A/N I am finally back! The Music Man is over and school gets out on the ninth so I should be writing a lot more after that! Exams are coming up so everyone please pray for my brain...it'll be mush soon! Oh also there is one part in his chapter that may offending to church-goers. I apologize if it is...I just figured that it was the right way to express Hiei's attitude at that part.
Without anymore ado, here is the much anticipated (judging from the reviews,) chapter fourteen!
Kurama's pov
Silence is loud when all you can hear is the loud thumping of your heart and the continual tick-tock of the clock on the wall. I had finally told two of my best friends my most treasured secret and so far, neither had reacted. Struggling to put a smile on my face, I chuckled uneasily. "C'mon you guys...at least say 'ew' or something. Please...say anything." I was sure the pleading was uncalled for, but this silence was way too uncomfortable.
"So let me get this straight. Midget boy loves you? So he does have a heart!" Kuwabara had been the one to break the silence. Hiei shot him glares full of hatred but the carrot top just shrugged them off.
"So...are you guys disgusted with me? Yusuke? Say something please I hate this silence," I glanced over at the raven haired boy with a guilty look.
"I'm ok with it. Ok so it's a little creepy that the one person Hiei decides to care for is you, but heck I can't think of anyone better to watch out for him." Yusuke said finally. He clapped his hands together as though closing that chapter of awkwardness. "Well it's late so Kuwa and I better get going. See ya guys later!" Both boys stood up and started down the stairs to the front door.
"I always knew Hiei was different..."
"Shut up Kuwabara!"
"Night Hiei!" I was already under my sheets and Hiei leaned over to kiss my head.
"Night you stupid Kitsune." He mumbled.
"Hey, I'm not stupid!" Pretending to be offended, I pouted as big as I could, and looked up at the youkai with huge puppy dog eyes.
"Well you told the dufus and Urameshi about us...that what pretty stupid." He stared at me, a slight coldness in his eyes.
Frowning, this time seriously, I grabbed his hand and sat up. "Are you angry that I told them? I'm sorry Hiei...I just thought that they deserved to know. I truly didn't mean to upset you." I held his hand against my cheek and sighed. I didn't like it when he was mad at me.
"I'm not angry fox; I just didn't want the idiot to know. Now lie down and go to sleep." He kissed the top of my head, freed his hand from my grasp, and left the room.
Hiei's Pov
Shutting the door silently behind me, I slipped into the shadows and walked thoughtfully back to the room that was supposedly mine. Maybe the spirit detective and his lump of a friend weren't so bad. They had come out of their way to try and make Kurama feel better. These feelings of friendship too new to me so I shrugged them off, preferring to stick to my old mannerisms.
"Who's there?"
Turning swiftly, I looked to see who had spoken. Shiori stood in the middle of the hallway, clutching her purse, ready to knock out whoever had entered her domain. Stepping out of the shadows, I revealed that it was just me and started heading back to the bedroom.
"Oh it's you Hiei. No, don't go, not yet. Please Hiei, I wish to speak with you. Hiei can you please turn and look at me."
Sighing inwardly, I swiveled on my heels to look the woman in the face. "What do you want?"
Backing up a bit from the coldness of my words, she lowered her hand bag and tried to put a pleasant look on her face. "I wanted to...to apologize. I went to my church earlier and talked to the priest there. He said that I should try to be understanding of your relationship with my son...err Kurama. So I will try to put up with it."
She smiled at me as though I was supposed to be proud of her for decided to give us a try. Humans are always so ignorant. "You had to ask someone else, who falsely follows in the footsteps of a god for advice on how to deal with your own situations? Foolish woman, if you truly cared for Kurama there would be no questions for you to have to ask anyone but yourself. Pathetic human." I walked angrily the remaining distance to my room and collapsed on to the enormous bed. Sleep soon consumed my body as I slipped into a world of grayness and no emotions.
Sunlight filtered through the thick drapes on the window as I woke up to greet the morning. Still feeling slightly angry from the previous nights fight, I glanced at the clock. The red digital numbers showed that it was 7:10 a.m. Looking around the room, I wondered if Kurama was awake yet. In a stealthy manner, I proceeded down the hallway and up the stairs into Kurama's bedroom.
When I got inside the room, I noticed the bed was made and that the area felt empty. "Kurama?" Peeking my head into the walk in bathroom, I looked around for the red headed fox. Walking up and down the upstairs hallway, I looked into every room and called out his name. I started jumping to conclusions, imagining horrible things happening to the poor guy.
Peering into the room at the end of the hallway, I saw Shiori making up a bed. Swallowing down my pride, I decided to ask her if she had seen the mischievous boy. Clearing my throat, I got her attention.
