"YOU!" the second demon accused Kuwabara, shaking his index finger at him,"YOU'RE NOT GOIN'A LIVE VERY LONG!"
Kuwabara straightened his posture.
"Well well, boys.. er.. demons.. you're outnumbered, because my friends and I make up a team of---" he looked ahead of him, and there his 'group of friends' were; At the nice, open spot they had chosen to sleep at. They didn't intend on fighting his battles for him. Kuwabara's eyes watered.
"Maybe now you'll act mature." muttered Hiei,"This should certainly teach you a lesson."
Surprisingly, Kuwabara heard Hiei's remark. His eyes narrowed.
"Must you teach me lessons outside of school!? DAMN YOU SHORTY!" said Kuwabara, summoning his Spirit Sword,"Prepare to die!"
The demons laughed at Kuwabara's ingorance, still scraping ice cream off of them.
"Stop taking the words out of our mouth, ninjen!" said they, also summoning Spirit Swords. Kuwabara gulped.
"Uh.. hey.. hey guys.. a lil' help here.." said he, as Kurama rose from his seat.
"Rose whip!" Kurama summoned his most common attack, and slashed right through the first demon,"I suggest you leave my friend alone, before you meet the same fate as iyour/i friend."
The demon nodded, sweating due to the fear Kurama caused him. He quickly fled to his spot on the boat, next to his group of other friends who soon grew afraid of the red head. Kuwabara's jaw dropped.
"B.. but.."
"Don't pick fights until we get to the tornament and we're actually entered, Kuwabara. Then you can have all of the fighting you want." said Kurama solemnly. He looked up into the sky, seeing many stars appear above them. The last horn blew, as the ship began to rock, then, after a couple rough seconds, it finally began to sail.
"How long do you think we'll be on this thing?" Kuwabara asked Kurama. Kurama continued to stare up into the sky, completely ignoring Kuwabara,"Hey, Kurama, what's up with you?"
"Hm?" Kurama blinked out of his 'daydream'.
"You're not listening to me at all. Urameshi said you had some attitude when you were with him, Hiei and the girls," he sat on the edge of the boat,"Something's wrong."
Kurama sat next to him, shaking his head.
"Nothing's wrong, really." he forced a smile,"I suppose it'll take us about a day to get there. This ship is rather fast."
"Don't get off the subject." said Kuwabara,"I want to know."
"Well, I don't want to tell you.." Kurama was now standing,"I'm getting to sleep. I suggest you do the same before you pick a fight with someone while we're sleeping."
Kuwabara pouted.
"Fine."
Kate was already sleeping, and it seemed that she had used Yusuke as a blanket instead of the one he had originally given her. But it wasn't a problem, Yusuke didn't seem to have any objection to her 'idea'. Kat was rested up against Hiei's arm, the two sound asleep, Hiei's hand rested upon both Kat, and his katana. Kuwabara shook his head, now sitting up against Hiei for warmth.
"Only Hiei..,"Kuwabara lightly laughed, his eyes growing heavier and heavier with each exhale. Soon enough, both he and Yusuke had fallen asleep; A deep sleep. Kurama, however, could not get into one of those. Neither could Yen.
"You've been awfully quiet, Kurama," said Yen,"Get some sleep. It'll be a long day tomorrow."
Kurama shook his head, looking depressedly down into the water.
"I can last, thank you," he replied kindly,"I'll be fine, don't worry about me."
"If I don't worry about you, I'll never forgive myself." admitted Yen,"I've known you as Youko, too, Kurama. You yourself as a human, I have to protect. I'm both your, and Kat's gardian."
Kurama didn't look at her; He kept his eyes on the flowing water.
"I don't need to be protected. The best person for you to worry about right now is yourself. These demons out here aren't exactly what you'd like to call.. polite." said Kurama. Yen laughed, hopping onto the ledge of the boat. Kurama, thinking she was about to lose her balance, offered a hand. Yen meerly smiled at him.
