Forever Darkness, Forever Lonely
I don't have a lot to say for this one. I guess the only reason I wrote this was because it seems to be quite popular, these kinds of fics, so I'm trying it out myself.
Okay, there might be a bit of HermioneX Kurama, but it's part of the dramatic scene P Kurama will NOT be with Hermione as the final pairing. And I just might have yaoi... so tempting... haha!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter.
Warnings: OOC, Violence, mild swearing, wrong info, bashing
"Now w'o wants to pet it?" Hagrid said, holding out the cage. Everyone backed away, except for Hiei, Kurama, and Hermione who was trying to get the fox to step back. "'Ow about 'ou 'Ermione?"
"Er... Well, I don't really think-" Hermione didn't get to finish when Hagrid cut her off.
"'On't be afraid, it won't 'urt 'ou," Hagrid persuaded Hermione a bit more until she finally gave in. And so, the girl slowly walked toward the cage. She gulped nervously when Puu seemed to glare at her. She reached out her hand to touch it, but...
Chapter Six: Problems
She reached out her hand to touch it, but a strong light came from Puu. Everyone either shield their eyes or closed them from the tremendous light. When the light was gone, everyone looked around, confused at what just happened.
Kurama looked at Hiei who was looking at Puu, or another form of Puu. 'Hi-" Kurama didn't get to finish when Hiei just walked towards Puu, brushing past Kurama like he wasn't even there. Puu was now more bird- like, it was still blue, but its neck got longer and huge wings were spread out. The cage was on the ground, shattered.
Gasps finished the air as the students and Hagrid recovered from the light and was back to their senses. They stared at the new creature in front of them, who was ruffling its wings. Whispers erupted; the students were talking with one another about what just happened.
"Do you think that bird was actually an alien?"
"I always knew demons exists!"
"That was bloody brilliant!"
"Is that Blueberry?"
"What is Hiei doing?" Hermione had backed away from Puu and was at Kurama's side once again. Hiei was glaring up at the bird in front of him.
Puu made a sound and nudged Hiei's arms, making the fire demon grunt and hardened his glare.
"Blimey! Is he crazy?" Ron asked as he and Harry made their way to Kurama and Hermione. Hermione didn't answer them, still holding a grudge from last night.
Kurama shook his head to answer Ron's question, "No, he knows what he is doing." Ron gave Kurama a skeptical look. Harry just shrugged and looked at Hiei being nudged by the huge bird.
Hiei was still glaring at the enormous bird. Finally, he couldn't take the nudging anymore and decided to do what he was going to do. 'Stop that!' Puu gave him a look nudged him some more. 'I said STOP THAT!' That made Puu stop. 'Now, listen up, you stupid bird. I'm going to look through your memories and see how you were captured.' Hiei didn't wait for Puu to answer him as he began to probe the bird's mind.
"Go away!" Yusuke yelled at Puu. Puu didn't go anywhere, so Yusuke started to become annoyed. "I said GO AWAY!" Puu let out a small whimper and flew away. It wandered off, flying farther and farther away. It was scared of Yusuke. Without looking at where it was going, Puu flew thousands of kilometers away from the angry Spirit Detective, occasionally taking a break. Soon, it bumped in a huge man.
"W'y, 'ello t'ere," the man said in his gruff voice, "W'at are 'ou exactly."
"Puu!" Puu cried out.
"Eh? If 'ou 'ave now'ere to stay, 'ou can stay wit' me," the man slowly extended his hand out to grab Puu. "Oh! By t'e way, me name is 'Agrid."
"Puu! Puu!" Puu started struggling, but Hagrid's grip was too much for it. Hagrid didn't know that Puu belongs to someone and he hardly felt the blue creature struggle, so he just dismissed it and took the poor thing to the wizarding world.
Hiei skipped past two days of Puu's memory and looked at third day.
