Thanks so much guys! You really are the best reviewers in the world! –sobs dramatically-
And, I'm sorry to say, I'm not a fast updater and probably never will be. Life is hectic, you know? Well I'm sure you all understand. Anyway to the story! And the OC's will be killed later! So no worries! AND YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY WANT TO READ THE LYRICS TO THE SONG EVERYBODY!
Mustard: Yes, yes! Kill them all! Let them burn at the stake! Mwahahahaha!
Me: Okay, you can calm down now Mustard. Nobody cares. And you're scaring me.
Mustard: That makes me want to do it all the more…
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho. (If I did my life would be complete). I also don't own Slipped Away by Avril Lavigne.
Spirit
Chapter Six: And this is how I feel
::thinking:: (A/N) Lyrics
((Begin))
"Yusuke, stop downing all those drinks!" Kurama reprimanded, not wanting Yusuke to get drunk, even though he suspected Yusuke was as close to drunk as you could get already.
"I ain't stopping, so don't try to get me to!" Yusuke slurred, slightly wavering in his seat.
Hiei grunted and roughly grabbed the drink away from Yusuke, "Baka. Stop trying to drown your sorrows. When you wake up, they'll be ten times worse with a hangover."
"Yeah, well what do you know?!" Yusuke shouted and slouched in his chair and tried to order another drink from the bartender.
"I don't think so sir. You've had enough," The man told him and turned to finish polishing the glass in his hand.
"I'll tell you when I've had enough! Hey! Come back-"
"Yusuke, stop this. Your making a scene and being a fool," Touya said sternly and glared at the Spirit Detective. Yusuke glared back at him daringly and his eyes got softer gradually.
"Yeah. Sorry guys," Yusuke said quietly and turned his stool to the other side of the club, where the other bar was. Where the girls were…
"I guess I'm just all riled up about tonight. I mean, I seriously thought they were going to forgive us, and I got it thrown back in my face. I know I deserved it, but still! My hopes got completely and utterly crushed!"
"Hn. We know."
"Yeah Urameshi, we all got our hopes crushed!" Kuwabara crowed.
"Don't worry about it. Just don't let it happen again," Touya told him and ordered a soda for himself. Alcohol just wasn't his thing.
"Maybe we should go back to my house for the night," Kurama suggested, not really sure if he wanted to be here with Yusuke at this moment. He might do something… irrational.
"Nah. We haven't seen them in three years! What makes you think I would want to leave?" Yusuke said, referring to the fact that if he couldn't be over there with the girls, at least he could keep an eye on them.
::I didn't know Urameshi could be so serious when he was half-drunk!:: Kuwabara thought, snickering to himself.
"Alright," Kurama sighed and grabbed a stool next to Yusuke and sat down.
"Hn. This is stupid," Hiei mumbled and also took a seat. Kuwabara decided he was gonna go grab a hamburger next door and told them he would be back in about half an hour.
"Maybe we should try and talk to them again," Touya said, he really wanted to try and work things out.
"Are you crazy?! They'd rip our heads off if we came in at least ten feet of them!" Yusuke ranted while Touya shrugged and took another sip of his soda.
"I think we should at least try," Kurama told them and Hiei looked to the side and nodded.
((Spirit))
"Humph. Jerks," Keiko huffed angrily and ordered a drink. Stupid Yusuke! Stupid everybody! A large crowd of fans suddenly circled them, and started snapping photos and asking for autographs. Botan sweatdropped and asked if anybody had a pen.
"I do! Here, take mine!" A man offered and then almost fainted when Botan grabbed his pen!
"Eh… do you think we should be doing this? We don't have any bodyguards here you guys. What if somebody gets wild like last time we did this?" Yukina asked nervously, her eyes looking around left and right.
"Well it's not too big of a crowd, I don't think anything too bad could happen," Shizuru said and signed some guys shirt.
Keiko just sat there, her back turned to everyone, and continued to drink her Pepsi.
