BACK WHEN WE FIRST MET written by HieiKitty

January 27th, 2005

Chapter Twenty Five: Before Dawn and After Dusk

"Right. I'm going in." Kari said with determination then walked over to the barrier. She stood in front of it for a moment before she walked through it. Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei all waited for Kari to return or for the barrier to die down but what happened next surprised them all. A ball of spirit energy surrounded by flames shot out of the barrier and went directly towards Hiei. The fire apparition quickly dodged the attack and the attack hit a nearby tree that exploded on impact. The light barrier disappeared and there stood two new people that Hiei and Kurama thought they would never see again. Dawn and Dusk.

"Well, let's see here. We got Youko's reincarnation and Tsubasa's reincarnation. OH, wait. What is this? Hey, Dusk look that it is. It's our dear friend, Hiei." Dawn said pointing over at the fire apparition that was glaring at her. Dawn scoffed and gave her a look, making herself not look at him. "Don't you mean the traitorous bastard that ruined our lives"

"Who the hell are you two and where's Kari and Rei! What have you done with them" Yusuke demanded the answers to his questions as he raised his hand and pointed his index finger at Dawn, ready to shot his spirit gun if needed. The two twins laughed. Dawn smiled at him and began to walk towards the spirit detective. "What's this? Tsubasa doesn't even know his own mate"

"Now, Dawn, you must remember that this boy is Yusuke Urameshi not your mate, Tsubasa." Dawn pointed out to her sister, amusement obviously in her voice. Dawn chuckled to herself then nodded her head, indicating that she had heard what Dusk had told her. She continued to walk towards Yusuke, his index finger still pointed at her. "Yeah, I know that he's not Tsubasa but it seems that Kari has grown feelings for the boy. I guess what they say about the past is right. The past really does repeat itself."

"WHERE THE HELL ARE KARI AND REI" Yusuke demanded once again, this time with more anger in his voice. Spirit energy began to gather at the tip of his index finger showing that he was ready to shot his spirit gun at any time. Dawn stopped her approach towards him, leaving her only feet away from the spirit detective. The ookami youkai was still smiling the whole time though. "They are still here, Yusuke. We would not do anything to hurt them. In fact, they can hear and see everything that we see and hear."

"Dawn, Dusk, why are you two here? Why did you take control of Kari and Rei's body? Was it all just so that you could taunt the three of us or is there a purpose in your visit" Kurama asked as he took a step towards them. The twins turned and looked at him. Their attention was now on him and no longer on Yusuke. Dusk sighed then slightly shrugged her shoulders as if to tell him that they did not have a real purpose for being there but the smile on her face told him differently. "It's a wonder that as smart as you are, Kurama, that you can be so blind. We are here because Kari and Rei could not handle it. They couldn't handle the fact that Hiei had killed their parents and that he had betrayed them just as he betrayed us."

"WHAT" Both Kurama and Yusuke looked over at the fire apparition in question with disbelief all over their face. Hiei's bangs had shadowed his eyes until he looked up at the two twins. His eyes were full of excitement, the kind that you would see inside the eyes of a murderer. Hiei looked up and smirked. "It took them long enough to figure that out. I thought that Kurama would have figured it out before them but even the fox isn't the most observant."

"You must be kidding me! I cannot believe that you killed their parents, Hiei! Their parents" Yusuke yelled at Hiei in almost utter disgust. Hiei scoffed and looked over at him. "Believe it, Detective. I even tried to kill you as well but they interfered. Anything to break their souls."

"Even betraying Rei's trust? It was bad enough that you betrayed me but then you had to go and betray Rei when she thought that she could trust you. Did you know that she thought that you would never have done something like that, Hiei? She told me that you had changed and I should trust you. It's too bad she didn't see you as I saw you." Dusk said bringing the attention onto her. Everyone stared at her until she scoffed and glared at the fire apparition a ways from her. "I knew that you were a jackass but I didn't think that you would have gone as so far as to kill her and Kari's parents. After thinking about it all this time, I think I've came up with the reason as why you did it."

"Dusk, stop being so dramatic. This is not why we are here. We're here to help Kari and Rei not for you to get in a fight with Hiei like always." Dawn said with an exhausted sigh. Dusk turned her head and gave her twin sister a slight glare before giving in with a sigh of defeat. "Fine, whatever, but I don't see why you said that we're not going to fight with Hiei when you know we are. After all, that's the whole reason why we're here."

