Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Two Hearts, Two Minds, One Soul ❯ A Very Sad Day ( Chapter 2 )

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Mitsukai: Hey! I'm updating this fanfic since everyone said to update so here I am updating.

Hiei: Hn. Yeah, only a couple of people.

Mitsukai: *appears to readers, an angel...to Hiei, a very dangerous demon* SHUT UP!

Hiei became quiet.

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Two Hearts, Two Minds, One Soul

Chapter 2

A Very Sad Day

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It had been four years since Hiei and Gwenevere met, and in those four years, they had become quite close. Although, it did take nearly all of those four years for Hiei to soften up to Gwenevere. Suddenly, one day, Aliana decided to live in Ningenkai for reasons Gwenevere and Hiei didn't know. Zarie and Hiei went to Gwenevere's house to see them depart.

Hiei looked at Gewnevere solemnly and asked, "Will I ever see you again?"

"I don't know," she answered sadly. Gwenevere was quite mature, despite her young age.

Hiei saw her necklace dangling in her hand. "Can I have your necklace for a minute, Gwen?" "Gwen" was a nickname he had given her ever since the two had become friends.

She nodded and handed it to him. Hiei clasped it around her neck. She looked at him curiously.

"Just something for you to remember me by."

"Oh."

Inspired by his actions, Gwen wanted to give Hiei something. She went to her jewelry box and pawed through it. Hiei walked over to Gwen, peering over her shoulder. She took out a white bandana, turned around, and handed it to him.

"If you feel lonely, just smell it," Gwen explained.

Hiei raised an eyebrow. He sniffed the bandana, finding it to be filled with her scent.

"You could remember me by smelling something that smells like me," she said.

"Thanks."

Gwen smiled, her gaze not leaving Hiei's face as Aliana entered her room.

"Gwenevere, we have to go now," Aliana said urgently. Gwen nodded, and her mother left.

Gwen looked at Hiei, and Hiei looked back. She gestured him to bend down, standing on her toes. As he bent over slightly, she kissed him on the cheek.

Stepping away slightly, she took her belongings, walking to the doorway. She looked back at him sadly and whispered, "Bye, Hiei."

Hiei raised his hand to his cheek, looking slightly stunned. "Bye, Gwen."

Gwen smiled sadly, and walked out of her room to her mother. Hiei walked to a window and looked out dejectedly, seeing her outside a minute later with her mother. They walked away together, Gwen looking back regretfully as she left her home... and him.

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A month had passed and Aliana and Gwen had been living in an apartment in Ningenkai. Gwen had gone to the park for a walk with her mother. The tangy scent of rain was on the air, and due to the murky grey sky, the park was deserted. Gwen suddenly felt a disturbing shock, as though she were being watched.

"Momma?" she asked.

Aliana nodded, feeling it too. She looked around warily and saw fifteen figures walking toward them.

"You..." she murmured, her voice dripping with hatred.

"Long time, no see, Aliana... the strongest hawk demon alive," said one of the figures, his voice low and eerie, full of contempt.

"What do you want?" Aliana asked impatiently. Gwen froze where she was, ten feet from her mother.

As the fifteen approached, Gwen saw them more clearly, identifying them - Falcon demons, the bitter enemy of the Hawk demons. They were at war from time to time, though most recently, the hawks had been victorious, as Aliana fought with them.

"We want revenge. We all know you were why the Hawks won the last war."

"But, the Falcons and Hawks made a negotiation," Aliana protested loudly. "We all are allies now."

"That may be true, but you were the one to kill our brothers and sisters!" the Falcons cawed, frightening Gwen. She clutched her necklace, instinctively going to it for strength as the restless Falcons charged and attacked Aliana.

"MOMMA!" Gwen screamed.

Aliana stood where she was, transforming into her true demon form. Her blond hair glowed brilliantly and pale brown wings erupted from her back, stretching out to their full wingspan. Claws grew fluidly from her short nails, and her sharp grey eyes had narrowed. She was eerily beautiful.

