Disclaimer: I don't own YYH or practically anything else. Though I wish I owned Hiei. grins manically
Genkai's First Student by Toxic Tears
Chapter 4: The First Enemy
In the morning, Nikai opened her eyes and felt Hiei's bare chest against her face. She smiled and closed her eyes again. 'What am I doing? Why does something as simple as this make me so happy?' She felt Hiei's hand slowly stroking her hair. 'Who cares.' A familiar voice suddenly reached her ears from not very far off.
"Hiei! Nikai! Where are you?" It was Kurama. Nikai sat up quickly and shook Hiei.
"Hiei. Hiei, wake up, it's Kurama." His eyes flew open and he grabbed his cloak, putting it back on as Kurama broke through the trees. Hiei and Nikai were already standing, leaning against separate trees. Kurama noticed that they were both slightly pink and raised an eyebrow.
"What do you want Kurama?" Hiei asked.
"Oh, Yusuke said that since we have a week before the mission starts, we'd all go to the beach. Koenma let us have a beach house too so..." He replied, suddenly having an idea of why they were both blushing.
"The beach?" Nikai scowled. She didn't like the beach. There were too many shirtless guys trying to hit on her there. She glanced at Hiei. 'Not that I'd mind seeing him shirtless again.' Mentally slapping herself several times she reprimanded herself, 'Damnit! I'm acting like a school girl!'
"Hn." Hiei hadn't ever been to the beach, but knew it was dirty and full of humans and the sand got everywhere. "I'll pass."
Kurama shrugged. "Suit yourselves," He started to turn and walk away. "But just in case you wanted to know, Kuwabara's inviting Yukina."
"When are you leaving?" Hiei asked a little too quickly.
'I knew that would get him to come.' Kurama smirked. "This afternoon. I suppose you'll come as well Nikai?"
"I guess." She sighed. "But I have to go get some stuff first." He nodded and she jumped into the trees, out of sight.
Kurama turned to Hiei. "Did anything happen last night?"
"No." Hiei spat as he jumped into the trees as well.
Kurama smiled and shook his head. 'I wonder if he even realizes that his face is the color of my hair.'
Nikai jumped through the trees, deep in thought. 'If my scar does what it's supposed to do, which I'm sure it will, then I can't go on the mission. But I have to go to prove myself to Yusuke and everybody else. Then again, if I do go, it may only prove that I'm weak. What am I supposed to do damnit!?' She began to think about her first teacher. 'You would know what to do Genkai, you always knew what to do.'
..Flashback..
A much younger Nikai was writhing in pain on a temple floor, pulsing with green light.
"I can't do this anymore Genkai!" she screamed.
"You have too!" the gray-haired woman yelled. "If you don't you'll never beat it!"
Nikai screamed again as she went limp. The green light faded as she strained every muscle in her tiny body, but the only thing she could move were her vocal cords.
"Why me?! I hate this!" A stray tear escaped her eye and hit the floor. Interestingly, it started to hiss and steam, then left a tiny hole in the wood floor.
Genkai knelt beside her. "If you keep trying you'll beat it."
"When?! When I'm old and almost dead, like you?!"
Genkai shook her head and picked up the motionless demon, carrying her to another room and laying her down on a straw mat. "I doubt it will take that long, but your problem is...complicated."
"Don't you think I know that?" she groaned. "But there's nothing I can do about it."
"No, there's always something you can do; fight. Never stop fighting and you'll never lose."
"Hn, yeah whatever."
The human woman sighed, "Since there's nothing you can do right now, you might as well sleep." She turned and started to walk out of the room.
"Um, Master Genkai?" The fire demon said quietly. "Will you tell me about Toguro again?"
The master looked at her pupil. "Haven't you heard the story enough times to hate that excuse of a man more than I?"
"Maybe." She got a steely look in her eyes. "I promise Genkai, I'm gonna help you kill him."
Genkai smiled sadly and shook her head. "Go to sleep Nikai."
..End Flashback..
