Before I get started: I don't own "Cry Little Sister" and I can't remember who sings it, but there is an awesome music video I downloaded by:
Chapter Three:
The Secret's Out
"Everyone is gone again…This sucks. At least I have my guitar, and my sound system is coming tomorrow. Wish I could get some money for food, CDs, and a job so I could pay off Hiei. But what would I do?" she thought aloud. Kuroko stood and went for a walk. After all, she had been playing for two hours.
"Tuesday…" she sighed. "I hope the weekends are more exciting. Hey, was that Hiei? And I'm talking to myself!! Ahh! What is wrong with me?!" She pounded on her head a few times, and ran after Hiei. She saw him walk into Hallmark. 'Why's he going in here?' Kuroko thought.
She pretended to be looking at a magazine in the store across from Hallmark. Kuroko began to feel guilty about spying on him like this, even though, she normally wouldn't've thought twice about it.
***
Hiei was looking at a rack of stuffed animals. Stuffed dragons, if you want to get specific. He spotted a black one with flames. 'She'd like this…Oh shit, I still have to call that place."
Hiei took the stuffed dragon to the counter for the cashier to ring up. Hiei quickly rushed out of the store once he had finished his purchase to go use the pay phone. He found the number in the phone book and dialed it. While he was waiting for someone to pick up, he had to give many people death glares for staring at him and the Hallmark bag with the dragon.
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(A/N: I know I'm evil, but I'm not gonna tell you why he's calling this 'place'. You will just have to read and find out.)
Kuroko was in no hurry so she window-shopped for awhile. The teenager didn't buy anything, just browsed. After about an hour of this, she headed for home, well, Yusuke's house.
As soon as she entered the house, she ran into the garage. Kuroko was surprised to find the sound system set up, and a stuffed dragon sitting on top of one of the speakers. She was too shocked to do anything but gape, open-mouthed. She walked into the backyard. Hiei was probably up a tree. "Hiei!! If you're in one of those trees, get your ass down here!!"
And so he was. He leapt down and walked over. "What?" he snapped.
"Thank you."
"Hn."
"Come on," she said, as she began to drag him by the wrist into the garage.
"For what?"
"To listen, see how good it is."
"Fine." He now walked some-what willingly, behind her into the now recording studio. They walked inside and sat.
"You didn't have to do this," Kuroko stated.
"Do what?"
"This," she replied pointing at the system and dragon.
"It wasn't a big deal."
"Why did you do this?" she questioned.
"I don't know."
"No. For real."
"I really don't know. I just did."
"Not telling a person who should know, just like with Yukina." Hiei glared at her.
"Shut up. How'd you know anyways?"
"The show."
"Right."
"Why haven't you told her?"
"Told who?"
"Don't play dumb with me. Why haven't you told Yukina about her being your sister?"
"She'd be ashamed with me," Hiei mumbled. He was really getting fed up with her. She was prying too far, and he knew she'd yell her head off if he didn't reply. "I was an assassin, a thief. What's there not to be ashamed of? She'd hate me."
"No, she wouldn't. Yukina is too nice for that. She'd love you. At first she might be upset that you hadn't told her sooner, but that would eventually go away."
"Whatever."
"Tell her."
"What?!" Hiei stood up.
"You know what I said. Tell her."
"How would I?"
"Ask to speak to her in private, and just say,'Yukina, I'm your brother,' and she'd know."
"…"
"Lemme guess. You don't think you have the guts to tell it to her face. I have an idea. I know this song, called, Cry Little Sister, and it fits you two perfectly. Record it on a CD and tell her at the end of it."
"I. Don't. Sing."
"You do now, and I'll sing, too, if it'll help."
"Fine." Kuroko popped in a CD into the CD player; the one that has Cry Little Sister, but it's an instrumental version, and then she put a blank one in.
