A/N: Howdy! YAY! Nineth chapter!! I wonder how many chapters this is going to
be? And I know that there is no point, but that's what makes it special, yes?
It doesn't really need a point, does it? (Probably.)
WARNING: Hm.... you know about the shounen ai... what about the OOCness? Oh,
that too. Hm... you've also probably noticed that I'm focusing more on Touya
and Sniper than Hiei and Kurama. Whoops. That shall be fixed.
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Nine
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"The movie sucked!!" Yusuke said, arms behind his head. "But the beginning
was awesome! WHAM-O!"
"Yusuke, you were the one who originally wanted to see the movie," Keiko
pointed out.
He scratched his head. "Oh yeah. Hey, Icey, why'd ya punch the guy, anyway?"
Touya shrugged. "He called me stupid."
Yusuke grinned. "That's a GREAT reason! You shoulda froze him!"
Touya rose his eyebrows in approval. "Um...anyway...Hagiri...I'm sorry if
I spoiled the 'movie'? I think? And if I embarrassed any of you, I apolo-
gise."
"That's fine, Touya. At least you weren't thrown in jail. Besides, Hiei's
done much worse in public, like the time--" Kurama started, but stopped at
the glare that was directed his way. "Um....nevermind!"
"That's what I thought," Hiei said to himself.
Kurama whipped out a to-do notebook. He crossed off "Go to movies" and wrote
under it "Teach Touya restraint". Sniper peered over his shoulder and read
the list.
"Not very long, but very accurate," Sniper said.
"What is?" Touya asked.
"Nothing, nothing," Sniper said and walked a bit faster.
Touya looked at Kurama and glared. Hiei glared at Touya. If looks could
kill, those two would have been dead a long time ago. Touya scoffed and
sped up his pace to be with Hagiri.
Kurama sighed and wrote down "Teach Hiei restraint".
It wasn't until the next day, the morning after Touya and Sniper left to
live with Sniper's siblings, and when Jin went back to the Makai that Kurama
saw her.
She was waiting for him after school, standing there noticeably under the
tree where Hiei sat, on guard. Kurama felt cool sweat on his forehead and
he nervously ran his fingers through his hair. Hiei flitzed next to him and
pulled on his arm until they were hidden behind the wall around the school.
Kurama leaned against the wall and sank down, hands covering his eyes. Why
was she here? To let out his secret, to harass him? What, she didn't get
enough that night?
"'Kaasan..." The fox whispered to himself.
Hiei peered his head around the wall and saw Shiori's eyes on him as she
walked over.
"She's coming this way."
Kurama gasped and stood up, getting an immediate headache. Hiei stood by
his side. "What are you going to do?"
The fox sighed. "Walk, just walk Hiei. That way."
For once, Hiei just nodded and walked with Kurama.
"Shuiichi!!" They heard.
The fire demon closed his eyes. Kurama stopped in his tracks. Hiei, speaking
quietly, said a simple. "That's her."
Shiori spoke to his back. "I'm sorry Shuiichi!"
His emeralds opened wide and he turned around, looking his mother up and down,
tears springing to his eyes. "I..."
Hiei, aware of someone hidden, turned around also to make it look like he
was off-guard. As expected, this person got ready to strike. To strike his
fox, it seemed. With... with a gun!
Eyes widening at his fatal mistake, Hiei realized they weren't firing at
Kurama, he moved to the side quickly as the shot was fired.
In front of the school, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Yusuke had been waiting for Kurama,
a gunshot was heard, and then a shriek.
"Hiei!!"
They sprinted, Yusuke jumping over the wall and Kuwabara running around it. The
spirit detective's fatal assumption took in the sight. Blood...
Hiei fell to his knees, hand gripping his side. Kurama rushed over to him, com-
pletely forgetting about his mother and the crowd around him. Yusuke pulled out
his first detective item, the see-through Glass, and spotted a man in the bushes,
retreating over the wall.
