InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Not the Only One ❯ Biology ( Chapter 9 )

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Know the lingo!

Gomen: sorry

Iya/iie: no

Aa: yeah (male)

Un: yeah (female

Souka: I see

Moshi moshi- how people in Japan answer the phone!

Mou: exasperated sigh

Hai: yes

Nani?: what?

Kami: god

Ano: Um

Sensei: teacher

Arigato: thanks

 

Chapter 9

Biology

 

 

When Hiei roused, he was surrounded by a strange fuzziness and there was a surge of warmth in his belly that he did not recognise. His fingertips tingled, and he felt the corners of his lips curve slightly. This strange emotion, that those ningen called `happiness' evaporated as soon as the miko magic that was clouding his aura disappeared. Hiei blinked several times in order to try and clear the purple fog that swathed everything in his vision.

Purple?

Then he remembered. Purple had been the last thing he had seen, before that miko had flung him across the room.

The miko is in Kurama's apartment- and she refused to tell me where the kitsune is!

Hiei had been at the time, confused. The girl had a very strong aura, but he knew that miko didn't exist in this time anymore. He knew miko and all her kind had disappeared after the worlds had been split. The fact there was miko was in Kurama's human dwelling was even more concerning. After all, miko were notorious for slaying youaki. Why else would this miko be in Kurama's apartment, if not to purify the kitsune avatar?

So Hiei was even more confused when the mist finally lifted and his red haired friend was crouched in front of him, saying his name as he gently shook his shoulder. Hiei looked past him, his senses honing in on the still present miko, who was watching from the couch. Her finger was in her mouth as she seemingly bit her nail like a ningen child.

Is it possible Kurama does not know what she is?

“Ah, you're awake,”

Kurama smiled down at his fallen friend, rising and offering him a hand. Hiei ignored it, getting to his feet while keeping his eyes fixed on the girl. He was glad to see it made her uncomfortable.

“I think there's been a little misunderstanding,” said Kurama softly, “Kagome, this is Hiei, of whom I have spoken of before,”

The kitsune turned to the now standing little youkai, unable to keep a grin off his face,

“Hiei, this is Kagome, the miko who apparently blasted you across the room,”

“Hn,” Hiei crossed his arms, finally looking into his friend's eyes.

Explain.

Kurama nodded slightly, motioning for him to sit, though it was only out of habit. Hiei stood, one black boot crossed over the other as he leaned against the wall he had been thrown against minutes before. There was a dull ache all over his body, but he had learned a long time ago to tolerate pain. Hiei watched as Kurama sat next to the miko, noticing as he did the blood on her neck.

“Hiei!” Kurama turned reproachful emerald eyes to the little youkai, “You cut her?”

“It's alright!” Kagome interrupted quickly, darting a smile to Hiei, “It's nothing!”

Hiei didn't return the smile- instead he scowled at being reprimanded by his friend.

“I thought she had purified you, kitsune,”

Kurama turned from Kagome to Hiei, “You have no need to worry, Hiei. Kagome is a miko, but she is also a friend. She has many companions who are youkai, even if partly. She means us no harm,”

Hiei didn't answer, his usual expressionless mask worn on his face. Secretly, however, he was surprised.

A miko who is on good terms with youkai? Who even makes acquaintances of them?

There were even more surprise yet to come. Kagome got up, and made her way over to Hiei. He noticed she was limping a little, and wondered if he had caused it. She bowed deeply, a genuine smile on her face.

“Gomen, Hiei-san. I hope I didn't hurt you before. But like you, I thought your aim was to hurt Kurama-kun,”

“Well, now that's out of the way,” Kurama smiled, getting up and unpacking his forgotten shopping, “I'm going to make us something to eat- are you staying Hiei?”

“Iya,” Hiei replied. Kurama gave him a nod before the little youkai disappeared out the window.

 

 

Kagome let out a large breath.

“So… that's Hiei!”

Kurama chuckled from behind the counter.

“Don't worry- I too, was nearly killed by Hiei the first time we met, as was Yusuke- consider it a requirement for gaining his trust,”

Kagome absently rubbed the slight cut on her neck.

“I don't think that's the case with me- he really looked like he wanted to kill me!”

Kurama put down the can opener he had taken out the drawer, and went over to Kagome's side.

