Reaching Your Limits: A YYH alternate universe
Episode 2: Mysterious Shadow. The Night Visitor.
Yuusuke looked up as the door to the classroom slid open, raising an eyebrow
when he saw Shuuichi suddenly quiver and turn bright red. Apparently, his friend
had it a lot worse than he'd first thought! Although, there was nothing about
this new kid that seemed to attract the attention. Yuusuke couldn't figure out
what everyone was so crazy over. He looked like a kid in a high school uniform.
Still, he had to admit that the detachment in those cold red eyes did send a
slight shiver down his spine. Not one of attractiveness.
"Minamino-kun. I appologize for keeping you waiting," Hiei said as he walked
silently into the room, his eyes shifting from one person to the other. He spoke
hesitantly, as though not used to appologizing.
Still blushing, Shuuichi shook his head and stood, grabbing the paper's on his
desk at the same time. "It's no problem! Why don't you call me Shuuichi-kun
instead, though? It is a lot less formal," the youth said.
Yuusuke almost fell off of the desk. Not only was Shuuichi blushing and
stammering, but he was offering the use of his first name? He would have to
watch the other carefully and make sure he didn't completely go out of his mind!
He would also have to watch this Yuuki Hiei, to make sure he didn't take
advantage of his obviously love-struck friend.
"Ah, so you must be Yuuki Hiei?" Yuusuke questioned, grinning.
Hiei turned only his eyes toward him, giving a slight shrug. "You are?" he
questioned.
"Urameshi Yuusuke!" he replied with an even wider grin. He was disappointed when
Hiei didn't even blink. Most people at least paled a little at the sound of his
name. Probably, he wasn't from this part of Tokyo and didn't know his
reputation. Well, he would learn soon enough!
"I've heard of you," Hiei replied casually, blowing Yuusuke's egocentric
thoughts right out of the water.
"Yuusuke is a good friend of mine. He was wondering if you wanted to come with
us for something to eat, so we can get to know you better?" Shuuichi
interjected, a wide smile on his lips.
Yuusuke scowled at him, not liking the fact that he was being used for what was
obviously an attempt at a date. However, he didn't say anything when he saw the
hopefull look in Shuuichi's eyes. Perhaps Yuuki Hiei wouldn't be so bad for his
friend after all. Shuuichi almost seemed to be shy, the way he avoided other
people, and the change might do him some good.
"Perhaps another time," Hiei replied, taking the notes and placing them into his
bookcase. "My sister is waiting for me at home."
"Ah, then Yuuki Yukina is your sister!" Yuusuke exclaimed, earning himself a
sharp glare. Obviously, Hiei was the 'overly protective' type of brother. "I
heard that she had been enrolled into a different class. Because your last names
are the same, there was a lot of talk about how you could be related."
"Wouldn't brother and sister be an obvious choice?" Shuuichi commented, his
blush finally gone as he puzzled over the information.
"We don't look alike," Hiei said with a shrug, although Yuusuke could see that
his body was suddenly tense and his eyes had masked over with a cool anger. "I
should be going now. Thank you, again."
"No problem, Yuuki-kun," Shuuichi replied, blush instantly back in place.
Yuusuke sighed. He had the feeling that he would be spending the next few days
learning more and more information about Yuuki-kun than he could ever want to
know, curtosy of the blushing teenager in front of him. Why couldn't his life
ever be easy?
"Might as well call me Hiei," the other youth replied before turning and walking
from the room.
Once the door had shut behind him, Yuusuke gave his friend a look. "Man, that
was so bad. I felt embarrased for you!"
Shuuichi grimaced a little. "I couldn't help it. I don't know how to act around
him. Please tell me I didn't look like a complete idiot?"
"Not a complete one," Yuusuke admitted. "Anyway, let's get out of here. I don't
like staying in classrooms when there is a class going on, much less hours after
the school day is over!"
****
Hiei was just changing out of his school uniform when he heard a knock on his
door. "What is it?" he called, pausing in unbuttoning his white shirt.
