Disclaimer: Do Not Own Yu Yu Hakusho
Wit and Courage
Genre: Romance/General/ActionAdventure/Humor/Drama
Rated: M
Pairings: Hiei/Oc, Kurama/Botan, Keiko/Yusuke, Yukina/Kuwabara, Shizuru/Koenma
(Full) Summary: Callie has now been accepted into the life of the Reikai Tantei and now has to deal with all the trials and consequences of such. Not only is she dealing with any hardships of regular life she has to face those problems the group has to deal with. And if facing this mysterious smuggling ring that she is connected with she has to come to an understanding of what exactly her feelings are for Hiei.
"Kidnapping ploys, murder schemes, terrifying demons hell bent on destroying the balance of the three worlds…this is our life, monkey, welcome to it."
Warnings: Oc romance, Keiko's last name will be spelled: Ukimura. Sexual tension, sexual humor, sex, dark/possessive moments. And this is a sequel--you have to read Will and Determination to get where this story is starting from.
Note: This is probably better characterized and written then its prequel. I can be an incredibly sloppy writer and if a story starts off a sloppy then it will continue being sloppy. This will be better in most things.
This is semi-AU. I altered the King's Tournament--it was explained in Will and Determination in one of the author's notes. But I will try to add a detailed segment sometime here.
Request: If I can get AT LEAST fifteen reviews for each chapter I will update--the more reviews the faster the update. But I need at least fifteen so I know people are actually interested and reading it.
Updates: I try to update every other Friday
Chapter Seven
Heartbreak, Heartcrack, Heartattack
"I love you, Hiei…I love you more then anything in this world. I don't…I don't know how it happened…or how it happened in this short of time…I-I mean god…I've only known you for a little while and had a crush on you for an even shorter time but…even if it doesn't seem realistic I know what I am feeling. I adore you. I honestly never thought I could…well…have this much feeling for one person." She blushed at how corny and cliché it was all sounding. "It's indescribable…everything is just…it can't be put into words. But I adore you, I love you more then life itself, you being hurt killed me…I am just fucking in love with you."
Something within him shook--as if the foundation of all he had believed in had shaken momentarily from her words.
Did this girl actually love him like this?
Callie couldn't control the tears that were gathering, the emotion she was feeling could not be contained nor released from her words or her blush or even her smile. "I-I love you, Hiei."
And then she went silent…and awaited Hiei's answer.
And what a deafening silence it was.
It was as if the world itself had gone still in awaiting for the demon's answer. No whistling wind was heard, no cars screeching and honking in a distant, no planes up ahead, no anything…for a brief moment the universe had skipped a heart-beat at the confession.
His face was pale, his red eyes wide, and his mouth was open as if he was close to speaking but no longer had the capability to perform such an action any more--it was as if the confession had been the equivalence of someone socking him hard so hard in the stomach he couldn't breathe. Hiei was obviously in shock--the brunette has never seen such an expression of surprise on the man's face. Though, in truth, surprise was a rather light word. The man looked positively…horrified.
Finally, after what felt like hours, the world went back on track; a winter breeze swept around them, chilling Callie to the bone--a plane passed overhead; it sounded like a roar. It felt like an omen.
After a minute Hiei still had not answered and Callie was becoming impatient and agitated and very, very concerned. A worried and nervous expression crossed her features and she felt like she wanted to curl up in a ball and burst into tears in shame and hurt.
Was he doing this on purpose? Was he teasing her? He was smart, maybe he had already known of her feelings, even before herself, and was messing her head.
Even Callie knew she was lying to herself. She had shocked Hiei to the point he was almost terrified--but how and why was beyond her.
"Uhm," The brunette looked down, her eyes were starting to water. She quickly wiped them away; wanting to act mature in front of the man she adored (who seemed to hate immaturity and weakness). "Is it really that unbelievable? I know this is really…er…out of the blue, but I am telling the truth. N-Nothing has to change though!" She cried out as she looked up at him, biting her lip hard. "S-So…uhm…t-that's that…I love you."
Red eyes finally seemed to clear slightly and he looked down at her--he seemed to be trying to wake up from his stupor, it was difficult even for him--Callie guessed by his reaction that he wasn't confessed too a lot. Which, in truth, was very surprising to her.
She gulped again as her cheeks colored all the more; her body was beginning to tremble a bit. "I-I guess I had better get back…you know…I have stuff…and stuff to do…and stuff," She wanted to smack herself at how pathetic and tongue-tied she sounded. "I have to get ready for school which is going to be starting soon," She winced realizing a bit too late she probably shouldn't have mentioned that--Hiei was fiercely against her returning.
That seemed to have woken him up from the shocked-dazed. Shaking his head and looked down at her for a moment; "What the hell did you say?"
"Sorry Hiei," She apologized, playing with her fingers a bit. "But I am going to school. I want to for just a bit longer at lea--"
"Not that!" He hissed dangerously making her look at him in some fear, his eyes narrowed at her--he looked furious. "What the fuck is this about? You love me?"
Her cheeks warmed but she kept her eyes trained on his, "Yes."
"Repeat that one more time." He ordered.
Very confused as to what was going on the little brunette nodded, "Uhm…ok; I love you." She scratched the back of her neck. "Is…there…well," She had no idea what to say--but she blinked when Hiei bowed his head, his eyes shadowed by his black bangs. "H-Hiei?" His shoulders were shaking and his breathing was loud and irregular--was he crying? That thought went out of her head instantly; Hiei would not cry over something like this, even if he was happy to hear it. No, no he was not crying…instead the man was laughing.
Callie bit her lip hard--something was telling her this was not a good sign. "H-Hiei?"
Oh god, why was he laughing like this? Why did the winter-weather around her feel so much warmer compared to the feeling his laugh was giving off. There was no warmth in it, no happy feeling--and it was making her feel the same way, as if the thought of ever seeing the light of day again would never penetrate her thoughts again.
It was so cold and heartless--it chilled the brunette. Sarcastic and amused; like he's watching an opponent trying pathetically to catch up to him. She felt weak, small, and pathetic. Though husky and gorgeous in sounding the feel of this laugh made Callie want to cry.
It was a cold-blooded murderer's laugh.
"Love?" He sneered, his eyes stony, a twisted smirk on his face--he was amused, like a child would be when watching ants shrivel up and die from his magnifying glass. And he was angered, words could not describe the anger Callie was feeling from him. "You're a pathetic and emotional liar. You really disgust me."
Taken aback, the human-girl was too shocked to be hurt. She expected a rejection, yes, but not…this. This was just heartless, and while cold and mean and seeming rather merciless Hiei was not without a heart.
At least that is what she had thought so before this.
Her chest tightened, "H--"
"Don't foul my name," Hiei hissed, all humor instantly gone from his face and tone. His words were as cold as ice.
"I'm not lying!" She cried out, trying to make him understand that she was telling him the truth. Was he hurt by what she said? Why did he believe her to be lying? Nothing made sense to her--Hiei was throwing her off completely. What was going on? "Please believe me," She made a reach for him but his glare stopped her in her tracks. "Hiei," The girl begged, it was so hard to catch her breath. "I love yo" She was cut off from her sentence as she was slapped violently.
He used enough force for her to fall to the ground, skidding her elbow and arm--even with the snow covering the ground it began to bleed.
Callie stayed still for a moment, her lip slightly split and some blood dripping on the white snow covered ground. After her head stopped spinning and she realized what had just happened did the girl looked up at him, holding her throbbing cheek--she was fine with getting slapped when she deserved it…but even the airhead Callie knew she did not deserve that, especially with such force that it knocked her off her feet.
Hiei at least had the audacity to look at his own hand rather floored at what he did. He did appear quite shock that he had raised his hand against the brunette.
"W-What the hell was that for?!" She sputtered, tears pouring down her face once more. "T-That really hu-hurt!" Looking down she sobbed at the sight of the blood--licking her lips she winced when she was able to taste the copper-flavor liquid. "I-I'm bleeding…"
Now the demon looked at her cut lip and nearly took a step back; he made her bleed.
