Chapter 22
The finals were now starting. Kurama vs. Karasu. I didn't know what to do. I just stood there,hoping that Kurama was going to last this fight,even if he did turn into Yoko Kurama.
"Nicole,you ok?"asked Yusuke.
I sighed. "I'm going to try to be Yusuke."
He put his hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry. He'll come out of his fight alive. I know Kurama. He's going to be fine."
I tried to force a smile,but it was just so hard. "I'm going to fight if something happens Yusuke...I have to."
"Just wait until the end Nicole. He's going to be fine. Trust me."
But before we knew it,the finals had already started. I watched in horror as it begun. Just don't underestimate him Karasu,I thought. You don't want to see what happens if you do. Kurama,just please be careful.
Kurama has started out by using a swirl of petals of thorns,but it started have no effect on Karasu,and I was starting to get worried. Kurama,they're having no effect on him,I thought. Do something else now. You need to or you don't have a chance!
But before I knew it,the petals started blowing up into shreds. I knew it. And now Karasu was starting to chase Kurama. Don't let him touch you Kurama,I thought. He'll kill you!
"Oh god...Kurama..."
But Karasu had already done damage to him.
"Kurama...please..." I swallowed hard. Please make it out of this fight alive,I thought. But Karasu just kept coming back for more. I knew that Kurama wasn't going to make it out of this fight alive. But I didn't want to do anything drastic yet.
But now Karasu had a bomb in his hand. Kurama couldn't move. I was almost certain that...he wasn't going to make it.
"KURAMA! NO!" I about ran up there to see if he was still alive but Yusuke held me back. He hadn't died,but turned into Yoko Kurama. This was the first time I had seen him in his demon form. And I just stood there...speechless... "He's still alive...good."
"I know how much you hate demons Nicole. Are you ok?"
"I'm....I'm fine Yusuke. I'm just glad he's still alive."
"It's going to take a lot more than just some puny little bomb to kill Kurama. Just stand and watch."
I nodded and looked back to the fight. Karasu was starting to use his little bat bomb. Now I really thought that Kurama didn't have a chance. They were starting to surround him. I was just glad that Yusuke was holding me back.
Yoko Kurama was starting to use some type of attack that looked like horrible looking Venus fly traps. I knew that everything was going to be ok now. I knew that he was certain to make it out of this fight alive. The plants were chasing Karasu like he was fish food. Now I could stay back and enjoy this fight.
The plant was starting to get closer and soon it had wrapped up Karasu. I watched with the other as I almost thought that this fight was over. But I knew that was going to be wrong. The plant was starting to bend over,and I knew that Karasu wasn't quite dead. But I didn't want to say anything yet.
The plant was starting to bend over more and more. I knew I was right. Karasu wasn't dead. He used his energy to burst out of the plant,unharmed.
"My god. I can't believe it... Kurama,please,please,please be careful."
Karasu was starting to suck in energy. I knew something wasn't right because his hair was starting to change color. Oh god,I thought. He's going to explode soon. Kurama,be careful. I can't have you dying on me now!
"Kurama...please...no..."
"Nicole...stay back,"Yusuke said as he grabbed my arm. "I can't have you doing anything right now."
"Yusuke..."
"Just watch..."
I obeyed. Kurama...please...I thought. Don't do this to me. Don't leave me now! Oh god.
Before I knew it,half the stadium was gone. I was all right though. Hiei had pulled me back before I had gotten hit on the head with a huge boulder.
"Hiei?"
"I can't have you leaving Kurama yet. It would kill him,"he said.
I looked backed to a huge pile of rocks. "Kurama!" But he was all right,but he was weak. "Yusuke...let me go in there."
Yusuke shook his head. "No. Not yet."
Karasu was starting to make all of us angry,but he wasn't done with Kurama just yet. Kurama was still coming back for more. He was trying to do something to Karasu, but I didn't know what.
"Yusuke..."
"Don't worry about Kurama."
But I didn't believe him. Kurama was stuck now by something. IT WAS A BOMB! KARASU HAD STUCK A MAD BOMB ON KURAMA'S LEG! But before I could do anything, the bomb had detonated,and about half of Kurama's leg was blown off. I stood there and watched in horror as Karasu kept blowing Kurama with his bombs and as Kurama screamed in pain. I started to cry as I watched in horror...
"KURAMA! NO! KARASU LEAVE HIM ALONE. Kurama..."I yelled at the top of my lungs.
The bombs kept coming and coming...The screams were getting scarier by each moment...And there I was,still watching in horror as the love of my life was left to fend for his very own life... And now,Kurama was now left on the ground... lifeless...
"No......It just can't be...KURAMA! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME!" Yusuke then came over and hugged me and I cried on his chest. "He...He...He can't leave Yusuke. He just can't."