"Bring him to Genkai's!" He shouted and ran off after the assassin.
"No!" Kuwabara yelled. "Yukina's at my house!"
"Yukina can't do a thing about bullets, we have to get him to the nearest hospi-
tal," Kurama said quietly, scooping Hiei up in his arms.
The fire demon's hazy gaze looked up at him. "It...was aimed for my heart...I
tried to...to dodge it completely..."
"Shh..." Kurama said. "I know...Kuwabara, fetch Yukina for the afterward healing."
Kurama ran off into the direction of the nearest hospital, his mother staring
at his retreating back.
Yusuke entered the hospital room, dragging an unconscious and very roughed up lo-
oking man behind him. He saw Yukina's hands working miracles on Hiei's wound, the
fire demon staring blindly at Kurama as his sister's numbing healing took effect.
The Spirit Detective cleared his throat. He held the man up by his collar. "This
man is one of many assassins hired to kill you and Hiei, Kurama. He was hired by
your stepfather."
For some reason, this didn't surprise Kurama one bit as he held onto Hiei's hand.
"He aimed for Hiei first because then it would make you an easier target in your
distress, but fled when he saw me staring at where he was."
Kurama laughed wryly. "How typical. I should have expected it."
"Gladly, your mother had nothing to with it and was sincere when she told you she
was sorry."
Hagiri entered the room, Touya walking slowly behind him.
"Kurama, I have a problem," Sniper said.
"Don't we all?"
"Kurama...your father wants me to kill you," Sniper said.
Heads snapped up.
"I told him no, but he said to change my mind quick, or my loved ones will be the
price I pay. Please tell me your father is full of empty lies...?"
Kurama sadly shook his head. "If 'Tousan says it, he means it. Where are your sib-
lings now?"
"I sent them to America to live with my grandmother for a while."
"That's good. 'Tousan's extensions don't run out of Japan. They'll be safe," The
fox said. "But watch out. They may not be the target."
Hagiri pulled Touya close to him, arms around the Ice Prince. "You mean...? He
would...?"
Kurama nodded. "And he could."
Hagiri shivered and held Touya tight. The Ice Prince lifted his head to try and
see Hagiri's face. "He could what?"
Hagiri let go and knelt down, putting his hands on Touya's shoulders. He shook
his head and pulled Touya into an embrace.
Hiei turned his head meekly to face them. He looked like he was going to talk,
but thought better of it. He looked at Kurama who gazed in worry down at him.
"what an ass," Yusuke volunteered.
"He hurt Hiei," Kurama said quietly. "And now he'll hurt Hagiri and Touya. There's
only one way to stop him. For good."
Yusuke and Kuwabara exchanged glances.
"I know what I must do," Kurama said, directing his gaze to the floor.
Hagiri walked up to him and whispered in his ear for what seemed like ages. The
fox nodding in approval, but sadly.
"What's up?" Yusuke asked.
"Hagiri had an idea," Kurama said. "He thought that-"
"Touya!?" Hagiri shouted and ran to the door, looking out. He saw nothing, no-
body.
He bent down and picked up a bottle that lay in the hallway. Crying, he picked
it up.
"Chloroform..." He whispered, just lightly enough to be heard.
Leaning against the wall and sinking to the floor, he buried his head in his arms.
"I'm a fool... I let him slip away from me... just like that..."
His shoulders shook, and they knew he was silently crying. Kurama thought of put-
ting his hand on Hagiri's shoulder to coax him into believing they could save Touya,
but he thought better of it. In this state, anybody could turn on their friends.
If he even considered them friends...
The fox sighed. What were they going to do...?
Hiei injured, Touya kidnapped.
What would happen next?
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Hieica: Apparently, I'm in a bad mood. Phooey. Poor Touya. Poor Hiei. Poor...well,
everybody effected in this story. Even I'm mad at me for typing this. Alas, this is
how it's come to be, ne?
