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SIDE NOTE: Hi, all!! Whoo, is it just me or have I not updated in a while? I did have this written down pretty much the same time I posted up the sixth chapter... so you can all throw rotten fruit at me for makin' you wait so darn long! I thank all my reviewers, and read on!
Hiei heard a knock on the door the next morning. He didn't reply to it, instead curled underneath the covers of his bed and buried his face in the pillow. He had never really known how comfortable being in a bed was. That's why he didn't even give a snippy "Go away!" when the knock came for a second time.
"Hiei, dear, get up, now!" Hebidoshi called through the door. "The queen wants to speak with you today!"
"I don't want to... did you just call me DEAR?!" Hiei shot up in the bed, the warm blankets falling off his shoulders. He heard a giggle on the other side of the door.
"Knew that'd get you up," another giggle. "Well, come on! We don't have all day! Get up and have some breakfast; we're leaving immediately!"
Hiei grumbled and flopped back down on the bed, determined to get more sleep. After all, sleep was bliss, and he didn't have a lot of that in his life.
Hebidoshi banged on the door again. "Hiei, don't you even think about going back to sleep!"
How did she know...? Hiei shook that thought away. Women in this realm were scary. Not wanting to encounter anymore frightening female abilities, he got up, slipped on his black cloak and went out.
"Finally you're up!" Hebidoshi sighed in frustration, but then smiled. "Well, at least I know you slept. Now have some breakfast."
"Hn. Not hungry."
"Not hungry? How can you not be hungry?" the cat- girl walked over and poked Hiei in the stomach. "I can tell just by looking at you that you don't eat! You're so skinny! How can you not be hungry?"
"I don't know," Hiei turned towards the door. "I'm just not hungry."
"Oh no you don't, mister!" the girl grabbed Hiei's arm and pulled him towards the table, shoving him down onto a chair. "You're going to eat whether you like it or not!" She crossed her arms. "So there's breakfast. Eat it."
Hiei stared at the plate for a moment. Then he turned his head. "I don't eat."
"And why the hell not?"
"I just don't, okay?"
"It's not healthy, I'm telling you!" Hebidoshi sat across from him, sitting backwards on a chair. "Do you know what happens to you if you don't eat? Hmm? Do you?"
"Hn. No."
"I didn't think so," she crossed her arms again, a triumphant look on her face. "Food is fuel for your body. Your body breaks down the food to create energy. But when you don't eat, and this is probably happening to you now, your body starts breaking down muscle tissue for energy, so therefore, your body is getting weaker and weaker. And not sleeping adds to the problem. Sleeping helps your body save energy, but by staying awake, you use up more energy."
"The sleeping problem is not my fault, onna," Hiei aid testily. "I happen to have insomnia."
"Well, you can fix that by eating," the cat- girl smiled. "That way you won't waste so much energy! So eat up."
She left. Hiei stared back at the plate. After hearing the girl's energy speech, he was feeling very hungry, and even slightly weak. Well, one way to fix that... he attacked his breakfast immediately, finishing it in a matter of seconds.
"Hebidoshi, Hiei, why are you late?" the queen was tapping her foot impatiently, petting the agitated dragon on her lap. Hebidoshi bowed.
"Terribly sorry, your Highness," she said. "It won't happen again."
"Make sure it doesn't," the queen set her dragon on the floor and it scampered off somewhere. "Now, Hiei, there was something I wanted to ask you about. I understand you did not come here on your own."
"Not exactly. I used the black dragon to bring me here."
"I see..." the queen tapped her chin thoughtfully. "Perhaps, could you use the same method to go back to where you came from?"
"Perhaps," Hiei thought it over. "I'm not quite certain, however. If I called it out, there is no guarantee it will be able to put me back where I came from."
"And why not?"
