Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, though I do wish I could own Hiei.
I can't help it, he's so kawai.
Arlyssa Nighthawke
Kagirinaku tsudzuko ankoku no sora hibiwarete-yuku enrai no oto tachidomaru tabi ashimoto ga yureru
Dark skies that stretches out limitlessly
The sound of distant, cracking thunder
Whenever I stand, my steps
sway
Nightmare by Megumi Ogata
Nightmare Chapter 1
Shuuichi Hatanaka sighed happily as he threw the books, that he did not need to take home, which was all of them, into his locker. Today his nii-san was picking him up from school and taking him shopping for 'Kaasan's birthday. He has not seen his brother in a long time. Either his nii-san has been busy with work or he's been to busy with school and exams. That made him happy! Exams were over and spring break was starting. The whole week he is free from school. No more books, teachers, or boring lessons. Just plain old relaxing and spending time with his brother.
He was brought out of his thoughts when his locker door slammed in front of his face, making him jump five feet into the air
"Someone is happy that spring break is finally here. Penny for you thoughts?"
Shuuichi looked over to see Sakura, his best friend since first grade, smiling enthusiastically at him. Shuuichi just smiled back
"Yep! My brother is picking me up from school, and then on to shopping for my 'kassan's birthday. After that I have a week of freedom."
"Ahh brotherly bonding. Tell me he's the cute one with red hair and grass green eyes?"
Shuuchi gave her a 'you've got to be kidding me' look. "Cute one? Sakura since when were interested in guys? You better be careful or else your girlfriend might hear you and get jealous. Then I won't even have a brother to spend 'brotherly bonding', as you so elegantly put it, with."
Sakura pouted has he bent down to pick up his satchel, and put on his shoes. "You're no fun Shu-kun. But don't worry your brother will be save from Aya's wrath." she said as they started to walk out from the building.
Shuuichi smiled as he noticed his brother standing in the gates to the schoolyard. "Have a good break Sakura. Have fun with Aya. I'll probably call you later, Ja!"
With that he ran to met his nii-san
"Ja Ne! Shu-kun"
Shuuichi muffled out a greeting to his brother and his brother did the same.
"So," his brother started "Who was that cute young girl you were with?"
Shuuichi raised an eyebrow. Were Sakura and his brother psychically linked? "No that was Sakura. She has been my best friend since I was in first grade. Besides her girlfriend would kill me if we got together."
"Oh! So that was Sakura. She sure has changed since I last saw her. I think it was 'Kaasan's and Tousan's wedding." His brother then gave him a look. "Her girlfriend?"
Shuuichi nodded "Yes nii-san. Sakura is gay."
His brother just chuckled. "Then her and I aren't that different after all."
Shuuichi smiled. "Nope! Speaking of gay, how's Hiei?"
His brother brightened at the mention of his lover's name. "Hiei is just fine. In fact I think he's doing great. He has just found his sister and is now visiting her. He can't stop smiling. It's nice of you to think of him. I'm sure Hiei will appreciate it."
"Well, just to let you know. If he hurts you in ANY way, he'll have to deal with me." He tried to look tough, but in the end it just made them both laugh. Neither of them noticed a figure watching the from afar.
Kurama watched his brother has they went through the stores of the mall looking for a birthday present for his 'Kaasan. He noticed something's were different. For one thing Shuuichi has dark circles under his eyes, indicating that he has not been sleeping well. Also, and he's hiding it VERY well, is that something is bothering him. He could have sworn that Hiei has given him some tips on how to conceal his emotions. Something was bothering him all right. That something even caused 'Tousan to call him into his office and practically beg him to talk to Shuuichi, since he and Shuuichi have always been close. The only thing that 'Tousan could tell him was that Shuuichi has been waking up every night for the past two weeks yelling out 'nii-san'.
Kurama thought it a bit odd that now 'Tousan was just coming to him. Kurama had stated this, but all 'Tousan had said was that he had thought it would just blow over, apparently, it has not. So Kurama was here, hoping Shuuichi would talk to him and find out why Shuuichi has been screaming for him at night, but for right now, 'Kaasan's birthday present was more important.
