Hello! It's Muna! well here's the 2nd chapter. For those who said Kurama acted out of character, We Both agree, but this chapter will exsplain everything okays? Just sos yous know, Kurama Didn't get a reply from Hiei. We own nothing and if you try to sue us, we're so broke, we're in debt, so you wouldn't get very much.Oh and bye the ways, Me and Taco-kun Decided we don't like flames, it not nice! I got one flame via e-mail soo bad that taco had to give me a hug and make me stop yelling profanities at the computer! well, here's the story!'
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Void of Sorrow and Pain
"I LOVE YOU HIEI! I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO JUST BE WITH YOU FOREVER!" He heard the words, but couldn't say anything, for some reason his words were stuck in a place far away froom where he was. And when he saw Kurama's eves get big, he ran.
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Hiei sighed as he glanced back at Kurama's house far in the distance. It had been a many hours since Kurama said he loved him. He didn't understand what this word "love" meant, but it must have been something important for Kurama to struggle with it. He had heard the fool (Kuwabara) talk about it before, but didn't understand it then either.
"What is love?" he sighed again, he wanted to head back to Kurama's house to ask, but he couldn't sense his spirit energy... wait, he couldn't sense Kurama's energy! Hiei used his jagan to scan the entire area, but the kitsune's energy was nowhere to be found.
Hiei rushed to Kurama's house, feeling a little panicky, which is rather strange for the demon. When he arrived and climbed through the window, the scent of blood was heavy in the air.
"Blood, not just any blood, KURAMA'S blood. Who could have gotten him so easily? NO ordanary human or demon could have spilled the blood of Kurama so easily." Hiei went over to the huge crimson-stained spot and breathed in sharply. He saw a rose stem covered in blood and red petals showered around the ground.
"Horrible, isn't it?" came a voice behind him, he knew it was Botan, that bubblely wretch of a grim reaper, but something was different about her. Her voice wasn't cheery, but sad with a hint of bitterness.
"What happened to Kurama?" Hiei asked, but Botan just shook her head.
"Koenma has sent for you. It's about Kurama's condition." She mumbled and opened a portal to spirit world in front of them . She entered and Hiei followed.
Hiei pushed open the giant doors that lead to Koenma's office and was startled to see Kuwabara and Yusuke standing at Koenma's desk. Hiei approached wearly, and he felt their glares on his neck as he faced Koenma.
"Hiei," Koenma began, " Do you know what has happened to Kurama?"
"Yes, his blood was spilt by his own weapon" he replyed. Yusuke grabbed Hiei and lifted him off the ground by the neck of his cloak.
"DON'T PLAY THAT 'INNOCENT' BULL WITH US! You know damn well what happened!" he hissed into Hiei's ear.
"Yusuke, calm down! He doesn't know what happened!" Koenma was pleading with Yusuke to let Hiei go, and he did finally let Hiei drop from his grip. Koenma sighed and sat back into his chair.
"Here, Read this, it's written to you." Kuwabara shoved a piece of paper with Kurama's hand writing on it. Hiei opened it, it read-
My beloved Hiei,
This is my final words for you. You have rejected my love and my heart cannot accept that fact. When we Kitsunes fall in love we'll do anything to be reconised by our would-be lovers. But when we our rejected, our hearts are easily torn to shreads. It is very unusual that one of us would escape such a fate, but I was one of the lucky ones to have escaped once. But, alas, the pain of rejection is now coursing through my being at this very moment because of your reaction to my confession of love to you, and it is far too much for me to bear. So I'll shall end my exsistince in this world in hope for a new place where pain is not a problem. My love for you will never change, my beloved Imiko.
I love you, and My soul is never far from you,
Kurama
"Tell me, fools what does this nonsense mean!"demanded Hiei, folding the paper and sticking it into a fold of his cloak.
