Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ the Shadows that Bind (marina's finest work) ❯ Hiei: Showing your power ( Chapter 7 )

YES!! I'm on a roll! In answer to a reviewer's question, you don't know consciously of your demon powers… you know of the shadow lady from strange nightmares… but that doesn't come up much… but with your powers… your unconsciousness… well… in this chapter you'll see…

Disclaimer: ME OWN NOTHING!! Except Maku…and the Demon Slayers, and Shadow mistress/masters…

You opened your eyes to deep red orbs, the owner sighed with relief and moved back. It was Hiei, bandanna and all…

"Hiei? What happened?" you asked, Hiei glared at you, and made you flinch,

"You should answer your own question, Ningen… you knocked out Yukina and Genkai, and you'd better tell me how, and why!"

"Yukina?" you frowned, no one had told you of any Yukina…

"The girl who healed you…baka"

"Oh… what knocked them out?" you noticed their lifeless bodies on the floor, not a single scratch on them… what had happened? Had another demon come and try to get at you?

"You really are dense…There was a huge burst of pure, raw energy… wild… untamed… but… it only effected Yukina and Genkai, when with the power level I sensed…. This whole place should have been demolished… which would have made it look better…" he glared right though you, his eyes ensnared you this time, there was no escape, sparkling with so many emotions… each one individually defined, each one twisted in pain and agony, every small piece, nothing was left without a bend, except for one, but you couldn't recognise it, you forgot about time, and place… getting lost within the swirl of emotion… "____?" you were brought back to real time… and blushed,

"Um… yes, fine…" you rubbed the back of your neck, and chuckled nervously, Hiei rolled his eyes,

"Now, answer my question, what happened?" Kurama looked right into your eyes, the twisted pain threatened to pull you in, and bring you down, tried to make you lose yourself once more, but you forced yourself to look away…

"No… Could a demon have come here and done that?"

"No, Genkai would have eradicated any demons in an instant, or at least have sensed them and taken you to safety, and this place is protected by many strong wards… only two types of demon can pass it, unless authorised by the creator. They're Demon Slayers, and Shadow masters… or mistresses…" Hiei looked out the window…

"I see…" your eyes wandered, and you looked down to Yukina, and saw it… a small shard of black crystal… you walked over to it, and picked the shard up. It was a black gem, glistening with darkness…. Emanating it… like the one over your heart. You frowned, "Where could that have come from…." Hiei came over and looked at your finding,

"It looks like the shard of a Shadow crystal…" he took the gem from your hand, his fingers soft and smooth as they touched your own, if only for an instant, your cheeks tinged pink, as did his own, but you took no notice.

"Shadow crystal?" you raised a brow, it sounded like he had made that up on the spot…

"Yes, a shadow crystal is the mark on a demon, or Ningen, that they are next in line to become a shadow master, or mistress… but….all the masters died long ago, before they were able to mark anyone… the race died because of their own stupidity…" Your mind clicked, 'Holy cow! I'm a chosen human! He just insulted me!' you unconsciously put your hand over the gem, feeling the smooth surface under your shirt.

"Yeah… real stupid…" you chuckled, deciding not to tell him… 'What he don't know can't hurt him…' you decided in your mind. You suddenly started to space out, 'How could I have been chosen if all of them are dead? Is it because of that shadow lady? Is she a shadow mistress? Why me, of all the people in the world?' questions such as these filled your mind, swirling and pulling you into utter confusion…

"_____, Genkai and Yukina are waking up!" you were pulled out of your world, and you kneeled down next to Kurama,

"…That is one experience I shall never forget…" Genkai smiled as she sat up, "Never in all my life have I seen such a powerful burst of spirit energy… it was wild… and yet controlled… very impressive…" You raised a brow at this, sure you had always thought people who believed they could heal others, and push people away without a touch were a little on the mad side… but this was ridiculous…

"_____, how did you use that energy? It was incredible…" Yukina smiled, you jumped back,

"Wha!?"

"You have incredible potential, ____, I see why Koenma thinks it is necessary to protect you… if anyone were to catch you…" Genkai shook her head, suddenly, out of nowhere, a floating toddler appeared…

"What the hey?!" You gasped and stepped back,

"I see that _____ is here, good work Hiei." Hiei scowled at the toddler, who glared back in response,

"He talks…" you whispered, feeling slightly and dazed, and confused… "A floating talking… toddler… I must be totally mad…" the toddler glared at you, Hiei smirked slightly,

"No you are not! I am Koenma, Prince of the Spirit world!" your left eyes twitched,

"A floating, talking, Prince of the dead toddler… oh boy… I really have cracked it now…" you sighed and shook your head, Hiei's smirk grew slightly

