As everything settled, Yusuke lay curled up on the ground, tired, and in pain. He cursed Hiei's name in his mind, angry at him, and angry at himself for *being* angry at Hiei.
"YUSUKE!"
Said person, groaned and looked up, Kurama was running to him. He fell over gasping, tears falling from his cheeks. Yusuke sat up painfully, grasping Kurama's shoulders. "What is it?! Kurama? Kurama!?" Yusuke shook his friend, and Kurama gasped, "They...they took Hiei and Kuwabara!"
"Who's they!?"
"The enemy! A demon on a dragon took Hiei and Kuwabara...Yusuke...I saw the demon stab Kuwabara in the neck...I think..."
Yusuke groaned louder, and fell on the ground, tears spilling out his eyes. "Nooo...no....don't say it. Please Kurama don't say it!"
"Yusuke it...it looked like he died...I'm-"
Yusuke struck Kurama across his face. "YOU LIE!" Yusuke began to scream and tear at the dead bodies around him. Many soldiers were frozen and starred at him, eyes wide.
Yusuke fell limp, and cursed everything he could curse, including himself and lay, his mind thinking of his best friend. All they'd done. All they'd gone through.
~ flashback quotes ~
'Your supposed to be here!...For me....'
'Urameshi?!'
'Can't you think this out a little longer?!'
'I won't die...even if all the bones in my body are broke...We still...must fight each other...'
'So whats this important guy stuff we need to get?'
'If you come out here I'll turn my sword on you myself!'
'Hey...leave him to my Urameshi...'
'Lets goto Hell together!'
'Take That back Urameshi!"
'DON'T YOU BE DEAD YOU BAS*RD!' (---Can't remember but I think this is a quote from later on in the series.)
'Urameshi! Hahaha!'
~ end ~
Finally, Kuwabara's voice echoing so loudly in his head, he stopped all movement, and just cried. Cried at the broken promise. He told him, that they wouldn't die. He told Kuwabara they weren't going to die....
He didn't want to lie.
Many watched with sympathy as Yusuke sobbed bitterly.
After what seemed like forever he whispered, "They have Hiei and Kuwabara's...body...for sure?"
Kurama nodded, and with dead eyes Yusuke helped Kurama stand. "Let's get Hiei...and Kuwabara...he needs his body." Yusuke spoke boldly, but at the last word, broke down crying again, and Kurama held him up.
"Kurama!" He sobbed, "I told him we weren't going to die! I said we were all going to make it!" Kurama had to hold him up, as Yusuke completely broke. "I...I..." Yusuke was unable to talk.
Kuwabara was his best friend and beyond. No one compared to Kuwabara, and he'd let him die. After he had said no. He died. Yusuke sobbed, and looked up into Kurama's moist eyes, "Did he look cold?" Kurama blinked and shook his head.
"Good...he...he said he didn't want to die cold." Yusuke sobbed harder, and Kurama held him. "It's all right Yusuke...we'll fix this. He'll come back." Kurama sobbed along with the broken man, his thoughts resting on the fallen human, and Hiei.
What was happening to Hiei?
~*~
"ARR!" Hiei growled viciously. The dragon had landed, and the demon, picked up him and Kuwabara. Hiei still held onto Kuwabara's shirt. Other demon's laughed, and pulled at him, and Kuwabara. Hiei howled and yelled, snarling like a wild animal. He thrashed at them, injuring them in anyway if they tried to take Kuwabara.
A fear had settled in. What if they took Kuwabara's body....Demons ate humans...what would....?
Hiei's hands had been tied, by some odd chain, and he felt no energy in at all. No power, he wasn't sure if he could fight. What really pissed him off, was that they had done this to Kuwabara's dead body. Why would they put a body in chains?
Hiei was dragged to a tall poorly made building, and thrown into a room at the top floor, followed by Kuwabara. The demon pulled out the needle, and stabbed Kuwabara in the neck again.
Hiei froze as Kuwabara came back to life, wheezing, and blinking. "Heheheh. How did it feel human? To be frozen, and unable to move? This is a nifty little trick...stops everything in the body...full awareness is left, but everything else is gone. feeling okay there?"
Kuwabara mumbled hoarsely, "Bite me, you bit*h."
Hiei flinched already knowing that wasn't wise, and watched as Kuwabara was kicked hard in his chest. Hiei got up going to Kuwabara's side, and with his cuffed hands, did his best to help him up.
