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When the Darkness Takes Over
ForestSprite
Chapter 12
Hiei sat by the girls bed as the healer and Kagura chatted. He could make out some of the
discussion mainly about the poison used and her recovery.
His eyes scanned the girl who lay on the bed before him. Her breathing light and smooth.
What was it about her?
Why did he feel as if he had to help her earlier back there when Kagura couldn't pick her
up?
Why did he help her?
It wasn't like she was anything to him right?
And yet he found himself strangely attracted to her. She was kind and soft. Beautiful and
strong.
Who exactly was she?
"Who exactly are you?" he asked the lightly sleeping girl on the bed.
"She is exactly what you see before you." a soft voice said surprising Hiei a bit which he
quickly hid under his blank face as he turned to face Kagura.
"She is Kagome. A friend. A miko. One who puts all others before herself. She wears her
heart in open view. She is the holder of something very important. She is one of the
strongest beings to walk this planet. She is protector of all that is good and enemy to all
that is bad. She is a guardian. She is lonely. She is forbidden." Kagura said looking sadly
at her friend.
"How?" he asked a bit surprised by the last part.
"How what?" Kagura asked a bit confused.
"How is she forbidden?"
"Ah that. Not many people know about that. She is forbidden though because of what she
is. You saw her form at Genkai's? The one she changed into when Yusuke grabbed her
adopted son by his tail am I correct? That is her demon form." she explained.
"What about the kitsune form?"
"That was just an image. One she was hoping to use to fool Genkai so she could get a bit
more training that she couldn't get from Sesshomaru or myself. It probably would have
lasted a little longer too if it hadn't been for that attack. No her real form was what you
saw when she was pissed about someone hurting her family. A fire apparition. Do you
truly think she is accepted as both a miko and a demon. A creature that has magic that
destroys its own kind? No she belongs no where at all but by those that are ready to
welcome her with open arms. Like her adopted family. They knew nothing of course but
when they did find out they could have cared less."
"You mean those people are not her real family then?"
"No of course not. Her real family threw her out much like your own family did to you
forbidden child. I bet you thought no one would ever like you either did you? Yet you
travel with friends whether you admit it out loud or not. The same goes for her and yet
while she still is welcomed she is very much lonely as are you."
"What do you know?" he growled.
"A lot more then you do apparently. Why do you feel as if you have some kind of special
bond with Kagome? It's because you have been through many of the same things."
Kagura said as she walked away from him leaving him deep in thought.
She is wrong he thought to himself as he sorted through all the jumble of
thoughts.It's not possible. I feel no bond.
Stop lying to yourself already. a soft voice in his head said.
What the bloody hell are you? he growled.
I'm your conscious and I'm telling you, you have to stop lying. You're going to go to
hell for that
Hiei practically growled. He could hear the smirk in the damn things voice. Get out of
my head already. he growled out sharply
I can't I'm you.
This truly can not be healthy He said in reply. I'm talking to myself.
Fine I'm leaving now but you can bet that I'll be back
Why does that not surprise me?
No reply. It was gone. Thank god.
"Hiei?"
God damnit. he cursed mentally. Why is it I keep dropping my guard today? he
thought as he turned to face Kurama.
"How is she doing?" Kurama asked not sensing the short fire demons agitation.
"It appears she'll live." he replied shortly.
"What are we supposed to do with her?" Kurama asked shortly.
"What do you mean?" Hiei asked boredly though he had a good idea what he meant.
"Koenma told us if we found her to bring her in at all costs but personally I'd really
rather not die. If we weren't dealing with her it would be with Sesshomaru or Kagura and
I've heard plenty stories about Sesshomaru's temper. It's not exactly something I want to
see personally."
Hiei mentally agreed with him. He too had heard many stories about the great lord and he
didn't want to see if they were exactly true or not and the things he had heard on his mate
weren't exactly any better.
"So what do you propose we do? Lie to Koenma? If he found out we'd be back on
probation and stuck in makai (that's the demon world right? I can't exactly remember.)
Personally that's not something I really want." he said in reply. "God only knows what
the brat would have us do."
"That may be true but really we owe our loyalty to the guardians first before we do to
Koenma." Kurama said in a suggestive tone.
"How so?"
