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A/N: Hey Chapt. 8 is up! Thought it would never come didn't ya? Well it's finally here and you get to see how this battle ends. Hiei is on his last final breath, but there is one way to kill the evil Karasu. Sad moment near the end. Anyway on with the chapter.
[ ]= a thought ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"For You Dear Kurama"
Karasu could tell Hiei was growing tired and no doubt, was about to end it all as Hiei was thrown back harshly against the ground on his beaten up stomach. He slowly propped up on his hands and knees, managing to cough up a small amount of blood. He lifted his head and gave Karasu an evil glare as he tried to stand up but instantly fell back on his knees holding his head in dizziness.
"Let's put an end to this now shall we? It's obvious you have no power left."
"Hn. Guess again you fool..."
"What the hell are you muttering about, there's nothing left inside of you, you're hallucinating."
"Hn. That just shows how much you don't know about me..."
Hiei lowered his head and thought of the time after they had defeated all four of the Saint Beasts and Yusuke was lying on the ground while Kuwabara tried to revive him of what little strength he had left inside his beaten up body. Yusuke had sacrificed his life for Keiko and Hiei watched in amazement as the two fools on the ground were trying to save each other. He remembered Kurama explaining to Hiei how Yusuke did it because he cared for Keiko's life.
Hiei merely 'hned' and replied, "maybe for some people, but I'd never do it..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hiei shook his head as he gave a soft smirk across his face. How could he have been so blind? He lifted his head up and turned to face Kurama who stared back at him with curious eyes.
[What could Hiei mean by that? He couldn't possibly defeat Karasu in his state.unless..]
Kurama gasped and looked Hiei in those sad, crimson eyes of his.
"H-Hiei...you're not thinking of.."
A moment of silence broke between the two demons. [Kurama.please don't object, it's for the good trust me. I know it will hurt you but if I don't do it you'll only end up killing yourself.] Hiei finally answered.
"Hai.."
Kurama gave a horrific look on his face. He had realized he would have to defeat Karasu using his life energy..sacrificing his own life to save the others and spirit world. Kurama shook the bad thoughts out of his head.
"HIEI YOU FOOL! YOU CAN'T!!"
"Trust me Kurama, it's the only way!"
Karasu began his plan of attack by preparing a huge electric bomb towards Hiei.
"Are you two done chatting or must I do it for you?"
"HN."
"I'll take that as a yes."
Kurama watched in shock as Hiei's eyes began glowing a dark crimson red putting all of his life into one ball of energy. His whole body burst into dark flames as he hurled his energy like a gust of wind, causing Karasu to use his arms as a shield to block off the strong force coming straight for his face.
"How is this possible?!?!"
From Karasu's angle, he suddenly saw a huge black and purple form crawling out of Hiei's back
"NANI?!?"
As it got bigger, Karasu saw through his half lidded eyes that it was in the form of Hiei's black dragon, emerging from his entire body. Karasu backed away as he heard the creature hiss at him knowing it was eyeing his life.
[Of course, he has somehow managed to put all his life energy into one source, causing it to summon his black dragon.]
Hiei's dragon was in full form above his body waiting patiently for Hiei's command to attack.
"Dragon of the Darkness Flame!!!!"
With the command given, the dragon quickly dodged towards Karasu swallowing him up and smashing him into a nearby tree. All that was left was an outline of his ashes on the tree. Relieved, Hiei was exhausted and felt very weak. Kurama smiled with a glimmer in his eye where a tear stood in.
[He actually did it.]
"Hn. It..is finally...done." Hiei instantly fell back on his back with his eyes half open.
"HIEI!"
Karasu finally gone, Kurama easily tore out of Karasu's power of the rose's grasp that was holding him prisoner on the tree, and quickly ran over to Hiei. He grabbed his head before it hit the ground and held half of Hiei's body in his arms. Hiei softly nuzzled his cheek into Kurama's neck making the embrace last longer. His eyes struggled to stay open.
"Hiei..you did it.you defeated him, and now everything is going to be alright, okay?"
"Kur-Kurama...it's so hard to stay awake, I don't think .I can't..even move."
No.Hiei, just hang in there! You're going to be alright I promise, just please don't fall asleep."
A tear started to roll down Kurama's cheek. He dropped his head down so not to show Hiei his flowing of tears. Kurama was speaking in denial knowing that Hiei would live and they could just go on with their lives. Hiei looked up at his red-headed lover and noticed his soft tears falling onto his bruised skin.
