Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue. I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho,
you no sue!
If you have been wondering where Kuramas stepfather has been, lets just say on a business trip?
~* *~ Means it was said in some ones mind. Don't ask, just read.
* Means I have information on the character at the end of this chapter, because I don't know if any of you read episode summaries, or got that far in the series.
Guess what? I found a really good MP3 from Gravitation, and that is what influenced this chapter. It is called Sleepless Beauty (Sacred Beauty Air mix). I knew Gravitation always has music I like, but I never knew they had music like THIS. Okay, onto the chapter ^_^.
Chapter Four Pains in my Heart
~Fallen angels always have to fall again~
Shuiichis finger glazed over the sharp edge of the knife, testing its sharpness. He wiped the red sticky blood off of his finger on his blue pants. Then, his family and life accomplishments flashed before his eyes. His school projects, the weeding of his father and step mother, climbing the cherry blossom tree in the back yard with his step brother.
He quickly found a blue ball-pointed pen and a yellow legal pad by the phone on the counter.
~Hate, pain, hunger, anger, leave with the beating of white wings~
Mother, Father, Brother, It pains me to have to leave you this way, but I cannot stay in this world any longer. I cannot bare the sight of seeing your sad faces any more.
I love you all very much, much more then you can even guess. When you find this, please do not cry, I will finally be free. I want you to be happy for me, because I will no longer be in any pain. As I am writing this, I cry. I am nervous, and excited, because I will finally flee from the pain, the agony, and sadness.
I love you all, so very much, Shuiichi.
With that, Shuiichi laid down the pen by the pad of paper. With his hand trembling, he picked the knife up and stared at it for a couple of seconds.
Then, he heard the front door close and Shuiichi panicked, 'what if they find me like this!? What will they do?!'
"Shuiichi! We are home!" His father called.
~Come, fallen angel, fly again~
Shuiichi took a deep breath of air as his brother walked in the kitchen, "Hi Shuiichi! Uh. What's wrong?" Kurama asked as he heard soft crying, "Is that a knife!?" Kurama asked alarmed.
"What is going on?" Shiori asked as she entered the scene that was unfolding.
"Shuiichi, calm down, let us help you." Kurama said calmly as he could.
"What are you doing Shuiichi!?" Hatakana cried.
"I am beyond help." Shuiichi stated quietly, and punctured his skin on his chest with the knife.
It was as if the world was going in slow motion through Kuramas eyes. The knife slowly entered Shuiichis body as blood started to seep out. Then it pierced through mussel tissue, and protruded through the heart.
~Oh, angel, come fly in the pure light of the sun and moon~
"Shuiichi!" Shiori ran forward and caught her son as he fell backwards.
Shuiichi started coughing up blood, "I love you."
Shiori started crying as Kurama ran forward, speechless.
~~~~
"Shuiichi?" Kuramas voice registered in Shuiichis mind.
Shuiichi blinked a couple of times as the world came into focus and he heard a doctors voice in the background, "His condition has been deteriorating slowly. I wish to keep him under close surveillance for the next couple of days. It was the pain he was going though that blacked him out." (A/N: Come on, do you think I would kill him off right there? Nah, I want to play with him some more ^_^''') 'It was. A dream?' He wondered as his eyelids slid closed again, 'I kind of wish it was not.'
'I am getting tired of Koenma telling me what to do and what not to do.' Kurama complained in his mind as he monitored his stepbrothers condition in his mind, 'Should I? It cant hurt.' Kurama looked at the flowers that his mother had brought in for his stepbrother. He concentrated on them as he posed some of their life energy to his brother who was just barely hanging on by a weakened thread. "Shuiichi, please try to stay awake." Kurama asked.
'Shuichi? He is here? Where is he?' Shuiichi could not move his head, for it was in a neck brace, "Why does my neck hurt so much?" He asked out loud, well, as loud as he could have.
The adult's heads in the room whipped around at the sound of Shuiichis voice, "You are up Shuiichi!!!" Shiori said joyously as she walked over to her sons bed side, "You blacked out on the stairs, and then you fell down them." 'I must be strong for him.' She thought as she wiped her eyes with her sleeve.
"You gave us quite a scare." Hatakana admitted, joining his wife's side and looking down at his son with tears threatening to bust through his carefully constructed floodgates.
~*Kurama, come out side*~ Hieis voice commanded in Kuramas head.
'I wonder what this could be for.' Kurama wondered as he stood up from his chair on the opposite wall of his brothers' bed, and walked over to his parents.
"How are you feeling?" Kurama asked Shuiichi.
