Serenity walked all over town looking for a place to stay. "Im tired" said
shippo. Serenity heard her stomach growl a bit. "Im hungry" said serenity.
"How about a mushroom ?" asked shippo. "No thanks, I don't eat screaming
mushrooms" said serenity. "Where are gonna sleep tonight ?" asked shippo.
"I don't know" said serenity in a worried tone. It was already sundown, and
it was cold. Serenity's clothes where not good for this weather, plus she
was barefoot.
Hours later, serenity and shippo had given up. "Im sleepy" said shippo. "Im exhausted..." moaned serenity sleepy-like. Serenity took out a sleeping bag from her duffle bag and walked over to a bench that was only used for sitting since it was nowhere near a bus stop. She set her duffle bag down and laid down on the bench and shippo jumped next to her. Serenity pulled the sleeping bag over her and shippo and zipped it up to keep them from freezing in the cold night air. "Can we find a new town ?" asked shippo. Serenity didn't answer. "Serenity ?" said shippo. All shippo heard next was snoring from serenity. "Just a thought..." said shippo. He yawned and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, someone was walking down the sidewalk. The air was so cold that every time he breathed, the warm air turned into a mist. He walked by the bench where Serenity and Shippo were. Then, he noticed that they were both almost frozen with hyperthermia . He pulled the sleeping bag off them and put it in the duffle bag which he assumed was theirs and took serenity over his shoulder, along with her bag. Then held shippo by his shirt and ran off to his home.
When he got to his home, he set serenity and shippo on a small bed and put a blanket over them. Just when he did that, a thought struck him. "Why on earth did I just do this ? I could've let them freeze out there" serenity coughed a bit, knocking the person out of thinking. He shook her a bit, waking her up. Serenity's eyes opened a bit. At first all she saw was a blur of someone standing over her. Then, her vision came clear. The person seemed a bit taller than her, had black hair which was sticking up and had a white star-like design near his forehead, dark red eyes, and wore all black clothes. "Who are you ?!!!" shouted serenity. "Don't be alarm, im not gonna hurt you" said the person. "Sure your not...your one of those people who kidnap young pretty girls and seduce them into-" serenity was cut off when the person put his hand atop her head.
"Shhh, you talk too much" he said. Serenity blushed a bit and sighed relieving-like. "Whats your name ?" the person asked. "Serenity" said serenity softly. "No last name ?" said the person. "nuh-uh" said serenity. "Well, my name is Hiei" said the person. Serenity giggled a bit. "Whats so funny ?" asked Hiei in a slightly annoyed tone. "Nothing, I just like your name" said serenity. "Whos the runt ?" asked Hiei. Serenity knew he was referring to shippo who was still sleeping next to her. "He's my friend" said serenity. "So are you poor, why were you sleeping on a bench ?" asked Hiei. "Do I look poor ?" asked serenity smartly. Hiei looked over serenity a bit. Judging by her style of clothes, he discarded the thought of her being poor.
Serenity smiled a cat-like smile, she figured she'd have a bit of fun with Hiei. "Im on my own, I just arrived in this town yesterday. It seemed nice at first, but I almost got hit by a bus, and arrested by the police" said serenity. "On your own ? You seem to be too young" said Hiei. "Why is everyone saying that ?! Im mature for my age, sheesh !!" shouted serenity. "I see..." said Hiei. "Am I annoying you ?" asked serenity cutely. "Kind of" said Hiei. "Good" said serenity. "This girl will be the death of me" thought Hiei. "Whats going on ?" said shippo as he woke up. Shippo took one look at Hiei and jumped onto serenity's shoulder for protection.
"He's not gonna hurt us shippo, he's a good guy" said serenity. Hiei growled at that comment a bit. Serenity tilted her head to one side. "Ok...just a little bit good" said serenity. "Im not very fond of kitsunes" said Hiei. Serenity's ears perked up at what Hiei said. "What about dogs ? Or humans ?" asked serenity. Hiei was about to answer, but stopped. "How could I be so blind ?! This girl is a mix of the things I particularly don't like !! She smells like a human, a dog demon, and a fox demon. Her ears are a dead giveaway" thought Hiei.
