Blindness
By Gozilla
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Thank you to all of you who reviewed and gave me comments on the story! Really happy to read your reviews!! ^-^
In this chapter, there will be some storyline about the koorime tribe and they will be very OOC (and I mean, VERY!)! I apologise in advance for that but please kindly accept the OOCness just for the sake of allowing me to write a more exciting story. Thanks!
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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 4 : Home
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~30 minutes later~
~Inside Genkai's temple~
Kurama had finished treating the wound on Yukina's arm. He helped her to lie on a futon before leaving the room, letting her to rest. Kurama walked towards the fire demon's room, thinking of how to comfort the worried brother.
He arrived his room and lightly knocked on the door, "Hiei? I am coming in." Kurama entered the room, finding no trace of his friend.
"Hiei? Where are you?" Kurama raised his voice. No response.
It was then he noticed a note on the table. Kurama frowned as he read the note:
Yukina / Kurama,
I am sorry that I have to leave you like this. Please don't try to
find me, because you won't.
Yukina, I am so sorry that you got injured because of me. I don't
deserve to be your brother. Not only that I can't protect you
anymore, my presence will only bring you great danger. I have to
leave as I can't let you risk yourself for me. Please forgive and
forget me.
Kurama, I always wanted to thank you for the friendship you gave me.
I have caused you too much trouble already. I don't deserve the
friendship as I can't even defend myself, let alone helping you or the
others anymore. I am worthless to the team and it is time for me to
step down. I hope you will find a more valuable partner soon.
Once again, don't try to find me.
Hiei
P.S. - Kurama, I know what you are thinking. Don't worry, I won't
kill myself. Doing that will only bring more pain to Yukina, she will
know as we are connected in heart. I will try to stay alive as long
as I can.
Kurama punched the table in anger, breaking it into a dozen pieces, "Hiei, how can you do this to us..." he murmured as he crumbled the note in his hand.
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~Six hour later~
~Somewhere in Makai~
A fire demon tumbled out a portal connected to the Ningenkai, a dragon with black and white strip pattern whirled around his left arm and a black flame dragon danced in the air above the fire demon.
Without his sight ability, Hiei made his way back to Makai with the guide of his reikai beast, Blackie. For reasons unknown to him, he was very weak and he felt exhausted with the six hours trip through the dimension between the Ningenkai and Makai.
With the portal closed behind them and sensing its master's exhaustion, the dragon found a tree hole hidden inside the thick forest and led the fire demon to it, away from any unwanted attention.
Hiei went inside the tree hole, tempted to have a deep sleep. Knowing too well that it would be too dangerous to do so, Hiei decided to just sit and rest.
*Where... to... go?* a message flashed through the fire demon's mind, transmitted from the dragon.
"Where?" Hiei murmured. He just wanted to stay away from the ones he cared, to a place where they couldn't find him. "A place where they can't find me..." he murmured, an idea came to his mind, "Blackie, use the power of the jagan you got from me and take me to the floating Island of the Koorimes. Afterward, you will be free to go."
*I... not... leave you...* another message flashed though Hiei's mind.
"Yes, you will. I want you to leave me once we get to the floating island as I don't deserve to be your master anymore." the fire demon murmured, "You knew that you don't need me since Yukina had injected her power into you, you and your life are pretty much independent of me. You don't need me and I have nothing to give you anymore."
The dragon did not argue. It left its master's arm and landed on top of entrance of the tree hole, guarding the occupant inside it. The fire demon sat and rested, making sure that he would not fall asleep and make himself an easy meal for any demons.
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~Three days later~
~Somewhere in Makai~
Strong chilly wind blew across the cliff of a high mountain. Heavy snowfall froze everything visible around the area, except one. A black figure was moving slowly upward along the cliff, despite the hostile weather.
With his hands and feet searching for rocks or cracks on the cliff for a secured hold, Hiei was finding his way to the top of the mountain. Blackie, on the other hand, was flying closely to the fire demon, guiding him towards the top.
After almost falling to his death for several times, Hiei had finally made it to the top. The chilling wind was even stronger, threatening to take away every last drop of warmth inside the fire demon's body.
Hiei fell to his knees, panting heavily and exhausted. His condition had worsened over the past few days. Something was eroding his youki and physical strength away in an alarming rate. There was no sign of recovery of his eyesight. His youki was low and he was very weak, he felt extremely vulnerable wandering around Makai.
The fire demon was struggling to keep himself from falling into sleep when the dragon let out a roar.
*It... here...* a message flashed through the fire demon's mind.
Hiei raised his head and heard a familiar low thunder-like sound. *The Floating Island of the Koorimes...* he thought, *How ironic... I was born there... being cast away from there... and... I will probably die there...* as a gigantic land revealed itself from the thick cloud, about to collide with the top of the mountain.