"Painful, my lungs are burning and my neck is killing me."
"Is there any thing we can do?" Shiori asked.
"I don't believe there is any thing you can do. I will be giving him some pain medicine in a few minutes." A nurse answered for Shuiichi as she read the doctors note that was on the blue counter.
After a few minutes, Kurama left the room on the excuse that he wanted to get some fresh air.
~§~
"Yes Hiei?" Kurama asked out loud when he was out side.
Hiei stepped out of the shadows with a large white envelope in his left hand.
"Let me guess, this is from Koenma?" Kurama asked.
"Hn." Hiei tossed the envelope to Kurama and then left.
Kurama's eyes glanced at the envelope, reading 'Open in Makai for safety reasons.' He then took a deep breath, knowing what the papers held; he did not even have to look at the first line to guess.
~§~
"You are a pretty good rock skipper." A voice said behind Kurama.
"Thanks father, I have had a lot of practice of the last few months."
"It reminds me what I use to do before the school bus came. My friends and I use to walk a few feet from the bus stop, and skip stones. Some times we had tournaments between our selves, and the winner got a dollar or the others spare change." Hatakana laughed.
Kurama smiled, "Sounded like fun. Did you ever win any?"
"Actually, out of all of them, I think I won three to five. I really was not good at skipping stones then, and I believe I am still like that to today."
Kurama found a smooth round stone and handed it to his stepfather, "Do you want to try?"
"I guess it can do no harm." Hatakana shrugged and took the stone. Then, with it resting in his grasp, he flung it across the water, "1, 2, 3. 5. Five skips, not bad. If you can beat that, I will give you five dollars."
"Okay then." Kurama said as he looked at the pebbles that surrounded the man made pond, and chose a round tan colored stone, "Here goes nothing." And threw the stone across the water.
"1, 2, 3, 4. 7?!" Hatakana commented astounded.
Kurama laughed, "Some of my friends taught me to skip stones a different way. Do you want me to teach you?"
"No thanks, I am too worried sick about your brother. Maybe some other day?"
"Sure, be glad too."
~§~
"How much longer do I have to live?" Shuiichi asked a nurse that was switching his IV bags.
The nurses eyes grew wide, she had never, in all of her career, been asked that question from a young teenager, "I am sorry, but I do not know. The doctor would."
Shuiichi took a deep breath and closed his eyes, for the pain was almost intolerable.
~§~
'Kurama, You should know how I hate to do this, but you cannot step in and help out, it will disrupt the rhythm of many lives, and off set the balance. I am sorry, but I cannot have you do that.
If you proceed to help out, even in little ways, I will be forced to tell Yusuke to kill you, and then your brother.
Koenma.'
Kurama sighed and leaned agents the trunk of a mighty tree. Earlier that day, he had told his mother and father that he would be leaving for the next half of the day, to get his mind off of things. So, he went to Makai where he could find sanctuaries in certain parts of the land.
He turned his head to glance at the rest of papers that looked like scans of many rulebooks Koenma was forced to fallow. Each page contained information on what steps were to be followed if a demon interrupted another person's death, which happened rarely.
He then closed his eyes and started reflecting on the certain events that made his life roller coaster more nauseating. Sadness filled his heart and mind, as he felt calming, flowing energy course through his body.
~On the other side of Makai~
"So, Youko Kurama is back." Yomi* muttered.
~§~
* Yomi: Youko Kuramas second in command when he had the ring of thieves. One day, Youko Kurama was getting ticked off at him, so he hired an assassin to kill him, but that assassin did not succeed in killing Yomi, but ending up blinding him (that is why his eyes are closed all the time). Long story short, now Yomi is part of the three emperors, and yea, you will just have to see or read the episodes.
I have an music video out that contains some (a lot) of Yomi footage, I have it, but it is burned to disk, and I cant remember the name of it for the life of me. I will probably have it by next chapter.
~§~
Yea, I know, it was short. The reason for the shortness is because I have a life, and midterms are approaching me. In other words, I have to study for them.
This is just great, I have not started chapter five yet, and I like to be one chapter ahead of my self. I guess I am going to do what I did in Lavender Tears, stay up all night on weekends and write, write, and write, since I study on week days. Oh, speaking of Lavender Tears, if you like DBZ, Trunks, angst, and fighting fathers and sons, I recommend it for you.
One question, what would you like to see happen, do you have any ideas? If you give me a suggestion, I will give you credit, of course, and a nice e- mail. I know where I want to go with this story, and I know how I am going to end it, it is just the body of the story I some times have trouble with.
