Under Light of Four Stars
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho never have * sigh * never will (again, again) V_V but back to the point ^_^ (Why do you keep reminding me that? V_V again) Though I do own a lot of the other characters I use in this story like Aquaris, Rosewood and this chapter Kitsume when more characters come into the plot I will add them up here. Ixi out.
(X.X) (X.X) (X.X) ^.)/ Tada!! All gone.
Chapter 5. Should He tell her? Part 2
Hiei was sitting next to Yukina, slightly stiff. She simply waited for him to say something. 'What could be on his mind?' Yukina silently mused still waiting. She looked around at the wintry scene admiring the beauty of it then she realized nothing was uttering a sound, no birds, squirrels, even the wind seemed to have been drawn to silence. "Yukina?" Hiei's whisper broke the silence but just for a second. "Yes, what is it?" "Remember when you asked me to find your brother for you?" "Yes." Yukina breathed out excited now. "He's the one who asked me to do this for you." "So you've contacted him? How is he?" A slow shake of his head cut her off. "I don't know who he is right now. He contacted my anonymously. I still have no idea who he is but "Hiei paused, "he sent his love. In the message he gave me." Hiei pulled out a letter folded several times from his pocket. "Here, it's yours." He slowly handed it over to her. In the same writing as the note it said:
Dear Yukina,
I am sorry for not contacting you sooner; I have had difficulties that I had to deal with. I would like to wish you the happiest of holidays; you deserve nothing less than that. Please do not search for me for awhile, I do not wish you hurt. I promise to come to you soon, when I don't know but I will see you. Thank Hiei for me for pulling off the Christmas miracle for you. Please be careful, the last thing I want to see is you hurt. I swear we will see each other again.
With all my love,
Your brother
Silent tears ran down her checks as she read it and a pang of guilt shot through Hiei. 'Kitsume I owe you so big for this. Fox wherever you went, thank you.' Hiei was thrown out of his thoughts as Yukina fell towards him. Still crying, she buried herself in his arms. Slowly it clicked in his mind he should do something to comfort her so he slowly rubbed her back holding her in a hug. "Hiei, thank you, thank you so much." Hiei was surprised, 'why was she thanking me? Sure the letter told her to but I deserve no thanks, after the lying to her.' She stayed buried deep in his arms something in her mind kept saying to her 'your brother is here. He has always been here; he just is scared to tell you. Be patient, he is closer than you think.' Yukina pulled back comforted by the soft reassuring voice.
Her hand went up and wiped the tears from her eyes. She looked down slightly embarrassed, "Sorry, I just couldn't control it." "No, uh it's okay Yukina I don't mind." The soft jingling of bells broke the silence sweeping over the scene. They both looked to the oncoming sound as a sled slowly came their way. As it came into sight it was definitely different from the ones that had taken the gang to there, it was pulled by two spirited horses, one of a bluish tinge, the other of silver. (Definitely not your average horses, huh?) In the same way the horse team stopped on it's own and waited for the two to get in. Hiei shrugged as a 'why not' and he helped her into the sled. (Hey remember when Kurama helped Botan into the sled and the doors shut on him, yeah well deja vu) He had just helped her into her seat when the horses took an invisible cue to go, sending Hiei flying into the back of the sled's seat. He shakily rose to his feet, swaying with the pull of the sled, rubbing the back of his head. (Ouch!)
Hiei was about to give the 'horses' a piece of his mind as he shook his fist, but a giggle from Yukina simply made him turn pink and sit down. The blue tinted 'horse' whinnied a laugh and with an unknown language sent the sled flying faster over the snow covered trail. The 'horses' seemed to want a long haul and they turned off the path Yukina went down to come there. The blue snow started falling again and Yukina pulled out one of the blankets. The birds returned after their mysterious absence and Hiei figured out what was going on. 'Kitsume, I'll kill you for this. I swear I will. You almost screwed it up. When I find you you'll be in trouble' "Hiei that's if you can find me." A beautiful voice echoed through Hiei's mind. 'Kitsume, who gave you permission to go into my head?' "I dunno, the fairy sprite maybe." 'Kitsume if you are going to lie about something at least figure out a better one before saying it.' "Technically I'm not saying it, more like thinking it." 'Technicalities are not going to save you when I get a hold on your neck.' "Oooo scary Hiei, shaking in my sandals over here." (Kitsume always wears sandals no matter what the season so it doesn't help Hiei find her any faster) 'When I'm through with you, you won't need sandals anymore.' "Ooo I'm so scared, well I'll see ya later Hiei." 'Goodbye Kitsume.' "Hiei?" Yukina's voice snapped him out of the space he had stared his way into. "Huh? What is it?" "I was just wondering if you were okay, you spaced out on me." "Oh, sorry. I'm fine." Yukina stared at him for a few seconds before a singing sparrow caught her attention. (Short attention span huh?)
