Chapter 7
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AN: I know that a bunch of you are hating Kurama right now. Hehehe. I have over twenty reviews, not too shabby, considering. Well, I hope that you guys like this chapter. I guess that the name stays the same because no one made any suggestions. I am sorry that it took me so long to update.
When I woke up the next morning, Hiei wasn't there. I stood up and took a shower and then got dressed in a red tank top and black pants along with a simple pair of black shoes. I tied my hair up and went downstairs towards the kitchen.
About half way to the kitchen, I came upon the training room where I heard the clanging of katanas. I slightly opened the door and peeked inside. There, I saw Hiei and Naratu fighting. Concerned, I went in. I stood against the wall and watched them as they fought. Hiei's eyes were filled with a hidden pleasure and so were Naratu's. They were both doing well, though; Hiei was definitely the one who was going to win.
The fight ended when Hiei sent Naratu flying into the wall and then advanced on him and held his katana to Naratu's throat. Both of the guys were sweating and Naratu's shirt was soaked. There was a mutual agreement that it was over and Naratu shrugged. A self satisfactory grin was on Hiei's face as he sheathed his katana. Naratu got up off the floor and sheathed his own katana. He came to me with a smile on his face and an evil gleam in his eyes.
"Good morning, Kage," he said and then jumped on me and gave me a sweaty hug.
"Get off me you stupid oaf. Now I have to go take a shower again," I complained
"Or, you could just go relax in the bath house. I mean, it is more like a pool than anything else, and the mineral water is good for your body," Naratu said playfully looking me over.
"Funny. Stop looking at me like that; you know that I am too old for you. Anyway, that sounds like a good idea, just don't come out there while I am in there," I said as I left the room.
I could feel both Hiei and Naratu looking after me as I left. Hiei had watched the whole conversation with a frown on his face. Hiei followed me back to my room. I had already started to get out another shirt, my pants were fine. Hiei sat on the bed and looked at me.
"Seems like you and Naratu are getting on better than yesterday," I said without looking at Hiei as I played with my hair in front of the mirror.
"Hn."
"He is a good fighter, isn't he? Ketaro taught him well."
"Who is Ketaro?"
"He was the demon who helped me out when I stumbled upon the Makai. He was my sensei for twenty years, and then I brought him Naratu which he then taught."
"Why do you stand in front of the mirror when you can't even see your own reflection?"
I turned around and looked straight at Hiei. I feeling of regret swept over me, though there was nothing to regret. I wasn't by choice that I became a vampire, in truth. I would do anything to retract what had happened.
"It reminds me of how my life used to be normal. Did you know that I don't truly know what I look like anymore? I hadn't truly seen myself for over seventy years," I said
Hiei stood right in front of me and looked me over. Suddenly, I felt a tingling in my mind and then an image appeared of a girl. She had long black hair that had a blue tint to it. To go along with the hair, she had deep and mysterious eyes that showed a hint of sorrow. Her lips were full and looked kind of blue and she had high cheekbones. The girl's skin was very pale but it fit her well. She was filled out in all the right places. She had a slender waist, large round breasts, and curvy hips. The perfect hourglass figure. It took me a while to realize that this girl was me.
"Thank you, Hiei," I said and we just stood in silence for a while.
"Hn. Go take your bath baka, you stink," Hiei said as he fell back on the bed and closed his eyes.
"Thanks for noticing," I said as I went out the door
I smiled to myself as I made my way to the bathhouse. Hiei was stupid. I looked around me to make sure that no one was near so that I could undress. The water was warm and I got in quickly. I dipped under and stayed under for a long time. It was not like I needed to breathe. After about fifteen minutes of relaxing underwater I decided to come up. The first thing I saw when I was up was a youkai staring at me.
"What the fuck?" I yelled as I dipped my body back down.
"You finally get to see me in my own form," said the demon.
"What the hell are you talking about; I have never met you before. Damn it, bastard, get out of here before I," I said but stopped when Hiei appeared.
"Change back Youko, I want to talk to Kurama," he said calmly.
"No. Kurama fought me last time I tried to take the girl, this time, though, it will be all me," said the silver haired youkai
By now I was truly confused. Hiei knew this demon and said something about chance. Then this demon talks as if we had met before.
"What the hell is going on, because I would really like to know," I growled
Both demons turned to me but they weren't looking at my face. Realizing what had happened; I ducked back down so that only my head was above water. The demon made a move to come closer to me but was stopped by Hiei's blade.
"Aw that is so sweet Hiei, trying to stop me from getting to the wench. You must like her because you are not the one to care about what other demons do with women. And you can take your katana away because I know that you wouldn't use it on me. One, because it would mean that you killed Kurama, and two, you would have to face Koenma."
"I don't care what that baby will do to me, but you are not taking another step towards her," Hiei said pressing the katana slightly into the demon's neck causing him to bleed a bit.
