Disclaimer: See first chapter.
AN: Thank you all soooooo much for reviewing!! I got a lot of 'that was sweet' R+R so I'm happy! ^_^ But don't you all worry! There's a lot more sweetness where that came from! And I'm also REALLY sorry about not updating. My school was just finishing up for Christmas vacation so I was busy. But now I've got 18 days to do NOTHING but write!!! Muahahahaha!
Chapter 8:
Day Two: Cooking Dreams
~*~
Koenma was occasionally checking up on Hiei through his monitor.
He was having difficulty going through Makuya's spells.
And time was running out . . .
'Ah! Who cares,' he thought. 'Hiei's doing fine on his own. I've got nothing to worry about . . .
. . .
Ah! Who am I kidding? Hiei's doomed! DOOMED!' "DOOMED!!"
"What's doomed?" said Kurama as he walked in the door followed by Yusuke and Kuwabara. Botan was already sitting near Koenma's desk.
"HIEI, YOU MORON!!!"
They all shot back a few steps at the sudden outburst. Kurama spoke up.
"Hiei's going to be fine! He's a fire demon! And they don't go down easily! We've seen it . . ."
Koenma sighed. "I know . . . it's just, well, Hiei tried to ride a bike and it didn't work out to well . . ."
"How so?" Yusuke said in the back of the room.
"He fell off and nearly became unconscious."
Kuwabara started laughing. "Pfft, pfft, pfuahahaha!"
Kurama's fist's clenched.
"Stop it!" Kurama shouted. Yusuke and Kuwabara stared at him. It wasn't like Kurama to shout forcefully. "Hiei may be having a rough time as a human, but that's no reason to laugh at him! Honestly!"
Yusuke's eyes widened then narrowed.
He snickered into the back of his hand. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you liked him."
Kurama winced. "Oh give me a break. I'm not gay, you asshole." He turned to face Yusuke with a smirk. "I could say the same about you and Kuwabara."
"DON'T EVEN GO THERE, PRETTY BOY!!" Yusuke shouted back.
"Fine."
Yusuke took a deep breath.
"Then what's wrong?"
"It's just, Hiei's my best friend. And you guys are just shoving the situation aside as if it were nothing! I'm just worried about him, that's all."
Yusuke scratched his head. "But you were just saying a few seconds ago that he wouldn't go down so easily . . . and that he was a fire demon and all."
"I just said that so Koenma would stop whining."
"WHAT?!" The toddler shouted from behind his desk.
"Oh shut it," Yusuke said starting an argument with Koenma faster than lightning.
Kurama ignored the shouting.
'I have faith in my best friend . . .'
He looked at the monitor of a sleeping Hiei.
'I know I do . . .'
* * * ((AN: Don't worry. This is not a shonen ai! No KxH pairings here!))
Meanwhile, Hiei was sleeping soundly in his own dreams.
@dream@
He was in a place he had never been before.
He was moving quickly from on place to another in a shot of darkness.
All he got was little pieces of the places he was in.
Little 'peeks' if you will.
The first place was pretty dark.
Though you could tell it was outside at night.
Hiei found it hard to breathe. He didn't know why.
His face became hot as the lack of breathing continued.
'Wh-what's going on?'
But then he began to breathe slowly in and out again as he turned is head.
There was a light . . .
No.
Millions of tiny lights . . .
In a clearing.
. . .
The darkness consumed again to bring Hiei to another place.
The second time was not as bad though much colder.
Very cold. In fact, it was snowing.
He was in the street even though it was deserted.
He saw two figures kneeling under one of the wired lamp posts, embracing.
He wanted to feel a 'not understanding' emotion, but for some reason, he breathed deep and was happy, though he couldn't make out who the two figures were.
. . .
For the last time, Hiei was consumed by the darkness.
But the third place was the quickest and most bizarre.
All he saw for a split second was a bottle.
A rather odd shaped bottle that seemed to be everywhere he went in the human world.
He recognized it from the kitchen Mira's mother was in.
Though he could never really make out the words on the label.
It was probably pronounced (in Hiei's view) L-AI-SOUL.
. . .
Even though the label read the letters, 'Lysol'. . .
