by
Rhionae
Running... he had to keep running...
The rain pounded
down on him as his feet pounded into the ground, each blow driven into
his mind, adding to the endless sea of
pain that
threatened to drown him. Not that it would matter very much if it
did. No-one would care what happened to him
now.
Not that anyone ever had...
Green eyes
watching over him...
Red hair framing
green eyes...
Red eyes pleading...
He shied away from that thought, concentrating instead on the steady rhythm of raindrops and feet.
Running... he had to keep running...
"SHE SAID YES!!!"
The cry was enough to temporarily deafen all those within a hundred metres.
Kuwabara burst into the
room, dancing
around like a hyperactive circus bear, accidently knocking
Yuusuke into Keiko's lap as he flung his arms up in
victory.
"Hey! Watch what you're doing you oaf!" Yuusuke complained as Keiko helped him return to an upright position.
Hiei snorted in disgust. "Baka." The idiot was demonstrating his idiocy once more.
"Who said 'yes'
to what?" Kurama asked, his smile suggesting he had a fairly good idea...
His gaze slid across to Hiei, one
merry green
eye winking at the diminutive Koorime.
"Yukina!"
Kuwabara lowered his voice slightly, the result still enough to jar Hiei's
nerves. Stupid ningen. But what was this
about Yukina?
"She agreed to marry me!"
Hiei froze. She did what!?!
Congratulations were flying around the room, but they were unable to penetrate the corner of the room where Hiei sat in shock.
He had known
the baka was fond of her, and that she tolerated him... But to actually
agree to marry him? Could she possibly
care for that...
baka... that much?
His eyes flicked
over to where the giant ningen was being teased by Yuusuke about getting
engaged. The idiot was grinning like
the fool he
was. She couldn't possibly... could she?
Kurama caught
his gaze before he could cross the room and beat the baka up until he admitted
that he was forcing her into the
marriage.
Did she even realize what marriage was? Calm green eyes bore into
his own, hands resting on his shoulders as lightly
as the smile
that touched Kurama's lips.
"Can you at
least be happy that she is happy?" He murmured softly. "I know you
dislike him, but he does care about her, just
as she cares
about him. She is happy with him, Hiei. You wouldn't wish to
destroy that happiness, would you?"
Hiei blinked.
"Hnn." He shot a dark glare at the idiot who wanted to marry his
innocent sister before flashing out the window.
Stupid fox.
What would he know?
He sped through
the treetops towards Genkai's temple, pausing a moment to locate his sister.
There, in the gardens. He chose
a tree near
where she knelt, and observed her silently as she fed the pigeons.
She was smiling her beautiful smile, the one filled
with gentle
joy. He always loved that smile, especially when it chanced to be
directed in his direction...
She looked
up, suddenly aware that she was no longer alone. Wide red eyes blinked
once, then filled with joy as she noticed
the dark shadow
in the tree above her.
"Hiei-san!"
He flitted down to the ground to face her, then froze, blinking in wide-eyed
startlement as she flung her arms around
him enthusiastically.
What was she...?
"Kazuma-san asked me to marry him!" She was beaming at him. "I'm so happy!"
He blinked once more. She... she really was happy... She actually wanted to marry that jerk...!
"I - I..."
he stuttered. He took a deep breath, and gazed into her bright eyes.
"I'm happy that you're happy, Yukina-chan." Her
eyes widened
once more.
"Thankyou, Hiei-san!" She exclaimed in delight. "If only my brother could be here, then everything would be perfect!"
Hiei barely
managed to choke out his standard "Hn!" before flitting off into the trees.
He would be there, he promised her
silently,
gazing back at the gardens from a respectable distance. But how could
he tell her...? Slowly, he made his way back to
the others.
Kurama raised one eyebrow at him and smiled as he appeared on the windowsill. He scowled back.
"Hey shrimp!
Where'd you go?" The giant ningen's voiced boomed. It had been
loud before, but now laced with a good
measure of
sake it achieved new heights in volume. He gritted his teeth, as
the scowl deepened. He spent a moment
consciously
relaxing muscles that tightened in the mere presence of that stupid oaf.
The he answered.
"I went to
see my sister." Kurama blinked. Yuusuke's jaw dropped open.
He was going to tell him. And then he was going to
make the fool
promise never to hurt Yukina, or to let her get hurt in any way, on pain
of Kokuryuha!
"You have a
sister, shrimp?" The red-headed idiot asked in surprise. Then
he smirked. "So is she as much of a bitch as you
are a bastard?"
Yuusuke dropped his glass and made to grab his tall friend -
Kurama's mouth dropped open, before turning swiftly to restrain Hiei -
- whose katana
had impaled the drunken Kuwabara. They all stood in frozen tableau
- until Keiko walked back in, with
She screamed
as Kuwabara's eyes started to glaze over, catching him and lowering him
gently to the floor. Arms wrapped
Her wide red
eyes locked onto his own. "Why?" She pleaded.
"Gomen nasai,
Yukina-chan, gomen nasai..."
Then he was
gone.
He had always
been proud of his speed, it was one of his strengths. But did he
have enough speed to outrace the memories
He didn't know.
But he would find out.
Running...
He had to keep running...
The sound of
raindrops and feet echoed in his head...
Perfect
Yukina right
behind her.
around him,
she turned in horror to Hiei, who stood motionless, staring at the slumped
body of the man that his sister loved.
that threatened
to smother him? Could anyone run from their own mind? How long
could he continue to run ahead of his past?
the sequel to Raindrops and Feet
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