Chan: All righty then. This is our first ever fic!
Da Da Da Dun!
Chibi: Yep, yep! It was all me!
Chan: What?! What do you mean all you?! I wrote all of this!
(Sticks tongue out at Chan) Chibi: I came up with the idea!
(Self insert Hiei here.) Hiei: Hn.
(Both authoresses squeal in delight and latch onto Hiei.)
Hiei: Let go of me, baka ningen onna, the both of you.
Chan: HIEI-CHAN! (Hugs him even tighter.)
Chibi: No! He's mine!
(Self insert Kurama here.) Kurama: Hello Hiei. It's nice to see you associating yourself a bit more with these girls.
Hiei: Damn! Get these ningens off me.
Chibi: MINE! (Latches herself onto Kurama.)
Kurama: Well, at least one is off.
Chan: Good! Hiei-chan is MINE! But the rest belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi.
Chibi: NO! I own 'Rama-chan!
(Both bishonens) Sweatdrop
Kurama: Let's start, shall we?
= - = - = - = - =
It was your average Ningenkai morning. The sunny blue sky, the shining sun, the little chirping annoyances that Yukina oh so loves...
However, for the Reikai Tantei, no matter where they were, Reikai, Ningenkai, or Makai, the peace would never last.
Why, you ask? Because there's always some ass-brained demon that thinks that she/he/it, is all-powerful, has WAY too much time on their hands, and ruling over all three worlds would be fun for the time being.
This is where our story starts.
= - = - =: Chapter one: The bringer of sorrow: = - = - =
A lithe shadow hung in the safety of the brushes, as he watched a petite figure in a kimono bend down to pick something, most presumably a flower.
His startling red eyes softened at the sight of the young girl, having an almost longing look shadowing his face.
"Yukina..." He dared to whisper as his heart fluttered inside his chest, making it hard him to breathe.
Was it guilt? No, impossible, demons like himself shouldn't have such inferior emotions. Yet...how he longed to talk to her, comfort her, but no.
Someone so stained with blood shouldn't – couldn't ruin the innocent pearl before his eyes.
As if magically hearing her name, she turned her head to the tree that the shadow was hiding, almost knowing that he was there.
Blinking her wide childlike eyes, she turned her head away, and resumed her task. However, she would often glance towards the direction where the stranger was, somehow just KNOWING that he was there.
"Who's there? Please come out. I wouldn't hurt you." She called out to the forest, silence was her answer. In the distance, she could faintly hear the fluttering of the annoyances, accompanied by their chirping.
The shadow took an involuntary step backwards, catching himself just in time to remember that he was on a branch, and taking a step so mentioned would be something like Kuwabara would do.
He would cut his throat first before succumbing to that idiot's level.
Looking back to where the ice maiden was, his heart jumped when she wasn't there anymore. His eyes quickly darted around, looking for his counterpart.
Yukina quietly hummed to herself as she walked back to Genkai's temple, her beautiful flowers were arranged in a colorful pattern in her arms, contrasting greatly against her pale blue dress.
She closed her eyes as she listened to the birds that sang along with her, never noticing the upturned root blocking her path.
Her foot caught against the obstacle, causing her to pitch forwards.
The girl felt herself stumble, and her eyes opened, showing her panic and alarm. Before she could utter a startled cry, she felt herself being caught by strong arms.
"Hiei-san?" She stared into his crimson orbs, so deep, and so full of pain that never seemed to go away.
"Hn." He grunted, as he hefted her into a more comfortable position in his arms. The demon started to carry her back, bridal fashion.
She blushed as she weakly protested. "I-I can walk by myself. Please let me down Hiei-san."
Hiei looked down at her once, before resuming his quest. He spoke quietly in his gruff voice, "We're almost there. Mere minutes won't make much a difference."
She smiled as she held the bouquet in her arms tighter. She stared at her savior, looking at him with a closer insight.
His black clothing was rumpled, no doubt that he just had arrived from the Makai. His stunning white scarf that greatly contrasted with his outfit trailed down to his shoulders, swaying slightly as he walked.
