Chapter 7
Kyoryoku Youkai
by lieiavalon2044
For the person who wanted another Rei/Hiei moment... Happy birthday, most of the chapter is just Hiei and Rei... Though... Maybe not exactly what you had in mind.
Hiei tightened his grip on his bandana and ripped it off. He closed his eyes, letting his jagan open fully but didn't watch the picture it showed. He was for once in his life actually terrified, mostly because he didn't want to hear Rei's response because he was already so attached to her, just after barely two days.
Rei's eyes widened and she gaped at the third eye on Hiei's forehead. She could tell that the pupil was a deep purple almost like her own eye color and around the pupil it glowed a deep crimson, but it was very faint. She cautiously got up from against the back of a kitchen chair and walked closer to him. Hiei grimaced when he felt her fingers tracing around his jagan and he closed his eyes tighter. He didn't like her fingers so close to his weakest point, even if she was gentle and kind toward him and nobody else.
"Look at the scars here... You got this thing implanted didn't you?" Rei whispered, still tracing her fingers around his jagan, but now looking at it very closely.
Hiei opened his eyes nervously and was taken a back at how near she'd gotten to him, even with his jagan fully exposed and glowing brightly.
"You aren't afraid of me? Even though..." he drifted off, thinking of the best way he could end his sentence. Rei backed up a bit, took her fingers away from the sensitive skin around his jagan and smiled when Hiei let out a shaky sigh of relief.
"Should I be scared? You haven't done anything to hurt me, or anything harmful to me at all for that matter. I don't care that you're a demon, you're still my Hiei and I'm not afraid of you."
"You would scream and run away if you saw my full demon form..." Hiei mumbled. To Rei, he looked absolutely miserable, but then his expression seemed to lighten if only just a small amount.
'What a brilliant idea... That'd work perfectly... All I'd have to do would be prevent her from being possessed by it... But she's strong, and so is her spirit. She should be fine.' Hiei thought happily, beginning to smile.
'What are you thinking that you're keeping a secret from me Hiei? Did you get an idea? Why are you actually smiling?!' his jagan questioned, almost reaching hysteria.
'Because I have an idea. I won't tell you yet because I know you would disagree and yell at me for hours and drive me insane. And don't you say anything or I'll start singing the Song That Never Ends until the end of my life!'
His jagan didn't respond. It thought of The Song That Never Ends as the greatest threat ever dreamt up in all three worlds. Hiei smiled at the desired effect on his jagan before locking his gaze into Rei's. He inwardly marveled at how violet and innocent her eyes looked now. She qualified as beautiful to him, even if everyone else thought she was a tom boy.
"Um... Hiei?" Rei questioned. Hiei was staring deep into her eyes and the expression in them was seriously unnerving her. She blinked when his jagan began to glow even brighter and darker crimson than before.
Hiei watched as Rei's eyes fogged slightly and her eyelids drooped wearily as she stumbled towards him. He jumped forward, catching her before she hit the floor as she passed out, having been put into a very deep trance for a reason only known to Hiei.
'What the hell did you do to her?!' his jagan shrieked in its high pitched too fast for its own good voice.
"I knocked her out." Hiei stated plainly out loud, leaning Rei against the back of the couch near the entrance to the kitchen. He stepped back watching Rei all the while. It wasn't like she was doing anything except breathing, but he couldn't help but think how peaceful she looked. She gave the impression of being deeply asleep, relaxed, leaning against the back of the couch while moonlight spilled from a window, casting silver light over her.
'What are you gonna do to her?!' his jagan demanded.
Hiei let out a menacing growl and his jagan quickly shut up. He smirked and slipped his shirt off over his head, tossing it back into the kitchen where it landed on the back of a chair. Now he stood in front of her ( though she was unconscious and unable to appreciate the sight), without a shirt and bathed in silver light which danced over his well muscled torso and baggy black pants. He growled again, silencing his jagan before it even started to speak.
Hiei closed his eyes and sighed, relaxing his self entirely. Several slits appeared along his chest, abdomen and arms before they opened like his jagan had earlier, which showed that they were also eyes. His ears lengthened slightly and came to points, as did his fingernails and fangs. His hair split at the top, causing it to look stranger than usual. His skin turned green and he opened his normal eyes, whose red pupils were surrounded by faint yellow light. He'd transformed into his full demon form. (And hopefully you've all seen his demon form, because I don't want to explain it anymore.)
