Mirror of Illusions

Chapter Four:

Jessica's Abode, and Events at the Pool House

By: fairysphinx

fairysphinx: Don't have too much to say today, so, I'm just going to skip to the disclaimer and then the story. Oh, and please review!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu Yu Hakusho.

Hiei looked the house over. Kyu hadn't exaggerated. If anything, she had underexagerated. It was more like a castle then a mansion. And the house was just the start of the immense property! The front yard covered a vast span of land, including a fish pond, and many, many fountains. And even though the back yard wasn't visible through the thick hedge separating the front and back, he was sure that it was even larger than the front yard.

Kyu looked up at Hiei and asked, "Shall we ring the doorbell?" Without waiting for an answer, she grabbed Hiei's wrist and rushed up the steps of the large porch to the door, and rang the doorbell once, twice, three times with her free hand. They waited only a little while before the door opened. Hiei and Kyu looked shocked.

"Suzaku?!?!"

I thought that he was dead, Hiei!

Well, so did I!

They looked at the demon standing before them in the doorway. He looked the same as he did before, save for a device around his neck. "What's that?" Hiei asked. "A dog collar?" Suzaku looked absolutely miserable.

"It's a device designed by the Spirit World to keep tabs on me, and to make sure that I stay in line. I've been placed here, and I'm not allowed to leave." Then, looking behind him, he said, "But, I'd rather be dead than here!" They were about to ask him why, but at that moment, he was replaced by a girl with sandy blonde hair and light blue eyes. She was taller than both Hiei and Kyu, and slightly shorter than Suzaku. Her wardrobe consisted of a pair of jean shorts, a blue tank top, and sandals.

"Why didn't you tell me that someone was at the door, Sazy, sweetheart? I would have been here sooner!" Then she looked at the arrivals, eyes falling first on Hiei. "Well, hi, cutie! What brings you to my humble abode? What can I help you with, sweetie?"

"Hn."

"Huh? What did you say?"

You can talk to the lunatic!

Hiei, that isn't nice!

"Well, I take it that you've grown so tall that you overlook your shortest friend!" Jessica looked from Hiei down slightly to Kyu.

"Kyu! Kyu is that really you? How have you been? I haven't seen you in years!"

"I'm fine, and yourself?"

"As good as ever! So, aren't you going to introduce me to your adorable friend?"

"Oh! Where are my manners? This, Jessica, is Hiei. He's a friend of mine. Hiei, this is Jessica, the girl that I met at summer camp!"

"Pleasure to meet you, cutie!" She stuck her hand out to shake his, but he kept his arms at his sides.

"Hn."

"Is that all he says?"

"Don't worry. He just doesn't like to speak that much, and 'hn' is his most popular phrase. Anyhow, Jessica, I-we-need a favor. We need a place to stay for a while, and I was thinking that maybe we could stay in your pool house?" Jessica got an evil look in her eye, and nudged Kyu in the side.

"A guy and a girl, alone in a pool house, no supervision-."

"Don't you even think that, Jessica! You above all else should know that I'm not that kind of girl!" She was blushing madly, and Hiei was giving Jessica a death glare. "And besides! We're just friends!" Jessica took a close look at their hands.

"Not the way I see it!" Both of the two looked at what Jessica had seen. Kyu's hand had slipped down into Hiei's unnoticed. She yanked it away, blushing even harder than before. Hiei crossed his arms. "Anyhow, you can stay in the pool house. And you can use any of the facilities on the property, like the pool, and the stables. I want you to enjoy yourselves!"

"We appreciate it a lot, Jessica. Thank you. But, I think that I myself would like to rest a while. I'm worn out from the journey."

"Alright, then. I'll take you to the pool house. Hiei, would you like to rest, or would you like to do something."

"I'll rest, thanks."

"Alright, then, follow me. Sazy, take their bags, will you? I hope that you enjoy your stay! Stay here as long as you like!"

"Thank you."

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Jessica and Suzaku had left. Hiei had made a quick check through the entire pool house to make sure that there was no one else there. Kyu had sat down on a large couch, exhausted. "Are you okay? You seem tired." Kyu looked up at Hiei.

"I'm just tired. I haven't rested in a while. …Plus, it isn't easy keeping up with you. You run so fast!" Because of a lack to transportation, and the fact that neither knew had to use a subway, they ran most of the way.

"I'm…I'm…."

"It's okay. I'm just slow." She yawned, and headed over to an electrical socket, and, without hesitation, she stuck her finger in one of the holes. Hiei gave her a very surprised look, and walked over to her.

"I may not know a lot about human things," he said, "but I do know that it's dangerous to stick something in an electrical socket.

"You're concerned about me? How sweet! But, it's okay, Hiei. This is how I rest." After looking at Hiei's slightly confused face, she continued. "This is, basically, how I recharge. And you've seen it already. I attack with lightning and electricity. I can also attack with fire, but I taught myself that, it wasn't a natural ability. Anyhow, my type of energy is electricity. When I use a lot of energy, I have to recharge like a battery, either by sticking my finger in an electrical socket, or getting struck by lightning. Does that make any sense?"

"I guess." Kyu yawned, and close her eyes. In a minute, she was asleep. Hiei looked at her sleeping form, finger still lodged in the electrical socket. She looked so peaceful…aside from the fact that little lightning bolts were running up and down her body. Her looks still left something to be desired, but she was slightly attractive…for resembling a human, that is. "What am I thinking? She's just a weak little demon that got herself in trouble, and now she needs a stronger demon to protect her." He shook his head and settled down on a couch adjacent from her, and fell into a very light sleep.

