(Sorry some dialogue might be wrong!)
A Demon's Love pt. 3
'That was for you Kizna,' thought Kurama as he grasped the rose bud. 'I'll be back soon. I promise.' They walked deeper into Maze Castle. Kurama held his abdomen in pain, but he could only think of her. His blood seeped into his clothing making him nauseous. Still, he thought of her.
"How's that wound?" asked Yusuke.
"I can walk," Kurama replied.
"He'll survive, but he can't fight," said Hiei. "We're down to three warriors and one of them is worthless."
"Don't put yourself down," said Kuwabara. "Every bit helps."
"I think he meant you," said Yusuke.
"Oh yea?!" Kuwabara challenged. "What do you think I was doing over the past six months, letting you get better than me? No way!"
A small ball of spirit energy formed in his palm. Holding his arm steady, he concentrated.
"SPIRIT SWORD!" Kuwabara cried a beam of spirit energy manifested itself into a deadly blade.
"Well what do you know?" said Hiei sarcastically. "He's only partly worthless."
"That's not the only thing I can do," he said. "SWORD GET LONG!"
His spirit energy increased and the sword's blade grew piercing the ceiling of the castle. He put his sword away and collapsed on the ground.
"Kuwabara!" Yusuke yelled. "Are you all right?"
"Yea the spirit sword makes me kinda dizzy," he replied.
A loud growl shook the walls of Maze Castle.
"I have a feeling that is our next enemy," Kuwabara said.
"Byyako," said Kurama.
They ran deeper into the castle not knowing what they would encounter. The loud click of their shoes echoed the castle chambers.
She sat by the stream trying to skin the rabbit she had caught as she held one hand to her stomach. The bleeding in her abdomen seemed to never stop, and the pain was getting unbearable. 'Kurama,' her mind uttered. 'Please be all right.' The branch didn't cut her too deep and it bled little, but she was bleeding as though someone has slashed her stomach deeply. Constantly, she tried to clean the blood off, but to no avail. She constantly wondered what had happened to her love for the same bad feeling she had gotten earlier never left her side.
With the rabbit in her free hand, she flew to their tree-house. She pulled out a pot Kurama had fashioned out of clay and placed the rabbit in it. She could see through the foliage of their home ominous black clouds in the distance streaking with lightening. Filling the pot with plant juice and berries, she could only watch the distant sky. Her silver eyes told all the worry she had inside for him. She took the pot outside and placed in a fire pit and started a fire. The Makai sunset made her worry even more. 'What if he doesn't come back?' she thought sadly. 'No! You promised you'd be back and you have to come back. Please Kurama.'
They watched Kuwabara fight Byyako. Kuwabara was losing badly, and he was only fighting Byyako's hair. Thanks to a clever scheme, Kuwabara managed to defeat the demon dogs in a doughnut formation.
"I call it the Monster Beast Doughnut," Kuwabara boasted.
"Idiot," said Hiei annoyed.
"I think the Monster Beast Doughnut suits it well," said Kurama.
"Hey!" yelled Yusuke to the demon. "I don't like this flavor. You got chocolate with sprinkles?"
Byyako howled in anger. Angry and fearing that he was being mocked by his own prey, he faced Kuwabara head on. Kuwabara accepted the challenge. Kuwabara slashed and slashed with his sword. 'What's going on?' Kuwabara thought. 'I'm doing all the attacking and he isn't even breaking a sweat.'
"Something is wrong," said Kurama. Yusuke looked back worried for his friend.
"Try looking at the fighters," said Hiei.
"His sword!" yelled Yusuke. "And is Byyako growing?!"
"His sword is shrinking in proportion to Byyako's growth," said Kurama as he put a death grip on the rose bud.
Kuwabara struggled to hold on. They charged into a cavern of molten lava with only stone platforms to move across as Byyako surprised the Rekai Tantei with a surprise revival. Byyako roared. His roar shook the strange cavern crumbling stones and some of the stone platforms. Byyako fired a strange energy ball that seemed to come from the depths of this throat and soul. It was decided Kuwabara would finish what he had started. Kuwabara jumped from stone platform to platform trying to avoid the demon's energy blasts. The lava below them gurgled and burped threateningly as Kuwabara looked into its fiery depths.
Kurama wiped the sweat from his brow. He watched a fight that looked as though Kuwabara couldn't win. His free hand held a firm grasp on the white rose bud. He wished he didn't have to be here and just be with her. But he was getting his freedom for her. He promised her he would take to her to the Ningekai and they would spend a day together there. 'He has to win,' thought Kurama as he wiped more sweat of his brow.
Kizna sweated profusely. 'It can't be this hot out,' she thought as she watched her meal cook. 'The weather usually cools down by now.' The ominous clouds in the distance still scared her. She felt as thought she stood in a room of molten lava. With every movement she made, her breathing labored. She stirred her soup with a stick.
The liquid had turned a red orange color from the fruit and berries small pieces of rabbit floated on the top like small platforms where little insects would jump from one to one to reach the other side. Slowly, the pieces sunk making the gaps wider and harder for an insect to jump. It boiled and popped small bubbles that came to its surface looking at its maker.
With a few clever tactics from Kuwabara, they watched Byyako and Kuwabara fall to a fiery death. They turned their heads away in disgust and grief. (Author's note: I don't remember what they said at this point in the show. Just please bare with me!)
"KUWABARA!" Yusuke cried at the loss of his friend.
"Help me!" a voice cried out. The Rekai Tantei looked up.
"Kuwabara?" asked Yusuke as he looked over the edge of the cliff and laughed at the sight.
Hanging on by his fingertips, Kuwabara hung grasping the rock platform.
"Well, well, well," said Hiei. "So you're alive."
"Could you help me?" he asked.
"I think we should leave him. He did say he could take care of himself," said Kurama teasingly. "What about the rest of you?"
They nodded in agreement. They walked away leaving a screaming Kuwabara behind.
