OreWaTensai: ... you know even I can't believe that I can be so fluffy! ( I
dunno what came over me to write the previous chapter especially the
kissing scene... maybe I just wanted to show the attraction between Yomi and
Mukuro... Well, whatever. Forgive the fluff and beware because more of that
fluff will be coming. Don't worry I'll try not to make it cliché. Thanks to
my reviewers for all your support! I really do update fast, ne?
Displacement
Chapter Eight- Yomi's Journal
Kurama paced the library back and forth. Once in a while he would anxiously look at the clock, waiting for the hands to point to 7:00. It was only half past six; there was still a half an hour to go. Kurama was actually waiting for dinner... not that he was hungry of course but he wanted to consult with Mukuro as soon as possible. Kurama picked up the journal once again and opened it. He reread the first entry.
Early this morning, one of the Gandara radars detected something wandering along the borders. I sent Yuga, one of the soldiers, to inspect. About an hour later I received a transmission from Yuga who was requesting me to come there at once. When I arrived there, I saw something unusual. The strange thing detected by our radar was neither a demon nor an animal. It was a female human. She must have strayed into the makai by mistake. She was in bad shape, with several wounds all over her body. She was very weak and was almost half dead. I decided to take her to our hospital for treatment, after all if she died within our borders we might be blamed for her death and politically this would be beneficial to me. I accompanied her to the emergency room. The young woman opened her eyes and looked at me. And then she did something that both surprised and touched me. She smiled at me... I knew she did for I felt a strange and warm sensation in my chest. I didn't know how to react to this. I had never imagined that a human would smile at me like that... I realized just then that nobody had ever smiled at me that way. A smile so full of love—
The entry abruptly ended there. Kurama was puzzled. Whose journal was this? It couldn't be Yomi's... could it? Kurama looked around the old library he was in. It was indeed very old and dusty. It must have been made into a storage room. Nobody had visited there in a long while. Yet what was a recent journal doing there? Why would anybody put it carelessly in there? Unless... it was put there purposely. Kurama noticed the door from where he had entered. Its handle was rusty and it looked like it would fall off any time. Then, Kurama realized something. This old library was locked. The lock must have rusted off. Oh damn.
Finally the old clock in the library chimed, it was now seven o'clock. Kurama hurried off to the dinner hall. He found Mukuro who was still with Yomi. Yomi was smiling at something she had said. Kurama blinked in surprise.
'Wow, those two are really getting along fine...' he thought, suddenly getting a guilty feeling about the journal he was going to show. Problem was, he really needed Mukuro's opinion because he did not know how to feel about what he divulged from the journal. He had to talk to Mukuro. He walked up to Mukuro and tapped her shoulder lightly. She turned around to face him.
Again, Kurama was startled to see how much Mukuro was enjoying herself. Kurama shook his head and voiced out.
"Mukuro, could you spare me a minute?" said Kurama haltingly.
"... Oh, alright. Excuse me Lord Yomi." Said Mukuro and then she went with Kurama to the far side of the room.
"Mukuro... I have something to show you. Now it may shock you, but please don't react so loudly." Said Kurama, carefully picking his words. He was fully aware of the fact that Yomi could still hear them.
"Go ahead, Kurama." Said Mukuro, her voice turning serious. "What is it?"
Kurama silently handed her the journal. Mukuro glanced at him once and then opened it. Mukuro's eyes swiftly glided from one word to another. Slowly and threateningly, she creased her forehead as if angrily examining the contents of the journal. When she had read five whole pages, she turned on her heel and said in a quick whisper,
"Kurama, come with me."
With Kurama at her heels, she literally stalked the many hallways of Gandara looking as angry as a raging bull. The servants she encountered almost jumped out of her way, she always looked so scary whenever she was really angry. Hiei, whom they also stumbled upon, was the only one who had to courage to even speak to her.
"Mukuro, why are you so angry?" said Hiei boldly.
"Hiei, it's you. I didn't see you. Come with me." Said Mukuro curtly.
"No. Not unless you tell me what's going on." Hiei sounded a little bit childish when he said that. Perhaps he was annoyed when Mukuro said 'I didn't see you'. Perhaps he thought she was implying that he was too short to be seen in a crowd. Hmm...
"I will tell you if you come with me."
"No. I won't come with you."
"Really?" said Mukuro narrowing her eyes, "You have to."
With those words Mukuro took hold of Hiei's hand and dragged him along the corridors to her sleeping quarters. Hiei blushed the faintest shade of red.
