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I'm sorry that this chapter is slow. I went to a school trip, which was fun even though it's as annoying as a fly, then when we got back to school, the teachers bombarded us with tests and assignments. I've got two weeks with tests for each day so I need to study everyday unless I want my scores and rank to go down. Once again, I apologize for being late.
Anyway, there's an interaction between Kyoko and Genkai here. It's not long and probably doesn't appeal much, but that's just like a little peek to their relationship. And Hiei starts feeling something for Kyoko! Which I guess you guys can figure from the title of the chapter.
Oh, and I want to thank Mondtanz for pointing out my mistake! I've fixed it, by the way. Thank you so much! Without you, it'll probably stay faulty forever!
Okay then, Please enjoy!
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A Key to His Heart
Chapter 8: The Start of Lust
Keiko, Yusuke and Kuwabara came to the temple when Kyoko was preparing dinner with Yukina. Kuwabara was bragging all the time about his getting a very satisfying score in his test. Kyoko and Yukina congratulated him with big smiles on their faces.
When Kurama came with Shizuru and Botan, they brought a lot of cakes with them. They bought them at Botan's favourite bakery, as Kurama had said, and Kyoko put them in the refrigerator so they could have it after dinner.
Dinner went smoothly. Kyoko and Yukina prepared a Japanese styled feast and the dining table was filled with food through and through. Even Genkai was there, yelling at Yusuke and Kuwabara because they broke her window when they rough-housed around the living room.
Kyoko sat beside her little sister, along with Yukina on her other side. She is fond of the little ice maiden. Yukina is very kind-hearted and sweet, not to mention she is also very adorable. Kyoko saw her as another little sister of hers.
Chatters and conversations filled their dinnertime, Kuwabara still telling people about his success on his test. Shizuru was obviously proud of her baby brother but by the twitching of her eyebrow, everyone knew she was getting sick of listening to Kuwabara's bragging. It must have taken almost all of her willpower not to smack him upside down right that moment.
After dinner, everyone decided to prepare for bed. They were tired from their activities throughout the day and also the long journey to the temple.
Kyoko went to her room, the one beside Hiei, and took out her night-gown and bathing essentials before going to the bathroom, which apparently was right around the corner. She locked the door behind her and put her clothes down along with her bathing essentials, letting out a light breath and undressing.
Once she was undressed, Kyoko stepped into the shower and turned the water on, letting the cold water hit her. She waited for the temperature to change. She always liked how the cold altered to warm against her skin.
She washed her hair with her shampoo, leathering it with thick foams before rinsing it thoroughly. For her, her hair was her favourite part of herself. Her grandma used to tell her every day that her hair's beautiful, which caused her to grow it out. Now she loves her hair and took care of it well.
Next, she washed her body with her favourite shower gel, which smelt like snowdrops. She sighed happily at the clean, mildly sweet scent that surrounded her. Even roses couldn't compare to how good snowdrops smells.
Kyoko didn't spend too long in the shower. She soon turned the water off and stepped out of the shower, drying herself then wrapping the towel around her torso. She wrapped another towel around her head, tucking her hair in. She brushed her teeth quickly, use mouthwash then apply some deodorant. It was her routine.
The night-gown she took was a simple one with no sleeves and a high collar. It was white with light frills and a thin black bow below her breasts. Removing the towel from her hair, Kyoko threw it into the laundry basket and picked up the brush, running it through her straight hair.
When she put the brush down, she was surprised at the sharp knock from the door. Looking at it over her shoulder, she asked, "Yes?"
"How long do you plan to stay in there, Onna?"
Oh, it's just Hiei.
"I'm done." She unlocked the door and opened it, showing an annoyed looking Hiei who had his arms crossed in front of his chest and an impatient scowl permanently etched on his rather baby-faced face. She smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry. Did I spend that long in the shower?"
He rolled his eyes. "Obviously you do, Onna."
She chuckled. "It's a good training for your patience though."
"No, it isn't."
Glancing into the bathroom from the top of her head, Hiei raised an eyebrow, "You left those here?" he motioned to Kyoko's soap, shampoo and other bathing essentials. Kyoko nodded.
