-Life Without You-
-Disclaimer- I do not own YYH.
-Author's Notes- ^_^ Nothing to say, really.
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Kuronue brought the cup to his lips and sipped the contents. Cold tea. Lovely. He couldn't enjoy anything today. It had been two days since the encounter with the little fox. Youko was just as blunt as ever.
"Can I have warm tea for once?" He asked his partner. His emphasis on the word warm went unnoticed. Hiei came in, soaking wet and unhappy.
"I think we should stay here for tonight." He said emotionlessly.
"How bad is the weather?" Kuronue asked, slightly irritated. A crash of thunder sounded and a bright light lit the sky and the entrance to the cave. "Nevermind, that answers my question." He dumped the tea out and poured himself a fresh cup. He took a sip and savored the warm liquid.
"Just when we were supposed to rob Matsu's village." Youko finally spoke up. He was adjusting things around the cave to suit the comfort of the oncoming season. Autumn was coming on faster than they expected. Then it was winter. "I suppose we should really try to work around the weather."
"Work around it?" Hiei snorted. "Right."
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Botan sighed. Rain. Great. She was really looking forward to her night out. Her bright golden eyes watched the fire boredly. She had no one to talk to and nothing to do. She needed something to do. But what? She could always sit out in the rain. That worked. She poked the flaming pieces of wood with a stick and sighed. Sparks flew and the fire crackled. She listened to the rain hit the ground for a bit and almost fell asleep.
Her eyes flew open and she shivered. The fire had gone out and a clap of thunder had woken her up. She pulled her blanket over to herself and snuggled into it. Chilly. Cold. She needed warmth. Badly. Why did this have to be such a bad night? She stayed on the border of sleep and consiousness for about an hour. She blinked several times to try and get the blurriness from her vision. Fog was settling in her lair. Sheesh.. She closed her eyes and fought sleep no longer.
Botan woke up to water dripping and the sounds of.. nothing else. She sat up and looked around. She certainly felt a lot better. She guessed that it wasn't raining. Sighing, she got to work on setting a quick and easy fire to warm her numb hands. It was quite cold in her lair. The rain must've dropped the temperature. She went over her plan of raiding for that night, since she didn't do anything last night. She hoped the mud would dry up. Thats all she needed was to get herself caught and killed over a small matter such as slipping in the mud. Poking the fire, she recalled her odd meeting with Youko and his team mates. She was a loner and always was. Nothing was going to change that. Kuronue was nice, if only she took his flirting as humor and not as an annoyance. Youko was just as cold and rude as they say he was. Hiei.. she didn't know him but she could tell he was quite cold just by the looks of him. They were feared and their names were known by every demon and apparition in Makai. She poked the fire and realized that it was starting to die. She threw another block of wood on it.
"Feh." She muttered. Her eyes scanned the cave for anything that seemed out of place. Nothing. No intruders either, by the scent of it.
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Kuronue glared at Youko. The kitsune sat there laughing at him. Tea dripped off the ends of his hair.
"Youko, you just signed your death permit." He said icily. He started ringing his hair out and glaring and growling at Youko. Hiei had an evident smirk on his face. He got up and started toward the entrance of the cave.
"It was boring.. and you were just sitting there making that annoying sound."
"So you decided to make me wear it?"
"Yes." Kuronue continued to leave the cave with a huge scowl on his face.
"But it was so funny." Kuronue stopped and looked back at Youko. He then walked over and took the rest of the warm tea and poured it over his head. He laughed bitterly at the kitsune.
"You were right. It is funny." He then turned around and stalked out of the lair. Youko sat there, blinking. He then sighed and got up, glaring at Hiei, who chuckled.
"Too bad there isn't anymore for you." The kitsune said as he walked to the back of the lair and into another room where there was a stream and a small pond-sized lake that was connected to another stream. He washed himself off and wondered when his friend was going to come back.
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Kuronue muttered curses left and right as he walked to the river, soaking wet, but not with water. It just so happened that he wandered upon a familiar person. She was sitting under the same tree he and Youko had sat under when they met her. She was busy sewing herself something. He watched as she concentrated and used gentleness with the delicate fabric.
"Tea?" She asked, without stopping or turning around. He walked over to the river and jumped in. Youko had gotten his hair and his clothes. He came back out and shook some of the water off. The sun was just coming out from behind a cloud and it shined on the smooth surface of the water.
"Youko got bored and I happened to have some tea in my hand. But I got him back and did the same with what was left in the pot." He said, sitting next to her.
"It seems as though you took it badly." She bit her lip as she tied a knot. She looked up at him and put her work down. "I could hear you cursing before you even came through those trees."