“Believe me, if Hiei wanted you dead, you would not be talking right now,”

“But he would have! It was because he said `Tell me or I'll kill you' that I panicked and managed to blast him across the room! I'm sure he would have killed me otherwise!”

Kagome was used to death threats- she had received as many as those in her lifetime as Kurama- but getting one from a close friend of the kitsune worried her.

Kurama laid his hand on her shoulder, smiling sweetly.

“You have just proven my point. If Hiei really wanted to kill you, he wouldn't have warned you. You would be dead before you could even realise what he was doing. I'm guessing you know by now fast he is,”

Kagome bit her lip, Kurama's point reducing her worry momentarily.

“Well, you do know him much better than me, so I'll take your word for it,”

“Good,” Kurama moved his hand to her neck, tracing the cut with his thumb.

“He didn't hurt you though, did he?”

“No- I was more scared than anything,”

Kurama slipped his arm around Kagome's back, pulling her close to him.

“You needn't be. Hiei is a force to be reckoned with, but he never harms the innocent. He doesn't hurt or kill without a definite cause,”

Kurama gave Kagome's side a gentle squeeze before getting up and returning to his soup, feeling a little guilty. He had painted a much cleaner picture of Hiei than was actually truthful. But he didn't want to scare Kagome anymore than she already was, and besides, Hiei wouldn't dare touch her now.

“What kind of youkai is Hiei, anyway?” Kagome asked, lying on her stomach as she watched Kurama in the kitchen. “I though he was a vampire at first,”

Kurama chuckled, “I've never though of that before but you're quite right. He does!”

He fired up the hob, putting the pot of soup over the heat before looking back at Kagome. Her chin was resting on her folded arms and she tapped her uninjured leg idly against the other.

“Oh, that reminds me,” Kurama slipped his fingers through his hair, recovering a tiny seed, “I was going to make you some pain killer,”

“Un,” Kagome smiled, sinking her cheek into the coldness of the leather.

“As we were saying- Hiei is a hybrid,” Kurama slit the seed with his fingernail, “A mixture of contrasting elements- fire and ice,”

“Wow,” Kagome blinked, “Doesn't that cause certain…complications? I mean…to have such different elements in your body?”

“It can,” Kurama wiped a mug from the washboard, his head cocked as he regarded Kagome's question. “Hiei goes through cycles of his elements, and usually has a day once a month when his ice is dominant, and likewise a day when his fire is dominant,”

“Souka,” Kagome said quietly, “Like Inuyasha's human night,”

“Quite,” Kurama dropped the contents of the split seed into the mug and leaned over to flick the kettle switch with his thumb, “Though I have never experienced Hiei's fire time- he tends to go to Makai during that period, so I can only imagine what occurs,”

 

 

 

“I should really be heading back now,” Kagome said a little reluctantly, setting down her mug. The pain in her ankle had completely disappeared, but she was aware of how time was ticking on.

“I'll walk you home,” Kurama got up, holding out his hand. Kagome accepted it gratefully, but Kurama pulled her up a little more quickly than she had expected. Her ankle slightly numb, Kagome stumbled, grabbing onto Kurama's shirt.

“Whoops,” she giggled as Kurama straightened her, holding onto her elbows. Kagome looked up, and caught the gentlest look in his eyes. Her mind as blank as a slate, Kagome simply gazed deeply into his emerald eyes.

“I…”

A high trill jerked them both out of their trance, and they both pulled away at the same time, shaking off the moment like snow from their shoulders. Kagome watched as Kurama answered the phone, picking up the black handset while running his hand through his tumbling fiery locks.

“Moshi Moshi. Ah, hello mother,”

Kurama smiled apologetically to Kagome, signalling with a finger for her to wait a minute. Kagome shook her head, knowing that Kurama hadn't heard from his mother since she had returned from her business trip.

“I'll see you later,” Kagome whispered, touching his arm as she slipped by.

“Wait a minute, mother,” Kurama put the phone against his shoulder, muffling the mouthpiece.

“I'll phone her back later,” He said, “I don't want you to walk back yourself,”

Kagome winked, waving her hand, “It's alright- I'm a big girl Kurama! Say hi to your mama for me and I'll talk to you later!”

