Sweet Dreams Are Made of These:
Summary: They thought the war was over, but they were wrong. Alongside our favorite fire apparition, Kiya will try to overcome depression, new responsibilities and a new foe who wants Kiya for...a sick science experiment? HieiKiya
I'm Alive! My family problems have been resolved, thank god, but there are more things 'afoot' in my life, so updates will be continuous, but more spaced, got it? This summer I'll be able to update more often. So, read and enjoy my lovelies.
Oh, and sexual situations are soon to come, in the next few chapters. (All the hornballs out there are like, "yes!")
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Previously:
He lowered his neck to rest his head right next to Kiya's back and allowed his eyes to close. He had not noticed how tired he was.
For almost two hours, that was how they lay, Hiei remaining awake in his natural state of protectiveness until he could stay awake no longer. Soon, he too was prisoner of the Sand Man's world of slumber.
So that's where they slept; girl and dragon…
…right in the middle of a fricken hallway.
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Chapter 5: Painful:
Kiya stirred when something hot blew into her face and an odd furry appendage glided over her matted hair. Her eyes scrunched closely together, her brows furrowing.
When that furry something lowered to Kiya's waist and began to wrap itself around it, Kiya groaned. Her hand swatted at the furry perpetrator but only succeeded in causing the appendage around her waist to lift her body off the ground gently, holding her upright.
Kiya picked up her sagging head and peeped open her right eye to glare at whatever it was that woke her. Once her eye had focused, she found herself gazing into the crimson orbs of her transformed Hiei.
Gah…and to think after so long he'd actually know that when someone woke her, heads usually rolled.
"Hiei…" her tired voice growled. "Lemme sleep…" She couldn't help it as her head rolled backwards, her tired neck too weak to support it. She found herself glaring at the ceiling.
"Hn. I think not, onna. I suggest you wake up before I make you."
"I am awake, dragon."
Hiei made a brief hissing noise that Kiya assumed was his usual 'Hn,'
…he was laughing at her!
"Fine." Warning flags went up in Kiya's mind as she clearly caught on to the sound of a smirk hidden in the kajihenge's voice. Not good.
Before Kiya could even squeak, she was placed on Hiei's back by his obviously strong tail and was forced to grip onto his deep purple fur for her dear life because he immediately shot off; racing through the hallways of the large palace suspended in the air.
Hiei's flying was not at all as fast as his running was when he was in his normal form, but it was still pretty damn fast.
So fast that Kiya had to grip the dragon's purple fur and bury her face into his slithery skin as to prevent her body from falling off his and to prevent the dizziness she felt coming.
Thanks for the warning, bastard.
"Hn."
Even in his dragon form, Hiei was exceptionally graceful…almost to a point of eeriness… so graceful that Kiya had not felt Hiei slowing down until it was too late: Hiei stopped so suddenly that Kiya was thrown by the momentum from Hiei's back and over his head, her body rolling in mid-air.
Thankfully, Kiya regained her lost wits quick enough to force herself to fly before she crashed into the grassy ground. So, Hiei had gotten them outside…
Kiya turned to glare at her koi but all feelings of anger left her once seeing the dangerous gleam in Hiei's eyes. They sparkled with feral excitement.
One word was whispered into Kiya's head by a voice so low and intense that her mind faltered before she could even register the meaning of said word.
"Speed."
And the dragon disappeared.
Kiya stiffened. Now why did this scenario feel so familiar?
Oh yes, it was almost exactly how Hiei had kicked off her training the first time they had met…
…which Kiya took as an incredibly bad omen because of how that last training session had unfolded. As Kiya recalled; Hiei had gone beyond all reason and fairness to make that training session as completely strenuous as possible.
Well, she figured she might as well get a good head start so that her ass whooping wasn't too bad this time around. Hiei would not go easy on her- he wanted her to be as well prepared as she could be should anyone want to cause her harm. According to Hiei, only he was aloud to touch her; painfully if necessary, but that wasn't very often. Despite Hiei being the stoic, tough and cold fire Forbidden Child from the Koorime Island, Kiya was still his intended and that meant he would treat her as he saw fit; caring and gentle, albeit firm and protective.
Snapping back to reality, Kiya quickly levitated herself into the air, picked up on an air current traveling up and to the west, and flew with it; leisurely and cautious at first…
…that's when she felt it.
Hiei's ki; raging and excited, was gaining on her from behind…quickly.
"Kuso…" (shit) Kiya swore before increasing her speed dramatically. The wind blew past the small Elemental as she barreled through the sky, her long blue hair flowing across her back. Risking a glance behind her, Kiya nearly screamed when seeing the familiar black dragon, flitting in and out of view behind her.