If you read the chapter, I would like some feed back ^_^
If you have been wondering where Kuramas stepfather has been, lets just say on a business trip?
~* *~ Means it was said in some ones mind. Don't ask, just read.
* Means I have information on the character at the end of this chapter, because I don't know if any of you read episode summaries, or got that far in the series.
Guess what? I found a really good MP3 from Gravitation, and that is what influenced this chapter. It is called Sleepless Beauty (Sacred Beauty Air mix). I knew Gravitation always has music I like, but I never knew they had music like THIS. Okay, onto the chapter ^_^.
Chapter Four Pains in my Heart
~Fallen angels always have to fall again~
Shuiichis finger glazed over the sharp edge of the knife, testing its sharpness. He wiped the red sticky blood off of his finger on his blue pants. Then, his family and life accomplishments flashed before his eyes. His school projects, the weeding of his father and step mother, climbing the cherry blossom tree in the back yard with his step brother.
He quickly found a blue ball-pointed pen and a yellow legal pad by the phone on the counter.
~Hate, pain, hunger, anger, leave with the beating of white wings~
Mother, Father, Brother, It pains me to have to leave you this way, but I cannot stay in this world any longer. I cannot bare the sight of seeing your sad faces any more.
I love you all very much, much more then you can even guess. When you find this, please do not cry, I will finally be free. I want you to be happy for me, because I will no longer be in any pain. As I am writing this, I cry. I am nervous, and excited, because I will finally flee from the pain, the agony, and sadness.
I love you all, so very much, Shuiichi.
With that, Shuiichi laid down the pen by the pad of paper. With his hand trembling, he picked the knife up and stared at it for a couple of seconds.
Then, he heard the front door close and Shuiichi panicked, 'what if they find me like this!? What will they do?!'
"Shuiichi! We are home!" His father called.
~Come, fallen angel, fly again~
Shuiichi took a deep breath of air as his brother walked in the kitchen, "Hi Shuiichi! Uh. What's wrong?" Kurama asked as he heard soft crying, "Is that a knife!?" Kurama asked alarmed.
"What is going on?" Shiori asked as she entered the scene that was unfolding.
"Shuiichi, calm down, let us help you." Kurama said calmly as he could.
"What are you doing Shuiichi!?" Hatakana cried.
"I am beyond help." Shuiichi stated quietly, and punctured his skin on his chest with the knife.
It was as if the world was going in slow motion through Kuramas eyes. The knife slowly entered Shuiichis body as blood started to seep out. Then it pierced through mussel tissue, and protruded through the heart.
~Oh, angel, come fly in the pure light of the sun and moon~
"Shuiichi!" Shiori ran forward and caught her son as he fell backwards.
Shuiichi started coughing up blood, "I love you."
Shiori started crying as Kurama ran forward, speechless.
~~~~
"Shuiichi?" Kuramas voice registered in Shuiichis mind.
Shuiichi blinked a couple of times as the world came into focus and he heard a doctors voice in the background, "His condition has been deteriorating slowly. I wish to keep him under close surveillance for the next couple of days. It was the pain he was going though that blacked him out." (A/N: Come on, do you think I would kill him off right there? Nah, I want to play with him some more ^_^''') 'It was. A dream?' He wondered as his eyelids slid closed again, 'I kind of wish it was not.'
'I am getting tired of Koenma telling me what to do and what not to do.' Kurama complained in his mind as he monitored his stepbrothers condition in his mind, 'Should I? It cant hurt.' Kurama looked at the flowers that his mother had brought in for his stepbrother. He concentrated on them as he posed some of their life energy to his brother who was just barely hanging on by a weakened thread. "Shuiichi, please try to stay awake." Kurama asked.
'Shuichi? He is here? Where is he?' Shuiichi could not move his head, for it was in a neck brace, "Why does my neck hurt so much?" He asked out loud, well, as loud as he could have.
The adult's heads in the room whipped around at the sound of Shuiichis voice, "You are up Shuiichi!!!" Shiori said joyously as she walked over to her sons bed side, "You blacked out on the stairs, and then you fell down them." 'I must be strong for him.' She thought as she wiped her eyes with her sleeve.
"You gave us quite a scare." Hatakana admitted, joining his wife's side and looking down at his son with tears threatening to bust through his carefully constructed floodgates.
~*Kurama, come out side*~ Hieis voice commanded in Kuramas head.
'I wonder what this could be for.' Kurama wondered as he stood up from his chair on the opposite wall of his brothers' bed, and walked over to his parents.
"How are you feeling?" Kurama asked Shuiichi.
