What's Love Got to Do with It?
Ch. 4
ALRIGHT! I don't……ah…um…ONWARDS
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Hoshi stared at Hiei, quirking an eyebrow, "I barely know you. You barely know me…Why are you comforting someone you don't know?"
Hiei looked to her with a dull expression, "I can't tell you not to cry?"
"Well…you can…but…why?"
"Does it matter?"
"No…I guess not…but I would like to know. And you never answered my other question…How do you know what happened?" Hoshi questioned, slightly angry.
Hiei turned his back to her again, and began to walk away, not bothering to answer her. "Hiei!" Why won't you answer me! Why?"
The demon continued to walk away, still not making a sound and keeping his mind clear so she couldn't read or hear anything.
"HIEI!" She yelled in anger. Hoshi slammed her hands down onto the ground as she yelled, glaring at Hiei's retreating form. "Why won't you tell me?"
Hiei stopped in his tracks, not because he wanted to…Or because he thought he should…He just…couldn't move. His legs where immobile…But why? His red eyes flickered down at his legs that he realized where being held by thick roots that had shot out of the ground. But how? "Kurama…Release me!" Hiei demanded looking over his shoulder at the rest of the park…He tried to sense out other people, especially the earth controlling friend he knew…But the only person he found near him was Hoshi.
"Why…" The green eyed girl asked again, quieter…She stood and the roots around Hiei went back into the ground. "I'm sorry I snapped….I was upset…and I…" The demon cut her off…
"Save your petty excuses for later…" He walked off, leaving Hoshi standing there alone. A breeze made her hair flitter to the right. She had stopped crying…but she was still a little unstable…The green eyed girl brushed off her skirt and straightened the long green sleeves of her uniform before turning on her heel and walking off….
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Koenma's screen was divided into four parts…One tracking Kyoko, one tracking Hiei, one tracking Kurama and the other screen tracking the other three blips. His brown eyes drifted to the screen with Hiei, and that's when he noticed one of the other three blips had appeared in the screen where Hiei was. It was normal for a while…But then the other blip grew very strong and Hiei's froze momentarily.
"Interesting…" He said, drumming his small fingers on his desk. "Ogre!"
The blue being entered his boss' office, "Yes Koenma sir?" He asked, tilting his head to the side.
"Tell Botan to bring Hiei to me, A.S.A.P." Koenma said looking to the screen one more time.
"A.S.A.P.?" Ogre asked, "Sir what's that."
"It's short for As soon as possible!" Koenma screeched, waving his tiny arms around frantically.
Ogre rubbed the back of his head, "Alright Koenma…I'll go tell her." With that he rushed out of the room.
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Botan flew above the city shortly after hearing the news from Koenma…She sensed the fire demon nearby and flew down for a closer look, "Hiei! Hiei!"
The red eyed demon looked to her dully, "What is it now Botan?"
The blue haired woman floated near him, ready to take off again, "Hiei! Hop on! Koenma wishes to see you! From what I've heard it's top importance!"
"Why should I" He questioned with a smirk, just wanting to see her flip out.
Botan waved her arms a bit, her pink kimono sleeves rustling, "He said it was important and had to do with the case we're working on!" Hiei nodded and jumped on the back of Botan's oar, sitting in a side saddle fashion. Botan flew upwards into the sky, going back to the spirit world…
Kyoko watched the scene from her second story window, "Wonder who the chick in pink was…Ah well…" She turned on her heel and clicked on the lamp on her bedside table. A knock came from her door and she sighed, walking over to answer it.
Raven hair seemed to frizz a bit as she opened the door, "Look, I told you I don't want to buy any perfu…"
"Kyoko?" Hoshi said cutting her off, "Can I…?"
The girl in question nodded, "Sure…As long as you're not selling me anything…" Hoshi nodded, stepping inside and taking off her shoes. "So…What brings you here? And how'd you find where I live?"