Finally! After many hours of shopping, they agreed to put their money together and buy 'Kaasan a big present from both of them. They also agreed to hide the present at Kurama's apartment. So they both ended up on Kurama's living room floor, trying to wrap a very weird shaped box. It proved to be very unsuccessful, and the living room in shambles. Kurama looked at the clock. 'Hiei will be home soon for dinner. I hope his visit with Yukina went well.' He then looked at the floor, back at the clock, then to the kitchen. Shuuichi noticed this and offered to clean up the living room while Kurama would make dinner. He called home just to make sure he could stay over at his nii-san's for dinner.
He was about to pick up the last bit of paper when he saw the bundle of roses on the coffee table. Shuuichi was immediately reminded of his dream. Not liking what he remembered he shook his head to get the thoughts out of his head. Just on impulse he reached out to touch a rose, and then all he saw was blood. It was streaming down the walls of his brother's apartment. The blood was even on him, covering him. He looked down; just to see how much was on him was when he saw it. A body lies not to far from him. He recognized his brother immediately, and tried to run over to him, but he couldn't. He looked down at himself again and saw he bound together by what appears to be vines. He squirmed to get loose, but no anvil. He looked up at his nii-san and saw the silver haired person standing over his nii-san, grinning
"No! Stop! Leave him alone!" He yelled, but the silver haired person didn't hear him, just kept on grinning. "NII-SAAAANN!!!!" Then the blackness took over.
Kurama was just turning off what he was cooking for dinner when he heard Shuuichi called out bloody-murder for him. He quickly forgot everything he was doing and ran towards Shuuichi. He barely made it time to catch Shuuichi as he fell to the ground. He lowered himself and his brother's lifeless form to the floor, holding him. He brother was scared. He heard it in his voice as he called out, he can feel it even now as his brother lay unconscious in his arms. 'Shuuichi, what are dreaming about? What is scaring you so bad that you call out of me in desperation? Please tell me when you wake up. Onegai.' Kurama got up and laid Shuuichi on the couch, covering him with the blanket that always laid on the back of the couch.
"Sleep well, itouto." With that he went back to the kitchen, just as Hiei came threw the bedroom window. Kurama smiled at the familiar ki. "Welcome home Itoshi. How was Yukina?" he said as Hiei came into the kitchen.
"Fine" was all Hiei said and noticed Shuuchi lying on the couch. "What's he doing here fox?"
"Hmm? Oh, we went shopping for 'Kaasan's birthday and we brought the present back here. We tried to wrap it, but all we ended up doing was getting the living room floor messy."
"Hn. seems he's having a nightmare."
Kurama just sat dinner on the table and looked over at Shuuichi, and yes indeed, he was having a nightmare.
"That's also why he's here, love. It seems that he's been having them for almost two weeks, and has not told anyone about them. 'Tousan says he's been screaming for me every night. He's also been losing sleep."
Hiei just looked at the fox disguised as human from the corner of his eye. He walked over to Shuuichi, while pulling off his ward to his Jagan, and putting a hand on Shuuichi's forehead.
What Hiei saw surprised him. There Kurama was fighting another youko, both were evenly matched. But the other youko snapped his fingers and a bright light flooded his vision. When is cleared, the youko was gone and Kurama lie on the ground, bleeding from every pour. Hiei tried to run towards his lover but couldn't move, all he could do was scream out his lover's name. Then Shuuichi woke up.
Kurama stared at both his brother and Lover questionly. His brother looked scared, while Hiei just stared at him with wide eyes.
"Shuuichi?"
Shuuichi looked up at his brother and sighed. He sat up and indicating for Kurama to sit down. Hiei took the cushion beside Kurama holding his hand.
Kurama was surprised that Hiei was showing affection in front another person, besides him. But his concern right now was Shuuichi.
