Chapter 6
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"Every one hundred years the jewel requires a living soul to feed on in order to maintain its energy source. The host, which is you, will have to give up their soul to the jewel in order to keep the jewel in good condition. If the host refuses to give up his or her soul, the jewel will do one of two things. The first is that it will devore them whole, leaving nothing behind. The second is crumbling into a silver medallion, where it oringinally started. Now if you do give up your soul, you know the consiquences, but you will have to give the jewel to another family member and they have to be a youko or else all chaos will break loose," Kurama explained. Jenny's expression turned pale from the news she had just received.
"You're kidding me, right? I mean, a jewel can't possibly eat a person whole if they refuse to give it their soul."
"Well, it could turn into a medallion as well," he replied.
"How do I do that?"
"That, I am not sure of. So far everyone who has hosted the jewel has given up their soul to keep the family tradition going. That's how your father passed away."
"What? I thought he was murdered!"
"Well you thought wrong. He gave up his soul to the jewel so it could be passed down to you and learn about the family history." Jenny sank down lower in her chair, shocked from what she just heard. "No…this can't be," she cried. "Is there anything I can do for you?"
"I want to keep the jewel but…I don't want to give my soul away either! Plus, how am I supposed to change it into a medallion? Won't my demon parents be dissapointed in me? I was supposed to keep the jewel in good condition," she replied.
"Shhhh, it's alright," Kurama replied, holding her in his arms. She placed her arms around his strong shoulders as she cried. "Jenny, we should get you to bed. I'll take you back home, okay?" he whispered. She nodded quietly and with that, he began jumping along the treetops, taking her back home..
"Kurama," she mumbled quietly. "Yes?" "How do you know about all of this?" There was a tense silence in the air until, "I was a friend of your father's." "What?" "Yes, I was a good friend of your father's. He told me to keep a close eye on you when you go to the human world and be by your side always." Jenny smiled lightly and hugged him. "Kurama, please don't ever leave me," she asked in a child like manner. He stroked her hair softly saying, "Don't worry, I won't ever leave you."
He carried her bridal style to the bed and cradled her in his arms as she fell asleep slowly, holding onto the jewel. The last thing she remembered before drifting off was Kurama kissing her tears away and humming softly in her ear, while Hiei entered her room through the window.
She awoke to the sound of birds chirping outside the window and the sun shining in her eyes. Jenny looked over and saw the fire demon sleeping peacefully, holding her around the waist. She gently stroked the hair out of his face and gently shook him awake. Hiei grinned and pulled her close to him. "Jenny, I have something to tell you though."
"What's wrong?" she asked, sitting up. Hiei blushed a light shade of pink and held her hands. "I loved you since the day we first met, even though I really don't show it. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and I will do anything I can to protect you."
With this, Jenny's cheeks flustered with shyness and happiness as well. "Hiei, I love you too," she smiled, hugging him happily. "You do? I thought you liked Kurama from the way you two have been acting around each other." "No, I just find him okay as a friend, but I had a big crush on you since I first met you. It's just that with all of these girls always after you, I thought that you might like one of them back so I didn't want to be a burden to you," she replied shyly. He laughed, throwing a pillow at her.
"Hey! What was that for?" she asked, throwing it back. "I'm sorry, I just find it amusing for some reason. No, I never really did like any of those girls the same way that I do with you. But the problem is, Kurama likes you as well."
"What? I thought…"
"No, he likes you more than a little sister."
"Then…"
"Yes, he's been too shy to tell you."
"Then…"
"I'm not sure, we should go try to straighten things out with him later today."
She smiled brightly and threw a pillow at him again. "First one to the bathroom wins!" "Oh no you don't!" Hiei ran up to you and skidded into the bathroom. "Aww, no fair! You're naturally faster than I am!" she whined. He merely smirked and pressed her against the wall.
"Hiei what are," but she was silenced when his lips met hers. The world started spinning and it seemed like they enjoyed every moment of it. Soon, Hiei turned up the heat a bit by using his tongue, begging for an entrance and was soon exploring each other's mouths. Jenny was going through Hiei's hair while he was rubbing her cheek with his thumb, soon stopping to catch a breath. "Wow," she gasped, looking at him.
"Um, do you mind if I mark you?" he asked shyly. She replied with a confused look. "Well in the demon world you mark the person of whom you wish to be with so no one else may come after you. It's almost dating as the humans call it."
"Um, sure but can I mark you as well?" she asked, blushing from not knowing what to do. "Of course, turn to your Youko form first and I will start off."
The two transformed and looked at each other's eyes for a few moments when Hiei bent down a bit and began kissing her neck, fangs running up and down. Jenny moaned a bit and grabbed on to his shoulders. Soon she felt the fangs entering and she whimpered in pain a little bit. He began kissing and licking up the blood to heal the wound, and in return, Jenny did the same.
They both looked at each other, still holding on. "Why don't we go to the Makai and get washed up there instead? We can go to your house as well to get some clothes," he asked huskily. She turned red from some images racing through her mind but quickly shook them off. "Okay, that sounds fine to me," she replied quietly.
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Soon the two were at a beautiful lake in the Makai where the water was shining beautifully. "Wow, this place is amazing!" "I knew you'd like it," he smiled, holding onto her. "If you need me, I'll be on the other side of the lake okay?" He walked over and began removing his clothes (drool) and stepped into the water, Jenny doing the same. Suddenly, an idea came to her.
She swam silently to the raven-haired demon and pulled his ankle under the water. Hiei's arms were flying everywhere under the water and he saw Jenny grinning at him, still in her bathing suit. "What did you do that for?!" he asked coughing from the surprise. "What? I just wanted to have some fun with my favorite fire youkai," she replied innocently.
"Fun? I'll show you fun!" and he dunked her head underwater.
Her arms were waving frantically trying to grab onto something when he finally let her up, laughing. "Hiei! Oh it's on now!" She began chasing the Jaganshi in the water and they were splashing each other, having so much fun. "Wait, do you hear something?" he asked, both of them calming down. Jenny looked around trying to see if anything was around them, and then Hiei pinned her to a rock. "You're too easy," he grinned. "Ahh, but it is you who is easy," she smiled back, kissing him on the lips. He pulled her closer to him and began stroking her strands of hair out of her face. She moaned a bit when he touched her and she began kissing around his neck a bit, making his demon self a bit….aroused. "Hiei, don't get any ideas," Jenny laughed. "Oh, all right then," he pouted. "Come on, we have to get home before anyone notices that we're gone."
"I don't think you two are going anywhere," a voice called out.
Aw crap, another stupid demon… Jenny thought.
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Sorry it took so long but you guys gotta review! Please? It would really mean a lot to me! Well duty calls for another task, Ja Ne!
-Radical Edward -^.^-