"You aren't mad, just a baka… Koenma is here to explain why you're here…" Hiei stared right into you, you fought off his pull, there was just a hint of amusement in his eyes, 'Might as well go along with all of this….' You thought to yourself,

"Anyway… ____, you are the reincarnation of the last of the Demon Slayers…. You see… centuries ago, a Demon Slayer, who's name has been lost, massacred all of the Slayers, because he felt that they were all imperfections against his standards… all…except one… her name was Yuniku, she hated the Slayer with all her heart, and killed him, than, realising that everyone she loved and cared for had been killed… cast a spell, making the demon species that had been extinct to return in mortal bodies. But there was, a terrible price… she had to take her own life for the spell to work, and her soul was not permitted to go into any afterlife, so she waited until the day the perfect body, with the right amount of spirit energy to be her vessel, or reincarnation, which ever was best for the time." Koenma took deep breathes, your jaw dropped,

"I'm no demon! No sir! I'm human, through and through!" you knew in your heart that would one day be a lie… if what Hiei had said before was true, you were going to become a Shadow Mistress one day,

"I hadn't finished!" Koenma growled, "Her spell backfired on her though… and only the last survivor of the extinct races would return. This included the Shadow Masters, or Mistresses… in this case… you were chosen by both the last of the Shadow Mistresses, and by the Demon Slayer…"

"Hold the phone… you saying I've got the spirits of two demons inside me?" you raised a brow, Koenma sighed, and shook his head.

"No… your own soul, is both a mix of the Demon Slayer soul, and of the Shadow Mistress' soul."

"Is that possible!?"

"Yes. Technically it is… oh, and I almost forgot to say, you have a whole army of demons out to get you. The others of the team will be trying to figure out who their leader is, Hiei will be teaching you how to use your energy, and Kurama, and a very good friend of mine, will be helping to protect you… and another thing, don't let anyone touch that gem without proper covering of their hands! I have to go now, lots of paperwork and such…"

"WHAT!?!?!?!" Hiei yelled, but too late, for in an instant the baby was gone, before you got a chance to strangle him.

"Who're his friends?" you asked to no one in particular…

"I am…" you heard someone say, you looked around,

"I was wondering when you'd show yourself, Maku (AN yes finally the good character, me! lol!)," Hiei rolled his eyes, out of the shadows, a girl no older than you appeared, she had blue strips of hair framing her face, with streaks of black, but the rest of her hair, was a rich golden blonde. Her eyes were like pools of mercury, silvery, and ever shifting. She had two bat wings wrapped around herself, they were deep crimson, with black veins running through the membrane, it looked delicate, and refined. She had Kitsune ears, one blue with black stripes, and the other black with blue stripes, her tail was of gold. She wore a studded dog collar, buckle up, and matching studded bracelets. She had black combat boots, and a navy t-shirt on. She smirked, a fang going just over her bottom lip.

"I've been here since she came, I wanted to see what would happen," her eyes shifted over to you, she looked you up and down, definitely approving of you…

"I see Koenma decided to let you in on this as always…Maku…" another voice made itself known to your ears… You turned to the source, and saw him. He had lovely red hair, not your cup of tea though… and one distinguishable feature, his emerald eyes, they didn't captivate you like Hiei's, but did intrigue you none the less. He wore a pink Japanese uniform, from what school you could not possibly know.

"Kurama…" Maku smiled, Kurama, presumably the new arrival, smiled. Suddenly, out of nowhere, came the biggest growl you ever heard… You knew where it came from… your stomach…

"Sorry…. I haven't eaten for a while…" you chuckled nervously, and put a hand to your stomach. Yukina smiled,

"I'll make us some dinner, and Hiei will show you the room you and Maku will be sharing." Yukina nodded and left the room. Hiei grumbled about something, and walked to the door way, you followed him, and so did Maku, who stopped at the door way, turned, and winked to Kurama, who blushed. You, Hiei and Maku walked down numerous corridors, taking many turns, until finally coming to a sea blue door. Hiei opened the door, to reveal a beautiful room, the walls were deep blue, as well as the ceiling. There were windows right above the head of the bed, looking out over the mountain and the lands below. Your bed was a futon with blue silk sheets, woven with patterns of the sea all over it. Your pillow was the same, over to the left of your bed, there were doors leading into a walking wardrobe, Maku's bed was also a futon, but her sheets were red and black, of fires, with a matching pillow. To the right of her bed, there was a door, which you assumed to be the bathroom.

"Yukina and Keiko bought you some Ningen clothes while you were out, they're in the wardrobe, that door there leads to the bathroom. I have the room across from yours, with the baka Kitsune, so if there's any trouble, you know where we are, and don't disturb us unless it's an emergency, got it?" he growled, you nodded, and he left you and Maku, you both walked in, and smiled.

