Lost Chances
(AN: That doesn't sound too good.
Gee, Hiei, you're common sense overwhelms me...
Oh, shut up...
Hey! I'm the author! That's my line!
Whatever...just let the idiocy ensue...
Heh, that's what I say every time I go to Chemistry class... I hate science...
Isn't that mostly "common sense"?
Maybe if you give a flip about it, it could be...
Eh...)
(ANPS: I noticed some people might not know Hiei's whole background from the unedited non-Toonami **gags** Japanese version. (sorry, Toonami annoys me) Okay, here it goes. Hiei and Yukina's mom was an ice youkai. Ice youkai are a complete race of women. They make exact copies of themselves and don't need men to multiply. Don't ask me how that works, I don't know. Well...Hiei's mom fell in love with a fire youkai and ended up pregnant with Hiei, so to cover that up, she...somehow...made herself pregnant with Yukina, thus making Hiei and Yukina twins. Don't remember which was born first. That's it, Cartoon Network editing is horrible and said they had different mothers. Not. The only difference is Hiei had a dad. Freaky, no? Ergo, Hiei is MOSTLY Fire youkai, maybe a little ice...That's why Nanashi calls him brother every now and then
By the way, this chapter may end up being stupider than the other two because of a certain character. Just thought I'd let you know. AND oi...OtakuSailorV-Chan, I know that's you, I was talking to somebody else ^_^ and yes, go Hiei-muse! (Ice Bunny) Is Shouka your OC? I don't know. What does Shouka mean? I don't know. What to call me? If you really want to get my attention, call me Bobbie. Or if it's easier to type out Bob. I don't care really. I hope Hiei's history helped everyone with the brother problem, back to the story)
Hiei and Kurama finally walked out of the glacier's plains onto a never-ending plain of rocks. "She's here," Kurama said, looking around. "Never mind. She moved again. I think she's having fun."
"I don't care how much fun she's having, she won't get away..."
Kurama looked to his friend and smiled. "You thought she would be a useful ally, didn't you?"
Hiei turned his gaze back to the rocky range. "Perhaps." He turned his head in surprise as a fist ran towards his face. On instinct, he dodged and slammed his own fist into his opponent's stomach.
For some reason, Kurama started laughing.
"Nice one, Hiei!" a familiar voice said.
He looked up to see the familiar face that went with it. "What are you doing here, human?" he asked, straightening up
Yusuke gave his partner a goofy smile. "Kurama."
"Kurama," Hiei said, not bothering to turn around. "You have an unbearably big mouth."
"So some chick snitched your tear gem, huh?"
"Yusuke, you make it sound as if she stepped on his foot," Kurama said nervously.
"Heh, heh, okay I came to help."
"You didn't bring that moron, did you?" Hiei asked.
"Nah, Kuwabara said Makai would give him nightmares."
"You're just trying to cover the fact that he wanted to spend time with Yukina."
"Uh...that too..."
"What about Keiko?"
"Heh, she told me I should help...Say, Hiei, did this girl look something like that?" Yusuke asked, turning around, pointing to a very angry Nanashi.
Why was SHE angry? If anything, Hiei was the only one with a right to be angry.
"Until you realize whose fight this is, I'll keep leading you by the nose!" she growled.
"I didn't ask them to come along!"
"Truly, Miss...Nanashi..." Kurama said making up for the stumble of words with a graceful bow. "We're merely spectators."
"Yeah, we're just here for mortal support!"
"MORAL support, Yusuke..." Kurama said rolling his eyes.
"Your thoughts say otherwise," Nanashi said, stopping their conversation.
"'Nother telepath, huh, Hiei?"
Hiei turned to his two companions. "I said you could come along, but this is my fight."
All three fighters turned back to Nanashi as a seal appeared under her feet. "I'll see you at home...brother!" she said the last word as an insult as she disappeared through the portal.
Hiei turned back to Kurama and Yusuke. "You can come as far as the battlefield."
"Where's the battlefield?" Yusuke asked.
"There's a volcano in the middle of the desert," Hiei explained. "It's something like a fire youkai capital. The volcano is only reserved for fights."
"So we have to cover the glacier again, then find our way to the middle of the desert," Kurama concluded with a pensive tone.
"Cool!" Yusuke shouted, throwing a fist into the air. "We're bound to find something to do between now and then!"
Yukina walked through the frozen forests of her home when she noticed something strange. There were dry spots on the ground after the latest blizzard. It looked somewhat like a trail, but stopped when it came to a certain point in the forest. There must have been a fire youkai around here lately.
"Yukina!" a friendly voice hailed her. She looked in the direction the voice was coming from.
"Yusuke-San?"
"Hey! How's it going?" he asked walking up with Kurama and Hiei. "Man, it's cold..."
"I told you to prepare for anything, Yusuke," Kurama said shaking his head.
"Onii-San, what's the matter?" Yukina asked Hiei.
Hiei looked to his sister. She at least deserved the truth this time. "Someone stole my tear gem and I'm going to get it back."
