Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Soul Mates ❯ Glimpses ( Chapter 1 )

Soul mates

 

Disclaimer: I don't own any of Yu Yu Hakusho.

 

A/n: Sorry it's been so long for updates. Between college and the holidays it's been hard to find the right time to write this up. I hope that you haven't forgotten what happened in the prologue. Well at any rate, enjoy this chapter; I'll try to speed things up soon so everything is caught up.

 

Damn brain! And damn writers block! Lol.

 

Chapter 1: Glimpses

 

 

Kurama made his way down the hall to the large bathroom. He could feel his mother's energy down in the kitchen and hear her making his breakfast before school. Kurama's mother always was the first one to rise and start the day and thus it came as no surprise to Kurama that she was up before him.

 

Closing the bathroom door behind him, locking it; he turned on the light to the bathroom while keeping the bright light out for a moment by closing his eyes before slowly opening them to allow him to adjust to the light. He glanced at the image of himself in the mirror as he took off the green towel and set it on the white fiberglass counter. As he glanced at the reflection staring back at him he could help but notice the slight darkened areas under his striking green eyes. It was a clear sign of a fitful sleep as well as not enough.

 

Going over to the shower he turned it on and let the shower head spray hot water for a few minutes as he went on to brushing his teeth and relieving himself, briefly staring at his figure's well-defined muscles of his-abs and well-shaped hips. He knew that his well-muscled figure was hidden behind the clothes and making him as scrawny-looking nerdy figure most of the time but just about every guy in school who had been in his gym class knew how he looked nude. And that was: delicious.

 

Stepping over the tub's ledge and pulling the pink curtain closed, Kurama took in the warming heat that sprayed all over him. This brought back small flashes of him and times they had shared together years ago.

 

Shaking his head, Kurama glanced up. “We didn't need to die in that senseless act!” he said, punching the tile wall with an open palm. Taking a stride back and he suddenly stepped on a bar of soap, causing him to slip rather ungracefully. He pulled the curtain down as he fell onto the side of the tub; his hip connecting painfully against the side. “Ah!” he cried just as he looked up to see the solid curtain rod came down on his face; connecting with the bridge of his nose. “What a great start of the day.”

 

The water still raining down all over him, he slowly got up, hissing at the pain now in his side and feeling the bloody nose starting to run. Kurama untangled himself from the curtain.

 

“Suichi dear, are you alright?” Kurama's mother called from the other side of the door. She must have heard him and his commotion.

 

“Yes, mother. I am fine. Just slipped,” he replied glancing down at his right hip to see a nice big bruise already emerging all down his side.

 

There was a small pause from his mother where she must have been deciding whether or not to go in and see if he had been severely hurt or not. “Okay, well if you need anything, just call me.”

 

“I will, Mother.”

 

“Smooth, Kurama,” he said mockingly to himself as he felt his nose to see if it had been broken. Luckily it wasn't. He might end up with a nice bruise later if he was unfortunate, but his nose was fine other than it was bleeding heavily.

 

Letting his nose bleed, he quickly washed his hair and body and then got out to deal with the bloody nose that was still flowing freely.

 

Wrapping the green towel around his waist after drying off his legs and wrapping a white towel around his hair carefully so he wouldn't get blood on it, he went over to the toilet paper roll. Getting a handful of it he placed it over his nose. Before leaving the bathroom he fixed the curtain and the rod back to where they was suppose to be, and soaked up the water that was pooled up on the floor with the extra towels. Placing the wet towels in the hamper in the corner, Kurama left the bathroom to go get dressed.

 

 

 

Dressing in a dark red dress shirt; the edges lined in gold, and wearing red tapered casual dress pants he tied back his hair in a low ponytail. He headed downstairs to his breakfast; still holding his bloody nose that was now starting to clot. Kurama took a seat at the table after fixing himself some scrambled eggs and sausage just as his mother entered the room holding his green book bag.

