Creeping into through the window of my room Hiei and I enter the house silently as to not wake anyone. It was sometime around three in the morning. Hiei and I had lost track of time as we laid there in the woods enjoying the nature around us and talking from time to time. The conversation was never too personal, but we did talk about some of the places we lived and what it was like. I told him about living in Japan, Germany, Russia, England, Ireland, and all the other different places I've lived while he told me about when he had lived in Japan and the Makai realm.
"Want to get chocolate ice cream?" Hiei offers as we head downstairs. We had nothing planned, but we silently started heading downstairs together.
"Sure," I reply indifferent though I really wanted the ice cream. The texture of it still confused me which fascinated me and irritated me all at the same time, but it tasted so good. The sweetness of the ice cream tantalizing my tongue.
As Hiei hands me my bowl of ice cream I have to remind myself to pace myself and seem as if I don't really care. Slowly with measured scoops of ice cream I begin to eat it. The ice cream was just as good as I remembered it as it made its way to my stomach, but all too soon had I finished the chocolate ice cream.
"When were you planning on tell me that we were running once you got the bracelet off after this mission?" Neither one of us had spoken while we ate and this sudden question startled me. I hadn't planned on telling Hiei about me running after this mission and lately I've been second guessing if I wanted to. I've contemplated weather I wanted to leave or not since this afternoon. I'm not completely happy here, but I did have something to keep me here. Lately I'm not sure if I'd run if I can't take Hiei with me.
"I wasn't going to tell you." I state boldly and seeming as if it made no difference to me if he became angered. And just as I had expected Hiei's jaw clinched though he showed no other physical signs of anger. "I'm not even sure if I'm going to run." My add on seemed to of settled his anger because immediately his jaw unclenched and he just stared at me not saying anything.
"What's changed your mind?" He was distant about his answer, but I could tell he truly wanted to know the answer. He was doing the same thing that I do; even when we care we won't show it.
"If I tell you that I'd be opening up and admitting emotions. Both of which neither one of us do." It sounded cold, as I intended it to be. Hiei would understand though, and he would respect that because he's the same way.
"You're growing attached," Hiei says smirking.
"What makes you think that?" I ask cocking my head to the side as to entice him while I set my bowl down beside me on the counter.
"Because if you weren't attached you wouldn't have opened up to me earlier," Hiei argues as he takes our bowls to the sink then walks back towards me.
"Who's to say I'm not just starting to grow to trust you enough to tell you about my past," I reason back to him.
"Then why would you do this," He asks before pinning me to the counter and locking me there with his hands on both sides of me and roughly kisses me. I immediately respond by pushing back with my own kiss.
"For you to kiss me like that you have to of grown attached," He says with a rough husky voice. I simply smirk at him before wrapping my arms loosely around his neck. I look into his deep crimson red eyes my eye lids hanging low with an adoring look in them. He caught me he's the reason I'm uncertain if I want to run.
"So what if you are the reason? You already know I can't act for myself I have to do everything for my sister. It's the whole reason I live."
"Then I'll have to give you a reason to not run." I look at Hiei seeing the lust so clearly as he looked at me. He wanted me and it was clear. He knew that I'm not supposed to ever do anything for myself, but he was going to try and convince me of otherwise.
With a smile on my lips I groggily roll over on my side to get closer to Hiei. He was so warm next to my colder body. I loved that he was so warm no matter what weather we're in he is always extremely warm.
"You're so warm," I murmur as I nuzzle my noise under his chin and he makes his hold around my bared waist tighter. We looked like two lovers as I rubbed his bare chest with my finger tips. His chest was so toned as expected from a swords men like Hiei.
"You won't let me make you mine, but let me mark you as mine." Last night as Hiei and I had been fooling around together Hiei had asked me to become his mate. Easily I could have said yes, but I stopped myself from saying yes. I almost had, but I had a duty to serve and no matter how much I wanted to I know I can't. In Hiei's eyes while he can't make me his mate he can still mark me as his.
"Go ahead," I tell him as I sit up and bare my neck. The mate of a mark is meant to be placed by the neck or collar bone for the mark to be official. With one look of confirmation from me Hiei leans in and bites the right collar bone area, digging his fangs into my skin and releasing the chemical all male demons have that creates a mark unique to all demons.
The feel of Hiei's fangs digging their way into my skin causes me gasp and squeeze my eyes shut. I had been bitten countless times by Hiei, but he had been careful as to not break skin last night. I had grown used to him biting me hard last night and it didn't hurt to have him bite me, but for him to bite as hard as he is now I felt my body ark itself upwards and a shiver run through me.
It's alright, I heard Hiei say through telepathy as he pulls me closer to him. He held me closely to him as if he could protect me somehow and take the pain I was feeling away.
"I'm done," He tells me as he kisses the spot where he just bit me. I open my eyes and look up at him my whole shoulder aching. Without a word I lean my head on his chest and just let him hold me as my shadows of darkness that lie within the shadows move up to the area of pain and begin to ease it away.
