The Legend of Shiranui
Chapter. 14
"As Merciful As I"
I awoke to the sounds of whispering, as I opened my eyes to find myself back at the house, in the living room. "Ammy! My god! Thank goodness, you're ok!", Came Keiko's voice, as she carefully, and tenderly hugged me. "We were so worried!", Came the unfamiliar voice of a girl with sky-blue hair that was tied up in a ponytail, and violet eyes, she was wearing a pink shirt with thin, black stripes, and skinny jeans. She helped me sit up. I carefully looked around to find Shuichi, Yusuke`, Kuwabara, Shizuru, Keiko, and a few other people standing at either sides of me. "H-How….How did I get back here? The last thing I remember was being attacked by someone at the park.", "Shhh.", Shuichi interrupted, placing a finger to my lips. "Nevermind all of that now. Save your strength. All that matters is your being home, and safe, understand?", He half-whispered, his voice smooth, and gentle, as he lightly kissed my cheek, and forehead, wrapping his strong, warm arms around me, the back of my head, and neck resting against his arm. "I was so worried, and terrified I was going to lose you today.", He softly whispered in my ear, as he continued to hold me close. "I cleaned, and dressed that wound n your neck, by the way, too.", Shuichi replied, as he noticed me place a hand at my throat. "Thankyou.", I replied meekly, blushing slightly, as he lightly kissed my cheek again. "Anytime. You're welcome.", He answered. "Oh, and before I forget, Ammy, I would like you to meet Yukina, Botan, and Genkai. Girls, this is Ammy, a dear friend of mine.", Shuichi replied, introducing the three girls to me. I blushed slightly at Shuichi's sentiment, 'Am I really so dear to him?', I thought, my gaze shifting to that handsome face of his.
"It's nice to meet you, Ammy, I'm Botan!" The girl with the sky-blue hair, Botan, replied, gently shaking my hand. "Hello there, my name's Yukina! It's nice to meet you!", A girl with ice-blue hair, and dark-red eyes replied, gently shaking my hand after Botan. "It's nice to meet you." Came yet another unfamiliar voice, as an older woman, short in stature, with very light-pink hair approached me, shaking my hand briefly, before taking a step back, and folding her arms behind her back, her eyes narrowing at me, almost as if she had just noticed something about me. Suddenly, I felt a rush of wind, as I turned to see a short man, dressed completely in black, with spiky, black hair, and a white bandana tied around his forehead standing in the windowsill. "Well, hello Hiei. How nice of you to join us." Shuichi replied, as the short man in black hopped down from the windowsill, and approached, staring down at me, his gaze was intimidating. "Ammy, this is Hiei. Hiei, this is Ammy. Do not, under any circumstances harm her in any way." Shuichi replied, his voice stern, yet, somehow, dripping with danger. 'He's threatening that man. Shuichi's protecting me!', I thought, blushing at how protective he was of me. "Hn.", The short man, Hiei, replied. "Earlier today, I held your life in my hands after you were attacked by that stranger in the park. I could have just let you bleed to death, but, I didn't. I highly doubt anyone would have been as merciful as I. So count your blessings, my saving your ass won't happen again." Hiei stated, his voice venomous, and cold. I nodded my head in response, before he grinned, and turned to walk away, lying in the windowsill. 'Jeez, what the hell's his problem?'….