Under Light of Four Stars
Ixi: Yes, I the great Ixi have returned for yet another chapter! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! *Lightning flashes across sky*
Kurama: T_T you're joking right?
Ixi: *Turns from evil Ixi to normal* Oro?
Kurama: *sigh*
Hiei: Hello, crazy dragon lady, you're going to tell them what happens to me right?
Ixi: Oh yeah, well . . . Hiei I'll give ya this katana if ya do the disclaimers.
Hiei: Sure, crazy dragon lady doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho, us, them, whoever, whatever. Give me the katana.
Ixi: Here ya go
Houdini: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! FRED!
Ixi: Why'd ya name Hiei's katana Fred?
Houdini: MY katana!
Chapter 16 The Confused Awakening
"Hiei? Hiei you can wake up any time silly." Hiei heard a familiar voice, but he was still swirling in the darkness and saw no one. "Hiei?" The soft voice cried out once again. Crimson met crimson when Hiei's eyes met with Yukina's. "Hey, you're okay, you scared us for a second there." "Oro?" Hiei said confused. (Oro is like Huh? in Japanese, ^-^) "Silly, you've been asleep for two days now." Hiei attempted to lift his head out of Yukina's lap, but her gentle yet firm hands kept him down. "Don't move very much right now. Your body went through a lot." "Huh? What happened?" With his words, Yukina closed her eyes in a saddened way. "Ask Kitsume, she's the one who should tell you." Hiei felt a chill run through his spine as those words were spoken.
"HEY, HIEI'S AWAKE!" Hiei turned his head at the sound of Keiko's voice. Keiko, Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara and Botan all raced forward. Soon after, Ixi, Nerru, Lex, Mika, Millenia and Keyou came into view as well. 'Everyone but Kit . . .' Hiei thought to himself. "HEY STRANGER! WHAT BRINGS YOU TO MIRA NOVA?" Came a child-like voice from the opposite direction. "Fay?" Hiei said turning to the sound of the voice. A small fairy type child fluttered into view, her crystal blue dragonfly wings beating thousands of times a second. "Yep, me, myself, and I reporting for duty, Hiei SIR!" Fay mock saluted while landing. "Fay, you're a hyper idiot, ya know that." Hiei spun around, there was Kitsume, looking as she always did, but Hiei could tell something was missing from her fiery aura, it fact the entire aura was barely there. "Yea Kit I know!" Fay yelled speeding over to her and giving the girl a hug. Hiei continued to stare at Kit. Kit noticed his glance and tried avoiding it. "Kit?" Hiei whispered questionably. Kit simply ignored him. Hiei glanced over to Kurama who was giving the both of them a curious glance.
Yukina stood up and gently helped the fire demon up as well. "Hey stranger, I've gots to speak with ya in private." Fay said walking on air. Hiei nodded and followed her. He gave one last glance to Kitsume, but she had disappeared. Hiei turned his attention back to Fay as they walked in silence. They seemed to walk forever before Fay stopped, still hovering in mid-air. "Okay, Blue is going to recover just fine, but . . ." "What? Kit said that he . . ." "No, he's fine, more or less, but as I was saying, but he is going to need a certain flower's healing powers, without them he'll have lasting scars." "What kind of flower?" "It's a nocturnal flower called "Lunar Flower", it is a milky white flower detailed with glowing iridescent stripes." "Where do I find this 'Lunar Flower'?" "Uh, I'm not sure, I've being over-worked right now and haven't been able to research it more." "Oh, well maybe Kurama knows something." "Kurama knows something about what?" Hiei turned to see Kurama standing on the top of the hill him and Fay were at the bottom of. "Lunar Flower, mean anything to you?" Fay asked setting down. "Depends on what you want to know about it." "So you do know something, anything about where it grows?" "Maybe, why?" Hiei could see Kurama knew something he was unwilling to tell. "I need it for a friend." Hiei bluntly said. "The Lunar Flower, extremely powerful flower that can boost ones own energy tenfold, it also has an amazing healing effect for certain creatures and a potent effect for others." Hiei just stared at Kurama. "Only kitsunes know how to find it and harvest it properly. Anything else?" Kurama asked. "Will you get one?" Hiei asked.
