Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Hunting Grounds ❯ A first impression and an interrupted prince ( Chapter 2 )
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By: Captain yukiko 
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Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.04.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 4.5K | Visits: 249 | Status: Completed
just read everyone.. it's LOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGG!
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.04.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 4.5K | Visits: 249 | Status: Completed
Hunting Ground
Chapter two;
A first impression and an interrupted prince
Type: Romance, Action, Adventure, Alternate Universe.
Disclaimer: we own NONE of the Yu Yu Hakusho characters. We have only put both our… unique imaginations together to create this fic for others to enjoy!
Written by: Suryallee and Captain Starseeker.
Beta: Shadow Vampiress(OUR HERO) I love all my betas and I assume you too ( Sury)
Pairings: Yusuke/ Jin, Kurama/ Touya, Hiei/?
Rated: NY17
Warnings: Yaoi, Waff, Dark scenes, Romance, Action, Adventure, Hentai, Angst, Horror, M/M, Slash, Oral, Anal, Out written sexual scenes between two or more persons, Not for children, Adult, Blood.
Jin gazed down at his new hunting ground; the dark haired teen that had captured his heart, Yusuke. His sky blue eye’s emanating a strange glow as thoughts raged through his half dazed mind. If any passer by at this moment saw the look the red head was giving the human beneath him, the word they would use to describe his heated gaze would have to be worship.
‘Yes, that was right, worship. I worship his body, his hair, his cocky attitude and stance, his deep chocolate eyes.’ Jin brushed a piece of raven haired from the handsome face of his unconscious lover that had captured his heart and very being. The clawed hand of the half vampire half wind youkai continued its journey to caresses Yusuke’s cheek in a loving movement. He just loved the feeling of his hunting grounds skin, of his very being!
Before the vampire prince could take full advantage of this moment, to whisk away his Yusuke into the night, and to live in his castle, with a sudden burst of speed, seemingly out of nowhere, a sword appeared, held steady against his neck. The silence that followed told the red head to stop what he was doing.
Feeling the frustration bubble up in his chest, Jin chanced a look at the intruder on his moment with Yusuke. Standing behind him and off to the side stood a short figure maybe half of Jin’s own height. If you had only seen this man passing by him on the street you would think nothing of him but would see him as a child. Jin knew of course that that was a mistake he would not make.
His sensitive nose could pick up the vampire scent radiating off this man that held him at his mercy at the moment. His mind scrambled with possibilities off what vampire would stand up to the vampire prince himself until the answer dawned upon him.
He knew how powerful this particular lord was, and the trickle fear began to creep up the vampire prince’s spine.
With a smirk, showing a bit of his fang, Jin spoke.
“Ahhh, if it is not the Dark Lord Hiei himself. A pleasure I am sure.” He spoke with a tone that yelled authority he didn't really feel. The dark lord himself only stood, fury radiating from his crimson eyes and a flaring aura. Jin looked upon quizzically. ‘Why would he bother me at this moment and be this angry… unless…’
Snapping his blue eyes to the human on the floor, Jin breathed in deeply, once, twice, three times. The red head let out a sharp gasp. ‘How could I have missed this… this is not good. Shit!’ There a faint smell, mingled in with Yusuke’s intoxicating scent, was the scarce scent of the very being that held him at sword point. The human was already marked as another’s!
Jin then realized just what he had done. He realized the law he had just broke, one of the most sacred of vampire laws that he had just broken into a million peaces. He was as good as dead.
Hiei studied the emotions that ran across the face of Raizen’s only living child and heir; Jin. Yes that is correct; he knew exactly who the red haired vampire was in front of him. But the Vampire prince did not know at this moment, that Hiei also knew what had transpired in this room, with who he considered his brother, and Jin.
Rage rolled though the Dark Lords gut, He was furious. He didn’t like this situation one bit. He didn’t like that fact that Jin had taken something that Hiei considered family. Theirs laws were very opinionated on such a matter. Hiei had all rights to kill even Raizen’s, the vampire lord’s son for such an atrocity.
'He's the only living child out of the three that Vampire Lord Raizen had. The other two had not survived the harsh times they had been born in. Only Jin and harsh times awaited him. He would need a strong willed mate to live by his side.' Hiei studied Jin closely.
'If I let my blade slip now and slaughter the damned vampire prince, it would free Yusuke from the bond that had been created.’ The spiky, dark haired vampire did not move even as he thought all this.
Holding the sword firmly against the prince’s neck, Hiei thought over the problem that had now been presented. First off, telling the youth who he was, and how his three bakas would take the new information.
Kurama, Hiei suspected had already figured it out. That boy was smarter then was good for him.
Kazuma, the carrot top buffoon had probably already suspected it as well, but he had said nothing on the topic. Personally, the dark lord thought, Kazuma was not reacting to such a thing because the human considered him as part of his family, and trusted the silent swordsman not to hurt them all.
