the man said rudely at him.
He looked the ningen over. From his weird haired, to his small shades, down to the ridiculous business suit with the colorful tie.
"Hn. Stupid ningen"
"Nani?!?!" The guy bellowed. He made a move to grab Hiei by the collar, but Hiei was too quick and dodged his attempts.
"Hn. Stupid ningen." He moved to give the guy a solid punch straight in his ridiculous glasses but a hand moved in to block it.
He looked up, startled, to see to see the guy who blocked his punch.
"Hiei! What are you doing?!" Kurama exclaimed as he ran up to them. In his mind, though, he wondered who the blond kid was. No normal human can just block Hiei's punch just like that. Without even putting that much effort into it!
"Hn." He pulled his arm back and glared at the blond kid, about Yusuke's height, who was staring down at him with a passive face.
"Gomen nasai." Kurama uttered softly, in behalf of his short-tempered fire demon.
"Haha!! Daijobu! Daijobu!" The freaky guy said loudly. Hiei was starting to get this feeling that he was related to the big oaf, Kuwabara.
"You should control your brother, though, lady." he laughed loudly again. A nerve started to appear on his shorter friend's head. He elbowed the man with in the ribs, causing the man to yell in pain.
"Leorio! Baka! Stop flirting!" He started scolding his companion, also mistaking Kurama for a girl.
"Da-daijobu." Kurama gave a smile as he fought to discreetly constrain his fire demon from attacking the naïve man.
"Gomen nasai. This jerk here, forgot to take lessons in manners before he graduated."
"Daijobu. Ano... Boku wa Minamono Shuichi des. Yoroshiku" He extended his hand for a handshake.
"Hai... Boku wa Kurapika desu. Yoroshiku" The blond reached for his hand to acknowledge the handshake. *Did she say Boku?* Realization dawned on him. He had mistaken Minamono for a girl....
"Why is your hand chained up like that?" Hiei asked curiously.
"Eh? Uh...." Kurapika lost his composure for a second. He looked around, as if trying to find an excuse.
"Well... it's just for fashion." he finally said, forcing a big smile to the kid who was staring at him with weird eyes. He knew those eyes. They were like Killua's, even the shape was the same. The eyes of a killer.
"Hn" He looked away. Kurapika inwardly sighed in relief.
"Umm.. This unmannered jerk is Leorio." he mumbled.
"I see. Well, this hot-tempered, short kid is Hiei." Kurama replied teasingly. Hiei growled and bared his fangs.
"He sort of reminds me of Killua" Leorio muttered to Kurapika.
"I know. Same face, same eyes.... Only the color of the eyes and hair are different." Kurapika replied.
Meanwhile, Kurama and Hiei were having their private discussion.
"I am NOT a kid!" Hiei hissed menacingly.
"I know. Anyway, how hard did you punch?" Kurama asked
Hiei knew what he was talking about. "Enough to break his nose"
"And Kurapika-san caught it? Just like that?" he asked incredulously.
"Yeah. Anyway, that Leorio guy reminds me of Kuwabara." he complained.
"That's true. Acts, move and talks like him." Kurama silently agreed.
"Ano... Minamono-san.... What are you doing here, anyway?" Leorio inquired politely.
Kurama seemed taken aback by the very _polite_ question, before he saw the firm elbow digging into the man's side. He struggled to stop his chuckling.
"We're here to buy Hiei a tux. We're attending a party tonight and he hasn't got a thing to wear." Kurama explained
"We here for the same thing too. We've been invited suddenly to a formal party which is supposed to be tonight, and Kurapika hasn't got anything--" Kurapika elbowed him
"Oi! Stop that! It hurts, ya know!" Leorio half-bellowed, ignoring the glares he recieved from the people around him.
"Then shut up!" Kurapika retorted. Kurama giggled.
"I do have something to wear! You just insisted that I buy something even though it's not even necessary!" Kurapika continued.
"What? That blue tunic with the cute orange bow-tie? Or that red one that made you look like a girl? Or that blue two-piece tunic with the weird skirt? Or were you planning on wearing your female disguise?" Leorio asked sarcastically. Kurapika scowled darkly, matching Hiei's best scowl.
"I know! You were going to wear that get-up that you used when you disguised yourself as a receptionist, weren't you? Don't tell me you also planned on wearing that wig." Leorio continued rambling on. Kurapika's face turned as red as Kurama's hair from anger and embarrassment.
