CHAPTER 4 The boy named Hiei
Dismissal bell finally rang. Kimura Shoved her books into her bag and ran outside. She hadn't seen Yusuke after their strange conversation in the hallway. She needed to know what he meant bye he would see her soon. Just then Keiko walked by starting to walk home.
"Keiko-Chan!" Kimura yelled and ran to catch up with her.
"Hello Kim-chan" Keiko said very cheerfully.
"Would you know where Yusuke is right now? I've been looking for him all day." said Kimura.
"Oh well he wasn't in last period with me. I think he ditched right after lunch. I'm going to talk to him about that later...why? What wrong?" Keiko asked studying the look of despair on Kimura's face.
"Well its something he said to me earlier that had bothered me, and I wanted to ask him about it...its nothing really, ill talk to him later then I gues...bye keiko-chan!" Kimura called out as she ran the opposite direction to her house.
Hiei moved from tree to tree watching Kimura walk home. her spirit energy is really strong, I can feel it fro here. Hiei thought to himself. Kimura broke into a run. Hiei knew she had sensed him. Hiei picked up his speed as well. a few minutes later, Kimura picked increased her speed even more. Hiei did the same. He had noticed this is not a normal speed for ningens. people with slow eyes wouldn't be able to see them right now. Perhaps she's not as incompetent as I though. Hiei said to himself. she was fast, but not as fast as Hiei.
Hiei finally got ahead of her, and swooped down from the trees in front of her like he had done with Yusuke earlier. And also, like Yusuke, Kimura couldn't stop and tripped over her feet. Instead of letting her fall, Hiei caught her in his arms like he wanted to hug her.
Kimura looked up at the stranger with her beautiful emerald green eyes. Her eyes met his. Kimura gasped and stood up. It startled her that her stalker happened to have red eyes. The boy let go of her. Kimura had now noticed that t wasn't a boy at all, he was about her age, just a little short, yet taller than she. There was something about this man that made her feel slightly light headed, like a force of energy, coming from his body. it made her want to run away, but at the same time get dangerously close.
"Kimura." Came his voice. The calm yet deep voice startled her. His voice sounded dangerous, and gave Kimura the chills.
"Y-yes?" Kimura said in a whisper, for she couldn't find her voice.
"Fallow me." He commanded and turned to walk away, outing his hands in his cloak pocket.
Kimura hesitantly followed him. Kimura knew she shouldnt have, but for some odd reason, Kimura felt that there was something important about him, or what he had to say. Kimura followed the stranger into a run down alleyway.
Hiei stopped and turned around. Kimura noticed something jabbing out of the side of his cloak. Oh my God, she thought to herself. He has a sword. Kimura gulped very hard and brought her gaze back up to his mysterious red eyes.
"Cant I help you?" Kimura asked
"I dont take help from anyone. I was sent to find you." He replied in his calm monotone voice.
"I don't understand." Kimura said confused.
"You have a great power, I know you know so don't try to play foolish ningen games." He said
What the heck is a ningen? Kimura thought to herself.
"I was sent to help you learn to use it correctly, and make you strong." He continued.
"I dont know what your talking about." Said Kimura nervously.
"I hate to repeat my self, most of the time when I do, the person that makes me repeat end up with this through there chest." Hiei said pushing back his cloak to reveal his sword. Kimura stepped back. she wanted to run away, but couldnt feel her legs.
"But for you i'll make a rare acception. Im going to train you to use your power, to controll it, to make you strong."
"I dont have the great power you suspect I have, I could only run fast and sense things every now and then.
"Spirit awareness." said the stranger.
"Excuse me?" Kimura said not quite understanding.
"That is called spirit awareness. each person is given a certain amount, and you I notice have a lot." He said taking the picture of Kimura out of his poocket and holding it up. Kimura looked at him.
"Who are you?" Kimura asked nervously.
Hiei looked down at his katana, and started to stroke it with his index finger. " a demon with unfinished buisness." He replied with his emotionless face.
'Demon?" Kimura repeated not to convinced. " Yeah ok, ill believe that."
Hiei gave her a look that made her shut up. "This is no joke Kimura." He said his voice slightly raised.
"Ok so if your a demon, why does this concern me?" Kimura asked putting her bag down on the ground and folding her arms.
