"L-lord Th-Tharian..." A frightened minion was pushed to the front by several others to consult Tharian. The minion trembled visibly; obviously not wanting to face Tharian's wrath.
Tharian had been pacing back and forth on the stone floor. He had been contemplating on his plan. Tharian averted his dark gaze to the minion. His gaze seemed to burn the minion and the minion shrunk further back in fear.
"Well?! Where is Kei-Eriko?! She is not with you?!" Tharian eyes flared and his fists clenched in fury. The minions winced in unison. Tharian had named Moira 'Kei-Eriko', meaning raptured child with a collar. They had heard him use the name before, but the way he said that name was enough to make a warrior flinch.
"She...uh...well...m'lord...cannot be traced or even sensed by your seers in demon world any longer," his voice was full dread, and he tried to keep his composure, but to no prevail. Tharian's angry silence was what frightened him the most. Tharian was probably thinking of the best way to kill him. Static pulsed within the air and crackled loudly.
"HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!!" Tharian whirled on the minion picking him up off the ground by the throat. The minion grasped at Tharian's hands; trying to loosen the crushing grip.
"We...spotted...th-them...leaving...with...a...group," desperation filled the minion's voice, "All of them....looked human...she was with one of them before-" Tharian snapped his neck and tossed the minion to the ground. He turned to his other slaves, who took an involuntary step back.
"Well? The seers can only see in demon world. So she's either in the human world, or in spirit world. Find a way to enter either!" Tharian eyes blazed with scarlet anger. The minions shrieked and ran out of the throne room.
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"You do understand that what you did was illegal, not like you care anyway." Koenma replied, pushing aside some papers. "I'll have to limit the areas you can go to...again."
Hiei seemed uninterested in what he called, Koenma's babbling. "Hn. See if I care. I've been restricted from my home already." He looked over at Moira, who was looking at the wall and was subconsciously thinking. Koenma averted his gaze to Moira just as Hiei did.
"You'll have to keep an eye on her as well." Koenma nodded to Moira, "You requested her to be brought here, she is your responsibility."
Hiei wanted to slit Koenma's throat. To Hiei, it sounded like Koenma was talking about Moira as if she was an animal, "Fine." He turned on his heels and grabbed Moira's wrist. "Come on." The two demons walked out of the room. Koenma narrowed his eyes as they left. "George. We may have another case. Look up any information you can on Moira."
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Hiei had wandered off in the human world's forest. Moira had tentatively followed him, trying to take in the new atmosphere. After a while Hiei fell asleep in a tree. When he had awoken again, he had a panicky feeling that well up inside him and he didn't know why. He looked around and realized Moira was missing. The panic feeling began to make him feel sick. "Moira? Moira?!" He started to look around some more. It was only a moment later, he saw a silouette of a figure on a cliff. Hiei disappeared and reappeared, being careful not to disturb the figure.
The night was misty, which made Moira seem ghostly as she stood up on top of the cliff. Her arms were out-stretched to either side of her. She embraced the mist as it touched her skin and let the moonlight bathe her. The wind's cool breath made her hair dance slightly over her shoulders. Hiei watched her and didn't want to disturb her peace. Slowly, she put her hands to her sides and turned to him, her eyes still seemed sad. When her eyes finally focused on Hiei, the look in her eyes quickly disappeared. "I'm didn't know you were watching. I thought you were asleep."
Hiei walked over to her, looking deeply into her eyes as if trying to read her thoughts. As quickly as he looked into her eyes he looked away, "No. I woke up just a while ago." He stopped for a moment, then quickly added, "Why do you restrain from crying?"
Moira's eyes widened, and she looked at him, "What's it to you? I bet you don't cry either." She watched Hiei for a moment; her eyes held more sadness. She closed her eyes for another moment, but before she could open her eyes, she was surrounded by Hiei's soft embrace. It was as if he was trying to tell her it was okay to cry, but he couldn't bring himself to say it. She gently pushed away from Hiei, "I'm sorry I can't cry. Its been forbidden."
"By who?" Hiei demanded. He knew that a good cry would clean the soul. He had made the mistake not by crying himself.
"By Tharian...by the death of my village. I don't deserve to cry." Moira replied trying to keep her voice calm, but it trembled with anger and sorrow.
Hiei knew she had aggression, and needed to take it out on something, "You're right. You don't deserve to cry. Maybe you do need to be thrown back to Tharian."
Moira narrowed her eyes at him, "You wouldn't dare!" Her bandaged hand gripped her sword hilt with fury. It was obvious she didn't appreciate what he just said.
"Hn. Who said I wouldn't?" He narrowed his eyes on her, continuing his charade, "Maybe I should tell Koenma to just send you back to demon world."
Moira unsheathed her sword in a swift movement and pointed it threateningly at Hiei, "Try and I'll kill you before you move an inch."
Hiei disappeared in a blur and reappeared behind her, with a dagger pressed to her throat and his lips close to her ear. Lightly, he whispered, "Make a move to kill me? You can't even see me."
Moira elbowed him viciously in the abs and quickly turned around as he let go of her and almost landed a deadly blow on him. Hiei, of course, dodged the blow with deadly ease, but hadn't anticipated her to get so close again. Hiei quickly disarmed her so it was hand to hand combat. He grabbed her arm, and she twirled into him, her back hitting him hard in the chest and his arm was across her chest. Her elbow hit under his sternum and would have smashed into his jaw if he hadn't managed to twist her and put her arm behind her back. She collapsed to one knee, and side-sweeped him with her leg, enduring the pain Hiei inflicted on her as she did the movement. Hiei fell to the ground, watching her grow more tense. Suddenly, Moira stopped her fighting, spotting the hidden look in Hiei's eyes that she just now noticed.
"You...you just did that so I would taken my aggression out on you," the look in her own eyes softened, and she knelt next to him, "Thank you." Hiei looked away and did not anwser. Moira watched him and sighed, continuing, "Thank you for being a friend." Moira wrinkled her nose because the word friend seem inadequate. She could not discern any expression on Hiei's stony face.
Hiei felt his stomach writhe as she used the word friend to discern their relationship. Is that all she saw him as? He gripped a handful of dirt, which was his only sign of anger that showed. The feeling growing inside him-the feeling he did not understand as of yet- would not allow her to call him such an inadequate word. He wanted to be more than a friend. He looked back up at her, his eyes trying to send her the message of what he felt toward her. He gently pushed her to the ground and looked down at her, "Am I truly just a friend to you?" His voice was hard but he it held a hint of hurt.
She met his gaze. Her shoulders softly pinned to the ground by his calloused hands, "No..." she said truthfully, "But I don't know how to explain. My heart...no my blood pounds when I am around you..."
Hiei nodded, trying to tell her the same thing happened to him. His head bowed low, sweeping a kiss onto her forehead.
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Yup. I finally got chapter four up!
Starts putting up mistletoe and tinsel
Hiei: Hn. What are you doing?
Me: I'm getting into the Holiday spirit.
Hiei. Its cold and loud.
Me: And cheerful and bright.
Hiei:And windy and annoying
Me: Grr...Get into the holiday spirit!
Hiei: Hn. No.
Me: decks Hiei in Christmas lights Please review.