The demon spat on him, "Fighting by a human! Pathetic!" Hiei released Kuwabara, and charged the demon. His knee crashing hard into the demon's belly. "It appears I can still fight after all."
The demon coughed, and shoved Hiei back in the room, slamming the door. "We can break out of this-" "No we can't." Hiei interrupted Kuwabara. This room looks normal, but it's powered by some sort of shield...don't touch the walls."
Kuwabara nodded and laid back down with his eyes closed. He began coughing, and Hiei recognized that cough. He and Kuwabara made that cough, and that was when Mali noticed they had Pneumonia. Hiei slowly turned his head and stared at Kuwabara. His hands were to his mouth, and his whole body convulsed as he coughed.
"Your still sick!" Hiei gasped softly. Kuwabara's eyes opened slightly, and he starred back with fevered eyes.
Hiei went to his side, and whispered, "Curse you human, curse you...trying to help me when your half dead!" Hiei swore at him, and when he realized Kuwabara had no shirt, and just a jacket he swore more.
"Odd...who would have guessed we'd be friends." Kuwabara snorted chuckling. "We are not friends...I just don't want to kill you any more." Hiei snorted. Kuwabara chuckled, and Hiei pulled him up, and slung him on the only bed. "Sleep." Kuwabara smiled, and whispered, "What will they do to us?"
Hiei starred at him.
Kuwabara looked back, "I know what humans do to humans when they torture, but how do demons torture?" Hiei starred at him, and the thought dawned on him that even healthy, Kuwabara had little chance to survive more than 4 days of demon torture. And since he wasn't healthy, that meant within two days....
Hiei shook his head. "Don't worry yourself fool. Demon torture is almost like human torture. *We* just do it better." Hiei sat cross-legged at Kuwabara's side. Kuwabara nodded, sweat on his face, his fever returning. "I hope they come and get it over with, I'm not answering anything they ask."
Hiei nodded. "You say that now..."
"I won't answer them!"
"Your a human! Humans are weak!"
"I WON'T ANSWER THEM YOU SHRIMP! WATCH ME!"
Hiei smiled to himself. He knew for sure now Kuwabara wouldn't break. Kuwabara would always try his hardest to prove Hiei wrong...
"What ever human."
Kuwabara went silent, and brought his chained hands up. He starred at them with curiosity. "These things are taking are power..." He whispered. "It's using out own energy to trap us, and because of these bracelets, these things will never come off of us, unless someone chops them off."
Hiei merely nodded.
Kuwabara brought his hands down, but rest them both on Hiei's head, ruffling his hair. "What do you think your doing?" Hiei felt his anger rise. Kuwabara removed his hands, and then turned around facing the wall. "I'm sorry."
Hiei was about to speak when Kuwabara whispered, "Mali died. I could tell by the air hanging around you...and for the fact that I can't feel her here anymore. Even stuck in here, I can still feel the others...but Mali's not there."
Kuwabara yawned.
"I'm sorry." He whispered again, and Hiei caught the faint sounds of sleep. Hiei turned to look back at him. Hiei still felt the warmth of Kuwabara's hands in his hair. He shook his head laughing darkly, "Dam* you Kuwabara...dam* the human race...for making me care about someone as pathetic as a human."
His hands were up at his face, one on his forehead, and he laughed at this strange fate. Finally, he and Kuwabara were making progress in getting along, and making steps towards friendship, after three years of working side by side. And their first real step of getting along, was now taking place in a prison cell, and being held captive by the enemy.
Hiei sat there alone with his thoughts. He'd come to accept the idea that he was beginning to feel, and care for others. But now he wanted to figure out why. He sighed. He'd have plenty of that now, and then maybe he and Kuwabara could escape.
A thought dawned on him. What about Kurama? Was he okay? Did he and Yusuke even know where they were?
But most importantly, were they coming to help them?
~*~
"WHAT THE HELL YOU MEAN WE CAN'T GO SAVE THEM! THAT'S BULLSH*T!" Yusuke slammed his hands down on the table. One of the healers was talking with him and Kurama, and they refused to give them aid, or permission in saving their friends.
"It's broad day light! You'll get caught, and we'll have more hostages! We're sorry, but we have to sacrifice them to save the others!"
