Sorry about not updating for a while, I've been writing more to my other stories
Light and electrical energy sprouted from the mirror and wrapped around Shuuichi, draining away his life while Karai and Hiei watched silently, and Karasu growled and glared.
But Shuuichi didn't pay much more attention to his physical surroundings, and focused entirely to the images—the memories, flashing through his mind. Memories of his life in the human world, and the times he'd spent with his friends and family, were beautiful. He would miss them, he knew that, but with his wishes he'd make sure they wouldn't miss him.
Wistfully he thought of the wishes he'd made—that he'd planned to make ever since he reincarnated himself as the fox cub—wishes that would set things right.
Mirror, I give my life for you to restore my Kurama identity to his human form and life. And I give my soul for you to erase the past few weeks from the memories of those who knew him only as Shuuichi—thereby erasing all of the grief they felt and still feel for losing him. He smiled at the thought and felt the rest of his life energy leave him—everything then went dark.
Silent, Hiei only stared, numb from shock, as Shuuichi collapsed on the floor. Somehow, all of this seemed unreal, as though it should only be a dream and not reality. But it wasn't a dream, and Hiei felt cold as the truth sunk in—the human part of his fox, Shuuichi, sacrificed not only his life but also his soul to make a wish, two wishes; wishes Hiei was sure were made to help the fire-demon. But what were the wishes?
Slowly Hiei noticed that Karai was walking toward the mirror and Karasu's body—the body that Shuuichi had been in—and only now realized that no aura signal came from it. Numb in disbelief, the fire-demon kept his gaze centered on Karai, wondering what the demon would do when he felt the fox cub struggling to escape again. Holding tightly to the cub, Hiei stared at it, feeling sick to know that the cub was truly Karasu and not Kurama as he had hoped and believed.
"Make sure you don't let him escape." Karai's voice interrupted Hiei's thoughts, and Hiei looked back at the demon, studying his appearance with the utmost interest. Karai's whole appearance had changed from before, his red hair was now pitch-black and his auburn eyes were now strikingly red, eyes that seemed familiar to Hiei.
"That's your true form?" Hiei continued to gaze into those eyes, wondering why they looked so familiar.
"Yes. Make sure my brother doesn't escape." Karai whispered the last part and then turned back to Karasu's now soul and lifeless body, hand raised out in front of him.
"What are you going to do?"
"I need to destroy my brother's body so that he can't restore himself. But first I have to wait for the signal."
"What signal?" No sooner did Hiei say those words than a surge of aura, many miles away, overwhelmed his senses, captivating his attention. This aura, it was so familiar, but it couldn't be—it couldn't be right, he couldn't be sensing this aura.
"That signal." Karai sighed, gazing once again at Hiei who stared at him bewildered and struggling not to believe what he sensed. "Shuuichi told me the wishes he would make, and one of them was to restore Kurama's life and body. The other was to erase his death from the memory of those who only knew him as Shuuichi."
"The fox…is alive…?" Hiei felt tears well in his eyes—tears of hope and relief, he wanted it to be true, but he was having a hard time believing that it was.
Hiei. A voice resounded through his thoughts, his fox's voice.
Fox?
Yes, it's I.
I…missed…you.
I've missed you as well.
Where are you?
Just follow my aura, Hiei, you'll find me and I'll stay where I am until you do.
Hiei's whole body trembled with relief and emotion—his fox was alive! His fox was alive and waiting for him, all he had to do was find him. Find him and take him as his own like he should've done before.
"Hiei," Karai's voice interrupted Hiei's thoughts, but remained silent after until Hiei looked at him. "You must stay and prevent my brother from escaping until I destroy his body. After that you can go find Kurama."
"Hn. Hurry up then."
"All right." Karai turned back to his brother's body and charged up an aura blast, directing it to the body. Before he could release his attack, the fox-cub Karasu struggled desperately against Hiei, biting the fire-demon and escaped from his hold. "HIEI!"
Free from Hiei's hold, fox-cub Karasu snarled glaring first at Karai then at the fire-demon, and then at his own motionless body, before focusing entirely on the stunned fire-demon. Knowing that he couldn't make it to his body before Karai destroyed it, Karasu lunged at Hiei and, before the fire-demon could react, raked his teeth across the fire-demon's face. Two deep gashes about two inches long appeared on Hiei's left cheek after the attack, blood dripping down his cheek from each. Steadying himself after the attack, Karasu pounced again at Hiei, this time lunging for the fire-demon's throat.
"SPIRIT GUN!" Yusuke yelled after rushing into the room and seeing the fox-cub's attack, surprised and angry at that betrayal. Fox-cub Karasu, however, dodged the aura attack by stopping in his lunge, resulting in the blast passing him by as it continued until it hit a wall. "Hiei, are you all right?" The Spirit Detective rushed toward the fire-demon, who sat holding his hand to his wounded cheek.
"I'm fine, detective."
"Why did Ku-chan attack you?"
"Long story, detective." Hiei stood up still staring at the fox-cub who moved as if to lunge again. "Hold onto the cub before he tries that again."
"Oh, oh right." Yusuke grabbed fox-cub Karasu before it could lunge again, making sure it couldn't struggle at all. "Mind telling me what's going on? Why can I sense Kurama's aura? He can't…be…alive…can he?"
"He's alive, detective, but save your questions for later."
"He is…alive?" Yusuke stepped back and turned to look in the direction the aura signal came from, before looking back at Hiei. Shocked by this revelation, Yusuke loosened his hold on the fox-cub oblivious to the cub's viciousness.
"Don't let go of that cub!" Both Karai and Hiei yelled when they noticed.
"Wha…oh…." Yusuke held onto the cub tightly again, remembering how the cub had attacked Hiei. "You better explain everything when we get back to Genkai's."
"We will." Karai relaxed when he saw that fox cub Karasu was securely held in the detective's hands, and then he turned to Hiei. "Hiei, seeing as the detective's holding the cub, you can go find Kurama."
Barely did those words escape his lips before Hiei rushed out of the mansion and into the forest; heading in the direction Kurama's aura signal came from.
"H…." Yusuke stared at were the fire-demon had been standing, shocked by how fast he'd left. "He shouldn't be using his powers…."
"Don't worry about him, detective."
"Ah…you better tell me what's going on and how could you look like…like…."
"Like my brother? This is my true form; I've been using a disguise until now…I'll tell you why I reverted to this form after do what I need to."
"Ah…okay."