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Death's Requiem Chapter Three: Freeing
"So what do you two do all day? You leave at first light and don't come back until night." Yusuke asked. He and Kuwabara were fighting over area on one couch, Kurama was sitting on the other. Hiei had taken his customary seat on the window. Yusuke knew that Hiei and Kurama had things to do, but it bothered him that he didn't know anything about it. Kurama spoke first. "I watch the other fights to see how our competition is faring and how they attack." Yusuke nodded, and looked at Hiei. Kuwabara spoke for Yusuke. "What do you do shorty?" Hiei turned his face away from the dark window. "None of your business." Hiei stood, lightly jumping off the window. He had been thinking, and now it was time to see if his guess was correct. He opened the window. "Are you warm Hiei?" Kurama asked. Hiei jumped back onto the sill, then jumped. A cry of surprise came from everyone in the room, they looked out the open window, searching the ground. Kurama quickly gave orders. "He wouldn't jump without knowing he'd be ok. You go look outside." Yusuke and Kuwabara ran out of the room. Kurama took off in the opposite direction, toward the stairs to the roof.
Hiei smirked. They probably thought he'd gone down. Fools. He had pushed himself up, to the roof. He quickly sobered, speaking aloud. "When I met you earlier, I wasn't sure who you were. But for one thing, you're right. I've felt you beside me before. Under bad circumstances. The times I was dying. That was when I felt you. That's how you knew me. You've come for me before. But I won't die. Why you saved me, I have no idea. But, I want to see you again. I want to know I'm right. Come here-come to me Demon Death." He felt cold. Turning, he saw a haze of smoke. The woman who had healed his arm was standing there. He smiled. "I was right." Her face was solemn. "Why do you wish to see me?" Hiei mentally pinched himself. Why did he want to see her? "Because I wanted to know why you saved me." She gave a tiny smile. "You are a strong warrior. Your death is far away. You would have died from the pain in your arm. That is why. You can't die that way. Your death will be a noble one." Hiei was slightly unnerved. How did she know that? "So, you've seen every time I've been near death. You've seen every demon I've slaughtered?" She nodded. "You are a fighter, Hiei. I don't judge. You kill to save yourself, and to protect the ones you care for." Hiei took a step back. "But, I've killed. I'm a murderer. You say I kill to save, but I kill for amusement, too." Death shook her head, her long raven hair glittering in the moonlight. "Do you wish to know what death really is, Hiei? Why you must continue to kill to protect?" Hiei nodded, slowly. Death took a silent step forward, grabbing his hand. "Come, Hiei. Understand."
~*~ Weren't expecting that, were you? But yep! I've made my own personal death. Yes, next chapter Hiei experiences death. Not in the way you think though. Reviews!
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Death's Requiem Chapter Three: Freeing
"So what do you two do all day? You leave at first light and don't come back until night." Yusuke asked. He and Kuwabara were fighting over area on one couch, Kurama was sitting on the other. Hiei had taken his customary seat on the window. Yusuke knew that Hiei and Kurama had things to do, but it bothered him that he didn't know anything about it. Kurama spoke first. "I watch the other fights to see how our competition is faring and how they attack." Yusuke nodded, and looked at Hiei. Kuwabara spoke for Yusuke. "What do you do shorty?" Hiei turned his face away from the dark window. "None of your business." Hiei stood, lightly jumping off the window. He had been thinking, and now it was time to see if his guess was correct. He opened the window. "Are you warm Hiei?" Kurama asked. Hiei jumped back onto the sill, then jumped. A cry of surprise came from everyone in the room, they looked out the open window, searching the ground. Kurama quickly gave orders. "He wouldn't jump without knowing he'd be ok. You go look outside." Yusuke and Kuwabara ran out of the room. Kurama took off in the opposite direction, toward the stairs to the roof.
Hiei smirked. They probably thought he'd gone down. Fools. He had pushed himself up, to the roof. He quickly sobered, speaking aloud. "When I met you earlier, I wasn't sure who you were. But for one thing, you're right. I've felt you beside me before. Under bad circumstances. The times I was dying. That was when I felt you. That's how you knew me. You've come for me before. But I won't die. Why you saved me, I have no idea. But, I want to see you again. I want to know I'm right. Come here-come to me Demon Death." He felt cold. Turning, he saw a haze of smoke. The woman who had healed his arm was standing there. He smiled. "I was right." Her face was solemn. "Why do you wish to see me?" Hiei mentally pinched himself. Why did he want to see her? "Because I wanted to know why you saved me." She gave a tiny smile. "You are a strong warrior. Your death is far away. You would have died from the pain in your arm. That is why. You can't die that way. Your death will be a noble one." Hiei was slightly unnerved. How did she know that? "So, you've seen every time I've been near death. You've seen every demon I've slaughtered?" She nodded. "You are a fighter, Hiei. I don't judge. You kill to save yourself, and to protect the ones you care for." Hiei took a step back. "But, I've killed. I'm a murderer. You say I kill to save, but I kill for amusement, too." Death shook her head, her long raven hair glittering in the moonlight. "Do you wish to know what death really is, Hiei? Why you must continue to kill to protect?" Hiei nodded, slowly. Death took a silent step forward, grabbing his hand. "Come, Hiei. Understand."
~*~ Weren't expecting that, were you? But yep! I've made my own personal death. Yes, next chapter Hiei experiences death. Not in the way you think though. Reviews!