Broken Vow
By: AisuDragoness
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Disclaimer: zzzZZzz…no, I don't own YYH or its characters…zzZZzz...I also don't own the song Broken Vow by Josh Grobin although the lyrics don't appear in this chappie...;;
ChApTeR 4
Maya, who finally finished bargain hunting, happily bounded over to her redheaded friend. Shuichi, it seemed, was in a daze, oblivious to his friend, staring out over the railing. Maya's bright smile fades, seeing that her friend seemed so tired…so…lonely.
"Ne, Shuichi-kun, daijoubu deska?" Startled, Kurama snapped out of his reverie, and gave her a weary smile.
"Ah, daijoubu." Her eyes narrowed, not looking all too convinced. Kurama quickly forced a warm smile, not as bright as it used to be, Maya observed.
"Daijoubu, honto." Kurama's tenacious friend closed her eyes, eyebrows furrowed as she turned her back to him, as if she was thinking. The youko's shoulder's tensed, silently pleading, as the seconds dragged by, that she would just let him be. Suddenly, without warning, she whirled back around to face him, with an unusual serious look on his usually cheerful friend that made Kurama take a step back. Her sober look disappeared as quickly as it had come, replaced by her bright smile.
"You know what you need, Shuichi?" Deeply confused, Kurama stammered,
"H-hai?"
"You need to have some fun, you work too much, it's really messing with your head. You're totally out of it these days." Her mouth widened into a triumphant smile, and she tossed her arms into the air as she announced,
"We're going to go to a party!" Kurama, who was in an apprehensive anticipation the whole time, facefaulted.
"N-nani?"
"A girlfriend of mine is having a party at her house, and you, young man, and I, are going." Leaving no room for argument, she grabbed the shocked redhead's arm, and started to drag him away.
"It's about time you loosened up!"
With a crescent moon and glittering stars above him, the fire demon flitted from shadow to shadow. Brushing past oblivious ningens, who took no notice of the sudden breeze passing by their faces. He dashed onto a rooftop, and sighed with frustration. He had looked everywhere. Kurama's apartment, his school, Shiori's house, the park, Genkai's temple, Yusuke's house, even that orange haired idiot's apartment, but the redhead was nowhere to be found. Hiei swiftly ripped off his bandana, releasing his jagan which glowed bright neon green.
'Hn…' It seemed the fox was with his friend…he believed her name was Maya... His faint memory of the girl was her affectionate smile that she showed the fox that made Hiei growl deep in his throat.
He would convince his fox to come back to him, no matter what it took, and he wouldn't mind to tear out the heart of that girl who dared to come close to Kurama, in the process. But then, that would probably anger and hurt the youko, which was the last thing he wanted to do, so she had better BACK off.
"Hn…."
Maya cheerfully stopped in front of a large house which boomed of earsplitting music and laughter. Kurama skulked as Maya excitedly led him into the house, and winced as the incredible noise reached his ears.
Kurama sat on the couch in a corner, watching with little interest as he glanced around, Maya was chattering away with her friends, and numerous of people were dancing to the loud techno music making the walls tremble. Trying his best to go unnoticed, the youko went up the stairs to search for some peace and quiet.
Kurama sighed softly, the bed creaking slightly as he sat down. He gazed through the window and into the night. Blood red eyes...a white starburst in his hair…swifter than moonlight. 'Hiei…'
Abruptly, the redhead clutched his forehead as his head started to throb painfully. All at once, his temperature started rising, his chest felt incredibly heavy, and he felt weak. He doubled over in pain, not noticing a soft click from the window. A familiar, warm youki filled the room that made Kurama look up.
Clad in black, the fire demon stood, right there in front of his redhead. Emerald eyes widened, staring into Hiei's concerned filled gaze, and the feverish redhead couldn't believe his eyes. Hesitantly, Kurama reached out, fearing that it might not be real.
"Is this a dream?" He whispered. All his bitterness he felt before melted away, as the jaganshi silently reached out to him, and just as their hands were about to touch, his vision hazed, sending his mind swirling into total darkness.
Sweat on his brow, chest heaving, Kurama gasped to breathe. The redhead's hands clutched the bed sheets, knuckles white; his head turning this way and that, a pained moan escaped his lips. Gently dabbing the fox's brow with a damp cloth, Hiei muttered,
"Hn…stupid fox….should've been more careful with a damn fever…" But it wasn't any fever, Hiei knew, it was the Makai fever, a human body like Kurama's can't handle a demon's illness, the youko's demon blood was keeping the fever at bay for now but... 'K'so…' The fire demon stood up, he needed to find medicine, and fast. He swiftly made for the window, but hesitated, turning his head,
"Hang in there, fox…"
a few minutes later… (yes, I'm so creative, aren't I? .)
Hiei quietly walked over to the bed, medicine in a small plastic cup in hand, (wow that was fast… .). Suddenly, he stopped, how was he going make the fox drink it? Hiei looked down at the cup full of clear liquid, then to the ill redhead lying on the bed. Without a moment's hesitation, the fire demon poured the medicine into his mouth. 'Sorry fox, but you have to drink this somehow…' Hiei knelt down beside the bed, cupped Kurama's face with his hands, and locked his lips with his.
AisuDragoness: hehe, yes, I know, ish super short…but I have lack of inspiration rite now….sniff….no reviews coming in…I'm not that bad of a writer am i?