"The gods that created the guardians died not long after, making the guardians the next in
line of power. Actually it is suggested that it was the gods that had it ordered for the
guardians to be killed instead of the so called fear in the other beings. That is of course
suggested though because they were next in line after the guardians and the guardians
were granted extra long lives."
"Hn. That may be true." he said in reply thinking carefully. "But she was born years
later."
"Yet the blood runs in her." Kurama replied.
"We don't know which time frame she is from." a soft voice intruded into their
conversation. They turned to find Kagura there once again with Sesshomaru by her side.
"What do you mean?"
"She is not from the future." Kagura replied with a soft shrug of her shoulders. "Where
she truly is from we have no idea. Just that she was thrown into this time where she from
before and brought up and raised by the people in the Higurashi shrine."
"She really could be from a time before even me." Sesshomaru said.
"But like I said we truly don't know but her blood line does suggest that she is not from
here in this time frame." Kagura said.
"Do you guys mind not talking like I'm about to die. I'm still very much alive even if in a
shit load of pain." a weak voice said to the four that stood by her bed. "Jesus it's like you
guys thought I was dead and had to tell everyone stuff about me." she said as she tried to
sit up only to be pushed back down surprisingly by Hiei.
"Lay down. You are just beginning to heal. I don't want to carry you back into this room
again." he growled.
She just did a quiet hmph and turned away from him sticking her tongue out at him.
"Kagome what did Koga tell you about that tongue of yours?" Kagura asked with
amusement in her voice.
Kagome paled instantly and pulled her tongue back in.
Kagura practically fell over in laughter and Sesshomaru looked on amused while the
other two looked quite confused. "I think we should let her get a bit more rest. Out now."
Kagura said when she caught her breathe shooing the other three out of the room smiling
at the sleepy looking Kagome.
Once outside the room she fell into a fit of laughter using Sesshomaru to hold her up as
he too chuckled a bit. "Good old Koga." Kagura laughed.
'What exactly is this about?' Hiei asked his friend.
'I couldn't for the life of me tell you.' was Kurama's confused but extremely amused
answer. 'The way those two act it's hard to believe they are two feared demons and even
lords.'
Hiei nodded his head in agreement.
A young demon girl walked down the hallway toward the two leaders with an aura that
read clearly she was worried about something. "Sessho, Kagura where is she?" the girl
asked the small inu-youkai with long black hair and wide green eyes that were rimmed
with gold as she threw herself at the two no longer laughing demons.
Sesshomaru laid a gentle hand on her head. "My daughter she is fine. Do not worry. You
have just returned go freshen up and we will talk." Kagura said.
The girl shook her head no stubbornly. "I want to see her, and why were you two
laughing just a bit ago?"
"Ummm..." Kagura said in reply trying to find out how to answer this question.
"Kagome stuck her tongue out at my friend here and Lady Kagura said something about
remembering what Koga told her about that tongue making Kagome pale extremely."
Kurama said for her.
The girl burst into a fit of laughter. "You didn't. That's mean." she said looking at
Kagura who's eyes danced with mischief as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Well you know how your kaa-san gets Rin-chan." Kagura said.
Rin looked at the older girl carefully. "Kagura-san I knew Kagome before I did you and I
will always consider her as a mother but you are my true mother. Do not forget that." she
said. "You married my father after all." she turned away from them as she walked down
the hall. "I will meet with you in the study and report back to you after I freshen up." she
said disappearing around the corner.
Sesshomaru looked down at the extremely happy looking Kagura. "I told you she
considered you as her mother Kagura." he said quietly to her.
"Yet when Kagome left she became so withdrawn. I couldn't be sure." she said just as
quietly.
"Now you know." he replied then turned his attention back to the two demons. "Would
you care to follow us into the study?" he asked
"I will." Kurama said bowing politely to the two and glanced over at the quiet fire
demon.
"No I will just wander around." he answered getting jabbed in the ribs by Kurama. "If
you don't mind that is." he gritted out glaring at the seemingly innocent kitsune.
"Go ahead." Kagura said amusement dancing in her eyes.
'Hn. Fox you're just going because you're interested in the girl.' Hiei said disappearing
before Kurama could do something to him again.
