"Obligation and Duty"
Chapter 2.47.2
.oO{Am I the only one that thought the last chapter was hard to follow?}
#Author throws ideas out the window# Heck with that. I can't stand it anymore!! Discothèque!!! #[sigh] can't please anyone#
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"I don't see how it could be any fun for you with the way you're dressed," Rei said, winking at Kurama. He was wearing a black, button-up shirt that had red roses on it and creased white pants. He tossed his hair over his shoulder with a grin and instantly became serious, "Go get dressed."
Rei stuck her tongue out on the way to her room and started searching through her clothes. She picked a spaghetti strap tank-top and a shorter, off-the-shoulder shirt to cover it with. Then she put on a pair of hip hugging ass-shorts and long kneesocks.
Walking out of her room, she modeled it for Kurama. "I am the epitome of cool," she said with a wink. Kurama smiled, "Just a regular Japanese girl; now, can you find something for Hiei to wear?"
Rei's jaw dropped, "Hiei's coming?"
Kurama shrugged, "Why not?"
"I'm supposing you haven't said anything to him about it yet, hmm?" Rei crossed her arms over her chest. Kurama smirked, "Doesn't matter; I already know what his response will be."
"Then why do I gotta do it?!" Rei asked, throwing her hands up. Kurama just pointed towards the kitchen and Rei gave him a glare. Shaking her head, she walked into the kitchen and found Hiei sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal. He only looked up a little and asked, "Going somewhere?"
Rei set her hand on the table near him and leaned forward. Hiei stopped eating and looked into her eyes. Before Rei could say anything, Hiei looked away and closed his eyes.
"Fine," he said, standing up. Rei was very surprised and asked, "That easy? No fighting?"
Hiei looked over at her; practically daring her ask it again. Rei put up her hands, "M-ohkay. C'mon."
Rei walked from the kitchen and into Hiei's room. She looked in his closet and it was just as she had expected; Hiei didn't have any casual clothes.
"Man, I'm gonna have to take you shopping some day," Rei said, searching through the closet when Hiei came in. "Kurama, can I go into your room? Thanks!" Rei called, not waiting for an answer as she walked from Hiei's room. When she opened Kurama's closet, she gasped; this boy had more clothes than she did!
She grabbed a long-sleeved shirt and shoved it at Hiei when he finally managed to make it to Kurama's room. She walked from Kurama's room and into her own. She looked into the closet and noticed a pair of jeans sitting on the shelf.
"Weird," she said, bringing them out and unfolding them. "These aren't mine..."
Hiei walked in and Rei threw the pants at him, "Check if they'll fit."
He started to undo his belt with a smirk and Rei whistled. "I'll see if there's anything else in this cursèd closet."
Rei turned her back to Hiei and started searching. .oO{Why is Hiei acting all... normal? And why is Kurama being a control-freak?} Rei wondered as she gave up searching. She turned back around; Hiei had put on the straight blue jeans she gave him and was busy trying to get the shirt over his head.
She watched a second before chuckling, "Here. Lemme help."
Hiei stopped struggling and let Rei help him. She got it over his head and when it was still covering his nose and the rest of his face, their eyes met. "Well," Rei said quickly, "There you go."
She walked from the room and Hiei watched her as he pulled the shirt down. Kurama wasn't in the living room so Rei checked the kitchen. Hiei walked out of Rei's room and sat down on the couch. A minute later Yusuke came in.
"Anyone home?" he called from the front door. He didn't wait for an answer and walked through the room.
"Put this on," Yusuke threw a letterman jacket on Hiei's head. Hiei pulled it off and asked, "Why?"
Yusuke didn't answer and walked to the kitchen. Hiei looked down at his jeans and floppy grey shirt Rei had picked out for him and pulled the jacket on. He pushed the sleeves up past his elbows just as Rei came in.
"Awesome! That looks better," she said. "The red and white of that jacket looks great on you. Hey Yusuke, where'd you get the cool jacket?"
Yusuke called from the kitchen, "It's one of my old ones. I dunno where mom got it. It's Hiei's now."
