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for a bit, which will more than likely cause permanent damage. DISCLAIMER
AGAIN: I in no way/shape/form own Monty Python, either. I just like to
quote off him. XD.
The Dragon Chapter 8: Two Lives, TWO Bodies
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Amori, having gained control of the body (under heavy persuasion) was running in senseless circles around Koenma's desk. His left eye began to twitch and a frustrated mark the size of Texas dominated his brow.
"Amori, PLEASE. Stop. You're wreaking havoc," George (the ever-faithful blue oni) pointed out.
"I'm so bored!!" she wailed, skidding to a stop and leaning on Koenma's desk. He kept his eyes lowered and silently prayed she'd wander away on her own.
"Tis' I!" she shouted in a British accent. He twitched.
"Yes . . .?" he twitched compulsively; causing George to be not-so-faithful and back up a bit.
"Tis' I!! Amori! Allo! Tis' good ta' see yer!" she smiled and ran about in one last senseless circle.
"Koenma, sir?" George ventured.
"Y-Yes?" Koenma stammered between twitches.
"What's she talking about?"
"Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!!" Amori screeched for no apparent reason.
George ran.
"Ogre, get your sorry blue butt back here!! Don't leave me alone with it!!" Koenma begged.
"Nah, we'll have a jolly good time, ole' chap!" she encouraged.
Koenma promptly threw a tantrum, begging his not-quite-as-faithful-as- previously-anticipated ogre to come back. He didn't.
Botan ran down the hallway, bubbling with excitement. "BD!! BD-chan!!" she called.
"Amori," she corrected.
"Uhh, right," Botan grinned innocently, "I found you a few bodies! Want to go see them?"
"Of course!!" Amori dropped her British accent willingly enough, twirling around in a big circle around Koenma's desk one last time. "Bye, Koenma!!"
He twitched a few times. "Take it away, take it away!!" he begged his loyal ferry girl.
"Okay, Koenma," Botan blinked confusedly.
"Yeah, don't get your diaper in a twist!" Amori teased.
Koenma twitched a bit more. "I need therapy!!" he wailed.
"Come on, BD! I got pictures!" Botan held up a few snapshots of . . . dead bodies.
"Amori," she corrected again.
"Oh, right. Anyway, here's some of them that are still inhabitable," Botan handed her the snapshots. She flipped through them with mild interest.
"Nope. Nope. Nope. OH MY GOD!!" Amori screamed, dropping the pile of pictures and retreating to Koenma's desk.
"What . . .?" Botan asked innocently.
Amori pressed her forehead out of sheer mortal fear, escaping the horrible scene. BD, now inhabiting the body, was laughing her ass off.
"What the hell?!" Botan shrieked.
"BOTAN!!" Koenma shouted.
"What?"
"You cursed!" Koenma gaped.
"Yeah. . .?" she stood there, dumbfounded, while BD continued to laugh her ass off.
"Oh my God! That was too funny!!" she gasped between laughs. She pointed at the pile of snapshots on the ground.
"What is it . . .?" Koenma hopped out of his chair and walked over to them, picking them up. He flipped through them, pictures of girls who'd been killed recently. Amori had been right; none of them really suited her. As he got farther into the stack, he suddenly shrieked like a little girl and threw the entire stack into the air, running for his room and locking the door behind him.
BD laughed some more, pointing at Botan, "I had no idea, Botan!!!"
Botan picked up the pictures and flipped through, until she found the one they'd been looking at. She blushed hotly and ran, dropping the remainder of the pictures and taking with her the one that caused such controversy.
"Okay, okay, enough laughing. Go and help her," Amori commanded from inside BD's head.
"You can't tell me that wasn't funny," BD said, cackling evilly. "I sense some blackmail coming on!"
"No! That was so private!!" Amori snapped, embarrassed of her evil side's rudeness.
BD smirked, "Yeah, you'd think so. It's okay Botan! Let out your feelings!"
Botan walked back in, cheeks flushed. "That . . . was NOT supposed to happen," she said nervously, holding the snapshot behind her back.
"Yeah, and who knew Koenma had such a model body!" BD exclaimed.
"BD!" Botan and Amori screamed at the same time.
"What?"
"You're impossible!" Botan said, ripping the picture in two and throwing it. BD caught the pieces and held them together. She could still see exactly what it was a picture of. Koenma, teenage form, striking heroic poses on the diving board of some pool. In an incredibly small bathing suit.
BD sighed and grinned evilly. "All right, let's pick a body, shall we?" She picked up the pictures scattered on the floor, and scrolled through them. She stopped on one, "Botan! What were you thinking!"
"I don't know, but it IS an inhabitable body!!" Botan smiled evilly. "Besides, it would be funny."
"NO!!" Amori shouted, though Botan couldn't hear her. The picture was one of an old woman, perhaps in her late sixties, with bright pink hair (though not much of it, the poor woman seemed to have been balding) and a tattoo of a flower on her right cheek. BD shuddered.
