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:
Still brushing her hair, Kiya opened her bathroom door and took one step out of it………
………….that's how far she got before her gaze caught the gaze of the blood-covered person standing against her wall- and she gasped, feeling the brush drop from her fingers and fall to the floor.
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Chapter 23: I Hope You're Not Expecting a Welcome Back Party, Jerk
"Tomorrow is the day, companions. Kiya will be ours." The fire elemental boasted, grinning evilly at the screen where a picture of said Kiya was being displayed.
"Yes. Tomorrow will be the tenth night of her transformations and she will not be able to resist the urge to come to us. I have already set up a faulty portal in the forest behind the old hag's temple. Undetectable. Kiya will go there."
"Very good, Aerosaku. On the next full moon, the ritual of dominance shall begin," He laughed a low, sadistic laugh and held up his silver chalice filled with red wine. "cheers.' The other elementals at the table began to laugh as well and clanked their glasses against each others.
-----------------------WITH KIYA-------------------------
The bloody figure, leaning tiredly against the wall of her room………… was Hiei.
Kiya's first reaction was, Great, I've gotten so damned obsessed with the thought of Hiei coming back, that I'm hallucinating, but the way that Hiei's eyes locked wither her own once she stepped out of the shower told her that she was dead wrong.
Hiei was back- and hurt….badly.
Without saying a thing, Kiya ran back into her bathroom, grabbed her first-aid kit and robe, and while pulling her blue robe on, she ran out of her bathroom and over to Hiei- who had not yet taken his eyes from hers.
"Jesus Hiei, what happened to you?" Of course, she got no response, so she led Hiei over to her bed and ordered, "Sit."
Hiei's eyes would've widened at the fact that she was ordering him around instead of vice versa, if he had had the strength. But he didn't, so he sucked in his breath- along with his pride- and sat down.
Kiya quickly pulled her damp towel from her body, then tied her robe shut, making sure to do it quickly enough that no part of her had been exposed. She took her towel and looked back to Hiei, biting her lower lip, trying to decide where to start.
"Take off your shirt." Hiei's gaze shot to Kiya's in a 'yeah-right' sort of way. Kiya sighed deeply then said, "Take off your shirt Hiei, or I'll do it for you."
That worked.
Hiei strained to remove the bloody shirt from his equally bloody upper-body, wincing on the inside when he felt the fabric being ripped out of his wounds- where the cloth had been partially imbedded. Hiei flung his discarded shirt to the side weakly and watched as Kiya's eyes widened.
She had never seen anyone so torn up in her life, and the sight and smell of Hiei's blood was almost enough to make her gag, but she tightened her lips into a straight line and immediately went to work- gently cleaning Hiei's wounds, starting with the ones on his chest. She ran the maroon towel over his chest slowly, doing a very good job of clearing all of the blood from his chest. If her focus hadn't been on the job at hand, Kiya would've noticed Hiei staring at her.
She moved on to the rest of his body- (both of his arms, his neck, back and one gash on his right leg). When she was done, Kiya grabbed the roll of bandages from her kit and immediately began wrapping Hiei's wounds- tightly. She was wrapping them that tightly for two reasons. One: to make sure that his wounds wouldn't start bleeding again, and Two: because the anger she had been building up inside her since Hiei left was starting to show itself. When she was finished, Kiya stood up from her bed and omoved in front of Hiei, glaring down at him.
Hiei- now feeling a little better- returned her glare ten-fold.
"I deserve an explanation, fire boy. Why did you leave?"
"Hn." Hiei stood as well, but a little slower than he normally would have and walked across the room. When he reached her window, he just stood by it, looking outside.
"Don't start with the 'hn' crap, Hiei. You have no idea of the hell I went through while you were gone." Kiya walked over to him.
Hiei didn't say anything- but inside, his thoughts were reeling. Of course he knew what had happened to her, for he used his Jagan eye to check on her at least 5 times a day. Kiya found out who killed Rob- Botan had been murdered- he knew about everything. And yet, he stayed quiet, not seeing a reason to correct her false accusations.
"You have no idea how much I missed you. How much I needed you."
It was then that Hiei finally looked into Kiya's angry and relieved eyes. He turned his body, so he was facing her- the drowning silence filling the room made Kiya squirm.