Kurama and Yusuke came in from the kitchen, "Everyone ready? Let's go!"
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It was dark by the time the four made it to the nightclub, BoomBoom Loft. Rei looked at the neon sign above her and raised an eyebrow, "What kind of name is that?"
Yusuke was at the front of their group and said, "Doesn't matter; at least we can get in here."
He proceeded to do some smooth-talking to the guard at the door. He was a big, burly guy, but he let them through. Kurama asked Yusuke how he did it.
"It's Friday night; we were keeping up the line," Yusuke shrugged.
Hiei muttered, "I heard something about your mother and her yakuza friends in there."
Yusuke laughed nervously, "Hey, I've got connections, okay? Anyways, let's all just have a good time."
"No argument there," Rei said, looking around. The place was an old two-story building. On the first floor was a bar, the bathrooms and some tables and chairs elevated a foot above the dancefloor. A metal staircase near the dancefloor led to the second floor. .oO{Hey, I think that's Saori!} Rei thought, but couldn't walk over to her because of the crowd.
"ALRIGHT! Let's get a spot," Yusuke rubbed his hands together and looked around. He grabbed Rei since she was the closest and guided the gang up the stairs. He plopped Rei into a booth and told the other two, "This is our spot, so if you get lost, come here."
Rei was thankful for that. Descriptions didn't do this place justice. It was HUGE and people were all over the place. The top floor wasn't super packed, but on the 1st floor it was hard to walk around without getting jostled. Yusuke looked around some more as Kurama hopped into the seat across from Rei. "Who're you looking for?" Kurama asked.
Yusuke turned around and sat down next to Rei but didn't put his legs under the table. "Kuwabara and Botan're supposed to come. Well, not supposed to, but I told them. But it's hard to see with all this blacklight."
Just then Kuwabara's unmistakable red-hair was seen coming up the steps with Botan. Kuwabara was dressed for a disco party and Botan looked just the same, but not so flamboyant. She had on a pink shirt and a brown vest with straight blue jeans like the rest of the cool people. Kuwabara, on the other hand, stuck out like a sore thumb in his white suit.
"Hey, stupid! I said to come to a club, not a wedding!!" Yusuke teased Kuwabara. The taller boy glared, "Yeah yeah, shut up, Urameshi. You can dress how you want and I'll dress my way."
"Go right ahead," Yusuke stuck out his tongue, "I wouldn't be caught dead in that."
Before Kuwabara could hit him, Botan jumped between them. "Well, are we gonna dance or what?!"
"Yeah. I haveta figure out who dances, though," Rei answered.
"I can dance!" Kuwabara volunteered. He proceeded to show them his disco moves and Rei quickly shook her head, "No thanks. How 'bout you, Yusuke?"
Yusuke grinned evilly, "You really wanna know?"
Rei shook her head, "No, I don't. Hie--?" she started to ask, but Hiei's look was lethal so she turned to Kurama. "How about you, Kurama? Can you dance?"
Kurama's look was almost the same as Yusuke's, "All depends on if YOU can dance."
"Well, let's go see, shall we?" Rei smirked. Kurama scootched out of the booth and followed her down the steps to the dance floor.
"Gosh, that leaves me with one of you," Botan said to the other three guys. They tried to figure out who would dance for a few minutes before Botan looked down to the floor. "Check it out!" she said, pointing to Kurama and Rei.
"Wow, I didn't know Rei could dance," Kuwabara said.
"I didn't know Kurama could dance, either," Botan was wide-eyed.
"Yeah, well, Rei always had good moves," Yusuke said, grinning wickedly. Botan turned her head to him slowly with a glare and said, "You lech."
Yusuke turned back to the booth, "Fine then, I won't dance with you. You're stuck with Kuwabara."
Before Botan could say anything Kuwabara asked, "What's wrong with that?!"
Botan cringed and shrugged, "Nothing. Come on, let's dance!"
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Rei and Kurama decided to take a break and head over to the bar. They sat down on the stools and ordered some water. Rei fanned herself as Kurama watched her. She turned to him, "Hm?"
