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Mukuro glared at everyone. She was not in a happy mood. Her heir has been missing for three days and there was a rumor going around that he had died. But wouldn't she have known if he did? She looked over at the window and glanced down. She sighed in frustration. If her heir didn't return very soon she was going to have to find another one and she wouldn't be pleased if so. Yusuke had caught wind of this rumor and was angered. He had sent one of his messengers to see if it was true but there was no evidence that proved that Hiei was dead.
Youko Kurama and Koenma were the same way. If she didn't find Hiei very quickly she would be under attack by the enemy. Growling, she strolled away from the window and ran down the stairs. She refused to believe that Hiei was gone.
Varia's world—
I woke up with the scent of peppers in my nose. I opened one of my eyes and realized that Hiei was still lying beside me. I tried to get up and frowned in annoyance. Not to mention that he still had his arms around me. So, for my sanity's sake and to keep me occupied, I studied my room. My room was black. I'm not Goth or anything I just like the color black. In fact Mom gets on my case because I have too much black. It wasn't pure black though. I painted small dots of yellow and coated the ceiling with glow in the dark stars.
Hecate loved my room. She was obsessed with my room. Solace didn't mind since it basically showed outer space. However, Celosia and Shiva found it depressing. That's why I colored the walls with curvy red, orange and yellow flames for Celosia, and I made the carpets navy blue. A real space lookout and Mom got off my case. There was a poster located on the left sidewall of the entrance door. It illustrated the planets in order and their rings around the sun.
First Mercury, showing only half of its face to the sun, and leaving the other side in the dark. The second was Venus and that planet was glowing with fire. I read in a book that Venus was like hell for humans. Solace agreed with that because she knows of Venus's intense flames. The third was Earth in its glory.
The fourth was Mars, the beautiful red planet. Solace told me all about the grand volcanoes and the chaos that it used to cause. She promised me that one day she would take me there. I don't know how, but she will. The fifth planet was Jupiter. Jupiter was full of non-ending storms and turmoil, but the lighting was always fun to watch. The sixth planet was Saturn and personally that was my favorite planet. Solace told me that humans have mistaken Saturn as the planet of time when it's actually known as Death among the aliens. After Saturn came Uranus.
Shiva giggles when she says that name and Celosia rolls her eyes. Solace gets mad and corrects me. Uranus's alien name was Uranium. Following Uranium was Neptune, the planet of water and sea gales. At last was Pluto and that sphere was known for being the planet of time. Anyways, next to that poster was another one. Hecate made me put that one up.
It was black dragon and it looked furious. Like someone had played with it's treasure and he wanted to eat them alive. The dragon's eyes were yellow and fierce. Watching anyone who entered the room with a deadly glare. Sharp fangs came downwards and its tongue licked the left tooth. In a way it reminded me of Hiei. Speaking of which, he was still resting.
I watched Hiei sleep a little bit and played with his bangs. It was then that I noticed the white bandana.
Now what could that be for? I asked.
I don't know Celosia yawned. She probably took a nap like me.
His third eye Shiva whispered and we all froze.
Say what? A third eye? Celosia laughed.
Don't make fun of him. He got that because he was looking for his sister. His twin sister Shiva frowned and I gave a nod. I guess I spaced out again because this time Hiei was watching me. And he was smirking.
"What?"
"You were talking to them?"
"So what if I was?"
"What was it about?"
"Why do you wanna know?" I sneered.
"Because you were talking about me."
"Well if you know whom we were talking about then you don't need me to tell you," I laughed at his facial expression. Anger of course. I watched him try to stand up and fall back down. He was still very weak. He sat up and growled. I smiled. "Stop trying before you hurt yourself."
"Hn."
"Shiva's gonna be mad."
He got quiet and stared at me.
Dang Shiva, What did you do to him? I laughed thinking that Shiva did something to him while she was mad but the child was silent. I sighed knowing that I probably said something I shouldn't have.
She died remember? It probably still upsets him Hecate informed me and I nodded. I stared back at him and he looked away. I got up half way and draped my arms around the black-haired male's neck and brought him back down. Surprisingly, I wasn't yelled at for doing so and he leaned in on me. In a few minutes he was stuck in my arms and fell asleep. He sounded like he was purring. Creepy. I had to argue with Shiva because she wanted to cuddle him. A sudden noise went off and Hiei's eyes opened. I chuckled because he only slept for ten minutes or so and I got up to answer the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello Darling and how are you?" A feminine voice said.
"Oh hey Mom… things are alright," I replied.
"You okay with Regulus? I'm telling you I don't know what he was thinking to get you a tiger," My mother complained about my father.
"No, really Mom, I'm well. The tiger is too. He's been watching over me like a guardian angel," I rolled my eyes because I knew that would at least calm her down some. Mom sighed.
"Do you want me to come home sweetie?"
"Seriously, Mom, everything is great," I put on a fake happy tune.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
"Well, your father should be home in a week. I'll have the neighbors check in on you," Mom informed me.