Hiei did not have a choice but to try and keep up with Mukuro. Kurama was close to laughing out loud but he covered his mouth with his hand. Laughing might infuriate Mukuro even more. When they reached Mukuro's room, which was formerly Yomi's room, Mukuro kicked the door shut. Kurama cringed slightly at the sudden loud sound.
"Really Mukuro you should be more quiet. Yomi might hear you!" said Kurama half-jokingly as he rubbed his ears.
"Don't you know this room is also soundproof?" said Mukuro, sitting down on the desk and once again poring over the controversial journal.
Hiei stood around, staring belligerently at Mukuro.
"So what's all the fuss?" he said in a monotone.
"This." Said Mukuro, throwing the poor thing across the desk, "Read it."
Hiei lazily picked it up and began to read.
"Early this morning blah blah blah I sent one of the blah blah... requesting me to come at once blah blah blah blah blah... it was a female human?! Really are you trying to torture me by making me read a romance novel?" said Hiei, disgustedly shutting the journal.
"What!" said Kurama, finally letting out a peal of laughter which made his nose crinkle (aww!), "Why didn't I think of that! It must be a novel!"
Mukuro looked from Kurama to Hiei, then from Hiei back to Kurama. Kurama stopped laughing as he saw the look on Mukuro's face. Hiei was indifferent like he always was. Mukuro's face was grave and solemn.
"I don't think it's a romance novel. It's the real thing." Said Mukuro, lifting the journal and pointing to its back cover, "It has the royal seal embossed on its cover. It must be real."
Kurama's head drooped a little. He was rather annoyed by the fact that Mukuro had noticed the royal seal before he did. Oh well, he was probably too shocked when he first saw it that he didn't see the seal. After all it was at the back, he thought, trying to justify his mistake at overlooking it. Hiei raised a skeptical eyebrow.
"Maybe somebody put it there." He said defiantly.
"Don't be an idiot, only Yomi can put those seals on practically anything." Said Mukuro, suddenly dropping the title of 'Lord' when she mentioned Yomi's name.
"... So he did meet that human girl." Said Kurama thoughtfully.
"Yes and he violated the rule. It says here that he actually smuggled the girl back into the human world without letting authorities erase her memories." Replied Mukuro.
"But why would he do such a thing?" asked Hiei, completely bewildered.
Kurama once again scanned the journal, only half of the small journal was filled with entries and so he finished in a short while.
"Here let me read another entry to you:
I visited her in the hospital and there she was, sitting up in bed restlessly moving about. I greeted her a pleasant morning and she greeted me back with equal politeness. I wondered why she should do such a thing, why wasn't she afraid of a demon like me? I asked her that question and she answered with a reply so disarmingly trustful "You helped me when I was in trouble, you must be a good person." I corrected her and said that I was a demon, I asked her if she knew anything about demons. She said
that she knew a little, from the stories told by her grandmother who had actually met a demon. She related to me saying that the demon that her grandmother met wasn't so bad, so she thought that maybe not all demons are evil. I smiled and told her that not all demons are good either. She replied and told me that she knew that fact but she said she would rather look at the bright side of things. I asked her how old she was, she was only 15 years old. I told her that she really is very young and that was why she was thinking so childishly. She rolled her eyes and said that it's better to be an innocent child than to be a lecherous adult. I asked her for her name, she said her name was Hinata and then I gave her my name as well. Hinata was an amazing young woman, as I discovered the next few days, sometimes sounding wiser and older than some of the wise demons in the makai and sometimes sounding so childishly immature. I
cannot deny the fact that I was fascinated by her insight. Never in my life have I met someone so optimistic, or someone who chooses to be blissfully ignorant of the dark side of things. Hinata saw the good in everything yet somehow I felt that she didn't see just how good a person she really was...
Kurama sighed and looked up from the book.
"I know this might sound crazy but... I think Yomi actually fell in love with this human-girl called Hinata..."
"Yomi? Fall in love with a human?" said Hiei cynically, "He would sooner eat her than love her!"
Mukuro was amazingly silent, she seemed to be mulling something over in her mind. Suddenly she stood up.
"I am going to scold Yomi." She said out of the blue.
"... You... are?" said Kurama looking perplexed.
"Yes I am."
"And how will you do that?" said Hiei.
"I will confront him and ask for a showdown." Said Mukuro in reply.
"Showdown? Sorry, you said showdown?" said Kurama, suddenly thinking something about a 'dance' showdown.
Without another word, Mukuro swept angrily out the door. She had some serious nagging to do...
