Pirate's Life For Me
By: Demon Hiei's Girl (Demon Usagi)
Chapter Four
Standard Disclaimers Apply
Author's note: Fan art is up on my profile. Oh em gee. Feel free to look at it and laugh at my attempt to draw. Though some of them are kind of cute, I think. Well, that's the best I could do with sucky Rose Art colored pencils. Now here is chapter four!
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Urameshi Yusuke, the best bounty hunter in Port Roiyaru, was captured against his will by the very person he was trying to hunt: the pirate Hiei. Although, over the time of six months, Yusuke became quite acquainted with his new surroundings on the trusty ship, Black Hell. Despite his better instincts, Yusuke began to actually like having the notorious Demon Lord as a captain. He soon realized he wasn't working on the ship because he feared Hiei would take his life any longer.
"I'm so bored." His captain sighed, leaning over the side of Black Hell. Hiei's eyes were pointed to the sunset, the one they seemed to be sailing away from instead of into. Yusuke's eyes glanced at the profile view right next to him. It wasn't often they had a chance to be alone, and Yusuke became quite fond of their non traditional small talk. "We haven't plundered shit for a good two weeks now."
"You know as well as I do that we haven't come across any potential villages in a while. I'm sure a port or something will be coming up soon."
Hiei groaned, and leaned his cheek into his palm with his elbow sitting on the edge of the ship. "There's nothing to do, though. I hate being bored, Mr. Urameshi."
"What do you normally do when you're bored? And stop calling me that!"
"I don't take orders from anyone, Mr. Urameshi."
"You still haven't answered my question," Yusuke prodded, turning himself so his back was against the edge Hiei was leaning against.
"I dunno. I guess I just fool around with some girl." Hiei shrugged. "Damn, there's never a girl around when you need one."
"Genkai's a girl."
"She would murder me if I tried something." Hiei smirked, glancing into the amber eyes that were looking back. Yusuke chuckled a bit remembering how the young (1), pink haired lass ended up tossing the captain overboard. It was funny as hell to witness.
"You don't need a girl." Yusuke decided for them. Hiei eyed the boy next to him suspiciously. "I mean, there are better things you could be doing right now."
"Like what?" Hiei asked, raising an eyebrow. Yusuke grinned.
"Let's talk some more. I like that."
"What if I don't feel like talking?" Hiei replied, glaring at his accomplice.
"Yes you do." Yusuke decided for him.
"All right then, Mr. Urameshi, what do you wish to talk about?" Hiei questioned, rotating his body as well so he was leaning the same way Yusuke was. Yusuke pondered the question. He wanted to continue their almost heart-to-heart from not too long ago, but Hiei probably would push him overboard if the moment wasn't right. He'll tell me on his own soon enough...
Yusuke smirked, a touchy subject coming to mind. "Tell me, Captain, have you ever loved someone?" He couldn't wait to see Hiei's over reaction to such a girly comment, but the over reaction didn't come. Yusuke glanced curiously as Hiei pondered how to answer.
"Yes..."
Yusuke gaped. He couldn't believe it! Hiei wasn't close to anyone, except maybe Bui, but not in that way (or so he hoped).
"Who?" he sputtered, eyes wide. He didn't know why he was suddenly so curious, or why Hiei had taken his topic seriously.
Hiei eyed the bounty hunter again, face looking neutral. No blush, no stuttering, nothing evident showed itself on his features. "My sister."
Yusuke sighed in relief. It was sibling affection, not mating affection. Yusuke paused for a moment. Relief?
Hiei smirked at the man beside him's features. He was so amusing the way he took everything so seriously and over reacted. "She's the most important person to me."
"Oh, what? I'm not on the list?" Yusuke scoffed sarcastically, although deep down, he was curious to know that if Hiei did have a list, would he be on it?
When Hiei didn't reply, Yusuke continued, "How come I never saw her before? Is she on land somewhere?"
Hiei's lips twitched, and he was about to reply when Bui walked into their conversation.