"I can't, but Ki-" Fay shook her head no really fast behind Hiei's back. "Kitsume can't Kurama." Hiei said walking away. "Huh? Why not?" Kurama asked watching Hiei take off running. "Because Kit isn't a kitsune anymore." Fay whispered also watching Hiei vanish. "What do you mean not a kitsune anymore?" Fay sighed. "Long complicated story, I can get into detail but it might be confusing." "Tell me anyway." "Okay remember back to the castle, the fight with Aris?" "Yes I remember, I was fighting." "Well at the end, just before you came here, do you remember a huge flash of purple and white light?" Kurama thought hard before nodding. "That light was Kitsume's ultimate attack, called Rei Fox Blade. She puts all her energy into her weapon of choice and sends a huge beam of it to the opponent. The beam will destroy all it touches unless controlled and to do that Kit needs lots of energy." "But if she puts all her energy into her attack where does that energy come from?" Kurama asked, sitting down. Fay sat down and took a deep breath. "Well she doesn't usually use that attack, and when she does she doesn't need all her energy. Think a Dragon of the Darkness Flame without a killer rampaging dragon. But fighting Aris was different, Aris was so strong Kit needed all she had, but she couldn't kill you all. So she tried something that could have killed both her and Hiei. She sent an energy tap to Hiei and took his energy to control hers. This is strictly forbidden by the Sacred Laws Kit lives by as a star-fire kitsune. Punishment for this crime is simple yet harsh to all extremes." Fay paused to tuck her knees under her chin. "The punishment is to be stripped of your kitsune powers, abilities, aura etc . . . This may seem harsh, but to steal another's energy is a high crime before the elders. Kitsume knew the risks, and she also knew what she had to do." Fay sighed once again. "Now her life is upside-down and she's just tryin to put the pieces back together as best she can." With that Fay got up and flew off.
Kurama stared after her. 'What does the Lunar Flower have to do with this, it's powerful yes, but not that powerful.' "Kurama." Kurama turned around to see who called his name. Cato was trotting towards him, Darren soaring in the sky above. "Yes?" Kurama said jogging over to them. "We've been looking everywhere for you guys, jeez ya got an invisible spell or sumthin'?" Darren said while coming down to earth. "Not that I'm aware of, but why are you looking for us?" "We've got to say goodbye, our own realm is calling." Cato said as the three walked back to the main meadow. "Oh, I see." Kurama looked back to where Hiei had gone off. "Don't worry, I've already said goodbye to him, he's got more important things right now, and he don't seem like the goodbye type. Well the hello type either for that matter." Darren said landing and looking in the direction Kurama was looking at. "Oh . . ." Kurama said as a breeze kicked up leaves and petals from nearby trees. They danced in the wind until another breeze sent them flying.
~* With Hiei *~
Hiei jumped through the trees at lightning speeds. The cherry blossom trees were in a full bloom and the beautiful petals kept flying into Hiei's eyes. Hiei stopped to rest on a branch and took the time to look around. "C'mon Kit, where are you, I need you to tell me you didn't do it." Hiei said to no one in particular. "I can't tell you that Hiei, because I won't lie to you." Hiei turned around to see Kit. She was on the ground next to the trunk of the tree he was standing on. She had changed into a beautiful kimono. It was white with simple flower designs every now and then along the fabric. The long sleeves were floating in the wind as Kit looked out to the brilliant setting sun. The gust of wind kicked up again sending thousand of rose colored petals. "So, its true then." Hiei whispered as he jumped down near Kit. "Yes, it true." Hiei gave Kit a look of sympathy and came closer to her. "Its so strange, I feel sad, yet happy beyond words." Kit said as she continued to watch the sun and flower petals. Hiei said nothing but turned to watch the sun as well.
~* With Shizuru *~
"Hey, I'm alive. That's a good sign." Shizuru sarcastically said looking through the dust that darkened the room. Two glowing objects were in the space where the lever was. Shizuru waved the dust away so she could see. One of the objects was a purple and black fox figurine and the other a glowing lily like flower. "Hmm, well that kid told me about the figure but what about the flower? Well, I'll take it anyway." Shizuru gently picked up the figurine and wrapped it in a patterned silk cloth, and then she put the wrapped figure in a side bag. She then picked up the flower and wrapped it with a separate cloth and also put it in the bag. "Okay, now for the portal thingy."