'Fight, that's what she said, then I guess that's what I'll do.' Nikai jumped down beside a large weeping willow tree. Parting the hanging branches, she walked into the dim area beneath them. She walked over to the trunk and placed her hand against it firmly. After a few seconds, the place under her hand started to glow and open up. Inside the now hollow tree were a small number of things, such as extra clothes, bath stuff, and food. The only thing out of the ordinary, besides the fact that everything was in a magic tree, was a small, glowing, acid-green orb on a silver chain. Nikai glared at it a bit. It was one of two things she had left connected with her past. Quickly, she pushed those thoughts out of her mind and slipped the chain over her head. After putting some extra clothes in a bag, she passed her hand over the hole in the tree and it closed up. Nikai parted the branches again and walked back into the sunlight. She flicked her braid over her shoulder, but never felt it hit her back. Turning around, her eyes widened and she took a step back.
"I finally found you." Said the man grasping her hair. He had long, coal-black hair and piercing blue eyes. He was wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt, black pants, and a black cape with blue lining. He was very handsome, but something about him made you feel insecure.
"No, not you. Get away from me Shoula!" Nikai yelled.
He smiled, showing off his fangs. "But, I came all the way from Makai to be with you again." He pulled sharply on her braid, jerking her head back, and her body into his chest. He wrapped his arms around her tightly, leaving no room for escape. "Why did you leave me?" he asked as he buried his face in her hair.
"It's been over a long time Shoula. Now let me go!" she screamed, struggling against his hold.
Shoula ignored her and trailed his hand down to the small of her back. "Your scar, it makes you weaker by the moment, I can feel it." He said sinisterly. Nikai shuddered as his freezing breath danced across her cheek. Shoula tilted her head up and the next thing she felt were his lips against hers. It was a deep, passionate kiss and half of her wanted to be his again, but she knew what would happen if she gave in. She tried to push away from him, but his hold on her was too strong.
'I'm too weak, Hiei help me!' She said the name on her mind without even realizing it.
Nikai had been gone a long time and whether Hiei liked it or not, he was worried. 'Stupid girl, I bet she got lost.' He stood on a branch and untied his bandana. Opening his jagan, he searched for her. After seeing where she was, he pried no further and ran off. When he smelt the other demon, Hiei unconsciously moved faster. Lighting in a tree, he watched as Nikai finally gave in and kissed Shoula back. Deep inside him, Hiei felt his blood boil in envy.
"That's more like it." Shoula said as he started stroking her cheek.
Nikai was trying hard not to bite him. The only reason she had given in was because she couldn't think of any other way to get him off of her. Shoula looked up, sensing Hiei and then back down at her.
"I'll be back for you Koi." With that he faded away.
Nikai finally collapsed to her knees and screamed up at the sky, "I hate you Shoula, you bastard!!"
Hiei stared at her from his perch in the tree. 'I guess that means she's not in love with that guy.' He watched as Nikai curled into a ball and felt sympathetic towards her. 'Sympathy? Stupid emotions!' Jumping down, he stood in front of her. "You know, you look really pathetic down there."
She glared up at him. "I'm sure you would too in my situation."
He snorted, "I doubt that." Nikai stood up and started to walk away from him. "Hey wait, aren't you going to tell me who that guy was that you were cursing?"
She stopped, she hadn't realized Hiei had seen them and for some reason felt guilty. "I wasn't planning on it, but if you must know, that guy were...'involved' about a year ago." She answered without looking at him
Hiei was slightly confused. "But not anymore? Isn't he good enough for you?" he sneered.
"Good enough?" She rolled her eyes. "He only wanted me for bed." She started to walk away again.
"If you ask me-"
"Well no one did, so just drop it!" She stormed away and immediately felt ashamed. 'That was really immature. Maybe I should go apologize." She thought about that before contradicting herself, 'No way! He had it coming to him!'
Hiei was thinking along the same lines. 'Maybe I shouldn't have asked so many questions to make her upset.' He jumped into the trees again. 'And why not?! Why should I care how she feels?!'
No matter what either of them told themselves, they both still felt bad.
How was it? Please tell me! Thank you all reviewers and I'm sorry for the long update, I had to type this chapter up three times because it kept getting erased.
Hiei: sigh
TT: What's wrong Hiei? Mad because you got your ass kicked by a girl?
Hiei: Hn. looks away
TT: Lemme make it all better. crawls over and kisses him
Hiei: Go away. It's bad enough being beaten by a girl but you don't have to make it worse by hitting on me.
