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Revenge on Three

            "No….not now." Kagome whispered.

            End Flashback (Um, just incase anyone forgot, we were in flashback mode. Flashback started on Chapter 4: Substitution)

            Hiei shook himself from his memories of the past, a deadly gleam entering his ruby red eyes, which could easily scare some low level demons to death. He angrily fisted his left hand, turning his knuckles a pale white. Hiei tightly gripped his katana with his right hand, which was itching to shed blood – the blood of one particular incompetent ruler, along with two others.

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            "Yusuke, there are some pretty powerful demons on the loose!" Koenma informed his Spirit Detective, while stuffing his face full of sushi. "Can you and Kuwabara go get Hiei and Kurama? We'll probably need their assistance to destroy these demons." Koenma continued, shoving a cucumber roll into his mouth. "Then you can have the rest of the day off."

            "I don't think Kurama should do it even if he would do it." Kuwabara piped in, mouth watering at the sight of the sushi that was being shoved down the young ruler's throat. "He's still hung up about his dead girlfriend; he'd probably get injured in the fight."

            "It's been three years! Goodness, can't he get over it?!?" Koenma cried, throwing up his small, pudgy hands into the air. "It's not like she was a saint or anything. She deserved to die anyway with the crimes she had committed. I don't see you guys getting hung over about those dead souls! She's lucky that she received a spot in heaven. If my Father hadn't been out ruled, she would be in limbo or hell!"

            "Listen here, toddler." Yusuke growled angrily, "I don't care if she was a devil reincarnate or if she had killed many people. All I know is that she changed and she has saved me from death a few times! Even if her death was something akin to a punishment, you shouldn't put off her death like it doesn't matter! If I hear you talking about her death in that way again, I swear I'll pound you!" Yusuke warned, grabbing a fistful of Koenma's shirt.

            "Okay, okay." Koenma cried, trying to pry Yusuke's fingers off his shirt. Yusuke released Koenma's shirt when he began to tug backwards with all his strength, causing him to make a loud impact with the wall behind his desk.  Koenma refrained from yelling at Yusuke for his rude and undisciplined behavior when he noticed the angry tinge in his brown eyes. "We'll leave Kurama out of this mission and give him more time to recuperate." Koenma finally relented, "Then go get Hiei, he's still on probation and he hasn't done anything in the last three years."

            "Hiei," snorted Yusuke. "I don't think he'd help you."

            "Why not?" Koenma demanded.

            "Because I'm going to end your pitiful life." Hiei's cold voice answered from the shadows. George, Koenma's ogre, cowered in fear behind Koenma, who was hiding behind Yusuke. Yusuke held up his hand in a silent peace treaty when Hiei unsheathed his sharp blade.

            "Hiei, are you okay?" Yusuke asked lightheartedly, "Got up on the wrong side of bed? I guess I can spar with you."

            "Detective, move. Remove that idiot over there by the wall as well while you're at it, or I cannot promise he'll leave unscathed." Hiei growled, causing Yusuke to take a step back at the seriousness in Hiei's voice. "I've waited for this for far too long. I want to see your blood run dry."

            "Hiei, what are you saying?" Koenma squeaked, peeking out slightly from behind Yusuke. "HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?!?"

            "I've waited for three years to take your pitiful life." Hiei growled.

            "No matter how annoying this toddler is, I can't allow you to do that." Yusuke replied, earning a sigh of relief from Koenma, knowing he was safe for the time being.

            "I knew you wouldn't be able to mind your own business, Detective. I put myself through hell these past three years in training. I knew I would have to fight you, that idiot, and Kurama – maybe even other Spirit Guards, but that is what I have been training for, is it not?"

            "Help!" cried Koenma and Yusuke quickly spun around. Yusuke's eyes grew three times in size to find Hiei pressing his blade painfully into Koenma's neck, drawing fresh blood.

            "Wait, how did you?" Yusuke asked in bewilderment. "Man, I didn't know Koenma had blood." Yusuke murmured as an afterthought, earning an angry glare from Koenma, saying 'hey, aren't you forgetting something MORE IMPORTANT?!?'

            "The shrimp was there, but then he's there!" Kuwabara cried out in amazement, his eyeballs millimeters from falling out of his eye sockets.

            "I believe that was the result of Hiei's training the last three years." Kurama's calm, sad voice reached their ears, causing Hiei to turn his ruby eyes on the fox. "His speed leaves an afterimage, which has easily fooled Yusuke." Yusuke huffed in indignation, while Kuwabara laughed his head off.

            "Fox," Hiei stated coldly, when the doors suddenly slammed opened to reveal a tear-stained grim reaper.

