Caralama's Father

Hiei was the first one to wake up. He looked at Caralama and started to wake her up, "You really don't want to do that she is just fine," Hiei heard the voice in his head and looked all around for the source but he couldn't find it, "I'm in your head just like I was with Caralama but with a slight twist. Go to the bathroom now or I'll hurt you," Hiei stayed in the bed and disobeyed Alfred. All at once he pressed a hand to his stomach in pain, "I warned you, now go to the bathroom before I make it even more painful ," Hiei carefully unwrapped Caralama's arms from around his waist and went to the bathroom, "Good now look into the mirror."

Hiei turned and saw himself in the mirror. "What am I supposed to see?" he hissed.

"Look behind you!" he looked behind him in the mirror and saw Alfred smiling and glaring wickedly at him. "You are the only one who can do this. I could have done this to my daughter but I decided not to. She always had a hard time at night. I will tell you this much though," Alfred said with a smile, "When I visited I always taught her something."

"You lie!" hissed Hiei to him, "You gave her nothing but pain for the last nine years!"

"Why do you think I did those things Hiei? So that she could get stronger! I didn't take pleasure in what I was doing! I didn't know any other way to raise her!"

"How about let her family do it while you just sat back and watched?" Hiei argued.

"Think about it Hiei," Alfred said getting angry, "She would be a lot weaker if I hadn't done what I did and she probably wouldn't have healed you if she hadn't attacked you. She did that because she had faced worse in her dreams. As for what happened last night and the night before that I just don't want her to grow up to fast and I'm being kind to her compared to what my family did to me!"

Hiei thought this over and then he said, "You're tying to confuse me Alfred. You are trying to make me sorry so that you can go back into her mind and do what you were doing before."

"I can't go back into her mind because she said that she didn't want me in her mind! Once she said that I was thrown out!"

"And what you decided to go into my mind why?"

"I did this so that if you do anything bad to her or hurt her in any way I will personally deal with you my self!"

"With what? A hurting stomach please," all of a sudden Hiei pressed both of his hands to his stomach and gasp out in pain as it began to hurt even more then the last time.

"Don't get mouthy to me Hiei! Caralama might have been able to take the beer bottle out of your stomach but not after enough of the beer was spilled into it to make sure that I can give you a good punishment!" The pain lasted for only a few seconds but Hiei saw that Alfred had made his point.

"Hiei?" he got out of the bathroom and saw that Caralama was awake, and when she saw him she started to smile. She got out of the bed and ran toward him and hugged him around the waist. Hiei returned the embrace and gave a little smile, "He's gone Hiei I can finally rest easy at night thanks to you and Yoko."

Caralama turned and went over to Yoko who was sleeping in the chair Caralama had summoned. She gently woke him up and when he was awake he smiled at her she gave him a hug as well. She looked so happy to Hiei that he had forgotten that Alfred was still there, "I guess I was hard on her. Don't ask me why I raped her mother. She was so caring and beautiful she was the only one who had actually cared about me. It was like as if I was under an evil spell or something I never would have dreamed of raping her mother. The same thing happened when I went to visit nine years ago."

"Yeah right", was all Hiei said as he went over to where Caralama was.

"I believe you owe me an explanation of what was happening before you screamed so loud that the Signs had probably heard you Hiei." Caralama stared at Yoko as if he was serious. He saw the worry in her eyes and said while rubbing a hand behind his head, "I guess I shouldn't joke about things like that huh?" Caralama gave a little laugh and swatted him gently across the head.

"For your information I tend take things seriously when it comes to that kind of joking. If I say things like that I always mean it. If I say that I never want to see someone's face again or I'm going to forget something or someone as if I never meet that someone then I do," the demons looked at her as if not believing what she was saying.

"She always was like that, I taught her to take things seriously. It seems I didn't exactly make that part clear but hey you take what you get."

"Shut up," was aall Hiei said to Alfred.

"Now, now what did I say about being mouthy. I wont punish you in front of people so just hope that I forget about your mouth."

Hiei was too happy to care as he saw Caralama look up at him with a smile so bright it would have blinded anyone.

After Yoko had been filled in about what had happened before he was in Caralama's mind he looked at Hiei worriedly and he kept telling him he was all right.

After Caralama went outside to do something Hiei and Yoko were alone to talk, "Hiei I knew something was going to happen," he said to him.

"Yeah well we all got out and I'm fine now so you don't have to worry about it. The reason why we did that was to help Caralama. I just didn't expect it to be...well you know almost real. But really I'm fine you don't have to worry about me," Hiei said with a smirk on his face, "Lets see what Caralama is up to."

"Fine, but Hiei I'm acting this way because I'm worried not to bug you. Caralama would have acted the same way," Yoko said as he walked behind Hiei out of the bedroom.

"You know you can tell them I didn't say you couldn't."

"Why don't you just leave me alone!"

