Ride like the Wind
Chapter 29
September 25
It had been bothering Kurama for a while. There was a scar on Hiei's chest. He never knew it was there before but… He never saw Hiei get injured on the chest and it couldn't have been from work on the field.
Come to think of it, didn't the war just end? And didn't he say something about being in the war? But would he really let an American soldier get him that easily? But what could it be? Kurama thought.
"Ho there, Shuichi! The earth says hello!" Jin cheered with his trademark wide grin crossing his face.
"Oh, um, hi, Jin!" Kurama stuttered keeping his mind on other things…
"Don't 'Oh, um, hi, Jin' me! What's wrong with Kurama?"
"Nothing. Just wondering about something…"
"Something? There's lots of somethings to wonder about! Like how the giant cheese in the sky called the moon got up there and…. And how Touya's hair can stand to be so flat! And how my eyebrows get so funny!"
"Uh… I was wondering about Hiei's scar."
"Scar? Which one? Hiei has tons and tons of scars! Ones on the top of his head and back and eyes and ears and ones right where his eyebrows would be if he had any!"
And just like a ninja, Touya appeared out of nowhere. "What're you all conspiring about now?"
"Kurama's asking me about Hiei's scars!" Jin replied, waving his arms around like he was trying to fly or something.
"Scars? Hiei has a lot of scars. Ones on his chest, his back, probably on his arms and legs."
"And on the back of his head!"
"He'd die if he got one on the back of his head."
"Not in my world!"
"Your head's as hard as a rock. What do you expect?"
"Not funny!"
"But why?" Kurama asked.
"People used to beat him. It's almost a rule here that if you're a demon people have to beat you at one point out of fear. Hiei never had the courage to turn the tables on them as a kid. He just never convinced them that he had a heart."
"What happened?"
"Well, it was his first day here. Everybody ganged up on him and started beating him and then this guy brought out an axe on him. Got him in the chest. I helped him out of it."
An… Axe?! Kurama gasped in his head. That's… No wonder he doesn't like people that much!
"Nya… You guys are making Jin remember bad things… He feels bad now…." Jin whined. He tugged on the sleeve on Touya's shirt. "Touy-yaaaaaaaaa…. Why'd you come here? Jin wants to know…. Touy-yaaaaaaaa…."
"A friend in Chicago asked about Hiei and I wanted to take Hiei with me to introduce them," Touya answered.
"Really? Who's your friend! Jin wants to knooooow…."
"He doesn't want me telling people. So... On another note…" He turned to Kurama. "I think you can go back to California. I saw bounty hunters on the way here. They looked PO'ed because they said the guy they were after was innocent now. If you stay, I dunno what they'll do."
"Oh. Uh…." Kurama looked in the direction Hiei's house was in.
Poor kid. He's attached to us already but he knows he's gotta go home. Know how that feels too well… Touya thought.
"Oooh! Oooh! Jin wants, to come, Touya! Jin wants to come!" Jin jumped up and down.
"When I get more to drink," Touya replied sarcastically. "When everybody goes, you're supposed to entertain the town. Cool?"
"Oh. Okay! Ho there, town!" Jin started singing an Irish drinking song.
Hiei walked to the three, an eyebrow raised. "Do I have to ask?"
"Do I have to answer?" Touya sweat dropped.
"Ready when you are." He looked at Kurama as if he were expecting him to burst out in tears, grab him by the ankles, and beg him for gay sex. But hey, Hiei's bi. We'll all assume he'll enjoy that.
"…Have fun." The words dropped from Kurama's lips. (For some reason Hiei was slightly relieved but also slightly disappointed.)
"Heh." Hiei and Touya walked away.
What was that just now?! Hiei thought. It felt a lot like this:
"Okay, honey, take care of the house while I'm gone!" the Hiei-husband waved to the Kurama-house wife- er, husband? - with a smile.
"Okay!" Heart. Smooch.
That was oddly disturbing…. And that's saying a lot since I'm bi…
"You miss him already?" Touya joked.
"Whatever!" the younger man growled.
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Chicago (October 8, 1849)
"Oh, hey! Touya's back!" Juri, pretty much the biggest slut in the whole fanfic to be honest with you, announced. Ooh. And he brought a hot guy with him…
The Risho used his only line in the fanfic to complain. "You brought that guy! He kills people! And I don't like people like that!"
"Shut up, Pinocchio! You fail at life, you retarded…. Whatever you are! Who asked you anyway?!" Hiei growled.
Then Bakken decided to waste his only line, too. "Oh! I like this guy! He talks big but you could hold him in the palm of your hand and blow him away in one breath!"
And Natsume decided to talk just be heard. "Bakken, shut up before you get beat up for the twentieth time in a row. No one wants to pick your muscle head up."
"Indeed. He'll make sure you'll bleed, too," Touya added.
"Wow…. You're pretty cute…" Juri, started hanging on Hiei, something that was pretty hard considering the difference in their heights. "A lot like your father. Like father, like son…. Bet you screw like him, too."
