Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Petals Fallen, Blood on Roses ❯ Vigilante ( Chapter 2 )

Petals Fallen, Blood on Roses

An Original Fanfic

By HieiNimbus3007 ( a.k.a. NimbusXtreme3007)

Disclaimer: I do not nor will ever own any rights to Yu Yu Hakusho. I do not own any characters/situations/plots/storylines that are strictly Yu Yu Hakusho.

Warning: In this fic, Hiei and Kurama are ~lovers~. If this sort of thing bothers you, then I suggest you hit the back button on your browser now. I do not expect any flames regarding this aspect of my story because I warned you beforehand.

Thank you for your patience! :-)

Petals Fallen, Blood on Roses

Chapter II - Vigilante

He closed his eyes and when he opened them he was back in the spirit world. He had appeared suddenly in Koenma's office, making both the tiny leader and his assistant, Ogre, jump.

"Hiei! You should have knocked! I could have been indecent!"

"Hopefully not in the same room as Ogre," Hiei scoffed.

"Of coarse not!" Koenma looked furious.

"Well?" Koenma's eyes narrowed for a moment, but all other emotion was soon replaced by pure confusion. He stared into space for a second or so, trying to interpret what had just happened, then violently shook his head and came out of his daze.

"Why are you here? We are very busy right now, so whatever it is it will have to wait until later."

"I've only come to tell you that Kurama is gone." Koenma's eyes bulged and he made a dramatic gesture for Ogre to leave. He stood up, shrugged, and left, shutting the door firmly behind him.

"What are you talking about?!"

"Kurama is gone."

"Gone where?!?"

"I don't know."

"What do you MEAN you don't know!? You're supposed to be his friend! He just walked off and didn't say where he was going?!"

"That's pretty much it. Yeah." Koenma jumped on top of his desk and began to pace furiously.

"He can't be gone now! Not in this time of crisis!"

Hiei raised an eyebrow, clearly interested. "Crisis?"

"Yes! Both you and Kurama are in serious danger!" He quickened his pacing.

"Of what?"

"We need to find Kurama . . ."

"Tell me what we're in danger of."

". . . or else we can't protect him . . ."

"Koenma!"

". . .from. . ."

Hiei rushed forward and seized Koenma's shoulders. He shook him roughly. "Tell me, you bastard! Who are we in danger of ?!?" There was silence, and eventually Hiei released Koenma, who backed away from him with the same expression on his face that he would have had if he had just been bitten by something rabid. He rubbed his sore shoulders.

"There's no need for bad language."

"Let's see how well you rule with my sword up your ass." Hiei's eyes burned dangerously.

"Okay, okay. Cuss all you want."

"Just tell me."

"Fine. I will tell you. Sit down, please."

"I prefer to stand."

"Okay! Here goes. There is a demon in the form of a man - but we don't know what he looks like. We've never seen him. He calls himself the Hunter. He hunts. . ."

"No shit."

"Don't interrupt if you want to hear the whole thing. Well, this Hunter is something of a vigilante, taking the law into his own hands. He's devoted his whole life to tracking down and slaughtering those who have done wrong and yet have gone unpunished. Let's just say that he isn't fond of traitors. We have been informed by the gentleman himself via messenger that he is giving you and Kurama three days before he begins the hunt."

"Right - so I have a mark on my head. When were you planning on telling me, at my funeral?"

"I was getting around to it!"

"Thanks."

"No problem. Hee hee hee . . ." Koenma laughed nervously.

"So we should probably tell Kurama."

"It's essential!"

"We'd have to locate him, then."

"I'll leave that up to you."

"What?"

I believe you can find him. You have your methods." Hiei growled at him. "It's true! No sense in denying what we all know you posses!" Hiei turned from his and took a couple steps into the room.

He looked over his shoulder, "I'll go now. To put my assets to work." Koenma shivered from the sarcasm. "Kurama can't be on the defense if he doesn't know there is to be an attack," and with that, he was gone.

He reappeared on a hill, silent as the night and ruffled by the wind. He kept his eyes shut and breathed in deeply. This was the hill - where he first let Kurama know that he liked him for more than a friend and a partner in crime. This was the hill where Kurama told Hiei he felt the same . . .

~*~*~*~ flashback ~*~*~*~

Kurama lay on his back, looking at the stars. Hiei lay on his side, looking at Kurama. Kurama noticed and glanced at him. He smiled.

"The starts are beautiful tonight."

"Yeah."

"Liar! You aren't even looking at them."

"They are beautiful every night. I've seen them before."

"You've seen me before, too." Hiei blushed, but it wasn't apparent in the darkness. The only things you could really see besides the stars was a pair of bright red eyes and the pair of green ones that were burning into them. "You've been watching me a lot, Hiei. You've also been acting different around me, like you're walking on eggshells."

"I haven't noticed."

"Is anything the matter?"

"No."

"Is something bothering you?"

"No!"

"Is there anything . . ."

"Why all the questions?"

"Just wasting time. Letting you prepare yourself to ask me the question you've been dying to ask me. The question you asked me up here to answer."

"I don't have a question."

"Yes you do. It's in every movement of your body. Every inhale and exhale. It's even in your eyes." Hiei sighed impatiently and rolled onto his back.

"You don't know what your talking about. You've finally lost it, kitsune."

"Well, if you aren't going to ask me I suppose I'll have to go ahead and answer. In one swift motion, Kurama was up and on Hiei, straddling him and pinning his arms down.

"What the . . ."

"The answer is yes." Hiei smirked a little.

"What if you just made a fatal mistake? What if I was only going to ask you if you wanted to get a pizza, and I was nervous because I know you don't like pizza. If that was the case then the moment you let go of my arms I'm going to castrate you for sitting on me."

"I know you better than that. Besides, you don't like pizza, either." Kurama let go of Hiei's arm and Hiei made no movement to push him off or reach for his sword.

"At least I'm up to try new things."

"So am I," and with that Kurama leaned down and placed his lips gently upon Hiei's. Hiei's eyes widened in surprise but his hands eventually found their way to the back of Kurama's head and forced him deeper into the kiss. He was met with no resistance . . .

~*~*~*~ present ~*~*~*~

Tears streamed down Hiei's face. He held the rose now - the one Kurama had left behind. The stars seemed to cry too. They seemed blurry despite his clouded eyes. Hiei looked to the ground and scraped a shallow grave with the toe of his boot. He dropped the rose inside and covered it. He wiped his eyes on his sleeve. He felt a new feeling now, a feeling that had long been buried underneath love, passion, and angst. Anger. He pulled his sword from its sheath and watched the moonlight tremble along its razor edge. His eyes burned like hot coals. "He'll not have my kitsune." He resheathed his sword and fell to his knees alongside the grave.

The next chapter is . . .

Chapter III - Pain In The Omen

In which the Hunter calls to Hiei, who then witnesses the spilling of a loved one's blood in the ultimate nightmare. Botan makes a brief appearance and bears her heart, only to figure things out for herself. Hiei gets himself together long enough to figure out that he might be too late if he doesn't act fast . . .