End Chappy
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When the Darkness Takes Over
ForestSprite
Chapter 12
Hiei sat by the girls bed as the healer and Kagura chatted. He could make out some of the
discussion mainly about the poison used and her recovery.
His eyes scanned the girl who lay on the bed before him. Her breathing light and smooth.
What was it about her?
Why did he feel as if he had to help her earlier back there when Kagura couldn't pick her
up?
Why did he help her?
It wasn't like she was anything to him right?
And yet he found himself strangely attracted to her. She was kind and soft. Beautiful and
strong.
Who exactly was she?
"Who exactly are you?" he asked the lightly sleeping girl on the bed.
"She is exactly what you see before you." a soft voice said surprising Hiei a bit which he
quickly hid under his blank face as he turned to face Kagura.
"She is Kagome. A friend. A miko. One who puts all others before herself. She wears her
heart in open view. She is the holder of something very important. She is one of the
strongest beings to walk this planet. She is protector of all that is good and enemy to all
that is bad. She is a guardian. She is lonely. She is forbidden." Kagura said looking sadly
at her friend.
"How?" he asked a bit surprised by the last part.
"How what?" Kagura asked a bit confused.
"How is she forbidden?"
"Ah that. Not many people know about that. She is forbidden though because of what she
is. You saw her form at Genkai's? The one she changed into when Yusuke grabbed her
adopted son by his tail am I correct? That is her demon form." she explained.
"What about the kitsune form?"
"That was just an image. One she was hoping to use to fool Genkai so she could get a bit
more training that she couldn't get from Sesshomaru or myself. It probably would have
lasted a little longer too if it hadn't been for that attack. No her real form was what you
saw when she was pissed about someone hurting her family. A fire apparition. Do you
truly think she is accepted as both a miko and a demon. A creature that has magic that
destroys its own kind? No she belongs no where at all but by those that are ready to
welcome her with open arms. Like her adopted family. They knew nothing of course but
when they did find out they could have cared less."
"You mean those people are not her real family then?"
"No of course not. Her real family threw her out much like your own family did to you
forbidden child. I bet you thought no one would ever like you either did you? Yet you
travel with friends whether you admit it out loud or not. The same goes for her and yet
while she still is welcomed she is very much lonely as are you."
"What do you know?" he growled.
"A lot more then you do apparently. Why do you feel as if you have some kind of special
bond with Kagome? It's because you have been through many of the same things."
Kagura said as she walked away from him leaving him deep in thought.
She is wrong he thought to himself as he sorted through all the jumble of
thoughts.It's not possible. I feel no bond.
Stop lying to yourself already. a soft voice in his head said.
What the bloody hell are you? he growled.
I'm your conscious and I'm telling you, you have to stop lying. You're going to go to
hell for that
Hiei practically growled. He could hear the smirk in the damn things voice. Get out of
my head already. he growled out sharply
I can't I'm you.
This truly can not be healthy He said in reply. I'm talking to myself.
Fine I'm leaving now but you can bet that I'll be back
Why does that not surprise me?
No reply. It was gone. Thank god.
"Hiei?"
God damnit. he cursed mentally. Why is it I keep dropping my guard today? he
thought as he turned to face Kurama.
"How is she doing?" Kurama asked not sensing the short fire demons agitation.
"It appears she'll live." he replied shortly.
"What are we supposed to do with her?" Kurama asked shortly.
"What do you mean?" Hiei asked boredly though he had a good idea what he meant.
"Koenma told us if we found her to bring her in at all costs but personally I'd really
rather not die. If we weren't dealing with her it would be with Sesshomaru or Kagura and
I've heard plenty stories about Sesshomaru's temper. It's not exactly something I want to
see personally."
Hiei mentally agreed with him. He too had heard many stories about the great lord and he
didn't want to see if they were exactly true or not and the things he had heard on his mate
weren't exactly any better.
"So what do you propose we do? Lie to Koenma? If he found out we'd be back on
probation and stuck in makai (that's the demon world right? I can't exactly remember.)
Personally that's not something I really want." he said in reply. "God only knows what
the brat would have us do."
"That may be true but really we owe our loyalty to the guardians first before we do to
Koenma." Kurama said in a suggestive tone.
"How so?"
