Hey so this is the third chapter in my story, I hope you enjoy and leave me a comment!
I do Not Own Yu Yu Hakusho!
At first, Hotaru and Yukina talked to each other quietly, while everyone else was busy; Genkai shouting out orders at Yusuke, Shuichi and Hiei were sparring, fighting, whatever you want to call it, and Kuwabara seemed to be lost within his own thoughts. Hotaru was very interested in the blue-haired girl, as she described what it was like living with Genkai, but then the petite female turned the listening to talking, asking the brunette about her life, family, favorite things to do and whatever else came to her eager mind.
Hotaru answered Yukina's questions, editing some of the information here and there, much of it having to do with her father. She had to admit that the smaller female was a very curious type, and perhaps a little lost on many of the subjects Hotaru had presented to her. For a while, it made Hotaru think that she had never really seen the real world, as if she didn't belong on earth or something, having never heard of many of the things Hotaru mentioned to her, like Volleyball and manga. It was a little bit suspicious, but Hotaru let it slide seeing the light of enlightenment spark in the bluenette's eyes.
She was quite interesting, but she soon left, telling her that she had to start on dinner since there was so many people staying the weekend at Genkai's. Hotaru had offered to help her but Yukina had declined, insisting that a guest shouldn't have to do anything. So now, Hotaru sat alone on the long wooden porch watching as Kuwabara and Yusuke were fighting, Kuwabara obviously losing against the much more agile Yusuke. She sighed in boredom, shifting her gaze to her injured hand, which had stopped throbbing recently, feeling as good as new, like the wound had never occurred. She carefully traced the bandages around her hand, losing herself to her own train of thoughts. She felt herself drift into a sense of peace, feeling the calm wind push her pulled back hair, the scent of the surrounding forest catching her off guard. That was until Yusuke came flying into her and knocking her right off of the porch and into the mud underneath.
"Yusuke," she sputtered angrily, standing back up, hair and face covered in the wet dirt.
"Um… Look, Hotaru it wasn't my fault that you weren't paying attention to where I was going,"
Hotaru, with slow deliberate movements, wiped the mud from her face, before flinging it into Yusuke's still moving mouth. She held a smirk on her face, as the spirit detective fell face first into the mud, spitting out the grainy substance.
"What was that for you hag?! Its not my fault that you fell into the mud."
"Is that so Yusuke? Is it really my fault that you just happened to have knocked into me therefore making me lose my balance and fall into the mud because the transfer of your momentum went to me when I was least expecting it?"
"Yes... wait… what?"
"I think differently." Hotaru gritted tackling the kneeling brunette into the mud again and shoving his face into the mud. Yusuke flailed uselessly, as the female put his face repeatedly into the wet dirt where he would nearly suffocate, but then was allowed to breath when Hotaru would randomly yank him back up.
Kuwabara stood wide-eyed and speechless as his cousin continued to beat-up the spirit detective and his one and only rival/friend who he had grown to respect.
Hiei was quite amused that there was someone besides Genkai who could put the rambunctious teenager into his place. Of course, he would have preferred it to be a little more violent but he only got what he could, secretly wishing the same fate would extend to Kuwabara, who had pushed Yusuke into the distracted female in the first place.
Kurama was debating whether or not he should extend some sort of help towards the clearly suffering green-clad student. He obviously was in no position to fight against the better positioned brunette female. Of course, he may deserve it for knocking her into the mud, but he did say that it was her own fault instead of apologizing to her like he should have in the first place.
"So, Yusuke… you remind me again whose fault it was I ended up face first in the mud?" Hotaru held the younger male's face centimeters from the mud, ready to shove it back in at a moment's notice.
"M-mine?" Yusuke stuttered trying to shift his head away from the mud, kicking his legs out in order to throw the female off his back.
Hotaru didn't move on his back, but moved the spirit detectives face closer to the mud, "Correct, it was your fault. Now what do you say when its your fault for something that went wrong?"
"Um… Sorry?"
"Very good Yusuke, now that you've learned your lesson, I'll let you go."
"About time, hag!"
