Hiei's Human Lover Part 12: Discussion With Yomi
The doors opened and Kurama shook Yomi's hand.
"Thank you, Yomi for inviting us here to discuss things. I trust you have plenty of time if you called for us personally."
"Simply can't stand beings that think they can use their size to get what they want. My conference room is where we'll be discussing things. Follow me."
As we walked down the hall, I noticed Rin still looked a little tense. I gently nudged her shoulder and looked at her briefly before looking ahead.
"You haven't died yet, Rin, so stop worrying."
"What do you mean by 'yet', Hiei?"
"If you can't tell when I'm being sarcastic, you're thinking about it too much."
"I know, but I can't help it. I've never been in Demon World before."
"We have, and I-we're not going anywhere."
I forced back a smile as I heard Rin giggled at how quickly I changed part of my statement. She took my hand and laced our fingers together, squeezing gently.
"You're worried about me, aren't you?"
"I never said that."
"I heard how you changed part of your sentence, Hiei. You're concerned for me, and I think that's sweet of you."
"Just try not to make a big deal about it while we're here."
After Rin nodded and let go of my hand, she caught up to Kurama, who had finished talking with Yomi. Yusuke raised an eyebrow at Rin, and I became suspicious of the fact he probably saw Rin holding my hand.
"Care to share with the rest of the class, Detective?"
"Do you really think Rin really knows what she'll be going up against? From what I heard of Ryota, he doesn't sound like the nicest guy."
"If she can survive training with the both of us and my Dragon of the Darkness Flame, I'm pretty sure she can survive her first fight in Demon World."
Kurama's POV:
When we got to the conference room, I sat to Yomi's left and Yusuke sat to his right. Hiei sat beside me while Kuwabara sat beside Yusuke. Rin chose to stand outside the room. I had offered her a place beside me, but she politely declined and instead offered to keep a look out for trouble. Yomi nodded to us all and began speaking.
"As I had told Koenma earlier, Ryota has been abusing his authority. He has sent his armies to ransack villages just to get them to comply with delivering food and supplies, not to mention bringing them...concubines. I also received word that he brings down anyone who has even the slightest disagreement with him."
"Many lords in the days of old have behaved that way, Yomi."
"True Kurama, but he has behaved that way especially in front of the being's families, including the children. Subjecting innocents to such acts of violence, I for one, don't think should be tolerated. I have asked your team, Yusuke, to get him to either stop his behavior or have him surrender the throne to someone more capable."
Yusuke smirked and crossed his arms.
"You have a feeling he'll put up a fight when we bring this up with him, which is why you summoned us here: to take care of him if he becomes too much of a pain in the ass."
I chuckled slightly at his words, finding them to be true to an extent.
'Couldn't have said that better myself, Yusuke.'
"Precisely."
Yomi glanced at Rin, who still remained by the entrance with a hand on her sword.
"What value is the girl, may I ask?"
Kuwabara smiled and clenched a fist.
"She's awesome! She survived Hiei's Dragon of the Darkness Flame!"
"Is that so?"
Hiei nodded and looked at his right arm.
"No one had ever survived it, apparently. Somehow, she did."
"She has survived not only weapons training with Hiei, but also learned to better control her Spirit Energy with help from Yusuke."
Impressed, Yomi again looked at Rin.
"I must say, Yusuke, I thought your power surprised me most, but for that girl to survive an attack like Hiei's without proper training is impressive indeed."
"Exactly what I said. So, when do we move out?"
"I suggest you move out first thing in the morning. He currently resides where your ancestor, Raizen, resided when he ruled that region. Allow me to escort you to your rooms."
"Ah!"
We stood up abruptly and ran out of the room to see Rin pinning down one of Yomi's guards, her sword to his neck.
"Touch me like that again, vermin, and I'll see to it you lose your ability to have children!"
"Ha! Like you can do damage to me!"
He stopped speaking when Rin dug her sword further into his neck.
"Rin, enough."
Rin heard Hiei's voice and got off of the guard, sheathing her sword. Hiei then decided to step in front of Rin, his hand on his own sword. Kuwabara tapped my shoulder and raised an eyebrow.
"What's with Shorty? Don't think I ever saw him this protective before."
"I can't recall Hiei acting this way, either. It makes sense considering how much he feels for Rin."
The guard stood up and tried to approach Rin, but Hiei drew his sword and touched the tip to his neck.
"L-look, it was just a misunderstanding! I didn't mean it!"
"Let me hear the other side to the story first, you ugly creature. Rin?"
"He saw me standing outside the door and asked if I've ever 'experienced demonic pleasure'. I ignored him, which he apparently didn't like. He then proceeded to touching me, so I decided to knee him where it counts and use that chance to pin him."
"I suggest you watch yourself from now on or else I'll have one less guard. Be off."
After the guard ran off, Yomi shook hands with Rin. I smiled as she smiled back at him.
"You're quite the spitfire, Rin."
"No woman likes being taken advantage of. I did what I had to in order to defend my honor."
"Always a good quality to have, especially around here. I suggest you hold onto her, Hiei."
I chuckled as Yomi walked ahead of us. Hiei hung back so he was walking right next to me.
"What are you laughing at, fox?"
"It appears Yomi knows of what you feel for Rin. Why else would he say such a thing? Plus, you protecting her gave it away."
"Hn."
That's a wrap for part 12. Choosing to stand guard outside of the conference room, Rin deals with one of Yomi's guards by pinning him to the ground. Yomi also becomes aware of what Hiei feels for Rin by hearing Hiei protect her. Part 13 will begin in Rin's POV as the team arrives at the former home of Raizen to deal with Demon World's current ruler, Ryota, who ends up being a familiar face from Hiei's past. Also in part 13, Yusuke shows everyone else Raizen's gravesite. Stay tuned to see what happens