*Anemone's room...she's at comp, Kurama's pruning her one plant, and Hiei's
got her Meteora CD on full blast...both Hiei and Anemone sing along to
track 7, "Faint" (my favorite song on the whole CD), not really planned but
instinctively shifting the lines between themselves...Kurama double takes
when he notices the readers come in, and Hiei and Anemone remain oblivious*
Anemone: ...I am, a little bit on lonliness, a little bit of disregard...
Hiei: ...handful of complaints but I can't help the fact that everyone can see these scars...
Anemone: I am, what I want you to want...
Kurama: Mones...
Anemone: -what I want you to feel...
Kurama: *shifty eyes* Mones...
Hiei: ...but it's like no matter what I do I can't convince you...
Kurama: ...hello...?
Hiei: ...to just believe this is real...
Kurama: you guys!
Anemone: So I, let go, watching you...
Kurama: stop ignoring me!
Anemone: Turn your back like you always do...
Kurama: HELLO!
Hiei: dammit Kurama what is it?!
Kurama: *whispers* the readers are here...*Hiei and Anemone stare wide-eyed out at the readers...*
Anemone: oh...uh...
Hiei: chapter 6! here it is! *whisper* write, ningen, write! *Anemone types furiously to finish the last few lines...*
Anemone: okay, okay...but first, I would just like to thank my reviewers...you've all been so nice! Thanks...I wasn't sure if you'd like the idea or not, but I think I'm pretty much convinced to keep up with it...so thanks again, reviewers!
Hiei: story, ningen!
Anemone: alright, alright...here you go! Chapter 6!
Chapter 6: The Plot Thickens
Yusuke jerked upward in a sitting position, Keiko in his lap and locked in his lips. He deepened the kiss with a passionate behavior, combing his fingers through her mane and massaging her back in a tight hug. Keiko moaned slightly in contentment...this was their first kiss ever...they weren't really a true couple before...it was somewhat like a silent agreement...but now, now they were transfixed with each other, in a mad, spur of the moment attitude.
"Well, they're certainly friendly with each other today," a sharp tongue seethed from behind. Yusuke, instinctively used to the voice, ripped apart from Keiko gently and lightly placed her on the ground, a deep scarlet staining his cheeks. Hiei snickered.
"Hiei, you didn't have to go and do that...we could've come back later," Kurama scolded the short demon. Hiei grunted in response.
"How much later, Kitsune? Firstly, we need the Detective's help now...secondly, any later and they might have had a litter..." Keiko blushed a deep crimson, shifting her position to face away from all three boys...Yusuke was trying desperately to hold back a bullet from going straight through the demon's little head...
"And thirdly, I just wanted to see their reactions with my oh-so well- timed interuption."
"Oh man you're gonna get it, Hiei!" Yusuke whirled around violently, kicking to his feet. The fox stepped in his way.
"He was joking, Yusuke...I apologize for his rudeness...especially to Miss Keiko," Kurama glared back over his shoulder towards the three-eyed aperition, his emerald eyes stinging with annoyance. "But, I am afraid that his first statement--and only the first one--is true...we are in need of your assistance, Yusuke."
The young spirit detective was far more prone to listening to Kurama's reasonings than to Hiei's at the moment, so the youth plopped himself down and motioned for the demon's to do likewise. "What's the matter?"
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"So, uh, Yukina...I think you're gonna like this place," Kuwabara smiled with a beam of pride in himself as he slowly led the blindfolded girl towards the butterfly sanctuary.
Yukina's mint hair fell loosely over the bandana strung about her scarlet eyes, and a smile stung her lips. "Is it much farther, Kazuma?"
"Not much, baby..." he grinned broadly at his brilliance. "We're almost there..."
"Oh, I just can't wait to see where we're going, Kazuma..." she giggled slightly. "I hope I do like it as much as you say I will..."
"I think you will!" He really outdid himself this time...she was bound to love this, all the butterflies...she'd love him!
