Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Right Here Waiting For You ❯ Chapter 25 ( Chapter 25 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

~Story Start~


The day hasn't ended yet, much to my complete dismay. I wanted nothing more than to fall asleep and forget about this damn Tournament for at least a few hours. However, things seemed to be going at least a bit well for me, seeing as how I was able to hide the long bruise that appeared on my neck thanks to my 'loving' fucking bastard of a brother. We all made it to the hotel and to our room. The first thing I did was head into the bathroom, coldly ignoring the narrowed look I got form Hiei. I was still angry about the whole 'I'm not doing this because I care, Onna' thing. I never expected Hiei to be concerned to the point where he was actually showing emotion, but the guy didn't have to be an ass about it! Again, at times like these, I really do question my feelings for him. Why DO I have feelings for him anyway? I just don't know anymore...


I shook my head quickly, a glare in my eyes. *Just don't think about him, Kira, the bastard can sulk about not knowing for all I care.* I thought to myself as I stared at my reflection in the mirror before me.


Taking my eyes away from the orbs in the mirror, they traveled down to my neck, and I physically flinched. How none of the guys -and the girls of course- didn't see this bruise was beyond me. It was painfully noticeable against my pale skin, and I understood why HE actually looked shocked by it. I had to actually keep the growl from emitting from my throat, my hands clenching the tiled counter top tightly, small cracks beginning to form. The god damned purple colored mark was pretty much as noticeable as a...a neon sign or whatever the fuck the expression is! Great, I'm pissed and in pain, just what I fucking need.


*Now where the hell is that stupid shit that Botan bought for me?* I thought, digging through the counter, trying to find that 'concealer' thing.


Throwing random boxes, bottles and other things that we apparently needed out of the counter, the items scattering across the floor. I looked at the 'necessary' items, scoffing slightly, like we needed any of that stuff. Most of it was moisturizer or whatever the hell it was, so that should explain my scoff. Grabbing the bottle that had French Vanilla labeled on it, I got a blank look. Yes, I am so completely sure that the boys always moisturize their fucking arms and hands, especially before going out to fight a match that could end up killing them. Throwing it back in, I rolled my eyes at the thought, like that would ever happen. Ignoring my annoyed thoughts I grabbed the little green tube, it reading Concealer. I was happy when I read through the directions that it was for pale skin. Thank god for Botan thinking ahead, she said that I would want this encase I got a nasty bruise on my face. Well, she was half right anyway...


*This stuff better work.* I thought as I threw everything else back inside the counter.


Standing back up, I popped open the cap and after a few failed attempts of trying to coax myself into putting the stuff on my throbbing neck, I just went 'fuck it' and rubbed the stuff in. It hurt like a mother fucking bitch, but after a few minutes of coating it with the 'makeup' crap that the ningens use, I could tell the difference. It wasn't completely covered, but you would have to know that the bruise was there in order to actually see it. Or, you could stand really close too, but the boys not to get into my personal space when I'm not the one doing the hugging. Letting out a depressed sigh, I washed my hands to get rid of the disgusting feel of that shit and cleaned up the bathroom as fast as I could. I already took a lot of time doing this, I didn't want to make the guys wait any longer.


Turning off the light, I walked out of the bathroom, seeing three of the four boys sitting in the living room. All were arranged differently, their sitting patterns matching their personalities. Kurama was sitting crossed legged, reading a book comfortably despite his injuries. Kuwabara was sitting lazily in a couch potato like style, flipping through a rock magazine or something like that. And Hiei, he was sitting in the window sill, his blood red eyes staring out the window in a narrowed gaze, his eyes never flickering to my form for a second. My eyes avoided him as I walked into the room, plopping on the couch, next to Kurama.


Looking around, I found two people gone, and my eyes narrowed slightly in confusion. “Where's Yusuke and the Masked Fighter?” I asked, breaking the silence that surrounded us.


“I think Urameshi went somewhere with Keiko, or something like that. I don't know where the mummy guy went.” Kuwabara never looked up from the page, but I didn't mind. “You probably would have known if you weren't in the bathroom for over an hour, what the hell took you so long anyway?” He asked, his eyes narrowing at the words in front of him.


I tensed up slightly, ignoring the gaze that fell on me. “I was...” Fuck, why did he have to ask, I mean who does that anyway?! Think, Kira, think! “...I was taking off that makeup crap Botan gave me before the Tournament.” I lied almost easily, covering up my nervous tone with an annoyed one.


Kurama rose an eyebrow at me, glancing up from his book. “You wore makeup?” He asked, his tone disbelieving, knowing I hated putting that stuff on my face. It felt weird.


“It was light.” I answered quickly, almost too quickly.


“Then why did it take you so long to get it off?” Kuwabara asked confused, now looking at me with a raised eyebrow. I swear at times like these, I wish that I could hit Kuwabara over the head and tell him to shut up. Damn friendship. ...Well not really, but you get what I mean!


{You might as well tell them, Onna.} Hiei spoke in my mind, his tone hard and slightly emotionless.


