Chapter 4: Remember
by ARaZhi
Show me the meaning of being lonely
Is this the feeling I need to walk with
Tell me why I can't be there where you are
There's something missing in my heart
- BSB
Twenty three years into the future...
Kurama looked at the dark sky. If their time table is correct, in just a few minutes everything will change.
Their time table maybe questionable, but Kim is not. The moment Kim stepped into that portal he knew that the mission will be successful. She has never failed before.
Hiei entered the war room. On his neck is Yukina's tear gem, he had lost the tear gems his mother gave them. Kim had a hard time figuring out that Hiei is Yukina's brother because not only did he lost the tear gems in battle but he also block out Yukina from his thoughts after her death.
Hiei's once flawless cheek has a burnt mark, a line tracing the path of his tear gem.
They sat there in silence...waiting...
Cut to present day, Reikai...
Kuwabara, Kurama, and Yusuke rush down the hallway towards Botan's scream.
At the sight of the bloodied bed, Yusuke paled. NO!! his mind screamed.
"Botan? Botan!!" Kurama shake Botan to wake her.
A movement at the adjoining room attracted their attention. Kuwabara and Yusuke quickly ran to the next room and found an oni holding a frightened baby Koenma tightly. A spirit knife is pointed on Koenma's neck. In front of the oni, clutching her bloodied arm is Kim. She's allowing some of her ki to flow out. The lights flickered and the room shook.
This reminds me of Sensui. Yusuke looked at her. "How'd you get here?" he demanded, his thoughts on Keiko's safety.
"You mean how did I manage to escape those chains? Or do you want to know if I blow up the chains along with the whole city?"
Kurama appeared, "Chains? What...?" He looked at Yusuke. "You chained her up?!"
"What did you do to Keiko?!" he demanded as his ki flare up.
"She's safe," Kim snapped. "You'll have to thank touchan for that!" her eyes flashed, then she turned her attention back to the oni.
Kurama looked at Kim, concerned. The words Kim told him last night echoed in his head: You thought me everything I know...
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SAFE?!"
"I picked the lock! Go figure!" she snapped. "Let him go!" she ordered the oni.
"No."
The room shook more violently as Kim's ki flare up.
"Don't be fooled by his looks! He's not just an oni!" Koenma warned. "OW!" the oni tightened his grip.
"Shut up, brat!"
Several hundred of meters away from the Reikai palace...
Hiei is observing the surroundings when he suddenly felt a strong mix of youki and reiki flare up.
Trouble.
In a blur of black, he disappeared towards the palace.
When he got to Koenma's room, he found a girl who look like Botan with Yusuke's dark hair and eyes. The girl is glaring at the oni holding Koenma with death in her eyes.
In a blur, he is standing beside her.
He looked up at her. She gazed back at him and some of the fire in her eyes disappeared as she smiled.
Without a word, both of them attacked.
They watch, fascinated, as Hiei and Kim attacked the oni. Their movements blend together perfectly, as though they've done the same attack many times before.
It was all too fast for Kuwabara to see. Kurama can only see two blurs. Botan saw nothing at all.
Yusuke held his breath as Hiei blasted the knife away with a black fire. Kim used her ki create a shield around the frightened Koenma. At the same time, she grabbed Koenma with her mind and he landed on her arm.
Hiei and Kim stretched out their arms and the oni flew against the wall. Purple and black chains pinned him to the wall.
Koenma, having recovered from his shock, took out his Fuumakan. He pointed it to the oni, creating a shield that will prevent the oni from using his ki.
The oni's guise wavered. In moments, they found themselves looking at a young man who closely resembles Koenma.
Koenma jumped out of Kim's arms. "I can't believe you'd result to this!" he seethed.
The man looked at him in silence. His eyes blazed with anger.
The Special Defense Team of Reikai appeared.
"Take him away!" Koenma ordered.
They drag the guy away.
"Who is he?" Botan asked.
"My cousin. If I die he'll take over Reikai," he sighed sadly. "I can't believe he'd try to murder me..."
Koenma turned to Kim, "I'm sorry if I..."
Kim didn't even look at him, her gaze is locked on Hiei. She placed a hand on her forehead.
Kurama could feel her slipping away. NOO!! He rushed to her side, "Kim?"
Kim fell into Hiei's arms.
"Hiei-chan?"
Hiei looked at her, puzzled but unable to pull his gaze away from her.
Kim pulled off her ring.
"Keep this, for me..." she pressed the ring on Hiei's hand. She closed her eyes. Her body is slowly fading.
Kim opened her eyes once more with great effort. She touched Hiei's cheek but her fingers pass through him. "Remember me from time to time, onegai?"
She disappeared.
Tears are rolling down Botan's cheeks.
Kurama felt his throat tighten.
Hiei looked at the ring on his hand. Some of the engraved names are fading. But his name is still readable. Beside his name is the ningen year twenty-three years from now.
Twenty three years into the future...
"It's happening," Kurama said. He looked outside, a huge time portal has opened and it looks like it'll suck everything in.
"No..." Hiei whispered, his face etched with pain.
As the portal dragged them in, Hiei tightened his fist, trying to protect his ring from being ripped away from him.
I'll remember! I have to!! Kim...
Everything went black.
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