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Recap- Run Away Forever Chapter 7- Further Than Ever

Everyone tries to question what happened when Akiya was with Rejuko, but she refuses to say anything. She runs off into the woods to be alone but everyone follows her, as usual. Hayate was the first to get to her and tries to help her and comfort her in his own way, but that only made things worse. Akiya gets frustrated because he seems a lot less serious than he usually is and is saying things that he would never say. Hayate gets smacked in the face when he says something he shouldn't have as Akiya ran off again. When the rest of the groups catch up with her, they wind up getting into another argument. Akiya says some things that she normally would never have said to her friends as she begins to walk off on them again.

Run Away Forever Chapter 8- Her World

Everyone stared as Akiya started to leave once again.

"Akiya," Genkai called. She stopped without turning around. Genkai walked up to her. "What's wrong with you?" Genkai asked. "You're so different. What happened to the other Akiya that was kind and strong?"

"She's gone…" Akiya said, "… and she's not coming back."

She continued to walk.

"Where are you going to go?" Genkai asked in an irritated tone. She had had about enough of her attitude. "Back to your village, or to the Spirit World? If you're going to except neither, than you have nowhere to go."

"I have my own places," she said coldly. "Anywhere is better than being bothered by a bunch of brainless objects such as you all."

Everyone was once again taken back by her comment.

"You…" Keta said getting her attention a bit. "You're not Akiya… what have you done with her? The Akiya that we're all so fond of would never say that… ever! What are you! What have you done to her!"

"It's not what I've done, but it's what you've done," she answered coldly. "All of you…"

"God damnit! If we've done something, then tell us!" Hayate shouted, getting angry. "What are you so angry about! What did we do!"

"Good question!" she answered. "Go find out so you can leave me alone!"

Akiya walked away. This time, no one tried to stop her. She went back into the woods. Genkai sighed, tired of the situation.

"Let's go," she said. Everyone except Hiei followed.

"Hiei," Kurama called.

"I'm not going," he answered.

"Then what are you going to do?" Kurama asked.

"Nothing," he replied. "I just don't feel like being around all of these pathetic baka ningen."

Kurama sighed and left his friend there. Once he was alone, he secretly followed Akiya into the forest.

At Genkai's Temple

Yukina and Botan were saddened by the fact that the situation only got worse. After a long period of silence, Botan spoke.

"Um… I know that this isn't really the appropriate time but… we have to leave right away…" she informed. "You see, Koenma-sama has another mission for you guys and it's urgent…"

"Aw, c'mon," Kuwabara complained. "Can't this mission wait? I mean, Akiya needs us."

"Tch, no she doesn't," Yusuke said trying to sound normal. "You heard her. We're not her friends. Besides, knowing Koenma, he's gonna have a fit if we don't go now."

Kurama turned to the ninjas and looked at them sympathetically. "We're terribly sorry, but we must leave. When Hiei comes back, could you tell him to meet us at Spirit World? We'll come back as soon as we finish our mission."

Keta looked up at Kurama coldly which surprised him. "Losing a friend is far more than enough right now! We don't need to lose our pride as well! Don't look at us with sympathy!" she said sternly and coldly.

"Keta…" Kohira called quietly and surprised.

Keta turned around and walked out of the temple. Kohira looked down sadly.

"What the hell!" Hayate said frustrated more than angry. "All this problem just for one little girl!"

He too walked off. Hiro watched him leave. His attention was back on Kohira again as she got up and silently walked out of the temple. He sighed heavily before looking back at the detectives.

"Please don't worry about anything," he said trying to smile. "Just complete your mission and come back safely. I'm sure that, by then, Akiya will have cleared her head a bit. I'm sure she'll be glad to see you all."

"Thank you," Kurama said before he, along with the rest of the detectives, jumped into the portal back to Spirit World.

In the Forest

Akiya was sitting on the ground and leaning against the tree while Hiei was on the very top of a large evergreen tree, watching Akiya. Hiei went into her mind, wondering what was going on in her head.

Maybe I can help her… not that it matters… Hiei thought to himself.

In Akiya's Mind

"Katsu didn't seem to think so," Rejuko said smiling. "And I think that the other children are beginning to disagree with you."

"But… if he joined you… that would mean… no… NO!" Akiya denied. "They would never do such a stupid thing…!"

"Technically, it's not my fault," Rejuko replied coolly. "He's doing this for you, ya know? So pretty much, it's your fault that he's like this. It's all because you won't let him get close and protect you. When you left that day, I paid him a little visit. He joined on his own free will though I'd still have to say that this all happened because of you. It's all your fault for not letting him protect you! You can't blame the boy for wanting to protect the most important person in his life, can you? Don't deny it, and don't try to make this someone else's fault. You know what you did and you have to take full responsibility for it! You can run from a lot of things, I'll give you that much… but you can't run away from this!"

