Disclaimer: Still don't own YuYu Hakusho, but Ylena is all mine.
We all looked at each other in shock. Why couldn't I track it? We were soul mates after all. We were like two pieces to the same puzzle. One was not complete without the other. I knew he was gone, we all did, but none of us had a clue where he had gone to. His spirit energy was gone and without that to protect him he was just as vulnerable as any other human and so the shot he took to the heart finished off his life energy and killed him.
Dropping the shell of my dead lover into Hiei's lap, I jumped up franticly and ran over to Botan. I grabbed her shoulders and shook her back and forth asking, "What do you mean you don't know where he is? Isn't it your job to know! You are the grim reaper after all." Then a thought occurred to me as I looked over at the crumpled body of the yokai that Kurama was fighting. He was only a lower A-class but he had studied along side an upper S-class for years. Kamryu. I had fought him a long time ago and defeated him with ease, but foolishly, I spared his life. Is it possible that he taught his technique to this little whelp? No, he couldn't possibly wield that kind of power, the power to manipulate souls. The battle between Kurama and this little nobody was very one-sided. It was my Kitsune who had more power and greater skill. That was why it was so hard to believe that he was so easily defeated. He was only hit with one energy blast that wasn't even strong enough to kill a regular fox, not to mention the greatest thief the Makai had ever known. Yet for some reason he was hit, he dropped and then was no more. It just didn't make any sense. If Kurama were still here, he would know what in the hell was going on. I looked back over at his pale face and noticed he didn't look dead, but peaceful like he did when he was sleeping.
Sleep. I was so tired. We had stayed up all night long making love. Holding, kissing, caressing each other until dawn. As the darkness began to fade, Youko changed back from his kitsune form into Shuichi, and I also transformed from my fox form into this human one. I was fortunate enough to convince my human mother from the womb to keep the name I have had for centuries, Ylena. I laid there on his wonderfully chiseled chest and he petted my head like I was his favorite possession. He told me he would do anything for me and told me how much he loved me and how he never wanted to be without me again. I told him that I loved him too and I would never leave. He lifted my chin up and kissed me ever so softly. When he pulled away, he looked deep into my eyes and then he asked me to marry him.
We had known each other for more than three centuries and have been mates for the last two hundred and twenty of those and there was no one else I could ever think of being with. When we were both thieves in the Makai, Youko had quite a reputation for being cold and ruthless when it came to battle as well as relationships. I was pretty much unknown by all, which was just fine with me. I enjoyed being elusive and not being tied down. Don't get me wrong, I had my fair share of lovers along the way, and so did he, but the one thing we had in common, was we both enjoyed sex, and would not hesitate to take up the any opportunity to get it if it presented itself. The first time we met was by accident. I was on a heist amd was trying to steal an ancient totem from a vault in Raizen's kingdom. This was no easy task for Raizen was very paranoid and kept it heavily guarded so as to keep people like Youko and myself out. Neither one of us expected to find someone else there trying for the same loot, but I beat him to it. He tried to fight me for it but quickly found that I was equal to him in skill and strength. He said I had earned his respect and asked me to join him, so from that moment on, we became partners in every sense of the word. There isn't any thing like marriage in the Makai. If demons found someone they wanted, they just stayed together. There was more of a mutual unspoken agreement not to find another lover. But Kurama's human mother Shiori wanted to see her son married, so I accepted.
When he handed me the ring, I fell into a state of total shock. It was so beautiful with one diamond in the center surrounded by one thin oval strip of emerald on the top and amethyst on the bottom. The stones were the same color of our eyes. The band was the same colors of our eyes in our fox forms, silver and gold. He began to tell me he had it specially designed just for me from some stones he had creatively acquired during one his treasure hunts in the Makai. He began to tell me this while he got up to get ready for work, but he found that his efforts were in vain because barely got the words out before I tackled him back onto the bed kissed him all over and made love to him all over again.
We were on our way back from telling Shiori the news when he was attacked. She was so happy to hear it. She jumped up and gave me a huge hug. I must admit, it has taken me awhile to get used to being touched by a ningen and not automatically rip their arms off, but I liked Kur... Shuichi's mother. I also had to try to remember that this woman gave him a different name. Shiori was a kind-hearted person who had always been very kind to me. She told me that she had always liked me and she was glad that her son chose me over all those other girls. "Other girls?" I said pretending to eye him suspiciously. He simply flashed an embarrassed grin and blushed. I knew my bishounen had tons of girls following after him, but I knew he never had any intent on them. I smiled and we got up to leave. He kissed his mother on the cheek, she hugged me again and we left. We started to walk down the road when we saw the other Tentei running towards us. I suddenly realized that I left my purse back at Shiori's house and ran back to get it. With my speed, this was not a difficult task. So I turned around to leave before they reached us.
I knew the moment it happened. I could feel it in my heart and soul. It hurt so much. I ran as fast as I could back to his side, but it was too late. He was gone.
After remembering all of this, I felt a sharp pain in my head like someone had just hit me with a lead pipe. Then my legs gave out and I collapsed. I hit the ground hard. I looked around to see everyone rush towards me just before I lost consciousness.
