AnonymousHieiFan101: Ok here is another chapter. Sorry it took so long. I realise that I have not done my part asa good author and updated likeI should have. I would use the excuse that Iwas overwhelmed with school work (which is true) butit's way over used, so, I will make no excuses and simply try to update more often.
Chapter 5:
Hiei, Kurama, and Ookami finally made it to the forest behind the Black Dragon Swords Dojo. It was a little after 6:00am and they had to resort to jumping from rooftop to rooftop. (Ookami is still in her demon form as are Kitsune and Neko.)
Ookami knew her way around this forest just about as good as she knew the way around her own house. She, Neko, and Kitsune had a secret meeting spot towards the heart of the forest that they had stumbled across one day. They were the only ones who knew about it and it was very well hidden. As you got deeper into the forest the trees got denser and vines often hung down like blankets, blocking your path.
Ookami led Hiei and her brother to the spot and when they finally got there they were met with Neko and Kitsune ready to attack them.
"Oh, it's only you Ookami," said Neko with a sigh.
"What do you mean it's 'only me?' I could bring your ass down quicker than it takes Inuyasha to get pissed off at Koga," replied Ookami. Hiei and Kurama were completely clueless as to what the 'friends' were talking about.
"Yeah, whatever…" mumbled Neko.
"Don't you two dare start a fight again. I know you guys fight each other for fun but there are side effects. Such as things getting destroyed," said Kitsune. At that last part she gave Ookami an accusing look.
"Hey, that wasn't my fault," she replied defensively. Hiei and Kurama were still out in the cold at this one. "Anyways, before we kill each other, at least let me introduce you to my brother. Course, then again, I doubt you need an introduction. He's only the most popular guy in all of Japan." Ookami was being partly sarcastic but mostly serious. It was unbelievable how many fan girls would come up and bother her because she was his little sister. They always asked questions about him and it drove her insane. Two fan girls were put in the hospital for a month because they wouldn't shut up. Ookami hated it when people talk too much.
"I know we've met before, but we were not properly introduced," said Kurama. "My name's Shuichi Minamino, but you can call me Kurama."
"Hi, I'm Laura, but you can call me Kitsune!" she said and gave him her sweetest smile.
Ookami started making faking gagging sounds and pretended like she was choking, though it was easy to tell she was just playing around.
"What do you know!" snapped Kitsune.
"More than you," Ookami shot back. Kitsune sent Ookami a death glare, only to have Ookami send her a death glare that could possibly top even Hiei's. Kitsune started to shudder uncontrollably.
"That's enough!" yelled Neko. Ookami was still glaring, even if not as intensely, and Neko hit her over the head Inuyasha style making her crash to the ground.
"Oof! What the hell was that for!?" Ookami yelled, back on her feet in an instant.
"That was for glaring at poor little Kitsune. Oh, wait, she's not the little one, you are," said Neko with a belittling smirk.
"You are so dead!!!" Ookami yelled and started to launch herself at Neko, but someone held her back. A pair of tone, muscular arms were wrapped around her waist. She turned her head and looked up. It was Hiei. Ookami felt her face begin to get hot.
'Oh shit!' she thought to herself. 'No! I can't blush! No! I don't show emotion. Damn it! Why the fuck does he have to be so hott? Oh my god. Am I actually falling in love? Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!!!' Her thoughts raced as Hiei ease dropped using his jagan. He smirked at her. He rather enjoyed seeing her so confused. Not to mention she was blushing.
"Oh, my, god…Natalie, are you BLUSHING?" asked Neko. Ookami's real name was only used when something very serious was going on, or when Neko and Kitsune were teasing her. Same goes for the other girls.
When Neko said this, Kitsune and Kurama looked over. This made Ookami even more uncomfortable and turn a shade redder than she already was. She bit her bottom lip in attempts to keep herself stable.