"Leorio...." Kurapika growled, his fist clenching, and the nerve becoming unbelievably large.... Angering him was _not_ a very good idea.
"What?" Leorio finally realized what was happening to his friend. He backed off in fear.. "Uh... Kurapika... calm down...." He started sweating
Kurapika continued to advance slowly and menacingly.
"Uh... Good Kurapika.... Good Pika-chan.... Good Kura-chan.... uh..." He backed off till the wall.. "Good boy... You won't hurt poor ole Leorio- chan, would you?" he gulped when Kurapika didn't stop.
*Wrong move, Leorio-san* Kurama thought, very amused. He looked closely at Kurapika and noticed that his eyes had gone red. *Weren't his eyes green before?* He also noticed the growing amount of ki coming from the boy. He looked at Hiei who noticed the same thing.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Leorio screamed as Kurapika throttled, strangled, punched, kicked, pounded, beat, choked, asphyxiated, suffocated, smothered, bashed, battered, rattled, shook, hit, boxed, noogied, slammed, and slapped the poor guy until the only thing left of him was an undistinguishable mass of broken bones, tangled limbs and bloody skin.
"Kurapika-san, daijobu ka?" Kurama asked pensively
"Hai. Stupid oaf." He muttered. His eyes had gone back to green and he was being amiable again, even if his description of amiable was like Hiei's. His eyes, however, still had deep sadness in them.
"Kurapika! Why'd you do that?!" Leorio demanded, magically restored to his original health, except for a number of bumps and bruises and some broken teeth.
"That'd teach you to keep your mouth shut. And just so you'd know, I was planning on wearing the clothes that I wore when I still worked for Mr. Nosturado."
"But that isn't formal." Leorio whined.
"It is. I attended an auction wearing that and nobody minded. That's formal for me." Kurapika shrugged.
"What your wearing now is more formal than that!"
Kurapika looked at his own clothes. A short-sleeved white shirt, sleeveless blue-green vest, blue jeans, and a pair of white sneakers. He raised an eyebrow irritantly
"It is not!"
"Is to!"
"Is not!" Kurama and Hiei looked at them weirdly. Of all things to argue about, did it actually have to be about how formal a tunic is?
"Ummm.... Leorio-san" Kurama finally decided to interrupt. Things were decidedly going to get bloody any minute. And Kurapika won't be contributing his.
"What?" Leorio snapped. Kurapika promptly bashed him upside the head. Hiei glared at him... no one snapped at his fox
"Stop that!" Leorio yelled. Kurapika bonked him again.
"YOU stop! I suppose the Hunter Association can't really drill manners into oafs." Kurapika loudly 'muttered' after his yell.
Kurama and Hiei sweatdropped.
"NANI?!?!" More sweatdrops
"You heard me.... Now shut up! I'm going." Kurapika started to move towards the front door of the store.
"Kurapika... You still haven't bought your tux" Leorio whined comically.
"I don't need it." Kurapika snapped. He glared at the poor man and proceeded outside.
"Of course you do! Come on... please?" Leorio was starting to plead now...
"Hn." Kurapika turned around and glared more.
"Please stay, Kurapika..." Leorio pleaded, his hands in praying position
His face finally softened. "All right. I guess a tux _is_ what I should wear...." he sighed audibly and allowed a very pleased Leorio to lead him back in.
"Sorry about that, miss.... Kurapika is just too hot-tempered for his own good.... Imeanheisn'tbecauseI'mjustreallyirritating" he gulped as Kurapika glared at him.
"It's Ok...." Kurama stared at them before turning to Hiei and gave him another push.
"Hn" Hiei stood his ground
"In there now, Hiei. I want to know if that tux you're holding fits" Hiei finally consented and went in, adding another Hn for effect.
"By the way, miss, uh..." Leorio racked his brain on how he could invite Minamono-san for a date.
"Yes? Leorio-san?" Kurama was starting to really dislike the guy, comical or not... Kurama is NOT a girl.
"Wou-would you go out on a date with me?" he finally blurted out.
Kurama stared at him....
Kurapika stared at him....
Hiei came out of the fitting room and glared at him....
"Leorio you idiot!" Kurapika almost yelled.
"What?" Leorio asked, flustered. What was wrong with asking a perfectly beautiful girl to a date?
