I keep forgetting to post these chapters! You see, I have to type this all in one go, or else I'll taper off and it'll end up unfinished... plus, I like knowing how it ends when you don't! Just kidding, just kidding... Although, it is nice... But on with the fic!
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Cold as Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Three
. . . But Even More In Two.
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"She beat her?" Kuwabara asked, breathlessly.
Kurama nodded and picked up his glass again. "Among other things."
Yusuke and Kuwabara exchanged looks while Kurama took a sip.
"Are you talking about what I think you're talking about?" Yusuke asked, leaning across the table.
"We're not to what you think I'm talking about just yet. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Anyway, if Tensi didn't think things could get any worse, they did. As a required part of his training, Hiei was required to leave for at least one year and roam the island, helping out whoever he saw in need in whatever way possible. Master Onizuka's master had done the same thing, and the old man thought it would do the demon good. With Hiei gone, Tensi began to fear that Akuma would kill her."
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"Hiei, please take me with you!"
Tensi was on her knees, one of his hands in both of hers. Hiei was finishing packing clothes into a small bag.
"Tensi, I can't!"
"Why? Why can't you? Please, Hiei, please!"
Hiei sighed. The two of them had been doing this for well over twenty minutes, and, frankly, he was getting sick of it. "You must stay here, finish up your training, and your grandfather would kill me if I took his only granddaughter!"
But if I stay here, I could die, too... "Hiei, PLEASE!"
"No, Tensi!" Hiei yanked his hand free. "Why do you want to leave so badly?"
Tensi looked away, ashamed to tell Hiei about what Akuma had done to her. She was still nursing some of the more serious bruises.
Hiei looked down at her, realizing that something had gone wrong. Then, he noticed a dark red stain on the top of her head--and it was definately NOT the color of her hair.
"How did THIS happen?" Hiei put his hands on the side of her head. She began to try and break free, but Hiei didn't let go. "Stop moving." As Tensi complied, he parted her hair gently, revealing a large gash on the top of her head. It was just beginning to heal over. He touched it gently, making her inhale sharply. "Sorry."
"It's okay."
"Who did this?"
"No one! I, I... I fell."
Hiei shook his head. He knew she was lying, but he didn't say anything. When Tensi didn't want you to know something, you didn't know, period. "You should put something on that, you know."
Tensi rolled her eyes. She hated it when he got all overprotective, like her brothers. "Maybe you should kiss it and make it better," she replied sarcastically.
"Hm..." Deciding to startle her, he leaned over and placed a series of feather-soft kisses on the top of her head. When he was finished, Tensi looked up at her with those big, green eyes of hers.
"Hiei? What the--"
She was cut off as Hiei pressed his lips to hers gently. They pulled apart, looking at each other. Tensi ran a hand through Hiei's hair and pulled him towards her again. Their lips met again, and they pulled each other close. Finally, they pulled apart.
"Please, take me with you, Hiei."
Hiei sighed. "Ten, so much could happen to you out there... You'd be safer if you just stayed here."
"Hiei, please, please, take me with you!"
"Why are you pushing this? You know I'm comming back."
"I know, but please--"
"Tensi, if I take you with me, who knows what might happen to you!"
Tensi stiffened. "Are you saying that I'd just be dead weight? That I won't be able to defend myself?"
"Well... Yeah."
Tensi suddently reared her hand back and slapped him hard across the face. "You are so pig-headed, Hiei!" she shouted, pushing him away and standing.
"What the hell was that for?!" Hiei yelled back, standing himself.
"What do you mean, 'what the hell was that for?'?! You should know perfectly well, and don't act like you don't," she snapped back, folding her arms across her chest.
"Ten..."
"Don't you 'Ten' me, you bastard!"
At that, Hiei went cold. His whole body went rigid, and Tensi knew she had gone way too far. But she was so wound up, she found that she didn't care. Hiei quickly finished packing his bag, picked it up, and slung it over his shoulder. He grabbed his sword and made his way for the door, feeling the anger that Tensi radiated.
"I hate you, Hiei."
He paused at the door. "Likewise."
With that, he vanished.
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"Ouch, harsh." Yusuke slumped back in his seat and took a sip from his glass. "That had to hurt."
"In more ways than one. With Hiei gone, Master Onizuka began concentrating on his granddaughter. She flew through her training, finishing just after her sixteenth birthday. With Tensi finished, he could work his five grandsons--Aki, Kage, twins Ryu and Shiro, and the youngest of the six, Kori--in relative peace, without worrying about Tensi getting scarred up or anything. He usually took the five boys out into the forest for many days at a time.
"This made Tensi's life a living hell, with her stuck with Akuma.
