"I finished your room, I ..." Kurama stopped mid-sentence and smiled.
Reana had fallen asleep on his bed, though it looked as if she hadn't meant
to, because her legs were still hanging off the edge. He went over to her
and lifted her legs onto the bed and pulled the sheets over her. He then
walked back out, flicked the lights out and went to sleep in the guest
room.
Reana rolled over os that her face was planted into her pillow. She sighed. She didn't want to wake up, even though something was telling her to get up. As her sleepy mind regained more conciseness, a thought wandered into her head; 'Why is it so light in here?' Her room at Yusuke's had heavy curtains to block out the sun in the morning.
She inhaled deeply to try and console her-half-asleep-self. But instead of breathing the smell o her own shampoo she got a heavy whiff of rose flowers and trees. Her eyes snapped open and she sat up.
'I remember coming to Kurama's to have my knee fixed, but why am I still here?' she thought. She climbed out of the bed and started for the door. She had taken only a few steps before her right knee gave out and she hit the floor.
'Oh yeah, that's why.' she barely heard the soft foot steps before kurama appeared in the door way.
"Finally awake now?" he questioned as he came in, though to her is sounded like more of a statement then a question.
"What time is it?" she asked. Kurama checked his watch.
"Its about 10:15 am." he said.
"I have been sleeping for that long?!" she said surprised. Kurama smiled at her reaction.
"Well you did use a lot of energy yesterday." she was about to ask if Yusuke knew where she was when he continued. "And don't worry about yusuke. He called earlier when you didn't come home and I told him you were still asleep." She laughed inwardly.
"Nice to know he actually cares." she said with is hint of playful sarcasm.
"Yes, I suppose it is." he replied softly. "Now, are you hungry?" she nodded back and he came over to help her stand. She had gained most of her strength back, so he didn't have to carry her, but he still had to support some of her weight on the right.
By the time they finally made it downstairs and to the dining room Reana could feel her stomach rumbling. The moment they had come to the stairs the smell of cooking food hit her face: tempting her to move faster. By the time she reached the bottom of the stairs she had identified the wonderful smell as pancakes. She'd had no idea that he cooked. Well, actually she knew he probably cooked ramen and other simple foods when his mother was out of town, but he had no idea that he could cook other things.
After she sat down Kurama went to the cabinet and pulled out 2 plates and began flopping pancakes onto them. He put her plate down and gave her the syrup bottle. Then he sat himself down and started to eat. They ate in silence but there was no tension, there was just nothing to say.
By the time she had finished it was 11:30. She glanced at the digital clock on the microwave and noted the time. She was about to stand and take her plate to the dish washer but kurama stood up first and took her plate. Her energy had returned enough that she could probably teleport to Yusuke's house without any problems.
"Well, its getting late," she started "I should probably be going. Thanks a lot for helping me and letting me stay here, and," she paused not sure if she needed to say it, "I apologize for falling sleep on your bed." she looked down at the table.
"Don't worry about it. He said, still smiling. "It was partly my fault anyway. I should have realized how sleepy you were and not made the sleeping tea so strong."
"Anyway thanks for helping me." she finished and stood ready to go.
"Oh! Hang on a moment, that reminds me, I offered to help you train your abilities." he said stopping her leaving. In truth she had almost forgotten but hadn't thought into it because she thought he had only been being nice in her moment of depression.
"Oh yes. I nearly forgot." she mentally sighed. A small part of her wasn't happy that he had a reason to keep her from leaving. She had a lot on her mind at the moment. She moved back to her seat and sat down across form him. She sat quietly waiting for him to speak.
"Do you want me to help you?" he asked plainly.
"I would, I guess. But are you sure you have the time to help me?" she asked straightly. He smiled at her question, as he seemed to do a lot.
"Of course I do. I helped Kuwabara when Hiei lost patience with him. And trust me that took some time." She smiled at the memory of kuwabara returning home grumbling and covering bruises.
"Yes but that was a life or death situation." she replied. He just shrugged.
"I am sure I could find some time to work with you. So what do you say?"
"Sure. Its not like I have anything to lose. What day and what time?" she gave in.
"How about Fridays and Saturdays after school?" she thought for a moment. She didn't have to go to school so any day would be fine.
"Sure. Any day is fine." she said. Kurama's smile widened slightly.
"Good. Then I'll meet you in the park after school on Friday. Ok?"
"Alright." she smiled and stood up. "I'll meet you there but I think I should go now." "See you later." he replied and smiled as she departed.
