Ride like the Wind
Chapter 25
"So what makes you say you kinda killed Sensui? I dunno how you could kinda do that, you know what I'm saying?" Kuwabara asked Yusuke for what seemed the hundredth time.
"Look, man. I can't explain it," Yusuke replied. "I did it physically but not mentally. You get it now? As in the lights were on but no one was home."
"You mean you were possessed? Have no fear, Urameshi, I can…"
"I'd rather you not try anything…"
Koenma sighed. "I'm gonna come out with it."
"Come out?" Botan cocked her head. "What do you mean?"
"He means he coming out which means he's coming out of the closet which means he's admitting he's ga-" Yusuke was interrupted.
"Yusuke!" Koenma sighed again. "I haven't told you this but I did a background check on you… It wouldn't have mattered before because it was generations ago so I figured it wouldn't matter if I didn't tell you."
"What? Quit it with the dramatic pauses or I'll use the orgy joke again."
"Yusuke, you're really a descendant of Raizen."
"Raizen…?" Yusuke gasped and stared in shock. But then he smiled. "Raizens! I love Raizens! Except when my mom tries to make them. If there's one thing my mom can't cook it's Raizens."
"You idiot! Those are raisins not Raizen!"
"Hey, they must taste just as good."
"Yusuke, Raizen's a demon, not a dried up grape! But the thing is his demonic blood must have remained dormant all those generations until now."
Yusuke remembered the man in the vision. "I guess it makes sense. A guy that looked like that wouldn't look good in an orgy."
"What is with you and orgies?!" Botan cried.
"What? They're funny!" Yusuke burst out laughing.
"I'm going to ignore that…" Kuwabara sighed. "So how's this whole thing work?"
"Well, it doesn't happen in most cases. You se, the only demons that can have children with humans are those stronger demons- the ones I blocked with my barrier. When that happens, the half demon would be like the demon parents. There're a few cases in which the half demon inherits no power and it goes to another generation. How that happens I don't know. I don't know how things will go with Yusuke…" Koenma turned to Yusuke. "You said something about a guy you saw."
"It was a vision. He had freaky white hair and these weird black eyes… And his ears they were pointy and… and!" Yusuke shook head. "So that was all Raizen, huh? What else you got on this guy?"
"Nothing past his name and how he's a demon. Hiei would know."
"Speaking of Hiei, where is that little freak anyway?" Yusuke looked around.
"Eating or sleeping," Botan sighed.
Eri and Sayaka walked in.
"Good morning!" Ayame greeted the girls. "Huh? Shouldn't Katsumi be with you two…?"
"Katsumi is going to get executed for treason. My father found out she was helping that man," Sayaka replied.
Ayame stared at her like she was a freak. She's saying it like it's a good thing! I think I should be scared now…
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Ow… My head hurts… Kurama thought as he sat up. He yawned and looked to his left to see Hiei staring at him.
"ACK! What're you doing here?! You weren't touching me in places you weren't supposed to be touching, were you? Or planning an orgy?! Or…" he was interrupted.
"Oh, get over yourself. I'll touch you once you grow some. I know I'm bi but I won't get that desperate. I was just waiting for you to get up so I could ask you something."
"Why can't you wait in the front with everyone else?"
"I'd rather save myself a head ache."
"Okay. So what were you gonna ask me then?"
"…You wanna go home, right?"
"Yeah, sure." Why's he asking me this?
"Well, let's say I found a way to prove you innocent without pushing it all on Yusuke. Would you wanna leave Mexico and go back to California?"
"I dunno… San Francisco is my home, but… Mexico felt more like home than it did there… I've made all these friends and well, it wouldn't feel right leaving them behind. But at the same time, I knew Mother must be worried and I still have school, too. I kinda doubt people would want to talk to me because of this mess. I can't decide. Do you want me to go?"
"Why are you asking me, dumb ass? It's your decision."
"Yeah, but I'm living at your house. So I you don't want me to stay, I'll go back home but if not… I dunno."
Hiei sighed. 'And to think you would have just said you wanted to go home a couple of months ago."
"Two months ago I didn't have friends in Mexico and you were still an ass to me. I guess you're okay with Americans now? Not all of us are that bad."
"Hell no, I'm not okay with Americans."
"But you can never tame a mule."
Hiei glared at him.
"The truth hurts sometimes."
Silence. Hiei kissed Kurama.
Kurama pushed him away. "Don't do that! It… Oh, wait. You're bi so you won't be grossed out."
"In your case, it's a wake up call." Hiei walked out.
Wake up call indeed.
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"So you're leaving now?" Eri asked Koenma.
"Yup. I'll visit you all again. I got plenty of places to go to. So I'll see you in a while, okay Sayaka-sama?" Koenma replied, nodding to the princess who smiled at him with that being said.
"Hey, is it me or is she blushing?" Kuwabara whispered to Yusuke.
"Oh, Yusuke-kun!" Sayaka called to the demon slayer.
"I heard my name…" Yusuke turned around.
"You're not much of a hero you know! I'm forgetting you! I think I'll ask that boy they call Game Master out! He was pretty cute!" Koenma is, too…
Kurama translated this to Yusuke.
Yusuke frowned. "Hey, now…"
"And you better come back someday, too!" she added.
"Uh… Whatever you say!"
"I'm gonna assume she told you to come back later. If I were you, I wouldn't come when she's old enough to get married," Hiei said. Yusuke nodded in agreement.
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July 7
"Hey, Kurama!" Yusuke greeted the fox that day.
"Oh, hi Yusuke." Kurama smiled.
