Gabbi: EEE~ All my updates are all messed up because of my long weekend! Must… update… Numb!
Kurama: ISN'T THIS WHAT YOU ARE DOING?!
Gabbi: Yes… I must type now cuz 1. It's late and 2. I am getting my AIM name and a new e-mail address ^.^
Kurama: Oh joy…
Gabbi: ANYways, here are ze replies!
Bluebell- lol, well, I see nail polish on guys all the time, but this is just New Jersey… we are weirdoes… lol
Wakajini no Shijo- I'll look into it… The fingernail thing sounds so cool! I am sure that you had the coolest looking nails like that! LOL Kurama… the fox equivalent of Karasu… *puts two pic together* Hmm… tis true… Life is messed up… I guess that's why I did this fic… just taking it out on fictious characters and not yourself does make you feel better…
Kaya-Anna- At least I know you like this… lol
Princess Krystal01- Oh, it gets worst.
Hiten-Chan- Oi, you cut too?! No! I hope this is not giving anyone ideas! As for the YNM fics, I have yet to see and read the series. When I do, stay tuned (I REALLY want to)
Yami's-Girl- Thanks for the challenge! I think you will enjoy this, I hope at least! I guess the transformation was strange… be thankful he didn't do it ROTK style… Gollum anyone?
Lunamercury- Do you have the lyrics? It seems interesting… I think I know the song… anyways… thank you so much! But remember; there is always someone more sicker than the reviewer; the authoress herself (Not the editor, of course… lol)
C-Kun nearly passed out today! So please hope for him to feel better, guys! He's the one that forces me to write… I hope he is better… I need to bug him…
WARNING: There is a twist this chapter. You will be shocked.
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Numb: I Can't You There
Chapter 3: Dying, One Last Breath, Creed (Request by Yami's-Girl)
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~*Please come now I think I'm falling*~
Kurama ran hard and bolted to the park. "Hiei! Hiei! Get your demon ass over here! I know that you are here! I know you are!!"
Hiei came out of nowhere. "Kurama!"
Kurama faced him with fire in his eyes.
Hiei was almost scared.
"Kurama! We have to talk!" Hiei begged.
Kurama smacked him.
Hiei touched his red cheek. "Why did you do that?"
"I'm falling," Kurama whispered and he ran away.
Hiei bolted over and kicked him, causing him to fall.
*Slip* Kurama hit the concrete. His knees ripped open, the skin slightly hanging on to his knees. He looked at Hiei. "Why the hell did you-"
~*I'm holding on to all I think is safe*~
Hiei snapped. "Kurama! I'm serious! Really! We have to talk!!"
He found out something that he needed to tell Kurama. And fast. He wasn't going to last long…
~*It seems I found the road to nowhere*~
Kurama stared at Hiei. Hiei was hiding something from him. Great, just what he needed. More lies. More tragedy. More alleys on the road to nowhere, something he so recently found.
"Hiei…" Kurama whispered.
~*And I'm trying to escape*~
Kurama quickly got up.
"Matte," Hiei snapped in a deep voice.
Kurama turned his head. "What?"
"Kurama… please! I have to tell you! I have to now!" Hiei was serious, tears were forming in his eyes.
Kurama was shocked, if he wasn't so depressed, he might've been upset. He wanted out. But he had to hear.
~*I yelled back when I heard thunder*~
"What is it then?!" Kurama screamed.
~*But I am down to one last breath
And with it let me say*~
Kurama… I just found out something… and… I can't…"
"What is it?" Kurama snapped.
"I don't… Kurama… I don't have much time… I am down to breaths…."
"WHAT?!" Kurama's head started to spin. Down to breaths?! What did he mean?!
"Kurama… I'm dying…" Hiei whispered softly.
"Why?!" Kurama screamed, all of him, Youko too, was scared now.
"I overheard what Koenma was saying… he said that you were going to die when you were at the hospital… that the blood transfusion was going to go wrong… I didn't want to lose you and… I… well…"
"YOU BASTARD!" Kurama cut him off. "How could you?! Why are you sacrificing yourself for me?! That's not like you, Hiei!"
"I know! But you know I care more about you than I care about myself!" Hiei yelled. "You don't think I see it? Weeks before this happened you were losing yourself! I noticed! I see these things, Kurama! And I was not going to have that happen! I don't care about myself, Kurama! I care about you!"
Kurama punched him. "WHY DO YOU?!"
Hiei punched back. "DO YOU THINK I WANT TO?!"
~*Let me say*~
Kurama kept crying. "I don't belive you… I don't believe you… I don't believe you at all… not at all… no…"
"Get up. We are just wasting time…"
Kurama looked at him. "You can't do this to me…"
Hiei took his chin. "I did."
