Ride like the Wind
Chapter 31
Two months later…
"Okay, we might as well get this over with so we can get out of each other's hair and move on with the rest of our lives," Mukuro said as she finished off her pie.
"You make me spew…." Hiei growled. "Yet you make me hungry. Pull away from the pie, lady."
"Look you… From as far as you remember what happened? As a kid, I mean."
Hiei stared at her and leaned back onto the wall of the cell… The memories poured into his mind. "As far back as I can remember? All of it?"
"Yeah. Tell me what you remember."
"Well, I remember being born… I understood what they were saying back then… It was…. Just…"
Flashback…
Hiei's mother Hina just gave birth to twins. She heard her friend let out a whimper.
"Rui? What's wrong?" Hina asked her.
"…It's just that… Hina… You… You had a boy…" Rui was dumbfounded. "How… T… That man you mentioned… You didn't happen to…?"
"But… You'll… I can't kill him…. He's my son…"
"But he'll grow violent. He'll kill you later. Haven't you heard the stories? That's why we're up here, Hina! How could you...?"
"Rui… Don't tell! Please!"
Rui buried her face into her hands. It was the law that there were to be no men in Ice World but Hina was her friend. Could she break the law for her? Would she have to tell the village leader? "…I… I can't…"
She ran out. But things took a huge turn for the worse. Word got out that Hina had a son.
"Did you hear? Hina had twins. And one is a boy!"
"A boy! That's impossible!"
"She must have gone to the outside!"
"That whore!"
Hina held the child to her chest when she was ordered to kill her son. "I can't do it… You can't make me…"
"You have. You know the law and you broke it. You know the punishment." The village leader said back.
"No, please! I… I'll leave Ice World. Both of us!"
"That bastard child of yours will kill you before you know it. Rui, you've known her since childhood. Do it for her." She pointed a bony finger at Rui.
Rui held out her arms hesitantly.
"Please don't…" Hina pleaded.
'Rui, do it," the leader growled.
Against the law or against my friend… Why do I get into these positions…? "I… I'm sorry…" Rui mumbled almost to a whisper. She took the necklace she had and gave it to the boy. She stared at him, feeling tears come to her eyes. Hina's own flesh and blood…
"Rui, do not pity the beast," the village leader growled.
"….Please… If you ever live through this, kill me. Kill all of us… In return for what I've done…" she mumbled. Hina's son was dropped.
"No!" Hina screamed. "You killed my son!"
"I… I'm sorry!" Rui fell to her knees.
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Chicago, Illinois (1823)
"Hey, JJ! Get the hell out! Yoshiki's planning somethin' and he says you can't join in if you're all wet!" Hiei's dad cried to the fox in the lake.
"What? I don't need to hold his damn hand! Tell him I said screw him!" John growled.
"I'm not his messenger. Tell him yourself! 'Sides that I don't wanna face his wrath. You know what he does to me every time you say this crap? What're you doing in the lake anyway?"
"Number one, if you're not his messenger why are you telling me what he's planning? Two, I'm sweating like a pig. I can't go around smelling like sweat."
"God, you act like such a rich boy when you do this kind of crap."
Ignore. "Why're you still here?"
"I'm not going til you get out."
John kicked the water at him. He froze when he felt something hit the back of his leg. "What the…?"
"You dirty bastard!" Hiei's dad flipped him off. "I swear when you get out, I'll murder you! And those better not be your clothes you sick…!"
"Shut up you walking match!" John picked up the strange object. "What…? HOLY HELL!"
"WHATWHATWHAT!!!" Hiei's dad started waving his arms around like he was trying to fly or something.
"Hey, man…. You know that Hina girl you used to see?"
"Yeah. She was fine. Why? Don't tell me she shrunk! You can't screw a girl who's tiny!"
"Is that all you think about? I was saying… You've got a son…"
Long blank stare.
John sighed and carried the bundle to him. "You're a father."
Deer in the headlights look.
"Can you not tell?! He looks just like you!"
"Okay! You don't need to yell!" He poked his son's belly. "Whoa! This is cool! He's gotta little pot belly! Kid needs to calm down. He's chewing on my finger."
"He'll stop after he finds out that's your 'Squeezing' hand."
