-Tricked-
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH.
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Chapter 5: Help me
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Shiori sighed and put her head in her hands. Her son.. was he going to be okay?
"Please tell me the truth." She looked up at Yusuke and the others. They were listening to the silence of the other room. Keiko sighed.
"The most we can do now is hope that Botan can.. help him." She paused. "There isn't anything we can do."
"Hiei is trying everything he knows." Yusuke added, opening an eye. "He knows quite a bit, too." He closed his eye and returned to his own world. Kuwabara kept his mouth shut and his ears open to the sounds of voices.
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"Will he wake up?" Botan turned to look at Hiei, who shrugged.
"I don't know. This is all too damn confusing." He swore and shook his head. Botan looked back to Kurama and sighed deeply.
"I feel his sadness." She said suddenly. "I feel his anger and his.. fear." Hiei turned wide eyes toward her and blinked.
"This isn't possible.." He shook his head and stared at her. "Only a certain bond can.. not unless.."
"Hiei." She turned toward him and his fear grew. "We may be too late." A gasp and a gag for air brought them out of their reveries. Sweat was starting to glisten on Kurama's forehead.
"No.." He whispered painfully. He fell silent within a minute and the two others in the room turned fearful gazes at each other.
"Whats going on, Hiei?" Botan backed up against the wall. "Are we too late?"
"We may be.." He trailed off, looking toward his partner. Kurama's eyes opened wide in turmoil. He stared at them in disbelief.
"What are you doing? You shouldn't.." His gaze went to Botan. Their eyes met. Amethyst locked with emerald and both refused to look away. Botan felt her strength start to fade. Gold sparkled dangerously in his eyes. Hiei's mouth ran dry. He wasn't that strong against the kitsune. "Help me!"
"We want to, but we don't know how!" Botan cried. She started toward him but then paused. Their eyes never left each other's. A vision ran through Botan's mind. One of her recent nightmares.
Botan saw herself in a dark place. She couldn't see anything, if there was anything to see. She took a step forward hesitantly. She still felt solid ground beneathe her.
"Hello?" She called into the smothering darkness. Her voice echoed loudly. Where was she? Someone appeared in front of her. It was Keiko.
"You wouldn't lie to all of us, would you?" The figure faded. Botan's mouth ran dry. That was when Kurama had let her go and she went to Keiko.
"Take this!" Hiei's voice rang out. He appeared before her with a look of fear on his pale face. The image faded then she saw herself and Kurama sitting near each other.
Botan shook her head and continued on. She held her hand out to him.
"Take my spirit energy if you need to." She said in sudden understanding. The kitsune side only needed to be subdued. He nodded and took her hand. Hiei's spirit rose when he saw the human side of Kurama start to take control again.
You can control me no longer, Youko. I don't fear you anymore.
Yes, you do, Suuichi. You know that you do. I sense it deep down inside of you.
That is the fear of losing those that I love and befriend. That fear is in everyone. Everyone except you.
True, Suuichi. I don't fear losing others.
You feared losing Kuronue. You can't tell me that you didn't. I am you.
Shut up! You're a weak human for pity's sake!
Am I?
Youko was silent. Brooding silence enveloped them. Even the air around them was tense.
No.
Youko faded from his mind and returned to his proper place. He was still there. He would always be there. He wasn't really all that evil, but when he was cooped up in a human body, he seemed to be going insane. Every demon needed to fight. It was only proper. Demons can be evil, good, and neutral. Its only their choice.
"Thank you.." Suuichi opened his eyes and smiled at the two in the room. "Without you, I wouldn't have been able to do that."
"Oh, Suuichi!" Botan threw her arms around him and cried tears of joy. The others could no longer stand it, they ran into the room. Shiori saw her son hugging the girl who had come in not too long ago. "I'm so glad you made it out of that." She suddenly remembered Koenma and Reikai. She remembered the others.
"Thanks again, Botan. And.. I'm sorry about what I said to you. You wouldn't believe what I thought of myself after that." He looked her in the eyes then looked away.
"I know you did it because you.. well, nevermind. As long as you're safe." She stood up and smiled cheerfully at him. "I better get going." She turned around and stared at the others. "See you later!" She ran out of the room and out of the apartment building. She knew she could still transport herself back to Reikai, but she didn't want to right away.
"Suuichi!" Shiori flung herself at her son and embraced him. "I was so worried." She let go of him and the others just smiled and welcomed him back. Yusuke grinned.
"You had us scared there, Suuichi." He said.
"We were worried you wouldn't pull through." Kuwabara said with a grin to Yusuke. Hiei stared at his friend for a few minutes before he spoke.
"We were afraid we were too late." He frowned. He wasn't used to saying nice things so he kept quiet. Kurama would know what he meant. "She was the only one we could think of."
"You knew, Hiei. The minute you saw me." Suuichi looked down. "It was probably extremely noticable."
"It was." Hiei agreed quietly.
As long as he was back to normal, he would pose no threat.
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End of chapter 5. What about Koenma? Poor Kurama.. He was through a lot. ^_^ Please review!
