The Dream Comes True
Hiei felt himself be awoken by the sound of someone crying. He opened his eyes but he really didn't have to look at her to know that she was there. Her smell of roses and lilacs was a good enough hint. He looked down and saw Caralama lying on top of him with her face in his chest with her hands gripping at his black robe. He immediately felt better and started to smile. He moved his arms around her and held her close to him gently stroking her hair. Caralama began to stop crying and looked up into his smiling face. She was so happy that she began to smile and new tears began to flow from her eyes. He held her so close that she thought he would never let her go but she didn't want to go away from him ever again.
Caralama couldn't believe what she saw when she had entered the bedroom while leaning on Yoko's shoulder for support. Hiei's skin was ghost white and his whole face was etched with pain. He had felt so cold when she had touched him that she began to think she was to late and laid on him and began to cry as she laid her head on his chest. Yoko had left the room when Caralama began to cry. He just couldn't believe that his friend was dead and he couldn't bare to see Caralama cry. When he had closed the bedroom door he heard a loud bang that came from the front door and went to see what it was.
Hiei and Caralama held each other so hard that it seemed they were welded together. Then Caralama felt something role down her head and she looked at it. She saw that it was a black tear gem and picked it up. Knowing howyear gems were made and that Hiei was part Ice apperition she looked up and saw that he had tears on in his eyes. She gently brushed his tears away from his eyes and he began to say, "Please tell me Caralama..." she looked confused and then he finished, "Please tell me Caralama that this isn't a dream I don't want you to leave me again."
She smiled and said, "This isn't a dream Hiei and I will never ever leave you again," and with her saying that she pulled herself up to his face and found his lips with hers and he gently laid a hand on her head. Their kiss meant so much to them that they didn't hear the crash that came from outside the door. They didn't even hear Yoko when he yelled to Caralama that the Signs were there. But they were aware of what was happening when Caralama was wrenched from Hiei's arms and was pulled away. Yoko was thrown onto the bed next Hiei under a paralyzing spell so he couldn't move and Hiei was under one as well. Caralama's dream was coming true as her mother and uncle took the jagged daggers out and placed them over the demons chests and were about to strike when Caralama gave a loud shriek. No one was prepared for it so they had to get away from her and Caralama's mother and uncle dropped the daggers as they covered their ears and moved away from the demons.
She instantly went to Hiei and Yoko. She turned into a huge fox that looked like the colour of her hair as she jumped onto the bed and covered both of them with her body but the strange thing was the fox had two tails. When the Signs had recovered from Caralama's shriek they noticed that a huge silver gold coloured jungle cat was covering the demons with its body. April was shocked at what her daughter had done. She looked at the fox on the bed covering the two demons and there was anger in her eyes. "Caralama stop this foolishness at once and come here. These demons captured you and stole from your uncle! Why are you doing this?"
The fox then took human shape but Caralama still kept the teeth, claws, ears and one tail she looked like a fox demon like Yoko, "Because mother I care about this demons and I love Hiei. Didn't you wonder how they used the teleport charm on the whole hide out even when that charm wasn't part of this world? Or why I didn't go with the witch doctor when I sent him back to my uncle's? And one more thing didn't you notice that I didn't have any of the charms that they stole from my uncles?"
Caralama saw the horror in her mother's eyes when she had said these things. She saw April go pale when she had said that she cared for the demons and loved one of them.
"These demons have done something to you Caralama listen to your self speaking. These demons have MURDERED many innocent people and stole thousands of magical charms doesn't that mean anything to you? You are a Sign's daughter! You are supposed to do to justice to the ones that have done wrong! Not fall in LOVE with them!"
"I know that mother but are you supposed to put justice to those you care about? To those that you love and cherish above your own life and when they do as well? Yoko risked his life to bring me back her so that I could be here with Hiei. If this what your doing now is what a Sign calls justice then I hate being a Sign child. I will hate you as much as I hate my FATHER and consider you no better then him if you kill or hurt them in any way!"
