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Chapter 5: When the rose wilt.
"Hiei, we will leave now." Hina stated, gently shaking him awake. "Okay..." Hiei said sleepily. "Hiei get up." Hina demanded softly. "I am, just a minute." Hina finally threw a pillow at him. She was a bit scared because she didn't know how he would react. Hiei got up. With a smirk on his face. "I'm up..." He said sarcastically. "Good. That is nice to know. I made breakfast." Hina said, beckoning to the table. Hiei frowned. "I thought you said we were going to leave now?" "I had to get you up, didn't I? I thought if I said that you would get up. We've got another hour before we go." Hina explained. "Oh..." Hiei said. "Well, I guess now would be a better time to meet everyone." Hina said. Hiei was about to leave when he saw a picture of someone in the room he didn't know. "Who is that?" Hiei asked, pointing to the picture. "Your sister, Katana. I do not know where she is now. She has been gone for many years." Hina said with a bit of difficulty. "I have another sister?" Hiei asked. "Yes." "Is she younger or older than me?" Hiei asked. "Is age all you care about?" Hina asked teasingly. "She is younger." "Hn. Good." Hiei said, smirking. "Shall we?" Hina asked, beckoning to the door. Hiei mutely followed Hina until they reached the elder's place at the edge of the cloud. "Hiei, Hina, Yasu, Yuki, Sakura, and Mori?" The elder asked, taking roll call. *snickers.* "All here." Hina stated. "Good." "Where exactly do we start looking?" Hiei asked. "To the east of here. We have to go past the wind mages dwellings, however. When we do, we need to keep our guard up." Mori answered. "I see." Hiei said. "Let's go." Yuki demanded. "Will the wind mages attack us?" Hiei asked. "Yes." Hina answered. "That's odd. If I am correct about the village you're talking about, I know them..." Hiei said. "You do?!" Sakura asked, shocked. "Hai. They practically raised me. Well, for a year. I just wonder how they are?" Hiei answered. They travelled for many days until they finally reached the dwellings of the wind mages. There was no village in sight, really, but the wind picked up and there was no more snow on the ground. "Are we any closer?" Mori asked, annoyed. "Yeah...We should be getting pretty close..." Hiei said, looking up at the sky. Within the next few hours they made it to the village. Sakura gasped. "It looks deserted." "It isn't." Hiei said. "It would appear they have moved their location more to the east." "How can you tell?" Mori asked. "The markings on the trees." Hiei answered simply. Yasu looked over at the trees. They had purple cloth around them and an inscription on the cloth that she couldn't read. "How far to the east?" Yuki asked. "Not too far. Only an hour walk, perhaps." Hiei said. "An hour?!" Yasu shouted. "Yes.....I don't quite know. We just have to go east. And hope that we find them." Hiei replied. "Why are we looking for them in the first place? I thought we didn't want to encounter them?" Mori asked, confused. "Well, we need as much help as we can get." Hina retorted. "I do not plan on picking up more women for the journey. I just will ask them of the Lenaris Jewel." Hiei snorted. "And what of men?" Hina asked suspiciously. "Hn." Hiei answered. "Hiei..." Hina growled, pressing the matter. "I don't know about men. It would be nice to have another guy here, or I might go insane." Hiei said. "Why didn't you bring one of the guys from your group of allies?" Hina asked. "The only one I would consider bringing is Kurama, and he is needed back there. He knows a lot about healing, like Yukina." Hiei replied. "I see." Hina said. "Youko Kurama?!" Sakura asked. "Yeah. In human form." Hiei explained. "So he kind of is dead?" Mori asked. "No. He is alive. He is human now. When he was near death he fled to the Ningenkai to enter a womb so he could live." Hiei said. "Oh." They said. They continued walking until something that had been bugging Hiei for awhile finally emerged. "Why were you given your names?" Hiei asked them. "Um...It was what we loved the most." Sakura explained. "I see." Hiei replied. "Yeah." Yasu murmured. "Hiei?!" Someone yelled. Hiei dodged the sword, narrowly. "What do ye want?" The woman who tried to slash Hiei yelled. "We're looking for Nynx. Take us to her. She knows who I am." Hiei demanded. "Do not demand such things...We do not listen to outsiders..." The woman yelled. "Hn. Maybe Nynx can be the judge of that! Nynx! Get out here! I know you're here!" Hiei yelled. A middle aged woman came out of a hut. "What do ye want?!" She screamed. "Nynx. Is that any way to great your guests?" Hiei teased. Nynx blinked. It was Hiei. Or so it appeared. "Hiei? Is it really you?"