"Yeah, I know but I thought we would make it all dramatic but no, you had to ruin it like always." Dawn said as she lifted her hand in front of her and a ball of spirit energy began to form in the palm of her hand. Dusk scoffed and shook her head, smiling slightly. The two of them exchanged looks before, Dawn quickly threw the ball of spirit energy at Yusuke and Kurama. The two easily dodged it but as they were distracted with dodging the attack, Dusk came up behind them and kicked each of them in the back. Though they had dodged the initial attack, Dawn kept throwing balls of spirit energy at them. Hiei after a while of being yelled at by Yusuke to help them, finally unsheathed his katana with the intention of fighting with Dawn and Dusk. The two twins saw he coming their way and they let up their attack on the two spirit detectives to deal with the third one. Before Hiei was able to do anything, both Dusk and Dawn disappeared before his eyes. The three spirit detectives stood there looking around for them. Kurama and Hiei trying to locate their scents and their youkai energy.

"Looking for us?" Dawn and Dusk suddenly appeared. Dawn was behind Hiei and she grabbed a hold of him and Dusk appeared before him and snatched his katana away from him. So, here is how Kurama and Yusuke saw the situation: Dawn was holding Hiei back as Dusk stood before him with his katana. The female kitsune youkai waved Hiei's katana in front of the fire apparition's face. "Do you want to know what I think would be a suitable death for you, my dear Hiei? I think that the woman who was going to become your mate should kill you with your katana. How does that sound for you? Does it sound good enough for your death, Hiei?"

"Hn, you don't have the courage to go through with it. If you're going to do it, do it." Hiei replied coldly. He was not even struggling to get away. In fact, Dawn even let go of him and took a few steps backward and the fire apparition continued to stand right there in front of Dusk. Yusuke looked at Hiei in disbelief. "What the hell are you doing, Hiei? Are you trying to get yourself killed? Just hurry up and knock her out so she goes back to Rei!"

"Hmph, do you really think that I would allow him to do that. Even Dawn would be able to stop him before he could knock me unconscious. Sorry, Urameshi, but this is between me and Hiei not the rest of you." Dusk said, staring at Hiei, not even bothering to look at any of the others. Suddenly, a bright light surrounded Dusk and Hiei, which turned out to be another one of Dusk's barriers. The barrier force Yusuke, Dawn, and Kurama backwards, conveniently making Dawn go back to Kari. Kari looked around her with a confused look. "What the hell just happened?"

"Like I said before, this is between me and Hiei. You and the others will stay out of this and I will make sure of it." Dusk said, still looking at Hiei. Kari scoffed and glared at the female kitsune youkai that was controlling her sister's body. "What the hell do you mean that it's only between you and Hiei. If I remember correctly he was the one who killed my parents and tried to kill Yusuke!"

"Yes, well, I'm going to kill him for you, me, Rei, and Dawn. You've done your part by allowing Dawn to take control of your body but now it's my turn." Dusk said with a slight smirk. She raised the katana and aimed the tip of the blade at Hiei's throat. The fire apparition smirked as well and raised a brow as if asking her why she had not killed him yet. As if waiting for that cue, Dawn began to push the katana down and time seemed to slow down. The others watched in slow motion as the katana came closer and closer to the skin of Hiei's throat.

"NO! Dusk! Stop this right now!" Rei's voice rang through Dusk's head. Dusk instantly stopped the blade. The tip of the katana was just a centimeter from Hiei's throat. Everyone stared at her to see why she had stopped. Dusk closed her eyes and sighed as she lowered the katana. "Rei, you shouldn't stop me when I'm in the middle of revenging your parents' deaths along with mine and Dawn's."

"No, you shouldn't try to kill someone. No one has the right to kill another person even if the person did something horribly wrong." Rei tried to reason with her demonic side. Dusk just scoffed and dropped Hiei's katana to the ground. "Fine, next time you need help, don't even bother coming to me."

With that, Dusk changed back into Rei who fell forwards unconsciously. Hiei caught her in her arms as everyone just exchanged semi-confused glances.

End of Chapter Twenty Five

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Youko: Hey, are you going to draw me with Haru.

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