Hiei dodged as one of Naiya's daggers almost pierced him. Outside, he looked the same, the usual stoic face. Inside, feelings battled each other out. Guilt and sadness fought to gain dominance inside him.

Guilt, because he never did keep his promise. Sadness, because of the harsh words that just fell from her lips.

"Who are you?"

Hiei clenched his teeth at the painful memory. The words are spoken coldly, without any feelings. Even though right now, Naiya is attacking him furiously with her daggers, he merely dodged them without countering.

He couldn't. He just couldn't harm her.

By now, the rest of the detectives have caught up. Yusuke and Kuwabara were yelling at him for not attacking back. Kurama was watching the fight with his usual calm expression.

"Have you forgotten me?"

That thought raced in Hiei's mind. He longed to ask that question, yet he's afraid of the answer.

"Why. Won't. You. Fight. Back!" Naiya snarled through gritted teeth as she lunged time after time at him with her daggers. Like Hiei, her face portrayed no feelings, except anger.

"You broke your promise!"

The harsh thought flowed through her mind. She remembered perfectly well who he is. She just doesn't want to remember. When Hiei's face portrayed a hurt look for a millisecond after her question, she had almost regretted what she said.

Almost. Not enough.

Fire burned around Naiya's daggers as she slashed at Hiei. To others, it looked like Naiya was attacking Hiei with all she got. But in fact, Naiya is being extremely careful not to hurt any vital organs as she fought Hiei.

"Spirit gun!"

Naiya's eyes widened slightly as Yusuke's attack smashed into her back, knocking her into Hiei and making the pair flew back several feet.

Growling, Naiya roughly pushed herself up from Hiei. Spreading her slightly damaged wings, she flew off.

"This isn't over spirit detectives!"

Naiya's golden eyes glazed over as her eyes swept over the group of thieves. They have chosen a camping site and were now resting for the night. She had given a quick peep at the spirit detectives and found that they were doing the same in the dense, dark forest.

After assigning a demon to watch over, Naiya took off some distance away from the thieves, desperate for some alone time to think.

"He's back"

The only two words that revolved around Naiya's mind. She clenched her fists tightly as she thought about the fire apparition that broke his promise. Thin rivets of blood trickled through her clenched fists as her claws dug into her skin.

"Hn…"

Naiya whipped around to face the figure behind her. Recognition flashed through her eyes before it settled for it's usual coldness.

"What is he doing here! He'll get caught!" Naiya thought desperately. Even though they were some distance away, there's always a chance one of her band members might see him.

"I don't care. I need to talk to her." Hiei walked forward slightly. Every step he took, Naiya took two steps back. This went on until Naiya's back hit the trunk of a tree and she's forced to stop.

"What do you want?" Naiya snapped out.

Hiei didn't reply. Instead, he reached out for her neck and gently tugged at the black and red gem hanging there.

Growling, Naiya smacked his hands away before turning her back on him, suddenly taking interest in a little bug climbing up the tree.

"I'm sorry…"

Naiya tensed as he laid a hand on her shoulder. However, she didn't move and remained unnaturally still.

"Onna, I-"

"You what?" Naiya finally turned and stared at him with a stoic expression. "You forgot? You don't have time?"

"I-…" Hiei faltered and dropped his head slightly. He doesn't have a good reason for not fulfilling his promise.

"Or is it simply because I'm not worth it?" Naiya's last sentence came out barely above a whisper. She hung her head, her black bangs covering her eyes.

"No! It's just-" Hiei struggled to find the right words.

"Forget it." Naiya's head snapped up. Even though Hiei spoke less than ten words, she heard enough. Reaching up, she snapped the silver chain holding the gem and threw it at him.

Hiei's eyes widened slightly as he caught it. His eyes darted from the gem to Naiya; hurt flooded through those crimson orbs.

"Get out of here. I can't guarantee your safety if you stay here." With that said, Naiya leapt off and towards her band of thieves. Her teeth gritted with the pain she felt inside her. Liquid sparkled at the corner of her eyes.

Hiei gripped the gleaming gem in his hand tightly. Growling with frustration, he started punching a nearby tree, ignoring the splinters driving themselves into his knuckles.

"Damn it!"

A certain earth demon growled as his emerald eyes glowed in the dark. He gazed hatefully at the angered fire apparition. Gripping tightly on a branch of a tree he was standing on, his fingers dug into the hard wood, leaving holes to decorate the branch.

"Naiya is mines!"

"Hiei"

Hiei stared up emotionlessly at the red headed fox. Kurama narrowed his eyes when he caught sight of Hiei's bloody knuckles. But what really shocked Kurama is the broken look in those crimson eyes. He gave Hiei an inquiringly look and was replied with a soft 'hn'.

"…This is about the dragon isn't it?"

"Hn, it's none of your business fox."

Kurama scowled as he examined Hiei's hands and plucked out a few splinters. "Care to share?"

