A WEIB KREUZ/YUYU HAKUSHO CROSSOVER FANFIC
(Or the
Chapter where you want to kill the fanfic author.)
Quickly,
Kurama reviewed his options, he tried to transform back to his human form but
discovered to his chagrin that he could not do so.
:Hiei
stall my aniki and his friends while I run for it:
:Hn,
wouldn't it be better to confront them about their presence here? Or maybe 'fess up?:
:Not in
this form and in this time. Can't
transform.:
:Hn.: Disapproval was evident on Hiei's tone but he put away the detector they
were given and positioned himself in battle-ready stance. It was of no use to them now. The time it took to battle the strange
youkai had allowed the Schwartz to get out of its sensor range with the "Chosen
One".
Kurama
backed away into the balcony to make his escape as the members of WeiB was
clambering up the staircase. He reached
out with his ki to the plants in the garden below coaxing some vines to grow up
into the balcony.
Hurry.
Hurry. Hurry.
The vine
was almost in the right height when he saw that it might not be enough. His brother would get close enough to see
what happened and would probably give chase despite any distraction provided by
Hiei. Kurama knew that his cover was
blown but he'd rather have that discussion in his own terms not in these
conditions. He tried again to transform
but it just won't take, on a desperate gambit he tried his kitsune form and was
rewarded with a twinge. He transformed
completely into his fox form and used the resulting mist to cover his get
away. The vine wrapped itself around his
furry middle and made is way down under the balcony so that even if anyone had
peered down from where he had come from would see him.
How am I
going to explain this to Ran-'niichan? His stomach cramped
in nervousness just to think about the confrontation that had just been delayed
not totally eliminated. He had
absolutely no plan on coping with this turn of events.
***
Hiei
watched impassively as WeiB cleared the steps.
"Who was
that and where did Schuiichi-chan go?" Ran demanded as he made it on the second level of the building.
Meanwhile,
somewhere in the pockets of Hiei's cloak an indicator light was flashing
unheeded. It was the device given to
them by Botan to ascertain the identity of the "Chosen One".
"Hn. None of your business."
"I am
making it my business." Ran drew
his sword to mirror Hiei's stance.
"Hn." Hiei said charging to disarm his
opponent. Disarm not kill. Despite Kurama's current difficulty with his
brother, Hiei knew he'd be in big trouble with his friend if he injured Ran in
any way.
The rest of
the tall redhead's team moved to interfere but he waved them back. Clearly, Ran saw this as an issue between
him and Hiei and wanted to settle it by himself. More the fool he, no ordinary ningen could match Hiei's speed or
the fire demon's sword-skill.
Ran had
somehow managed to evade Hiei's first charge barely.
"Rei Gun."
Hiei was
going in for another pass when an energy ball passed him by and hit the far
wall.
"Um, guys,
I don't know what this is about but I think you would like to continue this
elsewhere?" Yuusuke said having gotten
everybody's exclusive attention. He was
waving his hand in the direction of Kurama's distraught classmate who held one
of the Schreint females, the blue haired one Hiei saw him talk to earlier in
the week. The one-eyed Schwartz member
had downed the female with a thrown knife earlier in the fight. The brunette's ki level was rising sharply
and he was now accumulating enough ki to glow even in ningen sight. Eerie blue dusted dark hair and dark eyes
were almost invisible under the glow of power. It was clear to see that the young telekinetic had been pushed to the
brink of sanity and was about to release a massive blast of power, not the best
person to be close to just now.
"Hn." Hiei said sheathing his sword as Ran did so.
Both the
Urameshi Team and WeiB went their own separate ways after that anxious to be
gone from the place.
In the deep
darkness of a cloak pocket, an indicator light blipped a few more times before
growing silent.
Later as he
observed the fury of the young Schwartz rage break over the skies in a massive
outflow of ki energy from a safe distance, Hiei wondered what Kurama's oniisan
thought of the situation and of the Urameshi Team as a whole.
***
As he
waited in front of Meioh High, Ran felt his frustration mount at being led
around by the nose especially about something potentially dangerous as
this. It was the same feeling that
prompted him to draw his sword at Hiei though he knew it was quite futile to do
so. To be honest, the feeling had been
there for a while now, far longer than the event in the Schreint mansion. Ever since he had known about Hiei there was
a part of him that held a suspicion that all was not as it seemed but he had
stilled it and continued to insist that it was only Hiei but it wasn't. His brother kept a very important secret
from him…a dangerous secret.
Schuuichi
had made him scarce for three days. Neither Omi nor him had had much luck getting his little brother alone
for so much as a minute. He didn't know
how the latter did it but Schuuichi had managed to go to and fro school without
having to pass him. Ran had waited
diligently at outside the house and by the school gate but he still wasn't able
to catch so much as a glimpse of his little brother.
Omi had
better luck. He had been able to speak with Schuuichi. Noncommittal conversations mostly about
schoolwork and ordinary things since Schuuichi had been extremely careful not
to be caught alone with thee genki WeiB member.
How does
he do it? And what is he hiding that he's so afraid to tell me?
As the
minutes dragged on, Ran frowned at the schoolgirls who tried to strike a
conversation with him recognizing him no doubt from the Koneko. Schuuichi was
never this late, it looked like his otouto wasn't going to show…again. Damned!
***
Somewhere
in the Meioh High grounds…
"Kurama,
this is absolute the last time I'm going to do this!" Hiei said as wrestled to keep his balance on the tree, made
ungainly by additional weight.
:This is
the only way. Hiei I just need to avoid Ran-niichan until I can find a suitable
explanation for all this.:
Preferably something that didn't involve his identity or
anything close to the truth. Hiei knew
the Fox and knew he would try almost anything to protect his identity. Even when the case was hopeless it seems. As far as Hiei was concerned it was only a
matter of time before Kurama had to 'fess up, why prolong the agony? But he'd never say that to the Fox, it was
Kurama's decision to make as telling Yukina was Hiei's. Besides it would probably hurt the Fox to
admit it…
"Hn." Hiei's said unimpressed by the explanation.
:Please
Hiei.: Kurama licked the fire demon on the
nose and curled closer to him. That did
it, Hiei decided that he'd do this as long as Kurama needed him to and sped off
to the Hatanaka residence.
***
* - The title of this chapter is from the fairy tale "The Gingerbread Man". The full line goes: "Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me! I'm the Gingerbread Man."
Author's
Note: I haven't got
my hard disk yet and those folks who have beta read this portion might be
wondering what happened since this chapter's been drastically altered. As I have said I hated the first version of
this chapter, things are going to go a bit differently from here on though I
will still use the data I have in my old file when I get it back. Thanks to those who reviewed this fanfic for
chapter 6 – Yanagi-sen, Kit, LunarBard, Sylvia Black, Hoshichie, chibi yoko,
Kim, Lucathia, Abby, me3gogi, akai risu, yukina2 of ezboard. Dahlia-san here's you're Hiei-Ran sword
fight though it isn't much ^__~. Um, I
hope you folks will not try to kill me because of your disappointment in this
chapter. Remember, if you do, you'll
never see the end of this fic! ^___^ ()
My Other
Fics: I almost had
"Alcyone" done when my hard disk crashed. :_( Happily the data is said to
be retrievable so my C/A arc in the wk fandom will be sort of ended as soon as
I get it back.