I ignored the fire youkai in my head, but only after I blocked my mind from his, and I almost smirked when I saw the narrowed look go into his eyes out of my peripheral vision. I was still pissed at him, and him telling me what to do only made me more annoyed with him. It's my problem, and I am going to handle it the way I want to, when I'm ready I'll tell the others, but right now I just wanted to ignore it. I know, no common sense in me seeing as how that would only piss off the boys about me keeping this from them, but again, it doesn't involve them. Ignoring Hiei's presence once again, I remembered the question that Kuwabara asked. Hey, maybe if I keep this up then I can become really good at lying, that would be pretty good, right? ...Yeah, didn't think so.


“I had no idea what to do with that...remover stuff, and I...I almost blinded myself with it. That stupid shit hurt like a bitch.” I mumbled quietly, crossing my arms to give off that annoyed air around me. Yeah, I am not doing good at this.


Kuwabara smirked, snickering slightly. “Geez, you're really bad at being a girl, aren't you?” He asked.


I glared at him with an irk mark on my temple. “Well excuse me if I don't follow what ningen girls do!” I shouted, my right eye twitching rapidly in annoyance.


Smirking even wider, Kuwabara flipped a page. “Sure, whatever you say, Kira.” He said with another snicker.


Restraining myself from hitting him over the head, I opted for another approach. Grabbing pillow to my right, I slammed it in the ningen's face. Hearing the 'oof' from Kuwabara's mouth, I sat back down, looking off to the side in annoyance. “I have no reason to wear that shit, it's not like I want to seduce my opponents or anything, god.” I mumbled, hearing Kurama chuckle slightly at me.


However, the only thing that kept me from smiling was the ALMOST silent scoff from Hiei. It took every ounce of strength I had to restrain myself from throwing something at him, preferably something hard. Keeping the irk mark from appearing on my temple, I turned myself so that my back faced Hiei's direction and I faced Kurama. He was back to reading his book once again, jade-hued eyes focused on the words in front of his nose. I looked at Kuwabara, seeing him do the same again, but only after glaring at me slightly for the pillow. But I ignored it, seeing as how I had just noticed that Kuwabara was covered in bandages. I had to hide the smile, knowing that it was Yukina who did it, even though she had no idea about his feelings it's still adorable to watch. Admit it, you guys think the same, even the people who don't like Kuwabara very much. But I stopped my 'aww'd' thoughts, I couldn't help but feel a little bit bored. The two boys were doing nothing, and there is no way in hell I'm talking to Hiei right now. ...Shut up.


*God, I'm about to bang my head against the wall just so I can say I did something! Why the hell is everything so boring right now?!* I growled in my head, leaning my back against the arm of the couch, almost letting out a huff of annoyance.


However, despite my attempts to act normal, Kurama turned to me again. “Kira, are you feeling all right? You're unnaturally quiet again.” He stated, almost putting down his book as he looked concerned again.


“You know, Kurama's right.” Kuwabara turned to me too, his eyes narrowing. “I thought you couldn't be quiet.”


I reached for another pillow, only stopping when Kuwabara moved away slightly, throwing a glare it. “Shut up, Kuwabara,” I smirked before I turned to Kurama again. “I'm fine, just a lot happened today, and I want this damn Tournament to be over. I told you a lot of crazy shit was going to happen, and look what happened, I was right.” I said with a pout, slamming my back against the arm again, my arms crossed.


Another skeptical look came my way, but Kurama nodded. “Yes, you can say that today was anything but normal. But when you're being forced to fight against your will, that is to be expected.” He joked lightly, and I let out a small laugh.


“And now that Kane's here, that only makes it worse.” I mumbled, the small smile dropping.


Kuwabara rose an eyebrow. “I remember you saying that name before, whose Kane? Some old boyfriend or something?” He asked, and two people stiffened up at the mention of that, but for different reasons.


“I don't condone incest, Kuwabara.” I said, almost gagging at the thought. Ew!


“You mean that guy you shouted at today was your brother?!” Kuwabara shouted in shock, almost leaping out of his seat. I nodded mutely, avoiding eye contact with him, but that didn't stop him from becoming interested Take a fucking hint, Kuwabara! “So why does having your brother here bad?” He asked once again.


I rolled my eyes in annoyance. “He killed my parents, and I saw him kill my dad when I was really little and it's hard for me to see him. I don't really want to explain it more than that.” I sighed with a frown on my lips. However, that deepened when I saw Kuwabara open his mouth. “Don't say you're sorry, I already know. I'm fine, don't worry about it.” I said cutting him off quickly.


Kuwabara nodded, but his eyes narrowed. “He's on Toguro's Team, isn't he?” He asked seriously.


“Yeah,” I said quietly with a nod.


Kuwabara's serious face turned into a smirking once, and I didn't like that. “Don't worry about him then, I'll make sure that we'll beat Toguro before you go up to fight.” Kuwabara said confidently, not noticing the fear filled look that passed over my face, however somebody else did.


“Stop talking, Baka.” Hiei said in annoyance, not sparing the ningen a glance.


Getting an irk mark, Kuwabara threw the fire youkai a glare. “Hey, I was only trying to make her feel better, Shrimp!” He shouted, clenching his fist tightly.


However, before the two boys could get into a verbal fight, they were cut off by the hotel door closing quickly and loudly. Everyone turned back to where I was sitting, only to see that it was empty. No one had even noticed until it was too late, and Hiei let out a huffed 'Baka' while Kuwabara and Kurama frowned slightly. Although, I didn't blame them for being concerned, they were really nice guys -aside from Hiei that is...well sometimes- and only wanted to help. But this was something they couldn't help me avoid or help with, and what Kuwabara said only made me even more nervous. I should have just told them good night and left it at that.


