-Tricked-
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH.
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Chapter 3: Mistakes
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Botan stared at him. How could he ask her something like that at a time like this? Maybe- She looked into his eyes and saw nothing but a mask. A mask of hope. False hope. She couldn't say no because she didn't have anything left.
"Y-yes.." She answered slowly. A smile appeared on his face then he shooed her out of the room.
"Thats all I wanted to speak with you about, Botan. I'll see you later, then?" She nodded slowly then before she could utter a word, he closed the door. Maybe this was a mistake.. She thought as she walked the hallways of Reikai. Suddenly, she felt like consulting Shizuru and Keiko. She turned that thought away quickly. I don't want to risk a meeting with him. She could still see his caring emerald eyes.. then in a flash he was different.
"I can't take it anymore. I'm going to be happy and thats final. I have to move on." She said to herself as she walked to an office. "I just won't show my face on Earth in a long time." Even she knew that she couldn't yet it made her feel a little better.
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Kurama threw his pillow at the wall as tears threatened. I can't believe I did that to her! He thought angerly. I should be sorry.. I should be hurt. His mother had listened to her son's angry words at himself. She had tried to make him tell her what was wrong but he wouldn't. He would only turn away from her and try not to cry.
"Fine. You won't see me again, then."
Those words rang through his head. He put his head in his hands and decided that he should calm down and think about what he had to do now. The pain was there. It would always be there.
"But you're my friend and--"
He hated himself right then. He hated feelings. Then his eyes snapped open and he groaned in pain. No! You're not taking over again!
How come, Suuichi? I was just ready to make people welcome--
Stay the hell out of my life, Youko! I hate you!
Tsk, tsk, tsk. You never learned proper manners.
Shut up!
His human side was weaker. He had to be strong. If he got rid of that side and locked it away.. it would never emerge again.
"Suuichi!?" Shiori cried helplessly. She dropped the glass of water she was bringing to her son. Her hands shook.
"Get away!" He cried holding his head and stumbling blindly over to his window.
Now, now, Suuichi, thats no way to speak to your mother.
"Hurry!" He fell to his knees and prayed this would be over soon. Shiori watched in wide-eyed horror as her son struggled for some reason that she didn't know. He looked at her with watery emerald eyes. "Go.. before.." He started to sweat and pant. Someone appeared in the window with a sword. "Hiei!" He held his hand out to the fire demon.
"Whats going on, k-Suuichi?" He asked, nervously correcting himself. Shiori looked at him with pleading eyes.
"Help him!" She cried desperately.
"Suuichi!" Someone cried from his doorway. Keiko arrived with Yusuke and the others. "Whats happening? Kuwabara and Yusuke sensed something different." Shizuru called to the demon. Hiei looked back at his partner. His eyes started to flash gold.
"He's turning!" The fire demon cried suddenly. "Get out of here! Now!" Kurama's human side was fighting so hard.
"Get--" He couldn't finish. He collapsed onto the ground, his face eased to a look of calmness that scared everyone in the room.
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"What is happening to my son!?" Shiori demanded. Hiei had put him in his bed and was watching him.
"You'll have to ask Suuichi that, Shiori." Shizuru said with a sigh. "Hiei won't breathe a word to anyone. Even if he knows Suuichi well, he would never tell us."
"Even though we know." Yusuke muttered under his breath. Keiko elbowed him and looked worriedly over at their friend. Keiko knew why the kitsune side of him took over. She knew because Botan told her he let her go.
"I think I need to talk with you, Hiei." Kieko said, seriousness in her gaze.
"Why does it concern me?" He asked coldly. Keiko frowned.
"You may want to know something important." She said, her gaze going to the door. He shrugged and followed her out. Once they were outside the entire apartment building, Keiko looked up at the sky.
"What is this about?" He asked with a deep frown.
"The other day, Botan told me something. You were unconscious when it happened." Keiko looked at him with worry in her brown eyes.
"What does she have to do with it?" Hiei wasn't cold anymore. He was scared. For his friend and partner.
"When he was wavering on his feet, she turned to him and took a step forward. He told her to stay away. She said that she wouldn't because he was her friend and that he was wounded." Hiei could imagine the story as it was being told. "She said that she saw his golden eyes. Cold and unfeeling, they were." Keiko paused for a moment to see if he wanted to say anything. When he didn't, she continued. "Then he shouted at her, telling her that he'd told her to stay away. He attacked her, or tried to. She felt her spirit energy come back then his eyes went back to normal and they turned away from each other."
