THE EVE OF ICE
Chapter 3
"Kurama, have you ever loved someone?" Eve asked shyly.
"Yes actually, but I've never told them how I felt because the pain of knowing that I could never have them was stronger than rejection..."
"What do you mean?"
"I fell in love with a human, Koenma wouldn't allow that. So I stayed in silence, my love grew stronger and stronger until one day it seemed to disappear altogether."
"A human?"
"Yes, Hiei hated me for it, he called her weak and insufficient...those days," he laughed a little, "days I'll never forget though."
Eve decided to change the subject, "It'd be nice to put on some clothes," Eve said trying to get out of the bed.
"Need some help?"
"No I'm fine.."
"You're pushing me away again Eve..."
"Sorry, this takes a little getting used to. Kurama?"
"Mm?"
"Could we keep this all a secret? I'm not sure I'm ready to be friends with everyone else yet."
Kurama nodded, "Are you sure you don't want help?"
"I'm fine, I'll get out sooner or later. I'm not the one to accept help."
"Ok, but now that we're friends, could you tell me what all the scars on your legs are?"
"Kurama, I'm so sorry, but I can't you'd really hate me for it..."
"Eve I promise, I won't hate you, just tell me please?"
"I can't..." Eve said finally getting out of the bed. She crawled over to the bag.
"Then at least let me help you, it's killing me to see you like this..."
"Kurama," she sighed, "help me pick out an outfit then..."
She unzipped to bag and pulled out some clothes, "You brought my skirts? And the dresses?" Eve asked.
"Yeah, they were just so beautiful, I couldn't help myself..."
Eve looked at Kurama with something of respect, "Thank you, hey my pants!! And shirts..." her smile faded when she saw the tank tops and tee shirts.
"I knew you probably wouldn't wear them, but I brought just in case," Kurama said answering her question.
Her face took on a new look of shock and anger as well as embarrassment, "You brought these?" she held up the leopard panties.
"It was interesting, I didn't think that you wore something like that," Kurama laughed a little.
"Oh and what's so funny, fox boy?!"
"Fox boy? How did you know?"
"Fox Fire, he knew you were one and tipped me off, by the way, WHAT'S SO FUNNY!!"
"Nothing, nothing," Kurama laughed.
"Kurama," she said sweetly, "you wear it!" she said shoving her underwear on his head.
Eve laughed and rolled on the floor, feeling like her sides would burst, "Ow," she choked through laughter.
"Eve!" he cried, throwing her panties back to her.
Eve's laughter subsided and she started to finger the bandages, "I wonder if I've healed yet?" she said to herself.
Eve started to take off the bandages, "Should I go?" Kurama asked.
"What's the point, you've already seen my body, but I wouldn't mind if you turned around. It's just nice to have someone to talk to- Hell yeah!!"
Kurama quickly turned around, "You okay?!" he asked and blushed realizing that Eve had taken off all the bandages, leaving her in her underwear.
"Thought I told you to turn around?"
"Sorry, just thought that you might need some help..."
"Wait this means that I can go see Koenma, and find out what the hell I'm doing here, and I can battle Hiei!! Yes!!!" She posed in a smug stance, "First clothes!!"
Eve pulled out a black tank top and baggy olive green pants. She also fished around for a sports bra.
"Could you turn around again, it's something you haven't seen before," Eve said fingering for the clasp on her bra, "Dammit, I never was good with this..."
"Do you need some help?"
"No I'm fine, just need to get this undone-"
Kurama snuck up behind her and fiddled with the clasp for about two seconds and it came undone.
"Kurama!!" She whirled around, holding the bra close to her, "How did you do that!?"
"Easy, just push back, and voila!"
"Okay, turn around!" Eve slipped the bra off and put on the sports bra with some difficulty. She got it on and put on the pants and tank top. She slid her katana into a belt loop.
"I'm ready! Take me to Koenma's!!"
Kurama's eyes wandered to her arms, the scars, then her chest.
"Uh Kurama, I know it's a 'no secrets thing' but I'm not telling you my size!"
Kurama continued to stared.
"Kurama!" she said getting really annoyed.
Kurama walked over to Eve and firmly placed his hands on her shoulders.
"What-what are you doing!!"
Kurama's hands moved to her chest and Eve let out a scream that was heard by everyone, Eve started to back away but Kurama pinned her to the nearest wall. Eve could've sworn that she saw gold in his emerald eyes and a streak of silver in his red locks. Eve struggled to get free.
"Get your filthy hands off of me!!" she said roughly pushing Kurama away.
Yusuke and Kuwabara came in and looked at Eve, the scanned her clothes and then Kurama.
"What happened here?" Yusuke asked.
"Nice clothes," Kuwabara complimented.
"Thanks, I dunno, Kurama just came at me and...and started to..."
"To?"
"Touch me," Eve said softly.
"Touch you...Yusuke do you think it was Yoko?"
"It's very likely, however, Kurama doesn't often lose control like that. Unless...it wasn't Yoko..."
"You mean Kurama-?" Kuwabara asked before Yusuke cut him off.
Yusuke nodded, "But it's not his style-"
"WILL SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!!" Eve yelled.
Yusuke looked at Kuwabara, Kuwabara looked at Yusuke, "It's better if we let Kurama explain...wait is he out cold?!"
Kuwabara went over, "He is," he said in a whisper.
"Eve, what did you do to him?"
"I just pushed him away from me! What the hell is going on, someone tell me!!!!"
"I promise you Kurama will explain, with full detail-"
"I feel like kicking some major ass right now," she turned on Kuwabara. Kuwabara ran behind Yusuke, "Care to take me up on this Yusuke?!" she said anger boiling in her veins.
Yusuke and Kuwabara ran out of her room. She stormed out and kicked Hiei's door down.
Hiei looked at her as if she was nuts, "What the hell do you want!!"
She looked at him sternly, "You, me, battle right now!!" she said.
"Hmm, need to vent off some anger too? This'll do you and me good," Hiei jumped out of his window with Eve following behind.
Hiei started to speed up into a forest, just testing how fast Eve could go, once she surpassed him he stopped.
They both unsheathed their katanas together and started to fight. Eve lunged at him with her sword right in front of her. Hiei disappear immediately and reappeared on a tree branch. He threw his sword aimed at her back. In the last second she twirled around and caught the katana in one hand. She threw it back up to Hiei and also reappeared on the branch.
"So why are you pissed Hiei?"
"Because of you," he said his crimson eyes making Eve shudder.
"Oh and it's you who read my mind without permission, I should be the one mad Hiei!"
"Getting beatings for stupid reasons by stupid people calls for revenge Eve," he sneered.
"Yeah right, you read my mind, I threw a blast of dark energy at you, we're even!"
"Hn. What's up with you anyway?"
Eve turned pink a bit, "Kurama tried to feel me up."
"Really now?" he said a bit confused, "did you like it?" he asked accusingly.
"No! I knocked him unconscious after he did that!"
"Kurama wouldn't do that, trust me," Hiei said softly.
"He did, and since when can I trust you, you hacked into my mind!!!"
"You were lying-"
"Oh so if I were lying about my bra size you would read my mind right!!!??"
"That's not the point, you were lying-"
"Hiei we were getting along so well, just don't ever do that again and maybe we can become friends-"
"I'm not trusting anyone who slices my stomach in half, got that!"
"By the way, how is that cut?"
"Barely healed for all you need to know," he said softly.
"That is all I need to know," she whispered moving closer to him, "Hey look, I'm sorry for cutting you, I just needed some privacy..." she fingered the edges of Hiei's shirt. (A/N: he's not wearing that cloak)
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
"You tell me," she whispered, brushing up against him.
Hiei blushed, "Get off of me," he said coldly.
"I know you're blushing. Look Hiei, don't flatter yourself, I only want to heal you. That cut was your fault, but I'm sympathetic."
"Hn, I don't need your pity!" He said jumping down.
"Come on Hiei, it'll only take a minute," she said advancing on him.
"Look Eve, I thought you wanted to fight!"
