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When the Darkness Takes Over
ForestSprite
Chapter 13
Hiei sat on a branch in the huge tree in the backyard that over looked the gigantic garden.
He leaned against the sturdy branches behind him closing his eyes. His thoughts drifted
off before he was snapped out of it when he heard a twig snap behind him.
"It's nice out here isn't it?" a soft voice asked.
He looked down to see Kagome below the tree looking out at the peaceful garden before
her.
Kagome feeling the weight of his glance on her turned to look at him flashing him a
smile. He nodded his head at her making her smile widen.
Hiei could practically feel his heart flip inside of him when she smiled like that at him.
"So what are you doing out here? Isn't Kurama your partner?"
"Hn. Kurama seems to have a crush on a female inu-youkai that lives here. He followed
the lord and lady to a conference with her."
"He has a crush on my adopted-daughter the Lady Rin does he?" she asked amused. "It's
good to know people appreciate a good thing when they see it. She's a beautiful child."
Hiei looked at her surprised. "Your adopted daughter?"
"When she was little her family had been killed by a group of bandits. She later lived on
her own in a village when it was attacked by wolves. She was killed by them."
"How is she alive today?"
"Have you ever heard of the famous sword the tensaiuga? It's a real sword and it allows
you to bring someone back to life. Sesshomaru had found her and for something she had
tried to do for him he brought her back to life and she took to traveling with him. I met
her while traveling with my friends. You see I traveled with Sesshomaru's younger
half-brother Inuyasha who had the sword tetsusaiga the killing sword. Sesshomaru would
come and fight him for it every now and then and Rin would always be with him. While
they fought we would always talk. I know what you're thinking I should have been
worried about the fighting but I'm telling you it was always the same they'd fight,
Inuyasha would use the wind scar and Sesshomaru would disappear and that damn toad
Jaken would come for Rin and they'd leave. Something changed though. Naraku
kidnapped Rin and me trying to lure both brothers there. He knew he couldn't hurt me at
all because my miko powers weren't trained yet. They'd activate on their own if I was in
danger so he tried to take his frustration out on the girl and I took to protecting her
getting hurt myself. By protecting her with my powers I couldn't protect myself as well
so I was easily susceptible to the attacks. Sesshomaru reached Naraku first and found me
with Rin. Not recognizing me as the one who traveled with his half brother he released
me as well when he saved Rin. After awhile we just ended up running into each other a
lot when I was alone. He finally found out who I was though in a fight against his
brother. He stopped fighting his brother and left. Soon we made a truce and he helped us
out. I saw Rin a lot more after that though and she took to calling me her mother as did
my other adopted child Shippo." she said with a soft shrug of her shoulders.
She leaned back against the sturdy trunk as she saw in her mind only things she could
see. "Rin is trying to find me. The meeting must be done. Would you like to join us for
dinner?" she asked looking up at him flashing him another grin.
He looked down at her. The grin was forced and tired and her eyes were weary and sad.
He nodded and leapt down landing by her side. Smiling at him she linked her arm with
his and began to walk with him following a bit surprised.
She entered the dining room still holding onto him stopping to grin at Rin who was
chatting pleasantly to Kurama. She nodded her head at Sesshomaru and Kagura taking
her place seating Hiei right next to her.
He was at the moment finding it hard not to blush. 'Enjoying yourself Hiei?' Kurama
queried.
'Are you? You do know she's the girls adopted daughter?'
'...'
'Hn. I thought as much.'
"Hiei? Are you ok? I've been calling your name for awhile and you weren't answering
me." Kagome said next to him.
"Hn." he replied. In the back of his head he could hear the fox snicker. 'Shut up fox.'
growled.
'It was very funny.' Kurama replied. 'You should see what she's doing now that you
dazed out again.'
Hiei snapped out of the discussion to find Kagome leaning close to him their noses
almost touching resting a hand on his forehead checking for a fever. "Hm he seems to be
ok." he could hear her murmur.
She scooted even closer to him if possible resting a hand on his cheeks then moving them
back to his forehead nodding her head in satisfaction. "Nope no fever."
"Hiei?" she asked him.
"What are you doing?"
"You keep dazing out." she replied.
"Hn."
