Burning Dance
Week three
Hiei's brows knotted at some of the things Muruko was telling him. It made no sense, it all seemed pointless, and why was she telling HIM this? She had no reason. Was she in love or something…in that case, he better back off, just in case. She was going on about how love was special and rare among someone like me and all this crap. He looked at the messy heap of punching bags on the floor. There was stuff all over the place; he'd thrown his katana into the rubble during his little out burst.
"You know when it's love, and if you don't realise it, you start to when someone tells you who they think you love. Kurama's in love, Yusuke is, your sister, Kuwabara, Kayko, Botan and Koenma as well probably. But the point is Hiei, one day you will be…maybe you already are?" his head snapped up at that. Hiei, in LOVE? What a stupid suggestion.
"Never, absolutely never, never in a million years, never in my entire long lifetime, never in death, never, never, never ever. That would be stupid and a sign of weakness, I am the forbidden child, I do not love, and I can not love, and I will not love and-"
"So why are you trying to deny it?"
"I'm not; I'm trying to get the idea of ME being in love out of your head, because it's never ever, ever never ever-"
"Kurama!"
"AH!" Hiei jumped back and fell into the pile of fully stuff on the floor. He sneezed and looked up at Muruko, who was ginning evilly down at him, hands on knees. "What was THAT for? Are you trying to make me have a heart attack?"
"Hiei, you have a heart, and a brain, organs create hormones, which create feelings, love is a feeling, Kurama is in love….with you…now, how does that make you feel hum?" Hiei blinked before he could regain his bearings.
"I'll have you know I'm far surpassed the simple ningen feelings."
"Oh? What would you do if I got the picture of Kurama half naked in your head?" Hiei felt his face heat up and blood rush down. The word 'half' had completely been missed out as far as he was concerned. Muruko could no longer hold it. She burst out with laughter.
"What's so funny woman?" He snapped, she bent over, doubling over with laughter, her eyes slightly watery.
"You like Kurama! Don't deny it! You DO!" Hiei growled dangerously, the maid then walked into the room, blinking in confusion at the slight of Muruko laughing and Hiei covered in fluff.
"About time girl! You're too slow; get someone else to do it next time! Now hurry up and fix it!" The girl jumped at Hiei's snappy words and nodded, hurrying to fix the broken bag. Muruko calmed down by the time the girl had left and Hiei was back to smashing up punching bags with his fists, though this time it was 'stupid Muruko…stupid Kurama…stupid feelings…stupid soon-to-be-DEAD Muruko…' but she wasn't worried, those two were going to get together if it was the death of her.
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Yusuke looked at Kayko who was trying to cheer Kurama up again, Puu was right there with them, fluttering round, and nudging his hand, things like that. Kayko had brought it upon her self to cheer him up; Yusuke had brought it upon himself to make sure Kayko didn't do anything stupid, and just to be with his friend. Kurama was slightly upset about what he did, but was slowly starting to stop blaming himself…he just didn't want that blame to go anywhere else. While Kayko and Kurama were talking, he was thinking of what to do himself, he didn't want Kurama to waste his holiday, he had to think of a way to make Hiei come here, that was the thing, how on earth do you find a fire demon when he isn't even in the ningenkai? It's impossible…or maybe he was just overestimating the situation, after all, Hiei could only be in one place right?
"Hey guys, I'm going for a quick walk, k?" Yusuke said, standing up. Kayko nodded, but Kurama looked petrified. "Don't worry Kurama, I'll be back soon, Puu and Kayko will be here to look after you till then." He said, waving a hand, then walked out the room. Time to put is oh-so-great plan into action. The first part of the plan was to find Botan.
He walked down the street, coming to a pretty clear spot with very few people. He looked up at the sky and took in a big breath. He was hoping this would work; it was all he could think of, and right now, he was in short of other plans.
"BOTAN! WHERE ARE YOU!" he shouted as loud as he could. See, short of ideas. He waited for a bit and got slightly angry. "BOTAN! GET DOWN HERE NOW!" took a lot of gut to stand in the middle of a park in Japan and shout for someone who might not come. Suddenly, the ferry girl appeared on her ore with a bright smile on her ditzy face.
"Hey Yusuke, Koenma said you were calling for me, is there anything wrong?" Yusuke nodded seriously.
"We have an important operation to put in action." Yusuke said, Botan looked curious.
"Oh? What is this important operation?" Yusuke thought for a moment.
"Doesn't have a name yet, but I am a man with a plan! Take me to Koenma." Botan looked slightly disappointed.
"But Koenma has lots of work to do, he's very-"
"BOTAN! I said TAKE ME TO HIM! I didn't say anything about you being able to object, I'll think of a name for the operation if it'll make any difference." Botan nodded.
"Ok then! Let's go," She said, motioning for him to get on the ore. He straddled it uncomfortably and wobbled a bit. "Up, up and away!" She said, soaring into the sky at a stupid speed.
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Koenma twitched slightly. So much paper work…so little time…well, that part wasn't true, he had all the time in the world! But he could be doing over things, like seeing what Yusuke wanted Botan for, see what Botan could do to help him, seeing if someone else would do the work for him, the list goes on really. Koenma jumped slightly as the blue ogre slammed the doors open.
