Authoress's Notes: Yay! A fourteenth chapter! WEEEEEE!!! YAY!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Okay, now that I'm done
with that, I wanted to ask you a question. But, being the ass I am, I'll save for my stupid "after-chapter-is-over-
comments". Y'know? Current song I'm listening to is: Sayonara wa Mirai no Hajimari. I'm gonne use that as a title
or somethin'. Yupsies. Huzzah. Hm...anything else to rant about before my story starts, or do you people just NOT
care because you wanna know what happens to Kurama's $&*^#@ of a dad? Yeah, you people probably aren't even reading
this right now, are you? Didn't think so.
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Fourteen(Yeah!)
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Memories flashed before his eyes of his once-new step-father, mostly happy ones, ones where they laughed together.
Had it really been too late to turn back? Was it all Kurama's fault? There would be no answers now. What would
Shuiichi do? He thought too late as his step-father's head made a sickening sound as it rolled off of his shoulders.
Kurama's rose whip stained with blood, as was the fair skin on his face. Kurama fell to his knees beside Hiei, who
sat up and put his arms around him, as the fox's tears fell, mixing with the blood. That wasn't as easy as he thought
it would be when he walked in earlier, determined. That seemed so far off now, as Kurama sobbed onto Hiei's shoulder
that had been offered.
"Shh...it's over now..." Hiei offered, this comfort that he would never show in front of anybody. "Fox, someone
once told me that you give yourself less credit than you deserve. It took a lot of courage to take the life of
someone who you thought was close to you."
"I don't get any credit for that...!" He cried. "I killed my own father! How will Shuiichi live without him now!?
Why didn't I think things THROUGH!?"
"But you did. We both agreed this was for the best. What if young Shuiichi had followed your example? Then would
your step-father had killed him? Of course, this man is disgusting. WAS disgusting."
"Hiei..." Kurama choked out.
"Shh...don't say anything...we should leave before we get caught..."
The fire demon dragged his lover up and hoisted him onto his back, jumping out the window just as some security
ran in. Landing perfectly on his feet, he ran as fast as he could to the airport.
"Hagiri!" He shouted, slowing down.
Sniper gasped and ran up to him. "Is he hurt?"
Hiei nodded. "On the inside. His heart aches. How is the ice master?"
Sniper's eyes glazed over. "He hasn't woken up yet."
The fire demon let Kurama off of his back, helping Sniper support him to where Jin sat with Touya in his lap. Hiei
noticed the bruises on his wrists that looked purple or something like that. Massaging his shoulder, he asked, "what
do we do now?"
"Celebrate Christmas and make this time a memorial?" Jin suggested.
Hiei and Hagiri shot him glares. He shut up, looking down at Touya.
"Don't you think we'll be a little suspicious just sITTING here with an unconscious person and another that is so
overcome by grief that we have to help him walk?" Sniper asked after a while.
"Yeah, probably," Hiei answered, and the dried blood on his arm crackled off, the cold air freezing his stiff cloak.
"Jin, could you switch and carry Kurama? I don't think I can."
The wind master shrugged and commanded that Kurama climb onto his back. The least the fox could do was that. And he
did, Sniper, gingerly scooping Touya into his arms, cautious because he didn't know what else those bastards did to
him. He had seemed so calm when he had left that message in the snow. "Merry Christmas, Touya..."
"Same to you."
Hagiri looked down in his arms, and Touya flung his arms around Hagiri's neck, silent, warm tears falling, but he
didn't care. He was back with his love, and nothing would be able to tear them apart. The sharpshooter held Touya
close, from fear someone might take him again. He wouldn't let them. From now on, he would be more careful of what
he had to face ahead.
Jin patted Kurama's shoulder over his own, and the fox looked up, quite dazed. "Hiei's still injured, isn't he...?"
"We'll get it treated once we get to Genkai's, 'kay?" Jin offered with a wink.
Kurama nodded and didn't realize he was on Jin's back until the stairs to Genkai's had ended and Yukina and everybody
else came running to them.
