Yep, I wish I owned Yu Yu Hakusho because then it would never end, and I
know we would all love that. The characters belong to somebody else who is
not me unfortunately. Ummmm.. But the Mizuo siblings are mine! Sooo..
That's my disclaimer. (
Kurama stood across the road from his mother's house. He had called her earlier to tell her he was going to be at Yusuke's house. He could not say the words "over night" that would be a lie. He couldn't lie to her any more then he had to. He stood their for a long while just watching her getting things put together for her supper, hoping she would be okay.
"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I said 'you shouldn't go home to night' you know?" a teenaged Koenma said causing Kurama to jump out of his skin.
"I haven't left her by herself much since my father died." Kurama explained.
"This situation just goes to prove you are the weirdest family I've ever seen." Koenma laughed "Now why did I come here again."
Koenma stood looking at the ground as though he was trying to contemplate some deep secret of the universe. All the while Kurama wondered what people would think if he told him them the son of the lord of the under world, had a short term memory problem.
"Oh, yeah! Don't get to close to Keinami."
"WHAT?!?" Kurama yelled out of shock "What on earth is that supposed to mean?"
"I think you already know what I mean."
"Keinami hates me, didn't you hear her story"
"I wasn't talking about her, now was I?" Koenma looked like he was having way too much fun with this "Besides it didn't sound like she hated you from where I was standing!"
Kurama had no come back ready for this, but it didn't matter anyway. A black blur had just interrupted their conversation. Hiei ran as fast as he could, but somehow Mizuo seemed to be right on his tail. Half out of breath and about five minutes later Yusuke tailed stopping to explain what had just happened in the park. Kurama took off almost instantly after the flashes that had passed before them, followed by Yusuke who was going to find Kuwabara.
A shuriken skinned passed Hiei's face. As a drop of blood ran down his chin Hiei stopped dead, an art obviously not perfected by Mizuo yet as he skidded to a halt in front of Hiei.
"I've had enough of this" Hiei growled "You want to kill me, go ahead and try. It won't be the first time I've killed someone for their arrogance."
"You would have had a better chance if you had kept running!" Mizuo shouted
'How did he get so fast?' Hiei thought as Mizuo ran with one of his knives pointing right toward Hiei's heart. It wasn't much to dodge but still the shock of how fast this human had gotten was enough to throw Hiei off. Hiei Drew his Katana and held it in his hand lightly. No matter how much he wanted to, he could not kill Mizuo. He knew Keinami was still attached to her brother. If Mizuo died by his hand she would probably never forgive him. However to severely injure him would not only be okay but fun!
Hiei was forced to start on the defensive something that he did not like, but it was better then pretending he was afraid of some weak little human. Blocking Mizuo's knife he jumped off the ground using his opponent's strength as a boost to gain height. As he landed facing Mizou's back, Hiei lunged forward tightening his grip on his sword he was ready to end this fight right now.
"You shouldn't leave your back open so often." Hiei laughed openly
Mizuo turned his head and grinned like a crazy man, but didn't move at all! Hiei felt his katana cut into Mizuo. Before it could cut any vital organs Hiei pulled the sword from his opponent's side. Mizuo fell to one knee, but continued to grin. And Hiei quickly learned why.
The wound in Mizuo's side was quickly repairing itself.
"Thank you demon! Now I can try another new trick." the blood on Mizuo's hand began to bubble almost like it was boiling, then it began to slid off his hand and on to the ground. All the while changing growing and in a very short while it became Mizuo! A perfect duplicate of Mizuo!
"What the hell! What are you?" Hiei yelled in shock!
This couldn't be real! Both Mizuos' where aiming shuriken at him, which he could still dodge but now Hiei knew that if he used his sword that there would probably be another Mizuo to contend with, his fists would end with the same reaction.
Kurama arrived in time to see the two Mizuo forcing Hiei back. Kurama scanned the area looking for some kind of help. Because of this he noticed the open man hole right where Hiei was headed for.
"Hiei look." Kurama began to shout, but it was a little late. Hiei noticed the man hole as his foot gave way to the empty space below.
