Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ the Hanyou II: All's Fair in Love and War ❯ Chapter 6 Soulful Seronade ( Chapter 6 )

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She sits in her corner

Singing herself to sleep

Wrapped in all of the promises

That no one seems to keep

She no longer cries to herself

No tears left to wash away

Just diaries of empty pages

Feelings gone astray

But she will sing

Till everything burns

While everyone screams

Burning their lives

Burning my dreams

All of this hate

And all of this pain

Burn it all down

As my anger reins

Everything burns

Ben Moody feat. Anastacia : Everything Burns

-I don't own song or series….

Chapter 6- Soulful Serenade

Yomi raised an amused brow after the Kitsune ambassador just finished telling him his request. The demon lord was sitting on a bench in one of the many gardens around the keep and the red headed black eared and tailed Kitsune with neon green eyes had sought him out.

“So, you want me to allow her to play the piano? What purpose does that imply? She's not an honored guest here; she's a stubborn, headstrong hostage.” Yomi replied after awhile. He sensed the Kitsune shift to stand in front of him instead of off the side of the bench. His aura flared determined.

“With all do respect, milord,” Jaden wanted to bite out, but instead he kept his calm voice respectful, “If she were to play for you, then that might get her to eventually give up her `stubborn and headstrong' ways. After all, isn't music a way of settling a restless spirit? If she's good enough, you might enjoy it too.”

“I have musicians that play for me. I am in no need of a piano player.”

“Yes, of course” he wasn't making Jaden's job any easier was he “but don't you think it is time for something new? You've probably had the same ol' musicians play for you through out your ruling here, ne? What if her style were different and refreshing from the rest? Aren't you curious to hear what the she's picked up from her time in the human world?”

Yomi seemed to have had enough of the insistent Ambassador for one day. He stood up and started to leave the Kitsune in a silent dismissal, “You should know my out look on humans. I eat them, don't I? The only thing I'm interested in is what race has the redder meat. Why would I care about their musical styles when a demons' style is so much more evolved.”

Jaden hurried after him, not going down without a fight, “Understandable” he said as he tried to hold back a gag at the mention of eating humans. Joey had already made it clear that eating humans were unnecessary and the whole country had already moved on to eating alternative meats which to Jaden seemed better than the primal outlook on eating humans, “Yet have you ever tried listening? Humans and Demons evolved in different ways. A lot changes there in 500 or so years. It might do some good, and after all, what else are you going to do with her?”

Jaden bit back a sigh in relief when the demon lord stopped walking and tilted his head to angle his ears back toward him as he started to reconsider.

“I apologize in advanced my lord for saying this, but she probably wont bow down to you at this rate. You have already witnessed her strong spirit I'm sure, and with the promise you made to Kurama to not harm her with child or other wise, I'm sure this gets frustrating.”

The Demon lord didn't say anything but he did start walking again, “We'll see just how different she is.” He whispered under his breath.

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Yukina waited for Kurama and Genkai to return with their `students' as she waited on the dojo's porch. Kyo was in her arms, looking heart broken as ever. His cheerful attitude had changed into a mopey one ever since he had arrived here with Kurama about a month ago. Kurama had told Genkai and herself about what happened to Desota not long after his arrival at the Dojo, so she couldn't blame the little animal. He was reflecting what Desota was feeling and his own feelings since she wasn't with him. He often followed Yukina around when Kurama and Genkai left for training with the 7 fighters. He'd help her with chores like moving heavy things around in his larger form and washing dishes and even dusting the dojo floors! It was cute to watch him try to help her and having him follow her around like a little duckling. It made her wander if Desota felt the same way.

However, the duckling act left as soon as Kyo sensed Kurama's return. Like a little puppy, the zhorse would barrel out of the dojo and leap for Kurama soon as he was with in range, which is fairly far, given his abnormal power. Poor Kurama often had to dodge the on coming tackle of the zealous animal every day and even then, Kyo managed to tackle the fox demon once or twice anyways. In this event, the rest of the demons and Genkai would snicker at him for letting the small, naïve animal tackling him while they headed up for dinner Yukina makes every evening.

Yumi, the Pups and Hiei weren't there anymore. After Hiei had gone to Mukuro's side in Demon world, Yumi waited until her pups were old enough to not be dependent on her milk and were more conscious about the world around them before chasing after him. She sent a letter back saying that she was safe in Mukuro's keep. Mukuro was practically forced to allow Hiei's mate to stay, otherwise, both Hiei and Yumi would raise hell with their fighting on whether he should stay with her or stay in the demon world away from her. The concealed demon lord was fed up with it. Usually she would have used ruthless measures to get the wolf demoness to leave her new partner alone, but the wolf wasn't having any of it. Mukuro knew she couldn't hurt the wolf or risk Hiei's rage and partnership, so she had obligated to allow the small family homage in her keep.