"'Niichan!" Yukina shouted, throwing her arms around Hiei's shoulders.
He held back the pain and hugged her back.
"'Niichan, you're bleeding!" Yukina gasped in horror.
"It's nothing. We need you to heal the wounds on the ice demon."
She nodded and ran over to where Hagiri had placed Touya, placing her hands over the visible bruises as Kuwabara
rushed to her side. Yusuke walked up to Kurama, who had gotten off of Jin's back with dull apologies and put his hand
on the fox's shoulder. "It's fine, Kurama. It's over."
Not wanting to pre-occupy Yusuke with the dangerous thoughts going on in his head, the fox slowly nodded, wanting nothing
more but to go back and fix his stupid mistake. Now how would Shuiichi be bale to live without his father and his step-
brother? The poor child was going to have a miserable life now. He could imagine it;
"Where's your father?"
"Dead."
"Do you have any siblings?"
"My older step-brother ran off because he was gay."
Kurama shook his head and sat down at the base of an old pine tree, pulling his bloody jacket around him to try and
stay warm. Hiei walked up to him and pulled him into an embrace, the warmth numbing the pain in his heart. Kurama felt
his eyes start to tear again, because that's what an enfolding of comfort did to one in pain, it brought out the tears
like rain.
"I killed him Hiei..." he said, his silent tears barely visible as they ran down his cold face.
"I know you did, fox, and it was for the best..."
"The best for who? I should have been thinking about Shuiichi before I decapitated my own step-father."
"Fox, it's over and done with. You can't go back in time. You can't change the past," Hiei said with a great deal of
difficulty.
Kurama's eyes brightened. "Yes...yes I can! I can go back in time and not kill my father!"
Hiei looked at him. "And what would happen to us...?"
Kurama's idea shattered into a million peices. "You're right, the only way that 'tousan wouldn't want to kill me was
if I never fell in love with you, and then we would need to steal the wishgiver from Koenma...and I would never have
fallen in love with you...I could never do that...you would be so lonely..."
"Fox, no matter the tragedies in your life, no matter the consequences, you must do what you want. What is it you
desire most?"
"I desire..." Kurama thought before answering. I desire Shuiichi's happiness...and Hiei's. "I desire happiness, for
both you and Shuiichi..."
"And do you know how to give this happiness?"
Kurama shook his head. "Not in the least bit."
"Good."
The fox looked at Hiei with surprise. "Good!?"
Hiei nodded. "You need to find this out for yourself, don't you?"
Kurama got his point and nodded. "Hiei, what do you desire?"
"I desire happiness also, for you and Yukina. If Kuwabara brings Yukina happiness, then I know that he is right for her.
If I bring you happiness, then I know I am right for you, but the only thing I've been bringing you lately is sorrow,
and pain..." Hiei said, looking at the snow-covered ground. "It was great, for that first night...then Shiori found out,
your father wanted to kill you, you had to kill your father for the sake of our lives, and not one bit of it has brought
you happiness."
Kurama shook his head. "You're wrong, Hiei. Every minute I spend with you brings me joy, no matter what is going on around
me, I feel your warmth and want you to comfort me..."
The fire demon blinked and smiled, clenching Kurama's fingers and touching his lips with his own.
"Unca Hiei, Unca Kwama!" Rei shouted, and giggling, interrupted their kiss, joining them in their hug.
Kurama started chuckling at the pronunciation of his name. "Kwama?"
Yusuke shrugged. "It's the best he can do right now. You should hear him try Kuwabara."
Smile contradicting the tears that fell from his emeralds, he happilly joined the group hug.
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Hieica: Yah. So? What'd you think? Hm, hm? Wanna see more? Hm, hm? Want me to shut up? yeaH? Okay.
But seriously, my question. How long do you people think this should be? I'm not quite running out of ideas, but I want
your opinions. SERIOUSLY.