"I came here…because I think you're my only…friend, even though I don't know you that well…I found you by following Hiei from a distance…Well I mean…I lost him but I kept going this way and I saw the name plate on the house…so…yeah…"
"You do know he's a…"
"Yeah I know…so is Kurama right?"
Kyoko nodded, "Yeah they're both demons…You can tell too huh?"
Hoshi smiled a bit, "Yes…I don't know how but I can tell…"
"We discussed this before…" Kyoko commented with a smirk.
The green eyed school girl laughed, "Yes, yes we did didn't we…"
Kyoko laughed a bit too, walking off towards her room, motioning for Hoshi to follow. Chestnut hair rustled as she nodded and followed her friend. They soon arrived in a room with dark wooden floor, the furniture themed black. Kyoko sat on her floor and Hoshi sat down next to her, staring up at the ceiling. Her green eyes flickered to the window where she saw a tree, "Is that where Hiei usually sits?"
Kyoko nodded, "Yeah…I usually close the curtains though…When I'm changing and stuff like that…I haven't seen him since after school though…I mean he usually runs off to go talk to Kurama or something…He's usually back by now though…"
"Hm…I argued with him…" Hoshi muttered, looking back to Kyoko with a dull expression.
"What about?" Kyoko questioned, arching an eyebrow.
Hoshi sighed, "Well…I was at Nami's……………."
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Botan entered Koenma's office smiling, the short and angry demon at her side, "Lord Koenma! I got Hiei!"
The toddler turned in his chair looking to the pair, "Thank you Botan…" His brown eyes floated over to Hiei and then to the screen. He pressed a rewind button so that one of the screens went back to when Hiei and Hoshi were in the park. "Now Hiei…Come look at this."
The growling Hiei walked over, standing next to Koenma's desk so he could see the screen clearly. He watched as one blip entered the screen…and another came next to her…
"This is in the park…Not to long ago…the blip to the left is you…and to right is?"
Hiei frowned, "Hoshi."
"Right…Now if I deciphered this correctly…You walked away…And obviously you had made this, Hoshi, angry. Anyhow now…watch as you get farther away…Hoshi's blip grows very strong, and then you froze and didn't move for a bit…After that her blip went back to it's normal state…"
Hiei nodded at this but didn't explain what exactly happened. Koenma looked up to him, "Hiei…I need to know what happened…not the whole thing…just what happened when you froze."
"Roots…She slammed her hands down and roots wrapped around my legs…that's why I couldn't move…" Hiei stated bitterly, looking away from the child in the purple hat.
Koenma put his finger to his chin, "Thank you Hiei…I'll look into this…"
"Hn." Was Hiei's only response as he exited the office. Botan's pink eyes flickered to Koenma and then to Hiei and then back to Koenma.
"You can go Botan…You're done for the day…I have to do some research…" Koenma stated, closing his eyes.
Botan gave a quick bow, "Right sir." She fled out of the office, "Hiei!" She exclaimed, running after the demon. With a sigh Hiei slowed so that Botan could catch up to him.
"Hiei…" Botan said, now standing beside him, "What happened in the park…" She questioned, her voice filled with concern.
Hiei looked upwards at the spirit guide, "What happened is none of your concern…It's idiotic and pointless…"
"Well…Something had to happen to make her shoot roots out of the ground…Which is just odd in itself…"
Hiei sighed again, "Do you even know who I'm talking about?"
"Hoshi right? She's the one who was sitting next to Kyoko when I dropped off the pictures for you right? The one with the brown hair and green eyes?" Botan questioned, making sure she had the details correct.
The demon nodded, "Yeah…that one…"
"So…will you tell me?" Botan asked, her pink eyes shinning. Hiei glanced to her with narrowed red eyes, but said nothing. "Oh please Hiei!" The blue haired woman pleaded, "Please?" She continued to say please until Hiei glared to her, snapping.
"Fine…but you tell anyone this and you're dead…"
"Right!" She exclaimed, "Tell me on the ride ok?"
