Silverwing013: 'Life's a bitch and then you die.'- Courtney from the movie Jawbreaker I believe. Well, it's certainly being a pain in the rear for our gang and death may be upon them. Glad school sounds the same to some of you guys. Don't worry…school don't last forever. In the meanwhile, take a load off your feet, sit down, and read about someone else's problems for a change. And hope to pray our lives can't be nearly this bad…. Disclaimer, the original format of Yu Yu Hakusho does not belong to me…The Forbidden Hunters does. Now take a break from your life and take a read upon the story that came from my odd little head.
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Early morning soon after Mikko's escape:
They were free. She was free. Free from Spirit World. Free from the place that kicked her out, despised her for what she was. Free from everything. Back to the free wind of Human World. She filled her lungs full of the wind around her….
Mikko let out a whoop, sending it flying over their heads. Kurama glanced over at her, wondering where this sudden joy was coming from. Wasn't she bothered by what happened earlier up in Spirit World? Hell, she and Hiei were bonded. Now Kurama didn't know exactly what that meant considering he hadn't known that Gods had a variation form of mating, but he was danged sure that Mikko should be feeling something about this. Searching her face, Kurama saw nothing but joy as she spun around; arms spread open wide, in a circle. Stopping, she grinned at the look on Kurama's face only to let out a cheery yell that carried it easily down the street, causing more stares at her. She laughed at people's glances at her, reaching down easily with her height to rub at a young boy's head that had giggled when walking past them. His mother dragged him away with an accusing glare at Mikko, but Mikko seemed oblivious to the mother and gave a wave of her fingers at the little boy who returned the favor. Kurama was seriously pondering the fact of why there was about twenty or so people down this street when the sun was barely peeping up for sunrise. As well as pondering Mikko's behavior.
"Mikko?" Kurama questioned the name at her. Mikko turned with a wide grin, bouncing in her steps.
"Yeah!"
Kurama looked questionably at the girl and she grinned further at his confusion. Suddenly, it came to Kurama quickly. She was repressing all thought of Hiei, acting cheery so she didn't mull over it. She didn't want to remember the pain. Remember…. The thought came to Kurama in a flash and he spoke before thinking over it to reward her constant starring at him with that smile. "Did you force your past memories away?"
Her expression fell a tad and her eyes didn't sparkle in her unknown happiness anymore. They were dull, pained, saddened. Kurama almost felt guilty at bringing it up. He quickly tried to smooth it over, "It's just perhaps they were so bad you didn't want to think about them. Maybe it's why you can't remember anything from little."
He had expected an answer. A polite answer. Or a shrug to get Kurama away from the topic. But she did neither one. She blew up in Kurama's face. "AND WHY WOULD YOU CARE IF I CAN'T! YOU ONLY CARE 'CAUSE I'M CLOSE TO HIEI OR USED TO BE BEFORE HE CLAIMED IT NOTHING! WHAT'S IT TO YOU TO SNEAK AROUND, LISTENING TO THINGS THAT WERE NEVER MENT FOR YOUR EARS? YEAH, KURAMA! I KNOW YOU WERE THE ONE SPYING ON US NOW! YOU GAVE IT AWAY SO EASILY! WHO AM I TO TELL YOU ANYTHING?"
Ears hurt at the decibels she was screaming at. Kurama swore at himself. Stupid mistake, he'd said something she'd only said to Hiei. And, he thought painfully, she was right. Kurama really didn't know her. But he did know that Hiei was close to her. Who was she to tell Kurama something really? But he had a reason for asking. "Mikko, your brother is here."
Mikko turned to face Kurama, face calming even though still red. "Like that would change your argument."
Kurama's brow furred. "But it does matter Mikko. You don't remember him one bit, do you?"
She turned away from him. "Of course I remember Jin-Jin. I've been getting some memory back since," she sucked in a breath, "since about Friday."
Friday, Kurama wondered before coming up with the answer. The day of Yukina's picnic, with Hiei still in mating season, the day she probably first met him. Bonding, Kurama wondered, was that why she was remembering now after all these years?
"Are you gunna keep following me?" Mikko spoke starring straight ahead in the most monotone voice she could manage.
"…I followed you out didn't I?" Kurama asked. Thing was, he was wondering where she was heading when she decided it was time to leave. Besides, he was thinking there was a good chance of running into Hiei if he kept up with her. Sure, Hiei may hate her at the moment, but Kurama was going along the lines of mating issues right now. Most mates involuntarily wander towards each other. Bonding…Kurama was guessing, was along the same lines.
