BACK WHEN WE FIRST MET written by HieiKitty
Written on January 17th, 2005
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Other Side
"Kari, Rei, you two stay here with Yusuke. Hiei and I will go get the package from the village. If you get attacked, get rid of the youkai and get back to the portal location quickly."
The three of them nodded their heads then Hiei and Kurama took off into the village. Kari, Yusuke, and Rei just stood there at the edge of the clearing talking and teasing each other. You know the normal stuff that friends do when they had nothing else to do. Suddenly, there was an explosion in the village and Hiei and a guy ran towards them with tons of youkai chasing them. The three looked at the with wide eyes before they quickly turned around and began to run to where the portal was supposed to be at. When they got there, Hiei, Yusuke, and the guy began to fight off the youkai. Some of them got passed them and Kari and Rei took their chance at them. When all the youkai was dead. Kari and Rei turned and looked at the guy. "Who the hell are you?"
Yusuke, Hiei, and the guy looked at the two twins then they remembered. The guy they were talking about had long silver hair and gold eyes that stared at them. He smirked and walked over to them. He stopped in front of Kari for a second before moving in front of Rei. He took her hands into his and brought her close to him. "It's good to finally meet you, Rei. The name's Youko Kurama."
Rei began to blush and tried frantically to get herself away from the fox demon but to no avail. Yusuke and Kari cracked up laughing at the situation but Hiei just stood there giving Youko a dirty look. The kitsune youkai laughed quietly to himself before he removed one of his hands from around and cupped her chin making her look up at him. Her blush deepen but she continued to try to get away from him. Youko brought his face close to Rei's. "Relax, Koi. I'm not going to hurt you. I just want a taste of you."
Before Rei was able to react to what the kitsune youkai had just told her, Youko claimed her lips with his own. The others looked at him in disbelief. Rei just stood there, staring back at him as he began to nibble on her bottom lip. His teeth finally made a small wound on her lip and blood escape which Youko gladly licked away. Rei's vision began to grow fuzzy and she began to feel dizzy. The next thing she knew she was unconscious. Youko smirked to himself as he picked her up in his arms. He was about to run into the forest when the other three stopped him. "Hey, Fox Boy, where do you think you're going with my sister?"
"I'm just going to take her somewhere where we can be alone." Youko told Kari with a slight glare since she was stopping him from leaving. Her, Yusuke, and Hiei all got into their attack positions, ready to fight Youko if he didn't give up. Youko was about to make a run for it when Hiei suddenly appeared before grabbed Rei from him then kicked him in the stomach, sending him backwards. The kick was so powerful that Youko laid there on the ground for a moment before turning back into Kurama. Hiei laid Rei and tried to get her to awaken while Kari and Yusuke dealt with Kurama. "What the hell were you thinking?!"
Kurama ignored Kari and stood up then walked over to where Hiei and Rei were. "She should be alright. Youko had just used special pollen from a flower that temporarily makes the victim who breathes it in unconscious." Kurama told him as he kneeled down beside Rei and lifted her wrist to check her pulse just to make sure that she was only unconscious. Her heartbeat was a steady pace.
-----Flashyback, aka Rei's dream-------
"Rei, I don't think that you should ask him. He won't tell you. The bastard probably takes pride in what he did to me." Dusk's anger-filled voice filled Rei's head. Rei, now age 12, shook her head. "No, you're wrong, Dusk. Hiei's different now. He'll tell me, I'm sure of it. He just needs some time. But what I don't get is why you won't tell me."
With that comment, Dusk's voice ceased trying to get Rei to reconsider. Rei sighed and walked into the park. It was almost mid-afternoon and it was almost deserted. She walked until she reached a huge tree that rested beside the lake near the middle of the park. Rei sat down beneath it with her back against its trunk, her eyes looking at the lake. "Hey, Hiei, are you up there?"
"You know that I am, Rei, or else you wouldn't be here." Hiei told her as he jumped down from where he had been sitting in the branches above her and sat down next to the kitsune hanyou. The fire apparition then noticed that she was wearing her school uniform along with her glasses. She had been in school. "What are you doing here? You have school."
"Duh, Hiei, it doesn't take a genius to figure that one out. Anyways, I'm here because I wanted to talk to you about something. I usually would have waited until after school but it's been bothering me for a while and I really want to know." Rei told him, her attention still on the lake before her. Hiei scoffed and looked at the lake as well. "Why don't you ask her? She knows."
"Well, for one, she won't tell me. She told me that if I wanted to know, I would have to ask you. For another thing, she barely talks to me anymore, not since I started coming here to see you more often. And when she does talk to me it's always some kind of lecture about how I shouldn't spend time with you. Dusk acts like she hates you but I know that she doesn't. I don't think that she would be able to ever stop loving you." Rei told him then waited for response. Hiei muttered something before disappearing. Rei repeated the words that he had said to herself. "We both lied then betrayed each other."
"Reina, is that you?" A deep male voice said making Rei turn her head and see who it was. There stood her father holding his briefcase from work and his lunch. Rei laughed nervously knowing that she had been caught not being in school and she was going to be in trouble. Mr. Takashi sighed and shook his head as he walked over to his daughter then sat down beside her. He placed his briefcase beside him then spilt his lunch in two, giving one half to his daughter. The two of them ate their lunch in silence before Mr. Takashi spoke. "You got out of school to talk to that boy again."
"He has a name, Dad, and it's Hiei." Rei told him before taking another bite of her lunch that her father provided her with. Her father gave her a strict and demanding look and she sighed heavily before putting down the food so they could talk. "Okay, yes, I was talking to him and I'm sorry that I skipped school just to talk to him. But you don't get it; I had to talk to him about something that was really important."
