'Hm, what is that smell?' Hiei thought to himself as he woke up. He saw that he was wrapped in bandages, especially his jagan eye. He got up slowly, and it was even harder for him to get up for some odd reason.
'Phire?' he called out, up on his feet. There was no reply, but all there was, was a smell of good food.
'Phire!' he growled. 'Where the heck are you!' He kept growling, picking up the pace and going towards the food. He went into a assumingly kitchen, or else the place with food, and saw that there was a huge buffet of food In addition, there was a note on top of one of the containers.
'Ramen? Sake? Sushi? Naruto the food? Panke-kis pancakes? Ju-su? Whoa, so much good stuff here,' Hiei thought to himself. As he went to smell each of the foods, he went over to the note and read it. This was what the note read:
Hiei-kun,
I'm out for a while, stay safe, do whatever, be careful, and don't die. Do not dare to leave the area, as you will pay for that type of stupidity. Remember, you cannot get Timber and everyone else there, just wait or do whatever comes to your mind. I left a few hours ago, and I hope you like the food. I'll be back in a few hours, and don't forget to eat, okay? If you perish, what do you think I'm going to do with the corpse, bury it? Heck no, I'm not that type of demon. Well, you better hurry up and start the first of your life, if you get the hint I'm trying to convey to you. See you later, Hiei-kun.
Phire
'Out, eh?' Hiei thought to himself as he admired the katana designs. He wondered whether they meant anything or if they were just for decoration. Anyways, Hiei looked outside of the window, and then opened it.
'Well Phire, I'm not waiting to train with you; I'm going to train and when you come, we'll just see who the best warrior will be!' Hiei yelled out of the window. The sun was out, as it was around midday. He did sleep pretty much the whole day, anyways. He decided to eat pretty much most of it, but left some for Phire; it would be dishonorable to eat the whole thing.
As he went outside, he could smell the beautiful aromas of the pretty flowers. He wondered how it was possible for this type of 'advanced oasis' to exist. He took his katana out and looked for an area to train in.
After walking for many hours, he finally found a mountainous terrain, in which it was possible for one to train in. He didn't really leave the whole area, just the tree base. He started training by finding the toughest mountain, and kept hitting the strong point of it. He barely made any scratches and kept trying, but it was futile; there were no scratches on the mountain.
'Kuso,' he thought to himself, panting. It was 4 hours ago that he had found the note, and he thought that Phire would come early. Unfortunately, she didn't. He couldn't find any dents whatsoever and he decided to lye down and stared at the upcoming moon.
'Hiei,' the wind whispered. There was no voice, and yet Hiei could hear the words being said as the wind blew across his face. The night was hot, and he decided to take his shirt off. He kept it next to him, and when he had gotten up just a little to do just that, he heard a shriek.
'That sounded like… Phire!' Hiei thought. He forgot about his shirt and just left it there as he ran towards where he thought the sound came from.
Phire collapsed onto her knees viciously, but held her sword into the ground steadily. She couldn't just give up after so much.
'Ku…so,' she thought to herself, as she slowly got up and faced Kiyuna-sama.
'You have improved a little; you're getting up faster than before,' Kiyuna-sama told Phire, who was gritting her teeth. Her eyes were bloody red, and she was growling.
'Why did you send me here, anyways?' Phire growled at him, tired, but energetic at the same time.
'A certain someone needed you,' Kiyuna told her, grabbing her chin and pulling her face towards him. 'Besides; everybody else is busy, and you were the only one who was available.' She quickly slashed him right after that and he was hurt badly on the face and chest.
'Well, tatsujin, what exactly is my assignment, training Hiei?' she asked, blood dripping down her face and arms. Kiyuna smirked.
'Well well, you've improved your acumen as well,' Kiyuna remarked. She glared pure torture at him, and he did feel it, but then stopped it as he head locked her. She kicked him right in the beep and as he loosened just a very slight, she bit him with her fangs and got out of the headlock.
'Leave me alone, Kiyuna, and just stay out of'- Phire stopped growling and everything was dead silent. She realized that she had no life; she was anti-immortal, and that did not mean mortal. She was just matter that had to be used, and nothing else. She was forced to obey Kiyuna, as he mostly was the one who controlled her. He smirked, and as he got up, he pulled Phire closer to him and hugged her, inappropriately touching her. She closed her eyes and had a low groan coming from her, and just stood there, just like a teddy bear in the arms of a child.
'Don't forget to do your job, Phire-chan,' he whispered to her as he punched her right in the stomach, his fist coming out of her mouth. All of her critical points were hit. As he left, she fell down and coughed out a ton of blood. She fainted slightly and just lay there motionless in the pool of blood. The only thing that was moving of her was her index finger in her right hand.
'I smell blood; oh no, this isn't good,' Hiei thought as he sensed Phire's presence closer. He had sensed a much more powerful force, but that was gone now, and he worried about Phire. As he approached a very strange looking area, he noticed a corpse in a huge pool of cold, depressing blood.
'PHIRE!' he yelled, rushing to her faster than he had ever gone within his life. He had skidded on his knees to reach her and checked her pulse.
'Phire! No! Crap! Her pulse his too low to even detect by the normal human, and I can barely feel it!' he yelled. He then heard low moans and Phire was getting up, and it was surprisingly the speed of Hiei at full energy, just being flicked by a finger, and getting up.
'Hiei,' she whispered as she let herself fall into his arms. He held her pretty close to him, and he felt a small teardrop trickling down his face.
