Joanna: Since it's the last chappy, I'll do the disclaimie and get on with it.

I don't own YYH. Togashi-san does and I'm mighty thankful for that. And now, without further ado…I give you the final chapter of Ravaged Room….ENJOY!

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LAST TIME

You turned around to see Sankichi's face only centimeters from your own.

"Boo," he smiled, his crisp black skin crinkling around the edges of his lips.
"Boo yourself," you said and reached a hand back to the door to test a theory.

You touched the swirling space inside the door and met with a solidness. Your heart felt heavy. You truly wouldn't be able to leave. You couldn't pass through the door.

D+I+E+D+

"Nooo!" Botan let out a great sob and fell into Koenma's arms.

Her body shook with sobs as her greatest fear came true…

THIS TIME

Horror 12: Devastating Partings

Koenma just stared in shock while Botan and George went from body to body checking pulse and heartbeat. He couldn't believe it. Not until Botan let out another mourning cry. His team, his friends we dead. Dead and trapped in the worse place to be eternally and he couldn't bring them back or save them. A ripple of energy and Kuwabara slowly sat up. He realized where he was and jumped up to run to the portal but his limbs were deathly cold and numb and he fell. Botan and Koenma were at his side.

"Kuwabara! Where are the others?" Botan cried, tears rushing down her cheeks in an endless stream.
"Ogre! Go prepare a hot bath for Kuwabara! Hurry!" Koenma ordered and turned to Kuwabara. "What happened in there?"
"," Kuwabara said softly, his voice nearly drowned out by the chattering of his teeth.
"Come on, Botan. We gotta get him warm before he dies of hypothermia," Koenma said.

Together they were able to get Kuwabara out the cold, cold room and towards Koenma's private bathroom where a huge, hot bathtub was waiting for Kuwabara. Kuwabara nearly slipped out their arms numerous times with his violent shivering but the two held tight and didn't let him fall. Botan glanced at Kuwabara and noticed the tears rolling down his cold skin. She looked past him and to Koenma, he too was crying. She looked back at the receding sight of the door and sighed sadly. A sob shook her body, made her knees weak and she almost fell, dragging Kuwabara and Koenma with her. No one said anything. They all just moved to the bathroom.
When they reached the bathroom, George was waiting by the large tub, towels in hand. Steam rose from the welcoming water as they sat Kuwabara on the toilet seat by the tub. His teeth were chattering so hard and he was shaking so much it looked like he was about to break himself or chip some teeth.

"Should we just put him in?" Botan said, "Before he gets too cold."
"No. If we just put him into very hot water suddenly when he's so cold, it may kill him. He has to ease into it," Koenma said.

So they again helped Kuwabara to stand and sat him at the edge of the tub. They slid his feet over the edge and into the water slowly. Kuwabara's shivering sloshed the water around but it became a little less violent. After a few minutes, they eased more of his body into the water and had George help hold him above the water. They kept him suspended for a minute or two before slowly easing him more further into the water. By the time they got Kuwabara's waist in the water, his teeth stopped chattering. When he was chest deep in the water he had almost stopped shivering and instead made involuntary jerks every now and then. In half an hour they had him submerged and laid against the edge of the tub, his whole body under the warm water from chin down. Koenma sat on the toilet lid, Botan against the wall opposite Koenma and George just stood against the wall.

"…." Kuwabara said, staring into the white walls above the tub.
"What happened in Purgatory?" Botan asked. "Where are the others?"
Kuwabara closed his eyes, "They're stuck. Sankichi grabbed them at the last minute…" he took a shuddering breath, " could have come back…but instead she pushed me in and Sankichi grabbed her too," tears rolled down his cheeks. "They are all stuck in there…and we came so close."
Koenma hung his head low, to hide his tears, "I didn't want to believe it…when we put the hot towels on you guys…I knew and Kurama were gone for good."
"What are we going to tell their families?" George said and everyone looked at him. "Yusuke's mom already lost him once before. She'll be devastated now. And Kurama's human mother Shiori is such a nice lady, what will she do when she learns she'll never see Kurama again? And 's dad should be calling in a few days, correct?"
"Damn it! And the girls!" Kuwabara said loudly.
"Who's going to tell them?" Koenma asked.
"I will," Kuwabara said.
"What will you tell them?" Botan asked.
Kuwabara was silent, willing himself to be strong, " I don't know."

