And I think I'll be nice. I've got a football game to go to in about three hours, so I'll be nice while I can... Let the Bitch reign after I leave!
* * * * *
Cold as Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Four
Hiei's Return
* * * * *
"So you saved her!" Kuwabara sighed.
"Yes, thankfully. After that, we became very close friends. Tensi managed to... pursuade Akuma to leave the house... quite suddently... and without a trace..." Kurama grinned inwardly. The bitch deserved it, too.
"Okay, fox-boy, keep going, keep going..."
Kurama rolled his eyes at Yusuke's comment, but didn't say anything about it. "When Tensi was eighteen, Master Onizuka finally passed on, leaving Aki to watch his younger brothers and sister. The family sat down and decided that the boys would leave to do whatever they wanted. Even Kori, at seventeen, left. Tensi was allowed to either keep the house, or sell it and move, whatever she chose to do. She decided to keep the house, and not too long after the boys had left, Hiei came back."
* * * * *
Tensi and Kurama were having lunch. The two weren't exacally living together per se; however, Kurama was beginning to find himself calling the Onizuka house home.
Suddenly, Tensi's head snapped up, listening intently. Kurama had learned in the two years that he had known her that Tensi had exceptionally good hearing with her slightly pointed demon ears. He went quiet, listening too. As a cool breeze came through the window and hit his face, he sniffed instinctively.
The two looked at each other.
"Blood."
"Hiei!"
* * * * *
Yusuke raised an eyebrow. "He only came back because he got the shit beat out of him?"
"Yes and no. He had come to pay his respects to Master Onizuka, but wasn't planning on staying. Tensi and I found him passed out from lack of blood--he was an awful mess, too--we brought him back home, and Tensi brought him round. She took excelent care of him, often going without food or sleep to see him though his fever. When it broke, I don't think I'd ever seen her so happy."
"What happened to him?"
"He never said, but I think I know what happened. The way Hiei was when you met him, Yusuke, a murdering, human-controlling thief... He hated those kinds of demons."
"Really?"
"Just over time, he turned into one of them. Before he turned into that, however, he used to kill demons like that. Tried to change the world, then lost his cause to fight."
"Oh." The two sat quietly, thinking about what Kurama had said. "What happened when Hiei got well?"
"Of course, they remembered their last words to one another. So they began a very strained friendship, neither wanting to say anything to make the other blow up. Finally, I had had enough and got the hell out of there."
"What happened after you left?"
"What do you think?"
* * * * *
Hiei and Tensi were eating breakfast in relative scilence, watching each other when the other wasn't looking. They were both afraid to say anything; an argument they had had last night was still threatening to rain on today, too.
Trying to show him a kind gesture, Tensi stood, took Hiei's empty cup, and refilled it. She set it down in front of him, and he grabbed her wrist. She looked at him sharply. "You're not a servant, Tensi."
"I know," she replied, getting a bit defensive. "I was just trying to be nice..."
The two were frozen, Hiei's hand still on Tensi's wrist. He put his other hand on her cheek. "Is it always going to be like this between us?" he asked her quietly.
Tensi swallowed, looked away, then she met his eyes again. "Oh, gods, I hope not."
With that, Hiei pushed his chair back from the table and pulled Tensi onto his lap and into his arms in one smooth movement. She pressed her lips against his, her arms encircling his neck. Hiei teased her lips open with his togune, and darted it into her mouth, tasting her. Tensi stiffened slightly as he did this, but soon she was kissing him back, her togune meeting his.
This was the moment when Kurama chose to walk in the door.
The two fire demons looked up at their friend as he opened the door. Kurama looked at both of them, Hiei's eyes flashing with anger and Tensi turning nearly as red as Hiei's eyes [M/N: yes, yes, Kou--a la David]. He threw up his hands. "I'll come back later..."
* * * * *
Yusuke and Kuwabara were rolling again. "YOU WALKED IN ON THEM!?"
Kurama scratched the back of his head, chuckling a bit. "Yeah. How was I to know that they were kissing? The last time I had seen them together, they were at each other's throats, not down them!
"And that didn't change much, either. Constantly at each other's throats. And Tensi's moods were like the weather--nice one minute, stormy the next."
* * * * *
"Damnit, Hiei! I'm fine! Put me down!"
"Okay. Your wish is my command."
Tensi closed her eyes as she felt herself falling, expecting to come in contact with the hard wood floor, but instead finding herself buried in the blankets. Her bedroom. "HIEI!"
"You said put you down. You never said where."
"You know what I meant!" Tensi hissed though her teeth, kicking her feet as Hiei reached out for them. "I said I'm fine!"
"And I saw your ankle give out on you for no reason. Stay still and let me look." He kissed her gently. "Please?"
Tensi sighed and leaned back. "You're not going to take no for an answer, anyway."
"I love it when you're angry," Hiei said off-handedly. He flipped the boot off her right foot, took her foot and twisted it this way and that way. "Does that hurt?"