In the few letters that had come from Yumi through strange ways like the wind blowing a post card into the dojo, or the lake spouting up a random geyser with a bottled note inside, even the fire in the fireplace had spelt out charcoal words on the dojo floor. That time was a little more than annoying; since Genkai made the demons of the household, save for Yukina, to clean it up. It amused them to no end that Yumi felt jealous of the demon lord that was training Hiei relentlessly. The wolf demoness even claimed that Hiei might be having an affair with the other demoness leader.

Yukina stroked Kyo's soft mane while he rested in her lap peacefully. He curled up much like a cat and it made her giggle when he started to purr, she still couldn't get over the fact that he couldn't neigh to save his life. Yet purring or any other animal noises and squeaks came naturally to him. She scratched just behind his ear delighting in the way he leaned into her hand. His long tail swished behind him at her side as if he were wagging it.

In a snap, however, the spell was broken. Kyo's head shot up with a cute mewl of inquiry as he watched the dojo gateway eagerly. He scrambled off Yukina's lap and bolted soon as he saw the red head coming up the stair case.

“DAISHU!! KYO!” he shouted in excitement as he tackled the red head.

“OI!” Jin yelped in surprise, “I ain't your pappa! Get off m'e lil'squirt!” the wind demon laughed when Kyo tackled him in mistake.

Kurama laughed at the back of the group. They had let Jin lead the way to see if Kyo would tackle him instead, and their assumptions were correct. Kyo looked down at the wind demon confused.

“Nani? JinJin?” he squeaked as he leaped off him.

“Sor'y bugger,” Jin patted and ruffled Kyo's forelock, “Guess ya'll have to think be'ore ya leap now, eh?”

“Maute!” Kyo huffed. He attacked Kurama soon as he was with in sight and stayed on his heels while the fox demon entered the dojo after his team.

“It was a joke, Kyo.” Kurama insisted.

“MAUTE!” Kyo hissed half heartedly as he bristled.

Kurama promptly ignored the death glares the little zhorse sent him as he joined the others for dinner.

“Did another note from Yumi come in the `mail'?” Toya asked.

“No, nothing from her today.” Yukina shook her head.

“I can imagine she probably hasn't got the time for pin and paper with the twins lately.” Shishiwakumaru commented as he sipped his tea.

“They were energetic as it was when they were still here with us,” Renku, a demon who looked more like a Yo-Yo playing boy laughed openly at some of the memories he could kick up when the twin spawns of Hiei were still running about them, “I kind' a miss'em”

“They can steal cookies out of Mukuro's cookie jar for all I care.” Suzuki, a demon drama king huffed as he too sipped on his own tea Yukina had passed to him, “the little monsters were always chasing me with scissors wanting to cut my beautiful hair from the it's stylish form!”

“Now, now, they meant no harm, I'm sure,” Hakkuto sighed good-naturedly. His black-rooted, silver hair was tightly braided and out of his way since he was also training like the rest.

“Yeah, they can't be all tha' bad! After all, not only are they the spawns of that little hell demon, Hiei, but you're for'getten that they're also little Miss Yumi's as well.” Chou agreed. He was starting to sober up from all the drinking he normally did and as such, had asked Yukina for another jug of sake.

“Is tha' the part where it's suppose to be better, or worse?” Jin, the Irish wind demon joked, “I mean, common, lads, I'm the lass's cousin, I am, yet she still manages to be a bit of `fun-sucker' if ya know what I mean. She don't let ya get into fights unless she's part of the rumble!” the rest of the demons chuckled in agreement.

The ever quiet Toya's ice blue eyes rolled in exaduration, “How was it that you found out the two of you are cousins, Jin?”

“In all truth…. Dunno.” Jin smiled sheepishly, “But we're both Irish, that's gotta count fer somth'n, eh?”

Kurama smiled at his team that was getting along so well. They laughed more easily now that they were all half way through training. He however only laughed half heartedly when they'd all try to lighten the mood like this. His heart just didn't feel wholly up to it. Kurama sighed and stood up, excusing himself from dinner with Kyo on his heels as always.

“It's barely 9 at night, Kurama, what's your rush to get to bed?” Renku asked sort of put out.

“Training isn't just strenuous on the pupil you know,” Kurama brushed off lightly as he turned his head to acknowledge the smaller, younger demon.

