Is this real? chapter 5

Rating: T

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'I've never been fond of happy endings'

Valerie DZ

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Olivia didn't like the look Shuichi gave her when she questioned his whereabouts for the past few days. He was growing distant from her and his excuses were leading her to believe there was someone else.

"So, who is she?" Olivia finally had the courage to ask a day after they had fought over his being gone for days at a time. Shuichi acted like he couldn't hear her and kept on with his paperwork. "Shuichi, I'm talking to you, who is the other woman you're seeing?" When he looked up at her, his expression was blank.

"There is no other woman Olivia." With that he turned back to the paper he was signing.

"I don't believe you." She said, her voice small and held an edge of hurt, "If you're going to lie could you at least make it a little more believable?" Shuichi gave another sigh before turning in his seat to face where she was sitting on his bed, "When did it end Shuichi?" He couldn't help but give a blank smile.

"I'm not sure," He began, "maybe it. . ." but Olivia cut him off. Her eyes were wide and realizing, to her all the puzzle pieces just fell into place.

"It's not a woman is it?" Shuichi's eyes continued to stare into her own unfazed. She stood and moved toward the door, "You're. . ." Shuichi kept his gazed unnervingly fixed on the girl as she backed away from him, "That time, at the park, your friends talked about some guy. You got angry, so angry, you have to be, there's no other way." She trailed off, his green eyes still staring holes into her as she placed a hand on the doorknob of his bedroom. She became calm and dazed as he stood to face her, moving slowly he pulled her into his arms and just held her. Olivia didn't move, still in a sage induced trance, as he leaned down to whisper in her ear.

"I suppose this is it then, I shouldn't lie to you, you're too smart for that." He pulled away to see tiny tracks of tears were shinning on her face, "You're right, I am. I don't know when it happened but there is one thing I haven't lied to you or myself about. He is in trouble and he does need my help, I really wish you would believe me." He paused before starting a little slower this time, "I really do like you, but I'm in love with someone else, I'm sorry Livie, I really am." Olivia shook her head before leaving the apartment and Kurama, anger, fear and understanding giving her the strength not to go back.

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Hiei's expression didn't waver as the tall figure behind him moved to hold him again, he didn't flinch as long arms pulled him into it's cold embrace. Hiei had stopped feeling things a long time ago.

After awhile the arms disappeared and Hiei was warm again. A dull thudding, like a long forgotten headache, began beating at the back of his mind. Then the figure came back and Hiei willingly pulled himself into the arms of the pain relief he needed so badly. Pale hands stroked his back and a heartbeat fluttered softly in his ear.

Hiei's eyes remained blank as he reacted to the cambion like a long lost lover found. Years of no contact had made a traitor of his body and he was too high on the pain relief to really react. He knew this was wrong, he knew this person wasn't who he wanted but what could he do.

He was tired of waiting for someone who didn't want him.

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Ippakuma gently held the forbidden child in his arms, the pain of this one was seasoned with a childhood of grief and was sprinkled with a taste of unrequited love. It was perfect, he would miss this one when he passed on but until then he planned on taking what he could get while he could get it.

"My beautiful fallen one, you have never been loved have you?" Hiei's eyes reacted to that. His lips parted and a long held breath was released along with softly uttered words.

"Once. . .someone said. . ." Hiei's eyes started to come into focus, Ippakuma pulled him into his arms and started to sing softly. The fire demon calmed down and his gaze became glazed once more.

But
it's a dream
when you seem
to be walking into the sun
we're on first
unrehearsed
and we still don't know what we've done
so we don't say anything.

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Koenma opened a door way to the netherworld, the space beneath the Reiken that was only inhabited by creatures of strange circumstances. They mostly kept to themselves and only came out when they needed sustenance and usually didn't cause much of an uproar.

The space they inhabited was unnamed because it had only been discovered a few hundred years ago and wasn't easily reached until recently. Now here he was, opening a gateway to this very unexplored realm to find one of his detectives. If his father found out he was doing this Koenma was going to. . .

"Is everything ready?" The demigod turned to see Kurama standing behind him. Reaching into his pocket Koenma pulled out a small round device.

"I can't track him while he's in there but I can track you with this." Handing Kurama the tracker Koenma continued, "When you find him or need to get back just hit the red button and I'll open a portal back here. Got it?" Kurama nodded and took a hold of the device. It was small, just the size of him palm and shined with a green light. Sensing his curiosity Koenma took the device from him and turned it over.

"The light can only be seen by the one holding it, your best bet for staying out of trouble in this place would be to stay in the dark places only when you're alone, when others are near you get into any light you can find, these creatures live in a place of darkness so be assured they are sensitive to light. You won't be able to find Hiei in the light but with this green glow you can at least see where you're going in the dark." Kurama nodded and reached for the tracker, but Koenma held it just out of his reach.

"Kurama, we have yet to fully explore this realm, are you sure you want to do this alone?" Kurama took back the device and stepped near the gateway.

"I need to find him and prove that I am willing to do this for him. It was my stupidity that put Hiei there so it's my responsibility to find him and bring him back." Koenma sighed and pointed to another button on the tracker.

"Very well, you know we haven't explored this place as much as I would have liked but seeing as how you're gong there anyways I might as well show you this," Koenma pushed the button and a bright light filled the room,

"this tracker also absorbs light so when you're in the dark and can't find any just use this, it should be bright enough to stun them and give you a chance to get away, but be careful. As much as it hurts them the light also attracts their attention." Kurama nodded and moved to step into the netherworld, Koenma stopped him.

"If it runs low then you're out of luck because these things only work once in the dark and that's it. When you have a chance run away, I don't know what effect your powers will have on them or if it'll effect them at all." Kurama nodded again before holding the device close to him. Koenma nodded his go ahead and Kurama stepped into the darkness.

'I'm coming for you Hiei.'

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"How did you manage to meet such an interesting character as Ippakuma Mukuro?" The woman smiled at her guest as he watched the screen with interest. Kurama was running through the dark place with nothing other than a green tracker glowing softly in his hand as his guide.

Creatures, either watching him with boredom or great interest, studied him from afar, their eyes shining like the gaze of a crocodile. Some followed, waiting to see what would happen if he found whom they were sure he was looking for. Ippakuma wouldn't be all that willing to release someone he was feeding on and wouldn't hesitate to feed off this one if the opportunity arose.

"I once had a commanding officer who was marked and left to die when her mate was killed. He came for her and ended her pain where the rest of us could not." Mukuro frowned at the screen when the fox ran into a ray of light after realizing he was being followed, "He told me we would probably be seeing a lot of each other, he surprised me when he said that. I wasn't sure what he meant."

Yomi smiled at the woman and turned to look at the screen once more. Kurama was running through the dark again, his rose whip out and finger ready to hit the light button if need be.

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Well I only got one review for chapter 3 and one for chapter 4 so I'm thinking some of you people don't like where I'm going with this. Well that's a shame because I worked really hard on it and you people could at least review to say you hate it.

Thanks for at least reading it.

And a special THANK YOU to the people who did review. It really means a lot to me and keeps me motivated.

Jynx