"Heh, Mom sent me a letter saying that she'll kick my ass if I don't come home by my birthday, she's pissed."
"My sis did the same thing," Kuwabara said.
"Really? When's you're birthday?" Kurama asked.
The exorcist's eyes shifted and he whispered his answer as if it were the secret man was never to know. "Don't tell anyone but… It's in December."
"Damn! She must really not want you to come back!" Yusuke cried.
"Can it, Urameshi!" Kuwabara shook his fist at him. "Yeah, but I was plannin' on going back in the middle of the month. Just so you know, if you try and catch me at home next month, I won't be there. We were supposed to go to Texas to visit relatives. It's gonna be mighty lonely over there, I tell you what."
"I know what you mean. I think Hiei might want me to go home for some reason. He's been asking me weird questions about if I want to go home or not…" Kurama added.
"Huh? But I thought you wanted to go home," Yusuke replied.
"I thought I wanted to go home when I first came but you know… I don't want to go at the same time. Two months… In these two months I've done more than I'd probably do in my whole life."
"Kurama's leaving Jin?" Jin asked just when he heard Kurama was leaving.
"Maybe…" He looked at the red haired wind master who was now teary eyed. "Jin?"
"KURAMA CAN'T GO! KURAMA WAS JIN'S BEST FRIEND! JIN DOESN'T WANT KURAMA TO GO BECAUSE HE'LL BE ALL ALONE!"
"Well…"
"I thought Hiei was your best friend!" Yusuke said.
"Hiei's been scaring Jin lately. He works too much…" Jin replied sorrowfully.
"Touya?"
"Touya went back to Chicago."
"Suzaku?"
"Suzaku's stinky."
"Shishi?"
"Shishi's forehead's creep and he's stinky."
"Everyone thinks so…"
"Jin is sad!" He flew away.
Kurama sighed. I wish I came here sooner or when it didn't matter as much whether I stayed home or not. Now I've dug myself too deep.
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"I'm home," Kurama announced gloomily as he walked into Hiei's house. He noticed a note folded in half and carelessly left on a chair placed by the window. ("That's a reason not to run in here," Hiei explained the chair's placement.) He eyed it with deep curiosity.
"Since when did this become your home?" Hiei asked, looking back at the red head. He raised an eyebrow when he noticed it was the note Kurama was looking at. "You ain't gonna read that, are you?"
"Am I supposed to?"
"'Til you wanna go home, you can't."
Go home? But… "What're you doing over there?"
"I'm making tea since I don't feel well. I think you're rubbing off on me."
No answer.
"You really left a mark on us, you know? Heh. I think I'll miss you and your stupid questions. Don't tell anyone I said that though."
Don't say that. "That note… It's proof of my innocence, isn't it?"
"Hate to say it, but… Sure is."
"So you're just feeling bad about it, aren't you?"
"About that… Look…"
"Don't say anything. I guess I'll just go home." Kurama walked away and slammed the door to his room.
Hiei sighed. "You are one stupid kid." I was going perfectly fine until you came along. Now I think I'm going insane.
Then he remembered Yusuke's words and the image from his dream. He shook his head. Then the kettle whistled, making him jump and crash into the wall. "Goddamn kettle. I hate you. …Stop mocking me!"
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"March 21
"To whom this may concern:
"On this day… Ugh," Kurama sighed and threw the note on the ground. The third time reading it didn't make him feel any better.
"Mrow!" There was the sound or scratching on the door. "Meow… Meow…" Scratch, scratch, scratch…
Paco… Kurama opened the door with a gloomy sigh. He looked down and saw Hiei crouched in front of the door. "What the hell, Hiei?!" He slammed the door ignoring the cat's howl when it hit his tail.
"Kurama…." Hiei opened the door so Paco could get his tail out. "Look. I ain't trying to guilt trip you or anything, but you know I was going to tell you. How was I 'sposed to know you liked it here? Touya gave it to me when you were in Japan. He thought you wanted to go home as soon as possible. But… You can stay if you want. I guess I want you to stay here, too. I can't screw with your life. I can be alone again. Make sure we cross paths again 'cause it's awkward to say but… I love you."
Kurama's eyes widened. He stared at the ceiling as he heard the older man's light footsteps. Walk across the hall and into his room.
He got up late at night and tapped on the door. He walked in right after.
"Nn…" Hiei sat up and yawned. "Shoon' yoo be slippin?"
"I'm confused…" Kurama mumbled.
Hiei shrugged. "I am, too…"
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"How can you eat after that?" Kurama asked, staring at Hiei who was eating his breakfast without a care in the world.
"Don't see why you can't. Like I said, I was confused. Besides that, I'm bi so it's perfectly normal," Hiei answered coolly. "Get over it."
"Get over it?! My mother would kill me! If I did want comfort, I didn't mean like that!"
"You tell your mom these kinds of things? I'd hardly think she'd be interested in the last time you…"
"And the neck biting…!"
He's Youko Kurama and he doesn't know what mate biting is? "Tell you when you're my age. 'Til then…"
"You're mocking me…"
End chapter 25
Notes:
I might have some of the information about the inheritance of power wrong. If you understood that load clear up for me, will ya? Love you.
Whew! Fan service! Though I still can't believe I wrote that… XD
Extra 8? Fan service… Again.
Insert really explicit yaoi scene in whatever style you choose. For those of you who are not interested look at the bottom of your computer screen for a Star Wars battle scene! (Star Wars music)
Isn't that outrageous?! Next will be going into everyone's past staring off with Yusuke! Hell yeah! …Or not because he's never really that important… Sadness aura.
Til then…. Review please!