Summary: A strange demon called Aquarius approaches Hiei with a demand;
capture Kurama and hand him over, or else Yukina will die. Faced with
losing his friend or his sister, Hiei makes a decision that he will soon
regret. Eventual Kurama/Hiei. ^_^;
Disclaimer: O.O; ...Do I have to do this? Well, I'll do it just to make sure. ^^ I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho...and I never will. Heheh...
Warnings/Settings: Um...as I said...eventual Kurama/Hiei...and..../// means flashback...as always with me. ^.^; ...and please pardon my mistakes and such...heh, I'm learning!
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/// A figure stood at the edge of a spring in the middle of a clearing in a forest. The ancient trees draped their leaves over the spring and huddled around it, so that the pool of water was secluded and secret. No one except the owner should have been able to get in, for the forest around it was thick and wild. However, someone did find it. Someone who knew of the treasure hidden at the bottom of the spring.
Close to seven feet tall, he stood over the spring, ears perked up and listening for the slightest sound, tail swishing in anticipation.
"The secret spring of Aquarius...yes...rumors have it that Aquarius' ring lies at the very bottom. Well, we shall see if there is truth to that rumor or not," he said in a deep, husky voice, narrowing his golden eyes as his silver hair waved in the slight breeze. He waded in without hesitation, then swam underneath the surface of the rippling water, searching.
It took only a few moments before he found it; a beautiful golden ring with a ruby shaped like a fish set in it. The kitsune grinned and placed it on his ring finger, then swam back up to meet a pair of sea green eyes.
"I thought you might try and steal it..."
"Aquarius, I presume?" the silver-haired demon asked, not surprised. Aquarius laughed.
"Yes. And you will not get away that easily," he answered.
"You waste all your time on conversation," the fox said, jumped out of the water and onto a tree branch. "Try talking less next time!" with that, he waved with the hand that the ring was on, and jumped from branch to branch until out of sight. Aquarius fumed angrily. The water of the spring swelled up and started boiling.
"One day I swear I'll get you, Youko Kurama!" ///
"Hiei, come join us!" Kurama's husky alto voice rang from outside the house to the inside, causing the small fire demon to look up and focus on the fox. Kurama sat on the steps of a pool, waving, wearing only a pair of green swimming trunks. All around him, the whole gang was playing. Kuwabara and Yusuke were trying to pants each other, Botan and Keiko were laying on floats and getting a tan, and Yukina sat on the side, giggling at Kuwabara's antics. It was a beautiful day to play in Keiko's pool, and everyone was happy to. Except for Hiei.
As was his way, Hiei was avoiding everyone and missing out on all the 'fun'. 'It's only fun to those idiots,' Hiei thought, then immediately grimaced at himself. Kurama wasn't an idiot, nor was Yukina. In the demon's mind, they were simply casualties of the idiotic 'fun-filled' human world. Kurama had lived here for far too long, picking up on all the stupid traits of humans, and Yukina had hung around that pathetic Kuwabara too much. Suddenly Hiei wondered why he was making excuses for Kurama. Even years ago, he would always analyze why Yukina did things as he watched her in secret, but Kurama was different. Hiei had nothing to analyze Kurama about, Kurama was not his kin, nor did he care about the fox. At least that's what he tried to tell himself.
"Hn," Hiei just replied, not bothering to say anything else. Kurama called out to him again, a somewhat pleading look on his feminine face.
"Come, Hiei, it's fun!" he said. Hiei scowled. There was that word again. Fun.
"Kurama, I have never had fun in my life, nor do I want to have fun. I have no time for fun. As I have said many times before, I pursue strength, not carnival games," he answered, somewhat annoyed at the kitsune's frequent requests for Hiei to join them. Kurama simply chuckled.
"But Hiei, as far as I can see, you aren't doing anything now. So unless you are building up strength by staring at the floor, I don't see why you can't take a dip," Kurama replied. Hiei raised his eyebrows. 'Take a dip?' "Come on, Hiei," Kurama continued, "when all of us do things like this, we're almost like some kind of family!" the nodded his head slightly toward Yukina and smiled at Hiei, his green eyes dancing teasingly.
"Kurama, you have a wonderful voice, I'd hate for you to have to lose it when my sword cuts your neck," Hiei said coldly. Kurama just laughed and shrugged.
"Very well," he answered, then got up and waded into the pool. Hiei sighed huffily to himself. Kurama would never quit. Hiei didn't see how Kurama could always be in such a good mood. Of course, he knew that maybe always was an exaggeration. There were times when Kurama was angry or sad, but hanging around Kurama when he was happy made it seem like he was always happy.
