~ All right, ya'll! Here's the second to the last chapter! Sorry 'bout
the cliff-hanger in #7, I really didn't mean for it to turn out that way!
I think I can finish this fic to-night, so please be patient, I'm almost
done! Thanks to all of my reviewers! I'm sorry I had to hurt Yukina,
she's one of my favorite characters, but you'll see, it'll work out! _
I can't believe I spelled Yusuke wrong! If you don't mind, I'll keep
spelling it that way, since I'm used to it. I'm sorry! I love ya'll! ^_^
Disclaimer: I ain't the owner of Yu Yu Hakusho.
Keiko and Botan were holding a frazzled Yukina, stroking her hair and offering words of comfort. Yukina was doing her best not to cry.
Botan: "There, there now, Yukina. It's all right! Isn't it Keiko?"
Keiko: "Um, yeah! Sure it is! Look, I think the swelling has gone down!"
Yukina: (looking up at them and trying to smile) "Really?"
Botan & Keiko: (trying hard not to cry) "Yes, really!"
Hiei's "pass" had left Yukina with an ugly black eye. The swelling had in no way gone down. Kuwabara was frantically running around in circles, screaming threats at Hiei, while Yuseke tried to calm him down.
Kuwabara: "Come here you little punk! I'll give YOU a black eye and see how YOU like it!"
Yuseke: "Shut-up man! Hiei's takin' this pretty hard."
Yuseke looked towards the tree Kurama was talking to.
Kurama: (scanning the tree, trying to locate the grieving Hiei) "It's okay, Hiei! She's fine!"
Hiei: ". . . are you sure?"
Kurama: "Yes! I have some herbs at my house that can take the swelling away!"
Hiei: "Take her there then, Kurama. I'll leave . . ."
Hiei had retreated to the tree as soon as he had made sure he didn't kill Yukina, contrary to Kuwabara's belief that "the dwarf is too scared to face me!"
Kurama: "NO! Don't leave Hiei! I believe she wants to talk to you!"
Hiei: "Forget it! I'm not going anywhere NEAR her! Who knows what will happen next!"
Botan suddenly came bounding up to Kurama.
Kurama: "How is she?"
Botan: "A little shaken, but I think she'll be fine. She wants to talk to Hiei . . ."
She finished her sentence as her eyes wandered to Hiei's lone branch.
Botan: (smiling at him) "She's not mad at you, Hiei. She just wants to talk. Please?"
Hiei: (acting like he didn't hear her) "Is she crying?"
Botan: "Nope! Not a single tear gem!"
Hiei: (jumping down) "Good. Give my regards to her." (begins to walk off)
Botan: "Wait! Where are you going?"
Kurama: "Hiei! At least talk to her!"
Hiei: ( to himself) "I'm not going to hurt her anymore. . ."
Kurama and Botan's words fell upon deaf ears. He ignored both of them and continued walking. Through the one, pretty eye that could open, Yukina watched the figure of a lonesome Hiei wandering aimlessly in the opposite direction. She could no longer hold back her tears. Images of him flashed through her head: pictures of him always frowning, always alone, always . . . sad. Now the one chance she had of removing those images was walking away, traveling down a solitary and miserable path. She couldn't take it anymore.
Yukina: "Hiei . . . HHHIIIEEEIII! PLEASE!"
Faster than her tear gems could hit the ground, he was by her side.
Yukina: "H-Hiei! Please . . ."
Hiei: "Don't worry, Yukina. I won't run away from you anymore." (gives her the best smile he could muster)
All except Hiei & Yukina: O.O! *gasp *
Hiei: (frowns and looks away from her) "I'm . . .sorry. . ."
Yukina: "For what?"
Hiei: (looking up at her, surprised) "I just gave you a black-"
Yukina: "No you didn't. It was an accident! You don't have to apologize! (trying to smile, but it hurts her too much) "It really doesn't hurt . . .that bad . . . er, it's not as bad as it looks!"
