Hello all!! I can finally read my reviews!! Thank you all for your nice comments!!! So I update now!! I have just been so busy!! I even went to a Latin convention, where, on my mythology test I got 2nd place out of all the people who took the test!! I'm so happy about that!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The sky was dark, foreboding a heavy rain. Yet Hiei stood there, still waiting for Ashira. He was sure she would come. She was just the type of person who wouldn't forget something as important as this. Of course, he never said she wasn't forgetful at other times. The term blonde, definitely would apply to her at times. She could be rather oblivious, but still, that didn't bother him.

With a short sigh, he watched as raindrops started falling. He didn't like the rain, but he remained rooted to the spot. He refused to leave. Who knows... maybe she would come through to the clearing any minute now with a smile upon her face and looking a pretty as ever... He stopped his thoughts short. He shouldn't be thinking these things. He admitted to himself that he liked her some time ago, but refused to mention it to her. They were just friends, nothing more, why jeopardize that friendship by telling her his stupid feelings?

The rain started falling a bit harder, droplets of water running down his cloak. He closed his crimson eyes in thought when he swore he heard something. Snapping his eyes open, he looked about his surroundings carefully. No one; that was odd. Hiei decided to enter the forest and look for her himself. If she wasn't coming to him, he would come to her. He would go to her house if he had to.

Hiei started through the forest, leaving the bewildered guard behind him, cowering in fear from his earlier retort. His feet crunched the fallen leaves underneath him. The wind from the storm was scattering leaves everywhere in the autumn season. Save for the crunching, no sound could be heard in the dark forest... except for a splash.

Wait! A splash... could it be her?! Hiei quickly ran towards the river in the direction he heard the sound. His eyes darted about the forest, yet there was no telling how far this person... or thing could be off. He had excellent hearing along with his other heightened senses, so whatever he had heard could be miles off.

He came to a halt as he reached the banks of a black river. The water wasn't toxic, just black in color. In fact, it was some of the most refreshing water in the forest. Huffing slightly from running through the forest, he bent down to the edge to take a quick drink. Cupping his hands, he dipped them into the river and brought the dark water to his lips. He nearly choked on the liquid upon glancing downstream a ways.

Ashira floated above the water slightly on her back. Most of her body was submerged and the water was slowly dragging her down into its depths. In the blink of an eye, he threw himself into the water and reached her unmoving body. He gently, yet hastily, dragged her out of the water in his arms. Hiei set her down on the bank and removed her clinging wet bangs from her cheeks. She looked paler than usual and didn't look too good, even assuming he had just found her unconscious in a river....

"Ashira!" he called, trying to wake her from her comatose state. He gently shook her, then, noticed how cold and clammy her skin was. Propping her up, he moved to sit behind her and wrapped his arms around her tightly. He rose his temperature in hopes of warming her with his own body. 'Please wake up.....'

She made no move to his words and realizing that she was gone, he began to cry. He had never cried in his life, even when he was thrown off the Koorime city. He had always known what was going on and why he was rejected, but he never cried about it. The few tears that fell from his cheeks, crystallized into perfect dark tear gems. The first tear rolled from his face and dropped against her, falling into the folds of her shirt.

"...Hiei...?"

He blinked open his eyes and stared down at her, "Ashira?"

"Uhn?"

"Daijabou?"

"......." She strangely remained silent. He clutched her a bit tighter.

"Ashira..... what are you hiding...? Why are you so late... and where's Ashori?"

She looked down as tears fell from her dull grey eyes. "He's..."

He narrowed his eyes and raised a brow at her. "He's... what?"

"Gone."

"Gone? What do you mean by gone? Did you come by yourself!? You shouldn't be doing that! There's too many things that could kill you out here! You--"

She stopped him short, "Hiei....my father is dead."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Me: Well...what do you think?

Hiei: It was interesting...

Me: I know it was sorta short but I write more with short chapters and then I can update for all my readers

Hiei: I see... but you've been doing a lot of stuff lately... it bothers me

Me: Why?

Hiei: You'll get yourself sick again. I mean it's 2:30 am!!

Me: I'm a night person... I get more ideas at night.

Hiei: Let's go to bed.

Me: I suppose I should... my parents don't know I'm up still

Hiei: Let's go before they ban you from the computer....

Me: AH! No, I can't handle being separated from my lover!!

Hiei: That is me..... right? -_-

Me: uh... I'm gonna sleep now....

Hiei: Ashira!!! Answer me!!

Me: **runs off**

Hiei: Review for her, she'll write more.... **runs after her and is seen pouncing**

Me: Itai....... @_@

Hiei: I win... ^ ^ **picks her up and goes to bed**