Title: Needs of the Jagan Eye
Rating: PG-13 for cursing and suggested themes
Summary: Hiei's jagan eye has chosen a human to be his mate. Would he fulfill its wishes?
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Yu-Hakusho or anything related to that anime. Why must you torture me so!
Chapter Summary: After consoling once more, Hiei finally gets more into human courtship.
Author's note: Nothing to say...umm....that's a first timer. Hope you enjoy this chapter! I LOVE GETTING REVIEWS! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
Kurama's eyes slowly opened as his sharp ears picked up the sound of familiar tapping outside his window. Pushing a lump of stray strands of crimson hair from his face, he sat up and stretched his arms over his head. As he thought, Hiei stood on a tree limb, a menacing look upon his face. With a knowing smirk, Kurama stumbled out of bed and opened his window.
"I'm curious. Why must you always come at nightfall? I do have to wake up early to help my stepfather with his shop this weekend."
Hiei stepped in with his black cloak floating behind him. "Shut up Kurama. You know I could rip out that big mouth of yours anytime I want. Considering the circumstances, it doesn't sound like a bad idea right about now."
Kurama didn't take the threat seriously but gave a giant yawn, pretending to be half-asleep. "But without Yusuke's or Kuwabara's help, it'll be much harder to get her alone with you to begin with. -"
"Hn, a lot of good that did for me," Hiei muttered spitefully.
Kurama looked up with a mild expression of interest. "Explain." He leaned against his study table; palms place behind on the top of the oak desk and listened.
"It's been over two weeks," Hiei started with a note of impatience,âE? Her and I have been alone together every single day an hours at a time. Tonight, we happen to meet and I tried to kiss her. I was quickly rejected. She left without much of a goodbye." His face became distorted with disgust as he remembered the event.âE? Its an amazement how terribly idiotic it seems."
Kurama placed one of his hands on the end of his chin in a thoughtful gesture. "Are you sure she likes you enough to kiss you?"
"Yes," Hiei stated confidently,âE? She was leaning on my shoulder and practically admitted it. I could feel it by our bond. She was definitely had the necessary fee-"
"What?" the redhead spoke up suddenly.
"The emotional bond ...or link. Whatever it is, I don't care," Hiei explained with a note of annoyance at being interrupted,âE? All I want to know is why, if the right resources were there, she didn't accept it." He looked at Kurama, waiting for an answer.
There was a note of silence. "I'm sorry, Hiei. I don't quite understand it myself. The only thing I see is that she may have been surprised and wasn't expecting it. You might feel that but it doesn't mean she was able to admit it to herself." It was clear that Kurama wasn't used to giving this less information on a particular subject. He crossed his arms and held a friendly smile. "Humans, especially females, tend to over think their own feelings. Sometimes they won't admit it at all but just to hope it wasn't there."
"So what was I supposed to do? Ask her if I can kiss her?" Hiei started sarcastically.
âE~Well...yes. That's a start," the former fox demon replied
There was an uneasy pause. "You have got to be kidding me."
"Humans aren't that open as demons are on their emotions. They are very sensitive on these matters." He chuckled. "You'll get used to it after 20 years of living here. But there is one thing I can advise you to do, especially with girls like Celeste. She seems to be overly cautious while going into a relationship. Maybe you can court her first?"
"What?" Hiei snapped. "I will not lower myself to petty human mating rituals!"
"You may have to. The jagan eye, as you may have found out, gives you little choice in the matter. Either mate with her and get it all over with or stand by your pride and grow weaker each passing day." Kurama gave a smirk, knowing full well that Hiei was in an extremely uncomfortable condition and curious of how he would react.
Hiei gave a disgusted look to Kurama. "I swear. If you tell ANYBODY about this, I will show you no mercy in giving you a slow and extremely agonizing death." His red eyes lighted up as he continued the threat. " I truly mean it this time Kurama."
Even the clever reincarnated demon knew when not to push Hiei. "Fine. I promise. No one else will ever know about this."
Hiei turned to go out the window but stopped midway. "How am I supposed to ask her?" he muttered, seemingly embarrassed.
