Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Invisible ❯ Desperation ( Chapter 5 )

Here is Chapter Five of Invisible!! Please Review because I really want to know what everyone thinks of my writing!!

 

I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. The only thing I own is my own character, Kasumi.

 

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The next day, Kasumi acted more normally, although she very carefully tried to keep her face out of sight when others were around. And at noon, she joined them once more under the sakura tree.

Suichi smiled at her, reaching into his bag. "I have just the thing for that eye, by the way. I know a great deal about the healing properties of plants, and put this together for you this morning," he said, taking out a small container with a cream of some sort inside.

Kasumi tentatively leaned forward to look at the concoction, and caught the smell of it. She made a face. "Yuck! My father's shoes smell better after a twelve hour shift!"

Suichi chuckled. "I wouldn't doubt it. But, fortunately, this is meant to be used externally only. You don't have to ingest it."

Yusuke grinned. "You can trust him. His stuff really does work!"

Hiei just sat under the tree, leaning against it and looking bored.

Suichi took some of the salve on the tips of his fingers and gently applied it to Kasumi's still swollen shut eye. When he finished applying the ointment, he replaced the lid and put the salve into his bag once more. He gave her a gentle smile.

"By tomorrow, the bruising should be almost gone and your eye should open just fine."

Kasumi blinked in surprise, hearing this. "Are you serious? That soon?"

He nodded. "Yes. I can assure you, my remedies are quite potent and very effective."

The girl seemed to digest this information for a moment, clearly surprised and a little skeptical, but she would see for herself come the next morning. Suichi just hoped she didn't have another contusion on her face when next she woke up.

Then he smiled at her. "The Sakura Festival is next week. Do you plan on going?"

She shook her head immediately. "Definitely not. I've never gone to a festival before. My father works on holidays, as well, and someone has to stay at home and keep the house in order. I'm the only one who can do it. Besides, I don't even own a kimono, and I don't have the money to buy one."

Yusuke looked at her, one eyebrow elevating. "You'd think with your dad having the job and income that he's got, that you guys would have a higher standard of living, you know?"

She almost snorted. "My dad spends it all on strippers and booze for his buddies after work. If I didn't go into his wallet after he passes out, we'd be in serious trouble."

Suichi sighed inwardly, knowing there was no point in trying to talk to her about getting away from her situation. She wouldn't listen. He knew it would take something big to make her change her mind... and he hoped that if something did happen, that she would give him a call as she had promised.

They continued visiting, wisely dropping the subject of her father and her home experiences for the remainder of the time under the sakura tree. Then they got up and headed for classes, following Kasumi's example when she announced that lunch was over in ten minutes.

 

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After a night with being thrown across the room and getting a few well placed kicks in the ribs, Kasumi woke up and was pleasantly surprised to find that her black eye was now gone. She touched it tentatively. There was only a hardly noticeable greenish tinge around her now open eye and she smiled inwardly. Wow, she thought. Suichi's remedies really DO work...

That day, under the sakura tree, the boys all noticed that she was wincing noticeably with almost every move that she made, and she quietly told them of what had transpired the night before, refusing to meet any of their gazes.

Yusuke and Kuwabara looked like they were going to say something, but whatever it was died in their throats at the look that Suichi gave them.

 

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But little did any of them know, that her situation was going to come to an end sooner than any of them expected.

Three days after her black eye had healed, Suichi was up in his room, Hiei sitting on his windowsill, his arms crossed. The koorime was being silent and Suichi wondered, not for the first time, why he bothered visiting when he never said a word.

"Have you nothing better to do?" he asked, a little annoyed. Despite his best efforts, the presence of the koorime was distracting him from his studies.

Hiei smirked and shrugged. "Hn. Like what? I'd much rather be here than at Kuwabaka's or Yusuke's. I don't feel like watching that sister of Kuwabaka's beat the crap out of him again, or put up with Yusuke's mother's drunken antics."

Kurama sighed and tried to focus on his homework again. He cast a glance at his clock and saw that it was almost two in the morning. He wasn't concerned, though. There was no school the next day, the teachers all attending a conference in Kyoto. But Suichi just wanted to get his homework over and done with.

His mother was gone right now, away on business in Okinawa. She wouldn't be back for another week or so... at least.

He tried to focus on his History homework, when he saw Hiei move out of the corner of his eye. Looking up, he saw the koorime's expression was dead serious.

