Chapter 8
The Friend of The Kitsune
by lieiavalon2044
A note. I have changed the spelling of 'Shuichi' in previous chapters to 'Shuuichi'. And I included the footnotes a friend wrote for this... There aren't that many, just a lot near the beginning and there are about 12 altogether. These are available at the end of the story. The numbers show how which one is related to which... Of course. Oh... And um... I'm no longer referring to Hiei as a koorime... And I changed his last name to his actual last name, Jaganshi, and Sinlaku and Sanlaku now have the last name of Akiryu.
Liei walked silently up the stairs, swinging a bag idly over her shoulder, ignoring people who stared as she passed them. She was too busy thinking about the last time she'd walked up these stairs to the 12th floor with Shuuichi, or Kurama. He wasn't with her now, in fact she hadn't seen him since last night, if Youko counted, and she was on her way to his apartment now to see if she could talk to him for a while... If Shiori wasn't there. (1)
Her thoughts drifted back to last night when she'd slowly walked up these twelve flights of stairs with Kurama, talking quickly to drive the idea of champagne (2) out of his head. He'd been so friendly and kind ... she never would have guessed he was a demon to be feared so much, but somehow end up liking despite his power.
'Well... Youko isn't so bad (3) ... He's ok, just doesn't know how to react to someone caring for him... He must've been so lonely during his life... He didn't seem like the kind of person to care about many people at all, even on demon standards (4)... Like someone he actually did care for was harmed and he feels like it was his fault... Maybe I should talk to Kurama about Youko... Or his Youko half... Whatever the heck it is...' Liei thought, pausing as she reached the ninth floor, which was mostly deserted and quiet.
She glanced down suddenly at her left arm, brushing a finger over it to cool the strange burning sensation that came with the mere thought of the kitsune. Then she sighed, continuing to massage her arm to rid it of the tingling sensation as she began up the stairs to the tenth floor.
'I guess we were about here...' she thought when she reached the landing and stopped to admire the plant she'd admired last night. It grew in a large clay pot next to a perfectly normal elevator that for some strange reason, skipped floors 7, 9, 13, 14 and never reached 24 no matter what.
'This was where Kurama stopped to rest until he started to act like he was in pain... Hand on his forehead and everything... Except for blowing chunks... Well... That isn't really associated with pain... Just stomach aches... Which really ... ache... Duh...' (5)
She checked her digital watch quickly, and thankfully the screen glowed green in the very dim light. She had by now almost entirely blocked her 'Kuwabara Moment' (as she had learned to relate him to stupidity on the first day) from her mind and focused on other things.
'Might have been around this time too... That was when I thought I saw something shiny in the plant and stopped to look... That's when he groaned... I turned and asked if he was ok...'
~*Memory Sequence~*
(In the special circumstance that you did not understand that, this is what happened between Liei and Kurama last night before they got to Kurama's apartment and met a slight 'racial barrier'... Which was... Last night... Five chapters ago... You get the point...)
Liei glanced back at Kurama, having heard him let out a moan. His eyes were closed, he had a hand on his forehead and was breathing very heavily... Obviously in pain of some sort. She turned from the plant and the shiny thing and walked to him. He winced when her hand rested on his shoulder in concern. He didn't want her near him now... Even if he had absolutely no clue as to what was happening.
"What's wrong Shuuichi?" she asked quietly, kneeling down next to him and moving his hand from his forehead to place her own cool hand there. Kurama almost let out a sigh of relief from her much cooler skin touching his forehead which felt consumed by fire.
"Shuuichi... You're burning up... Your fever is really bad... Maybe we should take the elevator up. It'd be faster and easier on you so basically- "
"Liei... I'm fine... Why don't you go home? It's late and you're probably exhausted."
'Already? Oh how disappointing... That means I won't get to play if she leaves... And even I won't break into the house of a young girl... Damn honor code...' A very familiar voice said unhappily inside Kurama's head. Kurama groaned in pain, making the look of concern on Liei's face deepen as he paled and leant hard against the wall behind him.
'Go away Youko... You're not allowed to touch her and I'm NOT going to let you out around her...'
(Wait... I just noticed something... Youko said he had an HONOR CODE. I never thought he had one, let alone heard of one! Wait...It probably has two rules... Ok, nothing big to bring up... Sorry... Please continue... Random jabber... Horrible habit of mine...)
'Tut tut... Little Shuuichi, you know I can over power you whenever I wish to, even if you don't want me out... It's not a matter of your will, just my power over your own feeble power... But don't worry... If I get out I won't harm the little human... She's much too naive to prey on...'
"Shuuichi?" Liei questioned nervously. Now he looked really pale and his pain seemed to be increasing. He moaned, cringed and when he tried standing up, he just slid down to his knees and bent over, his hair covering his face.
"Just go home Liei... I'll... I'll be fine soon..." he whispered, wincing again.
'Oh what a wonderful surprise! I seem to be winning against the human! I get to play with the girl after all! Yay!!! HAPPY DAY!!!'
'Leave her alone Youko! Even if you're careful you could end up hurting her seriously...'
'Why do you say that?' Youko questioned, pausing his attempt to escape from his human prison.
'You don't have emotions to tell you when to stop... You won't be able to tell when you need to be careful because you don't have emotions... You may give up to your fox will and slay her, or worse...'
'Honestly Little Shuuichi... I don't need emotions to be careful... I'll treat her just as carefully as I treated demonesses I met during my lifetime... And what did you mean by worse? Oh, just for your reassurance, my honor code prohibits me from doing that also...'
'She's human Youko! You're a powerful demon and she's an average human girl! Her body and energy are weak and useless if you lose control of your will! Compared to you she has no power at all!' Kurama thought angrily, finally managing to sit up.
He opened his eyes, hoping Liei would have left but apparently he didn't know how concerned females could get over one's well being because she was still sitting next to him, looking confused and worried. She opened her mouth slightly to say something, but Kurama cut her off.
"I thought I asked you to leave..."
Liei managed a nervous smile and stood up.
"I just wanted to make sure you were ok... I guess I'll see you tomorrow... Oh, and you can always call if you need some help and get sick again... Bye Shuuichi!" she called as she turned to leave.
'WHAT!? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET THE GIRL GO NOW!!! NOT AFTER ALL THE EFFORT I PUT INTO TRYING TO FREE MYSELF!!!' Youko roared, his power exploding through Kurama's system, overwhelming the red head entirely.
The next second, what had been a pained red headed human was a silver haired, golden eyed nearly 2 meters tall kitsune. He stood up quickly, pulling a seed out of his hair, clasping it tight in his palm and stepping closer to Liei, who had already managed to get halfway down the stairs.