Smirking, Kurama replied,âE? Go back tomorrow mooring to the clearing. If she does have the same feelings, she'll come. If she really doesn't, then she won't."
Hiei accepted the answer with a nod and swooped out of the window and disappeared. 'Without closing the window, either,' thought Kurama lazily and went to close it himself. A giant yawn emerged from his throat.
With a triumphant smile and amused thoughts, he went back to his bed and pulled the covers over himself. 'I wonder how long it would take for him to figure it out?' his last thoughts rang before sleep overcame him.
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"Uggh, what am I doing?" she thought to her, "He probably never wants to talk to me again anyway." Celeste stood in the clearing where, just last night, she had seen Hiei expressed more feelings in those moments than the last two weeks put together. She looked around the clearing anxiously, secreting hoping for a familiar black cloak or a man with a white streak in his dark hair.
No one. She wasn't surprised. After that awkward moment, why would Hiei figure that the lessons would continue? Thanks to the loud music of her neighbor, she had spent all night tossing and turning uncomfortably, rethinking the events before. Celeste still couldn't fully explain in words why it didn't feel right to kiss him. Their first kiss was a means of escape by the guards so that wouldn't really count at all.
With a sudden jerk, she was pulled back to the matter at hand by the sudden appearance of a man a few feet in front of her. Hiei stood with his eyes locked to hers in an intense stare. His black cloak was wrapped around him, covering everything but his feet, neck, and hand. She didn't say anything at first but managed to find her voice after a few minutes.
"So.uhh...wanna start now?" she asked. As soon as those words ushered out of her mouth, Celeste gave herself a mental slap on the head. Dur! Of course this will affect the martial arts lessons. Hiei gave a small smile. Not a smirk or a mischievous grin, a slight true smile.
"I apologize for last night," he stated point-blank,âE? I should've asked you first." His smile faded into an apologetic look as he casted his eyes on the ground, waiting for her reply. He shifted around nervously. Obviously, Hiei was not the type for apologies.
Asked to be kiss? That was new. She hadn't expected that. Gaping at him, she couldn't help but be pleased to see him in such an uncomfortable state. A guy that had been so stoned-face actually admitting and apologizing for his actions. After all, it was pretty satisfying seeing a guy who constantly criticized her to be like this. Suddenly feeling light- hearted, Celeste said, "Uhh...that's okay. I'm sorry for pushing you." Her face turned red as she continued. "I kinda had a crush on you too."
"Why didn't you want me to kiss you then?" he asked pointedly, interested in her answer.
"Well, to tell you the truth. I don't know. It just didn't feel right." Seeing the look on Hiei's face, she continued, "You just took me by surprise! That's all." With a small chuckle, she felt her face heating up and imagined herself with a tomato as a head. Her hand moved up to rub the back of her neck. "Sorry if you took it bad..."
Her utter embarrassment at admitting her feelings amused Hiei greatly. He almost laughed but quickly pushed the chortle back down to his stomach. As soon as Kurama's voice entered his thoughts though, he reminded himself of the real reason he was here. " Would you like to go walk around a bit?"
Celeste looked surprised. "W-w-well." she stuttered, eyes widening. For some reason, Hiei felt hesitant in answering but he managed a slight nod. Celeste drew in a deep breath and bit her lower lip. "Sure," after a long seconds. The edge of her mouth moved up into a smile. "Now?"
He didn't think about that. "What about now? We'll skip the lessons for today. Where do you want to go?" Hiei didn't know much about human interaction apart from the girls and the Reikai Tentai team and they weren't exact normal either. Yet, Yusuke had complained to him once of going with Keiko to the theater. Yeah right. Spending two hours with only a big picture sounded so interesting. "Walking around the park? Just talking?" he offered. That would give him an idea of how she thinks. Know your target.
She gladly accepted and we went out of the clearing together with a somewhat awkward silence. They walked along the cobblestone path; Hiei stayed silent most of the time and stealing glances at the girl beside him. Some conversations about weather and our interests were done but nothing seemed to carry out long enough.
"Are you a night person or a day person?" she asked, starting another topic.
"Night."
