Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Love Me, Hate Me, Just Don’t Let Me Fall ❯ Yukina's True Love ( Chapter 20 )

To anyone who recognized the Yu Gi Oh quote: yes I did get "let's you and I mate right away" from a YGO manga. Sorry if I forgot to mention that earlier!

Last Chapter...

Hiei, the unfeeling fire demon, actually liked someone. And not just any person! No, the ferry girl was no Kurama, nor was she like Yukina. She was an anti-Hiei. The loud, giggly, and brightly dressed female to counteract the quiet, scornful, and shadow-like male. They were as opposite as positive and negative magnets.

Yet opposite magnets attract, don't they?

This thought did not bode well with Hiei. Opposites shouldn't attract! Hiei shouldn't even like Botan! And Botan should be scared of Hiei, not in love with him! The fates must be having such fun watching the two lesser beings interact with one another. Oh, the fates do indeed have a sick, twisted sense of humor.

Hiei sighed. Next time he was visiting Reikai, the fates would be receiving an angry visitor with a sharp sword.

Love Me, Hate Me, Just Don't Let Me Fall

Chapter 20: Yukina's True Love

The next day was Sunday, and Yukina woke up early, eager to wake Yusuke and the others. After they ate a light breakfast, Genkai searched again for Kurama but didn't find him in the city, so instead she found Touya still at the hotel. Yukina was led there, and taken to Touya's hotel room. Then, after being reassured that everything was fine and that she wasn't needed any longer, Genkai left to go back to her temple. Once she had departed, Yukina knocked on the hotel door and waited for an answer.

Considering how late he stayed up last night, Touya woke up fairly early to the sound of someone knocking on the door. He sat up on the couch and rubbed his eyes, trying to wake up. Once he was at least half conscious, he stood and went to the door.

Upon opening it, he discovered Yukina had come to visit, and his heart nearly skipped a beat. She had come for him at the hotel? She had actually searched hard enough to find him? This was more than Touya ever dared to fantasize about! And they were nearly alone too, with only a sleeping Rinku to interrupt them! Ah... Touya must be in heaven!

"Um... yes? What can I do for you?" asked Touya, trying hard not to squeal like a schoolgirl and hug the beautiful ice apparition.

"May I come in first?" Yukina requested.

"Oh of course!" Touya answered, cursing his bad manners as he let Yukina in. They both went to the couch and sat down beside each other. Once they were settled, Yukina turned to Touya and said, "I need to you wake Yusuke, Keiko, and Kuwabara."

"Uh-huh..." Touya responded absent mindedly, staring in awe at the object of his affection.

"The plant Kurama had in his room bloomed while we were inside searching for you, and it released some sort of sleeping gas. The others fainted, but I was able to escape. They're probably still unconscious in Kurama's room."

"You... you were looking for me yesterday?" Touya asked hopefully, wondering if she loved him so much to search such a long time.

"Keiko seemed to believe that you were dating Botan even though Hiei was already her boyfriend, and she wanted to... talk, I suppose, to you about it, though she seemed awfully angry at you..."

"Oh... yeah..." Touya said, but then he realized that Yukina might believe it too, so he continued, "THAT WASN'T A DATE! Botan and I are FRIENDS! I don't even like her that way!"

"You don't have to yell. I assumed that was true from the beginning..."

"Oh..." Touya replied rather sheepishly.

"So about Keiko and the others- can you cure them?"

"Sorry, I have no idea what happened to them. That was all Kurama's doing, and you'll have to wait until he gets back. I think he's still be in Reikai with Shizuru."

"Reikai?! Why did they go there?"

"It's a long story..."

"Care to tell me?"

"I'm not sure if I should. Hiei and Botan might not appreciate it, not to mention Koenma..."

"Oh, that's okay then. I don't want anyone to get angry about it if it's supposed to be secret."

"Hmmm... Then again, Hiei might not want me to keep it a secret from you..." Touya said, trying to decide what Hiei would like him to do. "I might as well tell you. You're probably going to find out eventually."

Touya began telling the story (leaving out the parts that might reveal his crush), as Yukina listened to him intently and stayed silent. Upon the end of the story, she said, "Oh my... That would explain why things have been so weird lately. So Hiei really doesn't love Botan? That's too bad... I was hoping he might actually have found a girlfriend..." Yukina sighed sadly, and continued, "Poor Botan! This whole situation must be stressful for her. I hope she's all right. Where is she now?"

"Probably in the bedroom," Touya said with a shrug. He hadn't seen Botan since last night, and he never found out if Hiei was still mad at him for liking his sister. "I'll go check on them, if it will make you feel better."

He went to the bedroom and knocked on the closed door politely. Hearing only silence as his answer, he opened the door and looked inside the room only to find Rinku sprawled out on the bed, snoring in his slumber. Hoping that Botan and Hiei were hiding somewhere, Touya searched the room for them- under the bed, in the closet, behind the curtains- but didn't find either chibi.

Panic came upon Touya as he wondered frantically how to explain this to Yukina. 'The chibis were placed under my care, and I seem to have misplaced them. So your brother and Botan are missing right now. Oh and by the way, remember that date I told you about? Would you like to go with me? Thanks, that would be wonderful!'

No, there had to be a better way! Now where had they gone... Thinking back to yesterday, Touya remembered seeing Hiei walk past him when Rinku and Touya were coming back to the room. Assuming Botan was with him, the chibis could be anywhere by now!

