Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Reunited ❯ Chapter 36
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 12.21.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 275 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 12.21.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 275 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 36
"Are you guys sure a big can of bug spray won't work?" Kuwabara asked again.
"Yes," Kuwabara," Yuseke said as he peeked around the corner. "Now get that stupid sword of yours ready so we can get this done faster."
"We may want to be as discreet as possible," Kurama said, "If we want to keep our identities and powers a secret from the rest of the public."
"Well what do you want me to do?" Yuseke asked, "Fire my Spirit Gun at this thing and hope it does enough damage to take it out in one hit?"
"And then maybe Hiei can finish it off using his sword and his speed," Kurama suggested.
"I can take that giant bug myself," Hiei grumbled.
"Let Yuseke take a shot at it first," Kurama said sternly.
"Whatever," Yuseke said as he charged his Spirit Gun. He jumped out from behind the corner, aimed, and fired.
Blaspsyhic saw the attack just before it hit him, and was just able to evade it, but got a severe burn on its side for being slow.
"Aw man," Yuseke grumbled, "I missed. Good thing that was a low powered blast, it won't cause as much damage."
"Let me do it," Hiei said as he drew his sword. He raced at the demon, his speed making him invisible to the bystanders. He slashed at the bug, but the insect's many eyes caught Hiei's actions, and with one of its legs, kicked Hiei out of the way.
Hiei hit a wall, "How the hell did he do that?" he asked as he got to his feet.
***
Shiroi watched the fight unfold, and knew after Hiei got kicked that she had to step in. At this rate, too many people would see them, and there was too much of a risk of them getting hurt in the crossfire.
"Never let a man do a woman's job," Shiroi muttered as she summoned her spirit energy. She decided to use a technique she hadn't used in a long time. She shaped her spirit energy into an arch shaped bow, using spirit energy as the strings as well. The bolt for the arrow was also spirit energy, but it had a special ability to it.
"That looks effective," Botan said as she and the rest of the girls stood by.
"It's very effective," Shiroi said. She aimed for Blapsyic, "Demon Transport Arrow!" She released the bolt and it flew straight at the insect demon. Blapsyic couldn't react to the speeding bolt in time; its attention had been on Hiei. When the bolt struck, it engulfed the demon in a web of spirit energy, and disappeared.
"Where'd it go?" Yuseke asked.
"I saw a light hit it," Kuwabara said, "And then it wrapped up in spirit energy and disappeared." The both turned their attention to Shiroi, who was looking the other way innocently.
Hiei appeared next to them, "Lets go before we cause anymore attention."
Shiroi nodded and transported all of them straight back to Genkai's temple.
"And what exactly am I going to do about my car?" Shiziru asked, glaring at the trees.
"It's in your garage," Shiroi answered, "I didn't forget about it."
"What's with the sudden return?" Genkai asked as she walked up.
"A demon named Blapsyic," Yuseke answered. "He was supposed to be our case, but we made to much ruckus and Shiroi took over."
"Dimwit," Genkai grumbled, "It figures you would do something like that."
"Hey," Yuseke said, "Hiei was the one that got thrown into the wall, not me."
Genkai eyed Hiei, "That's not you, what's the matter, got more on your mind?"
Hiei glared at Genkai, "No," he grumbled.
"Yeah right," Kuwabara said, "You're just ticked off 'cause Shiroi ignored your orders and finished Blapsyic after you got thrown into the wall."
Hiei glared dangerously at the human, but he didn't say anything.
"I'd watch your back from now on Kuwabara," Kurama advised.
Shiroi looked from Kuwabara to Hiei. She had hoped she hadn't angered Hiei when she sent Blapsyic to Spirit World, but now she wondered if she had. "Hiei?" she said unsurely.
Hiei glanced at the woman, and teleported away.
***
The humans went home shortly afterwards, knowing that it would be the best idea to leave demon problems on demon hands, or at least the demons they trusted.
"I wouldn't worry Shiroi," Kurama said. "He'll cool down after a while, I'm sure he will."
"Cool down huh?" Genkai asked. "Doesn't really sound like a fire demon-like thing to do."
"You know what I mean," Kurama muttered.
Botan sighed, "Well, I should probably go to Spirit World and see Koenma about what should be done about Blapsyic. Good luck with Hiei." She summoned her oar and disappeared.
Shiroi watched the spirit guide leave, and then headed toward the trees.