Mikko nearly groaned out loud, but settled on rolling her eyes. Was he always like this? Or was it just today? "That you did. But if you don't cease all following, I will hot glue you above your school with a sign plastered around your neck for all to see."
"Dare I ask what you would write on such a sign?" Kurama asked bemused. His plants could easily get him down from that, but it'd ruin the surface of the school building.
"Oh, something to match with the clothes I'd find for ya," Mikko replied airily as if it didn't matter. But to her, the answer was clear and now she wanted to glue Hiei's friend to a building. She could fly up there and it would be such wonderful payment back to him if he had the entire Shuichi Minamino fan club after his stupid fluffy little head. Yeah, Mikko grinned at the thought, I wanna pin Kurama up there now for amusement on Hiei.
Kurama of which, had no idea the thought process behind her head or what exactly she would write in the second place, toyed around with questions since he knew if she somehow managed it he could easily escape with her lack of knowledge on his plant resources. "What kind of clothes then would I most likely be forced into if you don't think I'd kindly put them on instead of being forced?"
"Hn…. Well let's see, for my sign, I think I'll need a dress. Yeah a dress. And I know a great dress I can steal up for ya," Mikko grinned, picturing Kurama in a white wedding dress. Vail, heels, bra, and all included.
"A dress? Nothing I haven't heard before," Kurama grinned. That'd be Yusuke, Kuwabara wasn't so much a problem if it didn't involve Hiei. If Kurama remembered right, the closest Kuwabara had come to insulting him was mentioning the room smelled nice and that Kurama had 'Flower Power'. And also if Kurama remembered right, smiling more, he was still following Mikko where she was heading with no punishment in sight. Of course, that's what he thought.
"Oh, I'd suppose with your looks and fox heritage," Mikko waved her hand dismissively at the red head. I should staple fox ears up there as well, Mikko thought nodding to herself, and staple the tail on him as well. Wait, that didn't deal with how she'd send the fan girls after Hiei. Cross that. Now if only to find a nice large poster to write off on "Hiei's death by fan girls". 'Just married. Congratulations to the new grooms, Hiei and Shuichi.'
Mikko grinned with a sudden evil expression and Kurama stopped messing around with the questions as if he knew that look. No, he did know that look. It was the same evil grin Hiei gave him if Kurama had done something to piss him off. Mikko glanced over at him. Man, he saw one evil look and shut up, at least his stupid fluffy buddy argues back, Mikko thought at her loss of arguing with someone for one mere moment before tossing Hiei from her head. Kurama and Mikko walked on in silence to where she was headed. Kurama wondering what she was planning and if it was like Hiei's own paybacks. Mikko wondering where she put the hot glue gun.
"There," Hiei spit out. "I got them. Where's Yukina?"
Akuna glanced Hiei over. "Show them or your precious little sister won't be shown either Forbidden Child."
Hiei growled at the Forbidden Hunter. Hate, pure hate ran through him. But he could do nothing. Nothing! The feeling of not being able to do anything made Hiei hate the Forbidden Hunters even more. Hiei hated this weak feeling, of not being able to do anything. He hated them! There had to be something, anything, he could do against them. A sudden image of Kurama in a wedding dress crossed Hiei's mind. What the hell, Hiei thought as he pushed the image away. Back to business here.
A faint purple glow emanated from behind his white bandana and Akuna hit squarely down on the very top crown of his head. Hard. Hiei rubbed at the spot, glaring daggers at Akuna. Only a few people had hit him in that area, with his thick hair up there. Kuanja snickered at Hiei openly from where he stood under the park trees. He slantered up to her, wrapping a cozy arm around her shoulders, "Akuna please. Can't we leave it alone? I'd rather have those pretty little ice powers than those objects."
"Kuanja, please," Akuna shrugged his arm off. "Those objects are worth every little trouble that comes with a stupid little Forbidden Child like this little runt here. Lucky of us he's actually stolen them before. Now fork them over Forbidden Child and your sister will be back in your scrawny little arms."
"Unharmed?" Hiei quickly snapped at her, daring them to say she already was harmed.
"Of course unharmed," Akuna snapped back just as quickly. "Why would we ruin a deal like this?"