Yukina nodded. "Good luck, Onii-San," she said with a smile. "I know you'll get it back."
"That's where the battle will be?" Shouka asked, looking up a tall volcano.
Nanashi nodded.
"How will the battle be regulated?"
"It used to be the fight would end when the volcano next erupted, but lately, that rule cost too many lives, and it's been timed. There's an overseer and everything, but I don't think this fight will take that long," the fire youkai explained. "It's been dormant lately."
"But you and Hiei-San seemed like a pretty even match..."
"Like I said, the volcano hasn't erupted for a while."
"How long are matches since the new rules came?"
"I think the longest has been three days."
"Why would it cost too many lives if only two people are fighting?"
"Take a closer look at the foot of the volcano," Nanashi said, pointing to the tall mountain as two opponents fought their ways across.
"Ouch, big crowd of spectators. I get your point...what do we do now?"
Nanashi let out a small laugh. "We try to stay in one piece until Hiei comes."
Shouka looked at her surroundings and let out another laugh. "No alienation?"
Her companion gave her a smirk. "You don't need to know by your surroundings that you don't belong here..."
The ice youkai looked around a little nervously.
"Don't worry, though. If anyone tries to rough you up I'll tell them you're traveling with me."
"What if that doesn't work?"
Nanashi shrugged. "Then I'll rough them up."
Shouka shrugged too. "Who's moderating?"
"Usually a friend of one of the opponents. Most-likely Hiei's kitsune friend."
"Why not me?"
"I hardly know you...The only reason I let you come this far is because if you hadn't teleported, Hiei would have killed you."
"Heh, heh, yes, and I'm very grateful...When do you think Hiei will get here?"
"Depends on how fast he and his friend can sprint."
(AN: Hey, cool, I get to spit!
Sprint, Yusuke, sprint.
You mean like Forrest Gump, Kurama?
No, that's "Run, Forrest, run".
Say, where's the author?
Again...honestly, I have no clue
Hey! We get to mess around in her closing author's note!
I don't know if that's a good idea...
Eh? Why?
Her two pennames are after two of her original characters. One's a youkai.
The other one?
She's not as strong as the other, but she's very wise and has a faster mouth than you.
Hm, cool. What's gonna happen in the next chapter?
She didn't tell me...
Why?
Cause she's mean like that...
Hm...a volcano as a battlefield...sounds like they should have fun, being fire demons and everything.
Hopefully it will stay dormant during the battle...
Not after what you just told me about the author.
Kami-Sama...)
(AN: That doesn't sound too good.
Gee, Hiei, you're common sense overwhelms me...
Oh, shut up...
Hey! I'm the author! That's my line!
Whatever...just let the idiocy ensue...
Heh, that's what I say every time I go to Chemistry class... I hate science...
Isn't that mostly "common sense"?
Maybe if you give a flip about it, it could be...
Eh...)
(ANPS: I noticed some people might not know Hiei's whole background from the unedited non-Toonami **gags** Japanese version. (sorry, Toonami annoys me) Okay, here it goes. Hiei and Yukina's mom was an ice youkai. Ice youkai are a complete race of women. They make exact copies of themselves and don't need men to multiply. Don't ask me how that works, I don't know. Well...Hiei's mom fell in love with a fire youkai and ended up pregnant with Hiei, so to cover that up, she...somehow...made herself pregnant with Yukina, thus making Hiei and Yukina twins. Don't remember which was born first. That's it, Cartoon Network editing is horrible and said they had different mothers. Not. The only difference is Hiei had a dad. Freaky, no? Ergo, Hiei is MOSTLY Fire youkai, maybe a little ice...That's why Nanashi calls him brother every now and then
By the way, this chapter may end up being stupider than the other two because of a certain character. Just thought I'd let you know. AND oi...OtakuSailorV-Chan, I know that's you, I was talking to somebody else ^_^ and yes, go Hiei-muse! (Ice Bunny) Is Shouka your OC? I don't know. What does Shouka mean? I don't know. What to call me? If you really want to get my attention, call me Bobbie. Or if it's easier to type out Bob. I don't care really. I hope Hiei's history helped everyone with the brother problem, back to the story)
Hiei and Kurama finally walked out of the glacier's plains onto a never-ending plain of rocks. "She's here," Kurama said, looking around. "Never mind. She moved again. I think she's having fun."
"I don't care how much fun she's having, she won't get away..."
Kurama looked to his friend and smiled. "You thought she would be a useful ally, didn't you?"
Hiei turned his gaze back to the rocky range. "Perhaps." He turned his head in surprise as a fist ran towards his face. On instinct, he dodged and slammed his own fist into his opponent's stomach.
For some reason, Kurama started laughing.
"Nice one, Hiei!" a familiar voice said.
He looked up to see the familiar face that went with it. "What are you doing here, human?" he asked, straightening up
Yusuke gave his partner a goofy smile. "Kurama."
"Kurama," Hiei said, not bothering to turn around. "You have an unbearably big mouth."