"Alright Mom. Yes, I love you too. Bye," I hung up the phone and groaned.
Hiei stood in the doorway watching me like a hawk. I glared at him.
"What?"
"Are you mated?"
"Huh?"
"You heard me."
"Yes, but I didn't understand you. What do you mean mated?" I quizzed him. "Nothing never mind."
He means married Solace interrupted my thoughts.
For heaven's sake no! I'm only fourteen. Is he crazy? I responded.
He's a fire demon Hecate said.
Another pyromaniac I muttered to them.
Like what's that suppose to mean? Celosia snarled.
You guys… He's staring at us again Shiva smiled. I looked over to the 'fire demon' as Hecate called him and indeed he was.
"You're talking to them again."
"Gee now who told you that?" I asked sarcastically. He glared at me and in a flash he was out of my sight and standing in front of me. Holy cow how did he do that? He sniffed my neck and licked it. I shivered and pushed him away. What the hell?
"What are you doing?" I glared back at him. He just smirked and shrugged.
"Answer me!"
"You smell like the ocean."
I blinked several times. He was inhaling me? What am I a drug now? What a weird person. Oh wait, demon. Demons sniff each other? Yuck.
"An ocean?"
"That's what I said didn't I."
He's so social I glared at Shiva who was laughing hysterically.
Can I please set him ablaze? Celosia frowned.
Celosia, he's a fire demon. Your flames would only tickle him Hecate rolled her black eyes. Solace chuckled.
"You're mateless."
"Well, obviously," I narrowed my eyes at him. He didn't mean what I thought he did, did he?
"Then your mine."
"I am not!" I shouted maybe a bit too loud. He just smirked at me while I glared. I hate it when guys say they own you. I own myself.
"Hn."
"You know, you could always leave," I said and immediately I felt bad for kicking him out. Also for the kick in the head I got from Shiva.
"Do you want me to leave?"
Now that question I actually had to think about and since it took me a few minutes he assumed it was a no. He smirked and sat down on the couch.
"Pain in the ass."
He gave me a small smile and I rolled my eyes at him. I went back up the stairs when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and felt very warm soft lips reach mine for a second. My hand flew across someone's cheek.
SMACK!Hiei rubbed his face, which now had a red handprint on it, while I laughed at him. He grew irritated with me and smacked me back.
"Oww! What the hell! Guys can't hit girls!" I remarked. He smirked at me again. God that smirk is getting annoying. I pushed him and he would have fallen down the stairs if Shiva hadn't possessed my hand and made me grab him. I growled at myself.
SHIIIIVVAAA! I yelled.
She's not here at the moment, please leave a message
Celosia was rolling around laughing her bottom off and Solace couldn't help but smile. Hecate rolled her eyes and sat in silence while I blew off some fumes. Hiei must have noticed me spacing out again because I felt his lips on mine. Another whack was heard.
"Keep that up and you'll be a very red fire demon," I referred to my handprints. Did I really hit him that hard? He went back to his usual smirk. I decided that next time I'll give him my fist.
After a few hours I fell asleep again with him attached to my side. He likes to do that. His head rested on my shoulder and his right arm wrapped around my waist. Very protectively I might add. Regulus was relaxing at my side of the bed and watched me. Guess he didn't trust Hiei either. I usually would have laughed at this but I didn't want to wake him up. I looked up at the calendar.
Only a few months until August 2nd, my birthday, and how I hated that day. Any other normal person would have enjoyed it but I loathed that day. Why? You'll soon see. I felt someone burrow his head onto my neck and pull me closer. Earlier, I had tried to pry his fingers off of me but that didn't work. They only got tighter.
I twitched. Wanting to get out of his death grip but Shiva made me stay there. She really liked to be around him and one day I will make her explain to me why because Hiei probably didn't want to have me but have her. I sighed and let his warmth consume me. I was beginning to fall asleep again.
Makai-
Mukuro sat on her throne. She was getting very irritated. Hiei has been gone for four months and today he was being pronounced officially dead.
Tomorrow she would have to start her search on a new heir. Yusuke and the others haven't given up on their investigation for Hiei. Like her, they refused to believe he departed. Koenma had said that Hiei's spirit never made it to his realm so he had to be alive somewhere. Mukuro narrowed her eyes. Somewhere. She will find him.
Varia's home—
Hiei released me from his clutches and watched me get up.
He's like a stalker. Always following you and watching you. He creeps me out Celosia frowned and I agreed.
He just likes us a lot that's all Shiva tried to make him sound innocent.
Shiva, for your friend's sake, tell us how your life was and how close you two were Solace said and we all turned to her. Shiva nodded. I closed the bathroom door so Hiei wouldn't try doing anything while Shiva showed me her past life. I also made sure the door was locked.
I saw white flashes of light and my mind escaped me. I was back in time watching Shiva's existence slowly appearing. I don't know how long it took but judging by Hiei's constant pounding and yelling I guess a lot. I opened the door.
