KoorimeHiei here. The votes have been counted. And the answer is................. Read and find out.

Hiei: NO!

Kurama: NO WAY!

Kuroune: I HATE YOU!

KH: Tee hee. Her is the next chapter.

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Chapter nine- NOT YARA!

Hiei's POV

"What is wrong?" Kurama said as he entered the wing. I looked up worried but said nothing at all. It hurt way to much already. Lucky for me Yukina walked over and silently told Kurama the news. "WHAT? No! This can't happen to my sister!"

"But it is Kurama. I am so sorry. She was to injured for me to help. I must go call Kuroune now," Yukina said as she took off to Kuroune's office. I watched as Kurama looked to the sleeping female body. He frowned and turned away after a minute and sat on a near by bed. I could tell he was crying. But, then again. So didn't I when I heard the news. Yara was losing the battle to keep her life. She was going to die...

"This can't happen to her. NO, she is my sister! She has Youka in her. There are two souls in her. She can't die," Kurama muttered after a minute. I sighed as well and looked up when Kuroune rushed in with a tear-stained face. Quickly he rushed over to Yara's body and wept on her unchanging body. I watched on silently as the sheets wrapped around Yara's body began to soak up the salty tears. After a minute or two I felt something cold slid down my face as well. Slowly it fell and once off my face, changed into a tear gem. I looked upon it with a saddened face, for at the time, it was alone. Much like I was when I was thrown off the Isle of Koorime.

"I am so sorry Kuroune," called a female voice. Quickly I looked up along with Kuroune and spotted Yukina. I growled lightly for I had thought that Yara had awakened for a moment but it wasn't true. Sadly Yara was still dying. I looked over to some machines next to her and watched as her EEG spiked for a second and then dropped down past normal. Slowly it went closer to normal and then spiked again. Yukina silently walked behind me and put her hand on my shoulder. "That means that she is fighting. But after awhile it will drop down to low for her to fight. That is when she would slowly die. I say, we should just let her die at that point. Ok?"

"No, let her try and fight," Kurama called from behind us. I turned and spotted his green eyes had turned a grayish color. I smiled sadly and watched as he turned away. Yukina had nodded and left the three of us to sit there and watch over Yara's failing body. I had no idea how long the three of us sat there but Yusuke, Kuwabara and Lupin had entered the room.

"What is going on?" Yusuke asked silently. Kuroune and Kurama looked up along with myself and we watched Yusuke.

"She is dying," I finally said after Kurama and Kuroune stayed silent for a while. The two had sat together on the bed opposite from Yara's while I had pulled up and chair and had sat next to her. Yusuke had come in and sat on the bed next to Yara with Kuwabara next to him. Lupin stood.

"I'm sorry for you. This must be so hard," Lupin said as he walked over. I nodded. "I had lost one of my best friends about sixteen years ago along with his wife. After which I found my other friend killed thirteen wizards and muggles, along with my other friend. Later I found out the first friend was innocent and the supposed dead friend was really the killer. After a while, I found both friends and watched as the traitor revealed himself and later took off. A few years later my only true living friend fell through a black veil and disappeared till you came and brought him back. I know a little of what pain you are feeling."

"I don't think you can for me," Kurama said. Lupin spun around and faced Kurama but said nothing at all. "This my sister and friend that I am losing. She is half Youka, Youko's sister and half Amanda, my friend. You have no idea what it is like to lose your last family member and friend all at once. So please, don't try to use that story on me to try and cheer me up," Kurama snapped. As he looked up with a face full of anger and pain. His features were demented in such a way that it scared me so badly. I had never been scared in my life as badly as his face.

"I am so sorry Kurama. But you must deal with the fact that there is nothing that you can do. I feel so bad," Lupin said as he sat on a near by bed. Silently the six of us sat there and waited. Sometime later Yukina walked in and checked on everything. She told Lupin that he had to go and said she was sorry. Lupin left but not before saying sorry to all of us one last time. Silently we all waited for something to happen. We watched as Yara's EEG fell below the area that she needed to show that she was fighting.

"She isn't fighting," Yukina told us. I frowned and watched as her heart rate slowly began to fall.

"No," Kurama whispered as he surged forward to sit on Yara's other side. Kuroune joined me on the opposite side from Kurama and we waited. Yusuke walked behind Kurama and began to rub his shoulders. Yukina came over to me and did the same while Kuwabara tried to do the same with Kuroune. He failed and we each waited.

