Water and Fire
Summary: There are only four elementals that walk the three worlds. Fire, Water, Earth and Wind. United, they could rule the world. When the YYH gang finds the elemental of Water, they must keep her hidden, so that a horribly powerful prophecy does not become a reality. But what will the other elementals do when they find out that she is being kept from them? Will she and a certain fire apparition become closer than they should be? Read to find out. RATED T FOR LANGUAGE!
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Previously:
Kiya stood up, using the counter for support and said to Keiko, "Nice one." She wiped a tear from her face.
That was the hardest Kiya had ever laughed. Too bad she probably wouldn't have this much fun ever again.
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"Lord Jasaro, Lord Aerosaku, Lady Terra………Lord Markusho from the Western Makai is here. He requests your audience."
The three elementals looked at each other and Terra, the elemental of Earth spoke up. "Send him in." (A/N Terra means earth in Italian)
The tall white-haired man named Markusho stepped into the room and immediately spoke. "I am proposing an allegiance……."
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Chapter 13:
After their little laughing fit, and after Yusuke gave the kimono back to Yukina, they all began the journey to Genkai's temple.
Yusuke and Kuwabara walked as far away from each other as possible, and there was No way Kiya could pass up this opportunity to say the one thing she'd been waiting to say to them since this morning.
"Aw, c'mon. Why don't you two just kiss and make up?" that got two responses.
"SHOVE IT KIYA! IM NOT GAY!." Yusuke's response made her laugh slightly.
"YOU WANNA SAY THAT TO MY FACE, SHORTY?"
Kiya held up her hands and said, "Okay, okay, touchy subject." And they all continued walking in silence. Kiya looked back behind their group and say Hiei walking by himself, so she did what came naturally to her, she slowed down her pace so that she was soon in-step with Hiei, who looked at her with his usual stoic gaze. They were silent for a moment, just listening to all the others talk, until Kiya said something.
"You're too damn quiet."
Hiei just glared at her. She backed off.
Kiya was confused, she liked this guy……..a lot…and she thought that he liked her, I mean, after the whole 'tackling' incident. Gathering what bravery she had left, she decided that there was only one way to find out if Hiei liked her even a tiny bit. She reached out her hand……..
…………and hesitantly brushed it by Hiei's, before sliding her hand into his. This was it, the moment of truth. Hiei looked down at their hands, and back at Kiya, not once removing his hand from her's. Kiya saw his eyes darken for a moment and felt him shake slightly. But his eyes soon went back to normal and he yanked his hand away from hers.
"You should be more careful around me." He growled. Kiya nodded sadly then quickened her pace so that she wouldn't have to be near him. Now she knew the answer, Hiei felt nothing for her-nothing. Seeing Genkai's temple steps ahead of her, she flew up the stairs and walked calmly into Genkai's living room, waiting for everyone else. She thought she heard a 'God damnit, I wish I could fly,' but she wasn't sure. Kiya quickly ran to the room that Genkai had prepared for her and dropped off her bag, then returned to the living room. As soon as Kiya was about to sit down on the floor, Genkai busted into the room and said, "Ah, ah. Get up, we're training today. Go to the clearing in the forest."
"Alright, I'm going, jeez. Keep your knickers on, old woman." She mumbled on her way out to the forest. Again, Kiya flew.
Kiya loved flying, it was her favorite thing to do now, besides bug the crap out of everyone around her for the hell of it (save Hiei cause he would kill her.) The feeling she got in the pit of her stomach when she was in the air made her smile. The way she floated in and out of the trees made her actually appreciate life.
Kiya looked behind her to see that everyone else except for one person was behind her, walking to the clearing. Ill bet you can guess who that one person was.
When hearing something next to her, Kiya looked to her right, seeing a black blur flitting from tree to tree, right beside her. Kiya's competitive nature kicked in and she bean to speed up, declaring this a race. Hiei obviously picked up in that because he also began to move faster, but clearly he was holding back. Kiya went faster still, barely keeping up with Hiei. She was fast, but not that fast. About 30 feet ahead of them was the break in the trees, and Kiya looked back to Hiei. She couldn't see his face because it was still just a blur, but if she could, she would see that he was smirking. He had been doing a lot of that lately. Right when the two were 10 feet from the clearing, Hiei disappeared.
What the hell?
She was too busy looking to the side where Hiei disappeared from, to notice that she was now out of the forest, and speeding towards the figure who was standing there, looking at her. They collided, sending them both flying back 10 feet before the figure fell to the ground, Kiya on top of him. She looked down to see Hiei glaring at her.
"Get off me onna."
Kiya struggled to get off of Hiei as fast as she could, but could not move due to the two strong arms draped across her waist. "Uh, Hiei…." She motioned towards her waist and Hiei quickly removed his hands, stood up and turned around, hoping that he could hide the blush that crept onto his face. Thank Kami no one saw them...
