Whaa!! I'm sorry to everyone about Episode 33!! I had no idea that it was
like that when I loaded it. I guess there was some kind of problem. ^^;;
Gomen, gomen!!!! *wails* Anyway, I fixed it up and I'm giving you this new
chapter early in appology!!
*bows* Let me know what you think, onegai??
Aqua
Reaching Your Limits: A YYH alternate universe
Episode 35: Stay the Night. Innocence
"Hiei, I'm sorry for prying," Shuuichi said again.
Glowering slightly, Hiei shot him a look. "I told you to stop appologizing," he stated.
His escape from the other had not been successful, considering his clothing had been locked up in the same locker as Shuuichi's. The brief amount of time that it had taken for Shuuichi to catch up to him was enough for Hiei to regain his lost composure. As much as he had hated the other for breaking his heart, Hiei had never wanted to admit that Kurama might be dead. At the same time, he had almost hoped it was true as that would mean Kurama hadn't actually left him.
Hearing Shuuichi say that he wasn't gone had sent his heart racing and his body flying into action before he'd even realized what he'd done. Once the red-head reached him, he'd gained control of himself and had simply said that Kurama had been one of few friends and he'd been momentarily upset. However, since then, Shuuichi hadn't stopped appologizing.
"I feel that I should make it up to you. What do you say you come over to my house? I'll cook up dinner, and you can even stay the night if you like," Shuuichi replied.
"Wouldn't your mother disapprove?" Hiei questioned, a little surprised by the invitation.
Shuuichi smiled a little and shook his head. "She likes it when I invite people over, and she was quite taken with you. I think that it would be nice for both of us to have some company," he replied.
Hiei thought about it a moment, then arched an eyebrow. "You want to have a sleepover?" he questioned.
Shuuichi blinked, then laughed a little. "I didn't expect you to call it that. I wasn't aware that you knew what a sleepover was," he admitted.
Shrugging, Hiei looked away. "Yukina meantioned that she was going to have a sleepover at Keiko's. When you asked me to stay the night, I assumed it would be the same thing," he explained.
"Ah, yes. Well, girls usually call it a sleepover. Calling it a sleepover usually means that you'll do girly things, like talk about boys or play with each other's hair, or watch sad romance movies and cry. Guys usually call it 'crashing at a friend's place'," he explained.
Hiei snorted. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. There can't be that much a difference," he replied. Humans were certainly odd creatures. He learned another useless fact every day.
"Well, anyway, do you want to come over? We can talk about my training some more. If you want to have a sleepover, we can compare the butts of the boy's in our class then watch a sappy romance movie," Shuuichi said with a laugh.
Unable to help himself, Hiei snickered a little. "I've seen very few movies in my life, and they have never been sappy romances," he stated.
Shuuichi turned to him curiously. "Are there such things as movies in the Demonworld?" he asked, his tone disbelieving.
"Of course not," Hiei replied. "However, Koenma likes to pass information for missions to us in many different ways. Sometimes, he plays the information on a video tape in his office."
"Koenma wasn't what I was expecting to see when you spoke of the Prince of the Spiritworld," Shuuichi commented.
"He never is," Hiei said with a snort. "It is hard to believe that a boy who is still in diapers actually controls the fate of so many souls."
"How young is he, really?" Shuuichi asked.
Hiei thought a moment, tallying the years in his head. "I think that he may be turning about three thousand on his next birthday," he said.
"Three thousand?"
"He is a demi-God after all. Koenma didn't always look like a child. About two thousand years ago, he pissed off the wrong person and was turned into the baby that you saw. It was many years later that the curse was taken away, but Koenma was used to the baby form by then. So, instead of walking around looking like the young adult that he is, he keeps the baby body."
"How long has Botan been working with him?" Shuuichi questioned.
Hiei shrugged. "I don't really know. Long enough for her to fall in love with him even if he is a baby?" he replied.
"Botan is in love with Koenma?" Shuuichi exclaimed, his eyes going wide.
"Of course she is. I don't see why she would put up with his temper tantrums otherwise. Although, I don't really see her taste. Especially since it would be hard, being in love with your boss."
"Especially a prince. Does Koenma know?"
Again, Hiei shrugged. "I doubt it. He's pretty clueless about stuff like that," he replied. "I don't think that a child who still recieves spankings when he's done something wrong actually thinks about girls and love."
"That's kind of sad," Shuuichi said quietly.
Hiei looked at him, a little surprised by his reaction. "Sad?" he asked.
Nodding, Shuuichi looked up at the sky. "When you really love someone, you love them with all of your being. Nothing can take you away from them. She remains by his side no matter how much pain it must be causing her. I find it sad that she would be so devoted to him, yet may never have her feelings returned," he said.
"You sound like you've experienced love," Hiei commented quietly after a long pause.
Shuuichi glanced down at him briefly, then looked up at the sky. "Sometimes, I think that I have," he said, then fell silent.
