Chapter 8: Wolf and Trust


It had been about a week since Kyrin found Hiei in the snow. Hiei's wounds were officially healed and Kyrin was getting ready to leave with him. It wasn't going to be like the forests but Kyrin would be able to handle it.

She rolled over in her bed and saw Hiei asleep next to her. Kyrin almost screamed. He went into his room last night but how was he here? Kyrin concluded that he had been sleepwalking. After recollecting herself, she sat up, pulled the covers to his chin and lied back down. She didn't mind Hiei sleeping in her bed. In fact, she preferred it. It was better for him to sleep in a comfortable bed than on a stiff couch. She gently stroked the covers on Hiei's shoulder, a thing her mother used to do for her. Hiei grabbed onto the pillow and buried his face in it, as if he were nuzzling something. Kyrin sighed. She wished she knew what dreams were going through his mind.

Later, Hiei slowly woke up to see Kyrin reading one of her books. What the heck was she doing in his room? He looked down at the sheets to see they changed color from the dark purple the guest room had to multicolored pastels that Kyrin had in her bed. Hiei shot up in alarm.

"What's wrong Hiei?" Kyrin asked, looking up from her book. Hiei was looking around in confusion.

"Aw man! Did I sleepwalk?" Hiei asked drowsily, running his hand through his hair.

"I think so but I don't mind."

"Alright…Sorry though…" Hiei yawned and flopped back down on the bed. "Too tired. Wake me up later."

Kyrin smiled and again pulled up the covers to Hiei's chin. Unexpectedly, Hiei whipped around to face her and glared.

"I don't need your sympathy." Hiei growled. "I'm fine by myself." Kyrin nodded and Hiei lied back down, this time pulling the covers himself. Kyrin smiled at his independence and got out of the bed. She went over to her closet, pulled out a small basic light blue backpack and started packing some clothes into it. She also grabbed her white dress just in case if she wanted to dance while they were out.

She got her favorite books, including the series of Wolf Brother. Kyrin also got Snow from her desk, where Hiei left it, and put it in her backpack. She put her toothbrush and all that in the backpack as well. She stuffed in her hairbrush in and zipped the backpack closed. Next she went over to her laptop, turned it off, and put it in its case along with its charger. She set it next to her backpack and felt satisfied. That would last her a few days.

Kyrin glanced at Hiei who looked like he was having trouble falling asleep. She knew that feeling. She felt that way a couple of days after she saw her mom's bloody body in front of her. Kyrin shook her head, ridding her mind of the terrible memory and went over to him.

"Hey, you want some breakfast Hiei?" Kyrin asked. Hiei just shrugged her off.

"I'm not hungry." Hiei said flatly. Kyrin was about to say something else when she saw his eyes slide shut.

"Okay." Kyrin whispered in his ear. "Let me know what you want later." Quickly, she pecked him on the cheek and saw his eyes shoot open. She giggled as she ran out of the room and shut the door. Kyrin laughed as she heard the pillow Hiei threw at her hit the door.

"You're too slow!" Kyrin yelled through the door. Hiei yanked the door open and slammed her in the head with a pillow.

"How's that for slow?!" Hiei roared. Kyrin laughed and wrapped her arm around Hiei's neck. She then proceeded to ruffle his hair.

"You're too cranky in the morning Hiei." Kyrin said, still ruffling Hiei's hair. "You need to chill a little!" Hiei shoved out of her grasp and sighed. How in heaven's name could she be so hyper in the morning? Well, since he was awake, he might as well eat something.

"C'mon." Hiei said, while walking out the door. Kyrin smiled and followed him. Then she noticed something strung around his neck.

"Hey Hiei?" Kyrin asked.

"Yeah? What is it?"

"What's this?" Kyrin reached up to it and grazed the string with her finger. Hiei's eyes widened in anger as he spun around and grabbed Kyrin by the collar. Kyrin looked at him frightened and startled and Hiei turned away.

"It's just…really precious to me. Just leave it at that." Hiei said and let Kyrin go. Kyrin sighed as she watched him walk off. She melted his heart but hadn't earned his trust. She just continued into the kitchen and started making some chocolate chip pancakes.

"Hey Kiba?" Kyrin asked her stepdad aside while Hiei continued to eat the pancakes. "I'm going to be leaving with Hiei today." Kiba stood speechless. Kyrin didn't want to see his face so she buried her face in his chest.

"Kiba, I'm sorry I just want to see the world!" Kyrin choked. "There's just only so much I can see here and I want to see what else is out there! Please don't be mad…" Kiba knelt down to her and hugged her close.

"I don't want you to go Kyrin…" Kiba said quietly. Kyrin figured. She would have to go unpack her stuff now. As she turned to leave, Kiba held onto her tightly.

