I hope everyone had a good holiday time since new years will be coming around on the weekend, followed by school. Well nothing for me to really blabber on about.
Chapter 20, Part 2
Kurama sighed as he thought of what to do. Her wanted to see Kurome, but after is discussion with Hiei, he didn't know if he could handle seeing her because it would remind him that she might not recover. He turned to his left as he started walking into the city.
'But she might recover, she's obviously woken up a few times before. And her temperature isn't going up anymore.' He thought to himself.
Kurama continued to walk, oblivious to the real world, as he was deep within his own thoughts. Suddenly he snapped back to reality thanks to some buzzing sounds, and cheap music playing. He looked up to see that he was standing in front of the local arcade.
'This seems to cheer Yusuke and Kuwabara up, maybe I should give it a try.' He thought as he walked inside.
He started to rummage through his pocket in search for some change as he approached an old foreign game with the word 'Tetris' labeled on the machine. He set his backpack down next to his feet, and then inserted the coins. After 20 minutes of playing, a crowd formed around him and the game.
"Whoa, you're great!" One bystander complimented. (Dunno if I spelt bystander right, but the spell check isn't catching it.)
"Shhh, don't make him lose his concentration." Another one hushed the first.
"Alright, move outa the way! I said beat it!" Someone yelled from the back of the crowd.
"Yeah, move or you'll be sorry." Another voice shouted.
The crowd started to disperse, and two teens walked up to Kurama. They were both wearing the same school uniform, but different colors.
"And I thought I'd seen it all, but you in the arcade playing games, now that's weird." Yusuke commented to Kurama as he walked up to the game to see how far the kitsune had gone on it.
Kuwabara looked over Kurama's shoulder,
"Whoa, he's beating your high score Urameshi!" the tall teen pointed out.
"Then maybe it's a good thing he doesn't come to the arcade, I'd lose my reputation." Yusuke grumbled.
"So what brings you here? Normally you only come to get Urameshi and I because we have a mission." Kuwabara asked.
"I just felt like playing a game." Kurama simply replied.
"Well that's different, how's Kurome doing?" Kuwabara commented.
Kurama twitched slightly, causing him to create a hole in the game.
"See look what you made him do." Yusuke pointed out as he hit Kuwabara on the head.
"No it's alright, there's something else I should be doing." Kurama stated as he removed his hands from the controls and grabbed his bag.
"Ja ne." He quickly said to his friends before leaving, and taking another left at the entrance/exit to the arcade.
Yusuke jumped a little, startled, then picked up where Kurama left off in the game. Kuwabara watched him to see if he could keep up with the quick speed of how the blocks dropped. But Yusuke didn't even last 5 minutes.
He sighed as the blocks were covered with horizontal stripes of colors. The screen changed to the high scores screen and Yusuke entered the word 'Tentai.'
"Wonder what got into him." Kuwabara thought out loud.
"You're so dense." Yusuke commented.
(With Kurama)
He walked to the temple, a quicker pace than he normally would. He entered the temple but didn't find Yukina or Genkai anywhere, and he couldn't sense their energies anywhere on the temple grounds.
'Maybe they are in town…' Kurama thought to himself as he headed towards Kurome's room. When he entered it, he found her lying in the bed, but she was propped up against the wall with a few pillows. Kurama approached her, and she opened her eyes to stare at him. But they were not the peaceful eyes that Kurama recognized.
A voice came from Kurome's mouth,
"You…Kurama is your name, ne?"
This voice was deeper, and colder. Kurama recognized it to be the voice of Kurome's demon spirit, the one he called Wolf.
"Yes, you are Kurome's demon part, am I right?" Kurama asked as he sat down next to the bed.
Wolf nodded, and then closed her eyes.
"Do you have a proper name?" The akage questioned.
"Call me as you have referred to me before, Wolf." She replied.
Kurama nodded, and then there was a moment of silence.
"Why do you visit Kurome all the time?" Wolf asked, her eyes still closed.
Kurama hesitated, "Excuse me if I sound rude in any way, but with you being a part of Kurome, wouldn't you know the answer?" he politely asked.
Wolf sighed, "Just as I thought." She commented.
Kurama's left leg was starting to fall asleep so he shifted slightly.
"It has been a little while since we last spoke to each other. May I ask where Kurome is?" Kurama asked.
"You didn't leave me much of a choice there, did you?" Wolf replied.
"Gomen ne." Kurama apologized, though he smirked. If it was one thing that the two sides he knew of Kurome's mind shared, it was that they could make little jokes, even in serious times.
"She would like not to be seen in her weakened state. I do not understand because she is in the same condition as I. But it is her will, and I will always grant her wishes if they are in reason." Wolf answered.
There was another moment of silence.
"But there is one wish I will not be able to grant for her, but you might be able to." Wolf added.
Kurama shifted his posture again, "I can not promise anything, but what would it be?" he asked.
Wolf didn't answer, but opened her eyes. They now had a kinder look to them, and even though she tried to mask it, Kurama could see the pain in it.