“Yeah, but we're doing all the work, yet you say YOU”RE tired while everyone else is happy as a flock of birds in spring time.” Chou gulped down another mouthful of the sake jug Yukina had given him shortly before.

“It's a marathon race just to get you lazy asses to work correctly and actually improve something. I can see why Kurama wants to call it a night.” Genkai finally made her voice known at the head of the table where she had been previously ignoring the rest of her house guests.

Kurama was thankful that the old woman gave him an out and took it hastily as he made his exit, closing the shoji door behind him as he stood outside in the night sky.

He looked up and saw the stars shinning down at him from heaven. The Milky Way rolled in its soothing wake through the dark blue hue of the night and a single shooting star shot through his line of vision. The fox avatar sighed when he thought of how Desota used to sneak out at night to climb up on the roof of the apartment building they lived in, just to see if she could spot a shooting star.

//What's keeping us from going to her NOW?// Yoko echoed Kurama's sigh in their mind as he too watched the night sky through the green eyes of Kurama.

`Yomi will see it as a rebellious act. You know he will. He'd more than likely take it out on her too.' Kurama let his gaze fall slowly from the sky to the pound in the court yard and then he began to cross said court yard to his room.

//Soon as I'm able, I'll make sure he's paid back in full for what he's doing to us!... to her…. If he hurts her-//

`Yomi promised he wouldn't harm her.'

//Promises are only vocally deep with that demon//

`But it's all we have to go on right now. I'd rather believe that he'd one to keep this kind of promise.'

//And if not…?//

`Then we shall teach him proper respect for honoring his own word.' Kurama's grip on the shoji door to his room creaked in the pressure of his tight hold as a small portion of his barely concealed anger was vented out.

The fox let in Kyo and then closed the shoji and looked at the calendar on the wall.

3 more months till he was able to go to her….

4 more months till she's bare his child to the world…

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“Do you plan on awakening today?” the Lemur demoness laughed when her charge, the pregnant hanyou buried herself under the covers more stably as she opened the curtains to let in what little morning light demon world had to offer, “Come on! You want to get to your breakfast early today, don't you? Then you won't have to deal with Lord Yomi's presence until night fall.”

It had been about 3 and a half months now that the Lemur demoness was rather forced to watch over and shadow this little hanyou day in and out, and over time, the hanyou had lightened up to her. Both of them became some what good friends and if they had met on other terms, it would have been a lovely friendship. However, both felt awkward with what roll the other played.

“You know that's one of the only reasons I get my over-weighted self out of bed so early each morning. And now I'm second guessing my motives on it.” The hanyou yawned as she slowly leaned up, with the other demoness' help of course, “Good morning Tsuya.”

“Morning, Ishtar.” Tsuya never called Desota by her first name out of habit, but Desota never cared nor minded, “Did the baby cause you any problems last night? It's been starting to act up more lately.”

“No, I slept soundly last night as well as I could. Being pregnant makes you change the way you sleep unfortunately.” The hanyou stretched as well as she could with her protruding stomach. Life certainly had gotten different soon as the baby had made its self known to the whole world through the roundness of her stomach. Yomi had even said that the shock treatment punishment was forbidden to use on her through the collar anymore until she gave birth. How ever, that annoying force spell was still being used ever time she refused to bow properly. Now it was so strong that it flung her to her knees but her eyes never lowered respectfully still. The force spell can't control her eyes, so Yomi was simply content with getting the point across when she was suddenly on her hands and knees like a dog.

“Ambassador Jaden suggested I bring you a tray for breakfast in bed from now on, due to your pregnancy.” Tsuya said, “Would that make it easier on you?”

“I'd be very grateful to you!” Desota almost cheered.

Tsuya laughed, “Very well then, I'll go get us some breakfast from the kitchens.” And with that, the Lemur demoness left the hanyou alone on the bed.

Desota simply waited for her and was surprised to hear the door knob turning so soon. Instead of Tsuya bringing their food, it was Jaden with a goofy smile on his face that made her nervous. Jaden only smiled like that when he saw something he liked which usually involves something in the nude….

“What?” she shifted uncomfortably with the way he simply smiled at her through the door way. He'd gotten better with using the door in the day time since Yomi gave him permission to visit her quarters.

“Guess what arrived today?” he baited her smugly as he crossed the room to sit on the stool Tsuya usually uses when they talked for hours.

“I'll know when you tell me, but if it's another of your perverted expeditions, please leave my ears clean of the foulness!” she lightly joked.

“Nah, nothing really happened like that lately. I'd have told ya by now.” He shrugged with a grin.