"Well, normally I call it out of the realm it comes from," Hiei explained. "Which is here. If I call it out, it may become slightly confused. Since it's so used to entering my realm, it may just go there, and without me there to tell it what to do, it could possibly kill everything in sight. However, there is still the possibility that it may simply just be brought forth here. It's questionable, though, so I'm not too willing to even try." He paused, looking at the queen skeptically. "Are you trying to get rid of me, Highness?"
Queen Kanne sighed. "Sir Hiei, I cannot have someone like you here in my kingdom. I have a reputation to keep! If word got out that the master of the black dragon, a great destructor was living here, there would be mass chaos, or there could be great excitement... that is, too much excitement."
"Meaning...?"
"People might get the idea that... well... you and I..."
Hiei rolled his eyes. "Honestly, I'm living with this onna," he jabbed his thumb in Hebidoshi's direction. "Do you seriously think people will assume such a thing? If anything, the rumors will involve her."
"Yes, but as queen I can't have that, either," Kanne straightened herself. "Hebidoshi is my little sister. If people found out that you were living with her, people might suspect that I was putting her up to something. What kind of sister OR queen would I be if I did such a thing?"
"Highness, with all due respect, you forced him upon me," Hebidoshi pointed out. "Anyone has a right to think that."
"Do not speak out against your queen!" Kanne snapped. "You are not fit to rule and tell people what to do as I am, so you have no right to tell ME what to do! I am the elder! I am the more powerful leader! Understand?!"
Hebidoshi glared at her sister. "Yes, your Highness."
Queen Kanne sat back, sighing. She looked kindly at Hiei. "Sir Hiei, I would very much appreciate it if you figured out some way to go back home. I really don't want my reputation to be tarnished..."
"Hn," Hiei turned away. "I'll see what I can do. Come on, Hebidoshi." Hebidoshi looked at Hiei in surprise, then nodded and followed.
"I hate her!" splintered wood flew everywhere as Hebidoshi slammed her fist into the wall in anger. "Damn... I'm going to need to new wall lining again."
Hiei chuckled. "This happens often?"
"With a sister like mine, it happens just about every day of my life," more splintered wood flew everywhere. "She thinks she's the one fit to rule... ha! I'm the one who's been running this kingdom while hiding in the sidelines! I'm the one who, as she put it," Hebidoshi got a very high, mocking voice. "'Put a little thing here and there while I was writing down some new laws.'" She didn't put in anything... I gave her all the damn suggestions... and if she hadn't been holding the pen, you could say I actually WROTE the peace treaty back with the surrender of the eagle demons! DAMN!" She punched the wall again, this time feeling something wet and sticky rolling down her knuckles. She examined her hand and found blood.
"Overexcited yourself, hmm?" Hiei said, a sly glint in his eyes. "You're going to need that wrapped up..."
"No, no, it's okay..." Hebidoshi turned away for a moment. "It's already better... see?" She turned back towards Hiei, wound now completely healed. There was no evidence of it ever having been there.
I must have been imagining it... Hiei thought. He shook it off and decided to change the subject. "Well, in any case, your half- wit sister IS the queen, and if I don't find some way to get out of here, she may just rip off my bandages herself. And who knows what might happen if the black dragon escaped..."
"Right, right," Hebidoshi sighed. "Well... it's still quite early in the afternoon, so... hmm... I think we can worry about you going back some other time, right...? Yeah... let's... I want to go out to eat." Hiei gave her a skeptical look. "Oh, don't worry; I'm not dragging you to that big fancy one... I don't feel like spending the money... so, um, where do you want to go?"
Hiei raised an eyebrow. "I don't know. I don't care. I'm not going to eat anything anyway."
Hebidoshi shook her head. "When are you going to learn? You want to lose all your muscle tissue or something? Yeesh..." She grabbed Hiei's wrist and dragged him out the front door. And he couldn't help but notice... she was acting a little... different than how she usually did.
First her wound disappears without a trace and now this... what is she hiding...?
SIDE NOTE: Bum bum bum!!!!!!!! Um... yeah... well... uh... the seventh chapter's up. It's the seventh one, right? Right... okay... um... well... yeah. Please review to your heart's content...
