I'm so happy today! I actually started writing the sequel to this story last night and it turned out wonderful everyone's going to love it, especially if you liked this one! Some of my friends told me that that might prove to be bad in the end but… I really don't care, now the only thing is finishing this one with all the material I need.
Disclaimer: I don't own YYH and I don't own HIM or any of the music. There are some other things in here I don't own to but there's to many to name straight forward.
Chapter 34: Let the games begin.
The annoying beep sound from the compact Hiei had been forced to carry sounded, he stopped on a tree branch from his searches and took it out, he was reluctant to answer at first but he knew the annoying ringing would soon drive him insane.
"Hiei." Kurama appeared on the screen. "What do you want kitsune?"
"Yusuke and Kuwabara think they found a lead on where Shi might be, they said there was a huge energy burst not long ago."
Hiei huffed, "so, those baka's did something right for once, surprising."
Kurama ignored his statement or rather, opinion. "Just meet us at the edge of the city, on the north side." Hiei nodded slightly. "Fine." He then closed the connection and replaced the small device in his pocket and took off again in the direction to the north.
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"So?" Came Hiei's voice to the awaiting team. "Where is she?" Yusuke was the one to step forward. "She's in a building about a mile from here, we figured we'd go in with a plan first though, having a plan works most of the time."
"Yeah as long as it's not coming from you Urameshi." Kuwabara scoffed folding his arms over his chest. "You got something to say stupid?" Yusuke retorted clenching his fists warningly.
"Yeah maybe I do, I'm saying you-."
"Guys." Kurama's voice cut in. "You can fight later, for now we need to get a plan so we can move in."
"I've got one." Hiei said bringing all eyes to lie on him, "don't get caught." Kurama huffed. "Be rational Hiei that won't work."
The fire demon kept quiet, something felt… out of place.
"You want your precious Shi back?" Came Leleel's voice from behind the group, they turned to find her standing upon a light post in perfect balance. "Hey how did you get up there? I didn't even feel you coming?" Kuwabara questioned in a rather dumb tone.
"Well if you want her, come and claim her." Hiei had heard enough from her, in a blink of an eye he was up before her, katana out slicing at where she stood though it only received air.
He landed on the ground below but averted his eyes to the light post he had just attacked. "Your movements are to predictable Hiei, you stand not a chance against me."
Before he had a chance to attack again to show how unpredictable he could be she was gone fading away just as Shi did in a shadow, only hers was formed from light.
She left the gang with one last statement, "let the games begin."
"We go, now." Hiei demanded in a tone that assured someone would be dieing within the hour if not the next. "Hiei!" But the fox's efforts to ration with his friend were in vain as he flitted away.
"I suppose this is the time where we follow him now?" Yusuke asked and Kurama nodded. "Hai Yusuke, this is it." They took off at a run following Hiei's fast diminishing energy traces.
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The running four finally stopped in front of a large double story gray warehouse with a gray door in the middle and a fire escape next to it with another door on the top. That is where they finally found Hiei.
"Hiei, a plan?" Crimson eyes turned to the questioning Yusuke. "None, they are giving us an invite to take her."
"And how are you going to find her?" Hiei looked up at the building, it was obvious by being so close to the building that housed his love that her energy was being masked somehow or another even from the inside.
"Hn." He went to the door and inside the white inside. Kurama sighed, "that's a 'I don't know' we have no choice but to follow." Yusuke chuckled, "alright I'm totally in!"
Kuwabara was next to him in a instant, "yeah me to!" Kurama shook his head but followed on in.
Leleel stood on the top of the said warehouse watching them go inside, 'the chase has begun, though I have already won.' She took notice of the cold metal circular object pressing against her pale skin.
'Take her to her death, I know you will.' A chill went threw her body knowing what she would end up doing. But the deed had to be done, if not demons would die.
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"Guys this place is completely empty." Yusuke stated although much to everyone else's knowledge. "Maybe they still think we're outside." Kuwabara said walking threw the large open room and gazing around, mostly though at the doors with characters carved into them that he couldn't translate.
"Hey guys, what does this mean?" He pointed to the engraving; the others came over to observe what he was talking about. "They're demonic words baka, of course you can't understand them." Hiei said.
"Oh… hey what's what supposed to mean?" Hiei just simply smirked slightly.
"The first process." Kurama read letting his fingers trail over the markings as he read. He then moved to the next door, "the second process." He gave a confused look; it soon faded though.