Hiei shifted uncomfortably as he felt her soft gaze upon him.
Somehow, he couldn't help thinking that she somehow could read his mind, knowing exactly who, when, and what he killed in the past, although he himself didn't know. He had lost count around fifty a LONG time ago.
Her soft voice brought him out of his stupor. "I just want to thank you...for catching me..."
"Hn," He deliberately looked away as his chest tightened.
Curse him for being such a coward! He could kill another demon within a heartbeat, feeling their hot, coppery blood smear across his face and sneer at the pathetic creature, yet when it came to his sister... he was even worse than the fool.
She smiled to herself. She never looked at the temperamental fire Youkai the way the others did. Even though he sounded cold and distant, she often found meanings within meanings in his few choice of words.
She just loved the way that Kazuma and Hiei-san would always 'get along.'
Flashback
"Yukina-chan! Your manly Kazuma is here!" The orange haired teen called out as he entered the temple, mindful to take off his shoes first.
"Why hello Kazuma. Won't you join Hiei-san for tea?" She said as she slid one of the doors open.
"The shrimp's here? I mean...Err, I would just LOVE to, my sweet Yukina darling!" He quickly amended his mistake as he greeted her with open arms. Literally.
As she went to fetch the kettle, Kuwabara threw the door open as he stomped inside.
"All right runt, what the hell are you doing with MY Yukina baby?" He found the demon sitting (For once) in a cross-legged position, at a wooden table.
"Hn, are you really that stupid, or is your vision as good as your intelligence level?" He snorted as he tried ignoring the idiot.
He failed miserably as so Kurama wasn't there to restrain him.
"Are you insulting me runt-boy? Say that to my face like a man!" He grabbed the demon by the collar of his clothes and drew him up to his eye level.
"Yes, I just insulted you, seeing so that you are unable to realize this, you fool." Hiei snarled, bearing his all too sharp fangs at the moron.
Kuwabara yelped as he dropped Hiei, startled by the other's actions. "I'll beat your face in, midget-runt!"
The demon raised his eyebrow at this new offense. "How impressive. Using words that don't even exist."
All hell broke loose as Kuwabara was about to beat Hiei up (Yeah right), and as Hiei's hand suspiciously drew near his Katana.
Before one could blink, Hiei had knocked out Kuwabara out, with the flat end of his blade.
Shame too. I mean, he could have at least tipped his hand to and angle, and 'accidentally' send him to a hospital with life threatening wounds...
Looking at the ningen with disgust, he kicked him into a position so that the ugly human wasn't kissing the floor. After all, he didn't want Yukina to clean up the drool that the repulsive ningen made.
Sitting back to his former position, the demon quietly awaited for his tea, or rather Yukina.
When the ice maiden came back with the steaming kettle, safe to say that she was rather surprised to see Kazuma 'sleeping.'
"Oh my... Kazuma..." She put a hand over her mouth as she tried not to giggle.
"Hn, he was tired, so he is 'resting' if you can put it that way." With that, Hiei disappeared, using his usual method of exit. The window.
'Oh my. Hiei-san is such a nice person. He even left Kazuma to make sure that he can get his 'rest'. How very considerate of him.' She thought as she was left unaware of their 'conversation' earlier.
Since that day, out of the Reikai Tantei, she had always thought that those two held high respect for each other....
End Flashback
Hiei, with surprising gentleness, let her down in her room, and stared down at his feet uncomfortably.
Yukina started to hum as she found a vase to put her flowers in. Arranging them in a special order, she turned back to Hiei and showed him her flora.
"Aren't they so pretty? This red one is the shade of your eyes too. See?" She pointed out a particular rose that was in full bloom, showing off to the world its beauty.
Unsure of what to do, Hiei nodded, almost dieing of the unbearable atmosphere that he was generating. Yukina was oblivious to the fact though as she placed the white vase on top of her drawer.