"Hey, Keiko! This guy wants you to sign his shirt!" Shizuru called over her shoulder and Keiko glared deeper at the glasses lined on the wall of the bar.
::Tell him he can sign it himself if he wants it so bad!:: She thought. Keiko's mouth betrayed her and she said she'd be right over.
"Hey now! One at a time!" Botan scolded to the people and they all decided to make a line. Yukina smiled to herself.
::It really is good to be back in Japan. I just wish I could go see Genkai.:: Yukina thought and kept signing peoples papers and personal items. She never thought her singing with the band would get her this much attention! It was kind of nice and flattering, yet uncomfortable at the same time. She's seen how crazy fans get, and she doesn't want anyone getting crazy over her how they do with the other three girls.
Keiko looked up from signing he guys shirt and saw all the Rekai Tantei staring at them. Her face started growing hot with anger, and her fists clenched tightly in her hands. She wanted to hurt something… bad.
::Don't get so worked up Keiko, they're not in your life anymore!:: She thought to herself, trying to calm her nerves. But what she thought only made her madder. Not in her life anymore… the pigs! (Aw, come on Keiko. Do those bishies look like pigs to you? No!)
Keiko glared at them heatedly and turned with a fake smile to another fan who tapped her on the shoulder, also asking to sign their shirt. She sloppily signed it and finished with the next twenty. Soon the crowd started clearing away, and Keiko whispered that they were being watched. Shizuru knew exactly what she was talking about and saw the boys staring at them. She shrugged and ordered a drink… alcoholic of course.
"Phew! Now I know why Koenma hated signing papers so much!" Botan breathed out and asked Keiko if she could have a sip of her Pepsi.
"Yeah, it's cool."
"Thanks!" Botan grinned at her and went to complete her task giddily.
"So Yukina, how do you like it up on stage?" Shizuru asked, turning her head to the girl slightly.
"It was very fun. I could see everything!" Yukina smiled at the thought.
"Yeah! Isn't it so awesome? You should come out more often!" Botan said, giggling lightly.
"I would like that."
"Alright!" Keiko exclaimed, making a victory sign with Botan. Shizuru patted Yukina on the back and said, "Finally! You'll like it out there kid, don't worry. But are you sure you'll be able to handle singing and being the manager?"
"Well, I'll try!" Yukina confirmed, nodding her head in determination.
((The Rekai Tantei))
"I wonder what's going on over there," Kuwabara said, the guys looking on at the girls celebrating. He just got back from the place across the street, with some ketchup smeared on his face. Yusuke would have laughed if he wasn't busy trying to figure out what the girls were doing.
"Yes, it looks like Shizuru is congratulating Yukina," Kurama stated and Hiei agreed.
"So I'm guessing we missed something," Kuwabara said, still looking at the four women.
"We've missed a lot of things lately! They've been gone for three years!" Touya growled and Hiei muttered something along the lines of, "Baka."
"You wanna start Shorty?!"
"Not this again! We've already been through this, don't fight in here!" Yusuke moaned while drinking some coffee to sober him up some more.
"Whatever Urameshi," Kuwabara mumbled, backing down… for now anyway. He just didn't want to look bad in front of the girls, who snuck a few glances their way every once in a while.
"Hn. And why detective, should I listen to you?"
"Because I said so!" Yusuke snapped and chugged the rest of his coffee.
…
"YOW! HOT! HOT! HOT! MAKE IT STOP! HEEELLLPPPP!" Yusuke screamed at the top of his lungs, attracting attention from half of the club, the other half too busy dancing. Yusuke grabbed the nearest pitcher of somebody else's soda, and dumped it on his face and down his throat.
"Hey! That's mine! Give it back!" The owner of the pitcher yelled, grabbing it out of Yusuke's hands, trying to salvage what was left of it. Nope. Nothing left.
