Me and the Penguin Army
Disclaimers: Yu Yu Hakusho? Me own it? Ha! Stop making me laugh
Thoughts (insert words)
Telepathic talk "(Insert words)"
Means change from the story to Ixi, Chloe and Rayden or from the three to the story
Chapter 15 A Night to Remember
A sudden breeze picked up and I shivered slightly. "Cold?" Hiei asked as I watched him glance from the corner of his eye. I rubbed my arms to make the goose bumps go away. "I'm fine." I mumbled while watching a pigeon land on a telephone wire. I sighed and shivered again. A sudden swing of a black cloak startled me and I looked over at Hiei as I drew the cloak tighter around my shoulders. "Thanks." I said as I let my legs drop off the side of the apartment roof. I quickly glanced over at Hiei to make sure he wasn't too cold with out his cloak and noticed his katana. "Are you a good teacher?" I asked while staring at the katana. "Why do you want to know?" Hiei asked following my gaze. "Could you teach me to fight?" When he didn't say anything for a couple of seconds I looked the opposite way to not let him see I was disappointed. "What kind of fighting?" I stood up and handed him back his cloak. "Just forget it, never mind, I never said anything." I quickly sprinted down the stairs and out the main door of the building to the sidewalks next to the busy streets.
Weaving in and out of traffic I made my way to the café where the talent show was to be held. I spoke with the director of the show and after a few minutes, had myself withdrawn from the show. Sighing, I quickly walked out of the café and let myself get caught in the rush hour crowds. I wonder where Cyrus has been lately. I got jammed in the ribs for what seemed like the fourth or fifth time and decided to get out of the crowd. Fortunately there was a park nearby and I soon found an empty bench to sit in. I sighed and laid out on the bench to think about everything. Okay, I've been a hot potato foster kid my whole life, strange things would always happen and go without explanation. Couple years ago I finally found a family that stuck and a boy who understands me. Super big weird event, me and my family pack up and come here where I meet Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei plus several other strange people. I go to a place they call Makai and run for my life several times. Upon a visit to Reikai I meet Koenma who suspects I am a demon thingy. He gets a blood test; results come back that I am a demon. I also discover I am the last of my kind because someone-up-on-his-high-horse thought my race was growing too powerful. Speaking of demons, Nymph, Spook, and Hiei all turn out to be demon people too. The others I don't know so I can't say. "Do you mind?" I came out of my thoughts and quickly shifted from a laying position to a sitting one so Hiei could sit down.
Once he was seated I went back into my laying position with my head on his lap. "You look comfortable." Hiei slyly said as I closed my eyes. "Eh." I mumbled as I shifted slightly. "So were you serious about the learning to fight thing?" I shifted again, not answering him. "Ixi?" Hiei asked while tapping my forehead. "No." I said flatly as I shifted again and brushed away his hand. "No what?" "No." I mumbled again in a whining voice. Hiei loudly sighed. "Ixi, I'll teach you to fight only if you're serious about it." "No!" I whined again. "Why do you keep saying no? You're the one who asked me in the first place!" "NO!" I wailed again. I could almost picture Hiei's frustration. "You're impossible." Hiei muttered. "No." I whined. "Stop saying NO." Hiei snapped and I felt his glare. "No." A sudden burst of wind sent me shivering and once again I found Hiei's cloak draped over me. "No." I said as I pushed the fabric off me. Quick as a dart, I sat up and jumped off the bench. I ran through the park with Hiei in close pursuit.
I looked back to see how far Hiei was behind me and saw he had disappeared. I stopped and looked around while scratching my head. "Huh?" I said looking around. "Gotcha." I jumped as Hiei's hand grabbed my shoulder. "No fair!" I protested as he drew me into his arms. "Sorry, I don't play by the rules." Hiei whispered in my ear. I smirked and quickly twisted out of his hug. "Neither do I." I cried as I took off at a run again. I soon found myself at an empty playground. I looked around and then jogged over to the swings. I easily found the tallest one and I sat in it and began pumping my legs. From up in the air I could see Hiei walking over to where I was and the funniest smirk on his face. Upon my descent I drug my feet in the sand so I would stop. When the swing was only going a few feet off the ground I jumped and landed in a gymnast pose. "Ta-da!" I cried as Hiei leaned up against the pole of the swings. Hiei looked at me like I was crazy and I went back to the swing and sat down.
