The Dream: Luci's Destiny Chapter Twenty-Eight
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Chapter Twenty-Eight: New Feelings Arising
Kurama somehow found himself meeting her again. Something about her kept made him want to see her more, but what? Her sweet smile kept playing in his head. She had a scent of jasmine tea, beautiful long black hair, and a very interesting personality.
"Hey, Shuichi!" she called. "It's a holiday this weekend? Do you have anything planned?"
He shook his head. "No, do you?"
"I don't know…" she said, smiling. "Well, what do you usually do on holidays?"
"I'm not sure. I guess I finish any school work I have to do, or I hang around and help my mother."
"What?" Alice exclaimed. "Come on, you need to have some fun in life!" There was a brief pause.
"Um...so...what...what do you think of me?" she finally blurted out.
"I—I—"
"Kurama!" a voice suddenly shouted. "KURAMA!"
"Botan?" Kurama asked.
Could Shuichi already have a girlfriend? "Kurama?" Alice wondered.
"Ah, it's just a nickname," Kurama said.
"Kura—oh, hi. Am I bothering you two? Oh, no time. Kuram—"
"BOTAN!" he said.
Botan realized what he meant. "Oh, sorry, Shuichi. I really need to talk to you—it's important. Koen—ahh yeah, it's about Yusuke."
"YUSUKE?" demanded Alice. "I want to know too. What about Yusuke?"
"Alice…" said Kurama. "Look, I really have to go. She stared into his eyes. It was almost as if he didn't want her around.
But just what kind of nickname is Kurama? I was expecting something more like Cutiepants or something... Alice kept staring at Botan, especially her blue hair. "Go, then,"she said sadly. "I have to go do something anyway."
What do you think of me? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ME? What do you think of me? The words kept playing over and over in his head. I like her, don't I? Kurama asked himself. I can't keep myself from thinking of her. Lots of human girls have confessed their love to me, but she's different, and… and I refused her so quickly. She's different than all those other girls. They're all so shallow, but when I'm with her, everything seems so much happier. When I left her there...she looked so sad...
He was falling for her, and he knew he had to tell her the truth eventually. Would the truth scare her away though? Even if Alice was different from most people, she was still human. Because to her…I'm just…a Shuichi. I guess I'm just not meant to have any kind of real life. I already used up my one real life…as a fox, and I'll have to become thieving fox in another totally different world again if I want a real life back with me…
He sighed as he continued to follow Botan. Kurama had never felt like this before, nor had he ever been troubled like this before. His head was shaky, his throat dry. He had been in love before, but that was something different; it wasn't like his current situation. Finally, Kurama made up his mind; he had to fix things up.
"Look, Botan, there's something I have to do. I'll be back as soon as possible."
"Okay, Kurama. Can you make it back here in half an hour?"
"Thanks," he said and took off.
Luci staggered as she slowly stood up, her eyes glaring at Mukuro with hate and disgust. "So you'll kill me, huh? Give me your best shot, hooker."
Mukuro laughed. "Come on, little bitch. You know you stand no chance at all."
"But say I do die today," Luci continued, slowly easing her way toward Mukuro. "What good's that going to do you?"
"Oh, so you're trying to maneuver your way out from dying with your little wordy obstacles. Don't you think that I'll get tricked."
"Hah," Luci laughed, "I really should hope you aren't that stupid. But besides, seeing me dead, is just gonna make Hiei hate you…" Luci suddenly punched Mukuro in the stomach as hard as she could. "…even more."
Blood shot out from Mukuro's mouth as she staggered back in surprise. When had that girl suddenly become so powerful? No big deal, she thought. She just took me by surprise. "Oh, now you've really done it. You're going to die," Mukuro said, as a ball of red energy appeared at the palm of her hands.
As Mukuro released the energy attack, a bright green barrier appeared around Luci, protecting her. Then Mukuro shot short, more-powerful blasts, which slowly eroded the barrier. "We both know that puny energy barrier won't hold much longer." She let out a frightening laugh as she shot quicker blasts.
"We'll see about that," Luci said as the barrier grew thicker.
"Don't make me have to cut you apart, little girl."
Suddenly Luci's eyes flashed bright green, and energy blasted out from the barrier, blowing Mukuro away. The barrier disappeared, and Luci fell down on her knees, weak without any energy, her eyes back to normal.
Luci grimaced as Mukuro licked the blood off of her lips and stood up. "So, I must say I'm quite impressed. You're much stronger than I suspected, but that's not good enough. It's such a pity you'll be dying alone with no one other than myself to witness it."
Once again, Mukuro's palm lit up, and an orb of energy was created.
Alice sat in the corner of her room as tears ran down her cheeks. What's wrong with me? Why do I act so cheerfully around others? I can't be so close him…we're just friends…he doesn't like me anyway, so I need to just get over it.
Ring! The phone rang once…twice…three, four, five times…then came the sound of the answering machine. "Hello, you are calling the Shinma residence. Please leave your name, phone number, and a brief message…"
I shouldn't hang out with him so much…it's not good for me. I…
"Alice?" said a voice on the answering machine. "This is Shuichi. I was wondering if you wanted to talk. I…" He continued on talking.
"Oh, so now you come to me?" Alice shouted at the machine. "You done hanging with that blue-haired girlfriend of yours?" She broke down in tears again. What am I doing? He really doesn't know how much he's hurting me. Being able to see him makes me happy, but when I think about how…how I'm missing everything…how he rejected me…I don' t know…
"…but if you're too busy, then…"
Alice picked up the phone. "Shuichi?"
