Hiei's Harem - Pt. 2 - Maintaining

Scene 12 -------------- Mukuro's Office


* Mukuro doesn't even turn from her window when Hiei storms in.


Mukuro- Don't..


* Hiei slams the heavy door shut. Mukuro sighs deeply.


Hiei- Don't preach to me.. I just get back and all I hear screeching in my ears is for me to report to your d--- office.


* Mukuro turns to look at him.


Hiei- What the h--- are you bringing this creepy crawlly thing all the way down here for anyway?


* Hiei moves to slump into one of her chairs and promptly props his booted feet on her lower coffee table. Mukuro moves to a nearby counter in the dining area of the large room.


Mukuro- You were sent out with a squad to patrol..

Hiei- Well, what the h--- do you think I was doing?


* She brings him a mug of hot tea and he calmly accepts it.


Mukuro- Captain Halamaru told me that you stuck your nose in the wind and took off.


* Hiei shrugs.


Hiei- You ever been close to him during the springtime?


* Mukuro grunts and sits down across from him.


Hiei- I had to investigate.. something.. This needs more..


* Mukuro slides the bowl of sugar over to him, then leans back to table her own feet. She obviously smirks with the half of her face that's visible.


Mukuro- So was she worth chasing off after?


* The Koorime pauses from scooping more sugar into the tea to scowl at her.


Hiei- She?

Mukuro- He, then? Don't play dumb.. You're as much a male as the next guy..

Hiei- (Grunts) Perhaps more so.


* He shovels a couple more spoonfuls of sugar into the tea and tastes it again. Satisfied now he leans back in his chair to meet her eyes.


Hiei- If you must pry..

Mukuro- I must.

Hiei- I thought I smelled.. a human.. Turned out to be a blooming Caranosa plant.

Mukuro- Ahh.. So you've been gone for over a month because of a plant?

Hiei- I finished the d--- patrol myself.. I was working my way back when this beast nearly ran me over.. You promoted Jinje to navigator?

Mukuro- I felt he was ready.

Hiei- Hn.

Mukuro- Then he was driving?

Hiei- Hai.. I jackslapped him hard enough to adjust his sight.


* Hiei sips at the tea again. Mukuro studies him a moment more.


Mukuro- So why did you send the squad back? If there was a gang that had a human..

Hiei- I can only take being around that Captain for a limited time.. Are your ears on the blink again?


* Mukuro chuckles.


Mukuro- You can't take being around anyone for any amount of time.

Hiei- Don't be silly. Your lilting voice and ethereal..

Mukuro- Don't push it!


* Now Hiei smirks into his cup of tea. He's always known what buttons to push with her.


Mukuro- She must've been one h--- of a lay to put you in such a jovial mood.


* Hiei glares up at her. Apparently, she knows a few buttons of her own.


Hiei- You're not going to drop it, are you?

Mukuro- I have a very good nose.. Look, I understand that releasing some.. tension is perfectly natural around this time of year.


* Hiei leans forward, places the empty mug on the table, then rubs the back of his neck.


Hiei- Your nose is full of s---.. I've had a very busy.. few.. weeks.. I'm going to retire to my room and rest for the rest of the day.. Am I excused?


* Before she can answer Hiei stands and heads for the door.


Mukuro- Will I be able to hold my future grandheir?


* Hiei freezes at the door a moment, then continues on his way flinging a parting curse at her. As he moves through the dark hallway toward his quarters he pinches the bridge of his nose, 'D---.. If she really knew how many..' The Koorime pauses with a brief imagination of Mukuro playing with the many children that will soon be swarming all over that canyon. Hiei promptly shudders and blinks away to disappear into his personal quarters. Partly from that vision, but mostly from the thought of all those children. He closes his door, locks it, and leans back against it, 'How is this possible..? It can't be real.. They always told me that I was..' The Koorime pushes away from the door shaking his head free of that train of thought. He needs a shower badly.