I DO NOT OWN YYH, I DO OWN YUKI AND ANYONE/THING THAT IS NOT IN THE ANIME/MANGA! READ ON!
When Fire and Ice Collide
Ch. 5
Yuki looked around. 'Where am I?' she ran towards a light that seemed to get farther and farther. Then, she saw a shadow appear. She knew the shape and who it was in an instant…then she saw another. A taller one with his hair pulled back.
The taller figure looked at her with white eyes. The rest was black including the other figure. The only light was the one they stood before. She saw the taller shadow stab the shorter one over and over until they fell in a puddle of blood.
The taller one smirked, "Now you will be mine forever, 'rare gem…'" and with that, the shadow vanished.
She ran to the fallen shadow and tears fell into little gems, "NO!" she pushed the shadow over and there was Hiei's face, the little boy she had grown attached to for some time…his face covered in his blood. He was dead.
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Yuki woke up in a blanket of sweat and fear, screaming.
Hiei heard Yuki scream and jumped off the branch into her window and saw her trembling. He lifted a brow, "What the hell is the matter now!?" he growled.
She looked at him, uncovered herself and ran to him, clinging and crying into his cloak. He was all but shocked. He didn't know what to do with the little ice maiden. He pulled back and made her sit down, picking up five more tear gems and putting them into his cloak. He grumbled and then paced the room, running a hand through his hair, "This is not happening…"
Yuki didn't know what he was talking about but she tried to refrain from the tears threatening to fall. At least he was alive…but according to her dream, for how long?
Hiei stopped and looked at her, aware that her eyes were intent on him. "Hn." he started to pace again.
She frowned and then brought her knees up to her chest and clung to them, resting her head on top. She didn't want to know what would happen. She didn't want anything bad to happen.
" You have been in her mind since she could remember. You have disgraced us ice apparitions and you have soiled her heart! …" she gasped at the memory of Kokushibyou's words. It was because of…HIM! She would not stand for it.
Yuki got into a black kimono with silver snowflakes up it. Hiei looked at her as though she grew another head. "What are you up to?" he grumbled.
"I'll kill him…I swear it." Yuki grabbed a little crystal orb and walked out the door into the forest.
"Hn…" Hiei thought it best not to follow her but then again, she could get into trouble. He followed after her silently.
"Go back to the temple, Hiei." she growled. She knew he was following her and didn't want him to meet the fate of her dream.
"Hn." he walked up beside her just in spite. She rolled her eyes.
"Fine, follow me…" So he did… "Males!" she said disgusted and he smirked.
A cold wind blew past them and they instinctively stopped. She put up her ice field and Hiei took hold of his hilt, preparing to kill Kokushibyou this time. He knew Yuki was serious when she had said that she was going to kill 'him'…he didn't have to ask who she was talking about…
Kokushibyou appeared right before her and smirked at her field. I see that you have come and brought me a present…" he laughed at Yuki took her crystal orb out and had no emotion in her eyes what so ever.
Hiei was confused at what that orb did but that didn't matter now…
They both ducked as Kokushibyou busted through the ice field with his fist. Hiei growled. 'Who the hell does he think he is?' he growled. He didn't like the fact that he'd been toying with the innocent girl this whole time.
Yuki looked a bit frightened but not for herself. It was clear to Hiei that her thoughts were placed on something else. But he didn't know it was for his safety.
Kokushibyou grabbed her by the arm and Hiei tensed. Kokushibyou grinned as Yuki struggled in his grasp, "You do realize that the forbidden one cannot help you…" he whispered loud enough for Hiei to hear.
Hiei unsheathed his sword, "You damn coward!" Hiei growled and the bickering demons looked at him. "Fight me and let her go!" Hiei got into fighting stance.
"Well isn't this romantic…" Kokushibyou grinned and threw Yuki to the side, "Fighting till your death will not prove very heroic to your 'rare gem.'" Kokushibyou smirked and brought out a sickle and swung it around. "It will be a shame that with your death, your maiden will be mine…"
"She's not mine nor will she ever be you bastard!" Hiei launched at him and they were in a quarrel.
Yuki looked on in fear that Hiei wouldn't survive this fight as if it were her dream. But in the dream, Kokushibyou had a sword…not a sickle. What did it mean…HIEI'S SWORD!?
