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Disclaimer: I own my Hiei keychain, and my YYH DVDs! Does that mean I own YYH? *readers shake their heads* Darn it.... Maybe if I wish like Kaoru does.... MWAHAHAHA
Black Tears
Chapter Two
'...' indicates thought
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OMG! You guys are awesome! I didn't expect to get all this wonderful feedback! Thanks soooooo much! *hugs audience* Reviewer comments are at the end of the chapter. So make sure to stick around, and remember, if you review you also get put on the bottome! yeah! ^^ Oki, on with the fic!
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From last time:
The deeper he got into the cave, the more bodies he found and the more blood that coated the walls and floor. He kicked a body out of the way, and proceeded even deeper, worry growing with every step.
"Hiei? Are you here? Answer me."
And then a gasp escaped the kitsune's lips, a look of horror spreading across his features, green eyes widening in shock. It was... But it couldn't be... he never went anywhere without it...
Lying in a pool of crimson, the light glinting off its bloodied blade lay a kantana.... Hiei's kantana.
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"No... This, this can't be...." Kurama knelt down and picked the sword out of its blood bath. Running his fingers over the blade, now sticky with a thick coat of the blood from the demons Hiei had slayed, he slowly stood up.
Clutching the sword to him he left the cave, headed back towards Spirit World. Even shocked by what had happened, Kurama's mind was still working rationally. First, he needed to explain to Koenma and the other detectives why Hiei had been taken. And then, they would begin their hunt immideately.
Kurama boldly entered Spirit World, brushing right past the guards without even giving him his name, his normal stride now lengthened to cover as much ground as possible. Several ogres attempted to stop him from reaching Koenma's office but he shoved them off and brushed past.
"Koenma," he barked, throwing open the double doors and striding towards the toddler who was sitting at his desk, hurriedly stamping documents.
"What is it KuRAMA!" The young ruler yelped as a sword was thrown on top of his papers, blood dropping on top of the clean white documents.
"We have a problem," said Kurama gravely. "Call back Yusuke and Kuwabara, they need to hear this."
"Right..." Kurama pushed a bright red button on his desk and at once Botan appeared out of thin air.
"You called Koenma-Sama!" she said brightly. It was then she noticed Kurama sitting on a couch across the room, his face in his hands, clearly upset about something. "Is something wrong with Kurama, Koenma-Sama?"
"Get Yusuke and Kuwabara here immideately, I don't care what they are doing, bring them here. Please hurry..." He looked up at his most trusted ferry girl, his brown eyes shining with an urgency, a fear, that she had only witnessed at the Dark Tournament when he had betted his life.
"Right away. I'll be back before you can say 'bingo'!" She materialized her oar and jumped on, speeding out the doors that Kurama hadn't closed behind him, intent on getting Yusuke and Kuwabara back to Spirit World asap.
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"OH YEAH! I win again!" Yusuke threw his hands in the air, a huge grin on his face. "How many is that now, three hundred?"
"Actually," said Kayko[1]," That's only your thirty second win.."
"Damn you Urameshi," growled Kuwabara, glaring at the game controller he held in his hand. "How do you manage to beat me at my best game?"
"Don't feel bad Kuwabara," sneered the black haired teen, "Mario Kart is my favorite game too...."
"Why you..." The orange haired teen leaped off of the couch and tackled the laughing Yusuke, wrapping his arms around his neck and attempting to strangle him.
"Oh dear...," murmered Kayko, a sweatdrop appearing on the back of her head, "Here we go again..."
The three friends were currently at Kuwabara's house, all just hanging out. When Kuwabara had started bragging about how he could thrash Yusuke at his favorite nintendo game, he had easily taken to the challange, saying that he could never be beaten by a KuwaBAKA.
The brown haired girl sighed as the two continued to beat each other up, or in other words Yusuke beat up Kuwabara. They could be so childish at times and it was times like these she wondered why she hung around them, but then she would remember the special qualities each had as well as a place in her heart.
"Break it up you two!" A blue haired girl had just suddenly appeared in the middle of Kuwabara's den. She moved forward and smacked both fighting boys over their heads with her oar.
"OW, Damnit, that hurt! Why'd you do that Botan?" asked Yusuke, rubbing the back of his head.
"Something is wrong," she said, quite seriously, her bubbly manner gone. "Koenma-Sama is very upset about something and so is Kurama. He just told me to get you two and for you to come as quickly as you can."
