A Demon's Love pt. 20
(Author's note: //...// as you know song lyrics. And I want to thank White Kit Rose for the song suggestion! And I know this will disappoint you, but one of you asked for Hiei fluff, and I want to deliver. Sorry! But the fluff is what I think would be the reason for Hiei's coldness.)
Keiko sighed as she snuggled deeper into his embrace. They breathed deeply trying to regain the air they lost during the kiss. Yusuke pulled her closer and laid a small kiss atop her head. They heard the soft music coming from the temple slowly quiet down to a silence. Yusuke looked up.
"Come we might be missed," he said softly as he pulled out of her arms.
She nodded. He placed a gentle arm around her waist as they walked back to the ballroom.
"Yusuke," she began softly as she lay her head on his shoulder.
"Yes?" he whispered as he looked down on her.
"Is.. Is... this love?" she asked softly stuttering and blushing.
"Yes," he immediately whispered back.
"How.. How... do you know?" she asked again.
"You don't," he replied softly as he laid another small kiss on her hair.
'It's almost like my dream,' he thought as he looked into the stars. 'How?' He watched as a shooting star streaked the sky. He smiled.
Botan and Koenma looked up as they heard the soft music stop playing. They turned toward the ballroom and stared.
"Come," said Koenma as he slowly pulled out of her embrace. "Something is happening."
Botan nodded. He wrapped his arm around her waist as they began to make their way back to the ballroom. She laid her head on his shoulder as he placed a kiss upon her hair. They looked up into the starry night and smiled as a shooting star flew across the sky.
They looked deep into each other's eyes and smiled as the song ended. Around them, people and onlookers smiled and cheered as they wiped their damp eyes with tissues and handkerchiefs. He led her back to the table.
"Ok can all of you folks walk over to the gift table and pick up your present?" the D.J. cried excitedly. "We're going to have our lucky couple open a few!"
Guests, children, and family wandered over to the gift table and picked up their gifts. Hiei reached behind him and picked up the sculpture's box and hid it within his clothing. Kuwabara picked up the small frame proudly and strode back to the table with his head held high. Hiei rolled his eyes.
Koenma and Botan walked in as the guests and family gathered their gifts and blessings.
"I think it's time for them to hand out the presents," said Koenma as he pulled out the pacifier from his pocket and placed it in his mouth.
Botan nodded smiling. They walked toward the gift table and politely pushed through the crowd trying to find their gifts. They walked back toward the table where Hiei, Kuwabara, Kurama and Kizna sat waiting patiently for them.
Yusuke and Keiko were the last ones to walk in. The ballroom around them was in a frenzy with many guests and family scrambling to get their gifts. They walked through the crowd and got their gifts as they walked back to the table. Kizna arched an eyebrow as she watched them walk toward her, Kurama, and the others. Kurama stifled a chuckle. Hiei smirked, and Kuwabara grinned as Botan and Koenma got lost in each other's eyes.
"What?" asked Yusuke wondering what the others seemed to be looking at.
"Did something happen?" asked Kizna curiously as she turned to Kurama, receiving a smiling shrug.
"What are you talking about?" asked Keiko as she looked around her. "What happened?"
"Yusuke, what's on your lips?" asked Kurama as calmly as he could without chuckling.
Keiko turned toward Yusuke as her eyes went wide and a blush stained her face. On Yusuke's lips, a small light pink lip mark marred his skin. Yusuke brought up a hand to his lips and pressed them lightly on the pink lip mark. As he pulled his hand away to examine it, a deep blush stained his face. Small smudges of light pink tinted his fingers. He sweat dropped. Around him, the table burst into laughter.
"I always knew you like each other," said Kuwabara as he patted a blushing Yusuke on the back.
"There not the only one," Kizna giggled as she looked toward Koenma and Botan.
Botan and Koenma looked up and blushed brightly. The others laughed as Botan and Koenma glared.
"Uh.. Here," Botan said quickly as she handed Kurama and Kizna her gift trying to change the subject. "Your present."
"Thank you," Kurama replied smiling.
