AN: I'm sorry I missed yesterday! Evil relatives randomly dropping in! Here's the new chapter!
Something is not quite right…
Chapter 5: Twins (part 1)
Kuwabara began to work on his sandwich. He wasn't sure what all was in it, but it tasted pretty good. The Galen milled around the courtyard, rudely ignoring one another. Kairos had said that being cold-hearted was the way of the city Galen.
Yusuke ate his sandwich as if it was his first meal in years, but then again, Yusuke always ate his food that way. Keiko was eating her sandwich slowly, as if she wanted to enjoy each individual flavor. Botan and Kurama didn't seem to be paying attention to their sandwiches, they were looking around at the scenery. Genkai ate her sandwich at a normal pace, probably paying attention to the movement of every person in the courtyard.
Kuwabara decided to throw open his spiritual senses to sense what he could. He found what must have been the Mother Crystal immediately, because it was so hugely powerful.
: What have we here? : A voice inside Kuwabara's head asked.
: A foreigner, who was perhaps, a bit too nosey…. : Kuwabara had just used his one polite phrase for the day.
: Hee…hee…hee! I see that you are an old acquaintance of my adopted son…. : Kuwabara assumed She was talking about Hiei.
: Yes, I came here to find him and bring him home, but it appears as though that won't be the case…. :
: You know that we need him here desperately. 'But why?' comes to your mind. I will not give you that answer, but I will warn you to brace yourself; all will become clear when a certain thing is done a second time and three children are spared from hatred's grasp. : Kuwabara felt the Mother Crystal leave his mind. Her voice sounded like a child, but it was wise.
Kuwabara looked down at his sandwich to discover that there was no longer a sandwich there. He looked at Yusuke who was talking to Keiko about the color red in clothes.
'It wasn't Urameshi, he's too far into conversation with Keiko to have had stolen it.' Kurama and Botan were almost done with their sandwiches, which meant that they had no reason to take his. Genkai had a half eaten sandwich laying next to her. She was sleeping. 'Defiantly not Genkai. So where is my sandwich?"
That's when he sensed a familiar presence that he hadn't even considered as an option: Hiei. He was in the tree above everyone, hidden.
"You little bastard! Give me back my sandwich!" Kuwabara had stood up as he yelled this so suddenly, that everyone just about used their Spirit energy to attack him.
"Damn…." Hiei dropped the sandwich onto Genkai's lap. Genkai tossed it to Kuwabara, who caught it.
"You must think you're such hot stuff because you're so tall now! Well, you're wrong you ass! Now come down here and fight me like a man!" Kuwabara demanded.
"What if I refuse?" Hiei mocked back.
"Then I'll kick your lard-ass out of the tree!" Genkai snapped at him, she had stood up. "You're the one dimwit who's always causing trouble! One would think that you would grow up over twenty years!"
Hiei hopped out of the tree and landed next to Genkai. He had changed out of the blue robe and into a pair of dark red pants with a forest green tank top. All the clothes he wore sparkled and shimmered, like a Galen's hair. He was wearing the black boots that were a trademark of his, but they currently seemed dull in comparison to the other articles he wore.
"Why did you change clothes?" Botan wondered.
"I don't exercise in formal attire." He retorted.
"What's with the whole feminine sparkle get-up?" Yusuke asked.
"My clothes happen to be made out of strands of Crystal, just like everyone else's around here." Hiei glared at Yusuke for not noticing something so obvious.
"Hiei, may I ask a personal question?" Kurama actually learned something from the envoy training they had had. But Kurama had always been very formal to start with.
"Shoot."
"Are we ever going to meet this girlfriend of yours?" Hiei turned red and looked away.
"I'll take that as a yes." Hiei snapped his gaze back at Kurama, still red.
"You will take that as 'undecided'!" The redness began to expand away from his face.
"Oooh! Looks like we hit the 'fragile, handle with care' buttons on our 'there is no such thing!' friend." Kuwabara joined Yusuke in laughter after Yusuke teased Hiei.
The laughter stopped when Yusuke and Kuwabara found themselves on the ground with a mouth full of dirt and a large bump on the back of their heads.
"Shut-up you perverted scum!" Hiei yelled at them, still very red.
"We should give our old friend a chance to cool down before we start teasing him. I thought I told you that this is what happens if you don't do that with Hiei." Kurama reminded the two dirt-eaters.
"Hn! See if I'm ever helpful to you again!" Hiei looked away from them, pissed off. Yusuke and Kuwabara got up.
