Blindness
By Gozilla
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything (except for the cute little Blackie, please don't take it away from me) and I don't have anything. So don't sue me!!
Please excuse my poor English!
Enjoy!
Reviews are welcomed!
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"crap" - conversation
*crap* - thoughts
(crap) - author's note
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Chapter 3 : Blinded
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~Early next morning~
~Inside a room of Genkai's temple~
The koorime slowly woke up from an unsettled brief sleep on the floor. She had been taking care of her twin brother until around 2 hours ago, when the fire demon's high fever had finally ceased.
Bright sunlight showered the room. The sounds of the birds cheered the koorime. She got up and looked at her sleeping brother, happiness filled her heart as there was no sign of pain or suffering on his face.
She tried to fix the cover on the fire demon before he stirred and woke. His crimson eyes opened and stared straight to the ceiling.
"Oniisan." the koorime greeted the fire demon, "Finally you are awake. It was a horrible night."
"Yukina?" Hiei asked weakly, his eyes still staring straight ahead, "It's so dark here. Why don't you turn on the light or something?"
"What do you mean, oniisan?" Yukina asked playfully, "It's all bright here."
The fire demon did not reply, his heart sank as he realised what happened to him.
"Oniisan?" the koorime asked, worried, "What's going on?" as she waved her hand in front of the fire demon. There was no movement in his eyes, no sign of seeing the hand at all.
"No..." Yukina moaned as she ran out of the room, "Kurama-san! Kawabara- san! Please come! Hurry!"
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~Ten minutes later~
Kurama used a small hand torch to test if the fire demon's eyes were responsive to light. He sighed as he found no trace of response from the crimson eyes.
"Hiei," the youko asked, "can you use your jagan? Can you see through the jagan?"
The fire demon shook his head.
"So?" Kawabara asked.
"I think we have to expect the worst." Kurama said sadly, looking at the emotionless face of his best friend, "I am afraid that the high fever last night might have caused some damages to Hiei's sight system."
The fire demon remained silent, unbelieving what was happening.
"Is there anything we can do?" Yukina asked.
Kurama turned and looked at the koorime, shaking his head, "There is nothing we can do at the moment. We can't take him to a doctor in Ningenkai. All we can do is wait for Mukuro and Yusuke to return and see if they knew any way to cure this."
"Oniisan..." said the koorime, holding back tears.
"Please leave." the fire demon whispered, lowering his head, "Please leave me alone."
"But oniisan..." said the koorime before being stopped by Kurama. Knowing his best friend well, he knew the fire demon needed some quiet time to accept the truth. Without a word, he stood and left, with Yukina and Kawabara following, leaving the silent fire demon inside the room.
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~Two days later, Friday evening~
Kurama and Kawabara arrived at Genkai's temple with two huge bags of supplies. They were silent all the way to the temple, wishing a miracle would have happened to the fire demon.
Their hope faded as they saw the sad face of the koorime.
"How's he?" Kurama asked, half-knowing the answer.
"He is very depressed." Yukina answered, "He didn't talk at all. He would only eat and drink when I insist him to do so. I am worried about him."
Kurama sighed, "I hope that Mukuro and Yusuke will return soon. I am sure Mukuro will find a way to cure Hiei's eyes."
Kurama turned to look at the black dragon settled around the koorime's shoulders, "How about Blackie? Is it OK?"
Yukina stroke the dragon, which lied lazily on her shoulders, "Blackie's fine. It seemed that it is not too effected by oniisan's lost of his sight ability. I guess my share of heart and soul is supporting it."
The three walked inside the temple without a further word, their hearts heavy as a lead.
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~Around mid-night~
~Inside Hiei's dream~
The fire demon found himself being surrounded and attacked by a group of powerful demons. The demons disappeared and appeared out of thin air, attacking him from all directions.
Suddenly, a sword struck, aimed at his heart. He had no time to react but watched in fear. Out of nowhere, Yukina appeared and blocked the sword in front of him, which sunk deeply into her small body.
Hiei held the bloodied body of his twin sister, unable to make a sound. He watched in horror as a sad smile appeared on her face before she closed her eyes and disappeared in his embrace.
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~Same time~
~Inside a room of Genkai's temple~
Hiei shot up from the futon, sweat trailing down his face. He could see nothing but darkness, total darkness.
Realising it was a nightmare, he couldn't stop but shiver, curled tightly into a ball. Not knowing what was more scary, the tragedy in his nightmare, or the total darkness in reality.
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~Next morning~
~In the backyard of Genkai's temple~
After much persuasion by Yukina and Kurama, the fire demon had reluctantly agreed to leave his room for the first time since the day he arrived with Mukuro. Though he would never admit it, but the fresh wind and the warmth of the sun made him feel better.
Yukina and Kurama stayed closed to the blinded fire demon, describing the weather and the surroundings in the backyard to him. Their hearts lightened as they saw a faint smile appeared on the pale face of the face demon.
