Authores' note- I hate History so much it's not even funny, anyways back to reality… how are you liking the fic… and how its going? Please give me some insight!
-Chapter 27-
"Don't worry I'll handle the toddler… you get some rest… Hn beating the shit out of Firea couldn't been easy" Hiei mumbled as Ross just laughed lightly.
"Please don't tell me that was intended on being a joke… she really wasn't that strong… but I'm not right now either" Ross mumbled.
"Hn… it doesn't matter… we got our revenge… Hana is safe… and you will be too once I sucker the cure out of the fucken baby ruler" Ross just sighed from his response and nodded.
"Hmm… yeah…" is all she could muster as she felt Mother Nature pull her from reality into sleep.
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Hiei's eyes slid open to the feeling of someone's breath upon the back of his neck, he groaned tiredly and turned to see Ross was curled up snuggly to his back, her hair covered half her face as she breathed shallow breaths.
Hiei watched her pale features until he heard someone galloping down the stairs.
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Yusuke and Kuwa bounded down the stairs once they smelt something cooking, they saw Ross lying on the floor in a bundle of covers, she turned slightly mumbling something she fell back to sleep.
Yusuke pulled Kuwa to the kitchen to see Rosa's mother cooking what looked like pancakes.
"Glad to see someone's up" she said happily as she filled their plates with the delectable treat, they didn't need to be told twice as they dove in.
It was 5 after 9 and everyone minus Ross and Hiei were eating heartily at the table.
"Mom… have you seen Hiei… he wasn't upstairs when I went to wake him up" Kurama asked as he sipped his orange juice.
"No I haven't seen him, I've been in this kitchen since 7…" Patty sipped her coffee as the kitchen door swung open to show a not so healthy looking Ross.
she mumbled something as she sat down and poured herself some coffee, laying her head on the table she closed her eyes.
"Sleeeeeeeeeep" she mumbled as she began to zone off once again.
"MOMMY!!!!!!!" Hana screamed making Ross yelp and fall to the floor from the sudden outburst, she looked up just in time to catch the little tot of 5.
"Mommy!! Are you awake in there?" Hana asked as she knocked on Ross' head, the demi-sayian caught her hand and pulled her to her lap once she sat down.
"did you eat?" Ross asked getting a jittery nod from the little red-eyed girl.
"Yup Yup PANCAKES!!" she yelled happily, Ross smiled and pet her down curly mass of hair.
"Good… why don't we go get you dressed into something else" Ross mumbled as she stood up and took the girl's hand up the stairs.
"You know if I didn't see it with my own eyes I wouldn't believe that Ross was a good mother… who knew" Yusuke contemplated openly as he sipped his juice.
The back door creaked and Hiei entered, sitting down he grabbed some toast and ate in silence.
"… Where have you been Hiei?" Kurama asked puzzled only getting a HN from the fire demon, suddenly a flash emitted the room and a little fire child embraced the fire kroomie.
"DADDY!!!" the now freshly dressed Hana piped, Hiei looked up to see Ross descending the stairs with a tired look.
"Oh look she found you" Ross mumbled sarcastically as she sat down across from the father and daughter duo.
"Aren't you just a ray of sunshine this morning onna" Ross glared from across the table as she felt someone pulling on her shirt, she turned to see Chi Chi staring at her with wide eyes.
"Can this wait until I die?" Ross asked annoyed from the protest of Chi Chi's eyes.
"Are you… really… a demon?" Chi Chi asked making Ross stare at her for a minute them crack up.
"You mean you're asking me this after all that has happened?" Ross asked through stifled laughs, Chi Chi growled and hit Ross across the head.
"ANSWER THE QUESTION!" she screamed making even Yusuke cower from the humans rising anger.
"I WAS meaning I'm not anymore… uh… it's hard to explain mother… let's see… I know!" Ross stood up and went to a shelf and pulled down a rather large book, plopping onto the table she opened it for all to see.
There was a picture of a young Rosa, in what looked like violet robes.
