Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this except for the OCs Blaze and Kusanagi and the new character! I also own the plot!
Blaze: sniff That last chapter made me cry while I was typing it. It was so sad… I thank you all who reviewed. If I made any of you sad or cry or get teary eyed, that means I'm doing good. And I'm sorry if I did! I mean I don't like to cry myself and that made me shed a few tears… It was just so sad!
Lyra: Then why'd you type it?
Blaze: Because it came to mind as I typed it! I just let my fingers go and my mind think as I type! It's not up to me what I type!
Lyra: Then whose it up to?
Blaze: shrugs My other half.
Lyra: raises eyebrow Other half?
Blaze: nods Yup… she's the calm writer self. But she can be extremely strong when she gets mad…
Lyra: -- That's you're normal self…
Blaze: anime sweat drop Oh… ehehehehehe…
Lyra: Just get to the story…
Blaze: Right o then!
Chapter Eight!
"Blaze…"
Blaze and Hiei pulled apart and Blaze looked at the two in the doorway. She blinked a couple of times before something clicked.
She screamed and fell back on her butt. "You damn ghosts! Stay away from me!"
Hiei raised an eyebrow at what she was doing.
The woman laughed. "My dear Blaze, we are not ghosts."
Blaze pointed her eye twitching. "You… you two died… You died long ago!"
The two looked at each other and sighed.
The guy looked at Blaze and smiled. "That may be true but like your cousin Youko, we escaped into ningen bodies. It was strange seeing through a ningens eyes, but we needed to get stronger. As we grew stronger, we took over the bodies and started looking for you and your brother."
Hiei stared at them with a glare.
The woman laughed. "Calm down Forbidden Child. We will not hurt your mate."
Blaze blushed deeply. "Th-That's not… You got it all wrong! We're not… We're not mates!" She was standing now and waving her hands in protest.
Hiei simply looked away with a blush. "Like I'd mate with that baka neko."
Blaze's eye twitched and she glared at Hiei. "And what is that supposed to mean!"
Hiei smirked. "Exactly what I said baka neko."
They glared at each other. Blaze threw a punch at Hiei and he blocked it. They continued glaring.
The two older demons laughed at them. "They're exactly the way we were when we were their age Cain."
The man nodded and put his arm around his mate's shoulders. "I'd have to say I'd allow him to be her mate."
Blaze glared at the man. "I don't need you approving or not Father!"
Hiei blinked and looked at the two older demons closely and then at the glaring Blaze. "Holy shit."
Blaze looked at Hiei. "What?"
Hiei sighed. "I just now saw that those are your parents."
Blaze laughed at him but stopped quickly when he glared at her. She smiled at him while biting back a laugh. "We should get back to Reikai."
Hiei nodded. "One problem… We killed the only guy that could've opened a portal for us…"
Blaze glared at the corpse across the room.
The older demons laughed. "Well you two find a way back." Cain said.
The woman nodded. "Yes, we'll stay here. With all the things we did in the past… Koenma will through us in prison or make us work for him. We'll stay here in our mansion in the Makai. You can visit us when ever you like darling. And bring your brother next time."
Blaze nodded and took out a black flip phone.
"When the hell did you get that?" Hiei asked looking at it strangely.
Blaze dialed a number and put it to her ear. "I got it while I was in America. Yes Keiko? It's Blaze…"
"BLAZE OH MY GOD! ARE YOU OK! IS HIEI THERE WITH YOU!"
Blaze hissed. "Will you shut up woman! You're going to blow my ear drum!"
Keiko apologized.
Blaze sighed. "Tell Botan we need a portal. We're in some mansion in the Makai. That weird dude is dead. Yeah… uh… well… Oh hi itoko-san!"
"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU! ARE YOU CRAZY! GET OUT OF THE MAKAI AT ONCE! THERE ARE DEMONS THERE THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU!"
Everyone in the room was getting an anime vein.