"No."
"Are you lying?"
Tensi sighed. "Yes," she replied cynically. "Because the answer you want to hear is that I'm a weak woman who can't do anything for herself."
"Hm, you've got me pinned," Hiei replied, placing a kiss on Tensi's instep.
"Yes I do." Tensi pulled her foot away from Hiei's hands and crossed her arms, ill-tempered. "I ought to hit you."
"Please don't. I don't find it enjoyable."
"I do." She landed a light slap on his forearm, gave Hiei an evil grin, then pulled him down onto the bed. "Hiei, I'm just soooooooooooooo tired. Can we take a nice, long nap?"
Hiei just stared at her, watching as Tensi's smile turned from evil to seductive. "I somehow get the feeling that sleeping is the furthest thing from your mind, Ten."
* * * * *
He had, Hiei reflected much, much later, had been most correct. Sleep had been so far from Tensi's mind that it was in the predawn dark that the half-demon had finally slid into slumber. Hiei, however, found himself wide awake, staring up at the ceiling.
A cool breeze wafted through the open bedroom window, softly stirring the curtains and making Hiei shiver a bit. He felt Tensi do the same in her sleep, and looked over at her as she instinctively moved closer to the other heat source in the bed. He pulled her into his arms, and the girl snuggled even closer, her face pressing into the crook of his neck. Moving carefully, so as not to awaken her, he turned to his side and propped himself up on his elbow, looking down at Tensi's sleeping form. She looked so peaceful and... non-leathal... in her sleep. Hiei shook his head to himself as he recalled the rath she had leased on him earlier. He traced her features with the back of his hand, pulling back a bit as she stirred in her sleep. His hand quested lightly down her neck, where he noticed angry red bite marks here and there, created while both of them were caught up in the heat of the moment. He bent his head to kiss the marks gently, as if he could make up for the pain he had inflicted.
As he kissed a mark under her ear, he felt Tensi stir awake. She pulled his face towards her own and gave him a hot, opened-mouthed kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he pulled her closer to him. The two of them broke off and lay in each other's arms, just taking the simple pleasure in being close to one another.
Hiei touched the marks on her skin again. "I got careless."
"And I could care less," Tensi replied, kissing him again. She failed to smother a yawn, and Hiei found himself doing the same. The half-demon laid her head down on her lover's chest, and the two fell asleep in each other's arms.
* * * * *
Yikes! Good thing the Webmaster has outlawed NC-17 stories, ne? As Kou once said, 'Methinks they need to sleep in different COUNTRIES tonight!'
* * * * *
Cold as Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Four
Hiei's Return
* * * * *
"So you saved her!" Kuwabara sighed.
"Yes, thankfully. After that, we became very close friends. Tensi managed to... pursuade Akuma to leave the house... quite suddently... and without a trace..." Kurama grinned inwardly. The bitch deserved it, too.
"Okay, fox-boy, keep going, keep going..."
Kurama rolled his eyes at Yusuke's comment, but didn't say anything about it. "When Tensi was eighteen, Master Onizuka finally passed on, leaving Aki to watch his younger brothers and sister. The family sat down and decided that the boys would leave to do whatever they wanted. Even Kori, at seventeen, left. Tensi was allowed to either keep the house, or sell it and move, whatever she chose to do. She decided to keep the house, and not too long after the boys had left, Hiei came back."
* * * * *
Tensi and Kurama were having lunch. The two weren't exacally living together per se; however, Kurama was beginning to find himself calling the Onizuka house home.
Suddenly, Tensi's head snapped up, listening intently. Kurama had learned in the two years that he had known her that Tensi had exceptionally good hearing with her slightly pointed demon ears. He went quiet, listening too. As a cool breeze came through the window and hit his face, he sniffed instinctively.
The two looked at each other.
"Blood."
"Hiei!"
* * * * *
Yusuke raised an eyebrow. "He only came back because he got the shit beat out of him?"
"Yes and no. He had come to pay his respects to Master Onizuka, but wasn't planning on staying. Tensi and I found him passed out from lack of blood--he was an awful mess, too--we brought him back home, and Tensi brought him round. She took excelent care of him, often going without food or sleep to see him though his fever. When it broke, I don't think I'd ever seen her so happy."
"What happened to him?"
"He never said, but I think I know what happened. The way Hiei was when you met him, Yusuke, a murdering, human-controlling thief... He hated those kinds of demons."
"Really?"
"Just over time, he turned into one of them. Before he turned into that, however, he used to kill demons like that. Tried to change the world, then lost his cause to fight."
"Oh." The two sat quietly, thinking about what Kurama had said. "What happened when Hiei got well?"
"Of course, they remembered their last words to one another. So they began a very strained friendship, neither wanting to say anything to make the other blow up. Finally, I had had enough and got the hell out of there."
"What happened after you left?"
"What do you think?"
