Ruby: BLEP!!! ^^
Skye: Oh the insanity.
Ruby: BLEP BLEP BLEP, BLEP BLEP BLEP, BLEP BLEP BLEP, BLEP BLEP!!!!
Skye: Is that Jingle Bells?!
Ruby: BLEP!!!
Skye: Oh God.
Ruby: Kitty!!! *she runs over to Rose, my cat and tries to pet her. She gets scratched* BLEP
Skye: Hee hee hee.
Ruby: Not my fault your cat won't let anyone but you touch her. *pouts*
Skye: Not true, sometimes my sister can pet her. *my sis comes into the room and starts to pet Rose*
Ruby: Can I play with Jirrin?
Skye: NO! You CAN NOT play with the fish!!!
Ruby: How about the rat?
Skye: Sure, go play with Gemini, as long as you forget what Yune taught you.
Ruby: Hmmm . . . OK!!!
Skye: Glad that's over with . . . this author's note took up almost an entire page! So I guess that means I should stop blabbering. . .
Ruby: BLEP, BLEP!
Skye: RUBY!!! *runs into the other room*
Disclaimer: *Loud wail in background, then a shout of RUBY, it's just a DISCLAIMER!* I DO NOT own Yu-Yu-Hakusho. But if you REALLY want me to . . . Wow. Now this HAS taken up the entire page. I need to get a quieter muse.
Broken Shadows
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It had been two years. Two mortal *years* since they had found Hiei. Two years since he had entered the coma. Yusuke sighed. At this point they didn't think he was ever going to get out of it.
'They' being Botan, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Yukina. Kurama wasn't giving up. What was the use? He didn't have it left in him anymore. He didn't have hope.
Hope was an illusion. It was just a fancy way of saying 'want'. Not that it was bad to want. He kicked a rock in front of him. Stupid, messed up thoughts. He was getting sidetracked. He was supposed to meet the others at Genkai's temple. Ever since the old cabin had rotted out in the woods last year, it had become their unofficial meeting place.
Gathering his thoughts and locking them behind a door in his mind, Yusuke trudged onward. ________________________________________________________________________
He was lost. Lost in an eternal swirling darkness. It clouded around him, choked him, suffocated him. He couldn't get out. It was impossible. Whenever he tried to get out, to force his way up through the black mass around him, he was yanked further down into the shadows.
When this happened, he felt an overwhelming sense of fear. Like the last shred of his identity, an identity he was rapidly forgetting, was being wrenched from his grasp.
He had heard voices, before. Before, when he was so close to the surface of this gloom that, by reaching upward, he could touch the light. But he had closed in on himself, like he had so many times before. He hadn't wanted to face them . . . his friends. He couldn't face them. He hadn't been ready. What would he say, anyway?
And now it was too late.
He was too far down to get back up. He didn't know which way was up. And even if he did, there was nothing tangible enough for him to pull himself back up with.
It was too late.
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Yusuke opened the door to the Temple, bringing the crisp fall wind in with him. "Hey." He remarked nonchalantly to the others gathered in the room. "What's up this time?"
Botan blinked and grimaced. "Actually we were just about to call you." Kurama put down the phone in the background. "The situation has already been dealt with."
Yusuke raised an eyebrow. "What's with the formality?" She sighed. "Koenma wants us to stop being so lenient on the job. He says that 'We need to stop joking around and get cracking, or he'll crack our heads."
Yusuke snorted. "Pacifier breath is gonna crack *our* heads? That's a laugh."
He glanced at the door where Hiei was laying. The whole thing was still a weight over their heads, even after so much time. "How's-" He didn't even get a chance to finish his sentence. Kurama, face red, pounded his fist into the wall.
"What's the use? He's never waking up anyway." He strode out the door, slamming it behind him.
Kuwabara, who had been in another room getting a soda, walked into the space quizzically. "What's up with him?"
Botan sighed and walked to the door. "I'll go get him. I still haven't related the other information that Koenma wanted me to say."
