Disclaimer: YuYu Hakusho belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi
Verity
A sickening crunch as the brittle bones in his face collapsed. Yomi hadn't killed him. The assassin had died long ago; he had simply refused to acknowledge it.
The muscles in Kurama's neck tightened, the self-assured fox choking on his momentary doubt. The inarticulate yell—Kurama must have believed it to be rage.
No. A millennia of pent-up, unrealized pain and grief, as effectively repressed as the assassin's death.
He needed Kurama here, required his assistance. Yomi's boasted wisdom and maturity—it was all another illusion.
Yomi had actually still been unreasonably hoping Kurama's rumored assassination order was a lie.
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Owari
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-Windswift