Authoress' Notes: Here I am. Doing nothing. This nothing includes typing the thirteenth chapter for ~A Red Rose in the
Darkness~...wait...that really isn't nothing is it? I love this story, and I especially love the reviewers! *hugs you all*
Anyway, I must type this and make you happy, as long as you keep reviewing. If you don't, I'll have to kill you.
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Thirteen
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It took a few seconds for their eyes to get adjusted to the bright light, but when they did, the two of them looked around.
The room was surprisingly bright, and had a million computers, each moniter humming with acitivity. Each moniter had a
special place it was looking at on each floor.
"Hiei," Kurama said. "Destroy the little towers under the moniters."
"Why?"
"Because nobody will find out that it was US if we destroy the data on the computers."
"Oh."
"Unless, of course, your step-father was here..."
Kurama turned around, seeing his step-father stand calmly, pointing a gun at him.
Hiei glared at him, his sword ready to stab into the tower of the most important computer in the room. The super-computer.
The one thing that held the whole building together.
The gun was pointed in his direction.
"One wrong move, and I will blow your head off."
"'tousan...why?" Kurama asked, finding himself to be unready for this encounter.
"Why?" He responded. "You want to know why, Shuiichi?"
Involunterily gulping, he nodded.
"Because you are disgusting. Gay boys need to be rid of."
Kurama found he couldn't look his step-father in the eye, and directed his gaze to the ground.
"Fox, keep your eyes on him!" Hiei said suddenly.
A finger tightened on the trigger. "Shut up, you! I don't know you, so I won't mind shooting you to peices!"
"You know me, but you'll gladly kill me, 'tousan..."
"That's because you made a mistake. Mistakes are to be rid of. You are both gay an a mistake, so give me one good reason
why I shouldn't kill you?"
"Because you used to love me, and call me your son..."
"Who would want to call you their son? Not after you kissed another boy, not after you slept with him."
A single tear fell from Kurama's eye.
"And don't call me otousan. That is for little boys who have a family."
"He has a family!" Hiei argued. "I'm his family now! And so is Shiori, and Shuiichi. And all of his friends. They're better
family than you'll ever be!"
"Shuiichi is in no relation to him. Shuiichi is my son."
"And his step-brother, if I'm not mistaken."
Kurama's step-father glared at Hiei. "Shut up, or I'll-"
Hiei looked him straight in the eye. "You keep threatening, but I'm not seeing any actions. Fox, listen to me. You said
you were ready for this."
"I-I'm not, Hiei..." Kurama said, unable to look at his love.
Hiei scoffed. "Well, you'd better get ready quick. Because your time is running out. This is your only chance to do what
you have to do."
And Hiei thrust his sword through the computer. The lights turned out, all the screens on the moniters blinked out.
"Hiei, where are you!?" Kurama shouted, waiting for his eyes to adjust to the dark.
He heard a gun shot, and a familiar flitz. Another shot was fired, it whizzed by his shoulder, almost scraping him. The
fox dropped to the floor, awaiting until he could see Hiei by his side.
"Did you get hit?" He heard whispered in his ear.
Kurama shook his head, not wanting to speak.
"shuiichi..." His step-father said.
Emergency lights flicked on, and the father stood directly in front of them.
"Don't move."
Kurama felt Hiei's grip around his waist tighten. He prepared for what was coming next. Hiei pulled him up and ran, in
the matter of a second.
"Where did you go!?" He shouted.
Hiei emerged behind him, metal placed against skin. "You don't move."
The step-father moved his arm, and Hiei's blade was pressed harder on his flesh. A sudden elbow to the stomach sent Hiei flying behind him, his sword leaving his hand and laying on the other side of Kurama's stepfather. Hiei struck hard against the wall and fell to his knees, his already closed gunshot wound re-opening. More blood dripped under his sleeve and down
his hand.
"Shuiichi, I can't believe you brought a child along to help you."
"He's not a child, 'tousan. He's older then he looks, and he is..."
The older man looked at him with hate in his eyes. "Your lover?"
Kurama nodded, and the step-father once again raised his gun to Hiei. "Then you shall watch him die."
Kurama's eyes widened as he saw Hiei lie there, unmoving, even as his step-father's finger tightened on the trigger. The
fox couldn't move, he couldn't run to save Hiei. He was frozen. He was acting like a coward, like someone he wasn't. What
could he do?
The Youko in him told him to attack and kill his step-father now. The human in him told him to get in front of Hiei and
take the shot instead.