The door clicked behind her softly, the apartment holding no sign of her presence apart from the empty mug on the floor with the smudge of lipstick on the rim. Her scent also clung to the room, and Kurama breathed it in. It was so unbelievably pure; it was hard to even put a name to it. The best scents Kurama could compare it to were that of new cotton and fresh cream. Suddenly realising his mother was still on the phone, Kurama hastily put the handset to his ear.

“Ah, gomen, mother. Hai, I was just saying goodbye to a friend. No, you haven't met her. Aa, mother, it was a girl. Her name's Kagome. She said hello”.

 

 

Kagome hated not knowing what time it was. She never wore a watch- it would just make her realise how late she always was. Tucking a stray curl behind her ear, Kagome walked leisurely, the schoolbag on her back not weighing her down in the slightest as she made her way home.

What a day…kami help me if one was to go by where my life wasn't threatened…

Kagome bit her lip, hoping Inuyasha hadn't been by. She couldn't deal with explaining why the scent of two youkai where mixed with her own.

Kurama was right- I will have use for the scentless petal plant again…

Kagome was just beginning to wonder what would have happened if the phone hadn't rang when she heard a familiar voice.

“Higarashi-san! Higarashi-san!”

“Hojo-kun!” Kagome turned in time for the boy to come to a stop before her, beaming as always.

Why is he always so happy? Please don't ask me out; please don't ask me out…

“Are you well?”

Kagome nodded, wondering if Hojo would be so interested in her if she wasn't always `sick'.

Maybe it's a turn on for him, trying to look after my health? Uh, moving on…

“I'm just back from visiting my…doctor,”

I don't think I should let him know there's another guy in my life that provides me with medicine…

“Hai, I'm better now,”

“I was going to give this to you at school, but I didn't get the chance!”

Hojo held out a gift wrapped present, “It'll help with your sciatica!”

My what?

“Arigato, Hojo-kun,” Kagome said, trying not to sound too surprised, “Oh, I don't think I can fit it in my bag…”

Take the hint, take the hint!

Hojo looked at Kagome's fit to bursting bag.

“Catching up on all your missed work, neh?”

“Oh, I'll just need to carry this,” Kagome said with a sigh, shouldering her pack as she reached for the bulky looking gift.

“I'll carry it and then I can walk you home, too,” Hojo said, following her with his gift under his arm, “Can you walk ok? You look like you have a bit of a limp,”

“I'm fine,” Kagome said keeping the smile on her face with a strain as they reached the shrine steps, “You don't need to walk all the way up the steps, Hojo-kun, I'll manage!”

“Oh, alright then,” Hojo smiled, “If you need any help for that test tomorrow, just let me know,”

“T-Test?” Kagome stuttered, her eyes widening, “What test?”

Hojo blinked. “Oh, that's right, your friends wouldn't have known- they don't take Biology, do they? We have our end of year assessment tomorrow,”

Kagome's heart thumped quickly.

Typical! I just cannot get a break can I?

“If I fail…” Kagome pressing her palms together, “Perhaps I can do a retake?”

“Ano…I don't think so, Higarashi-san! This is the one sensei's being talking about for a while- you know, if you don't pass, you fail the course?”

“Mou!” Kagome banged her head, “I knew this was coming! Baka Baka Baka!”

“Neh, Higarashi-san!” Hojo looked terrified, “Don't beat yourself up! It's not the end of the world!”

“I've got to go!” Kagome grabbed her bag, “See you, Hojo!”

 

 

“It is her, isn't it?” Mugoi peered from behind the tree trunk, her eyes narrowed.

“She's with another guy! He's just gave her a gift!”

Mugoi clenched her hand, her manicured nails digging into her palm.

“I knew it! She isn't good enough for Shuuichi-kun! He has to know about this!”

 

Kagome was out of breath by the time she reached the shrine, pounding up the stairs as fast as her legs could take her.

“Kagome!” Her grandpa looked up from his sweeping as she flew past, his carefully arranged leaf pile scattering around the schoolgirl in a kaleidoscope of amber and burnt brown.

“Gomen!” Kagome panted, “I can't stop!”

“Kagome!” Her mother met her on the stairs, her arms piled with laundry,

“Where's the fire?”

“No fire!” Kagome wheezed, “Exam. Study! Inuyasha?”

Luckily Mama was used to these out of breath rants, so she could reply.

“Souka. I'll get you some tea. No, Inuyasha hasn't visited,”

Well, there's once piece of good luck!

