Welcome to the second chapter! wOOt! Don't you feel special? Sorry, I'm
running on a sugar high right now. So, this is the chapter that's going to
hold the twist for the story. Did that make any sense? Never mind...Just
read.
After they were all settled in, Yusuke and Hiei on the couch, Kurama cross-legged on the floor, and the young girl on a chair, they all looked up at her attentively.
"Okay, well, first things first. My name is Yumi. Yes, I am a demon, and I am about 16. I have been living the last ten years by myself as a human. My mother, who was a dog demon, abandoned me when I was 6. Since then I've been attending human school under the name of Yumi Nobumoto..."
The whole while Yumi was explaining her life, Hiei was watching her with his usual gaunt expression. What was she doing here looking for him? Who was she, and, above all, why did she seem so familiar? As he studied her small body, her long raven hair, her scarlet eyes, he racked his brain for someone he knew who looked like that. Suddenly, as if taking a blow to the head, the realization hit him. It was him she looked like, and there was only one reason she could be here. He came back to earth, so to speak, just as Yusuke was asking "So, what are you doing here? What's Hiei got to do with all that?"
She hesitated, looking down at her hands folded in her lap.
"Well, you see, I just recently found out who my father was after all these years..."
"But...you...can't mean...what I think you mean," stuttered Kurama.
"I mean exactly what I said. I have found my father, and I'm looking at him right now."
She was looking straight at Hiei, two lone tears cascading down her cheeks.
A thick, uncomfortable silence fell between them, the only source of noise being the television, which was now blaring on an episode of Naruto. Naruto was saying something about how much her likes ramen.
Finally, after about ten minutes of Hiei and Yumi staring at each other, Kurama deeply absorbed in his own thoughts, and Yusuke staring at Hiei with the most ridiculous look on his face, Kurama broke the silence.
"Are you...quite sure that you have the right person," he asked timidly, not wanting to hurt either of their feelings. They were surprised to hear Hiei respond.
"She's right. She's at the right house and she's got the right person," he said sharply, "Can you not see the resemblance between us?"
No one had the nerve to say anything at this point. It was hard enough for them to take in this shocking new wave of information. Without warning, Yumi leaned over and threw her arms around Hiei.
"I'm home, Daddy. I'm finally home," she said in his ear, tears pouring down her cheeks. Hiei was stunned. His scarlet eyes were wide and he was rendered speechless. Kurama turned to Yusuke.
"I think we'd better give them some time to catch up, Yusuke," he said.
How's that for a twist, eh? Don't forget to review or terrible things will happen! Sayonara!
After they were all settled in, Yusuke and Hiei on the couch, Kurama cross-legged on the floor, and the young girl on a chair, they all looked up at her attentively.
"Okay, well, first things first. My name is Yumi. Yes, I am a demon, and I am about 16. I have been living the last ten years by myself as a human. My mother, who was a dog demon, abandoned me when I was 6. Since then I've been attending human school under the name of Yumi Nobumoto..."
The whole while Yumi was explaining her life, Hiei was watching her with his usual gaunt expression. What was she doing here looking for him? Who was she, and, above all, why did she seem so familiar? As he studied her small body, her long raven hair, her scarlet eyes, he racked his brain for someone he knew who looked like that. Suddenly, as if taking a blow to the head, the realization hit him. It was him she looked like, and there was only one reason she could be here. He came back to earth, so to speak, just as Yusuke was asking "So, what are you doing here? What's Hiei got to do with all that?"
She hesitated, looking down at her hands folded in her lap.
"Well, you see, I just recently found out who my father was after all these years..."
"But...you...can't mean...what I think you mean," stuttered Kurama.
"I mean exactly what I said. I have found my father, and I'm looking at him right now."
She was looking straight at Hiei, two lone tears cascading down her cheeks.
A thick, uncomfortable silence fell between them, the only source of noise being the television, which was now blaring on an episode of Naruto. Naruto was saying something about how much her likes ramen.
Finally, after about ten minutes of Hiei and Yumi staring at each other, Kurama deeply absorbed in his own thoughts, and Yusuke staring at Hiei with the most ridiculous look on his face, Kurama broke the silence.
"Are you...quite sure that you have the right person," he asked timidly, not wanting to hurt either of their feelings. They were surprised to hear Hiei respond.
"She's right. She's at the right house and she's got the right person," he said sharply, "Can you not see the resemblance between us?"
No one had the nerve to say anything at this point. It was hard enough for them to take in this shocking new wave of information. Without warning, Yumi leaned over and threw her arms around Hiei.
"I'm home, Daddy. I'm finally home," she said in his ear, tears pouring down her cheeks. Hiei was stunned. His scarlet eyes were wide and he was rendered speechless. Kurama turned to Yusuke.
"I think we'd better give them some time to catch up, Yusuke," he said.
How's that for a twist, eh? Don't forget to review or terrible things will happen! Sayonara!