Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Friends ❯ Sealing the Promise ( Chapter 8 )

Friends Chapter 8

Hiei: (Clutching chibi Kiru and Yukina dolls) Die! Fan guys, DIE!!!! (burns up mob of fan guys)

Me: O.O (watches Hiei kill mobs and mobs of fan guys)

Hiei: (Gets bored when they start to run away) Kiru?

Me: Yes, Hiei? (looking at the retreating fan guys)

Hiei: Can I read the stuff now? (Puts dolls in pocket)

Me: Yeah. Here. (gives him a sheet of paper)

Hiei: Standard disclaimers apply. Do they really think that anyone would want Kuwabara?

Me: No, that's just there to protect you. (Evil smile)

Hiei: Oh. Ok.

Kuwabara: What!?

Hiei: Must...Kill...Kuwabara.

Kuwabara: AHHHH!!! (running away from Hiei, who just flits in front of him)

Yukina: Hello, Hiei-san. (Appearing out of nowhere)

Hiei: Yukina! (Forgetting the Fool) Would you like to read the rest of the stuff?

Yukina: Sure! (Takes the paper) Last chapter was basically what happened after Hiei-san saved Kiru-san. I healed Kiru-san, Koenma and Botan were shocked, Yusuke and Kazuma were dumb, Kurama and Mukuro got together, and Kiru woke up! Now enjoy the next- and next-to-last- installment of friends.

Kuwabara: (looking at the decapitated and burned fan guys) Hey, what happened to these guys?

Hiei: They tried to pursue Kiru.

Me: He got a little carried away. (Kuwabara faints) Baka. Enjoy, while I figure out what to do with this moron. (smiles as an idea hits her) Oh Hiei…

--The next night--

Kiru pulls on her favorite black gloves and fixes the knot on her bandanna. She was still a little lethargic from the ritual yesterday- it took a massive amount of energy to perform- but thanks to Yukina, she was back on her feet a lot sooner than she thought she would be. She ran her fingers through her hair and shook it, noticing it needed to be brushed.

She paced to the vanity and sits down for a moment to look at herself in the mirror. She closed her eyes and sighed after seeing the familiar pale face and crimson eyes, her own reflection reminding her of Hiei. So much has happened since then. She thinks, remembering the past, I hope I'm still...acceptable to Hiei.

A knock then sounds on the door and she turns around to see Yukina poking her head into the room. 'How are you feeling today,' she softly asks, 'Kiru?'

'I'm fine, thank you,' Kiru answers turning back around and picking up a brush, 'Please- come in.' Kiru looks down and closes her eyes again.

Yukina comes in and takes the brush out of her hands. 'May I?' Yukina starts to brush her hair at her nod. 'Your hair reminds me of Oniisan's. So spiky, but softer than the finest silk.' Kiru is silent, but has tensed up at the mention of Hiei. 'Ah,' Yukina says, having figured out what is wrong, 'you are worried about if Oniisan will still like you, ne?'

Kiru nods. 'It's been so long, and now he has all of you.' She shakes her head and opens her eyes, looking straight into Yukina's eyes. 'He probably doesn't need me anymore.' Kiru's hand reaches up involuntarily to clutch a necklace at her throat as she lowers her piercing gaze.

Yukina notices this, 'What's that?'

Kiru releases the necklace and Yukina takes it into her hands. It is a necklace of a black phoenix in some kind of black stone. Realization dawned on her and she whispered, 'Oniisan's tears.' She released the necklace and looked up into Kiru's sad eyes. 'Kiru, I can promise you right now, you have nothing to worry about.'

'Really…?' Kiru looked into her eyes again. Yukina nods and takes her hands into her own. Kiru smiles, 'Okay.'

'Kiru,' Yukina says, pulling her up and out of the chair, 'Ikuzo.'

'Hai, and Yukina?' Kiru asks.

'Nani?'

'Thank you.'

--

Hiei sits in his favorite place, up a tree in his private courtyard, looking up at the full moon in the starry sky, thinking about what had happened in the last few days. Kiru.

He remembers how panicked he had been when he awoke to see his lover hunched over in pain in a pool of her own blood. He also remembered the anger that had flooded both him and his dragon when he had learned of her scars and their origins. He clenched his fists as he retook his vow to kill those demons that had tortured her. I will avenge your pain Kiru. I swear it.

