Later, inside Genkai's home she made quick work of Kuwabara's injuries. She frowned ever so often and out of the corner of her ancient, yet wise eyes she'd look at the others. "I have realized something after observing that battle."
Quietly the battle worn friends looked up at her, eyes sad and filled with pain, Genkai continues and whispered "I'm afraid because you all have grown so close, Kuwabara will feel Kakaeru's pai-"
"OHH...AHHH..." Kuwabara interrupted her with an outburst, "Pain."
"I don't understand it...but I do know if something happens to one counterpart it happens to the other...That's what counterparts are really...mirrors!" Genkai starred off into space, "But...it's not supposed to go like shouldn't affect each other this great..." She trailed off, letting her confusing words fill the room.
When she was done with Kuwabara, he was moved to another room, and Yusuke joined his best friend, not wanting him to be alone with his pain. Across the hall, Genkai worked on Kashi's own painful injuries. Inside her room, with Hame at her side, she'd moan clenching the sheets and sweat would pour down her brow. It became too much for Hame, when crystal blue tears splashed down her face.
"Your hurting her!" Hame snapped at Genkai, but she only whispered "That dark energy entered her body and now I'm taking it out. It's going to hurt..." Genkai finished in a few minutes more, and bandaged her arms. "They need a days rest our they could be damaged permanently." Genkai sighed, patting Kashi's cheeks, and left the room to go tend to the Yoru.
Kashi's eyes opened slightly and Hame sat by her stroking her head.
"Kashi..."
"Hame..."
She smiled, though it was frail and weak.
"Hame I'm so glad your okay..."
"Kashi... you need to worry about your self...not me...."
She smiled again. "I can't forget the ones I love..."
Hame's face went red.
"Kashi..."
"Hame if you love me like I love you, would you kiss me?"
His face went even redder, "Kashi, you...you shouldn't love me-", Kashi shook her head quieting him, "I don't care what I should or shouldn't do! I love you Hame I really do...." She smiled as tears fell down her cheeks. Hame brushed them away and leaned down gently to her, his hand still on her forehead.
"Kashi..."
He paused for a moment, and then gingerly pressed his lips to her kissing her as gently as he could. Weakly her hand went up and stroked his face.His hand came up over hers, holding it to him, as he kissed the girl he so loved. When they pulled away they both needed air, and Kashi whispered, "Will you stay till I fall asleep?" Hame nodded, lips brushing hers, "Of course..."
"I'll stay as long as you'll need me."
/Elsewhere/
Kurama held his husband in his arms gently snuggling and kissing his neck. Hiei eagerly reached up, pressing his lips roughly to Kurama's, and when done, whispered, "Fox....we shouldn't have brought them here." Kurama sighed sadly resting his head on his husband's shoulder. "I know...I'm worried for Kazuma, will he feel all the pain?" Hiei paused, sighed, and then kissed Kurama's hand gently. "Yes...but we have learned that, :that: human can take anything!"
"Your worried."
Hiei snorted.
"About the girl maybe but not about him."
"Koi..." purred Kurama "Don't play dumb, why else would you have let him be my best man at our wedding?"
"So that Yusuke could be mine." Kurama chuckled innocently and giggled out, "Liar!" Kurama calmed down and Hiei leaned up and whispered, "I do know one thing...if Kakaeru and Kuwabara die there'll be hell to pay."
/Elsewhere/
Yusuke sat by Kuwabara who screamed and moaned every few minutes. Sometimes cuts, scratches, and even burns would appear on his skin. During a really violent thrashing, Yusuke would fling his arms around him laying on top of his friend, pressing his weight to his body.
Yoru, at one point, came in to see if Yusuke needed help, but the thrashing stopped and Yoru heard cries coming from Yusuke, and pulled quietly away, leaving Yusuke with Kuwabara.
Yusuke rest upon his friend's chest, and felt Kuwabara's chest rise with each unstable breath. "Ura...me..shi.." Yusuke would have sat up, but Kuwabara had some how gotten his arm around him, and held Yusuke in a gentle hug. "Don't cry..." Yusuke looked up and snorted. "Then why are you crying?!"
"Be...cause I'm in pain...I have an...excuse..." Kuwabara briefly managed a goofy smile but, he had to bite back a yelp of pain, and it was gone. "Kuwabara...please hang on..."
"Its...Ka...ka..Kakaeru...she..she suffers!" he moaned in short breaths. He panted hard and suddenly his eyes widened and face went red. "Kuwabara? What is it!?"
"Someone kissed her..oh..she's pissed." Yusuke gripped the sheets. "Does that mean-"
"No th..thei..their not raping her...I..would know if..the....they were..." Yusuke sat up and leaned over Kuwabara. "I won't let anyone you don't want to kiss, ever kiss you like that guy is doing to her....I'd be daXmed if someone sunk that by me! When I find that Vison he's dead!" Kuwabara laughed. "Look...at...us...we...sound like a " Yusuke's cheeks went pink, "Is that so bad?" Kuwabara's cheeks went pink, but as he opened his mouth to say something a scream came out instead.
/MEANWHILE WITH KAKAERU/
In a corner, in a room of stone, something lay very still. The figure's hair was a mess, and her body beaten terribly. Bloody hand prints were on the walls and floor, and a few torture devices, such as knives, whips, and chains.
