"Obligation and Duty"
Chapter 7
*****
Yusuke and Hiei threw kicks and punches, but somehow Hiei overpowered Yusuke. Hiei picked up the Kouma no Ken and asked Yusuke, "You have a choice. I can end your life right now or turn you into a demon."
Yusuke didn't answer so Hiei ran in for the kill. Kurama appeared out of nowhere, but then Rei remembered that she had heard him come in. Kurama took the blow from the Kouma no Ken, sliced his hand and threw the blood into Hiei's Jagan. Hiei was temporarily blinded and Yusuke took this chance to get up.
As Hiei and Yusuke started fighting again, Rei made her way over to where Kurama was sitting and decided to try her powers for the first time. She pressed her hand to Kurama's and he looked up. "I can feel it working," he said with a painfull smile. Rei smiled back and turned to watch Yusuke.
Yusuke was running from Hiei, but turned around just as Hiei was going to pounce on him. He fired his Spirit Gun, but missed.
"Baka. You're a terrible shot," Hiei sneered as he came in for the kill.
"You're going to eat those words," Yusuke said, just as the Spirit Gun hit Hiei from the back.
"What!?" Hiei hissed in pain, as he looked behind him. There was the Mirror of UtterDark, its glass shattered. Hiei turned back to Yusuke and said, "You must have guessed which way I was going to evade it, and used the Mirror to hit me from behind."
Hiei fell face forward and turned back to normal and Yusuke walked over and grabbed the Kouma no Ken. He broke the blade off of the hilt and walked over to Keiko. He poured some of the antidote into her mouth and the Third Eye that was growing there dissapeared completely.
"She'll be fine now," Botan said, cradling her hands. Trying to keep the Third Eye from opening when Hiei turned full-demon proved to be a task from the look of Botan's cut fingers. Yusuke turned to Kurama.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
Kurama nodded, "The Kouma no Ken seemed to have missed any vital organs; I should recover quickly," he smiled as he looked at Rei.
"When did you find out that the Spirit Gun could be bounced off of glass?" Botan asked Yusuke.
"Umm... about 10 minutes ago. I remembered doing something like that in Science class I thought maybe it would be the same..."
"You risked our lives on a 'maybe'!" Botan fumed.
Kurama laughed, "And all this time we thought you were a brilliant strategist."
"Hey. What is that, anyways?" Yusuke asked.
"It's someone who uses their brain," Kurama teased.
"Hey!" Yusuke laughed.
"Oh yeah! I forgot," Botan chimed in, "Kurama, Rei has agreed to letting you live with her, and Rei, can you take care of that mess over there?"
They all looked over where Hiei was still laying on the floor.
"WHAT do I have to do?" Rei asked, thinking that she must have heard wrong.
"I'll be a little busy for a while, so I won't be able to take him to Spirit World right away. Could you take him back home and tie him to a chair or something?" Botan asked. Rei looked at Hiei then at Botan.
"I... suppose..." Rei answered.
***
Five minutes later, Botan, Yusuke, and an unconcious Keiko left Kurama and Rei.
"Are you sure you don't want me to stay with you?" Kurama asked, casting a wary glance to the still unconcious Hiei.
Rei shook her head. "No. You need to get taken care of. I think I'll be able to get home and tie him up before he wakes up."
Kurama nodded and quietly left the building.
"Okay, you troublesome yukai. Now to get you home," Rei whispered to herself as she picked Hiei up and carried him on her back.
.oO{It's a good thing he doesn't weigh a LOT more than I do... I mean, he's barely even an inch shorter than me...} Rei thought as she trudged through the street. .oO{It's also a good thing it's night, or I'd have a lot of trouble explaining this...}
As Rei walked up the many steps to her home, she just about tripped a few times, but finally reached the clearing of trees and saw her house. She slid the door open and gently dropped Hiei on her couch.
.oO{Hmm... he's actually kind of cute when he's asleep...} Rei thought as she walked out of the room, going to search for something to tie him up with. She walked to her room and searched through her drawers.
"Aha! This could work," she said to herself as she lifted up a ribbon. She turned to her door and Hiei was standing right there.
Rei's hand flew to her mouth as she said, "You're supposed to be asleep!"
Hiei's only answer was 'Hn' as he quickly covered the distance between them. He picked Rei up and unceremoniously plopped her on her bed. His hands moved to her pants' zipper, and Rei tried to push him away. He grabbed both of her hands and pulled them over her head. He held them with his right hand as his left was busy undoing her button.
.oO{Oh Kami... What am I going to do?} Rei thought as she felt her zipper come undone. Closing her eyes, she fell unconscious.
***
About 5 minutes later Rei woke back up when Hiei stopped. He quickly got off of her and pulled his pants back on and walked out of the room.
