YAY! I'M SO HAPPY! I GOT A LOTTERY TICKET FROM MY GRAMMY AND……I WON! I BOUGHT YU YU HAKUSHO!
So, to make my readers happy, I'll continue the stories I've written and then I'll move on to bigger stuff! Woohoo!
Hiei: (currently lying on the floor looking dead)
Me: Hiei? (starts poking him) Hiei? I was just joking. I have the worst luck ever. I could never possibly win on a lottery ticket. The chances of that are very slim.
Hiei: (is still lying on the floor but is now slightly twitching)
Me: (sweatdrop)
Disclaimer: I honestly don't really own Yu Yu Hakusho. So please don't sue.
On with the story!
Chapter Eight: A Surprise
The sun slowly crept up over the horizon, stretching its colorful arms into the sky. Birds chirped their wake up call as the dew on the grass slowly began to dry. Keiko moved slightly as she began to stir awake. She shivered and went to pull up her blankets when all she felt was her night gown. She frowned and opened her eyes a crack to find that she had no covers. In fact, she wasn't even in her own bed. '…huh?' She sat up and looked around her to find trees looming over her head and burnt logs from a fire in front of her. "W-where am I?" She stood up and started turning around, trying to look for a familiar landmark. There were none. 'What am I supposed to do? Who took me here? Where's Hiei? What's going on?' She mentally screamed, not wanting to make a lot of noise for fear something might find her in her defenseless state. Suddenly, she heard rustling from the trees behind her. Twirling around, she saw a pair of red eyes. "Hiei?" she whispered. The eyes disappeared. She let out her breath but quickly took one back in when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist. She went to scream but was silenced by a hand. She struggled while she was brought to where she had awoken to find Hiei's katana lying near the old fire. She was thrown onto the ground and turned around to find Hiei staring back down at her.
"You shouldn't have wandered near the woods, " Hiei growled, sitting down and picking his katana back up.
"Hiei? What are we doing here? Did you do this? Why are you even near me?" Keiko mentally took a deep sigh, realizing how many questions she had just asked. It wouldn't do to freak out more. She needed to be calm.
"You don't need to know anything." Hiei hadn't even bothered to look at her, but continued to to work on his katana.
Keiko fumed inside. Here she was, in a place that was unfamiliar to her, and he didn't even have the decency to look at her when he spoke to her? Shouldn't he be trying to get on her good side after the incident last night? She'd had it. "What's going on?" she shouted at him. Birds flew up from the trees as Hiei turned and looked blankly at her.
"Must you be so loud?" He turned back to his katana and started sharpening it.
Keiko frowned. He was being unusually cold to her. Although, she hadn't treated him very kindly last night. But still, he shouldn't have written that. Guilt seeped into her heart. "I thought you never wanted to see me again." Keiko crossed her legs as she watched him, trying to keep calm.
"I told you already, I didn't write that. It could have been the demon that was in our house when you were babysitting that child."
'Our house?' Keiko thought about the words he chose for that, but decided not to ask him. "So, why are we here?" She decided she had to believe him. What other plausible choice was there?
"Because I thought we could use a break," Hiei replied, not bothering to look up at her. The sounds of him sharpening his tool continued as Keiko gazed off towards the rising sun. It had to be aboutsix o'clockin the morning by now.
"Why didn't you ask me?" Keiko asked, still looking at the sun.
Hiei didn't reply.
"Answer me!" Keiko half-yelled, glaring at the side of his head. She was frustrated, not angry.
Hiei looked up at her, but didn't say anything.
"Hiei! Why won't you answer me? I have a right to know why you simply didn't ask me to leave with you. You didn't have to kidnap me." Keiko looked pleadingly at the demon.
Hiei glared at her. "You always have to know everything don't you? Always prying into everyone else's business. That's probably why Yusuke cheated on you. He couldn't stand you," Hiei growled. He wasn't in the mood for questions. He thought about his reply and a pain shot through his chest. He paused for a second. That response had been very random. What was he thinking?
Keiko's eyes widened at what he had just said. Not thinking about the consequences, she slapped him across the face, leaving a red hand mark on his cheek. Hiei's eyes remained closed with his face turned sideways. Tears started to spill from Keiko's eyes as she sat, still staring at him. She was shockedthat Hiei had said something like that. She was even more shocked that she had dared to slap him."I'm sorry, Hiei. It's just, I miss him so much." Her shoulder's shook as she rested her head on her knees. "No matter how much time passes, I'll never forget what I felt for him."
Hiei continued to sit there, now watching her closely. 'Now's the time to gain her trust back. Somehow, I have to stop her from asking questions and make up for how I've been acting.' He moved closer to her and sat next to her, offering his silent company. Not saying anything, he sat there as she finished her crying ten minutes later.
Keiko looked up at Hiei, who was currently looking at the ground. "Hiei." He looked at her and noticed that she was giving him a smile. Something rose up in the back of his throat as she leaned in closer. 'What am I doing?' He stood up and looked down at her. She blushed and looked away, plucking at a blade of grass near her feet.
What had she been thinking? She scolded herself, her blush deepening.
"Let's go. We have a lot of traveling to do." Hiei held out his hand for her to take.
"Where are we going?" Keiko asked innocently.
Hiei looked away. "It's a surprise." With that, he started walking away, leaving Keiko to follow behind him.
Yusuke sat beside Botan, watching t.v. in his living room. Botan's head was lightly placed on his shoulder as one of his arms was wrapped tightly around her shoulders. They had just woken up after Botan had fallen asleep on the couch after talking all night about Hiei and Keiko. Personally, he felt a little jealous that Keiko might have feelings for Hiei, atleast that's what Botan said. Of course, he couldn't stop her and would congratulate her if she found happiness. It's not like he was a selfish bastard, as many people thought. Something just felt missing when he was with her. He didn't want to slow down her life by not loving her the way she would love him.
"What are you thinking about?" Botan asked, looking up at the spirit detective, his hair currently being un-gelled for once, giving him a cute, innocent look.
Yusuke sighed, looking down at amethyst eyes. "Nothing." Suddenly, he had a gut retching feeling that made him nervous. He sat still for a moment, not knowing what to do. Something wasn't right. He got up and headed towards the door. "I have to go. Something isn't right."
Botan jumped up and smiled. "Let me come too!"
"No, I don't know what's wrong. You should probably get back to work. Koenma most likely has a lot of dead people for you."
Botan rolled her eyes. "Well now that you put it that way, I sound like you human's skeleton guy in a black robe." She laughed and summoned her oar. Smiling, she kissed him on the cheek and flew off, waving.
Yusuke smiled slightly at her cheerful disposition on life before heading out the door towards Keiko's house.
He stood in the middle of her house, arms crossed, not liking that he had no clue where she was. He had looked everywhere! The shop, her friend's house, the park, the mall, anywhere he could think of. And yet, she was still missing. He had had to break down the door, and knew Keiko would be pissed, but something was just….off. He looked around again, trying to find something he might have missed that would give him a clue as to where Keiko would be. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. It was almost like she had just disappeared in the middle of the night. Sighing, he headed towards the kitchen, deciding that he wanted a drink. He stopped when he saw a crumpled up piece of paper on the floor. Furrowing his eyebrows, he stooped down and picked it up. He smoothed it out and started reading it, his face getting redder and redder with every passing word. "Hiei," he growled, racing out of the apartment to look for him.
Author's Note: Ok, I know it was short and sucky, but I had to add something. I'm saving the best for the next chapter, which is going to be longer than usual. I'm only planning on having about two more chapters and then it will be done. I know. I know. It's not that long, but what it lacks in length is made up for in drama.
