Alright sry I didn't get a post this weekend. We're switching internet connections & going with fast internet. (not dial-up) & comcast is stupid & stuff is messin' up so they can't get sum1 over here 2 fix the probs. till next monday. . So with a lot of bugging, (and getting yelled at ' ) they finally put the modem back in the computer so I could get on the internet.
koorime- ice maiden (at least I think that's what it means)
Chapter 17
Kurama returned with a bucket of cold water with a wash cloth soaking in it. Hiei sat on the windowsil with his arms crossed, watching the kitsune apply the wet cloth to her forehead.
"So what happened that caused this?" Hiei asked after Kurama was done attending to the walking oven. (hehe)
Kurama explained what had happened from them leaving the city to Kurome collasping at the top of the stairs to the temple.
Hiei grunted as he closed his eyes.
"Do you have any idea what is causing her to be like this?" Kurama asked, keeping his calm.
Hiei opened one eye to gaze at the kitsune.
"When she absorbed his fire attack, are you sure that he had placed his life force in the attack?" he asked, making sure he got the whole story correct.
Kurama nodded, "Yes." he replied.
"When the onna absorbed his attack, she absorbed his life force with the attack. Now the demon is mentally attacking her, trying to control her body and powers." Hiei explained.
Kurama looked back to Kurome's form laying in the bed.
"Is there anything we can do to help her?" he asked Hiei.
Hiei closed his eyes again, and Kurama waited for his response. But he was beginning to lose his calm attitude.
"All you can do is take care of her. She needs all the energy she has is she has any hopes of surviving this. First, you need to bring her temperature down." he replied.
Kurama looked back at Hiei, "Would there be a way we could enter her mind and destroy his life force?" he questioned.
'Because that is exactly what I'm going to do, destroy is. I know how to torture something even if it doesn't have a physical body.' Youko Kurama commented from inside his human body.
"Yes, if you want to take the chance of overwhelming her mind and killing the onna." Hiei told him before disappearing, sick of all the questions.
Kurama sighed, then pulled up a chair from a corner of the room to the bed. There was a slight knocking on the door.
"Come in." Kurama said.
Yukina entered, "I was wondering if everything is alright, I heard you call out Hiei's name and you sounded distressed." she stated, then noticed Kurome laying on the bed.
"Oh my goodness, what happened to her?" she asked in a worried tone.
Kurama got up from the chair, "Please don't worry yourself too much. I'll explain things when everyone else is around." he stated as he walked over to the koorime.
Yukina nodded, "Alright, would you like some tea?" she offered.
"Yes, that would be nice, thank you." Kurama replied.
Yukina bowed, then gave him a slight smile to reassure him, even though worry still lingered in her eyes.
Kurama walked back over to the bed. His eyes widened when Kurome's ears and tail disappeared.
He felt the wash cloth on her forehead to find it dry already. He removed it and re-wet it in the bucket of water. Then placed it back on her forehead.
"What is happening to you?" he quietly asked as he placed his hand on her cheek. He quickly removed it as Genkai entered the room.
"I thought I felt her youkai weakening." she said to herself as she looked towards the fire hanyou.
"Is there something you need master Genkai?" Kurama asked his elder.
"I came to see what was causing Kurome's power signal to slip. You should tell the others soon, they're in the living room." she stated before turning.
"Come." she commanded before leaving the room.
Kurama took one last look at Kurome before following Genkai to the living room. They walked past the kitchen just as Yukina was stepping out.
"Oh Kurama, your tea is ready." she told him, motioning to the tray she was carrying.
"Thank you Yukina, I'll explain things now, if you would care to join us in the living room." he replied.
"Alright." Yukina agreed as she followed them.
"Would you like me to carry that for you?" Kurama offered.
"It's alright, I have it. Thank you though." she replied.
When they got to the living room they found Yusuke and Kuwabara playing one of Genkai's old fighting video games.
The sound of the door shutting behind the three startled Kuwabara enough to allow Yusuke to win that round.
"Ha! I beat you again." Yusuke exclaimed.
"That's only because the sound of the door closing startled me." Kuwabara protested.
"Well if you could ignore those things like me, maybe you wouldn't have that problem." Yusuke replied.
"I think it's better that Kuwabara pays attention to the things around him." Genkai inturuppted the soon-to-be quarrel. (arguement for those of you who don't know what that means.)
"Hey Kurama is something wrong? My sixth sense is bothering me." Kuwabara told his friend.
"Yes, that's what I'm about to tell all of you." Kurama stated.
"Shouldn't we get Hiei first?" Yusuke asked, turning his head slightly to the side.
"He already knows, he informed me of some of the information I'm about to tell you." Kurama answered.
They all gathered around the coffee table and Yukina poured some tea for the people who wanted some.
(So Kurama tells them about being attacked, Kurome's current health state, you get the picture)
"It ain't cool that we have to sit by and watch while she fights for her life." Yusuke stated while slamming his fist down on the coffee table. (Or should I say tea table? ' )
"There are many things fate gives us that we don't like." Genkai told her student while taking a sip of her tea.
Yusuke gritted his teeth as he got up and left the temple.
"Hey Urimeshi, where are you going?" Kuwabara called as he got up and followed Yusuke.
"I'm going to call it a night." Genkai stated before also departing.
"Thank you for the tea Yukina. Would you like something to eat?" Kurama offered.
"No thank you, I'm tired as well." she refused, as she got up and started to clean the table of the tea set.
"I'll take care of that stuff." Kurama told her as he stood up.
"Alright, thank you. Goodnight." she replied.
"Goodnight." Kurama responded.
Yukina left the room, and Kurama finished picking up the tea set. He walked to the kitchen and placed the tea set in the sink. Then he went into the fridge and pulled out some applesauce. (People don't have refridgerators in Japan, at least according to a book I have about Japan, heck I dunno if they have applesauce there. But this is my fic, so they do!) He placed some of the applesauce in a bowl before returning the jar to the fridge. Then he walked over to the sink and pulled a few leaves off a plant that was sitting on the counter. Then he cut them into very small pieces and mixed them in with the applesause.
'They're supposed to lower fevers, I hope they work in Kurome's situation.' he thought as he left the kitchen and headed to her room.
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I don't know if I'll be able to post this weekend becuase I don't know what the parents will be doing with the computer, so if I don't update, that's why.
