After I had my little venture downstairs, I had decided to spare the boys and stay in my room until my heat was over or at least lessened by a drastic amount like my period normally did. The only time I went downstairs was for food; and I only did that when the boys were asleep or training. My eating habits were going down the tubes.
I was headed downstairs to fix myself breakfast and lunch for the day. This would be day four of my heat; my period normally lasted six days (I know, it sucks to be me). I was just hoping that my heat would be shorter, even if it was by one day. I reached the bottom step and glanced around: The living room was turning into a pig's sty. I made a mental note to come back down here and clean the room when the boys were out training. Speaking of training, I was starting to fall behind majorly in said area. I could not very well ask Jin to train me some more at the moment, seeing as how he tried to attack me last time. Yusuke I might be able to train with, though I had no idea as to when I could actually train with him. Hiei I was sure was out of the question (I began to cook and prepare my food whilst my mind continued to wander.) Although I would have never told him this to his face, I enjoyed training with Hiei. I had always wanted to learn how to use a sword (and fighting fans, though I doubted Hiei would know how to use those) but my parents had always forbade me from doing so. Now that I think about it, it was probably for the best lest I would have awakened my powers any earlier. And I was sure that I would have. I finished my food and crammed it into two lunch boxes (for easy carrying) and grabbed a thermos of milk and a can of soda. I made my way silently toward the stairs, all the while thinking about the training that I wanted to catch up on but knowing that I could not. I glanced about the living room once more and jumped at the sight of a figure standing in the room. By the small sliver of moonlight that was shining through the crack in the curtains, I took notice of black hair.
Okay, well that narrowed the search down my three. The figure took a single step forward, and crimson eyes pierced through the night in my direction. Okay, the person was officially a ticked off Hiei; I knew this by the glare that his eyes directed toward my vicinity. "What the hell are you doing Onna?" His tone was that of annoyance and being tired. I idly thought it was cute, but quickly pushed that thought from my mind. I continued to walk up the stairs, saying that I was just retrieving some food so I would not have to do so when the boys were awake. Hiei left me alone after my answer.
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Hiei watched the onna walk up the stairs, his eyes focused on her ass as she shifted her weight from one foot to the other as she climbed. Hiei shook his head. It was because of her heat that he was staring at her ass. Hiei would normally never do something so…piggish; it was too beneath him. But apparently it was not so now. Hiei shook his head again as he walked up the stairs as well. The onna's door shut quietly as he reached the middle on the stairway. Hiei glanced at the onna's door before opening his own and slipping inside. He really wished her heat would be over soon.
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Later that day, I watched the boys walk outside to train and stood to go downstairs to clean. I grabbed my iPod and basically ran down the stairs; I was excited that I could finally do something other than sit around in my room all day and doodle or do nothing. Even doodling got boring after a while. I started picking up the trash and stacking the magazines on the coffee table. I got so into cleaning and my music that I became oblivious to the world around me; I even started dancing a bit as I cleaned. I was so absorbed into my own little world that I did not notice a few males come inside from training. I turned around to take care of something behind me and froze upon the sight of Hiei, Jin, and Yusuke standing there looking at me as if I possessed multiple heads. I straightened quickly and took out one of my ear buds. "I didn't hear you guys come in," I said nervously as I glanced from one boy to another.
"We noticed," Yusuke said amusement clear in his voice. He glanced around at the living room and whistled. "Damn, what gave you the motivation to do this?" The living room was nearly spotless and I was getting a little hot because of such rigorous cleaning.
I shrugged, still glancing warily between Hiei and Jin (who were starting to look at me like I was some slice of fine meat). "It gave me something to do."
"Why don't you come and train with us outside?" That snapped Hiei and Jin out of their stupor as they clearly made their opinions known.
"Are you insane Urumeshi? She wouldn't stand a chance out there. She's lucky we're not doing anything right now, in fact. Taking her out there is suicide!"
"I am going to have to agree with him, Detective. That would be an idiotic move, even for you."
