"What happened after that?" Kuwabara asked.
"Her father found out and was very angry with her. He locked her in the palace and she wasn't allowed to go anywhere not even roam Heaven."
"That must have been hard" Kuwabara smirked, "Why keep your daughter..."
"They believed that Youko was using Kurenai to gain her power. A man's influence is highly strong in that World."
Yusuke, "But he didn't."
"They didn't believe that. After they sealed everything off, Youko spent a month trying to see her. Kurenai couldn't leave the Palace she was on guard 24/7. Then one day Youko found a way to see her in the Palace. He had a friend in the Demon World who knew a way to get you any place in any world including the Palace in Heaven. He came to visit her and for a month they were seeing each other that way. Demons thought that Kurama had been brainwashed, but he was still a Demon as ever. When he wasn't with her he went on his crime sprees. He is still known as one of the most dangerous. Then word got out he was seeing the Princess of Heaven and news spread quickly about, if any married her with or without consent they would control her power. Many demons tried to gain access to Heaven. It was said if she was killed the one who drank her blood would be 'married' to her and gain her power."
"So then that means..." Hiei murmured out
"Aa. Those demons that tried to capture her want her power, they know who she is."
"But don't they want to kill her?"
"Those two figures we saw must be after it and sent those lower demons to capture her."
They looked at both of them. Kurenai couldn't believe it.
"What happened after that?" Kurama asked him.
"What you two were remembering was the last day Heaven lived. Someone had tipped off that Youko had broken into the Palace. By doing so this would keep them distracted long enough for other demons to enter and take her. Once they found you two..." he paused, "Kurenai didn't want to live in that kind of world anymore no matter the consequences. So that glow you saw was the power that she had in her that destroyed Heaven."
Yusuke, "But why can't they remember anything?"
"She could use her power any way she wanted. She chose to send him back to the Demon World and live, in doing so placed a keikai around him to withstand the destruction. Once she uses her power in that way all memories are lost from the very beginning to the end."
"That's why when Kurama never remembered anything."
"My earring..." she looked at Kurama's ear. "It's my earring. You kept it all this time."
"Aa. I never knew why I had it it was just there."
Koenma, "We should move before we get to suspicious. Your classes are almost over go to your last class then meet back at Kuwabara's place."
Hiei and Koenma left. Kurama, Urameshii and Kuwabara headed to Kurenai's class. This made it easier for them to watch her.
They entered the classroom during break and Asuka and Yuuko approached her.
"Kurenai! Are you ok? You look like hell!"
"She's ok she just needs rest."
"Minamino-senpai!" the whole classed looked at them, "Gomen" said Asuka. "Urameshii-Senpai? Kuwabara-senpai? Why are you here?"
"Kurenai wa ore no kanojo desu."
"Ehh??" everyone looked at them. "Maji??"
"Oi oi Kurama, don't make a scene."
"Wakatta."
Asuka and Yuuko looked at Kurenai who had her head down in Kurama's lap. "Kurechan? Maji kai?" All she did was nodd her head she didn't even look up.
"Maa maaa, she tired we just came in to get her stuff. She's not feeling well and we wanted you two to see that we didn't do anything to her."
Everyone in the class whispered. "Hey did you see her hair? It's red and black now. That girl is always being different. How did she snatch Minamino- senpai?"
Yusuke looked at them, "Oh omae da, Shut up!" he told the girls. Just then Keiko walked in.
"Yusuke-kun?"
The girls looked at her, "Keiko-senpai".
"You shouldn't talk to girls like that. What are you doing in here? I've been looking for you three. Botan-chan wants to talk to you all." She looked over at Kurama, "Kura--, I mean Minamino-san, Kurenai wa?"
"Aa. We're leaving." She got on her feet put the sunglasses on before anyone can see the puffiness in her eyes and they left.
Asuka, "Kurechan..."
They all left and met with Botan on the roof of the school.