Hiei and Yoko were listening to every word. They were shocked at the amount of anger Caralama was showing off. They had never seen her this angry even when she had thrown the fireball at them. They saw the look in April's face after she had said these words to her and she looked like she was going in to shock and was about to faint. Zell was instantly at her side and he had the same look of shock as April did but he didn't look like he was going to faint.
Squall looked at the desk by the window and saw that there were the two letters in Caralama's handwriting and went over to them and he began to read them.
Caralama muttered a spell and suddenly Yoko and Hiei were able to move. She got off of them and her teeth and ears and claws had gone back to normal size and her tail were gone. Caralama looked like she going to faint as well but she stood her ground. Hiei was instantly by her side and held her close to him and wrapped her up in his arms when he saw that she was about to faint regardless of the looks the Signs made. Caralama leaned against him and she put one hand on his arms and when Yoko got on the other side of them and she clutched his hand with her free hand. He looked at the hand that had grasped his and took it with both hands. Them he began to look from Hiei and Caralama to Caralama's mother and uncle. Yoko0 knew that Alfred had raped her mother and in her dreams he would rape her most of the time but it was putting it a little harsh say that her mother would be just like Alfred if she hurt or killed them in any way. Yoko looked at Caralama and them he felt someone behind him, "She has felt like an unloved child ever since she had found out who her father was," he looked behind him and there was Nakada looking down at him. He knew that it was her that spoken to him.
Squall appeared beside Nakada and gave her the letters that Caralama had written to them. Yoko began to get worried. Hiei's letter wouldn't put Caralama in that much danger but his...that was a different question. Nakada began to read the second letter after she was done of the first and he knew it was his because he saw that there was something in her eyes but he couldn't quite tell what it was. Nakada looked at him and she had a smile on her face, "You and Hiei have done something that we have never thought of doing. She has always had those nightmares we were able to wake her up but we were never able to get ride of Alfred completely. She also never wanted a father before and has never asked anyone before to be her father either."
Then Nakada began to speak aloud, "April we have been friends for a long time and yet we never see eye to eye," Yoko saw her take his letter fold it up and sneak it up the sleeve of her dark blue cloak. To an untrained eye she would have looked like she had done nothing but move her hand but he was a master thief, "I'll show this to April when she calms down a bit," "Almost everything that you need to know about what has happened here in this hideout is in this letter that Caralama wrote to Hiei. It seems these to demons has done something that not even I could think of. They have ridden her of Alfred and she is safe to sleep again," April looked at Nakada and with a surprised look on her face and she nodded.
"I just thought that they had done something to her. I didn't want the same thing that had happened to me ever happen to her." April was very close to tears, "Now I see that this demon cares for Caralama as does the other one and they would never hurt her. They even saved her from Alfred? That itself proves that they would never hurt her." April had to stop because she was now crying. Caralama looked at Hiei and he let her go and nodded, Yoko let her go as well. She ran to her mother and her mother hugged her and then their tears began to mingle as they held each other close. After things were straightened out and everyone had gotten over trying to suppress their giggles when they had heard what the plants had done to Hiei and Yoko (Caralama secretly elbowed the boys to show them to stop) Hiei and Caralama were alone at last in the bedroom. Caralama's arms were around his neck with her head on his bare chest where his heart was supposed to be and Hiei had his strong arms around Caralama's waist, daring anyone who would try to take her away from him.
Caralama heard that thought and looked up at him. He looked like as if he was in another world while looking up at the ceiling. Caralama held on tight to him and then lifted herself up to his face and lowered her head and kissed his lips. He closed his eyes as if savouring the feel of her kissing him as he kissed her back. She was worried now because she knew something was wrong. She lifted her head from his and looked down at him. There was something in Hiei's eyes that made her worry, "Hiei, are you alright?"
