Chickenpox
By: Agent Dark Moose
Rating: PG-13
Summary: When Yusuke and Kuwabara drag Kurama and an unwilling Hiei to the arcade, Hiei catches a terrible disease. That disease is . . . the chickenpox? (oO;)
Disclaimer: YYH does not belong to me, ok? Get off my back! (However, I do own the Nauso Flower.)
~Guide~
~+~ Location Change
*** Time change
_. . ._ Emphasized
~*+*~ Time AND Location Change
Chapter Six: The Nauso Flower
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From the Top: One again, I have to say thank you to Baka Gothic Kitsune for pointing out my idiotic spelling error in Chapter 5. I was spelling 'losing' with two o's. Stupid spell/grammar check; I'll have to repost that chapter. X_X; Jeez, BGK, I have no idea what I'd do without you! You're my hero! ^^;
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"He's dying, Yusuke. We're losing him."
A deep silence fell in the room. Kuwabara made a kind of choking noise while Yusuke just starred at Hiei's motionless body.
"You're lying." the raven-haired Spirit Detective whispered, breaking the silence.
"Does it look like I am, Yusuke?! Look at him! He clearly does not just have some ningen disease! Hiei's temperature is close to 110! Think about it!" Kurama yelled after a slight pause. He felt his eyes water, but he fought back the tears.
After another pause, Kuwabara spoke up as he wiped his eyes with his arm. "I know that we don't get along very well, but life would become very dull for me if the shrimp kicked the bucket."
Yusuke looked at his two depressed friends. "Guys, Hiei's not dead yet! There might be a way to save him!"
"How do you suppose we do that, Yusuke?! Youkai aren't-" Kurama started to shout, but Yusuke cut him off.
"Yeah, yeah, youkai aren't supposed to get the chickenpox. But that doesn't mean that there isn't a cure for it somewhere in Makai!" Yusuke said. "Kurama, you're the expert on demon plants. Think; is there any kind of plant that would save someone from death or a severe disease?"
The kitsune fell silent as he thought about it. "There is, but it's very rare and valuable, and if any demon had it, they would defend it with their lives."
"What's the name of it?" Kuwabara asked.
"The Nauso Flower. [1]" Kurama replied.
Yusuke turned to leave. "Then it's settled. We'll have to go to Makai and find that plant before Hiei dies."
The fox shook his head. "I'm not leaving him."
Yusuke nodded in understanding. "That's fine, Kurama. Kuwabara and I will just stop by the Spirit World to grab a book about the plants of Makai."
"Are you sure that you'll know how to read it?" Kurama taunted, grinning.
"Very funny." Yusuke said, and the two humans walked out of the room and left the house.
***
Later that night, Kurama was sitting next to Hiei on the bed, his legs propped up in the chair he usually sat in. Every forty-five minutes he would check Hiei's temperature, only to find that it had increased since the last time he took it.
Kurama was shaken from his thoughts when he heard a hacking sound. The fox looked over at his friend to see that Hiei was coughing up large amounts of blood. Kurama gasped, and grabbed Hiei. He pulled his friend over to himself, propping the shorter youkai against himself.
"Please, Kami, help him stop . . ." Kurama prayed out loud, hoping with every ounce of his soul that it would work as he hugged Hiei's warm body.
Remarkably, it did, because Hiei stopped a minute later. He looked up and saw Kurama's watery green eyes starring back at him.
"Kurama?" Hiei asked in a croaky voice.
"Hai, Hiei?" Kurama responded quietly.
Hiei looked away. "Gomen nasai."
"For what?" the fox asked.
"For yelling at you like that. You were just trying to help." the three- eyed youkai replied.
"It's alright. It was both of our faults. I'm sorry, too." Kurama whispered, smiling.
Hiei looked back up at his friend. "Thank you, Kurama."
A moment of silence passed between the two as they smiled at each other. Kurama finally broke it.
"Promise me one thing Hiei . . . Don't leave me."
Hiei's grin slowly faded. "I can't promise anything right now, fox. Sorry, again."
"I understand." Kurama replied.
And the two slowly fell asleep like that, with Kurama propped up against the wall and Hiei in his arms. [2]
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~Spirit World~
"Thanks, pacifier breath." Yusuke told the demigod as he handed him the book.
Koenma frowned. "Just make sure that you don't get killed in the process, Yusuke."
Yusuke grinned. "Have I ever done that before?"
Koenma fell out of his chair.
***
Yusuke and Kuwabara landed in a small dog pile after they were thrown out of the portal that Koenma had opened. Like usual, Kuwabara was on the bottom.
