Chapter 13. Hiei is alive, but does Sona cope with everything alright? Her father has been sneaking into other people's dreams, luring her enemies to her, putting her in danger. For what? All questions will find answers….
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Sona found herself sitting in a waiting room around 2 a.m. still in Kyoto. Hiei's conditions had become stable, but doctors in the local hospital feared the worse could happen in a relapse. She closed her eyes and saw his face. His last words warning her of oncoming danger. At that moment her heart had lost all sensibility between sanity and homicidal wacko. Sona wanted revenge. Why the hell had her father entered Leo's demented thoughts? Why had he encouraged him to come and try to slaughter his parents? I made no sense. She ran all possible reasoning through her mind, but nothing could answer the deafening questions that screamed in her mind.
"Miss," and orderly said trying to attract her attention.
"Yes." she looked up.
"Your boyfriend is conscious now, and he's asking to see you." the man announced.
"He's not my…" she stopped, "thank you."
Sona made her way down the halls passing the sick, and the dying. His room was in front of her. She promised to herself that she wouldn't cry when she saw him. This situation would test her nerves…
She pushed the door open slowly and looked in. Hiei sat on the side of the bed ripping out the ivies that were in his wrist.
"And what are you doing?" she asked staring at him, wearing a gown, licking the blood from where the needles had been pushed in.
"I refuse to sit in a hospital. I'm fine." he declared while standing up still licking the blood.
"Well, you look better." she commented as he searched for pants. Sona turned away laughing. "Your gown is open."
He closed it, now blushing. "How are you doing? Did he hurt you?"
"I don't really think he even got a hit in." she mumbled.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Everything from our battle is a blur to me." she replied.
Hiei stared at her a minute then pulled the curtain back and put on his pants. He opened the curtain an with the only pants on, you could see the slash across his chest that had staples holding the skin together.
He noticed her looking at the slash. "I doesn't hurt."
She turned he stare to the ground.
"Let's go." he grabbed his coat.
"Where?" she asked.
"Home."
"But…" he cut her off.
"Seems to me before I passed out you said if I didn't die, you'd come home." he smiled. It was like an event to see him smile. She felt safe again.
"Guess I did." she agreed "Better get going then, so we can catch a train."
After signing release forms, Hiei and Sona took off on a bullet train, heading towards Tokyo. Her problems were, gone. She'd never have to worry about being caught and taken back home. Freedom felt like heaven.
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They reached Tokyo by sunrise. Sona had fallen asleep against Hiei shoulder. He smelt so good, it was hard not to. After getting off at the station, they took their time walking home. It was nice to have the burden off her shoulders, and Hiei's good mood was a welcomed thing.
"So, what do you plan on doing after these tests are over?" Hiei pondered loudly.
"I don't really know." she replied lamely.
"You have to have some idea of what you want to do." he pressured her.
"Alright, I want to go somewhere perfect. Sit by the ocean and sketch the foam gliding over the water. Stand on a corner in Paris and watch the couples talk of there plans for the future. Lay in a flower filled meadow and soul search while staring into the night sky. I want to live my dreams." she described while smiling.
"And you plan on doing all of this alone?" he asked smugly.
"Not like I have anyone to join me." she looked at him.
Silence hovered in the air.
"So, you don't remember anything from your big fight?" he half asked.
"Yeah…" her answer trailed off. Whenever she thought of the battle, she just remembers being submerged in blood.
"Maybe I can help you." he suggested.
"What do you mean?" she asked hopefully.
"If you let me I can get into that part of your mind with my powers. I'd just need you think about it."
She thought about it for a second. "Okay, I will. Just don't get to into reading my mind."
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Sona sits on the edge of the couch, listening to Hiei explain to her what he's going to do. She totally zoned half way into the explanation and by now was just nodding whenever he asked a question.
"First, just think of the battle you had. I can go in from there." he suggested.
She closed her eyes, and went back to the moment before she blanked out when she saw Hiei dead. Hiei touched her forehead and was taken into her head at that moment…
~~~~Mind Reader~~~~
Hiei is looking through her eyes and feeling everything she was at that time.
