-Chapter 7-
Well, I know that last time I said here's the 4th chapter but it really was the 6th. That's what happens when you get into a fight with your inner self. No arguments here today. I made a bet with my inner self that it couldn't be quite for two whole chapters so I don't have to listen to her for a while. This chapter will help clarify a few things, like whether or not Kurama will have the strength to do what he fears most, battle his friend. Even if he says that he can, will he hold true to his word.
Here is the long awaited 7th chapter, and trust me, it was worth the wait.
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Kurama starts examining the cloak which was once Hiei's.
Kurama: Strange, why would the demons from the Dark Realm not take this cloak for Hiei instead of aquiring one for him? Actually, why would they take Hiei at all?
Kuwabara: Probly cause shirmpy's so fast.
Kurama: I doubt it, Hiei may follow them for a time but they would have realized that he would eventually use his strength against them.
Just then, Koenma flies down on his cloud. He transforms into his teenage form.
Yusuke: Where the hell were you? Keiko, Yukina,...
Koenma: I am well aware of what happened.
Yusuke: Then why the hell didn't you come and help? We got our....
Koenma: Kurama, did the demons from the Dark Realm reveal themselves?
Kurama: Yes. They called themselves, Hasakie & Naserui. Hasakie said they were brothers.
Koenma: I know.
Yusuke: Hey, I hate being ignored, especially when Keiko, Yukina, Botan, Genkai, & Kurama's kid friend get stolen. Not to mention Hiei switched sides.
Kuwabara: Yeah, what the heck are we spose ta do? They have Yukina!!
Koenma: That is the least of our problems. They have the fourth Jewel Shard, with it, they will complete the Sardsine. Sacred Jewel Sword. If you thought that the Sword of Darkness was bad, then ou won't even begin to imagine what this sword can do. This sword was nothing but pure legend until a few days ago when Keiko was discovered with one by our Spirit Detectors. The readings were off the charts. We pin-pointed the location inside of Keiko's Spirit.
Yusuke: Why the hell didn't you do something.
Koenma: We weren't sure what it was. Anyway, Keiko knew this was going to happen.
Yusuke: What do you mean she knew, she would have told us.
Koenma: She didn't really know, she was kind of subconciously aware of it. She dreamt about it because the jewel shard was sending a warning to her, but since she wasn't a trained fighter like all of you, all she had were the dreams. I'm sure she tried to tell you about them but you weren't paying attention, as usual.
Yusuke: So your saying this is my fault?
Koenma: Yes and no.
Yusuke: Speak English diaper boy.
Kurama: Perhaps it is that if you would have known that something was unusual with Keiko this could have been prevented. On the other hand, you may not have seen it in any way supicious and said that Keiko was over-reacting and done nothing.
Koenma: Or option three, she was trying to prevent Yusuke from seeing that she was hurting.
Yusuke: So your saying that she was worried that I might get to worried about her, so she was protecting me? That she didn't want me to know that she was being tortured inside? (Hits ground hard with fists) Damn-it.
Kuwabara: I still say he was to high on himself to realize that anything was wrong no matter how hard she tried to get his attention.
Yusuke suddenly sends Kuwabara flying thirty feet into the air. When Kuwabara finally hits the ground Yusuke kicks him and then starts screaming in his face.
Yusuke: DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT I DON'T CARE ENOUGH ABOUT KEIKO NOT TO REALIZE THAT SOMETHING WAS THE MATTER WITH HER!! NEXT TIME YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT I'LL SEND YOU SO HIGH YOU WON'T COME BACK DOWN FOR 5 YEARS!!
Kurama: Yusuke..
Yusuke: What do you want?
Kurama: Kuwabara was just saying that he thinks he would have noticed something if he was as close to Keiko as you are.
Yusuke: You wanna go flyin' pretty boy?
Koenma: There is one good thing, Genkai is with them, so they are still with someone of great strength and wisdom.
Kuwabara: Don't forget about Botan and Yukina, they still have their powers too.
Koenma: Also, Keiko...
Yusuke: What about her?
Koenma: I believe she may yet surprise us all, she may be strong enough to defend them all, however at a terrible price.