"I was using that!" Yusuke screeched, going to tackle the guy, luckily Touya grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt and pulled him back.
"And he tells me not to get into fights at a club," Hiei scoffed and Kurama tried to apologize to the man.
"I'm very sorry sir, you see my friend here, he's not quite… sober at the moment. You'll have to excuse him."
"Yeah, fine. Whatever. As long as he pays for it."
"You're not getting a cent out of me, you basta-" Yusuke shouted, when his air was cut off by Touya pulling harder on the back of his shirt. Yusuke started struggling and Touya finally loosened up his grip, letting Yusuke breathe.
"It's quite alright. I'll pay for the drink," Kurama said and handed the man a ten. Kurama then turned to glare at Yusuke, and Yusuke responded by trying to slink behind Touya.
((Spirit))
"Oh! That man! Always causing trouble!" Keiko seethed, and almost crushed the glass in her hands she was squeezing it so hard.
::Keiko's got a lot of pent up anger… and just before she was saying she forgave Yusuke! I guess it's because of the so-called talk we had with them that Keiko's so mad.:: Shizuru thought, putting her hand on Keiko's shoulder to try and comfort her. Botan looked over and saw what was going on and tried to cheer Keiko up.
"Hey, how about we go and dance for a little bit? It'll be fun!" She suggested, hoping Keiko would take the bait and she would forget all about the guys.
Not happening.
"No thanks, you guys go, I think I'll just stay and have another soda."
Botan pouted and moved her stool over closer to Keiko's.
"Come on now, this wouldn't have anything to do with a certain spirit detective and his new girlfriend, would it?" Botan questioned, breaking the ice that she knew would eventually shatter anyway.
"N-no! I don't know what you're talking about!" Keiko stammered and turned her head the other way.
"But Keiko, wouldn't it be better to just talk about it?" Yukina said, wanting to also get her friend to come out with it.
"No."
"Keiko, you need to talk about it! We all know Yusuke's a jerk, but we're your friends!" Botan urged, making Keiko loose complete control over her anger.
"Like you have room to talk Botan! Look at Hiei! He's just as bad, if not worse than Yusuke! And whenever somebody wants to talk to you about it, you just pretend like nothing happened or close yourself off from everybody for days! So don't you try and lecture me, when you should try working on your own problems!" Keiko spat and pushed off of her stool, making it clatter to the ground, and stormed out.
Botan was still in her own stool, staring blankly at the place where Keiko last sat, tears about to form in her eyes. She looked down, her bangs covering her eyes and let one tear slide down her cheek. Shizuru and Yukina looked on helplessly, trying to decide whom to comfort. Keiko or Botan? Shizuru figured Yukina was probably better at comforting a crying girl than she was, and said she would go after Keiko. Yukina nodded slightly and made her way over to Botan.
((Reikai Tantei))
Yusuke looked over at the girls again, from behind Touya and unconsciously stopped trying to hide from Kurama. He saw what just happened between Keiko and Botan. He didn't hear it, but he could tell it was bad. Keiko just stormed off, and Botan was left on the stool looking completely devastated.
Kurama wondered why Yusuke stopped cowering and was looking over at the other bar, so he too looked over there. He saw Yukina and Botan, Yukina walking over to Botan and the latter of the two sitting in the chair with her head dropped in shame… and pain? And where's Shizuru and Keiko? Looks like he missed something big.
Touya and Kuwabara didn't see a thing, but Hiei saw what happened too. He didn't like it either.
::I still… I still care about her, don't I? I know I do… a lot. But, why? She's the one who ran away from me! She's the one who left me to find a new person to fill the gap in my already untrusting heart! Even if the mark forbade me touch another onna, I found Linaki. How could I do that?! Linaki isn't half the onna Botan is! What was I thinking?!:: Hiei thought with mixed emotions. He felt like he hated the onna, yet he still cared for her at the same time. He figured that's what love does to you. He never had much experience with the subject. And what was he going to do about Linaki? He couldn't just drop her flat on her arse, but he didn't want to dishonor himself or the onna by keeping her around.
