Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Forbidden ❯ Chapter 5

The Forbidden

Chapter Five

 

Back with Hina, five days ago.

“Hina calm down.” Rui whispered. They were about to start the Kasson ceremony. They were holding hands, just as all of the other Koorime were, which were about sixty. So today half of the Koorime population would be told they were carrying the future generation of their race. The ceremony would start once all of the Koorime were in a circle formation around a tall crystal.

“Hina your hands are sweating. Now you're making me nervous.” Rui protested as she whipped her hand on her kimono. Hina's eyes were glued to the crystal, this was her first time here and she had no idea how the ceremony would go. The dream she had had was still worrying her, and was filling her thoughts.

“The events that will happen today have not been done in a hundred years! Today we Koorime will be told which of us were blessed last night with the future!” It was the eldest of the Koorime, her voice booming and echoing off of the ice that surrounded them. Hina flinched, startled, she had not noticed that the elder had come.

“Now the ceremony will begin exactly at noon, when the sun is directly above us! Any minute now, thirty of us will find out that we hold the future of our race in our wombs!” The elder held her hands out and looked up to the sky; the slow moving clouds blocked the sun. It began to snow, then a beam of light pierced through and created a vortex of circling clouds, and the falling snow swirled around the crystal. The light struck the center of the crystal and a great light exploded outward.

“It begins!” Called out the elder, her hands touched the crystal and another surge of light burst out. The snow was more furious now, and then just as the storm had begun it had ended. The Koorime were silent, there faces to the sky. The beam dulled until it was just the normal sunlight. The clouds returned to normal.

Thirty glowing snowflakes could be seen drifting from the sky. They fell and landed on the foreheads of the chosen. Hina was not one of them. The island returned to normal and everyone was silent. Then just as they had thought it was over a single beam of light struck Hina. A small whirlwind of snow surrounded her and two lights swirled and shined from her midsection. One was blue and the other was red. The light dulled again and all was silent.

“What does this mean?” asked a random Koorime, breaking the silence. The elder seemed confused as well. Then she began to approach Hina, who was shaking in shock and nervousness. The elder looked her up and down, with a frown.

“Hina, do you know what this means?” She asked, and Hina shook her head.

“Come with me.” She grabbed Hina's wrist and yanked her away, leaving behind a very worried Rui. The elder seemed furious, as they left the courtyard with the crystal and left for the temple. The other elders followed in suit.

They arrived and had Hina sit down. They surrounded her in a circle and began to interrogate her. The first few questions were harmless and she answered easily. Who was her mother, how old she was, where she lived, but then they asked her if she had seen any men recently.

“Yes, it was when I was sent down to the surface to retrieve an herb for one of our sick.”

“Did you interact with this man?”

“Yes, he had asked for my help.”

“Did you give it to him?”

“Yes”

“What is it he needed?”

“He was wounded. I healed him.”

“What is it that brought you to do this?” Hina shrugged.

“He needed help.”

“How long ago was this?”

“A year or so ago.”

“Did he seem interested in the Koorime, or in you?”

“No, after he asked for help he had become unconscious, I healed him, then left for home. I do not even know, or care, weather or not he survived.” Hina made her voice cold and uncaring.

“I healed him so his blood would not attract attention to other demons, and lead them to me. Now do you know what it is that had happened to me at the ceremony?” She asked now sounding worried. The elders were silent, trying to read weather or not she was lying. The good thing was that she had gotten some very good advice from Hiei on how to lie. Believe every word that comes out of your mouth, and don't even think twice about it, and that's exactly what she was doing now.

“No, we do not know what it meant, but we will be keeping an eye on you and your pregnancy, we hope it is a good omen that you are having twins.”

“I'm having twins?! But that's impossible! Koorime are blessed with only one child! What should I do?” Hina shot up and began to act panicked. The elders looked worried at this and kindly asked her to calm down.

“Do you think it's because I met a man last year?”

“No, if you had done anything you would have become impregnated a long time ago.” They reassured her.

“Anything? Like what? I did touch his wounds.” Hina continued, making them doubt anything they had before.

“A grotesque thing that you needn't worry about. Now you should prepare your home and friends for your children. Congratulations.” And with that they practically pushed her and her questions out of the temple. She knew questions about males and mating made the elders uneasy. To make her predicament seem truer she paced outside the temple doors where they could see her. After a while they shooed her away and she made her way home.

“Hina! What happened?” It was Rui she must have waited at her house, because she was the first thing Hina saw when she opened the door to her home.

“I'm having twins!” she squealed and jumped up and down. Rui couldn't help but join in. After they had calmed down she asked what it was the elders had said.

“They said it was probably a good omen.”

“Oh Hina I'm so jealous! I wanted a baby! But you're having two! Can I have whichever one comes out first?” She said this only half joking. Hina said only if she helped with the birthing and lived with her.

“Really!? I was only… really!?” She couldn't seem to get it.

“Yes Rui, I will share. I've seen others with only one child and they could barely keep up with their little girls. What am I to do with two!?” Hina laughed, but then remembered something. Hiei. Were these truly a god sent omen or was he the father.