Warnings: Hiei swears. ^_^ like that's abnormal. Heehee.
The Welder of BlackFire:
Thorn's New Life-The Legend Lives
Chapter Twenty-Six: Meeting BlackFire
The night was dark. And cold. Empty. There was no moon that night and the stars barely had the energy to peek from their slumber in the azure abyss. Many didn't. Hiei looked up through the tree's branches. Only seven or so hours left. He should sleep. But he only managed a doze. The night gave him a sharp reminder of nights in the demon world and he slept as such. With his hand on his katana. But there was something that vibrated in the air that made him on edge. Something that reminded him of his days before pairing up with Gouki and Kurama. Before stealing the three artifacts. When blood constantly scented the air. But that was all in the past insisted his drunken mind as it yawned into sleep.
'Wake up, Hiei,' came a forceful, yet wise, voice in his mind. It reminded him of Kurama's voice, echoing wisdom and knowledge. But Kurama did not speak through the mind. He had no psychic powers. Hiei opened his eyes.
'Who are you?' he asked with a threat to his voice, looking around, trying to place where the incursion had come from.
'Down here,' came a growl. Hiei looked down. There was something at the base of the tree, looking around the tree's trunk, its sharp ears pricked at some shadow in the distance.
'I asked you a question,' he said. A dog with psychic powers? A demon no doubt. The lean black canine did not look at him. Its jaws opened in a grin. It did not answer. Hiei growled and leapt down from the tree, drawing just enough of his sword for its blade to show, glinting dangerously in warning as the wan starlight meekly radiated off it's surface. He landed behind the canine, growling fiercely.
"Answer me!" he said aloud in a deadly soft tone. The creature turned toward him, his eyes closed as it chuckled in his mind. A clouded white figure was set between its eyes. Its glistening fangs shone dully by a far-away streetlight. It faced him fully. It open its eyes and laughed.
'Do you really need to ask?' he asked, a smirk lacing the undertones of his voice. Hiei took a step back and took a quick breath. The eyes. They were a glowing, icy blue, their middles holding a sliver of black, suggesting the wall between insanity and sanity was a thin one.
"You!" he managed to whisper hoarsely, his eyes wide in shock. Another chuckle escaped its shaggy throat. Its coat was black and glossy, the hidden marking between its eyes brightening as it raised its eyes to meet his own, shinning a startling ivory. The face was familiar. 'I must be dreaming again,' he thought.
'You are not dreaming. I was there the first time in the arena when you tried to pry into Thorn's mind. I was there when you dreamed,' came the reply from the wolf, its crazed eyes baring into his own, surprised, ruby ones, its lips pulling farther from its fangs. Hiei recovered from his shock, wiping away the expression it had forced upon his features to replace it with a stoic scowl.
"Who are you?" he asked fiercely.
'I am the Slave to the Sword, Hiei. I am the Binded One,' came the cool and calm response.
"Stop avoiding the question. Tell me who you are!" Hiei hissed, redrawing part of his katana. This must have been the force that he had felt. The one that had put him so on edge. The one that drew what he suddenly realized as blood that he could smell. The wolf smirked.
'I am the Black Blaze.'
Hiei gave a gasp, although it was hardly audible. He shook his head.
"No. Is that why you were there, in her head? Guarding her?" he asked, looking down into the wolf's icy eyes. They reminded him of twin pools of sapphire poison, baring into his mind, virulent to his brain.
'Yes. I never leave her unguarded. With the exception of that time at the hotel and the nights she is free,' the Black Blaze said.
"Why were you in my head when I dreamed?" he asked. The wolf chuckled.
'Actually, you were awake when you saw me. But you dreamed because I was in your mind, going through your memories. My Mistress, of whom you call Thorn, knew much about you already, but I gained the details of your life then. I must say, it was a very lonely life you led, wasn't it?' He laughed in utter sadism.
"You bastard," Hiei snarled, drawing his sword fully, its point stark against the light, pointing in warning at the wolf's head. BlackFire looked at it and then at him with a look of superiority, laughing mockingly.
'You would kill me? The Forbidden One killing the Black Blaze? Please, spare me the irony,' he said sarcastically. 'If you kill me, as if you would, then you kill Thorn. And I know you would not want that.' He laughed again before stopping suddenly. His expression seemed to change as it seemed he had realized why he had come in the first place, his tone and subject changing abruptly. 'Hiei, do you know why you now murmur in your sleep? Why you have questions that hold no words?' His grin grew wider.
"How did you know that?" Hiei asked, his katana held at ready.
'Its something you've never felt before, isn't it? No need to answer. I know that you never have. Your life has been full of hate and anger and loneliness. But, that night at Mistress' home, when you watched the storm with her. When she tended your wound outside of Los Vegas. A few days ago, when you asked her all those questions, as well as all those other countless times, you felt something else. Do you know what that was?' he asked. Hiei bared his fangs.