Serenity noticed that Hiei had a white headband on, her curious side gave in. "whats that thing on your head ? It looks cool !! Can I see whats under it ? Huh ? Huh ?! Huh ?!!" shouted serenity as she reached her hand out to rip the headband off. "No don't touch it !!" yelled Hiei. "Come on, let me see !!" exclaimed serenity as she jumped in front of Hiei. At this point, serenity noticed that Hiei was in fact taller than her. (He had a growth spurt, can you blame me for being imaginative ?!) Then, Hiei grabbed serenity by her arm and glared at her. Serenity giggled slightly and tried to loosen Hiei's grip on her arm. "Let me go" said serenity calmly. Hiei instead gripped her arm tighter. Serenity felt tears sting her eyes, she was close to whimpering.
Then, she fell to her knees then the rest of her body hit the floor. "Shes dead !!" shouted shippo. "You be quiet" said Hiei. Serenity didn't make a sound, nor did she move; all the signs of being dead. Hiei kneeled next to her and pressed his ear to her chest to hear if her heart was beating. "He fell for the playing dead trick...now to see what he has under his headband" thought serenity as she reached her hand near the back of Hiei's headband.
She almost was able to take it off, until Hiei looked directly at her, which sent a chill down her spine. "Try that again and I'll tear your head off" said Hiei as he sat up and pulled serenity up with him by her shirt. "Now look, im much older than you I bet, so behave" said Hiei. "How much older ?" asked serenity. "Thousands of years older" said Hiei. "You don't look like it" said serenity. "You look at least 15" said Hiei. "Your off by one year, im 14" said serenity. "Just don't annoy me" said Hiei. He still had a grip on serenity's shirt. He didn't trust her yet to let her go. He had the idea of scolding her, but didn't. Something about serenity made Hiei not react the way he would.
Serenity frowned, Hiei was still griping her shirt. "I'll let you go, but only if you wont try to take my headband off anymore" said Hiei. Serenity nodded and smiled. Hiei let serenity's shirt go and backed away just incase. Serenity giggled and stepped forward, then tackles Hiei to the ground. "You little brat !! Get off me !!!" yelled Hiei. "Im not heavy, im not hurting you, so im not getting off" said serenity. Then, in a flash, Hiei was standing up and was grabbing serenity by her ear. "Owww !!! Let go !!" shouted serenity. "I told you not to annoy me ! You broke that rule 10 minutes ago !!" yelled Hiei.
Hiei picked serenity up and carried her to the bed under his arm. He sat her down on the bed and stood with his arms crossed. Shippo sat on serenity's lap, scared by Hiei, he didn't talk at all. Hiei then swung his hand at serenity, he slapped her on the side of her face. Serenity fell onto the bed, a red mark was forming on her face. Serenity rubbed her stinging cheek and starred at Hiei. Tears ran down her face. "Why'd you hit her ?!! She didn't hurt you !!" yelled shippo. Hiei didn't answer. "If you hated me so much that you'd hit me, you could've told me" said serenity. "I don't hate you" said Hiei so low that it was a whisper. Then. Hiei walked upstairs, and serenity heard a door close. "Are you alright serenity ?" asked shippo. Serenity just got up and walked down one of the many halls. She came across a phone. She picked it up and dialed a number.
Across the sea, miles and miles away...
The phone rang and Inu-yasha picked it up. "Start talking" he said. "Hi inu- yasha-sama" said serenity. "Hey serenity ! What's up ?" asked inu-yasha. "Not much, I just called to say hi" said serenity. "Hmm ? Your voice sounds kinda weird, you ok ?" asked inu-yasha. "Yes, yes ! Im fine !" said serenity in a perkier voice. "Just making sure, so where are you ? Found a nice town ?" said inu-yasha. "Yes, it's near the ocean. And it has a clock tower. When I arrived, everyone was starring because I was flying on my magic leaf. Then, I almost got hit a by a bus, and almost got arrested by the police" said serenity. "Sheesh ! You haven't been away for a week and you're getting into trouble !!" said inu-yasha. "Yeah, but im doing ok. Where's Fluffy-sama ?" asked serenity. "He left to go the market to buy more herbs" said inu-yasha. "Oh, well I'll call back later soon. I'll call on the video phone" said serenity. "Alright, I just want you to know, if you want, you can always come home" said inu-yasha. "I know...ok, buh-bye" said serenity.
Serenity hung up and walked back to the bed in the other room. "I don't wanna stay here anymore..." thought serenity. With that, serenity ran for the door and ran out. Just then, Hiei came back downstairs and saw the door open. "Where'd she go ?!!" shouted Hiei. "I don't know, she just left without saying anything" said shippo. "Come with me, we'll find her !" said Hiei. Shippo jumped onto Hiei's shoulder just as Hiei was leaving.
