Hiei's eyes flashed open, and he shook his aching head. "Uhg..." He coughed, feeling as if ash was blanketing his throat and mouth. He shook his head, and looked down at the floor. At first he forgot where he was, and was confused at the rough wood under him. Then like a flash, it was all back.
He looked back over, and saw Kuwabara.
He still had not moved.
"Ku...Kuw..."
His voice to dry to form words, he crawled over to him and pulled him out from under the bed. He saw all the burns, and wounds of all sorts. Hiei felt Kuwabara's skin. His temperature was low, too low. Kuwabara needed warmth or his Pneumonia would surely kill him.
Hiei ripped the sheets off the bed and threw them over Kuwabara. He bent down to shake Kuwabara when he heard a breath of a whisper, "Hiei, keep up what your doing and listen."
It took Hiei only a moment to figure out Kuwabara was awake, and talking to him. Through half open eyes, and talking through a slightly open mouth, barely moving his lips, Kuwabara told him, "I was never that severely injured to not stand on my own. I made sure Rhim would come for me, and you, did what I hoped you would do. You got him to cut me down, him thinking I could barely breathe."
Hiei felt a flash of anger for being somehow used into Kuwabara's plan. "I pretended to be worse off than I really was, and I fell, clutching him remember?" Hiei gave a brief nod, "Look in my left hand, pretend to be checking my pulse, I don't know if they're watching us."
Hiei toyed with the thought of complimenting Kuwabara for thinking for once, but decided not too. He hadn't before, why start? He checked Kuwabara's hand, and found the key to their chains in it. Hiei couldn't help but smirk. "You bas*ard...you pick pocketing bas*ard!" Hiei laughed under his breath.
Still unmoving his lips, Kuwabara hissed, "That little "cussing me out session" had better have been in a friendly way."
Hiei smirked, and looked in his eyes. Kuwabara and him both couldn't resist to grin like fools at each other.
They had made it through the mines. They had begun a stronger friendship.
Unknown to them if they had a future, if they both lived, they would fight as always. But their bouts of hot angry words, would be cooled by the laughter of friendship.
Hiei undid his chains and gave the key to Kuwabara. "Hurry, we've got to make our escape as soon as they open the door..." Hiei looked at the walls, "If only there wasn't a shield inside here, then I could fire a blast, and destroy all these dam*ed scum."
Hiei looked back down at Kuwabara who still had not moved, "Kuwabara!? what are you waiting for human!?"
"Hiei..." Kuwabara locked eyes with him. "I can't....I have no strength to move." What Kuwabara had just admitted to Hiei was very difficult for him. He never told Hiei of any of his weaknesses. and he just now had told him of his incapability.
There was silence, and Hiei undid his chains. That was the signature to sign their friendship. The simple gesture, confirmed it.
Hiei wrapped the white blanket completely around Kuwabara, except his head. "Your too cold." Kuwabara smirked at the comment, "Look who's talking?" Hiei glared at him. "Watch your self." Hiei smirked sitting him up and leaning him against the bed.
Hiei looked at Kuwabara's current state. His hair was down, his body cool, moist, and clammy. His cheeks were sunken in, and he resembled a leper with all the burn marks on his body. Hiei frowned as his red orbs took his friend in.
"You foolish human."
Hiei heard sounds of someone coming up the stairs. "Can you stand?" Kuwabara shook his head, not looking up. "I can't feel any of me." He looked at Hiei with his slightly blue cracked lips, "I'm so cold." Kuwabara's voice had turned serious, and was cracking. He had the look of a child, who had lost his way.
Hiei felt a bit of panic rise in him, "That is because you are sick, but your shi* with honor made you come and get me. It's your own dam* fault your cold." Hiei pulled Kuwabara up, and had his arm around Kuwabara's waist, while, Kuwabara's other arm rest around Hiei's shoulder.
"You'll be warm at camp...Dawn approaches..." The footsteps got louder, "As does are freedom."
Just as the door opened, there was a loud crash behind them. Hiei turned himself around, dragging Kuwabara, seeing Yusuke and Kurama. "HIEI!" Kurama cried looking as if every emotion had struck him. His eyes shown so brightly on his skin, tears dripping down his face. Yusuke was there, but he was turned around fighting demons that dared to shoot at them.
