Towa no Mirai: Elemental Gem Stones: #6 - Yousoyama no Himitsu! Hiei no Hokori Abareru
- Yousoyama's Secret! Hiei's Pride Rages -
By: Reiko Aya (KitsuneMaya@koreanmail.com) and Towasei Norei (mokuro29802@aol.com)
Official Webpage: http://http://towa-no-mirai.tk [http://freewebs.com/mayamukuro]
"YOUSOYAMA! COME OUT HERE NOW AND FIGHT ME FOR REAL!" Hiei called impatiently. In a brilliant flash of light, Yousoyama appeared.
"I didn't realize you wanted to die already!" he hissed.
"No, I'm quick to the kill. Give me Kushiyè and I'll only rip out your heart," Hiei shot back with an upset voice.
"Oh, you're threatening, aren't you?" Yousoyama dully muttered in sarcasm.
* * * *
"Tell me Kurama, is Hiei strong enough to beat Yousoyama?" Yusuke asked as everyone was continuing to run, hurrying to hopefully help Hiei.
"I'm not worried about beating Yousoyama. I'm worried about what could happen if Hiei goes too far with his energy. It could kill him," Kurama responded.
"But Hiei's not that stupid. And besides, he's strong enough to win without using all his energy, isn't he?"
Kurama didn't answer Yusuke. Instead, he began to run a bit faster.
"Well thanks for the confident answer..." Yusuke muttered with squinted eyes.
* * * *
Yousoyama laughed evilly at the now injured Hiei. "You can't even stand anymore. But, I will give you a choice: You can either die here, or you can come to our side and I'll make you a leader, AND on top of that, I'll give you Kushiyè."
"Heh...I think Seiryuu tried to do the same thing to me..." Hiei replied. His voice became stronger as he gave his answer to the chimi's offer, "OVER MY DEAD BODY!" He stumbled to his feet.
Yousoyama shrugged and sighed, closing his eyes, "Oi, you ARE a stubborn one, ain't 'cha?" He opened one eye to look at the bleeding Hiei. "Well I guess I will kill you and your precious okami friend."
Hiei's eyes, closed from pain, snapped open and glowed a bright red color, filled with anger, "NO YOU WON'T!" Hiei yelled, beginning to push his energy to the limit.
* * * *
From the tunnel leading to the battle, Kurama sensed Hiei beginning to lose control, and his eyes widened as he stopped running.
Everyone paused when he did. "Kurama?" Kuwabara looked over to the shocked Kurama, "You okay? What happened?"
"Oh no, Hiei! This is exactly what I didn't want. He's pushing his energy too far! We must hurry. Hiei is in a lot of danger!" Kurama spoke rapidly, and then continued running, faster than before.
"Hey Urameshi, what's got Kurama all worked up? I couldn't hear him." Kuwabara turned to Yusuke and got confused when he saw Yusuke standing immobily. He turned his attention to where they had been a second before, and heard a couple of voices.
"WAIT UP!" Yurinoki and Chunzhu were far behind, and it took a second for them to catch up before they all continued on their way to find Hiei.
* * * *
"You look scared and out of breath. Come on, just stand still. I promise to make it quick," Yousoyama laughed. Hiei was breathing heavily. Yousoyama had buried his claws into his neck, just missing the jugular vein.
"Go...to...HELL...Yousoyama," Hiei answered. Yousoyama burrowed his claws in deeper, and Hiei screamed in pain.
* * * *
"Yusuke, did you hear that?!" Kuwabara stopped short when he heard Hiei's scream echo thorugh the dark tunnel.
Yusuke nodded, "I did. Hiei must be hurt badly."
"Come on, we are close now. Let's hurry," Chunzhu motivated, though she had fallen behind the others.
Then, out of the darkness, a giant door seemed to appear from nothing. Not quite as big as the ones Kurama had unlocked, but it still looked very hard to open, as it was. They had tried hard to unbolt it, even channeling their Rei Ki, but it was an unsuccessful attempt.
* * * *
Yousoyama turned to the large door that everyone else was right behind, trying to open. He looked at Hiei, still listening to the voices behind it. "Ugh! Your friends are geting closer...Guess I should finish this now." Yousoyama sank his nails in even more, as if he were about to stab them right through his neck. Hiei could only scream in anguish even more.
