Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Everyday Life? ❯ Surprises All Around ( Chapter 4 )

Everyday Life?

Chapter Four: Surprises All Around

-Two Weeks Later-

Knock, knock, knock!

"Hiei, can you get that?" Robin called from the bathroom, where she was trying to make sense of her too curly hair before it dried. "Damn unruly ningen hair…"

"Do I have to?" he asked, looking up from polishing his katana.

"Hai," she responded curtly, pulling on a black headband to hold the burgundy locks out of her face. "I'm busy."

"Damn," he said and got up, heading towards the door.

The knocks had now escaladed to repeated buzzes from the doorbell. "Coming, coming…"

-Outside the house-

"Judy…I think they hear you…' Kurama said with a sweat drop.

"If they're not at the door, they didn't hear me!!' Judy turned around and said to the fox.

"Yes, they did."

"No, they didn't!"

"They did!"

"If they did, then why aren't they here?!!"

"They're probably busy!!"

"They didn't hear!!"

"Yes, they did!!"

Unnoticed after he opened the door two minutes ago, Hiei simply watched and sweat dropped as the argument continued in this fashion. He turned and called to the demoness who had just finished with her hair, "It's Judy and Kurama."

Robin raised an eyebrow and walked over to the door, stopping when she saw the two still obliviously arguing. "Idiots." She said with bead eyes as the fight escalated to big heads.

-An Hour Later-

"Popcorn?" Hiei asked as they watched the highly entertaining fight.

"Thanks," she popped a few kernels into her mouth. "Think we should stop them?"

"Yah, I'm getting a little bored," Hiei replied.

"Judy! Kurama!" Robin yelled, drawing their attention. She crossed her arms and raised her eyebrow, "Do you think you could stop arguing long enough to tell us what you two want?"

"Ahh…" Kurama said, sweat dropping, "Sorry."

"Yeah, you should be," Judy said, "It was your fault anyway."

"No it wasn't," Kurama replied.

"Yes, it was."

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"ENOUGH!!!!" Robin screeched, "What the hell do you two want!?" Her eyebrow twitched in annoyance.

"Sorry, sorry…" Judy said, raising her hands, "Peace…" She grinned, "I just wanted to see if you two wanted to go out. We were bored and decided to take a plane here last night."

"In that case, sure." Robin said, her brow furrowing, "If you wanted to get together, why didn't you just IM me? We could have come through the Makai."

"I wanted to surprise you," Judy said holding four tickets in her hand, "I got us tickets to see `The Phantom of the Opera.'"

"Oh Judy!" Robin grabbed her friend in a hug, "You're so sweet!"

Meanwhile, the two demons had gone back inside and were making out on the couch.

"Firefly," Kurama said, pulling away, "I missed you so much!"

Hiei pulled the fox back down for another kiss, "I missed you too, kitsune."

The fox snuggled into his lover's arms, "What do you say we ditch the girls and have a little fun?"

"Oh no," Judy said, grabbing Kurama's ear. "You are coming to the show with us." She pulled him off of the fire demon.

"You too, Hi-chan," Robin said, assisting the demon up. "You'll enjoy it, you can lurk in the shadows."

-New York City-

"Oh that was so sad!!" Kurama cried, holding his lover's hand.

"That poor man," Judy said as they walked through the crowded streets of the city.

"Hn," Robin said, leading them down the busy street towards Penn Station.

"Hiei, didn't you think it was sad?" Judy asked the demon.

"No," he said, looking at the ningen.

She turned to Robin, "Did you think it was sad?"

"No," she said, "Things like that happen all too often in the Makai. It becomes something you get used to."

Kurama shook his head, "You two are such demons…"

"Hn…" Hiei said following Robin into the alleyway behind the train station. The alleyway was too narrow to allow them to stand side by side, so they walked in a series. Robin was in front, Hiei followed her, then Judy, and Kurama took up the rear.

"I don't see what the problem with that is…" Robin said, glancing over her shoulder before continuing on their path. A cloud passed overhead, plunging the alleyway into pitch darkness. "Damn cloud…" she muttered before continuing her rant, "After all…you were once a demon too-" She stopped suddenly with a gasp.

Hiei ran into her, "What the hell?" He took a step back and glanced nervously towards Kurama's aura. "Robin…?"

The cloud drifted away from the sun, lighting the alleyway once more.