"Then fight we shall, and if I win I get to heal you-"
"And if I win?"
"We'll see," a smirk played on her lips.
Hiei lunged at her with his sword. She blocked it with her own and pushed him back. She smirked and formed a black orb in her hand, it was glowing darkly at her and stringy waves of electricity pulsed around it. She shoved it into her sword which turned black like the orb and had the electricity around it.
"Hn, dirty little tricks again."
"Aww is Hiei afraid of the shadows that he hides in? Well too bad!"
"Fine then," Hiei disappeared and reappeared behind her and jabbed her in her back after she had already blocked his attack. "Would you like me to take this off?" she gestured toward her sword.
"Yeah, don't use cheap tricks!"
"Fine," Eve extended her hand without the sword and the ball of black soared towards her empty palm. She hurled it at Hiei who disappeared and reappeared in front of her. Eve was startled because she thought her attack would've hit him. She hesitated too long and was cut in her arm.
"Just a little warning. I won't just aim for your arm next time."
Eve looked at her arm, she knew she couldn't heal it, but she could still heal Hiei.
"Hiei!!" she said with an angry look and she appeared on Hiei's side and he calmly sliced her stomach, being very unyielding. Eve crippled to the ground clutching her stomach.
"I thought you were stronger than this, you're a shadow demon after all," Hiei sighed.
"I am, sorry Hiei, I just don't want to hurt you even more," Eve said softly.
Hiei considered her words, "Sorry," he muttered, "Hn!"
"Good," she said standing up straight as if she was never in pain. She tackled him to the ground.
"You will pay!" Hiei said through gritted teeth as he held his katana to her neck. She knocked it out of his hand with a simple quick flick of her own. She grabbed her katana and positioned herself over Hiei. She put the blade to his neck and asked.
"Are you going to do this the easy way of the hard way?"
"Neither!" Hiei said struggling to push her off of him. She slammed him down hard and sliced through his shirt. She blushed a bit at his chest and cut the bandages.
"I said I don't need your help!"
"Oh shut up will you!" she said slapping him hard across the face. She placed her hands on his stomach and felt his breathing. She healed him within a matter of seconds.
"Why did you do that? You could've just beaten me, you know," Hiei said getting back up.
"One, I'm not going to let you get beat up so badly, and two, I was afraid I might lose," she said.
"Lose? There's nothing in it for you"
"I wanted to heal you Hiei," she said.
"Why? It's not helping you," he said placing pressure on helping.
"Whatever. Look I just healed you and now I'm going to go back inside," she said roughly, "No matter what happens, don't try to bandage me," she said as an after thought.
"Hn," Hiei walked away.
Eve tried to teleport to her room but failed and staggered to her room, to the bandages. She weakly opened her bedroom door and fell to her knees. She crawled over to her dresser where she kept the bandages. She felt consciousness slipping from her and managed to get herself on her bed. She crudely wrapped the bandages around herself and slipped under the covers, pulling it up to her cheeks. She drew her legs to her chest and hugged herself as if she was crying. In a matter of seconds Eve passed out.
Hiei remained in the forest. He was resting in a tree and his thoughts focused on Eve. She's much stronger than that, she didn't want to hurt me though, on the contrary, she wanted to heal me. But why? She's mad at me, wouldn't she want to hurt me? And what did she mean by, 'no matter what happens, don't try to bandage me' Ugh!! Girls just don't make sense!! Hiei gave a small unnoticeable blush, maybe she didn't want me to see her. Hiei shook his head and closed his eyes.
Kurama was talking to Yusuke and Kuwabara in Kurama's room.
"Yeah man, she said that you started to touch her," Yusuke said.
"But I didn't, it was Yoko-"
"She was really pissed Kurama, she's fighting with Hiei now," Kuwabara said seriously.
"How come you blacked out?" Yusuke asked.
"Yoko wanted to, dunno why though. The last thing I remember was Eve pushing me away. For good reason too, damn Yoko and his perverted ways," Kurama cursed.
"We thought that it might not have been Yoko, we thought it was you," Yusuke said quietly.
"WHAT!? Why would I do that?"
"The question is why wouldn't you do that? She touched you, you love her, and then you'd touch her."
"I don't love Eve!" he said, a blush crept up his cheeks.
"Don't lie," Yusuke said.
"I don't!"
"What-eva!" Kuwabara said in a girly tone.
Kurama and Yusuke looked at him as if he were insane.
"How come you didn't explain to her then?" Kurama asked.
"Because we thought it'd be best if you explained. Meanwhile she just went to vent off some anger."
"You should've told her at least a vague clue or something," Kurama said outraged.
"You don't often lose control like that, I wasn't sure that it was Yoko," Yusuke said back at him.
Eve woke up and threw on a long sleeved shirt to cover up the bandages on her arm and wandered outside of her room. She heard voices coming from inside Kurama's room. She shrugged and turned on the television and saw a tape sticking out. She pushed it in and immediately recognized it as the movie she was watching with Kurama. She quickly stopped it and ejected the tape. She got on the couch and started to channel surf.
Eve adjusted herself to make her pain more comfortable. She'd been so used to pain. Emotionally and physically. Physically, pain didn't mean much to her anymore, she got it a lot since she was always fighting demons, but now healing people? What had she done to deserve all of this?
Eve placed a hand on her stomach, feeling the bandages through her shirt. Then she grasped her arm lightly. It didn't hurt as much as her stomach but it still hurt.
Eve stopped changing the channels when she came across a horror movie. She watched as the stalker followed the young girl home. Eve flinched and gasped as the blood splattered the kitchen tiles. Her eyes widened at the movie and she was unaware of Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara in the next room.
Kurama's doorknob twisted but Eve paid it no attention. Yusuke and Kuwabara stepped out followed by Kurama.
"Eve?"
Eve sprang up at the voice, when she realized who it was she backed away slowly, "Don't you dare touch me!" she said dangerously. She meant it too, a greyish blue orb was floating in her palm.
"Eve I just want to expla-"
Whoosh! Eve hurled the ball of shadow energy at Kurama, who held it back with much effort. Eve walked over to him and took the ball out of his hands. She tossed it back and forth in her own hands as if it were a plum. She crushed it and it disappeared. Then she whistled. Fox Fire came running out of her room. She extended her arms but Fox Fire jumped up on Kurama who nuzzled it affectionately. She gave another sharp and annoyed whistle. Fox Fire kept cuddling with Kurama. Eve gave another sharp whistle and Fox Fire glanced in her direction and leapt out of Kurama's arms and into Eve's. It mewed once and then turned around and hissed at Kurama.
Eve teleported out of the room and into the forest.
"Fox Fire, I don't want you to ever touch him again, got it?" Fox Fire mewed and jumped out of Eve's hands and walked on the ground beside her.
"What am I going to do?! I can't believe I'm actually joining their dumb team! Seriously! I mean, I'm never going to open up, not with what just happened! Dammit, I still need to go see Koenma!!"
"Let me take you then and you can stop all of your whining!" Hiei said jumping down.
Eve looked at him like he was crazy, "What were you doing?"
"Sitting in a tree, duh!"
"Just take me to Koenma!" Eve said angrily.
"Hn. Just keep up," Hiei said as he walked away.
"Must you always be like this?!" She asked running up to him
"Must you always be like that?!" He mocked.
"I take it you're still pissed?"
"Hn," Hiei said as he quickened his pace.
"Isn't there a faster way?" Eve asked.
"Only if you can keep up," Hiei said as he jumped from tree to tree.
This caught Eve by surprise, but she started to run using her demonic speed and caught up before he was less than half a kilometer away from her.
Hiei stopped jumping and they reached a large building. Eve stopped abruptly and bumped into Hiei, causing her to fall on her behind. Hiei didn't look back he just walked into the building.
Eve growled lightly at his rudeness but got up and walked in after him anyway. She gasped at what she saw, but quickly hid it and smirked lightly.
"So, where is this dude?" Eve asked Hiei.
