Here's the second date.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the YYH universe. Just my character Lorin.
For the first two chapters about the dates, I borrowed the main ideas form another site, i.e. the going to the boardwalk and getting attacked. I filled them out and added other scenes. Here's the link. It's a lot of fun, you can go on secret dates with Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and a few others. For whatever reason, it won't let me put in the link, so I'm adding spaces to see it that will work. w w w .w e b s p a w n e r . c o m / u s e r s / h i e i 1 / ***********************
Lorin opened her front door on the way to school the next morning. She noticed a piece paper sticking out of the mail box. Frowning she opened the paper. It was from Hiei. He apologized for the last date and wanted to meet this weekend to go out again. He wanted to pick her up at her house at 6 Friday night. Lorin grinned and started walking to school. She met up with her friends and Shuichi on the way.
"What are you smiling about?" her girlfriends wanted to know.
"Hiei asked me out again." Lorin said, with a chuckle. Shuichi raised an eyebrow at that, but all her said was. "Congratulations." Lorin didn't have time to ask what he meant, since they arrived at school.
* * * *
Friday night came both too quickly and too slowly for Lorin. She had rushed home from practice today, since her teacher had kept them all late. She threw her practice sword into her closet and ran to take a quick shower. Tonight she decided to wear her hair up. She wore a navy blue, short sleeved shirt and black stretch pants. She put on a thin gold necklace and no make up. She wondered what tonight would look like. She walked out side to sit on a tree swing hanging in the front yard to wait for Hiei. As soon as she walked out the front door, Hiei dropped down from her roof, hands in his pockets. She turned to face him.
"I'm taking you to the boardwalk." He said as he walked up next to her. He gave Lorin a small grin and started walking down the street. Lorin caught up to him and they walked in silence to the boardwalk. Lorin noticed that he was wearing an almost identical outfit as last time and his white headband was in place. The boardwalk was noisy and crowded. The two of them walk along the booths that had been set up. Though they don't say much as they walked, Lorin felt at ease just walking next to him. Lorin convinced Hiei to play one of the shooting games.
As she's watched him, Lorin started to feel uneasy. She looked around and noticed a man staring at her. He grinned when he saw her looking at him. It wasn't a nice grin, more, Lorin wasn't sure what, evil maybe. He started to walk over to her. She couldn't take her eyes off him. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to see Hiei. Hiei wasn't looking at her, but at the man who had been staring at Lorin. The man faded back into the crowd. Hiei looked at her.
"Are you alright?" he asked, his hand still on her shoulder. Lorin nodded.
"I think so. He was just creepy."
"Hmm." Hiei said. "Don't worry." Lorin remembered their fist date and felt reassured that Hiei would protect her. They turned away, to continue down the boardwalk. Suddenly the floorboards broke beneath Lorin and the world fell into darkness.
* * * *
Lorin drifted in a ocean of darkness. She was aware, she thought, but couldn't feel her body. It was completely black. There was no light, no sound. It felt like water, like she was floating. Lorin tried to remember what she had been doing or how she had gotten to this blackness. But, what if it had always been black? Could she remember something other than the darkness? Was there supposed to be light? How did she know what light was? These questions swirled around Lorin, but no answers presented themselves. Suddenly, something grabbed her foot. It pulled her deeper into the darkness, as Lorin pondered how she knew she had a foot.
* * * *
Lorin woke again as she coughed up water that had been in her lungs. Lorin realized that her hair was wet, but she was in dry clothes. She was so glad to be able to breathe, to feel warm. Lorin felt something around her and looked up into Hiei's face. He was holding her in his arms.
"You survived. Impressive." Lorin blinked her eyes and looked around as Hiei set her on her feet. He kept one arm around her shoulders, the other touching her arm. The world looked hot. The sky was red, with black clouds and the ground was warmer than it should be. The trees seemed almost alive. Lorin looked down at her own clothes. She was wearing a long, white shirt with no sleeves and a black skirt.
"I found those for you to wear, while you were in the Makai Lake, if you survived." Lorin looked behind her at a black lake. She couldn't see anything in the lake, not even a reflection. Hiei pulled her to the ground to rest for a minute.
