34Silver: Hello again! Aren't you proud of me? That's the second chapter I've posted in two days! I wonder how many people actually read this... well, anyways, for those of you who do, want a cookie? two? three? and milk? I made 'em last night. Well... R/R please...
Chapter 13
Quietly Now...
When the door clicked shut, Rain's eyes snapped open and she looked warily towards the entrance of the room. 'Now…' she thought. Silently, she brought herself out of bed and walked to the window. Upon touching the window's latch, the young girl was shocked and immediately pulled her hand back. This was her only way out and she was going to make it out… no matter what the cost…
She touched the handle but despite the shock it gave her, she grasped onto it and pulled it open a little bit each minute… she smelled the scent of burning flesh but she wasn't going to back down. She had to get out… she just had to!… but why?
A voice was ringing through Rain's head and she knew it wasn't her own… but it did bring up an interesting point… why? Why was she trying so hard to get free of this prison? Was it just because she didn't want to get married?… no… an image of Hiei's bound body flashed through her minds eye and she knew why she had to get out… she had to help Hiei! With a new found strength, the window was ripped open and Rain dove out before the window could slam and keep her in. She felt herself falling and knew, to save her life, she would have to let go a little energy. A small pair of wings poked from her back, allowing her to drift gently to the ground. She put them away when her foot touched the ground and she dove for the nearest bush… she heard the window above her open and she held her breath…
"Go find her for me, would you Atem?" asked the smooth voice of Hiroshin.
"Sire…" Atem whispered and she heard the door close.
Rain leaned against the wall of the castle, still hidden in the bushes. Breathing slowly, she wondered what should be her next step. 'Hiei? Are you there? Can you hear me?' Rain searched for the fire demon telepathically. A response came… weak and low, but it was there!
'Rain?' came Hiei's low voice.
'Hiei! Do you know where you are? Tell me so I can find you and get us out of here!' Rain said quickly. She could feel the pride from Hiei emanating… he wanted to say that he didn't need help, but he knew he needed it…
'All I know is I'm still in your cousin's house but I'm in the lower levels. I'm not too sure, but I think I'm in the lower East Wing…'
'Alright, Hiei, I'm coming. Just hold on!' Rain said soothingly… she heard Hiei's Hn before the connection was cut by his loss of reality...
Holding her head in her hands, Rain thought of how she was going to pull this off. First, she had to get into the castle once more and then orient herself so she could find the East Wing. But even before that, she had to get out of this dress! Thankfully she found that Atem hadn't removed her pendant. She thought about something stealthy and remembered the Amaryllis cotton that most of her clothes from Koenma were made from and remembered they never rustled or made any type of sound for that matter. 'Perfect,' she thought as she imagined herself in the soft, light-weight fabric. The change that came across her skin was welcome relief to the scratchiness of the wedding gown. She now wore long pants a tunic (like Genkai's outfit… with the pants and the long-sleeve shirts that are baggy and have and kimono type doohickey over it, but Rain's sleeves are short). Looking down, she approved of the coloring which was black and silver with dragon print on the top layer. She made her black hair come up in a tight bun tied with silver ribbons.
Quietly, Rain started to walk around the mansion searching for some window that wasn't locked or hard to get into. After about ten minutes of searching, she finally found a chest height window that opened up into a grand hall . Lifting herself onto the window sill, she gently opened the window, slipped inside, and closed it again. The black-haired girl walked stealthily down the hallway using a bit of her power to find Hiei's life energy. It was faint but enough to get her attention.
'I must be in the East Wing, I can sense Hiei directly below me… but how do I get to him?' She searched out Atem and Hiroshin's energy. The latter was some floors above her while the former was on the same floor but on the opposite side of the mansion. Breathing a quick sigh of hope, she started searching the rooms around her for a way down.
The first room didn't hold anything interesting and neither did the second. The third room on the other hand had many huge portraits of people that had owned the mansion before Atem, she guessed.
Although she wanted to examine these portraits for any resemblances to herself, Rain knew she had to find Hiei. As she turned to leave, a painting on her right caught her eye. It looked exactly like her in demon form except the fact that the hair fell in ringlets instead of being straight and no wings…
She shook her head as she remembered Tabby's story… 'That must be the woman who died at the hands of the murderer…'
Silver: I'm getting kinda creeped out myself:S and I have to write this thing! Have a good day