Puu was causing immense chaos in Hagrid's hut and the giant wasn't too happy about it, so he decided to put it into a cage. Puu tried biting it, hitting it, and everything else it could think of, but nothing worked against the cage. Since none of its friends were there, Puu couldn't transform. The poor creature was trapped in there for a week; having a meal three times a day and water to drink, until Hagrid finally took it outside to show it to his students.
Hiei stopped his search and looked at Puu before looking at Kurama, then at Hagrid. 'Damn! Why did I yell at him? Hn, oh well, I don't need him!' Hiei motioned Puu to follow him, as the fire demon made his way to Hagrid. The half giant, who was trying to calm Neville and some other of his students down, stopped what he was doing when he saw Hiei was beside him and asked if anything was wrong.
"Hn, this bird-" Puu cut off Hiei for calling him a bird. Hiei glared at it, but continued nonetheless. "Puu doesn't want to be contained in that small and pathetic cage and it isn't wild." "If it was, I would've eaten it by now," Hiei muttered to himself.
"Poo? Did it poo on 'ou?" Hagrid asked, sniffing to see if Hiei had any scent of being crapped on.
Hiei growled at the half giant, making him stop. "No, this bird- Stop that you dumb shit! I'll roast you when this is over!" Puu had started pecking him when the fire demon didn't use its name. "PUU, is its real name and it belongs to Yusuke, a friend of SHUUICHI's."
Hagrid gave Hiei a surprised look. "Blueber- I mean Puu is no' wil'?"
"Hn, no," Hiei crossed his arm and gave Hagrid a glare. "And I can tell you that he doesn't like being in that cage, or any cage at all for the matter..."
Kurama looked at Hiei and decided to get himself involved. "Yes, Hiei's right Professor. Puu, is, you could say, a pet of Yusuke's and Yusuke is probably worried sick about it."
Hiei glared at Kurama for trying to help. "Hn, we could just tell it to go back home."
"Eh? Well..." Hagrid scratched his head, thinking. "I guess t'at's t'e best t'ing to do."
Kurama smiled and gave Hagrid a small bow. "Thank you Professor. I'm sure Yusuke would be very happy to see him again."
Hagrid smiled at Kurama and Hiei, then turn to his students. "Well, class dismiss!"
The students quickly went down the stone steps and left, chatting loudly with each other.
"Maybe 'ou 'ave a way to bring 'im back?" Hagrid said, motioning to Puu.
Kurama nodded. The two demons went over to Puu and told it to turn back to its smaller form. The spirit beast obliged and then flew on Hiei's spiky hair. It snuggled close to its temporary nest. Hiei started growling, but Kurama gave him a warning look. The fire demon looked away.
The two demons made their way to the Great Hall, it was lunchtime. Kurama sat next to Ron, who was probably the farthest away from Hermione, and Hiei sat near the end of the table. Nothing very eventful happened while they were eating and when lunch was over, everyone made their way to their next class. By the end of the day, Ron, Harry, and Hermione were in better terms, but Hiei was still angry with Kurama. The fox demon was desperately trying to find ways to speak to Hiei and get the fire demon to hear him out, but nothing worked that day.
Kurama sadly sighed as he sat on the armchair, closest to the fire. The blazing light reminded him of Hiei. Kurama found himself missing the fire demon greatly, even though a day hasn't pasted yet. Kurama sighed again. Then, his horrible day turned worse.
"Hello, Shuuichi." The familiar voice of the brown bushy- haired girl sat herself next to Kurama. "It everything alright? It's Hiei, isn't it? What happened?" Kurama didn't look or answer Hermione, and the girl frowned at that. "Come on, Shuuichi. Tell me what's wrong! Maybe I can help you!"
Kurama slowly turned to her. Surprising the Gryffindor Perfect, the fox wrapped his arms around Hermione's neck, his face was on her neck. Hermione felt something wet on the place Kurama had placed his head.
"Nothing is alright! Yes, it's Hiei! I just... I just don't know what to do! I don't want him to be angry at me, but... I..." Kurama's voice was a bit cracked as he tried to cry. He had hardly, if ever, cried in his present life.