 

“Oh, Suichi! What have you done to yourself?” she said putting the book bag on the teal counter top and rushing over to him. Lifting his chin up in the middle of taking a bite of his sausage she glanced at the red crusting blood around his nose. “What happened?”

 

Chewing his food thoroughly and swallowing, he replied, “I slipped in the tub, the curtain rod hit my nose. I'm fine, Mother.”

 

She ignored her son and went over to the sink to get a wash cloth and came back to wipe away the dried blood. “Don't be silly, you're not fine.”

 

Sighing in defeat, he allowed his human mother such a simple act.

 

“Are you hurt anywhere else?” she asked looking him over.

 

Kurama would have said no and lied, but he couldn't do that to his mother. “I fell on my hip, but I'm fine. I have nothing broken.”

 

She narrowed her eyes and put her hands on her hips in a motherly fashion. “Let me see.”

 

He sighed inwardly again and lifted his red dress shirt revealing a rapidly forming black-and-blue mark. “It's nothing; I'll be fine in a few days at the most.”

 

“No, you're not fine,” she repeated and went to the freezer for a cold pack.

 

“Mother please, I need to get to school,” Kurama said as he quickly downed his food and got up, ignoring the cold pack his mother was holding out for him to take. He didn't wish to be mothered at the moment. He wasn't in the mood for it right now. “I have a busy day, I have a test in biology and I then have to meet up with Hiei afterwards.”

 

“Oh? Is that a date? Are you two going back out?” she asked hopefully.

 

Kurama's mother Shiori knew that her son was gay and was proud of it. Sure she wanted grandchildren but even more than that she wanted Kurama happy. She had known that Hiei and Kurama had been having on-an-off relationship ever since she had met him years ago. Hiei was like her second son and she wished the best for the two. However, she never understood why they always broke up all the time, yet she accepted it and didn't question it.

 

However, what Shiori didn't know about Hiei and her son was that they were both demons from the spirit world and demon world. That was what Kurama had yet to tell her. And when that day came, he would hope she would understand.

 

“No, we're not going out. Hiei and I are through. We're just friends now,” Kurama replied, placing his plate in the sink, after rinsing it. “We're going out as friends to the ice cream parlor and then we're going to the park. Maybe we'll go to the mall.”

 

Shiori giggled to herself. “Sounds like a date to me.”

 

Kurama gave her a small glare as he picked up his bag. “It's not.”

 

“What ever you say, Suichi,” she said as he grabbed the door handle to leave then turned to go to the coat rack. “You two make an excellent couple. Do you know that?”

 

“He's not really my type,” Kurama replied as he grabbed his brown leather pilot's jacket from the coat rack on the wall and put it on before grabbing for an extra black leather coat that Hiei wore around that time of the year when he visited, and put it on his arm.

 

“Of course he is. Why would you date him otherwise?”

 

Kurama opened the door and held the door open, letting the morning sunlight come in. He with held the real reason why he had dated Hiei. It was because he was trying to move on from what had happened back in the spirit and demon world, yet knowing that he still couldn't. “For comfort, Mother… for comfort,” he replied softly as he exited out of the door leaving his mother slightly baffled.

 

 

 

 

“Good afternoon class, today we have a new student joining us. But it is apparent that they're not here today, so I'll introduce the new student when they arrive later,” Mr. Takahiro greeted his 3rd hour class as he looked down at the new student list. He didn't understand why they were getting a new student at the middle of the school year. It was unusual that the school was still accepting.

 

“Who's the new student?” asked one of Kurama's classmates.

 

“I think I'll announce the name when they are here, Mr. Yuudai. Now I hope that everyone has studied for their test, because there are 300 questions. And each is worth 3 points.”

 

A groan spread throughout the room like a wave. But Kurama remained confident in his ability to pass in the top five.

