Disclaimer: I don't own YYH or practically anything else. Though I wish I owned Hiei. grins maniacally Sorry about the long update, but I was kinda busy.
Genkai's First Student by Toxic Tears
Chapter 12: Conversations With Yusuke
When Yusuke and Yukina opened the door Nikai instantly woke up. She wished it were Hiei though.
"Go ahead to my moms room Yukina, she's out tonight." Yusuke said. When Yukina gave him a questioning glance he laughed, "Don't worry, it's clean in there. No beer bottles or anything."
She smiled. "Thank you Yusuke." She walked back to the room and Puu followed her.
Yusuke sat down on the chair and stared at Nikai, not realizing she was awake, deep in thought.
"So are you going to sit there all night or are you actually going to say something?" Nikai asked startling him out of his reverie.
"Huh? Oh, it's not important. "
Nikai sighed. "You're thinking of Genkai aren't you?"
"Yeah." He leaned back in the chair. "It's my fault she's gone."
"Your fault? How is it your fault?" She knew Toguro had killed their mentor, but didn't know how.
"She gave me her Spirit Orb."
Nikai gasped, shocked. "She did?"
He nodded. "Yeah, and once she did that she had no more energy, so she couldn't have fought him even if she wanted to. I got there just as he did it."
"What did he do?" she growled.
"Punched her through the stomach." He said while making a fist and a punching motion.
They both closed their eyes for a moment to mourn.
"That bastard."
Yusuke nodded. "But the thing is, she looked so peaceful, almost happy."
"She knew she was going to die. Even though it happened unfairly, she still knew." Nikai sighed. "That's why she took you on as her apprentice."
"Why didn't you stay?" he asked.
"The clan found me. I had to leave, for her safety and mine." She clenched her teeth thinking about the clan. They always ruined everything she valued.
"How old were you when they found you?"
"Seven."
"Seven?!" He couldn't believe she had gone through Genkai's rigorous training that young. He had barely made it at twice that age.
"That's what I said. I started training with her two years before."
'What is with all these demon getting so strong when they're still toddlers? First Hiei becomes a Class A Demon and now she goes through with Genkai's training!' Yusuke thought in awe. "So how old are you now?" he asked.
"Asking a woman how old she is isn't very polite Yusuke." She smiled a bit when he chuckled. "I'm 19."
"So what have you been doing the past 13 years?"
"Training."
"That's it?" He had a feeling that wasn't all she had been doing.
"Basically." She wasn't going to tell him about Shoula or that she was friends with Sukara. He could figure that out on his own. "Hey Yusuke?"
"Yeah?" He looked up.
"On average, how long does Hiei stay mad at someone?"
Yusuke scratched the back of his head. "I'm not really one to ask. I can't even really tell if he's still going to take his revenge on me or not. Ask Kurama, he would be able to say."
"Fine." She replied.
Yusuke yawned, "I think I'll go to bed now." He stood up. "Hey Nikai, we need to have a Student to Student fight when you're normal again."
She smirked, "You sure about that? I could whup your sorry ass!"
"We'll see about that." He walked back into his bedroom.
Nikai stared up at the ceiling. 'Where is Hiei?' she wondered sadly.
About a mile away Hiei was sitting in a tree with his arms crossed, thinking. 'Should I be mad at her?' Part of him said no, but another part insisted that he should be. 'She shouldn't have gotten so worked up about it. Then again I shouldn't have gone into her dream.' He leaned back against the trunk of the tree and looked up at the dark sky still fighting with himself. 'If I had never gotten mixed up with her then I wouldn't even be thinking about things like this.' He closed his eyes and imagined Nikai smirking at him and realized he didn't regret getting involved with her at all. But that didn't answer the question of being angry or not.
"Oi, Hiei!" called an Irish accented voice from above him. Hiei looked up and rolled his eyes.
'Great, just what I need right now, an insane elf that can fly.'
Jin descended and sat on Hiei's branch. "Haven't seen ya in awhile Hiei! How's it going?"
"Hn." Hiei looked away, annoyed.
"What's wrong Jaganshi?" Jin looked at Hiei's face and somehow knew. "Hiei has girl problems? Ha! Never though I'd see the day." Jin's ears twitched in excitement.
"Shut up." Hiei didn't hate Jin, he just felt he was a lower life form.
"Sorry Hiei. So who's the lucky girl?"
"Genkai's First Sudent." Why was he telling him this? Hiei wasn't sure.
"Ah, Nikai. Had a couple of run-ins with her meself." He put a finger to his chin in thought. "None of 'em ended up too pretty for me though. So what's the problem?"
"None of your business." Hiei really wanted to punch Jin out right now.
"If I guess it will you tell me?"
"Hn."
"Ok then! Does it hav' ta do with your jagan?"
Hiei stared at him.
"I shoulda known." Jin said smiling. "Just don't pry into anything else that would reveal anything personal about Nikai and she should be happy. Well, se ya later Hiei!" Jin flew off again to leave a slightly confused Hiei behind.