"I don't know yet who put you there." Hiei said. 'But I will.' The unspoken promise was clear to Lorin. Hiei handed her a black bladed Katana. "You may need this here." She gently pulled it out of it's sheath. It was a beautiful blade, perfectly balanced for her height. She tucked the sheath into the waistband of her skirt. After a few minutes, Hiei stood up. He looked down at her.
"Ready?" he asked. She nodded and stood. They started walking. They hadn't gone very far, when a group of monsters attacked them. Lorin slashed at the one in front of her, twisting as she did, to be prepared for the next attack. The next one came at her from the right. Lorin realized she didn't have time to bring her katana around. She shifted her weight and gave the monster a side kick, just like she had learned in her martial arts class. A third monster came straight at Lorin, swinging a weapon of it's own. Lorin ducked underneath and stabbed the monster in the belly. It fell hard, catching Lorin's katana and pulling it out of her grip.
Suddenly Hiei was next her. He killed a monster that had been charging her from behind. Hiei jumped away and another monster came at her from the left. She pulled her arm back and punched the creature in the face with all her strength. It fell to the ground and didn't move. Lorin looked around. Hiei was killing the last of the creatures. Lorin limped over to her katana and pulled it out of the dead body. It came free and was covered in blood. She wiped it on her skirt. She turned to find Hiei. He slowly walked over to her. He gave her a smile.
"What?" she asked.
"Red looks good on you now." Lorin looked down at her shirt. The white was soaked in red blood. Hiei, too, had blood all over him. Lorin put the katana back in it's sheath. Hiei picked her up and the landscape became a blur. Then they were at her doorstep. That must have been how he brought me home last time, too Lorin thought. He set her down on her doorstep.
"What was that all about, Hiei?" she asked.
"As I was about to kill the last one, he said he knew where my father was. He held up this pendent." Hiei showed it to her. Lorin traced the fire emblem etched into it. "I don't care about this. Even if it was real."
He paused for a second. "You may have it." He reached up to put it around her neck. His face was very close to hers. Before he could take his arms down, Lorin grabbed him and kissed him. He jerked as she touched him, then relaxed and kissed her back. He slid one arm around her waist and the other held her head. They broke apart. Hiei brushed a few strands of hair away from her face. He grinned.
"I will see you soon." he said and was gone. Lorin touched her lips with her fingers and gave a sigh of contentment. Then she turned and snuck inside so avoid her parents and the questions they would ask about the lateness of her date and the blood on her shirt.
* * * *
The next day Lorin stopped in the kitchen before heading up to her room to do her homework. There was a large Manila envelope on the table. It had her name written on it.
"Mom?" She called. "Where'd this envelope come from?" Lorin picked it up. Her mother peeked her head in.
"It was with the mail." Lorin frowned and took it upstairs with her. She set the rest of her homework on her desk and sat down on her bed to open the envelope. There was a folded up letter and a stack of about 20 sheets underneath. She opened the letter first. A smile lit her face. It was from Hiei.
Lorin, Here is a full explanation of what happened on our dates. If you can accept it come to the tree in the park at 7pm. Hiei
Accept it? What was he talking about? Lorin pulled out the other pages. It was written in different handwriting. It looked familiar, but she couldn't place it. Lorin read through the pages, fascinated. It talked about a place called Spirit World and the Makai Lands. It spoke of Spirit Power and the Spirit Detective. It explained demons and their hate for humans. It explained about Hiei and his Jagan Eye. Hiei was a demon, but working for the good guys. It explained about a Dark Tournament that was going to be held. It told her about her own Spirit Potential and Team Urameshi.
Lorin sat back and sighed. That was a lot of information to process. She realized she wasn't scared or afraid. She wanted to learn about her own Spirit Power. Hiei may be a demon, but he wasn't evil. If he was, he wouldn't have protected her on their dates. She decided to go to the tree later. Lorin turned to her homework , after hiding the stack of paper in her closet.
* * * *
Lorin quickly walked to the park, her katana in one hand. She was nervous. This was the beginning of something totally new. She had felt this way once before, when her family had moved to Japan. She found the tree where she had met Hiei and waited. After a minute, Hiei came around the corner with a friend at his side. Lorin frowned as she recognized Shuichi .
