Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Reunited ❯ Chapter 6
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.24.2004 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 308 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.24.2004 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 308 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 6
Shiroi woke up with an enormous headache. She sat up and looked around. She was inside a cave, and it was raining outside.
"How did?" She wondered aloud.
"I did." She looked to her left to see Hiei. "I went after you when you went over, I knew I could keep you alive during the fall."
"Thank you," Shiroi said as she felt her head, it was wrapped in bandages.
"It's a deep cut," Hiei said. "It didn't go down to the bone though, and I'm pretty sure there's at least one healer back with the group."
Shiroi nodded. There wasn't a fire going, which surprised her slightly, but she didn't show it. Instead she got up and went to the mouth of the cave.
"What are you doing?" Hiei asked.
"You'll see," Shiroi answered. She focus outside, and raised her hand. She moved aside, and brought her arm inwards, and over a dozen pieces of wood came flying in. She used her water summoning ability to dry the wood, and then sent the water outside.
She then arranged the wood in a circle, and then snapped her fingers, which made the wood burst into flame.
"You really have advanced," Hiei muttered.
"I don't use this power often," she whispered. She looked up at him, and now noticed something that she had not seen in the darkness, something on his shoulder. "You are injured."
Hiei looked away, "I'll be fine."
"Sure," Shiroi muttered, "I've met other tough fighters who say that, and then the wound ends up killing them. I know you despise me, but will you allow me to look at your wound and heal it?"
He looked like he wanted to say something, but just closed his mouth and nodded.
She went over to him and examined his left shoulder. The wound had to have been made by a falling rock, which had torn a chuck out of his shoulder and down a little ways of his back, putting a hole in him the size of a teacup saucer.
"I should clean it," Shiroi said, "Will you please take your coat off?" Hiei did it without answering, and she looked at the wound again. "You have rock slivers and pieces in it, sorry, but this may hurt a bit." She put her hand over the wound and began to summon the pieces out of the wound, which hovered just underneath her palm.
Hiei gritted his teeth and gripped a nearby stone. It felt like she was ripping out more checks of flesh, and she probably was, accidentally.
Shiroi looked at some of the pieces as they came out, seeing more chucks of flesh on them than she wanted. When they were all finally out, she threw the rocks outside and turned her attention back to Hiei.
The wound was bleeding sluggishly, but at least now the wound was clean. "I'm going to heal you now." It took less than a minute for her to close the wound, no scar to be seen when she finished. She summoned the blood away, formed into a ball, hardened it, and threw it as far away from the cave as her power would throw it. "All finished."
Hiei didn't reply, he just put her coat back on, not caring that there was still a bloodstained hole in it.
Shiroi sat down at the other end of the fire, staring into it and not trying to make conversation. She didn't expect a thank you from him, not since he had saved her life again.
"Thank you," he said suddenly.
Shiroi's head shot up and looked at him, "Don't mention it," she said quietly, "Consider it as a repayment for protecting me from that fall." Hiei didn't reply, and she looked back into the fire. "Why did you save me?"
"I knew knocked out you wouldn't survive the fall," Hiei answered. "I knew I would, so I went after you. Anyway, it would sound rather stupid that the elite spirit detective of Japan died in a rockslide."
"Hawaii's last elite died in a rockslide," Shiroi said, "And no one thought that was dumb."
"Oh so you're saying it didn't matter that you would have died?" Hiei asked.
"You wouldn't have to be worried about me anymore," Shiroi answered plainly, "Not that you ever worried about me."
Hiei wanted to blurt it out right there, but he knew this was neither the place nor the time to say what he actually felt about her, at least in his eyes it wasn't.
"The others knew I would have survived a fall like that," Hiei said, "They would have been after my head if I hadn't gone after you."
"But none of them can lay a finger on you," Shiroi said, "At least that's what happened the last time."
"Don't remind me of last time," Hiei muttered, "And Kurama can catch me; he just doesn't feel like it."