OreWaTensai: Wait, I just had to list down these little details from this chapter that I think are absolutely cute!
when Mukuro grabbed Hiei's hand and dragged him through the corridors
when Kurama laughed and crinkled his nose
............ oh dear I hope you approve that the rival is a human girl! I mean don't you think that's sweet? You know like another love story between a human and a demon? Right? Please agree! Please pretty please! And please tell me of it's okay if the next chapter I write contains the journal entries of Yomi. Thanks! ( ( (
Displacement
Chapter Eight- Yomi's Journal
Kurama paced the library back and forth. Once in a while he would anxiously look at the clock, waiting for the hands to point to 7:00. It was only half past six; there was still a half an hour to go. Kurama was actually waiting for dinner... not that he was hungry of course but he wanted to consult with Mukuro as soon as possible. Kurama picked up the journal once again and opened it. He reread the first entry.
Early this morning, one of the Gandara radars detected something wandering along the borders. I sent Yuga, one of the soldiers, to inspect. About an hour later I received a transmission from Yuga who was requesting me to come there at once. When I arrived there, I saw something unusual. The strange thing detected by our radar was neither a demon nor an animal. It was a female human. She must have strayed into the makai by mistake. She was in bad shape, with several wounds all over her body. She was very weak and was almost half dead. I decided to take her to our hospital for treatment, after all if she died within our borders we might be blamed for her death and politically this would be beneficial to me. I accompanied her to the emergency room. The young woman opened her eyes and looked at me. And then she did something that both surprised and touched me. She smiled at me... I knew she did for I felt a strange and warm sensation in my chest. I didn't know how to react to this. I had never imagined that a human would smile at me like that... I realized just then that nobody had ever smiled at me that way. A smile so full of love—
The entry abruptly ended there. Kurama was puzzled. Whose journal was this? It couldn't be Yomi's... could it? Kurama looked around the old library he was in. It was indeed very old and dusty. It must have been made into a storage room. Nobody had visited there in a long while. Yet what was a recent journal doing there? Why would anybody put it carelessly in there? Unless... it was put there purposely. Kurama noticed the door from where he had entered. Its handle was rusty and it looked like it would fall off any time. Then, Kurama realized something. This old library was locked. The lock must have rusted off. Oh damn.
Finally the old clock in the library chimed, it was now seven o'clock. Kurama hurried off to the dinner hall. He found Mukuro who was still with Yomi. Yomi was smiling at something she had said. Kurama blinked in surprise.
'Wow, those two are really getting along fine...' he thought, suddenly getting a guilty feeling about the journal he was going to show. Problem was, he really needed Mukuro's opinion because he did not know how to feel about what he divulged from the journal. He had to talk to Mukuro. He walked up to Mukuro and tapped her shoulder lightly. She turned around to face him.
Again, Kurama was startled to see how much Mukuro was enjoying herself. Kurama shook his head and voiced out.
"Mukuro, could you spare me a minute?" said Kurama haltingly.
"... Oh, alright. Excuse me Lord Yomi." Said Mukuro and then she went with Kurama to the far side of the room.
"Mukuro... I have something to show you. Now it may shock you, but please don't react so loudly." Said Kurama, carefully picking his words. He was fully aware of the fact that Yomi could still hear them.
"Go ahead, Kurama." Said Mukuro, her voice turning serious. "What is it?"
Kurama silently handed her the journal. Mukuro glanced at him once and then opened it. Mukuro's eyes swiftly glided from one word to another. Slowly and threateningly, she creased her forehead as if angrily examining the contents of the journal. When she had read five whole pages, she turned on her heel and said in a quick whisper,
"Kurama, come with me."
With Kurama at her heels, she literally stalked the many hallways of Gandara looking as angry as a raging bull. The servants she encountered almost jumped out of her way, she always looked so scary whenever she was really angry. Hiei, whom they also stumbled upon, was the only one who had to courage to even speak to her.
"Mukuro, why are you so angry?" said Hiei boldly.
"Hiei, it's you. I didn't see you. Come with me." Said Mukuro curtly.
"No. Not unless you tell me what's going on." Hiei sounded a little bit childish when he said that. Perhaps he was annoyed when Mukuro said 'I didn't see you'. Perhaps he thought she was implying that he was too short to be seen in a crowd. Hmm...
"I will tell you if you come with me."
"No. I won't come with you."
"Really?" said Mukuro narrowing her eyes, "You have to."
With those words Mukuro took hold of Hiei's hand and dragged him along the corridors to her sleeping quarters. Hiei blushed the faintest shade of red.
Hiei did not have a choice but to try and keep up with Mukuro. Kurama was close to laughing out loud but he covered his mouth with his hand. Laughing might infuriate Mukuro even more. When they reached Mukuro's room, which was formerly Yomi's room, Mukuro kicked the door shut. Kurama cringed slightly at the sudden loud sound.