"I know I am annoying and you might not like what I am saying but that doesn't mean you can bitch-slap me!" She screamed as tears poured down her face, her cheek beginning to bruise and swell. She shakily pushed herself up to her feet, staggering a bit as the pain entered her brain that left her a bit dizzy. "I should kick your ass!"
He was panting, his control beginning to slip from him--his hand had moved on its own and slapped the girl. He had actually harmed Callie.
Gritting his teeth, his eyes swerved back to the enraged and sobbing girl. The confession of love continued to bounce around in his head--his anger once again returned and blinded him. "You deserved it."
"This is one time I know that I'm being told a lie! I did not deserve that slap! I was telling you my feelings!" Wiping her eyes she shook her head. "Just because I tell you I love you does not mean I get that treatment!" Callie then shrieked when he grabbed her by the hair and yanked her towards him. "Let go!!"
"Do you still love me now?" He hissed, shaking her roughly. "I am a monster, I enjoy the feeling of giving someone else pain. Do you still love me after I slapped you, even when I am holding you like this?" He gave her another shake, and she felt as if her hair was being yanked out of their roots.
Even with the pain and the emotional hurt Callie could look at him honestly and say, "Yes, I do."
A dark look swept over his features as he shoved her away, watching as she yelped when she collided back with the ground--the bitter cold biting at her fingers and soaking her pants. "Idiot…you pathetic idiot…" It appeared as if he was struggling to keep himself from hitting her again. His look was harsh and his tone was unforgiving, "I hate you."
And then as swift as any gust of wind he vanished.
Callie was left alone on the barren side-walk, bruised and heartbroken and very confused.
Hiei had attacked her.
The man she had realized she adored and loved more then anything only a few moments ago--the man that had protected her, shielded her, played with her…he had actually placed physical harm on her…
Holding her cheek she began to sob, "W-What…just happened?" This pained her more then any rejection he could give her. Hiei had actually slapped her, she was bruised and bleeding because of him--the person she loved more then anything in this world not only said he hated her but slapped her so hard she was slammed to the ground.
"Hiei…w-w-what did I do-o?" She sputtered before she curled up on the ground and sobbed. "Hiei…p-please come back…p-please…I-I don't know w-what I did…"
It felt as if she was dying on the inside--but, in truth, it was nothing compared to the feel of when she had thought he was going to die. She sniffed and smiled bitterly at the ground, burning her hands into her hair. "This f-feels like h-heaven compared to when I-I thought he was dying…I really do love him." Her voice cracked. "Oh god…I love you so much…s-so why…why do you hate me?"
If Callie had thought those four days being separated from Hiei it was nothing compared to the eight-days of him giving her the coldest of shoulders. It was as if she didn't exist--he would shove past her every time she would try to corner him to talk about what had happened.
Everyone was confused as to what was going on--though many were extremely concerned at the battered face the brunette had. Callie refused to tell anyone what is was about, saying that it was not something they should be concerned about and that it was just between her and Hiei.
Now everything was beginning to tare and strain--it was terrible at how stressed everything seemed to be getting. While not everyone in the group were getting the right idea about what happened all were more then sure that Hiei caused those wounds…and none were all too happy about that.
Keiko was the only one who figured out what had happened and instantly felt at fault. Her thoughts were; 'What was I thinking? I knew that if she realized her feelings she would tell him instantly--Hiei…the demon was closed-off and emotionally-stunted. Something like a confession of love would probably give him such a system and mental shock that he would retaliate with some violence, something he would do if felt cornered. Callie's hurt emotionally and physically, Hiei is seen as a bad-guy and completely confused…and it's all my fault.'
Throw in this mess with the fact that the brunette was ill and the fact that the stress levels kept rising each day…and the temple was no longer a very fun place to be at any more.
With Kurama locking himself up in his room, still making plans about what was going on, and Hiei hating her guts, and everyone else so confused and stressed out…Callie was pretty much left alone.
So needless to say when school was once again back in session Callie could not have been happier.
At least she would be around people and would be distracted from everything that was going around in her life.
"Callie," Kurama began as they entered the school gates, grasping her arm and pulling her to the side quickly. "I want to go over everything; if you feel sick at all you go to the nurse as quickly as possible and you get her to call for me. Mom will soon be telling the school-board you have contracted a disease and that from time to time you will have to be excused." His eyes softened at her wince. "I know this is hard to talk about but you have to understand this--if you feel remotely unwell you won't hesitate to leave the classroom. I don't care what the teacher says…you leave."
"You do know by talking about it is making me feel a bit queasy." She quickly waved her arms around at his look, "I'm fine! I'm fine! Don't worry! I understand what you are saying! I will leave if I ever feel bad!" The little brunette cried out, hoping to prevent him from taking her home.
His green eyes were filled with worry, "I am very concerned about this…maybe Hiei was right," He then groaned and wanted to smack his head through a concrete wall at the pain that showed up on his sister's face. 'Of course…I mentioned his name…' He scowled, 'What has he done to my sister?'
Her cheek was still purple and green from whatever had attacked her--he still guessed that it was Hiei; with how odd the fire-demon was acting it was rather obvious. What happened was still unclear to the red-head but he would find out what was up and solve this problem.
Callie, HIS sister, was sick and Hiei did something insensitive to her and hurt her feelings and hurt her face--there had better been one hell of a good reason (like someone taking control over his body and mind) in why he did this otherwise forgiveness was not going to come easy.
"And you have to go to the temple today…Kuwabara will be coming here to pick you up--it's on his way to pick up his cat from the vet."
She sighed, her parents were on another doctor visit--her mother was very worried that because she was older then most parents her baby wouldn't do fine…that and she was just a worry-wart. Not too mention they were out looking for ideas for a baby-room.
Kurama had school-duties that he wanted to quit but knew that it would cause a major uproar, he was the top hot-throb and top student…to do something would be blasphemous…and for all he knew Callie would be blamed (cause face it, it's very easy to place the blame on her).
Because they would be out and busy, and everyone didn't find the young Shuichi old enough to take care of his big sister, she would have to go the temple and face some awkwardness and an infuriated Hiei; who was still no where close to cooling down.
"I understand…" She sighed heavily again.
"I will walk you out to Kuwabara and then I will go back in and do my student-council-duties," His sarcasm made her laugh. "And then I will see you in a few hours. Understand?" He asked as he ruffled her hair, many girls who were walking by pouted in jealousy.
"Yeah, yeah," She grinned as she slapped his hands away playfully--her hair was already a fuzzy-puff of a bird's nest, there was no need to make it messier.
"Ready to go in?"
"I guess so," She then held up a thin notebook with a grin, "And I have all my makeup work and the winter-assignments all here and completed! I can't believe I was actually able to catch up!"
"Uh-huh," He said with a raised eyebrow as they both entered the school grounds and towards the front doors. "And my forcing you to get away from the television and tutoring you had nothing to do with it?"
"Nope--nothing at all. I did by my self!" She sniggered happily.
"Huh, well then…I suppose you don't need my help for the test Friday." He smirked as she paled.
"Noo!! I do! I do!!" She begged, as she slipped off her shoes and put on the ones meant for the inside.
"I don't believe you--good luck with studying."
She puffed out her cheeks, looking like an angered and hungry squirrel, before she stomped after him--she hated to lose…and it was something she did very often around her big brother.
"Callie-kun!" A voice the siblings knew well cried out happily from up ahead.
Shizuma frolicked down the halls merrily, looking as if he were in a field of flowers as he ran towards his true love.
"Ugh," Kurama grunted. "Over-dramatic moron."
"He's not that bad, Kura--Shuichi." Callie sighed, not getting why he hated him so badly. "True, he's a bit…handsy but he's not that BADUMPH!!" She yelped when the teen, who had been moving faster then they had first thought, rammed into her with a huge glomp.
"Oooh, Callie-kun! I haven't seen you in forever!! I heard there was a small emergency of sorts back at the states that you needed to see to--since it was your home and all--but I almost thought you would never return to meeeeeee!!" He wailed as he held on tightly to her.
"My….spine…" She gasped.
"You're spine means nothing to our love!!"