Someone else took the phone and started yelling. "BLAZE ARE YOU NUTS! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU LEAVE WITH THAT GUY! JUST BECAUSE HIEI WAS BEING A REAL ASS SHOULDN'T CAUSE YOU TO UP AND LEAVE!"
Blaze's mother was in front of her in the blink of an eye and took the phone. "IF YOU DON'T STOP YELLING BOY I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! AND I SHOULD KILL YOU FOR NOT PROTECTING YOUR SISTER BETTER!"
There was silence on the other end. Blaze took the phone and sighed. "Uh… S-sorry nii-san… Uh… can someone just tell Botan to get us a portal?" She quickly hung up and sighed. She fell back against the side of the throne. "What the hell am I going to tell them now? My fugitive parents are alive and kicking? This is just great…"
Cain came up and put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry about it Blaze. I'm sure the detectives are scared of us. I know that cousin of yours or Koenma told them how bad we are."
Her mother nodded. "Yes, but we're changing. We were changing when you and your brother were born. Maybe one day, we can go and meet your friends."
Tears came to both Blaze's and her mothers eyes.
Hiei tried to comfort Blaze while Cain tried to comfort his mate.
"Come on Mitsuki. It'll be alright. You'll see them again."
Mitsuki nodded and nodded to her daughter. "Go… We'll see you soon."
Blaze nodded and brushed the tears out of her eyes with a smile. She looked at Hiei. "Are we going to go home or not?" The portal was waiting for them.
Hiei lead her to the portal. They jumped through and it closed.
They appeared in Koenma's office. Everyone crowded around them.
"Blaze, are you ok? What happened?"
Blaze smiled. "Oh just a bunch of fighting and reuniting."
They looked at each other and then back at Hiei and Blaze who were smirking.
"Are you two…?" Yusuke started.
"An item again? Kuwabara finished for him.
Blaze and Hiei glared at both of them and punched them at the same time. Kusanagi looked at Blaze and smiled.
Koenma spoke. "Who was that woman Blaze?"
Blaze froze and turned away. "It was no one Koenma."
"Blaze… Tell me who that woman was."
"She doesn't have to tell you Koenma!" Hiei growled. Koenma ignored him.
"Blaze… tell me that wasn't Mitsuki. Tell me that wasn't your mother." There was worry in the toddler's voice.
Kusanagi stared at Blaze with wide eyes.
Blaze didn't speak, only started to walk away.
"It was… Why didn't you tell me Blaze?" Kusanagi pulled on her arm. She jerked her arm away and turned to glare at him and Koenma.
"I didn't say anything because that stupid toddler would through them in prison or make them work for him! They're trying to change and if Koenma gets his hands on them they'll never be able to change!" She turned and stormed out of the office and to the team's quarters.
Hiei followed her soon after.
The others were staring at Koenma who only sighed.
Blaze slammed the door to her room shut and sat on the window sill. She looked out the window trying to calm down.
There was a light knock on her door but she ignored it.
The door opened and Hiei walked in.
"Blaze… I wanted to talk to you."
Blaze glanced at him but then looked out the window again. "Then start talking." Her voice was cold.
Hiei closed the door and walked over to her. "You know, I didn't do jack shit to have you giving me the cold shoulder."
Blaze glared at him. "You're the one who gave me the cold shoulder three weeks ago! No that wasn't a cold shoulder that was an icy cold shoulder! You were such an ass!"
Hiei growled at her and clenched his fists at his side.
Blaze growled back. "Go ahead, hit me! I want to see you hit me!"
Hiei brought his fist and went to punch Blaze's face. He stopped 5 centimeters before his fist met her face. Blaze hadn't even blinked. He lowered his fist and looked down.
"I didn't mean to hurt you Blaze… I just thought it was best that we didn't see each other like that… I was scared that if the enemies found out about us then they'd try to hurt you to get to me."
