Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from the Yu Yu Hakusho series. I own only the story line and the original characters and that is it. Alright, this chapter will feature more Hiei. I promise, for as the title suggests it is VISITING day for Hiei and he actually has a line of people that want to see him. Wait and see what each visitor has to say. And now... Chapter Four: Visitors Welcome.
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Hiei looked up from his bed and couldn't believe his eyes. He sat up quickly and walked to the bars as the demi-god waited for the guard to leave him be for a moment. He turned to Hiei and smiled lightly. "You seem to be holding up pretty well, considering."
"What are you doing here, Koenma?" Hiei was genuinely surprised to see the lord. He wasn't even in disguise. "What's wrong?"
Koenma smiled lightly. "It seems that you have more friends in this world than you may think. I have been badgered every day since you came here, and almost every one of them requested to see you."
"My visiting rights doesn't kick in for another two weeks," Hiei said and looked down, again surprised to hear that there were others out there that really did care about him. "What have you told them?"
Koenma sighed lightly and shrugged his shoulders. "I told them all that they would all have to wait until the rights were established..."
Hiei looked down and sighed lightly. But he looked back up when he heard the lord chuckle.
"I simply had no choice but to talk to the wardens and ask them to establish that right a bit early," he said and smiled. "I am only the first. Because you are in solitary confinement, there are stricter rules with your visiting. Here in a while, you will be taken to a room that has two-way mirrors. Anything that you and your visitors say will be heard by the guards and the warden in charge. He takes his job seriously. If for any reason, he believes that you are trying to escape, plan an escape, or anything like that, he will end the visit and they will be suspended for a month. Are you clear on that, Hiei?"
Hiei nodded, but he stopped. "So... what exactly are the rules, Koenma?"
Koenma smiled as the guards returned with an oversized man leading them. "Warden Granger will explain them to you on your way. I will see you again, Hiei. Good luck."
Hiei nodded and turned to Granger. "Step back and face the wall behind you."
Hiei sighed lightly, this was getting old. He turned to the wall and placed his hands on the wall. He heard the key turn in the lock and the squeak of the door open. He heard one of the guards step in and pull out a pair of handcuffs. "Cross your hands in front of you."
Hiei did as he was told, wanting to say something to the man about being so rude to him, but thought better of it. He was taken from his cell and led down a long corridor. Granger cleared his throat in front of him and glanced over his shoulder at the man. "The rules for solitary confinement prisoners are simple and are as follows...
Rule number one: You may hug or touch the visitors but you must keep your hands where I can see them at all times. You break this rule, you will be cuffed to the chair for the rest of your visits.
Rule number two: Your guests may not bring you anything. If something is brought with them and is approved by my staff, then it must leave with them. Break this rule, and your visit will end immediately.
Rule number three: If it is a girlfriend, you may not kiss. As much as I know you may want to, you may not. This is not a congical visit, and there will be no hanky panky of any kind on my watch. Break this rule, and that visitor will be banned.
Rule number four: You are being watched by my staff and I. If for any reason I believe that there is something funny going on with you and your visitor, I will cease the visit immediately and your visit and revoke your rights.
Are the rules clear to you, Hiei?" The warden was well versed with his rules and knew them as if he was reading them from a book. The warden didn't get a reply as quickly as he was expecting and so he stopped and turned to Hiei. "Did I make the rules clear enough, Hiei?"
Hiei nodded lightly. "Yes, sir."
"Good," Granger said and unlocked a door to his left. He walked inside and waited for Hiei to enter. The guards stayed outside as Hiei walked to the Warden's side. Granger sighed lightly and lifted his hands up as he unlocked the cuffs around his wrists. Hiei rubbed his wrists as he watched the warden walk out of the room and lock the door behind him. Hiei smirked. If he was really planning anything bad, why on earth would he lock him in the room with someone? Hiei shook his head lightly as he heard the door on the opposite side of the room unlock and open.
He smiled lightly as he watched Tonya walk into the room. She gasped lightly and wanted to run over to him. He didn't move, but she watched him look her up and down with a smile. They took a step forward and she sighed heavily as they wrapped their arms around each other. "Oh, Hiei... I've missed you so much!"
She leaned back and Hiei sat at the table across from her. "My god... you have lost weight!"
Hiei smirked. "Yeah... well... what do you expect? This isn't exactly from Caesar's Palace."
She chuckled lightly. "How have you been?"
Hiei sighed lightly and fold his hands on the table in front of him, remembering that his hands had to be visible at all times. "I'm alright... I guess."
She groaned lightly. "I tried to talk to Koenma... but he simply wouldn't budge. I wish he could have given you a lighter sentence."
Hiei shook his head. "It's not that he wouldn't, Tonya. He just couldn't. I broke my contract of my own free will... I now have to face the consequences of my actions. There is nothing that he could do."
Tonya sighed lightly and held her hands out to lay them on top of Hiei's. He pulled them away, but laid them on hers. She looked down, "These rules are ridiculous!"
Hiei smiled lightly. "It could be worse."
