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:
"Kurama kicked her ass."
"Yusuke!"
"Don't even try to deny it, Kurama.."
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Chapter 14: Rest Sucks……Sort of:
Kiya woke up to find that she was in her room in Genkai's temple, her torso throbbing slightly. She blinked once and attempted to sit up, but halfway up a strong bandaged hand pushed her back onto the bed. Kiya looked up into the crimson orbs that were glaring at her, then at the bandaged hand that had not yet left her shoulder.
"What, am I under bed arrest?"
"Hn. Rest, onna."
Kiya's mouth opened slightly. "Who do you think you are! You cant tell me what to do! Plus, I have a name, smart one." She tried to sit up again.
"Hn." Hiei then moved quickly so that he was above Kiya on the bed, his hands firmly placed on her shoulders, his knees that were on both sides of Kiya's waist kept him from sitting on her, his body about 5 inches from hers. Hiei suddenly lowered his head so that his face was centimeters from Kiya's, his crimson orbs staring into Kiya's silver ones.
Kiya tried to burrow her head further into the pillow behind her head in the hopes of increasing the distance between the two, but to no avail.
Kiya had no idea how hard it was for Hiei to keep himself under control while she was so close and………..NO! Hiei refused to let his thoughts wander and let himself go again, which was easier to do since his mating season was coming to an end- thank Kami.
Hiei began to draw closer to Kiya and she finally realized what he was going to do- and she was excited. I mean, it's not like they hadn't kissed before, but this would be the first time that it wasn't out of instinct or hunger (A/N another figure of speech). She closed her eyes in anticipation and puckered her lips slightly.
Hiei stopped moving when his lips were right above Kiya's. She looked so ridiculous with her eyes closed and her lips puckered. When she finally realized that Hiei was making no move what-so-ever to kiss her, she peeped open one eye and looked questionably at Hiei. His breath tickled her now back-to-normal lips and his scent of pine trees and sulfur teased her.
"Rest," he repeated. He was tricking her! What the hell? He raised his head again, but his hands remained on her shoulders. Kiya just glared at him, until her eyes flashed with mischief. She wasn't going down without a fight.
Kiya knew the consequences of what she was about to do, but she didn't care. She just wanted to get out of bed.
So, Kiya raised her right hand, placed it on the back of Hiei's neck and roughly pulled his face down to hers, immediately pressing her lips against his.
Hiei's eyes widened slightly and Kiya felt him tense up, his grip on her shoulders tightening. But he soon loosened up and began to answer her kiss with his own, his breath quickening. Now was her chance. Kiya shoved Hiei off of her, jumped off the bed and began to run to the door. She was five feet from freedom when her 'bailiff' appeared in front of her, giving her a death glare.
"……heh…" Kiya tried to back up into the door, but Hiei roughly picked her up, threw her over his shoulder and walked over to the bed, dropping her un-gracefully onto it- but not without Kiya gripping his upper arm and yanking him down with her. He landed on top of her and Kiya's cheeks immediately flushed a deep shade of crimson from their position. She quickly wiggled to the right, out from under Hiei, but kept her steady hold on his arm.
He turned his head to face her, his red eyes glowing dangerously. "Let. Go. Of. Me. Onna," he growled.
"If I have to stay here, then so do you." Hiei narrowed his eyes at the blue haired elemental and she returned his glare with a grin, before closing her eyes and allowing herself to fall back asleep. Despite the fact that she tried to escape the room, she was still very exhausted, and the fact that Hiei was there and his body heat radiated off of him like a heater didn't help either.
Hiei could've left at any time, we all know that. But he didn't. Instead, he leaned up against the headboard and watched as Kiya's chest rose and fell deeply, signaling her deep sleep.
He became alarmed when Kiya began to mutter incoherently and she turned to him, immediately moving closer to him. He watched as a smile crept onto her face, obviously content at the un-natural warmth being provided by the fire apparition. Kiya placed an arm over Hiei's torso and moved herself even closer to him, their bodies now touching.