* * * * *
Hiei and Tensi were eating breakfast in relative scilence, watching each other when the other wasn't looking. They were both afraid to say anything; an argument they had had last night was still threatening to rain on today, too.
Trying to show him a kind gesture, Tensi stood, took Hiei's empty cup, and refilled it. She set it down in front of him, and he grabbed her wrist. She looked at him sharply. "You're not a servant, Tensi."
"I know," she replied, getting a bit defensive. "I was just trying to be nice..."
The two were frozen, Hiei's hand still on Tensi's wrist. He put his other hand on her cheek. "Is it always going to be like this between us?" he asked her quietly.
Tensi swallowed, looked away, then she met his eyes again. "Oh, gods, I hope not."
With that, Hiei pushed his chair back from the table and pulled Tensi onto his lap and into his arms in one smooth movement. She pressed her lips against his, her arms encircling his neck. Hiei teased her lips open with his togune, and darted it into her mouth, tasting her. Tensi stiffened slightly as he did this, but soon she was kissing him back, her togune meeting his.
This was the moment when Kurama chose to walk in the door.
The two fire demons looked up at their friend as he opened the door. Kurama looked at both of them, Hiei's eyes flashing with anger and Tensi turning nearly as red as Hiei's eyes [M/N: yes, yes, Kou--a la David]. He threw up his hands. "I'll come back later..."
* * * * *
Yusuke and Kuwabara were rolling again. "YOU WALKED IN ON THEM!?"
Kurama scratched the back of his head, chuckling a bit. "Yeah. How was I to know that they were kissing? The last time I had seen them together, they were at each other's throats, not down them!
"And that didn't change much, either. Constantly at each other's throats. And Tensi's moods were like the weather--nice one minute, stormy the next."
* * * * *
"Damnit, Hiei! I'm fine! Put me down!"
"Okay. Your wish is my command."
Tensi closed her eyes as she felt herself falling, expecting to come in contact with the hard wood floor, but instead finding herself buried in the blankets. Her bedroom. "HIEI!"
"You said put you down. You never said where."
"You know what I meant!" Tensi hissed though her teeth, kicking her feet as Hiei reached out for them. "I said I'm fine!"
"And I saw your ankle give out on you for no reason. Stay still and let me look." He kissed her gently. "Please?"
Tensi sighed and leaned back. "You're not going to take no for an answer, anyway."
"I love it when you're angry," Hiei said off-handedly. He flipped the boot off her right foot, took her foot and twisted it this way and that way. "Does that hurt?"
"No."
"Are you lying?"
Tensi sighed. "Yes," she replied cynically. "Because the answer you want to hear is that I'm a weak woman who can't do anything for herself."
"Hm, you've got me pinned," Hiei replied, placing a kiss on Tensi's instep.
"Yes I do." Tensi pulled her foot away from Hiei's hands and crossed her arms, ill-tempered. "I ought to hit you."
"Please don't. I don't find it enjoyable."
"I do." She landed a light slap on his forearm, gave Hiei an evil grin, then pulled him down onto the bed. "Hiei, I'm just soooooooooooooo tired. Can we take a nice, long nap?"
Hiei just stared at her, watching as Tensi's smile turned from evil to seductive. "I somehow get the feeling that sleeping is the furthest thing from your mind, Ten."
* * * * *
He had, Hiei reflected much, much later, had been most correct. Sleep had been so far from Tensi's mind that it was in the predawn dark that the half-demon had finally slid into slumber. Hiei, however, found himself wide awake, staring up at the ceiling.
A cool breeze wafted through the open bedroom window, softly stirring the curtains and making Hiei shiver a bit. He felt Tensi do the same in her sleep, and looked over at her as she instinctively moved closer to the other heat source in the bed. He pulled her into his arms, and the girl snuggled even closer, her face pressing into the crook of his neck. Moving carefully, so as not to awaken her, he turned to his side and propped himself up on his elbow, looking down at Tensi's sleeping form. She looked so peaceful and... non-leathal... in her sleep. Hiei shook his head to himself as he recalled the rath she had leased on him earlier. He traced her features with the back of his hand, pulling back a bit as she stirred in her sleep. His hand quested lightly down her neck, where he noticed angry red bite marks here and there, created while both of them were caught up in the heat of the moment. He bent his head to kiss the marks gently, as if he could make up for the pain he had inflicted.
As he kissed a mark under her ear, he felt Tensi stir awake. She pulled his face towards her own and gave him a hot, opened-mouthed kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he pulled her closer to him. The two of them broke off and lay in each other's arms, just taking the simple pleasure in being close to one another.
Hiei touched the marks on her skin again. "I got careless."
"And I could care less," Tensi replied, kissing him again. She failed to smother a yawn, and Hiei found himself doing the same. The half-demon laid her head down on her lover's chest, and the two fell asleep in each other's arms.
* * * * *
Yikes! Good thing the Webmaster has outlawed NC-17 stories, ne? As Kou once said, 'Methinks they need to sleep in different COUNTRIES tonight!'