"Hey, what's going on over there? Where'd my sister and Keiko go?" Kuwabara asked, looking over the club and not seeing them anywhere.
"I don't know, Keiko and Botan looked like they were fighting, and Keiko ran out. Shizuru followed her, and Yukina stayed with Botan," Yusuke explained to him. Also, Kurama and Touya, since they didn't know what happened, but didn't ask either.
"Hn. Let's find out," Hiei sneered and went over to his onna.
"Hey, wait! I don't think that's a good idea!" Yusuke called after him, but Hiei paid him no heed. He made his way over to his mate, who at the moment wanted nothing to do with him, but hopefully he could change that.
Yukina looked up from trying to console Botan, and saw her brother walking towards them. Her eyes moistened a bit from seeing him again, but gave him an encouraging smile anyway.
She didn't want to leave here with at least making up with her brother. They had left a short time after she found out, and she didn't get to know him as much as she desperately wanted to. She spent so many years of her life looking for him, and when she finally figured it out, she had to leave!
A small lump caught in Hiei's throat as Yukina smiled at him. She did forgive him! It almost made him want to hug her. And it made him want to help Botan all the more, knowing that his sister was behind him. Yukina slowly backed away from Botan as Hiei got closer, giving him some room.
Botan sensed somebody walk up to her, and she lifted her head to see who. She almost gasped in surprise. She thought it was going to be some random fan! Her eyes hardened, though they still held a tint of pain in them.
"What now?" She groaned, and plopped her hands on the counter of the bar and buried her head in them.
"Hn. Hate me that much?"
"Yes," she glowered and her body tensed visibly in her stool.
Yukina looked on at the two with sad eyes, and decided to give them some privacy. She walked to a table in a dark section of the club, sat down quietly, and watched the reactions of the pair.
"Hn."
"What did you come over here for?" Botan asked, her voice muffled from her face being buried in her arms.
"I…" Hiei tried to get it out, but it just wasn't coming to him.
::This is the one time I'm ever going to wish I was a caring and emotional person.:: Hiei thought to himself ironically, and sighed.
"I knew it was too good to be true," Botan spat, lifting her head from her arms to glare at Hiei.
::She's still angry about it, after three years?!::
"Listen onna, I saw what happened with you and the detective's onna."
Botan snapped back to look at him again and she glared harder at him.
"We aren't yours anymore! You gave up all claim to us after what you did!" Botan said, in Keiko's defense, even if at the moment Keiko had really hurt her, no matter what, they had to stick together. Hiei growled and Botan's attention went back to him.
"You still have that mark. As far as that goes, I still have claim over you, and always will," Hiei glared back at her also. She was his onna whether she liked it or not! And he wanted her to be his onna. Not just because he marked her, but because… he loved her.
::It's still hard to admit that, even after marking her.::
"Whatever. There's nothing either of us can do about it," Botan answered. It doesn't matter to her anyway, it's not like she would find anybody else who truly care for her now. Especially with her white magic and ferrying oar. (Yes she still has it!)
::Okay, so it does matter a little. And so what if I'll always care about him? I can deal with it… right? Argh, I'm kidding myself again aren't I? I've missed him since the minute I got on that plane! What am I supposed to do? I couldn't go back to him, not with his 'new girlfriend'.:: Botan thought, and her face visibly got darker. (-Sing song voice- Somebody's jealous!)
"What if… I want to do something about it?" Hiei asked, looking away from her. Why does this stuff have to be so hard for him?!
"Like what?" Botan questioned, her eyes narrowing. What was he getting at?! Does he want to find a way to get rid of it? That would… kill her.
(Ah, don't you just love the tid bit of mixed emotions everybody has in this story? It makes it so fun to write!)
"I-… I guess fixing it," Hiei said, trying to get to the point, but trying to go around it as much as possible at the same time.