Yusuke was a different story all together.
Hiei knew that the raven haired teen knew of his kind, new of vampires and their doings. But he also knew, for it was obvious, that Yusuke did not quit understand the whole picture. Yusuke was like a child sometimes, he believed in only what he saw and never pried into others business if it was not necessary. Mostly he only reacted when he was needed.
‘It was a trait that stayed with him from his former life,’ Hiei suspected.
Curiosity getting the better of him, Hiei found himself changing his direct path home, to a small detour down a cold and dark alley. Sniffing the air, his sensitive nose picked up the scent of blood, a lot of blood. Not only human blood, which would usually excite the Dark lord, but also vampire bloodtoo. Curious as to who could have slain so many, Hiei peered around a corner to see a raven haired boy.
The boy was covered in blood. It was dripping from his soaked clothes, running down the side of his cheeks, arms, legs, and chest. It was as if his clothes were supposed to be the colour red.
Taking a deeper look, it seemed as if the boy wasn’t well taken care of. His clothes were practically rags and his hair hung loosely around his face in desperate need of a hair cut. He was shaking, but Hiei was not sure if its source was because of the chilly night air, or the sight that stood before the boy.
He was looking down at the many lifeless bodies that were strewn across the filthy ally ground. Vampires and humans alike, the scene displayed a struggle. Hiei snapped his crimson eyes back to the boy who had yet to notice his appearance.
‘Had this boy killed all of them?’ His sensitive hearing had picked up murmurs being whispered from the mystery that stood before him.
“I’m sorry, sorry, so sorry. I didn’t mean to, it was an accident. You shouldn’t have pushed me, hit me, touched me!” The last part was screamed at the dead bodies before him. “I told you to leave me alone! All I said was that he wanted you to pay up, why couldn’t you of just paid!?” The boy threw himself down on his knees into a bloody puddle beneath him.
“Silent or you’ll wake the dead.” The raven haired boy turned sharply to the speaker, fear radiating from his chocolate orbs. His body trembled, and the tears fell freely from his eyes. He obviously didn’t recognize Hiei’s dry humour.
The dark lord took a few steps towards the boy and, seeing that he didn’t shrink away in fear, Hiei continued his path towards the boy’s side. Kneeling down, and showing little compassion that the world has never seen before, he placed a hand on the boys shoulder in a comforting gesture.
“Care to inform me of what happened here boy?” It was not said coldly, but with a fondness a kind neighbour might speak. A small frown was soon etched into the boy’s features.
“My name’s Yusuke, Sir.” The last part was said in a mocking tone, and Yusuke continued. “I just told these men that ‘he’ wanted them to pay up. He sent me here to collect the money. Said it was a child’s job so he sent a child to do it, even though I’m 13 years old!” Yusuke said with pride, as he swelled out his chest. Hiei said nothing and let the boy continue, there was something that was radiating off of Yusuke. It was as if his soul was calling out with a suppressed or untrained power. It was intriguing.
“So I did as I was told. I had to, cause the yakuza is my family now, and when family asks something of you, that’s what ya gotta do!” This boy was a member of the Yakuza!? It was incredulous. He was 13! “These guys wouldn’t pay up, so I yelled at them, then one came up and slugged me in the gut. I took it like a man though, and was ready to attack when all of a sudden more guys came outta nowhere.”
It was obvious that Yusuke was referring to the vampires; they must have come once they heard a fight was going on to prey on the humans. “Then something happened, and the next thing I see is these guys lying here on the ground.” Yusuke looked back at the bodies, knowing he had caused this. He did it before and was cast out of his old family. His new family however had accepted him for what he was, and brought him into their family.
So now he did this for his family, to repay them for all they had done for him.
Peeking up to look at the figure Yusuke felt an instant connection with this stranger. For some reason he could speak without being afraid, could say what was plaguing him with out a care in how it was going to affect the person. He hoped that it wouldn’t be the last time he saw this stranger. Standing up on shaky legs, a painful gasp escaping from him, Yusuke turned to the man that was surprisingly enough, his same height.
“Listen,” he was cut off as the man scooped him up in his arms. He looked up into crimson eyes, the fear he felt gone as soon as it had come, something was different then his other families when it came to this man.
“I am taking you to my house to get cleaned up Yusuke. You may remain there or go back to your…family… whatever you may choose.” With a small nod, Yusuke closed his eyes fatigue already consuming him.
“What’s your name?” Silence, then a small whisper responded.
“Hiei.”
The later one was a tall and thin boy, with carrot orange coloured hair. He was loudmouthed; not even Hiei himself was able to shut the taller boy up. He had stunning blue eyes, and on the odd occasion Hiei would tease the human just to see them shimmer with fury.