"Just kidding!" said Yusuke as he went back to help Kuwabara. Kuwabara glared at him.
They trudged deep into the dark depths of Maze Castle. An icy draft blew chilling them to the bones with the exception of Hiei. The fire demon would be next to fight, and he had a feeling of familiarity with this next demon. Walking into a room, the Rekai Tantei confronted a large blue demon with dark hair. It wore a blue robe with a large blue dragon embroidered on it. Hiei immediately recognized this demon. 'Seiryu,' he thought.
"I won't make the same tender footed mistakes Byyako made," Seiryu said menacingly.
A small growling nose came from behind them. They turned. Limping in pain, the battered and bruised Byyako tried to walk in.
"Seiryu, help me," he begged. Seiryu looked at him disgust.
"Don't disgrace us any further," Seiryu replied. "ICE DRAGON!"
With a flash of ice, Byyako fell to the ground dead and decapitated. Hiei removed his cloak. Floating softly, his cloak fell to the floor covering the remains of Byyako. He readied his katana as he got into fighting stance.
"ICE DRAGON!" Seiryu shouted as he shot a beam of cold energy at Hiei.
Hiei easily dodged as he brushed by Seiryu. Seiryu fired more ice dragon attacks as Hiei easily dodged with Hiei just brushing against him as he went. Though it did not seem like it, Hiei had a plan already in motion. The room's temperature plummeted as Seiryu fired more Ice Dragons. Hiei was trapped as one of his enemy's attacks froze his leg. Seiryu fired more attacks this time freezing Hiei's other leg and one arm. Powering up, Hiei shattered his ice prison sending the cold shards of ice around him. Seiryu looked in shock surprised he would get out. Then he felt it. A small trickle of blood ran down his face. He fell dead in a heap.
"What happened?" asked Yusuke.
"I slashed him 16 times without him knowing," Hiei replied.
She brought the pot into the tree house. The food's warm smell wafted through the small room making her hungry. The strange dark clouds in the distance still stood never leaving their threatening state. By this point, the bad feeling had subsided a little, but she still worried. Her wound still bled but less than before and the pain was still with her. A cold draft flew through the house that was as cold as ice. It chilled her to the bone. She walked to grab a blanket from their room. She folded her wings and hid them in the blanket warmed by her love's smell that had taken root in the soft fabric. She ate in a lonely silence constantly missing him.
Running, they made their way into the dark depths of the castle. Kurama's bleeding had lessened, but the pain was still evident. As they made their way to the distant tower of Maze Castle, many cultivated humans attacked determined to kill them. Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara slashed through the mutant army clearing a path for Yusuke. They reached the base of the tower only to find it blocked by the cultivated humans. Killing enough to make time for Yusuke to get through, the others made a strange ladder as they jumped on one another's shoulders high enough to reach to a small window in the Maze Castle's tower. Then more cultivated humans attacked. The three of them slashed and sliced their way through to the stairs. Kuwabara tried to reach the window Yusuke went through using his Sword Get Long technique, but fell short and went crashing to the ground.
"We have a path cleared you know," said Hiei as he looked down on his comrade's dazed form lying on the stone floor.
They ran up the stairs as fast as they heard the loud crash of lightening and thunder as they bounded up the steps. More lightening crashes followed getting louder every time as they shook the walls and ceiling collapsing stones as they went.
"That's the strongest one yet. Suzaku is getting desperate," said Kurama.
As they ran up the stairs, the lightening crashed and called around them making the castle shake and crumble. They watched in shock as the stairs began to collapse around them leaving a gaping bottomless pit before them. 'I'm coming back to you, no matter what,' Kurama thought. Fueled by determination and love, Kurama drew his Rose Whip and made a way for the others to get across the gap between the stairs by whipping a ceiling beam and swinging across. Frantically, they ran up the stairs hoping it was not too late.
Yusuke struggled to defeat Suzaku. Anger ran through his veins as he looked at the scene on a strange screen Suzaku kept. He watched as Botan and Keiko ran for their lives because of the destruction caused by this demon's hands. He tried several times to destroy the Makai Whistle only to be endlessly taunted by Miguru a strange talking bird. Driven for the love of his friends and family, Yusuke did the only thing he could do.
She watched the lightening streak across the distant sky through the leaves and vines. The first stars touched the sky of the Makai except for that distant area near the horizon. The bad feeling in her heart grew once more and swelled to a size larger than before. She held her hand to her stomach trying to stop the bleeding, but no matter what she did it couldn't stop. Not even the strange healing paste made by her love worked. She looked around the cupboards for anything she could use to temporarily stop the bleeding. Find gauze and bandages in a cupboard in the corner, she wrapped herself with it and went to the stream to wash her clothing of all the blood.
Yusuke's spirit energy suddenly sky rocketed shocking Suzaku. He looked in odd fascination and shock at what he was doing.
"His power is increasing," Suzaku said as he stared wide eyed. "Where are you getting all this energy?"
"This is for my family, for Botan, and for HER!" he screamed as a large amount of energy was aimed for Suzaku.
"It's life energy!" Suzaku finally realized as he was hit with the massive force.
Miguru screeched her last screech as she was blown to dust and ashes. Kurama and the others ran to the top of the tower to find it shambles. The body of Suzaku lay thrown into the wall not moving. Kurama ran over to check for a pulse and looked up in sadness at his comrades.
"He's not breathing," he said sadly. (Author's note: I don't remember the dialog sorry!)
"No Urameshi!" Kuwabara cried. "You can't die! I'm gonna give him some of my energy."
Kuwabara placed his hands over Yusuke's heart and concentrated. When it was over, Kuwabara collapsed in a heap on top of his friend and Yusuke had a small pulse.
"I think we're gonna have to carry them back," said Kurama.
"Great, we get stuck babysitting," said Hiei.
Kurama reached into his pocket and smiled as he felt the soft petals of the rose. They carried their friends' sleeping bodies back to the Rekai. As they got back, Kuwabara stirred.