"Hn," Hiei said as he walked into another room, "She's here," Hiei said as he leaned against the wall.
Eve looked around and her eyes rested on a toddler with a blue pacifier standing on a desk, "Whoa! What's a baby doing in an office? And where are its parents? Aww but it's so cute!"
Hiei started to laugh and the baby turned red.
"I AM KOENMA!!! NOT A BABY!!! AND I AM NOT CUTE!!!"
"Whoa!! The baby can talk?! And it's Koenma...and it doesn't think it's cute...can we say MAJOR INSULT?!?!!?!?!?"
"I AM NOT A BABY!!! Wait, you think I'm cute?"
"Yeah, just don't get your diapers in a knot!" Eve took a seat, "So why am I here anyway?"
Hiei was still laughing. Koenma and Eve ignored him for a few minutes but then he just burst out laughing hysterically.
"It wasn't that funny..." Eve said under her breath.
"IT'S NOT FUNNY!!! HIEI, GET OUT!" Koenma yelled.
"Whatever you say...Koenma," Hiei said through laughter. Once he was outside he stopped.
"Okay so why am I here?"
"Because I think that you have the potential to compete in the Dark Tournament and help out on the team. You aren't even aware of how much power you possess, so much that it is possible for you to wipe out the human race and take over the demon race, but you'd need a lot of training and experience. My team can help you there."
"Okay now have you considered the fact that I am the only girl on that team and that it's possible that I don't want to join and perhaps just rule the world!"
"Yes, yes and no. Yes you are the only girl on the team, and you'll just have to deal with it, Botan can help you if you want-"
Eve snorted, "I don't take help!"
"Yes I am aware of that but in time you just might need to. Yes I have also considered that you might not want to join but what else will you do? You've got nothing else to live for am I correct?"
"No! I can rule the world-"
"If you remember, I said no to that one, you'd need my help in training to rule the world," He finished.
"Okay those are good answers, but I still need to know why I am the only girl on this team!"
"Looks are deceiving, you might just win this tournament for us because someone underestimated you."
"That's not what I'm getting at. What if something 'happens'?" she asked quietly.
"Happens? Oh you mean that, well then don't let it 'happen,'" he said simply.
"But what if it does and I can't control it?"
"Just try your best," Koenma saw the look on her face, "I know, I'm aware of what Kurama has done, but you need to go and ask him what really happened, okay?"
Eve growled and gave a reluctant, "Fine!"
"Just remember that we're all trying to help you!"
"Yeah, yeah," Eve got up and walked to the door.
"Training starts as soon as you get back, oh and no more healing people until I say okay?"
A thought struck Eve and she grinned, "Yeah, so really now, where are your parents?"
"Eve!" He said warningly.
"Sheesh! I was only teasing!" Eve closed the door and went outside to see Hiei standing with his arms folded.
"Let's go!" He said jumping from tree to tree. Eve ran once again.
"Hiei, after I talk to Kurama, I have to train. Now as a chance to get a proper battle, will you be the first to train me?"
"Hn, whatever you desire," he said as a smirk played across his lips.
Eve smiled, she couldn't heal people but she knew that if she beat him up too badly she would. She wasn't going to let any stupid rules stop her. She'd lived without them for most of her life and that wasn't going to change anytime soon.
She was curious of what Kurama had to say but still quite angry with him, whatever reason it was he should've stopped it. She might forgive him, but only if she felt like it. And right now – she didn't feel like it.
She didn't know what to think, she had nothing else to do and she was grateful to be on the team, but what if she fell in love?! Something that she never wanted to happen again. Being hurt was too much pain, and with her luck, being hurt was all she would get.
Eve and Hiei reached the building and Hiei went up into his room. Eve went over to Kurama's and knocked gently.
"Can we talk?" Eve asked with seriousness in her voice.
"Sure," came Kurama's voice from behind the door, "Give me one moment. I'll explain everything," a small thud was heard from inside his room. Kurama opened the door and stepped aside to let Eve in. He closed it and sat on his bed. Then he motioned for Eve to join him, but she shook her head.
"I just want to find out what happened and why you touched me like that," she said without hesitation.
"Eve, I'm really sorry for that," he looked up at her with those sad green orbs. Just like when she wanted to kiss him, but this time she felt nothing.
"A kitsune named Yoko resides in my body. He doesn't come out often and I can control it most times. He was a thief and was reborn into my body. Making me a demon, do you understand?"
Eve nodded.
"He's also a bit of a pervert...and I think...that what he did was...because...he wanted you," Kurama looked up at her. He saw no sign of any emotion.
Eve continued her staring.
"I tried to stop him really! But I was powerless, he knew you had let me in...that I had broken your defense. He used it against you and me. Eve I am really sorry, can you forgive me?"
"Is it possible that you may have wanted to do that as well?"
"No, not at all," he said turning a bit pink, "not without your permission at least," he mumbled.
"You don't often lose control, so what if it happens again?"
"I'll warn you-"
"That's not good enough. Kurama, I forgive you, but I'm keeping my distance and putting my barrier back up," Eve said, turning to leave.
"Eve please, I promise you I will keep him under my control!! You've just learned to trust again, don't ruin it now!" He said as he jumped from the bed and grabbed Eve shoulder.
Eve turned to him slowly and grabbed his hand. She tightly closed around on his wrist, sending a blinding pain straight to his bones. She took a step back and gritted her teeth.
"I told you to keep your distance," she said firmly, "Or else," Eve said as she walked out the door.
"Eve...Oh-my-god, I can't believe this. One minute she's all happy and loose, next she breaking my wrist!" Kurama said as he rubbed his throbbing wrist.
"Hiei, get out here! NOW!!" Eve said as she started to relax on the couch.
"Not coming huh? Too afraid to fight I guess, his loss...HIEI YOU ASS, GET OUT NOW!!" Eve said dangerously.
"Shut up!!" Hiei said as he emerged from his room and looked at Eve, "What the hell do you want!!??"
"Koenma said that I have to train, and you're going to train me...not that I need it," Eve added.
"Will you shut your ass up if I train you?" Hiei asked with annoyance.
"YES!!" Eve screamed at him.
"Alright, what are we going to use?"
"Anything!! Use your dragon for all I care!!"
"How'd you know about that?" Hiei asked curiously.
"Your almost a legend from the Koorime, not exactly a good one...but hey!!"
Hiei walked out followed by Eve. They reached the ground that they had fought on earlier.
Eve smirked, knowing she had forgotten her katana on purpose.
Hiei drew his katana and waited for Eve to make the first move. Eve stood there examining Hiei's movements, the blink of an eye, and the twitch of a muscle. Everything would tell her how to attack or defend.
"You gonna make your move or what?" Hiei spat out impatiently.
"No," Eve said simply, amused at his impatience.
"Fine!"
Hiei lunged at her. Eve quickly put up a shadow barrier. Hiei backed off before any damage was done and Eve put the barrier back down.
"You know using ice attacks isn't going to work right?" Eve asked.
Hiei said nothing and disappeared, he emerged behind her and with stealth thrust his sword into her back. Eve turned quickly and blocked it right as the tip was touching her. She gathered a ball of grey shadow energy and aimed at Hiei. Hiei, being too quick for his own good, (A/N: , much thought!) dodged with ease.
"Knith O' La Drashay," Eve called, motioning at Hiei. A semi-clear/silver ball appeared in her left hand.
Eve outstretched her hand and laid her palm flat. Her fingers were spread apart and then she closed her hand. She took her index finger and pointed at Hiei then drew her finger back to her hand. A black substance flew like liquid into the silver-clear ball she held in her left hand. It was not liquid or solid or even gas though. It was Hiei's shadow.
In Eve's fighting tongue, 'Knith O' La Drashay' meant 'Thief Of The Shadow.'
Hiei was frozen; his body was unable to move from that spot.
"What the hell have you done to me?!"