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~30 minutes later~
~On the edge of the floating Island of the Kooirme~
Inside a cave, away from the wind and snow outside, sat Hiei, extremely exhausted.
"You can go now." he murmured, "You are free and you can go anywhere you like."
*I... not... leave you...*
"I told you I have nothing to give you and I am not worthy to be your master." the fire demon yelled as he threw stones at the dragon. The dragon dodged the stones easily. It stayed a safe distance from its master and guarded the open of the cave.
Defeated by the persistence of the dragon, Hiei sighed. Totally wore out, he gave up and slipped into another restless sleep.
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~Two hours later~
~Inside a cave on the edge of the floating Island of the Kooirme ~
The fire demon's eyes snapped opened in fear. Total darkness. Another nightmare of his twin sister died in his embrace. *I will go crazy very soon if this goes on...* he thought as he found himself covered in a think layer of sweat.
Suddenly, he sensed the approach of a group of youkais, the koorimes. The dragon groaned dangerously as it sensed the unfriendliness in the youki. Hiei left the cave and faced a group of koorimes, each armed with a staff.
The koorimes had sensed the intrusion of the fire demon to the island. A group of fighters was sent to expel the intruder from the island. They were surprised to see the very pale face of the fire demon.
"Who are you?" asked the leading koorime, "Why are you intruding the island? What do you want?"
"I want nothing from here." the fire demon replied, annoyed, "Just leave me alone."
The leading koorime said, "No matter what kind of reason you have. You have to leave now. We don't accept visitors here, especially a male one." as she held her staff in fighting position.
"Captain Rain, wait," said one of the koorimes, "I think I have seen him before." Her eyes wide-opened as she remembered, "You are Hina's child! You are the one we threw off the cliff 200 years ago!"
Hiei blinked in confusion.
"Rei, what are you talking about?" Rain demanded.
"He is one of the twins Hina gave birth to 200 years ago." Rei answered, "He is Hina's child. He is one of us."
"He is NOT!" Rain yelled angrily, "He is the forbidden child! He has returned to destroy us! We have to destroy him now!" as she swung her staff at the fire demon.
The fire demon barely dodged the attack, using his keen sense of hearing. He found it more and more difficult to avoid the attacks as more koorimes joined in for the fight. "You stupid koorimes! Just leave me alone! Don't force me to hurt you!" he yelled as he dodged another attack with the help of Blackie.
"He can't see!" Rain found out and shouted, "He is blind! Let's get rid of him now!"
"Stop! Please stop!" Rei shouted, trying to stop the attack of one of the koorimes, "He did no harm to us! Please stop!"
Suddenly, an arrow shot out of nowhere and sunk deeply into the arm of one of the koorimes. She fell to her knees and yelled, "Who's that?"
"Finally," came a deep voice, "we have found the floating Island of the Koorimes. This is the biggest treasure we have ever found! We are going to be very rich soon!" as a group of around thirty bird-like demons flying above the koorimes.
"It's the seagull demons." Rain said to the koorime fighters, "They are famous for stealing and ruthless killing. We are in big trouble."
"We will sell these kooirme in the black market and be very rich!!" the leading demon laughly evilly, "You koorimes come with us quietly or prepare to die. I don't mind to kill a few of you as there will be plenty in the village."
"Don't you even think about it!!" Rain yelled as she led the group of koorime fighters to fight against the seagull demons.
The koorimes soon found themselves losing the battle as the seagull demons used their advantages in flying. They attacked from the sky, beyond the reach of the koorimes' attacks, wounding a few koorimes in only a few minutes.
Hiei covered his ears with his hands. The screams of the koorimes reminded him of the painful memories and the screams of his mother let out 200 years ago. *No! He is my son! Please don't kill him! Please!!!* his heart broke as the last words of his mother rang across his mind.
Feeling his head was going to blow up, "Shut up and get down!!" the fire demon yelled as he gathered his remaining youki to his right arm. "Dragon of Black Flame!!" he shouted as he unleashed a large black flame dragon from his arm.
The koorimes were terrified by the black flame dragon and got down to the ground.
Blackie plunged into the black flame dragon, took control over the black flame dragon and wiped out the whole group of the seagull demons in a matter of seconds.
The black flame dragon slowly faded away, leaving the small dragon flying towards its master, who was lying on the snow, unconscious.
One by one, the koorime fighters got up and walked towards the unconscious fire demon. Rain looked at Hiei, her mind struggled with mixed emotions.
The dragon landed on its master's body, growling dangerously at the approaching koorimes, trying to protect its master.
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End of Chapter 4
Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Please feel free to review and comment!
