Neko here! Another chapter, hope people are enjoying it. This chapter is one of the longer ones and I think I might easily get to the 18 chapters that I want for this story. Hopefully it'll be longer but right now I have 20/18 typed up and saved into chapters on a flash drive. Although this is a random update.. and I am having a bit of a writers block for this story for where it's currently at.. near ending yeah got that but to get to that point and have some Hiei and Autumn interaction to where it makes it seem like their relationship isn't just thrown in for the sake of it and that it's more natural.
Plus I gotta think of a way to have Aut becomes friends with the girl I have planned for Kurama and debating rather or not to have Aut kidnapped. Well let me know what ya'll think on this.. I'm all up for ideas for these characters to be suggested.
Disclaimer: Nope don't own YHH, kinda wondering who would write a fan fic for something they own since they could just make it cannon.
Chapter Ten: These tiny palms can barely hold it.
Three days later, Autumn sat in the kitchen with Keiko and Botan while waiting for Yusuke to wake up. She sensed her brother waking up and she stood up heading to the room and listened from outside the door as she heard him asking about the girls. A smirk came from her as she saw Botan heading towards her with Keiko behind her and she held up a hand and whispered "Stay here for a minute." She opened the door and got glared at by her brother and she hit him on the head when he turned to her. "I did all I could." She said solemnly with a sad look. Her eyes watched his face fall and she stepped to the side as Botan finally opened the door.
Botan said "What are you shouting for Yusuke?"
Yusuke stared at the two girls in the door and said "Keiko. Botan."
Autumn giggled softly with Kuwabara and Kurama. She had picked up on the joke that the two males were playing and wanted to play along. She glanced at Kurama after watching Kuwabara and her brother get into a fight and asked "Walk me home? The couple need to have their alone time while he walks her home."
Kurama nodded and said "Certainly." He then left with his friend after saying bye to the others, him and Autumn ignored the look from Kuwabara and Botan.
Kuwabara looked after the two and said "Hey Yusuke, whats up with your sister knowing Kurama?"
Botan nodded and said "They do seem pretty close. Are they a couple?"
Yusuke looked at the two and said "One she isn't allowed to date or have a boyfriend or even a guy she likes. Two, they are just friends since she goes to his school. And three, even if she did have someone she likes, she still isn't allowed to date unless they can beat me in a fight."
Keiko noticed how Yusuke acted and realized that he was still really protective of his little sister, one of the things she liked about him. She shook her head and said "She told me she sees him as an older brother. Watching them though it's more like a caring brother and a nice younger sister."
Kurama glanced at Autumn and asked "How are you feeling? You pretty much brought Yusuke to life when you sent your energy and then healed Kuwabara and myself."
Autumn glanced at him as she patted Yoshi's head, "I'm fine. My energy is back to normal now." She replied before chewing on her lip wanting to tell about the pain she felt that day but didn't know how to explain it.
Kurama glanced at her as his eyes caught sight of her chewing on her lip. He raised an eyebrow and asked "And?"
Autumn glanced at him before she said "The day that Yusuke disappeared, going to the demon world, I felt a disconnection with him and the panic had raised in me. Yoshi kept me calm and able to focus on breathing.. I think Yoshi kept most of the effects away or the fact that Keiko was near me and not wanting to worry her." She rubbed Yoshi's ears as she glanced up at the sky, "When running from those bug infested humans at the school with Keiko and Botan, I felt extreme pain in my muscles.. like I was being or had been shocked or hit by lightning."
Kurama walked next to her while noticing she seemed to be distracting herself as she told him what happened. He patted her shoulder and said "Seems you are more connected than you would like to be to Yusuke but I'm not sure how or why you are connected to him." He noticed she made a face of disgust and chuckled softly. "At least you aren't the only one growing in power.. he is too. So he shouldn't be drawing on your own anymore. I'll look into a way to put up a block between you two." He shook his head and said "You sure are a mystery."
Autumn scowled at his words and muttered "Not like I try to be." She crossed her arms and pouted, her age showing for once for a little bit.
Kurama chuckled and said "I'll be picking up your birthday gift tomorrow, well part of it. I need to work with you for the whole thing but it's just teaching you how to use it."
Autumn glanced at him, her mood instantly perking up at the topic of her gift. The hint he gave her made her eyes widen and she said "It better not be a whip. I don't need any more practice healing marks left by one." Her mind thinking about to her training with him and the fact that she had tried to learn to use a whip but kept getting hurt by it with each try.
Kurama shook his head and said "No I know you can't use a whip, you have proved to be unteachable with a whip." He glanced at her and said "But it is a weapon." 'And I may have to trick Hiei into training you with it since I don't quite know how to teach using a sword.' He thought.
Autumn looked up at him with wide eyes as they came to a stop at her building and asked "Really? You got me a weapon? What kind?"
