Chambers ()
This chapter was great! Please hurry with more soon.
Aqua: Hai hai!!! ^_^V I'm trying to type up a chapter a day!!
No Name ()
HxK!HxK!HxK!HxK!HxK!HxK!HxK!
Aqua: BANZAI!!! *starts waving HxK flag*
Isis Blue
awww... sweet chapter *pats author's head* you're forgiven for goofing on 33. Hmmm... BotanXKoenma eh? Sure. Why not? Koenma is pretty drool worthy in his young adult body... and that pacifier must be an excellent workout *is bonked on the head before she lets out a spoiler or turns hentai* When is Shuuichi going to find out that Hiei and Kurama were lovers???? And how? A vivid dream? Hiei? Yukina? The dream way might be nice... on the night of the sleepover/crashing (lol - loved that bit of distinction). It would cause for an interesting morning, at any rate.
Aqua: O.o; ... O.O;;;; Okay, you are totally psycic or something!! (And, don't worry, the secrets behind Koenma's pacifier will be revealed later in this ficcie, so that spoiler would be revealed eventually anyway LOL) Neways, you are definately going to like this particular chapter!!
Yukitsu
Ummm... Sorry for that tantrum just a while ago. I'm Really, REALLY sorry. Gomen nasai! And Thankies for fixing the chapter. Waaaaaahhhhhh I love it so much!!!!! Go Hiei! Go Kurama! *dances around while wagging tail* Awwwww.... poor Botan. hehehe. (don't like the girl) I mean, I like her, if she's not Kurama's partner. Kurama is for Hiei and Hiei only. *determined stomp* Botan's for Koenma. I hope that they go together in your fic too. More chapters please! c",)
Aqua: LOL, that's okay. I had no idea what was going on with the chapters, and I wouldn't of fixed it if so many people hadn't freaked out. *nod nod* I like Botan, but I do NOT think that Botan and Kurama should be together. ^^;; I mean, I own half the series and they only exchange maybe three sentances. Personally, I think that Koenma and Botan make a cute couple and I'm seriously considering getting them together later on in the ficcie.
Armageddon ()
Cool story but sometimes you are lacking in details. But what do I know, here's candy and one day I will learn how to spell
Aqua: *dies laughing* And to think, in one of my fics a reviewer told me I put in too much details!! LOL ^_~ In this, I have to be careful not to reveal too much before I want to. Probably why it doesn't have as much detail. Eeee!!! Sankyuu for the candy!!!!
N-chan
wai!! cants wait til the next chapter!!
Aqua: *grins wide* Me either, that's why I typed it up last night!!!
Black Starr Kitsune
OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH whats going to happen tonight?? ooohhh I hope Kurama will remember soon and Hiei won't be sad anymore. Is Kurama going to claim Hiei as his mate?? because I tell you he should they are obviously soulmates Please update soon Kurama and Hiei forever. (^_^)
Aqua: *waves her other flag saying Hiei/Kurama FOREVER!!* The actual 'sleepover' scene is rather innocent *grins* However, what happens during the sleepover...... *trails off, cackling*
Yonaka no Inu-Ryuu
AaaaaaaawwwwwwwwWWWWWW!!!! KAWAIII!!!!! Seeing as you're now a fried, threatening has become rather inappropriate... Damn. My Italian mafia buddies are out of a job. Oh well. Bribing's good. *chuckes coconut pocky* Write more!!!
Aqua: LOL!!! ^_~ Don't worry, the most effective way to get me to write is to voice your opinion and be a general bother of yourself until I get fed up and decide to write more. *grins and munches on a stick of pocky* Although, I don't know about being the idea of a fried.... (*giggles her head off* Don't mind me. I know it was a typo. I just didn't get much sleep last night since I had to stay up until four in the morning to write this chapter!! Gaaah!!)
ShiTiger
Very sweet chapter, but I'm still interested in the bath scene. Hope to see the next one soon, bye!
Aqua: *bows her head to everyone* I'm really sorry about Episode 33. However, you can ask Yonaka up there. She knows how many times I tried to reload it. ^^; Eventually, I had to recreate a file in order to get it to load properly!! Stupid ff.net. *growls at it* ^_^ Neways, hai hai, next chapter!!!