"I highly doubt that," she said and looked at him.
"How have you been?" Hiei asked as she smiled at him. "How are things at the ranch?"
She smiled and nodded. "I have been alright... missing you like crazy. But I'll be alright. But things on the ranch do keep me busy. Several of our horses have had their babies. That is a handful, but a welcome distraction."
"That's good. I am glad to hear that you are hanging in there," he said lightly.
"It should be me saying that, Hiei," she said stubbornly. "You are the one in prison, not me."
The door behind them opened and Tonya sighed. "I guess my time is up... that was a quick fifteen minutes. I will come back next week to see you. Okay. I love you."
Hiei smiled lightly and nodded as she walked out of the room. For some reason, he was glad to see her go. He didn't want her in a place like this. He had fought tooth and nail to keep her out of this type of place. But then... that isn't why he was glad. He shook his head sadly as the door opened again.
"Well, well, well," the visitor said as he walked into the room. "How ya been, buddy?"
Hiei smirked as he watched Yusuke sit in the chair across from him, holding out a fist to him. Hiei smiled lightly as he bumped his fist against Yusuke's. Yusuke scooted his chair closer to the table and sighed heavily. "So... how ya been?"
Hiei shook his head. "If I had a dollar for every one that asked that, I would be able to buy this place. I know that you are all worried... but you have to realize I am stronger than you think."
Yusuke smiled and chuckled lightly. "Alright, I promise you that from now on, I won't ask. I will just say.. sup?"
Hiei smiled and nodded. "I'm good. Thanks for asking. How is everyone?"
Yusuke looked at the demon in front of him and sighed lightly. "Nothing is the same without you around. We all miss you. We are all good... but just sick with missing you."
Hiei nodded and looked down, twirling his fingers together. "Yeah... well I miss you all too. Even the oaf."
Yusuke smiled as he mentioned Kuwabara. "He said that he was sorry that he couldn't come tonight. His mom isn't doing too good and he wanted to stay with her. He did say that he would be here next week to see you. He misses you too. He is too proud to admit it but hey, we all can see it."
"How is Yukina?" Hiei asked. Yusuke and Kurama were the only ones that knew that he was her brother and he had sworn them both to secrecy about it. "She still in the dark about me?"
Yusuke nodded. "Yes, she still doesn't know about you," he said. "But I think you should tell her. She seems to be depressed about not being able to see you when the others visit. She even misses Kurama."
Hiei frowned. "She hasn't seen Kurama?"
Yusuke shook his head. "No one has. We have called him and he has kept on telling us that he would drop by soon, but that still hasn't happened. To tell you the truth... I don't think that Trish has either."
"What happened?"
"Trish said that they hit a mutual wall in their relationship," he explained. "Said that they had been drifting apart for a while, but was just trying to do everything she could to keep them together... but to no avail. Trish actually started looking for a new guy recently."
Hiei looked down. "It was because of me being in here, wasn't it?"
Yusuke shrugged his shoulders. "I can't say for sure. But we all miss you and every one is struggling without you... I can see that it had a small part in it. But there was other things going on with those two. Tonya said once that they were almost avoiding each other it seemed."
Hiei frowned, what could have driven a wedge in that relationship? Unfortunately, before he got a chance to ask, the door behind them opened and Yusuke stood up from his chair. "See you next week, Hiei. Hang in there."
"Thanks Yusuke," he said as the boy walked out of the room and the door closed behind him. He sighed heavily and shook his head. He leaned forward and covered his face with his hands, curious to see if there were any more. He rubbed his face and ran his fingers through his hair. He stood up and rubbed his hands together, it was cold in this room... but he didn't get cold... he shook his head and looked around. Was his energy so low that even he was feeling the effects of the cold?
The door opened behind him and he turned to look. There stood Kurama with a smile on his face. "Hey, Hiei."
Kurama... he looked different somehow... he couldn't place it. He smiled lightly and walked over to the fox, who met him halfway with a overjoyed chuckled. "Man it is so good to see you!"
"You too fox," Hiei said as they parted, but he still couldn't place the oddness that he could see somehow. They sat at the table and Hiei folded his arms on the table. He glanced at the mirrors and shook his head. He unfolded his arms and laid his hands flat on the table. "How you been?"
"I'm good," he said and smiled lightly. "Mother says hello."
Hiei frowned. "You told her where I was?" he asked. She didn't know about him that much, and the last thing he wanted her to think was that he was a bad influence on her son.
"Not exactly..." he said. "I told her that you were out of town and that you had invited me to meet some of your family. A sister to be exact."
Hiei groaned. And now yet another person that knew about his sister. "You had to tell her about my sister?"
Kurama smiled. "I didn't tell her a name, and it's not exactly gonna be a lie. I do know her... so... I can feel a bit better about the lie."
"What happened with you and Trish?" he asked, having not had the chance to ask the detective earlier.
Kurama sighed lightly and knew that for a fact that Yusuke had been here. "We grew apart. I thought that my feelings for her were genuine, but... they just weren't."