"…"

"Fine, I'll sit here until you're ready then" With that said, Kurama proceed to make himself comfortable at the base of the tree opposite the one Hiei was sitting beside.

Hiei growled slightly, nosy fox. He never knew a kitsune who was so damn insisting.

"…I met her while I was still with the thieves. The band I was in and the band she was in are rivals. Despite that, we still continue to associate."

Kurama gave Hiei a skeptical look. Hiei usually don't disclose that much information about his past. "This girl must be very important to him…" Kurama realized.

"You have feelings for each other?" Kurama trailed off when he saw hurt flashed briefly through the deep, crimson eyes.

"I-…" Hiei started before closing his eyes and leaned against the trunk of the tree. Choosing to ignore Kurama's question, he opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and continued.

"I broke my promise that I will come back…"

Hiei's fist tightened as he gripped the object in his hands tightly. His head dropped slightly and his eyes stared down at the ground.

Standing up, Kurama cautiously laid on hand on the fire apparition's shoulder. Hiei tensed slightly at the touch, but did nothing about it.

"Don't let a rare girl like her get away Hiei. Win her trust back."

"Rare? Just because she's a dragon?"

Hiei hated the fact that many people are after her once they know her breed. In the past, many demons had sought out Naiya when they found out she's a dragon. He remembered the anger he felt when they came and the satisfaction he felt when he and Naiya killed them together.

"No. Because she holds your heart."

"Damn it! How do we find a bunch of people in this freaking dense forest!"

Several birds flew away hurriedly from the source of the sound. The culprit is none other than Yusuke Urameshi.

"Stupid girl…" He continued to mutter as he walked in front of the group. This forest seems to be against him. He could have sworn he saw that tree before. But then again, this is a forest and there are trees everywhere.

"Stupid toddler" Yusuke continued his ramble in his mind. After this mission is done, he's going to make sure that the prince of Reikai gave him a vacation.

Walking beside him, Kuwabara sweat dropped. This was the guy who told him to shut up because he was too noisy and look what he is doing now.

"Yusuke, it will be wise to keep your voice down." Kurama informed the teen calmly. "The thieves might hear us."

"So? This mission stinks." Yusuke sulked at his teammates. "Idiot here refused to fight because it's a she and fire boy has his 'hn' as a reason not to fight. And if I recall correctly, you weren't much help either."

"It's against my honor code Urameshi!"

"I'm sorry Yusuke. I promise I will help the next time."

"Hn"

Yusuke growled in frustration as he walked. "Whatever! Hn to you too!"

Golden eyes glowed as they watched the group of four silently. Hurt, sadness and longing flooded through her eyes before quickly returning to their cold stare as she watched a certain apparition.

"If I didn't know better Naiya, I swear you're switching sides"

"…" Naiya twitched as she found out who's behind her. Annoying earth demon.

"Well? Are you?"

"I thought I told you to watch the thieves?" Naiya returned the question with a question of her own.

"They are fine on their own! Now answer my question!" Leo's green eyes glowed with anger as he glared at the dragon.

"I'm not obliged to answer you."

"Damn you freak!"

Naiya's eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly at Leo's harsh comment. Leo himself looked surprised before slapping one hand to his forehead.

"Damn it, look what you made me say!"

"I made you say!" Naiya growled out the first word.

"Listen koryuu. It isn't wise to make me mad" Leo stated calmly as he started walking away. "And just let me state that you looking at a certain spirit detective makes me very mad"

Leo was about to jump off before he added. "If I can't have you koryuu, no one can"

"The fuck!" Naiya swore at the leaving figure. "Who does he thinks he is!"

"Oh boy, you two have some relationship problems."

Naiya whipped around to find all four of the spirit detectives staring at her with Yusuke smirking. Naiya growled at the teen for his comment before assuming a defensive stance.

"There's absolutely nothing between me and him and it's none of your damn business!"

"Relax little girl" Yusuke grinned, not noticing the way she growled when he mentioned little girl. "Let's do this the easy way. You give me the treasures, turn yourselves in and we can all go home."

"…That was the most idiotic idea I ever heard" Naiya sweat dropped at the grinning detective. "Do you honestly expect me to agree?" The others have a look that states that they obviously agreed with Naiya.

Yusuke laughed sheepishly. "Hey, can't blame me for trying" His laugh turned into smirk as he assumed a fighting stance. "Oh well, we can always do this the hard way"

"Good" Naiya smirked as well, her long fangs poking slightly out of her mouth. Clenching her fist, she switched from a defensive to an offensive stance.

As she blocked the punches Yusuke was throwing at her, out of the corner of her eyes, she saw a black figure flitting off. Quickly, Naiya blocked one more punch and neatly dodged as the blunt end of Hiei's katana barely missed her head.

"This isn't fair, all of you against me?"

