Chapter 4: Anger and Fury

Disclaimer: I do not own YYH.

~HIEI'S POV~

How could he? HOW COULD HE?! THAT DAMN FOX! I seethed with anger as I looked upon the scene. My sister, Yukina, stared clueless at everyone around the room, as the reek of her blood swirled around me. Kurama, obviously not noticing me, backed up, away from the other angry people in the room. But before he could go any further, I cut him off. He froze, and slowly turned around to face me. So he still has enough dignity to look me in the face. I'm surprised.

"H-Hiei..." How could he? I heard everything that went on, and knew exactly what was happening. "Listen, look, I don't care if you don't believe me, but just listen. I didn't hurt her. Somebody... something maybe, hurt her, but I didn't." But I was beyond reasoning. I fumed at his lie, my energy reaching an extraordinary level. How could he? HOW COULD HE?! He almost KILLED my sister, the only one who I actually cared about.

"Get. Away." I growled, my energy rising even more. "Get out of here. Now."

"B-But..."

"GET GOING!" I shouted, and Kurama finally understood. The coward turned tail and fled, running out of the temple. I suddenly regretted my decision of letting him go. I leapt up and ran after him, unsheathing my katana as I soared through the air, looking for his energy. Nothing. But I didn't give up. Not yet. Landing in a tree, I intensified my senses, searching harder. AHA! There he was, fleeing thorough the forest like the coward he was! He was heading due north. I raced after him, and leapt ahead a mile or two. There, I landed in a tree, waiting.

A half-hour or so later, Kurama burst out of the plants, landing in the clearing I was near. He panted and hunched over, trying to catch his breath. But when he looked up again, there I was. The fox stumbled back, out of shock and surprise. But in his eyes, I saw something else. Fear. Perfect. Tightening my grip on my katana, I walked closer to him, sparks of fury shooting out of my eyes.

"Hiei... what are you doing?" Hn. His voice wasn't even steady. But a glare was all I gave him. It said enough. He shut up.

"You." I snarled, the sparks in my eyes turning into flames. "You hurt Yukina. You STOLE her memory and drew blood."

"B-but..."

"SHUT UP!" I hissed, the flames blazing. Kurama visibly flinched as he looked into my eyes. "You know the rule. Blood calls for blood. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." My voice dripped with acid, and I gave a blood crazy glare at the fox.

"H-Hiei..." Kurama gulped at the insane look in my eyes. I was lost in a furious craze for revenge.

"I said, SHUT UP!" I leapt towards Kurama at the last words, swinging my katana around furiously. I knew my blows hit, but it wasn't until I finally stopped that I noticed something. My blows never hit anything solid. And there was no blood. My katana had gone right through that damn fox, and there was no blood! In fact, Kurama had totally disappeared, too.

"KURAMA! WHERE ARE YOU?!" I yelled, but I received no answer. Until I finally figured it out. I howled in rage as it finally dawned on me that I had been tricked. There was no blood because it wasn't really Kurama. It was just a decoy. The fox had sent out a decoy! It went one way while the real Kurama had gone the other. How could I have been so stupid!?

He was going to die. Not only that, but he was going to die a VERY painful death. That was ensured by me. He would regret the day he even MET Yukina.

"Kurama..." I snarled, my voice barley heard. "You WILL die, even if it's the last thing I do, I WILL kill you!" And with that, I sheathed my sword.

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~NORMAL POV~

Kurama sat in a tree, watching the whole scene between Hiei and the decoy. He completely masked his energy, making it completely impossible for anyone to detect him. He put his head in his hands and a single tear slipped, unnoticed, down his cheek.

"Gods, I'm so sorry. What happened? All I remember is getting drunk and launching myself at Yusuke. How did I hit Yukina?" He quietly sighed, trying to decide what to do. If he ran to Makai, his mother would worry, but if he stayed... he blanched at the thought of what would happen if he met up with the furious Jaganshi again.

That's it. I have to go back. I can't even leave a note for my mother, or else everyone else will know. They'll hunt me down in Makai. Maybe... I'll just give them a few days to cool off. Then I'll come back. But now, I've got to leave, before Hiei finds me. And with that thought in mind, Kurama tore open a portal to Makai, and jumped in.

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AN: Hey, people! It's me! No, I'm not dead! *glares at Kyoda* (Check bio) I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry I haven't been updating! But I've been really busy! But here it is, anyhow! Yes, I know this was a sucky chapter, but I had a real bad writer's block. And Hiei was really mean, but the ending is soooo much better! I promise! I've already written it! I just have to write the middle part of the story, and this'll be finished! Yes, I write the story in pieces. Please R&R, because before I got a whole lot more reviews, I seriously WAS considering stopping this fic... ah well... Later!

~Koganeiro Kitsune