Shuuichi brought up his knees to his chest. "It's been happening for the past two weeks. It won't leave me alone. The dream I mean. Every night, I dream that are fighting some guy with silver hair and a silver tail. You make a whip from a rose and then you two fighting. But the silver haired guy does not play fair, and snaps his fingers. There is a blinding white light and when it clears the silver haired guy is gone and you are lying on the floor, bleeding, and not moving. I don't know if you are dead or not cause that's when I wake up. But the weirdest one was the one last night. Last night as I scream for you, another voice accompanied mine. But it was not your name the voice screamed but another name. Kurama I think it was."
Shuuichi went silent after that and Kurama just stared at him. He couldn't believe it. Here he was trying to decide whether or not to tell his family of his true origins, and his stepbrother almost knows the truth. Hiei squeezing his hand brought him back to reality. "You've been having that same dream every night?" Shuuichi nodded "What happened just now in the living room?"
"The end result was the same, but you were already on the floor. Bleeding. But we were here in this apartment, and the silver haired guy was standing over you, grinning. It went black after that."
"Shuuichi" It was Hiei this time "Have you had these kind of dreams before."
Shuuichi hesitated and then nodded. "Yes once when my mother died. I dreamt the exact why my mother would die. And another time when my Grandma and Grandpa Hatanaka died. Usually the dreams will play out in real life, as they do in my dreams."
Everyone was silent after that. For what seems like hours Kurama finally spoke up. "Well dinner is getting cold and I for one am hungry. Also Shuuichi, I want you to spend the night here in the spare bedroom. Now, no, excuses. I will not here it. I'll make you some special tea, that way those dreams will not bother you this night, so you can get some sleep, and lord knows you need it."
Kurama got into bed and slid his body up next to Hiei's, wrapping his arms around his torso. "Something wrong Hiei?"
Hiei just nodded. "It's about Shuuichi's dream. That 'silver haired guy' he was talking about was a youko. And you know what? He looked exactly like you."
TBC. ________________________________________________________________________
Yah!! I got the first chapter done!!!! The next one hopefully should be out soon
Arlyssa Nighthawke
Kagirinaku tsudzuko ankoku no sora hibiwarete-yuku enrai no oto tachidomaru tabi ashimoto ga yureru
Dark skies that stretches out limitlessly
The sound of distant, cracking thunder
Whenever I stand, my steps
sway
Nightmare by Megumi Ogata
Nightmare Chapter 1
Shuuichi Hatanaka sighed happily as he threw the books, that he did not need to take home, which was all of them, into his locker. Today his nii-san was picking him up from school and taking him shopping for 'Kaasan's birthday. He has not seen his brother in a long time. Either his nii-san has been busy with work or he's been to busy with school and exams. That made him happy! Exams were over and spring break was starting. The whole week he is free from school. No more books, teachers, or boring lessons. Just plain old relaxing and spending time with his brother.
He was brought out of his thoughts when his locker door slammed in front of his face, making him jump five feet into the air
"Someone is happy that spring break is finally here. Penny for you thoughts?"
Shuuichi looked over to see Sakura, his best friend since first grade, smiling enthusiastically at him. Shuuichi just smiled back
"Yep! My brother is picking me up from school, and then on to shopping for my 'kassan's birthday. After that I have a week of freedom."
"Ahh brotherly bonding. Tell me he's the cute one with red hair and grass green eyes?"
Shuuchi gave her a 'you've got to be kidding me' look. "Cute one? Sakura since when were interested in guys? You better be careful or else your girlfriend might hear you and get jealous. Then I won't even have a brother to spend 'brotherly bonding', as you so elegantly put it, with."
Sakura pouted has he bent down to pick up his satchel, and put on his shoes. "You're no fun Shu-kun. But don't worry your brother will be save from Aya's wrath." she said as they started to walk out from the building.
Shuuichi smiled as he noticed his brother standing in the gates to the schoolyard. "Have a good break Sakura. Have fun with Aya. I'll probably call you later, Ja!"