He shook his head, "Nothing," and turned as the water was brought over. A man dressed in a mesh shirt, black leather pants and a studded collar sat down on Kurama's right. He ordered a whiskey and sat without bothering them for a few minutes.
Then he asked Kurama, "Hey baby, whaddya say you and me get to know each other?"
Rei leaned over Kurama and said to the man, "This one's male."
Kurama smiled innocently and the man looked him over. The man took another shot of his drink and walked away. They watched him a little ways before Rei turned to Kurama, "You're just a little too pretty for your own good."
"It's not my fault," Kurama said, finishing his water and getting off the stool. Rei gulped down the rest of hers and followed him. 'We Are Family' by the Pointer Sisters was playing; the vocals tuned down and the vibes turned up like all the rest of the songs. They passed Hiei on their way to the floor.
"Hey, where're you goin'?" Rei yelled over the music. Hiei pointed over to the bar and told her telepathically, 'Yusuke and the other two want something to drink.'
'So they sent you?' Kurama drew up next to Rei.
'They said they were tired,' Hiei rolled his eyes.
Rei waved the comments away, 'Okay, when you're done, come down here.'
Hiei nodded and walked away. Kurama pulled Rei back onto the dancefloor for the rest of the song. They really got into it and quite a few people were watching them. And a few actually whistled when Rei crouched as Kurama did a pelvic thrust.
.oO{I hope they weren't whistling at my crack...} Rei thought and Kurama answered, 'They weren't.'
'How do you know?' she asked, not stopping the groove. Kurama grabbed her arm and pulled her close to whisper in her ear, "I just do."
Hiei was having a hard time getting up the metal staircase without spilling the drinks. Humans kept bumping into him, making him wish he had just stayed home. That or the destruction of the whole human race. But neither was possible at the moment.
.oO{Damn all this blacklight. I can't see,} he thought. The blacklight had a cool affect on the club and people dancing, but when you're trying to get somewhere, it's hard to see where you're going. Finally, he made it back to the booth.
"Here," he growled, practically dropping the drinks on the table.
"Thanks, shorty," Kuwabara said, taking a sip of his. Hiei narrowed his eyes but he was too uptight to say anything. He just whirled around and walked back down the steps. He found Rei easily enough because she was sitting at a table with Kurama on the 1st floor, away from the dancefloor.
"I'm back. What do you want?" he asked. Rei jumped up and said, "Dance with me!"
"I can't dance," Hiei said.
"So? Neither can I," Rei giggled.
"Yeah, right. I saw you dancing with Kurama." Hiei put up his arms defensively as she pulled him onto the dance floor. He stood there, watching as Rei danced. He tried to do one move, but shook his head with embarrassment. "I can't do this."
Rei set her hand on his shoulder as he turned to walk away and steered him towards the edge of the dance floor. "Saori will teach you how to dance."
"If I couldn't dance with you, what makes you think I can dance with her?" Hiei spoke just as they saw Saori breakin' it down. Hiei turned to Rei with a 'don't-make-me-do-this' look on his face. She laughed at him mercilessly and walked over to Saori. They spoke for a few minutes while Hiei tried to make up an escape plan. He wanted to go home; why did he let Rei talk him into coming to this crazy place crawling with humans?
Rei grabbed his arm before he could get anywhere, though. "Where's Kanu?" she asked.
"She didn't want to come. She's in that 'stay at home/leave me alone' mood," Saori rolled her eyes. Hiei thought to himself, .oO{I wish I could be there with her. Anything is better than this.}
"Where's Ces?"
"She was here earlier," Saori looked around, "But I guess she's at the Karaoke Club down the street." Saori grinned hugely. "Singin' up a storm, I reckon'."
Rei smiled, "Well dang, we better stop down there later, huh?"
"I'll let you guys know when I'm leaving," Saori said.
"Alrighty, teach him a few moves and then send him back over," Rei winked at Hiei. He was too dumbfounded to even glare at her. .oO{She's leaving me.... SHE'S FREAKIN' LEAVING ME WITH--} Hiei thought and turned slowly to Saori.
Saori smiled at him sympathetically and said, "Let's go over to the hallway. Not many people are over there."