"What do you mean by fixing it?"
::Why doesn't he just come out and say it?! He's been leading me along for a while now! I want to know if this can still work! …Would it matter if it could? He still has that other girl…::
"As in fixing it between… us."
Botan's eyes widened, and she almost felt like crying again. She pinched herself just to make sure…
"Ouch," Botan muttered and rubbed her arm. Hiei looked at her in amusement, but got back to the matters at hand when Botan spoke up.
"I don't know... I mean, what about that other girl?" Botan asked unsurely. She still didn't like the fact that Hiei was with Linaki. (Heck, I would've killed the girl by now! Botan sure does have some reserve…)
"It would never work out anyway. She's just not what I want."
"How is she not what you want? She is your girlfriend isn't she?" Botan asked, kind of curious and kind of relieved. Okay, okay! She was very relieved. As in, doing a victory dance inside her head relieved!
"She's not you," Hiei told her, looking straight into her eyes. You would never be able to tell there was any kind of emotion in his eyes if you were a stranger that just happened to be walking by, but if you were Botan, and have seen all there is to see from them, you would be able to see the flickering behind them. And she did. And it almost made her melt. Botan gulped and looked away.
"Hn. You don't have to say anything, I'll just go," Hiei said, his voice deadpan.
::I should have known. I should have listened to the detective! It was a stupid moment of weakness that I went over there, and now I made a fool of myself. Hn. Whatever, it doesn't matter anymore.::
When he got over to where the other Tantei were, they were giving him pitiful looks, and just snapped, "Don't look at me like that!"
They had watched the whole thing. Kurama and Touya being polite enough not to eavesdrop, and holding back Kuwabara and Yusuke so they wouldn't, had watched the exchange. If there wasn't any hope for Hiei and Botan, was there hope for them?
Yukina looked on from the corner table she picked out, and saw how horrible her brother looked. She then looked over at Botan, who looked confused, and obviously there was a misunderstanding going on.
::I had better try and fix this.:: She thought, and went to join Botan again, who was still looking at Hiei walking away. Yukina reached her quickly, and asked what happened.
"He… he didn't even give me a chance to say anything! He just walked away!" Botan said, tears starting to form in her eyes the third time that night. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and glanced back to where the guys were.
::I really need to get a hold of this crying, especially when there's a crowd of fans everywhere in this club!::
"Well, you need to tell him! Don't let him get away! I think… we've been gone long enough. Botan, I want to come back home," Yukina said softly, her eyes downcast.
"Me too Yukina, me too. But, what about Keiko and Shizuru? They're so angry!"
"That doesn't matter at the moment. You want to be with him again, I can see it, you are my sister now you know! So, how do we like to express ourselves as the band?" Yukina asked her, giggling lightly.
"A song!" Botan exclaimed, her eyes widening in joy. She gave Yukina a quick hug, thanked her like there was no tomorrow, and rushed over to the DJ on stage. While Botan was talking eagerly to the DJ, Yukina smiled in the direction of her brother.
::You're welcome, Botan. You're very welcome.::
((Botan))
Botan thanked the DJ and walked over to the microphone and the club stopped what they were doing to see what she was going to do.
"Um, hello everyone!" Botan said anxiously, "I'm going to sing one more song for you guys, it's my solo."
The crowd's eyes lit up and they started cheering, one guy in the front of the stage asked if all the other girls were going to do their solos too.
"No, the others aren't doing their solos. Sorry guys, but this is for… um… a special person to me. He's here right now, so I want him to know this is all for him," Botan said, looking at Hiei nervously, he was watching her from a corner. Botan was surprised she could see him at all.
::He must have left the guys while I was talking to the DJ.::
The music started up, so Botan grabbed the microphone and started to sing.
Na na, na na na, na na
I miss you, miss you so bad
I don't forget you, oh it's so sad
I hope you can hear me
I remember it clearly
::I guess it's a good thing we like to make our songs out from the way we feel. It comes in handy!:: Botan thought after she finished the first verse.
