Author's Note: Back by popular demand is... DUN DUN DUUUN!... the ever-awaited sequel of Praying for Closure. After receiving countless requests, pleas, and good reviews on its predecessor, I simply HAD to make a sequel. Thus, here we are! =3 This story is incomplete outside of FF and thus far, there is a grand total of 22 chapters. I can promise you, this ride will be just as wild as the last. In fact, in my personal opinion, you guys are in for far more surprises and misadventures with dearest Kotone than in PFC.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, the Lost City of Atlantis was really just a broken castle in my fish tank, thus Yoshihiro Togashi has decided that he won't take the trade for the rights to Yu Yu Hakusho. So, I'm off to continue excavating- without killing the fish this time...- and maybe I'll own our favorite show sometime soon. In the meantime, I DO NOT OWN YU YU HAKUSHO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS!
Rating: This story is rated M for Mature, due to violent scenes, character deaths, possible sexual circumstances, and anything else you can think of. Yes, this involves morbid, angry zombies.
Language: As stated in PFC, there will oodles of swearing. This is especially the case when it comes to our beloved fire apparition OC, Daiki. Also, some characters 'be usin' all sorts o' irritatin' accents, ya know lasses?' No flames for this unless you're simply stupid. This will ONLY be used when certain characters are speaking and not in usual context.
Flamers: Those of you that feel the need to bitch about something or other, it is welcomed if not horrid. For instance: "Yer storee suuucks! How stoopid!" That will be deleted, laughed at, and I might just cry from the hilarity of it. Otherwise, I love constructive criticism.
First of all… I want to give a HUGE thanks to ShadowAmaris for her unwavering support and as my kinda-Beta, considering she has had the pleasure of reading each chapter long before it is posted. This story is dedicated to her for the intense loyalty and her undying support of all my works. Darling, don't worry! I have much more to send you when I start typing it. .
Just 2 Dream of You: It's alright darling! I was told not to let anyone else read my book anyways by a friend in the industry. Still looking for an agent. -.- Ugh! Thank you for all your support during PFC and I hope you enjoy this one just as much!
Sherlaylay: =3 You know I have to keep things interesting and a war is the perfect idea to do so! Heh… And the last chapter was a bit heartbreaking, honestly, but trust me when I saw a lot of crazy shit is going down in this one. . So, here comes Kotone and Hiei, back for more! Let's see what trouble follows now. Heh… And I'm glad you liked the sneak peak! XD
KillerKarebear: There's a sequel! Obviously, since I'm answering you in the beginning of it… XD I hope you enjoy this one just as much as you did PFC! With avid reviewers like you, I couldn't just let the story die with PFC, after all!
Vallerria: XD 'Read a sequel so hard'? I laughed my bum off when I read that! You honestly made my day with that… AWWW! I LOVE YOU TOO! –huggles extremely tightly- WITH READERS LIKE YOU, I LOVE EVERYONE! –continuing to squeeze- T_T Since I ended PFC, I hope you can forgive me since I'm posting this sequel!
Masmith03: No worries on not reviewing sooner, sweetheart! We all have RL drama to deal with and trust me, I understand! The point is you always make up for it with a lengthy, sweet review that has me smiling by the end of it. =3 I also love that you tell me about your range of emotions while reading. It gives me inspiration to write! Of course, I had to write a sequel with loves like you behind me! –huggles- Now, let's hope you like this one just as much!
Skyla15699: I'm glad you liked PFC! =3 I hope you love this one just as much, dear!
LOOK AT ALL THOSE REVIEWS! Now, if only people will review this sequel like they did the last few chapters of PFC… . Might take off from my Writer's Block. Heh…
Song for Chapter:
W.L.S.T.D. – H.I.M., Tears on Tape
Chapter One: Prologue
~:.:{ It Begins with a Kiss
Violently Soothing and Warm,
When Love Starts to Die…}:.:~
Her heart raced, mind throbbing, adrenaline coursing through every vein. She was afraid; death was at her heels and would not stop.
The deceased numbered in the millions, for never had three worlds been the battleground for something so heinous, so unheard of. War was the enemy, yet so many wanted it to continue. Fewer still would live, and now it was not only her own loved ones at stake, but those she had never heard of or dreamed of.
She was a selfish creature; she always had been. She valued the lives of those she knew, those she loved, and cared little for the survival of others. Many had met the afterlife with the last memory being the blade of her sword. She simply did not care...
But now, seeing all she cherished burned to ash, her mentality had been altered. Little could be said on whether it was for the best, but she would not come out of this the same person.
Once, she had read in a Ningenkai book, that if one does not die a hero, they will live until they become the villain they once fought. She believed it now more than ever. She had become the villain, but could she also be a hero?
She gasped, tears leaking down her face and streaking through the weeks-worth of blood and dirt. Her hair matted with the debris, but little did she care over all these trivial matters. He was dying, and she had caused this.
'I killed him too...' She let her thoughts wash over the man in her arms, and his eyes widened. Now, he would die as his idol had. 'Please, not you too, please.'
The blood covering her shirt and tattered cloak, seeping in between lengthy fingernails, was not her own. She could feel the warmth radiating from it and her stomach churned violently.
"There are... w-worse evils t-than... war," he coughed, splattering red across her face, "y-yet, you are n-not."
His heart slowed.
His breathing hitched.
He sputtered and hacked.
His eyes began to twinkle less each moment that passed.
She paid little mind to the explosions chasing her or the screams in both the distance and background. She did not care. He was not one of them, the dying. Her eyes were set only on him. She was sure he was one of the last- if not the last- she had left. She could not lose him too...
"D-do you remember w-what you once told me?" He licked his lips and she could tell it was hard for him to do so. 'The only thing we really have to fear is fear itself-' His mind had begun to ravel into hers, expressing through thoughts what his mouth was not strong enough to convey any longer.
She sobbed harder, "Nameless, unreasoning, unjustified horror, which paralyzes us so we cannot advance, but instead retreat. Mortals taught me this."
'Remember that. Remember. I love y-'
His heart stopped.
His breathing ceased.
His mouth fell open.
His eyes dulled.
He left her.
Despite the danger she knew would follow, she stopped her arduous retreat and placed him upon the barren soil. She sobbed harder than ever before, though noise did not follow her heart-wrenching moment. She knew Death was ripping the very organ from her chest little by little and honestly, she did not believe she had any left to give.
She could not stand over his body for long, and the moment she had finished clutching to him and trying to revive the demon, she stood. The erratic winds, which she had not noticed before, shivered at her touch as she forcefully used them to dig a grave into the ground. His body was lowered gently and soon covered, but she did not leave him unmarked. A boulder was pulled with her own two hands, throwing it atop the grave. She carved only one word against it.
Martyr.
"For you, I will never be nameless. Your death will be for a reason, a purpose, and justified beyond all else. I love you more than the stars, the sun, any my very life. I'm sorry I did this to you."
She felt the winds change. She would not allow him to die in vain. No, she would survive, as she always had. She was a survivor.
She would become Death... for him.
~:.:{ When Love Starts to Die,
So Do I… }:.:~
Review! I want to know what everyone thinks of the opening chapter!
Next in 'Revelation, Defamation':
In every war, secret agendas are plotted and assassination attempts will come to light. What one must understand is, in Makai, things are much, much darker and bloodier than anything that Ningenkai could ever believe. Thus, with her loathing of Mukuro and the fear for those she cherishes, Kotone has to be ready with her own plots and agendas, lest those she loves fall to the wayside as casualties of this upcoming terror. But, what has Mukuro got planned?