"I hope you are more polite to your classmates," Genkai scolded as she slid the
door open, only the gleem in her eyes showing that she was teasing.
Hiei shrugged, turning his back toward her so he could continue changing. "I
have no need to be. I won't be there very long," he replied. When Genkai
remained silent for a few moments he glanced at her over his shoulder. "Did you
want something?"
"I bet that you find your uniform confining. Given the loose pants and the tank
top that you usually wear, no wonder you are changing the moment you are given
the chance," the old woman commented.
"Do you have a point?" he snapped, scowling. He didn't want to be bothered over
something as petty as clothing.
"Not about that. Are you and Yukina heading out tonight?" Genkai questioned.
She was the only human who knew of Hiei and Yukina's true purpose here. That was
why they were staying in her temple. As a human with unnaturally strong
spiritual power, Genkai had known about the other worlds and of demons before
the twins had ever appeared in her life. If there was a mission that involved
the human world, it was usually she that they worked with. Were it not for her,
it was doubtful that the two of them would fit in nearly as well as they did.
"Yukina will be staying here and helping with the evening chores. I will be
heading out," he replied.
"Ah. What are you expecting to do at this hour? Any normal student would be fast
asleep by now," Genkai replied, glancing at the night sky through the window. It
was just past midnight now, the sky an inky black dotted with stars.
Hiei pulled on his comfortable black clothing, securing the shirt and pants into
place with four white belts before turning around to face the old woman. "My
mission tonight is simply to scope out their homes, in case the information is
needed at a future time. Koenma supplied me with their addresses. I'm simply
going to take note of the location, any possible weaknesses in the gates between
worlds that could be close by, and see if there is any outward sign to the
spiritual power that Koenma claims they have."
Nodding, Genkai followed him from the room toward the front door. "Don't stay
out too late or Yukina will worry. Make sure you do your homework too!" she
scolded.
Hiei scowled at her. "I have no need for something so stupid!" he exclaimed.
Then he was gone in a flash of black energy.
****
Shuuichi moaned in his sleep, mind caught in a strange dream. It wasn't a
nightmare, as far as he could tell, but it was enough to cause him to have a
disturbed slumber. Silver was flashing before his eyes, and he was running.
There were trees around him and a sense of impending danger. Yet, at the same
time, he felt as though he were powerful enough to destroy any danger that could
possibly come toward him.
There was something in his hand and it glittered in the sun whenever he glanced
at it. He couldn't see what it was, but he knew that it was important. Something
that was special to him.
Arriving at a small cave, he found a pair of crimson eyes watching him from the
darkness. "I'm back, lover," he breathed in a voice he didn't recognize.
When their bodies fell against each other, Shuuichi woke with a startled gasp
and a jerk. He was breathing hard and his heart was pounding.
"What a strange dream," he said quietly, glancing over at his clock. It was
nearly one in the morning. Although he had been woken from a sound sleep, he now
felt so keyed up that he didn't think he could fall sleep easily once again.
Sighing, Shuuichi stood up and made his way over to the window to open it. He
needed some fresh air. It was the first time that he'd had such a dream that he
could remember, but it had felt as though he should know it. Raking through his
memory, Shuuichi couldn't figure out why the dream had seemed so real.
Something catching his eye, Shuuichi looked up sharply. He blinked, and it was
gone. He furrowed his brow slightly, shaking his head. It couldn't of been....
Still, he could of sworn he'd seen a dark shadow resting on the branches out
side of his bedroom window!
****
"Man, Shuuichi, you look terrible!" Yuusuke commented, eyeing his friend.
Sticking out his tongue, the red-haired youth gave him a glare. "You don't look
much better," he replied.
Both of them looked like they hadn't slept a wink, barely able to drag
themselves into their seats when they'd arrived, Yuusuke fifteen minutes late
for class while Shuuichi had arrived fifteen before.