"I don't want you to leave…but I know you have to…" Kiba finished. Kyrin smiled and hugged him tightly in thanks.

"I'll always be here Kyrin." Kiba said as Kyrin looked up at him. "If you ever need to escape from the real world, you can always come here. I'll be right here." With that, Kyrin kissed him on the cheek, making Kiba hug her tighter.

"I'll come back Kiba…" Kyrin said in a comforting voice. "That's a promise…" After a couple of minutes of hugging, Kyrin let go and went into her room. She felt better now that Kiba would be waiting for her with open arms when she returned someday. She changed into a tan and brown shirt and light blue denim capris. Kyrin put her hair up in a ponytail and she got her backpack on. She grabbed her laptop case and was about to leave when she looked back in her room. Her small toys and belongings that she couldn't take with her were all scattered around her room. Kiba would take good care of them. She went out the door and smacked again into Hiei. This time, they both fell to the floor.

"I'm so sorry about that Hiei!" Kyrin said righting herself and standing back up faster than Hiei could.

"It's okay Kyrin." Hiei answered as Kyrin pulled him up. "I just saw you were taking your time getting out of your room. Did you know you've been standing there standing for around half an hour?"

Kyrin didn't notice but it was true. She had been standing there for thirty-three minutes, staring at her room. She sighed and walked past Hiei.

"You coming Hiei?" Kyrin asked her only friend as he walked up to her.

"You know, you don't have to leave you know." Hiei said. "You can stay here with Kiba." Kyrin looked at him in surprise. He never cared this much about her before. She smiled and shook her head.

"No Hiei. I'm fine." Kyrin said. "Goodbyes are always hard but they never last forever. Besides, I've always wanted to see the world." Hiei saw that she was holding back her true emotions but he didn't want to coax her out of leaving. She wants to see the world, so be it. He won't get in her way. Kyrin walked to the door and unlocked the silver lock. She looked back to Kiba, who was staring at her with a smile on his face.

"Be careful." Kiba whispered. Kyrin nodded as she opened the door and went outside. Hiei came up next to her as Kyrin shut the door behind her. In an instant, Kyrin was running with Hiei through the snow, on their way to an unknown place.

"Hey Kyrin?" Hiei asked after they had been racing through the cold forests for some time now.

"What's up Hiei?"

"I…need to get something first…" Hiei said, looking down as they went through the deep thickets of the woods. "I need you there when I get it…You understand?" Hiei finally found out what he needed to get to find his sister. A Jagan Eye. He luckily found his necklace on his own but his sister was really important. He heard it was extremely painful and torturous that he had to admit was a little wary about this idea but…Kyrin would be there. He needed to find his sister, no matter what the circumstances.

"Hiei, you alright?" Kyrin asked in concern. "You're looking really pale."

"It's nothing Kyrin." Hiei said. The last thing he wanted was Kyrin getting sentimental on him again. After a couple more hours, they came upon a small home which to Kyrin, looked like it would house a strong demon who was talented in a particular skill. Hiei walked up to the door and Kyrin followed slowly behind him. Hiei went in and Kyrin saw a man who had piercings that looked extremely painful.

"I hear you have something I want Shigure." Hiei said in a very cold and stinging voice that Kyrin didn't really recognize. Kyrin moved behind him and tried to keep out of the man's sight.

"What would that be?" Shigure asked in a flat voice.

"I'm talking about the Jagan you arrogant fool!"

"Well I only give the Jagan to those who think they can take the pain and suffering. You obviously don't have the guts for this."

The comment stung Hiei's pride and he whipped out his sword. Kyrin screamed at what happened next. Shigure whipped around to see that Hiei had stabbed his sword into his own hand. Kyrin was extremely worried and grabbed onto his shoulder.

"Hiei…" Kyrin pleaded. Shigure scoffed in astonishment. As he put his sword away, Hiei watched warily as Shigure was eyeing Kyrin up and down. Nervous of what he was thinking, he stepped in his line of sight between Shigure and Kyrin.

"Well I see you have courage." Shigure said to a now ticked off Hiei. "And you also have a companion. A pretty one to be exact." Kyrin wasn't sure if she heard right but she thought she heard Hiei growl under his breath.

"Oh so you have fallen in love with your little companion…" Shigure said putting one and one together. Kyrin blushed while Hiei got more irritated.

"You WILL give me the Jagan!" Hiei roared, making Kyrin flinch behind him. She didn't know that Hiei could be so…rough…and strong. Kyrin looked at Hiei's eyes, which didn't falter as he stared down Shigure. The man sighed and stood up.

"Fine," he said. "But you must tell me your life until you came here. That's my only price."

Hiei turned to Kyrin and looked at her scared eyes. She didn't need to hear this.