"Oh Hiei, I see your awake. You look upset...is everything alright? Look, I am really sorry about the other night. Can we just put it behind us? I didn't mean to offend you."
I nodded, shrugging off the rubbish coming out of her mouth. "Have you seen Kurama? He seems to have gone missing."
Suddenly she giggled as if this were a laughing matter. "Oh Hiei, why would he be here? It's Monday, he's at school!"
Feeling stupid and embarrassed, I nodded and walked back down the hallway and the stairs and left the house. I might as well go wait till he gets out, I thought to myself as I headed down the street leading to Kurama's school.
Yusuke's pov
Of course the one day I show up at school, the teachers all decide to lecture over everything we've ever learned. Or at least it seemed that way. Staring jadedly out the window, I felt my mind drift over other subjects.
So Kuwabara had been right...Hiei and Kurama were lovers. I still wasn't quite sure how I felt about that. Maybe it will be ok...as long as they don't act mushy in front of me. I don't think my stomach could stand to watch Hiei go googly-eyed over anything, especially Kurama.
Speak of the devil, as I gazed out the window I saw Hiei walk slowly by. For some reason, I felt the crazy need to talk with him. The guy may hate my guts but I didn't care. He could be pretty cool at times and it would be a good excuse to get out of class.
"Hey teach! Can I get a pass to the bathroom? I had a bit much to drink earlier and I think I'm gunna puke!" The teacher, dumbfounded by what I had said, quickly found a piece of paper and scribbled his signature on it. Handing it to me he mumbled a "don't feel pressured to come back soon Urameshi."
As I started to leave, I heard a young voice yell out, "Yusuke if you're lying about this, I'm gunna kill you!!"
Smiling I turned around and grinned sheepishly at the girl. "Don't worry, I'll tell you about it later Keiko!" With that I twisted on my heel and left the room.
Running down the street, I glanced around for Hiei. Suddenly I spotted the midget crossing the road. "Hiei, hey man, wait up!!" I yelled as I chased him across the street.
Turning around, he looked up at me in a some what annoyed way. "What is it you want detective?"
"Hey cool off, I just wanted to talk. Mind if I walk with you? I'm cutting school so I just figured we could talk. I mean you look like you have a lot on your mind. Jeez that was stupid of me, of course you have a lot on your mind I mean with Kurama dyi-"
"Stop talking while you're ahead, Yusuke."
"Sorry Hiei, I didn't mean to bring it up. Hey wait a sec, what are you doing walking around anyways?" I felt bad that I had brought up Kurama's condition, so I tried to change the subject to something a little lighter.
"I'm waiting for Kurama's school to let out."
My eyes widened. Hiei obviously had no idea about anything that humans do. "Umm Hiei you do know what time Kurama's school lets out right?"
"No clue."
"School for him doesn't get out till 2:35. It's only eleven right now. He'd just be starting lunch! Man are you gunna have to wait for awhile!" I laughed thinking of Hiei waiting outside of Kurama's school for that long period of time. By the time I glanced back down to where Hiei was standing, he was gone.
Kurama's pov
Since it was such a nice day, the teachers let everyone eat their lunches outside. I was relieved to walk out into the sunshine and fresh air. Being crowded in a school with that many kids was suffocating. I was feeling kind of light headed so I sat down in the shade of a giant oak tree and leaned against the trunk. Shutting my eyes to block out the light, I thought that maybe I would skip eating and just take a nap. I knew that it wasn't right for me to be this exhausted after having slept practically all weekend, but I was too tired to try to find an explanation. I felt myself gliding off into a light slumber when someone said my name. Furrowing my eyebrows, I realized that they had said Kurama and not Suiichi...which would be impossible for anyone here to know that name except for Kaitou. (Sorry that's a spoiler for those who haven't seen the black chapter saga!) Opening my eyes wearily, I saw Hiei's small form in front of me. Wait...what was Hiei doing here?! "Hello Hiei! What brings you to my school?"
"Why are you here Kurama? You know you should stay at home! Your foolish human ideals of getting the perfect education are putting everyone here in danger! Did you even think about what could happen if you turned into Youko?!" There was a deep anger welling up in his eyes, an anger I had never seen directed at me. He had never once yelled at me like this. My heart felt as though someone had taken a dagger and stabbed it through multiple times. Feeling a lump in my throat, I stood up and started to walk off of the school grounds. Hiei followed quickly behind, glaring at the ground.
"Stop following me Hiei. You wanted me to go home, so I am. Are you chasing me just so you can yell more? You have no clue how hard it is to feel normal when you know your dying. That's all I was trying to do...be normal. Now will you just leave me alone?!" I ran off, leaving Hiei there broken and confused by my cold words. And for the first time...I was glad that he was hurt.