A black shadow of a fox darted through the forest, catching Hiei's attention for a few seconds to watch it. 'Black devil.' He silently thought to himself. 'Got me again.' Inside Hiei's head, a laugh echoed and a message "If you don't tell her soon Hiei, I will myself." The ride seemed to continue in noisy silence (read that a couple times tell me if it makes sense . . . . Nope? Okay explanation time it's like when there is sound around you but you aren't really listening so you don't hear it. It's kinda like when you are listening to your CD player and you space out and when you finally realize where you are you don't remember hearing any of those songs. Yeah it happens to me a lot) Yukina sleepily leaned her head over, letting it rest on his shoulder. Hiei didn't really mind and before he realized it she was sleeping peacefully. He slightly smiled at her, moving just barely so she would be more comfortable and so would his arm. "Aishiteru, Imohto, and I am sorry." (Okay for all not that familiar with Japanese, Hiei just said, "I love you, little/younger sister and I am sorry." I just had to add that in, it sounds so pretty. If you spell it differently I'm sorry, that's just how I spell it. Hey for all of you who are familiar with it, what is 'I am sorry') Yukina's eyes fluttered open and looking at him she softly asked "Why? Why are you sorry?" Hiei just sat there silent terror paralyzing him, his eyes wide with fear. "What's wrong Hiei? You look so scared." Hiei lowered his eyes in shame. Yukina reached out her hand bringing his head back up so she could look in his eyes. "Hiei, it's okay. I'm not mad at you for not telling me. It's okay really." She smiled, tears running down her cheeks. "Then, why are you crying?" Hiei reached out his hand wiping the stream of tears from her cheeks. "Because, I'm so happy. I finally know who my brother is." He smiled and the sound that seemed to have disappeared (again) came flooding back. The ride seemed to come to a stop before it had begun to get good, and Hiei helped Yukina get out of the sled. A soon as they were out of the sled, the 'horses' took off and disappeared into the night just as they had come. Hiei took his sister's hand and lead her up the stairs of the porch and into the warm, brightness of the house. Everyone had stayed up and waited for them, so when they walked through the door together they (well not Kuwabara) something was up. "So?" Yusuke prodded after taking Hiei aside to talk in private. "What happened?" Hiei got a rare smile "I told her." Leaving Yusuke to shock Hiei walked off and took a seat by the window. Looking out at the frosty wild, the smile became bigger. "HE IS YOUR WHAT!?" Kuwabara totally freaked when Yukina was telling the group what had happened. He began to mutter to himself yet somehow everybody heard him "No, it's not true. It's just a joke. One of them must have had too much eggnog or something. She didn't really just say that." Everybody had to stifle a laugh behind his or her hands as Kuwabara began almost pacing and twitching in worry. (I think Hiei even almost laughed but who can be sure?) Hiei turned to watch Kuwabara freak out when a voice sang out in his head. The silver tree that's under the star, a little black fox awaits you. Come to her and she'll be there. She doesn't want to miss you. Hiei sighed to himself, 'Kitsume leave me alone.' "Now why would I do a thing like that? It's so much fun to annoy you." Hiei sighed as he listened to Kitsume babble on about something and if it wasn't for her being inside his head he would have completely ignored her. A hand waving in front of his face sent him back to the room from the space he had stared his way into. It was Yukina. One of her hands was hiding something behind her back while the other brought Hiei back to earth. "Huh?" He gave her a blank stare all those who have spaced out seemed to give when they come back. Yukina giggled, "Here, this is for you. You probably already knew this but I was your Secret Santa." She pulled her hand from behind her back revealing a small object. It was a necklace; the pendant was off a silver dragon holding a tear gem with its long slinky body. The combination of the two made the light dance off it and around it. The silver dragon had small diamond eyes, and sapphire specks along the body, making it glitter several colors. Hiei took it from her hand with a smile, slipping the long chain around his neck. Hiei looked up at her and saw almost everyone had gone to bed. Kurama was in the far corner of the room with his back to them, and Keiko was picking up little bits of trash and paper from the exchange of Secret Santa gifts. Yukina smiled and turned to go up the stairs to her room. Keiko took the trash bag of paper into the kitchen and followed suit going down the hall of the first floor to her and Yusuke's room. (All the guestrooms, the mini library/study, a bathroom, and the attic are all on the second floor. The main bedrooms, kitchen, a bathroom, living room, coat closets, laundry room, and rec. room are on the first.) Kurama stayed where he was and Hiei decided to go to bed too.
