Pairings-
Haruka/Kurama
Hotaru/Alister.
Hints of- Makoto/Yusuke, Minako/Seto, Rei/Yami, Mukuro/Hiei, and Usagi/Mamuro.
Discalimer- i don't own, SM, YGO, or YYH.
"I said I don't want your help Kurama!" a furious sandy blonde haired woman shouted. She pushed past the red haired youkai kitsune. His deep green eyes flashed with some annoyance and concern.
"Haruka please listen to reason."
She glanced over her shoulder with a glare. "Tell that stupid toddler that we don't need his precious little team. We have been getting along just fine without your help. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm late picking up Hotaru." with that she got into her yellow convertible and left the man on the side of the road.
The nerve of that guy. Ever since that little accident with a youkai named, Metis, Koenma had been very keen on giving the girls a hand. This just ticked the senshi of the skies off. It had been one little mistake, and not even a big one. Well it was kind of big, but nothing they couldn't handle. Now the prince's stupid spirit detective team were watching them like hawks. Kurama was anyways.
Sighing, she ran a hand through her bangs as she drove a little slower. The school zone was coming up, and she didn't want another ticket. Obviously the cops in this town weren't used to her yet. Domino was a lot less busy in traffic, but had more pedestrians then she had ever seen. All thanks to that card game, Duel Monsters. Finally she was able to park her car in front of the school and waited for her adopted daughter. It wasn't long 'til the violet eyed girl came running out to greet her.
"Hey Firefly. How was your day?" she asked, as Hotaru got into the passengers seat.
"It was great, Jou and Honda got detention for fighting Lance."
Haruka shook her head, "again? Well I guess it's that own bastards fault for picking on you."
"Haruka-papa that isn't very nice." the blonde just smirked as she pulled back onto the street.
"Well I never said I was nice." Hotaru shook her head but was smiling. The sudden sound of a motorcycle grabbed the two's attention. They were at a stop light when three guys on bikes pulled up along the right side of them. The one in the front had short red hair and a biker outfit one. His eyes were hidden behind a pair of shades. The two behind him also wore hard core outfits. One had thick brown hair, while the other had spiky blonde. Haruka arched a brow to them. Not even she was that hard core.
The one at the front looked over at Hotaru and smirked. Titling his head down to where his eyes came up over his shades, he winked at her then quickly sped off when the light changed. Hotaru blushed at the gesture, while her guardian fumed. How dare he wink at Her Firefly! If she was on her bike he would be so dead. Lucky for him the car wasn't as fast, and she had already wrecked it once that month.
"You know him?" she asked as they continued on.
Hotaru nodded shyly. "Yeah, he's in my chemistry and literature class. His names Alister."
"Alister huh?" the blonde said tapping her nails on the steering wheel.
Hotaru looked over at her. "Please don't do anything Haruka-papa. You know Koenma and Michiru-mama won't like it."
"To hell with that toddler, but you're right about Michiru. Still if I catch him doing anything else I can't guarantee his safety." Hotaru nodded and grabbed her stuff as they pulled into the drive-way.
The two entered the house and saw Michiru was preparing for their yearly Christmas party. Hotaru went to put her stuff away and change. When she came back down the stairs she was wearing black silk pants, a white blouse with a dark red corset over it. Two green barrettes were on either side of her head, pulling some of her hair back. Haruka was still in her blue jeans and t-shirt. Michiru came out of the kitchen smiling at her adopted daughter, after throwing a glare at her cousin.
"Did you invite your friends Hotaru?" she asked.
Hotaru nodded as she began setting red and green candles everywhere. "Yeah. Yugi and Yami said they might be a little late though. Anzu's coming early. She wants my help with our history project."
"You have homework? But it's Christmas Break." Haruka said from her spot on the couch. The violet eyed girl glanced over at her.
"I know, but Mr. Casaus is mean." Michiru gave her a warning look then turned to the sandy haired woman.
"And you Haruka? Did you invite Yusuke and the others?" she asked. Haruka grumbled as she flipped through the channels on the tv. Getting angry the teal haired woman went over, turned the thing off and stood in front of it. "Well? They are working with us you know."
"We don't need their damned help, and yeah I gave the bastard Kurama the invitation. He then went off saying he was glad I was accepting them."
Hotaru and Michiru shared a glance. "Let me guess. You blew?" Hotaru asked.
"I did not!" yep hat answered her question.
Michiru just shook her head. "Haruka just go get changed and stop cursing around Hotaru." the blonde rolled her eyes. It's not like the girl didn't hear this stuff at school. With a annoyed sigh she got up and went up the stairs. Hotaru watched Michiru perplexed. The woman was counting down for some reason. 3...2...1...
"MICHIRU!" came an angry cry in a room upstairs. "What the hell did you do with my clothes?"
Michiru smirked slightly for a moment, then put on an innocent smile. "They were all dirty dear." Haruka came half-way down the stairs and glared at her.
"By them 'all' you mean even my jeans, pj's and even my biker outfit?" Michiru nodded sweetly. " where are they? All I have is that stupid dress Setsuna got me!"
