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' I struggle against my bindings, my mind slowly becoming a blank...
I'm so sorry everyone that I have hurt... I never meant to...
Things got out of hand... Things where said that shouldn't have been...
I know that everything is my fault... You don't have to tell me it...
I've forgotten what you smell like... Is it sweetness that draws me to you?
Or is it that cinnamon scent that clings to your skin?
I've forgotten the sound of your voice... Its gentle roll, or was it...
A soft timber baritone?
I've even forgotten your name...
Please, I beg you,
Forgive me for all of the sins that I have made in my silent struggles...
I'm sorry...
My friend...'
Yusuke looked out of the temple doors, watching the heavy rain pound down almost silently on the stone pavements. What was this feeling that had embedded itself deep within his heart? He sighed and turned, only to face the old hag.
"Jeez Genkai! Scare me out of my pants why don'tcha?" Yusuke cried. The old woman snickered.
"Very nice and respective Yusuke. Now, if you wouldn't mind, could you tell me about your problem with a certain fox? Last week, he came crying into my temple, carrying on and on about how you people hate him and you threatened to kill him. He said that you had blamed him for Kuwabara's accident and that you had beaten him for it. Yusuke! That poor creature was balling his eyes out when he told Yukina and myself about Kuwabara's injuries. Why, I have never even once seen anyone quite as emotional as Kurama has been these past few months." Genkai snapped. Yusuke looked away.
"He did some really bad things, Genkai. He sent Kuwabara to the hospital, attacked me, and completely humiliated Hiei, so we kinda... Taught him a lesson..." Yusuke broke off. Genkai raised an eyebrow.
"What kind of lesson?"
"Well, we all kinda ganged up on him and used our techniques." Yusuke mumbled.
"Which ones?" Genkai's voice was soft and strained.
"I used my Rei Gun at close range, Hiei used the Darkness Dragon at close range and Kuwabara used his Rei Sword. We had cornered him and he couldn't do anything." Yusuke turned to Genkai. The old hag had gone pale.
"Yusuke. About half a year ago, Kurama asked me about doppelgangers. Of course, I asked why he wanted to know. He told me that he thought a twin of hell, his twin of darkness, was out to kill him and send him to hell. Of course, I dismissed it. But when he came back to me crying about it, I got suspicious. I want you to round up the others and get your tails over to Koenma's." With that, Genkai shooed him away.
"Koenma, sir, you have guest."
"Who?" The toddler twerp asked.
"It's the Yu Yu Hakusho, sir."
"Let them in." The doors opened and they entered Koenma's office. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked nervous and Hiei just looked ticked.
"Genkai. How..."
"Cut the crap, Sherlock. Show them a record of Kurama's movements on the day of Kuwabara's accident." Genkai ordered. Koenma nodded and pressed a multi-colored button. Instantly, a screen rolled down.
"Now the red dot is Kurama at home." As they watched, another red dot blipped into existence near Kuwabara's house. Yusuke gasped. They saw the red one at home stop moving, signifying that Kurama was sleeping. The other red dot went into Kuwabara's home. It moved a bit, but then it ran out and just vanished.
"That was on the night Kuwabara was sent to the hospital. Now look at this one. This when Hiei had his little fiasco." Koenma pushed a green button. Again, there was a single red dot, but it was at Kurama's school and nowhere near the park, which was where Hiei was.
"Now I'll add Hiei's dot." A black dot appeared, moving at rapid speed around the park. Suddenly, there were two red dots and one was heading straight for Hiei. They collided and were stationary, but the first red dot moved through Kurama's school and walked home. That dot stayed in Kurama's garden. They saw Hiei's dot move away from the second red on. That red dot moved away quickly and vanished.
"This is a cross section of two worlds: The Ningenkai and Hell." The screen changed. Koenma rewound the tape and pressed play. Right when the second dot vanished, a rift opened between the two worlds. The dot went down into Hell.
"Turn it off." Yusuke mumbled. Koenma did.
"Do you see now?" Genkai whispered. Kuwabara let out a howl of anguish.
"Dear lord." Hiei muttered. Koenma turned the monitor back on.
"This Kurama's current location, with the cross section of Hell." Two red dots were in the same location, only one was high above ground and the second was twirling on ground level. The first dot was suspended over a rift, and dark energy was swirling up into a column. Yusuke heard a gasp. It took him a few seconds to realize that it was his.
" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The pained scream echoed from the column of twisting, black vines. The twin twirled around the pillar, laughing maniacally as he did. He avoided a patch of crumbling earth as the pillar expanded.
"Laughing children of Satan's spawn... Heehee..." The twin cackled as he spun in a circle.
"Oh, Kurama. Your screams are so delightful. I only wish that your sweet friends, especially that delicious Hiei, could hear them." His twin smiled up at the screaming figure. The black lightning grew larger and the scream louder. He sat down and licked a fleck of blood off of his finger. He smiled again, delighting in the taste of his double's blood. High up in the tower of blackness resided Kurama, whose blood ran down his body in rivulets.
"Your blood is so delicious. I'm sure the Gate Keeper of Hell would agree with me." The twin whispered as he licked off some of the crimson fluid from Kurama's chest. His voice was only a faded noise to Kurama. It hurt so much, too much for him to keep on going, to keep himself here in the Ningenkai. Kurama let his tears flow down his face. These were not tears of regret for his life. These were tears of pure sadness, the kind that comes from being betrayed by the very people you cared for. Kurama's body was racked by the pain very, very few ever feel, but his heart was racked by the pain even fewer experience. The Kitsune's heart had been shredded and left in bloody pieces. Kurama let those tears flow down his bloody face. I give up... I can't hold on anymore... not when I have nothing to hold onto... I'm so sorry Shiori, and I am so sorry my friends... At least you won't have to put up with me deceiving you anymore... I give up... Kurama relaxed, his shattered heart beating ever so slowly. He was suddenly aware of his twin standing right next to him.
"Giving up Kurama? Well, then I want you to die Kurama." Sharp claws drove deeply into Kurama's pale throat. Kurama let a silent scream rise through his body. As soon as the claws were removed, Kurama heaved. His eyes closed. A voice shot through his remaining consciousness, and it was a voice he recognized. His eyes carefully opened and his head rose. Three figures were standing at the edge of the field, one calling his name.
"Kurama!" It was Yusuke.
I am sorry, but I must leave... I have work to finish...