"Fortunately, the day I met Tensi was also the day that Akuma decided that the girl needed to learn a lesson."
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"Get AWAY from me, you slimy, dirty, son of a bitch! Go and take a bath, if you want someone to even THINK about wanting you. Hey! HEY! GET OFF ME!"
Kurama couldn't help but follow the voice. It was a girl, he knew that, and the power in her voice made it apparent that she was used to getting her way. He transformed from his human form to his fox one, making it easier for him to track her, and whoever was with her--a human male, whose scent didn't make him comfortable. Humans may be an inferior species, but still... Rape is just sick.
"Ouch, hey, you bitch! Put that fucking stick down and behave, before I have to get rough with you!" came a deep man's voice came, closer now, along with the 'thud' of something striking skin.
Finally, finally, Kurama found her--Tensi, a rope tied around her wrists, binding them together, was fighting back a large, pot-bellied man with ragged hair and a general bad look around him. She had a fallen tree branch in her hands, using it as a sword.
Suddenly, the man growled low in his throat and drew a real sword. He promptly swung it, neatly slicing the dead stick in two. Tensi looked at the small bit she had left in surprise, made a split decision, and threw it at the man, making him duck it. With him distracted, she jumped as high as she could, trying to reach the safety of the tree foliage, but gravity and her height were against her; she managed to make it just barely, but her body was stretched out, feet dangling, as if she were tied to a rack.
As she tried to curl herself up, she felt two rough hands grab at her ankles. She lashed out with her feet, but she couldn't free them. The man laughed roughly. "I've got you now, you half-blooded abomination. I wonder if someone with dirty blood like yourself makes a fuck more interesting..." He laughed again, and started to run his hands up her legs, aiming for what was under her skirt.
He never found out, however, as Kurama ran out from the bush, transforming into his human form and landing a flying kick to the man's head. Tensi, not knowing what was going on, only knew that the man's hands were gone and flipped up into the trees. She peered down through the leaves, and met Kurama's eyes. A demon... He looks a bit like Momma did.
"Come down, girl. I won't hurt you, I promise."
Tensi jumped down, an act that surprised Kurama. So trusting... Human... But, what was that about being half-blooded? He crossed the space that was between them and began to untie her hands. She stood quite still as he did so.
Poor girl... All those bruises! In the cold winter weather, her white skin was showing her many bruises darker and worse than they in all actuality were. "Are you all right?"
Tensi grinned. "I am now, thank you."
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Cold as Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Three
. . . But Even More In Two.
* * * * *
"She beat her?" Kuwabara asked, breathlessly.
Kurama nodded and picked up his glass again. "Among other things."
Yusuke and Kuwabara exchanged looks while Kurama took a sip.
"Are you talking about what I think you're talking about?" Yusuke asked, leaning across the table.
"We're not to what you think I'm talking about just yet. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Anyway, if Tensi didn't think things could get any worse, they did. As a required part of his training, Hiei was required to leave for at least one year and roam the island, helping out whoever he saw in need in whatever way possible. Master Onizuka's master had done the same thing, and the old man thought it would do the demon good. With Hiei gone, Tensi began to fear that Akuma would kill her."
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"Hiei, please take me with you!"
Tensi was on her knees, one of his hands in both of hers. Hiei was finishing packing clothes into a small bag.
"Tensi, I can't!"
"Why? Why can't you? Please, Hiei, please!"
Hiei sighed. The two of them had been doing this for well over twenty minutes, and, frankly, he was getting sick of it. "You must stay here, finish up your training, and your grandfather would kill me if I took his only granddaughter!"
But if I stay here, I could die, too... "Hiei, PLEASE!"
"No, Tensi!" Hiei yanked his hand free. "Why do you want to leave so badly?"
Tensi looked away, ashamed to tell Hiei about what Akuma had done to her. She was still nursing some of the more serious bruises.
Hiei looked down at her, realizing that something had gone wrong. Then, he noticed a dark red stain on the top of her head--and it was definately NOT the color of her hair.
"How did THIS happen?" Hiei put his hands on the side of her head. She began to try and break free, but Hiei didn't let go. "Stop moving." As Tensi complied, he parted her hair gently, revealing a large gash on the top of her head. It was just beginning to heal over. He touched it gently, making her inhale sharply. "Sorry."
"It's okay."
"Who did this?"
"No one! I, I... I fell."
Hiei shook his head. He knew she was lying, but he didn't say anything. When Tensi didn't want you to know something, you didn't know, period. "You should put something on that, you know."
Tensi rolled her eyes. She hated it when he got all overprotective, like her brothers. "Maybe you should kiss it and make it better," she replied sarcastically.