My legs were moving quickly down the hallways of Hotel Kubikukuri, wanting to be outside in the fresh air. The fear for my team mates was pulsing through me, making me feel suffocated. I left so quickly I didn't even remember to bring my Katana, dammit if I was just going to forget it all the time, then why the hell did I even bother training with it?! Pushing that stupid thought out of my head, I rushed past the rich ningens in the lobby, just wanted to be outside by the sea. That would at least calm me down a bit, and maybe help me think about how I could make Kuwabara not go through with his 'brilliant' plan. Ignoring the stares and the door sliding open in front of me, I felt the cool night air wash over my slightly shaking form. Both from exhaustion and from fear, stupid nervous break downs and great friends!


~*~*~*No-one's POV*~*~*~


The three boys sat in silence, two eyes still on the door while one was watching as Kira disappeared from the hotel's view. No one even moved when they saw a yellow lightning flash shoot low on the ground, it being on the other side of the hotel, away from where their friend was going. No one said anything, not sure what to say, and there wasn't anything to say really. However, that didn't stop the two still staring at the door from frowning, was saying those things what made her leave so abruptly? It was a great possibility, because you would have to be an idiot to not think that.


“I guess I shouldn't have said anything.” Kuwabara mumbled, frowning deeper.


Hiei scoffed from his windowsill, but didn't turn towards the red haired ningen. “What gave that away, Baka?” He asked sarcastically, red orbs still falling on the forest outside of the hotel.


“Shut up, Hiei!” Kuwabara growled, glaring at him once again, but that dropped almost instantly. “I could tell that talking about him was hard, but I didn't think that she would react like that. I don't even think I said something wrong, though.” He mumbled the last part to himself, confusion evident in his eyes and face.


Kurama shook his head slightly. “There's something else bothering her, she's just not telling us what it is.” Jade-hued eyes traveled over to the fire youkai. “Do you have any idea, Hiei?” He asked, seriously.


“No.” Hiei almost snapped, biting back a growl of annoyance.


“Do you think we should go after her?” Kuwabara asked, turning his gaze back onto the door again. However, it narrowed when Kurama let out a sigh, shaking his head. “But what if her crazy brother decides to kill her or something? We can't leave her by herself!” He shouted, getting to his feet.


Hiei only rolled his eyes.


“If she wanted to stay, she would have.” Kurama said looking at Kuwabara serious, but gave a small smile. “Kira will be fine, we'll know if anyone is near her. Just relax Kuwabara, she must need some time alone.”


Kuwabara nodded reluctantly, sitting down again. “Fine, but I won't like it.” He mumbled, crossing his arms.


Blocking out the other two in the room, Hiei kept his gaze outside. The sun had set and the moon was slowly appearing above the island, the moon beams shining down onto the forest that the hybrid youkai ran into minutes before. Closing his blood hued eyes, Hiei ignored the gaze that was on him, already knowing what Kurama wanted him to do. Keeping the other voices drowned out, Hiei only focused on the fleeing Spirit Energy as she raced away from the hotel. Already on guard for any foreign Energies that could try and go after her.


{Baka Onna.}


~*~*~*Your POV*~*~*~


Slowing my pace down, I breathed in breaths of slow and steady air as I reached the small beach. The small strip of white sand stretched around the island, it disappearing as the ground curved, being covered by the thick forest that inhabited the damn place. The waves were crashing against the shore, the white foam spreading before disappearing beneath the small pebbles. Walking forward, my bare feet sunk slightly in the cold sand, the cool air already dropping the temperature considerably. Grimacing at the coldness washing over my feet, I wanted to just hold my head under the water. I forgot my Katana, and my shoes, I am just doing so fucking well today that I just amaze myself for my genius, good going me.


Wrapping my arms around myself as the evening air brushed passed me, I sat down by the water, but far enough away so the waves barely touched my toes. My eyes lowered and dulled with worry, their sights lingering on the water in front of me. The moon that hung above the island was high in the sky, it full and beautiful. The silver moon beams washed over the water, shimmering like small diamonds that sat on the surface. The roar of the waves were dieing down to a soothing note, and the crickets just a few feet away sung their song. However, the relaxing scenery around me was doing nothing to make my fear racked body calm down. My mind was reeling and my body was beginning to shake, but not from the cold air this time.


Letting out a shaky breath, I tried desperately to find a way for Kuwabara and the others to let me fight. I had to, or then they could unintentionally kill themselves just because they're worried about how I felt. Well fuck what I feel, I can't let them do that, I can't watch the people I care about the most die in front of me. I already had to do that when it was my father, I already watched someone I loved being taken from me before. I couldn’t do it again, I just couldn't...


“Ah, like brother like sister.” That voice made my body bolt up, and I turned with a heated glare in my eyes. Kane stood before me, that same sadistic smirk present on his lips murky red eyes glistening with blood lust. “I see you've come to take in the scenery as well, no?” He asked mockingly.


I growled, my fist clenching tightly. “What do you want?” I hissed angrily.


The smirk widened. “Why do you think I want something? I was merely enjoying the islands natural beauty, is that so wrong?” He asked once again, and that only made my glare deepen.