T+H+E+

You leaned against the portal that wouldn't let you pass and stared into Sankichi's eyes. The promise of pain, suffering, and torture. He smiled at you; you scowled.

"It would seem you shall be mine for good, after all ," he said happily. "I'll give you some time to adjust to your new home. I'll be back," he laughed and turned and went up stairs.

Tears glistened in your eyes but you fought them back. You'd done enough crying already and it got you nowhere. Sankichi stopped and turned around and walked back to you. You tensed up against the locked portal as he put his hands against the door frame beside you and leaned his face in.

"Almost forgot," he smiled and pushed his lips to yours in a chaste kiss, "Welcome to Purgatory; your new home," he straightened and cast glances at the three boys, "All of you."

With that he turned back and headed back up to his room, some hundred floors up. When he was out of sight, you moved over to Hiei. He sat against the wall, his eyes wide open and unseeing, with his hand on the hilt of the knife. He tugged it out and blood colored the side of his head. You touched him on the shoulder tentatively. He turned his blind eyes at you.

"Why did you stay?" he asked and the sadness was thick in his voice.
"There's no way in…Purgatory that I'd let you get stuck here trying to save me," you said.
He sighed, "The whole point was to save you from this."
"Hiei, life without my friends is not worth living. I need you guys," you said, "Whether in Purgatory, Hell or anywhere else…I need you guys."
"-…" Kurama's labored breathing called to you.
"Hang on, Hiei," you stood and went to Kurama, "Kurama…"
"H-help me p-pull this knife out," he gritted his teeth and grabbed the hilt.

You covered some of his hands with your own and gave a small count off. When you reached three you both tugged and the knife came out his chest. You let it drop to the floor as Kurama put a hand over his wound. You helped him over to Hiei and he sat down beside him while you went to Yusuke. You knelt by him.

"How ya holding up?" you asked, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Izsh zat shupposhed to be funny?" he asked, holding his bottom jaw to his upper jaw.
"No, sorry," you apologized, "It'll heal soon…we've got all the time to wait."

The tone in your voice was sorry and regretful and made Yusuke look up at you. You had turned your head and stared at the black floor. Yusuke touched your chin and turned you to face him. You reluctantly looked into his eyes and let him see what you were feeling. Regret, because they were now trapped trying to rescue you, sorrow because you wasted their efforts, and now because of you, you'd all be trapped in a place worse than hell for the rest of your existence. Yusuke pulled you in and hugged you. You hugged him tightly back.

"I'm sorry, guys," you said, a few tears squeezing out your tightly shut eyes.
"It's not your fault," Hiei put his hand on your shoulder.
"We should find a room to recuperate in before some other occupants decide to revoke Sankichi's break time," Kurama said.

Yusuke stood and drew you to your feet. Kurama wiped the tears from your face.

"Whatever happens now, we're all here to watch each other's backs," he said.
"Yeah. Through thick and thin, life and death," you gave a faint smile.
"We might ash well make the besht of thish plash," Yusuke said, controlling his slack bottom jaw.
"Yes," Hiei agreed. "After all, we're going to take it over."

You wrapped an arm around Hiei and you all walked a few feet to the left where you hoped and knew a door would appear. It was empty and fairly spacious, and as good a place as any to recuperate and plan.

E+N+D+

It was about five o' clock on a Sunday when Kuwabara had called Keiko and Yukina to his house. He sat on his porch with Botan awaiting for the two. Botan had decided to come help Kuwabara break the news to the girls, but left him to explain it to the parents alone. They both still looked absolutely sullen with rebel tears escaping their eyes every now and again. Finally the girls arrived. Kuwabara stood and invited them inside and into the living room. They all sat down; Kuwabara and Yukina on the couch, Keiko on an armchair, and Botan standing beside her, just in case. Shizuru was leaning in the doorway of the kitchen and living room with an unlit cigarette in her mouth as she awaited the news.

"Why the glum looks? What happened?" Yukina asked.

Kuwabara sighed, looking for the words to say.

"Where is Yusuke?" Keiko asked, "And , Kurama and Hiei?"

