Kat#1: Sorry Sorry Sorry! One thousand pardons, sorry! This stories getting a bit too complicated for me. You could probably tell I sort of rushed the beginning... Sorry you all waited for so long. But! The chapter is now here.
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"The hell?" Fir cursed as the winds caused him to slow down. They were roaring at him, trying to push him down to the ground. He had to get out of that area, despite the fact that he couldn't quite figure out why the winds were attacking him. There were no different temperatures, or a tunnel for fronts. He sure wasn't 'that' high up. Struggling, he tried to continue his route. Master would be angry if his subject took too long on a mission. To add to Fir's discomfort, now the felines in his claws were struggling even harder for their freedom.
(Let go you oversized mutated chicken!) Hiei screeched, just now able to loosen his paw enough to take his whole front arm out of the callous grasp. He took out his claws as far as they could go, added as much energy as he was able, and swiped. Tain only stared at him, too shocked to warn him that his actions were not the smartest. With a deafening call, Fir loosened his grip on the felines. Taking the chance, Hiei leapt.
(Hiei you idiot! We're too high up for that!) Tain called. She couldn't say anymore after that, or even watch as Hiei descended for Fir had used both of his claws to hold on to Tain. She could no longer hold the winds. As Fir managed to steady himself, he sent an accusing glare to the white cat in his talons. He wasn't as stupid as Rico. (A/N: Hee hee...) He knew that Tain was the only person, err, cat, who could have possibly done a wind manipulation. Hiei was the controller of fire.
"So you were the one who planned that? I should dispose of you right now. But, you are lucky that our master would like you alive." Grumbling, Fir sped. "I'll go back for the bratty black cat." He noted to himself. Soon, no one could see the demon at all partially because of the hight, and the other was because of the approaching storm. Black clouds rolled over the city, blanketing the early morning hours in a light storm.
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The rain started out gentle enough. It woke him up, though he was greatly confused. (Where am I? What happened?) Hiei's ruby eyes blurred as he lost his grip on his vision. Ignoring that for now, he tried to get up. The rain was starting to pour faster, and he had created a small crater so he didn't need to drown to death. (Though, that would be ironic.) He mused. He, a fire demon now turned feline, able to survive many obsticals that included mastering the Black Dragon technique and falling from heights unbelievable, dies from a puddle.
He tried as hard as he could, he really did, to at least lift his fuzzy brown chest off the ground, but ended up plopping back down in the barely-an-inch-high water. Unable to get up, he settled down and made himself as comfortable as he could in the mini pool. His head would soon be under the water since he felt too weak to save himself. (Guess I will die from water. I wonder if I'll struggle at the very end? Will I have used up one of my nine lives? Can I try to talk?)
"Meow!" (Hello! ...Nope. Damn, even at the verge of death I can't get my wish to be able to speak, with or without people.) The water was over his nose now, his eyes already closed. (Will Botan come? Or do animals not get to talk with Lord Koenma? If I survive, maybe I should ask him that... What to do if I don't? I think too much at Death's door. Might as well knock.) Hiei stopped holding his breath and relaxed. Before he lost consciousness, he heard two splashed next to him, footsteps. (I get to be eaten!) Was his last thought. And strangely, a gleeful one... Poor Hiei. Poor poor Fluffy...
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"Where is he?" Kurama yelled as the wind slashed everywhere. The group had seen something fall from the bird demon and since they still saw a white blur in Fir's talons, they figured it was none other than Hiei.
"I think he fell into these allies!" (A/N: I am REALLY not sure if I spelt that right...) Yusuke called as he pointed to the entrance.
"Are you kidding! That thing leads to a freakin' maze!" Kuwabara screamed.
"This way you guys! Hiei could have landed in this direction!" Botan interrupted. Her friends followed closely at her retreating form.
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Warmth. A fire in the darkness of the night. He was covered, clean, and dried. Yet, Hiei didn't know where he was. (Am I dead? If this is hell, I should have died a long time ago.) He was comfortable. He felt safe. Hiei twitched his ear behind him to the shift of fabric behind him. (who?) A slight moan, and then sigh. From what he could tell, it was a human girl behind him who was caring for him. The room was dark, the only light coming from the slight luminosity of the cloud hidden moon.
The room was simple, wood lined and decorated with small drapery. No pictures or nick knacks to decorate anything to a better level. He was on the bed, the girl on the floor with her head resting near him. The bed was not even a foot off the ground. Hiei forced himself to get up, trying to get a better look at the girl. All he could tell, was that she was thin, small, and had dark hair. Stepping into the crook of the girl's arm, Hiei curled up and tried to fall back asleep. He started to purr. (Maybe if I suck up like the kitten I look as, she'll feed me and help me get home.) He stayed in that position for at least a few hours.
