Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Reunited ❯ Chapter 19
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.21.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 291 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.21.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 291 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 19
Shiroi looked and her old friend, knowing that she was right and felt ashamed.
"Why him?" she asked Anada.
"He's actually very kind," Anada answered. "It's just something about you that he just doesn't like."
"And he took out that frustration on you?" Shiroi asked.
Anada shook her head, "No, that beating was my fault. We were talking about how you were over last night. He wouldn't stay in the house, so he stayed at Lanon's last night."
Shiroi nodded, Lanon was one of Takken's cronies. You could say he was second in command. "And the beating?"
"He and I were arguing about you being allowed back tonight," Anada answered. "I over stepped my bounds with him, and he was punishing me."
Shiroi wasn't very pleased with her friend about telling her this now, but she really couldn't do anything about it. "All right. I can't do anything about this, and keeping you away from him will only tick him off, and he'll take it out on you when you return."
Anada looked away, "No, he won't. I can understand you for thinking that way, but he really doesn't do those things to me. He really loves me."
Shiroi snorted quietly. "Sure, and that was what my father said to my mother."
"Maybe he did," Anada replied. "You just may not know it, after the way he treated you."
Shiroi sighed and looked back down to the road. Takken and his gang had vanished; they were probably looking for them. "I've had too many negative experiences with men," she said.
What Shiroi didn't know, was that Hiei was roof hopping toward them after finally locating her with his Jagan eye. He landed on their roof just in time to hear Shiroi say, "I will never fall in love with a man, they've caused me too much pain then they've caused me happiness."
Hiei stood there motionless. It was bad enough that he had landed so silently that they didn't know he was there, but when they did notice he was there, Shiroi's expression didn't change.
"Let's go," she said. She took Anada's hand and transported them from the roof. Hiei jumped down after them. "Are you sure you'll be all right?" Shiroi asked Anada.
Anada nodded, "I will, Takken will just be happy I'm home."
Shiroi nodded, and turned Hiei, face emotionless. "Let's go."
Hiei nodded and the walked back to Nana's.
***
Later that evening, Hiei sat on Elder Sansa's roof.
"Something wrong?" Kurama asked. He had climbed up to the roof, looking for the fire demon.
"No," Hiei answered. He hadn't told anyone what he had heard, and Shiroi had been silent all afternoon since the incident.
"My tail nothing's wrong," Kurama said. "What happened?"
Hiei glared at the fox demon, but then sighed and told him what had happened.
"Ouch," Kurama winced, "That had to hurt."
"What should I do?" Hiei asked. "Should I take that as her answer, or wait a little longer?"
"I'd wait a little longer," Kurama answered. "Who knows, you may change her mind."
Hiei wasn't quite sure about that, but nodded any way, and went inside for the night.
***
The next day, the day of the festival, dawned with a happy glee in the air. Shiroi was outside, sitting on the roof, when Botan came looking for her.
"What are you doing up here?" she asked the apparition.
"Watching," Shiroi answered.
Botan raised an eyebrow, but she looked down over the streets. It was full of excited people, decorating their houses and such with decorations for the festival. "Wow!"
"I know," Shiroi said. "You should see it later on. By dusk everything will be up and ready to go for the festival tonight. "
"Sounds like it's going to be fun," Botan said.
"That's not all the Autumn Festival is known for," Shiroi added.
"What more could there be?" Botan asked.
"A night where lovers promise themselves," Shiroi answered. "It was how my parents met. Couples already married go there too, just to enjoy the romantic moment."
"Where is it?" Botan asked.
"Why?" Shiroi asked, "Want to drag someone there?"
"No," Botan answered blushing. "I'm just curious."
Shiroi pointed to a lower rise to the west. "Over that is where it's held. It's an easier climb than it looks."
Botan nodded, "I guess it would be, if it's used for something like that."
Shiroi smiled. "I'm going to go for a walk," she said. "Can I trust all of you to behave until I get back?"
"I'm sure you can," Botan replied.
Shiroi smiled and hopped off the roof.
She walked down the road, looking at the decorations that were coming up. She was so caught up in looking at them; she didn't notice that she was being sneaked up on.
***
"She's been gone for two hours," Yuseke said. "Can't we go look for her?"
"I guess we could," Kurama answered. "But where should we look?"
"Hiei?" Botan asked. They looked around the room; the fire demon was nowhere to be found. "Guess he decided to go off himself," Botan grumbled.
***
Hiei knew he was close to finding her. He had been roof hopping since he'd heard that Shiroi has been gone longer than expected. He almost passed her by, but when he glimpsed her, he turned on his heel and sped toward her.
She didn't even react when he landed behind her. She was staring out over the lake, leaning against a fence.
"Shiroi?" Hiei asked. "Where have you been?"
She still didn't respond.
"Shiroi," Hiei walked up behind her and attempted to turn her around, but she flinched when he touched her shoulder. He wondered why she had flinched, and wanted to find out now. He touched her other shoulder, she didn't flinch at the touch. He slowly turned her around, and then felt like skinning something.