Chapter 2.47.2
.oO{Am I the only one that thought the last chapter was hard to follow?}
#Author throws ideas out the window# Heck with that. I can't stand it anymore!! Discothèque!!! #[sigh] can't please anyone#
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"I don't see how it could be any fun for you with the way you're dressed," Rei said, winking at Kurama. He was wearing a black, button-up shirt that had red roses on it and creased white pants. He tossed his hair over his shoulder with a grin and instantly became serious, "Go get dressed."
Rei stuck her tongue out on the way to her room and started searching through her clothes. She picked a spaghetti strap tank-top and a shorter, off-the-shoulder shirt to cover it with. Then she put on a pair of hip hugging ass-shorts and long kneesocks.
Walking out of her room, she modeled it for Kurama. "I am the epitome of cool," she said with a wink. Kurama smiled, "Just a regular Japanese girl; now, can you find something for Hiei to wear?"
Rei's jaw dropped, "Hiei's coming?"
Kurama shrugged, "Why not?"
"I'm supposing you haven't said anything to him about it yet, hmm?" Rei crossed her arms over her chest. Kurama smirked, "Doesn't matter; I already know what his response will be."
"Then why do I gotta do it?!" Rei asked, throwing her hands up. Kurama just pointed towards the kitchen and Rei gave him a glare. Shaking her head, she walked into the kitchen and found Hiei sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal. He only looked up a little and asked, "Going somewhere?"
Rei set her hand on the table near him and leaned forward. Hiei stopped eating and looked into her eyes. Before Rei could say anything, Hiei looked away and closed his eyes.
"Fine," he said, standing up. Rei was very surprised and asked, "That easy? No fighting?"
Hiei looked over at her; practically daring her ask it again. Rei put up her hands, "M-ohkay. C'mon."
Rei walked from the kitchen and into Hiei's room. She looked in his closet and it was just as she had expected; Hiei didn't have any casual clothes.
"Man, I'm gonna have to take you shopping some day," Rei said, searching through the closet when Hiei came in. "Kurama, can I go into your room? Thanks!" Rei called, not waiting for an answer as she walked from Hiei's room. When she opened Kurama's closet, she gasped; this boy had more clothes than she did!
She grabbed a long-sleeved shirt and shoved it at Hiei when he finally managed to make it to Kurama's room. She walked from Kurama's room and into her own. She looked into the closet and noticed a pair of jeans sitting on the shelf.
"Weird," she said, bringing them out and unfolding them. "These aren't mine..."
Hiei walked in and Rei threw the pants at him, "Check if they'll fit."
He started to undo his belt with a smirk and Rei whistled. "I'll see if there's anything else in this cursèd closet."
Rei turned her back to Hiei and started searching. .oO{Why is Hiei acting all... normal? And why is Kurama being a control-freak?} Rei wondered as she gave up searching. She turned back around; Hiei had put on the straight blue jeans she gave him and was busy trying to get the shirt over his head.
She watched a second before chuckling, "Here. Lemme help."
Hiei stopped struggling and let Rei help him. She got it over his head and when it was still covering his nose and the rest of his face, their eyes met. "Well," Rei said quickly, "There you go."
She walked from the room and Hiei watched her as he pulled the shirt down. Kurama wasn't in the living room so Rei checked the kitchen. Hiei walked out of Rei's room and sat down on the couch. A minute later Yusuke came in.
"Anyone home?" he called from the front door. He didn't wait for an answer and walked through the room.
"Put this on," Yusuke threw a letterman jacket on Hiei's head. Hiei pulled it off and asked, "Why?"
Yusuke didn't answer and walked to the kitchen. Hiei looked down at his jeans and floppy grey shirt Rei had picked out for him and pulled the jacket on. He pushed the sleeves up past his elbows just as Rei came in.
"Awesome! That looks better," she said. "The red and white of that jacket looks great on you. Hey Yusuke, where'd you get the cool jacket?"
Yusuke called from the kitchen, "It's one of my old ones. I dunno where mom got it. It's Hiei's now."
Kurama and Yusuke came in from the kitchen, "Everyone ready? Let's go!"