"Where are you going?" Anada asked.
"No where," Shiroi answered as she vanished into the trees.
"She's probably going to try and find Hiei," Genkai said.
"It's the best guess," Kurama said. "Hmm, lets see how their first fight goes."
"Was that supposed to be funny?" Anada asked, glaring at the fox. "You know single fight can ruin a couples' relationship."
"Yes of course," Kurama answered. "Though I doubt that will happen. Hiei maybe stubborn, but he's not stupid. If he lost Shiroi it might be the end of him." He smiled, "Don't worry, I doubt anything bad will happen."
***
Shiroi walked through the forest. She thought about looking for Hiei, to find out if he was really angry with her, but she wondered if it was a wise idea, to try and talk to him while he was in such a state.
She approached one of the ponds that the forest held and sat down near the bank. She dipped her hand into the water and used her manipulation abilities and made shapes in rising globes of water, to relax her. After a few minutes, she withdrew her hand from the water and got to her feet. She stepped out and hovered over the water. She walked to the center of the pond, intent on just practicing her water manipulation abilities.
Working with the water did more than just to relax her and keep her training up, it made it so that whatever troubling thing that was on her mind cloud over. The water was had almost a hypnotic affect when she worked with it, which was why she sometimes trained with it when she had troubling matters on her mind and needed a break.
She fell into the manipulation, and by the time the hypnotic affect broke away, she couldn't really tell how much time had passed since she had started.
***
During that time, Hiei had been on the opposite side of the forest. He was angry with Shiroi, but his reasons for being angry with her didn't even make sense to him.
He sat in a tree, trying to sort his thoughts. He heard someone coming toward him through the brush. Before she even arrived, he knew it was Anada, since the woman wasn't used to walking through the foliage.
"What are you doing out here?" he asked causally.
"Looking for you," Anada answered sternly.
Hiei looked down at the woman. "For what reasons?"
"What did Shiroi do to make you mad at her?" Anada asked. "If it was doing something you told her not to do, I'm surprised you even took that as a reason, Shiroi almost never listens when someone tells her what to do, especially when it has to do with fighting a demon."
Hiei growled and ignored the woman's reply. "So why else are you out here? I know you wouldn't come out to find out just that."
Anada glared up at the demon. She has some powers of her own, wind being one of them. She couldn't use them often, but when she did use them, it left her victim a quite a shock. She was able to control wind, sort of, and used it to knock Hiei out of the tree.
The fire demon sat up, the biggest look of confusion on his face Anada had ever seen. She walked over to him. "You're right," she said. "I didn't come out because of that."
Hiei looked up at the woman from where he sat, and could now read the anger that burned in her eyes. "And?" he asked as he got to his feet.
"How angry are you at Shiroi?" Anada asked.
"That's none of you business," Hiei snapped.
Anada slapped him. "I know it may not be my business, but I will not let someone break Shiroi's heart, not after what she's been through." She exhaled, "If you break her heart, I'll find some way to break your head." She slapped him again and stalked off.
Hiei stared as the woman walked away. Was he that angry with Shiroi to leave her? (No,) he told himself. (That would be completely stupid.)
His cheek was stinging from where the woman had slapped him. "I'm getting soft," he grumbled. He figured he should probably go and find Shiroi and sort things out, to keep Anada from slapping him again.
***
Shiroi had just stepped back onto the back when she heard Hiei approach. "I thought you were angry with me," she said without looking at him, "since I didn't do what you said."
Hiei lightly kicked a rock. He felt stupid, not knowing what to say.
Shiroi didn't know what to do about his silence, but she didn't feel like looking at him. She felt that if she did, she would find something in his eyes that would hurt more than a wound would.
Hiei knew why she wasn't looking at him, and finally said, "I'm not that angry with you."
Shiroi did look at him then, "Then how do you explain your actions from when first came back to the temple?"
(Either Kurama's rubbing off on her,) Hiei thought, (or she's kept her full vocabulary and sense of grammar hidden.) He ran his hand though his hair, "I don't know," he said. "Maybe it was because you didn't listen to me, but that's not the only reason."
"Then I would like for you to continue with your explanation," Shiroi said.
Hiei shuddered at her tone of voice. He was afraid to continue, afraid that the next time she spoke; her voice would be as icy as the ice could create. "I guess," he said, "Well, maybe I was jealous, that you were able to finish Blapsyic so quickly and easily.
