'Phire, why?' Hiei thought to himself. He felt sadder and sadder, and couldn't bear the fact that Phire could have died. It was around 8 in the morning, and the sun was shining.
'Hiei-chan?' Timber asked in her sleep, waking up, a little. Hiei looked to Timber immediately and hugged her awake.
'Timber!' Hiei exclaimed in glee. Timber blinked as she just woke up and hugged Hiei back.
'My Hiei!' Timber exclaimed, rubbing her head against his chest. Hiei was still crying, but half in joy and half in sadness.
'Are you okay, Timber?' Hiei asked her. He was so overfilled with joy that tears started dripping from his eyes.
'Hai, Hiei, but what is going on? What happened?' Timber asked, wiping the tears off of his face. He smiled, and then looked to the sky. He kept his promise to Phire, and decided to just lie so she wouldn't know; besides, she wouldn't remember and would think Hiei was crazy.
'Well, let's just say that there were some rough enemies, but they are all dead now,' Hiei told her. He closed in on her and kissed her as he held her snug and tight, and she kissed back, glad that everything was okay.
'Yo guys! Hiei and Timber are back!' Yusuke announced as he was outside and saw the two coming. Genkai, Botan, Kurama, Kuwabara, Shizuru, and Keiko all went outside and were glad that they were safe.
'What happened, anyways?' Yusuke asked Hiei, confused. Everything was blank. Hiei explained that some random demons attacked, but Hiei took care of them.
'That seems somewhat of a lie and the truth at the same time,' Kurama told Hiei. Kurama had also forgotten about Phire and what had happened before. Pretty much everybody but Hiei forgot about Phire.
'Yea, well, we're all here and safe, aren't we?' Hiei asked, smiling. He still was determined to find Phire and make sure that she was okay, but he had to first convince everyone that everything was assumingly back to normal.
'Why don't we all go and get some ramen?' Shizuru suggested. Everybody nodded. 'We can go to Akira's ramen shop and get some; I think he's having a discount of 65!' Everyone nodded and left; all but Hiei. He said he had to take a shower, and Timber had a candy bar, becoming hyper, so instead of staying back, she left with the others.
'Phire, I'm coming,' Hiei thought, running as fast as he could back into the forest, hoping to find some clues.
After many hours, he reached Natura, and hoped that he would find Phire there. He looked around, and saw a shadow.
'Phire?' he thought, going towards it. When Hiei was a little closer, he noticed that it wasn't Phire, but it was Hinote.
'Hinote!' Hiei yelled, running towards him. Hinote smiled.
'Yo,' he said. 'Hey, uh, did you see'-
'Phire? No,' Hiei interrupted. 'I'm looking for her, too.'
'I hope she didn't leave yet,' Hinote said, worried. 'I want to tell her goodbye before she leaves.' Hiei looked stunned at Hinote. Phire leaving? Was she going to die, or did she have to go into another dimension?
'What do you mean she's leaving?' Hiei asked, worried. He didn't want Phire to go after all they had gone through. Hinote sighed.
'She has to go to the demon ruins in a different dimension for something,' Hinote told Hiei. Hiei wondered what that had to do with anything, but sighed.
'Why don't we split up and try to find her, then, eh?' Hiei suggested, ready to go back to the waterfall.
'Sure, why not?' Hinote agreed, and left to the mountainous region.
When Hiei reached the waterfall after many a while, he noticed something behind it; there was a secret door!
'Phire, you better be here,' Hiei thought as he went inside. Hiei was surprised to see paperwork, experimental equipment, specimens rocks, non-living matter, and other research things all scattered around.
'Crap! Where is it!' A voice growled. Hiei knew then it was Phire. He ran to where the voice was coming from, and found Phire bending down and looking for something.
'Phire!' Hiei exclaimed, tackling her to the ground. He landed right on top of her, and she didn't notice it was he until she actually looked.
'Hiei-kun! I didn't think you'd find me,' Phire told him. 'Something you need? Training? Weapons? I kind of have to leave, but if you need something quick, you can ask now,' she asked him, wondering what he wanted. Hiei looked strangely at her.
'What do you mean? Why are you leaving? Can't you stay longer?' Hiei asked, feeling sad all over again. Phire looked strangely at him.
'Um, I already trained you, didn't I? Your training is complete. Did your sword break? Is there something important you need from me?' Phire asked, confused. Hiei smiled with tears, and hugged her.
'What are you talking about? What do I need from you? I don't need anything from you. I need you,' Hiei told her. She raised her eyebrows in shock and a few red roses bloomed.
'Um, you mean you want a new sword? I can'- Hiei covered her mouth with his hand.
'You're my friend, aren't you? Can't you stay because we are friends? Did that ever occur to you?' Hiei told her. As he removed his hand, she looked right at him with bewilderment.
'But you have Timber,' Phire told him. 'And you have the guys back at the temple. And you still want me to stay?' she asked, confused. Hiei nodded and kissed her on the cheek.
'Why not? More the merrier, you know; besides, you are much closer to me than Kurama, and he's my best friend,' Hiei told her. She blushed a little more, and got up.
'Well Hiei, if I mean so much to you, just wait; once I am done with a little bit of business, I'll come back,' Phire told him. Hiei frowned and made a puppy face.
'Puppy faces don't work on me, Hiei,' Phire told Hiei, serious. Hiei tugged on her arm.
'Pwease stay for me?' Hiei asked in a child-like voice, with big eyes and tears coming out. Phire's eyes turned half blue and half red not purple, but she closed her eyes and turned her head.
'I'm sorry, but this is really necessary; it is the last part of a major research work, and'- Hiei kept pouting and crying, and Phire couldn't take it, so she was about to teleport, but he stopped.
'So it is that important?' he asked.
'Yea, it is,' Phire told him. Before she left, she turned back around, and went towards Hiei. He looked up at her.
'Before I leave,' Phire went closer to him and said, 'let me give you some things I'll be remembered by; for example'- and she kissed him right smack on the lips for about 20 seconds, and then stopped, but disappeared when Hiei opened his eyes.
'She's really gone,' Hiei thought, sighing. He turned around, and noticed a package. He went over to it, and it was addressed to him.
'Nante,' Hiei thought as he was opening it. It was a katana, with flames engraved on it in gold, silver, and ruby and sapphire. It was black for the most part, but when he turned it, Hiei saw his name engraved:
Hiei JaganshiAnd when he turned the blade around, it said:
Meiyuu