* * * *
His cries were heard straight through the heavy door as if it were made of air. "No, Hiei!" Yurinoki exclaimed, "Come on you dumb door, open," she mumbled, struggling to unlock the giant entrance.
"There has to be some way to open this..." Chunzhu mumbled, studying it carefully.
It isn't the same as the one that used energy... Kurama thought. But there MUST be some way to open this.
"Yurinoki, I doubt talking to it will work, but maybe something else will." His eyes scanned their area. "Look for a way to open the door."
"Hm..." Kuwabara walked over to the spot right next to the door. "One time, I saw something on TV where you had to put your hand next to the door and it would open." He placed his palm on the wall.
"Wait!" Yusuke realized, "Didn't it have to IDENTIFY you? you know, you're not allowed in if you aren't recognized, but you get caught in a trap!"
"Agh! I forgot!" Kuwabara withdrew his hand a second too late. Rocks began to fall, traps set with hopes of crushing them, and the door melted into lava.
"Quick, get on the stones!" Yurinoki warned, jumping onto a large grey one. Everyone did the same, and, without time to wait for the earth to stop falling, they made their way inside the enterance. Unfortunately, the scene they were welcomed with wasn't a happy one.
Yousoyama looked over. "Look Hiei, your friends are here. Too bad you can't use your voice to greet them!" His claws were nearly going right through Hiei's neck. At this rate, he really was going to lose his voice!
"I wish you were here to see the fight from the start..." Yousoyama smirked at the angry group that had just arrived.
"Bastard..." Yusuke growled, "At least give him a fair fight!"
Yousoyama extracted his nails from Hiei's neck with a sound that resembled that of a sword being drawn, enjoying a pained cry from Hiei before he spoke. "Yes, I suppose it would be boring without a fight..." he said.
"Thought you'd never ask..." Hiei said in a raspy voice, rubbing his neck. He drew his katana, and got into a fighting position.
Yousoyama smirked, "So is swordfighting your specialty?" He created a sword made from rock. "I'm pretty good at it too."
"Why don't you just shut up with your bragging and fight!" Hiei charged at him, and their swords locked, making a clear, ringing sound.
They both let go, and Hiei's blade cut right into Yousoyama's shoulder with a direct, vertical attack. Yousoyama;s arm was rendered completely useless. It had been hit so hard, that dark blood began to flow from the wound, and he couldn't even FEEL his arm, let alone use it for attacking.
"You're pretty strong," Yousoyama admired, "But did you really think that was all I had?!" He raised up his right arm, holding his sword, and large stalagmites began to rise from the ground. They raised up and impaled Hiei on the back and limbs, lifting him up to the near roof of the room. A flat-topped one also raised for Yousoyama to stand on, to be at eye-level with Hiei. "How is it?" he asked mockingly.
"You like stabbing attacks, don't you?" Hiei replied, trying to remove his arms.
Yousoyama shrugged, "I'm just using my abilities to the fullest...Speaking of which..." He took out some shuriken, "I'm also a ninja, you know." He twirled around a throwing star. "These are lovely, aren't they?" He pointed a dagger at Hiei's headband. "What's under here?" he asked teasingly, cutting apart the headband. He was so shocked at what he saw, he almost fell off of his rock pillar. "Is that a Jagan?!" he gasped.
"You'd better not try anything!" Hiei said sternly, trying to remove himself from the sharp points of the stalagmites even harder.
"Try anything?" Yousoyama pointed the dagger directly to Hiei's Jagan. "You mean like ripping this eye from your forehead?" He raised the shuriken, and then started to bring it down quickly.
"I said..." Hiei finally removed one of his arms, not caring about the stream of blood that came from it. "DON'T TRY ANYTHING!" He punched Yousoyama's arm, making the small knife backfire and stab Yousoyama's own face.
"Argh!" he cried as all of the stalagmites slid back int othe ground. A large wound had been cut onto his forehead, the blood dripping from it blinding his sight.
Hiei's body began to glow with dark You Ki. "I think it's going to be considerably easier to beat you now," he said with a smirk.
"This can't be good..." Kurama said quietly.
"What?" Chunzhu asked, turning to him, "But isn't his ki high right now?"
Kurama shook his head. "He used a lot of strength and energy already. It's now less than one fourth of its fullest. At this rate, he's going to tap into his life energy to defeat him, and he seems willing and determined enough to do that."
"Life energy?!" Yusuke cried, surprised, "But that's going to kill hiim! Don't you think he's too smart to just give up his life for one battle?"