"What kind of answer is that?" she asked him cocking her head to the side a bit looking
at him curiously.
Kagura and Rin watched smirks pulling at their lips, eyes dancing in amusement.
Kurama's eyes danced in amusement at his friends predicament and Sesshomaru watched
carefully not doing anything. Kagome was like a little sister if this man hurt her in
anyway he would die a very painful way.
"It means whatever it wants to."
"What kind of reply was that?" she asked innocently.
His eyes flashed in annoyance. "Hn."
"What did that mean this time?" she asked.
She was either playing games with him or she just wasn't as smart as he thought. She
smiled at him quickly then looked at the other three people at the table. "Well? What are
you waiting for? Let's eat."
Sesshomaru nodded his head and gestured for the servants to start coming in. Soon they
were all eating with the exception of Kagome who seemed frozen in place as the room
suddenly seemed to be filled with a cold wind.
"Kaa-san are you ok?" Rin asked the girl.
"I'll be fine. Do you mind if I leave for now?" she asked Sesshomaru.
He nodded his head in leave and she stood up thankfully and walked out the room. "Is
she really ok?" Kagura asked after she left.
"No she's not." Rin replied looking at the spot where Kagome had just been sitting at.
"Did you guys sense that energy just a second ago before she left? That was a message
meant specifically for her."
"What other trouble has she gotten herself into that she hasn't told us about?"
"That was the energy of Hoto-san." Rin replied.
"How do you know?"
"I have seen him enough now to recognize his energy." Rin said.
"Who is this Hoto-san?" Kurama asked curiously.
"He is one of the demon lords council men. If I remember from what I heard while I was
gone he would disappear a lot and whenever he returned there would be a meeting right
away. The guy also happens to be quite the catch and word is he likes someone. My guess
is it's Kagome. Poor girl she never was good at relationships never really one to notice
someone taking an interest in her."
"Do you think it's safe for her to go alone after that recent attempt on her life?" Kagura
murmured.
"I don't think there is much to worry about. It appears the fire apparition went to keep an
eye on her." Sesshomaru said coolly his eyes on the empty seat where he had just been.
Kagura chuckled. "I think your friend has a crush on our lady Kurama."
Kurama himself looked thoughtful. "This would be the first time. He's always distanced
himself from others being how he is and all. Not even his own sister knows of him yet."
"You mean that beautiful ice apparition Yukina? Such a lovely girl but I don't think you
should discredit her intelligence yet. She's very smart and most likely knows but wants
him to come forward with it himself or I could be wrong." Kagura said.
With Kagome
"Hoto-san where are you?" she called quietly.
"Up here my lady." a deep pleasant voice replied. She looked up into a tree where a
beautiful demon stood. He had long black hair and piercing purple eyes and was dressed
in all black.
He smiled down at her as he leapt lightly to stand by her and took her hand kissing the
top of it. "How is my lady doing this fine evening?" he asked with a small smirk on his
face.
"I'm doing fine but you won't be if you don't let go of my hand my dear friend.
Sesshomaru wouldn't be happy to know you were hitting on me without getting his
permission. He is after all my family by blood in away and has a say in it. Actually," she
paused with a small chuckle. "anyone that wants to go with me has to get his permission.
Something about demon rules if I remember correctly when he came back with me the
one time from when I used to journey and went on a date. He almost killed the guy."
Hoto-san smiled at her letting her hand go. "We don't want to anger the mighty demon
lord. Is he going to be showing up to the meeting do you know? He hasn't gone to any in
a long time and we can't do much without him there as he has a lot of power in there."
"I couldn't tell you. My brother works in mysterious ways. So are you planning on
handing me the jewel shard you're holding onto my dear Hoto-kun?" she asked playfully.
"Or do I have to take it from you by force?"
"I think we both remember what happened that last time when I didn't hand it to you." he
said as he pulled a small shard from a pouch handing it to her.
"So what exactly are you here for?" she asked him as she purified it and fused it with the
other part of the jewel she carried around her neck.
"Naraku has the rest of the shards." he replied suddenly getting down to business.
"I see. You are telling me something I already knew. Anything else?"
"Koenma is going to send other people after you soon because it seems the two demons
of the group aren't listening and the two humans absolutely refuse to mess with you."