"You don't have to go... Liei..." he stated calmly, his voice incredibly different from Shuuichi's, being more hostile, manly and almost sulky. (6)
Liei turned in surprise and saw something green racing toward her. Pain exploded in her neck and she blacked out, falling backward into Youko, who after sending his plant after her had dashed behind her and he now held her tightly in his arms. He smiled, his fangs glinting brightly and leant down to let them brush over her delicate skin, careful not to puncture it. That was later on the kitsune's schedule.
~*End Memory Sequence Thingy*~
Liei sighed again. She couldn't remember what had happened after she blacked out, of course, but guessing had narrowed down the options. One, the kitsune had taken her up to the room to decide what he should do with her. Two, he already knew what he wanted to do with her and only took her up to the room for more... Privacy... That made her shiver uncontrollably, though she wasn't sure what emotion it was that caused it... But was praying that it wasn't what she was sure it was... Even though she wasn't really sure.
Then she stopped, glancing up at the sign which read in big red numbers;
12th Floor
(Yes, I am very well aware that letters are letters and not numbers. In other words, I am aware that the sign isn't just numbers.)
It was deserted and absolutely quiet on the twelfth floor. Not even the dimmest ray of light came from beneath the doors. Liei actually found herself thankful for the light fixtures, even if they did look absolutely horrible.
Liei started down the shadowy hallway then stopped barely even halfway down. Another Kuwabara Moment. A really really stupid Kuwabara Moment.
"I don't know Shuuichi's room number..." she murmured looking about in confusion.
"Lost miss?" an unfamiliar voice asked behind Liei, making her jump. She whirled and blinked, unsure of what she was actually seeing.
"Excuse me but... Why do you have pointy ears?"
The man's eyebrows raised slightly and he took a step closer to Liei, his visible eye glinting with curiosity.
"You can see my ears are pointy? Do you by any chance know Kurama?"
"Of course! Wait a sec... He told me only a few people knew his real name and I've met all of them! Who are you?!" she demanded.
The man smiled and pulled a scythe blade out from behind his back and it seemed to be suspended in midair, whatever he was holding it by incredibly difficult to see. Liei squinted and managed to make out a frosty transparent rope was tied to the scythe below the razor sharp glistening clean blade.
"Just a friend of the kitsune... As I presume you are... His scent is overwhelmingly strong on you..." he said as he walked closer, holding the scythe now by the cold steely surface the rope was fastened to.
Now Liei was able to make out more of his strange distinguishing features, like the black hat he wore that was practically dead in hat terms. (7)
He wore a black vest like shirt which was tattered and frayed around the edges and a silver pendant rested on the exposed 'V' of his chest. Around his waist was a tied piece of cloth that fell around his back and sides, contrasting greatly with the black pants he wore underneath it. He wore shoes, but Liei didn't really take the time to determine what kind they were.
As the man (I'm hoping it's obvious who he is by now) advanced, Liei was able to see his long shiny black hair, which was longer than it looked because of the ponytail he wore it in. And even though the illusion had been cast that he only had one eye, she noticed that the frayed brim of the hat simply covered the other. He also had long leathery wings that came out from his shoulder blades, and they could have been considered as handsome... If you like that sort of thing.
He reached up and pulled the pendant off his neck, the reflective leather straps wrapped around his arms shimmering in the dim light. He lifted the pendant to about his shoulder height and Liei backed away warily, but never took her eyes off the blood red gem surrounded by bright silver.
"What do you want with me?!" Liei asked, trying not to sound horrified, but only succeeded in sounding like a not so squeaky chipmunk being scared to death by a cat.
"You'll find out what I want soon enough Liei... Just be a good little girl and listen to what I want you to do...' he said, an evil smirk having formed on his face.
Liei backed off more, unable to find the will to respond, or run away like she wanted to. The pendant was now being swung hypnotically and Liei began to feel strange and staggered back further, shaking her head to rid herself of the unpleasant sensation.
"You may as well know my name... I know yours now so it'd only be fair..." he said, still swinging the pendant.
"My name is Kuronue... a demon as you so naively pointed out... Had you not said anything about being able to see through my illusion I might have let you pass, but I was already very interested in you..." he continued, sounding rather bored with the subject.
Kuronue smirked happily, watching the young human slowly give in to his control and collapse to her knees. She wasn't completely under his control, but nearly in a trance. He walked closer, watching as she struggled against his influence then she finally faltered and collapsed completely to the floor.
Liei opened her eyes wearily came face to face with Kuronue who was kneeling next to her. He was smiling evilly, leaning on his hand where the pendant's bright red stone and silver chain wound between his fingers brought the thought of why she'd been here in the first place back to her mind.
"But I need to talk to Kurama... I need to know..." she mumbled weakly, entirely zoned on the pendant.
Kuronue's face suddenly went entirely unreadable and he let his desires come through, but not nearly in full. He grabbed Liei's chin and lifted her face up, rubbing a thumb idly over her cheek. Then he leant in and kissed her roughly, not caring whether she enjoyed it or not, and when he finally let go he took in a deep breath to make up for what had been lost during the kiss. He gazed down at her drawn up into his lap, passed out, resting her head on his shoulder, her brilliant white hair mingling with his ebony tresses.
"You needn't worry about Youko hating you... He likes you well enough... Enough to come after you, even if it's just because you're a pretty thing..." Kuronue whispered, gently wrapping his arms around Liei and standing up. On his way out, he took his scythe and laid it neatly on the ground in front of Kurama's door, the one the strange scene between the youkai and human had developed right across from.
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Yusuke knocked on Rei's door again. He'd been knocking on this door for well over five minutes and she still hadn't answered. He tried turning the doorknob to let himself in, but found it locked. He turned around, then stepped back from the door and pointed his finger toward the center.
"Oh, PLEASE don't let anyone hear this!" he whispered before he yelled, "SPIRIT GUN!!!"
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Hiei suddenly woke, entirely due to the door flying off its hinges and sailing into the couch. He got up, leant Rei against the back of the couch and turned again to see Yusuke standing in the doorway, rubbing a hand on the back of his head.
"Oops... Uh, sorry Rei... What the-?! HIEI!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! AND WHERE THE HELL IS YOUR SHIRT?!?!?" (8)
Hiei smiled and looked around, knowing his shirt had to be around this apartment somewhere. He would have known he'd be tired after the transfer and that he wouldn't feel like moving much. Then he spotted it on the back of a kitchen chair. He pointed.
"There it is. And here..." he said, holding up his bandana. "Is the good ol' friend that covers my jagan."
Yusuke stared at Hiei. He wasn't surprised Hiei's bandana was off; He didn't like having to hide his jagan. He was more surprised by the amount of blood spread over Hiei's forehead. It wasn't a huge splash of blood, but it was enough to make Yusuke think it strange.
"Where... Where's Rei?"
"Right here." Hiei answer pulling Rei up form behind the couch by her collar. Yusuke's eyes narrowed. He walked over to Hiei, bent down slightly to look at Rei then stood up. He looked down at Hiei, who was gazing up with innocent ruby eyes.