"I have balance, Kurama. But..," she lifted his chin lightly with her index finger,"You don't."
"I'm not the clumsiest person in the wo---"
"Not," said Yen agressively, then lowing her voice down to its normal sweet alternive,"In that perspective. Your life, Kurama.. you've lost hope in all that you've tried to accomplish over the years.. 13 years old.. you've achieved a high level of maturity."
Kurama looked away, his long hair catching the cool, crisp breeze. He remained silent.
"Not only that," she continued, her finger still under his chin,"A high in romantic matters. I see you've taken after Youko."
"How do you know this?" Kurama asked, doing his best to keep a steady eye on the water. Yen removed her finger from his chin.
"Oh, I hung around him enough to know." Yen smiled, leaning over to see what was catching Kurama's gaze,"What is it that your staring at?"
Kurama shook his head, his eyes softened.
"Nothing, Yen." he replied quietly.
"You will not see what you seek in the depths of the water, Kurama." spoke Yen wisely. Kurama's gaze intensified.
"You have no knowledge of what I seek, Yen," Kurama glared into the water. She put a hand on his shoulder.
"Kuronue cannot touch the ones you love, care about.. he can only," Yen stepped forward, her form changing completely; For, the one sharing advice with Kurama was infact, not Yen at all.. it was, indeed, Kurnoue,"But I can, however.. hurt you, very much.."
Kurama turned to Kuronue, and leaped across the boat, being careful not to step on anyone. Kuronue laughed heartily.
"I promise you, I won't hurt you physically.. I'll leave the hurting for your dreams.. they seem to be affecting you a great deal already.. just because you don't show all of your hurt fully on the outside.."
A deep pain occurred inside of Kurama's heart; He gripped his chest, praying that the pain would go away.
"Doesn't mean everyone around you is fooled..," he continued,"Just hope your friends stay alive for tonight.. they won't be alive for long."
With that, he snapped, and immediatly vanished. Kurama gripped the air.
"No.. no one else will lose their lives because of me..," Kurama took out a sharp item that was dug deep in his pocket,"If I give up my life.. maybe.. all of this.. will turn out as, a dream.. and no one will die.. no one will get hurt.. all of this.. will be..,"he held the item up to his heart,"All of the pain will es---"
"Kurama, what the ihell/i do you think you're doing!" Hiei grabbed Kurama's rist,"You really think that killing yourself will solve this? Your mother gave her ilife/i for you. You're going to make her sacrifice worthless?"
"She didn't give her life for me! She got in the middle of this entire project, and she.. You have no clue what happened, so keep out of my business," Kurama glared at Hiei with a fierce eye,"Get away, Hiei, get back to sleep!"
"I have no clue what happened because you don't itell/i anyone these things, Kurama. I thought you were smarter than that.. you as well as I know that keeping those things inside you tear you apart."
Kurama remembered someone else had told him that same exact thing.. it was Amber.
"No, Shuichi. Whatever you think will heal you, is not in there. Let's go back, I just needed to let you cry a bit. To get whatever you keep inside you out. It's not good for you, you know."
It echoed in his head. He remembered.
~*~
"One..," Kuronue plucked a black rose,"Two.. Three.."
Kurama remained confused.
"What are you---?"
"Your friends.. you don't have many that are close.. but I'll find them.. pain fades away.. but death of a loved one doesn't..," Kuronue laughed.
"How would you know, you've never loved anyone!" Kurama protested,"You never will! Your heart is too dark and cold to be overcome by love!"
Kuroune's pendelum stopped swinging around his finger; He caught it inside his hand.
"First your mother, next is your dear old man, Kurama, who next? Your thoughts are wide open..," Kurnoue took out his rose once more,"One.. your mother.. two.. your old man.. and three..---
~*~
"YOU'LL NEVER GET THEM!" Kurama woke up, ungulfed in fear, drowning in his own sweat. Yusuke grabbed a hold of him as quickly as he could.
"Hiei knocked you out last night to make you go to sleep, what happened?" Yusuke asked his friend quietly, a hint of deep worry in his voice,"Who'll never get who?"