"Here we are!" Kuwabara gently strung the bandana from her crimson eyes, draping an arm about her shoulders. Yukina's mouth gaped at the sight...colors, thousands on first glance filled her sights and senses, and each butterfly's wings were facetted in millions of flicks of color, in billions of shades. Yukina burst into a squeal of glee at the beautiful, gentle creatures, lightly stepping into the depths of the sanctuary. Giggles spurred from her delicate form as groups of butterflies perched weightlessly on the folds of her teal kimono. The lovely demon was stricken in awe of the beauty of this nature, and her blood eyes reflected a true happiness when they scanned to lock onto Kuwabara.
"Kazuma...this is the nicest, and most thoughtful thing anyone has ever done for me!" her light-hearted, kind tone tickled his senses when he heard those words...and he nearly fainted when her arms draped about his neck in a close hug. "Thank you, Kazuma! This is the most fun I've ever had!"
"Aw," Kuwabara massaged the back of his head with a broad grin. "You're welcome, Yukina...I just figured, you know, you love animals and nature so much that this would be the perfect date."
Yukina nodded lightly, her naive eyes escaping his sights and spanning the sanctuary once more, the thousands of colors singeing at her vision. Joy pulsed through her veins at the very sight of such beautiful creatures, and she was truly beginning to feel something more than mere friendship towards her Kazuma.
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"Wow," Yusuke breathed heavily, the only response he was capable of making. Kurama's story was truly a doozy of a case...not only was this stalker Kurama's demon father--who wished to take his son from the living because Kurama became human--but he also sought revenge upon Hiei for something his father did, and that Hiei unwillingly symbolized. Not only that, but Kurama and Hiei didn't even know what his name was.
Keiko laced her arm in Yusuke's after the pounding story hit her...she was a target in turn of Botan being a target...and Hiei had scoffed to her in particular that since she was involved that night, she would now become a real target for this crazed demon to deal with. Yusuke cupped his hand over hers, staring blankly into the grains of dirt beneath them.
"So you see, we are in need of your assistance," Kurama shifted in a weighed sigh. "We don't know what he plans."
"I've an idea," Hiei piped, not an emotion to claim his features as he leaned against a mighty tree not three yards away. "He's going to find our weaknesses, and use it against us."
"Like what? You guys don't have any weaknesses..." Yusuke raised an eyebrow at Hiei's remark.
"Oh, but we do, as all others do," Kurama shook his head solemnly. "But Hiei, why then did he attack Keiko and Botan?"
"Had you posed this question before we came here, I would have answered Kitsune..." the demon grunted.
"Hiei!" Keiko seethed angrily. The demon responded with a deep 'hn', but he did turn to face the others.
"Very well...Kurama, he...he's been stalking us lately."
"What?!" the fox wailed, wide-eyed.
"Yes...you see, over the past couple of weeks...my Jagon Eye has sensed a presence of evil in any area near myself and or you...only flicks of it at a random time, and then it would disappear, too fast for me to trace...I never paid much heed to it until now, for when I sensed the demon behind Keiko's apartment building, it was the same feeling as I had picked up at random times before."
"And you refrained from telling me?" the fox demanded softly, more a statement than a question.
"Obviously...and, to answer your question...why Botan and Keiko...while following us around, I suppose he concluded your weakness to be Botan."
Kurama jerked an inch back, eyes stung wide and cheeks stung red. "W- what?!"
Yusuke muffled a snicker. "Oh, come on, Kurama...it's obvious you like her..."
"What?!" the fox wailed in surprise.
"Calm down, this isn't a sleepover party where we try to embarrass each other," Hiei seethed. "It's plain truth, Kitsune, that your demon father assumes Botan is your weakness."
"Very well...but why Keiko?" Kurama slowly took the girl's hand in his to ensure her safety.
"I suppose she just happened to be there," Hiei shrugged. "Either that or he's trying to piss off Yusuke as well as you and me, Kitsune."
Yusuke instinctively clasped Keiko's free hand, lacing his fingers tightly into hers. "He wouldn't dare go that far..."
"But, Hiei...are you not worried he'll find, your, weakness, in Yukina?" Kurama's emerald eyes flashed a brilliant shade, and the short demon sparked in fear.
