Okay, this is it, boyos and girlos. It's been wild, and I've had fun!
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Cold as Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Seventeen
Farewells
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Yusuke tossed and turned in his sleep that night. He had awoken numerous times that night, and it wasn't even one in the morning yet--he kept seeing Hiei's body in his dreams.
Awaking once again in a cold sweat, he shivered. Burying his head in his hands, he muttered to himself, "I failed them both."
"No, you didn't."
Yusuke looked up to see Tensi sitting at the end of his bed again. He looked over at her and actually scowled at the half-demon's shadow. "Are you just going to haunt the end of my bed forever?"
"Only after you and Kayko sleep together," Tensi replied with a grin. Quite suddently, she winced a bit as Hiei appeared next to her, pinching her arm playfully.
"Be nice to the human."
"But DADDY!"
"Ten..." Hiei warned.
Yusuke watched as the girl actually stuck her togune out at her lover. And was even more startled when Hiei returned it. Raising an eyebrow, he put his chin in his hand and stared at the two. "Are we just going to do this all night, or are do you have a point outside of torturing me?"
"Oh, so bitter," Hiei replied.
"Pity. I thought death would humble you."
Hiei drew himself up to full height and actually grinned at Yusuke. "Never."
"Gentlemen! Please!" Tensi smiled at Yusuke. "Don't worry about us, we're just fine. And we'll stop bothering you guys. We'll only show up every other day!" she finished with a laugh, which prompted Yusuke to laugh a bit himself and shake his head. "Kidding. We've a job to do now, so we'll catch you guys on the flip side, okay?"
Yusuke smiled a bit. "Yeah."
Hiei looked at Yusuke. "I know I gave you a hard time, especially in the beginning. But I really enjoyed working with you." He bowed formally to Yusuke, who returned it as best he could in his seated position. The demon put his arm around Tensi, who waved, and disappeared.
Yusuke sat staring at the spot they had just occupied for a good ten minutes after they were gone. "Goodbye, Hiei. Goodbye, Tensi. It was a pleasure."
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Kuwabara tossed and turned in his sleep that night, too. He didn't wake up, however, due to the fact that Hiei was preventing him from wakefullness.
Hiei had quite nearly beat the hell out of him, running him in circles. When the redhead had collapsed from exaustion to the ground, he found a sword blade at his neck. Hiei lifted his chin with the blade. "You'd better be good to my sister. Or next time, it won't be a dream."
He withdrew his weapon and kicked him in the side, none too gently, making him roll across the floor--
--and out of bed, finally releasing him from the channel-dream. Kuwabara lay on his back on the floor, in a slight state of shock.
"DAMN YOU, HIEI!"
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Kurama was dreaming as well; however, his was nicer than Kuwabara's. It was a dream he really, honestly didn't want to end.
It was back in the old days, he knew it in his gut. He was standing in front of Tensi's house, the grass at his feet wet from a recent rain. It had to be around midmorning, due to the position of the sun's rays and the birds singing.
He approached and opened the door silently, to find Hiei, Tensi, and three children--two little girls who looked heart-wrenchingly like their mother and a young, carbon-copy clone of Hiei--seated around the table, all in the process of eating lunch. The three little ones smiled broadly at Kurama.
"Uncle Kurama! We saved you some food! Come join us!"
Quite suddently, Kurama found himself as the observer instead of the participant. As he stood rooted to the ground in shock, his blue-haired demon-human form sat himself at the table. Kurama stared as he watched himself tease the three children.
"You saved me some, I'll give you that, but one grain of rice? I can't live off that! Come on, give me some of yours." The blue-haired elder reached over with his chopsticks into the bowl of the younger girl at his left. The child giggled.
"You're funny, Uncle Kurama."
"That's the way it should have been," came a voice from behind him. Kurama tore his eyes off of the scene before him and turned around quickly to find Tensi standing in the doorway, dressed in the last true clothes he had seen her alive in. "The three of us, growing old together, bringing up our children as family." The half-demon sighed. "Ah, well, there's no use crying over spilled milk, right?"
"Ten..."
"Don't feel sorry for me, Kurama. What's done is done. I just wasn't cut out for life on your side of the world, that's all." She shook her head. "I regret it, yes, but what can I say? The Fates did not favor me."
"Tensi, they favored you more than you think. You've still got Hiei."
Tensi grinned. "This is true, this is true. You'll have to come and visit us in the Spirit World, when you can."