Hiei ran to them with difficulty do to his injuries, and leapt onto the dragon in front of Kurama. "Yusuke!" Said person turned around. and Hiei helped set Kuwabara down in front of him.
Yusuke and Kurama both starred at him wide eyed. "Your alive!" Kurama gasped, a smile on his face, his eye glazed over with tears.
Kuwabara rest on Yusuke, and looked up, "Hey buddy." He wheezed.
Yusuke forgot he was in a war, forgot he was being shot at, he forgot everything. He wrapped his arms around Kuwabara and sobbed. He sobbed for all it was worth. He had Kuwabara back, and he knew nothing else. He laughed, cried, and yelled at Kuwabara as he held him. Kuwabara tried to hide his face as tears slipped down his cheeks.
"Easy Urameshi, 'm fine." Kuwabara whispered. Yusuke nodded against his friends nude back, tears soaking his skin.
"We must move!" Kurama urged, not wishing to break the reunion up. Yusuke nodded, and the two dragons took off. Hiei turned around blasting there buildings, and destroying several demons. He smiled, his eyes flashing, and laughed, "Now I feel better."
He jumped as Kurama hugged him from behind as the dragon flew away from the enemy."I'm so...so glad your okay." Kurama's voice was shaking, and Hiei felt tears drip down his bloody skin.
"Are you crying fox?"
"Yes."
Hiei went silent, and pat his friend's hand. "It's okay. I'm okay. I'm...I'm glad your fine as well...NOW LET GO!" Kurama laughed and released him, and the group rose higher in the sky, avoiding blasts of all sorts.
"Your going to need some new clothes." Yusuke said out of the blue. Kuwabara chuckled, "That was random." He winced and coughed, he was so cold, and his chest so tight. "Kuwabara?" Yusuke whispered, throat tight.
"I'm fine!" Kuwabara wheezed, his throat hoarse. Yusuke held onto him, burying his face in Kuwabara's neck. "I was so...I was afraid you were dead, and they had your body, and that we'd never be able to bring you back without your body. You really scared me man. Don't die." Yusuke choked back a sob, and Kuwabara reached back, rubbing a cold hand on his head.
"Don't worry. I won't die. After what I went through, I better not die." Kuwabara let his hand drop limply on his waist. "You should thank Hiei, you know....he...he saved me. Not too mention all those wounds he got...are...are cuz he protected me..." Kuwabara's eyes closed, and he fell into a state of half conciseness.
Hiei looked at Kuwabara with surprise, the turned away, a small smile on his face. "Hmm. The fool is so stupid. He was the one that got the keys off the demon. Bas*rd, nearly got himself killed." Hiei said glaring at Kuwabara. "Jus' shut up." Kuwabara mumbled.
Kurama and Yusuke both smiled, and broke out in relieved joyous laughter.
The dragons landed, and Hiei hopped off, Yusuke helping Kuwabara down. Healers were rushing to meet them. Healers had taken Kuwabara, and several crowded around Hiei, surprised at the severity of his wounds. Kurama stood up to get down but then.
CRACK!
The air was painted red, as a thick mist sprayed in the air. The group turned to see Kurama standing on the dragon, his head pointed upwards, a gaping whole in his stomach. His red hair clung to his sweaty, dirty, yet beautiful skin. His head slowly came down, and he let his chin drop into his chest.
He touched his stomach, seeing the blood up close. He turned his head to look at Hiei, eyes wide, and trembling. His green eyes locked with Hiei's red ones and they stood their sharing more in silence than in words. A breathy gasp came out of Kurama's lips, in the form of one questionable word.
"Hiei?"
Kurama fell back down on the great beast, and slid off the dragon. Landing at his feet.
Kurama found himself at the crossroads of life and death. His eyes were heavy, and the light was fading. The dragons were humming that song again, and he realized something.
"Ho...How ironic...the...dr...dragons weren't mourn...mourning the los...loss of friendship between...K...Kuwabara and Yusuke..."
The light left the Kitsune's eyes.
"The...they were mourning...m..my up...upcoming..." Kurama let out a sigh, his skin whiter beyond belief, "death."
His body lay cold on the ground.
He was dead.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ well. Now you know whos dead. Make my death quick. well...the next chapter is depressing. I can promise that. T_T PREVIEW FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER:
The group have now lost faith and need time to recover. Hiei is suffering the most. Losing two of the people he cares for. They suffer another blow when they hear news of Kuwabara's steadilly getting worse ailment. Hope is lost. Speaking of Hope...a familiar face comes into play.