"Kyrin, could you step out a bit? This is going to take a while." Hiei said. Kyrin nodded and went outside. She was afraid that whatever he needed to tell Shigure was too personal and didn't argue. Kyrin sat on the front porch and waited patiently for Hiei to tell his life story to Shigure.

Kyrin sighed as she saw the gloomy blood red sky. She began to sing to herself.

"I open my eyes to another day…" Kyrin sang.

"To things that I have known…things that happen every day…"

Kyrin shuddered as she heard the cackling of ravens in the trees. She continued with her song again. But this time, she sang louder as to scare off the ravens.

"I feel there's a shadow creeping up on me…The wind blows through the streets…Telling me something I don't see..." Kyrin looked at the ravens and scoffed at them. They think they're better than me for only having one tune in their songs!

"Draw the line...turn the time...Taking back what was mine...Now I could change almost anything..." Kyrin's voice was so strong that the ravens were scared off. Kyrin smiled as she kept on singing. "Hold tight...search for the light...Do I know what's wrong or right...Put the pieces back where they belong..." Then Kyrin heard the door unlatch and Hiei walk out.

"Oh hi Hiei!" Kyrin said. "How was it?"

Hiei slowly raised his head and Kyrin noticed his eyes looked…groggy like as if he retreated into a nightmare. Kyrin shook it off and went over to him. She wrapped her arm around his neck. As soon as she touched him, Hiei snapped out of it and shook his head.

"Did you say something Kyrin?" Hiei asked. Kyrin wondered if he was okay but asked again anyway.

"How was the whole 'tell me your story and I'll do the surgery' thing?" Hiei grinned a bit.

"He said he'll do it but on one condition." Hiei said. "You have to be there while I'm having the surgery done." Kyrin nodded.

"Like I said Hiei," Kyrin said cheerfully. "I'll be there for you. Now when are you having the surgery?"

"Tomorrow." Hiei answered in a monotone voice. Kyrin noticed and hugged him.

"It'll be okay Hiei." Kyrin reassured him while stroking his hair with her somewhat cold hand. "It's okay. I'll be with you every step of the way." Hiei looked in her eyes and noticed she was telling the honest truth. He smiled and ruffled her hair a bit, making her stick out her tongue at him.

"You're still as playful as a puppy I see…" Hiei joked. Kyrin smiled and saw Hiei cover his mouth when he yawned.

"Somebody's tired!" she said playfully, making Hiei snap out of his drowsiness. He rolled his eyes as he led her back into Shigure's house. Kyrin wondered what he was doing.

"It's okay Kyrin." Hiei reassured her. "Shigure said we could stay for the night in his spare room." Kyrin nodded as she saw the strange talismans and figurines lining the hallway. Hiei pulled her away from a particular looking talisman as he walked through. Kyrin smiled as he protected her from a seal that would've killed her as soon as she touched it.

Hiei opened a certain door and Kyrin saw that Shigure had decent guest rooms. The basic bed to the right of the small room had pale yet inviting sheets on them. Kyrin noticed just then that she was exhausted herself. Both of them had been running all day and both of her legs were slightly sore. Kyrin set her stuff down and went into the bathroom that Hiei said was across the hall. After she changed into her sleepwear, Kyrin came out and smacked into Shigure. Kyrin shuddered and stepped back quickly. She was still hesitant about this man.

"Why do you tremble, little wolf?" Shigure asked. He smiled, knowing that her guard was still up. This girl was smart. Kyrin examined his pierced body before she tried to sidestep out of his way. Instead, he grabbed her on the shoulder and made her face him.

"I ask, why do you tremble?" he asked again. Kyrin avoided eye contact and slowly answered his question.

"I'm sorry but I don't know you really well." Shigure lowered down to her height and looked at her up and down again.

"You really are beautiful for such a young girl." the man complimented. "It must be a blessing for Hiei to see you." Kyrin looked down to the side but Shigure patted her shoulder comfortingly.

"That's why I asked you to stay by him during the surgery." Shigure explained. Kyrin gave a confused look and the man chuckled.

"I do not usually take in such young boys to have the surgery done and I think he'll cooperate more if you stay by him." Kyrin nodded. That did make sense. Before Shigure left, she ruffled her hair and placed something in Kyrin's hands. It was a small vile of some unknown purple liquid. She sniffed the bottle curiously.

"Have Hiei drink that." Shigure told her while walking down the hallway. "It'll make sure that Hiei will have some of his energy after the surgery is over. If he doesn't drink that, he'll most likely be completely drained of energy and die." Kyrin clenched the vial and went into the bedroom, where Hiei was waiting for her.

Unfortunately, Hiei thought Kyrin would take much longer to change and was changing into his own sleepwear. He whipped around to see Kyrin in shock. Kyrin almost saw the lower half of his body but before she could, she covered the view with her hand and ran out the door.