“I'm sure…,” she dead panned.

“But, there was the matter of a piano about 2 months ago, remember?”

“I thought Yomi rejected that idea?” Desota was interested as of now.

“Well, he was curious enough to have a hand made, HUMAN, piano to be shipped here so he could hear you play it.”

“But… I haven't played in YEARS!” Desota started to panic.

“You get today to brush up on your skills, but tonight he's having a royal court dinner in honor of my king whom is to arrive tonight for a special meeting. He liked some of the reports I was sending and decided to see for himself about the King here and if they are truly a worthy ally to us.”

Desota's stomach fell out it seemed, “You…. you don't say….” He nodded, “And Yomi expects ME to go along with this?”

“He says there's something for you in return.” Jaden assured, “He says if you manage to impress him, he will drop forcing you to bow to him and give you back your dinners.”

“Thanks to you, I already have those.” She shrugged, “That can't be all he's willing to dish out. What else?”

Jaden went silent, but his silver eyes told her there was something more.

“What is it Jaden?” she wasn't used to seeing him hushed up like this. Usually he'd gladly tell her the details down to the last micro cell of information he thinks she should know.

“He's offering you the truth of why you're here.”

Desota gasped sharply, “Just by playing the piano? I don't have to earn his respect?? That's all I have to do??”

Jaden nodded.

“Well, then,” she sat up, “Let's get to that Piano and quick! I'll play the best tune that ol' Farts ever heard in his life!”

“That's certainly saying a lot” Tsuya commented when she brought in the tray. She set it down for Desota then glared at their new guest, “Did you have to tell her BEFORE breakfast? Now she'll shovel it down with out chewing properly!”

“Relax! She's fine!” Jaden rolled his eyes, but both of them jumped when they heard Desota choking on her food as she shoveled it down her throat too quickly.

“Told ya so” Tsuya sighed.

“Shut up, Ring Tail.” The Kitsune snapped lightly.

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Desota stared wide eyed in shock at the beautifully crafted musical instrument in the room she was lead to. The Grand Piano was made of cherry wood that was more than a few hundred years old. It was polished as if the wood was really petrified rock with the way it glimmered in whatever light was available. She let her fingers lightly trace the key board too see that the white keys were made out of granite infused diamonds and the black were ebony. The shift peddles were silver through and through. Desota had to remind herself that she was looking at an instrument and not some higher being as she looked it over with Jaden and Tsuya present. Yomi had a meeting to attend to.

“Yuda said it was hand made in Europe in the human world. What ever that means.” Tsuya said as she watched the awe in Desota's face slowly become manageable for the hanyou.

“It makes all the difference in the world for pricing, that's for sure.” Jaden snorted, “This instrument coasts more than most mansions over there.”

“The price value is nothing unless it's tone of voice lives up to it.” Desota said as she ran her hands over the soft, red velvet topped bench that was made of the same wood as the Piano itself.

“Why don't you try it? Give it a test run?” Tsuya offered, “After all, you have all day today to prepare for the feast tonight when Lord Joseph of the Eastern Lands comes here himself as well.”

Desota looked at it a bit longer, but sat down slowly on the comfortable bench only to admire the Piano once more.

Jaden rolled his eyes, “Well?” he hinted.

Desota looked up at him like she had done something bad and he had snapped at her, “What?”

“Did you develop some way to stare at it and it just suddenly plays it's self, or are you going to actually play the damn thing?” he shook his head when she made a face that clearly stated that she had forgotten that part.

“It's just,… it looks untouched. Usually when someone plays an instrument like a piano, they can somehow feel the emotions the person before them felt, if they were strong enough. That's what my Father told me once. But this one…. It just feels so pure. No one has ever played it?”

“Yeah, it was on display in an art museum for about 50 years or so. No one has ever played its diamond keys.” Tsuya nodded.

“Think of it as a new channel to express what you're feeling now, but can't get out.” Jaden offered, then he snorted as a thought occurred to him, “Lord knows there's bound to be something bundled up inside of you that you can't voice to us.”

Desota nodded sadly, “Yes…,” she agreed as a flash of green and gold eyes danced behind her eyes before it was gone, “I do”

Tsuya glared at Jaden for touching that Taboo. He had a knack for walking into that one repeatedly. The Lemur demoness strove to turn the hanyou's emotion else where, “You never know, maybe this Piano can help lift the burden of what ever is holding you down? You never know till you try, right?”

Desota nodded and held her hands readily as she popped and stretched her fingers for flexibility and then curled them over the remembered formation and keys. She didn't move after a while; seemingly too caught up in some concentration.