Yusuke: What???
Kurama: Of course, I had forgotten.
Yusuke, a "little" impatient: WHAT???
Koenma: Two options, either she gives up her life, or her mind will be enslaved to the Final Destiny.
Yusuke: What the hell is that?
Kurama: The Final Destiny is a soul reeping ideal. You believe that you need power to live and begin reeping souls, only illusions though, finally you "run out of souls" and begin to reep your own, it then belongs to the ruler of the Dark Realm. You live an eternity of his servitude until he his done with you, then no one knows what happens.
Koenma: No one knows because no one but the ruler has seen it happen. Rumors are that he sets the enslaved mind "free", letting it roam the Dark Realm and reporting anything supicious back to him so they still feel important. Others say that he puts them into a chamber where there mind is starved of creativity and they acctually die about 10 secondds after tehy realize there is nothing left and the mistakes they made.
Yusuke: So, Keiko either dies or becomes a servent for a Realm Ruler only later to be starved of imagination and die of heart ache???
Kurama: Yes.
Yusuke: Oh, well you know what, you can sit there and be all calm, but I can't. You didn't lose anyone special to you.
Kurama: Incorrect, I lost two people very close to me. Hiei and Aiyka. Hiei doesn't realize it yet, but he will have a hand in destroying someone close to him as well.
Kuwabara: Oh yeah, who?
Kurama, after a moments pause: Anyone he cares about in the human, demon, and spirit worlds.
Kuwabara: Not to many people then.
Kurama: You'ld be surprised.
Kuwabara doesn't hear the comment and turns to Koenma.
Kuwabara: So, how can we get to this Dark Realm?
Koenma: No one knows.
Kuwabara: But you showed up saying all that crap about helping them and..
Koenma: Did I say that I knew how to get there?
Kuwabara: Well, no but...
Kurama: I believe that I have found the solution to our problem. You see, since this cape was once Hiei's, a part of him if you would, it has the same ability of allowing us safe passage to the Dark Realm.
Kuwabara: And how exactally are we going to find the entrance into this freak show place?
Yusuke: My turn, we have to go into the Demon Cave. Right?
Kurama: Correct, I am most impressed.
Koenma: How did you know that Yusuke?
Yusuke: Keiko showed me the way before they took her out of my arms.
Yusuke stares at his arms.
Yusuke, more to himself than anyone: My arms, the arms that could have done something to stop them from taking her. I could have saved Keiko and the girls.
Kurama: Don't blame yourself, there was nothing you could have done.
Kuwabara: Well I say that it's all his fault and he should a tried harder to...
Kuwabara suddenly feels a very sharp pain on his. He looks around and sees a branch lying next to him.
Kuwabara: Alright, which one a' you yahoos did that?
All three: Not me.
Suddenly Shizure appears.
Shizure: I did it. You shouldn't blame Yusuke, I didn't exactally see you running to save Yukina when theyy caught her.
Kuwabara: How did you know about that.
Shizure: I was watching from the bushes over there. (Points to a shrub of bushes.) Anyway, you were standing about ten feet from Hiei when he had all of them. Why didn't you do anything?
Kuwabara: I was in.... shock.
Shizure: So is Yusuke.
Kurama: You weren't spotted by the enemy? How I wonder?
Shizure: I guess they were to preoccupied that they didn't see the whole picture.
Koenma: I'm sure that's the case. I myself didn't see her hiding.
Yusuke: Lets go.
Shizure: To the Demon Cave, right.
Yusuke: Yeah, but you can't come Shizure.
Shizure: The hell I can't. I'm going, they have my friends. That's why you're all going so why shouldn't I be able to?
Yusuke: Because I couldn't bear it if something happened to you too. I've lost to many that I care about already.
Shizure: I don't care, I'm coming and thats that.
Kuwabara: Don't even try to argue with her, she's as stubborn as a hog.
Shizure suddenly kicks Kuwabara in the gut.
Shizure: Thanks for being on my side but next time don't compare me to a hog.
Kuwabara: What is this, pick on Kuwabara day?
