Authoress: okay, last time, we had a classic cliffhanger...so now, I'm strivin' to actually get
SOMETHING accomplished...yeah...it's, like, an after-Easter resolution! ^_____^...HAPPY
BELATED EASTER EVERYONE!!!!!!...anyways...
Hiei: Easter?
Easter Bunny: *begins humming theme song*
Hiei: O_______O;;;;...okay, I UNDERSTAND!!!!! *torches Easter Bunny*
Authoress: oh, that's not all...*whips out 'The Passion' book (numerous pictures in that thing...)
and shows Hiei*
Hiei: *eye twitches* that's just wrong!
Authoress: ...off that dreary topic...^____^ YAOI SHALL DO US GOOD!!!!!!!...yesh, a lil' R-
rated shtuff always makes things better...eheheh...anyways...I'll do my rants (for the endin') here
too...but I can't promise no comments throughout da chappie...heh...anyways, I HOPE YOU
GUYS LIKE IT!!!!!!...and SIX REVIEWS to the next chapter!!!!!!...(read A Twisted Love Ch.
10's ending rant...and you'll understand...)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho...but I do own Kura...(which means 'without light' kinda
darkness)...yeah, admit it...he's cool...not really...he's just kinda messed up...and weird...with a
NEED TO TAKE HORMONAL PILLS OR SOMETHIN'!!!!!!*snort* anti-viagra...*bursts out
laughing*...heh...alright, continuing...I own nothing...and I don't own Viagra...O____O why
would I?
Kura: you done....cuz' that kinda hurt...*sniffle*
Authoress: yep...think so...^____________^
Kura: then do the story! *sigh*
Chapter Nine
"Koenma-sama..." Botan said quietly, poking the toddler. Koenma had been staring at a report
for the past few minutes, a look of absolute dread on his face. "What is it?"
"...dead...Kiba...the dream weaver...they're all dead..." Koenma replied, so softly, Botan had to
strain to hear him.
"Isn't that...good?"
"No..." Koenma answered, flinging the paper across his desk. The sheet of paper fluttered to the
floor and remained there for a few moments until Botan picked it up and read it outloud.
"...as of 12:00 AM, at least nine have died in the Darkened Forest. The list includes: Kiba-sama,
youkai warlord, Kura, youkai that was supposedly killed five hundred years ago..." Botan's voice
faltered as she scanned the rest of the names on the paper, and forced herself to read them.
"Yusuke Urameshi...Kazuma Kuwabara...Shuichi Minamino...Jin...Touya...Hiei Jaganashi...
"B...but...Koenma-sama...they...they...they can't be dead!" Botan exclaimed, warm tears
beginning to run down her face. 'They can't be...gone...Keiko...Yukina...they...they were making
plans for a party when the guys got home...*sniffle* Kurama's mother...she...thinks he's on a
business trip...'
"Botan...I want you to...to go to the Ningenkai and...don't tell anyone about this...not until I tell
you otherwise..."
"But...Koenma-sama...don't you think...*sniffle* that they deser-" Botan was cut off by the deity.
"...those reports...they're not always right...and, if they are dead...then I'll be the one to tell
them..." Koenma replied solemnly. 'Kiba was said to be dead once...so they all might be
alive...or...they had no other choice but to kill the dream weaver...while they all were still in his
world...'
"Then...where are you going?" Botan asked as she watched the toddler change forms and get out
of his chair.
"Sometimes...it's best to do something yourself..." Koenma answered, smiling weakly at the ferry
girl. 'All I can say is...I hope I'm not the only one returning...'
"T' hell was that?!" Jin asked, shaking his head, as he sat up. 'Wha...TOUYA!' Jin glanced
around the room, the fear for his partner leaving him when he saw the youkai laying on a nearby
bed, the wounds that he had received during their fight with Kura had stopped bleeding. On the
contrary, the ice master's, unclothed, upper body didn't have a single scratch...or scar on it.
