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Chpt5.- Denial and Fighting

/ She was fighting the darkness, somewhere in her mind. She couldn't let it pass by, let it get out and hurt others. She didn't want him hurt . /

~HIEI!!

/ She couldn't say it out loud. It would be confessing, confessing to love. she couldn't risk his life just because she loved him. It wasn't even certain that he felt the same way back. /

~ That's why I ran from Kurama. It took long, but I eventually forgot, until recently. But I found that it wasn't true love. Just something close to gratitude and admiration.

/ The darkness charged at her again. She materialized her bow and arrow. The picked up her arrow, which was entwined by lilies and shot at the darkness, and it faded away. She was losing energy, and each time the darkness would get stronger as it came back. Then it came again. She had nearly dodged by a few centimeters and then it came back around and she was engulfed in it. An explosion occurred next. She laid there on the ground, pain shooting through every inch of her body. Regret filled her heart. The darkness got out, she knew it. The next moment Hiei looked up and darkness poured out of Florinda's body. He stepped back as she started to levitate.

+ "Rinda!!!"

~ "Stay away!!!" please I beg you.

/ The darkness ran straight for him but he dodged as it on cut part of his shirt. /

~ Hiei. I'm so sorry, I lost control.

/ Tears filled f=her eyes and she tried to oppose the darkness and the love she felt. It electrocuted her body. /

~ "AH!!! HIEI!!!"

/ She regretted that immediately, calling forward, putting him in more danger. /

" This must be it."

/ Hiei looked back and saw the worried faces of Kurama and Botan. /

"Hiei, it would be wise to tell her the truth now."

+ "Truth Kurama? There is no truth in this world. What truth?"

"We know you hate it when others tell you how to feel . . . but I think this time, you DO feel something."

/ They heard a sudden thud. Florin had fallen to her knees. Bloods started to ooze out at her joints. She was losing, losing the battle inside. This set Hiei off. Without thinking, he ran towards her. /

~ "stop! I don't want you hurt."

/ Her tears were now of blood. He leaped at her body and held her close to his chest. /

+ "I don't care! I, I love you!"

/ Right as he finished that sentence, the dark force swallowed them both. /