"Thanks Hiei, I see you show your feelings for me openly. But that was simply to get you two to snap out of that ridiculous trance you two were in and get you to leave so I could talk to Kimiko alone, so she wouldn't feel so endangered. Now go back outside." Hiei glared at Yusuke and 'Hn'ed while walking off. Jin soon followed, giving me a sad glance before he left. I felt sorry for the guy. He still blamed himself for what happened the second day of my heat. I did not blame him, so neither should he.
I looked at Yusuke once the two boys had gone. "So what did you want to talk about?"
"How are ya holdin' up?"
"I've been better. The main thing that is bothering me is that I'm more bored than anything. I have nothing to do. I can't train because no one is able to train me. Well you can, but I don't have the slightest idea as to when you could actually train me." I was about to continue on my spiel when Yusuke interrupted me with laughter.
"Okay, I get it: You're bored and you want to train." He laughed a little more; a smile found its way onto my lips. His laugh was just so contagious. "You know you can train by yourself, right?"
"You can?" Yusuke shook his head with wonder.
"You have so much to learn…"
"Before you teach me, could you teach someone else to stop blaming himself?"
"You mean Jin?" I nodded.
"He blames himself still for what happened the second day of my heat. I don't blame him; it was nature…or something. The point is, I don't blame him and I wish he would stop beating himself up over it. I can't even look at the guy before a look of guilt crosses his face. It's getting kinda annoying actually." Yusuke chuckled and promised he would talk to Jin about such matters, which lightened my mood up quite a bit.
Yusuke then led me outside. I stopped right inside the doorway. "I'm not going out there. You heard Hiei and Jin; they'll kill me…or worse."
"Relax; nothing's gonna happen to ya. Just stay close to me and I'll lead you to somewhere where no one will bother you while you train." I agreed reluctantly, and stuck very close to Yusuke as we exited the house. "Hey guys, I'll be back; gonna take Kimiko somewhere to train. Be back in a jiff."
"Did you have to say that?" I whispered sharply as all the boys turned to watch Yusuke and I leave the area and head into the woods behind the house.
"Relax, will ya?" We continued the rest of the way in silence. We finally came to a stop in a clearing in the middle of the woods. Yusuke chuckled as I surveyed the area around me: It was a perfect area to train in with many trees surrounding the area and a plentiful area to race around in and try learning to control the elements. All the elements were there but water. "So, what do you think?"
"It's amazing."
Yusuke chuckled at my awe. "Well, I'll allow you to train and head back to the guys."
"How would I train on my own per say?" Yusuke chuckled again and explained to me how I could train alone. "Oh, thanks." I started stretching so I could start to train as Yusuke left. I decided that I would train with wind while I was alone, possibly work in earth while I was at it. I started relaxing and a carefree feeling flooded over me. I took a deep, calming breath (my eyes closing) as I began to focus on molding the wind around and under me. I cracked my eyes open and glanced around. I was floating a foot or so above the ground. I sighed and decided to push myself up further into the air. I then started to move the air around me and had the trees being blown around me so they started bending under the force that the wind was creating. 'This is still so amazing…'
I continued training on my own for quite some time. I finally decided it was best for me to stop because I could barely see in front of me because it was that dark out. I walked back and into the house. As I walked through the house, I noticed that the boys were just sitting down for dinner. I stopped in the door way and stared at the empty place setting at the table. Kurama turned back to look at me when he notice Yusuke and Kuwabara staring in my direction. "Oh good Kimiko, you're here. Are you going to join us for dinner?"
I stared at them in shock. I honestly had not been expecting this to happen. Kurama repeated his question as I still continued to stare that the group. I finally snapped out of my stupor that I was in and agreed to stay as soon as I took a quick shower. Kurama nodded in understanding, though it was a stiff sort of nod. I dashed up to my room to take care of said thing and quickly returned about ten minutes later.