"Koenma-sama wants to see you all." They were all transported to the Spirit World.
"Kurama" Koenma spoke.
"Hai?"
"This is one of the survivors from that time."
"Eh? Maji desu ka?"
"Aa." A human/demon figured appeared. "It was over a 1000 years ago since that happened but I'll never forget that day."
"But I thought no one else survived."
"That portal that you were sent into I followed it."
"But how..."
"I can build keikai's also, not as strong but I jumped into the portal as soon as the flash came upon us."
"Kurenai-sama" he bent down on one knee to her, "Ohisashiburi desu."
"Eh? Hirai-san...?"
"Hai. Oboeteimasu ka?"
"Ehh.. sukoshi chotto..."
"Yokatta ne." he smiled. They sat down in the room they met Koenma in.
"You remember him?" Kurama asked him.
"U... un... a little bit, he was one of our servants and one of the few I could trust I think..."
"Hai. I knew of your relationship even after King closed everything. I did not tell because it would hurt Kurenai-sama and I believe you did you not love her for her power but for her."
Kurama, "So what happened?"
"Aa. Well I've told everything to Koenma, I'm assuming he's told you everything."
"Yes but..."
"I do not know who is after her now."
Kurenai, "For some reason… I want to remember everything now." Kurama smiled at her.
"Can you take me home now Kurama?"
"Aa."
They arrived at her apartment.
"Sorry everything's messy?
"Messy?" he looked around and it didn't look messy.
"Want something to drink?"
"No it's ok. Where are your parents?"
She stopped pouring the tea for herself. "They died. When I was young, in a car accident. They told me that they found me and I had a name stuck on me and that's how they named me Anemone Kurenai."
"Sumon"
"Un… daijoubu." She smiled and sat next to him.
"Jitsuwa…."
"eh?"
"Actually I haven't been honest."
"What?"
"I did start to remember things about us a few months ago but I just thought... they weren't real." he looked at her as she looked down. "I would notice you when I saw you at school with Uremeshii-senpai. I always got this feeling that somehow we were connected. Like I did know you from before but when you never noticed me I figured it was just me liking you. Your eyes" she looked at him and put her hand on his face "seem so familiar and so close but so far away, like I couldn't reach you. Your smile" she placed her finger outlining his lips, "your smile, you would laugh and I felt like I needed to touch them again." Her tears ran down slowly one at a time and she let go of his face. "I was always the odd one at school. I never wore the uniform properly my hair, they've tried to get me to color my hair but it would change no matter how many times I've tried so they let me keep it this color. I knew you would never notice me so I kept my distance."
"Why did you pretend not to know me?"
"It was easier that way. I've always been alone but for some reason when I see you I felt confused. Like someone was there watching out for me but yet I was so alone."
"What about Hiei and Yusuke?"
"This is the first time I've seen any of your true forms. In my dreams you were Youko so I didn't put two in two together that you were one in the same."
He looked at her and placed his hands on her face, "I remember... everything... My partners even started to wonder about me but I didn't tell them. I even remember Youmi."
"Youmi?"
"Aa. We fought recently about 3 years ago in a tournament that Yusuke made in the Demon World to decide the fate of it." He wiped her eyes, "You shouldn't cry it doesn't suit you. I remember how you weren't even scared of me the first time we met."
"That's cause I didn't know you"
"Aa. And you looked passed that and accepted me for me. You defied your parents and believed in me even though you weren't sure if I was just using you."
"You weren't right?"
He laughed, "Of course not. Living here with my human parents made me cherish things more. I may have been a cold heartless demon back then and even now I am at times but I still had that soft side of me I guess." He looked at her and she leaned in toward him and kissed him. He took her in his arms and he transformed into Youko.
"Youko-sama?" she whispered. He looked at her and her face changed a little her eyes were still golden.
"Kurenai"
"Youko-sama... kowai you... I don't want to lose again."