"I didn't know that you're gay..." Kurapika finished, his eyebrow twitching.
"I am NOT a gay!" Leorio exclaimed.
"But you asked Minamono-san out...." Kurapika prompted.
"What's wrong with that?" Leorio asked blankly.
"I'll tell you what's wrong with that.... Kurama's mine!" Hiei growled fiercely, glaring at the poor, confused man with all he's got.
"Kurama? Who's that?" Leorio was VERY confused.
"I'm Kurama, Leorio-san. It's my nickname." Kurama explained wearily.
"I see... Daijobu, Hiei-chan. I'm not going to take your 'neechan form you. I just wanted to invite her for dinner." How dense can a man be?
" 'neechan?" Kurama echoed, an eyebrow twitched
"Leorio..." Kurapika muttered, exasperated
"Hiei-CHAN?!?!?!" Hiei lost all control and pounced on the poor man, wringing his neck for all he was worth.
"Hiei! Stop that!" Kurama exclaimed, dragging Hiei away from the dense idiot. Kurapika helped him and they managed to calm the fire demon up.
Leorio was going like @_@. Kurapika approached him and hauled him up to his feet.
"Leorio no baka! Minamono-san is not a guy! And he is not Hiei-san's sister!" He had finally figured it all out. Hiei was Minamono-san's lover. And Hiei wasn't as young as he looked. *Nobody that young can have such deep voice... or have that much power either.... Except for nen-users, that is....*
"Hiei's not Minamono-san's brother?" Leorio asked dumbly, not hearing the previous sentence at all. He looked at Hiei and said, quite arrogantly: "Hiei-chan, you shouldn't be so jealous.... You're too young for Minamono- san. She should go out with someone of her age. When you grow up, you'll find someone of your age to go out with."
"Stop calling me Hiei-chan! I am not a kid! And Kurama's MINE!!" If not for Kurama's bearhug, Leorio would be dead by now....
"Leorio... you're really gay, aren't you?" Kurapika said.
"I am not gay!" Leorio cried.
"But you asked Minamono-san out."
"So? Minamono-san's a female, what's wrong wi---" Leorio stopped and stared at Kurama, currently busy in keeping a struggling Hiei from killing him.
"You mean..." He stared at Kurama's VERY flat chest. Kurapika nodded, barely managing to keep his face somber.
"She's a... he?" Leorio squeaked.
Kurapika couldn't help it anymore, he burst out in hysterical laughter. Kurama and Hiei stopped struggling with each other to stare at him.
"It's not funny!" Leorio whined.
"It... is!" Kurapika managed to choke out in his laughter, he clutched at his sides and tears threatened to spill over his cheeks.
Leorio turned redder than Kurama's hair.... Kurapika finally managed to control himself. He looked at Leorio and glanced at the blinking couple, and burst out laughing again.
"What's so funny?" Hiei asked irritantly.
"Leorio fi--finally realized that... Mi-minamono-san's a guy!" Kurapika choked out.
"The dense oaf finally did." Hiei muttered. Kurapika, with his sharp ears however, heard him, and he laughed even harder. Leorio made a move to grab him, but Kurapika slapped his hand away and leapt out of reach of Leorio's arm, still laughing.
"Well I'm relieved that Leorio-san's finally realized his mistake" Kurama declared.
"Yeah. You're so dense, Leorio..." Kurapika had finally controlled his laughter to giggles and chuckles.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Leorio whined at him, looking like an injured puppy. Kurapika cracked, he started laughing again. Kurama giggled.
"I thought that you knew... I kept on trying to tell you but you just ignored my warnings...." Kurapika giggled.
"Kurapika!" Leorio whined. What a way to add insult to injury!
"Go-gomen nasai!" Kurapika chuckled.
"Hmph! I should leave you here to buy your own tux!" he turned away.
"Aww... Leorio, it wasn't your fault that you're so attracted to pretty women.... You just made a mistake." Kurapika's laughs had finally subsided and he's back to his normal, sober state. Although if you look closely enough, you'll notice a twinkle in his bright emerald eyes that wasn't there before.
"But you didn't have to laugh so hard..." Leorio pouted.
"But it was funny!" Kurapika grinned widely. Kurama gave a giggle and even Hiei's lips twitched.
"Oh come on... I'll treat you later OK?" Kurapika offered.
