Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Hiei's Dare ❯ A Matter of Honesty: Hiei’s Secret Revealed ( Chapter 7 )

Author: CCD

E-mail: Cruelseasons@yahoo.com

Date last revised: October 17, 2003

Date Story Published: June 14, 2003

Hiei's Dare

Chapter 7: A Matter of Honesty: Hiei's Secret Revealed

Notes: Sorry for the long wait. I have been busy. I've got PSATs coming up and I had to study. In fact they're tomorrow. (PSATs are practice standardized tests that I have to take.) Oh well, I had to update. Anyway for starters, Hinoki and Angel aren't in this chapter (Sorry guys, my main focus is on Hiei.), second Hiei really isn't in this chapter, and third I need you guys help. I need 4 friends for Hiei. (Yes Hiei needs friends outside of the Spirit Detective group). If you want to be a friend of Hiei or you have a character that you want to be Hiei's friend. Just send me a bio in regular form (list) with typical facts about your character. The more you put the more I look at the bio. Anyway I hope you enjoy Chapter 7.

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The sound of doors slamming was the first sign that someone in the Urameshi household was mad. That someone happened to be Hiei. From the moment he walked out of school Hiei was not the kind of person that anyone wanted to mess with. Yusuke, Keiko, and Kuwabara followed him back to the apartment and were now in the living room letting Hiei cool down.

"What do you think the shrimp's so mad about," Kuwabara said.

"I don't know," Keiko said.

"I think I know. Hiei was called out of class remember and I don't think it was by Takanaka. I think it was Iwamoto or Akashi," Yusuke said.

"What makes you say that, Urameshi? I mean we saw them today in class and they didn't say anything to Hiei," Kuwabara said.

"Exactly, they didn't say anything to him or tease him. I don't know if you noticed but Takanaka was in both of their classes today at the back of the room to monitor their behavior. They would wait until it's safe to harass him," Yusuke said.

"Monitor their behavior? Since when does Mr. Takanaka do that," Keiko asked.

"That's what the old man told me. I assume that's what he was doing," Yusuke said.

A loud sound disturbed their conversation.

"What was that," Kuwabara asked.

"Most likely Hiei blowing off some steam," Yusuke replied.

Another sound interrupted them. The three friends were worried about their comrade in the bedroom. All of a sudden Yusuke stood up and headed for the door.

"Where are you going Urameshi," Kuwabara asked.

"I have to go talk to Kurama. He might know why Hiei has been acting weird lately. Do you think you could stay here and keep an eye on him?"

Keiko and Kuwabara nodded.

"I'll see you guys in a little while, then" Yusuke said as he walked out the door.

Yusuke began to run towards a familiar neighborhood well known for its wealthy inhabitance. Since Kurama's mother had married a rich business man, they had moved to this area. Yusuke felt out of place seeing as he would fall under the category of a poor kid with a mother who spent her time partying, drinking, and working. Yusuke stopped in front of Kurama's house to catch his breath. He then walked up to the house and knocked on the door. Kurama's stepbrother Shuichi answered.

"Hello Urameshi!"

"Hey Shuichi is your stepbrother home."

"Yeah, come on in, I'll get him. Shuichi," the young boy yelled.

(No, I didn't make a mistake. The two stepbrothers have the same name. Kurama is of course the demon name for the elder Shuichi and the one used more often. Kurama's human family will always call them both Shuichi I'm afraid. Confusing? Yes, I know it is, but you'll get it.)

"What?"

"Yusuke Urameshi is here to see you."

Kurama came down the stairs to where Yusuke and his stepbrother were waiting.

"Thank you, Shuichi," Kurama said as the boy left the room.

He then turned to Yusuke.

"Hello Yusuke what brings you here?"

"I need to talk to you. It's important."

"Come on in and don't forget to take your shoes off. We'll go to my room so we can have some privacy."

Yusuke took off his shoes and followed Kurama up the stairs to his room. He began to look around at all the expensive items in the house and it began to make him queasy. Even if he could ever be as rich as Kurama's family was he couldn't do it. Rich people made him ill.

"How do you put up with this," Yusuke asked.

"All of what?"

"This…" Yusuke said as he waved his hands to try to show Kurama what he was talking about.