I began to gently rock back and forth, my blue eyes never leaving Hiei's face. He was so curious, yet so reserved at the same time. I smiled and began to pump harder again until I was almost soaring above the top bar. When I was at the highest point I could see over the many trees to the horizon hidden behind the many buildings. The sun had set and darkness began to creep across the sky, but I didn't care. I could have stayed there forever, forever in the moment I thought I would never have again. So at peace with everything, nothing left unsaid, undone or unfelt. "Ixi . . . when you were talking to Nymph earlier, you said something about a 'home', what is it?" I practically fell out of the swing. I drug my feet hard in the sand to stop. "Uh . . ." I didn't want to tell him, I couldn't. Every time someone found out I lived in an orphanage, they would never look at me the same. I didn't want to break the new thing I had going with Hiei. My perfect moment was shattered to a million pieces.
My gaze locked with Hiei's. I sat there in frozen terror, unable to think of a way out. I looked down to my feet and took a deep breath. "The 'Home' is a place where parents who are unable to take care of, or simply don't want them, put their kids. Then the kid is transferred to another person's home and if they hit it off, the person can adopt the kid, if not then the kid can be sent back to the 'Home' and then put in someone else's house. And it will continue until you find a good home or your old enough to legally live on your own." I waited for some snippy remark that usually came after someone learned the truth, but Hiei didn't utter a word. He simply walked over from where he was leaning against the pole to the swing next to me. "If you don't want me to tell anybody else, I won't." I looked up at him; he was gazing up at the stars that had begun to appear in the night sky. "Thanks." I whispered as I began to pump my legs to go higher. "So were you serious about learning to fight? I can teach you, but only if you're serious about it." I smiled as I went higher. "Sounds like a plan." I was level with the top pole when I let myself fly with the force of the swing. I did a flip just before I landed and struck a pose. I spun around to see Hiei smugly grin at my showoff-y-ness. "I know, I'm crazy, got a problem with it?" I asked as I spun around in a circle while stretching. "You are not crazy, Yusuke and Kuwabara are crazy, believe me, I've had to work with them for a while now." I smiled and went back to my swing that was still rocking back and forth from my jump. "Nope, I'm the craziest one of all, you just don't know it yet."
I sighed and sat back down. Rocking back and forth I watched Hiei. He caught onto my gaze and our eyes locked for a fraction of a second before I looked away. Why do I feel this way? Every time I feel his gaze on me I get so . . . embarrassed. Can it really be something I've tried to avoid for so long? A breeze kicked up again and I trembled as my skin felt the cool air pass over it. I stood up and began to walk to get warm, with Hiei right behind me. The two of us passed a few couples tenderly kissing and whatnot, and it made me feel uncomfortable. Finally we came upon a bench that was secluded from the others in the park. I sat down and once Hiei sat down I rested my head on his shoulder. I quietly closed my eyes and took in the warmth he gave off. Without my realizing it I had drifted off to sleep, an extremely peaceful one with no dreams.
What seemed like barely minutes later I awoke to a dimly lit room. The bed was extremely soft, the kind you sink right down into. I was covered in silky midnight-blue sheets that had beautiful embroidery on the top. The room's only light was coming from blue glass covered candles and it gave a beautiful glow to the room. I scanned the room and saw Hiei softly asleep in a dark blue chair. I looked down and thankfully I was in my own clothes. "Well this is some place I didn't expect to wake up in." I whispered as I slid out of bed. I heard a gentle knock on the door and I braced myself for an attack, but instead Yoko's head peeped through the slightly open door. "So you are awake after all." "Er . . . I suppose so, yeah." Yoko smiled at my answer and walked into the room. "So uh . . . what am I doing here?" I asked while looking around the ornate room. "I brought you here because Koenma wished to have a word with you." "So I'm in Reikai?" I asked as I sat in the bed and gazed over at Hiei. "No actually you're in Makai, this is one of my houses that I have er, . . . acquired. I was letting you sleep a little before seeing Koenma." I nodded to show I comprehended what he was saying.
"If you want to take a bath or anything like that there are clothes in that closet and a bathroom down the hall and to the right." I nodded again still looking at Hiei. Yoko left the room with a soft click of the door and I laid down on the bed. Rather bored, I began to trace the stitches on the comforter. "Am I just kidding myself here?" I asked to no one, and no one answered. "Kidding yourself about what?" I spun around and saw Hiei's eyes opened and watching me. "Uh . . . nothing, nothing at all." I quickly said, maybe a little too quickly because Hiei gave me a disbelieving look, but following his nature, did not pursue the subject. I sighed and curled into a ball. "Ixi, what's wrong?" Hiei gently asked as he came over to the bed and sat on the edge. "Nothing, I'm fine." The next thing that happened was not in Hiei's nature. "Ixi, tell me what's wrong." I looked away from his gaze. "Nothing is wrong, just drop it." Hiei sighed deeply. "Ixi, I know there is something wrong, tell me." I winced as Hiei's hand gently grasped my shoulder. "Ixi, you can tell me." I shook my head, which made Hiei sigh and fall back onto the bed.