"That would be just cruel, Botan. I like it," BD approved.
"Let me out! You're giving Botan ideas!!" Amori begged.
"All right, all right, keep your pants on," BD muttered.
"Excuse me!?" Botan gasped in shock. What kind of a random comment is that?
"Talking to Amori, hold on," BD reached up and pressed her forehead, which abruptly stopped glowing.
"Thank you!" Amori smiled. "Now let's choose a body, shall we?"
Botan didn't really understand, but they scrolled through pictures together anyway. Amori had taken a great liking to one of the young girl bodies. It was a tall girl, about as tall as Yusuke. She had blonde hair, and her eyes were deep baby blue, which Amori liked. Although it was a little creepy to look into the open eyes of a dead girl.
"So how do I get into this body?" Amori asked.
Botan grinned, "You have to control your life energy. Easier said than done, I'm afraid."
"All right," Amori smiled and closed her eyes, concentrating hard. "SHUT UP!" she yelled out of nowhere, startling Botan a bit.
"Sheesh, touchy!!" BD snorted.
"I can't!" Amori wailed in distress.
Botan was trying her hardest not to laugh, while the whole reason for the outburst a moment ago had been BD's laughter.
"What's so funny?" Amori asked.
"You do realize that no one could do that and survive, right? The body's back in Ningenkai. Your life energy wouldn't make it that far!" Botan burst out laughing, thoroughly amused.
"Oh, right," Amori smiled innocently.
~*~*~*~*~(Genkai's Temple)
"Yukina! Yukina!!" Kuwabara called, running up the last of the stairs to the temple.
"Is that you, Kazuma?" Yukina's softer voice answered his.
"Yukina!! I missed you!" he smiled and ran up to her. She and Genkai had been sitting on Genkai's porch, sipping tea.
"Hello, Kuwabara. Nice to see you again," Genkai said politely, taking a sip of her tea. "You want some tea too?" she invited.
"Oh yes, please stay!" Yukina smiled; glad to have another friend around.
"Uhh, okay," he hesitated, not really wanting to have a tea party. But he did want to see Yukina.
"That's what Hiei-san said," Yukina noted, smiling.
Kuwabara felt a chill run up his spine, "H-Hiei?" he asked.
"Hn," Hiei walked up to them from inside, leaning against one of the posts supporting the roof of Genkai's porch.
"Where'd you come from, shorty?" Kuwabara taunted.
"None of your business," Hiei snapped.
"Boys, please! No fighting!" Yukina begged. Hiei sighed and turned away defiantly, and Kuwabara grinned stupidly and complied.
Genkai laughed a little, sipping her tea. Kuwabara smiled and accepted a cup from Yukina, sitting down across from her. Hiei glared at Kuwabara in silence as he and Yukina talked, while Genkai watched the entire thing with mild amusement. After awhile, night fell, and it began to get colder for the humans.
"I'm going to go inside, Kuwabara. It's getting cold for you, I can tell," she nodded towards Kuwabara, who was shivering.
"I'm ok-k-k-kay," he stammered.
"Hn," Hiei turned and walked inside, silently willing Yukina to follow him. Genkai stood and followed him instead, carrying the tea accessories. Kuwabara got up and helped Yukina to her feet.
"Come on, Kuwabara, it's freezing out here," Genkai called, hurrying the two along.
Much to Hiei's disgust, Kuwabara walked Yukina inside. He followed behind his sister and the humans, scowling in distaste.
"Hey!! Hiei!!" a voice called out from the top of the shrine's steps. Hiei turned around, surprised. A girl he'd never seen before walked up, smiling. She had blonde hair and was taller than he was, and wore a bright yellow t- shirt, cut to reveal her belly, and short shorts. She seemed to be cold, as far as he could tell through the dark.
"How do you know my name?" he asked, glaring at her coldly.
"Its m-m-m-m-me you idiot!!" she stammered, rubbing her hands along her arms, shivering violently.
"Who's 'me'?" he asked. He could care less weather or not she froze to death.
"A-A-Amori!!" she shouted. She gave up on him and made a dash for Genkai's door, though Hiei tripped her before she could make it.
"What was that f-f-for?!" she stood slowly, rubbing her arm where she'd fallen.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Inside! Its f-f-f-freezing!" she moved towards the door, but he stood in front of her.
"I don't know who you are. I can't let you in. Go away," he pointed towards the stairs. "Or else I'll have to use force."
"Hiei! It's me! Amori! Err, BD!! Remember that?" she asked, hopping up and down to keep warm.
"BD? You're not BD, idiot. BD's got black hair, for one," he motioned towards her hair. "And she's short. I will admit you're about as annoying, probably more."
"It's a long story, I used to share a body with BD. But I found my own. This is b-b-b-brand new," she pointed to it. "Can I g-g-g-go inside? Botan sent me here, because K-K-K-Kuwabara's here," she pleaded.
