"But that does not defeat the rise of evil...rise of evil...rise of evil..."
"Ah, Edowin! Get out of my head." Hiei yelled at the sky. His hands flew up to his head, and they clenched themselves tight.
"Talking to yourself again, midget?" Kuwabara's voice cracked the silence, and Hiei glared at him.
"Leave me alone bitch."
"Dearie me, I don't believe that's any way to talk in front of..." 'Your sister.' Kuwabara smirked as he though the words within his head and stepped to the side, revealing Yukina who had been behind Kuwabara.
Hiei's eyes grew wide, and he sneered. 'Dammit.' His gaze turned to the sidewalk, as he tried to ignore both Yukina and Kuwabara.
Yukina looked up at Kuwabara then smiled at Hiei. Supposedly, during Hiei and Kurama's absence, the two of them had figured it out. They knew now, but weren't about to tell Hiei for they were unsure of how he might react.
Clenching a hand, Hiei glared ominously at Kuwabara. "I have something important to attend to." With that, he stormed off and away. Some unusual noise had caught his ear and most of the time, it only meant trouble.
As soon as Hiei had left, Kuwabara burst into laughter. "Did you see his face? He was so dumbfounded! Hahahaha!"
Although,
Yukina didn't laugh. There was something that had caused Hiei to leave in such
a hurry and she blinked. "Kuwabara? Do you think we should check on
Kurama?"
"Huh? Why's that?" He stopped his raucous laughter and stared at Yukina.
"I don't know. I just got this really bad feeling."
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Kurama silently walked through his house. He had spent all day trying to evade his mother because of the wounds he had received from his fight with Hiei. Should his mother see him, he would only be causing her to feel more worried and cause more stress.
Unfortunately, that could not be established. For as soon as Kurama had sat at his desk and opened the hard leather bound book in which he confided his thoughts, a shrill cry of horror could be heard from downstairs.
"Suiichi!!!!" Shoiri cried as she waved her arms frantically. A crow flew down at her and scratched with its claws, screeching all the while. Its beak was open and clicking wildly and attached to its right foot was a small rolled up parchment stained with blood.
Running down the stairs and into the room, Kurama stared eyes wide. He shook his head and regained his composure then ran over and began to swat at the crow.
Turning from Shoiri, the crow began scratching at Kurama, but not wildly as he had with his mother, instead this crow went straight for Kurama's green eyes.
'No. It can't be!' Opening the door, Kurama ran out of it shielding his head with his arms.
"Suiichi! Come back!" Wiping the blood away from a scratch upon her face, Shoiri watched her "son" run out of the house. Tears formed in her eyes as she was unable to follow him and assure his safety, and she lost consciousness.
Legs pumping, and arms swinging by his sides, Kurama ran down the street. The crow followed, screeching and wings flapping. Speeding its velocity, the crow sank its claws into Kurama's back with another loud screech.
As the pain rushed through his back, Kurama fell to the sidewalk. Suddenly the crow's eyes fogged over and became a ghostly white instead of the obsidian black. The crow fell to the sidewalk, and the burning voice could be heard within its mind.
"Do not harm, Kurama. I told you just to deliver the message, I know you have some personal dealings with the Kitsune but you are under my control now. Listen and obey, or deal with the consequences. Remember, I gave you sight again. Return to me as soon as you deliver the message!"
Rolling onto his side, Kurama's eyes fell upon the crow and he experienced seeing the milky white eyes return to their full blackness. With a short flutter of its wings, it pecked at the string holding the bloodstained parchment and threw it, with a thrust of its head at, at Kurama's feet.
Then once again following orders, it sped off back to its Master. For being a bird was not exactly being a creature that can do much to save its life from a bloodthirsty killer.
Kurama continue to stare at where the crow had been. It took him a while to finally pick up, and unroll the parchment at his side. His eyes ran over the words as he read it to himself...