"I told you that you can't escape this! You can't run away from it like you do from every other aspect of your life! Don't try to throw the blame on me! I did nothing to the boy! You did this to him! He doesn't have a will, he doesn't have a soul… he has nothing anymore, not even his dream… and it's all thanks to you! You destroyed him… from the inside out! And you think that we're that different from each other!"

"What the hell are you saying?" Hayate asked in a surprisingly calm voice. "We're keeping secrets from you?"

"You have a problem with everything! Destroying people's lives isn't your only specialty, is it!" Hayate shouted without really thinking. "You always start ridiculous problems that you can't end!"

"How did we not leave you alone when you've never let us get close?" Kohira asked.

"Akiya!" Keta said sternly. "How could you say that! When you left, they were more than your friends! They were more than us!"

Outside

So that's what happened… the kid joined the enemy and it's her fault. She acts like it's such a big deal. It's nothing compared to me. Her life is nowhere near mine if you compare how tough it is.

Hiei went back into her mind to read her current thoughts. There were many running at once though he tried to listen carefully to each one.

I… I can't let them turn to the enemy for aid because of me… if I keep them away, they won't need to worry and do things that they would regret… but Katsu… he has the seal… and it's all my fault. What can I do to help him? The only possible way to remove the seal only guarantees a twenty-five percent chance of survival… I can't perform such a dangerous technique with such high risks like that…

Hayate… he's all alone now. If only I was more careful, his brother wouldn't have died to save me… I'm so stupid. I shouldn't have been out there and getting in the way. I know that they told me to help, but if I had declined, Hoyuta-san would be alive…

Hirame-san is dead… I shouldn't have been so selfish and gone back with him right away.

I wish I was never born. I'm like some kind of devil… I can only bring sorrow and pain to everyone around… I'm the type of person that has to be alone no matter what… besides… thanks to me, everyone close to me is dead. I don't need Hayate and the others… and the detectives to die because of me too. I need to stay as distant as possible. If I don't… then they'll probably end up like everyone else. They're already halfway there…

I'm hated… I'm despised… everywhere I go, people avoid me… they stare at me… they talk and spread horrible rumors about me… but…why?

The massacre that occurred to the village… it was all my fault. I didn't complete the mission like I was supposed to… but if I did, then their village would've been nothing but ash… would that have been right? I can never do anything right. I should've done my mission, that way, a lot more people at the village would've been saved.

The people I care about so much… why is it that I always seem to hurt them more than my enemies? It's like I'm breaking them apart little by little, weakening them bit by bit… I shouldn't be around them… I should forget about them… they don't know what they're getting themselves into…

Everyone turns their backs on me like I'm some kind of disease and I'm left all alone… it nothing new… maybe that's why I don't care anymore if everyone leaves me alone…

Hiei stopped. All of the thoughts were too loud and overlapping so much that he had to strain his mind to hear the things he did. Even with all of the stuff that he heard, Hiei still thought that they were nothing. He just thought that she made a big deal out of small things. He went back into her mind yet again. This time, he looked into her memories and throughout different parts of her mind.

In Akiya's Mind

"I'm so sorry Akiya-chan… but I'm afraid that well… your father…" a man said hesitantly to the three-year-old Akiya.

"I wanna see him," she said in a trembling voice.

She ran outside of the village gate and ran through the crowd of people.

"Wait!" the man yelled as he ran after her.

"Father!" Akiya cried as she ran over by his lifeless and blood covered body. She let herself drop by his side. "There's no way…"

Akiya was tied up against a tree and her mouth was gagged. There was a group of ninjas from an enemy village that held a kunai up to her mother's throat. Akiya struggled and tried to scream for help but it was no good. One of the men took out another kunai and stabbed her mother in the back as anther ninja did the same and stabbed her from the front. Her mother fell down dead. Akiya's eyes widened in anger and shock. She tried to scream out.

"If you keep quiet about this, we won't bother you're brother, but if a single word of this slips from your mouth, we'll kill him like your mother," one of them threatened. "Don't be a loud mouth spy like your mother. That's why she died. Now be a good girl and keep your mouth shut!"

"Hey Karano-kun," Akiya said. "We're in the enemy territory, so look out for tr —!"

Akiro knocked her out of the way. As he did, Akiya heard an explosion. When she got up, she looked for Karano, but the only thing she could see was blood splattered everywhere. Her teacher came and stood next to her looking stunned.