Everyone around them pretty much ignored the spectacle--Shizuma was known to be very overdramatic and make no sense at all (the girls find it cute, the guys found it amusing and annoying). It was pretty much an everyday occurrence for him to do something like this…ok; it was an everyday-all-day occurrence.
Kurama huffed as he gave a warning glare to the human; Get your damn hands off my sister. NOW.
Luckily, Shizuma was not as dumb as he acted and got the message and jumped away instantly, rising his hands up to ho that he was no longer touching. "Shuichi-nii-san--great to see you again too."
"How many times must I remind you to call me Minamino-sempai?"
"Err…dunno," He replied honestly before he hooked his arms with Callie's. "Time to go to class! SEE YA SHUICHI-NII-SAN!" And then ran off with the brunette, laughing rather psychotically at his oh so smooth escape from the protective elder brother.
Green eyes twitched aggressively as he watched the two disappear down the hall, 'I swear, before I return to the Makai I will kill that bastard.'
Down the hallway the two sixteen-year olds were walking now, now that they were no longer in sight of the red-head and in such Shizuma was no longer in danger of being mauled.
"Hey, runt-kun," The taller male began as he looked at the petite female. "Did you talk to the Devil's Whore over the winter-break?"
"Devil's Whore…oh, you mean your sister. Yeah, I talked to Shizuka. Why?"
"Well…she said she ran into you one day and has not shut up about it ever since then. She complains about you constantly and how you need to mind your own business, that you are an annoying monkey, you're anything but kind, and she was anything but grateful…" He sighed and shook his head, his pony-tail swaying a bit. "She's in denial if you don't know."
Callie blinked, "Really?"
He chuckled, "You are really…dense…sorry, cutie." He ruffled up her hair a bit as an apology at the sight of her pouty-face. "But it's rather obvious that she's in denial about it. I know my sister, whether she wants to admit it or not, and I know that she feels very unaccepted by everyone here. I also know about the rumors that are constantly spreading about her." The teenager sighed and shook his head, showing that he felt sorry for his older sister. "I mean, there are some rumors spreading about me…but Shizuka is very sensitive…"
"Yeah…I know, she was really upset…I never did figure out what happened to make her so upset though…"
"I think someone called her a whore."
She blinked again, "I've called her a whore plenty of times…she's never seemed upset about it."
"Cause its rather obvious that you don't mean it, cutie." Shizuma ushered her into the classroom, basking in the glory of his fans. Girls swooned slightly and giggled when he made some humorous comical comments. The boys gave him some high-fives and comments about his last "score"--turns out he was going out with a woman who was twenty.
Plopping down at her desk she looked back at the boy who sat behind her. "Ok, so I might not mean it…but it is still hurtful right?"
He shrugged as he brought out his math book, "I honestly don't know. You females are one weird species. My sister has to be the weirdest of you all." He looked over her shoulder, "Whoa! You did all your make-up work AND your winter homework?! I want Shuichi for a big brother tooooo,"
"Well, I'm not sharing! He's my brother!" She stuck her tongue out at him playfully.
"Hmph, selfish little brat!"
"Yamanaka-san, Johnson-san," The math teacher, Mori, grunted. "I hope you two will close your mouths and pay attention--we are beginning class."
Callie glared at him, "Its Minamino."
"Excuse me?" He snapped.
"I said it's Minamino--I'm not Johnson anymore. I've been adopted by the Minamino family." She wanted to hiss at the man like a feral-cat. This bastard has had in in for her for a while. And after seeing and talking about Shizuka the girl wondered id she really was the cause of his hate.
"I will call you whatever I want, Johnson-san. I'm sorry, but I will not affiliate you with that family."
"Then I'm afraid I won't answer to you. They are my family, my name is Minamino--I am no longer an orphan." She crossed her arms over her chest and gave him a cool glare, one she learned from stalking after Hiei.
"Whoa," One boy whistled. "Scary--never thought the baby-face could pull off a look like that."
"I don't have a baby-face!" She growled, tearing her eyes from the teacher and pointed an accusing finger at the boy who laughed--whether they like her or not they have to admit that she was amusing. And it was funny how she denied the fact that she was babied-face
"That is enough!!" The teacher roared, slamming his fist on his desk making every student jump. "Johnson-san one more word like that and you will be excused from my class…permanently!"
Her nostrils flared as she snorted, "I am Minamino Callie. And I will remain stubborn on this because they are my family and I am proud of where I am now."
"Come on teach, I really do think you are being a bit unfair." Shizuma said, "She's been adopted by them…they're her family after all."
"I don't want to hear anything form you, Yamanaka-san." Mori spat.
"Easy, easy," Shizuma tried to calm the situation down. "Don't get upset. I'm just making a point."
"Hmph, tell me, Minamino-san," He seethed at his apparent lost. "Did you do all your work when you dumped class like a delinquent?"
"Yes I did." She held up her notebook with pride, grinning from ear to ear. "Got'em all finished!"
He walked over and yanked it out of her hand and looked began to skim through the pages. "Hmm, I'm afraid I can't accept this. I can't believe that you actually did this work. I believe that your dear brother has done it for you."
Anger wrapped over the girl. "Shuichi would never cheat. Now you are questioning his integrity as a student of this fine-fine school." Callie hissed, her eye twitching. "He had tutored me and helped me and forced me to do this till it's finished but has never cheated."
She had caught him yet again.
'Oooh, thanks Kurama and Hiei for teaching me how to use words to kick the shit out of people!' She thought only to stiffen and shuddered when her heart lurched. Grasping on to it she paled considerably and gasped for air.
"Whoa…Callie, are you alright? You got real pale there…" Shizuma noted.
"Fine," She wheezed. "I-I've been getting kind sick a lot recently…guess I'm still a bit…under the weather." Shaking it off, she blinked. 'That was weird. I didn't feel sick but man did my heart hurt…oh…oh,' Her eyes misted slightly; 'I thought of Hiei…damn love sucks major ass.'
She shook her head again, instantly she felt better, 'Ow.'
"You don't have proof that she's cheated, Mori-sensei." A new voice popped in.
The class went quiet and heads snapped over to the girl with long blue-black hair--even the teacher looked stunned at her inputting something during this discussion.
"Is…Is Shizuka actually defending the runt?" One girl sneered.
"I thought they hated each other with passion!" Another boy noted, looking around as if he had been taken into another dimension.
Shizuma leaned up against Callie's ear, "See? She's thanking you for helping her that day."
"O-oh." Callie sputtered as she watched the teacher growl and practically rip the assignments out of the book and storm back to the front. 'He really is scared of Shizuka and her father--but he didn't have to rip it out like that! Jeeze…what the hell did I do to get his hate?'
She reopened her book that had the rest of her assignments in it, frowning when she saw that one other paper had been crumpled because of the man's impatience, 'Asshole.'
Looking over she saw that Shizuka was staring at her. Callie smiled and mouthed a thank you and the girl threw her head to the side. 'Errr…kaaaay….' Looking back up at the bored she shuddered at the glare she was receiving and that the long math problems she had to memorize for an upcoming test.
'And I wanted to come back to school for what reason again?'
Besides the math-teacher incident Callie had a very pleasant day at school…ok, Shizuka was acting very peculiar around her but other then that it was good.
Some students had asked about the emergency that made her have to leave to go back to the states, others had given her some welcome backs, and most everyone were showing off to each other the amazing and expensive gadgets they received over the Holidays.
She had a lot of homework, not surprising since this was an elite school and all, but with her brother's help she should be able to finish it rather quickly.
But now she was being walked out of the school next to her brother, which meant she was a little less then an hour away from being at the temple and facing Hiei's coldness once again. This was not something she was looking forward to.
"So you did have any problems today with your health?"
"Hm?" She looked at him after being startled out of her thoughts. "Oh…no. Well…my heart ached painfully--like it skipped a beat but…" She looked down.
"Callie--I told you to go when you felt sick!"
"I don't think it was being sick…" Callie muttered.
"Oh, and how are you so sure? You are not an expert." He scolded, not pleased at how lightly she was taking this situation.
