"How are they?" Kurama asked Mali the next morning. "They both have slight phenomena." Mali told them rubbing a cool rag over Kuwabara's face. "Hiei's isn't too bad, and Kuwabara's is only a bit worse. They should recover soon...maybe a few days. They're lucky it's not bad cases like some of the others..."
Yusuke and Kurama looked around the room. More tables, and cots had been moved in around the Healers, those who were well enough on their own slept inside the tents, within the safety of the shield. Several people were in beds, all who'd been caught in the water. Almost a dozen of them would be sent through the portal by the time noon came.
Yusuke went over to Kuwabara, running a hand through his friend's loose hair. Kuwabara's eyes fluttered open, and his fevered eyes turned to look up at him. "Hang in there." Yusuke said pulling more covers up around him.
He smiled, and turned his head, going back to sleep again. Kurama was telling Hiei he needed rest, though Hiei stubbornly insisted he was fine. "Hiei! If you don't shut up, and lay down, I'll sit on your head! You don't want that to happen, trust me!" Mali laughed at her own statement, Hiei glaring.
Hiei glared at her, and folded his arms like a child throwing a tantrum. "Dam*it." Yusuke fluffed his hair, and looked at him. "Hiei? Have you been using conditioner?" Hiei went red.
"That would be *BAKA* Mali's fault."
"Young'n your hair was so sharp, it needed conditioner!" She wagged her finger at him. "You two should go on, unless you want to help me. There is no fighting today. It seems both sides were worn out. I suggest you sleep."
"All right. After a nap we're coming to help." Yusuke said. "What ever you want." Mali turned to Hiei, "Try to get some sleep, or I'll be forced to knock you out."
"How woman?"
"I have medicines, just a sniff of some will knock you out. Sleep. Now."
Hiei grumbled, but relaxed and closed his eyes. "I'm killing you as soon as this war is over." Mali laughed loudly a large grin stretching on her slightly worn face. "My what a spirited one!" She left, but came back with blankets, and a hot pot of coffee.
"Go rest. I'm assuming we won't be fighting for a few days, the demons have suffered as much as we had. They had made a mistake in thinking they could send a few of their demons and wipe us out. At least two days peace would do us all some good."
The two took the coffee and mugs thanking Mali and walked off, choosing to sit behind the food crates for privacy. "It's gotten cold." Kurama said pouring some coffee for himself, and Yusuke. "Yes. It has..." Yusuke looked up, and sighed. "I'm afraid that I'll lose one of you."
Kurama nodded, "For the time, that is my greatest fear. I would die if I lost any of you..." Yusuke agreed and then laughed, "We should ask Kuwabara, I bet he'd know!" At first Yusuke was joking, but then he realized the truth in his own words.
"Kurama...what if he does know?!" He looked at Kurama, terror written all over his face, as if it were a book. Kurama reached over, "Calm your self Yusuke! Kuwabara is able to predict a lot of things, but I don't think he can predict death." Kurama took a sip of the hot beverage. "Granted, he has felt death, when someone is going to die, but out here...we all feel it, but we can never know who. I don't think Kuwabara could know. In fact I'm sure he doesn't know. If he did, don't you think he would have said something?"
Yusuke relaxed, leaning against the crate giving a smile, and sighing with relief.
Kurama smiled. "You worry for Kuwabara a lot."
Yusuke blushed, "No I don't!"
"Oh?" Kurama looked into his coffee. "I worry for Hiei all the time." Yusuke blinked, and looked at him. "Hiei is much more fragile than he lets on. He keeps everything in, all his guilt, only letting his anger out. He keeps his pain inside...that is more painful than any means of torture...any type of death...."
Kurama looked at Yusuke, "Because I care so deeply for him, I fear for him all the time. He doesn't show it, but he fears for me as well." Kurama looked up at the sky. "He doesn't know how to express these feelings, and now with all these new feelings surfacing brought on by war, I worry more. He really cares for us, even if he doesn't know how to say it."
Kurama closed his eyes smiling. "I don't want to lose him."
Yusuke nodded.
