WARNING: Now there is more than Hiei and Kurama shounen ai!! Who is this
next couple you ask? Well, 'tis probably the first of it's kind. I
think it's adorable!! Read to find out!!
PRAYERS: Mum has found out about my little obsession. Whoops. No more
prayers then.
DISCLAIMER: If I owned Yu Yu Hakusho, many parts of it would be different.
Hiei would be with Kurama, and (unknown) would be with (unknown). I can't
tell you.
A/N: What are you doing? You're not supposed to read Author's Notes!! I'm
sure you're curious. GO DAMMIT GO!!
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Five
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There, towering over Hiei, stood Kaname Hagiri. Sniper.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Hiei snapped as he took a defensive stance.
"Relax," Sniper said. "You impaled me, but that's fine. Where is Kurama?"
Hiei didn't back out of his stance. "Why do you want to know?"
Sniper stared down at him. "I need to speak with him."
Hiei arched an eyebrow. "You'd better not harm him in your 'talk'."
"I need to discuss something very important with him. I promise not
to harm him in anyway."
"Yeah, you'd better not." Hiei growled. "Or I'll thrust my sword through you again."
"I hardly believe that will be needed."
"I'll take you to him."
Hiei slipped on his shoes and led Sniper down many streets to the Florist Shop,
where Kurama was surrounded by girls(like Weiß!). Many of them asked him out.
"I'm sorry," he said. "I'm taken."
Hiei stopped at that and smiled, very small, but Sniper had noticed it anyway.
"So it's true then?" He asked.
"What is?" Hiei asked, concealing his smile.
"About you two..."
Hiei ignored him and pushed through the girls.
"Hiei!" Kurama said, alarmed. "What brings you here?"
The fire demon pointed over his shoulder at Sniper. Kurama gasped. This was...
unexpected. What was Sniper doing here? And why did Hiei willingly let him
come?
"There's nothing to be alarmed about," Sniper said, and noticed many girls
staring at him and drooling.
"He said he has to talk to you about something important," Hiei volunteered.
"What is it?" Kurama asked.
Sniper leaned forward and whispered in Kurama's ear. Kurama's eyes widened.
Wait. Was that a hint of embarrassment on Hagiri's face Hiei detected? It
couldn't have been.
"Hiei..." Kurama said quietly. "I think you should go home."
"WHAT!? I'm not about to--"
"HIEI," Kurama warned. "I THINK you should go HOME."
The fire demon huffed and crossed his arms, and was gone with a "flitz".
The girls were too busy swooning over Kurama and Sniper. Kurama turned to Hagiri.
"Is it true?"
Sniper nodded.
Hiei couldn't STAND it. He had to wait THREE DAMN hours until Kurama came home
from work. Why did he have to go home anyway? What the HELL was up with that
Sniper guy? He tore the refrigirator apart, taking out all the ice cream he
could find and shoveling it into his mouth like there was no tomorrow. He
turned on the TV. Everybody knows how impatient Hiei is, and had taken three
showers to waste time. He was in the middle of drying his hair furiously
when the door opened. Kurama was home.
Hiei tore out of the bathroom, luckilly already dressed, to see Kurama taking off
his shoes--Sniper behind him.
"Hey Hiei." Kurama smiled at him.
"A 'Hey Hiei' is all you can manage after making me wait here for you as that
bastard could be shooting you to death!?" Hiei was shaking from anger. And
relief. His fox was okay. Sniper had kept his promise.
Kurama stared at him. He hadn't expected this. Hiei had stressed himself out
worrying over Kurama. The fox walked up to Hiei.
"I...I'm sorry Hiei. I should've told you..." Kurama wrapped his arms around
Hiei.
Sniper quietly closed the door behind him. Was this what it was like? He didn't
want to disturb the two.
"So?" Hiei asked impatiently.
"Well, Hiei. It seems that Hagiri here... has fallen in love." Kurama smiled.
"And he came to me for advice, being as how I've had personal experience with
you."
"Well, who is it?" Hiei said, eating the last of the cherry ice cream.
"Hagiri has fallen in love with..."
Hiei leaned closer, not wanting to mishear the fox.
"Touya, the Ice Prince."
"WHAT!?" Hiei shouted, letting surprise overtake his ability to mask his
emotions. Living alone with Kurama and people who actually accepted him
made him a bit more showing of his emotions. And Sniper, in love with Touya,
THAT was a big surprise.
"How the hell did that happen!?" Hiei wanted to know.
Hagiri shrugged, obviously pretty embarrassed.
"Hiei, don't be rude. It probably happened the same way we did. Out of the
blue." Kurama volunteered, to make Sniper feel better. It didn't work.
"YO KURAMA!!!" The door slammed open with a loud BANG. "Hiei here??"