He looked at her and smiled as he gently pushed her head down and laid his head on top of hers, "I'm fine Caralama, I was just wondering if this is a dream or reality and if it is reality then why would you love me after everything I've done? I don't even have a heart."
Caralama listened to Hiei breathing and placed a hand beside her head closed her eyes and felt the way his chest moved up and down it felt so wonderful to her. But she could not feel or hear a heartbeat, "Does this feel like a dream Hiei?"
He looked down at her and saw the way she had placed her hand. He put his hand on top of hers and remembered the first time she had laid her hand on him that way, "No Caralama this does not feel like a dream. But why do you love me then? Your mother is right about what I've..." Caralama put her hand over his mouth to silence him and looked hard at him.
"My mother might know what you have done but she doesn't know what happened to you to make you this way. As for your heart I'm quite happy with hearing you breath and knowing that you are alive."
Hiei looked at her after she lifted her hand from his mouth. He began to wonder, "What did you find out when you were in my mind Caralama?"
Caralama looked at him with sad eyes, "I saw why you got your Jagan eye, I saw that you were banished as a forbidden child and thrown off a ship when you were but a few days old and many other things. And I hated myself because thinking that because I was a rappers child I wasn't loved but I was. Your mother on the other hand loved you for only a few days of your life and that was the only love you had, and I wasn't helping at all. But there was a barrier in your mind and I had decided not to go into it."
Sympathy? Is that why Caralama loves me because she is sorry about my life? I knew that she really didn't love me why was I so stupid?
"I love you Hiei and it is not out of sympathy," she began with a bit of anger in her voice hearing his thoughts, "I love you because you tried to protect me, because you showed me that I was loved, because you believe it or not you risked your life so that I could sleep peacefully without my father hurting me and because you made me think that I have a place in life, and that is with you. I feel so safe in your arms Hiei, safer than I have felt in nine years. I don't care if you don't have a heart I find it a miracle that you are still alive and here with me after what we just went through. I'm happy that Nakada can be very understanding but when push comes to shove she can get quite angry. She's probably beating herself up now for not thinking of what you did to get rid of Alfred from my dreams." Caralama was close to tears but she fought them back and laid on her side on the other side of the bed and watched Hiei get up into a sitting position.
He looked into her eyes and saw that she was hurt because of what he had thought about her. Showing that she was in his mind again. He went into her mind and saw that it was open to him.
He saw all the memories she had when she was a little girl but stayed away from them thinking that he might see something she didn't want him to see. But she opened a memory for him to look at. It was when she was around six years old. She heard the doorbell ring and she ran to the door from her bedroom. On her way she saw Nakada in a chair reading a book and smiled at Caralama and nodded. Caralama went to the door and when she opened it there was a man there with a long shaggy coat. He had a short yellow beard and long dirty hair and there was something about his eyes that worried Hiei. Then he knew who it was, it was Alfred. But Caralama didn't seem to notice and asked in her sweet bell ringing voice, "Hello sir can I help you?"
Alfred looked startled when he heard Caralama's voice and looked at her with a crazed look in his eyes, "Yes," he said in a calm cool voice. Hiei didn't like the way Alfred looked at her and began to growl. Since it was a memory he didn't hear him, "I'm looking for Caralama is she home?"
Caralama put on a smile on her face that made Hiei and Alfred stop breathing. "Don't tell him Caralama!" he thought to the younger Caralama but she couldn't hear, "I'm Caralama can I help you?" If there was anyway for that darn smile on Alfred's face get any bigger it did and Hiei saw that Caralama finally saw the crazed look in his eyes and was beginning to get a bit afraid.
"Yes Caralama you can."
"Go Caralama run away he's going to hurt you!" but Caralama still couldn't hear him so she stayed there, "I'm your father."
"Your not my father my father's dead," Caralama said quickly and Nakada was in front her instantly as if protecting her. The man was so surprised at how fast Nakada was he almost fell down off the doorstep Hiei was surprised as well.