'...I...I'm alive?' Kurama questioned, staring down at his hands. 'How can I be alive? I...I killed
Kura...we all should be dead...I'm sure I killed him...I...I saw the plants rip him to shreds...it
wasn't an illusion...'
"What the hell just happened!?" Yusuke asked no one in particular as he glanced around the
semi-familiar room. He then saw a youkai and knew where he was. 'Genkai's? We were in
Makai...how did we get here?'
"I was hoping that you could tell us that, Yusuke," Koenma said quietly, kneeling down next to
Yusuke's futon, raising an eyebrow. 'I don't understand...when I arrived Kiba's castle...they
were the only ones alive...there were bodies of so many youkai...but the castle...everything was
gone...'
"We killed the dream weaver," Kurama replied, sitting up. He glanced over at Yukina and saw
that the young youkai was smiling slightly, so he guessed that everyone survived. 'I hope Hiei is
alright,' Kurama thought as he surveyed the room, discovering that the Koorime wasn't in the
small room, and he couldn't sense Hiei's youki anywhere. 'Perhaps he has already returned to the
Makai...'
"I know...but how is it that everyone in that castle except eight, including you five, Hiei, and
Shura, were found dead?" Koenma pointed out.
Kuwabara, thinking over what Koenma said, counted on his fingers for a moment.
"Five...six...seven...who else survived?" The orange-haired ningen sat up, glancing over at the
deity.
"A infant...but he might not live much longer..." Yukina replied softly. "He was badly
injured...and is very sick..." 'I've never seen a child in such...a horrible condition...he was hardly
breathing when Koenma-sama brought him to the temple...and he hasn't woken up...in the two
weeks he's been here...'
'An infant...why would he be the only other one...spared?' Touya wondered, barely listening to
the conversation.
"So, where's the shrimp?" Kuwabara asked. 'The last thing I remember...was getting slashed by
the dream weaver's scythe...Urameshi was injured too...but the wounds are gone...Yukina must
have healed us...'
"He's in another room..." Yukina answered. "He...he isn't doing as well as all of you..."
"What do you mean?" Yusuke questioned, glancing over at the green-haired woman. 'Hiei has to
be fine...if the rest of us are okay...he has to be too...' Yusuke thought to himself. 'Why can't I
sense his youki?'
"Genkai...what do you think is wrong with Hiei?" Yukina asked, making sure she closed the door
behind herself so the group of Reikai Tantai couldn't hear them.
"I don't know...I can't sense his youki...even if he was cloaking himself...we would feel
-something-...but, it is like he is...dead...but his heart still beats..." Genkai replied quietly, leading
Yukina down the hallway.
"And the child...there is something about him...but I don't know what it is...every time I touch
him...I get the strangest feeling..."
"What kind of feeling?" Genkai questioned, wondering if the Koorime felt the same thing
emanating from the boy.
"...ignorance..."
"I sense it as well..." 'Every single time I look at or touch that child...I feel like I know
nothing...as if I am a small child...and he is the adult...'
'Such strange creatures...showing such...care...and tenderness...perhaps I will watch them a while
longer and see why they were willing to sacrifice their lives to...save this world...from me...'
Authoress: *snorts* Fna! *snort* ahahahahahaahahahah....*cough cough*
Hiei: *eye twitches, leaves room, taking ice cream carton with him*
Authoress: give that back! *waves fist at Koorime's back*
Hiei: hn...*throws ice cream scoop at Authoress, hitting her in the head*
Authoress: @_____@
Koenma: *sigh* another cliffhanger...
Kurama: it IS getting interesting, though...
Kura: *eye twitches* How can you SAY that?! I *sniffle* died!!!!
Authoress: *wakes up from comatose-like state* *covers mouth* I say nothing...until I get...yep,
ya guessed it...six reviews...wait...*scrolls up to beginning rant* I wasn't supposed to do rants at
the end...oh well...^________^ BUH BYE!!!!!!!!!!!
