HI EVERYONE!! I REALLY GLAD SO MANY PEOPLE ENJOY MY YUSUKE'S GEMINI FIC AND EXPRESS THEY'RE OPINIONS ABOUT IT. IT DRIVES ME TO CONTINUE TO WRITE AND UPDATE ON IT! THANKS A LOT! NOW ONTO CHAPTER FOURTEEN! DISCLAIMER:I DO NOT OWN YU YU HAKUSHO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS. I DO OWN AKARI AND ALL ORIGINAL CHARACTERS!
Yusuke's Gemini
By:XZanayu
Chapter Fourteen
Hiei walked into Akari's bedroom and sat her down on the edge of the bed and began to remove her blood stained clothing. Akari sat quietly staring off into space as he did so.
She had long since stopped crying. Once she was naked, Hiei picked up her clothes and walked to the fireplace, tossing them inside and with a blast from his hand, sets them ablaze. With that done, he walked back over to where Akari still sat and turned back the covers on the bed. He removed his clothes, placed Akari in bed and then got in himself. Once settled, he pulled Akari into his arms, molded her body to his. He stroked her hair and back. Akari laid unmoving in his embrace a few moments, then wrapped her arms around Hiei, snuggling closer to his warmth, burying her face in his neck.
"He's gone, Hiei-chan." she whispered.
"I know." Hiei replied.
"My papa is gone. He's was all I had left. Now...he's..he's.." Akari couldn't continue. She started to cry again, but stopped and gasped softly when she heard what Hiei said as he tighten his embrace.
"You're not alone. You have me." Akari leaned her head back to look at him.
"Hiei-chan." "You have me, Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara. We're your family and we will be by your side. We love you. I love you." Tears flowed from her eyes and she smiled.
"Hiei-chan." Akari said his name softly and lovingly, snuggling against him and burying her face in his neck once more.
"Shhhh. Its alright, koi. Its okay." he whispered to her. Akari's smile widened a little more. Hiei was right. She wasn't alone. She had him and the others. She had her..family. The two comforted each other until sleep claimed them.
The next day, the decorations for the King Dante's funeral were up. Demons and humans from all over the world came to pay their last respects to their king and attend the funeral. The architects completed the 20 foot high funeral pyre made of platinum, solid gold, and marble. The pyre was decorated with wolves in various poses, angels watching over a mother wolf and her cubs, a bed of red, white, and pink roses rested atop the pyre, arranged so that they could hold the body of King Dante. All the businesses were closed for the rest of the week due to the preparations for the funeral.
King Dante's body rested upon a feather down pallet and was dressed in his battle gear which consisted of chest armor with the royal seal on the front on the right breastplate. Attached to the armor was a black cape with the coat of arms, which consisted of a demon and angel reaching for the olive branch of peace, on the back. Underneath the armor, Dante wore a black spandex suit which hugged his form and displayed his muscles perfectly. Black boots adorned his feet and long silvery-white hair was combed and brushed to shiny perfection. His body rested in the room that was specially designed to hold the dead for burial.
Meanwhile, Akari was in her bedroom sitting in front of her mirror as her lady maid did her hair up in an intricate style. She was dressed in a black mourning dress. Her maid had just finished doing her hair when there was a knock at her door.
"Come in." Akari said. Hiei, Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara walked in dressed in black suits provided to them by the royal staff. Akari's maid bowed to her when she was done and left the room.
"How you holding up, sis?" Yusuke asked embracing Akari. Yusuke had recently begun calling Akari his sister.
"Okay. Its still hard to believe he's gone." she told him. "I know, but we're for you." Yusuke told her. "I know. Thank you, all of you." she told them. She picked up her crown from its case and carefully placed it on her head and turned back to her family.
"*Sigh* Well, let's go." she said. The five left the room and proceeded toward the back of the castle, where outside they joined the huge gathering of mourners for the funeral to begin.
Akari stood in front on the raised dais before the unlit pyre with Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara as they watch mourners place roses, carnations, and all sorts of flowers at the base of the pyre and returned to their places around the pyre. When the last bouquet was placed and the last prayer said. The chancellor walked up short stairs of the dais with torch in his hands. When he reached the top, he handed to torch to Akari, bowed to her, and stood to the side. Akari took a deep breath and went down the steps and walked the short distance to the pyre. She stood before it all too soon for her sake and looked up at the top. There, rested King Dante, her father, on top of the bed of roses made especially to hold his body. He looked as if he was only asleep, if only that was the case. Akari close her eyes as tears clouded them. She lowered the torch to the small hole made into the pyre and watched as the wood burned. Tears fell from her eyes as she stood there and watched as the fire rose rapidly to the top and consumed her father's lifeless body.
Everyone watched as the pyre burned well into the night. No one moved until nothing remained of the pyre, but embers. Akari dismissed her people, telling them thank you for their thoughts, gifts, and prayers for her and her father. Then, returned to the castle with her friends in tow.
In the drawing room, Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara, Hiei, Yamato, Milo, Koenma, Keiko, Shizuru, Botan, Yukina, Honda,the chancellor, and Hyoga were talking quietly, awaiting the arrival of Akari. The door to the drawing room opened and in walked Akari dressed in a white chiffon gown with matching white slippers. Her jet black hair hung loose and was brushed to shiny perfection. She smiled softly, but you could tell she had been crying just by looking at her eyes. Hiei walked over to her and took her hand and squeezed. She smiled a little more when she glanced at him. Everyone came over and hugged her.
"Thank you all so much for coming, especially you Lord Koenma. I know how busy you must be, but I really appreciate you're being here." Akari told him.
"Your father was my friend. My father sends his condolences and apologizes that he couldn't make it." Koenma said to her.
"That's alright. I will thank him once everything is repaired." she told him.
"Sis? You still mean to help us after what's happened?" Yusuke asked her, clearly shocked and confused at her statement.
"Yes, onni-chan. My priority is helping you. My father would approve of my decision. Chancellor? My coronation to be crowned Queen will have to be postponed until I return. Until then, I leave things in your capable hands." she said looking at the Chancellor. "Of course, your majesty." he bowed to her.
"Are you sure, Akari?" Yamato asked.
"Yes. I promise Yusuke I would help him restore things back in his world and I intend to keep that promise." she told them.
"Well, once everything is taking care of here, I will return to Yusuke's dimension, but I will be back once everything is said and done." she said. Everyone nodded and prepared to leave to go to their rooms for the night since it was late. They bid her goodnight and left, leaving only Hiei and Akari behind. Hiei went over to the sofa and laid down on it and pull down on top of him and held her. Akari sighed.
"You okay?" Hiei asked.
"I'm better, but it still hurts." she replied. He kissed the top of her head.
"It will get better." he assured her.
"I know it will. Thank you."
"For what?"
"For being here and for loving me." Hiei smiled into her hair.
They remained like that a few minutes more then stood up and left the drawing room to go to bed, unaware of the eyes that followed them.
TBC