"Rei, stay away from him. He's nothing but trouble." Mr. Takashi told his daughter. At the park entrance, Hiei was watching the two of them with his Jagan eye. When he heard what Mr. Takashi had told Rei, Hiei growled deeply to himself. He drew his katana and opened his eyes. "So, this is the way that he has chosen."
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Reina, Kari, and Kaito stood in the doorway of their house. Their parents' blood was everywhere. On the floor, on the walls, on the furniture, you name it and there was blood. A teenaged boy stood by the bodies, smirking. Kari and Kaito took a step backwards while Reina took a step forward, glaring at the boy. "Hiei, why did you d this? WHY?!"
"Rei, you know why. This was to torture you. I will not kill you but rather torture you and the rest of your family. You brought this upon yourself and you know it, Rei." The boy told her with a murderous smile. Reina glared at him with tears slowly streaming down her face.
"Hiei!! If you have a grudge against me, torture me not my family. They did nothing to deserve this!" Reina yelled at him. The boy chuckled. Another boy stepped into the room. He had dark brown eyes and black hair. The boy fell to his knees. Kari gasped and ran over to his side.
"Yusuke!!! Please say something!! What did Hiei to you?! Yusuke!!!" Kari frantically began to shake the boy's shoulders. He muttered something then he lost consciousness. Kari held him in her arms as she looked at her twin sister. She was arguing with the other boy. Kari's tears ran quickly down her face. First her parents were dead, Yusuke was badly hurt, and now Reina was getting herself deeper into complications.
"Hiei, why the hell are you doing this? I knew that we never liked each other but there was no reason for you to murder my parents." Reina said as she inched closer to the boy. He just stood there watching her and scoffed.
"Damn straight. I never liked you and I never will. You're just a weak ass kitsune. Baka onna, just die already." Hiei told her as he drew his katana. "I have never liked you in any way. I was only going to kill you eventually but your parents kept me from doing so."
"Kari, get Kai and Yusuke out of here. I'll take care of Hiei." Rei said as she stopped in front of Hiei. There was now only a couple of feet in between them. Kari nodded and dragged Yusuke out of the house with Kai following. Rei stared at the boy in front of her. "I thought that you had changed, Hiei. What about all those times that you said that you would protect me? Were they all lies to you? Have you been lying to me this whole time?"
"Onna, like I've said before, you mean nothing to me." Hiei told her with a smug smirk. Rei wiped her tears away and glared at the fire apparition before her. "I HATE YOU!" She yelled as she squeezed her eyes shut. A bright light surrounded her and pushed Hiei back away from her into a wall. Hiei muttered to himself before he began to attack the light barrier around her. Finally he made a crack in it and it disappeared. He found Rei sitting on the ground with her knees pulled up to her chest. She was looking at him, her eyes filled of tears. "I trusted you, Hiei. I really thought that you were my friend. I even thought that I was falling in love with you."
"Hn, love is for the weak." Hiei said as he sheathed his katana then took off the cloth around his forehead to reveal his Jagan eye. It was glowing a deep purple as it stared at her. Rei stiffened under its gaze. Hiei scoffed and kneeled down in front of her. He cupped her chin with his hand and made her look up at him. "Rei, you won't remember any of this. Leave this country and start a new life. Forget about everything."
----End of Flash Back------
"Onna, wake up!" Hiei demanded as he shook Rei's shoulders in attempt of waking her up. Her eyes flew open and the two of them just stared at each other, Hiei still holding onto her shoulders. Rei could feel the tears welling up in her eyes as the dream/flashback flashed before her when she saw Hiei's crimson eyes. The next thing that Hiei knew, Rei had punched him in the face with such a force that he was pushed back a few feet from where he had been. "YOU BASTARD!"
Kurama had been arguing with Kari and Yusuke about what had happened when Youko was out when Rei awoken. When they heard Rei's outburst, the three of them stopped arguing and looked over at her. She was now sitting up with her knees pulled to her chest and her arms wrapped around herself. The bangs of her hair was shading her eyes but Kurama could smell her tears. He walked over to her as Hiei stood up. Kurama reached her and placed a hand on her shoulder. Rei quickly looked up at him, her eyes were empty but she was glaring at him. "DON'T TOUCH ME!"
As soon as she said that, a light barrier surrounded Rei which forced Kurama away from her. The light inside the barrier was so bright that they could no longer see Rei inside of it. Rei and Yusuke turned to Hiei and Kurama for some answers. Kurama sighed as he dusted some dirt off of him. "It seems that Rei has learned how to control her spirit energy in order to make a light barrier. It's so strong because of Dusk's soul being inside of her body. But I have no clue why she would use her spirit energy at this moment or why she would put a barrier."
"Well, do something about it, Kurama. You're supposed to be the smart one in the group." Kari said as she stared at the light barrier that her twin sister was in. Kurama sighed and shook his head. "I can't do anything to help her if she doesn't want me to help. Her light barrier looks very similar to Dusk's so that must mean hers is exactly the same meaning that you, Kari, should be able to go inside of it as Dawn was able to go inside of Dusk's."
"Right. I'm going in." Kari said with determination then walked over to the barrier. She stood in front of it for a moment before she walked through it. Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei all waited for Kari to return or for the barrier to die down but what happened next surprised them all. A ball of spirit energy surrounded by flames shot out of the barrier and went directly towards Hiei. The fire apparition quickly dodged the attack and the attack hit a nearby tree that exploded on impact. The light barrier disappeared and there stood two new people that Hiei and Kurama thought they would never see again. Dawn and Dusk.
End of Chapter 24
HieiKitty: WHOO!!!! This chapter was longer than lasts. MUWAHAHHAHAHA!!! So, what's going to happen next, eh?
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HieiKitty: Thanks, Hiei. -.-'