They reached home and Corissa parked the car in the driveway and ran inside to get her bathing suit on, wanting to swim much more now. She got it on and walked downstairs and out the back. She jumped in the pool and started floating on her back. Danielle followed her sister and also jumped into the pool. Corissa saw her sister enter the pool and swam to the deep end as her sister stayed at the shallow end. Danielle swam toward her sister but her sister avoided her and swam away. Danielle giggled and grabbed her sisters arm.
"Ignoring me now?"
"Fuck off!"
"Whats got you so riled? Frustrated?" Corissa narrowed her eyes.
"Just because you're a whore doesn't make me one. I can keep my legs shut."
"Last time I checked your legs were spread more than butter on toast last year, did you all of a sudden declare celibacy this year?" Corissa growled at her sister.
"Bitch!"
"Whats the matter are you angry that you think I was making a play for your man?"
"Hes not my man-" She paused at the trap her sister set and scowled. "Fuck."
"Issa you were jealous admit it."
"Never!"
"Come on."
"Fuck off."
"You should learn a bigger vocabulary."
"Blow it out your ass! Better?"
"A bit." Danielle grinned and splashed her sister. "I wasn't flirting with him you know."
"Sure as hell didn't look like it from my end."
"I was giving him our number..."
"Why so you can be his personal call girl?" Danielle frowned.
"No so you can." Corissa's eyes widened.
"You sold me out? You sold out your own sister?!" Danielle giggled as Corissa's cell phone went off on the deck. She growled and walked to it. "Hello?"
"Princess!"
"Asshole?! How did you get my number?"
"Your kind sister let me have it." Corissa glared at her sister. If looks could kill...
"She did, huh?"
"Yeah isn't that great?" Corissa growled.
"Hold on I think I'm about to become an only child..." She set down her cell and chased after her sister. Danielle screamed and ran into the house locking the door behind her leaving her fuming sister standing outside. She picked up the phone again. "Hiei?"
"Yeah." He seemed a bit surprised that she actually used his real name.
"She locked my out..."
"I'm sorry.."
"Don't be condescending!"
"But I meant it baby."
"I like princess better..." Corissa growled. "Fuck she locked me out in only a bathing suit I'm gonna fucking freeze to death!" She heard Hiei pause.
"Give your sister the phone."
"Why?"
"Just do it!" Corissa sighed and walked to the sliding glass door where her sister stood looking smug. Corissa held the phone out from her.
"Asshole wants to talk to you."
"Put it down and step back to the pool." Corissa rolled her eyes and set her phone down and stepped by the pool. Danielle opened the door a crack and took the phone before closing the door again. She held the phone to her ear.
"Hello?"
"Danielle?"
"Yeah. Hiei?"
"Whats your address?" She frowned.
"What for?"
"Please just tell me!"
"Why?"
"Your sister in a bathing suit is not something I'm going to miss!" Danielle giggled.
"Hold on I'm going to take a picture of her." She pulled the phone from her ear and took a perfect picture of her sister. Her arms at her side her fists clenched tightly together, her hair was hanging in her face from the water and she was glaring at her sister. Her brown eyes had turned a golden color.. She giggled and pushed send. "You should get it in a second.." She paused and giggled when she heard Hiei gasp.
"Damn..."
"Careful Hiei don't nut yourself..."
"Fuck off Danielle. Thanks for the picture."
"Careful with that picture. If my sister gets whiff that I sent that to you we will both be dead but if she gets whiff that you whacked off to it she'll castrate you.." Hiei chuckled.
"I'll try my hardest not to, I swear..." He sounded sarcastic but Danielle wasn't sure if he meant it or not. She glanced out and saw her sister glowering at her as her frame shook from the cold. She sighed and decided to forgo self protection to keep her sister from getting sick. She walked to the door and opened it.
"Get your ass in here before you catch a cold."
"Fuck you! You're the one who locked me out here!" She walked past her sister and looked at her phone. "Is he still on the line?" She whispered not wanting him to hear if he was. Danielle nodded.
"Do you want to talk to my sister now?" She asked Hiei ignoring her sisters grunt of anger. She could almost hear Hiei smile.
"Yes please put her on." Danielle giggled and handed her sister her phone. Corissa glared at her sister but grabbed the phone anyway.
"What?"
"That suit looks good on you.."
"Are you like bugging my house or something?!" She was really getting agitated with this, she glanced at her sister and guessed what had happened. "Dani why did you point my phone at me and take a picture?"
