Chapter 8
A/N: Thank you all! Now here is chapter 8!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho...
Last Chapter:
I must apologize for the last note...
As you can tell I am not really great with words or charming women
I am not a threat, I am only a love struck boy
I would really appreciate it if you met me in the forest at about midnight
I really hope that this isn't too late for you, but I really have to tell you something
– Hiei
Keiko smiled at the warm words and folded up the note.
"What's it say?" Botan asked.
"Guess..." Keiko smiled looking at her.
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"Guess? What is it!" Botan cried trying to snatch the note.
Keiko quickly moved out of the way and smiled.
"Oh come on Keiko!" She called staring at the girl anxiously. Keiko reread the note and then handed it to her blue haired friend.
After a few seconds a squeal could be heard. "This is great sweety!" She shouted handing the note to the other girls.
Shizuru sighed and looked at Keiko.
"How do we know that this isn't just a trick? What if the person who really did this, knows that you like Hiei? This may be a trap."
Yukina nodded, but smiled.
"But still, what if it's real!" She added giving the note back to Keiko.
Keiko tightly clasped the note in her hands and pressed it close to her heart.
"So do I go?" She asked looking up at the white ceiling.
"I don't know, you might get killed..." Shizuru informed stuffing a candy into her mouth.
Keiko sighed and looked at the clock.
"It's 10:35, I have at least and hour and thirty minutes to decide."
Botan shook her head and placed both her hands on Keiko's shoulders.
"Oh come on Keiko, what could go wrong..."
Shizuru sighed at the comment and looked up a Botan.
"You really haven't been listening to me, have you Botan?"
"Huh?"
The tall girl sighed again and laid her body down on the bed.
"What if she gets hurt?"
Botan thought of this for a moment, her face scrunched up while thinking.
"Bingo!" She shouted startling everyone.
"What?" Yukina asked getting over her fright.
"One of us will follow Keiko!" She suggested looking at the three.
Shizuru nodded.
"That might not be a bad idea..." She smiled.
Keiko looked at her friends and frowned.
"But I don't want you all spying on us!" She grumbled.
"Why? What do you plan on doing? Must be something naughty if you don't want anyone around..." Shizuru smirked, as Keiko's face turned a bright red.
"NO! It's just that...that..." Keiko stammered trying to find the right words to speak.
"I shall follow you Keiko. I mean I do have at least some sense and I won't have to look at you. If it's really a trap I would be able to sense it, and if it's not...then I'll just wait and make sure that you get back here safely." Yukina smiled.
Keiko smiled back at her friend. She then sat down on the bed and gathered one of the pillows.
"You guys popped my bubble, I was so hoping that it really would be him..." She pouted placing her face into the soft material.
"We're not saying it isn't. We just want to make sure it's nothing bad." Shizuru explained patting Keiko's back.
Keiko looked up at the clock again.
"10:40..." She whispered.
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Hiei stood on the balcony looking at the stars that twinkled in the sky.
"Is something bothering you?" Kurama asked walking next to him.
"It's nothing..."
Kurama frowned at his friend and directed his gaze to the stars.
"Everything will go okay, Hiei. I'm sure of it." Kurama consoled.
Hiei turned to the fox who still kept his gaze on the stars and smirked.
"You really think so?"
"I know so..."
Hiei nodded and stared of into the woods.
"What time is it?" He asked growing impatient.
Kurama looked down at his wrist and read the numbers on his watch.
"It just turned 10:45." Kurama informed.
"I should've told her to meet me sooner..." Hiei mumbled.
The red head chuckled.
"Patience Hiei..."
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It had been at least an hour after the note was delivered and Keiko was pacing back and forth across the white carpet.
"Keiko calm down!" Botan stated following the girl.
"I can't help it Botan. I'm so nervous, oh... I really hope it's him. Oh my gosh?" She shouted unexpectedly.
"What?" Yukina asked looking up from the book she was reading.
"What if it is him? What am I going to say?"
Botan almost fell off the bed after this comment but caught herself before meeting the ground.
"Now you worry about this?" She shouted staring at the frantic brunette.