Swissy: Wow, the seriousness. Not something I'm used to. Review, because she stayed home sick today and nobody cares. The
end. REVIEW!
with that, I wanted to ask you a question. But, being the ass I am, I'll save for my stupid "after-chapter-is-over-
comments". Y'know? Current song I'm listening to is: Sayonara wa Mirai no Hajimari. I'm gonne use that as a title
or somethin'. Yupsies. Huzzah. Hm...anything else to rant about before my story starts, or do you people just NOT
care because you wanna know what happens to Kurama's $&*^#@ of a dad? Yeah, you people probably aren't even reading
this right now, are you? Didn't think so.
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Fourteen(Yeah!)
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Memories flashed before his eyes of his once-new step-father, mostly happy ones, ones where they laughed together.
Had it really been too late to turn back? Was it all Kurama's fault? There would be no answers now. What would
Shuiichi do? He thought too late as his step-father's head made a sickening sound as it rolled off of his shoulders.
Kurama's rose whip stained with blood, as was the fair skin on his face. Kurama fell to his knees beside Hiei, who
sat up and put his arms around him, as the fox's tears fell, mixing with the blood. That wasn't as easy as he thought
it would be when he walked in earlier, determined. That seemed so far off now, as Kurama sobbed onto Hiei's shoulder
that had been offered.
"Shh...it's over now..." Hiei offered, this comfort that he would never show in front of anybody. "Fox, someone
once told me that you give yourself less credit than you deserve. It took a lot of courage to take the life of
someone who you thought was close to you."
"I don't get any credit for that...!" He cried. "I killed my own father! How will Shuiichi live without him now!?
Why didn't I think things THROUGH!?"
"But you did. We both agreed this was for the best. What if young Shuiichi had followed your example? Then would
your step-father had killed him? Of course, this man is disgusting. WAS disgusting."
"Hiei..." Kurama choked out.
"Shh...don't say anything...we should leave before we get caught..."
The fire demon dragged his lover up and hoisted him onto his back, jumping out the window just as some security
ran in. Landing perfectly on his feet, he ran as fast as he could to the airport.
"Hagiri!" He shouted, slowing down.
Sniper gasped and ran up to him. "Is he hurt?"
Hiei nodded. "On the inside. His heart aches. How is the ice master?"
Sniper's eyes glazed over. "He hasn't woken up yet."
The fire demon let Kurama off of his back, helping Sniper support him to where Jin sat with Touya in his lap. Hiei
noticed the bruises on his wrists that looked purple or something like that. Massaging his shoulder, he asked, "what
do we do now?"
"Celebrate Christmas and make this time a memorial?" Jin suggested.
Hiei and Hagiri shot him glares. He shut up, looking down at Touya.
"Don't you think we'll be a little suspicious just sITTING here with an unconscious person and another that is so
overcome by grief that we have to help him walk?" Sniper asked after a while.
"Yeah, probably," Hiei answered, and the dried blood on his arm crackled off, the cold air freezing his stiff cloak.
"Jin, could you switch and carry Kurama? I don't think I can."
The wind master shrugged and commanded that Kurama climb onto his back. The least the fox could do was that. And he
did, Sniper, gingerly scooping Touya into his arms, cautious because he didn't know what else those bastards did to
him. He had seemed so calm when he had left that message in the snow. "Merry Christmas, Touya..."
"Same to you."
Hagiri looked down in his arms, and Touya flung his arms around Hagiri's neck, silent, warm tears falling, but he
didn't care. He was back with his love, and nothing would be able to tear them apart. The sharpshooter held Touya
close, from fear someone might take him again. He wouldn't let them. From now on, he would be more careful of what
he had to face ahead.
Jin patted Kurama's shoulder over his own, and the fox looked up, quite dazed. "Hiei's still injured, isn't he...?"
"We'll get it treated once we get to Genkai's, 'kay?" Jin offered with a wink.
Kurama nodded and didn't realize he was on Jin's back until the stairs to Genkai's had ended and Yukina and everybody
else came running to them.
