Is This Real? Chapter 7
Rating: T
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"A person is smart, people are stupid."
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Kurama held the fire demon close, Hiei still wasn't moving. Giving a small scream against the demon the fox pulled his mouth away to simply bury his face in the warm skin of his neck. Hiei was still warm, but his heart had stopped beating. When Kurama lifted his head to look at the young youkai he was faced with two almond shaped eyes. Hiei had died with an open gaze, the sign of a lost soul.
"Hiei, I'm so sorry," Kurama sobbed at the small body in his arms, "I'm sorry I'm so sorry!" In the background Ippakuma continued to laugh insanely at his victory, his long white hair was tangled and matted, violet eyes were wide and his body was shaking with the sound of his voice. Kurama could not hear the laughter though, he could only look into pretty garnet eyes dimmed with death, he could only gently touch soft skin and wish with every fiber of his being that those mesmerizing orbs would light of with the fire he had always secretly burned for.
Hiei was dead, and it was Kurama who killed him.
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Koenma was worried, Kurama had been in the dark plane for several hours now and neither button had been pressed. In fact the tracer had stopped moving completely.
"Boton, I need you to go get Yusuke and Kuwabara. I think Kurama might need some help."
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Yusuke and Kuwabara had seen many interesting sights in their days as spirit detectives, but nothing could prepare them for what they saw when they were teleported to where Kurama had left the tracker. They were surrounded by a blanket of inky blackness, and upon reaching down Yusuke's hand brushed something hard, wet, warm, and sticky. When he found the tracker the dark plane erupted in a burst of green light.
There were dead bodies everywhere, each one bearing familiar slashes seen so many times when fighting along side the kitsune named Kurama. Arms, legs, torsos and heads were scattered around what appeared to be a doorway.
"Man," Kuwabara said, his eyes reflecting his shock, "did Kurama do all this?" Yusuke inspected the door with a seriousness he would so rarely show.
"I guess there's really only one way to find out."
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Yusuke found he couldn't breathe when he and Kuwabara finally found where Kurama was. The fox was sitting on the floor cradling a limp Hiei in his arms while a white haired demon sitting some ways off, was laughing violently, screaming that he'd won. When he saw the other two detectives he abruptly stopped, gave a wide grin then disappeared into the thick fog of shadows behind him.
With the laughter gone there was no hiding the sobs coming from the red head holding Hiei, Yusuke and Kuwabara ran to their friends before pressing the button to call for a portal back. When Yusuke tried to pull the dead demon away from the fox Kurama grabbed his arm a sank his fingernails into his wrist.
"I killed him Yusuke," the kitsune looked up to face the detective, "I killed Hiei." Yusuke was surprised to see no sadness in Kurama's expression despite the tears, but what really shocked him was the lack of any obvious emotion on his face.
"We're going to get you home Kurama but I need for you to stand up, can you do that?" Kurama stared at him for a moment before rising to his feet, still clutching Hiei. He moved towards the portal with definitive grace and a blank expression. Yusuke and Kuwabara could think of nothing else to do besides follow him.
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Koenma had sent Yusuke to take Kurama back to his apartment, Kuwabara sat on the couch in the corner of his office still absorbing the events of the past few hours. It was hard to believe the fox hadn't made it in time, Kurama had always had a knack for arriving just when you needed him.
"Why did Kurama say that he killed Hiei?" Kuwabara finally mustering up the courage to ask the question that had been on his mind since he'd come back from . . . well . . . wherever it was he had been.
"Can this wait till Yusuke gets back Kuwabara? I'd rather not answer any questions more than once and I'm sure he's wondering the same thing you are." the carrot top huffed and mumbled something about Yusuke hurrying up and getting back. Roughly five minutes later Yusuke walked in looking slightly put out.
"I think Kurama's still in shock of what happened in there. He keeps mumbling that he killed Hiei." The spirit detective gave an exhausted sigh before plopping down on the couch next to Kuwabara and leaning back. "He had blood on his mouth, and Hiei had a bite mark on his neck." He sat up to stare Koenma down, "Did Kurama kill Hiei?"
"In a way, yes."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Koenma sighed and rubbed his temple,
"It means that although Kurama had no original intension to kill the fire demon his actions were the primary cause of death." Yusuke leaned forward, placing most of his weight on his knees.
"Today's been rough on all of us Koenma so could you please quit beating around the bush and just tell me what the hell is going on?" The detective was losing what little patience he had and Kuwabara was too shocked to speak.
"About three weeks ago Kurama went into heat." Yusuke's head shot up, Kuwabara's eyes went wide, "He asked Hiei to guard him and make sure he didn't leave his bedroom. To the extent of my knowledge he found a way out and marked Hiei." Kuwabara sputtered.
"Wait a second, how can a person just go into heat? I thought only animals did stuff like that." Kazuma winced as Yusuke smacked him upside the head. "What the hell'd you do that for?"
"Use your head for once Kuwabara, what kind of demon is Kurama?" the human looked up in thought.
"Uhhh, isn't he a fox demon?"
"Exactly, now do foxes go into heat?"
"Yes." Kuwabara responded hesitantly, not wanting to receive another blow if his answer was wrong.
