Suichi walked closer to Hiei and stood next to him looking out the window. They stood in silence, neither of them knowing what to say. Suddenly Suichi had captured Hiei's lips in a passionate kiss, but just as sudden as the kiss had started it stopped. Suichi looked away.
Hiei brought his hand to his lips, "Why?" was the only thing he could say.
"I don't know," mumbled Suichi still not daring to face Hiei. A few moments later he left the room and Hiei continued to stare at the spot where Suichi had once stood, confused about what had just happened.
Chapter Ten
Yusuke leaned against the wall outside of Meio Privet Academy, he watched the students leave the school grounds as he waited for Hiei. He had done this every day for that past week, just waiting, for some sort of news or event, but nothing had happened.
Yusuke sighed, "How can it go from extremely confusing to normal in just a night?" He looked away from the entrance following two good looking girls as they passed him with his eyes.
"Looking for someone?" asked a mildly bored voice.
Yusuke looked away from the girls, turning to see who spoke, "Hiei! Don't sneak up on me like that!"
Hiei gave Yusuke a look, then looked over a the two girls who where walking away and had no clue that Yusuke had just been checking them out, "You do know that Keiko will be pissed if she finds out that you were checking out girls, right?"
"It crossed my mind," stated Yusuke as if he didn't really care.
"Really," Hiei started to walk away, "So you won't mind if I tell her that her fiancée is looking for some more ass."
"WHAT!" exclaimed Yusuke looking dumbfounded that Hiei would say something like what he had just said.
Hiei glanced back at Yusuke, but kept walking, Yusuke followed him muttering something, "Don't sound so surprised, Yusuke, I'm not the same Hiei you used to know."
"Could have fooled me," retorted Yusuke sarcastically, he looked back at the school wondering where Suichi was, "What, your boyfriend not coming with us today?"
"He's not my boyfriend, I don't even know what gave you that idea," replied Hiei, who had not told Yusuke about Suichi kissing him, for the second time, "Your starting to sound like Sean."
Yusuke shrugged and they continued down the street in silence, for two seconds, "So what are we going to do?"
Hiei glanced over at Yusuke, "What do you mean?"
"Well, Suichi knows about everything but still doesn't have his powers, Karasu is after him, Matsura is still on the loose, and we have this other psychopathic demon to deal with now," answered Yusuke looking at Hiei, "What are we going to do about it?"
"Nothing."
Yusuke stopped walking, not sure that he had heard Hiei right, which forced him to run after Hiei a few moments later to catch up, "What do you mean nothing?"
"We, that is to say, you and I, will be doing nothing. I don't work for Spirit World anymore, so Matsura is not my problem she is yours. Suichi can decide to what-ever he wants with the information givin to him and we can't do anything to effect when he get's his powers back. I will handle Karasu on my own, and Azriel is apparently after Botan, since he's been sending her Black Roses everyday, so it's not my most pressing concern," stated Hiei blandly.
"So that's it then," replied Yusuke quietly.
This time it was Hiei that stopped, "What's it?"
"So much for not being the Hiei I used to know," replied Yusuke stopping a little further up the street.
"Excuse me?"
Yusuke half-sighed, "You can be so self centered sometimes, you know that? So your just going to find Karasu and kill him all by yourself, and then just disappear, right? Since you don't need to concern yourself with matters from Spirit World or helping your friends."
"I never said I wasn't going to help my friends, I just said that Azriel and Matsura weren't the first things on my list of things to do," replied Hiei.
"What about Suichi?"
"What about him, I already said we couldn't do anything to help him get his powers back. He has to do it on his own, if you don't believe me then ask Koenma," explained Hiei.
Yusuke sighed, "That's not what I meant…"
"Then what are you talking about, because I'm drawing a blank," stated Hiei getting slightly annoyed.
Yusuke turned back to look at Hiei, "Suichi told me, you know…About what happened."
Hiei didn't look at Yusuke, "What did you tell him?"
"I told him to talk to you," stated Yusuke, then he started to walk away, but stopped, "Hiei, you should decide soon, who you love more…Suichi or Kurama, because you decision will have a big effect on what happens next."
Hiei watched Yusuke walk away, 'Who do I love more? What the hell does that mean?'
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Suichi sat alone in the library, thinking. 'It's been a whole week and he hasn't said anything about that night.' "Here's the question, do you really want him too?" 'I don't know…sometimes I do and sometimes…but either way I would still like to know what he thinks.' "Are you sure about that? It might not be the answer you want." 'Yeah, well not knowing is driving me insane.' "But you don't even know him that well, you known each other for what, half a month now?" 'Well, technically I've known him for seven years.' "Yes, but you don't remember any of that do you?" 'No…' "Then it doesn't count." 'But…'
Suichi stopped himself, "I'm arguing with myself again."