With a smirk, she answered, "I thought you were. I like the day better. Just because I like how everything seems so alive. Too much darkness makes the person turn blind at the light. Not that I have anything against night- I like it too."
Hiei took her saying into consideration. "That's nice," he muttered, not knowing what else to say.
"Thanks, I think I heard it in a book or something," she said with a slight shrug and they both fell mute once more. This isn't exactly working as well as he'd planned. It was a while before something else caught both of their eyes.
An ice cream cart was only a little further from them. The only business seemed to be a woman and her pair of grandchildren. Celeste made an excited 'Oh' and tugged at his arm.
"Do you want some ice cream? My treat." What was this ice cream? Judging by the children's messy faces but happy smiles and Celeste's brightened face, it seemed good. Hiei shrugged and nodded. They walked over to the grinning man at the white cart.
"What'll it be?" She bended down and looked at the colorful pictures pasted on the side.
"Can I have vanilla?" she asked and turned to Hiei. "What about you?"
"Vanilla," he copied. Whatever that was.
The guy handed each of them a crusty, light brown, pastry wrapped in a cone. On top was a rounded scoop of something white. Celeste paid the man the owed money and they walked over to an empty bench to eat.
As soon as she settled, Celeste took a lick of her ice cream. Hiei just looked around at the pedestrians nearby. Across from them was a playground with kids ranging from toddler to maybe eleven. Each of them carefully eyed by mothers who chatted to others as they watched.
"Umm.Hiei?"
Hiei turned to look at her. She had a smirk and pointed to his hand that held the ice cream. Drops of the melted smooth cream had slid across his broad fingers and dripping onto my cloak. "You better eat your ice cream," Celeste said, almost taunting him. Not knowing what else to do, Hiei begin to take small licks on the path of the flowing liquid.
It tasted incredibly creamy and rich. The flavor was very sweet and nothing that he had ever tasted. The part-koorime loved how cold it felt inside his mouth and throat, reminding him of snow in some ways. Eager for more, Hiei wiped up the rest with a napkin provided with by the cart and took small bites at the top. When the cone started to emerge, he bit into it and released more of the sweet substance. The pastry and the cream went well with each other.
In the end, Hiei had only a measly bottom tip and, with a flick of a wrist, he had crunched it in his mouth. Celeste had a look of surprise when she looked up from hers. She was only halfway finished. With a light laugh, Celeste threw the rest of her ice cream in a nearby disposal and wiped her mouth with a paper napkin.
He decided that it was time for him to ask her some questions. With a grin, he stretched out his arms like a content panther. "What do you like to do by yourself?"
"Well, a lot of things. I like to draw and listen to music. Reading fairy tales and fantasy stuff. Writing is something I'm not really good at. What about you?"
"I like to fight."
"And?"
"That's it. The only thing I like better than fighting is winning. I'm a bad loser." He sighed then closed and opened his eyes in a thoughtful state.
She rolled her eyes. "Well, at least you're good at it. I'm not really good at anything." Hiei didn't know how to respond to that. Instead, he diverted their attention back to a suspicious looking man. "What's that guy doing there?"
An average fully muscled man appeared behind a group of three talking woman. He had dark greasy hair slicked back and wore a light jacket over a white tank top with a pair of faded jeans. He didn't stick out much and kept looking around, especially at the adults.
"Maybe he's one of the fathers'," Celeste offered. She still looked unsure and kept side glancing at the man. "But...something's wrong." She looked at Hiei. "What about you? I just don't feel right. Its faint but its there for sure."
He looked at her then at the man. Hiei knew better than to doubt her suspicions but didn't know what else to say. He didn't feel like playing hero today.
Celeste didn't wait for his answer but turned back to the man. 'Wait.... Where did he go?"
Hiei shrugged nonchalanty. "Maybe-"
A terrible scream came from one of the mothers. "SOMEBODY HELP! MY SON ISN'T MOVING!"
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Yep. Sorry about the late update...again. Yeah, I know its kinda moving faster but I was getting too impatient. Hopefully, I'm not moving too fast but you gotta admit: It was getting frustrating when they haven't even kiss yet. This is the first of my story that's getting this many reviews! =) Uggh. The prospect of having only a mere two weeks of summer left is really getting me sluggish. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: PG-13 for cursing and suggested themes
Summary: Hiei's jagan eye has chosen a human to be his mate. Would he fulfill its wishes?