"I thought of Hiei…" She then groaned when her heart did it again. Holding on to it tightly she whimpered in pain.
"Callie? What's going on…are you alright?"
"I-I didn't think it would hurt…this much…" The girl whimpered.
Kurama looked worried, displeased, and ready to pounce on her to force her to the doctors--this situation was deeply concerning. Just what was going on here? "Why does it hurt your heart to think of him?"
"I love him." She answered honestly as she looked at her brother with watery eyes. "And I told him that. That's why he's been so furious with me…it's because I confessed."
And like that a light-bulb clicked within Kurama's mind and everything that had been happening made sense. "Callie," He moaned as he covered his face with his hands. "I told you! I told you not to just throw your feelings at others! It's no wonder Hiei is acting like this--you freaked him out!"
"I-I'm sorry….b-but I thought that he deserved to know--I didn't think it would hurt him…" She sobbed.
"Well it did," Kurama stated, not going to be gentle with her this time. "Hiei has never received love…from birth he was hated, and the person who cared for him never saw him and then killed herself. Those who adopted him abandoned him in fear. He's faced hate and murder and lust…it's all about impure feelings. Even friendship can make him uneasy. The only reason he hadn't freaked out when you told him of your crush is because he associated with a purer form of lust. He's use to being attracted to physically and women thinking that they love him. But nothing to your standards. These things can really freak people out."
Callie bit her lip, it didn't really hit her but she guessed if a person wasn't given love for most of their life they would be very put off if someone told them they loved him. If Hiei has had a life filled with hate then something like this just might earn some retaliation from him. "But why didn't he freak out when the others told him?"
"In truth I think he killed them for lying to him and being so foolish…but I don't think he freaked out…well…it's because he knew they weren't true. He knows you mean it when you are telling him your feelings." He shook his head as if he were disappointed with her and her face burned with shame. "I warned you, Callie. You have to learn to listen to others; we all don't handle emotional situations the same…you have to be more generous when you are doing something like this!"
"So…instead of confessing it once I figure it out I go to you and see what to do?"
He nodded, "That would be for the best. It's good you are so open and knowledgeable about how you feel but…Callie…you've really hurt Hiei with this."
A very pained look crossed her features as she paled considerably, "I-I did? I…I knew th-that I scared him…bu-but I hurt him…I really hurt him…? But-but…wh-what do I do?" She gripped her hair trying to think about the situation as best as possible. "I need to apologize--I need to tell him that I'm sorry! I'll go tell him that…I'm sorry! I'll apologize! He needs to know--it's--"
"Callie! Calm down!" He commanded as he grabbed her by the shoulders. "Don't stress yourself out--what if you trigger an attack?"
"I don't care! I need to tell Hiei that I'm sorry! I don't want him to be upset! He can hate me all he wants but I don't want him hurt or sad or anything like that!"
Kurama looked down at her with some shock, 'She really does love him…' He blinked in some surprise not knowing if he should be pleased at this or upset that his little sister was actually in love with this best friend. 'It reminds me of myself and Botan…but she's so young…how…and Hiei of all people!'
He shook his head; it was better not to wonder about it.
"He might not accept your apology. Hiei…is a very closed off individual. And if you hurt him once you are seen as a threat for a long period of time."
Her brown eyes stared at the floor, dejected and feeling rather hopeless.
"You're just going to have to work on it." Kurama stated. "I will do what I can as well…but in the end it will be left up to you."
"I understand." She muttered now very gloomy.
He gave her a small nudge, "Try to perk up--you won't be able to face him strongly if you are this upset. Look, there is Kuwabara. He is better with things like this. I think if you talk to him he might be able to help you…or at least cheer you up."
A smile went on her face at the sight of the orange-haired boy who was waving at them.
"I'll see you later…and try to stay out of trouble." The tone his voice was at held a stern warning.
"Ok, ok," She waved him off. "I'll see ya later!!" Callie hurried away from him and towards the tall boy, nearly tackling him to the ground with her ferocious hug. "KUWA-CHAAAN!!"
"UMPH!!" He grunted. 'Damn this thing has strength on her.'
"Callie--I told you to be careful!" Kurama called, placing his hands in his pockets.
"She'll be ok!" Kuwabara laughed as he waved to his friend, ignoring the questioning looks many students were giving him--it wasn't every day a person from another school came, especially one who had came a few years ago and made such a ruckus before. "We're just going to pick up Eikichi from the vet and then we're off to the temple!"
The red-head waved them off, not needing them to scream the plan to him from across the school-yard. With another sigh he turned and began to walk towards to the school building, and towards the dreaded meeting, thoughts pounding within his skull. 'What…gods, I honestly can't wrap my head around it; Callie loves Hiei…'
Walking into the building he felt his head begin to throb in pain--it hurt to think about it. Something about the situation seemed so unreal and impossible. But surely he was overreacting…it's not like he never thought that Hiei could find love…
Kurama stopped short, 'Is that why…is that why I'm acting like this is something against nature? I think Hiei is incapable of obtaining love like the love I share with Botan?' He knew love was both the purest and darkest emotion, it was wonderful and terrible…it was something he believed everyone should find. But did he really believe that?
Green eyes narrowed in confusion, 'I don't think Hiei deserves love…?' That couldn't be true. Hiei was his best friend, he cared for him greatly. Something was wrong with him if he didn't think Hiei deserved to be loved.
'He does…that's not the reason…it can't be. I'm just being overprotective and vengeful. I know he hurt her--I'm just using that to say that he doesn't deserve her love…' He blinked. 'Well…I found my conclusion.'
Hiei deserved love, he truly did, but no way in hell did Kurama find him deserving of his sister's love…he put her down, he mistreated her, and now's he harmed her…
'And I think Hiei knows he doesn't deserve it too…' He groaned. 'Now he's going to be even more heartless towards her. Crap…'
"Is your kitty ok?" Callie asked as she walked next to her big-bear of a friend.
"Eikichi is actually pregnant." He confessed with a tiny sigh. "It seems she snuck out and got knocked up."
Callie gave him a smile, "You don't sound too happy…"
"It's because we can't keep them. I might be able to convince sis to let me have one since Eikichi is getting older and it would be nice for her to keep one of her babies…but what about the others? I don't want to put them to sleep…"
"Oh," Callie looked down with a frown. "Why not ask Genkai? Maybe she will allow them to stay at her temple and be outside cats? And in return you and Yukina will heal them and pay for the food?"
"Hmmm," He cupped his chin, "That sounds like a good idea…and since they would be outside cats there wouldn't be a need for a litter box. And there could be a room left open for them to go into if it rains or is too hot or too cold!" Kuwabara looked very pleased. "And they would never be alone since we all live there…it will be perfect!"
"Yay! I had an idea!" Callie threw her hands up in celebration.
"A good idea!" Kuwabara threw his hands up as well. "I just hope three-eyes doesn't eat any of them."
Callie stiffened, her heart ached once again. "Oh…yeah…"
Kuwabara's happiness instantly froze at her sad look and tone, "What's happened between you two? And did he," He touched her swollen cheek, "do that to you?"
"Yeah…but as the days go by I'm beginning to think I deserved it."
"No! A man should never hurt a girl! It's the males' duty to protect his girl!"
The brunette sighed, "It's not wrong for a guy to hit a girl if she deserves it--just like how a girl can hit a guy if he deserves it. I don't see why girls will slap a guy and insult him and then look so shocked and hurt that she was slapped in return. We can take a few hits. But…this time…I don't know…" She sighed.
"What did you do that would make him react like that?" He asked, looking very displeased at the fact that his female-friend had been slapped by his other MALE-friend. It was sickening and wrong and he planned on having a long lecture prepared for the fire-demon.
The brunette winced, she didn't want another lecture--she already felt bad enough as it is. "I told him I'm in love with him."
Kuwabara's head snapped down at her, "What? You love that three-eyes?"
"Yeah, I do. I love him so much--even after he slapped me and said he hated me…maybe I am a mahcosit."