I leapt out of the bed and made my way to the closet and upon a minor search found a robe. "I'm going to go take a shower." I muttered as I made my way out the door. Hiei sighed at the same time the door closed, but I still heard him. After a bit of trial and error I found out how to work the shower and I slipped into the warm jets of water. "(Sigh) Why can't I simply have a normal life? I never wanted this, why doesn't anyone care what I want anymore?" Finishing up I turned off the water and took a towel and began to dry off. Once I was done I slipped into the light blue robe and walked out of the bathroom. With little trouble I found my way back to my room. Hiei had since left and so I was alone in the room. Becoming bored, I once again made my way to the closet to look at the clothes I could choose from.
There was a black kimono with white designs, some fancy looking dress that glittered in the light with each movement, various other clothing pieces that stuffed the closet, but I didn't see anything I wanted to wear so I decided to change back into my normal everyday clothes. I was just pulling on my white over-shirt when there came a soft knock on the door. I glanced around the room. "Uh, c'mon in." I turned my back to the door as I stooped to pick up my blue glove, and that was the last thing I remembered. I blunt object hit the side of my neck and I was instantly unconscious.
Ixi: Hey I'm back! Hope you liked it. Uh yeah it took a little bit to finish, but here it is! Well I have nothing else to inform you of so here are the review responses:
Starkitty: I like suspense in my stories, that is why this chapter ends in a cliffie, but I swear I'm writing as fast as ideas come to my brain. And there will be more kawaii romance
Miny Mars: Yay! I'm glad you like Hiei and Ixi as a pairing, I was really unsure if I was going to fluff up the story, and now when I step back and look where I'm going to go with my story I see its going to fit perfect. Easy with the baseball bat though, the trick is to start poking the person to do something. Like this (poke) Update Miny Mars (poke) (poke) (poke) (poke) Miny Mars update! (Poke) (Poke) (Hint, hint)
Disclaimers: Yu Yu Hakusho? Me own it? Ha! Stop making me laugh
Thoughts (insert words)
Telepathic talk "(Insert words)"
Means change from the story to Ixi, Chloe and Rayden or from the three to the story
Chapter 15 A Night to Remember
A sudden breeze picked up and I shivered slightly. "Cold?" Hiei asked as I watched him glance from the corner of his eye. I rubbed my arms to make the goose bumps go away. "I'm fine." I mumbled while watching a pigeon land on a telephone wire. I sighed and shivered again. A sudden swing of a black cloak startled me and I looked over at Hiei as I drew the cloak tighter around my shoulders. "Thanks." I said as I let my legs drop off the side of the apartment roof. I quickly glanced over at Hiei to make sure he wasn't too cold with out his cloak and noticed his katana. "Are you a good teacher?" I asked while staring at the katana. "Why do you want to know?" Hiei asked following my gaze. "Could you teach me to fight?" When he didn't say anything for a couple of seconds I looked the opposite way to not let him see I was disappointed. "What kind of fighting?" I stood up and handed him back his cloak. "Just forget it, never mind, I never said anything." I quickly sprinted down the stairs and out the main door of the building to the sidewalks next to the busy streets.
Weaving in and out of traffic I made my way to the café where the talent show was to be held. I spoke with the director of the show and after a few minutes, had myself withdrawn from the show. Sighing, I quickly walked out of the café and let myself get caught in the rush hour crowds. I wonder where Cyrus has been lately. I got jammed in the ribs for what seemed like the fourth or fifth time and decided to get out of the crowd. Fortunately there was a park nearby and I soon found an empty bench to sit in. I sighed and laid out on the bench to think about everything. Okay, I've been a hot potato foster kid my whole life, strange things would always happen and go without explanation. Couple years ago I finally found a family that stuck and a boy who understands me. Super big weird event, me and my family pack up and come here where I meet Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei plus several other strange people. I go to a place they call Makai and run for my life several times. Upon a visit to Reikai I meet Koenma who suspects I am a demon thingy. He gets a blood test; results come back that I am a demon. I also discover I am the last of my kind because someone-up-on-his-high-horse thought my race was growing too powerful. Speaking of demons, Nymph, Spook, and Hiei all turn out to be demon people too. The others I don't know so I can't say. "Do you mind?" I came out of my thoughts and quickly shifted from a laying position to a sitting one so Hiei could sit down.