"So some chick snitched your tear gem, huh?"
"Yusuke, you make it sound as if she stepped on his foot," Kurama said nervously.
"Heh, heh, okay I came to help."
"You didn't bring that moron, did you?" Hiei asked.
"Nah, Kuwabara said Makai would give him nightmares."
"You're just trying to cover the fact that he wanted to spend time with Yukina."
"Uh...that too..."
"What about Keiko?"
"Heh, she told me I should help...Say, Hiei, did this girl look something like that?" Yusuke asked, turning around, pointing to a very angry Nanashi.
Why was SHE angry? If anything, Hiei was the only one with a right to be angry.
"Until you realize whose fight this is, I'll keep leading you by the nose!" she growled.
"I didn't ask them to come along!"
"Truly, Miss...Nanashi..." Kurama said making up for the stumble of words with a graceful bow. "We're merely spectators."
"Yeah, we're just here for mortal support!"
"MORAL support, Yusuke..." Kurama said rolling his eyes.
"Your thoughts say otherwise," Nanashi said, stopping their conversation.
"'Nother telepath, huh, Hiei?"
Hiei turned to his two companions. "I said you could come along, but this is my fight."
All three fighters turned back to Nanashi as a seal appeared under her feet. "I'll see you at home...brother!" she said the last word as an insult as she disappeared through the portal.
Hiei turned back to Kurama and Yusuke. "You can come as far as the battlefield."
"Where's the battlefield?" Yusuke asked.
"There's a volcano in the middle of the desert," Hiei explained. "It's something like a fire youkai capital. The volcano is only reserved for fights."
"So we have to cover the glacier again, then find our way to the middle of the desert," Kurama concluded with a pensive tone.
"Cool!" Yusuke shouted, throwing a fist into the air. "We're bound to find something to do between now and then!"
Yukina walked through the frozen forests of her home when she noticed something strange. There were dry spots on the ground after the latest blizzard. It looked somewhat like a trail, but stopped when it came to a certain point in the forest. There must have been a fire youkai around here lately.
"Yukina!" a friendly voice hailed her. She looked in the direction the voice was coming from.
"Yusuke-San?"
"Hey! How's it going?" he asked walking up with Kurama and Hiei. "Man, it's cold..."
"I told you to prepare for anything, Yusuke," Kurama said shaking his head.
"Onii-San, what's the matter?" Yukina asked Hiei.
Hiei looked to his sister. She at least deserved the truth this time. "Someone stole my tear gem and I'm going to get it back."
Yukina nodded. "Good luck, Onii-San," she said with a smile. "I know you'll get it back."
"That's where the battle will be?" Shouka asked, looking up a tall volcano.
Nanashi nodded.
"How will the battle be regulated?"
"It used to be the fight would end when the volcano next erupted, but lately, that rule cost too many lives, and it's been timed. There's an overseer and everything, but I don't think this fight will take that long," the fire youkai explained. "It's been dormant lately."
"But you and Hiei-San seemed like a pretty even match..."
"Like I said, the volcano hasn't erupted for a while."
"How long are matches since the new rules came?"
"I think the longest has been three days."
"Why would it cost too many lives if only two people are fighting?"
"Take a closer look at the foot of the volcano," Nanashi said, pointing to the tall mountain as two opponents fought their ways across.
"Ouch, big crowd of spectators. I get your point...what do we do now?"
Nanashi let out a small laugh. "We try to stay in one piece until Hiei comes."
Shouka looked at her surroundings and let out another laugh. "No alienation?"
Her companion gave her a smirk. "You don't need to know by your surroundings that you don't belong here..."
The ice youkai looked around a little nervously.
"Don't worry, though. If anyone tries to rough you up I'll tell them you're traveling with me."
"What if that doesn't work?"
Nanashi shrugged. "Then I'll rough them up."
Shouka shrugged too. "Who's moderating?"
"Usually a friend of one of the opponents. Most-likely Hiei's kitsune friend."
"Why not me?"
"I hardly know you...The only reason I let you come this far is because if you hadn't teleported, Hiei would have killed you."
"Heh, heh, yes, and I'm very grateful...When do you think Hiei will get here?"
"Depends on how fast he and his friend can sprint."
(AN: Hey, cool, I get to spit!
Sprint, Yusuke, sprint.
You mean like Forrest Gump, Kurama?
No, that's "Run, Forrest, run".
Say, where's the author?
Again...honestly, I have no clue
Hey! We get to mess around in her closing author's note!
I don't know if that's a good idea...
Eh? Why?
Her two pennames are after two of her original characters. One's a youkai.
The other one?
She's not as strong as the other, but she's very wise and has a faster mouth than you.
Hm, cool. What's gonna happen in the next chapter?
She didn't tell me...
Why?
Cause she's mean like that...
Hm...a volcano as a battlefield...sounds like they should have fun, being fire demons and everything.
Hopefully it will stay dormant during the battle...
Not after what you just told me about the author.
Kami-Sama...)