I really, really, really want to apologize for making you all wait for so
long, especially since I left the last chapter as a bit of a cliffy. This
is the last chapter. I really hope that all of you have been reading this,
and looking for updates, read this last part and review.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to YYH nor do I claim to. I don't want to be flamed for my writings!
DO NOT STEAL THE LYRICS TO THE SONGS CONTAINED IN THIS STORY! THEY ARE MINE! If you wish to use my songs email me and tell me what they will be used for. I want to receive credit for my hard work in writing these songs.
Please enjoy!
This story contains Yaoi, don't like, then don't read. I will not pay any attention to flamers who say they did not have a warning.
~Lyrics~
"Blah" Speaking
'Blah' Thoughts
*~*~~*~* Scene Change
**** Flashback or Dream
/Blah/, \Blah\ - Mental speaking
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Tears of Fire Chapter Five: Wind, Rain, Tears
Tears of red beat the fire
Let the hope never tire - Wind, Rain, Tears - A song written by me
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The moment Kurama's eyes opened the next morning, he was running down the steps and out of the house before he could give his mother a proper goodbye. He ran most of the way to Genkai's, only stopping once to say hi to Yusuke. When he ran off even faster to Genkai's, Yusuke let curiosity get the better of him and followed.
Yukina barely had time to open the door when Kurama pushed past her asking about Hiei. She pointed towards the back yard, and turned to raise an eyebrow at Yusuke. Yusuke shrugged and the two followed Kurama through the door to the back yard.
Hiei had been training with Genkai and got the surprise of his life when Genkai stopped as a red haired figure hurled itself at Hiei. Hiei stumbled back, dropped his sword, fell to the ground and stared bewildered at the now sobbing Kurama on his chest. He looked over and raised an eyebrow in question at Yusuke who shrugged again.
"Fox? What has gotten in to you?"
Kurama wrapped his arms around Hiei tighter before mumbling into his chest, "Ryuko. He's planning on killing you."
~ Wind, rain, tears All rise up and meet my fears ~
Hiei lifted his hands and grabbed the sides of Kurama's face, forcing him to look in his eyes. "And how did you come to that theory? I thought we already knew he was after us."
Kurama sighed and pushed himself off of Hiei. Following Genkai inside, he proceeded to tell them what had happened the night before.
*~*~~*~*
Hours later found Kurama following his mother silently from store to store. Hiei had dismissed the note from Ryuko just a ploy to scare him. Well, it had indeed scared him, but he was not going to allow it to keep him from going about his normal life, if you could call it normal.
He smiled as his mother picked out a nice outfit, and allowed her to place it into his arms. Kurama silently cursed Ryuko and snapped himself out of his daze when his mother spoke to him. Assuring her that he was all right, Kurama's mind soon began to imagine the many ways he was planning on torturing Ryuko.
~ The sky is dark with clouds Emotions like a dark rose ~
Kurama's mind was made up that day. He was going to go after Ryuko, instead of waiting for him to attack.
*~*~~*~*
Kurama stood in front of Koenma, never wavering for a second. Koenma had been trying to convince him to stay away from the Raining Forest, and to let the others handle Ryuko. Kurama finally lost his control on his anger, causing Yusuke, Kuwabara and Botan to stare at him in shock.
Kurama placed his hands on the desk and leaned into Koenma's face. He spoke calmly, but an extreme edge of danger was hidden in the calm. "You will allow me to go and kill him myself. I will not sit back and wait for him to be killed by Yusuke. This is my battle and no one, and I mean no one, is going to fight it for me. You will either give me permission to go into the Makai, or I will break into it. I am a thief, remember that. I always get what I want."
Silver began streaking through Kurama's crimson locks, and his fox ears began to appear on his head. Koenma gulped and raised a shaky hand to stamp the approval form.
~ Wilting and blooming Bring this dying hope Flicker it back into beam ~
Kurama turned to stare at the others. Still changing slowly into the Youko, he spoke, "Are you coming or not? I'm sure we'll be meeting Hiei in the Makai."
