Chapter Five: A Conversation
Hiei had awoken periodically throughout the night. Unlike his companion, the big oaf, he wasn't able to just drop down onto a futon and nod off to sleep in ten seconds.
He had sat up and looked around. His sword was neatly placed- upright- in the corner, his cloak was hanging on a hook on the wall, and his coat was folded up neatly on the chair in the other corner of the room.
He stood up and walked across the room, flinging open the window shutters, and sending in the eerie glow of the moonlight.
He walked back over to his bead and dropped back down onto his back, looking out the window
***
The night had been a bit more productive for Kuwabara then it had been for Hiei. The tall human stood up and stretched out his arms, making a loud yawn. For his own part, he felt very refreshed after sleeping on a real bed, under a roof in a safe place.
"Oh yeah!" He thought. "A new day." His train of thought continued.
Kuwabara was feeling very refreshed as he pulled his black shirt back on and tucked into his pants.
He pulled open the shutters, expecting to see the new day's sun, but instead he was greeted with the same old putrid sky that had been there the day before.
Kuwabara sighed and closed the window, leaving the room.
***
Hiei was sitting outside, in front of the house, thinking silently to himself. He didn't looked up when Kuwabara approached him.
The taller young man sat down beside him; still he didn't looked at him, he just sat there- thinking.
"I remember now," Kuwabara began. "Thing that brought us here…" He paused. "It was called the—"
"The Light Jump Sphere." Hiei interrupted.
"Yeah," The other replied. "But how'd you know that?" He then asked him.
The small demon looked over at him, showing no emotion in his face. "I recalled it in my dream." He replied.
Kuwabara's eyes grew wide. "…So did I…" He blurted out.
Then, for a time, there was silence between them. But, then, Kuwabara spoke up again. "What did you think about what they told us last night?" Kuwabara asked him eagerly.
Hiei took a long, inward breath and looked at Kuwabara. "As tragic as this is, this is not our fight." He replied.
Kuwabara was at a loss for words. "How can you say that?" He demanded. "After everything they told us!" He exclaimed.
Hiei frowned. "Listen," He began. "As much as you may want to help these people, it's not our job." He explained. "We just can't go helping everyone we meet who is in some kind of trouble, especially when we don't even belong there." He added.
"What do you mean?" Kuwabara asked him.
"This isn't our world, and these aren't our people." He replied. "The fact that we are here has already probably affected them far too much." He continued. "This may not even be their 'present time' that we've landed in." Hiei paused for a moment, to collect his thoughts. "If we tried to help them in the past, we might actually make things worse for them in the future." He tried to explain.
"How could stopping Darkon hurt these people in any way?" Kuwabara asked incredulously.
"That's just it!" Hiei spat in frustration. "We don't know what it could do!" He added. "We have no justification or right to meddle in these peoples' lives!" He finished.
The Demon stood up and looked over at Kuwabara. "What you fail to see is that I'm not just being some cold-hearted bastard." He replied, grimly. "I just happen to have realized that we could do a lot of damage to these people's timeline." He finished.
"I refuse to just leave these people like this." Kuwabara insisted.
Hiei shook his head and then looked at him, somewhat sadly for a moment, before resuming his usual detached manor. "That's just the problem, you're far too sentimental to survive in a world like this." He told him.
However, Bohen walked up to them, cutting their argument short. "Hiei and Kuwabara," He began. "The Elder is ready to see you both." He informed them.
They both became quiet once more and followed him.
***
"His name is Tresei," Bohen informed them. "He came here a long time ago, and had lived in the old temple ever since." He explained to them.
"Will be able to help us get back home?" Kuwabara asked.
"Hopefully." Bohen replied. "If anyone can, it'll be Tresei." He continued. "He knows a lot about magic and ancient lore." He added as he thought.
Kuwabara looked over to his side casually, but had to look again when he saw someone. It was a young man- who looked to be about his age. But the weird thing was that he looked a hell of a lot like Yuusuke. "Yurimeshi." He muttered as he observed the boy sweeping the dust off of the front porch of a house. It really did look like him, except he had a lighter brown- black hair, unlike Yuusuke's jet black slicked hair.
It was then, that he realized that he wasn't walking in the same direction as Hiei and Bohen, and had to quickly turn on his heal to catch up to them.
***
The three of them walked up to a two story brick-masonry building with an arched wooden roof.
They were about to walk up to the wooden double-doors, when a strange looking boy ran up to them.
"Rain?" Bohen spoke in surprise as the boy took his hand and looked nervously up at him.
"Bohen," He began. "Has there been any news on my brother?" He asked.
Hiei observed the strange look person. He was just a few inches taller them him and he was thin and pale, skinned with grayish-blue eyes and long platinum-blond hair. Everything about him revealed how timid and uneasy he was. Hiei wondered what had happen that had made him like this.