"Thank you as well," Kizna added happily.
Kurama slowly tore the wrapping paper revealing the clock to him and his bride. They stared curiously at the clock as the crystal figures danced in front of them. Kizna smiled at its beauty.
"It's a clock," Botan explained to the bride smiling. "Humans use it to tell time."
"Thank you," Kizna replied happily as she walked to Botan to give the deity a hug.
The others pushed forward their gifts as they received hugs from the bride and groom, but he pushed his gift forward and slowly backed away unnoticeably. He watched the slowly forming couples and mates around him as he walked toward the exit of the ballroom. He watched couple dance to the music as others cuddled in chairs in each other's arms around the room. He turned his back on them and walked out into the cold night air and began to wander the temple grounds. The immortal fire demon's memories began to wander. They wandered to a familiar time and a familiar place deep within the cold depths of his heart, a heart of ice.
It was a comforting memory. It was the only thing that could give a soft light to his face that only those in love or lovers seemed to have. It was a something of her.....
~Flashback~
//Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to vanish inside your kiss
Everyday I love you more and more.//
They broke from their kiss panting and breathing hard. He stared deep into her golden eyes as he pulled her close. Her long bright orange locks with yellow highlights fell to the middle of her back as he ran his hands through the soft strands. She wore a long white strapless dress with silver trim, something strange for the young and youthful demon in his arms. Long slits on both sides of the skirt showed of fine long pale legs as the strapless cut showed her long neck. She looked up to him and placed her pink lips on his locking him in another passionate kiss.
The world vanished around them leaving them to a world filled with forbidden desires.
"Hikari," Hiei whispered as they broke apart once more as he pulled her close.
"Hiei," she whispered back to him.
//Listen to my heart can you hear it sing?
Telling me to give you everything.
Seasons may change winter to spring,
But I love you until the end of time.
Come what may, come what may,
I will love you until my dying day//
He had so little to offer her, but she never seemed to care. They spent many a summer by each other's side seemingly falling more in love with each passing day. They courted during the daylight and professed their love in the night under the starlight. They were complete opposites, yet complemented one another in every way. She was light as he was dark. She was peace loving as he was a warrior.
//Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace.
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you.//
The world was perfect for Hikari and Hiei. She learned of his troubling past and slowly but surely began to close his emotional wounds as he fell slowly into love with the small demon.
//And there's no mountain too high, no river to wide
Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide
But I love you. (I love you)
until the end of (until the end of)
time//
She woke up sore from the night of heated passion they shared and looked down on her lover. She sighed. 'I don't deserve him,' she thought sadly. 'Why me?' A small tear fell from her eye as she struggled to hold them back. She leaned down and laid a small kiss upon his forehead.
"Hiei," she whispered to him softly as she tried to hold back the tears. "I have to go.... on a journey a long way away. My heart is too full for farewells it is better this way. I'm sorry. I love you.... until the end of time."
Hiei didn't stir. She got out of their makeshift bed of leaves and quickly walked to her discarded dress and quickly changed. She stared longingly at the fire demon she had shared her many nights with.
//Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day.
Come what may, come what may
I will love you (I will love you)//
She silently walked away from the clearing they had spent the nigh in and out into the Makai wilderness as she struggled to keep the tears from falling.
//Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day//
It was late into the morning, and she was long gone from his life never to be seen again. He stirred and didn't find her by his side. He called out to her only to receive the silent answers of the wind. He began to call desperately for her.
"HIKARI!" he cried into the surrounding woods receiving nothing as an answer.
He quickly changed into his clothing and awakened his Jagan. Her energy was nowhere to be found as she was long gone. He harshly wiped a small falling tear as he stared at the leaves and dirt of the ground angrily. That day he made a silent promise. 'Love is for the weak,' he thought angrily and betrayed. That day, Hiei forgot the meaning of love.
~End Flashback~
Kurama and Kizna greeted everyone's gift with grace and thankfulness. The frame, the music box, the sketch book, the brushes, and the clock lay amongst wads of wrapping paper. Only one small package lay unopened, and its giver was missing.