Kurama shrugged it off, even though he had never seen his little sister blush or be uncomfortable before, and it was rather funny. Instead, he took a look around the clearing. There were vines hanging down here and there off of the branches that made a type of roof over head with a whole towards the center that sunlight seeped through, because the branches of the ancient and tall trees didn't quite reach there. Off to the side was a pond with crystal clear waters and rock that were placed in a way that made it look like a hot spring. It really was beautiful, but dreary and glum. There was a certain dark air about the place. However it wasn't a creepy air. It was more of a comforting type of shadows.
"By the way Kurama, my names Lacy, but, call me Neko," Neko said. Kurama nodded, but he was way too hung over on how beautiful Kitsune was. To be honest, he really liked her in her human form, with her blond hair and greenish blue-gray eyes, but her demon form was even more mesmerizing to Kurama.
Back with Ookami, she turned to Neko and angrily sent her a death glare. The blush instantly disappeared from her face and a low growl escaped her throat as she gritted her teeth.
"Calm down, onna," Hiei whispered in her ear. The touch of his warm breath and the sound of his deep voice directly in her ear caused Ookami to shiver slightly and the blush to return to her face, though not as brightly. Her entire body tensed. Hiei smirked at her predicament.
Neko walked over and sat down by the pond, leaning against a tree. Kitsune and Kurama started to talk about random things. Mostly about their likes and dislikes and they found that they had a lot in common.
Ookami's left wolf ear began to twitch slightly, but she slowly relaxed.
'This is so weird,' she thought, 'but, it kind of feels nice. AH! What the hell am I thinking!?'
Hiei was having similar thoughts. 'This is… awkward. Since when do I act like this? Normally I would have just let the onnas fight each other. Why did I stop the wolf? Actually, this is kind of nice. AH! What the hell am I thinking!?'
Hiei was so deep in thought that he didn't notice Ookami completely relax and lean back, into him. Her eyes slowly began to close until they were only open a crack.
'He's so warm…' she thought, completely oblivious to Hiei listening in with his jagan eye. 'Hn…he smells like the forest.'
"Kurama," said Kitsune, "look at Ookami."
Kurama turned his head to where his fellow fox was pointing and smiled softly. Neko peered over as well and she couldn't help but smirk.
"We really need to get you ladies to Genkai's temple," said Kurama. "I guess I'll have to at least wake up Hiei. Natalie is probably still tired from her mind battle."
"How did you find out about that?" asked Kitsune.
"Natalie told me. You see, I'm really the legendary fox demon bandit Yoko Kurama. One day I was caught and was almost killed, but I escaped into the embryo of an unborn child and was from then on raised as Shuichi Minamino by my human mother," he explained.
"Oh," was all Kitsune could find to say. "That's cool. So, I guess I'll let you do the honors." She gestured to Hiei and Ookami.
"Um, we really need to get the girls to Genkai's temple," he said. Hiei nodded in understanding and looked down at Ookami's sleeping form. He gently picked her up bridal style and waited for Kurama to get the other girls.
"Hm…amazing how different she looks when she's sleeping, isn't it?" commented Kitsune, gesturing towards Ookami. Ookami truly did look very different when she was asleep. Her normally cold, heartless, emotionless, unforgiving features were replaced with a soft and surprisingly innocent expression.
Kurama chuckled a little before taking Kitsune's hand and walking towards the exit of the forest.
"Well, this sucks," mumbled Neko. She let out an exasperated sigh before following her friends.
GENKAI'STEMPLE
There was a knock at the temple door and Genkai got up from her tea to see who it was. She opened the door to see Kurama, Hiei, and three demonesses. Genkai almost immediately recognized the demoness in Hiei's arms as Ookami.
"So that's where she is. Where did you find her?" asked Genkai as she moved to the side to let them in.
"Hiei found her in the forest. She was coming to meet these two after having an unexpected mind battle and transforming into their demon forms. This is Kitsune and Neko," responded Kurama. Neko and Kitsune bowed in respect to Genkai.
"So what caused her to transform into her demon form?" she asked. Neko was the one to answer.
"The dude we were fighting called her little." Kurama sighed and rolled his eyes.
