Chapter 17

Kurama,what are you planning,I thought. Why did you look so scared? Do you honestly think that you can't beat this little kid? Please tell me that you were only joking. You were joking right?

I wanted to say something. I wanted this to all stop. This was so stupid. Why did Kurama tell me that he wasn't going to make it out alive? He could easily beat a little kid,challenge or not. He was too smart to fall victim to a little kid.

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As the game rolled on,Kurama talked to the kid,whose name was Amanuma. Kurama told the kid that even if Kurama did lose that Sensui would kill him. Amanuma then started to realize his luck. He was starting to lose. He was so scared about dying.

Kurama won,and Amanuma was dead. The cave started to shatter. Yusuke ran over and covered me. But Kurama just stood there,like nothing was happening. But soon the 'earthquake' was over,and we could move on.

But before we moved on,I looked at Kurama. He looked angry,something I had not see in his eyes before. While the others moved I just stood there. I was just too scared of the look in Kurama's face to move on.

"Kurama...?"I asked.

He turned around and looked at me. My lips were trembling. I was just so scared. He then smiled,walked over,and hugged me. "It's ok,"he whispered. "I'm sorry you had to see that."

"It's not your fault Kurama... "

"Nicole,I want you to leave."

I shook my head. "No."

"What?"

"No Kurama. I can't do that. I'm not going to leave your side again. I promised myself that I wouldn't leave you again. I don't care what happens to the world,I just want to be by your side now."

He smiled and kissed me. "All right."

We didn't say anything,we just kept going with the others. I didn't want to go back now. There wasn't any point. I didn't want to break my promise and leave. I just couldn't. My lips were still trembling though. I guess I was still a little scared.

"Are you all right?"he asked. "You're trembling."

I nodded. "I'm fine."

He kissed me. "Thank you for staying."

"I can't leave your side not Kurama. You know that."

"I'm glad."

But soon our conversation was stopped. We had entered the layer. And soon I had seen Sensui's face. I wanted to kill him so badly. His friend had tried to kill me. I wanted to get my revenge. But there was something else in our path. It was Gourmet.

But soon we all found that Gourmet was actually Toguro. Well,Elder Toguro. I almost thought that Togoru was going to kill Kurama. We couldn't see anything in the fog and it almost sounded like something serious was happening. But Hiei was quick. He told us to turn to the left, and there was Kurama. He didn't have a scratch on him.

Kurama had formed a Sinning Tree while he cut off Toguro's head. But the battle wasn't quiet over yet. I looked down. There was this giant lip on us. But before I had a chance to say anything,we had been swallowed. I then closed my eyes,hoping that nothing had happened and that I wasn't dead by the time this was all over.

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I opened my eyes. I wasn't dead. I was still alive. But I had no idea where I was. But I wasn't dead. But the only people here were Kuwabara,Hiei,Kurama,and I. Yusuke was no where to be seen.

"Kurama,where's Yusuke?"I asked.

He didn't say anything. He just pointed out the eye that we were in. There was Yusuke. For some reason the giant lip thing had spat him out. But I now it all made sense now. He was going to battle Sensui in a fight to the death to save us all.

Kurama moved closer to me. "Are you ok?"he whispered in my ear.

I sighed and nodded. I didn't want anything to happen to Yusuke. "I'm fine Kurama..." As long as nothing happens to Yusuke,I thought. But what am I doing? I'm starting to act like Keiko. But she would act the same way if something happened to Kurama and I wasn't there.

I didn't know what to say now. Was I supposed to leave? Could I leave? We were in the bowels of hell. Well,maybe not that. But we were in the bowels of something. I didn't like the way this was looking. The tunnel would probably open in less than ten minutes and there was nothing that we could do now.

Kurama looked at me and smiled. "You're worried about Yusuke aren't you?"

I smiled and nodded. "Yes."

He hugged me and kissed me on the forehead. "It's going to be ok."

"Kurama if he doesn't hurry the tunnel will open in ten minutes. Maybe even less."

"Are you sure?"

I nodded. "It's the smell. Something Genkai gave to me while you were away. We need to get out of here."

"You can't..."said a voice.

I looked around. I couldn't see anybody and first,and then I saw him. His name was Itsuki. And he was the master of the thing that had swallowed us.