. . .
The darkness consumed him and he woke up in his bed shockingly with a cold sweat drenched face.
@end dream@
"Wh-wha-what was that?!" he said still panting.
"Most likely a dream," said a familiar voice from the bed side.
He shot back, startled by the voice, and hitting his back in the process against the headboard.
Hiei winced in pain.
"Careful!" Mira shouted. "My god. You just can't stop hurting yourself can you?" she giggled slightly.
Hiei managed a smile. "Guess not."
He looked at her clothing. It was normal. A lot like her outfit when they went biking though this time it was purple matching instead of blue. But she had a weird thing on her back. It was like something to carry stuff with.
"Um . . . what's that for?" Hiei said pointing to the backpack.
"I was waiting for you to wake up so I could tell you."
"And . . . ?"
"Hiei, I have to go to school."
. . .
". . . . ."
"It's a place where you learn and grow your mind and crap like that. I hate it. But I have to go."
"Ok."
"I only have to go for two days though because it's Thanksgiving vacation soon!" She seemed happy so Hiei went along with it.
Mira spoke again. "But because you're going to be here all alone, you can help make the Thanksgiving dinner!"
Hiei gulped. ". . . help?"
"Yes. Help my mother."
. . .
'Oh mother of god, no.'
"Hiei? What's wrong?"
"Um . . . I just don't get along great with your mother, Mira."
Mira closed her eyes and chuckled. "Who does?"
They both laughed. Mira began to assure him. "Don't worry. She's a witch but you'll be fine!"
'But I've never really cooked anything worthy of human appetite. I usually just kill some animal in the forest if I'm alone.
. . .
This is going to be fun.'
Mira waved her hand in front of his face to wake him up a bit.
"Hello? Hiei?" she said trying to get him out of his own thought trance.
He did.
"Oh! Sorry. I was just thinking."
"No problem. . ." she paused for a moment. "Well, I'd better get going. I'll see you after school." Then she did something Hiei didn't expect.
She leaned over on the bed and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"See ya." She said walking out the door.
. . .
'I look like I'm fucking sunburned.'
'That's what you get for blushing!'
'I'm not breathing either.'
'Well, no duh. She just kissed you.'
'What's so bad about that?'
'Nothing's bad. That's what freaked you out.'
. . .
Damn.
* * *
"NO! HIEI! STOP!!! WA- NOOO!!" Mira's mother shouted as Hiei was having some difficulty with the blender.
Let's just say the entire kitchen was splattered.
"IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!! The damn thing was TOO LOUD!!"
"YOU'RE TOO LOUD!!! And no swearing in this kitchen!"
"Damn is NOT a swear! FUCK and SHIT are swears!"
"STOP IT RIGHT THERE!!!"
Hiei wanted to crush her face so badly but he resisted. 'Do it for Mira . . .'
"Fine."
"GOOD!! I- I mean good."
There was a short pause of looking around the room and then Mira's mother huffed. "You." She said pointing to Hiei. "Get some wash clothes and a mop and start cleaning!"
"Fine. . . um, what's a mop?"
. . .
"Where did you say you came from again?"
"Japan." He said as quick as lightning.
"Ah." 'Weird Japanese people. . .'
Just then, Mira walked into the house with her backpack.
"Hey al-" she stopped when she saw the kitchen. "What happened?!"
"Your freaky friend here, and you better hope he's a friend, destroyed my kitchen!"
"I'm sorry, Mira, it's just that ble-"
"Hiei. It's fine. Could you please take my books up to my room while I talk with my mother?"
"Uh. . . sure."
Hiei got up and walked out of the kitchen grabbing her books and walking up the stairs, this time, he didn't want to listen.
* * *
"Why would you make him feel bad like that?"
"Because he ruined my kitchen!"
"Look, I've had a long day. I don't want to fight with you. I just have a question."
"What?!"
"Did he gain your trust yet?"
. . .
"Not even close."
~*~
~Kitsune Ria
AN: Thanks to my freaky friend Myrmyr, every time I talk about the bike ride they had, everyone in my school is thinking I'm writing erotica!!! Thanks Myrmyr!!!