She teleported to the balcony in front of Yusuke's's apartment. She had learned to come in the front door so that she wouldn't scare Yusuke's's mom(when she was home) with her sudden appearance. She looked off the balcony. It was still before noon and it hadn't become hot yet. She looked out at the city. She didn't mind the city but she really preferred smaller towns. She liked being able to get to the woods with a simple 5 minute or less walk. She liked the smell of the woods and even if she couldn't get to the woods she would settle for the grassy fields she visited sometimes. Especially in the springtime when there were wonderful smells. The smell of flowers and air.... her mind slowly turned to memories of her old home and old friends. She was so lost in thought that she didn't notice that Hiei had shown up until her stood in front of her. She looked up trying to come away from her thoughts.
"Hmm..?" she said looking at him. "Hiei... what's up?" He looked at her for a moment before responding.
"Koenma sent me. He wants to see you immediately." she sighed and glanced back out at the city. Hiei glanced over his shoulder to see what she was looking at, then turned back and gave her a strange look.
"I was wondering if he was going to call me." she turned back to Hiei, "Did her say what he wanted?"
"No. He just said to bring you to see him." she sighed again.
"Let me change my pants." she said simply. He glanced down and noted that her pant leg was torn and covered with dried blood. He nodded as she turned and went inside. Hiei waited on the balcony mentally telling her to hurry up. He started wondering, in the back of his mind, what had had her looking so sad for that one moment. Inside the house reana pulled on a pair of white cargo pants and threw her torn pants into the dirty clothes pile.
"Lets go Hiei." she said when she reappeared on the balcony. He nodded and they both took off. Though they were both moving fast enough that normal people couldn't see them reana was going at almost top speed, while Hiei was going considerable slower than he normally would have. Hiei led Reana a fair way into town, to a part she hadn't been to.
"Hiei, do you know where we are?" she yelled so he could hear her. "Of course." he said over his shoulder. Then he suddenly came to a complete stop at the edge of a building roof. "When you are confined to this one city as long as I have, you eventually memorize the entire place." he continued without turning, then he jumped down off the building into an ally way. Reana blinked then followed him. She landed next to him, though, her landing was not as good as Hiei's.
"This is where Koenma put the portal? What a jerk." she said more to herself then anything, but hiei silently agreed. They walked down the alley until they reached a door at the end. They stopped for a moment and Hiei opened the door. Inside it was dark, and seemed to be an empty space, but the two knew better. Reana followed Hiei into the darkness and the door behind them disappeared. They continued waking forward and they felt the strange sensation of passing between dimensions. They had only been walking for a short minute when broad doors opened in front of them. As they walked into the light Reana had to blink to get used to the light.
"Koenma," Hiei spoke when they stopped, "I brought Reana."
"Very good." said Koenma,"Please wait outside the door." Hiei glared at being forced to stay longer but turned and exited like was told. Reana watched him leave and turned to Koenma when he cleared his throat. "Reana, do you know why I have called you here?"
"No, but I have a suspicion that I am about to find out, ne?" she said in a rather catty tone.
"I brought you here over a very serious matter. During you last mission it was noted that you came in contact with and were recognized by several family members/acquaintances." he leaned forward slightly as he spoke. "Do you understand that this goes against the contract you have on your life?"
"I understand," she replied emotionlessly, "Every one who saw me or was involved in the incident had their memories erased by Hiei."
"Well you had better hope so. If people knew you died and came back it could cause big problems. You have to be careful. They might have been your friends but that doesn't mean they wont spill your secret." By now Reana had heard enough. She had already suffered simply seeing her old friends and family, now he was being told she wasn't allowed to have anything to do with them. She couldn't help that they had seen her and it was hard enough telling her best friend that she was dead. She growled quietly want the meeting to be over. "So just try not to be so reckless on your missions involving people you used to know." he sat back "Good day. You should rest up for your next mission." Reana nodded swiftly and turned and left, snapping the door shut sharply as she exited, slightly startling Koenma.
Hiei watched emotionlessly as Reana stalked silently out, obviously trying to contain her frustration. Hiei's face shifted to a smirk as he followed her out.
"Looks like it went well." he mocked. "I cant believe I just got chewed out by the idiot...child." she spoke in a voice of calm venom and frustration. "What is wrong with him? Doesn't he think I know what my own frickin' life contract says? Does he think I am stupid enough to just walk up to people I used to know?" her voice had held such an edge that it caused several passing ogres to side step away from her. She slammed her foot into the wall as they passed, causing it to crack. "Besides, how can I blow off someone that I knew for years before I even cared about dying?" her eyes remained dark as she walked along in a rather brooding manner. They walked in silence through the portal and back to Yusuke's house.
Once she was on the porch she sighed, "Well, whatever. I guess I'll talk to you later, Hiei." she turned back to go inside but paused when he spoke.