"Life isn't fair kiddo"

In a flash, Naiya has one of her daggers on Yusuke's throat. "Call me a kid or any reference to a child one more time and you will lose your ability to speak. I may look young, but be assured that my age is more than twice of yours."

Before Yusuke could reply, Naiya's dagger was knocked away by Hiei's katana. Both of them immediately engaged in a deadly fight. Daggers versus katana.

Yusuke, Kurama and Kuwabara quickly stepped back as Naiya's dagger almost stabbed them when she lunged at Hiei. From a safe distance, the three watched as Hiei and Naiya continued their fight.

"Finally, Hiei decided to fight back" Yusuke grumbled to no one in particular.

"Haha! Shorty versus even a shorter person!"

Kurama however kept quiet. Only he knew how hard this fight was for the both of them.

Naiya crossed her daggers before her to protect herself as Hiei slashed his katana at her. Their weapons pressed against each other as both of them struggled against each other strength. However, it was clearly obvious that Hiei has the upper strength as his katana went nearer and nearer to Naiya.

"Damn it!" Naiya swore softly. Her tail whipped to the front and crashed into Hiei's stomach, making him lose concentration. She quickly got out of the way of Hiei's katana before getting pierced. Unfortunately, she wasn't fast enough. A red line appeared on her right arm and started bleeding profusely.

Hiei looked slightly surprised before resuming his bored expression. "I didn't mean to hurt her…" Hiei thought as he watched the crimson liquid dripped to the ground. He himself was slightly hurt by the spikes on Naiya's tail. The wound bleed sluggishly as it dampened his cloak. Growling, he threw off his cloak, revealing a well toned body.

Naiya stared for a moment at him before mentally slapping herself. "Damn! This isn't the time to gape at him!" She yelled at herself before readying herself for Hiei's attack.

Both of them stared intensely at one another as they circled each other. Fire started to burn around Naiya's fist as she powered up her attack.

Naiya aimed her fist at Hiei as anger flooded through her eyes. With a growl, she prepared to fire a huge blast of golden fire at Hiei.

"This is for breaking your promise!"

A/N: Well, turns out Naiya still remembered Hiei…But that doesn't mean she's going to go running in his arms. As all of you can see, she's pretty pissed at him. One of them might die, but I haven't really decide whether to kill one of them off or not…heh…anyways, koryuu either means little dragon or dragon child…not too sure though…

Responses:

BlueWater26: Hm, actually I didn't initially started Naiya out as a dragon; it was a last minute change. But I was thinking, hey, there just isn't enough OCs as a dragon so why not? …Glad you love the idea…

Silver Dragon of Purity: Lol! Interesting comment on Leo needing something to be removed……okay…bad thoughts…and whether Leo will betray Naiya or not…you just have to read and see p…. I'll try to update as soon as I can…

Seeyu: Well, as you can see she still remember him in this chapter…it's just she doesn't want to remember…hope you enjoyed this chapter

The Shadows Hide All: Interesting how you can turn an ordinary object into a weapon huh?… okay irrelevant…anyway, since you're that indecisive …. tell me if you did make up your mind on which is better…

A.K.Anomynous: Lol, you caught me…It was intended to start out like the Lion King 2…the scene where Naiya met Hiei and Natiya and Kageru found them was adapted from the scene from Lion King 2…anyways, thanks for reviewing!

Yukina: Thank you! Hope you like this update!

Yuki Amida: Lol, exactly, who can forget Hiei? I don't think it's his looks that infuriates a person it's his 'hn's…. oh well, thanks for your wishes!

Tsume-Hiei luver: Thank you! Hope you like this chapter

Brezzybrez: Lol, it keeps people interested when a story ends at a cliffy doesn't it…I'm a mean person I know…thanks for reviewing

Yoru Inu: Thanks! Glad you like it!

The Squabbit: You like frosted love more huh?… well, kinda make sense…I rather read stories with more chaps as well…lol…. thanks for reviewing both fics ….

HieiFan666: Lol, it's okay, you don't have to write a big review…it's fun to read on a dysfunctional pair of people who likes each other isn't it? They are both hurt, but well, they have their big egos…Thanks for reviewing!

4-is-lovely: As you can see, she does remember him…I'm not that sure I can describe them as a cute couple though …oh well, hope you liked this chapter!

Silent Storm 2000: Thanks for making a choice …I just want to see which one my readers like better…

Kiwadoi Seiitsu: Thanks for reviewing, hope you enjoy this chapter

Tigersmt.334: Hm, looks like Leo got quite a couple of people hating him…Thanks for the compliment and for reviewing…

Hm, I really gotta stop making so much responses…it's taking up too much time…Anyway, thanks you reviewers! Your reviews are greatly appreciated… please continue to support this fic ….

Oh, side note. The first chapter IS intended to start out a little like the lion king 2…I will put in the disclaimer for that in the first chapter as soon as I can….

-Lene