“Desota?” Jaden blinked when the pregnant hanyou didn't budge a muscle for the last 15 minutes.

“Are you Okay?” Tsuya tilted her head. Her Lemur like ears on the sides of her head flopped down and then perked up curiously.

“I….” Desota sighed, “I have no idea what to play” she whined pitifully.

Tsuya and Jaden almost fell over comically.

“IS THAT ALL??” Jaden hissed.

“Well it's not like I had a song in mind!” Desota shot back while Tsuya quickly brushed over to her and tried to calm her down with the reminder that she still had a baby to worry about.

“Play something like Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star or something! That's a start!”

“But I don't want its first song to be something so childish and unemotional.” Desota protested.

“I don't really think the piece of wood cares!” Jaden huffed.

“You're so unimpassioned!” Desota turned from him in a clear dismissal of what ever else he had to say as she thought of what to play.

“It's like I keep telling ya time and time again, Sweetheart.” Jaden smirked as he leaned on the Piano top, “I'm very passionate. Now if only you'd let me show you just HOW passionate…,”

Desota gritted her teeth in annoyance and her ear flicked while her tail gave a sharp whiplash at his arrogance, “Off the Piano. NOW!” she ordered as he chuckled and complied.

“What about the offer?” he teased.

“Not in this life time.” She dismissed as she tried to think of a song with meaning.

“This life time? So now you're going to make me wait till I'm reincarnated so I can chase you down again, ne?”

“Let me rephrase that,” Desota took a deep calming breath then turned to glare at the annoying red headed, black furred Kitsune who had the dumb-luck to wield the same element as her very own father, “Not in THIS life time, nor ANY OTHER life time either of us end up living.” she clarified.

“You just love crushing peoples' dreams, don't you?” he pouted.

“Think what you will, but do it quietly while I think up a song!” Desota turned to Tsuya, “Do you know any song?”

“Not off the top of my head.” Tsuya joined her in her brainstorm, both women completely ignoring the male Kitsune who took his place on the loveseat near the fireplace in the medium sized study the piano was brought to.

“Alright, I'll think what I will, but you wont like what I'm thinking about involving you and I” he taunted. Brainstorming really wasn't his thing, and he wanted to preen in their attention.

“JADEN!” Tsuya snapped warningly.

“You want in some of the action too? OH! Fate had shined on me today! A fantasy of a THREESOME!” he went on to irk them.

“JADEN!!!” both females snarled warningly now.

“She only has one day to prepare so shut up and let her practice you arrogant prick!” the Lemur female's ringed tail bristled.

“ALIGHT! OKAY ALREADY! I GET IT!” he yelped when the snarls didn't cease from both female's throats and lips, “I'll shut up!”

“Finally…” Desota sighed, “Now, about that song….”

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“Lord Yomi,” Yuda bowed his head as he interrupted a private conversation with Yomi and the second in command Shachi. Shachi looked ready to kill as the fish-like demon snarled at Yomi's back. Yomi however, ignored the rage of the yellow eyed fish demon in favor of listening to what Yuda had to say.

“Yes, Yuda?” the great demon lord inclined his head to show he was listening.

“Lord Joseph of the Eastern Lands has arrived…. What do you want us to do with him?” Yuda didn't sound that impressed with the other younger lords' presence.

“I though I heard that young man's voice in my kingdom.” Yomi replied amused as he turned toward the goblin, “Take me to our guest so that I may greet him personally before dinner.”

Yuda bowed his head respectfully, “Yes my Lord.”

“Shachi, gather the other members of our personal staff. I'd like them all to meet out intentional ally.” Yomi commanded the silently fuming demon.

Shachi stiffly inclined his head in respect and gritted out his acceptance of the task given to him. He then parted ways with Lord Yomi with one thing on mind.

`Kurama better hope he never returns!' Shachi would be damned if he lost to some excuse of an avatar human body in position as second in command. All Yomi did now was praise Kurama's work.

Kurama this,

Kurama that!

It sickened him! If she weren't so heavily guarded, Shachi would have slaughtered that bastard's pregnant wench so he had no reason of return! Unfortunately, Ambassador Jaden seemed rather take with her. Shachi couldn't lift a finger, let alone speak a foul word about her with in the keeps grounds. Jaden would use his strings he had on Yomi to see that what ever Shachi had done or said would come back later to bite him in the ass. Were all Kitsune this repulsing?

Shachi snarled in thought as he set out to find the other higher in commands to herd them toward Lord Yomi and the keeps newest guest, Lord Joseph.

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