hi!sre its been so long since i updated,but i had been thinking about another

story (which ukera and lonewolf so kindly reviewed for me,thanx) so uh,yea!

now,without furtha adue,My StOrY!

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Ch17Huh?!?

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(raiko's p.o.v)

After that said,and STILL curious about his odd behavior,I left downstairs,

not wanting to ruin that moment. As I made my way down the winding

staircase,I couldn't keep my mind from thinking over everything that had

been happening. I kept thinking about Hiei. Every thought that entered

my mind had something to do with him. Almost all emotion that I had

experienced these past days had to do with him.

I let out a soft sigh,walking past some handcrafted vases and other

assortments of decoration placed neatly on wooden tables. As I came

to the second floor,I passed by a bright red table that had different

plants and things on them,and spaced apart from them was a dark

green door. I stared curiously at the plants,finally finding something

to keep my mind off of,well,everything else. I stared thoughtfully

at them for awhile,at least till I heard soft footsteps from the direction

I was currently heading. I turned my head to glance at the corner

that lead to the stairs, leading to the bottom floor. I could see a

shadow moving upwards towards me. I then saw a second shadow,

seemingly stopping him to talk. I took a step forward,as they stopped,

and called to it,

"Hello?Is anyone there?",I said more timidly than I had planned.

"Yes?",the shadow questioned,moving upward. I finally saw him;fright

slowly dissapating.

"Oh,Kurama...whoo,I thought..."

"That I was perhaps a monster?",he said with a smile.

"Hehe.Now that you mention it,I guess I was abit scared."

"Sorry to have startled you then."

"Oh,thats o.k." I sighed,returning my gaze to the pottery plants.

"Do you like those?",he asked,catching me off guard.

"Huh?You mean the plants?" he nodded,"Yeah,they're lovely,

I mean,I've always had a soft spot for roses,from what I remember,

anyways."

I saw him smile from the corner of my eye,and I turned to really

look at him. I had spare moments to just blink my eyes as he stood there,

looking at me with his deep green eyes,hands shoved akwordly in

his pockets.

"Have your eyes always been that color?" he asked out of the blue.

"What do you mean?"

"Gold like that."

"Gold?My eyes are blue with little bits of yellow...."

"Well,perhaps you should check my mirror then."

I gave him a confused look,but followed him as he unlocked the dark green

door. I walked in,noticing right away how neat and organized everything

was,and how there was a plant in every corner of the room. I watched

him pull open a drawer from the desk the lay next to his bed. When he

pulled his hand from it,he was clutching a pretty little mirror. At the moment,

or at least when I looked at that mirror,I got a wierd feeling.

"I think you should also check your hair....",he said almost worridly.

"O.k....."

I took the mirror from his hand,and held it infront of my face,and dropped

it when I saw..... ..my reflection.....

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ha!cliffie!you have to read the next to find out whats goin on! now,please,

R&R!!(sre its short and is a cliffie,really,but your gonna have ta deal wit it!

hehe,ja ne & l8er