Yusuke and the others nodded and followed him out of the room.
*~*~~*~*
Hiei's ears perked up as a small cat demon and her friend came giggling by his tree. "Oh! Have you heard? Youko Kurama is back! He was spotted this morning at the edge of the Raining Forest!"
Her friend giggled and suggested that they go catch a glimpse of him. Hiei narrowed his eyes and began flitting through the trees, on his way to Kurama.
*~*~~*~*
Kurama stood in front of the Raining Forest, a smirk plastered onto his face as he observed it. The Raining Forest had obtained its name from the dark clouds that always hung threateningly over the large treetops. Cool air blew from beneath the trees and it seemed like small voices were whispering long lost secrets into their ears. Kurama's tail swished impatiently as he waited for Hiei and his ears were perked up and forward in excitement.
~ Move along the dark road Rise up to meet my fears ~
Kurama turned to his left as a black blur settled in the tree above him. "It took you long enough, Hiei."
Hiei blurred to his side, "Hn."
Kurama turned back to the forest and smiled. "This ought to be fun."
Yusuke spoke up, "Fun? Your thinking that this is going to be fun?" He sounded slightly scared.
Kurama turned to him and smiled. "After all he's been doing to me? Oh, yes, this will be wonderful."
Hiei 'hn'ed and followed Kurama into the dark forest.
*~*~~*~*
Hardly anything was visible to anyone's eyes, but Kurama's nose expertly followed Ryuko's strong scent. Soon he found himself standing in a clearing, looking around sniffing the air. He turned around and sent his rose whip into the trees, where he received a chuckle in return.
"My beautiful fox has found me. Pity, really. I was hoping for a bit more of a hunt. Oh well. Can't have everything I want, now can I?"
Youko growled and tightened his grip on the whip. "Show yourself like the filthy demon you are."
Ryuko faded out of the shadows and grinned at Youko Kurama with a gleam in his eye. "I see that you've become braver, as well as prettier." He moved towards Kurama, his hands reaching out as if calling the Youko to him. Kurama stepped back.
~ Beat the fire Drown it with tears ~
"I sincerely hope that you have made your last day a good one, Ryuko." Kurama's hand reached into his hair as he looked for a seed.
Everything erupted into chaos the very moment Kurama pulled a seed out of his hair and grew it. Hiei pulled out his sword, and ripped off the ward to his Jagan. Kuwabara readied his spirit sword, Yusuke held his hands out, and was ready to use his spirit gun if need be. This was it. This was the final hurdle Kurama had to jump before he could feel safe in his own body. The final hurdle that meant Ryuko's death, and an end to his fear.
*~*~~*~*
Kurama gripped his shoulder, the blood dripping from his fingers caused by a gash on his upper arm. Ryuko wasn't going down easily. He had taken several blows from Hiei's sword, Kurama's whip, and even a few spirit gun shots.
Ryuko was gasping for air some few feet in front of him, and glanced over to Hiei's body, which was slumped against a tree from a blow to the head. "Some mate you have. He can't even protect you properly."
Something in that statement made Kurama's blood boil. "He's not my mate."
Ryuko smiled. "And yet you are bonded. What an awkward situation. My poor little fox, is he not giving you the things you clearly need? I can arrange that..."
Suddenly Ryuko flew forward, his eyes rolling. Hiei had awakened, and had rammed his sword through Ryuko's stomach. Ryuko stumbled, and tried to stay on his feet. This gave Kurama the distraction he needed. He summoned his rose whip again, and whipped it out to wrap around Ryuko's neck. Ryuko's ice blue eyes stared back at Kurama until a smirk broke out onto his pained features. "Ah, I see. Working together to kill me. It won't work." With that, Ryuko gripped the end of the rose whip that was around his neck, ignoring his now bleeding palms, and sent a blast of energy through it.
