"Obligation and Duty"
Chapter 39
~OaD has been going on for a YEAR!!! Happy 1st Anniversary everyone!!~
.oO{I've got some gooood ideas! Mwahaha. But they ain't as good as Togashi's. Don't sue.}
#Naruto sticks out tongue# Yeah right! Geezer, your brain ain't workin' right! #flips Author off#
#grabs Naruto by ear# Yes yes, maybe. Now if you'd all excuse me, I have some business to take care off. #walks off with Naruto begging for mercy#
*****
Rei managed to feed Jin enough, and didn't even have to force-feed Touya. She spent a good part of the afternoon outside, and un-kinena, until she ran into Ces as she was walking in the rain.
"Kurama's been looking for you," Ces said. Ces had dressed in a purple plaid skirt and a longsleeved, fishnet shirt over a shortsleeved, dark blue tanktop. Rei hadn't even so much as brushed her hair today.
"Really?" Rei asked.
"Yeah, he asked me to tell you to go up to the room if I saw you. If that made any sense," Ces chuckled. Rei nodded that it did and thanked her. She walked back into the hotel building and ran down the hall to push the elevator button.
The doors opened and Hiei almost bumped into her. "Where've you been?" he asked, stepping back into the elevator.
"Out with friends."
He looked at her, but she stared straight ahead as the elevator started going up. "Weren't you getting off?" she asked him, blowing at her nose as a raindrop slid down.
"No. Kurama asked me to go look for you."
Rei raised her eyebrows and stepped out of the elevator when the doors opened. They walked to the Urameshi room and Kurama looked up from the couch. "You've been outside?" he asked, looking at Rei's wet form.
"Yeah," Rei answered and walked into the bedroom. A few minutes later she emerged, wearing a sky blue, short-sleeved nightshirt and cloud pajama pants. Kurama and Kuwabara were sitting on the couches, playing cards and talking about the new stadium they'd be fighting in tomorrow.
Rei was walking over to where Hiei was sitting on the windowseat when the door opened. Botan popped in with her arms full of snacks, along with Yukina, Shizuru and Keiko. Rei managed to turn kinena before any of them saw her and leaned against the wall next to the windowseat. Hiei smirked at her and she whispered, "What?"
He shook his head and whispered back. "Everyone's got their secrets."
Before Rei could ask him what he meant, Botan piped, "Dadadadah! The calvary has arrived!"
Botan set the stuff on the coffee table and Kuwabara and she bantered a little. Keiko went up to Kurama and asked him if Yusuke was back yet, because Puu was acting funny. Hiei bristled when Kuwabara flirted with Yukina, and Rei smirked at him.
"Shut up," he growled quietly. They all managed to settle down and Kurama and Kuwabara restarted their card game. Rei would've played, but the card game only let an even number play.
"C'mon Rei. You can take my place," Keiko said. Rei waved her hand as she sat down on the windowseat next to Hiei, "Nah, that's alright. I had a big card-party last night, anyways."
They played for a little while until Kurama started Dai Hin Min-- meaning Rei could now join. They laughed over the move Kuwabara had pulled when Kurama looked over at the window.
"Come join us, Hiei. We're practically family here," Kurama teased. It had the desired effect.
Hiei twitched and shot a glare Kurama's way, "Kurama, don't make me pull out your precious voicebox."
They all chuckled at him and kept playing. They were getting a little drunk on the saké Shizuru had brought and by the time midnight came around, Botan, Keiko and Yukina had conked out. Hiei was still brooding over the fact that Yukina was sleeping in Kuwabara's bed; the rest still awake were playing cards on the floor, because Botan and Keiko took the couches to sleep on, when Shizuru said, "I fold. I'm gonna go to sleep."
She got off the ottoman she had been sitting on and laid her head on it. Kuwabara threw his cards on the table and yawned, "I'm done too."
Rei and Kurama looked at each other and shrugged, throwing their cards on the pile. Kuwabara laid down on the carpet and instantly fell asleep, Rei walked over to the windowseat and sat next to Hiei and Kurama grabbed a pillow, following her. He laid on the floor a few feet away from the seat and said, "Goodnight, you two."
