Catse: Here's chapter three. I hope you like it. Sorry if some of the characters don't seem to appear very much, but this was basically from just Hiei's point of view. Oh well, I hope you enjoy, and review me on what you think!
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Disclaimer: You already know this, so I'll jump you to the story. If you need reference, just check out that others and you'll find it.
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Hiei sat in the tree the entire night, watching the poor girl sleep in misery.
She continually had nightmares of when her grandfather had been killed, and so it didn't provide her with a restful sleep.
Usually, Hiei wouldn't care one way or the other in this matter.
So she had lost a family member?
Who cared?
Certainly not him!
Yet...he couldn't help but feel...as if he and she had something in common...
As it was, his family had abandoned him...leaving him to die to who knew what, and now he had his little sister trying to find him.
She had her family killed off slowly, and now she was alone.
They were both alone, and that's probably why Hiei felt so close to her.
She was experiencing the same sleepless nights he occasionally had when he actually slept.
Hiei had killed many beings of life...so many he couldn't be able to name them all.
He had seen rivers of blood, bodies ripped to shreds, and lives taken with out a single care of how they felt before they died.
The part that kept him awake, was that he had done most of it.
He had killed many...and why...?
No real reason at all...
He had thought about changing the way he did things...about listening to living creatures before killing them in a painful torture.
But, because he had killed so many, he felt he couldn't go back.
There was no going back from the way he was now, and that would be final.
Hiei sighed as he watched the girl shift in her bed, mumbling now and then about some sort of demon that plagued her nightmares and how she missed her parents.
After a while of her shifting and helpless whimpers, Hiei became and annoyed and prepared to leave.
He heard something though...something strange that he hadn't expected... "No...no you...stay...please...stay..."
She mumbled, shifting in bed again.
Was she talking to him...?
Or perhaps it was something in the dream that she had seen.
In any case, he couldn't bring himself to leave the window, and so he remained in the tree, watching her try to sleep the entire night.
For the next few days, Suta was very depressed.
She didn't step out of the room given to her at Koenma's palace, and she refused to talk when others came to cheer her up.
Botan went in several times to try to cheer her up, but every try failed miserably.
Kurama, Koenma, and Kuwabara all tried their hands at it too, but also failed.
Hiei was the only one that hadn't done anything about her depression.
It wasn't that he didn't care...Now he was interested enough in this girls antics to watch her for any signs of bad happenings.
It was just...that he didn't know how to comfort her...
He had never been comforted...cared for...never even hugged...
So he was at a loss for something to do.
He merely sat on the branch outside her window, watching her.
Finally, about three days after her grandfather's death, Suta walked to the window and opened it, only to find Hiei sitting on the outside, cleaning his sword.
"Oh...it's you..." She mumbled sadly, a tiny smile in place of her usual frown. "What are you doing here?"
"Hn. None of your business." Hiei answered, glancing another direction.
There was silence between them for a moment, as Hiei tried not to glance at her face and she fought to enjoy the breeze.
Finally, Suta broke the silence:
"Thankyou." She told him, blushing slightly.
Hiei glanced up from his sword to stare at her a minute, before returning to his work.
"Thank you for saving me when those demons were attacking me."
"I didn't do it to save you. I did it for my own enjoyment." Hiei scowled quietly, trying to regain silence once more.
"It doesn't matter what you did it for. I'm still standing here today talking to you now. Thanks. If you like, you can come inside. I'm making some tea and I thought you might like a cup." Hiei glanced at her with a glare and was answered with a mild smile and Suta returned to the confines of her room.
Hiei stared at the open window with interest.
For the first time in his life, some one had actually wanted his company.
They didn't want anything from him...weren't wishing to trick him...just wanted to have him there.
He longed to go inside and have that cup of tea, but past experiences held him from desires.
Hiei had been tricked in the past, and he didn't like the feeling.
He had been wounded, poisoned, beaten, and fooled because he had believed in a trick, and no matter how harmless this seemed, he wouldn't allow himself to trust anyone else if he could help it.
With one last glance at the window, he jumped from the tree and left to find another haven.
That night, upon boredom, he decided to see how the girl was doing.
Usually he wouldn't care one way of another, but boredom was a terrible plaque and he had no other way to take up time.
He crept up into the tree and was surprised to find that the window was still open to Suta's room.
She lay in bed, tossing and turning as she had the few nights before.
Her silky black hair was kept in a braid as she slept to prevent tangles, and her face was covered in cold sweat from her nightmares.
Another shifting of her body brought Hiei to climb in through the window.
He tried to use his telepathy to see her dreams, but for some reason, his powers didn't work on her mind.
It probably had something to do with why so many things were out to kill her.
Hiei watched her face pinch up in a frightened look, and then how the fear turned to anger, and then to misery.
He noticed how her hands balled up into fists and how her eyes flickered violently.
He stood there for a good ten minutes, watching how she slept, wondering if it were possible to comfort her enough to sleep.
It was one thing if he couldn't sleep, but it was another that she should have to suffer the same thing.
Then, just as he was thinking of leaving the room due to morning, her body began to shake violently, and her mouth began to bubble with saliva.
He stared at her, wandering what was causing her to do it. He had never seen anything act this way, and he wasn't sure why she was doing it in the first place.
But, as any usual being was, his mind was caught up in instinct and he instantly clutched her hand in his own and held it close.
Her shaking didn't stop, nor did it begin to slow.
Hiei's mind raced for options...anything that he could do to make her stop.
Only one came to mind, and he didn't even think about it when he did it.
Hiei snatched Suta's body and pressed it to his, hugging her in a tight embrace he wasn't even sure he was capable of giving until now.
Instantly, her shaking and her lid's flickering stopped, and Suta began to sleep peacefully.
Hiei remained at her bed side the entire night, afraid that if he left the shaking would start up again.
He held her hand in his, enjoying the warmth of her touch for some reason.
He had never allowed anyone to touch him, not even those he called friends, like Kurama or Yusuke.
His only contact with anyone else was usually during a scuffle or a fight for survival.
That was it.
And yet here he was, giving comfort to a girl, and a human no less!
When morning dawned, Hiei left Suta and the room in hopes of finding a safe spot to ponder his actions.
That was stupid! Clearly stupid! I've got to get away from this girl! She's turning me into a soft fool!
And Hiei disappeared.
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Catse: What did you think? I know Hiei seems a little pathetic in here, but I think it's okay. I've made it so as to make Hiei mean and rugged on the outside, but actually he's sort of sad and lonely on the inside. I hope it doesn't anger anyone, but that's that way I think he really is. Oh well, review me and tell me what you think. I'd love to hear from you! Ja Ne!