The only one, or rather ones who heard Kurama's cry where the two Mizuos'. One of the two nodded toward Kurama's direction, as the other jumped in to action. Kurama used his rose whip to knock three shuriken out of the air. He could keep doing this until he figured out a better plan.
'He uses shuriken for long range combat.' Kurama thought 'I wonder how he is at close range.'
In a moment of decision Kurama dropped the rose whip and curled a fist. He dodged another shuriken with the grace and agility only Yoko has ever known and planted his fist square into the side of Mizuo's face.
Mizuo staggered and held his face but did not say a word. He just glared a look of hate in his eyes that was different from the first time Kurama had encountered him. This look held animosity with out reason. Like he didn't know why he hated Kurama, only that he knew he did.
Hiei came to in the dark sewer. The dark wasn't so much a problem as his Jagan could see through pretty much anything. It was his leg that was the problem. Hiei tried to stand up but even as he did so a pain shot threw his entire body, his leg had been broken in three places below the knee. Even if he needed to, there wasn't any way he could run. He could still stand if he greatly favored his left leg, he could also jump if he was careful to not try to use his right leg. So he attempted this. Upon landing above ground Hiei promptly crumpled to the ground.
By now the other Mizuo had joined in the fight against Kurama, who had once again taken to the rose whip. Kurama was beginning to show signs of fatigue he had also been wounded quite a few times. Hiei watched trying to get to his feet. Not that he would have been much help. Yusuke charged the spirit gun from his vantage point with Kuwabara and tried to aim for one of the two Mizuo.
"What are you waiting for Urameshi, shoot them!"
"I can't you moron! If I miss I'll hit Kurama!" Yusuke yelled back to Kuwabara.
Suddenly one of the two Mizuo stopped mid-attack and fell face down in the dirt. The now dead Mizuo turned in to a small puddle of blood on the ground. Even as it did so the real Mizuo turned to see what had happened.
Standing there was a small feminine figure dressed in black from head to toe. Her long almost black hair pulled back in to a pony tail and deep dark eyes that where fixed on Mizuo, where a dead give away as to who she was.
"Keinami I have had more then enough of this." Mizuo shouted more like a stern parent then an angry brother.
"You are right about one thing Keitaro." Keinami replied calmly "This has been more then enough." Her gaze never drifted her eyes locked on her brother's crimson face; her voice was calm and steady. To all around it was a mystery what she planed to do.
"Aren't you tired of this Keitaro.?" She asked in the same tone "aren't you tired of killing yet?!?"
"It's almost over Keinami, these are the last two. I swear to it." Keitaro replied
"But why Keitaro? These two have done nothing to hurt you..."
"YES THEY DID!" Mizuo screamed "HE KILLED OUR FATHER, AND HIM." Mizuo's furious hate filled glance turned to Hiei "HE'S TRYING TO TAKE AWAY MY SISTER!"
Mizuo was in a rage beyond his own control now. He didn't even care that Kurama was standing there almost too exhausted to fight. He only saw what he thought to be the biggest threat of his life, to him the worst thing in this world.
"I WON'T LET YOU HAVE HER!" He screamed bearing a knife he had hidden along his leg "You'll have to kill me first!"
Mizuo took to a full speed run clutching the knife before him, its blade aimed strait at the bandage on Hiei's forehead. Kurama lunged after him but missed by inches. Keinami however got between her brother and Hiei with her own blade held in a blocking position before her.
Mizuo's dagger landed about ten feet from the two of them. In his anger he balled a fist and knocked Keinami out of the way.
"Stay out of the way" Mizuo glared wrathfully down to his sister. Keinami was not sure how but she had managed to hold on to her knife, and as she watched her brother line his cross bow up with Hiei's forehead only one thing made sense to do.
Keinami was on her feet and running before she knew what the hell she was doing! At the same time Kurama was racing toward Mizuo from the back the only plan there was to stop him from shooting the arrow.
As her brother fired the arrow Keinami tried to level her knife as to deflect it. Kurama tackled Mizuo and wrestled with him for a moment but the sound of an arrow hitting its mark caused them to stop.