"I really don't want to do this," called a voice from the end of Yara's bed. We all turned and spotted Botan with her oar standing there waiting.

"What are you doing here Botan?" Yusuke asked. Botan looked over.

"I'm not just your informant Yusuke. I do have other jobs... Like bringing the dead to the Spirit World..." Botan said as new tears filled or eyes. Kurama and myself sighed as we knew what Botan had to do.

"It can't be her time already," I growled. No answer came for a little while.

"I'm sorry Hiei. But it is her time," Botan said as the one of the machines suddenly cried out with a high pitch squeal. I turned and saw that her heart rate had flat lined. Botan walked over. "Now her she comes."

Slowly Yara's pale lips split slightly and a bright light began to appear. I watched in pain, trying not to cry as the light got bigger and bigger. I sighed and watched as after a few minutes it began to form into a light covered body of her. Slowly it began to be covered by a beautiful white dress and covered down to the knees on her lighted pale legs. She looked even prettier than before with the shinning soul power. I gasped in shock as she half glided half flew to Botan's side. Botan and her talked in a unknown language after which Yara turned to me. Slowly her mouth opened but no sound was heard for a minute.

"I must go my friends. I am sorry," she had said. Slowly Botan called upon her oar and the two descended into the sky. I turned to Yara's body and watched it silently. 'She couldn't have died! SHE COULDN'T!' I screamed in my head as I fell onto the shell of the person I had once called a friend and who I had once loved more then anything in the world. Now she was gone. My love was gone! Yara WAS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!

"No, this can't be happening!" Yusuke said as he leaned forward with tearful eyes. Kurama had already dropped to his knees and was punching the ground. Kuroune had turned around and had begun to through things around the room. Kuwabara sat stiff as a rock on the other bed and tears fell freely down his face. Yukina, on the other hand, was the only one of us not crying. She silently moved past me and pulled the white sheet over the bodies face. After which she left.

"Excuse me," Yusuke finally said as he took off. Kuwabara left a few minutes later and didn't return. I didn't care. Yara was dead. My love/friend was dead. 'I WANT YARA,' I thought as I began to cry harder. Tear gems had now piled up in between my face and the sheets. The circular objects begun to hurt my face as they dug into my face. The more I cried, the more it hurt. I could do nothing to stop the pain because I was to weak to get up myself.

"Hiei, we should go," called a voice. I slowly lifted my head, but it began to hurt way to much to move, so I fell back onto the gems and didn't move. That was when someone came over and pulled me off the bed. I opened my eyes and spotted Kuroune holding me. I looked away slightly and found Kurama just sitting by the body not saying a thing. I nodded to Kuroune and he took me out of the large wing. "Lets leave Kurama alone. He really needs it right now."

I nodded and watched as Kuroune brought me to the Gryffindor common room. Slowly he brought me into my room and laid me on the correct bed. Silently he left, leaving me to cry. I did cry and soon fell into an extremely deep sleep...

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The next day...

"Hiei wake up. We have to go to classes," called a voice. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a pair of pale green eyes watching me. I smiled slightly but stopped and turned away as I remembered that Yara wasn't with us. But Kurama grabbed my chin and pulled it back up to show his happy face. I groaned and got up.

"Why are you so happy?" I asked. Kurama said nothing. So I began to glare at him waiting for an answer but he turned and left the room. I growled and took off after him but only ended up getting caught by some other Gryffindors in the common room. I growled fiercely at them and pushed each and every one of them out of my way. Finally I found Kurama. He was still smiling. "Why are you smiling?"

"Can't tell you now. You'll have to wait along with Kuroune, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Yukina!" Kurama said happily. I went to ask what he meant but McGonagall stepped through the picture and forced some of the kids back.

"I have an announcement to make. This year, there shall be no Quidditch games, no after class activities, the library will be closed, and the Great Hall will be closed. You may only go to your class, the bathrooms, and your common room. And to add to that fact, you must always be in a group with people just as strong and as fast as you. If you are caught not following these rules. You will be sent home for the rest of this school year. Thank you," McGonagall said as she turned and left the common room. The kids began to moan as the slow dispersed to their rooms. I growled one last time as Yusuke and Kuwabara entered. Slowly the two made their way through the crowd and next to Kurama and myself.

