Here's the time to clear up some questions I've been getting. First off…yes, Yusuke and Hiei smoke in my story. Yusuke smokes in the manga also. As for Hiei, I just thought I'd add it in. Second of all, I can't reveal why I mentioned Shigure in my story…not yet. Last question… how did Kurama get the news without power? I didn't say the power was out… I just said they couldn't go out. Kind of like how you can still have Internet when it's icing out. Get it? Okay, you guys know I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho so there!
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What Have I done?
Heading in, Hiei closed the sliding door and leaned against it. "He's back," he murmured. Shigure… he never thought that he would actually see that the promise was kept. It wasn't like Hiei would really tell… or would he? "I've been slipping." Coming to a resolution, he finally decided what must be done. "I cannot be with Yukina any longer." The pain in his jagan eased but there was a burning sensation in his heart. "I…must not get close to her any longer."
Kurama headed down the stairs and saw Hiei with his head hung low. Curious, he went and stood in front of him. "Is there something on your mind, Hiei?" Hiei couldn't even come up with a clever insult this time. He could merely look at Kurama, hoping the answer to be there. Kurama, though never hearing what was wrong, knew instantly. "Do you really think you can go through with it? You're a part of her life now and she'll be devastated," he told him.
"Devastated about what?," Botan interrupted. She had been in the gym room with Yusuke, working out some new techniques with him. "You two wouldn't happen to be talking about Yukina now, would you?" Standing next to Kurama, she examined both carefully.
"Do you like the way you look, Botan?" Hiei was glaring at her. How dare she interrupt him. When Botan curiously nodded Hiei stood straight, giving her a piercing glare. "Then I suggest you keep your nose where it belongs before there isn't a nose to stick around." Botan grabbed her nose and jumped back. Hiei would do it too. He walked up the stairs and left Kurama and Botan staring at him.
Kurama, giggling under his breath turned to face Botan. "At least he gives a fair warning this time. Consider yourself lucky. I've known Hiei to actually pull off the lips of the last person who butted in," he laughed. Botan, holding on tighter to her nose, ran off to the kitchen. "Hmm…. No sense of humor."
Hiei, now in his room, paced up and down from his window. Shigure was back. But how could that be? He was killed…could he…. Could he have come back from the dead? Hiei shook his head. "Impossible. Koenma would never allow someone like him to return to the living…. KOENMA! He could go see Koenma and make sure. Surely the damn toddler would know something…anything at the least! Koenma was sitting behind his desk stamping, as usual, when Hiei burst through the door. "Koenma," Hiei yelled aloud. Every ogre in the room turned to look. "I need information…NOW." He smacked both hands viciously upon the desk and glared at the toddler.
"Hmph, you don't have to parade into my office if you want information, Hiei," Koenma snarled. But the gleam in Hiei's eyes told him not to mess with the fire demon. It was easily seen he was pissed. "Now, what is it you want to know? And how do you suppose I can help?" Hiei, easing back, told Koenma about Shigure. He, luckily, let out any part containing Yukina in it.
"This is serious, Hiei," Koenma commented, "and there's no doubt that this may lead to something bigger." Standing on the top of his desk he called out for his faithful Ogre. "Get me this list of the dead! And I mean now!" Flipping through the book, he came upon Shigure's name. "Here it is…seems like he requested hell level 3. It was granted 3 days after his appeal." Reading on some more, Hiei began to pace around. He didn't have time for this. "In theory, he's still there. Whatever attacked you must have some outside source."
"That means it isn't him then?" Hiei had stopped pacing, staring directly at Koenma: "But the person knew of something important. Something only Shigure would know! Explain to me how these demons are running around with my secret without him being there!" He was shouting again. His throat ached but that didn't stop him. "He's putting her in danger, dammit! I have to do something!" Being irrational. Hiei pulled out his sword and sliced the desk in half. Thankfully, Koenma had just dodged in time. "Fuck this!" Hiei was gone in a flash.
Ogre ran to Koenma's aid. "That damn demon is going to kill us all," Koenma screeched! Being helped up, he patted off some invisible dust from his shoulder. "I do hope that bastard does something usual…for once."
Yukina was lying in her room, sleeping upon her cozy oak made bed. She twisted and turned uncomfortably, a cold sweat forming on her head. "No…please," she whispered. She sat up straight yelling, "NO!" Scanning her room, Yukina began to heavily breathe. She flung the covers off of her and ran outside, only to run into Hiei. Both of them fell to the ground, Yukina on the floor and Hiei backed into the wall. She looked up and sprang forth, wrapping her arms around Hiei. "Oh, Hiei! I'm so scared! That…a man was after me and he…he tried to kill me and…" She couldn't go on. Yukina could only burry her face deep in Hiei' chest.
Hiei, shocked at such a presence, slowly let his left arm wrap around her waist and the other stroke her hair in comfort. "Yukina…it's…all right," he soothed. He held her tighter now, not embarrassed at her sudden embrace and rested his face softly in her hair, his eyes gently closed. "I'm here, Yukina. I won't let anything hurt you." Her crying didn't stop but he knew that she felt a little better.