He couldn't stand it anymore. If he spent another minute in this uncomfortable silence without knowing what to do, he would drive himself insane.
"Wait! Don't go!" Yukina somehow sensed that he was about to disappear again, like he would always do before she could talk to him properly.
Especially about THAT question.
Now, Hiei was a demon who never took orders. From nobody. Not even the brat in hell, or heaven, whatever you call that place.
He just... felt the need to assist the bloody fools before they screwed up and sent the worlds spiraling into utter chaos. Like it or not, he lived in one of those worlds too.
However, a simple command from Yukina was all that he ever needed. He forced his leg muscles to relax and calmed his racing heart.
"Before you go away again...can you answer this question for me?" She had a pleading look in her innocent eyes, melting Hiei's cold heart a bit.
"Hn." Hiei grunted, not liking where this was heading.
"My brother, can you... did you find him yet?" She whispered softly, almost to the point where Hiei couldn't hear her anymore.
However, it didn't matter. The question was always the same.
Hiei fiddled with two options in his mind. One, to tell her and get it over with, handling her rejection alone in the shadows of Makai. Two, tell her no, and continue to find himself. Or the last option... ending this for good.
You all know, since he was a self-absorbed demon, so his chose...option three.
"Yes."
Yukina's heart skipped a beat, and then started to race faster, excitement coloring her pale cheeks.
"However, not the way you intended it to be." He HAD to do this. For both of them. He couldn't stand it, watching it eat little by little of Yukina's life. It HAD to end here.
Her heart stopped. Then it started again, faster than ever, getting a bad gut feeling in her stomach. "Wh-what d-do you mean?"
"I found his corpse. He is dead."
= - = - =: Yusuke: Ok, this is officially screwed. Me and Kurama show up at the hag's shrine to hear that Yukina's brother is dead! Damn it Hiei! What'd the hell you have to go and have to buy the farm now?! Wait, so you're not dead? But I thought that she said... Oh no, what the hell have you done now Hiei? Next time on Yu Yu Hakusho: A funeral...FOR HIEI!?!
Da Da Da Dun!
Chibi: Yep, yep! It was all me!
Chan: What?! What do you mean all you?! I wrote all of this!
(Sticks tongue out at Chan) Chibi: I came up with the idea!
(Self insert Hiei here.) Hiei: Hn.
(Both authoresses squeal in delight and latch onto Hiei.)
Hiei: Let go of me, baka ningen onna, the both of you.
Chan: HIEI-CHAN! (Hugs him even tighter.)
Chibi: No! He's mine!
(Self insert Kurama here.) Kurama: Hello Hiei. It's nice to see you associating yourself a bit more with these girls.
Hiei: Damn! Get these ningens off me.
Chibi: MINE! (Latches herself onto Kurama.)
Kurama: Well, at least one is off.
Chan: Good! Hiei-chan is MINE! But the rest belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi.
Chibi: NO! I own 'Rama-chan!
(Both bishonens) Sweatdrop
Kurama: Let's start, shall we?
= - = - = - = - =
It was your average Ningenkai morning. The sunny blue sky, the shining sun, the little chirping annoyances that Yukina oh so loves...
However, for the Reikai Tantei, no matter where they were, Reikai, Ningenkai, or Makai, the peace would never last.
Why, you ask? Because there's always some ass-brained demon that thinks that she/he/it, is all-powerful, has WAY too much time on their hands, and ruling over all three worlds would be fun for the time being.
This is where our story starts.
= - = - =: Chapter one: The bringer of sorrow: = - = - =
A lithe shadow hung in the safety of the brushes, as he watched a petite figure in a kimono bend down to pick something, most presumably a flower.
His startling red eyes softened at the sight of the young girl, having an almost longing look shadowing his face.
"Yukina..." He dared to whisper as his heart fluttered inside his chest, making it hard him to breathe.
Was it guilt? No, impossible, demons like himself shouldn't have such inferior emotions. Yet...how he longed to talk to her, comfort her, but no.