Yusuke nodded wordlessly, still dumbfounded by Kurama's outburst. He turned and walked into Hiei's room. ________________________________________________________________________
He was still lost in the vortex of his mind. Because that was surely what it was. His own mind held him captive. Suddenly he heard a creak. The opening of a door. The sound of footsteps. They were so faint he could barely make them out.
He clung on to the sounds, a final lifeline in an ocean of black. There was a voice, then, but it was unintelligible. He used the sound like a rope, climbing up hand over hand, until he could make out the words. He ignored the pain that the climbing sent through his every nerve.
"-were you thinking? Why didn't you call us? Why didn't you ask for help? Why didn't you tell us someone was after you? We would have helped."
The voice was strangely familiar. Where had he heard it before?
Yusuke! That was Yusuke's voice.
He ascended faster toward the echoes. ________________________________________________________________________
Yusuke paced around the room, venting his frustration on Hiei's prostrate form.
"Why did you have to be so distant? Didn't you trust us? We're your friends, for crying out loud."
With a yell, he mimicked Kurama's move earlier, pounding his fist into the wall. Plaster and wood flew, and a sizeable hole was left in the wall. "God damn it!"
He leaned his head up against the wall, and felt, to his surprise, tears coursing down his cheeks.
There was a small noise behind him.
"Yusuke?"
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Skye: Ta-da!!! I finally came out with another chapter! What's it been- 7 months?
Ruby: Yeah, I'll say. Both fish have died, and now you have gerbils.
Skye: Yeah, you go play with Char and Pumpkin, Ruby.
Ruby: ^^ GERBILIES!!!!
Skye: Yeah . . . so, if you haven't already guessed the parts that only say 'he' are Hiei thinking, trapped in his mind, not able to get out. The next chapters, if I manage to get them out (I'd like to say this week, but, as you've probably noticed, I'm not that diligent in my writing), will be about how the others are taking Hiei's coma-ness.
Ruby: *comes back crying* Gerbilies bit me.
Skye: Here, band-aid.
Skye: Oh the insanity.
Ruby: BLEP BLEP BLEP, BLEP BLEP BLEP, BLEP BLEP BLEP, BLEP BLEP!!!!
Skye: Is that Jingle Bells?!
Ruby: BLEP!!!
Skye: Oh God.
Ruby: Kitty!!! *she runs over to Rose, my cat and tries to pet her. She gets scratched* BLEP
Skye: Hee hee hee.
Ruby: Not my fault your cat won't let anyone but you touch her. *pouts*
Skye: Not true, sometimes my sister can pet her. *my sis comes into the room and starts to pet Rose*
Ruby: Can I play with Jirrin?
Skye: NO! You CAN NOT play with the fish!!!
Ruby: How about the rat?
Skye: Sure, go play with Gemini, as long as you forget what Yune taught you.
Ruby: Hmmm . . . OK!!!
Skye: Glad that's over with . . . this author's note took up almost an entire page! So I guess that means I should stop blabbering. . .
Ruby: BLEP, BLEP!
Skye: RUBY!!! *runs into the other room*
Disclaimer: *Loud wail in background, then a shout of RUBY, it's just a DISCLAIMER!* I DO NOT own Yu-Yu-Hakusho. But if you REALLY want me to . . . Wow. Now this HAS taken up the entire page. I need to get a quieter muse.
Broken Shadows
________________________________________________________________________
It had been two years. Two mortal *years* since they had found Hiei. Two years since he had entered the coma. Yusuke sighed. At this point they didn't think he was ever going to get out of it.
'They' being Botan, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Yukina. Kurama wasn't giving up. What was the use? He didn't have it left in him anymore. He didn't have hope.
Hope was an illusion. It was just a fancy way of saying 'want'. Not that it was bad to want. He kicked a rock in front of him. Stupid, messed up thoughts. He was getting sidetracked. He was supposed to meet the others at Genkai's temple. Ever since the old cabin had rotted out in the woods last year, it had become their unofficial meeting place.