"Cause you look so damn cute shivering in the cold?" Danielle asked trying to keep her face from looking guilty..
"Fuck you! You gave Hiei a picture of me basically naked?!" She screamed her eyes shifted toward her phone when she heard Hiei chuckle. "What is with you?! Why won't you leave me alone?" She sounded desperate.
"The guys liked that picture of you, including the other band thats coming with us on this tour. The singer said you were hot." The anger that Corissa felt melted right there and she smiled broadly.
"He did?! Damn he was so fucking sexy, hey Hiei can you like give him my number?" She heard Hiei growl.
"Fuck no! I'm not sharing you!" Corissa glared at the phone and closed it. Hanging up on Hiei. Danielle rolled her eyes. To make sure Hiei didn't call back she turned off her phone and went and unplugged the kitchen phone. Danielle rolled her eyes.
"What did he say?"
"He told me the guys liked the picture of me and even said that the lead singer of the other band thought I was hot, I asked Hiei to give him my number but he said that he wouldn't share me." She growled. "Share me? What the fuck is that?!"
"Seems someone has a bit of possession issues..." The door bell rang and Corissa sighed angrily. Grabbing her robe she put it on, before walking to the door. Not bothering to look through the peep hole she opened the door, but immedientaly wanted to shut it. Hiei stood on her porch glowering angrily at her.
"What do you want?"
"Why did you hang up on me?"
"Because I'm not yours to share!" She paused and sighed. "How the hell did you find out where I lived?!" She turned around and looked at Danielle. "Did you tell him?!"
"No! I swear!" Corissa glared at her sister and looked at Hiei.
"I found out all on my own, the producers of 'Behind The Music' told me when I called them..."
"Why won't you leave me alone?! I don't want you around! I don't like you!!" She slammed the door and ran up the stairs. Danielle sighed and opened the door, Hiei still stood there his head hung. Danielle stepped forward.
"Hiei..."
"Why doesn't she like me?"
"Shes scared. Your moving a bit faster then she wants to go. You two just met today..."
"But I felt something the moment I saw her!" Danielle sighed.
"She felt something the moment she heard you sing..." Hiei smirked and suddenly ran outside. He grabbed his guitar and amp he ran back into the house, walked to the start of the stairs and plugged in his amp. Turning it up loud enough for Corissa to hear it upstairs he let out a chord. Corissa heard the guitar chord and became curious, she walked from her room as she continued to hear the riffs. She reached the top of the stairs and stood staring at Hiei with her eyes wide. Hiei smirked and let out one more riff before he opened his mouth to sing. His voice had rose in pitch, making it sound high and sexy.
"You build me up
You knock me down
Provoke a smile
And make me frown
You are the queen of runaround
You know it's true...
Hiei paused as the lyrics sunk into her brain before continuing with his confession.
You chew me up
And spit me out
Enjoy the taste
I leave in your mouth
You look at me
I look at you
Neither of us know what to do
There may not
Be another way to your heart
So I guess I'd better find a new way in
I shiver when I hear your name
Think about you but it's not the same
I won't be satisfied 'til I'm under your skin...
Again he paused and looked up at Corissa, he noticed her mouth had fallen open and a light blush had tinted her cheeks at the thought of him singing such a provocative song at her.
Immobilized by the thought of you
Paralyzed by the sight of you
Hypnotized by the words you say
Not true but I believe 'em anyway
So come to bed It's getting late
There's no more time for us to waste
Remember how my body tastes
You feel your heart begin to race
There may not
Be another way to your heart
So I guess I'd better find a new way in
I shiver when I hear your name
Think about you but it's not the same
I won't be satisfied 'til I'm under your skin
Corissa blushed again at the promises he spurted from the lyrics.
Feel your heart begin to race!
There may not
Be another way to your heart
So I guess I'd better find a new way in
And I shiver when I hear your name
Think about you but it's not the same
I won't be satisfied 'til I'm under your skin
There may not
Be another way to your heart
So I guess I'd better find a new way in
And I shiver when I hear your name
Think about you but it's not the same
I won't be satisfied 'til I'm under your skin..."
A few more riffs were dealt with before the song ended, Corissa blinked and blushed as he unplugged the amp and put down his guitar. The look in his eyes as he looked up at her scared the hell out of her. She took a deep breath and tried to make it appear that the song didn't affect her.
"What the hell was that about?" She asked trying to force anger. Hiei smirked at her and walked up toward her at the top of the stairs, the way he was walking was as though he was stalking prey. She gulped loudly and moved a bit back from him, taking a step toward the wall. But he kept coming, so she kept backing up until she realized she had cornered herself. Backing herself into the wall. She growled when he stopped only inches from her. He was so close she could feel his body heat.
