Chapter Three
The next time she woke up she was outside in a tree. It looked like she was in a park and the sun was slowly rising. Ember jumped down and stretched running her fingertips through her hair getting the tangles out. She grimaced knowing that Roko had moved her outside. Was he trying to protect her or was he messing with her mind. She spent the day walking through the city and walked onto the grounds at the end of the day. Growing bored of waiting she decided to walk through the building again to see how much she had remembered of the tour. She eventually found the corridor Suichi was in and took a deep breath. She was about to turn the knob but she heard voices. Pressing her ear against the door she listened, though she didn't want to be eavesdropping.
"Come on Hiei you can come and at least meet her," said Suichi. Ember could tell by the voice.
"I don't have time to dawdle meeting an adolescent nigen Kurama," snapped another male voice.
Ember heard someone sigh and a shuffle of books and feet. She quietly sprinted into a girl's bathroom and waited for them to pass out of the building. After waiting ten minutes they had long gone and she stepped out the bathroom door.
That was too close, and who is Kurama? I swear that voice belonged to Suichi!
Returning to the city streets Ember followed the directions on the slip of paper Suichi had given her. It was easy enough and she ended up in front of a beautiful house. She was about to knock but the door opened and Suichi's face appeared. "Oh, hey Suichi," Ember said smiling.
"Welcome, come on in, you are early!" he exclaimed.
"Oh, I didn't mean to bother you, if you want me to leave I can."
"No! It is fine, don't worry Ember; make yourself at home."
Ember sat down on a couch and looked around. Suichi's home was really beautiful and she felt loved to just be invited in. An hour later Yuske and Kuabara had arrived, including a girl named Keiko and another boy named Hiei. They were talking for about another hour and Keiko asked a question.
"So Ember where do come from?"
"Um," Ember said thinking quickly, "I am not sure, I was adopted 2 times so far."
It wasn't totally a lie. She had been born to a real family but was kidnapped by Roko. So if she wanted to call him "family" it would have to work. She looked up and saw the boy named Hiei starring at her intently. His eyes were bent slightly and he almost was glaring at her.
"What?" she asked, unable to discover why such a hostile glance was aimed at her. "Are you ok?"
"Hn," he growled and turned away.
Suichi broke the silence. "You'll have to forgive Hiei he isn't a people person."
"Oh that's fine," said Ember giving him one last look.
You will be revealed a voice said in her mind.
Ember did the best to hide a confused look on her face and before she knew it they were outside playing soccer.
"You're great at this game Ember!" Kuabara said as she carried the ball around him and shot another goal. Yuske gave a thumb's up and she smiled.
"I've never even played this before either, this is fun, soccer you call it?"
"Yeah," Yuske said.
"Suichi and Hiei get out here and play!" cried Kuabara.
Ember bounced the ball off her knee and then her foot, finally catching it. A satisfied smile was placed on her face. She hadn't had this much fun since she had lived in her real home. She no longer knew the location of it, but didn't bother to think of that right that moment and spoil the fun. Suichi emerged from the house and looked around smiling.
"Whose team do I get to be on?"
"Be on our team!" cried Kuabara.
Ember smiled and waited as he got into place. Ember placed the ball and started bouncing it foot to foot. Kuabara raced foreword and she dodged heading towards the goal. Next Kurama stood defense and she paced it to Keiko on the opposite side of the field. Kurama hurried over but Keiko kicked it back. Ember caught it in the inside of her foot and dribbled it up to the goal. A powerful kick sent it in and Ember smiled.
"We won two against three Keiko!" Ember cried happily.
Hiei who was watching the game from a nearby tree grimaced. He needed to speak to Kurama about what he had read in her worthless mind. Her black hair flew as she ran down the field and once more scored another goal. Ember then looked up at Hiei. He gave a look of surprise as he heard her call him over. Jumping down he disappeared in a flash and Ember gave a small gasp.
"Where'd he go?"
She turned around and the others were starring at her.
"What?" she asked confused.
"Why don't we go inside for a break?" Suichi inquired.
"Oook," Ember said under her breath.
Ember sat once more on the couch inside and she propped her chin on her hands deep in thought. She thought of why Hiei looked surprised and how he disappeared. A hand was placed on her shoulder then suddenly and someone yelped. It was Kuabara and she starred at her shoulder in horror. It glowed a deep blue underneath her sleeve. She quickly put her hand on her shoulder and stood up.