So, even though Hiei was currently a dragon, he was still hella fast. Lovely.
"Faster. Your enemies will not hold back."
Kiya immediately complied with the dark voice in her head's orders. Soon, Kiya was coasting above the Rekai palace at the fastest speed she had ever flown at. If she weren't careful, she could catch an air current wrong and that would send her tumbling through the air and probably into one of those friendly looking palace pillars.
Think of it as a car, on the highway going sixty five miles per hour and swerving suddenly at a ninety degree angle. That's what would happen…only without the protection of the car.
Glancing behind her once more, Kiya saw something that made her heart drop into her stomach. No Hiei.
"Your enemies will use stealth. You must be prepared."
Who the hell…the Elemental projected her thoughts to the psychic dragon, but paused when she had to cut a quick corner around the towering front entrance of the palace. …will I have as an enemy? I'm gonna be a spirit guide, not some fugitive…
"I'm not taking any chances, onna." There was something unrecognizable and dark in Hiei's voice, and Kiya felt shivers run down her spine despite the heat of the sun rays on her back.
Without warning, Hiei appeared in front of Kiya's flying form, his eyes trained intently on her.
Oh, right…stealth. The art of "coming out of nowhere." Kiya had almost forgotten.
Pursing her lips into a determined line, Kiya immediately changed direction with a dangerous, 180-degree spin. Despite how quickly she had reacted, she had let her guard down and now Hiei was not happy.
Kiya weighed her choices. One; she could continue this ridiculous game of 'cat and mouse', or more appropriately, 'girl and insane dragon' and eventually grow tired and inevitably be caught by Hiei- but obtain his approval at the same time, or two; she could ditch this damn training ritual and go hide somewhere.
Decisions, decisions.
Screw this… Kiya mused to herself.
Changing direction once more, Kiya aimed her body towards the dense forest that circled the large palace.
Too bad Hiei was blocking her route of passage.
"Never allow yourself to reveal your plan of action…keep your mind clear of thoughts."
"Damn Jagan…" Kiya muttered.
A surprised yelp rang out through the air as Kiya suddenly found herself being barreled towards by Hiei. The poor water Elemental had no time to move before she was surrounded by the koorime's curled body, his face directly in front of hers.
Crimson met blue as the two stared at each other intently. Much to Kiya's dismay, Hiei noticed the unsteady and strained rise and fall of her chest. She had become fatigued much too quickly for his liking. She should be able to handle flying for a length of at least 4 hours consecutively, should the need to do so arise.
The mere thought of his intended being in enough danger for her to have to resort to flying away from something rather than fighting it off made a wave of heated anger course through Hiei's blood.
Crimson eyes narrowed and a black scaled body recoiled, oddly imitating a snake ready to strike. Kiya immediately caught on to the meaning of Hiei's intent look and groaned.
"Kami-sama save me…"
She took off.
He was close behind.
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A limp pile of blue collapsed onto her lent bed, both physically and mentally exhausted.
Waking up every morning for the past 7 days at dawn, being chased around and forced to try to outmaneuver a skilled, fast dragon for 8 hours straight was not Kiya's idea of a leisurely break from Ningenkai.
No sir.
Not only had Kiya been trained to the bone for the past week by the youkai who was supposed to mate her soon, but she also had been isolated from everyone and everything she had previously known. She was not allowed to visit Yusuke or anyone else back in Ningenkai and she hadn't seen Sasha in forever. Kiya missed her pretty little familiar.
However, two days ago, her little 'posse' did come to Reikai to check up on her…and they mistakenly brought along a certain someone whom Hiei did not like at all.
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"Wassah!" Kiya screeched as she bolted into Koenma's large and occupied office. She barreled straight into Yusuke and gave him a very sisterly…cough…suffocating death grip hug.
"Aw, I missed you dumbasses!" Kiya smiled widely at Kuwabara, then back to Yusuke, who was now the color of a over-ripe grape.
"Yeah…you…too….ribs….cracking…" With a snicker, Kiya released the detective and stepped away from him.
The small teen turned and was about to go and give Kurama, who was standing gracefully next to Koenma's desk, a warm hello when an emerging silver haired teenage boy caught her attention.
Blue eyes shifted to the approaching form then widened. "Haku?" She couldn't help the coldness that crept into her voice. The air youkai did help Kiya out of the Elemental's grips, but he was the one who had helped them get her into that situation in the first place, so her opinions about him were varied.
