Ch. 2- Fallen Petals
Running out of the hut, Hiei's mind replayed the last few moments. If anything had happened to his kitsune, Hiei doubted he could ever face any of their friends. As he turned the corner of the hut, he saw what he guessed were the remains of another demon, and laying next to them was Kurama, bleeding and no longer conscience due to blood loss. Ignoring his own pain, Hiei ran over to the kitsune side and began to try to wake him up. After a few failed attempts, Kurama's eye finally opened slightly. "What happened?" asked Hiei, now completely oblivious to his own pain.
"I guess…he got the jump on me…" answered Kurama before closing his eyes and falling asleep.
"Baka kitsune" snorted Hiei as he placed Kurama arm over his shoulder and began to carry him back to the hut.
As Kurama laid at the cot, he dreamt of what had just occurred. "Shut up" snorted Hiei. At that moment Kurama's heart had sunk. He had tried to help out his wounded lover, but it seemed that he had only further annoyed Hiei. As Kurama stepped outside of finding some medicinal plants, a strange energy faintly floated through the air, but at this point all he could think about was his injured youko and what he could due to help. As his feelings of despair and helplessness build up inside him he began cutting off his mind from the real world, he could no longer hear the sound of the wind blowing through the trees, or the smell of the fire that he had lit inside, or even the shadow that was being cast upon him by the large demon behind him.
Kurama woke up with a shock, the last thing he could remember was a searing pain on his back and him attacking whatever was behind him as part of a reflex he had built up over time. As his eyes began readjusting themselves to the lack of light in the room he looked over at the fire, seeing a small figure crouched in front of it. "H…Hiei…" stuttered Kurama, trying to lift his head from the cot. As soon as Hiei heard Kurama voice, he quickly stood up and walked over to the kitsune side, "lay back down" he said, placing his hand on his lover's shoulder, trying to get him to lay back down. "Hiei, your injuries" asked Kurama, pushing against Hiei's hand as he sat up. Hiei gave off a small snort, even though he could still feel the pain from the demon's attack, "stop worrying about me for a second." Hiei walked back over to the fire and picked up a small bowl that was laying on a small table, and bringing it back over, handed to Kurama. "Here, drink this" he said, almost shoving it in the kistune's hands. Kurama eyed the contents of the bowl wearily. The goop inside the bowl was colored a strange bluish-green and still had a few lumps in it. "Ano….what is it?" asked a concerned Kurama.
"Plants I found in the area, some of them should help you" answered Hiei as he gave to bowl another small push towards his lover's mouth. Kurama couldn't help but smile a little, after all, his youko was worried enough to search the area for plants, although he was also somewhat scared at what plants were in the bowl. Cautiously, Kurama brought the bowl to his lips, and giving it a quick smell, took a few sips of the contents of the bowl, trying to hide the face he was making. After a few more sips Kurama placed the bowl on the floor and looked at Hiei, "Thank you so much" he said, as he wrapped his arms around the small youko for a moment before laying back down on the cot and falling asleep.
Hiei watched Kurama's lay there for a few moments before standing up and taking the bowl back to the table. After placing the bowl on the table Hiei walked out the door and leaned against the side of small hut as his mind was now flooded with what had happened. "If I didn't try to distance myself from him he wouldn't be in pain, it's my fault" he continued thinking to himself. Finally he couldn't take it any more as he straightened his body back up and began walking away from the hut and into the forest. As he reached the outskirts of the small village Hiei turned around to look at hut where his kitsune lay. "Baka kitsune" he said to himself before turning back around and walking into the forest.
Nooo! Hiei's leaving! Why must he leave! O well, guess you'll find out more in the next chapter, but I'm not going to give away any details, so make sure to stay around for the next chapter: Trails of Vapor. Until then!