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Chapter 10: Tell Him, Show Him

Jin sighs and looks at the clock as Botan finishes; it had been half an hour. He hadn't expected for it to take that long, not that it mattered really. He goes over everything in his head and sums it up so that he can make sure that he has it straight. "So, what 'yer tellin' me lassie, is that our new friend upstairs is actually the youngin' of Hiei and before the harvest goes and comes again that he'll have to decide b'tween ceasin' ta' be an' becomin' part of a demon version of himself?"

Botan nods "That's pretty much it, yeah. Now that we know, Yusuke, Kuwabara and I don't know what to do. We can't tell him, he wouldn't believe us even if we did. But we can't NOT tell him either. We're all just so confused that we end up doing nothing at all. We tried locating Hiei and this 'Toma-su' fellow, but had no luck whatsoever. We're out of ideas."

Jin's eyes grow serious (A.N. well, as serious as Jin can get) for a moment before he says quietly "Botan, ya' have to tell 'im. You just have to."

Botan sighs "I know Jin, but I'm not sure how."

Jin shakes his head, speaking a bit loudly, and gaining volume as he goes on "No Botan, that's no excuse. Just tell 'im. If he doesn't believe, show 'im. He must know. It's no fair, keepin' a man's destiny from 'im. Worse then keepin' his freedom, I know. No man should have to suffer through what that one is goin' through. He's been stripped of whatever purpose he felt he had in life, now he's lookin' for a new one! You know as well as I if what's goin' around in that little missy head of yers' is true, he won't find what he wants behind a desk doin' paperwork! You will tell im' lassie, because if you don't, as soon as he walks out that door, I will."

Botan looks at Jin, a bit taken aback by the impromptu speech. They sit in silence for a while, just looking at each other, before finally Botan sighs and hangs her head "You're right. No use trying to keep it from him. I'll call the guys and tell them to meet us here before he gets off."

Jin smiles "That's more like it. I thank ya' lassie, and though he doesn't know it yet, I'm sure that Kei would thank ya' too."

A.N. And that's that! Psyche! Come on guys, I'm not THAT mean! Anyways, on with the story, and the part I know that at least some of you've been waiting for!

'Finally! Freedom!' Jeff thinks as he shoves himself away from the now hated desk with a satisfied sigh. He smiles as he says his good-byes to Koenma, all the while thinking 'I'm finally going to get my answers!' He walks through the hall quickly and takes the steps on the stairs two at a time, only stopping at the very bottom. 'Alright, remember, I'm not leaving until I get some answers, stay on topic, and look for whether she's pulling my leg or not.'

He straightens his face and takes a deep breath before walking out the stairwell door, only to find Botan not at the front desk. He raises an eyebrow and starts to panic "No, no, no! This isn't happening! She couldn't have gotten off early, could she?" he walks quickly up to the front desk and looks around it, as if she'd be hiding under it, but to no avail.

He's just about to really panic when he hears her familiar voice coming from off to his left "Umm...Jeff? Could you come in here for a moment?" He looks up and sees her head poking out of an inconspicuous door to the side. He nods, shoving his hands into his pockets and following her into the room.

He's surprised by some of the people he sees there. "Kurama, Jin, Mister Koenma? What are you doing here, I mean, I get Yusuke and Kuwabara, but you guys?"

Everyone stays serious and silent as Botan leads him to a chair "Please, take a seat, this is going to be a bit much to take in all at once."

Jeff smiles "You mean you're just going to tell me? I don't have to grill you guys or anything to get what I want?"

Botan nods "Yes, but you HAVE to be open-minded. A lot of what we're going to say probably isn't going to make any sense, and so that you stay and at least listen to everything we have to say, that door is locked from the outside, the only one who can get us out is Mister Koenma."

Jeff nods and notices that Yusuke's eyebrows shoot up at the news, apparently that little tidbit was news to him too. "Alright, tell me. What's going on? Do you or don't you know Toma-su, what do you know about him and me and why isn't Hiei here? He's the one I really want to ask questions too."