"Someone's coming," he said.

Blinking, Suichi was about to ask who, when he heard a faint knock on the door downstairs. Even more curious now, he got up and made his way downstairs to see who his unexpected visitor was. But then, as he neared the door, he felt a sinking sensation in the pit of his stomach that told him that this was going to turn into a VERY long night.

Opening the door, Suichi felt his eyes go wide at what stood there.

He almost didn't recognize her. There was a cold rain falling from the sky, so her hair hung in wet mats. Her face was black and blue. She was holding her side while trying to breathe in short gasps. Her legs were trembling, straining to keep her up.

When she lifted her head and her eyes met Suichi's, tears started streaming down her cheeks. Kasumi was standing on his front step, hurt, and very afraid.

"Suichi...?" she asked, her voice sounding strained, her eyes a little unfocused. Her legs unexpectedly went out from beneath her and the kitsune quickly caught her, scooping her up into his arms in one swift motion.

He shut the door quickly and turned. "Hiei!! Get my med kit!!" he shouted, quickly making his way up the stairs, holding the trembling woman in his arms.

The koorime met him in his room, holding the med kit ready. Suichi gently set the girl down onto his bed.

"I'm... sorry..." she said. "I know it's... late, but... I didn't... know where... else I... could go..." she said between gasps.

"Sh... It's all right. You have nothing to apologize for..." Suichi said gently.

She shook her head, tears still streaming down her face. "I've... never seen him like that before. He just... he went insane..."

Suichi continued to hush her gently as he looked her over. As he looked her over and saw nothing life threatening, although her condition definitely required a hospital, he found his concern being taken over by a cold rage.

Hiei stood off to the side, his arms crossed, his eyes squarely on the young woman, his mouth set in a thin line.

Struggling to keep himself composed, Suichi looked at Kasumi. "I know... you're not going to like this, Kasumi. But this time, your father has crossed the line. You need a hospital, and this time the police HAVE to be informed. I know it's not something you like, but..." he sighed.

She took in a shaky breath and slowly nodded. Suichi's hand took a hold of her own gently. "I understand," she said quietly.

He nodded, getting to his feet. He cast a look at Hiei. "Stay with her for a few minutes, please, Hiei. I have to call an ambulance and report this."

The koorime nodded wordlessly as the kitsune left the room.

Kasumi tried not to appear uncomfortable with having Hiei alone with her. She wasn't sure why, but something about him just made her feel uneasy.

The vertically challenged boy seated himself beside her bed and looked at her with those strange red eyes. Kasumi's eyes met his for a split second and she had to look away, trying not to shiver.

"Hn. Relax. I'm not going to hurt you, Kasumi. You don't have to be afraid of me."

She didn't say anything in response to his words and simply layed there, trying to ignore the pain that her body was in. They just sat there in silence for a few moments before Suichi came back into the room, and Hiei vacated the chair to let him take his place.

"I just called the hospital and an ambulance should be here in just a few minutes." He looked at Hiei. "I'll go to the hospital with her in the ambulance. While I'm doing that, could you inform Yusuke and Kuwabara of what happened?"

"Hn. Whatever."

Suichi nodded. "Thank you." He turned his attention back to the girl, his hand gently taking her own. "I'll be right beside you the whole time, Kasumi. I informed the hospital of your circumstances and the police are going to be waiting for us to take your statement. You will no longer have to live in fear of your father."

She just nodded silently. She couldn't bring herself to look at him.

A few more moments passed when they heard the sirens from the approaching ambulance, and Suichi got to his feet once more, leaving the room to let them in. He showed up again a moment later with two men behind him.

One of them came forward immediately and started checking her over to determine the extent of her injuries as the other prepared a stretcher for the injured girl. The first man frowned slightly.

"Nothing life threatening as far as I can tell, but we should get her to the hospital just to make doubly sure."

Suichi nodded. "I would like to accompany her in the ambulance, if I may."

The man looked at Kasumi who nodded silently, and then he looked at Suichi. "Alright, then."

The two men carefully lifted Kasumi and laid her down on the stretcher. The kitsune cast a last look at Hiei as he left the room. The koorime nodded, knowing what was expected of him. The moment the four of them left the room, Hiei exited through Kurama's bedroom window, in search of Yusuke and Kuwabara.

 

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Please R&R, everyone!! In the next chapter, they find out what transpired between Kasumi and her father to bring on his vicious attack!!