:Chapter IX (continued):
At the stairs, we stop and view the surroundings. The forest is appallingly damaged; with trees down both left and right and huge hail stones the size of bowling balls are scattered throughout the grass. The temple, from where we are standing seems to be in tact.
"What the hell happened here!" Yusuke utters perplexed.
"That's really strange!" I add.
Kurama and Hiei intensely stare straight ahead.
"What?" Kuwabara asks, confused at what Kurama and Hiei are staring at.
Yusuke and I look at Kurama and Hiei immediately after Kuwabara's remark.
"Quiet, fool!" Hiei says to Kuwabara.
"Do you hear that?" Kurama asks.
I concentrate until I hear a faint tap, tap, tap.
"It sounds like its coming from the temple!" Yusuke implies.
We all enter the temple searching for the source of the sound. As we dash through the temple, the tap, tap, tap becomes louder and louder, until we reach my room.
"MY ROOM?" I shout with anger, shock, and horror.
I notice how the walls are completely destroyed. All of my belongings are scattered and mixed in with the rubble. My room seems as though it has been through hell. As I stare at my demolished room, I extend my gaze towards the source of the tap, tap, tap. I see Genkai hammering a bunch of plywood, fixing my room.
"What happened, grandma?" Yusuke asks cynically.
"Well, dimwit, let me just say that it relates to Kya's connection with the human world," Genkai states
"What do you mean?" I interrupt with confusion.
"Koenma already confronted you, right?" Genkai asks.
"Yes," I confirm.
"When he talks about you somehow being connected with the human world, I understand why. When you were in that fatal condition, a horrible storm was going on at the same time. As your condition worsened, so did the storm. The world was literally about to end. Then it suddenly stopped. It all stopped when you took control of the toxins," Genkai continues.
"… wow …" is all I can manage to say.
"What's also ironic is the fact that your room is the only room in the temple that was affected," Kurama adds.
"That's true. Before I put a barrier around my temple, your room, Kya, was destroyed," Genkai adds.
"This cannot be happening!" I say as I fall to my knees in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, Kya, but as your room is being repaired, you can sleep in the living room," Genkai suggests. "In the meantime, we all can help repair your room. My temple, my rules."
"Hn," Hiei utters before teleporting out of my room.
"What's his problem?" Kuwabara asks.
"I'm guessing when he heard 'we all can help repair', Hiei flipped because he doesn't take orders!" Yusuke mocks.
"That little, conceited…" I start as I'm fuming with anger.
Kurama puts a hand on my shoulder and reassures, "He does that to everyone."
"Yeah, I guess you're right," I say as I start to cool off.
Suddenly, we all hear a loud grumbling noise that sounds like its coming from Kuwabara. Everyone turns around and looks at Kuwabara with a cocked brow.
Kuwabara blushes, rubs the back of his head with his right hand, and declares, "Heh, heh, yeah… I'm kinda hungry, so before I do anything, I'm gonna get something to eat."
"Yeah, same here," Yusuke adds.
"Why don't we all get some lunch?" Kurama proposes.
"Sounds good to me," I confirm.
Genkai jumps down from the roof. Everyone walks out of my room.
MEANWHILE:
Hiei teleports into a tree in the center of the forest.
"What do you want now?" Hiei says aloud and impatiently as he looks towards the sky.
Suddenly, Koenma's image appears in the sky.
"Hiei, I have a special mission for you. I know you despise humans, but I need you to keep an eye on Kya," Koenma requests.
"Why should I waste my time?" Hiei asks.
"If anything ever happens to her, then the human world could be in danger…" Koenma starts.
"I could care less if the human world is destroyed. That'll be one less thing of consequence I'll have to worry about," Hiei states as he turns around, facing the tree.
"If the same people attack Kya when no one's watching, they could succeed…" Koenma continues.
"She's been through training. Why can't she fend for herself?" Hiei asks.
"Hiei, Kya could die!" Koenma shouts with concern in his voice.
Hiei's eyes widen with shock. He sighs, turns around and says, "Fine, I'll watch over the human."
"Thanks, Hiei," Koenma says with relief.
"Don't get sentimental with me. I'm not doing it for you," Hiei declares as he teleports out of the tree.
Koenma smiles as his image in the sky slowly fades away.