Botan let out a hiccupping whimper and covered her mouth with a hand as she cast her eyes down and turned her head away. Keiko took the hint.

"What happened to them? Kuwabara! Don't tell me he's…they…" Keiko left the sentence unfinished.
"They're stuck in Purgatory…we can never see them again," Kuwabara said softly.
"But you guys we so sure…you'd make it out!" Yukina wept in the middle of her sentence.
"We almost did, but their bodies died before they could return…" Kuwabara said.

Kuwabara explained a short version of what happened. He didn't go into great detail about what Sankichi was doing to you or Kurama or what he did as you all almost escaped. Shizuru looked shaken. Her cigarette had fallen from her mouth as she leaned against the wall. Yukina bawled. She fell against Kuwabara and cried her eyes out while he held her. Keiko seemed hollow. No tears fell from her eyes. She just stared off into the distance, unhearing, unseeing, unfeeling. Botan waved a hand in front of her face and Keiko didn't react. She had passed out with her eyes open. All the deep emotions filled the house as the group wept, prayed, and mourned the loss of their friends. Keiko never really cried until after she woke up and realized that it was all real and not a sick joke. She completely broke down.
After they were all done, Kuwabara stood to leave. The girls said they wanted to accompany him, because telling someone's parent that they'd never see their child again was a hard job to do. Kuwabara agreed and they all walked sullenly to Yusuke's house first. Atsuko took the news badly. She cussed and threw a fit. It was the second time she lost her son. She was already suspicious that he was gone, she'd felt a twerk of emotion. A gut feeling that something bad happened. Keiko decided to stay with Atsuko to ease her through her weeping while Kuwabara and Yukina went to Shiori's home.
She opened on the first knob, a worried look on her face.

"Something's happened to Shuichi, hasn't it?" she asked, she already looked like she'd cried.
"When did you get back, Mrs. Shiori?" Kuwabara asked.
"Earlier today, I felt something was wrong," she said. "What's happened to my baby!"

Again, mother's instinct came into play. Kuwabara told her. Shiori fainted and nearly hit the floor but Kuwabara caught her. Together, he and Yukina eased her into the house and laid her on the couch. The only light that was visible was a single candle on the table. Its light flickered in the waves that their movements created. Yukina sat by Shiori and Kuwabara sat across from them in a recliner. Their faces looked stony and dark in the meager light of the lone candle.
Suddenly a phone rang. The ringtone was smooth jazz; Kenny G's songbird. Kuwabara looked shaken: it was your cell phone. He then remembered that he had taken it for when your dad would call. He answered the phone to the worried voice of yet another parent. What a day.

"? Baby that you?" your dad spoke quickly.
"No, Mr. (last name). This is Kuwabara. Her friend."
"Where's my daughter?" he asked.

Kuwabara sighed and explained a refined version. He hadn't been able to come up with a believable lie to explain your death so he went for truth. Or at least very close to it. He first asked if you dad was a believer in Heaven and Hell and afterlife. It was an undecided answer so Kuwabara just went with it. Your dad was speechless. Minutes that lasted forever passed by until he spoke.

"So there was a poltergeist that haunted our house? That's what those noises were that heard?" he asked.
"Yes," Kuwabara said.
"And I never believed her," he muttered to himself.
"I'm sorry?" Kuwabara asked.
"Have you all set a date?" he asked.
It took Kuwabara a minute to realize he was speaking of a funeral date. " No sir, not yet."
"I'll be down in a few days with my eldest son. Don't have it without us," he said and hung up.

Kuwabara stared at the cell phone and hung it up. He hadn't really thought of a funeral. None of them have. But now that the thought was raised, the fact that he was never going to see any of his friends again became more real. Kuwabara nearly choked on a suppressed cry with the realization.

Later that night Kuwabara had gone out on his porch in his room and looked up into the dark sky of the moonless night. He stared for a while and tears welled up in his eyes as he shouted.

"Damn it! How am I supposed to live on knowing you guys are suffering! It's not fair!! Why'd you do it! Why'd you do it!" he collapsed to his knees, gripping the bars of the balcony rail so tight his hands were mottled. "Why are you making me life like this?" he whispered into the night and cried until he fell asleep.

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Joanna: And that my friends, is the end.

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