10 Years of Waiting

by Kurohi Tatsaki

Day 11a - Broken Spell, Forever Bonded

Disclaimer: I don't own YYH, & never will. Kurohi & Yamiryuinu, Shirokoori, and all the other original characters I and Kohaku Frost come up with are property of Beware of Mage & Tsuki Ryu Productions.

Scarby - The newest pairing IS Botan/Angel. Think about the rebirth cycle of the Phoenix, but I'll have to ask my friend, Kohaku Frost, about it. (Angel does IN FACT belong to her, not me. And I'm not quite clear on her past, either, so I'll have to postpone writing about it) And I'm gonna force them both into this mission that will officially start at least next chapter! I can't scan the picture yet cuz we don't have a working printer. I accidentally busted it up before we even had it for a year and then Kayko (our retriever/chow mutt, about an 11 month old puppy) chewed the wire in half a few months later, and we need a printer so I can hook up the scanner at all! grumbles Though, the best part of the picture wasn't Hiei sitting in Kurama's lap. (I kinda screwed up Kurama's right hand and he looks more girly than usual.) Kaasan says it was the tree. But, yeah, I'll let you see it once I can. (I'll also have to take a picture of it cuz it's on a watercolor paper "canvas"... Em, what I mean is, HUGE watercolor paper.) Oh, and if you do a "wash" (putting a bit of water down first) You can do skies really well. The only thing left to do, is that if the transition looks choppy, get some water on a rough brush and blend it together!

/ song paragraph end POV switch passing of time

"K-Kidnapped! K... Koenma-chan..." The devastated male slumped to the floor. His bangs hid his face. "How... how, what... WHO!" His body shook with unreleased sobs.

"A black-cloaked man who had your eye color and hair color," he replied gravely. "He brought a very large dragon with him, and took off once he got Koenma-sama. He just slaughtered half of us when we tried to interfere. He said that he wanted you at his location NOW, which was at a fortress in Makai."

"Damn him!" He pounded a fist into the tile, making a small break in the blue stone. "Hiei-sama and I both AGREED that we would wait until tomorrow! Ashita, ashita, A. SHI. TA! Not today!" He hiccuped once or twice. He shuddered, growling like a rabid demon. Slowly, it stopped. Just when they thought the storm had subsided, even THEY felt his growing, explosive ki. Like... it was just about ready to seek whatever, whoever had taken his beloved and murder it.

He flitted out of sight, his heart hurting all over again. No! I can't faint now! He flitted to Kurama's window, and tapped on it. Hiei was the first one up, as he hadn't quite fallen asleep, actually. He woke his fox and slid open the window. The strange, wild look in the boy's eyes almost scared the fire demon. He spoke, barely above a whisper. "K-Koenma-chan... whe... when I got back, he... he..."

His friends were silent, despite having been woken from slumber. They let him settle himself down and try to speak coherently. His voice shook with every word. "The ogres... they said he was... kidnapped... Probably as bait for... for me, oh god..." He leaned against the wall, catching his breath.

The erratic beating had returned full force. It hurt like hell.

The enchantment had probably been broken. Hopefully, not forever.

"I... Night-night..." With that, he fell unconscious, about to fall to the floor. Hiei caught the light burden in his arms.

Long night, indeed.

"What do you want with me, Ryu Youkai! Do you have any idea whom you just TOOK!" He tugged at his binds.

"Yes. Enma Jr., also known as Koenma of the Reikai; also my half-brother's lover. Am I right?"

Koenma was silent a moment. "Half-brother?"

"Yes. He is the only born male of the Tsuki Ryu, not a Ryu Youkai as you used to think. Rather dangerous creature," he hissed. "He has high mental vulnerabilities, and grows... attached... to people, so, to speed up his postponed death, I have taken you from him."

"Damn you...! He won't break that easily!"

Shirokoori laughed heartily. "Oh yes he will, but don't worry. I won't kill you, but... ah, he's asleep... Watch, Koenma! Watch what I do with his weak mind!"

He pulled up a hologram of sorts. He manipulated it so that he would also appear in it. Kurohi appeared across from him. His dragon, beautiful and childlike, hovered behind him.

"Kisama! (A/N: Also means "bastard") Return Koenma-chan!"

"Why? He doesn't want you back. He came with me when I asked. We've already fucked. What other proof is there?"

Hurt visibly flashed on his face multiple times.