They were all brothers. Yusuke still worked for the Yakuza gang. His loyalty was his weakness, and for some reason Yusuke felt he owed the yakuza. Whenever questioned on the subject, the teen had always dismissed it with a goofy smile and a dismissive wave of his hand.
All three of these humans were the family that Hiei had never had, they and his sister that belong to a powerful family of vampires such as himself. But the dark lord mostly lived alone for the past five hundred years. He despised the politics of his kind.
The short Dark haired vampire was born as a half human, a crime where he grew up.
But of course it has its pluses. He did not need to feed as much as the ‘pure’ vampires and he did not need to be bound with a hunting ground to stay sane, and survive.
Even though he sometimes felt the need to as they did…
Looking back at the red head still held at bay by his blade, thoughts raced through the half vampire in a flurry of understanding. ‘I should kill Jin without a second thought. Slice him down with no remorse for his crimes, and I would do so… if I was sure.’ There was something much more different between the two before him, it didn’t feel like an ordinary life bond… it felt something…. more.
And he would not take the chance of hurting his brother if he killed the vampire prince before him.
It took only a moment to analyze the situation and come up with a conclusion as Hiei’s keen mind quickly picked up the difference. His eyes widened and he let out a feral growl. The two had created a ‘Soul Bond.’ A SOUL BOND for hells sake! The dark lord could not believe it…. and that right there… did you hear it?
That was the sound of the shit hitting the fan.
There was a faint glow around the area where Jin had bitten Yusuke’s neck. He could not kill Jin, for he would end up killing Yusuke, his brother, as well and that was not an option. The Dark Lord knew that he was in quite the lethal situation, literally. When Yusuke awoke… it was not going to be a pleasant experience at all.
Hiei had always kept a protective watch on his humans, especially since two years ago, when Yusuke was so horribly injured that death was a fast approaching destiny!
Since then, Hiei had worked constantly on devising a plan to keep ‘them’ safe. But Yusuke was as stubborn as ever. He refused to leave the yakuza! The best idea was somehow figuring on how to turn them into vampires, so that their unique abilities would also be enhanced by a vampire’s strength and keep them safe.
Yusuke was once again the problem in that situation; the youth would be almost impossible to convince to give into Hiei’s wishes.
The Dark Lord had to admit though… Jin seemed to have fixed this problem for him. BUT he could not let his actions go; he had to teach the red head that he could not have his ‘brother’ without Hiei first giving his permission. He would only do so, of course, when Jin proved himself worthy to be Yusuke’s life long companion.
Silently Hiei removed his sword from the vampire prince’s neck and sheathed the weapon. Glaring at the Vampire, he spoke.
“Move away from him.” Insulted, Jin was about to take a stance and defend himself. ‘How dare he demand that I step away from MY hunting ground, MY mate, MY life long lover!’ It was the deadly and murderous gaze in the shorter man’s crimson eyes that stopped him from saying so, and instead took a few steps to the side and back.
“As you say,” were his only whispered words.
Hiei bent down and picked the unconscious teen up into his arms in a caring gesture, and gave a curt nod to the prince to follow him. They had to leave this place to a proper location to talk!
Almost shocked into a stupor seeing as he had not been stabbed through the chest, Jin followed Hiei quietly out of the building, silently wondering why the strong Dark Lord had spared him.
There in a shadowed corner of a dark alley Touya gazed on at what had caught his attention. A young male human, between the age of 17 and 19, seemingly relaxed as he paced along the sidewalk leisurely, with long beautiful locks of dark ruby red hair that pocked out form a baseball cap. As he thought more about it, and as the human walked further and further away, the blunette gave into his gut feelings and keen instincts that told him to investigate further.
Touya followed the human within the shadows cast by the night.
Taking in a deeper look as he tracked the red head he saw that the human was tall, slender, and graceful. Curious to see a better look, and the boy’s face, Touya jumped into a better position as his black robes waved mysteriously in the slight breeze.
“Oh hells.” He gasped, as instead of red being the dominate colour, green. Forest green, emerald green, jaded green, the boys eyes seemed to change into many shades as the light reflected on them. “He’s…he’s…he’s stunning!”
Those green jewels were framed by a flawless face, as a few red strands poked out to cover the sides of his head. The human was by far the most gorgeous creature the vampire servant had ever encountered. ‘How is it that he’s not already claimed as a hunting ground?’
Suspicious, Touya breathed in deeply bathing in the scent of roses and fresh rain. Then he found it. There, a faint smell of a Vampire’s family mark. Breathing in once again, he tried to pinpoint the scent of his vampire family. It was distinctive, and prominent… it was on the edge of his mind… what was it? Then it hit!
‘He must be one of the three humans that belong to the Dark Lord Hiei himself!’
