The Nightmare

Hiei looked at Yoko, "I have to be there for her. Her father must have some kind of spell or curse over her," he looked at Yoko and saw that he was worried, "Please Yoko it's just a dream it can't hurt me but it is scaring Caralama and it can kill her!"

"Fine, I'll look after you both I think you have to be asleep as well to make it work properly," Hiei smiled at him and held Caralama close to him and started to lay back in the pillows and fall asleep, "If you need my help though just call out and I will be there for you," those were the last words Hiei heard as he fell asleep.

Hiei's mind immediately searched for Caralama's . When he found it he found that it was open. When he went into it he was in a house on the bottom floor. In front of him appeared to be the kitchen and beside him there was an opening to the living room. Then he heard crying, "Stop please don't come near me please I'll do anything please not to night please!" The crying was coming from upstairs. He ran up the stairs and saw that there was a room at the end of the hallway with a closed door where the screams were coming from.

"I told you before girl," came an angry male voice from the other side of the room, "I don't like my fun to be interrupted and I also told you not to hang out with other boys now didn't I? And what did you do? You interrupted my fun and stayed with those guys all day! That calls for some serious punishment!"

"Please don't we didn't do anything! I tried to get away from them but"

"But, but, but, BUT you went with them anyway! You spent the whole day with them! They are not your family!" Hiei heard aloud slap and then a thud.

He couldn't take it any longer as he opened the door and yelled, "Get away from her!" Hiei couldn't believe what he saw. The whole room was a mess and Caralama was crying and on the floor. There was a big man in front of her holding a beer bottle in one hand. The man had long dirty unkept hair that looked like it had been blonde once. His eyes were blood red from being angry he had a small beard. He was wearing a big shaggy long tan coloured coat. His pants were baggy and black and his shirt was dirty untucked and used to be white.

"So you came huh?" the big man said. Hiei could smell the alcohol on his breath from the other side of the room, "You let him into your mind huh?" The man said turning to Caralama and she didn't answer, "I asked you a question you insolent little wrench and he kicked her in the ribs.

Hiei ran in frony of Caralama and had drawn out his sword (also called a katana) and yelled, "I said leave her alone!" the man was surprised at how fast Hiei had run that he tripped walking backwards and fell onto the bed. Hiei turned to Caralama and cupped her cheek. She winced and Hiei saw that there was a bruise appearing on her cheek. He turned and yelled, "YOU HIT HER!"

"Of COURSE I hit her! What are you supposed to do to a disobedient child? Give a compliments and erg them to do the same thing? She is not you daughter," Hiei couldn't believe what he was hearing. He actually thought that it was right to hit a child? Hiei jabbed the katana into the man's stomach as he stood up. He staggered a bit and then he started laughing, "Ha I guess you didn't know that you can't kill me since I'm already dead huh? And this is a dream so even if I wasn't dead you couldn't hurt me. But I can sure hurt you!" The man took the katana out of his stomach and hit him. Hiei didn't see it coming and was flown against the wall and he went through it, "Caralama come here right now!" the man yelled as she jumped from the hole in the wall and ran toward Hiei's still body. She began to sing the song of healing and he woke up with his katana gripped and ready in his hand.

"Caralama get out of here or wake up if you can, just run and get away and don't look back!" he ordered her as he started to stand up.

"I can't do that Hiei. I can't leave you here with my father. In my dreams he draws out all of my power and strengthens himself. He will be to strong for you!" Caralama said in a shaky worried voice.

"Do I say Caralama don't worry about me!"

"But Hiei!" Hiei turned around and cupped her cheek with one hand and then he brought her lips to his and he kissed her. She was surprised by this action but didn't resist in the slightest but their kiss was interrupted by a loud yell.

"YOU DARE TO KISS HIM IN FRONT IF ME?" They broke their kiss and saw Caralama's father jump out of hole in the house.

"Run Caralama hurry!" Hiei said as he went into an attack position and looked hard at her father.

Caralama moved behind him and just before she ran she kissed him on the cheek and whispered in his ear, "I love you Hiei," and then she was running away from the soon to be battle.

"I will personally make sure neither of you wake up!" yelled her father, "But I guess you should know the name of the person that is about to kill you. Alfred," said he said and he began to glow. Hiei heard a scream and he knew that Alfred was drawing power from Caralama. Alfred was still holding the beer bottle in the same hand. "You want some?" yelled Alfred and he went straight for Hiei with blinding speed he jumped out of the way just in time as the hand with the beer bottle punched the place where he had been.

How can he be that fast? Thought Hiei as he dodged yet another close call. Why is he trying to hit me with the with the beer in his hand? Alfred suddenly went at him again and when Hiei was about to get out of the way Alfred waved a hand and he tripped and was on his back. Then the hand that had the bear bottle in it went through his stomach but didn't break the skin. Then Alfred turned his hand and then pulled it back with nothing in it. Alfred backed away as Hiei started to get up pressing one hand to his stomach as he got up and leaned on his katana for support. What happened to the beer bottle? Hiei thought as he kept on pressing his hand to his stomach.