Hiei burst out laughing, causing Yukina to poke her head out and ask what was so funny. She gasped when she saw Hiei talking to this new girl.
"Who is that, Hiei?" she asked innocently.
"Are you Yukina?" Amori demanded.
"Why yes, but who are you?" she asked, just as innocent.
"My name is Amori. I came to see Kuwabara," Amori cast a warning glance at Hiei.
"Hn," he turned away and went inside, leaving them. He believed the girl about BD. It made sense to him now, with the glowing forehead incident.
"Kuwabara?" Yukina gasped. "He's inside . . ." Yukina pointed. Amori rushed in, warming up in the doorway instantly.
"Shut up, shorty!" Kuwabara was yelling.
"Kuwabara?" Amori called out, rushing to find him. He was sitting in a living room like area, on a large couch. Hiei stood, leaning against the wall.
"Told you," he said simply.
"What's your name?" Kuwabara demanded.
"Amori," she said truthfully.
Kuwabara gaped, "A-Amori? That's you?"
"Who is this, Kazuma-kun?" Yukina asked innocently, sitting beside him.
Amori suddenly felt the need to glare at Yukina, as she put an arm around Kuwabara's shoulders. "Are you his other sister, or something?" she asked.
"No," Yukina smiled, hugging him.
"Amori, let me explain . . ." Kuwabara started, but trailed off. He hadn't planned anything to say, but was hoping she'd cut him off. She stood still, waiting for his explanation.
Hiei grinned silently to himself. He was amused at how easily the fools could get themselves into a mess. His only regret was that Yukina had to be a part of it all.
"Kazuma-kun?"
"Yes, Yukina?" he asked, a pitifully defeated look on his face.
"Who is she?" Yukina had a firm tone in her voice, demanding an answer.
"His girlfriend," Amori blurted, hoping to set her title in stone.
Hiei turned and walked out of the room, trying not to laugh and ruin everything. He listened from outside the room, as Yukina gasped.
"You're what?" she stammered and looked at Kuwabara, tears forming in her eyes.
Kuwabara looked absolutely pitiful, stuck between Yukina and Amori. He had no idea what to do. Suddenly he had a faint glimmer of hope, "Amori? Why do you look. . . different?"
"I used to share a body with BD, but we split and I got a new one," she explained hastily, glaring at Yukina all the while.
"Who's BD, now? Kazuma . . ." a tear rolled down Yukina's cheek and hit the floor with a clank.
"Y-Yes?" he was almost afraid to ask.
"How many girls do you have . . . besides me?" her lip quivered and she stood, not waiting for an answer. She ran out of the room, bumping into Hiei as she did so.
"Yukina?" he asked. "Why-Why are you crying?"
She looked up into his crimson eyes with her own, sobbing into his chest. He looked troubled, gently resting an arm on her back, trying to soothe her. She sniffed and stopped crying, noticing that there was a rather large pile of tear gems caught in the folds of his white scarf, but he didn't seem to mind.
"I'm sorry, Hiei . . . but . . . I . . ." she hugged him and then backed up, blushing a bit. He smiled at her, his eyes glowing with pride. His own little sister had practically stood up to her two-timing boyfriend, and he was proud.
"Listen, Yukina. Don't listen to him. Go find someone better," he advised. She looked up at him, her eyes panicked.
"But Hiei, what about Kazuma?" she looked as though she might cry again.
"Shh, don't cry any more. You'll find someone else. He doesn't deserve you," he smiled at her, completely forgetting for a brief second that she didn't know that they were related, and blushing when he realized what this sounded like.
She seemed not to notice, however, and smiled back at him. "Thank you, Hiei, I feel so much better now," she said.
Amori walked out of the room, staring blankly at Hiei and Yukina. Yukina gasped and backed away from Hiei quickly, as Kuwabara walked out after Amori.
"Well, looks like Kuwabara's not the only one here that's two-timing," Amori smiled smugly, thinking she'd completely uprooted Kuwabara and Yukina's relationship now.
"Shut up and mind your own damned business!" Hiei spat at her, grabbing Yukina by the wrist and walking out of the temple with her.
"Hiei!! Where are we going?!" she struggled to keep up with him, until he lifted her feet off the ground and sped away.
Kuwabara ran out after them, with Amori clinging to his arm. "Hiei you jerk! Get back here with her!!" he shouted after him, tears stinging his eyes. In one brief moment his entire world had come crashing down. Yukina WAS his world.
"Ahem," Amori casually reminded the world that she existed. Genkai snorted from the doorway.
"Well Kuwabara, you certainly have done it this time," she pointed out.
~*~*~*~*~(Makai)
Yukina clutched Hiei as he leapt effortlessly from tree to tree, eventually stopping and putting her on her feet. He realized how stupid this really was. All he'd wanted was to get her away. He'd felt a strong need to protect her, and this seemed the most logical. Yukina just stood there, looking frightened.
"Good job," an eerie voice echoed from high above them.