"Thats what happened.." He looked down.
"Yes, then when she was finished tending to you, she asked him how he did it. He told her that he didn't know. He paused after that. He was thinking of how to put it, or something like that. Then he told her to stay away from him and it went from there. Botan told him that he wouldn't see her again." Keiko stared at Hiei to get his reaction to her story. "She walked away after that. Without turning back."
"That was his weakness. He didn't want her to get hurt so he told her to stay away." Hiei paused and looked up at the apartment building. "Kitsune, you are a fool."
"Why is he a fool?" She asked, not without suspicion.
"Human emotions take control and weaken the human. The kitsune side of him thought that as his moment to be released. The only problem was, Suuichi was still strong. He thought about all of those that he cared about. You know. You've probably seen how it was done." He looked at her and frowned. "Youko Kurama is trying to be free again."
"We can't let that happen."
"If, against his will, the demon comes out.. it could destroy the human side. For good." Keiko's eyes widened in disbelief.
"What do we have to do? How long do we have?" She asked with a nervous glance at the sky.
"Botan is the one that he cares about. She obviously cares about him as well. He's never had that from another female his age. We have to get her here." He looked at Keiko. "She could be the one that could give him the courage to fight this madness that has become of the kitsune inside of him."
"How do we know it'll work?"
"We don't." Hiei shrugged. "We have no other choice."
"By the time we get her here, it could be too late!" She put her head in her hands. "What I want to know is how much time we have, Hiei."
"You only have a few days to get her here. She isn't likely to come around. She's afraid that she'll run into him." He said with a scowl. "Damnit! We might have less than a few days." He sighed and shook his head.
"We can't lose faith. Yusuke and Kuwabara have to know a way to get her here." She pondered this for a while. "Maybe.."
"There isn't any way.." Hiei pondered out loud. He had no plan, no nothing.
"Couldn't we get ahold of Koenma?" Keiko asked desperately. "There has to be a way to get her here!" Hiei shrugged and looked, once again, up to the window where his friend and partner resided.
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What can they do? Is Botan really the key? But what about Koenma? How long does Kurama have left before his kitsune side takes over?
Please review!
-Jess-
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH.
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Chapter 3: Mistakes
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Botan stared at him. How could he ask her something like that at a time like this? Maybe- She looked into his eyes and saw nothing but a mask. A mask of hope. False hope. She couldn't say no because she didn't have anything left.
"Y-yes.." She answered slowly. A smile appeared on his face then he shooed her out of the room.
"Thats all I wanted to speak with you about, Botan. I'll see you later, then?" She nodded slowly then before she could utter a word, he closed the door. Maybe this was a mistake.. She thought as she walked the hallways of Reikai. Suddenly, she felt like consulting Shizuru and Keiko. She turned that thought away quickly. I don't want to risk a meeting with him. She could still see his caring emerald eyes.. then in a flash he was different.
"I can't take it anymore. I'm going to be happy and thats final. I have to move on." She said to herself as she walked to an office. "I just won't show my face on Earth in a long time." Even she knew that she couldn't yet it made her feel a little better.
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Kurama threw his pillow at the wall as tears threatened. I can't believe I did that to her! He thought angerly. I should be sorry.. I should be hurt. His mother had listened to her son's angry words at himself. She had tried to make him tell her what was wrong but he wouldn't. He would only turn away from her and try not to cry.
"Fine. You won't see me again, then."
Those words rang through his head. He put his head in his hands and decided that he should calm down and think about what he had to do now. The pain was there. It would always be there.
"But you're my friend and--"
He hated himself right then. He hated feelings. Then his eyes snapped open and he groaned in pain. No! You're not taking over again!
How come, Suuichi? I was just ready to make people welcome--
Stay the hell out of my life, Youko! I hate you!
Tsk, tsk, tsk. You never learned proper manners.
Shut up!
His human side was weaker. He had to be strong. If he got rid of that side and locked it away.. it would never emerge again.
"Suuichi!?" Shiori cried helplessly. She dropped the glass of water she was bringing to her son. Her hands shook.
"Get away!" He cried holding his head and stumbling blindly over to his window.
Now, now, Suuichi, thats no way to speak to your mother.
"Hurry!" He fell to his knees and prayed this would be over soon. Shiori watched in wide-eyed horror as her son struggled for some reason that she didn't know. He looked at her with watery emerald eyes. "Go.. before.." He started to sweat and pant. Someone appeared in the window with a sword. "Hiei!" He held his hand out to the fire demon.
