A.N. And here is another chapter! We're closing in on the end folks! I hope you enjoy this chapter! Kurama is once again, totally messed up, but he will be, obviously. Hiei is out of character too in this chapter. Sorry about that.

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The others looked at each as they sat outside the apartment and heard another crash and something else break.

"Damn it!" Hiei yelled, losing his temper, "Kurama! Stop it! That's the fifth thing you've broken today! Calm down!" Hiei said, his energy rising drastically.

Kurama scrambled back and whined fearfully, "I'm sorry Kuronue…I didn't mean to betray you and make you mad…will you forgive me?" Kurama whimpered, and then turned his head to the side and looked up at the imaginary person. "No, I don't need any tea, thanks." He said, almost dejectedly to the mysterious person.

Hiei sighed wearily and rubbed his hands over his face, Kurama had recently started to talk to imaginary people. Hiei didn't know what to do, every time he tried to help him, Kurama flipped and started to run around the house.

He broke the TV, half of his vases, dozens of dishes that he had chucked at Hiei out of fear. Hiei was losing his control.

Koenma suddenly appeared out of a portal, "Hiei!" He said as Kurama brightened up.

"Mama!" He hadn't changed his opinion on Koenma, as he wrapped his slender arms around Koenma's legs.

"Hi Shuichi," Koenma patted his head and then looked at Hiei who was eyeing him, "We think we've found a way to heal Kurama!" Koenma said, looking happy.

"How?" Hiei demanded stalking over, but drew back when Kurama started to wail and clung to Koenma's legs, "HIDE ME MAMA!" He cried.

"Shhh!" Koenma knew that the neighbors were suspicious, the cops had been called twice on them in only a three day time span. "Shh, he won't hurt you." Koenma tried to calm him, then turned back to Hiei.

"There's a demon, her name is Hiromi. Evidently she's a very powerful master of the mind. She's said to be the best demon when comes to controlling the mind. She has a total of 4 Jagans implanted in her body…if she can't heal Kurama, no one can. My workers ran across her in some reported documents. She evidently has a high reputation of being able to fix cases like Kurama's….for a price. She does demand a lot of money, she is a vixen after all, it is in her nature to want stuff." Koenma said softly.

"Hn! Like I'd trust some demon I have no idea about, with my Kurama!" Hiei growled and Kurama drew back behind Koenma in more, in fear.

"Hiei, you have to trust her. Do you want Kurama like this the rest of his life? She's the best chance we have at healing him!" Koenma said desperately. "If she gets the right amount of money…she'll do anything to help us!"

Hiei looked down at Kurama and sighed softly when he looked up with wide, terrified eyes back at Hiei. Hiei sunk down onto a chair and buried his face in his hands, "Fine." He murmured, his voice cracking.

Kurama perked up when he heard the crack in Hiei's voice and warily crawled over. "You…okay?" He asked, reaching out and putting a hand on Hiei's knee.

Hiei's head lifted up, his eyes swimming with tears. "Kurama?" He asked, looking stunned, Kurama furrowed his eye brows, "Don't hurt me, please, I'm just trying to help you…you have a lot of angry shadows on you." Kurama whispered softly.

Hiei stared at the delusional green eyes as the door opened and the others hesitantly peeked in to see how things were.

Hiei finally broke down, everyone gasped as tears just burst forth from Hiei's eyes, with a sob he flitted from the room, unable to hide his emotions anymore. These past three days had really worn on him…seeing his mate in this condition had really hurt him badly. Especially since he hadn't been of any help.

Kurama looked surprised as Hiei flitted from the room, and then turned to his 'mother', "Did I do something wrong?" He asked, tears welling up in his eyes. Koenma kneeled down and hugged him.

"You didn't do anything wrong Shuichi, I think Hiei needs some time to himself." Koenma said softly, knowing that he had to be there, or Kurama would go hysterical again.

