Rainy Days

By Tione

Disclaimer: I laugh.

A/N: I love you all!!!! Thank you so much for the lovely reviews. And I'm writing another chapter before I've even posted the third. ^^' Hey, at least I'm getting ahead of myself. That means that the wait'll be less!

My God, why have you forsaken me?

My worst nightmare has just come true. Is it torture Kurama day or something? Is there a thing called mercy, Lord? If there is, why isn't shining on me?

Maybe I should backtrack so you can understand and SYMPATHIZE with me.

You see, I was getting really nervous because of that feral grin on everyone's face. Feral grins _never_ mean Mr. Tachikawa was going to tell me that he was killing Akira or that I had won the lottery. It usually meant that Christmas was canceled or that I wouldn't be able to see Hiei for more than a week.

Now that is too scary to think about.

"Why about your engagement to our dear Akira here!" he boomed loudly.

My mind raced wildly. NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What did I do in my past life to deserve this? …On second thought, don't answer that.

"Err… what kind of engagement?" I asked suspiciously. After all, it could mean something like dressing in chicken outfits and clucking insanely or… or…

"Marrying her, of course," Mrs. Tachikawa bit out briskly, as if it hurt to do that.

"Um… uh…" I stuttered eloquently. How the hell was I going to get out of this?

"I knew that you would agree, Suuichi," my even more *lovable* *wonderful* *awesome* *DEAD* stepfather said in relief.

"B-B-But I'm too young!" I shout over the din of Akira swooning, Stepfather babbling incoherently, and Mr. T booming.

Call it cliché, but it was the only thing that I could think of.

"Well, Silly Billy, you won't be marrying me for two years. But, like, we'll be engaged and do totally awesome stuff until then!" the devil shouted gleefully.

Must control self. Must not allow Youko to take over…

"I'm so glad you agreed, for your stepfather's sake," Mother told me quietly. She wasn't smiling, but her eyes were shining enough to tell me she was glad.

I smiled tenderly at her. No matter how proud of me she was, I was _not_ going to spend the rest of eternity with that-that-that thing!

Instead of bugging out, which I really thought is what I might have done, I told them calmly, "You seem to be mistaken."

The instant quiet and blank stares unnerved me. Stop looking at me like that! Stop!!!!!!!!!

"I do not wish to marry Akira."

And…. KABOOM!

"Suuichi, what are you doing? Don't ruin this!!!!!"

"*sniffle* Like, why not, Suuichi? WWWWWAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Yes. You. Will."

"Are you feeling okay, Suuichi, my boy?"

"WWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"We. Will. Force. You."

"This is too big of a chance for my company to pass up!"

"We don't want you sick, now do we? Why don't you lie down and rest?"

"WWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"You can't do this to me! To my company!"

"*ring*…. *ring*… *ring*"

"Suuichi, are you sur- Oh, the phone's ringing. I'd better get it!"

"No, no Mother. I'll get it! It's probably uh, Yusuke! Or Kuwabara!" I shouted urgently. Anything to get out of this room!

I didn't give anyone a chance to disapprove or stop me. I bolted right up the stairs to take it in Mother's room. Her door has a lock. Locks are good. Locks are my friend.

"Hello, Minamino residence. Suuichi speaking."

"Hello. This is Billy Dune from the Purple Pigeon Corporation. We were wondering if you would like to donate any sort of poultry to help fund an excursion to the Bahamas. Will you? Some of the benefits to this are: you will be contri-"

"No thank you, we're not interested," I said shortly and slammed the phone down.

I am not going back down there unless physically dragged.

I started to pace like a caged animal. What can I do? What can I do?

Yusuke! He'll know what to do! And even if he doesn't, I can get him to come over here and with Hiei already here, we can cause mass destruction…

Waitaminute! Hiei's here! THANK YOU LORD!

So, I'll call Yusuke and-! Sorry, you can't find out the rest or it'll completely ruin the chapter! I'll be killed by the authoress if I do!

Err… What was Yusuke's number again? Uh…

Damn it! The phone book's down in the kitchen. The kitchen is next to the dining room. Eh-heh-heh-heh. I'm not going down there.

