A/N: This is an incomplete chapter, I'm posting this because it's been too long since I last updated this story. Sorry about that, but when I'm done writing the rest of the chapter, I'll post it.
Hiei ran through the forest, a blur to the sight of any onlookers, his heart beating faster each step with the anticipation of meeting his fox. His fox's soft, rose scented hair and enchanting green eyes clung to his memory, not a single bit faded though, except for that brief encounter before his fox's death; he hadn't seen Kurama alive for three years.
So many things he should've done differently, so many things he did wrong—if he had known that that night would've been the last time he'd see Kurama alive he would've—he didn't know what he would've done. All he knew was he would've made it last.
As he rushed toward Kurama's aura, he realized how fortunate he was—Kurama was alive again, and how he had the chance to rekindle the fire between them. He could say everything he always meant to say—things he should've said before.
Drowning in his thoughts Hiei kept running in the same direction until he realized he couldn't sense Kurama's aura anymore—when he realized that, he stopped and landed on a tree branch.
"Fox…."
'You can still find me, Hiei—I'm waiting for you.' Kurama's voice said in Hiei's mind teasingly.
"But, your aura."
'You can find me without it—or have you learned nothing about me?'
"Fox." Hiei closed his eyes and grimaced—his fox wanted to play games with him, at the very moment Hiei needed him most. But Kurama's voice no longer spoke in his thoughts, thus he was forced to search for his fox without help from his aura. 'Hn, you'll be easy to find fox—you always smell like roses.'
Calmly, Hiei focused his concentration and sniffed the air; Kurama always had a distinctive rose smell about him—not of those roses sold at flower shops, but of natural roses with the heavy scent not bred out of them. For a moment, he sniffed the air before he narrowed his eyes, realizing that though the rose scent was strong he wouldn't pick it up high in the trees—Kurama knew of his scent and wouldn't be foolish enough to hide somewhere where the scent was out of place. Not only would that reflect poorly on the fox, Hiei would feel patronized by such lack of effort.
Without a sound, Hiei jumped down from the treetop and landed effortlessly on the leaves and dirt.
Eyes opened wide, Hiei glanced around at his surroundings, not caring about the various flowering plants around him. After a moment, he closed his eyes and sniffed again, grimacing at once when the scent of the flowers around him bombarded his nose.
"Ur…." Hiei growled and sneezed at the overwhelming fragrance, and then he looked at the flowers again, this time realizing that many of them were roses—though with various forms and color.
'It's not as easy as that, you have to use your brain more, Hiei.'
"Fox, quit playing games. I want you now."
As I said, it's an incomplete chapter, short. Anyway, make sure you keep checking this story for updates since I don't think the site emails alerts for changes to chapters already posted, only for chapters and stories added.