"Why?" Akiya asked. "Why me? Why didn't you help him? Why did you leave him there and save me instead! Why!"

Her teacher kept silent and calm.

She returned to her clan to find that it had been completely slaughtered. Everything was covered in crimson blood and the streets were covered with bodies and body parts that had belonged to the people who once cared and looked out for her.

Akiya came to meet her teacher who had called her. She wasn't too concerned about the matter until she saw the normally calm and soft eyes filled with more depression than ever. Her teacher looked at her sadly and she automatically knew what was wrong. Akiro went up to her and embraced her tightly and comfortingly.

"I'm sorry…" he said. "I should've been looking out for him… it was all my fault that your brother… I'm so sorry…"

There were literally about seventy-five ninjas against Akiya and Akiro. They had been sent on a mission and it wasn't turning out so well. They were completely exhausted from other fights that they had fought along the way and they were running out of spirit energy.

"Get inside the portal," her teacher commanded. "Hurry before it closes up!"

"But it only has enough energy for one person to pass through!" Akiya said.

"I can take care of myself! Now go!"

"No! You're the only person I have left! I won't let you stay Akiro-sensei!"

"Get out of here! That's your mission! Get in the portal!" Akiro said knowing how much a mission being directed from her teacher meant to her. "Go!"

Akiya nodded and left through the portal. As it closed, she saw her teacher's lifeless body fall to the ground.

There were people mocking her, laughing at her. They would tease her and push her around and gang up on her. One day, she couldn't take it anymore and her energy burst out of her body, killing all of the children and some of the villagers…

"She killed at least a fourth of the village!" one of the villagers said.

"We have to keep our children away from her!" another said.

"Why don't they just throw her out and lock her up somewhere?" asked a villager who joined the conversation. "Why not just kill her? That'll solve all of our problems."

Everyone quieted down as Akiya looked up at the unexpected silence. The head of the village was coming. He glared at her.

"You killed another large group of innocent villagers and children, didn't you!" he asked angrily.

"I'm sorry," Akiya replied in a weak voice. "I couldn't control my powers and it just…"

"Get out of our village!" he ordered.

"It was an accident! I swear!" she said looking up at him with pleading eyes.

The head ninja knocked her away and sent her flying out of the village gates with his spirit energy.

"Don't ever come back here again!" he commanded.

"You look hurt," said a young boy with long white hair and red eyes. "Wanna come to my place and rest?"

Akiya looked up at him weakly and nodded. The young boy picked her up and gave her a piggy back ride to his small cottage looking house.

"By the way, my name's Higiru Manomi," he said. "What's yours?"

"Sakana Akiya," she replied weakly.

"Oh, you're that girl that everyone's so afraid of," Manomi said. He looked down and saw the look of sadness in her eyes. "Don't worry," he said smiling warmly. "I'm not gonna kill you or anything like that. You look like a good person. I'm sure that you didn't do it on purpose, right?"

He carried Akiya to his home and laid her on his bed. After about a day, she was fully recovered and was fine again. Manomi took Akiya to meet his older brother and sister and some of his friends.

"This is my older brother and sister, Higuru Yuka and Hato," Manomi introduced. "These are three of my closest friends, Yumena Irane, Eraki Hataru, and Nikuta Saya."

"My name is Sakana Akiya," she said bowing to them. "Nice to meet you all."

"Oh, you're that girl," Irane said smiling.

"You're pretty strong then, right?" Hataru asked playfully.

"Hey Akiya-san," Saya called. "You can be our friend under one condition… you've gotta except us and respect us for who we are, that's all. Okay?"

Akiya looked at her oddly. "Of course. Why wouldn't I?" she asked.

"Well if you were gonna give us a hesitant answer, then we wouldn't have let you be our friend," Yuka answered. "You see, the six of us are different from a lot of ninjas . We aren't exactly ninjas. We're part demon as well and most people don't except that even though they do respect us, it's only because of our strength."

"You guys are part demon?" Akiya asked calmly, surprising them all. "I would've never guessed, but that's cool."

They stared at her. Everyone who had said that they would except them and respect them tried to stay away from them after learning that they were part demon. When ninjas are part demon, there demon side eventually takes over and blocks all of their emotions while they do on a wild killing spree.

Everyone knew that and that's why they all ran away yet Akiya didn't care.

Two Months Later

The seven of them had become really good friends. One morning, Akiya woke up and went downstairs as usual. However, this time, the room had an ominous and eerie feeling in it. She walked outside of the house to find everyone glaring at her. Akiya looked at them, confusion apparent on her face. Irane, Hataru, and Saya held Akiya down while the three siblings approached her.