"I don't let it bother me. My mother is happy that's all that matters to me. She deserves happiness. You know that."

Yusuke did know. Kurama had said many times in the past how much he wanted his mother to be happy and about his so called crimes against her. Being a demon who selfishly tried to save his own life by placing his spirit into a human's body to be born again and then treat his new "parents" as if they were nothing but trash was a sin to him and he was trying to make amends with his mother. He couldn't make amends with his father because he was dead. When they reached Kurama's room, Kurama closed and locked the door. They both sat down. Kurama waited patiently for Yusuke to begin.

"Kurama, do you know what's going on with Hiei?"

"What do you mean?"

"He hasn't been himself lately. I mean first he trashed Iwamoto's room, then he runs into me at school and then answers me instead of blowing me off like he always does, and now he's throwing a tantrum in my bedroom. I left Kuwabara and Keiko there to keep an eye on him in case things got worse. They're concerned about him too."

"I see."

"In fact, now that I think about it, I don't think Hiei has been normal since Kuwabara gave him that stupid dare. I think school and being a human is getting to him."

Kurama nodded in agreement.

"I've noticed his strange behavior too. We've talked twice and he seems to be very distant and doesn't seem to know what he wants to do. I think Hiei may be going through some changes that are to difficult for him to handle. We need to be patient with him and let him have some time to sort through his thoughts and feelings. If we don't, Hiei will only get worse."

"Is their anything else that's wrong with him?"

Kurama sighed.

"I think Hiei is fighting a fear that he's never had to confront before. Although he would never admit it to any of us, I believe Hiei has a fear of becoming human."

Yusuke stared at Kurama and began to laugh.

"Hiei a human! That will happen when pigs fly. How can he be scared of that?"

"That's not what I meant Yusuke. Hiei doesn't want to have emotions or anything that deals with acting like a human. He's lived his way for so long that he doesn't like things to be changed and he doesn't like going in different directions. The only reason Hiei accepted Kuwabara's dare was because it was a matter of pride. Hiei would have never done it if the circumstances were different."

Both of the boys fell silent. Kurama was right. Hiei would have never accepted the dare if it wasn't Kuwabara's dare. Yusuke sighed.

"Thanks for your help Kurama. I really need to get back and see how Hiei's doing."

"Anytime Yusuke, I'll come by your house tomorrow and see how you two are doing. I think I might need to talk with Hiei."

Yusuke nodded. The boys went down the stairs. Yusuke put on his shoes and began to walk out of the door.

"See you tomorrow Kurama."

"Goodbye Yusuke."

With that Yusuke began to jog back to his home. It had gotten late while he was in Kurama's house and he knew that both Keiko and Kuwabara needed to get home. He entered and saw Kuwabara was sitting on the floor watching TV and Keiko had fallen asleep on the couch. Yusuke woke Keiko up.

"I'm sorry I took so long you guys. You guys need to get home, we'll talk tomorrow."

Keiko and Kuwabara nodded as they gathered their schoolbags and left. Yusuke looked at the door to his room. He knocked gently and walked into the room. Hiei was laying on his futon with his back facing away from Yusuke. Yusuke knew he was still awake. Yusuke looked around and found no evidence of Hiei throwing things. In fact there appeared to be no conflict at all in the room. He began to get ready for bed and then climbed into bed. He looked at Hiei who had rolled over to face away from him. Yusuke sighed again and then went to bed without trying to talk to Hiei.

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Hiei opened his eyes when he heard Yusuke fall asleep. He didn't want to be bothered. Iwamoto had called him out of the classroom. He had talked trash to Hiei and accused him of a lot of things. It shouldn't have bothered Hiei, but it did.

Stupid human, why should I have to listen to his petty threats? Why should I care about the things he said.

He closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep, but failed. Hiei was still mad at Iwamoto. He was starting to feel lost, lonely, and afraid.

Why should I be afraid of something so stupid?

A knot lodged itself in Hiei's throat and he began to feel moisture around his eyes. Before he could stop himself, Hiei found himself doing something he had done in a long time. He began to cry. Hiei couldn't stop himself from doing so and soon he had cried himself to sleep.

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