Chapter five, chapter five! Celebration!
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Cold as Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Five
Good-bye, Hello
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"How serious were they?"
Kurama looked up at Yusuke, who apparently was really getting into the story.
"They were pretty serious. Extremely, in fact."
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"Kurama!"
Kurama hugged his half-demon friend. It was the only way he could ever get her off his neck. He looked around. "Where's Hiei?"
"Oh, he's gone out... hunting, I think. Oh! But I have something I want to show you! Come in, come in!"
Kurama raised an eyebrow. Tensi was unusually hyper this morning. "Ten? No more sugar in the mornings."
Tensi laughed. "Happy, not hyper. Sit down, sit down! I've got some news."
Kurama did as he was told, sitting cross-legged on the table. Tensi giggled and held out her hand, which Kurama took without really paying attention... Until something cold and hard came in contact with his fingers.
His eyes widened and he looked down at her hand. A tiny ring with a dark garnet stone was on the ring finger of her left hand--an engagement ring. He looked back up at her and she grinned at him. "Surprise!"
"Tensi! That's wonderful, congratulations!" He caught her up in a brotherly hug, then held her out at arm's length. "So, when's the wedding?"
Tensi rolled her eyes. "Whenever I can track down my brothers. But if they don't come back fast enough to suit me..." She grinned wickedly.
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"Apparently, they didn't get married," Yusuke pointed out.
"Good observation."
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Kurama shivered. Hm... It feels like someone just stepped on my grave... He looked around, sniffing fox-like, then shrugged his shoulders when he got nothing. It's proably just a figment of my imagination.
He went back to cooking dinner. He hadn't found either Tensi or Hiei around when he got to the house, so he decided to cook dinner for them to be nice.
Quite abruptly, Hiei burst in the door, Tensi in his arms. He jumped to find Kurama in the house, relaxed just a bit when he realized who it was, and took off into the back.
Confused, Kurama looked after the two, then went to the door and looked out of it. I am missing something.
Something shiny on the floor caught the theif's eyes. He bent down to pick it up.
It was Tensi's ring.
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"What happened?"
"Tensi and Hiei had been out earlier all that day. They weren't being careful near the edge of a cliff when the side gave way, taking Tensi with it. She fell a long way down, hit her head, then got buried with a good twenty pounds of gravel."
Kuwabara winced in sympathy. "Ouch."
"More than you know."
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"I'm sorry, Hiei."
Hiei brushed a strand of Tensi's hair out of her face. "For what, love?"
"I... I lost..."
"Lost what? Your ring? I thought I told you, Kurama found it."
"Not the ring, I lost... I lost..." Tensi found she couldn't say the words. She took Hiei's hand and put it on her stomach. "I lost it. Our baby."
"What?"
"I lost it! I'm so, so sorry, Hiei. I'm so sorry..." She broke down crying. Hiei took her in his arms and rocked her back and forth until she fell asleep.
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The two boys were shocked into scilence for one of the few times Kurama had known. "That's horrible," Kuwabara finally declaired.
Kurama nodded in agreement. "Hiei took that one pretty hard. He took Tensi's even worse."
"She died too?!"
Kurama nodded again. "Poor girl. I think her injuries and the loss of her baby got to her so much, she just gave up. The two of us gave her a proper funeral--well, as proper as we knew and could--and left. We've never been back. And Hiei's been cold towards everyone except a choice few since then, and never to any woman. Tensi's death is what I think pushed him over the edge."
Yusuke nodded to himself. So THAT'S why he got pissed.
Kuwabara was shaking his head to himself. "That's just horrible, just horrible," he kept repeating.
"She was an exceptional girl," Kurama said. "I'm glad she was a part of my life, and I miss her. Ah, well, she's proably having a party with her parents and grandparents, and I don't grudge her the celebration. Hell, I hope she's having fun."
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[M/N: OTHERWISE! hee hee, otherwise.... don't you get it? back in the first chapter... 'until I say otherwise...'... nevermind. shut up, Kou. just shut up.]
Hiei looked up as the sky ripped open, pelting those below with rain. He stopped, still looking up, as the humans around him ran for cover from the downpour. Rainy days always made him think about Tensi. They had always been her favorite days, and when they were together, they had been his favorite, too.
Therefore, it had been fitting that the day she died it had been raining. As on the day of her makeshift funeral.
Hiei bowed his head, dug his hands into his pockets and continued on his way. In the cloth confinement, his fingers came in contact with Tensi's engagement ring. She had given it back to him just before she died.
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"Hiei, I'm dying, aren't I?"
Hiei looked down at Tensi, holding her hand. "I'm not going to lie to you. Yes, Ten, you're dying."
Tensi nodded to herself. She slipped off her ring and put it in Hiei's hand.
"Ten..."
"Shh, Hiei. Take it. Where I'm going, I'm not going to need it. Keep it, and someday give it to someone else."
"Tensi, don't talk like that--"
"Hiei! I have to say this. Please, listen. I want you to take it, keep it safe, and find someone else you love just as much as me and give it to her. I won't hold it against you."
Hiei looked down at the tiny circle of gold with the red stone on it. He closed his hand as he felt Tensi's Spirit Energy slipping away.
"Ai shiteru, Hiei. I always will."
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Hiei's fist clenched with the ring inside it. Gods, I miss you, Tensi.
Feet were the only thing in his field of vision that he could see. A pair of shiny black shoes walked up and stopped right in front of him. Hiei paused, then moved to the right, as to go around the shoe's owners, but the person stepped to the right as well. Hiei moved to the left, and the shoes moved to the left. This continued for about half a minute, until Hiei finally snapped his head up, angry.
--And met a pair of smiling, bright green eyes.
"Tensi?"
"Hello, Hiei."
