With the exception of Anja Nightwind and possibly the Youko
form of
Kuronue, The characters in this fic aren't mine They are the
property of
Togoshi/Shuaisha Studio, Jump comics, and whoever else owns the
rights I'm
just having some fun with them so please don't sue me, I'm a
college
student, we have no money.
Now Rises A New Dawn
Epilogue
Anja moaned, she was dehydrated from so much vomiting and her whole body
ached. She couldn't go near anybody she knew or she would be so repulsed she
was physically ill! She sat on her bed and swallowed back feeling rising in
her throat once again. To be in the same house as the Youko was painful! She
opened her window and slipped outside into the night, skirting any populated
areas, she headed for the woods. She would meet no one there and that would
stop the pain.
Kurama lay on his bed, curled up in a fetal position. It wasn't his body
that hurt but his heart. He shook with need, with love, with he thought of a
certain little Koorime/fire demon. Hiei.
A cool sweat dripped from his brow and he groaned. He and the Hiei had only
kissed and cuddled once before, in his present condition he would end up
doing much more than that to the Koorime and he didn't want to scare him
away. Not after he had finally earned the little demons trust. "Argh." He
almost cried as waves of love and need flowed over him, "Hiei." The name on
his lips sounded so beautiful to him he had to repeat it, "Hiei. Hiei.
Hiei."
"Hn, I thought you had already memorized my name fox."
"H. . . Hiei!" Kurama's body shook. The fluttering he felt inside whenever
he saw the Koorime had been enhanced to a burning heat, "Y. . . you can't
stay. . . Hiei I might. . . I don't w. . . w. . . want to. . . hurt y. . .
you." He clenched his teeth and curled up tighter as more pleasure/pain hit
him.
"Hn, you're in pain." Hiei stepped forward to touch the boys forehead but
Kurama jumped back until his back was against the wall.
"N. . . no!"
Hiei sat on the bed and ran a hand over the shivering boys arm, "I. . . I
want to help."
"You can't." Kurama had tears in his eyes. "Hiei I. . . you. . ."
"Fox. I want to help." The demon brought his lips demon to the redhead's
trembling mouth and Kurama instantly grabbed him, pulling him closer. The
kiss was hard, wild, full of need and something much more powerful. Tongues
teased lips tasted. When they finally had to come up for breath both of
their lips were swollen and bright, not as bright though, as Kurama's eyes,
"Ai shiteru Hiei."
Hiei blinked wide eyes then shook his head, "It's the spell. It's making
you feel more than you did."
Kurama shook his head as his body shivered harder, "I always h. . . have
loved. . . you, the spell i. . . is increasing m. . . my n. . . need for
you. Th. . . that's way I am shi. . . shivering. But alw. . . always I have
l. . . loved you. S. . . since I . . . I first s. . . set eyes o. . . on
you."
The Koorime turned his head away and Kurama felt his heart shatter. He had
lost him. "H. . . hiei?"
A plinking sound reached the Youko's ears, then another, and another. The
Koorime turned around and he had tears of blood running from his eyes, tear
gems plinked on the floor. The sight of those bright green eyes full of love
had undone the last barrier and the fire demon felt his heart was breaking.
"I wish you knew what you were saying fox." He sobbed and Kurama sat up and
enfolded him in his arms. "I have wanted so much to hear you say that. I
wish to all of the Gods that it was true."
Kurama's arms tightened their hold, "It's true Hiei."
He shook his head, "It's the spell, and when it's gone you might want me,
but you will not love me."
Kurama shook his head in denial, "I love you, you idiot, haven't you see
it? It's been written on my face. Anja saw it the first time she saw us
together!"
Hiei looked startled, he remembered a comment the girl had made to him, I
can see why Kurama loves you. Could it be true?
"Use your Jagan Hiei." Kurama pleaded, "It will be able to see past the
spell."
Hiei nodded and opened his third eye, looking deep into the Kitsune's soul.
He passed the weak red pulse of the spell, the bright green glow of his
friends power, the golden shine of his memories, the pure white love for his
family and friends, then, at the very center of Kurama's being, etched in
the foxes soul, he saw himself. A person stood where Kurama's soul shape
should have been, a silver glow surrounding him. But only half of the man
was Kurama, undulating between his Suuichi and Kurama shapes, the other half
was. . . "Me."
"Yes Hiei." Kurama hugged the jagenshi closer, "You."
Hiei sobbed and hugged onto the fox as tight as he could never wanting to
let him go. He buried his face in the other boys hair and sobbed with
happiness and relief. "K. . . Kurama."
"Shhh." He whispered, "It's ok." Then he realized, ". . . I'm not shaking
anymore. The spell must have worn off!"
"Genkai said it would take day's." Hiei said still cuddling Kurama's neck.
"Then how?"
Hiei didn't answer. Kurama looked down at the boy and realized he was
falling asleep.
He laid back on the bed, cuddling the Koorime to him. "I love you Hiei." He
smiled, "That's what broke the spell." Then he kissed the fire demons closed
jagan and closed his eyes as well. Sleep came quickly to both filled with
good dreams that night.
Anja sat alone in the woods. She had finally stopped hurting, "What did
that baka do to me?!" She screached so loud it upset some night birds who
flew away. A twinge of pain gripped her chest as the flew past her.
She growled and started a fire to keep her warm. "I don't believe this!"
She took out her guitar and thought for a moment for a song that felt like
her feelings at that moment. Then she started to strum and to play.
"Galileo's head was on the block, the crown was looking up the truth. And
as the bombshells of my daily fears explodes I try to trace them to my
youth. . ." She smiled and sang a little louder as her soul got lighter, ".
