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This chapter had me puzzled . . . I wasn't sure how to go about fixing this. But I figured it out and all is well!
And, as for all you reviewers . . . PLEASE, dear God, just spell the names right. I guarantee you if it's in this fic, it's correct. *shudders*
~*~*~*~* The Dragon Chapter 10: Here to stay? ~*~*~*~*
Hiei leapt out of his tree, katana in hand to look threatening. He landed on his left knee, with his right hand grasping his katana firmly and holding it up horizontally across his chest. His left hand was on the ground, steadying him. Lifting his head, a glint of evil sparked in his eyes.
"Hiei, don't do anything drastic," Kurama pleaded.
"Yeah, cool it," Yusuke edged nervously.
"Hiei . . .?" Yukina asked, innocent as ever. Kurama was holding her hand. Hiei glared deeply at his 'friend.'
"Don't go killing anybody, shrimp," Kuwabara warned. Hiei glared at him too, and that shut him up real quick. It also scared Amori out of her mind.
Hiei looked at both of them. Kurama . . . Kuwabara . . . Kurama . . . Kuwabara . . . which one gets killed first?
Yukina looked at him angrily, "Hiei, I don't really understand why you're angry, but you shouldn't hold a grudge against your friends!"
Hiei stopped short and looked at her, thinking. Maybe . . . maybe BD wasn't as stupid as she looked. She'd been right about this, he nearly HAD ruined his entire life, like she'd said. There was Yukina, hands on her hips, crimson eyes boring holes in his skull, angry for probably the first time in her life. Maybe that BD girl had been right for once . . .
Suddenly she ran up behind him, dressed in a white, fuzzy bathrobe. Gods know where she got one of those. Draped over her shoulder was a blue towel, and she was wearing no shoes. The entire crowd turned to stare at her in unison as she skipped merrily, her hair hanging down her back and flaunting its blue highlights gaily.
As she passed Hiei, she said, "I TOLD you you'd screw up your life." With that, she skipped happily towards Genkai's. "I'm going to take a shower now. Ja!"
Hiei blinked, thoroughly confused. So maybe she WAS as stupid as she looked . . . she fit the part right now. The angry glint in his eyes was replaced with a clouded-over look of surprise and annoyance.
Genkai spit a mouthful of tea, spraying some of her guests.
"Say it, don't spray it, Grandma," Yusuke said, wiping some of the brown liquid from his green jumpsuit and wiping it off on his pants, completely defeating the purpose.
"In MY temple?!" Genkai ran into the house, chasing after BD. Amori shook her head.
"Trust MY evil side to be such a moron," she said.
Yusuke started to laugh, ignoring the fact that he'd been sprayed with tea. Elbowing Keiko in the ribs, she got the idea and started laughing too. The idea was to get Hiei into a good mood (or as good a mood as Hiei can be in), but it didn't really work. Everybody just sat there and stared at Yusuke and Keiko, who were laughing their asses off for apparently no reason.
Hiei cocked a confused eyebrow, and they shut up. "Okay . . . that was weird . . ." Kuwabara said.
"Uhh, yeah," Yusuke coughed nervously. Keiko glared at him for making her look like a fool as well.
Genkai came out of her temple, looking perturbed.
"What was that about, Genkai?" Keiko asked innocently.
Genkai's left eye twitched a few times. "She's in MY shower!"
NOW the entire crowd got to laugh, this time at Genkai's expense. She looked ticked, and went back inside to get tea. Eventually the laughter subsided and the crowd, turned to Hiei, who had apparently not been laughing.
"Hey, did anybody else notice that Genkai ALWAYS has tea?" Yusuke asked.
They all nodded in unison, which had a scary "wave-like" effect.
"Are you okay now, Hiei?" Kurama asked tentatively.
Hiei glared at him again, still wondering. He didn't want to ruin his life, by spilling everything about Yukina. Also, killing Kurama would be a bit drastic. However, he was still up for killing Kuwabara for breaking his sister's heart. Yeah.
Directing his glare at Kuwabara, he smirked, "Heh, you'll pay." And with that, he set Kuwabara's hair on fire.
"Ack! Kuwa-kun!" Amori shrieked, patting the top of his head to try and put it out. This only resulted in a burned hand. Kurama rolled his emerald eyes and reached up into his hair, pulling out a plant seed. Clutching it firmly in his fist, it sprouted into a cactus-sized leafy plant. Placing it in the flames atop Kuwabara's head, the flame turned blue and cold, and then died.
