Lizzie:Okay!I'm back!Are you guys ready to hear Hiei and Kurama's secret?!It comes in soon,if you want......
Lena:Tell me!!!
Lizzie:You already know......
Lena:Oh yeah.....
Kurama:What?!Lena knows but the rest of us don't?!
Hiei:This is an outrage!We should all know what the secret is!!
Genkai:Before she gets killed,Lizzie owns nothing in her fanfictions save her poems,songs,made up people,and made up places.Lizzie does not own Lena either.Her friend does.
Hiei&Kurama:YOU TWO ARE GOING TO DIE!!!!!*chase the L's around with sword and whip drawn*
Yusuke:Funny!!
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with the couples........((Author's POV))
Hiei sighed."Alright.I'll tell them."He took Lizzie's hand in his and looked her stragiht in the eyes."Kurama and I were-.......We were......."He trailed off uncertainly.Kurama took Lena's hand and looked her in the eyes as well.Hiei continued."We were sent to kill you."Lizzie stood and pulled away from Hiei.She didn't believe him,but she didn't know what else to do."Kurama and I were sent by 4 people to kill you.The four were the the elder Toguro,Sakkyo,and a girl whose name remains unknown.They said if we didn't kill you 2,they would kill Yukina and Kurama's mother."Hiei stood and grabbed Lizzie."That is why we were coming to Genkai's.We were told we could find at least one of you here."He kissed her lips for a moment."But we fell in love and we no longer can bring ourselves to do that."
Lena looked at Kurama."Is this true?"Kurama nodded.Lena laid her head on his chest.Kurama winced at the pain of his wounds being touched.Lena leaned back with an apologetic look on her face."I am so sorry!"He shooked it off and leaned her back on his chest.He pulled out a knife from his sleeve.He put it on the back of her throat,ready to cut her,but didn't.He put the knife back and pulled Lena closer."I love you Kurama!I really do!"She snuggled closer,causing Kurama to wince again.
Lizzie raced outside and sat under a tree.It was all too much for her.Hiei and Kurama?Sent to kill them?She just couldn't believe it."I love him.But he was sent to kill me.This is nonsense!"She yawned and closed her eyes.She felt an unusually warm presence near her and a bee sting her neck.The warmth wrapped around her and rocked her gently,back and forth.She fell asleep,but first she heard the most interesting tune."A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."She touched the center of the warmth and fell into deep sleep.Hiei kissed her forehead lovingly.
"I really am sorry.I know I can't kill you anymore,but I have to."He took a needle out of her neck.It had a mixture of water and a small amount of cyanide,Not enough to kill her,just enough to knock her out.He took his sword out of its sheath and held it to her throat.He tightened his grip on it and let it slice a thin slit in her neck."Please forgive me."He put the sword up and wrapped Lizzie's neck in a rag to stop the bleeding.He sat there with his arms around her.Kurama,wrapped in a thick blanket,came outside with much help from Lena.He sat down in the once-snow next to Hiei.Hiei's body heat had melted the snow in a circle about a meter in diameter around him.Lena sat in Kurama's lap and saw Lizzie."I almost did.But I stopped.I can't do it."
Lena looked at Kurama."You guys should just kill us.If we live but Yukina and your mother die,we will feel awful!"She let a few tears roll down her cheeks.Kurama draped his arms around her and held her close."Oh Kurama!Kill me now!"
Kurama rubbed her back gently."Lena,I can't.I'm in love with you.How could I possibly kill you?"He looked at Hiei,who was holding Lizzie close to him.He wished he hadn't knocked her out."Hiei,why don't you bring her up to Yukina?She can probably rid her of the cyanide."Hiei nodded and took Lizzie inside.Kurama looked back at Lena."Let's go back inside.It's a bit cold out.Not to mention dark."A shadow moved across the snow and towards them.Kurama held her closer and took the knife out of his sleeve again,ready to defend Lena.The shadow stopped in front of them.It was a young girl with albino hair,sparkling silver eyes,and deep tan skin."I will.Give me time.Leave her be!"
Lena looked at the new girl then back to Kurama.'Who the hell is she?'The new girl looked at the knife and it bent into a knot.She picked it up and threw it aside.Kurama looked at the ground,it was as though they were talking with their actions.The girl looked at Lena and frowned."If she's not gone by tomorrow afternoon,then you can say goodbye to your mother!"She disappeared and Kurama began to cry.Lena put her arms around his neck.Kurama picked her up and took her inside.He found her bedroom and laid her down on the bed.He then went back to the main room to find Hiei and Lizzie curled up together on the large couch.He laughed and touched Hiei's shoulder.
