Unmei pulled off her uniform, wearing a tank and a little pair of boxers underneath. Hiei came in the room.
"Get in bed," he said, holding a little basket she usually kept on top of the fridge.
She sighed, did what he told her and pulled the blanket up. He sat on the edge and looked through the wire basket until he found the thermometer.
"What are you doing?"
"You have a fever. I want to know how bad it is."
"You know, you're a pain in the—" She sighed again as he put the thermometer in her mouth. He pushed her shin up and closed her mouth tightly, surprising her. She coughed, gagging on the thermometer.
It beeped and he pulled it out of her mouth. "Hn."
"You're a—" He covered her mouth.
"Go to sleep, Unmei."
"But I—"
"Now. I'll be in later." He walked over to her window and opened it.
"You're leaving?"
"Yeah. Keep the window open." He disappeared in a black flash, shooting out the window.
A few minutes later the door slowly creaked open and her eyes shot up to it. A tall figure, masked in a robe, walked into the room, closing and locking the door behind it. She sat up. The figure walked across the room, closed the window, and pulled the curtains closed. She grabbed her scythe and stood on the other side of the bed, trembling. The figure pulled the hood back and smirked.
"It's been a while."
"…Heiki…"
"Miss me babe?"
She shook her head and backed up. "I was starting to think maybe you were gone."
He laughed. "No, we aren't gone. We're growing. There are more of us now. Almost an army. We have more power. You'll never escape it, Princess, not if you don't join. Will you come with me?"
She squeezed the weapon she held tighter. "No."
"Oh, I think you will. But not now. Right now, I just want to hurt you. I want to scare you. I want to watch you bleed. I want to hear you scream."
She was trembling, but she held the weapon, and this time, she intended to use it.
He started walking towards her. She spun in a circle, sending the scythe around her, slicing his arm, then shoved it into him, sending him back. "You were leaving?"
He laughed again. "I can see you want to be left alone, but just for old time's sake…"
She froze, she couldn't move. 'What the hell is wrong with me!'
He pulled the scythe from her. "Oh, I love some of the powers my friends have attained. Mine are great, but I couldn't do this without them." He held the scythe, close to the blade and dragged the point along her stomach. She gritted her teeth. "Not going to give me the pleasure of your screams? I've heard then so many times, but I was hopping for more." He pulled the blade down her shoulder. She whimpered as he crossed over an old scar that hadn't healed well. He grinned slightly before smashing his lips into hers. Forcefully he shoved his tongue into her mouth.
After a few moments of torture, him pulling the blade down her back, he pulled away from her. "No screams then? Oh well, they'll come later. Goodbye. I'll be back in a few days." He disappeared and the scythe fell to the ground. She collapsed.
"Shit…"
The sun set after a while and soon after the window rattled a little. It pushed open and the curtains were thrown to the side. Hiei climbed in, an angry look on his face. "I thought I told you to—" He saw her on the floor. She looked up at him and slowly started to sit up. "What happened to you?"
"Heiki…"
"He's back?"
"Yeah…"
"Why didn't you fight back!"
"I did… a little…" He looked at her curiously, grabbing her arm, pulling her up and setting her on the bed.
"You fought him?"
"He did something… I couldn't move… A spell maybe?"
"Probably," Hiei said, wiping the blood from her and wrapping the fresh wounds.
She stood up slowly and walked into the bathroom. She started brushing her teeth.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Brushing my teeth…" She came back into the bedroom after a moment. "I don't feel so good…"
"You're sick, and hurt. Do you expect to feel good?" he asked standing up.
"No… but I…," she sighed and collapsed into his arms.
"Damn it," he hissed, laying her down and laying next to her.
:…Elsewhere…:
Yasushi looked up when Heiki walked back into the cabin. "Have a fun day?"
"No, she'd moved, she's in the city now. Not only that but once I found her, I didn't get what I wanted."
"What did you want?"
"Screams."
Yasushi laughed. "If that's all you wanted, you can find that upstairs. We'll need Chinmoku and Unmei later on, so we'll be… Fairly easy on them… For now."
:...The Apartment…:
Hiei pulled Unmei a little closer to him. He knew if she woke up like this, he'd regret putting himself in this situation, but he wanted to be close to her, just while she slept, just while it was safe. But it wasn't safe. This was very dangerous.