Hiei stared back at her, when she looked over to him. He couldn't take his eyes off of her. She looked so… radiant up there.
::Onna… is that how you feel?::
The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it won't be the same
Oh…
::It really hasn't been the same! I left Japan for crying out loud! He's staring right at me… good, I hope he knows this is about him! …Of course he does! Who else would it be for?:: Botan thought and almost rolled her eyes at herself. (Is that possible?)
It was like Hiei was in a trance. He couldn't look away even if he tried. It was getting quite annoying and he growled. But, it was a soft, sort of content one. Like he had just had some strawberry sweet snow… but better.
Na na la la la na na
I didn't get around to kiss you
Goodbye on the hand
I wish that I could see you again
I know that I can't
::Much better.:: Hiei thought, willing himself to move out of the shadows, while still looking into her eyes.
Botan got so lost in the moment, that she almost forgot to go onto the next line! She quickly picked it up though, and closed her eyes.
Oh
I hope you can hear me cause I remember it clearly
The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it won't be the same
Oh
::Hn. It won't be that way for long, Onna.:: Hiei thought, smirking in a light-mannered way.
Botan opened her eyes and looked around the crowd, stopping at Yukina for a minute, who was smiling and cheering with the rest of the fans. Next she glanced at the rest of the Reikai Tantei, who were giving Hiei the thumbs up. She had to stop herself from giggling out-loud. She was on stage!
Next, she went back to Hiei and smiled at him. The first time she's smiled at him in three years.
I had my wake up
Won't you wake up
I keep asking why
And I can't take it
It wasn't fake
It happened, you passed by
::I was so stupid, getting up and leaving. I shouldn't have even let Yukina or the others go! I should have tried to fix the situation instead of running from it! I'm so sorry Hiei…::
Now your gone, now your gone
There you go, there you go
Somewhere I can't bring you back
Now your gone, now your gone
There you go, there you go,
Somewhere your not coming back
::I'd come back, onna. I'd come back.::
Botan was getting too transfixed with Hiei's eyes again, and didn't want to miss the next line because of it. Well, actually she did… but not in front of the fans! So she regretfully tore her eyes from his and closed them tightly.
The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it won't be the same, no
The day you slipped away
Was the day that I found it won't be the same, oh...
::I want it to go back to the way it was! I want us to be together again… me and you, the whole gang! I want to be like a family again! All of you were the only one I'd ever had!:: Botan thought, desperately trying to calm herself down so she could finish. She managed, and finally looked at Hiei. You could see what she was singing was true through the sparkle in her eyes when she looked at him.
Nah nah, nah nah nah, nah nah
I miss you
::I… miss you too, onna.::
The music stopped and you could hear the Tantei whistling over at the bar above any fans screaming and hooting. She smiled at them… and at that moment, she forgave them. For everything. She just wanted her family back.
She ran off stage, not stopping until she got to her destination.
Hiei.
She leaped into his arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, and started sobbing lightly. His eyes were wide, not expecting the ferry onna to launch herself at him. His eyes softened at the thought and he draped his own arms around her waist.
"I'm s-so sorry! I shouldn't have left! It was so s-stupid! I'm sorry…" She whispered and buried her face in his chest.
Hiei brought his lips to her ear, shushing her, "Onna, it doesn't matter. You're back now."
((End Chapter))
That was the best romance scene I've EVER done! I'm so in love with this chapter! It was so… FLUFFY! I'm so proud! And it even had a little humor! I hereby dub this, the best chapter I have ever written in any of my stories. Yay!
I have the next chapter planned, and I'm hoping to get it out soon!
Mustard: -sobs- that was so r-romantic!
Me: I know! n.n
Mustard: This chapter was mostly H/B, but the others are coming soon! Woot!
Me: -.- Please R&R, before I hurt Mustard…