"That was quick." I smiled as I took a seat between Yusuke and Kuwabara (as that was safer than my original seat that was between Hiei and Kurama and across from Yusuke) and began piling food onto my plate to begin eating. All the boys looked slightly on edge during dinner; I knew it was because of my heat, but I was highly thankful that I was able to dine with the boys that night. While I ate, I glanced around the table and took in all of the boys' expressions: Yusuke was eating his dinner free of worries for the most part; Kuwabara was completely oblivious to everything around him as he shoveled his food into his mouth; Kurama was glancing at me occasionally, offering a tense smile whenever he caught me looking at him; Jin avoided looking at me the majority of the time (he was currently occupying my usual seat); and Hiei looked bored and annoyed, like usual. I found it odd that Hiei did not look affected in the slightest by my heat. I finished my meal, washed my plate, and left quickly, thanking Kurama for the meal as I left.
I walked up to my room, my thoughts clouded with why Hiei was not affected by my heat. Ever since I had started my heat, Hiei had not acted any different. I found it highly odd. I made a mental note to ask Kurama or someone else about how a male could not be affected by a female's heat. My guess would be that the male would not be interested in females to begin with. In other words: I thought that the male would have to be gay. With that guess made, my mind took a look at the whole "heat" situation through a new perspective. Hiei's being gay would explain why he was not interested in me in the slightest while he seemed to spend the majority of his time with either Kurama or alone. It also explained why he was not affected by my heat. I gasped at the realization; Hiei was definitely gay.
The rest of my time I was in heat, I was going over the facts that had led me to the conclusion that Hiei was gay; I was preparing a defense for when I talked to Kurama about the matter of a male being able to withstand a female's heat. I was sure that Kurama would defend his friend and assure me that the fire youkai was not gay. My heat ended two days after I had eaten with the boys; in other words: my heat ended on the sixth day, like my period did. Damn… However, now that my heat had ended, I was prepared to confront Kurama about the "male resisting female's heat" matter. I did so while he prepared lunch and everyone else was outside training. They had allowed me an extra day to "clean away all remaining scent of my heat" as Yusuke relayed to me what one of the guys had said; I had a feeling it was Hiei by how rude it sounded.
"So Kurama." He glanced up at me, indicating that he was listening and for me to continue. "Is there any way for a male demon to not be affected by a female demon's heat?"
Kurama stopped what he had been doing to look me directly in the eye. He was confused. "What do you mean by that, and why do you ask?"
"Well, while I was in heat, I noticed one of you guys was not affected by my heat. So I was wondering if there was a way for a guy to not be affected." He opened his mouth to speak but I added, "Without the option of not being a demon. The guy that I noticed was a demon."
"Are you asking about Hiei?"
"Yes." I decided not to beat around the bush. Kurama looked at me curiously before he went back to fixing our food.
"Let me assure you Kimiko, there is no way that a male demon would not be affected by a female's heat."
"Even if the male was gay?" Kurama choked on air.
"Where did you get that from?" I shrugged and replied nonchalantly that I had guessed. "Well, it's not true."
"How do you know that? Is there someone here that is gay?" Kurama looked a little uneasy, though he reassured me that there was not a soul in the house that was gay. I thought it over before replying, "Then how do you explain his lack of interest in me? I mean, come on, you were interested; as were Kuwabara and Jin (if only a little). Yusuke I give the exception to; I know for a fact that if he showed any interest in another woman other than Keiko, she would whip his ass in a heartbeat." Kurama blushed slightly at the fact that I had called him out on his interest, but the blush was quickly replaced with a chuckle and nod upon hearing about Keiko's actions.
"Let me assure you, Hiei is not gay and he was affected by your heat."
"Really? It didn't seem that way to me."
"He is really good at hiding his emotions, even if something such as a female's heat is driving him crazy."
"I just find it odd that he is not interested in me in the slightest, even when everyone else was. And I'm not saying that because I am happy that boys are interested in me; in all reality, it slightly annoys me."
"Hiei is not interested in anyone. He shows no favoritisms (of either sex) because he basically hates everyone the same. His lack of interest is not only in you, but in everyone."
