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FIRE! "Where? Where?" Yukina starts spraying the place with a fire extinguisher. FIR-ugh "I'm so sorry." Yukina dropped the extinguisher when she realized she covered Eiri-san with white foam. "Yukina-san," Kurama's mother came into the kitchen. "She finally got the burner to light and now you've wasted our last book of matches. Fire, Eiri-san whined in defeat.
Chapter 27
"Ten years ago." Kurama said watching the fire dance, eating away at the memory of a house in flames.
"What was that?" Hiei asked. Green eyes meet red.
"Daiki said his parents died in a fire ten years ago."
"But if this is a memory, that means he must have been in the fire too." Yusuke watched the marvel of flame and black smoke.
"How did a child survive this?" Keiko asked and as if on cue, a face appeared.
"We're looking through his eyes." The red head was certain. //That's how you remember things after all.// The view shifted, looking at young boy possibly six or seven. His hair was partially burnt and he had many scratches and black patches on his skin and clothes.
"But that..." Kurama began only to freeze, watching a man's hand reach out and pulled the small boy out from under a woman. She was probably hit by a burning beam and killed. "Is that Daiki?" The red head asked looking at the little boy's face. His hair was light like his eyes. The boy looked like he was in a trance. The same distance Miku had in her eyes yesterday.
"How can that be if were're supposed to be looking through his eyes?" Hiei asked, frustrated.
"I don't know." the red head admitted.
-"I'll protect you."- Everyone was surprised to hear a voice echo from the projection. -"I can't let anyone else die"- The veiw looked down at a man's chest. Pulling away the Yukata, the hand reached in easyly through muscle and bone.
"What is he doing?" Yukuke cried out.
"Oh my god." Keiko said in a horrified whisper, as he pulled out a beating heart.
Yukina screamed and fainted against Keiko, but it wasn't over. The hand began to push the large heart into the child's chest. The child's eyes opened wide and his little hands came up to grab the man's wrist. His small hands were bloodied as tears came from his eyes.
-"I know it hurts. Just a bit longer."- The voice tried to soothe the boy.
The child that could be...had to be Daiki, he jerked his head back and his mouth opened in a silent scream. Those small helpless hands grabbed and pulled against pain that couldn't be imagined. When the heart was fully inside the boy's small chest, the view changed.
"Daiki." Kurama felt conflicted. This was probably meant to save the boy but...the price. "We're looking through Daiki's eyes now."
Even in the heat and blinding flames the man who had given his heart was, in a word, beautiful. His eyes were closed now, that body abandoned for this one. His features were thin and sharp and his skin looked so smooth. One half of his hair was down and fluttered at the whim of the heat. The other half was tightly bound to his head.
"What's happening?" Yusuke asked as the view began to move.
"It's Daiki, he's moving." Kurama surmised.
"Where? That's not outside." Genkai pointed out. The point of veiw was going up the burning stairs.
"What's that?" Keiko pointed at a tiny fleck reflecting sparks of the blaze.
"It's all over." Yusuke said. It was true. They were like snowflakes, they flittered around just in front of the view, warding off the heat of the fire.
"Where is he going?" Kurama thought outloud.
"Miku." A whisper came behind Kurama. Green eyes blinked as he watched the view go into a room where a baby was crying.
"Daiki-kun." the fox demon turned to the strawberry blond. "You can hear me can't you?" there was no response. //One way to find out is to test it.// "Show me how you got out of the fire." Green eyes looked at the wall.
Images flashed forward. A fireman broke in the front door as the veiw came closer. The man scooped up the children and ran out. Women screamed and cried watching the their home burn. Men comforted them, watching the blaze till the very end.
//Now we know how the demon got into Daiki. Now to find out who this demon is. Although, some how...he's familiar. Could he be the source of the familiarity I initially felt when I met Daiki?// Kurama turned back to the blue eyed teen.
"Okay, now..." the red head paused, noticing out of the smallest corner of the projection, a shadow. Short, black coat, black hair with white like the siluet of a star. //Hiei. You were there.// Green eyes looked at the fire demon. Red eyes met his. "That's enough." Kurama's hand touched the metalic oval and a soft click was heard. The images faded. Yusuke opened the door while Keiko fanned poor Yukina.
"Whoa," the carrot top boy shook his head. "That was like TV in my head. Some kind of freaky horror movie." Kuwabara let go of the ball.
