A Glint in the Snow
By: Abby Ebon
AN: I own nothing! Thanks so much for all the reviews!
Someone requested more words and less talking this is the result.
- Enjoy.
"NO! Damn-it! I'm gonna so KILL you!" Duo yelled enthusiastically as he played a martial arts game against Yuusuke -who had stopped big talking when Duo had nearly knocked his character out in a three punch move he'd never seen before, on the infamous TV Genkai had stashed away.
Despite them selves the game had ended in a tie- for the fifth time. The two had been at the game sense six in the morning it was now noon. Hiei wondered if either realized there was no one else in the room- for he was in the hall, shaking his head Hiei went off to find Kurama.
Hiei found Kurama and Genkai as well as Wufei. As Genkai had told Kurama earlier she was indeed training Wufei -with poor Kurama acting as the translator. So far Wufei's training had only been focused on finding and using his spirit energy to build it up. Wufei had an aptitude for it Yuusuke had lacked in the beginning of his training and seemed to have that same if not more spirit energy then Kuwabara did.
"Tell him not to move from that position." Genkai ordered Kurama-who repeated the order to Wufei who sputtered a bit muttering foul things under his breath he was after all upside down on a beam and had been sense morning. As fun as it was to watch the human squirm and sweat Hiei had better things to do. Besides if he stuck around Kurama might run off and leave him with the job of translator.
Quickly making his escape he decided he had better go check on the other three humans Urameshi and the Idiot had brought back. If left on their own to long they might decide to burn something out of boredom. Or maybe that was just 'Duo' as Urameshi had called him.
Deciding to use his Jagan to find them after all what was the use of wondering all over the shine just to find three humans? As Hiei made his way to where the three were at he was surprised to feel youki energy flare and then disappear, when he tried to find it again- he found nothing.
Hiei- annoyed, finally reached the room, yanking open the door he found himself face to face with a 'gun'-a human weapon both Yuusuke and Kurama had warned him of. Hiei doubted he had anything to worry about though as he glared up at the human who had dared up the gun to his face.
"What do you want?" The human holding the gun demanded. Hiei sneered quickly making up an excuse. Flaring his nostrils he inhaled only to nearly sneeze- luckily the human hadn't noticed or Urameshi would never let him live it down.
"Genkai is busy training your friend; I'm to take you into town." There that at least was a part truth- but judging from their expressions they believed him as much as he would if the Idiot volunteered to give him his live in exchange for his own. In any case they were beginning to stink -and having only one set of clothes wasn't helping them any.
"He's right-we should go and buy some clothes." A soothing voice agreed that was beyond the human who seemed to have anger issues remarkably similar to Hiei's own. The boy grunted and the gun disappeared.
The boys filed out of the room in a single file seeming to either have planned this visit-which Hiei assured himself they couldn't have as they didn't know he was going to drop in, or they had done this so many times with others that it only seemed natural to them.
"How much money do you have?" The soothing voice asked again- it belonged to a blond and blue eyed boy. Hiei snorted, if only the human knew he helped control demon world and while power and control were high on the list wealth also had its advantages.
"You needn't worry." Hiei grumbled, after all demons owned stores and markets in human world and he planed to take them to one -after all just because a demon lived in human world didn't mean he-or she, didn't know who the current demon rulers and their seconds were.
"Oh that's good, well I'm Quatre Raberba Winner, this is Trowa Barton and Heero Yuy. You're Hiei, right?" The boy introduced his friends as if they couldn't –or wouldn't speck often. Regardless I merely nodded and I led them out of the shine and into the human world. I know shell regret doing so till long past all these humans are dust.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O
"Yukina are you sure they have found your half brother?" A demon with the appearance of a bent old woman asked covered in a pure white furry coat her eyes like glaciers as she used a staff the color of aged ice to balance. Yukina gave a small nod her eyes lowered to the floor.
"Very good." The woman hissed voice malevolent as Yukina turned to go her shoes clicking on the ice floors the old woman sighed; that girl was going to be trouble she just knew it.
