Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho. I just couldn't get this out of my head. I know, I know, I should update my freakin never ending bkaugan piece, but...I just don't know.

Onward!

Bold is thoughts

1: Love

He wasn't getting up. There's no way he's… she thought morosely. They were watching intently, looking for any signs of movement.

The demons around them were cheering. They were celebrating the idea that one of Yusuke Urameshi's team might actually be dead. One that had evaded death for so long…

"Please…" she muttered. He had to be alive. He just had to live. With Genkai gone, another death would kill her as well.

A comforting hand came on her back, "He's fine. Kurama's no quitter, trust me. I can feel it."

Usually the bubbly blue-haired girl would believe Shizuru, but she couldn't see how he could be after so many blows.

"I hope so," she heard Keiko mutter. "If not, those demons better be ready to die."

Below, Botan could see the team's distress. Yusuke had his fists balled and Kuwabara looked ready to jump in himself. Even Hiei seemed ready to kill whatever came in their path if the kitsune was to be condemned to such a fate.

As a Grim Reaper, she prided herself as the best because she was cheery. She also had the ability to feel the death of others, and this was close. It was as if Kurama himself was protecting her, making sure that she wouldn't be able to tell when he would die.

That faint flicker in her chest grew and dimmed rapidly, making her unable to pinpoint where Kurama was in his life. All she knew, he wasn't done. He just can't leave us yet. Kurama has too much to live for now, there's no way.

"Come on Kurama…" Botan pleaded. She held her hands together.

Karasu sneered. He looked at Kurama's heavy body, and looked surprised when it rose up. All four of them took deep relieved breaths, and exhaled.

The fox's last attack made him collapse, but she could feel his energy. He's alive.

Kurama was alive.

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