I'll give you a reason, Hiei thought angrily. "Here," he tossed the circular object at Kuanja's head. Kuanja merely ducked though, raising one arm in the catch.
"Careful you stupid Forbidden Child," Kuanja yelled over at Hiei after a snuck glance at Akuna.
Hiei ignored the yell, throwing the flat shining object for Akuna's head. "Thanks for the gifts Forbidden," she said sarcastically with her own catch in her hand. "Now where's the third object we asked for? No sister if you don't hand it over," Akuna grinned evilly down at him.
Hiei pulled the shining metal from next to his sword, looking at this object longer since it held more personal appeal than the other ones. He looked up. "I have it where you can see it. Now show me Yukina."
"Yukina, Yukina," Akuna mocked in a high voice just to relish in Hiei's look before getting serious. "Very well. The game is only worth playing if you follow the rules."
Hiei stood shocked, those words hitting home base from a time of his past he didn't like to think about these days. Then words hit him as if coming from another mouth…. No, don't think about that stupid girl, Hiei commanded himself. Twisting words…. "Yes," he agreed with Akuna whom grinned at his agreement before he finished what he was saying. "The game is only worth playing if you follow the rules. Idiotic Forbidden Hunter. What is your catch to your game?"
Akuna's face fell, speaking angrily at Hiei. "There is no catch Forbidden Child. Kuanja! Bring the ice maiden here!"
Kuanja disappeared from the air, appearing a few seconds later in front of Hiei. "Boo," he said, yanking Yukina in front of Hiei's view by the nape of her clothes.
"Kuanja," Akuna glared at him annoyed. "That's so hu-man."
Kuanja's face fell and his hand not holding Yukina formed into a shaking fist. He glared at Akuna, relaxing his hand as he gave a minute shrug of the shoulders. "I couldn't resist," he shook Yukina for all there to see. "The ice maiden is undamaged."
"Hiei," Yukina whispered uncertainly. "What is going on? Hiei?"
Kuanja tightened his grip so that it was fixed around Yukina's neck. "Shut up. That whining is pathetic."
"…Hiei…" Yukina managed out, searching frantically of the area around her with her eyes.
"Shut up you!" Kuanja squeezed his hand around her throat.
Hiei narrowed his eyes at Kuanja who only pressed harder around the slim throat. "Here's the sword," he hissed as he drove it down into the soft soil beneath Kuanja's feet. "Let Yukina go."
"Certainly slime. Thanks for the sword," Kuanja mock saluted Hiei. Yukina stumbled on the ground from the height Kuanja had dropped her from, Hiei racing forward to help her stand as she massaged her neck.
"Hiei?" Yukina questioned.
"It's all right Yukina. Just stand back," Hiei stepped forward toward the Forbidden Hunters, unsheathing his sword. He smirked, almost laughing at how much the positions had been changed since he met Yusuke. "All bets are off now."
Akuna smirked as Hiei and Kuanja went into a sword fight. The little urchin had left his sister unguarded, she simply strolled over to where Yukina stood, Hiei busy in his fight with Kuanja.
"No you don't!" Hiei screamed out, making a dash for the sword sticking out of the earth's soil, a sound throw sent it for Akuna's head like a short spear. With a sharp turn, he slashed his own sword outward at Kuanja making a crazy, head first, jump on him. Snarling, Kuanja stepped backwards, avoiding the potentially dangerous hit on his persona. "Damn!" Hiei cursed, as his stomach was openly exposed to Kuanja from his wild swing from what seemed to be a very pissed and insane Forbidden Hunter.
"Damn you!" Kuanja screamed back, one hand shoving Hiei so hard that his short body flew backwards with a crack on a now broken tree.
Yukina screamed. "Hiei!"
Hiei scrambled up from the tree's remains, sword out and ready for the crazed Hunter's new pissed off antics. The attack on him never came. He looked around the area wildly to spot Kuanja bending over a visibly shaken Akuna. What on earth…? A Forbidden Hunter…showing weakness? What the hell did I do to get them like this, Hiei questioned his brain frantically.
"That…. That sonnuva bitch…!" Akuna muttered under her breath.
"It's alright Akuna. I'll take care of that bastard for you. It's okay," Kuanja told her gently.
Holy fuck…he loved her. That's why he went all psychotic.