Hiei glanced at the kitsune, who was coming up from under the water. Kurama's eyes were closed, those long eyelashes set against that smooth skin, his crimson hair was dark with water but still gleamed in the sun, his body wet...it took Hiei a while to notice whom he was thinking about...in that way. He did not like Kurama. He did not like anyone. He would never like, nor love, anyone. Yukina was an exception. She was his sister, so of course he loved her. But Kurama...no, Kurama was his partner, nothing more. And the only reason that Kurama was his partner was because Hiei wanted to avoid fighting the kitsune. But Kurama did not scare him...so...why didn't he want to fight him?
Once more Hiei looked at his friend. Locks of Kurama's red hair was plastered against his fair skin before he dove back underneath the water, swimming gracefully. Hiei had always secretly admired Kurama's grace. He wouldn't let anyone know that, of course. Especially not Kurama. Knowing Kurama's personality, the fox would just tease him about it. The redhead seemed to like teasing Hiei...
Sighing, Hiei decided that he didn't want to think about Kurama right now. After a while of being with Kurama, he knew that the fox would know when Hiei was thinking about him. Wait, did that even make sense?"
"Hn," well, whatever. Hiei just knew he didn't care. Nothing made sense anymore. He continued to stare at the wall, sometimes glancing up at Kurama, but never joining him.
That night, Hiei walked along the edge of the pool, staring into the water as the moon overhead danced on the liquid, making it shimmer. He sighed and looked away from it at the clouds approaching from the south. They started to slowly obscure the luminous orb in the sky, making the water seem still and dark. Hiei suddenly looked back into the pool. The pool. The water that had been rippling was suddenly calm. Even if the moon had been covered, the water should have still been moving...
Hiei gasped as the water suddenly shot up, and found himself looking through the wall of water into two seafoam green eyes. Then the water swallowed him.
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^_^; Sorry. I really should write more...um..anyway, new chapters will probably be slow to come, since school has started, plus I'm working on two Kingdom Hearts fics...anyways...review if you like, but if you don't want to, that's fine with me. ^_^ And please, people, don't flame me because I have a Kurama/Hiei pairing. Feel free to flame me because of my horrible writing, but if you flame me because I'm open-minded and think they look cute together, I will sic my muse Taikuru on you, and he will douse the flames with lots `o water. Or I'll get my other muse, Little Raven, to slowly drive you insane. Whichever comes first. ^^ Bye for now!
Disclaimer: O.O; ...Do I have to do this? Well, I'll do it just to make sure. ^^ I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho...and I never will. Heheh...
Warnings/Settings: Um...as I said...eventual Kurama/Hiei...and..../// means flashback...as always with me. ^.^; ...and please pardon my mistakes and such...heh, I'm learning!
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/// A figure stood at the edge of a spring in the middle of a clearing in a forest. The ancient trees draped their leaves over the spring and huddled around it, so that the pool of water was secluded and secret. No one except the owner should have been able to get in, for the forest around it was thick and wild. However, someone did find it. Someone who knew of the treasure hidden at the bottom of the spring.
Close to seven feet tall, he stood over the spring, ears perked up and listening for the slightest sound, tail swishing in anticipation.
"The secret spring of Aquarius...yes...rumors have it that Aquarius' ring lies at the very bottom. Well, we shall see if there is truth to that rumor or not," he said in a deep, husky voice, narrowing his golden eyes as his silver hair waved in the slight breeze. He waded in without hesitation, then swam underneath the surface of the rippling water, searching.
It took only a few moments before he found it; a beautiful golden ring with a ruby shaped like a fish set in it. The kitsune grinned and placed it on his ring finger, then swam back up to meet a pair of sea green eyes.
"I thought you might try and steal it..."
"Aquarius, I presume?" the silver-haired demon asked, not surprised. Aquarius laughed.
"Yes. And you will not get away that easily," he answered.
"You waste all your time on conversation," the fox said, jumped out of the water and onto a tree branch. "Try talking less next time!" with that, he waved with the hand that the ring was on, and jumped from branch to branch until out of sight. Aquarius fumed angrily. The water of the spring swelled up and started boiling.
"One day I swear I'll get you, Youko Kurama!" ///
"Hiei, come join us!" Kurama's husky alto voice rang from outside the house to the inside, causing the small fire demon to look up and focus on the fox. Kurama sat on the steps of a pool, waving, wearing only a pair of green swimming trunks. All around him, the whole gang was playing. Kuwabara and Yusuke were trying to pants each other, Botan and Keiko were laying on floats and getting a tan, and Yukina sat on the side, giggling at Kuwabara's antics. It was a beautiful day to play in Keiko's pool, and everyone was happy to. Except for Hiei.