He didn't sleep though, couldn't. Even though there was a comfortable enough atmosphere, it was too suspicious. He chose instead to explore the house. Or, more accurately, shack. There were only three rooms being a bedroom, main entrance that doubled as a living room, and a small area for kitchen. The lighting was done with candles. There was a box behind the cabinet of food that Hiei found and it contained an assorted collection of scented candles. From what he could tell, the girl had only a couple of clothes.
She lived on her own. When Hiei came to that realization, he literally meant by herself. No one else could have possibly lived here with her. The shelter was too small. Hiei would have explored the surrounding area if he could, there was now enough light, but he was starting to feel tired again and the rooms all had a breeze in it that he didn't like. He went back to the girl's arm and fell asleep.
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Soon it was the afternoon, the storm already passed and the sun shining brightly. I couldn't say the same thing for the remaining detectives.
"Did I ever mention that I hate my life?" Kurama growled. The sun seemed to be taunting her, glaring through her eyelashes just to irritate her more than she was. It worked too. Yusuke and Kuwabara were behind her when she lost whatever sanity she had left. "I SWEAR! ALL I EVER WANTED WAS JUST TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE! WHY COULDN'T I HAVE JUST CHOSEN TO GO TO THE MAKAI PRISONS? THAT DAMN TODDLER IS GOING TO DIE WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM! SAME WITH HIEI! STUPID BASTARD OF A CAT IS GOING TO DIE A VERY PAINFUL DEATH!" Kurama screeched, wringing her hands on an invisible head in front of her.
Her energy flared out, destroying a few of the shop windows the group was passing and causing a few plants to suspiciously grow abnormally fast. The boys, as well as the few onlookers, backed up many yards away in fear. This was not expected in such a quiet area. Botan was the only one in the street who chose to ignore the crazy fox-turned boy-turned-woman. She walked past her in a nonchalant manner.
"Come on team!" She said in a forceful happy tone. It sounded more sarcastic than anything though. "Hiei couldn't have just wandered out of the city. There has to be a place we haven't looked." She knew the city well, but not as well as the remaining detectives. Botan looked at the boys, and girl, for help.
"Let's see," Kurama glared, choosing this time to start planning how to find the cat and secretly kill him. Her breathing was quickened in rage and anticipation so she tried to calm down enough to talk with sounding like a witch. (A/N: creepy image...) "The only places we haven't checked are..."
"The allies, the west side and Genkai's Temple." Kuwabara finished.
"Let's mark the allies out, even if Hiei was there it's impossible to find your way. Genkai's Temple is closer, though there's even less chance of him being there, the bird demon had dropped Hiei away from the temple. Guess that means we'll go to the west after a short lunch break with Yukina." Yusuke planned. No one argued about it but Kurama chose to walk behind everyone else. Whenever her friends overheard her mum, it was normally something about 'damn cat' or 'could have been cured by now'. Poor Kurama.
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"A peanut sat on a railroad track, his heart all full of flutter! 'Round the ben came number ten- toot toot peanut butter! Squash!" Hiei was woken up again by some slightly off key singing. And of a ran over peanut none the less. With a disgruntled purr, he let the girl know he was awake and didn't want to be. She did nothing about it. Opening his eyes, Hiei found himself alone in the bedroom with only one candle for lighting on the nightstand. It smelled of Strawberries and cream. "No body likes me, every body hates me, guess I'll go eat worms! Long thin slimly ones, Short fat juicy ones, itsy bitsy fuzzy wuzzy worms." What kind of kid was this? Hiei though to himself.
The little black cat walked off, and fell, from the foot high bed. 'Note to self, you'll have to jump that...'
"Down goes the first one, down goes-" The girl had heard the small crash. Hiei softly meowed in question, but remained where he was. The room was spinning too fast still for him to walk normally. "Kitty?" The girl asked. She had been making her breakfast, Hiei realized. The girl slowly walked back to the bedroom and Hiei stared. "Kitty?" She asked again. "Are you okay?" Hiei said nothing, wondering why the girl was asking him this. He was fine, just sitting in front of her. She bit her lip, worried, and left the room to the kitchen again.
'...Well, she's nice...' Hiei though to himself. Just leaving him in the room alone. But the girl came back, bringing a small plate of food with her. Nothing special, just some slightly toasted bread with sauce over it and a piece of fish. She was worried still.
"If you're still here kitty, here's some food. You don't have to stay. In fact, you really shouldn't; I'm not allowed to have any animals with me. But, I'd like your company, if you're still here." She said as she put the plate down. Then she returned to the kitchen.
'What is she, blind? I was right in front of her.' Hiei thought to himself as he walked to the plate of food. It looked simple, but it tasted like something a restaurant would serve, only kitty sized. 'I think I love this girl. No matter how strange she is.' He though as he finished the food. He picked up the plate in his teeth and walked to the kitchen.