Akuna didn't seem to share the love though. She barely paid attention to the guy next to her. "That little fucking outcast nearly fucking practically changed me back to that…. That sonnuva…that…THAT FUCKING SONNUVA BITCH! FORBIDDEN CHILD! YOUR-GUNNA-PAY!"
Hiei gulped at the exploding mass of spirit energy revolving around her, barely making a block against her attack. Their swords clashed angrily and timely across the park, Hiei blocking all of her attacks barely. A white flash pained against his eyes, sharply cutting across his brain. Kurama leaned over him, worried. "Are you okay?"
Dodging Akuna's swing, Hiei attempted his own only to have it blocked. "Stupid fox," he muttered to himself as another block was put up on defense. Why was Kurama in his head in the first place?
"Concentrate on my face Mikko. Take a deep breath," Kurama spoke down at him. Hiei's vision blurred on the fringes of blackness, taking a deep breathe to get his vision back, blocking Akuna once more. So, Kurama was in his head because of that stupid girl. Hiei pushed outward with his Jagan eye, pushing all thoughts not his outward. But Kurama wouldn't go away. "Jin, do memories come back like this when two are bonded?"
"No! Dey don't come back like this! Bonded? Who she bonded to?" Jin's face swam before Hiei's, Hiei trying to keep his mind on the battle before him. Hiei's eyes widened, not having enough time to block Akuna's next attack.
A thin stream of blood ran down Hiei's arm as he touched a scratch on his chest. Had he not jumped backwards, it would have been fatal. "Damn it you stupid human! Keep out of my head!"
"Human!" Akuna screeched. "You dare call me human!"
"Shit," Hiei cursed as she barrowed at him, fresh blood in mind and on her sword.
Slash, slash, slash, clang!
One out of four! He was only able to block one out of the four! Hiei snuck a glance at the three new scratches upon his chest. At least they weren't deadly.
A new voice rang through Hiei's mind. 'Hey you! The big nothing! Keep your losing battle to yourself and stay outta my head!'
'Then keep your own damn problems to yourself human!'
'You're the one with the Jagan! I certainly didn't want to be in your head stupid!' Another white pain flashed across their heads.
"Mikko!" Kurama's voice spoke forcibly. "Concentrate on my face!"
"What's wrong with runty's girl?"
"I ain't anyone's girl!" Mikko yelled before crying out in pain as another flash of white flashed across her brain, even harder and longer than the others.
"Very well. The game is only worth playing if you follow the rules," Akuna's voice ran through Mikko's head.
Yes, Mikko thought, the game is only worth playing if you follow the rules. She knew Akuna twisted the words to make it seem like both players were playing but would find some way out of it like that. Speaking of that, why was Akuna in her mind? Mikko shook her head.
"I swear to the gods above as well as your Irani, that if you don't quit following me within this block, I am so stuffing you up to send your fan girls after the stupid little—"
Kurama looked up from the ground and down the street, smiling with a friendly wave. "Hey Yusuke!"
"Yo Kurama! Thought you were up in Spirit World with Autumn Breezy here."
"Autumn Breezy? And what's that supposed to mean JEL Head?" Mikko glared at Yusuke in front of them now. She gave a random giggle. "Just Eliminate Lives!"
"What'd she get high on?" Yusuke questioned Kurama.
Kurama shrugged but grinned at Mikko. "Just Eliminate Lives? You have no idea how JEL fits in with Yusuke." (A/N-Notes at the bottom explain JEL if you don't know about it)
"Hn…. Why's that!" Mikko gave Kurama huge puppy eyes.
Kurama groaned. "Please, just act normally. Forget the Hiei mess and act like that never happened."
Mikko's face grew hard. "Hiei? Whoever are you talking about Kurama? Oh, wait…you want me to tell you what happened by mistake, don't you? In that case, I absolutely hate the demon in question." Mikko rubbed at her forehead, glaring at Kurama.
"Woo-oh!" Yusuke said surprised. "What happened between our Tarzan and Jane couple? Strong words. Hate or dislike? It's not possible to hate Hiei forever. We've tried and somehow you just can't hate three eyes."
"Hey, Urameshi!" The group turned interrupted to Kuwabara yelling at them from Yusuke's house. "Hey, you found her!"
"Ya found me sister?" Came another shout from inside the house as someone blew right up to Mikko in a hurry, giving her a body-crushing hug.
"Um…hello?" Mikko looked up in confusion at the tall Irish wind master hugging her.