"Hey, I was wondering—"
"No, I don't think I can go. I'm a little busy at the moment—you know—just uhh—busy…doing some work around the house for my mom."
"Oh…I thought that you might want to know that I think Luci's going to be back soon."
Alice didn't seem to care. "Well, that's great! I'm sure Luci'll be just fine. So, uh, you have fun with that—Botox—girl. Bye, Shuichi." She hung up. I can't hang around him anymore; it'll just hurt me more.
Luci sat there, weak on her knees. Everything that had just happened had happened so quickly. She had no idea what was going on. There was a bright light ahead of her, but her vision was blurring quickly. Soon, everything had turned black.
Mukuro was about to shoot off a blast when two people appeared directly in front of her. "Hiei…Yusuke…"
"What have you done to my sister?" Yusuke demanded as he looked back at a bruised and fainted body. "Mukuro…don't you think that just because you're powerful that you can just go around and do anything. You're really going to pay. Hiei, I got Mukuro; take care of Luci."
As Yusuke began to fight Mukuro, Hiei walked up to Luci and picked her up. He had seen what had happened through his third eye. So Yusuke's right…there is something that's definitely not human about her… As he looked at her resting in his arms, he thought of his sister.
Mukuro was pretty evenly matched with Yusuke—that is, until she saw Luci cuddled in Hiei's arms. Yusuke saw her weakness and took advantage of it, giving her a hard blow in the head. "No offense, miss, but you're just not Hiei's type."
Yusuke walked over to Hiei. "How's she doing?"
"She just needs some rest."
"Let's get out of here then," Yusuke said. "I'll carry her if you want."
"No, it's o—" Hiei paused. "I mean…take her…she's your sister." He blushed slightly.
Yusuke laughed. "Well, man, I—" He jumped to the side as a slash of energy came flying toward him. Mukuo was back on her feet, angrier than ever.
"I'll kill all of you. Hiei, this is pure betrayal, and the punishment for treason is death."
"RUN!" came a voice.
"Botan?" Yusuke asked.
"I SAID RUN, DAMMIT!"
Carrying Luci, Hiei sprinted out of the cave with Yusuke and an irate Mukuro following behind.
"Over here!" Botan shouted, soaring on her paddle. "Grab on tightly!" The paddle grew longer as Hiei and Yusuke grabbed on, and the four of them soared in the sky, far away from Mukuro.
"Well, that was one exciting escape!" Botan exclaimed. "How are you boys doing?"
"Botan, what are you doing here?" Yusuke asked.
"Ah, just a little favor I'm doing for my favorite boys. Ehh, well, actually, Koenma sent me. He said you guys were having some trouble, isn't that right, Hiei?"
"Hn. Didn't need your help."
Botan laughed. "Ah come on, Hiei. I can see you've got your hands full with two girls! Haha." Hiei didn't reply.
"So, Botan," said Yusuke, "where are we going?"
"Right, right," she said. "I have a boat from Spirit World that Kurama's powering with his spirit energy. It'll take you guys back to the Human World."
"Kurama's here as well?" Hiei asked.
"Yes, in fact, Hiei, he is. I figured you'd want to see your old buddy!" Botan exclaimed cheerfully.
"Hn, whatever," grumbled Hiei. He stayed silent as Botan and Yusuke chattered along. In his arms lay an unconscious girl who was just resting there. He remembered how he had first met her as his hostage. He sure had changed a lot from then. Luci...she looked a little peaceful, like she was finally getting some rest.
Hiei had never really been so close to a woman before, or at least not close enough to examine her carefully. At first he looked at her face. Her eyes were loosely closed and her mouth slightly ajar. Soon he began to stare at her lips. They were healthy-looking, pink, and smooth; he stopped staring at her lips when a certain thought came about in his head and continued on. He noticed that she had a svelt figure that was very fit. As he continued on, he blushed as he looked at her chest (1), and then he shook his head. What was he doing? He had never acted like this before, but he had to admit to himself, he was a bit curious.
"We're there!" Botan announced. Soon everyone landed in the boat. "Captain Kurama, set sail!"
Soon a hole appeared in the sky, sucking the boat into it. After a matter of seconds everyone soon found themselves sitting on a sidewalk right outside of Yusuke's neighborhood.
"Okay, everyone," said Botan. "Welcome back! In two days after everyone's rested up, we'll meet here again at noon! Orders from Koenma; we've got some matters to discuss. Ta-ta!" She disappeared.
Yusuke rushed up to Hiei. "How's Luci?" He asked with a worried expression. "Hey, Luci, we're back now. Don't worry, you'll be fine."
"Hey, Urameshi!" called a voice. It was Kuwabara. "Hey, Kurama, hey squirt."
"Hn."
"Hey, Kuwabara!"
"Hey!"
Kuwabara stopped when he say Luci. "What are all of you guys doing here together? Am I missing out on something?"
"It's a long story," said Kurama. "Yeah, Botan told me what happened."
"Well, you guys, I have to take Luci home now."
"I'll go with you," said Kuwabara. Yusuke carried Luci and walked away with Kuwabara.
Kurama turned to Hiei. "Well, my place is free if you need somewhere to stay."
"Hn," said Hiei, following Kurama.
From inside a store, Alice watched as everyone walked off. Now she really was confused.
(1) Hahaha, Hiei. You really are starting to become slightly perverted! Haha, the hormones are FINALLY kicking in! Lol.
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