"Um, I have to go, I will see you guys later," said Ember quickly hurrying out the door.
She ran down the street at a dead sprint and didn't stop until she reached the park. Jumping up in a well concealed tree she wept. Why did this have to happen? Her friends would probably shun her now. A dark shape appeared in front of her and she let out a small gasp. It was Roko.
"They hate you Ember, I saw it with my own eyes. When you left they planned to come after you and capture you."
"But why?" she sobbed.
"You are different from them. It isn't put any simpler. You are an outcast."
"You made me one," Ember growled.
"No, I took you away from the horrible nigens you called your family. I took you in to my own household and gave you food and shelter."
Ember puzzled once more. He had kidnapped her from her house. She barely remembered her family though. But a scar across her arm proved that something must have happened. But was that Roko that did that or was it her family? Her head ached from all the confusion and thinking and she found Roko gone. Summoning the strength she made a blue energy ball out of anger. She now hated Roko even more but was willing to give the nigens a chance. If what Roko said was true she would hate all nigens. They could be just befriending her to gain her trust and then turn around and hurt her. Sighing she let the energy ball back into her palm and sat looking at the sky. Evening was quickly approaching and she would be sleeping outdoors once more. Leaning against the base of the tree she fell into a deep sleep.
Hiei arrived shortly after she fell asleep. He found the girl in a tree and scooped her up careful to not wake her. Journeying back to Kurama's, he laid her down on a bed in the guest's bedroom and locked the door. He settled outside and kept watch.
When Ember opened her eyes she found she was inside a building.
How did I get here? She thought.
She sat up and found she was on a bed. Standing up she walked to the door and twisted the knob. It stopped short and she knew it was locked. She growled after finding out the lock was the outside of the door. Little did she know that eyes glowed a bright blue as she grew angry. Roko was right. They did hate her, which was why they locked her in there! Ember felt the energy surge through her veins and tried opening the door once more.
Give up you pathetic girl, you won't get out a voice said in her head.
She started pounding on the door and footsteps were heard in the hallway. The door opened and she was face to face with Suichi. "Please don't do this Ember, you can't resolve any of this is violence," he pleaded.
She let herself make an energy ball and spoke. "Move or I will sick my friend on you Suichi, or should I say Kurama."
Suichi's eyes went wide but he moved. She ran out the door and out of the house into the forest. She ran for what seemed like miles and was encountered by that boy named Hiei. "Move or I will attack," she commanded.
He sneered. "I'd like to see you try."
She summoned the energy ball still not certain of what it would do and tossed it. Amazingly it floated in the air and it sped towards Hiei. He was gone in a flash and so was the blue energy ball. A sound of scrapping tree bark was heard and he lost his footing. The blue ball hit him square in the back and exploded. After the smoke cleared he got up breathing very heavily. He had a look of revenge in his eyes and sped forward before she could blink. She was punched in the chin and was sent flying and then she was sent towards the ground. A huge thump and she had been hit into the ground. Pushing herself up Ember surprisingly felt little pain. It was like she had just tripped. She stood up and raised an eyebrow at him. He groaned.
Ember smirked and made another ball of blue fire. Then she was surrounded by Kurama, Yuske, and Kuabara. "Don't do it," Kurama said, his eyes flashing dangerously.
"Step back and let me finish her off bakas," Hiei snarled.
"Bring it on," she challenged eyes flashing in amusement.
"Ember, it doesn't have to be this way," Kurama stated.
"I don't have a choice, you must be destroyed, all demons must be destroyed," Ember said in a trance like voice.
Without warning she sent out a giant blast of energy from her palms. It hit Kuabara and Yuske was taken by surprise dodging it nevertheless. Ember stood content as the blast turned and trailed him. A thorny vine then was wrapped around her and she gasped struggling. The thorns pierced her arms drawing more blood than she could handle. She fell to her knees. The blast hit Yuske and he emerged after the smoke cleared clearly damaged. He limped and held his arm. The pain was finally too much and caused Ember to fall to the ground, falling unconscious.
First of all, thank you for the reviews! Second I have to say I am leaving over christmas break so I wont get to update because my stuff is on my computer. So please don't hurt me for not updating!
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