"Why is her energy different now Hiei? And why can I smell blood on her?" Yusuke asked under his breath. Hiei tried his absolute best to look blank, but something must have given him away...
"You... OOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're in so much TROUBLE Hiei! You broke a LAW!!!" (9)
"It's not the first time I've broken a law, Yusuke."
"You mean you've had s-"
"NO YOU MORON!!! I DIDN'T CLAIM HER AS MY MATE!!! (10) I MADE HER HAVE A JAGAN! SEE!?!" Hiei yelled, pulling off the bandana he'd put on Rei's forehead to reveal that it was also bloodstained.
Then the worst thing of all happened. Rei woke up. And she was still suspended in midair by her shirt collar.
"Wha... What happened?" she mused, looking first at Yusuke, then the door lying on the couch (11), and then at Hiei, who was still shirtless.
"Hiei... Where's your shirt? Did you not like it? How much Martial Arts DO you do anyway?" she questioned, looking over him. Hiei smiled.
'Might as well confess Hiei... She's gonna kill ya if ya don't... And you'll have lotsa explaining to do if you're gone one night...' his jagan sighed, still closed to avoid as much attention as possible when surrounded by spatters of blood.
"Well Rei... Earlier when you saw me standing in the middle of those flames... And the reason I knew what you were thinking in the hallway after Shuuichi and Liei kissed... It's because I'm a demon... A fire demon and I got this third eye, my jagan, implanted..."
"You've already told me that Hiei. Just answer my questions."
"Um... Ok... I'll start with the shirt... It's over the back of the kitchen chair. I do like it and believe me, I do a lot more Martial Arts than you think I do. I'm a Reikai Tantei and..." Hiei drifted off, looking at Yusuke.
"No, Yusuke... It won't go back on the hinges that way..."
"What are you now Hiei!? A door repairer guy!?!" Yusuke yelled from the doorway. Rei tapped Hiei's shoulder quickly to get his attention.
"I don't know you, but I really find it necessary to breathe..." she whispered. Hiei just stood there, not understanding what she meant.
"You can put her down anytime now Hiei." Kurama called from the doorway, which still happened to be door less. He was swinging a strangely shaped bag from his left hand and carried a black rose in the other.
"Kurama! What are you doing here!?!" Yusuke questioned from the kitchen, making some hot chocolate despite the fact that it was nearly pitch black inside the house.
"Ku... Kurama?! I thought his name was Shuuichi!!!" Rei said as loudly as possible without having air. She looked up at Hiei. "Are you going to put me down and explain this or not?"
Yusuke looked at Hiei in astonishment, leaning on the still not in its right place door.
"You told her you were a demon, but you didn't tell her you're a Reikai Tantei?"
"Of course I told her I'm a Tantei. I just mentioned it less than three minutes ago."
"Forget that!!! Just.Tell.Me.What.In.Seven.Hells.Is.Going.ON!!!" Rei yelled startling all of them. Hiei swiftly pointed as Kurama.
"He explains."
"What?! Hiei! He's a PANSY BOY FROM FRANCE AND HE PRACTICALLY MADE OUT WITH LIEI IN THE SCHOOL HALLWAY!!!"
Silence. Lots of silence. Lots and lots of silence. It's quiet. Really quiet. Really really quiet. Way too quiet. This is awkward for Kurama, huh person? Yes, I'm addressing you. You as in the person reading this paragraph. Or should I say, this exceptionally quiet paragraph? Now... Let's have some noise, other than the guy sleeping upstairs!!!
"WHAT THE HELL!? KURAMA!!! YOU KNOW THE RULES!!! NO RELATIONSHIPS WITH HUMANS!!!" Yusuke shouted, waving his hands wildly above his head. Kurama sweat dropped and stepped back nervously.
(Rei's thought's in Yusuke's 'no relationships with humans' line; "What the hell is he talking about?! Is he a vampire or something? Eep... What if they're all psycho vampires out to get me!?! VAMPIRES ARE SCARY!!! MOMMY!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
"It was just one kiss, Yusuke..."
"BUT YOU STILL KISSED HER!!! AND YOU NOT ONLY BROKE REIKAI RULES, BUT SCHOOL RULES TOO! NO PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION IN SCHOOL! THAT MEANS NO MAKING OUT ALL ROMANTIC LIKE!!!"
"The kitsune made me do it though!"
'Yeah... Blame the innocent little oh so very loving and caring kitsune!' Youko mock sobbed inside Kurama's head.
'Oh, and as a note to that last comment Shuuichi... You're lying. I wasn't even attracted to her then. You kissed her on your own free will. I wasn't attracted until you started kissing her... Ah... What have I become?! Interested in humans... But a hot human at least...' Youko added in a very bored tone.
"LIKELY STORY FOX-BOY!"
"Well, how come you and Hiei are exceptions to the rules?"
"Huh?"
"You and Hiei are demons, but I'm the one getting in trouble. Hiei kissed Rei several times (12), and Yusuke is Raizen's heir, in other words half demon, and he's with Keiko."
Hiei felt blush creeping up his cheeks and sweat trickle down the back of his neck. How'd Kurama know? How'd he know he'd kissed Rei more than once?!
"Shuuichi..."
"Yes Rei?"
"Why'd you say 'the kitsune made me do it'? Did Liei's pet fox make you kiss her?"
"Well, Rei, in a previous lifetime I was a kitsune, Youko, the greatest known thief o all the Makai. Now I'm pretty much two people in one body, except when Youko takes over and causes me to change into my demon form, which is Youko's true form and he has all the control."
"You're a fox..."
"Yes Rei. I'm a demonic fox and my name is Kurama."
"You're dating Liei..."
"Yes Rei."
"Liei's dating a fox... I despise foxes... HOLY SHIT!!! LIEI'S DATING A DAMN FOX AND I HATE EFFIN' FOXES!!!"
Kurama nervously excused his self from the room while Rei was forcefully subdued and tied to a chair by Hiei with some help from his jagan.
"I HATE foxes... And my previous best friend is dating one... Dammit..." Rei muttered, staring at Hiei as he made his way around the room, grabbed a pillow and sat next to her, leaning close to the tied up girl.
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Kurama closed the door to Liei's room and looked around, not sure if there would be anything lying out that was... Unmentionable... But thankfully there were no such things, so he deemed it safe to explore and began by looking under the bed. The floor was entirely dust bunny free.
'This is the most blue I've ever seen in a place this small...' Youko remarked, still shaken up by Rei's reaction to Shuuichi's being a fox demon.
"Kurama?" Yusuke asked through the wooden painted pure white door.
"Can I come in? You never did answer my question as to why you showed up here."
"Sure Yusuke... Just watch out for Scylla behind the door."
"Scylla? Isn't that that cursed naiad with like six heads, twelve legs ect that lives under a rock next to Charybdis? Why is Scylla here?"
