Niana Kuonji: Yeah, Kurama's not going to be too happy in this chapter.
Snowbrat: Hiei as Link is quite a funny though (sweat drops) so who can guess who Zelda is?
…: I can understand it since you were up in the wee hours of the morning. But if you stop reviewing or even reading, that's your choice and I have no right to stop you.
Kute Anime Kitty: I think Yusuke will make it up to her somehow!
Hieisbestbuddy888: I'm happy you read my story (wether you liked it or not!) And I'd be honored if you continued reading this story.
moonlit-kitsune: Yes well, there's kind of a reason Kurama isn't Link (coughcough)
Chapter Fourteen: A Raging Fire
"Yusuke!" Keiko sobbed on Yusuke's beside. "Wake up, Yusuke! Please!"
Botan put a gentle hand on Keiko's shoulder, trying to comfort her. "Keiko, I'm sure he'll wake up. Along with Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara." The normally cheerful girl said soothingly while three more beds sat in a row next to Yusuke's, where each of his three friends lay.
Keiko refused to hear Botan and sobbed all the more onto Yusuke's bed sheets. Meanwhile, Yukina and Shizuru entered the room and while Shizuru tried to comfort Keiko, Yukina sat down beside Kuwabara.
"Poor Kazuma…" The ice maiden sniffled, making her tear gems fall quietly onto the bed. "Please get well…"
"I can't keep going through this, Yusuke…" Keiko mumbled, looking up at the pale form of Yusuke. "If you don't pull through this then… there's no point in me going on…"
"KEIKO!!!" Yusuke screamed, sitting up in his bed, and panting for breath.
Trying to calm himself down, Yusuke glanced around his dark bedroom. There were no other beds with his friends on it and no sign of Keiko, Yukina, Shizuru, or Botan.
"Then it… was just a nightmare?" Yusuke asked himself, wiping the cold sweat off of his forehead. "Man… I hope so!"
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"Ugh…" Kurama groaned during first hour.
His head was absolutely killing him! This morning when he woke up he didn't know how he got to his room, he didn't know why he had such a bad headache, and when Hiei and Kurama walked to school Hiei would not tell him what happened. It was probably nothing very good though…
When the second bell rang, Kurama winced and carried his things out of the classroom, only to bump right into the evil principle… Ms. Goodwin!
"Shuuichi Minamino, you're report please!" Ms. Goodwin extended her hand, expecting to be given something.
"What…?" Kurama asked, confused by the question.
"You're peer report that I assigned back in chapter two!" Ms. Goodwin barked.
"Oh…" The redhead started digging through his papers and pulled out what he was looking for. "Here you go, ma'am."
Quickly, Ms. Goodwin glanced through the report and snarled at Kurama, "This is terrible! You get a zero for this grade!"
Kurama's jaw dropped. "But it's five pages long!" He protested.
"It's late work!" She argued.
"No one told me where to turn it in at." The redhead admitted.
"And now you get detention for being fresh with me! I'll track you down later to assign your detention date!" Ms. Goodwin sneered and walked off.
The redhead watched after her angrily. Rarely would he take something personal, but her ass was pushing it!
The loud sound of the fire alarm made Kurama's head throb painfully as everyone around him immediately started evacuating out of the school building. Kurama was holding his head when a dazed Yusuke bumped into him.
"Huh? Oh hey, Kurama." Yusuke acknowledged his friend while still being in a daze for some reason.
"Hi Yusuke…" When Kurama saw the flames erupting from the school roof he gave Yusuke a suspicious look.
It took Yusuke a couple of seconds to figure out why Kurama was glaring at him. "I swear it wasn't me!" Yusuke protested.
"Where's Yukina?!" Hiei demanded from behind them, searching frantically for his sister.
"Yukina's not here?!" Kuwabara exclaimed randomly from nearby. "I've gotta go save her!"
"Only if you get there first!" Hiei spat and they raced off into the burning building to find Yukina.
"I hope they'll both be safe." Kurama sighed, knowing all too well that he wasn't in good enough shape to try and help. "Where's Keiko, Yusuke?"
Yusuke sighed and jerked his thumb over his shoulder. "She's over by Jin and Touya."
