Sorry for the long update.I've decided that this story is gonna have a
different plot from here on out.And a different ending as well.Hope you like!
Chapter 6 A Secret Revealed Part 2
As soon as Rini had sped off,Hiei couldn't find the faintest trace of her energy.
"I don't understand,what's going on?" Hiei thought to himself.
"Hn,she can get lost for all I care,I'm not here to babysit her." And with
that he went inside.
Since Rini wasn't around,Hiei figured it would be alright to
browse through her stuff.He was looking through a bureu in a room
upstairs when one of the drawers came fell out.Hiei jumped back,but noticed
that something had come out of the drawer,a book of some sort.He picked it up
and opened it,it was a photo album.He flipped through it not really caring,
there were all sorts of pictures in it,birthdays,holidays,special events.
Before he looked at the last page he got bored and tossed the book to the side.
As the book flew through the air,a small photo fell out and landed in front of Hiei.
Hiei bent down and picked up the picture and looked at it for a long time.
It was black and white,there were cherry blossoms in the background,and six people
standing and smiling.The first person he set his eyes on was a young girl with her
hair tied up like rabbit ears and whiskers. "...Rini?" Behind her was a woman with
her hair tied up like dumplings.Next to the woman was a man with what seemed like
black hair.Next to Rini were two children,a younger one and an older one.The older
one was a girl a little older than Rini with short,black hair.And the younger one was a
little boy younger than Rini with hair which color Hiei couldn't quite determine.
Hiei looked up from the picture a bit and noticed a cup-like object.He put the
picture in his pocket and walked over to the cup-like object.It was gold
and red with a cresent moon and silver wings.He studied it for a moment
or two,and came to the conclusion that the cup-like object was a chalace.
He slowly reached out to it and touched the cresent moon.The cresent moon
pushed back under his finger and slowly,the chalace began to open,and and holographic-
like image of a woman appeared right in the center of the open space of the chalace.
She looked exactly like the woman in the picture Hiei had found,but she was wearing a
white dress and looked older.And then,she began to sing.
"When if you fall,I will heal your wounds"
"And when you cry,I will dry all your tears"
"You will never have reason to fear
I love you,I'll always be here"
"So when you fall I will heal your wounds"
"And when you cry I will dry all your tears"
"You will never have reason to fear
I love you I'll always be here
I love you I'll always be here
I love you I'll always be here..."
As she finished the song,the cup closed and locked itself.Then,out of nowhere,
Hiei heard a sniffle.He turned around to see Rini with scars all over her and tears
welled up in her eyes. "...mother" Rini said with a whisper. "...Rini?" Hiei said softly.
Rini turned and headed for the door,but Hiei grabbed her arm before she had a chance
to escape. "Rini,what's going on?" "Hiei,please let me go,I just want to be alone..." "Rini,
I want to know how you fixed my sword,why you ran away,how so fast,and who that woman was."
Rini got up and sat on the bed,Hiei joined her.I don't see any use in telling you,but I will.
Rini looked up at nothing and smiled slightly."It all started when I was little.It must have
been,oh,seven or eight years ago.I was five.Me and my family were moving to a new house.
My older sister Hotaru and my little brother Sammy were fighting as usual." "Is this them?" Hiei asked handing Rini the picture he had previuosly found. "Where did you find this?" Rini asked clutching
the picture close to her. "I was looking through a book with pictures and it fell out." "That's Sammy and that's Hotaru." Rini said pointing at the picture. "And that's me,my father,and..." "Your mother?"
Hiei asked. "Yes...anyway,it was the day of our move to the new house and we had everything
loaded up and ready to go.My mother said she had to check something inside.As soon as she was somwewhere in the kitchen,the house suddenly went up in flames.No one knew how,no one knew
why,but it did." Rini looked down with taeras forming again.
"What happened then?" Hiei asked. "Then I ran in after her,as soon as Hotaru and Sammy
found out I was gone,they geaded for the house two,but a fireman stopped them.He took them away.
That was the last I ever saw of them...as I searched blindly through the flames,I felt weak and thought I
would pass out any minute.Then,I saw the one thing that scarred me for the rest of my life.My parents'
bodies lay on the floor,dead,there was blood everywhere.They were murdered.And I just stood there,
speechless." Rini clenched her fists. "I knew they were gone.I yelled out to them as loud as I could,
but it was useless.They were dead.Then out of nowhere I heard my grandmother's voice calling out
to me.She found me and took me out of the house.I screamed,I wanted to die along with my mother
and father,but it was pointless.My grandmother put something in fromt of my face to get me to be quiet.
I woke up hours later in her house.I asked what happened.She was completly honest with me.She told me that my parents were dead and Hotaru and Sammy and been sent to seperate foster families.She told me
that if she had tried to adopt them,they wouldn't have let her because she lived alone and they figured
that she couldn't raise three children by herself.She said that she managed to save the chalace that
played the lullaby to put me to sleep.I had no family.And that's how it is."
"What is that chalace thing anyway?" Hiei asked "It's like a music box,it's been passed down through generations of my family.When someonen recieves it,it records their image and when they use it to
put their children to sleep,they sing the lullaby.In this case,it was my mother's image who you saw singing.
I'm sorry but I want to be alone right now..." With that Rini got up and walked out of the room.