"That bastard," Rei whispered to herself just as she heard her front door open.
"Rei? Are you here?" she heard Kurama call. Rei quickly got up and pulled her clothes back on, but she still felt cold and dirty.
Kurama knocked on her bedroom door. Rei called, "I'll be out in a sec!" She quickly checked her clothes and made sure Kurama wouldn't be able to tell what had happened. She opened her door and Kurama was standing there, but looking towards the living room door.
He looked back at Rei and asked, "Everything okay?" Rei nodded and Kurama looked at her a second longer. He then nodded and walked to the living room. Rei followed, still unsure of what to do about everything. Rei looked to the couch and Hiei was laying there, almost exactly as he was when she first dropped him there.
.oO{That asshole. Arg, if Kurama wasn't here I'd show him what I thought-with my fist!} Rei thought as the doorbell rang. Even though this was a shrine, it had been remodled before Rei had gotten it. Rei answered the door and Botan was standing there with Yusuke.
"Hi," Rei said, but she was really thinking 'Why the heck is everyone here when I could've used them BEFORE all that junk with Hiei happened.'
"Rei-chan, is Kurama here?" Botan asked. Rei nodded, "Yeah, he's in the living room."
Botan walked past Rei and Yusuke loitered outside the door for a few seconds.
"C'mon, Yusuke. You don't have to stand out there," Rei said with a genuine smile. Yusuke smiled back but whispered, "You aren't mad at me for saving Keiko, are you?"
Rei quickly said, "Yusuke! How could you think such a thing. She's been your friend forever, and you've only known me for a few days. If anything, I would've been mad at you if you DIDN'T go."
Yusuke breathed a sigh of relief and walked through the door. Rei felt super-guilty..oO{He was afraid I'd be mad at him for going after his friend, but what about me? I've just been unfaithful with another guy...}
Rei walked into the living room where everyone had been gathered, but noticed that both Hiei and Botan were gone. "Did Botan take Hiei to Spirit World?" Rei asked and both the boys left nodded.
She sighed and sat down on the couch next to Kurama. "Well, fox-boy, are you all better now?"
Kurama blushed a little and Yusuke gave Rei a little 'what-about-me?' look. Rei laughed and said, "Okay, you guys know I'm just playing, right?"
Kurama nodded and Yusuke said, "Playing? Do you want to play with me?" Both Kurama and Rei looked at Yusuke like he was a freak.
"Whatever. You guys are no fun," Yusuke sulked as he stretched his arms behind his head. Rei was starting to get uncomfortable..oO{I think I need a shower. Those guys can just sit there without me.} Rei walked to her room to get a hairthing and walked back into the living room to find Botan was back and that the guys were gathered around a television playing a video game.
"Botan? Did you bring this?" Rei asked.
"Yup. It's yours now. I thought since Kurama and the others are going to spend a lot of time here they could play video games."
Rei flinched, "Botan. I need to talk to you." Botan followed Rei to her room.
"What's wrong?" Botan asked, but her eyes where on Rei's messed up bed.
"You have an idea of what's wrong already, Botan. Hiei, um, I mean..." Rei stuttered.
"Hiei raped you?" Botan asked quietly.
"Uh.. at first... I don't know what happened," Rei sighed as she sat down. "I don't know if I should tell the guys or even if I did, how should I go about it?"
Botan thought for a moment. "I think Kurama might already know. And I think after a while Yusuke will figure it out. For now atleast, let's not talk about it."
"But what will I do?" Rei asked.
"Do nothing. Your power is still high enough that they won't notice."
Rei remembered what Botan had told her about her powers and gasped, "Did you take Hiei back to Spirit World?"
"Yeah. Why?" Botan asked, but then caught on. "No, he didn't get away. I think you should go back in there and hang out with the guys; Yusuke is leaving tomorrow."
"Where's he going?"
"To learn the ways of Genkai and to beat another demon."
"Who is Genkai?"
"She an old lady that lives further out of town in a similar shrine. She's very well known because of her powers as a Psychic."
Rei sighed. "How long is he going to be gone?"
"Well, if he passes all the tests, then 6 and a half months."
Rei sighed again. "Okay, I'm going back in there now." She walked back into the living room to find Yusuke and Kurama still glued to the T.V.
"What are you guys playing?" Rei asked as she sat down beside Kurama.
"A new fighting game; it's really fun," Yusuke said without breaking his concentration.
Rei nodded. Kurama gave her a smile and said, "Thank you for letting me stay here. My mother is going to be in the hospital for a while and after that she'll be at home and I don't want to cause any trouble for her."
"You don't have to explain yourself everytime. It's alright, Kurama. Atleast I won't be home alone anymore."