She yelled, "Hiei! Don't let him get your sword!" but Hiei wasn't concerned about that. He sliced his sword into Kokushibyou's shoulder and was knocked back in the stomach by his sickle. He fell to the ground and his sword went flying into Kokushibyou's hand.
Yuki panicked, she had to do something. She tried to get up but noticed that a rather large thorn was jabbed into her knee. She gasped, "What do I do!?" she tried to pull the thorn out and looked at Hiei getting up some and looking at her.
"You live." he said and looked up as Kokushibyou stood over him. Yuki broke the thorn with some icicles and pushed herself off the ground and jumped in front of Hiei just as Kokushibyou sliced the sword…through her.
She gasped and Kokushibyou's and Hiei's eyes went wide as he withdrew the sword and she fell over. Hiei grabbed her and set her down, "Curious!?"
She heard the name and looked up at him, "I'm…sorry…" she touched his cheek and then fell limp.
Hiei felt a tear fall that he tried to stop. He set her down gently and looked up at Kokushibyou in pure hatred.
"You saw it! She jumped in front of you!" Kokushibyou panicked some and held up the sickle. The sword had dropped to the ground as he saw what he'd done to Yuki. "I would have never hurt her!"
"You would have had you killed me as well…she didn't want you!" Hiei picked up his sword and growled.
"And she wanted you, I suppose!?" Kokushibyou would have laughed had he not had Hiei's sword against his neck.
"I don't know, I don't really care…you've caused her pain, you've caused her suffering…now, you've got a date with the devil." Hiei sliced his sword perfectly into Kokushibyou's neck and watched him fall to the ground.
He looked down at Yuki, swung the blood off his sword and sheathed it. He knelt down and picked Yuki up in his arms and looked down at a tear gem. He knew she didn't cry at all today except when she woke up.
The tear gem…where'd it come from? He picked it up and dropped it in his cloak and walked back to the temple. Yukina, as fate would have it was the first one to see them. Her eyes went wide.
"Hiei! What happened to her!?" Yukina looked at the deceased Yuki and a tear gem fell, "No…" she broke down in tear gems and Kazuma ran out and tried to comfort her.
He looked up to the sorrowful Hiei and yelled, "What the hell did you kill her for!? And to think I saw you as a decent person! You disgust me, shorty!" Kazuma would have punched Hiei but didn't want to upset Yukina more. He led her into the temple.
Hiei wouldn't have cared if Kazuma had hit him. Killed him even, but not right now…he had to do something. He walked around and saw Kurama, "Where's your mate?" he growled.
"She's still sleeping…what happened!?" Kurama looked at Yuki, dead in Hiei's arms as they both were drenched in blood, "You really don't have ANY luck with girls do you!" Kurama ran a hand through his hair.
"Shut up, fox!" Hiei growled and looked around, "Where is Botan?"
"She's um…I don't really know…" Kurama admitted.
"Something you don't know?! It's amazing." Hiei tried to jest but his heart wasn't in it. He looked around and saw Botan with Keiko and Yusuke. He walked over to them and Botan and Keiko gasped.
Yusuke's mouth dropped. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!?" Hiei growled and looked at Botan.
"Where's your boss?" Hiei asked.
"Who?!" Botan was still frightened as she saw Yuki's body lying in his arms.
"Koenma! Who else would you be working for!?" Hiei was getting more aggravated as minutes went on.
"I'm here, Hiei…" Koenma looked at Yuki and then at him again. He was in his teenage form and walked up. "May I ask how this happened?" Koenma lifted a brow.
"At least someone isn't blaming me!" Hiei glared at the other three. "She ran in front of me when Kokushibyou tried to kill me with my own sword and-"
"Kokushibyou?!" Koenma and Botan said at once.
"We've been trying to kill that dream-haunter for over 200 years!"
"Dream haunter?" Hiei lifted his brow in confusion.
"Yes, dream haunter. He would go into dreams of innocent stand byes and hint to them what will happen. In Yuki's case, she must have sensed that you would be killed…"
"By my own sword…" Hiei whispered to himself.
"What?" Koenma asked and then Hiei looked at him with pain in his eyes. He didn't want to hide it anymore, he didn't have it in him.
"She told me not to let him get my sword…and I didn't listen…I should have listened…" Hiei fell over in pain after that but twisted around to where he fell on his back so she didn't get anymore injuries.
"It's as if he still doesn't want her hurt…" Keiko said to Yusuke.
"Yea…"
"Poor guy…" Botan said sadly.
