Chapter 15

Kuna stared at the scythe in alarm. She soon saw energy gathering at the tip. She shut her eyes and prepared for the worst. She heard swords clashing together and she was thrown far off. She fell on her back on the ground and winced. She opened her eyes and sat up to see what happened. She saw Hiei on the ground on his stomach and Ying on his back.

Kuna limped toward Hiei and knelt beside him. She turned him over.

"Hiei...wake up...Hiei...I'm sorry for not trusting you and the others." She said, tears streaming down her face.

"Why are you crying, onna? I'm still alive." Hiei slowly opened his eyes and tried to push her away. He winced and held his stomach, which was bleeding.

"Let her cry. Your death is about to come anyways." Ying said. He picked up Kuna by the collar of her shirt and threw her. He raised his scythe.

Hiei winced and looked up at him, unable to move because of his wound.

"Do you want to know why she's crying, little demon?" Ying asked.

"Just shut up." Hiei replied.

"You knew she loved you. You knew it all along. Don't deny it. You also loved her. You can quit pretending now. You're about to die."

Hiei clenched his fists and shut his eyes. Ying raised the scythe and brought it down on Hiei. Hiei opened his eyes in surprise to find no pain. He looked up and found Kuna standing above him with scythe through her left part of her chest.

Ying smirked. "Stupid Kuna. You just saved me the trouble from killing you. Now that you're over with on to Hiei."

"Don't be so sure." Kuna forced out a smirk. She pulled her sword out of his chest.

Ying stared at his wound in alarm.

"You got lucky this time." He glared at her one more time and fell back. She smiled and fell back into Hiei's arms.

Kuna opened her eyes to see Hiei.

"Well I guess you found out the truth." Kuna joked.

"Same to you..." He whispered.

She smiled one last time and closed her eyes. Hiei stared at the lifeless body in his hands. He slowly set her down on the floor and stared at her some more.

"Yo Hiei!" A voice called.

He turned around to see Yusuke, Kuwabura, and Kurama running back nearly out of breath.

"Man, that lady blew me off so far!" Kuwabura joked.

"So did we win?" Kurama asked.

"Yes and no." Hiei replied.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Yusuke asked, puzzled.

Hiei stepped away to reveal Kuna's lifeless body. Everybody gasped.

"Well, I hope Koenma's happy. The criminals are dead and she was the perfect bait." Hiei said bitterly.

"I didn't expect this Hiei, so therefore I'm not happy." A voice said.

Everybody turned around to see Koenma.

"When did you get here?" Yusuke asked.

"Just a while ago." Koenma said.

"Is there anyway to bring her back?" Kurama asked.

"Yes but I don't know if it'll work." Koenma replied.

"Why not?" Kuwabura asked.

"Because it requires Hiei's help and I'm afraid he won't be willing to do it." Koenma looked away.

"Just tell us what it is before Botan gets here and takes Kuna away!" Yusuke yelled.

"Remember when you died, Yusuke? And you needed the kiss of life to return? Well, there's a different procedure I can use. It's very similar and the only thing that can bring her back. I had a hard time convincing my father. Hiei has to be the one to give the kiss of life to her because this procedure requires the dead person's one true love to give him/her life."

A/N: Please R&R!