"Goodnight, Kurama," Rei said, but Hiei just 'hn'ed. He stared out the window and Rei leaned against his legs. Without thinking, he opened them and she fell against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and she moved so she was comfier.
"Goodnight, Hiei," she whispered and fell asleep. Hiei leaned his chin against her head and whispered back, "Goodnight, Rei."
***
The next morning Rei was roughly awoken when Hiei somewhat shook her.
"What?" she groggily asked.
"I can't get up unless you move."
"That's your problem," she said, but he pushed her forward. She held herself up by her elbows and Hiei started to get up when Kurama said, "Oh... man. That's something I'd rather not see first thing in the morning."
Rei looked behind her and understood what Kurama was talking about. It looked like they had been doing it doggy-style. Hiei hurriedly got off the windowseat and shot Kurama a glare. Kurama watched Hiei walk by then turned to Rei. He didn't say anything; he just raised his eyebrows and grinned.
"Kurama, sometimes I wonder what goes through your mind," Rei yawned and laid back down the windowseat.
"You'd be surprised," he said as he tossed a pillow at her. She sleepily raised her eyebrows, but her eyelids were too heavy. She took the pillow happily and shoved it under her head. After a few minutes, Kurama managed to wake Kuwabara up, and he went to get ready for their next match. Rei half-listened to Kuwabara talking to Kurama until she heard that they had to go by helicopters to the new stadium.
She lifted her head and asked, "How far IS it?"
Kuwabara turned, "It's far enough to use choppers."
Rei hopped off the windowseat and practically ran to the bedroom. She dressed in bib-overalls and a sleeveless muscle shirt. Walking from the bedroom, she said to Kurama, "I'm coming too."
"We figured that," he smiled. His eyes lingered for a second before he walked over and slipped the bib's shoulder-straps off. "Wear it like they're pants," he said. Rei looked down and shrugged. The front flap was inside out and the straps made it look like she was wearing belts around her legs.
"Whatever you say," she shrugged again. The guys quickly finished getting ready and walked out the door-- but not before Kuwabara left a note for the girls; still asleep on the couches. Chiba ran down the hall and jumped on Kurama's head.
He looked up at it and said, "That was one long jump."
Rei looked up at her pet and asked it, "Have you been wandering around again?"
The kinena only snuggled in Kurama's hair and fell asleep. Rei yawned again and Kurama asked Hiei, "I bet you're happy now that he isn't in your hair."
The fire yûkai smirked, but Kuwabara and Rei were in the dark. "What now?" Kuwabara asked. Kurama shook his head and said, "It's nothing."
They arrived in the lobby at that moment and went to the helecopter one of the security guards pointed them to. The demon guard looked at Rei a little curiously, but Kurama cleared it up by saying, "She's a trainer."
The demon looked at him and saw the kinena on his head; and had a hard time keeping in his chortling. Kurama gave him a lackadaisical look and stepped into the chopper. He sat down next to Rei-- who had taken the seat by the window-- and handed her Chiba.
"You'll have to take him," he said. "Nobody'll take me seriously if I have a fuzzball on my head."
Rei took Chiba and turned to the window. Kurama started to ask her a question, but then leaned forward to see her face. She was fast asleep.
"Oh well," he said to himself and leaned back in the seat.
***
Rei woke up not much longer after that in a dark room with Koenma. .oO{Okay, that's nightmare material,} Rei thought and stretched. She hadn't rested easy; mysterious pains kept her from sleeping well. The demigod was sitting in a big, purplish chair that looked like a spider and talking to himself.
"Umm, Hiei, that little quip about being 'first, last and only' will only get people mad at you," Koenma said, though Hiei couldn't hear him. Rei stood up and Koenma turned. "Ahh, good. You're awake. Have a seat," he motioned to another weird lookin' chair. Rei looked out the window and the first thing she thought was 'This is the Dark Stadium,' though she doubted that's what it was called.
She turned to Koenma's ever-present ogre and asked, "Why am I up here?"
The ogre answered her, "Kurama carried you off the helicopter and asked Koenma to let you sleep up here. Away from the 'demons'."
"Yes, and he made me promise I wouldn't touch you," Koenma said a little angrily, as if his pride had been hurt. Rei stifled a giggle and the toddler of Spirit World crossed his arms over his chest, "Yes, well. Anyways, Hiei just won the first match."