Time seemed to stop, and the only thing that existed was the rush of blue energy that was moved along the whip and up towards Kurama. Kurama tugged on the whip, cutting Ryuko's neck in an extremely important area. Blood poured from the wound, most onto the whip itself, which only seemed to fuel the energy, and Kurama was blown backwards the exact moment that Ryuko's body hit the ground. Hiei called out, and tried to catch Kurama before he hit the ground, but the Youko slammed into the forest floor, his body returning to it's human state.
~ Wind Rain Tears
Don't let the lighthouse die Beat it with your fears Show me an undying rose ~
Yusuke went over to Kuwabara, who had been hit by the blast as well, and helped his friend get up. With an arm around Yusuke's shoulders, Kuwabara and Yusuke went over to Hiei, who had dropped to his knees next to Kurama.
Kurama was unconscious. His skin had been covered with burns, and his right arm was limp beside him. His left hand was clenched in Hiei's robe. Hiei had placed his hands over Kurama's bleeding shoulder, trying to stop the blood flow. He looked up at Yusuke and the aforementioned fighter had to gasp. Hiei's face was pale, and his face was twisted in pain. He could feel every ounce of Kurama's pain as well as his own, and he was barely able to stay awake.
"I think he's gonna die," was all Hiei croaked before he slumped forward, his hands still pressed to Kurama's bleeding shoulder.
*~*~~*~*
~ Let the light flicker to beam Show me the falling petals Tears of red beat the fire ~
Kurama's head ached, and his entire body felt like he had been run over by a monster truck three times over. He managed to roll over, and curled himself around the body next to his that he knew to be Hiei's. The fire demon mumbled something before lifting his hand and tangling it in Kurama's hair.
"It hurts." Kurama's voice was hoarse from lack of use.
Hiei grunted. "I know."
Kurama curled against Hiei even more. "Is it over?"
Kurama felt Hiei nod. "Finally."
Kurama relaxed and let himself fall back into the blissful world of painless sleep.
*~*~~*~*
Hiei stood next to Kurama a week later, watching as his fox gazed at the sunset from his point in Genkai's back yard. Kurama's wounds were almost healed, and the only thing that still hurt was his right arm, but that was only occasionally. Suddenly something in his mind triggered, and Hiei looked down at Kurama, who was sitting against his legs, and tilted his head. Kurama had rested his head against Hiei's hip and was staring up at his partner with a smile on his face. Hiei raised his eyebrow and moved so he was sitting next to Kurama.
"Something you want to talk about, fox?"
Kurama shook his head and reached out to Hiei, who was by now used to Kurama's odd affection at weird times. Kurama pulled Hiei against his chest and smiled when Hiei's face rested against his neck. He was about to say something when Hiei sunk his fangs into Kurama's neck for a moment, pushing some of his spirit energy into the wound to stop the bleeding. A few moments's later Kurama lifted his fingers to trace the puncture wounds, and twitched when a jolt of feeling ran through his body, and it was not at all unpleasant.
"What was that for?" Kurama asked as Hiei pulled away from Kurama, only to sit on his knees before Kurama.
"Marking you as mine. I will not go through another thing like that as long as we live."
Kurama laughed and allowed Hiei to push him on to his back and snuggled up to his fire demon's side. Hiei kissed the mark on Kurama's neck and murmured the three words that he himself had sworn not to say from the day that he had met the fox.
"I love you."
Kurama smiled broadly and wrapped his arms around Hiei's waist as he leaned up to kiss his companion. "I love you too, Hiei."
The sun set that day, the stars coming out, several of them shooting across the sky in celebration of Kurama and Hiei's declaration. The members of the spirit detective group inside drew the shades on the windows, and forbid Kuwabara to go anywhere near them. After all, who knew what the 'big oaf' would do when he spotted one of his fox friend kissing his way down the 'little shrimp's' throat...
~ Let the hope never tire
Wind Rain Tears
All rise up to meet my fears Beat the night Bring it back to light
Red fire; beat it with your fears
Wind Rain Tears
All rise up and meet my fears ~
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End chapter five. End of story. Hope you enjoyed!
