Ch. 14 – Suicide for the survival of others? What?

Kagome's right eye starts to twitch uncontrollably. "H… Hiei…" She whispers at first. "HIEI!" She then calls out in concern before turning completely pale and blacking out. When she falls to the floor the floor itself glows blue and the 5 demon girls in the room are purified. They shriek violently as they disintegrate into nothingness. Hiei looks scarred for life as his fear is engulfed in blue flames and vanishes before his eyes. He looks over to the doorway to find his unconscious sister lying on the floor. He immediately runs over to her.

(W/ Konton)

"C'mon you maggots! I said run!" Konton yells at the demons who; unbelievingly enough, haven't stopped chasing her.

"This is ridiculous!" One of them complains. "We've never had this much trouble with an inmate!"

"We weren't having a problem until that priestess showed up!" Another adds.

"She ripped us to pieces before that priestess got here!" The third one points out.

"We're immortal and can survive through anything except purification! It doesn't matter if she ripped us to pieces! We can come back to life!" The first one responds.

"But it's still a major inconvenience!"

"Enough nagging each other!" Konton turns around and punches one of them. "I said run maggots! Whining will not be tolerated! Now RUN damn you!" They start running in the opposite direction as Konton starts chasing them instead, beating on anyone who fell behind even the slightest bit.

(W/ Kagome + Hiei)

"Kagome?" Hiei pokes her gently. "Kagome wake up." He looks over at the now crispified floor. "… She'll be out for a few minutes." He carefully picks her up and walks out of the room. "I wonder if she got to Konton yet." As if on cue, 3 demons come running down the hallway ahead of him. He jumps up into the chandelier to avoid being run over. "What the hell are you doing still here?" He spots Konton behind them. Unknown to the fleeing demons, she stops pursuing them and stops to stare up at Hiei who is currently attached to the candle-filled chandelier above her holding an unconscious Kagome.

"I persuaded her to not send me back until we found you, just incase she needed help."

"Hn. You just wanted to ridicule me."

"Well, you know how much fun I have picking on you, but I actually just wanted to help this time."

"They didn't let you leave here, did they?"

"… No. Now get down here."

"Why should I?"

"So we can get out of here stupid, what else?"

"I still don't like you."

"I don't care if you don't like me you stuck up little munchkin! If you're not coming down then drop Kagome so I can leave."

"Like hell I'm gonna drop her."

"You think I'd let her fall? I'm going to catch her you idiot."

"There's no way I'm giving her to you."

"You don't have to 'give her to me'. This isn't a wedding."

"…" Hiei is silent for a moment.

"I'm telling you to hand her over. Now." Konton demands.

"Hn."

"Do not test my patience Hiei. We have to get out of here before those demons come back with friends. And if we're going to get out of here you're going to have to cooperate with me. So put Kagome down."

"No."

"Then you leave me no choice." She inhales a big intake of air before she continues. "KAGOME!" She yells.

The fox ears on Kagome's head twitch. "Shh!!!" Hiei glares at Konton as he realizes the situation he's in. "Don't you DARE wake her up."

"You have two choices Hiei. Either drop her, or get burned. It's your choice. Doesn't matter to me which one you choose. I'll win either way."

"I'm not dropping her."

"Suit yourself. KAGOME!"

Kagome's ears twitch and she starts to stir. "Shh!" Hiei glares at Konton. "Shut up!"

"Are you going to cooperate or not?"

"Hn."

"If I yell one more time she'll be wide awake so make your decision quickly."

"F-"

"Too late! KAGOME!" Konton yells.

"WAH!" Kagome is immediately awake. She finds herself dangling in the air several feet above Konton. She screams, a high-pitched squeak, and tries to grab hold of something. Out of fear, she ends up shocking Hiei. He lets go of her as his arm is engulfed in flames and his hand starts burning. She screams as she falls towards the floor and shuts her eyes, thinking of how much damage the cold hardwood floor could do, waiting to hit it.

"You can open your eyes now." A calm voice sounds in her ear." Did you forget that I was here?"

Kagome opens her eyes and finds herself some odd feet away from the floor. She looks over to see who is currently keeping her off the floor, thinking the worst. She brightens up when she realizes who it was. "Konton!" she hugs the avatar.

"…Why are you hugging me?"

"Just happy to see you"

" Whatever"

"Put me down please"

"Nope." Konton throws Kagome into the air, causing the miko to squeak, and catches her again. "I don't think that I will."

"Konton! Don't do that!" Kagome whines "now put me down so I can transport you to Koenma's'."

"AWW… but I wanted to stay with you and kick some demon ass"

"You and I had an agreement."

"…Fine." Konton sighs and puts Kagome down.

"If I don't send you guys back you two could end up being purified…Permanently."

( Koenma's)

All of a sudden Konton and Hiei fall to the floor from the portal that open up from the ceiling. "You're late." Koenma states as he continues to stamp through a stack of papers.

"Tell me what exactly is she going to do?" Konton demands.

"Why don't you ask Hiei."

"YOU KNOW!!" Konton shifts her attention to Hiei."…Tell me"

"Why should I?" he glares at her.

" 'Cause I said so."

"It is not your concern."

