A/N: Hey there everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the previous chapter! I thought it came out pretty good. Some plot elements that will be solved later throughout the story were FINALLY introduced. As you know though, it's still got a while to go! But I think it is coming along quite nicely.
Oh well, enough of my babbling! On with the story!
Chapter 7: Memories, Revelations, and Heartache
"Damn! We could've killed them both too!" Complained En. She and Ali were walking towards their lair in the Makai. "And we can't waste any more time without reporting to our master. We already wasted almost two days."
Ali grunted. "That's 'cause he's going to kill us for this. They're a threat and we didn't get rid of them. Damn Reikai Tentei!" Ali kicked a stone wall with his foot cracking it in the process.
The two eventually reached their destination. They took each other's hands and proceeded to meet their master.
"So you failed." A voice echoed.
The couple shuddered. En was the first to find her voice. "Regretfully so, my lord. The Forbidden Child and the Spirit Detective name Yusuke intervened. Other than that, we would have destroyed those two brats and drained the remaining human energy."
Their master stayed silent for a moment. He gazed at a mirror close to him and watched the fight again. The demon paused the picture on Yoko. "This girl, her energy intrigues me. You felt something odd, right Ali?"
Ali nodded in response. "Yes, almost like there was too much of it to take. I hurt to obtain the mere sample of her energy I managed to collect."
"So much energy it hurt…" Their master muttered. "So the rumor is true. Because of her highly unusual mix of demon blood, her power has escalated beyond her normal limits. Not to mention she is also extraordinarily beautiful." He smirked as he finished his last comment.
En blinked. "Sir, what does beauty have to do with this? She is a threat; a part of the Reikai Tentei! As well as that other boy… He seemed familiar to me." She placed her thumbnail to her lips and bit on the edge with her teeth, lost in thought.
The demon lord stood and chuckled. "That human, that psychic, is the boy we were after years ago. He managed to survive when we destroyed his family. He is problem that needs to be disposed of immediately. That boy… unlike most psychics he was born with multiple psychic abilities. He has practically no limit to what he can do and if he lives much longer, Yoko and this boy together will destroy everything we are trying to accomplish. Your new mission, as of right now, is to seek and destroy that human."
Ali looked confused. "Why not destroy Yoko as well?"
Their master chuckled low in his throat and smirked evilly. "Because, dear Ali, that would be a waste. If she is used properly by us, defeating the Reikai Tentei and achieving our goals will be all too easy. Besides, she is strong, different, and gorgeous. Making her our weapon AND my queen sounds very enticing."
"You would mate with that abomination master?" En screamed.
The demon lord erupted from the shadows. He was wearing a white skin tight outfit just like the others but including a dark blue cape. He had green hair that went to the back of his knees and a sword hilted on his belt. His red eyes bore into En's amethyst eyes so deeply she backed away. "I, Lord Fiore, will mate with whoever I please En. And," He added. "I don't appreciate our future weapon being called an abomination. Yoko will be the reason we win this war we have started. She will also be a very powerful ruler alongside me. No one would DARE challenge her once she has realized her potential."
En shuddered. "You're- you're right my lord. I wasn't thinking, please forgive me."
Fiore relaxed and brushed his hand against En's face. "You didn't know any better… You are forgiven."
Ali smiled. "Also, once we rule the human world, Yoko would know just how to deal with them for us."
"Exactly right," Fiore stated.
/Scene Change/
A few days had passed after Akira's vision during group training. Yoko had noticed that her human friend was horribly withdrawn from everything around him. He seemed to be constantly thinking. The silver haired demon was beginning to become very worried as she watched him put his empty chopsticks into his mouth while at dinner with the family. She found herself unable to stomach much food, seeing him so lost and lonely was making her sick.
Kurama finally spoke up, "Akira!"
Akira just continued to stare at the table with his empty chopsticks frozen between his lips. However, he was brought out of his stupor in one shocking instant when Hiei was somehow out of his seat and roughly pulling Akira up to meet his face by the boy's collar. The teen blinked and gasped dropping his chopsticks causing them to click onto the table and roll off.
Hiei yanked on the clothing in his fist harder. "YOU'VE BEEN LIKE THIS FOR DAYS NOW! SUCK IT UP AND TELL US WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU OR I'M GOING TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!"
Kurama jumped to his feet and grasped Hiei's arm. "THAT'S ENOUGH HIEI!"
The fire demon's grasp relaxed a little. He closed his eyes for a moment and took a breath before opening them again. "Snap out of this state. You've been so out of it that you haven't noticed you're hurting someone." His tone was still angry.
Yoko looked down at her plate when she saw Akira turn to look at her. She heard her father continue.
"What Hiei is attempting to say, is that if you don't come back to Earth soon and talk to someone, you are going to truly hurt Yoko. We both know you don't wish to harm her, correct?" Kurama explained coolly.
Akira nodded as Hiei released him completely. He sighed heavily and sat back down. Looking at Yoko he finally spoke. "It's my vision that's made me this way; but I'm sure you all knew that already."
Yoko looked at him out of the corner of her eye as he continued. "I saw what happened before I woke up with no memory years ago. I –I think I did anyway…"
The demon family looked at him in shock. Kurama and Hiei looked a little confused. Yoko stared him down.
She leaned in to look him in the eyes. "Really? I mean you said you couldn't remember what happened to your family. Just that they were all murdered."