Kurama shook his head and said "Now now that would ruin the surprise." He was teasing her and he gave her shoulder a squeeze and said "Just know that your brother won't approve of it nor you learning it."
Autumn rolled her eyes and said "He wouldn't approved of me getting trained by you, that lazy idiot just wants me to know enough to run away not really defend unless needed too." She felt Yoshi tug on the leash and she looked at him before she waved bye to Kurama and started up the stairs at a jog.
Kurama watched Autumn head up after returning her wave and shook his head before heading towards his house. Upon reaching his house he sensed Hiei next to him and he looked at the shorter demon before he said "Hello Hiei, what do I owe for the visit?"
Hiei looked at Kurama with cold crimson eyes and said "What is that girl?"
Kurama looked at Hiei and replied "Your guess is as good as mine. She is Yusuke's younger sister and she is connected to him somehow.. not that she likes or want to be." He turned to Hiei and stared at him before he asked "She caught your interest?"
Hiei glared and grunted "Hn," Before he flitted away not wanting to admit that the strange girl had caught his interest.
Over the next few days of rest, which was really just Autumn waking up to Yoshi wanting fed before she got ready to go to school and as she was leaving for school, she would hear the yelling of her mother at her brother to wake up and get to school. That was the normal daily morning, at least until one morning when she didn't meet up with Kurama that raised her suspicions of something going to happen. After school and her club for that day, she met up with Kurama and she raised an eyebrow in question without voicing the question. At the motion from her friend she followed him towards the park.
Along the way to the park, Kurama said "Your brother has been sent on a mission to rescue an ice maiden, Yukina, who is Hiei's younger sister." He glanced at her and asked "Want to come with me?"
Autumn glanced at him and sighed softly as she thought about what it meant to get a warning. Her eyes turned to him as he asked her if she wanted to come with him, chewing on her lip as she thought about it. As they reached the park, she finally came up with what she would need to ask. "So how dangerous is this mission and why are you wanting to know if I want to come? Will I be needed to heal the idiot and his pet?"
Kurama watched her out of the corner of his eye as he saw her thinking it over. He knew the only reason he had offered was because he figured the mission might need a stronger healer than Botan. Her questions made his eyes widen a little bit, more so at her last question as she had guessed right on why he wanted to bring her. "It is dangerous, there are other factors into it too that make it more dangerous than if it was a normal rescue mission." He said, "You might be needed to heal, that is the reason why I asked if you wanted to come."
Autumn sighed and ran a hand through her straight hair that was up in a ponytail before she sat on a bench and looked up at the sky. She thought over his words before she said "And you think I might need to heal this Yukina." She had picked up that he didn't say who she would need to heal, sure she figured the idiot brother and his pet idiot would need healed too.
Kurama nodded and said "Although from the information, she shouldn't be hurt too much. Last images of her that Koenma got, she didn't look hurt at all." He pulled out the pictures and information on the mission and handed it to her.
Autumn raised an eyebrow as she took the papers he held out, her eyes scanning the information and looked at the pictures. Her mind processing the information quickly before she said "If I went, I would draw attention to myself.. I'm not ready for that." She didn't know why but she feared the truth about her coming out right then, like she would loose something with her friends.
Kurama watched the small girl taking note of how she seemed to be debating it and he saw fear flash in her eyes. Slightly he wondered what could make his friend have a flash of fear, well aside from the death of one of her loved ones. Her words made him nod slowly as he realized that the fear was linked to her not wanting to be found out until she was ready. He squeezed her shoulder and said "Alright but don't mention Yukina to Hiei, he could mess up this mission for your brother and break a strict rule."
Autumn nodded and said "You mean a demon killing a human?" At her friends nod she asked "So no matter how much the idiots get on Hiei's nerves, he won't kill them?" Her voice showing her worry for the two idiots in her life.
Kurama raised an eyebrow before he thought about it and said "I can't be sure... but he does seem to have some respect for Yusuke and doesn't have much of a interest in harming Kuwabara." He hugged her around the shoulders before he stood up and said "I must go, I fear I may be needed on this mission to stop Hiei from killing the one who has tortured Yukina."
Autumn leaned against him as he hugged her before she nodded and said "Yeah go, let me know if I'm needed at all when you get back." She smiled at him and watched him head off before she stood up and stretched before she took off in a jog towards home.
A yawn escaped her small mouth as she laid back on the grass and looked up at the sky with Yoshi settling next as she rested her on his head and rubbed behind his ears. Her eyes closed as she thought of the upsetting dream she had the night before that made it so she was unable to sleep peacefully the rest of the night.
Yusuke laid on what looked like a ring while looking half dead, Kuwabara laid off the side a bloody mess. Kurama had a weird plant growing out of his body that was covered in wounds. Hiei wasn't even around, Aut stood next to the ring crying and screaming for her brother to get up as a large man went to kick her brother.
