Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Forbidden One's Secret ❯ Training and Wandering ( Chapter 3 )

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

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~~~At the park~~~

Sareiu was in the park, standing by Hiei's favorite sleeping tree. She was spinning her sword in a figure eight motion. She had her back towards the tree. 'He's late. I agreed to train him, and he decides to be late! The sun set almost an hour ago!'

Hiei entered the park and was walking to where he was supposed to meet Sareiu. 'She said the training wouldn't be ease, and she agreed to train in Makai. With her Ki level, I don't expect this to be easy. But I wonder where in Makai are we going to train.'

Hiei was now close enough he could see Sareiu.

'Ok, I'm here. The sun already set, but oh well. I was with my sister, not that she needs to know that.'

Hiei walked towards Sareiu. When he was a few meters away, Sareiu stopped what she was doing and sheathed the sword, and said, "You're late." Then she turned around to face Hiei.

At this, Hiei stopped walking. Then he replied, "Well I'm here now, and I'm not that late."

"It doesn't matter how late you are, you're still late!"

"Get over it already. Now lets just go to Makai."

Sareiu started stepping towards Hiei while yelling, "Get over it.. Just get over it!" By now she was a foot from Hiei. "You asked me to train with you! I agreed but if I'm going to do this, YOU will go by MY rules. One of the few I have is to be on time! If this is asking too much, then you are a waste of my time! Now do you want me to train you or are you too incompetent to follow a few simple rules?"

Hiei growled deep in his throat, then glared daggers at Sareiu. Sareiu just glared back. Then Hiei looked to the side and crossed his arms.

Sareiu turned slightly, now facing towards where the portal to Makai is, then said, "If you still wish to become stronger, follow me. If not, fine, but this is your only chance. But know now, if you choose to follow me, I will not be lenient with you." Then she started walking to the portal.

Hiei stood there for a few seconds. 'Damn her, how dare she speak to me that way. I don't have to put up with this! ~sigh~ But for some reason she intrigues me, and the only way I'm going to know why is to put up with her.'

Then Hiei ran and caught up to Sareiu.

Sareiu glanced at him then continued walking. 'So he decided he still wants to train. I'm normally not one for yelling, but I needed to know he was serious about wanting to become stronger.'

They walked in silence until they reached the portal. Then Sareiu said, "You sure you can handle my training?"

"I can handle anything you can."

Sareiu smirked then they walked through the portal and entered into a forest in Makai. They walked for 30 minutes before Hiei decided to say something, "Where are we going?"

"To my territory."

"And how far away is that?"

"At this pace." Sareiu paused. "another 30 minutes."

"And if we run?"

"If you can keep up. 5 minutes."

Hiei smirked then said, "I can keep up."

Sareiu then gave an evil smirk before saying, "We'll see." Then she started at a sprint, with Hiei more or less keeping about 7 meters behind.

~~About 5 minutes later~~

Sareiu stopped in the middle of a clearing in a forest. Hiei caught up about a minute later.

Sareiu grinned, and said, "Well, you almost kept up. I'm impressed."

“So this is where we'll be training?” Hiei said while looking around, and breathing slightly harder then usual.

"Yes, this forest is 3/4ths of my territory. We shouldn't be bothered."

"And the other 1/4 ..?"

"Mostly meadow that's a few miles from here. There are also some cliffs and caves. You ready?"

By now Hiei had caught his breath. "Give me what you got."

Sareiu unsheathed her sword and went into a fighting stance. "Very well. draw your sword."

Hiei did as told and asked, "What are the terms of this lesson?"

"Fight will all you got, but withdraw before the final blow. This is the only main rule for all the lessons. But for this particular lesson, metal weapons only. Understand?"

"Yes. Now, your move." Then Hiei went into a fighting stance.

"As you wish." Then Sareiu charged Hiei. Hiei dodged, then attacked, and back and forth. But, Hiei was slower than Sareiu and after a few strikes and Hiei barley dodging, Sareiu's sword slashed across Hiei's stomach. Hiei staggered back a few steps while holding a hand on the wound. Sareiu sighed, then said, "Maybe we should work on your speed."

