Hey there! I'm back! By the way, did I mention that I went to an anime convention and that was why I couldn't' work on my story. I had so much fun. There was only one Yu Yu Hakusho cosplayer there. She was Kurama. She was really cute too. Anyway, silver rose knight reviewed and Laurencia put me on her favorites list. The song I chose for this is "A Thousand Words" from Final Fantasy X-2. It is the Kumi Koda version sung in Japan. I thought it fit pretty well…even though I hate songfics. Here is the exception. It just fit so well with it. Here it is…. THE SECOND TO LAST CHAPTER! Enjoy.

I know that you lied to me

Using gentle words to shelter me

Your words are like a dream

But dreams could never fool me

It's not right to me

Kurama was chasing Hiei all around the enclosed room. Hiei was trying to avoid Kurama at all cost. The last thing he wanted to do was fight him. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Raenel all stood to one side out of the way. Raenel had the power to stop Kurama since he controlled the dead, but he was having fun watching what was happening. It was all a game to him. He knew that Hiei would never get his love back. He smirked and gave a small chuckle at the thought of Hiei joining Kurama in hell.

"What are you smiling about?" Yusuke said in a threatening voice.

Raenel just shook his head and kept his attention on the angry fox demon chasing the fire demon.

"Why did you lie to me, Hiei? You just said you loved me to make my death a little easier for you to bear! So, you wouldn't have to feel guilty!" Kurama shouted at Hiei while swinging his whips.

Hiei was running around trying to avoid being hit by one of the whips. Kurama was swinging like a madman and he wasn't about to get tired. The dead never rest until their vengeance is complete. Kurama had a look in his eyes that Hiei had never seen before.

'This can't be Kurama. It just can't be. He looks so terrible. This…this really is all my fault.' Thought Hiei.

Kurama still had 'Hiei' written in blood on his chest. His eyes were glazed over and they lost their shining green color to be replaced with a dull green. Hiei saw that there were different emotions going through Kurama right now. He could see all of them in those dull eyes. Kurama was angry, sad, at the moment a little sadistic, and he thought he even saw a little regret. With him noticing a tinge of regret in the kitsune's eyes, Hiei was filled with a new hope.

'Kurama must still be inside this demon. I came this far and I refuse to lose all hope now.' Hiei thought with a new light.

He wanted to stop running, but he figured that the only way to tell Kurama how much he cared about him was to stay alive. He wasn't sure what would happen to him if he died and he didn't want to take the chance to die and never see Kurama again. Never seeing his love again was not an option.

I'm acting so distant now

Turned my back as you walked away

But I was listening

That you fight your battles far for me

It's not right to me

"Hiei! Why did you lie to me? ANSWER ME! Just admit now that you never cared a thing about me!" Kurama screamed at Hiei swinging the whips all the more harder.

"I did! I always cared about you! You were my best friend and the only person I could ever trust. Please listen to me! I love you and I want nothing more then to have you back! Why else would I come to the depths of hell to find you?" Hiei told Kurama. Hiei was jumping around faster trying to avoid the whips. Hiei was never much of a multitasker and he was having a hard time telling Kurama his feelings and avoiding the whips at the same time.

Kurama stopped swinging the whips. He looked at Hiei with a shocked expression. He looked at the ground then looked back at Hiei.

"Hiei. I…I had no idea. You…you really did care about me. You came all the way down here to help me and I attack you and falsely accuse you of hating me. Hiei…." Kurama said in a low voice.

Hiei's eyes lit up. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at each other and smiled. They knew everything would be ok. Raenel's smirk grew even larger.

"That's what you want me to say, isn't it Hiei?" Kurama said in a voice so cold it sent shivers down Hiei's spine. Kurama swung one of the whips at Hiei and got him in the leg. Hiei was so shocked at what Kurama had said he couldn't get out of the way fast enough. Hiei wasn't as fast as he was before because Kurama got him in the leg, and he needed all the speed he could get.

"Hmph. I don't believe you. You came down here to make yourself feel less guilty about my death."

