Rainy Days, Stormy Nights
Hey, everyone!^_^ Well, I know I told you guys I was gonna update more, but winter break wasn't exactly.....eh....relaxing.^_^U On top of the fact that I couldn't get on for lack of time, my computer broke on New Year's Eve. I had to live a whole eight days with out it. EIGHT! No fiction access and when I actually stole some time on my uncle's computer the thing went evil and gave me hell to even TRY to get on the internet. Isn't that awful? Oh well, at least I have it back now. *huggles her CPU* I missed you soooo much! *looks around at staring audience* Oh like you would be any less caring about your computer if it had to get shipped all the way to Cali to be fixed! Face it people, without that screen you're staring at and the motor that lets it run, you'd probably never know the meaning of the term "fanfiction" and be bored out of your minds!
Yoko: You scare me sometimes. I would hate to be the person to try and take it away, you might kill me.
Hiei: Bet she would.
Me: Hey! I'm not THAT bad!
Nagisa: Yeah, she isn't so bad. She'd only strangle you, knock you unconscious and lock you in a closet.
Yoko: Oh, THAT makes me feel SOOO much better.
Hiei: He's being sarcastic, just to let you know, Authoress.
Me: You're not helping my case, Nagisa, and Hiei, I know sarcasm when I see it, so shut up!
Anyway.... let's get to the reviews.
To Mystery-fanficwriter: Thanks for the encouragement, and I'll try to take your advice but I would really love ANY feedback from anyone who reads it. *hands reviewer very pretty plushie of Hiei* Special treat for ya!
To Em-chan the Psycho-Freak: Thanks for the cookie and I'm glad you like my story. However, the whole point of my writing is to keep you guessing, so I'm very happy it's affecting you guys the way I wanted it to. *hands over another Hiei plushie* I've also noticed the lack of Hiei/Kurama fics lately and agree that it is rather difficult to find them these days, but I bet if you go to the older stories there will be tons of em, so check it out 'cause last summer I read several of them.^_~ Good luck!
Hiei: Wait a sec. Did she just give Yugi a cookie?
Yoko: Yup.
Hiei: Shit.
Yugi: *bouncing off the walls from minimal sugar supplied from cookie* WEEEEEEE!! COOKIES!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!! *is tackled, tied up and gagged by Yami, Bakura, Ryou, Malik, Seto, Joey (can't remember his real name), Honda, Otogi and Marik* MMMMM! MMMMMMM! *gets dragged away (again) back to Domino*
Sakura:.....^_^;;......A—l– righty then........Anyways......
Yoko:.....-_-;;
Hiei:........-_-;;
Nagisa:.......^_^;;;
Me:......*looks around the room only to realize that it looks like a tornado hit it* OH MY GOD!! YUGI!!! GUYS!!! YOU BETTER GET YOUR ASSES BACK HERE AND CLEAN UP THIS MESS!!! *chases YGO gang to drag them back to clean up*
Nagisa: Let me answer the last review.
To Sorceress Shingo: I think she would say she's glad that you at least remembered this time and that she couldn't bring herself to hurt her first fan. *looks over her shoulder to see me returning with the gang being dragged behind* I think she wants to see your work soon too.
Me: Back! *whole YGO gang begins to clean up silently. Everyone notices new collars around the groups' necks and stares at me* ^_^;; eh-heh....I had to have SOME way to get them to clean...
Hiei: Yoko, remind me never to sleep anywhere near her again.
Yoko: Sure, but you have to help me too.
Koronue: What about me? The girl is nuts!
Yoko: We'll help you too.
Me: HEY!!
(note that I am susceptible to random outbursts like these while responding to reviews.)
Hiei: You already wasted enough space on your stupid talk! Get on with the story already!! It's bad enough you had me poisoned into sleep last time!
Sakura: I beg your pardon?! It wasn't poison! You could ask Yoko!
Yoko: Yeah, it was a really common Ninjin medicine called Benedryll.
Sakura: WAS NOT!!!
Hiei: WHATEVER!! JUST START THE FREAKING STORY ALREADY!!!!
