Knight in Dark Amour
I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho
Medieval Hakusho
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Chapter Five
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Shuichi found himself quite dolorous after Hiei's departure. His fluctuating emotions were too grand, deviating far from what he desired it to be. He was in heaven with Hiei around but was torn when his duties took him away as would be anyone in such a situation. Having his love less than a handful of times a year and having such a beloved against his mother's wishes were undesirable. He thought many times how to please himself, Shiori and Hiei but his mind only created preternatural and very recherché ideas. In his bed chambers one night, he spotted the brown scroll from time past that was left behind in the tavern by the wizened woman.
'If need be, lead this map with thee. Thou pure as me lo, with no selfish implore.'
He read it as he thought of its meaning.
"Kurama!" His mind was drawn to reality as Saya called him. Rushing out of the room, he ran into his mother's chamber.
"She be hot." She turned to the redhead who ran to his mother's side.
"Mother." He called but all she did was groan a response.
"Saya, bring her things, I wish to move her to the fire place." He said as he lifted his mother while Saya created a bed on the stone floor before the fireplace.
Easing her down, he made her comfortable as he applied the wet rag over her forehead.
"Will she be well again?" Saya asked and he only nodded for the sake of them both.
"I will remain awake, you can sleep." He addressed Saya as she too was exhausted in caring for Shiori who became ill.
Rising early, the redhead who was given little sleep, tended to his ménage as would him if his mother was able to be out and about.
Fortunate for the moods of the redhead, Hiei alone rode into the village, with only a day to call his holiday. Walking into the house, he frowned as he witnessed the state of his beloved's mother and his beloved. From fetching water, Shuichi returned and gladly smiled at the sight of his love.
"Hiei." He was weak from the lack of sleep while tending to all with such bereft necessity.
"What illness befell your mother?" Hiei frowned in worry.
"It be not certain and I am doing all I can and what is known to nurse her to health." He sighed tiredly.
"Who be nursing you?" Hiei asked and his beloved smiled.
"Saya is doing well as my aid." Kurama replied benevolently.
With Saya off collecting a few things, Hiei aided his beloved with his tasks until they fulfilled all the desired labour. Sitting with his love against his chest, they observed Shiori in her sleeping state.
"I must not lose her. I cannot." His redhead told him as he responded by hugging him close.
Hiei only solace his love without words as he was the pillar of strength for his redhead to draw from. The door suddenly opened as Saya entered, upon seeing the sight, she dropped her basket and ran out angrily.
"Saya!" Shuichi yelled behind her and sat up.
"What?" Hiei asked with a frown, showing his confusion to what transpired before him.
"She fancies you dearly and I have never told her about us."He divulged hastily.
"Go, I will see to your mother. " After such words, Shuichi ran out behind Saya who he found behind the water well, sitting down with her knees to her chest and being out of sight in the centre of the village.
"Saya." He called as he stooped besides her who avoided him by turning away roughly.
"Saya, I am sorry." He expressed and she glared at him.
"You can only be sorry for an accident." She said abhorrently.
"I am sorry you are hurting." He sighed.
"You knew of my feelings, cous." She started sadly.
"After we became, I could not speak it to you then because I hoped you would have moved on."He sighed sadly when she was not receptive.
"I do not wish for you to hate me Saya. You are young and will find your true love."
"Is it all centred around my age, yes I have only seen the sun set on my given day seven times, but I have not a problem with it." She defended obstinately.
"Saya, age at times is irrelevant but for you it be so. Hiei is older than I am, how much older is he to you?" He reasoned with logic to his understandably irrational cousin.
"There is none that I have seen in whom I care for. The boys here in the village are too immature and picks on me because of mother's condition." She sighed.
"What did auntie say about this?"
"She tells me to turn a deaf ear for fools lack wisdom and not even to speak to them for fools will despise my wise words." She said verbatim.