"You know, I'm really getting tired of the taste of dirt and grass." Kuwabara muttered as he dusted himself off.
Yusuke grinned. "Ok, now to find that Nauso Flower!"
"Koenma said that it would be somewhere in this area, right?" Kuwabara asked.
"Yep. Well, at least this was the most recent area in which one was to be found." Yusuke replied.
Kuwabara starred at his raven-haired friend. "Yusuke, you sounded like Kurama when you said that!"
Yusuke looked shocked. "I'm getting smart!"
The two friends shared a laugh, but stopped when they heard a sound from a clearing that was just ahead of them.
"What do you think it is?" Kuwabara asked.
"Um . . . maybe a youkai?" Yusuke said sarcastically, and Kuwabara frowned.
The two silently walked over to the edge of the clearing, and saw a wolf youkai standing in the middle of it. There was something shining in his hand.
"I've finally found one . . . a Nauso Flower . . ." the demon was saying.
'Piece of cake.' Yusuke thought, and he readied his Spirit Gun. 'It won't take very much energy to kill him.'
Kuwabara saw what his best friend was doing, so he didn't take out his Spirit Sword.
Apparently, the wolf youkai was even stupider than Kuwabara, seeing as he didn't even notice the energy as Yusuke prepared to fire. When he did see Yusuke, it was too late.
The wolf dropped the flower in surprise, assuring Yusuke that the blast wouldn't destroy the flower also.
"SPIRIT GUN!" he cried, and the energy he had been charging up was released from his finger. It flew towards the youkai, and made a direct hit, dissolving its target.
Yusuke ran into the clearing and picked up the flower carefully. "I hope this will save Hiei . . ."
Kuwabara ran up next to him. "I'm sure it will, Yusuke."
Yusuke and Kuwabara went back to the portal, the former still not reassured.
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A/N: Wow, wasn't that confusing and downright horrible? ^^; Please, don't blame me. I had to rush this chapter because it's my brother's birthday party today, (January 4), and my relatives have already started to arrive. o.o; Gomen!
[1] = The word 'nauso' means 'to restore to health' in Japanese, so the title fits.
[2] = No, nothing happened between them, you sick perverts who had that thought in their mind! I don't right yaoi - only shonen-ai. Check my bio for more on this topic. (I also despise lemons and limes. uu;)
Happy New Year, faithful readers! ^^
~Agent Dark Moose
By: Agent Dark Moose
Rating: PG-13
Summary: When Yusuke and Kuwabara drag Kurama and an unwilling Hiei to the arcade, Hiei catches a terrible disease. That disease is . . . the chickenpox? (oO;)
Disclaimer: YYH does not belong to me, ok? Get off my back! (However, I do own the Nauso Flower.)
~Guide~
~+~ Location Change
*** Time change
_. . ._ Emphasized
~*+*~ Time AND Location Change
Chapter Six: The Nauso Flower
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the Top: One again, I have to say thank you to Baka Gothic Kitsune for pointing out my idiotic spelling error in Chapter 5. I was spelling 'losing' with two o's. Stupid spell/grammar check; I'll have to repost that chapter. X_X; Jeez, BGK, I have no idea what I'd do without you! You're my hero! ^^;
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"He's dying, Yusuke. We're losing him."
A deep silence fell in the room. Kuwabara made a kind of choking noise while Yusuke just starred at Hiei's motionless body.
"You're lying." the raven-haired Spirit Detective whispered, breaking the silence.
"Does it look like I am, Yusuke?! Look at him! He clearly does not just have some ningen disease! Hiei's temperature is close to 110! Think about it!" Kurama yelled after a slight pause. He felt his eyes water, but he fought back the tears.
After another pause, Kuwabara spoke up as he wiped his eyes with his arm. "I know that we don't get along very well, but life would become very dull for me if the shrimp kicked the bucket."
Yusuke looked at his two depressed friends. "Guys, Hiei's not dead yet! There might be a way to save him!"
"How do you suppose we do that, Yusuke?! Youkai aren't-" Kurama started to shout, but Yusuke cut him off.
"Yeah, yeah, youkai aren't supposed to get the chickenpox. But that doesn't mean that there isn't a cure for it somewhere in Makai!" Yusuke said. "Kurama, you're the expert on demon plants. Think; is there any kind of plant that would save someone from death or a severe disease?"
The kitsune fell silent as he thought about it. "There is, but it's very rare and valuable, and if any demon had it, they would defend it with their lives."
"What's the name of it?" Kuwabara asked.
"The Nauso Flower. [1]" Kurama replied.
Yusuke turned to leave. "Then it's settled. We'll have to go to Makai and find that plant before Hiei dies."
