Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Double Trouble ❯ Chapter 8

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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Chapter 8


"Come on Shiroi!" Naoru exclaimed. "You have to come out and eat!" She banged on the door, but she got no reply. She glared down at Hiei. "How could you let this happen?"


"Me let this happen?" Hiei asked. "I didn't expect her to lock the door behind me when I left!" He glared back, "I could break the door down if that's what you want."


"No thanks," Naoru grumbled. She banged on the door again, "Shiroi come out now!"


Hikori walked up, "I think I know how to open the door."


"How Naoru asked.


Hikori pulled his old school ID out of his wallet. He bent over and slipped the card between the door and the frame. After much fumbling, he gave up. "Is there a dead bolt on this thing?"


"No," Naoru answered.


"I wouldn't be surprised if Shiroi made one," Hiei said. The three groaned.


"This is hopeless," Naoru sighed. "Well, I need to gather herbs."


"I'm going with you then," Raimeihi said at the end of the hallway. "With the traders here it's more likely that a group of bandits will show up."


"You have students coming soon," Naoru said. "You have to teach. I want Hiei to keep trying to get Shiroi out." She looked down at Hiei, who rolled his eyes and leaned against the door.


"I'll go," Hikori offered. "I think I can hold bandits, at least, long enough until help comes."


"I want to come," Kaika said as she tugged on her brother's pant leg.


"I guess you can come," Naoru said. "Can you go and get my basket for me?"


"Yeah!" Kaika ran past and into Naoru workroom. She emerged a moment later with a basket and held it up to Naoru.


"Thank you Kaika," Naoru said. "Okay, let's go." She turned to Hiei and
Raimeihi. "I want you two to try getting Shiroi out while we're gone."


Raimeihi sighed. "We'll try." He looked at Hiei as they left, "So what do you think we should do?"


"If I had my way I'd break the door down," Hiei said. "But I can't have my way."


"Hmm," Raimeihi reached for something in the inside of his jacket. "Here," he said, holding out a lock pick, "Try this."


Hiei looked at the lock pick. "Why should I trust you?"


Raimeihi sighed, "Do you want me to do it?"


Hiei glared and snatched the pick from him. He put the pick in the lock worked it around.


Raimeihi watched, and then started hearing static pops and looked around. He started to smell charred fabric and looked down at Hiei. The smaller demon looked like a bolt of lightening had shocked him. "Are you okay?"


Hiei coughed and looked up at him, "I'm fine," he muttered. "Want to give it a try?" He held up the lock pick. He would love to see Raimeihi get fried.


"No thanks," Raimeihi answered as he held up his hands. "I'd rather not feel that."


Hiei made a face at him, and then at the lock. "Why must you do this Shiroi?"


-Because I don't want to come out and I'm not hungry, - came Shiroi's reply.


Hiei glared. -You need to come out and eat, - he said sternly.


-Make me, - Shiroi challenged.


-Gladly, - Hiei accepted. He already had an idea forming in his head. He looked at Raimeihi, "When are those kids due here?"


"Huh?" Raimeihi asked. "Uh, pretty soon. Why?"


"Shiroi would never shock a child," Hiei answered.


Raimeihi blinked, and then started laughing. "That will probably work."


-I hate you, - Shiroi growled to Hiei.


-I love you too, - Hiei smirked. -You'll thank me later. -


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About ten minutes later Raimeihi's students arrived.


"I need you guys to help me with something," Raimeihi said. "I know this isn't what we usually do, but I need your help."


"How can we help you?" one child asked.


"I need one of you to pick a lock for me," Raimeihi answered.


"But you can pick locks lots better then us Mr. Raimeihi," said another.


"True, but inside the room I'm trying to open is someone that electrically shocks adults if they try to unlock it. The one inside would never shock a child." Raimeihi answered.


"I want to try," said the first student.


"Okay," Raimeihi said as he handed the child the lock pick. "Hiei is standing by the door we need open. Go on."


The child looked down the hall to see Hiei leaning against the wall next to the door. The boy hesitated.


"He won't bite," Raimeihi whispered into the boy's ear.


-Much, - came a taunting voice in Raimeihi's mind.


-I'm shocked, - Raimeihi sent to Shiroi. -You spoke to me. -


-Don't get emotional over it, - Shiroi said. -It's not going to be regular. -


-If you say so, - Raimeihi said. He watched as the boy attempted to unlock the door. He wasn't surprised when he gave up only after a minute.


"This is too hard," the boy said.


"Lemme try," said another boy. He took the pick and started poking inside the lock, but it ended with the same result. "This is impossible."


-You manipulated the lock didn't you? - Hiei asked Shiroi.


-No, - Shiroi answered. -Children just have short attention spans. I thought you knew that by now. -


-Luck is on your side for now, - Hiei grumbled. -We'll get that door open; you just wait. -


-I will be, - Shiroi smirked.