"Hearken on to your mothers words, and err not against it. You will eventually find your knight; he may even be a prince. As you tend to auntie in her invalid condition, you must be blessed for such devotion to your mother." He smiled as he caressed her hair affectionate. "I wish for your happiness for me, you are the sister I never had and I wish not to hurt you."
"Ye art the brother I never had." She smiled back and hit his hand away affectionately.
"Nay, thou art the sister…" They chuckled together in their play. "Let us return, you can still play with Hiei." He reminded as she grinned as she jumped up.
Happily, they returned to Hiei and Shiori. After dinner, Shuichi gave Saya dinner for her mother as she left.
"You need rest, I will tend to you mother." Hiei suggested.
"I am well." He sighed as he leaned against his love.
Petting the long red hair, Hiei only smirked as his love's obdurate disposition. He continued to pet him with the knowledge that the gesture lures the redhead to sleep. It was not long after; Hiei carried his redhead to the room as he took on the vigil.
Shuichi strongly desired to be angry at Hiei for allowing him to sleep but he knew it was needed. As he was awake, he allowed Hiei to sleep he sat against the wall with his eyes closed and sword at hand. Looking into the basket of things Saya brought, he noticed a few herbs missing.
"Saya." He called to her softly as she sat before Shiori. "Were you able to get all I asked?"
"Nay, it was difficult to gather all." She apologised.
"I shall venture into the forest for it." He smiled at her.
"What of Hiei?" She asked.
"What of me?" Hiei asked as he looked at them both. She flushed and turned away as he beheld her.
"I need to gather some herbs for mother's medicine." The redhead told.
"I will be gone before you return." He said and Kurama's visage saddened.
"Saya will tend to mother as I am gone." He said as he walked towards Hiei.
"Remain prudent." Hiei warned and the redhead nodded.
"I shall gather water before you leave." Saya said and hurried out to return anon.
"Do you have a weapon?" Hiei asked as he stood.
"No." The redhead said and Hiei took out a dagger in a strap.
"It will be better with you." He said. "Attach it where no one can see." He added.
"What about my leg?" Kurama asked and Hiei nodded.
Stooping down, Hiei beckoned for the leg, as he strapped it under the raiment. Once done, he ran his hand over the impeccable leg.
"How can you remain scar free in this land?" He asked as he stood, while caressing all the way as he stood.
"I play with herbs and some gave me such ability." He smiled as he stepped towards Hiei resting their foreheads together.
"You must leave now to return before dawn." Hiei behest lowly.
"You will be gone."
"Still, I would desire to have you safe for my return." He said and his beloved kissed him gently. It was followed by an embrace, long and snug. "I will return to know her condition."
"I shall get ready." Shuichi said as he parted and entered his bed chambers. There he grabbed his pouches for collecting. Before turning away, the scroll appeared.
"Were you not elsewhere?" He asked aloud as he walked towards it. Taking it, he tied it against his waist and stepped out.
"Saya, you have returned." He smiled.
"I will tend to auntie, but do return hastily, tarry not for you are greater at this."
"I shall." He bid them both as he departed across the field and into the nearby forest.
Venturing deeper, he searched diligently and found one herb. Walking further and further, he came to a place he ventured to only once. The strange flowers he saw blooming in winter's deadly grip were alive as the same. Bending down, he inspected the queer blue bulb flower and saw a path more created. Following such path, more strange plants became known. As he took a step, a branch hooked him and the scroll fell to the forest ground and rolled open. With no thought, he reached down to retrieve it but froze. The map, why was it showing where he was treading? Picking it up, he studied the map as he began to follow it, and saw that he was also following the blue bulb flowers.
The sun changed positions, westering, as he finally came to a halt. Beholding what was before him, he hesitated. There stood a house, the chimney puffing fluffy smoke. Rolling up the scroll, he walked up the rest of the way and to the door of the house.
Before he was given the privilege of choosing whether to remain or run, the door was opened before him.
