Ride like the Wind
Chapter 36
"Give the pie a break, lady. You're tearing that thing up," Yusuke said as he watched Mukuro eat pie.
"I'm hungry. Deal with it," Mukuro replied.
Raizen whispered to Yusuke, "She's pissed off."
"Huh?" Yusuke whispered back.
"She's pissed. Can't you tell? Whenever something pisses her off she starts eating a lot for some reason."
"I… I see."
"I think someone's coming," Mukuro mumbled once she finished the pie.
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Boston, Massachusetts (May 15, 1850)
It was a pretty hot day with summer about to roll in. It was one of those seemingly endless days that was consumed of heat. Mukuro stood near the docks watching the waves roll by slowly against the ships departing and arriving.
Then someone tapped her on the shoulder. "Hey."
Mukuro blinked and turned around to see Hiei. She gave him a deer in the headlights look until she finally recognized him.
"Oh…. Bloody hell," she pointed the gun to her head. "I should just end it now and save myself from another head ache."
"You're not gonna fire that are you?' Hiei asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Give me a reason not to."
"Other than the fact that people are staring?"
"They're always staring since a majority of people can't live without gossiping about something."
"But who would keep Boston in good shape?"
"My replacement."
"Shoot yourself and I'll shoot myself and I'll bug you in the afterlife."
"What you're not satisfied with annoying me in life?"
"…I… I guess. Not really but I'll say so anyway."
"What was that last part?"
"Nothing! Now put the gun dow-" Mukuro threw it at him. "The hell was that for!"
"Why'd you come here in the first place?" She sighed irritably.
"I came for you."
"Exactly. You came to bug the hell out of me again."
"No. What I mean was…"
"Reason number two." She started to walk away.
Reason number two? What's reason number two? Number two as in…? So is she implying that I came all this way to…? "YOU'RE A SICK WOMAN, ER, MAN, MUKURO! SAYING THAT I CAME HERE TO… DO SOMETHING THAT I WON'T YELL OUT IN PUBLIC! I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!"
I'm not going to ask what went through his mind right now… Suddenly Mukuro started walking faster. I need pie.
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So Hiei decided to hide in a bar… Saloon… Whatever the crap they're called here. Anyway…
"Hiei?" a voice called him questioningly.
Hiei turned around. "Yusuke? Aren't you a little young to be in here?"
"No. Haven't you met a fifteen year old guy who drinks before? Doesn't Kurama drink?"
"No."
"Oh. Well, he should. It'll help him relax. Anyway… I came with this guy." Yusuke pointed at Raizen who was swaying in his seat. "His name's Raizen."
"Raizen? Like those dried up grapes? I hate those. They're gross."
"That's what we all said… And how can you not like raisins? They're good! You have no soul."
"Damn straight."
Raizen knocked Hiei over. "ARSONY IS NOT A WORD YOU BITCH! …And someone's sitting there by the way."
"Okay…" Hiei moved over a seat. "Who?"
"Mukuro. Well they call her… I mean… Shit. They call him Officer Eikenberry or something weird like that. His last name sounds like a pie… But I call him Mumu cause it pisses him off."
"You know her?"
"Man, you're slow today. And how do you know Mukuro's a she?" Yusuke asked.
"It was an accident," Hiei replied.
"Acci… Sick! You're a little pervert aren't you?"
"Shut up. Why're you in Boston anyway?"
"Raizen," Yusuke glanced at his ancestor who was screaming something about talking cacti. "Can't live with a clean conscience knowing that he could die any second. Weird way to stay secure but you come up with a better way then we'll talk. You?"
"Personal reasons."
"Who do you know in Boston? The only personal reason you should have is Kurama. I swear I'd have to bang my head against a wall if you came for Mukuro."
"You sure you wanna say that?"
"You bastard! What about Kurama then?"
"I… I don't love Kurama like everybody thinks. It's one sided on his part. He can get a girlfriend easy with his looks and I got mine right here. We can move on with our lives."
"So you told him? Cause he'd be kinda… You know… If he found out…"
"What's there to tell?"
"Come on. If Mukuro had a boyfriend, you'd want her to say something to you about it, wouldn't you?"
"Kurama's confused. He's fifteen… Sixteen. Whatever. He doesn't get how this works."
"Are you sure you're not the one confused?"
"Are you sure you're not confusing yourself with this?"
"You wanna fight, bitch?" He shook a fist at him.
"If you wanna get smashed…" Hiei was interrupted when Raizen threw a frying pan at his face.
"Touchdown for whatever my last name is!" Raizen cheered into the sky 'And the duck goes moo! …By the way you're fun-ny!" He poked Hiei's stomach.
Mukuro stared at the three. "I dunno if I should say anything right now…"
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Mukuro mumbled something under her breath in German once she got home.
"What?" Hiei moaned and he dunked his head in a bucket of water.
"It's a full moon tomorrow."
"So?"
"Bad things happen on full moons."
"Are you being superstitious?"
"I met you on a full moon."
"What're you saying?"
She raised an eyebrow at him. "What're you doing?'
"That frying pan hurt."
"I fail to see how drowning yourself will solve your problem"
"You know what! Shut it and leave me to angst!"
"You already angst enough. You don't need silence for that."
"No one asked you."
"Actually you…"
"Screw you and your fake accent!"
"…No comment." She looked out the window. Then she thought she saw someone standing on a roof as if they were waiting for someone to come. She squinted at it then shrugged it off. I must have drunk too much. …If that's possible for me.