"Really Mukuro you should be more quiet. Yomi might hear you!" said Kurama half-jokingly as he rubbed his ears.
"Don't you know this room is also soundproof?" said Mukuro, sitting down on the desk and once again poring over the controversial journal.
Hiei stood around, staring belligerently at Mukuro.
"So what's all the fuss?" he said in a monotone.
"This." Said Mukuro, throwing the poor thing across the desk, "Read it."
Hiei lazily picked it up and began to read.
"Early this morning blah blah blah I sent one of the blah blah... requesting me to come at once blah blah blah blah blah... it was a female human?! Really are you trying to torture me by making me read a romance novel?" said Hiei, disgustedly shutting the journal.
"What!" said Kurama, finally letting out a peal of laughter which made his nose crinkle (aww!), "Why didn't I think of that! It must be a novel!"
Mukuro looked from Kurama to Hiei, then from Hiei back to Kurama. Kurama stopped laughing as he saw the look on Mukuro's face. Hiei was indifferent like he always was. Mukuro's face was grave and solemn.
"I don't think it's a romance novel. It's the real thing." Said Mukuro, lifting the journal and pointing to its back cover, "It has the royal seal embossed on its cover. It must be real."
Kurama's head drooped a little. He was rather annoyed by the fact that Mukuro had noticed the royal seal before he did. Oh well, he was probably too shocked when he first saw it that he didn't see the seal. After all it was at the back, he thought, trying to justify his mistake at overlooking it. Hiei raised a skeptical eyebrow.
"Maybe somebody put it there." He said defiantly.
"Don't be an idiot, only Yomi can put those seals on practically anything." Said Mukuro, suddenly dropping the title of 'Lord' when she mentioned Yomi's name.
"... So he did meet that human girl." Said Kurama thoughtfully.
"Yes and he violated the rule. It says here that he actually smuggled the girl back into the human world without letting authorities erase her memories." Replied Mukuro.
"But why would he do such a thing?" asked Hiei, completely bewildered.
Kurama once again scanned the journal, only half of the small journal was filled with entries and so he finished in a short while.
"Here let me read another entry to you:
I visited her in the hospital and there she was, sitting up in bed restlessly moving about. I greeted her a pleasant morning and she greeted me back with equal politeness. I wondered why she should do such a thing, why wasn't she afraid of a demon like me? I asked her that question and she answered with a reply so disarmingly trustful "You helped me when I was in trouble, you must be a good person." I corrected her and said that I was a demon, I asked her if she knew anything about demons. She said
that she knew a little, from the stories told by her grandmother who had actually met a demon. She related to me saying that the demon that her grandmother met wasn't so bad, so she thought that maybe not all demons are evil. I smiled and told her that not all demons are good either. She replied and told me that she knew that fact but she said she would rather look at the bright side of things. I asked her how old she was, she was only 15 years old. I told her that she really is very young and that was why she was thinking so childishly. She rolled her eyes and said that it's better to be an innocent child than to be a lecherous adult. I asked her for her name, she said her name was Hinata and then I gave her my name as well. Hinata was an amazing young woman, as I discovered the next few days, sometimes sounding wiser and older than some of the wise demons in the makai and sometimes sounding so childishly immature. I
cannot deny the fact that I was fascinated by her insight. Never in my life have I met someone so optimistic, or someone who chooses to be blissfully ignorant of the dark side of things. Hinata saw the good in everything yet somehow I felt that she didn't see just how good a person she really was...
Kurama sighed and looked up from the book.
"I know this might sound crazy but... I think Yomi actually fell in love with this human-girl called Hinata..."
"Yomi? Fall in love with a human?" said Hiei cynically, "He would sooner eat her than love her!"
Mukuro was amazingly silent, she seemed to be mulling something over in her mind. Suddenly she stood up.
"I am going to scold Yomi." She said out of the blue.
"... You... are?" said Kurama looking perplexed.
"Yes I am."
"And how will you do that?" said Hiei.
"I will confront him and ask for a showdown." Said Mukuro in reply.
"Showdown? Sorry, you said showdown?" said Kurama, suddenly thinking something about a 'dance' showdown.
Without another word, Mukuro swept angrily out the door. She had some serious nagging to do...
OreWaTensai: Wait, I just had to list down these little details from this chapter that I think are absolutely cute!
when Mukuro grabbed Hiei's hand and dragged him through the corridors
when Kurama laughed and crinkled his nose
............ oh dear I hope you approve that the rival is a human girl! I mean don't you think that's sweet? You know like another love story between a human and a demon? Right? Please agree! Please pretty please! And please tell me of it's okay if the next chapter I write contains the journal entries of Yomi. Thanks! ( ( (