TT: looks offended
Hiei: smirks
TT: smack Wipe that smirk off your face! storms away
Hiei: handprint on cheek Well, um, I don't really want her to be mad at me so I'm going to tell all you humans to review, that should make her happy again. rubs cheek Ow
Genkai's First Student by Toxic Tears
Chapter 4: The First Enemy
In the morning, Nikai opened her eyes and felt Hiei's bare chest against her face. She smiled and closed her eyes again. 'What am I doing? Why does something as simple as this make me so happy?' She felt Hiei's hand slowly stroking her hair. 'Who cares.' A familiar voice suddenly reached her ears from not very far off.
"Hiei! Nikai! Where are you?" It was Kurama. Nikai sat up quickly and shook Hiei.
"Hiei. Hiei, wake up, it's Kurama." His eyes flew open and he grabbed his cloak, putting it back on as Kurama broke through the trees. Hiei and Nikai were already standing, leaning against separate trees. Kurama noticed that they were both slightly pink and raised an eyebrow.
"What do you want Kurama?" Hiei asked.
"Oh, Yusuke said that since we have a week before the mission starts, we'd all go to the beach. Koenma let us have a beach house too so..." He replied, suddenly having an idea of why they were both blushing.
"The beach?" Nikai scowled. She didn't like the beach. There were too many shirtless guys trying to hit on her there. She glanced at Hiei. 'Not that I'd mind seeing him shirtless again.' Mentally slapping herself several times she reprimanded herself, 'Damnit! I'm acting like a school girl!'
"Hn." Hiei hadn't ever been to the beach, but knew it was dirty and full of humans and the sand got everywhere. "I'll pass."
Kurama shrugged. "Suit yourselves," He started to turn and walk away. "But just in case you wanted to know, Kuwabara's inviting Yukina."
"When are you leaving?" Hiei asked a little too quickly.
'I knew that would get him to come.' Kurama smirked. "This afternoon. I suppose you'll come as well Nikai?"
"I guess." She sighed. "But I have to go get some stuff first." He nodded and she jumped into the trees, out of sight.
Kurama turned to Hiei. "Did anything happen last night?"
"No." Hiei spat as he jumped into the trees as well.
Kurama smiled and shook his head. 'I wonder if he even realizes that his face is the color of my hair.'
Nikai jumped through the trees, deep in thought. 'If my scar does what it's supposed to do, which I'm sure it will, then I can't go on the mission. But I have to go to prove myself to Yusuke and everybody else. Then again, if I do go, it may only prove that I'm weak. What am I supposed to do damnit!?' She began to think about her first teacher. 'You would know what to do Genkai, you always knew what to do.'
..Flashback..
A much younger Nikai was writhing in pain on a temple floor, pulsing with green light.
"I can't do this anymore Genkai!" she screamed.
"You have too!" the gray-haired woman yelled. "If you don't you'll never beat it!"
Nikai screamed again as she went limp. The green light faded as she strained every muscle in her tiny body, but the only thing she could move were her vocal cords.
"Why me?! I hate this!" A stray tear escaped her eye and hit the floor. Interestingly, it started to hiss and steam, then left a tiny hole in the wood floor.
Genkai knelt beside her. "If you keep trying you'll beat it."
"When?! When I'm old and almost dead, like you?!"
Genkai shook her head and picked up the motionless demon, carrying her to another room and laying her down on a straw mat. "I doubt it will take that long, but your problem is...complicated."
"Don't you think I know that?" she groaned. "But there's nothing I can do about it."
"No, there's always something you can do; fight. Never stop fighting and you'll never lose."
"Hn, yeah whatever."
The human woman sighed, "Since there's nothing you can do right now, you might as well sleep." She turned and started to walk out of the room.
"Um, Master Genkai?" The fire demon said quietly. "Will you tell me about Toguro again?"
The master looked at her pupil. "Haven't you heard the story enough times to hate that excuse of a man more than I?"
"Maybe." She got a steely look in her eyes. "I promise Genkai, I'm gonna help you kill him."
Genkai smiled sadly and shook her head. "Go to sleep Nikai."
..End Flashback..
