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Chapter Sixteen: Second Thoughts
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Early in the morning, only two members of the Tachi team were wandering aimlessly...worrying about what the days events would bring. Katsumi and Hiei didn't even know that each other were..having second thoughts.
"...This is ridiculous..." Katsumi thought to herself. She was in her room getting dressed in her new fighting outfit. Running her fingers through her hair restlessly she walked out the door, her thoughts riddling her troubled mind.
"What..if he gets killed.." she thought again. "What am I thinking...h-he's an arrogent jerk...he won't let us down..but still." She was thinking about Hiei of course. Never before had she been so worried about his well-being. Needless to say, even though he was so cold and has such a smart mouth...she loved him. What would she do if she lost him? What would become of Trinity? She couldn't let her only daughter live her life without a father. Sighing, she walked through the hallways with no real destination. Then a brilliant idea popped into her head. Why not look into the future? See today's events before they even happened! Her eyes lit up as her hands went straight for the crystal necklace around her neck. Closing her eyes and grasping the crystal hard, she began levitating causing a large burst of wind go through the hallway...
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Hiei had been awake for quite a while but was too lazy to get out of his bed. Tossing and turning he cursed the bloody uncomfortable bed for keeping him up all night.
"Stupid retarted springs! A tree is more comfortable than this!" He screamed into his pillow. "I swear! Why do I get the only bed in this place that HAS A SPRING DIGGING INTO MY BACK?!" He got out of the bed in a huff, dressed in only his boxers. He glared at the bed. "I will burn you later." He grabbed his clothes and put them on rather carelessly. He went in front of the mirror...and realized that his clothes weren't only inside out but backwards.
For the next two minutes he ranting and raving could be heard echoing throughout the entire Makai.
He went out into the hallway pretending that he hadn't said such horrid words. Yawning he started back to thinking about what had actually been troubling him all night...not the poor bed which he had claimed kept him up. Rubbing his temples and yawning he just kept walking. All night his head was swimming in thoughts about that annoying little wench Katsumi.
"I swear why did I even sleep with her?" He asked himself quietly. He smiled and laughed..he knew why. Because no matter how much he didn't want to admit it..he loved her with all his being. He would never want her to be hurt...well unless he inflicted the pain.
"...Trinity..." He whispered to himself. His beautiful baby girl...she couldn't live without her mother. That baby was his life, even though he kept that between himself and his little girl.
All of a sudden, interrupting his thoughts, a huge gust of wind blew him backwards.
"Where the hell did that come from?!" He said loudly, looking around. He then ran in the direction from where the wind came...
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Meanwhile, Katsumi was still floating in mid-air clutching the crystal, which was now glowing an errie green color. Suddenly she opened her eyes and they were an eluminated white.
"Give me the power and let me see. The things that will soon come to be!" She chanted. The wind picked up a considerable amount. Then a flash of light brought the preminission in which she had conjoured. For several minutes her mind was filled with horrible scenes, making her insides quiver with fright.
"NO.....NO!!!" She screamed her lungs out at the sight she had just seen.
Finally she could take no more. Screaming she fell to the floor. Her body was shaking so profusely that she could barely get to her feet...that's when Hiei stepped out of the shadows.
"Quite a preformance there." Hiei said grinning. He knew what she had just done. "Since when do you dabble in such witchcraft?" He walked towards her. He put his hand out and helped her up.
"Well q-quite honestly it's none of your damn business." She replied hotly, she was too shaken to be reasonable. She had just seen what would happen to her lover...her annoying little fire demon..and with him right in front of her..after that..it was too much. She fell helplessly in his arms with a loud sob. Hiei was so surprised by this, he almost dropped her.
"What's wrong with you?" He said with a hint of concern in his voice. Seeing her cry like this..melted his heart. He slowly stroked her hair and whispered to her that everything would be just fine. She clung to him with all her strength...she didn't want to let go of him...ever.
"I saw what's going to happen!" She managed to get out. "Y-OU YOU CAN'T FIGHT TODAY!" She said frantically. Hiei had never seen her like this before...quite frankly, it was scaring him.
"Why not, Katsumi?" He said softly, trying to calm her.
"I can't tell you." She said barely in a whisper. Why did she have to look? She heard a voice in her head screaming that question at her. "Just..i-if you do fight today...be careful..okay?" She said to him, looking into his crimson eyes.
"I..I will." He said slowly, she had never looked at him with such intensity. He had no clue why she was acting this way. He held her lovingly, letting her hug him back. "I......I love you Katsumi." Hiei said softly in her ear.
"Well isn't that touching?" A familiar ominous voice said... and just then an unwelcome shady person came out of the shadows....