Haku looked shyly at Kiya before averting his eyes nervously to the ground. "Hey," he mumbled. "I-I just wanted to know if you still hated me or if we were cool…" He finally looked back at Kiya. "Listen, I'm really sorry about-" Haku was cut off by a low, menacing growl.
The growl had erupted from the back of the room, soon growing into full-blown snarling and Kiya suddenly found herself behind a very big, very angry dragon. The beautiful black creature curled its lips back over his canines to flash them warningly at the young youkai, who automatically became rigid, but held his ground.
Using his Jagan, Hiei was able to communicate with Haku (which Kiya heard thanks to her odd ability to hear telepathic conversations). "Stay. Away. From. Kiya."
"Hiei, he's just apolo-" Kiya was silenced by a quick glare from the Jaganshi, accompanied by a hiss. He quickly turned back to Haku, his dangerous crimson eyes daring the teen to come any closer that which was his.
Kiya, not being one to stand back and take Hiei's attitude, quickly walked in front of him and stood there, her arms crossed over her chest. "Don't you hiss at me."
"Do not interfere."
"Don't be such a prick. He was apologizing."
"I don't care. He betrayed you once and I will not let it happen again." With that final statement, Hiei once again moved his long lithe body so that it was in a protective stance between Kiya and Haku. To the youkai, he said, "Leave. Now."
When Haku made no move to exit, Hiei – in one blinding move- was immediately right in front of Haku's startled face, his crimson eyes narrowed and his white fangs flashing. He snapped his jaws dangerously to show what would happen if Haku did not heed his orders.
That was enough for Haku, for his nerves could only take so much. With an apologetic look from Kiya and a wave to them all, Haku was gone.
Kiya threw her hands into the air and groaned. "How am I going to live with you the rest of my life?"
Hiei froze (although he had already been unmoving).
The young Elemental had just stated, unknowingly, that she planned to be with Hiei for the rest of her life. That was almost as solid of a mating precursor as Hiei's mark was.
Hiei nearly shuddered, but was easily able to keep the movement from occurring…he was getting those 'urges' again. Kiya had better be careful of the things she said and did around him for a little while…a dragon in heat is more dangerous than a fire youkai, simply because in that body the feeling is intensified.
Kami-sama have mercy on the poor, naïve girl.
Seeing everyone's frozen statures, Kiya broke the silence. "What?" Naïveté indeed.
Koenms chose that precise moment to walk in.
"Hey, it's the demon baby." Feeling playful, Kiya sashayed over to the small ruler (who was currently in his toddler form) and bent down so that she was looking straight into his eyes. Raising her hand, Kiya pinched one of Koenma's chubby cheeks and puckered her lips at him. "How's my big boy been? Behaving like the widdle angel you awe?"
"Handth ofth orth noth immorthalithy…" Kiya's hands were immediately removed.
Koenma glared at the teen while readjusting his pacifier. Clearing his throat, he immediately got down to business. "Alright Kiya, your initiation is in 3 days, so I hope Hiei is using this time to train you properly," his eyes drifted to Hiei, who had come up to stand behind Kiya.
Hiei just gave Koenma a stoic look. Who was he to doubt Hiei's training abilities? Hn. Baka toddler.
Nervously, Koenma started again. "Very good. Anyways, you will stay in Reikai until then, we will hold the brief ceremony and then you are free to return home. I will have Yusuke and Kuwabara make sure that your apartment is ready for you return."
Kiya rubbed her hands together with a grin. She missed her crummy apartment.
"However…" Kiya immediately tensed. 'However's were never good. "Upon returning to Ningenkai, you will need to return to school as to not attract any unwanted curiosity. If Ningens see you walking around outside and not at school where a teenager should be, people will start to get nosy.-" Yusuke cut him off.
"Is that the only reason why we're here? To tell Kiya that she needs to go to school? What about a mission or somethin'? We haven't had anything to do for weeks and I'm gettin' impatient…I gotta kill somethin'."
"Yes, I know, Yusuke, I know. Heaven forbid you should remain huntless for this long. I afraid that there are no problems for you to sort out currently." With a wave of his hand Koenma dismissed the subject with a brief, "Chase Kuwabara around for a while. That should keep you both busy."
"Yeah, until Kuwabara trips and get a boo-boo." Kiya snickered.
"Wanna say that to my face, small fry?"
"I would…but everyone knows you don't brush your teeth. I'd rather live, thank you."
"Why you little-"
"Enough! Kiya, stop badgering Kuwabara! Kuwabara, stop being such a baby…" Koenma angrily exclaimed.
"Look whose talkin'" Kuwabara mumbled, crossing his arms over his chest in a very childish manner.