"You okay?" Hiei asked as he gasped for air.
"…Nothing. I just… I need pie."
"Man, haven't you eaten enough? I'd swear you were doing it because you're pissed off at someone but that's just crazy talk!" He dunked his head back in the bucket.
It's nice that you think so…
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"Okay, I lack anything better to do," Hiei said.
"Well, find something better to do! Go hide in the bushes and think about girls with cat ears or whatever fetishes you have or go angst!" Yusuke replied. "Me and Raizen have important business to attend to!" He crossed his arms and turned his back on him.
"Like what?"
"Like… Uh… Raizen, what do you do on Tuesdays?"
"I watch people. And then I think about what would happen if something exploded nearby and all their heads would just combust in a great explosion at the same time!" Raizen replied with the excitement of a schoolboy talking about his favorite action figure.
"…Basically you don't know," Hiei said.
"Yeah. Pretty much… But I think it's the full moon. It'd be best if we stay clear of here. Bad things happen on full moons.'
Is that where she got it?
"And…" He walked away.
"That was overly dramatic…" Yusuke sighed. "He better not be talking about werewolves cause those don't exist at all you know!"
Suddenly Raizen jumped on Hiei's back. "Surprise butt sex! I was right! The aura does come from you Hiroshi!"
"Get off me!" Hiei screamed and threw him to he nearly hit Yusuke. "And it's Hiei! Not Hiro! Hache-i-e-i!"
"….In Germany they would pronounce your name funny. Like Hee-i."
"What-" He turned around to yell at the person behind him. "QUIT BREATHING DOWN MY NECK YOU A- HOLY…!"
It was a demon with grey hair that was tied back. His eyes were black and burning with a hidden fire. His face was also covered with piercings.
Hiei's eyes narrowed. "Shigure."
"Hiroshi." Shigure's eyes also narrowed.
"It's Hiei you asswipe."
"Whatever. Hiei."
"Shigure."
"Hiei."
"Shigure."
"Hiei…"
"Dammit! Someone say my name!" Yusuke cried.
Raizen's eyes narrowed. "Yusuke."
"So… Seven years and I finally find your dumb ass…" Shigure smirked. "How bout that duel?"
"About that…" Hiei mumbled. "I kinda…" The swordsman picked him up and threw him into an alley. "Help me!"
"Holy hell! Gay sex!" Raizen screamed and ran away, leaving Yusuke to giggle about orgies for a second.
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"THE BRITISH ARE COMING…! OR GOING! …OR WHICHEVER WAY I'M GOING!" a voice screamed in the distance.
That was weird… Mukuro thought as he looked in the direction the voice came from. She continued to stare at the waves. Suddenly she heard footsteps coming. She glanced over for a second and looked back at the waves.
That guy… He's a weird looking one…
He had long black hair that fell halfway down his back. Sticking out of his hair were six horns. His eyes were closed, probably sewn shut. His face looked really calm like he was sleeping. At first glance, one might think he was from another planet.
He stopped right by Mukuro. If he could see, he would have been staring at her.
"You need any help?" Mukuro asked.
He stayed silent and reached out. He touched her hair and ran a finger near her right eye. His fingers wandered lower until…
Mukuro pistol whipped him. "What the hell?!"
The blind man recovered quickly though he probably had a bleeding bruise on the top of his head. Actually, he looked like he was enjoying it now. "I say, what's your name?"
He feels up on me and then he asks my name. That's twisted… And why'd he say I say like I don't know who's talking..? Come to think of it he sounds like… No it couldn't be… "Why? If you're gonna kill me I'm James K. Polk. You can't kill a president. That's not cool."
"No! Of course not! It's…" He shook his head.
"If you must know it's Mukuro. Mukuro W. P. Von Eikenberry Volks Klopstock Herder Eckhart Goethe Schiller Faust Schlegel Korner Arndt Ruckert Arhim Grimm Holderlin Kleist Eichendorfgf Morike Heine Gutzkow Freligrath Herwegh Hebbel Storm Schleswigdor Rosegger Nietzsche Busch Hoffman-Donner Hauptman Zuckmayer Strauss Kaiser Toller Fritz Werfel Bretcht Durrenmatt Wasserman Mann Messe Kafka Broch Junger Zweg Ditzen Fallada Rilke George Kolhenheyer Bull Gunter Lenz Krolow Kirsch Kunze Kant Dlinzdorf Conrad Pope Gwendal Adams Jefferson Thompson Nemur Pippin Shakespeare Stuart Chamberlain Jones Dyck Reynolds Romney Sandby Blake Ruskin Brown Morris Hilton Bacon Robinson Baron the second."
My… My brain! It hurts! "So you're…!" He smiled then fell on one knee. "Will you marry me?"
"Huh?"
End chapter 36
Notes:
1. Fifteen year olds who drink- In this time period there was no legal age to drink. It came in the 1920's when alcohol was illegal. But of course there were smugglers around. Hee…
2. Hache-i-e-i- reference to the Spanish alphabet; it means H-i-ei. I'd give you the whole thing but that takes to much space.
Extra uh… !6 I think
Hiei looked at Kurama. "Kurama."
Kurama looked at him. "Yeah?"
"I love you!"
"Omg! Yay! Let's dance!"
"Omg yeah!"
Both danced. Heart.
Yeah. That went fast but whatever. Yomi finally appears! Hell yes!
Gotta go! Til next update!