"Really you don't say?" she mused. "Sounds like fun. I haven't had much practice
recently. I would like to be warmed up before I went back to find that jerk..." she trailed
off.
"So you really are planning on going?"
"Of course I do."
"The kits know what you're going to do."
"Doesn't surprise me. That's why they're with Koga though."
"You really trust him with them?"
"Not really. I'm hoping though that they won't turn out as perverted as him. Otherwise I
could always ask Kagura to adopt them. I'm sure Sesshomaru wouldn't mind."
"Are you sure you want to go by yourself?"
"Of course I'm sure. What kind of question is that? I'm not gonna let this place be over
run with his foul followers and be ordered around like a slave by that power hungry ass.
Besides we know what will happen to me if I don't do this. If I don't die making sure
he's killed I'll go through something much worse if he wins. That's why I have to put my
all into killing him."
"He won't dare lay a finger on you." Hoto-san growled.
"What would you be able to do?" she asked with a laugh that held no humor. "This will
all happen five hundred years into the past. I won't live that long unless he truly wants to
torture me greatly. Remember that's my reason for creating this alliance among the
demons. I need you guys to be prepared to fight if I fail and my dear friend you'll know if
I fail. Everything will be suddenly different here."
"Kagome...."
"Is there anything else new that you heard?"
"King Yama I heard is looking into these new developments but I suggest you watch your
back. I heard about the attempt on your life."
"Word travels fast." she muttered darkly to herself.
"I have a right to know."
"Do you really? What makes it that way?"
"You are my friend." he replied grabbing her hand. "Maybe more then that if you want?"
Suddenly a black blur came rushing at him and he was pinned to a tree with a sword at
his throat. "Hiei let him go now." Kagome called desperately to the short fire demon. "He
didn't mean anything by it. Please."
Hiei looked at her and reluctantly pulled away putting his sword away keeping a wary
eye on the other demon.
Hoto looked curiously at him his lips pulling into a forced smile. "You're one of
Koenma's men?"
Hiei didn't say anything.
"It seems I'm not welcome at the moment." Hoto said finally as he began to leave.
"Kagome I'm gonna come back and get an answer from you. Expect to see me soon." he
replied as he disappeared.
Kagome watched in the direction he took off before whirling to face Hiei.
Hiei who knew how protective she was of her friends expected to see an angry Kagome
but what he got was a surprise. It was a worried Kagome instead he saw.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
He looked at her confused and then she pointed at his chest. He looked down to see a
slice across his chest. Something he hadn't felt at all but now that he saw it he could feel
a sting. "Hn." was all he said.
She glared at him. "Don't hn me mister." she said as she walked over to him and knelt by
his side. She gently lifted his shirt up ignoring the annoyed sounds he made. "Stop being
a baby. I'm making sure he didn't use poison." she said as she softly fingered the cut her
eyes closed.
Her soft hands ran up the long cut over his chest glowing a soft pink. He watched as the
wound began to stitch itself up right before him as the skin closed leaving the soft pink of
new skin.
She continued to leave her hand on his chest though and he could feel himself glowing a
soft pink trying to shake off the thoughts that flew through his head.
She finally pulled her hand back and smiled up at him as she slumped to the ground a bit
looking lazily at him as the pink in her hand disappeared. "That's better." she said.
"Thank you." he said quietly surprising her.
"For what? Your my friend. I'm not gonna let you die before me." she said as she stood
up and began to head back go inside. "Coming?" she asked over her shoulder.
She began to walk again giving a soft yelp when she felt herself being lifted. She looked
into Hiei's eyes giving him a questioning look.
"You're tired." he replied as he used his speed to get them quickly back inside.
Actually what he really wasn't telling her was after seeing her with that Hoto guy he
realized he did like her and almost felt like he was gonna lose her before he even had her
when he saw how the two were interacting. She said he was her friend, but was it
possible that they could be more?
END CHAPPY
ForestSprite: Hope you guyz all enjoyed remember to r&r it's my fuel what makes me
write more without it you guys have to wait longer for an update
SmilingKitsune: I think she's blackmailing you. FS shrugs Ok you guyz. You heard her
make sure you review or she won't update for awhile
When the Darkness Takes Over
ForestSprite
Chapter 13
Hiei sat on a branch in the huge tree in the backyard that over looked the gigantic garden.