Kurama paused, wondering how Yusuke happened to know about Scylla and Charybdis, but decided not to. He'd write it down later in a special journal he kept called 'The Brightest Dim Moments of Yusuke Urameshi and Kazuma Kuwabara'. It was very good for a laugh. He'd have to publish it one day.
(If I'm in a good mood, I'll actually write a story called that. Don't count on it for a while though.)
"No, Scylla isn't behind the door Yusuke... Just come in..." Kurama groaned, trying to cover up how impatient he really was.
Yusuke stepped in, looked around nervously then walked in all the way, deciding that something with twelve long tentacles for arms would have grabbed and eaten him by now. Kurama yawned and sat down on Liei's bed, twirling a rose between his fingers.
"So... Why'd you come here Kurama?"
"I was looking for Liei. Youko told me he heard her outside and to wait for her to come ring the doorbell but she never did... Youko said he may have heard something else and when I came out to look for her I nearly stepped on this..." he said, pulling a crescent shaped scythe out of the bag he'd been carrying with him.
Yusuke stared, watching as an immensely long frosty clear rope kept on coming and coming out of the bag. Then when the end finally came, Yusuke briefly glanced over the metal point, almost like a spear tip but more decorative, at the end of the rope then looked back at Kurama.
"Was... That supposed to mean anything in particular?"
"Yusuke... Don't you know who this belongs to?"
"You."
"No... Whoever owned it before they left it in front of my door."
"Um... Uh... No."
"I guess I should tell you... Back when I, as in Youko, existed in the Makai, I had a partner in my crimes. The man's name was Kuronue, a relatively powerful demon that used scythes like these as his main weapon. He was also skilled in basic hypnotism which he used a special necklace he always wore to perform..." Kurama said, drifting off and running his finger over the scythe blade. Yusuke looked impatient and was giving the kitsune the,'Yes? Go on.' look.
"So what does Kuronue have to do with all this? Is he trying to find you again or something?"
"He was supposed to have been killed, Yusuke. He was caught and I wanted to help him and started back to but he told me to go on... That he wasn't worth both of us getting killed for... I mourned his death afterwards when I found his remains... He'd been impaled with many bamboo spears and his blood soaked the grass all around him... I could have sword he was dead... I guess that somehow, he survived..." the redhead said, his voice fading to a whisper as he swung the scythe back and forth in long arcs.
"Oh goodie. Now I know practically everything to know about this Kuronue dude who's supposed to be dead. But this still doesn't make sense. Were you trying to make a point or something?"
"I don't know how you're still alive..."
"Shuddup fox-boy or next time I see you I'll cut off that damn tail of yours! Weeeeeeeeelll... Let's go check on the lovebirds."
It was Kurama's turn to be confused.
"Lovebirds?"
"Yeah! You know, Rei and Hiei? They might be all soap opera-y cause they don't think we're listening! Kinda like,'Oh, Hiei... I... Will you please marry me?' 'I'm sorry but I can't Rei... I'm a demon and I've had three billion affairs.'"
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At this point, Hiei and Rei, who were listening by the door, both were stunned/horrified. Rei turned to Hiei to see that his ruby eyes were wide and staring blankly at...
"YOU----"
"OUCH! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"
"YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE A SICKO!"
"You thought that... What Yusuke is saying in there... Is true?" Hiei said with a snicker.
"DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH AT ME!"
At this point Rei's words were entirely pointless. Even if Hiei had had huge ears he wouldn't have heard a single syllable of Rei's shouting due to the fits of laughter he was in. In fact Rei couldn't help but think that he might be having a seizure.
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"'What!? You #_@Q*$^#@O*)^#*%&*$^%!!!' And then she chops him up into tiny bits! And then she-"
"Yusuke..."
"SHE BURIES THE BODY OF POOR DECEASED PARTIALLY CREMATED HIEI IN THE SHINY PORCELAIN BATHROOM TOILET-"
"Yusuke... Get a hold of yourself..."
"POLICE COME ZOOMING DOWN THE LANE, WAKING UP PEOPLE EVERYWHERE AND PISSING THEM OFF! IGNORING THE SHOUTS OF 'TURN OFF THOSE %@&#(^%&# SIRENS AND LET SOME DECENT PEOPLE GET SOME DECENT SLEEP!' THEY GET OUT A MEGAPHONE! THEIR SIRENS STILL BLARE LOUDLY AND DRAMATICALLY IN THE BACKGROUND!"
"Yusuke... Please... Stop yelling... You're giving me a migraine..."
"-- YOU'RE IN THERE! COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP YOU PSYCHOPATHIC- NEGLECTED-CHILD-FREAK-OF-NATURE-HOMICIDAL GIRL!"
"SHUT UP NOW!" Kurama finally yelling, accidentally losing control and letting Youko surface in the process. Yusuke looked dumbfounded, still holding a lampshade in front of his mouth for a megaphone.
"I... Got a tad carried away didn't I?"
"Just a little..." Youko growled, laying down on the bed and burying his face in a pillow.
"YOU CALLED ME A HOMICIDAL-NEGLECTED-FREAK-OF-NATURE-PSYCHOPATHIC GIRL! YOU LEFT OUT PYROMANIAC!" Rei screamed, punching Yusuke in the stomach. Hiei stood calmly next to the door, observing the brutal beating Yusuke was being paid by Rei. He also made a mental note that read somewhere along these lines;
Do NOT at ANY cost ANGER REI in ANY way WHATSOEVER! If you plan on doing so, the hospital is just a phone call away. Reserve a room before hand. Thank you.
His little secretary of his mind smiled and waved her notepad at him before poofing out of his vision. Then he noticed that Youko was biting the edge of the pillow, which he assumed was Liei's saying that the entire room smelled like her.
"Uh... Youko?" Hiei questioned nervously.
"Why are you biting the pillow?"
to be continued...
(Don't kill me! This is eleven pages long!!!)
Um... Yeah, I'm alive peeps. Just had three billion homework assignments... And I got writing happy in the rough drafts for this... And didn't edit too much... LINE CHALLENGES PLEASE!!! I need stuff for chapter 9!!! And this IS NOT the final copy!!! Oh, yes! How could I forget! FOOTNOTES!!!
1) Wink, wink, nudge, bludgeoning. ^^
2) Naughty Kurama! You've been a very naughty boy!
3) Are we thinking of the same Youko?!
4) No Duh
5) So he's NOT immune to everything!
6) -_- panic... run... now
7) Ah... The power of love... The special bond between a man... and his hat...
8) ...Awkward moment...
9) - - whoop-did-dee-di-doo-da-doop-de-dah
10) O.o
11)Rei: WHY DO YALL LIKE KNOCKIN DOWN MY DOOR?!
12) Rei: Did I miss something here? Last I remember, it was once.