Serenity was running down the empty streets. The only person she had trusted had broken her heart. She wanted to get as far as she could from him. She knew shippo would catch up with her soon enough. "I can't believe it's already dark !" thought serenity as she ran. As serenity was passing an alley, she was pulled by her shirt into the alley. "Aren't you a pretty one" said a person. "Leave me alone !!" shouted serenity. "We ourselves a feisty one" said another. "Fox-fire !!!" shouted serenity. A large flash of flames came from her hand and hit a wall in the alley. "I need to work on my aim..." thought serenity. "Grab her !!" shouted a person. Serenity felt their hands grab her arms and force her to the ground. Then, she felt them kicking her and hitting her with broken glass bottles.
"STOP !!!!" shouted a familiar voice. It was Hiei, and his eyes were glowing red. Serenity wasn't able to see it, but shippo did. Hiei didn't use his demon power, but he sure looked like he was. All it took was one punch at each person, and they were down for the count. "Alright ! You did it !" shouted shippo. "No time to celebrate...Serenity, are you ok ?!" shouted Hiei. Shippo walked down the alley way and saw serenity, she looked unconscious. "I found her !" said shippo. Hiei held serenity in his arms. Her body was covered in burses, and she had cuts on her arms and legs from being hit with broken glass bottles. "We have to get her home !" said Hiei as he walked off with shippo walking close behind.
"Is she gonna be ok ?" asked shippo. "I don't know, don't ask me" said Hiei as he wrapped a bandage around a wound on serenity's arm. Serenity made a moaning sound and shifted a bit. "Serenity, wake up" said shippo as he pulled at her shirt. Serenity opened her eyes and saw shippo. "Did they kill you too ? Are we in heaven ?" asked serenity. Then, she saw Hiei. "Oh no...We're in the other place !" said serenity. "You're alive" said Hiei. Serenity turned her head away, but felt Hiei pull her close to him. Hiei was hugging her ! "Are you ok ?" asked Hiei. "Yes, im fine, it was just a few scratches" said serenity. "Im sorry for hitting you, I'll try not to do it again" said Hiei. "Awww, what a cute couple !" said shippo. "shut-up !" yelled Hiei and serenity. "All right ! All right !" said shippo.
To be continued...
Hours later, serenity and shippo had given up. "Im sleepy" said shippo. "Im exhausted..." moaned serenity sleepy-like. Serenity took out a sleeping bag from her duffle bag and walked over to a bench that was only used for sitting since it was nowhere near a bus stop. She set her duffle bag down and laid down on the bench and shippo jumped next to her. Serenity pulled the sleeping bag over her and shippo and zipped it up to keep them from freezing in the cold night air. "Can we find a new town ?" asked shippo. Serenity didn't answer. "Serenity ?" said shippo. All shippo heard next was snoring from serenity. "Just a thought..." said shippo. He yawned and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, someone was walking down the sidewalk. The air was so cold that every time he breathed, the warm air turned into a mist. He walked by the bench where Serenity and Shippo were. Then, he noticed that they were both almost frozen with hyperthermia . He pulled the sleeping bag off them and put it in the duffle bag which he assumed was theirs and took serenity over his shoulder, along with her bag. Then held shippo by his shirt and ran off to his home.
When he got to his home, he set serenity and shippo on a small bed and put a blanket over them. Just when he did that, a thought struck him. "Why on earth did I just do this ? I could've let them freeze out there" serenity coughed a bit, knocking the person out of thinking. He shook her a bit, waking her up. Serenity's eyes opened a bit. At first all she saw was a blur of someone standing over her. Then, her vision came clear. The person seemed a bit taller than her, had black hair which was sticking up and had a white star-like design near his forehead, dark red eyes, and wore all black clothes. "Who are you ?!!!" shouted serenity. "Don't be alarm, im not gonna hurt you" said the person. "Sure your not...your one of those people who kidnap young pretty girls and seduce them into-" serenity was cut off when the person put his hand atop her head.
