Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Hiei One Half ❯ Chapter 4

Dates and Video Games

By Beautiful Dreamer1

Kurama was walking alone from school that afternoon. Again, his mind kept returning to one subject as he traveled down the sidewalk...Hiei. The moment after they first met, they always had each other's back. Kurama could even count the number of arguments they had on one hand. A month ago, Kurama would have declared that no two people could ever have been closer than himself and Hiei even though their personalities were different. However, the differences were very minor such as Hiei avoided human contact as much as possible. While Kurama thrived in it; most of the time. Despite little things like that, they were oddly so much alike.

"Shuuchi. Hold on." Maya's called out from behind Kurama.

"Hello, Maya. I thought you'd be at one of the after school clubs." Kurama waited for the girl to catch up to him.

"The meeting is cancelled today... And since the meeting is off. I was wondering if you would go to the movies with me?" Maya blurted out. Kurama stood still. Surprised by the sudden invitation. Maya had gained more guts than when they had dated. A movie did sound good about now. Anything to get his mind off of Hiei.

"That sounds like a great idea, Maya. Let me call my mother first." Kurama widened his smile and a blush spread across Maya's face as she nodded. Luckily, there was a payphone near by and Kurama walked over to it. Depositing a few coins into the slot, Kurama dialed the number to his home. The phone rang for a few seconds until Shiori picked up the phone.

"Hello."

"Hello, Mother. I'm just calling to tell you, I'm going to the movies with Maya."

"Oh, are you two back together?" Shoiri said in a sly voice.

"Maybe." Kurama didn't want to say it straight out because he knew his mother had been hinting for him to go out with a girl. "I'll be home near ten or sooner."

"Have fun on your date, Shuichi." Shiori chimed happily.

"Ok, mother." Kurama said he hung up the phone.

"Who was on the phone, mom?" Little Shuuichi said as he stood on the kitchen counter top as Hiei pass him the few groceries that had survived.

"That was your brother, he's going to the movies. You two can stop, I'll finish the rest. Hiei, would like to stay for dinner?" Shiori asked kindly.

"Yeah, Hiei. You got to stay until dinner. Please" Shuuichi exclaimed. As desperately as Hiei wanted to escape from the household, she couldn't. Both Shuuichi and Shiori's faces were pleading for her to stay. So, Hiei nodded her head as a yes.

"Dinner will be ready in about an hour." Shiori happily pulled out a pan as she spoke to the two.

"Come on, Hiei. We can play a video game." Shuuichi dragged Hiei by the arm to the living room.

"Video Game?" Hiei slighty remembered hearing the words before but didn't know exactly what it was.

"What type of game do you want to play?"

"I never had time for games."

"I know, I got this new game a few days ago and had no time to play it yet." The young boy bent down to the Playstation 2 on the floor and inserted the disc. While the game was loading, Shuuichi explained all the command buttons on the controller. Both of them sat on the couch with an empty cushion between them. Then on the TV, the words Dragon Ball Z Budokai came up. Next, Shuuichi chose the two person battle mode.

"Pick Vegeta, he's the perfect character for you." Shuuich said excitedly, while he chose Trunks as his person. Hiei didn't pay attention to the character faces on the selection as he clicked on the name Vegeta.

"What the hell? That guy stole my hair style." Hiei hissed out as the screen displayed the Saiyain Prince. "How do you change it?" Hiei looked at Shuuichi.

"You can't change the style of the hair, Hiei. I'm going to attack now." While they were talking, Hiei didn't notice Shuuichi had powered up to the maximum level. Shuuichi did a number of basic attacks that lowered Hiei's HP, but not a whole lot. During the assault from Shuuichi, Hiei managed to block some attacks. A split second Shuuichi stopped and Hiei went for the attack. However, Shuuichi was waiting for Hiei to take away half of his HP because this was Hiei's first time playing, also Hiei was a girl. Being a girl also meant that he couldn't lose this battle, so Shuuichi transformed Trunks into a Super Saiyian. Shuuichi made Trunks fly into the air and threw a few chi blast. Once Vegeta laid on the ground. Shuuichi made Trunks do his finishing move.

"You gave me the weakling." Hiei almost yelled.

"Vegeta isn't that weak. Press start and go to the command list. Those are all his special moves. Also, you have to power up before you use most of those moves." Shuuichi explained as Hiei followed what he said. Hiei scanned the list quickly and memorized every attack on it.

"Ready for round two?"

"Uh."

The next round was a close one and Hiei managed to squeeze out a victory.

"I won't let you win this time." Shuuichi declared

"We'll see." Hiei ready, herself, to start.

Both players quickly powered up their characters. The first attack was done by Hiei in which Trunks was sent in the air. Once in the air, Trunks threw down his energy attacks. It didn't take long before they both were at minimum HP. One attack would decide it all. At that moment, Hiei pushed the right combination of buttons to pull off the Big Bang Attack. Vegeta was declared Victor.

"That was impressive, Hiei." The disappointment of losing to a girl didn't seem to affect Shuuichi as much as he thought. Another feeling began to stir within him though. "You want to play again?"

Hiei shrugged her shoulders and Shuuichi knew Hiei was ready for another round. Shuuichi was prepared for the challenge; while he slowly scooted closer to Hiei, filling in the gap that was once there with a light blush on his face.