Uncertain of what to say or do, Hiei remained silent as well. The two of them made the rest of the way to Shuuichi's house without conversation between them.
End Episode 35
*bows* Let me know what you think, onegai??
Aqua
Reaching Your Limits: A YYH alternate universe
Episode 35: Stay the Night. Innocence
"Hiei, I'm sorry for prying," Shuuichi said again.
Glowering slightly, Hiei shot him a look. "I told you to stop appologizing," he stated.
His escape from the other had not been successful, considering his clothing had been locked up in the same locker as Shuuichi's. The brief amount of time that it had taken for Shuuichi to catch up to him was enough for Hiei to regain his lost composure. As much as he had hated the other for breaking his heart, Hiei had never wanted to admit that Kurama might be dead. At the same time, he had almost hoped it was true as that would mean Kurama hadn't actually left him.
Hearing Shuuichi say that he wasn't gone had sent his heart racing and his body flying into action before he'd even realized what he'd done. Once the red-head reached him, he'd gained control of himself and had simply said that Kurama had been one of few friends and he'd been momentarily upset. However, since then, Shuuichi hadn't stopped appologizing.
"I feel that I should make it up to you. What do you say you come over to my house? I'll cook up dinner, and you can even stay the night if you like," Shuuichi replied.
"Wouldn't your mother disapprove?" Hiei questioned, a little surprised by the invitation.
Shuuichi smiled a little and shook his head. "She likes it when I invite people over, and she was quite taken with you. I think that it would be nice for both of us to have some company," he replied.
Hiei thought about it a moment, then arched an eyebrow. "You want to have a sleepover?" he questioned.
Shuuichi blinked, then laughed a little. "I didn't expect you to call it that. I wasn't aware that you knew what a sleepover was," he admitted.
Shrugging, Hiei looked away. "Yukina meantioned that she was going to have a sleepover at Keiko's. When you asked me to stay the night, I assumed it would be the same thing," he explained.
"Ah, yes. Well, girls usually call it a sleepover. Calling it a sleepover usually means that you'll do girly things, like talk about boys or play with each other's hair, or watch sad romance movies and cry. Guys usually call it 'crashing at a friend's place'," he explained.
Hiei snorted. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. There can't be that much a difference," he replied. Humans were certainly odd creatures. He learned another useless fact every day.
"Well, anyway, do you want to come over? We can talk about my training some more. If you want to have a sleepover, we can compare the butts of the boy's in our class then watch a sappy romance movie," Shuuichi said with a laugh.
Unable to help himself, Hiei snickered a little. "I've seen very few movies in my life, and they have never been sappy romances," he stated.
Shuuichi turned to him curiously. "Are there such things as movies in the Demonworld?" he asked, his tone disbelieving.
"Of course not," Hiei replied. "However, Koenma likes to pass information for missions to us in many different ways. Sometimes, he plays the information on a video tape in his office."
"Koenma wasn't what I was expecting to see when you spoke of the Prince of the Spiritworld," Shuuichi commented.
"He never is," Hiei said with a snort. "It is hard to believe that a boy who is still in diapers actually controls the fate of so many souls."
"How young is he, really?" Shuuichi asked.
Hiei thought a moment, tallying the years in his head. "I think that he may be turning about three thousand on his next birthday," he said.
"Three thousand?"
"He is a demi-God after all. Koenma didn't always look like a child. About two thousand years ago, he pissed off the wrong person and was turned into the baby that you saw. It was many years later that the curse was taken away, but Koenma was used to the baby form by then. So, instead of walking around looking like the young adult that he is, he keeps the baby body."
"How long has Botan been working with him?" Shuuichi questioned.
Hiei shrugged. "I don't really know. Long enough for her to fall in love with him even if he is a baby?" he replied.
"Botan is in love with Koenma?" Shuuichi exclaimed, his eyes going wide.
"Of course she is. I don't see why she would put up with his temper tantrums otherwise. Although, I don't really see her taste. Especially since it would be hard, being in love with your boss."
"Especially a prince. Does Koenma know?"
Again, Hiei shrugged. "I doubt it. He's pretty clueless about stuff like that," he replied. "I don't think that a child who still recieves spankings when he's done something wrong actually thinks about girls and love."
"That's kind of sad," Shuuichi said quietly.
Hiei looked at him, a little surprised by his reaction. "Sad?" he asked.
Nodding, Shuuichi looked up at the sky. "When you really love someone, you love them with all of your being. Nothing can take you away from them. She remains by his side no matter how much pain it must be causing her. I find it sad that she would be so devoted to him, yet may never have her feelings returned," he said.
"You sound like you've experienced love," Hiei commented quietly after a long pause.
Shuuichi glanced down at him briefly, then looked up at the sky. "Sometimes, I think that I have," he said, then fell silent.
Uncertain of what to say or do, Hiei remained silent as well. The two of them made the rest of the way to Shuuichi's house without conversation between them.
End Episode 35