I'm sorry for the long delay, but school has started and there is homework filling my house. So thank you to my reviewers I'm sorry I can't put down your names this time but I still thank you all. Also I'm in a weird mood so sorry if the chapter seems different I'll try to return my writing back to normal next chapter. P.S. Kurama VERY OCC
A Dark Moon and a Red Rose
Chapter 12: Tears
Kurama paced around the small room as Kagome slumped down on the couch she was sitting on, "I cannot believe something has stumped you Kurama," groaned Kagome clutching her head, "you even have the expertise of Fluffy-sama and you're still clueless."
"Kagome, I am not as smart as you think," Kurama started, a snort was heard, not just one though, two snorts.
"Fox, that was the most stupid lie I have ever heard," stated the cold voice of Hiei. Kagome looked up at the boy clad in black. Her eye brow raised, just a man clad in black…where was Sango?
"Hiei-kun where is Sango?" questioned Kagome as she stood up and walked over to the boy. Hiei scoffed slightly and looked away from the girl; Kagome continued to approach Hiei as he kept quiet. "Please don't tell me Sango has been taken too…" Hiei just scoffed, yes she was gone, and deep inside he could feel dark emotions surround his heart again.
"That's it I think I have the pattern of the kidnappings, I can't be too sure since only two girls have gone missing. Naraku is either targeting Hiei's loved ones or he's just going back wards of the alphabet, Yukina and Sango…next would be…Keiko," stated Kurama stopping his pacing as he stared at Hiei.
"I'm going out again to search for my sister, you continue your nonsense," growled Hiei. He then left again very quickly as Kagome fell back onto the couch and slumped her shoulders.
"We need to go search for Keiko and Yusuke right now, they are in great danger," whispered Kagome, she was amazed really, by the way Hiei's clothes were still intact there had been no battle, what had happened between her sister and the fire demon.
Kurama looked at Kagome as her eyes glazed over slightly in deep thought, he walked over to her and picked her up bridal style, she jolted slightly as he walked out of the door and into the great halls. Sesshomaru had gone off into a meeting with the elders of Makai that aided him in his decisions. Kurama walked out of the castle and then to the place where he arrived with Kagome. Closing his eyes a portal opened up and he was suddenly back in Ningenkai. "Hang on tight Kagome, I think I can find them quick," whispered Kurama as Kagome nodded and wrapped her hands around his black shirt.
It was minutes later when Kurama finally detected Yusuke and Keiko they were at a small café, an empty café where there was only one worker, it was the perfect spot for Naraku to strike at any time. "Did you find them Kurama?" questioned Kagome as she opened her eyes slightly, she felt like having a nice nap at the moment. Kurama just nodded slightly as he ran at the café. Kagome suddenly felt very sleepy, smiling and closing her eyes she snuggled into Kurama as he continued to run.
Arriving at the café he found it shrouded in a dark aura, were they too late? Blasts of spirit energy were seen through the cracks under the doors. Slowly Kurama tampered with the dark aura still holding Kagome close to him. Kagome then suddenly turned in Kurama's arms sending him a bit of balance and bouncing off the barrier. The dark aura suddenly opened as Kurama stood there annoyed. "If it was that simple…" growled Kurama.
"It always is," mumbled Kagome in her sleep, she was a bit tenser now then before she probably felt the aura, still though Kagome did not wake up like she usually did. Kurama ran into the small café to see Keiko in the same sleeping condition as Kagome was, sleeping. Yusuke was bloody and torn up, standing across from him was a puppet of Naraku. It was in no doubt a puppet, Naraku was known for only working within the shadows.
"Yusuke, do you need help?" grinned Kurama setting Kagome down beside Keiko well away from the puppet.
"About time you showed up, darn it, do you know how frustrating this thing is regrowing over and over again with no consent of doing so," snapped Yusuke. Kurama just grinned slightly; she knew the plant that acted as the tentacles of Naraku. It was a plant where you had to destroy the stem and not the leaves.
"Did you try shooting for the body and not the tentacles?" questioned Kurama testing Yusuke on his fighting knowledge.
