Katanas on Ice, Hearts on Fire YYH Hiei Almost…
The morning sun streams into your face. You moan and cover your eyes with your hand.
Why am I outside? Oh right…I fell asleep in the tree…
You look down and see Hiei, still sleeping. You blush slightly when you realize your hair had been in his face all night.
Why didn't he say something? Or wake me up? Didn't that bother him?
You continue to stare at him, trying to puzzle it out. Suddenly he looks up, and you try, in vain, to hide behind the branch.
"Nice try…" He comments, amused.
Too tired to argue, you just shrug.
"Hn. You should cut your hair, or next time I'll do it for you."
You glare at him and jump down from the tree. The scent of bacon and scrambled eggs wafts through the air as you head toward the cafeteria. You are vaguely aware that he is following you. When you reach the cafeteria, you are confronted by Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama.
" Where were you? We thought you had ran off?" Kurama asks, looking like he really had been worried.
Behind him, Yusuke and Kuwabara are staring behind you, and then they start laughing. You wonder what was so funny, but don't turn around. Kurama, too, was staring beyond you. Finally you turn around. The only thing behind you was Hiei, leaning against the wall, trying to act like he wasn't there. You realize that it must look really funny, both of you coming from the same direction, being gone the entire night, they must think…You shake your head slightly, and then walk past them, into the cafeteria, where you run into your mother.
"Oh, hello, Rai! How are you this morning?"
You wince at her cheeriness, and reply
"Fine, Mom."
You grab a plate of bacon and eggs, and head up to your room. You sit on the windowsill, quietly munching the crunchy strips of bacon. You stare out and can see the tree you had just spent the night in. Suddenly, you can see a dark figure cutting it's way through the tall green grass, toward the tree. You wonder vaguely who it is, and, having nothing better to do, jump out of the window the follow them.
Ahead of you
For some reason, Hiei felt drawn back to the tree. Maybe it was just his natural need for solitude, especially after what had happened when they-he-had returned earlier. What with both of you coming from the same direction, being gone the entire night, they must think…he shakes his head slightly.
Like that would happen…
He had reached the tree. On his way up something blue catches his eye. He stops and examines it. It was a hair.
Her hair…Wait, why do I care?
Nevertheless, he pockets it, and keeps climbing. He reaches a comfortable branch, closes his eyes, and tries to sleep. A picture kept flitting in front of him. A figure with long teal blue hair and grey-blue eyes. No matter how many times he pushed it away it kept flitting back. Finally he just gives up, and watches it. Suddenly he gets a strange feeling, like someone was watching him. He probes around and finds, of all people, " Rai. " Then someone taps him on the shoulder.
He opens his eyes, and she's standing right there!
You
He almost falls out of the tree. You try very hard not to laugh, and barely keep it under control. When he straightens out, he glares at you. You try to keep from laughing, but it doesn't exactly work and instead you completely burst out, falling off the branch yourself. Luckily you fall on the branch beneath you, still laughing.
Suddenly the branch cracks and you start falling….
You squeeze your eyes shut, waiting for impact on the hard ground. But it never came. To your surprise, someone caught you. You open your eyes, stare in disbelief, then blink. It was Hiei….
You stare in disbelief. He stares back at you. Those crimson eyes that at the beginning had seemed so forbidding, were now holding your attention, more than anything every had in your entire life. The distance between the two of you was diminishing quickly. Your faces were millimeters from each other. Confused, but well…just confused, you don't make any attempt to fight it. Suddenly, you both snapped to your senses, at the same time. Hiei hastily puts you down, and you brush yourself off. You both take off in the direction of the complex, full speed. A few seconds later, you"re standing at your doorway, trying to open the door, but you couldn't grasp it very well, you were trembling so hard. Finally, you manage to get it open. You rush in and collapse on the bed.
Hiei
What happened back there? Hiei didn't know. All the emotions that had been running through his mind confused him. Why did he catch her? Because she was a teammate now. That was easy enough to explain. But why-? That's it. He was taking it to the experts now. He made a slight detour from his way to his room and stopped off at room 371. He knocked on the door. It opened a crack. "Yes?" "We need to talk." The door opened the rest of the way. "About what?" Hiei was slightly embarrassed to ask the fox for help, but he had no idea what else to do. "Something personal." The fox cocks an eyebrow, but invites him in and shuts the door.
Back to you
What…was…that? Why did I- Did I want him- to- ? Did I? Delving deep inside yourself to find the answer, you attempt to slip into a meditative trance. Still nothing. You dig deeper. Nope. Even deeper. N- wait something was here. It was a scene, a memory, It just kept replaying over and over. You blush. It was the very scene you would never have imagined, yet had happened only a few minutes ago. It went a bit further though. What would have happened if the two of you hadn't snapped to your senses. You dig a bit deeper. Now you found what you were looking for- finally an answer. A vaguely familiar voice rang gently with the enigmatic words. Sometimes the Heart does things for reasons, Reason cannot understand. You break out of the trance. "Whole lot of help that was." You lay down and try to sleep. As you fall asleep, the memory resurfaced. You wanted to wish it back down to the depths of your soul, but you didn't really want it to go, so you just let it stay there. Then you lost all conscious thought.
Back in Room 371
"Sometimes the Heart does things for reasons, Reason cannot understand." That was what the fox had said. "That was helpful." He muttered on his way back to his room. As he walked past her room, he couldn't resist. He opened the door quietly. He walked in, just like he would if he was going to steal something. She was on the bed. He leaned over. Sleeping. Wondering what she was dreaming about, He carefully entered her mind. She didn't change the lock. That's surprising. He looked at the scene carefully, then turned red. He hurriedly backed out of there and ran, full speed to his room.