"What happened?" he asked wearily. Then he remembered. "Is Urameshi all right?"
"Yes he just needs rest," said Kurama as he began to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Kuwabara asked.
"I just have a few things to take care of," Kurama replied. "Just take Yusuke to your home and let him rest."
The others walked off to tell Koenma of their news while Kurama walked back to the gates of the Makai.
All of a sudden, her heart felt free and all her worries were gone. The lightening in the distance had faded and nothing but the first stars of the night shone through the fleeing sunlight. Behind her she heard the soft rustling of the foliage. She turned around.
He watched the Makai sunset in the distance as he came to their home. He couldn't help but smile when he thought of her smiling face. Making the leaves and vines softly rustle as he went,
he climbed up the ladder. He saw her looking through the leaves of their personal sanctuary. She turned around.
Piercing green eyes met soft silver ones as Kurama walked into their home. She smiled with small tears in her eyes. Kizna ran to him.
"Are you real?" she asked as she held him around his waist.
"Yes," he replied as he placed a comforting arm around her.
"I was so worried," Kizna said as she looked into his eyes.
"You don't have to worry anymore," he whispered into her ear. She smiled. Then she noticed his wound.
"What happened?" Kizna asked in fear. "You're hurt."
"I let my guard down," he replied.
"Lie down and I'll be there to fix it," she said as she gently pulled him towards the bedroom.
She walked to the cupboard and brought out more gauze and bandages and the healing paste. She got a damp cloth she had used earlier to clean the blood off herself to use for him. Then she made her way to the bedroom.
He watched as she walked in with his first aid supplies. He sat up. She set the bowl down and began to unbutton his shirt and jacket. She hid her face to stop blushing. He had a well built body and soft lightly tanned skin. Her breathe caught every time she saw it. He noticed her blushing. He smiled. As she got the cloth, he gently lifted her chin up and kissed her deeply. She happily returned his kiss. His kissed tasted of all the sweat and blood he went through for her, and she could feel his determination and love through it. She tasted of the sweet berries and his sake. He felt all the love within her swell in her heart. They broke apart blushing.
She gently wiped the cloth over his wounds cleaning up the dried blood that surrounded it. As her touch sent tingles throughout his body, he quietly watched her. Kizna spread the cool green paste over his wound unknowingly making him sigh quietly with pleasure. She wrapped the gauze and bandages around him and prepared to leave. He reached for her wrist and stopped her.
"What's wrong?" she asked worriedly.
He didn't bother answering. Before Kizna knew it, she was locked in another passionate kiss. She sighed in pleasure as his tongue slid through her parted lips. He broke apart the kiss, slowly moving down to caress her pale long neck with his lips. She moaned.
"I take it you don't want anything to eat?" she whispered into his ear.
"No," he whispered back. "All I need is you."
The moon shined down into their room as the two lovers proclaimed their affection for one another. The stars in the predawn sky ran to their homes with their times up to smile down on the Makai wilderness. Kurama watched her sleep and happily smiled. He pulled her close feeling a strange roughness in her skin. He lifted the blanket and found Kizna wrapped with bandages around her abdomen. 'What the?' he thought silently. 'What happened?' She stirred feeling the predawn coolness on her naked skin and slowly opened her eyes to find her lover staring down on her worriedly.
"What happened?" Kurama asked his voice full of worry and concern.
"What?" Kizna replied looking at him strangely. He pointed to her bandages. "It happened while you were away. I was hunting and a branch scratched me. Strangest thing though, it wouldn't stop bleeding and it hurt more than it should."
Kurama suddenly understood. She felt his pain. She felt his pain and only his pain.
"I know," he replied smiling. "It is said in the Ningekai that if two people are soul mates, they can fell each others' pain."
"Really?" she asked with only love in her eyes. He nodded smiling. "You know, for a notorious thief you can be quite sweet."
He chuckled.
"I'll take that as a complement," he said as he leaned down to kiss her. She smiled once they broke apart. "May I ask you a question?"
"Sure," she replied.
"I was wondering if you would let me go to the Ningekai," he said. "My friend Yusuke is badly injured."
"Of course," Kizna replied. "You don't even need to ask."
"Come with me," he said smiling. She looked up in shock her eyes asking if he meant what he said. "I want you to come."
"But I need permission," Kizna replied her eyes wide with curiosity of the Ningekai.
"Then we'll go get permission," he said.
"Really?" she asked hope flashing in her eyes. He nodded. She smiled.
They spent the morning lying in each others arms making up for time they lost. Soft caresses and kisses were exchanged as the dawn and morning light spilled through the canopy of leaves that made the ceiling of their home. With too much light making them unable to sleep, they got out of bed.
They changed and made their way towards the Rekai. Kurama waited out in the hall as she went into Koenma's office.
In the Rekai, demons ran rapidly through the halls carrying stacks of paper to Koenma. Many talked of important matters concerning demon convicts and the Saint Beasts. Koenma looked up from his desk that was piled with papers to see a beautiful fairy walk in.
"Who's she?" he asked a demon beside him. "I've never seen her here before."
"I don't know Koenma- sama, but she is rather pretty," replied the demon. Koenma rolled his eyes.
"How may I help you?" asked Koenma sitting behind his desk.
"I was wondering if it would be possible to travel to the Ningekai at this time," Kizna said.
"What's the reason?" Koenma asked.
"Well my friend is rather sick and I was wondering if it would be possible to visit her," she replied with pleading eyes hoping he wouldn't see through her lie.
"I'm sorry, but we're busy right now dealing with the Saint Beasts, and we won't be able to let anyone through to the Ningekai," replied Koenma in an apologetic tone.
"Oh," she replied sadly as she got up to leave. "Thank you."
Her head hung low as she walked out of his office.
"Well?" asked a hopeful Kurama. Kizna shook her head.
"They're too busy to send anyone to the Ningekai," Kizna said. "I'm sorry."
