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Me- Hey everyone…I decided I'd write another chapter…I have to go to my aunts house you see…So I hope to finish this in less that two hours….
Kurama- This is going to be rather hard to write…Did you know that every time she goes to write a new chapter she looks at the last paragraph of the chapter before?
Me- Kurama, shut up…
Hiei- Why don't you both shut up and get on with the damned fic?!
Zeichi- I agree with Hiei! C'mon I've been forgotten about lately…
Me- Ok, fine! And sorry Zeichi I didn't mean to ignore you.
Kurama- We'll start writing it after we get our hot chocolate… (Kurama and Me run downstairs to make hot chocolate)
Me- by the way…Kurama and me have decided to answer your reviews for once… So lets get right to that!
Direcutekid- thank you for all your kindness, I'm looking forward to getting more reviews from you!
Tamaki-miku- Thanks for reviewing, I hope you like this chapter as well…sighs I ain't that great at writing and yet I get all these compliments…
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Chapter Thirteen: Death…
Kurama sat up in bed; he could hear the downstairs door opening. He slowly got up, making sure he didn't wake Zeichi. He quickly put on a red pair of pajamas and walked down the stairs. When he reached the living room he didn't see anyone, so he decided to continue into the kitchen. As he walked down the hall he stopped at the front door, he gasped at the sight of bags on the ground. He ran into the kitchen and saw his mother and Zekial sitting at the table.
"Hello kassan…" Kurama said quietly.
"Oh, hello sweetie!" Shiori stood up and hugged Kurama tightly. "I missed you so much Shuuichi! How are you?"
"I'm fine…" Kurama replied, "How was your trip?"
"Oh, sit down and I'll tell you everything!" Kurama smiled and took a seat beside his mother.
"Kurama…Where is Zeichi?" Zekial asked, worry evident in his voice.
"He's in the spare bedroom sleeping…" Kurama looked at Zekial and smiled. "I wouldn't disturb him though…We were up quite late last night."
"I see… Doing what exactly?" Zekial asked slightly suspicious.
"Well we had a long conversation before bed, but before that I was watching him play video games with Yusuke and Kuwabara…" Zekial's suspicious look stayed plastered on his face.
"Well, I want to go see my son. Shiori, you go ahead and tell Shuuichi about our trip, I'll be down soon" Zekial stood up and walked up the stairs leading to the upper floor. He smiled recognizing the guest bedroom; he entered the room and smirked at the sight of his son, sound asleep on the bed. He sat on the edge of the bed and placed his hand on Zeichi's head.
The boy stirred and opened his eyes. "Father?!" Zeichi sat up suddenly; he began to back away only to find that his back was against a wall.
"It's nice to see you again…I've missed you…"
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Hiei stood outside the guest bedroom; he silently listened to Zekial and Zeichi's conversation, patiently waiting for the right moment to enter the room. He heard a loud slap and cringed. 'Come on Zeichi…I know you're strong…Defend yourself, I know you can' Hiei sighed, he knew that he was fooling himself, Zeichi did have the strength to defend himself, but the fear of his father was too great. Knowing that his father had killed his mother was hard enough to bear, but having his father do these things to him just made things worse. Zeichi never wanted to be like his father, he had never asked to be born. Hiei was sure that Zeichi was grateful for the gift of life, but he was also sure that Zeichi wished he had never been born. 'He'll never learn…' Hiei thought to himself. He sighed and opened the door, what he saw then made him stop dead in his tracks. Zekial was lying on top of Zeichi only in his boxers. Zeichi was pinned underneath him; the only thing covering his naked body was his father.
"Zekial…" Hiei growled, "Get off him" Zekial laughed at the sound of Hiei's voice.
"Still protecting him? I see he hasn't learnt anything while I was away…" Zekial sighed, "I think I'll go sit with Shiori and Shuuichi…You can have your fun with him…" Zekial stood up and quickly got dressed. "I'll see what can be done with him tomorrow…" Zekial left the room.
Hiei growled and walked over to Zeichi, "Are you ok?" His voice softened, Zeichi shook his head and pulled the blankets over himself.
"Can you go?" I need to get dressed. Hiei nodded and stood outside the door. 'Poor boy…I actually feel sorry for him…' Hiei sighed; soon he began to hear sobbing. He opened the door slightly.
"Zeichi!" Hiei ran into the room and grabbed hold of Zeichi's arm, "What do you think you're doing?!"
"What does it look like?!" Zeichi snarled, "Now let go of me!"
"No! I won't let you do this to yourself!"
"Why not?" Zeichi asked letting the knife fall from his hand. Hiei grabbed hold of it and threw it across the room.
"Zeichi… Life is a privilege and a great one at that. But regretting ever being brought to this world is a stupid thing to do and so is wishing for your death. Out of the millions that have killed themselves, how many people have they hurt? Do the people who kill themselves ever take the time to think of all the people they're hurting? Suicide is considered a sin and for one good reason… Those who kill themselves are being selfish, they think that death will bring them relief, but how can being separated from everyone you love and care about bring relief? I was able to understand what they felt at one point…A year ago Kurama almost died. I couldn't stand seeing him in pain and I didn't think he'd make it… I wanted to stop my suffering I wanted to make all the pain go away. But right before I did I thought of something…What if Kurama did pull through? What if I never got to tell him the truth about how I feel? About how much he means to me? I'd never be able to know if he felt the same, I'd never be able to see him again, whether he went with someone else or stayed with me. What if I caused him more pain than he had to deal with right then? What if things actually got better?" Hiei looked into Zeichi's eyes, "If you killed yourself think about how much it would hurt me and Kurama… Think about never being able to see him again… Think about the possibility of things getting better…" A single tear slid down Hiei's cheek, "Zeichi…Do you regret meeting me and Kurama? Do you regret falling in love?"
"Why do you care if I die? Oh because it'll hurt Kurama… Hiei think about this…When I'm gone you'll have Kurama all to yourself, isn't that what you want?"
"No, Zeichi…It isn't. I want the three of us to get along; I want all of us to be together. I care about you just as much as I care about Kurama! Zeichi it hurts me to see you like this, it hurts me to hear you say these things… Please don't leave us like this…It hurts enough to think about you being dead…" Hiei sighed, "Zeichi I promise you, we'll get rid of your father you, me and Kurama. We'll work together and I know we'll succeed. Trust me on that…"
Zeichi nodded and hugged Hiei tightly. Tears of both happiness and sorrow stung his eyes, but he knew that things would get better, everything was already good and soon things would be perfect.
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Me- k I don't have much to say after that chapter so here goes….Blah!
Kurama- Don't mind her, her mind is a bit…you know… Anyway please review, we hope to hear from you. Oh and sorry it took so long to update!