Why Him?
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Chapter Fourteen
After what seemed like hours fighting those damned plant people, when in reality it was only minutes. And after the prolonged fighting with the creatures, they were finally all dead. And right when the last one died, a loud thunderclap shook Maze Castle. Kurama raised his green eyes up to look at the castle. "That was the strongest clasp of thunder yet. The end is about to come."
Hiei scoffed, and Hope sighed. "There won't be a fuckin' end until one of them is fuckin' dead."
Kuwabara's eye twitched. "Why not be a little more optimistic, Hope?" he asked. The human then shook his head and looked at the entrance to the final battle arena of Maze Castle. "ALRIGHT!" Kuwabara cheered. "Took care of them, now let's go!" And with that, he kicked the door in and started to race to the top of the stairs. But half way up, a loud explosion was heard.
"Yuusuke!" Hope screamed, racing to the top. And then the four of them made it to the very top of Maze castle, only to see that there was nothing left of the control center. Hope looked around hastily for her brother. "Yusuke?"
"Over there!" Kurama stated, pointing over to the left, where a charred body of Yusuke was laying.
"URAMESHI!" Kuwabara yelled, running over to his best friend's body, with Hope right behind him.
"This looks bad," Kurama murmured. "He used up almost all of his spirit energy. His heart is barely beating..."
Hope felt her heart jump up into her throat, tears brimming up at her eyes, until... "I'll transfuse my Spirit Energy to him!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
Kurama looked up at the orange haired, junior high student, like he grew a second head. "That's like committing suicide! You haven't recovered from your fight with Byakko yet!"
"DOES I LOOK LIKE I GIVE A SHIT?" Kuwabara screamed. "I CAN'T JUST STAND HERE AND WATCH URAMESHI DIE! I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN PASS SPIRIT ENERGY! THERE'S NO CHOICE!" And with that, Kuwabara kneeled down to Yusuke's body and began pushing his own Spirit Energy into Yusuke's body.
Hope chuckled. She knew now that her brother was safe, and Kuwabara would survive this. She looked over at Kurama and smiles. "Looks like two of us will have to carry them on our backs..."
"What an annoyance," Hiei muttered. "It's incomprehensible why people would sacrifice themselves for others."
"But that's exactly why he was able to win against Suzaku," Kurama muttered, looking down at Yusuke, respecting the young boy.
"Whatever," Hiei scoffed. "I certainly can't do it. To fight for others in an undecided battle." Mentally adding, "If it were the female detective though, I probably might."
Hope laughed. "I wonder if Yusuke would've lost, would you be saying the same thing?" Hiei just glared at the Demonic Sorceress, enjoying her laughter while mentally smiling, who continued to laugh. "Well, better go and get these guys home," Hope muttered, reaching down to grab her brother, only to have Hiei pick him up instead, and Kurama grabbed Kuwabara.
"Ready to go, Hope?" Kurama asked, smiling lightly, noticing the glare Hiei sent him. Hope sighed not noticing Hiei's glare at Kurama. Men and their egos. But the three of them left with two of their unconscious friends.
Three Hours Later
It took them three whole hours to make it back at the entrance of the castle. On the way to the entrance, Hope couldn't shake the feeling that she was going to get a lecture once she reached the entrance. And boy she couldn't be more right then she was when came to a cousin of hers that she loved more then any of her other cousins.
As they were headed towards the Door of Betrayal, a strong force of energy was coming towards them. Making them stop in their tracks. Hope was standing rigged, for she knew this energy well and knew who it was. Hiei and Kurama didn't know who the owner of this energy was but had their guard up the moment Hope went rigged while walking when they reached the half way mark to the entrance.
"Hope? What's wrong?" asked a concerned Kurama.
"Umm… I think I'm going to be in trouble soon as well as Yusuke." Hope stated nervously before continuing, "You see, before coming back to Japan, I called a cousin of ours and she was pissed when I told her about Yusuke being dead. She is in the same line as me and Yusuke, but she is like you Kurama and she also an elemental."
Just as Hope finished saying what her cousin was, the Door of Betrayal was destroyed by a blast of energy making Hope make a shield of stone once again to protect the team.
"I see you're quick as ever baby cousin." Said a dark, husky female voice from the other side of the stone shield.
"Have to be, when you go Kyoto-sensei, cousin." Hope stated dead-pan as she lowered the stone shield.
"Oh really now, my beloved student?" came the voice within the smoke still hanging where the Door of Betrayal once was.