"Masochist I think is what it's called. And no…I don't think that is right…you just understand him. I mean, Yukina can do anything and I would still love her. But…wow, you love Hiei…I never thought I would see the day when that brat would get love like this…wow…that's great! He needs it." He then frowned as they turned a corner to get to the vet clinic. "But why would he slap you?"
"Kurama said that I freaked him out. He's never had feelings given to him like this before. The love I am talking about, the one where I want to be with him the rest of my life--have a family, marry, etc--is something he's just not use to." She looked down, clenching her teeth when the heart inside her clenched even tighter. It hurt so much--tears were beginning to gather. "He slapped me and said that he hated me…I really hurt his feelings. I was so selfish and didn't think about him at all. I just wanted to tell him how I feel and I didn't even think about him. Even had he not reacted like this I placed him in an awkward position."
"Well…love is very selfish. It's the most complicated of feelings…But, runt; I really don't see what you did wrong. You deserved to get it off your chest and he deserved to see someone has feelings for him. Hiei is the one who is being selfish. He's overreacted to something. Huh, the bastard actually panicked."
Callie gulped, "I don't feel any better at all."
"No, no I don't think that you would feel better…until you can finally get this straightened up you probably won't feel any better." He messed up her hair affectionately. "Don't worry so much. That shrimp does care a lot for you…he won't stay mad at you forever…he will have to listen to you soon."
She bit her lip, "Y-You think so?"
"Oh, yes I do. I know that he will." He smiled at her. "It might take some time but he will see you in the end."
"I hope so…"
"Don't worry about it….here we are! My Eikichi!!" He nearly ripped the door off its hinges in his haste to get to his baby.
"Ah, Kuwabara-san…you are right on time." The receptionist smiled. "The doctor said that your cat is perfectly healthy and that the development is looking smooth. Eikichi will be brought out shortly."
He looked very excited about getting the cat back.
'I want a kitty…' Callie sulked, but knew that she would not ask anyone for one. With a baby on the way and her having these medical problems there was no way in hell that she was going to get a pet of any kind.
"And here she is!" One of the vet-techs chirped as she handed a cardboard box to the tall-male.
"MY BABY!!" He squealed happily as he grabbed the box and peaked inside, smiling brightly at the sight of the animal. The little creature mewled happily up at him, very at ease with being in the designated box made for carrying cats. "You want to go see everyone at the temple and be pampered like the princess you are?"
The three women giggled, finding it adorable that a male could love a cat this much.
"I hear that this summer you are going to come here to be an apprentice of sorts," The woman at the front desk said as she tallied up the price.
"Yes ma'am. It will help me in the future when I become a vet and open up my own clinic." Hearing the price Kuwabara pulled out the check his sister had given him that morning and wrote down the amount. "Well…I guess I will see you all again soon! Thank you so much for taking care of my baby! Come on runt; let's go show my sweet-Yukina my precious baby!"
Callie squeaked as she was dragged off.
"Uh-m…Bye?" She waved to the two people within the vet-clinic. "Easy Kuwabara! You're pulling my arm out of the socket."
"Sorry." He replied sheepishly. "I'm excited." Shaking his head, he looked down at the little brunette with a small sigh. "I sorry…I got distracted…we were talking about you and Hiei."
"Huh…" She scratched her head. "Well…it's ok…I just don't know what to do. How to I express my sorry-ness and stuff to him? I'm…really scared…" Callie confessed softly, "I'm scared that he will never want to see me again…"
"Well…you will never know until you try. Just tell him your feelings and that you are sorry everything turned out like this. You do everything in your power to make it right…then it will be up to Hiei." He ruffled her hair up once more in hopes of lifting her spirits. "Now…let's go! I am starving and I bet there is something at the temple ready for us to eat!"
She gave him a wiry grin, "Ok…" Her stomach gave off a loud gurgle. "Really ok…alright then. ONWARD TO HIEI!…AND THE FOOD!"
"WHOOO!!" He cheered and Eikichi gave off an mrowel in agreement.
It was much easier this day then it had been in the days before. Everyone was still rather awkward with Callie and Hiei but at least it felt easier to breathe within the temple.
The girls were cooing over the cat and Yusuke was making fun of Kuwabara for being a "Pussy Lover". Botan and Shizuru had covered Callie's and Yukina's ears while Keiko had proceeded to slap the bitch out of Yusuke for being so crude.
Hiei was outside in the cold refusing to enter in.
Callie looked outside; she could see his black-clad figure sitting on the tree. Inhaling she picked herself up and walked out, trying to ignore the worried glances her friends were sending her as she made her way out and closed the shoji door after her.
"Hiei." She called out to him looking sad when she ignored her call--another painful clench of her heart. "Look," She jumped down into the snow, wincing at the cold that hit her bare feet. "Whether you hate me or not now…I think we need to talk about this…face it head on."
"Get the fuck back." He hissed as he pointed to the floorboard that she had jumped off on.
"No--I want to talk to you."
Hiei snarled at the fact she disobeyed him, jumping down he grabbed her by the neck roughly and dragged her back to the temple. He practically threw her down on the floor, glaring daggers at her. "The next time I tell you to do something you fucking do it."
She blinked in surprise at his harsh and commanding tone but pushed herself up and looked at him, "We need to talk."
"No we don't." And then turned around and began to walk off.
"Damn it, Hiei. Just talk to me!" She cried as she chased after him. "I'm sorry if my confession made you uncomfortable and scared bu--"
"I am not scared!" He roared as he spun around, nearly making her smack against him. "Something like that would not frighten me!"
"Hiei," Callie tried. "Then why the hell are you acting like a cornered animal? I tell you that I love you and you fucking freaked out on me and then bitch-slapped me!!"
His red eyes narrowed dangerously at her when she mentioned her feelings to him once again.
"Look, I will say it once more; I love you." She held up her hands to show that she wasn't done talking when he opened his mouth to rant. "Now…it's more then obvious that you don't return these feelings. I understand this…and it hurts but I will be able to accept it one day. However this hate…I just don't understand where this is coming from. Though I will fight against you hating me…maybe if you explain why…"
"Why?" He repeated. "You…you idiot…you…" Why did he hate her so much? Why did he feel the need to slap and hurt her? But in doing so it hurt him…it made him sickened to hurt her like this. But he couldn't control himself--why couldn't he control himself? Why was this making him so upset? This shouldn't be a big-deal--even if she really did love him it shouldn't be a big deal.
"Hi--"
"You are just a fucking selfish child who thinks of nothing but herself." He snarled before he could stop himself. "You throw your emotions onto everyone. You don't even think about anything else other then yourself and what you are feeling that second. Sure, you love me now--but in a matter of days you will see the truth and come to me saying that you don't love me…" It was hard to catch his breath; his blood was boiling in fury. "Nothing about you is real. You are nothing but a disgusting whore."
Her eyes went wide at this painful comment, "H-Hiei…"
"Damn it; STOP SAYING MY NAME!"
She jumped back, "W-What?"
"All you ever do is say my name! You claim that you love me, you follow me around, you obsessive…." He gritted his teeth together to calm his nerves down, it didn't do much but his tone softened at least.
"I love your name." The brunette sniffed, tears now pouring down her face.
"And would you stop crying?!" Her crying annoyed him and she cried constantly, and recently her tears were always centered around him. It was annoying. It made him want to grab her by the arms and shake her. Hiei was not use to being so out of control with his feelings--he shouldn't be acting this upset by a simple confession. Why was he throwing this out of porpotion? It was not like him.
What was it about this girl that made him so...un-him?
"S-So I shouldn't…have told you?" She whimpered, trying her best to control her tears.
"NO! You idiot--why would you even think that I would want to hear these revolting thoughts?"
"B-But--"
"Because of your selfishness--you've made everything just…just fall apart! I can't be comfortable around you, hell I can barely look at you without cringing in disgust!" He ignored the heartbreaking look crossing her face. "You've just…done something stupid that at this moment I just never want to see you again…" He gave her a dead look. "And no--I don't return those feelings you supposedly have for me."