"SACRIFICE THEM?!" Yusuke shouted enraged, tears pouring down his cheeks. "ONE OF THEM IS ALREADY DEAD! DEAD, YOU HEAR ME!? DEAD!!" Yusuke took in a shuddering breath, "There is still hope for Hiei...a...and I want to get my friend's body back...so that he can come back when all this is over..."
The healer shook his head. "I'm sorry. When all this is over, we'll explain the situation to Koenma...Then maybe we'll go back and find their bodies."
Yusuke laughed bitterly and shook his head, "Demons....they eat humans...they could be trying to make a feast out of our friends...." Yusuke was gasping as if he had no breath. Kurama was not reacting like Yusuke. He was taking this another way.
"EXPLAIN?" Kurama snarled grabbing the Healer in front of him, "EXPLAIN HOW WE LEFT ARE FRIENDS TO DIE, AND ON TOP OF THAT, DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO SAVE THEM?!" Kurama threw him into the wall, and turned storming out.
Yusuke glared at them all, "If I have to go and save Hiei on foot I will!" He turned pausing. "I won't leave my best friend's body in the hands of a demon." He shook, thinking of all the things that they could do to him.
"He wouldn't leave me there..."
Yusuke and Kurama walked away angrily, and Kurama whispered, "Now what are we going to do?" "We're going to get Hiei." Yusuke stated simply.
"We'll go late tonight. When no one is looking, Hiei's strong, he can hold out long enough for us to get there." Yusuke said nodding his head.
Kurama grabbed his arm, "But what about Kuwabara's body? You said you couldn't leave his body in there!" Yusuke shook. His eyes filled with pain, "I can't, but Kuwabara would have wanted me to save Hiei...ev...even if I can't bring him back, or even if I can't find his body." Yusuke's voice cracked, "I know...that's what he would have wanted. Because I would have wanted the sa...same thing." Yusuke turned, trying fiercely to hide his conflicted emotions. "Until tonight."
Yusuke walked quickly away, and Kurama felt tears in his eyes. Yusuke was sacrificing a great deal for Hiei and himself. Kurama's heart ached, and he realized it was deeper than that. Yusuke wasn't just doing this for his friendship with Hiei, but he was doing it for his and Kuwabara's.
Indeed, Kuwabara would have wanted it this way.
'Yusuke...you blame yourself...and to make up for it...your going to do your best to bring Hiei back...' Kurama's chest tightened at the thought. He wished, and hoped that Kuwabara was still alive, and not dead like Kurama saw.
But...that needle...and how he froze up...and...
He also wished, Hiei could hold out. Even if just for a little bit.
~*~
Hiei hit the wall from another blow. Three hours of nonstop torture. It was mostly being beaten, they hadn't brought the weapons out yet. Hiei and Kuwabara were unable to fight back. Their chains were now hooked up to chains on the ceiling. and their legs were bond in away, where it hurt to move them.
"Stop."
The main torturer, who called him self Rhim, held up a hand. The two large demon's stepped away from Hiei, and Kuwabara. Rhim had Yellow eyes, and silver hair. His skin an ashy gray. He smiled, the smile of a devil hidden behind a beautiful mask, and took Hiei's chin.
"Not one scream. That is the demon way."
He let him go and looked at Kuwabara. Kuwabara hadn't screamed, but it was obvious by the way he was gasping, that the blows were hurting him more than Hiei. "Your so sick..." Rhim said faking sympathy.
He released Hiei's chin and then took Kuwabara's; he looked into his fevered eyes. "You poor human..."
"I know why I'm si...sick." Kuwabara wheezed. "I'm sick from looking into your eyes."
Hiei felt his eyes widen, why did he have to do that?! "Excuse me human?" Rhim asked between gritted teeth. "Well...you keep look...lookin' into my eyes. Just so you kn..know I don't roll that way."
Hiei blinked, and burst out laughing. He couldn't help it. He wasn't laughing at the humor, he was laughing at the fact that this was not a time for jokes. He was laughing at the timing for Kuwabara's cocky side to reveal itself. Kuwabara was signing his death warrent, and by the easy jokes he did not care a bit.
The other demons were laughing and making cat calls at Rhim.
"GET MY WEAPON!" Rhim yelled. The room went silent and one of the demons left. "Your going to regret that..." Rhim turned to Hiei. "Do you have any information to give to me? Where another way into Spirit World is?"