"Hello, Lorin," Shuichi said.
"Hey, Shuichi . Hi, Hiei. I got you letter. You're gonna have to try harder if you want to get rid of me." Lorin didn't know how much to say in front of Shuichi . There she realized where she had seen that handwriting before. It was Shuichi 's writing.
"You wrote that history." Lorin accused. Shuichi nodded.
"Yes, And there is more. I'm not what I appear to be. " Shuichi launched into his story, telling her about Yoko Kurama and how he came to be living in a human body.
"Well, that's interesting. I'm glad you told me." Kurama smiled.
"So, this Dark Tournament. You want me to be on your team?" Lorin asked.
"Yes." Hiei responded. "Kurama and I will train you." He paused. "If you want to." Lorin nodded.
"Yes, I want to. I can come after school and on weekends." Hiei gave her a small grin.
"Let's start now. I see you haven't figured out how to put that sword away, yet." He took it and held the handle against her left hand, the blade resting on her arm. It shifted and morphed into a long black glove. Lorin flexed her hand, staring at the glove.
"WOW! Now, how do I get the blade back?" She looked at Hiei. He put her right hand next of her left as if she was drawing the sword from the sheath.
"Now, pull." he commanded. Lorin pulled her hand as if she really was drawing the blade and felt the handle in her right hand. The blade slid free, the sheath in her left hand. Lorin laughed. This was amazing. She smiled at Hiei.
"What's next?" she asked. Hiei grinned and he and Kurama started teaching her about her Spirit Power.
Several hours later, she and Hiei were walking back to her house. She was exhausted, but satisfied. She had enjoyed the training, even though it had been tiring. She looked over at Hiei.
"You're more withdrawn than normal. Are you alright, Hiei?" They were at her front door. He looked down.
"My sister," he said at last. "I was returning from our last date. She had been attacked. The attacker left this and a note saying he'd be at the Tournament." He held up a ring with the same fire emblem that Lorin's pendent had. "Whoever he is, he keeps hurting those.....those I care about." He looked up at Lorin. She reached out a hand to touch his face.
"We'll find him at the Tournament. I'll help however I can. Maybe your sister should come watch my training. Between, you, Kurama, and me she should be safe." Hiei put his hand over hers.
"She's already at a safe place. We need to concentrate on your training." Lorin nodded. "Alright. I guess I'll see you after school tomorrow." Lorin turned to go inside. Hiei put a hand on her shoulder. She turned back to face him. He leaned closer and kissed her. Now it was her turn to be surprised. She relaxed and returned the kiss. She moved closer and slid her arms around his neck. He held her waist. They broke apart, grinning. Hiei held her for a moment. They heard a rustle form inside Lorin's house.
"Lorin's kissing a B-o-o-o-y." Lorin's little sister called out in a sing song voice. Lorin blushed a little. Hiei grinned at her blush, then was gone. Lorin sighed and went inside. She owed her little sister a tickle.
* * * *
Lorin sank down into her seat with a grateful sigh. It was lunch. She could sleep through lunch. She was sore and bruised in both her physical muscles and her Spirit muscles. Kurama and Hiei had given her quite a workout. She let her head rest on her books and closed her eyes. She heard several thumps, but didn't care. If something was attacking her, Kurama was around. He would wake her.
"Lorin? Are you alright?" He friend's voices floated through her sleep. Lorin struggled to come back to the world. She blink her eyes and raised her head.
"What?" she asked. She noticed the worried looks on her friends' faces.
"Are you alright?" they asked again.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Why wouldn't they just let her sleep? Kurama sat down next to her. He slid food from his tray to the top of her books. She stared at it as if it were something foreign.
"Eat." He commanded. Lorin looked at the food for a minute, then slowly started to eat.
"Lorin, what's going on?" her friends persisted.
"I'm fine. really. I've just had a lot to do the past three and a half months. It'll all be over soon. You'll see." Lorin finished her food and sank back down into sleep. Lorin heard her friends protest, then Kurama's voice calming them. She slept through lunch, her mind swirling with attacks, defenses, and Spirit Techniques.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the YYH universe. Just my character Lorin.