Blaze sighed and leaned back with her head lowered. "Hiei… what I've learned is that love can help you. It's both strength and a weakness. You saw what happened to Kei. He wasn't meant to love, he was hate. Our love for each other made us stronger, it gave us the advantage. Mitsuki and Cain's love for Kusanagi and I, it makes them want to change. Love is a good thing. Look at Kuwabara when Yukina gets in trouble. He wishes to protect her because he loves her. When Yusuke protects Keiko, he is also stronger. Hiei… love helps…"
Hiei looked at Blaze intently.
Blaze looked up at Hiei and her breath caught in her throat as Hiei got closer to her.
He put a hand to her cheek.
Blaze found herself glad she wasn't standing up for she would've surely gone weak in the knees. She looked into Hiei's eyes to try to find out his next move but only found something she would never expect.
His eyes weren't being blocked by a glare or an emotionless barrier. There was pure love in his eyes.
Blaze blinked a couple of times before finding her voice, though it was soft and barely heard. "H… Hiei… are you uh… are you ok?"
Hiei nodded and leaned forward. He kissed her lightly on the lips before pulling back and gave her a small smile.
Blaze was slightly freaked out. Hiei was smiling. In all the while she knew him he never smiled. But at the same time it brought joy to her.
"Blaze… I'm sorry if I hurt you… I never intended it. I wanted to protect you…"
Blaze put her arms around his neck and buried her face in his chest. "I don't need protecting Hiei-kun… I just need to be loved. Ever since I got the poem almost three years ago, I wanted to be loved by the person who gave it to me… I just want you to love me Hiei…"
Hiei put his arms around her and stayed like that.
Leli growled at the shadows.
The two pulled apart and looked at the tiger kit. "What's wrong Leli?" Blaze got off of the window sill and got on the bed next to her pet.
The white tiger continued to growl, her fur standing on end. Blaze froze, the hair on the back of her neck standing up as well. She quickly looked at the shadows Leli was growling at.
Her pupils became slits and she started to growl as well.
Hiei unsheathed his katana. "Who are you and what do you want?"
A man laughed. "Beware Blaze… the Order doesn't take traitors well." There was a gust of wind and the presence of the person was gone.
Blaze and Leli relaxed instantly. Hiei sheathed his katana and went over to Blaze to see her shaking.
Is she… shaking? Cold? No… she's part kajihenge like me… Then is she… scared? Hiei sat on the bed next to the shaking neko.
She buried her face into his chest. "Hiei…" Her voice was soft and full of fear.
"Blaze what's wrong?" He put his arms around her.
She slowly stopped shaking but had fallen asleep in his arms.
The kajihenge sighed and laid her right on the bed and pulled the covers over her. He was about to leave when something pulled on his shirt, not letting him go anywhere.
Hiei turned around and saw Blaze holding the hem of his shirt. Her eyebrows were furrowed in sadness.
Leli meowed and curled up next to her owner. Hiei sighed and lay down next to Blaze.
The neko turned on her side and lay closer to Hiei. The tiger kit was curled up in between the two happily. Hiei looked down at the sleeping girl and smiled. He put his arm around her protectively and closed his eyes.
"Goodnight Blaze…" He fell asleep with a sleeping tiger kit and a sleeping neko in his arms.
……..
A white tiger stood in the clearing in a forest. The full moon fell onto her fur and made it look silver. Her golden eyes stared into the forest straight ahead as if waiting for someone.
A guy with gravity defying hair came through from behind the tiger. "Leli… she's not coming back… Not yet… She said she had work to do."
The tiger looked back at him sadly. I'm afraid she won't return. The Order wants her dead… She said she needed to deal with things there… I have a bad feeling about this…
Hiei glared ahead. "I know… But we need to trust her…"
But it's been over a week since she left! Hiei, you have to go after her!
Hiei turned around quickly. "She said not to, I can't go against her wishes. She trusts me not to go after her. She's the one that said she doesn't need protecting."
The tiger growled.
Yusuke came running into the clearing. "Hiei, Koenma wants to see us. There's a new mission."