"Yeah I got sumtin'." Kuwabara murmured, Rhim snapping his head over to him, "Your ugly." Hiei starred at him appalled. He wasn't sure why he'd gototn so dam* cocky, and Hiei wished he could smack Kuwabara in the head and tell him to stop.
Hiei had a sinking suspicion that Kuwabara was doing this on purpose. But for what reason? He shuddered as a thought entered his head, Kuwabara could be doing this for him. He looked at Kuwabara who caught his eye. At that moment he knew, Kuwabara was up to something.
The demon came back, and Rhim took a long metal object. It looked like a thin sword, without the handle. At the tip there was a small ball, that glowed with some unknown power.
"This weapon is very special human..." Rhim smiled sadistically, running the cool metal down Kuwabara's cheek. "Let me show you, but first..." He nodded at the demon's and they cut him down from the ceiling, both holding his elbows, his hands still shackled together.
"Let's start with an easy question, What is your name?" Kuwabara pursed his lips, a heavy tension had fallen in the room, Kuwabara finally glared at him and shook his head. Rhim smiled, and with ease pushed the metal rod into Kuwabara's hand.
Kuwabara's eyes grew wide, and he let out a fierce painful howl. Hiei stared in surprise, if Kuwabara was just being stabbed it couldn't be hurting him that bad, Hiei knew Kuwabara was stronger than that.
He pulled the weapon out, Kuwabara gasping. Hiei starred at Kuwabara's hand, there was no hole, no blood, but a tiny red burn. "As you have just found out, my dear human, this weapon turns your spirit energy against you, and attacks your life energy....so have anything funny to say now?"
Kuwabara's head hung down and he was gasping painfully. Eventually his head came up, starring right at Rhim.
Kuwabara smiled, "I'm sorry were you talking?" The demon frowned and shoved the weapon into Kuwabara's bare chest, right below the collar bone. Kuwabara and Hiei's jackets had both been taken away, but Kuwabara had forgotten his shirt, so his chest lay naked.
There was another howl, and their continued to be several more, for a good two hours. Hiei wrestled against his chains, growling as with each stab, Rhim left the rod in Kuwabara longer. The burns spread over his body, becoming wider and longer.
Kuwabara's legs trembled, and Kuwabara was coughing so hard from his Pneumonia that blood was in the corner of his mouth. His skin was paler than normal, and his lips were cracked, needing moisture. There were several burn marks on Kuwabara, and his pants were ripped where he'd been stabbed.
"I grow impatient...." The demon snarled. Kuwabara looked at him, sweat dripping from his curls, and from his body. "So gro...grow impatient. I'm not stopin' ya..." Rage building up, Rhim shoved the weapon into Kuwabara's knee, and Kuwabara's head threw back, and he screamed so loudly, and painfully, that the demons that held him flinched them selves.
When he pulled it out, Kuwabara would have fallen, if it wasn't for the demons holding him up.
"Your so pathetic Rhim..." Kuwabara murmured. Rhim pulled back his rod, "Enough! Your life ends now!"
"He's right. You are pathetic."
Rhim turned to stare at Hiei, who stared back at him coolly. "What?" Rhim growled. "You've been torturing him for over an hour. A mere human. Torturing the weak to make you feel better, too afraid to torture a demon." Rhim growled, and looked from him to Kuwabara. "Release him!" The demon's dropped Kuwabara, and he grabbed hold of Rhim's clothes before he fell crashing to the ground. Rhim kicked him hard, sending him towards the bed.
His head, shoulders, and arms resting under it, hacking coughs filling the room. "Don't get your filth on me human!" Rhim turned to Hiei, and held out the rod. His torture began on Hiei, but he hardly noticed.
He starred at Kuwabara listening to his coughs. They sounded like the cry of death to his ears.
Hiei knew he had been wrong about Kuwabara surviving two days.
Kuwabara wouldn't last the night.
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Dun dun dun! Well....this is the pace setter. From here things are gonna get worse. It will look like it'll be good and then Boom! Something really horriable happenes...*shakes head* I am so evil! :) PREVIEW FOR NEXT CHAPTER:
These last chapters are just going to be seriouse and sad. There may be happy moments, but war hardly has any happiness. We will join Kurama as he remembers something from the past...A sad song played for friendship that should never be lost....(foreshadowing of death. Another person you'll never exspect)
"YUSUKE!"
