The Red and White Roses (Yu Yu Hakusho Fan-fic)

Its on a One-on-One or a 50/50

A couple weeks after meeting or "adopting" the demon known as Mizuki, I was assigned cleaning duty at school with Shuichi Minamino again. At first I thought about all the problems that could happen, but I just went along with it. For the first couple minutes as we started to clean, we didn't talk to each other at all. Just a mere, silence. During that time, I began to wonder if he already knew about my ability. I thought about this because of the way his eyes looked. They looked sharp, unlike the soft gentle eyes that was seen during class.

"Hanamura", I heard him say, which made me come back to focus on what I was doing. I looked up at him and waited for what he was going to say next. "Yes ?", I asked, clearly pulling a fake tone. His eyes were still sharp as even until he sighed and turned away. "Nothing", he said softly, "Never mind." I watched him smile faintly and turn away as he continued to clean in silence. 

"You can sense it can't you ?", I said faintly, watching him as he paused and stood there, "That I have the scent of a demon ?" With that expressionless face of his, I couldn't think about what he was thinking about. "Yeah", he said after a while, "But it's different from the time when we first cleaned together." I lifted a strand of hair from my shoulder and looked at it. "Different ?", I asked, "Don't you mean.. the same ? As that one time ?" He walked towards me and smiled as soon as he got close. "But why ?", he asked, that smile of his looking completely dangerous. I wanted to avoid this, so I changed the topic. "Since the day we first spoke", I said, "Did you easily realize that I was able to see those demons ?" "Somewhat", he replied, "It was the way you looked at them when we encountered three of them." "How are you able to see them ?", I asked, "Are you one of them ?" I noticed I made a mistake of asking when I noticed him staring me down with his eye contact. Turning away from his gaze, I went back to brooming. "N...never mind", I mumbled, "Let's just.. get this done." 

After that, there was no response between the both of us. After cleaning though, he decided to walk me home again. The awkward silence was killing a lot for me, so I decided to end it. "Today was weird", I said out loud, "Don't you think ?" Whether Shuichi replied of not, I really didn't think it mattered. It surprised me to hear him sigh. "I can't argue with you on that", he replied, not looking my way.  

"I don't expect us to be friends"

For some reason, him having to say that caused a sharp pain. Friends huh ? I stopped walking and waited until he did the same. "What is it ?", he asked. "There", I said, as I pointed off into this group of people walking our way. "Do you see it too ?" He stared at the group for a while. "Do you think that we can just walk by ?", I asked. I moved behind Shuichi and grabbed his arm. I couldn't tell if he minded or not, because he didn't shake me off. We started walking again and right when we met paths with that group of "people", I felt this sharp pain at my leg. I had stooped walking and moved a hand down towards the pain. There was blood and a stinging wound. I turned around and stared at that group, who was now staring back at us with a smirk. I let go of Shuichi and glared at them. I had lost the mood and favor of being nice. I rummaged through my bag and pulled out this wooden ruler.

"Hanamura ?", I heard Shuichi ask, but I ignored him and started walking towards that "group" of people. "Hm ?", the first one said, "You wanna play ?" The moment he grabbed my wrist, the moment he was still standing there with his grin. He disappeared in an instant. There was the splash of blood everywhere. The ground. My clothes. The other people. I lifted the ruler up to my chin and smiled. "I'm tired", I said, as the rest of them disappeared before my eyes. I felt the weight of this hand on my shoulder, thinking that it was another one of them. That was when I realized that it was Shuichi. Though, it didn't help me at all.

Smiling, I turned away and lifted a hand. "See you", I said, as I walked off alone that night. When I got home, Mizuki was still awake. The clock had already struck midnight. 

"Whoa", he said when he saw me drenched in blood, "What happen to you ?" I looked up to see his face and smiled, holding up the bloody ruler. He looked... unsure. More like afraid. I dropped the ruler, and followed it, staring at my stained hands. I wanted to cry, but the tears wouldn't fall. Mizuki came up from behind me and hugged me. What a surprised, especially since he didn't seem like someone who'd hug. "I'm tired", I told him, as I shut my eyes, "I'm done." He didn't reply to me. Tired of what ?

Around 5:30 AM, it was when I finally managed to get some sleep. The whole night, I was up thinking about how I'd left myself do  what I did.

I was a child born into a family where I wasn't wanted. The only ones I had were my parents. At the age of 7, they were killed in a car accident. I was taken in by this orphanage and grew up to the age where I could finally take care of myself. I was often targeted by demons and other people because of this ability I had. I was able to feel and recognize the emotions of demons even when I was a human. Due to the stress, I was required to take this medicine. Usually, I would try to forget the burden, but when I pass my limit, I become what I try to seal away. I end up killing, even staining my hands even more.

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I woke up at 5:00 P.M. to a Mizuki who had a worried look on his face. What was he doing ? "Oi", he said, "Yon." I opened my eyes slowly and sat up. Placing a hand on my head, I looked at Mizuki. "Mizuki...?" Before I knew it, he suddenly hugged me. "H...hey...", I said as I tried to separate myself. What was wrong ? He had an uncomfortable look on his face. "Mizuki", I said again, ".....What's wrong ?" It only made him get closer to me. "I thought....", he replied faintly, "You weren't going to wake up.." I understood why he felt that way. Patting his head, I tried to get him to relax. 

"Have faith", I said as I looked towards the window. It was really dark outside. Just like what was in my heart. 'Darkness'. Mizuki pulled away from me and wiped some of his tears. I started laughing, making him embarrassed. "You're not alone", I said to him. "As long as I'm here."