SIDE NOTE: Hi, all!! Whoo, is it just me or have I not updated in a while? I did have this written down pretty much the same time I posted up the sixth chapter... so you can all throw rotten fruit at me for makin' you wait so darn long! I thank all my reviewers, and read on!
Hiei heard a knock on the door the next morning. He didn't reply to it, instead curled underneath the covers of his bed and buried his face in the pillow. He had never really known how comfortable being in a bed was. That's why he didn't even give a snippy "Go away!" when the knock came for a second time.
"Hiei, dear, get up, now!" Hebidoshi called through the door. "The queen wants to speak with you today!"
"I don't want to... did you just call me DEAR?!" Hiei shot up in the bed, the warm blankets falling off his shoulders. He heard a giggle on the other side of the door.
"Knew that'd get you up," another giggle. "Well, come on! We don't have all day! Get up and have some breakfast; we're leaving immediately!"
Hiei grumbled and flopped back down on the bed, determined to get more sleep. After all, sleep was bliss, and he didn't have a lot of that in his life.
Hebidoshi banged on the door again. "Hiei, don't you even think about going back to sleep!"
How did she know...? Hiei shook that thought away. Women in this realm were scary. Not wanting to encounter anymore frightening female abilities, he got up, slipped on his black cloak and went out.
"Finally you're up!" Hebidoshi sighed in frustration, but then smiled. "Well, at least I know you slept. Now have some breakfast."
"Hn. Not hungry."
"Not hungry? How can you not be hungry?" the cat- girl walked over and poked Hiei in the stomach. "I can tell just by looking at you that you don't eat! You're so skinny! How can you not be hungry?"
"I don't know," Hiei turned towards the door. "I'm just not hungry."
"Oh no you don't, mister!" the girl grabbed Hiei's arm and pulled him towards the table, shoving him down onto a chair. "You're going to eat whether you like it or not!" She crossed her arms. "So there's breakfast. Eat it."
Hiei stared at the plate for a moment. Then he turned his head. "I don't eat."
"And why the hell not?"
"I just don't, okay?"
"It's not healthy, I'm telling you!" Hebidoshi sat across from him, sitting backwards on a chair. "Do you know what happens to you if you don't eat? Hmm? Do you?"
"Hn. No."
"I didn't think so," she crossed her arms again, a triumphant look on her face. "Food is fuel for your body. Your body breaks down the food to create energy. But when you don't eat, and this is probably happening to you now, your body starts breaking down muscle tissue for energy, so therefore, your body is getting weaker and weaker. And not sleeping adds to the problem. Sleeping helps your body save energy, but by staying awake, you use up more energy."
"The sleeping problem is not my fault, onna," Hiei aid testily. "I happen to have insomnia."
"Well, you can fix that by eating," the cat- girl smiled. "That way you won't waste so much energy! So eat up."
She left. Hiei stared back at the plate. After hearing the girl's energy speech, he was feeling very hungry, and even slightly weak. Well, one way to fix that... he attacked his breakfast immediately, finishing it in a matter of seconds.
"Hebidoshi, Hiei, why are you late?" the queen was tapping her foot impatiently, petting the agitated dragon on her lap. Hebidoshi bowed.
"Terribly sorry, your Highness," she said. "It won't happen again."
"Make sure it doesn't," the queen set her dragon on the floor and it scampered off somewhere. "Now, Hiei, there was something I wanted to ask you about. I understand you did not come here on your own."
"Not exactly. I used the black dragon to bring me here."
"I see..." the queen tapped her chin thoughtfully. "Perhaps, could you use the same method to go back to where you came from?"
"Perhaps," Hiei thought it over. "I'm not quite certain, however. If I called it out, there is no guarantee it will be able to put me back where I came from."
"And why not?"