"He'll be fine in a few days!" Yusuke laughed and then looked down at Hiei as his arms still protected her but everyone saw the blood spilling out of his stomach.
Yusuke picked Yuki up out of Hiei's arms and then looked down. The girls gasped and the boy's eyes went WIDE. Hiei's gut had been cut almost all the way through.
"Even after all that…he didn't get affected until now…strange…" Botan said.
"Not if you are in love." Kazuma said as he walked up with Yukina, Kurama, and Kitzuu.
"Oh…oh no…" Kitzuu said and covered her mouth, "Yuki…" she said and then buried her head in Kurama's chest. He stroked her hair and held her close.
"It's alright…" Kurama tried to soothe Kitzuu as best he could but he was having no luck. He felt terrible, he didn't know how to calm her down without yelling at her and then that would just upset her more…he sighed and held her more.
Yukina walked up to Hiei and began to heal him, "You should have told me that you were injured…I cannot help Yuki but I can help you…"
"Hn…" Hiei spat out as best he could and Yukina frowned.
"You shouldn't try so hard to put on an edge…you aren't fooling anyone…" she said and made him sit up, take his cloak and shirt off and she put bandages on him.
Kazuma of course, HAD to say something, "Hey! Don't be getting any ideas shrimp!" he said pointing to Yukina and Hiei.
"Hn." Hiei looked away and tried not to look at Yuki, but every time he tried not to, his gaze shifted to her in Yusuke's arms as he was being healed.
"She wasn't supposed to die…" Koenma said and then disappeared and went to spirit world, "I need to see the spirit of Yuki Hakuhen right now! Get on it!" he ordered and his trusty sidekick, George nodded and ran out to get her.
"Don't be so sad, Hiei…I'm sure Koenma will do something…" Botan said and tried to believe her own words. "He did it to Yusuke…"
"Hn."
"Well…until we find out what he's going to do, we might as well get on with our regular lives…I have to lead more spirits to spirit world…sorry Hiei…" she disappeared and flew some spirits and then saw Yuki's just floating because she didn't know what to do.
"Botan?" she asked and flew over to her.
"YUKI!?" Botan cheered, "You are so loved!" Botan led the others to spirit world, dropped them off and then dragged Yuki to the temple. "They can't see you, but some of them can sense you!" she pointed as Yuki looked on.
Kazuma froze like a Popsicle and looked around all scared, "OH MAN!"
Yusuke looked at him and placed Yuki in Hiei's arms again, "What's your problem?!"
"I GOT THE TICKLE FEELING AGAIN!!" Kazuma looked around frantically.
"The tickle what?" Keiko asked.
"It's when he feels spirits…what is this? Another raccoon?" Yusuke joked.
"No…more like a…um…a mouse!"
(everyone anime falls)
"A mouse!?" Yuki squealed and looked at a shrugging Botan. "I'm a mouse!?!"
"I guess so…"
"OI!" Yuki rolled her eyes and flew over to Hiei who seemed out of anything at the moment. She looked at him as he held her and tensed as though she knew he was there.
She had an idea. She hoped it worked. She blew a breath of air into his face and his eyes looked up at her. She knew he couldn't see her but he sensed something. Then she blew a breath down his face to her lifeless body and he looked down as if the air was leading him. When the air stopped, it was over her long bangs. He lifted some of her hair and his eyes went wide.
He saw an earring but it was missing its jewel. She never had her hair up so he never noticed her ears. He thought about what could have gone there. He pulled the gem that she didn't cry in the forest out of his cloak that was laying beside him and looked at it.
He placed it in the clingers and watched the jewel shine. It did more than shine. It glowed and then he saw pictures in the gem. He looked closer…
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There she was as a little baby in her mother's arms. She looked at the cliff as they had the little boy wrapped in wards and bandages. She jumped out of her mother's arms and walked over to the little girl who looked on with her.
It was clear to him that the other girl was Yukina. They watched as he was thrown off and they both ran over and looked over the cliff as he fell.
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Years passed and the two girls were best friends. Yuki and Yukina vowed to find that boy again. They would do whatever they could to.
Yuki promised that if she found him, she'd tell Yukina and Yukina vowed the same.
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Hiei looked over to Yukina and Kazuma still a bit saddened. 'She was going to tell Yukina that it was me…but why didn't she?' Hiei thought and then closed his eyes as the medicine started taking affect.
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