"Since I'll be living here for a while, I thought it wouldn't be a problem." She explained. "It won't, right?" Hiei shrugged and Kyoko realised Hiei didn't bring any soap or shampoo with him. Not even a toothbrush whatsoever. "and where's yours?"
"My what?"
"Your soap? And shampoo? Aren't you going to take a bath?" Kyoko grinned playfully, placing a hand on his bicep, "Or are you intending to use mine, hm?"
"Are you insane, Onna? There's no way I would ever cover myself in such feminine scent."
"And how would you know that it's feminine?"
"I can smell it, Onna," Hiei said, his eyes moving to her covered neck, "It's strong as you've just bathed in it. It is floral." To prove his point, his nose actually twitched. Kyoko raised her eyebrow in interest.
"I thought you are a fire apparition?" she lifted a hand and placed the tip of her index finger on Hiei's nose, inspecting it. "I never expected you to have a good sense of smell. Shouldn't it be Kurama?"
Hiei rolled his eyes, pushing her hand away from his face. "Fire or not, I'm still an apparition, Onna. High senses are already in the package." He grabbed her wrist and placed it back at her side. "Although I don't see the point of covering yourself in floral scent when it is already your natural scent."
"My natural scent?" she blinked.
Hiei, surprisingly, leaned down and placed his face near her neck, inhaling deeply. "Yes, it's very similar. Just your scent is a bit more floral. And it's very…" he inhaled again. He heard the sound of Kyoko's heartbeat kicking up pace just a little bit.
"Very?" she sounded slightly breathless.
"It's… homey, Onna."
"…homey?" Kyoko grimaced, "that's not very flattering. From what Kurama has informed me, it seems like your home is a place surrounded with death and corpse, Hiei."
"I don't mean it like that, Onna." he finally raised his head, locking his eyes once again with her warm chocolate brown ones, "I don't know how to describe your smell. It's just… it smells very warm and familiar. Like home."
She smiled. "As long as I don't smell like death and corpse."
He smirked. "You will someday, Onna. You are a human. You're not going to live forever."
"Well, until then, I prefer to smell homey." Covering her mouth with a hand, Kyoko laughed softly, "You're actually a very good flirt, aren't you Hiei? Your words just now made my heart beat just a little bit faster."
"I know. I heard it."
Chuckling, Kyoko ruffled his hair before she side-stepped and stood beside him. "Well, I'm going to my room now."
"Are you going to sleep, Onna?"
"No. I'm going to read a book and then sleep."
Hiei nodded. "Don't forget to lock your window." and with that he went into the bathroom. Kyoko heard a click and knew that he had locked the door.
Turning, Kyoko made her way back to her room, wondering which book she should read for the night.
Times passed quickly when she was reading a good book. Kyoko now lay underneath the thick comforter on her side, her eyes closed and her breathing evened out. The room was dark, the lights turned off and the only sound being heard was her soft breathing.
Then, another sound joined in.
A soft click then a creak echoed through the quiet room, signing the opening of the window. Darkness swirled around it, inching closer and closer to where Kyoko lay. A figure emerged, tall and lean.
"How beautiful…" a gloved hand landed on her cheek, lightly tracing her cheekbone then moving to her forehead, "Truly like an angel."
The figure leaned forward, hand moving up to push the hood of the cloak back, showing a pair of smouldering scarlet eyes glowing in the dark. Soft lips quirking up into a light sinister smirk, the figure whispered obsessively, "My angel."
And with a light kiss to her forehead, the figure blended back into the black.
Hiei heard it. Every single movement, every single words whispered.
He stayed awake all night, sitting with his back against the thin wall which blocked his way to her room. He was cleaning his katana and that's when he heard it - the soft click, sign of the window being unlocked, and a creak. Yet, even though he was sure that there was an intruder in Kyoko's room, he heard no footsteps and felt no sign of unfamiliar energy.
That's when the whispering started. It was a male's voice. It sounded smooth and clear, obviously belonged to someone young. It was almost scary how the male had sounded so obsessive when he called Kyoko his angel.