“That's a bunch of bullshit and you know it.” I got into a guarded stance, my eyes never leaving his form for a second. “I'm not going to repeat myself again, now tell me what do you want?” I growled through clenched teeth, my blood beginning to boil.


Kane chuckled, it sending chills up my spine. “Fine, if you're so adamant about it, I'll tell you.” He walked closer to me, making me back up, stepping right into the water. Seeing my slight retreat, the smirk widened once again. “I'm sure you remember what we talked about earlier today, you've made a decision, haven't you?” He asked mockingly.


“You mean about that stupid fight?” I asked, glaring.


“So what is your answer?” Kane asked, not taking the glare into consideration what-so-ever.


My eyes flashed dangerously. “It's not like I have a choice, it's either fight you or have my friends die. It doesn't take a lot to figure out which one I chose.” I snapped.


The sadistic look on his face told me that he had something else planned. “Good, we've come to an understanding. I thought I would have to find a way to 'persuade' you, but I'm glad it didn't have to come to that.” He chuckled darkly once again, walking towards me once again, and I didn't have anywhere else to go.


“Oh, I'm sure you would have been 'devastated' if you had to get your hands dirty.” I walked towards him, staring up at him as if that would give me the affect of getting in his face. Seeing as how he was taller than me, that wasn't the case, but that didn't stop me. “But you better fucking promise that you won't do anything to them if I die.” I said lowly, my eyes deadly, cold and serious.


Kane threw his head back, letting out a laugh. That laugh sent chills and shutters coursing through my body, and it took everything I had in me to not move away from him. My heart began to 'beat' loudly in my ears, not liking the sound of that at all. However, the glare worsened as the laugh turned somewhat insane, what was the bastard going to do now?! He already screwed up my life enough before and by showing up again, what else was he going to do?! As the laughter died down, Kane turned to me, his murky red eyes shrinking slightly. The fear that I was getting from him was slowly beginning to come back, and I stopped myself from showing the panicked look that wanted to be let on my face at this moment. I didn't need him to know, that would only make this whole thing worse.


“And what will you do if I don't listen, little Akira? When you're dead, there will be nothing that will stop me from simply killing them.” Kane d heartlessly.


My eyes widened for a split second, but narrowed once again. “If I die they won't mean anything to you! There would be no point in killing them!” I shouted angrily, my fist clenching tightly, as if that would keep me from lunging at my 'brother'.


“Yes there wouldn't be, however, that has never stopped me before. But, this time there will be a point, I'll be able to see that same, horrified look on your face as I kill them in front of you.” Seeing my eyes widen in shock, he laughed again. “What? You thought I would kill you without letting you see the best part? Now, why would I do something like that?” He asked cruelly.


Cold fear ran through my body as I continued to stare at Kane's smirking, laughing form in front of me. No matter what would happen, if I lose everyone will still die. If I didn't kill him first, no one would be save from him. And as I continued to stare at him, anger slowly melted the shock away, and my body began to shake almost uncontrollably. Kane was just going out of his way to ruin everyone's lives because he was an insane bastard obsessed with power. My wide eyes narrowed into the coldest glare I could muster, and no thoughts raced through my head, my body was just doing whatever the hell it wanted, and this time I wasn't going to stop myself.


“You fucking asshole, I'll kill you if you even try to think of hurting any of them!” I shouted angrily.


The next thing I knew I had my Lightning Dagger clutched in each hand, anger pulsing through my body. Kane only smirked wider, as if I was amusing, but that only made me more pissed. Kicking off the ground, I slashed around violently, while Kane only dodged the Daggers easily. His hands were behind his back, his torso and head moving back, left or right, never having to move an inch in either direction. Dropping down, I kicked at his legs as quickly as I could, one Dagger positioned for his heart, pff as if he even had one. However, Kane jumped into the air, making me swiftly look up, throwing the Dagger skyward. The dagger passed by, missing an inch off his face, making me growl in frustration. Dammit, I couldn't fight if I was angry, but I can't help it, if I lost my match against him in the Finals he'll...


My mind broke from it's thoughts as I heard feet hit the ground, making me turn around quickly. Kane stood there, his expression now bored and slightly annoyed. I wasn't sure if it was because I wasn't much of a challenge, or if he was just trying to cover up that he was mad that I made him move after he was so cocky. To make me feel better, I picked the second one, and I clutched my last Dagger tightly. Kane, obviously, was stronger than me, and I had to think of some way to kill him. If I did that now, which seemed very unlikely, Toguro wouldn't have enough players and they would get disqualified and we would win by default. That little planned seemed a whole lot better than having one of us probably die from their team while in the Finals. Everyone would be save and we would be able to go home. Yeah, I like this idea so much better.


Kane's expression grew more irritable by the second, his eyes narrowing into a dangerous glare at my still motionless, standing form. “Are you going to fight me? Or are you going to continue to stand there, little Akira?” The annoyance seeping into his tone.


I said nothing, just gathered my Spirit Energy into my hand, making the Dagger slowly morph into a ball. Lightning began to swarm around it, crackling angrily in purple flashes of light. I kept my gaze on Kane's face, seeing him smirk slightly, but his eyes still were narrowed. My Lightning Orb was filled with less than half of my Spirit Energy, it wouldn’t' be enough to kill him, not by a long shot, but it would hurt him pretty badly. Glancing at my Orb for a second, I flashed a smirk in Kane's direction as my body disappeared into the woods. Feeling my feet lightly step onto a tree branch, my eyes rested on Kane's form, his arms crossed over his chest as he stared at where I had been. Clenching my left hand tightly out of nervousness, I threw my Orb disappearing once again as the Orb neared it's target.