"Kurama.I'm so happy to see you alive..why are you crying? You know I hate it when you cry..you're so beautiful Kurama."
Hiei slowly lifted his hand up towards Kurama's face and gently wiped away the tear from his cheek with his finger, very softly.
"Thank you Hiei..you're so sweet, but promise me you won't close your eyes! I don't know how I would live if you left me. Just let me look into those beautiful crimson eyes of yours a bit longer."
Hiei couldn't help but smile. It's not too often Kurama got to see Hiei show off a smile.
"Sweet baka.. I did this for us..for...you.."
"I don't understand Hiei. We could've figured out another way because now.I might never see you again."
"Don't say that Kurama, I'll always be with you, I can assure you that so don't think of me being totally out of your life forever."
"But Hiei-"
"No buts Kurama..can't you get it through your thick skull that if I hadn't done something soon, not only would I die, but you too?!" ".."
"I knew I had to sacrifice my life in order for you to live..for don't you see how precious your life is in this world? You have many loved ones on earth as well as the spirit world, and I don't think they would ever get over the fact that you are gone forever. What about Shiori? You may want to leave but I won't let you, you'd be breaking too many hearts."
Kurama paused for a brief second as images of Shiori flashed through his head.
"Yes, you are right Hiei I love her more than anything, but I've always seen you as family too."
Hiei once again gave an innocent smile up towards Kurama as his eyelids once again became heavy.
"Kurama...you're the most caring and devoted person I've met ..don't ever change understand?"
Hiei slowly lifted his shaky hand once again to Kurama's face and softly stroked his blushed cheek.
"Thank you for showing and teaching me happiness and most importantly...how to love.."
"Hiei??"
Hiei gently pulled Kurama's head towards his and very softly pressed his lips against his while gently caressing Kurama's cheek bone. It was no ordinary kiss Kurama thought. Usually it was more passionate and rough, but this kind of kiss was more of a soft loving and trusting kiss which made Kurama blush which has never happened before in the record of kissing him. Hiei slowly pulled away from the kiss, blinking very slowly at Kurama.
"Kurama?" Hiei said weakly.
"Yes, what is it Hiei?"
In a very soft spoken voice Hiei answered,
"I..love you.."
With that last word said, Kurama saw Hiei's hand go stiff and drop from Kurama's face heavily to the ground and his eyes were completely closed. All was silent and Kurama's eyes grew big.
"Hiei?....HIEI??"
Kurama's eyes glistened with tears and very slowly they rolled down his cheeks, moistening the previous dried up tears plastered on his face and fell on Hiei's semi-warm body. He lifted Hiei's body and held him in his arms in a never ending embrace. Once he had calmed down a bit, he pulled away and realized, there was one way to get him back. But he would need some help. He looked over at Yusuke and Kuwabara as they slowly gained conscience from before, grabbing their heads in agony as if having the world's biggest headache.
"Yusuke! Kuwabara! Please come quick I need your help!"
The two boys quickly ran up to Kurama and noticed the motionless Hiei lying on the ground in the other boy's arms.
"What happened Kurama? He's not..is he?"
"No time to explain, I'm going to need both of your help to revive him to at least where he has a faint heartbeat. I don't have enough energy do so it alone without blacking out afterwards."
"Hai," they said in unison and quickly got on either side of Hiei placing their hands over his body. They had managed to transfer enough energy for him to start breathing again which made Kurama happy and relieved.
"It worked, he's breathing, but barely. Quick we have to rush him over to Koenma's palace. I'm sure he has some sort of a care center there."
The two boys quickly nodded their heads and helped assist Kurama with Hiei.
As soon as they arrived to the palace, Botan and the ogres were helping to clean up the mess around the hallways and rooms of the palace.
"Oh my! What on earth happened to Hiei?! Are you boys alright?"
"Botan, we need to take him to the care center, where is Koenma?"
"He's in his office right now trying to get everything organized before King Yama gets back, so I'm assuming he doesn't want to be disturbed, but I can take you there."
"Thank you, but we must hurry, Hiei died by using his life energy to kill Karasu and we only gave a bit of energy to help him breathe."
"Oh really? You mean he actually sacrificed himself?"
Yusuke gritted his teeth. "Yes and if we don't hurry, he'll be done for, so less talky more walky!"
"Yea , I can't have the little runt die on me now..I still have a few more insults to give him," chuckled Kuwabara.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: That's it for this chapter, it hasn't ended yet because I came up with more chapters! Hope you liked this one, sorry about the wait. Please R&R! And post you ideas if you have any.
