Kaiya: Alright, We have a new reviewer, KaboomingKitsune. Oh, and Slifer X, It's okay, I don't like needles either. Shivers

Seiko: New reviewer?

Kuwabara: Yeah, they're kinda rude

Kaiya: Kuwabara! I like anyone who reviews sticks out tongue

Yusuke: Yeah Kuwabara!

Kuwabara: Hey Urameshi, you were sayin' the same thing earlier

Botan: Boys, shut up and let Kaiya write, don't you wanna know why Hiei screamed?

Yusuke: Yeah, why did you scream?

Hiei: growls

Kuwabara: hides behind Kaiya

Kaiya: Elbows Kuwabara in the gut and knocks him out Well... that solved that problem. Anyway, Kurama, care to explain why Hiei screamed?

Kurama: Because you wanted him to

Kaiya: That's a good boy pets head

Seiko: … clings to Hiei

Kaiya: …That was really random. All right people, this one's gonna be unlike any other chapter before, It's not gonna be one place, one scene. And… IT'S GONNA BE LONGER! (I hope) Jump for joy Kuwabara, cuz you've got a part in this one. A small part, but a part nonetheless

Kuwabara: Jumps for joy
All: …-.-

Chapter Fifteen

Reasons Why

When Kurama entered the room, Hiei sat against the wall next to the door, obviously thrown there, in a state of near-unconsciousness. Seiko sat on the bed with a sort-of dead look in her eyes, like she wasn't there at all. She had blood on her hands, which were gripping her shoulders in a sort-of hug, which could have come from the many gashes on Hiei. Kurama jumped back when Hiei spoke, not expecting him to.

"Leave us fox, I have to do this." He stood, using the wall as support.

Kurama only nodded and backed out the door, closing it behind him as he walked back to the others.

"Seiko…"

She didn't move, only sat there staring at nothing with those cold, dead eyes.

"Seiko" He started to move towards her, slowly, warily, as if she could strike at any moment.

This time she looked up and, after a moment, started rocking back and forth repeating something over and over in a whisper even his ears could not hear.

...With Botan, Koenma, and the team...

"Whadda ya mean don't go up there no matter what we hear?"

"He means exactly what he said Kuwabara, things are happening up there that we can't interfere with." Koenma eyed Kurama, who was now sitting on the couch. He'd knew this would happen, but he didn't know it would be this bad.

"Somebody better explain what the hell is goin on here," Yusuke shouted

"Calm down Yusuke, shouting isn't doing us any good."

"Everybody sit down," Kurama shouted from where he was sitting. Everyone froze and did as he said. Quite frankly, Kurama was scaring them. He'd never acted this way before; it just wasn't like him.

"Deamon breakdowns are nothing like human ones, they're rare and they often affect everything around that deamon. Some retreat into their own hearts, giving them a sort-of dead look, and some lash out at everything around them. The worst ones are the ones that do both. That's what Seiko is doing. Because deamons in deamon world are generally alone, the only recorded breakdowns caused mass devastation. We don't know what will happen to Seiko because Hiei's there, but we don't know what will happen to Hiei either. This situation is really very new. Hiei suspected something would happen, which is why they were isolated during their training, but he hoped it would happen before the tournament. This is probably the worst time it could have happened…" Koenma trailed off at another loud noise from the room the two were currently in.

"So… basically we've got something like an unstable nuclear reactor?" Yusuke reasoned in a rare moment of intelligence.

"Essentially Yusuke, yes"

...With Hiei and Seiko...

"Seiko, you have to stop this." Hiei was doing his best to not be thrown across the room by the pure energy Seiko was giving off as he held onto her. "If you keep like this, neither one of us are getting through this." His words were falling on deaf ears, Seiko had locked herself inside her heart again, she wasn't there to hear him and his thoughts weren't reaching her. He was getting desperate and running out of options, fast.

...With Botan, Koenma, and the team...

Fox, we're losing her.

"Koenma…" Kurama interrupted the fight that was currently going on between Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Koenma when he spoke his first words since his outburst when he'd returned.

"Yes Kurama."

"He said he's losing her, he's not sure if he can handle it, and it looked pretty bad when I was up there. He can't reach her and the barrier on her mind is too strong. Her body's energy is lashing out at everything around her."

"Wait, so she's one of those both type things?"

"Yes Kuwabara, it appears so." A teenage Koenma replied sighing and falling back onto a chair.

"Sir…"

"No Botan, there's nothing we can do, if he can't get to her we'll all be gone, the island and the tournament with it."

"It's that powerful?" Yusuke questioned.

"Yeah, it is."

...With Hiei and Seiko...

"Seiko…" Hiei knew he would be out of energy soon, but if this kept going… well, they wouldn't have to worry about winning the tournament anymore. With all that he had left, he sent one word into her heart before collapsing by her side with one tear falling from his eye to form a small dark gem, never letting her go as he slipped from the world of consciousness. Stop.

...With Botan, Koenma, and the team...

"It's.. gone… I can't believe it, it's gone." Botan whispered disbelievingly as Kuwabara and Yusuke jumped around laughing.

"Not so fast boys" Koenma interrupted "Yes the energy's gone, but that could mean one of two things."

"Yeah?" Kuwabara asked

"Either Hiei got to her and everything's fine… or…"

"Or?" Yusuke prodded

"There's going to be an implosion."