Yukitsu
Yes. I agree. It _is_ about time that you gave little Hiei-kun a happy ending. Of course it should be with our number 1 bishie. *grin grin* or else! *threatening glare* Jooooke *runs over for a hug* *wags kitsune tail* *wag wag*
Kurama/Shuichi + Hiei the BEST!!!!! They RULE!!!
Aqua: They do, they do!!! Wai wai!! *glomps onto Yukitsu and pets head* ^_^; I can't garuntee a happy ending right now, but things are about to get a whoooooole lot more interesting between the two, I can tell ya that!!
Now, on with the ficcie!!
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Author's Note: ^_^;; I wasn't aware that they had things like guns in the Demonworld. However, in the series, when Kurama explains how he was killed, the hunter shot him with a gun. Just because, I've decided to keep this part of the series the same. Let's not nit-pick at our wonderful series and just enjoy, ne?
Reaching Your Limits: A YYH alternate universe
Episode 36: Explained Dreams. The Connection
The night air was cool against his skin, chilling his body when the slight breeze brushed against his sweaty form, turning the slickness on him into a cold coating that made him shudder with large shivers. However, he didn't dare move from his hiding place, not even to brush the sweat away.
It was close, he could feel it. Coming closer, following his trail. The hunter had expertly worked past all of his traps, intent on his prize. Kurama was at a loss of what to do. He couldn't return home and possibly bring this danger to Hiei and his sister. Yet, no matter how far he ran, the hunter stayed close behind him, waiting for his opportunity.
He was wanted for his silver hide and he knew it. No other knowledge in the world was more terrifying. This wasn't even a hunt of necessity, a preditor looking for food. This was a game to the hunter, a chase that would leave Kurama without his life and him with a silver pelt that would gain several thousand gold in the market place. Enough to feed himself for weeks, although Kurama doubted that the hunter actually needed food.
When he heard a twig snap only a few feet away, the youko reacted without thinking. He transformed into his fox body, darting under the bushes close by and running for all that he was worth. He tried to twist the plants behind him to block the other's passage, but was distracted by the sheer terror flowing through his veins. There was no time to worry about the plants. He had to get away.
The sound of a shot being fired echoed in the silence of the night, and Kurama froze in shock without meaning to. Pain suddenly peirced through his body and he gave a yelp of agony as it ripped through his form like an inferno. He'd been surrounded by a comforting black flame before. However, this was nothing like that time. There was no comfort, no condolences, no sense of safety. He could feel his body seperating from his soul, his mind almost gone from the pain alone.
He could hear the triumphant sound of the hunter as he realized that he'd hit his mark. However, Kurama could do no more than give him a feeble growl before he collapsed to the ground.
When he awoke, his body was laying on the ground. He was floating, and everything seemed to be disjointed before his eyes. Looking around, he could see different pathways before him. Some would lead him to the Spiritworld. Others would lead toward the Humanworld. There were even some passages toward the non-existant Neitherworld which would certainly lead him to the demise of his spirit if he followed.
He wanted nothing more than to return to the arms of his lover. He wanted to close his eyes, then open them and realize that it had all been a nightmare. That he was still inside of their home built within the trees, that Yukina would be cooking whatever meat he and Hiei had dragged back the night before.
However, no matter how many times he opened and closed his eyes, the situation remained the same. The hunter was packing up his dead body and his soul was left floating in the air above.
Suddenly, a raw determination filled him. He was not going to allow himself to just die like this. Kurama was a proud being. He had lived for hundreds of years already, had outsmarted countless numbers of enemies, had stolen thousands of dollars worth of treasures. He'd had countless numbers of lovers, had fallen in love with only one, and had been fighting against that particular hunter for weeks.
There was no way he was just going to let his soul vanish into nothing in the Demonworld, or risk the chance of eternal banishment from the Spiritworld. He would take the only other option left, go to the Humanworld, and find whatever means he could to restore himself to a physical body.
His mind made up, Kurama willed his spirit forward, through one of the passageways. He could feel himself growing weaker, his soul deminishing without a physical body to contain it. Desperately, he searched for any kind of solution to his problem.