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Yu-Hakusho or anything related to that anime. Why must you torture me so!
Chapter Summary: After consoling once more, Hiei finally gets more into human courtship.
Author's note: Nothing to say...umm....that's a first timer. Hope you enjoy this chapter! I LOVE GETTING REVIEWS! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
Kurama's eyes slowly opened as his sharp ears picked up the sound of familiar tapping outside his window. Pushing a lump of stray strands of crimson hair from his face, he sat up and stretched his arms over his head. As he thought, Hiei stood on a tree limb, a menacing look upon his face. With a knowing smirk, Kurama stumbled out of bed and opened his window.
"I'm curious. Why must you always come at nightfall? I do have to wake up early to help my stepfather with his shop this weekend."
Hiei stepped in with his black cloak floating behind him. "Shut up Kurama. You know I could rip out that big mouth of yours anytime I want. Considering the circumstances, it doesn't sound like a bad idea right about now."
Kurama didn't take the threat seriously but gave a giant yawn, pretending to be half-asleep. "But without Yusuke's or Kuwabara's help, it'll be much harder to get her alone with you to begin with. -"
"Hn, a lot of good that did for me," Hiei muttered spitefully.
Kurama looked up with a mild expression of interest. "Explain." He leaned against his study table; palms place behind on the top of the oak desk and listened.
"It's been over two weeks," Hiei started with a note of impatience,âE? Her and I have been alone together every single day an hours at a time. Tonight, we happen to meet and I tried to kiss her. I was quickly rejected. She left without much of a goodbye." His face became distorted with disgust as he remembered the event.âE? Its an amazement how terribly idiotic it seems."
Kurama placed one of his hands on the end of his chin in a thoughtful gesture. "Are you sure she likes you enough to kiss you?"
"Yes," Hiei stated confidently,âE? She was leaning on my shoulder and practically admitted it. I could feel it by our bond. She was definitely had the necessary fee-"
"What?" the redhead spoke up suddenly.
"The emotional bond ...or link. Whatever it is, I don't care," Hiei explained with a note of annoyance at being interrupted,âE? All I want to know is why, if the right resources were there, she didn't accept it." He looked at Kurama, waiting for an answer.
There was a note of silence. "I'm sorry, Hiei. I don't quite understand it myself. The only thing I see is that she may have been surprised and wasn't expecting it. You might feel that but it doesn't mean she was able to admit it to herself." It was clear that Kurama wasn't used to giving this less information on a particular subject. He crossed his arms and held a friendly smile. "Humans, especially females, tend to over think their own feelings. Sometimes they won't admit it at all but just to hope it wasn't there."
"So what was I supposed to do? Ask her if I can kiss her?" Hiei started sarcastically.
âE~Well...yes. That's a start," the former fox demon replied
There was an uneasy pause. "You have got to be kidding me."
"Humans aren't that open as demons are on their emotions. They are very sensitive on these matters." He chuckled. "You'll get used to it after 20 years of living here. But there is one thing I can advise you to do, especially with girls like Celeste. She seems to be overly cautious while going into a relationship. Maybe you can court her first?"
"What?" Hiei snapped. "I will not lower myself to petty human mating rituals!"
"You may have to. The jagan eye, as you may have found out, gives you little choice in the matter. Either mate with her and get it all over with or stand by your pride and grow weaker each passing day." Kurama gave a smirk, knowing full well that Hiei was in an extremely uncomfortable condition and curious of how he would react.
Hiei gave a disgusted look to Kurama. "I swear. If you tell ANYBODY about this, I will show you no mercy in giving you a slow and extremely agonizing death." His red eyes lighted up as he continued the threat. " I truly mean it this time Kurama."
Even the clever reincarnated demon knew when not to push Hiei. "Fine. I promise. No one else will ever know about this."
Hiei turned to go out the window but stopped midway. "How am I supposed to ask her?" he muttered, seemingly embarrassed.