The Youko was beckoning to come again, to taste blood once again. He was fighting to let himself out, his old self with
no feelings or thought whatsoever on murdering once-family members. No thoughts on letting Hiei die, just wanting to have
fun and kill. Killing was fun to him, there was nothing beter to do.
Shuiichi told him no, don't kill him, he was once your father! You're better than that. Hiei can survive too, and you can
run away together, where your father will never find you.
And the him in between had no say at all between the two fighting at the moment. Kurama grasped the sides of his head,
wanting to push them out of his mind. he had to do something!
The wanting of them to leave only made them argue louder.
It seemed as time was passing in slow motion. The finger ever so slightly moved every minute, while the clocks ticked away
the seconds.
Kurama realized he had no choice. Hiei was going to be killed any second now.
A shot was fired.
And Kurama struck.
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Hieica: Boy, you hate me now, don't you? "WHY THE CLIFFHANGER!? WHY, DAMN YOU!!??" Um, anyway, I have some replies to some
reviews because I have no life and must answer before Swissy can say his line. Here goes:
ChildofMidnight: Who said Jin was going to have a girl? I'm sorry, but I've had plans for him and someone else since the beginning of(and even before)the story. I'm REALLY sorry, and the whole dedication thing did sound pretty cool. But Jin's
got someone from YYH on his waiting list. I guess you'll have to keep reading to find out.
Ciu Sune: *hugs* You're the best! I'm improving, huh? That's wierd. You have inspired me to write the thirteenth chapter earlier than intended. Go you! Anyway, although I love the thought of having them snuggle up together, they're demons, so they will most definately try to kill "Kurama's %^@*#&$ of a father", 'kay?
Natty: *rubs hands gleefully, with an evil smile, together* You're right, torture is fun...
Swissy: Oh boy...someone kill her please, and end my pain. Review, or you'll feel the pain too, okay? Because people suck,
and cheese should rule the WORLD! OH YEAH, KICK-ASS! Screw you, stupid humans!! Blah blah blah blah...
Hieica: *sweatdrops* Swissy's mad at me. Sorry, he's taking it out on you. Oh well, at least it's not me. *whispers to you*
Watch, he'll attack you with his amazingly white and razor-sharp cheese teeth he shouldn't have...
Swissy: *launches into a bite attack*
Hieica: See?
Darkness~...wait...that really isn't nothing is it? I love this story, and I especially love the reviewers! *hugs you all*
Anyway, I must type this and make you happy, as long as you keep reviewing. If you don't, I'll have to kill you.
The end.
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Thirteen
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It took a few seconds for their eyes to get adjusted to the bright light, but when they did, the two of them looked around.
The room was surprisingly bright, and had a million computers, each moniter humming with acitivity. Each moniter had a
special place it was looking at on each floor.
"Hiei," Kurama said. "Destroy the little towers under the moniters."
"Why?"
"Because nobody will find out that it was US if we destroy the data on the computers."
"Oh."
"Unless, of course, your step-father was here..."
Kurama turned around, seeing his step-father stand calmly, pointing a gun at him.
Hiei glared at him, his sword ready to stab into the tower of the most important computer in the room. The super-computer.
The one thing that held the whole building together.
The gun was pointed in his direction.
"One wrong move, and I will blow your head off."
"'tousan...why?" Kurama asked, finding himself to be unready for this encounter.
"Why?" He responded. "You want to know why, Shuiichi?"
Involunterily gulping, he nodded.
"Because you are disgusting. Gay boys need to be rid of."
Kurama found he couldn't look his step-father in the eye, and directed his gaze to the ground.
"Fox, keep your eyes on him!" Hiei said suddenly.
A finger tightened on the trigger. "Shut up, you! I don't know you, so I won't mind shooting you to peices!"
"You know me, but you'll gladly kill me, 'tousan..."
"That's because you made a mistake. Mistakes are to be rid of. You are both gay an a mistake, so give me one good reason
why I shouldn't kill you?"
"Because you used to love me, and call me your son..."
"Who would want to call you their son? Not after you kissed another boy, not after you slept with him."
A single tear fell from Kurama's eye.
"And don't call me otousan. That is for little boys who have a family."
"He has a family!" Hiei argued. "I'm his family now! And so is Shiori, and Shuiichi. And all of his friends. They're better
family than you'll ever be!"
"Shuiichi is in no relation to him. Shuiichi is my son."
"And his step-brother, if I'm not mistaken."