I carefully unlocked Mother's door and took a look around, just to make sure there weren't any Akira's lurking in the shadows.

Phew. None spotted.

I made a mad dash towards my room. I suppose I must have looked really silly.

Door to room is looming ahead! Land ahoy!

Made it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Hi Hiei!" I gasped out, so relieved that I couldn't put it into words. Actually, I could.

"Err…" was his intelligent reply. I would wonder later why he had a stick in his hand and was poking a stuffed animal experimentally or why he was wearing pink bunny slippers or why he was wearing one of Mother's um… things. You know, those things.

"You have to help me!" I told him desperately. "They're trying to make me marry the devil!"

All former conceptions of his danger levels due to his state of dress were thrown aside. His eyes flashed dangerously and a deep growl had me backing away. His hand strayed to his katana.

"Uh- You might not want to go down looking like that?" I pointed out timidly.

He looked down. And blushed.

After he looked his normal and morbid self and I had told him my plan, I was trying to convince him that my plan was better then murdering everyone.

"You would never have to worry about them if they're dead," Hiei argued.

"My plan will do that too! Just, without the dying part!" I told him energetically.

His face was unmoving.

Ooh, what's this? A malicious plan forming in my head? I love it!

"I'll give you some ice cream if you do my plan," I offered.

"You mean that sweet snow?"

"Of course."

"Any flavor I want?"

"Yup."

            A look of exaltation crossed his face. I smiled tenderly at him and he smiled back.

            No, what's my hand doing? It's moving on its own accord to-

            Ruffle Hiei's hair.

            Instead of pulling away violently, like was expected of him, he rubbed his head against my hand. Much like a cat, I noted.

            A brilliant blush spread across my face.

            I didn't hear the door open. "Suuichi, like, you have to come downstairs so we can, like, convince you or force you to, like, marry me!" Akira bounced. She didn't even notice Hiei or the position we were in.


            Not that it was compromising or anything.

            "This is the one?" Hiei asked me as we walked down the hall. I nodded.

            "Here he IIIIISSSS!" the devil screeched. Both of us cringed. Was that pity on Hiei's face?

            As soon as we were seated, Hiei standing protectively next to me, Mr. Tachikawa asked, "So, Suuichi, who's this little bugger?" Hiei glared at him and he shrank back, but that was hardly my concern.

            "This is my friend Hiei," I told them pleasantly.

            Murmurs of "Nice to meet you, Hiei," echoed through the room.

            "Hn," he replied. Many mouths opened, supposedly to try to convince me to marry the devil, but I held up a hand to silence everyone.

            My heart fluttered nervously. Why in all three worlds was I doing this again?

            Hiei's idea of killing everyone off seems so much better now.

            "You s-see, I can't marry A-Akira because my heart already belongs to someone else," I informed them, words gaining confidence as I went on. "I love Hiei."

            And that really wasn't a lie because I do. But I can't let him find out. That'd be like running up to an old blue haired lady and stealing her chihuahua. Can you say "Lookit the purty bag with bricks in it" Or running up to Hiei and saying, "Yukina is weak and dumb and Kuwabara deserves her!" That time, you wouldn't be able to say anything, if you catch my drift.

            "Prove it," Stepfather said dryly.

            I didn't anticipate that.

            So I did the very first thing that I could think of. I leaned in and kissed him.

Ah, I love writing this. It's so fun! I just escape into my insanity and draw upon it until something is produced. Anyway, I'm not sure when I'll be able to get another chapter out. We get out of school today!!!!!!!(June 3) But I'm babysitting all summer at a place with no computer. And my laptop has no battery at all.

Basically, it might take a bit to update. But do not fear, there will be more chapters this summer!

Chapter Preview:

"You s-see, I can't marry A-Akira because my heart already belongs to someone else," he stammered. Damn fox, why does he have to be so polite all the time? "I love Hiei."

You know, it would be so much easier to just kill them all and flee into the Maikai to live life as the thief he once was. I think I might have to look into that…