/See? Now, to finish him off/

"I know I'm dreaming... Koenma-koi... He wouldn't... He can't... Koenma-koi! Can you hear me! I know I never told you, but I've established a mental link between us ever since we made love! Use your mind and please talk to me! Please!"

Gold eyes flickered. /Kurohi.../

"Koenma-koi!" He seemed to cheer up, ignoring his half brother. "You CAN hear me! Kansha Kami! Daijobu ka!"

/Genki/ he replied.

"I almost thought I lost you! Wait for me! I'll come and get you! Watashi yakusoku!"

"You should worry about yourself, kid!"

"Y'know, Shirokoori? I think I oughtta KILL YOU! Hi-Kobushi!" A bright flame danced at his fingertips. The flames multiplied and grew before he released them. When the fires extinguished, his brown-haired, blue-eyed brother had fled.

"DAMN YOU! Get back here you coward! Lead me to Koenma-koi, you bastard! KI---SA----MA------!"

Koenma watched his love growling into the distance of the misty forest. He turned away, giving the forest one last glance before going the way he would have come.

The hologram ended there.

"His will is stronger right now. I'll have to wait for a bit of time before he grows weaker."

"If I know Kurohi, he'll probably kill you for taking me, you know."

"I doubt he'd have the heart to kill his half-brother. He was actually a mistake of the Tsuki Ryu, that he is the only male, as I have previously said. Had his mother not fallen in love with a male demon, he would have been a female."

"Your point?"

"If you ever ran into an old age Tsuki Ryu, they'd be calling him names. You sure you want to continue a relationship with someone who is hated by most of his own people?"

He nodded. "Yes, but I don't care about that. I loved him long before I've heard about his past. You have NO RIGHT to break us apart! Now untie me!"

"Taka-chan, please place him in a cell downstairs."

"Which kind? The one for dragons or the one for humans?"

"The one for dragons. He is a god, after all."

(A/N: Some of these data has been used in reference to the Dragon-Battling game "Dragon Seeds". Sure, it only got 2/5 disk rating but hey! They're dragons!)

Clawed hand hauled him up off the ground and into the air. He dangled in the grasp of the blue dragon as they progressed down a hall.

"T-Taka, right?"

"Mm-hmm."

"Why do you work for someone like that?"

"He picked my DNA strand, which was/The Wind is Eternal/. He chose the winged dragon type, and chose that strand, which became... me. My job is to do my master's bidding, but more importantly of all, fight... not put you in some freezing cell that pauses all life for as long as he wishes!"

Koenma's eyes widened and he wriggled around in his toddler form. "Damn! You're gonna WHAT! Damn you!"

"Damn my Master, not me."

"Mmm... nnn... Koen...ma..."

Hiei glanced at Kurama, but made no comment. When he looked back, blue eyes, full of rage, met him.

The fire demon stumbled back a little even as Kurohi sat up. He looked around, then visibly sagged, looking at the far wall. "So... it wasn't a dream..." The blue-eyed one gazed at the koorime hybrid again, and the hankoorime blinked at the expression.

Just when he was looking for Yukina when she was kidnapped by Tarukane. Kurohi stood up and opened the window. "Hiei, you know about that forest we went to? We're going there. I have a hunch that that is the right place to go. Get your things and come as soon as you can. Alert the other Tantei-tachi. I will not depart until everyone who is coming is present, because what we're up against could be far more difficult than anything any of us have ever faced. I shall also alert Angel and Botan. We'll need all the help we can get."

With that, he flitted out the window.

Kurama gazed at his love and grinned. "This should prove to be entertaining. I shall notify Kuwabara, and you can go tell Yusuke."

Hiei flitted out the window after giving his fox a sideways glance.

Kurama tied his hair back and rushed downstairs.

This would be just like old times!

End Day 11's early morning

R&R!

Yay! I'm getting fast updates! Now, all I'll have to do is drag out the mission a little and voila! Hey, if I have some days left over once they finish the mission can you people help me out with some "after mission activities" for the characters? Answer this question in your review if you like:

Should Angel find and use the cure on Botan and have her change back, (for a yuri pairing never wrote one before) or should the cure be extinct/out of production and have Botan remain as a boy (to have a M/F relationship)?

I also got 3 pages worth of interview! Hope this helps! I will be updating THAT continuously! Keep coming up with questions that way EVERYTHING would be cleared up!

Thankies!

kansha thank

genki I'm fine/healthy

yakusoku promise

hi fire

kobushi fist

Started 4/12/03, 1:50PM; Finished 4/13/03, 11:07AM