"Yukina keep in mind the laws of our people. We know you have been living our sanctuary to find your brother. If you do find him- remember our prophesy." Warned the old woman Yukina had paused and the old woman know she nodded then she continued going back to tell Botan and Koenma that they had the ice maidens support.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O
Koenma watched all that had happened in human world from a sphere- a human would have called it a 'crystal ball', but the look on Koenma's face was nearly worth- as Yuusuke would say all the gold in human world. Many would disagree with him quite violently particularly those used to getting their own way.
"What is Hiei thinking?" Botan wondered aloud, her elbows on Koenma's desk her head tilted to the side and her cheek cupped in her hand. The fingers on the other hand had been tapping a random rhythm on Koenma's desk for quite some time- not, mind you, that Koenma was noticing anything.
"I didn't know Hiei knew what shopping was…" The blue haired woman continued seeming to talk to herself as Koenma hadn't moved nor changed his expression. Botan glared at the man-boy godling pressing her lips together.
"Koenma! Are you ignoring me?" Botan demanded Koenma seemed to shake himself out of his daze as he physically shook his head and looked at the angry 'grim ripper' a lesser being would have pissed itself at the look in her eyes. Instead he sunk back in his seat and managed to stutter out an answer.
"Ye- I mean no! Botan! How could you think of me like that?" At his words of both soothing and why not pity me? To Botan she calmed, reassured but still suspicious. Koenma dared to sit up again inwardly breathing in a sigh of relief.
"Botan, do you know if Yukina has gotten word back to the ice maidens yet?" Koenma questioned intently Botan sighed and brushed back a lock of blue hair. Koenma waited impatiently fidgeting a little when Botan didn't answer right away.
"Yes she has they send word that they are ready to go after one of the boys –so long as it's the right one mind you, when we are." Botan's confident words reassured him and Koenma began his plan. While the mirrors to Kaz-Kai had been the only physical way to go there- spiritually Koenma had seen for himself how important the boys Yuusuke and Kuwabara had brought back were.
They were very important to that world's continued survival. So important they were- they were the very key to peace there and turning the tide of the war, he had met one their enemies and given him an idea to a merciless plot. In less then a week if the boys weren't back in their home world to stop him Oz had the ability to destroy that Earth.
Koenma had the advantage of actually knowing which of the boys the half demon was. Instead of just Yukina's half-hearted guess -when the time came these boys would have no choice they would either leave, back to their world. Leaving one of their friends behind or all would stay and abandon their home-world. Koenma knew it was very unlikely human morals would allow them to just abandon their world.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O
Kurama had to admit if this was what Yuusuke had had to go through in his early years he was glad he had been his own trainer as a demon. Wufei looked wiped and some of what Genkai had him do even Kurama hadn't seen the sense in. The boy had done everything no matter how ridicules sounding without much more then a grumble and a few curses. Kurama chanced a glance at Genkai; yes even she seemed impressed with the boy.
"That's enough." Genkai told Kurama who repeated it to Wufei who looked as if he had never heard of anything sweeter then those words.
Kurama inwardly snickered, earlier in the day when Genkai's training had begun Kurama had sat himself on the floor leaning on the wall just to taunt the human. Surprisingly Wufei hadn't complained and that had in Kurama's eyes had upped his respect of the human.
Despite everything he in his training he had been through he manage to find the energy to nearly run out of the training room. Genkai sighed, and walked out of the room at a slower pace leaving Kurama to be the last one out of the room he shut off the lights and closed the doors on his way out.
"I think he's doing well. What do you think Kurama?" Surprisingly the voice didn't belong to Genkai but to Yuusuke who stood a little away from the training doors. Behind him stood Duo who was looking in the direction Kurama had suspected Wufei had fled in with a curious look on his face one Kurama couldn't decipher.
"I agree as well." Kurama told them softly, he felt a feeling of dread when Duo's eyes sparked with an unholy light and a wide grin nearly spilt his face. Yuusuke had by the look on Kurama's face guessed the source of his unease.