It was as though someone had put the world into slow motion. Keinami missed the arrow; it struck her chest right on her heart. The group watched horror struck as her limp body fell forward toward the ground. Hiei ran for Keinami ignoring the pain in his leg.
"No! Somebody help her." He cried.
Yusuke and Kuwabara ran over to Mizuo to let Kurama go help Keinami. Even as he walked over to her Kurama could tell there was nothing he was going to be able to do. He knelt by Keinami on the opposite side to Hiei. He didn't know what to say. For only the third time in his human life, Kurama was at a loss for words.
"Do something!" Hiei shouted
"Hiei. I can't. she." Kurama stammered.
"No, she's not!" Hiei shouted "Nami! Nami!!!"
Hiei was openly screaming at the lifeless body before him, but that wasn't going to help Keinami was dead in his arms. Her eye's no longer sparkled the way they had mere moments ago, and her small body was completely relaxed.
Hiei was hesitant to move. Not because of his leg, or because he would have killed Mizuo. No, He didn't move because if he did it would have meant letting her go. Having just found her how could he let her go?
"Okay ass hole if." Yusuke said turning to Mizuo "If that girl is really dead, I will personally see to it that you get the most time you can in the most highly guarded prison spirit world."
"I. didn't mean to." Mizuo stammered "She's my sister!"
"Yeah, and my friend over there may have some choice words for you too." Yusuke said turning to Hiei, but Hiei didn't speak, he didn't move. He just sat there gazing on Keinami as if taking his eyes off her would cause her to fade away. It wasn't till he could no longer hold back his tears that Hiei turned his head. He closed his eyes, and began picking up Keinami's limp body, but the injury to his leg would not allow it.
"I can.I can't leave her here." Hiei finally said "not in the middle of the street."
Kurama offered to move her, but Hiei was insistent on his needing to do it himself. Night had fallen by the time Kurama finished healing Hiei's leg. Kuwabara had come to sitting on Mizuo rather then waste his energy holding on to him. Not that Mizuo was much for struggling at that point, he was to busy rationalizing the hole thing in his head.
"There!" Kurama sighed "good as new."
Hiei didn't say a word, his eyes where still fixed on where the sun had set. He still cradled Keinami's head as he had just after the incident had occurred. He turned his gaze to Keinami just as he began to lift her from the ground.
Hiei walked over the curb to a small patch of grass just off the side walk. He laid her down on the cold dew covered grass. As he removed his hands from under Keinami's head he noticed a familiar crimson liquid trickling down his arms. The expression on Hiei's face was indescribable; he raised both of his hands in to view and almost looked like he may be sick.
"I will give him this warning now." Hiei said as he stood up again "Where ever you go what ever they do to you will never be enough."
Hiei turned to face Mizuo. His eyes showed every drop of anger, and every ounce of pain that was streaming through him at that very moment.
"I just want you to know this one thing." Hiei said not allowing his voice to crack "There is worse then you that fear my name, but none other who should fear it more."
"You are threatening me, demon! It is because of you she is dead. She jumped in front of the arrow meant for you!" Mizuo shouted back each of his words seemed to put a hole through Hiei's heart.
"You know you little creep you might want to stop with the demon trashing." Yusuke said in a sudden outburst "You damn well are one!"
Mizuo opened his mouth as though he was about to argue, but thought better of it in the last seconds. "You knew." Yusuke said "You knew all a long didn't you?"
Mizuo didn't make a sound.
"IF YOUR SISTER HAD KNOWN THAT SHE COULD STILL BE ALIVE NOW!" Yusuke shouted.
"She could still be alive, if she hadn't tried to protect what isn't worth protecting."
Yusuke shook his head for a moment, and then taking a step closer to Mizuo, punched him in the head. The fight took mere minutes, but its damages would last a life time. Mizuo was sent strait to a spirit world prison.
Nobody saw Hiei leave, though it was not surprising to turn around and not find him there. The day had passed like a nightmare for everyone. It was hard to imagine someone they had just met being dead. Even harder to imagine was how Hiei was going to deal with Keinami's death. Sadness was beginning to turn to fear as reality sunk into the group, and all three of them (yes Kuwabara included) set out to find Hiei.
