Chapter 15: Seven to Fifteen
Hiei made it back to the temple and what he saw didn't look like it was the best picture or scene to step in. Kurama was gone, Yukina wasn't there, Touya and Jin were in the far corner of the main room talking in low whispers, nearly everyone was being quiet.
'Akamery!' "What happened?" Hiei demanded.
Jin decided to break it, "Her fever went back up again," he said, "This time they aren't so sure that they can break it."
"A week of slowing down the poison and it's only been a day," Touya shook his head, "if it's causing her this much pain then why not..."
"Letting her go without the antidote is the wrong thing to do," Hiei snapped, "The slowing down is permanent. Once the spell was set it was set for good. Even you should know that!" Touya and Jin bit their lips, but said nothing else to make the fire demon want to go on a bloodthirsty rampage.
Once Hiei was certain that they weren't going to stop him or say anything, he walked off out of the main room and into Akamery's room. If they were going to let her go just because of how much pain she was in, didn't that prove that she was fighting it?
Didn't that prove that she was trying her best to win it over? That she was trying to come back to everyone who cherished her.
"Love her with all you got and I'm sure she'll do the same."
Hiei walked into the room to see that Kurama was looking shaken and Yukina was as well. He could almost feel that her temperature was rising. He looked over at Kurama who shook his head and lightly. He got up from the chair and lightly pulled away from the grip that Akamery held on him.
Once he traded Hiei places, Hiei was holding Akamery's hand in a death grip that could have matched her own. "How is she?" Hiei asked as he untied the pouch in the other hand.
Kurama bit his lip. He withheld information before and that didn't help anything. This time, he knew that Hiei needed to know. "She's dying faster then we thought, the dreams are getting worse, more memories are getting altered."
"They accepted the gift," Hiei said curtly, "your gift."
"Thought that yours was rash?" Kurama joked.
Hiei glared and tossed him the pouch. Kurama caught it effortlessly since he was used to be thrown many things when he was the demon thief. Hiei bit his lip, "Use them. She gave us seven."
"That should be enough," Kurama said finally. "Keep a good eye on her Hiei. If she starts acting up, call for Yukina or I."
"I'll call for Yukina," Hiei stated, "You got to make the antidote and you know this." He gripped Akamery's hand tighter accidentally making her whimper.
Kurama nodded and left the room to his own. Once he got in, he walked to his desk and sat down. He opened the pouch and poured out the continents. Biting his lip he counted out fifteen... Yet Hiei said that the leader gave him seven...
He smiled, so the leader had faith in them all he supposed. That sounded just about right. Thinking of how lethal the two poisons were, he got to work studying to see how many he would need.