Hiei shrugged. "Another bad demon gone power crazy."
Yusuke shook his head. "The Order is beating two kids."
Fear hit Hiei like a bulldozer. Leli growled and ran off towards the palace. Hiei and Yusuke followed.
At Koenma's office
The four guys stood there all looking worried.
Koenma looked extremely serious. "Now… You four have to sneak in… Find the basement, that's where they're keeping the two. You have to be careful… the Order is extremely powerful and should be feared. If you see Blaze, leave her be. She might be one of the people beating the kids, but you must leave her."
The four nodded and the toddler summoned a portal. The four jumped through as Botan rushed in.
"Koenma sir… I have… I have some bad news."
Koenma sighed. "What is it Botan?"
With the guys
The four appeared before the walls of the Order's HQ. It looked like its own village behind the walls.
It started to rain lightly as they made their way inside the small village.
The place was deserted. As they walked on they saw two lumps of cloth ahead.
All four of them felt a nagging feeling in their stomach. They rushed forward and stopped when they got close enough to see what the lumps were.
"Oh god no…"
There in the middle of what would've been the market during the day was Kusanagi and Blaze.
They were bleeding all over their body.
Blaze was wearing her short fighting kimono while Kusanagi wore a pair of pants and a t-shirt. They were deathly pale and both weren't breathing.
The four couldn't move.
Kurama rushed over to the two and fell to his knees. "Blaze… Kusanagi…"
Yusuke and Kuwabara rushed over.
Hiei couldn't find himself to move. Why did this happen?
The neko's smiling face appeared in his mind. Her glares and her laughs came to mind. He could feel her touch and wanted to cry.
Kurama reached out to Kusanagi and felt for a pulse. At his touch the neko's eyes shot open and he gasped for breath. He started to cough.
All four of them huddled around him.
The neko looked at his sister and clenched his fists. "Damn it Blaze… Open your eyes…" He was sitting up now.
"What's going on Kusanagi?" Yusuke asked.
The neko didn't remove his gaze off of his sister. "They beat us… But they beat her more… It was that damned boy Jonathan. He said he'd kill her, put her through hell for being with Hiei. We both kept parts of our spirit energy locked up so that it would be like we were dead. Most of my energy was restored but Blaze… I don't know about her…"
They all waited in the rain as they watched the girl.
After what felt like an eternity when it was only half an hour, the girl's finger twitched. Hiei started to feel the girl's energy returning quickly.
Her eyes snapped open and she sat up coughing badly. They reached out to pat her back but bit back a yelp. Her body temperature was extremely high.
Kusanagi sighed in relief. "Her powers are what got Jonathan even madder in the first place."
Blaze growled at the pain she felt. She leaned forward coughing. Blood splattered onto the ground in front of her. She brought her legs under her and continued coughing.
Kurama swore. "We have to get her back to Koenma's."
Kusanagi nodded and turned into a cat.
Hiei picked Blaze up bridal style and Blaze tried not to cough as much as she knew they were going to walk through Orders HQ.
Kusanagi jumped onto Blaze lightly. She leaned her head against Hiei and tried her hardest to get some sleep.
The four guys ran out of the HQ and into the portal that waited.
It closed up and left no sign of them being there, except for the missing bodies in the center of the HQ.
Koenma and Botan gasped at what they saw.
"We're taking them to the infirmary."
Koenma nodded and Hiei disappeared.
Two days later…
Kusanagi and Blaze continue to sleep in the infirmary. Kusanagi said he would stay in his cat form as he healed so that way he could be with Blaze.
Kusanagi was lying right next to Blaze.
She hadn't awoken since they got to the Reikai.
Hiei refused to leave the window of Blaze's infirmary room.
Kurama rarely left. He only left to eat and shower.
Yusuke and Kuwabara only left to eat, sleep, and shower.
The girls came to visit for a few hours or so.
They had brought a friend one time, a half demon named Usagi.