"N-no one, Yusuke," said Kurama,"Where's Yen?"
"Oh, right over there," Yusuke pointed to the mage talking to Kate,"They're exchanging magic tips."
"I best not interrupt them, then." Kurama sat up,"What time is it?"
"Well into the afternoon, we'll be arriving in about an hour according to what you said yesterday." said Yusuke, his hand above his forehead, looking into the distance ahead of them. Kurama chuckled to himself.
"So what I say iis/i getting through to you." Kurama smiled,"That's good to know."
***
Amber never went to sleep. She had been up thinking about what the white paper said. She repeated it in her head. She had accidentally memorized it because of the number of times she read it, disbelieving every word..
"I need to get to Kurama..," she said aloud to herself,"This.. if this was in the book before, he wouldn't have left me here.. I think, atleast.."
***
The boat came to a sudden hault, sending Yusuke flying into the very front of it.
"Dammit.." Yusuke muttered, holding his gut.
"Shake it off, Yusuke," Kate helped him walk off the boat, the rest of the group trailing behind.
"You say I was being framed, Kurama?" Yen conversed with Kurama, Kuwabara and Hiei not too far ahead of them. Kurama nodded.
"Yes, Kuronue framed you.. what he said didn't make sense.. he killed my mother.. yet he said he couldn't hurt the ones I love and care for.. then.. in my vision, he said he was going to kill my father.. and..," his voice became very soft,"I have an idea of who's next."
Yen nodded solemnly.
"I suggest you get in contact with her. She's not a half demon anymore. She and your father are both humans now. They cannot protect themselves, let alone each other." explained Yen,"You must think of who comes first, though, Kurama. I believe he meant he cannot hurt them from the real world because he, also was weakened by separating from Amber, but he can hurt them through emotions and dreams.. he may have entered your mother's dream and..," Yen paused. Kurama nodded.
"I understand," said Kurama, his voice barely above a whisper. Yen, acting as his mother, put a helpful arm around him.
"Your mother was the closest person to you, so Kuronue killed her off so you'd give in. He'll keep killing until you finally break down, Kurama."
"I know, when I said I understood, I wasn't lying." he looked at Yen with hurt eyes,"May I see them?"
Yen smiled.
"Of course you can, we just need to get registered, then I'll let you. Deal?"
Kurama nodded.
"Deal."
***
A scream sounded throughout the house. It belonged to Mr.Minamino. Amber shot up.
"Dad?" she ran to the door, opened it, and ran down the stairs as fast as her legs would allow,"Dad!?" she repeated worriedly.
She turned to the kitched; He wasn't there. She turned to the livingroom, then the bathroom; He wasn't there.
"Where could he be..," she thought to herself, as an arm swung around her neck.
"You're next, little one..," a cold, raspy voice hissed into her ear. It was Kuronue.
***
Everyone had caught up with each other; It was now up to Yusuke to sign the team up.
"Yes. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and.. ah.. Kurama." Yusuke gave the names for his team,"Yes, that's right, team Urameshi. I'm it's leader."
Kate stood close to Yusuke, being that the 10 foot demons didn't look very friendly.
"You done yet, Yusuke?" asked Kate, clinging to him. He turned his head to her.
"Yes, I'm done. Come on, we're up first," he grinned.
"How can he smile when he's practically risking his life...!? Ah well, it iis/i Yusuke I'm thinking about after all." she thought to herself, now smiling herself. Kat motioned her hand to the entrance to the ring.
"I found it!" Kat pointed,"That was easier than I thought it would be."
Yen winced.
"What's wrong?" asked Kurama. Yen's eyes shook deeply with fear.
"Your home is in danger, Kurama..," she whispered,"Your fathers life is lost, he's working on..," Yen collapsed into his arms. Kat took her from Kurama and began to shake her.
"Who is it?!" Kat shook Yen worriedly,"Who!?"
Yen looked up at her sadly.