"It must be Kushiyè," Yurinoki guessed.
"Wow..." Chunzhu said, "Then does that mean Hiei...?"
Everyone looked over to her.
"Does that mean Hiei is her friend?" she asked.
"How naive!" Yurinoki scolded before turning her attention to the fight.
Yousoyama laughed, "I see you're trying to tap into your life energy. That's stupid. Even if you do beat me by some odd chance, everything here will go down with me!"
"We'll see..." Hiei murmered, drawing his katana.
"That stupid sword again..." Yousoyama said, "Honestly, you're just so stubborn!"
"Hiei..." Kurama began, "is putting his LIFE energy into that one sword attack! He could seriously die!"
Everyone looked over intently, hoping htat wouldn't happen. Hiei's sword started glowing with his energy as Hiei charged at Yousoyama.
"HIEI, DON'T DO THIS! YOU'LL DIE!" Kurama called, trying unsuccessfully to reach the angry fire youkai. Hiei charged right at Yousoyama, and his sword went right into him, slicing through his heart.
"Y-you're pretty strong," Yousoyama sighed with his final breath. Blood bubbling from his heart, he collapsed, and then finally perished. Right after he did this, Hiei also descended to the ground.
"Oh my God, HIEI!" Yusuke called. Everyone worridly ran up to him. Yurinoki checked his pulse...Nothing.
"He's dead," Yurinoki murmered sadly, her eyes glassy and filling up with tears. Everyone stood speechless. Chunzhu respectfully kneeled down.
All Yusuke could manage was a solemn, "Shit..."
Kusiyè, who had been lying in a comatose state in the corner of the room, slowly opened her eyes. Chunzhu somehow felt Kushiyè awaken. "Huh? Kushiyè!" Chunzhu ran up to Kushiyè, who didn't have a clue about what was going on.
"What happened?" asked Kushiyè cluelessly.
Chunzhu flinched and turned her head.
"Hm? Zhu?" Kushiyè sensed Chunzhu's reluctance, "What's wrong, Zhu?"
"Hiei..." muttered Chunzhu.
"Huh? What's wrong with Hiei?" Kushiyè asked worridly.
"He's dead," Chunzhu said unsympathetically, almost cheerfully.
Kushiyè's eyes widened as she ran up to the deceased Hiei. She smelled the blood and death of both the fighters, especially Hiei.
"No...It's not true...Hiei."
Chunzhu again followed Kushiyè. Kushiyè looked too upset to even talk. "Kushiyè..." Chunzhu blinked in surprise as she saw tears of blood dripping down Kushiyè's cheeks. She gasped.
No way. Kushiyè...she couldn't be...Could she? The Maiden of Death...No...Don't even think that. Chunzhu thought.
One of Kushiyè's bloody tears dripped onto Hiei's body. It landed on his hand, and then...it moved? Did his hand just twitch?
Chunzhu gasped again, "This is strange. I am getting scared..." She called to the others, "Kurama! Yusuke! Kuwabara! Yurinoki! Come over here!" They all rushed over to her.
Kushiyè saw Hiei's movement and smiled, wiping a few leftover tears from her eyes, "Hiei, you're alive?!" Kushiyè wrapped Hiei into a hug, making him blush.
However, a deep rumbling destroyed the happy moment. "Uh oh. That's a problem," Chunzhu said worridly.
"What?" Yusuke asked, confused.
Chunzhu's eyes unfocused for a second, then returned to normal, "When Yousoyama dies, so will this castle. It was a part of him, his creation. In fact, there's even a chance the whole realm will collapse!" Chunzhu explained. How did she know that? Hm...Yousoyama must have mentioned it at some point.
"Umm...Can we get out?" Yusuke asked stupidly.
"Right. Yurinoki, can you transport us?" Kushiyè asked.
Yurinoki looked uncertain, "My energy is a little low from the obstacles...also, I'm not sure if my oar can hold all of you..."
The cave thundered again, this time louder. "JUST DO IT!" Yusuke commanded.
"Fine, get on then," Yurinoki hopped onto her oar.
Before Kushiyè had a chance to, a giant boulder dropped down and slammed Kushiyè's arm. "UGH!" she cried.
"Kushiyè! Hold on!" Chunzhu yelled over the crumbling of the castle. Chunzhu grabbed onto Kushiyè's arm, then worked calmly from there, until Kushiyè was free. As soon as the mountain had crashed down, Yurinoki had zipped out of the cave.
