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~~Standard disclaimers apply~~
"When you feel like there's nowhere to run
I'll be the one
To hold you."
The One, Backstreet Boys
Chapter 6
"No!" Kurama whispered, kneeling on the stone floor. "You bastard!" He looked at Hiei with regret in his eyes. I'm sorry, Hiei. I failed you. The sanjiyan's crimson eyes were filled with an understanding, along with fear. "Let him go. You can have me instead!" Kurama tried to negotiate desperately.
"No, thanks." The Kurama-lookalike chuckled, amused by Kurama's plea. "I'll have you anyway." He looked at the youkai he held. "Both of you..." The evil demon leaned down and bit Hiei's neck, marking him. Hiei moaned softly in revulsion.
Yuusuke had to grab Kurama as he lunged. The ningen glared at the strange demon. "Who and what are you?!"
The youko smiled. "My name is Damasuke." Hiei's eyes widened a bit. "I'm a halfbreed, just like this little one." He indicated Hiei, who shuddered. "Half kitsune, half shapeshifter..."
Kurama glared at Damasuke angrily. "Why are you doing this?!"
"For revenge!" Damasuke scowled. "You killed my family! Right in front of me! I was five!" The youko smiled insanely. "You took from me what I loved most; now it's time for me to return the favor." Damasuke pinned Hiei to the corridor wall, and kissed him brutally. Something dark fell to the floor, pinging against the stone.
"NO!" Kurama broke away from Yuusuke and ran toward Damasuke, but the demon pulled Hiei in front of him, and put a dagger to the Jaganshi's throat.
"Not another step or I kill him," the shapeshifter growled. Kurama stopped dead in his tracks. "Back away slowly." The kitsune obeyed reluctantly, backing up until he was next to Yuusuke again. "Very good. Now, where was I? Oh, yes...Yomi wanted him because his tear gems amplify power. I was in charge of...harvesting them." Damasuke produced a sharp leaf. He looked at Kurama. "Now I'll show you how much fun I've had with your lover these past few days."
Hiei whimpered softly as he understood what was going to happen. Again. No! Kurama! Please help me! I need you! Another tear gem fell to the floor.
Kuwabara had been watching everything, hidden in the shadows. Something small and dark rolled toward him, stopping at his feet. Bending down slowly, so as not to draw attention to himself, he picked it up and saw that it was a black tear gem. What the hell..?! Hiei having the ability to produce tear gems could mean only one thing. This means that...that Hiei is Yukina's brother! The ningen looked at Hiei closely and saw the terror in his eyes. Kuwabara knew that he could not allow Damasuke to hurt Yukina's brother. I'm doing this for Yukina! Putting his hand against the wall, the carrot-top carefully calculated an angle to slice off Damasuke's hand. I hope this works...
With his left hand, Damasuke slid the sharp leaf under Hiei's belt and started to cut it off. Suddenly a red bolt of Reiki shot out from the wall, and sliced off his right hand. It, and the dagger that he had held to Hiei's throat, fell to the stone floor. The youko shrieked in pain and dropped Hiei, clutching at his stump of a wrist. His form wavered and changed, revealing a dark youko with a ragged scar across his face.
Kuwabara ran forward and grabbed Hiei, pulling him to safety. "Kurama, Urameshi, go!" As the two jumped forward to fight, Kuwabara retreated to a safe distance and put the fire demon down. Hiei was shaking; whether from fear or from cold, the orange-haired ningen couldn't tell. "Oi, shrimp, you okay?"
Hiei didn't respond and kept his eyes locked to the floor. He continued to shiver. Kuwabara sighed and pulled off his trench coat, slipping it around Hiei's shoulders. The fire demon looked up at the ningen with a confused expression on his bruised face. "Thank you," he whispered, almost inaudibly, then turned his crimson eyes to the battle.
Kuwabara just stood there, trying not to die of shock. The shrimp's being polite?! He must be pretty sick! Shaking his head, he turned to watch the battle as well.
Kurama slashed at Damasuke with his Rose Whip, growling curses under his breath. I'll kill you for what you did to Hiei, you bastard! He grunted in surprise as Damasuke narrowly evaded the whip.
Yuusuke appeared in front of Damasuke and punched him in the face as hard as he could. The dark youko went down like a ton of bricks.
Kurama grabbed his enemy by the collar, and brought him face to face. "I should make your death long and painful...but I won't sink to your level." The silver youko's eyes flashed as he forced Damasuke's mouth open and inserted a seed. The evil youko swallowed involuntarily. Kurama grinned and stepped back.
Damasuke barely had time to scream as a mass of vines exploded from his chest. The plant consumed him slowly and painfully. Kurama smiled grimly, and turned away, hurrying to Hiei and kneeling in front of him. "Koibito," he whispered, checking the fire demon for injuries, "are you okay? Did he hurt you?"
Hiei didn't answer, and only stared through him. Kurama pulled him into a hug, holding him close. The fire demon buried his face in the youko's chest and began to cry. Using his Jagan, he went into Kurama's mind. : I thought he was you. I thought that you had... :
Kurama's thought interrupted his. : I know, koibito, I know. But now you're safe. Mukuro has a healer- :
Hiei pulled away from the kitsune. "Spies! Mukuro has spies here! She knows!"
