WARNING: There shouldn't even be a warning this far into the story, should there?
A/N: Craziness ensues. Yes, I do realize that they are OOC, but that's okay by me.
And, in case you're wondering, Keiko and Yusuke were in America for a year, so that
makes Rei four months old. I drew a picture of Rei. He's so KYOOT!! Also, WAY back
when, in Chappie 3, when Shiori slapped Hiei. People wanted an explanation. Just
because he's a demon doesn't mean he doesn't bleed when he's slapped too hard. It's
not like he said "OW!! Damn, woman! That hurt like Kokuryuuha burning my arm into
barely useable flesh and bone!" and started crying, right?
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Six
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Sniper stepped out of his house, locking the door behind him. The thoughts of
Touya and his conversations with Kurama weighed heavilly on his mind. What was
he to do? The Ice Prince probably didn't even know who he was.
His sister waved out the window to him. "Good luck Hagiri!"
Unlike Kurama's human mother, Hagiri's sister accepted him for what he is.
His sister had viewed his conversation with the fox just as she viewed that
kitten's death. Sniper gave her a thumbs-up and walked away, towards the
apartment building many blocks away.
Today had gotten awfully dark awfully early, as if it was going to rain
and storm. Hagiri felt a drop of water hit his head and quickened his
pace. It seemed as though he was the only one on the streets. Maybe
everyone was inside because of the weather-to-come. It was actually
nice out. Not the drizzle that had just started, but the temperature
outside was perfect, not too hot, not too cold.
That is, until he came to an alleyway. The tempersture around him immediately
dropped. It seemed as though the cold was in pain. But that wasn't right...
how could the cold be hurt?
"...H-hagiri..." he thought he heard a whisper.
He stopped immediately in his tracks, turning toward the alleyway's mouth.
Squinting, he saw a small figure that looked like it was limping toward him.
He reached into his pocket, pulling out a dice.
The cold around him grew, making him shiver from it's unpleasantness. But,
he could also feel something of relief in the bitterness. What the hell?
He was going insane. He could feel things in the temperature. But, still,
he relaxed a bit and started walking toward the figure. At the same time,
they both stopped walking.
Was that...?
Touya smiled, a small, pained smile, and fell forth into Hagiri's arms.
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Kurama and Hiei sat in the armchair in their apartment, watching TV, the small
fire demon dozing off on Kurama's lap. Outside, a storm was thundering. The
drizzle had turned into a downpour in a matter of minutes. How typical. Kurama
had called Sniper's house, but Hagiri's sister informed him that Sniper had
already left. He was going to tell him to come by the next day if the rain
stopped, but he was too late.
The fox placed Hiei in what he thought would be a comfortable position on the
armchair, and opened the door to see if Sniper was coming or not down the hall-
way, jacket over his head.
Disappointed and worried, Kurama stepped back into the room, and was about to
close the door, until he felt an unbearably painful cold. He had felt it when
he had defeated Touya in the tournament.
Hiei shivered in his sleep, and curled up into a little ball, trying uncon-
sciously to fight off the heat, and the air around him grew hotter. Eyes
wide, Kurama poked his head the open door and looked the elevators direction.
The doors were open, but nobody came out of them.
The fox silently walked over to the light pouring from the doorway. He
gasped. Sniper stepped forward, out of the doors, an injured and battered
Ice Prince in his arms. Lightning flashed, and Kurama noticed that Sniper
and Touya were not wet. There was icicles in their hair, on their chins,
and Kurama shivered, feeling Touya's pain in the cold.
The fox put his hands up to his mouth. "Oh my... come on!"
Hiei awoke abruptly as Touya was placed on the couch next to his armchair,
the chill going down to his bones.
The fox looked at him, shock still clear in his eyes. "Hiei, can you-"
He nodded and flitzed into the bathroom, grabbing Kurama's herbal remedies and
bandages from under the sink. In an instant he was back and placed the kit by
his foxes side.
"Do you know what happened Hagiri?" Kurama asked as he began to fix up a
large gash on Touya's chest that was unnoticable when he was pressed against
Sniper.
"No. He just fell in an alleyway I was passing on my way here."