As soon as they got outside, it became obvious that the whole realm actually WAS getting destroyed.
"I'll open the portal and we call all get out of here. Make sure to hold on tight. With all of the falling debris, it's going to be a hard ride!" As they all slipped through the narrow portal, a giant explosion ceased the existance of Yousoyama's realm.
Everyone sat on the ground, exhausted. Chunzhu's eyes scanned the group, seeing everyone hurt. Chunzhu crawled to Kushiyè, clutching her arm, wincing in pain.
"Is there something wrong with your arm, Kushiyè?" she asked.
Kushiyè tried putting her arm out of Chunzhu's sight, "Nothing. It's fine."
Chunzhu put on a look of disbelief and grabbed her arm. "Let me see..."
Kushiyè winced again. It hurt if anything barely touched it. That couldn't be a good thing.
"Kushiyè..." Chunzhu inspected, "I think that boulder might have broken your arm."
She pulled her arm away. "Don't worry about it. It'll heal."
"Demo- (But-)," Chunzhu began.
"Look..." Kushiyè spoke to everyone, "I don't think I should be involved with you guys anymore. All I've done so far is cause trouble. Now, everyone is injured, and its my fault. I should just leave for good." She stood up and turned towards the forest.
Chunzhu stood up, surprised, "Kushiyè, you should not talk that way. We do not mind, really." She paused to put on a playful smile. "I am sure Hiei would not appreciate it if you ran off right after he sacrificed his own life to save yours. Also, you and I have been together for so long...Please do not leave us." She really was being nice now...Did she feel bad for her? Jealous because of how good-hearted those tantei had been saving her?
"You don't understand though! I can't help but feel guilty, and I don't care how much I mean to anyone. I just don't want to see any of you get hurt because of me!" With that, Kushiyè darted off into the Youkai Mori before anyone else had a chance to say anything.
"Kushiyè! Wait!" Chunzhu ran off after her, forgetting completely about everyone else. She was a little...worried, was it? If Kushiyè went into the Youkai Mori in her current condition, she could...Chunzhu didn't want to think about it anymore. She looked up at the crescent moon in the darkening sky, which seemed to get brighter as she got closer to where Kushiyè was.
- Yousoyama's Secret! Hiei's Pride Rages -
By: Reiko Aya (KitsuneMaya@koreanmail.com) and Towasei Norei (mokuro29802@aol.com)
Official Webpage: http://http://towa-no-mirai.tk [http://freewebs.com/mayamukuro]
"YOUSOYAMA! COME OUT HERE NOW AND FIGHT ME FOR REAL!" Hiei called impatiently. In a brilliant flash of light, Yousoyama appeared.
"I didn't realize you wanted to die already!" he hissed.
"No, I'm quick to the kill. Give me Kushiyè and I'll only rip out your heart," Hiei shot back with an upset voice.
"Oh, you're threatening, aren't you?" Yousoyama dully muttered in sarcasm.
* * * *
"Tell me Kurama, is Hiei strong enough to beat Yousoyama?" Yusuke asked as everyone was continuing to run, hurrying to hopefully help Hiei.
"I'm not worried about beating Yousoyama. I'm worried about what could happen if Hiei goes too far with his energy. It could kill him," Kurama responded.
"But Hiei's not that stupid. And besides, he's strong enough to win without using all his energy, isn't he?"
Kurama didn't answer Yusuke. Instead, he began to run a bit faster.
"Well thanks for the confident answer..." Yusuke muttered with squinted eyes.
* * * *
Yousoyama laughed evilly at the now injured Hiei. "You can't even stand anymore. But, I will give you a choice: You can either die here, or you can come to our side and I'll make you a leader, AND on top of that, I'll give you Kushiyè."
"Heh...I think Seiryuu tried to do the same thing to me..." Hiei replied. His voice became stronger as he gave his answer to the chimi's offer, "OVER MY DEAD BODY!" He stumbled to his feet.
Yousoyama shrugged and sighed, closing his eyes, "Oi, you ARE a stubborn one, ain't 'cha?" He opened one eye to look at the bleeding Hiei. "Well I guess I will kill you and your precious okami friend."
Hiei's eyes, closed from pain, snapped open and glowed a bright red color, filled with anger, "NO YOU WON'T!" Hiei yelled, beginning to push his energy to the limit.