A/N eeeeeeeek Kurama's being EVIL! Well it happens to the best of us. Sorry for the crappy chapter. Please review. Love you all!
Crazy Mongoose.
Without anymore ado, here is the much anticipated (judging from the reviews,) chapter fourteen!
Kurama's pov
Silence is loud when all you can hear is the loud thumping of your heart and the continual tick-tock of the clock on the wall. I had finally told two of my best friends my most treasured secret and so far, neither had reacted. Struggling to put a smile on my face, I chuckled uneasily. "C'mon you guys...at least say 'ew' or something. Please...say anything." I was sure the pleading was uncalled for, but this silence was way too uncomfortable.
"So let me get this straight. Midget boy loves you? So he does have a heart!" Kuwabara had been the one to break the silence. Hiei shot him glares full of hatred but the carrot top just shrugged them off.
"So...are you guys disgusted with me? Yusuke? Say something please I hate this silence," I glanced over at the raven haired boy with a guilty look.
"I'm ok with it. Ok so it's a little creepy that the one person Hiei decides to care for is you, but heck I can't think of anyone better to watch out for him." Yusuke said finally. He clapped his hands together as though closing that chapter of awkwardness. "Well it's late so Kuwa and I better get going. See ya guys later!" Both boys stood up and started down the stairs to the front door.
"I always knew Hiei was different..."
"Shut up Kuwabara!"
"Night Hiei!" I was already under my sheets and Hiei leaned over to kiss my head.
"Night you stupid Kitsune." He mumbled.
"Hey, I'm not stupid!" Pretending to be offended, I pouted as big as I could, and looked up at the youkai with huge puppy dog eyes.
"Well you told the dufus and Urameshi about us...that what pretty stupid." He stared at me, a slight coldness in his eyes.
Frowning, this time seriously, I grabbed his hand and sat up. "Are you angry that I told them? I'm sorry Hiei...I just thought that they deserved to know. I truly didn't mean to upset you." I held his hand against my cheek and sighed. I didn't like it when he was mad at me.
"I'm not angry fox; I just didn't want the idiot to know. Now lie down and go to sleep." He kissed the top of my head, freed his hand from my grasp, and left the room.
Hiei's Pov
Shutting the door silently behind me, I slipped into the shadows and walked thoughtfully back to the room that was supposedly mine. Maybe the spirit detective and his lump of a friend weren't so bad. They had come out of their way to try and make Kurama feel better. These feelings of friendship too new to me so I shrugged them off, preferring to stick to my old mannerisms.
"Who's there?"
Turning swiftly, I looked to see who had spoken. Shiori stood in the middle of the hallway, clutching her purse, ready to knock out whoever had entered her domain. Stepping out of the shadows, I revealed that it was just me and started heading back to the bedroom.
"Oh it's you Hiei. No, don't go, not yet. Please Hiei, I wish to speak with you. Hiei can you please turn and look at me."
Sighing inwardly, I swiveled on my heels to look the woman in the face. "What do you want?"
Backing up a bit from the coldness of my words, she lowered her hand bag and tried to put a pleasant look on her face. "I wanted to...to apologize. I went to my church earlier and talked to the priest there. He said that I should try to be understanding of your relationship with my son...err Kurama. So I will try to put up with it."
She smiled at me as though I was supposed to be proud of her for decided to give us a try. Humans are always so ignorant. "You had to ask someone else, who falsely follows in the footsteps of a god for advice on how to deal with your own situations? Foolish woman, if you truly cared for Kurama there would be no questions for you to have to ask anyone but yourself. Pathetic human." I walked angrily the remaining distance to my room and collapsed on to the enormous bed. Sleep soon consumed my body as I slipped into a world of grayness and no emotions.
Sunlight filtered through the thick drapes on the window as I woke up to greet the morning. Still feeling slightly angry from the previous nights fight, I glanced at the clock. The red digital numbers showed that it was 7:10 a.m. Looking around the room, I wondered if Kurama was awake yet. In a stealthy manner, I proceeded down the hallway and up the stairs into Kurama's bedroom.
When I got inside the room, I noticed the bed was made and that the area felt empty. "Kurama?" Peeking my head into the walk in bathroom, I looked around for the red headed fox. Walking up and down the upstairs hallway, I looked into every room and called out his name. I started jumping to conclusions, imagining horrible things happening to the poor guy.
Peering into the room at the end of the hallway, I saw Shiori making up a bed. Swallowing down my pride, I decided to ask her if she had seen the mischievous boy. Clearing my throat, I got her attention.
"Oh Hiei, I see your awake. You look upset...is everything alright? Look, I am really sorry about the other night. Can we just put it behind us? I didn't mean to offend you."