Akira nodded. "There was a woman screaming for me and protecting me. A man died trying to protect us using psychic energy. They called me their son. The last thing I saw in my vision was an attacker about to try and kill both my mother and I… It's… I don't…" He groaned and covered his eyes.
Yoko took his hands away from his eyes and looked at him. "Who was it? Akira… someone you know?" She grasped his hands firmly when she felt him begin to shake. It was plain for her to see his eyes gloss over as he fought back tears.
"En…" He said simply. "That demon from before… The girl, En she was about to attack us."
The other three gasped. Yoko began grinding her teeth until she saw Akira's face twinge with pain. She released his captured hands and pulled him into a hug. She didn't care that her parents were staring across the table, or care about what they may say about her actions. Akira needed comfort and he was someone who responded to physical contact well. (A/N: And not like THAT you pervs… Sheesh!) Akira accepted the contact and let his head hit the demon's shoulder.
Kurama looked at Hiei who seemed as though he were about to beat the boy senseless. He motioned for them to leave the table and Hiei followed with a grunt of irritation. The couple left the dining room and headed over to their room where they could talk in private. Hiei sat stiffly on the bed with his legs crossed and arms folded. Kurama fell exasperatedly next to his mate.
"So there's a connection…" Kurama stated.
"Heh, just great. This stupid situation doesn't make any sense to me. What are they after? Why is Akira here? Why is this all so messed up?" Hiei yelled.
Kurama took the back of Hiei's white color in his long fingered hand and pulled him down to lay next to him. He wrapped an arm around him and felt the little fire demon snuggle into his chest. The kitsune toyed with Hiei's soft black spikes as he responded. "I don't know Hiei. Everything is pretty jumbled up at the moment. Almost nothing makes sense right now."
Hiei growled and shifted to rest his head on his love's shoulder and clung onto his torso. "What the hell was that downstairs too? That's not the first time Yoko's acted strange around that human. I don't like the way things are going between them."
"Hm," Kurama said. "Well if it's bound to happen it's going to Hiei. Yet I will admit it worries me too. Yoko is a demon and Akira is a human no matter how you look at it. Then again, it's the same situation between Yusuke and Keiko."
"That's different! Yusuke was originally human! He was raised to be one, and was with Keiko before he ever found out about his demon ancestry."
"And Yoko was raised in the human world. She may think and act like a demon, love, but there's no mistaking that her heart belongs to this world." Kurama added. "We can not neglect that fact. But I will talk to them later about their relationship."
The fox leaned in and gave Hiei a deep kiss. "For now, you need to relax or I'm afraid you may say or do something you'll regret my little flame."
Hiei snorted. "Kisses don't solve everything."
Kurama smirked and pinned the smaller demon beneath him. Almost instantly he was attacking Hiei's neck and beginning to rid him of his cloak.
Hiei gasped before scolding his mate. "SEX DOESN'T SOLVE EVERYTHING EITHER!" He tried to wriggle his way out of the position they were in.
Kurama chuckled and held Hiei's hands over his head. "That," his voice was low and husky, "is a complete lie Hiei. You know that I solve everything between us this way." He began to attack his neck and earlobes, sucking on them and nibbling slightly.
Hiei moaned slightly and stopped struggling. "B-but we don't have time for this…mmm…" He gasped as Kurama removed his cloak and pushed his shirt up, revealing the bare chiseled chest below him. "Li-listen Kurama… ahh… I know that-that you are just doing this to distract me from my anger…"
Kurama bit down on the muscle between his mate's neck and shoulder causing the smaller demon to gasp and moan. "So what if I am? If a technique works, you USE it Hiei."
Hiei looked at him. He could feel his face heat up as it was getting red from Kurama's teasing. "This, kitsune, is exactly why we never get any important discussions done when we are alone."
/Scene Change/
Downstairs, Yoko was still holding Akira while he tried to relax. She wanted to do something for him. 'Somehow,' she thought to herself. 'This isn't enough. I KNOW it isn't.'
The blond haired boy sat up slowly. Yoko watched him for a few moments. As he straightened up to stand Yoko realized she couldn't stand the empty moment. She jumped in to meet his lips with hers and felt the warmth from his body begin to surge through hers once again. Akira froze in shock for a moment before he began to respond to the kiss. Yoko opened her pale pink lips slightly. The teenage boy did not hesitate at all as he deepened the kiss and explored her mouth with vigor. The demon girl felt her body heat and wrapped her arms around his neck to indicate she didn't want it to end anytime soon.
Akira almost couldn't contain himself. He felt hot and heavy. His arms clung to her waist and pulled her slim body closer to his. Once the two bodies met Yoko gasped into the kiss. Akira experimented by pressing into her a little more and in return, the beauty in his arms only kissed back harder. Eventually… the two reluctantly separated from each other.
Yoko felt as though she almost couldn't breathe. It was like something had caused both of her lungs to collapse painlessly. The way Akira looked at her, like he desperately needed her, made the demon feel weak for the first time. His eyes were always so expressive. Even if he wouldn't say what he was thinking, she could always get an idea of what was going on in his mind. She rested herself against him and Akira placed his chin on her head. The two held one another, just breathing in rhythm.
A/N: Hey! Sorry that it's a little shorter than some others! There wasn't much more to put here until the next scene which I rather have in the next chapter! I PROMISE, seriously I'll bet watching anime on this promise, to have the next chapter out by Sunday this week! Hope you liked some of the steamy situations here.