It was then that Hiei noticed that he no longer had the urge to……..give into his demon side, so-to-say. His mating season was finally over, much to the relief of the Jaganshi-but even though his demonly urges and desires were gone, the feeling that he got in the pit of his stomach whenever Kiya was near was still there- which could only mean one thing.
He was still attracted to Kiya. It was no longer an instinct driven attraction, but one he had even after his mating season was over. He realized that he still wanted her to be his mate- which was still very confusing to our Jagan bearing friend, mind you. Now that his mating season was over, he had expected that all those feelings he had towards the young elemental would perish, but they didn't.
Hiei looked once more at the blue-haired girl next to him before placing a possessive arm over her and closing his eyes, feeling at ease enough to allow himself to fall asleep.
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Kiya blinked and looked around at her surroundings. She was in a large room, the walls colored a deep crimson. The black carpet was soft beneath her bare feet. There was a four poster bed in the middle of the room on the right wall and dim wall lights gave the room an eerie feeling.
"Hello Kiya-koi." (love)
Kiya spun around to glare at the owner of the fearfully familiar deep, velvety voice. The red of his spiked hair contrasted nicely with the stunning yellow of his cruel eyes. "Don't call me that, Jasaro." She spat out his name, using it for the first time, it felt like the very word stung her throat.
Jasaro made a 'tsk' sound and stepped towards her. Kiya instinctively stepped back, her eyes narrowed at the teenager. She was not afraid of him and she wanted to make sure he knew that. "Now, now, Kiya. Why treat your future king like that?"
"Future king my ass."
"Such a mouth." He stepped towards her once again. "I like that." His eyes glowed dangerously and Kiya stepped back once more, only to have her back make contact with a hard wall. Great. Now she was trapped.
Jasaro kept advancing on Kiya and continued talking. "Soon the three worlds will belong to the elementals. Everything will be at our mercy. We will rule, Kiya, side by side." He suddenly ran up to Kiya and pushed her up against the wall. He bent his head down by her ear and whispered, "With you as my queen."
Kiya had had enough. With all the force she could come up with, she pushed Jasaro away from her and aimed her foot for a swift kick where it counts. Her foot shot out and was centimeters from Jasaro…..when he disappeared. His sickening laugh came from all corners of the room. "You cannot harm me, Kiya. This is just a vision, nothing more. I am not really here, and neither are you...this is just a dream."
"If it is just a dream, then you can't harm me, either."
"Such an intelligent young lass. That is true, I cannot hurt you physically, but I can hurt you immensely emotionally."
"What's that supposed to m…." She was cut off by a very familiar vision. A vision she hoped she would never see again.
There Kiya was, in the middle of a field. Or-what was left of one.
Bodies were scattered everywhere, and most of them were recognizable. They were all surrounding Kiya, making some-what of a circle around her. Kiya was visibly hurt. She looked at a body-it's red hair falling limply around it's owner's face. Kiya crouched down and brushed aside the hair, revealing the pale face of Kurama. Blood trickled down the side of his face from a large wound on his forehead.
Kiya's eyes began to tear and she soon turned her attentions to the bodies behind her. Yusuke's, Kuwabara's. Koenma's, Botan's, Yukina's, Genkai's and Keiko's. Kiya just stood there, not knowing what to do. All of her friends had died. She didn't know how, but they were all here, lying on the ground, dead. All but one.
"Looking for this?" Came a harsh deep voice as it hissed the word 'this' form behind Kiya. Kiya turned around slowly to see the familiar fire elemental dressed in black pants, a crimson shirt and a long red cape on as he looked at Kiya with piercing yellow eyes and tossed a body to the ground. Kiya's eyes fell from the elemental's face to the body on the ground at his feet. It had it's back to Kiya, it's usually tall black hair now falling limply on the ground, it's black tank top ripped and pants bloody.
"HIEI!" Kiya yelled as she quickly ran to the body and turned it over, to see that Hiei was still barely alive. Blood ran freely down the side of his face and neck.
Hiei's crimson orbs looked up into Kiya's silver ones……….and time froze.