"Every possible opportunity," Kurama promised, and the two shook on it.
"I've got to be going. I just wanted you to know that I'm okay." She turned to leave, then stopped in the doorway and looked over her shoulder.
"What?" Kurama knew too well the grin plastered on her face.
"I just remembered something... I was told that I was not allowed back into the Human World, unless on extremely important occassions... However... Nothing was said about the Demon World."
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Back in the Spirit World, Hiei took Tensi into his arms when she got back. She looked into Hiei's eyes and shook her head. "Why do you torture that boy so?"
"Becasue it's fun," Hiei replied, grinning a bit.
"I'll bet. He's gonna try and kick your ass when he sees you again."
"I'd like to see him try."
Tensi sighed. "And, he'll take good care of your sister, you know that."
Hiei grinned wider at that. "But not as good as I'm going to take of you."
He leaned over and captured her lips. Tensi wrapped her arms around Hiei's neck, pulling back a bit. "Ai shiteru, Hiei."
"Ai shiteru, Tensi."
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Yay! It's done! Wow, that was a shocker. I had no idea what that was going to turn into when I started it, I swear. And I freaked the hell out of Faith, too. I let her read the entire thing, so I could get an idea of people's reactions, and after she read it, her reaction was hysterical. Especially at chapter four. You see, I wrote it and it turned into a lemon (this was pre-nonlemon days at fanfic.net), and she just sat at the computer for ten minutes, not saying anything. When I asked "Faithie?" she snapped, "Get away from me. I never want to see you again." She thinks I have a future as a porn writter. THANKS, FAITHLESS!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading the story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please, please, please, please leave a review!
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And a few notes on the Japanese names I picked out, and Japanese phrases I used... Just in case anyone cares.
(In order of apperance)
Tensi = Reincarnation
Oni (from Onizuka) = Demon
Aki = Fall
Akuma = Dark Angel, or more acurately, the Devil
Kage = Darkness
Ryu = Dragon
Shiro = White
Kori = Ice
Ai shiteru = I love you
Sakura (Tensi's human first name) = Cherry blossom petals
Tetsewon (Tensi's human last name) = Mighty
Kurai Maho = Dark Magic
Yosei = Fairy
Omoi = Heavy
Hyoeyu = Outcast
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Cold as Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Seventeen
Farewells
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Yusuke tossed and turned in his sleep that night. He had awoken numerous times that night, and it wasn't even one in the morning yet--he kept seeing Hiei's body in his dreams.
Awaking once again in a cold sweat, he shivered. Burying his head in his hands, he muttered to himself, "I failed them both."
"No, you didn't."
Yusuke looked up to see Tensi sitting at the end of his bed again. He looked over at her and actually scowled at the half-demon's shadow. "Are you just going to haunt the end of my bed forever?"
"Only after you and Kayko sleep together," Tensi replied with a grin. Quite suddently, she winced a bit as Hiei appeared next to her, pinching her arm playfully.
"Be nice to the human."
"But DADDY!"
"Ten..." Hiei warned.
Yusuke watched as the girl actually stuck her togune out at her lover. And was even more startled when Hiei returned it. Raising an eyebrow, he put his chin in his hand and stared at the two. "Are we just going to do this all night, or are do you have a point outside of torturing me?"
"Oh, so bitter," Hiei replied.
"Pity. I thought death would humble you."
Hiei drew himself up to full height and actually grinned at Yusuke. "Never."
"Gentlemen! Please!" Tensi smiled at Yusuke. "Don't worry about us, we're just fine. And we'll stop bothering you guys. We'll only show up every other day!" she finished with a laugh, which prompted Yusuke to laugh a bit himself and shake his head. "Kidding. We've a job to do now, so we'll catch you guys on the flip side, okay?"
Yusuke smiled a bit. "Yeah."
Hiei looked at Yusuke. "I know I gave you a hard time, especially in the beginning. But I really enjoyed working with you." He bowed formally to Yusuke, who returned it as best he could in his seated position. The demon put his arm around Tensi, who waved, and disappeared.
Yusuke sat staring at the spot they had just occupied for a good ten minutes after they were gone. "Goodbye, Hiei. Goodbye, Tensi. It was a pleasure."
* * * * *
Kuwabara tossed and turned in his sleep that night, too. He didn't wake up, however, due to the fact that Hiei was preventing him from wakefullness.