Hiei walked back to Rei and picked her up gently, having to avoid breaking the trance and keep his extra eyes along his arms and chest from being damaged. He stood her up and steadied her by wrapping his arms almost affectionately around her. He brushed his fingers through her ponytail and pulled out the tie, which happened to be purple and tossed it to the ground. Her hair was thick, not quite what he'd call silky and was actually more of a reddish brown than the plain brown he'd guessed earlier.
'Now, would you mind explaining what you're going to do?' his jagan questioned very quietly.
"Fine." Hiei said, brushing Rei's bangs away from her forehead. "I'm going to give her a jagan. She should be fine, nothing really serious can happen from her having one, even if she is human."
'WHAT?! SHE COULD BE KILLED! AND IF SHE'S LUCKY AND DOESN'T GET KILLED, THEN SHE'LL EITHER GO INSANE-ER, BE POSSESSED BY IT, OR TURN INTO A DEMON LIKE CREATURE! Her chance of surviving it and staying normal would be very low, I guess... And besides, I like her just the way she is... But, it is really tedious to have to be so cautious around her... I guess she could use a few improvements... Ah, what the hell. It can't hurt to try it. Go on green boy!' his jagan finally finished. Hiei smiled and brought his face closer to Rei's, almost afraid to breathe.
He gently touched his forehead to hers and ignored the steady stream of 'ow's coming from his jagan. Hiei waited a few seconds to see if Rei would respond but when she showed no sign of feeling anything what so ever, he pressed his jagan hard against her skin. He couldn't tell what was happening, his sight blinded by pain but every now and then he could make out a scarlet glow that would glow brighter, then fade then brighten again. He'd thought the infusion of his powers would be painful, but he was completely overwhelmed by the agony. He closed his eyes and dug his long sharp nails into her shoulders (very hard and unintentionally) as tears streamed down his cheeks from his blood red eyes.
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Koenma opened another drawer, glanced over the tabs sticking up from the hundreds of files, then slammed it shut. He and his assistants were searching for clues as to who this Sinlaku Akiryu was, and due to the fact that hundreds, perhaps even millions of demons and humans put together had names beginning with 'si'... it was a rather tedious process. Even in the crime files they hadn't found a trace of him, or her, or whoever this person was.
"Koenma sir!" George yelled from the other side of the room. Koenma looked over at him and saw that George was waving a file around energetically. " I found it!!!"
Koenma instantly sprang from the ladder and came down so quickly that when he did impact with George's head, he bounced back up several feet before landing very hard on the tiled floor. (What's with the Reikai and TILES? Is it for easy clean up if a ghost or ferry girl upchucks or something? I wanna know! Umm... In case you haven't guessed, I'm hyper at the moment...*^^)
"Well?! Who is it?!" he asked excitedly, ripping it from George's hands and opening it.
Their jaws dropped to the floor. There was barely a page of information and that wasn't minus the space it took for the picture of him. It was a guy, but George guessed he had a lot of trouble with people seeing him from a distance and thinking he was a girl because of his long sapphire hair. From up close, he couldn't as easily be mistaken for a woman because his light blue eyes weren't girlish at all and his figure... Not even close. He (guessing by what was visible of him in the picture) wore a blue and white yukata and a sword was carried on a strap across his back.
"It's most certainly not what I expected..." Koenma muttered, looking over the information quickly. " Look here George... It says he's 16, a water youkai exiled from somewhere, with about a lower 'A' class energy level... Um... Don't need to know that... Blah blah blah... Ah, and it also mentions that he has a younger sister named Sanlaku Akiryu! Didn't we find her in the crime files?" he added, floating over to the filing cabinet reserved for criminals.
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Hiei leant heavily against the back of the couch, now breathing heavily and in his regular (as in, not green) form. He glanced at Rei, who was out cold and now had a jagan on her forehead. Hiei winced as his muscles protested as he leant over to examine his work. The jagan was purple, much like his own, and halfway closed.