'I'm not entirely sure, but I think he just told me not to be mad at her.' Hiei smirked. Maybe Jin wasn't so bad after all. Standing up, he ran back to Yusuke's house and perched on the window. Peering in, he could see that Nikai was still awake and seemingly lost in thought. Hiei opened the window and slipped inside.
Nikai felt him enter the room and watched him walk over to her side before saying anything. "What?" she asked a little too harshly.
Hiei felt a little anger return at her tone, but suppressed it. "I-uh-I mean, your dream..." he trailed off. (A/N: Just imagine Hiei stuttering.)
"Don't bother apologizing. What's done is done, nothing can change that."
Hiei knew that was her way of saying 'I forgive you'. Briefly, he kissed her lips before sitting on the floor beside the couch.
Nikai grinned and closed her eyes. "Hey Hiei?"
"Hn?"
"Do you still have the hiroseki stone Hina gave you?" she asked.
"How did you know about that?" He didn't think anyone but he and Kurama knew. For one he had never told anybody so how would other people figure it out?
"Shoula told me a long time ago." She mumbled. "I asked him about the Forbidden Child once. He seemed to know a lot about you. I'm guessing it's just because he's an ice demon."
"Hn...no, I don't have it anymore."
"Oh." She was sad to hear that but wasn't going to ask how he lost it.
"I used it to pay for my jagan to be put in."
"You what?!" She couldn't believe he had given up something so precious to become more powerful. 'Even I wouldn't do that.' "Why?"
Hiei's silence seemed embarrassed. "To watch over Yukina." He muttered.
"Oh!" 'So that's why. He's such a sweetheart when it all boils down.' "'Night Hiei."
"Hn."
She rolled her eyes. 'At least when I say 'hn' it's not so damn annoying!' "Goodnight!" She closed her eyes and went to sleep.
Hiei waited a few minutes, until he was sure she wasn't listening. "Goodnight." He murmured.
Actually, Hiei lost his hiroseki stone when the thieves that took him in tried to steal it. Then Mukuro (not sure how to spell that) ate it. ."
TT & Hiei: still kissing
Everybody else: spying from the doorway
Carrie: yawns How long has this been going on Kurama?
Kurama: checks watch 2 hours...
Carrie: Ok that's it! storms in room and breaks them apart That's just about enough! If you want to keep goin', get a room!
TT & Hiei: look at each other, then run out the door
Carrie: sweatdrops Well... clears throat obviously TT's gonna be too busy to tell you readers this so here goes....DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!!!!!
Genkai's First Student by Toxic Tears
Chapter 12: Conversations With Yusuke
When Yusuke and Yukina opened the door Nikai instantly woke up. She wished it were Hiei though.
"Go ahead to my moms room Yukina, she's out tonight." Yusuke said. When Yukina gave him a questioning glance he laughed, "Don't worry, it's clean in there. No beer bottles or anything."
She smiled. "Thank you Yusuke." She walked back to the room and Puu followed her.
Yusuke sat down on the chair and stared at Nikai, not realizing she was awake, deep in thought.
"So are you going to sit there all night or are you actually going to say something?" Nikai asked startling him out of his reverie.
"Huh? Oh, it's not important. "
Nikai sighed. "You're thinking of Genkai aren't you?"
"Yeah." He leaned back in the chair. "It's my fault she's gone."
"Your fault? How is it your fault?" She knew Toguro had killed their mentor, but didn't know how.
"She gave me her Spirit Orb."
Nikai gasped, shocked. "She did?"
He nodded. "Yeah, and once she did that she had no more energy, so she couldn't have fought him even if she wanted to. I got there just as he did it."
"What did he do?" she growled.
"Punched her through the stomach." He said while making a fist and a punching motion.
They both closed their eyes for a moment to mourn.
"That bastard."
Yusuke nodded. "But the thing is, she looked so peaceful, almost happy."
"She knew she was going to die. Even though it happened unfairly, she still knew." Nikai sighed. "That's why she took you on as her apprentice."
"Why didn't you stay?" he asked.
"The clan found me. I had to leave, for her safety and mine." She clenched her teeth thinking about the clan. They always ruined everything she valued.
"How old were you when they found you?"
"Seven."
"Seven?!" He couldn't believe she had gone through Genkai's rigorous training that young. He had barely made it at twice that age.
"That's what I said. I started training with her two years before."
'What is with all these demon getting so strong when they're still toddlers? First Hiei becomes a Class A Demon and now she goes through with Genkai's training!' Yusuke thought in awe. "So how old are you now?" he asked.
"Asking a woman how old she is isn't very polite Yusuke." She smiled a bit when he chuckled. "I'm 19."
"So what have you been doing the past 13 years?"
"Training."
"That's it?" He had a feeling that wasn't all she had been doing.
"Basically." She wasn't going to tell him about Shoula or that she was friends with Sukara. He could figure that out on his own. "Hey Yusuke?"