He heard another creak soon and then a click. Rising to his feet, he sheathed his katana and went out of his room, turning and instead going into Kyoko's. Inside was dark, as suspected, but with his demonic eyes, everything inside the room was as clear as day.
Kyoko was sleeping comfortably on her side, under the thick comforter. He stalked towards the window, checking it. It was locked and the white curtains were in place, like no one had ever sneaked in. Next, he went over to Kyoko, eyes roaming over her form. She didn't seem to be sustaining any kind of damage.
His eyes narrowed and he was about to turn and leave, when Kyoko made some noises and turned to lay on her back, kicking the comforter down. Well, he never expected her to do that, even in her sleep. He expected her to sleep like Yukina, on her back with the comforter up to her chin and unmoving; though he couldn't really blame her, it is quite hot that night.
But what caused problem was probably the fact that her long night-gown had risen up to her mid-thighs, showing a pale expanse of skin. Her legs were beautiful, just like her neck and shoulders. They were slim and toned with the right curves, tight yet not overly muscled. Purely perfect.
He gulped. What's with Kyoko having his ideal body parts? Her neck, shoulders and legs were perfect, shaped and curved like how he preferred them; although her hips were too small for his taste. Her hips and breasts seemed to lose from Keiko. But Keiko didn't have the neck, shoulders and legs as beautiful as hers.
He cursed silently when Kyoko shifted back to her side, raising her legs so she was curled up like a cocoon. His eyes traced the perfectness which were her legs then to the little surprise between. From her position and how the loose night-gown had risen up, he could see a little bit of her underwear. It was a bold magenta-coloured piece with tiny seductive laces. He never expected Kyoko to be the type to wear such bold panties.
Quickly snapping out of his lustful haze, Hiei shook his head and pressed his palm against his face. Sighing, he took hold of the comforter and pulled it up to cover her once again. She snuggled, looking like a child, and let out a giggle, much to his surprise.
He raised an eyebrow. Suddenly, Kyoko's arms went around his neck and she pulled him down to her, his face resting against her neck. Both his arms immediately went to each side of her to hold himself up. She giggled, "Kitty ears…" She slurred, sleep still in her voice.
He struggled against her shockingly strong hold. And that's when an unfamiliar scent hit him like bricks. There was a light sheen of a musky male scent covering her snowdrops covered floral scent. He inhaled deeply, raking his memory for anyone with a similar scent. He found none.
With a moan, Kyoko's arms finally loosened and he hurriedly pushed himself up. Kyoko was still in deep slumber and seemed to have no idea what had occurred to her. He removed her arms from his neck and placed them down on the bed, tucking her into the comforter again.
Turning around, he quickly made his way to the door, mind trying to sort everything out. From the time when he heard the window being unlocked to the sudden haze of lust clouding his usually clear mind.
What's happening to him?
The next day, Kyoko woke up earlier than usual. She prepared breakfast for everyone in the house, saw Yusuke, Keiko, Kuwabara, Kurama, Shizuru and Botan off then cleaned around the temple. The only ones left in the temple were Hiei, Genkai, Yukina and herself. Yukina was tending to the garden while Genkai was nowhere to be seen. She left right after breakfast and had not returned since.
Hiei was training in the training room underground. It seemed like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed today because he was unusually irritable today, even more volatile than he usually was. He didn't even acknowledge her greeting, only glared at her with darkened crimson eyes, which she took as a sign that he was angry.
She didn't remember doing anything wrong to him. Last night, after their little conversation, she didn't remember Hiei being angry at her. In fact, he seemed to be rather tolerant to her. Hiei is always so hard to understand.
But that's what made him so interesting.
After going to her room to retrieve some unfinished music compositions and reading spectacles, Kyoko left for the music room. She put the papers down and opened the window wide and let the warm spring air in. Then she sat down in front of the piano and opened the lid, smiling at the polished keys.
Putting the frameless glasses on, she start on her music. The sound of the piano echoed throughout the whole room beautifully, causing her smile to widen. Such marvellous sound piano produced.
The sounds stopped, though, when the door slid open and Genkai walked in, her face emotionless and her hands were folded behind her back. Kyoko stood up and greeted her, "Genkai-san."
Genkai stared at her, then at the piano. "You play."