"Hello Alfred," she said in calm voice that made Hiei shiver.
"Ah Nakada you look even more prettier than I remember. May I come in?" Alfred said as he regained his composer and looked at Caralama with greed in his eyes.
"I'm NOT sorry to say Alfred that rappers are not allowed in this in this house." Nakada said in her same cool voice as Caralama ducked behind her. Hiei swore that he had seen Nakada's breath when she talked to Alfred.
"Nakada it has been along time I've changed and I want to get to know my daughter. Besides it seems that she thinks I'm dead." Alfred eyed Nakada with the same greed in his eyes that he had when he was looking at Caralama.
"Alfred I'm only going to tell you once get out of here or I will call the police like I did six years ago." Nakada said her voice a little higher than normal.
"Ah yes that well, I have forgiven you for that so I'm hopping that you will forgive me. Forgive and forget as some say." Alfred was getting a bit angry Hiei was seeing it in his eyes.
"Alfred I wont warn you again get out of here," now Nakada was getting angry and her voice sounded so cold that Hiei was shivering and so was the man. Before anyone knew what happened Alfred had jumped on her and they were both on the floor and Caralama was screaming. Suddenly all of the Signs were in the hallway but not before Nakada had broken Alfred's neck. He ran out of the house screaming in pain and saying he would have his revenge.
The memory faded and he was in another room with all the Signs there and there was the sound of soft crying in the other room. Caralama was sitting in a chair in the kitchen listening to what the other Signs had to say. Then she began to cry, "Why didn't you tell me? All this time I thought my father was dead and had been a great man. Now I find out that he wasn't and he had rapped my mother and then I came."
April came into the room then with tears still in her eyes and Caralama ran over to her and they both cried in each others arms, "I'm so sorry Caralama,"Apri l began, "We just didn't want you to get hurt. I made a promise to myself that I would never let him get near you ever again. I'm sorry that I broke that promise Caralama. But I do promise this," April began while wiping away Caralama's tears, "I promise that I wont let what happened to me ever happen to you if I can help it, and I will personally kill anyone who would try to take you away from me."
Caralama looked a little better and smiled. "All right mommy. But if you can't help it I will pummel anyone who does dare to steal me."
"That's a good girl now we are going to a new world okay so get ready to go through the mirror," said April with a little smile on her face.
"Okay mommy," then Caralama ran upstairs and the memory vanished and Hiei was back in the bedroom and Caralama was crying with legs drawn up to her chest and her head in her arms.
He went over to he and began to try and comfort her, "Shh Caralama don't worry no one is going to hurt you. Not if I can help it. And your father is gone he wont hurt you ever again," but Caralama refused Hiei's comforts and kept on crying silent tears.
"Wow I guess I was hard on her. I never thought...really. Oh if only I knew why I had to rape her mother I never wanted to. And I raised her the only way I could. Every night I hoped that I could make an apology to them for what I had done. But when I went up to their house it started all over again. Then I got killed and I tried to make up for it in her dreams but the same thing always happens."
"Just shut up! I can't talk to you and take care of Caralama at the same time. She could hear us talking because she is always in my mind!"
"Don't worry I've made it so she can't hear us. She doesn't even know that you are talking to me right now!"
"I said shut up! And get out of here I need to concentrate on Caralama right now not talking to you," instantly he felt Alfred leave and he tried to concentrate on Caralama, "Caralama please stop you are hurting me when you cry in pain or sadness. Please stop don't hurt me anymore," he meant that, though he hated to go and do that to her, but it really did hurt him when she cried and then Caralama's tears were slowing down and she rested herself in Hiei's arms and fell asleep as she slowly stopped.
Caralama was right about Nakada beating herself up for not thinking about going into Caralama's mind when she was asleep. Oh why didn't I think of that? That could have saved her years of torture from him! Nakada walked to a huge boulder looked at it and hit it with her fist and it shattered into many pieces.