I nodded, shrugging off the rubbish coming out of her mouth. "Have you seen Kurama? He seems to have gone missing."
Suddenly she giggled as if this were a laughing matter. "Oh Hiei, why would he be here? It's Monday, he's at school!"
Feeling stupid and embarrassed, I nodded and walked back down the hallway and the stairs and left the house. I might as well go wait till he gets out, I thought to myself as I headed down the street leading to Kurama's school.
Yusuke's pov
Of course the one day I show up at school, the teachers all decide to lecture over everything we've ever learned. Or at least it seemed that way. Staring jadedly out the window, I felt my mind drift over other subjects.
So Kuwabara had been right...Hiei and Kurama were lovers. I still wasn't quite sure how I felt about that. Maybe it will be ok...as long as they don't act mushy in front of me. I don't think my stomach could stand to watch Hiei go googly-eyed over anything, especially Kurama.
Speak of the devil, as I gazed out the window I saw Hiei walk slowly by. For some reason, I felt the crazy need to talk with him. The guy may hate my guts but I didn't care. He could be pretty cool at times and it would be a good excuse to get out of class.
"Hey teach! Can I get a pass to the bathroom? I had a bit much to drink earlier and I think I'm gunna puke!" The teacher, dumbfounded by what I had said, quickly found a piece of paper and scribbled his signature on it. Handing it to me he mumbled a "don't feel pressured to come back soon Urameshi."
As I started to leave, I heard a young voice yell out, "Yusuke if you're lying about this, I'm gunna kill you!!"
Smiling I turned around and grinned sheepishly at the girl. "Don't worry, I'll tell you about it later Keiko!" With that I twisted on my heel and left the room.
Running down the street, I glanced around for Hiei. Suddenly I spotted the midget crossing the road. "Hiei, hey man, wait up!!" I yelled as I chased him across the street.
Turning around, he looked up at me in a some what annoyed way. "What is it you want detective?"
"Hey cool off, I just wanted to talk. Mind if I walk with you? I'm cutting school so I just figured we could talk. I mean you look like you have a lot on your mind. Jeez that was stupid of me, of course you have a lot on your mind I mean with Kurama dyi-"
"Stop talking while you're ahead, Yusuke."
"Sorry Hiei, I didn't mean to bring it up. Hey wait a sec, what are you doing walking around anyways?" I felt bad that I had brought up Kurama's condition, so I tried to change the subject to something a little lighter.
"I'm waiting for Kurama's school to let out."
My eyes widened. Hiei obviously had no idea about anything that humans do. "Umm Hiei you do know what time Kurama's school lets out right?"
"No clue."
"School for him doesn't get out till 2:35. It's only eleven right now. He'd just be starting lunch! Man are you gunna have to wait for awhile!" I laughed thinking of Hiei waiting outside of Kurama's school for that long period of time. By the time I glanced back down to where Hiei was standing, he was gone.
Kurama's pov
Since it was such a nice day, the teachers let everyone eat their lunches outside. I was relieved to walk out into the sunshine and fresh air. Being crowded in a school with that many kids was suffocating. I was feeling kind of light headed so I sat down in the shade of a giant oak tree and leaned against the trunk. Shutting my eyes to block out the light, I thought that maybe I would skip eating and just take a nap. I knew that it wasn't right for me to be this exhausted after having slept practically all weekend, but I was too tired to try to find an explanation. I felt myself gliding off into a light slumber when someone said my name. Furrowing my eyebrows, I realized that they had said Kurama and not Suiichi...which would be impossible for anyone here to know that name except for Kaitou. (Sorry that's a spoiler for those who haven't seen the black chapter saga!) Opening my eyes wearily, I saw Hiei's small form in front of me. Wait...what was Hiei doing here?! "Hello Hiei! What brings you to my school?"
"Why are you here Kurama? You know you should stay at home! Your foolish human ideals of getting the perfect education are putting everyone here in danger! Did you even think about what could happen if you turned into Youko?!" There was a deep anger welling up in his eyes, an anger I had never seen directed at me. He had never once yelled at me like this. My heart felt as though someone had taken a dagger and stabbed it through multiple times. Feeling a lump in my throat, I stood up and started to walk off of the school grounds. Hiei followed quickly behind, glaring at the ground.
"Stop following me Hiei. You wanted me to go home, so I am. Are you chasing me just so you can yell more? You have no clue how hard it is to feel normal when you know your dying. That's all I was trying to do...be normal. Now will you just leave me alone?!" I ran off, leaving Hiei there broken and confused by my cold words. And for the first time...I was glad that he was hurt.
A/N eeeeeeeek Kurama's being EVIL! Well it happens to the best of us. Sorry for the crappy chapter. Please review. Love you all!
Crazy Mongoose.