"Cap'n, the lady Genkai needs your assistance."
Hiei merely nodded, and headed towards the interior of the boat. Bui walked over to take Hiei's place by Yusuke.
Yusuke noticed Bui's obvious, mischievous smirk.
"'I'm not on the list'?" The white haired man mocked in a high pitched voice as he imitated Yusuke's gestures. Yusuke's eyes widened a bit and he fought back an embarrassed flush. "I must say, Mr. Urameshi, I've never see someone try so hard to win the cap'n's affections."
"Wha?" Yusuke squeaked. "You got it all wrong! Don't say it like that, you make it seem like I have a crush on him!"
Bui's smirk widened.
"Oh no, don't you even start, Bui!" Yusuke threatened, the blush crawling around his cheek bones.
"Are you saying I'm wrong?" Bui asked innocently.
"Of course you are! I mean, there's just no way!" Yusuke denied, shaking his head back in forth. "You're completely mistaken!"
"Can it be you haven't figured it out for yourself yet?" Bui asked, eyes wide. "Or are you just in denial?"
Yusuke fumed. "Dammit, you have no right in hell to assume anything, Bui! You don't know what you're talking about!"
Bui stayed silent for a few minutes allowing Yusuke to calm down.
"Oh!" Bui exclaimed, looking towards the smaller man. "I get it. You have a lass back home. I'm sorry, it was wrong of me to say such things that would make you seem unfaithful... I was just teasing."
What was left of Yusuke's anger diminished quickly. "It's all right. But you're wrong. I don't have anyone waiting for me back at home."
Bui lifted an eyebrow. "Eh?"
"Well, my mom died a few years ago and I've never even met my dad... I never really tried to get close to any girl, either. I was so caught up with work I was never really bothered by that kind of shit." Yusuke sighed, looking towards the sunset that was turning into night quickly.
"Work? Being a merchant or whatever you do?" Bui prodded.
"Huh? ...Oh! Yeah, right. Merchant, yeah." Yusuke shrugged off almost forgetting his guise. "Anyone can get caught up selling cloth."
Bui lifted an eyebrow, but didn't question the depressed boy in his presence. "Aye, that's a sad past."
"Not really." Yusuke replied, still not making eye contact. "It's not like I'm the first person to experience that kind of pain, ya know?" Bui shook his head.
"All pirates have some story; that's why they're pirates."
Yusuke smirked and nodded. "Yeah. That's why they're pirates."
The two remained silent enough for Yusuke to feel uncomfortable. "What about Hiei's past?"
Bui's smirk returned.
"Don't take it that way!" Yusuke protested, turning red again.
"Look, maybe I'd believe your answer if you told me with a straight, blush free face." Bui chuckled. Yusuke glared daggers into Bui's already scarred forehead. Bui stopped his laughter and sighed, trying to think of a suitable answer.
"Has he ever been married? Does he have a woman somewhere?" Yusuke asked, looking intently into Bui's eyes. Bui tried to suppress a smile.
"No. He never got close to any woman. Err, I guess that's a bit of a fib. He's probably had more intercourse with women than the amount of women I've ever met, but when it comes to sticking with one lass, he prefers not to." Bui sighed. "He has his walls. I don't think he'll ever be close to anyone like that." Bui didn't forget to acknowledge the frown that tugged at Yusuke's lips. "What? Gaugingyour chances with him?"
Yusuke's eyes narrowed and the blush (he tried to fight) came back. "No! I just thought that was kind of sad; never getting emotionally close to anybody."
"Why?" Bui asked. "You said you never were close to anyone."
"Yeah, well, even I have had crushes on people." Yusuke snorted, looking out to the moon that had rose above the Black Hell.
"Yeah, I know. You have one on the captain." Bui snickered out, putting a hand over his lips to keep the chuckles from coming out.
"Oh shut up!" Yusuke glowered, his face so red it looked sun burnt. Just at that inappropriate moment, Hiei returned from his business with Genkai. As to not clue in the captain what the two were discussing, Yusuke stomped away with red on his face.