"That's strange..." Kurama wondered aloud. "The blood on his shirt is dried,
and the wound seems to have re-opened."
He had a wondering look on his face as he dressed the Ice Prince's wounds.
The ice on Hagiri had started melting and was dripping onto the carpet.
His clothes were now drenched. Hiei eyed him and disappeared from the arm-
chair.
Instantly, Hiei was behind him, holding an extra set of clothes, a towel, and
a blanket.
"That was very thoughtful Hiei," Kurama said, not looking at them.
Hiei flung the warm things towards Sniper and reappeared in the armchair, his
eyes diverted to the rug beneath him. Without a word, he pointed toward the
bathroom.
Sniper stood up and slowly walked to where Hiei was pointing.
"You should take a shower," Kurama suggested.
The door closed behind the dice-flinger.
It was later that the power went out. It was sudden. Hagiri had been sitting on
the floor beside Touya, who was still out. Kurama and Hiei had been sharing the
armchair again. Thunder boomed, lightning flashed, and it was the only source of
light, flashing through the window. Hiei manipulated a ball of fire floating above
his palm. A minute later the door slammed open, Yusuke, Keiko, and their child
stood in the doorway with a flashlight shining bright.
"Yusuke, learn to knock," Keiko scolded and he sweatdropped.
"Hey, you guys okay?" The spirit detective asked.
"Of course we are," Hiei snapped.
"Yes, Yusuke. Thank you for worrying," the fox nodded as the flashlight's beam
was directed on him. "Why do you ask?"
"'Cuz our TV blew up."
"Oh dear," Kurama said worriedly. "Are you guys alright?"
"Obviously," Hiei said.
"ACTUALLY," Yusuke said. "I was standing right next to it and my arm is now bleeding.
I was wondering if you could help."
"Of course," Kurama said.
The light that was Hiei flitzed away for what seemed like the twelfth time that
night. He grabbed the herbal stuff from the bathroom again and came back. Yusuke
appeared to be walking towards the couch.
"Don't sit there," Kurama warned. "It's occupied."
Yusuke shined the flashlight on it. "It is?"
Kurama followed his gaze. "What? Where is...?"
"Here," said a cold voice, and the cold temperature(and the flashlight) were
directed in the corner, where Touya sat on a spare wooden chair. His arms were
crossed and his eyes were closed.
"Okay Kurama, why are there evil dudes in your house!?" Yusuke shouted.
"Well, Hagiri was coming over and found Touya in the alleyway, injured," the
fox answered.
"Sniper and the Ice dude, both known to kill, are in your living room, having a
nice chat with you. Shorty defeated Sniper and you defeated Touya, yet they're both
here, not trying to kill you."
"Well..." Kurama sighed.
"We're not sure if HE won't try to kill us," Hiei said quietly, nodding his head in
Touya's direction.
"The fox healed me and Ha-Sniper found me and brought me here. I have no intention of
killing them," Touya said. "But that doesn't mean I won't resist the urge to kill you."
Hiei growled. "Is that a challenge?"
"It might be."
Hagiri spoke up, looking to Touya. "You're hurt though, so it would be unwise to fight.
We don't want to have to re-dress that wound, would we?"
The Ice Prince shifted his smug gaze towards Hagiri, and the look changed to something
unreadable. He shook his head and looked to the ground. Kurama gave him a look, unseen
in the dark.
"Yusuke, come here and let me tend to your wound."
The gel-haired fighter sighed and did, surprisingly, as told. Only then, did the child
in his mothers arms begin to wail.
Yusuke looked at the fire demon. "Hiei...?"
Hiei stood up and walked to Keiko. Rei saw his Uncle's unfeeling face in the light of
the fire he seemed to be holding and smiled immediately, completely forgetting about
the sudden change of light to dark. He gurgled and reached out to Hiei. Hiei gave him
his hand.
"Well, Hagiri," Kurama said after awhile. "Use my cell phone to call your siblings.
It seems you'll be spending the night."
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Hieica: Woo-hoo!! A Chapter 6!! And I'm STILL full of ideas for this!! As to
answer someone's question, yes, Jin will appear. If I've got Touya, then I need to
have everyone's favorite wacko!!