Yusuke turned to Kayko, a silent plea of forgiveness in his eyes. "I know I promised to spend the evening with you Kayko, but it looks like something has come up and-"
Kayko placed a finger over his lips, preventing him from saying anymore. "I understand. Now go, it sounds like Koenma really needs you," she said softly.
"You're the best Kayko!" Yusuke pulled her into a quick hug and then grabbed on to the end of Botan's oar and the three disappeared.
"I do hope everything is all right," mused Kayko to herself. "It's probably nothing, just something that needs fixed... Better head home." The girl picked up her coat and slipped out the front door, shutting it softly behind her and went down the street to her own home.
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When Botan pulled up at Koenma's office and entered, the two humans behind her, she was unprepared for the sight that met her eyes. Kurama was still sitting on the bench where she'd last seen him, but this time his shoulders were shaking silently.
"Kurama!" The blue haired girl ran over and gently laid a hand on his shoulder. "Kurama?"
He picked his head up, his emerald eyes looking magnified by the tears still welled up inside. "It's all my fault," he whispered, "If only I had gotten there sooner..."
Slowly, Botan wrapped her arms around him until the fox demon was in her embrace, a silent comfort. The two humans exchanged looks with each other. Since they had known Kurama they had never seen him cry before.
The sound of footfalls approaching them alerted the group to the newest person who had come to stand before Yusuke. Koenma had gone into his teenage form, his cape settling around his shoulders a grim expression on his face.
"Kurama, would you care to explain this?" The teenage leader pulled out the bloodied sword from behind his back and held it up for the group to see.
The red haired kitsune rose to his feet, gently removing Botan's arms, and he took the sword from Koenma. "Do any of you recognize this?" he asked, eyes scanning the group.
"It's a sword," said Yusuke. "What's so special about that?" Deep down, Yusuke was starting to feel a strange sense of uneasiness, like something wasn't right. And that sword looked kinda familiar.
"It's Hiei's sword."
Kuwabara put his hand over his eyes and looked around the room. "If that's his sword, where's the shrimp, I don't see him anywhere...."
"He's been captured," said Kurama softly, turning the sword over in his hands, not really believing the words he had uttered himself.
"WHAT!" Yusuke exclaimed. "But Hiei's an awesome fighter, he wouldn't just lose to some puny wimps!"
"Then it shows us that these demons that attacked him were quite strong. Although it appears Hiei didn't go down without a fight, there were quite a few bodies in the cave."
"Well why would some demons kidnap Shorty?" asked Kuwabara.
Kurama turned and looked straight at Kuwabara. "What I'm about to tell you right now is never to be said outside of this room, if Hiei ever finds out he would kill me."
Botan clapped a hand over her mouth. Was Kurama going to tell about the relationship between Hiei and Yukina? But why?
"Hiei....Hiei is Yukina's brother," the fox said quietly.
Kuwabara's jaw dropped in surprise. "The shrimp is her brother? Impossible! I mean, she's an ice apparation and he is a fire demon!"
"I don't know the details, all I know is that Hiei is her twin brother who was seperated from her at birth."
"Why did you tell him that?" questioned Yusuke.
"Because family ties are very important in this current time, it is the reason that Hiei was taken."
"I don't get it," said Kuwabara, running a hand through his greased hair. "Why does it matter if he is her brother?"
"Think. Yukina is an ice apparation that makes pearls when she cries. Hiei is her brother, half Koormire. That blood in him allows him to make pearls as well. But seeing as he is not an ice apparation, his tears would be-"
"-black," finised Yusuke.
"You mean," said Botan, "That Hiei can make these black pearls that we are trying to find?"
"Correct," answered Kurama.
"Well tough luck for the guys who kidnapped Shorty," said Kuwabara. "The pearls are made from tears, you could never get him to cry."
"That's where you are wrong Kuwabara," said Koenma quietly. "There are ways to break even the strongest demon's defenses. Once those walls around Hiei crumble, he will have no protection."
"Then we can't let that happen," said Yusuke, slamming his fist into his hand. "Let's go save our friend."
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1. Is that how you spell it for YYH? Or is it Keiko? Could someone please tell me? Thanx!
Author's Notes:
Not too long of a chappie, but it was a needed one. ^^ Once again, thanx a ton to all of my reviewers!
Today has been a normal day for me... except that Toonami now has DragonBall Chronicles... At least Trunks (my fave DBZ character) is being featured from 5:30-6:30 (CN times) I never did see the end of the android episodes! ^^
And now... for a favorite quote of mine from this wonderful show..