Swissy: If you read it, you have to review, capische?
be? And I know that there is no point, but that's what makes it special, yes?
It doesn't really need a point, does it? (Probably.)
WARNING: Hm.... you know about the shounen ai... what about the OOCness? Oh,
that too. Hm... you've also probably noticed that I'm focusing more on Touya
and Sniper than Hiei and Kurama. Whoops. That shall be fixed.
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Nine
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"The movie sucked!!" Yusuke said, arms behind his head. "But the beginning
was awesome! WHAM-O!"
"Yusuke, you were the one who originally wanted to see the movie," Keiko
pointed out.
He scratched his head. "Oh yeah. Hey, Icey, why'd ya punch the guy, anyway?"
Touya shrugged. "He called me stupid."
Yusuke grinned. "That's a GREAT reason! You shoulda froze him!"
Touya rose his eyebrows in approval. "Um...anyway...Hagiri...I'm sorry if
I spoiled the 'movie'? I think? And if I embarrassed any of you, I apolo-
gise."
"That's fine, Touya. At least you weren't thrown in jail. Besides, Hiei's
done much worse in public, like the time--" Kurama started, but stopped at
the glare that was directed his way. "Um....nevermind!"
"That's what I thought," Hiei said to himself.
Kurama whipped out a to-do notebook. He crossed off "Go to movies" and wrote
under it "Teach Touya restraint". Sniper peered over his shoulder and read
the list.
"Not very long, but very accurate," Sniper said.
"What is?" Touya asked.
"Nothing, nothing," Sniper said and walked a bit faster.
Touya looked at Kurama and glared. Hiei glared at Touya. If looks could
kill, those two would have been dead a long time ago. Touya scoffed and
sped up his pace to be with Hagiri.
Kurama sighed and wrote down "Teach Hiei restraint".
It wasn't until the next day, the morning after Touya and Sniper left to
live with Sniper's siblings, and when Jin went back to the Makai that Kurama
saw her.
She was waiting for him after school, standing there noticeably under the
tree where Hiei sat, on guard. Kurama felt cool sweat on his forehead and
he nervously ran his fingers through his hair. Hiei flitzed next to him and
pulled on his arm until they were hidden behind the wall around the school.
Kurama leaned against the wall and sank down, hands covering his eyes. Why
was she here? To let out his secret, to harass him? What, she didn't get
enough that night?
"'Kaasan..." The fox whispered to himself.
Hiei peered his head around the wall and saw Shiori's eyes on him as she
walked over.
"She's coming this way."
Kurama gasped and stood up, getting an immediate headache. Hiei stood by
his side. "What are you going to do?"
The fox sighed. "Walk, just walk Hiei. That way."
For once, Hiei just nodded and walked with Kurama.
"Shuiichi!!" They heard.
The fire demon closed his eyes. Kurama stopped in his tracks. Hiei, speaking
quietly, said a simple. "That's her."
Shiori spoke to his back. "I'm sorry Shuiichi!"
His emeralds opened wide and he turned around, looking his mother up and down,
tears springing to his eyes. "I..."
Hiei, aware of someone hidden, turned around also to make it look like he
was off-guard. As expected, this person got ready to strike. To strike his
fox, it seemed. With... with a gun!
Eyes widening at his fatal mistake, Hiei realized they weren't firing at
Kurama, he moved to the side quickly as the shot was fired.
In front of the school, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Yusuke had been waiting for Kurama,
a gunshot was heard, and then a shriek.
"Hiei!!"
They sprinted, Yusuke jumping over the wall and Kuwabara running around it. The
spirit detective's fatal assumption took in the sight. Blood...
Hiei fell to his knees, hand gripping his side. Kurama rushed over to him, com-
pletely forgetting about his mother and the crowd around him. Yusuke pulled out
his first detective item, the see-through Glass, and spotted a man in the bushes,
retreating over the wall.