Kurama looked at her in sympathy. He suddenly remembered what he promised he would do for her if she couldn't get permission.
"Like I said, I'll just sneak you through," he said as he lifted her chin up to match his gaze. She smiled mischievously.
They made their way back to their tree-house. Kurama began to search for something in the layers of the leaves that surrounded their home. The afternoon sun spilled through the foliage lighting small spots on the wood floor. Pulling out a strange large box, Kurama handed the parcel to her.
"What's this?" asked Kizna looking at her lover curiously.
"I was going to surprise you, but now seems a much better time," he replied lightly pink. She smiled.
"You didn't have to," she replied blushing as well.
"I wanted to," Kurama replied. She smiled once more.
Rustling, Kizna opened the box and looked up in delight. Inside the box lay a midnight blue hooded cloak with intricate silver trim around its edges and hood. Midnight blue Chinese style closures lay just under the hood fastening in the center.
"It's beautiful," Kizna said in awe.
Kurama walked to her and gently placed the cloak on her. The large hood hid her face and wings from a stranger's wandering eyes, yet accented her beauty and delicate features. He smiled as he leaned down to kiss her.
"Your beautiful," he whispered into her ear once more sending shivers and tingles throughout her.
She blushed. The soft movement of the leaves and footsteps lightly echoed around the nearby forest of the Makai as two lovers made their way through the wild underbrush on their to the Rekai.
Demons ran wild at the Rekai office. Papers flew in swirls of white leaving documents and forms scattered around the offices and hallways. When no one seemed to be looking, Kurama looked into the little god's office and found Koenma busy stamping and signing papers. Kizna stood behind him not making a sound. Grabbing her hand, they ran as fast as they could to the gates leading to the Ningekai. They came through the hidden portal in the park just as the sun set in the horizon setting the sky on fire with bright reds, oranges, and yellows. They stood there for a moment relishing the beautiful sky as the first stars kissed the retreating light goodbye.
Kizna looked around her new surroundings in awe and wonder. Strange concrete formations stood high above her reaching the heavens glowing with a strange light. The loud roars of large metal monsters rolled down the streets as metal people began to light the streets. She smiled at Kurama eyes brimming with gratefulness and love. They stood where they had come from kissing under the city lights.
"Come on, I think Yusuke is this way," soft spoke Kurama.
"What if someone sees me?" Kizna asked worried.
"Don't worry," he replied. She smiled.
They walked down the streets hand in hand, fingers laced as she looked around curiously. Many men turned their heads as they tried to see an eerily beautiful woman under a hood. Before Kizna could notice, Kurama glared at them small bits of jealousy running through his veins although he knew she could only love him and no one else in all the worlds.
He led her to a small suburban area and to a house that Kurama realized belonged to Kuwabara thanks to his keen sense of smell.
"Is this your friend's house?" Kizna asked softly through the darkness of the night.
"No," Kurama replied just as soft. "It belongs to a human named Kuwabara. He's taking care of Yusuke."
"What are you waiting for?" she asked. "Go to him."
"Just wait out here all right?" Kurama asked. "Remember they don't know you're here. And if Koenma finds out about you, you will be punished."
She nodded as she made her way to a small alley lined with a small flower garden to hide. A soft rapping on a house door wafted through the quiet neighborhood. Kuwabara looked up from his best friend's bedside as he heard a soft knocking on his door. His mother and sister were out for the night, and he was alone. Tiredly, he walked to the door and opened it to find Kurama standing outside in the cold night air.
"How's Yusuke?" asked Kurama.
Then Kuwabara felt it. He felt a strange presence somewhere near, and he knew it wasn't Kurama. Kurama noticed his strange stare. 'He senses her,' Kurama thought panicked.
"Do you feel that?" Kuwabara asked looking around behind Kurama. Kurama shook his head, slightly moving to the side to block Kuwabara's view.
"He's sleeping," he said. "He's been out ever since yesterday."
"May I see him?" Kurama asked.
Kuwabara nodded as he let him in. He looked out one more time to make sure he didn't see anything. Kizna hid as a young man looked out his door looking for something. 'Can he sense me?' she thought as she looked up from her hiding spot. 'No can't be possible. He's only a human.' She looked up and saw a strange light and open curtains in a distant window. She saw two figures recognizing one as Kurama. She smiled.
A soft light lit the small bedroom. Open curtains let in the pail light of the moon and stars. Posters were sloppily tacked on the wall above a cluttered desk. In a bed by the window, Yusuke lay asleep waiting to heal. A chair stood alone by the bed showing that Kuwabara had never left his side throughout the night and day.
"Has anyone else been here?" Kurama asked as he went to check Yusuke's wounds.
"Botan said she'd be over here to bring him something, but she hasn't arrived yet," said Kuwabara as Kurama looked over his sleeping friend's body sneaking a few glances out the window.
'Kurama is hiding something,' he thought. 'And since Yusuke is out of commission I Kazuma Kuwabara will take his place!' Kuwabara leaned slightly more towards the window as Kurama took care of Yusuke. Then, he saw it. A shimmer of silver and a whisper of white. Kuwabara wondered what it was.
She ventured out in the street to watch what was going on in the window. She smiled at the sight of her love taking care of Yusuke. 'Even though he says he doesn't like too many humans,' she thought. 'He really cares for them.' She looked into the window and saw her love talking to a young man with orange hair. 'He's probably Kuwabara,' she figured. She look of fascination turned to fear and shock as she saw Kuwabara looking out the window at her. Quickly, she ran to the alley were she once hid.
Kurama noticed Kuwabara constantly looking out his window and began to worry. 'He still senses her,' he thought.
"Is something wrong Kuwabara?" Kurama asked trying to distract him.
"Did someone follow you here?" asked Kuwabara.
Kurama shook his head.
"Or did you bring someone here?" he asked somewhat accusingly.
"It's getting late," said Kurama getting up. "I'll be back tomorrow."
"Goodnight," he replied kindly even though the strange feeling never left him.