Hiei smiled absentmindedly.
"I think I broke a law..." he said breathlessly, tracing his fingers weakly around Rei's jagan.
'Nope...' his jagan replied, just as weakly as Hiei had spoken. 'We didn't break any laws... If you don't count the one about implanting something of demonic nature within a human's body and or soul...'
"I hope she won't notice..." Hiei said, pulling Rei into his lap and leaning against the couch.
'Of course she won't notice... She'll just think she's got the first 3- D tattoo or one heck of a pimple... Hey, check and see if she's got fangs!'
"Why? And how?"
'To see if your putting so much of your demonic energy into her affected her in any other way than the intended way... And I'm sure you know how to check...'
"No way. I already did that once and-"
'I know you wanna!'
"Nope."
'Come on...'
"No."
'Please? She won't wake up...'
"Was that supposed to encourage or deter me? If she wakes up she'll bite my head off!"
'Oh come on... Her mouth may be big, but I don't think it's that big.'
"How would you know?"
'Well... Heh, this is rather amusing actually... In the hallway... sorta... It was adorable if you ask me... A common thing to occur between young lover youkai...'
"I am now even more disturbed than when Yusuke was talking earlier and fried half of my brain away into oblivion. You don't really mean it-"
'Wandered? You'd just be doing the same exact thing if you checked for fangs.'
"You are truly the sickest eyeball I have ever held a conversation with." Hiei concluded with an angry growl." And you're making me sound like a nut job!"
(Did any of you catch what Hiei said? He said 'the sickest eyeball I have ever held a conversation with'. Is Hiei talking to eyeballs?! Again?!?!)
'Well then do it and I'll leave you alone! Besides... Nothing youkai- ish happened between you and Rei in the hallway at all...'
"HAH!!! I KNEW YOU WERE LYING!!!" Hiei yelled, his fangs looking much pointier than usual because his mouth was opened so wide.
'Eeep...'
"DIE!!!!!!!!"
'OW! YOU POKED ME!!!'
"MWAHAHAHAHA!!! SERVES YOU RIGHT!!!"
'Shuddup or you'll wake up Rei!'
"Oh yeah..."
Hiei looked at Rei quickly before he sighed in defeat. He truly hated his jagan. What had he been thinking about when he'd decided to get it? Oh yes... About Yukina... The only person he'd cared about back then... Even her well being wasn't worth having to put up with this thing in his forehead that jabbered 24/7... But maybe Rei's well being and Yukina's were worth it...
Hiei shifted Rei's position in his lap and brought her face closer to his. He gently touched his lips to hers before pushing his toungue swiftly into her mouth. He traced it over her top teeth and jumped in surprise when a fang jabbed into his toungue, which he drew out very quickly to nurse inside the comfort of his own very familiar mouth. He leant back against the couch, feeling like all his pride had been sucked into a giant vacuum, entirely disgraced by his actions and tried to ignore his singing jagan.
'Rei and Hiei, sittin in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!! First comes love, then comes marriage! Then comes a... GROSS!!! What SICKO HUMAN MADE THIS SONG?!?!? AHHHH!!!! HIEI!!! Don't kiss her again!!! PLEASE!!!'
Hiei smiled against Rei's lips and wrapped his arms around her again, despite the fact that he still ached. He suddenly became very relaxed, happy, and almost warm and fuzzy though he couldn't explain why. He slowly separated his lips from Rei's and buried his face in her shoulder. She smelled kinda sweet and feminine, but not overly sweet or girly... Not flowery. Hiei liked that, apparently a lot because he fell asleep, still nestled in Rei's shoulder.
to be continued....
Ok. The short seventh chappie... This is really random, but in that last paragraph... I imagined Rei and Hiei like that... So kawaii... Well... Um... Ok, here are things for you to do!!!
*Read this! *Review this! *Give me a line challenge! If you have one! *Read my other story! The Attack of the Chibis! *Don't kill me if this was a cliff hanger like ending!
Ok, that's it. Thank you to all the people who have reviewed this, and don't worry... Shouldn't take an incredibly long time to get up, but writing the roughdraft'll be difficult. Know why? School starts this week. Please don't kill me if it takes a long time...
