AN: I'm back! Sorry about the lack of update, I got addicted to Ragnarok Online and had XC practice. If you wanna catch me on Ragnarok I'm Kairos Skyeyes (if you do contact me there please let me know that you read my story so I won't sit there confused).
Something is not quite right…
Chapter 6: Materializing the Mystery (part 2)
Suichi and Keiko shared a bedroom. It was painted green with a black carpet, which had been sun- bleached gray in places. The room had been divided in half, which was marked by a very clear imaginary line. Keiko's half of the room resembled Yusuke's in the mere fact that it was covered in clothes and papers and other bits of garbage. There were three trials on her half of the room, one to the door, one to her bed, and one to her desk. Her wardrobe was one the floor rather than in the closet, where she was supposed to put it.
Suichi's half of the room was clean. He had an organized desk, a pile of dirty clothes by the door (which also held Keiko's dirty clothes, so the laundry ladies could tell them apart from her clean ones). Though, he did have a train set out, it was out of the way of feet and set up to be both astatically pleasing and hard to put away. With his sister on the other side of the room, his parent's let the train set slip.
Between the beds there was bedside tables and one chair, which had been crammed in between the two tables. Suichi and Keiko sat on their respective beds, tossing a red ball to one another, when Hiei and Kairos came in. All four were dressed for bed.
"Story-time?" Keiko asked with anticipation as she tossed the ball into her mess. Karios shook her head at that and Hiei smiled, knowing full well his room would be the same as her half, had Kairos not been his wife.
"Yeah, it's story-time." Hiei sat down in the chair between the beds. Kairos sat on his lap, she then relaxed and effectively melted on top of Hiei, preventing him from escaping. Hiei shook his head at his love, who was off in her own little world.
"This one's going to be short." Both children let out disappointed sighs. "It's a true story about Charles[1]. He had lived through falling off a cliff, he lived through many vicious life-death battles, and he mastered the 'unmasterable' technique. But he never really felt alive until he fell in love." Keiko and Suichi opened their eyes, wide.
"When he fell in love, he denied it. He went through day after day of metal turmoil and denial. It was when the woman he had fallen for nearly died, that he came to terms with himself. He guided her through recovery and into full health once more. And during that time the woman had told him that she felt the same way, and that she would be happy with whatever decision he made about that.
"Charles' mind told him not to say anything, his heart told him to tell her about his feelings, the warrior inside him told him that the entire thing was a phase and that he better get over it now before it became a weakness. That left Charles torn. Then he remembered something his good friend, Kuwabara, had told him-" Hiei was interrupted by his son.
"What was it?" Suichi bounced.
"It was this: 'Your heart is your sixth sense. It's a bit hard to hear for someone like you, but if you do hear it, follow it's advice. That advice saved me from getting killed and would save you pain.' Using that Charles confessed his feelings. A few months later he married her." Hiei finished with his tone, rather than words.
"Then what?" Keiko asked.
"The two lived happily ever after, and still do to this day." Hiei smiled at Kairos and kissed her cheek. She blinked and came out of her daze, with a knowing smile on her face. She got up.
"That was a good story, now to bed with both of you!" She said mockingly as she struggled to get her daughter under the covers by force.
Hiei and Kairos returned to their room. Hiei laid down on the bed and looked at his wife, a mischievous smile on his face.
"No." Kairos said flatly.
"I'm not spent and you promised." Hiei reminded her. He found himself giving her puppy eyes. Kairos sighed in defeat.
"Not too long then." She gave in. Hiei surprised her when he flittered over.
"You won't be disappointed then." He promised her as he slid his hand beneath her nightgown. His fingers began to explore her soft skin.
"You're such a child!" She snapped at him as she playfully pulled on his ear.
"And you continue to love me still." Hiei purred.
Kairos sat up, suddenly wide awake. Hiei stirred beside her, still deeply unconscious. Kairos looked about the dark room, her eyes flashing and pupils yellow. Kairos had been born with the Knowledge of Moment[2]. She left the bed and dressed herself. Kairos paused before opening the door. She glanced back at Hiei, who continued to sleep.
"Sorry love, I'm needed elsewhere." She left. Hiei opened his eyes to stare at the door. Some good-for-nothing-obnoxious-person had opened and shut it, waking him. He grumbled as he sat up, glancing causally at his sleeping wife. Wait-!
"Kairos?" Hiei was wide-eyed at the prospect of his wife leaving the bed without any warning. Horrible thoughts ran through his head of prospects as to why.
[1]- Hiei tells his children bedtime stories about his past on the outside world. In them, he is 'Charles', the fire Yokai.
[2]- It tells one where to be and when, kind of like the opposite of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
AN: I'm trying to be evil with my cutting of this chapter, so don't mind the cliffhangers. Er- mind the cliffhangers and harass me to get up and post another part. Review Responses:
MoonSilverEyes- Yeah, he'll be a serious pervert, enough of one to make Yusuke look innocent and naïve. He won't be trying to beat Hiei merely because Hiei could break his neck with the flick of a finger. Haven't seen that movie, I'll look into it. And here is the next chapter.
Donamarine- Thanks for the explanation. I could have it deleted….
KayHiei- Thanks for voting! Yes, as she is supposed to be and sadly she gets worse rather than better. The Mother Crystal's Child can be found out in the information above, you just gotta look. Nope, and they rather sadly remain in the dark about that for a long time.
slave2anime- You wrote two reviews and they where the same…. Thanks for voting! And yes it is!
baka-onna2003- -- backs away slowly -- Okay, nice laugh. Here's your update.
animefreak54- ASAP. Thanks!
SamiKismet- Her pregnancy, I'm only telling you this because it takes the gang forever and a half to find out.
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