"Who's is this?" asked Kurama as he picked up the parcel wrapped crudely with gold and red wrapping paper along with miles of tape.
"It's the shrimp's," Kuwabara answered his voice seemingly dripping with jealousy.
Kizna and Kurama chuckled at the parcel's wrapping. Slowly, he began to tear at the box's wrapping as he pulled out a white box from the mess. Kurama and Kizna exchanged a curious glance silently asking the other what it could be. Kizna shrugged. Kurama pulled open the box lid and pulled out a heavy object wrapped in thick paper. Smiling, he held it out to her telling her to un wrap it. A set of small and nimble fingers slowly and unsure began to unwrap the heavy object. Her small hands pulled apart the papers as their eyes went wide in shock at the sight of the object.
The crystal figured shined brightly in the ballroom lights as Kizna and Kurama stared mesmerized by the small figure's beauty. Kurama tore his eyes away and looked around the room searching for the fire demon.
"Where's Hiei?" Kurama asked hurriedly as he placed the figure gently on the table.
A round of mumbled 'I don't knows' and shrugs went around the table. Kizna looked to her new husband as he turned and looked deep into her eyes somehow reading her thoughts. She nodded in silent confirmation. They quickly got up and walked to the door in search of their missing friend.
They walked into the cold night air and began to scour the temple grounds hand in hand.
"What was that about?" asked Yusuke confusedly.
"I think they just went to say thank you," said Keiko smiling.
"Why?" asked Kuwabara stupidly as the others sweat-dropped.
Hiei found himself by a stream with tall weeping willows standing over the starlit water with their long sagging branches dipped into the water. On the shore, small white wild-flowers glowed in the moonlight as they splashing of the water's waves broke on the large rocks and boulders sitting just above the water. A light breeze blew causing the long branches of the trees to sway and the rippling water to gurgle and giggle. Hiei leaped onto a large rock, sat down, and stared into the night sky unaware of the gold eyes that watched him longingly through the weeping willow leaves.
Kurama and Kizna searched desperately calling Hiei's name as they went.
"HIEI!" Kizna cried worriedly as she walked along the pathway with Kurama by her side.
"HIEI!" Kurama cried after a moment of silence.
They walked further down the path as Kizna saw a deep black blur sitting by the water. She turned to Kurama and pointed.
Hiei ignored their worried cries as he continued to stare at the night sky. He snapped out of his reverie as he heard the loud clicks of heels running his way. He turned.
The eyes in the tree turned to see the source of the sound. They turned to see a beautiful fairy dressed in white with silver eyes shining with concern. Jealousy flashed in the golden eyes.
Kurama gently pushed her forward telling her to lead. Kizna nodded. She lifted her skirt a few inches of the ground and began to run.
"HIEI!" she cried as the fire demon turned to her.
"Hm," he replied in his cold tone. "What do you want?"
"We just wanted to say thank you," she replied as she cautiously stepped onto the rocks to embrace the small fire demon.
Kizna placed her arms around him in a friendly hug as the eyes in the tree grew wide with jealousy. Hiei stared shocked at her.
"Yes Hiei," said Kurama as he walked up to them smiling. "We wanted to thank you."
"Hm," he replied coldly as he pushed Kizna off him.
Kizna stumbled backwards before Kurama caught her in his arms. She smiled up at him. He smiled in return.
"What is the matter Hiei?" Kizna asked worried as she tore her eyes away from her husband.
"Leave me alone," he replied harshly receiving worried looks from the bride and her groom.
"Why are you so cold Hiei?" Kizna asked worriedly.
Hiei struggled to keep the tears from falling as he turned away from them. He harshly wiped away a small tear hoping they wouldn't notice. Kurama could smell the light smell of a salty tear and walked closer to Hiei.
"Why are you crying Hiei?" Kurama asked concerned. "You can tell us."
Hiei turned to them his eyes shining with unshed tears.
"It began a long time ago..." he began as Kurama and Kizna listened closely.