"Aw, come on Hiei! This is the first time we've had any real opportunity to tease you about anything. You know me, the rude delinquent!" Yusuke piped at Hiei.
"I'll forgive you if you grovel." Hiei said this with a mischievous smirk.
"Grovel!?"
"Both of you." Hiei pointed to the two in question. They opened their mouths to protest and Hiei interrupted them. "That is if you want to hear the secrete I was planning on telling the lot of you."
"I can just get it from Kurama later!" Kuwabara remarked.
"Nice try, but I'm not telling anyone until you two grovel." Those not immediately involved in the groveling gave the two grovelers-to-be death glares.
"Alright! Alright!" Yusuke did the whole worshiping-bow thing. "Oh I am not worthy to even look at you, let alone beg for mercy!"
Kuwabara assumed a similar position. "I am an imbecile! I am a moron! Please forgive my incompetence!" He half-chanted.
"Damn, I should have those sorry bastards that come to me with their stupid problems- grovel!" Hiei remarked absently. "That was your cue to stop, it's a bit disturbing watching you guys…."
The groveling ceased.
"Now for your end of the deal, mister seriously spiky-haired man!" Kuwabara reminded his friend.
"What ever happened to the 'shorty' part?" Hiei wondered.
"You got taller." Genkai reminded Hiei.
"How silly of me to forget little details like that! Alright, I'll tell you my secrete on one condition." Hiei held up a finger to emphasize that he meant only one.
"And that is?" Keiko asked.
"That you do not tease me or my love about it." He glared at Yusuke.
"I won't tease you about that, I promise to let you pound me into the ground if I do." Yusuke swore.
"I won't tease you, and if I do you may…umm…." Kuwabara didn't know what to say.
"Steal your clothes for the rest of the week, save those ridiculous boxers you own[1]." Hiei finished.
"Okay…I guess."
"Well?" Hiei looked at the others expectantly.
"I won't tease you, if I do you have permission to light my dojo on fire." Genkai swore.
"I won't tease you, if I do you I will wear my underwear on the outside of my clothes." Botan swore.
"I won't tease you, if I do you may-"
"Let's just say I get to do whatever the hell I want to with you that night." Hiei finished for her. This earned him a well deserved glare from Yusuke.
"I won't tease you, for if I do, I cut open my arm and let a Death Grass seed take root inside of me." Kurama swore.
"That's good enough for me. Here's your little news flash: I don't technically have a girlfriend, I have a wife." Yusuke and Kuwabara were slack jawed, along with Botan. Kurama began to choke on his sandwich. Keiko was shaking her head in disbelief. And good ole Genkai raised an eyebrow, completely not caring about Hiei's new personal-life status.
"No way!" Was the general response.
"Kairos just informed me that you wanted to come and have diner with me, is that right?"
"Yes." Said Genkai, the only one unfazed.
"Well you can meet my wife there. I'll see you guys tonight at seven in the Music Chamber. I'm certain you can find it." Hiei gave Kurama one lost reminder glare before he jumped away to continue his work out.
"Is it just me or has he gotten faster?" Yusuke wondered.
"He's gotten faster, it's been twenty years." Genkai confirmed.
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[1]- The Yokai were meeting at Kuwabara's house. Hiei was the first to arrive and was greeted by a half-awake Kuwabara in smiley-face boxers. Hiei refers to those as his 'ridiculous boxers'.
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AN: Review Responses! I feel a bit let down after all the reviews from the last chapter, but I did leave it hanging for a good few days (I couldn't help it!).
Donamarine- -- sighs -- You misspelled it again…. Thanks for the compliments! I hope to post the next chapter soon!
slave2anime- You gave me the highest complement an author could ever hope for! This chapter's for you! So is this cookie! -- gives slave2anime a cookie --
KayHiei- You can't wait? Well, that's coming up soon! Along with mystery and evil, screwed-up Tarra-ness.
MoonSilverEyes- About his daughter's name, he didn't want to name her after his sister, she'd get suspicious or something like that. And 'Genkai' is not a girl's name (I believe it's her last name) and would thus not make a good name for her. Besides, Kairos really liked the name 'Keiko' (that was the major deciding factor). Also, Hiei personally believes that Keiko had more patience than God because she was Yusuke's girlfriend, which gave her quite a bit of respect in his mind's eye.
Also! I had used the wrong word in the story title, so I changed it. That's all see you soon with another update! R&R!!