"Wow! That's a wiggle!" -Jin, the Windmaster
Just as a warning, he is one of my fave YYH characters (Hiei and Touya are the others) and he might pop up! ^^
PREVIEW INTO NEXT EPISODE:
We're flying over to ------'s evil lair to go visit our fire demon friend. Prepare yourself for blood and lots of angst, all coming up in the next episode of Black Tears!
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Reviewer's Comments:
~*~LishaChan~*~ Of course.... This is such a story for you! The angst...its overwhelming ... I can just imagine Kurama as a white belt....^^ I wonder what his teachers in hort say for his unique growing skills...
~*~Ryo Akuinenn~*~ Hiei is just the loveable little fire demon! I mean, who isn't obsessed with Hiei? *gets glares from Kurama lovers* Okay, so not everyone! Thank you! I actually updated pretty quickly for once... Just shows how much I like this story! ^^
~*~Kurosaesei~*~ So you like it? A very vaciliate person. Vaciliate means indecisve (it's a vocab word I learned and I just had to use it! ^^) Well, sounds like you do, so hope you stick around and review again!
~*~kenshinsgurl516~*~ Thank you! ^^ Hope I can get chappies up soon, but seeing as this is like my fave new fic (besides SOTP and POW and DS) I don't think I'll have any trouble updating! ^^ Unless my computer crashes again.... grrrr
~*~kuramagal~*~ Your bio is so kewl! ^^ I like all the quotes! I read a similar story too, except the author stopped and got off topic. I mean, there was like one chappie about his jewels and then we went on a date with some of the characters! O.o Hope I stay on topic and update often!
~*~Dragonsgirl22~*~ Thanx a bunch! I love reviewers like you! ^^ See ya later
~*~Alaskantiger~*~ Arigatou! ^^ Hope I updated soon enough! Ja na!
~*~SetsunaYuki~*~ Thank you! I'm glad you don't think mine sucks! ^^ Hope to see you around!
~*~coffeentoffee~*~ Did you mean YOU? ^^ If you're the happiest, then I must be second happiest... I just got another review! ^^
~*~MilkywayNut~*~ My, that's a huge compliment! ^^ Don't worry, I don't plan on making it yaoi. ^^ ja na!
Disclaimer: I own my Hiei keychain, and my YYH DVDs! Does that mean I own YYH? *readers shake their heads* Darn it.... Maybe if I wish like Kaoru does.... MWAHAHAHA
Black Tears
Chapter Two
'...' indicates thought
~*~*~*~*~
OMG! You guys are awesome! I didn't expect to get all this wonderful feedback! Thanks soooooo much! *hugs audience* Reviewer comments are at the end of the chapter. So make sure to stick around, and remember, if you review you also get put on the bottome! yeah! ^^ Oki, on with the fic!
~*~*~*~*~
From last time:
The deeper he got into the cave, the more bodies he found and the more blood that coated the walls and floor. He kicked a body out of the way, and proceeded even deeper, worry growing with every step.
"Hiei? Are you here? Answer me."
And then a gasp escaped the kitsune's lips, a look of horror spreading across his features, green eyes widening in shock. It was... But it couldn't be... he never went anywhere without it...
Lying in a pool of crimson, the light glinting off its bloodied blade lay a kantana.... Hiei's kantana.
~*~*~*~*~
"No... This, this can't be...." Kurama knelt down and picked the sword out of its blood bath. Running his fingers over the blade, now sticky with a thick coat of the blood from the demons Hiei had slayed, he slowly stood up.
Clutching the sword to him he left the cave, headed back towards Spirit World. Even shocked by what had happened, Kurama's mind was still working rationally. First, he needed to explain to Koenma and the other detectives why Hiei had been taken. And then, they would begin their hunt immideately.
Kurama boldly entered Spirit World, brushing right past the guards without even giving him his name, his normal stride now lengthened to cover as much ground as possible. Several ogres attempted to stop him from reaching Koenma's office but he shoved them off and brushed past.
"Koenma," he barked, throwing open the double doors and striding towards the toddler who was sitting at his desk, hurriedly stamping documents.
"What is it KuRAMA!" The young ruler yelped as a sword was thrown on top of his papers, blood dropping on top of the clean white documents.
"We have a problem," said Kurama gravely. "Call back Yusuke and Kuwabara, they need to hear this."
"Right..." Kurama pushed a bright red button on his desk and at once Botan appeared out of thin air.
"You called Koenma-Sama!" she said brightly. It was then she noticed Kurama sitting on a couch across the room, his face in his hands, clearly upset about something. "Is something wrong with Kurama, Koenma-Sama?"