"For future reference Kuwabara, most demons go into heat around this time of the year. And though a majority of those demons don't every year, those that are of animal spirit do." Koenma gave the human a tired smile, "The reason Kurama only got his after sixteen years is because of his human blood and body."
"OH, I get it now, but why did Hiei let him bite him?"
"I don't know."
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Kurama found himself on his bed, lying down. He listened to the sound of Yusuke's footsteps and the click of his front door closing. When he was sure the detective was gone Kurama sat up and pulled himself out of bed. He walked to his window and opened it to the cool night air. Through the glowing white branches of the beautiful sakura tree that sat next to his apartment building shined a silver moon and glittered thousands of tiny stars.
Kurama smiled as a small cool wind gently blew his hair, rumpled his dirtied shirt and cooled the hot tears pouring from his dark green eyes. Blood the color of his hair still stained his slightly parted lips and the memory of that liquid fire still clutched him. Everything about Hiei had been hot and fierce, the fire demon was so accurately meined in his body and movements. The way he was built like the ember of a flame, small but intense in it's dangerous potential.
But out of all the smaller details Kurama loved Hiei's eyes the most, he loved how the majority of it was a deep firebrick color while just around the pupil was a ring of red so dark it could barely be distinguished next to the black. There was an outer ring of alizarin crimson and flecs of rust red and sangria that made the firebrick really burn. His eyes were like him, scorching hot coals that sucked you into their inferno and wouldn't let you go.
Kurama couldn't feel that heat anymore, now all he could feel was a cold so like the longing for warmth that filled his heart. This must have been how Hiei felt when he was with Ippakuma, cold and empty.
"Hiei. . ." Kurama called out to the tree, the tree that his fire demon would inhabit during those cool summer nights until the fox could convince him to come inside, "I love you."
Just saying it made him feel better, like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders and fresh air had finally filled his lungs. Slowly the cold started to ebb away, the wind died down and he could feel those embers start up in him. Kurama looked at the moon again with halve closed eyes, it shinned on him, glowing like a glass reflecting everything he didn't want to be. It was cold and distant, unknowing and hard.
Slowly a warmth caressed him from the inside out until he could almost feel small hands running through his hair, melting the cold shell around his body. Garnet eyes burned under his eyelids when he closed them and something deep inside told him to stop fighting it. So he did.
Hiei was here with him, his ki surrounded Kurama until he felt like he was actually on fire from it. Somewhere in the heat thin arms pulled him away from the window and lowered him to the floor. Then a warm weight settled over him and touched his cheek.
It had been a soft touch, like the brush of a pair of lips and when Kurama opened his eyes he found he wasn't in his room anymore but someplace he'd never seen before. If Hiei was a place this would be it, it was burning with an flame so intense the fox was sure if he touched it he would die. He looked up to see a small black shape on it's hands and knees above him, the fire behind it making it difficult to make out. Familiar scarlet red eyes burned into his own and closed as the figure leaned down towards his neck.
Kurama knew who it was, and willingly turned his head to give him more access. It was a sign of submission and love for the one gently kissing him in warning. Kurama closed his eyes when the fire demon pulled back slightly before moving in to mark the fox.
Kurama gave a slight whimper when Hiei bit into him but afterwards he found the fire that he'd known only once before was even hotter when felt a second time.
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Mukuro watched the fox sink to the floor for a moment before turning off the screen, Hiei and Kurama would be together even if it meant they had to die. Smiling she found something inside of her seemed to die right along with them.
She resolved to not say anything of the fox's death, the detective would find out tomorrow when he went to check on him. By then there would be no revival for Kurama, she was sure they wouldn't even be able to find either of their souls when morning came.
Yomi chuckled on the couch, Mukuro turned to see his blind eyes turned towards her and the screen.
"So the Youko is dead." Mukuro nodded and sat down. She didn't need to voice it, anyone who knew the truth of demon bonding understood although Kurama could fight it and survive he could still choose to die. After several moments of silence Yomi spoke.
"I'm sure Koenma knows, it's the only explanation for the detective's presence in the spirit world. If he told Yusuke that Kurama could kill himself he'd be in the human world now."
"Or maybe Yusuke understands that he couldn't stop Kurama from giving up even if he wanted to." Yomi smiled at his host.
"I suppose."
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Kurama fastened his arms around his mate, even in the aftermath was he unwilling to let go. They belonged to each other and not even the grim reaper herself could tear them apart. Hiei sat up to kiss the fox and take away some of the cold . Hiei had needed that ice like sensation, it chilled the feral heat that raged inside of him and quenched the thirst for affection he'd been parched for all his life.
"I love you," Had been Kurama's mantra since he'd arrived, like he had to convince Hiei that his devotion was real.
"And I you," Hiei would murmur back between kisses and other things. There was no worry of what would happen or who would get hurt. They would face it together. . .
". . . Forever . . ."
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I think this is the end. (Looks around to see empty computer desks) I am assuming you all left after you found out that Hiei died right? (Sees a horde of angry fangirls coming with sticks and shovels) AHHHH! I'm sorry!
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Jynx