Jin, still hugging the unfortunate sister, lifted her up, spinning around with a skip. "Never thought I'd see ya again Mikko Songs! You probably think I long gone!"
Jin relished his sister, drawing back his white cloth to show her an area very close to his heart, revealing a white scar that was barely noticeable. "Akuna almost had me, but I got some of that luck of the Irish dey always talkin' about! A Shinobi came by soon after dey leave off with you, save me life! But," Jin's ears dropped down, "I wasn't able to go after you. It why I did the Dark Tournament, but Urameshi beat me down to it! Aren't you glad to see me?"
She smiled forcibly, "Yeah, I am." But she then frowned. "No. No. Luck? Saved? How long have you known Yusuke? When's your birthday and exactly how old are you? Where's our parents? Why's King Enma hate me? I can't possibly expect to know all of this. Oh, if I'm really half-goddess and it seems like you're a demon, are you really my brother?" A snippet of a battle scene between Akuna and Hiei dashed by Mikko's head, reminding her the reason behind leaving Spirit World. To stay away from him.
Jin blinked. "Mikko Songs, what are you going on about?"
"I can't possibly know all this," Mikko could feel the white pain coming this time. "I've gotta go!"
Jin grabbed her wrist before she could run off. "Mi-shell, wh—"
The white pain flashed through her head again and Mikko grabbed the sides of her head. "Let go. I gotta go."
"Mikko, another memory?" Kurama asked.
She shook her head, "Not yet. But it hurts worse every time a new one comes. Hey! Let me go Kurama! I'll plaster you to the school building yet if you don't remove your hands from me! More pain for Hiei if I can manag—AH!"
She grabbed for her head again.
"Are you okay?" Kurama asked her. "Concentrate on my face Mikko. Take a deep breath," he turned to Jin behind him. "Jin, do memories come back like this when two are bonded?"
"No! Dey don't come back like this! Bonded? Whom she bonded to?" Jin looked confused now.
Yusuke snickered in the background, despite the situation Mikko was in. "Man, you're so not gunna believe it!"
"Yusuke, later," Kurama said as he looked at Mikko's glazed eyes, before pain shot through them again.
"Mikko!" Kurama's voice spoke forcibly as he realized she hadn't been paying attention. "Concentrate on my face!"
"What's wrong with runty's girl?"
"I ain't anyone's girl!" Mikko yelled before crying out in pain as another flash of white flashed across her brain, even harder and longer than the others.
Dani looked frantically at the clock. If she planned this well, she wouldn't miss school and still get some answers. List: go to park, find Kurama, squeeze answers out of Jets if possible, and don't get caught by anyone before she reached school. She was kinda supposed to head straight there to the subway, riding down there with Ellie and her mom this morning….
"So…" a voice drawled out, "what's the plan on escape?"
"Huh?" Dani said distracted as she looked up from pawing through her backpack. "What do you mean?"
He leaned over the couch to see Dani in the next room over, her bedroom. "Yeah sure. This has to do with this weekend doesn't it?"
"How would you know? Besides, it doesn't at all. Ku-Shuichi isn't back yet. The fan girls are going crazy. I'm going to have to pull double duty. Jets owes me a favor."
He hummed, pushing down on buttons for his Nintendo game currently under play. "Uh-huh…. Well I heard Hojo's having troubles as well. Now that Kagome is able to have visitors…Souta claims it's a simple flu bug but I say his sister is gone sick too many times for them all to be real. Anyway-HA! GOT YA GOOD! WAY TO GO LINK!- uh, anyway, Hojo's got the fan pack after him so he can't go see her."
"Well, K-Shuichi has a larger base of fan girls after him. With him being gone for a good couple of days, the fans are going to go crazy. Either they baby him, stalk him more to make up for lost time, or take revenge on the reason behind him being gone," Dani glanced up at her brother from pulling out her drawing book.
"Why so obsessed about the fan groups again?" Scott punched down on the button repeatedly.
"Duh, you know why," Dani glared at her little brother from flipping through her sketchbook.
"Then uh," he pushed at buttons absently, "if you're giving him such a cold shoulder, why is he at the door? …again?"
"WHHHAT?" Dani screeched, whipping around to see out the apartment door's window…only to see Kyle himself. "As if he wasn't annoying enough at detention last night, thinking that Jets was my stalker…. And I've still got to sneak down to the park so I c—whoops."