Kane eyes glanced in the direction of the attack, his murky red eyes bored. Lifting his hand up, the Orb connected with it letting out streams of lightning as it tried to burn and electrocute his skin. However, Kane's face never showed any sign of pain, and clenched his hand tightly over the orb, extinguishing the light almost instantly. Opening his hand, his hand was lightly scorched by the attack, but there was no real damage. Narrowing his eyes in slight anger at the 'wounds' on his skin, he turned around-.


“Lightning Surge!”


Electricity crackled around Kane's body painfully, making the older hybrid youkai wince ever so slightly at the purple lightning grazing over his body in a sea of jagged streams. Watching with a triumphant smirk on my lips, I jumped down onto the sand as I heard the small grunt that escaped from Kane's lips. The electricity began to die down, and Kane's deadly glare found it's way to my eyes, while I only gave him a mocking smirk. My arms crossed over my chest with the same smug look that he had on his face, however, that only made him angrier than I had intended.


Pain exploded in my chest as I flew back, my back hitting one of the trees behind me, the wind almost being knocked out of my lungs. Falling to my knees as I gasped in pain, I held back a shout of pain, my back aching. Lifting my head shakily, I saw furious murky red eyes staring into mine. Rage. Hate. Death. That's all that I could see in those eyes, and the familiar fear I felt for him on the day he came back into my life spread through my whole body. My body froze, locking up in complete horror, and I wasn't able to dodge the kick to my head, it sending me into the freezing cold water.


My body thrashed around as a I broke through the surface, gasping for breath. My hair clung to my face, covering my eyes in thick strands of darkness. But before I could push away the wet locks, a strong hand roughly grabbed my right wrist, making me shout out in pain as the hand squeezed tighter. If he put more pressure onto it, it was definitely going to break. My body was lifted into the air, and I was once again face to face with those hauntingly cold eyes. Tears began to fall down my cheeks, it mixing in with the water that drenched me, saving me from any further embarrassment. At least for a little bit anyway.


“You are trying my patience, little Akira.” Kane hissed lowly, eyes flashing dangerously. “If you push me too far before our fight, I can't guarantee any of your friends safety. I would advice that you crawl back to your hotel room now, or you will regret it.” He threatened icily.


The tears that fell stopped almost instantly at the threat, and my eyes narrowed in a similar fashion to his. “I'm already fighting you in the Finals, why kill any of them now?!” I shouted.


“Why else?” Kane glared harder. “ If you get out of line, I want to see you break.” He snarled.


Before I could do anything, a sickening crack met my ears, echoing around the whole area. My eyes were wide and I slowly looked down to my wrist, seeing Kane let it go. My wrist was mangled, and at first I was confused one why it was bleeding, but when I looked closer, a jagged point of a bone stuck through my skin. After the moment of shock set in, the unbearable pain raced up my arm and it finally registered into my brain. I bit my lip hard, blood flowing down my chin as I stumbled backwards. I fell to my knees, letting out a grunts of pain as my other hand gripped just below the broken radius bone. Having my teeth almost breaking through my bottom lip was the only thing that kept me from screaming.


I didn't lift my head as I heard the water change it's current as Kane got closer to me again. His hate filled gaze was burning into me, and I knew what was going to come next. Breaking my wrist wasn't enough right now, he was either going to do something else, or knock me out. Either way I waited silently, just wanting to get rid of this pain, even for a little bit. Hearing the sound of him bring up his leg in a kick, I clenched my eyes tighter waiting for the sharp pain before the darkness surrounded me once again. The wind changed as the sharp kick was sent through the air, and I almost let out a squeak at the loud sound of his kick hitting skin. It resounding so loudly that I almost flinched if I didn't...


...Why didn't I feel any pain?


Opening my eyes tentatively, I saw a large shadow loom over me, too large for just Kane. Looking up slowly, my eyes widened when I saw what stopped Kane's kick from landing on it's intended target. Hiei. Throwing his right arm -the 'hurt' one- to the side, Hiei threw Kane's leg away making Kane almost stumble. His blood red eyes were iced over and glaring on Kane's form, watching as the older hybrid youkai straightened himself up. The two were locked in what seemed like a glare off, while I could only continue to stare at Hiei in shock. Why did Hiei stop Kane's kick? Kane wasn't going to kill me. Why the hell is he even here? I thought that he didn't care. My god, he's so confusing sometimes! I already have an aching wrist, I don't need my head to hurt too!


“Leave.” Hiei commanded icily.


Kane's eyes narrowed further at that, but he looked away from Hiei. Stepping to the side to see my form, he ignored Hiei as he followed him, his stance could almost be called protective. “That was a warning, little Akira, and the only one that you will get. When our match comes, I want a real challenge from you. Or you will die, that I will promise to” He spat, disappearing into the darkness of the woods.