The Friend of The Kitsune
by lieiavalon2044
A note. I have changed the spelling of 'Shuichi' in previous chapters to 'Shuuichi'. And I included the footnotes a friend wrote for this... There aren't that many, just a lot near the beginning and there are about 12 altogether. These are available at the end of the story. The numbers show how which one is related to which... Of course. Oh... And um... I'm no longer referring to Hiei as a koorime... And I changed his last name to his actual last name, Jaganshi, and Sinlaku and Sanlaku now have the last name of Akiryu.
Liei walked silently up the stairs, swinging a bag idly over her shoulder, ignoring people who stared as she passed them. She was too busy thinking about the last time she'd walked up these stairs to the 12th floor with Shuuichi, or Kurama. He wasn't with her now, in fact she hadn't seen him since last night, if Youko counted, and she was on her way to his apartment now to see if she could talk to him for a while... If Shiori wasn't there. (1)
Her thoughts drifted back to last night when she'd slowly walked up these twelve flights of stairs with Kurama, talking quickly to drive the idea of champagne (2) out of his head. He'd been so friendly and kind ... she never would have guessed he was a demon to be feared so much, but somehow end up liking despite his power.
'Well... Youko isn't so bad (3) ... He's ok, just doesn't know how to react to someone caring for him... He must've been so lonely during his life... He didn't seem like the kind of person to care about many people at all, even on demon standards (4)... Like someone he actually did care for was harmed and he feels like it was his fault... Maybe I should talk to Kurama about Youko... Or his Youko half... Whatever the heck it is...' Liei thought, pausing as she reached the ninth floor, which was mostly deserted and quiet.
She glanced down suddenly at her left arm, brushing a finger over it to cool the strange burning sensation that came with the mere thought of the kitsune. Then she sighed, continuing to massage her arm to rid it of the tingling sensation as she began up the stairs to the tenth floor.
'I guess we were about here...' she thought when she reached the landing and stopped to admire the plant she'd admired last night. It grew in a large clay pot next to a perfectly normal elevator that for some strange reason, skipped floors 7, 9, 13, 14 and never reached 24 no matter what.
'This was where Kurama stopped to rest until he started to act like he was in pain... Hand on his forehead and everything... Except for blowing chunks... Well... That isn't really associated with pain... Just stomach aches... Which really ... ache... Duh...' (5)
She checked her digital watch quickly, and thankfully the screen glowed green in the very dim light. She had by now almost entirely blocked her 'Kuwabara Moment' (as she had learned to relate him to stupidity on the first day) from her mind and focused on other things.
'Might have been around this time too... That was when I thought I saw something shiny in the plant and stopped to look... That's when he groaned... I turned and asked if he was ok...'
~*Memory Sequence~*
(In the special circumstance that you did not understand that, this is what happened between Liei and Kurama last night before they got to Kurama's apartment and met a slight 'racial barrier'... Which was... Last night... Five chapters ago... You get the point...)
Liei glanced back at Kurama, having heard him let out a moan. His eyes were closed, he had a hand on his forehead and was breathing very heavily... Obviously in pain of some sort. She turned from the plant and the shiny thing and walked to him. He winced when her hand rested on his shoulder in concern. He didn't want her near him now... Even if he had absolutely no clue as to what was happening.
"What's wrong Shuuichi?" she asked quietly, kneeling down next to him and moving his hand from his forehead to place her own cool hand there. Kurama almost let out a sigh of relief from her much cooler skin touching his forehead which felt consumed by fire.
"Shuuichi... You're burning up... Your fever is really bad... Maybe we should take the elevator up. It'd be faster and easier on you so basically- "
"Liei... I'm fine... Why don't you go home? It's late and you're probably exhausted."
'Already? Oh how disappointing... That means I won't get to play if she leaves... And even I won't break into the house of a young girl... Damn honor code...' A very familiar voice said unhappily inside Kurama's head. Kurama groaned in pain, making the look of concern on Liei's face deepen as he paled and leant hard against the wall behind him.
'Go away Youko... You're not allowed to touch her and I'm NOT going to let you out around her...'
(Wait... I just noticed something... Youko said he had an HONOR CODE. I never thought he had one, let alone heard of one! Wait...It probably has two rules... Ok, nothing big to bring up... Sorry... Please continue... Random jabber... Horrible habit of mine...)
'Tut tut... Little Shuuichi, you know I can over power you whenever I wish to, even if you don't want me out... It's not a matter of your will, just my power over your own feeble power... But don't worry... If I get out I won't harm the little human... She's much too naive to prey on...'
"Shuuichi?" Liei questioned nervously. Now he looked really pale and his pain seemed to be increasing. He moaned, cringed and when he tried standing up, he just slid down to his knees and bent over, his hair covering his face.
"Just go home Liei... I'll... I'll be fine soon..." he whispered, wincing again.
'Oh what a wonderful surprise! I seem to be winning against the human! I get to play with the girl after all! Yay!!! HAPPY DAY!!!'
'Leave her alone Youko! Even if you're careful you could end up hurting her seriously...'
'Why do you say that?' Youko questioned, pausing his attempt to escape from his human prison.
'You don't have emotions to tell you when to stop... You won't be able to tell when you need to be careful because you don't have emotions... You may give up to your fox will and slay her, or worse...'
'Honestly Little Shuuichi... I don't need emotions to be careful... I'll treat her just as carefully as I treated demonesses I met during my lifetime... And what did you mean by worse? Oh, just for your reassurance, my honor code prohibits me from doing that also...'
'She's human Youko! You're a powerful demon and she's an average human girl! Her body and energy are weak and useless if you lose control of your will! Compared to you she has no power at all!' Kurama thought angrily, finally managing to sit up.
He opened his eyes, hoping Liei would have left but apparently he didn't know how concerned females could get over one's well being because she was still sitting next to him, looking confused and worried. She opened her mouth slightly to say something, but Kurama cut her off.
"I thought I asked you to leave..."
Liei managed a nervous smile and stood up.
"I just wanted to make sure you were ok... I guess I'll see you tomorrow... Oh, and you can always call if you need some help and get sick again... Bye Shuuichi!" she called as she turned to leave.
'WHAT!? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET THE GIRL GO NOW!!! NOT AFTER ALL THE EFFORT I PUT INTO TRYING TO FREE MYSELF!!!' Youko roared, his power exploding through Kurama's system, overwhelming the red head entirely.
The next second, what had been a pained red headed human was a silver haired, golden eyed nearly 2 meters tall kitsune. He stood up quickly, pulling a seed out of his hair, clasping it tight in his palm and stepping closer to Liei, who had already managed to get halfway down the stairs.