"So you're telling me that if an extremely sexy woman walked in here and started flirting or showing interest in him, he wouldn't care or even give her the time of day?" When Kurama nodded, I laughed. He looked at me oddly before I stated, "That didn't exactly help your convincing me that he is not gay."
"Who's not gay?" I glance over to see all of the guys coming back inside, Hiei included. I wondered if I would get my head copped off if I spoke who we were talking about. I decided to test it out. If anything, I would cower behind Kurama; hopefully he would still protect me. Hiei gave me an odd glance as the boys continued to stand there, waiting for my answer.
"Hiei." I heard Kurama sigh and mutter, "Oh no…" I glanced over to look at the red haired demon, but was quickly shoved against the nearest wall, crimson eyes glaring fiery daggers at me.
"I am not gay Onna." His words were venomous as his eyes continued to pierce through my being. That was when the laughter started. Hiei stopped glaring at me to look behind him. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kori were all laughing (Jin was looking at all of us confused). "I suggest you stop laughing, or you will find yourselves dead."
"Oh come on Hiei; it's humorous! We know you're not gay, though now that you bring it up Kimiko it does make a lot of sense…" Yusuke started laughing again, shortly followed by Kori and Kuwabara. I started blanching. Was Hiei going to kill us? It seemed possible if those three did not stop laughing within the next few seconds. And judging by how they were turning red from lack of air they were laughing so hard, it was doubtful.
"Why you…" Hiei started forward as if to attack the three boys (effectively letting me go in the process) but Kurama stood in front of Hiei and placed a hand in the junction of his shoulder and chest. Hiei stopped advancing, but the glare was clearly not going anywhere anytime soon.
"Kurama, you are not helping him right now," I muttered quietly as the three looked at the two demons and started laughing again. Both boys turned back to me and I sighed. The three boys laughed themselves into the living room (they crawled their ways into there). Jin floated there a bit before finally asking what was going on. "I convicted Hiei of loving men and not women." Jin's eyes widened and shook his head furiously.
"There be no mistakin' that Hiei likes women. Mokuro was a good example for that." Jin then gently flew into the living room and started yelling at the three laughing boys (who were starting to turn blue). 'Mokuro? Who's that?'
"None of your business Onna," a voice hissed in my head. I glanced wide eyed toward Hiei to see him casting his glares between the living room and myself. Before I could ask if the voice in my head was him, Hiei stalked off upstairs and slammed his door shut. I winced at the force of which his door had shut.
"I think I royally pissed him off." Kurama nodded; his disapproval about what had just happened still clearly etched into his features.
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Hiei could not believe that onna would accuse him of loving men! It was preposterous! Of course Hiei did not like the onna; then again, Hiei did not like many people. He only tolerated the Detective and the others because he was forced to do so, and the fox was one of his only friends (if you wanted to call him that) that Hiei did not mind to be around so much; the fox was never loud or obnoxious as the two buffoons were. The onna's brother was…okay…but he stepped out of his place too many times for Hiei's liking. The Wind Master was alright as well, but too happy for Hiei's liking. Then there was the onna: She was annoying, but smart (at times), though she did not know when to keep her mouth shut. (Today had proven that much to Hiei.) She also was usually friendly to everyone, though she tended to be terse with Hiei. Hiei supposed that was because of the differences between the ways that Hiei and the others had treated her. She also was getting to be a strong demon, though not nearly anywhere strong enough to compete with Hiei, let alone any of the other detectives—well, perhaps the oaf; he was very weak and stupid. Still, Hiei could not believe what had just taken place downstairs; and then the ex-shinobi had to go and include Mokuro into the mix. Hiei sighed, wishing that people would allow the woman's name and spirit to be laid to rest. She had died almost a half of a year (in human time) ago. Hiei looked out the window and decided to simply forgo lunch and dinner and stay to meditate in his room and possibly calm himself down.
Okay, I know that with this chapter you will either love me or hate me. But it was slightly needed in the progression of the story, so don't hate me just yet please... *hopeful smile* Please review, even if it is to tell me that you hate the fact that I had Kimiko think Hiei was gay.