Shizure: Actually little bro', that's every day.
Kuwabara: Next time I should compare you to a horse. I don't why, but I think you're alot like a horse.
Shizure kicks him again.
Shizure: Anyway, you guys can't go without me. I heard those two freaks talkin', the bigger one said, "There is no way they could get to the Realm without a female of one of their blood or one they care dearly about." But the smaller one looked worried and said, " Maybe we should take Hiei's old cloak with just in case." THe older one shook his head and just flat out said no worries any more.
Koenma: You heard all of that?
Shizure: Well, yeah. Did you see how close they were standing to the bush. I thought that for sure they would have seen me. Now I don't know about care dearly about, but I do know that I am blood, so were good to go. I guess that they thought they had all of 'em but oh well.
Koenma: Interesting.
Kuwabara: Yeah so she heard stuff, why didn't she fight?
Koenma: Because she's not as rash as you.
Kuwabara: Yeah right.
Yusuke: Fine, you'll come Shizure, but when we get there, the first place we find your hiding and staying there.
Shizure: Yes oh great Yusuke.
Yusuke: Please, don't.
Kurama: Don't worry Yusuke, we'll get them all back. They'll be fine, Genkai is with them.
Yusuke: Oh, right.
Koenma: Kurama, are you going to be able to fight Hiei? You said that you would be able to fight Aiyka and couldn't.
Kurama: If I have to then I will, only if I have to.
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Oh, that's so sad, Kurama might have to battle Hiei!! Keiko might lose her life or become inslved to the Dark Realm Ruler. This is just not looking good. Shizure is now on the wonderful roller coaster as well. Where will it end. Ok, a little sneak peak, I promise that within the next two chapters they get to the Dark Realm, and then things get worse. Well, If you wanna know how or what they encounter in the first 10 seconds of being there, you'll have to read chapter 8.
One of my friends brought up that the title is Kurama's Heartache and it's like mostly about Keiko and Yusuke, well you'll find out why over the next 2 chapters or so. Those will focus mainly on Kurama & his past with Aiyka, and maybe a future.
Well, I know that last time I said here's the 4th chapter but it really was the 6th. That's what happens when you get into a fight with your inner self. No arguments here today. I made a bet with my inner self that it couldn't be quite for two whole chapters so I don't have to listen to her for a while. This chapter will help clarify a few things, like whether or not Kurama will have the strength to do what he fears most, battle his friend. Even if he says that he can, will he hold true to his word.
Here is the long awaited 7th chapter, and trust me, it was worth the wait.
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Kurama starts examining the cloak which was once Hiei's.
Kurama: Strange, why would the demons from the Dark Realm not take this cloak for Hiei instead of aquiring one for him? Actually, why would they take Hiei at all?
Kuwabara: Probly cause shirmpy's so fast.
Kurama: I doubt it, Hiei may follow them for a time but they would have realized that he would eventually use his strength against them.
Just then, Koenma flies down on his cloud. He transforms into his teenage form.
Yusuke: Where the hell were you? Keiko, Yukina,...
Koenma: I am well aware of what happened.
Yusuke: Then why the hell didn't you come and help? We got our....
Koenma: Kurama, did the demons from the Dark Realm reveal themselves?
Kurama: Yes. They called themselves, Hasakie & Naserui. Hasakie said they were brothers.
Koenma: I know.
Yusuke: Hey, I hate being ignored, especially when Keiko, Yukina, Botan, Genkai, & Kurama's kid friend get stolen. Not to mention Hiei switched sides.
Kuwabara: Yeah, what the heck are we spose ta do? They have Yukina!!
Koenma: That is the least of our problems. They have the fourth Jewel Shard, with it, they will complete the Sardsine. Sacred Jewel Sword. If you thought that the Sword of Darkness was bad, then ou won't even begin to imagine what this sword can do. This sword was nothing but pure legend until a few days ago when Keiko was discovered with one by our Spirit Detectors. The readings were off the charts. We pin-pointed the location inside of Keiko's Spirit.
Yusuke: Why the hell didn't you do something.