"You don't have to go... Liei..." he stated calmly, his voice incredibly different from Shuuichi's, being more hostile, manly and almost sulky. (6)
Liei turned in surprise and saw something green racing toward her. Pain exploded in her neck and she blacked out, falling backward into Youko, who after sending his plant after her had dashed behind her and he now held her tightly in his arms. He smiled, his fangs glinting brightly and leant down to let them brush over her delicate skin, careful not to puncture it. That was later on the kitsune's schedule.
~*End Memory Sequence Thingy*~
Liei sighed again. She couldn't remember what had happened after she blacked out, of course, but guessing had narrowed down the options. One, the kitsune had taken her up to the room to decide what he should do with her. Two, he already knew what he wanted to do with her and only took her up to the room for more... Privacy... That made her shiver uncontrollably, though she wasn't sure what emotion it was that caused it... But was praying that it wasn't what she was sure it was... Even though she wasn't really sure.
Then she stopped, glancing up at the sign which read in big red numbers;
12th Floor
(Yes, I am very well aware that letters are letters and not numbers. In other words, I am aware that the sign isn't just numbers.)
It was deserted and absolutely quiet on the twelfth floor. Not even the dimmest ray of light came from beneath the doors. Liei actually found herself thankful for the light fixtures, even if they did look absolutely horrible.
Liei started down the shadowy hallway then stopped barely even halfway down. Another Kuwabara Moment. A really really stupid Kuwabara Moment.
"I don't know Shuuichi's room number..." she murmured looking about in confusion.
"Lost miss?" an unfamiliar voice asked behind Liei, making her jump. She whirled and blinked, unsure of what she was actually seeing.
"Excuse me but... Why do you have pointy ears?"
The man's eyebrows raised slightly and he took a step closer to Liei, his visible eye glinting with curiosity.
"You can see my ears are pointy? Do you by any chance know Kurama?"
"Of course! Wait a sec... He told me only a few people knew his real name and I've met all of them! Who are you?!" she demanded.
The man smiled and pulled a scythe blade out from behind his back and it seemed to be suspended in midair, whatever he was holding it by incredibly difficult to see. Liei squinted and managed to make out a frosty transparent rope was tied to the scythe below the razor sharp glistening clean blade.
"Just a friend of the kitsune... As I presume you are... His scent is overwhelmingly strong on you..." he said as he walked closer, holding the scythe now by the cold steely surface the rope was fastened to.
Now Liei was able to make out more of his strange distinguishing features, like the black hat he wore that was practically dead in hat terms. (7)
He wore a black vest like shirt which was tattered and frayed around the edges and a silver pendant rested on the exposed 'V' of his chest. Around his waist was a tied piece of cloth that fell around his back and sides, contrasting greatly with the black pants he wore underneath it. He wore shoes, but Liei didn't really take the time to determine what kind they were.
As the man (I'm hoping it's obvious who he is by now) advanced, Liei was able to see his long shiny black hair, which was longer than it looked because of the ponytail he wore it in. And even though the illusion had been cast that he only had one eye, she noticed that the frayed brim of the hat simply covered the other. He also had long leathery wings that came out from his shoulder blades, and they could have been considered as handsome... If you like that sort of thing.
He reached up and pulled the pendant off his neck, the reflective leather straps wrapped around his arms shimmering in the dim light. He lifted the pendant to about his shoulder height and Liei backed away warily, but never took her eyes off the blood red gem surrounded by bright silver.
"What do you want with me?!" Liei asked, trying not to sound horrified, but only succeeded in sounding like a not so squeaky chipmunk being scared to death by a cat.
"You'll find out what I want soon enough Liei... Just be a good little girl and listen to what I want you to do...' he said, an evil smirk having formed on his face.
Liei backed off more, unable to find the will to respond, or run away like she wanted to. The pendant was now being swung hypnotically and Liei began to feel strange and staggered back further, shaking her head to rid herself of the unpleasant sensation.
"You may as well know my name... I know yours now so it'd only be fair..." he said, still swinging the pendant.
"My name is Kuronue... a demon as you so naively pointed out... Had you not said anything about being able to see through my illusion I might have let you pass, but I was already very interested in you..." he continued, sounding rather bored with the subject.
Kuronue smirked happily, watching the young human slowly give in to his control and collapse to her knees. She wasn't completely under his control, but nearly in a trance. He walked closer, watching as she struggled against his influence then she finally faltered and collapsed completely to the floor.
Liei opened her eyes wearily came face to face with Kuronue who was kneeling next to her. He was smiling evilly, leaning on his hand where the pendant's bright red stone and silver chain wound between his fingers brought the thought of why she'd been here in the first place back to her mind.
"But I need to talk to Kurama... I need to know..." she mumbled weakly, entirely zoned on the pendant.
Kuronue's face suddenly went entirely unreadable and he let his desires come through, but not nearly in full. He grabbed Liei's chin and lifted her face up, rubbing a thumb idly over her cheek. Then he leant in and kissed her roughly, not caring whether she enjoyed it or not, and when he finally let go he took in a deep breath to make up for what had been lost during the kiss. He gazed down at her drawn up into his lap, passed out, resting her head on his shoulder, her brilliant white hair mingling with his ebony tresses.
"You needn't worry about Youko hating you... He likes you well enough... Enough to come after you, even if it's just because you're a pretty thing..." Kuronue whispered, gently wrapping his arms around Liei and standing up. On his way out, he took his scythe and laid it neatly on the ground in front of Kurama's door, the one the strange scene between the youkai and human had developed right across from.
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Yusuke knocked on Rei's door again. He'd been knocking on this door for well over five minutes and she still hadn't answered. He tried turning the doorknob to let himself in, but found it locked. He turned around, then stepped back from the door and pointed his finger toward the center.
"Oh, PLEASE don't let anyone hear this!" he whispered before he yelled, "SPIRIT GUN!!!"
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Hiei suddenly woke, entirely due to the door flying off its hinges and sailing into the couch. He got up, leant Rei against the back of the couch and turned again to see Yusuke standing in the doorway, rubbing a hand on the back of his head.
"Oops... Uh, sorry Rei... What the-?! HIEI!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! AND WHERE THE HELL IS YOUR SHIRT?!?!?" (8)
Hiei smiled and looked around, knowing his shirt had to be around this apartment somewhere. He would have known he'd be tired after the transfer and that he wouldn't feel like moving much. Then he spotted it on the back of a kitchen chair. He pointed.
"There it is. And here..." he said, holding up his bandana. "Is the good ol' friend that covers my jagan."
Yusuke stared at Hiei. He wasn't surprised Hiei's bandana was off; He didn't like having to hide his jagan. He was more surprised by the amount of blood spread over Hiei's forehead. It wasn't a huge splash of blood, but it was enough to make Yusuke think it strange.
"Where... Where's Rei?"
"Right here." Hiei answer pulling Rei up form behind the couch by her collar. Yusuke's eyes narrowed. He walked over to Hiei, bent down slightly to look at Rei then stood up. He looked down at Hiei, who was gazing up with innocent ruby eyes.