She looked like she had been beaten. There were a few cuts on her face, but luckily that was all. There was something wrong with her left shoulder. There was blood running from a wound, how big it was Hiei couldn't see.
"Come on," Hiei whispered, "Let's get you back, then Nana can look over you."
***
Kurama was standing outside Nana's house. He was about to go back when he saw Hiei coming with Shiroi. He noticed Shiroi's condition right away and ran up to them, picking her up and carrying her inside.
"What happened?" Nana asked as they came in.
"Hiei?" Kurama asked as he laid the woman down on the floor where her blood wouldn't stain anything.
"It was how I found her," Hiei answered.
What bothered all of them was the wound under her left shoulder. Blood was only seeping out the corners of the wound, not the entire thing. Whatever had made the wound had left a nice size hole in Shiroi's shirt, making it so they could see the wound clearly without having to remove the garment.
"What's causing the blockage?" Botan asked.
Nana knelt next to Shiroi and examined the wound. I can't tell, but my eyes aren't like what they used to be."
Kurama came down next to her and looked at the wound himself. "Looks like a blade," he said. "But it's different for what I've seen."
"It must be one of Takken's special blades," Anada said. "He made a few unique ones. When thrown at an opponent, the hilt will break off and leave the blade in. Removing it is extremely difficult, which is why most who are ever struck by it die from infection."
"How can it be removed?" Kurama asked.
"Speed is needed," Anada answered. "And very good vision. If the person pulls it out wrong, they'll cause permanent damage even the best of healers can't fix."
Hiei eyed Shiroi, and then said, "I'll do it."
Anada looked at the demon, "Are you sure you can do it?"
"You just named the things mainly needed to remove it," Hiei said, "I have all of those abilities."
Anada sighed, "I guess you're right."
Hiei closed his eyes as he cracked his left hand. He seemed to do better at things like this with his left hand, so he wanted it limber, to make it faster. He knelt next to Shiroi's left side, examining the wound quickly before doing what he needed to.
Finally, he raised his hand over his head. -Close your eyes, - he sent to Shiroi.
When the woman did as he asked, he struck with his left hand, bringing it down, into the wound, grabbing the blade in his fingers, and pulling it back out. As soon as the blade was out he dropped it, it had burned his fingers.
"What happened?" Yuseke asked.
"Burns," Hiei gasped as he shook his hand, "Like acid."
"A little practical joke on Takken's part," Anada said. "He likes doing things like that."
"Figures," Hiei grumbled as Kurama carried the now unconscious Shiroi into a room where Nana could work on her.
Author's Note: Ouch, that had to hurt. Hey, I finally updated again, and it didn't take me a month. Review me and tell me what you think.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 19
Shiroi looked and her old friend, knowing that she was right and felt ashamed.
"Why him?" she asked Anada.
"He's actually very kind," Anada answered. "It's just something about you that he just doesn't like."
"And he took out that frustration on you?" Shiroi asked.
Anada shook her head, "No, that beating was my fault. We were talking about how you were over last night. He wouldn't stay in the house, so he stayed at Lanon's last night."
Shiroi nodded, Lanon was one of Takken's cronies. You could say he was second in command. "And the beating?"
"He and I were arguing about you being allowed back tonight," Anada answered. "I over stepped my bounds with him, and he was punishing me."
Shiroi wasn't very pleased with her friend about telling her this now, but she really couldn't do anything about it. "All right. I can't do anything about this, and keeping you away from him will only tick him off, and he'll take it out on you when you return."
Anada looked away, "No, he won't. I can understand you for thinking that way, but he really doesn't do those things to me. He really loves me."
Shiroi snorted quietly. "Sure, and that was what my father said to my mother."
"Maybe he did," Anada replied. "You just may not know it, after the way he treated you."
Shiroi sighed and looked back down to the road. Takken and his gang had vanished; they were probably looking for them. "I've had too many negative experiences with men," she said.
What Shiroi didn't know, was that Hiei was roof hopping toward them after finally locating her with his Jagan eye. He landed on their roof just in time to hear Shiroi say, "I will never fall in love with a man, they've caused me too much pain then they've caused me happiness."
Hiei stood there motionless. It was bad enough that he had landed so silently that they didn't know he was there, but when they did notice he was there, Shiroi's expression didn't change.
"Let's go," she said. She took Anada's hand and transported them from the roof. Hiei jumped down after them. "Are you sure you'll be all right?" Shiroi asked Anada.
Anada nodded, "I will, Takken will just be happy I'm home."
Shiroi nodded, and turned Hiei, face emotionless. "Let's go."
Hiei nodded and the walked back to Nana's.
***
Later that evening, Hiei sat on Elder Sansa's roof.
"Something wrong?" Kurama asked. He had climbed up to the roof, looking for the fire demon.
"No," Hiei answered. He hadn't told anyone what he had heard, and Shiroi had been silent all afternoon since the incident.
"My tail nothing's wrong," Kurama said. "What happened?"
Hiei glared at the fox demon, but then sighed and told him what had happened.
"Ouch," Kurama winced, "That had to hurt."
"What should I do?" Hiei asked. "Should I take that as her answer, or wait a little longer?"