~* With most of the gang *~
"So Kit she's not a fox person anymore?" Yusuke asked leaning against the tree. Kurama nodded and took a seat on a log. "Wait, explain to me again how this is possible." Kuwabara said looking confused at the whole situation. Kurama sighed and repeated for the third time what Fay had told him. "That's so sad, don't the elder people know she didn't have a choice?" Keiko asked sitting near Yusuke. "I'm afraid they do. It doesn't matter the circumstances Fay said, a crime is a crime to them." Kurama said looking down. "Isn't there anything we can do?" Botan asked jumping from the tree branch she had been sitting on. "Fay said we can't do anything, its up to Kitsume and Hiei." Kurama said standing up to move a little down the log. "What does my brother have to do with this?" Yukina asked, looking up from the birds she had in her hands. "Everything Yukina-san." Fay said as she floated into view. "It's his energy she stole." "Oh." Yukina sighed and let the birds fly away. (Ixi: Friends of yours Lark? Lark: Friends? They're my family.)
~* With Hiei and Kitsume *~
"Kit . . ." Hiei started. "Yes Hiei-dono?" Hiei looked at Kit with a sad look in his eyes. "Is there anything I can do to help you?" Kit sighed and slowly sat on the ground. "I don't know Hiei, I don't even know if I can help myself." Hiei sat down next to Kit and in silence they watched the sun set in its royal colors. Kit closed her eyes and rested her head on Hiei's shoulder. "Don't worry Kit, I won't leave you." Is all Hiei said as the sun took its final bow at the end of the day. 'I only hope you keep your word Hiei, I don't know if I can make it without you helping me.' Hiei glanced over at Kitsume as the shadows got longer. 'Don't worry Kit, my word is my bond.' Both lost in their own thought the two of them stayed there in the same spot for a couple of hours. The light was gone now, only a warm darkness was left.
Ixi: C'mon, do ya really think I would have killed Hiei? He's too kawaii to kill. ^-^
Hey people, this is not the end okay! It sounds like I closed it but this is NOT the end of the story, one more chapter left at least. Please review tell me whatcha think, what's on your mind etc . . . Uh review response(s) below (I dunno how many I have right now ^-^) Oh before I do that, I suggest you read my other story Me and the Penguin Army, its pretty funny and I kinda need some more reviews on that. It has much more Humor than this one. Well here is review responses:
Kairi032: Sorry you're still confused, but happens to us all (I live in a constant haze of confusion ^-^)
Dragon Tamer103088: Hope you're happy ^-^ keep writin' your story too.
Ixi: Yes, I the great Ixi have returned for yet another chapter! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! *Lightning flashes across sky*
Kurama: T_T you're joking right?
Ixi: *Turns from evil Ixi to normal* Oro?
Kurama: *sigh*
Hiei: Hello, crazy dragon lady, you're going to tell them what happens to me right?
Ixi: Oh yeah, well . . . Hiei I'll give ya this katana if ya do the disclaimers.
Hiei: Sure, crazy dragon lady doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho, us, them, whoever, whatever. Give me the katana.
Ixi: Here ya go
Houdini: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! FRED!
Ixi: Why'd ya name Hiei's katana Fred?
Houdini: MY katana!
Chapter 16 The Confused Awakening
"Hiei? Hiei you can wake up any time silly." Hiei heard a familiar voice, but he was still swirling in the darkness and saw no one. "Hiei?" The soft voice cried out once again. Crimson met crimson when Hiei's eyes met with Yukina's. "Hey, you're okay, you scared us for a second there." "Oro?" Hiei said confused. (Oro is like Huh? in Japanese, ^-^) "Silly, you've been asleep for two days now." Hiei attempted to lift his head out of Yukina's lap, but her gentle yet firm hands kept him down. "Don't move very much right now. Your body went through a lot." "Huh? What happened?" With his words, Yukina closed her eyes in a saddened way. "Ask Kitsume, she's the one who should tell you." Hiei felt a chill run through his spine as those words were spoken.
"HEY, HIEI'S AWAKE!" Hiei turned his head at the sound of Keiko's voice. Keiko, Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara and Botan all raced forward. Soon after, Ixi, Nerru, Lex, Mika, Millenia and Keyou came into view as well. 'Everyone but Kit . . .' Hiei thought to himself. "HEY STRANGER! WHAT BRINGS YOU TO MIRA NOVA?" Came a child-like voice from the opposite direction. "Fay?" Hiei said turning to the sound of the voice. A small fairy type child fluttered into view, her crystal blue dragonfly wings beating thousands of times a second. "Yep, me, myself, and I reporting for duty, Hiei SIR!" Fay mock saluted while landing. "Fay, you're a hyper idiot, ya know that." Hiei spun around, there was Kitsume, looking as she always did, but Hiei could tell something was missing from her fiery aura, it fact the entire aura was barely there. "Yea Kit I know!" Fay yelled speeding over to her and giving the girl a hug. Hiei continued to stare at Kit. Kit noticed his glance and tried avoiding it. "Kit?" Hiei whispered questionably. Kit simply ignored him. Hiei glanced over to Kurama who was giving the both of them a curious glance.
