Child of a Forsaken Race Ch.3
Disclaimer- Read other chapters for this.
Paige- Well, you finally get to find out who the kid is. Nicole- Finally! Paige- I know... I think the kid is soooooooooo cute!! Lyn- Well, you're the only one who knows what he looks like. Paige- I know!!!!
Ch.3- Crouched in the closet was a child, no more than 5 years old. The kid was wearing one of Kurama's long nightshirts and was practically swimming in it. The child had large green eyes that were lidded, giving him a sleepy look, and shoulder length black hair that was longer in the front. Two long, white, furry ears grew out of the sides of his head. He stared at Kuwabara, those green eyes widening. A scar zigzagged across his pale cheek. A headband, made out of wrapped silver with a large ruby hanging down in the center of his forehead, was set around his small head. His hands were covered completely by the shirt and so were his ankles. Only his tiny toes stuck out from underneath the nightshirt. Kuwabara stared at the kid. They all did, except Kurama, who kneeled. The child sped past Kuwabara, miraculously not tripping on the nightshirt, and clung onto Kurama. Kurama stood, the child burying his head into Kurama's chest. Yusuke and the others gaped at Kurama. He stared back. The child did too. Two pairs of identical green eyes gazed at them, only one pair was steadily widening. The kid's ears twitched.
"Uh... Kurama? What the Hell is that?" Yusuke asked.
"Hmmm..." Kurama looked at the kid clinging to him. The kid looked back and smiled.
"Looks like a kid to me..." Kurama grinned at the small child.
"But, he was in your closet..." Kuwabara said.
"Yes... He was hiding. People scare him... Especially freaky, black haired weirdoes that hang around the house for a week, staring in all hours of the night..." Kurama glanced at Hiei, who was still gaping at the child.
"Close you mouth, Hiei..." Yusuke remarked. Hiei snorted and whirled to look away from the kid.
"I hate kids..." He whispered.
"Ramama..." the child whispered. His voice sounded like the wind; very calm and breathless. Yusuke looked at the kid.
"Ramama?"
"He can't say my name properly..." Kurama explained. The child dunked his head back into Kurama and gripped onto the fox, his little hands clutching handfuls of Kurama's flannel shirt.
"Don't be shy. Come out and meet my friends. They won't hurt you." Kurama coaxed. The child slid down Kurama and ran over to Kuwabara. He placed his hands against Kuwabara's knee and looked up into the eyes of the tall man. Kuwabara kneeled. His sudden movement sent the kid scrambling back to Kurama.
"Shyotan... Come out and meet them."
"Shyotan?" Yusuke asked.
"His name, genius." Hiei snapped.
"Oh..." Shyotan approached Kuwabara again. He stopped about a foot away from him and stared at him.
"Hello. I am Kazuma Kuwabara. You can call me Kuwabara." Shyotan fiddled with the buttons of his shirt, not meeting Kuwabara's gaze.
"Actually, he'll call you what he wants. He calls me Ramama even though I told him my name."
"K...Kazu..." Shyotan murmured.
"Huh?"
"Kazu." He looked at Kuwabara.
"Okay... You can call me that if you want." Kuwabara said.
"'Kay..." Shyotan ran back to Kurama, burrowing his head against Kurama's leg.
"Go meet the other two." Shyotan shook his head. Kurama lifted Shyotan up and walked over to Yusuke.
"Hi. I'm Yusuke." He chirped. Shyotan nodded.
"Suke..." Shyotan replied. Yusuke sighed, but didn't press the issue. Kurama walked over to Hiei, but as he did, Shyotan began to whine. He struggled.
"No!" The child screamed. Kurama held onto him.
"Shyotan! Calm down."
"NOOOOO!" Shyotan screeched. He tried to get away from Hiei. Hiei stepped away, not understanding what the kid hated.
"Shyotan!!! Please stop!!" Kurama yelled.
"NOOOOO!!!!!!! LET GO!!!!!!!!" Shyotan kicked. Kurama dropped him. He ran and hid behind Kuwabara. Kurama kneeled in front of Shyotan, who was quaking in fear. Kuwabara also kneeled, but that also scared Shyotan into Kurama's arms.
"What's wrong? Why don't you like Hiei?" Kurama cooed, stroking Shyotan's head.
