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When You Can't See The Light
Chapter Eleven : Thinking Of You, From The Bottom Of My Heart
Hiei's POV
It was funny how fast I had fallen for this onna. Maybe she intereged me from the moment I met her. The way she continued to heal the detective's mate of the jagan I cut onto her forehead, despite the fact that she could have died trying. Her ethereal smiles, her flowing cerulean locks, her luscious lips... The fact was I couldn't live without her here in my life. The year I spent in Makai, "healing", or so Kurama called it, was the worst time of my life. I think that was probably because I had already fallen for her and I missed her... Thoughts of Yukina, my life, and my frie... allies occupied most of my time. But it seemed of the all the spare time went to her. The memories of her giggling, her voice, her tears. She was the Deity of Death, almost an angel, she has lived for countless millenniums, yet she remains pure, untouched by this cruel, cruel world. While I, the Forbidden Child was corrupt from the second I took my first breath of air. I treasured her presence, her radiant aura. All the threats, the glares against her were all empty. Because I never actually had the heart to fulfill them.
"Botan..." I said to no one. I loved how her name rolled off my tongue. That was probably the first time I dared to say her name out loud. I never said her name, in fear of tainting it. I continue to sit here, in this light rain, pouring my thoughts out, my thoughts of her, thoughts of Botan.
Normal POV
Kurama was running in the fields. 'Baka Hiei! Why did he have to run away like that!' He saw a crouched form in the small clearing and he noticed exactly what it was. 'Crap. He's in a fragile state.' He slowly walked up to Hiei, being careful not to scare him away. Kurama noticed his arms around his knees, burying his face in them. His arms were tightly wrapped around himself. 'He's hugging himself... ' He gently placed a hand on Hiei's shoulder. "Hiei..."
Hiei looked up like a child. "Kurama..."
"Are you ok?"
"I'll live." He said with his attitude slowly coming back.
"What are you doing in the rain?"
"Thinking... " He loosened the grip on his knees.
"Of?"
"Of the onna." Kurama knew Hiei knew her name. He never said just it though, not out loud anyway. He had always wondered why, but never asked.
"I guess you know she was kidnapped then, huh?" Hiei slowly nodded his head.
"I should have been there. Again, I prove to be worthless, eh Kurama?" He chuckled sadly.
"Hiei, it wasn't your fault. It never was, never will be."
"..."
"Come on, let's go get her, neh?" Kurama extended his hand to help him up. "We've tracked where she is..." He paused knowing where they had to go to save Botan. "They're on the Land of the Glaciers..." He waited for a response.
Hiei eyes widened. 'The Land of the Glaciers. Oka-san... Yukina...' The land that left him to die, the land where all it's inhabitants despised him. Images of Botan flashed in his mind. If he never saw her again, he'd know he'd regret it. "...Let's go."
"I knew you would say... DID YOU SAY YES!" Kurama looked bewildered.
"What are you, Kuwabaka(1)? Of course I said yes!"
"Uh. Well.. I guess we should leave now!" He hastily got up, grabbed Hiei's arm, and ran to the castle. 'I didn't think he would agree this quickly!'
"Kitsune! Let me go!"
Botan's POV
'Ugh. My head hurts... and when did the world start spinning?' I opened my eyes and tried to stand up. I stumbled back down and rested until my eyes until they stopped spinning. Once again I stood up and tried to walk only down due to the chain around my ankle. 'Chains? Where am I! Ok, easy Botan try to think, what happened earlier.' I sat there I deep thought. I all hit me like a ton of bricks, 'Hana!' I can't believe Hana betrayed me! I studied the room I was put in. It had no windows, but was a beautifully decorated room. It was like a hotel room, only I was chained to the wall. The doors opened and in came Hana and an unknown man.
"Ah! Botan-san, your awake, now I can introduce to you my brother!" The man next to her smiled and waved at me. I felt my blood boil.
"First you kidnap me, then you act like nothing happened!" I glared at both of them.
"Now, now Botan, I'm Rusaki," He bowed politely, "And is that anyway to talk to your future sister-in-law and fiànce?"
I went mad. "WHAT? NOW YOU EXPECT ME TO MARRY THIS GUY? WELL NO LUCK BUDDY, FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER GIRL!" I was breathing heavy, trying to control my rage.
"That's mean Botan-san! And you HAVE to marry Onii-chan!" She let out a little sob.
"It's ok Hana-chan! We will get married wither she likes it or not!" He told Hana reassuringly.
"Really?" She instantly brightened up. "Then I'll let you two get to know each other while I plan the wedding!" She pranced out the doors and shut them quietly.
'What am I! Chopped liver?' A vein popped out of my head.
Normal POV
After Hana left Botan sent Rusaki her best death glare. "Hiei will come for me!" She turned her head.
"Now, now. Did you think we'd forget him?" Her cup her chin in his hands, forcing her to face him. Botan felt a chill as he touched her. 'I don't like this guy... He's different when Hana's not here...'
"What do you mean!"
"Hiei won't come." A mischievous glint shone in his eyes. "He'll be long died before that."
"Hiei will kick your butt!" She freed herself from his grip. "And I'll never marry or mate you!"
"Feisty, are we?" He smirked. "I like you. You will be my queen." He walked out the doors with that smug look on his face. Botan's eye trail with him as he left. 'Good.' She reached in her hair and pulled out a hair pin. She began to pick the lock of the chain, hoping it would work. Click! She smiled to herself proudly and stood up. 'Since there are no windows I'll need to sneak out.' Cautiously she opened the door and examined her surroundings. 'Heh, they didn't even have guards!' She walked over down the hall and opened the only door there.
"Who's there!" Quickly Botan shut the door. Luckily the guard didn't check the door and continued to stand guarding. 'Kuso! I'm trapped!' She spotted a window. 'Bingo!' She dashed over to it and looked out. Her face paled. She was at least 9 stories up in the air in a tower that was surrounded by a castle below. Botan stumbled to the ground and was crawling backward unconsciously. She hit a figure and looked up. 'Icy blue eyes!' She muffled a scream.
"You?" The man exclaimed clutching his hands tightly.
"Calm down, Kiyo." Rusaki appeared behind the man, Kiyo. Kiyo had his trademark blue eyes, and dark, ruffled brown hair. "She's my future queen." He grinned despicably. Botan felt her body become numb as flashes of those haunting memories fill her mind. She was falling again, falling into the darkness.
"Anyway Kiyo just wanted to see you." Rusaki headed for the door. Kiyo's gaze shifted to Botan laying limply on the floor.
"You're lucky Rusaki has taken a liken to you." He growled. "If he didn't, you probably wouldn't be here right now." He whispered coolly in her ear and left.
She let out a sob. 'Hiei...'
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