The Scar: Part One
"Okay, I'm here again!" Yusuke announced after he went to his room to keep the portrait Keiko gave her for his birthday. He had told his friends about it.
"Now, whose turn is it?" He said after he sat down and grabbed his glass of liquor.
"Definitely, not mine." Kuwabara said as he looked at Kurama. Kurama shook his head to indicate that it wasn't his turn too. The three of them all looked at once at the fire demon sitting at the end of the sofa with arms crossed and eyes closed.
Hiei felt three pairs of eyes looking at him. He opened his right eye to take a peek and he was right. Yusuke, Kuwabara and Kurama are all looking at him expectantly.
"I'm not next." Hiei said as he closed his eyes again. The three continued to stare at him.
"Stop staring at me. I said, I'm not next." He said, his eyes still closed.
"And why is that?" Yusuke asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I have no stories to tell." He quickly said.
"Never had a girlfriend?" Kuwabara teased.
Hiei didn't answer. A frown showed on his forehead.
"So, you never had a girlfriend." Yusuke concluded after a while, though he didn't believe Hiei never had a girlfriend. "Just tell us anything. Any story will do. Just to make us all even."
"I have no stories to tell." He said again.
"Hey, you have to have a story. You lived, right?" Kuwabara said.
Hiei grunted.
"C'mon. Share anything." Yusuke insisted.
"I have nothing to share." Hiei said.
"Where did you get that black cloak?" Yusuke asked, hoping it would get some story out of Hiei.
"I stole it."
"From?"
"I don't know his name. I killed him."
"Why did you kill him?"
"I have nothing to do that day."
"How about your shoes?" Kuwabara asked.
"I traded it with my old pair."
"To whom?"
"I don't know. I killed him afterwards."
"Why did you kill him?"
"I have nothing to do that day."
"Hey, this is getting really repetitive. What do you do other than kill because you're bored before?" Kurama asked.
"Sleep." Hiei simply answered.
"Where did you get that scar?" Yusuke asked.
"Black Dragon." Hiei answered.
"No, not the one on your arm. On your neck." Yusuke said, referring to the two-inch scar on the lower left neck of Hiei.
Hiei stiffened, a frown on his forehead. He opened an eye again to look at the three of them. He saw Yusuke grinning. Hiei closed his eyes again.
"Rei." He said a little vaguely, masking it with a cough.
"Say that again." Yusuke asked, grinning widely. He knew he hit jackpot.
"Rei." Hiei said again and grunted to himself.
"So, who's Rei? A girl you killed because you're bored?" Yusuke asked teasingly. He mouthed the word "girlfriend" to Kuwabara and Kurama, informing them that Rei could be a girl in Hiei's past.
"No."
"Then, who is she?"
Hiei knew Yusuke would never get him out of this that easily. He chose to be silent.
Kurama sensed Hiei is going to be dodging Yusuke's questions about Rei all night and so he looked at Yusuke and said, "You know Yukina, don't you Yusuke?"
"So what if Yusuke knows Yukina?" Kuwabara inquired, a little confused.
Hiei could tell blackmail once it is under his nose. And that was definitely blackmail. His eyes flew opened and looked at Kurama sharply. The latter only smiled at him and raised an eyebrow as if saying -'what are you gonna do about it?'
"Okay, fine! Rei is a girl I met back in Makai years ago." Hiei finally said without thinking.
"Whoohooo!" Yusuke triumphantly shouted. Kurama smiled widely and Kuwabara still confused.
"So, tell us about Rei." Yusuke said, an annoying grin plastered all over his face.
Hiei fell silent. A stubborn look on his eyes.
"Well?" Kurama raised an eyebrow mockingly at Hiei.
"Fine." Hiei shot Kurama an icy look and focused his mind on remembering Rei. Actually, she wasn't hard to remember. She would probably be etched on his mind and on his neck - for that scar will always be a constant reminder of how a girl named Rei once crossed his path.