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It was dark by the time the four made it to the nightclub, BoomBoom Loft. Rei looked at the neon sign above her and raised an eyebrow, "What kind of name is that?"
Yusuke was at the front of their group and said, "Doesn't matter; at least we can get in here."
He proceeded to do some smooth-talking to the guard at the door. He was a big, burly guy, but he let them through. Kurama asked Yusuke how he did it.
"It's Friday night; we were keeping up the line," Yusuke shrugged.
Hiei muttered, "I heard something about your mother and her yakuza friends in there."
Yusuke laughed nervously, "Hey, I've got connections, okay? Anyways, let's all just have a good time."
"No argument there," Rei said, looking around. The place was an old two-story building. On the first floor was a bar, the bathrooms and some tables and chairs elevated a foot above the dancefloor. A metal staircase near the dancefloor led to the second floor. .oO{Hey, I think that's Saori!} Rei thought, but couldn't walk over to her because of the crowd.
"ALRIGHT! Let's get a spot," Yusuke rubbed his hands together and looked around. He grabbed Rei since she was the closest and guided the gang up the stairs. He plopped Rei into a booth and told the other two, "This is our spot, so if you get lost, come here."
Rei was thankful for that. Descriptions didn't do this place justice. It was HUGE and people were all over the place. The top floor wasn't super packed, but on the 1st floor it was hard to walk around without getting jostled. Yusuke looked around some more as Kurama hopped into the seat across from Rei. "Who're you looking for?" Kurama asked.
Yusuke turned around and sat down next to Rei but didn't put his legs under the table. "Kuwabara and Botan're supposed to come. Well, not supposed to, but I told them. But it's hard to see with all this blacklight."
Just then Kuwabara's unmistakable red-hair was seen coming up the steps with Botan. Kuwabara was dressed for a disco party and Botan looked just the same, but not so flamboyant. She had on a pink shirt and a brown vest with straight blue jeans like the rest of the cool people. Kuwabara, on the other hand, stuck out like a sore thumb in his white suit.
"Hey, stupid! I said to come to a club, not a wedding!!" Yusuke teased Kuwabara. The taller boy glared, "Yeah yeah, shut up, Urameshi. You can dress how you want and I'll dress my way."
"Go right ahead," Yusuke stuck out his tongue, "I wouldn't be caught dead in that."
Before Kuwabara could hit him, Botan jumped between them. "Well, are we gonna dance or what?!"
"Yeah. I haveta figure out who dances, though," Rei answered.
"I can dance!" Kuwabara volunteered. He proceeded to show them his disco moves and Rei quickly shook her head, "No thanks. How 'bout you, Yusuke?"
Yusuke grinned evilly, "You really wanna know?"
Rei shook her head, "No, I don't. Hie--?" she started to ask, but Hiei's look was lethal so she turned to Kurama. "How about you, Kurama? Can you dance?"
Kurama's look was almost the same as Yusuke's, "All depends on if YOU can dance."
"Well, let's go see, shall we?" Rei smirked. Kurama scootched out of the booth and followed her down the steps to the dance floor.
"Gosh, that leaves me with one of you," Botan said to the other three guys. They tried to figure out who would dance for a few minutes before Botan looked down to the floor. "Check it out!" she said, pointing to Kurama and Rei.
"Wow, I didn't know Rei could dance," Kuwabara said.
"I didn't know Kurama could dance, either," Botan was wide-eyed.
"Yeah, well, Rei always had good moves," Yusuke said, grinning wickedly. Botan turned her head to him slowly with a glare and said, "You lech."
Yusuke turned back to the booth, "Fine then, I won't dance with you. You're stuck with Kuwabara."
Before Botan could say anything Kuwabara asked, "What's wrong with that?!"
Botan cringed and shrugged, "Nothing. Come on, let's dance!"
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Rei and Kurama decided to take a break and head over to the bar. They sat down on the stools and ordered some water. Rei fanned herself as Kurama watched her. She turned to him, "Hm?"
