Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Love in the Rain ❯ Love is Not For the Faint of Heart ( Chapter 4 )

Love in the Rain

Chapter 5

Kalika Higurashi

 

Disclaimer: Nope. I own nothing, nada, zip.

 

A/N: Okay, you guys will hate me for this but I've decided to go back to the way my dream actually was. Yes, I did dream this. It's weird.

 

I'm also changing the point-of-view.

 

Enough with my babble. Later

 

 

A shadow flies through the night sky, disappearing as quickly as it appears. Red eyes peer at the young girl in his arms. A deathly pallor gathers in her skin. Dark circles have long appeared underneath her eyes, making it appear as though it had been bruised. A word slips between the shadow's lips, “Thea.”

Clutching her closer, and warming her body as if to chase away the cold fingers of death, Hiei runs towards a familiar temple. Three women run out to greet the young man. One has the same red eyes, another with hair as blue as the sky and a bubbly personality that has sobered for once, and an old woman with sarcasm dripping from every word-unless a situation arises and becomes critical.

They hurry to the room set aside for Thea. Hiei sets Thea upon the comforter, and the two young women move in to save someone's life. The old woman leads Hiei out of the room, and fixes him some tea.

The night slowly fades, and still neither woman has exited the room.

 

~

 

Finally, as the sun's rays begin to peek out over the horizon, one of the girls comes out. It is the one with the blue hair and normally bubbly personality. The old woman speaks first, “Botan. How is she?”

The girl, now known as Botan, bows to Hiei,and cannot find the courage to look him in the eye, “Gomen nasai, Hiei. We've both tried to the point that we've used up nearly all our energy. Thea's not going to make it. She's lost too much blood.

Hiei sighs, “She's going to Spirit World then, isn't she?

Botan nods sadly.

Hiei stands and goes into Thea's bedroom. He sees the youngest looking of the three women sitting in a chair next to the bed. She brings her sorrowful eyes towards him with tears threatening to fall, “Oh Hiei-san. Gomen.”

Hiei takes a deep breath, “You did the best that you could, Yukina-san. A-Arigatou.”

He steps to the bed, and Yukina gets up and leaves. Hiei sits in the just-evacuated chair. He picks up a cold hand.

“Hiei?”

At the sound of the voice, Hiei looks up at Thea's face, “Thea.”

“It's so dark. I'm dying, aren't I?”

“Yukina and Botan did the best they could.”

“Tell them “Thank You' for me.”

“I will.”

“I'm sorry, Hiei.”

“What for?”

“For getting shot.”
“It's not your fault.”

A small smile, “Do you think Genkai would mind if I were buried at her temple?”

“Why?”

“So I'll still be close to you, baka.”

A soft chuckle at this, “I'll see what I can do.”

“'kay. Hiei?”

“Hmm?”

“I'm so tired.”

“Sleep then.”

“'kay…”

Air leaves Thea's lungs, exiting through her mouth. Her chest doesn't rise again. Hiei props his elbows on the edge of the bed. A lone tear slides down his cheek, turning into a small black gem as it falls onto the bed next to Thea's hand. Hiei quickly wipes the salty trail, and places the gem into one of her hands. As he closes her fingers over the small marble, he speaks as if she were still alive, “I'll be sending Greg to hell where he belongs. I'm sorry that I never got a chance to tell you. Aishiteru.”

Hiei stands, and quits the room. The old woman is waiting for him on the other side of the shoji screen, “Botan left with Thea's spirit.”

“Thea wanted me to ask you if it was all right for her to be buried here, Genkai.”

Genkai smiles and nods, “I even know just the place.”

 

~

 

A year later…

 

A small grave marker, nestled snuggly within the roots of a great tree, watches on as two Spirit Detectives spar. The red-headed kitsune sits on the porch with four women, Botan, Genkai, Yukina, and another that yells at the boy with slicked back, black hair, “Yuuske! You jerk! What do you mean you don't want to meet me at the movies? And watch what you're doing!”

Yuuske stops what he's doing to glare at the girl, “Keiko! That's a damn chick flick and besides you're the one that's distracting me!”

The foul-mouthed boy receives a punch to the jaw as an answer courtesy of the other boy, “Damn it, Kuwabura! That was a fuckin' cheap shot!”

The tall carrot top, Kuwabura, laughs, “You should have been paying attention.”

The red-head notices movement next to the grave. A figure in black stands at the marker, looking at the blood red roses laying there on the ground. Hiei turns and walks to the porch sitting on one of the steps. The red-head smiles knowingly, “You miss her, don't you?”

“Hn.”

A few moments pass as everyone continues to watch the spar match.

“Red roses were her favorites. Arigatou.”

Slightly surprised by such an unusual response, the red-head nods, “No problem. It was my pleasure.”

Gently, the wind blows carrying the sound of feminine laughter. Everyone stops and listens. It lasts only for a few moments. Yuuske scratches his head, “What was that all about?”

Hiei glances at the grave, and a small smile which disappears quickly so no one else would see. The wind blows again, and more laughter rings out.

“What the hell?! Hey Grandma! What's going on? Is this one of your dirty tricks again?”

“It's something you wouldn't understand, dimwit.”

“Shut up!”

The laughter quietens, and if you look closely, you can see the image of a young girl with a messy blonde bun and green eyes sitting on the roots of the tree. She wears an emerald green kimono with a gold dragon entwined with the black one circling around. She has her elbows propped on her knees, and her chin in her hands. She has a smile gracing her lips.

Everyone looks at the image. Kuwabura backs away, feeling very nervous. Her grin widens and she waves cheerily to the others. Feminine laughter trickles out once more as the image fades and a soft voice carries over to Hiei, “Aishiteru.”

And to the ghost girl, all seemed right in the world.

 

 

Japanese words:

 

Gomen- sorry

Gomen nasai- very sorry

-san- honorific, kind of like Mr. or Mrs.

Arigatou- Thank you

Baka- idiot

Aishiteru- I love you

Kitsune- fox demon

 

Sorry about taking so long. I may do an alternate ending. It just depends on the reviewers and if I'm in the mood. I'm going to try to get my other stories out of the way first. And it's gonna take some time. I'm a freshman in college, so yeah I'm gonna be pretty busy.

 

Anyways, sorry about the long delay, and please check out some of my other stories.

 

-A Promise to Keep - Yu Yu Hakushou

-The Golden Fox - Yu Yu Hakushou

-Bloodline - Fatal Fury and The Mummy crossover

-Fright to Love - InuYasha

-Challenge Fic - InuYasha (don't know what to call it yet)