"Why do you think I never told her who I was?"
Yusuke drew back a sharp breath. "that's why she doesn't know you're her brother? Because you think this demon will find out and use it against you?"
"Exactly..." Hiei's eyes stung a sharp, flaming crimson. "when I was a little boy, the last time I ever saw him, he warned me that one day, he'd slaughter all who I was close to." Yusuke and Keiko both pulled back in slight, silent gasps, and Kurama's eyes refelcted a pain burning madly within him. "So," the little demon continued. "When I found Yukina, I knew that if she knew I was her brother, she'd try to be close to me...and if that were the case, this psychopathic demon would slay her, an innocent, naive young woman who's probably never done so much as swear in her entire life. That's why I hide my feelings, and the truth...so he can't find my weakness and kill me with it."
"It all makes sense," Kurama mumbled in thought. "why he attacked Botan, the whole thing with the fire escape, everything you've said makes perfect sense, Hiei...I suppose being a stalker like yourself pays off, ne?"
"Hn," the demon grunted. "we must stop your father before he kills all those close to us...where's the intellectually challenged ningen?"
"Kuwabara's on a date with Yukina," Yusuke replied aloud, more focused on how to protect Keiko.
"WHAT?!" Hiei wailed in a fury, and Yusuke knew then he had made a tremendous mistake.
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a/n: hey there! sups? yeah, this is a tad longer than I'm used to in this fiction, but I got pretty into it lol...anywho, oh, Hiei's mad right about now...
Hiei: well duh I'm mad! Who the hell does that disgusting, idiotic, moronic fool think he is taking MY little sister on a date?!
Kurama: well, Hiei...I'm sure if he knew you were her brother, he would've asked you first, ne?
Hiei: hn...
Anemone: yeah Hiei...lol how IS he supposed to crash this date without looking like a freak? Or will he crash it at all? What will he do?!
Hiei: you're the writer...that's your job to figure this out...
Anemone: lol...
Hiei: what?
Anemone: *snicker* oh, nothing...*whispers idea to Kurama, and he starts laughing, Hiei looking almost scared.*
Kurama: *snicker* review please and let's hope that Hiei doesn't get TOO mad with Anemone's idea...
Hiei: what?! What are you doing?! WHAT?!
Anemone: ...I am, a little bit on lonliness, a little bit of disregard...
Hiei: ...handful of complaints but I can't help the fact that everyone can see these scars...
Anemone: I am, what I want you to want...
Kurama: Mones...
Anemone: -what I want you to feel...
Kurama: *shifty eyes* Mones...
Hiei: ...but it's like no matter what I do I can't convince you...
Kurama: ...hello...?
Hiei: ...to just believe this is real...
Kurama: you guys!
Anemone: So I, let go, watching you...
Kurama: stop ignoring me!
Anemone: Turn your back like you always do...
Kurama: HELLO!
Hiei: dammit Kurama what is it?!
Kurama: *whispers* the readers are here...*Hiei and Anemone stare wide-eyed out at the readers...*
Anemone: oh...uh...
Hiei: chapter 6! here it is! *whisper* write, ningen, write! *Anemone types furiously to finish the last few lines...*
Anemone: okay, okay...but first, I would just like to thank my reviewers...you've all been so nice! Thanks...I wasn't sure if you'd like the idea or not, but I think I'm pretty much convinced to keep up with it...so thanks again, reviewers!
Hiei: story, ningen!
Anemone: alright, alright...here you go! Chapter 6!
Chapter 6: The Plot Thickens
Yusuke jerked upward in a sitting position, Keiko in his lap and locked in his lips. He deepened the kiss with a passionate behavior, combing his fingers through her mane and massaging her back in a tight hug. Keiko moaned slightly in contentment...this was their first kiss ever...they weren't really a true couple before...it was somewhat like a silent agreement...but now, now they were transfixed with each other, in a mad, spur of the moment attitude.
"Well, they're certainly friendly with each other today," a sharp tongue seethed from behind. Yusuke, instinctively used to the voice, ripped apart from Keiko gently and lightly placed her on the ground, a deep scarlet staining his cheeks. Hiei snickered.
