Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The "Almighty" Chronicles of Hiei ❯ Hiei the Gardener ( Chapter 2 )

Zephyr: Feh…I'm finally out of summer school and I just got back from our New York trip about three days ago and I have VBS tomorrow… lovely eh?

Hiei: Feh…

Zephyr: I've gotta get some work done on the other stories… aside from "This is the Life By Everyone" and "The Yin and the Yang Souls"… I just posted more chappies…

Hiei: So?

Zephyr: I've gotta get working on "Hope and Despair" !!!!!!!!! ::sobs::

Hiei: And this story!!!!!!!!

Zephyr: Plus, I've got two other stories sitting on mah computer waiting for me to add more to and post after I finish "A Step in Life". They're the sequels to it. I'm still deliberating on whether to make "Hope and Despair" A sequel to it as well but… yeah… you can see how well that's going… I also have camp next Monday so I'll be gone for a week again!!!!!!! ::cheers::

Hiei: Feh… ::sits down and starts typing on Zephyr's computer::

Zephyr: WOMAN!! GET OFF MAH COMPUTER!!!

Hiei: -_- I'm a man…

Zephyr: Feh…

Disclaimer: I write stories but me no own. All typos are Hiei's fault!

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~ * The "Almighty" Chronicles of Hiei * ~

Chapter 2: Hiei the Gardener

Two days after the potion incident, Hiei swore off all babysitting. It was a bright sunny day and the sun was at fault for the 98-degree heat wave. Zephyr was sun bathing on the front lawn, waving at every single living soul to go past her. Kurama was working in his greenhouse, preening all his plants. And Hiei was parked on the couch, in front of a fan, with a container of watermelon ice cream with little candy seeds, of which he was currently shoving in his face.

It was noon when Kurama appeared from the greenhouse, sweating like a lunatic. Wiping the sweat from his brow, he poured himself a glass of iced tea and took a delightful refreshing sip. He collapsed upon the couch next to Hiei, snatching his ice cream and ate a bite.

"Hey! Get your own ice cream!!" Hiei whined as he grabbed at the ice cream.

"Do something other than lounge in the house all day…" Kurama stood up and walked into his room, locking the door behind him.

"Not again… HEY!!!! WHAT ABOUT ZEPHYR!!!"

"She's out front sun bathing…"

"And you call that work?"

"Better than you…"

"THEN WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO!?" Hiei pounded effortlessly upon Kurama's door.

"Go work in the greenhouse…"

"Feh…"

And so, the little fire demon turned and headed towards the front. Flipping his cloak over his shoulder, he walked outside. Zephyr was reclining in her pool chair, dressed in a blue bikini and a pair of blue sunglasses. A glass of blue Kool-Aid rested beside her, accompanied by the glass jug. Yusuke and Kuwabara were chatting with her, Kuwabara more interested in the sights than talking. Walking up beside Zephyr, he glared at Kuwabara.

"What're you starting at?" Hiei growled.

Kuwabara snapped to attention as he heard Hiei's crabby voice.

"Nothing that concerns you shrimp," Kuwabara sneered.

"Don't be a wiseass with me, dumbass!" Hiei snapped, reaching down and taking hold of Zephyr's glass of Kool-Aid, downing it in one gulp.

"Hey! Get your own Kool-Aid! Mooch!" Zephyr whined, snatching her glass away and refilling it.

"Whatever." Hiei left the two and the fool, heading over towards the greenhouse.

"Kurama probably put him to work by holding his ice cream hostage."

Kuwabara and Yusuke glanced at each other before bursting into laughter.

"Hiei…WORK!?" Yusuke roared.

"Actually listening to Kurama!?" Kuwabara wiped tears away from his eyes.

"Better than what you do Kuwabaka, he knows not to get Kurama pissed. You piss yur sister off everyday ignoring her. Oh, and remind me to reintroduce you to Youko sometime, okay?" Zephyr sipped her newly filled glass of Kool-Aid and smiled mischievously.

"Feh…"

"Well, see you around Zephyr! Keiko'll have my ass if I'm not back by 3!" Yusuke ran off with wave, Kuwabara straining to keep up.

"Oooooooh WHIPPED!!" Zephyr called after cheerfully.

"Shut it neko!"

Zephyr watched the two run off towards Keiko's Ramen Shop before reclining back in her pool chair and dozing off.

Hiei looked up at the greenhouse angrily. Why Kurama had to have the wretched building was beyond him. Who knew what kind of poisonous, deadly, sadistic plants were growing in there. Hiei took one more look at the building's appearance before walking inside. It was extremely hot and extremely humid. All sorts of plants were growing everywhere, tall and luscious. A few species he recognized from Makai, some he recognized from around Ningenkai. And others looked like mad science experiments of Kurama's handiwork.

"Kurama's been breeding plants illegally again…" Hiei mused as he examined what looked to be a cross between a Makai fruit and a Ningenkai banana, the flowers of which snapped at his hand.

