Hey guys. I'm so so sooorry cause I haven't updated since like ever cause of school. But Spring Break…yay! Sorry though. Really, I am!

Disclaimer: FHY does not own any of the characters except for Kera, Ryuichi, Zaro, Ayame, Koichi and Ichiro.

Hiei's Love

Chapter 15: Koichi

"Is…..it, K-Koi-ichi?" Ryuichi slowly spoke, a few drips of crimson liquid fell from her small mouth slowly like molasses. She lifted her heavy eyelids slightly open, wet tears dripping. "Is it…" she whispered. "too late…..too say…"

"Ryuichi!" Hiei yelled as he freed himself from Kurama's grip rushing to her side. Using his spirit energy, he concentrated it into the palms of his hands, focusing on her chest. "Don't speak, don't speak. I'll save you."

"Is it…too late……too late….to s-say…s-sorry?" she whispered again. She shut her eyes and her mouth closed into a small line.

"RYUICHI! RYUICHI!" Hiei bellowed as he exerted more of his spirit energy.

"Oh my god, Hiei. If he does this anymore, he'll be pouring out his life energy!" Yusuke yelled. He quickly rushed to his side along with his others, giving his spirit energy along with Hiei's.

"Detective, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Hiei turned to him.

"What does it look like? I'm not letting you pour out your life spirit. I'm helping…and so are they." Yusuke smiled as Kurama and Kuwabara also helped. "This should DEFINITELY work now." He assured Hiei.

'I hope so.' Hiei thought as he focused on just bringing her back to life.

"Where am I?"

Ryuichi looked from left to right, up and down against the cold darkness. She was walking, and walking, but the question was, where was she? She could hardly make out the place. It was a forlorn plain with dead tress and roots lying haphazardly over the place. She couldn't see anything, only the dark brown ground of the plain stretching miles and miles like the sea. As she kept walking, a change of scenery began to occur. She had already finished her long walk through the plain and had come to a forest. As she looked up, she could see a towering mountain, something that had looked familiar long ago.

"What is that?" she asked herself as she hurried through the forest. There seemed to be no signs of life amongst the brush and trees. It was desolate, just like the plain, except for the plantlike signs of life. It was as if someone had a planned an ambush for her, but nothing happened. As she finished the trail through the lonely forest she had another trek to enjoy: climbing the familiar towering mountain.

"Joy." She said as she began one hand, one step at a time. She quit using that and decided to sprint with her amazing speed which took no effort at all. As he landed gracefully at the mountain, she heard voice, two of them. She hid herself in a cave trying to blend in with the darkness as the two figures approached.

"Mother." A tall demon was the first to come across her eyes. He was slightly older with black hair resting upon his strong broad shoulders. He was built, wearing all black. The problem was that Ryuichi could not see his face. Who was he? Had she seen him before? She tried to lean out a little from the shadows but one wrong move and she would be caught. She dared not to. The second figure came quite slowly. It was another demon, but female. She had black straight hair with wisps of white from old age. Her ivory skin was slightly wrinkled but was still lovely as ever. She was wearing a dark violet kimono. She was talking to tall demon.

"I don't understand why she left. Maybe she'll come back." She smiled slightly. Ryuichi could only see her profile, nothing more. "I really hope she does. I miss her terribly." She frowned slightly.

"Mother, she's gone. There's nothing more to it." He said with a deep, cold voice. "Little wench deserved it."

"KOICHI!" the woman hissed, murderous eyes revealing themselves. "You will not degrade your sister like that, do you understand. It was ad enough she left. Don't make me do something I'm not willing to do!"

Ryuichi's eyes widened as her heartbeat increased 300 fold. 'Koichi?! Brother!!' she gasped. She couldn't believe it…and that was her mother!! Her beloved mother she hadn't seen in centuries. 'Oh, mother…I love you so much.' She teared slightly as she now saw the full face of her okaa-san. She took a step, but it was a grave mistake for as she did, the tall demon turned around, his dark, blood red crimson eyes bore into her, and she was reminded of someone.

"HIEI."