"Ah," Shiroi said. "I guess he wouldn't, since he didn't do it last time."
Hiei had now had it. "Just drop it all right!"
Shiroi looked up with a start, "Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you if I did, I'll be quiet now." She turned her back to him and was silent.
(I am a big buffoon!) Hiei scolded himself. (I did exactly what I didn't want to do.) He looked up at the woman, but her back was turned to him, and he felt to shamed to speak to her now. (Now I'm going to have to live with this guilt all night.) He though bitterly, (I'm such an idiot!)
"What are you mumbling about?" Shiroi asked. "You're thoughts are leaking out partially and I can hear them, sort of."
Hiei jumped, "What exactly did you hear?" he asked.
"Not a whole lot of anything," Shiroi answered, "Mostly just a buzzing sort of sound, like a radio when it's out of reception."
Hiei sighed with relief; his secret was still safe.
"I'm sorry," Shiroi, said, "I said I'd be quiet, I'll go back to that."
"No," Hiei said, "don't do that. I... I shouldn't have yelled at you, you were just trying to make conversation, and I wasn't helping matters any." He took a deep breath, "And as for you thinking that I hate you, that's not true."
Shiroi turned around slightly, "You don't hate me?" she asked. Hiei shook his head. "That makes me feel better."
"I-uh," Hiei stammered.
"If you have something else to say Hiei," Shiroi said, "but you can't say it, wait until you can, or else it may come out wrong."
Hiei looked straight at her, "Really?"
She nodded her head, "I've had some experience in it, and I don't want to talk about them."
"I wasn't going to ask," Hiei replied. "Shiroi?"
"Hmm?"
"I... I also want to apologize for something else, something I should have apologized for five years ago."
"If you mean that statement you said to me after my mother left," Shiroi said, "Then I forgive you for it, I forgave you only a few days after you had said it."
"Why?" Hiei asked.
"Because I knew that I was being childish, and you were right, if I was just going to act that way when she left, I shouldn't have come out in the first place. What you said was true, even though it sounded cruel." She looked up at him, "I hope you haven't lived with that guilt for the past five years."
Hiei didn't say that he had, what she had just said to him made him feel like a complete idiot, again. "You're too forgiving."
"That's what Genkai said when I told her I had forgiven you," Shiroi said. "She was also amazed that I would even allow demons near after what I had been through because of one."
"Everyone thought that," Hiei said.
"Did you?"
Hiei looked up at her for a second, but then looked away again, "A little." The conversation seemed to end there, but Hiei couldn't say that he wasn't relieved. He had been about ready to shout out his secret to her, but he was glad he hadn't.
***
They sat there in silence for most of the night. Hiei dozed off some time during then, and when he awoke, it was daylight and the rain had stopped.
"Ready to go?" Shiroi asked him
"Might as well," Hiei answered as he got to his feet and grabbed his pack.
"By your estimate," Shiroi said, "How long do you think it will take us to find them?"
"Depends on if they start moving," Hiei answered. "If they stay where they are, only about half an hour, if we walk, which I know we won't. But if they start moving, I really can't tell."
Shiroi nodded, "So, you're going to use your speed while I fly?" Hiei nodded, "Okay, lets go then."
They both jumped at the same time, Hiei landed on the top most trees while Shiroi stayed in the air. Shiroi was ahead of Hiei most of the time, since he had to jump from tree to tree while Shiroi just flew.
After twenty minutes they found the group, which was already all packed up and looked like it was ready to go.
***
Kurama sensed them first, and looked up just before they came into view.
"What do you see?" Yuseke asked, but his question was answered when Hiei and Shiroi landed in front of him. "Oh."
Botan came forward and hugged Shiroi. "Looks like you need some attention," Botan said when she noticed the bandaging.
It took ten minutes to find a decent healer and get the cut in Shiroi's forehead healed, and hen they were finally off.
