chapter 11

Letting a Bird Out of its Cage

"Shuuichi, please come up to the front." The man with dark hair and glasses said.

Kurama walked up to the front of the class room and reached out for the note in his teacher's hand.

"You need to report to the office." He said quietly.

Everyone started to stare at him, a few of the guys who disliked him going, "Ohhhh!"

Kurama walked out of the room and dragged his feet down the hall way. He was so tired from staying up so late the night before, studying for a test. Which was hard when his little brother wanted to play with him, and ended up knocking over his soda on his Science book. Oh the joy of having little brothers. (i just thought he had a little brother from reading another story, but he doesn't! So, i made one up, for a purpose, just so u know!)

He suppressed a yawn as he stepped into the office and was ushered into the principal's office. His mother was sitting in a chair in front of the large desk, where the large, beefy principal sat. She was crying uncontrollably.

He went over to her and placed an arm around her, which she hung onto.

"Shuuichi, there's been an accident." The man got out.

Kurama looked down at his mom as she got up and collapsed into his arms. She was mumbling incoherently. He couldn't understand anything she said.

"Shuuichi, your little brother has been in an accident."

"Is he OK?" He asked nervously. A slow feeling of dread ran up his body, making him tense up every muscle as he prepared himself for what he knew couldn't be good.

"His whole school was blown... to pieces. There were no survivors. No one knows what happened... I'm sorry."

Kurama just held onto his mother as he heard an alarm going off in his head.

His eyes started to turn gold as a new emotion stirred inside of him, pushing the pain and sadness aside.

"TARO." His mother screamed in pain.

He was going to kill him.

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Kurama disappeared for two days. Hiei was the only one who knew where he was, and he wasn't telling anyone.

"He'll come back when he wants." He said once, and never repeated himself.

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"Kin?" Kaiya said, her voice a bit shaky. They were walking around Yusuke's neighborhood.

"Yes."

The night was cold, as she snuggled closer to his chest. His arm wrapped around her shoulders protectively.

"I... I think that we should leave." She said, her mind swirling with impulsive thoughts.

He looked down at her, his silver hair blowing in the wind.

Sigh.

"You're probably right."

Nothing else was said until they reached Yusuke's house.

"Tonight. Midnight." She whispered into his ear.

He only nodded in response and disappeared into the kitchen.

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Youko Kurama held the struggling woman's neck in his hand, her body lifted off the ground. Her dark blue hair was matted to the side of her face, where a large gash was. Tears streamed down her face as she gasped for breath and her life.

"P-pl-ease... I... do-on't... -cough- wan-nt to... d-ie... -cough cough-... p-," Her pleas stopped as her neck was snapped, and her body was thrown off to the side, where a few demons grabbed it ravenously.

Hiei watched all of this through his jagan eye, not because he didn't trust him, but because he wanted to see what he could do. He had seen him fight only once before, and he had barely seen a thing. Now, he had seen everything. Too bad the demon he had been fighting didn't put up a good fight.

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Kaiya jumped down from the window in the room and landed on her feet. When she turned around, she expected to find Kin, but met a different pair of garnet eyes.

"Hiei...," She breathed quietly.

"Hn."

Twitch.

"What are you doing out here?"

"I could ask you the same thing." He said, his voice betraying nothing, as usual.

Where had he come from? He hadn't been staying at the apartment anymore, no one knowing where he had gone too. So, why was he here now?

"Running?"

A hint of... anger rose in his voice, but it was so tiny you could barely detect it.

"No. I'm not."

"Hn." He disappeared.

Kaiya blinked a few times before she realized what had just happened. She just stood there, thinking about him and everything that had happened in the last few weeks. Things were so messed up because of her and Kin, so why not leave? It's not like she was trying to carry everything on her shoulders. She was just protecting the few people she had ever known that cared about her out of something they weren't even involved it. Or, at least she was trying not to make them too involved.

She had been so deep in thought that she didn't even notice Kin until he grabbed her around the waist, pulling her into a tight embrace.

"Kin, are we doing the right thing?" She asked suddenly. Maybe she was wrong, maybe it was too late. Maybe they were all involved in this, and there was no way out.

"Yes." He answered quickly.

Hiei was no where in sight, not even hiding out in the darkness. He was gone.

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You know, writer's block sucks. And school does too, sometimes. But things are looking up. Got a new boyfriend, well, kind of new anyway, and so I'm happy! So, please review, and i'll try to be faster about updating. Sry for the wait.

Robin