"Then you'll just have to wear that." not leaving anymore room for arguing the aqua eyed woman disappeared into the kitchen to take the cookies out of the oven. Haruka hung her head and mumbled a few colorful words. Then she went back to her room, stomping all the way. Hotaru was left in the living room alone. Deciding best not to say anything she went and put the Christmas music on before finishing the decorating.
A voice behind her made her jump, "she likes him you know." turning she found Michiru had come back into the room.
"Who?"
"Kurama."
"I don't think so. If she did why does she keep pushing him away?" Hotaru asked, hanging an ornament on the large tree in the corner of the living room.
Michiru just gave a knowing smile and helped her. "That's just the way Haruka is. She pushed me away when we first met, but now we're the best of friends. She hated Usagi and you too remember?" recalling the incident some years ago the violet eyed girl nodded. "If Haruka really didn't like them, she would just ignore them or pay no mind."
"If you say so." Hotaru said, still not sure about it. Michiru patted her shoulder and the two hurried to finish their jobs. The party would be starting in five hours.
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Eight o'clock finally rolled around and the house was packed with people. Not only were all the senshi there, but so was Yami's group, Kaiba, some neighbors, coworkers of the older senshi, and , much to Haruka's dismay, Yusuke's group. All the adults had wine glasses filled with either red or white wine. All the teens and Chibiusa had either soda or Sparkling cider. The room was full of conversations and music.
Usagi and Mamoru were already dancing along with Minako and Seto. Anzu and Hotaru couldn't help but laugh at seeing the usually cold and distant CEO dancing with their bubbly friend. Haruka mostly hung around the other girls. Her usual tag along, Michiru, was conversing with the enemy. Well actually it was just Koenma, but same diff. The dress Setsuna made clung to her figure and glistened in the candle, Christmas lights. It was a dark blue and had a V-neck. A silt ran up a little past her knee on the left side. Michiru had lent her some silver earrings, but she refused the make-up entirely. Her cousin at least didn't argue with that.
She was talking with Rei and Yami when a finger tapped her shoulder. Glancing back she held in a growl. "Yes?" she said, in a not so friendly voice.
"I'm sorry when I upset you earlier. I shouldn't have assumed." Kurama apologized. Turning back she found Rei and Yami had left her and were now dancing. She glared at the two, they had done that on purpose! Counting to ten and exhaling she turned bak to the emerald eyed youkai.
"It's ok. I just, haven't been in the best of moods lately." she lied.
Kurama nodded. "Would you like me to refill your glass." looking at it Haruka found she had drunk most of her wine already.
Arching a brow at him she asked, "shouldn't I be asking to refill drinks? I am one of the hostesses after all."
"Sorry." the woman sighed. This guy was too polite to stay angry at. Much like Michiru and Hotaru. Nodding he then took her glass and went to get it filled again. Sh watched him as he went over to the small bar set up. Actually, he wasn't as bad as she thought he was. He was rather attractive, even though he was a youkai. Wait, what was she thinking? She didn't like him! She hated his guts! Deciding to try and ditch him, she went back out into the crowd and hid among the Three Lights. She'd rather talk with Seiya then him.
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Hotaru sighed as she finally got outside. The cool air hit her face, but luckily she had put on a jacket before coming out. The party was a little to loud and busy for her. She was having fun, but she could only take so much. Plus she wanted to get away from Minako and Makoto who were set on getting any guy to dance with her. It was nearly impossible to loose the two. That was until Seto dragged Minako off somewhere. Makoto soon became occupied with Yusuke.
Smiling to herself as she thought of all her friends she began to talk a walk down the street. Looking in some of the windows of houses across the street, she saw Kids decorating their trees or looking at the presents they had already received from their families. Rubbing her hands together she continued on. It wasn't until she heard the sound of a motorcycle that she slowed a bit to glance over her shoulder. The bike soon pulled up beside her and she blushed when she saw who the rider was.
"Hey, what are you doing out here?" Alister asked.
Giving him a gentle smile she answered, "just taking a walk. Our party was a little too crowded for me." he nodded and then smiled. Hotaru felt her face heat up even more. He had never smiled at her before. In fact she had never seem him smile at all. It was usually just a smirk.
"You want to come with me downtown? They put up all the lights and stuff." she knew he as talking about the usual Christmas light show.
"I don't know. . ."
"Don't worry. It will only be for a little while. I'll get you back home, before anyone even notices you're gone." he said, she still looked a little unsure. "Alright, guess I'll just leave you to your wonderfully loud, busy, and crazy party you so much enjoy."
Hotaru glared at him for a moment but finally gave in. "Alright." she sighed. Alister smiled again then handed her a helmet. After putting it on, she got on the bike behind him and put her hands on either side of his waist.
"Wrap your arms around my stomach. You're going to go flying off with that hold." hesitantly she did as she said. Of course she already knew this, but still didn't feel comfortable. Glancing back the gray eyed teen smirked when he saw her blushing. Looking ahead again he reared up his bike and sped off.