Youko watched as Hiei flitted from the room and sighed angrily. This had gone on long enough, Kurama had been out for 2 hours, it was time to come out. Youko forced Kurama back inside and pulled himself out.

Koenma let go of the male kitsune when Youko appeared. "Thank you Koenma, you guys can come back in." Youko walked over, and with one sweep on his slender hand, had all of Hiei's dark tear gems in his hand.

He walked over to the bedroom and pulled the door shut, locking it. He turned to find Hiei laying on the bed, holding Kurama's pillow, not moving. Youko went over and sat down beside Hiei, running his slender fingers through the ebony locks.

"I hate this Youko," Hiei sniffed, "I hate this so much. I've never been one to show emotion, but seeing Kurama like this…is killing me." Hiei whispered, sitting up. "And I can't help! That's the worst part!" Hiei said.

Youko gently wrapped his arms around his lover and settled back on the bed, resting his back on the head board. "Hiei, you're trying too hard to do something to help him, we have to take him to that Hiromi girl, and see what she can do." Youko said.

"I don't trust her, Youko! I don't know who she is!" Hiei growled.

"I don't want to trust her either, Hiei. But right now, she's our last hope, you understand? I can't stand seeing Shuichi like this either. I've grown to realize, in these past three days, that I don't just care for him, I love him as much as I love you." Youko said, tightening his grip on Hiei.

Hiei snuggled into the strong chest, not giving a damn if this was too cuddly for him, he needed his strong lover. "There has to be another way Youko...something you can give him...anything! But damn it! I refuse to let him suffer like this!" Hiei growled, his whole body tensing. "And I refuse for some demon to see him either."

"Hiei! Listen to yourself, you want to help him, but you refuse to send him to someone that could help? You'll be there to watch over Shuichi. You won't let harm come to him." Youko nuzzled his face in the flared hair.

"He's not the only one I'm worried about, Fox. What if she screws up? I will lose both you and him!" Hiei said, looking upset that the thought.

Youko rubbed a hand up and down Hiei's arm, "You can easily protect us, Dragon. I trust you to protect us." Youko said wearily, wanting this to end.

Seeing this, Hiei decided to relent. "Fine, I guess I have no choice but to allow this…" Hiei sighed.

"You don't have a choice, dragon. I won't let this continue. Shuichi needs us, and he needs help. We have to trust this Hiromi person, whether we like it or not." Youko kissed Hiei's forehead.

"The others can wait, I want a nap." Hiei said, tiredly as Youko held him close, "Of course." Youko indulged and they both took a quick nap.

Youko woke before Hiei and slipped out of the room and approached the others, daring them to say anything about his bed head or messy clothes. "We've decided to trust this Hiromi person, if she does anything to our Shuichi, we'll kill her." Youko said firmly.

"I assure you, she'll be trustworthy." Koenma said. "I'll take us to her tomorrow." Koenma said as Hiei came out of the bathroom.

"Does Kurama just sleep in there?" Yusuke asked, finding it hard to believe Kurama slept for hours on end.

"No. He's awake right now," Youko sat down and folded his hands, he closed his eyes and focused on Shuichi. He usually could focus on both conversations, but Kurama was being particularly stubborn right now.

"Come on, little kit, calm down!" Youko tried to get to the hysterical male who was still freaking out in their minds.

"They want to kill me! They want to kill me! Where's mama? I want mama!" Kurama wailed, making Youko cringe in both the real world and the mental.

"Kurama, you can't keep doing this, you're going to hurt us both. Calm down." Youko approached the hysterical human and pulled him in his arms, despite how much he struggled.

"They keep talking, they keep telling me to watch out for everyone…to watch out for the laughter. In fact, they're standing all around you…all so tall and scary…please go away? Please?" Kurama whispered, staring at particularly nothing behind Youko.

Youko sighed softly, "Shuichi, there's nothing there. No one is there, you don't have to be scared. Kuronue is dead and Hiei loves you, he won't hurt you." Youko tried to get to him, but it didn't work as Kurama moaned softly.

