prompt: beautiful agony
Charade
/Hiei!/
It was all the warning he got before Kurama materialized in front of him, blocking his path to the Detective. Hiei's eyes widened as his sword slid neatly into Kurama's stomach, pain blossoming through their bond. He pulled back, fighting the instinctive need to just stop and do something about the wound.
"Kurama? You traitor!"
The scripted words hurt almost as much as the pain he knew he was causing Kurama. The fox smiled at him and slit his hand open on Hiei's Shadow Sword. He only had a few seconds to brace himself before Kurama threw his own blood into his Jagan eye.
It was all part of the plan.
/I'm sorry, Hiei, so sorry - / Kurama kept chanting the words even as he aided the Detective, even as he went to protect the human girl. Hiei, for all his outward anger, couldn't help but feel sick.
He was relieved when the Detective finally won. At least then the charade was finally over.