'Twas Yusuke, holding Rei in his arms. Yusuke had put his child's hair up
like his with a handful of gel, and the kid looked SO adorable with his
large round eyes and his "gangsta" hairdo.
It had been a month since Hiei had last seen him, not wanting to stain
the child's innocence, and Rei looked at him, a large smile across his face,
gurgled, and held out his arms.
Yusuke suddenly saw Sniper sitting there ever-so-calmly and dropped Rei.
Hiei zipped over to the door and caught the toddler before he could touch the
ground.
"That's real nice, Urameshi." Hiei said sarcastically. "You shouldn't drop your
child."
The realization of the same thing happening to him, only a much longer distance,
with no one there to catch him made him stare wide-eyed at Rei. Kurama looked
at Hiei as he fell to his knees and hugged Rei. "I won't let you fall..."
Yusuke, finally taking his eyes off of Sniper, who seemed like he wouldn't be
pulling dice from his pockets anytime soon, knelt down by Hiei.
"Hey..." He said to him quietly. "I was hoping if you would watch Rei for a
little while, while Keiko and I go out for an hour or so. He seems to like
you best."
"..." Hiei held Rei out in front of him, staring at him, his innocence.
"I won't... I don't know if I..."
Yusuke smiled wide and put a hand on Hiei's shoulder. "You can do it. Just
have Kurama change his diaper. See? He likes you! Aw!!"
It was true. The child was staring back at him, smiling happilly and giggling.
Hiei nodded eventually. Yusuke put a diaper bag and some formula on the
coffee table, and stared at Sniper, as Hiei sat back down in his armchair,
Rei on his lap. Hiei was bouncing his knee a little bit, and Rei was giggling.
"What's he doing here?" Yusuke asked, nodding his head to Sniper.
"Hagiri... has a little 'problem' that he needed help with," Kurama answered.
"What, couldn't find your gun?" Yusuke asked, glaring at him.
"Hm... that too," Sniper said, as if he was deep in thought.
"Well, Mr. HAGIRI, you had better not go shooting dice and pebbles at them,
or you'll--"
"I know." Sniper interrupted. "I got the same pep talk from Hiei."
Yusuke stared for a minute, then turned to Hiei, giving him a serious
look. Hiei nodded. Yusuke had talked to him in "Hiei" language. He
told him not to let Rei get hurt. Yusuke grinned at Hiei and Kurama,
made a doofy face at Rei, glared at Hagiri, and slammed the door shut
behind him.
Rei, being easilly amused by Hiei's knee bouncing game, was giggling still
half an hour later. Hiei, Kurama, and Hagiri were discussing what they
should do. Well, Kurama and Sniper were discussing what to do. Hiei, as usual,
sat quietly while Rei became tired on his lap.
Kurama, noticing the tiring child and the confused Hiei, suggested. "Maybe
you should put him to bed."
Hiei carefully lifted Rei off his lap and carried him into his bedroom.
Once placed down on the bed, he started bawling. Hiei jumped back in shock at the
sudden sound, and took Rei's hand into his own. Immediately, he stopped. Hiei
climbed into the bed next to him, so Rei could quietly fall asleep.
Back in the living room, Kurama spoke. "Should I invite him over?"
"Nononononono!!" Sniper said, holding up his hands. "I don't think you should."
"Then, how are you going to see him?" Kurama asked.
"Well...um...that's a good question..." He looked out the window behind him,
staring at the stars. Kurama followed his gaze. The stars were beautiful tonight.
Wait. Stars?
"It's late," the fox concluded. "We'll discuss this more tomorrow?"
"I believe so. Do you have work and school tomorrow?" Hagiri asked, picking up
his jacket and slipping it on.
Kurama nodded, standing up and opening the door for him. "I'll see you tomorrow
then. Good night."
"Good night," Hagiri said, and walked off, disappearing into the shadows.
Kurama smiled after him. That was nice... he wasn't trying to kill anybody.
Now Kurama had to wait a half hour for Yusuke to come pick up Rei. Despite himself,
his eyes drifted close, and didn't open.
Yusuke came in to see Kurama curled up on the couch, and walked into the bedroom.
There, he saw one of the cutest things. Hiei had also fallen asleep when putting Rei
to bed, and had his arm around the child, who was smiling in his slumber. Hiei had
looked so content then, like a whole different person from his awake(and sober) self.
Yusuke grinned widely and returned to the living room, covering Kurama with a light
blanket that had been knocked to the floor, picked up the diaper bag, and went back to
Hiei and Rei. He lightly lifted Hiei's arm off Rei and placed it on his side. Not
waking Rei, he left the apartment, locking the door and turning off the lights.
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Hieica: Gee, nobody knows what Rei was named after. Of course, unless you've only seen/
heard about the English dub version. For some reason, Genkai isn't dead, and Puu is
not in here. Yes, I am wierd.