 

Kurama watched as each of the tests were passed out. He began to wonder who the new student was and when they would be in. He couldn't help but feel the need to see who he really was. Something inside of him told him that he knew the person already, regardless of not knowing yet. `Perhaps tomorrow they'll show up…' he thought as he picked up his pencil and began his biology test.

 

 

 

“Yo!” Yusuke called as he grabbed Kurama's hips and pulled him into a slight hug. Kurama couldn't help but give a hiss of pain as he pulled out of his friend's embrace. “What's the matter?” Yusuke asked quickly, seeing his friend's pain.

 

“I just had a bad slip this morning in the tub,” Kurama replied as he revealed the massive bruise hugging all down his right side.

 

“Ooo,” Yusuke said, as he winced seeing the bruise. “You should get something on that!”

 

Kurama shook his read head and let the shirt fall back in place. “I'll be fine. I've had far worse remember?”

 

Yusuke shrugged. “Yeah you're right, you have.”

 

They walked down the hall to Kurama's locker where he shifted his bookbag to his other side as he turned the combination lock. Once it was opened, Kurama placed his heavier and not-needed books into the small slot locker and zipped his bag up and closed his locker. “Are you ready for lunch?” Kurama asked as he started his way to the cafeteria.

 

“Yeah, I'm so hungry I can eat a horse!” Yusuke said rubbing his stomach before putting his arm around Kurama's shoulders. “So what's up? You look like shit, you know that?”

 

Kurama couldn't lie, he did look bad. For a long moment he didn't reply to his friend. “I had another dream…”

 

Yusuke had known about his friend's dream just like the rest of the group. It worried them all that Kurama was having such startling dreams of his past. They always had the premonitions of when Kurama became depressed. It made them wonder when something terrible would happen. “Oh?”

 

Kurama nodded.

 

“Do you think it's because of your heat that's coming up in a few weeks?” Yusuke asked as he held open the cafeteria doors open for him. Yusuke and the others had been discussing what they do with Kurama when the time came. There would be a fair chance that Hiei and Kurama would get back together for the short time.

 

“It just might be,” Kurama replied as he went up to the bar where he picked up a cheeseburger, fries and a side salad along with a soda. Changing the subject, he asked, “Are you getting anything?”

 

Yusuke shrugged and picked up a burger and soda as he followed Kurama to the register. “Well anyways, I'm going out with Kuwabara after school. We're going to the arcade, do you want to come?”

 

“No,” Kurama replied spotting Kuwabara and Keiko at the lunch tables across the lunch room, and starting towards them. “I have plans set with Hiei already. We're going over to the Ice cream parlor and then we may just do something else.”

 

“Isn't it a little cold for that?” Yusuke asked.

 

“Not really. Hiei is always warm and never really minded the cold. I mind it, but I'll probably just watch him eat it.”

 

“Hey Kurama and Yusuke!” Kuwabara greeted, waving them over. “I just heard there's a new kid on the block.”

 

“Oh, you heard too?” Kurama asked, sitting down slowly across from Keiko.

 

“Yeah he's in our gym class and our history class,” Keiko said.

 

“Any idea of who he is?” asked Yusuke.

 

Kuwabara shook his head in unison with Kurama and Keiko. “My teacher won't tell us,” Kurama answered.

 

“Same here, but someone said that it was a guy and he's a major hottie!” Kuwabara added.

 

“And who was that someone?” asked Yusuke.

 

Kuwabara shrugged. “Not sure, just some rumor that someone who said that they saw him.”

 

“Anything else; like what does he looks like? I may want to go get a date with him,” Yusuke asked as he unwrapped his burger.

 

“Supposedly long black hair and fair skin,” Keiko said.

 

Kurama narrowed his eyes momentarily and shrugged knowing there were a lot of kids out there like that. None of those types of kids caught much of his interest.

 

“They say he's some kind of smart, wealthy kid,” Kuwabara said. “And that he doesn't need to go to school but he does anyways. Hey! That's almost like you, Kurama! You're too smart for your own good!”