* The next Day *
It was Christmas morning, and wrapping paper covered half the floor. Again Hiei was missing. A pile of presents for him lay unopened. No one had seen his since last night. The group decided to go on with the big Christmas breakfast without him. After everyone was full the boys and Shizuru went outside to have a snowball fight. After helping with the dishes and clean up Yukina went outside to watch them. Kuwabara kept yelling at Yusuke for putting ice chunks in the snowballs he was throwing but Kurama had no such complaint. (This is a free for all people no teams) Yukina dodged a few stray snowballs and went into the snow-covered forest. Everything was quiet save the few birds singing their wintry songs. She smiled and continued.
She had heard her brother get up before the sun rose and she also heard him leave. Where was the mystery, and the snow had fallen covering all tracks. Yukina sighed and continued her walk, the tracks of her brother weren't the only things that disappeared, the path they horse drawn sleds had taken had vanished as well. A twig snapped and she turned to see what did it. A black fox the size of a large Great Dane stood slightly hidden behind a tree. It's three tails with purple fire on the tips swayed in an unfelt wind. It opened its mouth in a doggy smile before turning tail and bounding over the banks of snow. The reason for its quick departure became clear seconds later when Hiei came jumping at high speeds through the branches of trees, chasing after it. He saw Yukina and attempted a stop but instead miss-stepped on a patch of snow that just happened to appear as his foot went to land on it. He fell backwards hitting a tree branch with his back on the way down. He sat up rubbing his head as Yukina rushed over to see if her brother was okay.
Hiei's face broke into a smile as he watched the black fox jump and dance over the snow banks as it ran. When it's head looked back it stopped as if waiting for Hiei to restart the chase. It lay down on the snow; mouth open and panting heavily still in its doggy smile. Hiei laughed at it as it began biting snow for water (My puppy did this all the time when I would take her outside to play). When it saw Hiei make no attempt to start the chase again it stood up raising its head and howled a fox's howl (kinda high pitched, whine/yip like). Hiei just waved it off. It cocked its head in mock confusion still smiling. Hiei shook his head trying not to laugh; he cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled out "Goodbye Kitsume!" The fox got a bigger smile and Yukina could almost swear it was laughing. Amazingly the fox called back "Bye Hiei!" It spun in a circle as if chasing it's tail and vanished in a puff of purple and black smoke. Yukina helped Hiei to his feet and they walked back to the house together.
It took a while to get back and when they did everybody gave Hiei strange looks. Mostly for the fact he had to lean on Yukina to walk and he was smiling about something. Yukina helped him into the house and sat him down in a recliner. She left to go get some bandages for his several cuts, bruises, and broken ribs. Hiei sat in silence waiting for her to get back when an evil cackle rang out. Hiei laughed to himself before crying out "Diajobuka?" (Are you all right?) The cackle stopped and a thump was heard behind Hiei. The object that had fallen started to bust out laughing "How'd you know it was me?" "Kitsume, how could I not?" The girl got up rubbing her arm still chuckling. She straightened her purple sleeveless turtleneck and pulled something out of the pocket of her black Capri pants. (Yes she wears summer stuff in the winter, got a problem?) She dangled it in front of Hiei's face. "Here, you dropped this." It was the necklace Yukina had given to him for Christmas. He opened his hand and she dropped it into his hand. He turned to face her but she just waved her hand and disappeared in her puff of purple and black smoke.
"Who was that?" Yukina had returned with the bandages. "Her? Just an old friend returning something I dropped." "Was she that black fox you were playing with?" "Yeah. Kitsume, the black devil." Yukina giggled at the name and went to work on Hiei's injuries. "There, all done." Yukina stood up when she was finished. The two got up and went outside to watch the end of the snowball fight. No one really knows who ended up winning but it ended up being Kurama and Shizuru were the only ones still able to move without a lot of pain. Kuwabara was bruised all over because someone kept putting ice into his or her snowballs, Yusuke was completely numb with cold from being outside without a coat for a while, Keiko didn't originally join in the fight but a 'stray' snowball begged to differ. Botan had played it smart and stayed inside.