Chapter 7
*****
Yusuke and Hiei threw kicks and punches, but somehow Hiei overpowered Yusuke. Hiei picked up the Kouma no Ken and asked Yusuke, "You have a choice. I can end your life right now or turn you into a demon."
Yusuke didn't answer so Hiei ran in for the kill. Kurama appeared out of nowhere, but then Rei remembered that she had heard him come in. Kurama took the blow from the Kouma no Ken, sliced his hand and threw the blood into Hiei's Jagan. Hiei was temporarily blinded and Yusuke took this chance to get up.
As Hiei and Yusuke started fighting again, Rei made her way over to where Kurama was sitting and decided to try her powers for the first time. She pressed her hand to Kurama's and he looked up. "I can feel it working," he said with a painfull smile. Rei smiled back and turned to watch Yusuke.
Yusuke was running from Hiei, but turned around just as Hiei was going to pounce on him. He fired his Spirit Gun, but missed.
"Baka. You're a terrible shot," Hiei sneered as he came in for the kill.
"You're going to eat those words," Yusuke said, just as the Spirit Gun hit Hiei from the back.
"What!?" Hiei hissed in pain, as he looked behind him. There was the Mirror of UtterDark, its glass shattered. Hiei turned back to Yusuke and said, "You must have guessed which way I was going to evade it, and used the Mirror to hit me from behind."
Hiei fell face forward and turned back to normal and Yusuke walked over and grabbed the Kouma no Ken. He broke the blade off of the hilt and walked over to Keiko. He poured some of the antidote into her mouth and the Third Eye that was growing there dissapeared completely.
"She'll be fine now," Botan said, cradling her hands. Trying to keep the Third Eye from opening when Hiei turned full-demon proved to be a task from the look of Botan's cut fingers. Yusuke turned to Kurama.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
Kurama nodded, "The Kouma no Ken seemed to have missed any vital organs; I should recover quickly," he smiled as he looked at Rei.
"When did you find out that the Spirit Gun could be bounced off of glass?" Botan asked Yusuke.
"Umm... about 10 minutes ago. I remembered doing something like that in Science class I thought maybe it would be the same..."
"You risked our lives on a 'maybe'!" Botan fumed.
Kurama laughed, "And all this time we thought you were a brilliant strategist."
"Hey. What is that, anyways?" Yusuke asked.
"It's someone who uses their brain," Kurama teased.
"Hey!" Yusuke laughed.
"Oh yeah! I forgot," Botan chimed in, "Kurama, Rei has agreed to letting you live with her, and Rei, can you take care of that mess over there?"
They all looked over where Hiei was still laying on the floor.
"WHAT do I have to do?" Rei asked, thinking that she must have heard wrong.
"I'll be a little busy for a while, so I won't be able to take him to Spirit World right away. Could you take him back home and tie him to a chair or something?" Botan asked. Rei looked at Hiei then at Botan.
"I... suppose..." Rei answered.
***
Five minutes later, Botan, Yusuke, and an unconcious Keiko left Kurama and Rei.
"Are you sure you don't want me to stay with you?" Kurama asked, casting a wary glance to the still unconcious Hiei.
Rei shook her head. "No. You need to get taken care of. I think I'll be able to get home and tie him up before he wakes up."
Kurama nodded and quietly left the building.
"Okay, you troublesome yukai. Now to get you home," Rei whispered to herself as she picked Hiei up and carried him on her back.
.oO{It's a good thing he doesn't weigh a LOT more than I do... I mean, he's barely even an inch shorter than me...} Rei thought as she trudged through the street. .oO{It's also a good thing it's night, or I'd have a lot of trouble explaining this...}
As Rei walked up the many steps to her home, she just about tripped a few times, but finally reached the clearing of trees and saw her house. She slid the door open and gently dropped Hiei on her couch.
.oO{Hmm... he's actually kind of cute when he's asleep...} Rei thought as she walked out of the room, going to search for something to tie him up with. She walked to her room and searched through her drawers.
"Aha! This could work," she said to herself as she lifted up a ribbon. She turned to her door and Hiei was standing right there.
Rei's hand flew to her mouth as she said, "You're supposed to be asleep!"
Hiei's only answer was 'Hn' as he quickly covered the distance between them. He picked Rei up and unceremoniously plopped her on her bed. His hands moved to her pants' zipper, and Rei tried to push him away. He grabbed both of her hands and pulled them over her head. He held them with his right hand as his left was busy undoing her button.
.oO{Oh Kami... What am I going to do?} Rei thought as she felt her zipper come undone. Closing her eyes, she fell unconscious.
***
About 5 minutes later Rei woke back up when Hiei stopped. He quickly got off of her and pulled his pants back on and walked out of the room.