Everyone except Hiei: *blank stare at Hiei, Hiei disappears and everyone sits down. YGO group has not stopped cleaning at all.*
Me:^_^U Okay then. Here we go! Disclaimer applied!
Chapter 5: Answers to Questions, Questions to be Answered and the Shadow.
Hiei slowly came to, his body yet again was numb. It felt like what the Ninjins called a "hang over" after they'd spend the entire night drinking until they puked. His head throbbed horribly with pain as he tried to regain focus of his blurry eyesight. The light hit a nerve. Instantly he reeled back and blocked his eyes with his arm. He tried again more slowly than before and was able to actually look around this time. He spotted the vixen again at the left-foot corner of the bed, closest to the door. She watched him expectantly, a calm, almost loving expression written in her indigo- sapphire eyes. Her patient gaze reminded him instantly of Kurama. A Pang hit his heart, moving swiftly and charging the rest of his body, sending chills up and down his spine.
She smiled at him, almost smugly, but she kept her sweet air as she brought her legs up and under her from their original place hanging off the side of the bed. Putting her weight on all fours, she crawled slowly over to Hiei until she was directly over him. She straddled over his thighs as he moved to sit up, then proceeded to sit on his lap, no space remained between their hips.
"What's wrong, Hiei-san? Do you miss him already?" She teased him in a baby voice, her sweet air was completely gone. "But Angel Baby said ten days! How in the world will you last ten WHOLE days without him if you miss him already?!" she mocked in distress. She was starting to strike a nerve with Hiei. Noticing his tenseness, the vixen wrapped her arms around him protectively, only to be shoved back and off the bed. Her mind was blank as the contact was made with her chest, sending a throbbing pain riveting back and forth in her chest cavity and breasts. (Owie! Girls, we all know how that feels!) Landing on the floor indignantly and obviously bruising her pride, her attention turned back to Hiei, who sat panting for air on the bed as he glared death at the small girl.
"Bitch! Don't you dare touch me!" A pain becoming oddly familiar lately coursed through his body as he watched her on the floor. "You've been screwing with my head since we first got here! You haven't answered any of my questions and I don't even know you! You've drugged me I don't know how many times now and expect me to eat out of your hand?! You're disgusting! You're like a whore picked up off the street the way you act and it's making me sick!" He couldn't breathe, sweat sheeted his body, his breath becoming more labored by the second. Suddenly, a searing pain burned on a certain spot on his neck, causing him to try and cover the offended wound only to draw his hand back from the freezing temperature of his skin. It made no sense to him. How could it burn his neck yet freeze his hand?
The vixen watched him in silence as he reeled back and forth in his body's reaction. To anyone else who would have seen the scene, Hiei looked as if he had lost his mind. She watched him out of her pity filled indigo-sapphire eyes.
"Hiei....." she spoke soberly in a almost silent voice. "Hiei....." She stood slowly, clasping a piece of front of her skirt as she waited for him to respond, only receiving an angry grunt from the other. She bowed her head, not looking at his blood-red orbs. "She missed you, you know. She felt horrible, being in debt and not knowing how to find you. She cried at night, because she knew if she didn't find you soon she might not get the chance." Her voice was low, as if she were retelling the story of a death.
Hiei was vaguely aware of the girls voice as he came able to bear the now dull -but still very intense- pain that echoed in his body. "Wha...." He looked up at her and began to regret his words. It wasn't often anyone made him feel guilty, and this was just one of those rare occasions someone got any sympathy out of his icy-stone heart.
"Just tell me who the hell you keep talking about and how you know anything about me, then we'll talk." Hiei stated coldly, the pain almost completely subsided he apologized the only way he knew how, by giving her a chance to talk.
"I was speaking of Angel Baby at the moment, and earlier I spoke of you missing Yoko Kurama." she paused slightly, thinking of exactly she wanted to explain her way to him. "As for know so much of you....." She kissed his cheek tenderly and then moved to kiss the site of his earlier pain on his neck. She whispered lowly into his right ear as brought her head back from behind it and the mark. "You are not the only telepath, Hiei, and you don't have the sources I have at hand besides my telepathy." She resumed her position on his lap and watched him affectionately, her gentle gaze holding no sign of her former seductive attitude.