* * * *
From the tunnel leading to the battle, Kurama sensed Hiei beginning to lose control, and his eyes widened as he stopped running.
Everyone paused when he did. "Kurama?" Kuwabara looked over to the shocked Kurama, "You okay? What happened?"
"Oh no, Hiei! This is exactly what I didn't want. He's pushing his energy too far! We must hurry. Hiei is in a lot of danger!" Kurama spoke rapidly, and then continued running, faster than before.
"Hey Urameshi, what's got Kurama all worked up? I couldn't hear him." Kuwabara turned to Yusuke and got confused when he saw Yusuke standing immobily. He turned his attention to where they had been a second before, and heard a couple of voices.
"WAIT UP!" Yurinoki and Chunzhu were far behind, and it took a second for them to catch up before they all continued on their way to find Hiei.
* * * *
"You look scared and out of breath. Come on, just stand still. I promise to make it quick," Yousoyama laughed. Hiei was breathing heavily. Yousoyama had buried his claws into his neck, just missing the jugular vein.
"Go...to...HELL...Yousoyama," Hiei answered. Yousoyama burrowed his claws in deeper, and Hiei screamed in pain.
* * * *
"Yusuke, did you hear that?!" Kuwabara stopped short when he heard Hiei's scream echo thorugh the dark tunnel.
Yusuke nodded, "I did. Hiei must be hurt badly."
"Come on, we are close now. Let's hurry," Chunzhu motivated, though she had fallen behind the others.
Then, out of the darkness, a giant door seemed to appear from nothing. Not quite as big as the ones Kurama had unlocked, but it still looked very hard to open, as it was. They had tried hard to unbolt it, even channeling their Rei Ki, but it was an unsuccessful attempt.
* * * *
Yousoyama turned to the large door that everyone else was right behind, trying to open. He looked at Hiei, still listening to the voices behind it. "Ugh! Your friends are geting closer...Guess I should finish this now." Yousoyama sank his nails in even more, as if he were about to stab them right through his neck. Hiei could only scream in anguish even more.
* * * *
His cries were heard straight through the heavy door as if it were made of air. "No, Hiei!" Yurinoki exclaimed, "Come on you dumb door, open," she mumbled, struggling to unlock the giant entrance.
"There has to be some way to open this..." Chunzhu mumbled, studying it carefully.
It isn't the same as the one that used energy... Kurama thought. But there MUST be some way to open this.
"Yurinoki, I doubt talking to it will work, but maybe something else will." His eyes scanned their area. "Look for a way to open the door."
"Hm..." Kuwabara walked over to the spot right next to the door. "One time, I saw something on TV where you had to put your hand next to the door and it would open." He placed his palm on the wall.
"Wait!" Yusuke realized, "Didn't it have to IDENTIFY you? you know, you're not allowed in if you aren't recognized, but you get caught in a trap!"
"Agh! I forgot!" Kuwabara withdrew his hand a second too late. Rocks began to fall, traps set with hopes of crushing them, and the door melted into lava.
"Quick, get on the stones!" Yurinoki warned, jumping onto a large grey one. Everyone did the same, and, without time to wait for the earth to stop falling, they made their way inside the enterance. Unfortunately, the scene they were welcomed with wasn't a happy one.
Yousoyama looked over. "Look Hiei, your friends are here. Too bad you can't use your voice to greet them!" His claws were nearly going right through Hiei's neck. At this rate, he really was going to lose his voice!
"I wish you were here to see the fight from the start..." Yousoyama smirked at the angry group that had just arrived.
"Bastard..." Yusuke growled, "At least give him a fair fight!"
Yousoyama extracted his nails from Hiei's neck with a sound that resembled that of a sword being drawn, enjoying a pained cry from Hiei before he spoke. "Yes, I suppose it would be boring without a fight..." he said.
"Thought you'd never ask..." Hiei said in a raspy voice, rubbing his neck. He drew his katana, and got into a fighting position.
Yousoyama smirked, "So is swordfighting your specialty?" He created a sword made from rock. "I'm pretty good at it too."
"Why don't you just shut up with your bragging and fight!" Hiei charged at him, and their swords locked, making a clear, ringing sound.
They both let go, and Hiei's blade cut right into Yousoyama's shoulder with a direct, vertical attack. Yousoyama;s arm was rendered completely useless. It had been hit so hard, that dark blood began to flow from the wound, and he couldn't even FEEL his arm, let alone use it for attacking.