Hiei opened his eyes half way and looked at Kurama,sleepily,his arms still around Lizzie.Kurama laughed and gestured to the door.Hiei nodded,let go of Lizzie,stood,and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.They went out into the backyard and sat on the porch with the blanket wrapped around them.Hiei was leaning his back on Kurama's shoulder,still trying to wake up completely.He turned his head slightly to Kurama."Why did you want to come out here?"
Kurama pondered his answer carefully."We have to kill them.There is no other way.The girl came after you took Lizzie inside.She said if we didn't kill them by tomorrow afternoon,Yukina and my mother will be."He let out a long sigh."What do we do?we should have killed them when we first met them,before we had a chance to fall in love."He looked over at Hiei."What are we going to do?"
Hiei looked at him."We do the one thing we can do.We kill them."He said this defiantly,as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.Kurama looked at him shocked."There is no other way.Maybe,just maybe that bastard toddler will have a heart and let them come back to life."He yawned and closed his eyes."You should probably be back to bed.You shouldn't be out in the cold."Kurama nodded and both stood.Hiei went to the edge of the porch."I will see you tomorrow,then we will kill them."Kurama nodded,then grabbed Hiei's arm as he was about to leave."What?"
"Stay here for the night.Go back and sleep with Lizzie.It's cold and she'll need something to keep her warm."Hiei blushed and nodded.Both went inside.Hiei helped Kurama get to his room and smiled before leaving.He then went over to Lizzie on the couch,ssat next to her,picked her up and put her in his lap.She woke and looked at Hiei in fear.She tried to get away,but was held back,gently,by Hiei's muscular arms.
Lizzie looked at him and stammered."H-H-Hiei.....W-What's wro-wrong?"She leaned away from him.Hiei draped his arms around her and smiled."Hiei?What's wrong?"
Hiei brushed a few strands of hair out of her face."Nothing.Go to sleep.You need the rest."Lizzie nodded,let her head fall on his chest,and closed her eyes.She was still awake.Hiei stroked her head silently and stared at a dark corner of the room."Why must I do this?It is between my sister and my love."He looked down at the beautiful young girl in his lap."How do I know which I am to do?"
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Kurama's room.......
Kurama stretched out on his bed and stared at the ceiling.He had to make a choice.But he didn't know how.Lena wanted him to kill her,but he couldn't kill her.He wanted her to live,but he wanted his mother to live.He explained it all to himself again,then a voice spoke inside his head.'A troubling dilemna....What do you think is the best wyrda?'At first,he had thought it was Youko talking to him.Then he realized that it wasn't even Youko talking.And what did the word wyrda mean?Another voice inside his head spoke,this time deeper.'I don't know.Suiichi loves them both,he can't give up either one.'The 2 voices continued.Every now and then,Kurama caught weird words like wyrda,istalri,and drajl."What the hell is going on inside my head?!"
Two ghost-like figures appeared next to his bed.Kurama sat up and stared at them.One of them was Youko.The other one was a girl about to Youko's chin with silvery hair,blood red eyes,and pale skin.She also had a scar on her face from her left ear to her chin.The girl came forward,made a weird symbal with ehr right hand,and disappeared.Youko merely looked at Kurama.'This young human is so fragile.One small dilemna and he is confused.'Youko put a hand on Kurama's shulder and disappeared as well,but left a red X on Kurama's shirt."X.....?.....Exalia....."Kurama yawned and fell asleep,suddenly the feeling of foreboding past.
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Kurama woke up and looked around the room.It was gloomy from the rain beating the windows.He stood and went out to the den.Hiei was sitting there with black tear gems scattered around him.There were 2 beds that were decorated ornately with black roses.The death rose......"Hiei,what's happened?"He sounded far off.Hiei looked up at him and shook his head."Is it them?Are they?"