"It hurts, it hurts so bad. They are STILL laughing at my pain Youko, all these shadows…they laugh, they point and laugh. Why do they laugh? Why!" Kurama demanded, crying again.

Youko tightened his grip on the human and buried his face in his hair, "I don't know Shuichi." He whispered, "I just don't know." He said. "I'm so sorry for not helping you earlier." A tear leaked out of his eye and down his face.

Youko opened his eyes when he felt a hand wipe away his tear. He looked up at Hiei and smiled softly, "I feel so bad for not being there the entire time he was suffering through this, he had tried to come to me for help, and I had brushed him away. I won't blame him if he hates me after this." Youko said softly.

"You know that's not like Shuichi, he'll forgive you, if this person can really help him, he'll be forgiving you soon. For now, I think we should get cleaned up and into bed. I'm exhausted." Hiei said, his little cat nap having done nothing for him.

Youko agreed and they headed back into their room, letting everyone do what they wanted for the night. While they got ready, Youko looked over at Hiei, "You aren't mad at me...are you?" he asked, referring to his confession of not helping Shuichi.

Hiei looked over and approached him, "Not at all." Hiei grabbed a silver lock of hair and pulled him down for a steamy kiss. When they broke apart, Youko was purring.

"Let's get to bed Dragon, we have a big day tomorrow." He said.

"Hn. Agreed." Hiei said, sliding into bed with his Youko.

The next morning, Koenma made sure they were all okay and ready to go and opened a portal. He took them to a remote area in the Makai wilderness, where only a few dared venture and most never returned.

"I don't like this." Youko said stiffly, looking around. "Why the hell would such a skilled clairvoyant live out here?"

Hiei sniffed the air warily, "I agree. She's living right beside a swamp. You'd better be sure of this woman you fucking brat. If she kills or completely ruins Kurama, I'll kill you. And if she looks like a weirdo, we're out of here." Hiei said.

"I take that as an insult." A soft voice called out and a pretty vixen entered the area. She was tall, with a slender body, nice chest, rear and hips. She had a full head of golden hair, with fuzzy gold ears and a tail. She also had pretty green eyes. Well…normal eyes. On her forehead she had a bright red Jagan. On each arm she had pink Jagan's. Her tunic was cut so that it went down in a low V-neck and right on her chest, right between her neck and breasts, was a bright yellow Jagan.

"Hn. You should." Hiei snapped, noting that she had extreme power surrounding her, but she didn't feel evil. She actually felt calm and gentle. But Hiei still didn't trust her.

"Greetings, my name is Hiromi." She said, approaching the group. "What can I do for you?" She quirked a slender eyebrow.

Youko stepped forward, "We have a friend who has gone insane, we think maybe you can help him." Youko said, eyeing the girl from his full height, hoping to intimidate her.

"Well, I don't use my powers without payment." She said firmly, her voice getting a little chilled, "I'm sure you have more than enough to pay me a small fee, Youko Kurama." She said, obviously having no respect for him.

Youko's lip rose in a snarl at the way she said his name, "Here." He tossed a sack of jewels at her. She caught them and dug through it.

"These will do." She said, and beckoned them over to her a little stone cottage.

Hiei wasn't sure about this, he was really nervous. She didn't look evil, but she didn't seem to like Youko and since Shuichi was part of Youko…what would she do? Hiei shot a deadly glare at Koenma and his lips rose in a full on snarl, promising death if this went wrong.

Koenma sweat-dropped and tried not to look afraid as he went inside, with Hiei following him.

"You there," She said to Hiei as she got a bed situated for Kurama. "You have a Jagan?" She asked him, Hiei nodded, pulling off his headband.

"Forgive me for being rude, but your Jagan lacks proper training." She said, "You obviously did not get that implanted by a master of the mind, otherwise they would have taught you how to control it and you could go without a headband." She said casually, laying a sheet on the bed.

