Firefox: Hey y'all! It's me and I'm uploading Dark Sun. Here's part 2 and the next chapter so here you go! Sorry it took so long! And as soon as I can get rid of this stupid writer's block I will post the next chapters. I am running out of ideas for this story people, so if you all have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate them. Warning: slight fluff, but nothing major, I like the people to stay as in character as possible. Which means none of that "love at first sight" or "I can't get him/her out of my mind". A least not until later. Enjoy!
Chapter 4
Moonlight
Hiei and Shiri walked side by side in complete silence to the rooms. They got to a door with a number seven on it. Hiei took a key out of his cloak pocket and opened the door, the two stepped inside and Hiei shut the door behind him. The room was dark because it was late outside and Hiei was about to turn on the lights in the room when, "Wait," Shiri had spoken from a place by the window, " I like it better when it's dark, beside it's a full moon outside tonight so it isn't all that dark anyways." She said pulling back the curtains and staring at the moon. Her white hair looked as if stars had been weaved through the silvery strands as the pale moonlight washed over her.
" Fine," Hiei said walking towards the couch and sitting down, he closed his eyes, "I don't care either way." Shiri opened the window and then walked over to the small lazy-boy armchair that faced the window. She sat down. It was quiet for a long time at least an hour and a half. Hiei was wondering if the girl had fallen asleep. He got up to check and when he leaned over the back of the chair his suspicions were confirmed. The human was indeed fast asleep in the chair. She looked so peaceful and in the depths of Hiei's mind, cute. The way she was curled up on the small chair. Her long white hair, glowing in the moonlight, draped gracefully around her face, her legs were brought up against her chest and her head rested on her arms.
Hiei watched her for a few moments. Watched her as she breathed slowly and rhythmically with sleep. Then he pushed his thoughts of her out of his mind and picked Shiri up bridal style. Like he had done earlier that day. Hiei brought Shiri to his bedroom and pulled back the covers before laying her down. Then he draped them back over the girl. Though Hiei had to keep himself from staring as the thin sheets settled over her flawless body. Outlining every curve every detail. Hiei shook his head forcefully to clear his mind, then quickly walked out before he could get distracted again.
Hiei walked out into the living room and shut the bedroom door behind him, then walked over to the couch and went to sleep.
Shiri's POV................sort'of:
The next morning Shiri woke up and for a moment, she didn't know where she was. Then she remembered that she had walked with the fire demon, Hiei, to his "apartment ". Where she apparently had spent the night. Shiri looked around her, she was in a room with pale blue walls and blue-grey carpet. There was a window to her left with a wide cushioned sill. Shiri flopped back down on the bed and covered herself up again. It had been centuries since she'd slept in a bed. She was about to go back to sleep when she noticed something. This scent........it's Hiei's! She thought recognizing it because of her wolf scences. The smell of ash and forest was everywhere. It was then Shiri understood that she was in Hiei's room. Then if I slept in his room where did he sleep? The goddess wondered, looking around for the fire demon. He wasn't there so she got up and walked out into the living room. When she came around to the couch she saw him. Fast asleep, arms crossed, head tilted down down. Shiri smiled and walked into the kitchenette. She was hungry. She opened the cupboard and found a bag of cheerios and in the cabnit next to it, a bowl and spoon. She poured herself a bowl then put a small amout of milk that she'd gotten from the fridge. I should ask, but I don't want to wake Hiei up. I hope he doesn't mind. Shiri thought. A bit unsure of taking food from his cabnits after he'd let her stay in his apartment and sleep in his bed.
Shiri quickly ate her cereal and cleaned up. She washed her bowl and put everything away. At least Hiei wouldn't have to wake up to a messy kitchen. After that, Shiri walked into the bedroom and made the bed, then over to the chair she had fallen asleep in the night before and sat down. She was there for quite awhile. The sun had only just come up, and she guessed it was around 6:40, 7:00. Suddenly she twitched her white wolf ear(the ears that nobody can see) behind her. Someone was stirring. Hiei must be waking up, Shiri thought as she relaxed her ear and went back to looking out the window. When Hiei got up and walked towards the kitchen, Shiri turned around and said,"So you're awake. I didn't think anyone other than myself woke up this early." She smiled at him and giggled quietly. Hiei spun around fast, surprised by a "human" girl sitting in his living room. Then he remembered yesterday's events and he relaxed. "When did you get up?" The fire demon asked her nonchalontly. Shiri smiled again, "About and hour ago."She answered. Hiei turned back around, walked into the kitchen and got some breakfast of his own. Cheerios, same as Shiri. He noticed that the milk level in the carton was slightly lower, and he guessed that the human girl, Shiri, had probably eaten some cereal when she got up. Hiei didn't really care though.