Keiko nodded and looked down at her feet, staring at her purple socks.
"Keiko, Keiko, Keiko..." Shizuru sang patting her head.
"There's nothing to worry about, you'll do fine. Just let things take their course..."
Keiko closed her eyes and bit her lip.
' Last time I let things take their course, he ended up with a swollen nose and a red cheek...' She thought tilting her head to the side out of disappointment.
"What you thinking about?" Botan asked.
"Nothing!" Keiko shouted directing her eyes towards the clock.
"It's 11:45! I have to go already!" She shouted running to her room to gather her coat.
She looked through her closet and found a small dark blue sweater.
"This will do..." She grinned putting it on.
In a matter of seconds she was putting her shoes on. She stared at her shoe and laughed a little.
"What is it?" Botan asked.
"For a minute there I forgot how to tie my shoelaces. I must be a nervous wreck..." She sighed finally tying the two bows.
"Don't worry about it, now let's go." Yukina smiled leading Keiko out of the hotel.
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"Shouldn't you be going?" Kurama asked Hiei.
Hiei nodded and ran into the woods.
"Good luck..."
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Keiko and Yukina walked through bushes and trees, wandering aimlessly around the woods.
"So Keiko? Where are you suppose to meet him?" She asked.
Keiko stopped and turned to Yukina stupidly.
"I really don't have a clue..." She stated hitting her head softly.
Yukina sighed heavily and looked around.
"I sense someone coming. I think it's him, I'll be over by that tree. The one that has the left branch broken off."
Keiko nodded as a notation that she understood.
"Now if you need any help just scream..."
Again Keiko nodded.
Yukina quickly hugged her friend and wished her good luck, before taking off to her hiding place.
Keiko stood there wondering who the person was that Yukina sensed.
In an instance she felt a hand reach her shoulder.
By reflex the young girl turned ready to slap the person behind her.
But she felt a strong hand grasp her small wrist tightly.
"I won't allow that to happen again..." A voice spook causing her to open one of her closed eyes.
She met a pair of red orbs and quickly pulled away.
"So sorry!" She spoke bowing down.
Hiei looked down at her with amusement.
"I didn't think you would show up after the first note, but then again..." He whispered looking towards the tree where Yukina was hiding.
"It seems like you brought company..."
Keiko looked towards him and nodded.
"I'm sorry, it's just that they worry about me. And to tell you the truth Yukina really makes me feel safe..." She whispered playing with her hair.
Hiei nodded slightly and looked at the nervous brunette in front of him. He saw how her brown eyes glowed and how a soft pink tint crept on her cheeks.
"Do I have something on my face?" She asked wiping her face frantically.
Hiei quickly grabbed both her hands and placed them down by her sides.
Keiko was shocked by his action and stared at the earthy ground.
"So...what is it you wanted to tell me?" She asked, staring at his black boots.
"Well in order for me to tell you, you have to look at me..."
Keiko flinched at his words and raised her head slowly.
"Well what is it?" She whispered.
Hiei inched closer to her, his face not far from hers.
"I just wanted to tell you that I..." He paused for a moment and pulled back.
Keiko couldn't believe it. He was so close to her for a moment and all she could do was stare blankly at him!
'Maybe that's why he turned away...' She thought.
Hiei looked at the girl who had a frown gracing her soft features. He couldn't believe that he had just pulled away from her like that.
Keiko looked up at him and noticed that he was staring somewhere else.
' It's now or never Keiko! You can do this!' She thought slapping her face multiple times.
Hiei looked at the girl weirdly as she slapped herself silly.
"Hiei!" She shouted startling him.
He turned to her as she stepped towards him.
"I know that you called me here to tell me something, but I have to say something first. Hiei?" She again shouted, shutting her eyes and turning her head to the side.
Hiei backed away from the girl, wondering if she was about to explode or not.
"What is...it?" He asked.
She finally opened her eyes and stared at him.
"Hiei I just wanted to tell you that I..."
"ACHOO!"
Yukina quickly covered her mouth staring at the two from behind the tree. But she found no one looking her way.