"Hiei!" Ryuichi cried as she awoke, gasping for breath. She saw the faces of a worn out spirit detective, fox, idiot, and her own love. "Hiei wake up. C'mon guys, wake up." She shook them as they were slumped on the ground. Kurama was the first to stir. He blinked a couple of times and his emerald eyes were on her now as she smiled.

"Hello. So I'm still alive. It worked." Kurama chuckled as he tried to wake Yusuke and Kuwabara.

"Hiei, wake up!" she shook his lean shoulders. "Please!!" she started to cry. Eventually, Hiei began to show movement. First it was the flexing of his fingers and then the opening of his beautiful crimson eyes. As it laid upon Ryuichi's sparkling face he jumped to his senses and hugged her.

"Ryuichi!" he stroked her matted hair as he whispered his feelings. "Don't ever leave me again. I love you more than anything…" he said in her ear.

"I love you too…more than anything…" she whispered back and noticed Kurama smiling as Yusuke and Kuwabara had just been revived.

"Huh?" Kuwabara stared at his fingers moving them. "I'm alive?" he looked at Yusuke, who was also looking at the movement of his fingers, too. Yusuke looked at him. "I'm alive?" he asked him. "So wait…"Yusuke thought a while. "If I'M alive and YOU'RE alive then…"

Kuwabara blurted," WE'RE ALIVE!!" They both smiled laughing and then hugged each other. Then they broke apart looking all weirded out. "You hugged me you freak!" Kuwabara yelled.

"Yeah right!" Yusuke shouted back then mumble about some places being touched.

Ryuichi smiled as they gathered together. They were all explaining what had happened and tried reviving her with their spirit energies. Then Yusuke talks about how Hiei started pouring out his life energy. Ryuichi turned to him and saw him blush which made her giggle.

"But, really guys, thanks." She smiled. "But there was something really weird about this whole thing."

"Really? What?" Yusuke asks.

"Well, I was dreaming…or something like that. I was here, in Makai, in a really wide plain. And past that plain was a forest with a really huge mountain."

"Is this where Zaro is?!" Kuwabara asks.

"No…but as I pass this forest and up the mountain, I see 2 people and hear their conversations."

"So, who were these 2 people, Ryuichi?" Kurama asked his deducing abilities into play.

"Well…" she looked at Hiei. "I know I haven't told any of you yet, but it was…"

"Was who?" they pried her even more.

Ryuichi breathed in and said," My brother and mother."

"Mother, did you just see that?" Koichi's eyes were unwavering. They stared at the place where Ryuichi was and had gone.

"Was that…her?" Ayame asked a smile formed from her soft face. Hope was in her eyes as she walked slowly to the spot where her daughter had come and gone.

'So she's still alive….lucky you, SISTER.' Koichi thought as he stared out of the mountain onto the desolate plain where 5 spirit detectives were talking.

"You have a brother and a mom?!?" Yusuke asked. "Why didn't you tell us before?"

"Was it really that necessary to tell you about my family?" Ryuichi sighed

because Yusuke had been asking the same questions, a long with Kuwabara, for a while.

"So how did you decide to wake up?" Kurama asked, his emerald eyes full of

curiosity.

"What do you mean?" Ryuichi asked a little puzzled.

"We were not the ones who woke you up." Hiei told her holding her hands. "We used most of our spirit energy and life energy. We were tired and fell asleep."

"Yeah, I saw that. But you guys….?" She was at a lost for words. But then she remembered instantaneously. "This might seem weird, but, when I was at the mountain and when I saw my mother, I took a step out of the place I was hiding. As I did that, my brother turned around and the first thing I noticed was his RED eyes." She looked at Hiei as she emphasized on the 'red' part.

"And that was how you were able to wake up, through remembering Hiei." Kurama concluded. Ryuichi nodded, but something was troubling her mind. "What else is the matter?"

"When I saw both of them…I think it was how they looked now, recently. But how could I? I was…dead."

Kurama furrowed his eyebrows, keeping conclusions to himself. "I really don't know, but it should be told to Koenma after this case is solved. It's weird."