"Hai, really, Kyoto-sensei." Hope replied as she used her wind ability to clear the smoke and reviled a woman with her hair in a short hair style, short in the back, with two long strands that framed her face, her bangs covering one of her blood red eyes. The hair itself was strange. It was a silvery color, with random red streaks flowing through. But that's not what made her so strange looking to Hiei and Kurama, though Kurama couldn't help but think that she was more beautiful then Hope in demon from in his eyes. No, there where the four wings that were coming out of her back. Two in her shoulder blades and two more coming out of the middle of her back. The clothes she wore looked like old time battle armor. And somehow, strapped across her back was a bow and arrow kit.
If what they heard right by what Hope called this dragon demoness' name. Then they were face to face with the Dragon-Demon Princess, Kyoto. Kyoto saw them looking at her with shock looks on their face and smirked.
"So… Who are the two cuties with ya that's carrying Yusuke and a disfigure human?" she asked.
"Oh! The red head cutie on my left carrying the disfigure human is Kurama and the human is Kuwabara. The gravity defining haired demon cutie on my right carrying Yusuke is Hiei." Hope replied pointing to each one of the group that Kyoto didn't know then introduce the two of her team to who she was. "Hiei, Kurama meet my sensei, Dragon-Demon Princess Kyoto."
"A pleasure, your Highness" Kurama greeted with the tilt of his head.
"Hn." Was Hiei's replied with the tilt of his head.
"Like wise."
"Kyoto-sensei, if it's not to much trouble could you give Serin control now?" Hope asked even though she wanted to avoid the lecture she knew was coming from her cousin, she wanted to show Kurama what she meant about her cousin being like him.
"You sure you want her in control, Hope?" Kyoto asked as she looked at her student/cousin with a worried expression. "You know how she is when you don't give her updates on family. Remember what happen last time you did that."
Hope nodded her head vigorously, afraid to use her voice as she shivered at the remembrance of what happen last time. She couldn't feel a thing for three weeks when she didn't give her cousin, who she nick named 'Serin', an update on her brother Jonathan who is the same age as their cousin when he was ok after his surgery a year and three months prier to when she became a SD.
"Alrighty then. You're up Serina" Kyoto said as gave control back to her host.
Kurama eyes widen as the beautiful demon princess turn to a human girl with raven color hair that parted off to the right and went all the way to a little bit past her shoulders in the back, and pearl black eyes, being that she was glaring at Hope for some reason or another. Warring the same outfit as Hope, but different. The shirt she wore cut off just above her stomach, and was form fitting, resembling armor, more than a shirt. The shirt supported her perfectly, and even came up to wrap around her neck, like a collar. The top of the armor was black, with some purple here and there, signalizing her royalty. Then a strip of green coming down to an upside down Y wrapped around her waist, cutting the armor off at her stomach. And a real attention grabber was the red jewel that was perched right above her bellybutton. This piece of armor also showed off her tribal tattoo on her left shoulder, another symbol of her royalty blood.
Next on his examination, Kurama found himself looking at the baggy, black shorts that the girl wore. They stopped at about mid thigh, and basically hugged her hips, leaving little to the mind. After leaving a bit of skin, Serina wore a thing of purple leggings, which matched the purple on her armor top, and finished off with heeled boots.
The shorts she wore were a bit too short in Kurama's mind, which shocked him, since he never really cared what people wore and has just meet the girl yet couldn't keep his eyes off, it was a way to express themselves and Kurama had no business to interfere with that. But right at that moment, Kurama wanted the girl to cover more of her legs to keep lower class demons from looking at her with lust in their eyes.
"HOP! You better have a good dame ass excuse this time for not informing me of this case and that Yusuke came back from his training." The human girl yelled.
"W-W-Well cuz, I kind of forgot and by the time I realized it we were already in the castle and umm… fighting and going to the upper leaves. Umm… pulse I realized it 'bout at the halfway mark back here when I felt your energy. B-B-By t-t-the w-w-way the males with me and Yusuke, who's out cold and being carried by the *gulp* fire demon that's on my right is Hiei, the r-r-red h-h-head on my left, who's the same as you but with a fox demon spirit and carrying the disfigured human male is Kurama and the disfigured human male, who is out cold as well, he is carrying is Kuwabara." Hope replied while trying not to stuttered at the glare she was recivin' from her cousin as she ducked behind Kurama. "Hiei, Kurama meet my cousin, Serina Suzuki, Spirit Detective and an elemental."
"A pleasure, Ms. Serina" Kurama greeted with the tilt of his head.
"Hn." Was Hiei's replied with the tilt of his head.