She had been the way Blaze was when the guys first met her.
But she wasn't like her in one way; she continued to look at Hiei.
The kajihenge gave her death glares before looking at Blaze and then out the window. He only wanted Blaze to wake.
At that moment Kusanagi was stretching and looking at his sister. Kurama had gone to get something to eat.
The hanyou walked into the room and saw Hiei.
She smiled at him and sat down on the couch near him. "Hello Hiei." She wasn't interested in the well being of the neko in a coma on the bed. She only cared about seeing Hiei.
Hiei glared at her and went over to the bed. He sat on it and put his hand to her forehead. Kusanagi shook his head.
I've tried that. I can't even see her in her own mind. She's drifted off. I don't know what's wrong with her.
I don't care; I'll find her in her own mind… Hiei closed his eyes and concentrated on finding Blaze's light in her dark mind.
Usagi glared at the girl on the bed and brought her legs up onto the couch. She held her legs close as she watched Hiei.
In Blaze's mind
There was pure darkness.
The light around Hiei made him glow slightly. He walked down the hallway of the neko's mind.
Memories flew past him and he could catch the sight of Blaze being beaten for a week. He could feel the pain she felt, but she never screamed, not once. She had showed no emotion.
Hiei's blood boiled when he saw the memory of that Jonathan kissing her. Blaze had raised her body temperature to a burning temperature and Jonathan pulled away quickly. He had called her a bitch and she only said one thing. "Wrong species asshole." After that, Jonathan beat her with a spiked whip, the one thing that gave her the most damage.
Memories of their dates passed him. Memories of when they first met, their fights, the three weeks she locked herself in her room, the two years she was gone.
After seeing glimpses of Blaze's life, Hiei saw a dim light ahead. He ran forward and slowly the dim light started to grow.
He stopped when he saw Blaze floating in mid air, lying down.
The kajihenge walked over to her. She was floating high enough so she reached his hip.
He brushed some hair out of her face. She didn't stir.
"Blaze… hey Blaze, you've got to get up. Open your eyes."
The neko didn't stir. She was wearing some royal Priestess garments. He looked her over and saw she had no cuts or bruises.
He put his hand on her cheek. "Blaze…"
She didn't make any move.
"Blaze… hey… you're not going to leave me are you? If you leave me some other girl will take me. There's one in the infirmary room just waiting for you to leave so she could take me…"
The neko's eyes fluttered open.
Hiei smiled. "That's it… I knew you didn't want some hanyou to take me…"
She looked at him and smiled. "I'm not going to lose to some hanyou. You must be crazy…"
He nodded. "I am crazy… Crazy for you…" He leaned down and kissed her.
At that moment he was pushed out of her mind and he opened his eyes. He pulled away from Blaze. He had kissed her outside of her mind as well.
The neko's eyes opened. "Hey baka… long time no see…" Her voice was soft.
"Don't call Hiei-sama baka you!"
Blaze and Hiei looked to see Usagi standing and glaring at her. Blaze shook her head with a chuckle.
"What's so funny!" Usagi demanded.
Blaze looked at her with amusement in her eyes. "You."
Usagi growled. "Don't underestimate me you baka neko hanyou!"
Kusanagi and Hiei growled. Blaze put her hand up and they quieted. "Now, now Usagi… You shouldn't be insulting us youkai's by calling us hanyou's… It's not nice."
Usagi growled. "There's no way you're a youkai! You wouldn't let someone beat you to your death!"
At this Blaze was up and in the hanyou's face with her claws at her neck. Her eyes were radiating with hate. "Don't open your mouth again hanyou. I might just kill you next time. What I did was far more loyal then what you would've done. I walked right into my coffin for my friends and family. I knew that that organization wanted me dead and yet I still went to them. I handed my life to them on a silver platter. I was going to die knowing my friends and family would be safe. I would've died happy. Then they found out my brother was a traitor as well and beat him.