"Did you like the song?" He asked his warm breath hitting her cheek. Corissa took a deep breath and tried to clear her clouded mind before answering in a shaky voice.
"No." He moved closer and grabbed her waist.
"Why?"
"Cause now I can't think..." She admitted then mentally slapped herself for how stupid it sounded. Hiei smiled and leaned closer to her pulling her toward him. Hoping she wouldn't hit him he leaned forward and brushed his lips against hers gently. When he pulled away he looked at her face and noticed that she was blushing but didn't look angry.
"Do you like it now?" The arrogant question brought Corissa from her haze and she pushed him away.
"Stop trying to molest me! Go away!" She walked past him and started down the stairs.
"I was not trying to molest you!" Hiei yelled walking after her down the stairs.
"What would you call cornering my to a wall and kissing me?!"
"Kissing you!?" Danielle asked surprised.
"Why did I have to be pressed against the wall?"
"You put yourself there! I just walked to you it was your fault that you backed yourself into a wall!"
"Oh fuck off! It was not my fault!!" she glared at him. "What was I supposed to do when I saw you walking toward me like you were going to rape me?! Just stand there and take it?!"
"I wasn't going to rape you!"
"How do I know that? If you won't leave me alone?!" The question defiantly hurt Hiei by the look that flashed in his eyes. Taking a deep sigh to control his anger he bit his lip.
"You really want me to leave you alone?"
"Yes, more than anything." She said harshly. Danielle watched in horror as her sister made the worst mistake of her life!
"Then I will. You'll never have to see, talk or hear me again!" He grabbed his amp and guitar and stormed out of the house. Corissa sighed and walked up the stairs toward her room. But she barely reached the top step before her sister cut in front of her.
"What the fuck are you doing?!" Danielle asked angrily. "Go after him!"
"Why? I don't want him around!"
"Yes you do! I can tell!"
"If I didn't then why would I tell him to go away?!"
"Because your scared." Corissa narrowed her eyes at her sister.
"Scared of what?"
"The possibility that a rock star might actually like a nobody like you."
"Thats so far off the truth it's in Jupiter's orbit!"
"Then tell me the truth!"
"No." Corissa pushed past her sister and ran to her room where she locked the door and laid down on her bed. She took a deep breath and tried to fight the tears...
Hiei got into his car and turned it on, angrily he drove back to the hotel. After a few minutes he reached the hotel and walked over to the elevator sadly. For some reason he was drawn to Corissa, but she didn't want anything to do with him. The doors to the elevator opened and he stepped in. Slowly the elevator rose to his room, finally the elevator stopped at his floor and he walked down the hall to his room. He opened the door with the key and saw that Kurama and Yusuke were sitting on his bed watching TV. He took a deep breath and walked to his suitcase and pulled out a new pair of boxers. Walking to the bathroom he changed for bed. He opened the door to the bathroom and Yusuke turned to look at him.
"Whats the matter Hiei?"
"Nothing." He ground out. "If you two don't mind I wish to go to bed."
"Go ahead we aren't stopping you."
"Your sitting on my bed..." Yusuke and Kurama stood and sat on the couch next to the bed. Hiei rolled his eyes and pulled back the blankets. He laid down and pulled them back over himself. Slowly he closed his eyes, his eyes popped open though when he felt weight add to the other side. With an angry sigh he turned over and found his two friends sitting next to him leaning against the headboard. "Will you two leave me alone? Why are you in here anyway?"
"We were waiting for you. Some girl called for you..." Hiei looked hopeful.
"Who?"
"Some chick named Danielle..." His hope faded.
"Oh." Yusuke eyed his friend.
"Hoping for someone else?" He asked with a sly smirk. Hiei rolled his eyes.
"No."
"Oh well she told me to tell you that Corissa didn't mean it...or something like that. Who's this Corissa girl?"
"The one who gave me the tongue lashing and Kuwabara flirted with shamelessly."
"Oh the hot one?" Yusuke asked, Kurama hit him upside his head.
"Oi! Her sister was hot too!"
"Yeah she was...do you think she's free?" Hiei rolled his eyes.
"As far as I know yes..."
"Cool! Maybe I should give her a call..." Kurama glared at Yusuke and focused his attention on his distracted friend.
"Hiei whats wrong? You looked so upset when you walked in." Hiei rolled his eyes and turned over onto his side giving the guys a nice view of his back.