"Bu-but that's how I feel and I think you deserve to know and I deserve to get it off my chest!" She tried to plead with him, it was so hard to catch her breath and explain to him. The heart-ache was growing, it was a terrible pain. "Y-You don't have to feel the same way about m-me…I just…"
"Damn it, that's enough!" He snarled, his hands pulling up to slap her again.
Callie cringed and prepared herself for the pain but it never came. Peeking up at him she watched as he struggled to put his hand by his side.
"You have this annoying ability in making me want to hurt you," She flinched at this, "Disgusting whore." And then she watched as he turned around and then disappeared.
Her knees were shaking; it was too hard for her to remain standing. Callie flopped weakling to her knees, her body trembling; she didn't make a sound as she cried. It hurt so badly--rejection was incredibly painful; it made it feel as if her heart was going too exploded.
She gripped her chest tightly, trying to catch her breath but nothing was helping. 'I'm sorry, Hiei…I really am…' Her face twisted in pain--god, did it hurt. And it seemed the pain was only growing stronger--it was as if someone was literally grasping her heart and squeezing it in hopes of seeing it burst.
"Sorry, kiddo…" Kuwabara whispered as came up behind her after hearing the whole ordeal from behind the shoji-doors. "B-But don't think that he hates you! You said yourself and Kurama did as well, that he's just scared! He will be fine once he calms down--then you two will be back to normal!"
"Hurts…" She rasped out pathetically, her face paling from the pain and from realization.
"It does hurt when you are rejected…I know…and it doesn't really get better but--" He was cut off when the brunette fell to her side, convulsing. "Callie?"
"A-Att-ACK!!" The girl gagged.
"Attack? Attack!? ATTACK!!" He squawked in terror. "Guys, GUYS!! GUYS!!" Kuwabara then screamed as he fell to her side.
"What's going on--Oh god…not again…" Yusuke pleaded as she watched the girl once against get sick. "Callie, what's wrong?! What…what…" He gritted his teeth, 'What should I do? Damn it, I'm the leader here…I should have a plan! I need to take charge!'
Panic enveloped Yusuke and it took him longer then intended to clear his head--to become the leader who could face any foe. Shaking he reached into his pocket and pulled out a communicator and pressed a button; Koenma appeared. "Get that doctor ready now! Another attack!" He summarized before he slammed it down and tossed it to Botan who was looking at the girl who appeared to be having a seizure of sorts; her body was convulsing, she was foaming at the mouth, it appeared as if she was suffocating. "Call Kurama!"
Botan gulped, trembling so badly that it was too difficult to reopen the communicator and call her mate.
"How do we pi-pick her up?" Kuwabara whimpered.
"Screw it! The portal is open--I'm not wasting any time!" Yusuke roared as he scooped the dying girl up and ran into the doorway. Keiko, Yukina, and Shizuru ran in after him.
"Botan, what's up?" Kurama asked over the communicator.
"Kurama! She's suffered another attack!" She wailed as she too ran inside.
"Kuwabara…Kuwabara!" Genkai snapped to the orange-haired male who was looking out into the woods. "We need to go!"
"Hiei doesn't know." He muttered before he took off in the direction that the fire-demon had taken. Kuwabara had a small nostalgia moment, 'I can remember the time when I couldn't even see him move; now I can see the direction he takes.'
The snow was wet and the air was cold, 'Callie…' He whimpered, his teeth digging into his lip as he pushed himself to where he knew Hiei was. 'Don't worry--I will get him there. I will make him come to you.'
Kuwabara knew there was an area in the woods that Hiei would go to train or release stress--he guessed that that is where the demon was at the moment. 'Ok, it's more then a guess. I saw him friggen go in the direction where it is located.'
There were still moments in time where Kuwabara could be a bit of a ditz.
'But here is a question; How to slap reality into a short-tempered, sadistic, pyromaniac?' He winced. 'Oh this is going to suck…I'm definitely going to leave with singe marks.'
Hiei growled as his fist slammed into the bark of the tree; his knuckles were beginning to bleed. The wrappings around his right hand were chaffing off and the skin on his left fist was already raw. He was clenching his teeth so hard that his gums were beginning to bleed as well.
There was no snow in the area near him--the heat from his reikei was smoldering and his anger only made it burn all the stronger. Even the grass that had been covered up by the snow was beginning to dry and shriveled up.
"I love you."
"God damn it!" He snarled as he reeled his fist back and slammed it into the tree once more--the entire plant was crushed and then disincarnated. It was the third tree he had destroyed since his running away from Callie not six minutes ago.
'What the hell is wrong with me?' There were no voices that were urging him to kill anything. It didn't feel the same as usual, like when they all had went out on the pointless date and went ice-skating
"You just got confessed too…it's a rather jumpy thing."
Hiei's eyes snapped open wide and spun around--he had been so consumed with his confusion and emotional-stress he actually hadn't noticed Kuwabara coming into the scene. The biggest dunce and their weakest member had actually been able to startle him.
Now his mood went even darker.
Kuwabara noticed that he looked very wired, Hiei looked a lot like a cornered animal. 'Never thought I'd see the day…' He shook his head. 'He's not calm enough to face her.' It was a rash decision but Kuwabara decided to not tell Hiei that Callie had suffered another attack and could be dying this very moment. 'No--she is not going to die. She won't die!!'
Taking a deep breath through his nose. "I was very shocked when Callie confessed she had a crush on me…but that was just a crush."
"I don't care." Hiei deadpanned as he looked at his knuckles for a moment.
"You should care. She just told you that she loved you. And let me say that is a gift not everyone will receive."
Hiei rolled his eyes at the romantic and poetic Kuwabara; of course he would be so excited to get a confession like this.
It was nothing to be happy about, just thinking about it made his stomach lurch in revolution.
"But…I can see how it wouldn't be very…pleasent for some. You know, to get a confession like this." He rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. "I mean…it is a very weird thing. If you don't feel anything for the person you have to break their heart and if you do love them in return you are starting on a very rocky path that takes a lot of work. But…I honestly can't put myself in your position Hiei. While I've had a crappy life its nothing to yours. And I don't know how well I would handle being told something like this."
"Hn," Hiei grunted as he prepared to begin punching again.
"Callie is very open, huh? I don't think I have ever seen anyone that open with her feelings before. You worried about her Spirit Beast?" Distracting him would lead to Hiei's calming down, and then he could tell him what happened.
Hiei raised an eyebrow at him.
"Puu is the inner-Yusuke…you see how he clings to Keiko. If Callie loves you…." He left the sentence open and almost laughed when Hiei rolled his eyes; he was imagining the thought of some animal clinging to his head while Callie clung to his waist--both whining for attention. "Do you think you can talk to her again? And this time be a bit more patient with her?"
His face darkened, "Why the hell should I?"
Kuwabara stuffed his hands into his pockets to warm them up, "First off she understands you--you claimed you hated her and she said she would accept that if you would hear her out. Not too mention she loves you…I would think that should entitle her a chance to talk and apologize for doing anything wrong."
A furious look swept over Hiei's features, "Entitle her?! Entitle her for anything simply because she has pathetic feelings for me?! Do not romanticize everything--love means absolutely nothing. There is no such thing. There is nothing but instinct. The instinct to protect the pack and the instinct to mate with the one who is for you--and they're only for you by blood. There is no love, its lust and instinct. If that little whore wants to think that there is something then fine--but don't you say that I should give her anything for her foolishness."
Kuwabara frowned, "You're just making excuses! You just don't want to face the fact that your beliefs that love doesn't exist is being pushed to the brink!"
"What the hell is with this fucking argument?!" Hiei snarled. "I will not be dragged into something so pathetically cliché and that has no pint. And I don't believe in that emotion--what business is it of yours?"
"It's my business cause you're hurting the runt's feelings! You should be a bit more sympathetic or-or just at least hear her out! Things don't have to change between you two!"
"Everything has changed!! How can I possibly be comfortable around her after I know something like this!?"
"If you don't believe in love then this shouldn't bother you!"
"THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT!!" Hiei roared. "I don't know why it is bothering me!!"
"Then just talk to her and tell her! She'll understand!"
"I am not going to talk to her!! It's pointless!!"
