A/N:
Woohoo! The sequel ahs begun! I'm so excited! XD
I've had a couple of questions regarding the summary, to which I will say, "Read the story and you shall find the answer!" Okay?
Okay, so, here's how it's going to go. The chapters are going to alternate just like the prequel (between Hiei's and Astrid's POV), starting with Hiei.
That being said, Hiei, fire away
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Chapter 1: Released
The two morons shoved me forcefully at the door to Koenma's office. However, the door wouldn't open much to my dismay.
I was crushed by the two boys until the door was opened from the opposite side, and all three of us fell through.
Great. Now I was crushed and on the ground. How humiliating.
I growled and rose my body heat until both idiots were leaping up and howling in pain. A satisfied smirk appeared on my face as I stood with as much dignity as I could manage.
Kurama followed our loud and abrupt entrance with black and white contrast. Quiet, calm, and careful.
"I'll assume that the mission was a success, then? Considering the manner in which you have disrupted my office." Koenma called from his desk.
Kurama grimaced slightly, "Yes, sorry about that. I should have stopped them."
"Ah, c'mon!" Yusuke whined, quite annoyingly, "We were just excited."
Koenma frowned, yet nodded and looked at me.
"When would you like to do this?"
I snorted, "Now." I said it as though it were obvious. And it was. Why would I wait?
Koenma sighed, "Alright, follow me, everyone."
I wasn't sure I liked having witnesses, but I allowed it anyway. It wouldn't take long at all. I hoped.
We entered into a side room that looked a lot like a human doctor's examination room, except without the overbearing cleanliness and paper on the examination bed. It also lacked the many doctor tools.
Koenma patted the examination bed, "Lie down here, Hiei, and open your Jagan eye."
I nodded and removed my bandana. In one lithe movement, I was on the bed on my back.
You will be freed today, I said mentally to Astrid. I knew she'd heard me even though I knew she couldn't reply back anymore. It had been that way since I'd laid eyes on the Pyramid.
"I shall begin now," I heard Koenma say.
I nodded and closed my natural eyes as he began to chant.
Moments later, I felt a slight tingling sensation in my fore head and I realized that Koenma had stopped chanting.
In the next moment, there was a slight pressure on my chest.
I opened my eyes and she was staring back at me with her wide, electrifying blue eyes.
I sat up and touched her face. I sighed, relieved that I wasn't dreaming.
We stood from the examination bed simultaneously.
It wasn't until I saw the looks on Yusuke's and Kuwabara's faces that I realized that Astrid was naked.
I growled and pulled her against my body by the waist.
Astrid's face flushed deep red and she buried her face in my chest.
Yusuke burst into laughter as my growl intensified, "Sounds like someone's a bit overprotective!"
Fury bit into the edges of my eyesight, but the knowledge that Astrid would be left exposed if I acted on it kept me in my place.
Astrid didn't lift her face as a small breeze caressed our bodies, although it touched her more than me.
The breeze suddenly constricted itself around her body and darkened.
Astrid stepped away from me and my eyes widened approvingly.
She now wore a small, slightly tight-fitting, yet modest, black dress, although she remained barefoot.
My anger ebbed away as I continued to stare at her.
She smiled at me suddenly and I felt my breath escape my lungs.
She blinked slowly before speaking, "Your friends are rather charming, Hiei." A strange glint entered her eyes, almost playful, "But perhaps they should be more careful about what they say."
She released her wings, then, in a burst of hot wind. It was powerful enough that it knocked Yusuke and Kuwabara over, ricocheted off the wall behind them and tore at Kurama and me. Koenma was knocked over since he was in his toddler form.
I felt a smirk appear on my lips as I approached her.
I placed a finger under her chin and lifted her face to meet mine.
"Perhaps they should, for fear of your fiery temper." I grinned and drew her lips to mine.
I pulled back to the shocked faces of my moronic teammates; Kurama seemed simply in awe.
My eyes were drawn to the feathers of her Falcon's wings. I ran my fingers through them and frowned. There seemed to be a reddish sheen to them that I didn't remember.
Astrid's eyebrows knit together in worry, "Is something wrong?"
My eyes quickly shifted back to her face. I erased all concern from my face and eyes and gave her a small smile, "Nothing at all."
I kissed her forehead and took a hold of her hand.
"Come. There are people waiting to meet you. They're anxious to know the woman that softened the 'Great' Hiei's heart of stone." I smiled broadly at her, hearing the weight of my words.
She smiled in return and gave my hand a squeeze, "I would follow you anywhere."
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A/N:
Short, I know, but it accomplished what I wanted it to. Ah, man… I am SO excited for this sequel. In my opinion, it's going to be freaking awesome! 8D
…Maybe… XD
anyway, those of you that have read the prequel (which you absolutely MUST do before reading this), you guys know the drill!