"Shinpai shinai de Kurenai. Ore o anata ha mamoru"
"Her father found out and was very angry with her. He locked her in the palace and she wasn't allowed to go anywhere not even roam Heaven."
"That must have been hard" Kuwabara smirked, "Why keep your daughter..."
"They believed that Youko was using Kurenai to gain her power. A man's influence is highly strong in that World."
Yusuke, "But he didn't."
"They didn't believe that. After they sealed everything off, Youko spent a month trying to see her. Kurenai couldn't leave the Palace she was on guard 24/7. Then one day Youko found a way to see her in the Palace. He had a friend in the Demon World who knew a way to get you any place in any world including the Palace in Heaven. He came to visit her and for a month they were seeing each other that way. Demons thought that Kurama had been brainwashed, but he was still a Demon as ever. When he wasn't with her he went on his crime sprees. He is still known as one of the most dangerous. Then word got out he was seeing the Princess of Heaven and news spread quickly about, if any married her with or without consent they would control her power. Many demons tried to gain access to Heaven. It was said if she was killed the one who drank her blood would be 'married' to her and gain her power."
"So then that means..." Hiei murmured out
"Aa. Those demons that tried to capture her want her power, they know who she is."
"But don't they want to kill her?"
"Those two figures we saw must be after it and sent those lower demons to capture her."
They looked at both of them. Kurenai couldn't believe it.
"What happened after that?" Kurama asked him.
"What you two were remembering was the last day Heaven lived. Someone had tipped off that Youko had broken into the Palace. By doing so this would keep them distracted long enough for other demons to enter and take her. Once they found you two..." he paused, "Kurenai didn't want to live in that kind of world anymore no matter the consequences. So that glow you saw was the power that she had in her that destroyed Heaven."
Yusuke, "But why can't they remember anything?"
"She could use her power any way she wanted. She chose to send him back to the Demon World and live, in doing so placed a keikai around him to withstand the destruction. Once she uses her power in that way all memories are lost from the very beginning to the end."
"That's why when Kurama never remembered anything."
"My earring..." she looked at Kurama's ear. "It's my earring. You kept it all this time."
"Aa. I never knew why I had it it was just there."
Koenma, "We should move before we get to suspicious. Your classes are almost over go to your last class then meet back at Kuwabara's place."
Hiei and Koenma left. Kurama, Urameshii and Kuwabara headed to Kurenai's class. This made it easier for them to watch her.
They entered the classroom during break and Asuka and Yuuko approached her.
"Kurenai! Are you ok? You look like hell!"
"She's ok she just needs rest."
"Minamino-senpai!" the whole classed looked at them, "Gomen" said Asuka. "Urameshii-Senpai? Kuwabara-senpai? Why are you here?"
"Kurenai wa ore no kanojo desu."
"Ehh??" everyone looked at them. "Maji??"
"Oi oi Kurama, don't make a scene."
"Wakatta."
Asuka and Yuuko looked at Kurenai who had her head down in Kurama's lap. "Kurechan? Maji kai?" All she did was nodd her head she didn't even look up.
"Maa maaa, she tired we just came in to get her stuff. She's not feeling well and we wanted you two to see that we didn't do anything to her."
Everyone in the class whispered. "Hey did you see her hair? It's red and black now. That girl is always being different. How did she snatch Minamino- senpai?"
Yusuke looked at them, "Oh omae da, Shut up!" he told the girls. Just then Keiko walked in.
"Yusuke-kun?"
The girls looked at her, "Keiko-senpai".
"You shouldn't talk to girls like that. What are you doing in here? I've been looking for you three. Botan-chan wants to talk to you all." She looked over at Kurama, "Kura--, I mean Minamino-san, Kurenai wa?"
"Aa. We're leaving." She got on her feet put the sunglasses on before anyone can see the puffiness in her eyes and they left.
Asuka, "Kurechan..."
They all left and met with Botan on the roof of the school.
"Koenma-sama wants to see you all." They were all transported to the Spirit World.