"Painful, my lungs are burning and my neck is killing me."
"Is there any thing we can do?" Shiori asked.
"I don't believe there is any thing you can do. I will be giving him some pain medicine in a few minutes." A nurse answered for Shuiichi as she read the doctors note that was on the blue counter.
After a few minutes, Kurama left the room on the excuse that he wanted to get some fresh air.
~§~
"Yes Hiei?" Kurama asked out loud when he was out side.
Hiei stepped out of the shadows with a large white envelope in his left hand.
"Let me guess, this is from Koenma?" Kurama asked.
"Hn." Hiei tossed the envelope to Kurama and then left.
Kurama's eyes glanced at the envelope, reading 'Open in Makai for safety reasons.' He then took a deep breath, knowing what the papers held; he did not even have to look at the first line to guess.
~§~
"You are a pretty good rock skipper." A voice said behind Kurama.
"Thanks father, I have had a lot of practice of the last few months."
"It reminds me what I use to do before the school bus came. My friends and I use to walk a few feet from the bus stop, and skip stones. Some times we had tournaments between our selves, and the winner got a dollar or the others spare change." Hatakana laughed.
Kurama smiled, "Sounded like fun. Did you ever win any?"
"Actually, out of all of them, I think I won three to five. I really was not good at skipping stones then, and I believe I am still like that to today."
Kurama found a smooth round stone and handed it to his stepfather, "Do you want to try?"
"I guess it can do no harm." Hatakana shrugged and took the stone. Then, with it resting in his grasp, he flung it across the water, "1, 2, 3. 5. Five skips, not bad. If you can beat that, I will give you five dollars."
"Okay then." Kurama said as he looked at the pebbles that surrounded the man made pond, and chose a round tan colored stone, "Here goes nothing." And threw the stone across the water.
"1, 2, 3, 4. 7?!" Hatakana commented astounded.
Kurama laughed, "Some of my friends taught me to skip stones a different way. Do you want me to teach you?"
"No thanks, I am too worried sick about your brother. Maybe some other day?"
"Sure, be glad too."
~§~
"How much longer do I have to live?" Shuiichi asked a nurse that was switching his IV bags.
The nurses eyes grew wide, she had never, in all of her career, been asked that question from a young teenager, "I am sorry, but I do not know. The doctor would."
Shuiichi took a deep breath and closed his eyes, for the pain was almost intolerable.
~§~
'Kurama, You should know how I hate to do this, but you cannot step in and help out, it will disrupt the rhythm of many lives, and off set the balance. I am sorry, but I cannot have you do that.
If you proceed to help out, even in little ways, I will be forced to tell Yusuke to kill you, and then your brother.
Koenma.'
Kurama sighed and leaned agents the trunk of a mighty tree. Earlier that day, he had told his mother and father that he would be leaving for the next half of the day, to get his mind off of things. So, he went to Makai where he could find sanctuaries in certain parts of the land.
He turned his head to glance at the rest of papers that looked like scans of many rulebooks Koenma was forced to fallow. Each page contained information on what steps were to be followed if a demon interrupted another person's death, which happened rarely.
He then closed his eyes and started reflecting on the certain events that made his life roller coaster more nauseating. Sadness filled his heart and mind, as he felt calming, flowing energy course through his body.
~On the other side of Makai~
"So, Youko Kurama is back." Yomi* muttered.
~§~
* Yomi: Youko Kuramas second in command when he had the ring of thieves. One day, Youko Kurama was getting ticked off at him, so he hired an assassin to kill him, but that assassin did not succeed in killing Yomi, but ending up blinding him (that is why his eyes are closed all the time). Long story short, now Yomi is part of the three emperors, and yea, you will just have to see or read the episodes.
I have an music video out that contains some (a lot) of Yomi footage, I have it, but it is burned to disk, and I cant remember the name of it for the life of me. I will probably have it by next chapter.
~§~
Yea, I know, it was short. The reason for the shortness is because I have a life, and midterms are approaching me. In other words, I have to study for them.
This is just great, I have not started chapter five yet, and I like to be one chapter ahead of my self. I guess I am going to do what I did in Lavender Tears, stay up all night on weekends and write, write, and write, since I study on week days. Oh, speaking of Lavender Tears, if you like DBZ, Trunks, angst, and fighting fathers and sons, I recommend it for you.
One question, what would you like to see happen, do you have any ideas? If you give me a suggestion, I will give you credit, of course, and a nice e- mail. I know where I want to go with this story, and I know how I am going to end it, it is just the body of the story I some times have trouble with.
If you read the chapter, I would like some feed back ^_^