Kurama sat curled up in the corner holding his knees, head resting on them.
Hiei stood away from them all, whispering too himself about, God only knows what. His eyes seemed confused, as if he was calculating a hard equation in his head.
Yusuke lay on the floor, rubbing Kuwabara's back, who was still crying, and had yet to open his eyes. It was as if he was still living through the pain, for randomly he'd scream.
He would call out their names, or maybe his sisters. It was heartbreaking to hear him at one point, whisper, "Mom...Dad..." Everyone knew that Kuwabara's parents had died. Kuwabara seemed to be fighting with insanity, and it sounded as id he was losing
When he did scream, Yusuke's eyes would tear over, he'd pull at his hair, and his face would tremble. He was doing his best not to cry. Kurama would jump, and hug himself tighter. Hiei would look over at Kuwabara, and then go back to whispering to himself.
"Kuwa...Kuwabara you hear me? We're gonna get out..out of this...Get some therapy...and then go on some happy pills." Yusuke joked, allowing a few tears to spill out from his eyes.
"Th...Then...we're going out for ice cream." Everyone's heads shot up. Yusuke began to laugh, "Yeah...Kuwabara...Yeah!" Kuwabara opened his eyes, which were red from crying and he wearily placed and arm on Yusuke's back. "Hey, Urameshi." His voice trembled when he spoke, snd he sounded like he was talking while several items were lodged in his throat, but he put on a goofy grin.
Overcome with relief, Yusuke grabbed Kuwabara and hugged them, which was a bit hard, for they were still on the floor. Kurama and Hiei drifted over.
Hiei was still whispering with himself.
"You flip?" Kuwabara asked, not bothering to sit up.
"No...thinking. Try it some time." Hiei growled.
Kuwabara rolled on his back and nodded, not even bothering with a retort. Yusuke lay on his back as well, his arm still around Kuwabara's shoulders.
"What happened in there?" Kurama asked gently. "My punishment..." Kuwabara whispered tears welling in his eyes. He grabbed at his hair pulling it loose; both he and Yusuke's hair was falling out of their hard gelled up shells.
He shook his head, and muttered too himself, ashamed.
"I...I had to walk on a path to rescue you all, It was only 6ft long...Not too bad...but...the...the whole way there, I was encased in flames. I...I had to walk while burning coals, hot melted steel, and fire ate my body...I had no fingers...no hair...all I had was pain..." Kuwabara began crying despite his wishes." I became a piece of flesh, ta...trapped inside my walls of pain..."
"That brat...after it was all done...rubbed my skin off...mocking me why'll I couldn't move...." Kuwabara placed his hand over his eyes, "Oh God, I can still hear...myself screaming."
Yusuke pulled his friend to him hugging him.
"Look at us..." Hiei growled "...we're a bunch of wimps."
"If you went through what Kuwabara went though-" Yusuke growled, but Kurama shook his head. "Yusuke...I believe...Hiei has an idea."
Yusuke raised his eyebrows looking at Hiei, who had an odd look in his face. Slowly a devilish grin broke out on his face. Yusuke sat up pulling Kuwabara up with him, who had gone silent, but was still exhausted.
The room got deadly still, when Hiei burst out laughing. It echoed in the silent room, and it sounded as if he was a child at play. He laughed, and leaned into his hand. And finally said, "My they are clever."
"I figured it out...they want to break us...drive us apart. And so far, we've done nothing, but roll over and let them." Hiei smiled, a wicked gleam in his eyes.
"We'll go along with their sadistic plans...and make them believe we're worse off than we already are. What ever we do, we can't let them tear us apart."
"Hiei...do you think we can do that!?" Kurama sighed. "We're emotionally drained already. And since our tests...we've been struggling just to talk to one another! "
"Yes...but...Kurama we must try! What they're hoping for, is for us to get divided...for us to lose our strength as a team...They're trying to break us down with our fears." Hiei smirked. "Its a brilliant plan...but now that we know their hand...They're not going to win this game. We just have to remember, this is a sick game. We're the players, and they are the enemy."
"All we have to do is hold on to our sanity."
"All right." Kurama said, a flash of hope appearing in his lovely green eyes. "I'll remember that whatever happens in their...doesn't matter here. Those images are after all, just that, images."
"Okay...we're good to go...but I get dibs on killing the guy who's behind all this." Yusuke said with a smirk, sounding like his old self again.
Kuwabara rest limply on Yusuke, his tired eyes darting this way and that. He did not respond, and his eyes came to rest on the mirror, which had taken him away. He pressed himself a bit harder to Yusuke, who held him tighter.
Hiei surprised the others by tenderly touching his shoulder, "Kuwabara...I know Kira's gunning for you. You pissed her off, and she might make your test's the hardest. Come on you fool...show us that annoying human perseverance you always have."
Kuwabara remained silent for a moment and then in a low voice whispered, "First off...I don't know what the heck a perseverance is...and secondly...don't worry...you can count on me." He smiled, and then promptly fell asleep.
Yusuke was startled at how limp he went, and for a second thought he died, but smiled as he saw his chest move in a rhythmic pulse. Breathe, and the let it out.
"He has the right idea...we need to get some rest."Kurama turned to look at Hiei. "All of us." He said strictly, knowing Hiei might protest.
So for the rest of their time the group slept on the floor curled up together, well mostly. Hiei slept sitting up next to Kurama, but you know that's him.
They had hope. A frail sliver, but it was still hope.
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Okay round 2 is coming up. Don't you hate Kira? Yusuke is once again, picked to go first. This time the test is about his mom....what sick twisted thing is he going to see?