"I'd wait a little longer," Kurama answered. "Who knows, you may change her mind."
Hiei wasn't quite sure about that, but nodded any way, and went inside for the night.
***
The next day, the day of the festival, dawned with a happy glee in the air. Shiroi was outside, sitting on the roof, when Botan came looking for her.
"What are you doing up here?" she asked the apparition.
"Watching," Shiroi answered.
Botan raised an eyebrow, but she looked down over the streets. It was full of excited people, decorating their houses and such with decorations for the festival. "Wow!"
"I know," Shiroi said. "You should see it later on. By dusk everything will be up and ready to go for the festival tonight. "
"Sounds like it's going to be fun," Botan said.
"That's not all the Autumn Festival is known for," Shiroi added.
"What more could there be?" Botan asked.
"A night where lovers promise themselves," Shiroi answered. "It was how my parents met. Couples already married go there too, just to enjoy the romantic moment."
"Where is it?" Botan asked.
"Why?" Shiroi asked, "Want to drag someone there?"
"No," Botan answered blushing. "I'm just curious."
Shiroi pointed to a lower rise to the west. "Over that is where it's held. It's an easier climb than it looks."
Botan nodded, "I guess it would be, if it's used for something like that."
Shiroi smiled. "I'm going to go for a walk," she said. "Can I trust all of you to behave until I get back?"
"I'm sure you can," Botan replied.
Shiroi smiled and hopped off the roof.
She walked down the road, looking at the decorations that were coming up. She was so caught up in looking at them; she didn't notice that she was being sneaked up on.
***
"She's been gone for two hours," Yuseke said. "Can't we go look for her?"
"I guess we could," Kurama answered. "But where should we look?"
"Hiei?" Botan asked. They looked around the room; the fire demon was nowhere to be found. "Guess he decided to go off himself," Botan grumbled.
***
Hiei knew he was close to finding her. He had been roof hopping since he'd heard that Shiroi has been gone longer than expected. He almost passed her by, but when he glimpsed her, he turned on his heel and sped toward her.
She didn't even react when he landed behind her. She was staring out over the lake, leaning against a fence.
"Shiroi?" Hiei asked. "Where have you been?"
She still didn't respond.
"Shiroi," Hiei walked up behind her and attempted to turn her around, but she flinched when he touched her shoulder. He wondered why she had flinched, and wanted to find out now. He touched her other shoulder, she didn't flinch at the touch. He slowly turned her around, and then felt like skinning something.
She looked like she had been beaten. There were a few cuts on her face, but luckily that was all. There was something wrong with her left shoulder. There was blood running from a wound, how big it was Hiei couldn't see.
"Come on," Hiei whispered, "Let's get you back, then Nana can look over you."
***
Kurama was standing outside Nana's house. He was about to go back when he saw Hiei coming with Shiroi. He noticed Shiroi's condition right away and ran up to them, picking her up and carrying her inside.
"What happened?" Nana asked as they came in.
"Hiei?" Kurama asked as he laid the woman down on the floor where her blood wouldn't stain anything.
"It was how I found her," Hiei answered.
What bothered all of them was the wound under her left shoulder. Blood was only seeping out the corners of the wound, not the entire thing. Whatever had made the wound had left a nice size hole in Shiroi's shirt, making it so they could see the wound clearly without having to remove the garment.
"What's causing the blockage?" Botan asked.
Nana knelt next to Shiroi and examined the wound. I can't tell, but my eyes aren't like what they used to be."
Kurama came down next to her and looked at the wound himself. "Looks like a blade," he said. "But it's different for what I've seen."
"It must be one of Takken's special blades," Anada said. "He made a few unique ones. When thrown at an opponent, the hilt will break off and leave the blade in. Removing it is extremely difficult, which is why most who are ever struck by it die from infection."
"How can it be removed?" Kurama asked.
"Speed is needed," Anada answered. "And very good vision. If the person pulls it out wrong, they'll cause permanent damage even the best of healers can't fix."
Hiei eyed Shiroi, and then said, "I'll do it."
Anada looked at the demon, "Are you sure you can do it?"
"You just named the things mainly needed to remove it," Hiei said, "I have all of those abilities."
Anada sighed, "I guess you're right."
Hiei closed his eyes as he cracked his left hand. He seemed to do better at things like this with his left hand, so he wanted it limber, to make it faster. He knelt next to Shiroi's left side, examining the wound quickly before doing what he needed to.
Finally, he raised his hand over his head. -Close your eyes, - he sent to Shiroi.
When the woman did as he asked, he struck with his left hand, bringing it down, into the wound, grabbing the blade in his fingers, and pulling it back out. As soon as the blade was out he dropped it, it had burned his fingers.
"What happened?" Yuseke asked.
"Burns," Hiei gasped as he shook his hand, "Like acid."
"A little practical joke on Takken's part," Anada said. "He likes doing things like that."
"Figures," Hiei grumbled as Kurama carried the now unconscious Shiroi into a room where Nana could work on her.
Author's Note: Ouch, that had to hurt. Hey, I finally updated again, and it didn't take me a month. Review me and tell me what you think.