"H-hey!" she cried alarmed. "What are you doing!"

Yuka, Hato, and Manomi attacked her but Akiya had somehow managed to break free from the other three and dodge their attacks.

"Sakana Akiya," Manomi said in a low and creepy voice. "We're going to kill you!"

"W-what?" she asked still confused.

"Did you really think that we were ever your friends?" Saya asked coldly. "We were hired by the head of the village that kicked you out to kill you. We've been observing you. We know exactly how to beat you!"

"You won't die quickly," Hato said malevolently. "We can guarantee you that much!"

All six of them attacked her. Akiya didn't want to fight them. She had grown fond of them. They were like her own family, a new one that she had trusted with everything she had, and now…

Seven Hours Later

Manomi, Yuka, Hato, Saya, Irane, and Hataru's bodies were barely noticeable anymore. The whole area was covered with blood and the mashed up bodies of her friends. Akiya stood with her fists clenched tightly and hard eyes. She was going to forget the whole thing. She was gonna lock it up like she did with every other thing.

Akiya went to see Karano's father. He was a very talented medical ninja.

"Sakeru-san," Akiya said. "I have a favor to ask of you."

"Akiya-chan, please, have a seat," he said warmly. "What would you like me to do for you?"

"I need you to lock up my power," she said.

"What!" Sakeru yelled in shock. "Akiya, you know the consequences for doing something like that! You have a lot of energy, and the only way I can lock it up is to use your life energy. Because you have so much power, if we use your life energy to lock it up, it would shorten your life tremendously. Absolutely out of the question! I won't do it!"

"I know," Akiya replied, "but… all of this power… I don't want it…"

"All of this power is a gift Akiya-chan," he assured. "It's a blessing."

"And that's why my friends have died? Because they were blessed by being killed with my power? I don't want this kind of power…" Akiya said sadly. "This kind of power… I hate it! I don't want a power that'll destroy everything and everyone I value in life… I want it all to go away… so I can never have access to it again… please. I don't care if I die… but I can't let others witness this power. Once it's gone, it'll only be a fairy tale… nothing more than just a myth…and that way, everyone will stop coming after me…"

Sakeru sighed heavily before he started gathering her life energy…

Outside

Hiei secretly stared at her. The images that he saw wouldn't go away.

"They're pretty hard to get out of your head once you see them, aren't they?" someone asked from behind.

Hiei swiftly turned around startled to find Hayate standing behind him. "Why are you here?" he asked coldly.

"Quiet down," Hayate said, "unless you want her to find out that you've been stalking her and digging around in her head all this time." Hiei glared at him.

Hayate hinted for Hiei to follow by shaking his head to the side once, then leaving. Hiei soon followed. He was led into a different part of the forest. Hayate stopped and turned around to look at Hiei.

"Why did you want me to follow you?" Hiei asked.

Hayate didn't reply. Hiei waited patiently but Hayate kept silent. Hiei growled in irritation.

"You didn't think she had a rough life like that, did you?" Hayate asked.

"Hn, what's so rough about it?" he asked.

"She's seen far too much death and experienced far too much fighting and killing for a girl of her age," Hayate continued, ignoring Hiei's comment. "Not to mention the sadness and isolation… and pain…"

"It's not like she's been the nicest person around," Hiei emotionlessly said.

"You're wrong!" Hayate said glaring at him, bothered by Hiei's rude comments towards Akiya. Hayate dropped his glare. "She's really the nicest person you could ever know. She has the kindest heart… but there's so much darkness that's covering the light in her heart that use to shine so brightly… Akiya…like I said. She's experienced so many things that a child her age should never experience in their life…"

"What's your point?" Hiei asked uninterestedly as he turned his back to Hayate.

"You've seen some of her memories," he said. "Not one of them was a happy one…" He paused, then spoke in a sympathetic tone that was unexpected. "Don't cause her anymore pain… I trust you with her… take good care of Akiya, and try to help her. Be there for her…"

"What are you trying to say?" Hiei asked surprised as he turned around.

It wasn't Hayate that he saw though. It was… Akiya. Hiei was a bit shocked. Akiya turned around and was about to run but not before Hiei reached out and grabbed her arm. Akiya tried to pull her hand out of Hiei's strong grip but Hiei tugged on her arm to stop her. That caused Akiya to lose her balance. She fell on top of Hiei who had a surprised look on his face. He was a bit embarrassed. Akiya blushed very lightly.

"L-let go of me!" she commanded.