"I am not giving sympathy or anything, but you should just ignore that baby. So what if they know about you. Who cares. But its not like I care, or anything." with that he disappeared, just as she turned around. She smiled slightly after him then turned around and when inside when she could no longer sense his energy.
sorry for the wait again. Hope you like this chapter!
Reana rolled over os that her face was planted into her pillow. She sighed. She didn't want to wake up, even though something was telling her to get up. As her sleepy mind regained more conciseness, a thought wandered into her head; 'Why is it so light in here?' Her room at Yusuke's had heavy curtains to block out the sun in the morning.
She inhaled deeply to try and console her-half-asleep-self. But instead of breathing the smell o her own shampoo she got a heavy whiff of rose flowers and trees. Her eyes snapped open and she sat up.
'I remember coming to Kurama's to have my knee fixed, but why am I still here?' she thought. She climbed out of the bed and started for the door. She had taken only a few steps before her right knee gave out and she hit the floor.
'Oh yeah, that's why.' she barely heard the soft foot steps before kurama appeared in the door way.
"Finally awake now?" he questioned as he came in, though to her is sounded like more of a statement then a question.
"What time is it?" she asked. Kurama checked his watch.
"Its about 10:15 am." he said.
"I have been sleeping for that long?!" she said surprised. Kurama smiled at her reaction.
"Well you did use a lot of energy yesterday." she was about to ask if Yusuke knew where she was when he continued. "And don't worry about yusuke. He called earlier when you didn't come home and I told him you were still asleep." She laughed inwardly.
"Nice to know he actually cares." she said with is hint of playful sarcasm.
"Yes, I suppose it is." he replied softly. "Now, are you hungry?" she nodded back and he came over to help her stand. She had gained most of her strength back, so he didn't have to carry her, but he still had to support some of her weight on the right.
By the time they finally made it downstairs and to the dining room Reana could feel her stomach rumbling. The moment they had come to the stairs the smell of cooking food hit her face: tempting her to move faster. By the time she reached the bottom of the stairs she had identified the wonderful smell as pancakes. She'd had no idea that he cooked. Well, actually she knew he probably cooked ramen and other simple foods when his mother was out of town, but he had no idea that he could cook other things.
After she sat down Kurama went to the cabinet and pulled out 2 plates and began flopping pancakes onto them. He put her plate down and gave her the syrup bottle. Then he sat himself down and started to eat. They ate in silence but there was no tension, there was just nothing to say.
By the time she had finished it was 11:30. She glanced at the digital clock on the microwave and noted the time. She was about to stand and take her plate to the dish washer but kurama stood up first and took her plate. Her energy had returned enough that she could probably teleport to Yusuke's house without any problems.
"Well, its getting late," she started "I should probably be going. Thanks a lot for helping me and letting me stay here, and," she paused not sure if she needed to say it, "I apologize for falling sleep on your bed." she looked down at the table.
"Don't worry about it. He said, still smiling. "It was partly my fault anyway. I should have realized how sleepy you were and not made the sleeping tea so strong."
"Anyway thanks for helping me." she finished and stood ready to go.
"Oh! Hang on a moment, that reminds me, I offered to help you train your abilities." he said stopping her leaving. In truth she had almost forgotten but hadn't thought into it because she thought he had only been being nice in her moment of depression.
"Oh yes. I nearly forgot." she mentally sighed. A small part of her wasn't happy that he had a reason to keep her from leaving. She had a lot on her mind at the moment. She moved back to her seat and sat down across form him. She sat quietly waiting for him to speak.
"Do you want me to help you?" he asked plainly.
"I would, I guess. But are you sure you have the time to help me?" she asked straightly. He smiled at her question, as he seemed to do a lot.
"Of course I do. I helped Kuwabara when Hiei lost patience with him. And trust me that took some time." She smiled at the memory of kuwabara returning home grumbling and covering bruises.
"Yes but that was a life or death situation." she replied. He just shrugged.
"I am sure I could find some time to work with you. So what do you say?"
"Sure. Its not like I have anything to lose. What day and what time?" she gave in.
"How about Fridays and Saturdays after school?" she thought for a moment. She didn't have to go to school so any day would be fine.
"Sure. Any day is fine." she said. Kurama's smile widened slightly.
"Good. Then I'll meet you in the park after school on Friday. Ok?"
"Alright." she smiled and stood up. "I'll meet you there but I think I should go now." "See you later." he replied and smiled as she departed.
She teleported to the balcony in front of Yusuke's's apartment. She had learned to come in the front door so that she wouldn't scare Yusuke's's mom(when she was home) with her sudden appearance. She looked off the balcony. It was still before noon and it hadn't become hot yet. She looked out at the city. She didn't mind the city but she really preferred smaller towns. She liked being able to get to the woods with a simple 5 minute or less walk. She liked the smell of the woods and even if she couldn't get to the woods she would settle for the grassy fields she visited sometimes. Especially in the springtime when there were wonderful smells. The smell of flowers and air.... her mind slowly turned to memories of her old home and old friends. She was so lost in thought that she didn't notice that Hiei had shown up until her stood in front of her. She looked up trying to come away from her thoughts.