"Oh," Shiroi said, "So your angry with me because I damaged you precious ego?"
That stung. "Yes I am," Hiei snapped. Now he was angry with her. Before it was because of stupid reasons, but now a female was insulting his pride.
"Well excuse me," Shiroi said, "I was just doing me job."
"You're supposed to be on vacation!" Hiei yelled.
"So what?" Shiroi asked. "Does that mean I'm restricted to use my powers when the public is in danger? You've got it wrong if that's what you were thinking."
"Well forgive me for worry about your safety," Hiei spat back.
"Ha!" Shiroi laughed viciously. "A man worried about my safety, what a thought." Now she was angry with him, very angry. He believed that now since he knew he was promised to her, that he could control ever aspect of her life, but Shiroi wouldn't allow it. "You don't need to worry about my safety Hiei. If you haven't realized it by now, coming close to death more than once a month is normal for me."
Hiei growled, "Well then maybe I won't. Go ahead and get yourself killed when you have a choice not to, see if I care."
Shiroi laughed again, "I know you will. Kurama's told me enough times that you'd probably commit suicide if something like that ever happened to me."
Hiei reminded himself to beat Kurama the next time he had the chance, even if he had to wait until the guy was asleep. As to a comeback to her statement, he was kind of stuck.
"What's the matter?" Shiroi asked, "Have I gotten you tongue tied?"
Hiei growled at her. "Fine, if you want proof that I don't care, then say goodbye to our relationship!"
Shiroi gasped, she didn't think he would do something like that. "Do you really mean that?" she asked.
"Yes," Hiei said. Even as the words came out of his mouth he didn't really know if they were true or not. Could he take them back, or was it too late?
Shiroi stood there, frozen with shock. Before she even had a chance to try and say anything, Hiei vanished from sight. She fell to her knees, not bothering to try and stop the tears that ran like rivers from her eyes. "I should have known," she sobbed. "I should have known it wouldn't last. That's the last time I ever let my barriers down to a man, ever!"
***
Author's Note: Uh-oh, that doesn't look good. Yeah, it sounds really sappy, and may be a little too dramatic, but I think it will work. Lets hope things get patched up in the next chapter, of Hiei's going to be more than just bruised.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 36
"Are you guys sure a big can of bug spray won't work?" Kuwabara asked again.
"Yes," Kuwabara," Yuseke said as he peeked around the corner. "Now get that stupid sword of yours ready so we can get this done faster."
"We may want to be as discreet as possible," Kurama said, "If we want to keep our identities and powers a secret from the rest of the public."
"Well what do you want me to do?" Yuseke asked, "Fire my Spirit Gun at this thing and hope it does enough damage to take it out in one hit?"
"And then maybe Hiei can finish it off using his sword and his speed," Kurama suggested.
"I can take that giant bug myself," Hiei grumbled.
"Let Yuseke take a shot at it first," Kurama said sternly.
"Whatever," Yuseke said as he charged his Spirit Gun. He jumped out from behind the corner, aimed, and fired.
Blaspsyhic saw the attack just before it hit him, and was just able to evade it, but got a severe burn on its side for being slow.
"Aw man," Yuseke grumbled, "I missed. Good thing that was a low powered blast, it won't cause as much damage."
"Let me do it," Hiei said as he drew his sword. He raced at the demon, his speed making him invisible to the bystanders. He slashed at the bug, but the insect's many eyes caught Hiei's actions, and with one of its legs, kicked Hiei out of the way.
Hiei hit a wall, "How the hell did he do that?" he asked as he got to his feet.
***
Shiroi watched the fight unfold, and knew after Hiei got kicked that she had to step in. At this rate, too many people would see them, and there was too much of a risk of them getting hurt in the crossfire.
"Never let a man do a woman's job," Shiroi muttered as she summoned her spirit energy. She decided to use a technique she hadn't used in a long time. She shaped her spirit energy into an arch shaped bow, using spirit energy as the strings as well. The bolt for the arrow was also spirit energy, but it had a special ability to it.
"That looks effective," Botan said as she and the rest of the girls stood by.
"It's very effective," Shiroi said. She aimed for Blapsyic, "Demon Transport Arrow!" She released the bolt and it flew straight at the insect demon. Blapsyic couldn't react to the speeding bolt in time; its attention had been on Hiei. When the bolt struck, it engulfed the demon in a web of spirit energy, and disappeared.