"Nothing, well nothing besides steal your shadow. Without your shadow you are powerless to move on you own. See this ball," Eve gestured to the orb that was now midnight black with a blinding white jet of light rocketing around, "Your shadow is in this, the white light is actually a part of your soul and it's trying to free your shadow and itself. I have no idea of what part of you soul...perhaps the tip of the bottom or the top. Maybe even a chunk in the middle. Anyway until this ball breaks, your powerless-"
Hiei had somehow managed to form a thick ice blade above Eve while she was talking. Hiei hurtled it down toward the ball, in attempt to shatter it.
"Ah, ah, ah," Eve said as she engulfed it in her shadows, "I told you not to use ice attacks!" The black spear was now under Eve's control. Eve quickly jerked the black orb towards her and Hiei fell forward. At the same time Eve pushed her right hand forward and caught Hiei's stomach with the black spear.
"So? Are you having fun? I know I am," Eve smirked, she knew Hiei wasn't able to move and he wouldn't be able to attack directly. The spear was stuck in him until he could do something.
Hiei lit his body on fire. The flames didn't harm him, only the things around him. The fire melted through the shadows and melted the ice. The shadow remained for about ten seconds, stuck in Hiei's abdomen. Then it disappeared in a puff of smoke. Hiei fell forward and hit his head on the ground.
Eve disappeared and reappeared in front if him. She squatted down and lifted the orb up a centimetre. Hiei's body propped itself up on it's knees. Hiei's gaze was now fixed on the black orb.
"Have you had enough or do you want to continue?"
"Shut up!! Shut up!! SHUT UP!!" Hiei yelled at her.
"Fine," Eve said as she poked the orb, which dented in. Hiei felt his side being bored into. Eve pulled her finger out and the orb was completely round again.
"Hiei, I don't want to hurt you. And Koenma says that I can't heal people anymore. So will you give up if I give you your shadow?"
"NO!!"
"Really? Even with that gaping wound in your stomach?"
"I'm going to train you, Eve," Hiei said.
"Train me? Ha, it looks more like I'm training you!"
"Well then what did Koenma mean if you are to help me become stronger when you are already so weak?" Eve asked herself.
"Are you going to release me?"
Eve looked at him as if he had just showed up, "Hm? I dunno, it's funny seeing you like this...but if you really want to fight, I guess we could..." Eve pondered this for a moment.
"Fine, I won't use my powers, just my katana," Eve said.
She brought Hiei up to his feet and pulled him with her. Eve made Hiei follow her to her room where she grabbed her katana and put Hiei's orb in his hands. The white light started rocketing around even more furiously. Eve took her katana in one hand.
"This may hurt a little," Eve said as she stabbed the ball of darkness. Hiei fell to his knees in pain. His shadow flickered behind him for a moment and the white light circled him ten times before going in where his heart was.
Instantly Hiei was on top of Eve with his katana at her throat.
"Don't you dare do that to me again," he hissed into her face.
Eve struggled to get free, his attack was very unexpected and she had already promised not to use her powers. Only her katana and her katana it would be.
"I'd think twice before you put me in this position," Eve growled back at him. Her katana was gently pushing up on Hiei's stomach wound.
Hiei got up and left the room with Eve following.
"Let me bandage you," Eve said coming out with a first aid kit in her hand, "I want to fight you at your best," Eve said advancing on Hiei.
"Give that to me!" Hiei said snatching the box out of Eve's hands, "I can do it myself!" He said rudely to her.
"Fine, I'll be waiting on the ground," Eve said as she walked out of the room and headed for the grounds the she and Hiei were fighting on.
Eve sighed, "This'll do me good," she said as she drew her katana.
Hiei jumped down from his room and disappeared before Eve caught sight of him, he reappeared and made a large gash in her leg. Eve whipped around and tried to attack him but he had disappeared again. He reappeared in front of her and he took a swing at her Eve blocked and pushed him back. Hiei ran up at Eve with the tip of his sword facing her, Eve ran at him too but found that it wasn't going to work so she did a weird limp-run over to him and their katanas clashed once again. Eve felt the pressure to hold him back burn within her stomach, or was that just the pain? Even so Eve managed to hold him back for a while until he disappeared again. He reappeared behind her and sliced her shoulder. Eve fell to the ground, shaking from...laughter?
"Hiei use your cheap tricks, you know I can kill you in an instant-" Eve said before she was cut off.
"Rule one, never let the element of surprise, surprise you," Hiei stated as if her never heard her.
Eve got back up, her leg was shaking and blood was gushing out of her left shoulder. She felt weak and vulnerable but didn't want to show it.
"You still want to fight? Not a very graceful loser, but have it your way!" Hiei said as he charged at her again.
"As you wish!" Eve yelled back at him as she ran at him.
Their swords clashed and they started to have a real battle. Hiei removed his sword from hers and took a swipe at her neck. Eve blocked it by holding her sword straight up, she pushed Hiei back and aimed for his legs. Hiei jumped up and brought his sword down hoping to hit her head. Eve stepped out of the way and then jumped up at Hiei their swords hit again and they came back to the ground. They started aiming for each other and the places they were aiming for getting worse by the moment. Every time one would attack the other would block it went like this until both of them aimed for each other's heart. Their swords were locked in a deadly position and if either gave up their defense they were sure to get seriously injured. Hiei's defense was growing stronger and Eve's was weakening. Just when it seemed to have gotten worse for Eve the swords had been under too much pressure and shattered right there. Eve and Hiei looked at their shattered swords and then each other. They dropped the handles of the shattered swords and went on with full hand-to-hand combat.
"You never give up do you?" Hiei asked.
"Giving up isn't in me!" Eve said back to him.
Hiei smirked, "Nor me," Hiei stuck his foot out as their arms were locked and tried to trip Eve.
Eve was concentrating on Hiei and how to flip his hand so she could snap his wrist like she almost did to Kurama. Eve didn't realize it until it was too late, Eve tripped on Hiei's foot and fell forward into Hiei's arms. Her grip tightened as she tried to keep her balance but she fell anyway.
Eve blushed and got back up. Hiei had an awkward look on his face and he felt himself blushing.
"How about we call it a draw?" Eve asked.
"Hn," Hiei grunted.
Eve limped her way back to the building and Fox Fire came running out of the forest.
"Hey there!" Eve said as she held out her arms and waited for Fox Fire.
Fox Fire leapt into her arms and nuzzled her face. It then turned its attention to the wound in Eve's left shoulder and gave a concerned 'mew.'
"It's alright I'm fine. I was just training with Hiei, where were you anyway?"
"Mew!"
Eve laughed and then started coughing. She held a hand up to her mouth and realized that she was coughing up blood.
"What!?" Eve yelled and started coughing again.
Hiei turned around and saw Eve fall to her knees coughing up some red, shiny liquid. Blood. Hiei made his usual hn and walked away.
Fox Fire immediately went into his huge form (A/N: like kirara!!!) and bent down so Eve could climb up. Fox Fire dashed off and made it into Eve's room.
Eve got off, she had coughed up blood all the way here and had stopped. She realized that she had given the bandages to Hiei. She climb back on Fox Fire and whispered for him to go to Hiei.
Fox Fire tracked Hiei in a forest and Eve got off. She walked up to Hiei who was currently staring at a lake. She put a hand on his shoulder and whispered to him.
"Where are my bandages?"
No answer.
"Hiei tell me where they are! I swear if you don't tel-" Eve was cut off.
Hiei's arm had slipped around her waist and he had pulled her closer to him. His lips were placed on hers and they stopped her from talking...or screaming for that matter. Hiei made the kiss more passionate when he felt Eve pulling away. He held her closer. One hand around her waist the other gently rubbing her side...-! Eve relaxed into his grip and placed a hand on his chest. Yet her desires had not been satisfied.
It was just like in her story...but in her story...her lover had butchered her heart!
RS: cliffy!! OMG WHAT THE HELL IS HIEI DOING!!!!
Lauren: I think he's kissing her!
RS: Not the point! Anyway...what's going to happen? I honestly don't know but please review!!
Dedicated to: Lauren, my best friend, Light Goddess, and Wolfwood a.k.a. Angel Avalon my best internet penpal buddies!!!