Kurama stood across the road from his mother's house. He had called her earlier to tell her he was going to be at Yusuke's house. He could not say the words "over night" that would be a lie. He couldn't lie to her any more then he had to. He stood their for a long while just watching her getting things put together for her supper, hoping she would be okay.
"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I said 'you shouldn't go home to night' you know?" a teenaged Koenma said causing Kurama to jump out of his skin.
"I haven't left her by herself much since my father died." Kurama explained.
"This situation just goes to prove you are the weirdest family I've ever seen." Koenma laughed "Now why did I come here again."
Koenma stood looking at the ground as though he was trying to contemplate some deep secret of the universe. All the while Kurama wondered what people would think if he told him them the son of the lord of the under world, had a short term memory problem.
"Oh, yeah! Don't get to close to Keinami."
"WHAT?!?" Kurama yelled out of shock "What on earth is that supposed to mean?"
"I think you already know what I mean."
"Keinami hates me, didn't you hear her story"
"I wasn't talking about her, now was I?" Koenma looked like he was having way too much fun with this "Besides it didn't sound like she hated you from where I was standing!"
Kurama had no come back ready for this, but it didn't matter anyway. A black blur had just interrupted their conversation. Hiei ran as fast as he could, but somehow Mizuo seemed to be right on his tail. Half out of breath and about five minutes later Yusuke tailed stopping to explain what had just happened in the park. Kurama took off almost instantly after the flashes that had passed before them, followed by Yusuke who was going to find Kuwabara.
A shuriken skinned passed Hiei's face. As a drop of blood ran down his chin Hiei stopped dead, an art obviously not perfected by Mizuo yet as he skidded to a halt in front of Hiei.
"I've had enough of this" Hiei growled "You want to kill me, go ahead and try. It won't be the first time I've killed someone for their arrogance."
"You would have had a better chance if you had kept running!" Mizuo shouted
'How did he get so fast?' Hiei thought as Mizuo ran with one of his knives pointing right toward Hiei's heart. It wasn't much to dodge but still the shock of how fast this human had gotten was enough to throw Hiei off. Hiei Drew his Katana and held it in his hand lightly. No matter how much he wanted to, he could not kill Mizuo. He knew Keinami was still attached to her brother. If Mizuo died by his hand she would probably never forgive him. However to severely injure him would not only be okay but fun!
Hiei was forced to start on the defensive something that he did not like, but it was better then pretending he was afraid of some weak little human. Blocking Mizuo's knife he jumped off the ground using his opponent's strength as a boost to gain height. As he landed facing Mizou's back, Hiei lunged forward tightening his grip on his sword he was ready to end this fight right now.
"You shouldn't leave your back open so often." Hiei laughed openly
Mizuo turned his head and grinned like a crazy man, but didn't move at all! Hiei felt his katana cut into Mizuo. Before it could cut any vital organs Hiei pulled the sword from his opponent's side. Mizuo fell to one knee, but continued to grin. And Hiei quickly learned why.
The wound in Mizuo's side was quickly repairing itself.
"Thank you demon! Now I can try another new trick." the blood on Mizuo's hand began to bubble almost like it was boiling, then it began to slid off his hand and on to the ground. All the while changing growing and in a very short while it became Mizuo! A perfect duplicate of Mizuo!
"What the hell! What are you?" Hiei yelled in shock!
This couldn't be real! Both Mizuos' where aiming shuriken at him, which he could still dodge but now Hiei knew that if he used his sword that there would probably be another Mizuo to contend with, his fists would end with the same reaction.
Kurama arrived in time to see the two Mizuo forcing Hiei back. Kurama scanned the area looking for some kind of help. Because of this he noticed the open man hole right where Hiei was headed for.
"Hiei look." Kurama began to shout, but it was a little late. Hiei noticed the man hole as his foot gave way to the empty space below.
The only one, or rather ones who heard Kurama's cry where the two Mizuos'. One of the two nodded toward Kurama's direction, as the other jumped in to action. Kurama used his rose whip to knock three shuriken out of the air. He could keep doing this until he figured out a better plan.