Kagome chucked down her bag, glancing at her pink clock.

“Seven!”

She fumbled through her assorted schoolbooks on the floor to find her biology textbook and notes.

“If only I had been in Biology today, I could have stayed behind and ask sensei for help!”

I know I could have asked Hojo-kun, but I'm really not in the mood to deal with him the now!
Kagome flipped through her textbook until she found the exam structure leaflet she had slipped in the pages as a reminder.

Note to self- make better reminders.

Ripping it out, Kagome groaned.

“Chapters 1 to 6? That's all the work we've covered this term! Ok, calm down! I'll just need to focus on the important points, and do some independent learning!”

Kagome exhaled, flipping to chapter one.

“Ok- nucleic acids and protein synthesis. I can do this!”

Kagome read the first paragraph, before leaning back in her chair, pulling at her hair.

“Endoplasmic reticulum- what the hell is the endoplasmic reticulum?!?”

 

 

After struggling for another five minutes, Kagome shut the textbook, tears forming in her eyes.

“Mou!”

I hate this! Why doesn't anything go right? I don't understand one word of this! I'm gonna fail and get kicked out of the class!

What with her rock bottom grades in maths already, Kagome knew if she failed this subject she would have to repeat the year.

What am I gonna do? Sensei will go mental if I fail- he's not the type to understand and anyway, he thinks I just bunk off, that I'm a waster!

Kagome sighed, her gaze falling on the beautiful plant on her desk. Her finger skimmed a perfect petal, and Kagome had the sudden urge to draw.

If only they could have let me take art this year instead of biology! Stupid timetables and their stupid columns!

Kagome watched in fascination as the petal seemed to react to her touch, curling slightly at the edges. The miko's eyes suddenly widened with a realisation.

“Kurama!”

Her grandpa grumbled as her granddaughter thundered past him to the phone, snatching the receiver out its cradle before sprinting up the stairs.

“Keh, is it out of fashion to walk anymore?”

 

 

Approximately a phone call and twenty minutes later, Kurama was leaning over the back of Kagome's chair, surveying the damage.

“Alright. 6 chapters. Four hours. Forty minutes per chapter. I think we can do it,”

“You have no idea how grateful I am, Kurama-kun!”

“Don't mention it. Let's get started”.

 

“So, in the Krebs Cycle each molecule of 2-carbon acetyl CoA combines with a 4-carbon compound present in the matrix of the mitochondrion- are you getting this, Kagome?”

“Huh? Oh, feel free to let me know when you start speaking Japanese again, Kurama-kun,”

“Kagome? Were you listening?”

“No, I admit it. I was plaiting your hair in my imagination.”

“Right, no more coffee for you,”

“Iiiiiiie!”

 

“Now, the last topic, inheritance, can be regarded as one of the harder ones, but really it's just based on simple maths…”

Kagome thumped her head on the table.

 

 

“Gomen, Kurama-kun! I just can't make it sink in! It would have to be the topic that contained maths that had the most exam marks, wouldn't it?!”

“You're nearly there! Let me think of explaining it another way,”

Kurama closed his eyes, massaging his thumping temples.

Well, at least now I know that I never want to be a teacher…

“Right, I have it!”

Kagome opened one bleary eye. “I know you have it, Kurama-kun, the problem is that it's me who hasn't. Me- the one who's sitting the exam!”

“Shh, and listen,” Kurama flipped over their pad of paper to a fresh page.

“Alright, let's draw Inuyasha's family tree. Now, say his mother had black hair and blue eyes…”

“Brown. She has brown eyes,”

“Alright. Black hair and brown eyes. His father, I'm guessing, had white hair and gold eyes. Now, when these two reproduce, the gold eyes gene is dominant, so Inuyasha has gold eyes. Likewise he has white hair. But from the punnet square we can see this isn't the only possibility…because…?”

“Fertilisation is a random process,” recited Kagome, stifling a yawn.

“Hai! See, you do get it!”

“Wait a minute,” Kagome flipped a few pages of the textbook back, to the diagram of the horse and donkey cross.

“I've just had a thought. If a horse and a donkey produce a sterile mule, then does that mean hanyou are sterile?”

“Well done!” Kurama smiled, “You really do get this now, don't you…”

He trailed off, seeing Kagome's bitten lip. Her eyes were swimming slightly, and he kneeled down so he was level with her on her chair.