"Wow…I've never heard Kurama say 'weird', in my life. This marks a special day in history!" Kuwabara smiled as a flag waves in the background.

"Right…" Yusuke said as he pulled Kuwabara away.

"Wait." Kurama said. "You said you were passing a plain in your dream state. Was it this one?" he asked her. She looked around and was very surprised because it was.

"Yeah." She said, "but I should've seen you guys since you were on this plain too."

"So if this was the plain…then the forest would be there too." Kurama told her.

"Then after the forest would be the mountain where Ryuichi's mom and bro are." Yusuke butted in.

"Did you even listen to anything we were talking about?" Ryuichi asked him.

"No…but I have ESP." Yusuke smiled, jokingly.

"Lead the way then." Kurama told her.

"But I can't." her eyes looked to the ground. "I can't bear to see my brother and mother again."

"But it's the only way out. Unless, in your dream, there was another way through this vast plain." Kurama gently told her.

"Well. no." she looked at Hiei. "Alright…let's go." She said hesitantly as she stood up and began to run. They followed her running along with her. 'OK, there were a lot of dead trees before I entered the forest. I'm pretty sure it was this way. Three hours later, they had decided to keep walking. Out in the horizon they could see green tops coming closer and closer.

"Great job, Ryuichi!" Yusuke smiled. "You got us out of the plain! Now we're in the forest where there'll be lots of animals to eat!" His stomach grumbled.

"Don't thank me just yet. "she smiled at them. "We're still not out of the forest so let's go. Pick up the pace!" she said as she broke into a run again. As she ran she saw the forest coming to view. 'Closer…just a little more closer…' In minutes' time, they were as the entrance to the weird, silent forest.

"YEAH!!" Yusuke and Kuwabara high-fived each other.

"Just to let you know, there aren't any animals in this forest. As I passed it in my dream, or whatever you call it, there were no signs of life except for the trees." She shrugged as her stomach grumbled too. "Sumimasen minna."

"It's okay," Kurama told her. "Let's continue pass the through the forest." They started to walk through. "You never know what might be inside." The trees had blocked out signs of light, making the trail difficult to follow.

"There's no specific trail to follow. Just keep heading straight and follow me." They continued to walk, looking around to check for any attackers or signs of food. "

"I'm really hungry guys." Kuwabara told them, his stomach now also talking. Basically, as they finished the walk, all of their stomachs were deep in conversation with one another.

"Well…" she told them as they were all in awe of the gargantuan mountain towering over their tiny little heads. "here we are. Now…about 4 to 5 jumps should do it." She told them.

"Wait! 4 to 5 jumps should do what?!" Kuwabara panicked.

"To climb up this mountain!" she said to them. "Alright, let's go!" She jumped, followed by Hiei, and then Kurama.

"Urameshi!! Help I don't know how to…"

"Don't worry, it's a piece of cake. " he smiled as he also jumped.

"Oh god, please help me! I'm sorry. I'll go to church everyday! I'll read the bible," Kuwabara started to mutter as he began to climb, one hand, one step.

An hour later, Kuwabara had finished his godful promises and had also reached the top of the mountain.

"…amen." He said as he collapsed on the ground.

"Ha." Yusuke laughed, touching Kuwabara's side with his shoe. "Wake up, Kuwabara! Let's move!" Kuwabara was kicked on the side and he soon woke up.

"Eikichi? Don't worry, I'll feed you later…" he mumbled as Yusuke helped him up and started laughing at Kuwabara's insane words.

As they continued to walk, they sensed they were being followed. Ignoring this, they continued around the mountain, searching a way to pass meeting Ryuichi's brother. Alas, lady luck was not on their side.

"Well, well. Who do we have here?" A cold deep voice bellowed in front of them. A shiver went through Ryuichi's spine as her past feelings had rekindled. He appeared before them, built, with blood red eyes and black hair on his shoulders. His mouth was a small slit as he glared at Ryuichi only. "You've managed to stay alive, then, sister." The way he said sister was like poison on her tongue.

"Koichi."

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