Smirking, Kurama replied,âE? Go back tomorrow mooring to the clearing. If she does have the same feelings, she'll come. If she really doesn't, then she won't."
Hiei accepted the answer with a nod and swooped out of the window and disappeared. 'Without closing the window, either,' thought Kurama lazily and went to close it himself. A giant yawn emerged from his throat.
With a triumphant smile and amused thoughts, he went back to his bed and pulled the covers over himself. 'I wonder how long it would take for him to figure it out?' his last thoughts rang before sleep overcame him.
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"Uggh, what am I doing?" she thought to her, "He probably never wants to talk to me again anyway." Celeste stood in the clearing where, just last night, she had seen Hiei expressed more feelings in those moments than the last two weeks put together. She looked around the clearing anxiously, secreting hoping for a familiar black cloak or a man with a white streak in his dark hair.
No one. She wasn't surprised. After that awkward moment, why would Hiei figure that the lessons would continue? Thanks to the loud music of her neighbor, she had spent all night tossing and turning uncomfortably, rethinking the events before. Celeste still couldn't fully explain in words why it didn't feel right to kiss him. Their first kiss was a means of escape by the guards so that wouldn't really count at all.
With a sudden jerk, she was pulled back to the matter at hand by the sudden appearance of a man a few feet in front of her. Hiei stood with his eyes locked to hers in an intense stare. His black cloak was wrapped around him, covering everything but his feet, neck, and hand. She didn't say anything at first but managed to find her voice after a few minutes.
"So.uhh...wanna start now?" she asked. As soon as those words ushered out of her mouth, Celeste gave herself a mental slap on the head. Dur! Of course this will affect the martial arts lessons. Hiei gave a small smile. Not a smirk or a mischievous grin, a slight true smile.
"I apologize for last night," he stated point-blank,âE? I should've asked you first." His smile faded into an apologetic look as he casted his eyes on the ground, waiting for her reply. He shifted around nervously. Obviously, Hiei was not the type for apologies.
Asked to be kiss? That was new. She hadn't expected that. Gaping at him, she couldn't help but be pleased to see him in such an uncomfortable state. A guy that had been so stoned-face actually admitting and apologizing for his actions. After all, it was pretty satisfying seeing a guy who constantly criticized her to be like this. Suddenly feeling light- hearted, Celeste said, "Uhh...that's okay. I'm sorry for pushing you." Her face turned red as she continued. "I kinda had a crush on you too."
"Why didn't you want me to kiss you then?" he asked pointedly, interested in her answer.
"Well, to tell you the truth. I don't know. It just didn't feel right." Seeing the look on Hiei's face, she continued, "You just took me by surprise! That's all." With a small chuckle, she felt her face heating up and imagined herself with a tomato as a head. Her hand moved up to rub the back of her neck. "Sorry if you took it bad..."
Her utter embarrassment at admitting her feelings amused Hiei greatly. He almost laughed but quickly pushed the chortle back down to his stomach. As soon as Kurama's voice entered his thoughts though, he reminded himself of the real reason he was here. " Would you like to go walk around a bit?"
Celeste looked surprised. "W-w-well." she stuttered, eyes widening. For some reason, Hiei felt hesitant in answering but he managed a slight nod. Celeste drew in a deep breath and bit her lower lip. "Sure," after a long seconds. The edge of her mouth moved up into a smile. "Now?"
He didn't think about that. "What about now? We'll skip the lessons for today. Where do you want to go?" Hiei didn't know much about human interaction apart from the girls and the Reikai Tentai team and they weren't exact normal either. Yet, Yusuke had complained to him once of going with Keiko to the theater. Yeah right. Spending two hours with only a big picture sounded so interesting. "Walking around the park? Just talking?" he offered. That would give him an idea of how she thinks. Know your target.
She gladly accepted and we went out of the clearing together with a somewhat awkward silence. They walked along the cobblestone path; Hiei stayed silent most of the time and stealing glances at the girl beside him. Some conversations about weather and our interests were done but nothing seemed to carry out long enough.
"Are you a night person or a day person?" she asked, starting another topic.
"Night."
With a smirk, she answered, "I thought you were. I like the day better. Just because I like how everything seems so alive. Too much darkness makes the person turn blind at the light. Not that I have anything against night- I like it too."
