Kyla: Wahoo! Chapter 3! I'm so proud of myself to get to the third chapter!
Hiei: Why did you have to make me get poisoned in the last chapter? I'm not that pathetic.
Kyla: I know... but it adds drama! Er... I think it does anyway. I never was good with stuff like that.
Hiei: You're getting off topic.. again.. How do you always manage to start out talking about the thing you wanted to talk about then wandering and babbling about something completely different?
Kyla: I do not get off topic! Hey, look, there's my drama teacher, Mr. Ragsdale! Hi, Mr. Ragsdale!
Mr. Ragsdale: -.-' Uhm, hi, Kyla. You certainly act a lot different outside of class...
Kyla: Yeah, well, that's cause Hiei's here to annoy!
Kurama: Sorry I'm late... A mob of my fangirls chased me all the way to Germany and back... -picks rocks and twigs out of hair from where he'd been running through forests trying to get away-
Kyla: Hahaha! So, are you still trying to take over the world, Mr. Ragsdale?
Mr. Ragsdale: Yep, still working on that. School's about to start, and then I can make my students use up tons of paper, causing all the trees in the world to be cut down, and I'll be the only one with suitable, breathable air, and I can sell the air and be in complete control of the Earth!
Kyla: Yep, same as always, Mr. Ragsdale... -.-;
Mr. Ragsdale: Watch your tone, Miss Kyla, or else you'll be the newest corpse in my classroom closet!
Kyla: ; Uh, sorry, Mr. Ragsdale... Oh look, time for you to go.. See you later, bye! -pushes English/Drama/Creative Writing teacher out of my house- Phew... He's really strange, but.. sad to say, he acts like that at school... Anyway, Kura, would you do the disclaimer?
Kurama: Sure.
Hiei: Why not aske me?
Kyla: Cause you'll just say no.
Hiei: Yeah... -blink- Your point is?
Kyla: -anime vein pulses on forehead- -sighs- Kura, the disclaimer, please.
Kurama: Kyla does not own Yu Yu Hakusho; just her characters, her plot, and her little pet rock named Luna.
Hiei: You have a pet rock? -scoffs- How pathetic.
Kyla: -grits teeth- Enjoy Chapter 3! While you Read-N-Review, I'm gonna strangle Hiei!
Hiei: Sure... You won't even be able to catch me. -disappears-
Kyla: Cheater! -runs off screaming and yelling-
Kurama: -sighs- Please enjoy this story brought to you by Kyla of the Moon Wolf Clan.
A New Dimension, A New Adventure
:Chapter Three:
Hiei's okay... Thank goodness.
by
Kyla
At around 8:30, Yusuke and Kuwabara woke up and groggily walked into the living room yawning. "It's aready 8:30? I thought you were going to wake us up two hours ago," Yusuke asked yawing widely. "Kurama and I decided not to go to school today... Hiei's really sick, so we're going to put off school unti he feels better," I explained to them. Yusuke and Kuwabara caught a glimpse of Hiei on the couch and rushed over asking what was wrong. "A low-level demon got in here somehow this morning and attacked me. Hiei came and was about to kill the demon when it shot some kind of dart into Hiei's neck. After, he killed the demon, he was walking out of the kitchen when he just collapsed. I helped him to the couch then went and got Kurama," I said not looking away from Hiei's rosy face. The little demon's breath was ragged and uneven, and his chest rose and fell heavily. His face contorted in a grimace, then I swiped the wet rag over his face; he calmed down some, and I sighed in relief.
"The dart that hit Hiei contained a lethal poison, and the poison was released into his bloodstream. The effects took only moments to become noticeable," Kurama rubbed his forehead and sighed heavily. "Well, he's gonna be alright, ne?" Yusuke asked nervously, concern etched on his face. "I wish I knew, Yusuke... I wish I knew," Kurama murmured as he drew the soaked rag from the bowl again and wiped the perspiration away from his small friend's brow.
"Ah, don't worry about the Shrimp here, Urameshi... You know him; I bet he'll wake up in a minute calling us all bakas the dusappearing for awhile," Kuwabara grinned confidently. After a few minutes of silence, he mumbled, "Anytime now," although no one, not even himself, believed those words. We all sat quietly by Hiei, waiting for him to jump up and insult us all, but all the small demondid for another few hours was grunt and moan as he tried to rest and recover his strength.