'He uses shuriken for long range combat.' Kurama thought 'I wonder how he is at close range.'
In a moment of decision Kurama dropped the rose whip and curled a fist. He dodged another shuriken with the grace and agility only Yoko has ever known and planted his fist square into the side of Mizuo's face.
Mizuo staggered and held his face but did not say a word. He just glared a look of hate in his eyes that was different from the first time Kurama had encountered him. This look held animosity with out reason. Like he didn't know why he hated Kurama, only that he knew he did.
Hiei came to in the dark sewer. The dark wasn't so much a problem as his Jagan could see through pretty much anything. It was his leg that was the problem. Hiei tried to stand up but even as he did so a pain shot threw his entire body, his leg had been broken in three places below the knee. Even if he needed to, there wasn't any way he could run. He could still stand if he greatly favored his left leg, he could also jump if he was careful to not try to use his right leg. So he attempted this. Upon landing above ground Hiei promptly crumpled to the ground.
By now the other Mizuo had joined in the fight against Kurama, who had once again taken to the rose whip. Kurama was beginning to show signs of fatigue he had also been wounded quite a few times. Hiei watched trying to get to his feet. Not that he would have been much help. Yusuke charged the spirit gun from his vantage point with Kuwabara and tried to aim for one of the two Mizuo.
"What are you waiting for Urameshi, shoot them!"
"I can't you moron! If I miss I'll hit Kurama!" Yusuke yelled back to Kuwabara.
Suddenly one of the two Mizuo stopped mid-attack and fell face down in the dirt. The now dead Mizuo turned in to a small puddle of blood on the ground. Even as it did so the real Mizuo turned to see what had happened.
Standing there was a small feminine figure dressed in black from head to toe. Her long almost black hair pulled back in to a pony tail and deep dark eyes that where fixed on Mizuo, where a dead give away as to who she was.
"Keinami I have had more then enough of this." Mizuo shouted more like a stern parent then an angry brother.
"You are right about one thing Keitaro." Keinami replied calmly "This has been more then enough." Her gaze never drifted her eyes locked on her brother's crimson face; her voice was calm and steady. To all around it was a mystery what she planed to do.
"Aren't you tired of this Keitaro.?" She asked in the same tone "aren't you tired of killing yet?!?"
"It's almost over Keinami, these are the last two. I swear to it." Keitaro replied
"But why Keitaro? These two have done nothing to hurt you..."
"YES THEY DID!" Mizuo screamed "HE KILLED OUR FATHER, AND HIM." Mizuo's furious hate filled glance turned to Hiei "HE'S TRYING TO TAKE AWAY MY SISTER!"
Mizuo was in a rage beyond his own control now. He didn't even care that Kurama was standing there almost too exhausted to fight. He only saw what he thought to be the biggest threat of his life, to him the worst thing in this world.
"I WON'T LET YOU HAVE HER!" He screamed bearing a knife he had hidden along his leg "You'll have to kill me first!"
Mizuo took to a full speed run clutching the knife before him, its blade aimed strait at the bandage on Hiei's forehead. Kurama lunged after him but missed by inches. Keinami however got between her brother and Hiei with her own blade held in a blocking position before her.
Mizuo's dagger landed about ten feet from the two of them. In his anger he balled a fist and knocked Keinami out of the way.
"Stay out of the way" Mizuo glared wrathfully down to his sister. Keinami was not sure how but she had managed to hold on to her knife, and as she watched her brother line his cross bow up with Hiei's forehead only one thing made sense to do.
Keinami was on her feet and running before she knew what the hell she was doing! At the same time Kurama was racing toward Mizuo from the back the only plan there was to stop him from shooting the arrow.
As her brother fired the arrow Keinami tried to level her knife as to deflect it. Kurama tackled Mizuo and wrestled with him for a moment but the sound of an arrow hitting its mark caused them to stop.