"I didn't stay to see what he did. He probably washed himself off in the other room." Botan blinked.
"Other room?" She queried. "He has a water supply in his lair?"
"Yeah." He said, looking out over the water. She got back to her work and silence crept over them. "I didn't expect to see you here, little fox." She continued to sew.
"Well, I didn't expect anyone to come here and keep me company. Much less you." He caught the hint of sarcasm in her voice. "I expected to see Youko and have him insult me. I needed a verbal sparring partner."
"I could verbally spar with you, if you'd like." He smiled at her and she glanced at him.
"But you're not as cold and fun as him." She said with a smirk. She continued to sew.
"What are you makin'?" He asked, peeking over to see what it was.
"An outfit for myself. I only have a few." She pointed to the one she was wearing. "This is one I made a few weeks ago." He felt the fabric.
"Humans?"
"Well, I guess so." She shrugged. She threaded another needle and began work again.
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Botan had finished her outfit. She grinned when she tried it on. All black. A tight black tanktop with see-through black lace dropping down from it until it got to her belt, showing off her flat and newly tanned stomach, skin-tight pants and knee-high black boots that had a platform-type look to them. They gradually went up, without any space. She had a silver belt tied around her thin waist. Hidden in it were daggers, lockpicks, and small bombs. Her katana was slung across her back. She had two silvery-white bands covering her wrists. She also had a small bag attached to the belt that contained gems. Then she had a black bandana as her last feature. She was prepared for robbery. Sneaking out of her lair, she quietly raced through the dark woods. She was going to run all the way to the town, which was two miles away. She slid in, unnoticed. Carefully, yet swiftly, she ducked in and out of shadow. Her sharp, penetrating gaze caught sight of a light. She heard voices.
"Guards should be posted everywhere around here. We need to avoid being robbed, really." A male's voice said. Botan crept up under the window and listened, interested.
"I know. With our new shipments of money coming in, who knows what theives will attack?" Another man said. Botan grew bored of the conversation. Besides, she was wasting time. She slowly moved toward another home. Everyone was asleep, she noted. She picked one of her tools from her belt.
"I wonder what I should do.. blow it up, set it on fire, leave without destruction?" She decided that she'd spare the destruction if they had good enough riches. She walked inside and slid along the wall. Her golden eyes searched around for something. There. She found a door. She opened it and peeked inside. She saw two people in a bed, sleeping. Searching around the room, she found a dresser-type thing in the corner. She looked around on it and found some gold and silver in the first drawer. Perfect.
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Youko and Kuronue slowly moved in. This town was said to have a lot of rich, rude idiots. It wasn't that guarded. Youko braced himself and sprang up onto a roof. He landed as if he were nothing more than a shadow. He slowly looked around from atop his perch. Kuronue was sneaking in and out of houses. Youko jumped down and smirked. His bright golden eyes held mischief and mystery. This looked promising.
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Youko heard a sound to his left and opened one eye. A very familiar kitsune walked out of the woods. Botan looked at him and smirked. He looked extremely relaxed and lazy.
"Is Youko tired?" She noticed he had slight bags under his eyes. He opened the other eye and glared at her.
"No, I'm wide awake." She continued to stare at him. "As a matter of fact, I want peace and quiet in order to sleep."
"I'm not leaving." She commented. "In fact, I wanted a nice nap myself, so if you don't mind.." She sat down underneath a tree a little further to his left.
"Fine, as long as you're quiet."
"No, I snore." She said sarcastically. He snorted and smirked.
"Humor me."
"No." He shook his head and rested his head back against the trunk of the large tree. He was in complete happiness until she came along. Now, he was going to open his eyes every time he heard a noise. She shifted and he growled and looked over. "Don't growl at me, Youko. You have to behave yourself in order to relax."
"I can't relax if you're here."
"That's fine with me." She said, undisturbed. He glared at her.
"I'm sure it is." She snorted.
"Goddamn right it is. It doesn't bother me any." He frowned, his golden eyes narrowing.
"Flea-infested.." He trailed off, cursing her to hell.
"Good for me." She said sarcastically. "I hope your next robbery goes down the drain."
"As if I care." He said with a smirk. "Me and my team can beat any challenge."
"You're bluffing. Any challenge is way over your head." She laughed at the annoyed look on his face.
"No, liar. I'd like to see you rob a human blind in under thirty seconds." She smirked.
"I would but I need a human to do it." He stared at her.
"Are you a robber?"
"That's for me to know and you to.. not!" He glared at her when she laughed that bell-like laughter of hers.
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Well, that's it fer now.
