Truth Be Told
By: Anikara
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Yu Yu Hakusho or Yu Yu Hakusho itself.
Hi, I finally completed another chapter. I'm sorry that the chapthers all end in the wrong places, i'll try to fix that. Well anyways I made this chapter longer, I hope that you enjoy :3 Yoai will not be in this chapter, sorry to say, be patient for it will take a whilel, i'm not going to make it happen that fast. Enjoy!
Hiei flittedfrom tree to tree and at last decided to stop at one of them. 'Damn Bakas,' he thought t to himself. Under the branches he was shielded from most of the rain. His hair was beginning to stick to his skin. He rubbed his forehead and sat down. His mind suddenly flipped to Kurama. Why was I concerned over that damn fox, I care for no one, yet he'
Impulsively, he was interrupted in his thoughts when he heard movement below him. Looking down he discovered the whereabouts of Yusuke and Kuwabara.
Yusuke grunted as he picked himself up. "What happened," he mumbled to himself. Then he noticed a black blur appearing in front of him.
" I'm concluding that you were knocked out" Hiei smirked. "So tell me, did you let the demon get away before you could get the information out of him" he grinned.
"Uuhhh, about that" Yusuke said while rubbing the back of his head.
" That wasn't a question baka, your position tells me all I need to know." Hiei turned around, but before he was about to leave he muttered, "Damn ningens can't do anything right!"
"Shut up shorty!" Kuwabara grumbled as he untangled himself from the bushes right behind them. "A huge number of demons attacked us, twice the size you had!"
"Oh really, I recall the demons running past you towards the detective, do to the fact that you were a waste of time ," Hiei snickered.
"What did you say shrimp," Kuwabara shouted at Hiei.
"Oh, that's right your too dumb to understand, do you want me to translate," he mocked.
Kuwabara blushed with embarrassment. "Shut up shrimp, you just" he yelled before he was interrupted.
"Uh Hiei, where's Kurama?" Yusuke asked.
"Hey! Can't you see that I'm teaching the shrimp a lesson," Kuwabara yelled.
"Hn. At his ningen home," Hiei replied ignoring the pitiful human.
Yuskue eyes widen. "He left! Damn, I can't go to the toddler alone, he was supposed to go this time. That damn bastard leaving me to handle him on my own," Yusuke grunted angrily. "Kuwabara." Looking to his side he noticed that Kuwabara was nowhere in sight. Yusuke eyes flicked dangerously. " Damn you Kuwabara, you get your ass over here" No reply for Kuwabara was nowhere in range. "Hiei," he called out desperately.
"Hn, baka." With that Hiei flitted and left Yusuke behind to settle this on his own.
Walking across the street Kurama reached his house. Kurama looked in front of himself and noticed that the lights were on. It was 8 p.m. and Kurama cursed silently over his lateness. 'Mother's awake and I'm soaked and I'm filthy with blood and mud,' he thought to himself.With a deep sigh he entered his house through the front door for he was unable to climb from his window.
As soon as he door opened he heard his mother, Shiori, running from the kitchen. "Is that you Shuuichi?" his mother had called out. When she appeared in the hallway she shrieked. "Shuuichi! What happened to you! Your soaked and injured!" She ran to him. "Oh honey are you okay? Shall I call a doctor?"
"No mother, I'm fine," Kurama said. He looked at the mirror that was on the side of the wall near the doorway. He gazed at his reflection as he noticed the true condition he was in. His hair was soaked with water, as well as his clothing. His right eye was beginning to swell, his lip was bleeding, a bruise was forming on his left cheek, and there were bruises hidden under his clothing. 'What a sight I am,' he thought sarcastically with a grim face. One of the demons he had faced had a liking to martial arts and kept close distance on him. The demon's speed didn't help much either.
Thinking of an excuse to make up for his condition he said, "I was jumped was all, I will be okay."
Hearing noise down stairs, Shuuichi- kun, Kurama's step-brother, came running down the stairs. " What is wrong mom?" Shuuichi-kun gasped when he saw his older brother. "Shuuichi, what happened to you? Are you okay."
Kurama looked up. "Yes, I'm okay," he replied.
Suddenly his mother held Kurama in a tight grasp. He stiffened for she had squeezed his wound, which he was trying to hide from his mother. Feeling this his mother looked up at Kurama.
"Honey, are you injured?" Panic seized Shiori.
"Mother, I'm fine, I shall go to my room to get cleaned up," he said with a calm voice trying his best to convince his mother.
Shuuichi-kun gaped at his brother for he had never seen Shuuichi like this. He always had his hair well comb, his clothing perfect without a wrinkle in sight, and clear perfect skin. Shoot, he never even walked around the house without a shirt.
Kurama caught the look of his brother's face and decided he needed to retreat. Walking past Shuuichi-kun as fast as he could manage to escape his mother he was caught by his wrist and pulled back gently before he could even advance up the stairs.
Shiori held her son and began to turn him around scanning for any hints of injury. Abruptly she stopped and gasped as she her eyes gazed upon the wound he held.
Fear and panic struck her as she stared at her son. 'Shuuichi, what where you doing,' she thought in panic. She looked at her son's face and was surprised that he did not meet her eyes. Her son always made eye contact with everybody. She got Shuuichi's hand and took him to the downstairs bathroom.