"Oh how they wiggle and squirm. Long thin slimy ones, short fat juicy ones, itsy bitsy fuzzy wuzzy worms." She giggled to herself, remembering the sound that came after the last words. Hiei watched for a while as she washed her dishes. So he had been wrong with her making her breakfast. She had been making his breakfast, having already finished hers. He silently jumped up on the counter next to the side of the sink with still dirty dishes. "Hm... Let's see... Um, Oh! I got it." She giggled to herself as she chose a new sog to sing to herself. She hadn't even shown any recognition of Hiei.
'Maybe she is blind...' When her hand came to the sink for another dish to wash, Hiei put the plate in her hand. She jumped, looking towards him in pure surprise. Now Hiei got a good look of her eyes. They were blood red, like his own. But, hers were faded, almost dead. She was blind. Hiei meowed for her, to let her know he wasn't going to hurt her. She smiled.
"Hello Kitty. How are you feeling?"
"Ggggroew." (So so.) She smiled more.
"I'm glad you're okay. I'm not even sure if you understand me. But, when the door is knocked, you'll have to leave." She said sadly.
"Gggg..." (And...)
"You see, my friends, they're the ones who are helping me live like this. But, they can only support me. If I had a pet, even a bird, or a little bunny, it would be too hard for them to get food. That's why I can't let them know I have you. That's why you can't be seen." It was silent as she finished the dishes. She probably expected the little cat to be gone, but Hiei remained. She finished washing and drying and just finished putting the dishes away. Hiei was amazed at her memory. She didn't even feel for the plates and yet, she put them exactly on top of the other. She started to walk past him.
'I'll have none of that!' "Meow." (Hey, forgetting me?) She jumped again. He guessed that she really had expected him to leave. She reached her hand up slowly, wondering if it was alright to pet the cat. She couldn't see him, so she wasn't sure what his emotions were. The hand hovered over the counter and Hiei moved his head to fit inside. The girl visibly relaxed and smiled. She scratched behind his ears and found that Hiei really liked that. (A/N: Of course, all cat's like that one certain spot. .) He purred. 'Yup, definitely love this girl.'
Then, her hand reached his face. His purring halted as she explored his features. "You're not a kitten. You're nose is too matured. You're jaw is that of a male, am I right?" Hiei purred a short agreement. "You're not a normal kitty either, you respond like a human would. Or, a demon." Hiei said nothing. Her hand felt his bangs, and she felt what was underneath. She felt his Jagan. "You have three eyes." She smiled. "You must be demon kitty." She giggled. "You must be a cute little demon kitty too. What kind of demon kitty are you? Water? Ice? Fire?" Hiei tapped his paw on her hand three times. "Fire? You're a fire demon?" He hesitated and tapped her hand twice. "Um, ice? You're an ice demon." Hiei did nothing.
The girl tried her best to understand what her little demonic kitty friend was trying to let her know. "Are you, both, fire and ice?" Hiei put his head in her hand and purred. This was a smart girl. She smiled. "Well then, you are a fire and ice demon. Were you born a kitty?"
"Mow." (No.)
"No. Okay, so is this a punishment or a curse?" Hiei tapped his paw onto the counter twice. Hard. He didn't like the curse. The girl giggled. "We should find your name. But, how are we going to do that?" The two were quiet. "Hm... Oh! I got it!" The girl ran to the living room pausing near the door way. When she felt the side of the door, and assured herself she wouldn't walk into the wall, she continued to run to her destination. "Come here kitty!" He did.
Hiei rubbed against the child's legs to let her know he was there. "These use to teach me how to read." She explained as she showed Hiei the deck of cards. "I'm going to lay them out and you choose the letters of your name, okay?" Without waiting for an answer, she spread the flash cards on the ground. They had the alphabet on it, as well as some bumps on the bottom.
'So that's when she meant.' Soon, Hiei had found the letters of his name. It had taken the girl a few tries to pronounce it correctly, but she got it.
"Hiei." She said at last. Hiei purred in her lap. They were quiet for a while, enjoying the silence and slight victory of finding a way to communicate. But then, the door was knocked. "Hide Hiei." The girl warned. "Leave, you can't stay anymore. I'm sorry." She whispered as she went to open the door. Hiei left through the window in the kitchen, making sure there was nothing that could say he was there before. He didn't want to get the girl in danger. From outside the window, he watched her open the door, realizing that he didn't even know her name either.
Bwahahahaha! I am done! I have finished the story! And- I have no idea what to call the girl... Suggestions? Please? Oh, and don't forget to review too! After all, I believe this is my longest chapter yet! I am so proud of myself. Don't I have a right to be? Oh yeah, and sorry this took so long... If you want to know the updates of the story, go to my profile. R&R!