Authoress: whoo hoo!!!!
Hiei: *eye twitches*
Authoress: lil' spastic? ^_____^
Kurama: *leaves room quickly*
???: *snort* HAHAHAHAHAH
Authoress: and what's up with you?! *whacks ??? on the head with keyboard* tell me what you
meant by 'you should'!!!
???: *glances over at Authoress, grinning* heh...baka
Authoress: *lunges at ???* (with flames from hell in eyes) BAKA!?....*sniffle, strangling ???* I'm
not a jackass...thank you very much...I'm a llama's ass...
???, Hiei, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Koenma: O.O;;;;
???: too much info...*struggles to be freed from Authoress*
Authoress: I created you!!!
???: so?
Authoress: *raises eyebrow* -so?-...I know what you look like...
???: you wouldn't...
Authoress: *laughs sadistically* oh really? ^______^
???:fine...you win...for now...
Authoress: then do the disclaimer!
???: *glares, but obeys*
Disclaimer: Master Who Is Only To Be Referred To As Authoress doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho,
or anything else of importance...*twack* ow...scratch that...Oh Wonderful Authoress, even in her
wildest dreams, could never hope to own Yu Yu Hakusho...*bang* fine...you are the greatest
authoress, happy...*flinches, but doesn't get hit* ^____^...she doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho...but
I am her slave, so I best listen to my master...
Authoress: much better....^_____^...my slave...
Chapter Eight
'You should?' Kurama thought over Kuronue's statement with curiosity. 'What does he mean by
'you should'?' The kitsune's eyes widened as he stared at the prisoner who looked so much like
his dead lover. 'It couldn't be...Kuro would have told me...'
"What do you mean by 'you should?'" Yusuke asked the black winged youkai for the fifth time,
but, once again, didn't get an answer.
"Ask Youko Kurama...he's figured it out..." Kuronue replied quietly, easily dodging Jin's
Tornado Fist and Yusuke's Rei Gun. He ducked as ice shards (A/N: *grins* thanks, Ang...^__^)
flew over his head, closely followed by Kuwabara's spirit sword.
"Kurama?" Touya glanced over at the kitsune, who was not participating in the fight. Kurama
stared at Kuronue, his green eyes filled with sadness.
"You can't kill him...unless you want to kill everyone in this dream world..." Kurama answered
softly. "Kiba isn't the dream weaver...he is..."
"Y...you're the dream weaver?!" Kuwabara exclaimed as he stared at the youkai clothed in black.
'Then...why? He sounded so sad before when he said he was here for so long...so why would he
stay in the world...he created?' Kuwabara asked inwardly.
"I am a prisoner of my own imagination...my own power..." Kuronue replied monotonously. "If
any of you remain here any longer, you will not be able to leave...so I suggest you defeat me
soon..."
"Why would you fight us?" Kurama asked curiously, fighting back the urge to let his Youko side
take over. 'If I do...there's not telling what Youko would do...' Kurama thought to himself.
"I could ask all of you the same question...I do not understand...why creatures would risk their
lives for another..." Kuronue answered quietly. "At one time, I believed that a creature could care
so much for another...that they would gladly give their lives in attempt...so save the other..."
Kuronue chuckled slightly. "A stupid, childish belief...isn't it? Too bad all of you still believe in
such things..."
'...he...he must think Kuro left them...Kuro wanted to save them...but he thought his brother and
sister were dead...' Kurama thought to himself.
The dream-weaver laughed, bitterness in his tone. "My brother never came to find out if we were
really dead...he never cared for us...Yume died...believing that he would save us..." He sighed,
his face showing his boredom as he fought the four Reikai Tantai, then grasped his scythe firmly
in his right hand. "And Hiei will die the same way..."
Kurama opened his mouth to warn the others, but as the first word of his exclamation, 'look,' left
his mouth, the curved, sharpened blade made a complete circle around the dream-weaver. The
kitsune stared, in horror, as Yusuke and Kuwabara fell to the ground, clutching their sliced
abdomens.
'Shit, that hurts...' Yusuke thought to himself as he pulled his arm away from the wound, his eyes
widening when he saw his forearm and hand were covered in blood. 'He...he didn't cut me that
deeply...did he?'
Kuwabara discovered he was bleeding far worse than he should've as he felt his ki begin to seep
from his body. 'How could he have attacked so quickly? I didn't even see his scythe...'
Jin, finally noticing the scythe and chain in Kura's right hand, backed up so he as out of range, but
saw immediately that Touya hadn't reached a safe distance as the ice youkai fell to his side,
gasping in pain.
"Really...all of you are supposed to be intelligent...and excellent fighters...how is it I am
unscathed?" Kura asked, staring at the ground, a blank expression on his face. "Perhaps I gave all
of you too much credit...five centuries of practice might be the reason I far exceed you..."