"You're pretty strong," Yousoyama admired, "But did you really think that was all I had?!" He raised up his right arm, holding his sword, and large stalagmites began to rise from the ground. They raised up and impaled Hiei on the back and limbs, lifting him up to the near roof of the room. A flat-topped one also raised for Yousoyama to stand on, to be at eye-level with Hiei. "How is it?" he asked mockingly.
"You like stabbing attacks, don't you?" Hiei replied, trying to remove his arms.
Yousoyama shrugged, "I'm just using my abilities to the fullest...Speaking of which..." He took out some shuriken, "I'm also a ninja, you know." He twirled around a throwing star. "These are lovely, aren't they?" He pointed a dagger at Hiei's headband. "What's under here?" he asked teasingly, cutting apart the headband. He was so shocked at what he saw, he almost fell off of his rock pillar. "Is that a Jagan?!" he gasped.
"You'd better not try anything!" Hiei said sternly, trying to remove himself from the sharp points of the stalagmites even harder.
"Try anything?" Yousoyama pointed the dagger directly to Hiei's Jagan. "You mean like ripping this eye from your forehead?" He raised the shuriken, and then started to bring it down quickly.
"I said..." Hiei finally removed one of his arms, not caring about the stream of blood that came from it. "DON'T TRY ANYTHING!" He punched Yousoyama's arm, making the small knife backfire and stab Yousoyama's own face.
"Argh!" he cried as all of the stalagmites slid back int othe ground. A large wound had been cut onto his forehead, the blood dripping from it blinding his sight.
Hiei's body began to glow with dark You Ki. "I think it's going to be considerably easier to beat you now," he said with a smirk.
"This can't be good..." Kurama said quietly.
"What?" Chunzhu asked, turning to him, "But isn't his ki high right now?"
Kurama shook his head. "He used a lot of strength and energy already. It's now less than one fourth of its fullest. At this rate, he's going to tap into his life energy to defeat him, and he seems willing and determined enough to do that."
"Life energy?!" Yusuke cried, surprised, "But that's going to kill hiim! Don't you think he's too smart to just give up his life for one battle?"
"It must be Kushiyè," Yurinoki guessed.
"Wow..." Chunzhu said, "Then does that mean Hiei...?"
Everyone looked over to her.
"Does that mean Hiei is her friend?" she asked.
"How naive!" Yurinoki scolded before turning her attention to the fight.
Yousoyama laughed, "I see you're trying to tap into your life energy. That's stupid. Even if you do beat me by some odd chance, everything here will go down with me!"
"We'll see..." Hiei murmered, drawing his katana.
"That stupid sword again..." Yousoyama said, "Honestly, you're just so stubborn!"
"Hiei..." Kurama began, "is putting his LIFE energy into that one sword attack! He could seriously die!"
Everyone looked over intently, hoping htat wouldn't happen. Hiei's sword started glowing with his energy as Hiei charged at Yousoyama.
"HIEI, DON'T DO THIS! YOU'LL DIE!" Kurama called, trying unsuccessfully to reach the angry fire youkai. Hiei charged right at Yousoyama, and his sword went right into him, slicing through his heart.
"Y-you're pretty strong," Yousoyama sighed with his final breath. Blood bubbling from his heart, he collapsed, and then finally perished. Right after he did this, Hiei also descended to the ground.
"Oh my God, HIEI!" Yusuke called. Everyone worridly ran up to him. Yurinoki checked his pulse...Nothing.
"He's dead," Yurinoki murmered sadly, her eyes glassy and filling up with tears. Everyone stood speechless. Chunzhu respectfully kneeled down.
All Yusuke could manage was a solemn, "Shit..."
Kusiyè, who had been lying in a comatose state in the corner of the room, slowly opened her eyes. Chunzhu somehow felt Kushiyè awaken. "Huh? Kushiyè!" Chunzhu ran up to Kushiyè, who didn't have a clue about what was going on.
"What happened?" asked Kushiyè cluelessly.
Chunzhu flinched and turned her head.
"Hm? Zhu?" Kushiyè sensed Chunzhu's reluctance, "What's wrong, Zhu?"
"Hiei..." muttered Chunzhu.
"Huh? What's wrong with Hiei?" Kushiyè asked worridly.
"He's dead," Chunzhu said unsympathetically, almost cheerfully.
