Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A Summer full of Wonders ❯ Day, 3: A Camping trip we will go ( Chapter 4 )

Okay, let’s go to the fifth chapter! I mean, why not, right? It could be a lot worse…I think. I’m not even sure where this is going…maybe I should just start the chapter.

Talking: “ “

Thinking: “ “

Mental speech: Italics

Notes: (X) Is pov change and or time jump

Notes2: Shadow lover is the name of the song. It’s a bard song from the Merceds lackey Last Herald mage series.

Warnings: It’s shonen ai, get over it.

Day, 3: A Camping trip we will go

Kurama yawned stretching as I slowly walked towards my house. “I feel horrible,” I muttered tiredly. I hadn’t got much sleep the night before.

“Who’d of though that you’d ever end up in jail,” Yusuke laughed.

I turned my head slowly to stare at him.

“Yusuke, shut up,” I snapped before heading back to my house again. I wasn’t in the mood to hear his jokes; all I wanted was my bed and a shower.

“Hey, sorry,” he said placing his hand on my shoulder. “Hey, about you and Hiei--”

Before he could even react I turned around and punched him in the face. I was shocked to see Yusuke hit and then slam into the ground, blood trickling down his jaw. I quickly took a step back.

“Yusuke I, I didn’t mean too!” I tried to explain, but I knew it wasn’t going to work. “Just shut up about all of this! Hiei hates me and I don’t want to make our missions any harder than it already is! “He looked utterly fearful of me now and so I muttered an apology and ran towards my house as fast as I could slamming the door shut behind me. Leaning against the door taking in slow breaths the reality of my words began to sink in. “Hiei hates me….” ‘But it’s not like he ever liked me that much to begin with,’ I reminded myself.

“Hey, we got an idea on how teh clean yer house Kitsune.”

I looked up blinking seeing both Jin and Touya standing in front of me.

‘Who else would be here?’

They were holding my mother’s vacuum for some reason.

“Ye see we just use this thingy here and it should suck up all the popcorn!” Jin said as if it was the most amazing device ever invented. He turned on the vacuum and started sucking up all the popcorn. Six vacuum bags later my house was finally freed of the popcorn. “Ye see Kitsune! All cleaned up!”

“I see,” I said smiling wearily. Jin smiled back at me and dropped his arm around my shoulder. ‘Is this a normal thing now? Am I really so stressed out that everyone feels the need to keep comforting me time and time again?’

“Now ye can go campin with us!” Jin shouted releasing me and jumping around the room. “We’re goin teh do bunch ‘o stuff just ye wait Kitsune!”

“I umm actually I didn’t get much sleep last night,” I said frowning hoping they’d completely drop this. I had never had any intentions of going camping with them and I honestly didn’t want to go. “So, I’m just going to go to be--”

“Bah,” Jin shrugged. “Ye get some sleep now. Touya and I will wait for yet to wake up. See, problem solved,” the wind demon said proud of his problem solving ability.

“Alright, then we’ll go camping,” I said weakly knowing I was once again going to be forced one way or another. I started up the steps, but stopped short and stared at them. “Please don’t destroy my house.” They just smiled at me nodding and I decided if they destroyed it while I was asleep, as long as they managed to kill me in the process I didn’t care at this point.

I walked into my room and locked the door behind me. ‘Not that it will do any good if they get impatient. Jin will just have Touya make a key or blow my door down,’ I thought taking the diary out of my pocket. I placed it on top of my desk well aware that putting it in the drawer and locking it was utterly pointless for the time being. ‘I can take a shower after I get a nap in…’ Yawning I got onto my bed and passed out. (X)  

“Damn he can hit hard when he wants to,” I scowled rubbing my jaw. ‘At least the bleeding stopped.’ I got to my feet staggering the first few steps and began my way towards Kurama’s house. When I finally managed to get to his house I started banging on his door. “KURAMA! COME ON OPEN THE DOOR! HIEI DOESN’T HATE YOU HE--” The door opened before I could yell anymore.

“Thought I heard you yellin Urameshi,” Jin said grinning from inside the house.

“Jin?! What are you doing here?!” I asked utterly shocked. He was the last red head I had expected to be answering Kurama’s door.

“Touya and me just waitin fer Kurama to get up so we can go campin,” he said his ears going pointed. “I can’t wait!”

‘They’re going camping? This gives me an idea.’

“Camping?” I asked curiously.

“Yep!” he said so loudly Touya came up behind him.

“Yusuke,” he said pleasantly.

“Hey, do you care if I come?” I asked hoping Kurama wouldn’t hear. I had a feeling if he knew I was trying to barge in on their trip he’d run.

“Sure, we’re leavin tonight so ye better get ready,” Jin said handing me a vacuum bag filled to the top with something. Without a word he shut the door, but I put my hand in front of it quickly shoving it back. “Wait!”

“What?” Jin asked staring at the door. He didn’t seem to understand why it wasn’t closing.