"Why is her energy different now Hiei? And why can I smell blood on her?" Yusuke asked under his breath. Hiei tried his absolute best to look blank, but something must have given him away...
"You... OOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're in so much TROUBLE Hiei! You broke a LAW!!!" (9)
"It's not the first time I've broken a law, Yusuke."
"You mean you've had s-"
"NO YOU MORON!!! I DIDN'T CLAIM HER AS MY MATE!!! (10) I MADE HER HAVE A JAGAN! SEE!?!" Hiei yelled, pulling off the bandana he'd put on Rei's forehead to reveal that it was also bloodstained.
Then the worst thing of all happened. Rei woke up. And she was still suspended in midair by her shirt collar.
"Wha... What happened?" she mused, looking first at Yusuke, then the door lying on the couch (11), and then at Hiei, who was still shirtless.
"Hiei... Where's your shirt? Did you not like it? How much Martial Arts DO you do anyway?" she questioned, looking over him. Hiei smiled.
'Might as well confess Hiei... She's gonna kill ya if ya don't... And you'll have lotsa explaining to do if you're gone one night...' his jagan sighed, still closed to avoid as much attention as possible when surrounded by spatters of blood.
"Well Rei... Earlier when you saw me standing in the middle of those flames... And the reason I knew what you were thinking in the hallway after Shuuichi and Liei kissed... It's because I'm a demon... A fire demon and I got this third eye, my jagan, implanted..."
"You've already told me that Hiei. Just answer my questions."
"Um... Ok... I'll start with the shirt... It's over the back of the kitchen chair. I do like it and believe me, I do a lot more Martial Arts than you think I do. I'm a Reikai Tantei and..." Hiei drifted off, looking at Yusuke.
"No, Yusuke... It won't go back on the hinges that way..."
"What are you now Hiei!? A door repairer guy!?!" Yusuke yelled from the doorway. Rei tapped Hiei's shoulder quickly to get his attention.
"I don't know you, but I really find it necessary to breathe..." she whispered. Hiei just stood there, not understanding what she meant.
"You can put her down anytime now Hiei." Kurama called from the doorway, which still happened to be door less. He was swinging a strangely shaped bag from his left hand and carried a black rose in the other.
"Kurama! What are you doing here!?!" Yusuke questioned from the kitchen, making some hot chocolate despite the fact that it was nearly pitch black inside the house.
"Ku... Kurama?! I thought his name was Shuuichi!!!" Rei said as loudly as possible without having air. She looked up at Hiei. "Are you going to put me down and explain this or not?"
Yusuke looked at Hiei in astonishment, leaning on the still not in its right place door.
"You told her you were a demon, but you didn't tell her you're a Reikai Tantei?"
"Of course I told her I'm a Tantei. I just mentioned it less than three minutes ago."
"Forget that!!! Just.Tell.Me.What.In.Seven.Hells.Is.Going.ON!!!" Rei yelled startling all of them. Hiei swiftly pointed as Kurama.
"He explains."
"What?! Hiei! He's a PANSY BOY FROM FRANCE AND HE PRACTICALLY MADE OUT WITH LIEI IN THE SCHOOL HALLWAY!!!"
Silence. Lots of silence. Lots and lots of silence. It's quiet. Really quiet. Really really quiet. Way too quiet. This is awkward for Kurama, huh person? Yes, I'm addressing you. You as in the person reading this paragraph. Or should I say, this exceptionally quiet paragraph? Now... Let's have some noise, other than the guy sleeping upstairs!!!
"WHAT THE HELL!? KURAMA!!! YOU KNOW THE RULES!!! NO RELATIONSHIPS WITH HUMANS!!!" Yusuke shouted, waving his hands wildly above his head. Kurama sweat dropped and stepped back nervously.
(Rei's thought's in Yusuke's 'no relationships with humans' line; "What the hell is he talking about?! Is he a vampire or something? Eep... What if they're all psycho vampires out to get me!?! VAMPIRES ARE SCARY!!! MOMMY!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
"It was just one kiss, Yusuke..."
"BUT YOU STILL KISSED HER!!! AND YOU NOT ONLY BROKE REIKAI RULES, BUT SCHOOL RULES TOO! NO PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION IN SCHOOL! THAT MEANS NO MAKING OUT ALL ROMANTIC LIKE!!!"
"The kitsune made me do it though!"
'Yeah... Blame the innocent little oh so very loving and caring kitsune!' Youko mock sobbed inside Kurama's head.
'Oh, and as a note to that last comment Shuuichi... You're lying. I wasn't even attracted to her then. You kissed her on your own free will. I wasn't attracted until you started kissing her... Ah... What have I become?! Interested in humans... But a hot human at least...' Youko added in a very bored tone.
"LIKELY STORY FOX-BOY!"
"Well, how come you and Hiei are exceptions to the rules?"
"Huh?"
"You and Hiei are demons, but I'm the one getting in trouble. Hiei kissed Rei several times (12), and Yusuke is Raizen's heir, in other words half demon, and he's with Keiko."
Hiei felt blush creeping up his cheeks and sweat trickle down the back of his neck. How'd Kurama know? How'd he know he'd kissed Rei more than once?!
"Shuuichi..."
"Yes Rei?"
"Why'd you say 'the kitsune made me do it'? Did Liei's pet fox make you kiss her?"
"Well, Rei, in a previous lifetime I was a kitsune, Youko, the greatest known thief o all the Makai. Now I'm pretty much two people in one body, except when Youko takes over and causes me to change into my demon form, which is Youko's true form and he has all the control."
"You're a fox..."
"Yes Rei. I'm a demonic fox and my name is Kurama."
"You're dating Liei..."
"Yes Rei."
"Liei's dating a fox... I despise foxes... HOLY SHIT!!! LIEI'S DATING A DAMN FOX AND I HATE EFFIN' FOXES!!!"
Kurama nervously excused his self from the room while Rei was forcefully subdued and tied to a chair by Hiei with some help from his jagan.
"I HATE foxes... And my previous best friend is dating one... Dammit..." Rei muttered, staring at Hiei as he made his way around the room, grabbed a pillow and sat next to her, leaning close to the tied up girl.
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Kurama closed the door to Liei's room and looked around, not sure if there would be anything lying out that was... Unmentionable... But thankfully there were no such things, so he deemed it safe to explore and began by looking under the bed. The floor was entirely dust bunny free.
'This is the most blue I've ever seen in a place this small...' Youko remarked, still shaken up by Rei's reaction to Shuuichi's being a fox demon.
"Kurama?" Yusuke asked through the wooden painted pure white door.
"Can I come in? You never did answer my question as to why you showed up here."
"Sure Yusuke... Just watch out for Scylla behind the door."
"Scylla? Isn't that that cursed naiad with like six heads, twelve legs ect that lives under a rock next to Charybdis? Why is Scylla here?"