Koenma: We weren't sure what it was. Anyway, Keiko knew this was going to happen.
Yusuke: What do you mean she knew, she would have told us.
Koenma: She didn't really know, she was kind of subconciously aware of it. She dreamt about it because the jewel shard was sending a warning to her, but since she wasn't a trained fighter like all of you, all she had were the dreams. I'm sure she tried to tell you about them but you weren't paying attention, as usual.
Yusuke: So your saying this is my fault?
Koenma: Yes and no.
Yusuke: Speak English diaper boy.
Kurama: Perhaps it is that if you would have known that something was unusual with Keiko this could have been prevented. On the other hand, you may not have seen it in any way supicious and said that Keiko was over-reacting and done nothing.
Koenma: Or option three, she was trying to prevent Yusuke from seeing that she was hurting.
Yusuke: So your saying that she was worried that I might get to worried about her, so she was protecting me? That she didn't want me to know that she was being tortured inside? (Hits ground hard with fists) Damn-it.
Kuwabara: I still say he was to high on himself to realize that anything was wrong no matter how hard she tried to get his attention.
Yusuke suddenly sends Kuwabara flying thirty feet into the air. When Kuwabara finally hits the ground Yusuke kicks him and then starts screaming in his face.
Yusuke: DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT I DON'T CARE ENOUGH ABOUT KEIKO NOT TO REALIZE THAT SOMETHING WAS THE MATTER WITH HER!! NEXT TIME YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT I'LL SEND YOU SO HIGH YOU WON'T COME BACK DOWN FOR 5 YEARS!!
Kurama: Yusuke..
Yusuke: What do you want?
Kurama: Kuwabara was just saying that he thinks he would have noticed something if he was as close to Keiko as you are.
Yusuke: You wanna go flyin' pretty boy?
Koenma: There is one good thing, Genkai is with them, so they are still with someone of great strength and wisdom.
Kuwabara: Don't forget about Botan and Yukina, they still have their powers too.
Koenma: Also, Keiko...
Yusuke: What about her?
Koenma: I believe she may yet surprise us all, she may be strong enough to defend them all, however at a terrible price.
Yusuke: What???
Kurama: Of course, I had forgotten.
Yusuke, a "little" impatient: WHAT???
Koenma: Two options, either she gives up her life, or her mind will be enslaved to the Final Destiny.
Yusuke: What the hell is that?
Kurama: The Final Destiny is a soul reeping ideal. You believe that you need power to live and begin reeping souls, only illusions though, finally you "run out of souls" and begin to reep your own, it then belongs to the ruler of the Dark Realm. You live an eternity of his servitude until he his done with you, then no one knows what happens.
Koenma: No one knows because no one but the ruler has seen it happen. Rumors are that he sets the enslaved mind "free", letting it roam the Dark Realm and reporting anything supicious back to him so they still feel important. Others say that he puts them into a chamber where there mind is starved of creativity and they acctually die about 10 secondds after tehy realize there is nothing left and the mistakes they made.
Yusuke: So, Keiko either dies or becomes a servent for a Realm Ruler only later to be starved of imagination and die of heart ache???
Kurama: Yes.
Yusuke: Oh, well you know what, you can sit there and be all calm, but I can't. You didn't lose anyone special to you.
Kurama: Incorrect, I lost two people very close to me. Hiei and Aiyka. Hiei doesn't realize it yet, but he will have a hand in destroying someone close to him as well.
Kuwabara: Oh yeah, who?
Kurama, after a moments pause: Anyone he cares about in the human, demon, and spirit worlds.
Kuwabara: Not to many people then.
Kurama: You'ld be surprised.
Kuwabara doesn't hear the comment and turns to Koenma.
Kuwabara: So, how can we get to this Dark Realm?
Koenma: No one knows.
Kuwabara: But you showed up saying all that crap about helping them and..
Koenma: Did I say that I knew how to get there?
Kuwabara: Well, no but...
Kurama: I believe that I have found the solution to our problem. You see, since this cape was once Hiei's, a part of him if you would, it has the same ability of allowing us safe passage to the Dark Realm.