Jin, growling at the youkai, knelt down next to Touya and stared, in disbelief, at the blood-soaked
clothing on the ice demon's hip. The reddish colored blood began creating a puddle around
Touya, staining the grass. 'He...he's bleedin' to much...youkai don't bleed so much...' Jin
thought, desperately trying to think of a way to stop the bleeding. Touya bit his lower lip, forcing
himself not to cry out in pain.
'It shouldn't hurt so much...it's only...a flesh wound...' Touya said inwardly, attempting to ignore
the pain that was beginning to run though his whole body, as his eyes studied Jin's face. 'I had a
bad feeling about this whole mission...'
"What are you going to do, Jin? How can you save his life? Surely you've realized by now that if
he loses much more blood, he'll die...if you kill me...you kill him as well...if you harm me, you
chance killing all of us...but if you do nothing...he won't have to worry about being imprisoned in
this place...Urameshi's and Kuwabara's wounds are going to only worsen...to the point of being
fatal in a few minutes...Kurama and you are the only ones left able to fight..." Kura pointed out
monotonously.
'I...I can't do anythin'...' Jin thought sadly to himself. "There's no way...no way..." Jin shut his
eyes, trying to block out the dream-weaver's statement. The wind master didn't notice the
warmed saline tears slide down his face until he felt Touya's hand brush them away.
'Why...is he crying...' Touya asked himself, smiling weakly at the youkai. Jin stared at him,
returning the saddened smile. "I...I'd rather die, knowing...he won't put anyone else under his
spell..." Touya commented quietly, his pain evident in his voice.
'Watching your lover die...helpless' Kurama thought to himself, knowing the pain Touya and Jin
were feeling. 'I have to...there's no other way...forgive me, Hiei...'
Authoress: heh...cliffie?
Hiei: WHY DO I NOT GET TO BE IN A CHAPTER?!
Authoress: You'll be in the next one, don't worry, my Koorime...
Hiei: hn...
Kurama: I wanted to have you in this chapter, Hiei...but she ended it before you would come in...
Authoress: that's the definition of CLIFFHANGER!...I'll make them curious so they have to keep
readin'!
Kurama: SO?! Two cliffhangers in a row!?
Authoress: I guess you're right...but I swear the next chapter won't be a cliffhanger...and it'll be
long...hopefully...
Koenma: Am I gonna be in the next chapter?
Authoress: yesh! *glomps deity* there'll be a whoooole part wif you, toddler-boy! *smiles*
Koenma: *blushes* ^_____^
Authoress: so, until five reviews!...and tell me what you people think is goin' to happen next! I
wanna know if I'm giving enough clues...or too many! ^_____^ JA MATA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hiei: *eye twitches*
Authoress: lil' spastic? ^_____^
Kurama: *leaves room quickly*
???: *snort* HAHAHAHAHAH
Authoress: and what's up with you?! *whacks ??? on the head with keyboard* tell me what you
meant by 'you should'!!!
???: *glances over at Authoress, grinning* heh...baka
Authoress: *lunges at ???* (with flames from hell in eyes) BAKA!?....*sniffle, strangling ???* I'm
not a jackass...thank you very much...I'm a llama's ass...
???, Hiei, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Koenma: O.O;;;;
???: too much info...*struggles to be freed from Authoress*
Authoress: I created you!!!
???: so?
Authoress: *raises eyebrow* -so?-...I know what you look like...
???: you wouldn't...
Authoress: *laughs sadistically* oh really? ^______^
???:fine...you win...for now...
Authoress: then do the disclaimer!
???: *glares, but obeys*
Disclaimer: Master Who Is Only To Be Referred To As Authoress doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho,
or anything else of importance...*twack* ow...scratch that...Oh Wonderful Authoress, even in her
wildest dreams, could never hope to own Yu Yu Hakusho...*bang* fine...you are the greatest
authoress, happy...*flinches, but doesn't get hit* ^____^...she doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho...but
I am her slave, so I best listen to my master...
Authoress: much better....^_____^...my slave...
Chapter Eight
'You should?' Kurama thought over Kuronue's statement with curiosity. 'What does he mean by
'you should'?' The kitsune's eyes widened as he stared at the prisoner who looked so much like
his dead lover. 'It couldn't be...Kuro would have told me...'
"What do you mean by 'you should?'" Yusuke asked the black winged youkai for the fifth time,
but, once again, didn't get an answer.
"Ask Youko Kurama...he's figured it out..." Kuronue replied quietly, easily dodging Jin's
Tornado Fist and Yusuke's Rei Gun. He ducked as ice shards (A/N: *grins* thanks, Ang...^__^)
flew over his head, closely followed by Kuwabara's spirit sword.
"Kurama?" Touya glanced over at the kitsune, who was not participating in the fight. Kurama
stared at Kuronue, his green eyes filled with sadness.
"You can't kill him...unless you want to kill everyone in this dream world..." Kurama answered
softly. "Kiba isn't the dream weaver...he is..."
"Y...you're the dream weaver?!" Kuwabara exclaimed as he stared at the youkai clothed in black.