Leorio almost fell over. Kurapika, offering to treat?! This was something new! Often, when the four of them went out to eat, they'd usually pay for their own meal. Kurapika was the practical one of the four and didn't squander away money the way his other three companions did.
"You will?"
"Yeah. As compensation for laughing at you. All right?"
"OK..."
Kurama and Hiei looked at each other, amused. Kurapika was treating Leorio as if Kurapika was the elder one! If Kurama didn't know better, he'd think that the two of them were lovers. But he knew that the love shared between the two humans were that of friendship and brotherhood only.
"Hey, Hiei."
"Hn."
"How did the tux fit?" He asked, taking the clothing from Hiei's arm.
"Fits fine."
"Do you like it?" Kurama asked patiently.
"It will do. It's not like I'll be wearing that after tonight." Kurama smiled and went to pay.
Leorio blocked his path. Kurama stopped and looked inquiringly at him.
"Nani ka?" Kurama asked, a bit apprehensive. *If this guy asks for a date again...*
"A-ano... I want to apologize for mistaking you for a woman.... Gomen..." He said a bit sheepishly
Kurama, a bit taken aback, took some time to answer. "Ah, Iya... It's Ok, that often happens to me anyway..."
"I apologize too..." Kurapika spoke up. "I'm sorry for involving you in my silly prank against Leorio." The blond made an elegant little bow.
"That's OK... ehehehe...." Kurama was starting to get a bit uncomfortable with the apologies that they were giving.
"Well... now that that's over... Let's get your tux now, Kurapika!" Leorio said enthusiastically. Kurapika sighed and surrendered to his fate. Hiei approached them
"Ja, Minamono-san, Hiei-san.... " Kurapika said politely. Leorio said nothing. He elbowed him. "Ah? Oh.. Ja, Minamono-san, Hiei-ch---san...." He eyed the glaring eyes. *It's so like Kurapika's crimson ones..* The duo walked over to the black coloured tuxedoes while Kurama proceeded for the cashier.
~~~ In the party that night~~~
"Oi! Kuwabara!" Yusuke bellowed. The various creatures in ridiculous 'formal' outfits turned to glare at him.
"Urameshi!" Kuwabara bellowed back. He waved from somewhere in the throng of people present in the banquet. Yusuke made his way towards his partner.
"What?" Kuwabara asked. He was holding a card in his hand.
"Where's our table? The one that dumb oni reserved for us. Where is it?" He demanded. He was extremely pissed of since Keiko and the rest wasn't invited. The dumb guy who arranged the invitation had only included the four guys and entirely left the females out. Koenma was in there with someone, fixing the whole mess.
"Um... it's right over there." Kuwabara said, pointing at a large, circular table fitted for eight. Yusuke cursed even more. If the girls where there, the table would have been perfect! Instead, they had to share it with four other strangers! First he had to wear those very uncomfortable tux, then he'd learned that the girls hadn't been included in the invitation list, now they had to share a table with somebody else!
"Hn." Yusuke stormed over to the table and sat on the nearest chair. Kuwabara sat down beside him, sulking a bit.
"Atleast Kurama and Hiei are enjoying themselves" Yusuke grumbled. He looked at the pair talking animatedly at the bar. Well, atleast Kurama was talking, he wasn't sure about Hiei.
"This must be our table, Killua! Ne?" A high childish voice asked loudly. Yusuke didn't bother to look.
"Ah.. This is it." A slightly deeper voice answered the high one. Kuwabara looked at the two men -- kids -- approaching their table.
A boy, with weird hair and big brown eyes approached them. Besides him was a taller boy, roughly Hiei's height, and probably of the same age, with silver unarranged hair and very familiar eyes.
" 'Jiisan... May we sit here?" Gon said politely.
"Ojiisan?! Who're you calling 'jiisan?!" Kuwabara exclaimed angrily. He half stood up, his face contorted in rage.
"Ehehe... Go-gomen nasai, ni-niisan.." Gon stammered, bowing.
"Oi oi! 'Jiisan.. Is someone sitting here?" Killua asked cheekily, indicating the seats opposite them.
"Why you... I am not your granpa! I'm just a little older than you!"
"Shut up, Kuwabara." Yusuke muttered grumpily. He took a look at the newcomers and raised an eyebrow. "So the one sharing our table with us are kids?" He asked a bit incredously.