Kurama walked away from the twins and went towards an ancient oak tree in the backyard, Hiei's favourite tree to sit and look over his twin sister before Yukina knew the fire demon was her long-lost brother, telling stories about how Hiei hid behind the trees and stayed undetected by the koorime.
As Hiei tried to stop the fox demon from telling anything embarrassing, both he and Kurama sensed the approach of uninvited demons. A shower of arrows suddenly shot towards the twins from the shade of the bush.
Being too far away from the twins, Kurama could do nothing but shouted, "Run!"
Unable to see the arrows, the fire demon hesitated for a split second, unknowing that an arrow was about to hit his heart.
"Oniisan!" Yukina shouted and pushed her brother away from the path of the arrow but was hit by the arrow at the arm. She yelled in pain and fell to the ground.
"Yukina!" Hiei shouted in shock, trying desperately to locate his sister and listen for the sound of any other attacks.
Kurama charged into the bush, "Rose whip!" as a rose turned into a deadly whip. He killed the demons within a few minutes before returning to the twins. His eyes widened as he saw the fire demon held the bleeding koorime in his embrace, obviously shaken to the deepest part of his heart.
"She will be alright, Hiei." Kurama said gently as he loosened the fire demon's embrace around the koorime.
"Hiei, stay inside the temple. I will take care of Yukina." The youko quickly took the koorime inside for treatment.
Without a word, the fire demon searched his way back to his room, his heart tore into hundreds of pieces by the fact that his sister was hurt because of him.
*The nightmare has come true...* he thought as he entered the room, great fear struck him as he remembered how his sister died in his embrace in his nightmare.
He wrapped his arms around his body, trying to stop the shivering. He felt cold, extremely cold. He couldn't bear the thought of risking his sister's life for his weakness, his blindness.
*It is not worth it. Nobody worth getting injured or risking their lives for me, the forbidden child. I am unwanted. I will only bring tears and tragedies to the people around me.* he thought as he went into his room, closing the door behind him.
*I don't deserve anyone's care or love. I don't deserve it... I am just a forbidden child. A child which the world should have gotten rid of a long time ago...* he found himself shivering even more violently. The thought of his sister or friends getting injured or die for him almost make him collapse to the floor.
*I can't let it happen. I won't let it happen...* he thought, decision- made. He opened the window and whispered, "Blackie, I know you can hear me. I need you. Come to me."
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End of Chapter 3
Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Please feel free to review and comment!
By Gozilla
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything (except for the cute little Blackie, please don't take it away from me) and I don't have anything. So don't sue me!!
Please excuse my poor English!
Enjoy!
Reviews are welcomed!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"crap" - conversation
*crap* - thoughts
(crap) - author's note
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Chapter 3 : Blinded
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~Early next morning~
~Inside a room of Genkai's temple~
The koorime slowly woke up from an unsettled brief sleep on the floor. She had been taking care of her twin brother until around 2 hours ago, when the fire demon's high fever had finally ceased.
Bright sunlight showered the room. The sounds of the birds cheered the koorime. She got up and looked at her sleeping brother, happiness filled her heart as there was no sign of pain or suffering on his face.
She tried to fix the cover on the fire demon before he stirred and woke. His crimson eyes opened and stared straight to the ceiling.
"Oniisan." the koorime greeted the fire demon, "Finally you are awake. It was a horrible night."
"Yukina?" Hiei asked weakly, his eyes still staring straight ahead, "It's so dark here. Why don't you turn on the light or something?"
"What do you mean, oniisan?" Yukina asked playfully, "It's all bright here."
The fire demon did not reply, his heart sank as he realised what happened to him.
"Oniisan?" the koorime asked, worried, "What's going on?" as she waved her hand in front of the fire demon. There was no movement in his eyes, no sign of seeing the hand at all.
"No..." Yukina moaned as she ran out of the room, "Kurama-san! Kawabara- san! Please come! Hurry!"
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~Ten minutes later~
Kurama used a small hand torch to test if the fire demon's eyes were responsive to light. He sighed as he found no trace of response from the crimson eyes.
"Hiei," the youko asked, "can you use your jagan? Can you see through the jagan?"
The fire demon shook his head.
"So?" Kawabara asked.
"I think we have to expect the worst." Kurama said sadly, looking at the emotionless face of his best friend, "I am afraid that the high fever last night might have caused some damages to Hiei's sight system."
The fire demon remained silent, unbelieving what was happening.
"Is there anything we can do?" Yukina asked.
Kurama turned and looked at the koorime, shaking his head, "There is nothing we can do at the moment. We can't take him to a doctor in Ningenkai. All we can do is wait for Mukuro and Yusuke to return and see if they knew any way to cure this."
"Oniisan..." said the koorime, holding back tears.
"Please leave." the fire demon whispered, lowering his head, "Please leave me alone."
