hey everyone, again im sorry it took me so long. I tried to update yesterday but my computer wouldnt let me go to fanfic for anything. well this chapter is sorta long. i wrote the whole thing out in my notebook before i typed it up and it was 12 pages, but when i typed it up... it shrank.
well I doubt any of us really needs a recap on what happened last chapter. so without delaying more, on to the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH, i own the people you have never heard of in the show before.

Chapter 26: Things are getting Serious

"He tricked me" she whispered out loud.

"It is not wise to lie, love" said Kanji.

"I'm not lying! You're the one that lied!"

Serenity said while pulling at the chains again.

She just had to make Hiei Understand.

"He spiked my drink or something. It lowered my judgment level. Then he asked me to be his mate. If I were thinking clearly I would have remembered that I've only known him for about 3 months and that Yoko had warned me about him. But I said yes. After we... mated he tried to get my necklace and that's when I realized that's all he wanted me for."

Hiei stopped walking away and listened. He could hear the sadness and truth in her voice, along with the despair of her memories. Yoko hadn't even heard this before.

"And then we realized something about the necklace. Once a 'pure one' puts on the necklace, She cant take it off unless its for the good of the worlds, or if my life depended on it. And only I can take it off."

"Wait... what do you mean 'the good of the worlds'?" Asked Yusuke.
"Yea, and why is everyone all upset about this necklace? It's just jewelry." Said Kuwabara.

"It's not that simple Kuwabara" said Kurama.

"The power of the necklace is to dissolve the barriers between al the worlds." Said Kanji.
"Why the hell is everyone so obsessed with doing that?" Yelled Yusuke.

"Because what a wondrous thing it would be! Demons running in the street, humans running scared. The screams of the humans getting eaten ringing in my ears. I can hardly wait for it!" Said Kanji; his voice raising higher and louder as he went his face showed his longing and his desire for the end of the human race. It was sicking to look at.

"Well, you'll just have to wait till you die. Its never gonna happen in your lifetime." Spat Serenity.

Then a tiny voice spoke up that everyone had forgotten about,
"Um... shouldn't we get Miss Seri down from there?"

Yusuke looked down by him; the little Renji had taken refuge behind him.

He had his face half hidden in his pant leg. It pushed his hair back to see the scar over his eye that hadn't been visible before. It wasn't new, but it wasn't old enough either.

"What happened to your eye?" Asked Yusuke.
The boy hesitated.
"M-Master gave it to me when I dropped his drink.."

"that son-of-a-" Yusuke started.

Stay focused on what's at hand Yusuke" said Hiei, speaking finally after a while.

Yusuke looked like he didn't want to listen but then Kuwabara stomped on his foot.

"but I agree with he boy" spoke Yoko through Kurama "we must get her down."

"now that I can not allow. I have missed my love, and I can not let you take her from me after I just obtained her again. And just when the fun was about to start you people so rudely interrupt us. I should be punishing you, but I will let you leave without harming you. Now this is very kind of me so I suggest you take my offer. "said Kanji stepping in front of Serenity as if to guard her from an enemy.

"I'm afraid we have to decline your request to leave. You have had my sister for a little over 14 years now. It is my turn."
"Then it seems we have a problem.
And any minuet now that will kick in..." said Kanji, the last bit under his breath.

As if activating on his words, the plant he made Serenity swallow power awoke and took hold of her body.

Her body heat increased greatly, she started to shake horribly. She could no longer think straight or see clearly.

'On 3 we go' Yoko spoke to everyone in the group who had power.
"3!" they all yelled and rushed Kanji.
Even Botan ran forward with her oar.

Keiko, Shizuru and Renji ran and tried to get Serenity down
"Kurama, go get Serenity, We've got this!" yelled Yusuke as he set lose a shock gun to try and hit Kanji.

Kanji couldn't stop them from getting Serenity. He could barely keep himself from falling to a oar, 2 swords and a mass of spirit power.

The fight soon came down to Kanji and Hiei.
"the efforts to save her are futile Hiei, I don't know why you even bother. She is easily replaceable. All women are."