"Nothing is wrong!"
"Don't get so defensive! I'm just asking cause I care for you. Hiei your like my brother." Hiei rolled his eyes and gave a long sigh.
"I'm touched." Hiei replied back sarcastically. Kurama growled and grabbed Hiei's shoulder. Pulling Hiei to lay on his back, he pinned Hiei's hands to either side of his head and straddled his stomach. He glowered down at his friend.
"Cut the shit Hiei! I know your upset about something! Now spill-" He paused when he heard Yusuke give a short chuckle. "What?"
"Wrong choice of words there Kurama old buddy..." Kurama rolled his eyes and focused his attention back to Hiei.
"Tell me whats wrong."
"Well right now your sitting on my stomach and making it kinda hard to breath..." Kurama rolled his eyes and moved down so he was resting on Hiei's thighs. Yusuke chuckled again.
"Kurama your doing it backward. Your supposed to go forward..." He fell off the bed when he was hit in the side of the face by a pillow. Kurama looked back at Hiei.
"Tell me now before I throttle-" Another chuckle. "Kill you!" Hiei rolled his eyes.
"Just let it go." Kurama growled.
"I should strangle you!"
"Go ahead I don't care..." Kurama growled again and wrapped his hands around Hiei's neck and began to shake him. Yusuke stood and laughed.
"Thats right! Ride 'em cowboy!" Both glared at him. He held his hands up in defense. "What? They won't let us get porn. I don't have anything else to make fun of.." Kurama recollected his temper and moved away from Hiei and sat on the couch. He glared at Yusuke.
"Yusuke come here..." He gave Yusuke a very come hither look and beckoned him with his index finger. Yusuke raised a brow at his friend.
"I ain't going no where near you if it looks like your gonna kiss me." Kurama rolled his eyes but gave Yusuke a sexy smirk.
"I'm not going to kiss you."
"Fine kill me."
"Nor kill you."
"Rape me?" Yusuke asked with his own sexy smirk. Kurama gave a short chuckle.
"If you really want me too..." Hiei rolled his eyes.
'Here they go again!' He hated when they teased each other like that. Hearing them give sexual references directed to each other wasn't something he wanted to hear after his traumatic day. Yusuke walked toward him friend and straddled his lap.
"What?" He asked innocently, knowing Kurama was probably going to bitch him out. Kurama brought his hand up as though he was going to touch his friends cheek but instead he smacked Yusuke hard in the ear. Yusuke fell off his friends lap onto the floor holding his ringing ear. "Ow!" He whispered glaring up at Kurama. He smirked though when a thought popped into his mind. "Must you be so rough?" He asked suggestively. Hiei groaned in annoyance and rolled onto his stomach, burring his arms under his pillow.
"Will you two go fuck in either of your rooms and leave me alone?" The two friends chuckled.
"We can't without including you Hehe.." Yusuke said using Hiei's childhood nickname in hopes to let his friend lighten up some. He didn't like it when Hiei was all serious, he wanted him to be joking with them like he normally did.
"Maybe tomorrow night.." He replied smirking. Kurama smiled and ruffled Hiei's hair.
"Glad to have some of the old Hiei back." Both boys stood and began walking toward the door. Yusuke stopped and moved back against Kurama's side. He gave Kurama a wink.
"Hey Kurama would you mind turning into Youko? I want a quickie before bed..." Kurama chuckled and gave Yusuke a side hug.
"Your insane you know that?"
"Yes. So does that mean you will?" Kurama rolled his eyes and pulled his friend out the door with him. He stopped halfway out of the doorframe to look back at Hiei who was staring endlessly at the wall.
"Get some sleep Hiei you look tired."
"Yeah..." Yusuke frowned he shrugged out from under his friends arm and moved to whisper in Kurama's ear.
"We can't leave without giving Hiei his good night kiss..." He whispered into Kurama's ear, Kurama smiled and they turned toward Hiei again. Hiei looked up at them.
"I thought you left." He said slowly and groggily turned onto his back.
"We forgot to give you something first..." Yusuke said walked closer to Hiei, he sat on the edge of the bed by Hiei's hip.
"What?" Hiei asked frowning at them. Yusuke wet his lips and leaned down giving Hiei a sloppy kiss to the cheek. Hiei made a startle noise and sat up wiping at his cheek. "What the hell was that?!"
"That was my good night kiss. You should never leave a friend without giving them one." Yusuke said smiling. Hiei frowned at him.
