Disclaimer: I don't own any of the YuYu Hakusho characters, (unfortunately) so please don't sue me. If this seems a little wierd, it's because I started it while I was on vacation in Mexico, so the heat my have effected my brain a little. Please review.

Soul Stealer

How could this happen? I refuse to believe it's true. Kurama is gone. No words can describe the emptiness I feel at this moment. Those amazing green eyes that were once filled with so much life and love are now dark and dull. "What's this?" I feel something strange on my cheek, a tear. It has been centuries since I have cried any of those. It rolls down my cheek and falls silently onto the cheek of my beloved. Cradling his lifeless body in my arms I don't know what to do. I feel lost. Fear, pain, anger and sorrow all washed over me at once and I held him closer to me. I could feel my body begin to shake as I heard the light tentative steps of three men behind me.

The first to approach me was Yusuke who was in shock. Following close behind him was Kuwabara whom was sobbing. Staying back off in the distance was Hiei, Kurama's best friend. I was fairly certain that the fire yokai was just way too overwhelmed or perhaps even scared to move. I sat there not letting go of his body and looked up to the gray sky above and wondered to myself, "Where was Botan? Why hadn't she come for his soul? True, the kai blast he took was straight to the heart, but surely it wasn't strong enough to destroy his soul, was it? No, I would have felt it. Half of my soul would have been destroyed in the process and that it not something that is easy to miss." Yusuke knelt down beside me and placed a hand on my shoulder. He was crying now. I looked at him and felt myself become weak and dizzy. I began to fall backwards, but before I hit the ground, Hiei was there to catch me. A single black tear-gem fell from the half Koorime's eyes and that was the moment it all became real. With Kurama's head in my lap, I twisted around and I fell into Hiei's strong chest and cried.

I cried for the loss of my teammate, my oldest friend, my lover and my soul mate. I heard Kuwabara off in the distance punching his fist onto a rock screaming how it wasn't fair. I was sobbing uncontrollably now. Much to my surprise, I was not concerned at how weak I was acting in front of the rest of my teammates. I had always prided my self on my strength, even if it seemed that I was cold and unfeeling at times. But at this moment none of it mattered. We all felt this loss. Kurama was the best of all of us. For the others, he was a mentor, a strong teammate and a trusted friend, but for me, he was everything. It felt strange having Hiei of all people holding me and comforting me stroking my waist length chocolate-colored hair. My Kitsune used to do that. I clung to the forbidden child and wept for I did not know what else to do.

Then finally the usually "high spirited" spirit Botan arrived on her oar. She had been crying as I could tell by her tear-stained face. But as she approached my dead love, her expression was confused and worried. "He's gone." She said."No kidding!" I

unintentionally snapped at her as my face left Hiei's very soaked cloak. I apologized immediately. She looked down at me and the look in her lilac colored eyes said I was forgiven, but she shook her head and repeated, "No, his soul is gone, missing, and we don't know where it is."