"She's going to the center of the house, to where these creatures are consumed by evil, and purify it." Koenma speaks up. "Only by purifying the center point will the torture house perish and cease to exist except in the minds of those who've escaped it before."

"SHE COULD DIE FROM THAT! SHE WOULD NEED TO USE ALL OF HER ENERGY SHE'S GOT AND EVEN THAT WON'T BE ENOUGH!" Konton turns to Hiei. "…How could YOU let YOUR OWN SISTER SACRIFICE HERSELF!! WHAT KIND OF A BROTHER ARE YOU?"

"It is necessary for everyone else to survive. She knows that. Being a priestess, it is her job to restore balance. It doesn't matter what the results of her actions will be. She must take them anyway."

"I don't give a fuck! That is suicidal!"

"What your opinion on the situation is matters little"

" There is no way in hell that I am going to stay here and let her do that! SEND ME BACK!" She demands.

"No." Koenma objects."

"… Fuck you… I am leaving, see ya later assholes." Konton goes to snap her fingers. Koenma points at her and mutter something under his breath. When she snaps her finger nothing happens. She tries again and again but to her dismay, and rising anger, she remains where she is. She turns to Koenma, glaring at him menacingly. "What did you do!?"

"You will not transport yourself there." Koenma responds firmly.

"You suck." Konton storms out of the room. She used the elevator to reach a different floor and sits in her office. She thinks for a few minutes before pressing a button on her desk. Boton comes skipping in, her usual perky self.

"Konton! How are you?"

"I'm going to Makai. I don't know when I'll be back."

"You want me to hang out here, yes?"

"Yup."

"Ok! Have fun!" Boton waves at her as she leaves, sitting at the desk with a smile on her face.

Konton leaves the palace and travels past the river Styx, flying until she reaches a barrier. "He never said I couldn't travel there." She gathers wind speed and shoots through the barrier, hitting a tree on the other side. "Well that was a good landing." She stands up just as the huge tree falls over. "Cool!" She looks up at the sky. "Time for a nap. I'll begin the hunt at dawn."

(The next day)

Konton wakes up in the early hours of the morning and looks up at the sky, a smirk on her face. "And let the hunt begin." She flies off.

( Koenma's)

"Boton! How could you let her go to Makai!" Koenma yells.

"You didn't tell me she was supposed to be confined to her office!" Boton tries to defend herself.

"Well now she can get to the torture house! Kagome is going to purify that place! Konton will be permanently be turned into a human if she goes there!"

"I'm sorry! I don't know what you want me to do about it! It's beyond my control, I can't stop her!"

"Turn the screen on, we might as well track her."

"Yes sir." Boton hits a button on the wall and a screen comes down from the ceiling. The screen remains blue for a few minutes before an image comes to focus. Boton leaves.

Ronin walks into the room. "So where's Konton?"

"Is Kagome back yet?" Kurama comes in behind him.

"Hn." Hiei just stares at the screen.

"There." Koenma points to the dot moving across the screen. "And no."

"Nice to see you're back." Kurama looks over at Hiei. "Where's Kagome?"

"She's still there." Hiei states.

"So Konton is that dot that is rapidly moving across the screen, right?" Ronin questions Koenma.

"Yes."

"So she's in Makai, correct?"

"Yes."

"Ok, thanks." Ronin starts to walk out of the room.

"Where are you going Ronin?"

"To Makai."

"Why?"

"… To see a friend."

"You are not going to join Konton."

"You can't keep me away from my girlfriend Koenma."

"But I can put you under house arrest."

"And how do you plan to do that? I live at Genki's, not here."

"Boton!" The chipper grim reaper runs into the room.

"Yes sir?"

"Bring Ronin to Konton's office. I want him under house arrest."

"Yes sir." She grabs hold of Ronin's arm and starts to pull him out of the room.

"And Boton." Koenma glares at her.

"Yes… sir?"

"I do NOT want a repeat of what happened earlier! You will NOT, under any circumstances, let him out of that room! Is that understood!?"

"Yes sir!" Boton brings Ronin to Konton's office. "I'm sorry Ronin." She puts spirit cuffs on him, ties him to the chair and puts a barrier up around him. "I cannot allow you to leave this room. Koenma's orders." She walks to the door and snaps her fingers. He s immediately surrounded by laser beams. She leaves the room, shutting the door and sliding a huge piece of wood across it, adding padlocks and chains. She changes her outfit from her pink kimono to blue jeans and a black t-shirt. She quietly guards the door, a metal bat in hand.

(W/ Konton)

"This would've been so much easier if Koenma just sent me there, but no, he couldn't do that." She slaughters a demon that just appeared in front of her. She sighs. "83…" She scans the area ahead of her. "I see it! Finally!" She charges the 2 demons standing guard outside the front door. "You are only immortal if you are inside. Let me pass or die." One of them starts to speak; she pulls out a glaive and slices him. "84… You next? Or are you going to open the door for me?" She glares at the other one. He hesitantly takes a key out of his pocket and offers it to her. "I have no time for keys, my friend is going to end up killing herself. Open. The. Door. Now."

"I was given orders to not open those door. If you do not wish for me to fight you, then you will have to open the door yourself."