"That doesn't surprise me," he said. "She hates it when people call her small."
"I suppose her training will have to be put off a day," said Genkai.
"Oh no, it won't," said Ookami. She had apparently just woken up. Hiei set her on the ground as gently as possible though she didn't step away from him like he thought she would. "I may not be in tip top shape rite now, but I came here to train and that's exactly what I'm going to do." You could tell by her tone of voice that she was deathly serious.
"What about us?" asked Neko.
"Master Genkai, they also trained with Master Shin," commented Ookami. "They didn't really learn anything though," she mumbled.
"What was that last part?" asked Kitsune, kind of pissed off.
"What last part?" asked Ookami with fake innocence. Kitsune growled and punched Ookami as hard as she could in the arm. Ookami didn't even make an attempt to dodge or block it.
"Hn, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that one hurt…but it didn't," responded Ookami.
"Don't you two dare start a fight!" ordered Neko. "For one thing, it's still too early and for another, you'd totally wreck Genkai's temple."
"So," commented Ookami earning herself a nice lump on the head from Genkai, but then again, Ookami didn't really care.
"You don't care about anything, do you?" asked Neko. "You get punched in the head and don't make any attempts to dodge or block and you just stand there like nothing happened!"
Ookami had a blank expression on her face for a couple of seconds before tuning to Neko and saying, "Oh, did you say something?" and smirked; she was toying with her. "Sorry, I was too busy not given' a rat's ass."
Neko scowled but restrained herself from pummeling, or at least attempting to pummel, Ookami.
"That's enough," stated Genkai. "If you honestly want to train that bad, then fine, I'll train you." Ookami had an obviously pleased expression on her face after Genkai said this. "Now, as for you 2," stated Genkai, "if he is willing, Kurama can train you a little and once Kuwabara gets here, one of you can train with him. I've got a feeling I'm going to need Yusuke's help to train Ookami, and I highly doubt Hiei will help at all."
All of a sudden, Koenma popped into the room startling, though not noticeably, all but the ever emotionless duo, Hiei and Ookami.
"Greetings!" he shouted. Ookami looked over at him with an annoyed expression, consistently willing him to never speak again in her mind. "I pulled up the file on Kurama's sister and her friends and found out something really interesting."
"Well, are you going to tell us?" asked Ookami, annoyed.
"Who are you?" he demanded. Kurama cut in before his audacious sister could make some sort of snide remark or cuss him out.
"This is my sister, Natalie, and her friends, Laura and Lacy," answered Kurama.
"Please, call me Neko and her Kitsune," said Neko.
"And if you know what's good for you, you will call me Ookami," threatened Ookami with a scowl. Kurama grasp her arm just in case.
"Let, go," she ordered in the voice of death itself. Or at least what death would sound like if it wasn't Botan. Kurama gently let go of his sister's arm but gave her a look that said don't-you-dare-start-anything. Ookami crossed her arms over her chest and glowered at Koenma, waiting for him to say what he came here to say. Kitsune and Neko rolled their eyes in annoyance at Ookami's arrogance.
"Pleasure to meet you," said Koenma as he sent a sideways glance to Ookami, "I think…" he mumbled. Ookami just barely heard and she narrowed her eyes at him. "Well anyways! I came here to tell you that you three," he pointed to the girls, "have been chosen by the only remaining fox, wolf and cat demons to continue the demon line and defeat, or at least help to defeat, the one who has killed the rest. The remaining three used the last of their power to transfer their demon powers into you souls."
"So how long have we had these powers inside us?" asked Kitsune.
"Since you were born I believe," stated Koenma. "You will require lots of training in order to keep you demon powers under control. Also, one of you is a guardian of the other 2. The 2 of you that isn't the guardian are princesses."
"How's that sound Ookami?" asked Neko. "You could be a princess."
"Hn, like I'd want to be," she shot back and glared.
"Well, you defiantly aren't the guardian," stated Kitsune. Ookami gave her a quizzical look. "You hate our guts too much to protect us."
