Ride like the Wind
Chapter 39
July 7
Jin sat in front of his house staring out in space. Man, things sure are boring when everybody's gone... I wish Touya didn't have so much to do today... It gets boring entertaining the town for a smelly boot... He
sighed. Suddenly he saw something move in the corner of his eye.
Hey that looks kinda like... Jin squinted at the distant object. Wait.. I think... It is!
He leapt and flew towards the object, knocking it down when his body made contact with it. "KURAMA! It's been FOREVER! I didn't think I'd ever see you again! Jin was getting bored!"
Kurama smiled after catching the breath Jin knocked out of him. "Hi Jin. It's been a while, hasn't it?"
"Yeah! I think you grew a wee bit!"
"Oh! Kurama!" Touya waved. He pointed at the person standing to his right. "This is John. You probably know him as JJ or JJ Thompson and stuff of that
nature. He was stalking me when I was coming here so yeah. That's how he ended up here."
Kurama held out his hand. "I'm Shuichi Minamino. Everyone calls me Kurama."
John shook his hand. "A pleasure... Where'd they get Kurama from Shuichi?"
"Long story..." Wait... Isn't he supposed to be dead?
"I was scared there for a minute. I thought you were gonna kiss me! Isn't that what they do here? Or am I thinking of Britain?"
"Actually it's the women who greet each other by kissing. I'm not sure about Britain..." Touya replied. "Just for the record, he's an American."
"Hey, shouldn't Hiei be with you?" Jin asked Kurama suddenly.
"No. He said he was going to Massachusetts and would be back in late June. Huh. So you mean to tell me he didn't come back? I wonder why... I hope he wasn't arrested again," the red head answered.
"John, who is it that you mess with in Boston again?" Touya asked.
"Eikenberry? H... How's that make sense? Hiei's straight, right?" John replied questioningly.
"Actually he says he's bi, but whatever. Think about it. Who else does he know in Boston? No one. That time you took him there was the first time he was there. And he was arrested almost the second you got there so he couldn't see anyone else."
"I remember him saying something about having a female friend in Boston. If that's her... That doesn't make much sense..." Kurama added. "Are you sure that Eikenberry person is a man?"
"Well, I haven't watched him pee yet..." John mumbled.
"Hiei found a new best friend?!" Jin cried melodramatically. "Jin feels left out now..."
"What're we getting all suspicious about? It's not like he's married or anything so he's not cheating on anyone. So he made friends with Eikenberry whose first name eludes me but I'm pretty sure it's a really British name like Albert or Alicious. Or was it obviously German like Wilhelm or Otto von Bismarck? Or did it start with a M? Yeah it was a M and it sounded kinda Asian... Anyway... Maybe this turn of events might benefit us. I mean every time the guy gets mad he could go and..." John was interrupted.
"You imply they're not just friends." Touya shook his head.
"Gotta let a boy have his fun."
Sigh. "After that last trip to the hospital you morals have gone outta whack... If you had any to begin with."
Shrug. "What can I say? He's twenty-seven and out of my control. It doesn't matter if he got himself a girlfriend, er, boyfriend if he didn't have anyone else top begin with."
"Sure." Touya glanced at Kurama.
Kurama stared at the two, bewilderment in his eyes. He glanced at Jin who was staring at him.
"Is something wrong with Kurama?" Jin asked.
"No... Just thinking..." Kurama mumbled slowly.
"I know let's go eat potatoes!" He grabbed Kurama by the arm and flew so Kurama could keep up with him.
Five minutes and I'm already confused... Kurama thought.
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July 16
Jin was floating high above the town in deep thought. All this confusion... He shook his head as if it would make this headache go away. Not again... Not again! I can't go back! No... I can't! No! I'm gonna solve this one! I'm gonna go find Hiei and see if it's true or my name's not Yankee Doodle Dandy! ...Well actually it's not but I wish it were my name.
He went upside down and stared at everything below him. But where to start? What if he already left Boston? Hey, look. Someone's coming... It looks like... It is! He flew down and tackled Hiei who was growling under his breath now.
"What the hell, Jin?!" Hiei hissed in Spanish.
The wind master didn't give him the answer he was looking for. "Wherewereyou? WereyouinBostonandisittruethatyouhaveagirlfriendinBoston? Imeanwhatthehell? WhataboutKurama? IthoughtyoulikedhimandwherewereyouthatkeptyoufromcominghomeinJunelikeKuramas aidyouwouldandbythewayyounevertoldmethatJohnwasaliveandherewewerefeelingbadt hathewasdeadandeverything! Andwhoisitthatyounowand... And...! Let me take a
breath..."
"Goddamn! Slow down! What's with you and for that matter where's the fire?"
Jin gasped for breath. "John's alive?"
"I guess I forgot to..."
"Is it true that you have a girlfriend in Boston?"
"...I guess you can call her that... But we really don't know much about her but hell I like where we go a lot of the time..."
"Say it isn't so! I thought you liked Kurama!"
"I'm serious when I say I'm bi but..."
"It is cause of his age? Is it cause he's sixteen? I knew it! You'll only do older people! That's why you don't like Botan even though she was close to
violating you! I mean when you're fourteen..."
"Okay! Just for the record what the hell does Botan have to do with anything?"