Touya couldn't just leave to look for them unless he told Yukina the truth about the missing chibis, which was to be avoided at all costs. Someone else would have to look for them and bring them back without alerting the clever ice apparition... A plan formed in Touya's mind, and he pulled out his communication mirror to contact his friends.

Some distance away, on top of the roof that had acted as his bed previously, Jin answered the call cheerfully, since he had been given communication mirror once Shishiwakamaru and Suzuka decided to go elsewhere.

"Jin! I've got a problem..." Touya said, and he told him about the missing chibis and Yukina. "I need you to find them and bring them back to the hotel bedroom without Yukina suspecting anything! If she knows that I lost them, she'll never like me!"

The Wind Master smiled and said, "Aw, that's cute how you're worried about her opinion and all that! You two are gonna be so cute together! Heheh you'd just better be aware that that Kuwabara person has already claimed her! I don't want you killing him or anything..."

"Just start looking!" Touya snapped, already fully aware that Kuwabara might offer competition for the ice apparition's heart.

"Alright, alright already! I'm going! Just one question- when do you expect Shishi, Suzuka, and Chuu back?"

"Oh, I don't know! Sometime after Hiei and Botan have already arrived."

"Okay then, I'll tell them that."

With that, the screen blanked out and Touya put the communication mirror away. Then, after making sure he didn't appear worried, he walked back to Yukina and, trying his best to remember that lying wasn't dishonorable, he said, "Botan and Hiei are asleep in the bedroom right now. I didn't want to wake them, so I just let them be."

"Oh, okay. It's good to know that they're getting some sleep, at least," Yukina replied. Then, trying to make conversation, she asked, "Touya, you're going on that group date, aren't you?"

"Hai. Why do you ask?" Touya wondered, hoping that she might be asking him out.

"I was hoping you could watch over Hiei and Botan."

Of course she wouldn't be asking him out!

"O-oh, of course," Touya replied. Now, if only he could work up the courage to ask her...

After receiving Touya's call, Jin took to the sky, flying just high enough so that humans would mistake him for an odd plane. Squinting down below, Jin tried to find one of the chibis by sight. But the city had too many buildings and other large objects for him to be able to spot anything. So, Jin decided to try a different method- something he called wind-location.

By sending out gusts of wind, he could vaguely feel an object's shape by how much wind was blocked by the object. It was similar to echolocation, thus the name wind-location.

After doing this several times, Jin located two small shapes in a tree at a park. Trying to avoid ningen eyes, he landed under the cover of some tall trees and walked towards the shapes' location to investigate... only to find two sleeping squirrels.

Okay, so maybe wind location wasn't foolproof...

Slightly frustrated, he began walking back to where he had come from, avoiding flight in case of human eyes. After only a short distance, a spot of black caught his eyes. Could that be Hiei?

Jin looked closer and discovered the two chibis on a tree branch, Botan asleep in Hiei's arms.

"Awww, ain't that just adorable!"

Fully awake, Hiei glared at him. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to bring you two back to the hotel! I bet you had fun last night, ne?"

"Are you implying something?"

"Of course not!"

Then, without warning, Jin picked both of the chibis up and took to the sky, careful to not hurt Botan and ignoring Hiei's protests. Soon, they arrived at the hotel and snuck in through the bedroom window.

After letting Hiei go, Jin set Botan down on the bed gently beside a snoring Rinku, since she was still asleep. Then he turned to Hiei and said, "Alright, you have to watch her until she wakes up, ok?"

Of course, there wasn't really any need for her to be watched, but Jin didn't want Hiei to interrupt Touya and Yukina.

Having nothing else to do, Hiei agreed. Then, with a good bye to the chibis, Jin left through the window to find the other three.

While all of this was going on, Touya was still struggling to tell Yukina about his feelings.

"Um, Yukina..." Touya began.

"Yes?"

"I... well, you see..."

"What is it?"

"I really, really like this person, and..."

"Oh, is it Jin?" Yukina asked naively.

"WHAT?! NO OF COURSE NOT!" a panicked Ice Master said.

"Really? But you two seem so close..."

"That's because we're FRIENDS! Why can't anybody leave us alone about that? I don't see anyone asking Kurama and Hiei if they love each other!"

"Well everyone knows Kurama wouldn't like Hiei of all people, and I'm starting to suspect Hiei likes a certain ferry girl..."

"I don't like GUYS at ALL, OK!?"

"Oh... I'm so sorry, did I offend you?"

"What? No, no of course not!"

"So... you like a girl, right?"

"Right! And I want to ask her out on the group date!"

"Ah, that's wonderful! Who is it?"

"It's... um... well..."

"It's okay, you can tell me! I can keep a secret!"

"Really?"

"Sure! And to make you feel better, if you tell me who you like, I'll tell you who I like!"

"You like someone? Really?" Touya hoped it was himself that she was thinking of.

"Yes, " Yukina answered with a shy smile.

"You tell first!"

"Well... okay... I like Shishiwakamaru!" Yukina admitted with a blush. "Now, who do you like?"

Touya gaped at her. Shishi? SHISHI?! Why the heck would she like him? That arrogant demon just HAD to steal the one thing he wanted, didn't he? Of course, typical Shishi...

And then, suddenly, as if on cue, the hotel door burst open. Suzuka appeared, and behind him came the one and only Shishiwakamaru.

Upon his entrance, Touya glared at Shishi, and Yukina, slightly startled, noticed the look. Suzuka and Shishiwakamaru didn't however, so it came as a complete surprise when Touya suddenly launched himself at the long-haired demon in a fit of jealousy.