BACK WHEN WE FIRST MET written by HieiKitty, the protector of the Hieis

Written on November 5th, 2004

Chapter Eighteen: No Chapter Title!

Flashback to the Past before Dawn and Dusk were reincarnated

Dawn, the ookami twin sister of Dusk, walked through the forest heading towards her home village. When she approached the village, she saw her sister waiting for her at the entrance. To everyone else in the Makai, their village was known as a village full of thieves since their leader was the infamous Youko. Dawn walked up to Dusk and gave her a questioning look. "You waiting for me or what?"

"Yeah, I was waiting for you, you know that. Anyways, were you in the Ningenkai again visiting that one guy?" Dusk asked her sister as the two of them walked into the village walking towards the hut they shared. When they were not doing a job like stealing or being a bodyguard they were usually here in the village.

"His name is not that one guy, it's Tsubasa and yes, I was visiting him again. After all, he is my mate whether or not you or the other want to accept it or not." Dawn told the kitsune coldly. Dusk waved her hands in front of her defensively while she smiled nervously.

"Hey, calm down, Dawn. I didn't mean it like that and you know it. I'm just bad with names. You know that I don't care if Tsubasa's a hanyou or not. I don't judge people by their blood. Anyways, I was just asking because you left again without telling me where you were going." Dusk told her as they walked into their hut. Dawn went over to her futon and laid down, looking up at the ceiling. "Dawn, you had me and Kuronue worried. We never know if you leave of your own free will or if you were kidnapped or something."

Dawn and Dusk were orphans. They had been abandoned at the age of five and that's when Youko's village took them in and trained them to become thieves and such. Kuronue, the bat demon and Youko's partner in crime, looked after them as an older brother and always thought of them as his little sisters. He also made sure that Youko stayed away from them since he was known for being perverted. Both twins were now seventeen, well passed the age of adulthood (We'll say it's fourteen in the Makai cause that's how old it is in the feudal era.). Dawn was the only one of them with a mate and it was an inu hanyou that lived in the Ningenkai.

Tsubasa didn't always lived in the Ningenkai. In fact, he used to live in the same village as them but once the two of them bacame mates, Youko became mad at him for mating with Dawn without his permission and banded him from the village. No where else in the Makai would except him so when a portal to the Ningenkai opened up, he took the opprotunity and escaped to the Ningenkai where he started living a normal life as a human who taught high schoolers. Dawn was known for being able to break almost any kind of barrier known but if she wasn't able to break it, she could at least put a hole in it big enough to get through. So everytime she went to Ningenkai, she made a hole in the Makai barrier to get through. So far she hasn't been caught by Koenma and his spirit detectives but a couple of times they've came close to.

Anyways, Kuronue and Dusk has always supported Dawn with her actions and even covered for her if Youko started asking where she had gone to. But now that Dusk has met Hiei, she seems more distant to Youko. At one time in her life she had loved him but not anymore. She can freely tell herself that she now loved Hiei, the emotionless fire apparition who always seemed to be there for her while now Youko, the flirty kitsune thief, only seemed like a friend.

Dusk sighed and at sat down on the ground beside Dawn's futon. Dawn just turned on her side facing the wall so she didn't see the kitsune. "I know that you guys have been worried about me but I can't help it. I love Tsubasa so much that I don't care what it takes as long as I continue to be able to see him. I don't expect for you to know how it feels to be like this. I'm sorry, Dusk. I don't think that I can keep on living in the Makai like this. I want to go to the Ningenkai and be with my mate."

Dusk gave her sister a loving look and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Dawn, I'll support you no matter what you want to do. Your my only sister and I want you to be happy. If you want to go to the Ningenkai to live with Tsubasa, I won't stop you. I will even help you go there so that you don't get caught by Youko or even Koenma. Trust me sister, I want you to be happy."

Dawn laughed quietly to herself and sat up, facing her sister. Her cheeks were stained with tears, some happy, some sad. The ookami smiled at her sister. "Thanks, Dusk. You can actually be quite serious when you want to, you know that? I'm just glad that you're my sister and no one else's. I'm sure that Hiei's going to be happy wih you as a mate." Dawn told her sister happily as she wiped away her tears with her sleeve. Dusk just blushed and gave her a questioning look with a slight glare.

"And who said that I was going to mate with Hiei?" Dusk demanded as she tried to get herself to stop blushing. Just then, Kuronue barged into the hut. His expression was serious and he quickly went over to the two twins. Dusk and Dawn turned and looked at him. "Kuronue, what's wrong? Is something happening in the village?"