Removing his hand from the plant, he examined it carefully. The plant was three feet tall with bunches of orange bananas hanging from the meeting place of the stem and leaves. In between the leaves, however, were two "mouths" with jagged sharp edges that resembled teeth. Whenever something approached its fruit, they would snap at the intruders. Hiei looked once more at the plant before searching for a hose or something. Plants needed water right? Well then, he'd just find a hose and spray them down. He spotted the hose sticking out from underneath a bush with small little berries growing on it. As he approached, the bush shook a bit before settling down. The hose however was shoved further underneath the plant.

"Stupid plant…"

Hiei reached between the branches and began to search for the hose. The bush, however, had different plans. Thorns erupted from the stems and stabbed into Hiei's arms. Finally finding the hose, he ripped it out, scratching his arm up like hell, and promptly whacked the plant with it. Hiei followed the hose line to the back of the greenhouse and found the spicket. He released the pressure on the hose slightly, causing water to softly drip out of the nozzle. Adjusting the pressure just right, he started to water the plants. Some plants loved the spray down and danced around in their pots happily. Others purely seethed the amounts of water they received and shot things viciously towards Hiei, such as needles, fruit, and branches. The rest of them down right could care less and just soaked up the water to quench their thirsts. One plant was just a hassle for Hiei to contend with. It was a small plant at the very back of the building. It was a bunch of small mushroom-like plants, which were red with white spots. When Hiei lightly administered moisture to the mushrooms, they danced merrily in their pot. Although when Hiei sprayed the plants down under full force, they spouted gusts of spores into the air. Hiei didn't stick around to find out what they did, but he did find it amusing to mess with the mushrooms.

Hiei replaced the hose at the spicket when he finished up with the watering. Scanning the surroundings for another task to accomplish, he spotted some plants with weeds growing out of their pots and sucking up their much-wanted nutrients. He started with the small, normal looking flowers. To take care of the intruding plants easily and fast, he just torched them. Touching the weeds with his finger, he burned the plant to ashes all the way down to the roots, taking care of the problem completely. The small flowers were fine; all they did was rock back and forth lazily. And the mushrooms down right didn't give a damn. The banana tree was a pain in the neck however. Walking right up to it, he knew it was gonna be hell. When he first attempted to burn the weeds out, the plant snapped at his approaching hand. And for the first couple times, it missed. After the fourth time of missing, it clamped down into Hiei's hand and held tight.

"DAMMIT YOU STUPID PLANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR TRYING TO WEED YOU!!! WELL FUCK YOU!!!" Hiei roared, burning the plant attached to his hand.

Blood flowed from the teeth marks on his hand. He glared at the plant evilly and considered torching the whole plant, though he decided against it for his own well being. And the fact that he didn't feel like dying anytime soon. So he simply wrapped his hand up with some bandages that he found lying next to a First Aid Kit on the table near the door. The sadistic plant could die for all he cared.

Next on the list was the bags of fertilizer he spotted in the corner near a young tree. Reading the sign planted in the soil of the pot, he recognized the plant as a young maple tree. Seeing that it couldn't harm him in anyway, he decided to work with that plant first. He pulled out a water jug and filled it with water and added a spoonful of fertilizer.

"Miracle Grow…" he read off the bag.

Pouring a fair amount of fertilizer to the young maple tree, he stood and waited for something miraculous to happen. After waiting for a good five minutes and wasting five minutes of his life, he walked off to finish his work.

"Some miracle…" he muttered as he fertilized the mushroom plants, which began to dance again.

He walked around, pouring the concoction on all the plants, simply walking right past the banana tree plant. He didn't notice the plant snap at him, or droop slightly in exhaustion. Not like he'd care anyway. He placed the now empty watering can on the table and walked past a small grove. Peering in, he spotted the poor excuse for a plant, Tana-chan as Zephyr called it. Kurama had been screwing around with a seedling and accidentally created the plant creature. It was snoozing in the sun, soaking up the rays lazily. Hiei walked up to it and poked it with his foot. It opened an eye halfway, looked at Hiei, and returned to its nap. Hiei shrugged and retreated from the grove, walking towards the door. Snatching up his cloak, he exited the building and trekked back over to Zephyr.

Zephyr was chatting happily with Botan. For some freaky reason, that fairy chick had to keep bouncing around the town checking up on the spirit detectives every once in a while. It seems like she decided to pay Kurama a visit and Hiei just happened to be around. They were talking about some random shopping experience. Hiei didn't really care; he walked past the two of them and into the house, thanking whoever invented the air conditioner. He plopped down on the couch and switched on the TV, searching for something to occupy his time with. He certainly didn't want to ever return to that greenhouse, except maybe to harass those mushrooms again. Or to destroy that sadistic banana tree. Or even to see if that "Miracle Grow" shit even worked. But right now all he wanted to do was lounge on the couch with a gigantic bowl of sweetsnow, and watch Spongebob.

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Zephyr: Well… I've lived through the first day of VBS and have four days left to contend with. Lovely… I walked around with a stuffed snake around mah neck recording a bunch of crap, and stuffed mah face with Ritz Bitz Sandwiches with Cheese!

Hiei: Feh…

Zephyr: And you think you've got it bad?

Hiei: Not really, I just despise idiots, and Kurama for stealing my ice cream…

Zephyr: Whiner… Anywho, review!!!!!! Tell me whatcha think of mah story!

Hiei: ::snorts::