Skye: Hey! From the reviews that I got people wanted me to keep going with
this, so . . . here I am.
Ruby: *crying loudly*
Skye: Ruby get a grip on yourself, it's not that sad.
Ruby: It is to me.
Skye: Uh-huh . . . Anyways: I DO NOT own Yu-Yu-Hakusho. I would LIKE to, but that's impossible. Please forgive my muse, she's being weird. Well, weirder than normal.
This is told from the other's points of view, and all this is happening while Hiei's thinking (I'm sorry if this isn't very good, and I'm also sorry if I spell any of their names wrong; please correct me; correct me on anything else, for that matter).
Broken Shadows
He sighed. Where was Hiei? He should have been here by now. Kurama looked around at the others. They were all going to go to the circus tonight. It had just come in and was supposed to be great. It wasn't like Hiei to be this late, and it troubled Kurama.
Yusuke looked as worried as he felt. Keiko seemed nervous too, while a glance at Kuwabara told him that he would like to pound the 'shrimp' for taking some of his time away from his precious Yukina, who was going to meet them there. His fears deepened as he looked at Botan. The normally cheerful girl was now frowning, and seemed to be deep in thought. She knew something. What, though?
Yusuke tried to break the awkward silence. "I'm going to get something to drink, anybody want anything?"
A chorus of 'no's followed his statement. He got up from the couch where he had been sitting and went through a side door into their small kitchen.
They had found this log cabin a few years ago, rotting away in the woods. When they had fixed it up it made a wonderful hideaway. They usually came here to talk about past missions, or to get ready for a new one. He supposed it was one of the few places Hiei could actually call home, and it was a real home. Not the trees where he usually rested.
Yusuke came back in with a soda and sat back down next Keiko. Botan's frown deepened.
"Botan, what's wrong?" It didn't look like she would be telling them, so he had to ask. Everyone turned to look at her.
"Hmm? Oh, nothing. Well, I think it's nothing. Or I hope it's nothing."
Yusuke groaned. "Botan, you're talking circles around us. Will you just say what's bothering you?"
"Well, my sense of Hiei's spirit energy has just increased dramatically."
Kuwabara blinked. "Doesn't that mean he got stronger?"
She sighed. "No, I sense spirit energies differently than you do. When someone's spirit energy enhances to me it means that they're, well, dieing."
"WHAT?!" They had all jumped up.
"And *why* didn't you mention this before?" Yusuke yelled.
"Well, I could have been mistaken-"
"Alright everybody, looks like we're going to go find Hiei. Botan, can you track him?"
"Nope, sorry Yusuke."
"Kurama . . ."
"I can't contact him. His energy's somewhere close, though, probably in these woods. In the west . . . I think. "
Yusuke sighed. "Well, at least it's a start. Let's go." ________________________________________________________________________
They had split up ten minutes ago, each going a separate way. Kurama kept going, trying without success to follow his friend's energy. It had been fading fast as if, it seemed, with every breath he took. He hoped that it was his imagination, that he was misreading the signs. But he knew, deep down, that he wasn't.
The spindly fingers above him reached towards the sky, as if trying to grab something that he could not see. A few gusts of wind blew them back and forth, creaking. The clouds overhead meant that it would be raining soon, but the blotches of color left on the trees wouldn't be there long enough to catch them. They would waft down with all the others already gone, and help create the beautiful tapestry that he was standing on.
Usually such weather would lift his spirits, but not today.
Another squall blew into him, setting him back on his heels. The wind had changed direction.
Suddenly he froze. Kurama sniffed the air. A familiar scent was on the wind. Hiei! He stopped as he recognized another smell. Blood. He ran.
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Kurama sighed. Just when he thought he had been getting close, he lost the trail.
He was walking slowly now, having tipped over a root and twisted his ankle. Wincing as his foot hit a rock, jolting his injury, he leaned down to apply an herb that would take some of the pain away.
Then he heard it. What sounded like breathing. Heavy breathing, as if through broken lungs. Kurama stood again, and saw a light that he could have sworn was not there before.
He broke through the constraining fence of trees into a small clearing. His senses amplified as if he had come out from underneath a blanket.
He didn't think about it, though, as he saw the puddle of blood in the in the middle of the clear area. It wasn't the blood, though, that made him come abruptly to a halt. It was the figure laying in it.
"HIEI!"
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Skye: *is wearing earmuffs* Hoped you liked it! Thanks to all my reviewers (If you want me to put your name up here, just tell me)! Now I need some more opinions. Sorry, I'm terribly indecisive, and my muse *there is a loud, ear-shattering shriek in the background* is having a mental breakdown.
Now, the all-important question: Should Hiei live? Or should I just not make another chapter? Hmm . . . decisions, decisions.
Ruby: *comes out of back room* NOOOO!!! Not more decisions!!! *scuttles back*
Skye: What'd you say?