"Who else could it be?" Hiei asked disdainfully. "Anyone." Nynx replied. "Well, now that you know who I am, are we still strangers?" Hiei asked. "Nay. I do not believe so." She smirked. "Good. I and my...allies...have a matter of importance to speak about." Hiei stated, clearing his throat. "Talk away, by all means." Nynx gestured toward her hut. Once inside, Hiei talked. "One of our own has become gravely ill. We are in search of the Lenaris Jewel. Do you know anything about it? If you do, we must hurry." Hiei explained. "I do know of the Lenaris Jewel. Unfortunately." Nynx said sourly. "Unfortunately?" Hiei asked suspiciously. "That jewel is not what you may think it is." Nynx warned. "Then what the hell is it?!" Hiei roared. "Calm down." Nynx ordered sternly. "The Lenaris Jewel is of great power. Not just anyone can wield it. It will tear your soul in two if you are not powerful enough. If it believes the receiver of its healing or powers unworthy, it will do much worse. I must hope this friend of yours' is very worthy." "And how would we know that?" Mori asked. "You don't. Only the jewel does. Be careful. Be steadfast. Share the burden, perhaps. Not one person alone can hold it without vanishing." Nynx warned solemnly. She, too, knew everything about the Lenaris Jewel and its history of owners was not good. In the end, Hiei would either end up insane, die, or lose a piece of himself.
"Hiei, we will leave now." Hina stated, gently shaking him awake. "Okay..." Hiei said sleepily. "Hiei get up." Hina demanded softly. "I am, just a minute." Hina finally threw a pillow at him. She was a bit scared because she didn't know how he would react. Hiei got up. With a smirk on his face. "I'm up..." He said sarcastically. "Good. That is nice to know. I made breakfast." Hina said, beckoning to the table. Hiei frowned. "I thought you said we were going to leave now?" "I had to get you up, didn't I? I thought if I said that you would get up. We've got another hour before we go." Hina explained. "Oh..." Hiei said. "Well, I guess now would be a better time to meet everyone." Hina said. Hiei was about to leave when he saw a picture of someone in the room he didn't know. "Who is that?" Hiei asked, pointing to the picture. "Your sister, Katana. I do not know where she is now. She has been gone for many years." Hina said with a bit of difficulty. "I have another sister?" Hiei asked. "Yes." "Is she younger or older than me?" Hiei asked. "Is age all you care about?" Hina asked teasingly. "She is younger." "Hn. Good." Hiei said, smirking. "Shall we?" Hina asked, beckoning to the door. Hiei mutely followed Hina until they reached the elder's place at the edge of the cloud. "Hiei, Hina, Yasu, Yuki, Sakura, and Mori?" The elder asked, taking roll call. *snickers.* "All here." Hina stated. "Good." "Where exactly do we start looking?" Hiei asked. "To the east of here. We have to go past the wind mages dwellings, however. When we do, we need to keep our guard up." Mori answered. "I see." Hiei said. "Let's go." Yuki demanded. "Will the wind mages attack us?" Hiei asked. "Yes." Hina answered. "That's odd. If I am correct about the village you're talking about, I know them..." Hiei said. "You do?!" Sakura asked, shocked. "Hai. They practically raised me. Well, for a year. I just wonder how they are?" Hiei answered. They travelled for many days until they finally reached the dwellings of the wind mages. There was no village in sight, really, but the wind picked up and there was no more snow on the ground. "Are we any closer?" Mori asked, annoyed. "Yeah...We should be getting pretty close..." Hiei said, looking up at the sky. Within the next few hours they made it to the village. Sakura gasped. "It looks