"I'm going to go make something to eat," Kurama sighed at around lunchtime. "I'll come help," Yusuke said as he followed Kurama to the kitchen. "Me too," Kuwabara uttered and strode off after his two other friends. I took over the job of watching over Hiei when, suddenly, the fire demon's eyes began to flutter slowly open. "Hiei.. you're awake?" I asked softly.
He nodded grimacing. "Let me go get Kurama," I whispered, beginning to stand to my feet, but he weakly caught me by the arm. I glanced down at him, shocked at his weak grip but fast reflexes. "Don't go," he managed to mutter. The tome in his voice wasn't his usual, cold voice... It sounded like he was pleading with me to stay. But why doesn't he want me to go get Kurama? I mentally asked myself.
After a moment's indecisiveness, I nodded sank back down to my knees beside the couch. "Thanks," he mumbled as his grip fell loose, and his hand fell, relaxed, on his chest, which rose and fell rather quickly. "Why don't you want me to go?" I inquired curiously and wiped some sweat from his brow with the cool rag. "Hn," he gave a small, smug grin. "Why?" I asked again. "Hn, do I need a reason?" he asked meakly. "No, I suppose not," I shrugged, "How're you feeling?" I asked.
"I've felt worse," he mumbled then bega to shiver. "Strange, I've never been cold like this before," he uttered under his breath and shivered more. "Oh, here's another blanket," I said, quickly grabbing a thick blanket and wrapping it snug around him, and slowly, his shivering subsided. "If you're still cold, I can run and get another blanket," I offered.
"No, I'm fine," he croaked. His eyelids began to droop, and his vision slid in and out of focus. "Why don't you try to get some rest? I'll tell the others you woke up. They've been worried about you, y'know," I said quietly, running the cool, damp rag over his face again. "What about you?" I gave him a curious look and asked, "What do you mean?" He tried to focus his vision on me. "Were you.. worried, as well?" he asked weakly. "Of course I was worried," I sighed,"Now you just rest and get better okay? Then you can have some sweet snow."
"Hn," he replied and nodded off to sleep. Soon afterwards, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Yusuke returned with some food. "Thanks," I whispered to Kurama when he handed me a plate. "Why are you whispering?" Yusuke asked in a louder voice than mine. "Hiei's sleeping," I said in a hushed tone. "Well, why'd ya start whispering now? He's been like this for hours," Kuwabara reminded me, but he wasn't there when Hiei had awoken.
"Sh," I hushed then said, "Hiei woke up a few minutes ago when you three were in the kitchen." I took a bite of my food. "WHAT!" Yusuke and Kuwabara exclaimed loudly, and Hiei involuntarily whimpered from the sudden, loud noise. "SH!" I hissed softly and wiped Hiei's face with the rag, "Yeah, he woke up a few minutes ago. I was going to come tell you guys, but he asked me to stay. He's resting now," I murmured.
Kuwabara whispered to Yusuke, "Hey, Urameshi, did you just hear Hiei whimper?" Yusuke nodded, "Yeah, I did. Funny, I've never heard him whimper before," he whispered back. "He whimpered like that because you two bakas yelled really loud... He probably has a huge headache," I snapped at the two teenagers, both of whom gulped nervously and apologized.
Kurama checked Hiei's fever and sighed with relief, "His fever's gone down quite a bit. He's in stable condition now," the redhead smiled tiredly. We were all relieved. "Why don't you guys go get some rest, you look tired. I can stay with him," I offered. Yusuke and Kuwabara thanked me then drug themselves back to my little brother's room. Kurama refused, though, and he and I sat and talked, waiting for the small demon to wake. As if on cue, Hiei groaned and tried to sit up, but I gently pushed him back down.
"How're you feeling, Sleepyhead?" I asked giggling, "You've gone and slept the whole day away!" Hiei smirked at me and tried sitting up again, but I forced him to lie back down. "You need to stay laid down," I order sternly. Kurama, who had gone to the kitchen for a glass of water, returned sipping on his water. "Guess who's finally awake," I grinned and stepped to the side some so Kurama could stand next to the couch, too. "Are you feeling better?" Kurama asked the small demon.
