"He will be fine," the spirt of Hiei told him in his usual cold voice and Koenma smiled, he had agreed to allow Botan to accompany the spirit of Hiei to the human world three months ago to watch over Kurama until Hiei felt he had finally let him go.
"He finally let you go?" Koenma asked and Hiei nodded.
"He no longer needs me to watch over him." Hiei replied.
"I'm sorry." Koenma said knowing Hiei still hurt from seeing his lover cry and not being able to comfort him.
"He couldn't see me anyway, Kuwabara did but I knew he wouldn't say anything to Kurama that held a chance of hurting him more. He could feel my Ki though he said it was comforting" Hiei retorted knowing what Koenma met.
"Yes well that's why Kuwabara is a spirit detective, he can sense things unlike Kurama." Koenma told him and Hiei nodded opening his mouth like he wanted to say something before closing it again.
"You're welcome." Koenma said knowing what Hiei wanted to say but couldn't and Hiei nodded again leaving his office, leaving him and Botan alone in the process.
"That was a very nice thing you did for them," She said walking over to him and bending down kissing his cheek softly.
"Ye,s well." He retorted removing his energy thing from his mouth and pecking her cheek in return still slightly nervous despite their relationship for the past two months.
"I'm happy that's your only form now," she said brushing some of his brown hair from his forehead.
"Yes well I'm no longer considered a child," he told her and she smiled as she sat in his lap.
"No that you are not." She said softly as she finally let her tears fall as she laid her head on his shoulder and he wrapped his arms around her. Koenma held her as she cried, he knew she was feeling guilty again.
"They didn't tell me when Hiei was going to die, why?" she asked sobbing into his shoulder.
"They didn't tell me eiether Bow, they were worried we would tell Kurama and he would try to stop it," he explained using the pet name he had given her.
The next night Kurama noticed that the feeling of Hiei's Ki did not return, but he thought it was only because his imagination no longer felt the need to trick him any longer by making him feel like something was there when it wasn't. He still wore the tear gem around his neck, and had gotten several questions about it in school from teachers and follow students. Whenever the question was asked he would simply reply. "It belonged to the person I loved before he died," grabbing the tear gem and frowning slightly at his memories. Nobody bothered him more then that when they saw the look on his face, he was still well loved in his school. He still went to vist Hiei's resting place from time to time to pay his respects. His mother no longer worried about him like she had in the beginning, but he knew she still felt sorry for him about Hiei's death, but he could do nothing to stop that.
Hiei's spirit longed for Kurama, he still missed his fox and that would never change. The spirits of the dead traveled the spirt world as they pleased. Hiei had met a few that had been there for a long time, and found the emotions and memories from your life never faded away. He let a small smile at this fact happy that no matter how long he was without the fox he was happy he would never forget him and the love he felt for Kurama would always remain. He never thought leaving behind the living world would be so painful but then he had never thought Kurama would cry so hard over him. He knew what his sister had given to Kurama and he was happy she had, she was right Hiei had wanted Kurama to have it. He knew Kurama would take care of his mother's tear gem just as he had done, and it was the only thing he had to give his lover that meant anything.