"HA! I KNEW IT! YOU WERE SNEAKING OUT!"
"Oh, be quiet. I've got to figure out what happened Saturday night. It wasn't normal. We were only gone for maybe two hours and next thing I know is that it's Monday late afternoon," Dani watched as Kyle preened himself outside the window. Ew, gross. Kyle preening? As if she would ever agree with his bizarre attitude.
"I can cover for you. I'll tell Kyle you're not here," Scott pushed down on the joystick button, "and I can tell mom when she calls to check on you that you're taking a shower or something girly like that. It'll only work once though."
"Realy?"
"Yeah, but it don't come cheap. 10 chores and I'd say this would count as 25 questions."
"25! How many do you need? I'll give you at most 20 'cause I only gave you 14 when I covered for your little overtime at the arcade this summer!"
Scott grinned. "Hum…20? I'll think it over. But I suggest you run before pudgy-boy figures out you're here."
KNOCK KNOCK!
Dani ran, ducked, and took cover as her brother answered the door.
The park. Dani sat down on a bench, examining the area. What had exactly happened the other night? Demon dude had mentioned some time thing. What time thing? That tall teen boy that she accidentally thrown a rock at had obviously been on their side with Kurama and Jets, along with DBZ boy. Dani glanced around the park area.
And she wanted to know about that fox they were talking about!
Oh god, she already did. Stupid Dani, she yelled at herself, hitting her forehead with her palm.
"Watch the red's eyes…….Smells like…fox. A fox demon. Powerful, too."
Kurama was the fox. A fox demon. How did she forget about that? Wait a darned second…Kurama! …Why did that name seem so suddenly familiar? Well, as soon as she could, Dani was going to investigate into 'Shuichi Minamino' and his alter 'Kurama'. She stood up, thinking her brother stalled long enough. At least she figured something out.
Dani suddenly stopped as she saw something shine near the park trees. "Shiny!" She turned to look where the shiny was and dropped her sketchbook, mouth opened wide in shock. "Oh, jezz…."
Knock, knock.
"Hello dear."
Dani blinked at being called a dear. "Um…is K-Shuichi home?"
The woman's smile faded. "No. He came home last night but I haven't seen him seen him. Next time I see him I'll tell him-" The woman looked back inside the house as she heard a phone ring. "Just a second dear."
Dani stood at the open doorway, waiting.
"Shuichi! Where have you been the last few days? …A friend is in the hospital? I'll come down right away. …All right. I'll call the school up and explain. Is this the reason behind missing Monday and Tuesday as well? …I hope your friend gets better. Bye Shuichi."
The motherly figure came back to the door, smiling. "That was Shuichi just now. If you want to go see him dear, he's up at Nakayama General Hospital."
Dani grinned. "Thank you Mrs. Minamino. I'll just call him. I've got to catch a subway now for school."
Dani ran off, waving her goodbye.
"Bye dear!" Shiori turned back inside the house. "That was a nice change," she said to herself. Most girls would practically gloomp Shuichi if he were home, or head straight to where he was. Perhaps…Shiori smiled to herself knowing better than to day dream up her son's future. A good friend then, she compromised herself on what she was to Shuichi.
After School:
"Minamino Shuichi. There's a call for you at the head desk." The speaker in the hallway crackled to life again.
Kurama looked up from the magazine he was reading, the others looking at him.
"Who is it Kurama? A fan girl? Perhaps this Ellie girl?" Yusuke grinned over at Kurama from his seat in the hallway.
"Fan girl?" Jin questioned from under a loose fishing hat. "What dat?"
Kurama glanced over at Jin, whom was messing with the fishing hat. "Something you'd never want. Leave that on."
Jin slumped down. "It itches."
"People around here ain't used to seeing horns on someone's head," Kuwabara said from his seat, looking up from his homework. Kuwabara had gone to school and Kurama had asked Shiori to tell the school that he'd be late, but Yusuke and Jin had been here all day. Needless to say, the nurses were very pleased when Kurama came. None of them had been allowed inside Mikko's hospital room yet. Kurama still wondered if he should have brought her up to Spirit World, but didn't think she'd stay up there. Half human and Goddess Jin had said what she was, so Kurama took her to a human hospital.
"Well, me don't think it matter much how I look. Why can't we go in again?" Jin fidgeted, looking over at the hospital door.
"Minamino Shuichi. There's a call for you at the head desk," the speaker came to life again.