"Where'd it go?" Yuseke asked.
"I saw a light hit it," Kuwabara said, "And then it wrapped up in spirit energy and disappeared." The both turned their attention to Shiroi, who was looking the other way innocently.
Hiei appeared next to them, "Lets go before we cause anymore attention."
Shiroi nodded and transported all of them straight back to Genkai's temple.
"And what exactly am I going to do about my car?" Shiziru asked, glaring at the trees.
"It's in your garage," Shiroi answered, "I didn't forget about it."
"What's with the sudden return?" Genkai asked as she walked up.
"A demon named Blapsyic," Yuseke answered. "He was supposed to be our case, but we made to much ruckus and Shiroi took over."
"Dimwit," Genkai grumbled, "It figures you would do something like that."
"Hey," Yuseke said, "Hiei was the one that got thrown into the wall, not me."
Genkai eyed Hiei, "That's not you, what's the matter, got more on your mind?"
Hiei glared at Genkai, "No," he grumbled.
"Yeah right," Kuwabara said, "You're just ticked off 'cause Shiroi ignored your orders and finished Blapsyic after you got thrown into the wall."
Hiei glared dangerously at the human, but he didn't say anything.
"I'd watch your back from now on Kuwabara," Kurama advised.
Shiroi looked from Kuwabara to Hiei. She had hoped she hadn't angered Hiei when she sent Blapsyic to Spirit World, but now she wondered if she had. "Hiei?" she said unsurely.
Hiei glanced at the woman, and teleported away.
***
The humans went home shortly afterwards, knowing that it would be the best idea to leave demon problems on demon hands, or at least the demons they trusted.
"I wouldn't worry Shiroi," Kurama said. "He'll cool down after a while, I'm sure he will."
"Cool down huh?" Genkai asked. "Doesn't really sound like a fire demon-like thing to do."
"You know what I mean," Kurama muttered.
Botan sighed, "Well, I should probably go to Spirit World and see Koenma about what should be done about Blapsyic. Good luck with Hiei." She summoned her oar and disappeared.
Shiroi watched the spirit guide leave, and then headed toward the trees.
"Where are you going?" Anada asked.
"No where," Shiroi answered as she vanished into the trees.
"She's probably going to try and find Hiei," Genkai said.
"It's the best guess," Kurama said. "Hmm, lets see how their first fight goes."
"Was that supposed to be funny?" Anada asked, glaring at the fox. "You know single fight can ruin a couples' relationship."
"Yes of course," Kurama answered. "Though I doubt that will happen. Hiei maybe stubborn, but he's not stupid. If he lost Shiroi it might be the end of him." He smiled, "Don't worry, I doubt anything bad will happen."
***
Shiroi walked through the forest. She thought about looking for Hiei, to find out if he was really angry with her, but she wondered if it was a wise idea, to try and talk to him while he was in such a state.
She approached one of the ponds that the forest held and sat down near the bank. She dipped her hand into the water and used her manipulation abilities and made shapes in rising globes of water, to relax her. After a few minutes, she withdrew her hand from the water and got to her feet. She stepped out and hovered over the water. She walked to the center of the pond, intent on just practicing her water manipulation abilities.
Working with the water did more than just to relax her and keep her training up, it made it so that whatever troubling thing that was on her mind cloud over. The water was had almost a hypnotic affect when she worked with it, which was why she sometimes trained with it when she had troubling matters on her mind and needed a break.
She fell into the manipulation, and by the time the hypnotic affect broke away, she couldn't really tell how much time had passed since she had started.
***
During that time, Hiei had been on the opposite side of the forest. He was angry with Shiroi, but his reasons for being angry with her didn't even make sense to him.
He sat in a tree, trying to sort his thoughts. He heard someone coming toward him through the brush. Before she even arrived, he knew it was Anada, since the woman wasn't used to walking through the foliage.
"What are you doing out here?" he asked causally.
"Looking for you," Anada answered sternly.
Hiei looked down at the woman. "For what reasons?"
"What did Shiroi do to make you mad at her?" Anada asked. "If it was doing something you told her not to do, I'm surprised you even took that as a reason, Shiroi almost never listens when someone tells her what to do, especially when it has to do with fighting a demon."
Hiei growled and ignored the woman's reply. "So why else are you out here? I know you wouldn't come out to find out just that."
