Kaida Okami –The Prophesy
Chapter 18
Epilogue
Kaida sighed in happiness, looking out at the woods from her perch on the roof. A lone pup sat up there with her, keeping her company.
It had been several days since her 'rebirth' and things where finally starting to calm down.
Koenma had sorted out everything with his father (add to by a few suspected death threats from the Spirit Detectives), and nothing had been heard from the Divine Realms for quite some time.
Kaida lay back against to roof and dozed for a while, waking up a bit when Hiei sat down next to her.
She noticed, with an inner grin, that he still had on the necklace, as did she.
"Hi Hiei." She said.
He turned to look at her for a minute before nodding at her and turning back to view the landscape.
Kaida rolled her eyes at him and sat up, scratching the back of the wolf pups ears.
He growled contentedly, and rolled over to give his friend access to his belly.
Kaida scratched and petted him absentmindedly, thinking about past events.
There was still one thing that she had been wondering though….
How had Hiei managed to call her soul back to her body?
She thought about it for a moment, but was startled out of her thoughts when Artemis suddenly materialized in front of her.
Both her and Hiei jumped, having been caught off guard.
Kaida nodded respectfully to the goddess, Hiei just gave his usual glare.
"Artemis." They both acknowledged, before glaring at each other. "Don't DO that."
Kaida rolled her eyes at him and Hiei just glared.
Artemis cleared her throat in a bemused kind of way.
Kaida turned back to her.
"Kaida, I trust you are doing well?" Artemis asked.
"Pretty good, for a dead girl." Kaida said grinning.
Artemis smiled.
"I came to let you know that Eris has been punished, and all is well in the Immortal Realms for now."
Kaida nodded.
"Thank you." She
said. "But I do have a question."
Artemis raised an eyebrow.
"And that would be..?"
"How did Hiei call my soul back to my body?" she asked in all seriousness. Hiei sweat dropped behind her. "Every time I ask, Yusuke just kinda smirks and Kurama just gives me that I-know-something-you-don't-know smile. Hiei wont tell me."
Hiei was now making the neck slicing motion behind Kaida's back, trying to signal to the goddess. The motion was so un-Hiei like, that Artemis almost laughed.
"Well, are you familiar with the story of Sleeping Beauty?" Artemis asked, for the second time that week.
"Of course, Sleeping Beauty had to be awaked from a death like slumber by Prince Charming's….kiss. YOU CANT BE SERIOUS!" Kaida cried, blushing furiously.
She whirled around to glare at Hiei.
"WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME THAT!" she yelled, still tomato red.
Hiei, who had been wracking his brain for an answer not to humiliating, had finally come up with a suitable escape.
"Hn." He said and turned his face from her.
A vein in Kaida's head began to throb and she had to resist the great urge to strangle the fire demon next to her.
Artemis had to bite her thumb to keep herself from laughing to hard.
Below them, the Detectives heard the rather loud outburst and slightly familiar sound of Kaida, yelling.
Yusuke blinked.
"Look's like she found out." He said with mild interest.
Kurama looked up at the roof, shook his head, and returned to his card game.
He grinned and laid his cards down with a flourish.
"Royal Flush." He stated triumphantly.
Yusuke threw his cards at the kitsune in anger.
Above them, back on the roof, Kaida heard an echo of her own outrage in a voice that sounded remarkably like Yusuke's.
Kaida and Hiei both blinked then looked down.
Kaida shrugged and turned back to the goddess, who was smiling at them both.
Kaida blinked at her.
"What on Earth are you so happy about?" She asked indignantly.
"Just that you two make such a cute couple." Artemis stated mildly
Kaida again turned tomato red, as did Hiei.
Before either of them could retaliate, Artemis waved and disappeared.
Kaida sighed and laid back to stare at the sunset.
"Well, this has been interesting." She muttered.
Hiei just 'hn'ed.