The two didn't separate. They both stayed that way for quite a few minutes, actually. It was fortunate that no one had been walking by…a little too fortunate. "Urameshi," Kuwabara fiercely whispered. "You had better move out of my way or I'll bash your face in!" Yusuke, along with Botan and Kurama, were standing in front of Kuwabara, refusing to let him into the hallway that led to where Hiei was comforting Yukina. "Did you hear me, Urameshi? I swear I'll do it too!"
"Right, like the last 50 million times you ended up head first in the cement," Yusuke snarled back. "You can't go through and that's final. I'll use my rei gun if I have to and that's a promise!" Yusuke advanced a step, as if daring Kuwabara to do something. "There's something going on and no one is allowed to pass through. So scram!" Kuwabara, glaring at Yusuke, finally turned tail and walked off to the living room.
Kurama sighed heavily and peeped on his Yukina and Hiei. "Hiei will kill us for spying like this," he told the others. "You know how he feels when he's in a vulnerable state." He took another peep at them before departing, pushing the other two along with him.
Yukina's crying had died down to a soft muffle now and then. She turned so that her left cheek sat on his chest as the rest of her body was curled in. Hiei cocked his head to rest against the wall. "Thank you," Yukina whispered. Hiei looked down at her but she didn't move. "Thank you…for being there for me. You're the only person I would truly consider my family." She finally sat up and wiped her tears. There were little Hiruseki stones everywhere, making the floor sparkle. "Hiei." she wrapped her arms around his neck. "I want you to be my brother…the brother I never had."
Hiei's eyes opened widely in fear and love. Had she really figured it out? No, she saw the true Hiei… the one he tried so hard to hide from the rest of the world…and from himself. But he couldn't let her do this. He couldn't let her feel more pain. Hiei pulled her away, hanging his head to the side so that he didn't have to look at her. "Yukina, I can't be your brother." He stood up and took two steps towards his room. "…I can't be part of your life. I won't be…I…I don't want to be…" He closed his door and leaned against it. Tears formed in Yukina's eyes again…Hiei had rejected her… and it was the most horrid thing she had ever had to bare. Opening his jagan, Hiei watched Yukina bend forward and completely lay face down on the floor silently crying. "Dear God…what have I done?"
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I do hope you enjoyed this little bit of drama. Right, I know I promised you that you'd see how Shigure was still here but I got so caught up with the drama it got in the way. I'm not sure how short this chapter was and I'm gonna HOPEFULLY write the next two chapters this weekend. Review and tell me how you liked it.
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What Have I done?
Heading in, Hiei closed the sliding door and leaned against it. "He's back," he murmured. Shigure… he never thought that he would actually see that the promise was kept. It wasn't like Hiei would really tell… or would he? "I've been slipping." Coming to a resolution, he finally decided what must be done. "I cannot be with Yukina any longer." The pain in his jagan eased but there was a burning sensation in his heart. "I…must not get close to her any longer."
Kurama headed down the stairs and saw Hiei with his head hung low. Curious, he went and stood in front of him. "Is there something on your mind, Hiei?" Hiei couldn't even come up with a clever insult this time. He could merely look at Kurama, hoping the answer to be there. Kurama, though never hearing what was wrong, knew instantly. "Do you really think you can go through with it? You're a part of her life now and she'll be devastated," he told him.
"Devastated about what?," Botan interrupted. She had been in the gym room with Yusuke, working out some new techniques with him. "You two wouldn't happen to be talking about Yukina now, would you?" Standing next to Kurama, she examined both carefully.
"Do you like the way you look, Botan?" Hiei was glaring at her. How dare she interrupt him. When Botan curiously nodded Hiei stood straight, giving her a piercing glare. "Then I suggest you keep your nose where it belongs before there isn't a nose to stick around." Botan grabbed her nose and jumped back. Hiei would do it too. He walked up the stairs and left Kurama and Botan staring at him.
Kurama, giggling under his breath turned to face Botan. "At least he gives a fair warning this time. Consider yourself lucky. I've known Hiei to actually pull off the lips of the last person who butted in," he laughed. Botan, holding on tighter to her nose, ran off to the kitchen. "Hmm…. No sense of humor."
Hiei, now in his room, paced up and down from his window. Shigure was back. But how could that be? He was killed…could he…. Could he have come back from the dead? Hiei shook his head. "Impossible. Koenma would never allow someone like him to return to the living…. KOENMA! He could go see Koenma and make sure. Surely the damn toddler would know something…anything at the least! Koenma was sitting behind his desk stamping, as usual, when Hiei burst through the door. "Koenma," Hiei yelled aloud. Every ogre in the room turned to look. "I need information…NOW." He smacked both hands viciously upon the desk and glared at the toddler.