"We have to stay here. The 'Sorting Hat' said we belonged in Gryffindor," Yusuke said. I heard the sadness creeping close to his voice over the loss of Yara. We all had been closed to her... And now she was gone... Quickly I looked over to Kurama and saw him smiling brightly. He knew something and I wanted to know what. But before I could ask him anything, Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked over.

"Oh, my god! I am so sorry!" Hermione said as she almost dropped to her knees. I grunted and looked away. If I was in a normal situation, she head would have been three hundred miles away from her body by now. But sadly, it wasn't so Hermione kept her stupid head... For now at least.

"Hermione, it is ok. I hope," said Harry as he looked over to Kurama. Kurama simply nodded and the subject was dropped for the time being. "So, what exactly are you all here for?"

"As I said before it is because of the letters that we received. We did what the letter wanted us to do. And that was to come to Hogwarts," Kurama said. Harry nodded and sat down in a near by chair. Slowly Hermione and Ron did the same and we all sat there.

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Day before Halloween... (A/N: I skipped over a few weeks here. Sorry but I need to. Ok, I am really sorry for all those people who hate the time skipping but nothing really would go on. All the murders stop for this time. K, now on with the story.)

"Hiei do you have a costume?" Kurama called out to me. I sighed as I looked over to my costume. It sat on my bed spread out, waiting to be worn. I was to be a short 'Frankenstein' as Yusuke called it. The costume laying on my bed had a green block headed mask that I was to wear. I growled as I looked upon the ugly face one last time and turned away. I was not going to dress up like that. I had to walk on some stilts to make myself taller. I had spent three weeks trying to learn how to do it and now I know how but... I really don't want to. The costume was as ugly as hell. I really didn't want to wear it but if Yusuke saw me in a different costume then I would be in serious trouble. Kurama was suppose to be dressed up as a half fox half human creature. I smiled at the thought and then noticed what I could be. Quickly I rushed through my drawers and collected all the tear gems I had. Quickly stringing them together I made a gem outfit. I smiled at the black shinny gems that hung loosely. I smiled and put it on. I watched as it draped around my slim body loosely. I smiled and walked out to see the fox standing there waiting. "What happened to Frankenstein?"

"I didn't want to be him. I wanted to be this instead," I said. Kurama smiled and we walked down stairs. Yusuke looked up and spotted me outfit. He frowned and walked over.

"What is this?" he asked me as he grabbed some of the gems. I had noticed that it was a see through so I put some black clothes on underneath. But it didn't matter that much. Yusuke stood before me with a black tuxedo on. I smiled slightly and looked over to Kuwabara. He also was wearing a black tux. I frowned slightly. "What? I am Kuwabara's best man! Yukina is suppose to be wearing a wedding dress. Hopefully she went through with the plan."

"Whatever," I said with a loud sigh. I turned to Kurama and we went to leave when Yusuke and Kuwabara walked in front of us.

"Wait, she should be coming down soon," Yusuke said and sure enough Yukina came down in a flowing white gown. I growled and she smiled as she rushed over and kissed me.

"I love your outfit," she told me after wards. I smiled back to her and turned away.

"Can we go now?" I asked. Everyone nodded and we soon took off for the great hall. Once there I tried to avoid all the kids I knew. But it didn't work out to well...

"HIEI!" called Harry. Quickly he rushed over in his ghost outfit and stood near me. I growled lightly as he kept on peering at my outfit. After about a few minutes, Hermione came over and looked at the gems.

"Are these koorime tear gems?" she asked me after a long study. I growled but nodded yes. Hermione smiled. "Do you know how much this outfit would sell for?"

"Yes, because I have had men and women alike trying to catch me for my tears. Personally I would like to keep them," I told her. She backed away and stared at me in horror.

"You're a koorime?" she asked me. I nodded and went to leave but she caught my arm. "How many tears did it take to make this?"

"Why should I tell you?" I snapped.

"How many tears does it take to make one gem?" Hermione asked. I growled and told her one. She nodded and began to count how many gems were on the outfit but I beat her.

"There is two thousand tear gems in this outfit. Happy?" I asked. After which I turned away and stormed out of the Great hall.

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KH: Ok, this chapter is done. For those reviewers that were kind and waned Yara to live, I thank you but I decided to do it this way. I got the idea almost right after I had posted the chapter. Sorry.

Hiei: BUT Yara DIED!

Kurama: What exactly do I know?

KH: I can't tell you anything! Tee hee! Bye now!

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