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Faded Memories and Much Needed Comfort

Kurama was shaking his head along with Beth while everyone's attention went back to Rain and Atem. "Atem, I'll only come to the reunion if my friends can come along with me," said Rain, hoping to be able to throw a bargain along into this 'family reunion' deal. At first, Atem hesitated but he finally nodded his head in approval. Rain jumped up and gave him a hug of appreciation. "When is this get together?" she asked.

"Tomorrow," he answered.

"Sorry, Rain, but Beth and I are going out together for the day tomorrow. We won't be able to come with you," cut in Kurama with his arm around Beth's waist. Rain looked a little put out but looked at the rest of the group.

"But you guys can all make it right?" she asked hopefully. She didn't want to face her family without one of her close friends tagging along.

"Sorry, Rai, but Keiko and I are gone also," said Yusuke with Keiko nodding beside him.

"I have to go home and take care of my pets, plus it's Shizuru's birthday!" put in Kuwabara. Truthfully Rain didn't care if he wasn't able to attend, but now there were only two more people left… Botan and Hiei. Rain lost all hope right then… why would Hiei want to come to something that had to do with the word 'social'? Then Botan probably had to work…

"Sorry, hun, but I have to collect souls tomorrow…" said Botan looking truly put out that she wouldn't be able to meet any new people… that weren't dead.

"Hiei…?" asked Rain. The fire demon gave her a reproachful look… Rain did her best Bambi eyes and scooted over to his side looking up at him like a lost kitten. She batted her eyelashes a few times, and with a sigh and eye roll, Hiei Hn-ed and nodded. "Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" she shouted hugging him tightly. Pulling away a little, she planted a kiss on his cheek and hugged him tightly again. Everyone but Rain saw Hiei turn a bright red with plate sized eyes. Letting go, Rain turned to Atem and asked, "When do we leave?"

It turned out that the trio had to leave immediately. Koenma opened a portal and walking through it, Rain and Hiei walked into Atem's house for the first time. Taking hold of Rain's hand, Atem guided her up the stairs, Hiei following close behind them. Pushing open a door, the cousin walked through pulling the girl with him.

"This is your room while you stay with me. I'll go show Hiei to his room while you get cleaned up for supper," said the host.

Rain nodded and closed the door behind the two men. Turning back to the room, she saw that everything was white except the bed which was a crimson red… it looked eerily like blood to the blue-eyed girl. She shook her head and looked around a bit more. She discovered a closet and a bathroom. The bathroom was the same as the bedroom, completely white except the towels and seat covers being crimson. The floor was white tile and she knew that she was going to invest in an area rug for the place. She walked into the closet to discover dresses, kimonos, shirts, skirts, and pants already put into the space. The colors were all the same… crimson, white, and black. Rain was becoming more and more determined to spend as little time as possible in the room… it was eerie to her for some reason… it felt as if she'd been in here before but she couldn't place it in her memory banks…

Backing out of her closet, she seriously considered asking Atem if he had and other bed spreads that she could have instead of the crimson scheme of everything. It was also extremely quiet in the room and with her high-heeled shoes, she found that everything echoed… she felt a hand on her shoulder, and with a squeal she spun around to see the owner of the body part! Her face turned a little pink as she discovered Hiei with a puzzled look on his countenance. Her shriek's echoes slowly faded and she regained her composure. "Don't do that to me, Hiei!" she scolded.

"Don't be so paranoid, Onna," Hiei said quietly.

She let out a small sigh, and smiled a tight lipped smile at him. "What's your room like?" she inquired.

He shrugged and looked around her room really quick. "I take it the colors remind you too much of blood…" he said nonchalantly.

Rain nodded. "But I also have a feeling that I've been here before… it's kind of eerie… can we go check out your room?"

Hiei shrugged again and started to walk out of the room… the brown haired girl scurried after him and grabbed his hand. He looked back at her with a questioning look and she just answered, "Better safe than sorry," but she truly was just afraid of her little déjà vu. The fire demon didn't make her let go, in fact he was pleased that she wanted to hold his hand. He hadn't touched her in this manner for a while and felt for some reason that he was… whole when he felt her skin against his…

They walked down the hall for at least 5 minutes when Hiei finally stopped in front of a door. Opening it, he pulled her in with him and closed the door. Rain looked about and found that the floor had carpet on it and it was a deep blue. The bedspread was silver with white and black pillows. Looking into the bathroom, she discovered that its colors were like that of the bathroom. She dashed to the closet and found male and female clothing inside… the colors were blue, black, and silver. Backing out of the closet, Rain had a thoughtful look upon her face.

"Say, Hiei… would you mind if I slept on the couch in here? I like this room a lot better than the one I have…" she said slowly.

"I'll sleep in the other one so you can have the bed-" he began.

"No… I have a feeling that neither of us should reside in that room… I don't like the feel that I've been in there but I don't know the reason…" she said looking around warily.

"Rai, there's nothing that is going to harm either of us in that room," said Hiei walking closer to her.

She shook her head vigorously. "No. There is something wrong in that room! I can feel it Hiei…" Rain pleaded desperately. Her eyes started to fill with her tears and she couldn't withhold one from sliding down her cheek.

"Rain, why are you… nothing is going to happen, you're just being paranoid," said Hiei firmly, trying to comfort her with his words.

"Hiei…" she whimpered, "I don't want either of us sleeping in there… I'm so scared and I don't know why! Hiei please don't leave me alone!" Her knees were about to give out when Hiei scooped her into his arms.

"Rain, Rain… don't worry, I won't leave you alone… I'm here," he said rocking her form to and fro. Rain looked up at the demon and tried to stop her tears. The two of them leaned in… someone knocked on the door. They both backed their heads away and Hiei stood up bringing the young woman along with him. After the straightened out their clothes, Rain called, "Come in."

Atem walked in and looked back and forth between the two with a suspicious eyebrow. "It's time for dinner, and Rain, I want you to go to your room and change into one of the dresses. Hiei you get dressed into something nice from this room," he said. Rain just nodded and he backed out. She looked to Hiei who ran into the closet , pulled out some clothes, ran to the bathroom, got dressed and came back out. Picking Rain up bridal style, he ran them both to Rain's room. He put her by the closet and she walked quickly in and out with a random red dress and went to the bathroom to change.

Closing the door, she peeled off her clothes and slipped into the dress. Quickly fixing her hair into a bun with the bobby pins on the bathroom counter, she turned to go out. She felt something watching her but just kept on walking. She found Hiei leaning against the wall and hooking her arms in his, they walked down the hall to the dining room…

Silver: Well, hope you liked it!1 Oh! I got my hair cut today and it looks sooo cute! Well, I'll be back with the next chapter soon! Byes

Todd: Bye