Ivy Raine: Well, well, well.
Hiei: What?
*Allyna pops Hiei on the head.*
Allyna: Be nice, Hiei!
*Kurama grins. All of the newest arrivals are in one corner of the room arguing and fussing.*
Ivy Raine: Enough!! I want all of the new arrivals outside in the backyard and don't come back in until I tell you to! I don't care if God Himself tells you to come back in. My house, my rules.
*Everyone except Kurama, Ivy Raine, Hiei, Allyna, and Michelle leave.*
Kurama: *suitably impressed* That's your first display of temper. Glad it wasn't directed at me.
Ivy Raine: *embarrassed* Shut up, kitsune.
*Kurama hugs Ivy Raine and she grins.*
Kurama: This is chapter ten of the story 'Brink.' We appreciate all reviews and we love our audience.
Audience: Awwww!!!
Hiei: Shut up, ningens.
Ivy Raine: *pops Hiei* You'll save yourself a headache if you remember that Allyna isn't the only person who can hurt you.
Allyna: Please remember that Ivy Raine does not own Yu Yu Hakusho-
Ivy Raine: Though I wish I did!
Allyna: -and that she is a poor, starving artist.
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-(text)- = telepathy
'(text)' = thoughts
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She curled her feet up in the chair and looked at Hiei. He was laying by the fire, supposedly dozing. She smiled.
"What caused such a sweet smile?" he queried.
"Tomorrow's my twenty-third birthday. It's funny how it lands on Valentine's Day. Then again, my mother, Rekka, or Dancing Star, loved my father, Noh-annous, very much. She gave him something he later called the Crystal Heart."
"The Crystal Heart?!" Hiei gasped.
"Yes. Do you know anything of it? Noh-annous never said much about it."
"It's something very special. Whenever an Apparition or a part-Apparition falls in true love, their heart crystallizes. Some choose to give their love the Crystal Heart. Especially if the person in question doesn't love them in return."
"My God," she breathed. "She loved him, and he didn't return it. She lived with that for sixteen years. She died when I was fifteen. I never really like Noh-annous, and now I know why.
"He caused her to literally rip her heart out of her chest."
He walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"It's his fault, isn't it, Hiei?"
"Possibly. Probably. However, she chose the wrong man to love."
"One can't control their heart," she whispered. She leaned her head against his arms.
"No, they can't."
"Hiei, please hold me."
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They gathered at the park early in the morning. So early that it was still dark.
"Are you ready?" Koenma asked.
"Yes, we all are," Kurama replied.
Koenma opened the portal. "This will take you to February 14th, 1876. You will land in a town called Tumbling Creek, Missouri. Good luck."
"Yusuke, you're first. Kuwabara, second. Genkai, Yukina, Shizuru, Keiko, Botan, and then me. Go!"
Everyone jumped in the portal in the order that he had said. Finally, hoping that no demons had appeared, he jumped in.
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The first sensation when he landed was one of ice.
"COLD!!!" he yelled, jumping up.
"Yeah, it is, Kurama. It's called snow," Yusuke said in a dry, amused tone.
"Shut up."
A man and a woman walked past. The man stopped and turned.
"Hiei, do you know these people?" the woman asked softly, looking at Yusuke and Kuwabara, who were holding a snowball fight.
"Unfortunately, yes. Where in the Makai have you been, Kurama? I've been expecting you."
"Kurama? As in Youko Kurama?" queried the woman. Kurama got the distinct impression that he should know her. She shook her head. "No. Impossible. Youko was a white being. This man has red hair."
'Quinneke,' rang through his head.
"Actually, Quinneke, it is me. However, I'm currently trapped in a human form."
She looked at him for a mere second before saying, "Youko!!!" He received an ecstatic hug. "I'm so happy to see you!!"
"I had forgotten that you know each other," Hiei muttered.
"I last saw Youko in 1868 when I was sixteen. He taught me to control my plant, earth and healing powers. I used this to help my people." She stepped back from him and he saw her happy eyes.
"How is Rekka?"
"She's dead, Youko. She gave my father the Crystal Heart."
"Damn! She was too good a woman to die like that," he growled.
"Remember? You helped me leave the reservation soon after that."
"I don't remember. I'm sorry. I'm over three hundred, you see."
She smiled. "I know."
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She saw Hiei's look of anger and frustration.
"I'll start the school fire. Then I need a few words with Kurama."
"All right. That's fine."
'He's leaving. He doesn't want to tell me straight out, though. I wonder if I should tell him.'
She had suspicions, until this morning. Then, she was positive.
She was pregnant with Hiei Jaganshi's child.
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Ivy Raine: *sighs happily* Ooohh! Allyna's gonna have a baby!
Kurama: Does Hiei know how to be a dad, though?
Ivy Raine: *frowns* Good question. Very good question.
Hiei: I heard that, you two!!
Allyna: Yeah!!
Ivy Raine: Hiei, Allyna, why don't you go outside with everyone else? I'm sure sunshine is good for the babe.
*Allyna and Hiei leave the room. Ivy Raine snuggles up with Kurama.*
Kurama: Life is nice.