Kuwabara: And how exactally are we going to find the entrance into this freak show place?
Yusuke: My turn, we have to go into the Demon Cave. Right?
Kurama: Correct, I am most impressed.
Koenma: How did you know that Yusuke?
Yusuke: Keiko showed me the way before they took her out of my arms.
Yusuke stares at his arms.
Yusuke, more to himself than anyone: My arms, the arms that could have done something to stop them from taking her. I could have saved Keiko and the girls.
Kurama: Don't blame yourself, there was nothing you could have done.
Kuwabara: Well I say that it's all his fault and he should a tried harder to...
Kuwabara suddenly feels a very sharp pain on his. He looks around and sees a branch lying next to him.
Kuwabara: Alright, which one a' you yahoos did that?
All three: Not me.
Suddenly Shizure appears.
Shizure: I did it. You shouldn't blame Yusuke, I didn't exactally see you running to save Yukina when theyy caught her.
Kuwabara: How did you know about that.
Shizure: I was watching from the bushes over there. (Points to a shrub of bushes.) Anyway, you were standing about ten feet from Hiei when he had all of them. Why didn't you do anything?
Kuwabara: I was in.... shock.
Shizure: So is Yusuke.
Kurama: You weren't spotted by the enemy? How I wonder?
Shizure: I guess they were to preoccupied that they didn't see the whole picture.
Koenma: I'm sure that's the case. I myself didn't see her hiding.
Yusuke: Lets go.
Shizure: To the Demon Cave, right.
Yusuke: Yeah, but you can't come Shizure.
Shizure: The hell I can't. I'm going, they have my friends. That's why you're all going so why shouldn't I be able to?
Yusuke: Because I couldn't bear it if something happened to you too. I've lost to many that I care about already.
Shizure: I don't care, I'm coming and thats that.
Kuwabara: Don't even try to argue with her, she's as stubborn as a hog.
Shizure suddenly kicks Kuwabara in the gut.
Shizure: Thanks for being on my side but next time don't compare me to a hog.
Kuwabara: What is this, pick on Kuwabara day?
Shizure: Actually little bro', that's every day.
Kuwabara: Next time I should compare you to a horse. I don't why, but I think you're alot like a horse.
Shizure kicks him again.
Shizure: Anyway, you guys can't go without me. I heard those two freaks talkin', the bigger one said, "There is no way they could get to the Realm without a female of one of their blood or one they care dearly about." But the smaller one looked worried and said, " Maybe we should take Hiei's old cloak with just in case." THe older one shook his head and just flat out said no worries any more.
Koenma: You heard all of that?
Shizure: Well, yeah. Did you see how close they were standing to the bush. I thought that for sure they would have seen me. Now I don't know about care dearly about, but I do know that I am blood, so were good to go. I guess that they thought they had all of 'em but oh well.
Koenma: Interesting.
Kuwabara: Yeah so she heard stuff, why didn't she fight?
Koenma: Because she's not as rash as you.
Kuwabara: Yeah right.
Yusuke: Fine, you'll come Shizure, but when we get there, the first place we find your hiding and staying there.
Shizure: Yes oh great Yusuke.
Yusuke: Please, don't.
Kurama: Don't worry Yusuke, we'll get them all back. They'll be fine, Genkai is with them.
Yusuke: Oh, right.
Koenma: Kurama, are you going to be able to fight Hiei? You said that you would be able to fight Aiyka and couldn't.
Kurama: If I have to then I will, only if I have to.
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Oh, that's so sad, Kurama might have to battle Hiei!! Keiko might lose her life or become inslved to the Dark Realm Ruler. This is just not looking good. Shizure is now on the wonderful roller coaster as well. Where will it end. Ok, a little sneak peak, I promise that within the next two chapters they get to the Dark Realm, and then things get worse. Well, If you wanna know how or what they encounter in the first 10 seconds of being there, you'll have to read chapter 8.
One of my friends brought up that the title is Kurama's Heartache and it's like mostly about Keiko and Yusuke, well you'll find out why over the next 2 chapters or so. Those will focus mainly on Kurama & his past with Aiyka, and maybe a future.