"I asked you if anyone has taken these seats yet, 'Jiisan." Killua said, if a bit rudely. Gon just forced a smile out and tried to stop Killua from being rude. He knew the type... that Kuwabara guy is like Leorio....
Kuwabara opened his mouth to retort when Yusuke interrupted him.
"Hey kid, don't be too cocky... that mouth of yours could get you in trouble." He gave Killua a dangerous look, the one that sent all those demons running.
"Yeah yeah... All I wanted to know was if these seats were occupied. Well?" Killua was on the alert. This guy was dangerous! Nobody, save for really powerful guys -- not even that! -- could scare him. Not that he was really scared...
"Yeah... go on" Yusuke drawled. He gave a big yawn and leaned his cheek against his palm, while his elbow was on the table. He looked around with a bored look.
"Ano, niisan, my name is Gon Freecs!" Gon gave his widest and most friendly smile. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked weirdly at him before Kuwabara grinned.
"I'm Kuwabara Kazuma! The greatest member of the Rekai Tantei!" He said loudly, thinking that they know who the Reikai Tantei were.
"Yeah... as if.... I'm Urameshi Yusuke." Yusuke muttered
"This is Killua!" Gon said, grabbing Killua by the arms and almost dragging him from the chair in excitement.
"I see...." Yusuke said, marvelling at the friendliness of the boy.
"Niisan.. what's the Rekai Tantei?" Gon asked curiously. The said Tantei looked strangely at him. *Gee.. I've been getting lots of those lately...* Gon thought vaguely.
"You don't know?" Kuwabara asked
Gon nodded, his smile never faltering.
"How the hell did you get yourself invited by the Rekai?" Yusuke grumbled.
"We're hunters!" Gon was still smiling. Chairman Netero had finally given Killua consideration and turned him into a hunter too.
"Hunters? You mean those humans who go take this ridiculous test and when they pass they get all those unbelievable benefits for it?" Yusuke asked
"Yeah" Gon chirped. *Ridiculous?*
"I see... Well Spirit Detectives are different. We protect Ningenkai from Makai demons that wants to take over it." Yusuke said, a bit proudly, thinking that they already knew what he was talking about.
Gon looked at him, puzzled. "Makai?"
Killua bopped him upside the head. "Baka! Didn't you listen to the lecture that the Hunter Association when you passed?"
"Killua!..." Gon whined, rubbing his head. "Lecture? Oh!" he blushed.
"Well? You didn't listen, didn't you?"
"I was too busy thinking of where you were! Irumi-san took you away, remember?"
"Oh..." Killua was touched. "I see... Well, let me explain. There are Three major Worlds. These are Ningenkai, Makai and Reikai. The Ningenkai is our, humans', world. Reikai is where our spirit goes to when we die, that's where we are know. Makai is the demon world. It's citizens are called Youkai."
"Youkai?" Gon squeaked.
"Yes. Youkai. Like that guy over there." He said, pointing at an ugly, green scaled youkai. Gon went like O.O
"Are youkai really ugly, Killua?" Gon asked.
"Yeah. They're really ugly. And they stink! And they eat humans! That's why Reikai formed the Reikai Tantei, so no youkai would harm humans."
"So youkais are really ugly, eh?" Yusuke asked, looking at them with a weird expression, a large tick present at his temple.
"Yeah!" Killua nodded.
"And they stink?" Yusuke continued; the tick was growing bigger.
"Uh huh." Killua said cockily. Yusuke's face distorted.
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING UGLY, KID?!?!" Yusuke bellowed. Kuwabara bearhugged him to save the staring kid.
Killua went O_o he backed away a bit before realizing his mistake. *This guy is a youkai?!?!*
"WHO STINKS?!?!?! DO YOU WANT ME TO EAT YOU, KID?!?!?!" Yusuke roared. Now everyone in the room was looking at them.
"Killua..." Gon squeaked. He clutched at Killua's arm
"..." Killua kept on staring at the youkai trying to grab him.
"He's a youkai?" Gon continued. Killua nodded.
"And you just called him ugly and stinky?"
"Yeah..." Killua finally answered.
"Let's run Killua..." And they bolted, keeping as much distance from their table and the raging mad youkai from them.
~~Tsuzuku~~
It was supposed to be one-shot... But it got too long. Did you find it funny? Hope so... See ya in the next chapter! (That's the last one)
Gomen for the OOC-ness...