"GET A ROOM!" came Yusuke's voice from behind them.
….Damnit.
Kiya turned around to glare at him, to see that everyone was with him. He and Kuwabara were laughing and Kurama was standing there, his mouth slightly ajar. (A/N hehe, a jar……ok I'm done) and Genkai and Yukina (Who had come to watch and heal anyone if needed) just continued to walk, Yukina giggling slightly.
Kurama shook his head and said, "For your training today, you're going to be fighting Yusuke, Kuwabara and I."
"What about Hiei?"
"You aren't strong enough to fight him."
"Yeah, he'd maul you."
Yusuke turned to Kuwabara, "No he wouldn't, didn't you see what they were just doin? He totally digs her, he wouldn't maim her."
"Wanna bet, Urameshi?"
"Yeah, I do….." The two were interrupted.
"ENOUGH,", yelled Kiya, turning around so that the three of them wouldn't see her blush, totally forgetting that Hiei was behind her, so he saw her red face.
"Let's just get this over with." She mumbled. All five of them walked to the middle of the field and Kurama said, "Kiya, you'll be fighting Kuwabara first."
Kiya's face lit up and she said, "Yay, this should be easy."
Kuwabara ignored Kiya's comment and said, "I cant fight Kiya, she's a girl!"
"What, afraid you'll get your ass kicked?"
"ITS AGAINST MY CODE TO FIGHT A GIRL!"
"Well, uh. Kiya doesn't really count as a girl………" Kiya fumed at Yusuke's response.
"Yeah, but you do, you little wig-wearing, kimono sporting jackass,"
"Enough you two, now Kuwabara, if you aren't going to fight Kiya, we'll be forced to count that as a forfeit and Kiya would be declared the winner." Oh, so now they were considering this a game….sort of. What Kurama said got under Kuwabara's skin.
"Fine! Ill do it! Jeez!"
Kuwabara stepped into the little 'circle' that Yusuke had formed with a bunch of sticks and glared at Kiya. Kiya just smiled at him. Kiya grabbed a katana from outside the ring and unsheathed it, turning back to Kuwabara.
"And…..BEGIN!" Yusuke thrust his hand from above his head downward, signifying the start of the practice fight.
Kiya took the fighting stance that Hiei had showed her and readied her katana.
Kuwabara also took a fighting stance and they both just stood there, waiting for the other to attack.
Kuwabara lunged forward, his fist aimed right at Kiya's head. He nearly fell flat on his face when Kiya jumped up over Kuwabara and gave him a swift kick to the side of his head.
Kuwabara turned to Kiya, his face red, "That was a cheap shot!...SPIRIT SWORD!" An orange sword made of Kuwabara's ki formed in his hand and he swung it at Kiya. She ducked quickly and the sword flew above her head, causing her hair to sway slightly. Kiya then stood up and held her palm out facing Kuwabara. A blue orb materialized in her hand and she threw it at him, hitting him straight in the face.
He fell back onto the ground, eyes closed. Kiya quickly ran over to him and looked down at him.
"Is it dead?"
Kurama and Yusuke came up next to her and Kurama said, "No, he's merely unconscious. Yukina…"
He didn't have to say anything more, because Yukina was already at Kuwabara's side, healing the large wound on his forehead created by Kiya's orb. Kurama helped her get Kuwabara's body out of the ring and then he stepped back into the ring, facing Kiya.
Yusuke objected. "Hey! I want to fight Kiya."
"No, Yusuke, I would like to see if she could last a couple of minutes fighting me. You can fight her later."
Yusuke pouted and leaned against a tree, his arms crossed.
What a baby… Kiya thought to herself. She looked back at Kurama with uncertain eyes. Kuwabara was easy, but Kurama's sure to be……more difficult to beat.
Wait….no-that was an understatement.
Ok, to put it frankly, Kiya was screwed.
"……..begin." Said an unenthusiastic Yusuke, who was still obviously pouting about the fact that he was not allowed to fight Kiya.
Kiya once again took her fighting stance and Kurama raised his hand to his hair. Kiya watched, one eyebrow raised.
Kiya didn't have time to question what he was doing because Kurama calmly picked a rose from out of his hair.
The hell………?
Kurama looked Kiya straight in the eyes and without removing his gaze from her, he shouted, "ROSE WHIP!"
…….whip?
Right before Kiya's eyes, Kurama's rose turned into a long, green, thorny whip.
Crap……..
Kurama swung his whip and it slashed Kiya's arm while she was still in her state of staring. But this attack knocked her back into the real world and she grasped her arm, the blood already seeping out of the deep wound. She looked back up at Kurama and dodged an attack by lunging to the right side.