"Daiki?" Kurama petted his hair with one hand and cupped the oval with the other. "That's enough, you can let go now." The strawberry blond allowed his hands to fall. "You can rest." The red head told him. The blue eyed boy laid down on the tatami mat and closed his eyes.
"I think you proved you're theory." Genkai stood over the boy. "He's not alone in there. The question is now. What can we do? There's still the matter that his soul is mostly gone."
"I know. I have to find the one who took it and get it back." Kurama lay his jacket over the sleeping teen. "I have a clue now, I didn't have before."
"What's that?"
"It's a bit personal." Kurama rubbed his head.
"Fine." Genkai shrugged. "But that hasn't told us why the snow is falling."
"Acctually," the fox demon enlightened them. "There is an ice demoness that is probably connected to Daiki or at least the man we saw."
"How do you know that?" Yusuke asked.
"The ice demoness attacked me once before. She was excatcly as the rumors of the woman in white at school."
"But she disappeared."
"She did." red hair bounced as she nodded. "The rumors stopped the same day Daiki came to live with me. I think she was looking for Daiki at school because he moved around so much."
"Moved around?"
"He would work for room and board at verious relatives homes every week." the fox demon explained. "He's stayed at my place for three weeks now. And because he has a steady home to returned to, she didn't need to follow him anymore."
"That makes sense." Keiko nodded.
"The snow is probably away of making an advantagus feild so that she can attack us unhindered. The Hazama main house and this temple are the two locations that the last of the direct blood line of the family are staying.
"This is vengence on one family. It doesn't effect the world." Hiei said.
"So what? You act like it's a private party. Well, you're lookin' at a party crasher." Yusuke brushed a thumb under his nose.
"We can't act rashly. Family vendetas aren't so easily resolved." Kurama told him. "You can't just go waving around you're spirit gun and expect everyone to get along."
"I know that." Yusuke shouted.
"He says that but..." Keiko sweatdroped.
"I don't want anyone to get hurt." The fox demon explained. "These are people, not just demons. We have to be careful."
"I agree." Yukina gave her opinion several moments after she had awakened. Kurama smiled, glad she was alright.
"Do what you want." Hiei turned away. "Just don't ask me to join in." He walked out of the room.
"What's with him?" Kuwabara huffed.
"I'm going to find out." Green eyes narrowed.
FIRE! "Where? Where?" Yukina starts spraying the place with a fire extinguisher. FIR-ugh "I'm so sorry." Yukina dropped the extinguisher when she realized she covered Eiri-san with white foam. "Yukina-san," Kurama's mother came into the kitchen. "She finally got the burner to light and now you've wasted our last book of matches. Fire, Eiri-san whined in defeat.
Chapter 27
"Ten years ago." Kurama said watching the fire dance, eating away at the memory of a house in flames.
"What was that?" Hiei asked. Green eyes meet red.
"Daiki said his parents died in a fire ten years ago."
"But if this is a memory, that means he must have been in the fire too." Yusuke watched the marvel of flame and black smoke.
"How did a child survive this?" Keiko asked and as if on cue, a face appeared.
"We're looking through his eyes." The red head was certain. //That's how you remember things after all.// The view shifted, looking at young boy possibly six or seven. His hair was partially burnt and he had many scratches and black patches on his skin and clothes.
"But that..." Kurama began only to freeze, watching a man's hand reach out and pulled the small boy out from under a woman. She was probably hit by a burning beam and killed. "Is that Daiki?" The red head asked looking at the little boy's face. His hair was light like his eyes. The boy looked like he was in a trance. The same distance Miku had in her eyes yesterday.
"How can that be if were're supposed to be looking through his eyes?" Hiei asked, frustrated.
"I don't know." the red head admitted.
-"I'll protect you."- Everyone was surprised to hear a voice echo from the projection. -"I can't let anyone else die"- The veiw looked down at a man's chest. Pulling away the Yukata, the hand reached in easyly through muscle and bone.
"What is he doing?" Yukuke cried out.
"Oh my god." Keiko said in a horrified whisper, as he pulled out a beating heart.
Yukina screamed and fainted against Keiko, but it wasn't over. The hand began to push the large heart into the child's chest. The child's eyes opened wide and his little hands came up to grab the man's wrist. His small hands were bloodied as tears came from his eyes.
-"I know it hurts. Just a bit longer."- The voice tried to soothe the boy.
The child that could be...had to be Daiki, he jerked his head back and his mouth opened in a silent scream. Those small helpless hands grabbed and pulled against pain that couldn't be imagined. When the heart was fully inside the boy's small chest, the view changed.