It was as though someone had put the world into slow motion. Keinami missed the arrow; it struck her chest right on her heart. The group watched horror struck as her limp body fell forward toward the ground. Hiei ran for Keinami ignoring the pain in his leg.
"No! Somebody help her." He cried.
Yusuke and Kuwabara ran over to Mizuo to let Kurama go help Keinami. Even as he walked over to her Kurama could tell there was nothing he was going to be able to do. He knelt by Keinami on the opposite side to Hiei. He didn't know what to say. For only the third time in his human life, Kurama was at a loss for words.
"Do something!" Hiei shouted
"Hiei. I can't. she." Kurama stammered.
"No, she's not!" Hiei shouted "Nami! Nami!!!"
Hiei was openly screaming at the lifeless body before him, but that wasn't going to help Keinami was dead in his arms. Her eye's no longer sparkled the way they had mere moments ago, and her small body was completely relaxed.
Hiei was hesitant to move. Not because of his leg, or because he would have killed Mizuo. No, He didn't move because if he did it would have meant letting her go. Having just found her how could he let her go?
"Okay ass hole if." Yusuke said turning to Mizuo "If that girl is really dead, I will personally see to it that you get the most time you can in the most highly guarded prison spirit world."
"I. didn't mean to." Mizuo stammered "She's my sister!"
"Yeah, and my friend over there may have some choice words for you too." Yusuke said turning to Hiei, but Hiei didn't speak, he didn't move. He just sat there gazing on Keinami as if taking his eyes off her would cause her to fade away. It wasn't till he could no longer hold back his tears that Hiei turned his head. He closed his eyes, and began picking up Keinami's limp body, but the injury to his leg would not allow it.
"I can.I can't leave her here." Hiei finally said "not in the middle of the street."
Kurama offered to move her, but Hiei was insistent on his needing to do it himself. Night had fallen by the time Kurama finished healing Hiei's leg. Kuwabara had come to sitting on Mizuo rather then waste his energy holding on to him. Not that Mizuo was much for struggling at that point, he was to busy rationalizing the hole thing in his head.
"There!" Kurama sighed "good as new."
Hiei didn't say a word, his eyes where still fixed on where the sun had set. He still cradled Keinami's head as he had just after the incident had occurred. He turned his gaze to Keinami just as he began to lift her from the ground.
Hiei walked over the curb to a small patch of grass just off the side walk. He laid her down on the cold dew covered grass. As he removed his hands from under Keinami's head he noticed a familiar crimson liquid trickling down his arms. The expression on Hiei's face was indescribable; he raised both of his hands in to view and almost looked like he may be sick.
"I will give him this warning now." Hiei said as he stood up again "Where ever you go what ever they do to you will never be enough."
Hiei turned to face Mizuo. His eyes showed every drop of anger, and every ounce of pain that was streaming through him at that very moment.
"I just want you to know this one thing." Hiei said not allowing his voice to crack "There is worse then you that fear my name, but none other who should fear it more."
"You are threatening me, demon! It is because of you she is dead. She jumped in front of the arrow meant for you!" Mizuo shouted back each of his words seemed to put a hole through Hiei's heart.
"You know you little creep you might want to stop with the demon trashing." Yusuke said in a sudden outburst "You damn well are one!"
Mizuo opened his mouth as though he was about to argue, but thought better of it in the last seconds. "You knew." Yusuke said "You knew all a long didn't you?"
Mizuo didn't make a sound.
"IF YOUR SISTER HAD KNOWN THAT SHE COULD STILL BE ALIVE NOW!" Yusuke shouted.
"She could still be alive, if she hadn't tried to protect what isn't worth protecting."
Yusuke shook his head for a moment, and then taking a step closer to Mizuo, punched him in the head. The fight took mere minutes, but its damages would last a life time. Mizuo was sent strait to a spirit world prison.
Nobody saw Hiei leave, though it was not surprising to turn around and not find him there. The day had passed like a nightmare for everyone. It was hard to imagine someone they had just met being dead. Even harder to imagine was how Hiei was going to deal with Keinami's death. Sadness was beginning to turn to fear as reality sunk into the group, and all three of them (yes Kuwabara included) set out to find Hiei.