"Get Yusuke and Kuwabara here immideately, I don't care what they are doing, bring them here. Please hurry..." He looked up at his most trusted ferry girl, his brown eyes shining with an urgency, a fear, that she had only witnessed at the Dark Tournament when he had betted his life.
"Right away. I'll be back before you can say 'bingo'!" She materialized her oar and jumped on, speeding out the doors that Kurama hadn't closed behind him, intent on getting Yusuke and Kuwabara back to Spirit World asap.
~*~*~*~*~
"OH YEAH! I win again!" Yusuke threw his hands in the air, a huge grin on his face. "How many is that now, three hundred?"
"Actually," said Kayko[1]," That's only your thirty second win.."
"Damn you Urameshi," growled Kuwabara, glaring at the game controller he held in his hand. "How do you manage to beat me at my best game?"
"Don't feel bad Kuwabara," sneered the black haired teen, "Mario Kart is my favorite game too...."
"Why you..." The orange haired teen leaped off of the couch and tackled the laughing Yusuke, wrapping his arms around his neck and attempting to strangle him.
"Oh dear...," murmered Kayko, a sweatdrop appearing on the back of her head, "Here we go again..."
The three friends were currently at Kuwabara's house, all just hanging out. When Kuwabara had started bragging about how he could thrash Yusuke at his favorite nintendo game, he had easily taken to the challange, saying that he could never be beaten by a KuwaBAKA.
The brown haired girl sighed as the two continued to beat each other up, or in other words Yusuke beat up Kuwabara. They could be so childish at times and it was times like these she wondered why she hung around them, but then she would remember the special qualities each had as well as a place in her heart.
"Break it up you two!" A blue haired girl had just suddenly appeared in the middle of Kuwabara's den. She moved forward and smacked both fighting boys over their heads with her oar.
"OW, Damnit, that hurt! Why'd you do that Botan?" asked Yusuke, rubbing the back of his head.
"Something is wrong," she said, quite seriously, her bubbly manner gone. "Koenma-Sama is very upset about something and so is Kurama. He just told me to get you two and for you to come as quickly as you can."
Yusuke turned to Kayko, a silent plea of forgiveness in his eyes. "I know I promised to spend the evening with you Kayko, but it looks like something has come up and-"
Kayko placed a finger over his lips, preventing him from saying anymore. "I understand. Now go, it sounds like Koenma really needs you," she said softly.
"You're the best Kayko!" Yusuke pulled her into a quick hug and then grabbed on to the end of Botan's oar and the three disappeared.
"I do hope everything is all right," mused Kayko to herself. "It's probably nothing, just something that needs fixed... Better head home." The girl picked up her coat and slipped out the front door, shutting it softly behind her and went down the street to her own home.
~*~*~*~*~
When Botan pulled up at Koenma's office and entered, the two humans behind her, she was unprepared for the sight that met her eyes. Kurama was still sitting on the bench where she'd last seen him, but this time his shoulders were shaking silently.
"Kurama!" The blue haired girl ran over and gently laid a hand on his shoulder. "Kurama?"
He picked his head up, his emerald eyes looking magnified by the tears still welled up inside. "It's all my fault," he whispered, "If only I had gotten there sooner..."
Slowly, Botan wrapped her arms around him until the fox demon was in her embrace, a silent comfort. The two humans exchanged looks with each other. Since they had known Kurama they had never seen him cry before.
The sound of footfalls approaching them alerted the group to the newest person who had come to stand before Yusuke. Koenma had gone into his teenage form, his cape settling around his shoulders a grim expression on his face.
"Kurama, would you care to explain this?" The teenage leader pulled out the bloodied sword from behind his back and held it up for the group to see.
The red haired kitsune rose to his feet, gently removing Botan's arms, and he took the sword from Koenma. "Do any of you recognize this?" he asked, eyes scanning the group.
"It's a sword," said Yusuke. "What's so special about that?" Deep down, Yusuke was starting to feel a strange sense of uneasiness, like something wasn't right. And that sword looked kinda familiar.
"It's Hiei's sword."
Kuwabara put his hand over his eyes and looked around the room. "If that's his sword, where's the shrimp, I don't see him anywhere...."
"He's been captured," said Kurama softly, turning the sword over in his hands, not really believing the words he had uttered himself.
"WHAT!" Yusuke exclaimed. "But Hiei's an awesome fighter, he wouldn't just lose to some puny wimps!"