Yukina stood up and gently helped the fire demon up as well. "Hey stranger, I've gots to speak with ya in private." Fay said walking on air. Hiei nodded and followed her. He gave one last glance to Kitsume, but she had disappeared. Hiei turned his attention back to Fay as they walked in silence. They seemed to walk forever before Fay stopped, still hovering in mid-air. "Okay, Blue is going to recover just fine, but . . ." "What? Kit said that he . . ." "No, he's fine, more or less, but as I was saying, but he is going to need a certain flower's healing powers, without them he'll have lasting scars." "What kind of flower?" "It's a nocturnal flower called "Lunar Flower", it is a milky white flower detailed with glowing iridescent stripes." "Where do I find this 'Lunar Flower'?" "Uh, I'm not sure, I've being over-worked right now and haven't been able to research it more." "Oh, well maybe Kurama knows something." "Kurama knows something about what?" Hiei turned to see Kurama standing on the top of the hill him and Fay were at the bottom of. "Lunar Flower, mean anything to you?" Fay asked setting down. "Depends on what you want to know about it." "So you do know something, anything about where it grows?" "Maybe, why?" Hiei could see Kurama knew something he was unwilling to tell. "I need it for a friend." Hiei bluntly said. "The Lunar Flower, extremely powerful flower that can boost ones own energy tenfold, it also has an amazing healing effect for certain creatures and a potent effect for others." Hiei just stared at Kurama. "Only kitsunes know how to find it and harvest it properly. Anything else?" Kurama asked. "Will you get one?" Hiei asked.
"I can't, but Ki-" Fay shook her head no really fast behind Hiei's back. "Kitsume can't Kurama." Hiei said walking away. "Huh? Why not?" Kurama asked watching Hiei take off running. "Because Kit isn't a kitsune anymore." Fay whispered also watching Hiei vanish. "What do you mean not a kitsune anymore?" Fay sighed. "Long complicated story, I can get into detail but it might be confusing." "Tell me anyway." "Okay remember back to the castle, the fight with Aris?" "Yes I remember, I was fighting." "Well at the end, just before you came here, do you remember a huge flash of purple and white light?" Kurama thought hard before nodding. "That light was Kitsume's ultimate attack, called Rei Fox Blade. She puts all her energy into her weapon of choice and sends a huge beam of it to the opponent. The beam will destroy all it touches unless controlled and to do that Kit needs lots of energy." "But if she puts all her energy into her attack where does that energy come from?" Kurama asked, sitting down. Fay sat down and took a deep breath. "Well she doesn't usually use that attack, and when she does she doesn't need all her energy. Think a Dragon of the Darkness Flame without a killer rampaging dragon. But fighting Aris was different, Aris was so strong Kit needed all she had, but she couldn't kill you all. So she tried something that could have killed both her and Hiei. She sent an energy tap to Hiei and took his energy to control hers. This is strictly forbidden by the Sacred Laws Kit lives by as a star-fire kitsune. Punishment for this crime is simple yet harsh to all extremes." Fay paused to tuck her knees under her chin. "The punishment is to be stripped of your kitsune powers, abilities, aura etc . . . This may seem harsh, but to steal another's energy is a high crime before the elders. Kitsume knew the risks, and she also knew what she had to do." Fay sighed once again. "Now her life is upside-down and she's just tryin to put the pieces back together as best she can." With that Fay got up and flew off.
Kurama stared after her. 'What does the Lunar Flower have to do with this, it's powerful yes, but not that powerful.' "Kurama." Kurama turned around to see who called his name. Cato was trotting towards him, Darren soaring in the sky above. "Yes?" Kurama said jogging over to them. "We've been looking everywhere for you guys, jeez ya got an invisible spell or sumthin'?" Darren said while coming down to earth. "Not that I'm aware of, but why are you looking for us?" "We've got to say goodbye, our own realm is calling." Cato said as the three walked back to the main meadow. "Oh, I see." Kurama looked back to where Hiei had gone off. "Don't worry, I've already said goodbye to him, he's got more important things right now, and he don't seem like the goodbye type. Well the hello type either for that matter." Darren said landing and looking in the direction Kurama was looking at. "Oh . . ." Kurama said as a breeze kicked up leaves and petals from nearby trees. They danced in the wind until another breeze sent them flying.