"My child, you have tarried long enough." A raspy voice called to him in the darken interior.
"Who be thee?" He called.
"Please enter Shuichi or would you prefer Kurama?" After the words he frowned as he entered. The door slammed shut behind him. Turning he grabbed the handle and pulled but it remained still.
"Ye hath just only arrived, why art thou in such hast to depart? Come hither, sit." The owner of the voice showed herself, the feeble little old lady who held suspicion appeared.
"What is it you seek?" She asked as he sat.
"I wish to obtain an herb that will aid in my mother's recovery." He replied.
"You have ventured where no mere mortal would for the sake of a woman who is waxing old?" She asked.
"Yes, for she is my mother, the only one I have." He defended.
"How did ye find such a place?" She asked again studying him.
"Blue flowers captured my attention and I began to follow it. I then saw I was instinctively following a map which was given to me." He said as he took it out and handed to her.
"Fair child, it be you." She tittered as she grabbed the scroll.
"Who be thee?" He asked.
"I be Genkai. I must tell you, those flowers you claim to have seen is not seen my many." She told in an arcane tone.
He became uncomfortable and was devising a way in which to leave.
"Child." She appeared before him. Grabbing his chin, she devoured him with her eyes. "What is it that you seek?" She asked in a witchy voice.
"I seek aids for my mother's health." He showed no fear.
"Such a determined spirit but it holds sadness and sorrow." She gazed into his eyes, perusing him. Tearing away, she walked to a wooden chest and rummaged through it. Pulling out few vials, she walked and stood before him once more.
"Give this to your mother every morning for a week and it will make her well." She gave him some vials. Hesitantly he took it but would try anything. "Here, also, seeds for a plant. This plant will ease illnesses of all kinds. Grow it in your home and not in the field." Accepting it, he put it away in his pouches.
Before him once more, she stared into his green eyes as though reading his soul and moments passed when he deemed it to be true.
"What aches your soul dear child." She asked perspicaciously.
"Whatever do you mean? I am glad now to have medicine for mother." He smiled a ruse.
"I see sorrow, sadness and depression. It involves a Knight." She read and his eyes widen at her words.
"Your mother approves not of your love. It is her selfishness that caused this illness, the war within her to accept your choice and her wanting from you. Though it be your selflessness that will heal her but you would remain miserable torn between your duty and your love."
"How do you know such things?" He snapped as he stepped away.
"I have seen it." She chuckled. "What lengths wilt thou go to make them both happy?"
"I will do anything but sell my soul." His response was quick and she smirked.
"Anything you say." She asked slyly. "Even to give up your body?" Her countenance bore twisted humour.
"My body?" he asked in confusion.
"What if I tell you I can give you the power to please your mother while remaining faithful to your very handsome Knight?" She smirked and he frowned.
"You must have read with errors, for my mother desires grandchildren." He stated perspicuously.
"Yes yes my child. Wilt thou do such a thing?" She asked as though it was natural.
"How is that possible?" He asked in utter curiosity and she laughed about happily as she capered about in search of something.
Returning to him, she held out a long purple vial and a much smaller blue vial and a yellow and also an orange.
"It be possible by this." She grinned. "This blue will be for your knight to apply to himself, and this purple be for you to drink before you lay with your Knight but you drink this yellow before the purple and this orange one after your activities. The yellow will ready your body, the purple will allow it to happen and the orange will prepare your body thereafter. You will bear a child with this but only with both together and your knight must agree for it to work as well. It is so as not to cause artifice." She spoke and his eyes widen.
"Me, bear a child? You must have not have noticed but I am no maiden." He almost laughed at the folly of it all.
"Aye my child, I am aware which is why these are needed." She grinned carefree. "Doth thou agree?"
Sitting there beholding the two vials, he pondered profoundly. "If I agree how will parturition occur?"
"Ah yes, you return to me." She said and he frowned. "What will it be, I only grow older." She snapped.
"I agree."
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End of Chapter Five
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