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"Yu...Yukina!" Hiei yelled rising to his feet and rushing towards her. "Damn it...Damn it! I told you to stay back!"
"Yeah...I know...you don't have to rub it in..." she replied weakly. It wasn't like she didn't try to get away, and besides, she wouldn't have went far anyway, not without her brother.
"Damn it...hang in there! Don't die on me yet!" Hiei muttered clutching her to his chest.
She smiled at him, a tear rolling down her check stopping to rest in the snow only to transform into jewel form. "Kurama...I know you care for him Hiei...don't deny it. Just...just take care of yourself ok?" Hiei was such a bad liar, well, when it came to matters of the heart he was. But in the end he always seemed to sort things out.
"Yukina...?" Hiei lifted her hand to his face. It had grown warm...warmer than it was supposed to be...she was dead. He had failed, failed as her brother, he was supposed to protect her and he couldn't. Hugging the body tight to him he screamed. His mournful cry echoing throughout the quiet forest as bits of snow rained from the clouded sky.
*~*~*~*~*~
"Hey mom! Where's the remote? I can't find it!"
"It's right were you left it Shuichi."
"Oh...thanks..."
Kurama sat up and rubbed his throbbing head. He was...still in his living room. "Man...I just had the most messed up dream." He mumbled. Shiori walked in and sat on the couch next to her older son, a distant look on her face. It puzzled Kurama a little; didn't she want to know why he was so troubled? She usually did.
"What's wrong?" Shuichi asked. He sat back into the couch, pushing against it to feel its softness.
Shiori shrugged. "I don't know...it just seems like there's something missing."
"What is it?" Kurama asked curiously. He wanted to know, he recently read a book about things like this. Sometimes they ended up being memories from a past life. No answer. "Mother?" Oh great they were ignoring him...what did he do now? "Hey...look I'm sorry, you guys can talk to me now."
"That's funny, you've been doing that for a while now." Shuichi mumbled.
"Yes, I do find it strange." His mother replied. She picked up a book from nearby book and started flipping through it.
This was really starting to piss Kurama off. He apologized didn't he? So why did they still ignore him? If it was one thing he couldn't stand it had to be being deprived of attention, especially when he wanted it. Fed up, he walked towards the TV and stood in front of it. "If you're trying to tick me off, it worked." Still no answer. Finally tired of their game he went to the only thing that would get their attention, the TV! He reached to turn it off but froze and yanked his hand back as it went through.
"Kurama! They can't see or hear you silly!"
The red head turned around. "Botan? Why didn't you tell me that earlier?" he sneered. Wait, this was Botan here...what was he expecting?
"I was watching you...you can be quiet amusing sometimes." The bubbling girl said. She said it as if it was the most obvious answer in the world.
"Yeah...thanks...I think." Kurama mumbled. She had been there the whole time and said nothing? Suddenly the urge to strangle her came to mind, Koenma wouldn't miss her that much.
"Sometimes...I dream, about someone. Someone I should know." Shiori said suddenly.
Kurama looked towards her then back at Botan. "I never existed to them and she seems to be troubled by it."
"That's just strange. I saw something like on TV. Tell me about it." Shuichi shifted his gaze towards her. His mother would often wake up sometimes and tell him about her dreams most of them were about a quiet redhead.
Botan nodded. "There's affects to you using the potion and they seem to be working." She hated this option it wasn't a fair one. How could you let a person go on like this? Always waking up to old memories, the good and bad.
Kurama stared at his mother as a smile crept up on her face. "I know it sounds strange but it's almost like they're memories." He didn't like this...his mother was different. They had a special bond, one no potion could break. He couldn't stand it. What if it didn't work and one day she realized that the boy she dreamed about was her son?
Shuichi looked at them curiously. "Aren't you troubled by your dreams?"
"No, not a t all." Shiori replied thoughtfully. Why should she be? So far the boy in her dreams had shone her no reason to fear him, just love.
"And you believe them?"
"Every bit..."
Kurama nodded slightly. "She still remembers a little bit, this won't work." He ran a hand through his hair. Things just weren't going right for him.
"Would you like to view your other option Kurama?" Botan asked. Not that he really needed too. One only needed an imagination to see what would happen in that situation.
"No...I don't think so...I've had about all I can..." He grew tense suddenly.
"Kurama?" Botan asked curiously, a hand lay upon his shoulder. What was wrong?
"Someone's...trying to break through my barrier." He replied softly.
Botan nodded, and as she did so the same tugging feeling found it's way back to Kurama's stomach, pulling him back to reality and onto the floor of his bedroom.
