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:

As Kiya walked briskly down the street, she was cursing everyone out on the sidewalk besides her. If they weren't there, she would've been able to fly to the party, but now she had to walk 6 miles to school.

Damn people.

But as Kiya walked, she was oblivious to the presence flitting from roof-top to roof-top above her, keeping one eye on her always.

Hiei scowled to himself. His future mate wasn't going anywhere without him being with her.

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Chapter 19: Can You Say Party?

Kiya could hear the loud music blaring from all the way down the street.

I'm going to laugh when they get the cops called. She grinned evilly to herself before walking across the grass field to the front entrance of the middle school. No passed out bodies, no toilet papered cars, alright, so far so good. As Kiya reached the front door, she could clearly hear the song playing inside and all the people singing along with it.

"I like big butts and I cannot lie.

You other brothers can't deny.

When a girl walks in with an iddy biddy waist and a round thing in your face you get….."

Kiya kept listening to the song as she walked through the crowd, not even having to push her way through the people because they were hurriedly stepping out of her way, their eyes wide. Kiya smirked to herself. Beating up some jerk in the hallway earned her the right to say that she now owned the school. Speaking of jerks, Kiya's gaze fell upon the far corner, where Brian's little group of football buddies were cowering, the little baka himself was no where to be found. That was good, because Kiya knew that if she saw Brian, she would want to kill him right then and there for blaming her for Rob's murder.

Kiya kept walking down the hallway, listening to the music and looking around. Haku had gone all out. There were streamers everywhere, the main lights were replaced with black lights and a smoke machine filled the hallway with fog. This surprised her. Either Haku was a very rich guy with some very nice connections, of he just stole everything. She was putting her money on the latter of the two.

Kiya stopped listening to the music when she felt someone poke her shoulder. She turned around to see Yusuke, Kurama and Kuwabara standing there, Kuwabara was in the back, lip-singing to the song. "Wow, you guys got here fast."

"Yup. Wouldn't want to keep everyone waiting because the party doesn't start until Yusuke Urameshi is there," Said Yusuke proudly as he walked past Kiya along with Kuwabara into the school. Kiya turned to Kurama.

"Did you ask Hiei if he wanted to come?"

"I could not find him, I'm sorry." It was the truth though; Kurama hadn't seen Hiei all evening.

"Ok, well thanks any---" Kiya was cut off.

"SUICHI!"

"Oh dear." Mumbled Kurama. Kiya turned to see a flock of girls running in Kurama's direction.

"Suichi?"

"My human name." He sighed. The girls reached him and Kurama forced a fake smile. Kiya shook her head.

He doesn't even go to this school and he has fan girls here. Kiya turned and pushed her way through the love-struck girls to the middle of the room. She looked up at the person dancing on a table against the wall.

Noi. The school party animal. Kiya had never really hung out with her, but Noi was one of those rare people at her school that Kiya did not want to murder. They talked once, but it was about Kuwabara. Well, it was more like laughing. They were both rolling on the floor because Kuwabara ran into a door.

Ah, good times. Good times.

Up on the table next to Noi's was one of Noi's best friends, Ame. (1) Known at the school for being one of the only girls who could pull off short hair. Her black and red stripped hair swayed slightly as Ame danced to the music.

Kiya turned her head to the direction of all the cheering that was to her right. A crowd of people were creating a half circle around the two girls dancing in the middle. One of the girls had long brown hair down to her shoulders and the other had black hair to her back. Kiya recognized them as Samantha and Luna, the famed sisters who- besides Kiya- hated nearly everyone in the school. Kiya had never talked to them –not surprisingly- but they had never bothered her enough for her to declare them 'whore's' (which was her favorite title for every girl in the school that she could not stand.) Come to think of it, Kiya was surprised that she even knew all of these people's names, considering she had never bothered to talk to them. She took one last look at all four of them, dancing like wild women- but not to the point of being sluttish. Luna stopped dancing when she saw someone and waved to them. "What's up, Yusuke?"

Kiya smiled slightly and shook her head. She turned to look behind her where Luna was waving to, to see Yusuke and Kuwabara, Yusuke nodding as a small 'hey'. Yusuke and Kuwabara both had a beer can in their hands.

"Uh, I'm not sure if drinking's such a good idea."

"Oh, bull. We're still sober." Argued Yusuke. Kiya looked to Kuwabara who was looking around him as if waiting for something. Kiya recognized the overly confident look on his face.

