Thanks for the review EternalMidnight. I'm trying to make it longer.

Chapter 2

Some time had passed. Maybe days or months. Shiva had grown costumed to the beatings she received from her peers. The other children liked to throw rocks at her, sometimes even sticks. They liked to push her around and isolate her when they were playing. She never cried though. She just got up and dusted herself off. The cuts and burns that encirlced around her fingers never healed completely. Every time she fell they reopened. The kids also loved to insult her.

Calling her witch or demon and other times they would tell her that the reason her mother gave her up was because she hated her. Sometimes she thought it was true. Why else would her own mother leave her alone with no one to care for he? Her father was no better. She lived with him, but he never showed any kind of sign of affection.

"Hey, you little runt! I asked you ten minutes to go to bring me some water!" Her father yelled. Shiva turned her head towards him and nodded. She picked up a cup. She placed it under the water jug. She gave him the cup and he snatched it from her.

"About time you wench." He drank it all down in one shot.

Shiva ignored his comment like she ignored everything else. She bandaged her thumb again since it started to bleed. She went outside and found herself staring at the sky. She heard a noise in the woods. Shewalked over to one of the trees. It was a green willow. Her favoritetree.Sheloved the way thatthe leaves pouring down around her like protective arms.

She heard another crunch and looked to her left. A familliar figure stood there with a bloody arm and leg. Its stomach was bare. Its rib was broken. She then noticed the black spiky hair and fire red eyes. She smiled sadly knowing who it was finally.

"Hiei? Long time no see." Shiva walked over to him slowly. He was breathing heavily and coughed up some blood. "Hiei...you're bleeding!" She said worriedly and he fell.

Shiva put him down.She touched his forehead to start her healing process. The glow from her hand emerged and twirled around Hiei's whole body. Some of the bones cracked back in place while the bruises turned back to its normal peachy color.

Hiei groaned and growled at her. She hummed to herself mainly to keep calm. His arm had something new on it. A dragon tattoo that was permentately staying there. After he was healed, she had to lift him up with both arms and place his head on her lap. He went to sleep quickly as she softly stroked his hair.

"What did you do to yourself Hiei..." Shiva whispered, but knew there wasn't going to be an answer in return. He must have slept for hours because before she knew it, it was dark. The star were out and they were shining brightly on her for once. Shiva was making out the constellations when Hiei finally begun to stir. His left eye opened first and he lifted up his head but then realized where he was. Growling, he put his head back down and closed his eye.

"Hey, are you up?" Shiva poked him.

"Hn."

"I'll take that as a yes. What did you do?" Shiva frowned.

"Stop asking me questions," Hiei muttered.

"You need to answer me. I have a right to know since I healed you," Shiva continued to frown.

"I never asked you to heal me."

"But you could have died if I didn't."

"So what."
Shiva glared down at him and Hiei couldn't help but smirk.

"Well?" She tried again.

"Well what?"

"ANSWER ME!"

Hiei kept his usual smirk. He finally saw the angery side of this normally smiling girl. "I got into a fight..are you happy now?"

"Why do you always fight?"

"Because people are idiots." Hiei tried to go back to sleep.

"What did they want from you?" Shiva played with his bangs.

"My gems."
"What gems?" Shiva's eyebrows rose.

"My tear gems," He glared up at her.
"What are tear gems?"

"Did anyone ever tell you that you ask too many questions." Hiei folded his arms.

"Actually, you're the first," Shiva smiled.

Slightly annoyed with her, he tried to ignore her last question.

"Hey! I asked you something!"

"Doesn't mean I have to answer it."

"Fine then. Be that way," Shiva humphed and folded her arms across her chest.

Hiei closed his eyes as he felt somewhat at peace again and sleep took over. Shiva couldn't help but chuckle and toyed with his hair. He seemed to have not mind because he didn't make a move to slap her hand away. Looking back up towards the stars, she smiled and closed her eyes. Sleep over took her as well.

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Suntiger: That's another chapter up. -smiles- I hope to see you review.