"It's a black fire dragon," Hiei tells me as he moves my hair out of the way so that he could see it. He was careful, though, as to not touch the skin itself.
"I'm yours," I say simply still not moving from my spot. The physical pain was gone, but it still wasn't a good idea to move my shoulder too much and I didn't really want to move out of Hiei's arms. It was moments like this that made me feel happy and content. It was moments like this that I didn't feel so emotionless and angry at everything. Hiei made me feel more like an actual person and not so much of a weapon.
"Hiei are you up," I hear Kurama call on the other side of the door as he knocks to get Hiei's attention.
"What Fox," Hiei calls annoyed at being disturbed.
"It's time for us to get ready for school. Are you coming down for breakfast?"
"I'll be down in a bit."
"Very well and Desera will you be joining us as well?" My body stiffens at this. I had made sure to mask my presence so that no one would sense me in Hiei's room. Kurama wasn't supposed to know that I was with Hiei.
I'm not ashamed to be with Hiei. Nor am I ashamed to be caught in his room with him I just wanted to keep on the down low about this sort of stuff because of the way this could blow up. Hiei and I had both agreed for the best that we should keep the bakas and everyone out of our personal life. Most of them had already figured the two of us might be dating and I guess that they could be correct. In a way I have been Hiei's mate for a few weeks now after we kissed. I neither one of us stated it out loud, but we both knew it. Hiei has been mine for a while now and knows it, just as I have been his for a while now and know it.
"I won't be eating," I say sounding much calmer than I felt that spilt second before quickly relaxing against Hiei's chest.
"I figured as much," Kurama says chuckling lightly.
I stay here in Hiei's arms for just a little longer before removing myself from his comfort and untangle myself from Hiei's arms. Immediately I can feel the difference in the air on my bare skin compared to when I was next to Hiei. He had kept me so warm because of his unusual body temperature to the much cooler house kept at 60° Fahrenheit. The difference was so great that I found myself actually getting chill bumps up and down my body.
Despite the discomfort I walk over to where my clothes had been thrown about the room and slip the ones not ripped back on. I leave the room with one final glance at Hiei as I'm silently closing the door on my way over to my room right across from his.
A smile spreads its way across my lips as my finger tips softly touch the area of my mark. Hiei's scent intoxicated me, still clinging to by body. His touch still there though he hadn't touched me in hours. A chill of pleasure at the thought of what we had done makes its way through me. It wasn't natural for me to feel this way, to be effected like this by anyone or anything that wasn't pain and the screams of agony of another. Still found myself longing for his touch.
"Desera," my sister calls snapping me back to reality.
"What," I call through the closed to door.
"We're about to start breakfast, are you coming down?"
"Let me finish getting ready," I tell her as I begin to strip down out of my clothes and into the school girl outfit. It was a simple black pelted skirt and black sweater over a white button down shirt with a red ribbon. The Uniform had a simple black knee high leggings and slip on black shoes. I didn't care for the outfit too much because I hated skirts and I was being told to wear the outfit a couple sizes too small.
"I like it," my sister says cheerfully as I walk out of my room.
"Good for you," I say annoyed by her cheeriness.
"You're O positive came in," she says try to say something that would make me happy.
"Has it been frozen?" I hated everything frozen something between the process of it being fresh to it being frozen seems to ruin the flavor of the blood.
"Nope it actually came in a heater that keeps it at body temperature." I smirk at this good news. Without anything else to say my sister and I head downstairs.
At the table everyone sat waiting as the food sat in front of them. They seemed to be waiting, some more patient then others, for something before eating. Not bothering to even ask or see what it is they're waiting on I sit down next to Hiei.
"I have the blood prepared for you Desera," Kurama says politely as he places a cup of blood in a wine cup in front of me. As to be polite back I nod my head in response before picking the cup up and sipping at it. The blood wasn't quite as good as when freshly killed because of the thrill of killing it myself, but it tasted a lot better than when it had been frozen. It really was the act of freezing the blood that made the blood so nasty.
"Did the heater make a difference," Kurama asks genuinely curious.
"Yes."
"Can we eat now," Yusuke asks drooling over the chocolate chipped pancakes.
"Go ahead," Kurama chuckles at their idiocity. With greedy hands Kuwabara and Yusuke snatch all of the pancakes off the plate and seeming all too familiar with this display Kurama walks back into the kitchen and grabs another over stuffed plate to have the guys reach out and to start stuffing them all in their mouth.
"Enough," I say in a commanding voice causing the boys to stop before they touched another pancake. Everyone turns to look at me in shock because of my outburst. "Show some respect for yourself if nothing else. Stuffing your faces like that is disgusting and repulsive." By the tone of my voice I sounded like a queen, but there was no reason for it truly.
"Mubby," Kuwabara says with a mouth full of food.