His body stiffened slightly, but did not move to remove her from his lap again. He eyed her with suspicion as she studied him in return.
"Vixen, what's your name?" he spoke in a cold, but even voice, startling the girl slightly as she had been lost in a trance raking over his beautiful body with her slightly lust clouded eyes and resisting the urge to try and take him, knowing full well Nagisa would have her neck for even thinking about it.
"Nani, Hiei-san? I was distracted by your unbelievably sexy body for a moment, care to repeat your question?" she asked in the youngest and most innocent voice she could muster as his voice brought her out of her fantasy of a daydream.
Hiei kept his voice steady as a light blush crept over his defenses and graced his cheeks, giving his face the perfect accent of kawaiiness that any fangirl would drool over how innocent he looked. "I asked you what your name is, vixen."
She smiled at his blush sweetly and cocked her head to one side, again emphasizing her adorable pet-like nature. "You can call me what it pleases you to call me by, Baby Doll!" she said in a giddy voice.
"But I asked you for your given name and expect a direct answer, vixen, so quit avoiding the subject!" Hiei was again losing his death grip on his precious cold demeanor that this girl seemed to so easily render useless against her.
"Of course you did...." She sighed noisily and looked at him as if to say, "I just can't please you, can I?" She gave another small smile as if she were explaining a complicated matter to a small child. "I suppose you should know seeing as you're here for quite some time more with little ol' me." She looked him directly in the eye, gaining his complete and undivided attention. "My name is Sakura."
Neither occupant of the room noticed a small body nimbly sitting in the branch of a large Japanese oak tree next to the open window. Her piercing blue eyes held an expression of smug success as the tone rolled into a deep ocean teal, her deep cherry-wood hair swept against her back, revealing her beautiful strawberry highlights, falling past her small waist. Her simple sun dress revealed her incredibly pale skin as she faded from her place on the low branch as she whispered to herself: "Tenshinoyo akuma. I've found her reflection". She was gone without a trace. No one ever knew she was ever even there.
Hiei looked at the girl in disbelief. "S-sakura?" he stuttered slightly, still unable to grasp her words.
"The one and only Temptress Sakura, to be precise, Dear Baby Doll." she spoke bemused as she bowed her head in a grand jester. Her eyes light up in his confusion.
"Sakura..... so you're the one Kurama and I were supposed to be hunting today..." He spoke softly to himself as he thought over his situation. Looking at her full body, he realized that indeed her body was built for seduction. Her full breasts were well in proportion with her lean waistline that rounded out to her nicely sized broad hips and thick thighs that would surely attract attention by any man when noticed in a quick once over. Her long legs and small feet only served to further the effects of her femininity and sensual appearance. Her scent was heavy of cocoa butter and another, vaguely familiar scent that he knew by heart. What the hell was it? It was right there..."So you know about the case from Koenma then, Vixen?" He looked up at her only to turn away blushing furiously for an unknown reason.
"Hai, Baby Doll, I know all about Lord Koenma's little case on us that he assigned you." she giggled slightly noticing Hiei's lovely blush had reappeared on his face. "Bravo, Hiei, bravo! You figured it out." She clapped unenthusiastically as she looked at him as if he were slightly retarded or something. "Or, at least, half of it anyway." She closed her eyes nonchalantly and waited for his response.
Hiei was about to verbally rip her to shreds for her expression and ask her what the heck she meant by her last comment when a loud rumble emitted from his stomach cut him off short just as he was about to open his mouth.
Sakura opened her left eye lazily, showing a small slit of the wild color of her beautiful eyes. It traveled from his face- which held an absolutely astonished expression and an interesting shade of deep red- down to the source of the awkward sound, which again protested against further conversation for a meal break. A foolish grin grew from her first small, knowing smirk and still grew further into a full blown smile.