SOMETHING accomplished...yeah...it's, like, an after-Easter resolution! ^_____^...HAPPY
BELATED EASTER EVERYONE!!!!!!...anyways...
Hiei: Easter?
Easter Bunny: *begins humming theme song*
Hiei: O_______O;;;;...okay, I UNDERSTAND!!!!! *torches Easter Bunny*
Authoress: oh, that's not all...*whips out 'The Passion' book (numerous pictures in that thing...)
and shows Hiei*
Hiei: *eye twitches* that's just wrong!
Authoress: ...off that dreary topic...^____^ YAOI SHALL DO US GOOD!!!!!!!...yesh, a lil' R-
rated shtuff always makes things better...eheheh...anyways...I'll do my rants (for the endin') here
too...but I can't promise no comments throughout da chappie...heh...anyways, I HOPE YOU
GUYS LIKE IT!!!!!!...and SIX REVIEWS to the next chapter!!!!!!...(read A Twisted Love Ch.
10's ending rant...and you'll understand...)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho...but I do own Kura...(which means 'without light' kinda
darkness)...yeah, admit it...he's cool...not really...he's just kinda messed up...and weird...with a
NEED TO TAKE HORMONAL PILLS OR SOMETHIN'!!!!!!*snort* anti-viagra...*bursts out
laughing*...heh...alright, continuing...I own nothing...and I don't own Viagra...O____O why
would I?
Kura: you done....cuz' that kinda hurt...*sniffle*
Authoress: yep...think so...^____________^
Kura: then do the story! *sigh*
Chapter Nine
"Koenma-sama..." Botan said quietly, poking the toddler. Koenma had been staring at a report
for the past few minutes, a look of absolute dread on his face. "What is it?"
"...dead...Kiba...the dream weaver...they're all dead..." Koenma replied, so softly, Botan had to
strain to hear him.
"Isn't that...good?"
"No..." Koenma answered, flinging the paper across his desk. The sheet of paper fluttered to the
floor and remained there for a few moments until Botan picked it up and read it outloud.
"...as of 12:00 AM, at least nine have died in the Darkened Forest. The list includes: Kiba-sama,
youkai warlord, Kura, youkai that was supposedly killed five hundred years ago..." Botan's voice
faltered as she scanned the rest of the names on the paper, and forced herself to read them.
"Yusuke Urameshi...Kazuma Kuwabara...Shuichi Minamino...Jin...Touya...Hiei Jaganashi...
"B...but...Koenma-sama...they...they...they can't be dead!" Botan exclaimed, warm tears
beginning to run down her face. 'They can't be...gone...Keiko...Yukina...they...they were making
plans for a party when the guys got home...*sniffle* Kurama's mother...she...thinks he's on a
business trip...'
"Botan...I want you to...to go to the Ningenkai and...don't tell anyone about this...not until I tell
you otherwise..."
"But...Koenma-sama...don't you think...*sniffle* that they deser-" Botan was cut off by the deity.
"...those reports...they're not always right...and, if they are dead...then I'll be the one to tell
them..." Koenma replied solemnly. 'Kiba was said to be dead once...so they all might be
alive...or...they had no other choice but to kill the dream weaver...while they all were still in his
world...'
"Then...where are you going?" Botan asked as she watched the toddler change forms and get out
of his chair.
"Sometimes...it's best to do something yourself..." Koenma answered, smiling weakly at the ferry
girl. 'All I can say is...I hope I'm not the only one returning...'
"T' hell was that?!" Jin asked, shaking his head, as he sat up. 'Wha...TOUYA!' Jin glanced
around the room, the fear for his partner leaving him when he saw the youkai laying on a nearby
bed, the wounds that he had received during their fight with Kura had stopped bleeding. On the
contrary, the ice master's, unclothed, upper body didn't have a single scratch...or scar on it.
