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¤Living in a War¤
Chapter Three

Months passed uneventfully since Odivia moved out of her mother's house. She had been extremely busy with work and had successfully pushed all thoughts of who and what she was to the back of her mind. It was only every other night that she had a little reminder of the world she was a part of when she was given a little visit by Hiei.

The two had been sleeping with each other since that first night Odivia was able to sleep in her apartment. They had come to a mutual agreement that they would only sleep with each other, no strings attached.

Things in Odivia's eyes were perfect. She had someone that relieved all tension and frustration at night be it muscle tension and/or sexual frustration.

At this moment Odivia was sitting in her living room after work with a sketchpad in her lap. Music was being played just loud enough that she didn't hear anyone enter her lovely home and approach her. She was intently working on her latest bridal collection with winter soon approaching.

Odivia frowned after she had not been able to shake off the feeling of being watched. She stopped her work and looked up only to let out a yelp of surprise. "Hiei!"

Hiei was standing just next to her, his arms crossed on the back of the couch with an amused look in his eyes. "You would be in your bra and panties for what reason?" he asked with a smirk upon his lips. He didn't mind that she was not dressed, he preffered it that way when he was here. Most of the time.

Seeing Odivia scantely dressed drove him crazy and he had to restrain himself from taking her most of the time.

Odivia closed her sketchbook with her pencil inside to keep her page as she turned to face him.

"It's starting to get really cold outside so I turned up the heat. But I was getting too hot and I knew it would be stupid to turn down the heat because I would just get cold again. So I just decided to take my clothes off. I didn't think you'd be showing up tonight anyway," she explained as she leaned her head on the back of the couch with her eyes on Hiei.

Crimson orbs stared into ice blue. Neither looked away for some time, the sexual tension building in the air.

"Bedroom. Now," Hiei ordered after a few minutes of the two staring at each other.

Odivia grinned and started to stand. They wouldn't even make it to the bedroom.

Odivia let out a yawn as she woke up the next morning. She didn't have work today and wanted to sleep in for another hour or two. She rolled over just to roll into a strong chest. She opened her eyes and looked sleepily into the crimson eyes of her lover.

Odivia stared at him for a few moments before closing her eyes and curling up. "I thought you would have left after you were done," she said quietly, still tired.

Hiei was silent as he watched her, his head being held up by his propped up arm. He didn't understand why he didn't leave either. He usually fell asleep after he made sure she had, but he was always gone a good few hours before she woke up. But every time he woke up, he gradually found it harder to leave her side.

It aggravated the hi yokai greatly.

"Didn't feel like going anywhere," he told her simply. It was the truth. He really didn't feel like going anywhere, especially to see Koenma.

Odivia let out another yawn before scoothing closer to Hiei and falling back asleep.

Hiei stared down at her for a few moments. He moved his left hand from his side and moved her hair behind her. He used to think that the length of her hair was annoying, and got in the way greatly. But he started to like her hair and was finding that he never wanted to see it shorter than what it was.

A smirk formed on the fire demon's lips as he watched his lover sleep. He never thought he'd come to like Odivia more than Mukuro, but it had. He spent the next couple of hours watching Odivia sleep as he ran his free hand up and down her side.

Odivia let out a soft sigh as she began to wake up. "If you don't stop treating me this way I'm going to start to think you want more than sex," Odivia mumbled as she turned onto her back and looked at Hiei.

Hiei's face became expressionless as he looked at Odivia, thinking about what she said. He couldn't believe how true her words were. "What if I do?" he asked almost angrilly after a few minutes of silence.

Odivia tensed up as she heard what Hiei said. She looked into his crimson orbs and saw just how serious he was. She quickly sat up and turned from him, not even bothering to grab the blanket. She stood quickly and went to her dresser, grabbing some undergarments before pulling on a pair knee high black stockings, a pair of skinny jeans and a tight dark blue sweater.

Hiei sat up with a glare. "Are you not going to say anything?" he asked her, his voice clearly saying that he was angry.

Odivia pulled on slim fitting black and blue leg warmers before slipping into her black high heels. She had grown a couple of inches during the last few months and was now standing at 5' 5'' with her two inch high heels.

Odivia grabbed a black shoulder purse and began walking to the door.

Hiei growled and appeared at the door, blocking her from leaving.

Odivia crossed her arms and stared into Hiei's eyes, ignoring his nakedness. "Please get out of my way, Hiei," she said politely.

"Not until you say something," he growled, glaring at her.

Odivia grinned, "Something."

Hiei growled loudly and took a menacing step towards her. Odivia sighed, "Hiei I can't be in a relationship right now."

"Can't or won't?" he asked as he continued to glare.

Odivia looked away as she could not answer that question. "I don't want to get into anything serious. Especially with someone... Especially with a demon," she whispered.

Hiei stood still, feeling like he just got slapped in the face. He hadn't felt anything like it before. He'd never been rejected before, never really got into anything that he could get rejected. But this, it felt terrible. He felt terrible. And he didn't like it.

The hi yokai glared darkly at Odivia. "You're also a demon, Odivia. You can't run from that," he growled.