"You seem to be doing that a lot lately."
Suichi nearly jumped out of his skin, "Hiei! Don't sneak up me! Are you trying to give me a heart attack or something?"
Hiei sat on the table Suichi was sitting at, "No, but it's really not my fault you didn't hear me come in."
"Yeah, yeah," said Suichi waving Hiei off, "Did you want something?"
Hiei gave Suichi a look, "Do I have to want something, to talk to you?"
"Uh, no," Suichi looked down, slightly embarrassed, "Sorry."
"It's fine, actually I did want something," replied Hiei.
Suichi glared at him, "Jerk, what do you want?"
"The essay, it's due Monday and I want to read over it and check it before we hand it in. I'm not about to have you screw up my record with your Third highest ranking scores," stated Hiei holding his hand out for the essay.
"Oh, shut-up," muttered Suichi pulling the essay out of his notebook and handing it to Hiei, "And the score post changed, I'm only just behind you."
"Really, I don't check the scores, I always get first," replied Hiei smirking slightly.
"Well, you'll be dropping to second very soon, since you only beat me by five points on the last test," stated Suichi.
Hiei jumped off the table, "It was six actually, you should work on your math."
"I thought you didn't check the scores," stated Suichi smugly, starting his essay for World History.
"Shut-up," retorted Hiei walking out of the library.
Suichi glanced back at Hiei as he shut the door. Suichi sighed and went back to writing about ancient wars, 'I thought maybe he might have said something since we were alone.'
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"What was the point of that?" "Hiei" asked Karasu as he handed him the essay.
"Obviously your mind doesn't understand the art of subtly, dear sister," replied Karasu setting the essay on fire.
Matsura rolled her eyes as she changed into a form of a female student from Meio Private Academy, "Obviously your plan is to idiotic for my mind to follow. Your going to have them fail an assignment? That's real diabolical."
"I'm destroying Suichi's trust in Hiei," replied Karasu looking slightly annoyed.
"By having them fail an assignment for school, you really think Suichi is going to throw away his trust in Hiei just because he lost some stupid essay?" asked Matsura," I hope your not banking on that happening."
Karasu gave Matsura a look, "Every little bit helps." the he disappeared.
Matsura rolled her eyes at the place where Karasu once stood, "Damn your stupid." She smirked, 'You couldn't even tell who I really was.' Azriel smiled and disappeared as well.
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The pain I feel is unbearable, it's really all I can do to just stand here. He'll end it soon I can sense it, I'm still trying to figure out why the potion didn't last fifteen minutes like it should have.
"Don't move, Kurama! Your surrounded by bombs!"
Yusuke, did you really think I could? I've lost all hope of surviving this fight anyway. But don't worry I'm taking him with me, I'm not about to let my friends die because I'm to weak to beat him.
"Didn't you say that you would not fear what you could not see? Well, here's a closer look," stated my opponent lightly, "You know this fight has been an exercise in futility," he took a step closer, "Your tired…" another step, "Your weak…" another step, "Your pathetic…" he is standing less then a foot away from me now, "Yet, you have a masochistic streak that wants indulging, so here goes."
The bombs closed in on me, I could feel every explosion as if it happened in slow motion. The pain was…
I thought for sure that, that last attack would kill me as well and the match would end in a draw. Neither happened, I'm alive and I've lost the fight. I can't even remember parts of it now. And even though he's dead, I still feel his presence, I want nothing less then to get out of this stadium, but this fight isn't over yet. I've finished mine and lost, but my teammates still have to fight theirs and I know that they will win…They have to…
"You really thought that you had killed me, didn't you? How sad. Poor Kurama, it seems that you have underestimated me again…"
I look around; I am standing in a dark room. A woman and her young daughter are lying on the ground. They are both covered in blood, both dead. I look at them feeling nothing. Again, I look for the killer, still unaware, still not knowing. I look back at the woman and the young girl, then at my hands. My right hand is holding a knife, covered in blood. I take a step back, dropping the knife.
I look back up, I see myself covered in blood that is not my own. I close my eyes, not wanting to believe, but knowing that I killed that man, that I killed the woman and her daughter…
What's happening to me? I'm loosing my mind aren't I? He's dead, I saw him die…Please let it be true…Let it just be my mind playing tricks on me…He's dead…He has to be…
Suichi woke up in a cold sweat, he sat up looking around his room. His dreams had been getting worse ever since Hiei had told him about what had happened to cause for the need to erase his memories. Suichi looked over at the clock in was almost noon, which was fine, it was Sunday which meant no school.
