Hiei's eyes shot wide opened, causing him to almost fall off the window sill. Something was not right. It was still dark outside, and crickets could be heard. Everything was peaceful, but for some reason, something felt out of place. Hiei looked in Kimura's window. Her door was opened and the hall light was on, illuminating the room. Hiei looked at Kimura's bed, but she wasn't there, and her blankets were thrown on the floor.

Hiei opened the window, and jumped inside. He looked around him, finding nothing. Hiei then looked down at the floor. There were blood stains on the carpet, and they trail out into the hall. Hiei's heart pounded very fast, as he ran down the stairs following the trail of blood.

Hiei stopped at the kitchen. He found a note written in what looked like blood stuck to the wall with a knife. Hiei ripped the note off and read: Im not dead just yet, I've taken the girl, and won't give her back unless you come alone and try to take her from me. At what's left of the castle.

Hiei crumpled the note in his hand, forming a fist. "How the hell is he still alive? The energy killed him." Hiei yelled in frustration. Hiei quickly cleaned up the blood, and wrote a note: Dear mom, I went to the mall and then I'm going to the movies, I will be home later! Love Kimura. Hiei took the knife, and attached it to his belt, then flew out the door.

Hiei finally arrived at the remains of what was the castle. It was just sun break, and the fog was still settling on the ground. The castle finally appeared through the fog, and it seemed that the lower half of the castle was unharmed. Hiei walked through the doors, and entered the inside of the castle. Although the rooms were still standing, there was a lot of debris on the floor, causing Hiei to stumble a bit. Hiei looked around. It looked to be the main hall. everything was made of a granite stone, and there were spiral stairs leading into nothing but a bunch of piled up rocks that had fallen from the ceiling, causing that whole way to be blocked.

Hiei looked carefully for another exit out of the room, besides the way he came in. Hiei stopped. He could here a muffled whimpering coming from somewhere in one of the next rooms over. Hiei followed the noise over to a wall, and pressed his body against it. Hiei closed his eyes, and listened carefully. Hiei opened his eyes. He slid down the wall, to the floor, his ear still pressed against where the source of all the noise was coming from. "The floor.....what the hell?" Hiei said out loud. Hiei felt around the tiles, finding one specific tile that rose a little higher than the others. Hiei lifted it up, and took off his headband. His jagon eye started to glow as he looked down into darkness.

"H-Hiei?" a voice came from below. Hiei jumped down, and landed on his feet. Hiei looked around. It seemed to be a dungeon where Ruko would torture demons. There were strange looking devices, and chains hanging from the walls. "Hiei?" came Kimura's voice once more. Hiei turned around. He found Kimura sitting down, chained up against the wall, her side severely wounded. Hiei walked over to Kimura. He sat her up, and inspected her wound. Hiei then took a piece of his headband, and wrapped it around her to slow the bleeding. "Hiei.....he is still alive....." Kimura said. "I know." Hiei answered. "Don't worry, I will get you out of here." Hiei said. "Hiei no...wait...its not..." Kimura was cut off with a voice from the corner. "I knew you would come if I took her." It said. Hiei turned around. "Yoshihiro!" Hiei said. "I got my energy back as well." He replied. Hiei drew his katana. "Well I assure you, it will all be gone in a few minutes." Hiei spat. "those are pretty big fighting words for a little man." Yoshihiro said laughing. "Why did you pull her into this?" Hiei asked nodding to Kimura who was leaning against the wall. "You knew I would come either way." Hiei added. "Well I have grown fond of her and thought, when I win, I will take your little precious girlfriend considering you will no longer exist." He replied.

Hiei ran at Yoshihiro with his katana ready. Hiei came up from the side and swung really hard, But Yoshihiro blocked it with his fist. "Your going to have to do better than that Hiei." Yoshihiro said smiling. "This is all im getting from someone I waited for a thousand years to fight with? Ho disappointing." He replied. Yoshihiro stopped. His body started to glow a yellow color as he began to increase his energy.

Yoshihiro threw what looked like a bit of his energy at Hiei. Hiei dodged it, but noticed it kept following him. He ran and dodged, and came up with an idea. A few seconds later Hiei appeared right in front of Yoshihiro, then moved. The energy ball was to slow not realizing Hiei had moved, and was now aimed directly to Yoshihiro. The ball hit and exploded onto his body. he stood up looking very angry. Hiei looked at him, his mouth curving into a smile. "Alright Hiei...you asked for it, so here it comes." Yoshihiro said.

