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Never The Same : Chapter 1
Hiei was at his usual perch in the tree outside Kurama's house, sleeping somewhat contentedly in the quiet afternoon. Kurama was doing his homework and he wanted to disturb the fox demon but decided against it at the last minute. So he dozed off to sleep, not even waking up when Kurama opened the window to check on him. So the afternoon went on, with Kurama writing in his room, and Hiei sleeping in the tree, and everything else seemed normal.
Until Hiei fell off the tree and landed hard on the ground.
The sound startled Kurama, and he rushed over to the window to check. Hiei was sprawled on the ground, and he wasn't moving. Kurama ran out of his room and the house.
"Hiei! Hiei, wake up!" said Kurama frantically, shaking the fire demon's shoulders. But Hiei would not wake. He was breathing and he certainly looked somewhat peaceful, but he would not wake. Kurama carried him inside his house and quickly dialled Yusuke's number.
'What the ... where am I?'
Hiei looked around him, for a sign of something normal, but everything around him was black. Darkness. The last thing he remembered was dozing off on the tree outside the kitsune's house. So what was happening now?
"He's not waking up, I don't know what's wrong with him!"
Kurama?
"We'd better call Botan, or maybe Koenma. Or we should go to Genkai's temple. Maybe Yukina can heal him."
Yusuke?
Yukina ...
A wave of dizziness swept him, and he staggered, clutching his forehead, where the Jagan was located. Soon after, as unconsciousness started to creep in, it started to get brighter ...
"Yukina, can you do anything?"
"I'll try," replied Yukina hesitantly. They laid Hiei down on a futon, as Genkai, Kurama and Yusuke stood over him to watch the healing. Genkai, as well, could not see anything wrong with Hiei, except that he refused to wake up no matter what. Yukina held her palms over Hiei, and a blue light appeared. She willed her powers to heal Hiei as much as she could, but Hiei was still not waking up. Finally, almost drained of her energy, she stopped and shook her head sadly.
"I'm sorry," she whispered, looking away.
"It's alright, we'll find another way," said Kurama gently. Yukina nodded, and went off to make tea to calm everyone down.
"Yusuke, take off his headband," said Genkai. Yusuke complied, and they all gasped when they saw the Jagan. It was twitching madly, focusing and unfocusing, as the eyeball rolled around and around in its place.
"Now what do we do??" yelled Yusuke angrily. He felt too helpless, as it seemed there was nothing they could do to help rouse Hiei.
"Call Botan," said Genkai.
"Wait, look ... the Jagan, it's stopped moving."
Hiei stirred, moaning something incomprehensible, but that was enough to take the relief off his friend's shoulders.
"Hiei! Daijoubu?" asked Kurama. The fire demon opened his eyes ... took one look at the people around him, and screamed.
Hiei opened his eyes slowly, and the first thing he saw was a bright, white light. He winced and closed them again, ready to snuggle deeper into sleep. He could vaguely feel the softness of a bed lying underneath him; perhaps Kurama had brought him into his room and his bed. He let out an audible sigh, why was he feeling so tired? Then the sounds of someone sobbing filtered in, and it sounded very familiar. He willed himself to open his eyes again, and he saw Yukina, sitting on a chair by his bed.
Wait ... his bed ... ?
He sat up at once, then cringed as everywhere started to ache. His leg was hanging suspended in front of him, and his arm was bandaged. Yukina jolted out of her sobbing and cried out in joy.
"Oniisan, you're awake!" she cried happily.
"Oniisan?????" said Hiei in outrage. I'm going to kill whoever it was who told her! No use trying to hide it now ...
"Who told you ..?"
"Told me what, Oniisan?'
"That ... that I'm your brother..." said Hiei, trailing off and looking away from his sister. Then he turned around to look at her again. Properly.
"Yukina ... why are you dressed like that?"
"Hiei! What's wrong?" asked Yusuke, alarmed. Hiei was backing into a corner of the room, screaming his head off and looking around for an escape.