"Hmm..?" she said looking at him. "Hiei... what's up?" He looked at her for a moment before responding.
"Koenma sent me. He wants to see you immediately." she sighed and glanced back out at the city. Hiei glanced over his shoulder to see what she was looking at, then turned back and gave her a strange look.
"I was wondering if he was going to call me." she turned back to Hiei, "Did her say what he wanted?"
"No. He just said to bring you to see him." she sighed again.
"Let me change my pants." she said simply. He glanced down and noted that her pant leg was torn and covered with dried blood. He nodded as she turned and went inside. Hiei waited on the balcony mentally telling her to hurry up. He started wondering, in the back of his mind, what had had her looking so sad for that one moment. Inside the house reana pulled on a pair of white cargo pants and threw her torn pants into the dirty clothes pile.
"Lets go Hiei." she said when she reappeared on the balcony. He nodded and they both took off. Though they were both moving fast enough that normal people couldn't see them reana was going at almost top speed, while Hiei was going considerable slower than he normally would have. Hiei led Reana a fair way into town, to a part she hadn't been to.
"Hiei, do you know where we are?" she yelled so he could hear her. "Of course." he said over his shoulder. Then he suddenly came to a complete stop at the edge of a building roof. "When you are confined to this one city as long as I have, you eventually memorize the entire place." he continued without turning, then he jumped down off the building into an ally way. Reana blinked then followed him. She landed next to him, though, her landing was not as good as Hiei's.
"This is where Koenma put the portal? What a jerk." she said more to herself then anything, but hiei silently agreed. They walked down the alley until they reached a door at the end. They stopped for a moment and Hiei opened the door. Inside it was dark, and seemed to be an empty space, but the two knew better. Reana followed Hiei into the darkness and the door behind them disappeared. They continued waking forward and they felt the strange sensation of passing between dimensions. They had only been walking for a short minute when broad doors opened in front of them. As they walked into the light Reana had to blink to get used to the light.
"Koenma," Hiei spoke when they stopped, "I brought Reana."
"Very good." said Koenma,"Please wait outside the door." Hiei glared at being forced to stay longer but turned and exited like was told. Reana watched him leave and turned to Koenma when he cleared his throat. "Reana, do you know why I have called you here?"
"No, but I have a suspicion that I am about to find out, ne?" she said in a rather catty tone.
"I brought you here over a very serious matter. During you last mission it was noted that you came in contact with and were recognized by several family members/acquaintances." he leaned forward slightly as he spoke. "Do you understand that this goes against the contract you have on your life?"
"I understand," she replied emotionlessly, "Every one who saw me or was involved in the incident had their memories erased by Hiei."
"Well you had better hope so. If people knew you died and came back it could cause big problems. You have to be careful. They might have been your friends but that doesn't mean they wont spill your secret." By now Reana had heard enough. She had already suffered simply seeing her old friends and family, now he was being told she wasn't allowed to have anything to do with them. She couldn't help that they had seen her and it was hard enough telling her best friend that she was dead. She growled quietly want the meeting to be over. "So just try not to be so reckless on your missions involving people you used to know." he sat back "Good day. You should rest up for your next mission." Reana nodded swiftly and turned and left, snapping the door shut sharply as she exited, slightly startling Koenma.
Hiei watched emotionlessly as Reana stalked silently out, obviously trying to contain her frustration. Hiei's face shifted to a smirk as he followed her out.
"Looks like it went well." he mocked. "I cant believe I just got chewed out by the idiot...child." she spoke in a voice of calm venom and frustration. "What is wrong with him? Doesn't he think I know what my own frickin' life contract says? Does he think I am stupid enough to just walk up to people I used to know?" her voice had held such an edge that it caused several passing ogres to side step away from her. She slammed her foot into the wall as they passed, causing it to crack. "Besides, how can I blow off someone that I knew for years before I even cared about dying?" her eyes remained dark as she walked along in a rather brooding manner. They walked in silence through the portal and back to Yusuke's house.
Once she was on the porch she sighed, "Well, whatever. I guess I'll talk to you later, Hiei." she turned back to go inside but paused when he spoke.
"I am not giving sympathy or anything, but you should just ignore that baby. So what if they know about you. Who cares. But its not like I care, or anything." with that he disappeared, just as she turned around. She smiled slightly after him then turned around and when inside when she could no longer sense his energy.
sorry for the wait again. Hope you like this chapter!