"Hmph, you don't have to parade into my office if you want information, Hiei," Koenma snarled. But the gleam in Hiei's eyes told him not to mess with the fire demon. It was easily seen he was pissed. "Now, what is it you want to know? And how do you suppose I can help?" Hiei, easing back, told Koenma about Shigure. He, luckily, let out any part containing Yukina in it.
"This is serious, Hiei," Koenma commented, "and there's no doubt that this may lead to something bigger." Standing on the top of his desk he called out for his faithful Ogre. "Get me this list of the dead! And I mean now!" Flipping through the book, he came upon Shigure's name. "Here it is…seems like he requested hell level 3. It was granted 3 days after his appeal." Reading on some more, Hiei began to pace around. He didn't have time for this. "In theory, he's still there. Whatever attacked you must have some outside source."
"That means it isn't him then?" Hiei had stopped pacing, staring directly at Koenma: "But the person knew of something important. Something only Shigure would know! Explain to me how these demons are running around with my secret without him being there!" He was shouting again. His throat ached but that didn't stop him. "He's putting her in danger, dammit! I have to do something!" Being irrational. Hiei pulled out his sword and sliced the desk in half. Thankfully, Koenma had just dodged in time. "Fuck this!" Hiei was gone in a flash.
Ogre ran to Koenma's aid. "That damn demon is going to kill us all," Koenma screeched! Being helped up, he patted off some invisible dust from his shoulder. "I do hope that bastard does something usual…for once."
Yukina was lying in her room, sleeping upon her cozy oak made bed. She twisted and turned uncomfortably, a cold sweat forming on her head. "No…please," she whispered. She sat up straight yelling, "NO!" Scanning her room, Yukina began to heavily breathe. She flung the covers off of her and ran outside, only to run into Hiei. Both of them fell to the ground, Yukina on the floor and Hiei backed into the wall. She looked up and sprang forth, wrapping her arms around Hiei. "Oh, Hiei! I'm so scared! That…a man was after me and he…he tried to kill me and…" She couldn't go on. Yukina could only burry her face deep in Hiei' chest.
Hiei, shocked at such a presence, slowly let his left arm wrap around her waist and the other stroke her hair in comfort. "Yukina…it's…all right," he soothed. He held her tighter now, not embarrassed at her sudden embrace and rested his face softly in her hair, his eyes gently closed. "I'm here, Yukina. I won't let anything hurt you." Her crying didn't stop but he knew that she felt a little better.
The two didn't separate. They both stayed that way for quite a few minutes, actually. It was fortunate that no one had been walking by…a little too fortunate. "Urameshi," Kuwabara fiercely whispered. "You had better move out of my way or I'll bash your face in!" Yusuke, along with Botan and Kurama, were standing in front of Kuwabara, refusing to let him into the hallway that led to where Hiei was comforting Yukina. "Did you hear me, Urameshi? I swear I'll do it too!"
"Right, like the last 50 million times you ended up head first in the cement," Yusuke snarled back. "You can't go through and that's final. I'll use my rei gun if I have to and that's a promise!" Yusuke advanced a step, as if daring Kuwabara to do something. "There's something going on and no one is allowed to pass through. So scram!" Kuwabara, glaring at Yusuke, finally turned tail and walked off to the living room.
Kurama sighed heavily and peeped on his Yukina and Hiei. "Hiei will kill us for spying like this," he told the others. "You know how he feels when he's in a vulnerable state." He took another peep at them before departing, pushing the other two along with him.
Yukina's crying had died down to a soft muffle now and then. She turned so that her left cheek sat on his chest as the rest of her body was curled in. Hiei cocked his head to rest against the wall. "Thank you," Yukina whispered. Hiei looked down at her but she didn't move. "Thank you…for being there for me. You're the only person I would truly consider my family." She finally sat up and wiped her tears. There were little Hiruseki stones everywhere, making the floor sparkle. "Hiei." she wrapped her arms around his neck. "I want you to be my brother…the brother I never had."
Hiei's eyes opened widely in fear and love. Had she really figured it out? No, she saw the true Hiei… the one he tried so hard to hide from the rest of the world…and from himself. But he couldn't let her do this. He couldn't let her feel more pain. Hiei pulled her away, hanging his head to the side so that he didn't have to look at her. "Yukina, I can't be your brother." He stood up and took two steps towards his room. "…I can't be part of your life. I won't be…I…I don't want to be…" He closed his door and leaned against it. Tears formed in Yukina's eyes again…Hiei had rejected her… and it was the most horrid thing she had ever had to bare. Opening his jagan, Hiei watched Yukina bend forward and completely lay face down on the floor silently crying. "Dear God…what have I done?"
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I do hope you enjoyed this little bit of drama. Right, I know I promised you that you'd see how Shigure was still here but I got so caught up with the drama it got in the way. I'm not sure how short this chapter was and I'm gonna HOPEFULLY write the next two chapters this weekend. Review and tell me how you liked it.