Oniisan
chapter 7
by Silrayn Silverwolf
Oniisan
A WEIB KREUZ/YUYU HAKUSHO CROSSOVER FANFIC
VII. Run, run as fast as you can…*
(Or the Chapter where you want to kill the fanfic author.)
Quickly, Kurama reviewed his options, he tried to transform back to his human
form but discovered to his chagrin that he could not do so.
:Hiei stall my aniki and his friends while I run for it:
:Hn, wouldn’t it be better to confront them about their presence here? Or
maybe ‘fess up?:
:Not in this form and in this time. Can’t transform.:
:Hn.: Disapproval was evident on Hiei’s tone but he put away the detector they
were given and positioned himself in battle-ready stance. It was of no use to
them now. The time it took to battle the strange youkai had allowed the Schwartz
to get out of its sensor range with the “Chosen One”.
Kurama backed away into the balcony to make his escape as the members of WeiB
was clambering up the staircase. He reached out with his ki to the plants in the
garden below coaxing some vines to grow up into the balcony.
Hurry. Hurry. Hurry.
The vine was almost in the right height when he saw that it might not be enough.
His brother would get close enough to see what happened and would probably give
chase despite any distraction provided by Hiei. Kurama knew that his cover was
blown but he’d rather have that discussion in his own terms not in these
conditions. He tried again to transform but it just won’t take, on a desperate
gambit he tried his kitsune form and was rewarded with a twinge. He transformed
completely into his fox form and used the resulting mist to cover his get away.
The vine wrapped itself around his furry middle and made is way down under the
balcony so that even if anyone had peered down from where he had come from would
see him.
How am I going to explain this to Ran-‘niichan? His stomach cramped in
nervousness just to think about the confrontation that had just been delayed not
totally eliminated. He had absolutely no plan on coping with this turn of
events.
***
Hiei watched impassively as WeiB cleared the steps.
“Who was that and where did Schuiichi-chan go?” Ran demanded as he made it
on the second level of the building.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the pockets of Hiei’s cloak an indicator light was
flashing unheeded. It was the device given to them by Botan to ascertain the
identity of the “Chosen One”.
"Hn. None of your business."
"I am making it my business." Ran drew his sword to mirror Hiei's
stance.
“Hn.” Hiei said charging to disarm his opponent. Disarm not kill. Despite
Kurama’s current difficulty with his brother, Hiei knew he’d be in big
trouble with his friend if he injured Ran in any way.
The rest of the tall redhead’s team moved to interfere but he waved them back.
Clearly, Ran saw this as an issue between him and Hiei and wanted to settle it
by himself. More the fool he, no ordinary ningen could match Hiei’s speed or
the fire demon’s sword-skill.
Ran had somehow managed to evade Hiei’s first charge barely.
“Rei Gun.”
Hiei was going in for another pass when an energy ball passed him by and hit the
far wall.
“Um, guys, I don’t know what this is about but I think you would like to
continue this elsewhere?” Yuusuke said having gotten everybody’s exclusive
attention. He was waving his hand in the direction of Kurama’s distraught
classmate who held one of the Schreint females, the blue haired one Hiei saw him
talk to earlier in the week. The one-eyed Schwartz member had downed the female
with a thrown knife earlier in the fight. The brunette’s ki level was rising
sharply and he was now accumulating enough ki to glow even in ningen sight.
Eerie blue dusted dark hair and dark eyes were almost invisible under the glow
of power. It was clear to see that the young telekinetic had been pushed to the
brink of sanity and was about to release a massive blast of power, not the best
person to be close to just now.
“Hn.” Hiei said sheathing his sword as Ran did so.
Both the Urameshi Team and WeiB went their own separate ways after that anxious
to be gone from the place.
In the deep darkness of a cloak pocket, an indicator light blipped a few more
times before growing silent.
Later as he observed the fury of the young Schwartz rage break over the skies in
a massive outflow of ki energy from a safe distance, Hiei wondered what
Kurama’s oniisan thought of the situation and of the Urameshi Team as a whole.
***
As he waited in front of Meioh High, Ran felt his frustration mount at being led
around by the nose especially about something potentially dangerous as this. It
was the same feeling that prompted him to draw his sword at Hiei though he knew
it was quite futile to do so. To be honest, the feeling had been there for a
while now, far longer than the event in the Schreint mansion. Ever since he had
known about Hiei there was a part of him that held a suspicion that all was not
as it seemed but he had stilled it and continued to insist that it was only Hiei
but it wasn’t. His brother kept a very important secret from him…a dangerous
secret.
Schuuichi had made him scarce for three days. Neither Omi nor him had had much
luck getting his little brother alone for so much as a minute. He didn’t know
how the latter did it but Schuuichi had managed to go to and fro school without
having to pass him. Ran had waited diligently at outside the house and by the
school gate but he still wasn’t able to catch so much as a glimpse of his
little brother.
Omi had better luck. He had been able to speak with Schuuichi. Noncommittal
conversations mostly about schoolwork and ordinary things since Schuuichi had
been extremely careful not to be caught alone with thee genki WeiB member.
How does he do it? And what is he hiding that he’s so afraid to tell me?
As the minutes dragged on, Ran frowned at the schoolgirls who tried to strike a
conversation with him recognizing him no doubt from the Koneko. Schuuichi was
never this late, it looked like his otouto wasn’t going to show…again.
Damned!
***
Somewhere in the Meioh High grounds…
“Kurama, this is absolute the last time I’m going to do this!” Hiei said
as wrestled to keep his balance on the tree, made ungainly by additional weight.
:This is the only way. Hiei I just need to avoid Ran-niichan until I can find a
suitable explanation for all this.:
Preferably something that didn’t involve his identity or anything close to the
truth. Hiei knew the Fox and knew he would try almost anything to protect his
identity. Even when the case was hopeless it seems. As far as Hiei was concerned
it was only a matter of time before Kurama had to ‘fess up, why prolong the
agony? But he’d never say that to the Fox, it was Kurama’s decision to make
as telling Yukina was Hiei’s. Besides it would probably hurt the Fox to admit
it…
“Hn.” Hiei’s said unimpressed by the explanation.
:Please Hiei.: Kurama licked the fire demon on the nose and curled closer to
him. That did it, Hiei decided that he’d do this as long as Kurama needed him
to and sped off to the Hatanaka residence.
***
* - The title of this chapter is from the fairy tale “The Gingerbread Man”.
The full line goes: “Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me! I’m
the Gingerbread Man.”
Author’s Note: I haven’t got my hard disk yet and those folks who have beta
read this portion might be wondering what happened since this chapter’s been
drastically altered. As I have said I hated the first version of this chapter,
things are going to go a bit differently from here on though I will still use
the data I have in my old file when I get it back. Thanks to those who reviewed
this fanfic for chapter 6 – Yanagi-sen, Kit, LunarBard, Sylvia Black,
Hoshichie, chibi yoko, Kim, Lucathia, Abby, me3gogi, akai risu, yukina2 of
ezboard. Dahlia-san here’s you’re Hiei-Ran sword fight though it isn’t
much ^__~. Um, I hope you folks will not try to kill me because of your
disappointment in this chapter. Remember, if you do, you’ll never see the end
of this fic! ^___^ ()
My Other Fics: I almost had “Alcyone” done when my hard disk crashed. :_(
Happily the data is said to be retrievable so my C/A arc in the wk fandom will
be sort of ended as soon as I get it back.
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