How Could I Forget You?
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or Hiei. I do own this very kawaii Hiei key-chain though.
A/n: New chapter! Been updating my other stories. My friend pressured me into writing a new chapter for this one. She stood over my shoulder the whole time I was writing it. How's that for motivation? Well I'll let you get to reading and after you're done with that, you can review, right? Okay enjoy! Don't know what's going on with thanking the reviewers, but I'm doing it anyway.
Luthoen: You are so nice! I love what you said! Thank you so much, and I'm so glad you're intrigued. Here's an update for you.
gothic-ember: I cried while writing it. I love the part were Hiei gives her his cloak. Thanks for reviewing and I'm updating it with this chapter and another. My friends keep pushing me and I do it for the reviewers as well.
Chapter 8: If I Could Only Remember
The band of rescuers were greeted by empty silence. Deep darkness added to the effect. They at least expected some youkai to attack. This unnerved them. Yusuke walked forward and the others followed. No one wanted to be left behind in the chilling black abyss.
Suddenly a deep voice was heard.
"My, you've finally come," it said, "what a delight." Instantly the lights turned on. The empty warehouse was brightly illuminated.
Sazumi squinted. She scanned the area for the owner of the voice. Her eyes fell upon a tall man in an elaborate suit. Sazumi looked him up and down. He was of medium build and had dull brown locks. His eyes, though, were anything but dull. They shown a metallic silver with small flecks of red.
He wore a normal ningen business suit and tie, but it was richly tailored. A red dragon wound its way up his leg and across his chest. Flames of deep gold wrapped around the opposite arm. It clashed well with the dark black background fabric. The over all effect was stunning and Sazumi could feel her breath catch in her throat.
Beside him stood several cronies and minions. Hiei noticed they were just lowly, easy to control, weak youkai. It would be easy enough to take them down one by one, but it would be a tad harder if they attacked all at once. The boss worried him more though. His eyes glimmered with a strange sort of power, they'd have to be on their guard.
Yusuke was the first to break the calculating silence a speak to the strange man.
"Yeah, we made it. So I suggest you give us back Kurama and we can be on our way. That is if you don't want to get hurt," he said smirking.
"Oh, but I can't do that," the man said, "that would ruin my plans." An evil sneer crossed his pleasant feature causing Sazumi to shiver.
Suddenly she didn't think he was so stunning anymore. With this came a sudden feeling of boldness. Her anger that this man had taken her friend and someone she cared deeply for, stopped her fear.
"Give us back Kurama!" she yelled. The man looked at her.
"Ah, my dear, sweet, Sazumi. You know I can't do that," he said sardonically. He looked at her, puzzled. "What's this? Now what have you got around your shoulders?" he asked. "It looks like Hiei-boy's cloak. My, how adorable." (a/n: just had to bring this part from last chapter up again. loved it.)
Sazumi could feel the heat rising to her face as a small tint of rose stained her cheeks. Wait. She shook her head. She didn't want that kind of comment at a time like this, especially not from him.
Yusuke watched the youkai carefully. He fully expected an attack. Then he noticed them start to inch forward as if given some invisible signal. He turned to his buddy Kuwabara who had remained stock still throughout this whole thing so far.
"You ready?" Yusuke asked quietly. Kuwabara nodded an answer.
Hiei could feel the youkai energy flaring up. A fight was going to start whether they were prepared or not. Luckily they were. Hiei turned to Sazumi. He didn't want her getting hurt in the upcoming battle.
"Go find Kurama," he whispered in the young girl's ear, causing a shiver to crawl up her spine and she pulled Hiei's cloak more snuggly around her. (again, kawaii) "We'll hold them off." Sazumi gave a small nodded to say she understood, then she started to slowly walk away from the group.
As she walked away, Sazumi glanced over her shoulder at Kurama's captor. He was making no move to stop her. She gave him an icy stare. Then the youkai minions attacked. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei leapt into battle.
"Be safe," Sazumi said in a small whisper.
The warehouse was big. Scratch that, it was enormous! Sazumi was having a difficult time trying to find the whereabouts of her kidnapped friend.. She could hear the echoes of the battle she had left behind, bouncing off the wooden walls. She hoped her new friends were holding their own and had not sustained any injuries.
'They'll be fine,' she thought. 'My job is to find Kurama. Hiei trusted me to do it and I won't let him down.' She had the strangest feeling that it would tear her apart if she failed the spiky-haired boy.
Deciding not to dwell on that, Sazumi walked forward. Suddenly she reached the end of a long hallway. A steal door stood right in front of her. She could feel a weird pulsation coming from it.
'Kurama better be in here.'
Slowly Sazumi opened the door with a loud clang. She was greeted by the sight of Kurama, a bloody and unconscious Kurama. He was entangled in a metal web of silver hanging by many threads from the ceiling. His red mane of hair was matted and covered in blood. Many cuts and bruises dotted his body.
'Oh, Kurama.' Sazumi's eyes were filled with a great sadness. They grew misty and the sharp blue turned to fog.
"He must be in such pain," she whispered to herself, even though she knew it was true.
"Indeed he is, in very much pain," a voice said behind her.
Sazumi whipped around to find the very man who had done such terrible things to her beloved friend. First anger then fear, swelled within her. How had he gotten past the others. Were they…? Sazumi couldn't think about it.
"I'm the one, you know," he said in a deep and seductive whisper causing Sazumi to stare into his enticing silver eyes. "I'm the one who took away your memory!"
Sazumi's blue eye's widened in shock and disbelief, then went dull and lifeless. Painful and greatly pleasant memories came flooding back, all pooling from those dreadful silver orbs that had ensnared her. Buried feelings resurfaced. And a marvelous love, once lost and forgotten, powerfully bloomed again as Sazumi remembered her stolen past.
A searing pain burned its way up her left arm. (from what pictures I've seen, Hiei's black dragon is on his right arm, so it's opposite that.) It was a white scar, resembling that of a dragon, winding its way around her limb. She could feel the power coming from the strange marking, great and immense power. It threatened to overwhelm the blue-eyed girl. Then as if trying to numb the pain, her body instantly fell into a black darkness of unconsciousness.
TBC…
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A/n: Okay I'm not really sure if everyone's quite grasped something. First off Hiei might be a little OOC in this, but you've got to understand something. Sazumi has know everyone for quite some time. They've been friends since before this and have done many things together as friends do. She's just got amnesia, you know, lost her memory, till now. Her and Hiei had a relationship before this. (not gonna go into too much detail.) They were friends for awhile and built up strong feelings and a strong bond. That's why Hiei might be a little OOC. So it's not just that they just met and are suddenly falling in love all mushy gushy, not that I don't like that. (love the mushy gushy romance!) It's deeper then that, and eventually all write a story about all that deepness. (a prequel) For now I'm writing this one though. I'm thinking about writing the prequel soon. I'll let you know if I do. So okay, now that I've said that, I hope everyone's got it and understands this story a little better. Guess I'll see ya'll next chapter. It'll come soon seeing as I've already written it, most at school no less. Action's coming!