Disclaimer: (slc) WHOEVER SAID THAT BOTTOM RETAINERS DON'T HURT CAN GO TO
HELL!!!!!!!!! ::cries:: oooowwww . . .
Ok. Enough of my sorry nothings.
Enjoy!
Chapter: 13
Day seven: A test too far
~*~
Hiei was scared to death.
This 'car' thing was going decently fast.
(Obviously not compared to his speed. But still pretty fast for something of its' size.)
Mira's mother had told Mira that she would consider trusting Hiei if he accepted a challenge.
Little did Hiei know,
The challenge was repelling . . .
Off one of the highest cliffs in New England.
'Oh god.' Hiei thought. 'I'm going to die. I've never been afraid to die . . . but I'm going to die!'
(AN: For those of you who have not been repelling, for first timers, it's the scariest thing you could ever do in your life!)
"Hiei, were here." Mira told Hiei on the seat next to him.
'OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD.'
"Um . . . Hiei? You're all white and sweaty. Are you okay?"
"Fine! Just Fine!" Hiei muttered in a high voice, squeaking at every other syllable.
All three of them got out of the car as Mira's mother turned off the engine.
"Mira? Make sure the ropes are coiled and then hook everything up. You, boy!" She said pointing to Hiei.
'Does she ever say my name?' Hiei thought.
"Get your harness on and strap your helmet in." With that, she walked off.
'Oh god.'
* * *
After a little while of trying to adjust the harness . . .
Two words.
NOT FUN.
. . . Hiei found himself strapped to a rope trying to get down to the next ledge.
"C'mon Hiei! You can do it!" Mira called from the top of the mountain.
'Only three more feet. Just three . . . more . . . feet.'
At last, he hopped down on the rocky ledge.
He was covered in his own sweat and panic.
"Now boy," He heard the witch mother say, "unhook the rope from your personal hook and let it go. We'll pull it up and Mira will be next to climb down. You spot her good! Got it, boy?"
'I really wish she'd stop calling me, 'boy'.' "Got it."
He did as he was told and before he knew it Mira was already leaning off the edge.
She was inching her way down the cliff as Hiei tried to hold onto something.
After all,
It was a long way down.
And he wasn't hooked into anything!
Hiei gulped.
But he had to spot Mira.
. . .
Whatever that meant.
As she was possibly five feet from where Hiei was standing, Mira's mother got a brilliant, yet dangerous idea.
She was even willing to risk her own daughters safety to do it.
She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small oval shaped object in her hand with tiny letters inscribing, 'swiss army'.
As she flicked the blade out of the pocket, she leaned forward and slowly started to cut away at the rope, moving her wrists back and forth as she did so.
Hiei could hear the cutting and the snapping of the rope.
But when he looked up, it was too late.
. . .
The rope had snapped.
Mira screamed as she fell to her death along side the rocky cliff.
She fell right past Hiei on the ledge and kept on falling down.
'Oh my god!' Hiei thought.
He jumped over in a brave attempt and grabbed the other end of the rope with both his hands.
God it was heavy!
. . .
Wait. It was heavy!
"MIRA!" he shouted trying to look down on the other end to see if anything was still there.
Mira was barely hanging on to the end of the rope but on of her hands was latched onto the mountain side.
"HIEI! Help!"
"Hold on, Mira!"
He tried to start to pull the rope upward. It was hard.
Sweat filled his face and his hands.
The rope slipped.
But he caught it just in time.
He could hear Mira struggling to hold onto the other end.
"Almost there! Just a few more feet! Oh god . . . hold on MIRA!"
"I AM HOLDING!!"
When Mira was about three feet away, Mira's mother, who had made no sound during this entire episode, began to back away with wide eyes.
At last, Mira made it to the ledge. Hiei dropped the rope to help her up onto the rocky dust. As soon as she was, they both sat there breathing deep, panting their lungs out.
Several tears rolled down Mira's face as she flung herself into Hiei's arms. "Oh Hiei. Thank you."
Hiei didn't say anything.
A few tears rolled down his face as well.
At the thought of what might have happened if he had let go of that rope.
* * *
And as Mira's mother watched the embrace from above, she thought to herself.
'I guess he can stay a while longer . . .'
~*~
~Kitsune Ria
AN: Wow. I make good bitchy-insane mothers don't I? Ok Ok. I know. I should have made that longer. ::sighs:: I suck at writing. DON'T LOOK AT MY SHAME!!! ::turns away::
Oh yeah. In case my mother is reading this, I DIDN'T BASE IT OFF YOU!! In fact, you're the exact opposite of this! You want me to make *more* friends! You don't think I have enough! HEH!!