Kyoko nodded. "Indeed, I do."
Genkai stepped forward and shoved a hand into her trousers pocket, pulling crumpled papers out along with her hand. She straightened them out and gave it to Kyoko, who took them from her curiously. Her eyes widened at the sight of the music composition written there. Her mind sang to the keys on the papers, feeling excitement building inside of her.
"This is beautiful." She breathed out in awe, her eyes twinkling.
Genkai chuckled with a smirk at how excited the young woman looked. "You are passionate about this."
Nodding enthusiastically, Kyoko changed the sheets of papers in front of her to the ones Genkai gave her. "I love piano."
Genkai gave a curt nod. "You can keep those." She informed before turning around and leaving Kyoko with her music.
Smiling widely, Kyoko called out after her, "Thank you Genkai-san!"
"So Hiei…" Kurama began tiredly, massaging his forehead with a twitch to his eyebrow, "What's so important that you can't wait for me to finish my work and come home tonight to tell?"
Hiei kept his silence, something he had done for the last fifteen times Kurama had asked of his reason to visit his office. They were currently in a café not too far from Kurama's company. Hiei had suddenly showed up in Kurama's office and demanded a portion of his time. Kurama couldn't really refuse, seeing the darkened crimson colour of his eyes and the irritated scowl on Hiei's face.
"Hiei, please, just state your business and left me to my work. I've got a meeting later and have yet to prepa-"
"There was someone in the Onna's room last night."
That got Kurama's attention in a flash.
"There was?"
"A male," Hiei continued, "he came from the window and there was no footsteps, no sign of energy. He seems to know the Onna." he sent everything that he heard the night before to Kurama with his telepathic ability. Kurama seemed to be thinking things over.
"This person could be dangerous. From what you've told me, he seems to hold the ability to sneak in properly. Not to mention, he can hide his energy very well."
"It's just like the time the Onna was taken."
"Indeed, it is. But I wonder," Kurama paused to sip his coffee, "why he visited her."
"Obviously, he has feelings for her. " Hiei concluded, eyes narrowing over the fact. How dare did the sneaky low-life lay a hand on his ward? He was her guardian; any men who were interested in her should have his permission to even get close to her.
"Is that hostility I just heard?" Kurama grinned.
"She is my responsibility, fox."
"So you see her like your child or something?"
Hiei wrinkled his nose in disgust at the thought of Kyoko as his child. "Even the thought disgust me, Kurama." At his curious stare, Hiei gave in and elaborated, "I see her simply as my ward. Someone I have to take care of and protect."
Kurama chuckled. "It's funny when you say take care of. She is more mature than you are, Hiei. And you seem to hold slight fear for her anger. You're really jumpy when she got angry that time." Hiei knew Kurama was reminding him of the cold sweat he produced when Kyoko's cold eyes landed on him after they got her safely home after the kidnapping. But she truly did look very intimidating that time, even more so than him.
"It is very complicated, how you see the world and everything inside." Kurama commented.
Hiei grunted. He is proud of being complicated, thank you very much. That just meant that it was harder for his enemies to figure him out.
"But I can't help but notice…" Kurama seemed to be reluctant to speak, "the way your eyes darkened whenever Kyoko-san is mentioned."
Hiei didn't give an answer.
Kurama's eyes widened in shock, "Could it be- Hiei, are you-"
"No. I am not." Hiei growled, daring Kurama to finish his sentence with his fierce glare.
"No, I'm right, aren't I? You are-"
"No!" Hiei's eyes gleamed in anger, "I am not lusting over that Foolish Onna!" he gripped the edge of the wooden table, causing cracks to appear, "she may have my ideal body parts but that doesn't mean I find her attractive in any kind of way. She is my ward and will stay so till the day she dies."
"Oh my…" Kurama massaged his temple, "You really are lusting over her."
"I am not! She is a goddamned human, fox!"
"Human or not, it is lust you're feeling. Believe me, I'd know because I've felt it countless time as Youko."
Hiei growled in frustration. If only he hadn't gone to check on her last night, if only he had left right after he checked, he wouldn't be in this kind of situation - lusting over a human.
He is pathetic.
To Be Continued…
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