"I'll do it," said another boy. He looked rather bored. He took the lock pick and inserted it into the lock. After a few seconds the lock clicked.


"That was fast," Raimeihi said as Hiei opened the door just enough to get his foot in. "Why don't you guys go out and start stretching, I'll be out in a few minutes."


"Yes sir," the boys said, and went outside.


"So who unlocked the door," Shiroi grumbled from where she sat on her bed.


"Takken's youngest," Raimeihi answered as Hiei opened the door. "I don't expect you to be surprised."


"I'm not," Shiroi said, and glared at Hiei as he came in.


"If you want to start a glaring contest then I'll gladly face you," Hiei said. "But you won't win."


"I'll let you two do that," Raimeihi said as he closed the door.


Shiroi looked away from Hiei. "Why are you doing this Shiroi?" he asked. "You're so worried about it not growing, and yet here you are refusing to eat."


"I'm just not feeling well," Shiroi said as she turned on to her side, her back to him.


"You're past the morning sickness stage," Hiei said. "You weren't even sick during that duration."


"I don't know what this is," Shiroi said. She didn't sound very worried, but she did sound down.


Hiei sat down next to her. He reached out to touch her arm, but her voice stopped him.


"Do you still not want it?" she asked.


Hiei was silent for a moment, "It's growing on me, even if it hasn't gotten any bigger." He rested his hand on her abdomen. "Yes, I do want it."


Shiroi sat up, "You really mean that?" Hiei nodded. She smiled and hugged him tightly.


Hiei returned the embrace, "Come on, you need to eat." Shiroi grumbled, but got up and did as she was told.


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Down near the river, Naoru was gathering herbs and plants. Hikori stood back and watched as Kaika tried to help.


"These?" Kaika asked as she pulled up a plant by its roots.


"That's the one Kaika," Naoru said. "But try and take only the leaves. If you pull up all the plants, no more will grow."


"Oh," Kaika said.


Hikori laughed as his little sister tried to help. Shiroi had said that Kaika had healing abilities in her, so he guessed the sooner she started to learn the better healer she would be.


He was so caught up in watching that he almost missed the rustling of bushes behind him. He turned around to see a hoard of fifty bandits appear from the trees. "Naoru..." he said as he took a step back.


Naoru looked up and gasped. She grabbed Kaika and pulled her close. "Hikori!" she yelled.


Hikori held his staff in defense position. He knew he couldn't protect Naoru and Kaika from fifty bandits, but what else could he do?


"Hah, look at him," said on one of the bandits. "He thinks he can take us on."


Hikori gulped, but then suddenly felt a familiar burning anger inside him. Before he could act, it emerged and struck.


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Shiroi reclined on her bed as he sat next to her. "Happy now?" she asked.


"For now," Hiei answered. He leaned over to kiss her, only to be overcome by a wave of demon energy. "Hikori," he said as he sat up. Shiroi was up too, and they both ran out of the room.


ooo


Hikori's demonic powers had emerged. He faced the hoard of bandits, whom were unaware of what had happened.


"Let's get him boys!" The leader of the hoard yelled. The rest roared in agreement and charged Hikori.


Naoru held Kaika and watched as the battle unfolded. Hikori had the advantage, but the bandits refused to give up. "This is a slaughter...." she whispered. "I don't think Hikori even knows what he's doing."


"I'm scared," Kaika whimpered. "Hikori look's scary."


"He won't hurt us," Naoru told her. (I hope,) she thought silently. Just happened to look up in time to watched Hikori decapitate two demons at once. She gulped and held on tightly to Kaika. Soon, even she was unable to watch, and she looked away from the gruesome battle.


ooo


Hikori came to himself after what seemed like dream. He'd been fighting bandits, lots of bandits. He looked down and saw a body in front of him, several bodies in fact. He gasped and stepped back. His foot landed on another body. He looked around frantically, seeing bodies everywhere.


"What happened?" he asked. He looked at his staff; it was covered with blood and gore. He looked his hand and front; they were covered with the same stuff. "What have I done?" He was trembling. He looked behind where Kaika and Naoru were. Kaika was huddled in Naoru's embrace, while the older woman looked at him in disbelief.


"Did I do this?" he asked.


Naoru nodded, "All of it." She looked sick and afraid.


"Naoru! Kaika! Hikori!"


Hikori looked up to see Raimeihi and his parents running toward them. Suddenly he remembered something. Not long after his mother had been brought back to life, she and Hiei had told him something that he had hoped would never happen. They had told him if he ever lost control of his demonic powers, they would be responsible for dealing with him. Dealing with him, by means of killing him.


He went cold. He looked at his parents. He didn't know if the same thought was going through their heads, but he really didn't want to wait and find out. He didn't want to die, so he went with the first instinct that hit him.


Run.


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Author's Note: Hehe, definitely a better chapter then last time. I like the cliffhanger, it keeps you all guessing. I'll try and get the next chapter up soon. Review me and tell me what you think.