The other Signs had left her alone knowing what she would be going through but Yoko didn't know so he followed her and saw her hit the boulder with just her fist and he also saw it split into many pieces. He was up a tree and almost fell off the branch he was on. Wow Caralama was right about them. They could have done more than just hurt us and they are above the age eighteen. They could easily kill us! If they are the only ones who can defeat the Dark Signs and the Dark Signs have around the same power as the Signs then no wonder Caralama was scared for our safety from both sides!
Nakada could feel that someone was near and she turned around toward Yoko who was hidden in the branches. He saw the anger in her eyes that had changed into a blazing icy cold blue and he heard her anger in her voice, "Who's out there? Come out right now!" Yoko was taken back from the strength in her voice and fell out of the tree.
Nakada saw him fall out of the tree and couldn't help but give a little giggle, "Are you all right Yoko? I didn't mean to scare you." Nakada used a little of her speed to get to him and saw him on the ground laughing a bit as well. She laughed and helped him onto his feet.
"I'm all right I guess, I just learned what happens when you get mad and why the other Signs weren't around," Yoko gave a little smile but Nakada knew that he was being a bit serious.
"Yes, though you should never get any kind of Sign angry. You just witnessed a little of what I can do when I'm angry," Nakada saw the startle meant in his eyes when she said that was just a little bit of her anger. Then she leaned against a tree for support for she had gotten really weak after her burst of anger.
"Are you okay Nakada?" he asked as he went over to her.
Nakada smiled and said, "It's also very important to a Sign of any kind to keep their temper in check. Any out burst like that can instantly weaken them no matter how strong," Yoko had taken hold of her hand and he was surprised at how strong she still was as she grasped it. Yoko also noticed that her nails looked really long and sharp, "They can also be used as weapons but you have to very careful. I can cut you by accident." she said as she looked at what him was staring at.
"I bet they do. Um can I ask you something?"
Nakada looked over at him and said, "No Yoko I wasn't angry at Caralama for wanting you as her father. I was angry because the answer on how to get Alfred out of her mind was so simple I couldn't believe that I didn't see it! I usually start with the simple things first," Nakada had said this through clinched teeth but before she could say any more she stopped and stood still with her clenched hands by her side and then she fell to her knees. Yoko was instantly by her side and held her up.
"Don't beat your self up Nakada. You probably thought of it as just a dream like Hiei and I. There is no need to do this to your self. That was no normal dream. Alfred had died and had gone into her mind to survive and Caralama had to deny her father. Anyone could have looked over that part even I thought it was a dream and people keep on thinking me as the smart one but you don't see me beating myself up," Nakada looked at him in the eyes and saw that he was trying to comfort her, "Believe it or not Nakada I have made a few mistakes in stealing and they cost me severely and I will admit it that I did get angry at myself but I didn't do what you are doing to your self right now," Nakada gave a weak smile and put her hand against a tree trunk and her hand began to glow a light blue. Yoko felt her getting stronger in his arms and let her go.
After a minute Nakada took her hand of the trunk of the tree and looked at him, "Your right but sometimes I can control it but rarely I can't and it gets out of control. I can see why Caralama wanted you to be her father." Nakada couldn't believe what she saw after she had said this, "Yoko your turning red!" Yoko was surprised when he heard her say this. There was a pond near by and they walked over toward it. He looked into it and saw that he was turning red even the tip of his fox ears were a bit pink and he smiled at himself.
"I have never in my life blushed before Nakada," he said as he put his hands to his face to cool it down. Nakada put one hand on his face and he was surprised to find her hand a bit cool and it instantly made his face cool down and he felt his heart start to beat a bit faster and his tail began to wag a little behind him.
"Now that I cannot believe," she said with a smile on her face. Then it disappeared and she put her hand down, "I have to go umm thanks for helping me not many people can survive my temper," Nakada said a bit fast and gave a slight blush and a little smile and she was gone.
