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"Hiei!"

His eyes shot open. What had happened? Slowly his blurry vision came into focus. He saw Kurama kneeling over him. But why?

"Hiei, what happened?" the fox asked, concern making his voice shake.

Suddenly Hiei remembered. He bolted upright, ignoring the pounding pain that filled his head. Had it just been another dream? Was it his mind playing tricks on him? Or had it really happened?

"Hiei, answer me!" Kurama exclaimed, grabbing his friend's shoulders and forcing him to look into his eyes.

They stayed like that for a long time, Hiei staring at Kurama, unblinking, still breathing heavily, and Kurama studying his friend, the expression in his eyes, the flashes of his emotion that the fox could feel.

Finally, Hiei pulled away from Kurama's grasp. "It was just another dream," he muttered to himself. "I didn't hear anything. It was just a dream."

"It wasn't a dream," Kurama stated.

Hiei looked up at him in shock. "What are you talking about, fox?" he said, though his voice barely made a sound.

"You didn't have a dream," Kurama said. "Whatever happened really happened. You were telling me about your dreams, and then suddenly you claimed you heard something. I felt a slight pang of pain in my head, and the next thing I knew, you were rolling around on the floor, clutching your head and screaming. You've been unconscious for about five minutes."

Hiei put his head in his hand and stared straight ahead as if in a daze. "How is this possible?" he murmured. Kurama stared at him. "Please tell me what happened," the kitsune said.

Hiei shuddered and, his voice shaking, told his story in whispered words.

"I heard...a laugh...and then...it was a voice, Kurama...like it could read my mind, it spoke to me...then...pain, blinding pain, in my Jagan...and the laugh, the evil laugh...Kurama..."

Hiei raised his red eyes to meet the green ones of the kitsune.

"...it was Ryton."