"How did you do that?!" Amori was amazed. Kurama smiled; glad to show off for once.
"It's quite simple, really. I use my spirit energy to manipulate the seed into a plant. This particular one puts out fires."
Amori listened, fascinated, and Yukina smiled just to be polite. Keiko had been eyeing Hiei nervously, and grasped Yusuke's hand firmly in her own.
"C'mon, Yusuke. We should be going," she prodded, pulling him along. Yusuke reluctantly waved at them all and could barely gasp out a "Ja!" before Keiko dragged him off.
Yukina yawned to herself, and Hiei sheathed his katana, growing tired of this 'game.' Amori patted on Kuwabara's singed hair with her burned hand sadly, her deep baby-blue eyes feeling sorry for him. He looked at her and blushed, holding her hand and grinning. This perked her up a bit. Yukina reached over to tap Kurama gently on the shoulder.
"Yes?" he asked tentatively, watching Hiei out of the corner of his eye all the while.
"What should we do now?" she asked quietly. She was over her angry spell, and her eyes showed that she was sorry for getting excited. Hiei noticed . . . and it caused him to feel obnoxiously guilty.
"You should go to sleep," he advised. This pulled Kuwabara and Amori out of their little moment to stare at him.
"Where will Amori go?" Kuwabara asked.
"Don't know. Don't care," Hiei said.
Amori turned away, feeling hurt. Kuwabara put a hand on her shoulder and comforted her.
"It's all right, ignore the little guy. You can stay at Genkai's," Kuwabara offered.
"Excuse me?!" Genkai steamed. "You can't just go-."
"That would be lovely, thank you!" Amori smiled happily, completely missing Genkai's outburst in her joy. She was, after all, homeless.
Hiei rolled his eyes, ignoring the cute moment and focusing on his sister. For once, she was looking straight at him. He blinked. This was new, usually she was with Kuwabara, but now that Amori was there . . . he smiled. Awhile back, when he'd met Amori in a dark alley before BD had been separated, that had been his intent. Get her away from that idiot by busying him with Amori.
Well, it had a few setbacks, but his plan still worked.
"Are you okay?" Yukina asked him, pulling him out of his trance-like state.
He paused and gulped in surprise before sliding his hands into his pockets and regaining his usual cool state. "Hn."
Yukina grinned. She had heard that enough times to know that it was one of the strange little ways Hiei showed he cared. Either that or he was just a short freak with nothing to say, but somehow deep inside her she felt that this was not the case.
"I'm going to sleep now, Genkai," Yukina bowed politely and walked into the temple. Genkai only nodded to acknowledge that she'd heard.
"Seeing as it's the middle of the night, all you low-lives can all go do whatever. I'm going to bed now, like normal people do," she announced harshly, turning on her heel and walking inside, closing the door behind her quickly.
"Well," Kuwabara said. "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"
"All right, good night," Amori kissed his forehead and smiled shyly, then turning quickly and running inside, embarrassed.
Kuwabara turned and ran towards his house, knowing that Shizuru would kill him for this. She'd been intent on coming along, and had even led them out the door. Of course, Kuwabara didn't want his big sister poking her nose in all of his business, so he'd gotten Yusuke to help lose her, and it had worked. As they got on the bus, Yusuke had conveniently given her the wrong ticket, causing her to get kicked off. Then Kuwabara promised they'd hold the bus, and they ditched her that way.
Hiei scoffed at Kuwabara, watching him go. Then he turned to Kurama, who appeared nervous.
"I'm not going to KILL you, kitsune," he said.
"Well I wasn't sure," Kurama admitted.
"I should, but I won't," Hiei said after a few seconds of thought. No, killing Kurama would be too drastic for this. Besides, he seemed to be backing off. "I do have a question, though."
"Yes?" Kurama asked.
"Why were you . . . with . . . Yukina?" Hiei asked slowly, staring demandingly into the fox's eyes.
"She was upset, and I comforted her, that's all, Hiei."
Hiei nodded, satisfied. Conversing deep matters like this was definitely not his style. Crouching low to the ground and springing strongly, he twisted in the air and caught himself skillfully on the branch of one of the large trees outside Genkai's temple. Kurama saw nothing but a blackish blur, and his little friend was gone.
Shaking his head with a chuckle, he walked calmly down the steps of Genkai's temple and towards his own home, where his mother would surely be waiting up.