Hiei stood and went over to one of the beds,sitting down on it.He picked up an ivory hand and slipped a pure black rose into it.Tear gems rolled down his cheeks."Lizzie and Lena are dead.They both died in their sleep.I know it is hard to believe."Kurama broke down in tears on the floor.Genkai sat next to him for a short while.Then Yusuke sat with him and Kuwabara with Hiei."Also,....."Kurama looked up,fearing the worst."Yukina and your mother died in their sleep."Kurama broke down onto Yusuke's shoulder.Hiei sighed and leaned on the boy next to him,crying.Kuwabara patted Hiei on back,as did Yusuke to Kurama.
Kurama finally regained himself and stood.He went over to Lena's bed and placed a black rose in her ivory hand."Sweet Lena......You can't be gone......"He kissed her hand and placed it over her heart.He kept his hand there,hoping to feel a heartbeat.None came.He let a few tears roll down his cheeks again."I love you,Lena.I will always love you.Forever and a day,I will love you."
Hiei was muttering the same words to Lizzie,until he passed out onto Kuwabara.Kurama ran over to him to make sure Hiei was alright.Kuwabara smiled at Kurama."Hiei's okay.He's just used up too much energy is all.He'll be fine as soon as he gets some sleep.He woke up about an hour before Lizzie,Lena,and Yukina died.Probably about an hour before your mom too.He stayed with the 3 of them and got them anything they wanted until they had had their last breaths.I hate to say it,but he's actually a great guy."He let a few tears fall down his cheek."The only thing Yukina wanted was to see all of us one last time.Hiei wanted to wake you,but he was afraid it'd be too painful for you to have to say goodbye to Lena.It hurt him to say goodbye to Lizzie."
The 3 boys that were awake remained in silence for a few minutes.The rain pound the windows harder and harder and harder until Kurama was afraid that the glass wouldn't hold.He leaned back against a wall and let out a long,low whistle.He hummed a lullaby under his breath.It was a song that his mother had always sung to him as a small child.With Kuwabara's prompting,he sung it aloud."Life is as a river.It has a beginning and end.It runs together and doubles back,and is not to comprehend.There's a time before 'Once upon a time' and there's more after 'Ever after'.The lives run together to play forever after."He choked on a wave of tears and silenced.
Hiei woke and stared at Kurama.Both were silent.They hadn't done their job and ended up losing everything.There was nothing left for the 2 of them to lose except each other.They looked at the 2 girls and sighed.They didn't have anymore tears to shed.They couldn't cry anymore.Their bodies wouldn't produce tears.
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Kurama sat up in bed,beads of sweat drenching him.It couldn't be right.He looked at the window.Rain was beating down on it like the earth had come to an end.His room looked very gloomy because of this.He raced out into the den and found Hiei sleeping on the couch with Lizzie in his arms.That changed everything.It was NOT real.He then noticed that there were black tear gems scattered on the couch,not many though.There were just enough for him to notice.Lizzie's shirt was also partially torn off and drenched in blood.Then he saw that there was a trail of blood leading from the couch to the front door."Oh,damn!"He whispered as he raced to Hiei."What happened?"
Hiei looked up at Kurama with puffy eyes."Lizzie was attacked during the night.I.....I couldn't save her.....He was too fast."He let a few more tears roll down his cheeks and turn into tear gems."She is dead,Kurama.Dead."He pulled the bleeding body of Lizzie towards him."I will never see her again......"He cried onto her bloody shoulder.
Kurama raced off to Lena's room,blessing the fact there was no blood on the ground.He went into her room and found Lena in her bed,uninjured."Lena....."He ran over to her bed and sat down.He placed a hand on her face.It was as cold as ice.Her skin was ivory in color."Lena,no....."He hurriedly felt her wrist for a pulse.None came.He placed a hesitant hand on her chest in hopes of a heartbeat.None came."My dream....."He leaned down and placed a small kiss on Lena's icy cheek."Farwell,my love......"He laid next to her and cried.He let out a soft sigh.Hiei wandered into the room and saw him.He figured what had happened.
The two of them sat in silence for some time.Then Lavender wandered in.She looked up at them."What happened to LiLi?Why is she bleeding?Why won't she answer me?"Hiei picked up the small child."Hehe?What is happening?"She cried into Hiei's shoulder.Hiei rocked her gently.