"Hey, is there something going on between you two that I should know about?"
Kurama turned his head to his window, shock written on his face. "No! No, you don't understand! I was helping Kurama-kun with his decision honestly!" Botan stammered nervously.
"Yusuke! You dog, what are you up to now?" Kurama said grinning as Yusuke hoisted himself through his window.
"Oh, you know me, same old, same old." He replied cheerfully. "You need to take it easy Botan...you make yourself sound suspicious of something." He added, a mischievous grin playing across his lips. The girl giggled slightly rubbing the back of her head. "So, Kurama, made your chose yet?"
The fox shook his head, his hair flowing in movement before falling back into place. "There's no point, either way the outcome still pisses me off." He answered gravely.
"Don't worry Kurama! I'm sure it'll turn out just fine." Botan said. Or maybe not, but it was still good to hope.
"Yeah, because yours truly has an idea!" Yusuke proclaim striking a pose. The kistune shook his head. Oh boy, hit the deck.
"That's what I was afraid of..." Botan muttered.
Kurama chuckled. "I wonder what caused hell to freeze over to make this rare event occur?"
"I heard that Seaweed...what are you trying to say?" the youth shot back. Kurama glared at him, if it was one thing he couldn't stand it had to be being called seaweed. It was an annoying nickname Yusuke had picked up to tease him about his human name. They didn't even sound alike, did they?
Kurama shrugged. "It depends on how you take it...of course I meant no harm of it but you took it another way. So if you think I'm trying to call you an idiot...I'm not. You're just putting words in my mouth...meaning you're insinuating something on your own and that you must believe you're an idiot so, and since you do...I guess it's true."
Yusuke and Botan stared at him for a moment "I don't understand half of what you said..." Yusuke muttered shaking his head. "But knowing you, it was wrong."
"So, what's this big idea of yours?" Kurama asked.
"I shouldn't tell you anything after that lovely little paragraph you just gave me, but I'm a nice guy. You can manipulate plants right?"
"Duh, so what about it?"
"Ever try making them take form into something besides weapons?" Yusuke asked.
"Where are you going with this?"
Yusuke pulled him near. "If you can control plants you should be able to..." (Like I'd tell you! You'll find out in the next chapter...or when I get back from Vacation.)
"Yu...Yukina!" Hiei yelled rising to his feet and rushing towards her. "Damn it...Damn it! I told you to stay back!"
"Yeah...I know...you don't have to rub it in..." she replied weakly. It wasn't like she didn't try to get away, and besides, she wouldn't have went far anyway, not without her brother.
"Damn it...hang in there! Don't die on me yet!" Hiei muttered clutching her to his chest.
She smiled at him, a tear rolling down her check stopping to rest in the snow only to transform into jewel form. "Kurama...I know you care for him Hiei...don't deny it. Just...just take care of yourself ok?" Hiei was such a bad liar, well, when it came to matters of the heart he was. But in the end he always seemed to sort things out.
"Yukina...?" Hiei lifted her hand to his face. It had grown warm...warmer than it was supposed to be...she was dead. He had failed, failed as her brother, he was supposed to protect her and he couldn't. Hugging the body tight to him he screamed. His mournful cry echoing throughout the quiet forest as bits of snow rained from the clouded sky.
*~*~*~*~*~
"Hey mom! Where's the remote? I can't find it!"
"It's right were you left it Shuichi."
"Oh...thanks..."
Kurama sat up and rubbed his throbbing head. He was...still in his living room. "Man...I just had the most messed up dream." He mumbled. Shiori walked in and sat on the couch next to her older son, a distant look on her face. It puzzled Kurama a little; didn't she want to know why he was so troubled? She usually did.
"What's wrong?" Shuichi asked. He sat back into the couch, pushing against it to feel its softness.
Shiori shrugged. "I don't know...it just seems like there's something missing."
"What is it?" Kurama asked curiously. He wanted to know, he recently read a book about things like this. Sometimes they ended up being memories from a past life. No answer. "Mother?" Oh great they were ignoring him...what did he do now? "Hey...look I'm sorry, you guys can talk to me now."
"That's funny, you've been doing that for a while now." Shuichi mumbled.
"Yes, I do find it strange." His mother replied. She picked up a book from nearby book and started flipping through it.
This was really starting to piss Kurama off. He apologized didn't he? So why did they still ignore him? If it was one thing he couldn't stand it had to be being deprived of attention, especially when he wanted it. Fed up, he walked towards the TV and stood in front of it. "If you're trying to tick me off, it worked." Still no answer. Finally tired of their game he went to the only thing that would get their attention, the TV! He reached to turn it off but froze and yanked his hand back as it went through.