"What were you doing in there?" He glared at me and I suddenly remembered Shiva's relationship with him. I smiled.
"Just talking with my others why?"
"You've been in there for five hours."
"And you've been banging on my door like that for five hours?"
"Hn."
"Hiei! Get some patience! Geez!"
"I thought you might have died or something."
Oh, so that's what's bugging him. He's paranoid and afraid that he might lose me again. Well, lose her. My stomach grumbled and I realized that we hadn't eaten anything in two days. I'm surprised that Regulus didn't attack me because he wanted food. I ran down the stairs before Regulus would change his mind about not attacking us.
I immediately started cooking the dish that my Mom taught me two years ago. Chicken with mashed potatoes and corn. With everything boiling and such I went off to the basement. I found the raw meat that Dad put there for the cub and I got out a butcher knife from one of the cabins.
This is where Hecate comes in handy. She helps me cut through the meat and slither it into tiny pieces so the cub wouldn't choke. Though I doubt he would. I called his name and the animal came rushing down. Must have smelled dinner. I put the meat in the corner where there were newspapers everywhere and I didn't even wait for him to finish gobbling everything down as I ran back upstairs to check on the food. The corn and mashed potatoes were done. Chicken still had some time to go. I turned off the stove after twenty minutes and turned around. Hiei had been watching me do all this with amusement.
"You can run fast if you wanted to."
"Shut up."
He smirked at me and I twitched. I hurried around the table. Making sure there were dishes, forks, knives, glasses and so on. Hiei sat down at the table and waited for me to stop running around in circles. I sighed when I finally finished and sat down in front of him. He poked the chicken with the fork as if it was poisonous. I don't know about you but if a guy does that to my cooking, I find it offensive.
"Hiei, it's fine. Go ahead and eat it."
"Hn."
He likes to say that a lot doesn't he? I rolled my eyes again and picked up the fork and knife. I sliced a few pieces of the meat and put it in my mouth. I watched him eat. It was kind of amusing seeing as he didn't know how to handle a fork. Well, in a proper way that is. Since I'm originally from Europe I eat the way they do. So if you can't hold a fork our way I find it funny. No offense to those who can't but I find it funny.
"Hiei, do you want some help with that?"
"I don't need help from you."
"Do you want Shiva to help you?"
He froze at that. Wow, I can instantly black mail him with that name. I chuckled and got up from my seat. I stood behind him as I wedged the chicken into a few pieces. After I was done I got back to my seat and resumed to what I was doing. He stared at me for a few minutes and I ignored him. Then I gave up ignoring him.
"What?"
He said nothing but smiled at me. I had to make sure I wasn't seeing things. Yes, he was smiling at me. Okay Varia, what have you done now. Curiosity got the best of me.
"Hiei, do you know how to cook?" I asked him. It took a while for him to answer. I guess not.
"No."
Like I assumed. "Would you like to learn? Shiva could help you."
I threw her name in there because maybe then he would at least think about it. Thanks to Shiva, I knew all about Hiei's past. Well, to the point where Shiva died but no further than that.
"Hn." He gave a small nod so I could understand him.
"So what happened to you, Hiei? Can you tell me why you were hurt?"
"I was in battle."
"I figured as much." I said and I felt the others in my head shift nervously.
He never changed Shiva sadly smiled.
"I need to get back," He suddenly said and interrupted my thoughts. Well, their thoughts. I tilted my head.
"Hmm?"
"I need to get back to Makai."
"Makai?"
"Demon world."
"Oh… what is that the Devil's place?" I asked.
"No," He frowned.
"Oh. And you want to get back there how?" I didn't like his frown. I felt like I just disappointed him. He shrugged at me and I gave up trying.
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Suntiger: And that would be the end of that. I'm showing my appreciation to my reviewers!
Wolf-black-flame: I think you just about read everything that I wrote and I sincerely grateful to you. Did you update your fic yet?
Peeka-chan: Hiya! You're new! Well, a new reviewer anyways. Glad you liked the fic and thankies for the cookies!
Raven: o.O I think you stay away from anything that's shaped like a circle for a while. I don't think Hecate has a crush on him … or maybe she does… hmm interesting..
Kairos: You know who you are –smirks- hey lil sis. I sent you an email and I think you'll like it.
Kitten: I seriously refuse to call you ugly. So I'll just call you kitten ok? O.o. Yea well anyways, I don't think Celosia will love our little fire demon but she will come to admire him. As for his weapon, I don't know. I'll find it sooner or later. Thank you for the review. Did you update "Heal me, I'm heartsick."
Suntiger: Oh my god. You are never going to believe what happened to me the yesterday. I was sick (and still am, which reminds me I have to see the doctor later on, asthma is getting to me quickly) and I was supposed to boil hot water to put in one of those heat bags. Well, I accidentally turned on the wrong knob and on the stove there was a glass bowl for salad. Needless to say that blew up and glass was shattered everywhere. This is why you never leave me alone with anything that's related to cooking. They won't last very long.