Komiko sat on her bed, staring out the window. The sun was painting the early evening sky glorious shades of red and orange, but her eyes were unseeing as she sat deep in thought.
Less than a week ago, Suechi had made his presence known by helping out with Gui. His touch had sent shivers through her body, and made her scars glow with that passionate red color, as vibrant as the sunset before her. It didn't make any sense.
Some part of her was nagging at her, insistent that she remember something she didn't know. Memories played keep away from her consciousness, and for some inexplicable reason tears filled her eyes when she failed to catch them.
Even with the elusive memories taunting her, Komiko was more intent on her feelings. These, at least, were clearer.
"I..like him." Komiko whispered. "I might even...love him."
The doorbell rang, snapping her out of her revere. Komiko heard her father answer it, and a distinctly familiar male voice request her.
"Komiko!"
"Coming, Dad!" Komiko went downstairs and rounded the corner into the entrance hallway. The short, black haired friend of Suechi's, Hiei, was standing in the doorway.
"Hello."
"Hello, Komiko. Would you mind stepping outside for a moment?"
Komiko nodded, and followed Hiei outside, her father shutting the front door behind her. "So, what d'you-"
"You know Suechi Minamino, right?"
"Um...yes..why?"
He ignored the question. "You have feelings for him, don't you?"
Komiko opened her mouth to object, but shut it again. Hiei smirked. "Thought so. Come with me."
He took a hold of her wrist, and led her to the side of her house, behind the tall shrubs that served as a fence. He began to take off his white headband. Komkiko was thoroughly confused, and was getting slightly worried. "What is goin-" She stopped midsentance, and gasped.
He turned, revealing a third eye on the middle of his forehead. Before she could scream, it began to glow, and pulsate with a power she couldn't physically see, but instead felt. She couldn't look away, and Hiei delved into her opened mind.
Going through a whirl of memories, Hiei moved his mind-probing backwards. Choosing a memory, he stepped inside.
An embryo was kicking inside a dark, moist, and warm womb. Komiko's human mother's womb, Hiei realized. Not far enough. Pulling out of that memory, he stepped further back into her unconscious and untouched memories.
"Lookit yew." A rodent-sounding voice sounded from behind him. Hiei turned to see a demon of mixed origin talking to a beautiful, shorthaired female fox-demon. "Such a purdy liddle female, a soft-skinned beu-ty!"
" A soft-skin?" The vixen raised an eyebrow. "That's what you say, neh? Then how can I fight thrice times better than you, Soiuo? How come I pull in more loot than you?"
"'Taint the point." The demon shuffled his feet. "Cap'n Yoko taught ye, tisn't fair that yew get higher rankin' than me, I was here longer."
"It's called survival of the fittest, Soiuo. Dominance is everything to a pack, a herd, any sort of group of animals. You just arn't capable of being my better."
"Damn you, Emiko." Soiuo muttered. "Damn you."
Emiko smiled. "Never trust a vixen, Soiuo. Not unless we're on your side." With a laugh, Emiko turned and walked away.
Hiei frowned, looking her retreating form over. So Komiko was Kurama's mate!
"But why can't you remember?" Hiei muttered. He pulled out of this conversation, and headed slightly towards the future, into another memory.
"-Remember me!" A red Spirit Fox head-butted a silver one, a Spirit Fox whom Hiei recognized as Yoko. Yoko flailed once, then tipped into a black abyss, a portal to the Human World.
"So you sent him there." Hiei muttered. "To save him from capture." Shouts of their pursuers shook Hiei from his thoughts.
"There she is!" A demon crested the hill, and Emiko let out a growl.
"Get her!"
"Where's the thief?!"
"Forget him; get the female!"
Emiko was preparing to leap after Yoko when the leading demon attacked her, scoring a direct hit between her pointed ears. The force of the blow knocked her unconscious, then over the edge and into Human World. Everything went black.
Hiei stayed in the blackness for a moment, speaking aloud his thoughts. "The hit to your head probably gave you a concussion. You lost your memory, and getting incased in a human body only locked out your previous life further. I'll be damned. Kurama was right."
