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Chapter 20-Hiei-
For Hiei leaving the camp had been easy even if he had to walk due to his weaken state but the hard part for him was losing the girl, Rin whom surprisingly had been able to keep with his quick pace. The girl refused to turn back and choose to run behind him instead. Only when he was far enough from camp that he knew she could not make it back herself without getting lost, did he finally slow down to a pace she could follow easily. Damn, he thought to himself, his time with the spirit detective had softened him, He tried to keep his cold attitude but he found it difficult with the child's affectionate ways.
"Lord Hiei where are you going?" Rin asked him.
"Why are you following me?" Hiei ask Rin ignoring her question.
"Nope, you answer my question first." Rin told him with a smile, "Then it's Lords Hiei turns." He rolled his eyes but followed the girl's game.
"I'm going into the forest." He told her continuing to walk.
"Why?" She asked him. He gave her a glance and as if sensing what he was saying she answered his question. "I'm following you because you're lonely. So why are you going into the forest."
"Why do you believe I'm lonely." Hiei asked her raising an eyebrow. Rin placed her hands on her hip and with an angry expression she shook her head. He would have laughed but kept it to himself. "To retrieve something I left behind." He told her vaguely.
"What did you leave behind?" Rin asked him as she played with him. "And as for how I know you are lonely is because I can tell, I was always able to tell when someone was lonely or sad." She told him as if it were normal."
"How?" Hiei asked purposely avoiding her question.
"Lord Hiei." She scolded him. He smirked knowing that the darkness in the forest as well as her human eyes couldn't see him.
"A rope I made earlier." He told her the smirk disappearing.
"Why did you make a rope?" Rin asked him. "And for how I can tell, it's something I've always been able to tell, I just didn't notice it until my mother died."
"How did you come to be Sesshomaru's charge." Hiei asked her trying to keep her from getting upset and curiosity. " And the rope is a gift for someone."
"It's for Lady Sango isn't it? Shippou told me how you burned her rope. Don't worry I won't tell her or anyone, promise." Rim told him.
" Answer my question." It didn't come out cold as he wanted it to but she answered his question anyway.
"Right, I forgot!" Her smile disappeared. "When my mother came with child everyone knew she had been with a man out of her marriage. When confronted my mother admitted she had but refused to tell them who it was. My mother's husband refused to see me as his child when I was born and use to beat me until one day he died in a hunting accident. My mother was determined to raise me alone but fell ill after a couple months and died from an unusual illness. No one wanted to raise me after my mother's death so I learned to find my own food stealing form the villager only when I had too.
One day I found Lord Sesshomaru injured in the forest well I forged for food. I tried to get him something to eat at first I gave him some mushrooms but he told me he didn't eat human food so I went to the village and stole a few fish, I got caught and beaten but I gave him the fish to eat. When I returned to the village, wolves were attacking everyone. The wolves killed everyone. I tired to get away but I couldn't." Hiei looked at Rin looking for any signs of scars but found none. "I think I died because I the last thing I remember is wolves attacking me, but then Lord Sesshomaru came and brought me back." She said happily again. "I followed him and he let me." Hiei watched her noting the similarities between their childhoods. They both had been outsiders and had been beaten and looked down on them. He remembered the way his mothered had begged for his life, that was probably the same way Rin's mothered had begged for hers. They both had raise themselves. He continued to walk allowing the silence to spread between them. He stopped walking.
" Lord Hiei are you going to answer my question?" Rin asked him once again happy.
"Only if you wait here." He told her.
"You'll come back right?" Rin asked him. He could smell a small fear pass her but quickly die away as he nodded assuring her he would return. "Alright!" She sat on the ground stretching her legs in front of her. "I'll wait right here until you get back." She told him.
Hiei walked threw the foliage of the trees, and came upon a gory sight. His own doing, fins connected to spines as well as other carnage, the blood covered the ground like a blanket not a single blade of glassed looked to be cleaned, the lake once crystal clear was know polluted by the blood of the demons he had killed. He jumped into a tree to avoid getting covered a well as to avoid the low-level demons that were scavenging the remains of the demons he had killed. Jumping from branch to branch took him a while to find the spot which he had been working on earlier, it was the only place that was free of blood. Hiei jumped down and picked up a yellowish-brownish rope, which he draped around his shoulder. He was about to jump back into a tree when he caught sight of a purple flower it was surrounded by many other that had petals missing or gone. He picked it up and observed its red purple color and the yellow tips, the flower was named Abandonment, called so because it grew one flower at a time. The flower was rare in the future to the point of extinction; here in the past though it was quiet abundant in supply here in the future even if each did grow alone unlike roses that grew many a bush. The demand of the flower was great because of it ability to protect against the elements, such as fire, water, and earth.