Gathering his thoughts and locking them behind a door in his mind, Yusuke trudged onward. ________________________________________________________________________
He was lost. Lost in an eternal swirling darkness. It clouded around him, choked him, suffocated him. He couldn't get out. It was impossible. Whenever he tried to get out, to force his way up through the black mass around him, he was yanked further down into the shadows.
When this happened, he felt an overwhelming sense of fear. Like the last shred of his identity, an identity he was rapidly forgetting, was being wrenched from his grasp.
He had heard voices, before. Before, when he was so close to the surface of this gloom that, by reaching upward, he could touch the light. But he had closed in on himself, like he had so many times before. He hadn't wanted to face them . . . his friends. He couldn't face them. He hadn't been ready. What would he say, anyway?
And now it was too late.
He was too far down to get back up. He didn't know which way was up. And even if he did, there was nothing tangible enough for him to pull himself back up with.
It was too late.
________________________________________________________________________
Yusuke opened the door to the Temple, bringing the crisp fall wind in with him. "Hey." He remarked nonchalantly to the others gathered in the room. "What's up this time?"
Botan blinked and grimaced. "Actually we were just about to call you." Kurama put down the phone in the background. "The situation has already been dealt with."
Yusuke raised an eyebrow. "What's with the formality?" She sighed. "Koenma wants us to stop being so lenient on the job. He says that 'We need to stop joking around and get cracking, or he'll crack our heads."
Yusuke snorted. "Pacifier breath is gonna crack *our* heads? That's a laugh."
He glanced at the door where Hiei was laying. The whole thing was still a weight over their heads, even after so much time. "How's-" He didn't even get a chance to finish his sentence. Kurama, face red, pounded his fist into the wall.
"What's the use? He's never waking up anyway." He strode out the door, slamming it behind him.
Kuwabara, who had been in another room getting a soda, walked into the space quizzically. "What's up with him?"
Botan sighed and walked to the door. "I'll go get him. I still haven't related the other information that Koenma wanted me to say."
Yusuke nodded wordlessly, still dumbfounded by Kurama's outburst. He turned and walked into Hiei's room. ________________________________________________________________________
He was still lost in the vortex of his mind. Because that was surely what it was. His own mind held him captive. Suddenly he heard a creak. The opening of a door. The sound of footsteps. They were so faint he could barely make them out.
He clung on to the sounds, a final lifeline in an ocean of black. There was a voice, then, but it was unintelligible. He used the sound like a rope, climbing up hand over hand, until he could make out the words. He ignored the pain that the climbing sent through his every nerve.
"-were you thinking? Why didn't you call us? Why didn't you ask for help? Why didn't you tell us someone was after you? We would have helped."
The voice was strangely familiar. Where had he heard it before?
Yusuke! That was Yusuke's voice.
He ascended faster toward the echoes. ________________________________________________________________________
Yusuke paced around the room, venting his frustration on Hiei's prostrate form.
"Why did you have to be so distant? Didn't you trust us? We're your friends, for crying out loud."
With a yell, he mimicked Kurama's move earlier, pounding his fist into the wall. Plaster and wood flew, and a sizeable hole was left in the wall. "God damn it!"
He leaned his head up against the wall, and felt, to his surprise, tears coursing down his cheeks.
There was a small noise behind him.
"Yusuke?"
________________________________________________________________________
Skye: Ta-da!!! I finally came out with another chapter! What's it been- 7 months?
Ruby: Yeah, I'll say. Both fish have died, and now you have gerbils.
Skye: Yeah, you go play with Char and Pumpkin, Ruby.
Ruby: ^^ GERBILIES!!!!
Skye: Yeah . . . so, if you haven't already guessed the parts that only say 'he' are Hiei thinking, trapped in his mind, not able to get out. The next chapters, if I manage to get them out (I'd like to say this week, but, as you've probably noticed, I'm not that diligent in my writing), will be about how the others are taking Hiei's coma-ness.
Ruby: *comes back crying* Gerbilies bit me.
Skye: Here, band-aid.