Hiei had quite nearly beat the hell out of him, running him in circles. When the redhead had collapsed from exaustion to the ground, he found a sword blade at his neck. Hiei lifted his chin with the blade. "You'd better be good to my sister. Or next time, it won't be a dream."
He withdrew his weapon and kicked him in the side, none too gently, making him roll across the floor--
--and out of bed, finally releasing him from the channel-dream. Kuwabara lay on his back on the floor, in a slight state of shock.
"DAMN YOU, HIEI!"
* * * * *
Kurama was dreaming as well; however, his was nicer than Kuwabara's. It was a dream he really, honestly didn't want to end.
It was back in the old days, he knew it in his gut. He was standing in front of Tensi's house, the grass at his feet wet from a recent rain. It had to be around midmorning, due to the position of the sun's rays and the birds singing.
He approached and opened the door silently, to find Hiei, Tensi, and three children--two little girls who looked heart-wrenchingly like their mother and a young, carbon-copy clone of Hiei--seated around the table, all in the process of eating lunch. The three little ones smiled broadly at Kurama.
"Uncle Kurama! We saved you some food! Come join us!"
Quite suddently, Kurama found himself as the observer instead of the participant. As he stood rooted to the ground in shock, his blue-haired demon-human form sat himself at the table. Kurama stared as he watched himself tease the three children.
"You saved me some, I'll give you that, but one grain of rice? I can't live off that! Come on, give me some of yours." The blue-haired elder reached over with his chopsticks into the bowl of the younger girl at his left. The child giggled.
"You're funny, Uncle Kurama."
"That's the way it should have been," came a voice from behind him. Kurama tore his eyes off of the scene before him and turned around quickly to find Tensi standing in the doorway, dressed in the last true clothes he had seen her alive in. "The three of us, growing old together, bringing up our children as family." The half-demon sighed. "Ah, well, there's no use crying over spilled milk, right?"
"Ten..."
"Don't feel sorry for me, Kurama. What's done is done. I just wasn't cut out for life on your side of the world, that's all." She shook her head. "I regret it, yes, but what can I say? The Fates did not favor me."
"Tensi, they favored you more than you think. You've still got Hiei."
Tensi grinned. "This is true, this is true. You'll have to come and visit us in the Spirit World, when you can."
"Every possible opportunity," Kurama promised, and the two shook on it.
"I've got to be going. I just wanted you to know that I'm okay." She turned to leave, then stopped in the doorway and looked over her shoulder.
"What?" Kurama knew too well the grin plastered on her face.
"I just remembered something... I was told that I was not allowed back into the Human World, unless on extremely important occassions... However... Nothing was said about the Demon World."
* * * * *
Back in the Spirit World, Hiei took Tensi into his arms when she got back. She looked into Hiei's eyes and shook her head. "Why do you torture that boy so?"
"Becasue it's fun," Hiei replied, grinning a bit.
"I'll bet. He's gonna try and kick your ass when he sees you again."
"I'd like to see him try."
Tensi sighed. "And, he'll take good care of your sister, you know that."
Hiei grinned wider at that. "But not as good as I'm going to take of you."
He leaned over and captured her lips. Tensi wrapped her arms around Hiei's neck, pulling back a bit. "Ai shiteru, Hiei."
"Ai shiteru, Tensi."
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Yay! It's done! Wow, that was a shocker. I had no idea what that was going to turn into when I started it, I swear. And I freaked the hell out of Faith, too. I let her read the entire thing, so I could get an idea of people's reactions, and after she read it, her reaction was hysterical. Especially at chapter four. You see, I wrote it and it turned into a lemon (this was pre-nonlemon days at fanfic.net), and she just sat at the computer for ten minutes, not saying anything. When I asked "Faithie?" she snapped, "Get away from me. I never want to see you again." She thinks I have a future as a porn writter. THANKS, FAITHLESS!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading the story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please, please, please, please leave a review!
* * * * *
And a few notes on the Japanese names I picked out, and Japanese phrases I used... Just in case anyone cares.
(In order of apperance)
Tensi = Reincarnation
Oni (from Onizuka) = Demon
Aki = Fall
Akuma = Dark Angel, or more acurately, the Devil
Kage = Darkness
Ryu = Dragon
Shiro = White
Kori = Ice
Ai shiteru = I love you
Sakura (Tensi's human first name) = Cherry blossom petals
Tetsewon (Tensi's human last name) = Mighty
Kurai Maho = Dark Magic
Yosei = Fairy
Omoi = Heavy
Hyoeyu = Outcast
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