"Oh give it a rest, Kuwabara. No one in their right mind would dance with you."

"You wanna bet?"

"Sure." Kiya had no money, but who cared? Not like she would lose. Who would dance with him.

"I'll bet you $50 dollars that no one will ask you to dance tonight." Kuwabara said.

"Alright, and I bet that no one will ask you to dance tonight. If I win, I get that $50 dollars."

"Deal." Kuwabara stuck out his hand for Kiya to shake, but Kiya instead smacked him in the head. "Deal."

"Ahem," came a familiar voice from beside Kiya. She looked to her right to see Haku standing there. He was wearing black pants with a crimson colored shirt on and he had a friendly smile on.

"I must say that I'm impressed, Haku. The principal never found out about your little party and the cops have yet to show up." Kiya crossed her arms.

"Yes, well I have my ways of keeping things a secret." He held his hand out to her in a mocking-gentleman sort of way. "Would you care to dance?"

Kiya shot a side smirk at Kuwabara and made a money sign by rubbing her fingertips together. She turned back to Haku. Kiya didn't know what it was about Haku, but she just didn't like him- at all. But, money is money and she needed that $50 dollars. "Fine." She was going to dance with him, but she wasn't going to like it and she was going to make sure that Haku knew that.

Haku smirked and took Kiya's hand in his, leading her through the school to the large gymnasium where a new song was blaring and people were dancing everywhere. There was even a strobe light.

I've got to admit, the guy sure knows how to throw a party. She thought to herself as Haku stopped walking and turned to her. He almost hesitantly put his hands on her waist and she put her hands on his shoulders.

The sooner this is over with, the sooner I can get my money. You'd better watch where those hands of yours go, pretty-boy.

The thought reassured Kiya and she calmed down. Haku's and her body began to sway to the beat of 'All the things she said,' by T.A.T.U. (A/N I don't own). A clenching feeling rose in the pit of Kiya's stomach and she couldn't help but feel like she was…….cheating on Hiei.

It's only for the money…

She couldn't help but notice how Haku was staring right into her eyes. His silver eyes meeting hers. They had been dancing for about 7 minutes when Haku finally broke the silence.

"You have beautiful eyes." Haku said softly. Kiya's eyes widened slightly.

"Uh….?" She wasn't sure what else to say, Haku wasn't acting like himself. What happened to the huge-ego, overly annoying, stuck-up jackass Kiya knew?

She didn't know where it was, she just knew that it sure as hell wasn't here.

Haku chuckled slightly at Kiya's confusion and Kiya was about to tell him off for laughing at her when she was suddenly aware of the new song playing, and the two figures standing on the bleachers, beer bottles in hand singing the song very loudly and very…poorly.

"HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT!..." Kiya stopped moving and her jaw dropped. There, dancing on the bleachers, were a very wasted Yusuke and Kuwabara in only their pants and a white t-shirt (With the bottom of the t-shirt pulled in through the collar of the shirt, making it look like a bra.) They both had one arm around each other's shoulder's and their other arm's were holding an empty beer bottle to their mouth, using it as a microphone. "FIRE AWAAAAY!" Their voices reached unusual heights when they sang the last line and Kiya cringed. Who the hell could get that drunk that quickly?

"Oh. My. God." She muttered…..before starting to laugh her head off.

Oh boy, she was so going to use this against them when they were sober. Can someone say blackmail?

"You're cute when you laugh…" Stated Haku coyly while staring at Kiya's lips. That shut Kiya up quickly.

"Huh…..?" Kiya asked and widened her eyes as she saw Haku begin to lean into her, his eyes slightly shut. "Uh, Haku……you'd better get away from me…." She tried pushing up against his chest, but he only held her tighter. Kiya was at this point seriously contemplating blasting him with her trusty water orb right about now, but she figured Koenma would have her ass on a silver platter if she did that in front of all these ningens. Haku leaned in closer to her and one second Kiya could feel his lips brush hers……….

……….the next second, Haku was being thrown across the large gymnasium and everyone in the room, including Kiya and the two morons on the bleachers stopped what they were doing to look at Haku- who was now on the ground against the wall, and the person who threw Haku- who was glaring at every single person in the gym, including Kiya.

"….Hiei.." Kiya managed to get out. The furious fire apparition was glowing slightly purple, his aura flaring. He walked briskly over to Kiya, grabbed her arm roughly, and walked with her in tow out of the gym and eventually out of the school, on the way passing Kurama and all of his fan girls.