"It concerns you because half of you does not belong here." Hiei replied.
"What?" Kimura asked even more confused.
"There is another world, meant for demons, where they are able to show their real form. Half of you belongs there." Said Hiei looking her straight in the eye.
"Are you saying im a demon?" She asked cluelessly.
"You are half, your mother was a demon, and your father was a ningen...i dont understand these kind of relationships."
"Wait, my mother was a demon? what do you know about her?" Kimura asked desperately. she didnt know anything about her real mother, and always wanted to find out.
"the only thing I know is that she was a demon and then she was murdered." said Hiei. Kimura was slightly disappointed and sad that her mother was gone, and she didn't have a chance to meet her like she had always dreamed.
"My mother was a demon...and my father was a...?" Kimura started but Hiei finished. "Ningen...it means Human. this world id called Ningenkai."
"Ok, so if this is the human world, where did you come from?" Kimura asked, still not convinced.
"I came from the spirit world. exactly where....it doesnt matter anymore." Hiei replied.
"Uh huh." Kimura said. she wasnt believing a word of this.
"Look girl," Hiei started, his voice almost at yelling point. " If you dont believe me, I really dont care. I was just sent to do this as a favor for someone. If you choose to turn your back on the truth, I wont chase after you. your wasting my time. I have more important things to do."
"You freek!" Kimura yelled. she went to turn around and run, but bumped into something very had and fell over. she looked up to see what looked like a disfigure person with orange yellowish eyes, staring down at her. Kimura noticed there were two more behind him.
The creature went to grab her. Kimura closed her eyes, she couldnt scream. she was to scared, and in shock. she closed her eyes, waiting to feel his grasp, but never felt it. instead she herd a moan of pain. she opened her eyes to see that the creature didnt have a hand anymore. t had been cut off. and he was bleeding...black blood?
Hiei had ran up to her and pushed her out of the way, into a corner with boxes, so she was hidden. She looked up at Hiei, he was holding his sword in his hands, slashing the creatures.
Out of nowhere, two more creatures appeared. they ran toward Hiei who was still trying to fight off the third creature.
"Hiei! look out!" Kimura yelled. Hiei payed no attention. Kimura couldnt remember getting up, but found herself running toward the two creatures. She could feel something rising inside of her, something warm. Just as the creatures were about to reach Hiei, Kimura grabbed both of their shoulders, and pulled them back. they turned around and started walking toward her. she stepped backwards and held her breath. they were coming closer and closer. Kimura felt and ice cold feeling in her lungs. she couldnt hold her breath any longer. the cold was starting to sting.
Kimura exhaled her breath with such force it shocked her. The ice cold air reached the two demons, and froze them ...
Kimura fell to her knees grabbing her chest, gasping for air. Her chest felt so cold inside. she felt like she was going to suffocate.
Hiei slashed through the last demon, and looked up seeing the other two were...frozen? His gaze fell to the lump on the ground. Kimura...did all that? She's an ice demon then. He could see she was gasping for air. She clearly didnt know she could do this. Hiei thought to himself. he noticed her radiant spirit energy was losing its glow. Hiei ran over to Kimura. "Damn!"
"Its alright Kimura." Hiei said loudly so she could here him over her loud gasps of breath.
Hiei stood her on her knees. he kneeled behind her and raped his arms around her chest. He pushed her chest in and out, helping more air circulate through her body.
The whole place was spinning. Kimura felt someone holding here, and could faintly here a voice, but couldnt make out what they were saying. everything was getting colder and colder, and Kimura could feel herself getting sleepy.
Hiei held Kimura up before she could hit her head on the ground. She was freezing. Hiei reached out to grab her hand that lay still on the ground. he checked her pulse. it was steady. she had passed out.
Hiei remained there, kneeling on the ground with Kimura's head on his lap. He brushed her bangs out of her face. she was truly beautiful. Hiei could feel something rise inside of him. it made him want to...
"What the hell am I thinking?" Hiei said out loud. "this is ridiculous...i have in this damn ningen world for too long."
Hiei looked down at her once more. she was shaking uncontrollably, and her lips were blue. Hiei gently placed her down and took off his cloak, rapping it around her. He walked over to the two frozen demons and sliced them in two. he put his bloodstained katana back in its sheath, walked over to kimura, picking her and her bag up, and carrying her like a baby, sped off.