A Demon's Love pt. 3
'That was for you Kizna,' thought Kurama as he grasped the rose bud. 'I'll be back soon. I promise.' They walked deeper into Maze Castle. Kurama held his abdomen in pain, but he could only think of her. His blood seeped into his clothing making him nauseous. Still, he thought of her.
"How's that wound?" asked Yusuke.
"I can walk," Kurama replied.
"He'll survive, but he can't fight," said Hiei. "We're down to three warriors and one of them is worthless."
"Don't put yourself down," said Kuwabara. "Every bit helps."
"I think he meant you," said Yusuke.
"Oh yea?!" Kuwabara challenged. "What do you think I was doing over the past six months, letting you get better than me? No way!"
A small ball of spirit energy formed in his palm. Holding his arm steady, he concentrated.
"SPIRIT SWORD!" Kuwabara cried a beam of spirit energy manifested itself into a deadly blade.
"Well what do you know?" said Hiei sarcastically. "He's only partly worthless."
"That's not the only thing I can do," he said. "SWORD GET LONG!"
His spirit energy increased and the sword's blade grew piercing the ceiling of the castle. He put his sword away and collapsed on the ground.
"Kuwabara!" Yusuke yelled. "Are you all right?"
"Yea the spirit sword makes me kinda dizzy," he replied.
A loud growl shook the walls of Maze Castle.
"I have a feeling that is our next enemy," Kuwabara said.
"Byyako," said Kurama.
They ran deeper into the castle not knowing what they would encounter. The loud click of their shoes echoed the castle chambers.
She sat by the stream trying to skin the rabbit she had caught as she held one hand to her stomach. The bleeding in her abdomen seemed to never stop, and the pain was getting unbearable. 'Kurama,' her mind uttered. 'Please be all right.' The branch didn't cut her too deep and it bled little, but she was bleeding as though someone has slashed her stomach deeply. Constantly, she tried to clean the blood off, but to no avail. She constantly wondered what had happened to her love for the same bad feeling she had gotten earlier never left her side.
With the rabbit in her free hand, she flew to their tree-house. She pulled out a pot Kurama had fashioned out of clay and placed the rabbit in it. She could see through the foliage of their home ominous black clouds in the distance streaking with lightening. Filling the pot with plant juice and berries, she could only watch the distant sky. Her silver eyes told all the worry she had inside for him. She took the pot outside and placed in a fire pit and started a fire. The Makai sunset made her worry even more. 'What if he doesn't come back?' she thought sadly. 'No! You promised you'd be back and you have to come back. Please Kurama.'
They watched Kuwabara fight Byyako. Kuwabara was losing badly, and he was only fighting Byyako's hair. Thanks to a clever scheme, Kuwabara managed to defeat the demon dogs in a doughnut formation.
"I call it the Monster Beast Doughnut," Kuwabara boasted.
"Idiot," said Hiei annoyed.
"I think the Monster Beast Doughnut suits it well," said Kurama.
"Hey!" yelled Yusuke to the demon. "I don't like this flavor. You got chocolate with sprinkles?"
Byyako howled in anger. Angry and fearing that he was being mocked by his own prey, he faced Kuwabara head on. Kuwabara accepted the challenge. Kuwabara slashed and slashed with his sword. 'What's going on?' Kuwabara thought. 'I'm doing all the attacking and he isn't even breaking a sweat.'
"Something is wrong," said Kurama. Yusuke looked back worried for his friend.
"Try looking at the fighters," said Hiei.
"His sword!" yelled Yusuke. "And is Byyako growing?!"
"His sword is shrinking in proportion to Byyako's growth," said Kurama as he put a death grip on the rose bud.
Kuwabara struggled to hold on. They charged into a cavern of molten lava with only stone platforms to move across as Byyako surprised the Rekai Tantei with a surprise revival. Byyako roared. His roar shook the strange cavern crumbling stones and some of the stone platforms. Byyako fired a strange energy ball that seemed to come from the depths of this throat and soul. It was decided Kuwabara would finish what he had started. Kuwabara jumped from stone platform to platform trying to avoid the demon's energy blasts. The lava below them gurgled and burped threateningly as Kuwabara looked into its fiery depths.
Kurama wiped the sweat from his brow. He watched a fight that looked as though Kuwabara couldn't win. His free hand held a firm grasp on the white rose bud. He wished he didn't have to be here and just be with her. But he was getting his freedom for her. He promised her he would take to her to the Ningekai and they would spend a day together there. 'He has to win,' thought Kurama as he wiped more sweat of his brow.
Kizna sweated profusely. 'It can't be this hot out,' she thought as she watched her meal cook. 'The weather usually cools down by now.' The ominous clouds in the distance still scared her. She felt as thought she stood in a room of molten lava. With every movement she made, her breathing labored. She stirred her soup with a stick.
The liquid had turned a red orange color from the fruit and berries small pieces of rabbit floated on the top like small platforms where little insects would jump from one to one to reach the other side. Slowly, the pieces sunk making the gaps wider and harder for an insect to jump. It boiled and popped small bubbles that came to its surface looking at its maker.
With a few clever tactics from Kuwabara, they watched Byyako and Kuwabara fall to a fiery death. They turned their heads away in disgust and grief. (Author's note: I don't remember what they said at this point in the show. Just please bare with me!)
"KUWABARA!" Yusuke cried at the loss of his friend.
"Help me!" a voice cried out. The Rekai Tantei looked up.
"Kuwabara?" asked Yusuke as he looked over the edge of the cliff and laughed at the sight.
Hanging on by his fingertips, Kuwabara hung grasping the rock platform.
"Well, well, well," said Hiei. "So you're alive."
"Could you help me?" he asked.
"I think we should leave him. He did say he could take care of himself," said Kurama teasingly. "What about the rest of you?"
They nodded in agreement. They walked away leaving a screaming Kuwabara behind.