"Anyways…Kiya,. I'm afraid that there is a problem with Sasha." Blue eyes widened in concern. "It seems that the procedure you and she underwent to revive you eliminated any remaining piece of your soul that she had within herself, since we had to use it to recreate you. She is still your familiar, but you will no longer be able to communicate with her."
Kiya nodded solemnly. At least Sasha wasn't dead. "Where is she?"
"I'm not sure. Probably around here somewhere. Anyways, I have a meeting soon with my father's committee, so I'm afraid our little meeting is over. Yusuke, Kuwabara and Kurama, you will have to leave now. You'll be back when it's time for Kiya initiation."
And so the three Reikai Tantei members disappeared through the created portal into Ningenkai and Kiya and Hiei left Koenma's office to return to her temporary room.
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So, not able to move any further, Kiya remained as she was; half of her body lying on the bed she had been sleeping in for the past week, and the other half of her dangling off the side of the bed and resting on the ground.
Hiei had worked the poor girl to the bone, training and flying constantly with the occasional Sais training.
Damn that dragon. Damn him to…
…Kiya didn't have the energy to come up with a place to damn Hiei to.
Reveling in the unfair softness of the down comforter she was currently resting on, Kiya slowly began to drift into unconsciousness, not noticing the two red eyes watching her from her window, then blinking, turning and leaving.
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Rough and enticing hands wove their way around the young woman's lithe body, touching everything, leaving no plane- no curve unexplored. Ragged and uneven breathing escaped one pair of parted lips, while barely concealed gasps and moans escaped the other.
The line where the female's back met the wall was narrow, and constantly getting less distinguishable as the male pressed against her continued to press her backwards.
Hungry lips seared a wet trail up the female's outstretched neck, along her jaw to the junction of skin right beneath her ear. The lips hovered centimeters away from the ear as hot breath splayed across her skin.
A single deep and husky growl found its way into her ear, coming from her companion.
"Mine."
And all other thoughts were lost in a blur of lost clothing and feral, crimson eyes. This was now a battle, a war between two figures fighting for the dominating position.
And in this battle, teeth, lipsand fingerswere the weapons of choice.
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The Elemental of Water woke up in a very uncomfortable position on a very cold and hard floor. Blue eyes blinking, Kiya sat up slowly, memories of her short, albeit very sweet dream presenting themselves to her tired mind. Eyes widened.
You naughty girl… Kiya blushed at the memories…at how much she wished they were more than memories…and Kiya was not usually the 'blushing' type.
A 'smack' resonated off the room's walls as Kiya successfully beat the perverted thoughts from her mind. "Hentai…" Kiya mumbled to herself.
Finally, Kiya decided to inspect the room around her.
Bed.
Window.
Closet.
Pile of sweaty clothes (Koenma's laundry service left much to be desired).
…No Hiei…
That's odd. Kiya had left the window open for him last night, so that when he noticed that she had left, he'd still be able to get back into the palace- she figured he wouldn't hurt her too badly if she was asleep.
Suddenly, amidst the darkness of the quiet room, Kiya's trained eyes fell upon the shiny white container resting innocently atop her bureau. Hiei's lotion! Now she really had to find that dragon so that she could apply the lotion to his scales to ensure he didn't remain a dragon forever.
He likes it when I put on that lotion…Kiya mused to herself, finding the cold youkai's pleasure in a simple lubricant to be quite amusing…in a sick, typical teenager sort of way.
Using the side of the bed as her crutch, Kiya lifted her sore body off the ground and stumbled around the piece of furniture to amble to her dresser. Grasping the container tightly in her hand, she then turned to get to the window.
Resting her free hand on the windowsill, Kiya focused her eyes and her mind to search for any trace of the kajihenge somewhere within Reikai.
Her mind instantly came across a scant presence of Hiei's ki in the general area, coming from the northwest, in the forest bordering the palace. Now that she knew where her dragon was, Kiya shed her dirty black tank top, traded it for another black shirt, a t-shirt this time, picked back up the lotion container and was out the window- flying towards the direction of the ki.
Brows furrowed as Kiya realized…something was wrong.
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The pain was unbearable.
He had had his arm cut off before, the shit beaten out of him by Bui and even the incredibly painful implant of the Jagan eye, but nothing compared to this. Nothing.
Hiei Jaganshi fell from the current tree he was leaning against to his hands and knees on the forests' floor. His change back to his former form had come quicker than expected, thanks to the lotion Kiya had been applying to his scales every night religiously. Now, instead of being the usual beautiful black dragon, Hiei had returned to his normal short stature, however currently he was unclothed and his body was still covered in coal black scales.