Ivy Raine: *chuckles*
Hiei: What?
*Allyna pops Hiei on the head.*
Allyna: Be nice, Hiei!
*Kurama grins. All of the newest arrivals are in one corner of the room arguing and fussing.*
Ivy Raine: Enough!! I want all of the new arrivals outside in the backyard and don't come back in until I tell you to! I don't care if God Himself tells you to come back in. My house, my rules.
*Everyone except Kurama, Ivy Raine, Hiei, Allyna, and Michelle leave.*
Kurama: *suitably impressed* That's your first display of temper. Glad it wasn't directed at me.
Ivy Raine: *embarrassed* Shut up, kitsune.
*Kurama hugs Ivy Raine and she grins.*
Kurama: This is chapter ten of the story 'Brink.' We appreciate all reviews and we love our audience.
Audience: Awwww!!!
Hiei: Shut up, ningens.
Ivy Raine: *pops Hiei* You'll save yourself a headache if you remember that Allyna isn't the only person who can hurt you.
Allyna: Please remember that Ivy Raine does not own Yu Yu Hakusho-
Ivy Raine: Though I wish I did!
Allyna: -and that she is a poor, starving artist.
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-(text)- = telepathy
'(text)' = thoughts
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She curled her feet up in the chair and looked at Hiei. He was laying by the fire, supposedly dozing. She smiled.
"What caused such a sweet smile?" he queried.
"Tomorrow's my twenty-third birthday. It's funny how it lands on Valentine's Day. Then again, my mother, Rekka, or Dancing Star, loved my father, Noh-annous, very much. She gave him something he later called the Crystal Heart."
"The Crystal Heart?!" Hiei gasped.
"Yes. Do you know anything of it? Noh-annous never said much about it."
"It's something very special. Whenever an Apparition or a part-Apparition falls in true love, their heart crystallizes. Some choose to give their love the Crystal Heart. Especially if the person in question doesn't love them in return."
"My God," she breathed. "She loved him, and he didn't return it. She lived with that for sixteen years. She died when I was fifteen. I never really like Noh-annous, and now I know why.
"He caused her to literally rip her heart out of her chest."
He walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"It's his fault, isn't it, Hiei?"
"Possibly. Probably. However, she chose the wrong man to love."
"One can't control their heart," she whispered. She leaned her head against his arms.
"No, they can't."
"Hiei, please hold me."
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They gathered at the park early in the morning. So early that it was still dark.
"Are you ready?" Koenma asked.
"Yes, we all are," Kurama replied.
Koenma opened the portal. "This will take you to February 14th, 1876. You will land in a town called Tumbling Creek, Missouri. Good luck."
"Yusuke, you're first. Kuwabara, second. Genkai, Yukina, Shizuru, Keiko, Botan, and then me. Go!"
Everyone jumped in the portal in the order that he had said. Finally, hoping that no demons had appeared, he jumped in.
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The first sensation when he landed was one of ice.
"COLD!!!" he yelled, jumping up.
"Yeah, it is, Kurama. It's called snow," Yusuke said in a dry, amused tone.
"Shut up."
A man and a woman walked past. The man stopped and turned.
"Hiei, do you know these people?" the woman asked softly, looking at Yusuke and Kuwabara, who were holding a snowball fight.
"Unfortunately, yes. Where in the Makai have you been, Kurama? I've been expecting you."
"Kurama? As in Youko Kurama?" queried the woman. Kurama got the distinct impression that he should know her. She shook her head. "No. Impossible. Youko was a white being. This man has red hair."
'Quinneke,' rang through his head.
"Actually, Quinneke, it is me. However, I'm currently trapped in a human form."
She looked at him for a mere second before saying, "Youko!!!" He received an ecstatic hug. "I'm so happy to see you!!"
"I had forgotten that you know each other," Hiei muttered.
"I last saw Youko in 1868 when I was sixteen. He taught me to control my plant, earth and healing powers. I used this to help my people." She stepped back from him and he saw her happy eyes.
"How is Rekka?"
"She's dead, Youko. She gave my father the Crystal Heart."
"Damn! She was too good a woman to die like that," he growled.
"Remember? You helped me leave the reservation soon after that."
"I don't remember. I'm sorry. I'm over three hundred, you see."
She smiled. "I know."
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She saw Hiei's look of anger and frustration.
"I'll start the school fire. Then I need a few words with Kurama."
"All right. That's fine."
'He's leaving. He doesn't want to tell me straight out, though. I wonder if I should tell him.'
She had suspicions, until this morning. Then, she was positive.
She was pregnant with Hiei Jaganshi's child.
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Ivy Raine: *sighs happily* Ooohh! Allyna's gonna have a baby!
Kurama: Does Hiei know how to be a dad, though?
Ivy Raine: *frowns* Good question. Very good question.
Hiei: I heard that, you two!!
Allyna: Yeah!!
Ivy Raine: Hiei, Allyna, why don't you go outside with everyone else? I'm sure sunshine is good for the babe.
*Allyna and Hiei leave the room. Ivy Raine snuggles up with Kurama.*
Kurama: Life is nice.
Ivy Raine: *chuckles*