"Just kidding!" said Yusuke as he went back to help Kuwabara. Kuwabara glared at him.
They trudged deep into the dark depths of Maze Castle. An icy draft blew chilling them to the bones with the exception of Hiei. The fire demon would be next to fight, and he had a feeling of familiarity with this next demon. Walking into a room, the Rekai Tantei confronted a large blue demon with dark hair. It wore a blue robe with a large blue dragon embroidered on it. Hiei immediately recognized this demon. 'Seiryu,' he thought.
"I won't make the same tender footed mistakes Byyako made," Seiryu said menacingly.
A small growling nose came from behind them. They turned. Limping in pain, the battered and bruised Byyako tried to walk in.
"Seiryu, help me," he begged. Seiryu looked at him disgust.
"Don't disgrace us any further," Seiryu replied. "ICE DRAGON!"
With a flash of ice, Byyako fell to the ground dead and decapitated. Hiei removed his cloak. Floating softly, his cloak fell to the floor covering the remains of Byyako. He readied his katana as he got into fighting stance.
"ICE DRAGON!" Seiryu shouted as he shot a beam of cold energy at Hiei.
Hiei easily dodged as he brushed by Seiryu. Seiryu fired more ice dragon attacks as Hiei easily dodged with Hiei just brushing against him as he went. Though it did not seem like it, Hiei had a plan already in motion. The room's temperature plummeted as Seiryu fired more Ice Dragons. Hiei was trapped as one of his enemy's attacks froze his leg. Seiryu fired more attacks this time freezing Hiei's other leg and one arm. Powering up, Hiei shattered his ice prison sending the cold shards of ice around him. Seiryu looked in shock surprised he would get out. Then he felt it. A small trickle of blood ran down his face. He fell dead in a heap.
"What happened?" asked Yusuke.
"I slashed him 16 times without him knowing," Hiei replied.
She brought the pot into the tree house. The food's warm smell wafted through the small room making her hungry. The strange dark clouds in the distance still stood never leaving their threatening state. By this point, the bad feeling had subsided a little, but she still worried. Her wound still bled but less than before and the pain was still with her. A cold draft flew through the house that was as cold as ice. It chilled her to the bone. She walked to grab a blanket from their room. She folded her wings and hid them in the blanket warmed by her love's smell that had taken root in the soft fabric. She ate in a lonely silence constantly missing him.
Running, they made their way into the dark depths of the castle. Kurama's bleeding had lessened, but the pain was still evident. As they made their way to the distant tower of Maze Castle, many cultivated humans attacked determined to kill them. Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara slashed through the mutant army clearing a path for Yusuke. They reached the base of the tower only to find it blocked by the cultivated humans. Killing enough to make time for Yusuke to get through, the others made a strange ladder as they jumped on one another's shoulders high enough to reach to a small window in the Maze Castle's tower. Then more cultivated humans attacked. The three of them slashed and sliced their way through to the stairs. Kuwabara tried to reach the window Yusuke went through using his Sword Get Long technique, but fell short and went crashing to the ground.
"We have a path cleared you know," said Hiei as he looked down on his comrade's dazed form lying on the stone floor.
They ran up the stairs as fast as they heard the loud crash of lightening and thunder as they bounded up the steps. More lightening crashes followed getting louder every time as they shook the walls and ceiling collapsing stones as they went.
"That's the strongest one yet. Suzaku is getting desperate," said Kurama.
As they ran up the stairs, the lightening crashed and called around them making the castle shake and crumble. They watched in shock as the stairs began to collapse around them leaving a gaping bottomless pit before them. 'I'm coming back to you, no matter what,' Kurama thought. Fueled by determination and love, Kurama drew his Rose Whip and made a way for the others to get across the gap between the stairs by whipping a ceiling beam and swinging across. Frantically, they ran up the stairs hoping it was not too late.
Yusuke struggled to defeat Suzaku. Anger ran through his veins as he looked at the scene on a strange screen Suzaku kept. He watched as Botan and Keiko ran for their lives because of the destruction caused by this demon's hands. He tried several times to destroy the Makai Whistle only to be endlessly taunted by Miguru a strange talking bird. Driven for the love of his friends and family, Yusuke did the only thing he could do.
She watched the lightening streak across the distant sky through the leaves and vines. The first stars touched the sky of the Makai except for that distant area near the horizon. The bad feeling in her heart grew once more and swelled to a size larger than before. She held her hand to her stomach trying to stop the bleeding, but no matter what she did it couldn't stop. Not even the strange healing paste made by her love worked. She looked around the cupboards for anything she could use to temporarily stop the bleeding. Find gauze and bandages in a cupboard in the corner, she wrapped herself with it and went to the stream to wash her clothing of all the blood.
Yusuke's spirit energy suddenly sky rocketed shocking Suzaku. He looked in odd fascination and shock at what he was doing.
"His power is increasing," Suzaku said as he stared wide eyed. "Where are you getting all this energy?"
"This is for my family, for Botan, and for HER!" he screamed as a large amount of energy was aimed for Suzaku.
"It's life energy!" Suzaku finally realized as he was hit with the massive force.
Miguru screeched her last screech as she was blown to dust and ashes. Kurama and the others ran to the top of the tower to find it shambles. The body of Suzaku lay thrown into the wall not moving. Kurama ran over to check for a pulse and looked up in sadness at his comrades.
"He's not breathing," he said sadly. (Author's note: I don't remember the dialog sorry!)
"No Urameshi!" Kuwabara cried. "You can't die! I'm gonna give him some of my energy."
Kuwabara placed his hands over Yusuke's heart and concentrated. When it was over, Kuwabara collapsed in a heap on top of his friend and Yusuke had a small pulse.
"I think we're gonna have to carry them back," said Kurama.
"Great, we get stuck babysitting," said Hiei.
Kurama reached into his pocket and smiled as he felt the soft petals of the rose. They carried their friends' sleeping bodies back to the Rekai. As they got back, Kuwabara stirred.