His black hair hung straight down and clung to the sides of his face with sweat, his crimson eyes hidden from sight.
Gripping his head tightly to try to help ease the pain (to no avail) Hiei finally allowed himself to release a loud roar of agony. His crimson eyes were shut tightly against the mind-blowing aches and stretches his bones were suffering due to the shifting of his form.
Then he felt it. Kiya's aura. She was coming to find him.
Hiei did not want to worry her with his pathetic display of weakness. She must not come any closer.
He did the only thing he could do in his current state. He sent out a single warning shock through his stinging Jagan to Kiya. A shock she would wisely obey…
…or so he hoped.
Immediately after sending his intended his warning, Hiei's body was overcome with an indescribable, burning agony originating within his Jagan, then spreading over his entire, stiff body.
Hiei's breath became ragged and uneven and he unconsciously dug his talons into the earth beneath him. The pain rolled over him again, sweat spouting from every pore on his body and his mouth opening to release another anguished growl.
Then…Hiei Jagansho, no longer able to bear the incredible agony, fell to the forest floor unconsciously. His limp, black body had fallen forward, landing stomach down on the cold ground.
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"Damn, this place has spider webs everywhere!"
"Yeah, well we'd better get rid of 'em. Kiya hates spiders…"
"Yep, and if we don't, she'll just be bugging me every day to come over and kill the little bastards…"
"…Or if you aren't home, she'll throw encyclopedias at them…like she did at your house when she broke your window…"
"Which I had to pay for!..." Yusuke Urameshi gazed around the dark apartment that belonged to, and had been temporarily abandoned by, Kiya Sakira. Koenma, that damned little baby, had 'ordered' Yusuke and Kuwabara to go to Kiya's apartment, make sure everything was where it should be and that it was all ready for Kiya's return tomorrow afternoon.
Yusuke hated to admit it, but he missed his 'little sister'. He missed her cruel pranks, her I-don't-take-no-shit attitude…and her inexplicable ability to continuously beat the crap out of Kuwabara. That oaf was getting a little cocky without the short girl around to show him his place.
Yusuke snickered at the thought.
"Hey! Sasha!" Kuwabara's annoying voice exclaimed into the otherwise quiet apartment. Yusuke looked over to watch his friend as he opened a window, allowing a familiar, large blue bird to glide gracefully into the room onto the back of Kiya's couch. In her powerful beak, Sasha held a small silver tube.
"Ooh…mail's here!" Kuwabara snickered to himself at his sad excuse at a joke and took the container from Sasha's beak.
Yusuke just shook his head.
Opening the container, Kuwabara pulled from it's depths a piece of yellow rolled up paper.
Before Kuwabara could even unravel the paper, Yusuke snatched it out of his hand. "I'll take that…"
"Hey!"
"Oh shut up, Kuwabara. Everyone knows you can't read."
"Urameshi…"
"Shut up, this is from…." Brown eyes scanned the small parchment, then widened. Then narrowed. "Who the hell is Markusho?"
Kuwabara, not usually being one from whom came valuable information…nor remembered any, gasped. "Markusho? Gimme that!" Snatching the paper out of Yusuke's hands, Kuwabara read the brief message himself.
One time's a laugh.
Second time's a nuisance.
Third time's the last straw.
Kiya, my dear, you have foiled my plans for world dominance for the last time. Your precious little familiar no longer contained your ki like it should have, and although I don't know why yet, I do know that I will obtain your ki one way or another.
History will repeat itself…Water will be squared- four lives created for one purpose.
To start all over again. And this time, I will make sure you are not able to interfere.
Ciao, darling.
-Markusho
"Damnit!" Without an explanation, Kuwabara looked up to Yusuke with wide eyes and said urgently, "We gotta warn Koenma! This bastard's no joke!"
And with that, Kuwabara turned to run out of Kiya's apartment to go locate Kurama before he would go to Reikai. Kurama was always a good person to have along when these matters presented themselves, as Kuwabara had realized over the years of knowing the Kitsune.
Yusuke, not knowing what the hell was going on, followed Kuwabara anyways, almost forgetting to close Kiya's front door behind him. "Damnit Kuwabara, what's going on?"
"I'll let Koenma tell you!" Kuwabara yelled over his shoulder.
"Finally some fucking action!" Yusuke whooped as he caught up with his friend. First; find Kurama… then get to Reikai as soon as possible. Kiya had to be warned.
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And I'm spent.
-Kendra a.k.a. Toxic Mist a.k.a. Finally freaking back!
Don't knock on the devil's door…ring his doorbell and run…he hates that.