Chapter 5
Saying that Kuwabara headed quickly back towards his apartment, there was obviously more questions coming, so far they had been shocked into silence, but he knew the minute they recovered they would pound him with questions.
Reaching his place the red haired teen unlocked the door and stepped inside waiting until the other three stepped in behind him and then relocking the multiple locks on the door. He then checked all the windows making sure they were bolted and locked securely.
"My room is this way." Last time they had been in his sister's room when they were watching the tape from Koenma, it wasn't very often he allowed people in his own room, even people he knew.
Removing the key from his pocket he unlocked the door to his room and swung it open. Yusuke stepped inside looking in amazement at a room he never would have associated with the tall redhead. The walls were painted in swirls of color, red, black, purple, and blue ran across the room bleeding into each other and creating a vortex of color. The bed in the corner was covered with blue and purple sheets while everything else was draped in some kind of color.
Walking towards the closet Kuwabara took a deep breath and pulled a suitcase from inside, "Okay, ask your questions, you may not like the answers."
Hiei settled himself on the windowsill judging the person in front of him and wondering if he had ever actually known the teen. "Explain Yukina." He said abruptly while glaring at him.
"Well, I do care about Ms. Yukina, but not in a romantic way like you seem to think. Though I do have to admit I didn't exactly contradict the idea. When we got back from the mansion Yukina and I had a talk, when I had seen her memories she had also seen some of mine, most specifically about Himiko; she wanted an explanation. I gave her the story and even introduced her to Proteto-sama and the other children, they loved her because she is so kind."
He shook his head in amazement as he pulled books and clothes from the closet throwing them in the suitcase and spoke the next part with amazement, "She cried...she actually cried for me."
Grabbing a small velvet bag he poured a river of small pure gems into his hand, "I never meant to make her cry, but she makes Himiko happy, and it is good for the others to see more makai then just Proteto-sama, and to a lesser extent myself."
Kurama was the next to question picking up on a few of the things that the teen had casually mentioned. . "What do you mean, to a lesser extent yourself?"
"Haven't you wondered why I heal so fast, why I don't seem to age very much? Do you know what happens when you give a human large amounts of youkai blood?"
Hiei answered, Yusuke still slightly in shock from the whole thing, "They die, humans are too weak to handle large amounts of that kind of toxic blood, it is a nasty death and slow as well."
Kuwabara smiled bittery, "Unless they have enough spirit energy so they can feel and absorb the blood, using it to alter their own to different degrees, still incredibly painful but as in my case, not fatal."
Yusuke looked appraisingly at the teen in front of him, he had always thought that he was fully human, "So you're tellin' us that you're not 100% human."
"Your ability to grasp the obvious continues to astound me Urameshi." Chuckled the redhead.
"I am not 100% human, but neither am I truly half youkai, I seem to be somewhere in between. I am a created hybrid."
Kurama seemed fascinated by this and looked at the teen more closely, "So, do you have a youkai form? Or is this change only internal?" he asked quizzically.
"I don't really have a youkai form but if I wish to use all my power I do experience some youkai like changes, I have partly changed my appearance right now, just for the aura but if I do it fully then there are some physical transformations."
"Can we see?" continued the fox youkai already seeming more involved, definitely interested in seeing what changes would emerge in the boy after a full change.
Kuwabara nodded and backed up slightly releasing the tight hold on the energy he kept wrapped down, it had been a long time and the release felt better then he remembered. As he opened his eyes he saw the others looking at him with looks of shock and surprise.
All three of the others were in various states of shock as they watched his red hair become longer falling down straight and extremely curly to mid- back, his ears lengthen and point, his teeth become sharper, and his skin take on a slight sheen of green, just enough to catch the light. Perhaps the most startling change was when he opened his eyes and they had become nearly all black with a small circle of white and blue around them.
Trying to counteract the reactions Kuwabara changed back to his human form but his hair refused to change with him and he sighed fingering it, "I think I'll keep this, Proteto-sama always said it looked beautiful long."
Yusuke burst out angrily at this, "How can you not hate him? He bought you from a brothel, not to mention what he probably did there!"
Kuwabara's eyes narrowed coldly, "Proteto-sama has never hurt me, and for your information he has never fucked me. He came to see someone else, HE DOES NOT FUCK CHILDREN. He loves me, and not as a bed toy. Even more so he was there for me when I had Himiko, and when I actually stepped outside again. He held me, comforted me, and is one of the closest things to family I have. If you insist on insulting him you can get the hell out Urameshi."