"Yuusuke you did say you'd teach me how to make that shinny ball of light in the cabin." Duo told the black haired young man, who had started to pale and was looking side to side as if for a way to escape the brunette. This time Kurama really did start to chuckle softly.
"He has you there Yuusuke." Kurama said unhelpfully when Yuusuke had looked in his direction with a spark of hope in his red-brown eyes a spark Kurama was quick to crush with his pervious words.
Grumbling Yuusuke ran a hand though his bangs then nodded Duo jumped up and proceeded to amuse the two with a 'victory dance'.
"Hey I just thought of something." Yuusuke's voice interrupted. The two glanced at him expectantly.
"What?" Asked Duo a bit irked that his victory dance had been interrupted.
"Has anyone seen Hiei or your three friends at all today?" Yuusuke questioned amazingly about the same time the question was out of his mouth Genkai and Wufei reappeared seemingly at the same time.
"Hiei is gone." Genkai announced softly.
"So are Trowa, Heero, and Quatre." Wufei finished a worried look in his pitch black eyes. Then began one of the worst nights of my long life, and believe me someone is going to pay for the loss of sleep I suffered…
O.o.O.o.O.o.O
By now Hiei had thought he had lived long enough to never trust a human with money again. Apparently this was a lesson he would have to learn again as soon as they had reached the first demon-owned store the oh-so-innocent blond had turned into something that was decidedly not innocent or in any way 'soothing'.
Hiei had nearly mentally compared him a type of nasty bargaining demon or to the Idiots older sister and Urameshi's girlfriend on a shopping spree with Botan and Yukina as backup. Backup for what exactly Hiei had never figured out as by the time they were called on, Hiei's pail of clothing and other human and womanly accessories had been too high for him to see.
He was never so grateful for his Jagan as then, for it had saved him from looking like a complete fool in front of the Idiot and Urameshi who had stumbled around like buffoons-strangely Kurama had gotten away with holding nothing. Perhaps it had been another one of the fox's tricks.
Trowa and Heero had been easy to manage have shop management point them to the men's clothes isle and they had taken enough for themselves- and the blond? Well he seemed to want to get something for everyone and didn't seem content to get clothes for himself and the two other humans. Oh no he had to get little gifts for everyone. It was driving Hiei mad.
Thankfully the blond seemed to listen to the tall and one banged youth known as Trowa. Unluckily enough the young man didn't seem to speck much and more often enough then not seemed amused by the blond then anything else.
In any case Hiei made a note to always bring him if all gods forbid he had to be forced on another one of these gods cursed shopping trips. Just as the blond was about to go down another isle the brooding one who'd had the gull to put a gun to his head when he'd went to check on these very group of humans spoke.
"Quatre I believe its getting late- we need to get back." Amazingly the blond merely looked up his mouth open to reply and his eyes hard then too one look at the other boy and shut his mouth and nodded subdued. Screw tall and banged he'd take broody any day.
Within a half hour the items had been checked out and as far as humans were concerned that was the end of it. But in actuality if you were a demon- and whatever your rank was sense you were a demon in a demon owed store the price would drop significantly depending on rank and how much you got.
Thus it was with much satisfaction and well hidden glee that Hiei watched the cashier- a disguised demons expression of greed drop to a gaping mouth and stunned expression complete with a look of mixed dread and awe when he looked up and caught Hiei's crimson gaze.
Hiei only smirked back, the demon gulped audibly. The humans of course seemed obvious to the exchange. It was without delay and not a little haste that Hiei the humans and their significant baggage got back to the shrine in record braking time in hope that no one had noticed their absence.
Of course giving Hiei's day he had no such luck. He was confronted with an angry Genkai and two accusing near demonic glares not to mention the two human's fury at being uninformed but they were all luckily pacified by the blond's gifts. Hiei made a final note never to rush him again on an unexpected visit to town.
However once everyone had been distracted by the gifts Hiei hadn't stuck around long quickly disappearing into the forest and staying there till the next morning, his stomach growled but he'd been through worse hunger pains but he had no desire to be questioned by Urameshi or Kurama. Or suffer their wraths this night.