"Then it shows us that these demons that attacked him were quite strong. Although it appears Hiei didn't go down without a fight, there were quite a few bodies in the cave."
"Well why would some demons kidnap Shorty?" asked Kuwabara.
Kurama turned and looked straight at Kuwabara. "What I'm about to tell you right now is never to be said outside of this room, if Hiei ever finds out he would kill me."
Botan clapped a hand over her mouth. Was Kurama going to tell about the relationship between Hiei and Yukina? But why?
"Hiei....Hiei is Yukina's brother," the fox said quietly.
Kuwabara's jaw dropped in surprise. "The shrimp is her brother? Impossible! I mean, she's an ice apparation and he is a fire demon!"
"I don't know the details, all I know is that Hiei is her twin brother who was seperated from her at birth."
"Why did you tell him that?" questioned Yusuke.
"Because family ties are very important in this current time, it is the reason that Hiei was taken."
"I don't get it," said Kuwabara, running a hand through his greased hair. "Why does it matter if he is her brother?"
"Think. Yukina is an ice apparation that makes pearls when she cries. Hiei is her brother, half Koormire. That blood in him allows him to make pearls as well. But seeing as he is not an ice apparation, his tears would be-"
"-black," finised Yusuke.
"You mean," said Botan, "That Hiei can make these black pearls that we are trying to find?"
"Correct," answered Kurama.
"Well tough luck for the guys who kidnapped Shorty," said Kuwabara. "The pearls are made from tears, you could never get him to cry."
"That's where you are wrong Kuwabara," said Koenma quietly. "There are ways to break even the strongest demon's defenses. Once those walls around Hiei crumble, he will have no protection."
"Then we can't let that happen," said Yusuke, slamming his fist into his hand. "Let's go save our friend."
~*~*~*~*~
1. Is that how you spell it for YYH? Or is it Keiko? Could someone please tell me? Thanx!
Author's Notes:
Not too long of a chappie, but it was a needed one. ^^ Once again, thanx a ton to all of my reviewers!
Today has been a normal day for me... except that Toonami now has DragonBall Chronicles... At least Trunks (my fave DBZ character) is being featured from 5:30-6:30 (CN times) I never did see the end of the android episodes! ^^
And now... for a favorite quote of mine from this wonderful show..
"Wow! That's a wiggle!" -Jin, the Windmaster
Just as a warning, he is one of my fave YYH characters (Hiei and Touya are the others) and he might pop up! ^^
PREVIEW INTO NEXT EPISODE:
We're flying over to ------'s evil lair to go visit our fire demon friend. Prepare yourself for blood and lots of angst, all coming up in the next episode of Black Tears!
~*~*~*~*~
Reviewer's Comments:
~*~LishaChan~*~ Of course.... This is such a story for you! The angst...its overwhelming ... I can just imagine Kurama as a white belt....^^ I wonder what his teachers in hort say for his unique growing skills...
~*~Ryo Akuinenn~*~ Hiei is just the loveable little fire demon! I mean, who isn't obsessed with Hiei? *gets glares from Kurama lovers* Okay, so not everyone! Thank you! I actually updated pretty quickly for once... Just shows how much I like this story! ^^
~*~Kurosaesei~*~ So you like it? A very vaciliate person. Vaciliate means indecisve (it's a vocab word I learned and I just had to use it! ^^) Well, sounds like you do, so hope you stick around and review again!
~*~kenshinsgurl516~*~ Thank you! ^^ Hope I can get chappies up soon, but seeing as this is like my fave new fic (besides SOTP and POW and DS) I don't think I'll have any trouble updating! ^^ Unless my computer crashes again.... grrrr
~*~kuramagal~*~ Your bio is so kewl! ^^ I like all the quotes! I read a similar story too, except the author stopped and got off topic. I mean, there was like one chappie about his jewels and then we went on a date with some of the characters! O.o Hope I stay on topic and update often!
~*~Dragonsgirl22~*~ Thanx a bunch! I love reviewers like you! ^^ See ya later
~*~Alaskantiger~*~ Arigatou! ^^ Hope I updated soon enough! Ja na!
~*~SetsunaYuki~*~ Thank you! I'm glad you don't think mine sucks! ^^ Hope to see you around!
~*~coffeentoffee~*~ Did you mean YOU? ^^ If you're the happiest, then I must be second happiest... I just got another review! ^^
~*~MilkywayNut~*~ My, that's a huge compliment! ^^ Don't worry, I don't plan on making it yaoi. ^^ ja na!