"Don't you think I'm some weak youkai! I have more strength than you would in a thousand years. So don't go mistaking me for your kind, hanyou." She spat the words out at her before stepping away. She started to fall backwards.
Hiei caught her and put her on the bed. "You shouldn't over exert yourself Blaze… You're not fully healed."
Blaze smiled. "Sure I am! See?" She summoned a ball of fire and made it grow and then shrink. Hiei shook his head with a smirk.
He put his hand over the fire ball and onto her hand, extinguishing the flame between their hands.
"You're wasting valuable spirit energy."
Blaze looked at him and smiled. "Well if you cared that much you could've just said so."
"Hn… just don't use your spirit energy."
Blaze was sitting up in the bed chuckling with her hand behind her head.
Usagi stared at the two of them. She plopped down onto the couch and stared at the ground.
Kurama walked in and gasped. "Blaze!" He rushed over to her and took her in his arms.
"Ah! Kurama! Geez you scared me!" Blaze smiled at her cousin.
Kurama sat on the edge of the bed and Kusanagi jumped off and transformed back into his human form.
"How are you?"
Blaze shrugged. "I'm fine I guess."
Hiei sat on her left side and leaned back against the pillows. Blaze smiled brightly.
Kusanagi laughed at her. "Blaze you're so weird!"
Blaze glared at her brother. "And why am I so weird nii-san?"
Kusanagi leaned against the wall and smirked. "You smile like there's no tomorrow when your hubby there practically lays down next to you."
Blaze blushed and looked away. "Whatever…"
Yukina ran in and threw herself on Blaze. "Blaze nee-chan! I'm so glad you're awake!"
Blaze smiled and put her arms around the koorime. She smiled down at her. "Hello to you too Yuki."
Yukina smiled at Blaze and got off of the bed. She blushed at what she had done and stood straight.
Kurama smiled and put a hand on her shoulder. "Hey Yukina, let's go get dinner started."
Yukina nodded with a bright smile. "Ok!" As they walked out Kurama turned to look at Kusanagi.
The neko saw Kurama look at him and nodded slightly. The two walked out and Kusanagi looked at Usagi.
"Yo, Usagi, let's go see what we can do for those two idiots sulking."
Usagi hesitated but then nodded. The two of them left and Kusanagi turned to his sister and smiled. He closed the door as he left.
Blaze relaxed and closed her eyes. She went to lean her head on Hiei's shoulder but found he wasn't there. She opened her eyes to see him at the window looking out. She tilted her head to the side. "Hiei, are you ok?"
The kajihenge didn't answer. She saw he was fiddling with something in his hands and she furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.
The neko sighed and leaned her head back and watched him.
"Hey Blaze?"
"Yes Hiei?"
There was a moment of silence. "You remember what your parents were talking about 8 months ago?"
Blaze thought for a moment. "Which part?"
Hiei paused looking for the right words. He was nervous and Blaze could see this. "Well… the part where… Well when they mistook us for mates…"
Blaze blushed and nodded. "Y… Yeah I remember…" Blaze was sitting up now, too nervous to be close to lying down.
"Well I uh… I lied…" He turned towards her and went to sit on the bed.
Blaze looked down at the sheets. "W… what are you…?"
Hiei cut her off. "I just want you to hear me out. I know how you feel about me but I want you to know how I feel… how I really feel."
Blaze couldn't look up at him; she continued to look down at the sheets, her hands clasping each other.
"Blaze… I love you… It's not some school boy crush where he falls head over heels for the new girl. I really love you. I didn't think it was nothing before but… over time I realized I really did love you. It took me so long to figure this out because I never felt it before, I never thought I could…" He took her hands in his and she looked up at him.
He was looking at her with love filling his eyes. "Blaze… when I said I wouldn't mate with you… I lied. I want you to be my mate… I want to be with you forever." He put something in her hands. He released her hands and she looked to see what the object was.
Blaze just stared down at the red ruby ring in her hand. She had burst with happiness when she heard what Hiei had said. She looked at him with tears in her eyes. "Hiei… this isn't a dream… is it?"