"Anything to do with that prowler you saw?" Keiko questioned, coming to stand
next to Yuusuke's desk.
"Prowler?" Shuuichi questioned, turning wide eyes on his friend.
Yuusuke glared at Keiko, then sighed. "I don't know what it was. One minute, I
was fast asleep. The next, I was wide awake with the sensation that someone was
watching me. I looked out of my window, but everything seemed normal. Then, all
of a sudden, I saw a shadow running across the yard, then vanish! It was very
strange!" he explained.
Shuuichi was quiet for a moment, then nodded his head. "This might sound
strange, but I saw something similar," he replied.
Keiko and Yuusuke looked at him with startled expressions. "What do you mean?"
Keiko questioned, a hand raising to her mouth.
"I woke from a strange dream and was standing by the window. It was only for a
second, but I could of sworn that there was someone sitting in the branches of
the tree next to my house," he explained.
"Scary," Keiko said, her eyes wide.
"It was probably nothing," Yuusuke replied, shaking his head. "It was very
cloudy last night. We both probably just saw some kind of trick between the moon
and the clouds."
Shuuichi nodded, but something in the explination didn't ring true. For some
reason, he found his eyes drifting to the figure two desks diagonal from his
own. Hiei was bent over his books, but didn't seem to be doing anything. They
were having a momentary break between classes, waiting for the next teacher to
arrive. Shuuichi had noticed that a lot of students had approached Hiei to talk
to him, but had quickly moved off, most looking angry.
"That's Shuuichi's crush," Yuusuke commented when Keiko asked him who Shuuichi
was looking at.
Blushing, Shuuichi glared at his friend. "He is not a crush," he hissed as
threateningly as he could while whispering. "I just think he's attractive, like
most of the other people who have met him."
"Whatever you say, Shuuichi-kun," Keiko replied, sharing a look with her
boyfriend.
"It's true!" Shuuichi exclaimed, earning himself several strange looks from the
students around them. Grumbled a little, he tried to sink down in his desk, a
dark blush on his cheeks.
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Episode 2: Mysterious Shadow. The Night Visitor.
Yuusuke looked up as the door to the classroom slid open, raising an eyebrow
when he saw Shuuichi suddenly quiver and turn bright red. Apparently, his friend
had it a lot worse than he'd first thought! Although, there was nothing about
this new kid that seemed to attract the attention. Yuusuke couldn't figure out
what everyone was so crazy over. He looked like a kid in a high school uniform.
Still, he had to admit that the detachment in those cold red eyes did send a
slight shiver down his spine. Not one of attractiveness.
"Minamino-kun. I appologize for keeping you waiting," Hiei said as he walked
silently into the room, his eyes shifting from one person to the other. He spoke
hesitantly, as though not used to appologizing.
Still blushing, Shuuichi shook his head and stood, grabbing the paper's on his
desk at the same time. "It's no problem! Why don't you call me Shuuichi-kun
instead, though? It is a lot less formal," the youth said.
Yuusuke almost fell off of the desk. Not only was Shuuichi blushing and
stammering, but he was offering the use of his first name? He would have to
watch the other carefully and make sure he didn't completely go out of his mind!
He would also have to watch this Yuuki Hiei, to make sure he didn't take
advantage of his obviously love-struck friend.
"Ah, so you must be Yuuki Hiei?" Yuusuke questioned, grinning.
Hiei turned only his eyes toward him, giving a slight shrug. "You are?" he
questioned.
"Urameshi Yuusuke!" he replied with an even wider grin. He was disappointed when
Hiei didn't even blink. Most people at least paled a little at the sound of his
name. Probably, he wasn't from this part of Tokyo and didn't know his
reputation. Well, he would learn soon enough!
"I've heard of you," Hiei replied casually, blowing Yuusuke's egocentric
thoughts right out of the water.
"Yuusuke is a good friend of mine. He was wondering if you wanted to come with
us for something to eat, so we can get to know you better?" Shuuichi
interjected, a wide smile on his lips.
