Chapter 9
The next morning, Hiei woke up early. It wasn't Kei that had woken him up, but a dream. It was about death and murder, just how he liked it, but it was different than other dreams he had. This one was actually a nightmare.
It was like he was a ghost, transported into the past. He was in a small village, each hut covered in green vines of different fruits. It was happy, bustling with life and people. There was a scream in the night, and Hiei dove down into a hut. Inside, there was an ice apparition, giving birth. A man was hovered over her, with long black hair that was tied in a soft ponytail at his neck. Soon, Hiei heard crying, and the nurse held a baby to the Ice apparition, who smiled. "It is a girl," she said.
The ice apparition began to smile, and she positioned herself leaning against the male. "She is beautiful, Aysu," said the male.
"She sure is, Hadyn," she said. "What should we name her?" Hadyn thought for a minute, and then smiled. Hadyn thought for a minute, and then smiled.
"Yuumei," he said with a smile. He kissed Aysu's forehead, and then his daughter's. "Yuumei, the fire apparition," he said. Hiei gasped and watched as her life fast forwarded before his very eyes. It was like that thing that Kurama had. A TV. Now, Hiei guessed that it was three years in the future. He could see Yuumei playing in the courtyard. Her hair went to her shoulders, and the white strips that bordered her face went to about her lips. She was giggling, as she smiled at her parents.
Then it all happened really fast.
Raiders filled the village, and one picked up the young Yuumei and slaughtered her parents with a mortal blade. Blood filled the air, and Hiei followed the raiders with a raged look, even though they couldn't see him. They went to a cave, where Yuumei was laid down and a Jagan Eye was placed on her forehead. Her screams filled the air. Not long after, merely a couple hours, she was raped.
She was thrown into a cell with a bag over her head with not a single window or anything. All she had to breathe was the small slot in the door where food was rushed out of, even though she couldn't eat. She grew skinnier and skinnier, and more afraid of every little noise as the man who had captured her came in and whispered about more rape into the hole in her bag where her ear would be, and she trembled with each word that came out of that bastard's mouth.
Again, life fast forward about two years, where they had released her from the cell and had trained her to fight. The only way they had control of her was through the Jagan. One man also had one, who would use it if she ever tried to run away. Every time the eye turned black, Yuumei would scream in pain.
Then it fast forwarded about another six or so years, where Yuumei began to become a teenager. Her hair went to about the arch of her back, and the white that bordered her face lie gently on top of her shoulders. She had three men scattered below her, covered in blood. Their blood. This is when she said she rebelled. The man's Jagan was pure black, but Yuumei kept forward, and slaughtered him. She looked around, as if she was looking for the last man, the one who had captured her, but didn't find him. She took the tear drop jewel from the man she had just slaughtered and walked off.
Soon after, what looked like merely only a couple of months, she was captured again, and once again raped. After that, she ran, with her two sieves which she held in her shoes, and jumped off the cliff. Right when she did, Ankoku flew under her and saved her, just like she had told him. He could hear them talk, and it was the exact same thing she had told him. There is always life ahead of anyone…
It was right after that he woke up.
Did you have a nice dream, Hiei? Kei asked. Hiei placed his hand to his head and closed his eyes, trying to ignore the painful headache.
What the hell was that all about, Kei?
That was Yuumei's life you just saw, Fireboy. I asked Ankoku to give it to me through memory, and he did. Yuumei doesn't know, but that should give you a tip on why she is trying to help you, and why she reacted so badly yesterday when you insulted her.
I had no idea… he whispered to himself, but Kei heard him
Now you do. Be nice to the girl, just as if she was your dragon.
She isn't my dragon, Kei. Just a -, he cut off. What was she? A teacher? No. A friend? Hell no.
What Hiei? A girlfriend? Kei mocked in his mind. A loud booming chuckle filled his head. Hiei smacked the head of the tattoo. What the hell?
You are just as bad as that oaf Kuwabara.
At least Kuwabara listens to Yukina, Hiei, and at that, Kei's voice lifted from Hiei's mind. He was right though. That oaf did listen. Hiei was tempted to do the same to Yuumei, for some odd strange reason.