"Of course I did, do you think I'm stupid!" shouted Yusuke…silence met his ears as Kurama looked away with an all too innocent look. Pulling out the rose in his hair he transformed it into his rose whip.
"Launch your spirit gun Yusuke I'll go from there," instructed Kurama, Yusuke nodded in agreement as he positioned his spirit gun. Launching the burst ball of blue light Kurama followed the pure devastating energy. As the spirit energy killed the tentacles best they could Kurama launched at the puppets heart slashing it with his rose whip. The puppet instantly dissipated and he looked back to Yusuke and the two girls.
Suddenly a large wind started to blow around all four of them Kurama and Yusuke shot at the two girls but not fast enough the wind slowed down to reveal Kagome bloody and Keiko gone.
"No…No…KEIKO!" called out Yusuke as he ran at the spot that Keiko had once lay. Tears seemed to be cascading down his face as he stared at the empty space where Keiko once was. Kurama bent down beside Kagome as her breathing started to speed up. Now that Keiko was gone, Kurama knew…Kagome was the next target.
"Calm down Yusuke, we need to heal Kagome first don't be hysterical," spoke Kurama calmly as he started to check what wounds were inflicted on Kagome. Inside his blood was boiling in much fury. Every drop of blood he saw fueled the anger in him, he wanted to kill, but he must stay clam…for Yusuke's sake.
"Calm down!" shouted Yusuke sticking his head right in front of Kurama's eyes, "you expect me to clam down, I am not you Kurama, I cannot calm down when Keiko has been taken away from me…" Yusuke whispered the last part. Tears seemed to be rimming his eyes, to say the least Kurama was amazed; the spirit detective had the ability to cry?
"You know Yusuke, we will get Kagome into a safe location then we will join Hiei in the search for Sango, Keiko and Yukina," muttered Kurama. His thoughts started to swim back to the riddle, then it hit him like a truck and damn he felt so stupid just now, like he had just lost all his brain cells.
"Sango was taken?" questioned Yusuke, "that street fighting chick that went with Hiei, I don't want to even know how he got through both of them unscathed." Kurama laughed slightly at that statement as he tried to heal Kagome with his kitsune power since they were both of the same species.
"Yusuke I think I know what the key to defeating Naraku is…" muttered Kurama and looked up at the spot where Yusuke was standing moments before…yep where was he now?
"Kurama come on Kagome must be feeling better by now jeez, your hands are still glowing like a fire ball, hurry up we need to get to Keiko I am not going to let anything happen to her, never will I get her injured because of me," stated Yusuke. Obviously Yusuke had not heard Kurama's declaration. Kurama looked back at Kagome and sighed as he picked her up bridal style. She groaned slightly as she latched her hands onto his shirt.
"Kawaii kitsune, kawaii Kurama, good Kurama fetch the stick…" muttered Kagome in her sleep. Kurama nearly dropped her at that moment when she whispered those words in her sleep.
"Do I even want to know what she's dreaming…nope," thought Kurama as he ran after Yusuke. He was already out of the small café. The bar tender crawled out from under the table and started to shake his head in disbelief. What the heck just happened?
"Kurama I think that being with us would be the safest for Kagome, not in the toddlers safety vault, you know that anyone could break in there…except the big baby himself, he can barley remember the lock number," suggested Yusuke. Kurama chuckled slightly as he nodded, Yusuke did have a point to that…wait Yusuke had a point…
"Good idea, by the way Yusuke, I know what the key to defeating Naraku is!" shouted Kurama, too late Yusuke had already ran off towards where the portals could be easily opened, he really wanted to find Keiko. Kurama had seen it the lone tear on his cheek, Yusuke had officially cried. The impossible had just been made possible.
Kurama ran after Yusuke in a rush catching up very easily Kurama kept quiet let Yusuke concentrate and not trip over a twig of some sort. Wait that happened to Kawabara not Yusuke…
Kurama looked away, he would tell Yusuke later on of his discovery, and make sure he would under stand at the same time.