Please review and don't flame.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to YYH nor do I claim to. I don't want to be flamed for my writings!
DO NOT STEAL THE LYRICS TO THE SONGS CONTAINED IN THIS STORY! THEY ARE MINE! If you wish to use my songs email me and tell me what they will be used for. I want to receive credit for my hard work in writing these songs.
Please enjoy!
This story contains Yaoi, don't like, then don't read. I will not pay any attention to flamers who say they did not have a warning.
~Lyrics~
"Blah" Speaking
'Blah' Thoughts
*~*~~*~* Scene Change
**** Flashback or Dream
/Blah/, \Blah\ - Mental speaking
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Tears of Fire Chapter Five: Wind, Rain, Tears
Tears of red beat the fire
Let the hope never tire - Wind, Rain, Tears - A song written by me
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The moment Kurama's eyes opened the next morning, he was running down the steps and out of the house before he could give his mother a proper goodbye. He ran most of the way to Genkai's, only stopping once to say hi to Yusuke. When he ran off even faster to Genkai's, Yusuke let curiosity get the better of him and followed.
Yukina barely had time to open the door when Kurama pushed past her asking about Hiei. She pointed towards the back yard, and turned to raise an eyebrow at Yusuke. Yusuke shrugged and the two followed Kurama through the door to the back yard.
Hiei had been training with Genkai and got the surprise of his life when Genkai stopped as a red haired figure hurled itself at Hiei. Hiei stumbled back, dropped his sword, fell to the ground and stared bewildered at the now sobbing Kurama on his chest. He looked over and raised an eyebrow in question at Yusuke who shrugged again.
"Fox? What has gotten in to you?"
Kurama wrapped his arms around Hiei tighter before mumbling into his chest, "Ryuko. He's planning on killing you."
~ Wind, rain, tears All rise up and meet my fears ~
Hiei lifted his hands and grabbed the sides of Kurama's face, forcing him to look in his eyes. "And how did you come to that theory? I thought we already knew he was after us."
Kurama sighed and pushed himself off of Hiei. Following Genkai inside, he proceeded to tell them what had happened the night before.
*~*~~*~*
Hours later found Kurama following his mother silently from store to store. Hiei had dismissed the note from Ryuko just a ploy to scare him. Well, it had indeed scared him, but he was not going to allow it to keep him from going about his normal life, if you could call it normal.
He smiled as his mother picked out a nice outfit, and allowed her to place it into his arms. Kurama silently cursed Ryuko and snapped himself out of his daze when his mother spoke to him. Assuring her that he was all right, Kurama's mind soon began to imagine the many ways he was planning on torturing Ryuko.
~ The sky is dark with clouds Emotions like a dark rose ~
Kurama's mind was made up that day. He was going to go after Ryuko, instead of waiting for him to attack.
*~*~~*~*
Kurama stood in front of Koenma, never wavering for a second. Koenma had been trying to convince him to stay away from the Raining Forest, and to let the others handle Ryuko. Kurama finally lost his control on his anger, causing Yusuke, Kuwabara and Botan to stare at him in shock.
Kurama placed his hands on the desk and leaned into Koenma's face. He spoke calmly, but an extreme edge of danger was hidden in the calm. "You will allow me to go and kill him myself. I will not sit back and wait for him to be killed by Yusuke. This is my battle and no one, and I mean no one, is going to fight it for me. You will either give me permission to go into the Makai, or I will break into it. I am a thief, remember that. I always get what I want."
Silver began streaking through Kurama's crimson locks, and his fox ears began to appear on his head. Koenma gulped and raised a shaky hand to stamp the approval form.
~ Wilting and blooming Bring this dying hope Flicker it back into beam ~
Kurama turned to stare at the others. Still changing slowly into the Youko, he spoke, "Are you coming or not? I'm sure we'll be meeting Hiei in the Makai."
Yusuke and the others nodded and followed him out of the room.
