Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Dark Waters ❯ Your Choice ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter Three

Your Choice

 

( “Kin, Kin, where are you?” Kaiya stumbled through the jungles of Makai, looking for any survivors of her gang that were spread around her feet, dead. “Kin”, she yelled out, her voice husky from unshed tears. A small groan was heard nearby, and she rushed towards it. “Kin”, she whispered as she found his body behind a tree. She fell to her knees beside him, and looked down at him. She almost cried but, forced the tears back when he grabbed her hand. “Kin, don't move”, she warned. He smiled a painful, twisted version of his usual grins, and grunted in pain. “D-don't wor-ry about me, Kai... ya.” “Fool, you're seriously injured. None of this would have happened if I had been here”, she said in a tight voice, as she looked down at his bleeding form. His once bright silver hair was now covered in crimson blood, and his red eyes were cold, and darker than usual. “Don't t-think like t-that.” “Kin, I'm sorry, I should have been-” “Shush”, he tried to soothe her. He raised his hand to her cheek and looked her in the eye. She held it there, and tried to smile. But, it disappeared when his hand drug across her cheek, smearing blood, and fell limply to the ground. “KIN”, she screamed. His eyes stayed open but, his body was stiff and cold. “Kin”, she mumbled under her breath. She shut his eyes and turned away from him. She stood up and looked around, not uttering a word. She barely breathed as she searched for any other survivors. When she found no one, she started to pick them up, and drag their bodies to a clearing. There, she buried them all. It took her a long time but, she buried them. When she was done, she noticed something. Someone was not there. “Tatsuya”, she grumbled as a sudden wind enveloped her body. She surged forward in search for the traitor of the group.)

 

Kaiya shot up in her bed and breathed heavily. She tried to calm down but, it did nothing as she thought about Kin.

 

'Why? Why did you have to die, Kin? And before....

 

... before I could tell you that...

 

.... I loved you.'

 

She hadn't gotten much sleep in a few days, and this was just one of those days where she slept for about an hour, and than woke up after dreaming that day over and over again.

 

She stood up and grabbed her cloak and tied it around her. Instead of just sitting there and wallowing in self-pity, she decided to clean up.

 

When she walked out into the hallway, Yusuke was already coming out of a room with the sound of water rushing in it. He walked right by her, scrubbing his eyes and looking very tired.

 

'Water?'

 

She walked towards the room and shut the door. After a few minutes of fiddling around with the knobs she figured it out, and took a shower. Even though it was a cold one, she was use to it and didn't really pay any attention to it.

 

'What's that', she questioned herself as she grabbed a giant bottle of something and opened it.

 

'Woo, that smells good.'

 

She began to cover herself in the flower scented gel that was meant for you hair. But, she used it on her body and hair, and than got out a few minutes later smelling like roses.

 

She dried herself with a towel hanging beside her and than wrapped herself up in her cloak and went back to her room.

 

She didn't really know what to expect to do here. She had come over to this side a few times before but, she had never stayed for very long. She had always found a way back but, now she didn't have a reason to go back.

 

She had no one to go home too.

 

A knock came at her door, and it opened. Yusuke appeared looking grumpy and clean.

 

“You ready for school”, he asked her.

 

“School?”

 

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This school that he talked about seemed more like a prison than a place to learn.

 

“What do they teach”, she asked him as they rounded a corner and spotted Kuwabara and Kurama.

 

“Hey guys”, Yusuke called out to them.

 

They stopped and waited for them.

 

“Well, they teach boring stuff like math, English, science, history, and other crap like that.”

 

She was rather quiet but, Yusuke was already use to this from Hiei. They caught up with the others and continued down the street.

 

'Where's Hiei', she thought.

 

Than she asked them and Kurama told her.

 

“He doesn't go to school.”

 

“What? Why not?”

 

“Because-”, Kurama was cut off as Hiei appeared out of no where in front of them.

 

“You are coming with me”, he said, looking at Kaiya.

 

“Why?”

 

“It's either school or training. Your choice.”

 

She looked at the four of them and than sighed.

 

“Fine. Training it is.”

 

“Follow me, if you can keep up”, Hiei said with a smirk.