"Yeah?" He looked up.
"On average, how long does Hiei stay mad at someone?"
Yusuke scratched the back of his head. "I'm not really one to ask. I can't even really tell if he's still going to take his revenge on me or not. Ask Kurama, he would be able to say."
"Fine." She replied.
Yusuke yawned, "I think I'll go to bed now." He stood up. "Hey Nikai, we need to have a Student to Student fight when you're normal again."
She smirked, "You sure about that? I could whup your sorry ass!"
"We'll see about that." He walked back into his bedroom.
Nikai stared up at the ceiling. 'Where is Hiei?' she wondered sadly.
About a mile away Hiei was sitting in a tree with his arms crossed, thinking. 'Should I be mad at her?' Part of him said no, but another part insisted that he should be. 'She shouldn't have gotten so worked up about it. Then again I shouldn't have gone into her dream.' He leaned back against the trunk of the tree and looked up at the dark sky still fighting with himself. 'If I had never gotten mixed up with her then I wouldn't even be thinking about things like this.' He closed his eyes and imagined Nikai smirking at him and realized he didn't regret getting involved with her at all. But that didn't answer the question of being angry or not.
"Oi, Hiei!" called an Irish accented voice from above him. Hiei looked up and rolled his eyes.
'Great, just what I need right now, an insane elf that can fly.'
Jin descended and sat on Hiei's branch. "Haven't seen ya in awhile Hiei! How's it going?"
"Hn." Hiei looked away, annoyed.
"What's wrong Jaganshi?" Jin looked at Hiei's face and somehow knew. "Hiei has girl problems? Ha! Never though I'd see the day." Jin's ears twitched in excitement.
"Shut up." Hiei didn't hate Jin, he just felt he was a lower life form.
"Sorry Hiei. So who's the lucky girl?"
"Genkai's First Sudent." Why was he telling him this? Hiei wasn't sure.
"Ah, Nikai. Had a couple of run-ins with her meself." He put a finger to his chin in thought. "None of 'em ended up too pretty for me though. So what's the problem?"
"None of your business." Hiei really wanted to punch Jin out right now.
"If I guess it will you tell me?"
"Hn."
"Ok then! Does it hav' ta do with your jagan?"
Hiei stared at him.
"I shoulda known." Jin said smiling. "Just don't pry into anything else that would reveal anything personal about Nikai and she should be happy. Well, se ya later Hiei!" Jin flew off again to leave a slightly confused Hiei behind.
'I'm not entirely sure, but I think he just told me not to be mad at her.' Hiei smirked. Maybe Jin wasn't so bad after all. Standing up, he ran back to Yusuke's house and perched on the window. Peering in, he could see that Nikai was still awake and seemingly lost in thought. Hiei opened the window and slipped inside.
Nikai felt him enter the room and watched him walk over to her side before saying anything. "What?" she asked a little too harshly.
Hiei felt a little anger return at her tone, but suppressed it. "I-uh-I mean, your dream..." he trailed off. (A/N: Just imagine Hiei stuttering.)
"Don't bother apologizing. What's done is done, nothing can change that."
Hiei knew that was her way of saying 'I forgive you'. Briefly, he kissed her lips before sitting on the floor beside the couch.
Nikai grinned and closed her eyes. "Hey Hiei?"
"Hn?"
"Do you still have the hiroseki stone Hina gave you?" she asked.
"How did you know about that?" He didn't think anyone but he and Kurama knew. For one he had never told anybody so how would other people figure it out?
"Shoula told me a long time ago." She mumbled. "I asked him about the Forbidden Child once. He seemed to know a lot about you. I'm guessing it's just because he's an ice demon."
"Hn...no, I don't have it anymore."
"Oh." She was sad to hear that but wasn't going to ask how he lost it.
"I used it to pay for my jagan to be put in."
"You what?!" She couldn't believe he had given up something so precious to become more powerful. 'Even I wouldn't do that.' "Why?"
Hiei's silence seemed embarrassed. "To watch over Yukina." He muttered.
"Oh!" 'So that's why. He's such a sweetheart when it all boils down.' "'Night Hiei."
"Hn."
She rolled her eyes. 'At least when I say 'hn' it's not so damn annoying!' "Goodnight!" She closed her eyes and went to sleep.
Hiei waited a few minutes, until he was sure she wasn't listening. "Goodnight." He murmured.
Actually, Hiei lost his hiroseki stone when the thieves that took him in tried to steal it. Then Mukuro (not sure how to spell that) ate it. ."
TT & Hiei: still kissing
Everybody else: spying from the doorway
Carrie: yawns How long has this been going on Kurama?
Kurama: checks watch 2 hours...
Carrie: Ok that's it! storms in room and breaks them apart That's just about enough! If you want to keep goin', get a room!
TT & Hiei: look at each other, then run out the door
Carrie: sweatdrops Well... clears throat obviously TT's gonna be too busy to tell you readers this so here goes....DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!!!!!
