Chapter 21

The lights were starting to flicker. Oh no,I thought. This isn't good. Oh god I hope I'm not too late! This goddamit lights need to stay on or I'm seriously going to get lost.

But as soon as I knew it,something strange had happened. I couldn't feel Yusuke's energy anymore. No...He can't be...It isn't possible,I thought. He can't leave us now! And there I was. In the open. And there was Kurama,Hiei,and Kuwabara,standing over his body.

I just stood there. I didn't know what to do or say. What was I supposed to do? I knew that I couldn't heal him,he was already dead...

"Nicole...?"said Kurama as he turned around. He walked over to me,took me by the hand,and ran.

I wanted to know where we were going. But as soon as he got in the woods,he stopped. "Let me go back there!"I yelled. "Let me see him." I attempted to slap him,but he caught me by the arm and hugged me. I didn't know what else to do,so I just cried.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....It's ok. Calm down now..."

"Let me heal him..."

"There's no point. He's already dead..."

"Kurama..."

"C'mon. You need to go home. You need to get some rest."

"I want to know what happened. Please tell me."

He shook his head but said nothing. He put his hand on my face and we embraced. I felt so safe with him. I felt like nothing was going to happen.

But I knew what was going to happen. We were all going to die. The demons were going to come out and kill us all. But not us. Not Kurama and I. He was going to save me from dying. I didn't care if I was going to be a demon or not,I just wanted to stay with him.

"I want you to get out of here,"he said.

"No Kurama! I promised on my life I would stay with you. I don't want to leave you."

"And I don't want to risk loosing you."

"Then were would I go?"

He fell silent. He knew all along that if I stayed her then I would surely die. "Wait for me..."

"What?"

"Go to Spirit World and wait for me there."

"No....Kurama,I love you."

"I love you too."

I felt fear covering my whole body. I was scared to lose the one person in the world that I had left. The one person in the world who I loved. I would fight by his side until the end. I didn't care about dying. I cared about him! I love him...

"Please do what I say."

"And what if you don't come back? How am I supposed to deal with you being gone? You're the only person in this world I love Kurama..."

He hugged me and we embraced again.

"Just don't leave me Kurama. I want to get married."

"So do I. That's why I love you."

"Please don't leave me...I don't want to do lonely anymore. I was lonely for 12 years of my life. You're my only hope. You give people hope Kurama...don't you know that?"

"You gave me hope too..."

"What?"

"I thought I would have died if it had not been for your help,but there is something you do not know."

I was silent. I know what he was talking about."

"I don't care if you turn into a demon Kurama...I'll still know it's you.."I then fell asleep on his shoulder.

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"Kurama!"yelled a voice in the distance. It was Keiko. "There you are." She stopped and looked and Nicole. "Is she ok?"

"Yes. She's fine,"he said. "She just needs some rest."

"Where's Yusuke?"

He sighed. He didn't want to tell Keiko what had happened. "He's in the cave. Just keep going down the path of the lights."

"All right. Thanks,"and she ran off.

Kurama then took Nicole's body and headed back to her house.

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The next morning I woke up lying on the couch with Kurama at my side.

"Kurama...?"

He kissed my forehead. "I'm here."

"Shouldn't you be out fighting?"

"Nothing has happened yet. And when something does you need to leave ok? Botan will come and get you."

That made it sound a lot better than what he had described earlier last night. "Ok."

"Are you going to be ok?"

"Just as long as you don't leave me."

"I'll try not to. But I can't promise ok?"

I nodded.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"I had better go now. I just need to make sure you were going to be all right." He then got up and left the house,which was now silent and calm. And here I was,just waiting for something to happen.

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Soon after Kurama had left there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"I yelled,hoping that it wasn't Botan. I didn't want to leave for Spirit World just yet. But to my surprise it was Keiko.

"Hi..."she said to me as she opened the door.

Oh god,I thought. She must have found out about Yusuke,I thought. "Keiko...what are you doing here?"I asked as I sat up.

"Yusuke's dead..."she said as she walked over to me.

I nodded and said nothing. "Kurama didn't tell you?"

She shook her head. "No. I found out when I went inside the cave."

"As so did I. He didn't tell me what happened."

"That what I wanted to know."

"Keiko,I'm so sorry,"I said as she sat down on the couch. "Where's Botan?"

"I don't know. I ran off as soon as I saw Yusuke."

"We're going to have to leave Keiko."

"I'm not going to."

"What?"

"I want to stay here and die so I can be with Yusuke."

I looked at her straight in the eye. She looked so scared and so lonely. I know how badly she loved Yusuke. This was going to be hard for her. "No Keiko. Yusuke wouldn't want you to do something like that."

"He won't be able to come back to life again. I can just tell..."

I didn't know what to say. He had already died once and came back. What was going to happen now?

"Tell me what's going to happen Nicole. I need to know."

I shook my head. "I don't know Keiko."

"I want to see Yusuke again!"she yelled.

I hugged her and tried to comfort her between sobs. "Shhhhhhhhhhh...It's going to be ok Keiko."

"How can you say that?"

"Because I fear for Kurama too. I love him so much. But I know that he wouldn't want me to die. That's why I'm going to Spirit World where I can be safe. I know how badly you want to see Yusuke again. But maybe something will happen. But right now you need to go to Spirit World--." I looked over my shoulder. She was asleep. There was another knock on the door. "Come in!"I yelled again. It was Botan.

"Nicole...we need to go,"she said.

"Help me with Keiko."

"Oh dear. She found out didn't she?"

"Yes. We need to get her there while she's still asleep or she'll try to stay here and get killed."

"She said that?"

"Yes."

"We had better go then." She then helped me with Keiko and after that we were on our way to Spirit World.