Chapter 3
"Kurama, have you ever loved someone?" Eve asked shyly.
"Yes actually, but I've never told them how I felt because the pain of knowing that I could never have them was stronger than rejection..."
"What do you mean?"
"I fell in love with a human, Koenma wouldn't allow that. So I stayed in silence, my love grew stronger and stronger until one day it seemed to disappear altogether."
"A human?"
"Yes, Hiei hated me for it, he called her weak and insufficient...those days," he laughed a little, "days I'll never forget though."
Eve decided to change the subject, "It'd be nice to put on some clothes," Eve said trying to get out of the bed.
"Need some help?"
"No I'm fine.."
"You're pushing me away again Eve..."
"Sorry, this takes a little getting used to. Kurama?"
"Mm?"
"Could we keep this all a secret? I'm not sure I'm ready to be friends with everyone else yet."
Kurama nodded, "Are you sure you don't want help?"
"I'm fine, I'll get out sooner or later. I'm not the one to accept help."
"Ok, but now that we're friends, could you tell me what all the scars on your legs are?"
"Kurama, I'm so sorry, but I can't you'd really hate me for it..."
"Eve I promise, I won't hate you, just tell me please?"
"I can't..." Eve said finally getting out of the bed. She crawled over to the bag.
"Then at least let me help you, it's killing me to see you like this..."
"Kurama," she sighed, "help me pick out an outfit then..."
She unzipped to bag and pulled out some clothes, "You brought my skirts? And the dresses?" Eve asked.
"Yeah, they were just so beautiful, I couldn't help myself..."
Eve looked at Kurama with something of respect, "Thank you, hey my pants!! And shirts..." her smile faded when she saw the tank tops and tee shirts.
"I knew you probably wouldn't wear them, but I brought just in case," Kurama said answering her question.
Her face took on a new look of shock and anger as well as embarrassment, "You brought these?" she held up the leopard panties.
"It was interesting, I didn't think that you wore something like that," Kurama laughed a little.
"Oh and what's so funny, fox boy?!"
"Fox boy? How did you know?"
"Fox Fire, he knew you were one and tipped me off, by the way, WHAT'S SO FUNNY!!"
"Nothing, nothing," Kurama laughed.
"Kurama," she said sweetly, "you wear it!" she said shoving her underwear on his head.
Eve laughed and rolled on the floor, feeling like her sides would burst, "Ow," she choked through laughter.
"Eve!" he cried, throwing her panties back to her.
Eve's laughter subsided and she started to finger the bandages, "I wonder if I've healed yet?" she said to herself.
Eve started to take off the bandages, "Should I go?" Kurama asked.
"What's the point, you've already seen my body, but I wouldn't mind if you turned around. It's just nice to have someone to talk to- Hell yeah!!"
Kurama quickly turned around, "You okay?!" he asked and blushed realizing that Eve had taken off all the bandages, leaving her in her underwear.
"Thought I told you to turn around?"
"Sorry, just thought that you might need some help..."
"Wait this means that I can go see Koenma, and find out what the hell I'm doing here, and I can battle Hiei!! Yes!!!" She posed in a smug stance, "First clothes!!"
Eve pulled out a black tank top and baggy olive green pants. She also fished around for a sports bra.
"Could you turn around again, it's something you haven't seen before," Eve said fingering for the clasp on her bra, "Dammit, I never was good with this..."
"Do you need some help?"
"No I'm fine, just need to get this undone-"
Kurama snuck up behind her and fiddled with the clasp for about two seconds and it came undone.
"Kurama!!" She whirled around, holding the bra close to her, "How did you do that!?"
"Easy, just push back, and voila!"
"Okay, turn around!" Eve slipped the bra off and put on the sports bra with some difficulty. She got it on and put on the pants and tank top. She slid her katana into a belt loop.
"I'm ready! Take me to Koenma's!!"
Kurama's eyes wandered to her arms, the scars, then her chest.
"Uh Kurama, I know it's a 'no secrets thing' but I'm not telling you my size!"
Kurama continued to stared.
"Kurama!" she said getting really annoyed.
Kurama walked over to Eve and firmly placed his hands on her shoulders.
"What-what are you doing!!"
Kurama's hands moved to her chest and Eve let out a scream that was heard by everyone, Eve started to back away but Kurama pinned her to the nearest wall. Eve could've sworn that she saw gold in his emerald eyes and a streak of silver in his red locks. Eve struggled to get free.
"Get your filthy hands off of me!!" she said roughly pushing Kurama away.
Yusuke and Kuwabara came in and looked at Eve, the scanned her clothes and then Kurama.
"What happened here?" Yusuke asked.
"Nice clothes," Kuwabara complimented.
"Thanks, I dunno, Kurama just came at me and...and started to..."
"To?"
"Touch me," Eve said softly.
"Touch you...Yusuke do you think it was Yoko?"
"It's very likely, however, Kurama doesn't often lose control like that. Unless...it wasn't Yoko..."
"You mean Kurama-?" Kuwabara asked before Yusuke cut him off.
Yusuke nodded, "But it's not his style-"
"WILL SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!!" Eve yelled.
Yusuke looked at Kuwabara, Kuwabara looked at Yusuke, "It's better if we let Kurama explain...wait is he out cold?!"
Kuwabara went over, "He is," he said in a whisper.
"Eve, what did you do to him?"
"I just pushed him away from me! What the hell is going on, someone tell me!!!!"
"I promise you Kurama will explain, with full detail-"
"I feel like kicking some major ass right now," she turned on Kuwabara. Kuwabara ran behind Yusuke, "Care to take me up on this Yusuke?!" she said anger boiling in her veins.
Yusuke and Kuwabara ran out of her room. She stormed out and kicked Hiei's door down.
Hiei looked at her as if she was nuts, "What the hell do you want!!"
She looked at him sternly, "You, me, battle right now!!" she said.
"Hmm, need to vent off some anger too? This'll do you and me good," Hiei jumped out of his window with Eve following behind.
Hiei started to speed up into a forest, just testing how fast Eve could go, once she surpassed him he stopped.
They both unsheathed their katanas together and started to fight. Eve lunged at him with her sword right in front of her. Hiei disappear immediately and reappeared on a tree branch. He threw his sword aimed at her back. In the last second she twirled around and caught the katana in one hand. She threw it back up to Hiei and also reappeared on the branch.
"So why are you pissed Hiei?"
"Because of you," he said his crimson eyes making Eve shudder.
"Oh and it's you who read my mind without permission, I should be the one mad Hiei!"
"Getting beatings for stupid reasons by stupid people calls for revenge Eve," he sneered.
"Yeah right, you read my mind, I threw a blast of dark energy at you, we're even!"
"Hn. What's up with you anyway?"
Eve turned pink a bit, "Kurama tried to feel me up."
"Really now?" he said a bit confused, "did you like it?" he asked accusingly.
"No! I knocked him unconscious after he did that!"
"Kurama wouldn't do that, trust me," Hiei said softly.
"He did, and since when can I trust you, you hacked into my mind!!!"
"You were lying-"
"Oh so if I were lying about my bra size you would read my mind right!!!??"
"That's not the point, you were lying-"
"Hiei we were getting along so well, just don't ever do that again and maybe we can become friends-"
"I'm not trusting anyone who slices my stomach in half, got that!"
"By the way, how is that cut?"
"Barely healed for all you need to know," he said softly.
"That is all I need to know," she whispered moving closer to him, "Hey look, I'm sorry for cutting you, I just needed some privacy..." she fingered the edges of Hiei's shirt. (A/N: he's not wearing that cloak)
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
"You tell me," she whispered, brushing up against him.
Hiei blushed, "Get off of me," he said coldly.
"I know you're blushing. Look Hiei, don't flatter yourself, I only want to heal you. That cut was your fault, but I'm sympathetic."
"Hn, I don't need your pity!" He said jumping down.
"Come on Hiei, it'll only take a minute," she said advancing on him.
"Look Eve, I thought you wanted to fight!"
