The Last
Falling Leaf
chapter 2
by Henageshi
-- Chapter Two: Muruko's Last Challenge
Notes: Okay, the first chapter did not have anything to do with the plot that
much. There is a itsy witsy bad language in this one but it is more worse that
the first chapter. ^.^
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Hiei gently rubbed the wet cloth over the sharp edges of his katana, smoothly
cleaning it. As he watched his reflection appear by the cleaner it got he put
down the cloth.
"Hiei." A female voice called out from behind. Hiei turned around.
Muruko of course.
"Nanda?" He turned toward his female friend
"Shall we have a little one-on-one challenge?" she asked.
"Hn. What do you care?" Hiei snickered at her and sat down. Her
challenges meant nothing to his training usually. So why bother wasting your
breathe.
"If you win, I'll release you for 2 months." she said to him. Hiei
paused. Released for 2 months? He thought about that for a moment. That way he
could go and see Yukina. And maybe the rest of the gang. He sat up.
"Do I have your word on that?" Hiei asked. Muruko nodded.
After that, Hiei grabbed his katana. The both began to get ready for the fight.
Hiei then slashed his katana at Muruko but she dodged very quickly and flew up
into the air. Hiei followed her slashing at her many more. He couldn't een come
close to it. Her dodges were very fast and quick. Finally, they both landed on
the ground.
"Use your you-kai, Hiei." Muruko demanded. Hiei gave her an 'are you
joking' look. Muruko's fist began to light up by her red re-kai energy. She ran
towards Hiei and punched him hard into the gut. Hiei screamed in pain as he fell
onto the ground subconcious.
Muruko stood there waiting for him to get up. Hiei finally moved his arms then
stood up. There was a hole in the center of his shirt from where Muruko had
punched him.
"..Bitch.." Hiei insulted her in a rather low and angry voice.
Muruko blinked. "Don't ever be afraid to attack me for no reason." she
said. Hiei raised an eye-brow at her.
"Hn. Why is that?" Hiei asked as his injired gut began to heal.
"Because you are so weak and I am so strong that you could barely even
scratch me." Muruko answered.
She gasped. Hiei's eyes. They were white. Solid white. She could not see his
usual red color in his eyes at all. Makai flames rose up high in the sky. The
bandage hiding Hiei's jagan burnt into ashes as his third eye began to glow evil
red.
"What did you say to me?" Hiei demanded. He usually would not be this
angry at someone who called him weak, but he has out up to long with her.
Muruko smiled. "You see? You're you-kai will rise up higher if you hade it
in your head." she started to make a point to him.
"Shut up!" Hiei grabbed a gripon his katana, then dissapeared.
Muruko's body all of a sudden felt pain inside her body. She looked down at her
gut and saw an end of a katana half way out of her stomach. She coughed up blood
until she fell down onto the ground.
There, on the ground, she saw Hiei. Still in his same position. Only the look on
his face was shocked. His eyes were back to their normal color. He dropped his
katana and ran toward her.
"....Muruko..!" he held her up. Her face was all torn up. Blood and
tears going down her face. As Hiei held his friend in his arms hoping she was al
right, he felt a stream of blood go down his body. Not his blood. Her blood...
"H...i....e...i.." Muruko's voice sounded indeed scratchy and Hiei
could barely hear it.
"Yeah?" Hiei put his face up closer to her. Muruko grabbed his shirt
and pulled his ear up to her lips.
"I....." she coughed up blood. most of it landed on Hiei's ear but he
didn't care.
"Yeah..?"
"I....I....love..." the words faded out of Muruko's voice.
"...you....." after that word, Hiei felt her grip on his shirt loosen
and her head fellout of her place. Hiei stood there looking at his dead friend.
He dropped her as he got up shocked. He began to breathe deeply and looked at
his body and hands. They were covered with her blood.
"I...I just...I...no...." Hiei closed his eyes very tightly.
"NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!" he picked up his friend agian.
Only this time a whole lot quicker.
"WAKE UP DAMMIT!!!!! MURUKO WAKE UP!!!!!! MURUKO!!!!!!!" Hiei burst
out into tears as he shook her hard. He stopped for a second.
"WAKE THE FUCK UP BITCH!!!!!!! WAKE UP!!!!! WAKE UP YOU...." He
finally paused and got the clue saying she could not hear any more.
"Please don't die......." he whispered. Finally he put her down and
ran away. He didn't know or cared where he was going.He just wanted to get away
from this place as soon as possible. He seemed like he cared for Muruko more
than anything back there. But the truth was it wasn't that he cared so much
about her, it was that HE was the one who did it...and this time....there was no
excuse..