A little insight before we get into the story. The main female character has been part of the group after they were all recruited. Hiei and her had been an item for about 6 months, point after which she took on mostly single missions and even though she kept in touch with the group, life has other plans for her. Story takes place around the time they are in their mid-twenties.

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"Hiei's POV:

"You do realize what you are asking me to do?"

"I am not asking, I am demanding. I am giving you what you wanted all along."

"Not having you with us…" her cold grave look signaled not only did she not believe him, but she wasn't going to back down either. That is what me and my partner overheard before entering that cursed office on the 1st of October. It was hard no hear with their voices echoing down the long corridor.

"You will take me somewhere only you know. Left in a deep sleep from which I will never awake" she trailed off unphased by our presence there. I looked at her even if she had her back towards me. I have watched her from a distance, hopping she will find peace somewhere, anywhere, even if that wasn't going to be with me. I have lost that change years ago. The man behind the desk glanced over, his eyes begging us for help. He feared her. He had tried so hard to banish her, break her down and now when she was the one asking for it he couldn't. She has helped his cause despite the hardship. She was there to aid the worlds, no questions asked

The moment and the air of the entire situation quickly passed when his desk was laying at his feet, splinters scattered across the floor.
"You will help me die, or you will meet your end." Dark powers latched onto on soul. One that was fading with fast with each passing breath she took. No longer having a purpose, she was dead inside. And then his words hit me.

"I will help you." Kurama took a step towards him, the one in charge of so called keeping the worlds safe.

"This is madness"

"She turned to the side, eyes lifeless and dark. My partner trailed on. "You can't just give up. Firstly he can't stop you but he also has no power over you. You are a goddess, thus outranking him."

"And I am dying either way."

"How much time?" I finally spoke and she glanced over to me nodding her head, acknowledging my presence there.

"The end of the year." I knew the shock on my face couldn't be contained. Three months would pass in a blink of an eye. Three months to change her mind. I closed the gap between us and pulled her by the arm to face me.

"You are dying because you are letting yourself die. Because you found nothing he help you hold on to any place. I know your heart stopped beating. I know you can't feel any emotions, but if it's all the same to you, I have a request." She nodded, her eyes sort of softening by my outburst. I knew she didn't resent me. I have made it clear to her that I was trying to help. That's why her demeanor changed when I touched her. I knew she couldn't feel anything without a beating heart, but she still tried to face me differently. For the first time I didn't care that I was about to open my soul despite having other people in the room. I let my hand trail down her arm and I took her hand into mine. I couldn't let her go, because I felt that if I did she would disappear from my sight and I would never be able to find her again.

"I need you to listen to me very carefully." She nodded slightly and I tightened the grasp on her hand. "Give me these three months." She looked puzzled, well as much as her face allowed it to be shown.

"I know it's asking a lot considering who and what I am. I know I can be cold and blur out insults ahead if anything else, but I am really asking for you to give me a chance."

"You want to be with me? Am I understanding this? Be near me these months or…?"

"Being together with you. As your lover." I knew I could not live in a world where she doesn't exist. That was a such a taboo complex for me. Koenma wanted to say something, but my glare cut him off.

"You can't change my mind."

"But I can try. So what will it be?"

"In all fairness, spending these last months with you would be a nice change of pace. I'll let you have the end of me." I tried not to let out a sigh of relief and kept my composure.

"I'll come over tonight at 9. Be ready to go out." When she left, Koenma finally spoke.

" I don't know what you are planning, but it's a dangerous game." Before I could utter a word, Kurama intervened.

"I honestly believe this isn't a game. His proposition was very sincere. He doesn't want her to die and will do all that needs to be done in order to prevent that from happening. I am taking a leap here by saying this, but I am almost certain he has never stopped loving her, but given the turmoil they both had to endure in the past, it was easier this way. To just pretend there was nothing there and watch her from a distance. Am I wrong?"

I almost let out a growl. But he wasn't wrong despite my dislike for him having figured it out. And all it took was today's display. He missed the rest of the signs. When she was banished out of our time and I went back for her. When I saved her from her ex's rage. When she came back to life and came to see me. All those encounters when I would her first. She could make all these feelings emerge by just a simple smile, an involuntary touch.

"I understand. Then I place my trust in your hands, please don't let her die." His words made me angry.

"I don't need your insignificant trust. I am not doing this for you so you can live with a clear conscience. You could have prevented what is happening now a long time ago. And if I fail and you go through with her request, I will kill you." And with that being said I left.

"Well two death threats in one day."

"I don't know how much he can change with her in this state. He will need to bare himself completely and even then the chances are grim."

"That's what I am afraid of."