He looked back over, and saw Kuwabara.
He still had not moved.
"Ku...Kuw..."
His voice to dry to form words, he crawled over to him and pulled him out from under the bed. He saw all the burns, and wounds of all sorts. Hiei felt Kuwabara's skin. His temperature was low, too low. Kuwabara needed warmth or his Pneumonia would surely kill him.
Hiei ripped the sheets off the bed and threw them over Kuwabara. He bent down to shake Kuwabara when he heard a breath of a whisper, "Hiei, keep up what your doing and listen."
It took Hiei only a moment to figure out Kuwabara was awake, and talking to him. Through half open eyes, and talking through a slightly open mouth, barely moving his lips, Kuwabara told him, "I was never that severely injured to not stand on my own. I made sure Rhim would come for me, and you, did what I hoped you would do. You got him to cut me down, him thinking I could barely breathe."
Hiei felt a flash of anger for being somehow used into Kuwabara's plan. "I pretended to be worse off than I really was, and I fell, clutching him remember?" Hiei gave a brief nod, "Look in my left hand, pretend to be checking my pulse, I don't know if they're watching us."
Hiei toyed with the thought of complimenting Kuwabara for thinking for once, but decided not too. He hadn't before, why start? He checked Kuwabara's hand, and found the key to their chains in it. Hiei couldn't help but smirk. "You bas*ard...you pick pocketing bas*ard!" Hiei laughed under his breath.
Still unmoving his lips, Kuwabara hissed, "That little "cussing me out session" had better have been in a friendly way."
Hiei smirked, and looked in his eyes. Kuwabara and him both couldn't resist to grin like fools at each other.
They had made it through the mines. They had begun a stronger friendship.
Unknown to them if they had a future, if they both lived, they would fight as always. But their bouts of hot angry words, would be cooled by the laughter of friendship.
Hiei undid his chains and gave the key to Kuwabara. "Hurry, we've got to make our escape as soon as they open the door..." Hiei looked at the walls, "If only there wasn't a shield inside here, then I could fire a blast, and destroy all these dam*ed scum."
Hiei looked back down at Kuwabara who still had not moved, "Kuwabara!? what are you waiting for human!?"
"Hiei..." Kuwabara locked eyes with him. "I can't....I have no strength to move." What Kuwabara had just admitted to Hiei was very difficult for him. He never told Hiei of any of his weaknesses. and he just now had told him of his incapability.
There was silence, and Hiei undid his chains. That was the signature to sign their friendship. The simple gesture, confirmed it.
Hiei wrapped the white blanket completely around Kuwabara, except his head. "Your too cold." Kuwabara smirked at the comment, "Look who's talking?" Hiei glared at him. "Watch your self." Hiei smirked sitting him up and leaning him against the bed.
Hiei looked at Kuwabara's current state. His hair was down, his body cool, moist, and clammy. His cheeks were sunken in, and he resembled a leper with all the burn marks on his body. Hiei frowned as his red orbs took his friend in.
"You foolish human."
Hiei heard sounds of someone coming up the stairs. "Can you stand?" Kuwabara shook his head, not looking up. "I can't feel any of me." He looked at Hiei with his slightly blue cracked lips, "I'm so cold." Kuwabara's voice had turned serious, and was cracking. He had the look of a child, who had lost his way.
Hiei felt a bit of panic rise in him, "That is because you are sick, but your shi* with honor made you come and get me. It's your own dam* fault your cold." Hiei pulled Kuwabara up, and had his arm around Kuwabara's waist, while, Kuwabara's other arm rest around Hiei's shoulder.
"You'll be warm at camp...Dawn approaches..." The footsteps got louder, "As does are freedom."
Just as the door opened, there was a loud crash behind them. Hiei turned himself around, dragging Kuwabara, seeing Yusuke and Kurama. "HIEI!" Kurama cried looking as if every emotion had struck him. His eyes shown so brightly on his skin, tears dripping down his face. Yusuke was there, but he was turned around fighting demons that dared to shoot at them.
Hiei ran to them with difficulty do to his injuries, and leapt onto the dragon in front of Kurama. "Yusuke!" Said person turned around. and Hiei helped set Kuwabara down in front of him.