Swissy: If you read this, you are asked to REVIEW it.
A/N: Craziness ensues. Yes, I do realize that they are OOC, but that's okay by me.
And, in case you're wondering, Keiko and Yusuke were in America for a year, so that
makes Rei four months old. I drew a picture of Rei. He's so KYOOT!! Also, WAY back
when, in Chappie 3, when Shiori slapped Hiei. People wanted an explanation. Just
because he's a demon doesn't mean he doesn't bleed when he's slapped too hard. It's
not like he said "OW!! Damn, woman! That hurt like Kokuryuuha burning my arm into
barely useable flesh and bone!" and started crying, right?
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Six
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Sniper stepped out of his house, locking the door behind him. The thoughts of
Touya and his conversations with Kurama weighed heavilly on his mind. What was
he to do? The Ice Prince probably didn't even know who he was.
His sister waved out the window to him. "Good luck Hagiri!"
Unlike Kurama's human mother, Hagiri's sister accepted him for what he is.
His sister had viewed his conversation with the fox just as she viewed that
kitten's death. Sniper gave her a thumbs-up and walked away, towards the
apartment building many blocks away.
Today had gotten awfully dark awfully early, as if it was going to rain
and storm. Hagiri felt a drop of water hit his head and quickened his
pace. It seemed as though he was the only one on the streets. Maybe
everyone was inside because of the weather-to-come. It was actually
nice out. Not the drizzle that had just started, but the temperature
outside was perfect, not too hot, not too cold.
That is, until he came to an alleyway. The tempersture around him immediately
dropped. It seemed as though the cold was in pain. But that wasn't right...
how could the cold be hurt?
"...H-hagiri..." he thought he heard a whisper.
He stopped immediately in his tracks, turning toward the alleyway's mouth.
Squinting, he saw a small figure that looked like it was limping toward him.
He reached into his pocket, pulling out a dice.
The cold around him grew, making him shiver from it's unpleasantness. But,
he could also feel something of relief in the bitterness. What the hell?
He was going insane. He could feel things in the temperature. But, still,
he relaxed a bit and started walking toward the figure. At the same time,
they both stopped walking.
Was that...?
Touya smiled, a small, pained smile, and fell forth into Hagiri's arms.
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Kurama and Hiei sat in the armchair in their apartment, watching TV, the small
fire demon dozing off on Kurama's lap. Outside, a storm was thundering. The
drizzle had turned into a downpour in a matter of minutes. How typical. Kurama
had called Sniper's house, but Hagiri's sister informed him that Sniper had
already left. He was going to tell him to come by the next day if the rain
stopped, but he was too late.
The fox placed Hiei in what he thought would be a comfortable position on the
armchair, and opened the door to see if Sniper was coming or not down the hall-
way, jacket over his head.
Disappointed and worried, Kurama stepped back into the room, and was about to
close the door, until he felt an unbearably painful cold. He had felt it when
he had defeated Touya in the tournament.
Hiei shivered in his sleep, and curled up into a little ball, trying uncon-
sciously to fight off the heat, and the air around him grew hotter. Eyes
wide, Kurama poked his head the open door and looked the elevators direction.
The doors were open, but nobody came out of them.
The fox silently walked over to the light pouring from the doorway. He
gasped. Sniper stepped forward, out of the doors, an injured and battered
Ice Prince in his arms. Lightning flashed, and Kurama noticed that Sniper
and Touya were not wet. There was icicles in their hair, on their chins,
and Kurama shivered, feeling Touya's pain in the cold.
The fox put his hands up to his mouth. "Oh my... come on!"
Hiei awoke abruptly as Touya was placed on the couch next to his armchair,
the chill going down to his bones.
The fox looked at him, shock still clear in his eyes. "Hiei, can you-"
He nodded and flitzed into the bathroom, grabbing Kurama's herbal remedies and
bandages from under the sink. In an instant he was back and placed the kit by
his foxes side.
"Do you know what happened Hagiri?" Kurama asked as he began to fix up a
large gash on Touya's chest that was unnoticable when he was pressed against
Sniper.
"No. He just fell in an alleyway I was passing on my way here."
"That's strange..." Kurama wondered aloud. "The blood on his shirt is dried,
and the wound seems to have re-opened."