"That's what I use to look like… before I was killed by that wench" Ross murmured as she turned the pages, everyone crowded around the book, Ross slipped from the crowd as they looked at pictures of Rosa and her past.
Ross slid over to Hiei who was trying to keep the young tot from breaking anything.
"We need to go to Koenma's… I don't think I'm gonna hold out much longer… and Hana can't stay in limbo forever" Ross mumbled as Hiei nodded.
"Hn I tried to get to the damn toddler but he was out of the office, he better be there when we get there"
"Too late" Koenma screamed from behind the two making them both jump and hit him upside the head.
"Don't do that you baka!" Ross growled as everyone turned their attention to the scene.
"Hey it's not my fault you changed your mind all of a sudden!" Koenma screamed as he rubbed his head.
"What does he mean changed your mind?" Patty asked getting a groan from her daughter.
"About dying… I changed my mind about dying" Ross mumbled getting a happy giggle from Ellie and Botan.
"That's great!" Botan screamed in delight, making Ross hold her ears in pain.
"Yeah… it's a basket full of roses, now… are you going to do it or not!?!" Ross growled as Koenma popped into his teen age form.
"Yes… well its complicated you see… well first lets get your daughter in the right place" Koenma said sternly making Ross nod and kneel down to Hana's eye level.
"Sweetie you have to go bye-bye now… its time to go and be with grandpa" Hana's eyes filled with tears from the sound of her mother's voice as she clung to Ross painfully.
"NO MOMMY I SCARED!" she yelled, Ross wrapped the young girl in her embrace and pulled her into her warmth.
"I'm sorry… baby you have to do this… remember what we talked about last night" Ross mumbled her eyes slowly filling up with sorrowful tears.
"O…ok" Hana said through sniffles as she kissed her mother on the cheek and then clung to her father's leg, Hiei looked down … he picked up his daughter and ruffled her hair.
"Go kick ass up there"
"HIEI!" Ross screamed angry at his advice, Hiei smirked and pulled Hana's bangs from her face.
He mumbled something in a foreign tongue; Hana nodded and hugged the fire kroomie.
"Ok I love you too daddy" she kissed Hiei lightly on the cheek and then jumped from his lap onto the floor, Koenma opened up a swirling portal of blue and black, Hana looked apprehensive towards it.
"Bye bye mommy daddy I LOVE YOU!" Hana yelled as swollen tears dripped down her face and she entered the portal to limbo.
The portal closed as Ross rubbed the tears away with the back of her hand; she looked up at the teenage Koenma.
"Alright... shall we" Ross motioned to the table which Koenma took a seat at, Ross sat across from him with her arms crossed, everyone crowded the two figures as they just stared at each other for a few seconds.
"You want to live correct" Ross nodded as Koenma pulled out a folder filled to the brim with papers.
"This is your file… In order for you to come back you're going to have to become deceased for a span of one year" Ross felt the expressions around her alter as she heard the news.
"Why?" she asked, Koenma cleared his throat and began to rummage through the folder pulling out random items, Ross pulled a picture that he put aside, one of her when she was 9… she thumbed it for a minute as Kurama looked over her shoulder.
"That's the first picture we saw of you when we first got your case…" Ross chuckled.
"Yes wasn't I just the little rebel" she mumbled as Koenma made a triumphant find, he read through the contents then slid it over to Ross.
"In order for you to be able to live without the stone controlling you, you have to become deceased so that the stone can be de-activated" Koenma said as Ross nodded
"Yeah makes sense… so I have to live in hell for a year… sounds like fun" Ross mumbled sarcastically, Koenma shook his head.
"NO actually you would be going to heaven…" Ross raised her brow than began to crack up.
"Now you're wrong with that I KNOW I'm going to hell it's not possible" Ross stated through her fits of laughter
"Well since you saved a human girl and gave her your life… it seems your going to heaven" Ross bit her cheek at the statement he made as she heard her step brother laugh.