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This chapter had me puzzled . . . I wasn't sure how to go about fixing this. But I figured it out and all is well!
And, as for all you reviewers . . . PLEASE, dear God, just spell the names right. I guarantee you if it's in this fic, it's correct. *shudders*
~*~*~*~* The Dragon Chapter 10: Here to stay? ~*~*~*~*
Hiei leapt out of his tree, katana in hand to look threatening. He landed on his left knee, with his right hand grasping his katana firmly and holding it up horizontally across his chest. His left hand was on the ground, steadying him. Lifting his head, a glint of evil sparked in his eyes.
"Hiei, don't do anything drastic," Kurama pleaded.
"Yeah, cool it," Yusuke edged nervously.
"Hiei . . .?" Yukina asked, innocent as ever. Kurama was holding her hand. Hiei glared deeply at his 'friend.'
"Don't go killing anybody, shrimp," Kuwabara warned. Hiei glared at him too, and that shut him up real quick. It also scared Amori out of her mind.
Hiei looked at both of them. Kurama . . . Kuwabara . . . Kurama . . . Kuwabara . . . which one gets killed first?
Yukina looked at him angrily, "Hiei, I don't really understand why you're angry, but you shouldn't hold a grudge against your friends!"
Hiei stopped short and looked at her, thinking. Maybe . . . maybe BD wasn't as stupid as she looked. She'd been right about this, he nearly HAD ruined his entire life, like she'd said. There was Yukina, hands on her hips, crimson eyes boring holes in his skull, angry for probably the first time in her life. Maybe that BD girl had been right for once . . .
Suddenly she ran up behind him, dressed in a white, fuzzy bathrobe. Gods know where she got one of those. Draped over her shoulder was a blue towel, and she was wearing no shoes. The entire crowd turned to stare at her in unison as she skipped merrily, her hair hanging down her back and flaunting its blue highlights gaily.
As she passed Hiei, she said, "I TOLD you you'd screw up your life." With that, she skipped happily towards Genkai's. "I'm going to take a shower now. Ja!"
Hiei blinked, thoroughly confused. So maybe she WAS as stupid as she looked . . . she fit the part right now. The angry glint in his eyes was replaced with a clouded-over look of surprise and annoyance.
Genkai spit a mouthful of tea, spraying some of her guests.
"Say it, don't spray it, Grandma," Yusuke said, wiping some of the brown liquid from his green jumpsuit and wiping it off on his pants, completely defeating the purpose.
"In MY temple?!" Genkai ran into the house, chasing after BD. Amori shook her head.
"Trust MY evil side to be such a moron," she said.
Yusuke started to laugh, ignoring the fact that he'd been sprayed with tea. Elbowing Keiko in the ribs, she got the idea and started laughing too. The idea was to get Hiei into a good mood (or as good a mood as Hiei can be in), but it didn't really work. Everybody just sat there and stared at Yusuke and Keiko, who were laughing their asses off for apparently no reason.
Hiei cocked a confused eyebrow, and they shut up. "Okay . . . that was weird . . ." Kuwabara said.
"Uhh, yeah," Yusuke coughed nervously. Keiko glared at him for making her look like a fool as well.
Genkai came out of her temple, looking perturbed.
"What was that about, Genkai?" Keiko asked innocently.
Genkai's left eye twitched a few times. "She's in MY shower!"
NOW the entire crowd got to laugh, this time at Genkai's expense. She looked ticked, and went back inside to get tea. Eventually the laughter subsided and the crowd, turned to Hiei, who had apparently not been laughing.
"Hey, did anybody else notice that Genkai ALWAYS has tea?" Yusuke asked.
They all nodded in unison, which had a scary "wave-like" effect.
"Are you okay now, Hiei?" Kurama asked tentatively.
Hiei glared at him again, still wondering. He didn't want to ruin his life, by spilling everything about Yukina. Also, killing Kurama would be a bit drastic. However, he was still up for killing Kuwabara for breaking his sister's heart. Yeah.
Directing his glare at Kuwabara, he smirked, "Heh, you'll pay." And with that, he set Kuwabara's hair on fire.
"Ack! Kuwa-kun!" Amori shrieked, patting the top of his head to try and put it out. This only resulted in a burned hand. Kurama rolled his emerald eyes and reached up into his hair, pulling out a plant seed. Clutching it firmly in his fist, it sprouted into a cactus-sized leafy plant. Placing it in the flames atop Kuwabara's head, the flame turned blue and cold, and then died.