For the first two chapters about the dates, I borrowed the main ideas form another site, i.e. the going to the boardwalk and getting attacked. I filled them out and added other scenes. Here's the link. It's a lot of fun, you can go on secret dates with Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and a few others. For whatever reason, it won't let me put in the link, so I'm adding spaces to see it that will work. w w w .w e b s p a w n e r . c o m / u s e r s / h i e i 1 / ***********************
Lorin opened her front door on the way to school the next morning. She noticed a piece paper sticking out of the mail box. Frowning she opened the paper. It was from Hiei. He apologized for the last date and wanted to meet this weekend to go out again. He wanted to pick her up at her house at 6 Friday night. Lorin grinned and started walking to school. She met up with her friends and Shuichi on the way.
"What are you smiling about?" her girlfriends wanted to know.
"Hiei asked me out again." Lorin said, with a chuckle. Shuichi raised an eyebrow at that, but all her said was. "Congratulations." Lorin didn't have time to ask what he meant, since they arrived at school.
* * * *
Friday night came both too quickly and too slowly for Lorin. She had rushed home from practice today, since her teacher had kept them all late. She threw her practice sword into her closet and ran to take a quick shower. Tonight she decided to wear her hair up. She wore a navy blue, short sleeved shirt and black stretch pants. She put on a thin gold necklace and no make up. She wondered what tonight would look like. She walked out side to sit on a tree swing hanging in the front yard to wait for Hiei. As soon as she walked out the front door, Hiei dropped down from her roof, hands in his pockets. She turned to face him.
"I'm taking you to the boardwalk." He said as he walked up next to her. He gave Lorin a small grin and started walking down the street. Lorin caught up to him and they walked in silence to the boardwalk. Lorin noticed that he was wearing an almost identical outfit as last time and his white headband was in place. The boardwalk was noisy and crowded. The two of them walk along the booths that had been set up. Though they don't say much as they walked, Lorin felt at ease just walking next to him. Lorin convinced Hiei to play one of the shooting games.
As she's watched him, Lorin started to feel uneasy. She looked around and noticed a man staring at her. He grinned when he saw her looking at him. It wasn't a nice grin, more, Lorin wasn't sure what, evil maybe. He started to walk over to her. She couldn't take her eyes off him. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to see Hiei. Hiei wasn't looking at her, but at the man who had been staring at Lorin. The man faded back into the crowd. Hiei looked at her.
"Are you alright?" he asked, his hand still on her shoulder. Lorin nodded.
"I think so. He was just creepy."
"Hmm." Hiei said. "Don't worry." Lorin remembered their fist date and felt reassured that Hiei would protect her. They turned away, to continue down the boardwalk. Suddenly the floorboards broke beneath Lorin and the world fell into darkness.
* * * *
Lorin drifted in a ocean of darkness. She was aware, she thought, but couldn't feel her body. It was completely black. There was no light, no sound. It felt like water, like she was floating. Lorin tried to remember what she had been doing or how she had gotten to this blackness. But, what if it had always been black? Could she remember something other than the darkness? Was there supposed to be light? How did she know what light was? These questions swirled around Lorin, but no answers presented themselves. Suddenly, something grabbed her foot. It pulled her deeper into the darkness, as Lorin pondered how she knew she had a foot.
* * * *
Lorin woke again as she coughed up water that had been in her lungs. Lorin realized that her hair was wet, but she was in dry clothes. She was so glad to be able to breathe, to feel warm. Lorin felt something around her and looked up into Hiei's face. He was holding her in his arms.
"You survived. Impressive." Lorin blinked her eyes and looked around as Hiei set her on her feet. He kept one arm around her shoulders, the other touching her arm. The world looked hot. The sky was red, with black clouds and the ground was warmer than it should be. The trees seemed almost alive. Lorin looked down at her own clothes. She was wearing a long, white shirt with no sleeves and a black skirt.
"I found those for you to wear, while you were in the Makai Lake, if you survived." Lorin looked behind her at a black lake. She couldn't see anything in the lake, not even a reflection. Hiei pulled her to the ground to rest for a minute.