"What happened?" he asked wearily. Then he remembered. "Is Urameshi all right?"
"Yes he just needs rest," said Kurama as he began to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Kuwabara asked.
"I just have a few things to take care of," Kurama replied. "Just take Yusuke to your home and let him rest."
The others walked off to tell Koenma of their news while Kurama walked back to the gates of the Makai.
All of a sudden, her heart felt free and all her worries were gone. The lightening in the distance had faded and nothing but the first stars of the night shone through the fleeing sunlight. Behind her she heard the soft rustling of the foliage. She turned around.
He watched the Makai sunset in the distance as he came to their home. He couldn't help but smile when he thought of her smiling face. Making the leaves and vines softly rustle as he went,
he climbed up the ladder. He saw her looking through the leaves of their personal sanctuary. She turned around.
Piercing green eyes met soft silver ones as Kurama walked into their home. She smiled with small tears in her eyes. Kizna ran to him.
"Are you real?" she asked as she held him around his waist.
"Yes," he replied as he placed a comforting arm around her.
"I was so worried," Kizna said as she looked into his eyes.
"You don't have to worry anymore," he whispered into her ear. She smiled. Then she noticed his wound.
"What happened?" Kizna asked in fear. "You're hurt."
"I let my guard down," he replied.
"Lie down and I'll be there to fix it," she said as she gently pulled him towards the bedroom.
She walked to the cupboard and brought out more gauze and bandages and the healing paste. She got a damp cloth she had used earlier to clean the blood off herself to use for him. Then she made her way to the bedroom.
He watched as she walked in with his first aid supplies. He sat up. She set the bowl down and began to unbutton his shirt and jacket. She hid her face to stop blushing. He had a well built body and soft lightly tanned skin. Her breathe caught every time she saw it. He noticed her blushing. He smiled. As she got the cloth, he gently lifted her chin up and kissed her deeply. She happily returned his kiss. His kissed tasted of all the sweat and blood he went through for her, and she could feel his determination and love through it. She tasted of the sweet berries and his sake. He felt all the love within her swell in her heart. They broke apart blushing.
She gently wiped the cloth over his wounds cleaning up the dried blood that surrounded it. As her touch sent tingles throughout his body, he quietly watched her. Kizna spread the cool green paste over his wound unknowingly making him sigh quietly with pleasure. She wrapped the gauze and bandages around him and prepared to leave. He reached for her wrist and stopped her.
"What's wrong?" she asked worriedly.
He didn't bother answering. Before Kizna knew it, she was locked in another passionate kiss. She sighed in pleasure as his tongue slid through her parted lips. He broke apart the kiss, slowly moving down to caress her pale long neck with his lips. She moaned.
"I take it you don't want anything to eat?" she whispered into his ear.
"No," he whispered back. "All I need is you."
The moon shined down into their room as the two lovers proclaimed their affection for one another. The stars in the predawn sky ran to their homes with their times up to smile down on the Makai wilderness. Kurama watched her sleep and happily smiled. He pulled her close feeling a strange roughness in her skin. He lifted the blanket and found Kizna wrapped with bandages around her abdomen. 'What the?' he thought silently. 'What happened?' She stirred feeling the predawn coolness on her naked skin and slowly opened her eyes to find her lover staring down on her worriedly.
"What happened?" Kurama asked his voice full of worry and concern.
"What?" Kizna replied looking at him strangely. He pointed to her bandages. "It happened while you were away. I was hunting and a branch scratched me. Strangest thing though, it wouldn't stop bleeding and it hurt more than it should."
Kurama suddenly understood. She felt his pain. She felt his pain and only his pain.
"I know," he replied smiling. "It is said in the Ningekai that if two people are soul mates, they can fell each others' pain."
"Really?" she asked with only love in her eyes. He nodded smiling. "You know, for a notorious thief you can be quite sweet."
He chuckled.
"I'll take that as a complement," he said as he leaned down to kiss her. She smiled once they broke apart. "May I ask you a question?"
"Sure," she replied.
"I was wondering if you would let me go to the Ningekai," he said. "My friend Yusuke is badly injured."
"Of course," Kizna replied. "You don't even need to ask."
"Come with me," he said smiling. She looked up in shock her eyes asking if he meant what he said. "I want you to come."
"But I need permission," Kizna replied her eyes wide with curiosity of the Ningekai.
"Then we'll go get permission," he said.
"Really?" she asked hope flashing in her eyes. He nodded. She smiled.
They spent the morning lying in each others arms making up for time they lost. Soft caresses and kisses were exchanged as the dawn and morning light spilled through the canopy of leaves that made the ceiling of their home. With too much light making them unable to sleep, they got out of bed.
They changed and made their way towards the Rekai. Kurama waited out in the hall as she went into Koenma's office.
In the Rekai, demons ran rapidly through the halls carrying stacks of paper to Koenma. Many talked of important matters concerning demon convicts and the Saint Beasts. Koenma looked up from his desk that was piled with papers to see a beautiful fairy walk in.
"Who's she?" he asked a demon beside him. "I've never seen her here before."
"I don't know Koenma- sama, but she is rather pretty," replied the demon. Koenma rolled his eyes.
"How may I help you?" asked Koenma sitting behind his desk.
"I was wondering if it would be possible to travel to the Ningekai at this time," Kizna said.
"What's the reason?" Koenma asked.
"Well my friend is rather sick and I was wondering if it would be possible to visit her," she replied with pleading eyes hoping he wouldn't see through her lie.
"I'm sorry, but we're busy right now dealing with the Saint Beasts, and we won't be able to let anyone through to the Ningekai," replied Koenma in an apologetic tone.
"Oh," she replied sadly as she got up to leave. "Thank you."
Her head hung low as she walked out of his office.
"Well?" asked a hopeful Kurama. Kizna shook her head.
"They're too busy to send anyone to the Ningekai," Kizna said. "I'm sorry."