Kurama's step-father glared at Hiei. "Shut up, or I'll-"
Hiei looked him straight in the eye. "You keep threatening, but I'm not seeing any actions. Fox, listen to me. You said
you were ready for this."
"I-I'm not, Hiei..." Kurama said, unable to look at his love.
Hiei scoffed. "Well, you'd better get ready quick. Because your time is running out. This is your only chance to do what
you have to do."
And Hiei thrust his sword through the computer. The lights turned out, all the screens on the moniters blinked out.
"Hiei, where are you!?" Kurama shouted, waiting for his eyes to adjust to the dark.
He heard a gun shot, and a familiar flitz. Another shot was fired, it whizzed by his shoulder, almost scraping him. The
fox dropped to the floor, awaiting until he could see Hiei by his side.
"Did you get hit?" He heard whispered in his ear.
Kurama shook his head, not wanting to speak.
"shuiichi..." His step-father said.
Emergency lights flicked on, and the father stood directly in front of them.
"Don't move."
Kurama felt Hiei's grip around his waist tighten. He prepared for what was coming next. Hiei pulled him up and ran, in
the matter of a second.
"Where did you go!?" He shouted.
Hiei emerged behind him, metal placed against skin. "You don't move."
The step-father moved his arm, and Hiei's blade was pressed harder on his flesh. A sudden elbow to the stomach sent Hiei flying behind him, his sword leaving his hand and laying on the other side of Kurama's stepfather. Hiei struck hard against the wall and fell to his knees, his already closed gunshot wound re-opening. More blood dripped under his sleeve and down
his hand.
"Shuiichi, I can't believe you brought a child along to help you."
"He's not a child, 'tousan. He's older then he looks, and he is..."
The older man looked at him with hate in his eyes. "Your lover?"
Kurama nodded, and the step-father once again raised his gun to Hiei. "Then you shall watch him die."
Kurama's eyes widened as he saw Hiei lie there, unmoving, even as his step-father's finger tightened on the trigger. The
fox couldn't move, he couldn't run to save Hiei. He was frozen. He was acting like a coward, like someone he wasn't. What
could he do?
The Youko in him told him to attack and kill his step-father now. The human in him told him to get in front of Hiei and
take the shot instead.
The Youko was beckoning to come again, to taste blood once again. He was fighting to let himself out, his old self with
no feelings or thought whatsoever on murdering once-family members. No thoughts on letting Hiei die, just wanting to have
fun and kill. Killing was fun to him, there was nothing beter to do.
Shuiichi told him no, don't kill him, he was once your father! You're better than that. Hiei can survive too, and you can
run away together, where your father will never find you.
And the him in between had no say at all between the two fighting at the moment. Kurama grasped the sides of his head,
wanting to push them out of his mind. he had to do something!
The wanting of them to leave only made them argue louder.
It seemed as time was passing in slow motion. The finger ever so slightly moved every minute, while the clocks ticked away
the seconds.
Kurama realized he had no choice. Hiei was going to be killed any second now.
A shot was fired.
And Kurama struck.
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Hieica: Boy, you hate me now, don't you? "WHY THE CLIFFHANGER!? WHY, DAMN YOU!!??" Um, anyway, I have some replies to some
reviews because I have no life and must answer before Swissy can say his line. Here goes:
ChildofMidnight: Who said Jin was going to have a girl? I'm sorry, but I've had plans for him and someone else since the beginning of(and even before)the story. I'm REALLY sorry, and the whole dedication thing did sound pretty cool. But Jin's
got someone from YYH on his waiting list. I guess you'll have to keep reading to find out.
Ciu Sune: *hugs* You're the best! I'm improving, huh? That's wierd. You have inspired me to write the thirteenth chapter earlier than intended. Go you! Anyway, although I love the thought of having them snuggle up together, they're demons, so they will most definately try to kill "Kurama's %^@*#&$ of a father", 'kay?
Natty: *rubs hands gleefully, with an evil smile, together* You're right, torture is fun...
Swissy: Oh boy...someone kill her please, and end my pain. Review, or you'll feel the pain too, okay? Because people suck,
and cheese should rule the WORLD! OH YEAH, KICK-ASS! Screw you, stupid humans!! Blah blah blah blah...
Hieica: *sweatdrops* Swissy's mad at me. Sorry, he's taking it out on you. Oh well, at least it's not me. *whispers to you*
Watch, he'll attack you with his amazingly white and razor-sharp cheese teeth he shouldn't have...
Swissy: *launches into a bite attack*
Hieica: See?