Said person, groaned and looked up, Kurama was running to him. He fell over gasping, tears falling from his cheeks. Yusuke sat up painfully, grasping Kurama's shoulders. "What is it?! Kurama? Kurama!?" Yusuke shook his friend, and Kurama gasped, "They...they took Hiei and Kuwabara!"
"Who's they!?"
"The enemy! A demon on a dragon took Hiei and Kuwabara...Yusuke...I saw the demon stab Kuwabara in the neck...I think..."
Yusuke groaned louder, and fell on the ground, tears spilling out his eyes. "Nooo...no....don't say it. Please Kurama don't say it!"
"Yusuke it...it looked like he died...I'm-"
Yusuke struck Kurama across his face. "YOU LIE!" Yusuke began to scream and tear at the dead bodies around him. Many soldiers were frozen and starred at him, eyes wide.
Yusuke fell limp, and cursed everything he could curse, including himself and lay, his mind thinking of his best friend. All they'd done. All they'd gone through.
~ flashback quotes ~
'Your supposed to be here!...For me....'
'Urameshi?!'
'Can't you think this out a little longer?!'
'I won't die...even if all the bones in my body are broke...We still...must fight each other...'
'So whats this important guy stuff we need to get?'
'If you come out here I'll turn my sword on you myself!'
'Hey...leave him to my Urameshi...'
'Lets goto Hell together!'
'Take That back Urameshi!"
'DON'T YOU BE DEAD YOU BAS*RD!' (---Can't remember but I think this is a quote from later on in the series.)
'Urameshi! Hahaha!'
~ end ~
Finally, Kuwabara's voice echoing so loudly in his head, he stopped all movement, and just cried. Cried at the broken promise. He told him, that they wouldn't die. He told Kuwabara they weren't going to die....
He didn't want to lie.
Many watched with sympathy as Yusuke sobbed bitterly.
After what seemed like forever he whispered, "They have Hiei and Kuwabara's...body...for sure?"
Kurama nodded, and with dead eyes Yusuke helped Kurama stand. "Let's get Hiei...and Kuwabara...he needs his body." Yusuke spoke boldly, but at the last word, broke down crying again, and Kurama held him up.
"Kurama!" He sobbed, "I told him we weren't going to die! I said we were all going to make it!" Kurama had to hold him up, as Yusuke completely broke. "I...I..." Yusuke was unable to talk.
Kuwabara was his best friend and beyond. No one compared to Kuwabara, and he'd let him die. After he had said no. He died. Yusuke sobbed, and looked up into Kurama's moist eyes, "Did he look cold?" Kurama blinked and shook his head.
"Good...he...he said he didn't want to die cold." Yusuke sobbed harder, and Kurama held him. "It's all right Yusuke...we'll fix this. He'll come back." Kurama sobbed along with the broken man, his thoughts resting on the fallen human, and Hiei.
What was happening to Hiei?
~*~
"ARR!" Hiei growled viciously. The dragon had landed, and the demon, picked up him and Kuwabara. Hiei still held onto Kuwabara's shirt. Other demon's laughed, and pulled at him, and Kuwabara. Hiei howled and yelled, snarling like a wild animal. He thrashed at them, injuring them in anyway if they tried to take Kuwabara.
A fear had settled in. What if they took Kuwabara's body....Demons ate humans...what would....?
Hiei's hands had been tied, by some odd chain, and he felt no energy in at all. No power, he wasn't sure if he could fight. What really pissed him off, was that they had done this to Kuwabara's dead body. Why would they put a body in chains?
Hiei was dragged to a tall poorly made building, and thrown into a room at the top floor, followed by Kuwabara. The demon pulled out the needle, and stabbed Kuwabara in the neck again.
Hiei froze as Kuwabara came back to life, wheezing, and blinking. "Heheheh. How did it feel human? To be frozen, and unable to move? This is a nifty little trick...stops everything in the body...full awareness is left, but everything else is gone. feeling okay there?"
Kuwabara mumbled hoarsely, "Bite me, you bit*h."
Hiei flinched already knowing that wasn't wise, and watched as Kuwabara was kicked hard in his chest. Hiei got up going to Kuwabara's side, and with his cuffed hands, did his best to help him up.