'Fight, that's what she said, then I guess that's what I'll do.' Nikai jumped down beside a large weeping willow tree. Parting the hanging branches, she walked into the dim area beneath them. She walked over to the trunk and placed her hand against it firmly. After a few seconds, the place under her hand started to glow and open up. Inside the now hollow tree were a small number of things, such as extra clothes, bath stuff, and food. The only thing out of the ordinary, besides the fact that everything was in a magic tree, was a small, glowing, acid-green orb on a silver chain. Nikai glared at it a bit. It was one of two things she had left connected with her past. Quickly, she pushed those thoughts out of her mind and slipped the chain over her head. After putting some extra clothes in a bag, she passed her hand over the hole in the tree and it closed up. Nikai parted the branches again and walked back into the sunlight. She flicked her braid over her shoulder, but never felt it hit her back. Turning around, her eyes widened and she took a step back.
"I finally found you." Said the man grasping her hair. He had long, coal-black hair and piercing blue eyes. He was wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt, black pants, and a black cape with blue lining. He was very handsome, but something about him made you feel insecure.
"No, not you. Get away from me Shoula!" Nikai yelled.
He smiled, showing off his fangs. "But, I came all the way from Makai to be with you again." He pulled sharply on her braid, jerking her head back, and her body into his chest. He wrapped his arms around her tightly, leaving no room for escape. "Why did you leave me?" he asked as he buried his face in her hair.
"It's been over a long time Shoula. Now let me go!" she screamed, struggling against his hold.
Shoula ignored her and trailed his hand down to the small of her back. "Your scar, it makes you weaker by the moment, I can feel it." He said sinisterly. Nikai shuddered as his freezing breath danced across her cheek. Shoula tilted her head up and the next thing she felt were his lips against hers. It was a deep, passionate kiss and half of her wanted to be his again, but she knew what would happen if she gave in. She tried to push away from him, but his hold on her was too strong.
'I'm too weak, Hiei help me!' She said the name on her mind without even realizing it.
Nikai had been gone a long time and whether Hiei liked it or not, he was worried. 'Stupid girl, I bet she got lost.' He stood on a branch and untied his bandana. Opening his jagan, he searched for her. After seeing where she was, he pried no further and ran off. When he smelt the other demon, Hiei unconsciously moved faster. Lighting in a tree, he watched as Nikai finally gave in and kissed Shoula back. Deep inside him, Hiei felt his blood boil in envy.
"That's more like it." Shoula said as he started stroking her cheek.
Nikai was trying hard not to bite him. The only reason she had given in was because she couldn't think of any other way to get him off of her. Shoula looked up, sensing Hiei and then back down at her.
"I'll be back for you Koi." With that he faded away.
Nikai finally collapsed to her knees and screamed up at the sky, "I hate you Shoula, you bastard!!"
Hiei stared at her from his perch in the tree. 'I guess that means she's not in love with that guy.' He watched as Nikai curled into a ball and felt sympathetic towards her. 'Sympathy? Stupid emotions!' Jumping down, he stood in front of her. "You know, you look really pathetic down there."
She glared up at him. "I'm sure you would too in my situation."
He snorted, "I doubt that." Nikai stood up and started to walk away from him. "Hey wait, aren't you going to tell me who that guy was that you were cursing?"
She stopped, she hadn't realized Hiei had seen them and for some reason felt guilty. "I wasn't planning on it, but if you must know, that guy were...'involved' about a year ago." She answered without looking at him
Hiei was slightly confused. "But not anymore? Isn't he good enough for you?" he sneered.
"Good enough?" She rolled her eyes. "He only wanted me for bed." She started to walk away again.
"If you ask me-"
"Well no one did, so just drop it!" She stormed away and immediately felt ashamed. 'That was really immature. Maybe I should go apologize." She thought about that before contradicting herself, 'No way! He had it coming to him!'
Hiei was thinking along the same lines. 'Maybe I shouldn't have asked so many questions to make her upset.' He jumped into the trees again. 'And why not?! Why should I care how she feels?!'
No matter what either of them told themselves, they both still felt bad.
How was it? Please tell me! Thank you all reviewers and I'm sorry for the long update, I had to type this chapter up three times because it kept getting erased.
Hiei: sigh
TT: What's wrong Hiei? Mad because you got your ass kicked by a girl?
Hiei: Hn. looks away
TT: Lemme make it all better. crawls over and kisses him
Hiei: Go away. It's bad enough being beaten by a girl but you don't have to make it worse by hitting on me.
TT: looks offended
Hiei: smirks
TT: smack Wipe that smirk off your face! storms away
Hiei: handprint on cheek Well, um, I don't really want her to be mad at me so I'm going to tell all you humans to review, that should make her happy again. rubs cheek Ow