Kurama opened his eyes, and looked at him, "I don't want to lose you or Kuwabara either....I didn't want to tell you this..." Kurama looked away, "but Mali has confessed to me, Kuwabara has internal wounds and is bleeding to death. This day is his last...by tonight...he'll be gone."
Yusuke grabbed Kurama, "NO! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!?" Yusuke dropped him, pale and shaking. He had to get to Kuwabara! "Kuwa-" Yusuke was about to rush up and then forward, when Kurama caught his hand, "Don't worry for him, hmmm?"
Yusuke realized Kurama had been tricking him, and glared, "You dirty fox!" Kurama laughed, ad Yusuke sat back down, fuming and embarrassed. "Sorry Yusuke, but I couldn't resist." Kurama smiled warmly, "Why try hiding it? You and Kuwabara care for each other, just as much as I care for Hiei."
"Showing how much I cared for him, nearly got him killed, and later it got him kidnapped."
Kurama looked at Yusuke who was drinking his own coffee. "I don't want that to happen anymore...but no matter how much I try, I can't bring myself to push him away...even if it's to save him."
"Kuwabara would have figured out what you were trying to do anyway." Kurama said offering an understanding smile.
Yusuke laughed. "Yeah." Yusuke rest his head on the crate looking up at the gray sky. "...Kurama?"
"Yes Yusuke?"
"You've helped me out a lot, and in case I don't get another chance to say it, Thank you."
"But what hav-"
"Don't ask. You know what you've done to help me."
"...Your welcome Yusuke."
The two sat in silence, and Kurama placed a hand on Yusuke's shoulder, "War is hard...even for as much missions as we've face, because now, we're seeing others, that are Reikai just like us, laying at our feet, dying."
Yusuke sighed, "Nothing seems to simple any more."
Kurama nodded.
Though they were far away, they jumped as they heard a shout, "YOU STUPID WOMAN!!!"
They looked at each other and burst out laughing. "Oh man! Mali has got to be the bravest woman for even bothering with Hiei!"
Kurama laughed and downed his drink, "Come on, Mali may need help tying Hiei down."
The two laughed, leaving their conversation behind them and made there way over to the medical area.
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):)
Yusuke and Kurama looked around the room. More tables, and cots had been moved in around the Healers, those who were well enough on their own slept inside the tents, within the safety of the shield. Several people were in beds, all who'd been caught in the water. Almost a dozen of them would be sent through the portal by the time noon came.
Yusuke went over to Kuwabara, running a hand through his friend's loose hair. Kuwabara's eyes fluttered open, and his fevered eyes turned to look up at him. "Hang in there." Yusuke said pulling more covers up around him.
He smiled, and turned his head, going back to sleep again. Kurama was telling Hiei he needed rest, though Hiei stubbornly insisted he was fine. "Hiei! If you don't shut up, and lay down, I'll sit on your head! You don't want that to happen, trust me!" Mali laughed at her own statement, Hiei glaring.
Hiei glared at her, and folded his arms like a child throwing a tantrum. "Dam*it." Yusuke fluffed his hair, and looked at him. "Hiei? Have you been using conditioner?" Hiei went red.
"That would be *BAKA* Mali's fault."
"Young'n your hair was so sharp, it needed conditioner!" She wagged her finger at him. "You two should go on, unless you want to help me. There is no fighting today. It seems both sides were worn out. I suggest you sleep."
"All right. After a nap we're coming to help." Yusuke said. "What ever you want." Mali turned to Hiei, "Try to get some sleep, or I'll be forced to knock you out."
"How woman?"
"I have medicines, just a sniff of some will knock you out. Sleep. Now."
Hiei grumbled, but relaxed and closed his eyes. "I'm killing you as soon as this war is over." Mali laughed loudly a large grin stretching on her slightly worn face. "My what a spirited one!" She left, but came back with blankets, and a hot pot of coffee.
"Go rest. I'm assuming we won't be fighting for a few days, the demons have suffered as much as we had. They had made a mistake in thinking they could send a few of their demons and wipe us out. At least two days peace would do us all some good."