"Shhh, you talk too much" he said. Serenity blushed a bit and sighed relieving-like. "Whats your name ?" the person asked. "Serenity" said serenity softly. "No last name ?" said the person. "nuh-uh" said serenity. "Well, my name is Hiei" said the person. Serenity giggled a bit. "Whats so funny ?" asked Hiei in a slightly annoyed tone. "Nothing, I just like your name" said serenity. "Whos the runt ?" asked Hiei. Serenity knew he was referring to shippo who was still sleeping next to her. "He's my friend" said serenity. "So are you poor, why were you sleeping on a bench ?" asked Hiei. "Do I look poor ?" asked serenity smartly. Hiei looked over serenity a bit. Judging by her style of clothes, he discarded the thought of her being poor.
Serenity smiled a cat-like smile, she figured she'd have a bit of fun with Hiei. "Im on my own, I just arrived in this town yesterday. It seemed nice at first, but I almost got hit by a bus, and arrested by the police" said serenity. "On your own ? You seem to be too young" said Hiei. "Why is everyone saying that ?! Im mature for my age, sheesh !!" shouted serenity. "I see..." said Hiei. "Am I annoying you ?" asked serenity cutely. "Kind of" said Hiei. "Good" said serenity. "This girl will be the death of me" thought Hiei. "Whats going on ?" said shippo as he woke up. Shippo took one look at Hiei and jumped onto serenity's shoulder for protection.
"He's not gonna hurt us shippo, he's a good guy" said serenity. Hiei growled at that comment a bit. Serenity tilted her head to one side. "Ok...just a little bit good" said serenity. "Im not very fond of kitsunes" said Hiei. Serenity's ears perked up at what Hiei said. "What about dogs ? Or humans ?" asked serenity. Hiei was about to answer, but stopped. "How could I be so blind ?! This girl is a mix of the things I particularly don't like !! She smells like a human, a dog demon, and a fox demon. Her ears are a dead giveaway" thought Hiei.
Serenity noticed that Hiei had a white headband on, her curious side gave in. "whats that thing on your head ? It looks cool !! Can I see whats under it ? Huh ? Huh ?! Huh ?!!" shouted serenity as she reached her hand out to rip the headband off. "No don't touch it !!" yelled Hiei. "Come on, let me see !!" exclaimed serenity as she jumped in front of Hiei. At this point, serenity noticed that Hiei was in fact taller than her. (He had a growth spurt, can you blame me for being imaginative ?!) Then, Hiei grabbed serenity by her arm and glared at her. Serenity giggled slightly and tried to loosen Hiei's grip on her arm. "Let me go" said serenity calmly. Hiei instead gripped her arm tighter. Serenity felt tears sting her eyes, she was close to whimpering.
Then, she fell to her knees then the rest of her body hit the floor. "Shes dead !!" shouted shippo. "You be quiet" said Hiei. Serenity didn't make a sound, nor did she move; all the signs of being dead. Hiei kneeled next to her and pressed his ear to her chest to hear if her heart was beating. "He fell for the playing dead trick...now to see what he has under his headband" thought serenity as she reached her hand near the back of Hiei's headband.
She almost was able to take it off, until Hiei looked directly at her, which sent a chill down her spine. "Try that again and I'll tear your head off" said Hiei as he sat up and pulled serenity up with him by her shirt. "Now look, im much older than you I bet, so behave" said Hiei. "How much older ?" asked serenity. "Thousands of years older" said Hiei. "You don't look like it" said serenity. "You look at least 15" said Hiei. "Your off by one year, im 14" said serenity. "Just don't annoy me" said Hiei. He still had a grip on serenity's shirt. He didn't trust her yet to let her go. He had the idea of scolding her, but didn't. Something about serenity made Hiei not react the way he would.
Serenity frowned, Hiei was still griping her shirt. "I'll let you go, but only if you wont try to take my headband off anymore" said Hiei. Serenity nodded and smiled. Hiei let serenity's shirt go and backed away just incase. Serenity giggled and stepped forward, then tackles Hiei to the ground. "You little brat !! Get off me !!!" yelled Hiei. "Im not heavy, im not hurting you, so im not getting off" said serenity. Then, in a flash, Hiei was standing up and was grabbing serenity by her ear. "Owww !!! Let go !!" shouted serenity. "I told you not to annoy me ! You broke that rule 10 minutes ago !!" yelled Hiei.