Keiko had paused for a moment after hearing the disruption but ignored it completely.
' I can't let anything interrupt me now.' She thought
"Hiei I like you!" She shouted, tightening her hands into tight fists.
Hiei stared at the girl and couldn't believe what she had just told him.
"Excuse me?" He asked looking at her blankly.
Keiko looked away her face turning a bright red.
"Do I have to repeat myself...?" She asked quietly.
Hiei stepped closer to her wanting to wrap his arms around her, but for some reason his arms wouldn't lift.
"Keiko..." He mumbled causing her to look at him.
"I..." He paused once again and turned the other way. For some reason the words just didn't want to come out.
He couldn't take this woman as nothing more than a friend, what would Yusuke say? What would he do?
It surprised him that only now he would think of the spirit detective, the time when he was finally going to tell the young brunette his true feelings.
But he didn't want to put her into any problems and Yusuke was one big problem.
"Hiei?" She asked touching his face with one of her small hands.
He smirked at the warmth her hands gave as she turned his face to look at her.
"Did you hear me?" She asked innocently.
He stared at her for some time and did nothing but...stare.
'Why did I fall in love with her...?' He thought. 'Wait love? This was nothing but a simple crush how did in turn into something else!'
He glared at the girl drawing her away from him.
"Why did you do this to me?" He questioned her as she fell back from his anger.
Keiko watched him as he inched closer anger filling in his eyes.
Why was he so mad at her, what had she done to cause this much anger.
"Hiei, what did I do?" She whispered hugging her small body out of fear.
Hiei stopped and stared down at the frightened girl. She looked like a child who was hiding from a monster.
Did he cause this?
Was he the monster?
"Keiko...I'm sorry..." He spoke turning his body away from her.
She looked up and smiled sadly.
Again his back was to her, just like earlier in the day.
"Hiei..."
"Look! I just wanted to thank you for helping me today. It really wasn't necessary though, I could've taken him down. You could've gotten yourself hurt, what would have Yusuke done?"
Keiko gawked at him.
"Why are you bringing him up?" She shouted tears falling down her face.
She hated when that happened. When she couldn't talk to boys because they thought she belonged to Yusuke. When she was only known as Urameshi's girl! Well she did have a name! And it was Keiko...and she was no one's girl.
"Shut up!" She shouted running towards him and throwing her arms around his waist.
He stood there not knowing what to do. He wanted to throw her off and run, but then again, he wanted to stay and hug her back.
"Don't you dare bring him into this conversation. If Yusuke really wanted me by his side he would never cancel our dates! He would tell me every day that he loved me, that he wanted me with him always! And he wouldn't run off on me, leaving me to worry."
He listened to her words and put his head down waiting for more but nothing came.
"You know he loves you..."
"Shut up!" She interrupted.
"I know he does, and I loved him too. But he's not being fair! I loved him once...but now I love another. If Yusuke really loved me, he would never leave me alone enough to find another to love!"
She whispered rubbing her face against his lower back.
Hiei smirked at her words. She was a smart woman and that's one thing he liked about her.
"Keiko who is this other you love...?" He asked.
She tightened her grip on him and growled out in frustration.
"Don't act stupid with me Hiei! You know who, I told you already...don't give me this crap..."
Hiei had never heard the young girl curse before and turned to look down at her with a smirk plastered on his face.
"No need to use those kind of words. But I have to say I'm kinda proud."
Keiko looked up at him and smiled jumping up and throwing her arms around his neck.
"Now Hiei I know you didn't arrange this just to thank me. What did you want to say...?" She whispered into his neck.
He stood there wondering if it was the right thing to tell her. But it was only fair that he did, right? She did just pour her emotions out to him.
"Keiko...I just wanted to tell you that I..."
"ACHOO!"
Keiko sighed and looked towards Yukina who quickly hid behind the tree.
Hiei only smiled and turned Keiko's face back towards him.
"Keiko..I like you as well..." He whispered.
A/N: That is not the end though...I'm trying to add more crazy antics...but let's see what happens. Please review and thanks for reading!