He leaned against the sturdy branches behind him closing his eyes. His thoughts drifted
off before he was snapped out of it when he heard a twig snap behind him.
"It's nice out here isn't it?" a soft voice asked.
He looked down to see Kagome below the tree looking out at the peaceful garden before
her.
Kagome feeling the weight of his glance on her turned to look at him flashing him a
smile. He nodded his head at her making her smile widen.
Hiei could practically feel his heart flip inside of him when she smiled like that at him.
"So what are you doing out here? Isn't Kurama your partner?"
"Hn. Kurama seems to have a crush on a female inu-youkai that lives here. He followed
the lord and lady to a conference with her."
"He has a crush on my adopted-daughter the Lady Rin does he?" she asked amused. "It's
good to know people appreciate a good thing when they see it. She's a beautiful child."
Hiei looked at her surprised. "Your adopted daughter?"
"When she was little her family had been killed by a group of bandits. She later lived on
her own in a village when it was attacked by wolves. She was killed by them."
"How is she alive today?"
"Have you ever heard of the famous sword the tensaiuga? It's a real sword and it allows
you to bring someone back to life. Sesshomaru had found her and for something she had
tried to do for him he brought her back to life and she took to traveling with him. I met
her while traveling with my friends. You see I traveled with Sesshomaru's younger
half-brother Inuyasha who had the sword tetsusaiga the killing sword. Sesshomaru would
come and fight him for it every now and then and Rin would always be with him. While
they fought we would always talk. I know what you're thinking I should have been
worried about the fighting but I'm telling you it was always the same they'd fight,
Inuyasha would use the wind scar and Sesshomaru would disappear and that damn toad
Jaken would come for Rin and they'd leave. Something changed though. Naraku
kidnapped Rin and me trying to lure both brothers there. He knew he couldn't hurt me at
all because my miko powers weren't trained yet. They'd activate on their own if I was in
danger so he tried to take his frustration out on the girl and I took to protecting her
getting hurt myself. By protecting her with my powers I couldn't protect myself as well
so I was easily susceptible to the attacks. Sesshomaru reached Naraku first and found me
with Rin. Not recognizing me as the one who traveled with his half brother he released
me as well when he saved Rin. After awhile we just ended up running into each other a
lot when I was alone. He finally found out who I was though in a fight against his
brother. He stopped fighting his brother and left. Soon we made a truce and he helped us
out. I saw Rin a lot more after that though and she took to calling me her mother as did
my other adopted child Shippo." she said with a soft shrug of her shoulders.
She leaned back against the sturdy trunk as she saw in her mind only things she could
see. "Rin is trying to find me. The meeting must be done. Would you like to join us for
dinner?" she asked looking up at him flashing him another grin.
He looked down at her. The grin was forced and tired and her eyes were weary and sad.
He nodded and leapt down landing by her side. Smiling at him she linked her arm with
his and began to walk with him following a bit surprised.
She entered the dining room still holding onto him stopping to grin at Rin who was
chatting pleasantly to Kurama. She nodded her head at Sesshomaru and Kagura taking
her place seating Hiei right next to her.
He was at the moment finding it hard not to blush. 'Enjoying yourself Hiei?' Kurama
queried.
'Are you? You do know she's the girls adopted daughter?'
'...'
'Hn. I thought as much.'
"Hiei? Are you ok? I've been calling your name for awhile and you weren't answering
me." Kagome said next to him.
"Hn." he replied. In the back of his head he could hear the fox snicker. 'Shut up fox.'
growled.
'It was very funny.' Kurama replied. 'You should see what she's doing now that you
dazed out again.'
Hiei snapped out of the discussion to find Kagome leaning close to him their noses
almost touching resting a hand on his forehead checking for a fever. "Hm he seems to be
ok." he could hear her murmur.
She scooted even closer to him if possible resting a hand on his cheeks then moving them
back to his forehead nodding her head in satisfaction. "Nope no fever."
"Hiei?" she asked him.
"What are you doing?"
"You keep dazing out." she replied.
"Hn."
