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tears of a goddess

2

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She rose up panting in her bed, cerulean locks stuck to her sweating forehead. That was the third this week! How many times was she going to have this dream?! She sighed. It was torturing her. It was always the same too.

She's in the town square. The sun is setting and reflecting off his perfect red hair. The smile on his face melts her heart like ice-cubes in an oven. He leans in. Her eyes close. She can feel his breath on her lips. She leans in closer and she wakes up. Every single time she's about to kiss him she wakes up!

Botan sighed again. Why she was having dreams about kissing Kurama, she didn't know. All she knew was that the urge became stronger every time.

She got out of her bed and went to the kitchen. It was morning now and she was awful hungry. Her white nightgown swished behind her as her bear feet squeaked on the wood floor of the temple. She went to the fridge and picked out her breakfast. Eggs seemed good today.

"Let's see, what goes with eggs?" She said aloud to herself. She looked around and didn't see anything to go with her eggs. "Eggs alone it is."

She got out her pan and cracked four eggs in. She was always good at cracking eggs. She didn't know why. She just always knew how to cracks eggs perfectly. She never got shells in her eggs either. She also knew how to cook eggs perfectly too. She loved eggs. She loved the way they smelled and looked and of course tasted.

"Done!" She picked up the pan and held it over her plate.

"Onna."

"AHH!" She ended up throwing the pan backwards, spilling her delicious eggs all over the place. When the pan hit the floor with a loud bang, she turned around.

It was Hiei and he didn't look too happy. Maybe it was because he had her eggs in his hair?

"Baka onna!" He shouted.

"Oh, Hiei, I'm sorry! You scared me! I - who's that?" She paused when the fact that a girl was in his arms registered in her brain.

"She needs your healing power," he stated coolly.

"Oh. Um, put her in my bedroom," she said.

He walked out without a word to her room. She was worried and didn't pay attention where she was going when she ran into Genkai.

"What! Botan, what the hell is going on?" the old bag growled.

"Oh, Genkai! I'm so sorry! Did I wake you?"

"Yes, you did with that loud bang! And what's with the shouting? And who was Hiei carrying in my house?"

"Um - "

"Answer me!" Genkai was furious.

"You're not a morning person, are you?" Botan asked.

"...No," she stated.

"Ah. Well, I'm going to help Hiei now!" Botan ran to her bedroom not wanting to be yelled at anymore. However, she got one last yell when Genkai saw the kitchen.

When she got to her bedroom she saw that Hiei had placed the girl on her bed. She looked her over carefully and noticed that, she was in fact, very young. Sixteen maybe. She had slash marks all over her and Botan had to hold in a gasp. She looked at Hiei fearfully and his rage grew.

"I didn't do it, moron!"

She gulped, nodded and went to heal her. "How did you find her?" she asked as white energy leaped from her fingertips.

"Smell."

Botan raised an eyebrow. "Where did you find her?"

"The woods."

Botan sweat-dropped and continued healing the girl. The marks vanished and there were no scars left behind. Botan smiled proudly at her work. "She'll be right as rain!" she chirped. Hiei rolled his eyes and sighed. "Ya know, I think she needs better clothes. I'm gonna go get her some pajamas." Botan left to go fetch the pajamas.

Hiei looked her over as she slept. Her breathing was now soft and gentle. Slow and peaceful. Why did he keep staring at her? And what was this feeling when he did? He was pondering this when her eyes opened.

She gasped and he took a step back. She looked around fearfully and he couldn't help but notice the gorgeous teal blue color of her eyes.

"W-where am I?" Her voice was as angelic as she looked. It was soft and wispy.

Hiei composed himself and spoke. "You are in a temple in Ningenkai. I found you injured in the Makai. I brought you to here to heal you."

She sat up and looked at her arms and legs. All the wounds were gone. All of them and not a single scar. She had the urge to cry but held it in. No, she couldn't. "Oh. Thank you," she whispered.

"Hn."

She looked up at the demon in front of her. He was very...handsome. Dark features and the most beautiful crimson eyes. She found her cheeks becoming hot. He looked over at her and she turned away. He smirked at the blush on her cheeks.

Botan came back in with pink pajamas. "Oh. You're awake!"

"Who's awake?" Genkai asked and barged in. As soon as she looked at the girl her eyes widened. "I see."

"Hello." Her voice was soft and she kept her eyes low.