"But oniisan..." said the koorime before being stopped by Kurama. Knowing his best friend well, he knew the fire demon needed some quiet time to accept the truth. Without a word, he stood and left, with Yukina and Kawabara following, leaving the silent fire demon inside the room.
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~Two days later, Friday evening~
Kurama and Kawabara arrived at Genkai's temple with two huge bags of supplies. They were silent all the way to the temple, wishing a miracle would have happened to the fire demon.
Their hope faded as they saw the sad face of the koorime.
"How's he?" Kurama asked, half-knowing the answer.
"He is very depressed." Yukina answered, "He didn't talk at all. He would only eat and drink when I insist him to do so. I am worried about him."
Kurama sighed, "I hope that Mukuro and Yusuke will return soon. I am sure Mukuro will find a way to cure Hiei's eyes."
Kurama turned to look at the black dragon settled around the koorime's shoulders, "How about Blackie? Is it OK?"
Yukina stroke the dragon, which lied lazily on her shoulders, "Blackie's fine. It seemed that it is not too effected by oniisan's lost of his sight ability. I guess my share of heart and soul is supporting it."
The three walked inside the temple without a further word, their hearts heavy as a lead.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~Around mid-night~
~Inside Hiei's dream~
The fire demon found himself being surrounded and attacked by a group of powerful demons. The demons disappeared and appeared out of thin air, attacking him from all directions.
Suddenly, a sword struck, aimed at his heart. He had no time to react but watched in fear. Out of nowhere, Yukina appeared and blocked the sword in front of him, which sunk deeply into her small body.
Hiei held the bloodied body of his twin sister, unable to make a sound. He watched in horror as a sad smile appeared on her face before she closed her eyes and disappeared in his embrace.
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~Same time~
~Inside a room of Genkai's temple~
Hiei shot up from the futon, sweat trailing down his face. He could see nothing but darkness, total darkness.
Realising it was a nightmare, he couldn't stop but shiver, curled tightly into a ball. Not knowing what was more scary, the tragedy in his nightmare, or the total darkness in reality.
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~Next morning~
~In the backyard of Genkai's temple~
After much persuasion by Yukina and Kurama, the fire demon had reluctantly agreed to leave his room for the first time since the day he arrived with Mukuro. Though he would never admit it, but the fresh wind and the warmth of the sun made him feel better.
Yukina and Kurama stayed closed to the blinded fire demon, describing the weather and the surroundings in the backyard to him. Their hearts lightened as they saw a faint smile appeared on the pale face of the face demon.
Kurama walked away from the twins and went towards an ancient oak tree in the backyard, Hiei's favourite tree to sit and look over his twin sister before Yukina knew the fire demon was her long-lost brother, telling stories about how Hiei hid behind the trees and stayed undetected by the koorime.
As Hiei tried to stop the fox demon from telling anything embarrassing, both he and Kurama sensed the approach of uninvited demons. A shower of arrows suddenly shot towards the twins from the shade of the bush.
Being too far away from the twins, Kurama could do nothing but shouted, "Run!"
Unable to see the arrows, the fire demon hesitated for a split second, unknowing that an arrow was about to hit his heart.
"Oniisan!" Yukina shouted and pushed her brother away from the path of the arrow but was hit by the arrow at the arm. She yelled in pain and fell to the ground.
"Yukina!" Hiei shouted in shock, trying desperately to locate his sister and listen for the sound of any other attacks.
Kurama charged into the bush, "Rose whip!" as a rose turned into a deadly whip. He killed the demons within a few minutes before returning to the twins. His eyes widened as he saw the fire demon held the bleeding koorime in his embrace, obviously shaken to the deepest part of his heart.
"She will be alright, Hiei." Kurama said gently as he loosened the fire demon's embrace around the koorime.
"Hiei, stay inside the temple. I will take care of Yukina." The youko quickly took the koorime inside for treatment.
Without a word, the fire demon searched his way back to his room, his heart tore into hundreds of pieces by the fact that his sister was hurt because of him.
*The nightmare has come true...* he thought as he entered the room, great fear struck him as he remembered how his sister died in his embrace in his nightmare.
He wrapped his arms around his body, trying to stop the shivering. He felt cold, extremely cold. He couldn't bear the thought of risking his sister's life for his weakness, his blindness.
*It is not worth it. Nobody worth getting injured or risking their lives for me, the forbidden child. I am unwanted. I will only bring tears and tragedies to the people around me.* he thought as he went into his room, closing the door behind him.
*I don't deserve anyone's care or love. I don't deserve it... I am just a forbidden child. A child which the world should have gotten rid of a long time ago...* he found himself shivering even more violently. The thought of his sister or friends getting injured or die for him almost make him collapse to the floor.
*I can't let it happen. I won't let it happen...* he thought, decision- made. He opened the window and whispered, "Blackie, I know you can hear me. I need you. Come to me."
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End of Chapter 3
Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Please feel free to review and comment!