 

“Shut up stupid,” said a voice behind Kurama.

 

Kurama turned around to see Shizuru, Kuwabara's older sister. “Hello, Shizuru,” Kurama greeted.

 

“Hello to my favorite redhead,” she replied, as she leaned over to give him a hug and a kiss but was cut off from a hug as he put his arms out quickly. Puzzled she asked, “What?”

 

“Sorry, I'm feeling a bit banged up in the hip at the moment.”

 

“Why, what happened?”

 

“Kurama had a slip in his tube this morning,” Yusuke answered lifting Kurama's shirt nonchalantly, disregarding Kurama's hands trying to brush his away.

 

“Oh wow! That's one nasty bruise you have there. I believe it's the worse bruise you've had in a while,” Shizuru commented eye balling it closer.

 

“What?” asked Keiko and Kuwabara as they leaned over to see the big bruise.

 

“Guys! I'm fine! Now please sit down and let's enjoy this lunch,” Kurama said tersely. He had never been a big fan of being mothered over, and he certainly wasn't about to start to enjoy the `mothering'. “Now have you guys heard anything else of this new kid?”

 

“New kid?” asked Shizuru as she took a seat next to her partner Keiko.

 

“Yes, haven't heard?” Keiko asked making room for Shizuru. “Supposedly there's a new kid in the school.”

 

“Oh, that's interesting. Can't wait till I meet him, but who knows, he could be a complete jerk.”

 

“Or he could be a total porn star hottie!” Kuwabara added enthusiastically.

 

They continued on through their lunch normally, discussing their classes as well as tests and what they would do that day after school. Kurama said hardly anything and kept to himself as he felt slightly depressed. They parted ways soon after lunch and headed off to their next class.

 

The day went on as usual with semester finals and the usual short meetup with the others in between classes. Soon it was the end of the day and Kurama made his way out the front doors where he spotted Hiei just outside the school's gates, leaning on a tree with his usual composure. Kurama couldn't help but smile lightly at seeing his friend. “Hello, Hiei.”

 

“How was your day, Fox?” he asked, pushing himself off of the tree's trunk and meeting Kurama half way. Hiei couldn't help but notice how bad his friend looked. Knowing he shouldn't ask he said nothing.

 

“It was fine,” Kurama replied as he adjusted the bag over his shoulder and eyed his friend's clothing. “You're not going out in that are you?”

 

“Why? What's wrong with this?” Hiei asked skeptically.

 

“Well it's not really blending into the crowd,” Kurama said as he eyed the black tunic and pants his friend usually wore. Kurama knew that Hiei wore a black tank top underneath.

 

Shrugging, Hiei removed his top tunic and tossed it to Kurama who neatly folded it up and put it in his bag. Spotting the usual black leather coat in the bag, he pulled it out and put it on. “Is this better?” he asked zipping up the coat.

 

“Much better.”

 

“Good, let's go.”

 

“I should stop home and drop this bag off.”

 

“Okay, let's hurry then”

 

 

 

“Mother, I'm home!” Kurama called as he opened the front door.

 

“I thought you were going with Hiei right after school?” she called from the kitchen.

 

“We're going to the parlor; I just stopped home so I can drop my bag off. We'll be back later.”

 

Shiori looked around the corner to see Hiei and Kurama as he set down his stuffed bag onto the couch. “How's your hip, son?”

 

Hiei quickly glanced at Kurama questioningly.

 

Waving his hands dismissively, in front of him, “It's nothing now, I'm much better.” Kurama really didn't wish for his friend to worry about him. Yet he knew once that door was closed Hiei would start questioning him. Hiei always questioned his friend when it came to his injuries.

 

“Okay, well you two have fun now. Don't get into any trouble.”

 

“I'll try not to be out too late, Mother.”

 

“Alright, be home in time for dinner.”