"Are you sure you just don't want to get in my pants?"
"All in due time my friend." Yusuke relied winking at Hiei. Hiei rolled his eyes. He looked at Kurama who had taken Yusuke's seat.
"You come near me with your lips and I swear I'll rip them off your face!" Kurama smiled devilishly.
"Ok." He said and leaned forward and quickly licked Hiei's cheek before standing with his friend. They walked out of the door and down to their rooms. Hiei rolled his eyes as he turned off his lights and tried to get some sleep.
"God I hate them." He whispered as he fell into a dream filled sleep.
Danielle walked by her sisters door to get to her room when she stopped dead in her tracks. Her sister was...crying? She hadn't heard the noise since they were young, not since they were 10. She walked to her sisters door and knocked lightly. The only response was another short sob. Taking charge she tried the door. She was surprised when she found it unlocked. She opened the door and slowly walked inside, she noticed instantly her sister laying on her bed, her face buried in her pillow her breathing was even...mostly. Every so often her sister shoulders would shake with a new sob and Danielle knew that her sister was crying in her sleep. Danielle sighed and sat down next to her sister, her hand rubbing small circles on the girls back. Corissa rose slightly and shifted but didn't wake up. Danielle frowned and moved her hand from her sisters back to her hair where she petted her sister lightly.
"Corissa wake up..." She was glad her voice sounded just soft and not concerned like she knew it wanted to. If her sister woke up to her sister sounding concerned then she would know that Danielle saw her cry and that would not sit well with her. Corissa shifted again and slowly her eyes opened to see her sister staring at her.
"What Dani?" Danielle forced her face to look guilty.
"I wanted to apologize for earlier...I didn't mean to get so mad at you or yell at you. I'm sorry."
"K. Can I go back to sleep now?" Danielle rolled her eyes and reached out her hand taking the tear that slide down her sisters cheek. Corissa looked at the tear in wonder.
"What were you dreaming about?" Corissa looked at her sister with a look of utter helplessness that it made Danielle want to cry as well. But she held it in for her sister.
"I messed up, huh?" She asked her sister. Danielle nodded slowly.
"Why don't you talk to Hiei about it?"
"No! I don't want t to talk to him!"
"Then what are you talking about?!"
"I know I messed up about Hiei! It scared me that someone like Hiei would be so interested in someone like me! But I can't just swallow my pride and tell him that! I need to go slow. Right now I'm handling this my way." Danielle rolled her eyes.
"Issa your way is going to make Hiei leave you alone forever!"
"It will not!"
"Yes it will. You have a great guy who wants to be with you and all you want to do is run away? What are you really afraid of?" Corissa bit her lip and frowned at her sister. Deciding against answering she rolled over and tried to fall asleep. Danielle growled angrily at her sister and kicked her hard in the butt, pushing her out of the bed in the process. Corissa narrowed her eyes as she stood from the floor.
"What the hell was that for?"
"Don't ignore me!"
"I don't feel like answering! Just let it go!" She yelled and sat down on her bed, she took a deep breath. A ring from her cell phone brought her from her stupor, she screamed and fell off the bed. From the floor Danielle saw her sisters hand reach up and take the phone from the bedside table. "Hello?" She asked slightly dazed, she had a huge headache.
"Corissa?"
"Who the hell do you think you called?" She snapped she heard the other person gasp and she frowned. "Who is this?" The voice sounded familiar but nothing was really clicking in her brain.
"It's Bankotsu!" She sat up and supported herself by the edge of the bed. Her face was completely priceless she was sure. It was a look of complete surprise and some fear also. When Danielle saw the fear light in her sisters eyes she was beginning to wonder just who called. Corissa took a deep breath and tried to keep the tears in her eyes long enough for the call to end.
"Really? H-how are you?" Trying to keep her voice steady was not easy but she tried her hardest. She heard Bankotsu chuckle and felt a shiver run up her spine. "Uh-any real reason you called?" It was supposed to sound casual but she ended up sounding like a frightened little girl.
"Just wanted to talk...so what's been going on since you moved away from me?" The question was casual but she still heard the dominance in it, the combination scared her.
"Um...just been going to school and uh-"
"Is Danielle still alive?" That question scared the hell out of her.
"Why wouldn't she be? What did you do?!" Shrill was the only word she could come up with to describe the tone she used. This wasn't funny anymore, getting the call was nerve-racking as it was but then he had to go and say something like that! Bankotsu giggled like a giddy school girl and tsked her.
