A/N: Wow. This chapter is so short it makes me want to weep pure tears of agony. But please review anyway; I corrected its terrible grammar! Oo
8. Sight of the Jagan – The Brief Presence of a Friend
Hiei looked closer at the bird, Killer, and his glowing neck. It was strange, the bright neon glow; Hiei wondered what it was. Drawing the bird closer to his face, he concentrated on bringing the neon green light into better focus. He had to squint his eyes so they wouldn't burn from the intense ultraviolet glow, but he still couldn't see clearly what exactly the glow was.
As he tried to peer deeper into the bird, his head suddenly exploded in pain. He released Killer and held his face in his hands. "Damn!" he gasped as he sat down on the bed to let his brief headache pass. It felt like one of those headaches he got from eating too much sweet snow in too short of a time period…
Within a moment the pain subsided, and Hiei, still determined to find out what the light was, grabbed Killer again and peered into it, agin only to be greeted with the same blinding headache.
I think I'm going to need the Jagan for this… It must be the light that's hurting my eyes and causing that headache, he thought, taking his white cloth headband off and tossing it aside once the pain went away. He brought Killer closer to his face once more and this time, used all three eyes to peer into the light in his neck. There was a slight pain in his head from the glow, as usual, but it dulled quickly, thanks to the power of the Jagan. Also with the Jagan, Hiei was able to see deeper into the light…
There were dozens of tiny little white specks floating amid the neon green gel-like light inside of Killer. The specks were barely visible – specks that would surely be invisible to a human – and were scrunched together into large clusters, all vying for space like heated molecules in the green light. Hiei pressed his Jagan eye further, trying to figure out once and for all what the dots and the light were, but the pain overwhelmed him; he let go of Killer, massaging his temples to relax the pain.
There is something there… Hiei thought. Something important. I felt it… The pain slowly receded, and Hiei brought his head up and glared at Killer as if accusing it of hiding something from him – which, in a sense, it was.
That feeling… that presence… so tiny, but I know it was there. I could feel… the presence… of Kurama…
NEXT TIME – SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED – BLINDED BY THE LIGHT OF LOST SOULS!
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