Rei turned back to the window in time to see Hiei shove his katana through some dark-tan guy's brain. A fishy-looking girl in the ring announced Hiei the obvious winner and Rei asked the ogre, "What happened to Koto?"
"She's been put in a broadcaster booth. Juri took her place as an announcer."
"Oh," Rei said and turned back to the window. The blue haired guy Rei had ran into yesterday rolled a some dice and Juri announced the match to be between Hiei and a tall, bubble-gum blowing man.
They talked a little before Hiei threw his sword at him. The man--Koto said he was KuroMomotaro-- licked the blade of the katana and cut himself with it. Reaching for his belt, Kuro pulled out what looked like a cue ball and crushed it. He sucked in the smoke from it and started to transform into an ape. Throwing the katana back to Hiei, Juri said, "Begin!"
Hiei ran towards Kuro and landed his sword on Kuro's arm, but the katana broke into three parts. He shrugged, "I rather destroy you with my bare hands anyways."
They started throwing punches and blocking, until finally KuroMomotaro landed a punch on Hiei-- throwing the fire yûkai from the ring. Hiei slammed into the wall and was buried under rubble. Kuro explained that his body remembers the moves of opponents when Koenma started talking to himself as they waited for Hiei to get back up. "Quite awesome," he said. "I've never seen those before."
Koenma's ogre looked horrified and Koenma asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"Those were the steaming spheres used to slaughter my ancestors long ago. Oh, poor ancestors," the ogre cried. Koenma popped him one and said, "This is no time for misty-eyed nostalgia."
Rei watched the spot where Hiei had crashed at, and said, "Hiei's getting back up." He walked to the ring as KuroMomotaro asked for him to use the Dragon of the Darkness Flame. Hiei shrugged again, "Who am I to turn down a fan's request? Just remember, you brought this upon yourself."
"Oh no, people. It looks like Hiei is going to use the Darkness technique. Get ready to duck and cover," Koto said from her booth. Hiei started powering up but instead of saying 'Dragon of the Darkness Flame' he said "Fist of the Mortal Flame."
He ran up to Kuro and punched him, but it wasn't enough. Kuro got back up and crushed another steaming sphere.
"Armor of the Phoenix!" he yelled and jumped into the air.
"That is one ugly bird," Rei mused. They fought a little before Kuro crushed another Sphere. He turned into some freaky-looking, wolf thing and Hiei started back up. Rei, on the other hand, leaned forward. "He's backing up!? He's freakin' backing up?!" she asked. Koenma nodded, "Seems that way."
Hiei almost stepped on his discarded sword and he looked at the hilt by his feet disdainfully, but shrugged. He kicked it with his foot and brought it up to his hands. Kuro scoffed and said if the sword didn't work on his first, how could it work on his last and best armor? Hiei shrugged again and said he didn't care much for this technique, though it did work. KuroMomotaro didn't care and lunged at him. Hiei transfered the Dragon of the Darkness Flame's energy into the hilt as Kuro came down and bit into his neck.
"NO!" Rei gasped, as did the blue ogre. Even from where they were, high above the stadium, they could see Hiei smirk as Kuro fell to pieces. Literally.
"Umm... Since all of KuroMomotaro's pieces have been down for more than ten counts, the winner by death is Hiei!" Juri announced. Shishiwakamaru rolled the dice again and they landed on Kurama and UraUrashima-- a small guy with a fishing pole. They got into the ring and pulled out their weapons. They started running down the ring and finally it looked like Kurama killed Ura when Ura disappeared. Kurama was hit from behind and Urashima's voice said he had been tricked-- about what, Rei had no clue. .oO{Another damn telepathic conversation,} she thought.
Kurama turned and saw the little man holding a box. Ura said it was the Idun Box and explained that it put people back in time. How far? No one knew exactly. They could be preteens, toddlers, even babies. And then Urashima opened the box.