"Oh…" Kurama wondered what was wrong with Yusuke… he seemed way too out of it…
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"Wait! You shouldn't go back in there no matter what!" A teacher shouted at Hiei and Kuwabara while blocking the door to the school.
"Screw you! My sister's in there!" Hiei growled and shoved them out of the way.
"This is for true love!" Kuwabara exclaimed and kicked down the door.
A wave of hot air hit the two of them with such force they staggered backwards. Growling, Hiei dashed into the hallway, covering his mouth to keep himself from inhaling the smoke. Hiei couldn't remember which classroom Yukina was in for second hour, not that it made much of a difference because the hallways looked so unfamiliar and distorted now.
"Help!" Screamed a familiar voice from somewhere above Hiei.
"Damn it!" Hiei coughed.
The smoke was making his eyes burn until they watered and he couldn't see the nearest staircase through the dense smoke to save his life, much less Yukina's! Hell, he didn't even know if Kuwabara was fried yet or not. Scrambling through the thickening smoke, Hiei placed his hand on a heated wall and winced in pain from the heat of the flames on the other side of the wall. Ignoring the pain in his hand, Hiei kept close to the wall, using it as a guide through the smoke until he stumbled when the wall ended and his hand hit the stair rail.
"Help, please!" Someone cried out again.
"Hang on!" Hiei commanded, still holding his sleeve over his mouth and racing up the stairs.
The second floor hallways had even more smoke than the first, but much less fire to deal with. Unfortunately if Hiei didn't hurry up both Yukina and him would suffocate!
Following the wall down the hallway once more, Hiei walked past a room where someone was coughing inside. Hoping it was Yukina, Hiei kicked the door in and saw his younger twin sister surrounded by flames and coughing for clean air.
"Yukina!" Hiei burst through the flames and grabbed his sister. He wrapped her up in his jacket and felt her go limp in his arms. "Just hang on, Yukina!" Yukina's brother pleaded and leaped through the flames again, his bare arms getting scorched by the fire.
Finding his way back to the stairs, there was a loud creaking and groaning sound above Hiei and his sister. Just as Hiei pulled back from the stairs, the third floor collapsed into the second. Now he only had two ways left to go and both had flames coming up from the first floor. There was no other way out…
"Damn it…" Hiei groaned.
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"Kuwabara!" Yusuke greeted his crispy looking friend.
"Hey Urameshi…" Kuwabara grinned weakly with the body of a blonde haired boy in his arms.
"Where's Hiei?!" Kurama demanded.
"The smoke was too thick, I don't know where he went." Kuwabara explained, worried. "But he's a tough kid, he should be fine…"
"That's not very reassuring." Kurama pointed out and pushed his way through students to get to the school.
Glass was shattering on all the levels from the extreme heat of the fire and even though the firemen had finally arrived, they were having so much trouble trying to put out the fire. Another loud crash from the breaking glass was heard from overhead.
"Hey look!" Someone pointed up at a window, drawing the attention of others. "Someone just jumped out of that window!"
Kurama looked up hopefully and saw the black clad form of Hiei falling from the second floor with a body held in his arms tightly. The poor freshmen landed on his back several yards away from the school building and immediately a group of people rushed in to check on him. Desperately, Kurama shoved them all out of the way until he was by Hiei's side.
"Hiei!" Kurama's voice cracked at the sight of Hiei's charred skin and motionless form. Yukina, on the other hand, was coming around and lifted herself off of Hiei, crying. Because of Hiei's efforts, his sister was unharmed with not even a single burn on her soft skin. A medic kneeled down across from Kurama and took Hiei's pulse carefully.
"He's alive!" The medic shouted. "But barely!"
"Thank god…" Kurama whimpered, wiping away his tears.
"Hurry! We need to get him to the hospital! This kid has three degree burns on all of his bare skin!" The medic ordered.
With all the commotion around them, Kurama almost didn't notice Hiei open his eyes slightly.
"Hiei!" Kurama choked.
"Don't… leave me… Kurama…" Hiei requested.
"I won't." Kurama smiled.
TO BE CONTINUED
Wow… yet another chapter come and gone. I hope you all enjoyed it! I better go ahead and start the next chapter now.