Hiei: (stares at her for a few second, then starts to laugh) "Don't try to comfort me. I know how bad it hurts. Trust me, I've had three black eyes at one time. Kurama!"
Hiei turned his head towards the place where Kurama was last standing, but was confronted by the eyes of Keiko, Botan, Yuseke, Kuwabara, and Kurama himself. The 5 had been standing there the whole time, ears and hearts open.
Keiko and Botan had an expression on their faces that read "Oh my gosh! How sweet! I think I'm going to cry!" Yuseke was grinning, and Kurama gave a warm smile. Kuwabara looked like he was going to pass out.
Kurama: "What is it Hiei?"
Hiei: (staring curiously at the group, trying to read their faces) "Let's go to your house now. (turning towards Yukina) Are you ready now?"
Yukina: (nodding her head softly) "I think so, but I'm a little dizzy . . ."
She tried to stand, but instead wavered and almost fell, if Hiei had not caught her.
Yukina: "I'm okay, really, I can-"
Hiei: "No, obviously you can't. (pausing) Do you think it'd be alright if I carried you?"
Kuwabara: "Okay, that's IT! I've had enough! If you think I'm just gonna stand here and let you steal my girl, you've got another thing comin', mouse!"
Hiei: (ignoring Kuwabara) "What do you say?"
Yukina: (thinking to herself) Some how I swear I've seen his eyes before. "Yes, I think that would be fine. Thank you very much!"
He scooped Yukina's small frame up in his strong arms. Kurama lead the group towards his home, listening to Kuwabara's frantic shouts of dismay.
(A/N: Okay, I know that was waaay out of character for Hiei, but come on! What else was he supposed to do? He gave his only sister a black eye! I'm sorry, ya'll, I just love bro/sis stuff. Back to the funniness!)
{At Kurama's House}
Kurama: "There! I think it's healed up nicely, don't you agree?"
Yukina: (tenderly touching her eye) "It feels a lot better!"
Nobody saw the smile that escaped Hiei's lips.
Keiko: "Yeah! You can barely tell you were even hit there!"
Botan: "Good job, Dr. Kurama!"
Kurama: ^_^ ;
Yuseke: *yawn * "I'm bored! What are we gonna do now?"
Kuwabara: (pouting) "I don't KNOW! Why you askin' me?"
Yuseke: "Maybe I wasn't askin' you, pea-brain!"
Kuwabara: "Oh yeah? Well MAYBE my fist will wind up in your face!"
The two began arguing loudly, oblivious to the poor little Yukina, suffering from a major headache. Hiei grabbed both of their heads and knocked them together.
Yuseke & Kuwabara: "OW!"
Hiei: ( in a harsh whisper) "Shut - your - stupid - mouths."
Botan: "So, what ARE we going to do?"
The group concentrated.
Keiko: *gasp * "I know! We can go to the new water park at the pier!"
Yuseke: "Heck yeah! I've been dyin' ta go there!"
Kuwabara: (brightening up) "Me too! Let's go let's go!"
Kurama: (thinking) Oh no. . . I wonder how this will turn out. . . "Um, sure!"
Botan: "Remember when we went last time, Yukina, with Keiko and Shizuru?"
Yukina: (giggling) "Yes, and Shizuru got us kicked out!"
Botan: "Ha-ha! Yeah!"
Hiei: "A water park?"
Kurama: "It's hard to explain . . ."
Yuseke: "Ah, he'll see it when we get there. Let's just go!"
Keiko: "Hold on a minute, Yuseke, we don't even have our bathing suits yet!"
Kurama: "Why don't all of you run home, grab your bathing suits, then meet back here?"
All -Hiei: "Yeah!"
Hiei: "Hn."
Yuseke: "I guess you'll hafta borrow one of mine, eh three eyes? I'll bring one back to you, kay?"
Hiei: "Whatever."
Yukina: "Um, Keiko? Do you still have the one I left at your house last time?"