Throwing his hair into a tall ponytail Kuwabara finished carefully packing the things he cared about inside the large suitcase. Hesitating slightly he reached inside a box and pulled out a heavy silver collar that had markings that circled the entire thing. Removing the leather from around his neck he carefully affixed the heavy looking circlet in place; in actuality it was very light.
"Kuwabara, what is that?" asked Kurama as he seemed to sense something odd coming off the silver circle now resting on the other's throat. It felt familiar but he couldn't identify it.
Hiei was actually the one to answer, having recognized the silver circle right off. "It's an ownership symbol, the markings and spirit warning signify that he is the property of one, particularly strong, demon."
Yusuke looked slightly confused so Kuwabara picked up the explanation, "I belonged to a brothel, which meant that I was for sale to anyone willing to pay the price. This symbolizes the fact that I am under the protection of one demon, and any attempts will be met with anger and retribution. It won't deter someone like Kunen, but on lesser level, and more sane, demons it acts as a strong deterrent. At the very least it is a distraction."
With that Kuwabara closed the suitcase and looked around the room for anything else he would want to bring with him. A picture of his parents was carefully tucked under one arm and he walked towards the door. Before he could reach the front door of the apartment a small demon appeared in front of him.
The youkai was about a foot tall and malicious looking; the red haired teen recognized it immediately and stumbled backwards. The small creature not noticing the three other spirit energies in the apartment spoke, "You wear another demon's mark around your neck! Master Kunen is not pleased upon hearing, he wants the pleasure of your company, what cost must be paid, whore?"
Kuwabara stood his voice quavering as he backed up slightly, "Tell your master that I will never come back Suni, he is not my master!"
Screeching in anger the small demon flew straight at the empath who tried to duck but missed. The three spirit detectives could only watch at the moment that the small youkai touched the teen, they shimmered in air both disappearing in an instant.
Hiei was the first to speak, "Fuck." The other two could only nod in agreement, Inshi was going to peel their skin from their body when he got the news. It was not a pleasant picture.
Chap 6
Saying that Kuwabara headed quickly back towards his apartment, there was obviously more questions coming, so far they had been shocked into silence, but he knew the minute they recovered they would pound him with questions.
Reaching his place the red haired teen unlocked the door and stepped inside waiting until the other three stepped in behind him and then relocking the multiple locks on the door. He then checked all the windows making sure they were bolted and locked securely.
"My room is this way." Last time they had been in his sister's room when they were watching the tape from Koenma, it wasn't very often he allowed people in his own room, even people he knew.
Removing the key from his pocket he unlocked the door to his room and swung it open. Yusuke stepped inside looking in amazement at a room he never would have associated with the tall redhead. The walls were painted in swirls of color, red, black, purple, and blue ran across the room bleeding into each other and creating a vortex of color. The bed in the corner was covered with blue and purple sheets while everything else was draped in some kind of color.
Walking towards the closet Kuwabara took a deep breath and pulled a suitcase from inside, "Okay, ask your questions, you may not like the answers."
Hiei settled himself on the windowsill judging the person in front of him and wondering if he had ever actually known the teen. "Explain Yukina." He said abruptly while glaring at him.
"Well, I do care about Ms. Yukina, but not in a romantic way like you seem to think. Though I do have to admit I didn't exactly contradict the idea. When we got back from the mansion Yukina and I had a talk, when I had seen her memories she had also seen some of mine, most specifically about Himiko; she wanted an explanation. I gave her the story and even introduced her to Proteto-sama and the other children, they loved her because she is so kind."
He shook his head in amazement as he pulled books and clothes from the closet throwing them in the suitcase and spoke the next part with amazement, "She cried...she actually cried for me."
Grabbing a small velvet bag he poured a river of small pure gems into his hand, "I never meant to make her cry, but she makes Himiko happy, and it is good for the others to see more makai then just Proteto-sama, and to a lesser extent myself."
Kurama was the next to question picking up on a few of the things that the teen had casually mentioned. . "What do you mean, to a lesser extent yourself?"
"Haven't you wondered why I heal so fast, why I don't seem to age very much? Do you know what happens when you give a human large amounts of youkai blood?"