Touya came to the quick conclusion that the humans he had sensed earlier must have been those three… Jin was in some deep trouble now if he hurt one of them by accident.
Snapping out is his stupor, the ice mage vampire glanced back at his target, cursing as he saw the teen being harassed by a bunch of drunken men, and then run down a side street. A mistake which would have his red haired god prey to these drunken bastards!
Without a second thought, Touya followed quickly to assist the teen, only to find out, much to his surprise, that the tall boy could defend himself. Rather well in fact.
He was using a whip with jagged thorns poking out. Touya could only assume that it had been hidden under the teen’s long cloak, and with expert moves he soon had the upper hand. The vampire could not help but watch as the human boy dispensed with one man after the other with graceful moves only a dancer could possess. He took Touya’s breath away as one of the idiots flung the hat off his head, and a tumbling wave of red locks fell to is shoulders.
It was as if it was a blood red halo of an angel.
Before the vampire’s servant even realized he was moving Touya darted through the shadowed parts of the street to fully take in the spectacle the human was putting on. Then suddenly, said human was trying to contact someone. It was as if he sensed something was wrong, or something was approaching, and began talking out loud.
“No, No. Something’s….. hello? Hello!” He was talking into a head set, in an attempt to get some information on the situation. It seemed that the line had gone dead.
Silently cursing himself, the human bent down to pick up his cap and secured his hair under it once again, showing no haste in his movements.
Touya felt the urge to move, to hold, to grope, to hold, to… but he dared not make a move. He was a dignified vampire, and much too old to let his feelings slip. Then, before Touya could move, he was fixed with an intense green gaze.
Minutes passed as the two continued to lose themselves in the others eyes. Until the red head slightly bowed before him, and then turned on his heel and began walking in the direction of his friends in a calm manner.
‘What… what just happened?’
This was unexpected, he was used to humans running from him in fright, or do something stupid in an attempt to run away to secure their safety. But none had ever ‘bowed’ and then leave as if this was a polite encounter! The human was completely calm, no show of any emotion.
Frowning at his confusion, Touya tore after the beautiful red head. Wanting to at least know his name, when out of the shadows, a sword appeared stopping him a second time that night from his direct path.
Looking to his side, ready to strike, Touya stopped short and paled rapidly. The owner of the sword was none other then Hiei, that dark lord himself. Jin stood slightly behind him with a worried look on his face. And to the vampires shock and horror, in the dark lord’s arms, was an unconscious raven haired teen. That wore Jin’s mark!
For two silent minutes, the Dark Lord’s crimson gaze fixed with Touya's icy depths. Meanwhile his beautiful red head came back to the two of them and looked down at the unconscious boy in Hiei's hold, worry etched into his green eyes.
Without breaking the staring contest with Touya, Hiei gave the human in his arms to the tall, graceful Kurama at his right and said with a deep rich voice;
“Kurama, take Yusuke from me and head home with him and Kazuma. Wait for my return. I will arrive soon enough with these two with me.” Hiei gestured to Jin and Touya with a nod of his spiky haired head. “We have something very important to discuss first.”
The human, Kurama, nodded and did as he was told whispering a warning to Hiei. “Be careful, their vampires.” He knew it was not necessary to warn Hiei, but felt the need to none the less. Hiei just nodded, and passed Yusuke into the red head’s awaiting arms.
Holding Yusuke protectively, he cast a murderous glare in Jin’s direction.
Touya received a short quizzical glance from the mysterious teen before he raced off to find the other, Kazuma. The Vampire servant’s gaze followed Kurama’s gracefully swaying hips, and watched the teen disappear behind the street corner. This behaviour didn't go unnoticed by Hiei.
Soon enough a screeching noise of rubber burning against pavement told the three vampires the humans had left.
TBC
Captain: Sorry this is late getting to you sury, and to our reviewers! I was worried about the storm hitting us, and my homework and projects swamped me and smacked me in the face! But fortunately, everything is under control!
WASN'T THIS CHAPTER AMAZING!?!?!
Somehow it ended up being over nine pages, so I don't think our readers can complain about it being a little late.
Sury: (Holds up a baseball bat to swat away the readers before they can hurt her Starseeker honey!) How did you like the idea for chapter three? I think some of our readers might be angry and hunt us down and kick our asses for it!
Captain: lol, I loved it... and I’m sure your right! (Puts on her trusty army helmet) but we must continue or we will surely die! THANK-YOU shadow vampiress! Once again, our hides have been saved by the amazing BETA'S!!!
Chapter two;
A first impression and an interrupted prince
Type: Romance, Action, Adventure, Alternate Universe.
Disclaimer: we own NONE of the Yu Yu Hakusho characters. We have only put both our… unique imaginations together to create this fic for others to enjoy!