"You ... YOU KIDNAPPERS! GET AWAY FROM ME!" yelled Hiei, but that didn't stop Kurama and Yusuke from approaching him.
"Hiei! We're not kidnappers!"
"I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE! I DON'T CARE! LET ME GO!"
"Hiei-san...?" said a voice, standing by the door. Yukina had heard his voice and quickly ran back to the room to see.
"Yukina! YUKINA, GET AWAY FROM THOSE KIDNAPPERS!"
"Kidnappers ...?" said Yukina, blinking.
"HIEI! WE ARE NOT KIDNAPPERS! WE'RE YOUR FRIENDS, REMEMBER!!" yelled Yusuke, grabbing him by the shoulders and shaking him.
"NO, I DON'T KNOW YOU!" Hiei yelled back just as furiously, and tried to throw Yusuke off him. Yusuke jumped back and looked at Kurama.
"That can't be Hiei," he said. "The Hiei I know can throw me off very easily. This one ... he actually struggled to do so."
"Who are you?" asked Yusuke. Hiei had calmed down visibly, but stared warily at everyone except Yukina.
"I'm Hiei."
"Then how come you don't recognise us?"
"I only recognise Yukina. And I have no idea where I am, so I assumed you were kidnappers ... I mean, this isn't the first time it's happened ... "
Everyone in the room except HIei blinked. Since when did Hiei ever get kidnapped?
"What was the last thing you remember ...?"
"I was walking with Yukina back from school, then some guys jumped out of a car and tried to kidnap us. I pushed them away and started yelling, and everyone around came to help, but one of them pushed me ... and that's all ... I probably blacked out," replied Hiei, certain that these people were probably passerbys who had helped them both. He sat down on the futon, staring up at everyone, wondering why the looks on their faces were so grim and puzzled.
"This can't be right ... Hiei doesn't GO to school, Inari ... " muttered Kurama frantically, wringing his hands.
"Of course I do! I'm in HIGH SCHOOL, so don't go picking on me about my height," said Hiei in a huff. Then he turned to look at Yukina, who was still standing there, frozen. He took in the light blue kimono she wore, staring at her up and down.
"Imouto? Why are you dressed like that? There isn't a festival, is there? And when did you dye your hair? It looks cool."
"What do you mean? I've always dressed like this," said Yukina, gesturing to her tank top and jeans. Hiei balked. Something was seriously wrong.
"Where am I?"
"The hospital, Oniisan."
"Hospital?!" Hiei said in alarm, his hands going up to his forehead. What would those stupid ningen doctors do if they saw the Jagan ...? His hands brushed nothing but skin. No! Where is it? What ... what's happening?
"Oniisan? Are you alright? You look shocked..."
"What happened?"
"You don't remember?" asked Yukina sceptically. Hiei shook his head.
"We were walking home from school ... then some kidnappers came and tried to kidnap us ... you pushed them away and yelled for help, but when help came one of the kidnappers pushed you onto the road and you were hit by a car. Luckily it braked in time, but you got injured anyway.."
Kidnappers? School? A ningen SCHOOL?! This isn't right. I never go to school. I'm not a ningen... I'm not!
The room door burst opened, and a man and a woman rushed inside.
"Hiei! Oh my God, Hiei, you're alright!" said the woman, hugging Hiei. Hiei, hating people touching him, rudely shoved her away. Yukina gasped.
"Oniisan, how can you treat Okaasan like that? She was so worried about you!" said Yukina, scolding him.
"Okaasan? This woman, is my mother?"
Everyone stared at him in shock.
That's it for Chapter 1. 'Hiei' is the real one, the fire demon. 'Hiei' is the "unreal" one, the teenager. 'Yukina' is the real ice demon. 'Yukina' is the "unreal" one, the teenager. Lol.
I'm sure you all know by now what happened. Please leave your questions in a review if you do not understand, and I'll try my best to answer them!
Thank you for reading! Please review!
Edit// I added in a line here, which is somewhat crucial to the plot. The ningen Hiei questions the real Yukina about her hair colour.