Hiei rolled his eyes at the group, but a wind-like call from in the forest sent him a smile he couldn't hide. He suddenly knew where the ice snowballs had come from. The group gave him a weird look when they heard him chuckling to himself. "Hey shorty, what's so funny?" Kuwabara asked ticked off. "Nothing that your feeble mind would understand." "What!? How dare you say that!" "Why? Whatcha going to do about it?" An unfamiliar voice rang out. (Well unfamiliar to everybody but Hiei I believe) Kitsume was standing on a nearby tree branch head cocked in her trademark mock confusion. "Hey who the heck are you?" "So Hiei these are your friends? I wonder what made you make that decision?" "No Kitsume, I don't have any friends. Friends are a crutch for the weak." "Oh, oh yeah I remember you saying that to me once or twice. Hmm oh well." She jumped down, kneeling from the impact. As she stood up she brushed her bangs back but they just fell back into her face. "Hey are you listening to me?" Kuwabara yelled out taking a step forward. "So Hiei, you going to introduce my to your "acquaintances"?" She finger quoted acquaintances to imply a point. Hiei sighed "Yusuke, Keiko, Kurama, Shizuru, Botan (She had come out of the safety of the house) Yukina, and Baka (idiot). Happy?" "Hey shrimp did you call me an idiot? How dare you!" Kuwabara lunged forward in an attempt to grab Hiei but Hiei moved forward at high speeds and when Kuwabara made a second attempt Hiei moved backwards at high speeds. Kuwabara fell over both times and Hiei sighed at his incompetence. "So Kitsume, why are you here again?" "It's a long story and you might want to sit down . . . . . . . . . .
Yeah I'm leaving you hanging. In the next chapter we'll actually get to the plot and prophecy and all that fun stuff this story is actually suppose to be about but until then, yeah. ^.^ z z Z Z Z (I'm half asleep people)
*Yawn* Ixi out, please review and tell me what you think or I won't write anymore. See ya
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho never have * sigh * never will (again, again) V_V but back to the point ^_^ (Why do you keep reminding me that? V_V again) Though I do own a lot of the other characters I use in this story like Aquaris, Rosewood and this chapter Kitsume when more characters come into the plot I will add them up here. Ixi out.
(X.X) (X.X) (X.X) ^.)/ Tada!! All gone.
Chapter 5. Should He tell her? Part 2
Hiei was sitting next to Yukina, slightly stiff. She simply waited for him to say something. 'What could be on his mind?' Yukina silently mused still waiting. She looked around at the wintry scene admiring the beauty of it then she realized nothing was uttering a sound, no birds, squirrels, even the wind seemed to have been drawn to silence. "Yukina?" Hiei's whisper broke the silence but just for a second. "Yes, what is it?" "Remember when you asked me to find your brother for you?" "Yes." Yukina breathed out excited now. "He's the one who asked me to do this for you." "So you've contacted him? How is he?" A slow shake of his head cut her off. "I don't know who he is right now. He contacted my anonymously. I still have no idea who he is but "Hiei paused, "he sent his love. In the message he gave me." Hiei pulled out a letter folded several times from his pocket. "Here, it's yours." He slowly handed it over to her. In the same writing as the note it said:
Dear Yukina,
I am sorry for not contacting you sooner; I have had difficulties that I had to deal with. I would like to wish you the happiest of holidays; you deserve nothing less than that. Please do not search for me for awhile, I do not wish you hurt. I promise to come to you soon, when I don't know but I will see you. Thank Hiei for me for pulling off the Christmas miracle for you. Please be careful, the last thing I want to see is you hurt. I swear we will see each other again.
With all my love,
Your brother
Silent tears ran down her checks as she read it and a pang of guilt shot through Hiei. 'Kitsume I owe you so big for this. Fox wherever you went, thank you.' Hiei was thrown out of his thoughts as Yukina fell towards him. Still crying, she buried herself in his arms. Slowly it clicked in his mind he should do something to comfort her so he slowly rubbed her back holding her in a hug. "Hiei, thank you, thank you so much." Hiei was surprised, 'why was she thanking me? Sure the letter told her to but I deserve no thanks, after the lying to her.' She stayed buried deep in his arms something in her mind kept saying to her 'your brother is here. He has always been here; he just is scared to tell you. Be patient, he is closer than you think.' Yukina pulled back comforted by the soft reassuring voice.
