Author: Wow, I really feel like this is flowing better than before.
Hiei: Because it is flowing better than before.
Author: Oh, well hope you all enjoy this new chapter.
"Kirana's telepathy"
"Hiei's telepathy"
Hiei's thoughts
"Hiei's Jagan"
Kurama's thoughts
Youko's thoughts
'People talking telepathically with Hiei'
'People talking telepathically with Kirana'
(Author's note)
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Chapter 40
---------With Kirana---------
Kirana finally decided she was hungry, and thought about going out of the room to see if she could find anything to eat. She immediately decided against it, and tried to fall asleep. She hoped that if she was asleep she wouldn't think about being hungry. She finally decided she could not sleep, and was about to open her eyes when a pleasant aroma reached her. She quickly opened her eyes and looked around the small room. By the door in the same place she had found the teddy bear and the tear gem she saw a bowl of hot soup. She crawled over to it and quickly ate it. It was just as good as it had smelled. She couldn't figure out how it had gotten there, but she was not going to complain. She had been hungry and she had a suspicion that it was the room taking care of her. She knew she needed someone to care for her, and if this room was going to do that then she would let it and not question how or why things happened.
After she ate Kirana crawled back to the corner and fell asleep. When she woke again it was once again to the smell of soup. Again she crawled over to the bowl and ate it. And once again she decided not to ask who it was that was taking care of her.
---------With the Reikai Tantei---------
They spent the night under the cliffs and even Keiko could tell something was not right with the place. Finally Yukina spoke up.
"This is the same place Hiei landed when they threw him off the island. I know you can all feel the sadness and pain in this place. My mother was not the first Koorime to have disobeyed our code and had a son thrown over the side of the island. Many male children died here," Yukina said softly.
"Hiei was not the first Forbidden Child?" Youko asked amazed.
"He was the first to live. And the one most Forbidden. He is opposing elements, which means he is very dangerous. You already knew that, but he is more of a danger than you think. And that Jagan only adds to that danger. In fact though you haven't realized it, Hiei has gotten even stronger in the last few weeks. Yokoshima will not know this, and therefore Hiei will still have some of his power. Possibly some minor telepathy if someone is close to him. He will also have an easier time fighting his fear. It will be the Jagan overpowering the fear. If Kirana were not in such a poor state of mind before the kidnapping, I would not have been worried about her mind in her fear, but since she is… I am afraid that she may lock herself into her mind and never come out. And not even Hiei's Jagan is strong enough to counter Kirana's," Yukina said trying not to cry as she looked up at Koorime Island.
"So this is where you are from?" Kuwabara asked softly taking his mate's hand in his.
"Yes, this is that accursed island that threw my twin brother from its height, and didn't think twice about telling me that my mother was not loyal and that is why she died that she was weak and desired the touch of a man and her forbidden killer of a son. They were wrong about my mother. She was stronger than any of them. She found the strength to love, and they were wrong about my brother. He was not forbidden. He was not a curse to the Koorime people, but a blessing. They threw their own salvation over a cliff and left him for dead. I never want to feel a pull to that accursed place again," Yukina said with venom.
"Hiei told me once that they did not know better. He told me that when he had returned to Koorime Island to kill them all for what they had done to him, he didn't even see a need to do so. He said they were the walking dead, and when he found the woman who threw him, and she led him to Hina's grave he saw no need to avenge what he thought he needed to. I told him he was doing it for her, not for himself, but he didn't believe me," Youko said softly to Yukina.
"Now that I think about it they were the walking dead. They had frozen hearts, and no soul. What they thought was love was so fictitious that it would never be able to exist, maybe that is the reason they were afraid of Hiei. He could have easily unfrozen their hearts and found the souls they had lost," Yukina said thoughtfully turning toward Kuwabara and slipping quietly into his arms.
"Your mother thawed her heart, and therefore you were born with a working heart, thankfully that island didn't do to you what it had done to others. I love you Yukina, and I will do anything I can to help make the pain of your past go away," Kuwabara whispered.
"I love you too. And you have done so much to help me forget that pain already," Yukina whispered.
The group talked for a few more minutes and decided that they had better get some sleep. Quickly and quietly they all fell asleep, except for Youko and Yukina. The two lay awake for hours thinking about the family they were missing and all the pain they would go through if they couldn't save them.
---------With Hiei---------
Hiei held Kirana and was not at all surprised when Yokoshima was not shocked that it hadn't taken him long to figure out how to escape from his nightmare world. He was also not surprised when Yokoshima kept trying to force him back into that world. But he knew the difference now. He could feel Kirana in his arms regardless of what world he was in.
He fed Kirana twice a day, and after the first day she began to respond to the smell of the soup and she would eat it. Hiei realized that this was a good sign, and said nothing to Yokoshima about it. He knew Kirana had retreated to her mind and was not in Yokoshima's world of fear, and he also knew that Yokoshima did not know that, so he kept quiet. He could only hope that wherever in her mind she had retreated to she would heal herself and come out. He knew what her fear was, and so he knew what she had been seeing, and it broke his heart. He also knew that if she hadn't just gone through what she had with her brother then she never would have been sucked into that world of fear, but she had and he knew she had had to endure very serious pain for her to have forced herself to retreat to the recesses of her mind.
"What are you thinking about?" Yokoshima asked suspiciously.
"I am thinking about my mate, and how we are going to kill you together once we get out of this and you remove the wards," Hiei said gruffly.
"And how do you plan on doing that? I know you told no one about where you are because they would have been here by now. So how do you plan on getting out of this, I tightened the spirit chains once I had you knocked out, so you can't get out of them yourself. Are you really so foolish as to hope for something you will never achieve?" Yokoshima asked.
"I will achieve it, whether it is in this lifetime or the next. And how exactly do you plan on using Kirana's power if she is chained up and trapped in her fears?" Hiei asked smirking.
"I don't plan on using her power. I just plan on threatening to use her power to gain all the power I could ever want or need. I will have the final say in all three worlds, because Koenma will be too scared that I will use this child to end all three worlds," he said cackling.
"She is no child. And Koenma will see through you. He will know you are bluffing. Kirana is the strongest person I know, and trust me I know a lot of very strong people," Hiei said once again smirking.
"I will achieve this, and you will keep your mouth shut!" Yokoshima screamed hitting Hiei and knocking his head against the wall.
It was all Hiei could do to keep his consciousness, but he faked the loss of it well, and Yokoshima left again. Hiei knew that if his friends didn't come soon Koenma would give in to the demon and then there would be no stopping him.
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Author: And there is chapter 40. Things are finally starting to wind down, and it will be over in a few more chapters. Please leave me reviews so I know what you all think. Until next time, ja ne!