***
Author's Note: I think this chapter was a little corny. Next chapter will hopefully be a little better, I hope. Just as a little preview, Hiei confesses something at the end of the next chapter; I hope I didn't spoil anything.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 6
Shiroi woke up with an enormous headache. She sat up and looked around. She was inside a cave, and it was raining outside.
"How did?" She wondered aloud.
"I did." She looked to her left to see Hiei. "I went after you when you went over, I knew I could keep you alive during the fall."
"Thank you," Shiroi said as she felt her head, it was wrapped in bandages.
"It's a deep cut," Hiei said. "It didn't go down to the bone though, and I'm pretty sure there's at least one healer back with the group."
Shiroi nodded. There wasn't a fire going, which surprised her slightly, but she didn't show it. Instead she got up and went to the mouth of the cave.
"What are you doing?" Hiei asked.
"You'll see," Shiroi answered. She focus outside, and raised her hand. She moved aside, and brought her arm inwards, and over a dozen pieces of wood came flying in. She used her water summoning ability to dry the wood, and then sent the water outside.
She then arranged the wood in a circle, and then snapped her fingers, which made the wood burst into flame.
"You really have advanced," Hiei muttered.
"I don't use this power often," she whispered. She looked up at him, and now noticed something that she had not seen in the darkness, something on his shoulder. "You are injured."
Hiei looked away, "I'll be fine."
"Sure," Shiroi muttered, "I've met other tough fighters who say that, and then the wound ends up killing them. I know you despise me, but will you allow me to look at your wound and heal it?"
He looked like he wanted to say something, but just closed his mouth and nodded.
She went over to him and examined his left shoulder. The wound had to have been made by a falling rock, which had torn a chuck out of his shoulder and down a little ways of his back, putting a hole in him the size of a teacup saucer.
"I should clean it," Shiroi said, "Will you please take your coat off?" Hiei did it without answering, and she looked at the wound again. "You have rock slivers and pieces in it, sorry, but this may hurt a bit." She put her hand over the wound and began to summon the pieces out of the wound, which hovered just underneath her palm.
Hiei gritted his teeth and gripped a nearby stone. It felt like she was ripping out more checks of flesh, and she probably was, accidentally.
Shiroi looked at some of the pieces as they came out, seeing more chucks of flesh on them than she wanted. When they were all finally out, she threw the rocks outside and turned her attention back to Hiei.
The wound was bleeding sluggishly, but at least now the wound was clean. "I'm going to heal you now." It took less than a minute for her to close the wound, no scar to be seen when she finished. She summoned the blood away, formed into a ball, hardened it, and threw it as far away from the cave as her power would throw it. "All finished."
Hiei didn't reply, he just put her coat back on, not caring that there was still a bloodstained hole in it.
Shiroi sat down at the other end of the fire, staring into it and not trying to make conversation. She didn't expect a thank you from him, not since he had saved her life again.
"Thank you," he said suddenly.
Shiroi's head shot up and looked at him, "Don't mention it," she said quietly, "Consider it as a repayment for protecting me from that fall." Hiei didn't reply, and she looked back into the fire. "Why did you save me?"
"I knew knocked out you wouldn't survive the fall," Hiei answered. "I knew I would, so I went after you. Anyway, it would sound rather stupid that the elite spirit detective of Japan died in a rockslide."
"Hawaii's last elite died in a rockslide," Shiroi said, "And no one thought that was dumb."
"Oh so you're saying it didn't matter that you would have died?" Hiei asked.
"You wouldn't have to be worried about me anymore," Shiroi answered plainly, "Not that you ever worried about me."
Hiei wanted to blurt it out right there, but he knew this was neither the place nor the time to say what he actually felt about her, at least in his eyes it wasn't.
"The others knew I would have survived a fall like that," Hiei said, "They would have been after my head if I hadn't gone after you."
"But none of them can lay a finger on you," Shiroi said, "At least that's what happened the last time."
"Don't remind me of last time," Hiei muttered, "And Kurama can catch me; he just doesn't feel like it."
"Ah," Shiroi said. "I guess he wouldn't, since he didn't do it last time."