-Jess-
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH.
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Chapter 5: Help me
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Shiori sighed and put her head in her hands. Her son.. was he going to be okay?
"Please tell me the truth." She looked up at Yusuke and the others. They were listening to the silence of the other room. Keiko sighed.
"The most we can do now is hope that Botan can.. help him." She paused. "There isn't anything we can do."
"Hiei is trying everything he knows." Yusuke added, opening an eye. "He knows quite a bit, too." He closed his eye and returned to his own world. Kuwabara kept his mouth shut and his ears open to the sounds of voices.
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"Will he wake up?" Botan turned to look at Hiei, who shrugged.
"I don't know. This is all too damn confusing." He swore and shook his head. Botan looked back to Kurama and sighed deeply.
"I feel his sadness." She said suddenly. "I feel his anger and his.. fear." Hiei turned wide eyes toward her and blinked.
"This isn't possible.." He shook his head and stared at her. "Only a certain bond can.. not unless.."
"Hiei." She turned toward him and his fear grew. "We may be too late." A gasp and a gag for air brought them out of their reveries. Sweat was starting to glisten on Kurama's forehead.
"No.." He whispered painfully. He fell silent within a minute and the two others in the room turned fearful gazes at each other.
"Whats going on, Hiei?" Botan backed up against the wall. "Are we too late?"
"We may be.." He trailed off, looking toward his partner. Kurama's eyes opened wide in turmoil. He stared at them in disbelief.
"What are you doing? You shouldn't.." His gaze went to Botan. Their eyes met. Amethyst locked with emerald and both refused to look away. Botan felt her strength start to fade. Gold sparkled dangerously in his eyes. Hiei's mouth ran dry. He wasn't that strong against the kitsune. "Help me!"
"We want to, but we don't know how!" Botan cried. She started toward him but then paused. Their eyes never left each other's. A vision ran through Botan's mind. One of her recent nightmares.
Botan saw herself in a dark place. She couldn't see anything, if there was anything to see. She took a step forward hesitantly. She still felt solid ground beneathe her.
"Hello?" She called into the smothering darkness. Her voice echoed loudly. Where was she? Someone appeared in front of her. It was Keiko.
"You wouldn't lie to all of us, would you?" The figure faded. Botan's mouth ran dry. That was when Kurama had let her go and she went to Keiko.
"Take this!" Hiei's voice rang out. He appeared before her with a look of fear on his pale face. The image faded then she saw herself and Kurama sitting near each other.
Botan shook her head and continued on. She held her hand out to him.
"Take my spirit energy if you need to." She said in sudden understanding. The kitsune side only needed to be subdued. He nodded and took her hand. Hiei's spirit rose when he saw the human side of Kurama start to take control again.
You can control me no longer, Youko. I don't fear you anymore.
Yes, you do, Suuichi. You know that you do. I sense it deep down inside of you.
That is the fear of losing those that I love and befriend. That fear is in everyone. Everyone except you.
True, Suuichi. I don't fear losing others.
You feared losing Kuronue. You can't tell me that you didn't. I am you.
Shut up! You're a weak human for pity's sake!
Am I?
Youko was silent. Brooding silence enveloped them. Even the air around them was tense.
No.
Youko faded from his mind and returned to his proper place. He was still there. He would always be there. He wasn't really all that evil, but when he was cooped up in a human body, he seemed to be going insane. Every demon needed to fight. It was only proper. Demons can be evil, good, and neutral. Its only their choice.
"Thank you.." Suuichi opened his eyes and smiled at the two in the room. "Without you, I wouldn't have been able to do that."
"Oh, Suuichi!" Botan threw her arms around him and cried tears of joy. The others could no longer stand it, they ran into the room. Shiori saw her son hugging the girl who had come in not too long ago. "I'm so glad you made it out of that." She suddenly remembered Koenma and Reikai. She remembered the others.
"Thanks again, Botan. And.. I'm sorry about what I said to you. You wouldn't believe what I thought of myself after that." He looked her in the eyes then looked away.
"I know you did it because you.. well, nevermind. As long as you're safe." She stood up and smiled cheerfully at him. "I better get going." She turned around and stared at the others. "See you later!" She ran out of the room and out of the apartment building. She knew she could still transport herself back to Reikai, but she didn't want to right away.
"Suuichi!" Shiori flung herself at her son and embraced him. "I was so worried." She let go of him and the others just smiled and welcomed him back. Yusuke grinned.
"You had us scared there, Suuichi." He said.
"We were worried you wouldn't pull through." Kuwabara said with a grin to Yusuke. Hiei stared at his friend for a few minutes before he spoke.
"We were afraid we were too late." He frowned. He wasn't used to saying nice things so he kept quiet. Kurama would know what he meant. "She was the only one we could think of."
"You knew, Hiei. The minute you saw me." Suuichi looked down. "It was probably extremely noticable."
"It was." Hiei agreed quietly.
As long as he was back to normal, he would pose no threat.
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End of chapter 5. What about Koenma? Poor Kurama.. He was through a lot. ^_^ Please review!
-Jess-