"I don't know yet who put you there." Hiei said. 'But I will.' The unspoken promise was clear to Lorin. Hiei handed her a black bladed Katana. "You may need this here." She gently pulled it out of it's sheath. It was a beautiful blade, perfectly balanced for her height. She tucked the sheath into the waistband of her skirt. After a few minutes, Hiei stood up. He looked down at her.
"Ready?" he asked. She nodded and stood. They started walking. They hadn't gone very far, when a group of monsters attacked them. Lorin slashed at the one in front of her, twisting as she did, to be prepared for the next attack. The next one came at her from the right. Lorin realized she didn't have time to bring her katana around. She shifted her weight and gave the monster a side kick, just like she had learned in her martial arts class. A third monster came straight at Lorin, swinging a weapon of it's own. Lorin ducked underneath and stabbed the monster in the belly. It fell hard, catching Lorin's katana and pulling it out of her grip.
Suddenly Hiei was next her. He killed a monster that had been charging her from behind. Hiei jumped away and another monster came at her from the left. She pulled her arm back and punched the creature in the face with all her strength. It fell to the ground and didn't move. Lorin looked around. Hiei was killing the last of the creatures. Lorin limped over to her katana and pulled it out of the dead body. It came free and was covered in blood. She wiped it on her skirt. She turned to find Hiei. He slowly walked over to her. He gave her a smile.
"What?" she asked.
"Red looks good on you now." Lorin looked down at her shirt. The white was soaked in red blood. Hiei, too, had blood all over him. Lorin put the katana back in it's sheath. Hiei picked her up and the landscape became a blur. Then they were at her doorstep. That must have been how he brought me home last time, too Lorin thought. He set her down on her doorstep.
"What was that all about, Hiei?" she asked.
"As I was about to kill the last one, he said he knew where my father was. He held up this pendent." Hiei showed it to her. Lorin traced the fire emblem etched into it. "I don't care about this. Even if it was real."
He paused for a second. "You may have it." He reached up to put it around her neck. His face was very close to hers. Before he could take his arms down, Lorin grabbed him and kissed him. He jerked as she touched him, then relaxed and kissed her back. He slid one arm around her waist and the other held her head. They broke apart. Hiei brushed a few strands of hair away from her face. He grinned.
"I will see you soon." he said and was gone. Lorin touched her lips with her fingers and gave a sigh of contentment. Then she turned and snuck inside so avoid her parents and the questions they would ask about the lateness of her date and the blood on her shirt.
* * * *
The next day Lorin stopped in the kitchen before heading up to her room to do her homework. There was a large Manila envelope on the table. It had her name written on it.
"Mom?" She called. "Where'd this envelope come from?" Lorin picked it up. Her mother peeked her head in.
"It was with the mail." Lorin frowned and took it upstairs with her. She set the rest of her homework on her desk and sat down on her bed to open the envelope. There was a folded up letter and a stack of about 20 sheets underneath. She opened the letter first. A smile lit her face. It was from Hiei.
Lorin, Here is a full explanation of what happened on our dates. If you can accept it come to the tree in the park at 7pm. Hiei
Accept it? What was he talking about? Lorin pulled out the other pages. It was written in different handwriting. It looked familiar, but she couldn't place it. Lorin read through the pages, fascinated. It talked about a place called Spirit World and the Makai Lands. It spoke of Spirit Power and the Spirit Detective. It explained demons and their hate for humans. It explained about Hiei and his Jagan Eye. Hiei was a demon, but working for the good guys. It explained about a Dark Tournament that was going to be held. It told her about her own Spirit Potential and Team Urameshi.
Lorin sat back and sighed. That was a lot of information to process. She realized she wasn't scared or afraid. She wanted to learn about her own Spirit Power. Hiei may be a demon, but he wasn't evil. If he was, he wouldn't have protected her on their dates. She decided to go to the tree later. Lorin turned to her homework , after hiding the stack of paper in her closet.
* * * *
Lorin quickly walked to the park, her katana in one hand. She was nervous. This was the beginning of something totally new. She had felt this way once before, when her family had moved to Japan. She found the tree where she had met Hiei and waited. After a minute, Hiei came around the corner with a friend at his side. Lorin frowned as she recognized Shuichi .