'...I...I'm alive?' Kurama questioned, staring down at his hands. 'How can I be alive? I...I killed
Kura...we all should be dead...I'm sure I killed him...I...I saw the plants rip him to shreds...it
wasn't an illusion...'
"What the hell just happened!?" Yusuke asked no one in particular as he glanced around the
semi-familiar room. He then saw a youkai and knew where he was. 'Genkai's? We were in
Makai...how did we get here?'
"I was hoping that you could tell us that, Yusuke," Koenma said quietly, kneeling down next to
Yusuke's futon, raising an eyebrow. 'I don't understand...when I arrived Kiba's castle...they
were the only ones alive...there were bodies of so many youkai...but the castle...everything was
gone...'
"We killed the dream weaver," Kurama replied, sitting up. He glanced over at Yukina and saw
that the young youkai was smiling slightly, so he guessed that everyone survived. 'I hope Hiei is
alright,' Kurama thought as he surveyed the room, discovering that the Koorime wasn't in the
small room, and he couldn't sense Hiei's youki anywhere. 'Perhaps he has already returned to the
Makai...'
"I know...but how is it that everyone in that castle except eight, including you five, Hiei, and
Shura, were found dead?" Koenma pointed out.
Kuwabara, thinking over what Koenma said, counted on his fingers for a moment.
"Five...six...seven...who else survived?" The orange-haired ningen sat up, glancing over at the
deity.
"A infant...but he might not live much longer..." Yukina replied softly. "He was badly
injured...and is very sick..." 'I've never seen a child in such...a horrible condition...he was hardly
breathing when Koenma-sama brought him to the temple...and he hasn't woken up...in the two
weeks he's been here...'
'An infant...why would he be the only other one...spared?' Touya wondered, barely listening to
the conversation.
"So, where's the shrimp?" Kuwabara asked. 'The last thing I remember...was getting slashed by
the dream weaver's scythe...Urameshi was injured too...but the wounds are gone...Yukina must
have healed us...'
"He's in another room..." Yukina answered. "He...he isn't doing as well as all of you..."
"What do you mean?" Yusuke questioned, glancing over at the green-haired woman. 'Hiei has to
be fine...if the rest of us are okay...he has to be too...' Yusuke thought to himself. 'Why can't I
sense his youki?'
"Genkai...what do you think is wrong with Hiei?" Yukina asked, making sure she closed the door
behind herself so the group of Reikai Tantai couldn't hear them.
"I don't know...I can't sense his youki...even if he was cloaking himself...we would feel
-something-...but, it is like he is...dead...but his heart still beats..." Genkai replied quietly, leading
Yukina down the hallway.
"And the child...there is something about him...but I don't know what it is...every time I touch
him...I get the strangest feeling..."
"What kind of feeling?" Genkai questioned, wondering if the Koorime felt the same thing
emanating from the boy.
"...ignorance..."
"I sense it as well..." 'Every single time I look at or touch that child...I feel like I know
nothing...as if I am a small child...and he is the adult...'
'Such strange creatures...showing such...care...and tenderness...perhaps I will watch them a while
longer and see why they were willing to sacrifice their lives to...save this world...from me...'
Authoress: *snorts* Fna! *snort* ahahahahahaahahahah....*cough cough*
Hiei: *eye twitches, leaves room, taking ice cream carton with him*
Authoress: give that back! *waves fist at Koorime's back*
Hiei: hn...*throws ice cream scoop at Authoress, hitting her in the head*
Authoress: @_____@
Koenma: *sigh* another cliffhanger...
Kurama: it IS getting interesting, though...
Kura: *eye twitches* How can you SAY that?! I *sniffle* died!!!!
Authoress: *wakes up from comatose-like state* *covers mouth* I say nothing...until I get...yep,
ya guessed it...six reviews...wait...*scrolls up to beginning rant* I wasn't supposed to do rants at
the end...oh well...^________^ BUH BYE!!!!!!!!!!!