With that he ran to met his nii-san
"Ja Ne! Shu-kun"
Shuuichi muffled out a greeting to his brother and his brother did the same.
"So," his brother started "Who was that cute young girl you were with?"
Shuuichi raised an eyebrow. Were Sakura and his brother psychically linked? "No that was Sakura. She has been my best friend since I was in first grade. Besides her girlfriend would kill me if we got together."
"Oh! So that was Sakura. She sure has changed since I last saw her. I think it was 'Kaasan's and Tousan's wedding." His brother then gave him a look. "Her girlfriend?"
Shuuichi nodded "Yes nii-san. Sakura is gay."
His brother just chuckled. "Then her and I aren't that different after all."
Shuuichi smiled. "Nope! Speaking of gay, how's Hiei?"
His brother brightened at the mention of his lover's name. "Hiei is just fine. In fact I think he's doing great. He has just found his sister and is now visiting her. He can't stop smiling. It's nice of you to think of him. I'm sure Hiei will appreciate it."
"Well, just to let you know. If he hurts you in ANY way, he'll have to deal with me." He tried to look tough, but in the end it just made them both laugh. Neither of them noticed a figure watching the from afar.
Kurama watched his brother has they went through the stores of the mall looking for a birthday present for his 'Kaasan. He noticed something's were different. For one thing Shuuichi has dark circles under his eyes, indicating that he has not been sleeping well. Also, and he's hiding it VERY well, is that something is bothering him. He could have sworn that Hiei has given him some tips on how to conceal his emotions. Something was bothering him all right. That something even caused 'Tousan to call him into his office and practically beg him to talk to Shuuichi, since he and Shuuichi have always been close. The only thing that 'Tousan could tell him was that Shuuichi has been waking up every night for the past two weeks yelling out 'nii-san'.
Kurama thought it a bit odd that now 'Tousan was just coming to him. Kurama had stated this, but all 'Tousan had said was that he had thought it would just blow over, apparently, it has not. So Kurama was here, hoping Shuuichi would talk to him and find out why Shuuichi has been screaming for him at night, but for right now, 'Kaasan's birthday present was more important.
Finally! After many hours of shopping, they agreed to put their money together and buy 'Kaasan a big present from both of them. They also agreed to hide the present at Kurama's apartment. So they both ended up on Kurama's living room floor, trying to wrap a very weird shaped box. It proved to be very unsuccessful, and the living room in shambles. Kurama looked at the clock. 'Hiei will be home soon for dinner. I hope his visit with Yukina went well.' He then looked at the floor, back at the clock, then to the kitchen. Shuuichi noticed this and offered to clean up the living room while Kurama would make dinner. He called home just to make sure he could stay over at his nii-san's for dinner.
He was about to pick up the last bit of paper when he saw the bundle of roses on the coffee table. Shuuichi was immediately reminded of his dream. Not liking what he remembered he shook his head to get the thoughts out of his head. Just on impulse he reached out to touch a rose, and then all he saw was blood. It was streaming down the walls of his brother's apartment. The blood was even on him, covering him. He looked down; just to see how much was on him was when he saw it. A body lies not to far from him. He recognized his brother immediately, and tried to run over to him, but he couldn't. He looked down at himself again and saw he bound together by what appears to be vines. He squirmed to get loose, but no anvil. He looked up at his nii-san and saw the silver haired person standing over his nii-san, grinning
"No! Stop! Leave him alone!" He yelled, but the silver haired person didn't hear him, just kept on grinning. "NII-SAAAANN!!!!" Then the blackness took over.
Kurama was just turning off what he was cooking for dinner when he heard Shuuichi called out bloody-murder for him. He quickly forgot everything he was doing and ran towards Shuuichi. He barely made it time to catch Shuuichi as he fell to the ground. He lowered himself and his brother's lifeless form to the floor, holding him. He brother was scared. He heard it in his voice as he called out, he can feel it even now as his brother lay unconscious in his arms. 'Shuuichi, what are dreaming about? What is scaring you so bad that you call out of me in desperation? Please tell me when you wake up. Onegai.' Kurama got up and laid Shuuichi on the couch, covering him with the blanket that always laid on the back of the couch.