Yuusuke spoke up. "If that's the case, we'd better get out of here!"
Kurama nodded. "I know some of the secret passageways that lead from the castle. We'll go out the back way." The kitsune gently lifted Hiei into his arms. He looked a bit surprised at the trenchcoat, but smiled at Kuwabara in gratitude. The silver youko led the way down the hall.
Yuusuke noticed Kuwabara's unease. "What's wrong, Kuwabara?" The ningen had been strangely silent the entire trip.
Kuwabara stopped. Kurama and Yuusuke glanced at each other, concerned. "Well...erm...Is...is Hiei Yukina's brother?"
Yuusuke's jaw dropped. "How...how did you figure it out?" Kuwabara held up the tear gem that he'd picked up. Yuusuke put a hand to his forehead. "K'so! You weren't s'posed to know!" He clapped a hand over his mouth and glanced at Kurama apologetically.
Kuwabara looked angry. "Why not?!" he demanded. Stupid youkai! Why didn't he say so?! I would've understood why he was such a brat if he'd told me!
Kurama sighed, speaking up. "Hiei doesn't want Yukina to know that he's her brother. He was afraid that you'd let it slip, maybe on purpose because he thinks you hate him."
"What?!" Kuwabara's jaw dropped. "Yukina's been looking for her brother for a long time! Of course I'm going to tell her! But not 'cause I hate him! I just...um...disagree with him a lot..." Yeah, that's it... The ningen's eyes flashed. "But she deserves to know, so I'll tell her."
Yuusuke grabbed his friend's shirt. "Don't you dare! Leave it alone! It's not your job to meddle." He lowered his voice a few hundred octaves. "That's Kurama's..."
"I heard that," Kurama said dryly.
Kuwabara blinked. "Well, why doesn't Hiei tell her?" Stupid shrimp! He knows that she wants to find her brother! He even had the gall to offer to find him! And he was her brother all along! What a jerk!
Yuusuke looked away. After a few moments, Kurama answered. "He doesn't want to disapoint her."
"She wouldn't be disapointed! She always says that she wishes that Hiei were her brother! Why does he think she'd be disapointed?!"
"Do you really need to know?" Kuwabara nodded. Crap. He'll tell her otherwise... Kurama looked away and sighed. "All his life, Hiei has been rejected, and he doesn't want to risk another rejection. He thinks that Yukina is expecting a 'nice' brother. Hiei...thinks of himself as a cold-blooded killer...he feels that he doesn't deserve to have her as his sister." Kurama looked at Kuwabara. "He thinks he'd just end up hurting her..."
"Oh..." Kuwabara mumbled and looked away, uncomfortable. Damn...He must feel pretty shitty about himself if he thinks he'd hurt her just by being her brother... They continued walking. The ningen looked at Hiei, who was still sound asleep. Sleeping, the fire demon looked innocent and vulnerable, a total opposite of how he acted when he was awake. Poor little guy. If he really is Yukina's brother, he was abandoned at birth because he was the Forbidden Child. No wonder he acts like such a jerk...He didn't have much of a childhood...
Finally, they reached the gate. And found that it was blocked by Mukuro and some of her goons. The 'bionic bitch' chuckled. "You tried to avoid me." Her voice flattened. "How rude." She smiled. "Now, if you would be so kind as to hand over my heir, I'll refrain from killing you."
AHHHHH!! It's the never-ending fic! The fic that swallowed my life...Wait, no. That's Doomsay Picnic. This is just the fic that...erm...Swallowed...uh...Wait! It IS the fic that swallowed my life! Especially since this is going to be an ONGOING fic. Yes, minna! Shudder in absolute terror! MWAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!
Y'know, speaking of Doomsday Picnic, maybe I should actually finish that...
Hiei: Is there any reason that you like to torture me?!
Rose: *smiles* You look so kawaii when you're getting tortured, dear.
Kurama: *grins too* Erm...I'd have to agree there.
Hiei: *snarls* Shut up, Fox!
Rose: *scolds him* Now, now, Hiei-chan, just because he agrees with me is no reason to get upset!
Hiei: *screams* YES IT IS!! AND DON'T CALL ME THAT!!!
Rose and Kurama: *shrug*
Hiei: *glares at both of them* You two are the most annoying, *they nod* insane, *they nod again* hyperactive, *they nod again, and Hiei sputters*
Rose: *blinks* Oh! That must mean he likes us, ne, Kurama-san?
Kurama: *winks* Hai, Rose-sama.
Hiei: *explodes* I HATE YOU TWO!!
Rose: *glares at him; lightning strikes nearby* NEVER hate the fic writer to her face!
Hiei: *really kawaii blood-red eyes widen* Um... *he hesitates and lightning strikes even closer* Okay, okay, I'm sorry!!
Rose: *dances* Yay! I'm giving Hiei-chan etiquette training and it's actually working! Ahh...the perks of being a fanfic writer...
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Rose: *appears* Nice try, Hiei-chan. But you forgot...All fic writers have alarms...If an anime character approaches the computer, we know! And who says I'm ningen?! *crimson eyes narrow* Never insult the fanfic writer!
Hiei: AHHH!! *RUNS as Rose steals his dragon*
Rose: *turns to Kurama* Don't worry, I won't kill him...yet!
Kurama: *smirks* Good...I have plans for that kawaii little youkai!