Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Altered Reflections ❯ Chapter 5: The Great Hiei Swap - part 1 ( Chapter 5 )

Altered Reflection

- Chapter Five -

The Great Hiei Swap

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Mirror Realm

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"Hiei, NO!"

In a sienna hued blur, Keiko was across the office and beside the atonished fire demon, snatching the sword from his slackened grasp. Botan breathed a sigh of relief before realizing she was still plastered against Koenma. She leapt back instantly, a blush quickly coming over her face. Meanwhile, Hiei and Keiko were faced off a few feet away.

~Such speed, it could rival my own.~ Hiei thought, ~But... how can this be if she is human?~

'It's because I'm *not* human, Baka!'

Hiei blinked in surprise when he heard Keiko's voice inside his head, answering him telepathically.

~You are a demon?~

'Yes, a fire demon to be exact. I'm also your mate.'

Hiei narrowed his eyes in suspicion and spun around to the once again chibi-fied Botan.

"What in the seven hells is going *on* here!?" A thoroughly confused and highly pissed Hiei raged.

Chibi Botan cleared her throat before hopping back onto her desk. She then turned to address the group. "Something strange has occured here," she began.

"You got that right." Yusuke muttered, earning himself a glare from the blue-haired mini princess.

"Yusuke, if you would, kindly shut up. I am speaking now." Clearing her throat, Botan then continued, "Now Hiei, why don't you start from the beginning."

"Hn." The fire demon nodded. "The last thing that I remember being normal was when we were fighting the Rikuwaki demons that Koenma sent us out to find. Everything and *everyone* was as they should have been." The emphasis on everyone was only added to by the heated gaze the fire apparition shot toward Youko and Keiko. "We had almost beaten them when- " Hiei cut off abruptly as his eyes widened the slightest bit in realization. "The portal..."

"The portal... of *course*!" The lavender eyed demoness beside him spoke. "There was a portal which opened up, emitting an impenetrable force-field around us." Keiko continued the tale even as she felt her supposed mate's dawning gaze fall upon her. "We couldn't escape, and then the energy bolts emerged. It was as if they were purposefully aiming for us. One actually almost caught me, but..." here, Keiko's gaze met Hiei's ever widening eyes. "Hiei saved me. He threw himself on top of me to shield me from the blast."

"Impossible. The energy bolt directed itself toward me specifically. You were not even there." Hiei attempted to argue once again, but was interrupted by the thoughtful voice of the Reikai princess.

"It appears that we have a situation." Chibi Botan spoke, "It seems, that if *this* Hiei is here... then *our* Hiei must be someplace else. Possibly another deminsion..."

"What? Oh, that's terrible!" Keiko exclaimed, her eyes saddening as she continued to stare at Hiei. A look which caused the fire demon to grow uncomfortable by the moment. That expression on her face... it caused a peculiar urge to rise within him. The urge to take her into his arms. To comfort her as he would a loved one.

Why did he feel this strange urge to comfort this demoness? 'No... Yusuke's woman', his mind insisted. But... *She* had insisted that they were mated, but... that was impossible. He had no use for a mate, had no desire for one either. Then why was it that he felt this way? Could it be that his alter ego's atmosphere was infecting him in some way...? But his other self had gone to his deminsion! Hiei shook off the random thoughts. He would not touch her, if for no other reason then for the fact that she resembled Yusuke's Keiko too much.

Hiei turned his attention to the remaining two males in the room. The silver form of Youko Kurama stood, eyeing his friend's look-a-like, much like his red headed counterpart would have done. Hiei barely restrained a smirk. Well, at least some things hadn't changed.

'I bet he doesn't know what to think; I bet no one knows what to think.' Hiei smirked to himself. He did like to surprise people, and it was nice to have the upper hand over his sometimes friend, sometimes rival, for once.

Turning back to the tiny Botan, Hiei growled, "What do you plan on doing to fix this? I have no intentions on staying here, send me back to my realm now!"

Botan's pink eyes, filled with worry, stood out against her chibi-fied features. "I'm sorry, Hiei. But I'm afraid it'll take some time to figure out exactly what happened. Now, don't do anything rash!" she added quickly, seeing the fire demon's eyes narrow even further, "You will get sent back, I promise. But for now, it seems you're stuck here, and you'll have to make the best of it."

"How?" Was Hiei's growled remark.

Botan smiled slightly, "Well, for one thing, I have no other choice but to put you under supervision until we can get this sorted out. So, from this moment on, consider yourself in Keiko's care."

Hiei's narrowed eyes widened in shock.

"What?!"

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Author's Note: I am soooo sorry to keep everyone waiting, forgive me, please! And I'm sorry for the shortness of the chapter, but I'm thinking of categorizing each chapter as a scene set in each realm. So, since this chapter was set in the mirror realm, the next one will be what happens in the natural one. I hope you guys forgive me for the long wait, but I pomise I'll update soon. Hopefully, my inspiration won't die out on me again!

Rose aka Buffybot76