Less than a week ago, Suechi had made his presence known by helping out with Gui. His touch had sent shivers through her body, and made her scars glow with that passionate red color, as vibrant as the sunset before her. It didn't make any sense.
Some part of her was nagging at her, insistent that she remember something she didn't know. Memories played keep away from her consciousness, and for some inexplicable reason tears filled her eyes when she failed to catch them.
Even with the elusive memories taunting her, Komiko was more intent on her feelings. These, at least, were clearer.
"I..like him." Komiko whispered. "I might even...love him."
The doorbell rang, snapping her out of her revere. Komiko heard her father answer it, and a distinctly familiar male voice request her.
"Komiko!"
"Coming, Dad!" Komiko went downstairs and rounded the corner into the entrance hallway. The short, black haired friend of Suechi's, Hiei, was standing in the doorway.
"Hello."
"Hello, Komiko. Would you mind stepping outside for a moment?"
Komiko nodded, and followed Hiei outside, her father shutting the front door behind her. "So, what d'you-"
"You know Suechi Minamino, right?"
"Um...yes..why?"
He ignored the question. "You have feelings for him, don't you?"
Komiko opened her mouth to object, but shut it again. Hiei smirked. "Thought so. Come with me."
He took a hold of her wrist, and led her to the side of her house, behind the tall shrubs that served as a fence. He began to take off his white headband. Komkiko was thoroughly confused, and was getting slightly worried. "What is goin-" She stopped midsentance, and gasped.
He turned, revealing a third eye on the middle of his forehead. Before she could scream, it began to glow, and pulsate with a power she couldn't physically see, but instead felt. She couldn't look away, and Hiei delved into her opened mind.
Going through a whirl of memories, Hiei moved his mind-probing backwards. Choosing a memory, he stepped inside.
An embryo was kicking inside a dark, moist, and warm womb. Komiko's human mother's womb, Hiei realized. Not far enough. Pulling out of that memory, he stepped further back into her unconscious and untouched memories.
"Lookit yew." A rodent-sounding voice sounded from behind him. Hiei turned to see a demon of mixed origin talking to a beautiful, shorthaired female fox-demon. "Such a purdy liddle female, a soft-skinned beu-ty!"
" A soft-skin?" The vixen raised an eyebrow. "That's what you say, neh? Then how can I fight thrice times better than you, Soiuo? How come I pull in more loot than you?"
"'Taint the point." The demon shuffled his feet. "Cap'n Yoko taught ye, tisn't fair that yew get higher rankin' than me, I was here longer."
"It's called survival of the fittest, Soiuo. Dominance is everything to a pack, a herd, any sort of group of animals. You just arn't capable of being my better."
"Damn you, Emiko." Soiuo muttered. "Damn you."
Emiko smiled. "Never trust a vixen, Soiuo. Not unless we're on your side." With a laugh, Emiko turned and walked away.
Hiei frowned, looking her retreating form over. So Komiko was Kurama's mate!
"But why can't you remember?" Hiei muttered. He pulled out of this conversation, and headed slightly towards the future, into another memory.
"-Remember me!" A red Spirit Fox head-butted a silver one, a Spirit Fox whom Hiei recognized as Yoko. Yoko flailed once, then tipped into a black abyss, a portal to the Human World.
"So you sent him there." Hiei muttered. "To save him from capture." Shouts of their pursuers shook Hiei from his thoughts.
"There she is!" A demon crested the hill, and Emiko let out a growl.
"Get her!"
"Where's the thief?!"
"Forget him; get the female!"
Emiko was preparing to leap after Yoko when the leading demon attacked her, scoring a direct hit between her pointed ears. The force of the blow knocked her unconscious, then over the edge and into Human World. Everything went black.
Hiei stayed in the blackness for a moment, speaking aloud his thoughts. "The hit to your head probably gave you a concussion. You lost your memory, and getting incased in a human body only locked out your previous life further. I'll be damned. Kurama was right."