~* With Hiei *~
Hiei jumped through the trees at lightning speeds. The cherry blossom trees were in a full bloom and the beautiful petals kept flying into Hiei's eyes. Hiei stopped to rest on a branch and took the time to look around. "C'mon Kit, where are you, I need you to tell me you didn't do it." Hiei said to no one in particular. "I can't tell you that Hiei, because I won't lie to you." Hiei turned around to see Kit. She was on the ground next to the trunk of the tree he was standing on. She had changed into a beautiful kimono. It was white with simple flower designs every now and then along the fabric. The long sleeves were floating in the wind as Kit looked out to the brilliant setting sun. The gust of wind kicked up again sending thousand of rose colored petals. "So, its true then." Hiei whispered as he jumped down near Kit. "Yes, it true." Hiei gave Kit a look of sympathy and came closer to her. "Its so strange, I feel sad, yet happy beyond words." Kit said as she continued to watch the sun and flower petals. Hiei said nothing but turned to watch the sun as well.
~* With Shizuru *~
"Hey, I'm alive. That's a good sign." Shizuru sarcastically said looking through the dust that darkened the room. Two glowing objects were in the space where the lever was. Shizuru waved the dust away so she could see. One of the objects was a purple and black fox figurine and the other a glowing lily like flower. "Hmm, well that kid told me about the figure but what about the flower? Well, I'll take it anyway." Shizuru gently picked up the figurine and wrapped it in a patterned silk cloth, and then she put the wrapped figure in a side bag. She then picked up the flower and wrapped it with a separate cloth and also put it in the bag. "Okay, now for the portal thingy."
~* With most of the gang *~
"So Kit she's not a fox person anymore?" Yusuke asked leaning against the tree. Kurama nodded and took a seat on a log. "Wait, explain to me again how this is possible." Kuwabara said looking confused at the whole situation. Kurama sighed and repeated for the third time what Fay had told him. "That's so sad, don't the elder people know she didn't have a choice?" Keiko asked sitting near Yusuke. "I'm afraid they do. It doesn't matter the circumstances Fay said, a crime is a crime to them." Kurama said looking down. "Isn't there anything we can do?" Botan asked jumping from the tree branch she had been sitting on. "Fay said we can't do anything, its up to Kitsume and Hiei." Kurama said standing up to move a little down the log. "What does my brother have to do with this?" Yukina asked, looking up from the birds she had in her hands. "Everything Yukina-san." Fay said as she floated into view. "It's his energy she stole." "Oh." Yukina sighed and let the birds fly away. (Ixi: Friends of yours Lark? Lark: Friends? They're my family.)
~* With Hiei and Kitsume *~
"Kit . . ." Hiei started. "Yes Hiei-dono?" Hiei looked at Kit with a sad look in his eyes. "Is there anything I can do to help you?" Kit sighed and slowly sat on the ground. "I don't know Hiei, I don't even know if I can help myself." Hiei sat down next to Kit and in silence they watched the sun set in its royal colors. Kit closed her eyes and rested her head on Hiei's shoulder. "Don't worry Kit, I won't leave you." Is all Hiei said as the sun took its final bow at the end of the day. 'I only hope you keep your word Hiei, I don't know if I can make it without you helping me.' Hiei glanced over at Kitsume as the shadows got longer. 'Don't worry Kit, my word is my bond.' Both lost in their own thought the two of them stayed there in the same spot for a couple of hours. The light was gone now, only a warm darkness was left.
Ixi: C'mon, do ya really think I would have killed Hiei? He's too kawaii to kill. ^-^
Hey people, this is not the end okay! It sounds like I closed it but this is NOT the end of the story, one more chapter left at least. Please review tell me whatcha think, what's on your mind etc . . . Uh review response(s) below (I dunno how many I have right now ^-^) Oh before I do that, I suggest you read my other story Me and the Penguin Army, its pretty funny and I kinda need some more reviews on that. It has much more Humor than this one. Well here is review responses:
Kairi032: Sorry you're still confused, but happens to us all (I live in a constant haze of confusion ^-^)
Dragon Tamer103088: Hope you're happy ^-^ keep writin' your story too.