The three came to the end of the hall, and stood before the great doors of the Other World Castle. Laena Blew a kiss to the walls, as Hiei and Kurama pushed open the heavy doors, so they could exit. (That was a retarded sentence.)

Anyways... So they stepped out, and then Kurama created a portal back to the human world, and they were on their merry way.

Laena, for the most part gawked at the means of travel. Some fancy stuff going on there. Hiei was his usual silent, and aggravated self, while Kurama stood quietly, humoring the girl when she would ask questions, and point at things.

Very exciting.

Finally, the trio made it to the Human realm. Just outside the Forest where the fire demon had taken residence, the portal appeared, and with a flash of light, delivered them onto the ground.

"Whoa!" Laena exclaimed. "Let's do it again!" Hiei rolled his eyes.

As the three of them walked down her street, towards Laena's house, it was about 11:00 in the morning. She noticed the absence of a car in the driveway, and figured her parents must have gone to work today.

Well, that was lucky. No explaining where she's been, and who the third member of their party was.

Once they reached the walkway to the front door, Laena grabbed both boy's hands, and dragged them up the steps, and into the front door.

She paused in the front room for a moment to smell the air in her home. How she missed the smell of crappy candles. Then she ran up the stairs, and took a sharp left towards her room.

From the time she reached the banister post, to the door frame, Hiei and Kurama heard a bounding noise down the hall, and then a second of silence before a loud bam, and a crashing noise ensued.

They looked up the stairs... well, ok, Kurama looked up the stairs with concern, but their/his fears were quickly put to rest when a sound of pure bliss emanated from that portion of the house. The two demons began to ascend the stairs.

Coming to the door way, the kitsune and fire apparition saw the scene of what they were kind of expecting. To some degree. (Very bad sentence.)

There lay Laena, on her mattress, partially covered in a combination of clothes, blankets, stuffed animals, and papers.

Both demon's eyes were large.

"Laena, are you ok?" Kurama asked quietly. Laena's torso rose from the mass covering her legs, and she looked at the two and smiled. "Guys!" she grinned wildly. "I'm home!"

"You mean, this mess is normal?" Hiei scoffed. Laena narrowed her eyes, and then shrugged the comment off. She outstretched her arms in a gesture of presentation, but winced. She was stretching her cuts again.

"Well, this is my room." She was beaming.

("Beams are bad. Beams are exceedingly bad Wrong Shui. Steer clear of anyone who beams at you, or comes from California. They are invariably untrustworthy."- The Little Book Of Wrong Shui)

Both boys looked around the room, stupidly. The walls were plastered with posters, clippings, and pictures. Most of which were band posters, such as Metallica and Nirvana, and Korn. The rest were movie posters, and vintage ones. The pictures were paintings, or things she had drawn, and a few actual photographs.

Two speakers sat upon small shelves at both ends of a wall. A CD rack stood beside a table which was support for the stereo. There was a desk on the opposite side of the room as her bed, which was little more than two mattresses beneath a large window that almost reached the floor, if not for the three feet of wall beneath the frame. The carpet was a plush cobalt, and the walls were a spongy green/blue collision. The ceiling, on the other hand, was another deal. Every color imaginable was above their heads in the forms of randomly-placed geometric shapes. (I reli did paint my ceiling like that. Last Feb Vacation. It took me four days of dust, sweat, paint and primer. Not to mention tape and ladders. I hate ladders.)

This caused the boys to stare in awe. Laena's grin just grew wider. Suddenly, she jumped up and snatched the stereo remote from the table. Music began pouring from the speakers, and she said louder than the noise, "I'm going to go get cleaned up. If you guys want anything help yourselves. You can stay in here, or watch tv. Whatever."

She rose from what was left of the pile, and waltzed past the two boys and into the bathroom.

Hiei and Kurama just looked at each other.

"Have you seen all this?" Hiei asked as he took a few steps into the abode. "No, I've actually never been this far into her house before." Kurama replied, a bit preoccupied by the ceiling.

"Well, it certainly explains a few things." Hiei mused aloud. The sound of running water was heard from behind the bathroom door.

Hiei began to inspect the stereo when he got too close to one of the speakers. "This is what you do in the human world?" he asked as he poked at the buttons on the console. "Listen to music and leave things a mess? It is much different from the Japanese ningens." Kurama snapped to attention an the last comment.

"It's America, Hiei, they march to a different drum." Hiei rolled his eyes as he straightened up to look at the walls. Something on the desk caught his attention, and he strode over. Once again he bent over to inspect the object, but this time, he picked it up. "What peculiar items she has." he said as he turned around, holding a growling, guitar playing figurine between his fingers. Kurama noticed, and identified which figure the fire demon was carelessly holding, and his eyes grew large. "Whoa, Hiei, be careful with that. If you break it, Laena will be ripping." Hiei rose his gaze to the red-head's. "Hn. What is she going to do about it? I'll kill her before she can do anything to me."

