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.