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Haruka watched as Kurama searched for her. It wasn't long 'til he gave up and went to talk to Hiei and Mukuro. She felt guilty at this. A spark of hurt was visible in his eyes. Cursing herself she knew what she had to do. Damn Michiru and Setsuna, their mannerisms were rubbing off on her. With a heavy sigh, she excused herself from Yaten and Taiki. Feeling the eyes of her cousin on her, she tried to keep a straight face. She knew Michiru was going to make sure she wasn't going to start a fight.
The blonde soon reached Kurama and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and looked at her in surprise. "Can I talk to you?" She asked. He nodded and left the two others to their conversation. Following her to the backyard he watched as she stopped and seemed to be struggling to say something.
"You don't have to apologize Haruka. I understand you don't like me very much." he said turning to head back inside. Haruka caught his wrist and whirrled him back around.
"No I need to do this." taking a deep breathe she started. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I've been a big jerk to you ever since you got here. I should be happy we have help from you and the others. It means we can protect Usagi better. And I'm sorry for yelling at you and ditching you and calling you a bastard behind your back."
A chuckle brought her navy eyes to look up at the red head. "What? You think this is funny?" she asked, starting to let her temper rise. Kurama shook his head.
"No, I think it's cute." Haruka felt her cheeks heat up. Normally she would have slugged a guy if he had said she was being cute. But for some reason when Kurama said it, it made her insides turn. A smirk tugged at her lips.
"So now you think I'm cute?"
Kurama shook his head again. "No, I think your attitudes' cute. I think you're beautiful." the blondes whole face went red now.
She then noticed that he was a lot closer than before and leaning towards her. However she didn't pull away, instead she began to close her eyes. Before long they met in a warm kiss. Haruka felt a shiver of pleasure go up her spine. It felt like she was melting. The red haired youkai soon pulled away and smiled at her, and for the first time, Haruka smiled back at him.
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Hotaru stared in awe at all the colorful lights. She had seen it every year, but it never ceased to amaze her. Alister soon pulled his bike over and turned it off. There was to much traffic to drive through it all. Plus it would be freezing. The two got off and stared walking down the street together. People were going in and out of stores, some with a few bags, others with loads of boxes. Hotaru smiled as one little girl kept jumping by her mother, wanting to go see Santa.
"Hotaru are you ok?" she heard Alister ask next to her. Turning to face him she nodded. "But you're shivering. You want my jacket?"
Hotaru hadn't really noticed how cold she was. Shaking her head though she said, "no, I'll be fine. Besides you need your jacket." Alister smirked.
"How about this then?" before she could ask what he pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her. The violet eyed girl felt her back press up against his chest and blushed for like the hundredth time that day. "Better?" he asked.
"Y-yeah. Thank you." she said. Something white passed her vision and she focused in on it. It was a flake of snow. Looking up she saw several more begin to fall from the heavens. "It's snowing!" she cried happily and held out her hands to catch them.
"Be need to head back. It'll be worse if we have to drive through the snow on my bike." Alister said pulling away. Hotaru slightly frowned as the warmth of his body left her, but knew he was right. She walked with him back to the bike and the two got on. "Sorry, I thought we'd be able to stay out later than this."
"It's ok. It can't really be helped." she said as he started up the motorcycle. They did a quick u-turn and sped off.
In no time they were back at Hotaru's house. Of course the party was still going on and since no one was out looking for her, she knew Haruka hadn't noticed her absence. Getting off and handing him back his helmet she smiled. "Thanks Alister. I had a lot of fun." she then looked at him confused when he got off the bike too.
"Before you go I have a present for you." he said. Gently catching her shin in his hand, he titled her head up. He then leant down until his lips met with her. Hotaru's eyes widen for a moment then closed as she began to enjoy the kiss. It soon ended and he got back on his bike. Hotaru watched him then got an idea.
"Hold on. I have a present for you too." when he turned to look at her she planted her own kiss on his lips, though her's was a lot quicker. Alister smiled when she pulled away.
"Thanks. I liked that present." the violet eyed girl giggled as he started up the bike. "Guess I'll see you later then?"
She nodded, "yeah,. . . maybe tomorrow?" his smile widened.
"Sure. Later Firefly." and with that he pulled out onto the road and drove away. Hotaru waved to him then went into the warm house.
The party continued until half past twelve. The three women collapsed on the couch as the last of their guests left. The music played in the background but had been turned down some. All the candles were out and the food gone. Haruka sat in the middle with a smile on her face. Hotaru looked happy to, and Michiru just looked at them knowingly. "So Haruka, you still think we don't need Kurama and the others?"
"They can stay." she said, then smirked. ". . .But I still don't like that Yusuke guy." the other two laughed at her. This was definitely the best party they ever had.
Spirit- well that's all. and to those of you who read Steal My Pain Then Burn It Away. i will be updating that tomorrow. i didn't have the time to write it.
Tenshi- if anyone else wants a one shot down for them just request the couple. butNO Usagi pairings. she and Mamoru as destined and that's how it's gonna stay!
Spirit- and i will only do one per couple. so like if two people request a Makoto/Seto, i will only do one one-shot and not two. well i better go, my dinners getting cold. Hope you all liked it, especially you Ra-chan! Please Review! Ja ne
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