"How did you do that?!" Amori was amazed. Kurama smiled; glad to show off for once.
"It's quite simple, really. I use my spirit energy to manipulate the seed into a plant. This particular one puts out fires."
Amori listened, fascinated, and Yukina smiled just to be polite. Keiko had been eyeing Hiei nervously, and grasped Yusuke's hand firmly in her own.
"C'mon, Yusuke. We should be going," she prodded, pulling him along. Yusuke reluctantly waved at them all and could barely gasp out a "Ja!" before Keiko dragged him off.
Yukina yawned to herself, and Hiei sheathed his katana, growing tired of this 'game.' Amori patted on Kuwabara's singed hair with her burned hand sadly, her deep baby-blue eyes feeling sorry for him. He looked at her and blushed, holding her hand and grinning. This perked her up a bit. Yukina reached over to tap Kurama gently on the shoulder.
"Yes?" he asked tentatively, watching Hiei out of the corner of his eye all the while.
"What should we do now?" she asked quietly. She was over her angry spell, and her eyes showed that she was sorry for getting excited. Hiei noticed . . . and it caused him to feel obnoxiously guilty.
"You should go to sleep," he advised. This pulled Kuwabara and Amori out of their little moment to stare at him.
"Where will Amori go?" Kuwabara asked.
"Don't know. Don't care," Hiei said.
Amori turned away, feeling hurt. Kuwabara put a hand on her shoulder and comforted her.
"It's all right, ignore the little guy. You can stay at Genkai's," Kuwabara offered.
"Excuse me?!" Genkai steamed. "You can't just go-."
"That would be lovely, thank you!" Amori smiled happily, completely missing Genkai's outburst in her joy. She was, after all, homeless.
Hiei rolled his eyes, ignoring the cute moment and focusing on his sister. For once, she was looking straight at him. He blinked. This was new, usually she was with Kuwabara, but now that Amori was there . . . he smiled. Awhile back, when he'd met Amori in a dark alley before BD had been separated, that had been his intent. Get her away from that idiot by busying him with Amori.
Well, it had a few setbacks, but his plan still worked.
"Are you okay?" Yukina asked him, pulling him out of his trance-like state.
He paused and gulped in surprise before sliding his hands into his pockets and regaining his usual cool state. "Hn."
Yukina grinned. She had heard that enough times to know that it was one of the strange little ways Hiei showed he cared. Either that or he was just a short freak with nothing to say, but somehow deep inside her she felt that this was not the case.
"I'm going to sleep now, Genkai," Yukina bowed politely and walked into the temple. Genkai only nodded to acknowledge that she'd heard.
"Seeing as it's the middle of the night, all you low-lives can all go do whatever. I'm going to bed now, like normal people do," she announced harshly, turning on her heel and walking inside, closing the door behind her quickly.
"Well," Kuwabara said. "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"
"All right, good night," Amori kissed his forehead and smiled shyly, then turning quickly and running inside, embarrassed.
Kuwabara turned and ran towards his house, knowing that Shizuru would kill him for this. She'd been intent on coming along, and had even led them out the door. Of course, Kuwabara didn't want his big sister poking her nose in all of his business, so he'd gotten Yusuke to help lose her, and it had worked. As they got on the bus, Yusuke had conveniently given her the wrong ticket, causing her to get kicked off. Then Kuwabara promised they'd hold the bus, and they ditched her that way.
Hiei scoffed at Kuwabara, watching him go. Then he turned to Kurama, who appeared nervous.
"I'm not going to KILL you, kitsune," he said.
"Well I wasn't sure," Kurama admitted.
"I should, but I won't," Hiei said after a few seconds of thought. No, killing Kurama would be too drastic for this. Besides, he seemed to be backing off. "I do have a question, though."
"Yes?" Kurama asked.
"Why were you . . . with . . . Yukina?" Hiei asked slowly, staring demandingly into the fox's eyes.
"She was upset, and I comforted her, that's all, Hiei."
Hiei nodded, satisfied. Conversing deep matters like this was definitely not his style. Crouching low to the ground and springing strongly, he twisted in the air and caught himself skillfully on the branch of one of the large trees outside Genkai's temple. Kurama saw nothing but a blackish blur, and his little friend was gone.
Shaking his head with a chuckle, he walked calmly down the steps of Genkai's temple and towards his own home, where his mother would surely be waiting up.
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