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"Hiei, will you stop being so stubborn?!"

"Hn. I won't do it."

"Why not?"

"Because."

"Because is not an answer!"

"I don't want to."

"Then at least come and sit down on a chair!"

"I'm fine up here."

"Come on! Even Suzaku is joining us!"

"Do I look like Suzaku?"

"Hm, I guess not. Suzaku's better looking."

"And am I supposed to be jealous?"

"No." The two girls, Kyu and Jessica, stood by the pool, Jessica without a robe, in a brilliant blue bikini. Kyu had on a white robe, and apparently, a swimsuit underneath. Suzaku was already in the pool, swimming here and there, in no particular pattern. Jessica's face turned evil again, and a smile spread on her lips. She leaned over, and bent down to Kyu's ear, whispering loudly enough for Hiei to hear.

"You know what I think, Kyu? I think that your little Hiei can't swim!" Kyu pulled away from Jessica, and gave her a 'you-actually-think-that-that-would-work?' stare.

"He can't be won over by statements basically saying that he's a chicken. I guess that we'll just have to go swimming without him." Kyu shrugged. She pulled on a pair of sunglasses, and pulled her golden hair up in a ponytail at the top of her head. She pulled up an inflated pool bed. Sitting on it, Kyu pushed out into the middle.

"Oh, Kyu, I can't believe you! You're just going to lay on that pool bed the whole time?! I know that you can swim, so why don't you?! And why don't you take off your robe?"

"Jessica," Kyu said sternly. "When we were at camp, there weren't many people around to see you, and, in the murky water, no one could really see you. Plus, you could wear a shirt and shorts to swim in! They didn't care."

"Oh, so this is about being embarrassed about people seeing you in a bathing suit!"

"No! That's not it at all!"

"Right!" Jessica rolled her eyes. She went over to the deep end, and dove in. However, she didn't come up.

"Jessica, I know that you can swim. You can't fool me on that one. Now, you can come up." A minute went by. She still hadn't come up. Kyu looked over the edge of the pool bed, to try and see Jessica. But, when she did, the bed flipped over, spilling her into the ice-cold water. She came, sputtering, to the surface, and saw Jessica, laughing like crazy, holding the white robe that had once covered Kyu's body. "Why did you flip the bed over?" Then she noticed that Jessica had her robe. "Hey! Give that back! I mean it!"

"Come and get it!" Jessica swam to the edge of the pool, and got out, Kyu in pursuit. Both girls were dripping wet, one teasingly happy, the other angry. Hiei looked up, slightly amused by the two girls. Then, he noticed Kyu's swimsuit. It was a black bikini the top in a halter top style, the bottom part of the top tied in the back with a large, red bow, and the bottom tied at the sides with small, red bows. It was rather small, being one of Jessica's old ones from when she was younger. However, this was the first time it had ever been worn. And, surprisingly, she looked kind of pretty in it.

Kyu felt stares all around her. No one had seen her in the suit before. Jessica had gone down to the pool while she had tried on the suits. She had preferably wanted a one-piece, but the bikini was the only one that fit her. And now, she regretted going swimming at all.

Turning all around, she saw that everyone, from Jessica, to Suzaku, to servants, even Hiei, was staring at her. 'I can't believe that she'd do this to me!' First, she began to blush. The embarrassment was overwhelming. The blushing continued, and tears began to spill from her eyes. Kyu quickly ran into the pool house, and slammed the door shut.

"I-I didn't mean to make her cry," Jessica said solemnly. "I didn't mean to."

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Kyu sat crying on the couch, wrapped tightly in a towel. "I can't believe that she did this to me!" The door to the pool house opened, and then closed again. "Go away!" she called, wanting to be left alone. But the door didn't open again. It stayed closed. Soon, Kyu felt an arm around her cold, wet shoulders, which the towel had slid off of. She looked over into Hiei's eyes. He was the one who came in? "What do you want?" she whispered.

"Nothing." Kyu tried to stop the tears. She hated having people see her cry. "It's okay to cry."

"This coming from someone who's probably never cried in his life." But, she did let the tears flow. They were coming strong and fast. "I wish- I wish that I had never come here! I wish that I hadn't been so curious! I-I wish that I had never met Jurobei Takashi!"

"The past can't be changed. Only the future can." Kyu pressed her face onto Hiei's shoulder. The tears began to form a wet spot there. They stayed that way for a while, Kyu crying into his shoulder, arms wrapped around his chest, Hiei's arm around her shoulders.

After a moment, Hiei lifted Kyu's chin up, so he was looking directly into her eyes. "Are you okay?"

"Yes, thank you." All of a sudden, things began to go glittery before their eyes. Everything became slow motion. Slowly, their lips touched, in a light kiss.

Something snapped inside Kyu. She pulled out of the kiss, and, judgment blinded, pushed Hiei off of the couch. He fell to the floor with a thud. She tensed up her body, and she was breathing heavily, as if she had just ran across the world. One hand was clasping a locket that she wore around her neck, and the other hand was gentling touching her lips with the tips of her fingers. 'What just happened?'

END OF CHAPTER FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fairysphinx: Well, that wasn't exactly what I was aiming for for this chapter, but this was pretty good. Sorry that there wasn't that much action, but I hope that you enjoyed it, anyways. Anyhow, please review! I want to know what you think of this chapter. And, if it's not too much trouble, please review chapter three, which I replace the announcement with. Thanks! See you next time! Bye!