"What kind of answer is that?" she asked him cocking her head to the side a bit looking
at him curiously.
Kagura and Rin watched smirks pulling at their lips, eyes dancing in amusement.
Kurama's eyes danced in amusement at his friends predicament and Sesshomaru watched
carefully not doing anything. Kagome was like a little sister if this man hurt her in
anyway he would die a very painful way.
"It means whatever it wants to."
"What kind of reply was that?" she asked innocently.
His eyes flashed in annoyance. "Hn."
"What did that mean this time?" she asked.
She was either playing games with him or she just wasn't as smart as he thought. She
smiled at him quickly then looked at the other three people at the table. "Well? What are
you waiting for? Let's eat."
Sesshomaru nodded his head and gestured for the servants to start coming in. Soon they
were all eating with the exception of Kagome who seemed frozen in place as the room
suddenly seemed to be filled with a cold wind.
"Kaa-san are you ok?" Rin asked the girl.
"I'll be fine. Do you mind if I leave for now?" she asked Sesshomaru.
He nodded his head in leave and she stood up thankfully and walked out the room. "Is
she really ok?" Kagura asked after she left.
"No she's not." Rin replied looking at the spot where Kagome had just been sitting at.
"Did you guys sense that energy just a second ago before she left? That was a message
meant specifically for her."
"What other trouble has she gotten herself into that she hasn't told us about?"
"That was the energy of Hoto-san." Rin replied.
"How do you know?"
"I have seen him enough now to recognize his energy." Rin said.
"Who is this Hoto-san?" Kurama asked curiously.
"He is one of the demon lords council men. If I remember from what I heard while I was
gone he would disappear a lot and whenever he returned there would be a meeting right
away. The guy also happens to be quite the catch and word is he likes someone. My guess
is it's Kagome. Poor girl she never was good at relationships never really one to notice
someone taking an interest in her."
"Do you think it's safe for her to go alone after that recent attempt on her life?" Kagura
murmured.
"I don't think there is much to worry about. It appears the fire apparition went to keep an
eye on her." Sesshomaru said coolly his eyes on the empty seat where he had just been.
Kagura chuckled. "I think your friend has a crush on our lady Kurama."
Kurama himself looked thoughtful. "This would be the first time. He's always distanced
himself from others being how he is and all. Not even his own sister knows of him yet."
"You mean that beautiful ice apparition Yukina? Such a lovely girl but I don't think you
should discredit her intelligence yet. She's very smart and most likely knows but wants
him to come forward with it himself or I could be wrong." Kagura said.
With Kagome
"Hoto-san where are you?" she called quietly.
"Up here my lady." a deep pleasant voice replied. She looked up into a tree where a
beautiful demon stood. He had long black hair and piercing purple eyes and was dressed
in all black.
He smiled down at her as he leapt lightly to stand by her and took her hand kissing the
top of it. "How is my lady doing this fine evening?" he asked with a small smirk on his
face.
"I'm doing fine but you won't be if you don't let go of my hand my dear friend.
Sesshomaru wouldn't be happy to know you were hitting on me without getting his
permission. He is after all my family by blood in away and has a say in it. Actually," she
paused with a small chuckle. "anyone that wants to go with me has to get his permission.
Something about demon rules if I remember correctly when he came back with me the
one time from when I used to journey and went on a date. He almost killed the guy."
Hoto-san smiled at her letting her hand go. "We don't want to anger the mighty demon
lord. Is he going to be showing up to the meeting do you know? He hasn't gone to any in
a long time and we can't do much without him there as he has a lot of power in there."
"I couldn't tell you. My brother works in mysterious ways. So are you planning on
handing me the jewel shard you're holding onto my dear Hoto-kun?" she asked playfully.
"Or do I have to take it from you by force?"
"I think we both remember what happened that last time when I didn't hand it to you." he
said as he pulled a small shard from a pouch handing it to her.
"So what exactly are you here for?" she asked him as she purified it and fused it with the
other part of the jewel she carried around her neck.
"Naraku has the rest of the shards." he replied suddenly getting down to business.
"I see. You are telling me something I already knew. Anything else?"
"Koenma is going to send other people after you soon because it seems the two demons
of the group aren't listening and the two humans absolutely refuse to mess with you."