deserted." "It isn't." Hiei said. "It would appear they have moved their location more to the east." "How can you tell?" Mori asked. "The markings on the trees." Hiei answered simply. Yasu looked over at the trees. They had purple cloth around them and an inscription on the cloth that she couldn't read. "How far to the east?" Yuki asked. "Not too far. Only an hour walk, perhaps." Hiei said. "An hour?!" Yasu shouted. "Yes.....I don't quite know. We just have to go east. And hope that we find them." Hiei replied. "Why are we looking for them in the first place? I thought we didn't want to encounter them?" Mori asked, confused. "Well, we need as much help as we can get." Hina retorted. "I do not plan on picking up more women for the journey. I just will ask them of the Lenaris Jewel." Hiei snorted. "And what of men?" Hina asked suspiciously. "Hn." Hiei answered. "Hiei..." Hina growled, pressing the matter. "I don't know about men. It would be nice to have another guy here, or I might go insane." Hiei said. "Why didn't you bring one of the guys from your group of allies?" Hina asked. "The only one I would consider bringing is Kurama, and he is needed back there. He knows a lot about healing, like Yukina." Hiei replied. "I see." Hina said. "Youko Kurama?!" Sakura asked. "Yeah. In human form." Hiei explained. "So he kind of is dead?" Mori asked. "No. He is alive. He is human now. When he was near death he fled to the Ningenkai to enter a womb so he could live." Hiei said. "Oh." They said. They continued walking until something that had been bugging Hiei for awhile finally emerged. "Why were you given your names?" Hiei asked them. "Um...It was what we loved the most." Sakura explained. "I see." Hiei replied. "Yeah." Yasu murmured. "Hiei?!" Someone yelled. Hiei dodged the sword, narrowly. "What do ye want?" The woman who tried to slash Hiei yelled. "We're looking for Nynx. Take us to her. She knows who I am." Hiei demanded. "Do not demand such things...We do not listen to outsiders..." The woman yelled. "Hn. Maybe Nynx can be the judge of that! Nynx! Get out here! I know you're here!" Hiei yelled. A middle aged woman came out of a hut. "What do ye want?!" She screamed. "Nynx. Is that any way to great your guests?" Hiei teased. Nynx blinked. It was Hiei. Or so it appeared. "Hiei? Is it really you?"
"Who else could it be?" Hiei asked disdainfully. "Anyone." Nynx replied. "Well, now that you know who I am, are we still strangers?" Hiei asked. "Nay. I do not believe so." She smirked. "Good. I and my...allies...have a matter of importance to speak about." Hiei stated, clearing his throat. "Talk away, by all means." Nynx gestured toward her hut. Once inside, Hiei talked. "One of our own has become gravely ill. We are in search of the Lenaris Jewel. Do you know anything about it? If you do, we must hurry." Hiei explained. "I do know of the Lenaris Jewel. Unfortunately." Nynx said sourly. "Unfortunately?" Hiei asked suspiciously. "That jewel is not what you may think it is." Nynx warned. "Then what the hell is it?!" Hiei roared. "Calm down." Nynx ordered sternly. "The Lenaris Jewel is of great power. Not just anyone can wield it. It will tear your soul in two if you are not powerful enough. If it believes the receiver of its healing or powers unworthy, it will do much worse. I must hope this friend of yours' is very worthy." "And how would we know that?" Mori asked. "You don't. Only the jewel does. Be careful. Be steadfast. Share the burden, perhaps. Not one person alone can hold it without vanishing." Nynx warned solemnly. She, too, knew everything about the Lenaris Jewel and its history of owners was not good. In the end, Hiei would either end up insane, die, or lose a piece of himself.