"Whats going on, k-Suuichi?" He asked, nervously correcting himself. Shiori looked at him with pleading eyes.
"Help him!" She cried desperately.
"Suuichi!" Someone cried from his doorway. Keiko arrived with Yusuke and the others. "Whats happening? Kuwabara and Yusuke sensed something different." Shizuru called to the demon. Hiei looked back at his partner. His eyes started to flash gold.
"He's turning!" The fire demon cried suddenly. "Get out of here! Now!" Kurama's human side was fighting so hard.
"Get--" He couldn't finish. He collapsed onto the ground, his face eased to a look of calmness that scared everyone in the room.
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"What is happening to my son!?" Shiori demanded. Hiei had put him in his bed and was watching him.
"You'll have to ask Suuichi that, Shiori." Shizuru said with a sigh. "Hiei won't breathe a word to anyone. Even if he knows Suuichi well, he would never tell us."
"Even though we know." Yusuke muttered under his breath. Keiko elbowed him and looked worriedly over at their friend. Keiko knew why the kitsune side of him took over. She knew because Botan told her he let her go.
"I think I need to talk with you, Hiei." Kieko said, seriousness in her gaze.
"Why does it concern me?" He asked coldly. Keiko frowned.
"You may want to know something important." She said, her gaze going to the door. He shrugged and followed her out. Once they were outside the entire apartment building, Keiko looked up at the sky.
"What is this about?" He asked with a deep frown.
"The other day, Botan told me something. You were unconscious when it happened." Keiko looked at him with worry in her brown eyes.
"What does she have to do with it?" Hiei wasn't cold anymore. He was scared. For his friend and partner.
"When he was wavering on his feet, she turned to him and took a step forward. He told her to stay away. She said that she wouldn't because he was her friend and that he was wounded." Hiei could imagine the story as it was being told. "She said that she saw his golden eyes. Cold and unfeeling, they were." Keiko paused for a moment to see if he wanted to say anything. When he didn't, she continued. "Then he shouted at her, telling her that he'd told her to stay away. He attacked her, or tried to. She felt her spirit energy come back then his eyes went back to normal and they turned away from each other."
"Thats what happened.." He looked down.
"Yes, then when she was finished tending to you, she asked him how he did it. He told her that he didn't know. He paused after that. He was thinking of how to put it, or something like that. Then he told her to stay away from him and it went from there. Botan told him that he wouldn't see her again." Keiko stared at Hiei to get his reaction to her story. "She walked away after that. Without turning back."
"That was his weakness. He didn't want her to get hurt so he told her to stay away." Hiei paused and looked up at the apartment building. "Kitsune, you are a fool."
"Why is he a fool?" She asked, not without suspicion.
"Human emotions take control and weaken the human. The kitsune side of him thought that as his moment to be released. The only problem was, Suuichi was still strong. He thought about all of those that he cared about. You know. You've probably seen how it was done." He looked at her and frowned. "Youko Kurama is trying to be free again."
"We can't let that happen."
"If, against his will, the demon comes out.. it could destroy the human side. For good." Keiko's eyes widened in disbelief.
"What do we have to do? How long do we have?" She asked with a nervous glance at the sky.
"Botan is the one that he cares about. She obviously cares about him as well. He's never had that from another female his age. We have to get her here." He looked at Keiko. "She could be the one that could give him the courage to fight this madness that has become of the kitsune inside of him."
"How do we know it'll work?"
"We don't." Hiei shrugged. "We have no other choice."
"By the time we get her here, it could be too late!" She put her head in her hands. "What I want to know is how much time we have, Hiei."
"You only have a few days to get her here. She isn't likely to come around. She's afraid that she'll run into him." He said with a scowl. "Damnit! We might have less than a few days." He sighed and shook his head.
"We can't lose faith. Yusuke and Kuwabara have to know a way to get her here." She pondered this for a while. "Maybe.."
"There isn't any way.." Hiei pondered out loud. He had no plan, no nothing.
"Couldn't we get ahold of Koenma?" Keiko asked desperately. "There has to be a way to get her here!" Hiei shrugged and looked, once again, up to the window where his friend and partner resided.
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What can they do? Is Botan really the key? But what about Koenma? How long does Kurama have left before his kitsune side takes over?
Please review!
-Jess-