#Author:# AGGHH! My eyelashes are falling out!!! #sob# #remembers where she is# Oh yeah. Sorry about this chapter. It sucks. Anddddd... I was paraphrasing. #is writing it a week after watching# ^_^()
Chapter 39
~OaD has been going on for a YEAR!!! Happy 1st Anniversary everyone!!~
.oO{I've got some gooood ideas! Mwahaha. But they ain't as good as Togashi's. Don't sue.}
#Naruto sticks out tongue# Yeah right! Geezer, your brain ain't workin' right! #flips Author off#
#grabs Naruto by ear# Yes yes, maybe. Now if you'd all excuse me, I have some business to take care off. #walks off with Naruto begging for mercy#
*****
Rei managed to feed Jin enough, and didn't even have to force-feed Touya. She spent a good part of the afternoon outside, and un-kinena, until she ran into Ces as she was walking in the rain.
"Kurama's been looking for you," Ces said. Ces had dressed in a purple plaid skirt and a longsleeved, fishnet shirt over a shortsleeved, dark blue tanktop. Rei hadn't even so much as brushed her hair today.
"Really?" Rei asked.
"Yeah, he asked me to tell you to go up to the room if I saw you. If that made any sense," Ces chuckled. Rei nodded that it did and thanked her. She walked back into the hotel building and ran down the hall to push the elevator button.
The doors opened and Hiei almost bumped into her. "Where've you been?" he asked, stepping back into the elevator.
"Out with friends."
He looked at her, but she stared straight ahead as the elevator started going up. "Weren't you getting off?" she asked him, blowing at her nose as a raindrop slid down.
"No. Kurama asked me to go look for you."
Rei raised her eyebrows and stepped out of the elevator when the doors opened. They walked to the Urameshi room and Kurama looked up from the couch. "You've been outside?" he asked, looking at Rei's wet form.
"Yeah," Rei answered and walked into the bedroom. A few minutes later she emerged, wearing a sky blue, short-sleeved nightshirt and cloud pajama pants. Kurama and Kuwabara were sitting on the couches, playing cards and talking about the new stadium they'd be fighting in tomorrow.
Rei was walking over to where Hiei was sitting on the windowseat when the door opened. Botan popped in with her arms full of snacks, along with Yukina, Shizuru and Keiko. Rei managed to turn kinena before any of them saw her and leaned against the wall next to the windowseat. Hiei smirked at her and she whispered, "What?"
He shook his head and whispered back. "Everyone's got their secrets."
Before Rei could ask him what he meant, Botan piped, "Dadadadah! The calvary has arrived!"
Botan set the stuff on the coffee table and Kuwabara and she bantered a little. Keiko went up to Kurama and asked him if Yusuke was back yet, because Puu was acting funny. Hiei bristled when Kuwabara flirted with Yukina, and Rei smirked at him.
"Shut up," he growled quietly. They all managed to settle down and Kurama and Kuwabara restarted their card game. Rei would've played, but the card game only let an even number play.
"C'mon Rei. You can take my place," Keiko said. Rei waved her hand as she sat down on the windowseat next to Hiei, "Nah, that's alright. I had a big card-party last night, anyways."
They played for a little while until Kurama started Dai Hin Min-- meaning Rei could now join. They laughed over the move Kuwabara had pulled when Kurama looked over at the window.
"Come join us, Hiei. We're practically family here," Kurama teased. It had the desired effect.
Hiei twitched and shot a glare Kurama's way, "Kurama, don't make me pull out your precious voicebox."
They all chuckled at him and kept playing. They were getting a little drunk on the saké Shizuru had brought and by the time midnight came around, Botan, Keiko and Yukina had conked out. Hiei was still brooding over the fact that Yukina was sleeping in Kuwabara's bed; the rest still awake were playing cards on the floor, because Botan and Keiko took the couches to sleep on, when Shizuru said, "I fold. I'm gonna go to sleep."
She got off the ottoman she had been sitting on and laid her head on it. Kuwabara threw his cards on the table and yawned, "I'm done too."
Rei and Kurama looked at each other and shrugged, throwing their cards on the pile. Kuwabara laid down on the carpet and instantly fell asleep, Rei walked over to the windowseat and sat next to Hiei and Kurama grabbed a pillow, following her. He laid on the floor a few feet away from the seat and said, "Goodnight, you two."