"Bring him to Genkai's!" He shouted and ran off after the assassin.
"No!" Kuwabara yelled. "Yukina's at my house!"
"Yukina can't do a thing about bullets, we have to get him to the nearest hospi-
tal," Kurama said quietly, scooping Hiei up in his arms.
The fire demon's hazy gaze looked up at him. "It...was aimed for my heart...I
tried to...to dodge it completely..."
"Shh..." Kurama said. "I know...Kuwabara, fetch Yukina for the afterward healing."
Kurama ran off into the direction of the nearest hospital, his mother staring
at his retreating back.
Yusuke entered the hospital room, dragging an unconscious and very roughed up lo-
oking man behind him. He saw Yukina's hands working miracles on Hiei's wound, the
fire demon staring blindly at Kurama as his sister's numbing healing took effect.
The Spirit Detective cleared his throat. He held the man up by his collar. "This
man is one of many assassins hired to kill you and Hiei, Kurama. He was hired by
your stepfather."
For some reason, this didn't surprise Kurama one bit as he held onto Hiei's hand.
"He aimed for Hiei first because then it would make you an easier target in your
distress, but fled when he saw me staring at where he was."
Kurama laughed wryly. "How typical. I should have expected it."
"Gladly, your mother had nothing to with it and was sincere when she told you she
was sorry."
Hagiri entered the room, Touya walking slowly behind him.
"Kurama, I have a problem," Sniper said.
"Don't we all?"
"Kurama...your father wants me to kill you," Sniper said.
Heads snapped up.
"I told him no, but he said to change my mind quick, or my loved ones will be the
price I pay. Please tell me your father is full of empty lies...?"
Kurama sadly shook his head. "If 'Tousan says it, he means it. Where are your sib-
lings now?"
"I sent them to America to live with my grandmother for a while."
"That's good. 'Tousan's extensions don't run out of Japan. They'll be safe," The
fox said. "But watch out. They may not be the target."
Hagiri pulled Touya close to him, arms around the Ice Prince. "You mean...? He
would...?"
Kurama nodded. "And he could."
Hagiri shivered and held Touya tight. The Ice Prince lifted his head to try and
see Hagiri's face. "He could what?"
Hagiri let go and knelt down, putting his hands on Touya's shoulders. He shook
his head and pulled Touya into an embrace.
Hiei turned his head meekly to face them. He looked like he was going to talk,
but thought better of it. He looked at Kurama who gazed in worry down at him.
"what an ass," Yusuke volunteered.
"He hurt Hiei," Kurama said quietly. "And now he'll hurt Hagiri and Touya. There's
only one way to stop him. For good."
Yusuke and Kuwabara exchanged glances.
"I know what I must do," Kurama said, directing his gaze to the floor.
Hagiri walked up to him and whispered in his ear for what seemed like ages. The
fox nodding in approval, but sadly.
"What's up?" Yusuke asked.
"Hagiri had an idea," Kurama said. "He thought that-"
"Touya!?" Hagiri shouted and ran to the door, looking out. He saw nothing, no-
body.
He bent down and picked up a bottle that lay in the hallway. Crying, he picked
it up.
"Chloroform..." He whispered, just lightly enough to be heard.
Leaning against the wall and sinking to the floor, he buried his head in his arms.
"I'm a fool... I let him slip away from me... just like that..."
His shoulders shook, and they knew he was silently crying. Kurama thought of put-
ting his hand on Hagiri's shoulder to coax him into believing they could save Touya,
but he thought better of it. In this state, anybody could turn on their friends.
If he even considered them friends...
The fox sighed. What were they going to do...?
Hiei injured, Touya kidnapped.
What would happen next?
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Hieica: Apparently, I'm in a bad mood. Phooey. Poor Touya. Poor Hiei. Poor...well,
everybody effected in this story. Even I'm mad at me for typing this. Alas, this is
how it's come to be, ne?
Swissy: If you read it, you have to review, capische?