Title: Definition: Love
Author: Hikari-Kayko
Summary: Love; defined as an intense physical and emotional attraction towards a person one is disposed to make a pair, the emotion of sex and romance. Hiei has never experienced this emotion... until now. HieixOC. Hiei finds a girl in the woods near Genkai's place and finds out she has amazing spirit energy. This fiery girl has a tragic past and a dangerous future, and yet Hiei can't help but be fascinated by her. But when things start to go wrong and the girl needs Hiei's help, will he be able to get over his pride and come to the rescue? (Set after Genkai and Toguro are killed.)
Genre: Romance/Angst
Rated: T for adult content and language, If it gets worse or you think I'm being to light handed on the rating pleaz tell me and I'll change it.
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Chapter 1
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Hiei sat high in a tree over looking Genkai's old temple. It was a bit rundown since the old crone had kicked the bucket some time ago, but Yusuke still looked after it and kept the squatters out.
He had never really cared for the master fighter, but he came to this part of the forest often any ways. There was a peace among those trees that Hiei found no where else. A brisk breeze drew the branches around him westward and the sun began to set behind the complex on the grounds. Hiei chewed on a piece of straw while contemplating nothing in particular. He was just beginning to relax when an ear splitting scream shattered the late day's silence.
Leaping into action the fire apparition jumped down from the high branch and rushed towards the sound of the noise. He skidded to a halt in a shady clearing of trees to find the source of the commotion.
"Get away, I'm warning you!" A young woman sat on the ground backed up to a tree holding a stick like a saber towards a tall menacing man who stood over her. She wore a white blouse and tight black pants with a bright red scarf wrapped around her hair hiding it from view.
"Look girly, just give me all your valuables and I'll leave you alone." The man demanded picking her up easily by the shoulders. The girl thrashed around in his arms and finally managed to kick him in the face with a booted foot. The force of the blow caused the man to fall backwards, dropping her roughly to the ground.
"Leave me alone, or you'll regret the minute you laid eyes on me." She growled. Hiei watched, intrigued, from a tree branch out of sight. The spirit energy this girl was giving off sent shivers down his spine. It was oddly familiar in more ways than one, but the fire demon was damned if he knew why.
"Sure thing girly," The man laughed picking him self up off the ground and whipping the blood trail from his mouth. "I was going to let you go, but now you're really in for it!"
The man shoved her up against the tree again forcing one lag between hers and began assaulting her sexually. His hands roamed all over her chest and down her thigh slipping in and out of her shirt.
"I said leave me ALONE!" She shouted. The assailant laughed shortly ripping open her blouse savagely. "Fine!" She growled darkly. There was a faint glow that sparked in her eyes and before the pervert thief even realize what she had done he was on the ground unconscious with a massive blow to the head.
The girl breathed deeply a few times to calm herself and then bent down to check the guy. "Crap," She said aloud checking for a pulse in his neck, "To bad you're still alive," She murmured wickedly. Hiei watched amazed as the woman picked up the man, who was many times larger then she, and threw him over her shoulder like a sack. His arms dangling behind her, she carried him through the forest for nearly thirty minutes without breaking a sweet.
Hiei followed intrigued by the woman's strength and diligence. She stepped behind a wall of think brush and Hiei came to rest on a branch just covered by foliage. He stared as the girl dumped her attacked on what must have been a bus stop bench and began walking down the road that cut a path through the forest area.
Hiei jumped down and began following the woman quietly as she walked briskly along the road side. She clutched her ripped shirt closed around her chest and carried a bag on one shoulder keeping the scarf tied tightly around her hair.
As she walked on and Hiei continued to follow her, the sky decided, seemingly on a whim to open up and poor sheets of rain down on them. After only a moment Hiei could tell the girl was soaked to the bone and realized that he too was drenched with rain.
"What did I ever do to you!" She suddenly stopped screaming up at the sky as the rain beet down, drowning out her voice a little. She continued to scream and kick at things on the ground before she slipped on the slick mud landing with a squelch in the sludge.
Hiei was surprised at the sudden behavior of the girl he had, until now, found to be so subtle and calm. His shock rose even more as he realized the girl was now sobbing uncontrollably lying on her front in the mud while the rain continued to beat down upon the lone soles on the deserted road.
Hiei stood for a little while longer just listening to the woman sob before something in him snapped. He couldn't bare the sound any longer. "Get up, girl." Hiei said closing the distance between them to loom over her.
The girl gasped at the sudden noise that split the thundering of the rain. She jumped to her feet, rain and tears mixing as they ran down her face. "What do you want?" She shouted still surprised by his seemingly sudden appearance.
"I want you to stop making that god-awful noise, human, and go home." He explained coldly watching her expression change from surprise to rage.
"You heartless son of a bitch! You have no right to tell me that," She swung a first at his face which he caught with one hand. His grip wavered slightly at the impact. For a human she had amazing strength.
"Demon," The woman suddenly said, "You're a demon!" She jumped back as if their contact had burned her and she suddenly began to glow. Hiei was surprised by the sudden green incandesces around the woman though he did not let on to that.
"So what if I am?" He challenged tonelessly. "You're not a normal human are you? You're something else. A hanyou, perhaps?" He smirked as he spoke the insult to her.
"Take that back!" She shouted landing a kick squarely in the fire apparition's jaw. Caught off guard, Hiei's head snapped to one side and he tasted blood in his mouth.
"Bastard," She whispered again before collapsing to her knees and covering her face with her delicate hands. Again she began to sob and Hiei was at a loss for what to say. Stupid Humans and their emotions, he thought coldly as he moved forward and picked the girl up.
He took off running leaping into the trees and heading towards the city beyond the woods. All the while the girl clutched to the robe around his shoulders with her face buried in his chest, crying.
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A/N: next chapii up soon. I hope you liked it so far. I got the term hanyou from InuYasha so it's not mine, but in this case it means the same thing, half-demon. Pleaz review and tell me what you think.
HIKARi