Kurama gave Kiya a worried look and Kiya just looked back, her face emotionless. On the inside, Kiya was scared out of her flipping mind- so scared that her face couldn't even show it. She felt like a little girl who got caught shop-lifting and now her father was dragging her out of the store to their car where he would spank her until she was sorry.

Hiei walked with Kiya across the street and into the forest, the moonlight blocked out by the tall treetops. As soon as they were out of hearing or seeing distance, Hiei roughly let go of Kiya's arm and began to pace, his aura still flaring. Kiya swallowed. What was she supposed to say? 'I'm sorry about almost kissing Haku, you must be really mad…' yeah, that'd work. (Sarcastic)

"…Hiei-"

"Shut up." He hissed.

Kiya's mouth opened slightly. Hiei had never snapped at her before. Hiei suddenly stopped pacing and walked to Kiya, quickly pushing her up against a tree and glaring at her. Wait…no. 'Glare' is an understatement.

Hiei suddenly scrunched up his nose. "You reek of him."

"Look Hiei, he forced himself on m-"

"I said SHUT UP!" He barked and Kiya flinched. Hiei's claws began to dig themselves into Kiya's shoulders, but she didn't dare make any noise.

Hiei began to breathe deeply, and Kiya got a little nervous. If she was afraid of anyone right now, it would be Hiei. She clenched her eyes shut tightly and bit her lip as she felt the warm blood falling down her shoulders from the wounds Hiei was inflicting.

It all happened so quickly, Kiya almost didn't see it. One moment, Hiei was pushing her up against the tree, the next he was ripping his nails out of Kiya's shoulders and they were running again, his hand gripping her elbow.

Kiya didn't even feel her wounds. She was too busy staring at the back of Hiei's head as everything around them flitted past, her legs not even touching the ground. She had come to find that floating when Hiei was running with her was way better than trying to keep up with him and having her legs flailing all over the place. She didn't say anything, though she doubted that Hiei would even hear her if she did.

In a matter of seconds, Kiya and Hiei were right outside of Genkai's temple. Hiei turned to her, his glare un-subsiding and his grip not leaving her elbow.

Kiya returned his glare. His intimidation had gone far enough. Sure, she could understand why he was pissed, but he was mad at the wrong person! Kiya didn't even like Haku! This was all his damn fault!

Hiei's grip on Kiya's poor elbow began getting stronger and Kiya said through clenched teeth, "Hiei………let me go….." She didn't dare let him know that he was hurting her. She wasn't in the greatest of situations, but she still had to keep her pride in-tact.

She was just a little egocentric.

Hiei's now stoic gaze followed Kiya's to her elbow and his grip suddenly loosened when his eyes slightly widened. Kiya was able to pull away from him and she rubbed her sore elbow while looking back at Hiei, whose eyes were glued to Kiya's arm in……..shock?

"Look Hiei, I'm sorry about what happ-" Hiei snapped out of his stare and closed his eyes.

"Hn. I don't need your pathetic apology."

"Well then what do you need? Saying sorry is the only way I know how to let you know that I regret what happened-"

"Save it, onna." Hiei re-opened his eyes.

Kiya's temper finally flared.

"Don't tell me to save it! What happened to you Hiei? It was just a fucking dance!" Kiya was at this point practically yelling.

"Hn." Hiei's arms were crossed over his chest.

"I only danced with Haku because of a bet with Kuwabara."

"So the baka is the one behind this…" Hiei's eyes flared.

"No! Kuwabara had nothing to do with it."

"In Makai, infidelity is punishable by abandonment." He hissed, his voice dangerously low.

Kiya's eyes widened. "WHAT? Okay, first of all, we are not in Makai. Second of all, you need to be with someone before you can cheat on them…" Hiei's eyes locked with Kiya's with that last sentence and Kiya could hear herself gasp with the sudden change in the Jaganshi's demeanor. He no longer looked ready to kill; instead he now looked stoic-again. He stepped over to Kiya and stood right in front of her. He had to look down a little bit so he could stare into her eyes.

"You are mine. I have not marked you yet, but I have claimed you-" his words were cut short when his crimson eyes trailed down Kiya face, down her neck, to the holes in the shoulder of Kiya's hoodie. Swiftly and gently, Hiei pulled down the collar of her hoodie. His eyes widened ever so subtlety when he saw the wounds he inflicted on her shoulder. The blood still had not dried. Hiei stepped away from Kiya and looked from her shoulder to her eyes.