When he saw the human woman walking in the park, wrapped in the arms of a human man, an idea came to him. She was pregnant with his child, but the child did not have its own soul yet. Moving himself downward, he let his soul drift into that of the fetus, feeling the woman cry out as the tiny being inside of her stirred in reaction to his coming.
Reaching out with the last of his power, Kurama shifted the form to fit the basic needs of himself. The baby had originally started as a female, but would now turn into a male. With nothing left to do, the youko let himself drift within the warm recess which surrounded, closing his eyes and surrendering to the sleep which called him.
He didn't feel his memories drifting away piece by piece, or his youki being clamped down by the spiritual energy of the body he possessed. He didn't feel the body growing around him, taking the shape of a baby boy as month passed into month and his form developed. He let all of it slip by, until he was nothing more than a human child, screaming as he came into the world.
He'd lost all of it, his entire past, the truth of who he had been. Now, he was Minamino Shuuichi. The first born son of the human woman, Minamino Shiori. If there had been any times of strange dreams, both he and his mother had passed them off as the imagination of a child.
Now, something was calling him. Something from the forgotten past. Kurama wanted out, wanted to reach for this thing. He knew that it should never of been forgotten. He was going to fight against every wall which held him back until he had found this important thing and claimed it as his own.
He never wanted to leave again. He'd promised he would never leave.
***
Shuuichi let out a muffled scream as he jolted to a sitting position. His body was covered in a cold sweat and he shivered. However, it was more from the lasting images of the dream than it had been from the chill in his body.
"What is it?" Hiei questioned, startling him even further. He should of realized that, with his past, Hiei would be a light sleeper.
"My dream," he said quietly. "I know what happened."
The fire demon sat up, the blankets shifting with his motion. After a rather short argument hours earlier, the two of them had decided to share the bed. Hiei had refused to make Shuuichi take the floor, and the red-head had refused to let Hiei do the same. At the time, he'd been almost beside himself with embarrasment and teenage hormones. Now, he was grateful for the other's presence so close.
Unable to help himself, Shuuichi turned and wrapped his arms around Hiei's body, his head burying into the other's shoulder. He felt Hiei tense, then wrap a tentive arm around him. "I know how I died," Shuuichi whispered, tears coming to his eyes.
End Episode 36
This chapter was great! Please hurry with more soon.
Aqua: Hai hai!!! ^_^V I'm trying to type up a chapter a day!!
No Name ()
HxK!HxK!HxK!HxK!HxK!HxK!HxK!
Aqua: BANZAI!!! *starts waving HxK flag*
Isis Blue
awww... sweet chapter *pats author's head* you're forgiven for goofing on 33. Hmmm... BotanXKoenma eh? Sure. Why not? Koenma is pretty drool worthy in his young adult body... and that pacifier must be an excellent workout *is bonked on the head before she lets out a spoiler or turns hentai* When is Shuuichi going to find out that Hiei and Kurama were lovers???? And how? A vivid dream? Hiei? Yukina? The dream way might be nice... on the night of the sleepover/crashing (lol - loved that bit of distinction). It would cause for an interesting morning, at any rate.
Aqua: O.o; ... O.O;;;; Okay, you are totally psycic or something!! (And, don't worry, the secrets behind Koenma's pacifier will be revealed later in this ficcie, so that spoiler would be revealed eventually anyway LOL) Neways, you are definately going to like this particular chapter!!
Yukitsu
Ummm... Sorry for that tantrum just a while ago. I'm Really, REALLY sorry. Gomen nasai! And Thankies for fixing the chapter. Waaaaaahhhhhh I love it so much!!!!! Go Hiei! Go Kurama! *dances around while wagging tail* Awwwww.... poor Botan. hehehe. (don't like the girl) I mean, I like her, if she's not Kurama's partner. Kurama is for Hiei and Hiei only. *determined stomp* Botan's for Koenma. I hope that they go together in your fic too. More chapters please! c",)
Aqua: LOL, that's okay. I had no idea what was going on with the chapters, and I wouldn't of fixed it if so many people hadn't freaked out. *nod nod* I like Botan, but I do NOT think that Botan and Kurama should be together. ^^;; I mean, I own half the series and they only exchange maybe three sentances. Personally, I think that Koenma and Botan make a cute couple and I'm seriously considering getting them together later on in the ficcie.
