Shiori was in the hospital. "WAHHHH! WAAAAAAAAH!" "Congradulations Shiori! You have a darling baby girl!" Shiori smiled. After 6 hours of pain, she finally had her child. "I'll name her Shuuichi..."
Sixteen Years Later...
Hiei hated the humans. He hated everyone. But especially the humans. He couldn't wait to take over this world and make everyone his slaves. Or better yet, he would just kill them all so he didn't have to deal with feeding them and such. Yes, that would be much better. Whoosh "What was that?" Hiei thought as he raced forward to investigate.
Shuuichi was walking home from school. She was always bugged by the boys if she needed help carrying her books or needed someone to walk home with. But she was polite and told them all that she was just fine. She walked through the park, as this was the route she took to get away from all the boys. As she walked, she felt a wind blow by her. She sensed something and looked up in a tree. There, barely standing was a little boy with spikey hair and all battered and bruised. Then he fell. For a girl with her looks, she was pretty strong and she caught him as he fell. "Oh you poor thing!" And she raced home.
Fortuantly, Shiori was out of town for a week, so no one was home when Shuuichi brought the little boy into her house. She rested him on her bed and started to bandage up his wounds. "He's got muscles for such a little guy," she thought as she took off his coat. While she was cleaning his wounds, he woke up.
"WHO ARE YOU?" Hiei shouted. Shuuichi looked in his eyes. They were red. Not bloodshot, his eyes were really red, not brown of blue like other people she had seen. "I said, who are you?" "I'm Shuuichi. You fell out of a tree and I carried you home. I'm trying to take care of you now, so stop moving!" No one had ever dared yell at him. His temperature started to rise.
"Oh dear! I think you have a fever!"
"I'm a fire demon you stupid ningen!"
Shuuichi stopped in her tracks. A fire demon? She had only heard stories about demons and ghosts, but a real fire demon? She decided to test him. "If you're really a fire demon, then light this candle." Hiei touched the candle and it lit. "Ummmmm..." Shuuichi started to back off. This demon could really hurt her. Heck, he could probably kill her. And he obviously didn't like humans very much. But he was hurt pretty badly, and he was kinda cute. "Look, just let me take care of you for awhile, then you can leave." Hiei didn't like to take orders from anyone, especially a human. "Hn. I'm leaving NOW!" With that, he left out the window.
Hiei sat in a tree in the park. The human world was sorta beautiful, but he would never say this out loud. As he watched the sunset, he began to think of Shuuichi. "No one has ever been nice to me like that. And she was kinda pretty..." he thought as he stared out into the city...
Shuuichi washed her sheets, since they had all the blood from the little boy's wounds. She hoped that he would be okay, even though he probably didn't care if she died or something. As she walked towards her room with her clean sheets, she heard a soft thump. "That came from my room!" she thought as she rushed to her room.
There, in her room was the little fire demon, lying on HER bed. "That little..." She walked up to him and slapped him upside the head. "Don't get comfortable you little demon," Shuuichi said, "Or I'll push you out the window." Hiei turned and looked at her. Shuuichi suddenly had a sinking feeling in her stomach. What have I done? He's gonna kill me! Hiei just sat up in her bed, and took her close to him. "I need a mate," he said in a low voice. "How old are you?" Shuuichi asked, suddenly aware that this guy wasn't as young as she suspected. "Older than you," he answered, and started to unbutton her clothes. He ran his lips around her neck. Shuuichi had never felt like this before. Then she pulled back. "We can't do this. I'm too young. What if I get pregnant?" "That's the whole point," Hiei said and ran his hands all over her body. She tingled with pleasure. He kissed her on the lips, and it turned into a long wet kiss. Shuuichi finally gave in. "Okay, but just this once.."
The next morning, Shuuichi was alone. The night before was incredible, but he left right after they finished. Or so she thought, since she fell asleep right after. (Actually, Hiei had stayed the entire night, and left just before she woke up.) She smiled as she though of him. "I wonder if he'll come back..."