Hiei picked serenity up and carried her to the bed under his arm. He sat her down on the bed and stood with his arms crossed. Shippo sat on serenity's lap, scared by Hiei, he didn't talk at all. Hiei then swung his hand at serenity, he slapped her on the side of her face. Serenity fell onto the bed, a red mark was forming on her face. Serenity rubbed her stinging cheek and starred at Hiei. Tears ran down her face. "Why'd you hit her ?!! She didn't hurt you !!" yelled shippo. Hiei didn't answer. "If you hated me so much that you'd hit me, you could've told me" said serenity. "I don't hate you" said Hiei so low that it was a whisper. Then. Hiei walked upstairs, and serenity heard a door close. "Are you alright serenity ?" asked shippo. Serenity just got up and walked down one of the many halls. She came across a phone. She picked it up and dialed a number.
Across the sea, miles and miles away...
The phone rang and Inu-yasha picked it up. "Start talking" he said. "Hi inu- yasha-sama" said serenity. "Hey serenity ! What's up ?" asked inu-yasha. "Not much, I just called to say hi" said serenity. "Hmm ? Your voice sounds kinda weird, you ok ?" asked inu-yasha. "Yes, yes ! Im fine !" said serenity in a perkier voice. "Just making sure, so where are you ? Found a nice town ?" said inu-yasha. "Yes, it's near the ocean. And it has a clock tower. When I arrived, everyone was starring because I was flying on my magic leaf. Then, I almost got hit a by a bus, and almost got arrested by the police" said serenity. "Sheesh ! You haven't been away for a week and you're getting into trouble !!" said inu-yasha. "Yeah, but im doing ok. Where's Fluffy-sama ?" asked serenity. "He left to go the market to buy more herbs" said inu-yasha. "Oh, well I'll call back later soon. I'll call on the video phone" said serenity. "Alright, I just want you to know, if you want, you can always come home" said inu-yasha. "I know...ok, buh-bye" said serenity.
Serenity hung up and walked back to the bed in the other room. "I don't wanna stay here anymore..." thought serenity. With that, serenity ran for the door and ran out. Just then, Hiei came back downstairs and saw the door open. "Where'd she go ?!!" shouted Hiei. "I don't know, she just left without saying anything" said shippo. "Come with me, we'll find her !" said Hiei. Shippo jumped onto Hiei's shoulder just as Hiei was leaving.
Serenity was running down the empty streets. The only person she had trusted had broken her heart. She wanted to get as far as she could from him. She knew shippo would catch up with her soon enough. "I can't believe it's already dark !" thought serenity as she ran. As serenity was passing an alley, she was pulled by her shirt into the alley. "Aren't you a pretty one" said a person. "Leave me alone !!" shouted serenity. "We ourselves a feisty one" said another. "Fox-fire !!!" shouted serenity. A large flash of flames came from her hand and hit a wall in the alley. "I need to work on my aim..." thought serenity. "Grab her !!" shouted a person. Serenity felt their hands grab her arms and force her to the ground. Then, she felt them kicking her and hitting her with broken glass bottles.
"STOP !!!!" shouted a familiar voice. It was Hiei, and his eyes were glowing red. Serenity wasn't able to see it, but shippo did. Hiei didn't use his demon power, but he sure looked like he was. All it took was one punch at each person, and they were down for the count. "Alright ! You did it !" shouted shippo. "No time to celebrate...Serenity, are you ok ?!" shouted Hiei. Shippo walked down the alley way and saw serenity, she looked unconscious. "I found her !" said shippo. Hiei held serenity in his arms. Her body was covered in burses, and she had cuts on her arms and legs from being hit with broken glass bottles. "We have to get her home !" said Hiei as he walked off with shippo walking close behind.
"Is she gonna be ok ?" asked shippo. "I don't know, don't ask me" said Hiei as he wrapped a bandage around a wound on serenity's arm. Serenity made a moaning sound and shifted a bit. "Serenity, wake up" said shippo as he pulled at her shirt. Serenity opened her eyes and saw shippo. "Did they kill you too ? Are we in heaven ?" asked serenity. Then, she saw Hiei. "Oh no...We're in the other place !" said serenity. "You're alive" said Hiei. Serenity turned her head away, but felt Hiei pull her close to him. Hiei was hugging her ! "Are you ok ?" asked Hiei. "Yes, im fine, it was just a few scratches" said serenity. "Im sorry for hitting you, I'll try not to do it again" said Hiei. "Awww, what a cute couple !" said shippo. "shut-up !" yelled Hiei and serenity. "All right ! All right !" said shippo.
To be continued...