Hiei's smile quickly turned into a strange look Kimura never saw before. He looked panicked and scared. Hiei could feel his whole body stiffening. Hie right arm, which had the hand that the katana was in, was now risen, the Katana pressed gentally against Hiei's throat. Hiei could not let go of his sword. Something in him was not working, and Yoshihiro was controlling him. "any last words?" Yoshihiro asked. Hiei closed his eyes. "Hn." Yoshiro gasped. Hiei was right in front of him, and apparently slashed his chest more than once, and shoved it through his stomach in a blink of an eye. "It is obvious you did this with eye contact." Hiei said. Yoshihiro fell to the floor, his chest now bleeding everywhere. Hiei pulled the sword out of his enemy, and looked down at him in discussed. "Kill me.....now." Yoshihiro said. "No...im going to let you suffer while thinking about what you did. If you don't like that.....kill yourself." Hiei said. He walked over to Kimura, and snapped the chains off of her.

"Are you alright?" Hiei asked. "I think ill be ok." Kimura said. "You sure?" Hiei asked. Kimura smiled. "yeah." Hiei picked her up, and held her like a baby once more, head leaning in his left arm, and feet dangling over his right. "lets get out of here." Hiei said. Kimura gasped. Hiei turned around to find Yoshihiro standing up, and pointing a gun at both of them. Hiei quickly shifted Kimura to his left side as he held up his right arm. Immediately, fire ate away from the bandages, and Hiei's dragon unwrapped from his arm, growing bigger, flew at Yoshihiro, devouring him easily. Kimura's mouth dropped. She couldn't believe what had just came from Hiei's arm. Kimura passed out. - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -

Kimura awoke in her bed. the sun was now shining, and it seemed to be
12:00. Kimura moaned in pain. "Shhh... do you want your mother to hear
us?" Hiei asked. Kimura made a confused face. "I.....um.....I guess not...."
Kimura answered. "She thinks you went some where." Hiei said. "Oh....."
Kimura responded. "Stay still." Hiei said. "what.....why?" Kimura asked.
Hiei lifted up Kimura's shirt, and rubbed something on her wounded side.
"OW!" Kimura said. "That hurt!" Hiei rolled his eyes. "This would have
been easier if you stayed passed out." Kimura scrunched her nose.
"Hiei?" Kimura asked. "What?" Hiei responded wrapping a bandage around
Kimura. "Thank you." She said smiling. "Hn... I did what I had to do."
Hiei answered tying the bandage. "Make sure your mother doesn't see
that." Hiei said pointing to Kimura's wound. Hiei walked toward the
window and opened it.

"Hiei wait...." Kimura said getting up and running to the window. Hiei
stopped. "what?" He asked. "I.....I think I know what made you act the way
you did." Kimura said. "Remember telling us along time ago that
Yoshihiro has a very strong power? You said he could make us think and
believe things.....maybe that what he did to you." Kimura said.
"Hn......perhaps....." Hiei said trying to avoid the subject of his strange
behavior. Kimura smiled. She leaned in and kissed him on the cheek.
Hiei's eye's widened. Before he could turn red, Hiei vanished. Kimura
smiled looking out over the town through her window. - - - -- - - - -

Thunder cracked outside waking Kimura up. Thunder lit her room, and a
silhouette of something shone through her window. Kimura looked outside
to find Hiei sitting on the sill. Kimura got out of bed, turned on the
lights, and opened up the window. "would you like to come in? its dryer
and warmer here." Kimura said with a smile. Hiei nodded. He climbed
through the window and kimura shut it. Kimura walked back over to the
light switch and shut it off as Hiei sat on her windowsill looking
outside into the stormy night. Kimura got into bed and looked back over
to Hiei. "I met him thinking he was some kind of stalker. Because of
him, I actually have friends. I didn't actually think he would have been
one of them, but now funny to believe he is. He is my friend, and
protector."

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ta da ^^ that's the end ^^ look for the second story soon ^^ its
already started ^^ im on chapter 3 already ^^ and ill give you a
hint...for the girls who read this there is a new hot guy that comes into
play, and he is unclaimed so he is up for grabs! (