"Kurome…" he quietly said.
She stared at him before answering.
"If the demon takes control of my body, stop me." She replied.
Kurama looked deep into her eyes and saw how serious she was. Then he looked towards the ground, hiding his eyes behind his bangs.
"I am not sure that I will be able to do that." He told her.
"Then you are selfish." She replied in a hateful tone.
Kurama continued to stare down at the floor when he heard a shuffling sound. He looked up to see Kurome moving towards him. She moved towards him, because she couldn't stand on her own. He didn't move, just stared at her.
"A little help." She requested once she was close enough to reach out and grab onto his arms. Kurama placed his hands on her waist as he stood up, helping her up as well.
Once she was standing, she stretched her legs out. Then she approached him, closed enough that he could feel the warmth from her body temperature. (No she didn't have a fever anymore.)
She quickly wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a hug. Kurama wrapped his arms around her waist as he pulled her closer to him.
"I don't mean to ask such a horrible thing from you, but that's only a last resort. Wolf and I have been discussing, and there might be another way to get this demon's presence out of our mind." She mumbled, but was close enough to the kitsune so he could easily hear her.
"If it requires you to sacrifice yourself, I will not allow it." Kurama replied.
Kurome shook her head, "I won't lie, it is not that safe. But it will only put me in danger if things go wrong." she told him.
Kurama hesitated, "What would that be?" he asked.
"I'm sure that while you and Hiei were in my mind soon after I came to this world that you met my full demon form." Kurome began.
Flashback
Hiei walked over to the red door with the lock on it. Kurama followed Hiei, and stood next to him.
"Don't you dare stop me this time fox. If she's hiding something, she'd lock it away in her mind." Hiei stated as he unsheathed his katana and sliced the lock with a quick swipe.
But there wasn't even a scratch mark on the lock, it remained in place.
"Allow me." Kurama said as he pulled a rose out from behind his ear. He picked the lock using the stem of the rose until the lock snapped open.
Slowly the door started to open on its own. This time the room didn't disappear; the duo just peered through the doorway.
The room was completely black until a pair of red eyes opened. There was a slight growling noise until the creature jumped at Hiei and Kurama.
But before it got to them, Kurama grabbed the door and slammed it shut.
There was a loud pounding noise from the creature hitting into the door, then scratching noises.
"Or maybe it was meant to keep something in." Kurama said as he grabbed the red lock, and locked the door back up.
"Do you have any idea what that was?" Hiei asked the kitsune.
"If I'm not mistaken, that was a demon, and a very powerful one." Kurama replied.
"That was a blood-thirsty demon. The only thing on its mind was killing. It didn't care if we were there to help it, or if we were stronger than it. All it wanted to do was kill." Hiei stated.
End Flashback
Kurama nodded, "Yes, but what is the relevance?" he asked.
They pulled apart, and Kurome walked over to the door of her bedroom.
"If the demon trespassing in my mind were to get locked in with my full demon side, he would be killed, and I would be able to recover. Of course this is harder than it sounds." She explained.
"Your full demon side?" Kurama repeated.
She nodded, and then opened the door, gesturing for him to follow her.
"Yes, both my parents were full-fledged demons. No one, including myself knows why I am a half demon. But I do have pure demon blood coursing through my veins." She explained.
"What are the risks of you carrying out your plan?" Kurama questioned.
"It will be hard to get the demon into the door with my full demon spirit, and if that spirit were to escape, he would hunt down Wolf and I, and kill us." Kurome replied.
She staggered slightly as one of her legs threatened to collapse on her.
Kurama wrapped his arms around her waist to support her.
"ArigaTTOOO!" she exclaimed as he lifted her up, and carried her in his arms.
"Akage, let me down!" she yelled as he carried her to the living room.
"Iie, you are still not fit enough to walk, and you shouldn't yell because you need to save all the energy you can." He told her.
"But…" she tried to protest as they entered the living room. Kurama placed a few fingers over her lips as he laid her down on one of the couches.
Kurome gave him a serious look, "But another possibility is that wolf and I would keep our minds separate like we have right now, and I would be stuck as a human, like I am now." She told him.
"Is that why your ears and tail disappeared?" Kurama asked.
Kurome nodded in reply.
Then Genkai and Yukina walked into the temple, with grocery bags.
Yukina giggled because all she could see it Kurama hovering over the couch.
"Hello Kurama, how are you?" she asked, as she walked around the couch on her way to the kitchen.
"Oh Kurome! Gomen ne, I didn't see you there." She apologized once she saw the blonde laying on the couch. Then she left to go to the kitchen.
"It's alright, Master Genkai, would I be able to speak with you later?" Kurome asked.
The rekai master nodded as she followed Yukina towards the kitchen to put the groceries away.
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Man, I think that is one of my longest chapters, or maybe it is the longest. Ahhh, forget my talking about this & Part 1 being foreshadowing, cause I kinda changed my plan on where this will go in the middle of typing up this chapter up. ' Little unexpected, but it saved me from having another block. Yea, so ja ne for now.