"Why I didn't do anything, silly! It just so happened that someone from my group tried to kill her last year doesn't mean it was my fault!" A sadistic shrill laugh left his lungs and filled her ear. Her eyes widened in terror. She closed her eyes for a moment.
"Stop it! Stop with the mind games! What did you really call for?" She asked she moved herself from the floor and sat down on her pillow.
"What are you doing right now?"
"Talking to you! What do you think I'm doing?" She shut her mouth the millisecond she heard him growl. Danielle watched her sister with raw fury, she knew who she was talking to. No one could instil her sister with as much fear as she saw in her eyes at this moment. Bankotsu. She narrowed her eyes and moved toward the livingroom. Slowly she plugged the phone back in. She paused her finger over the 9. Who could help them from a phone call? Bankotsu didn't necessarily know where they were, though it was likely he did. She walked back into the bedroom to see her sister near tears as the phone call continued.
"Issa hang up!" She screamed she didn't want to see her sister hurt any worse by him! If Bankotsu was calling Corissa then that meant that Suikotsu was going to be calling her soon also. Neither knew the word no to save their lives. She took a deep breath and looked at her phone, she checked the voice mail and shuddered when she heard his voice speak her name again. Corissa was sprawled on the bed fighting for all her worth to keep the tears at bay, if she cried in front of him he won, and she wouldn't allow the bastard to get the satisfaction of winning. Bankotsu made a mewing noise.
"Was that Danielle? She sounds well! My brother called her earlier but for some reason she didn't answer..." Corissa's eyes shifted to Danielle and she saw the look in her eyes as she looked at her phone. All her defenses crumbled at that exact moment.
"What do you want?" She sounded completely helpless but at the moment how she sounded wasn't really on the top of her priority list. She could almost hear Bankotsu smile.
"Now thats my girl! You want to know what I want?" Corissa nodded.
"Yes I do."
"Look out the window..." Corissa's heart skipped a beat at the command. She gulped and looked at her sister before slowly walking to the window and pulling back the curtains. She looked out the window and sighed in slight relief when she didn't see anything.
"I don't see anything.." Bankotsu giggled.
"I just wanted to see if you would." She wanted to growl, she wanted to scream but she knew better.
"Ban, please stop this! I can't take anymore!" She sniffled as she felt the dam holding her tears begin to lower. Bankotsu chuckled deep in his chest.
"I'll be in touch babe..." He whispered to her happily before hanging up. When Corissa heard the dialing tone did she finally allowed herself to relax and thats when the tears came. She closed her phone with tear filled eyes and threw it across the room. She watched it hit the wall but it didn't break like she had hoped it would. Her knees gave out and she fell onto her bed her face was buried in her comforter. She couldn't stop them the tears were like a never ending river. She shuddered when the phone rang, Danielle knew that her sister couldn't handle another call so she walked to her sisters phone. She looked at the number and didn't recognize it, taking a deep breath she opened it.
"Look Bankotsu I swear to god leave her alo-"
"Who's Bankotsu?" A sweet voice asked from the other end of the line. Danielle sat next to her sister and stroked her hair as she watched her sister convulse helplessly from the force of her sobs.
"Kurama?"
"Yeah...do I hear crying?" Danielle knew her sister wouldn't want Kurama to know per say but she also knew that she didn't have a choice. He heard what he heard. Saying it was the TV would be to much bullshit even for her to say. Telling bullshit was something they knew a lot about. Being with Bankotsu and Suikotsu explaining unexpected bruises and wounds were a daily activity.
"That's...my sister..." Kurama gasped.
"My god she sounds like shes dying inside! What happened?" Danielle took a deep breath and contemplated telling Kurama or not. She didn't know if he could help. Or even if he would, he barely knew them as it was. Knowing that the girl that Hiei wanted had as much luggage as her sister was a real turn off.
"I don't-"
"Does it have to do with that Bankotsu guy? Did he hurt her? If Hiei found out that a guy made her cry like that he would kill the guy!" Danielle took a deep breath, she moved her hand from her sisters hair to her back rubbing small soothing circles hoping her sister would stop crying or at least cry herself to sleep. She didn't want to hear it anymore.
"He doesn't know Bankotsu..." She muttered to herself then gasped when she realized that she said it out loud.
"Why? Who's Bankotsu?!" He was demanding now. She sighed and against her better judgment she told Kurama everything.
"I think that my sister would die if she knew I told you this! It is not something that she's proud of...neither am I. Neither of us could get away from them. When they wanted something they wanted something. No one could tell them no or you ended up dead..."