Hermione slowly stroked Kurama's hair, loving the scent that was coming out of it. Roses. A beautiful, but deadly plant. "It's going to be alright. He probably just need some time alone and get rid of his anger and stress." Hermione's voice was soft and caring.
Kurama shook his head. "But what if he's going to be angry at me forever! I don't think I can live a life with Hiei not speaking to me!"
Hermione frowned. "He'll get over it sooner or later. No one can hold a grudge forever."
Kurama slowly pulled away and looked straight into Hermione's eyes. Hermione began to get lost in the evergreen irises. It looked like two emeralds, the tears made it shine delicately. The Perfect couldn't help but slowly lean forward, wanting to see how soft Kurama's petal- like lips were.
Kurama noticed this and didn't quite know what to do. 'This is not right. I don't have feelings for her. I really don't, right?' Kurama knew there won't be an answer, but he couldn't help thinking about it. 'No, I can't. Not yet, maybe. I- I don't know...' Kurama leaned backwards. "Hermione, I'm going to go to bed." Hermione snapped out of the daze and gave Kurama a small nod. "Thanks for listening to my problems, I really appreciate it." Hermione nodded again, just staring as Kurama stood up and went to the boy's dormitory.
"I wonder what they would taste like..." Hermione whispered quietly to herself. When she realized what she had said she mentally hit herself. "Ooooohh! This is not good! I barely even know him!" Hermione sighed and decided to see what Harry and Ron were doing.
At midnight, Hiei was twisting and turning in his current spot at the windowsill. Images of Kurama flew in his head. Images that he had hoped he wouldn't have to see again.
Hiei was napping peacefully in a tree. The birds sang beautifully to the light blue sky. The animals on the ground were running around, playing a game similar to tag. Hiei couldn't have been in a better place that this, but that was until cries of agony woke him up. Hiei immediately sat up straight and looked at the birds flying away in fright. 'Not good.' The fire demon leapt away. Tree after tree until he found the source of the sound. A battle was going on and all of the demons seemed to be attacking one person. 'Youko?' Hiei looked on as the silver fox demon sliced his opponents with his infamous Rose Whip. Blood splattered onto the trees, grass, and flowers. The blood also splattered on to Youko. ' What is he doing?' All of a sudden, a demon, much larger than the ones Youko were currently fighting, appeared out of nowhere and scratched Youko deeply on the back with its sharp claws. The fox demon gave a small cry in pain. ' I have to help him!' Hiei leapt down from the tree he was standing on and charged at the huge demon, he reached for his katana, only to find that it was missing. ' What!' Hiei looked down at where his sword was suppose to be, but found nothing of the object. The fire demon looked at the demon, the smaller demons, and Youko, again. ' Damn it! I don't have time to look for it or search for something else in replace! I'll just have to have head to head again them!' And so, Hiei resume his way to the demons and raised his fist to aim a blow at one of the weaker demon's head. Just when Hiei thought it would crush the other demon's skull, his hand went right through it! ' What!' Hiei looked at his hands, then tried to punch another demon, but the same result happened.
A cry of deep agony reached Hiei's demon ears. "Youko?" Hiei looked at the demon. His eyes widened. Youko was a bloody mess, his tunic- like clothing was stained in the red liquid substance. It pained Hiei as he saw Youko slowly falling backwards. The fire demon's heart skipped a beat. "No! Youko!" Hiei rushed through the demon, nothing touched him. When he reached his friend, he knelt down to touch him, but his hand went right through the fox demon. "Youko! Wake up! Don't die! Don't leave me here. I can't live without you! Only you and Yukina can give me happiness! You can't leave me!" Hiei felt tears prickled his eyes and he tried to blink it away. "Youko... Don't go..."
It was truly a tragic sight. A person, who hardly knew the meaning of friends, was crying deeply for another. Hiei gave a loud shout. A shout of pain for a lost friend. A shout for all the times he had hurt his fox friend. A shout for not telling him something he had wanted to for so long, but afraid to be rejected and abandoned.