My body was shaking from the threat and from the cold water that crashed into me once again, however my eyes never left Hiei's form once. But I was knocked out of my shock by a strong wave slamming into me, making my broken wrist burn in pain by the force and by the cold. Drawing in a sharp breath of pain, I clutched the skin once again, leaning forward as I bit backs screams of pain. The tears that I was surprised weren't falling down my cheeks, began to appear in my eyes, but I refused to let them fall. Adverting my eyes, I stared wincingly at the bloodied, mangled thing that I use to call a wrist, almost gagging at the bone that broke through my pale skin. Dammit, how was I suppose to fight now?


Hearing the sounds of the water being stepped through reached my eyes, but I didn't look up. Despite how I was still sore about what Hiei said to me, I didn't want him to see me being so weak. However, my eyes looked up when I saw the fire youkai kneel in front of me, but I had to stop myself from letting them widen at what I saw. Hiei's eyes were narrowed on my wrist like they were when he saw my bruises earlier today. If I didn't know Hiei any better -although sometimes I feel like I hardly know him at all- I would have thought that he was concerned about me, but he obviously made that clear that he couldn't give a rats ass, considering he told me that to my face. That made me narrowed my eyes at him again, remember the scoff and his harsh words. Why was he here anyway?


Hiei's piercing eyes rose from my wrist, his blood red orbs hard and from what I could tell, emotionless as well. “I see you're handling this rather well.” He said sarcastically, but his body seemed to have tensed up as he glanced at my wrist once again. Strange...


I flinched at the burning pain in my wrist once again. “A broken arm is good considering he could have done much worse.” I retorted through gritted teeth, glaring.


Hiei, however, ignored the glare, rolling his eyes with an exasperated sigh.


“Oh, you got something to say, Hiei?” I glared harder. “Please explain, because you of all people know that I'm just dieing to hear what it is.” I spat, my anger, my fear and the pain that I was feeling were getting the best of me. And with all of that combined it was making me a bit...irritable...


Hiei's eyes narrowed. “Be grateful that I even came here, Onna.” He snapped right back, eyes flashing dangerously.


I opened my mouth to shout at him, but I stopped before I could say anything I would have regretted. I closed my mouth, looking to the side to avoid his intense gaze. He was right, I should be grateful, he saved me from an even worse injury. And here I was, just acting like a bitch just because of something I shouldn't have taken to heart too much. Hiei's said worse things to me, and I never held a small grudge. Way to go me, I hope I feel bad. Letting out a small sigh, I turned back, my eyes softening from their glare as I stared into Hiei's narrowed ones. I had to hide a warm smile though, despite what he wanted me to believe, he cared. It may not be a lot -more like a real tiny bit-, but that was enough for me.


“And here I thought you didn't care.” I teased slightly, flashing an unsure smile.


Hiei only rolled his eyes, and I smiled a bit wider when they were out of their glare. Shakily getting to my feet once again, I gasped slightly remembering the broken radius bone as my wrist fell limply and painfully at the sudden movement. Biting my lip once again, I didn't notice Hiei's gaze back on my once again. Sending a reassuring, but unconvincing, smile up at him, I straightened up and held my wrist to my chest. Although lightly, not wanting to irritate it even more, or hit the bone poking through my skin. Remembering the bone, I frowned at it, how the hell was I going to get that treated?


Taking in a deep breath I looked up, seeing Hiei looking at the mangled wrist...thing as well. “This fracture is really bad, isn't it?” I asked nervously, feeling a bit squeamish, swallowing thickly.


“You have a bone through your skin, what do you think?” Hiei asked, raising an eyebrow.


I frowned deeply, but not at the pain. “Oh, why the hell did I have to act like a fucking dumb ass and break my wrist? Now we won't have enough players to fight, and we'll get disqualified, and then we're gonna lose the next round, and then we won't be able to fight Toguro, and then we're gonna d-.” Before I could say anything else, Hiei grabbed my arm, tugging me forward out of the water. “Well ow, what was that for?” I asked with a wince, stumbling slightly.


“We're leaving.” Hiei said shortly, not looking back.


Blinking in confusion and surprise, I matched his pace almost walking next to him. “Oh..well, where are we going? I don't think there are any doctors open at all right now.” I said, raising an eyebrow at him, although he couldn't see it.


Hiei ignored the question. “What happened before I came?” He asked in return.


I tensed up at the question, and looked anywhere but at him. Why the hell did he have to ask that? However, I let out a defeated sigh, it's not like I could say ''nothing'' considering my wrist the way it is. “Kane pretty much said I had to fight him in the Finals. He has this crazy idea that one of us should be the last Shadow Youkai in existence, and fighting to the death is the only way to know who deserves to have the title.” I said with a sigh.


“What?” Hiei asked, turning back to me.


I shrugged my shoulders lightly. “I don't know, the guy is just fucking insane.” I said, desperately wishing that this was a terrible dream, but the pain told me it wasn't.


Hiei looked forward once again. “Is that why he killed your parents, Onna?” He asked.


My eyes lowered slightly at the thought of my parents, and I blocked the images from my mind once again. “Yeah, it was- well my mother, but you can guess why my father died.” Already knowing what he was thinking, I continued. “I know, it's stupid but that's what he told me after he killed them.” I said softly.