Raenel burst into laughter. He was holding his side and leaning over to keep himself balanced.

"That was great! You all really believed he had changed his mind. Oh, that was wonderful. This is so entertaining!" he said. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked over at him with an angry face.

"How can you laugh? This is terrible! Kurama thinks that Hiei never cared about him in his entire lifetime!" Yusuke said.

Raenel straightened up and stopped laughing. "How do you know that Hiei ever once cared about Kurama? You weren't there the entire time. He always acted distant towards Kurama, especially when Kurama confessed his love. There is the proof that Hiei could have never cared about him. He only needed him because of his thieving abilities he gained when he was Yoko Kurama. Now that he is a mere human he only has half of the abilities Yoko had. He has no use for him anymore."

"That's not true. Kurama is a half-demon. He still is strong! There are so many things we couldn't do that he could! Hiei always cared about him! We know it!" Kuwabara yelled. Suddenly, one of Kurama's whips wrapped itself around Kuwabara's ankle. Kurama pulled it and Kuwabara fell to the ground. The whip returned to the demon controlling it.

"Shut up. You two and Hiei both know that Raenel is right. Hiei never opened up to me and when I told I loved him he just ran away. He couldn't even stand to look at me. Everything I did, I did for him and he didn't care. Because I was so crazy in love with him…it killed me." Kurama whispered the last part. He felt tears form at the corner of his eyes. He shook them away and focused on his anger instead of his sorrow.

"Don't you worry 'cause I'll come back"

I could hear you speaking as you walk to the door

I acted strong

To hide the pain

When I turn back the pages

Crying might have been the answer

What If I shed my tears and beg you not to leave

But now I'm not afraid

To do what's in my heart

Hiei noticed that Kurama had a tear running down his face. His heart fell to his stomach. The last thing he wanted was to make Kurama cry. Kurama was in so much pain and he was covering it up with his anger.

"Kurama, please. Don't so this. Please, believe me when I say I love you. I'm in so much pain without you with me. I was always felt so alone. There was no one to understand me. I always felt better when I was with you. I always acted strong so I could pretend that the pain wasn't there. But, it was always there and it never left. But, now that I know how much I love you…I can tell you everything. I can say everything I always wanted to say and get everything off of my chest. I'm strong now and it's because you loved me and had faith in me." Hiei said sincerely. He meant every word he had said. He never talked to anyone like this before. Kurama really had changed him.

Kurama just shook his head, tears flying off his face. "It's to late now, Hiei. You can't change the past. I'm dead now and all I want is to be able to rest in peace. The only way I can do that…is if you die. So, Hiei…if you truly love me like you say you do…then die. Die for me, Hiei." Kurama swung his whips at Hiei. Hiei dodged them again and started to run around the room.

'This can't be.' Yusuke thought. 'Kurama doesn't understand!'

'Yes he does.' Hiei's voice entered into Yusuke's mind. Hiei was using telepathy to talk to him. 'He understands everything. But, he won't be satisfied until I'm dead.'

'So…what are you going to do?'

'The only thing I can to make Kurama rest in peace.' Then Hiei cut off the connection.

Those thousand words

Have never been spoken

So far away

I'm sending them to you where ever you are

Suspended on shiny wings

Those thousand words

Have never been spoken

They treasure you

Make you no longer dare seem so far away

And hold you forever

Hiei was right in front of Kurama, yet at the same time he seemed so far away. Hiei stopped dodging the whips and let them hit him. One hit him in the chest and the other hit him in arm. Hiei fell to the ground and stayed there for a few seconds before getting up.

"Giving up, are you?" Kurama smirked. He was finally going to be able to get his revenge.

"I wouldn't consider it giving up. More like giving the only thing I can to the one I love. If my death will make you happy then so be it. I love you and there are so many things I never got to tell you. If you came to the decision to kill me to make yourself happy…then you can kill me. I don't mind if it's for you."

"How very noble of you. You would let yourself die for me? That is so sweet." Kurama said mockingly.