"I don't know what you're talking about," he hissed quietly. "I feel nothing. I felt nothing." BlackFire snorted, but he continued to grin.
"Tell me what you want," Hiei demanded. At this, the Black Blaze seemed to grim, his voice becoming a dark and sinister growl.
'I wanted to tell you to ignore those feelings. She is different than you or the rest. She is better than that. I do not what you getting involved with her. Thorn is not one to be loved.' He turned away, leaving Hiei in a confused daze. His snarl retreated and his sword drooped slightly as he straightened a little in confusion. His jaws released themselves from their clenching as his eyes grew wider.
'Love?' he thought. He blinked stupidly, and when he looked again, the wolf was gone.
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Authoress' Note: -cringes- please don't hurt me! Ya'll said ya liked twists!
Hiei: maybe they do! But I don't! -reaches for katana- huh?
Yukina: -walks into room- ^_^ J-san, I took Hiei-san's katana and hid it, just as you said!
J: whew! Good job Yukina.
Hiei: -glares angrily at J- wench.
J: watch yer mouth! -uses magic wooden spoon to subdue him- you know, I should get you a necklace like Kegome has for Inuyasha. Keep you in check!
Hiei: -growls-
Yusuke and Kuwabara: -snicker-
J: -glare- watch it you two!
Yusuke and Kuwabara: -duck heads-
Kurama: perhaps this can be remedied with some sweet snow? ^_^
J: oh yeah! I forgot about that! -grabs tub from fridge, empties a bottle of chocolate syrup on it- here ya go Hiei-kun! ^_^
Hiei: -begins to inhale-
J: o.o' err… I'm going to need more ice cream…
Reviews:
SilverKnight7: updated! ^_^ enjoy!
baka-chibi-puffs: lol. ^_^ I don't know who threw yer cheesecake. -whispers- I bet it was Kurama, because he knows I LOVE it. -snicker- aww! That REALLY sucks that yer banned from everything like that. Heehee. Yes, of course! studying. -chuckle- of course! No TV, no fanfiction or such present, yer studying. Hehe. Aw man! No mangas?! Geez, what hell! Well, at least you can get off it early, right? Have fun with the little kids ^_^. Cheese to the pie! (don't ask where that came from)
miyako14: ^_^ yay! Third manga in March! Waaahooot! Thankies for reviewing (as usual, my ever-faithful reviewer!)
Midnightdream51: I've had to downsize my response size, its bigger than my chapter! The last couple responses to you, its been more 'n a page! Yes, too long. YAY! More action! Yer gunna hate me because of this chappy, huh? -ducks head- dun hurt me! And Hiei's dreams… erm… damn, I forgit why I put 'em in there. I think it was my symbolizes muse acting up. He's never dreamed before, right? So, this unsettle dreaming thing means he's changing! Not necessarily for the better, but changing. ^_^ and the swimming thing, like I said before, was discarded later because it didn't work out for the fighting scene (which, might I add, comes next week in the next chapter!). I already told you about why he was staring at his cup. He was brooding. But originally he was staring at his cup because he was thinking about those times at Thorn's house with the coffee and everything. Remember, Atsuko, for talking so damn loud, woke Yusuke up. ^_^ and falling out of bed didn't exactly help either. Lol. And yer wolf story is GOOD! Its saved on my desktop, waiting for its ending! ^_^ lol. It died, did it? Heehee. No problem with the advice! ^_^ I love to help! Thank ye for the good luck! (don't ask how Hiei can eat like that, I don't exactly understand it myself.)
Loki Black: yay! I've been BOOKMARKED! -does happy dance- sorry if it seems too dragged out, but I HATE rushing things. I mean, if you read it from beginning to end without stopping (as I have done countless times. Gaa.. No sleep!) it seems really rushed, so I've put stuff in there so that if someone new desides to read it straight through, then it wont seem so bad in that department. Thank you for reading and reviewing! ^_^
J: I know you all hate me for theses, but here it goes! Teaser time!
Teaser:
"How dare you!" she hissed. Her eyes became glowing slits. "Fine. If you wish to play in such a way, you may choose your death. I was going to make it quick. But I will let the Black Blaze take it from here." Hiei noticed … her hands slowly rising. The medallion at her throat began to glow a fierce azure in the shadows, its eyes glowing as hers did, its hue the only difference, as well as the lack of pupil on the crest. Now that he came to see, the dragon that had reared upon her wall, as well as the one in Koenma's book, was the same one that snarled at her throat, its bright eyes, its shinning black texture of colored iron, as well as the scar that lay between the cunning eyes. His eyes widened.
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J: my daily dose of evilness! ^_^ please review!
All: -watching Hiei engulf the 5 quarts of sweet snow- -are disturbed-
J: err…. Yeah. Anyway, they'll be more sweet snow in store, no doubt! ^_^ review request: 7! The next chapter is REALLY intense…