Kyoryoku Youkai
by lieiavalon2044
For the person who wanted another Rei/Hiei moment... Happy birthday, most of the chapter is just Hiei and Rei... Though... Maybe not exactly what you had in mind.
Hiei tightened his grip on his bandana and ripped it off. He closed his eyes, letting his jagan open fully but didn't watch the picture it showed. He was for once in his life actually terrified, mostly because he didn't want to hear Rei's response because he was already so attached to her, just after barely two days.
Rei's eyes widened and she gaped at the third eye on Hiei's forehead. She could tell that the pupil was a deep purple almost like her own eye color and around the pupil it glowed a deep crimson, but it was very faint. She cautiously got up from against the back of a kitchen chair and walked closer to him. Hiei grimaced when he felt her fingers tracing around his jagan and he closed his eyes tighter. He didn't like her fingers so close to his weakest point, even if she was gentle and kind toward him and nobody else.
"Look at the scars here... You got this thing implanted didn't you?" Rei whispered, still tracing her fingers around his jagan, but now looking at it very closely.
Hiei opened his eyes nervously and was taken a back at how near she'd gotten to him, even with his jagan fully exposed and glowing brightly.
"You aren't afraid of me? Even though..." he drifted off, thinking of the best way he could end his sentence. Rei backed up a bit, took her fingers away from the sensitive skin around his jagan and smiled when Hiei let out a shaky sigh of relief.
"Should I be scared? You haven't done anything to hurt me, or anything harmful to me at all for that matter. I don't care that you're a demon, you're still my Hiei and I'm not afraid of you."
"You would scream and run away if you saw my full demon form..." Hiei mumbled. To Rei, he looked absolutely miserable, but then his expression seemed to lighten if only just a small amount.
'What a brilliant idea... That'd work perfectly... All I'd have to do would be prevent her from being possessed by it... But she's strong, and so is her spirit. She should be fine.' Hiei thought happily, beginning to smile.
'What are you thinking that you're keeping a secret from me Hiei? Did you get an idea? Why are you actually smiling?!' his jagan questioned, almost reaching hysteria.
'Because I have an idea. I won't tell you yet because I know you would disagree and yell at me for hours and drive me insane. And don't you say anything or I'll start singing the Song That Never Ends until the end of my life!'
His jagan didn't respond. It thought of The Song That Never Ends as the greatest threat ever dreamt up in all three worlds. Hiei smiled at the desired effect on his jagan before locking his gaze into Rei's. He inwardly marveled at how violet and innocent her eyes looked now. She qualified as beautiful to him, even if everyone else thought she was a tom boy.
"Um... Hiei?" Rei questioned. Hiei was staring deep into her eyes and the expression in them was seriously unnerving her. She blinked when his jagan began to glow even brighter and darker crimson than before.
Hiei watched as Rei's eyes fogged slightly and her eyelids drooped wearily as she stumbled towards him. He jumped forward, catching her before she hit the floor as she passed out, having been put into a very deep trance for a reason only known to Hiei.
'What the hell did you do to her?!' his jagan shrieked in its high pitched too fast for its own good voice.
"I knocked her out." Hiei stated plainly out loud, leaning Rei against the back of the couch near the entrance to the kitchen. He stepped back watching Rei all the while. It wasn't like she was doing anything except breathing, but he couldn't help but think how peaceful she looked. She gave the impression of being deeply asleep, relaxed, leaning against the back of the couch while moonlight spilled from a window, casting silver light over her.
'What are you gonna do to her?!' his jagan demanded.
Hiei let out a menacing growl and his jagan quickly shut up. He smirked and slipped his shirt off over his head, tossing it back into the kitchen where it landed on the back of a chair. Now he stood in front of her ( though she was unconscious and unable to appreciate the sight), without a shirt and bathed in silver light which danced over his well muscled torso and baggy black pants. He growled again, silencing his jagan before it even started to speak.
Hiei closed his eyes and sighed, relaxing his self entirely. Several slits appeared along his chest, abdomen and arms before they opened like his jagan had earlier, which showed that they were also eyes. His ears lengthened slightly and came to points, as did his fingernails and fangs. His hair split at the top, causing it to look stranger than usual. His skin turned green and he opened his normal eyes, whose red pupils were surrounded by faint yellow light. He'd transformed into his full demon form. (And hopefully you've all seen his demon form, because I don't want to explain it anymore.)