Kiya was not frozen however, which confused her. The elemental in front of her cleared his throat to show that he too had not been affected by the time freeze.
"This has just been a brief showing of what is in your future, Kiya." He spoke.
She looked up at him and hissed, "What did you do?"
"It's not what I did, Kiya, but what you did not."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"It means that this is what will happen if you do not give in to your destiny and join me."
Then everything went blank, tears threatening to fall in fear of all this being real. She didn't want anyone to get hurt, especially Hiei.
"Here is my offer, darling." Kiya winced at that word as Jasaro's voice carried through her darkness, here eyes straining to see something. "You can come to me willingly, or what you have just seen will become a reality. All your little friends will die by my hand."
Kiya suddenly became dizzy and her eyelids drooped. Jasaro spoke once more. "My offer still stands, darling."
"N-no." Kiya managed to sputter out.
"Fine, but if you change your mind, just call me. Perhaps I will send you a little…proof…of what I can do." Jasaro chuckled, then…..
………Kiya's eyes shot open
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Kiya's eyes shot open and she let out a breath of relief when she realized that it was just a dream.
But, it took her a while to realize that the pitch blackness that she was looking into was not her room. Instead, it was a warm black cloth-and it moved.
Now, it didn't take a genius to figure out that something wasn't right. Kiya looked up into the face of Hiei, his crimson eyes hidden beneath his dark lashes that lay peacefully on his cheeks.
He stayed? She thought to herself before peering over Hiei's chest to see that the digital clock on her nightstand blinked red numbers: '2:32 am.'
Kiya froze when Hiei inhaled deeply. Had she woken him up? One look at his peaceful face told her that she didn't, but with Hiei, one could never be too sure. Kiya looked down at their bodies.
Hiei lay on his back while Kiya lay on her side, facing him. One of Kiya's hands were placed on Hiei's tank top-covered chest while the other one was up by her head. One of Hiei's hands was wrapped around Kiya's waist, holding her firmly to him, and his other hand was on his chest near Kiya's hand, but not touching it. Kiya noticed that that was the hand that was always covered with bandages. One of Kiya's legs were on Hiei's lap slightly and her head rested peacefully on his shoulder.
How did we get into this position? Kiya shrugged to herself before scooting even closer to Hiei, noting the heat coming off of him. She fiddled with the bandage on his right arm before falling back asleep.
Hiei tightened his grip on her waist. He had been awake since his Jagan had gone into Kiya's dream unwillingly. Through physical contact, the Jagan can almost unconsciously enters one's mind, it's usually very hard for it not to. Hiei had seen what had gone on in Kiya's mind and to put it simply, he was pissed. No one was going to take his Kiya away from him. No one.
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Kiya tiredly blinked open her eyes, then immediately shut them tightly because of the bright light shinning in through her open window. She groaned and turned over, burying her head into the pillow, suddenly aware of the absence of warmth that had been provided by Hiei not too long ago.
…Hiei!
Kiya's head shot up and she was soon disappointed to see that her bed was lacking one person. He must've left sometime this morning. Kiya slumped out of bed and walked to her bathroom, tripping on her own feet- twice.
Locking the door behind her, Kiya took off her pants (Her only piece of clothing besides the bandaged that covered her upper half.) She was too tired to worry about who had bandaged her up. She unraveled the bloody bandages and they fell to the floor and Kiya ran a hand along her stomach where a scar should've been, and it was then that Kiya realized that Yukina must have healed her.
Duh!
God, she was even slower when she was tired. Kiya turned on the shower water, adjusting and testing the heat of the water before stepping into the small rectangular shower and sliding the glass door shut. The steaming water ran over her body and she immediately got goose bumps. The water was like a drug, Kiya's personal ecstasy- all water had that effect on her, and it always has, even before Kiya received her powers. She was always able to breathe under-water also. For Kiya, the water would gather up the oxygen within itself and basically feed it to her, so that she was able to be underwater for as long as she liked. It was almost as if the water had a mind of its own. She shampooed and conditioned her hair before forcing herself to turn off the shower, stopping the flow of the heavenly water and she stepped out of it. She wrapped her body up in a towel and put her damp, midnight blue hair up into a high ponytail before stepping into her room to get something to wear.
