This is one of two versions I made for Chapter twenty-one. Each one takes a different turn from a certain part. In this one Karasu will not believe the lie. In the other, he will. So if you would like, you could just skip to the other chapter. I believe the story will be going on like this for until the end so, choose which way you want to go now, or read both!
Chapter twenty-one: The Truth Appears!
Hiei's POV
"SHOW ME WHERE THE BODY OF HIEI IS!" Karasu screamed once Kurama blacked out. I growled angrily at first but slowly turned to face Karasu. Close to telling the truth, I found a lie hidden deep in my mind.
"I have no idea where Hiei landed," I lied in hopes that he would believe me. His eyes darkened in anger. A frown appeared on my face. Crap, he truly knows. It must have been what Kurama was trying to tell me before Karasu shocked him.
"LIER! HOW DARE YOU LIE TO ME?" Karasu screamed as he held up a hand. I watched as bluish green energy began to appear around his hand and soon blasted out at me. Jumping to dodge, I almost forgot about Hermione. Sadly, I had to jump back to get her, but I knew there would be no way we would be able to get out of the way. So I turned my back to the attack and waited for it to hit. In seconds I felt something hit my back really hard. Crying out in pain, I fell over Hermione.
"HIEI!" Hermione screamed in fear. Looking at her, I saw the fear in her eyes. I wanted to comfort her and tell her I was fine, but I couldn't. With a last glance and gasp, I fell a top of her lap, with a blank view…
Kurama's POV (Real World)
"Hermione," whispers a soft harsh voice. I looked over and saw Hiei. His eyes where tightly closed as though he was in pain and he seemed to be scared. AT this point, Hermione walked over and stood next to me.
"Oh Hiei. Please wake soon!" she whispered as new tears began to appear on the lids of her eyes. I sigh deeply and slowly reach out and get her into a hug. Which she gladly returns and cries into my chest. With a nod, I begin to rub her back.
"It's ok Hermione. Everything will be all right," I whisper into her ear in hopes of calming her. Yara slowly looks over and watches me comfort the witch, but says nothing. Suddenly Botan, who had been hiding ever since she had come down, comes over and looks to Yara.
"Hiei will come out of this. We can get someone who knows how to enter the mind!" Botan cries happily.
"What?" Yara asks in surprise. Botan smiles and giggles lightly.
"I know of a certain demon that can enter the dream of another. Wither that other be in coma, or fast asleep in bed. He can enter the mind!" Botan calls happily. Kuroune scoffs.
"What if the demon doesn't want to help?" Kuroune asks.
"What demon wouldn't help one of it's own kind?" Ron asks bewildered that a demon would leave it's own 'kind' to death.
"Demons live in a 'kill or be killed' world, Mr. Weasly," Dumbledore explains. Ron mouths an oh, but after puts on a confused face, as though he never got it. I sigh and felt Hermione shift under my arms. Looking down, I saw she wanted to face the others.
"So, who is the demon?" Yara asks. Botan frowns and bites her lower lip.
"That is the problem. I have no idea where the demon is!" Botan says. Yara moans deeply as though she was in pain. I smile slightly.
"Well go to Spirit World and find him!" Kuroune calls. Botan nods her head as Sirius steps into the room. She nods her head hello to the professor, then calls upon her broom and takes off. Sirius raises an eyebrow in confusion.
"Am I that horrendous?" he asks. I give a halfhearted laugh and he looks over to me.
"No, she had business to attend to," Snape snaps as he turns and saunters out of the room. Sirius mouths an oh and turns away.
"Well, never knew there was business more important than me!" Sirius jokes as Lupin walks in.
"There always is business more important than you Sirius. You just fail to notice it. SO how is Hiei doing?" Lupin inquires. I smile and turn to face the demon. It was still out but his face seemed more peaceful. Something is wrong. His face hasn't been that peaceful since, before he woke in his strange dream world.
"Something is wrong," Yara mutters. At some point my sis had moved from Kuroune's side across the room to mine. I didn't care when, but all I cared about is that I wasn't the only one who noticed something was wrong. But right after she pointed out something was wrong, Hiei's face contorted with pain. "For some reason, I wanted to say 'now that's better.' But really, it sort of isn't, now is it?"
"No.. Not as comforting," I admit as I feel Hermione clutch at my chest again.
Hiei's world and POV
With a sudden jerk, I woke and looked around. Silver bars surrounded me on all sides. A cage? Why am I in a cage? KARASU! Looking around, I spot the devil on the other side of the room with his back to me. He seemed busy watching outside. I had no idea what he was watching. But he was really interested in it. Looking back at the bars, I saw small wires running up each bar. Curiously, I touched the bar. Foolish move on my part. Ever been electrocuted by anything? Or ever seen it? That is what it felt like. But three thousand times worse. By the time I let go of the bars, I wasn't surprised in the least to find the spell Hermione put on me was off, and my hair was spikier than usual.
"Like the electricity? It runs right off my own body," Karasu called without so much as a glace in my direction. With a snort, I looked away. Karasu laughs. "Don't do that Hiei! It is fun torturing you like this! But I can be worse."
"Is that even possible?" I mutter in distaste. Karasu laughs again as he spin on his heel to face me. I watch as he slowly makes his way over to me. He has a huge smile on his face.