Hiei took her saying into consideration. "That's nice," he muttered, not knowing what else to say.
"Thanks, I think I heard it in a book or something," she said with a slight shrug and they both fell mute once more. This isn't exactly working as well as he'd planned. It was a while before something else caught both of their eyes.
An ice cream cart was only a little further from them. The only business seemed to be a woman and her pair of grandchildren. Celeste made an excited 'Oh' and tugged at his arm.
"Do you want some ice cream? My treat." What was this ice cream? Judging by the children's messy faces but happy smiles and Celeste's brightened face, it seemed good. Hiei shrugged and nodded. They walked over to the grinning man at the white cart.
"What'll it be?" She bended down and looked at the colorful pictures pasted on the side.
"Can I have vanilla?" she asked and turned to Hiei. "What about you?"
"Vanilla," he copied. Whatever that was.
The guy handed each of them a crusty, light brown, pastry wrapped in a cone. On top was a rounded scoop of something white. Celeste paid the man the owed money and they walked over to an empty bench to eat.
As soon as she settled, Celeste took a lick of her ice cream. Hiei just looked around at the pedestrians nearby. Across from them was a playground with kids ranging from toddler to maybe eleven. Each of them carefully eyed by mothers who chatted to others as they watched.
"Umm.Hiei?"
Hiei turned to look at her. She had a smirk and pointed to his hand that held the ice cream. Drops of the melted smooth cream had slid across his broad fingers and dripping onto my cloak. "You better eat your ice cream," Celeste said, almost taunting him. Not knowing what else to do, Hiei begin to take small licks on the path of the flowing liquid.
It tasted incredibly creamy and rich. The flavor was very sweet and nothing that he had ever tasted. The part-koorime loved how cold it felt inside his mouth and throat, reminding him of snow in some ways. Eager for more, Hiei wiped up the rest with a napkin provided with by the cart and took small bites at the top. When the cone started to emerge, he bit into it and released more of the sweet substance. The pastry and the cream went well with each other.
In the end, Hiei had only a measly bottom tip and, with a flick of a wrist, he had crunched it in his mouth. Celeste had a look of surprise when she looked up from hers. She was only halfway finished. With a light laugh, Celeste threw the rest of her ice cream in a nearby disposal and wiped her mouth with a paper napkin.
He decided that it was time for him to ask her some questions. With a grin, he stretched out his arms like a content panther. "What do you like to do by yourself?"
"Well, a lot of things. I like to draw and listen to music. Reading fairy tales and fantasy stuff. Writing is something I'm not really good at. What about you?"
"I like to fight."
"And?"
"That's it. The only thing I like better than fighting is winning. I'm a bad loser." He sighed then closed and opened his eyes in a thoughtful state.
She rolled her eyes. "Well, at least you're good at it. I'm not really good at anything." Hiei didn't know how to respond to that. Instead, he diverted their attention back to a suspicious looking man. "What's that guy doing there?"
An average fully muscled man appeared behind a group of three talking woman. He had dark greasy hair slicked back and wore a light jacket over a white tank top with a pair of faded jeans. He didn't stick out much and kept looking around, especially at the adults.
"Maybe he's one of the fathers'," Celeste offered. She still looked unsure and kept side glancing at the man. "But...something's wrong." She looked at Hiei. "What about you? I just don't feel right. Its faint but its there for sure."
He looked at her then at the man. Hiei knew better than to doubt her suspicions but didn't know what else to say. He didn't feel like playing hero today.
Celeste didn't wait for his answer but turned back to the man. 'Wait.... Where did he go?"
Hiei shrugged nonchalanty. "Maybe-"
A terrible scream came from one of the mothers. "SOMEBODY HELP! MY SON ISN'T MOVING!"
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Yep. Sorry about the late update...again. Yeah, I know its kinda moving faster but I was getting too impatient. Hopefully, I'm not moving too fast but you gotta admit: It was getting frustrating when they haven't even kiss yet. This is the first of my story that's getting this many reviews! =) Uggh. The prospect of having only a mere two weeks of summer left is really getting me sluggish. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!