He ate his breakfast, and set the bowl in the sink when he was done. He would clean it later. Hiei put the milk back in the fridge and the Cheerios back in the cupboard. Then he walked over to the couch and sat down. For the longest time neither of the two talked. Then there was a knock on the door. Hiei got up to answer it, but Shiri was faster. She reached it in record time. In fact Hiei didn't even notice she was at the door until she was already opening it. Outside stood Kurama with a pleasant but serious face. "It's time to go." He said and Shiri's smile disappeared. Yep that figures. The morning I wake up after coming back and I have to work, typical. The three walked down the long hallways to Koenma's office. Where Yusuke and Kuwabara were already waiting for them. "I see you took your time getting ready." Koenma said impatiently. "Don't get your diper in a twist child, we were perfectly on time. You specified we be here no later than fifteen minutes after someone came to pick me and Hiei up." Koenma looked annoyed by her remark and said, "So?" Shiri's eyes flashed angrily for a moment then she retorted," 'So', it's only been ten minutes since he got to the door, and we all left immidietly after that. So quit your crying, drink your milk from your bottle and let me do my job."
There was anger and annoyance dripping from each word. And Koenma shrank back in his chair. Shiri wasn't in a good mood at the moment and he didn't want to invite the goddess's full fury. Of course he couldn't blame her. 700 years ago she had died protecting Japan from Orochi. 100 years after that she did it again and died. At the same time loosing, her lover at the time, the prophet Waka. He had died to save her and in the end she gave her life a second time to seal Orochi away.
"Well then," Koenma said shakily,"I'll have a portal sent for you five emidiatly." At that, he opened the control panel on his deak and pressed a button. A portal opened up in front of the group and Shiri jumped into it without a word. The rest of her team followed nervously behind her. Shiri landed softly on the grass in a forest somewhere in Japan. It was very familiar, is this Kamiki? she thought looking around. She noticed then, her shrine. The one she had been imprisoned in until yesterday. She walked over to the stone pedestal and layed her hand on the flat, cold, stone surface. That's when she heard yelling behind her and spun around to find team Urameshi piled on top of eachother. Guess they didn't stick the landing when they came out of the portal, Shiri thought, laughing under her breath at the akward way the four looked in a dogpile.
Shiri walked over to the pile of squirming boys, " You'll have to get used to that, portals can be a bit hazardous, if your not careful you all may end up as conjoined quadruplets before you reach the end of the tunnel." They all looked at her with terror in their eyes, at the thought of being literally joined at the hip. Shiri laughed heartily, "I'm kidding. Things like that don't happen," She told them. They realxed slightly. Shiri turned and started to walk away, but said just loud enough for them to hear, "very often anyway." And she then proceeded to walk away. She heard the boys scrambling to get off and as far away from eachother as possible. She giggled again as they jogged to catch up to her. "If that was supposed to be humorous it wasn't." Hiei said fixing her with a mild glare and an annoyed tone in his voice. "Oh relax Hiei, that sort of thing never happens, ever, I promise. It was just a little joke. I haven't had a good laugh in a long time." She smiled at him reassuringly and his glare softened to an ordinary, 'I don't want to be here look'.
They had been walking for quite a bit, down a long winding path. Trees lines the side and the sea could be seen from just off the edge of the cliff. It was beautiful. "Hey, Shiri?" Yusuke asked. "Hm?" She said. "Are you sure you know where we're going?"She looked over her shoulder with an irritated look on her face. (Well it was like the gazillionth time he'd asked.) She sighed,"Yes Yusuke, as I told you before I have been to this place on more than one occassion, it's when we get to the cities we need to start worrying, I don't know anything about them." She told him. The wolf goddess was loosing her patience and wheather she was supposed to reveal herself or not,if she had to, she would bite him, hard."We don't need to worry about that Miss Shiri."Said Kuwabara proudly, "She didn't look at him when she asked, "And why not?" "Because!" He yelled triumphantly,"Being the best fighter of all that is good, I will defend the lovely Miss Shiri, for I, Kuwabara, fighter for justice will guide yo-!" He was cut off, when Hiei, "accidentally" put his foot out in front of the human's walkway, causing Kuwabara to trip and fall flat on his face.
Shiri giggled. "That was good, and i'm glad you got him to shut up." She whispered to the fire demon who had been the cause of Kuwabara's fall. "All in a day's work." He said with a smirk then added,"Now you see what I have to live with." He told her. She laughed then replied, "Yes, but it seems you have things well handled." The two fell into a bit of an awkward , once Kuwabara picked himself up off the ground, the five walked down the path on their way to the village. They passed a man with a basket on his head playing a flute, next to a prayer statue. Shiri snorted disbelievingly(sp?)" Five centuries and he's still there, unbelievable." She muttered, "Di you say something onna?" Hiei asked. She looked up quickly, "Huh-oh.......n-nothing, absolutely nothing at all!" Sh spewed the words gave her a "crazy woman" look but other than that, didn't comment further.
Then the five companions walked throught tha large gate, into the village of Kamiki.