Someone so stained with blood shouldn't – couldn't ruin the innocent pearl before his eyes.
As if magically hearing her name, she turned her head to the tree that the shadow was hiding, almost knowing that he was there.
Blinking her wide childlike eyes, she turned her head away, and resumed her task. However, she would often glance towards the direction where the stranger was, somehow just KNOWING that he was there.
"Who's there? Please come out. I wouldn't hurt you." She called out to the forest, silence was her answer. In the distance, she could faintly hear the fluttering of the annoyances, accompanied by their chirping.
The shadow took an involuntary step backwards, catching himself just in time to remember that he was on a branch, and taking a step so mentioned would be something like Kuwabara would do.
He would cut his throat first before succumbing to that idiot's level.
Looking back to where the ice maiden was, his heart jumped when she wasn't there anymore. His eyes quickly darted around, looking for his counterpart.
Yukina quietly hummed to herself as she walked back to Genkai's temple, her beautiful flowers were arranged in a colorful pattern in her arms, contrasting greatly against her pale blue dress.
She closed her eyes as she listened to the birds that sang along with her, never noticing the upturned root blocking her path.
Her foot caught against the obstacle, causing her to pitch forwards.
The girl felt herself stumble, and her eyes opened, showing her panic and alarm. Before she could utter a startled cry, she felt herself being caught by strong arms.
"Hiei-san?" She stared into his crimson orbs, so deep, and so full of pain that never seemed to go away.
"Hn." He grunted, as he hefted her into a more comfortable position in his arms. The demon started to carry her back, bridal fashion.
She blushed as she weakly protested. "I-I can walk by myself. Please let me down Hiei-san."
Hiei looked down at her once, before resuming his quest. He spoke quietly in his gruff voice, "We're almost there. Mere minutes won't make much a difference."
She smiled as she held the bouquet in her arms tighter. She stared at her savior, looking at him with a closer insight.
His black clothing was rumpled, no doubt that he just had arrived from the Makai. His stunning white scarf that greatly contrasted with his outfit trailed down to his shoulders, swaying slightly as he walked.
Hiei shifted uncomfortably as he felt her soft gaze upon him.
Somehow, he couldn't help thinking that she somehow could read his mind, knowing exactly who, when, and what he killed in the past, although he himself didn't know. He had lost count around fifty a LONG time ago.
Her soft voice brought him out of his stupor. "I just want to thank you...for catching me..."
"Hn," He deliberately looked away as his chest tightened.
Curse him for being such a coward! He could kill another demon within a heartbeat, feeling their hot, coppery blood smear across his face and sneer at the pathetic creature, yet when it came to his sister... he was even worse than the fool.
She smiled to herself. She never looked at the temperamental fire Youkai the way the others did. Even though he sounded cold and distant, she often found meanings within meanings in his few choice of words.
She just loved the way that Kazuma and Hiei-san would always 'get along.'
Flashback
"Yukina-chan! Your manly Kazuma is here!" The orange haired teen called out as he entered the temple, mindful to take off his shoes first.
"Why hello Kazuma. Won't you join Hiei-san for tea?" She said as she slid one of the doors open.
"The shrimp's here? I mean...Err, I would just LOVE to, my sweet Yukina darling!" He quickly amended his mistake as he greeted her with open arms. Literally.
As she went to fetch the kettle, Kuwabara threw the door open as he stomped inside.
"All right runt, what the hell are you doing with MY Yukina baby?" He found the demon sitting (For once) in a cross-legged position, at a wooden table.
"Hn, are you really that stupid, or is your vision as good as your intelligence level?" He snorted as he tried ignoring the idiot.
He failed miserably as so Kurama wasn't there to restrain him.
"Are you insulting me runt-boy? Say that to my face like a man!" He grabbed the demon by the collar of his clothes and drew him up to his eye level.
"Yes, I just insulted you, seeing so that you are unable to realize this, you fool." Hiei snarled, bearing his all too sharp fangs at the moron.