Ok. Enough of my sorry nothings.
Enjoy!
Chapter: 13
Day seven: A test too far
~*~
Hiei was scared to death.
This 'car' thing was going decently fast.
(Obviously not compared to his speed. But still pretty fast for something of its' size.)
Mira's mother had told Mira that she would consider trusting Hiei if he accepted a challenge.
Little did Hiei know,
The challenge was repelling . . .
Off one of the highest cliffs in New England.
'Oh god.' Hiei thought. 'I'm going to die. I've never been afraid to die . . . but I'm going to die!'
(AN: For those of you who have not been repelling, for first timers, it's the scariest thing you could ever do in your life!)
"Hiei, were here." Mira told Hiei on the seat next to him.
'OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD.'
"Um . . . Hiei? You're all white and sweaty. Are you okay?"
"Fine! Just Fine!" Hiei muttered in a high voice, squeaking at every other syllable.
All three of them got out of the car as Mira's mother turned off the engine.
"Mira? Make sure the ropes are coiled and then hook everything up. You, boy!" She said pointing to Hiei.
'Does she ever say my name?' Hiei thought.
"Get your harness on and strap your helmet in." With that, she walked off.
'Oh god.'
* * *
After a little while of trying to adjust the harness . . .
Two words.
NOT FUN.
. . . Hiei found himself strapped to a rope trying to get down to the next ledge.
"C'mon Hiei! You can do it!" Mira called from the top of the mountain.
'Only three more feet. Just three . . . more . . . feet.'
At last, he hopped down on the rocky ledge.
He was covered in his own sweat and panic.
"Now boy," He heard the witch mother say, "unhook the rope from your personal hook and let it go. We'll pull it up and Mira will be next to climb down. You spot her good! Got it, boy?"
'I really wish she'd stop calling me, 'boy'.' "Got it."
He did as he was told and before he knew it Mira was already leaning off the edge.
She was inching her way down the cliff as Hiei tried to hold onto something.
After all,
It was a long way down.
And he wasn't hooked into anything!
Hiei gulped.
But he had to spot Mira.
. . .
Whatever that meant.
As she was possibly five feet from where Hiei was standing, Mira's mother got a brilliant, yet dangerous idea.
She was even willing to risk her own daughters safety to do it.
She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small oval shaped object in her hand with tiny letters inscribing, 'swiss army'.
As she flicked the blade out of the pocket, she leaned forward and slowly started to cut away at the rope, moving her wrists back and forth as she did so.
Hiei could hear the cutting and the snapping of the rope.
But when he looked up, it was too late.
. . .
The rope had snapped.
Mira screamed as she fell to her death along side the rocky cliff.
She fell right past Hiei on the ledge and kept on falling down.
'Oh my god!' Hiei thought.
He jumped over in a brave attempt and grabbed the other end of the rope with both his hands.
God it was heavy!
. . .
Wait. It was heavy!
"MIRA!" he shouted trying to look down on the other end to see if anything was still there.
Mira was barely hanging on to the end of the rope but on of her hands was latched onto the mountain side.
"HIEI! Help!"
"Hold on, Mira!"
He tried to start to pull the rope upward. It was hard.
Sweat filled his face and his hands.
The rope slipped.
But he caught it just in time.
He could hear Mira struggling to hold onto the other end.
"Almost there! Just a few more feet! Oh god . . . hold on MIRA!"
"I AM HOLDING!!"
When Mira was about three feet away, Mira's mother, who had made no sound during this entire episode, began to back away with wide eyes.
At last, Mira made it to the ledge. Hiei dropped the rope to help her up onto the rocky dust. As soon as she was, they both sat there breathing deep, panting their lungs out.
Several tears rolled down Mira's face as she flung herself into Hiei's arms. "Oh Hiei. Thank you."
Hiei didn't say anything.
A few tears rolled down his face as well.
At the thought of what might have happened if he had let go of that rope.
* * *
And as Mira's mother watched the embrace from above, she thought to herself.
'I guess he can stay a while longer . . .'
~*~
~Kitsune Ria
AN: Wow. I make good bitchy-insane mothers don't I? Ok Ok. I know. I should have made that longer. ::sighs:: I suck at writing. DON'T LOOK AT MY SHAME!!! ::turns away::
Oh yeah. In case my mother is reading this, I DIDN'T BASE IT OFF YOU!! In fact, you're the exact opposite of this! You want me to make *more* friends! You don't think I have enough! HEH!!