"Koorime!" Shyotan cried in Kurama's shirt. Hiei was shocked.
"Are you afraid of Koorimes?" Kurama asked. Shyotan nodded quickly.
"Did a Koorime hurt you?" Hiei asked curious. Shyotan nodded again. Kurama looked heartbroken.
"A Koorime did that to you? Oh, Shyotan!" Kurama hugged the child. " You never told me." Hiei watched Kurama cradle Shyotan and stand up.
"Hiei. Crouch and show your hands to Shyotan." Kurama whispered.
"Why?"
"So he knows that you won't harm him." Kurama replied. He carefully set Shyotan back onto the ground and Hiei did as he was told. This time, when Kurama encouraged Shyotan to meet Hiei, the child approached him timidly.
"I'm Hiei." Hiei whispered.
"You promise you won't hurt me?" Shyotan whispered in an even smaller voice. Hiei nodded. Shyotan reached out and touched one of Hiei's hands. Hiei, for some unknown reason, wanted to smile, but he didn't. Instead, he let his hands drop and stood quickly. Apparently, it was too quick because Shyotan once more took refuge behind Kurama.
"So this is the reason why you haven't left the house." Yusuke said, sitting down on the couch while keeping an eye on Kurama and Shyotan.
"Yep. He was hurt when I found him. He told me he was running and had been running for two days straight. What from, I don't know. He didn't tell me that. Today was the second day he had walked around. The snow cut his feet, since he was barefoot, and something had clawed him in the back. I found hundreds of scars on him when I was treating him and some still bleed when he moves too much." As if on cue, blood began to appear on Shyotan's back. He whimpered. Kurama hissed softly to himself and went to fetch a first-aid hit after setting Shyotan on a couch. Shyotan began to cry. Hiei sat down next to the child while Yusuke managed to remove the now bloody shirt. A horrifying sight met the three pairs of eyes. Scars and welts covered Shyotan's body like railroad tracks. A large scar trailed down Shyotan's chest and a dark scar traced his arm, signifying a deep gash once resided there.
"Oh my god..." Kuwabara muttered.
"Who would do this to a child?" Hiei found himself saying.
"A psychopath."
"Koorime..." Shyotan managed to say. They were horrified again. Kurama bustled in, murmuring to himself like a mother hen. He gently turned Shyotan around, removed some wrappings, and heard three gasps behind him as five deep claws marks were revealed. Kurama poured alcohol onto a cloth and applied it to Shyotan's back. The child's head went back and he screamed a scream of pain. Hiei was shocked. No child screamed like that, even demon children. Two voices had come out Shyotan's mouth, one the sweet wind like voice he normally had, but the other was very creepy. It was deep, full of anger, and quite evil sounding. Kurama gritted his teeth, trying not to hurt Shyotan. The white ears went straight up, further expressing the child's pain. Shyotan screamed again, the eerie double voice filling everyone's ears. Finally, the cloth was removed. Shyotan's ears fell and flattened. Kurama wrapped up the marks. Shyotan's shoulders rose and fell.
"Shyotan..." Kurama whispered. The child turned. A tear rolled down his face. Suddenly, that tear crystallized, hitting the floor with a solid thunk.
"It's a..."
"I know, I asked him if he was a Koorime, but he isn't. You can't even smell Koorime on him." Kurama explained, retrieving a clean shirt. He slid the shirt over Shyotan's head.
"I noticed, but his tears turn into gems..."
"No. Not exactly. Take a closer look at it." Kurama said. Hiei picked it up. He held it to the light and gasped again The tear had hardened into the shape of a cross. A tiny cross, but a cross non-the less. He looked at Shyotan, who was still crying. The floor now had tiny crosses all over it.
"Whoa... What is he?" Hiei heard Kuwabara ask. Shyotan snuggled into Kurama, his ears twitching. He stopped crying and giggled as Kurama tickled him. Kurama smiled as Shyotan caught his hand.
' I don't care what he is. I don't think I want to know and besides, what difference would it make. I'm keeping him."
"WHAT!!!!!!!?????" End of ch.3 Paige- Enjoy it? I did. Isn't Shyotan so cute?! And I bet you're dying to know what he is... Nicole- You will be dying if you don't tell me... Paige- (gulps) I'll tell when they meet Genkai, in chapter 5, I think...