"You're scared...aren't you?"he asked.
"Why the hell I shouldn't I be? Yusuke...he can't die now...I can't let him die..."
"It's not over yet. He's going to be ok..."
My lips started to tremble. I thought that this was going to be the last of him. He had gotten all this way to fight,and now he was left to die. I wasn't going to let that happen. I shook Yusuke off of me and started running. But I didn't get very far because Yusuke pulled me back again.
"What the hell are you doing?" He grabbed my shoulders so I couldn't move. He hugged me again.
"I can't let him die Yusuke..."
He sighed. "I know that. But Kurama wouldn't want you to die either... Dammit,just stay here and you won't get hurt. Hiei's right you know. It would kill him if you left him this early in the game."
"Yusuke..."
So this is when it happens,I thought. It's almost like Romeo and Juliet...but worse. My lover is trying to fend for his life while I watch in horror and cannot do anything. My Kurama is...no...I just can't think about it...He is going to be ok!
Kurama was up on the count on of seven,but he was still down. I knew he was going to something drastic. He...He was going to kill himself. I watched as Kurama used the last of his life energy to slay Karasu. I watched as he screamed in horror for the last time...and then everything was silent...and my lover... was not moving at all...
I shook Yusuke off of me and ran over to Kurama. I picked up his lifeless body and put his head my chest and started crying.
"Kurama......you can't leave me...please...I can't go on without you...please... don't leave me now. Don't you dare leave me... Kurama...please don't leave me. Please..."
But before I knew it,he was starting to move. My breathing was becoming more stable. He was ok after all. "Nicole...?" He took my head and put it on his chest and kissed me.
"Oh my god!"I was still crying. "Why didn't you just stay down dammit?!"
"Shhhhh...Hey now. It's all right." He kissed my forehead. "Everything's going to be all right now. He would've killed me anyways..."he whispered in my eyes.
But I didn't care about that anymore. He was alive,and I didn't have to die either. I helped him off the stadium floor and carried him over to Yusuke and the others.
"Kurama you really need to take care of this girl. She really does have it in for you." Yusuke said as he came running to us.
We walked off to the wall and said nothing. I was just glad that he was alive. I didn't want to see him die that way. He just looked so scared as Karasu started hitting him with the bombs that at that moment I was ready to do anything. But he was all right now.
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The finals were now starting. Kurama vs. Karasu. I didn't know what to do. I just stood there,hoping that Kurama was going to last this fight,even if he did turn into Yoko Kurama.
"Nicole,you ok?"asked Yusuke.
I sighed. "I'm going to try to be Yusuke."
He put his hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry. He'll come out of his fight alive. I know Kurama. He's going to be fine."
I tried to force a smile,but it was just so hard. "I'm going to fight if something happens Yusuke...I have to."
"Just wait until the end Nicole. He's going to be fine. Trust me."
But before we knew it,the finals had already started. I watched in horror as it begun. Just don't underestimate him Karasu,I thought. You don't want to see what happens if you do. Kurama,just please be careful.
Kurama has started out by using a swirl of petals of thorns,but it started have no effect on Karasu,and I was starting to get worried. Kurama,they're having no effect on him,I thought. Do something else now. You need to or you don't have a chance!
But before I knew it,the petals started blowing up into shreds. I knew it. And now Karasu was starting to chase Kurama. Don't let him touch you Kurama,I thought. He'll kill you!
"Oh god...Kurama..."
But Karasu had already done damage to him.
"Kurama...please..." I swallowed hard. Please make it out of this fight alive,I thought. But Karasu just kept coming back for more. I knew that Kurama wasn't going to make it out of this fight alive. But I didn't want to do anything drastic yet.
But now Karasu had a bomb in his hand. Kurama couldn't move. I was almost certain that...he wasn't going to make it.
"KURAMA! NO!" I about ran up there to see if he was still alive but Yusuke held me back. He hadn't died,but turned into Yoko Kurama. This was the first time I had seen him in his demon form. And I just stood there...speechless... "He's still alive...good."
"I know how much you hate demons Nicole. Are you ok?"
"I'm....I'm fine Yusuke. I'm just glad he's still alive."
"It's going to take a lot more than just some puny little bomb to kill Kurama. Just stand and watch."
I nodded and looked back to the fight. Karasu was starting to use his little bat bomb. Now I really thought that Kurama didn't have a chance. They were starting to surround him. I was just glad that Yusuke was holding me back.
Yoko Kurama was starting to use some type of attack that looked like horrible looking Venus fly traps. I knew that everything was going to be ok now. I knew that he was certain to make it out of this fight alive. The plants were chasing Karasu like he was fish food. Now I could stay back and enjoy this fight.