"Well, normally I call it out of the realm it comes from," Hiei explained. "Which is here. If I call it out, it may become slightly confused. Since it's so used to entering my realm, it may just go there, and without me there to tell it what to do, it could possibly kill everything in sight. However, there is still the possibility that it may simply just be brought forth here. It's questionable, though, so I'm not too willing to even try." He paused, looking at the queen skeptically. "Are you trying to get rid of me, Highness?"
Queen Kanne sighed. "Sir Hiei, I cannot have someone like you here in my kingdom. I have a reputation to keep! If word got out that the master of the black dragon, a great destructor was living here, there would be mass chaos, or there could be great excitement... that is, too much excitement."
"Meaning...?"
"People might get the idea that... well... you and I..."
Hiei rolled his eyes. "Honestly, I'm living with this onna," he jabbed his thumb in Hebidoshi's direction. "Do you seriously think people will assume such a thing? If anything, the rumors will involve her."
"Yes, but as queen I can't have that, either," Kanne straightened herself. "Hebidoshi is my little sister. If people found out that you were living with her, people might suspect that I was putting her up to something. What kind of sister OR queen would I be if I did such a thing?"
"Highness, with all due respect, you forced him upon me," Hebidoshi pointed out. "Anyone has a right to think that."
"Do not speak out against your queen!" Kanne snapped. "You are not fit to rule and tell people what to do as I am, so you have no right to tell ME what to do! I am the elder! I am the more powerful leader! Understand?!"
Hebidoshi glared at her sister. "Yes, your Highness."
Queen Kanne sat back, sighing. She looked kindly at Hiei. "Sir Hiei, I would very much appreciate it if you figured out some way to go back home. I really don't want my reputation to be tarnished..."
"Hn," Hiei turned away. "I'll see what I can do. Come on, Hebidoshi." Hebidoshi looked at Hiei in surprise, then nodded and followed.
"I hate her!" splintered wood flew everywhere as Hebidoshi slammed her fist into the wall in anger. "Damn... I'm going to need to new wall lining again."
Hiei chuckled. "This happens often?"
"With a sister like mine, it happens just about every day of my life," more splintered wood flew everywhere. "She thinks she's the one fit to rule... ha! I'm the one who's been running this kingdom while hiding in the sidelines! I'm the one who, as she put it," Hebidoshi got a very high, mocking voice. "'Put a little thing here and there while I was writing down some new laws.'" She didn't put in anything... I gave her all the damn suggestions... and if she hadn't been holding the pen, you could say I actually WROTE the peace treaty back with the surrender of the eagle demons! DAMN!" She punched the wall again, this time feeling something wet and sticky rolling down her knuckles. She examined her hand and found blood.
"Overexcited yourself, hmm?" Hiei said, a sly glint in his eyes. "You're going to need that wrapped up..."
"No, no, it's okay..." Hebidoshi turned away for a moment. "It's already better... see?" She turned back towards Hiei, wound now completely healed. There was no evidence of it ever having been there.
I must have been imagining it... Hiei thought. He shook it off and decided to change the subject. "Well, in any case, your half- wit sister IS the queen, and if I don't find some way to get out of here, she may just rip off my bandages herself. And who knows what might happen if the black dragon escaped..."
"Right, right," Hebidoshi sighed. "Well... it's still quite early in the afternoon, so... hmm... I think we can worry about you going back some other time, right...? Yeah... let's... I want to go out to eat." Hiei gave her a skeptical look. "Oh, don't worry; I'm not dragging you to that big fancy one... I don't feel like spending the money... so, um, where do you want to go?"
Hiei raised an eyebrow. "I don't know. I don't care. I'm not going to eat anything anyway."
Hebidoshi shook her head. "When are you going to learn? You want to lose all your muscle tissue or something? Yeesh..." She grabbed Hiei's wrist and dragged him out the front door. And he couldn't help but notice... she was acting a little... different than how she usually did.
First her wound disappears without a trace and now this... what is she hiding...?
SIDE NOTE: Bum bum bum!!!!!!!! Um... yeah... well... uh... the seventh chapter's up. It's the seventh one, right? Right... okay... um... well... yeah. Please review to your heart's content...