"W-Who's there?" Yukina asked tentatively, trying to sound brave.
"Don't freak, it's just me," the voice called again. Hiei cocked a brow and tried to see who it was. The voice sounded . . . oddly familiar . . .
Hiei gasped. "BD?!" he sighed, looking over at Yukina.
"So that's BD, is it?" she said, her voice becoming firm with anger.
Hiei nodded, "Hn."
BD slid off her branch, landing on the ground in a crouched position with a light thud. "Hi, Hiei. Who's this?"
" . . .Yukina," he answered tentatively.
A wicked grin sprouted on BD's face. "Oh, Kuwabara's girl. So, Hiei, what are you and Kuwabara's girlfriend doing in the woods?" she paused. "Alone?"
Hiei glared at her; "She's . . ." he caught himself. Yukina blinked a few times, looking innocent. "She's been dumped," he finished.
Yukina sniffled a bit, not really knowing what to do. Hiei had taken her to Makai . . . why? What could he be thinking?
"I see, so you moved in on her as soon as she was available," BD had stuck her nose where it didn't belong. Hiei fumed, his face burning a bright red. He pulled his arm back and punched her square in the jaw, knocking her clear off her feet and into a tree.
Yukina gasped in horror, bending down over BD, who sat up slowly, rubbing her head. The spot on her forehead wasn't glowing, Hiei noted, so therefore Amori hadn't been lying. BD was definitely in control this time, but her forehead wasn't glowing.
"What the hell, Hiei?!" she demanded.
"Why do you have to go poking into other people's damn business?!"
Yukina stood quietly to the side, watching them argue. She didn't want to be the cause of all the fighting.
"Stop! No more," she pleaded. "Stop fighting."
Hiei looked at her, knowing he'd hurt her. He was sorry, and it showed in his eyes.
"I'm going back now. Kuwabara will have . . ." she choked on her words, " . . . will have taken Amori home by now." She walked away, back towards where they'd come from. Hiei had enough common sense to know not to follow.
BD rubbed her cheek, which was bruising. She glared at him, but he wasn't paying attention. He sat down on a low tree branch, putting his head in his hands. BD noticed tears falling, and she listened to them tap on the ground.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
"Hiei?" she ventured, willing to make up. He was upset, and she knew it.
He turned away from her, silently willing her to go away. She didn't.
"Hiei," she repeated, putting a hand on his shoulder. He jerked away sharply.
"Get off me," he demanded, refusing to look at her.
"Hiei, suck up your damned pride and let it out. You obviously care about her," BD scolded.
"What do you know? Go away."
"I know more about it than you, obviously. Look at yourself! You're pitiful! And for what, Yukina? She's going to crawl back to Kuwabara and you know it."
Hiei tried to suck up his tears, and it worked for a bit. He thought about what she'd just said, realizing that Yukina would do just that.
"What about Amori?" he said suddenly.
"Feh. She's such a ditz. All she's doing is screwing up Kuwabara and Yukina's lives."
"I was hoping she'd go for him," Hiei admitted.
"What?"
"I didn't stutter."
"Why?!"
"To keep him off my. . ." he caught himself again.
"Your what?"
He hadn't caught himself in time.
"Tell me, Hiei," she demanded.
"No."
"Tell me."
"No."
"Tell me, damnit!"
"No!"
"Hiei, you're only screwing YOURSELF over," she said logically.
He gave a heavy sigh. "Can you just go away and mind your own business?"
"I'm new to being a person. I used to be a head voice. I have no business."
He snorted at her, turning away. "Why should I tell you anything? I don't even know you."
"Well that makes sense. I used to be a head voice."
"Shut up."
She sighed, "All right, fine. Be a little brat and hide your feelings. Then watch as Yukina and Kuwabara go off and get married, while you stand on the sidelines and feel miserable for the rest of your life."
He glared at her coldly. "What do you know?"
"It just me or did we already go over that?"
"Shut up, just shut up," he begged, trying to collect his thoughts.
"Oh well. I don't want to help you anyway, you punched me," she scowled and turned to go. She turned to see, one last time, if he was all right. He was lying on his stomach, staring at the ground, deep in thought. She sighed.
"You looks so pathetic, Hiei," she said. He jumped.
"I thought you were leaving," he grunted.
"I can't just leave you here, you look too . . . horribly pathetic," she said, cocking her head to one side to see just how pathetic he looked.
He looked up at her. She gasped at the sight; his normally cold eyes stained with tears, and his usually stoic face masked by sorrow. She frowned.
"Hiei, you look awful. You must really love her to be like this . . ."
"She's my sister, damnit!!" Hiei exploded in a rage, unable to keep it in any longer.
BD was silent for a moment. "Well . . . that explains a lot."
He turned away, blinking away tears. "Are you happy now? Go away," he ordered. He sat alone, looking at the ground, for a long time. He eventually turned to see her again. "Damnit, I said go away!!"
