Averon – Ok, I hope you all are getting the jist of these customs. They're complicated! My muse made them up, but doesn't bother to tell me how to explain them to the readers...
Talking Sword – You're the author. You figure it out.
Hiei - stares I'm not going to get used to that thing.
Averon – I rather want to throw it down a well, but it's my muse so I'm stuck with it....
Talking Sword – She doesn't own the characters or the idea of throwing random talking swords into wells. She does own the storyline, so don't copy.
Hiei - continues to stare and shakes head
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The Bell
'Where the hell is that coming from?' Hiei thought, annoyed. It wouldn't be so bad if everyone wasn't staring at him and Genkai. 'Just my luck, they can't hear it...' Then he remembered the stories, the Chosen one and all that crap that had gotten stuck at the temple in the first place. 'There's no way!' He looked around trying to find the source of the sound, not noticing that Genkai had picked up the crown and backed out of the circle.
"Grandma, what's going on?" Yusuke asked the woman gone pale.
"You aren't that stupid, Dimwit, the bell's ringing." She answered, trying to keep the fear out of her voice. The bell sounded as if it was telling her of someone's death, though she hoped that was just her imagination. Kurama was a good kid, and would probably make a good ruler. She had met him quite a few times, and that was the only reason she was a comfortable passing on the crown. He was the only one of the heirs that had the stuff to rule a kingdom.
Hiei had watched this exchange before his eyes moved more frantically around the chamber. The bell was in here somewhere, he could feel it. He glanced at the other two heirs to see their reactions. Jin was pale, and for once not smiling. He couldn't hear it, that much he could tell by the slightly confused look on his pale face, but he knew what this meant. Kuwabara, on the other hand, looked completely confused and utterly stupid. Apparently he couldn't even remember the legends. 'How I would hate being that stupid.' Hiei thought almost casually before looking elsewhere. Hiei glanced upwards and froze. There it was. The great black bell of legend, not hidden as everyone thought, but in plain sight if you bothered to look. In the middle of the ceiling right above his head with windows that no light seemed to come in all around it, moving slightly on it's own accord ringing so that somehow only he and the queen could hear.
A priest walked into the room, seeming to think that the ceremony was over and just stared. The man was elderly, and had Hiei not been staring at the ceiling he would have thought he was having a heart attack. The priest recovered and rushed up to the queen. "Where's the new king? The ceremony should be over by now, haven't you started? Did the boy get cold feet and hide? Why is the Heir of the Rising Sun staring at the ceiling?" he asked frantically, completely confused. He had no clue what was going on, but was hoping for the best. Heirs had hidden themselves on their estates before when they weren't ready to cope with the situation and he hoped that was what was happening here. He was sadly disappointed when the queen spoke up.
"I have no clue where the boy is, we haven't started the ceremony, how would I know if he got cold feet, and Hiei is staring at The Bell, not the ceiling. It's ringing." The poor priest looked faint.
"Heaven, help me." He said quietly before falling to the floor.
"What happened to the priest?" The heir of the Horse asked thickly. Jin hit him upside the head. (How I would hate to be that dense)
Out of nowhere, there was a rush of wings that filled the entire chamber with sound. Now everyone (conscious) was staring at the bell as thousands of birds took flight. Suddenly all the sunlight that should have been coming through the windows poured through and onto Hiei in the middle of the circle, as if by magic. He shielded his eyes as everyone gasped.
"So that's where the sacred eagles roost...." Jin trailed off.
"The gods have spoken. Hiei's The One." Genkai whispered. In all her time as queen, light had never come through those windows.
And that was only the beginning...
Talking Sword – You're the author. You figure it out.
Hiei - stares I'm not going to get used to that thing.
Averon – I rather want to throw it down a well, but it's my muse so I'm stuck with it....
Talking Sword – She doesn't own the characters or the idea of throwing random talking swords into wells. She does own the storyline, so don't copy.
Hiei - continues to stare and shakes head
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The Bell
'Where the hell is that coming from?' Hiei thought, annoyed. It wouldn't be so bad if everyone wasn't staring at him and Genkai. 'Just my luck, they can't hear it...' Then he remembered the stories, the Chosen one and all that crap that had gotten stuck at the temple in the first place. 'There's no way!' He looked around trying to find the source of the sound, not noticing that Genkai had picked up the crown and backed out of the circle.
"Grandma, what's going on?" Yusuke asked the woman gone pale.
"You aren't that stupid, Dimwit, the bell's ringing." She answered, trying to keep the fear out of her voice. The bell sounded as if it was telling her of someone's death, though she hoped that was just her imagination. Kurama was a good kid, and would probably make a good ruler. She had met him quite a few times, and that was the only reason she was a comfortable passing on the crown. He was the only one of the heirs that had the stuff to rule a kingdom.
Hiei had watched this exchange before his eyes moved more frantically around the chamber. The bell was in here somewhere, he could feel it. He glanced at the other two heirs to see their reactions. Jin was pale, and for once not smiling. He couldn't hear it, that much he could tell by the slightly confused look on his pale face, but he knew what this meant. Kuwabara, on the other hand, looked completely confused and utterly stupid. Apparently he couldn't even remember the legends. 'How I would hate being that stupid.' Hiei thought almost casually before looking elsewhere. Hiei glanced upwards and froze. There it was. The great black bell of legend, not hidden as everyone thought, but in plain sight if you bothered to look. In the middle of the ceiling right above his head with windows that no light seemed to come in all around it, moving slightly on it's own accord ringing so that somehow only he and the queen could hear.
A priest walked into the room, seeming to think that the ceremony was over and just stared. The man was elderly, and had Hiei not been staring at the ceiling he would have thought he was having a heart attack. The priest recovered and rushed up to the queen. "Where's the new king? The ceremony should be over by now, haven't you started? Did the boy get cold feet and hide? Why is the Heir of the Rising Sun staring at the ceiling?" he asked frantically, completely confused. He had no clue what was going on, but was hoping for the best. Heirs had hidden themselves on their estates before when they weren't ready to cope with the situation and he hoped that was what was happening here. He was sadly disappointed when the queen spoke up.
"I have no clue where the boy is, we haven't started the ceremony, how would I know if he got cold feet, and Hiei is staring at The Bell, not the ceiling. It's ringing." The poor priest looked faint.
"Heaven, help me." He said quietly before falling to the floor.
"What happened to the priest?" The heir of the Horse asked thickly. Jin hit him upside the head. (How I would hate to be that dense)
Out of nowhere, there was a rush of wings that filled the entire chamber with sound. Now everyone (conscious) was staring at the bell as thousands of birds took flight. Suddenly all the sunlight that should have been coming through the windows poured through and onto Hiei in the middle of the circle, as if by magic. He shielded his eyes as everyone gasped.
"So that's where the sacred eagles roost...." Jin trailed off.
"The gods have spoken. Hiei's The One." Genkai whispered. In all her time as queen, light had never come through those windows.
And that was only the beginning...