Once he was seated I went back into my laying position with my head on his lap. "You look comfortable." Hiei slyly said as I closed my eyes. "Eh." I mumbled as I shifted slightly. "So were you serious about the learning to fight thing?" I shifted again, not answering him. "Ixi?" Hiei asked while tapping my forehead. "No." I said flatly as I shifted again and brushed away his hand. "No what?" "No." I mumbled again in a whining voice. Hiei loudly sighed. "Ixi, I'll teach you to fight only if you're serious about it." "No!" I whined again. "Why do you keep saying no? You're the one who asked me in the first place!" "NO!" I wailed again. I could almost picture Hiei's frustration. "You're impossible." Hiei muttered. "No." I whined. "Stop saying NO." Hiei snapped and I felt his glare. "No." A sudden burst of wind sent me shivering and once again I found Hiei's cloak draped over me. "No." I said as I pushed the fabric off me. Quick as a dart, I sat up and jumped off the bench. I ran through the park with Hiei in close pursuit.
I looked back to see how far Hiei was behind me and saw he had disappeared. I stopped and looked around while scratching my head. "Huh?" I said looking around. "Gotcha." I jumped as Hiei's hand grabbed my shoulder. "No fair!" I protested as he drew me into his arms. "Sorry, I don't play by the rules." Hiei whispered in my ear. I smirked and quickly twisted out of his hug. "Neither do I." I cried as I took off at a run again. I soon found myself at an empty playground. I looked around and then jogged over to the swings. I easily found the tallest one and I sat in it and began pumping my legs. From up in the air I could see Hiei walking over to where I was and the funniest smirk on his face. Upon my descent I drug my feet in the sand so I would stop. When the swing was only going a few feet off the ground I jumped and landed in a gymnast pose. "Ta-da!" I cried as Hiei leaned up against the pole of the swings. Hiei looked at me like I was crazy and I went back to the swing and sat down.
I began to gently rock back and forth, my blue eyes never leaving Hiei's face. He was so curious, yet so reserved at the same time. I smiled and began to pump harder again until I was almost soaring above the top bar. When I was at the highest point I could see over the many trees to the horizon hidden behind the many buildings. The sun had set and darkness began to creep across the sky, but I didn't care. I could have stayed there forever, forever in the moment I thought I would never have again. So at peace with everything, nothing left unsaid, undone or unfelt. "Ixi . . . when you were talking to Nymph earlier, you said something about a 'home', what is it?" I practically fell out of the swing. I drug my feet hard in the sand to stop. "Uh . . ." I didn't want to tell him, I couldn't. Every time someone found out I lived in an orphanage, they would never look at me the same. I didn't want to break the new thing I had going with Hiei. My perfect moment was shattered to a million pieces.
My gaze locked with Hiei's. I sat there in frozen terror, unable to think of a way out. I looked down to my feet and took a deep breath. "The 'Home' is a place where parents who are unable to take care of, or simply don't want them, put their kids. Then the kid is transferred to another person's home and if they hit it off, the person can adopt the kid, if not then the kid can be sent back to the 'Home' and then put in someone else's house. And it will continue until you find a good home or your old enough to legally live on your own." I waited for some snippy remark that usually came after someone learned the truth, but Hiei didn't utter a word. He simply walked over from where he was leaning against the pole to the swing next to me. "If you don't want me to tell anybody else, I won't." I looked up at him; he was gazing up at the stars that had begun to appear in the night sky. "Thanks." I whispered as I began to pump my legs to go higher. "So were you serious about learning to fight? I can teach you, but only if you're serious about it." I smiled as I went higher. "Sounds like a plan." I was level with the top pole when I let myself fly with the force of the swing. I did a flip just before I landed and struck a pose. I spun around to see Hiei smugly grin at my showoff-y-ness. "I know, I'm crazy, got a problem with it?" I asked as I spun around in a circle while stretching. "You are not crazy, Yusuke and Kuwabara are crazy, believe me, I've had to work with them for a while now." I smiled and went back to my swing that was still rocking back and forth from my jump. "Nope, I'm the craziest one of all, you just don't know it yet."