Hiei walked back to Rei and picked her up gently, having to avoid breaking the trance and keep his extra eyes along his arms and chest from being damaged. He stood her up and steadied her by wrapping his arms almost affectionately around her. He brushed his fingers through her ponytail and pulled out the tie, which happened to be purple and tossed it to the ground. Her hair was thick, not quite what he'd call silky and was actually more of a reddish brown than the plain brown he'd guessed earlier.
'Now, would you mind explaining what you're going to do?' his jagan questioned very quietly.
"Fine." Hiei said, brushing Rei's bangs away from her forehead. "I'm going to give her a jagan. She should be fine, nothing really serious can happen from her having one, even if she is human."
'WHAT?! SHE COULD BE KILLED! AND IF SHE'S LUCKY AND DOESN'T GET KILLED, THEN SHE'LL EITHER GO INSANE-ER, BE POSSESSED BY IT, OR TURN INTO A DEMON LIKE CREATURE! Her chance of surviving it and staying normal would be very low, I guess... And besides, I like her just the way she is... But, it is really tedious to have to be so cautious around her... I guess she could use a few improvements... Ah, what the hell. It can't hurt to try it. Go on green boy!' his jagan finally finished. Hiei smiled and brought his face closer to Rei's, almost afraid to breathe.
He gently touched his forehead to hers and ignored the steady stream of 'ow's coming from his jagan. Hiei waited a few seconds to see if Rei would respond but when she showed no sign of feeling anything what so ever, he pressed his jagan hard against her skin. He couldn't tell what was happening, his sight blinded by pain but every now and then he could make out a scarlet glow that would glow brighter, then fade then brighten again. He'd thought the infusion of his powers would be painful, but he was completely overwhelmed by the agony. He closed his eyes and dug his long sharp nails into her shoulders (very hard and unintentionally) as tears streamed down his cheeks from his blood red eyes.
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Koenma opened another drawer, glanced over the tabs sticking up from the hundreds of files, then slammed it shut. He and his assistants were searching for clues as to who this Sinlaku Akiryu was, and due to the fact that hundreds, perhaps even millions of demons and humans put together had names beginning with 'si'... it was a rather tedious process. Even in the crime files they hadn't found a trace of him, or her, or whoever this person was.
"Koenma sir!" George yelled from the other side of the room. Koenma looked over at him and saw that George was waving a file around energetically. " I found it!!!"
Koenma instantly sprang from the ladder and came down so quickly that when he did impact with George's head, he bounced back up several feet before landing very hard on the tiled floor. (What's with the Reikai and TILES? Is it for easy clean up if a ghost or ferry girl upchucks or something? I wanna know! Umm... In case you haven't guessed, I'm hyper at the moment...*^^)
"Well?! Who is it?!" he asked excitedly, ripping it from George's hands and opening it.
Their jaws dropped to the floor. There was barely a page of information and that wasn't minus the space it took for the picture of him. It was a guy, but George guessed he had a lot of trouble with people seeing him from a distance and thinking he was a girl because of his long sapphire hair. From up close, he couldn't as easily be mistaken for a woman because his light blue eyes weren't girlish at all and his figure... Not even close. He (guessing by what was visible of him in the picture) wore a blue and white yukata and a sword was carried on a strap across his back.
"It's most certainly not what I expected..." Koenma muttered, looking over the information quickly. " Look here George... It says he's 16, a water youkai exiled from somewhere, with about a lower 'A' class energy level... Um... Don't need to know that... Blah blah blah... Ah, and it also mentions that he has a younger sister named Sanlaku Akiryu! Didn't we find her in the crime files?" he added, floating over to the filing cabinet reserved for criminals.
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Hiei leant heavily against the back of the couch, now breathing heavily and in his regular (as in, not green) form. He glanced at Rei, who was out cold and now had a jagan on her forehead. Hiei winced as his muscles protested as he leant over to examine his work. The jagan was purple, much like his own, and halfway closed.