He told them of her. He told them the deepest secret he had, his secret love. The only love that had been able to melt his heart only to freeze it again only colder and darker. The eyes in the tree listened as they began to tear as though they had experienced what Hiei experienced. Jealousy no longer shined in its eyes, but instead shined with sorrow and regret as though it had done something to the small fire demon.
"I.. I... loved her," Hiei whispered as he completed his tale.
Tears shined in Kizna's eyes as Kurama wore a worried expression. Kurama pulled Kizna close desperately trying to hold on to her. He brought a gentle hand up to her face and brushed away a small tear that had fallen. He leaned down and laid a small kiss on her forehead. Then, they turned to Hiei.
"We're sorry Hiei," Kizna said comfortingly. "We didn't know."
Hiei numbly nodded in reply. He felt a burden lift from his heart setting it free. He turned to them and smirked. He leaped of the rock and began to walk. Kurama and Kizna smiled and turned to walk ahead leaving Hiei to go at his own pace. Hiei turned to the night sky once more and smirked again. He turned away and began to walk back.
The eyes in the tree waited for him to leave. The small figure silently leaped from the tree and into the moonlight. The moon shined down on the figure revealing a small feminine body. The light revealed a small girl with pale skin, shining bright orange hair, gold eyes wearing a white dress with silver trim with long slits up the sides of the dress. 'Hiei,' her mind whispered. 'You did love me.'
Hiei suddenly stopped as he felt a familiar energy thought to be long dead. 'Hikari?' his mind asked. He turned and ran back to the stream hoping what he felt was no dream. He ran to the stream and found the blur an angel shining in the moonlight.
She turned as she heard running footsteps. She turned away quickly and prepared to jump into the shadows. She leaped into the trees and never looked back as the tears welled in her eyes.
'Sayonara,' Hiei thought as he wished his angel goodbye. A small tear ran down his face as he turned away.
(Author's note: I know it took too long, and I'm sorry for that, but writer's block sucks. And I know what you're thinking. You thought it was too short, and I ruined Hiei. *sighs* Just flame me already! *cries*)
(Author's note: //...// as you know song lyrics. And I want to thank White Kit Rose for the song suggestion! And I know this will disappoint you, but one of you asked for Hiei fluff, and I want to deliver. Sorry! But the fluff is what I think would be the reason for Hiei's coldness.)
Keiko sighed as she snuggled deeper into his embrace. They breathed deeply trying to regain the air they lost during the kiss. Yusuke pulled her closer and laid a small kiss atop her head. They heard the soft music coming from the temple slowly quiet down to a silence. Yusuke looked up.
"Come we might be missed," he said softly as he pulled out of her arms.
She nodded. He placed a gentle arm around her waist as they walked back to the ballroom.
"Yusuke," she began softly as she lay her head on his shoulder.
"Yes?" he whispered as he looked down on her.
"Is.. Is... this love?" she asked softly stuttering and blushing.
"Yes," he immediately whispered back.
"How.. How... do you know?" she asked again.
"You don't," he replied softly as he laid another small kiss on her hair.
'It's almost like my dream,' he thought as he looked into the stars. 'How?' He watched as a shooting star streaked the sky. He smiled.
Botan and Koenma looked up as they heard the soft music stop playing. They turned toward the ballroom and stared.
"Come," said Koenma as he slowly pulled out of her embrace. "Something is happening."
Botan nodded. He wrapped his arm around her waist as they began to make their way back to the ballroom. She laid her head on his shoulder as he placed a kiss upon her hair. They looked up into the starry night and smiled as a shooting star flew across the sky.
They looked deep into each other's eyes and smiled as the song ended. Around them, people and onlookers smiled and cheered as they wiped their damp eyes with tissues and handkerchiefs. He led her back to the table.
"Ok can all of you folks walk over to the gift table and pick up your present?" the D.J. cried excitedly. "We're going to have our lucky couple open a few!"
Guests, children, and family wandered over to the gift table and picked up their gifts. Hiei reached behind him and picked up the sculpture's box and hid it within his clothing. Kuwabara picked up the small frame proudly and strode back to the table with his head held high. Hiei rolled his eyes.