He let out a sigh."All will be fine,Lavender.We can get through this."Hiei looked at Kurama and nodded.It would all be fine.They would wake up soon enough.They would discover that this was all a dream.Kurama shook violently and wretched over the edge of the bed.He wiped his mouth on the back of his hand and laid on his back."Kurama,lay still.You don't need to move.This is all too much of a shock.I got over that earlier this morning,when I first believed Lizzie was dead."He ran a hand down Kurama's chest,causing him to cough violently."Shhhh......Don't fight it.Don't brace yourself for what you think will come."Kurama closed his eyes.
Hiei ran his hand down Kurama's chest again,this time Kurama relaxed and didn't brace himself for pain.He opened his eyes.There was no pain this time.No coughing.He looked at Hiei,gratefully.Hiei smiled and rocked Laveneder in his lap.There was no way around Lizzie's death,but there was a way to keep her successor from suffering the same fate.Lavender fell asleep in Hiei's lap.Koenma,in his older form,came in looking very grave.Kurama and Hiei glared at him.
Koenma sighed."Botan has taken their spirits up the River Styx.They're gone now.Unless I can convince my father to let them come back,you 2 will never see Lizzie or Lena again.I am really sorry about all of this.But it wasn't Sakkyo,Toguro,Torugena or that girl.Evidence shows it was Kuwabara.The marks on Lizzie's arm match those from Kuwabara's Spirit Sword.I also found this outside Lena's bedroom door."He held out his hand.In it was a needle labeled 'Sarayashiki Junior High Science Lab,Kuwabara'.Kurama took it and stared at it in utter shock.
Hiei looked at it as well."Kuwabara?"
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Lizzie:Don't you want to just kill me for all of my cliff-hangers?
Hiei:Kuwabara?
Lena:I thought you were already dead though.....
Hiei:Kuwabara?!
Kurama:So are you,Lena.....
Hiei:KUWABARA?!?!
Kurama,Lena,and Lizzie:SHUT UP HIEI!!!!!
Hiei:*mutters*Kuwabara?
Lizzie:I've been wanting to put in a song that Lena and I came up with.It's called 'The 12 YYH Days of X-mas' but it might be a while before I manage to put that one in.
Hiei:Kuwabara?
Lena:Yeah,with me and Lizzie both being dead it could be a long time.Because they have to do the funeral and all.
Hiei:Kuwabara?!
Kurama:-_-#
Hiei:Shutting up.
Kurama:Please reply if you want the story to continue.Otherwise,it will stop.
Lena:Tell me!!!
Lizzie:You already know......
Lena:Oh yeah.....
Kurama:What?!Lena knows but the rest of us don't?!
Hiei:This is an outrage!We should all know what the secret is!!
Genkai:Before she gets killed,Lizzie owns nothing in her fanfictions save her poems,songs,made up people,and made up places.Lizzie does not own Lena either.Her friend does.
Hiei&Kurama:YOU TWO ARE GOING TO DIE!!!!!*chase the L's around with sword and whip drawn*
Yusuke:Funny!!
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with the couples........((Author's POV))
Hiei sighed."Alright.I'll tell them."He took Lizzie's hand in his and looked her stragiht in the eyes."Kurama and I were-.......We were......."He trailed off uncertainly.Kurama took Lena's hand and looked her in the eyes as well.Hiei continued."We were sent to kill you."Lizzie stood and pulled away from Hiei.She didn't believe him,but she didn't know what else to do."Kurama and I were sent by 4 people to kill you.The four were the the elder Toguro,Sakkyo,and a girl whose name remains unknown.They said if we didn't kill you 2,they would kill Yukina and Kurama's mother."Hiei stood and grabbed Lizzie."That is why we were coming to Genkai's.We were told we could find at least one of you here."He kissed her lips for a moment."But we fell in love and we no longer can bring ourselves to do that."
Lena looked at Kurama."Is this true?"Kurama nodded.Lena laid her head on his chest.Kurama winced at the pain of his wounds being touched.Lena leaned back with an apologetic look on her face."I am so sorry!"He shooked it off and leaned her back on his chest.He pulled out a knife from his sleeve.He put it on the back of her throat,ready to cut her,but didn't.He put the knife back and pulled Lena closer."I love you Kurama!I really do!"She snuggled closer,causing Kurama to wince again.
Lizzie raced outside and sat under a tree.It was all too much for her.Hiei and Kurama?Sent to kill them?She just couldn't believe it."I love him.But he was sent to kill me.This is nonsense!"She yawned and closed her eyes.She felt an unusually warm presence near her and a bee sting her neck.The warmth wrapped around her and rocked her gently,back and forth.She fell asleep,but first she heard the most interesting tune."A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."She touched the center of the warmth and fell into deep sleep.Hiei kissed her forehead lovingly.