The demon spat on him, "Fighting by a human! Pathetic!" Hiei released Kuwabara, and charged the demon. His knee crashing hard into the demon's belly. "It appears I can still fight after all."
The demon coughed, and shoved Hiei back in the room, slamming the door. "We can break out of this-" "No we can't." Hiei interrupted Kuwabara. This room looks normal, but it's powered by some sort of shield...don't touch the walls."
Kuwabara nodded and laid back down with his eyes closed. He began coughing, and Hiei recognized that cough. He and Kuwabara made that cough, and that was when Mali noticed they had Pneumonia. Hiei slowly turned his head and stared at Kuwabara. His hands were to his mouth, and his whole body convulsed as he coughed.
"Your still sick!" Hiei gasped softly. Kuwabara's eyes opened slightly, and he starred back with fevered eyes.
Hiei went to his side, and whispered, "Curse you human, curse you...trying to help me when your half dead!" Hiei swore at him, and when he realized Kuwabara had no shirt, and just a jacket he swore more.
"Odd...who would have guessed we'd be friends." Kuwabara snorted chuckling. "We are not friends...I just don't want to kill you any more." Hiei snorted. Kuwabara chuckled, and Hiei pulled him up, and slung him on the only bed. "Sleep." Kuwabara smiled, and whispered, "What will they do to us?"
Hiei starred at him.
Kuwabara looked back, "I know what humans do to humans when they torture, but how do demons torture?" Hiei starred at him, and the thought dawned on him that even healthy, Kuwabara had little chance to survive more than 4 days of demon torture. And since he wasn't healthy, that meant within two days....
Hiei shook his head. "Don't worry yourself fool. Demon torture is almost like human torture. *We* just do it better." Hiei sat cross-legged at Kuwabara's side. Kuwabara nodded, sweat on his face, his fever returning. "I hope they come and get it over with, I'm not answering anything they ask."
Hiei nodded. "You say that now..."
"I won't answer them!"
"Your a human! Humans are weak!"
"I WON'T ANSWER THEM YOU SHRIMP! WATCH ME!"
Hiei smiled to himself. He knew for sure now Kuwabara wouldn't break. Kuwabara would always try his hardest to prove Hiei wrong...
"What ever human."
Kuwabara went silent, and brought his chained hands up. He starred at them with curiosity. "These things are taking are power..." He whispered. "It's using out own energy to trap us, and because of these bracelets, these things will never come off of us, unless someone chops them off."
Hiei merely nodded.
Kuwabara brought his hands down, but rest them both on Hiei's head, ruffling his hair. "What do you think your doing?" Hiei felt his anger rise. Kuwabara removed his hands, and then turned around facing the wall. "I'm sorry."
Hiei was about to speak when Kuwabara whispered, "Mali died. I could tell by the air hanging around you...and for the fact that I can't feel her here anymore. Even stuck in here, I can still feel the others...but Mali's not there."
Kuwabara yawned.
"I'm sorry." He whispered again, and Hiei caught the faint sounds of sleep. Hiei turned to look back at him. Hiei still felt the warmth of Kuwabara's hands in his hair. He shook his head laughing darkly, "Dam* you Kuwabara...dam* the human race...for making me care about someone as pathetic as a human."
His hands were up at his face, one on his forehead, and he laughed at this strange fate. Finally, he and Kuwabara were making progress in getting along, and making steps towards friendship, after three years of working side by side. And their first real step of getting along, was now taking place in a prison cell, and being held captive by the enemy.
Hiei sat there alone with his thoughts. He'd come to accept the idea that he was beginning to feel, and care for others. But now he wanted to figure out why. He sighed. He'd have plenty of that now, and then maybe he and Kuwabara could escape.
A thought dawned on him. What about Kurama? Was he okay? Did he and Yusuke even know where they were?
But most importantly, were they coming to help them?
~*~
"WHAT THE HELL YOU MEAN WE CAN'T GO SAVE THEM! THAT'S BULLSH*T!" Yusuke slammed his hands down on the table. One of the healers was talking with him and Kurama, and they refused to give them aid, or permission in saving their friends.
"It's broad day light! You'll get caught, and we'll have more hostages! We're sorry, but we have to sacrifice them to save the others!"