Koenma and Botan walked in as the guests and family gathered their gifts and blessings.
"I think it's time for them to hand out the presents," said Koenma as he pulled out the pacifier from his pocket and placed it in his mouth.
Botan nodded smiling. They walked toward the gift table and politely pushed through the crowd trying to find their gifts. They walked back toward the table where Hiei, Kuwabara, Kurama and Kizna sat waiting patiently for them.
Yusuke and Keiko were the last ones to walk in. The ballroom around them was in a frenzy with many guests and family scrambling to get their gifts. They walked through the crowd and got their gifts as they walked back to the table. Kizna arched an eyebrow as she watched them walk toward her, Kurama, and the others. Kurama stifled a chuckle. Hiei smirked, and Kuwabara grinned as Botan and Koenma got lost in each other's eyes.
"What?" asked Yusuke wondering what the others seemed to be looking at.
"Did something happen?" asked Kizna curiously as she turned to Kurama, receiving a smiling shrug.
"What are you talking about?" asked Keiko as she looked around her. "What happened?"
"Yusuke, what's on your lips?" asked Kurama as calmly as he could without chuckling.
Keiko turned toward Yusuke as her eyes went wide and a blush stained her face. On Yusuke's lips, a small light pink lip mark marred his skin. Yusuke brought up a hand to his lips and pressed them lightly on the pink lip mark. As he pulled his hand away to examine it, a deep blush stained his face. Small smudges of light pink tinted his fingers. He sweat dropped. Around him, the table burst into laughter.
"I always knew you like each other," said Kuwabara as he patted a blushing Yusuke on the back.
"There not the only one," Kizna giggled as she looked toward Koenma and Botan.
Botan and Koenma looked up and blushed brightly. The others laughed as Botan and Koenma glared.
"Uh.. Here," Botan said quickly as she handed Kurama and Kizna her gift trying to change the subject. "Your present."
"Thank you," Kurama replied smiling.
"Thank you as well," Kizna added happily.
Kurama slowly tore the wrapping paper revealing the clock to him and his bride. They stared curiously at the clock as the crystal figures danced in front of them. Kizna smiled at its beauty.
"It's a clock," Botan explained to the bride smiling. "Humans use it to tell time."
"Thank you," Kizna replied happily as she walked to Botan to give the deity a hug.
The others pushed forward their gifts as they received hugs from the bride and groom, but he pushed his gift forward and slowly backed away unnoticeably. He watched the slowly forming couples and mates around him as he walked toward the exit of the ballroom. He watched couple dance to the music as others cuddled in chairs in each other's arms around the room. He turned his back on them and walked out into the cold night air and began to wander the temple grounds. The immortal fire demon's memories began to wander. They wandered to a familiar time and a familiar place deep within the cold depths of his heart, a heart of ice.
It was a comforting memory. It was the only thing that could give a soft light to his face that only those in love or lovers seemed to have. It was a something of her.....
~Flashback~
//Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to vanish inside your kiss
Everyday I love you more and more.//
They broke from their kiss panting and breathing hard. He stared deep into her golden eyes as he pulled her close. Her long bright orange locks with yellow highlights fell to the middle of her back as he ran his hands through the soft strands. She wore a long white strapless dress with silver trim, something strange for the young and youthful demon in his arms. Long slits on both sides of the skirt showed of fine long pale legs as the strapless cut showed her long neck. She looked up to him and placed her pink lips on his locking him in another passionate kiss.
The world vanished around them leaving them to a world filled with forbidden desires.
"Hikari," Hiei whispered as they broke apart once more as he pulled her close.
"Hiei," she whispered back to him.
//Listen to my heart can you hear it sing?
Telling me to give you everything.
Seasons may change winter to spring,
But I love you until the end of time.
Come what may, come what may,
I will love you until my dying day//
He had so little to offer her, but she never seemed to care. They spent many a summer by each other's side seemingly falling more in love with each passing day. They courted during the daylight and professed their love in the night under the starlight. They were complete opposites, yet complemented one another in every way. She was light as he was dark. She was peace loving as he was a warrior.
//Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace.
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you.//
The world was perfect for Hikari and Hiei. She learned of his troubling past and slowly but surely began to close his emotional wounds as he fell slowly into love with the small demon.
//And there's no mountain too high, no river to wide
Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide
But I love you. (I love you)
until the end of (until the end of)
time//
She woke up sore from the night of heated passion they shared and looked down on her lover. She sighed. 'I don't deserve him,' she thought sadly. 'Why me?' A small tear fell from her eye as she struggled to hold them back. She leaned down and laid a small kiss upon his forehead.
"Hiei," she whispered to him softly as she tried to hold back the tears. "I have to go.... on a journey a long way away. My heart is too full for farewells it is better this way. I'm sorry. I love you.... until the end of time."
Hiei didn't stir. She got out of their makeshift bed of leaves and quickly walked to her discarded dress and quickly changed. She stared longingly at the fire demon she had shared her many nights with.
//Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day.
Come what may, come what may
I will love you (I will love you)//
She silently walked away from the clearing they had spent the nigh in and out into the Makai wilderness as she struggled to keep the tears from falling.
//Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day//
It was late into the morning, and she was long gone from his life never to be seen again. He stirred and didn't find her by his side. He called out to her only to receive the silent answers of the wind. He began to call desperately for her.
"HIKARI!" he cried into the surrounding woods receiving nothing as an answer.
He quickly changed into his clothing and awakened his Jagan. Her energy was nowhere to be found as she was long gone. He harshly wiped a small falling tear as he stared at the leaves and dirt of the ground angrily. That day he made a silent promise. 'Love is for the weak,' he thought angrily and betrayed. That day, Hiei forgot the meaning of love.
~End Flashback~
Kurama and Kizna greeted everyone's gift with grace and thankfulness. The frame, the music box, the sketch book, the brushes, and the clock lay amongst wads of wrapping paper. Only one small package lay unopened, and its giver was missing.
"Who's is this?" asked Kurama as he picked up the parcel wrapped crudely with gold and red wrapping paper along with miles of tape.
"It's the shrimp's," Kuwabara answered his voice seemingly dripping with jealousy.
Kizna and Kurama chuckled at the parcel's wrapping. Slowly, he began to tear at the box's wrapping as he pulled out a white box from the mess. Kurama and Kizna exchanged a curious glance silently asking the other what it could be. Kizna shrugged. Kurama pulled open the box lid and pulled out a heavy object wrapped in thick paper. Smiling, he held it out to her telling her to un wrap it. A set of small and nimble fingers slowly and unsure began to unwrap the heavy object. Her small hands pulled apart the papers as their eyes went wide in shock at the sight of the object.
The crystal figured shined brightly in the ballroom lights as Kizna and Kurama stared mesmerized by the small figure's beauty. Kurama tore his eyes away and looked around the room searching for the fire demon.
"Where's Hiei?" Kurama asked hurriedly as he placed the figure gently on the table.
A round of mumbled 'I don't knows' and shrugs went around the table. Kizna looked to her new husband as he turned and looked deep into her eyes somehow reading her thoughts. She nodded in silent confirmation. They quickly got up and walked to the door in search of their missing friend.
They walked into the cold night air and began to scour the temple grounds hand in hand.
"What was that about?" asked Yusuke confusedly.
"I think they just went to say thank you," said Keiko smiling.
"Why?" asked Kuwabara stupidly as the others sweat-dropped.
Hiei found himself by a stream with tall weeping willows standing over the starlit water with their long sagging branches dipped into the water. On the shore, small white wild-flowers glowed in the moonlight as they splashing of the water's waves broke on the large rocks and boulders sitting just above the water. A light breeze blew causing the long branches of the trees to sway and the rippling water to gurgle and giggle. Hiei leaped onto a large rock, sat down, and stared into the night sky unaware of the gold eyes that watched him longingly through the weeping willow leaves.