. . and then you have to bring up reincarnation over a couple of beers the
other night, and now I'm serving time for mistakes made in another life!"
Her voice cresiendoed as she reached the chorus she loved so well and felt
so much, "How long till my soul gets it right!? How many human beings ever
reach the kind of light? I call on the resting soul, of Galileo, king of
night vision king of insight!"
Her voice got softer, "And then I think of my fear of motion, of which I
never could explain. Some other fool across the ocean years ago must have
crashed his little airplane." She almost cried the last words of, "In my
lifetime! I'm still not right." Then she trailed off into silence. Her
breathing was hard and tears threatened.
She clutched her beloved guitar to her. It was a
martin-backpacker that her father had bought for her years ago. She felt
tears slipping down onto the smooth wood and quickly polished them away.
"Damn." She muttered, "I am a healer! You'd think I could heal myself!. . .
wait a minuet. . ." She quickly laid the guitar back over her shoulder and
concentrated on the flames, meditating until she felt another presence. "I
need to summon you my beloved spirit guide Emmanuel."
"I'm here." He said calmly in his echoing musical voice.
"I'm hurt. A spell has been cast over me." She explain unnecessarily,
Emmanuel always knew what was going on in her life. "Can you take it away?
Can you heal me?"
"I can try."
"Please." She asked and let her spirit form take his hands.
The guide reached into Anja's being and started to untangle the red glowing
spell like one would untie a large knot. Finally he plucked the last thread
of it from her. Exhausted he fell to his knees, her spirit form going with
him.
"Emmanuel!"
"I am fine." He panted, "I need time to regain my strength. But the spell
is gone Anja."
"Oh! Thank you my friend!"
"You are vulnerable to spirit attack for a little though, so when you come
from your trance anoint yourself with smoke of sage and get a lot of sleep.
You Understand?"
"Yes Emmanuel. Thank you."
"My pleasure princess." He smiled and faded as Anja regained her earthly
body.
She quickly did the anointing ceremony as he had asked her then ran back
home to tell her brother and Kuro.
Hiei and Kurama both got a rude awakening when in the early hours of the
morning, an energetic and laughing girl jumped onto the bed on top of them
giving both a huge rib crushing hug. Her hair flying everywhere. "Guess
what!?" She laughed, "I'm back!"
Kurama looked up at her amused then over at Hiei, "Morning Koibito."
"Early morning!" Hiei growled, "Tell your psychotic sister to get off of
me."
"Anja?" Kurama asked.
The girl bounced down in-between the two and giggle, giving each a kiss on
the cheek as she snuggled down. Kurama was surprised Hiei didn't bolt for
the window. He was about to tell Anja to go to bed when he realized her
breathing was deep and even. He looked over her at Hiei then moved to shake
her awake.
"Hn!" Hiei whispered and grabbed his hand, "Baka, let her sleep."
"You don't mind?"
Hiei looked at the sleeping ningen, "As long as her mouth doesn't move,
she's kind of nice."
Kurama stifled a giggle and snuggled down into the covers. A ball of fur
pounced onto the bed and lay down on top of Anja, it's tails spreading over
the two demons as well. Kurama could have sworn he heard Hiei whisper, "I
have a family."
When the children didn't come down to breakfast Shori went up to her sons
room and peeked inside. There was Shuuichi and Anja curled up together with
another boy, whom she recognized as one of the boys that her son hung out
with, and a large black dog that must belong to him. All were still dressed
in their day time clothes.
There were shiny red/black marbles all over the bed and the floor. Maybe
Anja was teaching them an American game.
She smiled and borrowed Anja's camera. She couldn't resist taking a
picture, they all looked so young. When the flash went of the dog looked up
at her but it went right back to sleep and she closed the door again. They
must have had a slumber party last night, poor dears are exhausted.
When Hiei woke up he found himself tangled up with Anja and Kurama on
either side of him and the Youko laying on his legs. He thought about
leaving but the warmth he felt now went further than his normal fire, it
touched his heart too. I have a family now. He was surprised when Anja
murmured something in her sleep and pressed closer to him. He even went so
far as to let her and Kurama each cushion their heads on his shoulders as
his arms wrapped around them. The fox yawned, his big red tongue lolling out
as he stretch and inch a little further up until he rested half on Anja half
on Hiei and the fire demon actually smiled before drifting back off to
sleep. His last thought was, I have finally found home. This is where I
belong.
Yuusuke and Kuwabara knocked on Kurama's door half an hour later. "Is Ku. .
. I mean Shuuichi here?" Yuusuke asked.
"Hai." His mother said laughed a little. "He's still asleep though."
"Still?"
"He, Anja, and that other boy you play with are in Shuu-chan's room, I
think they had a slumber party last night because they are all so tierd! His
dog is there too. It's so kawii!"
Yuusuke looked at Kuwabara.
Kuwabara looked at Yuusuke.
Then both barreled toward the stair at the same time crying, "I have to see
this!"
Kuwabara's chuckle reached Shori a moment latter. Mrs Minamino, do you
have a camera I could borrow?"
"You can use Anja's It's in her room."
"Arigato." He laughed
The next sound she heard was an enraged roar and Kuwabara and Yuusuke
almost fell down the stairs and out the door, followed by the black dog and
by the boy with spiky black hair. A moment later Anja and Shuuichi followed.
"Kuwabara! Yuusuke! Get back here cowards!" They ran out the door to join
the chase.
Shori smiled to herself and sat down to drink her tea.
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