"Shut it, fox."
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The years went on. John ended up taking Hiei as his son since his father never spent enough time with him. Hiei's dad tried to deny he had a son but John reminded him everyday.
"Listen, man. Yoshiki's getting pissed that you're blowing him off for a kid," Hiei's dad said.
"Well, tell Yoshiki I will once he removes his head from his ass. He's also a coward if he has you tell me everything. If he's man enough to be a thief ain't he man enough to face me. I don't bite much," John replied arms crossed.
"He's sick of your crap and frankly, I am too."
"Well, maybe if you watched your son, then maybe this might not be happening. I do want to hang out with you guys but I've gotta watch your kid. If I left him in your hands he won't know what it's like to have a least one parent around. If you didn't sleep around so much maybe this wouldn't be happening. I have a heart."
"Okay, maybe I am a little selfish…"
"A little?"
"Shut up and hear me out. I'm not so bad. I just wanna do what Yoshiki says. He's really scary when he's mad… You gotta big heart man. If you have the courage to stand up to him… I'm not saying this cause I want the kid to die. I.… You're my buddy. Since we was about fourteen and…. If you die now then it'd be too damn painful. I want you to live."
"You know, you're a real liar. I hate you cause you can pull shit like this with a straight face. Yoshiki can go to hell. And you too…" John stomped out.
Hiei stumbled in after eavesdropping. "You're not smart, are you?"
Hiei's dad glared at him. On second thought, it wouldn't be so bad without this little monster around…
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John was forced to go to New York with Yoshiki. They had several fights over Hiei having to come along but they still tolerated each other through the whole thing. But it was all shattered that day…
BANG! Then came the sound of crying.
John froze. "Hiei?"
"John…" Hiei's dad whispered. "Don't…"
The fox ran out.
"Damn this man…" He ran after him down the stairs. He crashed into the fox when they reached the bottom of the stairs. He looked past the shorter man's head and saw a bloody body on the floor. It was the same one who was supposed to watch Hiei.
"Hiei…?" John walked to the five year old and held him in his arms in an attempt to comfort him. "Stop crying and tell me what happened…"
"Oh that is it!" Yoshiki screamed as he shoved Hiei's dad out of the way. "JJ get your damn fox ass away from the damn kid! I'm taking him out of his misery!"
No answer.
The thief fired his pistol twice- one missing and the other grazing John's arm. "Get away from him damn it!"
"You kill him, you kill me." John untied his hair. "Try me. You don't wanna mess with a half demon. They can be as bad as a demon."
Yoshiki frowned.
"Fire you coward!"
It all ended with John losing…
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John was limping on his way back to Chicago but it was tolerable for him. Hiei only knew it was his fault that John was suffering and maybe it might be his fault John would die.
"I want that kid away from me," Yoshiki growled.
"I'll take him to my sister in Boston," John replied coolly.
'Away means out of my city, out of my state, out of my country. Take him to some orphanage in Mexico."
"What's wrong with Boston?"
"He dies or goes to Mexico. Choose."
John frowned and was ready to argue but he knew he was already too deep. "Mexico. Sounds nice. I'll see you…"
"You'll see me when you come back. You ain't leaving fox. You got your punishment to serve. You can't see him til you do your time."
"How long?"
"Two years but I'll make it ten if you ask again."
Hopeful… John thought as he took Hiei away to Mexico where he would meet Koenma and Ruka…
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"You hear? There's a new kid in town."
"Yeah. Where's this one from?"
"America. I heard the teacher say he killed someone in some New York place."
"Whoa! Cool! I gotta meet this kid!"
"Hey!" the teacher growled. "Okay we have a new student. He's from America and apparently knows very little Spanish…. Um… His name is Hiei Jaganshi."
Hiei frowned. It's pronounced Hiei Jaganshi, you ass wipe, not whatever that was just now. I mean… Ee-ei Hohanshi? The hell is wrong with these people? He looked at the class. He saw some were looking disgusted. Why?
A boy stood up. "Demon! Another one!"
Someone threw a book at Hiei.
"Hey!" the teacher wrapped his knuckles with a ruler. "I know he's a demon but he doesn't really… Er, kill…" Good Lord forgive my stupidity… "Um… Hiei, sit next to him…."