"Talking to a friend is not pointless." Kuwabara snapped. "You have to solve this matter, Hiei. She is your friend. She is apart of this pack of ours. We worked hard to keep her here with us. She might've been selfish but you are being just as selfish--hell, more so! At least she is not taking the coward's way out and hiding!! She's ready to face it!"
Hiei's face colored in slight embarrassment when he realized he was not taking the most honorable path, but at the moment he was feeling a bit stubborn and did not want to face the girl. He just wanted the tall-human to leave him alone and let him solve this himself and the last thing he desired was to talk with the girl who caused all of this. "I want nothing to do with her!" He spat.
And that's when Kuwabara lost his patience, "Damn it, Hiei--the runt just suffered another attack!!"
It went quite in the woods before Hiei grabbed him by the collar and slammed his fist into the jaw of the tall man, sending him to the ground. He then dug his knee into the chest-cavity of the teen snarling, "Why the hell did you just waste all that time arguing with me?!"
"What?" Kuwabara spat out blood. "You want to see the selfish whore?"
Hiei froze, "I-I…"
Seeing his face pale with recognition Kuwabara sighed, "I can understand being confused and even having anger…but damn it Hiei…you can't go see her." He was punched again. "Listen to me, shrimp! Do you even KNOW your feelings for her? Because if it is friendship you sure have a lousy way in expressing it."
The demon glared down at him.
"You…you've been losing control often…or you've been struggling…I've noticed…basically everyone else has noticed. How can I take you to her when you are so jumbled up?"
Hiei shoved the man back down before he picked himself up--his red eye almsot glowing with fury. "I have not been losing control."
"Oh yeah right, and I am Mary Poppins. You have been losing control…you've killed three trees!! And probably a few squirrels in the process." Kuwabara shook his head in pity--those poor creatures. "I didn't tell you about her being sick when I first got here because if you even did care you probably would've killed a few people at the Gate and then you would've screamed at your sick monkey. I had to calm you down!…Of course, that plan backfired rather well."
"I would've been in perfect control had you told me! She's been sick and…" He inhaled and exhaled, he was beginning to feel very worried about the girl. She must've been very scared. "I brought it on, didn't I? I made her so emotional that she got sick."
"I don't know." Kuwabara answered. "I saw her…it was like she was suffering a heart attack or a seizure. It was terrifying. I don't know if it was brought on by you or not. Only that Myouga-dude will know."
"And I called her a whore…"
"It hurts…doesn't it? Having a friend or loved one injured or sick after insulting them? I guess you know how Callie feels."
Hiei looked down.
Kuwabara picked himself up, holding his jaw. "She wants to see you."
"And how would you know?" Hiei muttered.
"I'm in love. I know that if anything happened to me the first thing I would want to see is Yukina." Kuwabara confessed easily, despite the fact he was talking about this scary demon's little sister. "You need to go and just talk to her. Don't ruin this friendship. Trust me, that's the last thing Callie wants so she will be doing everything in her power to make you forgive her…and though you should apologize you won't have to. She is more then willing to take the blame for this whole argument instead of you both sharing it."
Hiei sighed, "Why does she love me? What the hell does someone like her even see in me?"
Not use to seeing this side of Hiei, Kuwabara was stunned out of words for a moment, "Someone like her?"
"She's an annoying whinny bitch, but she is pure and innocent. I'm a monster who enjoys taking the lives of others."
He shrugged, "Iduno."
"Was that even a word?" Hiei twitched. "You humans are extremely lazy. And that was no help at all."
"Well, how would I know? I only learned she had feelings for you today--I didn't bother to ask the reasons for it! That's something you will need to ask. But you won't know unless you go to her and talk all of this over."
He nodded, "Fine." Though he wouldn't admit it, Hiei was very worried about his pet monkey.
"It hurts to breathe…" The brunette confessed, lying on the bed with a breathing mask placed over her face, her eyes were heavy and her face was pale.
"Then don't talk." Yusuke snapped, holding on to his arms as he tried to control his body's tremors. 'She's not dead…she's alright…stop acting like a pussy and calm down!' He's faced so many troubles and deaths--surly this wasn't freaking him out this much?
She had been foaming at the mouth and trembling in pain, gagging for air as she clenched her heart. He clenched his eyes shut as the figure of the in-pain continued to pass his mind. He's never seen anyone suffer a heart-attack, especially one like this and caused by a demonic-plant….especially if the one suffering is his friend.
"My chest hurts…"
Yusuke growled at her, 'So this is what Hiei constantly feels like. No wonder he is always grumpy around her--she always does something stupid to piss you off!' "Then don't talk, damn it!"
"You're chest will be a bit sore," Myouga said, intervening before an argument took place. "A part of it is because of the heart-attack itself…the other is because you were gripping your breast so hard in pain that you have bruised it pretty badly."
The brunette blushed a bit, "Oops."
"Oh, that was smooth," Keiko stated with a grin. Teasing her distracted everyone from the near-miss they all just had. "I bet that feels good."
"Oh yes, wonderful. Nothing like a bruised boob."
"What boob?" Yusuke asked only to receive a very scary glare from the two brunettes. "Whaaaat?"
"Anyway," Keiko sniffed snootily, spinning away from her boyfriend, "I'm s happy that you are alright…that had to be one of the scariest things I've seen…"
"Ugh…" Callie wheezed, the breathing mask felt weird. She then sighed, 'Where's Hiei? And Kuwabara?'
"You should be happy that that's all the pain you really have," Kurama said. When he had got the call from Botan he had ran as fast as he could to the Gate. While it might not have been as fast as Hiei it sure as well was pretty close. He's been holding both her hand and Botan's hand since he arrived--his mate had been panicked stricken with what happened.
"Yeah, I know." The brunette huffed.
"Well," Myouga began as he tapped his clipboard as a polite way to gain attention. "We have some medication for you, it won't do too much for a while…but it should keep the attacks down to just fevers. Now, as time goes on these fevers or moments of sickness will get worse and worse….but I am positive to say we will not have another attack like this."
"And what, pray tell, was this attack?"
Callie gasped happily, "Hiei! Kuwabara! Ow…my chest." She yelped rather happily when the two entered. Her eyes then widened at the sight of Hiei's hands. "Hiei...y-your hands are hurt." The brunette noted.
Sighing he picked his hand up and looked at the cut up knuckles--of course she would notice this instead of the fact that she was in a hospital room after suffering a terrible attack. "It's nothing." He watched as her face only expressed worry. 'Stop...stop looking at me like that...'
"Sorry we're late! Got a bit side-tracked," The tall-human chirped in, seeing Hiei's uncomfortable face. "So…how you feeling?"
"Much better then when you last saw her." Genkai stated.
"Onii-san…Callie had a severe and just…dramatic heart attack." Yukina whimpered to her brother who looked rather shock.
"Yes, of course it wasn't the typical human heart attack, but it was one none the less." Myouga played with his glasses a bit. "Now I can't tell if she was going to have an attack like this and that the argument sped it up or if the argument caused it itself."
Hiei cringed slightly.
"My bad!" Callie cried out earning a look from the black-haired male. "So…my attacks can be triggered by emotional distress?"
'Why does she have to make herself the badg-guy?' The fire-demon wondered.
"That's it exactly. It just might be. I don't know how exactly but it can. It was said that you had been rejected…now the question is; is that why you suffered a heart attack or were you going to suffer a heart attack regardless and this just sped it up?"
The door opened and the Prince of Gate entered in. "Sorry I took so long--damn papers."
"Good afternoon, Koenma-sama." The doctor greeted. "I am talking about if emotions trigger attacks or not."
"Hmm, you have a guess?" The Jr. asked.
"Yes; I believe that it is. Now whether it will actually speed it up is another guess entirely but I do think it does. So we will have to be careful. Especially since she is so open to her emotions--though holding anything in might actually prove to be worse." The doctor said. "She just needs to take one pill every day after breakfast--she needs some food in her stomach for this."
"Besides the treatment you have been telling us about," Botan began, "Is there any other way to heal her?"