Kushiyè's eyes widened as she ran up to the deceased Hiei. She smelled the blood and death of both the fighters, especially Hiei.
"No...It's not true...Hiei."
Chunzhu again followed Kushiyè. Kushiyè looked too upset to even talk. "Kushiyè..." Chunzhu blinked in surprise as she saw tears of blood dripping down Kushiyè's cheeks. She gasped.
No way. Kushiyè...she couldn't be...Could she? The Maiden of Death...No...Don't even think that. Chunzhu thought.
One of Kushiyè's bloody tears dripped onto Hiei's body. It landed on his hand, and then...it moved? Did his hand just twitch?
Chunzhu gasped again, "This is strange. I am getting scared..." She called to the others, "Kurama! Yusuke! Kuwabara! Yurinoki! Come over here!" They all rushed over to her.
Kushiyè saw Hiei's movement and smiled, wiping a few leftover tears from her eyes, "Hiei, you're alive?!" Kushiyè wrapped Hiei into a hug, making him blush.
However, a deep rumbling destroyed the happy moment. "Uh oh. That's a problem," Chunzhu said worridly.
"What?" Yusuke asked, confused.
Chunzhu's eyes unfocused for a second, then returned to normal, "When Yousoyama dies, so will this castle. It was a part of him, his creation. In fact, there's even a chance the whole realm will collapse!" Chunzhu explained. How did she know that? Hm...Yousoyama must have mentioned it at some point.
"Umm...Can we get out?" Yusuke asked stupidly.
"Right. Yurinoki, can you transport us?" Kushiyè asked.
Yurinoki looked uncertain, "My energy is a little low from the obstacles...also, I'm not sure if my oar can hold all of you..."
The cave thundered again, this time louder. "JUST DO IT!" Yusuke commanded.
"Fine, get on then," Yurinoki hopped onto her oar.
Before Kushiyè had a chance to, a giant boulder dropped down and slammed Kushiyè's arm. "UGH!" she cried.
"Kushiyè! Hold on!" Chunzhu yelled over the crumbling of the castle. Chunzhu grabbed onto Kushiyè's arm, then worked calmly from there, until Kushiyè was free. As soon as the mountain had crashed down, Yurinoki had zipped out of the cave.
As soon as they got outside, it became obvious that the whole realm actually WAS getting destroyed.
"I'll open the portal and we call all get out of here. Make sure to hold on tight. With all of the falling debris, it's going to be a hard ride!" As they all slipped through the narrow portal, a giant explosion ceased the existance of Yousoyama's realm.
Everyone sat on the ground, exhausted. Chunzhu's eyes scanned the group, seeing everyone hurt. Chunzhu crawled to Kushiyè, clutching her arm, wincing in pain.
"Is there something wrong with your arm, Kushiyè?" she asked.
Kushiyè tried putting her arm out of Chunzhu's sight, "Nothing. It's fine."
Chunzhu put on a look of disbelief and grabbed her arm. "Let me see..."
Kushiyè winced again. It hurt if anything barely touched it. That couldn't be a good thing.
"Kushiyè..." Chunzhu inspected, "I think that boulder might have broken your arm."
She pulled her arm away. "Don't worry about it. It'll heal."
"Demo- (But-)," Chunzhu began.
"Look..." Kushiyè spoke to everyone, "I don't think I should be involved with you guys anymore. All I've done so far is cause trouble. Now, everyone is injured, and its my fault. I should just leave for good." She stood up and turned towards the forest.
Chunzhu stood up, surprised, "Kushiyè, you should not talk that way. We do not mind, really." She paused to put on a playful smile. "I am sure Hiei would not appreciate it if you ran off right after he sacrificed his own life to save yours. Also, you and I have been together for so long...Please do not leave us." She really was being nice now...Did she feel bad for her? Jealous because of how good-hearted those tantei had been saving her?
"You don't understand though! I can't help but feel guilty, and I don't care how much I mean to anyone. I just don't want to see any of you get hurt because of me!" With that, Kushiyè darted off into the Youkai Mori before anyone else had a chance to say anything.
"Kushiyè! Wait!" Chunzhu ran off after her, forgetting completely about everyone else. She was a little...worried, was it? If Kushiyè went into the Youkai Mori in her current condition, she could...Chunzhu didn't want to think about it anymore. She looked up at the crescent moon in the darkening sky, which seemed to get brighter as she got closer to where Kushiyè was.