Kurama and Kizna searched desperately calling Hiei's name as they went.
"HIEI!" Kizna cried worriedly as she walked along the pathway with Kurama by her side.
"HIEI!" Kurama cried after a moment of silence.
They walked further down the path as Kizna saw a deep black blur sitting by the water. She turned to Kurama and pointed.
Hiei ignored their worried cries as he continued to stare at the night sky. He snapped out of his reverie as he heard the loud clicks of heels running his way. He turned.
The eyes in the tree turned to see the source of the sound. They turned to see a beautiful fairy dressed in white with silver eyes shining with concern. Jealousy flashed in the golden eyes.
Kurama gently pushed her forward telling her to lead. Kizna nodded. She lifted her skirt a few inches of the ground and began to run.
"HIEI!" she cried as the fire demon turned to her.
"Hm," he replied in his cold tone. "What do you want?"
"We just wanted to say thank you," she replied as she cautiously stepped onto the rocks to embrace the small fire demon.
Kizna placed her arms around him in a friendly hug as the eyes in the tree grew wide with jealousy. Hiei stared shocked at her.
"Yes Hiei," said Kurama as he walked up to them smiling. "We wanted to thank you."
"Hm," he replied coldly as he pushed Kizna off him.
Kizna stumbled backwards before Kurama caught her in his arms. She smiled up at him. He smiled in return.
"What is the matter Hiei?" Kizna asked worried as she tore her eyes away from her husband.
"Leave me alone," he replied harshly receiving worried looks from the bride and her groom.
"Why are you so cold Hiei?" Kizna asked worriedly.
Hiei struggled to keep the tears from falling as he turned away from them. He harshly wiped away a small tear hoping they wouldn't notice. Kurama could smell the light smell of a salty tear and walked closer to Hiei.
"Why are you crying Hiei?" Kurama asked concerned. "You can tell us."
Hiei turned to them his eyes shining with unshed tears.
"It began a long time ago..." he began as Kurama and Kizna listened closely.
He told them of her. He told them the deepest secret he had, his secret love. The only love that had been able to melt his heart only to freeze it again only colder and darker. The eyes in the tree listened as they began to tear as though they had experienced what Hiei experienced. Jealousy no longer shined in its eyes, but instead shined with sorrow and regret as though it had done something to the small fire demon.
"I.. I... loved her," Hiei whispered as he completed his tale.
Tears shined in Kizna's eyes as Kurama wore a worried expression. Kurama pulled Kizna close desperately trying to hold on to her. He brought a gentle hand up to her face and brushed away a small tear that had fallen. He leaned down and laid a small kiss on her forehead. Then, they turned to Hiei.
"We're sorry Hiei," Kizna said comfortingly. "We didn't know."
Hiei numbly nodded in reply. He felt a burden lift from his heart setting it free. He turned to them and smirked. He leaped of the rock and began to walk. Kurama and Kizna smiled and turned to walk ahead leaving Hiei to go at his own pace. Hiei turned to the night sky once more and smirked again. He turned away and began to walk back.
The eyes in the tree waited for him to leave. The small figure silently leaped from the tree and into the moonlight. The moon shined down on the figure revealing a small feminine body. The light revealed a small girl with pale skin, shining bright orange hair, gold eyes wearing a white dress with silver trim with long slits up the sides of the dress. 'Hiei,' her mind whispered. 'You did love me.'
Hiei suddenly stopped as he felt a familiar energy thought to be long dead. 'Hikari?' his mind asked. He turned and ran back to the stream hoping what he felt was no dream. He ran to the stream and found the blur an angel shining in the moonlight.
She turned as she heard running footsteps. She turned away quickly and prepared to jump into the shadows. She leaped into the trees and never looked back as the tears welled in her eyes.
'Sayonara,' Hiei thought as he wished his angel goodbye. A small tear ran down his face as he turned away.
(Author's note: I know it took too long, and I'm sorry for that, but writer's block sucks. And I know what you're thinking. You thought it was too short, and I ruined Hiei. *sighs* Just flame me already! *cries*)