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Hiei blinked his eyes, once. Twice. And immediately knew something was seriously wrong.
For one, the ground was much too soft. Even if he was stupid enough to sleep on the ground, rather then in a typical tree, it would be a good deal softer then the cloud he was laying on now.
The other thing was it was much to light. The room, or sky for that matter, seemed to burn his nocturnal eyes. He threw his arm over his eyes, protecting them from the burning luminosity. "Uh," he moaned, feeling a jabbing pain in his arm.
Blinking a few times, despite the annoying brightness, he looked down at his arm. To his surprise, it was bandaged carefully in a white band of fabric, with a little blood soaking through the outsides.
Then, he remembered what had happened. And with a sudden shock, realized what that meant. 'I'm actually still ALIVE?!?!" he realized. 'That red haired demon didn't kill me? Not only that, but he took care of me? What the heck is going on?!?!"
And as if responding to his thoughts, the door opened with a click. A human boy entered, and without looking at Hiei, quickly turned around and closed the door. When he turned back around, their eyes met.
'What's a human doing here?!?!' Hiei wondered. He opened his mouth to demand what was happening, but the human hushed him quickly.
"Mother doesn't know you're here. I'd have a lot of explaining to do if someone else started yelling from my room. Explaining your presence would not be an easy task." Hiei immediately quieted up.
Fighting to sit up despite his wounds, the human rushed over to his side and pushed him back down again. "You have a lot of bad wounds," he told the fire demon. "I don't think it'd be a good idea to do lots of moving."
Hiei lay back down, irritated but realizing the child spoke the truth. Instead, he turned away and looked toward the wall with a "hn."
Suddenly, he felt something caress his arm. He startled a little, and turned to find the human gently taking off his bandages, his warm hands brushing softly against his skin. In one way, the fire demon hated it because it made him feel soft and kind. In retrospect, it felt as if he WAS loved, that maybe someone actually cared about him, even if he didn't know who the human was. He didn't even understand what was going on or why the human was here in the first place. And where had that terrible, red headed demon gone anyway?
"Who are you?" Hiei demanded, trying to make sense out of the situation.
"Kurama," the human answered. Then, he winced slightly. 'What's wrong?' Hiei thought. 'There's nothing wrong with the name, even if it does sound demonic.'
"What's your name?" Kurama asked the fire demon.
Hiei started. Just what was going on here? The demon was helping him and he didn't even know who he was? Voicing his thoughts, Hiei told the human, "You don't even know who I am? And you helped me?" The human called Kurama didn't reply.
After another short moment of silence, the black haired demon replied, "Hiei."
"Hm?" Kurama asked, distracted by his bandaging.
"My name is Hiei," the fire demon, snapped loosing his temper.
Kurama smiled a little, which only irritated Hiei further. "Well, Hiei, you'd better stay here until you're better. Some of those wounds are pretty bad."
Hiei didn't protest immediately, but it was mostly out of courtesy, as little of it as he possessed, he did have a sense of honor. Besides, the human wasn't lying when he said that some of his wounds were bad. They WERE, he just wasn't going to sit around helpless because of it. Besides, that red haired demon might come back.
'Hold on,' Hiei thought, with a sudden jolt. 'Red haired demon? This kid has red hair too. They both are the same size, and have the same green eyes. Just what is going on.'
Then, Hiei took a quick look at Kurama's ki. What he saw surprised him greatly. 'It's demonic, there's no doubt about it. But his body's human and so is his house.'
"Damn it," he growled annoyed, staring at Kurama in frustration. "Just what are you, human or demon? Your body is clearly that of a human and you live in a human house, but your ki defiantly has traces of a demon. Just what the heck are you?!?!"
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Hey!
New chapter up! I know this chapter is exactly like chapter seven in Fox Child, which is why I don't like it very much. The only thing different is it's more in Hiei's point of view. Oh well…
My next chapter is not written yet, so I'm not totally sure when I'll have it up. Hopefully by Thursday, although I really have to work on Fox Child. If not, it'll be up on Tuesday. Sorry for the delays!
Also, I've got a new story for all you YAOI fans. It's called Ashes, Ashes and is also YYH. It's about Kurama and Hiei and is more of a love thing, without too much lovey dovey stuff. It's also pretty dark.
I think that's all for now! Thank you everyone who reviewed!
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