"Like wise." Serina replied back before returning her attention to her quivering cousin behind the hot red head. "*sigh* what am I going to do with you? You have a good excuse. You're forgiven, but with not telling me 'bout the case. As for not telling me Yusuke came back from training with Genkai, no television for a month. Do I make myself clear?"
"Hai, cuz."
"Let's get you guys home."
And with that Serina led them back outside and away from the castle. She pulled out her communicator and told Koenma to open a portal home.
Three Days Later
Hope and Serina sighed as they sat in Kuwabara's living room. Yusuke, their most beloved family member has been out cold for three fucking days, and no signs of waking up. And they needed to go to work. "God, they just fuckin' HAD to set me up for today and the rest of the godblessit week, didn't they?" they muttered, standing up and walking to the door.
"Serina? Hope? Where are you two going?" a voice asked.
Hope and Serina looked over their shoulder to see Kurama and Hiei standing there. "Oh, hey, Kurama. Hiei. Gotta go catch our shift at work today."
Kurama and Hiei each raised an eyebrow. "You have a job?"
Hope and Serina laughed. "Of course we do, fox boy." Serina started. "We have to pay our bills somehow, don't we?" Hope finished. Serina's hand reaches for the door and opened it, but before Hope closed the door behind them, she muttered, "If you're both trying to think of what we do for a living, come over to 156 Johnson Avenue or 256 Jackson Street, and you'll see! Try around six o'clock. Later!" And with that, Hope shut the door and they walked out of Kuwabara's house, and off to their job each.
A Few Hours Later
Hiei and Kurama were walking down the main street, trying to find the address that Hope gave them. Kurama found Serina's work address and left with her somewhere, all the while Hiei continue try to find hope's work address. He found it eventually, but thought he had the wrong place. "Windy's Earthly Children Orphanage/Daycare" is what the sign reads. "This can't be the place," he muttered, just about to walk away, until...
"Yuki! Get back here, Yuki!" shouted a very frimiler female voice.
Hiei's eyes furrowed as he turned back to see Hope covered head to freaking toe in mud running to catch a little girl no more then three years old, with snow yellow hair tied back in a ponytail by a black and white ribbon, violet colored eyes, warring a black and white jumpsuit as well as black and white color sneakers also cover head to toe in mud, who was laughing and running to hide behind him. "Haha… Can't catch me Mama Hope!" said Yuki as she hid behind Hiei who just stared down at the little girl with indifference but with amusement in his eyes at the game the two were playing.
Hope stops a few feet in front of Hiei to catch her breath. As she was catching her breath she notice Hiei stand in front of her looking down at the little girl she was chasing. All of a sudden Hope got a vision of Hiei looking down at their own little one with a smile, a true genuine smile, on his face as he picked him/her up and into his arms. After awhile of staring at the two after having the vision Hope heard her name being called. "…ma Hope. Mama Hope. 'Ello Mama Hope."
"Huh? What? What is it Yuki?" Hope asked the three year old, who was actually in Hiei's arms like the vision but with the look of indifference.
"You 'lright? You were just staring at Yuki and this man after you caught your breath."
"I was? I'm sorry. Mama Hope was a little dictated by one of her fantasies again. Hey, Hiei. I see you found it, though I did think you wouldn't make it." Hope replied as Hiei handed her the human child.
"Hn."
"*giggle* You talk funny minster." Yuki said, causeing Hiei to smirk with amusement.
Hope laughed. "Yuki this is my friend Hiei. One of the ones I was telling you about earlier. Hiei this is Yuki. One of twenty kids I take care of here." She picked up a rag and wiped Yuki's hands with it, before throwing it over her shoulder and Yuki shaking Hiei's hand. "Well, come on in!" And with that, Hope walks back into the building, with a scowling Hiei following.
~Hn, liking human more and more...~ a certain voice in Hiei's head muttered, licking its lips.
~Shut UP!~ Hiei growled, shoving his inner self to the back of his mind.
~Oh, admit it. You attracted to her,~ his beast stated.
Hiei sighed, and shook his head, about to answer his when, "Hiei-san? You okay?"
Hiei's head shot down, to see Yuki in front of him, cleaned up, and clothes changed, still the same colors. So that's where they went. "Hn, yeah. Just think is all," he lied.
"Oh," Yuki murmured, rubbing at her neck. "Um… Hiei-san can I call you, Papa Hiei?" to say Hiei was shock would be an understatement. Never as there been a child so content to be around him to ask to be called that. "Sure why not kid." Hiei answered smiling inwardly at the smile Yuuki gave him.