*~*~~*~*
Hiei's ears perked up as a small cat demon and her friend came giggling by his tree. "Oh! Have you heard? Youko Kurama is back! He was spotted this morning at the edge of the Raining Forest!"
Her friend giggled and suggested that they go catch a glimpse of him. Hiei narrowed his eyes and began flitting through the trees, on his way to Kurama.
*~*~~*~*
Kurama stood in front of the Raining Forest, a smirk plastered onto his face as he observed it. The Raining Forest had obtained its name from the dark clouds that always hung threateningly over the large treetops. Cool air blew from beneath the trees and it seemed like small voices were whispering long lost secrets into their ears. Kurama's tail swished impatiently as he waited for Hiei and his ears were perked up and forward in excitement.
~ Move along the dark road Rise up to meet my fears ~
Kurama turned to his left as a black blur settled in the tree above him. "It took you long enough, Hiei."
Hiei blurred to his side, "Hn."
Kurama turned back to the forest and smiled. "This ought to be fun."
Yusuke spoke up, "Fun? Your thinking that this is going to be fun?" He sounded slightly scared.
Kurama turned to him and smiled. "After all he's been doing to me? Oh, yes, this will be wonderful."
Hiei 'hn'ed and followed Kurama into the dark forest.
*~*~~*~*
Hardly anything was visible to anyone's eyes, but Kurama's nose expertly followed Ryuko's strong scent. Soon he found himself standing in a clearing, looking around sniffing the air. He turned around and sent his rose whip into the trees, where he received a chuckle in return.
"My beautiful fox has found me. Pity, really. I was hoping for a bit more of a hunt. Oh well. Can't have everything I want, now can I?"
Youko growled and tightened his grip on the whip. "Show yourself like the filthy demon you are."
Ryuko faded out of the shadows and grinned at Youko Kurama with a gleam in his eye. "I see that you've become braver, as well as prettier." He moved towards Kurama, his hands reaching out as if calling the Youko to him. Kurama stepped back.
~ Beat the fire Drown it with tears ~
"I sincerely hope that you have made your last day a good one, Ryuko." Kurama's hand reached into his hair as he looked for a seed.
Everything erupted into chaos the very moment Kurama pulled a seed out of his hair and grew it. Hiei pulled out his sword, and ripped off the ward to his Jagan. Kuwabara readied his spirit sword, Yusuke held his hands out, and was ready to use his spirit gun if need be. This was it. This was the final hurdle Kurama had to jump before he could feel safe in his own body. The final hurdle that meant Ryuko's death, and an end to his fear.
*~*~~*~*
Kurama gripped his shoulder, the blood dripping from his fingers caused by a gash on his upper arm. Ryuko wasn't going down easily. He had taken several blows from Hiei's sword, Kurama's whip, and even a few spirit gun shots.
Ryuko was gasping for air some few feet in front of him, and glanced over to Hiei's body, which was slumped against a tree from a blow to the head. "Some mate you have. He can't even protect you properly."
Something in that statement made Kurama's blood boil. "He's not my mate."
Ryuko smiled. "And yet you are bonded. What an awkward situation. My poor little fox, is he not giving you the things you clearly need? I can arrange that..."
Suddenly Ryuko flew forward, his eyes rolling. Hiei had awakened, and had rammed his sword through Ryuko's stomach. Ryuko stumbled, and tried to stay on his feet. This gave Kurama the distraction he needed. He summoned his rose whip again, and whipped it out to wrap around Ryuko's neck. Ryuko's ice blue eyes stared back at Kurama until a smirk broke out onto his pained features. "Ah, I see. Working together to kill me. It won't work." With that, Ryuko gripped the end of the rose whip that was around his neck, ignoring his now bleeding palms, and sent a blast of energy through it.