"Really you don't say?" she mused. "Sounds like fun. I haven't had much practice
recently. I would like to be warmed up before I went back to find that jerk..." she trailed
off.
"So you really are planning on going?"
"Of course I do."
"The kits know what you're going to do."
"Doesn't surprise me. That's why they're with Koga though."
"You really trust him with them?"
"Not really. I'm hoping though that they won't turn out as perverted as him. Otherwise I
could always ask Kagura to adopt them. I'm sure Sesshomaru wouldn't mind."
"Are you sure you want to go by yourself?"
"Of course I'm sure. What kind of question is that? I'm not gonna let this place be over
run with his foul followers and be ordered around like a slave by that power hungry ass.
Besides we know what will happen to me if I don't do this. If I don't die making sure
he's killed I'll go through something much worse if he wins. That's why I have to put my
all into killing him."
"He won't dare lay a finger on you." Hoto-san growled.
"What would you be able to do?" she asked with a laugh that held no humor. "This will
all happen five hundred years into the past. I won't live that long unless he truly wants to
torture me greatly. Remember that's my reason for creating this alliance among the
demons. I need you guys to be prepared to fight if I fail and my dear friend you'll know if
I fail. Everything will be suddenly different here."
"Kagome...."
"Is there anything else new that you heard?"
"King Yama I heard is looking into these new developments but I suggest you watch your
back. I heard about the attempt on your life."
"Word travels fast." she muttered darkly to herself.
"I have a right to know."
"Do you really? What makes it that way?"
"You are my friend." he replied grabbing her hand. "Maybe more then that if you want?"
Suddenly a black blur came rushing at him and he was pinned to a tree with a sword at
his throat. "Hiei let him go now." Kagome called desperately to the short fire demon. "He
didn't mean anything by it. Please."
Hiei looked at her and reluctantly pulled away putting his sword away keeping a wary
eye on the other demon.
Hoto looked curiously at him his lips pulling into a forced smile. "You're one of
Koenma's men?"
Hiei didn't say anything.
"It seems I'm not welcome at the moment." Hoto said finally as he began to leave.
"Kagome I'm gonna come back and get an answer from you. Expect to see me soon." he
replied as he disappeared.
Kagome watched in the direction he took off before whirling to face Hiei.
Hiei who knew how protective she was of her friends expected to see an angry Kagome
but what he got was a surprise. It was a worried Kagome instead he saw.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
He looked at her confused and then she pointed at his chest. He looked down to see a
slice across his chest. Something he hadn't felt at all but now that he saw it he could feel
a sting. "Hn." was all he said.
She glared at him. "Don't hn me mister." she said as she walked over to him and knelt by
his side. She gently lifted his shirt up ignoring the annoyed sounds he made. "Stop being
a baby. I'm making sure he didn't use poison." she said as she softly fingered the cut her
eyes closed.
Her soft hands ran up the long cut over his chest glowing a soft pink. He watched as the
wound began to stitch itself up right before him as the skin closed leaving the soft pink of
new skin.
She continued to leave her hand on his chest though and he could feel himself glowing a
soft pink trying to shake off the thoughts that flew through his head.
She finally pulled her hand back and smiled up at him as she slumped to the ground a bit
looking lazily at him as the pink in her hand disappeared. "That's better." she said.
"Thank you." he said quietly surprising her.
"For what? Your my friend. I'm not gonna let you die before me." she said as she stood
up and began to head back go inside. "Coming?" she asked over her shoulder.
She began to walk again giving a soft yelp when she felt herself being lifted. She looked
into Hiei's eyes giving him a questioning look.
"You're tired." he replied as he used his speed to get them quickly back inside.
Actually what he really wasn't telling her was after seeing her with that Hoto guy he
realized he did like her and almost felt like he was gonna lose her before he even had her
when he saw how the two were interacting. She said he was her friend, but was it
possible that they could be more?
END CHAPPY
ForestSprite: Hope you guyz all enjoyed remember to r&r it's my fuel what makes me
write more without it you guys have to wait longer for an update
SmilingKitsune: I think she's blackmailing you. FS shrugs Ok you guyz. You heard her
make sure you review or she won't update for awhile