"You want me to show you how worse I can be?" Karasu asks from halfway across the room. I do nothing in response. Not even look away when his violet eyes meet my bright crimson. It wasn't long before I heard a faint whimper. Looking over, I was able to see Hermione was alone in a cage of her own. Gasping lightly in surprise, I watched her tear stricken face shack back and forth. "Come here, Hermione Granger!" With that the cage door opened and Hermione was forced to her feet by some type of spell Karasu put her on. It wasn't long before she was walking over to him.
"Hermione! Stop!" called one of the teachers in the near by cage. Looking over, I noticed the teacher was Dumbledore. I growled lightly and turned to reface Karasu who now held Hermione at the waist as she struggled to get free.
"Hermione. Stop struggling! It will only hurt worse if you struggle," Karasu said in as sweet a tone he could come by. Snorting lightly, I watched as Karasu turned to face me. "Just think of her as your sister when I do this!" I went to respond but he was already doing his work. Letting go of Hermione's waist, his hands moved to one side of her face and the other side of her neck. That position!
"STOP!" I cried a little to late. CRACK! Karasu let go and watched as Hermione crumpled to the floor. My eyes widened in surprise as something rouse up on the bottom lid on my eyes. It was a tear that soon fell off onto my face and then to the floor with a click. The tear had turned to a gem. At the click, Karasu looked over. I on the other hand was still watching Hermione's lifeless form. She's dead... How could he have killed her?
"Your half Koorime?" Karasu muttered. I could barely hear it through my thoughts but, I did hear it. By the time, I had broken out of my thoughts, the room was still and silent. "I don't remember that from the Dark Tournament. Nor from... SHIT! I forgot that your sister is Koorime... That must mean, she is also half fire demon. Interesting."
"How could you have forgotten that?" Kurama snapped from across the room. Karasu turned to face the red head.
"Silence my little Bitch! I could have killed you, you know. But I haven't. You should conceder yourself lucky!" Karasu cried as my vision suddenly blurred slightly.
"Hiei? Are you ok?" muttered a voice. It sounded like Remus Lupin but I wasn't to sure. Looking over, I spotted Lupin the only one looking at me.
"Remus?" I said before my vision of him was obscured by something else.
Real World... Unknown POV
"Remus?" someone muttered lightly. I sort of snorted lightly in surprise. But the voice seemed familiar.
"He speaks!" someone else joked. It sounded like Sirius.
"That wasn't funny," snapped someone. It was female. Hermione! But wasn't she killed?
"He does that every now and then. Something in his world converts to this one," called a fourth voice. Kurama? But shouldn't you be full of pain?
"Why can't he just wake up on his own in here when he falls asleep in his world? Or when he is knocked unconscious?" Hermione called again. What the hell is this place? I wondered to myself. Slowly I tried to open my eyes but they seemed to be plastered shut. Suddenly a slightly breeze came to my attention and then a new presence was in the area I woke into.
"Koenma says that Hiei has woken!" cried the presence. Koenma? But, he called Hogwarts a dead zone. And I was part of that dead zone. I couldn't be...
"Hiei is awake?" called Kurama and another voice at the same time. Suddenly someone squealed in delight and I felt hands all over my body. They seemed to be hugging. I didn't like it at all and went to fight back, but my arms didn't move. So I went to growl. But my voice wasn't coming out either. What the hell is up with this? I can hear but not see, touch, or speak? This sucks!
"But... He may not be awake for long. And I don't think he can do anything at all!" called the newest person in the room. Suddenly the voice hit me. BOTAN!
"Shouldn't we try t......." someone began but their voice was getting softer and softer. What the hell?
"WE'RE LOSING HIM!" someone screamed loud enough for me to hear at a whisper. I moan and suddenly felt someone thing flood through my body. It was painful, whatever it was. By the time it stopped, I was able to open my eyes. First thing I saw was Hermione. She was on the ground and extremely pale. Then I noticed her neck. It was laying at a weird angle.
"Yes, she is dead..." called a voice. It was Karasu! I was back!
REAL WORLD... SPIRIT WORLD... KOENMA'S POV...
"Botan, your back early?" I said when the deity came back into my office. Earlier she was sent down to Hogwarts to inform everyone that Hiei had woken.
"He went back. Any leads?" She responded dryly. I sighed and shook my head no.
"Yusuke is on it, but you know the Shinobi are excellent ninja's so their hiding is the best. We can't even find a trace of the two," I cried. Botan sighed as though in defeat. "Don't give up! We will find them! But I don't see why you want them."
"The reason is that one of them has the ability to enter into the mind of someone like Hiei. But we need to find them really quickly! I think Hiei is dying!" Botan called to me in fear. I nodded and looked back through the files I had on the two she wanted. Jin and Touya. One of them has an ability to talk to Hiei in coma? Interesting. I thought as I looked at the files over and over in search of certain area that the duo may have been to more than four times. Then, I saw it. A pub in the northern section of the Demon world.
"Tell Yusuke to look in the Mahakiki Pub in the North Sector!" I cried. Botan nodded and took off to find Yusuke. About an hour later Botan came back with Yusuke, Kuwabara, Touya and Jin. "Thank god!"
"What is it ya want with us?" Jin asked me in his Irish accent. I cleared my throat and turned to Botan.
"Hiei is in a coma, and one of you can help him," Botan said.
"Which one of us?" Touya suddenly asked. I smiled and watched Botan as she began to get a little nerves.
"Uh... You Touya..." Botan said a little uncertainly. Touya's jaw dropped in surprise.
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
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