BD was nowhere to be seen. He turned back around and wondered if that was really what he'd wanted.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
The Dragon Chapter 8: Two Lives, TWO Bodies
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Amori, having gained control of the body (under heavy persuasion) was running in senseless circles around Koenma's desk. His left eye began to twitch and a frustrated mark the size of Texas dominated his brow.
"Amori, PLEASE. Stop. You're wreaking havoc," George (the ever-faithful blue oni) pointed out.
"I'm so bored!!" she wailed, skidding to a stop and leaning on Koenma's desk. He kept his eyes lowered and silently prayed she'd wander away on her own.
"Tis' I!" she shouted in a British accent. He twitched.
"Yes . . .?" he twitched compulsively; causing George to be not-so-faithful and back up a bit.
"Tis' I!! Amori! Allo! Tis' good ta' see yer!" she smiled and ran about in one last senseless circle.
"Koenma, sir?" George ventured.
"Y-Yes?" Koenma stammered between twitches.
"What's she talking about?"
"Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!!" Amori screeched for no apparent reason.
George ran.
"Ogre, get your sorry blue butt back here!! Don't leave me alone with it!!" Koenma begged.
"Nah, we'll have a jolly good time, ole' chap!" she encouraged.
Koenma promptly threw a tantrum, begging his not-quite-as-faithful-as- previously-anticipated ogre to come back. He didn't.
Botan ran down the hallway, bubbling with excitement. "BD!! BD-chan!!" she called.
"Amori," she corrected.
"Uhh, right," Botan grinned innocently, "I found you a few bodies! Want to go see them?"
"Of course!!" Amori dropped her British accent willingly enough, twirling around in a big circle around Koenma's desk one last time. "Bye, Koenma!!"
He twitched a few times. "Take it away, take it away!!" he begged his loyal ferry girl.
"Okay, Koenma," Botan blinked confusedly.
"Yeah, don't get your diaper in a twist!" Amori teased.
Koenma twitched a bit more. "I need therapy!!" he wailed.
"Come on, BD! I got pictures!" Botan held up a few snapshots of . . . dead bodies.
"Amori," she corrected again.
"Oh, right. Anyway, here's some of them that are still inhabitable," Botan handed her the snapshots. She flipped through them with mild interest.
"Nope. Nope. Nope. OH MY GOD!!" Amori screamed, dropping the pile of pictures and retreating to Koenma's desk.
"What . . .?" Botan asked innocently.
Amori pressed her forehead out of sheer mortal fear, escaping the horrible scene. BD, now inhabiting the body, was laughing her ass off.
"What the hell?!" Botan shrieked.
"BOTAN!!" Koenma shouted.
"What?"
"You cursed!" Koenma gaped.
"Yeah. . .?" she stood there, dumbfounded, while BD continued to laugh her ass off.
"Oh my God! That was too funny!!" she gasped between laughs. She pointed at the pile of snapshots on the ground.
"What is it . . .?" Koenma hopped out of his chair and walked over to them, picking them up. He flipped through them, pictures of girls who'd been killed recently. Amori had been right; none of them really suited her. As he got farther into the stack, he suddenly shrieked like a little girl and threw the entire stack into the air, running for his room and locking the door behind him.
BD laughed some more, pointing at Botan, "I had no idea, Botan!!!"
Botan picked up the pictures and flipped through, until she found the one they'd been looking at. She blushed hotly and ran, dropping the remainder of the pictures and taking with her the one that caused such controversy.
"Okay, okay, enough laughing. Go and help her," Amori commanded from inside BD's head.
"You can't tell me that wasn't funny," BD said, cackling evilly. "I sense some blackmail coming on!"
"No! That was so private!!" Amori snapped, embarrassed of her evil side's rudeness.
BD smirked, "Yeah, you'd think so. It's okay Botan! Let out your feelings!"
Botan walked back in, cheeks flushed. "That . . . was NOT supposed to happen," she said nervously, holding the snapshot behind her back.
"Yeah, and who knew Koenma had such a model body!" BD exclaimed.
"BD!" Botan and Amori screamed at the same time.
"What?"
"You're impossible!" Botan said, ripping the picture in two and throwing it. BD caught the pieces and held them together. She could still see exactly what it was a picture of. Koenma, teenage form, striking heroic poses on the diving board of some pool. In an incredibly small bathing suit.
BD sighed and grinned evilly. "All right, let's pick a body, shall we?" She picked up the pictures scattered on the floor, and scrolled through them. She stopped on one, "Botan! What were you thinking!"
"I don't know, but it IS an inhabitable body!!" Botan smiled evilly. "Besides, it would be funny."
"NO!!" Amori shouted, though Botan couldn't hear her. The picture was one of an old woman, perhaps in her late sixties, with bright pink hair (though not much of it, the poor woman seemed to have been balding) and a tattoo of a flower on her right cheek. BD shuddered.
"That would be just cruel, Botan. I like it," BD approved.