"Kurama, are you aware of the transportation spell.." Yen asked him weakly. He shook his head, unable to speak,"Kate shall take you to your home. You have no time to waste."
Kate nodded.
"See you, Yusuke." she quickly kissed him, then, took Kurama's hand, and chanted the Transportation Spell. Yusuke blushed, and held out a hand.
"Wa---"
They were gone.
***
Kurama quickly ran into the house, tears flowing down his face. Kate remained speechless, as she closed the door behind her. Everything looked neatly organized; Not a single thing out of place.
"Kurama, this place.. didn't Yen say that.."
"That my father was dead? Yes.. she wouldn't lie to me." Kurama stepped forward, and seeing no one downstairs, he ran upstairs, and knocked on his door. The door knob turned, and there she was; Amber, looking as if she was Kurama, just as she should be.
"Hello, Kurama, I've missed you," she smiled at him, welcoming him into his clean room, nothing was touched, her voice toneless, her face pale,"Sit down, Kate, you look tired."
"No, I'm not tired.. is something wrong? You look really pale, Amber." Kate almost put her hand to her face, but Amber backed away quickly.
"Don't touch me." said she in the same toneless voice. Kate looked at her queerly. Kurama, however, store at her with his solemn emerald eyes.
"Who are you?" Kurama shook his head, wrapping his arms around, who he thought was, Amber. He fell right through her, landing on the ground face first. He chose not to get up. To him, staying on the floor was better than living his life at the present time. Everyone expects perfection from him; In everything. Always straight A's in school, always being the best; Not his best, bthe/b best. If were to stay on the floor, he would have none of this to deal with. None of it. Not the loss of his mother, not the fact that everyone close to him would lose their life because of ihim/i, not the world around him.. Nothing. As Kurama turned to see Amber and Kate, Amber's figure seemed to evaporate; It was just a hollogram. His eyes widened as the world around him seemed to collapse. He wanted his life to end; He didn't want to live like this anymore.. any life beside his would be livable; Any. His room was wrecked now; There were blood stains on the carpet; His father lay dead right next to him.
Kuwabara straightened his posture.
"Well well, boys.. er.. demons.. you're outnumbered, because my friends and I make up a team of---" he looked ahead of him, and there his 'group of friends' were; At the nice, open spot they had chosen to sleep at. They didn't intend on fighting his battles for him. Kuwabara's eyes watered.
"Maybe now you'll act mature." muttered Hiei,"This should certainly teach you a lesson."
Surprisingly, Kuwabara heard Hiei's remark. His eyes narrowed.
"Must you teach me lessons outside of school!? DAMN YOU SHORTY!" said Kuwabara, summoning his Spirit Sword,"Prepare to die!"
The demons laughed at Kuwabara's ingorance, still scraping ice cream off of them.
"Stop taking the words out of our mouth, ninjen!" said they, also summoning Spirit Swords. Kuwabara gulped.
"Uh.. hey.. hey guys.. a lil' help here.." said he, as Kurama rose from his seat.
"Rose whip!" Kurama summoned his most common attack, and slashed right through the first demon,"I suggest you leave my friend alone, before you meet the same fate as iyour/i friend."
The demon nodded, sweating due to the fear Kurama caused him. He quickly fled to his spot on the boat, next to his group of other friends who soon grew afraid of the red head. Kuwabara's jaw dropped.
"B.. but.."
"Don't pick fights until we get to the tornament and we're actually entered, Kuwabara. Then you can have all of the fighting you want." said Kurama solemnly. He looked up into the sky, seeing many stars appear above them. The last horn blew, as the ship began to rock, then, after a couple rough seconds, it finally began to sail.
"How long do you think we'll be on this thing?" Kuwabara asked Kurama. Kurama continued to stare up into the sky, completely ignoring Kuwabara,"Hey, Kurama, what's up with you?"
"Hm?" Kurama blinked out of his 'daydream'.
"You're not listening to me at all. Urameshi said you had some attitude when you were with him, Hiei and the girls," he sat on the edge of the boat,"Something's wrong."