Written by: Suryallee and Captain Starseeker.
Beta: Shadow Vampiress(OUR HERO) I love all my betas and I assume you too ( Sury)
Pairings: Yusuke/ Jin, Kurama/ Touya, Hiei/?
Rated: NY17
Warnings: Yaoi, Waff, Dark scenes, Romance, Action, Adventure, Hentai, Angst, Horror, M/M, Slash, Oral, Anal, Out written sexual scenes between two or more persons, Not for children, Adult, Blood.
Jin gazed down at his new hunting ground; the dark haired teen that had captured his heart, Yusuke. His sky blue eye’s emanating a strange glow as thoughts raged through his half dazed mind. If any passer by at this moment saw the look the red head was giving the human beneath him, the word they would use to describe his heated gaze would have to be worship.
‘Yes, that was right, worship. I worship his body, his hair, his cocky attitude and stance, his deep chocolate eyes.’ Jin brushed a piece of raven haired from the handsome face of his unconscious lover that had captured his heart and very being. The clawed hand of the half vampire half wind youkai continued its journey to caresses Yusuke’s cheek in a loving movement. He just loved the feeling of his hunting grounds skin, of his very being!
Before the vampire prince could take full advantage of this moment, to whisk away his Yusuke into the night, and to live in his castle, with a sudden burst of speed, seemingly out of nowhere, a sword appeared, held steady against his neck. The silence that followed told the red head to stop what he was doing.
Feeling the frustration bubble up in his chest, Jin chanced a look at the intruder on his moment with Yusuke. Standing behind him and off to the side stood a short figure maybe half of Jin’s own height. If you had only seen this man passing by him on the street you would think nothing of him but would see him as a child. Jin knew of course that that was a mistake he would not make.
His sensitive nose could pick up the vampire scent radiating off this man that held him at his mercy at the moment. His mind scrambled with possibilities off what vampire would stand up to the vampire prince himself until the answer dawned upon him.
He knew how powerful this particular lord was, and the trickle fear began to creep up the vampire prince’s spine.
With a smirk, showing a bit of his fang, Jin spoke.
“Ahhh, if it is not the Dark Lord Hiei himself. A pleasure I am sure.” He spoke with a tone that yelled authority he didn't really feel. The dark lord himself only stood, fury radiating from his crimson eyes and a flaring aura. Jin looked upon quizzically. ‘Why would he bother me at this moment and be this angry… unless…’
Snapping his blue eyes to the human on the floor, Jin breathed in deeply, once, twice, three times. The red head let out a sharp gasp. ‘How could I have missed this… this is not good. Shit!’ There a faint smell, mingled in with Yusuke’s intoxicating scent, was the scarce scent of the very being that held him at sword point. The human was already marked as another’s!
Jin then realized just what he had done. He realized the law he had just broke, one of the most sacred of vampire laws that he had just broken into a million peaces. He was as good as dead.
Hiei studied the emotions that ran across the face of Raizen’s only living child and heir; Jin. Yes that is correct; he knew exactly who the red haired vampire was in front of him. But the Vampire prince did not know at this moment, that Hiei also knew what had transpired in this room, with who he considered his brother, and Jin.
Rage rolled though the Dark Lords gut, He was furious. He didn’t like this situation one bit. He didn’t like that fact that Jin had taken something that Hiei considered family. Theirs laws were very opinionated on such a matter. Hiei had all rights to kill even Raizen’s, the vampire lord’s son for such an atrocity.
'He's the only living child out of the three that Vampire Lord Raizen had. The other two had not survived the harsh times they had been born in. Only Jin and harsh times awaited him. He would need a strong willed mate to live by his side.' Hiei studied Jin closely.
'If I let my blade slip now and slaughter the damned vampire prince, it would free Yusuke from the bond that had been created.’ The spiky, dark haired vampire did not move even as he thought all this.
Holding the sword firmly against the prince’s neck, Hiei thought over the problem that had now been presented. First off, telling the youth who he was, and how his three bakas would take the new information.
Kurama, Hiei suspected had already figured it out. That boy was smarter then was good for him.
Kazuma, the carrot top buffoon had probably already suspected it as well, but he had said nothing on the topic. Personally, the dark lord thought, Kazuma was not reacting to such a thing because the human considered him as part of his family, and trusted the silent swordsman not to hurt them all.
Yusuke was a different story all together.
Hiei knew that the raven haired teen knew of his kind, new of vampires and their doings. But he also knew, for it was obvious, that Yusuke did not quit understand the whole picture. Yusuke was like a child sometimes, he believed in only what he saw and never pried into others business if it was not necessary. Mostly he only reacted when he was needed.
‘It was a trait that stayed with him from his former life,’ Hiei suspected.