'Then...why? He sounded so sad before when he said he was here for so long...so why would he
stay in the world...he created?' Kuwabara asked inwardly.
"I am a prisoner of my own imagination...my own power..." Kuronue replied monotonously. "If
any of you remain here any longer, you will not be able to leave...so I suggest you defeat me
soon..."
"Why would you fight us?" Kurama asked curiously, fighting back the urge to let his Youko side
take over. 'If I do...there's not telling what Youko would do...' Kurama thought to himself.
"I could ask all of you the same question...I do not understand...why creatures would risk their
lives for another..." Kuronue answered quietly. "At one time, I believed that a creature could care
so much for another...that they would gladly give their lives in attempt...so save the other..."
Kuronue chuckled slightly. "A stupid, childish belief...isn't it? Too bad all of you still believe in
such things..."
'...he...he must think Kuro left them...Kuro wanted to save them...but he thought his brother and
sister were dead...' Kurama thought to himself.
The dream-weaver laughed, bitterness in his tone. "My brother never came to find out if we were
really dead...he never cared for us...Yume died...believing that he would save us..." He sighed,
his face showing his boredom as he fought the four Reikai Tantai, then grasped his scythe firmly
in his right hand. "And Hiei will die the same way..."
Kurama opened his mouth to warn the others, but as the first word of his exclamation, 'look,' left
his mouth, the curved, sharpened blade made a complete circle around the dream-weaver. The
kitsune stared, in horror, as Yusuke and Kuwabara fell to the ground, clutching their sliced
abdomens.
'Shit, that hurts...' Yusuke thought to himself as he pulled his arm away from the wound, his eyes
widening when he saw his forearm and hand were covered in blood. 'He...he didn't cut me that
deeply...did he?'
Kuwabara discovered he was bleeding far worse than he should've as he felt his ki begin to seep
from his body. 'How could he have attacked so quickly? I didn't even see his scythe...'
Jin, finally noticing the scythe and chain in Kura's right hand, backed up so he as out of range, but
saw immediately that Touya hadn't reached a safe distance as the ice youkai fell to his side,
gasping in pain.
"Really...all of you are supposed to be intelligent...and excellent fighters...how is it I am
unscathed?" Kura asked, staring at the ground, a blank expression on his face. "Perhaps I gave all
of you too much credit...five centuries of practice might be the reason I far exceed you..."
Jin, growling at the youkai, knelt down next to Touya and stared, in disbelief, at the blood-soaked
clothing on the ice demon's hip. The reddish colored blood began creating a puddle around
Touya, staining the grass. 'He...he's bleedin' to much...youkai don't bleed so much...' Jin
thought, desperately trying to think of a way to stop the bleeding. Touya bit his lower lip, forcing
himself not to cry out in pain.
'It shouldn't hurt so much...it's only...a flesh wound...' Touya said inwardly, attempting to ignore
the pain that was beginning to run though his whole body, as his eyes studied Jin's face. 'I had a
bad feeling about this whole mission...'
"What are you going to do, Jin? How can you save his life? Surely you've realized by now that if
he loses much more blood, he'll die...if you kill me...you kill him as well...if you harm me, you
chance killing all of us...but if you do nothing...he won't have to worry about being imprisoned in
this place...Urameshi's and Kuwabara's wounds are going to only worsen...to the point of being
fatal in a few minutes...Kurama and you are the only ones left able to fight..." Kura pointed out
monotonously.
'I...I can't do anythin'...' Jin thought sadly to himself. "There's no way...no way..." Jin shut his
eyes, trying to block out the dream-weaver's statement. The wind master didn't notice the
warmed saline tears slide down his face until he felt Touya's hand brush them away.
'Why...is he crying...' Touya asked himself, smiling weakly at the youkai. Jin stared at him,
returning the saddened smile. "I...I'd rather die, knowing...he won't put anyone else under his
spell..." Touya commented quietly, his pain evident in his voice.
'Watching your lover die...helpless' Kurama thought to himself, knowing the pain Touya and Jin
were feeling. 'I have to...there's no other way...forgive me, Hiei...'
Authoress: heh...cliffie?
Hiei: WHY DO I NOT GET TO BE IN A CHAPTER?!
Authoress: You'll be in the next one, don't worry, my Koorime...
Hiei: hn...
Kurama: I wanted to have you in this chapter, Hiei...but she ended it before you would come in...
Authoress: that's the definition of CLIFFHANGER!...I'll make them curious so they have to keep
readin'!
Kurama: SO?! Two cliffhangers in a row!?
Authoress: I guess you're right...but I swear the next chapter won't be a cliffhanger...and it'll be
long...hopefully...
Koenma: Am I gonna be in the next chapter?
Authoress: yesh! *glomps deity* there'll be a whoooole part wif you, toddler-boy! *smiles*
Koenma: *blushes* ^_____^
Authoress: so, until five reviews!...and tell me what you people think is goin' to happen next! I
wanna know if I'm giving enough clues...or too many! ^_____^ JA MATA!!!!!!!!!!!!