"Let me out! You're giving Botan ideas!!" Amori begged.
"All right, all right, keep your pants on," BD muttered.
"Excuse me!?" Botan gasped in shock. What kind of a random comment is that?
"Talking to Amori, hold on," BD reached up and pressed her forehead, which abruptly stopped glowing.
"Thank you!" Amori smiled. "Now let's choose a body, shall we?"
Botan didn't really understand, but they scrolled through pictures together anyway. Amori had taken a great liking to one of the young girl bodies. It was a tall girl, about as tall as Yusuke. She had blonde hair, and her eyes were deep baby blue, which Amori liked. Although it was a little creepy to look into the open eyes of a dead girl.
"So how do I get into this body?" Amori asked.
Botan grinned, "You have to control your life energy. Easier said than done, I'm afraid."
"All right," Amori smiled and closed her eyes, concentrating hard. "SHUT UP!" she yelled out of nowhere, startling Botan a bit.
"Sheesh, touchy!!" BD snorted.
"I can't!" Amori wailed in distress.
Botan was trying her hardest not to laugh, while the whole reason for the outburst a moment ago had been BD's laughter.
"What's so funny?" Amori asked.
"You do realize that no one could do that and survive, right? The body's back in Ningenkai. Your life energy wouldn't make it that far!" Botan burst out laughing, thoroughly amused.
"Oh, right," Amori smiled innocently.
~*~*~*~*~(Genkai's Temple)
"Yukina! Yukina!!" Kuwabara called, running up the last of the stairs to the temple.
"Is that you, Kazuma?" Yukina's softer voice answered his.
"Yukina!! I missed you!" he smiled and ran up to her. She and Genkai had been sitting on Genkai's porch, sipping tea.
"Hello, Kuwabara. Nice to see you again," Genkai said politely, taking a sip of her tea. "You want some tea too?" she invited.
"Oh yes, please stay!" Yukina smiled; glad to have another friend around.
"Uhh, okay," he hesitated, not really wanting to have a tea party. But he did want to see Yukina.
"That's what Hiei-san said," Yukina noted, smiling.
Kuwabara felt a chill run up his spine, "H-Hiei?" he asked.
"Hn," Hiei walked up to them from inside, leaning against one of the posts supporting the roof of Genkai's porch.
"Where'd you come from, shorty?" Kuwabara taunted.
"None of your business," Hiei snapped.
"Boys, please! No fighting!" Yukina begged. Hiei sighed and turned away defiantly, and Kuwabara grinned stupidly and complied.
Genkai laughed a little, sipping her tea. Kuwabara smiled and accepted a cup from Yukina, sitting down across from her. Hiei glared at Kuwabara in silence as he and Yukina talked, while Genkai watched the entire thing with mild amusement. After awhile, night fell, and it began to get colder for the humans.
"I'm going to go inside, Kuwabara. It's getting cold for you, I can tell," she nodded towards Kuwabara, who was shivering.
"I'm ok-k-k-kay," he stammered.
"Hn," Hiei turned and walked inside, silently willing Yukina to follow him. Genkai stood and followed him instead, carrying the tea accessories. Kuwabara got up and helped Yukina to her feet.
"Come on, Kuwabara, it's freezing out here," Genkai called, hurrying the two along.
Much to Hiei's disgust, Kuwabara walked Yukina inside. He followed behind his sister and the humans, scowling in distaste.
"Hey!! Hiei!!" a voice called out from the top of the shrine's steps. Hiei turned around, surprised. A girl he'd never seen before walked up, smiling. She had blonde hair and was taller than he was, and wore a bright yellow t- shirt, cut to reveal her belly, and short shorts. She seemed to be cold, as far as he could tell through the dark.
"How do you know my name?" he asked, glaring at her coldly.
"Its m-m-m-m-me you idiot!!" she stammered, rubbing her hands along her arms, shivering violently.
"Who's 'me'?" he asked. He could care less weather or not she froze to death.
"A-A-Amori!!" she shouted. She gave up on him and made a dash for Genkai's door, though Hiei tripped her before she could make it.
"What was that f-f-for?!" she stood slowly, rubbing her arm where she'd fallen.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Inside! Its f-f-f-freezing!" she moved towards the door, but he stood in front of her.
"I don't know who you are. I can't let you in. Go away," he pointed towards the stairs. "Or else I'll have to use force."
"Hiei! It's me! Amori! Err, BD!! Remember that?" she asked, hopping up and down to keep warm.
"BD? You're not BD, idiot. BD's got black hair, for one," he motioned towards her hair. "And she's short. I will admit you're about as annoying, probably more."
"It's a long story, I used to share a body with BD. But I found my own. This is b-b-b-brand new," she pointed to it. "Can I g-g-g-go inside? Botan sent me here, because K-K-K-Kuwabara's here," she pleaded.
Hiei burst out laughing, causing Yukina to poke her head out and ask what was so funny. She gasped when she saw Hiei talking to this new girl.