She chose her white 'Ass Kicker' shirt and her black Tripp pants along with her favorite converses before stepping out of her room and making her way to the kitchen, while being overwhelmed by the smell of Kurama's cooking. She loved the smell of his breakfasts-but she had never eaten them. For breakfast everyday, she always ate one thing, and one thing only.
Pop-Tarts. Brown cinnamon Pop-Tarts. She fricken worshiped those things.
Stepping into the kitchen, she was greeted by Botan (Who had shown up that morning just to say hi) and Yukina rushing to her and trapping her in a huge hug.
"I'm so glad you're okay, Kiya-chan!"
"All because of your healing, Yukina." She smiled at the turquoise haired girl, who smiled right back.
Both her and Botan released Kiya and before she could make it to the pantry, Yusuke and Kuwabara stopped her with bone crushing hugs.
"Dude! We thought you'd be out for way longer, Kurama totally……." Kiya cut Yusuke off.
"Me……Need…….AIR!" Yusuke and Kuwabara released her and she stumbled back, taking deep breaths.
"Morons." She joked and then made her way over to the pantry, glancing at Kurama who had not said one word to her yet. His gaze was fixed on the omelet he was making (So I don't know any Japanese breakfast foods, sue me).
He must feel bad about what happened. Kiya reached into the pantry and grabbed her box of pop-tarts. Peering inside, she suddenly screamed, "WHO TOOK ONE OF MY POP-TARTS!" She looked around the kitchen furiously until her gaze fell upon the silver wrapper….unopened….on the table…..in front of Yusuke-who was frozen in fear, too afraid to even move.
"YOU!" She yelled accusingly and Yusuke as she pointed at him. Yusuke yelped as Kiya floated quickly to the table and snatched the pop-tart off the table, holding it to her chest. She glared at Yusuke and got close to his face. "Never. EVER. Touch. My. Pop-tarts." She hissed, then turned her attention from the shuddering Spirit Detective to the beloved Pop-tarts in her hand. She plopped down at the table contently and opened the package, quickly eating the Pop-Tart.
Kuwabara broke the silence. "We start school tomorrow."
Kiya looked up at him and swallowed the bit of pop-tart in her mouth before saying, "So soon? Damn, I hate school."
"Preach it." Kiya shot a look at Yusuke and he backed up in his chair, making an 'eep' sound.
Kiya decided to change the subject. "Where's Hiei?"
"Training." Came Kurama's quiet answer. He still wouldn't look at Kiya and it was starting to really bother her. She stood up from the table after completely consuming her pop-tart and walked over to Kurama, dragging him from the stove by his elbow. "I need to talk to you." Yukina took over the cooking and Kiya lead Kurama into the empty hallway.
She stopped and looked him in the eye, and he returned her look. Kiya knew what was bothering him. "Kurama, we were training, that's it. Don't beat yourself up about it. I'm fine, see?" She twirled, letting him see that she was in fact- fine.
Kurama smiled lightly and nodded. Kiya smiled back, but then gasped when she saw Kurama's eyes.
What used to be a dazzling green, was now replaced by a deep amber. Kiya took a step back when Kurama advanced on her.
"You know, Kurama won't let us get near you. He says that you're taken…."
What the hell?
"…but I don't see anyone's name on you, and you're just too hard to stay away from."
"Who are you?" Kiya was officially freaked out.
"Oh, excuse my poor manners." Then, right there, before Kiya's very eyes, Kurama began to transform. His long red hair grew even longer and turned a silvery hue. Two fox ears were placed in the hair on top of his head. His usually pink outfit was replaced by a white one, with fabric flying all over the place. A silver tail showed itself from behind him and found it's way around Kiya's waist, abruptly pulling her to him. She collided with his chest and he smirked down at her. "My name's Youko Kurama."
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Kendra a.k.a. Blazin Blondie
Keep on Truckin'!