"SACRIFICE THEM?!" Yusuke shouted enraged, tears pouring down his cheeks. "ONE OF THEM IS ALREADY DEAD! DEAD, YOU HEAR ME!? DEAD!!" Yusuke took in a shuddering breath, "There is still hope for Hiei...a...and I want to get my friend's body back...so that he can come back when all this is over..."
The healer shook his head. "I'm sorry. When all this is over, we'll explain the situation to Koenma...Then maybe we'll go back and find their bodies."
Yusuke laughed bitterly and shook his head, "Demons....they eat humans...they could be trying to make a feast out of our friends...." Yusuke was gasping as if he had no breath. Kurama was not reacting like Yusuke. He was taking this another way.
"EXPLAIN?" Kurama snarled grabbing the Healer in front of him, "EXPLAIN HOW WE LEFT ARE FRIENDS TO DIE, AND ON TOP OF THAT, DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO SAVE THEM?!" Kurama threw him into the wall, and turned storming out.
Yusuke glared at them all, "If I have to go and save Hiei on foot I will!" He turned pausing. "I won't leave my best friend's body in the hands of a demon." He shook, thinking of all the things that they could do to him.
"He wouldn't leave me there..."
Yusuke and Kurama walked away angrily, and Kurama whispered, "Now what are we going to do?" "We're going to get Hiei." Yusuke stated simply.
"We'll go late tonight. When no one is looking, Hiei's strong, he can hold out long enough for us to get there." Yusuke said nodding his head.
Kurama grabbed his arm, "But what about Kuwabara's body? You said you couldn't leave his body in there!" Yusuke shook. His eyes filled with pain, "I can't, but Kuwabara would have wanted me to save Hiei...ev...even if I can't bring him back, or even if I can't find his body." Yusuke's voice cracked, "I know...that's what he would have wanted. Because I would have wanted the sa...same thing." Yusuke turned, trying fiercely to hide his conflicted emotions. "Until tonight."
Yusuke walked quickly away, and Kurama felt tears in his eyes. Yusuke was sacrificing a great deal for Hiei and himself. Kurama's heart ached, and he realized it was deeper than that. Yusuke wasn't just doing this for his friendship with Hiei, but he was doing it for his and Kuwabara's.
Indeed, Kuwabara would have wanted it this way.
'Yusuke...you blame yourself...and to make up for it...your going to do your best to bring Hiei back...' Kurama's chest tightened at the thought. He wished, and hoped that Kuwabara was still alive, and not dead like Kurama saw.
But...that needle...and how he froze up...and...
He also wished, Hiei could hold out. Even if just for a little bit.
~*~
Hiei hit the wall from another blow. Three hours of nonstop torture. It was mostly being beaten, they hadn't brought the weapons out yet. Hiei and Kuwabara were unable to fight back. Their chains were now hooked up to chains on the ceiling. and their legs were bond in away, where it hurt to move them.
"Stop."
The main torturer, who called him self Rhim, held up a hand. The two large demon's stepped away from Hiei, and Kuwabara. Rhim had Yellow eyes, and silver hair. His skin an ashy gray. He smiled, the smile of a devil hidden behind a beautiful mask, and took Hiei's chin.
"Not one scream. That is the demon way."
He let him go and looked at Kuwabara. Kuwabara hadn't screamed, but it was obvious by the way he was gasping, that the blows were hurting him more than Hiei. "Your so sick..." Rhim said faking sympathy.
He released Hiei's chin and then took Kuwabara's; he looked into his fevered eyes. "You poor human..."
"I know why I'm si...sick." Kuwabara wheezed. "I'm sick from looking into your eyes."
Hiei felt his eyes widen, why did he have to do that?! "Excuse me human?" Rhim asked between gritted teeth. "Well...you keep look...lookin' into my eyes. Just so you kn..know I don't roll that way."
Hiei blinked, and burst out laughing. He couldn't help it. He wasn't laughing at the humor, he was laughing at the fact that this was not a time for jokes. He was laughing at the timing for Kuwabara's cocky side to reveal itself. Kuwabara was signing his death warrent, and by the easy jokes he did not care a bit.
The other demons were laughing and making cat calls at Rhim.
"GET MY WEAPON!" Rhim yelled. The room went silent and one of the demons left. "Your going to regret that..." Rhim turned to Hiei. "Do you have any information to give to me? Where another way into Spirit World is?"
