Houki No Majo!
Chapter 7 [Hiei Chapter]
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Hiei growled, and glared in the direction that the others had gone in. Bakas. They'd been gone for an hour already! What could they possibly be doing that would take this long?
And what the hell had that noise been earlier? That-
An odd cracking noise went off above his head and he looked up, only to see Kitty falling toward him. For a split second, he didn't move, but then he quickly jumped up and caught her unconscious form. No point in letting the girl die.
She was covered in cuts, and ribbons of blood streamed over her skin. He frowned.
"Looks like you got yourself pretty beat up," he said, walking over to the small stream that ran nearby. "Baka onna."
He set her down, and splashed some water onto her face. At first, she didn't react, but then her eyes snapped open and she sat up.
"What happened to you?" Hiei asked.
She grabbed his shirt, and exclaimed, "Where is Ro?!"
"Hn. How the hell would I know? You just fell out of the sky." Hiei replied. "What happened?"
Her emerald eyes watered up, and her fingers slipped from his shirt.
"R-Ro...I didn't see h-him get out..."
"Start explaining, woman, because I have no idea what you're talking about." he said, trying to sound like his normal stoic self. It bothered him, but the sight of Kitty crying made him feel...strange.
She sobbed, and put her face in her hands. Hiei narrowed his eyes, realizing that he wasn't going to find out anything soon, with the state she was in. He knew he would regret this in the morning...
He awkwardly patted her on the back – his attempt to calm her down – and she suddenly turned and hugged him, sobbing into his chest. Hiei was shocked for a second, and didn't know how to react. Again, he awkwardly patted her back.
He was definitely going to regret this in the morning.
After a second, she pulled away, angrily wiping her tears.
"Tell me what happened." Hiei said.
She stood, sniffling. "I'm sorry for crying on you, Hiei. It's just...I didn't have Ro with me when we ran away. There's no way he could've escaped by himself. I...left him behind."
"What happened exactly?"
"It was a trap. A dimensional portal, with illusions of my mother, and of all the other witches there. It was them, in a sense, but it was their astral forms. Mother...she said that I'm no longer part of the coven. That demon attacked me...and I realized the kind of space we were in - it would close in and kill us in an instant. I t-told the others, but Ro...he didn't catch up to any of us...there's no way he could've survived."
Her emerald eyes watered up once more, and she refused to meet Hiei's gaze. The strange feeling was present again, and he tried his best to ignore it.
"What about the other two?" Hiei asked.
"We managed to get away before the void could suck any of us up. I didn't see where they landed though."
Hiei's communicator went off, and he pulled it out. He was glad that there was something to distract him from the strange feeling. Yusuke's face popped up on the screen.
"Oi, Hiei! Something bad ha-"
"I already know." Hiei said, cutting him off. "Kitty told me."
"Kitty?! I was just about to ask you!! She fell out of the sky!! Is she okay?!" Yusuke exclaimed, trying to see past the koorime.
"She's upset, because the cat didn't make it." Hiei said.
Yusuke settled down, and seemed a bit upset himself. "The cat? You mean Ro?"
"My familiar." Kitty said, rage evident on her pretty face. "My best friend in the whole world. My only friend in the whole world."
Hiei noted the venom in her voice, and Yusuke was ignorant of it either. He nodded, and said, "Hiei, we're heading back to Genkai-baasan's temple. Meet us there."
The fire youkai nodded, and turned off the communicator. He looked over at Kitty, who seemed surprisingly angry.
"We have to get back before nightfall." he said.
She held out her hand, and closed her eyes. Her broom materialized, and she flinched a little. It hurt just to do something like that, meaning she needed to replenish her energy.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
She growled. "Get the hell on, before I really lose my temper."
He blinked in surprise. "You expect me to get on that stupid thing? You're out of your mind, woman."
She mounted, and growled again. "I said get the hell on now!"
He narrowed his eyes at her for speaking to him like that, and reluctantly got on behind her. He opened his mouth to ask how he was supposed to not fall off, but she was a step ahead of him.
"Hold on to me." Her voice was a bit less harsh now, and a bit quieter.
He frowned. Definitely going to regret this in the morning...
He put his hands on her waist, and she sighed. "Hiei, if you don't hold on tighter than that, you'll fall."
"Hn. I didn't want to have to be that close to you." he said. He knew it was a lie, but he didn't want to sound...strange.
Kitty was quiet for a second, before she said, "Hiei...you'll fall. I don't want you to get hurt."
He sighed, and wrapped his arms around her.
Before he could ask why she had said she didn't want him hurt, Kitty kicked off the ground. They flew rapidly up into the air, and the koorime instinctively tightened his grip on Kitty. She grinned.
"Scared, Hiei?" she called over the wind, unable to hide the teasing tone present in her voice.
"Damn it, woman! I'm not scared! I'm nervous! Anyone would be when they're floating over a hundred feet over the ground on a stick!" he called back.
She smirked. "Just wait."
She took off in the direction of Genkai's temple, at full speed, and resisted laughing at the fact that Hiei seemed to be hanging onto her for dear life. She liked teasing him. It was fun.
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When they arrived, Kitty landed in the yard. She was tired, but she refused to let it show. She knew that if she didn't get some sleep very soon, she'd collapse. Hiei let his hands slip from her waist, and they both got off the broom.
She let the broom disappear, and she struggled to balance herself on her feet.
Hiei gave her a quizzical look. "Are you going to pass out, woman?"
She shook her head. "I'm fine. Just...a bit...dizzy..."
She shook her head to rid it of the fogginess, and blinked in surprise when she felt Hiei's arm wrap around her waist once more. She looked up at him, and he frowned.
"If you fall, I'm not dragging you into the temple."
She snorted. "I'm fine."
"Oh, are you?"
He let go of her, and she started to wobble a bit. He quickly steadied her again, and she glared. "I'm just tired."
The koorime, and scooped her up bridal style. The move surprised her a bit, but she didn't protest. She was much, much too tired...
She closed her eyes. Hiei...he was so warm. She knew she could fall asleep right there, very easily.
And she did.
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Author's Notes: Woohoo!! Here's the Hiei chapter! I realize that some people were confused about the whole Hiei chapters and Kurama chapters, but I hope this clears it all up. I apologize if Hiei seemed out of character in this chapter.