"So I take you neither of you told them no?"
"Corissa did once and got stabbed in the leg for it. After that we just took what they dealt without question. No one had to power to stop them..."
"How did you get away?!"
"We just up and fled. We moved here about two years ago." She heard Kurama take a deep breath.
"Now what?" Danielle looked at her sister she noticed her shoulders had stopped convulsing and moved in an even manner meaning her sister was asleep.
"I'm not sure. Bankotsu must know where we are or will soon. He called not to long ago..."
"I gathered that from the way you answered her phone. Maybe Hiei-"
"No! No Hiei! If Issa wants him to know then she will tell him but I won't suffer her wrath if he finds out and she didn't want him to know. Promise me Kurama!" Kurama sighed but agreed to the promise. Danielle looked at Corissa and sighed again. "Thank you. I hate seeing her hurting like this!" Danielle sighed and laid down next to her sister. Kurama sighed also, he stood from his bed at the hotel and walked out his room down the hall to Hiei's room. Using his key he opened the door and walked in. Hiei was passed out on his bed, sprawled out on his back the blankets tangled around his waist and legs. Kurama chuckled. Danielle made an annoyed sound. "What the hell are you laughing at?"
"Hiei. I love Hiei like a brother so I know what it's like to see someone you love hurting. When Corissa blew Hiei off it hurt him bad I could tell. You should see him, he looks so cute." Danielle smiled softly then sighed.
"Send me a picture."
"Ok, hold on." Kurama held the phone away from himself and took a picture of Hiei he pushed the send button. He put the phone back to his ear, walked over to Hiei and shook his shoulder. Hiei woke with a jolt, he groggily looked at Kurama.
"Kurama what the hell are you doing in here? Why did you wake me up?" He paused and looked at the time. It was 1 in the morning. He groaned angrily and turned onto this stomach ignoring his friend. "Go away! It's one in the morning!" He grabbed the pillow on the other side of the bed and put it over his head. Kurama rolled his eyes and sat on his friends back. Danielle frowned when she heard an 'uff' and then muffled arguing. She glanced at Corissa and saw that the only change in her was her position, she was now resting on her side her head resting on her outstretched right arm and her other curled against herself. Her legs were bent toward her chest and she had tears still falling from her eyes but her face was slack from sleeping.
"Kurama she's still crying! Even in her sleep-"
"Who's crying?" Hiei asked her, he sounded more awake now. Danielle's mouth suddenly went dry. What should she say? She knew that even though Kurama promised he would probably tell Hiei, she would do the same thing with her sister. She bit her bottom lip and contemplated how to answer.
"Who?" She asked hoping to confuse him so he left the matter alone. Hiei growled at her.
"Thats what I asked! Don't try to worm your way out of this Danielle, just tell me. Why is Corissa crying?" Now he sounded hurt, he sounded as though it hurt him to know that she was crying. At that moment Danielle never cursed anyone as badly as she cursed Bankotsu for putting her sister through this again. Taking a deep breath she tried to make herself sound believable.
"Who makes you think I was talking about Corissa?! How do you know I wasn't talking to Kurama about something completely different?"
"Who else would you care so much about if they were crying?" Danielle opened her mouth but closed it again, she needed to think up a lie and quick.
"She had a nightmare and just got back to sleep. It scared her so badly she began crying..." She took an inward sigh and cursed herself for the sheltered existence she allowed Bankotsu and Suikotsu to put them in. She wanted to tell Hiei she wanted him to know, she wanted them to help. But she knew that they couldn't help, thats what she hated most of all. She had people she wanted to help knew that could help but she was still afraid. She was afraid that after they got help they would be alone again, she was afraid the most that Bankotsu and Suikotsu found Hiei and Kurama out and tried to get rid of them. She would kill herself if she knew that she was the reason they got hurt or worse, killed!
"Bankotsu...no...please...stop! I don't want these mind games anymore! I can't take it...it's too much..." Danielle looked at her sister as she started whimpering like a lost puppy and crying again. Danielle could hear what her sister was muttering and it nearly broke her heart. That bastard was even in her dreams...she couldn't get away. He finally had her the way he wanted her, completely his. "Stop...please! Can't you see how this is killing me?!" Danielle heard Hiei make an odd noise from the other end of the line.
"Who is she talking to?"
"She's talking in her sleep to Bankotsu..."
"Who the hell is Bankotsu?!" Hiei was mad to say the least. He couldn't handle the thought of someone being in her life other than him. He heard Danielle sigh.