"Well then, remind me next time we're getting attacked by a gang of thugs, to let you handle it on your own," she snarled.
"Why don't you just curl up and die!" Kitsune half yelled.
"GLADLY!!!" Ookami shrieked back and stormed out the door not caring what was said behind her.
Ookami ran into the forest and didn't pay any attention to where she was going. Course then again, it's not like she actually cared right now.
"Kitsune! How could you do that!?" demanded Neko. "Knowing Ookami, she really would go and get herself killed. Especially in the rage she's in now!"
"Well, she asked for it!" countered Kitsune.
"How the hell did she 'ask for it'!?!?!"
The 2 girls continued bickering until Genkai decided to stop them.
"Both of you shut up!!!" she ordered. Neko and Kitsune fell silent. "Thank you. Now, aside from her running into the forest, what is so bad about it?"
"Um, did she happen to have anything, um, sharp with her?" asked Neko.
"She probably has her katanas with her," answered Genkai.
"Shit," mumbled Neko. "Okay, she's probably gonna kill me for telling you this, but,
um-"
"-she used to be a cutter," Kitsune finished for her.
"She stopped a while back, but there's no guaranty. She holds in her emotions so much, that she just might start again," explained Neko.
"How did I not know about this?" asked Kurama.
"She probably thought you'd freak out," said Kitsune.
"We'd better find her," said Hiei. "I wouldn't be surprised if she bled herself dry."
Hiei walked out the door, not paying attention to the strange looks that the others were giving him. A couple of second later they followed him outside to find he was already gone.
Hiei soon found Ookami sitting cross legged by a lake in the very heart of the forest. Just as the other 2 girls had thought, Ookami had one of her katanas out and was pressing it against her skin, about to make a cut when he stepped up.
Hiei grasped Ookami's wrist and wrenched the katana away from her. "What the hell are you doing!?" he demanded.
"Give it back!" she yelled, jumping up and attempting to snatch the dagger back. Hiei just lifted the dagger above his head and out of her reach. Ookami scowled.
"You could kill yourself," he stated.
Ookami turned away and started to walk. She stopped a moment later, directly in front of one of the many trees.
"It's not like it matters," she answered. She then raised her voice in anger and stated, "I'm better off dead!"
When she said that, something inside of Hiei split. How could she want to die? Hiei dropped the katana and was instantly beside her. He grabbed her shoulders hard and shoved her against the nearest tree.
"Never say that!!!" he ordered. Ookami saw a strange flame burning in his eyes.
Ookami's eyes jotted over Hiei's face, searching it for anything besides his usual emotionless self. Hiei was doing the same thing.
"Dieing…is for…is for the weak," he finished. His eyes eventually fell upon her lips and before either of them knew what they were doing, he was kissing her.
Ookami was too shocked to kiss back. Hiei pulled away and desperately searched her eyes. Perhaps he had hurt her. It was Hiei's turn to be shocked when Ookami flung her arms around his neck and kissed him. He lost his balance and fell backwards, wrapping his arms around Ookami's waist as he went, causing her to fall with him. She was sitting on his stomach as they kissed passionately. Her hands pressed against his chest.
Ookami felt something trickle from her wrist. She sat up and looked at her left wrist. Some of her previous cuts were reopening. For some reason they were bleeding more than they should have been. They hurt more too.
Hiei sat up grabbed her hand to look at her wrist. It was bleeding pretty freely now. He ripped off a piece of his cloak and wrapped it around her wrist.
When he was finished, Ookami loosely hooked her arms around his neck while Hiei rested his hands on her hips.
"Thanks," she replied. Hiei scooped her up as he stood.
Ookami tried hard not to think about how comfortable it felt to be held in his arms as he jumped form tree to tree.
'Mm… so warm….' she thought as she snuggled in closer. She soon found herself in the land of dreams.
Hiei had "accidentally" read her mind as she thought this and he had to fight back the tinge of pink that threatened to appear on is cheeks. The swish of Ookami's baggy, Inuyasha style clothing was all that broke the silence.