Review!
-Disclaimer- I do not own YYH.
-Author's Notes- ^_^ Nothing to say, really.
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Kuronue brought the cup to his lips and sipped the contents. Cold tea. Lovely. He couldn't enjoy anything today. It had been two days since the encounter with the little fox. Youko was just as blunt as ever.
"Can I have warm tea for once?" He asked his partner. His emphasis on the word warm went unnoticed. Hiei came in, soaking wet and unhappy.
"I think we should stay here for tonight." He said emotionlessly.
"How bad is the weather?" Kuronue asked, slightly irritated. A crash of thunder sounded and a bright light lit the sky and the entrance to the cave. "Nevermind, that answers my question." He dumped the tea out and poured himself a fresh cup. He took a sip and savored the warm liquid.
"Just when we were supposed to rob Matsu's village." Youko finally spoke up. He was adjusting things around the cave to suit the comfort of the oncoming season. Autumn was coming on faster than they expected. Then it was winter. "I suppose we should really try to work around the weather."
"Work around it?" Hiei snorted. "Right."
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Botan sighed. Rain. Great. She was really looking forward to her night out. Her bright golden eyes watched the fire boredly. She had no one to talk to and nothing to do. She needed something to do. But what? She could always sit out in the rain. That worked. She poked the flaming pieces of wood with a stick and sighed. Sparks flew and the fire crackled. She listened to the rain hit the ground for a bit and almost fell asleep.
Her eyes flew open and she shivered. The fire had gone out and a clap of thunder had woken her up. She pulled her blanket over to herself and snuggled into it. Chilly. Cold. She needed warmth. Badly. Why did this have to be such a bad night? She stayed on the border of sleep and consiousness for about an hour. She blinked several times to try and get the blurriness from her vision. Fog was settling in her lair. Sheesh.. She closed her eyes and fought sleep no longer.
Botan woke up to water dripping and the sounds of.. nothing else. She sat up and looked around. She certainly felt a lot better. She guessed that it wasn't raining. Sighing, she got to work on setting a quick and easy fire to warm her numb hands. It was quite cold in her lair. The rain must've dropped the temperature. She went over her plan of raiding for that night, since she didn't do anything last night. She hoped the mud would dry up. Thats all she needed was to get herself caught and killed over a small matter such as slipping in the mud. Poking the fire, she recalled her odd meeting with Youko and his team mates. She was a loner and always was. Nothing was going to change that. Kuronue was nice, if only she took his flirting as humor and not as an annoyance. Youko was just as cold and rude as they say he was. Hiei.. she didn't know him but she could tell he was quite cold just by the looks of him. They were feared and their names were known by every demon and apparition in Makai. She poked the fire and realized that it was starting to die. She threw another block of wood on it.
"Feh." She muttered. Her eyes scanned the cave for anything that seemed out of place. Nothing. No intruders either, by the scent of it.
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Kuronue glared at Youko. The kitsune sat there laughing at him. Tea dripped off the ends of his hair.
"Youko, you just signed your death permit." He said icily. He started ringing his hair out and glaring and growling at Youko. Hiei had an evident smirk on his face. He got up and started toward the entrance of the cave.
"It was boring.. and you were just sitting there making that annoying sound."
"So you decided to make me wear it?"
"Yes." Kuronue continued to leave the cave with a huge scowl on his face.
"But it was so funny." Kuronue stopped and looked back at Youko. He then walked over and took the rest of the warm tea and poured it over his head. He laughed bitterly at the kitsune.
"You were right. It is funny." He then turned around and stalked out of the lair. Youko sat there, blinking. He then sighed and got up, glaring at Hiei, who chuckled.
"Too bad there isn't anymore for you." The kitsune said as he walked to the back of the lair and into another room where there was a stream and a small pond-sized lake that was connected to another stream. He washed himself off and wondered when his friend was going to come back.
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Kuronue muttered curses left and right as he walked to the river, soaking wet, but not with water. It just so happened that he wandered upon a familiar person. She was sitting under the same tree he and Youko had sat under when they met her. She was busy sewing herself something. He watched as she concentrated and used gentleness with the delicate fabric.
"Tea?" She asked, without stopping or turning around. He walked over to the river and jumped in. Youko had gotten his hair and his clothes. He came back out and shook some of the water off. The sun was just coming out from behind a cloud and it shined on the smooth surface of the water.
"Youko got bored and I happened to have some tea in my hand. But I got him back and did the same with what was left in the pot." He said, sitting next to her.
"It seems as though you took it badly." She bit her lip as she tied a knot. She looked up at him and put her work down. "I could hear you cursing before you even came through those trees."