"That bastard," Rei whispered to herself just as she heard her front door open.
"Rei? Are you here?" she heard Kurama call. Rei quickly got up and pulled her clothes back on, but she still felt cold and dirty.
Kurama knocked on her bedroom door. Rei called, "I'll be out in a sec!" She quickly checked her clothes and made sure Kurama wouldn't be able to tell what had happened. She opened her door and Kurama was standing there, but looking towards the living room door.
He looked back at Rei and asked, "Everything okay?" Rei nodded and Kurama looked at her a second longer. He then nodded and walked to the living room. Rei followed, still unsure of what to do about everything. Rei looked to the couch and Hiei was laying there, almost exactly as he was when she first dropped him there.
.oO{That asshole. Arg, if Kurama wasn't here I'd show him what I thought-with my fist!} Rei thought as the doorbell rang. Even though this was a shrine, it had been remodled before Rei had gotten it. Rei answered the door and Botan was standing there with Yusuke.
"Hi," Rei said, but she was really thinking 'Why the heck is everyone here when I could've used them BEFORE all that junk with Hiei happened.'
"Rei-chan, is Kurama here?" Botan asked. Rei nodded, "Yeah, he's in the living room."
Botan walked past Rei and Yusuke loitered outside the door for a few seconds.
"C'mon, Yusuke. You don't have to stand out there," Rei said with a genuine smile. Yusuke smiled back but whispered, "You aren't mad at me for saving Keiko, are you?"
Rei quickly said, "Yusuke! How could you think such a thing. She's been your friend forever, and you've only known me for a few days. If anything, I would've been mad at you if you DIDN'T go."
Yusuke breathed a sigh of relief and walked through the door. Rei felt super-guilty..oO{He was afraid I'd be mad at him for going after his friend, but what about me? I've just been unfaithful with another guy...}
Rei walked into the living room where everyone had been gathered, but noticed that both Hiei and Botan were gone. "Did Botan take Hiei to Spirit World?" Rei asked and both the boys left nodded.
She sighed and sat down on the couch next to Kurama. "Well, fox-boy, are you all better now?"
Kurama blushed a little and Yusuke gave Rei a little 'what-about-me?' look. Rei laughed and said, "Okay, you guys know I'm just playing, right?"
Kurama nodded and Yusuke said, "Playing? Do you want to play with me?" Both Kurama and Rei looked at Yusuke like he was a freak.
"Whatever. You guys are no fun," Yusuke sulked as he stretched his arms behind his head. Rei was starting to get uncomfortable..oO{I think I need a shower. Those guys can just sit there without me.} Rei walked to her room to get a hairthing and walked back into the living room to find Botan was back and that the guys were gathered around a television playing a video game.
"Botan? Did you bring this?" Rei asked.
"Yup. It's yours now. I thought since Kurama and the others are going to spend a lot of time here they could play video games."
Rei flinched, "Botan. I need to talk to you." Botan followed Rei to her room.
"What's wrong?" Botan asked, but her eyes where on Rei's messed up bed.
"You have an idea of what's wrong already, Botan. Hiei, um, I mean..." Rei stuttered.
"Hiei raped you?" Botan asked quietly.
"Uh.. at first... I don't know what happened," Rei sighed as she sat down. "I don't know if I should tell the guys or even if I did, how should I go about it?"
Botan thought for a moment. "I think Kurama might already know. And I think after a while Yusuke will figure it out. For now atleast, let's not talk about it."
"But what will I do?" Rei asked.
"Do nothing. Your power is still high enough that they won't notice."
Rei remembered what Botan had told her about her powers and gasped, "Did you take Hiei back to Spirit World?"
"Yeah. Why?" Botan asked, but then caught on. "No, he didn't get away. I think you should go back in there and hang out with the guys; Yusuke is leaving tomorrow."
"Where's he going?"
"To learn the ways of Genkai and to beat another demon."
"Who is Genkai?"
"She an old lady that lives further out of town in a similar shrine. She's very well known because of her powers as a Psychic."
Rei sighed. "How long is he going to be gone?"
"Well, if he passes all the tests, then 6 and a half months."
Rei sighed again. "Okay, I'm going back in there now." She walked back into the living room to find Yusuke and Kurama still glued to the T.V.
"What are you guys playing?" Rei asked as she sat down beside Kurama.
"A new fighting game; it's really fun," Yusuke said without breaking his concentration.
Rei nodded. Kurama gave her a smile and said, "Thank you for letting me stay here. My mother is going to be in the hospital for a while and after that she'll be at home and I don't want to cause any trouble for her."
"You don't have to explain yourself everytime. It's alright, Kurama. Atleast I won't be home alone anymore."