Time seemed to stop, and the only thing that existed was the rush of blue energy that was moved along the whip and up towards Kurama. Kurama tugged on the whip, cutting Ryuko's neck in an extremely important area. Blood poured from the wound, most onto the whip itself, which only seemed to fuel the energy, and Kurama was blown backwards the exact moment that Ryuko's body hit the ground. Hiei called out, and tried to catch Kurama before he hit the ground, but the Youko slammed into the forest floor, his body returning to it's human state.
~ Wind Rain Tears
Don't let the lighthouse die Beat it with your fears Show me an undying rose ~
Yusuke went over to Kuwabara, who had been hit by the blast as well, and helped his friend get up. With an arm around Yusuke's shoulders, Kuwabara and Yusuke went over to Hiei, who had dropped to his knees next to Kurama.
Kurama was unconscious. His skin had been covered with burns, and his right arm was limp beside him. His left hand was clenched in Hiei's robe. Hiei had placed his hands over Kurama's bleeding shoulder, trying to stop the blood flow. He looked up at Yusuke and the aforementioned fighter had to gasp. Hiei's face was pale, and his face was twisted in pain. He could feel every ounce of Kurama's pain as well as his own, and he was barely able to stay awake.
"I think he's gonna die," was all Hiei croaked before he slumped forward, his hands still pressed to Kurama's bleeding shoulder.
*~*~~*~*
~ Let the light flicker to beam Show me the falling petals Tears of red beat the fire ~
Kurama's head ached, and his entire body felt like he had been run over by a monster truck three times over. He managed to roll over, and curled himself around the body next to his that he knew to be Hiei's. The fire demon mumbled something before lifting his hand and tangling it in Kurama's hair.
"It hurts." Kurama's voice was hoarse from lack of use.
Hiei grunted. "I know."
Kurama curled against Hiei even more. "Is it over?"
Kurama felt Hiei nod. "Finally."
Kurama relaxed and let himself fall back into the blissful world of painless sleep.
*~*~~*~*
Hiei stood next to Kurama a week later, watching as his fox gazed at the sunset from his point in Genkai's back yard. Kurama's wounds were almost healed, and the only thing that still hurt was his right arm, but that was only occasionally. Suddenly something in his mind triggered, and Hiei looked down at Kurama, who was sitting against his legs, and tilted his head. Kurama had rested his head against Hiei's hip and was staring up at his partner with a smile on his face. Hiei raised his eyebrow and moved so he was sitting next to Kurama.
"Something you want to talk about, fox?"
Kurama shook his head and reached out to Hiei, who was by now used to Kurama's odd affection at weird times. Kurama pulled Hiei against his chest and smiled when Hiei's face rested against his neck. He was about to say something when Hiei sunk his fangs into Kurama's neck for a moment, pushing some of his spirit energy into the wound to stop the bleeding. A few moments's later Kurama lifted his fingers to trace the puncture wounds, and twitched when a jolt of feeling ran through his body, and it was not at all unpleasant.
"What was that for?" Kurama asked as Hiei pulled away from Kurama, only to sit on his knees before Kurama.
"Marking you as mine. I will not go through another thing like that as long as we live."
Kurama laughed and allowed Hiei to push him on to his back and snuggled up to his fire demon's side. Hiei kissed the mark on Kurama's neck and murmured the three words that he himself had sworn not to say from the day that he had met the fox.
"I love you."
Kurama smiled broadly and wrapped his arms around Hiei's waist as he leaned up to kiss his companion. "I love you too, Hiei."
The sun set that day, the stars coming out, several of them shooting across the sky in celebration of Kurama and Hiei's declaration. The members of the spirit detective group inside drew the shades on the windows, and forbid Kuwabara to go anywhere near them. After all, who knew what the 'big oaf' would do when he spotted one of his fox friend kissing his way down the 'little shrimp's' throat...
~ Let the hope never tire
Wind Rain Tears
All rise up to meet my fears Beat the night Bring it back to light
Red fire; beat it with your fears
Wind Rain Tears
All rise up and meet my fears ~
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End chapter five. End of story. Hope you enjoyed!
Please review and don't flame.