As was his way, Hiei was avoiding everyone and missing out on all the 'fun'. 'It's only fun to those idiots,' Hiei thought, then immediately grimaced at himself. Kurama wasn't an idiot, nor was Yukina. In the demon's mind, they were simply casualties of the idiotic 'fun-filled' human world. Kurama had lived here for far too long, picking up on all the stupid traits of humans, and Yukina had hung around that pathetic Kuwabara too much. Suddenly Hiei wondered why he was making excuses for Kurama. Even years ago, he would always analyze why Yukina did things as he watched her in secret, but Kurama was different. Hiei had nothing to analyze Kurama about, Kurama was not his kin, nor did he care about the fox. At least that's what he tried to tell himself.
"Hn," Hiei just replied, not bothering to say anything else. Kurama called out to him again, a somewhat pleading look on his feminine face.
"Come, Hiei, it's fun!" he said. Hiei scowled. There was that word again. Fun.
"Kurama, I have never had fun in my life, nor do I want to have fun. I have no time for fun. As I have said many times before, I pursue strength, not carnival games," he answered, somewhat annoyed at the kitsune's frequent requests for Hiei to join them. Kurama simply chuckled.
"But Hiei, as far as I can see, you aren't doing anything now. So unless you are building up strength by staring at the floor, I don't see why you can't take a dip," Kurama replied. Hiei raised his eyebrows. 'Take a dip?' "Come on, Hiei," Kurama continued, "when all of us do things like this, we're almost like some kind of family!" the nodded his head slightly toward Yukina and smiled at Hiei, his green eyes dancing teasingly.
"Kurama, you have a wonderful voice, I'd hate for you to have to lose it when my sword cuts your neck," Hiei said coldly. Kurama just laughed and shrugged.
"Very well," he answered, then got up and waded into the pool. Hiei sighed huffily to himself. Kurama would never quit. Hiei didn't see how Kurama could always be in such a good mood. Of course, he knew that maybe always was an exaggeration. There were times when Kurama was angry or sad, but hanging around Kurama when he was happy made it seem like he was always happy.
Hiei glanced at the kitsune, who was coming up from under the water. Kurama's eyes were closed, those long eyelashes set against that smooth skin, his crimson hair was dark with water but still gleamed in the sun, his body wet...it took Hiei a while to notice whom he was thinking about...in that way. He did not like Kurama. He did not like anyone. He would never like, nor love, anyone. Yukina was an exception. She was his sister, so of course he loved her. But Kurama...no, Kurama was his partner, nothing more. And the only reason that Kurama was his partner was because Hiei wanted to avoid fighting the kitsune. But Kurama did not scare him...so...why didn't he want to fight him?
Once more Hiei looked at his friend. Locks of Kurama's red hair was plastered against his fair skin before he dove back underneath the water, swimming gracefully. Hiei had always secretly admired Kurama's grace. He wouldn't let anyone know that, of course. Especially not Kurama. Knowing Kurama's personality, the fox would just tease him about it. The redhead seemed to like teasing Hiei...
Sighing, Hiei decided that he didn't want to think about Kurama right now. After a while of being with Kurama, he knew that the fox would know when Hiei was thinking about him. Wait, did that even make sense?"
"Hn," well, whatever. Hiei just knew he didn't care. Nothing made sense anymore. He continued to stare at the wall, sometimes glancing up at Kurama, but never joining him.
That night, Hiei walked along the edge of the pool, staring into the water as the moon overhead danced on the liquid, making it shimmer. He sighed and looked away from it at the clouds approaching from the south. They started to slowly obscure the luminous orb in the sky, making the water seem still and dark. Hiei suddenly looked back into the pool. The pool. The water that had been rippling was suddenly calm. Even if the moon had been covered, the water should have still been moving...
Hiei gasped as the water suddenly shot up, and found himself looking through the wall of water into two seafoam green eyes. Then the water swallowed him.
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^_^; Sorry. I really should write more...um..anyway, new chapters will probably be slow to come, since school has started, plus I'm working on two Kingdom Hearts fics...anyways...review if you like, but if you don't want to, that's fine with me. ^_^ And please, people, don't flame me because I have a Kurama/Hiei pairing. Feel free to flame me because of my horrible writing, but if you flame me because I'm open-minded and think they look cute together, I will sic my muse Taikuru on you, and he will douse the flames with lots `o water. Or I'll get my other muse, Little Raven, to slowly drive you insane. Whichever comes first. ^^ Bye for now!