Yusuke and Kurama both starred at him wide eyed. "Your alive!" Kurama gasped, a smile on his face, his eye glazed over with tears.
Kuwabara rest on Yusuke, and looked up, "Hey buddy." He wheezed.
Yusuke forgot he was in a war, forgot he was being shot at, he forgot everything. He wrapped his arms around Kuwabara and sobbed. He sobbed for all it was worth. He had Kuwabara back, and he knew nothing else. He laughed, cried, and yelled at Kuwabara as he held him. Kuwabara tried to hide his face as tears slipped down his cheeks.
"Easy Urameshi, 'm fine." Kuwabara whispered. Yusuke nodded against his friends nude back, tears soaking his skin.
"We must move!" Kurama urged, not wishing to break the reunion up. Yusuke nodded, and the two dragons took off. Hiei turned around blasting there buildings, and destroying several demons. He smiled, his eyes flashing, and laughed, "Now I feel better."
He jumped as Kurama hugged him from behind as the dragon flew away from the enemy."I'm so...so glad your okay." Kurama's voice was shaking, and Hiei felt tears drip down his bloody skin.
"Are you crying fox?"
"Yes."
Hiei went silent, and pat his friend's hand. "It's okay. I'm okay. I'm...I'm glad your fine as well...NOW LET GO!" Kurama laughed and released him, and the group rose higher in the sky, avoiding blasts of all sorts.
"Your going to need some new clothes." Yusuke said out of the blue. Kuwabara chuckled, "That was random." He winced and coughed, he was so cold, and his chest so tight. "Kuwabara?" Yusuke whispered, throat tight.
"I'm fine!" Kuwabara wheezed, his throat hoarse. Yusuke held onto him, burying his face in Kuwabara's neck. "I was so...I was afraid you were dead, and they had your body, and that we'd never be able to bring you back without your body. You really scared me man. Don't die." Yusuke choked back a sob, and Kuwabara reached back, rubbing a cold hand on his head.
"Don't worry. I won't die. After what I went through, I better not die." Kuwabara let his hand drop limply on his waist. "You should thank Hiei, you know....he...he saved me. Not too mention all those wounds he got...are...are cuz he protected me..." Kuwabara's eyes closed, and he fell into a state of half conciseness.
Hiei looked at Kuwabara with surprise, the turned away, a small smile on his face. "Hmm. The fool is so stupid. He was the one that got the keys off the demon. Bas*rd, nearly got himself killed." Hiei said glaring at Kuwabara. "Jus' shut up." Kuwabara mumbled.
Kurama and Yusuke both smiled, and broke out in relieved joyous laughter.
The dragons landed, and Hiei hopped off, Yusuke helping Kuwabara down. Healers were rushing to meet them. Healers had taken Kuwabara, and several crowded around Hiei, surprised at the severity of his wounds. Kurama stood up to get down but then.
CRACK!
The air was painted red, as a thick mist sprayed in the air. The group turned to see Kurama standing on the dragon, his head pointed upwards, a gaping whole in his stomach. His red hair clung to his sweaty, dirty, yet beautiful skin. His head slowly came down, and he let his chin drop into his chest.
He touched his stomach, seeing the blood up close. He turned his head to look at Hiei, eyes wide, and trembling. His green eyes locked with Hiei's red ones and they stood their sharing more in silence than in words. A breathy gasp came out of Kurama's lips, in the form of one questionable word.
"Hiei?"
Kurama fell back down on the great beast, and slid off the dragon. Landing at his feet.
Kurama found himself at the crossroads of life and death. His eyes were heavy, and the light was fading. The dragons were humming that song again, and he realized something.
"Ho...How ironic...the...dr...dragons weren't mourn...mourning the los...loss of friendship between...K...Kuwabara and Yusuke..."
The light left the Kitsune's eyes.
"The...they were mourning...m..my up...upcoming..." Kurama let out a sigh, his skin whiter beyond belief, "death."
His body lay cold on the ground.
He was dead.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ well. Now you know whos dead. Make my death quick. well...the next chapter is depressing. I can promise that. T_T PREVIEW FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER:
The group have now lost faith and need time to recover. Hiei is suffering the most. Losing two of the people he cares for. They suffer another blow when they hear news of Kuwabara's steadilly getting worse ailment. Hope is lost. Speaking of Hope...a familiar face comes into play.