Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Hiei's Dare ❯ Deliverance ( Chapter 26 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

By: CCD

Hiei's Dare

Chapter 26: Deliverance

June 14, 2003

By CCD

A/N: I'm almost done with this story. Only two more chapters to go and then I'm going to start on its sequel. Only two more chapters to go after this.

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Yusuke walked to school with a grin on his face. He could feel it; today was going to be a good day. The young spirit detective looked behind him to see that Hiei was following him. Another month had gone by and the two of them were on better terms. It was just the other day that Yusuke had gotten Hiei to participate in a pillow war.

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~Flashback…~

Yusuke came into the bedroom to see Hiei sleeping on his futon. Hiei was clinging to his pillow and was obviously comfortable. The spirit detective grinned an evil grin and grabbed his pillow from off the bed. Moments later he found himself pressing his pillow over the ex-demon causing his prey to wake and thrash about. After receiving a kick to the shins, Yusuke backed off and let Hiei catch his breath.

“I'm going to kill you,” Hiei said in annoyance as he got up from the futon

Yusuke threw his pillow at Hiei with such force that it knocked him back down to his futon. Hiei grabbed his pillow and Yusuke's pillow and began chasing the detective with both.

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Yusuke remembered that he had somehow gotten his pillow back from Hiei and the two of them had battled until they were both out of breath and had collapsed on the floor. The detective had been surprised at how long Hiei had lasted.

Now they were heading to school once again. Midterms were coming up and Kuwabara had boldly declared to Hiei that he would get a higher score. Yusuke had to laugh at this, especially since Hiei was tied with Keiko to be at the head of their class. Kuwabara would beat Hiei when pigs grew wings and flew.

Yusuke noticed that Hiei once again had his nose in a textbook. His long black hair fell over half of his face as it normally did. Yusuke sighed.

“How can you read that thing, let alone read it with your hair in your face?”

“I can't pass if I don't read and I can't prove Kuwabara wrong if I don't pass.”

Yusuke made a sound of annoyance. He hated school, but had earned a better reputation with the teachers, since he had started attending regularly. His grades had improved some, but it wasn't from reading a stupid textbook. Heaven forbid the day Yusuke Urameshi was caught studying let alone reading his textbook.

It wasn't long before the two of them reached the school. Many of the students smiled and waved at the two of them. Hiei was quite popular and many of the students took his silence for modesty. Yusuke was still feared by some, but many had gotten over it. Among those in the courtyard were Hinoki and Angel.

“He's certainly changed,” Angel said.

“Yeah, I think he took what we said to heart,” Hinoki said remembering the day about a month and a half ago when they had talked with Hiei on the roof.

The two girls had not had any interaction with Hiei since then. They had seen him from time to time, but it was at a passing glance. For the most part the three of them had gone their separate ways and Hiei went as far at to avoid the two girls.

The bell rang and the students rushed in to their classes. Hiei and Yusuke met Kuwabara and Keiko in the classroom. After an argument between Hiei and Kuwabara, Mr. Iwamoto came in.

“Settle down,” he snapped as the students began their uneventful school experience for the day.

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School was uneventful as usual and soon Yusuke and Hiei were on their way home. Yusuke yawned and stretched. He hated the fact that school was always boring and dull compared to his life as a Spirit Detective.

“I don't know how you and Kurama can listen to these teacher drone on and on, Hiei. It's all boring and dull.”

“Hn, it's because we realize the value of knowledge. If you actually thought for once, you might not have so many experiences with death.”

“What ever you say.”

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Unbeknown to the traveling duo, a pair of eyes was watching them as they left the building. Angel had noticed that Hiei seemed more accepting of his curse and that it didn't seem to haunt him. She wanted to know what the key was to his sudden change.

Leaping from tree to tree, the young, female demon followed them in their course. They soon stopped at a street and it gave her a chance to catch up. She jumped to the tree nearest them and watched. Yusuke was rambling on about school while Hiei listened attentively. Angel stretched and startled a bird in the tree. It caused her to lose her balance and she began to fall.

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Hiei and Yusuke were startled as a scream rang out through the area. They watched as a girl fell out of the tree and onto the road in front of them. Hiei recognized her immediately as Angel.

“What the hell…” Yusuke started to say as a car horn blared at the girl on the road.

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Angel screamed. To her, this was a sorry way to die, but she knew she would never be able to get out of the way. She held her hands over her ears and closed her eyes. All of a sudden, she felt something hit her from the wrong angle. She felt herself fly through the air until she hit the ground. The next thing she heard was a shout that sounded distant to her ears.

“Hiei!”

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To Yusuke, the events happened all too quickly. One minute, Hiei was standing beside him, and the next his bag had hit the concrete and he was on the other side of the street with the girl. At that point, Yusuke didn't care about the traffic or anything else. He grabbed Hiei's bag and sprinted across the road.

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From that side of the road, Kurama and Kuwabara had seen the events. They had been walking to Kurama's house for a study session when the commotion had caused them to look back. As they watched Yusuke sprint across the road, they realized something was terrible wrong and ran to where Yusuke was.

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Hinoki had also seen the scene unfold. She had been waiting for Angel outside the school, but when her companion never showed up, she had started for home. She had paid no attention to the noise ahead of her, until she saw Angel lying across the street with a familiar person lying on top of her.

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Angel opened her eyes and saw that Hiei had been the one to push her out of the way. As his friends and Hinoki approached, she realized that Hiei was unconscious. The demon felt for his vitals and found that he was Ok.

“Hiei, what the hell was that for you idiot?” Yusuke yelled as he reached them, not realizing that his companion was unconscious.

“Yusuke, I do not think yelling will help right now. Besides, he is not able to hear you. It seems that for some reason, he is unconscious,” Kurama said quickly as he bent down to check Hiei for any lasting injuries.

“Hn, if I had pushed a girl out of the way, I wouldn't be out cold,” Kuwabara said.

“You idiot, your bragging doesn't help,” Yusuke said.

“But why would he pass out just from saving me?” Angel asked finally getting the boys attention.

“I don't know. As it is, I don't know why he would even think to save anyone, so I would be thankful that he did such a thing,” Kurama said.

“He's probably faking, so he could get some sympathy,” Kuwabara snorted as he kept up his tough man act.

“Shut up,” Yusuke yelled as he punched the boy to the ground and turned back to his unconscious friend.

”No, Kuwabara. He's not faking. It seems that by doing his good deed, his body was affected in some way. We should move him to another location and contact Koenma. He will know what is going on and what we could do.”

Yusuke nodded. He picked up the ex-fire demon and carried him off towards his apartment. Kurama and Kuwabara followed him leaving the two girls alone to ponder what had happened and what could be done to repay, Hiei.