Chapter 6:
The gang somehow migrated back to the crater, catching Kuwabara up and dragging him back after claiming to have had a burst of energy. He said the he could run ten miles at least. That, I doubt. Lee sat at the campfire as Ailias re-dressed her. Once in clean, dry clothes, Lee tried to stand, but Kurama wouldn't allow it.
"One: You're injured. Two: We need to bandage those wounds up." Lee looked of into space oddly. Shouldn't they have bandaged her up when she didn't have clean clothes on? Didn't people think?
Quinn struggled to stay with the living. His vision blurred many times. Of course, he wouldn't trouble anyone with knowing that he was woozy or wasn't able to see straight. But, of course, someone knew better.
"You OK Quinn?"
"Yes Kazuma… I'm fine." Kuwabara looked at him like he didn't believe the story.
"Uh, huh, sure you are."
"No, really! I'm fine." Quinn shot him a smile. Kuwabara walked over to Quinn, grabbing the collar of his vest.
"You can't be. Not from your throat being torn open." Quinn shook Kuwabara off. He stood up and backed up away from the orange haired, Elvis impersonator.
"I-I'm fine!" He smiled nervously, shaking his hands.
"Hey Kuwabara!" Yusuke yelled over his shoulder after watching Lee squirm around. "What cha doing to Quinn!"
"He says he's fine Kuwabaka," Hiei answered for him. "If he's not, oh well. It's just bitchin for him." Quinn blinked with wide eyes at Hiei's remark. Pleasant… Well, any way, Hiei was helping Quinn, sorta… in his own demented sorta way… Lee, with more clean clothes and many bandages, stood up and walked over to Quinn and Kuwabara.
"If he wasn't OK…" she started. She slung her good arm around Quinn's shoulders. "He'd say so." She got up in his grill, glaring. "Right?" Quinn nodded nervously. "Good!" She said with a bubbly, high pitched voice.
"That's sweet and all, but, LEE!" Ailias yelled. "Who told you we were done!" Lee removed her arm from around Quinn.
"Uh… Kurama…" Ailias glared at the ground, then walked away in fury. She was not going to kill her boyfriend. Nope, she won't kill her love… Yet…
"I said we were done bandaging you up. I said nothing about you standing," Kurama rebutted. Inside Ailias's head, she was cheering. "Get over here now, Lee." Lee pouted, then ran in the opposite direction at high powered speed. Ailias turned red.
"ARG! I'll kill her!" Ailias said, ready to charge at any moment. Kurama and Hiei laughed. Yes. Hiei too. Creepy. "What's so funny!" She almost screamed.
"Ha… she's just like you…" Kurama said, still half laughing. Hiei stopped abruptly.
"Too much like you." Hiei agreed.
"What do you mean?" Ailias questioned.
"After that time we had to dress up for that damn ball, and you got beat up, remember?" Hiei started his lecture. "Kurama told you not to stand over and over, so many times, he had to sit on you at one point. Then he used that plant constrictor if his to keep you still. He left for 5 minutes to check on Yusuke who also got beat up during that stake out he and Kuwabara were doing. You stood up, laughed about it, and said, 'Heh, fox boy won't know…' Then the next thing anyone hears with in 3 years of that time was Kurama yelling at you."
"Kurama yells?" Quinn asked.
"You remembered my exact words?" Ailias questioned. Hiei's head drooped.
"You're impossible onna!" Hiei insulted.
"Yes, I am! NOW! I will get that little kitsune and talk some needed sense into her!" And with that, Ailias was off.
"Translation:" Yusuke stared. " 'I'm gonna beat the shit out of her'." Quinn let himself laugh a bit. He stopped though. His head felt woozy. He slowly fell into unconsciousness.
After Quinn Passed Out and Ailias Got Lee Back:
"Hey Quinny-boy!" Ailias called. Quinn opened his eyes and turned in her direction. "When you're done napping, you wanna eat?" He nodded. He stood up and began to walked, but his legs felt like lead. Lee sat at the fire with some more bandages and a few more bruises. Nice.
"Sorry. I must have…"
"Must have what?" Yusuke said. Everyone watched in surprise as Quinn doubled over. He didn't move once.
"QUINN!" Everyone yelled in slow motion. Lee rushed over and shook him vigorously.
"Get up damn you!" Kurama hurried over to him with medical herbs. Lee let go of the limp boy.
"Cmon Quinn. Work with me here!" Kurama ordered, thinking, maybe, Quinn could hear him.
Quinn never woke up after that, and Ramous got exactly what he wanted. Quinn's death…
KJ and Niki signing off…
Any questions on how Quinn died? Well, if you've ever split your neck or something, there's a lot of blood involved. Quinn died of blood loss. In the words of Hiei, "That's just bitchin for him."
Grief therapy sessions will be held on Monday…