"Then fight we shall, and if I win I get to heal you-"
"And if I win?"
"We'll see," a smirk played on her lips.
Hiei lunged at her with his sword. She blocked it with her own and pushed him back. She smirked and formed a black orb in her hand, it was glowing darkly at her and stringy waves of electricity pulsed around it. She shoved it into her sword which turned black like the orb and had the electricity around it.
"Hn, dirty little tricks again."
"Aww is Hiei afraid of the shadows that he hides in? Well too bad!"
"Fine then," Hiei disappeared and reappeared behind her and jabbed her in her back after she had already blocked his attack. "Would you like me to take this off?" she gestured toward her sword.
"Yeah, don't use cheap tricks!"
"Fine," Eve extended her hand without the sword and the ball of black soared towards her empty palm. She hurled it at Hiei who disappeared and reappeared in front of her. Eve was startled because she thought her attack would've hit him. She hesitated too long and was cut in her arm.
"Just a little warning. I won't just aim for your arm next time."
Eve looked at her arm, she knew she couldn't heal it, but she could still heal Hiei.
"Hiei!!" she said with an angry look and she appeared on Hiei's side and he calmly sliced her stomach, being very unyielding. Eve crippled to the ground clutching her stomach.
"I thought you were stronger than this, you're a shadow demon after all," Hiei sighed.
"I am, sorry Hiei, I just don't want to hurt you even more," Eve said softly.
Hiei considered her words, "Sorry," he muttered, "Hn!"
"Good," she said standing up straight as if she was never in pain. She tackled him to the ground.
"You will pay!" Hiei said through gritted teeth as he held his katana to her neck. She knocked it out of his hand with a simple quick flick of her own. She grabbed her katana and positioned herself over Hiei. She put the blade to his neck and asked.
"Are you going to do this the easy way of the hard way?"
"Neither!" Hiei said struggling to push her off of him. She slammed him down hard and sliced through his shirt. She blushed a bit at his chest and cut the bandages.
"I said I don't need your help!"
"Oh shut up will you!" she said slapping him hard across the face. She placed her hands on his stomach and felt his breathing. She healed him within a matter of seconds.
"Why did you do that? You could've just beaten me, you know," Hiei said getting back up.
"One, I'm not going to let you get beat up so badly, and two, I was afraid I might lose," she said.
"Lose? There's nothing in it for you"
"I wanted to heal you Hiei," she said.
"Why? It's not helping you," he said placing pressure on helping.
"Whatever. Look I just healed you and now I'm going to go back inside," she said roughly, "No matter what happens, don't try to bandage me," she said as an after thought.
"Hn," Hiei walked away.
Eve tried to teleport to her room but failed and staggered to her room, to the bandages. She weakly opened her bedroom door and fell to her knees. She crawled over to her dresser where she kept the bandages. She felt consciousness slipping from her and managed to get herself on her bed. She crudely wrapped the bandages around herself and slipped under the covers, pulling it up to her cheeks. She drew her legs to her chest and hugged herself as if she was crying. In a matter of seconds Eve passed out.
Hiei remained in the forest. He was resting in a tree and his thoughts focused on Eve. She's much stronger than that, she didn't want to hurt me though, on the contrary, she wanted to heal me. But why? She's mad at me, wouldn't she want to hurt me? And what did she mean by, 'no matter what happens, don't try to bandage me' Ugh!! Girls just don't make sense!! Hiei gave a small unnoticeable blush, maybe she didn't want me to see her. Hiei shook his head and closed his eyes.
Kurama was talking to Yusuke and Kuwabara in Kurama's room.
"Yeah man, she said that you started to touch her," Yusuke said.
"But I didn't, it was Yoko-"
"She was really pissed Kurama, she's fighting with Hiei now," Kuwabara said seriously.
"How come you blacked out?" Yusuke asked.
"Yoko wanted to, dunno why though. The last thing I remember was Eve pushing me away. For good reason too, damn Yoko and his perverted ways," Kurama cursed.
"We thought that it might not have been Yoko, we thought it was you," Yusuke said quietly.
"WHAT!? Why would I do that?"
"The question is why wouldn't you do that? She touched you, you love her, and then you'd touch her."
"I don't love Eve!" he said, a blush crept up his cheeks.
"Don't lie," Yusuke said.
"I don't!"
"What-eva!" Kuwabara said in a girly tone.
Kurama and Yusuke looked at him as if he were insane.
"How come you didn't explain to her then?" Kurama asked.
"Because we thought it'd be best if you explained. Meanwhile she just went to vent off some anger."
"You should've told her at least a vague clue or something," Kurama said outraged.
"You don't often lose control like that, I wasn't sure that it was Yoko," Yusuke said back at him.
Eve woke up and threw on a long sleeved shirt to cover up the bandages on her arm and wandered outside of her room. She heard voices coming from inside Kurama's room. She shrugged and turned on the television and saw a tape sticking out. She pushed it in and immediately recognized it as the movie she was watching with Kurama. She quickly stopped it and ejected the tape. She got on the couch and started to channel surf.
Eve adjusted herself to make her pain more comfortable. She'd been so used to pain. Emotionally and physically. Physically, pain didn't mean much to her anymore, she got it a lot since she was always fighting demons, but now healing people? What had she done to deserve all of this?
Eve placed a hand on her stomach, feeling the bandages through her shirt. Then she grasped her arm lightly. It didn't hurt as much as her stomach but it still hurt.
Eve stopped changing the channels when she came across a horror movie. She watched as the stalker followed the young girl home. Eve flinched and gasped as the blood splattered the kitchen tiles. Her eyes widened at the movie and she was unaware of Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara in the next room.
Kurama's doorknob twisted but Eve paid it no attention. Yusuke and Kuwabara stepped out followed by Kurama.
"Eve?"
Eve sprang up at the voice, when she realized who it was she backed away slowly, "Don't you dare touch me!" she said dangerously. She meant it too, a greyish blue orb was floating in her palm.
"Eve I just want to expla-"
Whoosh! Eve hurled the ball of shadow energy at Kurama, who held it back with much effort. Eve walked over to him and took the ball out of his hands. She tossed it back and forth in her own hands as if it were a plum. She crushed it and it disappeared. Then she whistled. Fox Fire came running out of her room. She extended her arms but Fox Fire jumped up on Kurama who nuzzled it affectionately. She gave another sharp and annoyed whistle. Fox Fire kept cuddling with Kurama. Eve gave another sharp whistle and Fox Fire glanced in her direction and leapt out of Kurama's arms and into Eve's. It mewed once and then turned around and hissed at Kurama.
Eve teleported out of the room and into the forest.
"Fox Fire, I don't want you to ever touch him again, got it?" Fox Fire mewed and jumped out of Eve's hands and walked on the ground beside her.
"What am I going to do?! I can't believe I'm actually joining their dumb team! Seriously! I mean, I'm never going to open up, not with what just happened! Dammit, I still need to go see Koenma!!"
"Let me take you then and you can stop all of your whining!" Hiei said jumping down.
Eve looked at him like he was crazy, "What were you doing?"
"Sitting in a tree, duh!"
"Just take me to Koenma!" Eve said angrily.
"Hn. Just keep up," Hiei said as he walked away.
"Must you always be like this?!" She asked running up to him
"Must you always be like that?!" He mocked.
"I take it you're still pissed?"
"Hn," Hiei said as he quickened his pace.
"Isn't there a faster way?" Eve asked.
"Only if you can keep up," Hiei said as he jumped from tree to tree.
This caught Eve by surprise, but she started to run using her demonic speed and caught up before he was less than half a kilometer away from her.
Hiei stopped jumping and they reached a large building. Eve stopped abruptly and bumped into Hiei, causing her to fall on her behind. Hiei didn't look back he just walked into the building.
Eve growled lightly at his rudeness but got up and walked in after him anyway. She gasped at what she saw, but quickly hid it and smirked lightly.
"So, where is this dude?" Eve asked Hiei.
"Hn," Hiei said as he walked into another room, "She's here," Hiei said as he leaned against the wall.