By Gozilla
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you to all of you who reviewed and gave me comments on the story! Really happy to read your reviews!! ^-^
In this chapter, there will be some storyline about the koorime tribe and they will be very OOC (and I mean, VERY!)! I apologise in advance for that but please kindly accept the OOCness just for the sake of allowing me to write a more exciting story. Thanks!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 4 : Home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~30 minutes later~
~Inside Genkai's temple~
Kurama had finished treating the wound on Yukina's arm. He helped her to lie on a futon before leaving the room, letting her to rest. Kurama walked towards the fire demon's room, thinking of how to comfort the worried brother.
He arrived his room and lightly knocked on the door, "Hiei? I am coming in." Kurama entered the room, finding no trace of his friend.
"Hiei? Where are you?" Kurama raised his voice. No response.
It was then he noticed a note on the table. Kurama frowned as he read the note:
Yukina / Kurama,
I am sorry that I have to leave you like this. Please don't try to
find me, because you won't.
Yukina, I am so sorry that you got injured because of me. I don't
deserve to be your brother. Not only that I can't protect you
anymore, my presence will only bring you great danger. I have to
leave as I can't let you risk yourself for me. Please forgive and
forget me.
Kurama, I always wanted to thank you for the friendship you gave me.
I have caused you too much trouble already. I don't deserve the
friendship as I can't even defend myself, let alone helping you or the
others anymore. I am worthless to the team and it is time for me to
step down. I hope you will find a more valuable partner soon.
Once again, don't try to find me.
Hiei
P.S. - Kurama, I know what you are thinking. Don't worry, I won't
kill myself. Doing that will only bring more pain to Yukina, she will
know as we are connected in heart. I will try to stay alive as long
as I can.
Kurama punched the table in anger, breaking it into a dozen pieces, "Hiei, how can you do this to us..." he murmured as he crumbled the note in his hand.
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~Six hour later~
~Somewhere in Makai~
A fire demon tumbled out a portal connected to the Ningenkai, a dragon with black and white strip pattern whirled around his left arm and a black flame dragon danced in the air above the fire demon.
Without his sight ability, Hiei made his way back to Makai with the guide of his reikai beast, Blackie. For reasons unknown to him, he was very weak and he felt exhausted with the six hours trip through the dimension between the Ningenkai and Makai.
With the portal closed behind them and sensing its master's exhaustion, the dragon found a tree hole hidden inside the thick forest and led the fire demon to it, away from any unwanted attention.
Hiei went inside the tree hole, tempted to have a deep sleep. Knowing too well that it would be too dangerous to do so, Hiei decided to just sit and rest.
*Where... to... go?* a message flashed through the fire demon's mind, transmitted from the dragon.
"Where?" Hiei murmured. He just wanted to stay away from the ones he cared, to a place where they couldn't find him. "A place where they can't find me..." he murmured, an idea came to his mind, "Blackie, use the power of the jagan you got from me and take me to the floating Island of the Koorimes. Afterward, you will be free to go."
*I... not... leave you...* another message flashed though Hiei's mind.
"Yes, you will. I want you to leave me once we get to the floating island as I don't deserve to be your master anymore." the fire demon murmured, "You knew that you don't need me since Yukina had injected her power into you, you and your life are pretty much independent of me. You don't need me and I have nothing to give you anymore."
The dragon did not argue. It left its master's arm and landed on top of entrance of the tree hole, guarding the occupant inside it. The fire demon sat and rested, making sure that he would not fall asleep and make himself an easy meal for any demons.
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~Three days later~
~Somewhere in Makai~
Strong chilly wind blew across the cliff of a high mountain. Heavy snowfall froze everything visible around the area, except one. A black figure was moving slowly upward along the cliff, despite the hostile weather.
With his hands and feet searching for rocks or cracks on the cliff for a secured hold, Hiei was finding his way to the top of the mountain. Blackie, on the other hand, was flying closely to the fire demon, guiding him towards the top.
After almost falling to his death for several times, Hiei had finally made it to the top. The chilling wind was even stronger, threatening to take away every last drop of warmth inside the fire demon's body.
Hiei fell to his knees, panting heavily and exhausted. His condition had worsened over the past few days. Something was eroding his youki and physical strength away in an alarming rate. There was no sign of recovery of his eyesight. His youki was low and he was very weak, he felt extremely vulnerable wandering around Makai.
The fire demon was struggling to keep himself from falling into sleep when the dragon let out a roar.
*It... here...* a message flashed through the fire demon's mind.