Maku smiled and put out her hand, "As you know, I'm Maku!"

"And I'm ____." You smiled, and shook hands, she nodded.

"Where are you from? Your accent isn't Japanese…" Maku's silvery eyes pierced into your own,

"I'm from _____(insert name of country and/or state, if applicable)"

"Oh! I used to live there, very nice at this time of year, if I remember right…" she smiled, "So… how do you like it here do far?"

"It's great! But Hiei's kind of… weird…" you trail off, Maku nods in agreement, ,

"Dinner should be ready by now…" Maku smiled to you, and took your hand, pulling you out of the room, to the dinning room.

When you, eventually found your way through the maze of corridors with Maku, you found the dinning room to have a low table, and cushions around it, Genkai and Yukina were sitting at the heads of the table, Hiei was on one side, and Kurama the other. Maku spread out her wings and flew over the table to sit besides Kurama, her face was now livid with happiness, she looked so happy with Kurama, he smiled at her, she blushed ever so slightly, it was obvious she had a huge crush on him. You sat in the last available seat next to Hiei. You saw that on the table there was a bowl in front of you, and chopsticks, luckily your friends back home had forced you to learn how to use them… On the table there were many different dishes, chicken tonkutsu (sp?), sushi, there was a tube of wasabi (sp?), but you knew it was not a good idea to even touch the stuff… there was Yuki Soba, Maku took almost all of the soba, (AN: Just like I love soba! Yum!), there was rice, pickled ginger, yellow pickles… You tried a bit of everything, and decided you like the tonkutsu and sauce, and the ginger, the pickles were nice to. Yukina went into the kitchen, and brought out bowls of green tea ice-cream (AN: it does taste better than it sounds, it's really nice!), you were unsure of it at first, but one taste and you loved it, Hiei was wolfing it down,

"Tomorrow we'll start your training…" Genkai nodded, suddenly, you saw something… so funny… you started laughing your head off…

"GAH!!! BRAIN FREEZE!!!!" Hiei yelled holding his head, (AN: Yes… it is possible for a fire demon to get a brain freeze… since you get it if you eat ice-cream too quick, yeah…)Maku started laughing, Kurama just smiled, stopping himself from laughing. He was very good at it… "STOP LAUGHING _____!!!" Hiei's eyes glowed with fire,

"Make me!" you growled, Hiei' hand shot out to around your neck, and his grip tightened, you gagged,

"When I say stop laughing… you stop… understand?" he whispered, his voice was menacing… and sent chills down your spine… you nodded, and he let you go, you put your hand around your neck,

"Hiei, that was totally uncalled for…" Genkai glared at him,

"Hn…" he walked to the window, punched it out of the wall, and jumped out.

"What's with him?" you muttered, still recovering from the pain in your neck

"Come on, ____, I'll tell you back in our room…" you nod and you both go up to your room.

You stepped back in the room, and Maku closed the door behind herself, you fell onto your futon, you looked up to the ceiling and sighed,

"I knew it…" Maku smiled, and looked down at you, you looked at her quizzically, "Hiei has a crush on you! It's so cute!!!" she giggled, "And I guess you like him too… I'm sure he'll love to know…"

"Breathe a word of this out of this room, and I'll tell Kurama you have a crush on him…" Maku paled, "And how do you know Hiei has a crush on me?"

"He would have killed you for laughing at him like that if he wasn't!!" you raised a brow,

"Sure… right…" you smirked at her,

"Now, my turn, how did you know about my crush on Kurama?" she pouted, first, you giggled, trying to stop your huge burst of laughter, to no avail… "WHAT!!?!?!?!?" she glared at you… it took a while for you to recover, and when you did you were still giggling,

"It's so damn obvious… you blush around him, you're always looking at him… need anymore info?" you giggled and held back the rest of the laughter bottling up inside you,

"Let's make a deal… I don't tell Hiei anything… and you keep quiet to Kurama, agreed?" Maku smiled, and put out her hand, you nodded, and shook it, the deal was made. "Ok! Well… Goodnight, ____..." Maku got up, and turned off the lights, you sighed, and took off your shoes, and lay on top of the futon for a while… taking in everything that had happened… wondering what would happen tomorrow… wondering why you were chosen… and why you had been thrown into all of this… when not a single answer came to mind, you got under the soft, silken sheets, and slowly drifted off into the abyss of the subconscious mind… into a swirl of dreams…

I love this chapter! I worked very hard on this! What will happen next? Should I write a chapter in Hiei's point of view? Or would that be stupid? You guys decide. I can't… Anyways… Review please!