Odivia looked at him with sadness in her eyes. "I can try," she whispered before taking a step towards him. She stopped right in front of him and met his hating gaze. "Hiei I just... I really like you. But I'm not ready for anything more than what we have right now," she explained softly.

Hiei continued to glare at her.

Odivia looked away before looking at him again. The twenty two year old had never felt this vulnerable or this lost in a long time. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek. "I think I love you, Hiei. But I'm not ready for it," she whispered into his ear. She quickly ran past him, not wanting to see his response.

Odivia ran from the apartment and to her car. She got in quickly and started it. She sped out of the parking lot and towards a temple that her grandmother's friend had owned before she had died mysteriously, leaving it to a group of younger people. She herself had not met the others that the temple was left to, only a young woman with teal hair and red eyes.

Odivia did not stop until she neared the temple within the forest. She parked far from it and began her walk to the many steps that would lead up to the temple.

It took Odivia good half hour to walk to the steps and then up them. She looked at the temple and let out a sigh. She didn't want to see the young woman with red eyes. Red eyes that would surely remind her of Hiei. She turned went into the forest. She walked around aimlessly with her hands in her jean pockets.

Odivia was so lost in thought that she didn't realize the plants upon the ground suddenly change. She didn't realize there was a change until she heard someone, or something, make a menasing noise. It sounded almost like a chuckle and a growl at the same time. She looked around and noticed that the trees had purple and pink flowers with deep green leaves.

"Where the...?" she was cut off by a massive beast coming into view. It was around six feet tall and had a bulky build. Its skin was a purple, its hair black and matted, horns upon it head, razor sharp teeth protruding from its lips, claws five inches long, and was only covered with a cloth similar to a skirt hanging from its waist.

Odivia gasped and took a step back. "Whe... Where am...?" she drifted off as the demon lunged at her. She screamed and jumped away. She turned and saw that the demon was turning to her. She took off running, finally realizing that she had to be in the Makai.

Odivia continued to run, screaming each time a demon made itself known. Twenty minutes after her first encounter, she was being chased by a good ten demons. She didn't dare look back at how close or how far the demons were, just continued to run.

Odivia yelped when something tripped her. Her path had been clear from what she had seen. She turned onto her back and looked to see what she had tripped on. Two feet in front of her a humanoid demon was moving up from the ground, a grin plastered on his lips.

Odivia was frozen in place with fear, her hair on the ground behind her. She looked up at the demon, her ice blue eyes wide and filled with fear.

"Is our little ice demon afraid? Our all and powerful ice demon is scared of little old me?" the man asked happily.

The other ten demons stopped suddenly and growled. "She's ours, back off," they growled.

The man growled and pillars of earth shot up from the ground and sent them flying. He turned back to Odivia with a grin on his lips. "You're not from Makai. Must be a little sheltered demon from the Ningenkai. How about I take you to my home and help you adjust?" he asked her, lust filling his brown speckled green eyes.

Odivia shook her head quickly. "Please no, I just want to go home," she pleaded, wishing that she hadn't left Hiei.

It only took a second but the man was a couple of feet from Odivia only to be kneeling right next to her. She yelped and tried to move away. He grabbed her by the neck with a malicious grin. "Oh no. You aren't going anywhere but with me. You will make a fine play toy," he told her as he pulled her up.

"Please, no," she begged, fighting the urge to cry.

"Sorry my little ice demon, but you're too fine to let go," he told her as he began to walk away, dragging her by her hair.

Odivia cried out and tried her hardest to get away. She cried out again as the man threw her into a tree. "If you don't stop fighting it will only get worse," he told her.

"I don't think it will," someone voiced from the shadows.

Odivia shivered and shrank closer to the tree she was at. She closed her eyes and worked hard to block everything out as the tears escaped her eyes.

It was ten minutes before all was silent around Odivia except for her soft crying.

"Are you ok?" someone asked, his voice showing only showing that he cared slightly for her well being.

Odivia slowly looked up to meet a handsome silver haired golden eyed man with silver fox ears upon his head. She watched as his golden eyes went from slightly concerned to completely surprised as she looked up at him. "N... No. I'm scared," she confessed, tears streaming down her face.

Youko looked Odivia over and let out a sigh, hating how he gave into his urges so easily. "I'll take care of you," he told her before reaching out to grab her.

Odivia flinched and moved away.

Youko sighed again and stood up. He looked down at her with a slight glare. "If you don't want my help then fine, stay here and die," he told her before turning and walking away, his long silver fox tail twitching slightly. He really didn't want to leave such a beautiful woman in the most dangerous parts of Makai to die.

"Wait! I'm sorry, please don't leave me," Odivia pleaded as she hurried to stand up.

Youko stopped and looked over his shoulder. "You really are from the Ningenkai. Are you under Koenma's protection?" he questioned as he turned to face her.

Odivia looked at him with wide eyes. "Koenma? You know my father?" she asked.

Youko's eyes went wide as he heard what she said. He had not been expecting this, not in the least. He recovered after a few moments and let out a sigh. "Come with me, I'll explain as much as I can," he told her, reaching out his hand.

Odivia look at him and then at his hand. She hesitantly reached out and put her smaller hand into his larger one.