Hiei's Human Lover Part 13: A Face From Hiei's Past
After a restful night at Yomi's, we traveled a great distance to get to where Ryota lived. Yusuke smirked as he looked at the former home of his ancestral father.
"Place looks like it hasn't changed a bit since I was last here. The gaping hole where I tried kicking Raizen's ass is still at the top, though."
I smiled as I saw the hole he referred to.
"Wow. Looks like you did a number on it, Yusuke."
"Yeah well, didn't faze him or anything."
"Shall we press on? I am sure he is expecting us."
"Yeah, sure. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Follow me!"
Kuwabara raised an eyebrow as we watched Yusuke run to what looked like a gravesite near the compound.
"What's Urameshi doing?"
"I suspect that is the grave of Raizen."
I smiled and brushed hair out of my face.
"That's right, Kurama. Yusuke promised that he'd show it to me."
When we got to Yusuke, he was kneeling on the ground in front of the grave. New flowers looked like they were placed there recently, making the area not so gloomy. Yusuke saw me looking at Raizen's name and smiled.
"Told ya you'd get to see it while we're here, Rin."
"What was he like?"
"He was weak due to his lack of nutrition, if you remember what I told you before."
"That's right."
"The final year of his life, he trained me to be able to face Yomi and Mukuro in the future. Not long afterwards, he died. You wouldn't believe all the people that knew him that came to pay their last respects."
"He must've been well known around here."
"While I don't mind reminiscing, we do have something to do here."
I giggled at Hiei as Yusuke and I stood up.
"Relax, Hiei. You'll get to see some blood eventually. Just be patient."
"Hn."
Hiei's POV:
The closer we got to Ryota's front door, I began feeling apprehensive. I had a feeling I had heard of or seen Ryota before, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I knew a Ryota when we both lived with the group of bandits a long time ago, but what were the chances of this Ryota being the one I knew?
"Hey, Shorty. You comin' or what?"
I narrowed my eyes at Kuwabara as I caught up with them.
"Geez, what's eatin' ya? Never seen you this quiet before."
I still refused to answer him, and relief came in the form of Rin.
"Come on, Kuwabara. Hiei's probably concentrating on how to deal with Ryota."
"Yeah, guess you're right."
Rin winked at me and I quickly looked away. She hung back so she was walking with me, letting everyone else walk ahead.
"Hiei, what's really bothering you? You know you can tell me anything, right?"
"Hn, of course I do. What am I, an idiot? Anyone would be a fool to not entrust you with secrets since you're so trusting."
"Then what's wrong?"
"I have a feeling that the man we're seeing is someone I knew from when I lived with the group of bandits."
"Oh, I remember you telling me about that. Why do you think it could be him?"
"Same same, same demon type."
Rin shrugged her shoulders and we stopped walking as Yusuke pounded on the front door. Rin then turned back to look at me, her smile back on her face.
"I won't tell anyone of what we talked about, Hiei."
"You better not or else."
"You know your threats don't scare me anymore."
I smirked and lightly poked her side, causing her to quietly giggle.
"Not fair. I'm ticklish and you're not."
"Then Rin, I suggest you don't cross me."
The door opened and low and behold, Ryota was the one to open the door. He saw me and smirked.
"Well, if it isn't my old comrade, Hiei. Still dallying with humans, I see."
"Hn. Still haven't rid yourself of your disgusting stench, I see."
Rin giggled and Ryota looked at her, a lecherous smirk on his face now.
"Now with this human, I can understand you being around. She's got a figure that can put the ones on the demonesses here to shame. Lookin' good there, girlie."
Rin flinched and I gently pushed her behind me. Yusuke narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms.
"Sorry, but the girl's off limits. We're here to discuss some things with you. Apparently, Yomi doesn't approve of how you rule Demon World and asked us to get you to clean up your act."
"Ha, ha, ha! Yomi sends Team Urameshi to deal with me?! He must be going crazy!"
Kurama stepped forward, his Rose Whip ready in case Ryota tried to attack.
"I assure you, Ryota, Yomi has reason for concern. You've been abusing your authority for some time now, and we all agree it needs to end."
"Too bad for you, Fox, because my reign is not yet over, so I can rule how I wish."
"Then it looks like we have a problem here that must be dealt with immediately."
That's a wrap for part 13. Ryota,Demon World's current ruler, turns out to be an old comrade from Hiei's group of bandits. Part 14 will begin in Kurama's POV as Ryota becomes agitated and attacks the group. Also in part 14, Ryota foolishly tries to take Rin as his own and sees a side of Hiei neither he nor anyone else saw before. Stay tuned