"and yet you claim to love her! yelled Hiei as he countered Kanji's attack.
He glanced over at Serenity, she was now unconscious or asleep. He wasn't sure. But Kurama was with her, Good.

"what makes her worth it?" asked Kanji.

A image popped into his head. It was the night Serenity got drunk. She was sitting on the floor in front of him.
Her hair was in a messy bun. Her shirt was on backwards and inside out and it had a hole in it. Her jeans were dirty and she was missing a shoe.

But Hiei thought she was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen and every time he saw her that feeling grew more.

Her eyes were clouded over with alcohol but behind that was fear. She was afraid that Hiei would leave her all alone and she couldn't handle that again. and along with that fear was a growing trust that ran deeper than the fear. She trusted him truly and completely with her whole heart. She trusted him not to leave her.

Hiei looked back at Kanji.
"She's worth the world."
"but why?"
"because she trusts me not to leave her"

He thought back to that image. One hand on the floor to support herself the other entangled in his shirt with a smile on her face as she asked him about his "dress"

With that image in mind he pushed Kanji back enough to get leeway to slash him from his shoulder to his waist.

"Hiei! we need to go!" yelled Yusuke.

'its bad Hiei and its getting worse. we have tog et her out of her' muttered Yoko in Hiei's mind.
'But Kanji-'

'leave him. It will take a while for him to heal that wound. we are wasting time. which is more important, Serenity or killing Kanji?'

Everyone else had fled except for Yusuke, Yoko, Hiei and Renji.

Without a glance back at Kanji, Hiei raced forward towards the entrance. But as they ran, they forgot one thing in their escape.

Renji.

Since he was a lesser demon he couldn't keep up with the others and soon he couldn't even see what direction they had run off in. terrified he hid. Now he had no one to protect him. He wanted to be with Miss Seri when she woke up to say that he helped save her.

"Oh...Renji.."

Renji shrank more into the darkness, despite to hide himself. He knew if Master found him it would be very horrible.
Footsteps now sounded at the end of the hall.
Despite being scared beyond all reason he willed himself to quiet his breathing.

The footsteps stopped in front of his hiding place.
And when the footsteps stopped so did his breathing.

'Miss Seri!' his mind screamed 'Help me!'

And back at Yusuke's house, Serenity awoke with a gasp. She could hear Renji. She could hear his screams.

She looked up at Shizuru, Keiko and Kuwabara. She struggled to get the words she needed but she was so cold

"R-Renji.. we l-left R-Renji.." that's all she could get out before another wave of power flowed through her.

"Maybe Yusuke has-"Keiko started but didn't finish due to the fact Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei ran into the room with no Renji.

"oh dear! we forgot about Renji!" exclaimed Botan, having just gotten back from getting Yukina.
"we will get him back soon, but first where's Yukina?"

"I am here" Yukina walked into the room. she walked straight to Serenity and started to check her symptoms.

"we need to lower her body temperature. She's burning up"
'No!' Serenity's mind screamed.

Yukina used her power to create a cold setting around Serenity.
Slowly Serenity's temperature began to drop as she began to freeze to death.

"st-st-stop... so c-c-cold"

Kurama touched her skin and only then could he see what was wrong.
"this plant, shit. Hiei sit down now!"yelled Kurama as he picked up Serenity and dragged her away from the cold.

Kurama dropped Serenity into Hiei's lap.

Hiei just sat there not knowing what to do.

"heat her up"
Hiei did as he was told and extended his body temperature to a higher degree so it would reach Serenity. Only then when the heat hit her did he realize how cold she was.

Serenity pushed herself towards the warmth till she had wrapped herself around Hiei. Her face burrowed into the crook of his neck.

"what the hell are you doing Kurama? your going to kill her that way!" yelled Yusuke.

Kurama's eyes flashed and he grabbed Yusuke and dragged him over to Serenity and Hiei.
"touch her skin"

Yusuke hesitated but did what he was told for once.

As soon as his skin touched hers he jerked back "she's ice!"

"the kind of plant she was injected is very toxic. The first stage is body temperature it effects. It makes it seem like the victim is burning up when in fact they are freezing to death. Most don't make it past the first stage."