Disclaimer- Read other chapters for this.
Paige- Well, you finally get to find out who the kid is. Nicole- Finally! Paige- I know... I think the kid is soooooooooo cute!! Lyn- Well, you're the only one who knows what he looks like. Paige- I know!!!!
Ch.3- Crouched in the closet was a child, no more than 5 years old. The kid was wearing one of Kurama's long nightshirts and was practically swimming in it. The child had large green eyes that were lidded, giving him a sleepy look, and shoulder length black hair that was longer in the front. Two long, white, furry ears grew out of the sides of his head. He stared at Kuwabara, those green eyes widening. A scar zigzagged across his pale cheek. A headband, made out of wrapped silver with a large ruby hanging down in the center of his forehead, was set around his small head. His hands were covered completely by the shirt and so were his ankles. Only his tiny toes stuck out from underneath the nightshirt. Kuwabara stared at the kid. They all did, except Kurama, who kneeled. The child sped past Kuwabara, miraculously not tripping on the nightshirt, and clung onto Kurama. Kurama stood, the child burying his head into Kurama's chest. Yusuke and the others gaped at Kurama. He stared back. The child did too. Two pairs of identical green eyes gazed at them, only one pair was steadily widening. The kid's ears twitched.
"Uh... Kurama? What the Hell is that?" Yusuke asked.
"Hmmm..." Kurama looked at the kid clinging to him. The kid looked back and smiled.
"Looks like a kid to me..." Kurama grinned at the small child.
"But, he was in your closet..." Kuwabara said.
"Yes... He was hiding. People scare him... Especially freaky, black haired weirdoes that hang around the house for a week, staring in all hours of the night..." Kurama glanced at Hiei, who was still gaping at the child.
"Close you mouth, Hiei..." Yusuke remarked. Hiei snorted and whirled to look away from the kid.
"I hate kids..." He whispered.
"Ramama..." the child whispered. His voice sounded like the wind; very calm and breathless. Yusuke looked at the kid.
"Ramama?"
"He can't say my name properly..." Kurama explained. The child dunked his head back into Kurama and gripped onto the fox, his little hands clutching handfuls of Kurama's flannel shirt.
"Don't be shy. Come out and meet my friends. They won't hurt you." Kurama coaxed. The child slid down Kurama and ran over to Kuwabara. He placed his hands against Kuwabara's knee and looked up into the eyes of the tall man. Kuwabara kneeled. His sudden movement sent the kid scrambling back to Kurama.
"Shyotan... Come out and meet them."
"Shyotan?" Yusuke asked.
"His name, genius." Hiei snapped.
"Oh..." Shyotan approached Kuwabara again. He stopped about a foot away from him and stared at him.
"Hello. I am Kazuma Kuwabara. You can call me Kuwabara." Shyotan fiddled with the buttons of his shirt, not meeting Kuwabara's gaze.
"Actually, he'll call you what he wants. He calls me Ramama even though I told him my name."
"K...Kazu..." Shyotan murmured.
"Huh?"
"Kazu." He looked at Kuwabara.
"Okay... You can call me that if you want." Kuwabara said.
"'Kay..." Shyotan ran back to Kurama, burrowing his head against Kurama's leg.
"Go meet the other two." Shyotan shook his head. Kurama lifted Shyotan up and walked over to Yusuke.
"Hi. I'm Yusuke." He chirped. Shyotan nodded.
"Suke..." Shyotan replied. Yusuke sighed, but didn't press the issue. Kurama walked over to Hiei, but as he did, Shyotan began to whine. He struggled.
"No!" The child screamed. Kurama held onto him.
"Shyotan! Calm down."
"NOOOOO!" Shyotan screeched. He tried to get away from Hiei. Hiei stepped away, not understanding what the kid hated.
"Shyotan!!! Please stop!!" Kurama yelled.
"NOOOOO!!!!!!! LET GO!!!!!!!!" Shyotan kicked. Kurama dropped him. He ran and hid behind Kuwabara. Kurama kneeled in front of Shyotan, who was quaking in fear. Kuwabara also kneeled, but that also scared Shyotan into Kurama's arms.
"What's wrong? Why don't you like Hiei?" Kurama cooed, stroking Shyotan's head.
