All because of Me

Chappy 7

A soft wind blew through the white curtains, making them billow majestically. The figure under the white sheets with both arms palm up on the top, and their red hair spilling over the white velvet pillows caused them to look almost immortal. A stirring and fluttering of his eyes caught ones attention. Kurama looked up exhaustedly. He blinked and tried to sit up but two soft hands pushed him gently back down. "Rest." If he had been any more conscious he would have jumped at the sudden presence. He looked up at a young girl looking down at him. Her deep brown eyes searched his. "You have been through much, Kurama. It is your time to rest."

"Who are you?" He questioned. She smiled, and his eyes became so heavy that they closed joyfully.

"He's coming around!" A voice near his head shouted distantly. A murmur ran through his head as he felt his heavy head being lifted onto something soft. Suddenly the last few hours flashed through his head and he sat bolt up right.

The movement was met with a gasp from the crowd. He looked around himself. He met Botan's eyes, Yusuke's, Kuwabara's, Hiei's and Koenma's, not to mention a great group of gathered spirit world demons who were sent scattering by one look from Koenma.

"Kurama?" Koenma asked. "Where is she?" He replied. The group sighed heavily. "Where is she?" He asked again. "Kurama-" Koenma was cut off as the said person rose to his feet, to begin looking for Mayumi. "KURAMA!" Koenma yelled at the fox. Kurama turned around to face him. "Geez. She is fine. You got her back almost at the cost of your life. She is-"

"Right here."

A soft voice came from the back of the group, and there she was. Weak and struggling to get to him, but there and alive. Kurama looked at her in shock then stumbled over to her. They practically fell onto their knees as they met and embraced. Tears fell from both eyes, not to mention some lavender ones and black ones (though he wouldn't admit it, Yusuke- your such a doll!) as the two good friends were rejoined. "How, what happened?" Kurama asked looking up at Koenma. "Well, after you arrived back from the portal, and collapsed, it was if you two had switched life preserves as she woke. You were both so weak, and you especially. We thought you wouldn't wake up. Your heart stopped momentarily but then suddenly it started beating again. Inexplicably. Then you opened your eyes and now you here sit. Mayumi sat up shortly before you did as Botan looked over her." Koenma said.

"And I guess now that before we are to carry out your punishment, we will have to bring you to the medical wing." He finished. Everyone looked at him in shock, especially Mayumi. "What are you talking about, punishment, Koenma?" She asked. "Well-" Kurama cut in, "In order to go in search of your soul, I agreed to accept any punishment for what I did to Koenma in my anger after I had brought you back safely."

"If he even was alive when he got back" Hiei muttered. Mayumi looked at him. "Alive, you mean you were in danger in search of me?" She asked facing Kurama. "Yes."

"How could you take such a risk on my part?" Mayumi shouted at him. "How could I not, Mayumi?" Kurama shouted back.

"You shouldn't have, Koenma how could you have allowed him to? What would the purpose been in the first place if you died anyway?" She cried. "Why did you have to get in the way of the bullet in the first place?"

"Because… it was the right thing to do, stupid! And because if I could stop anything from hurting you, you think I would hesitate about doing it? How thick can you be? I love you. Would you expect me to do anything else?" She was cut short as Kurama brought his face close to hers and kissed her. "Why did you have to be so stupid to think that I wouldn't have done the same thing for you. I would fight for you. I would die for you. I would do anything for you." He said.

Mayumi kneeled there in shock. Koenma looked at the others and they quietly backed away. Kurama sat there with his hands on Mayumi's shoulders. "You shouldn't have jumped in front of that bullet. You know demons heal faster than humans. No human could have survived that."

"That doesn't matter. My heart pushed me in front of you. I couldn't just sit there while you got shot. Even if you were a demon. Idiot." She finished softly. "And now, again, because of me, you will risk your life. You knew that… you know that you…" She didn't know how to finish. She couldn't. What might befall him was worse than what she wanted to imagine. She never would have imagined this, life was supposed to be routine. No real adventures and no real danger.

Kurama was also lost in deep thought. Thinking about how much he had changed. From an uncaring, cold fox, to an uncaring, cold child, to a son changed by some cuts on a humans arms. Now to loving this beautiful girl in front of him.

They were both shaken out of their reveries as Koenma reappeared. "Kurama?" He said softly. Kurama looked up at him and nodded. He stood up but was caught because Mayumi hadn't unwound her arms from his neck. He gently reached up and tried to pry her hands apart, to no avail. He sat back down and tried looking her in the face. He met her eyes and she let go with a gasp and he stood up again, giving her a hand to her feet as well. "All because of me." She whispered. Kurama's sensitive ears heard her and he rounded on her. "No. It was your choice in your home, my choice in the Sprit World, our choice to live, and now my choice to see to my punishment. You have had your share of tribulations. It is not your fault. If it hadn't been for you… life would have been less bloody that one night." He said with a smirk.

Mayumi's mouth twitched at the thought then spoke. "We've both had our share. And we will share this load as well-"

"We will do nothing of the sort. It was my choice-"

"Because before that it was my choice-"

"I will not have you put yourself-

"In danger once again." They both finished together.

Mayumi was glaring up at him now as they walked down the hall to King Enma's. Koenma was ahead of them giving them privacy, yet hearing every word. 'I don't know what to do about this one… Kurama is a sprit detective and so under my jurisdiction, but his actions are out of my bounds…' Koenma thought. "Unless…' A sudden thought struck him and he whirled around dramatically. "Kurama, Mayumi, I have a proposal that might interest you both. I can let you, Kurama, off the hook. What you have to do-" He continued gravely, "-Is Kurama… you may never again make contact with Mayumi nor seek her dimension." Kurama's mouth dropped open (yes people, it actually dropped open) and Mayumi covered her mouth with her hand.

"Mayumi, you on the other hand, may never seek this dimension, nor seek Kurama, ever. If you two never see each other again, I can make this all disappear." He waved his hand dismissively. Kurama made the attempt to speak but couldn't get past the lump in his throat, so Mayumi spoke up. She lowered her head and eyes so that her hair covered her features and spoke so softly at first Kurama thought he misunderstood her. "Koenma, we accept your offer. Please, though, erase our memories of these times, if it will spare Kurama, I will do it. Please bring me home."

Kurama looked over and down at her his mouth still agape. "Ma… Mayumi…" But she had already turned away with a nod from Koenma and the toddler was leading her away from him. Away from him, forever. Never to see her again, never to hear her speak or see her smile. Life was not worth it, to never see her or be able to remember her was no life at all. "MAYUMI!" He shouted, but she had already disappeared from his view. A tear slid down his cheek as he whispered after her, "All because of me."