"Hello, Lorin," Shuichi said.
"Hey, Shuichi . Hi, Hiei. I got you letter. You're gonna have to try harder if you want to get rid of me." Lorin didn't know how much to say in front of Shuichi . There she realized where she had seen that handwriting before. It was Shuichi 's writing.
"You wrote that history." Lorin accused. Shuichi nodded.
"Yes, And there is more. I'm not what I appear to be. " Shuichi launched into his story, telling her about Yoko Kurama and how he came to be living in a human body.
"Well, that's interesting. I'm glad you told me." Kurama smiled.
"So, this Dark Tournament. You want me to be on your team?" Lorin asked.
"Yes." Hiei responded. "Kurama and I will train you." He paused. "If you want to." Lorin nodded.
"Yes, I want to. I can come after school and on weekends." Hiei gave her a small grin.
"Let's start now. I see you haven't figured out how to put that sword away, yet." He took it and held the handle against her left hand, the blade resting on her arm. It shifted and morphed into a long black glove. Lorin flexed her hand, staring at the glove.
"WOW! Now, how do I get the blade back?" She looked at Hiei. He put her right hand next of her left as if she was drawing the sword from the sheath.
"Now, pull." he commanded. Lorin pulled her hand as if she really was drawing the blade and felt the handle in her right hand. The blade slid free, the sheath in her left hand. Lorin laughed. This was amazing. She smiled at Hiei.
"What's next?" she asked. Hiei grinned and he and Kurama started teaching her about her Spirit Power.
Several hours later, she and Hiei were walking back to her house. She was exhausted, but satisfied. She had enjoyed the training, even though it had been tiring. She looked over at Hiei.
"You're more withdrawn than normal. Are you alright, Hiei?" They were at her front door. He looked down.
"My sister," he said at last. "I was returning from our last date. She had been attacked. The attacker left this and a note saying he'd be at the Tournament." He held up a ring with the same fire emblem that Lorin's pendent had. "Whoever he is, he keeps hurting those.....those I care about." He looked up at Lorin. She reached out a hand to touch his face.
"We'll find him at the Tournament. I'll help however I can. Maybe your sister should come watch my training. Between, you, Kurama, and me she should be safe." Hiei put his hand over hers.
"She's already at a safe place. We need to concentrate on your training." Lorin nodded. "Alright. I guess I'll see you after school tomorrow." Lorin turned to go inside. Hiei put a hand on her shoulder. She turned back to face him. He leaned closer and kissed her. Now it was her turn to be surprised. She relaxed and returned the kiss. She moved closer and slid her arms around his neck. He held her waist. They broke apart, grinning. Hiei held her for a moment. They heard a rustle form inside Lorin's house.
"Lorin's kissing a B-o-o-o-y." Lorin's little sister called out in a sing song voice. Lorin blushed a little. Hiei grinned at her blush, then was gone. Lorin sighed and went inside. She owed her little sister a tickle.
* * * *
Lorin sank down into her seat with a grateful sigh. It was lunch. She could sleep through lunch. She was sore and bruised in both her physical muscles and her Spirit muscles. Kurama and Hiei had given her quite a workout. She let her head rest on her books and closed her eyes. She heard several thumps, but didn't care. If something was attacking her, Kurama was around. He would wake her.
"Lorin? Are you alright?" He friend's voices floated through her sleep. Lorin struggled to come back to the world. She blink her eyes and raised her head.
"What?" she asked. She noticed the worried looks on her friends' faces.
"Are you alright?" they asked again.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Why wouldn't they just let her sleep? Kurama sat down next to her. He slid food from his tray to the top of her books. She stared at it as if it were something foreign.
"Eat." He commanded. Lorin looked at the food for a minute, then slowly started to eat.
"Lorin, what's going on?" her friends persisted.
"I'm fine. really. I've just had a lot to do the past three and a half months. It'll all be over soon. You'll see." Lorin finished her food and sank back down into sleep. Lorin heard her friends protest, then Kurama's voice calming them. She slept through lunch, her mind swirling with attacks, defenses, and Spirit Techniques.