Hiei mentally slapped himself and cursed his body's needs as Sakura fell over on the bed in an unrestrained laughing fit, gripping her sides from laughing hard enough to hurt and gasping for air as she rolled from side to side on the untidy and unmade bed spread. He gave a low growl from the back of his throat, protesting her reaction as he tried to glare death at the endlessly amused girl at his side, his blush growing that much deeper with every passing second of her fit.
Her laughter quieted down to a small giggle every now and then as she hung her head low while attempting to regain her composer. When she was finally able to look at him, her eyes still dance with the laughter she willed to stay hidden. The heat that had just left his face at a comfortable temperature when it found it's way back as she smiled contented ly at him. What confused him was why he reacted to this girl the way he did. The only person ever to bring anything close to these reactions was.... he shook the thoughts from his mind, he needed to focus on the girl and make sure she didn't try to kill him anytime soon.
"It would seem that your stomach has declared it time for you to continue your healing process of your body. How about we eat something and resume our conversation after filling ourselves?" She was still able to hold in her laughter, save an occasional titter that were few and far between, on top of being completely unrelated to Hiei (not that he really knew the difference), earning another low growl of disapproval.
When Hiei decided against answering her she faced him again, completely serious. He attempted the infamous death glare which so far, and still, left Sakura unaffected. She sat stalk still, now positioned catty-cornered from the fire demon's face. Her precise sight seemed to dig into his soul, as if she was reading his every thought and whim. His heart skipped a beat when a knowing smirk found it's way across her full lips as she ever so slowly leaned in closer to his face. His eyes went large with disbelief at her nerve. She seemed not to worry over her life or the consequences of her actions.
Satisfied with his shocked reaction, she went further and cupped his face gently with her smooth hands as he sat helpless. Tilting his face up towards her own, she noticed that a soft, rose-pink had stained his cheeks unbidden and smiled at his innocent attraction.
The complete opposite of Kurama Love. No wonder he's found interest in this one. Of course I know that this is way past just an interest. You can't see it, can you, Baby Doll? You've worked a rare magic that only the three of us have ever even contemplated.
Capturing his lips with her own, she brushed her lips past his reverently before kissing him hard. Sakura licked and nipped his lower lip teasingly, taking advantage of his gasp to plunge her tongue passed the delicious lips she still hungered for. She shamelessly plundered the sweet cavity, ravaging it thoroughly, relishing the fact that none had ever tasted it before.
Sorry, Kurama Love, Angel Baby, but if I can't have him for my own, know that I will at least get to taste what I'm not allowed to take. She thought as continued her assault.
Hiei tried to fight against her, willing his body to pull away, but yet again it betrayed him, leaning into her tender touches that now wondered down his body and relaxing against her comforting aura that surrounded and engulfed him. He drowned hopelessly in her presence, losing all train of thought. His hands moved instinctively to her waist, gripping her hips as he responded to the kiss as Sakura deepened it.
/Take it any further and know that the mark on your inner thigh will burn like you were back in the fires of that hell pit you came from, Lovely. I doubt you want our little fire bug watching you writhe in pain on the floor, grasping your thigh and screaming your lungs off for all they're worth./ A soft soprano voice rang in the corner of her mind, reminding her of a certain other half of hers still existed and was watching the fun to be sure it was clean as she had promised.
\Awww! Angel Baby! I'm not doing anything wrong!!\ At that choice moment, Sakura guided Hiei's left hand onto her thigh hidden beneath her skirt, snaking his other hand under her shirt to explore her chest and stomach.
She felt her other half go into a sarcastic mood. /Uh-huh.... right..... Sakura, you better comply, I will make good on my threat and won't hesitate to do so./ Sakura could almost see Nagisa with her arms crossed over her chest, tapping her foot impatiently as she gave her yami a best impression of a death glare that she had learned from Hiei so long ago that only stood to make her look like a small child.
/I'm still here, just to let you know, Lovely, and I see exactly what you do. If you don't stop having him feel you up I swear you'll be on the floor in nothing flat!/ She indicated, nudging at the hand that was currently guiding Hiei's up her thigh and up the middle, sending a warning jolt of pain to the mark which the hands were coming dangerously close to.