Hiei frowned. "There is someone else?"
Kurama figured that he could give him something... "Yes, there is. But I don't know if that person feels the same way about me."
Hiei shook his head. "You two were perfect... what really happened, Kurama?"
Kurama flinched, that wasn't obviously the best way to drop a hint. "Well.. I told you... I have feelings for someone else... and Trish... she noticed that before I did."
Hiei looked down. "That person must really be something to take your eyes and heart off of Trish."
"I would agree, because I thought that Trish was the one... but she discovered that my feelings that I felt for her... weren't exactly for her. She knew for a while... and she even helped me realize them. She wants me to tell... but... I just don't know how."
Hiei smirked. "I am going to give you the same advice you gave me about Tonya... Just tell her."
Kurama chuckled lightly. "That's where the problem lies, Hiei. It's not a her that I have to tell."
Hiei's eyes widened. A guy? He shook his head and then stopped. "Fine, then... just tell HIM."
Kurama took a deep breath and was about to admit everything, but the door opened behind him and he jumped lightly. He sighed lightly and placed his hand over Hiei's. "I promise you now... I will tell him. Very soon."
"See you around, Kurama," he said as Kurama walked out of the room, stopping before he crossed the threshold to glance back at him. He lifted his hand to wave goodbye and sighed heavily as he was ushered out of the room.
The door closed behind Kurama and the guard that ushered him out with a loud clank. Hiei sighed heavily and wondered, who else there could possibly be... but the door behind him opened instead. He looked down and then sighed as he stood up, putting his wrists up and waited to be cuffed. Granger walked into the room and cuffed him. He took him by the arm and guided him out of the room. Hiei looked down. He hadn't expected that many visitors and had to thank Koenma the next time that he saw him. He needed the pick me up that his friends and girlfriend had given him.
"You did well, Hiei," Granger said to him as they stood on opposite sides of Hiei's cell. Granger unlocked the cuffs and locked the door. "Keep up the good behavior and your sentence will fly by quicker than you think."
Hiei smirked and knew that he had a chance to speak his mind. "Kinda hard to do something wrong when I am in here all by myself."
Granger smiled and looked at him. "I will look at your file and see what I can do about getting you some books to read or something. Have any prefrenses?"
Hiei looked at the man and smiled lightly. "Not really. My friend told me to have an open mind when it came to reading... anything would be better that way."
Granger smiled. "I am beginning to like you, Hiei. My wife says that all the time. I will ask her if she has anything that might suit your fancy."
Hiei smiled lightly. "Thanks, Chief."
Granger laughed at the name and laughed as he walked away from the cell. Hiei sat on the bed and thought about his future here. If he had some books, maybe that might help him keep occupied a bit, but then.. his thoughts drifted to Kurama. He hadn't expected to hear that Kurama had broken up mutually with Trish because he was gay. That was a ringer that he hadn't been prepared for. But he shook his head. Maybe next time they would be able to talk a little bit more about that. He wanted to know about the man that could have torn his eyes from Trish. He had loved her and he had admitted it out loud several times. And they seemed like they were going to get married and settle down... but... then... BOMBSHELL! Who was this man? Hiei knew that his mind was going to torment him for the next week or two until he saw the fox again. Oh, well... maybe Granger would keep his word and get him some books. Hiei leaned back against the pillow and sighed lightly. Perhaps he was right... his time here would go quickly and maybe it wouldn't be so bad. He closed his eyes and smiled as he recalled his visits. He looked forward to the time that he might get a chance to have some privacy with them and ask even deeper questions. And maybe even a little chance with Tonya.
Hiei frowned as he thought about Tonya. He knew that Trish and Tonya were really close, and wondered why she hadn't told him about the break up. His train of thought, however, drifted once again, to the fox and his admission of being gay. The thought was kinda amusing. He wondered if the Youko within was the main reason for that, for it was well known that Youko Kurama really liked his partners to be male. He smirked, he was just glad that he had been able to steer clear of the youko years ago. He didn't exactly avoid the fox, just tried to the best he could, because he had had male partners before. He just didn't like them to control him. That is why he turned to women, they didn't control, they were the controlled. But the thought of Kurama being gay struck his insides. Perhaps one day... just maybe... he might have a chance to taste that alabaster skin that seemed quite dull today.
Hiei sat up with a frown. That is what it was. His once bright skin that seemed to attract the sun, seemed to repel it today. It was duller than usual and that was unlike the fox. He had always taken such good care of himself, priding himself in taking a shower every morning, dressing to impress even though it was just friends. His frown deepened as he thought about the way the fox had hugged him. It was tighter than he had ever hugged him before. Was he loosing his edge... or was he just imagining things because he hadn't seen any of them for a few months?
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The End of Chapter Four: Visitors Welcome. I hope you enjoyed. I know... kinda sappy and short but hey... I am only human. Please leave your comments and reviews and requests and I look forward to reading them. The next chapter will have a quick part about the next visit Hiei gets, but then it is going to jump ahead a bit so... you've been warned. So ta ta for now.