Half laughing and cringing because it hurt to laugh, Hiei said, "I think you are the only one to ever tell me that."

Sareiu sheathed her sword and walked to Hiei while saying, "That's because you're faster than most demons." By now, Hiei had sheathed his sword and Sareiu was standing in front of him. Then she said, "Let me see it."

Hiei responded by applying more pressure and taking a step back. "I'll live."

Sareiu rolled her eyes then said, "Don't be such a male, just let me see it." (no offence intended to any guys reading this)

Hiei gave an annoyed look, then said sarcastically, "And what if I don't?"

"Then I'll knock you on your ass and look anyway. So, are we doing this the easy way, or the HARD way?”

Hiei gave her a .. 'you wouldn't dare'.. look, and Sareiu gave a .. 'bet me'.. look.

Hiei slowly moved his hand. When he did, the blood started flowing freely from the wound. After a few seconds, Hiei put his hand back on his stomach in an attempt to slow the bleeding.

"It's deep. We should go to my den to bandage it." Sareiu said with a worried expression.

With a sarcastic tone, Hiei said, "Like I have a choice."

Then Hiei and Sareiu walked to Sareiu's den. Which luckily, wasn't too far away. (Just to give you a picture. the opening was a hole in front of a tree, the roots made it stable. The den itself was a labyrinth of tunnels and room underground that lead to a cave that was above ground and also had many tunnels and rooms. When I say rooms, its basically the same as in human houses, only not so.. machine dependant.) They entered though the cave entrance.

By the time they reached the main room of the den, Hiei had lost a decent amount of blood.

"Ok Hiei, sit down while I go get some things for your wound."

Hiei groaned in complaint, but complied anyway.

After Sareiu left the room, Hiei started glancing around.

There were three holes in the walls that were big enough for someone to sit in, and were two feet from the ground. (basically like windows, only they don't connect to the outside) There was a table in front of him, only it was on the other side of the room. There was another couch, besides the one Hiei was sitting on, and it was to the left of him, but against the wall. In-between that couch and the table was the doorway that Sareiu went through. Directly across from it, on the opposite wall, was the door way they entered the room through.

After several minutes, Sareiu came back into the room carrying; a small box, a rag, and a small bucket of water. Then she sat next to Hiei, who was still clenching his stomach.

Sareiu sighed inwardly, and said, "You should probably lay down to make this easier, and take off your shirt so I don't have to do it."

By now, Hiei had figured out there was no point of arguing. So he listened and after slowly removing his shirt, he laid down on the couch with Sareiu sitting on the edge.

Sareiu's thought was, 'damn he has a really nice chest. Ahhh! Can't think that, especially right now. I need to stop the bleeding before I can do anything, and I need to do it quickly. He's already lost a lot of blood.'

Hiei laid there looking at Sareiu's expression. Then he quizzidly (I'm not sure if it's even a word, but bare w/me) watched as she opened the box and pulled out a small jar. She opened the jar and dipped two fingers on her left hand into the bluish-green paste. After she resealed the jar and placed it back into the box, she noticed Hiei's confused expression. She held her hand in front of Hiei so he could see the paste, then she said, "It's just herbs. It should help slow the bleeding and ease the pain. But you need to move your hand so I can get to the wound."

Hiei accepted her answer to his unasked question and slowly moved his hand.

At this, Sareiu spread the paste over the area of the bleeding, then she held her right palm to her mouth and bit her fangs into her palm, just enough to cause it to bleed. Then she held her hand palm up, letting the blood collect in the middle. Before Hiei had a chance to ask, Sareiu said, "You've lost a lot of blood, and the paste works faster with the help of my energy, which is more concentrated when it is mixed with blood."

Hiei nodded and Sareiu pressed her palm hard onto the wound. Hiei winced in pain, but made no attempt to stop her.