Hiei raised his head and heard a familiar low thunder-like sound. *The Floating Island of the Koorimes...* he thought, *How ironic... I was born there... being cast away from there... and... I will probably die there...* as a gigantic land revealed itself from the thick cloud, about to collide with the top of the mountain.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~30 minutes later~
~On the edge of the floating Island of the Kooirme~
Inside a cave, away from the wind and snow outside, sat Hiei, extremely exhausted.
"You can go now." he murmured, "You are free and you can go anywhere you like."
*I... not... leave you...*
"I told you I have nothing to give you and I am not worthy to be your master." the fire demon yelled as he threw stones at the dragon. The dragon dodged the stones easily. It stayed a safe distance from its master and guarded the open of the cave.
Defeated by the persistence of the dragon, Hiei sighed. Totally wore out, he gave up and slipped into another restless sleep.
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~Two hours later~
~Inside a cave on the edge of the floating Island of the Kooirme ~
The fire demon's eyes snapped opened in fear. Total darkness. Another nightmare of his twin sister died in his embrace. *I will go crazy very soon if this goes on...* he thought as he found himself covered in a think layer of sweat.
Suddenly, he sensed the approach of a group of youkais, the koorimes. The dragon groaned dangerously as it sensed the unfriendliness in the youki. Hiei left the cave and faced a group of koorimes, each armed with a staff.
The koorimes had sensed the intrusion of the fire demon to the island. A group of fighters was sent to expel the intruder from the island. They were surprised to see the very pale face of the fire demon.
"Who are you?" asked the leading koorime, "Why are you intruding the island? What do you want?"
"I want nothing from here." the fire demon replied, annoyed, "Just leave me alone."
The leading koorime said, "No matter what kind of reason you have. You have to leave now. We don't accept visitors here, especially a male one." as she held her staff in fighting position.
"Captain Rain, wait," said one of the koorimes, "I think I have seen him before." Her eyes wide-opened as she remembered, "You are Hina's child! You are the one we threw off the cliff 200 years ago!"
Hiei blinked in confusion.
"Rei, what are you talking about?" Rain demanded.
"He is one of the twins Hina gave birth to 200 years ago." Rei answered, "He is Hina's child. He is one of us."
"He is NOT!" Rain yelled angrily, "He is the forbidden child! He has returned to destroy us! We have to destroy him now!" as she swung her staff at the fire demon.
The fire demon barely dodged the attack, using his keen sense of hearing. He found it more and more difficult to avoid the attacks as more koorimes joined in for the fight. "You stupid koorimes! Just leave me alone! Don't force me to hurt you!" he yelled as he dodged another attack with the help of Blackie.
"He can't see!" Rain found out and shouted, "He is blind! Let's get rid of him now!"
"Stop! Please stop!" Rei shouted, trying to stop the attack of one of the koorimes, "He did no harm to us! Please stop!"
Suddenly, an arrow shot out of nowhere and sunk deeply into the arm of one of the koorimes. She fell to her knees and yelled, "Who's that?"
"Finally," came a deep voice, "we have found the floating Island of the Koorimes. This is the biggest treasure we have ever found! We are going to be very rich soon!" as a group of around thirty bird-like demons flying above the koorimes.
"It's the seagull demons." Rain said to the koorime fighters, "They are famous for stealing and ruthless killing. We are in big trouble."
"We will sell these kooirme in the black market and be very rich!!" the leading demon laughly evilly, "You koorimes come with us quietly or prepare to die. I don't mind to kill a few of you as there will be plenty in the village."
"Don't you even think about it!!" Rain yelled as she led the group of koorime fighters to fight against the seagull demons.
The koorimes soon found themselves losing the battle as the seagull demons used their advantages in flying. They attacked from the sky, beyond the reach of the koorimes' attacks, wounding a few koorimes in only a few minutes.
Hiei covered his ears with his hands. The screams of the koorimes reminded him of the painful memories and the screams of his mother let out 200 years ago. *No! He is my son! Please don't kill him! Please!!!* his heart broke as the last words of his mother rang across his mind.
Feeling his head was going to blow up, "Shut up and get down!!" the fire demon yelled as he gathered his remaining youki to his right arm. "Dragon of Black Flame!!" he shouted as he unleashed a large black flame dragon from his arm.
The koorimes were terrified by the black flame dragon and got down to the ground.
Blackie plunged into the black flame dragon, took control over the black flame dragon and wiped out the whole group of the seagull demons in a matter of seconds.
The black flame dragon slowly faded away, leaving the small dragon flying towards its master, who was lying on the snow, unconscious.
One by one, the koorime fighters got up and walked towards the unconscious fire demon. Rain looked at Hiei, her mind struggled with mixed emotions.
The dragon landed on its master's body, growling dangerously at the approaching koorimes, trying to protect its master.
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End of Chapter 4
Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Please feel free to review and comment!