"Genkai, can she stay?" Botan asked.

"Sure." That's all she said as she walked out.

"Am I intruding? I should leave," the girl said a little louder.

"Nonsense!" Botan squeaked. "You're a guest! Here's some new clothes!" She handed the pajamas to the girl and her eyes widened. "Oh, you're gorgeous. Anyone tell you that?" The girl blushed again and looked away.

"No." She looked down at her new clothes, the first gift she had ever received. They were beautiful. Pink with roses on them. All she had ever worn in her whole life was this disgusting rag. "T-thank you."

Botan smiled at the girl and left her and Hiei alone again.

The girl looked back at the hiyoukai. "What's your name?" she asked feeling more confident.

"Hiei," his dark voice said.

"Hiei..." she said.

He couldn't help but feel...something when her angelic voice said his name. "Yours?" he asked.

"Oh. Kimiko."

He smirked. "Kimiko..."

She looked up at him and blinked. "Can I ask you something?"

He grunted positively.

"Why do you have eggs in your hair?"

"There you go!" Botan sang.

Kimiko looked at the freshly ran bathwater. She had never taken a bath before. He would always just throw a pail of freezing cold ice-water on her to clean her. She sniffed at the humidity. "Um - "

"Don't worry. It won't hurt you," Botan comforted.

"Okay..." she whimpered.

"Now. Here are some fresh clothes, unfortunately people don't run around in pajamas all day. It's a kimono. A girl that is almost your size lives here and I don't think she'll mind."

Kimiko looked at the kimono, more beautiful than her pajamas. It was light blue, with white snow-flakes on it. "Oh, thank you." She couldn't believe these people were so kind. He had always told her that the world was a horrible place and no one would ever love her. Was he right, were they tricking her? She looked at Botan's smiling face and knew that he was wrong. She took the kimono and smiled a little.

"Have a nice bath!" She went out and closed the door behind her.

Kimiko looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. She removed her pajamas and strolled over to the tub. The water was all the way up with bubbles. She tentatively put her foot in, gasping at how hot it was. It didn't hurt but it was a surprise. She put her other foot in and sighed. She slowly lowered down, gasping at the sensation. The bubbles tickled her skin and she giggled. This felt nice.

She got comfortable and sat there for a minute. The bubbles came up to her face and when she breathed in they tickled her nose.

"Ah...ah...achoo!" Bubbles went everywhere. She blushed at herself and realized that no one was there.

No one was there to scold her.

"Achoo!"

He laughed cruelly at her. "What's the matter Kimi? The water too cold?"

She shivered and sneezed again. "Here, have another!" He threw another pail of frigid water on her. The water felt like knives piercing all over her. She yelled in pain and he laughed at her misery.

She shivered in her hot water. How did she get from that horrible life to here? Her mind came to the only conclusion; 'Hiei saved me...'

After her bath she wrapped the towel around her tiny waist. She heard something outside and decided to go check.

She peeked out the door and heard something like arguing. It sounded like two males. She stepped out and looked down the hall. She looked left and realized the sound was behind her. That's when she heard footsteps. She turned around and-there he was. Hiei.

He froze in his tracks and stared at her. With a gasp, she accidentally dropped her towel.

His eyes widened at the sight of her swollen, luscious, perky breasts soaked with water. Her hair was wet and stuck to her shoulders, draped all around her. Her stomach was slightly toned but not much. It was soft and light. Not a girl but not quite a woman; Innocent. Just how he liked it. His eyes shot to hers.

The resounding scream was heard throughout the temple.

Immediately the two male voices that were fighting went to where the scream was.

"Yukina!" Kuwabara stopped seeing that it was, in fact, not Yukina. Yusuke just gawked at her.

Kimiko screamed again and Hiei became furious. "SHEILD YOUR EYES!" He rushed Kuwabara and pulled out his sword. With the hilt of it he hit him right between the eyes. In a split second he did the same to Yusuke. In a blur both boys were on the ground screaming and holding their eyes.

Kimiko had run to the bathroom. She had the urge to cry again but held her control.

Botan ran to the commotion. "What's going on?!"

"Hiei's stashed a naked chick in the bathroom!" Yusuke yelled in pain.

"Huh? That's Kimiko - Oh. You two don't know. Oops."

"Know what?" Kuwabara winced.

Botan smiled at the two poor boys. "We have a new house guest!"

~TBC