"Kind of like how I didn't punch you in the face yesterday?" Laena stood in the door, hands on her hips, with nothing more than a towel. Both guy's eyes became REALLY BIG. "Be careful with James." she warned, glancing at the figurine. She walked over to her closet and picked out a pair of pants, and a shirt. Then she seemed to feel the eyes bearing into her bare back, and snapped her head around to face the demons.

"Turn around!" she commanded in an aggravated, loud tone. Kurama turned, slowly, but Hiei stood his ground, putting the figure back on the desk. He narrowed his eyes in defiance. So Laena turned more to face him head on, and delivered her own menacing, narrowed glare. "Turn around." she commanded again, too quietly, as she folded her arms across her chest.

(Okay, Okay, I admit, this part is a little unnecessary...)

The glare she gave him was so searing, Hiei almost felt like he could practically feel it burning on his skin. She must be mad. "Hiei," Kurama warned. Do not push a female. Unless if you want a repeat of yesterday morning. The Kitsune projected in thought.

The Fire demon shifted his glare to the boy next to him, and narrowed his eyes more, before spinning around.

Laena rose an eyebrow in victory, and spun around to quickly grab her undergarments. ('nuff said.)

Then she peeled out of her room, and back to the bathroom, and slammed the door.

Both guys jumped at the slam, but turned back around to exchange glances. "What was that?" Hiei spat.

Kurama put a hand to his forehead, and rubbed his temples. "Thank your lucky stars there's only one of her." he sighed.(Yes! Say it agin, Kurama!) The song on the radio began to play the rigorous drum percussion that sounded like a rain of machine gun fire, as the screeching guitar solo ensued. That's something to theme this latest drama. Kurama thought sarcastically. But he was amused, none the less.

Finally, the bathroom door flew open, and out walked Laena; shone anew. Her hair was wet, but combed, and close to her face. She wore a T-shirt that had a picture of a man stroking a cat, and next to it a caption; "It puts the lotion in the basket." The usual pants choice were jeans, but these ones actually fit her, as opposed to the baggy ones Laena wore more often.

"Okay, what do you guys want to do now?" She gave a big smile. "We could watch a movie, or...PAINT! Yeah! Let's make a giant finger painting!" she waved her arms around really excitedly.

"But you just got cleaned." Kurama declined the offer logically. (I mean, could you imagine Hiei Finger Painting? Oh, it'd be so cute.)

I don't have a car, or else, I'd drive you guys someplace."

Hiei rose an eyebrow in annoyance. Why drive when you can teleport? He asked sourly to himself.

Just then, a car door slammed outside, and footsteps were heard coming to the front door. Laena stood on her toes to see out the window, but then dashed over. She gasped before she got up and tore out of the room.

Exchanging glances once again, the two demons followed their human acquaintance, and stopped at the top of the stairs. They watched as Laena fumbled with the door, and then threw it open to reveal a boy about 20 years old, standing on the front stoop. He dropped his bags, and Laena threw her arms around him. They hugged for a minute, and then let one another go, Laena stepping back into the room.

The boy entered the house, dropping his bags on the inside of the threshold. He had brown, wavy hair, and was about a foot taller than the girl. The smile on her face made it clear that this was a person she missed a great deal.

Hiei recollected where he had seen this boy before, and realized he'd been holding his breath. It was the brother. He took a small breath to calm himself. ;)

"Shemus, what are you doing home?" Laena asked happily. "I'm home for the week. And I need laundry done." he added with a laughing smile. They embraced again, and Laena giggled the kind of giggle a sibling makes when they're over-joyed. Her back was to the stairs, and Shemus felt the presence of two people watching them, so he looked up. "Who're you?" he made his voice ring louder. It wasn't necessarily challenging, but it was a question to be answered. (No, really?)

Both boys took in a breath, as Laena turned around, with a slightly puzzled look on her face. Then some color left her face. She had forgotten Hiei and Kurama were there. Shit. This was that explaining thing she'd have to do.

"Oh, um, they're my friends, Shemus." she spoke up, standing between him and the stairs. She saw the look in Shemus' eye. The one that spelled trouble for anyone trying to scheme the younger sister. "Really." she said under her breath, so only he could hear.

"Guys, come down, and meet my brother." Laena called after a short second of the siblings staring each other down. As the two demons descended the stairs, Laena pushed Shemus backward to allow standing room. "Shemus, this is Hiei and K- Suichi." she told her brother, gesturing to each on their name. "They moved here a few months ago."

Shemus studied each, as if ranking them. After a minute, he rose an eyebrow, and stuck his hand out. "Well, to put up with her antics, you must like her. I'm Shemus." Kurama was the first to return the gesture. " Suichi Minamoto" he said pleasantly.