Hiei smacked her in the face. "And another thing. I have no code of chivalry so I'm, not afraid to hit a girl."
"YEAH KICK HIS SORRY BUTT!" Kokou screamed. "Man, I am so drunk… Heh heh…"
"I'm gonna need another drink…" Juri mumbled, disappointed.
"Things are really lively here…." A guy in the shadows said cheerfully as he stepped into the light. He smiled. "You'll get used to it if you don't lose your head."
He had sandy hair that fell to his knees tied back loosely. He had large, round ocean blue eyes that was filled with tranquility. He looked to be about eighteen.
"I'm going…" Hiei growled after realizing who he was.
"Don't go! Is it because you think I'm gay?" he asked.
"No."
"Was it because of Juri? Don't mind her? She's just a prostitute looking for some business!"
"No."
"Oh, come on eleven years apart and this is how you great a guy? What happened to the nice kid you used to be?"
"He's dead like you, John."
"Dead? I'm not… What gave you that idea?"
"Those guys in Chicago killed you."
"No they didn't. I think shock screwed you up, kid. They stabbed me in the stomach but all that happened was that I fainted cause they scared the crap out of me. They were coming after you but I tried to stop them. They 'killed' me to get to you. They wanted you dead…"
The door to the bar swung open. "Hey, I'm back."
"Perfect timing, man. Your favorite son's here," Touya greeted the person who came in
It was Hiei's father. He raised an eyebrow. "Huh? That's my only son. …Or I hope so anyway."
"Exactly."
"Whoa! They're like twins! I gotta take another drink and fix this problem!" Kokou chugged down another glass and fainted right after she finished.
"Right… So which one was your mom again?" Hiei's dad asked Hiei.
"H…" he was interrupted.
"Hilary, Helga, Helen, Harriet, Haley, Hisui, Hiro, Hi… ka? No, I know this one…"
"HINA, YOU DOLT!"
"Right, right. And uh…. You're Hiro, right?"
"It's Hiei you fucktard."
"Sure. Is that all I need to know about?"
Hiei got up and started to walk away.
"Hey, where're you going?" John asked.
"I'm goona find my sister. Rather go…" Hiei was interrupted.
"You have a sister?!" Hiei's dad gasped.
"Yeah but you ain't touching her!"
"Why would I want to? I'm not into that incest crap."
"Better not, you sick asshole."
Hiei's dad sighed. "I need a smoke." He pulled a pipe out of his pocket.
"Hey, we're going to Boston, you going?' John asked.
"Why're you going?" Hiei asked.
"We like to mess with this guy over there…. Thing is we usually get something shot. I almost lost a finger last time we came…"
"Depends. Is this man whore coming?" Hiei growled.
His dad puffed smoke into his face, causing Hiei to cough.
"It's not all bad, kid. You just gotta poke fun at the guy and then run like hell." John laughed. "Besides that, we could use the time to catch up.
"Sure." Hiei sighed.
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"So let's jump straight to it, then. What's with the bandana on your head? You have brain damage or something?" John asked, half joking.
Hiei remembered the Jagan Eye. "I hit my head on something the other day. My forehead's all purple and if anyone sees it they might think I'm gay."
"You mean you're not?"
Death glare.
"I kid, I kid!"
"Bastard."
"Ugh. Anything else before you go on pouting?"
"…You hear anything about a Shuichi Minamino?"
"A who? Never heard of him. Why? Is he a friend? …Or a lover?"
"Oh, screw you."
"Come on, it's a joke. Laugh with me!" He walked out.
God, John's drinking more than ever. I can tell. Used to be a great guy to be around. What happened?
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Boston, Massachusetts
"This is boring…." Hiei sighed.
"No, we'll get to the fun part soon," Hiei's dad replied. "What was that guy's dumb name again? Eikenberry?"
"Yeah. Told me it was Von Eikenberry. Sounds like a vampire," John replied.
"Heh, I can bury what?"
A gunshot was head. "I'll bury you if you keep that up!"
Hiei fell to his knees. He got me in the leg! Shit! Damn you!
He fainted before he saw who shot him…
End chapter 29
Notes:
1. Didn't the war just end? - Reference to the Mexican War.
2. Juri, Risho, Bakken, Kokou, Nastume- Juri was the second announcer in the Dark Tournament. Risho was the captain of the team whose name I can't remember in the Dark Tournament. Bakken was the bastard who beat up on Kurama while he passed out. Kokou was Enki's wife from the Three Kings saga. Natsume was one of Raizen's sparring buddies from the Three Kings saga. None of these people are all that important.
3. Hiei's dad- I can't give him a name since I don't know his real name. Someone says it's Hiei and Hiei's a junior. Poor guy.
4. Eikenberry- pronounced like "I can bury". It's German. Don't ask.
You can probably guess who this person is. Yeah. I kinda rushed. Sorry…. I'll slow down next chapter. So you can laugh at my try to make this person sound British….
Extra 11: Gravitation Reference
Hiei growled, "Is this man whore coming?"
Shuichi Shindo frowned at him. "What was that?"
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