Hiei watched helplessly as the large demon gave a cruel laugh in triumph and crouched down on the other side of Youko. It raised its blood-tainted claws and cut off Youko's arms in two swift moves. Next came the legs, finally the head was off. Blood was everywhere, but on Hiei. Hiei's shouts and cries never ceased. The demon laughed once again in satisfaction. The laugh echoed in Hiei's head. He began to feel angry. Very angry. He raised his fist once again, but this time, he hit something.
Hiei opened his eyes and saw red. The fire demon blinked. Kurama? Indeed, the fox demon was bend over and holding his stomache. Hiei looked at his right hand, which was still in a fist, and looked back at Kurama. The fire demon's eyes widened.
"Kurama? Are you alright!" Hiei immediately stood up and stood beside Kurama.
"I'm fine, Hiei," Kurama gave a small chuckle. "At least it didn't hurt as much as the cut you gave me a while back, ne?"
Hiei frowned. He hadn't meant to do that, the attack was meant for Yusuke. "You know I didn't mean it."
Kurama slowly straighten up and smiled at Hiei. "I know."
Hiei looked away from Kurama, he felt guilty for what he had done to the fox demon in the past. "I'm sorry, Kurama." Hiei's voice was soft and sincere. Two things that didn't go well with his voice.
Kurama nearly backed away from the fire demon. Hiei hardly, if ever, apologize. "You've done nothing wrong, Hiei. The punch was just an accident."
"No, I've done many terrible things to you and I just..." Hiei trailed off, not knowing what to say anymore. "I just... I just don't know what to do without you with me, Kurama..."
Kurama gave Hiei a surprised look, but then gave him another dazzling smile. "And I can't live without you. You're done nothing too serious. It happens all the time! You really don't have to apologize."
"Damn it, fox! Just accept my apology!" Hiei screamed into Kurama's face. Kurama opened his mouth to say something, but he suddenly found the fire demon had his arms around him. "Don't leave me." Hiei's voice was muffled in Kurama's nightshirt. Kurama looked down at Hiei and slowly pushed him away, letting the fire demon know that he wasn't rejecting him in any way.
"I won't. You're probably tired," Kurama's voice was caring, "Go to sleep..."
Hiei bit his lips and nodded. The fire demon flitted to his bed.
"Good night, Hiei," Kurama said, making his way to his own bed.
"'Night K'rama."
Kurama smiled and slowly went back to sleep.
That took a while... I had a bit of a writer's block and I have a cold at the moment, so it's a surprise I'm even finish this. Haha! Well, I'm sill deciding if there will be any yaoi... I'm not really good with choosing... And I'm going to have a tally to see who want yaoi and who doesn't. I'm counting the ones that I have so far.
Yaoi: 6
No Yaoi: 4
Ooh! So it seems that yes yaoi was winning! Oops! Haha! I'll be glad to make it yaoi, but people who doesn't like it, you can vote for no! Muahahaha! D Well, anywayz! Review responses and appreciations!
Appreciations to:
shadowyoukaikitsune
Tobi
KyoHanna
sessho-luver
Everyqueen
Jessica
sfahre
Evene
Response:
shadowyoukaikitsune: I'm fine! How are yoouu? D And I made Puu change into his phoenix form! Yay! I'm not quite sure how it works either. I didn't even know Puu was a phoenix. Haha! Thanks for the review!
Everqueen: Haha! I would like Puu to bite off Hermione's head off too, but that wouldn't be much of a story. Haha! I'm still not quite sure about the yaoi part, as stated above, but I might make another story after I finish this one and the CYOA I'm making on e-fiction.
Evene: D I'll try to make the chapters longer, but I have been getting ill quite often lately, so I don't have much time in my day to write. I'm actually more of a reader that a writer, but I like them both all the same!
So this just about wraps it up! Everyone can still vote, people who have already voted can vote again, but only once per chapter!