OH FOR CRAP SAKES

This is so corny. Maybe I'll just pull the plug on it now.

(Bpzzp)

that's it, no more story.

It ends here. I am in a writer's block and that is it. It's over.

Thank you for your support, my Legions, and your reviews. Maybe I'll start a new story, someday. In the future...

Just kidding. You have to learn to put up with my rants. However, I do understand that this chapter is stupid, so if you choose to no longer partake in reviewing, I will understand. I hope to God the next chapter is better.

Yes! Billy Idol!

Anyway, so Kurama greeted the older brother with his human name and a friendly gesture. Hiei on the other hand, was another story. "Come, on Hiei," Laena prodded, "This is Shemus, I told you about him." her tone was becoming annoyed because he was just standing there. This was so not the time to act like a jerk. Finally, she lost her patience and kicked him in the shin.

Hiei grunted from the pain, and then mumbled "Onna." under his breath. Shemus inclined his head after hearing the name. "I'm sorry, Shemus, this is Hiei. Forever the charmer." she said the last part with clenched teeth, looking right at the fire demon. Hiei studied the brother, and out of civility, pshaw, offered his hand for that assinine greeting.

Shemus eyed the spiky-haired little man, and shook his hand, but didn't ask any questions.

"So, what have you guys been up to?" He asked, breaking the awkward silence. His voice had a deep tone, still harboring the pitch of an adolescent, but one could tell it was dropping. His face seemed to be amused, fore there was always the beginnings of a smile at the corners of his mouth. He wore boots and black pants, with a tee-shirt. A heavy black trench-type coat hung over his shoulders, as his wavy dark brown hair seemed a little unkempt seeing how it looked a bit tangled this morning.

"Nothing." Laena replied innocently. "Then why is your hair wet?" he asked. Laena narrowed her eyes, and then said casually, "I took a shower." she shrugged. Shemus gave her a look she couldn't quite read, and then he shrugged it off.

"Oh, hey, can I borrow your car?" She asked, remembering that she had wanted to take her guests someplace. "Where are you going to go?" Shemus asked, knowing his sister too well. Kurama tuned in: he wanted to know what the girl was planning also. What kind of kidnaping she would enforce upon the two demons?

"Um, I don't know. What about the mall? We could terrorize the prissy kids." she added with energy.

Hiei rolled his eyes, as did Shemus, but the brother did so with a grin. So all four of them shuffled out the door, and piled into the car, and departed for the highway that would take them to their materialistic destination.

Shemus and Kurama ended up getting along pretty well. Hiei would just sit there, quietly, glaring at people in the stores, or at his own small group. Laena managed to drag them into her weird stores, the bookstore, and the record store. Not to mention a place that catered to her tastes. That was a given.

By about 4:00 pm (no, in the am.)they made it back into Kurama's neighborhood, and dropped him off. Laena thanked him with a hug, and told him she would see him at school. Shemus drove the rest of the way home, while Laena relaxed in the back seat with Hiei.

The fire demon watched with detached amusement, as the siblings would tease each other, and then joke about someone or something else. On the inside he had a small smile. However, deeper in his heart, he longed to do the same with his family. The family he'd been forbidden from since birth.

(oh...)

Finally, the three returned home. Laena's parents still weren't home yet, so she had time to talk with Hiei. In fact, she ended up walking with him the short distance to the woods.

"What do you do when the weather gets bad?" she asked kind of out of the blue. "I find a cave." Hiei nonchalantly answered.

"Oh". Laena replied, lacking emotion. "Isn't it cold?" "I'm a fire demon, remember?" he responded curtly. "Well, what if there aren't any caves?" the spiky-haired demon studied her for a moment, trying to figure out what she was getting at. "I don't know."

The girl seemed to take this in, and then nodded her head once, as if making up her mind. "Well, if you need a place to stay for the night, or if you need food, just come to my window, and I'll set you up." She smiled at him, as she turned to walk away.

The fire demon stood there, with a raised eyebrow, on the edge of the woods. As he turned to walk into the woods, a small smile crept across his face.

Don't you think it was clever how I named this chapter 'Home Sweet Home'? Oh, yeah, I'm pretty proud of that.

However, due to the phrase's conformity, and cliched nature, I must explain.

Some of you may have noticed, because you are alert and observant members of my Legion (s), that all of the chapter titles are song titles.

For the Motley Crue fans out there, I have named chapter three, and this one after Crue songs.

Though, the irony of it all is that both chapters are incredibly queer.

But whatever.

So, there you have it: Chapter 13, Retarded Ch. prt 2

Ha! And I have coffee, so it will lessen the pain of this.

Good Day, to you, My Legions!