A/N: Hey Chapt. 8 is up! Thought it would never come didn't ya? Well it's finally here and you get to see how this battle ends. Hiei is on his last final breath, but there is one way to kill the evil Karasu. Sad moment near the end. Anyway on with the chapter.
[ ]= a thought ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"For You Dear Kurama"
Karasu could tell Hiei was growing tired and no doubt, was about to end it all as Hiei was thrown back harshly against the ground on his beaten up stomach. He slowly propped up on his hands and knees, managing to cough up a small amount of blood. He lifted his head and gave Karasu an evil glare as he tried to stand up but instantly fell back on his knees holding his head in dizziness.
"Let's put an end to this now shall we? It's obvious you have no power left."
"Hn. Guess again you fool..."
"What the hell are you muttering about, there's nothing left inside of you, you're hallucinating."
"Hn. That just shows how much you don't know about me..."
Hiei lowered his head and thought of the time after they had defeated all four of the Saint Beasts and Yusuke was lying on the ground while Kuwabara tried to revive him of what little strength he had left inside his beaten up body. Yusuke had sacrificed his life for Keiko and Hiei watched in amazement as the two fools on the ground were trying to save each other. He remembered Kurama explaining to Hiei how Yusuke did it because he cared for Keiko's life.
Hiei merely 'hned' and replied, "maybe for some people, but I'd never do it..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hiei shook his head as he gave a soft smirk across his face. How could he have been so blind? He lifted his head up and turned to face Kurama who stared back at him with curious eyes.
[What could Hiei mean by that? He couldn't possibly defeat Karasu in his state.unless..]
Kurama gasped and looked Hiei in those sad, crimson eyes of his.
"H-Hiei...you're not thinking of.."
A moment of silence broke between the two demons. [Kurama.please don't object, it's for the good trust me. I know it will hurt you but if I don't do it you'll only end up killing yourself.] Hiei finally answered.
"Hai.."
Kurama gave a horrific look on his face. He had realized he would have to defeat Karasu using his life energy..sacrificing his own life to save the others and spirit world. Kurama shook the bad thoughts out of his head.
"HIEI YOU FOOL! YOU CAN'T!!"
"Trust me Kurama, it's the only way!"
Karasu began his plan of attack by preparing a huge electric bomb towards Hiei.
"Are you two done chatting or must I do it for you?"
"HN."
"I'll take that as a yes."
Kurama watched in shock as Hiei's eyes began glowing a dark crimson red putting all of his life into one ball of energy. His whole body burst into dark flames as he hurled his energy like a gust of wind, causing Karasu to use his arms as a shield to block off the strong force coming straight for his face.
"How is this possible?!?!"
From Karasu's angle, he suddenly saw a huge black and purple form crawling out of Hiei's back
"NANI?!?"
As it got bigger, Karasu saw through his half lidded eyes that it was in the form of Hiei's black dragon, emerging from his entire body. Karasu backed away as he heard the creature hiss at him knowing it was eyeing his life.
[Of course, he has somehow managed to put all his life energy into one source, causing it to summon his black dragon.]
Hiei's dragon was in full form above his body waiting patiently for Hiei's command to attack.
"Dragon of the Darkness Flame!!!!"
With the command given, the dragon quickly dodged towards Karasu swallowing him up and smashing him into a nearby tree. All that was left was an outline of his ashes on the tree. Relieved, Hiei was exhausted and felt very weak. Kurama smiled with a glimmer in his eye where a tear stood in.
[He actually did it.]
"Hn. It..is finally...done." Hiei instantly fell back on his back with his eyes half open.
"HIEI!"
Karasu finally gone, Kurama easily tore out of Karasu's power of the rose's grasp that was holding him prisoner on the tree, and quickly ran over to Hiei. He grabbed his head before it hit the ground and held half of Hiei's body in his arms. Hiei softly nuzzled his cheek into Kurama's neck making the embrace last longer. His eyes struggled to stay open.
"Hiei..you did it.you defeated him, and now everything is going to be alright, okay?"
"Kur-Kurama...it's so hard to stay awake, I don't think .I can't..even move."
No.Hiei, just hang in there! You're going to be alright I promise, just please don't fall asleep."
A tear started to roll down Kurama's cheek. He dropped his head down so not to show Hiei his flowing of tears. Kurama was speaking in denial knowing that Hiei would live and they could just go on with their lives. Hiei looked up at his red-headed lover and noticed his soft tears falling onto his bruised skin.