Kurama paused, wondering how Yusuke happened to know about Scylla and Charybdis, but decided not to. He'd write it down later in a special journal he kept called 'The Brightest Dim Moments of Yusuke Urameshi and Kazuma Kuwabara'. It was very good for a laugh. He'd have to publish it one day.
(If I'm in a good mood, I'll actually write a story called that. Don't count on it for a while though.)
"No, Scylla isn't behind the door Yusuke... Just come in..." Kurama groaned, trying to cover up how impatient he really was.
Yusuke stepped in, looked around nervously then walked in all the way, deciding that something with twelve long tentacles for arms would have grabbed and eaten him by now. Kurama yawned and sat down on Liei's bed, twirling a rose between his fingers.
"So... Why'd you come here Kurama?"
"I was looking for Liei. Youko told me he heard her outside and to wait for her to come ring the doorbell but she never did... Youko said he may have heard something else and when I came out to look for her I nearly stepped on this..." he said, pulling a crescent shaped scythe out of the bag he'd been carrying with him.
Yusuke stared, watching as an immensely long frosty clear rope kept on coming and coming out of the bag. Then when the end finally came, Yusuke briefly glanced over the metal point, almost like a spear tip but more decorative, at the end of the rope then looked back at Kurama.
"Was... That supposed to mean anything in particular?"
"Yusuke... Don't you know who this belongs to?"
"You."
"No... Whoever owned it before they left it in front of my door."
"Um... Uh... No."
"I guess I should tell you... Back when I, as in Youko, existed in the Makai, I had a partner in my crimes. The man's name was Kuronue, a relatively powerful demon that used scythes like these as his main weapon. He was also skilled in basic hypnotism which he used a special necklace he always wore to perform..." Kurama said, drifting off and running his finger over the scythe blade. Yusuke looked impatient and was giving the kitsune the,'Yes? Go on.' look.
"So what does Kuronue have to do with all this? Is he trying to find you again or something?"
"He was supposed to have been killed, Yusuke. He was caught and I wanted to help him and started back to but he told me to go on... That he wasn't worth both of us getting killed for... I mourned his death afterwards when I found his remains... He'd been impaled with many bamboo spears and his blood soaked the grass all around him... I could have sword he was dead... I guess that somehow, he survived..." the redhead said, his voice fading to a whisper as he swung the scythe back and forth in long arcs.
"Oh goodie. Now I know practically everything to know about this Kuronue dude who's supposed to be dead. But this still doesn't make sense. Were you trying to make a point or something?"
"I don't know how you're still alive..."
"Shuddup fox-boy or next time I see you I'll cut off that damn tail of yours! Weeeeeeeeelll... Let's go check on the lovebirds."
It was Kurama's turn to be confused.
"Lovebirds?"
"Yeah! You know, Rei and Hiei? They might be all soap opera-y cause they don't think we're listening! Kinda like,'Oh, Hiei... I... Will you please marry me?' 'I'm sorry but I can't Rei... I'm a demon and I've had three billion affairs.'"
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At this point, Hiei and Rei, who were listening by the door, both were stunned/horrified. Rei turned to Hiei to see that his ruby eyes were wide and staring blankly at...
"YOU----"
"OUCH! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"
"YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE A SICKO!"
"You thought that... What Yusuke is saying in there... Is true?" Hiei said with a snicker.
"DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH AT ME!"
At this point Rei's words were entirely pointless. Even if Hiei had had huge ears he wouldn't have heard a single syllable of Rei's shouting due to the fits of laughter he was in. In fact Rei couldn't help but think that he might be having a seizure.
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"'What!? You #_@Q*$^#@O*)^#*%&*$^%!!!' And then she chops him up into tiny bits! And then she-"
"Yusuke..."
"SHE BURIES THE BODY OF POOR DECEASED PARTIALLY CREMATED HIEI IN THE SHINY PORCELAIN BATHROOM TOILET-"
"Yusuke... Get a hold of yourself..."
"POLICE COME ZOOMING DOWN THE LANE, WAKING UP PEOPLE EVERYWHERE AND PISSING THEM OFF! IGNORING THE SHOUTS OF 'TURN OFF THOSE %@&#(^%&# SIRENS AND LET SOME DECENT PEOPLE GET SOME DECENT SLEEP!' THEY GET OUT A MEGAPHONE! THEIR SIRENS STILL BLARE LOUDLY AND DRAMATICALLY IN THE BACKGROUND!"
"Yusuke... Please... Stop yelling... You're giving me a migraine..."
"-- YOU'RE IN THERE! COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP YOU PSYCHOPATHIC- NEGLECTED-CHILD-FREAK-OF-NATURE-HOMICIDAL GIRL!"
"SHUT UP NOW!" Kurama finally yelling, accidentally losing control and letting Youko surface in the process. Yusuke looked dumbfounded, still holding a lampshade in front of his mouth for a megaphone.
"I... Got a tad carried away didn't I?"
"Just a little..." Youko growled, laying down on the bed and burying his face in a pillow.
"YOU CALLED ME A HOMICIDAL-NEGLECTED-FREAK-OF-NATURE-PSYCHOPATHIC GIRL! YOU LEFT OUT PYROMANIAC!" Rei screamed, punching Yusuke in the stomach. Hiei stood calmly next to the door, observing the brutal beating Yusuke was being paid by Rei. He also made a mental note that read somewhere along these lines;
Do NOT at ANY cost ANGER REI in ANY way WHATSOEVER! If you plan on doing so, the hospital is just a phone call away. Reserve a room before hand. Thank you.
His little secretary of his mind smiled and waved her notepad at him before poofing out of his vision. Then he noticed that Youko was biting the edge of the pillow, which he assumed was Liei's saying that the entire room smelled like her.
"Uh... Youko?" Hiei questioned nervously.
"Why are you biting the pillow?"
to be continued...
(Don't kill me! This is eleven pages long!!!)
Um... Yeah, I'm alive peeps. Just had three billion homework assignments... And I got writing happy in the rough drafts for this... And didn't edit too much... LINE CHALLENGES PLEASE!!! I need stuff for chapter 9!!! And this IS NOT the final copy!!! Oh, yes! How could I forget! FOOTNOTES!!!
1) Wink, wink, nudge, bludgeoning. ^^
2) Naughty Kurama! You've been a very naughty boy!
3) Are we thinking of the same Youko?!
4) No Duh
5) So he's NOT immune to everything!
6) -_- panic... run... now
7) Ah... The power of love... The special bond between a man... and his hat...
8) ...Awkward moment...
9) - - whoop-did-dee-di-doo-da-doop-de-dah
10) O.o
11)Rei: WHY DO YALL LIKE KNOCKIN DOWN MY DOOR?!
12) Rei: Did I miss something here? Last I remember, it was once.