Suichi got out of bed and got dressed, he walked out of his room and down the stairs heading towards the kitchen. He vaguely registered that the house was completely silent. Upon entering the kitchen he noticed a note on the counter.
He picked up the note, it was from his mother. She had gone out shopping and was going to back in a few hours. He set the note back on the counter, picked up a pen and wrote at the bottom, Went out, be back for dinner. Love, Suichi. He set the pen down and left the house.
He headed towards the park, he need some place quiet to think, other then an empty house. He entered the park and sat down on a bench. He started to think about the dreams he had been having recently, 'Now I wish I didn't know why I had my memory erased, those dreams were weird enough.' Suichi sighed and looked up at the cloudy sky, it looked like it was going to rain, 'What am I going to do now?'
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"Are you serious!" Yusuke was on the verge of laughing, Koenma had just told him that Botan had captured Matsura, "Good on ya', Botan, maybe you should be Spirit Detective." Yusuke smiled at the young ferry girl, who looked confused.
"It wasn't me who captured her, honestly Lord Koenma, there's no way. I'm not strong enough to fight demons!" She sounded worried that Koenma would actually appoint her as Spirit Detective.
Koenma gave Botan a dumbfounded look, "But you were just telling me not even a half an hour ago how you beat her up with your oar."
"I did?" asked Botan still really confused.
"Maybe she insulted her hair and you went into a rage, beat the crap out of her with your oar and brought her in and now you can't remember any of it because you were so angry, that she said that you dyed your hair," suggested Hiei who was leaning against the wall near the door to Koenma's office.
"Shut-up, Hiei!" snapped Botan.
"Don't you two start!" exclaimed Koenma in a semi-pleading tone, while rubbing his temples, he was starting to get a headache.
"So what are we going to do next?" asked Yusuke glancing at Botan and Hiei who were currently glaring at each other.
"Well, the Ogres still haven't found were Karasu or Azriel are hiding, so there isn't much we can do in the current situation," conceded Koenma.
"So what? Just kick back and wait for the Ogres to find something?" asked Hiei sounding annoyed that they had come up with nothing in the past week.
"Or you can go out looking for them yourself, Hiei, I really don't care," muttered Koenma.
"What's got you so stressed, Koenma?" asked Hiei.
"Just this demon world situation," he sighed, " once it was peaceful and I didn't have to worry about what was going on."
"Ten to one it was Karasu's fault," stated Yusuke crossing his arms and looking rather grim.
"Despite what you think not everything is one person's fault, Yusuke," reprimanded Koenma.
"Do you really think that Karasu wasn't the one that killed Enki?" asked Yusuke looking slightly surprised.
"How do I know, Yusuke, why don't you ask him when you see him," snapped Koenma getting annoyed.
Yusuke was about to respond when Botan grabbed his arm, saying that the meeting was over, then she pushed Hiei and Yusuke out of Koenma's office and told them to go home.
"Wow, you really think that demon has gotten that bad?" Yusuke asked Hiei, while looking at the now closed door of Koenma's office. Hiei didn't reply, "Hiei?" Yusuke looked behind him and saw that Hiei wasn't there, Yusuke looked around confused, 'Now where'd he go?'
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It had been raining for almost an hour, and yet Suichi was still sitting on the same park bench thinking about his dreams. He hadn't moved at all, he was starting at the ground, his eyes completely out of focus. One would think he was dead or something.
'I don't even have any power to fight him, I could die…' Suichi paused in his thoughts, 'I could die? No…Hiei won't let me die, even if I can't defend myself, right?'
"Hey…"
Suichi nearly fell off the bench, he glared at the person that had snuck up on him, "Didn't I tell you not to do that!"
Hiei blinked, "Did you?"
Suichi gave him a 'well that was a dumb question' look, "Where have you been?"
"Looking for you, do you always sit alone in the rain?" asked Hiei as he sat next to Suichi on the bench.
Suichi didn't reply, he hadn't realized it was raining, he was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice, but he wasn't going to tell Hiei that.
"You okay?" asked Hiei concerned.
"Yeah, fine, why?" answered Suichi trying to sound nonchalant.
"I dunno, you just seem off," said Hiei shrugging.
"I wonder why," muttered Suichi looking away.
Hiei looked at Suichi confused for a second, "What did you expect me to do, Suichi. You just kissed me and left, what did you want me to do? Chase after you?"
Suichi replied before thinking, "Yes! Is that so wrong?"
Hiei was taken aback by Suichi's reply, to be honest it wasn't what he was expecting. He didn't know what to say next.
Suichi glanced over at Hiei, who looked shocked and confused, Suichi sighed, "Never mind…that's not what I meant…I mean," Suichi stopped he found that he couldn't say anything else, because Hiei was kissing him.