"I'm sorry," Bohen told him. "But I don't think that Garland could have possibly survived… or escaped the Valley of the Shadow of Death." He informed him, grimly.
Rain reached up took hold of the cross that hung around his neck and looked down at the grounds, causing pale strands of hair to fall down around his eyes. "How could God allow this happen?" He cried out.
Bohen kneeled down and looked him in the eyes. "Rain," He began, getting the boy's attention. "God had a plan for all of us, but we just can't understand it yet." He told him. "Don't ever give up hope." He told him, firmly. "Because if you do, then things will never get better." He told him, trying to consol him.
"I hope you're right." Rain replied, uneasily. "I'm sorry to have troubled you, sir." He then added, apologetically.
"Nonsense!" Bohen exclaimed. "You are always welcome to confide any troubles you have in me." He told him. "Now get along home." He added.
Bohen stood back up and watched as the boy walked away.
"What's wrong with him?" Kuwabara asked him.
Bohen looked at him sadly. "Rain is a very special person." He replied. "He was born with a unique birth defect that has made him very frail." He explained. "And the loss of his twin brother has only worsened him physically and emotionally." He explained.
"His brother, Garland, is the same person that Lin mentioned last night, isn't he?" Hiei asked, bluntly.
"Yes." Bohen replied, distress showing in his tone of voice. "Garland is his twin, and he also suffers from the same birth defect, but in a different way…" He tried told them in a vague manner. He then turned to the doors and pulled them open.
Both of the Spirit Detectives followed him inside.
***
"He was a Christian, wasn't he?" Hiei asked Bohen.
"Yes." The older man replied. "There are many religions in this world." He elaborated. "I myself, claim no single religion." He inserted, before Hiei could even consider asking him. "Except for the singular ideal of goodness that runs throughout them all." He added.
He then proceeded into the inner chamber of the temple.
Hiei chuckled to himself. "How strange that people always find religion in the darkest of times, when all else has failed them." He remarked- the exact meaning of the comment was unclear to his taller companion.
Both of them looked on the long room they stood in, rows of winds casting gray light into the area…
~End of Chapter Five~
Well, I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter. I know it took a while to put it out, but I can now say that I am back on track with my fanfic writing.
I'm really happy with the way this turned out, I think that the characters are turning out to be pretty interesting people.
Anyway, please let me know what you all think of this, and I'll see you guys next time.
-Bojack
Hiei had awoken periodically throughout the night. Unlike his companion, the big oaf, he wasn't able to just drop down onto a futon and nod off to sleep in ten seconds.
He had sat up and looked around. His sword was neatly placed- upright- in the corner, his cloak was hanging on a hook on the wall, and his coat was folded up neatly on the chair in the other corner of the room.
He stood up and walked across the room, flinging open the window shutters, and sending in the eerie glow of the moonlight.
He walked back over to his bead and dropped back down onto his back, looking out the window
***
The night had been a bit more productive for Kuwabara then it had been for Hiei. The tall human stood up and stretched out his arms, making a loud yawn. For his own part, he felt very refreshed after sleeping on a real bed, under a roof in a safe place.
"Oh yeah!" He thought. "A new day." His train of thought continued.
Kuwabara was feeling very refreshed as he pulled his black shirt back on and tucked into his pants.
He pulled open the shutters, expecting to see the new day's sun, but instead he was greeted with the same old putrid sky that had been there the day before.
Kuwabara sighed and closed the window, leaving the room.
***
Hiei was sitting outside, in front of the house, thinking silently to himself. He didn't looked up when Kuwabara approached him.
The taller young man sat down beside him; still he didn't looked at him, he just sat there- thinking.
"I remember now," Kuwabara began. "Thing that brought us here…" He paused. "It was called the—"
"The Light Jump Sphere." Hiei interrupted.
"Yeah," The other replied. "But how'd you know that?" He then asked him.
The small demon looked over at him, showing no emotion in his face. "I recalled it in my dream." He replied.
Kuwabara's eyes grew wide. "…So did I…" He blurted out.
Then, for a time, there was silence between them. But, then, Kuwabara spoke up again. "What did you think about what they told us last night?" Kuwabara asked him eagerly.
Hiei took a long, inward breath and looked at Kuwabara. "As tragic as this is, this is not our fight." He replied.
Kuwabara was at a loss for words. "How can you say that?" He demanded. "After everything they told us!" He exclaimed.
Hiei frowned. "Listen," He began. "As much as you may want to help these people, it's not our job." He explained. "We just can't go helping everyone we meet who is in some kind of trouble, especially when we don't even belong there." He added.
"What do you mean?" Kuwabara asked him.