Armageddon ()
Cool story but sometimes you are lacking in details. But what do I know, here's candy and one day I will learn how to spell
Aqua: *dies laughing* And to think, in one of my fics a reviewer told me I put in too much details!! LOL ^_~ In this, I have to be careful not to reveal too much before I want to. Probably why it doesn't have as much detail. Eeee!!! Sankyuu for the candy!!!!
N-chan
wai!! cants wait til the next chapter!!
Aqua: *grins wide* Me either, that's why I typed it up last night!!!
Black Starr Kitsune
OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH whats going to happen tonight?? ooohhh I hope Kurama will remember soon and Hiei won't be sad anymore. Is Kurama going to claim Hiei as his mate?? because I tell you he should they are obviously soulmates Please update soon Kurama and Hiei forever. (^_^)
Aqua: *waves her other flag saying Hiei/Kurama FOREVER!!* The actual 'sleepover' scene is rather innocent *grins* However, what happens during the sleepover...... *trails off, cackling*
Yonaka no Inu-Ryuu
AaaaaaaawwwwwwwwWWWWWW!!!! KAWAIII!!!!! Seeing as you're now a fried, threatening has become rather inappropriate... Damn. My Italian mafia buddies are out of a job. Oh well. Bribing's good. *chuckes coconut pocky* Write more!!!
Aqua: LOL!!! ^_~ Don't worry, the most effective way to get me to write is to voice your opinion and be a general bother of yourself until I get fed up and decide to write more. *grins and munches on a stick of pocky* Although, I don't know about being the idea of a fried.... (*giggles her head off* Don't mind me. I know it was a typo. I just didn't get much sleep last night since I had to stay up until four in the morning to write this chapter!! Gaaah!!)
ShiTiger
Very sweet chapter, but I'm still interested in the bath scene. Hope to see the next one soon, bye!
Aqua: *bows her head to everyone* I'm really sorry about Episode 33. However, you can ask Yonaka up there. She knows how many times I tried to reload it. ^^; Eventually, I had to recreate a file in order to get it to load properly!! Stupid ff.net. *growls at it* ^_^ Neways, hai hai, next chapter!!!
Yukitsu
Yes. I agree. It _is_ about time that you gave little Hiei-kun a happy ending. Of course it should be with our number 1 bishie. *grin grin* or else! *threatening glare* Jooooke *runs over for a hug* *wags kitsune tail* *wag wag*
Kurama/Shuichi + Hiei the BEST!!!!! They RULE!!!
Aqua: They do, they do!!! Wai wai!! *glomps onto Yukitsu and pets head* ^_^; I can't garuntee a happy ending right now, but things are about to get a whoooooole lot more interesting between the two, I can tell ya that!!
Now, on with the ficcie!!
------
Author's Note: ^_^;; I wasn't aware that they had things like guns in the Demonworld. However, in the series, when Kurama explains how he was killed, the hunter shot him with a gun. Just because, I've decided to keep this part of the series the same. Let's not nit-pick at our wonderful series and just enjoy, ne?
Reaching Your Limits: A YYH alternate universe
Episode 36: Explained Dreams. The Connection
The night air was cool against his skin, chilling his body when the slight breeze brushed against his sweaty form, turning the slickness on him into a cold coating that made him shudder with large shivers. However, he didn't dare move from his hiding place, not even to brush the sweat away.
It was close, he could feel it. Coming closer, following his trail. The hunter had expertly worked past all of his traps, intent on his prize. Kurama was at a loss of what to do. He couldn't return home and possibly bring this danger to Hiei and his sister. Yet, no matter how far he ran, the hunter stayed close behind him, waiting for his opportunity.
He was wanted for his silver hide and he knew it. No other knowledge in the world was more terrifying. This wasn't even a hunt of necessity, a preditor looking for food. This was a game to the hunter, a chase that would leave Kurama without his life and him with a silver pelt that would gain several thousand gold in the market place. Enough to feed himself for weeks, although Kurama doubted that the hunter actually needed food.
When he heard a twig snap only a few feet away, the youko reacted without thinking. He transformed into his fox body, darting under the bushes close by and running for all that he was worth. He tried to twist the plants behind him to block the other's passage, but was distracted by the sheer terror flowing through his veins. There was no time to worry about the plants. He had to get away.