She stopped moving his hand up as she gasped lightly at the searing pain that flashed on her mark (A/N: it's the same mark Nagisa used on Hiei, the angel wings. She uses it to make Sakura behave.)\Angel Baby, chill out, I'm only teaching him a little lesson. Promise I won't do any REAL damage. He'll still be as good as new, Hon, don't you worry.\ To prove her point, Sakura laced her fingers with Hiei's, slowly guiding their hands onto her knee.
Breaking the kiss, Sakura smirked as Nagisa's presence faded away as she looked into Hiei's panting form. He remained silent as he tried to regain his breath which Sakura seemed to have never lost.
Tipping his face upward again, Sakura forced his attention to focus. "See, Hiei? You should stop trying to save face around me if there isn't any face to save." she warned in a dangerously low tone. "You aren't here to impress anyone, you're here to heal and maybe learn a lesson or two. Never, under any circumstance, do you dare to deny the needs of your body, Forbidden One. Doing so only shows weak-mindedness and a lack of discipline, both of which I know you don't have."
Her eyes softened as Hiei gave a small nod in response. Releasing her tight grip on his chin, Sakura moved gracefully off the bed and stood. Walking over to the door, she placed her right hand loosely on the ornate handle before turning back to look at Hiei one more time. "Let me go retrieve your lunch so we can finish answering your questions." Sakura left the room, making no sound as she closed the door behind her. Hiei heard the lock click and knew that she meant to keep confined to the room.
Hiei fell back onto the bed with an exasperated sigh and a soft thud from the bed. Looking at the fine net that hung over him, Hiei let his mind wonder around the events taking place. The demon that he was supposed to be hunting with Kurama had hunted him instead. She had him at her mercy and he was left defenseless. The only thing that seemed to be working in his favor was Angel Baby, whoever she is. How did his body become so... so weak? What if she decided to kill him? He knew that he couldn't defend himself against any assault. His kantana was nowhere in sight, added to his weaponless state, his body was so completely stiff and sore he could hardly move without causing himself further pain. His speed wasn't any help if he couldn't move, nor was his own strength.
Then he remembered his jagan eye. It wouldn't be affected by his physical state at all! He could use it against her!
Focusing his energy, Hiei attempted to open his third eye. But something was horribly wrong... his third eye wouldn't even respond to him. It gave no deny to his command, but it didn't oblige to him either. If he didn't know that the jagan eye was definitely there under the ward than he could have sworn that it had been taken out.
"The uso tenshi has blocked your third eye. You can't open it." A small voice called out to him from near the window. It was sweet, and easily determined as belonging to a very young girl, strangely enough, it held no emotion.
Hiei swiftly turned to face the owner of the voice to find a strange girl staring steadily back at him. Her eyes were a pale aquamarine as they faded into an even paler icy blue. Her almost deadly pale skin was contrasted greatly by her richly colored hair of deep brown, underlined in beautiful highlights of dark strawberry. Her small hands were clasped together neatly in front of her small frame, her body only covered with a simple white dress that seemed to be made for a special occasion
"What did you say?" Hiei watched the girl with a careful eye, not sure what to think anymore about people who just popped out of thin air. He knew there wasn't any chance of defending himself or attacking the girl, so he did what he could to keep a straight face as she held him in an unnerving gaze.
"The uso tenshi has blocked your third eye." she repeated. Her voice cracked slightly in the end. Her energy, which was only faintly present, seemed strained and her voice labored. She gave him a quick respectful bow, as though she meant to apologize, and looked back up to him. She seemed slightly unsteady and her cold demeanor was underlined with a hint of regretful fear.
Hiei noticed this as she began to fade away, as if she were a trick of light. Hiei blinked only once, but she was gone completely. She left Hiei with one question: who was she?
To be continued....
I think I'll leave it there, I'm having a huge writer's bloc right now and I want to give you guys at least SOMETHING to read until it's gone. I hope you enjoy. Don't forget: Feed back is an authoresses best friend! ~^_^~