Hiei blinked as Yusuke shoved by him. When Yusuke was gone, Hiei glanced at Bui. "What did you say to him? He was blushing like a fool."
"Huh? Oh nothing, Cap'n!" Bui lied.
"Than what, may I ask, was the blush for?" Hiei asked, leering at his comrade.
"Uh, that wasn't blush. It was...uhh...anger."
"His face was red from...anger?" Hiei cocked an eyebrow.
"I was discussing a bit of a touchy topic with him and he got a bit hotheaded." Bui shrugged sheepishly."Well, I gotta go back to my dorm now. Let me know if you need any assistance with anything, Cap'n!" With that, Bui scooted away from the dark haired Demon Lord and headed back to the interior of the ship. Hiei merely rolled his eyes.
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Yusuke didn't know where the hell he was going, but he kept walking forward anyway. He was too frazzled to even think of the direction his room was in. Without using the brain God gave him, he threw open the first doors he came across after he was calmed down. He collapsed on the big bed that was in the room. Once his back was secure in the satin sheets, he looked around soaking in the detail. The first thing he noticed was that this nice, fancy room was not his. Obviously. It was a gorgeous, giant room with lovely things all around it like lacy clothing, etc. Not to mention the boxes and treasure chests of gold, silver, jewels, and jewelry that was haphazardly thrown about the room.
"Wow..." he breathed, looking around with wide, amber eyes. "It must be Hiei's room..."
"Who are you?"
Yusuke froze. This was a voice he did not recognize... He looked up frantically only to see a woman. She was petite, and frail looking, and was wearing a nice dress. "Nice" was not even a goodword for the dress. It was made with materials you would normally only see in a ball gown, but it was worn on the girl like it was every day clothing.
"Uhh, I'm just the cabin boy! Honest!" Yusuke squeaked, not knowing who he was dealing with and not wanting to take any chances.
"Then why are you in my dorm?"
Yusuke shook his head rapidly. "I didn't know it was your room! At first I thought it was the captain's!"
The girl looked down quietly. "Well, why do you want to be in the captain's room?"
Yusuke blushed again, "I didn't! It was an accident! I'm sorry, I'll go!" After he finished, he gave the woman an apologetic look and bolted out the door. Not more than twenty minutes later, Hiei walked into the room where Yusuke had left. The maiden was sitting on the bed with her hands crossed and setting on her lap.
"Hey," Hiei said shutting the door behind him. He then walked upto a dresser and started rummaging through it. The girl's lips thinned.
"A boy was in here earlier."
"So? Was it Bui?" Hiei turned to look at her skeptically.
"No, it wasn't. He was a younger kid, very handsome."
Hiei's eyebrow lifted, "Oh really? Did he have dark, raven hair and amber eyes?"
"Yes... He said he came in here on accident when I called it my dorm. He thought it was yours."
"It is my dorm," the captain said, with a smirk.
"I know that. My point is why was he looking for your dorm? Is he your new lover?"
Hiei nearly choked on nothing for a moment. "Hell no! He's our new lackey."
"Hmm, I don't think so. You put effort into describing him." The girl's eyes narrowed. "Instead of saying "Did he have black hair and brown eyes?" you were all "Did he have raven hair and amber eyes?". It's not like you."
Hiei scoffed. "I was trying to make sure it was in fact Mr. Urameshi who snuck into our dorm, and not some pervert."
The girl frowned. "Aw. Too bad, I was hoping you had finally found someone. That boy had some actual emotions, I noticed. He seems so very promising!" She giggled a little, and put a hand to her mouth.
"Feh. Pretend you know me better than that for a moment." Hiei scowled. The girl smiled up at him from her sitting position.
"Yes, I'm sorry, Brother."
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1. This is AU, Genkai is young.
Author's note: Ehh, this chapter was short. I apologize. I'll try to update quickly as to not leave anyone in suspense. Mwa ha ha. Again, feel free to scope the profile. And as always, feedback is welcomed. See you next chapter!