"Hiei, you really need to learn to calm down. I understand that you had a rough childhood, but-"

"My childhood is none of your business."

"Will you shut up and let me finish?" Hiei narrowed his eyes at the young elemental before turning his attention to the side of him. He turned his body, staring out at nothing, a scowl plastered on his features. She continued, "There's no need for you to be so damn somber! Yeah, your life has pretty much sucked so far, but at least the cruel tactics of reality actually left you with some family!" Hiei immediately looked back to Kiya, about to say something, but she continued to talk. "That's right, Hiei. I know about Yukina. I can tell she's your sister. By the way you always keep one brotherly eye on her, how you tense up whenever Kuwabara is near her….your eyes are even the same color…." Kiya left her sentence hanging- her and Hiei staring at each other. Hiei was looking at her like she was supposed to say something else, so she did.

"I won't tell Yukina, I'll leave that to you. But be thankful that you still have her! I have no family left! None! My childhood sucked, too! I had to grow up in a damn mall- sneaking into the fast food restaurants at night to feed myself! But you don't see me running around, being all quiet and having that damn clichéd I- hate- the- world attitude .I bucked up. I accepted the fact that my life sucks and I moved on! I pushed my pain to the side so I wouldn't make anyone else as miserable as I was……as I am." Kiya didn't regret a single thing she had said. It was time that Hiei finally put his past where it was supposed to be: behind him. Kiya's pain that had been 'pushed to the side' had suddenly returned to her thoughts, memories upon horrible memories flooding her mind- but she didn't care. All she cared about was the conversation her and her almost-koi were sharing.

More like argument gone bad.

Hiei wouldn't even grace her with his gaze; instead he just stayed where he was, staring out into the forest, the darkness of the trees created by the lack of moonlight. Sure, Kiya had had a rough childhood, but she had not gone through as much as he had. He never even had a childhood. It had been taken from him by the heartless hands of exile.

"Hn. You know nothing of true pain."

"Yes I do. It's what I'm feeling right now with you not even looking at me. Talking to me as if I were a child that didn't know anything…………..Hiei, look at me."

Hiei reluctantly looked over at Kiya from the corner of his eye and immediately saw the glinting among the silver. Her eyes were slightly glazed and Hiei could tell that she was fighting a battle against the tears that threatened to fall……and she was about to lose. "I do not deserve your tears…" he muttered almost silently to himself as a clenching in the pit of his stomach tore him away from his stubborn anger. As quiet as he had said it, Kiya had heard it.

"Yes you do……….Hiei, I love you." Kiya had let the words fall out of her mouth before she even had the chance to think them over. But now it was too late to regret them……..if she did regret them. She was actually very relieved to have that off of her chest.

Hiei turned to her, his arms falling from the crossed position in front of him to down at his sides, hanging limply. Kiya repeated herself in a quivering whisper. "I love you, Hiei."

"No you don't…" He sounded as if he were begging her to change her mind.

Kiya just nodded, knowing that she was at a serious loss for words. Yes I do Hiei. She preached in her mind, hoping that by thinking it, she could send the belief onto the Jaganshi.

"Hiei just barely shook his head. "I am the forbidden child, therefore I am incapable of loving and being loved."

"Well obviously that stupid title of yours is wrong."

Hiei just looked at Kiya, searching her eyes for the faintest appearance of a lie.

There was none.

She was telling the truth. She loved him. After all these years of being loathed and un-welcomed- which didn't bother him in the least- it was a very different feeling to be loved. But she couldn't possibly………..I mean, after all that Hiei had done and said to her over the course of their acquaintance, she still had very strong feelings for him, and that confused the fire youkai. Confusion is not something that Hiei was very fond of.

Did he love her back? Hiei tried to tell himself no, tried to get himself to believe that he was too cold-hearted for any worthless ningen emotions to overcome him. But that part of him would not listen.

Hiei watched with a hawk-like gaze as a single tear was released from beneath Kiya's eye lids and as it trailed down her cheek, leaving a sparkling line down her pale skin. That was a tear of rejection. Hiei had not said the three words back to Kiya, the three words she needed to hear, and that hurt.

That tear was all Hiei needed to see to prove his fears. He was causing Kiya pain. The one he denied his feelings for was crying because of him. Hiei took one last look at the tear that was now sinking into the ground at Kiya's feet……..

……………and disappeared.

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-Kendra a.k.a. Blazin' Blondie

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