"I think she still likes you."
"What makes you think that?"
"She smiles..."
"She's always smiling! I asked her and she said she used opium even when she didn't have any pain! That's probably what made her screwy!"
"So... Did you tell Kurama about her?"
Hiei shrugged. "Why? He'll grow out of it."
"Hiei Jaganshi, how could you?!"
"Whatever, O' Riley."
"But Kurama would be super sad and stuff..."
Touya suddenly appeared. "What're you two conspiring about?"
"Nya! Hiei's gotta girlfriend in Boston and he says he doesn't like Kurama anymore!" Jin waved his arms around.
"Why care? Not your problem?"
"Tou-yaaaaa... When'd you get so mean?! I remember you used to protect Hiei and everything when he was a kid and now you're all mean and stuff!"
He put a hand in Jin's face. "Hiei, John wanted to talk to you about something. And while we're still talking about foxes, Kurama wanted to see you. He said you promised to meet him earlier this month. What kept you?"
"Thought you said it wasn't your problem," Hiei shot back.
"Better to rehearse it."
"Fine. Something came up."
"Something meaning...?"
"She coughed up blood and I had to stay with her to help her through it."
"And may I ask who 'she' is? Are you afraid I'll have a problem with this 'she' is? It doesn't matter who 'she' is but for God's sake let her have an identity!"
"You've turned into a real asshole, you know that? What do you care anyway?"
"Would you say the same to Kurama if he asked? Or would you just have your fun with him because he doesn't know what you were doing to him? Just because you're pretty much taking care of him doesn't mean you can screw him up! He was worried about your dumb ass and you reassure him by screwing some girl in Massachusetts! And does she know you're with Kurama, too? Did your brain stop working when I was in China?!" Touya curled his hands into fists. "I thought I was done yelling at you for doing stupid shit when you thought John died! What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Touya... Maybe you should..." Jin tried to break in between the two. No... Not now... Not like this...
Touya grabbed Jin's shoulder and shoved him away. "You think you're being tormented by everyone in the town? So you're returning the favor to Kurama and you think he gives a damn?"
"You know growing up, I thought you were the best one I had to help me up next to John. What the hell happened?" Hiei reached in his pocket for his gun.
"No.. Don't..." Jin mumbled breathlessly only to be ignored.
"At that moment, Touya thrust a knife into Hiei's left shoulder at the same time he was grazed by Hiei's bullet. "So atone for it already!"
"JUST STOP ALREADY!" the wind master burst into tears and flew straight home, not wanting to see more.
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John's ear twitched. "Oh man. Jin's screaming. Either something bad happened or Hiei told him that the bogeyman was gonna ass rape him."
Thump!
Kurama ran to the door. "Might be Jin."
Just when he got to the door, it swung open, revealing Hiei the knife still in his shoulder. The small demon clutched it, cringing with pain before he fainted.
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Hiei sat up in bed and looked around, feeling lost. He saw Kurama was standing over him, looking grave.
"I talked to Jin a little while ago. He said you and Touya fought. What'd you do to him?" Kurama asked.
"Nothing," Hiei replied quickly.
"Must have been pretty bad if it made Jin cry like that."
Jin crying? I was so caught up, I never noticed... He looked out the window.
"Man! You still stayed the trouble maker you used to be, son!" John yelled from the hall. "I bet you're doing this to me because I'm actually from Norway!"
Hiei groaned. "And John, you're not from Norway!"
"As far as you now I'm not!"
The demon rolled out of bed. "I'm going to work."
"Not with that wound," Kurama replied like a mother would.
"It's fine."
Kurama poked it and some blood dripped out.
"Can I get another wound? This one has blood on it."
"Ugh... Look, your wound may heal in four hours but not Jin. He won't." Kurama walked out.
"All right! More male bonding!" John somersaulted into the room. "Man, for Youko Kurama, he sure is nice!"
"If you say so. Youko's a bastard," Hiei replied as he laid back down.
"Look. Don't mess up too bad. Cause you can't turn back."
"How do I know I have?"
"Trust me, you'll know."
"Me and kurama... It just can't mix, okay. Never told anyone this... No one could ever love a beast unless they are an outcast themselves..."
"...Someone should write a song about you called 'My Angty Son'. It would go something like a boom-boom chicka chika boom-boom... A boom boom chicka chicka boom boom..."
"John just shut up and get out."
"Oh. Okay." Pwned.
end chapter 39
Notes:
1. Use of opium- At this time opium was THE drug. People took it like we take Tylenol or whatever painkiller you use. If you had a headache, bring out the opium! Woman PMSing? Opium was there. Yeah.
Sorry the ending was rushed this one and the next chapter aren't my favorites. I hate how I glazed over heavy angst... But chapter 41 gets kinda humorous so it's cool. I just now realized that maybe Mukuro could be Irish what with the red hair... Why didn't I think of that before...?
Extra! From Yusuke the Detective (Some other fanfic I did. Don't ask how this came to be...)
"You forgot this comic book. I wonder what it is..." Shura looked at the cover. "(Bleep!)" Blink blink. He opened it and Shuichi came out. "Augh!"
"That's what you get for trying to read a dirty book, Shura!" Raizen cried.
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