“I got two questions for you,” I said quickly.

Jin let go of the door and grinned at me.

“Well, what be yer questions then?” He asked as if this were some kind of challenge.

“First off, can I bring Hiei along?”

Jin’s ears seemed to go more pointed then before.

“Sure ye can! Why didn’t we think of that ourselves Touya?” He asked the ice demon.

“Because Hiei has our deaths already planned out and wants to skin us alive and then give our corpses to Kurama as a present.”

“Oh…right,” Jin said laughing before he looked back at me. “What’s yer other question?”

I held up the vacuum bag.

“What’s in this thing?” I asked seriously trying to hold mask any worry I had.

“Popcorn,” Jin said shutting the door in my face.

“Popcorn?” I asked blinking my gaze still fixed on the door. I shrugged it off a few seconds later and started going down the street. “Maybe Hiei’s hungry,” I muttered heading to my house. (X)

I watched the lightning flash through the sky. I was standing all alone by a forest, but I wasn’t sure of which one it was. Somewhere, someone was singing a song, but I couldn’t tell who it was. The only thing I was sure of was the words of the song that were drifting smoothly through the air towards me. How beautiful they were and comforting.

Shadow-lover never seen by day

Only deep in dreams do you appear

‘Who is that?’ I wondered subconsciously running my hand through my red hair. I pulled out one of my rose seeds just in case I had to fight, but somehow I doubted it would come to that. At the very least I wouldn’t be fighting the singer.

Wisdom tells me I should stay away

Love of mist and shadows all unclear

‘I know that voice, I’ve heard it before…somewhere…but who was it?’ I needed to know who it was, they were calling for me.

Nothing can I hold of you, but thought

Shadow-Lover mist and twilight wrought

I began walking down a path staring my ears so I could follow the voice. I had to find them; I wasn’t going to be left alone in this dreary wood alone. I didn’t deserve to be abandoned.

Shadow-Lover, comfort me in pain

Love although I never see your face

I came to a clearing where two cloaked figures were sitting next to a campfire. One of them turned to the other, a few words were shared and the second one stood up and walked away. My curiosity caught I started towards the campfire.

All who’d have me fear you speak in vain

Never would I shrink from your embrace

The first figure remained by the fire, their gaze now fixed on me as I closed the distance between us. I knew I had to get near and without thinking I dropped to my knees and hugged them, the figure hugging me back.

‘Hiei?’

Shadow-lover, gentle is your hand

Never could another understand

The figure let got of me gently and removed the hood from the cloak revealing their identity.

“BOTAN?!” I screamed falling back onto my behind.

“Where were you expecting, the grim reaper?” She asked laughing.

“No,” I said looking away from her. At this point the other cloaked figure had come back, his cloak hood already removed. “Yusuke?!”

“What? Expecting one of us to be Hiei?” Yusuke asked laughing insanely. (X)  

Hiei sat up in complete darkness, lighting flashing across the sky outside. The rain was already pouring down loudly and it took him a few moments to gather himself.

”Shadow-Lover sooth me when I mourn, mourn for all those who have left me here alone. When my grief is too much to be borne, when my burdens crushing great have grown. Shadow-lover I cannot forget, help me bear the burdens I have yet,” I finished the song closing my eyes.

‘No one really needs to see me like this.’ I was sitting under the windowsill in Kurama’s room hugging my knees while finishing up the song. ‘They’d think I’ve gone mad. Well I suppose I sort of have.’ I heard movements again and then something wrapped their arms around me. I froze instantly unsure of what was going on. ‘Who in all the three worlds?!” My eyes finally adjusted I looked at the figure. “Kurama?”

He placed a finger in front of my lips smiling and shushed me.

“It’s okay Hiei. I’ll take care of you just like all the others,” he said seductively.

‘All the others…?’

“One night of fun and in the morning, death,” He said laughing. (X)  

Hiei woke up screaming. I looked around and saw that the things that were actually wrapped around me was in fact one of Kurama’s plants.

‘I must of fallen asleep waiting for Kurama.’ I heard someone scream my name, but was too much asleep to figure out who it was. Suddenly as if things weren’t bad enough the plants rose up into the air taking me with them.

“Hiei! Are you alright?!” I stared at him blinking as Kurama franticly began untangling the rose vines from around my body. “Hiei answer me! Say something please!” I shook my head snapping myself back into reality. “Hiei please!” I managed to get my gaze to remain focused on him.

“Kurama, what were those things?” I asked staring at some of the vines he’d removed. They were still as high as the window, but they were now outside of it, safely away from me.

Kurama let out a sigh in relief and he fell to his knees hugging me. My muscles tensed at his touch against my will.

“Hiei those plants could have killed you! Why were you attacking them?” He asked.

I didn’t care if he was mad at the moment though. I started relaxing in his arms, something I was not used to at all.