Swissy: *is busy being eaten* Um...R&R!
next couple you ask? Well, 'tis probably the first of it's kind. I
think it's adorable!! Read to find out!!
PRAYERS: Mum has found out about my little obsession. Whoops. No more
prayers then.
DISCLAIMER: If I owned Yu Yu Hakusho, many parts of it would be different.
Hiei would be with Kurama, and (unknown) would be with (unknown). I can't
tell you.
A/N: What are you doing? You're not supposed to read Author's Notes!! I'm
sure you're curious. GO DAMMIT GO!!
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Five
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There, towering over Hiei, stood Kaname Hagiri. Sniper.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Hiei snapped as he took a defensive stance.
"Relax," Sniper said. "You impaled me, but that's fine. Where is Kurama?"
Hiei didn't back out of his stance. "Why do you want to know?"
Sniper stared down at him. "I need to speak with him."
Hiei arched an eyebrow. "You'd better not harm him in your 'talk'."
"I need to discuss something very important with him. I promise not
to harm him in anyway."
"Yeah, you'd better not." Hiei growled. "Or I'll thrust my sword through you again."
"I hardly believe that will be needed."
"I'll take you to him."
Hiei slipped on his shoes and led Sniper down many streets to the Florist Shop,
where Kurama was surrounded by girls(like Weiß!). Many of them asked him out.
"I'm sorry," he said. "I'm taken."
Hiei stopped at that and smiled, very small, but Sniper had noticed it anyway.
"So it's true then?" He asked.
"What is?" Hiei asked, concealing his smile.
"About you two..."
Hiei ignored him and pushed through the girls.
"Hiei!" Kurama said, alarmed. "What brings you here?"
The fire demon pointed over his shoulder at Sniper. Kurama gasped. This was...
unexpected. What was Sniper doing here? And why did Hiei willingly let him
come?
"There's nothing to be alarmed about," Sniper said, and noticed many girls
staring at him and drooling.
"He said he has to talk to you about something important," Hiei volunteered.
"What is it?" Kurama asked.
Sniper leaned forward and whispered in Kurama's ear. Kurama's eyes widened.
Wait. Was that a hint of embarrassment on Hagiri's face Hiei detected? It
couldn't have been.
"Hiei..." Kurama said quietly. "I think you should go home."
"WHAT!? I'm not about to--"
"HIEI," Kurama warned. "I THINK you should go HOME."
The fire demon huffed and crossed his arms, and was gone with a "flitz".
The girls were too busy swooning over Kurama and Sniper. Kurama turned to Hagiri.
"Is it true?"
Sniper nodded.
Hiei couldn't STAND it. He had to wait THREE DAMN hours until Kurama came home
from work. Why did he have to go home anyway? What the HELL was up with that
Sniper guy? He tore the refrigirator apart, taking out all the ice cream he
could find and shoveling it into his mouth like there was no tomorrow. He
turned on the TV. Everybody knows how impatient Hiei is, and had taken three
showers to waste time. He was in the middle of drying his hair furiously
when the door opened. Kurama was home.
Hiei tore out of the bathroom, luckilly already dressed, to see Kurama taking off
his shoes--Sniper behind him.
"Hey Hiei." Kurama smiled at him.
"A 'Hey Hiei' is all you can manage after making me wait here for you as that
bastard could be shooting you to death!?" Hiei was shaking from anger. And
relief. His fox was okay. Sniper had kept his promise.
Kurama stared at him. He hadn't expected this. Hiei had stressed himself out
worrying over Kurama. The fox walked up to Hiei.
"I...I'm sorry Hiei. I should've told you..." Kurama wrapped his arms around
Hiei.
Sniper quietly closed the door behind him. Was this what it was like? He didn't
want to disturb the two.
"So?" Hiei asked impatiently.
"Well, Hiei. It seems that Hagiri here... has fallen in love." Kurama smiled.
"And he came to me for advice, being as how I've had personal experience with
you."
"Well, who is it?" Hiei said, eating the last of the cherry ice cream.
"Hagiri has fallen in love with..."
Hiei leaned closer, not wanting to mishear the fox.
"Touya, the Ice Prince."
"WHAT!?" Hiei shouted, letting surprise overtake his ability to mask his
emotions. Living alone with Kurama and people who actually accepted him
made him a bit more showing of his emotions. And Sniper, in love with Touya,
THAT was a big surprise.
"How the hell did that happen!?" Hiei wanted to know.
Hagiri shrugged, obviously pretty embarrassed.
"Hiei, don't be rude. It probably happened the same way we did. Out of the
blue." Kurama volunteered, to make Sniper feel better. It didn't work.
"YO KURAMA!!!" The door slammed open with a loud BANG. "Hiei here??"
'Twas Yusuke, holding Rei in his arms. Yusuke had put his child's hair up
like his with a handful of gel, and the kid looked SO adorable with his
large round eyes and his "gangsta" hairdo.
