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AND HERE WE GO!!
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"I didn't have anything else for your birthday." Zura stated simply, as if the kiss had no effect on her whatsoever.
Hiei on the other hand was red, desperately trying to recover. The last time that had happened was about three years ago, after she had been stolen away by The Light Killers.
Their kiss then had been on the excuse that it would help him remember her better, and indeed it did. After all, who ever forgets their first kiss?
Knowing that no one was looking his way, even the wolf maiden herself, he touched his finger gingerly to his lips. He put his hand back down, not wanting anyone to know that he had been so strongly affected by it.
His stomach was acting up, so he decided that the sweet snow must have expired or something. He shook his head, trying to rid his thoughts of how wonderful her rough lips felt as they pressed against his own.
Little did everyone know, Zura felt so many emotions running through her, that it hurt.
She almost felt happy as she remembered how velvety his lips felt against her rough ones, but then was angry with herself for thinking in such a way.
Her chest felt like exploding in a heat that had just built up inside her, but she extinguished it hurryingly with the memories of the past years she'd been away. All in all, each feeling that wormed its way inside her conflicted with a much harder and cruel emotion.
Kurama was shocked. Hiei had never told him what had happened between his cousin and him before she was taken. Now he was getting suspicious.
He was actually happy with the scene, it was charming. Yet, it was abrupt and utterly shocking, he was also quite surprised to find that Zura seemed unaffected.
Yusuke dropped his glass cup. WHAT THE HECK? First the mutt suddenly appears after being gone for years and then she just kisses Hiei as if it was actually a normal thing to do!
Yusuke would have nearly choked if he saw someone hug the fire demon, but he was way past that now. He was beginning to wonder what exactly had happened before she left that night. Hiei had threatened to kill them if they asked more than once.
Kuwabara fainted, too shocked for words.
Botan's mouth dropped to the floor. The frightening, deadly, and emotionless Hiei Jaganshi had been kissed by a dirty wolf demon... and was blushing! BLUSHING! That was number fifty thousand and two on her 'Could Never Happen List'. She clutched the wall to stop herself from fainting.
Who could have thought that Mister 'Mask Everything I Feel', could slip up and blush from a kiss.
"Hey Kurama?" Zura's low voice scratched at the silence.
"Y-yes?" Kurama snapped out of his thoughts.
She smirked and hesitated before whispering, "I missed you."
Kurama could feel tears in the back of his eyes as he embraced his cousin. He was surprised to find that she did not hug back, or even melt into the hug, she was rigid through it all.
He could almost feel some bitterness emitting from her. She pushed him away after a minute and she looked nothing short of apathetic.
"I missed you so much." Kurama smiled fondly at her.
He thought he saw sadness flicker across her countenance, but surely he had imagined it. Her face was as placid as when she stepped through the door.
Hiei slid into the kitchen and got some sweet snow, secretly listening to what they were saying outside.
"Zura, what happened to you?" Botan asked after she picked her jaw up off the floor, "Your hair, and eyes, and... EVERYTHING! Your just--"
"Different?" Zura's eyes glistened in angry understanding, "I've changed. It happens when you've gone through what I have."
What has she gone through? Hiei asked himself, secretly cursing his past self from three years ago for letting her be taken. He shoved more sweet snow in his mouth, trying to get rid of his caring thoughts.
"Zura... what happened?" Kurama's soft words caressed the air.
Zura smirked as her eyes filled with memories, "Well, after I gave Hiei a gift with which to remember me by, I was taken by The Light Killers. They tortured me," She chuckled darkly, "They whipped me, beat me, did everything they could to make me tell them to find my creator, but I still didn't tell them.
One full moon night, when I was strongest, I turned to my demon wolf form and ran away. The next six months were spent with me hiding. Then, when I finally got away, I was captured by the demon black market. That's where I got this beauty." She flicked her silver hoop, "And there I was beaten some more, whipped some more, flirted with by drunken masters. Oh, and nearly raped a couple times." She shrugged.
Kurama's hands tightened into fists as he tried to contain his anger. Botan gasped. Yusuke looked at her with a mixture of pity and shock. Kuwabara laid on the floor still unconscious, and Hiei gripped his spoon until it broke in half, silently wishing death and doom upon all them who had hurt her.
"Then I spent the next half a year in that predicament, being a slave that is. I trained in secret, trying to get stronger until I could break out. My master and his men were surprisingly strong. I trained in my wolf form. Little did I know, that, on every new moon, when I'm split in between my demon form and human form, my demon side was getting stronger. When the next new moon rolled around, I went completely wild and killed everyone on master's land, even his wife and sons." She said it so nonchalantly you'd think she was talking about the weather, "Then, this last year was spent searching the human world for you, and so now, I'm here." She shrugged, sitting down on the couch.
Hiei came out of the kitchen, same uncaring and distant face that he usually wore, "Hey, mutt." he asked, gaining the apathetic pup's attention.
"Hm?" She asked.
"Are you going to stay with Kurama?" He asked.
Zura looked at her cousin, letting him answer for her, "Yes." Kurama nodded, secretly snickering at the fact that Hiei's new favorite tree was in his backyard.
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A/N:
Yes, welcome to the wonderful world... of... FILLER!! -horror music-
Anyway, this chapter had no plot, and it was created for two reasons alone. One, I wanted to show everyone's reaction to Zura and Hiei's abrupt kiss. Two, I was pretty sure you guys wanted to know where Zura's been for all these years. So yeah. There ya go, a filler chapter!!
P.S. Its midnight again and if anyone has an idea for what could happen in the next chapter, it would be most wanted. I know the basic plot line, but it doesn't kick in for a few chapters. If there are any scenes you can see Zura and Hiei acting out, telling them to me would be nice. .