"Kurama.I'm so happy to see you alive..why are you crying? You know I hate it when you cry..you're so beautiful Kurama."
Hiei slowly lifted his hand up towards Kurama's face and gently wiped away the tear from his cheek with his finger, very softly.
"Thank you Hiei..you're so sweet, but promise me you won't close your eyes! I don't know how I would live if you left me. Just let me look into those beautiful crimson eyes of yours a bit longer."
Hiei couldn't help but smile. It's not too often Kurama got to see Hiei show off a smile.
"Sweet baka.. I did this for us..for...you.."
"I don't understand Hiei. We could've figured out another way because now.I might never see you again."
"Don't say that Kurama, I'll always be with you, I can assure you that so don't think of me being totally out of your life forever."
"But Hiei-"
"No buts Kurama..can't you get it through your thick skull that if I hadn't done something soon, not only would I die, but you too?!" ".."
"I knew I had to sacrifice my life in order for you to live..for don't you see how precious your life is in this world? You have many loved ones on earth as well as the spirit world, and I don't think they would ever get over the fact that you are gone forever. What about Shiori? You may want to leave but I won't let you, you'd be breaking too many hearts."
Kurama paused for a brief second as images of Shiori flashed through his head.
"Yes, you are right Hiei I love her more than anything, but I've always seen you as family too."
Hiei once again gave an innocent smile up towards Kurama as his eyelids once again became heavy.
"Kurama...you're the most caring and devoted person I've met ..don't ever change understand?"
Hiei slowly lifted his shaky hand once again to Kurama's face and softly stroked his blushed cheek.
"Thank you for showing and teaching me happiness and most importantly...how to love.."
"Hiei??"
Hiei gently pulled Kurama's head towards his and very softly pressed his lips against his while gently caressing Kurama's cheek bone. It was no ordinary kiss Kurama thought. Usually it was more passionate and rough, but this kind of kiss was more of a soft loving and trusting kiss which made Kurama blush which has never happened before in the record of kissing him. Hiei slowly pulled away from the kiss, blinking very slowly at Kurama.
"Kurama?" Hiei said weakly.
"Yes, what is it Hiei?"
In a very soft spoken voice Hiei answered,
"I..love you.."
With that last word said, Kurama saw Hiei's hand go stiff and drop from Kurama's face heavily to the ground and his eyes were completely closed. All was silent and Kurama's eyes grew big.
"Hiei?....HIEI??"
Kurama's eyes glistened with tears and very slowly they rolled down his cheeks, moistening the previous dried up tears plastered on his face and fell on Hiei's semi-warm body. He lifted Hiei's body and held him in his arms in a never ending embrace. Once he had calmed down a bit, he pulled away and realized, there was one way to get him back. But he would need some help. He looked over at Yusuke and Kuwabara as they slowly gained conscience from before, grabbing their heads in agony as if having the world's biggest headache.
"Yusuke! Kuwabara! Please come quick I need your help!"
The two boys quickly ran up to Kurama and noticed the motionless Hiei lying on the ground in the other boy's arms.
"What happened Kurama? He's not..is he?"
"No time to explain, I'm going to need both of your help to revive him to at least where he has a faint heartbeat. I don't have enough energy do so it alone without blacking out afterwards."
"Hai," they said in unison and quickly got on either side of Hiei placing their hands over his body. They had managed to transfer enough energy for him to start breathing again which made Kurama happy and relieved.
"It worked, he's breathing, but barely. Quick we have to rush him over to Koenma's palace. I'm sure he has some sort of a care center there."
The two boys quickly nodded their heads and helped assist Kurama with Hiei.
As soon as they arrived to the palace, Botan and the ogres were helping to clean up the mess around the hallways and rooms of the palace.
"Oh my! What on earth happened to Hiei?! Are you boys alright?"
"Botan, we need to take him to the care center, where is Koenma?"
"He's in his office right now trying to get everything organized before King Yama gets back, so I'm assuming he doesn't want to be disturbed, but I can take you there."
"Thank you, but we must hurry, Hiei died by using his life energy to kill Karasu and we only gave a bit of energy to help him breathe."
"Oh really? You mean he actually sacrificed himself?"
Yusuke gritted his teeth. "Yes and if we don't hurry, he'll be done for, so less talky more walky!"
"Yea , I can't have the little runt die on me now..I still have a few more insults to give him," chuckled Kuwabara.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: That's it for this chapter, it hasn't ended yet because I came up with more chapters! Hope you liked this one, sorry about the wait. Please R&R! And post you ideas if you have any.