I think I'm getting the bad part of it…
---
As Hiei got out of school, someone threw something at him. "Another demon! What have we done to be tormented like this?!"
A woman smacked him with a broom.
What's going on?! I just started walking and they're trying to kill me!
Then a man came and slashed Hiei across the chest with an axe.
Then a whistle was heard and Hiei felt something cold go by him.
"I dunno what worse. Demons attacking mob or mob attacking demon who did no wrong," a Chinese accented voice said. Hiei passed out before heard more.
"…turned my back on this town for a second and they already caused this much trouble! Damn people…"
Hiei opened his eyes and looked around. Koenma was yelling at Ruka…
"Oh! You finally up!" a voice that wasn't Koenma's said. It was that same Chinese accented voice from before.
Hiei looked around for the source of the voice.
"Up here!"
Hiei gasped. How'd he get up there?! He's on the ceiling.
Thirteen year old Touya jumped down from the ceiling. "Don't worry about that. You get used to that. I Touya. And I save you from the village rocks. You American, right? My English very bad. My Spanish too. It get better… Don't you know how shake?"
"Shake? You mean….?" He started to shake. "This?"
"Nevermind…"
"Koenma, I thought you said you made a deal with the exorcists and demon slayers around here!" Ruka growled.
Koenma put his hands on his hips. "I did but that doesn't necessarily mean the townspeople will know. Word doesn't travel that fast you know."
"You better get word going or you ass is mine. This is damn kid that they almost killed and they walk away like it nothing if he die and if we don't do anything about it. Those were some kids in his class. I teach him myself if goes on longer!" Touya growled.
"Touya, calm down. But he's right. If this continues… Either we get people to shape up or we'll have trouble. I might have JJ Thompson come in if he has to," Ruka added.
"You can't! He'll die if you make him come!" Hiei cried.
Touya sighed and patted him on the head.
End flashback
"Did it get better?" Mukuro asked.
"Hell no!"
"Go on."
"Okay. Well, John started coming after his time was done. He came more after this one time…"
Flashback
"Holy water! Whoa!" a boy gasped in amazement.
"Yeah it took a long time to get since there was always someone looking," another replied with pride.
Hiei took it from the boy's hand. "Holy water? You shouldn't take it from church. You'll get cursed you know. And if you're gonna show off about it, be more secretive. The teacher could walk in any minute."
"You won't tell will you?"
"Won't tell if you won't."
The first boy poured the holy water on Hiei's head. "Let's put it to good use!"
The teacher walked into the room. "Sorry I'm late, um… Oh my…! What…?"
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John walked into the room. "What happened?"
"Apparently someone in the class poured holy water on Hiei," Ruka said. "They never learn."
Touya walked out.
"Touya?" John blinked.
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"Uh… Okay so turn to page fifty and…" The door swung open and the teacher froze. The boy who brought the holy water was thrown into the room and Touya walked in as he hit the ground.
He walked to the front of the room and looked at all the students.
"What's the matter with you stupid kids? I know demons and humans have always been against each other but you can't make an exception can you? All demons kill. Is that what you think? You aren't better to us. I heard what you did to my friend. Didn't you learn the first day? Did he kill anyone? No. But because you are stupid enough to believe all demons are evil he has to suffer for it. Someone so innocent… If this is how you'll treat him for years to come it'll be no wonder he'll kill. Would it be just if I went and kill you all? Would you be happy? Answer me!" Touya received no answer.
End flashback
"And then came my teen years…" Hiei continued…
End chapter 31
Notes:
1.People, I don't know how Hiei got into school without knowing much Spanish. I just felt like putting him there when this was written. Don't ask.
2. Ee-ei Hohanshi- In Spanish the J is pronounced like H. Sometimes the g is too. Also the H is skipped.
Uh… Nice present for the holidays. Hope you enjoyed…
One question. Why does Hiei never know anything in yoai fics? Really. Did he look down one day and say "what is that?" NO! He lived with bandits! He must learn about the male anatomy from them! He's a smart guy, I mean he saw Mukuro naked and knew that she was a girl. Why does he not know? I doubt he learned that from Kurama…
On that sick note, review.