"The gods that created the guardians died not long after, making the guardians the next in
line of power. Actually it is suggested that it was the gods that had it ordered for the
guardians to be killed instead of the so called fear in the other beings. That is of course
suggested though because they were next in line after the guardians and the guardians
were granted extra long lives."
"Hn. That may be true." he said in reply thinking carefully. "But she was born years
later."
"Yet the blood runs in her." Kurama replied.
"We don't know which time frame she is from." a soft voice intruded into their
conversation. They turned to find Kagura there once again with Sesshomaru by her side.
"What do you mean?"
"She is not from the future." Kagura replied with a soft shrug of her shoulders. "Where
she truly is from we have no idea. Just that she was thrown into this time where she from
before and brought up and raised by the people in the Higurashi shrine."
"She really could be from a time before even me." Sesshomaru said.
"But like I said we truly don't know but her blood line does suggest that she is not from
here in this time frame." Kagura said.
"Do you guys mind not talking like I'm about to die. I'm still very much alive even if in a
shit load of pain." a weak voice said to the four that stood by her bed. "Jesus it's like you
guys thought I was dead and had to tell everyone stuff about me." she said as she tried to
sit up only to be pushed back down surprisingly by Hiei.
"Lay down. You are just beginning to heal. I don't want to carry you back into this room
again." he growled.
She just did a quiet hmph and turned away from him sticking her tongue out at him.
"Kagome what did Koga tell you about that tongue of yours?" Kagura asked with
amusement in her voice.
Kagome paled instantly and pulled her tongue back in.
Kagura practically fell over in laughter and Sesshomaru looked on amused while the
other two looked quite confused. "I think we should let her get a bit more rest. Out now."
Kagura said when she caught her breathe shooing the other three out of the room smiling
at the sleepy looking Kagome.
Once outside the room she fell into a fit of laughter using Sesshomaru to hold her up as
he too chuckled a bit. "Good old Koga." Kagura laughed.
'What exactly is this about?' Hiei asked his friend.
'I couldn't for the life of me tell you.' was Kurama's confused but extremely amused
answer. 'The way those two act it's hard to believe they are two feared demons and even
lords.'
Hiei nodded his head in agreement.
A young demon girl walked down the hallway toward the two leaders with an aura that
read clearly she was worried about something. "Sessho, Kagura where is she?" the girl
asked the small inu-youkai with long black hair and wide green eyes that were rimmed
with gold as she threw herself at the two no longer laughing demons.
Sesshomaru laid a gentle hand on her head. "My daughter she is fine. Do not worry. You
have just returned go freshen up and we will talk." Kagura said.
The girl shook her head no stubbornly. "I want to see her, and why were you two
laughing just a bit ago?"
"Ummm..." Kagura said in reply trying to find out how to answer this question.
"Kagome stuck her tongue out at my friend here and Lady Kagura said something about
remembering what Koga told her about that tongue making Kagome pale extremely."
Kurama said for her.
The girl burst into a fit of laughter. "You didn't. That's mean." she said looking at
Kagura who's eyes danced with mischief as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Well you know how your kaa-san gets Rin-chan." Kagura said.
Rin looked at the older girl carefully. "Kagura-san I knew Kagome before I did you and I
will always consider her as a mother but you are my true mother. Do not forget that." she
said. "You married my father after all." she turned away from them as she walked down
the hall. "I will meet with you in the study and report back to you after I freshen up." she
said disappearing around the corner.
Sesshomaru looked down at the extremely happy looking Kagura. "I told you she
considered you as her mother Kagura." he said quietly to her.
"Yet when Kagome left she became so withdrawn. I couldn't be sure." she said just as
quietly.
"Now you know." he replied then turned his attention back to the two demons. "Would
you care to follow us into the study?" he asked
"I will." Kurama said bowing politely to the two and glanced over at the quiet fire
demon.
"No I will just wander around." he answered getting jabbed in the ribs by Kurama. "If
you don't mind that is." he gritted out glaring at the seemingly innocent kitsune.
"Go ahead." Kagura said amusement dancing in her eyes.
'Hn. Fox you're just going because you're interested in the girl.' Hiei said disappearing
before Kurama could do something to him again.
End Chappy
Once again I'm left to updating the chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed and please r&r
SmilingKitsune