"Robin!!" Judy cried when the light allowed them to see the reason why she had stopped. Her hands flew to cover her mouth.

A demon completely clad in black stood in front of their friend, and they were horrified to see the last six-or-so inches of a blood-covered blade jutting from her back. The strange demon smiled and roughly pushed her off the blade.

"Ah…!" Robin softly cried out as Hiei rushed forward to catch her. After flicking his gaze quickly over her face, the dark-haired demon glanced up at the stranger and growled dangerously. The stranger tipped his hat and turned to flee.

"Bastard!!" Kurama jumped over Hiei and the wincing demoness in his arms. "Rose whip!!" His whip wrapped around the demon, effectively trapping him there.

"How dare you hurt my friend!!" Judy called out, setting an arrow in her Spirit Bow. She powered the arrow with a hefty amount of ki, and sent it flying.

The two had apparently been training together, because Kurama let go of the demon, twisting the whip just enough to ensure the arrow would hit the demon's heart. But to their dismay, the arrow bounced helplessly off of the demon's still-bloody sword, moved just in time to protect him.

Once more he turned and tried to flee, but a wall of plants Kurama had grown the instant the attack had failed blocked his path this time.

"You aren't going anywhere!!" Judy said, tears slipping down her face, "At least not alive!!" She wiped the tears away angrily. "I'll make sure of that."

The youkai glanced around nervously, looking for any way to escape that he could. Seeing there was no way to escape, he decided to cause them as much pain as possible.

He brought the bloody blade of his sword in front of his face, dragging his tongue along the flat of the blade. He smiled, licking his lips, "Nice and sweet…too bad she's gonna die…" He laughed, "She would have made a nice pet."

Kurama knew very well what he meant by his use of the word "pet." He felt his rage grow. He glanced over to where his lover still held Robin. She gasped weakly as Hiei shifted her to better see where the sword had pierced her flesh. Hiei's face was grim as he looked up, meeting Kurama's gaze briefly. It slipped back to the demoness' pallid face as she groaned and slipped out of consciousness.

Kurama's red hair bled into silver as he shifted to his youkai form. Judy watched as he turned into the legendary thief she had heard all about during her short stay in the Reikai prison. The stranger froze in horrified fear as Youko Kurama gazed at him with contempt.

Kurama didn't know why he was so mad about the demon he barely knew being wounded. True, he considered her a friend, but he hadn't felt this mad since the last time Hiei had been ambushed and wounded. But he wasn't about to question what was bringing him strength. He would have time to ponder it later.

He gently shifted through his silver locks and pulled out a seed. He turned his gaze to the ningen beside him, "Judy, would you give me a hand?"

Judy nodded, speechless. He was so different when he was Youko. So much more…commanding. His very voice sent chills down her spine, and the cold look in his eyes chilled her to the bone.

He took one of her arrows and fixed the seed on the tip. "Just fire that at him, I'll take care of the rest." His gaze returned to the demon, and he pinned the kisama with his icy glare.

"Now!"

Judy loosed the arrow and it flew with fatal precision directly to the stranger's heart. Kurama sent his youki into the seed the precise instant it struck the demon's chest. The flesh-eating plant set to its work of painfully killing the creature.

He glared once more at the demon, and then the plant's vines blocked him from viewing the youkai's twisted face.

"May your soul rot in the deepest pit of hell," Youko said before returning to his human form.

By now, Judy had rushed over to her friend's side. Tears now flowed freely as she gripped Robin's limp hand. She was squeezing it tightly and pleading for her best friend to wake up.

Hiei's eyes were closed, Kurama noted. He had removed his bandanna and was looking at the demoness through his Jagan. As Kurama approached, Hiei looked up.

"How does it look?" Kurama asked, but he knew it was going to be a grim prognosis.

Hiei shook his head, "Not good." He turned his gaze back towards the now-unconscious demon. "She needs to be treated. Now. She's losing youki fast." Hiei quickly put his bandanna back on, and then stood, still cradling the demoness in his arms.

Judy rose and reluctantly let go of Robin's hand. "But where?"

"To Japan," Kurama suggested, "Yukina should be able to help."

Hiei shook his head, "Not enough time."

"To the Makai, then," Kurama said, "We'll go to my territory. I'll do my best to get her stable, then we'll take her to Japan."

"Very well," Hiei shifted Robin in his arms, "Let's go."

With that, Judy opened a portal and they left for Kurama's territory.

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