Kuwabara yelped as he dropped Hiei, startled by the other's actions. "I'll beat your face in, midget-runt!"
The demon raised his eyebrow at this new offense. "How impressive. Using words that don't even exist."
All hell broke loose as Kuwabara was about to beat Hiei up (Yeah right), and as Hiei's hand suspiciously drew near his Katana.
Before one could blink, Hiei had knocked out Kuwabara out, with the flat end of his blade.
Shame too. I mean, he could have at least tipped his hand to and angle, and 'accidentally' send him to a hospital with life threatening wounds...
Looking at the ningen with disgust, he kicked him into a position so that the ugly human wasn't kissing the floor. After all, he didn't want Yukina to clean up the drool that the repulsive ningen made.
Sitting back to his former position, the demon quietly awaited for his tea, or rather Yukina.
When the ice maiden came back with the steaming kettle, safe to say that she was rather surprised to see Kazuma 'sleeping.'
"Oh my... Kazuma..." She put a hand over her mouth as she tried not to giggle.
"Hn, he was tired, so he is 'resting' if you can put it that way." With that, Hiei disappeared, using his usual method of exit. The window.
'Oh my. Hiei-san is such a nice person. He even left Kazuma to make sure that he can get his 'rest'. How very considerate of him.' She thought as she was left unaware of their 'conversation' earlier.
Since that day, out of the Reikai Tantei, she had always thought that those two held high respect for each other....
End Flashback
Hiei, with surprising gentleness, let her down in her room, and stared down at his feet uncomfortably.
Yukina started to hum as she found a vase to put her flowers in. Arranging them in a special order, she turned back to Hiei and showed him her flora.
"Aren't they so pretty? This red one is the shade of your eyes too. See?" She pointed out a particular rose that was in full bloom, showing off to the world its beauty.
Unsure of what to do, Hiei nodded, almost dieing of the unbearable atmosphere that he was generating. Yukina was oblivious to the fact though as she placed the white vase on top of her drawer.
He couldn't stand it anymore. If he spent another minute in this uncomfortable silence without knowing what to do, he would drive himself insane.
"Wait! Don't go!" Yukina somehow sensed that he was about to disappear again, like he would always do before she could talk to him properly.
Especially about THAT question.
Now, Hiei was a demon who never took orders. From nobody. Not even the brat in hell, or heaven, whatever you call that place.
He just... felt the need to assist the bloody fools before they screwed up and sent the worlds spiraling into utter chaos. Like it or not, he lived in one of those worlds too.
However, a simple command from Yukina was all that he ever needed. He forced his leg muscles to relax and calmed his racing heart.
"Before you go away again...can you answer this question for me?" She had a pleading look in her innocent eyes, melting Hiei's cold heart a bit.
"Hn." Hiei grunted, not liking where this was heading.
"My brother, can you... did you find him yet?" She whispered softly, almost to the point where Hiei couldn't hear her anymore.
However, it didn't matter. The question was always the same.
Hiei fiddled with two options in his mind. One, to tell her and get it over with, handling her rejection alone in the shadows of Makai. Two, tell her no, and continue to find himself. Or the last option... ending this for good.
You all know, since he was a self-absorbed demon, so his chose...option three.
"Yes."
Yukina's heart skipped a beat, and then started to race faster, excitement coloring her pale cheeks.
"However, not the way you intended it to be." He HAD to do this. For both of them. He couldn't stand it, watching it eat little by little of Yukina's life. It HAD to end here.
Her heart stopped. Then it started again, faster than ever, getting a bad gut feeling in her stomach. "Wh-what d-do you mean?"
"I found his corpse. He is dead."
= - = - =: Yusuke: Ok, this is officially screwed. Me and Kurama show up at the hag's shrine to hear that Yukina's brother is dead! Damn it Hiei! What'd the hell you have to go and have to buy the farm now?! Wait, so you're not dead? But I thought that she said... Oh no, what the hell have you done now Hiei? Next time on Yu Yu Hakusho: A funeral...FOR HIEI!?!