"Sleep well, itouto." With that he went back to the kitchen, just as Hiei came threw the bedroom window. Kurama smiled at the familiar ki. "Welcome home Itoshi. How was Yukina?" he said as Hiei came into the kitchen.
"Fine" was all Hiei said and noticed Shuuchi lying on the couch. "What's he doing here fox?"
"Hmm? Oh, we went shopping for 'Kaasan's birthday and we brought the present back here. We tried to wrap it, but all we ended up doing was getting the living room floor messy."
"Hn. seems he's having a nightmare."
Kurama just sat dinner on the table and looked over at Shuuichi, and yes indeed, he was having a nightmare.
"That's also why he's here, love. It seems that he's been having them for almost two weeks, and has not told anyone about them. 'Tousan says he's been screaming for me every night. He's also been losing sleep."
Hiei just looked at the fox disguised as human from the corner of his eye. He walked over to Shuuichi, while pulling off his ward to his Jagan, and putting a hand on Shuuichi's forehead.
What Hiei saw surprised him. There Kurama was fighting another youko, both were evenly matched. But the other youko snapped his fingers and a bright light flooded his vision. When is cleared, the youko was gone and Kurama lie on the ground, bleeding from every pour. Hiei tried to run towards his lover but couldn't move, all he could do was scream out his lover's name. Then Shuuichi woke up.
Kurama stared at both his brother and Lover questionly. His brother looked scared, while Hiei just stared at him with wide eyes.
"Shuuichi?"
Shuuichi looked up at his brother and sighed. He sat up and indicating for Kurama to sit down. Hiei took the cushion beside Kurama holding his hand.
Kurama was surprised that Hiei was showing affection in front another person, besides him. But his concern right now was Shuuichi.
Shuuichi brought up his knees to his chest. "It's been happening for the past two weeks. It won't leave me alone. The dream I mean. Every night, I dream that are fighting some guy with silver hair and a silver tail. You make a whip from a rose and then you two fighting. But the silver haired guy does not play fair, and snaps his fingers. There is a blinding white light and when it clears the silver haired guy is gone and you are lying on the floor, bleeding, and not moving. I don't know if you are dead or not cause that's when I wake up. But the weirdest one was the one last night. Last night as I scream for you, another voice accompanied mine. But it was not your name the voice screamed but another name. Kurama I think it was."
Shuuichi went silent after that and Kurama just stared at him. He couldn't believe it. Here he was trying to decide whether or not to tell his family of his true origins, and his stepbrother almost knows the truth. Hiei squeezing his hand brought him back to reality. "You've been having that same dream every night?" Shuuichi nodded "What happened just now in the living room?"
"The end result was the same, but you were already on the floor. Bleeding. But we were here in this apartment, and the silver haired guy was standing over you, grinning. It went black after that."
"Shuuichi" It was Hiei this time "Have you had these kind of dreams before."
Shuuichi hesitated and then nodded. "Yes once when my mother died. I dreamt the exact why my mother would die. And another time when my Grandma and Grandpa Hatanaka died. Usually the dreams will play out in real life, as they do in my dreams."
Everyone was silent after that. For what seems like hours Kurama finally spoke up. "Well dinner is getting cold and I for one am hungry. Also Shuuichi, I want you to spend the night here in the spare bedroom. Now, no, excuses. I will not here it. I'll make you some special tea, that way those dreams will not bother you this night, so you can get some sleep, and lord knows you need it."
Kurama got into bed and slid his body up next to Hiei's, wrapping his arms around his torso. "Something wrong Hiei?"
Hiei just nodded. "It's about Shuuichi's dream. That 'silver haired guy' he was talking about was a youko. And you know what? He looked exactly like you."
TBC. ________________________________________________________________________
Yah!! I got the first chapter done!!!! The next one hopefully should be out soon