"Who is that, Hiei?" she asked innocently.
"Are you Yukina?" Amori demanded.
"Why yes, but who are you?" she asked, just as innocent.
"My name is Amori. I came to see Kuwabara," Amori cast a warning glance at Hiei.
"Hn," he turned away and went inside, leaving them. He believed the girl about BD. It made sense to him now, with the glowing forehead incident.
"Kuwabara?" Yukina gasped. "He's inside . . ." Yukina pointed. Amori rushed in, warming up in the doorway instantly.
"Shut up, shorty!" Kuwabara was yelling.
"Kuwabara?" Amori called out, rushing to find him. He was sitting in a living room like area, on a large couch. Hiei stood, leaning against the wall.
"Told you," he said simply.
"What's your name?" Kuwabara demanded.
"Amori," she said truthfully.
Kuwabara gaped, "A-Amori? That's you?"
"Who is this, Kazuma-kun?" Yukina asked innocently, sitting beside him.
Amori suddenly felt the need to glare at Yukina, as she put an arm around Kuwabara's shoulders. "Are you his other sister, or something?" she asked.
"No," Yukina smiled, hugging him.
"Amori, let me explain . . ." Kuwabara started, but trailed off. He hadn't planned anything to say, but was hoping she'd cut him off. She stood still, waiting for his explanation.
Hiei grinned silently to himself. He was amused at how easily the fools could get themselves into a mess. His only regret was that Yukina had to be a part of it all.
"Kazuma-kun?"
"Yes, Yukina?" he asked, a pitifully defeated look on his face.
"Who is she?" Yukina had a firm tone in her voice, demanding an answer.
"His girlfriend," Amori blurted, hoping to set her title in stone.
Hiei turned and walked out of the room, trying not to laugh and ruin everything. He listened from outside the room, as Yukina gasped.
"You're what?" she stammered and looked at Kuwabara, tears forming in her eyes.
Kuwabara looked absolutely pitiful, stuck between Yukina and Amori. He had no idea what to do. Suddenly he had a faint glimmer of hope, "Amori? Why do you look. . . different?"
"I used to share a body with BD, but we split and I got a new one," she explained hastily, glaring at Yukina all the while.
"Who's BD, now? Kazuma . . ." a tear rolled down Yukina's cheek and hit the floor with a clank.
"Y-Yes?" he was almost afraid to ask.
"How many girls do you have . . . besides me?" her lip quivered and she stood, not waiting for an answer. She ran out of the room, bumping into Hiei as she did so.
"Yukina?" he asked. "Why-Why are you crying?"
She looked up into his crimson eyes with her own, sobbing into his chest. He looked troubled, gently resting an arm on her back, trying to soothe her. She sniffed and stopped crying, noticing that there was a rather large pile of tear gems caught in the folds of his white scarf, but he didn't seem to mind.
"I'm sorry, Hiei . . . but . . . I . . ." she hugged him and then backed up, blushing a bit. He smiled at her, his eyes glowing with pride. His own little sister had practically stood up to her two-timing boyfriend, and he was proud.
"Listen, Yukina. Don't listen to him. Go find someone better," he advised. She looked up at him, her eyes panicked.
"But Hiei, what about Kazuma?" she looked as though she might cry again.
"Shh, don't cry any more. You'll find someone else. He doesn't deserve you," he smiled at her, completely forgetting for a brief second that she didn't know that they were related, and blushing when he realized what this sounded like.
She seemed not to notice, however, and smiled back at him. "Thank you, Hiei, I feel so much better now," she said.
Amori walked out of the room, staring blankly at Hiei and Yukina. Yukina gasped and backed away from Hiei quickly, as Kuwabara walked out after Amori.
"Well, looks like Kuwabara's not the only one here that's two-timing," Amori smiled smugly, thinking she'd completely uprooted Kuwabara and Yukina's relationship now.
"Shut up and mind your own damned business!" Hiei spat at her, grabbing Yukina by the wrist and walking out of the temple with her.
"Hiei!! Where are we going?!" she struggled to keep up with him, until he lifted her feet off the ground and sped away.
Kuwabara ran out after them, with Amori clinging to his arm. "Hiei you jerk! Get back here with her!!" he shouted after him, tears stinging his eyes. In one brief moment his entire world had come crashing down. Yukina WAS his world.
"Ahem," Amori casually reminded the world that she existed. Genkai snorted from the doorway.
"Well Kuwabara, you certainly have done it this time," she pointed out.
~*~*~*~*~(Makai)
Yukina clutched Hiei as he leapt effortlessly from tree to tree, eventually stopping and putting her on her feet. He realized how stupid this really was. All he'd wanted was to get her away. He'd felt a strong need to protect her, and this seemed the most logical. Yukina just stood there, looking frightened.
"Good job," an eerie voice echoed from high above them.
"W-Who's there?" Yukina asked tentatively, trying to sound brave.
