Chapter Two: Two Glasses
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or most of the quotes/lyrics/verses in this fic. Only the plot, story, and any original characters are of my creation.
Warning: May be some sexual content, harsh language, violence, and unusual relationships. (Yaoi/Yuri/Het/etc.) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Flames towards this issue and plagiarism will NOT be tolerated.
Written By- Aoihyou
Posted- 1/7/03
Authors Note:
Blehhh! Gomen! I forgot! The damned disclaimer! The verses (In italics) in the last chapter were NOT written by me. I found them. I'll be using a lot of song lyrics and poem verses. (Some of which ARE mine) Gomen if I forget to post that... And in advance, IF IT'S NOT MINE, I DON'T CLAIM IT! By the way... THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING! *Hugs reviewers*
Story Note:
Okay. The 'light' thing. Hmm... One is death. One is life. One is memories. (It's easy to figure out) He's unconscious right now. (Duh)
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I feel sick...
My mind is...
It is in despair...
(*)- Unknown
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It was so close... so damned close...
It was such a familiar feeling...
He ran towards the opening, growling in frustration as the void became farther and farther away. The darkness seemed to follow him, pushing that... that light away. He wanted so much to be in that light...
He was running, yet he felt nothing. It was as if he was air, and that was why he wanted the light. He wanted to feel the light. His body was too ... too empty, too... gone.
Somehow, he knew he had to get to that light. Knew he had to if he wanted to go... where?
He tried to go towards it again... and then he saw another light. It was quieter, yet growing.
He stood between them.
The golden light was reaching to him, growing farther, yet willing him to come to it. It called to him to come, to hurry, to let go... it offered relief.
And yet the white light wouldn't relent. It whispered, it's calls almost in vain as the roaring gold called, louder and louder. He covered his ears, red eyes swimming in confusion.
And somehow, between the shouts, the white light's voice grew. The golden light began to die down as the sharp call strengthened, hissing by now. He watched, as the gold became nothing, just another spot of black. He turned back, then squinted as a bright white light spread. It called for him. To come back.
//They still need you...//
His legs were quivering. He wasn't sure... he didn't want to... something inside him told him not to go back.
=It's what you escaped...=
He wished the golden light were there. It had offered relief. And yet the white light screamed for him now, reaching out, wreathing.
I don't want to... I finally got away from that...
//They need you..//
That life.
//She needs you...//
I don't want to go back to that hell...
//She needs you... They need you...//
He winced as the white light touched him, bringing a burning pain to him. A pain that had been there yet he hadn't felt. One that the light was bringing back. One that came with that... life... The thing he was trying so desperately to get away from...
//She's crying...//
But...
//Your sister is crying...//
But he's not there...
The white light enveloped him. He cried out in pain as the heat flashed through him again. He screamed, trying to get away, almost wishing he were in the dark again. He yelled, struggling away from the light.
Then he saw it.
A silver light.
It was dim. A dull glow. But a warm glow, not intoxicatingly bright as the white light that held him. He kicked, forcing the white light to release him, and sprinted with the last of his energy, the pain back to him, to that silver light.
The white light screeched in fury, grasping at him. He jumped, lunging for the silver light.
Kurama...
"Hiei..."
The platinum light burst, enveloping him like a sheet. Then he saw him.
"Kitsune...?"
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"She... she found out?" Keiko's eyes grew wide.
"Yea... I think she did." Yusuke didn't look his wife in the eye. He took her coat and hung it in the closet, then reached for his daughter.
"Otousan!" Miyako squealed in delight, allowing him to pick her up.
"Aa... Do you remember Shizuru-san, Miyako?" His eyes were tired, dimmer than usual but the five year old didn't notice.
"Yuh-huh! She gave me the fizzy candy!"
"Well, she's going to be here soon and she's going to take you to her house, okay? Daddy and mommy have some business to attend to."
"Will I get candy if I'm a good girl?" She smiled brightly. He nodded weakly.
"Yea, lot's of candy, Miyako." There was a knocking on the door right behind Keiko and he quickly opened it.
"Oh... Shizuru, just in time. Gomen. We just need to..."
"I understand Yusuke-kun." She smiled and took the fire year old from the younger boy's arms, "Do you remember me, Miyako-chan? We're going shopping today!" The child squealed again.
"Can I go, Daddy?" She asked, despite the fact that Yusuke had already told her she was going.
"Of course, Miyako..."
"That settles it. Inform me later, ne Yusuke?" The brown haired woman winked, the girl in her arms as she once again started to walk away.
"I'll make it up to you!" Keiko shouted after her, finally snapping out of her daze. Shizuru just waved her hand in dismissal, still climbing down the stairs away from the shrine.
"Keiko. We have go to now." Yusuke held his hand out.
"Are they all here...?"
"Yea." She nodded and took his hand.
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"Kitsune?" He blinked, not sure if he should rejoice or slap himself. There was the fox.
"Hiei..." The silver fox walked towards him, smiling gently.
"What are you doing here..?"
"I saw you in pain, koi.[1] I couldn't stand it..." The fox reached out, caressing his cheek gently as his smile was.
"Aren't you...?"
"Yes. I can't keep you here for long... I just didn't' want to see you... hating life... I wanted you to know..."
"I don't want to go back, Kitsune.[2] You're not there... and..." The youko silenced him, placing a finger on his chapped lips.
"There is nothing wrong with living, Hiei. Do not feel guilty for me..."
"I..."
"Don't you remember? Remember what we talked about? All those times?" The youko started playing with is hair, fingering it longingly.
"I..."
"I can't keep you here much longer, koi..."
"But you..."
"It was my choice, koibito... She needs you, Hiei." His hand stopped and his complexion started to shatter. The white light was breaking in.