-----------------MEANWHILE, WITH HIEI------------------
Hiei sat in a tree, watching the fight between Kiya and Kurama go on. Kiya was just standing there, staring at Kurama's rose whip when he brought the whip crashing down onto Kiya's arm. Kiya blinked once and her hand flew to the wound, the blood seeping down over her hand.
Hiei had to grip the branch above him to keep him from going over there and attacking Kiya-again, his gaze glued to the blood. His grip tightened, his knuckles white and the branch creaking.
Hiei quickly reached into his pocket where he kept the plants that Kurama gave to him to keep his demon self under control. They were small purple leaves about the size of a quarter and Kurama told him to eat one or two whenever the urges returned to him, depending on how strong they were. Kurama had told him to use the plants widely because those were all he had. He could grow more, but it would take a week minimum.
His hand dug deeper into the pocket when he found none at the surface. After a minute, Hiei's eyes widened slightly.
He was out.
-------------------BACK TO THE FIGHT----------------------
Kiya quickly rolled to the side when Kurama's whip came crashing down right next to her head. She quickly stood up and attempted to hit Kurama with her katana, but instead, the katana was wrapped in Kurama's whip and snapped in two. Kiya tossed the now broken katana onto the ground and jumped back, so that she could get a clear shot.
She held her hands up in front of her and focused her energy into her attack. "ENERGY WA-----" her words were abruptly cut off as Kurama's whip encircled itself around Kiya's wrists and pulled her to the ground, causing her arms to get scratched up by the thorns. "Ow, god damnit!"
Kiya yanked the whip off of her wrists, ripping the thorns out of her flesh- which hurt like hell. Kiya flew about 15 into the air and crossed her legs, making it look like she was sitting Indian-style on air…..which she sort of was. She rubbed her wounded wrists and glared down at Kurama. That damn whip of his hurt like a mother.
Kurama looked up at her and sighed. He knew that she was planning on staying up there for a while – Hiei had told him about his and Kiya's little training sessions that were entirely wasted because Kiya refused to get back onto the ground.
While up in the air, Kiya began to focus her energy once again into the palm of her hand, a blue orb materializing above it. Trying to make this attack as quick as possible, Kiya flew down to behind Kurama and thrust the orb at him, causing him to fly across the ring and crash into the ground. But, before she had attacked him, Kiya didn't have time notice the whip that had quickly encircled itself around Kiya's waist, the other end being firmly held by Kurama, even after Kiya had attacked him. So, Kiya was roughly yanked after Kurama and she too crashed into the ground next to Kurama.
The impact caused Kurama's whip to further dig itself into Kiya's waist. Any further and the thorns would reach her bone. While Kurama got up and rubbed his sore back, Kiya lay on the ground, in so much pain that she couldn't even move. Kurama looked down at Kiya and his eyes widened.
"YUKINA!" Yelled Kurama as he crouched down by Kiya, attempting to gently remove the whip from around her waist. Kiya gasped in pain as Kurama pulled out the thorns, opening the wounds wider and causing her blood to run down the said of her stomach. Kiya was becoming pale from the blood loss and Yukina quickly ran to Kiya, sat down beside her and immediately began to heal her torso. Kiya laid her head back and attempted to breathe normally, but it was difficult. Yukina's hands glowed a faint blue and Kiya's skin began to slowly pull itself together, closing the wounds, but Kiya's blood still lay in a crimson pool around her. That was almost a fatal amount of blood she had lost.
Kiya became paler and paler every second that that lost blood was out of her body and her lips turned slightly blue. She began to shiver. Despite the fact that Yukina was doing a wonderful job at healing all of Kiya's wounds, Kiya still lost too much blood to keep herself warm.
Kurama saw this and was about to take off his shirt to cover her with it, when Hiei came up behind him, holding his cloak out to him.
"Give this to her." Hiei was looking to his side, away from Kiya, his eyes darkening, then returning to normal. Kurama didn't have time to ask why Hiei wasn't looking at her, but he quickly ran to Kiya and covered her with Hiei's cotton cloak. It covered her quiet well actually. Kiya stopped shivering almost immediately and Yukina moved to healing Kiya's wrists. Kiya's closed eyes opened halfway and she warily looked up at the people surrounding her, her gaze stopping on the one person who stood a bit further back than the others, looking away from her and his fists clenched. Kiya smiled to herself after seeing him, then allowed herself to become unconscious.
Yukina had by then finished healing all of Kiya's wounds and Kuwabara was now –unfortunately- conscious.
"What happened to her?" Came the incredibly intelligent question from Kuwabara.
"Kurama kicked her ass."
"Yusuke!"
"Don't even try to deny it, Kurama…"
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-Kendra a.k.a. Blazin' Blondie
Keep on Truckin'!