"'Niichan!" Yukina shouted, throwing her arms around Hiei's shoulders.
He held back the pain and hugged her back.
"'Niichan, you're bleeding!" Yukina gasped in horror.
"It's nothing. We need you to heal the wounds on the ice demon."
She nodded and ran over to where Hagiri had placed Touya, placing her hands over the visible bruises as Kuwabara
rushed to her side. Yusuke walked up to Kurama, who had gotten off of Jin's back with dull apologies and put his hand
on the fox's shoulder. "It's fine, Kurama. It's over."
Not wanting to pre-occupy Yusuke with the dangerous thoughts going on in his head, the fox slowly nodded, wanting nothing
more but to go back and fix his stupid mistake. Now how would Shuiichi be bale to live without his father and his step-
brother? The poor child was going to have a miserable life now. He could imagine it;
"Where's your father?"
"Dead."
"Do you have any siblings?"
"My older step-brother ran off because he was gay."
Kurama shook his head and sat down at the base of an old pine tree, pulling his bloody jacket around him to try and
stay warm. Hiei walked up to him and pulled him into an embrace, the warmth numbing the pain in his heart. Kurama felt
his eyes start to tear again, because that's what an enfolding of comfort did to one in pain, it brought out the tears
like rain.
"I killed him Hiei..." he said, his silent tears barely visible as they ran down his cold face.
"I know you did, fox, and it was for the best..."
"The best for who? I should have been thinking about Shuiichi before I decapitated my own step-father."
"Fox, it's over and done with. You can't go back in time. You can't change the past," Hiei said with a great deal of
difficulty.
Kurama's eyes brightened. "Yes...yes I can! I can go back in time and not kill my father!"
Hiei looked at him. "And what would happen to us...?"
Kurama's idea shattered into a million peices. "You're right, the only way that 'tousan wouldn't want to kill me was
if I never fell in love with you, and then we would need to steal the wishgiver from Koenma...and I would never have
fallen in love with you...I could never do that...you would be so lonely..."
"Fox, no matter the tragedies in your life, no matter the consequences, you must do what you want. What is it you
desire most?"
"I desire..." Kurama thought before answering. I desire Shuiichi's happiness...and Hiei's. "I desire happiness, for
both you and Shuiichi..."
"And do you know how to give this happiness?"
Kurama shook his head. "Not in the least bit."
"Good."
The fox looked at Hiei with surprise. "Good!?"
Hiei nodded. "You need to find this out for yourself, don't you?"
Kurama got his point and nodded. "Hiei, what do you desire?"
"I desire happiness also, for you and Yukina. If Kuwabara brings Yukina happiness, then I know that he is right for her.
If I bring you happiness, then I know I am right for you, but the only thing I've been bringing you lately is sorrow,
and pain..." Hiei said, looking at the snow-covered ground. "It was great, for that first night...then Shiori found out,
your father wanted to kill you, you had to kill your father for the sake of our lives, and not one bit of it has brought
you happiness."
Kurama shook his head. "You're wrong, Hiei. Every minute I spend with you brings me joy, no matter what is going on around
me, I feel your warmth and want you to comfort me..."
The fire demon blinked and smiled, clenching Kurama's fingers and touching his lips with his own.
"Unca Hiei, Unca Kwama!" Rei shouted, and giggling, interrupted their kiss, joining them in their hug.
Kurama started chuckling at the pronunciation of his name. "Kwama?"
Yusuke shrugged. "It's the best he can do right now. You should hear him try Kuwabara."
Smile contradicting the tears that fell from his emeralds, he happilly joined the group hug.
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Hieica: Yah. So? What'd you think? Hm, hm? Wanna see more? Hm, hm? Want me to shut up? yeaH? Okay.
But seriously, my question. How long do you people think this should be? I'm not quite running out of ideas, but I want
your opinions. SERIOUSLY.
Swissy: Wow, the seriousness. Not something I'm used to. Review, because she stayed home sick today and nobody cares. The
end. REVIEW!