A/N: so, this is the last chapter…WAH! This was fun to write and type. And you guys who reviewed were AWESOME!!!!! Thank you for being loyal reviewers and friends. And I own nothing that I don't own. Who wants a sequel? It would take a little bit, but if you guys wanted to read more I could have some more fun with this. But first we have to find out who would be in the sequel as in, who lives. Go ahead and read!
Chapter 13: "Wake Up"
Hiei's POV
I had managed to get up when the barrier shattered, and I ran to catch Sakari as she was thrown backwards. There was a hole in the stone where the door had once been, and everyone rushed in. Kurama told Yukina and Botan to heal me as he took Sakari from my arms. I yelled at him.
"Kurama you idiot! Are you blind?! She needs to be healed before I am!" Yukina and Botan flinched. "Hiei, I made her a promise that no matter what I would have Botan and Yukina heal you first, and by the state your in they can't heal both of you, so I am going to rush Sakari to Genkai, you are in no condition to. I have already contacted her, and she is expecting me." He calmly told me. "She had you promise to treat me first?" I asked dumbly. "Yes, I'll tell you about it after you arrive at Genkai's." and with that he took off with Sakari in his arms.
Sakari's POV
It was all black. No feeling, no sound, nothing; only black. It didn't even seem like a color, it seemed like a being suffocating me. I wanted to get out. Then I felt another hand squeeze mine. I looked to my right to see Hiei holding my hand. "I'm here." He said, and all the blackness melted away. "I told you you weren't alone Sakari." "Hiei." I tried to speak but no sound came out. "Hiei!" Still nothing. I didn't know where we were, everything was a bluish color; like the sky. "I'm sorry." He said. "Sorry?" I silently asked. "Sakari, I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you." "Hiei…"
Then I felt his hand slip out of mine, and he faded away. With him went the soft bluish color, and the blackness once again swallowed me up. I don't know how long I was stuck here, in this horrible blackness. It felt like I was in here for years, and I couldn't get out. There was no sense of time. But, sometimes, I would hear voices…
Hiei's POV
"You have to get some rest Hiei." Kurama told me. I was sitting in a chair next to Sakari's bed, holding her hand. I had been coming into this room in Genkai's temple every day, just holding her hand and speaking softly to her. But she wouldn't wake up. I felt an unfamiliar wetness on my face that hadn't been there for a long time. 'Sakari, are you ever coming back?' I got up and let Kurama usher me back to my little healing room.
Kurama's POV
I had never seen my friend act this way before. He even tried to use his Jagan to get inside her head, but it didn't work. He was by her bedside practically every waking moment. It's killing us all to see him like this, to see her like this. Sakari has to pull through for Hiei's, and all our sakes. She has become such a loved member to our team. And I don't know what Hiei will do without her.
It has been three days since the battle, and chances are slim that she'll pull through. We've done all we can. After ushering Hiei back to his room to get more rest, I sat in the chair he had just been occupying. I took a second to just look at Sakari. Spiky midnight blue hair, icy blue eyes now closed as if in sleep. 'If only you were sleeping naturally.' I thought. "Sakari." That's when I realized the last words she had said to me were "get out of the way."
Sakari's POV
"Sakari." Someone familiar called my name. I looked all around and saw Kurama materialize a long way ahead of me. "Fox?" "Sakari you have to fight." "Fox!" I tried to scream it as I ran to him. He may be my way out. "Who do I have to fight?" I called out as I ran to him, but he started to walk away from me. "You have to fight it, for Hiei." "Fight what? Where's Hiei?" I desperately cried as I finally reached him. I hurtled myself at him, only to have him disappear. "Kurama!" I screamed, but of course I hadn't made a sound. The whole time I had been yelling, I hadn't made a sound. I curled up and cried.
"Sakari." He said my name again, but I couldn't respond. 'Why can't I speak? Where are we?' My thoughts seemed to echo in this strange place. But I couldn't contact anyone via telepathy…I had tried that long ago. "Sakari please." "Please what?" I mouthed the question. "Hiei, please tell me, please what? What's going on?" I remembered what happened the battle…but nothing after. 'Where are we?'