"I feel fine, Fox," Hiei responded in an annoyed tone. He tried to sit up for the third time, but I pushed him back onto his back. "Baka Onna, will you cut that out!" Hiei snapped at me, but hequit glaring at me and rubbed his head, "Ow, my head," he grumbled. "Baka Youkai, you're so stubborn. You and I both know you're not well yet," I replied in a mock-icy tone, mocking him. "Hn," was all he said in response. "I'll be right back," I excused myself to go to the kitchen. "Here's your sweet snow, Hiei," I chirped and handed him a bowl of vanilla ice cream.
Yusuke and Kuwabara walked back into the room to be greeted by Hiei saying, "Bakas," with a smirk. "Hey, the Shrimp woke up!" Kuwabara exclaimed running over to the couch, closely followed byYusuke. "Hey, Hiei. How ya feeling?" Yusuke asked casually. "Bakas, why do you keep asking me?" Hiei snapped. "Because you scared us half to death, Shrimp! You had us worried," Kuwabara snapped back.
"Hn, you idiots should know not to worry about me," Hiei grunted and folded his arms. "Yep, I'd say he's just fine," Yusuke muttered as Hiei and Kuwabara began to bicker. Soon, I guess Hiei'd had enough. He threw the blankets off him and stood up. Even though he tried to hide it, he swayed unsteadily on the spot. before anyone could say anything to him, he stalked off to my room and shut the door. Someone from school dropped off my makeup work, and boy, was I ever happy.. NOT. But, the make up work had to be done, whether I like it or not.
Before I thought of getting started on my homework, Koenma's face popped up on the TV screen. "Hiei, Koenma's contacting us again! Get in here!" I hollered at my closed door. He came out grumbling incoherently with furious, red eyes. He sat down on the couch with his arms crossed. We all watched him carefully, to make sure he was actaully over his illness. He still looked a little meak, but otherwise, he was the same as usual.
"Things are getting serious... Stronger demons are breaking through into Living World... So far, we've been able to handle the situation, but.. we need you four back here; however, we cannot figure out how to transport you back," Koenma sighed in frustration. Botan ran into the room yelling, "Koenma-sama, we have reports of several lower C-class demons crossing over into the Human World!" Koenma slammed his fists onto his desk, "Get someone down there immediately then!" he shouted angrily. Botan scurried away to send help to the Human World. "Honestly, I don't know how the stronger demons are managing to break through... The Kakai barrier seems to be intact, but..." Koenma fell silent and shook his head in dismay, "Anyway, maybe there is someway of creating a dimensional portal from your current location somehow... I want you to try and find a way; we need your help."
The guys nodded, but I felt so helpless. I was just dead weight that happened to be there at the time. I couldn't help the Spirit Detectives return. Then, what the demon, that attacked me that morning, said about Kiten's soul being in my body flew back to the front of my mind. "Hey, Koenma? I know it's probably none of my business, but.. do you have any information on a demon named.. Kiten?" I asked, receiving confused and curious glances from everyone except Hiei.
"Uh, let me see," Koenma searched through a newly installed database. "Ah, here we are," he said and showed us a picture of a kitsune with long golden tresses of hair with black streaks and silver tips, silver fox tail, black fox ears, tanned skin, and soft purple eyes. (I tried to make Kiten as original as possible, and those are some odd combinations, ne?) "Hm.. Kiten was a Dimensional Kitsune. She could create tears in the timestream and travel to different dimensions, but she died hundreds of years ago... Wait! It says here that she was reincarnated! But, who is her reincarnate! Darn it! I'll get my best people started on finding her," Koenma began bossing ogres around, then the connection died out, leaving the TV screen flashing commercials.
"Hm," I sprang up from my seat and ran over to the computer. The guys watched me in curiousity then wandered over to group around the computer desk. I connected to the internet and typed Kiten into the Yahoo! Search box, but few unrelated sites came up. "Okay.. how about Japanese demon legends," I murmured as I typed the new words into the box. "Ah, here we go!" I exclaimed triumphantly as a website popped up.