Hiei answered, Yusuke still slightly in shock from the whole thing, "They die, humans are too weak to handle large amounts of that kind of toxic blood, it is a nasty death and slow as well."
Kuwabara smiled bittery, "Unless they have enough spirit energy so they can feel and absorb the blood, using it to alter their own to different degrees, still incredibly painful but as in my case, not fatal."
Yusuke looked appraisingly at the teen in front of him, he had always thought that he was fully human, "So you're tellin' us that you're not 100% human."
"Your ability to grasp the obvious continues to astound me Urameshi." Chuckled the redhead.
"I am not 100% human, but neither am I truly half youkai, I seem to be somewhere in between. I am a created hybrid."
Kurama seemed fascinated by this and looked at the teen more closely, "So, do you have a youkai form? Or is this change only internal?" he asked quizzically.
"I don't really have a youkai form but if I wish to use all my power I do experience some youkai like changes, I have partly changed my appearance right now, just for the aura but if I do it fully then there are some physical transformations."
"Can we see?" continued the fox youkai already seeming more involved, definitely interested in seeing what changes would emerge in the boy after a full change.
Kuwabara nodded and backed up slightly releasing the tight hold on the energy he kept wrapped down, it had been a long time and the release felt better then he remembered. As he opened his eyes he saw the others looking at him with looks of shock and surprise.
All three of the others were in various states of shock as they watched his red hair become longer falling down straight and extremely curly to mid- back, his ears lengthen and point, his teeth become sharper, and his skin take on a slight sheen of green, just enough to catch the light. Perhaps the most startling change was when he opened his eyes and they had become nearly all black with a small circle of white and blue around them.
Trying to counteract the reactions Kuwabara changed back to his human form but his hair refused to change with him and he sighed fingering it, "I think I'll keep this, Proteto-sama always said it looked beautiful long."
Yusuke burst out angrily at this, "How can you not hate him? He bought you from a brothel, not to mention what he probably did there!"
Kuwabara's eyes narrowed coldly, "Proteto-sama has never hurt me, and for your information he has never fucked me. He came to see someone else, HE DOES NOT FUCK CHILDREN. He loves me, and not as a bed toy. Even more so he was there for me when I had Himiko, and when I actually stepped outside again. He held me, comforted me, and is one of the closest things to family I have. If you insist on insulting him you can get the hell out Urameshi."
Throwing his hair into a tall ponytail Kuwabara finished carefully packing the things he cared about inside the large suitcase. Hesitating slightly he reached inside a box and pulled out a heavy silver collar that had markings that circled the entire thing. Removing the leather from around his neck he carefully affixed the heavy looking circlet in place; in actuality it was very light.
"Kuwabara, what is that?" asked Kurama as he seemed to sense something odd coming off the silver circle now resting on the other's throat. It felt familiar but he couldn't identify it.
Hiei was actually the one to answer, having recognized the silver circle right off. "It's an ownership symbol, the markings and spirit warning signify that he is the property of one, particularly strong, demon."
Yusuke looked slightly confused so Kuwabara picked up the explanation, "I belonged to a brothel, which meant that I was for sale to anyone willing to pay the price. This symbolizes the fact that I am under the protection of one demon, and any attempts will be met with anger and retribution. It won't deter someone like Kunen, but on lesser level, and more sane, demons it acts as a strong deterrent. At the very least it is a distraction."
With that Kuwabara closed the suitcase and looked around the room for anything else he would want to bring with him. A picture of his parents was carefully tucked under one arm and he walked towards the door. Before he could reach the front door of the apartment a small demon appeared in front of him.
The youkai was about a foot tall and malicious looking; the red haired teen recognized it immediately and stumbled backwards. The small creature not noticing the three other spirit energies in the apartment spoke, "You wear another demon's mark around your neck! Master Kunen is not pleased upon hearing, he wants the pleasure of your company, what cost must be paid, whore?"
Kuwabara stood his voice quavering as he backed up slightly, "Tell your master that I will never come back Suni, he is not my master!"
Screeching in anger the small demon flew straight at the empath who tried to duck but missed. The three spirit detectives could only watch at the moment that the small youkai touched the teen, they shimmered in air both disappearing in an instant.
Hiei was the first to speak, "Fuck." The other two could only nod in agreement, Inshi was going to peel their skin from their body when he got the news. It was not a pleasant picture.
Chap 6