Grrr. . .
AN: Thank you all soooooo much for reviewing!! I got a lot of 'that was sweet' R+R so I'm happy! ^_^ But don't you all worry! There's a lot more sweetness where that came from! And I'm also REALLY sorry about not updating. My school was just finishing up for Christmas vacation so I was busy. But now I've got 18 days to do NOTHING but write!!! Muahahahaha!
Chapter 8:
Day Two: Cooking Dreams
~*~
Koenma was occasionally checking up on Hiei through his monitor.
He was having difficulty going through Makuya's spells.
And time was running out . . .
'Ah! Who cares,' he thought. 'Hiei's doing fine on his own. I've got nothing to worry about . . .
. . .
Ah! Who am I kidding? Hiei's doomed! DOOMED!' "DOOMED!!"
"What's doomed?" said Kurama as he walked in the door followed by Yusuke and Kuwabara. Botan was already sitting near Koenma's desk.
"HIEI, YOU MORON!!!"
They all shot back a few steps at the sudden outburst. Kurama spoke up.
"Hiei's going to be fine! He's a fire demon! And they don't go down easily! We've seen it . . ."
Koenma sighed. "I know . . . it's just, well, Hiei tried to ride a bike and it didn't work out to well . . ."
"How so?" Yusuke said in the back of the room.
"He fell off and nearly became unconscious."
Kuwabara started laughing. "Pfft, pfft, pfuahahaha!"
Kurama's fist's clenched.
"Stop it!" Kurama shouted. Yusuke and Kuwabara stared at him. It wasn't like Kurama to shout forcefully. "Hiei may be having a rough time as a human, but that's no reason to laugh at him! Honestly!"
Yusuke's eyes widened then narrowed.
He snickered into the back of his hand. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you liked him."
Kurama winced. "Oh give me a break. I'm not gay, you asshole." He turned to face Yusuke with a smirk. "I could say the same about you and Kuwabara."
"DON'T EVEN GO THERE, PRETTY BOY!!" Yusuke shouted back.
"Fine."
Yusuke took a deep breath.
"Then what's wrong?"
"It's just, Hiei's my best friend. And you guys are just shoving the situation aside as if it were nothing! I'm just worried about him, that's all."
Yusuke scratched his head. "But you were just saying a few seconds ago that he wouldn't go down so easily . . . and that he was a fire demon and all."
"I just said that so Koenma would stop whining."
"WHAT?!" The toddler shouted from behind his desk.
"Oh shut it," Yusuke said starting an argument with Koenma faster than lightning.
Kurama ignored the shouting.
'I have faith in my best friend . . .'
He looked at the monitor of a sleeping Hiei.
'I know I do . . .'
* * * ((AN: Don't worry. This is not a shonen ai! No KxH pairings here!))
Meanwhile, Hiei was sleeping soundly in his own dreams.
@dream@
He was in a place he had never been before.
He was moving quickly from on place to another in a shot of darkness.
All he got was little pieces of the places he was in.
Little 'peeks' if you will.
The first place was pretty dark.
Though you could tell it was outside at night.
Hiei found it hard to breathe. He didn't know why.
His face became hot as the lack of breathing continued.
'Wh-what's going on?'
But then he began to breathe slowly in and out again as he turned is head.
There was a light . . .
No.
Millions of tiny lights . . .
In a clearing.
. . .
The darkness consumed again to bring Hiei to another place.
The second time was not as bad though much colder.
Very cold. In fact, it was snowing.
He was in the street even though it was deserted.
He saw two figures kneeling under one of the wired lamp posts, embracing.
He wanted to feel a 'not understanding' emotion, but for some reason, he breathed deep and was happy, though he couldn't make out who the two figures were.
. . .
For the last time, Hiei was consumed by the darkness.
But the third place was the quickest and most bizarre.
All he saw for a split second was a bottle.
A rather odd shaped bottle that seemed to be everywhere he went in the human world.
He recognized it from the kitchen Mira's mother was in.
Though he could never really make out the words on the label.
It was probably pronounced (in Hiei's view) L-AI-SOUL.
. . .
Even though the label read the letters, 'Lysol'. . .
