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15. Return of the Spirit Detective – Timely Arrival and Untimely Death
The blood spurted out from Hiei's chest like a fountain as Jiusenki's three bullets pierced his heart with impeccably precise accuracy. Those three shots were incredibly lethal, and before he even hit the ground, the famous fire demon was dead.
The rest of the group barely had time to register his death as two familiar faces popped up in Spirit World after being returned to their bodies in the Ningenkai. Kuwabara, Koto, and Reishi all turned around to see the angered face of Yusuke Urameshi and the surprised, shocked face of Botan, the grim reaper.
"Urameshi!" Kuwabara cried out with happiness as he saw his friend appear to save the day.
"Yeah," Yusuke replied brusquely. "It's me. And boy, was being trapped inside that stupid bird thing really lame!" Yusuke pounded his right fist into his left hand and glared at the group. "Now which bozo is responsible for all this crap?"
"That would be the dragon demon, Jiusenki," Reishi told him, standing up.
Yusuke turned and focused his angry glare at Jiusenki, who responded with a loud, tormented cry:
"Rrrrawl! I had this plan perfect!" Jiusenki roared. "I was going to take over this worthless barren wasteland you call 'Spirit World' and turn it into a new Makai! I was going to become ruler of it all! I was going to kill all the humans and Spirit World apparitions! I was going to get my revenge on the royal family!"
Revenge on the royal family? Reishi and Koto thought, puzzled. Jiusenki had never told them about his grudge against King Yama and Prince Koenma, and the two ex-apprentices were confused. What does he mean?
Clearly, Koenma was puzzled, too. "Revenge on the royal family?" he questioned. "Why would you want that? We have done nothing to you!"
"That's where you're wrong!" Jiusenki snarled, rage burning in his golden-bronze eyes. Spit flew from his mouth as he continued roaring: "Your father, King Yama, had sent a bunch of bloody spirit hunters to come and slaughter my family!" And the love of my life… the dragon demon thought with a sharp pang of agony.
Koenma paused for a moment. Making a confused face, he could only reply with, "Huh?"
"You should know!" Jiusenki shouted. "You were probably behind it too, you little snot-nosed… rr… toddler!"
Yusuke chuckled approvingly. "Finally, I meet a villain with as much disrespect for old pacifier breath as me…"
"That's not something to be laughing about!" Botan reprimanded sternly.
"My father and I did no such thing," Koenma stated quietly.
"Liar!" Jiusenki growled. "There were just the two of them – two dumb, brainless, killing idiots sent from Spirit World to exterminate my entire clan!"
"That doesn't matter!" Yusuke yelled. "This conversation is stupid and has gone on long enough! It's time to take you down, ugly dragon-thing!"
"I don't think so—" Jiusenki screeched, but he was unable to threaten the group any more or even try any attacks before he was engulfed by a massive wave of energy – Yusuke's Spirit Gun.
All during Jiusenki and Koenma's exchange of dialogue, Yusuke had been preparing his attack to take down the dragon that had killed Hiei. He had kept his Reiki hidden from everyone else, and at the last minute, whipped out his trusty Spirit Gun, polishing off the rogue, spiteful dragon.
Jiusenki was virtually ripped to shreds by Yusuke's reiki blast. Bits of his skin and clothing flew off, disintegrated into dust, and his body was bowled over with the explosion's force. Blood escaped from the innumerable lacerations on his thick, purple skin, flying into the air and decorating the soft, pastel landscape of Reikai. Yusuke was seething with anger as the dragon was killed instantly. To him, this was barely the revenge he wanted; Jiusenki deserved a much more painful death for killing Hiei!
"I never…" Koenma whispered, still in shock of Jiusenki's accusation of his father sending Spirit Hunters to kill his family. "We would never do that to a sect of demons that did nothing wrong!" Suddenly, memories came flooding into his memory… He remember passing by Spirit World's prison and seeing two bony, gaunt, human prisoners. King Yama had told him that they were Spirit Hunters who had escaped into Makai and killed a large band of dragon demons for no particular reason and then put the blame on him, saying that King Yama had ordered them to slaughter the demons.
Jiusenki was wrong… we were framed… Koenma thought, finding himself unable to tell the deceased dragon. Instead, he closed his eyes and sniffed derisively. I will not allow his spirit to rest in peace and give him this knowledge. He shall spend all his life in purgatory, wondering, wondering…
"You made me really mad, Jiusenki!" Yusuke shouted, kicking the dragon's head violently, causing blood to spew out of his pale corpse and splatter onto his shoes and jeans. "Killing Hiei like that… heartless bastard…" Yusuke's voice cracked. A glimmer of a tear sprang to Yusuke's eye…
Botan was sobbing, and Koto, Reishi, and Koenma were all just in shock. They had to deal with Jiusenki, but now he was dead and full attention was turned toward Hiei. His eyes were open, misted over with the glaze of death, his pupils contracting into nothingness as he sank lower than six feet under. Blood seeped through the black fabric of his clothing and coated the ground with its sticky, hot liquid. Hiei's skin was cold to the touch; death was claiming him quickly. Botan knelt down and held Hiei's hand, tears streaming down her face.
"Please… don't be dead… You can't be dead!" she choked, even though deep in her mind she knew that Hiei was long gone. He would never be coming back.
"Stupid Hiei!" Yusuke yelled, his eyes bright with anger again. "Why did you have to die! You… stupid… jerk… Why?"
A/N: I don't think Hiei would die this easily, but what the hell. It's a fanfic. Enjoy; review.
NEXT TIME – BACK FROM THE DEAD – KURAMA'S SACRIFICE!
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