“Kagome?”

“Gomen,” Kagome smiled sadly, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand,

“But, I never thought Inuyasha wouldn't be able to have kids…”

“Do you think he would want them?” Kurama asked.

“I…I don't know…” Kagome laughed after hiccupping. “I always imagined little Inuyashas running around, with cute puppy dog ears beating the crap out of their dad,”

Kurama patted her hand. “He might know. In fact, we could be wrong. Genetics isn't black and white. It's random, remember? Perhaps hanyou can reproduce. We're going by the textbook,”

“Un,” Kagome smiled, putting her fingers to her head,

“Are we finished now? I'm beat!”

“Just one more thing,” Kurama said, “I'll need to sit down to explain this one!”

“Sure,” Kagome got up, pushing Kurama into the chair before sitting in his lap,

“Go for it,”

Kurama blinked, his head thumping still, put the pain receding a little.

Must be the coffee consumption…

“Alright, now as well as complete dominance, you can get incomplete dominance…”

Kagome leaned against Kurama, battling to keep her eyes open as his pen sketched out various punnet squares on the page. She could feel his warmth all around her, and his hair tickled the back of her arms. Kagome let out a sigh of relief once Kurama had put the pen down, slumping further into his body.

“Thank Kami for that! You're a very good teacher though, Kurama-kun, I'm just exhausted!”

“You did well,” Kurama sat, unsure what to do, finally slipping an arm around Kagome's waist. She sighed deeply, snuggling into his shirt.

“Kagome?”

“Hmm?” The miko looked up at the kitsune avatar, her eyes half closed.

Kurama's free hand cupped her cheek, his thumb tracing her bottom lip gently.

“I think you should go to bed,”

Kagome smiled.

“Sure, if you come with me,”

Kagome winked, before getting up unsteadily, tidying her notes and leaving Kurama speechless. He knew it was only in jest, but the suggestion had still blown his mind.

“I guess I should go. I hope it goes well tomorrow,”

Kagome turned around, putting down her notes before giving him a hug.

“Arigato, again. I couldn't have done it without you,”

“Yoko says to remind you that's a total of two owed favours now,”

Kagome laughed with her arms still around Kurama's waist.

She's so beautiful when she laughs…

He supported her cheek in his hand again, stroking her skin which was warm to the touch.

Kurama brought his face closer to hers hesitatingly, as if in a question.

Oh just do it!

The kitsune had been surprisingly quiet all night, but now he couldn't stop himself. The prompt being what he need to hear, Kurama closed the distance with Kagome, holding the back of her head as she parted her lips in surprise. He was so much gentler than Yoko, letting her have time to pull away if she wanted. Kurama waited until she responded before touching his tongue with hers, his stomach swirling with the absolute pureness of her taste.

It only lasted a moment, but it was all he wanted.

“Good luck for tomorrow,”

Kagome nodded, unable to form the words of goodbye, instead choosing to watch him leave from her window before collapsing on her bed in much needed sleep.

 

 

Hope y'all enjoyed the little bio lesson there! Of course if any of you do biology at a more advanced level, please excuse my limited knowledge!

Well the reviews are going great! In total, from all the sites this is posted on, Not the Only One has 183 reviews! And this is only chapter 9! Arigato gozaimasu!

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Lol! Great sketches of the last scene! I laughed very much, especially at Kurama's “Hiei tried to kill you? Oh, that's normal!”- Which I had totally pictured in my head while writing the scene!

As for supermarket storming, it was of course to keep Kurama safe, but Kagome was also concerned for the innocent shoppers being confronted by a `vampire' youkai! I suspect Yoko will be very pleased with Kagome's conduct (he might even reward her, hehe!) though expect him to be a little pissed at his future self's pal that tried to kill her!

And just for you, my own little sketch of chp8!:

The door burst open to reveal an out-of-breath Kurama, who presently dropped his shopping to the floor.

“Bloody hell!” he yelled, jumping on one foot while holding the other. “How many cans of soup were in that bag?!?”

“Eh, Kurama?” Kagome asked, “Are you ok?”

“Hmm?” Kurama looked up, noticing Hiei lying on the floor, “Hiei, stop pretending to have fainted and get some ice on my toe!”

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