Hotaru's eye twitched the slightest in the corner, before she shoved Yusuke's face back into the ample mud. Slowly she stood up and sauntered her way in the direction of the kitchen leaving the unmoving spirit detective facedown. On her way to the kitchen, she met Genkai, who asked her why she was covered in mud, to which she replied that Yusuke had pushed her and she wished to clean herself up before dinner which was soon to be ready. Genkai pointed her in the right direction before going off to give Yusuke a piece or two of her mind.
Reaching the bathroom, Hotaru could hear Genkai yelling at her 'clumsy' disciple, before ordering him to run through the forest, to which she could hear a very loud protesting moan from the younger teenager. She snickered slightly, closing the door behind her.
The mud had thoroughly been caked to her hair, clinging to her scalp like a blood thirsty leech. Hotaru growled in frustration as she stuck her head once again under the running faucet, scrubbing viciously at the dirt which refused to come off her head. Upon her second time shampooing, Hotaru could faintly hear someone knocking at the door through the water, removing her head from the water, she turned off the water and yelled at the closed door irritated, "What is it?"
"Miss Hotaru, I was sent to tell you that dinner was ready, but I see that you are not done in the bathroom, so I'll come back in five minutes or so."
"Ok, thanks Shuichi-san!" she replied turning the water back on and pulling the mud from her hair, painfully but quickly so she wouldn't have to keep the red head waiting long. She finished washing her hair in a minute, getting all of the mud from her hair, before she worked on the mud on her face. Three minutes later, she finished cleaning herself as well as the previously mud splattered bathtub. She opened the door just as the red head was going to knock.
"Sorry, that I made you have to come back, you wouldn't believe how hard it was getting the mud out of my hair."
Shuichi didn't say anything, just smiled and led her to where everyone had already started eating, Genkai with dignity, Yukina in small timid bites and of course Yusuke and Kuwabara swallowing down the food as if they hadn't eaten in days. Hiei was sitting in the corner, obviously wanting to be somewhere else than in that room with Yusuke and Kuwabara, and Shuichi went and sat in the opposite corner, observing the room.
Hotaru took her place at the table, snapping her chopsticks and muttering her thanks.
Yusuke was still covered in mud, from Hotaru's somewhat cruel and unusual punishment, not that she rally cared. She didn't really appreciate the mud like some people, like farmers might, especially in the face. Yusuke deserved whatever may come to him, for being rude. One day he would piss off the wrong person and get into plenty of trouble, if he hadn't already. Knowing him, he probably owed someone his soul. She snickered to herself, helping herself to the last three pieces of sushi.
"So Hotaru, how are you related to Kuwabara?"
"His mother and my mother were sisters. I'm his older cousin."
"You sure don't look anything alike, Hotaru," Yusuke budded in putting his arms behind his head,
"Well, some people have to be blessed with the ugly gene every once in a while, isn't that right Kazuma?"
"Whatever you say, Hotaru," Kuwabara said, obviously not listening.
"Idiot, she just called you ugly!" Yusuke hit the orange haired eating machine over the head, catching his attention.
"Shut up, Urameshi! I wouldn't be talking!" Kuwabara yelled, swinging at Yusuke, who ducked out of the way.
"And someone obviously had to inherit the stupid gene, as well as the ugly." Hiei muttered, standing up to leave the room.
"You wanna start something shrimp?" Kuwabara was on the offensive, his very unthreatening offensive.
Hiei glared at him, pushing his way out of the room, ignoring Kuwabara completely.
"Poor Kuwabara was always the ignored child, if I do recall. Thankfully I was an only child," Hotaru said mostly to herself as she set her chopsticks onto their rest.
"You are visiting for the weekend then?"
"No, staying with my cousins, until I can get a place of my own… or until college starts in a month or two."
"College? You can't be any older than Ku- Shuichi."
"I took my entrance exams this spring and was accepted, so I graduated high school a year early."
"Really? What are you going into?"
"Medicine. I'm not sure what I'm going to major in yet though. I figure that I'll decide by the time fall semester is done."
"Have you thought of what you might want to do?"
"Well, I was thinking of either being a General Practitioner or Pharmacy but I'm still undecided as I said."
"Well, I wish you good luck in whatever you decide to do."
"Thank you Genkai-san. That is very kind of you." Hotaru smiled as she stood up, collecting the dishes from the table, "I'll help with the dishes since Yukina did all of the cooking."