"YOU saved a ningen, you've got to be kidding me!" he cracked as Ross sighed.
"It… was a long time ago… I was feeling…generous" Ross mumbled as Wes cracked up.
"Yeah right, Koenma man you've got the wrong girl" Wes said through fits of laughter.
"WILL YOU SHUT UP?" Ross growled angrily making the teenage fire demon shut his trap.
"Don't have to be so anal" Ross turned around and glared at him.
"I hung you off that flag pole once DON'T make me do it again baka!" she snapped, Wes rolled his eyes and nodded.
"You have to die in two days… this will give you enough time to set things straight with the government and such, I will keep your body while you are away…" Koenma butted in, Ross nodded.
"Yes alright fine…" Ross mumbled as Koenam stood up.
"I need your word" Koenma mutter, Ross growled and pulled out a rose throwing it at him.
"Don't get your hopes up, this isn't going to stop me from being me" Koenma just chuckled.
"I find it likely impossible that there IS any way to stop you from being you" Ross just rolled her eyes and went to the door.
"I'll go make my announcement now… Northern Makai will become a democracy" Ross closed the door behind her and all eyes fell upon Hiei.
"What's with the staring?" Hiei asked a tinge of annoyance in his voice.
"So… are you with my sister or not?" Gotein asked in a puzzled voice, Hiei just growled and shrugged.
"Why do you care?" He stood up and left through the kitchen door…
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Patty cleaned the kitchen instinctively as she heard the cheering and rage of several groups of demons outside. She looked out to see the yard filled with cheering fire demons.
"LONG LIVE ROSALINA!!" they cheered as tears began to form, Patty ran into the living room where the other's sat and turned on the TV.
TV Broadcast
A dark eyed fire demon held a microphone as she stood in front of the stage where Rosa stood.
"I am here today to bring you Princess Rosalina's urgent speech" the young women turned to look at the fire kitsune and the stage as the camera zoomed in.
Rosa paced the stage as the crowd quieted down.
"As you all know my grandfather has just passed on… this has come to be a great shock to all of us for now we are without government… without a leader. I myself am supposed to take the throne but I must decline this offer… This is not my place… nor has it ever been." Rosa paused as the crowd murmured to one another.
"I am JUST the daughter of a high fire demon nothing more… I DO NOT want this and neither do you! I am a mixed breed and I know that this causes much difficulty with our society and others… I am sorry to say that I will be retiring to death in a matter of days… and this is why I have decided to make this society a democracy, where you pick your own government and leaders where you rule yourselves" Ross belted out her plea as the crowd cheered.
"I only want your happiness… and I believe this is the key to the door in which it lays behind" The crowd scream there approval as Rosa bowed and placed the microphone back onto the stage.
The camera zoomed back to the reporter.
"And there it is folks; we are now officially a democracy…"
End of Broadcast
Patty shut the TV off and wiped her eyes.
"She always could speak like her father" she mumbled as the rain poured upon the windows.
"Why don't we all watch some past movies of Rosa… maybe that could help you understand her a bit more" Jiro requested as everyone nodded in agreement.
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The crowds had disappeared once the rain began to patter against the soft earth, Ross trudged through the warm water as she made her way up the hill.
'So I have to die in 2 days… what a change in events' she thought to herself as she went to the back patio, seeing her family watching previous video's of her, Ross could only sigh in return.
She then felt a heavy hand upon her shoulder, she whirled around in surprise only to see Hiei's face dripping wet… water dripped off of his bangs as Ross stared at him.
"Why are you out here in the rain Jaganshi?" she asked, Hiei didn't move… his black tee-shirt was soaked and stuck to him.
"You're going to die in two days" Hiei mumbled making Ross tilt her head and then look down.
"Yeah I know but I'll be back" she said lightly as the rain became heavier, Ross looked up to see Hiei was now just inches away from her face.
"..m… my family is just inside there Hiei…" she mumbled as her thoughts became clouded.
"So?" Hiei stated as he crashed his lips upon hers.
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