Hiei stood away from them all, whispering too himself about, God only knows what. His eyes seemed confused, as if he was calculating a hard equation in his head.
Yusuke lay on the floor, rubbing Kuwabara's back, who was still crying, and had yet to open his eyes. It was as if he was still living through the pain, for randomly he'd scream.
He would call out their names, or maybe his sisters. It was heartbreaking to hear him at one point, whisper, "Mom...Dad..." Everyone knew that Kuwabara's parents had died. Kuwabara seemed to be fighting with insanity, and it sounded as id he was losing
When he did scream, Yusuke's eyes would tear over, he'd pull at his hair, and his face would tremble. He was doing his best not to cry. Kurama would jump, and hug himself tighter. Hiei would look over at Kuwabara, and then go back to whispering to himself.
"Kuwa...Kuwabara you hear me? We're gonna get out..out of this...Get some therapy...and then go on some happy pills." Yusuke joked, allowing a few tears to spill out from his eyes.
"Th...Then...we're going out for ice cream." Everyone's heads shot up. Yusuke began to laugh, "Yeah...Kuwabara...Yeah!" Kuwabara opened his eyes, which were red from crying and he wearily placed and arm on Yusuke's back. "Hey, Urameshi." His voice trembled when he spoke, snd he sounded like he was talking while several items were lodged in his throat, but he put on a goofy grin.
Overcome with relief, Yusuke grabbed Kuwabara and hugged them, which was a bit hard, for they were still on the floor. Kurama and Hiei drifted over.
Hiei was still whispering with himself.
"You flip?" Kuwabara asked, not bothering to sit up.
"No...thinking. Try it some time." Hiei growled.
Kuwabara rolled on his back and nodded, not even bothering with a retort. Yusuke lay on his back as well, his arm still around Kuwabara's shoulders.
"What happened in there?" Kurama asked gently. "My punishment..." Kuwabara whispered tears welling in his eyes. He grabbed at his hair pulling it loose; both he and Yusuke's hair was falling out of their hard gelled up shells.
He shook his head, and muttered too himself, ashamed.
"I...I had to walk on a path to rescue you all, It was only 6ft long...Not too bad...but...the...the whole way there, I was encased in flames. I...I had to walk while burning coals, hot melted steel, and fire ate my body...I had no fingers...no hair...all I had was pain..." Kuwabara began crying despite his wishes." I became a piece of flesh, ta...trapped inside my walls of pain..."
"That brat...after it was all done...rubbed my skin off...mocking me why'll I couldn't move...." Kuwabara placed his hand over his eyes, "Oh God, I can still hear...myself screaming."
Yusuke pulled his friend to him hugging him.
"Look at us..." Hiei growled "...we're a bunch of wimps."
"If you went through what Kuwabara went though-" Yusuke growled, but Kurama shook his head. "Yusuke...I believe...Hiei has an idea."
Yusuke raised his eyebrows looking at Hiei, who had an odd look in his face. Slowly a devilish grin broke out on his face. Yusuke sat up pulling Kuwabara up with him, who had gone silent, but was still exhausted.
The room got deadly still, when Hiei burst out laughing. It echoed in the silent room, and it sounded as if he was a child at play. He laughed, and leaned into his hand. And finally said, "My they are clever."
"I figured it out...they want to break us...drive us apart. And so far, we've done nothing, but roll over and let them." Hiei smiled, a wicked gleam in his eyes.
"We'll go along with their sadistic plans...and make them believe we're worse off than we already are. What ever we do, we can't let them tear us apart."
"Hiei...do you think we can do that!?" Kurama sighed. "We're emotionally drained already. And since our tests...we've been struggling just to talk to one another! "
"Yes...but...Kurama we must try! What they're hoping for, is for us to get divided...for us to lose our strength as a team...They're trying to break us down with our fears." Hiei smirked. "Its a brilliant plan...but now that we know their hand...They're not going to win this game. We just have to remember, this is a sick game. We're the players, and they are the enemy."
"All we have to do is hold on to our sanity."
"All right." Kurama said, a flash of hope appearing in his lovely green eyes. "I'll remember that whatever happens in their...doesn't matter here. Those images are after all, just that, images."
"Okay...we're good to go...but I get dibs on killing the guy who's behind all this." Yusuke said with a smirk, sounding like his old self again.
Kuwabara rest limply on Yusuke, his tired eyes darting this way and that. He did not respond, and his eyes came to rest on the mirror, which had taken him away. He pressed himself a bit harder to Yusuke, who held him tighter.
Hiei surprised the others by tenderly touching his shoulder, "Kuwabara...I know Kira's gunning for you. You pissed her off, and she might make your test's the hardest. Come on you fool...show us that annoying human perseverance you always have."
Kuwabara remained silent for a moment and then in a low voice whispered, "First off...I don't know what the heck a perseverance is...and secondly...don't worry...you can count on me." He smiled, and then promptly fell asleep.
Yusuke was startled at how limp he went, and for a second thought he died, but smiled as he saw his chest move in a rhythmic pulse. Breathe, and the let it out.
"He has the right idea...we need to get some rest."Kurama turned to look at Hiei. "All of us." He said strictly, knowing Hiei might protest.
So for the rest of their time the group slept on the floor curled up together, well mostly. Hiei slept sitting up next to Kurama, but you know that's him.
They had hope. A frail sliver, but it was still hope.
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Okay round 2 is coming up. Don't you hate Kira? Yusuke is once again, picked to go first. This time the test is about his mom....what sick twisted thing is he going to see?
