Chapter 11: a glimpse
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Yusuke and the others had left after breakfast not wanting to run into Mat and Amy again.
"Well, they could be Hiei and Aiko." Yusuke said.
"I doubt...."
Kurama cut off his words as he sensed Hiei. He looked up into the trees to see a black blur and then nothing.
Kurama nudged Yusuke; "Did you see that?" He asked him.
"Huh? What?" Yusuke asked looking at Kurama like he'd lost his mind.
"HIEI! I SAW HIEI!" Kurama yelled excitedly.
From a distance, Hiei heard Kurama saying his name. He wanted to answer him but didn't want to show his face to them just yet. He needed to find Aiko and convince her to come with him first. But despite Aiko, he appeared before them.
Kurama saw a black blur that turned to Hiei. "Is that you, Hiei?" Kurama asked.
"Hn. Yes, but you can forget you saw me! I'm only going to tell you something, then I suggest you go home." Hiei said bitterly.
Kurama turned his back to Hiei then said, "What is it you wish to say?"
"Stop looking for Aiko and me! We don't want you to. We will come back when we wish. In fact, it might be sooner than you think." With that said, Hiei left in a blur of black.
Kurama turned around, but he was too late to say goodbye to Hiei.
"Well, should we give it a rest for today?" Ryo asked.
"Hai." Kuwabara said hopefully.
"If you wish!" Yusuke said, and collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. Just then, his communicator rang.
"What, Botan." Yusuke said.
"Well we might have some information on where you can find Aiko." Botan said.
Yusuke straightened up, "Tell me!" He demanded.
"She has a sister living in the temples of an elemental goddess named Tiber. Her sister used to live in the eastern part of the kitsune village but was thrown out of the clan for unknown reasons." Botan said.
"Aiko's a fox spirit?" Kurama asked.
"No! Her sister is. They don't have the same father. Aiko's father is a wind demon while her sister, Amaya's, father is a kitsune demon."
"Amaya? As in Amy?" Everyone asked.
"Yes she prefers to go by Amy." Botan said.
"Damn, We were just there." Yusuke said pounding his fists into the ground.
"Why did she pretend not to know Aiko or Hiei?" Kuwabara asked.
"You moron, it's obvious that she must have gotten in a fight with Aiko! But Aiko must have asked for help and her sister took her in." Ryo said.
"Sounds logical enough." Botan said, "Well, go back and have a talk with Amaya and her partner, Mat." She ordered.
"In the morning!" Kurama said, already setting up tents.
"Okay." Botan agreed.
"Good deal!" Yusuke said, crawling into his tent.
They headed back to Tiber's lands the next morning. This time, though, Amy and Mat weren't there to greet them. They went straight to the doors and talked to the guards. The guards didn't want to let them in and had to be 'persuaded' to let them go in.
"Well, that was easy!" Kurama said sarcastically.
They went to find Tiber. She was in the dining room and looked slightly taken aback by them.
"Mat! Amy!" She yelled.
Almost at once, Mat and Amy came rushing into the room, with Aiko and Hiei right behind them.
"What..." Amy asked, leaving her words trailing as she saw Yusuke and the others.
Hiei growled. "I told you to go home!" Hiei said angrily.
"Why? So we can wait for you to come back in 5 years? No more!" Ryo said looking at Aiko.
"I'm not leaving." Aiko said. "Nor am I." Hiei said.
"Hiei and Aiko are not allowed to leave until I dismiss them!" Tiber said.
"There not your slaves!" Yusuke shouted.
But before anything could be resolved, Aiko said something to Amy before Hiei and her left in a blur of purple and black.
Yusuke and the others left after that, knowing they were defeated. Aiko and Hiei were too fast for them. They didn't feeling like chasing shadows and felt that if Aiko and Hiei wanted to leave, it was there choice. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Yusuke and the others had left after breakfast not wanting to run into Mat and Amy again.
"Well, they could be Hiei and Aiko." Yusuke said.
"I doubt...."
Kurama cut off his words as he sensed Hiei. He looked up into the trees to see a black blur and then nothing.
Kurama nudged Yusuke; "Did you see that?" He asked him.
"Huh? What?" Yusuke asked looking at Kurama like he'd lost his mind.
"HIEI! I SAW HIEI!" Kurama yelled excitedly.
From a distance, Hiei heard Kurama saying his name. He wanted to answer him but didn't want to show his face to them just yet. He needed to find Aiko and convince her to come with him first. But despite Aiko, he appeared before them.
Kurama saw a black blur that turned to Hiei. "Is that you, Hiei?" Kurama asked.
"Hn. Yes, but you can forget you saw me! I'm only going to tell you something, then I suggest you go home." Hiei said bitterly.
Kurama turned his back to Hiei then said, "What is it you wish to say?"
"Stop looking for Aiko and me! We don't want you to. We will come back when we wish. In fact, it might be sooner than you think." With that said, Hiei left in a blur of black.
Kurama turned around, but he was too late to say goodbye to Hiei.
"Well, should we give it a rest for today?" Ryo asked.
"Hai." Kuwabara said hopefully.
"If you wish!" Yusuke said, and collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. Just then, his communicator rang.
"What, Botan." Yusuke said.
"Well we might have some information on where you can find Aiko." Botan said.
Yusuke straightened up, "Tell me!" He demanded.
"She has a sister living in the temples of an elemental goddess named Tiber. Her sister used to live in the eastern part of the kitsune village but was thrown out of the clan for unknown reasons." Botan said.
"Aiko's a fox spirit?" Kurama asked.
"No! Her sister is. They don't have the same father. Aiko's father is a wind demon while her sister, Amaya's, father is a kitsune demon."
"Amaya? As in Amy?" Everyone asked.
"Yes she prefers to go by Amy." Botan said.
"Damn, We were just there." Yusuke said pounding his fists into the ground.
"Why did she pretend not to know Aiko or Hiei?" Kuwabara asked.
"You moron, it's obvious that she must have gotten in a fight with Aiko! But Aiko must have asked for help and her sister took her in." Ryo said.
"Sounds logical enough." Botan said, "Well, go back and have a talk with Amaya and her partner, Mat." She ordered.
"In the morning!" Kurama said, already setting up tents.
"Okay." Botan agreed.
"Good deal!" Yusuke said, crawling into his tent.
They headed back to Tiber's lands the next morning. This time, though, Amy and Mat weren't there to greet them. They went straight to the doors and talked to the guards. The guards didn't want to let them in and had to be 'persuaded' to let them go in.
"Well, that was easy!" Kurama said sarcastically.
They went to find Tiber. She was in the dining room and looked slightly taken aback by them.
"Mat! Amy!" She yelled.
Almost at once, Mat and Amy came rushing into the room, with Aiko and Hiei right behind them.
"What..." Amy asked, leaving her words trailing as she saw Yusuke and the others.
Hiei growled. "I told you to go home!" Hiei said angrily.
"Why? So we can wait for you to come back in 5 years? No more!" Ryo said looking at Aiko.
"I'm not leaving." Aiko said. "Nor am I." Hiei said.
"Hiei and Aiko are not allowed to leave until I dismiss them!" Tiber said.
"There not your slaves!" Yusuke shouted.
But before anything could be resolved, Aiko said something to Amy before Hiei and her left in a blur of purple and black.
Yusuke and the others left after that, knowing they were defeated. Aiko and Hiei were too fast for them. They didn't feeling like chasing shadows and felt that if Aiko and Hiei wanted to leave, it was there choice. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