Chapter 2: Friend?

The next day he walked out of the forest and headed east, rumors in the previous villages he had visited said that there was portal to Ningenkai to the east and that tons of demons went there to wreak havoc upon Ningenkai, but not him he would just go there for peaceful reasons. He had to past some villages on the way there and Hiei thought about going around the village, but that would just use up his time so he decided to bravely go through the village and withstand all their mocking and ridiculing. Hiei entered the village and the same thing happened before in the other village everyone stopped talking at once and went about their business cautiously. He was approaching the end of the village when he saw up ahead was a girl about his age. She had long silver hair and two pointy wolf ears coming out of the top of her head. Her elegant blue eyes were concentrated on the thing in front of her and her tail swished in impatience. She slashed the air with her two wooden play daggers once then twice before stopping she smiled and bounced up and down happily. Hiei cautiously moved forward for kids in the village always seem to take notice of him. Unfortunately the girl spotted him creeping towards the exit. She rushed forward and blocked his path. "Wait where are you going?" asked the girl angrily.

"I…um, well…" Hiei couldn't think of a reason and before he knew it she was dragging him inside the village. He roughly tore his arm away from her grasp and gave her one of his most deadly glares the one that made even adult demons back off. The thing was…she didn't scream in fright and run away instead…she…laughed. She was laughing happily and between gasps for breath she said, "You make the funniest faces sometimes." Hiei turned away from her and stared down at the ground moodily. He was starting to dislike this annoying wolf girl. "I'm sorry I didn't mean it," apologized the girl, "by the way what's your name?"

"…………" Hiei chose not to reply.

"Please tell me?" pleaded the girl. Hiei once more didn't reply. "Fine, if I tell you my name first you have to tell me what your name is, okay?"

"Hn," replied Hiei.

"My name is Okami and yours is…?"

"…Hiei," muttered Hiei softly. Okami smiled, "Right, Hiei...that's a nice name. So, Hiei come on play with me."

"W-what!" shouted Hiei.

"Play with me; I see the sword strapped to your waist. Let's have a practice match between friends," said Okami cheerfully.

"F-friends…?" Hiei uttered in disbelief. Okami frowned, "Is something the matter Hiei?" Hiei looked up at her worried face and shook his head. She's worried about…me…but that's impossible… thought Hiei. A shrill voice broke through his thoughts, "Okami, come here now!" shouted a woman not to far off. Okami smiled at Hiei and waved good-bye, "Meet me here tomorrow at the same time okay?" Hiei merely nodded his head and watched her rushed off. Great, this is the time when I lose my 'friends'. I bet Okami is no different, thought Hiei unhappily. He watched Okami discuss something with her mom and he couldn't help, but hear them. "Okami don't ever get near that murdering bastard ever again!" shouted her mother angrily.

"Hiei is not a murdering bastard! He's nice and a goo—"

"Don't argue with me y'know that he is a murder. You do know who he is don't you?"

"…yeah, the Forbidden Child," replied Okami. Hiei stared at the arguing pair in disbelief, she knew…yet she talked to me and…befriended me. "So that's more than enough to know that you should never get near him again."

"I don't care, Hiei's my friend! And there's nothing you can do about it!" shouted Okami. Again Hiei felt that same disbelief, m-my…friend. "You very well know the rules of this village, if you break the law twice…"

"I will be executed no matter who I am," muttered Okami impatiently her tail twitched in irritation, "yeah, yeah I know, okay?"

"So you will never see him again, do I make myself clear?" asked Okami's mother harshly.

"Crystal," replied Okami rolling her eyes. They both walked off deeper into the village and Hiei watched them disappear around a corner. He turned around to leave the village when Okami's words rang through his head, 'meet me here tomorrow at the same time' why should I…I mean Okami promised never to see me again and if she does she would be executed. I can't let that happen to her, yet I'll just go anyways and stay there for a few minutes and if she doesn't show up that means she's just a liar calling us…friends.

A/N: See where this is going? Well if you don't read the next chapter and you'll get it.