"Yeah I got sumtin'." Kuwabara murmured, Rhim snapping his head over to him, "Your ugly." Hiei starred at him appalled. He wasn't sure why he'd gototn so dam* cocky, and Hiei wished he could smack Kuwabara in the head and tell him to stop.
Hiei had a sinking suspicion that Kuwabara was doing this on purpose. But for what reason? He shuddered as a thought entered his head, Kuwabara could be doing this for him. He looked at Kuwabara who caught his eye. At that moment he knew, Kuwabara was up to something.
The demon came back, and Rhim took a long metal object. It looked like a thin sword, without the handle. At the tip there was a small ball, that glowed with some unknown power.
"This weapon is very special human..." Rhim smiled sadistically, running the cool metal down Kuwabara's cheek. "Let me show you, but first..." He nodded at the demon's and they cut him down from the ceiling, both holding his elbows, his hands still shackled together.
"Let's start with an easy question, What is your name?" Kuwabara pursed his lips, a heavy tension had fallen in the room, Kuwabara finally glared at him and shook his head. Rhim smiled, and with ease pushed the metal rod into Kuwabara's hand.
Kuwabara's eyes grew wide, and he let out a fierce painful howl. Hiei stared in surprise, if Kuwabara was just being stabbed it couldn't be hurting him that bad, Hiei knew Kuwabara was stronger than that.
He pulled the weapon out, Kuwabara gasping. Hiei starred at Kuwabara's hand, there was no hole, no blood, but a tiny red burn. "As you have just found out, my dear human, this weapon turns your spirit energy against you, and attacks your life energy....so have anything funny to say now?"
Kuwabara's head hung down and he was gasping painfully. Eventually his head came up, starring right at Rhim.
Kuwabara smiled, "I'm sorry were you talking?" The demon frowned and shoved the weapon into Kuwabara's bare chest, right below the collar bone. Kuwabara and Hiei's jackets had both been taken away, but Kuwabara had forgotten his shirt, so his chest lay naked.
There was another howl, and their continued to be several more, for a good two hours. Hiei wrestled against his chains, growling as with each stab, Rhim left the rod in Kuwabara longer. The burns spread over his body, becoming wider and longer.
Kuwabara's legs trembled, and Kuwabara was coughing so hard from his Pneumonia that blood was in the corner of his mouth. His skin was paler than normal, and his lips were cracked, needing moisture. There were several burn marks on Kuwabara, and his pants were ripped where he'd been stabbed.
"I grow impatient...." The demon snarled. Kuwabara looked at him, sweat dripping from his curls, and from his body. "So gro...grow impatient. I'm not stopin' ya..." Rage building up, Rhim shoved the weapon into Kuwabara's knee, and Kuwabara's head threw back, and he screamed so loudly, and painfully, that the demons that held him flinched them selves.
When he pulled it out, Kuwabara would have fallen, if it wasn't for the demons holding him up.
"Your so pathetic Rhim..." Kuwabara murmured. Rhim pulled back his rod, "Enough! Your life ends now!"
"He's right. You are pathetic."
Rhim turned to stare at Hiei, who stared back at him coolly. "What?" Rhim growled. "You've been torturing him for over an hour. A mere human. Torturing the weak to make you feel better, too afraid to torture a demon." Rhim growled, and looked from him to Kuwabara. "Release him!" The demon's dropped Kuwabara, and he grabbed hold of Rhim's clothes before he fell crashing to the ground. Rhim kicked him hard, sending him towards the bed.
His head, shoulders, and arms resting under it, hacking coughs filling the room. "Don't get your filth on me human!" Rhim turned to Hiei, and held out the rod. His torture began on Hiei, but he hardly noticed.
He starred at Kuwabara listening to his coughs. They sounded like the cry of death to his ears.
Hiei knew he had been wrong about Kuwabara surviving two days.
Kuwabara wouldn't last the night.
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Dun dun dun! Well....this is the pace setter. From here things are gonna get worse. It will look like it'll be good and then Boom! Something really horriable happenes...*shakes head* I am so evil! :) PREVIEW FOR NEXT CHAPTER:
These last chapters are just going to be seriouse and sad. There may be happy moments, but war hardly has any happiness. We will join Kurama as he remembers something from the past...A sad song played for friendship that should never be lost....(foreshadowing of death. Another person you'll never exspect)