He shook his head, "Nothing," and turned as the water was brought over. A man dressed in a mesh shirt, black leather pants and a studded collar sat down on Kurama's right. He ordered a whiskey and sat without bothering them for a few minutes.
Then he asked Kurama, "Hey baby, whaddya say you and me get to know each other?"
Rei leaned over Kurama and said to the man, "This one's male."
Kurama smiled innocently and the man looked him over. The man took another shot of his drink and walked away. They watched him a little ways before Rei turned to Kurama, "You're just a little too pretty for your own good."
"It's not my fault," Kurama said, finishing his water and getting off the stool. Rei gulped down the rest of hers and followed him. 'We Are Family' by the Pointer Sisters was playing; the vocals tuned down and the vibes turned up like all the rest of the songs. They passed Hiei on their way to the floor.
"Hey, where're you goin'?" Rei yelled over the music. Hiei pointed over to the bar and told her telepathically, 'Yusuke and the other two want something to drink.'
'So they sent you?' Kurama drew up next to Rei.
'They said they were tired,' Hiei rolled his eyes.
Rei waved the comments away, 'Okay, when you're done, come down here.'
Hiei nodded and walked away. Kurama pulled Rei back onto the dancefloor for the rest of the song. They really got into it and quite a few people were watching them. And a few actually whistled when Rei crouched as Kurama did a pelvic thrust.
.oO{I hope they weren't whistling at my crack...} Rei thought and Kurama answered, 'They weren't.'
'How do you know?' she asked, not stopping the groove. Kurama grabbed her arm and pulled her close to whisper in her ear, "I just do."
Hiei was having a hard time getting up the metal staircase without spilling the drinks. Humans kept bumping into him, making him wish he had just stayed home. That or the destruction of the whole human race. But neither was possible at the moment.
.oO{Damn all this blacklight. I can't see,} he thought. The blacklight had a cool affect on the club and people dancing, but when you're trying to get somewhere, it's hard to see where you're going. Finally, he made it back to the booth.
"Here," he growled, practically dropping the drinks on the table.
"Thanks, shorty," Kuwabara said, taking a sip of his. Hiei narrowed his eyes but he was too uptight to say anything. He just whirled around and walked back down the steps. He found Rei easily enough because she was sitting at a table with Kurama on the 1st floor, away from the dancefloor.
"I'm back. What do you want?" he asked. Rei jumped up and said, "Dance with me!"
"I can't dance," Hiei said.
"So? Neither can I," Rei giggled.
"Yeah, right. I saw you dancing with Kurama." Hiei put up his arms defensively as she pulled him onto the dance floor. He stood there, watching as Rei danced. He tried to do one move, but shook his head with embarrassment. "I can't do this."
Rei set her hand on his shoulder as he turned to walk away and steered him towards the edge of the dance floor. "Saori will teach you how to dance."
"If I couldn't dance with you, what makes you think I can dance with her?" Hiei spoke just as they saw Saori breakin' it down. Hiei turned to Rei with a 'don't-make-me-do-this' look on his face. She laughed at him mercilessly and walked over to Saori. They spoke for a few minutes while Hiei tried to make up an escape plan. He wanted to go home; why did he let Rei talk him into coming to this crazy place crawling with humans?
Rei grabbed his arm before he could get anywhere, though. "Where's Kanu?" she asked.
"She didn't want to come. She's in that 'stay at home/leave me alone' mood," Saori rolled her eyes. Hiei thought to himself, .oO{I wish I could be there with her. Anything is better than this.}
"Where's Ces?"
"She was here earlier," Saori looked around, "But I guess she's at the Karaoke Club down the street." Saori grinned hugely. "Singin' up a storm, I reckon'."
Rei smiled, "Well dang, we better stop down there later, huh?"
"I'll let you guys know when I'm leaving," Saori said.
"Alrighty, teach him a few moves and then send him back over," Rei winked at Hiei. He was too dumbfounded to even glare at her. .oO{She's leaving me.... SHE'S FREAKIN' LEAVING ME WITH--} Hiei thought and turned slowly to Saori.
Saori smiled at him sympathetically and said, "Let's go over to the hallway. Not many people are over there."