Yuusuke scowled at him, not liking the fact that he was being used for what was
obviously an attempt at a date. However, he didn't say anything when he saw the
hopefull look in Shuuichi's eyes. Perhaps Yuuki Hiei wouldn't be so bad for his
friend after all. Shuuichi almost seemed to be shy, the way he avoided other
people, and the change might do him some good.
"Perhaps another time," Hiei replied, taking the notes and placing them into his
bookcase. "My sister is waiting for me at home."
"Ah, then Yuuki Yukina is your sister!" Yuusuke exclaimed, earning himself a
sharp glare. Obviously, Hiei was the 'overly protective' type of brother. "I
heard that she had been enrolled into a different class. Because your last names
are the same, there was a lot of talk about how you could be related."
"Wouldn't brother and sister be an obvious choice?" Shuuichi commented, his
blush finally gone as he puzzled over the information.
"We don't look alike," Hiei said with a shrug, although Yuusuke could see that
his body was suddenly tense and his eyes had masked over with a cool anger. "I
should be going now. Thank you, again."
"No problem, Yuuki-kun," Shuuichi replied, blush instantly back in place.
Yuusuke sighed. He had the feeling that he would be spending the next few days
learning more and more information about Yuuki-kun than he could ever want to
know, curtosy of the blushing teenager in front of him. Why couldn't his life
ever be easy?
"Might as well call me Hiei," the other youth replied before turning and walking
from the room.
Once the door had shut behind him, Yuusuke gave his friend a look. "Man, that
was so bad. I felt embarrased for you!"
Shuuichi grimaced a little. "I couldn't help it. I don't know how to act around
him. Please tell me I didn't look like a complete idiot?"
"Not a complete one," Yuusuke admitted. "Anyway, let's get out of here. I don't
like staying in classrooms when there is a class going on, much less hours after
the school day is over!"
****
Hiei was just changing out of his school uniform when he heard a knock on his
door. "What is it?" he called, pausing in unbuttoning his white shirt.
"I hope you are more polite to your classmates," Genkai scolded as she slid the
door open, only the gleem in her eyes showing that she was teasing.
Hiei shrugged, turning his back toward her so he could continue changing. "I
have no need to be. I won't be there very long," he replied. When Genkai
remained silent for a few moments he glanced at her over his shoulder. "Did you
want something?"
"I bet that you find your uniform confining. Given the loose pants and the tank
top that you usually wear, no wonder you are changing the moment you are given
the chance," the old woman commented.
"Do you have a point?" he snapped, scowling. He didn't want to be bothered over
something as petty as clothing.
"Not about that. Are you and Yukina heading out tonight?" Genkai questioned.
She was the only human who knew of Hiei and Yukina's true purpose here. That was
why they were staying in her temple. As a human with unnaturally strong
spiritual power, Genkai had known about the other worlds and of demons before
the twins had ever appeared in her life. If there was a mission that involved
the human world, it was usually she that they worked with. Were it not for her,
it was doubtful that the two of them would fit in nearly as well as they did.
"Yukina will be staying here and helping with the evening chores. I will be
heading out," he replied.
"Ah. What are you expecting to do at this hour? Any normal student would be fast
asleep by now," Genkai replied, glancing at the night sky through the window. It
was just past midnight now, the sky an inky black dotted with stars.
Hiei pulled on his comfortable black clothing, securing the shirt and pants into
place with four white belts before turning around to face the old woman. "My
mission tonight is simply to scope out their homes, in case the information is
needed at a future time. Koenma supplied me with their addresses. I'm simply
going to take note of the location, any possible weaknesses in the gates between
worlds that could be close by, and see if there is any outward sign to the
spiritual power that Koenma claims they have."
Nodding, Genkai followed him from the room toward the front door. "Don't stay
out too late or Yukina will worry. Make sure you do your homework too!" she
scolded.
Hiei scowled at her. "I have no need for something so stupid!" he exclaimed.