"No, that's okay Hotaru-san. I can get them, you don't need to help me." Yukina said timidly.
"I didn't say I had to, I said I wanted to, besides it wouldn't be fair if I didn't do some part of the work." She walked into the adjoining kitchen before Yukina could reply, taking with her, half of the plates. She started the water and went to work cleaning the dishes, Shuichi coming into the room and putting the rest of the dishes onto the countertop beside her. He stood in contemplation before he took the spot next to her and started to dry the dishes in the drying rack with a hand towel. Hotaru didn't look up as she finished the dishes, washing the counters thoroughly with the rag.
Out of the corner of her eyes she caught glimpses of the red haired guy, studying him and his movements. Early she had told Yusuke that he was slightly feminine and he was, but she still found him a bit mysterious and alluring, not that she was going to go fan girl and start worshipping him or anything. 'But hey, whoever said I can't look at a hottie everyone once in a while, I mean I'm only a girl.' She finished cleaning and drained the sink, waiting for Shuichi to finish drying and putting away the dishes. After that, he led the way to where everyone was sitting, more or less chilling out as the day came to an end, everyone being those present, which was everyone but Genkai and Hiei. Hotaru listened to the idle talking with her eyes closed, opening them to acknowledge anyone who talked to her, which was rare. Kuwabara seemed to either talk to Yukina, confessing his never ending eternal love to the petite blushing bluenette, or arguing with Yusuke about some pointless subject that seemed to only apply to them. It was amusing from time to time but mostly they seemed to want to hear the sound of their own voices. Yukina conversed mostly with Shuichi, asking him more questions about Volleyball and manga and whatever else Hotaru had mentioned to her, to which the red head would politely answer.
Hotaru decided that it was rather boring and stood silently and left the room, moving silently outdoors. Outside, there was a faint glow from the sky. The moon was out and illuminating the courtyard, or whatever you wanted to call it. Again, Kung-Fu action movie came to Hotaru's mind making her laugh at her own imagination before sighing, 'I must be crazy if I laugh at my own thoughts.' She shook her head before walking around the porch, seeing as it was the only available entertainment, running her hand over the wall and door. At the end of the porch, she turned around and started back to the other side, until she was back in front of the living room door. She sat on the porch and watched the clouds glide around the moon, but strangely never over it. 'How strange,' she thought to herself, tapping her fingers against the wood. Behind her the talking had been reduced to a dull whisper, not that the seventeen year old really cared, if they didn't want her to hear whatever they were talking about, she would respect them and not eavesdrop. She would just find out later anyways the way Kuwabara's jaw seemed to be always flapping about something.
"Hn. Onna you look tired."
Hotaru jumped at the voice so close to her ear, seeing Hiei standing next to her. She pressed her palm against her racing heart and nodded, "I'm a little tired after sleeping in such an uncomfortable position last night."
"Hn."
Hotaru rolled her eyes at his answer but didn't say anything to him, watching as Genkai walked out of the trees back into the courtyard. Hiei stared at Genkai for a brief moment before turning and walking into the room.
"You look like you're ready to go to sleep."
"Maybe I am. Today's been a little rough on me," Hotaru replied to the pink haired martial artist.
"I'll show you where you can sleep for tonight."
"Thanks, that would be very good." Hotaru followed after Genkai, who brought her across the courtyard and to one of many doors. "Here."
"Thank you Genkai-san. I'll see you in the morning."
"Of course… sleep well."
"Hopefully I will." Genkai left the teenager to her devices, which were going to sleep.
Hotaru woke up, it must have been around midnight, but she found that she was craving water. Tiredly, she climbed to her feet and walked to the door, sliding it open and walking across the courtyard again, to the kitchen to get her glass of water.
Cup in hand, water in cup, Hotaru started back to her room. When she closed the door to the kitchen, she could see that the light in the living room was still on, she could also see that everyone was in the room, talking quite energetically for being so late. Taking a swig from her glass, she stole another glance at the group, seeing now that a floating baby had came into sight.
Hotaru stared several seconds, before shaking her head and walking off to her room, convincing herself that she was hallucinating because of how tired she was. It made sense she was hallucinating, because really, a floating baby? She shook her head, laying down, setting her glass next to her head where she could easily reach it if she wanted some more.
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