Hiei looked pissed, "Look, this isn't about me. This is about my mate. Here." Hiei tossed a bag of gold coins. "That's assurance. You'd better not hurt him." Hiei tied his head band back on and shot a glare at Koenma again, ready to kill him for this idea.

She looked pleased and looked at the group. "So who needs me?" she asked, getting right down to business, she had other stuff to be tending to. But this amount of money was something she could not turn down.

Youko turned into Shuichi instantly to give her the answer. Shuichi looked terrified and backed into a table. "Ah!" he shot off and dove behind Koenma for protection.

Hiromi's eyes were wide as she looked at the trembling human. "I don't even need to know what happened, but he's obviously screwy." She went over. "Sleep." She commanded, looking into Kurama's eyes.

He wavered on the spot and fell over, out like a light. She picked Kurama up and carried him to the bed. She laid him on and strapped him down.

"What the hell are you doing?" Hiei demanded, not liking the straps that bound his mate. He wasn't happy about how much power she had either, she was beyond skilled, she was beyond master. She was a freaking god at her control of the art of clairvoyance. Hiei didn't like that, his mates would be at her mercy.

"He's needs to be bound properly. If he lashes out, and manages to disconnect me, it'll permanently damage his mind." She said, and then strapped a bracelet on his arm. Hiei immediately felt Kurama's power drain.

"Get that off of him!" Hiei snarled, ready to break it off. This woman was about ready to make Hiei blow, she was doing all the wrong things.

"I can't!" she said, "If I do that, he'll use his plants to attack me in his sleep. I can't get this connection broken! Do you want him healed? Shut up and let me do my work!" she growled.

Hiei stepped back, Koenma noticed that his energy was rising too high for his liking and he moved to make sure Hiei was calm before he did anything drastic.

"Let her work Hiei, she's our best hope." He whispered. "She knows what she is doing, don't let this get to you. We're all here, and with the amount of money she is getting for this, I doubt she'll do anything to Kurama to hurt him."

Hiei sighed and sat down on the table and looked out the window, angrily. He didn't want to be here, but it was their last hope.

She turned to the others, "You've heard my warning, do not break my connection, you can talk and do whatever you want. But do not….I repeat, do not call my name or shake me. In exactly four hours, I should be done. If my eyes open before then, something will go wrong. Understand?" she said and then went outside for a few minutes then came back and sat down. (A.N. Before you think that was random, she went outside to go to the bathroom one last time. Four hours is a long time to wait to use the bathroom.)

She tried to push her way into Kurama's mind and was instantly met with resistance from Kurama and Hiei. Hiei's mental shield had not fallen since he had put it there, and Kurama's mental barrier was still intact.

She frowned, which made the others think something was really wrong. She pushed her way through the walls and continued her trek into his mind. Thankful the barriers had been minor to a skilled master like herself.

As she worked, everyone stayed quiet, keeping the peace. But Hiei was agitated, he kept glancing at the watch on Kuwabara's wrist, every ten minutes. He wanted this to be over.

The four hours passed by slowly, ticking by, minute by minute. When the girls had to go to the bathroom, Hiei escorted them by request. One, was to keep his attention busy, two because he was a gentlemen and not a pervert like Yusuke or Kuwabara was.

Hiei was pacing at the end of the fourth hour, growling softly as he waited to see his fox. He wanted to see if Kurama was going to be okay.

He grabbed Koenma by his robes and pinned him against the wall, snarling. "You do understand what will happen if this doesn't work, right?" His eyes were glowing dangerously with power, smoke started to rise off of him.

Koenma's eyes were wide, and he could only nod before Hiei dropped him and whipped around to check on the progress.

Hiromi finally opened her eyes slowly and blinked a few times and then looked up at them.

"Well! How is my fox!" Hiei demanded angrily.

A.N. I couldn't resist. Cliff hanger! Please let me know what you think! Review!

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