"Come now, don't tell me you've already forgotten who I am."
The shadows dispersed allowing Hiei to see the figure's form. His eyes shown a deep cobalt blue a right below his left eye a scar in the shape of a crossed half circle. Hair a brilliant flaming orange and yellow hung in his face, the rest tied behind in a low set ponytail. A smirk fell upon his face, and fangs could be seen.
"Edowin..." The resemblence between this figure, and the picture Hiei had set in his mind those many years ago, were very subtle but now he knew it had to be his old companion.
"That's right. Like the new look? The old one was so ghetto." Edowin said in a sarcastic tone.
"What the hell did you do to yourself?!" At last memory, he had met the Demon during an absence. Hiei had snuck away, to evade the problems of daily life, and in doing so, he had been pushed into a war.
Hiei had never told this to Kurama for fear that his friend would go crazy over the fact that he could've been killed and that it was a very foolish thing to do. The battle raged and each side seemed to be equal. Seeing as the fight was not his to bother with, Hiei tried to pass by but was stopped by the side opposing Edowin's. He had not met the Demon until the enemy side took him captive and threw him within the prison in which the Youkai met Edowin.
Edowin had been wounded rather fatally, although he still had the strength to function, talk, and even begin to heal himself. He and Hiei had conversed in small talk during the first two days, and had devised the plan to escape. The deal was that should Hiei help Edowin escape the prison and get back to his fellow comrades, and Edowin would show Hiei the way back to where he was heading.
Fortunately, they both escaped and made it back. Although, just as Edowin was about to point Hiei in the correct direction, Hiei decided to hang around for a while. Supposedly, the two had created a half friendship in the time of hatred but when they did part, they never intended on meeting again.
And yet, here he stood right in front of Hiei's eyes. As cocky as ever, and now, supposedly after his blood?
"I found the new me. Not the Edowin who would be a pushover, one to be lead. Oh no. I am now the leader of my own faction. Triumphant we shall stand."
Unable to believe what he was hearing Hiei continued to stare at Edowin.
Walking over to the stunned Hiei, Edowin put a hand upon his shoulder. "You were the one who pushed me to go into the position in which I stand now. Thanks to you, I am who I am. Had you not come, I might have died within that prison. I'm thanking you now, Hiei. And because of your deeds, I am offering you one last chance to join with me."