Eve looked around and her eyes rested on a toddler with a blue pacifier standing on a desk, "Whoa! What's a baby doing in an office? And where are its parents? Aww but it's so cute!"
Hiei started to laugh and the baby turned red.
"I AM KOENMA!!! NOT A BABY!!! AND I AM NOT CUTE!!!"
"Whoa!! The baby can talk?! And it's Koenma...and it doesn't think it's cute...can we say MAJOR INSULT?!?!!?!?!?"
"I AM NOT A BABY!!! Wait, you think I'm cute?"
"Yeah, just don't get your diapers in a knot!" Eve took a seat, "So why am I here anyway?"
Hiei was still laughing. Koenma and Eve ignored him for a few minutes but then he just burst out laughing hysterically.
"It wasn't that funny..." Eve said under her breath.
"IT'S NOT FUNNY!!! HIEI, GET OUT!" Koenma yelled.
"Whatever you say...Koenma," Hiei said through laughter. Once he was outside he stopped.
"Okay so why am I here?"
"Because I think that you have the potential to compete in the Dark Tournament and help out on the team. You aren't even aware of how much power you possess, so much that it is possible for you to wipe out the human race and take over the demon race, but you'd need a lot of training and experience. My team can help you there."
"Okay now have you considered the fact that I am the only girl on that team and that it's possible that I don't want to join and perhaps just rule the world!"
"Yes, yes and no. Yes you are the only girl on the team, and you'll just have to deal with it, Botan can help you if you want-"
Eve snorted, "I don't take help!"
"Yes I am aware of that but in time you just might need to. Yes I have also considered that you might not want to join but what else will you do? You've got nothing else to live for am I correct?"
"No! I can rule the world-"
"If you remember, I said no to that one, you'd need my help in training to rule the world," He finished.
"Okay those are good answers, but I still need to know why I am the only girl on this team!"
"Looks are deceiving, you might just win this tournament for us because someone underestimated you."
"That's not what I'm getting at. What if something 'happens'?" she asked quietly.
"Happens? Oh you mean that, well then don't let it 'happen,'" he said simply.
"But what if it does and I can't control it?"
"Just try your best," Koenma saw the look on her face, "I know, I'm aware of what Kurama has done, but you need to go and ask him what really happened, okay?"
Eve growled and gave a reluctant, "Fine!"
"Just remember that we're all trying to help you!"
"Yeah, yeah," Eve got up and walked to the door.
"Training starts as soon as you get back, oh and no more healing people until I say okay?"
A thought struck Eve and she grinned, "Yeah, so really now, where are your parents?"
"Eve!" He said warningly.
"Sheesh! I was only teasing!" Eve closed the door and went outside to see Hiei standing with his arms folded.
"Let's go!" He said jumping from tree to tree. Eve ran once again.
"Hiei, after I talk to Kurama, I have to train. Now as a chance to get a proper battle, will you be the first to train me?"
"Hn, whatever you desire," he said as a smirk played across his lips.
Eve smiled, she couldn't heal people but she knew that if she beat him up too badly she would. She wasn't going to let any stupid rules stop her. She'd lived without them for most of her life and that wasn't going to change anytime soon.
She was curious of what Kurama had to say but still quite angry with him, whatever reason it was he should've stopped it. She might forgive him, but only if she felt like it. And right now – she didn't feel like it.
She didn't know what to think, she had nothing else to do and she was grateful to be on the team, but what if she fell in love?! Something that she never wanted to happen again. Being hurt was too much pain, and with her luck, being hurt was all she would get.
Eve and Hiei reached the building and Hiei went up into his room. Eve went over to Kurama's and knocked gently.
"Can we talk?" Eve asked with seriousness in her voice.
"Sure," came Kurama's voice from behind the door, "Give me one moment. I'll explain everything," a small thud was heard from inside his room. Kurama opened the door and stepped aside to let Eve in. He closed it and sat on his bed. Then he motioned for Eve to join him, but she shook her head.
"I just want to find out what happened and why you touched me like that," she said without hesitation.
"Eve, I'm really sorry for that," he looked up at her with those sad green orbs. Just like when she wanted to kiss him, but this time she felt nothing.
"A kitsune named Yoko resides in my body. He doesn't come out often and I can control it most times. He was a thief and was reborn into my body. Making me a demon, do you understand?"
Eve nodded.
"He's also a bit of a pervert...and I think...that what he did was...because...he wanted you," Kurama looked up at her. He saw no sign of any emotion.
Eve continued her staring.
"I tried to stop him really! But I was powerless, he knew you had let me in...that I had broken your defense. He used it against you and me. Eve I am really sorry, can you forgive me?"
"Is it possible that you may have wanted to do that as well?"
"No, not at all," he said turning a bit pink, "not without your permission at least," he mumbled.
"You don't often lose control, so what if it happens again?"
"I'll warn you-"
"That's not good enough. Kurama, I forgive you, but I'm keeping my distance and putting my barrier back up," Eve said, turning to leave.
"Eve please, I promise you I will keep him under my control!! You've just learned to trust again, don't ruin it now!" He said as he jumped from the bed and grabbed Eve shoulder.
Eve turned to him slowly and grabbed his hand. She tightly closed around on his wrist, sending a blinding pain straight to his bones. She took a step back and gritted her teeth.
"I told you to keep your distance," she said firmly, "Or else," Eve said as she walked out the door.
"Eve...Oh-my-god, I can't believe this. One minute she's all happy and loose, next she breaking my wrist!" Kurama said as he rubbed his throbbing wrist.
"Hiei, get out here! NOW!!" Eve said as she started to relax on the couch.
"Not coming huh? Too afraid to fight I guess, his loss...HIEI YOU ASS, GET OUT NOW!!" Eve said dangerously.
"Shut up!!" Hiei said as he emerged from his room and looked at Eve, "What the hell do you want!!??"
"Koenma said that I have to train, and you're going to train me...not that I need it," Eve added.
"Will you shut your ass up if I train you?" Hiei asked with annoyance.
"YES!!" Eve screamed at him.
"Alright, what are we going to use?"
"Anything!! Use your dragon for all I care!!"
"How'd you know about that?" Hiei asked curiously.
"Your almost a legend from the Koorime, not exactly a good one...but hey!!"
Hiei walked out followed by Eve. They reached the ground that they had fought on earlier.
Eve smirked, knowing she had forgotten her katana on purpose.
Hiei drew his katana and waited for Eve to make the first move. Eve stood there examining Hiei's movements, the blink of an eye, and the twitch of a muscle. Everything would tell her how to attack or defend.
"You gonna make your move or what?" Hiei spat out impatiently.
"No," Eve said simply, amused at his impatience.
"Fine!"
Hiei lunged at her. Eve quickly put up a shadow barrier. Hiei backed off before any damage was done and Eve put the barrier back down.
"You know using ice attacks isn't going to work right?" Eve asked.
Hiei said nothing and disappeared, he emerged behind her and with stealth thrust his sword into her back. Eve turned quickly and blocked it right as the tip was touching her. She gathered a ball of grey shadow energy and aimed at Hiei. Hiei, being too quick for his own good, (A/N: , much thought!) dodged with ease.
"Knith O' La Drashay," Eve called, motioning at Hiei. A semi-clear/silver ball appeared in her left hand.
Eve outstretched her hand and laid her palm flat. Her fingers were spread apart and then she closed her hand. She took her index finger and pointed at Hiei then drew her finger back to her hand. A black substance flew like liquid into the silver-clear ball she held in her left hand. It was not liquid or solid or even gas though. It was Hiei's shadow.
In Eve's fighting tongue, 'Knith O' La Drashay' meant 'Thief Of The Shadow.'
Hiei was frozen; his body was unable to move from that spot.
"What the hell have you done to me?!"