"Hiei, you didn't have to go and do that...we could've come back later," Kurama scolded the short demon. Hiei grunted in response.
"How much later, Kitsune? Firstly, we need the Detective's help now...secondly, any later and they might have had a litter..." Keiko blushed a deep crimson, shifting her position to face away from all three boys...Yusuke was trying desperately to hold back a bullet from going straight through the demon's little head...
"And thirdly, I just wanted to see their reactions with my oh-so well- timed interuption."
"Oh man you're gonna get it, Hiei!" Yusuke whirled around violently, kicking to his feet. The fox stepped in his way.
"He was joking, Yusuke...I apologize for his rudeness...especially to Miss Keiko," Kurama glared back over his shoulder towards the three-eyed aperition, his emerald eyes stinging with annoyance. "But, I am afraid that his first statement--and only the first one--is true...we are in need of your assistance, Yusuke."
The young spirit detective was far more prone to listening to Kurama's reasonings than to Hiei's at the moment, so the youth plopped himself down and motioned for the demon's to do likewise. "What's the matter?"
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"So, uh, Yukina...I think you're gonna like this place," Kuwabara smiled with a beam of pride in himself as he slowly led the blindfolded girl towards the butterfly sanctuary.
Yukina's mint hair fell loosely over the bandana strung about her scarlet eyes, and a smile stung her lips. "Is it much farther, Kazuma?"
"Not much, baby..." he grinned broadly at his brilliance. "We're almost there..."
"Oh, I just can't wait to see where we're going, Kazuma..." she giggled slightly. "I hope I do like it as much as you say I will..."
"I think you will!" He really outdid himself this time...she was bound to love this, all the butterflies...she'd love him!
"Here we are!" Kuwabara gently strung the bandana from her crimson eyes, draping an arm about her shoulders. Yukina's mouth gaped at the sight...colors, thousands on first glance filled her sights and senses, and each butterfly's wings were facetted in millions of flicks of color, in billions of shades. Yukina burst into a squeal of glee at the beautiful, gentle creatures, lightly stepping into the depths of the sanctuary. Giggles spurred from her delicate form as groups of butterflies perched weightlessly on the folds of her teal kimono. The lovely demon was stricken in awe of the beauty of this nature, and her blood eyes reflected a true happiness when they scanned to lock onto Kuwabara.
"Kazuma...this is the nicest, and most thoughtful thing anyone has ever done for me!" her light-hearted, kind tone tickled his senses when he heard those words...and he nearly fainted when her arms draped about his neck in a close hug. "Thank you, Kazuma! This is the most fun I've ever had!"
"Aw," Kuwabara massaged the back of his head with a broad grin. "You're welcome, Yukina...I just figured, you know, you love animals and nature so much that this would be the perfect date."
Yukina nodded lightly, her naive eyes escaping his sights and spanning the sanctuary once more, the thousands of colors singeing at her vision. Joy pulsed through her veins at the very sight of such beautiful creatures, and she was truly beginning to feel something more than mere friendship towards her Kazuma.
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"Wow," Yusuke breathed heavily, the only response he was capable of making. Kurama's story was truly a doozy of a case...not only was this stalker Kurama's demon father--who wished to take his son from the living because Kurama became human--but he also sought revenge upon Hiei for something his father did, and that Hiei unwillingly symbolized. Not only that, but Kurama and Hiei didn't even know what his name was.
Keiko laced her arm in Yusuke's after the pounding story hit her...she was a target in turn of Botan being a target...and Hiei had scoffed to her in particular that since she was involved that night, she would now become a real target for this crazed demon to deal with. Yusuke cupped his hand over hers, staring blankly into the grains of dirt beneath them.
"So you see, we are in need of your assistance," Kurama shifted in a weighed sigh. "We don't know what he plans."
"I've an idea," Hiei piped, not an emotion to claim his features as he leaned against a mighty tree not three yards away. "He's going to find our weaknesses, and use it against us."
"Like what? You guys don't have any weaknesses..." Yusuke raised an eyebrow at Hiei's remark.