"The doctors are still trying to figure out what is wrong with her," Kurama said standing up. "Behave yourselves now."
"Wouldn't dream of it Kurama," Yusuke answered, cracking a grin.
Leaving it be, Kurama left the group, asking for the phone call for him at the head desk. "Hello?"
"Oye Kurama! Since I'm grounded, you got me stuck. With you gone Monday and late on Tuesday, I've got Jets after the fan girls instead."
"Hello Danielle."
"Yeah, well. I've figured it out. Spent both my study halls today on it too."
"Figured out what?"
"You. It hit me earlier today. You're the fox. Fox demon. Kurama. How could I have been so stupid to forget that legend?"
"Uh…" Kurama jerked to a halt. So dumb! So many clues left out for those two to figure out whom he was. Not to mention, Danielle had an obvious likeness for foxes. Good news…she obviously wasn't scared of him. Bad news…what was she going to do with his secret. "What was the point behind calling me up to say this?"
"Oh! I won't say anything to anyone if that's what you mean! I just had to know. A real live fox! So cool! And with the flower power!" Dani practically glowed on the other side of the phone. "…But, here's the thing. That friend we were looking for this weekend, uh, Hiei?"
"Yeah? I doubt there's any legend about him so why do you want to know?"
"What does he look like?"
"He's not a fox if that's what you're asking for," Kurama told her, thinking that's what she was thinking.
"No, no! I went past that park this morning…. Does he have spiky black hair and a girlfriend?"
"Yeah, but not so sure on the girlfriend part."
"She got blue hair?"
"Yukina was with him!" Kurama nearly yelled in the phone before lowering his tone with a look a doctor gave him. "She was just kidnapped a few days ago."
"Ah, that explains it. Kurama, can I ask you for help? And your other friend, the one I hit the other day? He might be tall enough to reach."
"Reach what?" Kurama asked worriedly. She was being vague and he was wondering upon why that was. Hiei must be hurt. Perhaps even…dead…. Kurama gulped the last word away. Kuwabara's vision must have gotten to him. "Never mind. I'll go right over there."
"Good. Cause if you couldn't, I was having trouble thinking of whom else wouldn't question a demon. He is a demon with that hair, right?"
"Right. I suggest you could call Jets."
"After he's the reason why I'm stuck here! I don't think so! Besides, there is no way I can call him. He won't give me a home or cell phone number, which is odd. I went to look it up in the phone book and you know what? …I don't know his last name. I've known him for years and haven't even questioned that."
"Yes, will you let me off now to find Hiei?"
"Yeah. Good luck foxy!"
Clunk!
"Foxy?" Scott questioned up from his homework as his sister got off from the phone. "Demons? What in the world did happen to you this weekend?"
"One, a whacked nickname that came from nowhere. Two, demons are real. Three, I still have no clue. That gets you down to seventeen questions left."
"Oh good. Then I was right!"
"About what?"
"Hey! I get the questions here! Fourth one, Do you like-like this guy?" Scott grinned evilly.
"What? You evil little git! Of course I like him!" Scott grinned before finding Dani's sketchbook slamming him down on his head. "As a friend you little twerp! It's like asking if I like Ellie that way! Sick and wrong! He's a nice guy! Friend! Period!"
"Hey! Quit hitting me!"
Riiiiing!
"Saved by the bell!" Scott yelled out in relief as his sister went to answer the phone.
Smack!
"Don't count on it."
Kurama looked up the tree. Kuwabara freaked out. Yusuke cursed. Jin was still at the hospital, behaving…no clue if he was. A very battered looking Hiei had his own sword through his chest, driven into the tree trunk far above the ground. If it wasn't for all the blood, Hiei almost looked peaceful. Not good for someone with all those injuries. But he was breathing. Thank Irani.
"Yukina, my sweet! Are you okay?" Kuwabara shook Yukina at the base of the tree. She slowly opened her eyes to the noise. "Yukina!"
"Kazuma?"
"Are you okay? What happened to you?"
"I'm fine Kazuma. But I can't help Hiei."
"It's okay, Kurama and Yusuke are getting him down," Kuwabara looked up to see the two trying to pull the sword out of Hiei's chest with more trouble than it should have been. "And then we'll all go to Genkai's, get him fixed up, and you'll be okay."