After a few minutes the bleeding slowed down. Then it completely stopped. Sareiu sighed in relief and removed her hand. When the bleeding didn't start again, she washed her hands in the bucket. Then she dipped part of the cloth in the water and began to wipe away the dried blood. Hiei only flinched a few times, but said nothing. While watching Sareiu tend to his wound he thought to himself. 'Why is she helping me? We barely know each other, we did only meet yesterday. Maybe she feels guilty because she's the one who caused it. But, she did warn me earlier that she wouldn't go easy on me. Even if she did feel guilty, wouldn't she just make sure I lived, then be done with me. Females are confusing.'

Hiei was brought back to reality by a hand waving in front of his face. He blinked a few times then looked at Sareiu, who was looking confused.

When Sareiu saw that Hiei was looking at her she said, "Are you ok? I finished mending your wound."

Hiei looked at his stomach and sure enough the wound had been cleaned, and was now wrapped up with white cloth. Then he looked back to Sareiu and said, "I told you in the first place I would live. I was just thinking." 'Why in 7 hells did I just say that?!' Then Hiei sat up on the couch.

Sareiu looked confused for a min. then said, "About what?"

"Why females are so damn confusing." `I did not mean to say that.'

After Sareiu could control her smirk she said, "How are we confusing?"

Hiei looked away and "Hn'd."

"I see, you didn't mean to say it. But the fact is, whether it slipped or not, you still said it, and now I want to know why." Sareiu said it in a mocking, but at the same time playful, way.

Hiei just acted like he didn't hear her question.

Sareiu sighed. "Fine, be difficult." She paused, "It's late and I'm going to bed. You can sleep on this couch if you want. If you feel the need to explore, you may. But stay out of my room. It's down that hall, go right, through the first doorway and my door is at the end of that hall." Sareiu said pointing to a doorway. Then she continued, "You can go into any door but that one. I suggest you don't wander too far from this room, you might get lost if you do. My den is a labyrinth of tunnels."

Hiei nodded and Sareiu left the room.

~30 min later~ Hiei was laying on the couch looking up at the ceiling. 'I can't sleep and I have no idea why. I wonder what my sister is doing. She's probably asleep at her house, lucky her. That baka better had left her alone after I left. If that fox knows what's good for him he better have kept and eye on Yukina for me. Kurama's probably asleep too. Everyone is probably asleep. Even Sareiu is most likely asleep by now. I wonder what she looks like when she sleeps. Why am I thinking about her! She needs to get out of my head!'

'You know why you keep thinking about her.'

"Who's there?"

'Only you.'

"What?"

'I'm your jagon eye. Now stop talking out loud!'

'What do you want?'

'Only for you to admit to something.'

'Which is?.'

'That you keep thinking about Sareiu because you think her a suitable mate.'

'That's ridiculous.'

'Is it? Then why else would she be constantly in your thoughts?'

'...'

'You don't have an answer?'

'I don't know, but it's not because I have any intent of taking her as a mate, because I don't!'

'She's right, you are difficult.'

'Shut up and go away!'

'I can't go away, I'm apart of you.'

'Fine, then shut up. You can do that.'

'Not until you admit it.'

'I have nothing to admit to! Now shut up!'

~silence~

'Finally. I have no desire to ever take a mate, let alone that overly full of herself demoness. I care only for Yukina, and there will never be anyone else.'

~~10 min. later~~ 'I still can't sleep. I'll just wander around a bit, maybe it will make be tired.'

Hiei walked around the cave, going in and out of every room until he was standing in front of the last door he hadn't looked into.

'This is Sareiu's room. She should be asleep so it won't hurt if I just open the door. I could just stand in the doorway, then I wouldn't actually be IN her room.'

Hiei slowly peeked into the room. Suddenly his feet got a mind of there own and Hiei found himself standing next to Sareiu's bed. 'She looks so beautiful like that. I'm not some mindless weakling, I can't be thinking like that.'

Sareiu began to stir from her sleep. Hiei froze and his breath caught in his throat. 'Shit! If she wakes up she WILL kill me.

Sareiu yawned and mumbled something incoherent, then relaxed again.

Hiei took his chance and quickly but quietly left the room and back to couch. 'That was too close. I've heard about the angry wrath of a demoness, and I have no desire to test what is and isn't true.' Minutes later after the adrenalin wore off Hiei finally fell asleep.

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