Her hand went up and wiped the tears from her eyes. She looked down slightly embarrassed, "Sorry, I just couldn't control it." "No, uh it's okay Yukina I don't mind." The soft jingling of bells broke the silence sweeping over the scene. They both looked to the oncoming sound as a sled slowly came their way. As it came into sight it was definitely different from the ones that had taken the gang to there, it was pulled by two spirited horses, one of a bluish tinge, the other of silver. (Definitely not your average horses, huh?) In the same way the horse team stopped on it's own and waited for the two to get in. Hiei shrugged as a 'why not' and he helped her into the sled. (Hey remember when Kurama helped Botan into the sled and the doors shut on him, yeah well deja vu) He had just helped her into her seat when the horses took an invisible cue to go, sending Hiei flying into the back of the sled's seat. He shakily rose to his feet, swaying with the pull of the sled, rubbing the back of his head. (Ouch!)
Hiei was about to give the 'horses' a piece of his mind as he shook his fist, but a giggle from Yukina simply made him turn pink and sit down. The blue tinted 'horse' whinnied a laugh and with an unknown language sent the sled flying faster over the snow covered trail. The 'horses' seemed to want a long haul and they turned off the path Yukina went down to come there. The blue snow started falling again and Yukina pulled out one of the blankets. The birds returned after their mysterious absence and Hiei figured out what was going on. 'Kitsume, I'll kill you for this. I swear I will. You almost screwed it up. When I find you you'll be in trouble' "Hiei that's if you can find me." A beautiful voice echoed through Hiei's mind. 'Kitsume, who gave you permission to go into my head?' "I dunno, the fairy sprite maybe." 'Kitsume if you are going to lie about something at least figure out a better one before saying it.' "Technically I'm not saying it, more like thinking it." 'Technicalities are not going to save you when I get a hold on your neck.' "Oooo scary Hiei, shaking in my sandals over here." (Kitsume always wears sandals no matter what the season so it doesn't help Hiei find her any faster) 'When I'm through with you, you won't need sandals anymore.' "Ooo I'm so scared, well I'll see ya later Hiei." 'Goodbye Kitsume.' "Hiei?" Yukina's voice snapped him out of the space he had stared his way into. "Huh? What is it?" "I was just wondering if you were okay, you spaced out on me." "Oh, sorry. I'm fine." Yukina stared at him for a few seconds before a singing sparrow caught her attention. (Short attention span huh?)
A black shadow of a fox darted through the forest, catching Hiei's attention for a few seconds to watch it. 'Black devil.' He silently thought to himself. 'Got me again.' Inside Hiei's head, a laugh echoed and a message "If you don't tell her soon Hiei, I will myself." The ride seemed to continue in noisy silence (read that a couple times tell me if it makes sense . . . . Nope? Okay explanation time it's like when there is sound around you but you aren't really listening so you don't hear it. It's kinda like when you are listening to your CD player and you space out and when you finally realize where you are you don't remember hearing any of those songs. Yeah it happens to me a lot) Yukina sleepily leaned her head over, letting it rest on his shoulder. Hiei didn't really mind and before he realized it she was sleeping peacefully. He slightly smiled at her, moving just barely so she would be more comfortable and so would his arm. "Aishiteru, Imohto, and I am sorry." (Okay for all not that familiar with Japanese, Hiei just said, "I love you, little/younger sister and I am sorry." I just had to add that in, it sounds so pretty. If you spell it differently I'm sorry, that's just how I spell it. Hey for all of you who are familiar with it, what is 'I am sorry') Yukina's eyes fluttered open and looking at him she softly asked "Why? Why are you sorry?" Hiei just sat there silent terror paralyzing him, his eyes wide with fear. "What's wrong Hiei? You look so scared." Hiei lowered his eyes in shame. Yukina reached out her hand bringing his head back up so she could look in his eyes. "Hiei, it's okay. I'm not mad at you for not telling me. It's okay really." She smiled, tears running down her cheeks. "Then, why are you crying?" Hiei reached out his hand wiping the stream of tears from her cheeks. "Because, I'm so happy. I finally know who my brother is." He smiled and the sound that seemed to have disappeared (again) came flooding back. The ride seemed to come to a stop before it had begun to get good, and Hiei helped Yukina get out of the sled. A soon as they were out of the sled, the 'horses' took off and disappeared into the