The Childhood Friend of Kurama Part 6: Meeting at the Arcade and Hiei's Secret Gets Out
After a surprisingly good night's sleep, I decided to head to the arcade for a while. After all, I still had that baby's face in my mind and I thought going to the arcade would help.
'Why would he think Shuichi is someone named Kurama? And how does he know Yusuke and Kuwabara?'
I shook my head and headed to a racecar game, setting it on a high difficulty rating.
"Finally, someone to race with me. You know, this game requires two racers."
I briefly looked at Yusuke, who was sitting in the "car" next to me. Before I could say anything, Yusuke put quarters in his slot and the game started.
"So Ayame, what brings you by here?"
"It's the closest arcade to my apartment and I needed something to do. You?"
"Eh ,I always come in here when I'm bored. Mostly,I come here to take a break from Keiko. We've known each other since we were kids, and she really gets to me sometimes."
I laughed slightly without looking at him and slowly edged me car ahead of his.
"Get home okay from dinner last night?"
"I did, thanks."
With the game ending in a tie, we both stood up and headed a table to sit down. Yusuke looked at me closely and narrowed his eyes.
"Do you really hate Shuichi?"
I blinked rapidly a couple of times and sighed while looking away from him.
"It's not that I hate him, Yusuke. I just hate the fact that he broke a promise we made to each other when we were kids. He had plenty of chances to tell me last night, and him not doing so tells me he'll never get the courage to do it."
"I guess I can understand where you're going with this, but you gotta know he's hurting inside because you won't talk to him."
"I always make it a point to not associate with either liars or promise breakers, Yusuke. I don't have time for them."
After realizing time passed by quicker than I expected, I stood up and headed out of the arcade, Yusuke following close behind. I suddenly got the feeling that someone was watching me and quickly turned around.
"Ayame, what's up?"
"Not sure. I just had the feeling someone was following and watching me. I've been getting feelings like this for a while now, and I don't know why it's happening."
"Well, I don't see anything out of the ordinary around here."
After shaking off the feeling, I rejoined Yusuke and we headed away from the arcade.
Hiei's POV:
Once Ayame and Yusuke were out of sight, I headed to the park and was pleased to see Kurama sitting by himself on a bench. He looked up as I got closer and smiled.
"What can I do for you today, Hiei?"
"Hn, observed your little fr-I mean, Ayame again. She was with the detective."
"So, what happened?"
"Same thing happened. She must've sensed me watching and following them because she looked in the direction I was hiding."
Kurama stood up and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Guess the suspicions are confirmed. Now, all we have to do is figure out how to break it to her without us coming across as being crazy."
"Yes, that task should be easy to complete."
He sighed in frustration and we headed out of the park.
"Not helping, Hiei. I really want to patch things up with Ayame. I know what she currently thinks of me, but I'm not going to let that discourage me."
"Hn, you really care about this girl, don't you?"
"I do, I really do. She's been in my life for so long, I don't think I could go another year of us not being friends."
"I sometimes feel like that when it comes to telling Yukina the truth. There are days where I really want to tell her I'm her brother, but then something stops me."
"Perhaps you're afraid of rejection."
"Kurama, think. Do you really think she'd be okay with having a killer as a brother? I personally don't want to see the look on her face if I do tell her."
"Hiei, I don't think you'll have to worry about that."
"Hn, what do you mean, Fox?"
"Look in front of you."
My eyes widened as I looked into the eyes of Yukina. The look on her face mirrored my own, and I could only imagine what she was thinking since I wasn't about to read her mind.
"Yukina, how much of that did you hear?"
"I pretty much heard everything, Hiei. I guess I can understand why you were afraid of telling me you were my brother."
"I didn't want you to find out like this. I would've given you this first."
Yukina smiled as I gave her the stone she gave me before she knew I was her brother. I showed her my own, causing her to smile more.
"So, looks like we have some catching up to do."
"Hn, looks like it."
That's a wrap for part 6. Part 7 begins in Kurama's POV as he prepares to tell Ayame the truth, but his cover is blown after he sees her talking to a teenaged-looking Koenma. Also in part 7, we see how Ayame is taking the news of her childhood friend "Shuichi" being a fox demon. Stay tuned to see what happens