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Cold as Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Five
Good-bye, Hello
* * * * *
"How serious were they?"
Kurama looked up at Yusuke, who apparently was really getting into the story.
"They were pretty serious. Extremely, in fact."
* * * * *
"Kurama!"
Kurama hugged his half-demon friend. It was the only way he could ever get her off his neck. He looked around. "Where's Hiei?"
"Oh, he's gone out... hunting, I think. Oh! But I have something I want to show you! Come in, come in!"
Kurama raised an eyebrow. Tensi was unusually hyper this morning. "Ten? No more sugar in the mornings."
Tensi laughed. "Happy, not hyper. Sit down, sit down! I've got some news."
Kurama did as he was told, sitting cross-legged on the table. Tensi giggled and held out her hand, which Kurama took without really paying attention... Until something cold and hard came in contact with his fingers.
His eyes widened and he looked down at her hand. A tiny ring with a dark garnet stone was on the ring finger of her left hand--an engagement ring. He looked back up at her and she grinned at him. "Surprise!"
"Tensi! That's wonderful, congratulations!" He caught her up in a brotherly hug, then held her out at arm's length. "So, when's the wedding?"
Tensi rolled her eyes. "Whenever I can track down my brothers. But if they don't come back fast enough to suit me..." She grinned wickedly.
* * * * *
"Apparently, they didn't get married," Yusuke pointed out.
"Good observation."
* * * * *
Kurama shivered. Hm... It feels like someone just stepped on my grave... He looked around, sniffing fox-like, then shrugged his shoulders when he got nothing. It's proably just a figment of my imagination.
He went back to cooking dinner. He hadn't found either Tensi or Hiei around when he got to the house, so he decided to cook dinner for them to be nice.
Quite abruptly, Hiei burst in the door, Tensi in his arms. He jumped to find Kurama in the house, relaxed just a bit when he realized who it was, and took off into the back.
Confused, Kurama looked after the two, then went to the door and looked out of it. I am missing something.
Something shiny on the floor caught the theif's eyes. He bent down to pick it up.
It was Tensi's ring.
* * * * *
"What happened?"
"Tensi and Hiei had been out earlier all that day. They weren't being careful near the edge of a cliff when the side gave way, taking Tensi with it. She fell a long way down, hit her head, then got buried with a good twenty pounds of gravel."
Kuwabara winced in sympathy. "Ouch."
"More than you know."
* * * * *
"I'm sorry, Hiei."
Hiei brushed a strand of Tensi's hair out of her face. "For what, love?"
"I... I lost..."
"Lost what? Your ring? I thought I told you, Kurama found it."
"Not the ring, I lost... I lost..." Tensi found she couldn't say the words. She took Hiei's hand and put it on her stomach. "I lost it. Our baby."
"What?"
"I lost it! I'm so, so sorry, Hiei. I'm so sorry..." She broke down crying. Hiei took her in his arms and rocked her back and forth until she fell asleep.
* * * * *
The two boys were shocked into scilence for one of the few times Kurama had known. "That's horrible," Kuwabara finally declaired.
Kurama nodded in agreement. "Hiei took that one pretty hard. He took Tensi's even worse."
"She died too?!"
Kurama nodded again. "Poor girl. I think her injuries and the loss of her baby got to her so much, she just gave up. The two of us gave her a proper funeral--well, as proper as we knew and could--and left. We've never been back. And Hiei's been cold towards everyone except a choice few since then, and never to any woman. Tensi's death is what I think pushed him over the edge."
Yusuke nodded to himself. So THAT'S why he got pissed.
Kuwabara was shaking his head to himself. "That's just horrible, just horrible," he kept repeating.
"She was an exceptional girl," Kurama said. "I'm glad she was a part of my life, and I miss her. Ah, well, she's proably having a party with her parents and grandparents, and I don't grudge her the celebration. Hell, I hope she's having fun."
* * * * *
[M/N: OTHERWISE! hee hee, otherwise.... don't you get it? back in the first chapter... 'until I say otherwise...'... nevermind. shut up, Kou. just shut up.]
Hiei looked up as the sky ripped open, pelting those below with rain. He stopped, still looking up, as the humans around him ran for cover from the downpour. Rainy days always made him think about Tensi. They had always been her favorite days, and when they were together, they had been his favorite, too.
Therefore, it had been fitting that the day she died it had been raining. As on the day of her makeshift funeral.
Hiei bowed his head, dug his hands into his pockets and continued on his way. In the cloth confinement, his fingers came in contact with Tensi's engagement ring. She had given it back to him just before she died.
* * * * *
"Hiei, I'm dying, aren't I?"
Hiei looked down at Tensi, holding her hand. "I'm not going to lie to you. Yes, Ten, you're dying."
Tensi nodded to herself. She slipped off her ring and put it in Hiei's hand.
"Ten..."
"Shh, Hiei. Take it. Where I'm going, I'm not going to need it. Keep it, and someday give it to someone else."
"Tensi, don't talk like that--"
"Hiei! I have to say this. Please, listen. I want you to take it, keep it safe, and find someone else you love just as much as me and give it to her. I won't hold it against you."
Hiei looked down at the tiny circle of gold with the red stone on it. He closed his hand as he felt Tensi's Spirit Energy slipping away.
"Ai shiteru, Hiei. I always will."
* * * * *
Hiei's fist clenched with the ring inside it. Gods, I miss you, Tensi.
Feet were the only thing in his field of vision that he could see. A pair of shiny black shoes walked up and stopped right in front of him. Hiei paused, then moved to the right, as to go around the shoe's owners, but the person stepped to the right as well. Hiei moved to the left, and the shoes moved to the left. This continued for about half a minute, until Hiei finally snapped his head up, angry.
--And met a pair of smiling, bright green eyes.
"Tensi?"
"Hello, Hiei."