"You can't!"
"I am."
"I hate you."
"Hn."
~*Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down*~
Hiei wrapped his arms around Kurama. "I know what you're thinking… I think you'll look good with black hair…"
Kurama felt a few tears fall from his eyes. "Hiei…"
People started to stare. Someone even considered calling the police or ambulance.
Kurama cried softly. "No… no…"
~*I'm looking down now that it's all over*~
"Stop doing this… Kurama… I should be the one crying… I was such a brat…" Hiei laughed.
"You can't die… you can't die…you can't die…"
~*Reflecting on all my mistakes*~
Hiei whispered softly, "It's okay. It's okay, Kurama… It was my fault and I know it is…"
"Hiei… Hiei… you just can't do this… you just can't…"
"It's fine, Kurama. It's fine."
~*I thought I found the road to somewhere*~
'He's not dying, he's not dying… I am suppose to die! Me! Not him! Not today! Not now!' Kurama thought.
(A/N: Near… Far… WHEREVER you are… oh, wait, nevermind… ;)
Hiei smiled. "You know, it's kind of weird… I don't feel so bad… I thought that something like this would happen… but I am still disappointed… I thought I had a purpose…"
"You do!" Kurama yelled, suddenly with emotion. He snapped out of his depressed state for a second.
"You do have a purpose!" he continued. "It's… it's to… YOU CAN'T DIE!"
Hiei shrugged, still holding him. "Shh, Kurama… you knew this was to happen… you know this…"
~*Somewhere in His grace*~
"Why did you do this?" Kurama whispered. He knew people were watching. He could hear the narrow-minded people.
"I knew that you'd do it for anyone. Even if you were in this state. I know that you are still Kurama. You are still that fox that is a total moron."
"Hiei…"
"You don't know how much I wanted to be able to pull off the shit you do. But I couldn't because I had to keep a mask. Kurama, please stay a little longer. Please live. Please."
"I don't know if I can…"
"You can."
~*I cried out Heaven save me*~
'No, Inari-Sama… don't allow this to happen to him… don't waste your time on doing this… do this to me not Hiei… not Hiei… me!' Kurama prayed.
Hiei sighed. "Too bad there is no way for us both to be saved… but that's okay… I think I can still trust you…"
'What do you know…' Kurama thought.
'What does he know?' Youko barked.
'Shut up… just shut up…' Kurama almost yelled, but kept it in his head.
~*And with it let me say
Let me say*~
"Kurama?" Hiei gasped out.
'No… this is it…' Kurama thought.
"Kurama? Are you listening?"
Kurama could hear the whole world now…
"Look at those faggots…"
"How has our community sunk so low…?"
"Come, Shota, let's go home…"
"Mommy, why are the men crying?"
"Kurama, can you hear me?"
"Shouldn't we do something?"
"What can we do?"
"Isn't this boy caring that there is someone dying in his arms?"
"He seems… Numb…"
"KURAMA!"
'Numb…' words slapped him mentally. 'Numb… frozen… cold… unmoving…'
~*Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet
Ain't so far down*~
He clutched Hiei. Tear gems and saline tears were mixing across their bodies… "HIEI! I DON'T WANT TO BE NUMB ANYMORE!"
Hiei touched his cheek. "You were never numb… Kitsune no Baka…"
"I am! Don't you hear them!" Kurama cried.
~*Sad eyes follow me
But I still believe that there's something left for me*~
The crowd starting to hawk over them began to move back.
"I can't take this!" Kurama screamed, wishing he had a dagger. He didn't care if he pulled of a Romeo and Juliet he was sick and tired of everything. He just wanted some sort of release…
"If you… if you kill yourself… I swear I will never speak to you… ever!" Hiei warned.
"Then what am I suppose to do, Hiei?!" Kurama screamed.
"You'll live! This world was not meant for me!" Hiei screamed.
~*So please come stay with me
'Cause I believe there's something left for you
And me*~
"Yes it was! It's always been meant for you! And surely not me!" Kurama screamed.
Hiei smirked. "Whatever you say… whatever you say…"
~*For you and me
For you and me*~
He didn't kiss Kurama when he died.
He knew that that was just a stupid kind of cliché for tragic love affairs.
He didn't want this to be like that.
He wanted Kurama to live.
But he even knew that he could not be sure.
And for now,
This is all up to Kurama.
And that, my friends,
Was the use of One Last Breath.
~*Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking*~
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It seems that Numb has become a new twist. Hiei is dead. And like this chapter said, how will Kurama take this? I enjoyed this dare.
NEXT SONG: It might end here, folks. I can do Meant to Live by Switchfoot and end it all. Of course, this is up to you. If you have more songs, and maybe a few ideas, this can go farther. Please review.