Hiei said nothing after that, and silence fell around us. The only sounds I could here where our feet padding against the grass of the forest. The leaves were stretched towards the sky, leaving it almost pitch black, but thanks to our eye sight we were able to navigate just fine in the darkness. However, that made me worried about Kane, seeing as how this could be the perfect chance to attack Hiei and I. But as the lights of the Hotel began to poke through the forest leaves, that melted away. But that only made me worried about something else, something not life threatening, just so you guys know. It was about the others -Kuwabara and Kurama actually-, I just disappeared on them so abruptly I felt bad.


“I hope they're not mad at me...” I found myself wondering out loud, biting my already bleeding lip once again.


Hiei almost scoffed, causing me to roll my eyes at him, throwing him a look. “You mean Kurama and the Baka?” He asked, a smirk in his voice, finding me amusing. Geez, he actually manages to not make me mad , then he has to laugh at me for being worried. Jerk.


“Yeah, Kurama and KUWABARA.” I shot back with a 'glare', but that dropped as I looked at the Hotel again. “I ran away when they were asking me questions, I must have made them think they made me mad.” I mumbled.


“They probably did.” Hiei said bluntly.


If I could have smacked his arm, I would have. “They did not! I ran away because I wanted think of a way to get out of the fight, but you already know how that ended.” I said, giving my wrist a sour look as I stared down at it.


Hiei looked over his shoulder, eyes emotionless but narrowed in what I guess you could call confusion. “Did you leave to talk to him about the fight?” He asked, raising an eyebrow at me.


“No, I was just trying to think about a way to make Kuwabara forget about not letting me fight, but Kane showed up. And after attacking him for threatening you guys, Kane broke my wrist because I hurt him with one of my new techniques. Guess I broke the guys ego a bit.” I said with a bit of a smirk in my voice.


Turning forward once again, I swear I heard a small snicker come from Hiei, and that made a smile come to my lips once again. However, that also made me feel bad, remembering the way I acted earlier. Frowning slightly, I looked down at the dirt road beneath my feet, I was such a bitch to him. Peaking at him out of my peripheral vision, I had to make a mental note to apologize to him. Even if he was a jerk to me, the guy still did have feelings -although he probably didn't even care that I was mad at him, but oh well-. Looking back at the linoleum floor, I let out a si- wait, linoleum?!


My head snapped up and I looked around, my eyes widening in confusion as I took in the sights of the Hotel Kubikukuri. My mouth dropped open, when the fuck did we get inside the hotel?! Feeling jump slightly, Hiei only rolled his eyes, already picturing my confused and shocked face. Deciding not to say anything, he focused on what was on his mind at the moment, ignoring my thoughts as they filled his head, all of them consisting of shouting, swears and sarcastic comments to people that he believed did not exist. He still believes that there is something not quite right about my mind, and the thoughts I was thinking right now were only making him believe I was insane.


Deciding to keep quite for the time being, I just looked around with the same confused expression, not even caring if I realized that Hiei was still leading me around. Where the hell was he taking me anyway? He couldn't possibly take us to our room could he? If he did, then hell this is going to be very crazy and kind of funny, the boys are really going to freak out about this. However, when we reached our floor, I noticed that we went passed...our room. Shooting a look at the back of Hiei's head, I glanced back at the room as it grew smaller and smaller and almost out of sight. Ok, now I'm really getting confused...


Looking away from the door, I turned back to the taller fire youkai. “Hiei, where the hell are we going?” I asked, narrowing my eyes suspiciously at him.


I could picture an eye roll. “You'll see.” He answered shortly.


“You know, if I didn't know you as much as I do, then I would think that you were kidnapping me.” I said bluntly, staring at him blankly. However, I surprised a smirk when I saw the irk mark begin to appear. Aw, I just love making him mad. (:


Resisting the urge to smack me upside the head, Hiei stopped in front of a door. “Shut up, Onna.” He said with a slight growl of annoyance, while I only stuck my tongue out at him.


Watching Hiei knock on the door, I looked at the dark wooden door with confusion. Mostly because who the hell does he even know here besides...well the people that I know. Hiei isn't a really social person, and that should be obvious by now... The room number reading: 548. I cocked my head to the side in wonder, why the hell did that number sound so familiar? I know the authoress didn't write it in any chapter -thanks to her being a lazy ass...-, but for some fucking reason the things sounded familiar. God I hate when people do that for the sake of the plot, it just drives me fucking insane sometimes, it really does. ...Stupid authoress.


(A/N: D:<)


“Hello?”


At the soft voice, I was instantly brought out of my thoughts. Blinking to get myself refocused again, I turned away from the retreating numbers on the dark wooden door. Looking down at whoever would open it, I was met with familiar red eyes that stared innocently in confusion. And my eyes widened in shock when I saw who it was. Someone I would never think of Hiei bringing me to in a...forever was standing there in front of me, someone who was actually shorter than me -besides the Masked Fighter that is-. Yukina.


Yukina cocked her head to the side slightly in confusion and slight happiness to see me standing there, but that melted away quickly. Seeing me sopping wet, and my bloody, broken wrist clutched to my chest, her red eyes widened. And I resisted the urge to bang my head on the wall, I was so going to kill Hiei for making me burden his sister! Speaking of Hiei... Glancing to my left with a glare forming in my eyes I saw that...Hiei wasn't there. Keeping the shocked look off my face, I quickly looked back at Yukina's worried form. That god damned asshole, that's it, he is the first one to die out of all of the people that have pissed me off! Not really, but you get where I'm going with this.


