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Reaching Your Limits: A YYH alternate universe

Episode 14: Opportunity. Putting the Plan Into Action.


Hiei walked into his classroom after lunch, taking his seat quickly. He had
missed the morning because of a 'doctor's appointment' according to his file.
Although he could of spent the rest of the day somewhere else besides this
prison of a learning facility, he had decided to come. It wouldn't do him much
good with his present mission if he hadn't.

He had spoken to Genkai before coming, and was to discus possible training with
her to Yuusuke after classes were completed. He was also supposed to pass on a
message to Yukina about helping Kuwabara both with his ESP and his fear of
demons.

As for his own specific job, Hiei was planning on working some way to get
himself invited to Shuuichi's house either today or tomorrow. This way, he could
see if Shuuichi's youki could of been inherited from his mother. He already knew
that Shuuichi had no father. However, he doubted that someone who had died so
easily years ago could of been a demon. Most demons were immune to such things
as pety illness.

While the teacher droned on about one subject or another, Hiei thought carefully
of his plan. They would have to be careful not to reveal too much to these three
before the time was right. Hiei was uncertain as to how Shuuichi or Yuusuke
would react to knowing Hiei and his sister were demons. Kuwabara's reaction was
fairly obvious, and he allowed a short moment to feel sorry for his sister.
Yukina had taken Kuwabara's dislike of demons like a blow, although the human
had not meant it as something against her specifically. She kept it hidden deep
inside, but Hiei knew that she was dreading the time when they would have to
reveal their secret.

He wasn't sure how he felt about his sister's relationship with that human. He
was an idiot and not very good looking. On top of it all, he was human and not
even very powerful. Still, Kuwabara made his sister happy. If it meant seeing
such an honest smile on his sister's lips, then Hiei didn't want to come in
between that. It still didn't make him happy, however. If Kuwabara rejected
Yukina simply because she was a demon, then Hiei was going to make life very
tough for him.

It seemed to take forever for the afternoon classes to finally finish. Getting
out of his seat, Hiei collected his books before making his way to where
Shuuichi, Yuusuke, and Keiko were talking.

Shuuichi was the first to great him, smiling. "We missed you this morning, Hiei.
I heard you had a doctor's appointment. Is anything wrong?" he asked.

Shaking his head, Hiei shrugged slightly. He quickly decided to change the
subject before they questioned him further. Truthfully, he didn't even know what
one went to see a doctor about and didn't want to say the wrong thing.

"Urameshi, are you busy tonight?" he questioned.

All three of them blinked, startled. Then, at the same time Shuuichi and Keiko
scowled slightly, Yuusuke laughed. "What for?" he questioned.

"I meantioned yesterday's fight to Genkai. She's interested in your ability,"
Hiei replied.

Immediately, Shuuichi and Keiko's scowls disappeared. "Yuusuke doesn't have an
ability. He just knows how to swing his fist really fast and occassionally hit
the right spot," Keiko insisted, although there was a fond smile on her lips.

"Genkai is renoun for her ability at martial arts. It's said that she has a
secret technique that only a few people have ever seen," Shuuichi commented.

Hiei nodded, still watching Yuusuke. The youth looked interested enough. It
didn't seem like it would be difficult to convince him. "Genkai has been looking
for someone worthy of passing her abilities on to before she passes on. She said
that you had an impressive aura around you when you met the other day. When I
meantioned the fight, she asked me to question you as to whether or not you
would be intersted in becoming her pupil."

Yuusuke definately looked interested now, a wide grin on his face. "I think that
would be great," he admitted.

"Becoming Genkai's student will make you famous," Shuuichi stated with a laugh.

Keiko didn't look very happy with the decision, but simply shrugged. "It will
give you something better to do than get in fights with other students," she
commented.

Yuusuke smiled at his girlfriend and stuck out his tongue before turning his
attention back to Hiei. "When do I start?" he asked.

"Genkai told me that if you were going to start today, then to simply send you
there after school. Yukina and I will find something else to do until tonight,
when the day's lesson is over," Hiei stated.

"Yukina-chan is going to go over to Kuwabara's house, isn't she?" Keiko said
with a wide smile on her lips as they stepped into the hallway, moving over to
the lockers for their class.

Snorting, Hiei shrugged. He had spoken to Yukina just before lunch was over and
told her what he'd learned from Koenma. She'd agreed to work with Kuwabara and
would be spending most of her time there after school from now on. Even though
their time limit had increased to another two weeks, the two of them would still
need much more time to prepare the three humans.

"What about you? I don't want to chase you out of your own house," Yuusuke said
with a frown.

This was a good chance to put his own plan into action. Giving a seemingly
casual shrug, Hiei took out the books he would need to complete his homework and
put them into his bag . "I'm used to staying outside for long period's of time.
It would be more comfortable to stay at someone else's house, but I don't want
to intrude on anyone," he said, as though he didn't care.

As he'd hoped, Shuuichi fell for the bait. His eyes lighting up and a wide smile
appearing on his lips, Shuuichi grabbed Hiei's shoulder firmly. "I wouldn't
think of it, Hiei. I'll explain the situation to my mother and you can come over
to my house. I'm sure she won't mind having another person over for supper,
since we don't get guests often," he said.

Frowning slightly, although he was chuckling mentally, Hiei pretended to think
it over for a moment. "If you're sure," he finally said.

"Of course I am," Shuuichi replied quickly, still smiling.

Nodding his agreement, Hiei began walking away. Shuuichi quickly bid goodbye to
Keiko and Yuusuke before racing after him. Together, they made their way toward
Shuuichi's house. Making sure his thoughts didn't show on his face, Hiei allowed
himself a small praise. This had worked out better than he'd hoped.


End Episode 14