The sound of a shot being fired echoed in the silence of the night, and Kurama froze in shock without meaning to. Pain suddenly peirced through his body and he gave a yelp of agony as it ripped through his form like an inferno. He'd been surrounded by a comforting black flame before. However, this was nothing like that time. There was no comfort, no condolences, no sense of safety. He could feel his body seperating from his soul, his mind almost gone from the pain alone.
He could hear the triumphant sound of the hunter as he realized that he'd hit his mark. However, Kurama could do no more than give him a feeble growl before he collapsed to the ground.
When he awoke, his body was laying on the ground. He was floating, and everything seemed to be disjointed before his eyes. Looking around, he could see different pathways before him. Some would lead him to the Spiritworld. Others would lead toward the Humanworld. There were even some passages toward the non-existant Neitherworld which would certainly lead him to the demise of his spirit if he followed.
He wanted nothing more than to return to the arms of his lover. He wanted to close his eyes, then open them and realize that it had all been a nightmare. That he was still inside of their home built within the trees, that Yukina would be cooking whatever meat he and Hiei had dragged back the night before.
However, no matter how many times he opened and closed his eyes, the situation remained the same. The hunter was packing up his dead body and his soul was left floating in the air above.
Suddenly, a raw determination filled him. He was not going to allow himself to just die like this. Kurama was a proud being. He had lived for hundreds of years already, had outsmarted countless numbers of enemies, had stolen thousands of dollars worth of treasures. He'd had countless numbers of lovers, had fallen in love with only one, and had been fighting against that particular hunter for weeks.
There was no way he was just going to let his soul vanish into nothing in the Demonworld, or risk the chance of eternal banishment from the Spiritworld. He would take the only other option left, go to the Humanworld, and find whatever means he could to restore himself to a physical body.
His mind made up, Kurama willed his spirit forward, through one of the passageways. He could feel himself growing weaker, his soul deminishing without a physical body to contain it. Desperately, he searched for any kind of solution to his problem.
When he saw the human woman walking in the park, wrapped in the arms of a human man, an idea came to him. She was pregnant with his child, but the child did not have its own soul yet. Moving himself downward, he let his soul drift into that of the fetus, feeling the woman cry out as the tiny being inside of her stirred in reaction to his coming.
Reaching out with the last of his power, Kurama shifted the form to fit the basic needs of himself. The baby had originally started as a female, but would now turn into a male. With nothing left to do, the youko let himself drift within the warm recess which surrounded, closing his eyes and surrendering to the sleep which called him.
He didn't feel his memories drifting away piece by piece, or his youki being clamped down by the spiritual energy of the body he possessed. He didn't feel the body growing around him, taking the shape of a baby boy as month passed into month and his form developed. He let all of it slip by, until he was nothing more than a human child, screaming as he came into the world.
He'd lost all of it, his entire past, the truth of who he had been. Now, he was Minamino Shuuichi. The first born son of the human woman, Minamino Shiori. If there had been any times of strange dreams, both he and his mother had passed them off as the imagination of a child.
Now, something was calling him. Something from the forgotten past. Kurama wanted out, wanted to reach for this thing. He knew that it should never of been forgotten. He was going to fight against every wall which held him back until he had found this important thing and claimed it as his own.
He never wanted to leave again. He'd promised he would never leave.
***
Shuuichi let out a muffled scream as he jolted to a sitting position. His body was covered in a cold sweat and he shivered. However, it was more from the lasting images of the dream than it had been from the chill in his body.
"What is it?" Hiei questioned, startling him even further. He should of realized that, with his past, Hiei would be a light sleeper.
"My dream," he said quietly. "I know what happened."
The fire demon sat up, the blankets shifting with his motion. After a rather short argument hours earlier, the two of them had decided to share the bed. Hiei had refused to make Shuuichi take the floor, and the red-head had refused to let Hiei do the same. At the time, he'd been almost beside himself with embarrasment and teenage hormones. Now, he was grateful for the other's presence so close.
Unable to help himself, Shuuichi turned and wrapped his arms around Hiei's body, his head burying into the other's shoulder. He felt Hiei tense, then wrap a tentive arm around him. "I know how I died," Shuuichi whispered, tears coming to his eyes.
End Episode 36