Nakada had ran behind a tree with all of her speed and she had her hand over her mouth. She had heard Yoko's heart start to beat faster then normal and she had begun to worry. She listened and heard Yoko go away from the spot she was just in. A tear fell from her eye and looked from behind the tree and she put her hand down from her mouth to the base of her neck and saw him go back toward the hide out.
She saw that his shoulders were kind of low as he walked and another tear fell. That was to close his heart was racing. Oh but please say I didn't hurt him. If only he could understand I can't be with anyone intimately with out killing someone in the process. Nakada went into his mind and saw that she had hurt him. Another tear fell from her eyes. She looked down and saw a beautiful plant were her tears had fallen. Nakada's tears were very powerful. They could heal and bring people back from the dead but only if they wanted to came back. Nakada knelt down by the plant and touched it. She felt such sorrow from the plant when she touched it and she cried a few more tears and some more plants appeared where they had landed. Nakada then knew that the plants were her tears of sorrow. Nakada got up and walked away thinking in deep thoughts but no longer angry at her self.
Yoko walked along the path toward the hide out thinking, What did I do wrong? Hmm I guess she doesn't like demons that much. Yoko looked at his hands and saw his own nails. They could also be used for killing. He passed another pond and looked into it and saw his reflection. I wouldn't blame her after all the things demons have been accused of. I am actually one of those demons. He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't feel a tear go down his cheek. He also felt some kind of pain that was close to what he had felt when he was holding Caralama after she had freaked out except it felt like a dagger had pierced it. He pressed a hand to his chest to try and stop the pain and another unnoticed tear fell from his eyes.
Then before he knew it he heard a voice behind him, "What are you crying for fox?" Yoko looked behind him but before he could tell whom it was he was hit with something on the back of the head and he was knocked unconscious.
When Caralama woke up the sheets were covering her and she was beside Hiei with her head on his chest and her arms around his waist. Hiei was also asleep but he arms were around her as if he were protecting her from something she couldn't see. She remembered what she had shown him and what he had told her. She instantly held him tighter and felt him wake up.
He began to move his hand up and down her back and Caralama who was suddenly cold started getting warm. The sun was up and the birds were just waking up, "Sleep well last night?" Hiei asked her.
"I slept really well last night thanks to you," answered Caralama with a smile on her face and looking up at him.
"What did I do exactly to make it a good night for you?" he asked.
"Silly," Caralama said as she gently punched him in the stomach then and she moved up to his face and kissed him. When the kiss was finished (a few minutes later) she said, "You were there for me. I haven't been able to get a good nights sleep since that happened nine years ago."
Hiei looked at her and said, "I can only take a third of the credit. I probably wouldn't have done that well if it weren't for you and Yoko."
"I know but I still feel like I have to thank you. I feel so tired. I'm no longer scared to sleep at night." Caralama held him close and fell asleep. Hiei was stroking Caralama's hair before he found out that she was asleep again. He looked down and there was a smile on her face as she held him close. Then he began to rub her pointy ears and she began to purr. He loved it when she purred in her sleep and he just couldn't stop rubbing the back of her ears.
He couldn't help but smile as well. Caralama looked like a little six year old girl again as she slept in his arms. Then he moved his head next to her ear and whispered, "As long as I'm here Caralama I wont let anything bad happen to you," Hiei looked at Caralama's face and saw that the smile had gotten wider.
Then his chest hurt and he put his hand over the spot where it was hurting. It was right over the spot his heart was supposed to be. He felt like some thing had bumped into one of his organs only he knew which one. The one that had been stolen from him when he had gotten his Jagan, it was his heart. Hiei felt like it had bumped into to something again and this time is was more then he could bare, "Stop please I haven't told my sister that I am her brother so why are you doing this to me?"
"Oh I'm just bored and I like to hear people beg, but I'll stop," All of a sudden the pain stopped after one last jolt and it was all Hiei could do to not hurt Caralama or yell.