"Where did you go?" She repeated.
Kiya had no idea what hell Hiei had been through whilst he was gone as well. He had spent the entire week searching and killing his way through Makai. Part of him was looking for the damned elemental lair- so that he could murder every cold- blooded bastard within it's walls, and the other half was desperate for a good fight to take his mind off of Kiya.
And, boy, had he found one.
He came across an air demon named Giyu- a powerful 'A' class demon. Hiei, being his normal cocky self, proposed a fight with Giyu- who of course accepted his challenge.
It had taken Hiei 5 grueling hours to finally decapitate the youkai- but not before receiving a number of fatal wounds himself. If he had not returned to Ningenkai when he had, he would have surely died of blood loss.
So, instead of an answer, Kiya received a firm shove from the fire apparition, his hands at her shoulders, her back now to the wall.
"Hiei, what the hell are you-" she was cut off by the youkai's urgent lips. Kiya's silver eyes widened as Hiei's arms slid around her waist, pulling her to him.
She didn't want to not be mad at him anymore- she wanted to hate him for laving her, abandoning her…….but that was practically impossible to do when Hiei's lips were pressed against her own, making all of her anger disappear.
So, instead of pushing away like she should have, Kiya placed both of her hands on the back of Hiei's neck and deepened the kiss, tilting her head so that the angle was more comfortable for both of them. She thought she could feel Hiei wince when Kiya's hand brushed the wound on the back of his neck, and was about to step back to ask if he was okay, but Hiei instead pulled her tighter.
Kiya could hear herself sigh in content. Her Hiei was back. She felt Hiei's tongue brush impatiently across her bottom lip and she smirked to herself before parting her lips so that Hiei could further the kiss.
He did so, immediately taking advantage of Kiya's invitation and taking the kiss to new heights by allowing his tongue roam within her mouth. Kiya greeted his intrusion with her own tongue, probing and teasing his, while fully wrapping her arms around his neck.
Kiya could've sworn she heard a small moan being emitted from Hiei's throat, but as soon as she tried to focus on the sound, Hiei pushed her up against the wall again, broke the kiss, and moved his hungry mouth to her neck.
I guess this is the closet I'll ever get to a sorry from him… Kiya thought to herself as Hiei trailed rough kisses down her neck, all the way to the junction of her neck and shoulder. When he stopped there, his lips just hovering a whisper above Kiya's flesh, she opened her mouth to ask if something was wrong……
………..but instead what came out was a gasp- a gasp of surprise as much as a gasp of pain.
Hiei had just bitten her neck! Kiya could feel Hiei's fangs digging deeper into her flesh and she began to squirm. Her neck burned! But, Hiei tightened his grip on her so she wouldn't move, and continued to sink his teeth into his flesh, until they could go no further. When Hiei withdrew his fangs quickly, Kiya winced- that hurt like hell! Kiya's hand flew to her neck and she looked at it. Crimson was painted on her fingertips.
Kiya turned her attentions to Hiei as he bent his head down and gently licked the blood that was falling down her shoulder away.
Kiya would've said something to break the silence, but she could find no words. Hiei bit her! For the love of kami he……….he…….
Kiya's eyes widened when she figured it out. Hiei marked her.
Her suspicions were proven true when she looked back into the crimson orbs staring at her. The look of possession he gave her along with the words he said told her that he truly had marked her. "You are mine now." His low voice had a hint to it that Kiya had never heard form him before. It was a mix of command and triumph.
The young elemental was so happy she wanted to scream- but since that wasn't her style, she came up with something better. The only problem: she didn't have fangs.
Without warning, Kiya leaned forward and immediately began nibble on Hiei's neck, clutching the sides of his arms so he wouldn't move away. Certain that Hiei was reading her mind with his Jagan, trying to figure out what the hell she was doing, Kiya sent him her explanation mentally.
If you can claim me, then I can claim you. And with that, Kiya nipped at Hiei's neck a little harder- giving him a hickey. Sure it wasn't permanent, like Hiei's mark was, but for Kiya it was good enough.
She pulled back with a smirk on her face. "You are mine."
Hiei raised his right hand to feel at the tender skin on his neck, then, with a smirk on his face, muttered a quick, "Hn," before claiming her lips once more with one swift dive.