"It might feel a bit uncomfortable for awhile after you know what has happened," Alfred said with an evil grin.

What was he talking about? After I found out what, what happened? Where did the bottle go? Why is my stomach hurting so much? He couldn't have hit me that hard!

"Hiei!" Hiei turned around and saw Caralama coming back.

"Ah she knows what happened," Alfred said with a grin on his face that showed that he done more than punch Hiei in the stomach.

"Hiei please tell me he didn't punch you with the hand the beer bottle was in!" Caralama ran over to him with amazing speed and was at his side and looking at his eyes as if hopping that it wasn't true. Hiei looked at her with confusion in his eyes and then he collapsed in her arms.

"I did Caralama and you remember what happens when I use that attack lets see if you can reverse it," Caralama looked at Hiei in her arms.

"Why is everyone so worried about the attack Caralama? He just hit me..."

"Don't speak Hiei it will make the poison go faster," she said as she put her finger to his lips. She could see the startle meant in his eyes, "This is going to hurt Hiei and be really uncomfortable you have to be very still."

Hiei nodded to her and sealed himself off from the pain he was now feeling and put his hands down to his side. Caralama looked her hand and then it began translucent (see through.) She looked at Hiei and with a single tear coming from her eye she dipped her hand into his stomach. Hiei gave a gasp of pain put still stayed still in Caralama's arms. She looked at him and started to slowly move her hand. He gripped at her arm and she winced at the pain. Hiei saw that he had drawn blood from his grip and looked at her as if he was trying to say sorry. She smiled and said, "It's alright," he began to feel something strange then. It's kind of hard to explain but feel felt like there was something in his stomach either Caralama's hand. He moved her hand over to where he felt it. He felt her grasp the thing and then she looked at him, "Hiei I'm sorry this is going to hurt he turned the bottle completely around and I have to turn it back around and pull it out. I'm going to do this as quickly as I can Hiei." she said with some strain in her voice. He looked at her nodded and closed his eyes and lit go of her hand and took a deep breath. Caralama took a deep breath as well and pulled out her hand as fast she could and what she had a hold of. Hiei's cry of pain was so loud at there was blood coming out of pointy her ears. Caralama had to cover her ears before she could turn down the volume. She quickly turned down the volume and threw away the beer bottle as far as she could. Then she cradled Hiei to her chest and quietly whispered to him. All at once Alfred was rushing at them but he was stopped some how. Vines began to wrap around his wrists, ankles and waist as he tried to get at Hiei and Caralama. Alfred was thrown far away and they saw Yoko there looking straight at them looking as proud as ever.

He ran towards them and asked with worry on his face, "Are you okay Hiei?"

Hiei looked tired but he was quickly regaining his strength, "Yes Yoko, thanks to Caralama I fine," Caralama couldn't hide her blush at the complement but she was tired as well and was suddenly in Hiei's arms as he started to sit up, "She must have lost a lot of energy trying to get that beer bottle out of me," he said thinking aloud as he laid her head down across his lap. Yoko gave Hiei a look of confusion at what he had said, "I'll tell you when we get out of here," Hiei answered as he gently picked up Caralama and carried her over to a tree.

"I guess you were wrong about the dream not hurting you huh?" Yoko said as he followed Hiei.

"Yoko this is no dream believe me I don't know what it is, but this is no dream," Hiei raced up the tree and put Caralama onto a branch and laid his hand on her face (she was asleep.) Then he jumped down and stumbled a bit. He hadn't regain all of his power but Yoko had caught him.

They ran out to the street and waited. Then they heard a scream of rage and the ground began to shake, "How dare you do this?" cried a voice in the direction the demons were looking in, "You are just causing Caralama more pain you know!" Hiei and Yoko watched as Alfred came out of the trees all bloodied up at where the thorns on the vines had touched him, and a few more scratches from the landing, "You can't kill me! When you wake up I'll just be back tomorrow night and do the same thing! The only way to get ride of me is kill your beloved Caralama!" the demons couldn't believe what they were hearing.

"Your not apart of her, Alfred," yelled Hiei at the man that was coming toward them, "You just stay in her mind. If what you said is true then you shouldn't be here your dead!" Yoko looked at him.

"We really got to talk after this," he said to Hiei.
Hiei closed his eyes and gave a small smirk, "You deffinitly got that right," and he opened his eyes to look at Alfred.

"I am apart of her I'm why she is here!" yelled Alfred in an angry voice, "Being her father I am apart of her."

"I don't want you as my father!" came a voice from behind them,

"Caralama go back!" yelled Hiei and Yoko, but she didn't listen she had climbed down the tree but was leaning against it with one hand.

"Your dead, so why do you keep hurting me every night? I want to be able to have a decent life. Why do you have to hurt people even after death?" Caralama stood strong but Hiei could see that she was about to fall down. He and Yoko went over to her and caught her before she fell.

"I am your father!" yelled Alfred.

"Your nothing to me!" she yelled, "All you have ever done to me is hurt me! I want you out of my mind forever!" Alfred looked like as if he had been turned to stone then there was a flash of light and they were all back in their own minds sleeping peacefully in the bedroom.