"well what can we do?" asked Shizuru
"we need to fond the antidote and I bet one of my tails that Kanji has it"
"one of your tails?" asked Keiko.
"yes"
"how many do you have?"
"enough to spare one"

Yusuke rolled his eyes and then said

"I'll go with you."
"No, he is mine to kill"

"I'm not going there to kill him. I left the kid. I'll go with you and get him and bring him back so he doesn't have to be there when you rip Kanji apart."

Yoko's eyes glared at Yusuke through Kurama's body. then he nodded.

"what are the next phases?" asked Hiei

Kurama sat down and put his face in his hands. "I've only seen it used a few times so I'm not entirely sure. the next stage is the victims worst fears come to life. I'm not sure how many fears they face. it depends on the victim. The victim can not tell the difference from the dreams or reality. This often results in the victim killing themselves.

"oh my God." said Keiko

"the next and last stage is the worst. The victim then appears fine. They act like nothings wrong and often they don't even remember that they are poisoned. They then grow hyper and want to play. This is where it turns for the worst.
When they play if they get any scratches, cuts anything, no matter how small. they will start bleeding and wont stop till they bleed out, Death will happen in within minuets."

"that's horrible! why do they have plants that do that?" asked Keiko.

Yoko stood up "there are many things that grow in the depths of demon world that would give you nightmares. Many evils that are unknown"

"how long does she have?" asked Hiei, tighten his hold on Serenity.
Yoko stood still for a moment.

"In every case, the timing was different. it depends on the victim. Its up to her"

a few people looked worried.

"she's a fighter, she'll make it" said Yoko as he walked towards the door with Yusuke following
"besides" he threw a smirk over his shoulder "she's to stubborn to die"

and with that he left.

'update me on her condition hybrid'
'I thought you weren't worried?'

'I'm not. I want to know how much time I have to play before I kill.'
Hiei sent a mental smirk 'Hn'

"is she doing better shrimp?"
Hiei had to suppress a growl. He now had to talk to the stupid humans.
"she's not shivering as much"

If he was going to talk to them, he was going to make it as simple as possible

Serenity's breathing had evened out and she wasn't that cold anymore. she hated hearing the details from Yoko but it gave her warning on what was about to happen to her.

She opened the mind link between her and Yoko. she could feel him running.
'your going to kill him aren't you?'
'what did I tell you about asking stupid questions'
'to not ask them'

'that's right, but I'll over look it this time. why wouldn't I kill him. He hurt and humiliated you. He stole you from me. your the only thing the hybrid has faith in as long as I've known him, he's never had faith in anything. I wont let that be stolen from him.'

Serenity let out a shaky laugh
'so your saving me for Hiei?'

'basically.' Yoko teased. He was slowly turning into his true demon form.

Since he was running so fast people couldn't see him.

'thanks Yoko' the teasing had left Serenity.
'if I don't make it-'
'we will not dwell on such things'
'-I just want you to know that I love you'

Yoko almost tripped over himself. He could count on 2 hands how many times he's heard that from her.

Things were getting Serious.

well there you go everyone. they managed to get her out, Hiei understands but they left poor Renji. what will Kanji do to him since Renji betrayed him. He got slashed on his face for dropping a drink, what will he do for this big of a crime? and will Serenity make it till Yoko gets back? you people will just have to wait and see!

Reviews:

moonlit-snow: thank you, and I think Hiei understands, if he didnt I think he would just let her die personally. and i agree, sometimes love does suck.

Rose of Death: aww thank you im glad you like it. and i try to update. i was gonna update yesterday but fanfic wasnt working for me.

icedragongurl16: lol very nice. and of course everything will work out, and i think Hiei might steal those cookies before you could kill them cause i believe he is a sugar nut at heart.

Reiana: im glad you like it and i hope i didnt make you wait so long. and yes he would be a major butt if he didnt understand.

sugarhigh01: nice to see your back. and of course everyone hates Kanji. and yea. the next few will be worse.

Leave a review on your way out and tell me what you think. please..?

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