"Youko's coming and I would have to say that he's pissed. And guess who came back to the village demanding to know where you were, Dawn? That's right. Tsubasa's in the Makai again. You better go to him before Youko does something." Kuronue told Dawn. The ookami nodded and then left the hut. Dusk stood up and faced Kuronue. His face was still serious then it soften and he surprisingly hugged her just as she heard a painfilled scream. She knew it instantly. Her sister and her mate were both dead. Most likely died at Youko's hands. The kitsune tensed up as she tried not to cry as the scent of their blood reached her nose. Kuronue continued holding her for a moment then pulled her away. "I'm sorry, Dusk. Hiei, that fire apparition, told Youko about what was happening between Tsubasa and Dawn. I tried to stop Youko but he easily swatted me away. I didn't know he was going to go this far. I'm so sorry."

"Kuronue, step away from Dusk. I need to speak with this little kitsune." Youko's voice reached their ears. Kuronue and Dusk turned and looked at the kitsune who was standing in the doorway. There was blood on the front of his tunic. Dusk looked at him with disgust as she hid herself behind Kuronue.

"Youko, there was no reason to kill both Dawn and Tsubasa. They just wanted to be together. And now you want to kill Dusk? What has she done to anger you so?" Kuronue asked him coldly knowing that he shouldn't be defying the leader of the village. Youko just scoffed and gave the bat demon a look.

"Kuronue, this has nothing to do with you. Dusk has betrayed this village by selling us out to the Spirit World." Youko told him with venom dripping from each word. Dusk gasped and grabbed a hold of the back of Kuronue shirt since she was still behind him. She looked down at the ground with tears now flowing freely as she could no longer contained them.

"I didn't betray the village. I never told the Spirit World anything about us. Why would I? I love this village. I would never do something like that!" Dusk told Youko in her defense. Even with this whole conversation going on, Kuronue still didn't move away from the kitsune. He was going to be a good 'big brother' and protect his 'little sister'. "Please, why don't you believe me, Youko? I haven't done anything to you to show that I would do something of that measure. Kuronue, tell him. Tell him that it couldn't have been me!"

"Youko, what is your proof that Dusk betrayed this village to go on the side of the Spirit World and Koenma? You've known Dusk for twelve years now and do you really believe that she would do something like this? She doesn't deserve to be treated this way." Kuronue told him, once again standing up for her. Youko scoffed and gave him another look before stepping to the side to let someone else enter the hut. Who enter surprised both Dusk and Kuronue. Hiei stood there with his normal emotionless mask on.

"Hiei has told me that Dusk has been going to the Spirit World with Dawn and Tsubasa for a while now. Selling them our secrets and giving back artifacts that had took lives of our best thieves to achieve. I have also known Hiei fro a while now. How am I supposed to take Dusk's word over his. Hiei has been more trustworthy while Dusk has gone behind our backs to help Dawn go constantly to the Ningenkai." Youko explained to the bat demon. Dusk had came out behind Kuronue and stared at Hiei. He had betrayed her. She has never done any of those things except for helping her sister go the Ningenkai. How could he lie to Youko and betray her? As she thought of this, even more tears ran down her face. Kuronue looked at Hiei then to the kitsune who was standing at his side, crying. "Kuronue, make a choice. Either move out of the way and let us deal with Dusk or you will go down with her."

"Kuronue....Please....let them kill me....I don't want to live anymore.....Hiei betrayed me....I can't live like this....I want to die...." Dusk whispered to Kuronue in between her sobs. Kuronue gave her a soft questioning look as if he was asking her if she really wanted to do this. The kitsune gave him a quick hug then put some distance between them. "Kuronue, I'm sorry I put you through this. At least now, I'll be with my sister."

That was the last thing that Kuronue heard Dusk say before Youko used his rose whip and cut her throat open. Her blood went everywhere. Hiei scoffed then disappeared outside. Youko put away his rose whip and turned to Kuronue who just stared at Dusk's body as her blood formed a little puddle around her body. "Kuronue, lets go. We have another heist to go on and trust me, it will most definitely get your mind off of this little incident."

While on that very heist, Kuronue died as he was stabbed with bamboo spears and he bleed to death. Youko had tried to help him but Kuronue had told him to run. Now, four new people were dead. Tsubasa the inu hanyou. Dawn the ookami. Dusk the kitsune. And finally Kuronue the bat demon. All of them reincarnated into another life being.

End of Chapter Eighteen

WOot! Another chapter written! And yes, the reincarnation of Kuronue will come into the story. I don't know how soon but he will be a good guy. I shall tell you his name though. His name will be Toga and I'm basing him off of my friend, Tommy. WOot! Anyways, I know that it was a shorter chapter than last time...by like a couple of paragraphs! Eh, I'm a known as HieiKitty, writter of short chapters! Whee! Anyways, please review and I'll update again but right now I'm going to bed so I can get up earlier than usual. Usually I get up ten minutes before the bus comes. I'm so responsible!

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