"Shuuichi-kun, please go fetch me the medical kit for me," she said desperately. Shuuichi-kun looked up at his step-mom and shook off his surprise. "Yes mom." With that he left. Shiori looked at her son and said, "Shuuichi, after I clean you up your going to explain to me what happen to you, I want the whole truth" She looked at him with fierce eyes that held fear and great concern.
Kurama remained quiet and ran through his thoughts. 'I can't concentrate. I used too much of my ki in battle. I need to rest and settle everything. My mission is still not completed and I have my mother here worried sick.'
Shiori looked at her son, her eyes widen as she noticed he was tensed. Her son was always calm and composed.
"Mom," Shuuichi called out as he brought himself in. "I brought the kit as you've asked me to"
"Thank you darling," Shiori said in a pleased voice. "Now Shuuichi, I need for you to take off your shirt so that I may bandage your injury," she said as she grabbed the medical kit.
Kurama looked up his mom, " Mother, I can tend"
"Nonsense, I will do it, now remove your shirt for me."
Kurama hesitated for a moment, but then surrendered to defeat. He slowly began to remove his coat, his muscles screaming out in pain, but he kept a straight face. After that he began to unbutton his shirt and at last took it off.
"Wow!" his brother called out. He had a look of pure astonishment for this was his first time looking at his brother shirtless. He had always imagined his brother having a smooth body as delicate as a woman, but he was wrong.
" Shuuichi, where did you get those albs, you're not even in sports, and let alone that, but you never work out!" he practically shouted.
Even Shiori was surprised for she as well had never seen her son without a shirt since he was a young boy.
Kurama got a little uneasy and shrugged.
"That's not important right now, Shuuichi turn around so that I may see your wound," his mother called out in a hurry.
Kurama felt self-conscious and hesitated to show his mother his injury for even he did not know the depth of it.
He turned around and heard gasps from both his mother and brother.
"Is it that bad," Kurama called out uneasily.
He picked himself up from the toilet seat and turned to see his injury upon the mirror.
His eyes widened a little. 'My mother should not have seen this, it was a mistake to come here,' he thought angrily.
"Mother, a few days should ought to heal me, I will be fine."
Kurama forced a smile, but it quickly faded as he caught his mother's scowl of disapproval.
Tears began to dribble down her face. "What did they do to you?"
Shuuichi-kun remained silent for he didn't know what to do. He began to shift from foot to foot, and then he finally got the guts to speak.
"Brother, did you fight back!" he asked excitedly.
"I defended myself, yes."
It was the truth after all, for he did defend himself, with fighting that is. He smiled at the brother's naiveté.
"Enough, we'll discuss this later," their mother uttered.
"Then its best that I leave, call out if you need anything, I'll be in the living room," Shuuichi-kun proclaimed and left.
When he left his mother got out some bandages from the bag and medications to apply to his bruising and cuts. Then she got a hand towel and began to drench it with hot water. She walked towards her son, bringing up the wet towel to his stomach to wipe off the blood.
Kurama winced as she began rubbing his injury. His eyes went down, crestfallen for putting his mother in this position.
The silence they shared was broken when his mother finally spoke as she finished bandaging him.
"Shuuichi, I have respected your privacy and trusted you well, I still do, but I can't help to think that you're keeping something from me."
Kurama was stunned. His mother was getting suspicious and his lies where now leaving hints. No one could tell when he lied, he was just that good. Centuries had perfected that and now a his human mother was getting the better of him.
"Mother, I'm always okay, you have no need to worry. Today I was attacked for unknown reasons, in the future I will be more careful. I keep nothing from you," Kurama ensured his mother making eye contact.
His mother stared upon him, uncertain if he were telling the truth. She could always instantly tell whether a person was being deceitful or sincere. Now she was unsure of herself.
Kurama noticed the uncertainty his mother's eye held, but stayed calm and kept a earnest face. It hurt to lie to her this way, but he had no wish of telling her of his demonic nature.
His mother picked up the cream and began to smear it over his bruises and afterwards wrapped him in bandages.
"Is there anywhere else that needs my attention," his mother called out calmly.
'No, I can tend to the rest on my own'
"No mother, I'm fine, thank you for your assistance, I really appreciated it very much," he said politely.
Kurama quickly hugged his mother and walked off. Shiori called after him.
"Please mother, I need to go to my room and rest," he said.
His mother sighed. "Very well, go to bed, but as soon s you wake up come to me for we need to talk."
"Yes, mother, will do so."
Kurama walked out passing his brother who happened to be near the restroom door, most likely eavesdropping. Shuuichi-kun looked at him wide eyed and got red with embarrassment.
Kurama walked up the stairs, each step causing pain on his injuries. He spotted his door and walked in. Heinhaledfresh airand fell upon his bed gracefully. He closed his eyes, not realizing how tired he was, after a few seconds a drifted to sleep.
To be continued...
Well this is the end of another chapter, please do sumit replys, i'm beginning to worry for no one has done so. I want to know if my writing and fanfiction are good. Reply if you wish for me to continue. Thankyou-
Okay I have rececently edited this chapter. I didn't realize all the mistakes I made,though punctuation was right, I think. When I inserted this chapter the site altered with my punctuation, and I didn't bother to look at it. Sorry to all those who readit before, you all must have been confused. Sigh '. Sorry, will make sure to check every chapter from now on.Thanks -'