Dismissal bell finally rang. Kimura Shoved her books into her bag and ran outside. She hadn't seen Yusuke after their strange conversation in the hallway. She needed to know what he meant bye he would see her soon. Just then Keiko walked by starting to walk home.
"Keiko-Chan!" Kimura yelled and ran to catch up with her.
"Hello Kim-chan" Keiko said very cheerfully.
"Would you know where Yusuke is right now? I've been looking for him all day." said Kimura.
"Oh well he wasn't in last period with me. I think he ditched right after lunch. I'm going to talk to him about that later...why? What wrong?" Keiko asked studying the look of despair on Kimura's face.
"Well its something he said to me earlier that had bothered me, and I wanted to ask him about it...its nothing really, ill talk to him later then I gues...bye keiko-chan!" Kimura called out as she ran the opposite direction to her house.
Hiei moved from tree to tree watching Kimura walk home. her spirit energy is really strong, I can feel it fro here. Hiei thought to himself. Kimura broke into a run. Hiei knew she had sensed him. Hiei picked up his speed as well. a few minutes later, Kimura picked increased her speed even more. Hiei did the same. He had noticed this is not a normal speed for ningens. people with slow eyes wouldn't be able to see them right now. Perhaps she's not as incompetent as I though. Hiei said to himself. she was fast, but not as fast as Hiei.
Hiei finally got ahead of her, and swooped down from the trees in front of her like he had done with Yusuke earlier. And also, like Yusuke, Kimura couldn't stop and tripped over her feet. Instead of letting her fall, Hiei caught her in his arms like he wanted to hug her.
Kimura looked up at the stranger with her beautiful emerald green eyes. Her eyes met his. Kimura gasped and stood up. It startled her that her stalker happened to have red eyes. The boy let go of her. Kimura had now noticed that t wasn't a boy at all, he was about her age, just a little short, yet taller than she. There was something about this man that made her feel slightly light headed, like a force of energy, coming from his body. it made her want to run away, but at the same time get dangerously close.
"Kimura." Came his voice. The calm yet deep voice startled her. His voice sounded dangerous, and gave Kimura the chills.
"Y-yes?" Kimura said in a whisper, for she couldn't find her voice.
"Fallow me." He commanded and turned to walk away, outing his hands in his cloak pocket.
Kimura hesitantly followed him. Kimura knew she shouldnt have, but for some odd reason, Kimura felt that there was something important about him, or what he had to say. Kimura followed the stranger into a run down alleyway.
Hiei stopped and turned around. Kimura noticed something jabbing out of the side of his cloak. Oh my God, she thought to herself. He has a sword. Kimura gulped very hard and brought her gaze back up to his mysterious red eyes.
"Cant I help you?" Kimura asked
"I dont take help from anyone. I was sent to find you." He replied in his calm monotone voice.
"I don't understand." Kimura said confused.
"You have a great power, I know you know so don't try to play foolish ningen games." He said
What the heck is a ningen? Kimura thought to herself.
"I was sent to help you learn to use it correctly, and make you strong." He continued.
"I dont know what your talking about." Said Kimura nervously.
"I hate to repeat my self, most of the time when I do, the person that makes me repeat end up with this through there chest." Hiei said pushing back his cloak to reveal his sword. Kimura stepped back. she wanted to run away, but couldnt feel her legs.
"But for you i'll make a rare acception. Im going to train you to use your power, to controll it, to make you strong."
"I dont have the great power you suspect I have, I could only run fast and sense things every now and then.
"Spirit awareness." said the stranger.
"Excuse me?" Kimura said not quite understanding.
"That is called spirit awareness. each person is given a certain amount, and you I notice have a lot." He said taking the picture of Kimura out of his poocket and holding it up. Kimura looked at him.
"Who are you?" Kimura asked nervously.
Hiei looked down at his katana, and started to stroke it with his index finger. " a demon with unfinished buisness." He replied with his emotionless face.
'Demon?" Kimura repeated not to convinced. " Yeah ok, ill believe that."
Hiei gave her a look that made her shut up. "This is no joke Kimura." He said his voice slightly raised.
"Ok so if your a demon, why does this concern me?" Kimura asked putting her bag down on the ground and folding her arms.
"It concerns you because half of you does not belong here." Hiei replied.