"I'll still sing, Kurama. I'll sing to you from my place in hell. I will yell to you how much I still love you. My words will reach you and cradle you in the wings I don't have. I'll whisper them everyday in hopes that you will forgive me. Then in return I will listen for your whistle." Hiei said.

Kurama stared at Hiei in wonder. "How can you say you still love me when I am about to kill you?" he asked.

Hiei looked at Kurama for a moment. "Because it's true."

That dream isn't over yet

I pretend and say, "I can't forget"

I still live in my day

You've been there with me all the way

It's not right of me

Kurama looked at Hiei with his dull green eyes. "It's no use pretending I don't still love you. I always have and I probably always will. But, that doesn't mean that…that somewhere in my heart…I don't hate you as well. In fact I despise you for killing me and not caring one bit. I still remember when I died. It hurt so much. I decided to tell you with my last dieing words how much I loved you and then I waited for you to rescue from my hell. But, you never did. I remember how sad I was. And I remember how I decided I would get revenge on you."

Hiei looked at Kurama with sorrow in his eyes. He didn't know what to say. Did Kurama love him, or hate him? He wasn't sure but he didn't want to ask. He said the first thing that came to mind.

"What was it like to die, Kurama?"

Kurama's eyes grew wide. He hesitated to answer. Then he finally spoke. "It was like a rabbit caught in headlights. But, did the rabbit's heart beat faster? Did its breath come like a choking thing in its throat? Was there an eager rush of fear, or just death? To me, I felt nothing. Not fear, not hope, not despair…not anything. All I was thinking about was you, Hiei. And then all I felt was the pain."

Hiei felt like dieing. He made Kurama so miserable. It was all his fault. "When you died I thought it had all been a dream. I thought that in the morning I would see you smiling face, your glowing green eyes that matched with your bright red hair. But, that isn't the case. Kurama, kill me with the pain you felt, with your final good-bye. Take me with you…"

"Don't you worry 'cause I'll write to you"

I could see you speaking as you look away

I acted strong

To hide the love when I turn back the pages

Anger might have been the answer

But if I shook my head and say that I can't wait

But now I'm not afraid

To do what's in my heart

Kurama was about to attack Hiei full force, when suddenly he stopped. Kurama's body had fallen to the ground and the whips turned back into roses. Hiei was going to run to Kurama when he stopped. A ghost of Kurama had flown out of the corpse and floated above them. Hiei looked into his eyes. They were a vibrant green. Kurama turned his mouth into a smile and started to speak.

"Hiei, I'm sorry about all of this. I know you love me. I had to fight with myself in order to truly believe that. But, you saved me, Hiei. Now I'm free and I can finally tell you the truth. I never wanted to be angry with you. I was happy that I could protect you. I'm not afraid of anything anymore and it's all because of you, Hiei. I love you, Hiei. I love you." Kurama said.

Hiei's heart was filled with warmth hearing Kurama say those words. He looked up at the apparition and smiled. "I love you too, Kurama."

Raenel looked at the two of them in shock. They must have truly loved each other to undo the damage that hell had done to Kurama. Soul mates were rarely found. People were never patient enough to find the person they truly and utterly cared for. But, these two people were true soul mates. Raenel smiled a warm smile. For the first time in thousands of years he felt happy and sure that everything would work out.

Hiei went to Kurama and tried to hug him, but he went right through him. Kurama giggled and reminded Hiei he was still dead. This saddened Hiei a little, but he knew that nothing was impossible and was looking forward to seeing Kurama on earth again.

Finally Yusuke said that words that were everyone's mind: "So, now that Kurama's back…how do we get out of here?"

Those thousand words

Have never been spoken

So far away

I'm sending them to you where ever you are

Suspended on shiny wings

Those thousand words

Have never been spoken

They treasure you

Make you no longer dare seem so far away

And hold you forever

So…are you happy with that chapter? This is definitely one of my better ones. One more chapter. Makes me sad. But, I'm sure Hiei will be happy to have Kurama back. Or maybe Kurama doesn't come back. Maybe he stays in hell because Raenel won't let him go. Read and find in the very last chapter!