"What the fuck. There is no use anyway," said the demon.
He then turned into Kurama who blinked a couple of times and then looked at me. His face was filled with shame. Hiei removed his katana and sheathed it. Kurama then turned away from me.
"I am so sorry Kage. I never meant for any of this to happen. Youko wanted you and he took control of me and I tried to fight him but it was useless because he was overcome with lust. I am so sorry," he said
"Shut up Kurama. We can talk about this later; I just want both of you out of this place now!"
"Hn," was the only response from Hiei before he left.
"Sorry," Kurama said and then left
I sighed. I had it figured out but it was still going to take some time building trust with Kurama again. So he had no control of Youko, so what was there to stop Youko from controlling Kurama again? Apparently Hiei was a good repellant. I got out of the water and dried myself off and then got dressed. What was it that Youko had said…? Hiei liked me, that is why he was protecting me? Funny.
I went into the house and found Hiei and Kurama in my room along with a very pissed off Naratu.
"This is crazy, Kage. Now I have two Spirit Detectives here who most of the demon population detest. What is it going to bring upon my students and me if this gets out?" he asked
"Just shut up. We are just about to leave," I said
"Sorry. I know that something happened because when you came here you were upset and also I can see that you are now angry. Please, just next time you come here, don't bring your friends," he said as he made his way to the door.
"Got that. See you sometime."
After Naratu left, I took out my crystal and swung it in a circle concentrating on the place where I wanted the portal to lead. I stepped through and the boys followed me. We ended up in Hiei's living room. It looked like Kurama wanted to talk further but I didn't feel like it so I told him that he should go home and that we could talk tomorrow. I then went upstairs and I was going to go to my room but I decided against and rather went to the top floor.
The place looked exactly like it did before and it just showed that no one ever went up there. I decided to find something to read so I started scanning over the books. After a while, I gave up. Nothing had caught my attention so I went back downstairs to the kitchen.
There, waiting for me, was Koenma, Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Botan.
"Great."
"Glad to see that you came down. Hiei wouldn't let anyone go up to get you so we were waiting for you. It appears that we have a couple of problems. Something between you and Kurama, then the fact that you have a portal crystal that you didn't care to mention to anyone, and that you ran away," said Koenma
"Well, you could call that putting it in a nutshell," I said sarcastically.
"I want to know what happened yesterday morning that made you run away," said Koenma
"Whatever. Youko took control of Kurama and forced himself on me. Hiei came in right after I got Youko in Kurama form off me. I was angry and upset so I went to the only place I could find comfort and that was in the Makai. There you have it."
Koenma looked disturbed as he glanced from me to Kurama.
"What do you mean about Youko taking over Kurama?"
"Just like she said. I was still in this form but Youko pushed my mind out of the way and took over. He didn't change into his own form," said Kurama
"How did you lose control?" asked Yusuke. "I thought that you had him in tune."
"Well, I did but I let my mind wander too much. I am sorry. It won't happen again."
"It better not," said Hiei
By this time I was getting frustrated. There was an awkward silence for a while.
"It is over. I can handle myself if it happens again. I was just taken by surprise last time. I didn't have my guard up but now I know so can we just forget about it?" I said angrily.
"Fine. I have to get back to work anyway. Don't forget about school. I will have a uniform delivered by Sunday at the latest," said Koenma and then nodded at Botan.
She got out her oar and both of them sat on it and then they were gone. I shrugged and went to the living room before anyone could say anything. I turned on the TV and started watching a movie. It wasn't long until the boys came in and joined me. No one said a word and the tension in the air was so thick that you could cut it with a butter knife. When the movie was over, I turned the TV off.
"When I said that we should forget this, I meant it. Really. Kurama, I forgive you, I know that personally you wouldn't do something like that. And Hiei, you can just forget about being mad at Kurama, please. I can tell that you guys are friends and I don't want to be the one to break that up. Yusuke, you shouldn't be angry with Kurama either. It happened and there is nothing we can do about it now except forget it all. You know what? Let's go out and forget about it all. There should be some clubs around here somewhere," I said.
"Great. I know a club we can go to. Keiko and I go there sometimes," said Yusuke
"I don't think so Yusuke. I want to go to a place where they actually have alcohol," said Kuwabara.
Yusuke shot him a death glare. "It is not my fault that she doesn't want to go to a place where they don't drink. Plus, you are not old enough to drink."
"Neither are you."
"Shut up. I will find a place just be ready in an hour," I said and then went up to my room
AN: Personally, I think that this chapter sucks, but I want to take this story on to a lighter note. I have rewritten parts of this chapter over and over again. The next chapter will be better, I promise. Be prepared for an encounter with Karasu. I realized that Kage has the same name as Karasu but Kage's is translated as Raven while Karasu is translated as Crow. Please review.