"Hm..." Deciding to startle her, he leaned over and placed a series of feather-soft kisses on the top of her head. When he was finished, Tensi looked up at her with those big, green eyes of hers.
"Hiei? What the--"
She was cut off as Hiei pressed his lips to hers gently. They pulled apart, looking at each other. Tensi ran a hand through Hiei's hair and pulled him towards her again. Their lips met again, and they pulled each other close. Finally, they pulled apart.
"Please, take me with you, Hiei."
Hiei sighed. "Ten, so much could happen to you out there... You'd be safer if you just stayed here."
"Hiei, please, please, take me with you!"
"Why are you pushing this? You know I'm comming back."
"I know, but please--"
"Tensi, if I take you with me, who knows what might happen to you!"
Tensi stiffened. "Are you saying that I'd just be dead weight? That I won't be able to defend myself?"
"Well... Yeah."
Tensi suddently reared her hand back and slapped him hard across the face. "You are so pig-headed, Hiei!" she shouted, pushing him away and standing.
"What the hell was that for?!" Hiei yelled back, standing himself.
"What do you mean, 'what the hell was that for?'?! You should know perfectly well, and don't act like you don't," she snapped back, folding her arms across her chest.
"Ten..."
"Don't you 'Ten' me, you bastard!"
At that, Hiei went cold. His whole body went rigid, and Tensi knew she had gone way too far. But she was so wound up, she found that she didn't care. Hiei quickly finished packing his bag, picked it up, and slung it over his shoulder. He grabbed his sword and made his way for the door, feeling the anger that Tensi radiated.
"I hate you, Hiei."
He paused at the door. "Likewise."
With that, he vanished.
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"Ouch, harsh." Yusuke slumped back in his seat and took a sip from his glass. "That had to hurt."
"In more ways than one. With Hiei gone, Master Onizuka began concentrating on his granddaughter. She flew through her training, finishing just after her sixteenth birthday. With Tensi finished, he could work his five grandsons--Aki, Kage, twins Ryu and Shiro, and the youngest of the six, Kori--in relative peace, without worrying about Tensi getting scarred up or anything. He usually took the five boys out into the forest for many days at a time.
"This made Tensi's life a living hell, with her stuck with Akuma.
"Fortunately, the day I met Tensi was also the day that Akuma decided that the girl needed to learn a lesson."
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"Get AWAY from me, you slimy, dirty, son of a bitch! Go and take a bath, if you want someone to even THINK about wanting you. Hey! HEY! GET OFF ME!"
Kurama couldn't help but follow the voice. It was a girl, he knew that, and the power in her voice made it apparent that she was used to getting her way. He transformed from his human form to his fox one, making it easier for him to track her, and whoever was with her--a human male, whose scent didn't make him comfortable. Humans may be an inferior species, but still... Rape is just sick.
"Ouch, hey, you bitch! Put that fucking stick down and behave, before I have to get rough with you!" came a deep man's voice came, closer now, along with the 'thud' of something striking skin.
Finally, finally, Kurama found her--Tensi, a rope tied around her wrists, binding them together, was fighting back a large, pot-bellied man with ragged hair and a general bad look around him. She had a fallen tree branch in her hands, using it as a sword.
Suddenly, the man growled low in his throat and drew a real sword. He promptly swung it, neatly slicing the dead stick in two. Tensi looked at the small bit she had left in surprise, made a split decision, and threw it at the man, making him duck it. With him distracted, she jumped as high as she could, trying to reach the safety of the tree foliage, but gravity and her height were against her; she managed to make it just barely, but her body was stretched out, feet dangling, as if she were tied to a rack.
As she tried to curl herself up, she felt two rough hands grab at her ankles. She lashed out with her feet, but she couldn't free them. The man laughed roughly. "I've got you now, you half-blooded abomination. I wonder if someone with dirty blood like yourself makes a fuck more interesting..." He laughed again, and started to run his hands up her legs, aiming for what was under her skirt.
He never found out, however, as Kurama ran out from the bush, transforming into his human form and landing a flying kick to the man's head. Tensi, not knowing what was going on, only knew that the man's hands were gone and flipped up into the trees. She peered down through the leaves, and met Kurama's eyes. A demon... He looks a bit like Momma did.
"Come down, girl. I won't hurt you, I promise."
Tensi jumped down, an act that surprised Kurama. So trusting... Human... But, what was that about being half-blooded? He crossed the space that was between them and began to untie her hands. She stood quite still as he did so.
Poor girl... All those bruises! In the cold winter weather, her white skin was showing her many bruises darker and worse than they in all actuality were. "Are you all right?"
Tensi grinned. "I am now, thank you."
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