Keiko: "Sure do! And I have yours too, Botan!"
Botan: "Alrighty then, let's GO!"
The group dispersed with laughter and plans of fun. Tsk, tsk, poor innocent souls . . . little did they know, they were walking into certain disaster. . .
Disclaimer: I ain't the owner of Yu Yu Hakusho.
Keiko and Botan were holding a frazzled Yukina, stroking her hair and offering words of comfort. Yukina was doing her best not to cry.
Botan: "There, there now, Yukina. It's all right! Isn't it Keiko?"
Keiko: "Um, yeah! Sure it is! Look, I think the swelling has gone down!"
Yukina: (looking up at them and trying to smile) "Really?"
Botan & Keiko: (trying hard not to cry) "Yes, really!"
Hiei's "pass" had left Yukina with an ugly black eye. The swelling had in no way gone down. Kuwabara was frantically running around in circles, screaming threats at Hiei, while Yuseke tried to calm him down.
Kuwabara: "Come here you little punk! I'll give YOU a black eye and see how YOU like it!"
Yuseke: "Shut-up man! Hiei's takin' this pretty hard."
Yuseke looked towards the tree Kurama was talking to.
Kurama: (scanning the tree, trying to locate the grieving Hiei) "It's okay, Hiei! She's fine!"
Hiei: ". . . are you sure?"
Kurama: "Yes! I have some herbs at my house that can take the swelling away!"
Hiei: "Take her there then, Kurama. I'll leave . . ."
Hiei had retreated to the tree as soon as he had made sure he didn't kill Yukina, contrary to Kuwabara's belief that "the dwarf is too scared to face me!"
Kurama: "NO! Don't leave Hiei! I believe she wants to talk to you!"
Hiei: "Forget it! I'm not going anywhere NEAR her! Who knows what will happen next!"
Botan suddenly came bounding up to Kurama.
Kurama: "How is she?"
Botan: "A little shaken, but I think she'll be fine. She wants to talk to Hiei . . ."
She finished her sentence as her eyes wandered to Hiei's lone branch.
Botan: (smiling at him) "She's not mad at you, Hiei. She just wants to talk. Please?"
Hiei: (acting like he didn't hear her) "Is she crying?"
Botan: "Nope! Not a single tear gem!"
Hiei: (jumping down) "Good. Give my regards to her." (begins to walk off)
Botan: "Wait! Where are you going?"
Kurama: "Hiei! At least talk to her!"
Hiei: ( to himself) "I'm not going to hurt her anymore. . ."
Kurama and Botan's words fell upon deaf ears. He ignored both of them and continued walking. Through the one, pretty eye that could open, Yukina watched the figure of a lonesome Hiei wandering aimlessly in the opposite direction. She could no longer hold back her tears. Images of him flashed through her head: pictures of him always frowning, always alone, always . . . sad. Now the one chance she had of removing those images was walking away, traveling down a solitary and miserable path. She couldn't take it anymore.
Yukina: "Hiei . . . HHHIIIEEEIII! PLEASE!"
Faster than her tear gems could hit the ground, he was by her side.
Yukina: "H-Hiei! Please . . ."
Hiei: "Don't worry, Yukina. I won't run away from you anymore." (gives her the best smile he could muster)
All except Hiei & Yukina: O.O! *gasp *
Hiei: (frowns and looks away from her) "I'm . . .sorry. . ."
Yukina: "For what?"
Hiei: (looking up at her, surprised) "I just gave you a black-"
Yukina: "No you didn't. It was an accident! You don't have to apologize! (trying to smile, but it hurts her too much) "It really doesn't hurt . . .that bad . . . er, it's not as bad as it looks!"
Hiei: (stares at her for a few second, then starts to laugh) "Don't try to comfort me. I know how bad it hurts. Trust me, I've had three black eyes at one time. Kurama!"
