Before Yusuke could shoot his energy at Sana, Jin got in the way. "Sana, wha' exactly is yer power?" he asked.
"I-I control plant life…" she replied, not looking up.
He asked, "How exactly do plants kill people?"
"Poison them, squeeze them to death, grow beneath them really fast so they can pin people like butterflies--."
"An' yours?"
"…squeezed them…"
"Do ye think it's yer fault?"
"I should have been in control. One day a bunch of kids… they were only teasing… but I let it get to me… I accidentally came loose."
"Well… ah don't think so."
This very statement surprised Sana to no end. She looked up to find Jin kneeled beside her and smiling from ear to ear. "Huh! B-but I lied to you all and kept my identity and powers secret!" she protested.
He shrugged then replied, "So? We know th' truth now. It doesn't matter anymore!"
Sana's jaw fell when she finally registered that he was hugging her. Ever so slowly, she shared the embrace while crying into his shoulder due to his acceptance.
"Come now, lass! We promised each other we weren' gonna let Kurama win!" Jin declared, looking at her kindly before wiping away her crystal-like tears.
She looked into his sparkling sapphire eyes then smiled. At that moment, they both knew that they were really in love and that their relationship wasn't just some fling. The difference was in how they acted. Anyone could say the three life-changing words, but if Sana and Jin weren't in love, he would have simply let her die.
Jin didn't believe in keeping secrets. But he made an exception for Hiei due to obvious and painful reasons. But the other exception was Sana for obvious and more painful reasons.
'If she were t' die… then ah would go too,' Jin thought, pulling her into a cosmos-rearranging, breath-taking, time-stopping, electrifying kiss.
'Kurama has failed… but th' worst is yet t' come.