Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ the Shadows that Bind (marina's finest work) ❯ Hiei chapter: Saving him ( Chapter 13 )

ONE WEEK UNTIL THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!

Yes… in one week's time…it's

MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Egads… that means…

Yes… SPECIAL CHAPTER PARTY!!! WHOOP! There will be a chapter in your POV for a special something…

No prizes for guessing what…

YES! This will be the best thing EVER in the history of MANKIND!!! WHOOP!

I had my doubts before… but now I'm certain… she really has cracked it…

Oh, and I have NO IDEA what's with Hiei's obsession with ice cream… the show never aired in Australia… GOD DAMN IT! And even if it had, I would never have been able to watch, I don't have satellite or cable… I read the Shonen Jump and get it from there! And it seems that in all other fanfics he's addicted to ice-cream, so I just went along with the trend… yes… sad… I know… but, hey it's life! ^_^

Disclaimer: I no own ANYTHING except for Maku, demon slayers and shadow mistress/masters…

You walked out of the temple… the golden light hitting your eyes, you shielded away the light with your arm, you heard the swish of metal through the air close by. You looked to see Hiei… he was topless… and seemed to be practising parries and blocks. His body moved so fluidly, it made you blush just watching… How his highly toned muscles moved… and were highlighted by gold from the sun…

"Are you going to stand there and stare at me this whole time?" You realised he was looking at you, still moving, practising, you blushed more…

"Um… sorry…" you whispered meekly… your eyes met red, and you felt his eyes reach out to you, promising so many things that couldn't be done… reaching for you to give in to them… you pulled away, not letting them take you into the pools of his eyes, not wanting to lose yourself to craving, and wanting what could never be yours.

"Take the sword over there and we'll see how you go with it… it isn't very different in style to your spirit sword… BUT it is a deal heavier…." You looked to where he jerked his head, he never once paused nor hesitated in his training… had the beginning of last night…all been a dream? His light stroking hands… everything been but a figment of the imagination? It must have been… you sighed at this realisation… You saw the katana lying on the ground, it appeared to never have been used, it had a blue grip, and sheath, the sheath was silken on the outside… and engraved with your name… you gasped at the beauty, and finesse of each letter… nothing in the world seemed to compare… except for Hiei…. Hiei was much better than anything the world could ever produce to your eyes… You picked up the katana, and unsheathed it, the silver metal glinted in the golden rays of the sun… it really hadn't ever been used…

"Doesn't seem so heavy!" You smiled,

"Fine, than I'm sure you will draw blood from me with ease…" he smirked, and suddenly stopped his training, he vanished to your eyes, you had no idea of what had happened… you could feel he was somewhere… but where?

Left…

Someone pounded this as a command into your head, you struck left, and there was the ring of steel upon steel… "Hn… not bad… for your ningen form…" Hiei smirked, his katana blocking your blow.

"I'll take that as a complement…." You smiled, you saw his blade shift for a second.. he was going to attack, you dove under his blade and struck upwards with the hilt of your blade, catching Hiei completely off guard. He stepped back, one hand over his stomach, he coughed up a little blood…

"Lucky shot… but the same trick won't work on me twice…" he smirked, he vanished again, where did he go? You felt a cut on you right cheek… than another on your left… suddenly there were many superficial cuts all over your bare skin.

"I'll find you…" you whispered,

Right above you….

You struck home with a blow to above you, Hiei landed on the ground a few feet away, on his feet, his left arm seemed to be inactive.

"…How do you know where I am?" you heard him whisper,

"Lucky guesses?" you shrugged, he smirked,

"Well… it won't happen again…" and this time, he was right…. You blocked his attacks over and over, as he blocked yours too, until, you collapsed onto the floor… exhausted from total exertion, and running on empty… you hadn't had anything to eat since dinner yesterday… the sun was now setting over the skies… leaving purple, pink dusting to the clouds and sky… the golden light once again hitting your eyes, you shaded your self…"Hn…weak ningen body… you can't even put up without a warm up…" you raised a brow,

"That… was a warm up?" he nodded,

"I wanted to do so much today… but it seems I was mistaken that you could get that far… this make take training… weeks… a month maybe… until we have this right… got it?" he had his back to you, anger swelled up inside you, just who did he think he was? He wasn't going to tell you what to do… no way! You picked up your sword, and with your last reserve of energy, slashed his back, he turned, surprised,

"How's that? I drew blood from you… finally…" you smiled, and collapsed to your knees, feeling the moonlight on your face…

"Hn… you are very sly… like Kurama…" he scowled, "I said training…"

"You never said training was over… never once…" you laughed, he growled, and pushed you down to the ground, in a rather intimate position…

"Don't… laugh at me…" he face was so damn serious, and scary… his red eyes glowed with a passion… showing hate… anger… and… more hurt?

"Sorry…" you whispered, it looked like he was about to say more, but he stopped himself, and got off of you… 'He's so weird… and scary…' You felt the cold breeze blow over you, and realised you were still in your pyjamas, you shivered…

"Hn… stupid ningen…" he sighed, and picked you up bridal, taking you inside. His body was so warm… in fact… it felt like he was burning up, you snuggled close, into his bare, muscular chest, his muscles individually tensed from your touch, as if he was unsure of how to react, than relaxed… getting used to the feel of you body against him… he was so snugly…. And comfy… you silently thought to yourself, he ran fast to your room and lay you on the bed. "You should sleep… we have more training tomorrow…" he smirked at and began to leave…

"Hiei…" he turned to you, and you weakly smiled, "Thanks for bringing me back here…" he blushed a lot, and turned back to the door.