Caralama was outside tending to her little garden. She was so happy and then a branch that went over to her and then she turned around, "Watch out..." but it was to late. The demons were hanging upside down with their ankles wrapped up in vines, "I tried to warn you. The plants have become a bit over protective," she said as she rubbed the plants that had a hold of the demons and they fell with a loud thud.

"Okay...maybe you should stay inside for awhile or get the plants to know the difference between people who want to hurt you and people who were just interested in what you were doing," Yoko said as he got up and rubbed his head and back.

"That was embarrassing," Hiei said as he stumbled while he got up, "Two of the most powerful demons beaten by an over protective plant. And one of the demons just happens to control plants as well," Caralama just couldn't help it as she gave a little giggle. Yoko was instantly behind her and started to tickle her.

"Hahaha what are you doing? Hahaha stop please hahaha." Caralama was squirming all over the place and she was instantly out of Yoko's arms and up a tree. Hiei was laughing and fell over onto the ground. "You okay Hiei?" Caralama asked as she came down the tree and walked to his side.

"I'm fine but Yoko's right these plants have to know the difference," he said while wiping away tears. Caralama and Yoko helped him up from the ground.

"I have never seen you laugh that hard Hiei." Yoko said with a smile on his face.

"Well I have never seen you tickle anyone before either, so there," Hiei said while still wiping away some tears in his eyes that hadn't fell.

After that everyone went back inside and had something to eat. Then they went out side again. Before they knew it was nighttime. They had decided that they would sleep in there own rooms this time. So Caralama went to the bedroom (that had become her bedroom) and put on a yellow light nightgown with tie dye blue dots and she went to the bed on the other side of the room. When she was in under the covers she began to remember all that had happened in the room. She smiled when she remembered that Hiei had kissed her when she wouldn't leave as she touched her lips. She had felt so wonderful and she just couldn't have resisted whispering to him that she loved him and kiss him back on the cheek. She snuggled under the covers not afraid of sleeping and slipped into a deep wonderful sleep.

Hiei on the other hand was having a disagreement with her father, "Listen I want to give her some space after all that she has been through! You may not care but I do. A lot has happened to her so just give it a rest. I'm not going to sleep with her tonight!"

Y"ou have done it three times all ready and the first time you dragged her down. The second you were practically asking her to sleep with you and she did it for you! And we all know the third resaon. So what is going to be different this time!"

"The difference is she was crying the first time and I wanted to comfort her! There is no reason for me to sleep with her tonight especially if your there!" he hissed in anger.

"Then make one! And I wont be there I wont know what you are doing if you don't want me to!"

"Listen I'm not you so don't make me do things when she isn't ready for them! Let her have a few nights to herself. She has been raped for nine years and I kidnapped her! She almost killed Yoko and I and then she fixed us up and I made her sleep with me! Then Yoko and I find her having a nightmare and try to wake her and you start to strangle her! We also go into her mind and she has to take a beer bottle out of my stomach that you had put there and she is utterly weak after that! I think she deserves to be alone for now!"

Hiei was instantly on the ground with his arms around his stomach gasping in pain, "I know quite well what happened Hiei you don't have to remind me. But if she is gone tomorrow then I will make sure that you suffer for it. I have been in your mind long enough to know all about your past by the way. I saw how you had lost your heart and many other things."

"So what!" hissed Hiei with his arms still around his stomach and the pain increased.

"So I know there is a person who knows I'm in your head! And that can be very dangerous to Caralama! He can instantly take her away from you and/or torture you from far away!" suddenly the pain stopped and Hiei was breathless on the floor, "Can't you see that you have put Caralama in danger? That scientist can easily take her away and never give her back! And he could be working for the Dark Signs right now for all you know!"

Hiei got off the ground after awhile and started to look around, "Your right, I guess I'll see if I can sneak her into my room," he walked off and went to Caralama's room. When he got there he saw her sleeping in her bed, "I just have one question is she a heavy sleeper?"

"She can sleep with out waking up but she can also be a very light sleeper. But with what has been going on she should be out like a light."

He went over to her and saw that she had smile on her face. He carefully uncovered her and even more carefully carried her in his arms in a bridal style and he could smell Caralama's sent of roses and lilacs as he carried her toward the door in her floor length nightgown. He opened the door with a thought and went to his room. Hiei's room was dark and everything was black. He had a stack of swords on the walls and black robes in a closet. Even his bed was the colour black. He couldn't help but think that his room reminded him of his soul. He always thought of his soul was a dark void with out any care. Then he looked at Caralama and smiled. She was the opposite of everything he was. Why she said she had loved him he would never know because he felt unworthy of her loving him.

"Are you going to go?' Hiei asked as he laid Caralama on his bed and moved beside her and covered the both of them.

"Fine I'm gone," Hiei knew Alfred was gone. He didn't know how he knew he just knew and was great full that he was gone. When the covers were over the both of them Caralama instantly moved closer toward Hiei's warmth. Surprised Hiei almost backed away from her but he stopped himself. He wrapped his arms around her held her close and gently laid a kiss on her head good night.