"The lyrics are right here, and I'll cue you." She began to play on her guitar, she had memorized how to play it. She liked the song that much. Here is how it went:
Kuroko: Last fire will rise/ Behind those eyes/ Black house will rock
Both: Blind boys don't lie
Hiei: Immortal fear/ That voice so clear/ Through broken walls
Both: That scream I hear// Cry little sister
Hiei: Come, come to your brother
Both: Unchain me sister
Hiei: Love is with your brother
Kuroko: The masquerade/ strangers will come/ When will they learn
Both: This loneliness
Hiei: Temptation heat/ Beats like a drum/ Deep in your veins
Both: I will not lie, to little sister
Hiei: Come, come to your brother
Both: Unchain me sister
Hiei: Love is with your brother
Hiei: My shangrila/ I can't forget/ Why you were mine/ I need you now
Both: Cry Little Sister
Hiei: Come, come to your brother
Both: Unchain me sister
Hiei: Love is with your brother
Both: Cry Little Sister
Hiei: Come, come to your brother
Both: Unchain me sister
Hiei: Love is with your brother
Both: Cry Little Sister
At the end of the song, Kuroko left the room, and left Hiei do his thing. He said, "Yukina, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I'm your brother. I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would hate me. I love you, sister."
Kuroko hit the "End Recording" button, and smiled. "Now, that wasn't so bad, was it?"
"Hn. Shut up."
"Fine, but you'll thank me later." She smiled and put the Cd into a case. On it she wrote: To: Yukina, From: Hiei. She rushed over to Kuwabara's. That's where she went lately in her free time. She found Yukina and Kuwabara sitting on Kuwabara's front porch. "Yukina!!"
"Yes?" Yukina stood up and received the Cd that Kuroko was holding out. "What's this?"
"It's a Cd. I'm sure Kuwabara has a Cd player. But don't let anyone but you hear it. Okay?"
"A Cd? Fine."
"Kuwabara can help you set it up. But he can not hear it." Yukina turned and went into the house with Kuwabara, who returned shortly.
"What are you still doing here?" Kuwabara asked, stupidly.
"Got nothing better to do, and I wanna hear her reaction. Got a problem with it?"
"No."
"Alright, then." Kuwabara and Kuroko sat on the bench for about five minutes waiting for Yukina. She finally came out, crying, but she had a smile on her face.
"Where is he? Where is Hiei?" she asked.
"I dunno. Why're you crying?" Kuroko replied.
"I'm just so happy. I can be with my brother and end my search. I just wish he told me sooner."
Hiei jumped off of Kuwabara's roof. "I'm right here."
"Oh, Hiei!" Yukina said. She ran over and hugged him tightly. He returned the gesture, and said, "I love you, Yukina."
"I love you, too, Hiei." Kuroko just smiled, and Kuwabara was still dumbfounded that his Yukina was Shorty's sister.
"Hey! It's three! How 'bout we go tell everyone the good news?!" Kuroko exclaimed.
"Okay!" Yukina squealed. All four of them walked to Yusuke's.
***
Yukina knocked on Yusuke's door. He opened the door, and saw Yukina, Kuroko, Kuwabara, and Hiei standing there, so he said, "Hey! 'Sup?"
"A lot, but would you let us in so we could tell everyone the good news? And is everyone here?" Kuroko responded.
"Sure thing. Come on in." He stepped aside so they could enter his home. The group automatically found seats on the couch and various places on the floor. Surprisingly, Yukina wasn't sitting with Kuwabara in front of the television; she was sitting to the left of Hiei, who was sitting to the left of Kuroko. Kuroko whispered to Hiei, "Kurama, Botan, and Shizuru aren't here. We'll have to wait. Are they even coming today?"
"I dunno, we could ask Yusuke to call them."
"Whatever." She walked over to Yusuke, who was seated next to Kuwabara watching MTV: Cribs, and bent over to whisper in his ear. "Can you get Kurama, Botan, and Shizuru over here soon?"
"Kurama will be here soon. He's probably stopped by his house. Shizuru is due over anytime, and Botan is late. Why?"
"You'll find out soon enough."