            "What? What's going on?" Botan asked, whipping her tears from her puffy, red eyes. "Hiei, what are you doing to Koenma?"

            "I'm here to end some lives," Hiei replied, "and you're one of them." Botan gasped in disbelief and quickly found Kurama standing protectively in front of her. "Fox, you still protect that useless wench?" snorted Hiei. "It doesn't matter, you two can be mates together….in death!"

            "Wait!" Kurama called out, halting Hiei from killing the temporary ruler of Spirit World. "If this is to avenge Kagome's death, leave Botan and Koenma out of it. I'll take full responsibility for her death."

            "Hn. All three of you will die, there's no need to fight for your chance to die." Hiei coldly informed. "All three of you took part in her death and all three of you will reap the consequences."

           "Even so, what is she to you?" Yusuke demanded, "She hated you and you hated her." Yusuke promptly brought up. "I don't understand! Why would you avenge her when you didn't a feel a thing when she died?"

            "That's where you are wrong, Yusuke." Kurama spoke, holding everyone's attention. "I've never seen Hiei shed more tears for her than anyone in my life. The black tear stones Hiei has cried for her is only one of the physical ways I have seen Hiei show his sorrow. Without his knowledge, I have seen him bury those black tear stones – as well as burying his emotions – for the time being."

            "But why?" Kuwabara asked in confusion, voicing many of the occupants' thoughts.

            "Because, Hiei loves her and Kagome loves him." Kurama replied while closing his eyes in anguish as painful memories resurfaced. "It was also one of the reasons I had distanced myself from them, I didn't want to get in between their relationship."

            "Huh?" Kuwabara and Yusuke asked at the same time.

            "FOOL!" Hiei yelled, wrapping his hand around Koenma's neck, barely leaving any room for air. "Kagome loves you and only you."

            Flashback (Here we go again…sigh)

            The four Spirit Detectives watched in barely concealed amazement (except Hiei) at the transformation that took place before their very eyes. Inuyasha's silvery white mane changed into jet black and his furry appendages above his head were replaced with human ears. His claws retracted into harmless human nails and last but not least, Inuyasha's golden eyes dimmed to a light purple.

            "Hey, it's getting warmer." Kuwabara muttered, taking in a deep breath.

            "It's Kagome." Kurama murmured, watching as her blue eyes turned to a light shade of brown. There wasn't much of a physical change in appearance, but the rise in temperature signified that Kagome had taken on some sort of transformation as well.

            "Why didn't you tell me it was my time of the month?" Inuyasha demanded hotly, causing confusion to erupt from some of the Spirit Detectives.

            "Y-You're a girl! Man, I was sure you were a guy." Yusuke cried in surprise. "No wonder you were in such a bad mood, Keiko gets all cranky and emotional at that time of the month too! What a nuisance, I'm glad I'm a guy."

            "Not that kind of the month!" Inuyasha growled, a dark shade of red tingeing his cheeks. "I'm a hundred percent male, idiot!"

            "Every month of the new moon, we change into humans." Kagome chirped, smiling brightly. "And to answer your question, Inuyasha, how was I supposed to know it was the new moon? I couldn't see!"

            "I've never seen you as a human before." smirked Inuyasha. "You sure are releasing a lot of emotions after bottling them up for so long and best of all, you're not a freezing cold bitch that has the power to boss me around!"

            "B-bitch?" growled Kagome, grabbing one of Inuyasha's ears and twisting it painfully in her hands.

            "How did you do that? You couldn't have sensed me!" Inuyasha demanded while trying to loosen Kagome's grip on his ear lobe. Inuyasha gently touched his throbbing red ear when Kagome finally released her hold on his appendage.

            "I'm not always blind, idiot." Kagome growled, earning surprised looks from everyone. "Blindness comes with me being a hanyou. Naturally I can see when I'm human." Kagome snorted.

            "Kagome," Kurama called softly, gaining Kagome's complete attention. Kagome turned to face the voice that called her and her eyes widened slightly before a dark blush tinted her cheeks. "Can you see me?"

            "Y-yes," Kagome stuttered, causing Inuyasha to break into fits of laughter.

            "I never thought I'd live to the day when the bitch would stutter." Inuyasha howled in delight, earning himself a hard kick to the shin. Kagome returned her attention to the four spirit detectives, looking from Yusuke to Kuwabara to Kurama. Kagome's eyes widened when her line of vision finally landed on Hiei, who was looking at her indifferently. 

            "H-Hiei," Kagome whispered in a shocked voice, barely above a whisper.

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