'What's wrong with me? Why did I let you die?' Timber thought in her sleep. 'I'm such a bad person, how could I let this happen to you? I never wanted you to die; I just worried about you so much, as you never told me what happened when Phire left,' she added into her thought, and then had an idea. She sneaked into Hiei's bedroom, but Kurama secretly watched her from somewhere.
'Hiei?' she whispered, shaking him a little. He didn't move nor budge even a little. Timber sighed.
'So you really have left me alone in this cruel world,' she thought as a small tear trickled down her face. She held his hand and grasped it tightly. She then put his hand to her face and then she lay next to him and hugged him.
'This is how you were whenever I asked you about Phire in the past,' Timber thought to herself. She closed her eyes and didn't want to think that he was dead, but that he wasn't waking up. Maybe the haze that Genkai said didn't happen; it was probably something that would make the person knock out for a long time, but then why wasn't there any pulse?
'Hiei, don't leave me… I want to go with you wherever your journey may lead you,' she thought as she noticed that he still had his katana. She slowly got it out of its sheath, and then closed her eyes. Before she knew it, she heard the slicing of it, but she didn't hurt herself.
'Kurama! What the hell are you doing!' Timber gasped, removing the sword immediately. Kurama had his right eye closed, and he gritted his teeth. The sword sliced through his arm, but it wasn't as bad as it going through the shoulder and arm, which it didn't.
'Don't you dare,' he muttered, holding his arm. He fell to the ground, and growled in pain. Timber didn't know what to do.
'Are you going to be okay, Kurama?' she asked, worried. He nodded, but then his arm was shaking the damaged one.
'Timber,' he whispered, 'don't try to commit suicide. Do you think Hiei would want that?' Kurama moaned in pain as the pain suddenly got worse, but then he got up and sat next to Timber, who just looked at Hiei.
'Iie, I doubt he would want that,' Timber muttered, a tear dripping down her face.
'He l-lived f-for y-you,' Kurama said with his teeth gritted. The pain was for some odd reason, increasing, and more blood stained the bed, making it mostly red near the end of it. He almost fell down the bed and almost injured his arm even more, but Timber caught him.
'K-Kurama, I'm sorry,' she whispered, crying. He forced a smile, but then gritted his teeth even more.
'G-get G-Gen-k-kai,' Kurama muttered. Timber nodded, but first placed Kurama gently onto the floor; Kurama said a bed would make the wound worse. Then Timber put Hiei's katana away, and then ran off to find Genkai as fast as possible.
'C-crap,' Kurama muttered, the wound losing more blood. 'Timber struck me really bad, even though my shoulder was saved,' he added in.
'Genkai! Wake up, old hag!' Timber yelled in tears. Genkai grumbled, but noticed that something terrible must have happened.
'Nani?' she asked. Timber dragged her as fast as she could into the room in which Hiei and Kurama were. Genkai gasped at the sight of Kurama's injured arm. Kurama tried to get up, but Genkai shook her head.
'Don't get up, I'll heal you as you sleep,' she said. He nodded, but couldn't sleep.
'Crap. Timber, where are the drinks? If we make Kurama drunk, he won't feel the pain,' Genkai asked. Timber thought for a minute, and then ran down to the fridge. All she could find was vodka, though, and a very small glass of it.
'All I could find was this; we're pretty much out,' Timber told Genkai. Genkai cursed under her breath, but then made Kurama drink it anyways. He didn't feel drunk at all, as it took a lot more vodka to, but he felt tired.
'That'll do,' Genkai said as she had her first aid kid with her, and started healing Kurama's wound.
'What happened, anyway?' Genkai asked Timber after they placed Kurama back into his own bed. They had gone to Genkai's room and were talking. Timber sighed.
'I tried to kill myself,' she told Genkai straightforward, 'but Kurama blocked the katana; it was Hiei's katana. That's why it hurt him so much.' Timber cried and Genkai touched her shoulder.
'Hey, it's not your fault, we had a feeling you would do something as crazy as suicide,' Genkai said. 'Kurama just didn't want you to die; he cares for you as much as he cares for Hiei. Hiei and Kurama have been best friends, and if something precious to Hiei dies, or is about to, Kurama either tries to prevent it naturally or does something beyond his limit to heal,' Genkai explained. Timber nodded.
'I didn't realize that the baka kitsune was actually caring,' she muttered. Genkai sighed.
'Timber, go back to sleep now; it's 2 in the morning,' Genkai yawned after 10 minutes of making fun of Kuwabara. Timber nodded, but before going to bed, she went to Kurama's room and went over to Kurama. He was fast asleep, but his breathing seemed to be intermittent, or else he had big breaths at strange intervals. Timber just looked at him and smiled.
'You must really care for your best friend, eh?' Timber thought, as Kurama continued sleeping. Timber held his hand for a few seconds, and noticed that it seemed really warm. Kurama woke up and was about to sit up, but Timber touched his forehead, signaling him to lie back down.
'Timber, what are you doing?' he asked in a very low whisper; he was really tired. Timber smiled.
'Arigato, Kurama-kun,' Timber told him, slightly hugging him as he raised both of his eyebrows. Kurama nodded and slightly hugged her back.
'Of course, what do you expect? I care about my friends. Even though I'm already crazy, I think of you as a friend, too,' Kurama said, smiling a little. Timber nodded, and then realized something else.
'So does that mean… that Phire'- Kurama nodded, and Timber sat up on Kurama's bed, awaiting an explanation.
'She cares mostly for Hiei,' Kurama explained. 'She was really lonely; much worse than you and Hiei combined! She just needed a friend; everyone usually shunned her, and if she had "friends," they made fun of her, and she really felt down.' Timber sighed.
'That's got to hurt a lot,' Timber said right after Kurama said that. He nodded.
'When I had met her, I greeted her, but she felt strange,' Kurama said. Timber raised an eyebrow in puzzlement.
'You see, she felt a little better, but the same demon rule that applies to advanced demons applied to us; foxes and cheetahs do NOT get along that well,' Kurama said. Timber laughed a little.
'But she is still your friend, though, right?' Timber asked. Kurama nodded.
'More like acquaintances; when she met Hiei, she could feel his desire for power, and she was the only one who could satisfy that; I, on the other hand, did not need anything important, so she really didn't get too well acquainted with me,' Kurama answered.
'…And I was a bit lonely, so she became my best friend before, many years ago!' Timber exclaimed. She then gasped and hugged Kurama.
'Um, Timber, what's wrong?' Kurama asked, slightly hugging back. She started crying.
'She kissed him because she was leaving!' she yelled. Kurama smiled; she finally began to understand. 'I'm so stupid! She never loved him, and he cared a lot about her as well! That's why he's been having nightmares about her! He's really worried!' she added in. Kurama patted her back.
'There, there, at least you didn't go blinded forever,' he said as he smiled. Timber nodded.
'I have to get some sleep; I'm tired from all of this,' Timber said, yawning. Kurama nodded and fell asleep, and Timber finally went back to bed.
'I never realized that they were so close together; it almost seemed as though they loved each other,' Timber though, giggling to herself. As she went back to bed, she looked to the ceiling and smiled as she saw Hiei's face, and fell asleep, but sad that Hiei was gone.
'So those two were friends? Whoa, I can't imagine those two being really close; or maybe I could… if I could get the girl to come out, and when the guy wakes up, I'll be able to control the guy and get the girl to join just for him… or maybe I'll stick with her tatsujin convincing her… evil laughter Oh boy, this is so enticing, I just can't wait for the girl any longer! She better come within tomorrow or the next two days, or I'm finding that note!' was the voice that streamed through the stormy sky; yet no one heard it.