Anada glared up at the demon. She has some powers of her own, wind being one of them. She couldn't use them often, but when she did use them, it left her victim a quite a shock. She was able to control wind, sort of, and used it to knock Hiei out of the tree.
The fire demon sat up, the biggest look of confusion on his face Anada had ever seen. She walked over to him. "You're right," she said. "I didn't come out because of that."
Hiei looked up at the woman from where he sat, and could now read the anger that burned in her eyes. "And?" he asked as he got to his feet.
"How angry are you at Shiroi?" Anada asked.
"That's none of you business," Hiei snapped.
Anada slapped him. "I know it may not be my business, but I will not let someone break Shiroi's heart, not after what she's been through." She exhaled, "If you break her heart, I'll find some way to break your head." She slapped him again and stalked off.
Hiei stared as the woman walked away. Was he that angry with Shiroi to leave her? (No,) he told himself. (That would be completely stupid.)
His cheek was stinging from where the woman had slapped him. "I'm getting soft," he grumbled. He figured he should probably go and find Shiroi and sort things out, to keep Anada from slapping him again.
***
Shiroi had just stepped back onto the back when she heard Hiei approach. "I thought you were angry with me," she said without looking at him, "since I didn't do what you said."
Hiei lightly kicked a rock. He felt stupid, not knowing what to say.
Shiroi didn't know what to do about his silence, but she didn't feel like looking at him. She felt that if she did, she would find something in his eyes that would hurt more than a wound would.
Hiei knew why she wasn't looking at him, and finally said, "I'm not that angry with you."
Shiroi did look at him then, "Then how do you explain your actions from when first came back to the temple?"
(Either Kurama's rubbing off on her,) Hiei thought, (or she's kept her full vocabulary and sense of grammar hidden.) He ran his hand though his hair, "I don't know," he said. "Maybe it was because you didn't listen to me, but that's not the only reason."
"Then I would like for you to continue with your explanation," Shiroi said.
Hiei shuddered at her tone of voice. He was afraid to continue, afraid that the next time she spoke; her voice would be as icy as the ice could create. "I guess," he said, "Well, maybe I was jealous, that you were able to finish Blapsyic so quickly and easily.
"Oh," Shiroi said, "So your angry with me because I damaged you precious ego?"
That stung. "Yes I am," Hiei snapped. Now he was angry with her. Before it was because of stupid reasons, but now a female was insulting his pride.
"Well excuse me," Shiroi said, "I was just doing me job."
"You're supposed to be on vacation!" Hiei yelled.
"So what?" Shiroi asked. "Does that mean I'm restricted to use my powers when the public is in danger? You've got it wrong if that's what you were thinking."
"Well forgive me for worry about your safety," Hiei spat back.
"Ha!" Shiroi laughed viciously. "A man worried about my safety, what a thought." Now she was angry with him, very angry. He believed that now since he knew he was promised to her, that he could control ever aspect of her life, but Shiroi wouldn't allow it. "You don't need to worry about my safety Hiei. If you haven't realized it by now, coming close to death more than once a month is normal for me."
Hiei growled, "Well then maybe I won't. Go ahead and get yourself killed when you have a choice not to, see if I care."
Shiroi laughed again, "I know you will. Kurama's told me enough times that you'd probably commit suicide if something like that ever happened to me."
Hiei reminded himself to beat Kurama the next time he had the chance, even if he had to wait until the guy was asleep. As to a comeback to her statement, he was kind of stuck.
"What's the matter?" Shiroi asked, "Have I gotten you tongue tied?"
Hiei growled at her. "Fine, if you want proof that I don't care, then say goodbye to our relationship!"
Shiroi gasped, she didn't think he would do something like that. "Do you really mean that?" she asked.
"Yes," Hiei said. Even as the words came out of his mouth he didn't really know if they were true or not. Could he take them back, or was it too late?
Shiroi stood there, frozen with shock. Before she even had a chance to try and say anything, Hiei vanished from sight. She fell to her knees, not bothering to try and stop the tears that ran like rivers from her eyes. "I should have known," she sobbed. "I should have known it wouldn't last. That's the last time I ever let my barriers down to a man, ever!"
***
Author's Note: Uh-oh, that doesn't look good. Yeah, it sounds really sappy, and may be a little too dramatic, but I think it will work. Lets hope things get patched up in the next chapter, of Hiei's going to be more than just bruised.