The plant was starting to get closer and soon it had wrapped up Karasu. I watched with the other as I almost thought that this fight was over. But I knew that was going to be wrong. The plant was starting to bend over,and I knew that Karasu wasn't quite dead. But I didn't want to say anything yet.
The plant was starting to bend over more and more. I knew I was right. Karasu wasn't dead. He used his energy to burst out of the plant,unharmed.
"My god. I can't believe it... Kurama,please,please,please be careful."
Karasu was starting to suck in energy. I knew something wasn't right because his hair was starting to change color. Oh god,I thought. He's going to explode soon. Kurama,be careful. I can't have you dying on me now!
"Kurama...please...no..."
"Nicole...stay back,"Yusuke said as he grabbed my arm. "I can't have you doing anything right now."
"Yusuke..."
"Just watch..."
I obeyed. Kurama...please...I thought. Don't do this to me. Don't leave me now! Oh god.
Before I knew it,half the stadium was gone. I was all right though. Hiei had pulled me back before I had gotten hit on the head with a huge boulder.
"Hiei?"
"I can't have you leaving Kurama yet. It would kill him,"he said.
I looked backed to a huge pile of rocks. "Kurama!" But he was all right,but he was weak. "Yusuke...let me go in there."
Yusuke shook his head. "No. Not yet."
Karasu was starting to make all of us angry,but he wasn't done with Kurama just yet. Kurama was still coming back for more. He was trying to do something to Karasu, but I didn't know what.
"Yusuke..."
"Don't worry about Kurama."
But I didn't believe him. Kurama was stuck now by something. IT WAS A BOMB! KARASU HAD STUCK A MAD BOMB ON KURAMA'S LEG! But before I could do anything, the bomb had detonated,and about half of Kurama's leg was blown off. I stood there and watched in horror as Karasu kept blowing Kurama with his bombs and as Kurama screamed in pain. I started to cry as I watched in horror...
"KURAMA! NO! KARASU LEAVE HIM ALONE. Kurama..."I yelled at the top of my lungs.
The bombs kept coming and coming...The screams were getting scarier by each moment...And there I was,still watching in horror as the love of my life was left to fend for his very own life... And now,Kurama was now left on the ground... lifeless...
"No......It just can't be...KURAMA! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME!" Yusuke then came over and hugged me and I cried on his chest. "He...He...He can't leave Yusuke. He just can't."
"You're scared...aren't you?"he asked.
"Why the hell I shouldn't I be? Yusuke...he can't die now...I can't let him die..."
"It's not over yet. He's going to be ok..."
My lips started to tremble. I thought that this was going to be the last of him. He had gotten all this way to fight,and now he was left to die. I wasn't going to let that happen. I shook Yusuke off of me and started running. But I didn't get very far because Yusuke pulled me back again.
"What the hell are you doing?" He grabbed my shoulders so I couldn't move. He hugged me again.
"I can't let him die Yusuke..."
He sighed. "I know that. But Kurama wouldn't want you to die either... Dammit,just stay here and you won't get hurt. Hiei's right you know. It would kill him if you left him this early in the game."
"Yusuke..."
So this is when it happens,I thought. It's almost like Romeo and Juliet...but worse. My lover is trying to fend for his life while I watch in horror and cannot do anything. My Kurama is...no...I just can't think about it...He is going to be ok!
Kurama was up on the count on of seven,but he was still down. I knew he was going to something drastic. He...He was going to kill himself. I watched as Kurama used the last of his life energy to slay Karasu. I watched as he screamed in horror for the last time...and then everything was silent...and my lover... was not moving at all...
I shook Yusuke off of me and ran over to Kurama. I picked up his lifeless body and put his head my chest and started crying.
"Kurama......you can't leave me...please...I can't go on without you...please... don't leave me now. Don't you dare leave me... Kurama...please don't leave me. Please..."
But before I knew it,he was starting to move. My breathing was becoming more stable. He was ok after all. "Nicole...?" He took my head and put it on his chest and kissed me.
"Oh my god!"I was still crying. "Why didn't you just stay down dammit?!"
"Shhhhh...Hey now. It's all right." He kissed my forehead. "Everything's going to be all right now. He would've killed me anyways..."he whispered in my eyes.
But I didn't care about that anymore. He was alive,and I didn't have to die either. I helped him off the stadium floor and carried him over to Yusuke and the others.
"Kurama you really need to take care of this girl. She really does have it in for you." Yusuke said as he came running to us.
We walked off to the wall and said nothing. I was just glad that he was alive. I didn't want to see him die that way. He just looked so scared as Karasu started hitting him with the bombs that at that moment I was ready to do anything. But he was all right now.
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