"Koorime!" Shyotan cried in Kurama's shirt. Hiei was shocked.
"Are you afraid of Koorimes?" Kurama asked. Shyotan nodded quickly.
"Did a Koorime hurt you?" Hiei asked curious. Shyotan nodded again. Kurama looked heartbroken.
"A Koorime did that to you? Oh, Shyotan!" Kurama hugged the child. " You never told me." Hiei watched Kurama cradle Shyotan and stand up.
"Hiei. Crouch and show your hands to Shyotan." Kurama whispered.
"Why?"
"So he knows that you won't harm him." Kurama replied. He carefully set Shyotan back onto the ground and Hiei did as he was told. This time, when Kurama encouraged Shyotan to meet Hiei, the child approached him timidly.
"I'm Hiei." Hiei whispered.
"You promise you won't hurt me?" Shyotan whispered in an even smaller voice. Hiei nodded. Shyotan reached out and touched one of Hiei's hands. Hiei, for some unknown reason, wanted to smile, but he didn't. Instead, he let his hands drop and stood quickly. Apparently, it was too quick because Shyotan once more took refuge behind Kurama.
"So this is the reason why you haven't left the house." Yusuke said, sitting down on the couch while keeping an eye on Kurama and Shyotan.
"Yep. He was hurt when I found him. He told me he was running and had been running for two days straight. What from, I don't know. He didn't tell me that. Today was the second day he had walked around. The snow cut his feet, since he was barefoot, and something had clawed him in the back. I found hundreds of scars on him when I was treating him and some still bleed when he moves too much." As if on cue, blood began to appear on Shyotan's back. He whimpered. Kurama hissed softly to himself and went to fetch a first-aid hit after setting Shyotan on a couch. Shyotan began to cry. Hiei sat down next to the child while Yusuke managed to remove the now bloody shirt. A horrifying sight met the three pairs of eyes. Scars and welts covered Shyotan's body like railroad tracks. A large scar trailed down Shyotan's chest and a dark scar traced his arm, signifying a deep gash once resided there.
"Oh my god..." Kuwabara muttered.
"Who would do this to a child?" Hiei found himself saying.
"A psychopath."
"Koorime..." Shyotan managed to say. They were horrified again. Kurama bustled in, murmuring to himself like a mother hen. He gently turned Shyotan around, removed some wrappings, and heard three gasps behind him as five deep claws marks were revealed. Kurama poured alcohol onto a cloth and applied it to Shyotan's back. The child's head went back and he screamed a scream of pain. Hiei was shocked. No child screamed like that, even demon children. Two voices had come out Shyotan's mouth, one the sweet wind like voice he normally had, but the other was very creepy. It was deep, full of anger, and quite evil sounding. Kurama gritted his teeth, trying not to hurt Shyotan. The white ears went straight up, further expressing the child's pain. Shyotan screamed again, the eerie double voice filling everyone's ears. Finally, the cloth was removed. Shyotan's ears fell and flattened. Kurama wrapped up the marks. Shyotan's shoulders rose and fell.
"Shyotan..." Kurama whispered. The child turned. A tear rolled down his face. Suddenly, that tear crystallized, hitting the floor with a solid thunk.
"It's a..."
"I know, I asked him if he was a Koorime, but he isn't. You can't even smell Koorime on him." Kurama explained, retrieving a clean shirt. He slid the shirt over Shyotan's head.
"I noticed, but his tears turn into gems..."
"No. Not exactly. Take a closer look at it." Kurama said. Hiei picked it up. He held it to the light and gasped again The tear had hardened into the shape of a cross. A tiny cross, but a cross non-the less. He looked at Shyotan, who was still crying. The floor now had tiny crosses all over it.
"Whoa... What is he?" Hiei heard Kuwabara ask. Shyotan snuggled into Kurama, his ears twitching. He stopped crying and giggled as Kurama tickled him. Kurama smiled as Shyotan caught his hand.
' I don't care what he is. I don't think I want to know and besides, what difference would it make. I'm keeping him."
"WHAT!!!!!!!?????" End of ch.3 Paige- Enjoy it? I did. Isn't Shyotan so cute?! And I bet you're dying to know what he is... Nicole- You will be dying if you don't tell me... Paige- (gulps) I'll tell when they meet Genkai, in chapter 5, I think...