"Nothing, well nothing besides steal your shadow. Without your shadow you are powerless to move on you own. See this ball," Eve gestured to the orb that was now midnight black with a blinding white jet of light rocketing around, "Your shadow is in this, the white light is actually a part of your soul and it's trying to free your shadow and itself. I have no idea of what part of you soul...perhaps the tip of the bottom or the top. Maybe even a chunk in the middle. Anyway until this ball breaks, your powerless-"
Hiei had somehow managed to form a thick ice blade above Eve while she was talking. Hiei hurtled it down toward the ball, in attempt to shatter it.
"Ah, ah, ah," Eve said as she engulfed it in her shadows, "I told you not to use ice attacks!" The black spear was now under Eve's control. Eve quickly jerked the black orb towards her and Hiei fell forward. At the same time Eve pushed her right hand forward and caught Hiei's stomach with the black spear.
"So? Are you having fun? I know I am," Eve smirked, she knew Hiei wasn't able to move and he wouldn't be able to attack directly. The spear was stuck in him until he could do something.
Hiei lit his body on fire. The flames didn't harm him, only the things around him. The fire melted through the shadows and melted the ice. The shadow remained for about ten seconds, stuck in Hiei's abdomen. Then it disappeared in a puff of smoke. Hiei fell forward and hit his head on the ground.
Eve disappeared and reappeared in front if him. She squatted down and lifted the orb up a centimetre. Hiei's body propped itself up on it's knees. Hiei's gaze was now fixed on the black orb.
"Have you had enough or do you want to continue?"
"Shut up!! Shut up!! SHUT UP!!" Hiei yelled at her.
"Fine," Eve said as she poked the orb, which dented in. Hiei felt his side being bored into. Eve pulled her finger out and the orb was completely round again.
"Hiei, I don't want to hurt you. And Koenma says that I can't heal people anymore. So will you give up if I give you your shadow?"
"NO!!"
"Really? Even with that gaping wound in your stomach?"
"I'm going to train you, Eve," Hiei said.
"Train me? Ha, it looks more like I'm training you!"
"Well then what did Koenma mean if you are to help me become stronger when you are already so weak?" Eve asked herself.
"Are you going to release me?"
Eve looked at him as if he had just showed up, "Hm? I dunno, it's funny seeing you like this...but if you really want to fight, I guess we could..." Eve pondered this for a moment.
"Fine, I won't use my powers, just my katana," Eve said.
She brought Hiei up to his feet and pulled him with her. Eve made Hiei follow her to her room where she grabbed her katana and put Hiei's orb in his hands. The white light started rocketing around even more furiously. Eve took her katana in one hand.
"This may hurt a little," Eve said as she stabbed the ball of darkness. Hiei fell to his knees in pain. His shadow flickered behind him for a moment and the white light circled him ten times before going in where his heart was.
Instantly Hiei was on top of Eve with his katana at her throat.
"Don't you dare do that to me again," he hissed into her face.
Eve struggled to get free, his attack was very unexpected and she had already promised not to use her powers. Only her katana and her katana it would be.
"I'd think twice before you put me in this position," Eve growled back at him. Her katana was gently pushing up on Hiei's stomach wound.
Hiei got up and left the room with Eve following.
"Let me bandage you," Eve said coming out with a first aid kit in her hand, "I want to fight you at your best," Eve said advancing on Hiei.
"Give that to me!" Hiei said snatching the box out of Eve's hands, "I can do it myself!" He said rudely to her.
"Fine, I'll be waiting on the ground," Eve said as she walked out of the room and headed for the grounds the she and Hiei were fighting on.
Eve sighed, "This'll do me good," she said as she drew her katana.
Hiei jumped down from his room and disappeared before Eve caught sight of him, he reappeared and made a large gash in her leg. Eve whipped around and tried to attack him but he had disappeared again. He reappeared in front of her and he took a swing at her Eve blocked and pushed him back. Hiei ran up at Eve with the tip of his sword facing her, Eve ran at him too but found that it wasn't going to work so she did a weird limp-run over to him and their katanas clashed once again. Eve felt the pressure to hold him back burn within her stomach, or was that just the pain? Even so Eve managed to hold him back for a while until he disappeared again. He reappeared behind her and sliced her shoulder. Eve fell to the ground, shaking from...laughter?
"Hiei use your cheap tricks, you know I can kill you in an instant-" Eve said before she was cut off.
"Rule one, never let the element of surprise, surprise you," Hiei stated as if her never heard her.
Eve got back up, her leg was shaking and blood was gushing out of her left shoulder. She felt weak and vulnerable but didn't want to show it.
"You still want to fight? Not a very graceful loser, but have it your way!" Hiei said as he charged at her again.
"As you wish!" Eve yelled back at him as she ran at him.
Their swords clashed and they started to have a real battle. Hiei removed his sword from hers and took a swipe at her neck. Eve blocked it by holding her sword straight up, she pushed Hiei back and aimed for his legs. Hiei jumped up and brought his sword down hoping to hit her head. Eve stepped out of the way and then jumped up at Hiei their swords hit again and they came back to the ground. They started aiming for each other and the places they were aiming for getting worse by the moment. Every time one would attack the other would block it went like this until both of them aimed for each other's heart. Their swords were locked in a deadly position and if either gave up their defense they were sure to get seriously injured. Hiei's defense was growing stronger and Eve's was weakening. Just when it seemed to have gotten worse for Eve the swords had been under too much pressure and shattered right there. Eve and Hiei looked at their shattered swords and then each other. They dropped the handles of the shattered swords and went on with full hand-to-hand combat.
"You never give up do you?" Hiei asked.
"Giving up isn't in me!" Eve said back to him.
Hiei smirked, "Nor me," Hiei stuck his foot out as their arms were locked and tried to trip Eve.
Eve was concentrating on Hiei and how to flip his hand so she could snap his wrist like she almost did to Kurama. Eve didn't realize it until it was too late, Eve tripped on Hiei's foot and fell forward into Hiei's arms. Her grip tightened as she tried to keep her balance but she fell anyway.
Eve blushed and got back up. Hiei had an awkward look on his face and he felt himself blushing.
"How about we call it a draw?" Eve asked.
"Hn," Hiei grunted.
Eve limped her way back to the building and Fox Fire came running out of the forest.
"Hey there!" Eve said as she held out her arms and waited for Fox Fire.
Fox Fire leapt into her arms and nuzzled her face. It then turned its attention to the wound in Eve's left shoulder and gave a concerned 'mew.'
"It's alright I'm fine. I was just training with Hiei, where were you anyway?"
"Mew!"
Eve laughed and then started coughing. She held a hand up to her mouth and realized that she was coughing up blood.
"What!?" Eve yelled and started coughing again.
Hiei turned around and saw Eve fall to her knees coughing up some red, shiny liquid. Blood. Hiei made his usual hn and walked away.
Fox Fire immediately went into his huge form (A/N: like kirara!!!) and bent down so Eve could climb up. Fox Fire dashed off and made it into Eve's room.
Eve got off, she had coughed up blood all the way here and had stopped. She realized that she had given the bandages to Hiei. She climb back on Fox Fire and whispered for him to go to Hiei.
Fox Fire tracked Hiei in a forest and Eve got off. She walked up to Hiei who was currently staring at a lake. She put a hand on his shoulder and whispered to him.
"Where are my bandages?"
No answer.
"Hiei tell me where they are! I swear if you don't tel-" Eve was cut off.
Hiei's arm had slipped around her waist and he had pulled her closer to him. His lips were placed on hers and they stopped her from talking...or screaming for that matter. Hiei made the kiss more passionate when he felt Eve pulling away. He held her closer. One hand around her waist the other gently rubbing her side...-! Eve relaxed into his grip and placed a hand on his chest. Yet her desires had not been satisfied.
It was just like in her story...but in her story...her lover had butchered her heart!
RS: cliffy!! OMG WHAT THE HELL IS HIEI DOING!!!!
Lauren: I think he's kissing her!
RS: Not the point! Anyway...what's going to happen? I honestly don't know but please review!!
Dedicated to: Lauren, my best friend, Light Goddess, and Wolfwood a.k.a. Angel Avalon my best internet penpal buddies!!!