Hiei nodded, watching as Botan's oar appeared and she sat on it. He jumped on the back like he had done before. "I was sitting in the tree in the park like I usually do after Kyoko leaves the school building…I like to go visit Kurama sometimes…But today he had come to see Kyoko and Hoshi and I had gotten to talk with him a bit so I decided to wait a bit before following Kyoko again." Botan nodded, taking in the information.
"So I was resting in the tree and Hoshi came over crying…She sat down under the tree and started talking to herself…So I asked her what she was crying for…Then I jumped down telling her not to cry over something stupid. She asked me how I knew what happened all I did was tell her not to cry.
" She asked me why I was comforting her…I asked if it matters…She asks again how I knew and I didn't answer…I started to walk off and she called my name but I continued walking. Next thing I know she screams my name, slams her hands on the ground and roots come up out of nowhere. I thought Kurama did it but he wasn't anywhere near…."
Botan nodded, "Hrm…So…Hey…Wait! How did you know what happened to Hoshi?"
Hiei glanced to her through red eyes, "I didn't." He said dryly.
"You didn't know what happened? And you comforted her anyway…Aw…that's so sweet…" Botan said smiling brightly, turning and hugging the demon tightly.
"What are you doing steer this oar and release me!" Hiei demanded angrily. Botan giggled, letting go of Hiei and looking back in front of her at the city lights of Tokyo.
"Oooh…I rarely get to see it like this…I'm always up here in the day…It's so pretty at night…."
Hiei looked down at the city with a flat stare…Not getting why Botan was so excited…
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"Damn it Urameshi! It's almost nine o'clock! Can we go home!" Kuwabara exclaimed, waving his arms around.
"Shut up…I'm winning…" Yusuke said, moving the joystick on the video game around wildly as he pressed buttons.
Kurama sighed, "Yusuke we need to leave…The store was supposed to close an hour ago…" The kitsune said smartly, putting a hand to his forehead.
"I'm winning! Give me five more minutes!" The spirit detective exclaimed again, pressing a green button repeatedly.
"That's what you said two hours ago!" Kuwabara exclaimed again.
"I'm so happy I wasn't here all that time…" Kurama muttered to himself, looking to the screen in which Yusuke was making an animated man move around and beat up another person.
"Ah shit…" Yusuke said loudly as the words, 'Game Over' appeared on the screen in bold red letters. The spirit detective put his hands in his pockets, "I'm out of quarters…Damn…"
Kuwabara grabbed the back of Yusuke's shirt collar, dragging him outside, "We're leaving!" Kurama followed from a few feet away.
"Hey let me go you bastard!"
"No!"
The kitsune sighed, looking up to the sky and spotting a floating figure, "Botan!" He called, waving an arm in the air to signal the spirit guide. The two arguing boys looked up, also spotting Botan.
"Hi Botan!" Yusuke exclaimed.
"Heya!" Kuwabara yelled, smiling brightly.
Botan spotted them, giving a slight wave, "Hiei do you want to go down or do you want me to take you to Kyoko's house?"
Hiei glanced to her, "Do what you wish."
The pink eyed girl smiled brightly and nodded, darting down towards her friends. "Hey guys!" She said, coming to a halt and making the oar disappear as she stepped onto the ground, along with Hiei.
Kuwabara walked towards Hiei, "hey look…You brought the pipsqueak!" He laughed a bit, poking the fire demon in the nose.
Said fire demon swiftly grabbed the red heads hand, holding it tightly, almost breaking his bones. "Oh look…the moron…"
Kurama walked over, setting one hand on Hiei's shoulder and one hand on Kuwabara's shoulder, "Will you two stop?"
"Hn…" Hiei crossed his arms, turning away from the man in the blue outfit. "Whatever…I have a job to do…" With that he walked away, going towards Kyoko's house…
"Geeze what's eating him?" Yusuke commented, rubbing the back of his head.
Botan shrugged and looked at his retreating form……
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AGH….This was the hardest chapter for me to write…I've been having writers block lately…um…Tell me what you think please! Reviews are loved by all! BYE!