"I'm so sorry…" "It's not your fault! Please Hiei, it's not your fault, help me!" I cried out, but no one heard me. I couldn't even hear myself. Hiei started to fade. "Hiei no!" I tried to squeeze his hand, but I was suddenly paralyzed. "NO!!!" He left me again. It felt like two more years went by…
I felt Hiei's warm hand again slip into mine. "Sakari, I'm here, you have to…" Have to what? I felt like screaming it. "Please Hiei, take me out of here."
Kurama's POV
I heard Hiei from the doorway. "You have to wake up, please." I walked away. Today was the day, Genkai said. If she didn't wake up today she never would. I had lost all hope; something I had never before done. But Hiei refused to believe she was never coming back.
Sakari's POV
Hiei squeezed my hand. "You have to wake up, please." Oh, so that was it. But how was I supposed to wake up? Hiei squeezed my hand again. 'I'm asleep?' As if the realization could wake me up I saw a light up ahead. I looked at it suspiciously. 'The light at the end of the tunnel? Or to somewhere else?' My thoughts echoed around me and Hiei faded, but I could still feel his hand. 'Well, I don't see a tunnel.' I walked closer to the light. "Sakari." Hiei's voice got louder.
I could see somewhere inside the light; a white room with a single window. 'Genkai's Temple!' I jumped into the light, leaving the thought 'Genkai's Temple!' bouncing around after me.
After I was in the light everything went black again. I opened my eyes. A white room with a single window. I was on some kind of bed. "Sakari?" I turned over to meet the gaze of intense ruby eyes. "Hiei." I murmured.
Hiei's POV
"Sakari, I'm here so you have to… you have to wake up, please." I squeezed Sakari's hand. It had been a week since the battle, and Kurama had told me everything about his promise. I couldn't believe she had told him that she loved me. The time we kissed was the closest I had ever come to telling her how I feel about her.
I saw Sakari's eyes twitch. "Sakari." I said her name, louder this time. Suddenly she opened her eyes. I hadn't left her bedside the whole week, except when I was forced out of the room, waiting for her to wake up. The whole gang had been worried, and they hung around the temple, even Botan, Keiko and Yukina.
"Sakari?" I asked softly. She turned herself and looked at me. "Hiei." She said softly. She was smiling. I smiled back.
Sakari's POV
He was sitting in a chair next to my bed. I sat up, leaned over, and let myself collapse into his arms. "Hiei." I murmured again into his black shirt. His arms encircled me, and my arms circled his back. "As soon as you're well, we're bringing you to see Koenma, and to ask if you can become a Spirit Detective, if you want to, that is." He said into my hair. "Of course I do!" I smiled. "Sakari, I love you." I was totally shocked when I heard that, and I pulled away from the embrace to look up at him. He was smiling. "I love you too, Hiei." I said as he bent over to kiss me.
After we parted for air he asked me, "Do you want me to call the others and tell them you're awake?" "Not yet." I said as I caught his lips in another kiss.
We heard applause and cheering from the doorway, and ignored it. It seems he wouldn't have to call them in anyway.
A/N: Oh it's over! WAH!! And it's only 13 chapters. Who liked the ending? I did! That is my favorite chapter. And it went out with a little humor. If you want a sequel, you better review and tell me so! I hope you all enjoyed this, I did. Please check out my other stuff and review if you haven't already. I was just looking at when I finished this (I wrote the time and date in my notebook!) it was on September 6th at 2:19 in the morning! I am a late writer…or early. I will miss you guys so much!! And this is the last A/N for this story. (Sorry, just realized that!) Well, at least it went out with a bang, four chapters in one day! Plus an update on The Other Captive. I knew I got up at 6:05 for a reason! Any way, review! Tell me what you think, and if you really thought Sakari was going to die. It was so hard not to stop this in the middle and be evil, but I didn't want to ruin the atmosphere for anyone.
Hasta Luego,
Katana Blade
12/29/04, 1:30 p.m.