"Hey Kiya- the gang and I are going to go out to the arcade for a while, do you want to come?" It was Yusuke.
Both Kiya and hiei growled as they pulled away from each other and Kiya cursed Yusuke beneath her breath. "No Yusuke. I'll stay here."
"Fine." Yusuke didn't tell her, but the reason why everyone was going to the arcade was to try to get their minds off of Botan, and he thought it would help Kiya. Too bad she didn't want to come. With a sigh, Yusuke walked back down to the living room to leave with his friends to the arcade.
As soon as he was sure Yusuke was gone, Hiei turned back to Kiya, but instead of looking at him, she was looking out the window.
"You never answered my question, Hiei. Where did you go? You'd better answer me this time."
Kiya turned to look at Hiei who was giving her an icy look. "You shouldn't talk to me that way."
"And you shouldn't have run away from me."
"I don't run from anything, onna."
Anything but me.
Hiei suddenly narrowed his eyes at her and Kiya realized she was fighting a losing battle, so she just kissed his cheek and grinned at him, before walking past him and going to her closet.
Hiei turned to watch her. "What are you doing?"
"Getting dressed, warden." She snickered to herself at her koi's new nickname, while Hiei growled at it, and she reached into her closet to pick out a pair of jeans and a camouflage tank top. She turned to Hiei. "Do I have to go in the bathroom, or can I trust you not to look?"
Hiei just stared at her.
"Id better go in the bathroom." Kiya was about to turn around to go to the bathroom, but saw Hiei turn, facing the window. Kiya decided to trust that Hiei wouldn't turn around because he wasn't a pervert, and she got undressed, turning around just for safety. She got dressed a little faster than usual, but who cares?
Once she was done, she turned back around to see that Hiei was still facing the window, and she smiled to herself.
Hiei turned around to look at her, straining and grabbing his right arm in the process.
The silence filled the small room once again and Kiya's look changed from normal, to angry. "I hope you're not expecting a welcome back party. I swear to Kami, Hiei- if you ever leave me again, I'll…"
He cut her off. "I won't."
Kiya's silver eyes narrowed as she looked deeply into Hiei's crimson orbs and she said quietly, "I'm holding you to that." Translation: You promise?
"Hn." Translation: I promise.
Kiya looked over at her bedside clock that read 8:33 pm. By now, Kiya was already in her transformation………..what was going on?
Hiei saw her look of confusion and Kiya told him what was on her mind. "I should've transformed by now……."
-----------------------SOMEWHERE IN MAKAI-------------------------
"Yes….that's it……" Aerosaku cooed into the glowing bright orb ontop of his silver staff. Within the orb, was a picture of a blue haired elemental.
"Aerosaku, what's going on?" Asked Jasaro as he and Terra entered the room.
"Our little Kiya-chan has just shown the final sign of the end of her resistance. Her transformation did not come tonight."
"Good," started Terra. "That means that by tomorrow for sure she will come to us, correct?"
"Correct."
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Before Hiei could say anything, though Kiya doubted he was going to say anything, she shook her head in annoyance. "I'm sure it's nothing. If anything I should be glad that I get a night of freedom…" Kiya spoke as she and Hiei slowly made their way downstairs to the living room, a silent agreement between the two of them told them that they were both tired of being in that room. "……………Hiei?"
"Hai,"
"I think (yawn) I'm about to fall asleep….." Kiya felt so weird saying this. Hiei had just gotten back from wherever the hell he had come from, and all she could think of right now was how exhausted she was. I'm so pathetic…
Hiei merely nodded before seating himself on the windowsill, his knees pulled up and his red eyes staring at the elemental.
Kiya yawned once more before climbing onto the windowsill next to Hiei, careful not to brush any of his wounds- as if he were a baby.
That thought made Kiya chuckle to herself. It was hard to see Hiei as ever being a baby, seeing how mature and tough he was.
It wasn't long before Kiya let her exhaustion take over and she was breathing heavily, signaling her deep sleep.
Hiei just watched the girl in front of him slip into slumber land- almost concerned that if he fell asleep, something- anything, would happen to his beloved koi. HE would not be separated from her again- he would protect her always.