The fox shook his head. "I'm not leaving him."
Yusuke nodded in understanding. "That's fine, Kurama. Kuwabara and I will just stop by the Spirit World to grab a book about the plants of Makai."
"Are you sure that you'll know how to read it?" Kurama taunted, grinning.
"Very funny." Yusuke said, and the two humans walked out of the room and left the house.
***
Later that night, Kurama was sitting next to Hiei on the bed, his legs propped up in the chair he usually sat in. Every forty-five minutes he would check Hiei's temperature, only to find that it had increased since the last time he took it.
Kurama was shaken from his thoughts when he heard a hacking sound. The fox looked over at his friend to see that Hiei was coughing up large amounts of blood. Kurama gasped, and grabbed Hiei. He pulled his friend over to himself, propping the shorter youkai against himself.
"Please, Kami, help him stop . . ." Kurama prayed out loud, hoping with every ounce of his soul that it would work as he hugged Hiei's warm body.
Remarkably, it did, because Hiei stopped a minute later. He looked up and saw Kurama's watery green eyes starring back at him.
"Kurama?" Hiei asked in a croaky voice.
"Hai, Hiei?" Kurama responded quietly.
Hiei looked away. "Gomen nasai."
"For what?" the fox asked.
"For yelling at you like that. You were just trying to help." the three- eyed youkai replied.
"It's alright. It was both of our faults. I'm sorry, too." Kurama whispered, smiling.
Hiei looked back up at his friend. "Thank you, Kurama."
A moment of silence passed between the two as they smiled at each other. Kurama finally broke it.
"Promise me one thing Hiei . . . Don't leave me."
Hiei's grin slowly faded. "I can't promise anything right now, fox. Sorry, again."
"I understand." Kurama replied.
And the two slowly fell asleep like that, with Kurama propped up against the wall and Hiei in his arms. [2]
~+~
~Spirit World~
"Thanks, pacifier breath." Yusuke told the demigod as he handed him the book.
Koenma frowned. "Just make sure that you don't get killed in the process, Yusuke."
Yusuke grinned. "Have I ever done that before?"
Koenma fell out of his chair.
***
Yusuke and Kuwabara landed in a small dog pile after they were thrown out of the portal that Koenma had opened. Like usual, Kuwabara was on the bottom.
"You know, I'm really getting tired of the taste of dirt and grass." Kuwabara muttered as he dusted himself off.
Yusuke grinned. "Ok, now to find that Nauso Flower!"
"Koenma said that it would be somewhere in this area, right?" Kuwabara asked.
"Yep. Well, at least this was the most recent area in which one was to be found." Yusuke replied.
Kuwabara starred at his raven-haired friend. "Yusuke, you sounded like Kurama when you said that!"
Yusuke looked shocked. "I'm getting smart!"
The two friends shared a laugh, but stopped when they heard a sound from a clearing that was just ahead of them.
"What do you think it is?" Kuwabara asked.
"Um . . . maybe a youkai?" Yusuke said sarcastically, and Kuwabara frowned.
The two silently walked over to the edge of the clearing, and saw a wolf youkai standing in the middle of it. There was something shining in his hand.
"I've finally found one . . . a Nauso Flower . . ." the demon was saying.
'Piece of cake.' Yusuke thought, and he readied his Spirit Gun. 'It won't take very much energy to kill him.'
Kuwabara saw what his best friend was doing, so he didn't take out his Spirit Sword.
Apparently, the wolf youkai was even stupider than Kuwabara, seeing as he didn't even notice the energy as Yusuke prepared to fire. When he did see Yusuke, it was too late.
The wolf dropped the flower in surprise, assuring Yusuke that the blast wouldn't destroy the flower also.
"SPIRIT GUN!" he cried, and the energy he had been charging up was released from his finger. It flew towards the youkai, and made a direct hit, dissolving its target.
Yusuke ran into the clearing and picked up the flower carefully. "I hope this will save Hiei . . ."
Kuwabara ran up next to him. "I'm sure it will, Yusuke."
Yusuke and Kuwabara went back to the portal, the former still not reassured.
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A/N: Wow, wasn't that confusing and downright horrible? ^^; Please, don't blame me. I had to rush this chapter because it's my brother's birthday party today, (January 4), and my relatives have already started to arrive. o.o; Gomen!
[1] = The word 'nauso' means 'to restore to health' in Japanese, so the title fits.
[2] = No, nothing happened between them, you sick perverts who had that thought in their mind! I don't right yaoi - only shonen-ai. Check my bio for more on this topic. (I also despise lemons and limes. uu;)
Happy New Year, faithful readers! ^^
~Agent Dark Moose