Kurama sat next to him, shaking his head.
"Nothing's wrong, really." he forced a smile,"I suppose it'll take us about a day to get there. This ship is rather fast."
"Don't get off the subject." said Kuwabara,"I want to know."
"Well, I don't want to tell you.." Kurama was now standing,"I'm getting to sleep. I suggest you do the same before you pick a fight with someone while we're sleeping."
Kuwabara pouted.
"Fine."
Kate was already sleeping, and it seemed that she had used Yusuke as a blanket instead of the one he had originally given her. But it wasn't a problem, Yusuke didn't seem to have any objection to her 'idea'. Kat was rested up against Hiei's arm, the two sound asleep, Hiei's hand rested upon both Kat, and his katana. Kuwabara shook his head, now sitting up against Hiei for warmth.
"Only Hiei..,"Kuwabara lightly laughed, his eyes growing heavier and heavier with each exhale. Soon enough, both he and Yusuke had fallen asleep; A deep sleep. Kurama, however, could not get into one of those. Neither could Yen.
"You've been awfully quiet, Kurama," said Yen,"Get some sleep. It'll be a long day tomorrow."
Kurama shook his head, looking depressedly down into the water.
"I can last, thank you," he replied kindly,"I'll be fine, don't worry about me."
"If I don't worry about you, I'll never forgive myself." admitted Yen,"I've known you as Youko, too, Kurama. You yourself as a human, I have to protect. I'm both your, and Kat's gardian."
Kurama didn't look at her; He kept his eyes on the flowing water.
"I don't need to be protected. The best person for you to worry about right now is yourself. These demons out here aren't exactly what you'd like to call.. polite." said Kurama. Yen laughed, hopping onto the ledge of the boat. Kurama, thinking she was about to lose her balance, offered a hand. Yen meerly smiled at him.
"I have balance, Kurama. But..," she lifted his chin lightly with her index finger,"You don't."
"I'm not the clumsiest person in the wo---"
"Not," said Yen agressively, then lowing her voice down to its normal sweet alternive,"In that perspective. Your life, Kurama.. you've lost hope in all that you've tried to accomplish over the years.. 13 years old.. you've achieved a high level of maturity."
Kurama looked away, his long hair catching the cool, crisp breeze. He remained silent.
"Not only that," she continued, her finger still under his chin,"A high in romantic matters. I see you've taken after Youko."
"How do you know this?" Kurama asked, doing his best to keep a steady eye on the water. Yen removed her finger from his chin.
"Oh, I hung around him enough to know." Yen smiled, leaning over to see what was catching Kurama's gaze,"What is it that your staring at?"
Kurama shook his head, his eyes softened.
"Nothing, Yen." he replied quietly.
"You will not see what you seek in the depths of the water, Kurama." spoke Yen wisely. Kurama's gaze intensified.
"You have no knowledge of what I seek, Yen," Kurama glared into the water. She put a hand on his shoulder.
"Kuronue cannot touch the ones you love, care about.. he can only," Yen stepped forward, her form changing completely; For, the one sharing advice with Kurama was infact, not Yen at all.. it was, indeed, Kurnoue,"But I can, however.. hurt you, very much.."
Kurama turned to Kuronue, and leaped across the boat, being careful not to step on anyone. Kuronue laughed heartily.
"I promise you, I won't hurt you physically.. I'll leave the hurting for your dreams.. they seem to be affecting you a great deal already.. just because you don't show all of your hurt fully on the outside.."
A deep pain occurred inside of Kurama's heart; He gripped his chest, praying that the pain would go away.
"Doesn't mean everyone around you is fooled..," he continued,"Just hope your friends stay alive for tonight.. they won't be alive for long."
With that, he snapped, and immediatly vanished. Kurama gripped the air.