"Kurama" Koenma spoke.
"Hai?"
"This is one of the survivors from that time."
"Eh? Maji desu ka?"
"Aa." A human/demon figured appeared. "It was over a 1000 years ago since that happened but I'll never forget that day."
"But I thought no one else survived."
"That portal that you were sent into I followed it."
"But how..."
"I can build keikai's also, not as strong but I jumped into the portal as soon as the flash came upon us."
"Kurenai-sama" he bent down on one knee to her, "Ohisashiburi desu."
"Eh? Hirai-san...?"
"Hai. Oboeteimasu ka?"
"Ehh.. sukoshi chotto..."
"Yokatta ne." he smiled. They sat down in the room they met Koenma in.
"You remember him?" Kurama asked him.
"U... un... a little bit, he was one of our servants and one of the few I could trust I think..."
"Hai. I knew of your relationship even after King closed everything. I did not tell because it would hurt Kurenai-sama and I believe you did you not love her for her power but for her."
Kurama, "So what happened?"
"Aa. Well I've told everything to Koenma, I'm assuming he's told you everything."
"Yes but..."
"I do not know who is after her now."
Kurenai, "For some reason… I want to remember everything now." Kurama smiled at her.
"Can you take me home now Kurama?"
"Aa."
They arrived at her apartment.
"Sorry everything's messy?
"Messy?" he looked around and it didn't look messy.
"Want something to drink?"
"No it's ok. Where are your parents?"
She stopped pouring the tea for herself. "They died. When I was young, in a car accident. They told me that they found me and I had a name stuck on me and that's how they named me Anemone Kurenai."
"Sumon"
"Un… daijoubu." She smiled and sat next to him.
"Jitsuwa…."
"eh?"
"Actually I haven't been honest."
"What?"
"I did start to remember things about us a few months ago but I just thought... they weren't real." he looked at her as she looked down. "I would notice you when I saw you at school with Uremeshii-senpai. I always got this feeling that somehow we were connected. Like I did know you from before but when you never noticed me I figured it was just me liking you. Your eyes" she looked at him and put her hand on his face "seem so familiar and so close but so far away, like I couldn't reach you. Your smile" she placed her finger outlining his lips, "your smile, you would laugh and I felt like I needed to touch them again." Her tears ran down slowly one at a time and she let go of his face. "I was always the odd one at school. I never wore the uniform properly my hair, they've tried to get me to color my hair but it would change no matter how many times I've tried so they let me keep it this color. I knew you would never notice me so I kept my distance."
"Why did you pretend not to know me?"
"It was easier that way. I've always been alone but for some reason when I see you I felt confused. Like someone was there watching out for me but yet I was so alone."
"What about Hiei and Yusuke?"
"This is the first time I've seen any of your true forms. In my dreams you were Youko so I didn't put two in two together that you were one in the same."
He looked at her and placed his hands on her face, "I remember... everything... My partners even started to wonder about me but I didn't tell them. I even remember Youmi."
"Youmi?"
"Aa. We fought recently about 3 years ago in a tournament that Yusuke made in the Demon World to decide the fate of it." He wiped her eyes, "You shouldn't cry it doesn't suit you. I remember how you weren't even scared of me the first time we met."
"That's cause I didn't know you"
"Aa. And you looked passed that and accepted me for me. You defied your parents and believed in me even though you weren't sure if I was just using you."
"You weren't right?"
He laughed, "Of course not. Living here with my human parents made me cherish things more. I may have been a cold heartless demon back then and even now I am at times but I still had that soft side of me I guess." He looked at her and she leaned in toward him and kissed him. He took her in his arms and he transformed into Youko.
"Youko-sama?" she whispered. He looked at her and her face changed a little her eyes were still golden.
"Kurenai"
"Youko-sama... kowai you... I don't want to lose again."
"Shinpai shinai de Kurenai. Ore o anata ha mamoru"