"This isn't our world, and these aren't our people." He replied. "The fact that we are here has already probably affected them far too much." He continued. "This may not even be their 'present time' that we've landed in." Hiei paused for a moment, to collect his thoughts. "If we tried to help them in the past, we might actually make things worse for them in the future." He tried to explain.
"How could stopping Darkon hurt these people in any way?" Kuwabara asked incredulously.
"That's just it!" Hiei spat in frustration. "We don't know what it could do!" He added. "We have no justification or right to meddle in these peoples' lives!" He finished.
The Demon stood up and looked over at Kuwabara. "What you fail to see is that I'm not just being some cold-hearted bastard." He replied, grimly. "I just happen to have realized that we could do a lot of damage to these people's timeline." He finished.
"I refuse to just leave these people like this." Kuwabara insisted.
Hiei shook his head and then looked at him, somewhat sadly for a moment, before resuming his usual detached manor. "That's just the problem, you're far too sentimental to survive in a world like this." He told him.
However, Bohen walked up to them, cutting their argument short. "Hiei and Kuwabara," He began. "The Elder is ready to see you both." He informed them.
They both became quiet once more and followed him.
***
"His name is Tresei," Bohen informed them. "He came here a long time ago, and had lived in the old temple ever since." He explained to them.
"Will be able to help us get back home?" Kuwabara asked.
"Hopefully." Bohen replied. "If anyone can, it'll be Tresei." He continued. "He knows a lot about magic and ancient lore." He added as he thought.
Kuwabara looked over to his side casually, but had to look again when he saw someone. It was a young man- who looked to be about his age. But the weird thing was that he looked a hell of a lot like Yuusuke. "Yurimeshi." He muttered as he observed the boy sweeping the dust off of the front porch of a house. It really did look like him, except he had a lighter brown- black hair, unlike Yuusuke's jet black slicked hair.
It was then, that he realized that he wasn't walking in the same direction as Hiei and Bohen, and had to quickly turn on his heal to catch up to them.
***
The three of them walked up to a two story brick-masonry building with an arched wooden roof.
They were about to walk up to the wooden double-doors, when a strange looking boy ran up to them.
"Rain?" Bohen spoke in surprise as the boy took his hand and looked nervously up at him.
"Bohen," He began. "Has there been any news on my brother?" He asked.
Hiei observed the strange look person. He was just a few inches taller them him and he was thin and pale, skinned with grayish-blue eyes and long platinum-blond hair. Everything about him revealed how timid and uneasy he was. Hiei wondered what had happen that had made him like this.
"I'm sorry," Bohen told him. "But I don't think that Garland could have possibly survived… or escaped the Valley of the Shadow of Death." He informed him, grimly.
Rain reached up took hold of the cross that hung around his neck and looked down at the grounds, causing pale strands of hair to fall down around his eyes. "How could God allow this happen?" He cried out.
Bohen kneeled down and looked him in the eyes. "Rain," He began, getting the boy's attention. "God had a plan for all of us, but we just can't understand it yet." He told him. "Don't ever give up hope." He told him, firmly. "Because if you do, then things will never get better." He told him, trying to consol him.
"I hope you're right." Rain replied, uneasily. "I'm sorry to have troubled you, sir." He then added, apologetically.
"Nonsense!" Bohen exclaimed. "You are always welcome to confide any troubles you have in me." He told him. "Now get along home." He added.
Bohen stood back up and watched as the boy walked away.
"What's wrong with him?" Kuwabara asked him.
Bohen looked at him sadly. "Rain is a very special person." He replied. "He was born with a unique birth defect that has made him very frail." He explained. "And the loss of his twin brother has only worsened him physically and emotionally." He explained.
"His brother, Garland, is the same person that Lin mentioned last night, isn't he?" Hiei asked, bluntly.
"Yes." Bohen replied, distress showing in his tone of voice. "Garland is his twin, and he also suffers from the same birth defect, but in a different way…" He tried told them in a vague manner. He then turned to the doors and pulled them open.
Both of the Spirit Detectives followed him inside.
***
"He was a Christian, wasn't he?" Hiei asked Bohen.
"Yes." The older man replied. "There are many religions in this world." He elaborated. "I myself, claim no single religion." He inserted, before Hiei could even consider asking him. "Except for the singular ideal of goodness that runs throughout them all." He added.
He then proceeded into the inner chamber of the temple.
Hiei chuckled to himself. "How strange that people always find religion in the darkest of times, when all else has failed them." He remarked- the exact meaning of the comment was unclear to his taller companion.
Both of them looked on the long room they stood in, rows of winds casting gray light into the area…
~End of Chapter Five~
Well, I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter. I know it took a while to put it out, but I can now say that I am back on track with my fanfic writing.
I'm really happy with the way this turned out, I think that the characters are turning out to be pretty interesting people.
Anyway, please let me know what you all think of this, and I'll see you guys next time.
-Bojack