"Hiei, after you left Kurama's house, he committed suicide. Although when he died, his soul didn't come to spirit world like it should have. Normally, when that happens, it means that a person had become a ghost and haunts the Human world, but that is not the current situation. Kurama's soul is in a place called "The Void of Pain and Sorrow". " Koenma pressed a button on his desk and turned on the giant screen above his head. An image of a black void with countless, blank, lifeless faces floating within it appeared. It was like an endless black hole that swallowed up your entire being if you looked into it for too long.
"I've never heard of such a place!" Hiei growled. He didn't know why he was getting so worked up over Kurama, he chose to end his own life and it was his choice, wasn't it? But for some reason, Hiei's conciouns wouldn't accept that.
"Of course you haven't because not many demon souls go there. Basically, when a soul dies in a fit of rage, sadness, or in this case, the 'pain of rejection', their souls go here. The void sucks up all of their emotions, except for the ability to feel that one they felt at the moment of their death. It is nearly impossible to escape, no matter how hard of a struggle the soul puts up, they would spend all enternity there."
"Then what's the point of bringing this up then!" Hiei nearly shouted at the pint-sized ruler of Spirit world. Beating around the bush was not a good option at the moment.
"I'm not finished yet. Kurama's situation is a very rare case, and that is because of the message he wrote to you, Hiei." Koemma pressed the button on the desk again and a picture of a door labeled 'to the void of pain and sorrow' appeared, closed. "When a soul enters the void, it normally closes automatically. But when an emotion strong enough to overcome the one the soul felt when they died, it leaves a.. how should I put this.. Let's just say a door stopper." He pushed the button for the third time and appeared the same door, but this time, there was an opening, small, but large enough for a small person to get through. Someone Hiei's size... "If that's the case then the person, and only that person, that the emotion was created for is able to go through that small opening to retrieve the person's soul."
"This is where you come in."Koenma looked up at Hiei once again and pointed at him. "Love is one of those emotions that can leave that door open. You, Hiei, posses that emotion given off by Kurama in his final moments, therefore, YOU are the one that has to enter there to save Kurama's soul from being sucked into that dreaded oblivion. Unless you don't want to.." Koenma put his head in his arms and sighed.
"Oh, he'd better, unless he wants to feel the wrath of a demon world king!', Yusuke punched his fists together.
"I'll go," Hiei scoffed and turned to Yusuke,"but not because of your worthless threats. But just answer this for me," he said turning back to Koenma, " what the hell is love?"
"Sorry, but that is one thing I cannot answer. You'll have to find out on your own because it differs from person to person." Koenma replyed simply " When you enter the viod, there will be several trials based on Kurama's life, some will be simple trivia, others difficult battles, noone really knows. Botan has been sent to inform Kurama's mother not to have his funeral and I have put a pulse back into his body, so all is left is his soul. But in order for you to enter the void in the first place, you must leave your physical form here, that of which has already been taken care of."
Koenma stood on his short legs and scrambled out the room, signaling Hiei to follow. The walked until they reached a small room with a bed on it."Lay on here and one of the ogres wil enject you with a serum that will put your body into a suspended sleeping state and also separate you soul from it. I have directed your soul to go straight to the door of the Void Of Pain And Sorrow when it separates."
Hiei got up onto the bed and laid down as an ogre came in with a needle with a purple liquid inside it approached him.
"The serum will only last a week and once you wake up, the door will close for you forever, so this is you only chance. And one last thing, in order for you to return with Kurama, you must have him say the last part of the Letter he wrote to you. You know, where it said 'my soul is never far from you'? He has to say it because that is the promise he made between the both of you, but you must NOT say it yourself or it won't work. Understand?"
"I'm no fool." Hiei grunted as the serum was injected into his blood steam and his head swirled in darkness before it gently hit the pillow.
"God speed, Hiei, god speed." Koenma said quietly as he shut the door to Hiei's room as he left, leaving Hiei's body alone as his soul plummled to the entrance of the Void.
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Yeah baby, total awsomeness if i do say so myself! Please give me reviews! they make me work faster!We need help with Hiei's first trial to see kurama and how many there should be, oh and kurama appears next chappie! signing out, Muna!