Hiei landed in front of the temple just as it began to rain. Kurama, Neko, Kitsune and Genkai were on the porch waiting for him. They instantly knew that Ookami had fallen asleep. It was amazing how fragile Ookami appeared when sleeping. As well as how often she fell asleep.
"Are you sure that's her?" asked Koenma, coming outside. "She doesn't look violent enough when she's asleep. Sorry but I don't see her as someone who would ever be very peaceful."
Kurama sighed. "That's because she isn't peaceful. The only time I've seen her be perfectly still and silent was a couple years ago. She was all by herself in our backyard, laying in the grass and peering up at the sky. When she noticed I was there, she didn't stop chasing me until she had given me a black eye, a busted lip and an extremely bruised arm. She seriously doesn't like the presence of others," he explained.
"That does sound like something she would do," stated Kitsune. Neko nodded in agreement.
"I suppose I should finish explaining things," said Koenma. "I have reason to believe that Ookami is indeed the guardian. She fits the description exactly. There is a slight chance that it could be Neko. And I know for sure that Kitsune is a princess. Returning to the guardian subject now. Legend tells that who ever the guardian is, there father was a fallen angel, therefore causing the guardian to be a dark angel. The guardian would be a dark angel whether or not they were chosen by the remaining three."
"So you're saying that if Ookami really is the guardian, then she's an angel?" asked Kitsune, not quite getting it.
"Actually she would be a dark angel."
"There's a difference?"
"Most certainly! Dark angels are more like humans, for one thing. Dark angels, I guess, could be classified as NOT really angels. They have wings just like normal angels except the feathers are black. The only way to tell if Ookami really is the guardian, we have to get her to cry," explained Koenma.
"Why do we need her to cry?" asked Neko.
"If she is the guardian, then her tears will be that of blood."
"Well, the simple fact that we want her to cry, it will make it that much harder to accomplish," noted Kitsune. Kurama nodded in agreement.
"I can't remember a time when she I've actually seen her shed a tear," commented Kurama.
"What am I hearing about me and crying?" asked Ookami, taking everyone by surprise.
"Well, uh, the only way we can know if you're the guardian or not is to get you to, um, uh, shed tears," responded Kurama, still surprised that she had woken up without anyone noticing.
"Not, a chance," she stated bluntly and laid her head back down on Hiei's shoulder shutting her eyes once more. In mere moments, she was asleep once more.
Kurama sighed and gently took her from Hiei and began walking inside. Genkai led the way to Ookami's room and he laid her down on her bed, covering her with the sheet.
"So, how do we get her to cry?" asked Neko.
"Do any of you know of anything that would be bad enough to make her cry?" asked Koenma.
"I don't think this is possible," stated Kurama. "She hasn't even cried over a family member's death."
"Perhaps a terrifying dream?" suggested Koenma.
"No good. She doesn't get scared at even the scariest movies," said Kitsune.
"Yeah, remember when we went to see 'Saw'?" asked Neko.
"For the love of god, don't remind me!" Kitsune shrieked.
"We were so terrified after that and she was all, 'Let's go see it again,' and whenever someone would get a limb cut off she was all like, 'Dude! That's so awesome!'" Neko said chuckling. Suddenly she was very serious. "Damn she is weird."
Kurama smiled.
"I think it's time we stopped bringing up movies that scare me," said Kitsune.
"I think it's time you all shut up, get out of my room and let me sleep in peace," said Ookami, catching them off guard yet again.
"I'll show you two to the room you can stay in," Genkai said to Kitsune and Neko. "You start training either later today or tomorrow, got it?" she directed this comment to Ookami. She nodded gently before falling asleep once more.
Kurama followed them; Hiei staid in the room and starred curiously at the strange she-wolf. She was so much different than any other females he had met whether demon or human.
AnonymousHieiFan101: That's it for now! Please, I beg of you, only 3 reviews!? That's all I ask!