"Hn…Koenma would kill me if anything happened to you…" you could tell he wanted to say a little more… but he said nothing… keeping to himself… not letting out a single word...

"Well… anyways… goodnight…" you smiled, and slowly fell into sleep, exhausted by the training…

Do you know of true darkness?

The voice pounded into your head… leaving no space alone… resounding and echoing through your thoughts as you fell down through the dark abyss…

It seems you do not… well… let's start your… education…

You didn't like the sound of that, and felt a collar around your neck, keeping you suspended, choking you…

First…it slowly devours at your soul…

The pain was immense…

Than it takes you down into its abyss…

Stopping you from falling…

You can't escape it, no matter if you try to run… you can't hide though it's screaming your name… you can't fight it…

The voice was right… you can't win… the collar would never come off… it was metal, and locked by a key…

It just slowly takes you into it, promising you so many things… things it can never give you…

Hands caressed your face… seeming to say, 'Give in… give into it, and become ours… we promise relief…'

Relief can not be given without a greater price than you can possibly imagine…

'I must not give in… I can't…'

Once you are caught… there will be no escape…

'I will… there has to be a way!'

But it is not time for you to be ensnared in Darkness' rich tapestry and return to your creator… the deepest of darkness… the weakest of light…

The collar unclamped from around your neck…and you fell, knowing you would be here for a while… falling… able to contemplate so many things… the many questions that reeled through your mind, spinning with no absolute end nor beginning…

You can't fall forever… there is always the ground… you will always fall… you can never truly soar above the world…

You landed on your feet, and saw cloaked one… the one who had killed you and brought you back…

Once one is enslaved by darkness… one cannot escape…it will haunt you… and rip you to shreds… taking you down…

The cloaked figure shrieked, and the darkness enveloped him, and swallowed him up… destroying him… his shrieks were stopped… and sound came from him no more…

Unless you master the darkness… by destroying the real control of it… only than can you be saved… only than… can people take control of the darkness… and take the world into it… and everything become perfect once more…

"You're wrong…" you whispered,

Wha? Foolish… little one… there is so much for you to learn…

Darkness crept by your mind, whispering its sweet promises into your ears, wanting you to join in its absolute perfection… but you knew it all to be a lie… woven by the darkness to trap the unwary… you ignored it…

Until you understand… darkness will devour you… eat you away a piece at a time… first loved ones than you yourself… until you are enslaved, and understand…

"I won't be enslaved! My loved ones are already gone!" you growled, suddenly, the darkness took hold of your feet, you screamed, feeling it pulled you down and into itself…

Hiei is not…

You WILL be enslaved… and become what you are truly meant to be… and only than will you understand…

The darkness was about to swallow you, when there was a hand coming out of the darkness to pull you out, you took hold, and you were pulled out of the dark abyss into…

You saw red eyes, you gasped, and the owner stepped back, showing it was Hiei. He gave the slightest sigh… Maku was awake too, and by your side, shaking with fear, Kurama next to her, Kuwabara and Yusuke were being kept out by Genkai…

"What happened?"

"She doesn't know…" Hiei whispered, you realised something strange, all around you… everything was gone… there was no futon… it seemed that everything you had been touching before had been destroyed… He rolled his eyes, "You let off a large amount of Spirit energy, and it destroyed everything that you were touching…"

"Wha?" you gasped, suddenly, you felt searing pain flow through your body…

The darkness will devour you…

Your hand pulsed with energy, it turned pure black for a second, the pain was incredible… 'Why is this happening? What have I done?' the pain was about tot kill you… when it stopped, everyone had backed away from you, you felt energy flux off of you… and pulse through the room, Hiei gasped, and fell was wincing in pain, there was a glow emanating from his body, it was the darkness… it wanted him… and it wanted him… NOW….

Piece by piece…

You felt fear flow through your body… what were you going to do? The darkness was going to slave him… and you had to stop it… pain flowed over you again… and you felt something push its way out of the confines of your mind, and take form on you. It was one of the demons… it was manifesting its form on your body… The pain became torturous and white hot, as if you were in the midst of a burning inferno, the flames licking at your skin… cooking you from the inside out… everyone except Hiei moved away from you, shielding their eyes from the light… The pain was about to kill you again… when it stopped, you knew what you had to do… you put your hand over Hiei's heart… and muttered something in a language you could never hope to comprehend. A blinding flash of light erupted from you, and the darkness had left Hiei… he fell back, not surprising… and you just fell… seeing and feeling no more…

The darkness devours the light to reach perfection… love nor hate can stop its path…

OH NO!!! YOU'RE DEAD!........or are you? You can only find out next time… BWAHAHAHAHAH!!! I am so evil…

Idiot… now people won't review!

Whoops… uh…heheheh…. Sorry peoples…

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You fell for that? Boy… you are thicker than you look…

HEY!!!

…and she writes this story… hard to believe… isn't it?

NO IT'S NOT!!!

…need I say more?

No… *sighs*