She had woken up with a scream, glad that her brother wasn't around but she couldn't get to sleep again after that. Even with her going running with Yoshi in the middle of the night as it didn't help clear her mind like it normally did. Chewing on her lip, not noticing much of what was around her until she felt Yoshi lift his head. Her eyes opened to stare up into the crimson eyes of Hiei, she raised an eyebrow before she noticed that Kurama was standing next to Hiei. A yawn escaped her and she asked "Finally decided to tell me why the idiot went MIA?"
Kurama nodded and said "Yes but not here.. besides we require your services to help train Kuwabara."
Autumn sighed and sat up before she said "Get Hiei to help me further my own training with the lovely gift you got me."
The red head got a glance from Hiei and he sighed before he said "In three months we'll see as we need to train."
Autumn nodded as she took the offered hand from her friend with a smile. "Alright good.. I knew not talking to you nicely would get my way." She said with a giggle and a bounce before she saw Kuwabara heading their way. "So what services of mine do you need?" She asked.
Kuwabara said "Hey what are you doing here mini Urameshi?"
Autumn growled with a glare at Kuwabara and quickly hit him in the head making him fall to the ground. "The name is Autumn, pet idiot." She snapped, "And nobody needs to know about my relationship to that idiot." She crossed her arms across her chest before she turned to Kurama and raised an eyebrow.
Kurama chuckled softly at his friends reaction to the humans words before he noticed she seemed impatient, which was odd for her. "Healing while we train the one you just hit to the ground." He said while ignoring Kuwabara's loud exclaim of what going on and questions of how Autumn had any sort of power.
Autumn looked at the three males to notice Hiei slightly glaring at Kurama, while she swore she heard Hiei say he didn't need any healer but she never saw his mouth move. Shaking her head slightly she patted Yoshi's head and said "Alright, were are we going to train?"
Hiei glanced at the girl who was a few inches shorter than him as he sensed her picking up on the mental warning to the fox. His crimson eyes glanced at her before he went into her mind, noticing that she froze and glared at him before he felt her against the shield he had up. It looked like she seemed to be developing some psychic powers, he found himself wanting to train her.
Kurama smiled at Autumn, glad to see her mood and attitude perked up just from him planning on telling her where her brother went. He saw Hiei watching Autumn and then the glare Autumn sent the demon, it made him wonder what was happening. "Hiei, what is going on?" He asked.
Hiei glanced at Kurama and replied "She is developing psychic powers, been having dreams of the dark tournament, not that it appears she remembers."
Kurama glanced to his friend who was following him and the others with Yoshi next to her, from a distance one would probably mistake her for her brother with how she was walking right then. He looked back to were he was going and suggested "Help her, she isn't ready for the spirit world to know about her just yet. Then again, we don't know much about her and I've been looking in the spirit world files for other cases like hers and haven't found much."
Hiei nodded and then came to a stop as they got to a training spot away from anyone finding them. He pointed to a spot out of the way and said "Girl stay out of the way over there."
Autumn glared at Hiei and muttered "Right like I would get in the way." But she did walk over with Yoshi to sit and lean against some of the bamboo that was around them. Her eyes then watching as the boys started to train, her energy swirling out to heal Kuwabara when it was needed without her really noticing what she was doing. When Hiei appeared in front of her, her eyes glanced up at him and she snapped "What?"
Hiei stared down at her, he had noticed how her energy and her attention seemed to be in two different places. "The detective went off to train for the dark tournament." He said as he turned to face were Kurama had started to take over training Kuwabara. "Come." He told her as he turned to flit away but he found her hand on his arm and glared at her.
Autumn's glare dropped when she was told that her brother was off training and she sighed softly. Her eyes looked to the two and smirked knowing how Kurama's training was, hearing the words from the crimson eyed demon, she reacted before realizing it and grabbed his arm before he could disappear. "The dark tournament... that is why you guys are training?" She asked softly as she stood up and let go of his arm.
Hiei nodded without knowing why he even responded to her or told her what Kurama had forgot to tell her. Hell he didn't even know why he told her to come, although he wondered just how much Kurama had taught her. His eyes darted to the necklace around her neck that he saw light and dark purple energy swirling around the silver weapons that hung from the chain wondering why. He look into her mind, only to hit a shield around her mind, an amused light came to his eyes as he realized she seemed to learn how just from his. He led her away to test her as he trained, which turned into training with her as he learned she was a fast learner and pretty good at adapting to the changes and speed he gave.
The next two months went along those lines with Autumn healing Kuwabara after each training session along with the two demons when they needed it. Not that Hiei didn't fight against it but in the end Autumn got her way of healing the small demon.
Next chapter is the dark tournament by the way.. well half of it at least.
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