Kurama looked at her in sympathy. He suddenly remembered what he promised he would do for her if she couldn't get permission.
"Like I said, I'll just sneak you through," he said as he lifted her chin up to match his gaze. She smiled mischievously.
They made their way back to their tree-house. Kurama began to search for something in the layers of the leaves that surrounded their home. The afternoon sun spilled through the foliage lighting small spots on the wood floor. Pulling out a strange large box, Kurama handed the parcel to her.
"What's this?" asked Kizna looking at her lover curiously.
"I was going to surprise you, but now seems a much better time," he replied lightly pink. She smiled.
"You didn't have to," she replied blushing as well.
"I wanted to," Kurama replied. She smiled once more.
Rustling, Kizna opened the box and looked up in delight. Inside the box lay a midnight blue hooded cloak with intricate silver trim around its edges and hood. Midnight blue Chinese style closures lay just under the hood fastening in the center.
"It's beautiful," Kizna said in awe.
Kurama walked to her and gently placed the cloak on her. The large hood hid her face and wings from a stranger's wandering eyes, yet accented her beauty and delicate features. He smiled as he leaned down to kiss her.
"Your beautiful," he whispered into her ear once more sending shivers and tingles throughout her.
She blushed. The soft movement of the leaves and footsteps lightly echoed around the nearby forest of the Makai as two lovers made their way through the wild underbrush on their to the Rekai.
Demons ran wild at the Rekai office. Papers flew in swirls of white leaving documents and forms scattered around the offices and hallways. When no one seemed to be looking, Kurama looked into the little god's office and found Koenma busy stamping and signing papers. Kizna stood behind him not making a sound. Grabbing her hand, they ran as fast as they could to the gates leading to the Ningekai. They came through the hidden portal in the park just as the sun set in the horizon setting the sky on fire with bright reds, oranges, and yellows. They stood there for a moment relishing the beautiful sky as the first stars kissed the retreating light goodbye.
Kizna looked around her new surroundings in awe and wonder. Strange concrete formations stood high above her reaching the heavens glowing with a strange light. The loud roars of large metal monsters rolled down the streets as metal people began to light the streets. She smiled at Kurama eyes brimming with gratefulness and love. They stood where they had come from kissing under the city lights.
"Come on, I think Yusuke is this way," soft spoke Kurama.
"What if someone sees me?" Kizna asked worried.
"Don't worry," he replied. She smiled.
They walked down the streets hand in hand, fingers laced as she looked around curiously. Many men turned their heads as they tried to see an eerily beautiful woman under a hood. Before Kizna could notice, Kurama glared at them small bits of jealousy running through his veins although he knew she could only love him and no one else in all the worlds.
He led her to a small suburban area and to a house that Kurama realized belonged to Kuwabara thanks to his keen sense of smell.
"Is this your friend's house?" Kizna asked softly through the darkness of the night.
"No," Kurama replied just as soft. "It belongs to a human named Kuwabara. He's taking care of Yusuke."
"What are you waiting for?" she asked. "Go to him."
"Just wait out here all right?" Kurama asked. "Remember they don't know you're here. And if Koenma finds out about you, you will be punished."
She nodded as she made her way to a small alley lined with a small flower garden to hide. A soft rapping on a house door wafted through the quiet neighborhood. Kuwabara looked up from his best friend's bedside as he heard a soft knocking on his door. His mother and sister were out for the night, and he was alone. Tiredly, he walked to the door and opened it to find Kurama standing outside in the cold night air.
"How's Yusuke?" asked Kurama.
Then Kuwabara felt it. He felt a strange presence somewhere near, and he knew it wasn't Kurama. Kurama noticed his strange stare. 'He senses her,' Kurama thought panicked.
"Do you feel that?" Kuwabara asked looking around behind Kurama. Kurama shook his head, slightly moving to the side to block Kuwabara's view.
"He's sleeping," he said. "He's been out ever since yesterday."
"May I see him?" Kurama asked.
Kuwabara nodded as he let him in. He looked out one more time to make sure he didn't see anything. Kizna hid as a young man looked out his door looking for something. 'Can he sense me?' she thought as she looked up from her hiding spot. 'No can't be possible. He's only a human.' She looked up and saw a strange light and open curtains in a distant window. She saw two figures recognizing one as Kurama. She smiled.
A soft light lit the small bedroom. Open curtains let in the pail light of the moon and stars. Posters were sloppily tacked on the wall above a cluttered desk. In a bed by the window, Yusuke lay asleep waiting to heal. A chair stood alone by the bed showing that Kuwabara had never left his side throughout the night and day.
"Has anyone else been here?" Kurama asked as he went to check Yusuke's wounds.
"Botan said she'd be over here to bring him something, but she hasn't arrived yet," said Kuwabara as Kurama looked over his sleeping friend's body sneaking a few glances out the window.
'Kurama is hiding something,' he thought. 'And since Yusuke is out of commission I Kazuma Kuwabara will take his place!' Kuwabara leaned slightly more towards the window as Kurama took care of Yusuke. Then, he saw it. A shimmer of silver and a whisper of white. Kuwabara wondered what it was.
She ventured out in the street to watch what was going on in the window. She smiled at the sight of her love taking care of Yusuke. 'Even though he says he doesn't like too many humans,' she thought. 'He really cares for them.' She looked into the window and saw her love talking to a young man with orange hair. 'He's probably Kuwabara,' she figured. She look of fascination turned to fear and shock as she saw Kuwabara looking out the window at her. Quickly, she ran to the alley were she once hid.
Kurama noticed Kuwabara constantly looking out his window and began to worry. 'He still senses her,' he thought.
"Is something wrong Kuwabara?" Kurama asked trying to distract him.
"Did someone follow you here?" asked Kuwabara.
Kurama shook his head.
"Or did you bring someone here?" he asked somewhat accusingly.
"It's getting late," said Kurama getting up. "I'll be back tomorrow."
"Goodnight," he replied kindly even though the strange feeling never left him.