I sighed and sat back down. Rocking back and forth I watched Hiei. He caught onto my gaze and our eyes locked for a fraction of a second before I looked away. Why do I feel this way? Every time I feel his gaze on me I get so . . . embarrassed. Can it really be something I've tried to avoid for so long? A breeze kicked up again and I trembled as my skin felt the cool air pass over it. I stood up and began to walk to get warm, with Hiei right behind me. The two of us passed a few couples tenderly kissing and whatnot, and it made me feel uncomfortable. Finally we came upon a bench that was secluded from the others in the park. I sat down and once Hiei sat down I rested my head on his shoulder. I quietly closed my eyes and took in the warmth he gave off. Without my realizing it I had drifted off to sleep, an extremely peaceful one with no dreams.
What seemed like barely minutes later I awoke to a dimly lit room. The bed was extremely soft, the kind you sink right down into. I was covered in silky midnight-blue sheets that had beautiful embroidery on the top. The room's only light was coming from blue glass covered candles and it gave a beautiful glow to the room. I scanned the room and saw Hiei softly asleep in a dark blue chair. I looked down and thankfully I was in my own clothes. "Well this is some place I didn't expect to wake up in." I whispered as I slid out of bed. I heard a gentle knock on the door and I braced myself for an attack, but instead Yoko's head peeped through the slightly open door. "So you are awake after all." "Er . . . I suppose so, yeah." Yoko smiled at my answer and walked into the room. "So uh . . . what am I doing here?" I asked while looking around the ornate room. "I brought you here because Koenma wished to have a word with you." "So I'm in Reikai?" I asked as I sat in the bed and gazed over at Hiei. "No actually you're in Makai, this is one of my houses that I have er, . . . acquired. I was letting you sleep a little before seeing Koenma." I nodded to show I comprehended what he was saying.
"If you want to take a bath or anything like that there are clothes in that closet and a bathroom down the hall and to the right." I nodded again still looking at Hiei. Yoko left the room with a soft click of the door and I laid down on the bed. Rather bored, I began to trace the stitches on the comforter. "Am I just kidding myself here?" I asked to no one, and no one answered. "Kidding yourself about what?" I spun around and saw Hiei's eyes opened and watching me. "Uh . . . nothing, nothing at all." I quickly said, maybe a little too quickly because Hiei gave me a disbelieving look, but following his nature, did not pursue the subject. I sighed and curled into a ball. "Ixi, what's wrong?" Hiei gently asked as he came over to the bed and sat on the edge. "Nothing, I'm fine." The next thing that happened was not in Hiei's nature. "Ixi, tell me what's wrong." I looked away from his gaze. "Nothing is wrong, just drop it." Hiei sighed deeply. "Ixi, I know there is something wrong, tell me." I winced as Hiei's hand gently grasped my shoulder. "Ixi, you can tell me." I shook my head, which made Hiei sigh and fall back onto the bed.
I leapt out of the bed and made my way to the closet and upon a minor search found a robe. "I'm going to go take a shower." I muttered as I made my way out the door. Hiei sighed at the same time the door closed, but I still heard him. After a bit of trial and error I found out how to work the shower and I slipped into the warm jets of water. "(Sigh) Why can't I simply have a normal life? I never wanted this, why doesn't anyone care what I want anymore?" Finishing up I turned off the water and took a towel and began to dry off. Once I was done I slipped into the light blue robe and walked out of the bathroom. With little trouble I found my way back to my room. Hiei had since left and so I was alone in the room. Becoming bored, I once again made my way to the closet to look at the clothes I could choose from.
There was a black kimono with white designs, some fancy looking dress that glittered in the light with each movement, various other clothing pieces that stuffed the closet, but I didn't see anything I wanted to wear so I decided to change back into my normal everyday clothes. I was just pulling on my white over-shirt when there came a soft knock on the door. I glanced around the room. "Uh, c'mon in." I turned my back to the door as I stooped to pick up my blue glove, and that was the last thing I remembered. I blunt object hit the side of my neck and I was instantly unconscious.
Ixi: Hey I'm back! Hope you liked it. Uh yeah it took a little bit to finish, but here it is! Well I have nothing else to inform you of so here are the review responses:
Starkitty: I like suspense in my stories, that is why this chapter ends in a cliffie, but I swear I'm writing as fast as ideas come to my brain. And there will be more kawaii romance
Miny Mars: Yay! I'm glad you like Hiei and Ixi as a pairing, I was really unsure if I was going to fluff up the story, and now when I step back and look where I'm going to go with my story I see its going to fit perfect. Easy with the baseball bat though, the trick is to start poking the person to do something. Like this (poke) Update Miny Mars (poke) (poke) (poke) (poke) Miny Mars update! (Poke) (Poke) (Hint, hint)