'Hiei, why are you crying?' she asked as she lifted her head and faced him. She had a slight smile, as though a young innocent child had just tasted ice cream. He looked at her and hugged her tighter.
'What happened to you? Are you going to die? What's going on? What am I feeling?' he kept asking questions, as he closed his eyes and put her head against his chest. She closed her eyes and smiled.
'One, I was fighting my master. Two, I am not going to die. Three, I just realized that I have a very important reason to live. And four, I don't what your feeling, but I think we are too close,' she answered as she blushed. Her head was deep into his chest, and he nearly hogged her.
'Your master?' he asked as he gently put her down, new flowers of red blooming onto his face. She smiled at him, but then had a serious face and looked to the moon.
'You see, when I was 4, I had killed my whole family. I was then turned into darkness, so I pretty much ruled it for many years. I was then summoned into the body of one of the jewel warriors, and her name was Sapphire. I never had a true identity until I started forming into my own personality. I was separated from her, and I had my name Phire, which is half of the name Sapphire. The light side of me is dead, as I killed her. After many years, I was somehow 4 years old, and Kiyuna realized my power, and he took me into his 'army'. It consists of 6 male warriors, and since he was running out of people, he needed one more strong being, and he chose me. I passed the tests, and he "trained" me to become what I am now; a very useful toy which everybody wants,' Phire explained the whole thing, and her face was even more serious now. Hiei looked to her, and thought that what he went through was nothing compared to her.
'Phire,' he said as he placed his hand gently on her face. She looked up at him when he did, and her face was slightly red.
'…And my new goal is to train you,' she added in. 'Once I'm done with that… I'm out of here for good, and this world will rid of me until, well, who knows, and'- was the last thing she said before Hiei did one of the most strangest things; why, he kissed her cheek, slightly. She stayed quiet, and she was steaming with red.
'Even if you don't need to train me, you're staying here with me and the other guys,' he told her as he stopped. She looked to him, and her eyes were cerulean blue.
'You… want me to stay? But there is no point, and'-
'So I'm not your friend?' he interrupted, looking a little sad. She gasped quietly to herself, and looked strangely at him. She then had a flashback.
Flashback starts
'Aw, Phire, already?' Timber asked as she threw her last shurikan right at Phire, who caught it.
'Timber, I wasn't really supposed to stay for this long, but you needed me, so I stayed. You don't need me anymore, so what's the point of staying?' Phire asked, looking strangely at her.
'But I enjoy company! I'm not a loner anymore! Why can't you stay! Did I do something wrong! Phire! Please!' Timber started crying. She just met Phire a few months ago, and it was time to go already?
'No, Timber, that isn't it, it's'- Timber started crying even more, oceans of tears coming out from her.
'Phire, can't you stay because we are friends! Did that ever dawn on you! Or are you not allowed to stay for that?' Timber started screaming. Phire looked at her strange.
'Tomodachi? I should stay because she is my… tomodachi?' she thought to herself. She couldn't understand what was going on; Kiyuna would give her a mission, she completes it, and she leaves. What other reason was there for her to exist in the form of solid matter?
'I thought I could stop being a loner, but… but you're just like everybody else! I HAD FRIENDS BEFORE, BUT THEY DITCHED ME, AND I BECAME A LONER, AND WHEN I MEET YOU, I THOUGHT I COULD BE SOMEONE, BUT NOW I CAN'T! HOW COULD YOU BE SO MEAN, PHIRE? AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A WORTHY WARRIOR! PA-THE-TIC!' Timber screamed at the top of her lungs. Phire stood silent; was she really pathetic? She was mostly apathetic, but pitiable? She thought that only Kiyuna-sama pities her; now someone else?
'I'm sorry, but I'-
'NO! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! WHY DID YOU RUIN MY LIFE, YOU FREAKING TURD! YOU SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SAVE ME! I THINK I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED DEATH!' Timber continued yelling. Phire stood silent, and then was knocked unconscious by Kiyuna.
'Hmph, stop wasting her time or I'll kill you,' Kiyuna glared death at Timber as he picked up Phire. Timber's tears were oceans of Jupiter, and she just ran away, saddened even more than she was before she met Phire. Now she felt bad that she couldn't fight to keep Phire with her, and they could be friends forever.
End flashback
'Phire? You home?' Hiei waved his hand in front of the spaced-out Phire. She blinked and looked to him.
'Must friends stay for each other, life and death?' she asked him. 'Is it like true love, but different?'
'Of course Phire, did you just realize that?' Hiei asked, looking at her strangely. Phire looked at him, and her eyes were full of some sort of emotion; yet, she had no emotion. So what was it? Who knows…
'Oh Hiei, I'm sorry!' she apologized as she brought him down and hugged him. He blushed a little and hugged her back.
'Sorry? For what?' he asked, worrying about her.
'For being so stupid! I can live and have a life! I can! I just never realized it, as I was just an emotionless tool for violence!' she yelled, hugging him tighter. Blood ran down her eyes she cries blood, not tears as she kissed him on the cheek.
'Did you get some sort of vision?' he asked, nuzzling her head a little. She shook her head and just put him next to her, and she almost fell asleep.
'No, just forget it. Let's sleep here, in temporary peace and tranquility, my dear tomodachi,' she told him as he kept an arm around her and let her sleep.
'But if I deny power, will you still think of me as your friend?' Hiei asked to himself, as he looked into the moon.
'No, I will not deny power, I must train hard and get as strong as Phire, so I can protect Timber, Phire, and everybody else,' he added into his thought as he drifted into La-la land.