It had been a month since Hiei had last seen him, not wanting to stain
the child's innocence, and Rei looked at him, a large smile across his face,
gurgled, and held out his arms.
Yusuke suddenly saw Sniper sitting there ever-so-calmly and dropped Rei.
Hiei zipped over to the door and caught the toddler before he could touch the
ground.
"That's real nice, Urameshi." Hiei said sarcastically. "You shouldn't drop your
child."
The realization of the same thing happening to him, only a much longer distance,
with no one there to catch him made him stare wide-eyed at Rei. Kurama looked
at Hiei as he fell to his knees and hugged Rei. "I won't let you fall..."
Yusuke, finally taking his eyes off of Sniper, who seemed like he wouldn't be
pulling dice from his pockets anytime soon, knelt down by Hiei.
"Hey..." He said to him quietly. "I was hoping if you would watch Rei for a
little while, while Keiko and I go out for an hour or so. He seems to like
you best."
"..." Hiei held Rei out in front of him, staring at him, his innocence.
"I won't... I don't know if I..."
Yusuke smiled wide and put a hand on Hiei's shoulder. "You can do it. Just
have Kurama change his diaper. See? He likes you! Aw!!"
It was true. The child was staring back at him, smiling happilly and giggling.
Hiei nodded eventually. Yusuke put a diaper bag and some formula on the
coffee table, and stared at Sniper, as Hiei sat back down in his armchair,
Rei on his lap. Hiei was bouncing his knee a little bit, and Rei was giggling.
"What's he doing here?" Yusuke asked, nodding his head to Sniper.
"Hagiri... has a little 'problem' that he needed help with," Kurama answered.
"What, couldn't find your gun?" Yusuke asked, glaring at him.
"Hm... that too," Sniper said, as if he was deep in thought.
"Well, Mr. HAGIRI, you had better not go shooting dice and pebbles at them,
or you'll--"
"I know." Sniper interrupted. "I got the same pep talk from Hiei."
Yusuke stared for a minute, then turned to Hiei, giving him a serious
look. Hiei nodded. Yusuke had talked to him in "Hiei" language. He
told him not to let Rei get hurt. Yusuke grinned at Hiei and Kurama,
made a doofy face at Rei, glared at Hagiri, and slammed the door shut
behind him.
Rei, being easilly amused by Hiei's knee bouncing game, was giggling still
half an hour later. Hiei, Kurama, and Hagiri were discussing what they
should do. Well, Kurama and Sniper were discussing what to do. Hiei, as usual,
sat quietly while Rei became tired on his lap.
Kurama, noticing the tiring child and the confused Hiei, suggested. "Maybe
you should put him to bed."
Hiei carefully lifted Rei off his lap and carried him into his bedroom.
Once placed down on the bed, he started bawling. Hiei jumped back in shock at the
sudden sound, and took Rei's hand into his own. Immediately, he stopped. Hiei
climbed into the bed next to him, so Rei could quietly fall asleep.
Back in the living room, Kurama spoke. "Should I invite him over?"
"Nononononono!!" Sniper said, holding up his hands. "I don't think you should."
"Then, how are you going to see him?" Kurama asked.
"Well...um...that's a good question..." He looked out the window behind him,
staring at the stars. Kurama followed his gaze. The stars were beautiful tonight.
Wait. Stars?
"It's late," the fox concluded. "We'll discuss this more tomorrow?"
"I believe so. Do you have work and school tomorrow?" Hagiri asked, picking up
his jacket and slipping it on.
Kurama nodded, standing up and opening the door for him. "I'll see you tomorrow
then. Good night."
"Good night," Hagiri said, and walked off, disappearing into the shadows.
Kurama smiled after him. That was nice... he wasn't trying to kill anybody.
Now Kurama had to wait a half hour for Yusuke to come pick up Rei. Despite himself,
his eyes drifted close, and didn't open.
Yusuke came in to see Kurama curled up on the couch, and walked into the bedroom.
There, he saw one of the cutest things. Hiei had also fallen asleep when putting Rei
to bed, and had his arm around the child, who was smiling in his slumber. Hiei had
looked so content then, like a whole different person from his awake(and sober) self.
Yusuke grinned widely and returned to the living room, covering Kurama with a light
blanket that had been knocked to the floor, picked up the diaper bag, and went back to
Hiei and Rei. He lightly lifted Hiei's arm off Rei and placed it on his side. Not
waking Rei, he left the apartment, locking the door and turning off the lights.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Hieica: Gee, nobody knows what Rei was named after. Of course, unless you've only seen/
heard about the English dub version. For some reason, Genkai isn't dead, and Puu is
not in here. Yes, I am wierd.
Swissy: *is busy being eaten* Um...R&R!