The two took the coffee and mugs thanking Mali and walked off, choosing to sit behind the food crates for privacy. "It's gotten cold." Kurama said pouring some coffee for himself, and Yusuke. "Yes. It has..." Yusuke looked up, and sighed. "I'm afraid that I'll lose one of you."
Kurama nodded, "For the time, that is my greatest fear. I would die if I lost any of you..." Yusuke agreed and then laughed, "We should ask Kuwabara, I bet he'd know!" At first Yusuke was joking, but then he realized the truth in his own words.
"Kurama...what if he does know?!" He looked at Kurama, terror written all over his face, as if it were a book. Kurama reached over, "Calm your self Yusuke! Kuwabara is able to predict a lot of things, but I don't think he can predict death." Kurama took a sip of the hot beverage. "Granted, he has felt death, when someone is going to die, but out here...we all feel it, but we can never know who. I don't think Kuwabara could know. In fact I'm sure he doesn't know. If he did, don't you think he would have said something?"
Yusuke relaxed, leaning against the crate giving a smile, and sighing with relief.
Kurama smiled. "You worry for Kuwabara a lot."
Yusuke blushed, "No I don't!"
"Oh?" Kurama looked into his coffee. "I worry for Hiei all the time." Yusuke blinked, and looked at him. "Hiei is much more fragile than he lets on. He keeps everything in, all his guilt, only letting his anger out. He keeps his pain inside...that is more painful than any means of torture...any type of death...."
Kurama looked at Yusuke, "Because I care so deeply for him, I fear for him all the time. He doesn't show it, but he fears for me as well." Kurama looked up at the sky. "He doesn't know how to express these feelings, and now with all these new feelings surfacing brought on by war, I worry more. He really cares for us, even if he doesn't know how to say it."
Kurama closed his eyes smiling. "I don't want to lose him."
Yusuke nodded.
Kurama opened his eyes, and looked at him, "I don't want to lose you or Kuwabara either....I didn't want to tell you this..." Kurama looked away, "but Mali has confessed to me, Kuwabara has internal wounds and is bleeding to death. This day is his last...by tonight...he'll be gone."
Yusuke grabbed Kurama, "NO! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!?" Yusuke dropped him, pale and shaking. He had to get to Kuwabara! "Kuwa-" Yusuke was about to rush up and then forward, when Kurama caught his hand, "Don't worry for him, hmmm?"
Yusuke realized Kurama had been tricking him, and glared, "You dirty fox!" Kurama laughed, ad Yusuke sat back down, fuming and embarrassed. "Sorry Yusuke, but I couldn't resist." Kurama smiled warmly, "Why try hiding it? You and Kuwabara care for each other, just as much as I care for Hiei."
"Showing how much I cared for him, nearly got him killed, and later it got him kidnapped."
Kurama looked at Yusuke who was drinking his own coffee. "I don't want that to happen anymore...but no matter how much I try, I can't bring myself to push him away...even if it's to save him."
"Kuwabara would have figured out what you were trying to do anyway." Kurama said offering an understanding smile.
Yusuke laughed. "Yeah." Yusuke rest his head on the crate looking up at the gray sky. "...Kurama?"
"Yes Yusuke?"
"You've helped me out a lot, and in case I don't get another chance to say it, Thank you."
"But what hav-"
"Don't ask. You know what you've done to help me."
"...Your welcome Yusuke."
The two sat in silence, and Kurama placed a hand on Yusuke's shoulder, "War is hard...even for as much missions as we've face, because now, we're seeing others, that are Reikai just like us, laying at our feet, dying."
Yusuke sighed, "Nothing seems to simple any more."
Kurama nodded.
Though they were far away, they jumped as they heard a shout, "YOU STUPID WOMAN!!!"
They looked at each other and burst out laughing. "Oh man! Mali has got to be the bravest woman for even bothering with Hiei!"
Kurama laughed and downed his drink, "Come on, Mali may need help tying Hiei down."
The two laughed, leaving their conversation behind them and made there way over to the medical area.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~short I know, but sweet. PREVIEW FOR NEXT CHAPTER: I need only two words to give a summery to the next chapter: Someone dies.
):)