OOO Flashback OOO
Hiei was returning from one of his many hunts, dark had settled its soothing embrace around the city a few hours ago. The Dark Lord was travelling quickly through the barren alleys, his attention solely focused on returning home after a pleasant night of preying on the humans, when an anguished cry broke through his thoughts.Curiosity getting the better of him, Hiei found himself changing his direct path home, to a small detour down a cold and dark alley. Sniffing the air, his sensitive nose picked up the scent of blood, a lot of blood. Not only human blood, which would usually excite the Dark lord, but also vampire bloodtoo. Curious as to who could have slain so many, Hiei peered around a corner to see a raven haired boy.
The boy was covered in blood. It was dripping from his soaked clothes, running down the side of his cheeks, arms, legs, and chest. It was as if his clothes were supposed to be the colour red.
Taking a deeper look, it seemed as if the boy wasn’t well taken care of. His clothes were practically rags and his hair hung loosely around his face in desperate need of a hair cut. He was shaking, but Hiei was not sure if its source was because of the chilly night air, or the sight that stood before the boy.
He was looking down at the many lifeless bodies that were strewn across the filthy ally ground. Vampires and humans alike, the scene displayed a struggle. Hiei snapped his crimson eyes back to the boy who had yet to notice his appearance.
‘Had this boy killed all of them?’ His sensitive hearing had picked up murmurs being whispered from the mystery that stood before him.
“I’m sorry, sorry, so sorry. I didn’t mean to, it was an accident. You shouldn’t have pushed me, hit me, touched me!” The last part was screamed at the dead bodies before him. “I told you to leave me alone! All I said was that he wanted you to pay up, why couldn’t you of just paid!?” The boy threw himself down on his knees into a bloody puddle beneath him.
“Silent or you’ll wake the dead.” The raven haired boy turned sharply to the speaker, fear radiating from his chocolate orbs. His body trembled, and the tears fell freely from his eyes. He obviously didn’t recognize Hiei’s dry humour.
The dark lord took a few steps towards the boy and, seeing that he didn’t shrink away in fear, Hiei continued his path towards the boy’s side. Kneeling down, and showing little compassion that the world has never seen before, he placed a hand on the boys shoulder in a comforting gesture.
“Care to inform me of what happened here boy?” It was not said coldly, but with a fondness a kind neighbour might speak. A small frown was soon etched into the boy’s features.
“My name’s Yusuke, Sir.” The last part was said in a mocking tone, and Yusuke continued. “I just told these men that ‘he’ wanted them to pay up. He sent me here to collect the money. Said it was a child’s job so he sent a child to do it, even though I’m 13 years old!” Yusuke said with pride, as he swelled out his chest. Hiei said nothing and let the boy continue, there was something that was radiating off of Yusuke. It was as if his soul was calling out with a suppressed or untrained power. It was intriguing.
“So I did as I was told. I had to, cause the yakuza is my family now, and when family asks something of you, that’s what ya gotta do!” This boy was a member of the Yakuza!? It was incredulous. He was 13! “These guys wouldn’t pay up, so I yelled at them, then one came up and slugged me in the gut. I took it like a man though, and was ready to attack when all of a sudden more guys came outta nowhere.”
It was obvious that Yusuke was referring to the vampires; they must have come once they heard a fight was going on to prey on the humans. “Then something happened, and the next thing I see is these guys lying here on the ground.” Yusuke looked back at the bodies, knowing he had caused this. He did it before and was cast out of his old family. His new family however had accepted him for what he was, and brought him into their family.
So now he did this for his family, to repay them for all they had done for him.
Peeking up to look at the figure Yusuke felt an instant connection with this stranger. For some reason he could speak without being afraid, could say what was plaguing him with out a care in how it was going to affect the person. He hoped that it wouldn’t be the last time he saw this stranger. Standing up on shaky legs, a painful gasp escaping from him, Yusuke turned to the man that was surprisingly enough, his same height.
“Listen,” he was cut off as the man scooped him up in his arms. He looked up into crimson eyes, the fear he felt gone as soon as it had come, something was different then his other families when it came to this man.
“I am taking you to my house to get cleaned up Yusuke. You may remain there or go back to your…family… whatever you may choose.” With a small nod, Yusuke closed his eyes fatigue already consuming him.
“What’s your name?” Silence, then a small whisper responded.
“Hiei.”
OOO End Flashback OOO
That was their first meeting, and soon after they had encountered Kurama and Kazuma creating their family. One was a runaway from home and a bastard of a father, the other was thrown out at the age of 12 from is drunken mother, and had been on the streets for 8 months before Hiei had picked him up.The later one was a tall and thin boy, with carrot orange coloured hair. He was loudmouthed; not even Hiei himself was able to shut the taller boy up. He had stunning blue eyes, and on the odd occasion Hiei would tease the human just to see them shimmer with fury.