“I wasn’t, I fell asleep smelling them,” I lied. ‘I hope he buys that.’

All of a sudden Kurama let go of me and ran to his bed leaving me standing there. He sat there on his bed his head lowered.

“I’m sorry Hiei, I didn’t mean to,” he said quietly.

“Kurama.”

He looked up at me his scent clearly mixed with fear. ‘Is he really that scared of me?’ I took a step towards him, but his door opened completely ruining the moment.

“So ye are up Kitsune!” Jin said. (X)  

“So ye are up Kitsune!” Jin said.

I wished Jin would go back downstairs now and was tempted to shove him out the door. ‘Hiei was going to tell me something, I know it. And they just had to ruin it,’ I mentally growled. I forced a smile looking up at Jin, Touya, and shockingly enough, Yusuke, all of whom were smiling back at me.

“Ready to go?” I asked everyone forcing as much cheerfulness as I could into my voice. Hiei seemed to have notice how forced my happiness was, because he backed away from me.

The others nodded in ignorance.

“Next time at least tell us you’re going to sleep in Kurama’s room Hiei. I was looking for you everywhere,” Yusuke said shaking his head. “You’re a really hard guy to track down.”

“Shut up Yusuke,” Hiei growled.

“Come on, you’re going camping with us.”

“And why would I do such a thing?” Hiei demanded his eyes narrowing.

The two of them fighting I decided to take advantage of the moment and slipped pass them to my desk. I grabbed my diary off the desk and placed it into my pocket before anyone could notice. The last thing I needed was for Hiei to see it and run off with it.

“Hiei, if you wish you can use my room while I’m gone,” I said genuinely happy. “I heard it’s supposed to rain--” A clash of thunder. “Like it is now…so you can stay dry in here.”

“You’re going with Kurama?” He asked my curiously completely ignoring Yusuke’s taunts.

“Yes, I need some time to…clear my head.” I mentally smiled to myself when Hiei let out a sigh and walked over to me.

“Well Kurama if you’re going to be clearing your head then you really won’t be on guard will you? I’ll go along to make sure you don’t get yourself killed, but don’t think I’ll be watching your every move. If you happen to screw up when I’m not looking it’s your own fault,” he said coldly.

“Thank you Hiei,” I said.

“Hn,” he said snorting.

“Great! So everyone get packed,” Yusuke said shoving everyone out of my room, but myself. (X)

A few hours later we, well everyone, but Hiei and me were sitting around a campfire. The rain had finally stopped for the time being. I was sitting under a tree, Hiei sitting in the tree I was under. I took out a flashlight and opened up my diary determined to write a new entry in it. ’Time to catch up on a few things.’

Dear Diary:

I at least now know that Hiei doesn’t want me dead, to a point anyway. But I can’t help, but think that he doesn’t want me dead so he can kill me himself. I’m probably just paranoid, but who really knows. I felt like crying half way here (I’m currently camping right now with Yusuke, Jin, Touya, and somehow Hiei.) I had fallen and Hiei did not only walk right past me letting me hang on for my life on the side of a cliff, but had in fact tried to make me let go. So yes, I think I’m going to sleep outside of camp tonight.

I do have to wonder if I let him kill me if he’d truly be happy for once. Wouldn’t that be worth my life? My life for someone else’s happiness, especially for Hiei’s happiness? I don’t know what to do. If I die my mother will be saddened, but it’s impossible for me to choose who I love more. But, I figure if Hiei does not attack me there’s no way I would be able to attack him back. There’s no way I could ever hurt him. I do believe that Hiei will not be one to give me a quick and painle--”

“Kurama, turn that damn thing off.”

I looked up at Hiei who was squinting down at me due to the light.

“Sorry Hiei. Give me one moment,” I said hurrying up my entry.

Painless death…no he will make sure I suffer through every bit and maybe…just maybe I deserve each bit of that punishment.

I turned the light off and stood up to stretch. Letting out a sigh I looked up in the direction that I knew Hiei was sitting in.

“Well I’m going to bed now, good night Hiei,” I said walking over to the camp fire and grabbing my sleeping bag. Everyone else seemed to be doing something else so it was quite easy to slip off without being noticed and make it into a far darker part of the woods. ‘I’ll just hide myself somewhere Hiei won’t think to look. Let’s see…I know. There was a small clearing not to far back, I could sleep there tonight.’

When I managed to get to the clearing I dropped my sleeping bag onto the ground and climbed into it.

Hiei hadn’t told me goodnight back, I wasn’t sure if he hadn’t heard me or if he was just ignoring me. I had the feeling deep in my gut that I wouldn’t be waking up in the morning, but I couldn’t understand why. My feelings were usually right, but it didn’t seem like it was going to turn out the way I thought it would either. Frowning I just closed my eyes and tried to get myself to fall back asleep. (TBC)  

And there ends day 3! Wohoo I’m one step closer to being done! Lol not really. Onward to chapter 5!!