Hiei then smiled as he remembered the good times he had shared with her in the past. He remembered the day he confided to her of his sister and his origins. He had been so scared that she would reject him- that had also been the day they first expressed their love for each other. He chuckled lightly in fond remembrance of what their sensei had made them do when he had discovered them- naked and sweaty- in what would become their secret hide-away. Hiei had thought that they would never get finished scrubbing the dojo.

Next he remembered the day that he had hurt her by accident during one of their sparring matches. Kiru had slipped and was unable to block a slash to her abdomen. He had watched in horror as she had collapsed from blood loss on the bloodied floor of the dojo after saying `I'll be fine.' She had gotten a fever and was unconscious for three days - even sensei had worried about whether she had pulled through or not. He had been so relieved when she had woken up that he had kissed her- not caring that he had an audience. He had received quite a lump on his head from sensei because of that.

He continued to remember the good and the bad for a while longer, but then he returned to the present and thought about what he would do next.

Will she still accept me? What if she hates me after this? He fingers his gift to her that still resides in his pocket before slipping a hand up to grasp the necklace that she had given him so long ago.

It was a black dragon, made out of her blood. When she wanted to, she could force her blood to solidify into a black stone similar to his tear gem. Then, by manipulating fire, she could sculpt it into whatever she desired. They had exchanged necklaces that they had made for each other on their six- month anniversary. He starts to smile but then he hears leaves rustling on the ground, indicating that someone was coming.

'Hiei?' a familiar voice asks.

'Kiru?' Hiei jumps down to see his former koi standing in front of him. 'You shouldn't be out here, you're not fully recovered yet!' He looks at her and sees a strange sadness in her eyes. 'Kiru, what's wrong? Is your wound paining you?'

She shakes her head, biting her lip and drawing blood, a single bloodstone falling to the ground. Hiei looks at her reproach in his eyes, disapproving of her actions. 'Kiru.' he says reproachfully.

Kiru looks down, 'Hiei, I-I love you, but…do you still- love me?' Kiru feels Hiei come closer and pull her to his chest. She wraps her arms around his neck and buries her face into his shoulder, sobbing just a little.

'Kiru-chan,' Hiei softly scolds her, 'what a silly question to ask. You are my everything.' He grabs her chin and tilts her face up, kissing away her tears. He captures her lips and they share a passionate kiss, trying to express all of the emotions they felt for each other in that one kiss.

Hiei pulled away, causing a soft sound of complaint to issue from Kiru's throat. He knelt down in front of her and pulled something out of his pocket. 'Remember your promise to me all those years ago?' he asks her, pulling her left hand into his own.

'You mean when we promised we would meet again, so you could give me your gift?' she asks, slightly confused at his change in thought. At his nod, she answered, 'Yes, of course. But what…?'

'Well,' he says softly, sliding a ring onto her ring finger, 'here it is.' Kiru's mouth falls softly as she looks in shock at his gift. 'Will you make me the happiest creature in all of the three worlds and marry me?'

Kiru slowly drops to her knees next to him and throws herself into his arms, happy tears building in her disbelieving eyes. 'Hiei.'

Hiei tightly hugs her to him and buries his head into his fiancée's hair, a small, truly happy smile on his face. 'Ai shiteru, Kiru, ai shiteru zutto.'

--

Kuwabara: No way! The shrimp is getting married! That sucks!

Hiei: Excuse me? (Fingering his katana)

Me: Kill him. (says to Hiei)

Yukina: No fair, it's my turn.

Kuwabara: Yukina? Not you too!

Me: Okay, why don't you both kill him.


Yukina and Hiei: Yeah! (they kill Kuwabara. Yukina freezes him and then Hiei slices him into pieces using his katana.)

Me: Good job. (kicking the frozen, sliced up pieces of Kuwabara) Tune in soon for the epilogue. Hope you enjoyed the last chapter. See you soon. Please review.

Hiei: If you liked this, then read 'Lifting the Darkness.' See you next chapter.

Yukina: Can we get some sweet snow.?

Hiei: SWEET SNOW!!!!

Yukina: SWEET SNOW!!!!

Me: SWEET SNOW!!!!