 

Closing the door behind them, much to Kurama's surprise, Hiei didn't open his mouth about his hip— up until the end of the sidewalk. “What's wrong with your side, Fox?” Hiei asked before Kurama could even open his mouth to object.

 

“Nothing, just a small bruise is all.” Kurama was feeling rather irritated with everyone caring so much about such a little thing. Yet the way his emotions rolled along unpredictably it was hard not to blame them for wondering if he was doing it to himself.

 

“How?”

 

Sighing at his friend's persistence, “I slipped in the tub, it's nothing more. Just drop it. I've been repeating myself three times already; you know how I hate repeating myself.”

 

“Hn… Let me see.”

 

Kurama growled inwardly as he pulled up the jacket and shirt to reveal a yellow, black, blue and purple bruise on his skin before dropping it. Hiei didn't say a word as they continued their way downtown, but Kurama could feel Hiei's Jagan eye on him every so often on the way there. Even when the third eye was masked by Hiei's odd and slightly out of place head band, it felt as though it was watching him. But maybe it was just Kurama's imagination.

 

They soon reached downtown and made it to the parlor without much of conversation. They ordered their ice creams; Hiei ordering a waffle bowl filled with chocolate and Oreo cookie crumbles with a strawberry topping and Kurama a waffle bowl filled with mint chocolate chip and gummi bears with no extra toppings. Taking their seats in the corner booth, they ate some of their ice cream before talking.

 

“How is it?” Hiei asked watching Kurama pick at his ice cream, not showing much interest in the cold dessert.

 

“Oh it's good,” Kurama said smiling.

 

Eying his friend lightly, Hiei took a bite of ice cream before talking again. “How was your test?”

 

Kurama knew Hiei wasn't really the type to ask little questions that involved his schooling, but it was something other then focusing the conversation on other things that Kurama didn't wish to discuss. Hiei showed hardly any interest in most of his friend's human routines. He never really understood why he had to go. The fox demon was to smart for his own good.

 

“Oh I think I aced it,” Kurama said with a genuine smile. “I'll be in the top five, I know that for sure.”

 

“Excellent,” Hiei said as he watched his friend suddenly turn to look out the window as people passed by in the small crowds that he hated so much. “What are you looking at?”

 

Kurama ignored his friend's voice as he continued to glance from face to face. Something inside him told him something or someone was coming and he should pay attention. He could feel his Youko form wanting to come out as he continued to glance through every stranger's face and everything in the vicinity.

 

Hiei looked too, not seeing what had suddenly changed in his friend's normal calm composure to that of a fox on a hunt. “Kurama!” he snapped bringing his friend back to reality for a moment.

 

“What?”

 

“What are you looking for?”

 

“I don't know. Something is -” From the corner of his eye he saw him. Tall, fair skinned, long flowing raven hair exiting from the strip club across the street that Kurama and his friends used to go to. They had stopped because Kurama wasn't up to looking as much as he used to. That was around the last time Hiei and himself had stopped dating.

 

Hiei followed Kurama's gaze and saw what he was looking at. From what he had seen Kurama draw in his notebook during some of his classes he recognized the similarities between this guy Kurama was staring at and the mate Kurama had been with in his other life in Makai.

 

From what Hiei could feel, and of course Hiei already knew that Kurama was feeling it as well, was the guy he was looking at wasn't a human at all… he was a demon. “Kurama, I know what you are feeling but it can't be -” before he could finish what he was saying Kurama was already out the door and chasing after a ghost from the past.

 

 

Dodging cars with ease, Kurama made his way across the street only to find that the person he had seen was now gone. “He couldn't have just disappeared into nowhere.” Looking up and down and following his nose into the building he had just seen the person come out of minutes ago, he paid the cover and quickly went in.

 

Going up to the bartender he asked, “Did you seen a tall guy with dark hair just exit this place?” he called over the music.