He tucked the flower into the rope and jumped into a tree. What had compelled him to make the sword for the slayer he didn't know, but at the moment he thought about it more like he was repaying her for helping him. He ran back to where he had left Rin, only to find her fast asleep were she had promised him to wait. Well she was asleep demon veins had entangled themselves all around her, beautiful green veins with large white flowers were all over her. Although beautiful the veins were dangerous they would entangle any living creature that fell asleep near them with deadly quickness and would drain them of the spirit energy or demon energy the creature had. His eyes turned red as he burned the veins as watched as they withered and died leaving no trace except it's large white flowers, which became entangled in her hair. He left them there knowing they were harmless to her or anyone else. Hiei went down on one knee and picked Rin up by her waist and carried her all the way to camp careful not to wake her. He wasn't going to admit it to himself or anyone else that he had gained a soft spot for Rin. Once at the camp he noticed the detective and the miko had returned and had already fallen fast asleep. He walked over to the miko and lowered Rin onto her sleeping bag, he then walked over to the slyer and dropped the rope at the foot her feet. Finally he jumped into the tree over Kurama head and went into a hibernation state. Forgetting all about the flower he had tucked into the rope, which he had intended to use later.
-Miroku-
That morning everything started as normally as possible. (Not really) Inuyasha woke everyone before the sun was even out so of coarse Yusuke wanted to blast him with his Spirit Gun but settled for a couple hundred sits from Kagome and Keiko hitting him over the head with Botan's Orr. Miroku had a slap and two fairly large bump on his head, Hiei had fallen from his tree unfortunately he fell right on top of Kurama and Kuwabara slept threw it all well Shippou and Rin place makeup all over his face, (not just any makeup feudal era makeup.) So in reality it was an extremely chaotic morning, one that would become a normal routine. After having a nice breakfast the where soon all on the road once again.
"When are we going to get there again?" Yusuke asked with a large yawn.
"We should be there by tomorrow morning." Miroku told him.
"Damn another damn day of walking." Yusuke commented sleepily.
"Stop complaining." Keiko snapped "It not that bad, you've been threw worst."
"Yeah, but they were never this boring." Yusuke told her. Rin suddenly ran in front of him giggling as she followed after Puu. She gave another quick chase and once she got tired decided to try to keep pace with him. Rin had large white flowers all over her hair making her look much cuter then she already was.
"You look nice today." Miroku told Rin. She nodded with a giggle.
"I found all these flowers in my hair when I woke up." She told him with another giggle. Rin gave a glance back; "Lady Sango looks very pretty too?" He looked back and watched Sango as she spoke with Kagome, Sango had a beautiful flower in her hair as well it was purple with yellow tips tucked behind her ear. And to his surprise she had a strong looking rope strapped to her side.
"I though you told us your rope was destroy?" He asked as he slowed his pace.
"I did, Hiei destroyed it." Sango told him. "But I woke up this morning and found this right next to me, this flower was tucked in the middle." She fingered the flower in her hand; "It's gorgeous, isn't it? He didn't enjoy the idea of Sango having another suitor; his train of thought was disturbed as he observed Rin's odd behavior. He wondered if the giggling Rin could possibly know who this mysterious suitor might be. He walked ahead just thinking as he stretched his fingers on his hand with the prayer beads. Miroku had not told anyone about the strange behavior of his void. In the last week his wind tunnel had shrunk but oddly enough the strength of the tunnel had increased in power. He was unsure if this was this was a good sign or a bad sign much less if the wind tunnel was getting ready to suck him in.
"Hey Pervert!" He turned and looked at Shizuru in surprised.
"Why Lady Shizuru, I am nothing but a humble monk." Miroku told her in mock innocence, "I am hurt you would imply otherwise."
"Yeah, whatever Pervert." Shizuru told him ignoring his comment. "Now tell me what's wrong?"
"Lady Sango, there is nothing wrong." He lied. "Why would you imply other wise?"
"You can't fool me, Pervert." Shizuru told him strictly, "You're trying to hide something and I know it." He looked at her surprised.
"How would you know?" Miroku asked her stretching his fingers once again careful not to drop his beads.
"It has got something to do with your hand doesn't it?" Shizuru pressured him. "I can feel tremendous power radiating from it and it's growing." Shizuru's eyes shot open. "Is your wind tunnel growing faster then you expected?"
"No, but the voids power is growing at an alarming rate." He told her with a kind smile. A worried expression came to her face.
"You're not sure whether to be alarm or relieved." He gave her another kind smile.
"You are quiet observant." Miroku told her. Her attention was diverted from her as she stood in deep thought. Amazingly his hand began to wonder, he swore his hand had a mine of it's own.
"Don't even try it, You Pervert." He stopped surprised that she knew what was going threw his mind.
"I have no idea what you are implying." He told her innocently.
"Pervert, you know very well what I'm implying to." Shizuru told him giving him a smirk. "You may have caught me by surprise once, but it won't happen again." She grinned and started to throw a bag up catching it as it fell down. "You're going to have to be much more of a sneak to group me again." She walked away still throwing the bag up and down in the air; the giggling sound of the coins sounded quiet familiar.
"Wonder where she got her coins?" He asked himself. Suddenly a thought came to Miroku's mind, he looked all over for his bag of coins he had earlier. It was gone. Shizuru managed to swipe the coins right under his nose. He smirked and shook his head. When would he ever learn?
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