"I didn't stay to see what he did. He probably washed himself off in the other room." Botan blinked.
"Other room?" She queried. "He has a water supply in his lair?"
"Yeah." He said, looking out over the water. She got back to her work and silence crept over them. "I didn't expect to see you here, little fox." She continued to sew.
"Well, I didn't expect anyone to come here and keep me company. Much less you." He caught the hint of sarcasm in her voice. "I expected to see Youko and have him insult me. I needed a verbal sparring partner."
"I could verbally spar with you, if you'd like." He smiled at her and she glanced at him.
"But you're not as cold and fun as him." She said with a smirk. She continued to sew.
"What are you makin'?" He asked, peeking over to see what it was.
"An outfit for myself. I only have a few." She pointed to the one she was wearing. "This is one I made a few weeks ago." He felt the fabric.
"Humans?"
"Well, I guess so." She shrugged. She threaded another needle and began work again.
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Botan had finished her outfit. She grinned when she tried it on. All black. A tight black tanktop with see-through black lace dropping down from it until it got to her belt, showing off her flat and newly tanned stomach, skin-tight pants and knee-high black boots that had a platform-type look to them. They gradually went up, without any space. She had a silver belt tied around her thin waist. Hidden in it were daggers, lockpicks, and small bombs. Her katana was slung across her back. She had two silvery-white bands covering her wrists. She also had a small bag attached to the belt that contained gems. Then she had a black bandana as her last feature. She was prepared for robbery. Sneaking out of her lair, she quietly raced through the dark woods. She was going to run all the way to the town, which was two miles away. She slid in, unnoticed. Carefully, yet swiftly, she ducked in and out of shadow. Her sharp, penetrating gaze caught sight of a light. She heard voices.
"Guards should be posted everywhere around here. We need to avoid being robbed, really." A male's voice said. Botan crept up under the window and listened, interested.
"I know. With our new shipments of money coming in, who knows what theives will attack?" Another man said. Botan grew bored of the conversation. Besides, she was wasting time. She slowly moved toward another home. Everyone was asleep, she noted. She picked one of her tools from her belt.
"I wonder what I should do.. blow it up, set it on fire, leave without destruction?" She decided that she'd spare the destruction if they had good enough riches. She walked inside and slid along the wall. Her golden eyes searched around for something. There. She found a door. She opened it and peeked inside. She saw two people in a bed, sleeping. Searching around the room, she found a dresser-type thing in the corner. She looked around on it and found some gold and silver in the first drawer. Perfect.
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Youko and Kuronue slowly moved in. This town was said to have a lot of rich, rude idiots. It wasn't that guarded. Youko braced himself and sprang up onto a roof. He landed as if he were nothing more than a shadow. He slowly looked around from atop his perch. Kuronue was sneaking in and out of houses. Youko jumped down and smirked. His bright golden eyes held mischief and mystery. This looked promising.
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Youko heard a sound to his left and opened one eye. A very familiar kitsune walked out of the woods. Botan looked at him and smirked. He looked extremely relaxed and lazy.
"Is Youko tired?" She noticed he had slight bags under his eyes. He opened the other eye and glared at her.
"No, I'm wide awake." She continued to stare at him. "As a matter of fact, I want peace and quiet in order to sleep."
"I'm not leaving." She commented. "In fact, I wanted a nice nap myself, so if you don't mind.." She sat down underneath a tree a little further to his left.
"Fine, as long as you're quiet."
"No, I snore." She said sarcastically. He snorted and smirked.
"Humor me."
"No." He shook his head and rested his head back against the trunk of the large tree. He was in complete happiness until she came along. Now, he was going to open his eyes every time he heard a noise. She shifted and he growled and looked over. "Don't growl at me, Youko. You have to behave yourself in order to relax."
"I can't relax if you're here."
"That's fine with me." She said, undisturbed. He glared at her.
"I'm sure it is." She snorted.
"Goddamn right it is. It doesn't bother me any." He frowned, his golden eyes narrowing.
"Flea-infested.." He trailed off, cursing her to hell.
"Good for me." She said sarcastically. "I hope your next robbery goes down the drain."
"As if I care." He said with a smirk. "Me and my team can beat any challenge."
"You're bluffing. Any challenge is way over your head." She laughed at the annoyed look on his face.
"No, liar. I'd like to see you rob a human blind in under thirty seconds." She smirked.
"I would but I need a human to do it." He stared at her.
"Are you a robber?"
"That's for me to know and you to.. not!" He glared at her when she laughed that bell-like laughter of hers.
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Well, that's it fer now.
Review!