He had a wondering look on his face as he dressed the Ice Prince's wounds.
The ice on Hagiri had started melting and was dripping onto the carpet.
His clothes were now drenched. Hiei eyed him and disappeared from the arm-
chair.
Instantly, Hiei was behind him, holding an extra set of clothes, a towel, and
a blanket.
"That was very thoughtful Hiei," Kurama said, not looking at them.
Hiei flung the warm things towards Sniper and reappeared in the armchair, his
eyes diverted to the rug beneath him. Without a word, he pointed toward the
bathroom.
Sniper stood up and slowly walked to where Hiei was pointing.
"You should take a shower," Kurama suggested.
The door closed behind the dice-flinger.
It was later that the power went out. It was sudden. Hagiri had been sitting on
the floor beside Touya, who was still out. Kurama and Hiei had been sharing the
armchair again. Thunder boomed, lightning flashed, and it was the only source of
light, flashing through the window. Hiei manipulated a ball of fire floating above
his palm. A minute later the door slammed open, Yusuke, Keiko, and their child
stood in the doorway with a flashlight shining bright.
"Yusuke, learn to knock," Keiko scolded and he sweatdropped.
"Hey, you guys okay?" The spirit detective asked.
"Of course we are," Hiei snapped.
"Yes, Yusuke. Thank you for worrying," the fox nodded as the flashlight's beam
was directed on him. "Why do you ask?"
"'Cuz our TV blew up."
"Oh dear," Kurama said worriedly. "Are you guys alright?"
"Obviously," Hiei said.
"ACTUALLY," Yusuke said. "I was standing right next to it and my arm is now bleeding.
I was wondering if you could help."
"Of course," Kurama said.
The light that was Hiei flitzed away for what seemed like the twelfth time that
night. He grabbed the herbal stuff from the bathroom again and came back. Yusuke
appeared to be walking towards the couch.
"Don't sit there," Kurama warned. "It's occupied."
Yusuke shined the flashlight on it. "It is?"
Kurama followed his gaze. "What? Where is...?"
"Here," said a cold voice, and the cold temperature(and the flashlight) were
directed in the corner, where Touya sat on a spare wooden chair. His arms were
crossed and his eyes were closed.
"Okay Kurama, why are there evil dudes in your house!?" Yusuke shouted.
"Well, Hagiri was coming over and found Touya in the alleyway, injured," the
fox answered.
"Sniper and the Ice dude, both known to kill, are in your living room, having a
nice chat with you. Shorty defeated Sniper and you defeated Touya, yet they're both
here, not trying to kill you."
"Well..." Kurama sighed.
"We're not sure if HE won't try to kill us," Hiei said quietly, nodding his head in
Touya's direction.
"The fox healed me and Ha-Sniper found me and brought me here. I have no intention of
killing them," Touya said. "But that doesn't mean I won't resist the urge to kill you."
Hiei growled. "Is that a challenge?"
"It might be."
Hagiri spoke up, looking to Touya. "You're hurt though, so it would be unwise to fight.
We don't want to have to re-dress that wound, would we?"
The Ice Prince shifted his smug gaze towards Hagiri, and the look changed to something
unreadable. He shook his head and looked to the ground. Kurama gave him a look, unseen
in the dark.
"Yusuke, come here and let me tend to your wound."
The gel-haired fighter sighed and did, surprisingly, as told. Only then, did the child
in his mothers arms begin to wail.
Yusuke looked at the fire demon. "Hiei...?"
Hiei stood up and walked to Keiko. Rei saw his Uncle's unfeeling face in the light of
the fire he seemed to be holding and smiled immediately, completely forgetting about
the sudden change of light to dark. He gurgled and reached out to Hiei. Hiei gave him
his hand.
"Well, Hagiri," Kurama said after awhile. "Use my cell phone to call your siblings.
It seems you'll be spending the night."
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Hieica: Woo-hoo!! A Chapter 6!! And I'm STILL full of ideas for this!! As to
answer someone's question, yes, Jin will appear. If I've got Touya, then I need to
have everyone's favorite wacko!!
Swissy: If you read this, you are asked to REVIEW it.