"I really am sorry.I know I can't kill you anymore,but I have to."He took a needle out of her neck.It had a mixture of water and a small amount of cyanide,Not enough to kill her,just enough to knock her out.He took his sword out of its sheath and held it to her throat.He tightened his grip on it and let it slice a thin slit in her neck."Please forgive me."He put the sword up and wrapped Lizzie's neck in a rag to stop the bleeding.He sat there with his arms around her.Kurama,wrapped in a thick blanket,came outside with much help from Lena.He sat down in the once-snow next to Hiei.Hiei's body heat had melted the snow in a circle about a meter in diameter around him.Lena sat in Kurama's lap and saw Lizzie."I almost did.But I stopped.I can't do it."
Lena looked at Kurama."You guys should just kill us.If we live but Yukina and your mother die,we will feel awful!"She let a few tears roll down her cheeks.Kurama draped his arms around her and held her close."Oh Kurama!Kill me now!"
Kurama rubbed her back gently."Lena,I can't.I'm in love with you.How could I possibly kill you?"He looked at Hiei,who was holding Lizzie close to him.He wished he hadn't knocked her out."Hiei,why don't you bring her up to Yukina?She can probably rid her of the cyanide."Hiei nodded and took Lizzie inside.Kurama looked back at Lena."Let's go back inside.It's a bit cold out.Not to mention dark."A shadow moved across the snow and towards them.Kurama held her closer and took the knife out of his sleeve again,ready to defend Lena.The shadow stopped in front of them.It was a young girl with albino hair,sparkling silver eyes,and deep tan skin."I will.Give me time.Leave her be!"
Lena looked at the new girl then back to Kurama.'Who the hell is she?'The new girl looked at the knife and it bent into a knot.She picked it up and threw it aside.Kurama looked at the ground,it was as though they were talking with their actions.The girl looked at Lena and frowned."If she's not gone by tomorrow afternoon,then you can say goodbye to your mother!"She disappeared and Kurama began to cry.Lena put her arms around his neck.Kurama picked her up and took her inside.He found her bedroom and laid her down on the bed.He then went back to the main room to find Hiei and Lizzie curled up together on the large couch.He laughed and touched Hiei's shoulder.
Hiei opened his eyes half way and looked at Kurama,sleepily,his arms still around Lizzie.Kurama laughed and gestured to the door.Hiei nodded,let go of Lizzie,stood,and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.They went out into the backyard and sat on the porch with the blanket wrapped around them.Hiei was leaning his back on Kurama's shoulder,still trying to wake up completely.He turned his head slightly to Kurama."Why did you want to come out here?"
Kurama pondered his answer carefully."We have to kill them.There is no other way.The girl came after you took Lizzie inside.She said if we didn't kill them by tomorrow afternoon,Yukina and my mother will be."He let out a long sigh."What do we do?we should have killed them when we first met them,before we had a chance to fall in love."He looked over at Hiei."What are we going to do?"
Hiei looked at him."We do the one thing we can do.We kill them."He said this defiantly,as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.Kurama looked at him shocked."There is no other way.Maybe,just maybe that bastard toddler will have a heart and let them come back to life."He yawned and closed his eyes."You should probably be back to bed.You shouldn't be out in the cold."Kurama nodded and both stood.Hiei went to the edge of the porch."I will see you tomorrow,then we will kill them."Kurama nodded,then grabbed Hiei's arm as he was about to leave."What?"
"Stay here for the night.Go back and sleep with Lizzie.It's cold and she'll need something to keep her warm."Hiei blushed and nodded.Both went inside.Hiei helped Kurama get to his room and smiled before leaving.He then went over to Lizzie on the couch,ssat next to her,picked her up and put her in his lap.She woke and looked at Hiei in fear.She tried to get away,but was held back,gently,by Hiei's muscular arms.
Lizzie looked at him and stammered."H-H-Hiei.....W-What's wro-wrong?"She leaned away from him.Hiei draped his arms around her and smiled."Hiei?What's wrong?"
