One Last Breath
A/n: This is a story idea I got from a friend. Yukina is the target of a horde of demons, she is kidnapped and tortured, she is almost killed. What are Hiei's thoughts and feelings? Will he be able to save her before she dies? Will he tell her his secret? What are the rest of the detectives' thoughts and feelings? There may be a few chapters. Read and Review, as usual. The parts where Yukina is captured by Yoshio, Shizo and Hime, are through her POV, the rest is third person.
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or any of it's characters, I own this story, Yoshio, Shizo, and Hime. No infringement is intended, the characters are copyright to Yoshihiro Togashi and the rest of the YYH crew.
Yukina's POV: Shattered Tears
I've been searching for my brother for so long...I'm starting to think that this was useless, that maybe I will never find him. All if the fighting that's going on around me...I can't stand to see innocent people die. I don't want people to get hurt because of me. It's not worth it.
"Now come with us, little lady, if you come quietly, I promise we won't hurt you." Said a big, burly looking man, he had me by the wrist, and continued dragging me down a scantily lit corridor.
"What do you want with me?" I asked, my voice cracking.
"We want beautiful tears you cry. We sell them. Make lots of money." Said one man, who looked rather odd, and spoke with a strong accent.
"You want to sell my tears?" I asked, biting my lip, trying to find a way to get free of the burly one's grip.
"Yes, now she get it. We want to sell them and make pretty thing for pretty girl. You a pretty girl..." he said, coming awfully close to my face.
"Please...Let me go..." I whimpered, my eyes welling up with tears, but I refused to let any go. I struggled a little, but the man's grip was too strong on my arm.
"Please!" I cried, pulling away, a few stray tears escaped my eyes, and they fell to the ground, scattering.
"Get the pretty tear gems, Shizo!" cried the man who was restraining me, to the one with the accent.
"Sir, yes, sir, Mr. Hime!" said the one named Shizo.
'I wish...they would let me go...' I said, and they continued dragging me down the corridor, to god knows where.
-- (This is what happened before Yukina was captured and it leads up to her capture. Written in third person, respectively. I'm trying to stay in character, so, hai, bear with me.)
-A place called Hirohoyoshi City, a few hours before-
"URAMESHI! I'm going to kill you if you don't shut up!" growled Kuwabara, glaring at Yusuke.
"Relax, Kuwabara, I'm joking!" said Yusuke, putting his hand behind his head, a drop of sweat forming on his forehead.
"Now, now you two, stop this useless arguing." Said Botan, stepping between them.
Hiei and Kurama were sitting on one side of the room, while Shizuru, Yukina, and Keiko were sitting on the sofa in the middle of the room, listening to Yusuke and Kuwabara.
"Hey, baby bro, let Yusuke win. Who cares whose stronger...." She muttered, and glared at Kuwabara.
"Please stop arguing you two, it's giving me a head ache, and plus you sound like two year olds, arguing over some ice cream." Muttered Keiko, emitting a glare in the general direction of Yusuke.
"Sorry Keiko..." they both murmured, noticing she was seething with anger. They'd been arguing for the better part of an hour.
"Well, that was amusing. But we must address another issue. What we're going to do next, now that the tournament is over." Said Kurama, looking around and waiting for everyone's input. Hiei was staring out the window, as usual, he seemed to be watching something, or someone.
"Well, we could-"Kuwabara stopped mid-sentence, and turned in the direction that Hiei was looking.
"What?" asked Yusuke, turning too.
"There appears to be a few low level demons outside. I think they want one of us." Murmured Hiei, his voice a little suspicious.
"I wonder which one..." murmured Botan, and then it hit her, the one who could cry beautiful gems as tears.
"We have to get out then." Said Kuwabara, turning to run towards the door, but he was stopped by Yusuke.
"They're on that side of the door too. Wait." He ordered firmly. Just then, the door burst open, and a large burly demon dashed in, and everyone jumped to their feet, Botan rushed to Shizuru's side, as she was standing in front of Yukina. The demon rushed in, past Yusuke and Kuwabara, despite their attempts to stop him.
"Where is she?" he grunted, in a stony, unpleasant voice.
"Who?" asked Botan, holding her arms out defensively.
"The ice apparition. The one who cries tears. It's a direct order from master Yoshio. He wants her tears to make money."
This statement caused Hiei appear in front of the burly demon, Hime, and hold his katana to the demon's throat.
"Tell me one thing that is preventing me from slitting your throat right now." He growled, gripping the demon by the back of the neck.
"Back off, shrimp. You are not involved, you have no reason to meddle in these affairs." He growled back, spitting at Hiei's feet.
"Like hell I don't." he growled back.
"Hiei, let him go. Unless..." said Kurama, moving closer to the demon. Hime disappeared, and reappeared in front of Botan, Hiei spat at him, and moved behind him.
Hime moved towards Botan, Keiko and Shizuru, and pushed them out of the way, as he grabbed a hold of Yukina's waist.
"Let me go!" she whimpered, and tried to struggle.
"YUKINA!!! Let her go, you big ugly freak!!!" shouted Kuwabara, and dashed to help Yukina, but the response he got wasn't one he was seeking. Hime used his free arm to throw a hard punch straight at Kuwabara's chest, which knocked him back into the table in front of the couch, and it broke into pieces.
He ran to the door and disappeared, but Hiei was right behind him.
Hime stopped for a moment, and turned, he held his hand up and shot a green ray of light out of it, which formed a barrier, which was impenetrable until it faded a few hours later.
He ran into the darkness, Yukina under his arm, she reached her hand out, as if to grab Hiei, but he just stared at her through the barrier, looking very scared.
She called out, "Help me! Please!" that phrase just about destroyed him.
--Yukina's POV-
"Come on, girl! Cry!" cried Shizo, as he threw me into a dark room, which had one tiny window, and was nothing but dirt.
"Why are you doing this?" I whimpered, thinking of my friends.
"We've explained this to you, Yukina. It's simple. Your beautiful tears are worth lots of money, and with the money we make, I figured, I could buy a huge place, and eventually try and seize control of Spirit World, and just have money and expand Master Yoshio's corporation."
"Please....just let me go." I whimpered softly, burying my head in my hands.
"No. Sorry pretty girl, need your gem and won't let you go until you cry our jewels for us." Said Shizo, and I looked at him, my hands were shaking.
'Why am I always managing to get captured? Why me? Why can't I find my brother? He would help me...' I thought to myself, and sighed loudly, a few tears slipping down my face.
(Okay, I've decided to add a few parts where it's Hiei's POV.)
I stood there and watched them drag her away.
She was screaming, the sound felt like I was being pierced by a sword.
It was painful to hear her crying for help. I couldn't help her. That bastard got to her before I could do anything. If only I'd moved a second sooner...She wouldn't be gone. I will save her. For a second time, I will not let anything hurt her. Even if it's the death of me.
YPOV:
It had gotten darker, and colder. I was still sitting in my cell, tear gems all around me, I'd been crying on and off for hours. I wish he'd save me. I wish I could find him. I wish I'd looked harder. I wish my brother was here.
I laid my head down on my knees, and slowly fell asleep, thoughts lingering in my head. My hands were burned from touching the bars. My kimono and my whole body was covered in dirt. My hair was tattered and wild looking. I sat there, by myself. Crying, in pain, waiting to take One Last Breath before I fell asleep.
A/N: What'd you think? Bad, I know. I know. Be nice to me! I'm trying. Obviously I'm going to write more. So, how do you like Nera Lunne's second YYH story? BAD! I know. I'm going to stop criticizing myself, and end. Flames are accepted. Read and Review! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! Okay. Done. Hehe.
Nera