"Do not speak with a mouth full of food, it repulses me." I snapped at Kuwabara.
"Desera," my sister says softly as to be careful while she got my attention. My head snaps in her direction. "Have you been marked?"
"What does it matter?" I knew very well at what my sister was getting at because of my mood change.
"You know as well as I do what being marked entitles."
"Your point?" My attitude in general has changed towards all.
"For the next week, if you've been marked, you will be compelled to act as the queen you are meant to be of your tribe."
"Don't we have a school to get to," I snap at no one in particular before standing up and guzzling the rest of my blood down. Without a word the others follow me out of the kitchen and out to the car.
WE arrive at school shortly before the warning bell that school would be starting.
"I'm going to go find Alex Romares." No one speaks up against this or follows me as I stalk off in the only direction I can sense demonic aura that didn't belong to Hiei, Kurama, or Yusuke.
"My dear Desera," Stephen says bowing deeply and dramatically as he sees me. This causes everyone in the hallway that I find Stephen in with a group of guys around him to turn and look at me.
"You're coming with me," I say with no room for discussion as I grab him by the collar of his shirt and drag him away.
"Aggressive aren't we," Stephen says sounding as if he enjoyed this.
"Shut up Stephen," I snap and cause him to stop talking for a bit before he laughs it off.
"For you anything my queen." To everyone else we seemed a couple or something according to the whispers I was gathering around me. I ignore the whispers though, and continue dragging Stephen up to the roof top.
"I'm ending this now," I tell Stephen gruffly as a harshly throw him away from me.
"You'll make a lovely queen," Stephen tells me as he flashes in front of me and trips me down to the ground.
"This isn't what I meant." I glare into Stephen's eyes as I begin to shove him off of me.
"And here I thought you were going to kill him," I hear Hiei say angrily from the door. I whip my head in his direction in shock.
"Hiei," I say as I see exactly what he would be seeing right now.
"She's chosen me Forbidden one."
"No I haven't!"
"Have fun," Hiei says distantly as he turns his back to me and shuts the door behind him.
"You ass," I scream at the top of my lungs as I plunge my sword through his gut and shove Stephen off to the side.
"Hiei," I shout desperately as I race to the door a throw it open. He was already gone. I couldn't sense Hiei's presence anywhere near me. "Hiei, I say nearly close to a sob. "It wasn't what it seemed."
"You ass! I just lost my mate because of you!" Out of pure rage I bring Stephen back to life just to throw a ball of dark tentacles at him. "Make him suffer for more than all of eternity!" with that simple command the dark tentacles swallow Stephen up and take him to a place of their chose to fulfill my order.
"Koenma," I scream and a portal opens up in front of me. Full of anger and hurt I walk through on to the other side and appear in Koenma's office.
"Desera what is it," he asks seeming a bit displaced by my shout for him.
"I've killed Stephen," I say anger boiling inside of me.
"So soon?" Koenma seemed baffled by this.
"He was a low ranked demon, it was simple."
"Well, very well. How would you feel if I removed your bracelet?" There was nothing for me to consider or hesitate about; I knew exactly what needed to be done the moment my bracelet was removed once I gave my answer. I lost the only thing that was holding me back. Hiei no longer loved me after seeing me the way he had with Stephen, I just barely got my mate just to lose him.
"Yes," I say easily. This is what I've been waiting for but now that it's here it all seems so much emptier.
"It is done," Koenma says snapping his fingers causing it fall off.
"I'll go inform the rest of the team," I say but really mean that I'm going to grab Karen and run. "But first I'd like to grab something from my room at the house and the mission house."
"Of course," Koenma says trusting me completely now. I nod my head before walking through the portal that appeared in front of me.
I head to my closet and grab Karen's belongings then snap my fingers and enter a darkness portal to the mission house. I grab my own duffle bag stuffed with my niceties and then head to the school to get Karen.
"Karen," I hiss as I pull her away from her new group of friends.
"Desera what is-" she cuts herself off as she sees the duffle bags.
"It's time we leave. We've spent too much time with this group. They are on our trail."
"Alright," my sister says nodding her head and understanding the reality of all of this. Without another's moment of hesitation we took off at full speed, traveling at 100 miles an hour.
For two days Karen and I travel like this. Both of us highly adapted to this from all the times we've had to be on the run. Neither one of us stop to rest, or sleep, or eat, or anything for that matter as we run. It wasn't until or third day of running nonstop that I consider us far enough away that it was safe for us to stop for the night in a cave at the beach of California.
"Where are we going sis," Karen asks as she lay with her head in my lap and I draped my arm around her. It was somewhere around midnight in California.
"Home," I tell her simply. It was the one place I wanted to be right now and the only place I can hope to get Hiei off my mind. Over and over again I torture myself by replaying that last scene in my head. My mark burns as I yearn for him. It's stupid for me to miss or want a person so much, but Hiei was never just a person.
AN: This is not the last of our Desera and Hiei but just the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one for them.