"Kurama! They can't see or hear you silly!"
The red head turned around. "Botan? Why didn't you tell me that earlier?" he sneered. Wait, this was Botan here...what was he expecting?
"I was watching you...you can be quiet amusing sometimes." The bubbling girl said. She said it as if it was the most obvious answer in the world.
"Yeah...thanks...I think." Kurama mumbled. She had been there the whole time and said nothing? Suddenly the urge to strangle her came to mind, Koenma wouldn't miss her that much.
"Sometimes...I dream, about someone. Someone I should know." Shiori said suddenly.
Kurama looked towards her then back at Botan. "I never existed to them and she seems to be troubled by it."
"That's just strange. I saw something like on TV. Tell me about it." Shuichi shifted his gaze towards her. His mother would often wake up sometimes and tell him about her dreams most of them were about a quiet redhead.
Botan nodded. "There's affects to you using the potion and they seem to be working." She hated this option it wasn't a fair one. How could you let a person go on like this? Always waking up to old memories, the good and bad.
Kurama stared at his mother as a smile crept up on her face. "I know it sounds strange but it's almost like they're memories." He didn't like this...his mother was different. They had a special bond, one no potion could break. He couldn't stand it. What if it didn't work and one day she realized that the boy she dreamed about was her son?
Shuichi looked at them curiously. "Aren't you troubled by your dreams?"
"No, not a t all." Shiori replied thoughtfully. Why should she be? So far the boy in her dreams had shone her no reason to fear him, just love.
"And you believe them?"
"Every bit..."
Kurama nodded slightly. "She still remembers a little bit, this won't work." He ran a hand through his hair. Things just weren't going right for him.
"Would you like to view your other option Kurama?" Botan asked. Not that he really needed too. One only needed an imagination to see what would happen in that situation.
"No...I don't think so...I've had about all I can..." He grew tense suddenly.
"Kurama?" Botan asked curiously, a hand lay upon his shoulder. What was wrong?
"Someone's...trying to break through my barrier." He replied softly.
Botan nodded, and as she did so the same tugging feeling found it's way back to Kurama's stomach, pulling him back to reality and onto the floor of his bedroom.
"Hey, is there something going on between you two that I should know about?"
Kurama turned his head to his window, shock written on his face. "No! No, you don't understand! I was helping Kurama-kun with his decision honestly!" Botan stammered nervously.
"Yusuke! You dog, what are you up to now?" Kurama said grinning as Yusuke hoisted himself through his window.
"Oh, you know me, same old, same old." He replied cheerfully. "You need to take it easy Botan...you make yourself sound suspicious of something." He added, a mischievous grin playing across his lips. The girl giggled slightly rubbing the back of her head. "So, Kurama, made your chose yet?"
The fox shook his head, his hair flowing in movement before falling back into place. "There's no point, either way the outcome still pisses me off." He answered gravely.
"Don't worry Kurama! I'm sure it'll turn out just fine." Botan said. Or maybe not, but it was still good to hope.
"Yeah, because yours truly has an idea!" Yusuke proclaim striking a pose. The kistune shook his head. Oh boy, hit the deck.
"That's what I was afraid of..." Botan muttered.
Kurama chuckled. "I wonder what caused hell to freeze over to make this rare event occur?"
"I heard that Seaweed...what are you trying to say?" the youth shot back. Kurama glared at him, if it was one thing he couldn't stand it had to be being called seaweed. It was an annoying nickname Yusuke had picked up to tease him about his human name. They didn't even sound alike, did they?
Kurama shrugged. "It depends on how you take it...of course I meant no harm of it but you took it another way. So if you think I'm trying to call you an idiot...I'm not. You're just putting words in my mouth...meaning you're insinuating something on your own and that you must believe you're an idiot so, and since you do...I guess it's true."
Yusuke and Botan stared at him for a moment "I don't understand half of what you said..." Yusuke muttered shaking his head. "But knowing you, it was wrong."
"So, what's this big idea of yours?" Kurama asked.
"I shouldn't tell you anything after that lovely little paragraph you just gave me, but I'm a nice guy. You can manipulate plants right?"
"Duh, so what about it?"
"Ever try making them take form into something besides weapons?" Yusuke asked.
"Where are you going with this?"
Yusuke pulled him near. "If you can control plants you should be able to..." (Like I'd tell you! You'll find out in the next chapter...or when I get back from Vacation.)