"Papa Hiei what is your attention to Mama Hope?" Now that really shocked him. He didn't know what his attentions towards the female detective were yet. So he gave the little one the truth as he so fared knew it. "I'm not too sure." Yuki not happy with the answer but was content with it for now, didn't press further.
"Yuki time to take you home now." Came a voice behind the child. Yuuki turn to see Hope standing behind her all cleaned up as well. Warring a blood red a Chinese dress that stopped halfway to her ankles with a black dragon surrounded by black flames going around her, its head stopped at her right breast and a split that stopped little before her hip on the left side. Her hair in a Chinese bun with sticks stickin' out. Her lips were a fire red color. Black pearl eyeshadow on her eye lids. All in all she looked pretty to the little kids looking at her, but to Hiei's beast she looked good enough to eat. To witch Hiei had to agreed, especially since it she her curves in all the right places. "Wow! Mama Hope you look beautiful." Yuki said amazed at how her Mama Hope looked. "Arigoto, Yuki."
"I think you look pretty, onna" Hiei said trying not to show how good she really looked to him. Although Yuki caught his eyes roaming her Mama Hope and thought, "Dose Papa Hiei like Mama Hope dress like this and/or is this the first time he seen Mama Hope dress like this?"
"Arigoto, Hiei." Hope said with a blushed. Yuki looked back and forth between the two, before gaining their attention. "I'm ready to go Mama Hope." The two looked at her before hope went and grabbed her and Yuki's stuff from the office.
"Ok. Let's go." Hope said as held out her hand for Yuki to take. Yuki did, then grabbed Hiei's with her other and dragged him with them. "Where are we going, onnas?" the fire demon asked
"To drop Yuki off, first." Hope answered. "Yeah, I want to show you where I live so when Mama Hope babysits me you can come get her or come play with us, Papa Hiei." Yuki stated causeing Hope to look at Hiei coursely with a blush on her face and not noticing Hiei's blush but Yuki noticed. "Hn," Was all Hiei said.
After about five minutes of walking, Hope, Yuuki, and Hiei stood in front of a red, green and yellow American style house. "Here we are." Hope said as walked up to the front door and knocked. A minuet later the door open to reviled an elderly woman in her mid sixty with a smile on her face. "Hope-san so good to see you. Is it time for Yuki to come home already?" greeted the old woman. "Hai it is "
"I see. Come on in Yuuki mustn't keep Hope-san from getting home now." said to the child as Yuuki came in. "'Night Mama Hope, see you tomorrow. 'Night Papa Hiei, Take care." said the child as she took hold of her mother's hand. "Good night Hope-san, Hiei-san."
"Good night , Yuuki." Hope said as she bowed to the little family. "Good night Yuuki, Wolfe-san." Hiei said with a nod of his head. nodded before she closed the door.
"Well, c'mon, there's something else I wanna show you." And with that, Hope started walking down the street, Hiei on her heels."What is it, onna?" the fire/ice demon asked.
Hope just smirked. "Oh, you'll see."
After about twenty minutes of walking, Hope and Hiei made it to Serina's 2nd home that she moved to after Yusuke went to train with Genkai. "Here we are, home sweet home." But Hope didn't go into the front door, as Hiei thought. Instead, she walked into the back yard, confusing the fire/ice demon even more. "C'mon, Hiei!"
The black brunette fire/ice demon walked into the back yard and his eyes widened. There was a huge green house in the middle of Hope's yard, which was filled with different plants. Mainly things you'll see in a garden, but a few flowers.
"So, what do you think, slick?" Hope asked, looking over her green house. "Not too bad, huh?"
"Hn it's alright…" Hiei stated amused.
"Hmph shows what you know" Hope murmured, pouting. "Well, c'mon, there's another thing I wanna show you." And with that, Hope started walking down the street again, Hiei on her heels. ."What is it, onna?" the fire/ice demon asked.
Hope just smirked. "Oh, you'll see."
After about ten minutes of walking, Hope and Hiei made it to a park across from where Hope lived. "Here we are."
"Why are we at a park, onna?" Hiei asked annoyed.
Before Hope could answer a voiced called her name. "Hope! ya made it just in time." Hope and Hiei turn their heads in the direction of the voice and sees a male in his twenties with brown hair come over. Hiei growled low in his throat while wonder something, "Who the hell is he and why dose he know my onna?"
To be continued...
Next Time:
Hope sings. Hiei's Beast force him to do something that he may or may not regret.
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