"I can't help," Yukina said quietly. "Oh Kazuma! It was horrible! He screamed so loudly and I can't fix his hurt! And Akuna…she…she…."
"Everything's fine Yukina. Don't worry," Kuwabara grinned. "Me and Urameshi here will take care of them."
"But I can't fix him Kazuma!"
"What do you mean Yukina? You can fix Hiei right up like you've done before with me."
"Shit!" Yusuke cursed. "YUKINA!"
Yukina looked up where Yusuke was yelling.
"Did they take something from you? A power?"
Yukina nodded.
"Damn it! Power Drainers! Why does that only make sense now?" (Yusuke is very quick on the update, ne?)
"Power Drainers?" Kuwabara's face paled.
"They took my healing power and ice one. But is Hiei okay? He tried so hard to save me."
"Yusuke," Kurama said quietly. "Look here."
Yusuke looked back to where Kurama was looking at himself. "Holy shit…."
Silverwing013: What has happened to Hiei? Why is Mikko in the hospital? Poor, poor Yukina! We pity her for being the sister of The Forbidden Child. It must be tough. Anyone agree? Now, she can't even help out the other guys, healing or ice powers. Shiori seems to like Danielle in any case…she's no fan girl! Praise the lords Shiori! Your Shuichi has meet a friend that's a girl! Scott seems to be a little twerp but he's got his sister's back when it comes to Kyle. Go Scott! Oh…what was up with Akuna and Kuanja? Folks, I have given a small hint to what will be their downfall. And it's not about their relationship, that was a clue…. I'm fricken' serious! Ain't it funny to laugh at Kuanja though? Okay…moving onward.
anorethunbound- glad that it's good. chee, updates…I got vball and the play going on! And cheering on the fuseball guys! Record…7-0! Then marching band where I get to doll up RJ as a cheerleader…I get to play with his hair! Total yeah! I get to dress up like a fuseball player for it too! That's cause I'm a senior baby and it's parents night this week! So yeah…updates……I get around to them.
BlueWater26- Yes! Live! Koenma would want them to live! Kurama and Hiei are both important aspects to the whole Spirit World's detective team! Plus if Hiei and Mikko die…it isn't supposed to happen like I've said. Bad, bad things happen.
Danieru Lee- Actually, I was kinda hoping I got rid of ya. JUST KIDDIN'! You already review me at school during study halls! BUWHAHAHAHAHA! Yes! Detention with Kyle! Just wait for my evil diabolic plot to get farther into the storyline…something that even you won't know til it comes! BUWHAHAHAHA! Wow, I feel evil today. Everyone needs a wiz! Even our super heros! But do you ever see Spiderman go to the bathroom? Superman? Batman? No, ya don't. And how clean do you think super heros are anyway? Characters almost never have to do that sort of stuff. Come on folks! Some of your best thinking comes when you're in the shower! But then…even I don't write ALL the details. Oh and shiny sword anyone D-chan?
ANIMEGAL310- 6.) Hiei singing is out of character but come on, it's mating season! And even in mating season he tried his way out of it! Holy shit is right………Hiei sings. 10.) thank ya that you think it's that good. I just try with my limited sources in this Giant Cornmaze. And I don't know why you're reading this. I read something to visit another world………99 of the books in our six person family belong to me. How do I spend my free time? Can you say bookworm? BOOKWORMS RULE! Look at all the movies made from books, comics, or magnas? We like totally rule the entertainment company! Frickin' schoolwork…grrrrr. But must be done! Thank the lord for vay-cays! Thanksgiving vacation can't come soon enough!
HieiFan666- Fluff is just too much to expect from Hiei. It ain't all about the luv. And the Irish diolouge…you know I am working on! -big breath- THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA, THANK YA! Okay…I'm good. Wait…THANK-YA:D
pinkwitch1- so much love…I'm being blown away by the shear amount. Well, they say love is rewarded…I updated.
Silverwing013: Yes, we are all curious what has happened here. Mikko and Hiei…what happened to the two of them? And why has nothing happened to Kurama? But…we must also wonder…what are the Council members up to right now? It can't be anything good…either King Enma or Koenma? The choice must be made between all of them and agreed upon quickly, because the world may be placed in chaos very, very soon.
(A/N-Notes JEL or Just Elimante Lives is an organization that tries saving people. From like smoking, drinking, things like that. They save people. As does Yusuke. See my point? Plus, Yusuke does have all that gel in his head.)