night just as they had come. Hiei took his sister's hand and lead her up the stairs of the porch and into the warm, brightness of the house. Everyone had stayed up and waited for them, so when they walked through the door together they (well not Kuwabara) something was up. "So?" Yusuke prodded after taking Hiei aside to talk in private. "What happened?" Hiei got a rare smile "I told her." Leaving Yusuke to shock Hiei walked off and took a seat by the window. Looking out at the frosty wild, the smile became bigger. "HE IS YOUR WHAT!?" Kuwabara totally freaked when Yukina was telling the group what had happened. He began to mutter to himself yet somehow everybody heard him "No, it's not true. It's just a joke. One of them must have had too much eggnog or something. She didn't really just say that." Everybody had to stifle a laugh behind his or her hands as Kuwabara began almost pacing and twitching in worry. (I think Hiei even almost laughed but who can be sure?) Hiei turned to watch Kuwabara freak out when a voice sang out in his head. The silver tree that's under the star, a little black fox awaits you. Come to her and she'll be there. She doesn't want to miss you. Hiei sighed to himself, 'Kitsume leave me alone.' "Now why would I do a thing like that? It's so much fun to annoy you." Hiei sighed as he listened to Kitsume babble on about something and if it wasn't for her being inside his head he would have completely ignored her. A hand waving in front of his face sent him back to the room from the space he had stared his way into. It was Yukina. One of her hands was hiding something behind her back while the other brought Hiei back to earth. "Huh?" He gave her a blank stare all those who have spaced out seemed to give when they come back. Yukina giggled, "Here, this is for you. You probably already knew this but I was your Secret Santa." She pulled her hand from behind her back revealing a small object. It was a necklace; the pendant was off a silver dragon holding a tear gem with its long slinky body. The combination of the two made the light dance off it and around it. The silver dragon had small diamond eyes, and sapphire specks along the body, making it glitter several colors. Hiei took it from her hand with a smile, slipping the long chain around his neck. Hiei looked up at her and saw almost everyone had gone to bed. Kurama was in the far corner of the room with his back to them, and Keiko was picking up little bits of trash and paper from the exchange of Secret Santa gifts. Yukina smiled and turned to go up the stairs to her room. Keiko took the trash bag of paper into the kitchen and followed suit going down the hall of the first floor to her and Yusuke's room. (All the guestrooms, the mini library/study, a bathroom, and the attic are all on the second floor. The main bedrooms, kitchen, a bathroom, living room, coat closets, laundry room, and rec. room are on the first.) Kurama stayed where he was and Hiei decided to go to bed too.
* The next Day *
It was Christmas morning, and wrapping paper covered half the floor. Again Hiei was missing. A pile of presents for him lay unopened. No one had seen his since last night. The group decided to go on with the big Christmas breakfast without him. After everyone was full the boys and Shizuru went outside to have a snowball fight. After helping with the dishes and clean up Yukina went outside to watch them. Kuwabara kept yelling at Yusuke for putting ice chunks in the snowballs he was throwing but Kurama had no such complaint. (This is a free for all people no teams) Yukina dodged a few stray snowballs and went into the snow-covered forest. Everything was quiet save the few birds singing their wintry songs. She smiled and continued.
She had heard her brother get up before the sun rose and she also heard him leave. Where was the mystery, and the snow had fallen covering all tracks. Yukina sighed and continued her walk, the tracks of her brother weren't the only things that disappeared, the path they horse drawn sleds had taken had vanished as well. A twig snapped and she turned to see what did it. A black fox the size of a large Great Dane stood slightly hidden behind a tree. It's three tails with purple fire on the tips swayed in an unfelt wind. It opened its mouth in a doggy smile before turning tail and bounding over the banks of snow. The reason for its quick departure became clear seconds later when Hiei came jumping at high speeds through the branches of trees, chasing after it. He saw Yukina and attempted a stop but instead miss-stepped on a patch of snow that just happened to appear as his foot went to land on it. He fell backwards hitting a tree branch with his back on the way down. He sat up rubbing his head as Yukina rushed over to see if her brother was okay.