“Oh Akira! Are you all right?” Yukina's concerned voice broke me from my shocked -and angered- state.


I let out a nervous laugh, sweat dropping slightly, what the fuck do I even say?! God damn you, Hiei! “Haha, hi Yukina, I know it's late and all but as you can see I kind of...” I glanced down at the mangled thing in my hand. “...broke my wrist. I heard from Kuwabara that you can heal, and I was wondering if you would...heal me?” I asked slowly and very unsure, I really didn't want to burden the poor girl.


“Of course I'll heal you.” Yukina's worried gaze never left me as she stepped aside to let me into the room. “You're all wet too, I can get you some warm clothes so you don't catch a cold, if you want.” She said as she led me over to one of the two couches in the considerably large living room.


I shook my head quickly. “N-No that's all right, I'll be fine really.” I said with a reassuring smile. Aw...


Yukina didn't look too sure, but she let is slide before she excused herself to get some bandages from the bathroom. And I was left to stand awkwardly in the living room of Botan, Keiko, Yukina and Shizuru's hotel room. I wasn't sure if Hiei was doing this to be nice and helpful, or if he was doing it just to make me squirm under all the worrying that Yukina was giving me. I wasn't use to having people be so worried about me before, and burdening someone with my problems only made me feel worse. I really do 'hate' that guy sometimes, I really do..


*Hiei, you bastard! I am so going to kill you when I'm doing being healed!* I shouted in my head with an irk mark pulsing as I sat down on the couch.


I heard a scoff in my mind. {Try it, Onna.}


Knowing that was the end of that, I kept the annoyed glare off my face when I heard Yukina come back into the room. Seeing a first aid kit, as well as other things that she would need, I swallowed thickly. With all of those bandages being laid out on the coffee table in front of us, I knew that this healing session was going to be really bloody. Man, today really, really sucks.


~*~*~*An Hour Later*~*~*~


After the most grueling hour of my life, my wrist had been healed, and my neck was bandaged. Yeah, Yukina somehow saw through my 'foolproof' job and insisted that she heal that as well. Not wanting to hurt the girls feelings for only wanting to help, I let her. So as I walked back to the room, I now had a bandaged neck and a bandaged wrist. I could already tell the boys -minus Hiei of course- are going to wonder what the hell happened to me. I was -almost- the only person on the team that never really got hurt enough to show, but now I was just fitting in. How wonder-fucking-ful is that? Take my word for it, it's not, it's just not. And that feeling only grew stronger as I now stood in front of my hotel room door, grimacing at all the questions that I was going to be pelted with once I walked through that door. Dear god, somebody better help me...


Letting out a reluctant sigh, I opened the door, already knowing that it would be open. Closing my eyes as I stepped into the room, I waited for the boys to gasp, but to my happiness I heard nothing. Opening my right eye tentatively, I let out a sigh of relief when I saw Hiei sitting on his window sill once again. He was the only one in the room, it almost being completely shrouded in darkness if it hadn't been for the very dim lamp near one of the couch's arms. I wasn't sure if I should smile at him, or glare, so I just kept myself neutral.


“It's nice to see that you waited up for me, Hiei.” I said sarcastically, my expressions still blank.


Hiei glanced at me from the scenery just outside of the small pane of glass. “I don't usually sleep, so don't flatter yourself, Onna.” He said back, a bit of annoyance in his voice, but I took no offense to it.


I rolled my eyes, closing the door. “Yeah, yeah, whatever.” Walking into the room, I crossed my arms, happy to feel that my wrist didn't hurt anymore. “I'm still pissed about what you did earlier, why the hell did you just leave me there to look like an idiot? I probably scared the poor girl.” I said in the same tone as he did, narrowing my eyes at him.


“I'm sure you looking like an idiot had nothing to do with me.” Hiei said, hiding a smirk.


“If the others weren't sleeping right now I would be shouting very colorful and slightly disturbing words at you.” I growled with an irk mark pulsing, my right eye twitching rapidly.


Hiei sweat dropped. “The words you say sometimes amaze me.” He said sarcastically, looking out the window.


“I aim to please.” My tone matching his once again as I turned towards the small hallway that held our rooms. However, before I could think of wanting to go to sleep, I remembered my mental note. Looking over my shoulder, I let out a small smile. “Hey Hiei, sorry for acting like a bitch earlier, and thanks for bringing me to Yukina, you didn't have to do that, you know.” I said, getting that strange feeling in my stomach once again.


Hiei glanced at me again before turning back. “Good night, Onna.” He said slightly annoyed, not use to being thanked probably, and that only made my smile widen at him.


“'Night, Hiei.” I said with a small laugh.


Walking down the small hallway, I let my wide smile melt into a small, warm one. I knew that Hiei didn't see me more than a friend -hell I'm not sure if he really sees me as an acquaintance sometimes-, but I was glad that he cared enough to do what he did. Resting my hand on my door, I looked back at the living room, my cheeks warming up at the thought of Hiei really caring about me. At times like these, my questioning thoughts about my feelings for Hiei seem to fade more and more. Maybe it wasn't so hard to see why I liked him...


Ending it here! I really hoped you liked this, and I'm sorry that it's a bit late, but I'm hope that the end was cute because I found it to be :D. Anyway, bye!
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