"Kurama!" The silver started to shrink, growing fainter, farther. The white light was after him again.
"Hurry, Hiei..." The fox watched sadly. Then, from behind him, black wings appeared. They wrapped his silver form, Hiei watched, ignoring the pain.
"Kurama!!" He watched the fox struggle as the black wings tightened. Then a face appeared.
"You've been a bad Kitsune, Kurama..."
"Kurama!!" He strained against the light, trying to see who was attacking the youko.
"You know we're not supposed to talk to the living..." The fire demon could hear it. That sickeningly smooth voice. He growled.
Karasu.
And then, as the light took him away, he heard a whisper through those black feathers...
"I love you, Hiei..." It died away as he was pulled by the light. Hiei blinked, watching the black and silver form drift away. He clenched his fist.
"ORE MO OMAE O AISITERU!!"[3] He could hear a snarl from the black form.
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The room was silent. Dead silent. It was strange, coming from a usually rowdy bunch.
Botan was clinging to Koenma, looking fearfully around the room. Keiko and Yusuke were silent, looking downward. Yukina was facing a wall, her hand on a curtain as she held onto it as if it was anchoring her. Kuwabara was standing by her helplessly. Genkai was watching, sitting on the couch.
All of them were trying not to stare at the unconscious form in the room. Trying not to stare at the one that seemed almost dead.
Then, suddenly, the silence was shattered.
"ORE MO OMAE O AISITERU!"
They all jumped up. Then, the fire demon on the bed suddenly shot up, panting. His eyes were wild, sweating suddenly. They watched him in amazement, confusion.
There was no time to ask any questions.
"ONIICHAN!!!"
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You're mine now.
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It was gone.
Gone.
Gone.
Gone.
He was gone.
"ORE MO OMAE O AISITERU!" He heard his own voice shout out.
Where was this?
The white light was letting him go.
Everything seemed to be fading in, he panted, suddenly out of air. Perspiration coursed down his body, his eyes darted in every which way.
And he felt people around him. They tensed.
Then there were arms. Arms that enveloped him.
"ONIICHAN!!!" It was all so... far. Felt so far away. And yet it all registered.
//She needs you//
"She still needs you"
"Yukina...?"
~*~
There sat two glasses filled to the brim,
On a table, rim to rim;
One was ruddy and red as blood,
And one as clear as the crystal flood...
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Here he was.
The one she'd been searching for all her life. In her arms. Finally. In her arms.
Finally.
"Oniichan..." Her tears condensed into gems on his yukata.
He was so different. So coarse and secluded. Was it really him? Did she finally have him in her arms?
Really?
"Yukina...?" That voice. Yes. It was him. She clung tighter, crying, ignoring the people around them.
All her life. He was the missing piece? And he had been in front of her all along... Why hadn't he told her? Why?
"Oni.. oniichan..." She choked, trying to hold him closer, as if it would make up for all those years she's missed.
"Yukina?" The voice seemed to be confused, surprised. His hands uncertainly embraced her. Her tears streamed.
Was she finally fulfilling her promise...?
He was such an unfortunate child... Yukina, promise me... heal his broken soul... Find him... The last words of her mother's best friend. Words she's lived by.
And yet, anger coursed through her, she stood back and lifted her hand. She pushed him back and slapped him across the face. Hard.
"Why didn't you tell me...?" She cried, more gems clinked on the ground. He stared at her blankly, hand going to the slightly red mark on his cheek.
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They watched, keeping their distance as the maiden embraced her brother. It felt so intrusive to be there, watching her cry and him hold her uncertainly. And yet it looked right.
"Finally..." Yusuke mumbled. Kuwabara blinked, looking back and forth. Then hissed.
"What does she mean 'oniichan'?" Before they could reply, a sound rung through he room.
SLAP.
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"Oniichan..." She knew? How...? Her hands tightened around him and he raised his own arms, placing them on her awkwardly, trying to calm her down.
"Yukina?" He could still feel that stale feeling, the feeling that he should be worrying more about the fox. And yet, she was here. Embracing him.
She knew.
He was about to open his mouth when he spotted a hand flying towards him.
SLAP.
His hand instinctively went up to the mark, rubbing it. He stared up at her, seeing pain in her eyes. He winced at the betrayal he found there.
"Why didn't you tell me...?" He blinked once more, the words registering slowly in his mind.
"Yukina, I..."
"Were you ashamed of me...?" He looked up violently.
"NO!!" Did she think that? That he was ashamed of her? That he hadn't told her because he was disappointed in her? He reached up, his legs not cooperating, and grabbed her, hugging her tightly.
"I was afraid." He whispered so the rest couldn't hear. She tensed in his arms, "I was afraid you would..." She was crying again.
"I was afraid you wouldn't want me as..." She looked up at him, smiling suddenly.
"Baka..." She lunged into his arms again.
"ONIICHAN!" She was laughing.
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"Were you ashamed of me...?" She choked out. Please... Please don't push me away... The ice maiden watched as his eyes jerked up to her.
"NO!!" She was suddenly pulled down and into his embrace. Words were whispered quietly in her ear, "I was afraid... I was afraid you would..." She choked again, "I was afraid you wouldn't want me as..." He thought she would reject him? How could he possibly think...? She smiled.
"Baka..." She threw her arms around him, laughing. There was nothing else she could do. Laughing. It felt so good.
"ONIICHAN!" How good it felt to say that...
~*~
"Foolish fox... You sacrifice yourself for him?"
"...Yes."
"You know it won't mean much. It is inevitable. All you are doing is forging time... Borrowed time."
"Even a day... for him..."
"Fool..."
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End Chapter Two.
Key-
[1] Koi (Koibito)- Lover, love.
[2] Kitsune- Fox
[3] Ore mo omae o aisiteru- I love you too.
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