I scrolled through the index and found Kiten in bold letters. I clicked the mouse, and a window popped up showing a sketch a human made of Kiten. I began to read aloud, " 'Kiten was once a mysterious kitsune who had the power to jump between the dimensions, and she was also bestowed the powers of a Dark Fire Sorceress. She lived among humans, helping where she could, but when she was in danger of being found out, she would travel to a new dimension. This unusual fox demon supposedly died about 750 years ago, but many believe that she was reincarnated into the body of a human; however, the legend of her beauty and power still drive demons and some humans to look for her. Not too much of Kiten is known, but the unknown mysteries surrounding her legend draws everyone, human and demon alike, to search for her.' "
"Interesting... She could be in any dimension," Kurama said as he reread certain parts silently. "How many dimensions are there?" Kuwabara asked curiously. Me, Kurama, Yusuke, and Hiei shrugged, and I continued to try and find more information on the Dimensional Kitsune.
"What got you so interested in this, Dani?" Yusuke asked.(My friends and family usually like to call me Dani, for short, so.. I'm using it. Don't like it? Oh well.) I hesitated for a moment, but Hiei answered for me, "The demon that attacked her this morning was saying something about Kiten," the small demon said monotone. "What! You mean this kitsune's in this dimension?" Kuwabara shouted. I shrugged, "Maybe, or maybe that demon just didn't know what he was talking about," I said offhandedly.
"We gotta look for her," Yusuke declared, determined to return to his own dimension. "But, you gotta stay out of trouble, too," I warned. "Oh," I realized something,"how am I gonna get you guys into my school?" Kurama answered, "We can tell them we were home-schooled," then Hiei added, "I can use my Jagan, if I must, to convince them." I nodded, "Okay, we can go to school early tomorrow morning and get that done," I said then reluctantly added, "I need to do my make up work for being out today.."
"I'll continue to search for information on Kiten," Kurama offered. I sighed, and less than willingly, stood to go do my homework. Yusuke and Kuwabara went outside to spar under the canopy of dusk, and Hiei flitted off somewhere.
After awhile, I took a break for supper, then Yusuke and Kuwabara went to play video games; Hiei disappeared without a word; Kurama continued to search for Kiten on the internet; and, I grudginly returned to my homework. I forced myself to stay awake late into the night. At 11:30, a voice drifted quietly from beside my bed, "Shouldn't you be sleeping?" Hiei asked and sat down beside me.
I couldn't stop yawning, and my eyes itched with tiredness. "I really want to finish this... I don't want to fall behind," I mumbled groggily and tried to rub the sleep away from my eyes. "Sleep is more important than ningen school work," he said glaring at me. "Yeah, yeah... I'm almost done. Don't worry about me," I waved a hand carelessly as if to shoo off his statement.
"Who said I was worried?" he snapped, and it felt like his glare bored into the side of my head. "Sorry," I grumbled and ran my fingers through my hair, to free it of tangles. "Hn. So, are you going to tell the others what that demon said about Kiten's soul being in your body?" he inquired, and I stiffened. "Idon't know... Should I?" I asked uncertainly and gazed with unfocused eyes at my Biology book. "Well, we need Kiten to return to our own dimension," he said logically. I frowned in thought, then sighed, "Okay. I'll tell them tomorrow..."
"Hn, good. Now go to bed," he ordered, standing up from the bed. "But, I'm note done with my homework," I whined and rubbed my eyes tiredly. Hiei rolled his eyes, "Ningens and their stupid school," he murmured with his left eye twitching. Then, in about five seconds, he snapped my book shut, set it on the floor, then pushed me down on my back, and he lay on top of me, his face inches from mine.
Hiei glared down at me then a smirk spread across his face. I blinked my eyes twice and looked up at Hiei in surprise. "Time for bed," he said sternly. I could feel my cheeks slowly reddening, and I averted my gaze to a point just over his left shoulder. "Mhm.. okay," I whispered with a slight nod.
Satisfied, he got off her and muttered, "Night," as he turned the lamp off and headed for the door. "G'night," I called out softly from the bed. Hiei gave me one last glare then shut the door, and a minute later, I could hear the creak of the futon when Hiei laid down.
I waited maybe 5 minutes then slipped my Biology book back into my lap and silently turned on my lamp. I've got to finish this, I thought determinedly. I became so immersed in my homework that I never heard Hiei get up from the futon. I never noticed the sounds of feet on the floor. He stormed aggrivatedly into the room. He grasped her right wrist and squeezed it angrily, "What did I say?" he growled with his crimson eyes burning fiercely. I snapped my head up to see Hiei glaring angrily at me.
