Hiei had bundled Moira in his arms as soon as she showed a spark of life. Moira's dark hair had spilt over his and hers' shoulders. She was dazed for a moment as her spirit began to create the balance with her body again. She closed her eyes and Hiei's soft scent came to her putting her mind into ectasy.
"Hiei..." Her lips murmured into his ear; her cheek was pressed against his since he held her close. The blankets covered only the lower half her body. The upper half of her body was wrapped completely in bandages. Not exactly the kind to find proper words for this type of thing, he pulled her away slowly, only to lean forward and kissed her passionately.
This was the exact moment when Kurama opened the door to tell Hiei the bad news that never seemed to have happened in the first place. Kurama looked vaguely embarrassed and put a hand over Botan's mouth as he closed the door. Botan was stunned, but was still finding Hiei's current actions funny. The moment Kurama's palm pressed firmly over her lips to shut her up, she was half relieved someone could stop her. After all, Hiei would kill her if he found out that she knew all about that one moment with Moira. Kurama kept his hand over her mouth until they were well away from the room.
Botan pulled away from him then and grinned all excited, "Wow! Did you see that! That was amazing let's go spy on them!" She then thought about that, "Or maybe we shouldn't. Hiei wouldn't be to happy if he found out we knew...In fact, if word spread because of my gossi-" Kurama cut her short.
"I thought you said Moira's soul was lost in oblivion?" He cocked an eyebrow. His red hair fell about his shoulders and his gaze seemed unwavering.
Botan shifted uncomfortably and looked down at her hands as she poked her two index fingers together, "Yeah about that..." Her features turned more cat-like as she brought her hands up. "Seems Spirit World judged her too quickly." She laughed nervously as Kurama shook his head, "I didn't know that Moira wasn't dead! Honest!"
Kurama watched her for a moment and leaned against the wall, "So Spirit World made a mistake? Had they consented to give her back her body?"
"We weren't expecting her to stay alive...and we weren't expecting her soul to stay intact. So there wasn't a spot prepared but we did not permit anything!" She replied and then realization hit her. "Oh. I see what you mean now. Heh. Never really thought Hiei would do that."
Kurama was not trying to get Hiei in trouble. Hiei did not deserve to get in trouble anyway. Well, not by Kurama's standards. "Should Spirit World really worry about it? Demons go to the Nether World not Spirit World."
Botan thought about this for a moment too. "True...besides, I think Lord Koenma can let this slide...hopefully."
-----------------------------------------------------
Hiei laid her back on the bed, watching the blankets form around her figure, and his hand slowly slid over her body as if to smooth the wrinkles in the sheets.
"Tharian?" She spoke in a questioning tone, looking up at Hiei.
Hiei met her eyes and sat down on the edge of the bed. "He cowered away like a frightened human. I would have went after him, but there was..."
Moira looked away and finished his sentence, "There was me? You should have let me die. Tharian needed to die more than I needed to live."
Hiei narrowed his eyes at her, "Hn. Think what you like. But you are alive now and you can't change the fact that Tharian lives either."
She sighed and looked over at the wall, staring at it as if it hald some importance she could not find, "It's...damn." she murmured, "He's not as vulnerable now...he probably has had time to think. " Forcing her body to sit up, she shook her head. "Hiei...He'll be after you now."
Hiei sneered, "Feh. Let him come then. I can kill him."
Moira eyed him wearily and shooked her head, "You act like you had a few too many blows to the head! Last time you fought him he nearly killed everyone who tagged along with you."
Hiei pushed her back down against the bed and an impulse had him kiss her neck. "That was only because the coward had a familiar spirit keping him alive. He doesn't have one now." He sat up and looked down at her before standing up again. "I need to go." -But I'll be back- he thought. He turned to leave, but was stopped by her voice.
"Where are you going?" She queried. She did not want him leaving to fight Tharian alone.
"Somewhere to think." He replied and left.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okay ' Sorry this took so long. School is out, but I have online courses and a summer reading list. Man school does know how to keep you under enslavement.