"What?" Kimura asked even more confused.
"There is another world, meant for demons, where they are able to show their real form. Half of you belongs there." Said Hiei looking her straight in the eye.
"Are you saying im a demon?" She asked cluelessly.
"You are half, your mother was a demon, and your father was a ningen...i dont understand these kind of relationships."
"Wait, my mother was a demon? what do you know about her?" Kimura asked desperately. she didnt know anything about her real mother, and always wanted to find out.
"the only thing I know is that she was a demon and then she was murdered." said Hiei. Kimura was slightly disappointed and sad that her mother was gone, and she didn't have a chance to meet her like she had always dreamed.
"My mother was a demon...and my father was a...?" Kimura started but Hiei finished. "Ningen...it means Human. this world id called Ningenkai."
"Ok, so if this is the human world, where did you come from?" Kimura asked, still not convinced.
"I came from the spirit world. exactly where....it doesnt matter anymore." Hiei replied.
"Uh huh." Kimura said. she wasnt believing a word of this.
"Look girl," Hiei started, his voice almost at yelling point. " If you dont believe me, I really dont care. I was just sent to do this as a favor for someone. If you choose to turn your back on the truth, I wont chase after you. your wasting my time. I have more important things to do."
"You freek!" Kimura yelled. she went to turn around and run, but bumped into something very had and fell over. she looked up to see what looked like a disfigure person with orange yellowish eyes, staring down at her. Kimura noticed there were two more behind him.
The creature went to grab her. Kimura closed her eyes, she couldnt scream. she was to scared, and in shock. she closed her eyes, waiting to feel his grasp, but never felt it. instead she herd a moan of pain. she opened her eyes to see that the creature didnt have a hand anymore. t had been cut off. and he was bleeding...black blood?
Hiei had ran up to her and pushed her out of the way, into a corner with boxes, so she was hidden. She looked up at Hiei, he was holding his sword in his hands, slashing the creatures.
Out of nowhere, two more creatures appeared. they ran toward Hiei who was still trying to fight off the third creature.
"Hiei! look out!" Kimura yelled. Hiei payed no attention. Kimura couldnt remember getting up, but found herself running toward the two creatures. She could feel something rising inside of her, something warm. Just as the creatures were about to reach Hiei, Kimura grabbed both of their shoulders, and pulled them back. they turned around and started walking toward her. she stepped backwards and held her breath. they were coming closer and closer. Kimura felt and ice cold feeling in her lungs. she couldnt hold her breath any longer. the cold was starting to sting.
Kimura exhaled her breath with such force it shocked her. The ice cold air reached the two demons, and froze them ...
Kimura fell to her knees grabbing her chest, gasping for air. Her chest felt so cold inside. she felt like she was going to suffocate.
Hiei slashed through the last demon, and looked up seeing the other two were...frozen? His gaze fell to the lump on the ground. Kimura...did all that? She's an ice demon then. He could see she was gasping for air. She clearly didnt know she could do this. Hiei thought to himself. he noticed her radiant spirit energy was losing its glow. Hiei ran over to Kimura. "Damn!"
"Its alright Kimura." Hiei said loudly so she could here him over her loud gasps of breath.
Hiei stood her on her knees. he kneeled behind her and raped his arms around her chest. He pushed her chest in and out, helping more air circulate through her body.
The whole place was spinning. Kimura felt someone holding here, and could faintly here a voice, but couldnt make out what they were saying. everything was getting colder and colder, and Kimura could feel herself getting sleepy.
Hiei held Kimura up before she could hit her head on the ground. She was freezing. Hiei reached out to grab her hand that lay still on the ground. he checked her pulse. it was steady. she had passed out.
Hiei remained there, kneeling on the ground with Kimura's head on his lap. He brushed her bangs out of her face. she was truly beautiful. Hiei could feel something rise inside of him. it made him want to...
"What the hell am I thinking?" Hiei said out loud. "this is ridiculous...i have in this damn ningen world for too long."
Hiei looked down at her once more. she was shaking uncontrollably, and her lips were blue. Hiei gently placed her down and took off his cloak, rapping it around her. He walked over to the two frozen demons and sliced them in two. he put his bloodstained katana back in its sheath, walked over to kimura, picking her and her bag up, and carrying her like a baby, sped off.