Hiei brushed a few strands of hair out of her face."Nothing.Go to sleep.You need the rest."Lizzie nodded,let her head fall on his chest,and closed her eyes.She was still awake.Hiei stroked her head silently and stared at a dark corner of the room."Why must I do this?It is between my sister and my love."He looked down at the beautiful young girl in his lap."How do I know which I am to do?"
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Kurama's room.......
Kurama stretched out on his bed and stared at the ceiling.He had to make a choice.But he didn't know how.Lena wanted him to kill her,but he couldn't kill her.He wanted her to live,but he wanted his mother to live.He explained it all to himself again,then a voice spoke inside his head.'A troubling dilemna....What do you think is the best wyrda?'At first,he had thought it was Youko talking to him.Then he realized that it wasn't even Youko talking.And what did the word wyrda mean?Another voice inside his head spoke,this time deeper.'I don't know.Suiichi loves them both,he can't give up either one.'The 2 voices continued.Every now and then,Kurama caught weird words like wyrda,istalri,and drajl."What the hell is going on inside my head?!"
Two ghost-like figures appeared next to his bed.Kurama sat up and stared at them.One of them was Youko.The other one was a girl about to Youko's chin with silvery hair,blood red eyes,and pale skin.She also had a scar on her face from her left ear to her chin.The girl came forward,made a weird symbal with ehr right hand,and disappeared.Youko merely looked at Kurama.'This young human is so fragile.One small dilemna and he is confused.'Youko put a hand on Kurama's shulder and disappeared as well,but left a red X on Kurama's shirt."X.....?.....Exalia....."Kurama yawned and fell asleep,suddenly the feeling of foreboding past.
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Kurama woke up and looked around the room.It was gloomy from the rain beating the windows.He stood and went out to the den.Hiei was sitting there with black tear gems scattered around him.There were 2 beds that were decorated ornately with black roses.The death rose......"Hiei,what's happened?"He sounded far off.Hiei looked up at him and shook his head."Is it them?Are they?"
Hiei stood and went over to one of the beds,sitting down on it.He picked up an ivory hand and slipped a pure black rose into it.Tear gems rolled down his cheeks."Lizzie and Lena are dead.They both died in their sleep.I know it is hard to believe."Kurama broke down in tears on the floor.Genkai sat next to him for a short while.Then Yusuke sat with him and Kuwabara with Hiei."Also,....."Kurama looked up,fearing the worst."Yukina and your mother died in their sleep."Kurama broke down onto Yusuke's shoulder.Hiei sighed and leaned on the boy next to him,crying.Kuwabara patted Hiei on back,as did Yusuke to Kurama.
Kurama finally regained himself and stood.He went over to Lena's bed and placed a black rose in her ivory hand."Sweet Lena......You can't be gone......"He kissed her hand and placed it over her heart.He kept his hand there,hoping to feel a heartbeat.None came.He let a few tears roll down his cheeks again."I love you,Lena.I will always love you.Forever and a day,I will love you."
Hiei was muttering the same words to Lizzie,until he passed out onto Kuwabara.Kurama ran over to him to make sure Hiei was alright.Kuwabara smiled at Kurama."Hiei's okay.He's just used up too much energy is all.He'll be fine as soon as he gets some sleep.He woke up about an hour before Lizzie,Lena,and Yukina died.Probably about an hour before your mom too.He stayed with the 3 of them and got them anything they wanted until they had had their last breaths.I hate to say it,but he's actually a great guy."He let a few tears fall down his cheek."The only thing Yukina wanted was to see all of us one last time.Hiei wanted to wake you,but he was afraid it'd be too painful for you to have to say goodbye to Lena.It hurt him to say goodbye to Lizzie."
The 3 boys that were awake remained in silence for a few minutes.The rain pound the windows harder and harder and harder until Kurama was afraid that the glass wouldn't hold.He leaned back against a wall and let out a long,low whistle.He hummed a lullaby under his breath.It was a song that his mother had always sung to him as a small child.With Kuwabara's prompting,he sung it aloud."Life is as a river.It has a beginning and end.It runs together and doubles back,and is not to comprehend.There's a time before 'Once upon a time' and there's more after 'Ever after'.The lives run together to play forever after."He choked on a wave of tears and silenced.
Hiei woke and stared at Kurama.Both were silent.They hadn't done their job and ended up losing everything.There was nothing left for the 2 of them to lose except each other.They looked at the 2 girls and sighed.They didn't have anymore tears to shed.They couldn't cry anymore.Their bodies wouldn't produce tears.