Hiei smiled absentmindedly.
"I think I broke a law..." he said breathlessly, tracing his fingers weakly around Rei's jagan.
'Nope...' his jagan replied, just as weakly as Hiei had spoken. 'We didn't break any laws... If you don't count the one about implanting something of demonic nature within a human's body and or soul...'
"I hope she won't notice..." Hiei said, pulling Rei into his lap and leaning against the couch.
'Of course she won't notice... She'll just think she's got the first 3- D tattoo or one heck of a pimple... Hey, check and see if she's got fangs!'
"Why? And how?"
'To see if your putting so much of your demonic energy into her affected her in any other way than the intended way... And I'm sure you know how to check...'
"No way. I already did that once and-"
'I know you wanna!'
"Nope."
'Come on...'
"No."
'Please? She won't wake up...'
"Was that supposed to encourage or deter me? If she wakes up she'll bite my head off!"
'Oh come on... Her mouth may be big, but I don't think it's that big.'
"How would you know?"
'Well... Heh, this is rather amusing actually... In the hallway... sorta... It was adorable if you ask me... A common thing to occur between young lover youkai...'
"I am now even more disturbed than when Yusuke was talking earlier and fried half of my brain away into oblivion. You don't really mean it-"
'Wandered? You'd just be doing the same exact thing if you checked for fangs.'
"You are truly the sickest eyeball I have ever held a conversation with." Hiei concluded with an angry growl." And you're making me sound like a nut job!"
(Did any of you catch what Hiei said? He said 'the sickest eyeball I have ever held a conversation with'. Is Hiei talking to eyeballs?! Again?!?!)
'Well then do it and I'll leave you alone! Besides... Nothing youkai- ish happened between you and Rei in the hallway at all...'
"HAH!!! I KNEW YOU WERE LYING!!!" Hiei yelled, his fangs looking much pointier than usual because his mouth was opened so wide.
'Eeep...'
"DIE!!!!!!!!"
'OW! YOU POKED ME!!!'
"MWAHAHAHAHA!!! SERVES YOU RIGHT!!!"
'Shuddup or you'll wake up Rei!'
"Oh yeah..."
Hiei looked at Rei quickly before he sighed in defeat. He truly hated his jagan. What had he been thinking about when he'd decided to get it? Oh yes... About Yukina... The only person he'd cared about back then... Even her well being wasn't worth having to put up with this thing in his forehead that jabbered 24/7... But maybe Rei's well being and Yukina's were worth it...
Hiei shifted Rei's position in his lap and brought her face closer to his. He gently touched his lips to hers before pushing his toungue swiftly into her mouth. He traced it over her top teeth and jumped in surprise when a fang jabbed into his toungue, which he drew out very quickly to nurse inside the comfort of his own very familiar mouth. He leant back against the couch, feeling like all his pride had been sucked into a giant vacuum, entirely disgraced by his actions and tried to ignore his singing jagan.
'Rei and Hiei, sittin in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!! First comes love, then comes marriage! Then comes a... GROSS!!! What SICKO HUMAN MADE THIS SONG?!?!? AHHHH!!!! HIEI!!! Don't kiss her again!!! PLEASE!!!'
Hiei smiled against Rei's lips and wrapped his arms around her again, despite the fact that he still ached. He suddenly became very relaxed, happy, and almost warm and fuzzy though he couldn't explain why. He slowly separated his lips from Rei's and buried his face in her shoulder. She smelled kinda sweet and feminine, but not overly sweet or girly... Not flowery. Hiei liked that, apparently a lot because he fell asleep, still nestled in Rei's shoulder.
to be continued....
Ok. The short seventh chappie... This is really random, but in that last paragraph... I imagined Rei and Hiei like that... So kawaii... Well... Um... Ok, here are things for you to do!!!
*Read this! *Review this! *Give me a line challenge! If you have one! *Read my other story! The Attack of the Chibis! *Don't kill me if this was a cliff hanger like ending!
Ok, that's it. Thank you to all the people who have reviewed this, and don't worry... Shouldn't take an incredibly long time to get up, but writing the roughdraft'll be difficult. Know why? School starts this week. Please don't kill me if it takes a long time...