Hiei turned his head towards the place where Kurama was last standing, but was confronted by the eyes of Keiko, Botan, Yuseke, Kuwabara, and Kurama himself. The 5 had been standing there the whole time, ears and hearts open.
Keiko and Botan had an expression on their faces that read "Oh my gosh! How sweet! I think I'm going to cry!" Yuseke was grinning, and Kurama gave a warm smile. Kuwabara looked like he was going to pass out.
Kurama: "What is it Hiei?"
Hiei: (staring curiously at the group, trying to read their faces) "Let's go to your house now. (turning towards Yukina) Are you ready now?"
Yukina: (nodding her head softly) "I think so, but I'm a little dizzy . . ."
She tried to stand, but instead wavered and almost fell, if Hiei had not caught her.
Yukina: "I'm okay, really, I can-"
Hiei: "No, obviously you can't. (pausing) Do you think it'd be alright if I carried you?"
Kuwabara: "Okay, that's IT! I've had enough! If you think I'm just gonna stand here and let you steal my girl, you've got another thing comin', mouse!"
Hiei: (ignoring Kuwabara) "What do you say?"
Yukina: (thinking to herself) Some how I swear I've seen his eyes before. "Yes, I think that would be fine. Thank you very much!"
He scooped Yukina's small frame up in his strong arms. Kurama lead the group towards his home, listening to Kuwabara's frantic shouts of dismay.
(A/N: Okay, I know that was waaay out of character for Hiei, but come on! What else was he supposed to do? He gave his only sister a black eye! I'm sorry, ya'll, I just love bro/sis stuff. Back to the funniness!)
{At Kurama's House}
Kurama: "There! I think it's healed up nicely, don't you agree?"
Yukina: (tenderly touching her eye) "It feels a lot better!"
Nobody saw the smile that escaped Hiei's lips.
Keiko: "Yeah! You can barely tell you were even hit there!"
Botan: "Good job, Dr. Kurama!"
Kurama: ^_^ ;
Yuseke: *yawn * "I'm bored! What are we gonna do now?"
Kuwabara: (pouting) "I don't KNOW! Why you askin' me?"
Yuseke: "Maybe I wasn't askin' you, pea-brain!"
Kuwabara: "Oh yeah? Well MAYBE my fist will wind up in your face!"
The two began arguing loudly, oblivious to the poor little Yukina, suffering from a major headache. Hiei grabbed both of their heads and knocked them together.
Yuseke & Kuwabara: "OW!"
Hiei: ( in a harsh whisper) "Shut - your - stupid - mouths."
Botan: "So, what ARE we going to do?"
The group concentrated.
Keiko: *gasp * "I know! We can go to the new water park at the pier!"
Yuseke: "Heck yeah! I've been dyin' ta go there!"
Kuwabara: (brightening up) "Me too! Let's go let's go!"
Kurama: (thinking) Oh no. . . I wonder how this will turn out. . . "Um, sure!"
Botan: "Remember when we went last time, Yukina, with Keiko and Shizuru?"
Yukina: (giggling) "Yes, and Shizuru got us kicked out!"
Botan: "Ha-ha! Yeah!"
Hiei: "A water park?"
Kurama: "It's hard to explain . . ."
Yuseke: "Ah, he'll see it when we get there. Let's just go!"
Keiko: "Hold on a minute, Yuseke, we don't even have our bathing suits yet!"
Kurama: "Why don't all of you run home, grab your bathing suits, then meet back here?"
All -Hiei: "Yeah!"
Hiei: "Hn."
Yuseke: "I guess you'll hafta borrow one of mine, eh three eyes? I'll bring one back to you, kay?"
Hiei: "Whatever."
Yukina: "Um, Keiko? Do you still have the one I left at your house last time?"
Keiko: "Sure do! And I have yours too, Botan!"
Botan: "Alrighty then, let's GO!"
The group dispersed with laughter and plans of fun. Tsk, tsk, poor innocent souls . . . little did they know, they were walking into certain disaster. . .