"I can't tell you. I have to wait to see if she wants you to know." Danielle gave a loud sigh and she looked back at her sister. She walked over and sat next to her. Taking her hand she pushed it through her sisters hair, trying to help her sister go into a dreamless sleep. "Issa. Issa." She whispered hoping to wake her sister up a bit so she could help her go back to sleep with music. She looked at her sister and noticed that she was starting to wake up, a bit. She took a deep breath and looked back at the phone. "Hiei sing something!"
"What?!"
"Sing something to her. It's the only way I can think of her to fall into a restless sleep. Otherwise I think she'll be crying all night..." Hiei sighed.
"Fine I'll sing something. I wrote this song when I was younger, it's on our first album..." Taking a deep breath he looked at Kurama and mouthed the name of the song, Kurama picked up Hiei's guitar and strummed it. Danielle held the phone up to her sisters ear as she slowly drifted back into dreamworld.
"looking around the house.
hidden behind the window and the door.
searching for signs of life but there's nobody home.
well, maybe I'm just too sure.
maybe I'm just too frightened
by the sound of it.
pieces of note fall down, but the letter said,
aha, it was good living with you.
aha, it was good.
aha, it was good living with you.
aha, it was good.
sitting around the house,
watching the sun trace shadows on the floor.
searching for signs of life, but there's nobody home.
well, maybe I'll call
or write you a letter.
now, maybe we'll see on the fourth of July.
but I'm not too sure, and I'm not too proud.
well, I'm not too sure and I'm not too proud to say.
aha, it was good living with you.
aha, it was good.
aha, it was good living with you.
aha, it was good.
yeah, you were so good. yeah you were so good, yeah that's right... "
Danielle looked at her sister and didn't miss the smile that was on her face. She smiled also and pulled the phone back up to her ear.
"Your such a doll! She's already sleeping and not a tear in sight!" Hiei tried to smile but he was still so tired.
"What do I get?" He asked her, Danielle glared at the phone.
"The tone dial." She replied bluntly as she closed the phone, she stood and walked from her sisters room into her own. When she got in there she was met with a rather disturbing surprise, someone was sitting on the chair she had propped in the corner. Her breath caught in her throat when she saw them stand. She tried to call for her sister but her vocal cords were paralyzed. They had found them! She stared in horror as Suikotsu walked closer to her. Her mouth dropped open again to try to say anything but again nothing came out.
"Hey Dani, long time no see..." He smirked charmingly at her. "Close your mouth it's not very lady like." He teased her. She did without a second thought, once her mouth was closed her bent down and kissed her gently. "So who were you talking to?" He asked once he pulled back. Danielle blanched and looked at the door.
"A friend on mine and Corissa's..."
"Really? Would this friend happen to be male?" Danielle's head shot back and her eyes focused on his.
"Why?" She accused, she hated that he used the tone that made her feel like a child. Suikotsu's eyes darkened and he raised his hand to her.
"You dare question me?" He hissed at her. "You bitch! You better answer me before you get a bruise on that pretty cheek of yours!" Danielle took a deep breath and looked at the door again.
"Yes. Kurama and Hiei are good friends of ours. Hiei sung Corissa to sleep..."
"Is that little prick still here?"
"No it was over the phone..."
"So our little Issa is cheating on my brother, huh?" Danielle looked into his eyes and she looked surprised.
"Cheating? On who? Issa and Bankotsu aren't together anymore! And if we had it our way we would of never met you two! You two are the most disgusting-" Her sentence was cut short by the bite of an opened palmed slap across the cheek. Danielle's head turned from the force of it. Danielle turned around and glared back at Suikotsu. He glowered at her and grabbed her upper arm.
"Time to teach you a lesson!" He hissed at her, throwing her on her bed. He stepped up toward her and pushed her back against the bed. Straddling her lap he lightly put his right hand around her slender neck and ever so slightly applied pressure. Danielle glared at him, his anger flared and he applied more pressure. This time he heard the beautiful chocking noises that he loved to hear from her. This was his favorite lesson for her. Again he applied more pressure, her face started turning blue and he could feel her chest trying to contract to draw in air. He heard the little hiccuping noises her lack of air was making and smiled maliciously. He would wait until she was unconscious then flee, way before Corissa woke up. Not that it mattered though, Corissa was going to know he was there anyway. The bruises on her sisters lovely neck would be a dead giveaway. Finally he saw her eyes begin to close as the start of passing out. Once she was out, he stood and walked out of the room. He opened the door and down the street he went.