DarkGhost42: I don't own YYH or any of the characters. Oh, and the title of this chapter is kinda misleading. Heh...

Chapter III:

The End of It all

I rummaged through the brush of the forest none to quietly, but my mind had been to painstakingly full to care. So much had happened in one day. I had pushed the one I love away out of...fear? But didn't I say I have no fear? Then, if it wasn't out of fear, what was it? I stumbled clumsily into a clearing in the Forest of Fools and glared up at the sky. The clouds had moved in and were creating a muggy effect to the area. I disliked this weather and the taste of the air before the rain. I decided to retreat...but where to? I could never return there. No...I simply couldn't bear seeing that face...those eyes again.

I continued to stroll until I came across the portal into the human realm. I stared at it blankly as if listening to its soft spoken words that no one but I could hear. I reached out my hand and slipped it through. The chill of the dimensional break caused me to shiver. Was I really about to return to that world again? Yes, though I couldn't meet him face to face...I had no problem with watching from the shadows. After all, that's all I had become anyway.

I reached the other realm with ease and ended up landing outside of Master Genkai's temple. I decided to pay a visit and see if anyone had decided to see her. I flitted up to a tree branch and once I landed, I could make out the sounds of crying. And the voice, it was familiar. It was Kurama!

I peered through a doorway and saw him in a corner of the room curled up and weeping into the sleeves of his button down, white blouse. He would murmur my name in between sobs and each time, it struck me with more pain. I clutched my chest as I watched him. Why did it hurt so much? Why did love feel this way?

"Hiei...why? What happened to us? What has happened to you? Where have you gone? What will I do without you here? Please...Hiei...don't leave for good. It just can't end this way," he whispered. Kurama...don't ask such things. Not even I know what has happened. You've done so much to me, and I can't forgive you for it. I'll never forgive you for toying with my emotions.

I couldn't stand it any longer. I burst through the door and grabbed him by the collar, slamming him into the wall. The blood rushed out from the back of his head and he stared at me with one thing in his eyes. Fear.

"Hiei...what...what are you...doing?" he choked. I tightened my grip on his neck and growled in fury.

"Who do you think you are!? How dare you play with my emotions like this!! What right do you have to peer inside my soul like that?! I'll kill you for it!" I screamed in his face. He struggled beneath me.

"Hiei...what are you talking about? I haven't done anything to you. Please...you're hurting me," he whimpered. I smirked and began to cackle.

"Good! It's nothing compared to how you'll feel in a minute fox!! I'll show you all the pain you've put me through! I'll show you how you've torn my soul apart! I'll send you to the depths of oblivion!" I continued to threaten him. He tried to move but realized he had been backed into a corner.

"Hiei...why? Why do this?" My grin disappeared and it was replaced with an angered frown. He continued to stare at me that way and his eyes were now stinging with tears. I wiped away the streaks he had created on his moistened cheeks and glared at him.

"Why? I'll tell you. The reason is that you've melted it all away. When I first met you, Kurama, my heart was solid ice, and no one had ever melted or broken it. But suddenly, after all the time we spent together, you had melted all of it away and I finally saw what I wanted. But...I knew I would never have it. It was always too good for me. So...I decided to become a shadow, and then maybe...maybe I could forget. But I can't! It continues to haunt me! I hear the voices calling me in my head, and it's driving me crazy don't you see?! I can't take it anymore!! It's all a lie and I won't fall into this trap!" I confessed. And then I felt it. I felt a single tear slide down my cheek and drop to the floor. And then another followed it. Soon enough, I knew I had begun to cry none stop and I rested my head on his chest with my hands still holding him firmly to the wall.

"Hiei...what happened. What is it you wanted? I'll do anything to help you." He placed his arms on my back in a comforting way, but I wriggled out of his grip and snarled.

"You can't help me! No one can help me now, especially not you, you selfish cold hearted..." I cut myself off. What had I just said? That was nothing like Kurama. He had always had a smile for me, and he had never treated me coldly before. Perhaps...the reason for this was, I saw Kurama as myself, and I didn't want to see it. I was afraid of myself and what I could do to him, so I ran. I ran from all the pain like a child and I left him to find his way through the darkness on his own.

"Hiei?" I noticed I had just embraced him and set my head on his shoulder. How could I have let my mind play such tricks on me? I didn't know what to do any more. Running had now become pointless, but to give in to this feeling would be even more foolish. I lifted my head off his shoulder and looked Kurama in the eye. His fear had been replaced with confusion and concern.

"I can't see anything clearly anymore Kurama. It's all become a blur to me, and I just don't know how to handle all of this. I can't keep thinking about you. You're what's been haunting me Kurama. You're what caused the ice to melt. You're what I desired," I whispered to him. He stiffened like I board and his eyes became large emerald pools of shock.

"What are you saying Hiei!? If you wanted me, why did you run!? What was the point in running!? Don't you know I'd do anything for you!? I would go anywhere to find you and I'd do anything to help you! Why are you so foolish!? I can't believe you'd think of me in such a way! Not after all we've been through!" he screamed in my face.

"Well take a look at yourself! Do you think I'd even be able to have you!? You'll find someone Kurama, and then I'll be nothing but a memory to you! How dare you call me foolish anyway!?" I stopped at that last sentence. I then smirked and snickered under my breath. I raised my head to look him in the eye. "You're right, Kurama. I am foolish. I'm foolish for falling in love with someone like you!!" He gasped and nearly fell over.

"In....l-love? You're in love with me?" he stammered. I cackled and kicked him into the corner.

"I was, Kurama, but now, I just see that it would all be pointless. You're a waste of my time! I don't need you! I need no one!! I'm fine on my own now! So stay out of my way and stay out of my life! It's all better for the both of us if we keep our distance!" I then unsheathed my sword and neared him slowly. "And just to make sure I never see your senseless face again...I'll kill you on the spot."

"Hiei...you've gone insane! What nonsense are you speaking!?" I continued to walk. My face had been covered in shadows. I suddenly heard the thunder roar and the lightning flashed revealing the fear hidden in Kurama's eyes.

"I've had enough of you, Kurama. I can't go on like this. One of us has to leave, and I've decided who, kitsune." I lowered my sword quickly and all that I could see after that...was red. The blood sprayed from his stomach and I heard his scream of pain. I pulled my sword away and watch his body fall limp and collapse to the ground. I stared at his lifeless corpse for a minute. What had I done?

A/N: XP that was bad...and you don't know for sure if he's dead. If he was, then that would cause the story to go off course, but if he was, then I have some ideas. You'll just have to wait and read the next chapter to see if he lived or not. BWUAHAHA!!

Cheysuli: O.O You killed him!! You killed my Kurama-san!!

Ghost: Oh, get over it. You don't know for sure if he's dead yet or not. (evil grin) I love cliffies. Well...all I gotta say now is...REVIEW!!!! Oh, and Sterling Guijar...was that angsty enough? (smirk) Hehheh...