"Don't freak, it's just me," the voice called again. Hiei cocked a brow and tried to see who it was. The voice sounded . . . oddly familiar . . .
Hiei gasped. "BD?!" he sighed, looking over at Yukina.
"So that's BD, is it?" she said, her voice becoming firm with anger.
Hiei nodded, "Hn."
BD slid off her branch, landing on the ground in a crouched position with a light thud. "Hi, Hiei. Who's this?"
" . . .Yukina," he answered tentatively.
A wicked grin sprouted on BD's face. "Oh, Kuwabara's girl. So, Hiei, what are you and Kuwabara's girlfriend doing in the woods?" she paused. "Alone?"
Hiei glared at her; "She's . . ." he caught himself. Yukina blinked a few times, looking innocent. "She's been dumped," he finished.
Yukina sniffled a bit, not really knowing what to do. Hiei had taken her to Makai . . . why? What could he be thinking?
"I see, so you moved in on her as soon as she was available," BD had stuck her nose where it didn't belong. Hiei fumed, his face burning a bright red. He pulled his arm back and punched her square in the jaw, knocking her clear off her feet and into a tree.
Yukina gasped in horror, bending down over BD, who sat up slowly, rubbing her head. The spot on her forehead wasn't glowing, Hiei noted, so therefore Amori hadn't been lying. BD was definitely in control this time, but her forehead wasn't glowing.
"What the hell, Hiei?!" she demanded.
"Why do you have to go poking into other people's damn business?!"
Yukina stood quietly to the side, watching them argue. She didn't want to be the cause of all the fighting.
"Stop! No more," she pleaded. "Stop fighting."
Hiei looked at her, knowing he'd hurt her. He was sorry, and it showed in his eyes.
"I'm going back now. Kuwabara will have . . ." she choked on her words, " . . . will have taken Amori home by now." She walked away, back towards where they'd come from. Hiei had enough common sense to know not to follow.
BD rubbed her cheek, which was bruising. She glared at him, but he wasn't paying attention. He sat down on a low tree branch, putting his head in his hands. BD noticed tears falling, and she listened to them tap on the ground.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
"Hiei?" she ventured, willing to make up. He was upset, and she knew it.
He turned away from her, silently willing her to go away. She didn't.
"Hiei," she repeated, putting a hand on his shoulder. He jerked away sharply.
"Get off me," he demanded, refusing to look at her.
"Hiei, suck up your damned pride and let it out. You obviously care about her," BD scolded.
"What do you know? Go away."
"I know more about it than you, obviously. Look at yourself! You're pitiful! And for what, Yukina? She's going to crawl back to Kuwabara and you know it."
Hiei tried to suck up his tears, and it worked for a bit. He thought about what she'd just said, realizing that Yukina would do just that.
"What about Amori?" he said suddenly.
"Feh. She's such a ditz. All she's doing is screwing up Kuwabara and Yukina's lives."
"I was hoping she'd go for him," Hiei admitted.
"What?"
"I didn't stutter."
"Why?!"
"To keep him off my. . ." he caught himself again.
"Your what?"
He hadn't caught himself in time.
"Tell me, Hiei," she demanded.
"No."
"Tell me."
"No."
"Tell me, damnit!"
"No!"
"Hiei, you're only screwing YOURSELF over," she said logically.
He gave a heavy sigh. "Can you just go away and mind your own business?"
"I'm new to being a person. I used to be a head voice. I have no business."
He snorted at her, turning away. "Why should I tell you anything? I don't even know you."
"Well that makes sense. I used to be a head voice."
"Shut up."
She sighed, "All right, fine. Be a little brat and hide your feelings. Then watch as Yukina and Kuwabara go off and get married, while you stand on the sidelines and feel miserable for the rest of your life."
He glared at her coldly. "What do you know?"
"It just me or did we already go over that?"
"Shut up, just shut up," he begged, trying to collect his thoughts.
"Oh well. I don't want to help you anyway, you punched me," she scowled and turned to go. She turned to see, one last time, if he was all right. He was lying on his stomach, staring at the ground, deep in thought. She sighed.
"You looks so pathetic, Hiei," she said. He jumped.
"I thought you were leaving," he grunted.
"I can't just leave you here, you look too . . . horribly pathetic," she said, cocking her head to one side to see just how pathetic he looked.
He looked up at her. She gasped at the sight; his normally cold eyes stained with tears, and his usually stoic face masked by sorrow. She frowned.
"Hiei, you look awful. You must really love her to be like this . . ."
"She's my sister, damnit!!" Hiei exploded in a rage, unable to keep it in any longer.
BD was silent for a moment. "Well . . . that explains a lot."
He turned away, blinking away tears. "Are you happy now? Go away," he ordered. He sat alone, looking at the ground, for a long time. He eventually turned to see her again. "Damnit, I said go away!!"
BD was nowhere to be seen. He turned back around and wondered if that was really what he'd wanted.
~*~*~*~*~*~*