They were all brothers. Yusuke still worked for the Yakuza gang. His loyalty was his weakness, and for some reason Yusuke felt he owed the yakuza. Whenever questioned on the subject, the teen had always dismissed it with a goofy smile and a dismissive wave of his hand.
All three of these humans were the family that Hiei had never had, they and his sister that belong to a powerful family of vampires such as himself. But the dark lord mostly lived alone for the past five hundred years. He despised the politics of his kind.
The short Dark haired vampire was born as a half human, a crime where he grew up.
But of course it has its pluses. He did not need to feed as much as the ‘pure’ vampires and he did not need to be bound with a hunting ground to stay sane, and survive.
Even though he sometimes felt the need to as they did…
Looking back at the red head still held at bay by his blade, thoughts raced through the half vampire in a flurry of understanding. ‘I should kill Jin without a second thought. Slice him down with no remorse for his crimes, and I would do so… if I was sure.’ There was something much more different between the two before him, it didn’t feel like an ordinary life bond… it felt something…. more.
And he would not take the chance of hurting his brother if he killed the vampire prince before him.
It took only a moment to analyze the situation and come up with a conclusion as Hiei’s keen mind quickly picked up the difference. His eyes widened and he let out a feral growl. The two had created a ‘Soul Bond.’ A SOUL BOND for hells sake! The dark lord could not believe it…. and that right there… did you hear it?
That was the sound of the shit hitting the fan.
There was a faint glow around the area where Jin had bitten Yusuke’s neck. He could not kill Jin, for he would end up killing Yusuke, his brother, as well and that was not an option. The Dark Lord knew that he was in quite the lethal situation, literally. When Yusuke awoke… it was not going to be a pleasant experience at all.
Hiei had always kept a protective watch on his humans, especially since two years ago, when Yusuke was so horribly injured that death was a fast approaching destiny!
Since then, Hiei had worked constantly on devising a plan to keep ‘them’ safe. But Yusuke was as stubborn as ever. He refused to leave the yakuza! The best idea was somehow figuring on how to turn them into vampires, so that their unique abilities would also be enhanced by a vampire’s strength and keep them safe.
Yusuke was once again the problem in that situation; the youth would be almost impossible to convince to give into Hiei’s wishes.
The Dark Lord had to admit though… Jin seemed to have fixed this problem for him. BUT he could not let his actions go; he had to teach the red head that he could not have his ‘brother’ without Hiei first giving his permission. He would only do so, of course, when Jin proved himself worthy to be Yusuke’s life long companion.
Silently Hiei removed his sword from the vampire prince’s neck and sheathed the weapon. Glaring at the Vampire, he spoke.
“Move away from him.” Insulted, Jin was about to take a stance and defend himself. ‘How dare he demand that I step away from MY hunting ground, MY mate, MY life long lover!’ It was the deadly and murderous gaze in the shorter man’s crimson eyes that stopped him from saying so, and instead took a few steps to the side and back.
“As you say,” were his only whispered words.
Hiei bent down and picked the unconscious teen up into his arms in a caring gesture, and gave a curt nod to the prince to follow him. They had to leave this place to a proper location to talk!
Almost shocked into a stupor seeing as he had not been stabbed through the chest, Jin followed Hiei quietly out of the building, silently wondering why the strong Dark Lord had spared him.
OOOOOO
Touya gazed on at the building his master and friend had just entered with no emotion displayed across his handsome features. As he was about to follow Jin, a flash of red from his side caught his attention. Sighing as curiosity got the better of him; Touya made a sidetrack and turned to his right. Jin could take care of himself for a little while.There in a shadowed corner of a dark alley Touya gazed on at what had caught his attention. A young male human, between the age of 17 and 19, seemingly relaxed as he paced along the sidewalk leisurely, with long beautiful locks of dark ruby red hair that pocked out form a baseball cap. As he thought more about it, and as the human walked further and further away, the blunette gave into his gut feelings and keen instincts that told him to investigate further.
Touya followed the human within the shadows cast by the night.
Taking in a deeper look as he tracked the red head he saw that the human was tall, slender, and graceful. Curious to see a better look, and the boy’s face, Touya jumped into a better position as his black robes waved mysteriously in the slight breeze.
“Oh hells.” He gasped, as instead of red being the dominate colour, green. Forest green, emerald green, jaded green, the boys eyes seemed to change into many shades as the light reflected on them. “He’s…he’s…he’s stunning!”
Those green jewels were framed by a flawless face, as a few red strands poked out to cover the sides of his head. The human was by far the most gorgeous creature the vampire servant had ever encountered. ‘How is it that he’s not already claimed as a hunting ground?’