"You fucking bastard!" he hears her yell angrily. His sight is blurred by her tears. Now he separates from her to see everything from and onlookers perspective. He gasped as he saw her change.
Her body had become ripped and hair fell straight to he thighs, in the normal green color. She clenched her fists with long metallic nails. And those eyes…They gaped open with a deadly black glare. Demotic Sona charged angrily, and tore Leo into shreds with her metal like nails, and stood victorious, drenched in his blood. She faded back into human form.
Hiei watched as she broke down along his side crying with her head inched from his letting her tears hit his eye lids gently. Never had someone made such a fuss over him. His throat went dry with his mouth open. Her emotions filled him again. Pain. Sheer pain. It was like nothing he ever felt. Sona's personally feelings flooded through him. "No God…Why?…You've taken enough away!…" her words she had muttered inaudibly while sitting beside him, were first heard by him.
Guess the secret is out.
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Sona had fainted while he wandered through her mind. Probably was too much pressure on her. He stood watching her sleep.
"Why are you watching me?" she opened her eyes wearily.
"I just happened upon some other things you've thought of." he started.
"Oh no. None of them involved leather, right?!" Sona cried as she stood up.
"No. I just didn't know you'd be so upset if I died." he explained still in a slight dazed condition.
Now realizing what he must have seen, she tried her best to clarify. "Well…its just…hn…of course I would…death is an upsetting thing…"
"Would you be the same way if Kuwabara died?" he asked.
She laughed nervously. "Well, I think sometimes I might be the one to do the killing in that situation…no I wouldn't…"
"Why me?" once again another question that was difficult to answer.
"Because…you're…" he cut her off by leaning in.
For about a minute, they kissed. He pulled away and walked off towards the bathroom while a baffled look crossed her face, along with a look of "happiness".
"That's for leaving me at the train station." he said while closing his door.
She smiled. (Okay, I had to pop in my thought at least once! Hiei and Sona…possibly future lovers…would the audience like to see a hookup in the second part? If so, I'll be much obliged…)
Sona entered the bathroom and closed the door. She stripped off the clothes, which had dried blood covering them, and turned on the shower. The warm water washed away the crimson second skin, and she became engulfed in soap. No more stench of death. As she got ready to rinse, the water turned off.
"Oh fuck." she shook her bubble covered head. Evidently, while they had been gone on their journey, the superintendent had warned everyone that he was going to shut off the water line. (bastard couldn't send a damn memo…) Hiei stood at the door hearing her dilemma, and was laughing hysterically.
"You could always rinse with toilet water." he suggested quickly bursting out again.
"I'm glad you're laughing at my expense!" she frantically yelled through the bathroom door.
"Well, you could just use the faucet in the kitchen. It still has water in the pipes." he recommended.
"Okay, but don't peek!" she wrapped a towel around her tightly that covered everything from the chest downward towards the knees.
She opened the bathroom door and he was standing right there. "Nice hair." he commented on her mohawk shaped hair.
"I'd flip you off but I might lose the towel." she muttered.
Sona walked over to the faucet. Water ran slightly. While there was enough left she rinsed her hair, then took off back towards the bathroom.
"Hi Sona!" Botan said cheerfully.
"Where did you come from?" Sona asked tightening her grip on her towel.
"Outside." Botan replied.
"Yeah, like the rest of us." Yusuke entered along with Kurama, Keiko, and Kuwabara.
"Nice towel." Kurama mumbled.
She blushed furiously. "Thanks." she sarcastically told him while going back into the bathroom.
Hiei blocked her entrance to the room.
He smiled mischievously.
"What are you doing?" she raised her eyebrow.
"Retribution." he opened the door and she hastily ran into the room, as he grabbed the towel, a laughed.
"I'm going to kill you!" she yelled from inside.
"No you won't." he walked into the living room carrying the towel.
Kuwabara noticed the towel. "Are we interrupting something."
"No." he hid the towel.
Things were finally normal.