 

“There are a lot of guys with that description. Do you know if he works here or not? Or how old he looks?”

 

“No clue if he works here, but from what I saw he looks about 18.”

 

The bartender paused as he was cleaning a mug out with a bar towel. “Come to think of it… We do have a male dancer about that age and fits your description. He's new here but I think his title name here is: The bat out of hell: Raven. I think he'll be back tomorrow around 11 or 12. Why are you interested in him?”

 

`He's new? Maybe he might be that new kid that is supposed to be in class with me at school?' Kurama wondered. “I just saw him leave. I think I know him. Do you know his real name instead of his stage name?”

 

“I'm not supposed to give that out. Sorry kid.”

 

“It's fine. I'll be back tomorrow then.”

 

“Kurama! There you are!” Hiei called from behind him as he ran up to catch up with him and grabbed his shoulder lightly. “Have you lost your mind, fool?”

 

“I just thought I had seen him,” Kurama said as his friend dragged him to the exit. “But as long as I paid the money to get in, we might as well stay.”

 

Hiei stopped pulling. “Hn, I guess so. But not for long, I hate the loud music they have playing.” Hiei was never really fond of the club's music as it was loud and annoying and the lights wreaked havoc on his eyes. And of course he knew it was just as bad for Kurama. But he was sure Kurama in his human form could handle it much better than he could.

 

Taking a seat near the stage, Kurama sat down and ignored the dancers for a bit. “Hiei I think he's alive.”

 

“Don't be a fool, Kurama. He died a long time ago. It's time to just let go.”

 

“But what if it is really him? What if he found a way like I did?” Kurama asked, stressed. Freeing his red hair from the pony tail he ran his hand through it and slipped the binder around his wrist.

 

“Wouldn't you think that he would have found you than by now?”

 

“I've masked my ki and myself so I would be hard to trace as well detect. I'm sure he wouldn't even notice me.”

 

“I don't know, Fox, but maybe you're loosing it. Maybe it's just your heat playing tricks on you. I know that it's coming up and you seem to always behave like this. Perhaps we should go back to Makai for a bit and relax, take sometime off from school.”

 

“They said someone like that works here though. His stage name's Raven, maybe it is really him. It would sound like a name that he would use,” Kurama paused remembering that he had once used to call his mate Raven before. Of course his mate wasn't fond of the name but accepted it. “In fact, I use to call him that every once in a while.”

 

“Okay Fox, now you're just delusional. Stop making excuses for your mind to believe.”

Hiei crossed his arms across his chest and eyed his ex with slight concern.

 

“It's too ironic, Hiei. But I'm coming back here tomorrow. I want to see for myself.”

 

“Kurama…” Hiei said in his own weird gentle way, which sounded harsher then gentle, “You're only going to end up hurting yourself once again.”

 

Hiei had known his friend for mistaking people for his old partner and making a fool out himself. It only ended up with Kurama falling into a day of depression.

 

“I won't let this happen again, Hiei. Don't worry about it. I just need to settle this now. If it isn't him, then I'll give up for now.”

 

“Hn…” Hiei commented before relapsing into silence as he watched the male dancers on stage. “C'mon I'll pay one of the guys to give you a lap dance.”

 

Kurama having no objections surprisingly, just nodded and watched Hiei walk over to the best looking one and whisper in his ear before pointing out his red-headed ex-boyfriend nearby.

 

`I just hope it is really him and not a figment of my imagination that I really want to be real,' Kurama thought as he watched the dancer come over and smile. Tomorrow he would have his mother call into the school and tell them that he was going the doctor for the bruise and then would go to the club instead of the doctors. If he wasn't able to go to the doctors, he would skip school all together.

 

A/n: I hope this makes up for the lost time! I'll be sure to keep up with the updates! And no, sadly this isn't going to be a YusukeXKurama fic. Sadly I'm not much of a big fan of that pairing. Sorry to disappoint you all. But I hope you continue reading.