"Goodnight, Kurama," Rei said, but Hiei just 'hn'ed. He stared out the window and Rei leaned against his legs. Without thinking, he opened them and she fell against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and she moved so she was comfier.
"Goodnight, Hiei," she whispered and fell asleep. Hiei leaned his chin against her head and whispered back, "Goodnight, Rei."
***
The next morning Rei was roughly awoken when Hiei somewhat shook her.
"What?" she groggily asked.
"I can't get up unless you move."
"That's your problem," she said, but he pushed her forward. She held herself up by her elbows and Hiei started to get up when Kurama said, "Oh... man. That's something I'd rather not see first thing in the morning."
Rei looked behind her and understood what Kurama was talking about. It looked like they had been doing it doggy-style. Hiei hurriedly got off the windowseat and shot Kurama a glare. Kurama watched Hiei walk by then turned to Rei. He didn't say anything; he just raised his eyebrows and grinned.
"Kurama, sometimes I wonder what goes through your mind," Rei yawned and laid back down the windowseat.
"You'd be surprised," he said as he tossed a pillow at her. She sleepily raised her eyebrows, but her eyelids were too heavy. She took the pillow happily and shoved it under her head. After a few minutes, Kurama managed to wake Kuwabara up, and he went to get ready for their next match. Rei half-listened to Kuwabara talking to Kurama until she heard that they had to go by helicopters to the new stadium.
She lifted her head and asked, "How far IS it?"
Kuwabara turned, "It's far enough to use choppers."
Rei hopped off the windowseat and practically ran to the bedroom. She dressed in bib-overalls and a sleeveless muscle shirt. Walking from the bedroom, she said to Kurama, "I'm coming too."
"We figured that," he smiled. His eyes lingered for a second before he walked over and slipped the bib's shoulder-straps off. "Wear it like they're pants," he said. Rei looked down and shrugged. The front flap was inside out and the straps made it look like she was wearing belts around her legs.
"Whatever you say," she shrugged again. The guys quickly finished getting ready and walked out the door-- but not before Kuwabara left a note for the girls; still asleep on the couches. Chiba ran down the hall and jumped on Kurama's head.
He looked up at it and said, "That was one long jump."
Rei looked up at her pet and asked it, "Have you been wandering around again?"
The kinena only snuggled in Kurama's hair and fell asleep. Rei yawned again and Kurama asked Hiei, "I bet you're happy now that he isn't in your hair."
The fire yûkai smirked, but Kuwabara and Rei were in the dark. "What now?" Kuwabara asked. Kurama shook his head and said, "It's nothing."
They arrived in the lobby at that moment and went to the helecopter one of the security guards pointed them to. The demon guard looked at Rei a little curiously, but Kurama cleared it up by saying, "She's a trainer."
The demon looked at him and saw the kinena on his head; and had a hard time keeping in his chortling. Kurama gave him a lackadaisical look and stepped into the chopper. He sat down next to Rei-- who had taken the seat by the window-- and handed her Chiba.
"You'll have to take him," he said. "Nobody'll take me seriously if I have a fuzzball on my head."
Rei took Chiba and turned to the window. Kurama started to ask her a question, but then leaned forward to see her face. She was fast asleep.
"Oh well," he said to himself and leaned back in the seat.
***
Rei woke up not much longer after that in a dark room with Koenma. .oO{Okay, that's nightmare material,} Rei thought and stretched. She hadn't rested easy; mysterious pains kept her from sleeping well. The demigod was sitting in a big, purplish chair that looked like a spider and talking to himself.
"Umm, Hiei, that little quip about being 'first, last and only' will only get people mad at you," Koenma said, though Hiei couldn't hear him. Rei stood up and Koenma turned. "Ahh, good. You're awake. Have a seat," he motioned to another weird lookin' chair. Rei looked out the window and the first thing she thought was 'This is the Dark Stadium,' though she doubted that's what it was called.
She turned to Koenma's ever-present ogre and asked, "Why am I up here?"
The ogre answered her, "Kurama carried you off the helicopter and asked Koenma to let you sleep up here. Away from the 'demons'."
"Yes, and he made me promise I wouldn't touch you," Koenma said a little angrily, as if his pride had been hurt. Rei stifled a giggle and the toddler of Spirit World crossed his arms over his chest, "Yes, well. Anyways, Hiei just won the first match."