Even though he was sure Kiya could easily take care of herself.
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When Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko and Shizuru returned to the temple form their long day venturing the town for probably the last time in a long time, they were met by an almost silent house. The almost meaning the incoherent mumbling coming from the direction of the living room. (Kurama was with his mother and Yukina had already gone to Koenma's palace- to keep the now lonely toddler company- much to Kuwabara's annoyance.)
"What the-" Kuwabara started loudly, but was interrupted by Yusuke impatiently shushing him and holding a finger to his lips- signaling to everyone to be quiet.
Silently, the group of four tip-toed their way down the hallway to the living room, where they all peeked over the edge of the doorway. When looking into the dark living room, their attentions immediately went to the two figures on the windowsill, their silhouettes darkened by the contrast of the light of the moon behind them.
One of the figures was sitting up against the side of the windowsill, its arms around the second figure, who rested peacefully between figure #1's legs- their back to #1's chest.
It was very obvious to the four at the door who the second figure was, for her long blue hair pooled around her small frame was a dead giveaway.
The first figure was also obvious, just a little less believable. The sight of their up-stretching black hair was enough to make Keiko and Kuwabara gasp. It was Hiei.
"Shorty's back?" Kuwabara asked loudly. Before Yusuke could shush him again and hitting him for being so loud, Kuwabara was shut up by one of Hiei's red eyes snapping open and giving all four of them the scariest death glare they had all seen which clearly meant, You wake Kiya, you will die.
Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko and Shizuru didn't have to be given that look twice- so they all (as quietly as possible) scrambled and climbed over each other to be the first one out of the door and as far away from the menacing fire youkai as possible.
As soon as Hiei was sure that the fools were gone, he opened his other eye and gazed down at the blue-haired girl in his lap before looking once more outside.
Never, not in a million years, would Hiei have guessed that he would ever be sitting on his windowsill with someone else, having that person touching him- let alone lying against him, and him being okay with it.
But, he was sitting on his windowsill with someone else, that person was lying against him, and ha was okay with it.
If Hiei were the smiling type, he would've smiled. But since he most certainly was not that type of person, Hiei simply tightened his hold on the girl lying against him and allowed his eyes to close- waiting for sleep to meet him…..
…….but sleep would not come. Hiei's Jagan would not allow it- for it was aching horribly. That was a sure sign of terrible things to come and Hiei could hear himself start to growl lowly.
If those damned elementals so much as even touched his Kiya, they would all meet a very untimely end- by a swift swipe of a steady katana blade, wielded by a very protective fire youkai.
With the reassurance of that thought, Hiei inhaled deeply, catching a quick whiff of Kiya's scent, and fell asleep.
----------------WITH YUSUKE----------------
Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko and Shizuru all sat in another room of the temple talking.
"Where do you think he went?" asked Keiko.
"I don't know- all I know is that-" Yusuke was cut off by a raspy voice coming from the doorway.
"He picked the perfect time to come back," the old psychic entered the room.
They all looked to her and Yusuke said, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means -dimwit- that tomorrow is not going to be a good day for Kiya, she's going to need Hiei here to help her out with what she'll do tomorrow.. Oh and by the way, Hiei went to Makai."
"How would you know?" Yusuke's voice reeked of attitude.
"Wait, how did Hiei get to Makai without a portal?" asked Shizuru.
"He had a portal." Genkai closed her eyes and placed her arms behind her back.
"How the hell could he have gotten a portal?……the only people who could've given him one is Botan and Koenma- and I'm sure neither of them would've given him one without telling us."
"Think again, Yusuke. Hiei made sure that Koenma wouldn't tell anyone where he was off to."
"Koenma gave him a portal?" Yelled Kuwabara.
"Hai. As it turns out, Hiei's katana can be very persuasive- especially from a toddler's point of view."
Yusuke and Kuwabara both got sweat drops "Isn't that just like him- threatening a baby…" started Yusuke. "Well, I guess we should call Kurama and tell him Hiei's back. I'd also like to have a talk with that stupid toddler- he should've at least told Kiya, to save her the trouble of thinking that Hiei left her----even though he did….."
"You know what they say," started Keiko. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder."
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-Kendra a.k.a. Blazin' Blondie'!
Keep on Truckin'!