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Kurama sat up in bed,beads of sweat drenching him.It couldn't be right.He looked at the window.Rain was beating down on it like the earth had come to an end.His room looked very gloomy because of this.He raced out into the den and found Hiei sleeping on the couch with Lizzie in his arms.That changed everything.It was NOT real.He then noticed that there were black tear gems scattered on the couch,not many though.There were just enough for him to notice.Lizzie's shirt was also partially torn off and drenched in blood.Then he saw that there was a trail of blood leading from the couch to the front door."Oh,damn!"He whispered as he raced to Hiei."What happened?"
Hiei looked up at Kurama with puffy eyes."Lizzie was attacked during the night.I.....I couldn't save her.....He was too fast."He let a few more tears roll down his cheeks and turn into tear gems."She is dead,Kurama.Dead."He pulled the bleeding body of Lizzie towards him."I will never see her again......"He cried onto her bloody shoulder.
Kurama raced off to Lena's room,blessing the fact there was no blood on the ground.He went into her room and found Lena in her bed,uninjured."Lena....."He ran over to her bed and sat down.He placed a hand on her face.It was as cold as ice.Her skin was ivory in color."Lena,no....."He hurriedly felt her wrist for a pulse.None came.He placed a hesitant hand on her chest in hopes of a heartbeat.None came."My dream....."He leaned down and placed a small kiss on Lena's icy cheek."Farwell,my love......"He laid next to her and cried.He let out a soft sigh.Hiei wandered into the room and saw him.He figured what had happened.
The two of them sat in silence for some time.Then Lavender wandered in.She looked up at them."What happened to LiLi?Why is she bleeding?Why won't she answer me?"Hiei picked up the small child."Hehe?What is happening?"She cried into Hiei's shoulder.Hiei rocked her gently.
He let out a sigh."All will be fine,Lavender.We can get through this."Hiei looked at Kurama and nodded.It would all be fine.They would wake up soon enough.They would discover that this was all a dream.Kurama shook violently and wretched over the edge of the bed.He wiped his mouth on the back of his hand and laid on his back."Kurama,lay still.You don't need to move.This is all too much of a shock.I got over that earlier this morning,when I first believed Lizzie was dead."He ran a hand down Kurama's chest,causing him to cough violently."Shhhh......Don't fight it.Don't brace yourself for what you think will come."Kurama closed his eyes.
Hiei ran his hand down Kurama's chest again,this time Kurama relaxed and didn't brace himself for pain.He opened his eyes.There was no pain this time.No coughing.He looked at Hiei,gratefully.Hiei smiled and rocked Laveneder in his lap.There was no way around Lizzie's death,but there was a way to keep her successor from suffering the same fate.Lavender fell asleep in Hiei's lap.Koenma,in his older form,came in looking very grave.Kurama and Hiei glared at him.
Koenma sighed."Botan has taken their spirits up the River Styx.They're gone now.Unless I can convince my father to let them come back,you 2 will never see Lizzie or Lena again.I am really sorry about all of this.But it wasn't Sakkyo,Toguro,Torugena or that girl.Evidence shows it was Kuwabara.The marks on Lizzie's arm match those from Kuwabara's Spirit Sword.I also found this outside Lena's bedroom door."He held out his hand.In it was a needle labeled 'Sarayashiki Junior High Science Lab,Kuwabara'.Kurama took it and stared at it in utter shock.
Hiei looked at it as well."Kuwabara?"
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Lizzie:Don't you want to just kill me for all of my cliff-hangers?
Hiei:Kuwabara?
Lena:I thought you were already dead though.....
Hiei:Kuwabara?!
Kurama:So are you,Lena.....
Hiei:KUWABARA?!?!
Kurama,Lena,and Lizzie:SHUT UP HIEI!!!!!
Hiei:*mutters*Kuwabara?
Lizzie:I've been wanting to put in a song that Lena and I came up with.It's called 'The 12 YYH Days of X-mas' but it might be a while before I manage to put that one in.
Hiei:Kuwabara?
Lena:Yeah,with me and Lizzie both being dead it could be a long time.Because they have to do the funeral and all.
Hiei:Kuwabara?!
Kurama:-_-#
Hiei:Shutting up.
Kurama:Please reply if you want the story to continue.Otherwise,it will stop.