Hiei's face broke into a smile as he watched the black fox jump and dance over the snow banks as it ran. When it's head looked back it stopped as if waiting for Hiei to restart the chase. It lay down on the snow; mouth open and panting heavily still in its doggy smile. Hiei laughed at it as it began biting snow for water (My puppy did this all the time when I would take her outside to play). When it saw Hiei make no attempt to start the chase again it stood up raising its head and howled a fox's howl (kinda high pitched, whine/yip like). Hiei just waved it off. It cocked its head in mock confusion still smiling. Hiei shook his head trying not to laugh; he cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled out "Goodbye Kitsume!" The fox got a bigger smile and Yukina could almost swear it was laughing. Amazingly the fox called back "Bye Hiei!" It spun in a circle as if chasing it's tail and vanished in a puff of purple and black smoke. Yukina helped Hiei to his feet and they walked back to the house together.
It took a while to get back and when they did everybody gave Hiei strange looks. Mostly for the fact he had to lean on Yukina to walk and he was smiling about something. Yukina helped him into the house and sat him down in a recliner. She left to go get some bandages for his several cuts, bruises, and broken ribs. Hiei sat in silence waiting for her to get back when an evil cackle rang out. Hiei laughed to himself before crying out "Diajobuka?" (Are you all right?) The cackle stopped and a thump was heard behind Hiei. The object that had fallen started to bust out laughing "How'd you know it was me?" "Kitsume, how could I not?" The girl got up rubbing her arm still chuckling. She straightened her purple sleeveless turtleneck and pulled something out of the pocket of her black Capri pants. (Yes she wears summer stuff in the winter, got a problem?) She dangled it in front of Hiei's face. "Here, you dropped this." It was the necklace Yukina had given to him for Christmas. He opened his hand and she dropped it into his hand. He turned to face her but she just waved her hand and disappeared in her puff of purple and black smoke.
"Who was that?" Yukina had returned with the bandages. "Her? Just an old friend returning something I dropped." "Was she that black fox you were playing with?" "Yeah. Kitsume, the black devil." Yukina giggled at the name and went to work on Hiei's injuries. "There, all done." Yukina stood up when she was finished. The two got up and went outside to watch the end of the snowball fight. No one really knows who ended up winning but it ended up being Kurama and Shizuru were the only ones still able to move without a lot of pain. Kuwabara was bruised all over because someone kept putting ice into his or her snowballs, Yusuke was completely numb with cold from being outside without a coat for a while, Keiko didn't originally join in the fight but a 'stray' snowball begged to differ. Botan had played it smart and stayed inside.
Hiei rolled his eyes at the group, but a wind-like call from in the forest sent him a smile he couldn't hide. He suddenly knew where the ice snowballs had come from. The group gave him a weird look when they heard him chuckling to himself. "Hey shorty, what's so funny?" Kuwabara asked ticked off. "Nothing that your feeble mind would understand." "What!? How dare you say that!" "Why? Whatcha going to do about it?" An unfamiliar voice rang out. (Well unfamiliar to everybody but Hiei I believe) Kitsume was standing on a nearby tree branch head cocked in her trademark mock confusion. "Hey who the heck are you?" "So Hiei these are your friends? I wonder what made you make that decision?" "No Kitsume, I don't have any friends. Friends are a crutch for the weak." "Oh, oh yeah I remember you saying that to me once or twice. Hmm oh well." She jumped down, kneeling from the impact. As she stood up she brushed her bangs back but they just fell back into her face. "Hey are you listening to me?" Kuwabara yelled out taking a step forward. "So Hiei, you going to introduce my to your "acquaintances"?" She finger quoted acquaintances to imply a point. Hiei sighed "Yusuke, Keiko, Kurama, Shizuru, Botan (She had come out of the safety of the house) Yukina, and Baka (idiot). Happy?" "Hey shrimp did you call me an idiot? How dare you!" Kuwabara lunged forward in an attempt to grab Hiei but Hiei moved forward at high speeds and when Kuwabara made a second attempt Hiei moved backwards at high speeds. Kuwabara fell over both times and Hiei sighed at his incompetence. "So Kitsume, why are you here again?" "It's a long story and you might want to sit down . . . . . . . . . .
Yeah I'm leaving you hanging. In the next chapter we'll actually get to the plot and prophecy and all that fun stuff this story is actually suppose to be about but until then, yeah. ^.^ z z Z Z Z (I'm half asleep people)
*Yawn* Ixi out, please review and tell me what you think or I won't write anymore. See ya