Then he was gone in a flash of black energy.
****
Shuuichi moaned in his sleep, mind caught in a strange dream. It wasn't a
nightmare, as far as he could tell, but it was enough to cause him to have a
disturbed slumber. Silver was flashing before his eyes, and he was running.
There were trees around him and a sense of impending danger. Yet, at the same
time, he felt as though he were powerful enough to destroy any danger that could
possibly come toward him.
There was something in his hand and it glittered in the sun whenever he glanced
at it. He couldn't see what it was, but he knew that it was important. Something
that was special to him.
Arriving at a small cave, he found a pair of crimson eyes watching him from the
darkness. "I'm back, lover," he breathed in a voice he didn't recognize.
When their bodies fell against each other, Shuuichi woke with a startled gasp
and a jerk. He was breathing hard and his heart was pounding.
"What a strange dream," he said quietly, glancing over at his clock. It was
nearly one in the morning. Although he had been woken from a sound sleep, he now
felt so keyed up that he didn't think he could fall sleep easily once again.
Sighing, Shuuichi stood up and made his way over to the window to open it. He
needed some fresh air. It was the first time that he'd had such a dream that he
could remember, but it had felt as though he should know it. Raking through his
memory, Shuuichi couldn't figure out why the dream had seemed so real.
Something catching his eye, Shuuichi looked up sharply. He blinked, and it was
gone. He furrowed his brow slightly, shaking his head. It couldn't of been....
Still, he could of sworn he'd seen a dark shadow resting on the branches out
side of his bedroom window!
****
"Man, Shuuichi, you look terrible!" Yuusuke commented, eyeing his friend.
Sticking out his tongue, the red-haired youth gave him a glare. "You don't look
much better," he replied.
Both of them looked like they hadn't slept a wink, barely able to drag
themselves into their seats when they'd arrived, Yuusuke fifteen minutes late
for class while Shuuichi had arrived fifteen before.
"Anything to do with that prowler you saw?" Keiko questioned, coming to stand
next to Yuusuke's desk.
"Prowler?" Shuuichi questioned, turning wide eyes on his friend.
Yuusuke glared at Keiko, then sighed. "I don't know what it was. One minute, I
was fast asleep. The next, I was wide awake with the sensation that someone was
watching me. I looked out of my window, but everything seemed normal. Then, all
of a sudden, I saw a shadow running across the yard, then vanish! It was very
strange!" he explained.
Shuuichi was quiet for a moment, then nodded his head. "This might sound
strange, but I saw something similar," he replied.
Keiko and Yuusuke looked at him with startled expressions. "What do you mean?"
Keiko questioned, a hand raising to her mouth.
"I woke from a strange dream and was standing by the window. It was only for a
second, but I could of sworn that there was someone sitting in the branches of
the tree next to my house," he explained.
"Scary," Keiko said, her eyes wide.
"It was probably nothing," Yuusuke replied, shaking his head. "It was very
cloudy last night. We both probably just saw some kind of trick between the moon
and the clouds."
Shuuichi nodded, but something in the explination didn't ring true. For some
reason, he found his eyes drifting to the figure two desks diagonal from his
own. Hiei was bent over his books, but didn't seem to be doing anything. They
were having a momentary break between classes, waiting for the next teacher to
arrive. Shuuichi had noticed that a lot of students had approached Hiei to talk
to him, but had quickly moved off, most looking angry.
"That's Shuuichi's crush," Yuusuke commented when Keiko asked him who Shuuichi
was looking at.
Blushing, Shuuichi glared at his friend. "He is not a crush," he hissed as
threateningly as he could while whispering. "I just think he's attractive, like
most of the other people who have met him."
"Whatever you say, Shuuichi-kun," Keiko replied, sharing a look with her
boyfriend.
"It's true!" Shuuichi exclaimed, earning himself several strange looks from the
students around them. Grumbled a little, he tried to sink down in his desk, a
dark blush on his cheeks.
End Episode 2
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