Hiei shook his head with a small smile.
Blaze looked down at the ring again with a smile. She slipped it onto her left ring finger before looking at Hiei. "I'm yours forever." She wrapped her arms around his neck and put her head on shoulder. The tears escaped her eyes.
Hiei wrapped his arms around her waist and they stayed that way for a while.
At dinner
Blaze and Hiei walked into the dinning room and sat down next to each other. Blaze was sitting next to Yukina. Kurama was situated at the head of the table with Yukina on his right and Kuwabara on his left. Yusuke sat next to Kuwabara and in front of Blaze. Keiko sat next to Yusuke and in front of Hiei. Kusanagi sat next to her and in front of Botan who sat next to Hiei. Usagi had taken the seat next to Kusanagi. Two seats were left empty.
They all started to eat.
Yukina gasped after a minute or two into the meal. They all looked at her.
"What's wrong Yukina?" Kuwabara asked worriedly.
Yukina took Blaze's left hand with a smile. "You have a ring!"
Yusuke stared at Yukina in disbelief. "You're getting all worked up over a ring?"
Yukina nodded her head. "It's a wedding ring! Hiei proposed to her!" Keiko and Botan got out of their seats and went over to Blaze. They looked at the ring and squealed in happiness.
"I just love weddings!" Keiko beamed with happiness.
The guys looked at Hiei who was eating and not paying attention to them.
Kusanagi sighed. "Did you get permission from our father?"
Blaze nodded her head. "They practically threw the idea at us when we saw them. And father said he approved of Hiei…"
Her brother nodded in approval as well.
The girls started talking about wedding plans. Blaze only smiled at them. When they brought up the dress and said white or pink Blaze flipped. "Oh hell no! I'm not wearing some bright colors!"
She turned around in the seat to look at them. "I will decide on the dress! You all can discuss the wedding plans with Hiei and me if you must but you leave the dress up to me!"
The girls giggled and nodded.
They went back to their seats and continued eating while talking about the future wedding. Blaze looked up at Kusanagi and saw the silent hanyou next to him.
Blaze stood up. "Usagi… could I speak with you alone?"
The hanyou nodded and stood.
Everyone was silent as the two walked out together.
"What's up with her?" Kuwabara asked motioning in the direction I went with Usagi.
They all shrugged and continued to eat.
With Blaze and Usagi
Blaze leaned against the couch and sighed. "Usagi look… I'm sorry about earlier. If I scared you in any…"
"No that's not it at all!"
Blaze looked at the happy hanyou with a blank expression.
Usagi smiled. "You know… I thought I loved Hiei but then I saw how much he cared for you and all. Then when I saw you two together I wanted someone who would care for me as much as Hiei does for you. I thought it was so cute the way you two acted."
Blaze caught herself laughing. "I'm sorry Usagi… It's just… If only you knew how we usually act…" She smiled at the hanyou. "Anyway, I wanted to know if you wanted to be one of my brides maids."
Usagi brightened and nodded. "I'd love to!"
With that settled the two walked back into the dinning room and ignored the stares the others were giving them and continued eating.
Later that night
Blaze sat in her room sketching out an intricate Priestess outfit.
She was humming the song she sang to Hiei near 8 months ago.
Someone opened the door quietly and Blaze was concentrating hard on the design and the song she was now singing quietly.
The person closed the door quietly and silently walked through the shadows of the neko's room to get to her.
Leli looked up at the person for a moment but then put her head back down and closed her eyes. She was near Blaze's feet at the desk.
Blaze stopped and stretched for a moment.
The person stopped and waited for her to go back to her work.
She did and they continued to sneak up on her.
"What if I'd hung my head and said that I couldn't wait
But now I'm strong enough to know it's not too late."
The person put their hand over her mouth.
She bit down and the person let go with a growl. She turned around quickly with a dagger in her hand.
She blinked and gasped.