Hiei followed Shuuichi to school, but she didn't know. He knew he had to protect her now, and he couldn't take over the human world just yet. He never felt such emotion before. That day when he left her after she had taken him and tended his wounds, he felt an ache in his heart that hurt more than being stabbed. That's why he went back. He didn't know what love felt like, and he figured this must be it. The pain that he felt when she wasn't around, and the joy he felt when he was with her. It all happened so fast. And now... now she meant everything to him. He was hers, and she was his. At least he hoped so...
Shuuichi was usually the perfect student, always paying attention in class. But today, she was staring out the window, thinking of her demon lover. Yes, she had fallen in love with this mysterious fire child. She couldn't wait to get back home, and see her lover again.
About a week later...
"Uhh. I don't feel good." Shuuichi was leaned over the toilet, throwing up every 5 minutes. Shiori looked at her with concern. "Maybe I should take you to the doctor's." They went to the doctor's and what they heard next was quite a shock. "Congradulations Miss Shuuichi, you're pregnant."
Hiei had known. He had known all along. And he didn't even tell her? How could he be so selfish? Shuuichi sat in her bed, not able to sleep. She thought back to what had happened the day after she found out she was pregnant...
"Shuuichi! How? Why? Who?"
"Kassan.."
"Shuuichi, you have to tell me. Who got you pregnant? Did he force you into it?"
"No Kassan, he didn't force me into it."
"Then tell me who it is."
"I..."
After that, Shuuichi ran upstairs, crying her heart out. She wished that Hiei would be in her room, waiting to comfort her. And he was there. He stayed for a couple of hours then left to go... where ever he went when he wasn't with her. Then Shuuichi cried herself to sleep.
Shiori looked inside of her room, saw her sleeping, and left. She was very worried. Her child was pregnant? Her Shuuichi? She was always the perfect little daughter, never disobeying her. But now, she was pregnant. Had she taught her correctly? Shiori questioned her skill as a parent. Was it her fault for not telling Shuuichi about teen pregnancy? Or was it that Shuuichi didn't listen to her? So many questions...
Hiei ran from her. His love. His life. And he ran. He didn't know why he felt so afraid. She will have to tell her mother sometime. Tell her who got her daughter pregnant. Then he'll be in trouble. Maybe she would accept him. Maybe she won't. He hoped that she would.
Nine months later...
Shuuichi was in the hospital. "WAHHHH! WAAAAAAAAH!" "Congradulations Shuuichi! You have a darling baby boy!" Shuuichi smiled. After 7 hours of pain, she finally had her child. "What should I name him?" Shiori looked at her daughter. She was staring out the window, like she had been for the past 9 months, like she was looking for someone. Everyone cleared out of the room, to leave the family alone. Shuuichi lay in bed with her son, while Shiori sat near the bed. "You never told me who was the father," Shiori started, then she stopped. A dark figure stood near the window. Shiori stood up, thinking that it was a thief, then Shuuichi told her to sit down and not to worry. The dark figure walked towards the child. Shiori immediately tensed up, but relaxed a little when the figure bent down and kissed her grandson on the cheek. "Hiei."
"You came back." Hiei looked at Shuuichi with his red eyes. "I'm sorry that I left. I needed time to... think."
"Think about what?"
"About what I should do now that I have a child in the human world. I can't take it over now."
"You were going to take it over?"
"I changed my mind after I met you."
Shiori was still in shock, but she opened her mouth to speak. "Are you... Are you the father?" Hiei looked at her. "Yes, and I promise to take care of my child. You have my word." He turned and looked at Shuuichi. "I'll never leave you again. I promise." And he never left her side after that.
Ten years later...
"Kurei!" "What Kassan?" "Are you ready for school?" "Yes Kassan!" "Okay! Tousan will drive you to school." Kurei picked up his backpack, put his shoes on and waited for Tousan. "Hiei, honey?" Shuuichi walked up into their bedroom. "Hiei! I can't believe you're still sleeping! Get up!" Hiei got up, and got ready as fast as he could. (Now considering how fast he is, he got ready in about... a minute.) "Now go! Kurei is waiting!" Hiei ran downstairs, gobbled his breakfast and stopped right in front of Kurei. "C'mon son, let's go."
Thanks to Lori McDonald for her inspiration!
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