"Oh, but we do, as all others do," Kurama shook his head solemnly. "But Hiei, why then did he attack Keiko and Botan?"
"Had you posed this question before we came here, I would have answered Kitsune..." the demon grunted.
"Hiei!" Keiko seethed angrily. The demon responded with a deep 'hn', but he did turn to face the others.
"Very well...Kurama, he...he's been stalking us lately."
"What?!" the fox wailed, wide-eyed.
"Yes...you see, over the past couple of weeks...my Jagon Eye has sensed a presence of evil in any area near myself and or you...only flicks of it at a random time, and then it would disappear, too fast for me to trace...I never paid much heed to it until now, for when I sensed the demon behind Keiko's apartment building, it was the same feeling as I had picked up at random times before."
"And you refrained from telling me?" the fox demanded softly, more a statement than a question.
"Obviously...and, to answer your question...why Botan and Keiko...while following us around, I suppose he concluded your weakness to be Botan."
Kurama jerked an inch back, eyes stung wide and cheeks stung red. "W- what?!"
Yusuke muffled a snicker. "Oh, come on, Kurama...it's obvious you like her..."
"What?!" the fox wailed in surprise.
"Calm down, this isn't a sleepover party where we try to embarrass each other," Hiei seethed. "It's plain truth, Kitsune, that your demon father assumes Botan is your weakness."
"Very well...but why Keiko?" Kurama slowly took the girl's hand in his to ensure her safety.
"I suppose she just happened to be there," Hiei shrugged. "Either that or he's trying to piss off Yusuke as well as you and me, Kitsune."
Yusuke instinctively clasped Keiko's free hand, lacing his fingers tightly into hers. "He wouldn't dare go that far..."
"But, Hiei...are you not worried he'll find, your, weakness, in Yukina?" Kurama's emerald eyes flashed a brilliant shade, and the short demon sparked in fear.
"Why do you think I never told her who I was?"
Yusuke drew back a sharp breath. "that's why she doesn't know you're her brother? Because you think this demon will find out and use it against you?"
"Exactly..." Hiei's eyes stung a sharp, flaming crimson. "when I was a little boy, the last time I ever saw him, he warned me that one day, he'd slaughter all who I was close to." Yusuke and Keiko both pulled back in slight, silent gasps, and Kurama's eyes refelcted a pain burning madly within him. "So," the little demon continued. "When I found Yukina, I knew that if she knew I was her brother, she'd try to be close to me...and if that were the case, this psychopathic demon would slay her, an innocent, naive young woman who's probably never done so much as swear in her entire life. That's why I hide my feelings, and the truth...so he can't find my weakness and kill me with it."
"It all makes sense," Kurama mumbled in thought. "why he attacked Botan, the whole thing with the fire escape, everything you've said makes perfect sense, Hiei...I suppose being a stalker like yourself pays off, ne?"
"Hn," the demon grunted. "we must stop your father before he kills all those close to us...where's the intellectually challenged ningen?"
"Kuwabara's on a date with Yukina," Yusuke replied aloud, more focused on how to protect Keiko.
"WHAT?!" Hiei wailed in a fury, and Yusuke knew then he had made a tremendous mistake.
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a/n: hey there! sups? yeah, this is a tad longer than I'm used to in this fiction, but I got pretty into it lol...anywho, oh, Hiei's mad right about now...
Hiei: well duh I'm mad! Who the hell does that disgusting, idiotic, moronic fool think he is taking MY little sister on a date?!
Kurama: well, Hiei...I'm sure if he knew you were her brother, he would've asked you first, ne?
Hiei: hn...
Anemone: yeah Hiei...lol how IS he supposed to crash this date without looking like a freak? Or will he crash it at all? What will he do?!
Hiei: you're the writer...that's your job to figure this out...
Anemone: lol...
Hiei: what?
Anemone: *snicker* oh, nothing...*whispers idea to Kurama, and he starts laughing, Hiei looking almost scared.*
Kurama: *snicker* review please and let's hope that Hiei doesn't get TOO mad with Anemone's idea...
Hiei: what?! What are you doing?! WHAT?!