Chapter 16: "What're we waitin' for?"
When we got home I walked inside and into my room. I curled up in a corner by the window and fell asleep.
Sora woke me up the next day. "Hiei. Hiei, wake up." I growled softly. "Hiei! GET! UP!"
I raised my head and blinked. /…huh…/
"Breakfast is down stairs. Dad made a whole turkey for you last night but you didn't eat it so he put it up for you."
/Okay thanks./ I said while stretching like a cat and yawning. Sora walked out and I stood up. And walked down stairs.
Vash looked at me. "Where's your mother?"
/Oh, yeah./ I did exactly as Dlexus did the other night but Matt refused to climb out. After getting annoyed I spit her out.
"Ouch! Hey…!"
Vash stared, remaining silent for a moment. "You know what? I don't wanna know." Vash walked out.
I pushed myself up onto my back legs and peered over the top of the fridge. My stomach growled.
/Don't worry, Hiei. I'll distract mom so you can make a mess./ Sora said telepathically.
/Thanks Sora./
"Mom! Can we go play outside? Please?"
"But I don't--"
"Come on!" Sora picked Matt up and dragged her off. I sat back up onto my back legs, placing my front claws on the fridge. I grabbed the edge of the plate with my fangs and pulled it towards the edge of the fridge. I felt the plate start cracking in between my fangs. I went to quickly lower it to the floor but it broke and shattered when it hit the floor. /Damn…/ I quickly ate the turkey then looked at my tail. /Time for you to be useful. Help me out by helping me clean./ It swished like an annoyed cats tail. /Oh come on! Please? Really, please? Help/ It wrapped itself around a dustpan and I used my right paw to use the broom. Once we were finished it dumped the broken shards in the trash can and we met everyone outside. /Sora? We met another dragon last night. Want to meet her/
"Really?"
/Yeah./
"Cool! What're we waitin' for?"
I grabbed Matt and swallowed her then I looked at Sora. /We're waiting for you to hop on./
Sora climbed onto my back and I flew us to Dlexus's lake where she was already waiting.
/Is this the sister that you saved/
/Yeah. This is Sora./
Sora stared at Dlexus. "Whoa…"
Dlexus looked at me. /Well, shall we/
/I can't take Sora but I can take mom./
/Leave your sister to me. I can carry her./ Dlexus grabbed Sora by her shirt and tossed her head back, swallowing her.
I dived into the lake and looked as Dlexus dived in after me. She passed me up easily and swam to the cave. I swam up and climbed to the rock I was sitting on last night. I spit Matt out and took a drink of water. Dlexus let Sora climb out and she ran over, shaking, and wrapped her arms around my neck.
/Are you alright/
/Maybe that was too much for her…/ Dlexus said in the dragon language we had been talking in.
/Maybe…/
"I'm fine Hiei." She stayed close to me and stayed under my left wing.
/She's alright. It probably just scared her./ I looked at Sora. /Didn't you want to know if all dragons purr/
"Um, Yeah."
/Elder, Sora wants to know if all dragons purr./
/Most do when young. Most grow out of it as well but there are some who do not./
I looked at Sora. /She said--/
"I know. I heard her."
/You did/ I asked.
"Yeah."
/How? Mom? Can you understand me/I asked in dragon. It came out as a series of clicks, whistles and purrs. She stared at me blankly.
Sora blinked. "You mean I'm not suppose to understand you?"
I looked at Dlexus. /It is possible. You said she is your sister, did you not/
/Yes, I did./
/Then maybe the dragon blood you have in you runs through her./
/But…. Wait. I don't get it./
/Calm down, kit. You will understand soon./
I growled softly. /If you know something, tell me./
"Hiei," Sora said. "Calm down."
I looked at Sora and became quiet. My wings unfolded and then flapped a few times then folded tightly against my body. /Sorry…/ I mumbled.
Sora looked at Dlexus and smiled. "Can we stay here for tonight, please?"
/Of course you can, Young One./
"Cool!" Sora looked at me. "You don't mind, do you?"
I shook my head. /No, we can stay for tonight. I'll ask mom./
"Okay Hiei."
I walked over to Matt. She looked like she was left out. I purred and nudged her gently with my head. She purred back and climbed onto my head. /Sora wanted to stay here for the night so I said I didn't mind, do you/
"No, we can stay."
/Alright. Sora, mom said we could stay./
"Alright!" she shouted happily then sat by Dlexus and started talking happily.