 

He disappeared, and she followed suit after him.

 

She chased him down the streets, staying only a few feet behind him.

 

When they came across a temple surrounded by a forest, he stopped and she almost ran into him.

 

Hiei didn't say anything as he turned around and stared at her.

 

“Why are you doing this for me”, she asked.

 

“Don't presume so much.”

 

She was silent.

 

“I'm not. She is”, he said as he crooked his head to the side.

 

She looked back and saw an old woman standing there.

 

“What's going on”, she asked.

 

“Koenma thinks that you have no self control, and that you are reckless. You need discipline. And what better way to achieve it than through training.”

 

She looked back at him and he smirked before he disappeared into the temple.

 

“Well, don't just stand there. Show me what you're capable of”, the old woman barked at her.

 

Kaiya turned back around and faced the woman.

 

“Try to touch me”, the woman said.

 

Kaiya lunged forward and tried to kick her but, she blocked it and punched her in the stomach.

 

They went at it for a few hours before Kaiya collapsed to the ground.

 

“Have you eaten today”, Genkai asked.

 

“No”, she said in between breaths.

 

“Go inside and ask Yukina to make you something”, she told her as she walked away.

 

'What?'

 

'Whatever, I haven't eaten in days. Not since everyone...'

 

She walked inside and looked around for someone. It took her awhile to find anyone, and the one person she found was the last one she wanted to see.

 

Hiei.

 

He didn't look up as she entered the room.

 

“Hiei, where is Yukina”, she asked, hoping that he wouldn't ignore her.

 

He looked up at her with those same eyes. The eyes that haunted her past, and dreams. She wanted to turn away from them but, she found herself falling into them.

 

“Kaiya”, he said, as she stared off into space.

 

His voice didn't reach her ears, as she began to waver. For some reason it just seemed hard to stand up straight. To stand up at all in that case, as she fell forward.

 

Hiei jumped up from the table and caught her.

 

“Kaiya”, he said in a calm voice.

 

“Don't worry. She just hasn't been taking care of herself. She needs some rest and food”, Genkai said as she entered the room.

 

Hiei nodded and picked her up and placed her on a couch nearby.

 

“Foolish girl”, she muttered as she walked out of the room and into the kitchen not far away.

 

'No. Just lonely', Hiei thought as he went to go find Yukina.

 

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A few hours had passed, and like usual Kaiya was up after having the reoccurring dream.

 

She never screamed, never cried, just sat there and thought of something to do to keep herself busy.

 

She sat up and noticed a plate of food beside her on a table. She took one look at it and her stomach growled with frustration.

 

She was hungry but, her stomach hurt and she didn't know if she could eat it. She already knew that she didn't deserve it.

 

She pushed the plate away from her and held her stomach. She grabbed the glass of water with her other hand and chugged it down in a few seconds.

 

“You should eat”, a voice said from a dark corner of the room.

 

She looked over at where it had come from and couldn't see anyone. But, she recognized the voice.

 

“Hiei?”

 

“Eat”, he said.

 

“I'm not hungry”, she lied.

 

“You're a fool for letting it affect you this much. You're killing yourself by doing this.”

 

She stood up at those words and almost fell over but, caught herself.

 

“What do you know about my past that makes you think that I'm acting like a fool”, she asked harshly.

 

Hiei looked up at her and she could see his eyes glint in the darkness from the moon light.

 

“I know what happened to them”, was all that he said.

 

“How do... “, she stopped and thought about it.

 

'Koenma.'

 

“Eat and rest some more”, he said as he disappeared into the blackness.

 

“Hiei...”

 

She let go of the couch and fell to the floor.

 

'He's right. But, Kin.... Taro, Seiichi, Yutaka, Takara.... they're all dead, and all because of me. I should have been there but, no I had to run off and steal that damn scroll.'

 

“Why couldn't I have been there”, she questioned the world out loud, waiting for a response.

 

No one answered her.

 

“Kin”, she whispered.

 

“I'm sorry.”

 

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Hiei watched her from the dark corner of the room after she thought that he was gone, and listened to every word she said.

 

'Kin?'

 

When he saw her pick at her food and than fall asleep, he smiled for a brief second before disappearing.