"Come on I know where she is." He took off down the wall quickly glancing at the doors as they passed. "Where are we going Kurama?" Yusuke asked.
"There's three processes to the Changing Decision, though there is a certain room where the final process is carried out, she has to be in it if we are unable to sense her presence." He explained.
"Here." He stopped at a door perpendicular to the wall with the engraved doors. He faltered a moment with the door handle but opened it finally allowing it to swing open.
A blinding light greeted them making every one of them turn from the harsh light before they're eyes were able to adjust to it even slightly. When they were able to look around the room what lay inside shocked them.
Shi, sat huddled in a ball in the corner shaking to the point anyone would thinks she was convulsing; her blue eyes were normal yet distant staring out at what lay before her.
"Shi." Kurama could only say in a quickly fading tone, all of them were at a lose for words.
No, no this couldn't be it; they couldn't have lost, lost this battle they fought so hard to keep from happening. The energy being admitted finally from inside was light energy, not shadow.
"Hiei, go." Hiei met Kurama's emerald eyes for a moment understand he had to be the one to go to her first, no one else would be able to do anything. He said and gave no motion but walked past them to the corner where Shi was. Her eyes didn't move from where they were positioned.
He waited for the door to close again before he attempted to bring her back to a fully alert or conscious state. "Shi." His voice was serious with her.
Blue eyes blinked back to reality though the blank look held Hiei back from seeing what kind of state she was in. "H-Hiei?" Her voice was impossibly weak and broken, to the point where it even hurt him to hear it.
"Hai, Shi what happened to you?" He proceeded to question.
"I… I failed… failed everyone. How could I let this happen?" She asked in a ghostly tone that made her seem as though she were already dead or very close to it.
"No, what happened to you?"
"She gave me the Changing Decisions. My god Hiei… it hurt so badly and I let her do it… I'm not worthy of this I shouldn't even be here; I should have gotten taken also."
His look was blank, he said nothing for a long moment just looked upon his broken love for a long minute then: "Shut up." She looked up in confusion yet with broken eyes.
"Shi I never want to hear you say that again, do you understand?" As hard as it was for her to think at the moment but something seemed so obvious about how Hiei was acting.
Threw his sharp tone it was meant to be softer though his personality denied him of being in such manor, in reality it was as if he was telling her she was better then she was leading on to be.
Shi finally nodded, "good." He lifted her onto her feet with little trouble. "Now, we have to go, what state are you in?"
"I don't know." She admitted, a higher fear was pulling at her mind, something she feared with every cell in her body though knowing it was probably right, she felt different anyways… did that necessarily mean… she had failed yet succeeded at the same time?
She finally noticed he had let go of her and she was standing on her own once again, though on legs and on a body she didn't know anymore. "You seem well." He stated aloud.
She nodded and then her look became serious, if everything was well she had to push this thing to the back of her mind for the time being, there would be time to find out what happened to her fully later, right now there was a certain light demon she had to find though something told her the meeting would be anything but peaceful.
"We have to go." She stated.
"I already said that." He crossed the floor again but looked around in annoyance and turned to her showing that emotion slightly. "I don't know how you survived it in here."
Her look became deadly, "I didn't." He didn't comment to her venomous statement. She had to walk over and open the door out to the open room. "I have to find Leleel."
"Why?"
"I… have to tell her something." He still seemed confused though let it pass, the others were around her instantly when they spotted her fully well.
"Shi what happened to you?" Yusuke asked
"Yeah you were all… not conscious looking." Kuwabara backed it up.
"I'm fine, can I explain everything later though, right now I have to find my older sister." It surprised her how much confidence was in her voice at the mentioning that Leleel was her sister.
The others, being Yusuke and Kuwabara, looked both shocked and confused. "Isn't she the leader of these demons?" Yusuke asked from the knowledge that had been filled in at Koenma's only a short time ago.
"Hai." She walked past them but stopped suddenly turning remembering everything she had reminisced about during those long hours, what she had promised herself, and what she swore to tell her sister even if it was on her deathbed.
She looked down at the white clothing they had put her into and then back at her friends. "You didn't happen to bring anything black with you did you?"
A/N: A weird way of ending it I know but I'm sure a lot of people can guess what will be in the next chapter right? Yes that's it A BATTLE BETWEEN THE TWINS! So please review and the next chapter will be up by maybe tomorrow or something, I'm staring on the next chapter now, I can't tear myself away from this story!