"Koenma sir! Yusuke and Botan are here to see you!" He said loudly, and then fell flat on his face as Yusuke barged past him, Botan just behind smiling away.
"Yusuke, what are you doing here?" Yusuke shrugged.
"Bored." Koenma glared.
"You better be lying, I have so much-"
"Work to do, Botan told me." Koenma turned his glare to the bluenette.
"Botan, why did you bring him knowing how much work I had to do?"
"He forced me to Koenma sir," She said, still smiling slightly. "Besides, you need a break; you've been working non-stop for what seems like forever! You need a rest and Yusuke needs a favour!" She said, trotting to stand by the Prince. "How far with your work have you gotten?" She asked.
"Not far, I'm half way through this lot, and then I have the lot in the draw to do. So, Yusuke, what did you want? I'm very busy you know."
"Yea, you said. Hey, I need to find Hiei and bring him to the ningenkai, can you do it? I promised the other's I would be gone long." Botan looked puzzled.
"I'm confused, why do you want Hiei? Shouldn't he be visiting Kurama everyday, he normally does." She said, looking up in thought
"Botan, Hiei hasn't been to Kurama's in a while, don't you know that?" Koenma asked. She shook her head.
"No, I didn't."
"Well, I know you can do something…please." Yusuke said, about to head out.
"Botan, take him to Muruko." Botan nodded and put her hand up, summoning her ore.
"Right!" She grabbed Yusuke's hand before he could object and dragged him away.
"Hey! Botan! Slow down! Where are we going?" Yusuke asked as he was dragged outside the place and seated on the ore.
"To Muruko, you know, the one Hiei works for, she should be able to help," Yusuke nodded, allowing the girl to drag him away. "Why do you want Hiei anyway?" She asked.
"He and Kurama had…I don't know what you'd call it, but they fell out and now Kurama's really upset, so I'm determined to find Hiei and take him back with us to sort things out." Botan nodded.
"You're so helpful when you want to be!" She said happily.
"What do you mean when I want to be? I'm helpful ALL the time!" A sweat-drop fell down her head.
"Of course! How silly of me!"
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Muruko looked at the fire demon, who was currently attacking his food…not with weapons or anything, just poking and prodding it HARD. Muruko shook her head and went back to her own meal. Hiei's head dropped onto the table and she heard a few thuds. Looking up again after blowing on the hot food, she saw Hiei occasionally banging his head on the table. If she could, she'd read that boy's mind, however, she couldn't, so she'd have to make do. She looked up as the door opened and one of the servants came in, bowing slightly and running up to Muruko.
"A man is here to visit you miss, he told me that he wanted to speak to you in private and that I wasn't to tell you his name because he didn't want Lord Hiei to know." She whispered in Muruko's ear. Nodding, Muruko stood and looked down at the black haired boy.
"I have work to do Hiei, make sure you eat something I'm not sure your lovely fox would be happy to see you ill," Hiei's head shot up with a glare that followed Muruko till she was out the room. "Make sure he eats something, ok?" Muruko told the girl. After a nod, she walked down to the hall to see the detective and a ferry girl standing there.
"Hey, Muruko, what's up?" Yusuke asked, and then got a soft hit on the back of the head.
"Yusuke right?" He nodded. "And you are…"
"Oh, right! I'm Botan, I brought Yusuke here." Muruko nodded and turned to the black head.
"So, what is it you want me for, aren't you one of Hiei's friends?" Yusuke nodded.
"Yes, and as we all care so much for Hiei, I want you get help me with something very important."
"That involves Kurama?"
"Exactly!"
"And the plan is…" Botan looked at Yusuke.
"Oh yea! You haven't told me what the plan is yet." Yusuke laughed nervously.
"Well, that's cause it's not finished yet," The two girls fell anime-style. "However! I have a sort-of-plan-thing."
"There goes his 'man with a plan' thing." Botan said, Muruko nodded, looking equally as annoyed.
"I've come this far, and I just need Hiei in the ningenkai, I don't know how to do that though, that's where you come in, I need you to get Hiei to Japan, I can't do much other wise."
"Well, I talk to Hiei about it, and he's currently half-dead and a bit…how do I say it…lot half of his intelligence. So if I asked him to go to the ningenkai, he'd probably shrug and go over." Yusuke smiled.
"Awesome! That makes it easier!"
"He's so lazy…" Muruko said to Botan.
"Yea, but what can you do?"
"Right! Before we go any further, let us three make a REAL plan."
"What's wrong with my plan?" Yusuke asked, Muruko raised an eyebrow.
"What 'plan'?"
"…good point, right, let's plot."
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Kurama sighed as Kayko left the room. Yusuke hadn't come back like he promised…neither had Hiei…though he didn't promise.
Hiei glared at the servants that came into the room. What did they care if he ate? This food was awful compared to Kurama's…
Kurama looked at the sky and opened the window. It would always be open for Hiei.
What was taking Muruko so long? What was she doing? What was Kurama doing?
He wouldn't come though…
Was his window open?
Why would he?
Why would it be?
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"Why would he love me?"
Kitty: ok, I've wrote it, be happy about that, I have a different fic to update and I have NO IDEA what I'm going to write…where's that note book I wrote stuff in?
-beams- I'm pround, it's done, I'm going to treat myself to cookies now xD yey me!
Ciao .
Kitty-cat
