The Birth Of A Monster
By: Kim Johnston
"So, what do you want to do?" Koneko asked Youko as they sat in the forest by a fire.
"I could think of one thing." Youko grined, Koneko laughed and leaned over kissing her Youko.
"Sorry to intrude love birds but, where's Koi?" Yusuke asks standing beside Kuwabara and the girls.
"Why?" Koneko ask narrowing her eyes at the boy.
"Look its nothing personal but... She can't be out here... expecialy with her and Hiei."Yusuke explained to Koneko and Youko about Koi.
Youko sighed and looked over at Koneko who seemed to be in deep thought. "It's probably too late anyways. If she was cursed to give birth to the child then she was probably cursed to have it even after only once."
"They didn't say if that was true." Yusuke said. "Will you tell us where they are or not?"
Youko looked at Koneko who looked up at him with pleading eyes. "I can't." Youko says flatly.
"Youko, come on." Kuwabara say. "The world is in danger. Koneko's in danger, everyone is, including Koi."
"Then it's her choice." Youko says.
"Yes, we'll help you find her..." Koneko sighs defeatedly and turns to Youko. "Do you think-"
"I think you made the decision you felt you had to do, love." Youko looks towards the direction Hiei and Koi had gone days before. "But Hiei will fight to the death for her, as I would for you."
"And Koi will fight for her life..." The group decides to rest and go after the two in the morning.
Hiei nogged his mate waking her sleeping form. "Come on, we are leaving."
"But its the middle of the night, Hiei. "Koi yawned not wanting to get up, she wanted to sleep for a few more hours.
"We have to go now." Hiei said pulling her to her feet. "They are coming for you." Hiei adds seeing her confused face.
Koi bites her lip. "So they know, I figured as much." Koi shock her head. "There is somethig I should tell you Hiei, why Koenma and my father wanted me was because my child will kill the world." Koi turns to face him. "And he will be your child too."
Hiei blinks."You're..."
Koi nods and places a hand on her stomach. "I'm surprised you didn't notice. I mean I never could keep any thing from you since we met."
"Maybe because you tried too hard with everything else."Hiei muses placing a hand on her stomach."And this was right in front of me...literaly."
Koi smiles. "Im glad your not mad at me for not telling you. But are you alright with knowing your child will one day kill every being on the planet including both of us?"
Hiei looked up at Koi's face, no emotions were showing. His was the same. "We'll worry about that later. Now let's just get going. We can go to the human realm and wait there."
"Put couldn't they find us easier?"
"Youko knows where I go in this realm. In the human realm, I don't even know where I go. So we can get away there." Hiei watches her a moment. Unles you have someplace here.
"No, Koneko always travels with me. Well..."Koi smiles and nods for Hiei to follow her lead. It would take a few days but as long as they were careful and keep the group following them a while away and covered their tracks... they should be fine... should be.
Hiei and Koi traveled at a fast speed their scents hardly touching anything but the wind, put they were down wind so it should have been fine. It had been a few days and both were growing rather tired. Hiei watched as the guards made there rounds, talking.
Hiei looked over at Koi and sent her a message. 'How crazy are you! This is Koenma's castle! If they see you-'
'Calm down love, as you said before, I tried to hide everything too hard, but when it came to the child that was plain in front of you... you never thought to take notice, right?'
'Awwwe.' Hiei smirks. 'So you hide here and no one thinks to look for you in the castle.'
'Very good love.' Koi looks over to him and smiles. 'I know this place from memory. Try being locked in one place for most of your life then breaking out, I guarantee you you'll remember every floor crack, and no way would they change it.'
'Let's hope.' The two hurried and passed before the guards could see.They hurried to the castle room that Koi knew so well. It was located in the back of the castle up in a tower, the tower farthest away from everything, all the rooms leading to the tower stairs were empty of everything. Koi remembered being aloud to play in them when she was a small child too young to bear life. Koi opened to door to find the room as it had been before her departure, filled with happy books, colorful clothes, mirrors, dolls, a king size bed, only now a thick layer of dust covered everything.
Koi picked up a porceline doll and slung it at the large mirror opposite of her.It broke into millions of pieces.