"No.. no one else will lose their lives because of me..," Kurama took out a sharp item that was dug deep in his pocket,"If I give up my life.. maybe.. all of this.. will turn out as, a dream.. and no one will die.. no one will get hurt.. all of this.. will be..,"he held the item up to his heart,"All of the pain will es---"
"Kurama, what the ihell/i do you think you're doing!" Hiei grabbed Kurama's rist,"You really think that killing yourself will solve this? Your mother gave her ilife/i for you. You're going to make her sacrifice worthless?"
"She didn't give her life for me! She got in the middle of this entire project, and she.. You have no clue what happened, so keep out of my business," Kurama glared at Hiei with a fierce eye,"Get away, Hiei, get back to sleep!"
"I have no clue what happened because you don't itell/i anyone these things, Kurama. I thought you were smarter than that.. you as well as I know that keeping those things inside you tear you apart."
Kurama remembered someone else had told him that same exact thing.. it was Amber.
"No, Shuichi. Whatever you think will heal you, is not in there. Let's go back, I just needed to let you cry a bit. To get whatever you keep inside you out. It's not good for you, you know."
It echoed in his head. He remembered.
~*~
"One..," Kuronue plucked a black rose,"Two.. Three.."
Kurama remained confused.
"What are you---?"
"Your friends.. you don't have many that are close.. but I'll find them.. pain fades away.. but death of a loved one doesn't..," Kuronue laughed.
"How would you know, you've never loved anyone!" Kurama protested,"You never will! Your heart is too dark and cold to be overcome by love!"
Kuroune's pendelum stopped swinging around his finger; He caught it inside his hand.
"First your mother, next is your dear old man, Kurama, who next? Your thoughts are wide open..," Kurnoue took out his rose once more,"One.. your mother.. two.. your old man.. and three..---
~*~
"YOU'LL NEVER GET THEM!" Kurama woke up, ungulfed in fear, drowning in his own sweat. Yusuke grabbed a hold of him as quickly as he could.
"Hiei knocked you out last night to make you go to sleep, what happened?" Yusuke asked his friend quietly, a hint of deep worry in his voice,"Who'll never get who?"
"N-no one, Yusuke," said Kurama,"Where's Yen?"
"Oh, right over there," Yusuke pointed to the mage talking to Kate,"They're exchanging magic tips."
"I best not interrupt them, then." Kurama sat up,"What time is it?"
"Well into the afternoon, we'll be arriving in about an hour according to what you said yesterday." said Yusuke, his hand above his forehead, looking into the distance ahead of them. Kurama chuckled to himself.
"So what I say iis/i getting through to you." Kurama smiled,"That's good to know."
***
Amber never went to sleep. She had been up thinking about what the white paper said. She repeated it in her head. She had accidentally memorized it because of the number of times she read it, disbelieving every word..
"I need to get to Kurama..," she said aloud to herself,"This.. if this was in the book before, he wouldn't have left me here.. I think, atleast.."
***
The boat came to a sudden hault, sending Yusuke flying into the very front of it.
"Dammit.." Yusuke muttered, holding his gut.
"Shake it off, Yusuke," Kate helped him walk off the boat, the rest of the group trailing behind.
"You say I was being framed, Kurama?" Yen conversed with Kurama, Kuwabara and Hiei not too far ahead of them. Kurama nodded.
"Yes, Kuronue framed you.. what he said didn't make sense.. he killed my mother.. yet he said he couldn't hurt the ones I love and care for.. then.. in my vision, he said he was going to kill my father.. and..," his voice became very soft,"I have an idea of who's next."
Yen nodded solemnly.
"I suggest you get in contact with her. She's not a half demon anymore. She and your father are both humans now. They cannot protect themselves, let alone each other." explained Yen,"You must think of who comes first, though, Kurama. I believe he meant he cannot hurt them from the real world because he, also was weakened by separating from Amber, but he can hurt them through emotions and dreams.. he may have entered your mother's dream and..," Yen paused. Kurama nodded.
"I understand," said Kurama, his voice barely above a whisper. Yen, acting as his mother, put a helpful arm around him.