Rei turned back to the window in time to see Hiei shove his katana through some dark-tan guy's brain. A fishy-looking girl in the ring announced Hiei the obvious winner and Rei asked the ogre, "What happened to Koto?"
"She's been put in a broadcaster booth. Juri took her place as an announcer."
"Oh," Rei said and turned back to the window. The blue haired guy Rei had ran into yesterday rolled a some dice and Juri announced the match to be between Hiei and a tall, bubble-gum blowing man.
They talked a little before Hiei threw his sword at him. The man--Koto said he was KuroMomotaro-- licked the blade of the katana and cut himself with it. Reaching for his belt, Kuro pulled out what looked like a cue ball and crushed it. He sucked in the smoke from it and started to transform into an ape. Throwing the katana back to Hiei, Juri said, "Begin!"
Hiei ran towards Kuro and landed his sword on Kuro's arm, but the katana broke into three parts. He shrugged, "I rather destroy you with my bare hands anyways."
They started throwing punches and blocking, until finally KuroMomotaro landed a punch on Hiei-- throwing the fire yûkai from the ring. Hiei slammed into the wall and was buried under rubble. Kuro explained that his body remembers the moves of opponents when Koenma started talking to himself as they waited for Hiei to get back up. "Quite awesome," he said. "I've never seen those before."
Koenma's ogre looked horrified and Koenma asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"Those were the steaming spheres used to slaughter my ancestors long ago. Oh, poor ancestors," the ogre cried. Koenma popped him one and said, "This is no time for misty-eyed nostalgia."
Rei watched the spot where Hiei had crashed at, and said, "Hiei's getting back up." He walked to the ring as KuroMomotaro asked for him to use the Dragon of the Darkness Flame. Hiei shrugged again, "Who am I to turn down a fan's request? Just remember, you brought this upon yourself."
"Oh no, people. It looks like Hiei is going to use the Darkness technique. Get ready to duck and cover," Koto said from her booth. Hiei started powering up but instead of saying 'Dragon of the Darkness Flame' he said "Fist of the Mortal Flame."
He ran up to Kuro and punched him, but it wasn't enough. Kuro got back up and crushed another steaming sphere.
"Armor of the Phoenix!" he yelled and jumped into the air.
"That is one ugly bird," Rei mused. They fought a little before Kuro crushed another Sphere. He turned into some freaky-looking, wolf thing and Hiei started back up. Rei, on the other hand, leaned forward. "He's backing up!? He's freakin' backing up?!" she asked. Koenma nodded, "Seems that way."
Hiei almost stepped on his discarded sword and he looked at the hilt by his feet disdainfully, but shrugged. He kicked it with his foot and brought it up to his hands. Kuro scoffed and said if the sword didn't work on his first, how could it work on his last and best armor? Hiei shrugged again and said he didn't care much for this technique, though it did work. KuroMomotaro didn't care and lunged at him. Hiei transfered the Dragon of the Darkness Flame's energy into the hilt as Kuro came down and bit into his neck.
"NO!" Rei gasped, as did the blue ogre. Even from where they were, high above the stadium, they could see Hiei smirk as Kuro fell to pieces. Literally.
"Umm... Since all of KuroMomotaro's pieces have been down for more than ten counts, the winner by death is Hiei!" Juri announced. Shishiwakamaru rolled the dice again and they landed on Kurama and UraUrashima-- a small guy with a fishing pole. They got into the ring and pulled out their weapons. They started running down the ring and finally it looked like Kurama killed Ura when Ura disappeared. Kurama was hit from behind and Urashima's voice said he had been tricked-- about what, Rei had no clue. .oO{Another damn telepathic conversation,} she thought.
Kurama turned and saw the little man holding a box. Ura said it was the Idun Box and explained that it put people back in time. How far? No one knew exactly. They could be preteens, toddlers, even babies. And then Urashima opened the box.
#Author:# AGGHH! My eyelashes are falling out!!! #sob# #remembers where she is# Oh yeah. Sorry about this chapter. It sucks. Anddddd... I was paraphrasing. #is writing it a week after watching# ^_^()