. . .
The darkness consumed him and he woke up in his bed shockingly with a cold sweat drenched face.
@end dream@
"Wh-wha-what was that?!" he said still panting.
"Most likely a dream," said a familiar voice from the bed side.
He shot back, startled by the voice, and hitting his back in the process against the headboard.
Hiei winced in pain.
"Careful!" Mira shouted. "My god. You just can't stop hurting yourself can you?" she giggled slightly.
Hiei managed a smile. "Guess not."
He looked at her clothing. It was normal. A lot like her outfit when they went biking though this time it was purple matching instead of blue. But she had a weird thing on her back. It was like something to carry stuff with.
"Um . . . what's that for?" Hiei said pointing to the backpack.
"I was waiting for you to wake up so I could tell you."
"And . . . ?"
"Hiei, I have to go to school."
. . .
". . . . ."
"It's a place where you learn and grow your mind and crap like that. I hate it. But I have to go."
"Ok."
"I only have to go for two days though because it's Thanksgiving vacation soon!" She seemed happy so Hiei went along with it.
Mira spoke again. "But because you're going to be here all alone, you can help make the Thanksgiving dinner!"
Hiei gulped. ". . . help?"
"Yes. Help my mother."
. . .
'Oh mother of god, no.'
"Hiei? What's wrong?"
"Um . . . I just don't get along great with your mother, Mira."
Mira closed her eyes and chuckled. "Who does?"
They both laughed. Mira began to assure him. "Don't worry. She's a witch but you'll be fine!"
'But I've never really cooked anything worthy of human appetite. I usually just kill some animal in the forest if I'm alone.
. . .
This is going to be fun.'
Mira waved her hand in front of his face to wake him up a bit.
"Hello? Hiei?" she said trying to get him out of his own thought trance.
He did.
"Oh! Sorry. I was just thinking."
"No problem. . ." she paused for a moment. "Well, I'd better get going. I'll see you after school." Then she did something Hiei didn't expect.
She leaned over on the bed and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"See ya." She said walking out the door.
. . .
'I look like I'm fucking sunburned.'
'That's what you get for blushing!'
'I'm not breathing either.'
'Well, no duh. She just kissed you.'
'What's so bad about that?'
'Nothing's bad. That's what freaked you out.'
. . .
Damn.
* * *
"NO! HIEI! STOP!!! WA- NOOO!!" Mira's mother shouted as Hiei was having some difficulty with the blender.
Let's just say the entire kitchen was splattered.
"IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!! The damn thing was TOO LOUD!!"
"YOU'RE TOO LOUD!!! And no swearing in this kitchen!"
"Damn is NOT a swear! FUCK and SHIT are swears!"
"STOP IT RIGHT THERE!!!"
Hiei wanted to crush her face so badly but he resisted. 'Do it for Mira . . .'
"Fine."
"GOOD!! I- I mean good."
There was a short pause of looking around the room and then Mira's mother huffed. "You." She said pointing to Hiei. "Get some wash clothes and a mop and start cleaning!"
"Fine. . . um, what's a mop?"
. . .
"Where did you say you came from again?"
"Japan." He said as quick as lightning.
"Ah." 'Weird Japanese people. . .'
Just then, Mira walked into the house with her backpack.
"Hey al-" she stopped when she saw the kitchen. "What happened?!"
"Your freaky friend here, and you better hope he's a friend, destroyed my kitchen!"
"I'm sorry, Mira, it's just that ble-"
"Hiei. It's fine. Could you please take my books up to my room while I talk with my mother?"
"Uh. . . sure."
Hiei got up and walked out of the kitchen grabbing her books and walking up the stairs, this time, he didn't want to listen.
* * *
"Why would you make him feel bad like that?"
"Because he ruined my kitchen!"
"Look, I've had a long day. I don't want to fight with you. I just have a question."
"What?!"
"Did he gain your trust yet?"
. . .
"Not even close."
~*~
~Kitsune Ria
AN: Thanks to my freaky friend Myrmyr, every time I talk about the bike ride they had, everyone in my school is thinking I'm writing erotica!!! Thanks Myrmyr!!!
Grrr. . .