"What are you talking about?" Hiei asked. "You get off of me!"

"Then stop putting your arm around me!" she shouted.

Hiei looked down and noticed that his arm was wrapped around her. He looked disgusted and lifted his arm off of her. Akiya got up and brushed the dirt off of her clothes.

"What were you doing here anyway?" Akiya asked curiously.

"Same thing I could ask you," he said.

"I wanted to be alone," Akiya replied grumpily. "What were you doing? Stalking me?"

"Why the hell would I want to do that?" he asked bitterly.

"Never mind," she said. "Who were you talking to anyway?"

"Huh?" Hiei asked.

"When I got here, you were asking somebody something," she reminded. "Who was it that you were talking to?"

"You must've been hearing things because I was alone," Hiei said calmly.

"You're lying," she accused.

"Or maybe you've just gone crazy," Hiei responded cynically.

"Whatever… ow…" she said rubbing her arm where Hiei had grabbed. "You grip almost as hard as Hayate-san…"

Hiei stared at her as she was rubbing her arm and looking at the slightly pinkish mark there. He didn't know why, but when he was around her, he felt weird. He felt soothing and peaceful, and also uncomfortable in a way. For the most part though, he was calm and normal.

"Hey, by any chance, were you with Hayate-san?" Akiya asked after thinking for a while.

"Him? No. Why do you think that?" Hiei asked curiously, being pulled out of his thoughts.

"I dunno," she answered. "It's just that, I feel his presence, like he was here not long ago."

"You make it sound like you're so close to him, like you like him," Hiei said sarcastically.

"Yeah," she said softly, surprising Hiei. "I do like him… I know that he doesn't always do the best job in the world to help me, but he tries. He understands me, or more than anyone else anyway… he's always been there for me when no one else was. His ways of showing that he cares about me aren't always the best, but they're good enough for me…"

Hiei looked at her a bit confused. Why was she opening up to him and not to her other friends?

"You know what's weird?" she asked.

Hiei kept silent.

"You remind me of Hayate-san…" she said surprising Hiei once again. "Your presence… when you're near me, you remind me of him. And I can't seem to keep my mouth shut when I'm around you… the things that I would normally never say to anyone else, it just all spills out one at a time if I'm not careful. I feel like I can trust you with everything… and I feel safe and warm… and happy… and I feel like I can forget everything…"

Hiei seemed happy to hear that, but then…

"I don't like it…" she whispered softly and sadly, confusing Hiei greatly. "I hate it…"

The two of them stood there in silence. Hiei was wondering what she meant when she said that she didn't like it. After a while, Akiya broke the silence.

"Hey," she said turning around to face him as Hiei looked up. "Let's forget that we ever met each other here. This whole conversation, it never happened. This moment never existed, kay?" she asked smiling slightly.

Before Hiei could respond, all the ninjas including Hayate showed up.

"Hey!" Hiro shouted in a bit of a worried tone, more to Hiei than to Akiya. "Botan, she just came here covered in blood! She said that you need to go to Spirit World now!"

"Where is she?" Hiei asked calmly.

"Here…" came a weak and trembling voice. "Hiei… Akiya… hurry… or Yusuke and the others…"

"Botan!" Akiya yelled, worried about her. "Keta-san, please!"

"Don't worry," she assured. "She'll be fine. I'll take care of her and make sure nothing happens. Just go and help your friends."

Botan weakly summoned a portal to Spirit World. Akiya and Hiei quickly went in and landed in Koenma's office.

"Hiei! Akiya!" Koenma shouted, sounding a bit relieved. "Thank god! Hurry! Yusuke and the others are in trouble!"

"Then stop crying like the baby you are and get us a portal there!" Hiei said coldly.

Koenma immediately summoned a portal for the two of them. They both jumped in. They landed outside an abandoned city and saw Yusuke struggle to his feet as well as Kurama and Kuwabara. Akiya and Hiei rushed to help them as the three detectives were knocked away by their enemy's spirit energy. Akiya looked at who they were fighting. Her eyes widened at the shock. Koenma had sent them to fight Tokujo, one of Rejuko's helpers…

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Run Away Forever Chapter 9- Hiei and Akiya's Mission

Koenma has made a huge mistake by sending Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara to go fight Tokujo, and Akiya and Hiei aren't going to be much help in beating him. When they miraculously escape with their lives, they find that some demon is killing off humans for fun. Since Yusuke and the other two are in no condition to fight anytime too soon, Koenma sends Hiei and Akiya to take care of this small matter, but this wimpy looking demon may be much stronger than the three of them think… especially when it's taken Yukina hostage…