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Part one.

By: Aqua

01/18/05

And could I have stayed, stayed in these cold halls of stone, waiting for you, the rest of my long but fragile life?

I may have tried but for the voice that appeared from behind me on the third evening of my waiting.I remember it so clearly, imprinted in my broken mind forever.

It was on the eve of the full moon, I remember seeing the odd shaped, unfinished looking ornament hanging in the bright night sky. I heard the snapping of twigs and the crunching of leaves before her stern voice reached my ears.

I knew something was wrong. Not one of the weak feelings people clamed to have had. It was logic, deer step carefully and rabbits are too small to make this kind of noise. And you, you would have been here before the sounds of breaking twigs ever reached my ears. If my village high lady was trying to ambush me, capture and drag me back, she could have moved thru the underbrush without sound, if she wanted too.

It was her I smell her, here her steps, even feel her energy, but she did not want to surprise me. And that scared me beyond all reason.

"Hina," her voice came to my ears slowly, as if we were not part of the same world, "He is dead."

End.

Authors Note:

The story of Hina – Hiei and Yukina's mother. This will be an A.U. fic because I'm making my own thoughts on Hiei's abandonment with almost no regard to the true story. If you could help me out by finding the name of Hina's friend, the one who drop Hiei, it would be greatly appreciated. It'll be at least 3 day before I update. Please Review.