Ruby: *crying loudly*
Skye: Ruby get a grip on yourself, it's not that sad.
Ruby: It is to me.
Skye: Uh-huh . . . Anyways: I DO NOT own Yu-Yu-Hakusho. I would LIKE to, but that's impossible. Please forgive my muse, she's being weird. Well, weirder than normal.
This is told from the other's points of view, and all this is happening while Hiei's thinking (I'm sorry if this isn't very good, and I'm also sorry if I spell any of their names wrong; please correct me; correct me on anything else, for that matter).
Broken Shadows
He sighed. Where was Hiei? He should have been here by now. Kurama looked around at the others. They were all going to go to the circus tonight. It had just come in and was supposed to be great. It wasn't like Hiei to be this late, and it troubled Kurama.
Yusuke looked as worried as he felt. Keiko seemed nervous too, while a glance at Kuwabara told him that he would like to pound the 'shrimp' for taking some of his time away from his precious Yukina, who was going to meet them there. His fears deepened as he looked at Botan. The normally cheerful girl was now frowning, and seemed to be deep in thought. She knew something. What, though?
Yusuke tried to break the awkward silence. "I'm going to get something to drink, anybody want anything?"
A chorus of 'no's followed his statement. He got up from the couch where he had been sitting and went through a side door into their small kitchen.
They had found this log cabin a few years ago, rotting away in the woods. When they had fixed it up it made a wonderful hideaway. They usually came here to talk about past missions, or to get ready for a new one. He supposed it was one of the few places Hiei could actually call home, and it was a real home. Not the trees where he usually rested.
Yusuke came back in with a soda and sat back down next Keiko. Botan's frown deepened.
"Botan, what's wrong?" It didn't look like she would be telling them, so he had to ask. Everyone turned to look at her.
"Hmm? Oh, nothing. Well, I think it's nothing. Or I hope it's nothing."
Yusuke groaned. "Botan, you're talking circles around us. Will you just say what's bothering you?"
"Well, my sense of Hiei's spirit energy has just increased dramatically."
Kuwabara blinked. "Doesn't that mean he got stronger?"
She sighed. "No, I sense spirit energies differently than you do. When someone's spirit energy enhances to me it means that they're, well, dieing."
"WHAT?!" They had all jumped up.
"And *why* didn't you mention this before?" Yusuke yelled.
"Well, I could have been mistaken-"
"Alright everybody, looks like we're going to go find Hiei. Botan, can you track him?"
"Nope, sorry Yusuke."
"Kurama . . ."
"I can't contact him. His energy's somewhere close, though, probably in these woods. In the west . . . I think. "
Yusuke sighed. "Well, at least it's a start. Let's go." ________________________________________________________________________
They had split up ten minutes ago, each going a separate way. Kurama kept going, trying without success to follow his friend's energy. It had been fading fast as if, it seemed, with every breath he took. He hoped that it was his imagination, that he was misreading the signs. But he knew, deep down, that he wasn't.
The spindly fingers above him reached towards the sky, as if trying to grab something that he could not see. A few gusts of wind blew them back and forth, creaking. The clouds overhead meant that it would be raining soon, but the blotches of color left on the trees wouldn't be there long enough to catch them. They would waft down with all the others already gone, and help create the beautiful tapestry that he was standing on.
Usually such weather would lift his spirits, but not today.
Another squall blew into him, setting him back on his heels. The wind had changed direction.
Suddenly he froze. Kurama sniffed the air. A familiar scent was on the wind. Hiei! He stopped as he recognized another smell. Blood. He ran.
________________________________________________________________________
Kurama sighed. Just when he thought he had been getting close, he lost the trail.
He was walking slowly now, having tipped over a root and twisted his ankle. Wincing as his foot hit a rock, jolting his injury, he leaned down to apply an herb that would take some of the pain away.
Then he heard it. What sounded like breathing. Heavy breathing, as if through broken lungs. Kurama stood again, and saw a light that he could have sworn was not there before.
He broke through the constraining fence of trees into a small clearing. His senses amplified as if he had come out from underneath a blanket.
He didn't think about it, though, as he saw the puddle of blood in the in the middle of the clear area. It wasn't the blood, though, that made him come abruptly to a halt. It was the figure laying in it.
"HIEI!"
________________________________________________________________________
Skye: *is wearing earmuffs* Hoped you liked it! Thanks to all my reviewers (If you want me to put your name up here, just tell me)! Now I need some more opinions. Sorry, I'm terribly indecisive, and my muse *there is a loud, ear-shattering shriek in the background* is having a mental breakdown.
Now, the all-important question: Should Hiei live? Or should I just not make another chapter? Hmm . . . decisions, decisions.
Ruby: *comes out of back room* NOOOO!!! Not more decisions!!! *scuttles back*
Skye: What'd you say?