"Your mother was the closest person to you, so Kuronue killed her off so you'd give in. He'll keep killing until you finally break down, Kurama."
"I know, when I said I understood, I wasn't lying." he looked at Yen with hurt eyes,"May I see them?"
Yen smiled.
"Of course you can, we just need to get registered, then I'll let you. Deal?"
Kurama nodded.
"Deal."
***
A scream sounded throughout the house. It belonged to Mr.Minamino. Amber shot up.
"Dad?" she ran to the door, opened it, and ran down the stairs as fast as her legs would allow,"Dad!?" she repeated worriedly.
She turned to the kitched; He wasn't there. She turned to the livingroom, then the bathroom; He wasn't there.
"Where could he be..," she thought to herself, as an arm swung around her neck.
"You're next, little one..," a cold, raspy voice hissed into her ear. It was Kuronue.
***
Everyone had caught up with each other; It was now up to Yusuke to sign the team up.
"Yes. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and.. ah.. Kurama." Yusuke gave the names for his team,"Yes, that's right, team Urameshi. I'm it's leader."
Kate stood close to Yusuke, being that the 10 foot demons didn't look very friendly.
"You done yet, Yusuke?" asked Kate, clinging to him. He turned his head to her.
"Yes, I'm done. Come on, we're up first," he grinned.
"How can he smile when he's practically risking his life...!? Ah well, it iis/i Yusuke I'm thinking about after all." she thought to herself, now smiling herself. Kat motioned her hand to the entrance to the ring.
"I found it!" Kat pointed,"That was easier than I thought it would be."
Yen winced.
"What's wrong?" asked Kurama. Yen's eyes shook deeply with fear.
"Your home is in danger, Kurama..," she whispered,"Your fathers life is lost, he's working on..," Yen collapsed into his arms. Kat took her from Kurama and began to shake her.
"Who is it?!" Kat shook Yen worriedly,"Who!?"
Yen looked up at her sadly.
"Kurama, are you aware of the transportation spell.." Yen asked him weakly. He shook his head, unable to speak,"Kate shall take you to your home. You have no time to waste."
Kate nodded.
"See you, Yusuke." she quickly kissed him, then, took Kurama's hand, and chanted the Transportation Spell. Yusuke blushed, and held out a hand.
"Wa---"
They were gone.
***
Kurama quickly ran into the house, tears flowing down his face. Kate remained speechless, as she closed the door behind her. Everything looked neatly organized; Not a single thing out of place.
"Kurama, this place.. didn't Yen say that.."
"That my father was dead? Yes.. she wouldn't lie to me." Kurama stepped forward, and seeing no one downstairs, he ran upstairs, and knocked on his door. The door knob turned, and there she was; Amber, looking as if she was Kurama, just as she should be.
"Hello, Kurama, I've missed you," she smiled at him, welcoming him into his clean room, nothing was touched, her voice toneless, her face pale,"Sit down, Kate, you look tired."
"No, I'm not tired.. is something wrong? You look really pale, Amber." Kate almost put her hand to her face, but Amber backed away quickly.
"Don't touch me." said she in the same toneless voice. Kate looked at her queerly. Kurama, however, store at her with his solemn emerald eyes.
"Who are you?" Kurama shook his head, wrapping his arms around, who he thought was, Amber. He fell right through her, landing on the ground face first. He chose not to get up. To him, staying on the floor was better than living his life at the present time. Everyone expects perfection from him; In everything. Always straight A's in school, always being the best; Not his best, bthe/b best. If were to stay on the floor, he would have none of this to deal with. None of it. Not the loss of his mother, not the fact that everyone close to him would lose their life because of ihim/i, not the world around him.. Nothing. As Kurama turned to see Amber and Kate, Amber's figure seemed to evaporate; It was just a hollogram. His eyes widened as the world around him seemed to collapse. He wanted his life to end; He didn't want to live like this anymore.. any life beside his would be livable; Any. His room was wrecked now; There were blood stains on the carpet; His father lay dead right next to him.