"Well? What did I say?" he snarled and bared his fangs. I tried to wiggle my wrist out of his grip, but he tightened his grasp on me; I whimpered and flinched at the pain that was shooting through my wrist. "You said.. it was time.. for bed," I mumbled and avoided lookin directly into his eyes. "And, why are you not sleeping?" he inquired angrily. I became extremely flustered as my eyes darted here and there, avoiding his gaze.
..Hiei's..POV..
I noticed how frail Danielle seemed at that moment. I also noted the fear in her eyes, and a pang of guilt hit me. I didn't mean to frighten her this much. I only wanted her to obey me. She was nervous and trying not to look me in the eye. She fidgetted slightly, and after a moment's silence, she spoke. "I'm sorry! I just have to finish my Biology work, then I'll be done, I swear," she said desperately.
"It's just schoolwork... Your health is more important than junk like homework," I growled and tightened my grip on her wrist even more. "Ow, Hiei, that hurts... Please, let go... Stop," she pleaded and squeezed her eyes tightly shut. I glowered down at the brunette as she whimpered more. "Be quiet," I snapped and relaxed my grasp a small amount. She immediately fell silent. "I guess I'll just have to sit here until you go to sleep," he said in an impatient tone, "Or," he added, "I could just knock you out with the hilt of my katana." I smirked triumphantly as I watched Danielle's eyes grow large and round. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out, so she shut her mouth again.
I sighed and released her hand then snapped her book shut, laid it on the floor, and turned off the light. I walked away from her, and I know she relaxed when I turned away, but then I took a sharp turn and walked to the other side of the bed, causing her tense again. I crawled under the covers and lay next to her, my hands intertwined behind my head as I stared at the ceiling. "I'm not leaving, so you have no other choice than to sleep," I stated in monotone.
Danielle huffed, "If you'd just let me finish my Boilogy," she grumbled quietly and glared sideways at me, "it'd only take about 10 minutes." I glowered up at the roof and shook my head, "No," I said in a that's-final voice. She glared at me momentarily then moved to turn on her lamp and do more of her homework. I scowled at her and repeated, "No." Fury was bubbling inside me. She was disobeying me... Intolerable!
I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her close to me. She struggled to get loose, but I held onto her tighter. "No," I said more calmly this time. Slowly, she stopped flailing around and lay still. "Uh, Hiei, you can let me go now," she stammered, her face burning red. "No," I restated and ordered, "Sleep." She couldn't seem to fall asleep, though. The Jagan on my forehead glowed a soft purple and zapped away her excess Energy, and she fell into a deep slumber. I involuntarily snuggled her closer and buried my face into her hair, her scent filling my nose. I jerked away.
I can't possibly... No. I am the Forbidden Child... I'm not allowed the luxury of love. Besides, she's a ningen, I thought up as many reasons as possible to why I couldn't love Danielle. I'll be returning to my own dimension soon anyway, then we'll end up never seeing each other again... She'd forget about me after awhile, I told myself this over and over again, but I couldn't bring myself to believe those reasons flying through my head.
The clock's bright green numbers caught my attention awhile later... It was 1:46 a.m. I sighed and set my katan down at the end of the bed then fell into a light sleep, Danielle still cradled in my arms.
((-to be continued...-))
Kyla: Alright, Chapter 3 is complete! Hooray!
Hiei: -is bound and gagged with chains(tieing him down) and dirty socks(in his mouth)- Mphgonageyo!
Kyla: What did he say?
Kurama: He said he's gonna get you.
Kyla: -rolls eyes- Yeah, I'm soooo afraid of a bound and gagged fire demon shrimp.
Hiei: -tries to wiggle loose- -fails- MMMMPPHH!
Kurama: Shouldn't you thank reviewers now?
Kyla: Oh yeah! I want to thank my reviewers for this story!
dark-chocolate-hearts-777: Thanks! I'll try to get as many chapters up as possible before school starts... I have to do term papers this year... -shudders- I probably won't have much time, but I'll try to update as much as I can! .
Fruit is NOT a Dessert: Thank you for reviewing! Glad you like it.
Kyla: Well, see ya lata everyone!
Hiei: HNNMPH! -yells are muffled-
Kurama: Ja ne, minna-san!