Every Heart

A Dragon's Gift

It had to be below zero now because we were only two miles out when chills began to run down my spine. Even the icicles shivered the further in we got. I couldn't believe that I was in the snow in nothing more than a skin tight ANBU suit with no protection other than a fox kit, a couple of kunai, dand a smoke bomb. I was probably going to die of pneumonia but as long as I got where I was going…

I stopped in my tracks still rubbing my arms to get some kind of feeling into them.

Chiyo continued unfazed by the cold and trotted at a quicker pace than me. With all that fur I wouldn't be cold either. Lucky vixen.

"He should be up ahead"

Suddenly, shivers raked my body again this time from head to toe.

Why was I doing this again? Oh yeah, to find Hiei. For reasons beyond my understanding, I felt compelled to be near someone warm. So instead of staying by Kurama's side I'm out in search of the short stack hot head.

No, that isn't it. Watching as snow drifted from the heavens above I stared dazedly at the sky for an answer. Yes, I was out here looking for Hiei but maybe it wasn't for my own gain. Maybe it was because nobody deserved to be out in the snow alone. That I knew all too well.

Chiyo had come to an abrupt halt a good five feet ahead. She sniffed the air for a minute then began to bark wildly. Chakra pressure rose and I felt mine flare in response. My eyes shot to the forest in time to see a black dragon burst forth freezing the trees to popcicles. For a second it stopped, its eyes landing on us. We froze.

'First I'm transported to this strange world, then this guy tries to kill me, now so's a dragon?' I groaned in disbelief. 'Could this get any worse?'

As if sensing my thoughts it sent me a bone chilling glare then opened its maw and out shot an icy blue beam.

I dodged the attack with little difficulty burning my own glare into its scales until a yelp caught my attention. Chiyo!

The distraction was all it needed to aim the beam higher and graze my shoulder. I landed back on my feet gripping my right shoulder as the dragon gave a smirk on its scaly lips.

What was I going to do? I couldn't go up against it. It was obviously stronger. Glancing over at my kit our eyes met and I saw the fear in her them. Looked like there was no choice. Slowly reaching into my pocket I removed a bomb then tossed it in the air. The dragon's eyes followed as it exploded into a cloud of smoke.

Chiyo bound into my arms as I scooped her up and took off in the opposite direction. I had to get away; who knew what that thing could do. As I dodged limbs among other things I missed going over a root that tripped my feet.

Half expecting the sound of another bone cracking as I hit the ground hard but it never came. I felt two firm hands around my shoulders holding my body. Peeking through my half opened lids I came face to face with Hiei for the second time today. Whoever said lightning doesn't strike the same place twice, couldn't have been wronger and I couldn't have been happier.

Shifting my kit to my other arm I threw the un-injured one around his neck. "Hiei, you don't know how happy I am to see you." I all but cried into his shoulder.

The feeling of him stiffening told me that he wasn't used to girl emotion yet when he slipped a hand to my back and rubbed it soothingly I felt myself calm down little by little. After a minute it clicked; what I was doing and who I doing it in front of. I tried moving out of the embrace but the hot head held me there against his… nice… warm... muscular body.

He glanced over my body until his eyes landing on my arm.

"Why didn't you scream, onna?"

"Um…"

'Cha! Not the time to space! Focus, Sakura!'

I ignored my inner Sakura as a hand under my chin forced me to look into those soft red eyes.

"Sakura"

He said my name. And for some odd reason it felt safe in his mouth and at the same time unprotected. It had never felt that way with Sasuke.

We stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity until a stong chakra raked my body once more.

'Oh no! I forgot about it!'

No sooner than the thought disappeared the dragon roared through the trees killing them instantly.

Hiei's eyes narrowed into slits as he placed me behind him. He looked like a soldier protecting the one he loved. Even though that wasn't true it was still noble of him to protect me. But as the black dragon was meters away, one thought burned in my mind. 'I'll be dammed if I'm going to play the damsel now.' Before I knew it I had dropped Chiyo and was in front of Hiei clenching my eyes shut, on instinct. Turning my head away from the fact that I was about to become a freezy pop, I threw my hands out as if they could ward it off.

"…"

After a moment, I slowly opened my eyes afraid I would find myself floating above the charred remains of Chiyo, Hiei and me only to gasp at the sight before me.

A pink wall of light was warding it, off like a shield, though that wasn't what surprised me. It was the amount of chakra coming from my hands to make it. But my chakra was draining quick and before I could shout for them to run it broke through the shield.

I was thrown back into his arms and as darkness enveloped the light I felt a chill leak into my body.

OooooooO

I came to, listening to the boy's voices drift through the place. They were talking about me again.

"Hiei, what the hell happened to her" Yusuke all but shouted.

"Hn, hell if I know" Hiei said the glare in his voice obvious.

Kurama must have woken up because his voice joined in "Something must have happened, she seems different somhow"

"Ahem" The soft voice drew their attentions away from me "I believe I know what happened. Hiei, Kurama believe your mate has been chosen by Kori Ryu"

"She's not my mate!" shouted Hiei and Kurama in unison.

Yukina giggled softly at them while I flushed crimson from head to toe.

This couldn't be good.

Once again I'm so sorry for the wait a lot of things came up with school and well, you get it. I can't tell when the next one will come but I can tell you that if it takes more than a week it must be a stroke of genius. Btw, thanks for the compliments on Every Heart! I'm glad you're lovin it like McDonald's. And now the pairings you've voted on.

P.S. if you really want your pairing to come through send me a message or leave a review.

Sakura/ Hiei- 16

Sakura/ Kurama- 11

Kurama/ Sakura/ Hiei – 8