Kakaeru was the one who lay huddled in the corner of her dark cell. Each of those creeps had, had their fun with her, beating her, burning her, pulling her hair, biting her...and Vison had even kissed her. She was used to the abuse...having had horrible parents, this wasn't at all to new to her.
Except for the power blasts...oh those were new.
After it was all over with, Dreena had dragged her to her room, and made her pick out a kimono to wear for tomorrow. Kakaeru found this stupid, and a mockery, but did as she said to weak and tired to argue. Barely able to see, Kakaeru just pointed at the green blur.
The green "blur" turned out to be a very beautiful Kimono, and had a golden dragon embroidered on it. The dress would hug tightly to her body, showing off all her curves. She could care less, she just wanted to go home...and she wanted to see Yoru...
"He...elp....me.." she coughed into the cold night air.
She closed her eyes and fell into a world of dreams.
A very dark world.
It showed her once again with her friends, but she couldn't walk. Her back ached and even when she breathed it hurt. The scene disappeared and showed them all separated, on different paths.
Yoru was so far away...and he was dressed like he normally was, and sweeping the darkness away with a broom.
Kashi was planting flowers in a beautiful garden humming happily.
Hame was picking up miscellaneous toys, his back turned to them all. A dark line was spreading up his arm, but he didn't seem to notice. It was spreading from where the orb had entered....
"Hame! Your in danger! Hame!?"
He didn't even turn....it was as if he couldn't hear her. She suddenly found herself in her white opera dress her hands folded and she was ready to sing....Memories of all her new friends were bring taken from her.
The scenes changed again, this time showing Kashi falling down an endless hole and Hame buried under rubble, blood seeping from under the rocks. Then she saw herself. She was laying in Yoru's arms 4 or 5 arrows of energy in her chest.
"I'm dead."
Then, the pain came...
"WAKE UP!"
SLAP!
Kakaeru's eyes opened to a stinging sensation on her face. "We'll be leaving soon....and I thought I'd get a few more screams outta you..." Shinsho chuckled, cracking his knuckles. She sighed, coughing up blood. She didn't really care if he tortured her....right now all she was thinking about was her dream....was it another one of her predictions?
She hardly noticed when after 2 hours she lay on the ground and Shinsho left laughing. She kept inside her head knowing if she left her thoughts she'd scream and cry from the unspeakable pain she was going through. Vison came inside with a towel and began to dab at the wounds. He smiled at her and she rolled her eyes. "Feh! I knew I'd like you...stubborn foolish human. You're a very pretty little thing aren't you?"
"......"
"You know your not as pretty as that other Kashi...I'd rather have her...."
"......"
"But...I doubt she'd be as much fun to torture....maybe I could have found other ways to have a good time with that one!"
"Fuk you strait to hell! You can never have Kashi! I'd kill you-" She stopped, uncontrollable coughs taking over her body. Blood began to pour from her mouth, and her coughing only worsened. He pulled her to her feet, steading her with surprising tenderness. He leered down a her, "You know I think I will have Kashi...and you can watch..." Kakaeru screamed with blind anger, and in disgust. She couldn't fight bac, her power being drained every time he came in the room.
"You ready to see your friends?" His teeth appeared as fangs, and he bit into her neck where 4 pairs of bite marks already lay. She felt her energy leave her once agin, even though there was only enough for her to keep her standing. She went completely limp in his arms and passed out into darkness. Fully knowing, she wouldn't wake until she was kicked, slapped or kneed in the gut.
'I wish Yoru was here...'
/MEANWHILE.
At ten Yoru, Kashi, and Hame snuck out of the temple. The others had insisted they stay, instead of heeding Vison's commands..but Yoru, that night, went to see Hame and Kashi, and they all agreed they wouldn't gamble Kakaeru's life.
When they reached the cape, they waited before heading to the location. It wasn't time yet...
"Kashi...you don't have to do this you should be resting at the old woman's home." Hame told her. Kashi's burned arms had healed a bit, but still throbbed with pain every now and then.
"NO! Who knows what Kakaeru's been through I can handle this..."
"We know what she's been through...we heard Kuwabara's screams...." Yoru snarled under his breath. "Why is that? Why are we feeling pain when they're hurt and vice versa...is it because we know of each other now?" Hame questioned the others. "Yes I believe so...what other explanation could their be?" Kashi sighed.
"Its time."
The group raced to the edge of the cape near the Sakura Lighthouse and standing in a huddle, were the demons that had taken Kakaeru away. Dreena saw them and chuckled at an unknown joke. Shinsho smiled, his greasy hair flying in large clumps with the wind. Makudo's wings flapped in the air and he cackled something nasty in Kashi's direction. Yoru spotted Vison calmly at the front of the pack, wearing the same bored I-don't-care-about-the-world-I-just-want-to-destroy-it look painted on his cold face.
"Where is Kakaeru?" Yoru demanded his eyes already on fire and his hair floating upwards as it had done before.
"...y...o...r...u.."
A weak, inhuman voice whispered, that only his half-demon ears could pick up. The demons parted, and tied to an upright log was Kakaeru, covered in her own blood. She had bruises and bite marks all over her, and her blood stained the green Kimono badly. She looked as if she'd been beaten to the point where everything was broken. Her hair was still up, but hung in clumps, for it was matted with aged blood. She was tied in a standing position, but if you cut the ropes the girl would have fallen to the ground. Kakaeru looked at them sadly, and lowered her head, to tired to keep it up anymore.
Yoru's eyes widened, "Kakaeru..."
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