"I'm sorry I forgot to knock! I didn't see anything!" Kyrin whimpered as she stood outside the door. Kyrin's heart nearly jumped when Hiei opened the door. Kyrin expected him to be mad but his face was calm.

"It's okay Kyrin but I'm glad you didn't see." Hiei said as he stood there in his own sleepwear. Kyrin smiled and hugged him in a thank you. Once again, Kyrin expressed her emotions in physical contact. Not that Hiei minded at all. Ordinarily, he would've shoved someone aside for even touching him but this girl was raised like he was. Alone. Scared. Rejected. He felt a tang of sympathy for this girl who was tortured when she was born like he was. Kyrin looked up at him to see that he was giving her a sad look. She smiled and walked past him, grabbing onto his hand and making him turn towards the window.

"Hey Hiei." Kyrin said. "I'm glad to have met you. You gave me the courage to face all these fears I've been having lately. I was scared to leave the cabin in fear of being rejected. I was afraid of fighting because I feared of the dire consequences of my actions. You also allowed me to come in contact with you, both physically and spiritually, when everyone else would just turn away. Thank you Hiei. Of all the things you've given me throughout the past couple of days, the only thing I ever did was save your life." Hiei looked at her in confusion. What brought this up all of a sudden?

Then he noticed she was holding something behind her back and asked her what it was. She slowly pulled out a small vial containing an unknown purple liquid.

"What is that stuff?" Hiei asked. "Where did you get it from?"

"It's something Shigure gave me." Kyrin explained. "It's something that helps you recover the energy you lose during the surgery." Hiei was hesitant to take it, fearing it was something it would kill him, and didn't take it from her.

"Don't worry." Kyrin reassured him. "I filtered it with my aurora and it's not poison." She removed the cork at the top with her teeth and handed the vial to him. Hiei looked at the vial questioningly. Kyrin was the person he could trust with anything but if this was poison, he would never find his sister. Hiei shook the thought from his mind. Kyrin trusted him with her life and he needed to trust her now. Hiei took a deep breath before bringing the vial to his lips. He drained the vial dry of the liquid and didn't feel any different.

Suddenly, Hiei clutched his stomach, feeling something very weird and unusual. He never felt this kind of sensation before. It was as if something was drawing his power inside him. Then Hiei knew what was going on. His energy was being stored inside of him. If he should run out during the surgery, the spare energy would be released into his body. For now, he felt weak and tried to keep himself upright. His attempt failed and he fell over into unconsciousness...

Kyrin caught him as he fell and she held him with his back pressed against her chest. She noticed his face was draining in color and his breathing was shallow. She wondered what was wrong that was making him feel so sick. He felt his skin become cold as deep lines of exhaustion formed into his peaceful face. Kyrin thought that his soul had just slipped out of his body.

"Hiei, say something..." Kyrin begged the unconscious body of her only friend. There was no response and she worried. Then, Kyrin heard someone come into the doorway. She whipped around to see Shigure staring at Hiei in her arms. Kyrin snarled under her breath and glared at the man who threatened Hiei's life.

"Don't waste your voice, little wolf." Shigure said as he walked over. Kyrin growled and held onto Hiei tighter.

"It's truly okay, little wolf." Shigure assured her. "The boy is asleep. The potion I gave you stored all of his life energy and some of his demon energy into a sensitive seal. When the surgery is over, the energy will be released back into his body. He'll be considerably weaker but he will live." After his explaination, Kyrin snapped at him and lifted Hiei in her arms. She lied him on the bed and pulled the covers up to his chin like she always did. She felt Shigure come up to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"He just looks...sad and afraid..." Kyrin said, not facing Shigure. "I'm...just worried about him..." Shigure was amazed at the bond between these two. They shared hopes, pains, dreams, and feelings. He'd never seen such dedication between two living creatures before.

"Well you'd better get some sleep, little wolf." Shigure said, motioning her to the other side of the bed. Kyrin nodded and climbed in the other side. She stared at Shigure for the longest time until he got the message and left. Kyrin nuzzled her head into the pillow and saw Hiei's face slowly regain color. She smiled and pushed some stray hairs out of Hiei's face. He shivered when she came into contact with him. Satisfied with Hiei's face free of stray bangs, she heard thunder coming from outside. She hugged Hiei to comfort herself as she drifted off to sleep in the warm bed.


Now we come to the part where Kyrin's going to be right next to Hiei when he has his Jagan put in! Just hope I can get good ideas for this one!

Just as a side note, I'm having my story written so that Mukuro doesn't find Hiei's necklace but he finds it back himself as you just read.

Thanks to Rae for the reviews and please keep them coming! I love your input!

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Oh and the song Kyrin's singing in this chapter is "Time Hollow" by Mouse. It's played in the game Time Hollow for Nintendo DS. It's a mystery game.