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:

"I need to talk to you Kiya. Now. Tell Botan to make a portal for you to get here. Come alone." He spoke quickly, and then the screen went black.

Kiya'e eyebrows rose and she looked sheepishly at Botan. "Uh…..I guess I need a portal…"

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Chapter 17: Transformation:

"They're up to something…" Came Koenma's voice as soon as the portal behind Kiya disappeared in a poof of blue smoke.

"Who's up to what?"

"The elementals. They're up to something. Have a seat, Kiya." Koenma motioned towards the seat in front of his desk and Kiya sat down in it. She tried to suppress her laughter at the sight of the small prince sitting in the chair that was WAY to big for him.

Compensation? ….maybe…

"What makes you say that?"

"We've been getting reports of the energy level in the North-western Makai escalading. The energy is neither demon nor spirit….so that pretty much leaves the elementals."

"..So I guess we know where they're hiding now. But what does that have to do with anything?….."

Koenma quickly pulled a remote from his desk and pointed it at the far wall behind Kiya. "I'm glad you asked." Koenma looked past Kiya and at the screen, so she followed his gaze. On the screen was information…lots of it. Koenma began to read the information aloud.

"….It is said that when the time is nearing for the prophecy of the elementals to be fulfilled, the elementals will undergo a transformation. No one knows exactly what kind of transformation they will endure, but it is known that each elemental undergoes a different one. This transformation will take place every other night at the beginning, lasting for only about 3 hours. As the time for the prophecy grows nearer, the transformation will take place every night, all night, until the time comes- and the elementals will remain in this form until the prophecy is fulfilled…"

Silence……

"Well I'm screwed….Do you think that that's what the increasing energy is?"

"I don't think, I know. You will have to be very careful these next few nights. I don't know when you're going to start transforming, but it will be soon."

"do you know if this transformation is……painful?" Jeez, I sound like a wimp!

"I don't know….." he was cut off bye George crashing into the office.

"Lord Koenma! We need these papers signed ASAP!"

Koenma groaned. "I'm sorry, but I have work to do. You must leave now."

Kiya got up from her chair, rolling her eyes at the bald ogre before stepping into the newly created portal, courtesy of the baby at the desk.

As soon as she stepped through the portal, she was surprised that everyone had gone home. Only Yukina was still in the living room, waiting for her.

"Hey Yukina. Where is everyone?"

"They left because they said it was late. They told me to tell you thank you for the party, though."

Kiya nodded and gave Yukina a weak smile- she was too busy worrying about this whole transformation thing.

"Is something wrong, Kiya-chan?"

"No Yukina. But thanks for the concern. Oh, and please, just call me Kiya."

"Okay, Kiya!"

Kiya smiled and she made her way to the stairs, calling a quick, 'good night' back to Yukina. Kiya climbed the stairs slower than usual. What was going to happen? When was it going to happen? Kiya reached the top of the stairs and turned the corner….

….only to have her way blocked by none other than her favorite fire apparition.

"Hn. Liar."

"Hello to you, too Hiei. What did I lie about?" Kiya crossed her arms.

Hiei ignored her question. "What did the fool tell you?"

"I assume you're talking about Koenma. If he wanted me to go alone, then he obviously didn't want anyone else to know what he told me, therefore, I'm not telling." She stuck her tongue out at him playfully.

Hiei gave her one of his infamous, spine shivering glares and Kiya gulped.

"Hn." Hiei walked right past Kiya to go downstairs. He didn't need her to tell him. He could use his Jagan to find out what the toddler had told her.

"Why do you care, Hiei?" Her question made him stop dead in his tracks. She continued, their backs to each other. "Why did you care about Youko kissing me? Why did you wait in my room while I was recovering, then sleep next to me? Why were you so protective of me when Markusho showed up in Keiko's hospital room- and why did you act all possessive of me when we saw those guys in the elevator?"

There was an unbearable silence for a moment, then Hiei spoke. "Hn. I do not need to explain myself to you." And with that, Kiya heard his graceful footsteps trail downstairs.

Kiya closed her eyes tightly, not wanting to believe what was just said.

Let me get this straight.

During his mating season, Hiei chose me as his 'target'.

Then, when we went to go see Keiko, he never argued or rejected me, AND he became a little possessive of me in the elevator.

He stays in my room with me when I'm recovering.

He nearly decapitates Youko for kissing me.

And all those times he kissed you, even if it was just because it was his mating season…

Yeah! So what is going on?

I have no clue…

You aren't helping..

Kiya's attention was taken from her thoughts when an immense pain shot through her right palm. Taken aback, she bit her lip to keep herself from yelping in pain and turned her right hand over to look at her palm.

There, engraved in a dark midnight blue, was the elemental sign for water. Suddenly, two lines shot past Kiya's palm and across her wrist, one silver and the other blue. They went their separate ways up Kiya's forearm, the silver one going to the left, the blue to the right. They spiraled quite quickly up and around Kiya's right arm, then disappeared into her shirt.

"What the hell….?" She whispered. It was then that she noticed that the colored lines left from the two traveling lines were starting to heat up, steam appearing from them. The heat seared through little lines that she could feel that were being spread across her body, and they kept getting hotter.

Quickly, Kiya ran to her room, shutting and locking the door behind her. The hot lines had now gone across her chest and were spreading down past her torso. To get a better view of everything, she quickly took off her shirt. (A/N hey, it's okay if you're alone!). She ran to her bathroom and closed the door behind herself. Gazing at her reflection in the large mirror, Kiya's eyes widened.

The lines had indeed spread to her torso. The blue and silver trails spiraled around her entire upper body, creating small colored spirals on each of her shoulders. The lines glowed with a dim white light before they started to burn painfully, steam erupting from each line. She could hear the searing of her flesh and she moaned in pain. She doubled over, cradling her upper half and her straight blue hair fell around her. She watched in wonder as her hair started to grow, almost making it touch the floor. She up righted herself and saw that her hair now had black and silver streaks and tips, and was now just above her waist.

Her focus moved to her face as Kiya tried to swallow her pain. Her irises were still silver, but around her irises, where it used to be white, was now a devastating midnight blue. Her lips were now blue as well.

But her odd eyes and lips was not was she was concerned about. It was the small tear drop birthmark by her right eye. It was glowing now- black, blue and silver swirled around in it like a vortex. Erupting from he tear mark were small droplets of water, falling out of her mark like tears.

Kiya's nails grew into inch long silver claws and Kiya could feel her two canine teeth growing as well, creating pearl white fangs.

Finally, after 10 minutes of searing heat, the pain stopped-thankfully. Kiya lifted her pant leg and saw that the blue and sliver lines had flown all the way down to her feet, ending in small spirals on top of them.

Kiya took one last confused look into the mirror.

She was quite shocking. Her eyes added a very radiant look in contrast to her lips. Her long hair flowed around her, having the appearance of weightlessness-like it was underwater.

Kiya groaned. She was going to have to keep this a secret.

Which is not easy to do when you live with a psychic.

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As soon as Kiya had left, Koenma finished reading the information on the screen.

"……Within 10 days of transformation, the elemental will feel uncontrollably drawn to the place where the ritual of dominance is to occur. They will find themselves unconsciously needing to go to the place that beckons them, and they will have no control over whether they go or not.

"The location of said place is unknown….."

Koenma sighed to himself.

Kiya was in for it, and there was nothing anyone could do to change that.

He needed to figure out a plan to save the three worlds and quickly. He figured his father wouldn't be too happy if he came home from a business trip to find that all the three worlds were under the siege of four elementals.

Not happy at all….

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-Kendra a.k.a. Blazin' Blondie

Keep on Truckin'!