"Daiki." Kurama felt conflicted. This was probably meant to save the boy but...the price. "We're looking through Daiki's eyes now."
Even in the heat and blinding flames the man who had given his heart was, in a word, beautiful. His eyes were closed now, that body abandoned for this one. His features were thin and sharp and his skin looked so smooth. One half of his hair was down and fluttered at the whim of the heat. The other half was tightly bound to his head.
"What's happening?" Yusuke asked as the view began to move.
"It's Daiki, he's moving." Kurama surmised.
"Where? That's not outside." Genkai pointed out. The point of veiw was going up the burning stairs.
"What's that?" Keiko pointed at a tiny fleck reflecting sparks of the blaze.
"It's all over." Yusuke said. It was true. They were like snowflakes, they flittered around just in front of the view, warding off the heat of the fire.
"Where is he going?" Kurama thought outloud.
"Miku." A whisper came behind Kurama. Green eyes blinked as he watched the view go into a room where a baby was crying.
"Daiki-kun." the fox demon turned to the strawberry blond. "You can hear me can't you?" there was no response. //One way to find out is to test it.// "Show me how you got out of the fire." Green eyes looked at the wall.
Images flashed forward. A fireman broke in the front door as the veiw came closer. The man scooped up the children and ran out. Women screamed and cried watching the their home burn. Men comforted them, watching the blaze till the very end.
//Now we know how the demon got into Daiki. Now to find out who this demon is. Although, some how...he's familiar. Could he be the source of the familiarity I initially felt when I met Daiki?// Kurama turned back to the blue eyed teen.
"Okay, now..." the red head paused, noticing out of the smallest corner of the projection, a shadow. Short, black coat, black hair with white like the siluet of a star. //Hiei. You were there.// Green eyes looked at the fire demon. Red eyes met his. "That's enough." Kurama's hand touched the metalic oval and a soft click was heard. The images faded. Yusuke opened the door while Keiko fanned poor Yukina.
"Whoa," the carrot top boy shook his head. "That was like TV in my head. Some kind of freaky horror movie." Kuwabara let go of the ball.
"Daiki?" Kurama petted his hair with one hand and cupped the oval with the other. "That's enough, you can let go now." The strawberry blond allowed his hands to fall. "You can rest." The red head told him. The blue eyed boy laid down on the tatami mat and closed his eyes.
"I think you proved you're theory." Genkai stood over the boy. "He's not alone in there. The question is now. What can we do? There's still the matter that his soul is mostly gone."
"I know. I have to find the one who took it and get it back." Kurama lay his jacket over the sleeping teen. "I have a clue now, I didn't have before."
"What's that?"
"It's a bit personal." Kurama rubbed his head.
"Fine." Genkai shrugged. "But that hasn't told us why the snow is falling."
"Acctually," the fox demon enlightened them. "There is an ice demoness that is probably connected to Daiki or at least the man we saw."
"How do you know that?" Yusuke asked.
"The ice demoness attacked me once before. She was excatcly as the rumors of the woman in white at school."
"But she disappeared."
"She did." red hair bounced as she nodded. "The rumors stopped the same day Daiki came to live with me. I think she was looking for Daiki at school because he moved around so much."
"Moved around?"
"He would work for room and board at verious relatives homes every week." the fox demon explained. "He's stayed at my place for three weeks now. And because he has a steady home to returned to, she didn't need to follow him anymore."
"That makes sense." Keiko nodded.
"The snow is probably away of making an advantagus feild so that she can attack us unhindered. The Hazama main house and this temple are the two locations that the last of the direct blood line of the family are staying.
"This is vengence on one family. It doesn't effect the world." Hiei said.
"So what? You act like it's a private party. Well, you're lookin' at a party crasher." Yusuke brushed a thumb under his nose.
"We can't act rashly. Family vendetas aren't so easily resolved." Kurama told him. "You can't just go waving around you're spirit gun and expect everyone to get along."
"I know that." Yusuke shouted.
"He says that but..." Keiko sweatdroped.
"I don't want anyone to get hurt." The fox demon explained. "These are people, not just demons. We have to be careful."
"I agree." Yukina gave her opinion several moments after she had awakened. Kurama smiled, glad she was alright.
"Do what you want." Hiei turned away. "Just don't ask me to join in." He walked out of the room.
"What's with him?" Kuwabara huffed.
"I'm going to find out." Green eyes narrowed.