Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Pine, Roses and Lavender ❯ Painful Traps ( Chapter 6 )

Pine, Roses and Lavender.

Saiyan Kitsune Foxfire

Disclaimer: I don't own them, please don't sue. I do own Kira and Rosa though.

Pairings: Hiei/OC, implied Y/Keiko and Kuw/Yukina

Warning: attempted Rape (not this chapter), language, OOC

Chapter Six: Painful Traps

Kira watched as Hiei stirred in his sleep. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts she nearly jumped when she felt a hand on her leg. A quiet chuckle came from the culprit.

"Scared, little one?" Hiei teased lightly.

"No… How are you feeling Hiei-san?" Kira changed the subject as she looked over the bandages, making sure the wounds were healing properly. Hiei hissed in pain as Kiri touched his right arm.

"Ittei" he whispered almost to low for Kira to hear.

"Gomen…" She said as she pulled away from his arm.

"What are you apologizing for?"

"I hurt you…"

"Nonsense, it's my own fault. I should have listened to you and Kurama."

"Gee what an original idea?" Kira teased. "You need to rest. I'll go now." Kira went to stand up but a hand on her knee stopped her.

"Matte…Don't go." Hiei pleaded silently. Kira looked at him and decided to stay since the fire demon was in obvious pain he didn't know what he was saying. From what she learned from the others, Hiei was totally anti-social and only accepted Kurama's company.

"Okay, I won't go." Kira smiled. She started to hum a youko lullaby that she used to sing to her sister. As Hiei listened to the lullaby, he remembered vaguely hearing it a long time ago while he recovered when he was saved by someone. Hiei was going to say something but the lullaby made him tired and sleepy. With his head in Kira's lap, Hiei slowly returned to the land of dreams. Kira watched him sleep, using her lap as a pillow and noticed how right it felt. She dozed slightly while the fire demon rested. An hour later, Kurama came to check on them and 'awed' at the sight of his twin and his best friend cuddled together.

'They do make a cute couple. No can't think that. Hiei probably doesn't even know of my twin's affections for him. But if he does, and is just playing with her emotions, I will kill the bastard. Friend or no Friend.' Kurama thought as he approached them. He was so deeply in thought that he jumped when his sister asked him a question.

"Wha-, I'm sorry, what did you say?" Kurama said.

"I asked what was wrong; your youki spiked a little." Kira asked as she peered into her twin's emerald green eyes.

"It's nothing sis, how's he doing?"

"He woke up a little while ago, his wounds still hurt, but I expected that. I was worried for awhile; I thought… that we had lost him." Kira said sadly, looking down at the fire koorime, in her lap, apparently asleep. Unknown to the youko twins, Hiei was awake since he felt Kurama's youki spike, but he pretended to be asleep to listen to their conversation. When he heard the desperation and…longing in Kira's voice, Hiei immediately thought, 'what th-? Why would the little kitsune be longing after me? After all I am the forbidden child. No one should lon-love me.' Kurama knelt down next to Hiei and rechecked his wounds.\

"Yusuke wants to go back to Ningenkai tomorrow. Hiei looks ready to travel." Kurama murmured as he finished wrapping Hiei's right arm.

"Hiei's been hurt. Doesn't Yusuke understand that? Doesn't he even care?" Kira snapped loudly. Both Hiei and Kurama were startled by Kira's outburst. Hiei, who somehow curled up in Kira's lap, fell out in shock. "Gomen…" Kira whispered as she stood up abruptly and ran out of the cave.

"What's wrong with her?" Hiei asked; Kurama just shook his head. Kurama didn't know what was up with his sister but he wished he did.

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Kira stumbled over some tree roots in the dark. She had no reason to snap at her brother like she did. 'Shimatta, I'm acting as if I am Hiei's mate, wanting to nurse him back to health and protect him when he can not protect himself. Maybe I should head back to Ningenkai now before them, and…'

SNAP

Kira screamed in pain as the cold steel jaws of a bear trap closed around her ankle, breaking it.

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A scream shattered the stillness of the night. Hiei, Kurama, Kuwabara and Yusuke went on alert when the sound reached their ears. Kurama and Yusuke were the first to respond and ran out of the cave leaving Kuwabara to watch over Hiei.

In a clearing not far from the cave, they found Kira scratching at the trap that some careless hunter forgot about.

"Kira?!?" Kurama shouted as he skidded to a halt next to his sister. "Yusuke I need your help, Can you open the jaws of that trap while I pull her leg out?" Yusuke nodded and pulled open the trap as Kurama gently pulled out his twin's ankle. The bottom of Kira's gi pants were torn and bloodied, flesh was torn angrily away from the bone, blood flowing freely from the wound.

"How bad is it?" Kira asked as Kurama pulled off his top and used it as a pressure bandage on her ankle.

"Bad. I wont be able to heal it. We need to get you back to Genkai's temple." Kurama said as he finished wrapping the bandage. Yusuke stood over him projecting some ki so Kurama could see what he was doing.

Yusuke went back and gathered the others. While he was gone, Kira apologized for her earlier outburst.

"Its okay, Kira….I um, you love him don't you?"

"What?"

"Hiei, you love him don't you."

"I…I…I do, but he doesn't love me so just leave it at that."

"As you wish." Yusuke and the others, (Hiei was being carried piggy back style by Kuwabara, who looked like he wanted to do something else.) Yusuke helped Kira onto Kurama's back and the five of them made their way to the portal.

Once back in Ningenkai, Kurama took his twin to her home and got Yukina to heal her ankle. It was another couple of days before Kira was able to walk without any pain. Hiei visited her almost everyday while she was healing to keep her company.

Glossary

Ittei: Ouch it hurts

Gomen: sorry

Matte: wait

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Kitsune_Foxfire: Wow two chapters in one day. I hope you enjoyed it. Please Read and review. The next chapter Hiei will acknowledge his feelings for Kira.