Suspicious, Touya breathed in deeply bathing in the scent of roses and fresh rain. Then he found it. There, a faint smell of a Vampire’s family mark. Breathing in once again, he tried to pinpoint the scent of his vampire family. It was distinctive, and prominent… it was on the edge of his mind… what was it? Then it hit!
‘He must be one of the three humans that belong to the Dark Lord Hiei himself!’
Touya came to the quick conclusion that the humans he had sensed earlier must have been those three… Jin was in some deep trouble now if he hurt one of them by accident.
Snapping out is his stupor, the ice mage vampire glanced back at his target, cursing as he saw the teen being harassed by a bunch of drunken men, and then run down a side street. A mistake which would have his red haired god prey to these drunken bastards!
Without a second thought, Touya followed quickly to assist the teen, only to find out, much to his surprise, that the tall boy could defend himself. Rather well in fact.
He was using a whip with jagged thorns poking out. Touya could only assume that it had been hidden under the teen’s long cloak, and with expert moves he soon had the upper hand. The vampire could not help but watch as the human boy dispensed with one man after the other with graceful moves only a dancer could possess. He took Touya’s breath away as one of the idiots flung the hat off his head, and a tumbling wave of red locks fell to is shoulders.
It was as if it was a blood red halo of an angel.
Before the vampire’s servant even realized he was moving Touya darted through the shadowed parts of the street to fully take in the spectacle the human was putting on. Then suddenly, said human was trying to contact someone. It was as if he sensed something was wrong, or something was approaching, and began talking out loud.
“No, No. Something’s….. hello? Hello!” He was talking into a head set, in an attempt to get some information on the situation. It seemed that the line had gone dead.
Silently cursing himself, the human bent down to pick up his cap and secured his hair under it once again, showing no haste in his movements.
Touya felt the urge to move, to hold, to grope, to hold, to… but he dared not make a move. He was a dignified vampire, and much too old to let his feelings slip. Then, before Touya could move, he was fixed with an intense green gaze.
Minutes passed as the two continued to lose themselves in the others eyes. Until the red head slightly bowed before him, and then turned on his heel and began walking in the direction of his friends in a calm manner.
‘What… what just happened?’
This was unexpected, he was used to humans running from him in fright, or do something stupid in an attempt to run away to secure their safety. But none had ever ‘bowed’ and then leave as if this was a polite encounter! The human was completely calm, no show of any emotion.
Frowning at his confusion, Touya tore after the beautiful red head. Wanting to at least know his name, when out of the shadows, a sword appeared stopping him a second time that night from his direct path.
Looking to his side, ready to strike, Touya stopped short and paled rapidly. The owner of the sword was none other then Hiei, that dark lord himself. Jin stood slightly behind him with a worried look on his face. And to the vampires shock and horror, in the dark lord’s arms, was an unconscious raven haired teen. That wore Jin’s mark!
For two silent minutes, the Dark Lord’s crimson gaze fixed with Touya's icy depths. Meanwhile his beautiful red head came back to the two of them and looked down at the unconscious boy in Hiei's hold, worry etched into his green eyes.
Without breaking the staring contest with Touya, Hiei gave the human in his arms to the tall, graceful Kurama at his right and said with a deep rich voice;
“Kurama, take Yusuke from me and head home with him and Kazuma. Wait for my return. I will arrive soon enough with these two with me.” Hiei gestured to Jin and Touya with a nod of his spiky haired head. “We have something very important to discuss first.”
The human, Kurama, nodded and did as he was told whispering a warning to Hiei. “Be careful, their vampires.” He knew it was not necessary to warn Hiei, but felt the need to none the less. Hiei just nodded, and passed Yusuke into the red head’s awaiting arms.
Holding Yusuke protectively, he cast a murderous glare in Jin’s direction.
Touya received a short quizzical glance from the mysterious teen before he raced off to find the other, Kazuma. The Vampire servant’s gaze followed Kurama’s gracefully swaying hips, and watched the teen disappear behind the street corner. This behaviour didn't go unnoticed by Hiei.
Soon enough a screeching noise of rubber burning against pavement told the three vampires the humans had left.
TBC
Captain: Sorry this is late getting to you sury, and to our reviewers! I was worried about the storm hitting us, and my homework and projects swamped me and smacked me in the face! But fortunately, everything is under control!
WASN'T THIS CHAPTER AMAZING!?!?!
Somehow it ended up being over nine pages, so I don't think our readers can complain about it being a little late.
Sury: (Holds up a baseball bat to swat away the readers before they can hurt her Starseeker honey!) How did you like the idea for chapter three? I think some of our readers might be angry and hunt us down and kick our asses for it!
Captain: lol, I loved it... and I’m sure your right! (Puts on her trusty army helmet) but we must continue or we will surely die! THANK-YOU shadow vampiress! Once again, our hides have been saved by the amazing BETA'S!!!