"You will not harm my child or me!" she warned.

Blocking as one of the Falcons took a vicious swipe at her, she flew up into the air.

"Hawk's Tornado!" Her hands flurried before her at dizzying speeds, sending the Falcons headfirst into the ground.

She grabbed Gwenevere and flew away from them. As her wings unfurled and she lifted off the ground, however, she let out a piercing shriek, falling from the sky. The mother and daughter pair separated as Aliana hit the ground. Gwen stood up, running to her mother.

"Mommy! I'm coming!" she yelled, wondering why this was happening to them.

Aliana stood up weakly and took great pains to turn her head around, seeing a knife embedded in her lower back. She turned around completely, seeing Gwen running to her. Aliana looked behind herself again and saw the Falcons once again flying toward them, wind screaming past their wings.

"Gwenevere! Leave this place now!" Aliana shouted. Suddenly she heard a scream, and whipped her head back in the direction of her daughter. A Falcon was holding Gwen, pointing a knife at her neck. Gwen was holding onto her necklace, crying. Aliana stood there, shocked for only an instant before being overcome by pure hatred.

"Leave my child out of this, you cowardly bastard!!!!!!"

Aliana levitated mere inches off the ground, eyes burning with anger. She flew at the Falcon holding her daughter. 'Just a couple more inches...' she thought desperately as golden youki surrounded her.

Time seemed to crawl as Aliana had felt a sharp pain in her back, creeping up her spine. She gazed behind her to see the Falcons whooping and leaping, cawing with triumph. She saw why they were celebrating...a knife was attached to her back as her blood drained from the wound. Her breathing was quickly becoming labored, as she struggled to turn back to her distraught daughter.

"Gwenevere...Mommy will always love you..." Aliana managed to choke out to Gwen, falling to her death.

"MOMMY! NO!" Gwen screamed. "DON'T LEAVE!"

"Shut up, halfling!" the Falcon ordered sharply, and threw her on the ground, headfirst.

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An hour later, Gwen woke up to find all the Falcons dead. She walked to her mother.

"Mommy..." she whispered, starting to cry.

Zarie appeared in a sudden flash, looking around at the bloody battleground. "Holy shit! What in Makai...?"

She came across Gwen crying as she looked over the fallen forn of Aliana. Zarie was so shocked, she stood frozen, hovering over Gwen, forgetting everything else. 'Aliana dead...No way...NO WAY IN HELL!' Zarie looked at Gwen. 'Oh, I wish I could just take her with me back to Makai... Hiei will be so surprised!' But she shook her head. 'No. I will carry out Aliana's final request...'

The youkai walked over to Gwenevere, murmuring in a calming voice, "Gwenevere. Do you remember me, Gwenevere? It's Zarie. Don't worry, I'm your friend." Taking a deep breath, she turned away from her once-proud Hawk friend's body and sighed. "Gwenevere, your mother was hiding from them. She knew they were after her. She moved so you could be safe."

The fire youkai lifted Gwen into her arms and carried her to an apartment, rapping sharply on the door. It opened, and a man stood there looking perplexed and annoyed.

"What?" he asked bitingly.

"You remember Aliana?" Zarie asked.

The man looked surprised to hear the name, stuttering slightly. "Y-yes...but why? What happaned?"

"She was killed."

The man's eyes widened. He looked down at Gwen who was oblivious to anything happening right then.

"Donawo, this is your daughter," Zarie informed the man coldly. "You know that she's a hanyou. Her secret must not be let out to your kind, or they'll take her away... probably even kill her. It's your duty to take care of her now."

He nodded dazedly, ushering the crying Gwen into his home. Zarie looked back at the park, and bowed her head. It was raining.

"I'm sorry, Aliana..." Zarie whispered, saddened as she thought. If only she had arrived sooner, Aliana might've still been alive.

She ran with god-like speed to Hiei to tell him the news.

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