Hiei had now had it. "Just drop it all right!"
Shiroi looked up with a start, "Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you if I did, I'll be quiet now." She turned her back to him and was silent.
(I am a big buffoon!) Hiei scolded himself. (I did exactly what I didn't want to do.) He looked up at the woman, but her back was turned to him, and he felt to shamed to speak to her now. (Now I'm going to have to live with this guilt all night.) He though bitterly, (I'm such an idiot!)
"What are you mumbling about?" Shiroi asked. "You're thoughts are leaking out partially and I can hear them, sort of."
Hiei jumped, "What exactly did you hear?" he asked.
"Not a whole lot of anything," Shiroi answered, "Mostly just a buzzing sort of sound, like a radio when it's out of reception."
Hiei sighed with relief; his secret was still safe.
"I'm sorry," Shiroi, said, "I said I'd be quiet, I'll go back to that."
"No," Hiei said, "don't do that. I... I shouldn't have yelled at you, you were just trying to make conversation, and I wasn't helping matters any." He took a deep breath, "And as for you thinking that I hate you, that's not true."
Shiroi turned around slightly, "You don't hate me?" she asked. Hiei shook his head. "That makes me feel better."
"I-uh," Hiei stammered.
"If you have something else to say Hiei," Shiroi said, "but you can't say it, wait until you can, or else it may come out wrong."
Hiei looked straight at her, "Really?"
She nodded her head, "I've had some experience in it, and I don't want to talk about them."
"I wasn't going to ask," Hiei replied. "Shiroi?"
"Hmm?"
"I... I also want to apologize for something else, something I should have apologized for five years ago."
"If you mean that statement you said to me after my mother left," Shiroi said, "Then I forgive you for it, I forgave you only a few days after you had said it."
"Why?" Hiei asked.
"Because I knew that I was being childish, and you were right, if I was just going to act that way when she left, I shouldn't have come out in the first place. What you said was true, even though it sounded cruel." She looked up at him, "I hope you haven't lived with that guilt for the past five years."
Hiei didn't say that he had, what she had just said to him made him feel like a complete idiot, again. "You're too forgiving."
"That's what Genkai said when I told her I had forgiven you," Shiroi said. "She was also amazed that I would even allow demons near after what I had been through because of one."
"Everyone thought that," Hiei said.
"Did you?"
Hiei looked up at her for a second, but then looked away again, "A little." The conversation seemed to end there, but Hiei couldn't say that he wasn't relieved. He had been about ready to shout out his secret to her, but he was glad he hadn't.
***
They sat there in silence for most of the night. Hiei dozed off some time during then, and when he awoke, it was daylight and the rain had stopped.
"Ready to go?" Shiroi asked him
"Might as well," Hiei answered as he got to his feet and grabbed his pack.
"By your estimate," Shiroi said, "How long do you think it will take us to find them?"
"Depends on if they start moving," Hiei answered. "If they stay where they are, only about half an hour, if we walk, which I know we won't. But if they start moving, I really can't tell."
Shiroi nodded, "So, you're going to use your speed while I fly?" Hiei nodded, "Okay, lets go then."
They both jumped at the same time, Hiei landed on the top most trees while Shiroi stayed in the air. Shiroi was ahead of Hiei most of the time, since he had to jump from tree to tree while Shiroi just flew.
After twenty minutes they found the group, which was already all packed up and looked like it was ready to go.
***
Kurama sensed them first, and looked up just before they came into view.
"What do you see?" Yuseke asked, but his question was answered when Hiei and Shiroi landed in front of him. "Oh."
Botan came forward and hugged Shiroi. "Looks like you need some attention," Botan said when she noticed the bandaging.
It took ten minutes to find a decent healer and get the cut in Shiroi's forehead healed, and hen they were finally off.
***
Author's Note: I think this chapter was a little corny. Next chapter will hopefully be a little better, I hope. Just as a little preview, Hiei confesses something at the end of the next chapter; I hope I didn't spoil anything.