Everyone stays tight-lipped while looking at each other before Koenma breaks down and starts talking first. "Well Kei, I guess we should start by coming clean. Every single one of us in this room has deceived you in some way, even yourself. All of it was necessary though, for your benefit. However, something that has been uncovered that has rendered that benefit actually a weakness to you. This is the only reason why you are in this room right now."

Seeing that Koenma is beating around the bush, Jin jumps in "Ya' see laddie, most of us in this room aren't quite what we appear. There's no easy way to explain this, so I guess the best way is to dive right in, head first, and see that what comes may. Kei, there's a world around you that you don't know of. A world that we're all a part of. Demons and Death walk side by side with you every day, literally."

Jeff raises an eyebrow, not quite having it sink in "What are you saying?"

"He's saying," Kurama replies "that you have been tossed into a world that before you only imagined was real. To put it simply, demons and the afterlife exist. We are living proof."

Jeff shakes his head "What are you talking about? Aren't demons supposed to be creepy things that possess you and make you do evil things? I haven't seen anything even remotely like that"

At this Jin and Kurama chuckle "Some do, yes, but not as many as you may think. Those that are here mostly just want to live their lives, just like humans." Kurama says

Yusuke sighs "Look, this pussyfooting is giving me a headache. Kei, demons are real, Jin's one, I'm half a one, and Kurama...well, his story is just to weird for words, but he at least used to be one. As for the stupid Death and afterlife comments that Jin and Kurama made, Botan's really the Grim Reaper and Koenma's actually the son of Enma, the King of the Afterlife." (A.N. Woo-hoo! Go Yusuke! 10 points for bluntness!)

Jeff feels like he just swallowed his tongue as his eyes bug out. "You've got to be joking. He's joking right guys? Guys?" He looks around to see serious expressions all around, which only makes him panic more. He shakes his head "No, no, that can't be true, you guys are nuts if you think I'm going to believe that load." With that he slowly gets up and starts to back away from them, fear and confusion plainly written on his face.

Botan sighs "I told you he wouldn't believe us. He grew up normally, he's probably never even heard the word 'demon' as something other then an adjective or in the Bible. I told you that this was a bad idea."

Jin frowns at Botan before saying "An' I say he deserves ta' know. Kei, we're not lyin' to ya' and we're not off our nut. I promise ya', on me honor as a man, well, demon. Here, I'll show ya' that I'm a demon." With that he slowly takes off his baseball cap, showing his short white horn and his ears point with a small 'sproing' sound. Then, slowly, as if he were dealing with a frightened animal, he takes off his trench coat, revealing his usual white clothes underneath.

Jeff gulps as his eyes stay locked on Jin's horn and ears, slowly shaking his head, eyes wide in shock. Jin calmly, slowly says "See? It's okay, there's nothin' to be afraid of. Like Kurama said, most of us demons want nothin' but to live in peace."

Jeff stays where he is, pressed against the wall, before slowly sliding down it. All the while his eyes never leave Jin's head, his mind trying to wrap itself around this new information. His eyes then slowly go so that he is looking straight forward, staring into space. He takes deep breathes as his brain attempts to pull itself from the close-to-shut-down state it was in and form an intelligible thought or sentence.

His lips move as if they were trying to form words with no luck until he blinks consciously and takes one more breath. "W...why are you telling me this? Even if this is real and you guys are telling me the truth...Why?"

The group exchanges glances that even his numb mind can register as 'not good news' before Koenma tentatively comes up to him with what looks to be a file in his hands "This is why Kei. This explains why."

Alright! The big turning point chapter is finally out in the open! Yay! But honestly, this took me a lot longer to write then it usually takes me to write chapters. Oh well, I got it done, that's the important thing! Well, next chapter we finally start to get moving with the plot a little more as Jeff comes to grips with what he will be faced with choosing. Can he do it without losing his mind? I'm not sure if I could; then again, I've already lost my mind! Lol, then again, one never knows, maybe he'll be able to find a different way, maybe the file's dead wrong, no one knows! Not even me! Not until I write it at least. Well, I'll stop rambling, see you next chappie! Review please!