"Yeah, why can't her egg-thing heal her?" Shizuru asked as she looked at the girl who looked very happy that Hiei was with them--she looked positively love-struck.
The girl had it bad.
Koenma shook his head, "It doesn't work like that. You see the Spirit-Beast is the soul. That's the reason why Yusuke would've been able to come back alive after it hatched; his spirit had been reborn. But the beast within IS Yusuke and IS Callie. They can't heal themselves. If person is suffering the beast will suffer equally. And if he person dies the beast will die as well."
"That's right…when I was taking Genkai's final test during the Dark Tournament I was in bad shape…and so was Puu. I'm sure the little piece of crap would've healed me if possible…but he couldn't. He was hurt just like me. The most he could do was give me water." Yusuke said as he remembered the incident, giving his little counterpart as pet of gratitude.
"So since they are one in the same one can't really heal the other." The dirty-blonde asked, her hand itching for a smoke.
"Exactly." The prince floated in the air. "Though if the beast is injured it won't affect the person. It just works like that because of some weird complicated system. So don't bother asking--I will even confuse myself."
"Then I won't bother." The woman promised. "Sorry, kiddo…looks like the monster thing in that egg won't help ya."
The brunette shrugged, "S'alright." She then groaned. "Oh god…I feel sucky…"
Hiei glared at her, "I would think so. You need to rest."
"I'm fine--I want to go to school." She then wanted to slap her hand over her face; don't mention school around Hiei lest you want a rant.
"You are staying in bed." He snapped. "In fact you need to quit school all together! What if you had had this attack during the day? You wouldn't have been able to make it!"
'Here he goes…damn she has him just wound up. Hehehe, Hiei's whipped!' Yusuke chortled happily only to squeal when those very scary red eyes glared daggers at him. "Uh…hehehe…look, walls!" He laughed nervously pointing in at a wall randomly making everyone, besides Hiei, blink.
Everyone decided not to ask why the leader was being so randomly insane.
Hiei turned back to the brunette and continued on with his lecture, "This is why you CAN'T train! Do you see what it does to your body? You shouldn't go to school either!" Hiei ranted to the girl who was glaring back at him. "You're a mess from an argument," He looked rather guilty at this before he continued. "How do you expect to be able to stay healthy--"
"Actually, Hiei-san," Myouga interrupted earning a fierce glare from the fire demon which clearly read; you dare to interrupt me? He gulped. "Going to school and working out would do her body good. She's very weak and is prone to attacks but if she does nothing her body will deplete in strength and would be unable to fight off any sickness properly. If you shelter her too much she would probably get sicker. Besides working out makes the body healthy and she needs a healthy body if she wants to stay alive longer. This it will strengthen her body and help in fighting off attacks. "
"See!! I have the back up from a doctor--IN YOUR FACE!" Callie laughed as she began to pick herself up.
"Lay down and shut up!" He ordered making her pout and cross her arms over her chest as she fell back to the pillow.
"Party pooper," She grumbled.
"Didn't I say to shut up?" He hissed making her give off a small "Meep!" He then looked back at the doctor. "It would be dangerous for her to do any of these things. She needs to be protected."
"Now that I do agree with." Yusuke said with a nod. "She could have an attack anywhere and at anytime. I think she needs to be watched a bit more. I mean, if Kuwabara hadn't been out there at that time we wouldn't have known she was having her attack since she was choking."
"Hmm, I will have to quit my club and the Student Council…" Kurama said.
"No, don't do that!" Callie cried. "That doesn't seem right! Mom would be real upset and wouldn't that cause suspicion or…something. Not too mention you are trying to build a greenhouse right? Wouldn't that take time away from that?"
"Well it might, but Keiko, Yusuke, and Kuwabara are all from different schools and it's not on the way to the temple. Shizuru has work and Yukina wouldn't be able to take Callie to where she is needed to be. Unless Genkai can do it." Kurama concluded, it had been his thought from the beginning that it would be unwise for him to quit everything.
As everyone planned Hiei looked over the brunette. She was in this position because of him--he and his cruel words actually made her sick. He tried to shrug off the guilt but it stuck to him. As he looked at her pale face as she tried to figure out what to do it became apparent to Hiei what he had to do with this situation. 'Damn it.' He groaned before he placed on his emotionaless face as if what he was about to say wasn't a big deal to him.
Hiei huffed, "Hn, then I will watch over her."
"Huh?" The group blinked staring at him as if he was insane. Didn't he just say he hated her?
"I said I will watch her. Kurama has human-duties," He sneered to the red-head who returned the glare with a raised eyebrow. "And everyone else is either busy with things or would be unable to take her to this place."
"I thought you hate baby-sitting…?" Kurama teased and earned one hell of a stare from his friend. The red-head understood what was going on and he felt rather proud of his friend for doing this.
Crossing his arms over his chest Hiei huffed, "I do,"
Kurama looked at him to get more of an answer then that, "But...? Why would you do this for her Hiei? Espeically when you two just had a terrible argument? One that has been lasting for...what is it now...eight days?"
Hiei sneered, "That is none of your concern, fox. But the way I see it if I am the one watching over her then I am in charge of her--she will have to follow my instructions." He smirked towards the brunette.
Callie's jaw dropped, "You're going to leave me with this power-hungry controlling ass?!" She then glared at him before he could open his mouth, "AND I WASN'T STARING AT YOUR ASS YOU JERKWAD!!"
"Keep telling yourself that, pervert." He retorted as he leaned against the wall of the medical room. "And I bet you were...you always talk about it."
Before Callie could retort with her normal screams the door opened. Koenma looked over when George entered the room, "Sir! It's…It's from your father." And he handed his boss a note.
For some reason most everyone in the room knew that what was on that note and that it was not going to hold a very pleasent new for them.
The prince looked solemn and took the paper from his assistant and read over it before his shoulders slumped. Sighing he looked up at the group, specifically at Callie and said, "I'm sorry…my father refused you to have the treatment."
Author
XD Oh god…I was so repetitive in this…it's actually kind of funny. It was a bit fast but…it didn't give me too much trouble! YAY! Finally, an easier to write chapter!!
Please don't hate Hiei! I know he was more then a total-ass in this chapter, that he was downright abusive, but that's Hiei for you--and Callie got a small sample of how uncontrollable he is at the moment. But trust me; he is sorry for what he did.
But…no feelings for Callie…poor girl…and that means it will be a little bit longer till any Hiei-jealousy. I know many of you have been asking for that…it will come…but it will take a while…damn it. But you all could make your own Hiei/Callie story and make them get together faster…yes, that was a joke--I doubt anyone would actually want to.
Oh! And now you have your answer about the egg and why it couldn't heal her! YAY ANSWERS!
I'm not sure if everyone understood what was going on with the argument between Hiei and Kuwabara. Hiei is just very confused and a bit nervous. I mean think about the crappy and loveless life he's had. He's only really experienced strong feelings after he met Yusuke and them and that only happened a few years ago (in my story). He's never believed in love and now his friend is telling her she pretty much worships the ground he walks on--it's a very new experience and once that is rocking the foundation of his beliefs. He can't put into words why he is so upset which is why the argument is so emotional. Many arguments won't always make sense because both parties will be so consumed with their emotions they would just lose the reasoning for the argument and won't be able to place everything into words or even into thoughts.
Does that make sense?
But now, da-da-da-daaaaa, the Hielie will be five to all! Hiei is now the one who will protect and look over her! Whoo!!
I would like to thank the person who sent me the e-mail (I don't know if you would want your name mentioned or not) with the link to the song Poison. Yes, I have heard it and I do think it fit's the Hiei and Callie. w Thank you bunches for that!!
SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS!! We are putting too many animals to sleep--spay and neuter them so we don't have this huge a problem! (I volunteer at an animal shelter and see some really shitty stuff…so I shall spread the message).
Next Chapter: Though life is hard everyone is managing with a smile--Callie especially…after-all…the twin's birthday is right around the corner. But in the background someone is beginning to see the brunette in a very different light…
"It's your birthday! You can have anything you want!! Sooo…what do you want?"
"For you to shut up."
"…..I hate you."
