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Fighting Blind
Chapter 2: Kurama Comes Clean
He stood up, trying his best to look around him. Keisuke was gone. He was sure of that. But it would not be the last he saw of the demon. Oh, no. That beast still had his family held captive. Who knew what he would do to them? What would he put them through? Would he torture them, or let his secret slip?
Right now, that didn't matter. Kurama didn't give a pig's ass if Shiori found out he was a demon, now. He needed to make sure she was safe.
Keisuke would pay.
He stumbled almost blindly towards the portal he sensed nearby. Thank Inari that being blind hightened his other senses, including his Spirit Awareness, otherwise, he'd probably walk into the road and get hit by a car. He wouldn't safe Shiori that way. No.
He stumbled through the portal. He had to see Koenma.
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Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Botan stood in front of Koenma's desk, waiting for his attention. The girls (Sora, Sahara, and Kitsune), wouldn't be a part of the next couple missions. They'd volunteered to help bring the dead to heaven, because Koenma was short on help. Kaonashi now worked part-time for Spirit World, finding and filing folders, sorting books in the grand library, and other such tasks.
Kaonashi stood next to Koenma's desk, as Koenma frantically stamped away at the papers on his desk. "Team, this is very serious," he said, still stamping. "A demon has escaped Reikai prison, and we need you to track him down."
Kaonashi pushed a button on a remote and a large screen slid down slowly from the ceiling, until it hovered a couple inches above Koenma's head. He pressed another button and the screen lit up. It showed a male demon with spikey flame-colored hair and wearing a black ninja suit. He also had flaming red eyes with flecks of gold in them.
"His name is Kinyobi Keisuke, and he is a fire demon. He was tried for genocide," Koenma explained.
"Just how many people did he kill?" Kuwabara asked.
"Four million, two hundred and fifty thousand," Koenma stated, then added, "At the same time." The demi-god sighed, stamping the papers. "This was long ago, and he was given minimum punishment: four thousand years in Reikai prison. He escaped recently. He still had at least 300 years left to serve.
"He was last seen in Kurama's neighborhood. We've had ferrygirls and ogres searching for him, but so far, we haven't found him. He is very dangerous, so be careful."
"I know, I had a meeting with him just a little while ago . . ."
Everyone jumped at the tired, shakey voice. They turned to see Kurama standing in the doorway, his arms outstretched, and holding both giant doors open. He was soaking wet, and the others in the office saw that there was a massive thunderstorm outside. Lightning flashed, and Kurama stumbled forward, letting go of the door, which slammed shut behind him. He fell to his knees, uttering one word, "Help."
"Kurama, what happened?" Yusuke asked, rushing to his friend's side. However, he was stopped as Kurama looked up. His normally green eyes were swirling with ghastly white, and they had a tired, almost haunted look to them. Yusuke nearly stumbled backwards because of the intensity of his friend's gaze.
"What happened to your eyes?" the spirit detective asked in horror.
The other detectives rushed to him, and even Koenma stood up. "Get the girls, Kaonashi," he ordered, running over to Kurama. Kaonashi bowed.
"Hai." He dashed off, trying to find his girlfriend and her friends.
Yusuke and Kuwabara helped Kurama into a chair, where the fox collapsed, exhausted. He breathed heavily.
"I tried finding the temple, but it was hard," he said.
"What happened to you? What happened to your eyes?" Kaonashi asked, coming back with Kitsune, Sora and Sahara. However, Kitsune stopped, noticing the look in Kurama's eyes. She gasped, rushing forward and holding her finger in front of his eyes.
"What do you see?" she asked.
"I can't see, that's the problem," Kurama said, "And what do you mean, 'what happaned to my eyes?' Is there something wrong that you notice that I don't?"
"They're turning white," Sora stated, "And fast."
Hiei gave Kurama a mental picture of himself and adding emphasis on his eyes. The swirling white has stopped, and seemed frozen and hard, trying to inch up his iris. (I think that's the colored part of the eye. Correct me if I'm wrong.) Kurama gave a soft moan. This was going out of hand.
"Kurama, what's going on?"
"I believe my eyesight is failing, nothing more," he said, "Anyways, I met up with this Keisuke. He attacked me, but I dodged, and then he confronted me. He said that he has my family and that I have three days until I fight him, otherwise he'll kill my family."
"You can't fight him while you're going blind, it's suicide!" Sora exclaimed.
"I think Keisuke planned this," Sahara said, "He knew Kurama was going blind, so he issued a challenge. And he knows that Kurama would do anything for his family."
"Kitsune, Sora, Sahara," Kaonashi said, "Go and find Yukina. Bring her here. Maybe she could help."
"Alright," the three said, and dashed off.
They returned a while later with the tiny ice maiden in tow. They left Kurama and Yukina alone for her to 'heal' his eyes. An hour later, she stepped into the other room, shaking her head.
"I've done all I can," she said, in her alto voice, "I can do nothing. This is beyond my capabilities to heal."
"I thought your powers included healing blindness," Yusuke said, in a slightly worried tone.
"It can," she said.
"Then this means that this is no ordinary case of blindness Kurama is developing," Hiei said, from his position on the windowsill.
The other detectives filed into the room. Yusuke approached Kurama, who had black glasses over his eyes. "So, what are you gonna do?" the detective asked, shoving his hands into his pockets.
"I have no other choice," Kurama replied, "I have to fight him."
"What? No! You need an operation, or something!" Yusuke protested.
"It's beyond me, Yusuke," Kurama said, "I don't have the money to afford an operation, and it would take at least two months for this to heal. My family would die by then. I cannot let that happen."
"Kurama," Kitsune said, meekly, "Keisuke is a fire demon. You control plants. You'll be crushed if you try to go into this. Let us help--"
"NO!"
All were shocked at the usually composed fox's outburst. He'd leaned forward and reached a hand out, as if trying to stop her statement, his eyebrows raised in an attempt to look frightened or shocked. It was working.
He composed himself again, sinking back into the chair. "No . . ." he repeated, "I have to fight him alone. Otherwise, my family will die . . ."
"Let's see your eyes," Kaonashi said. Kurama pulled off the glasses, as the others gasped. The whiteness had nearly engulfed his entire eye. There was just a bit of green showing, and, of course, the pupils were still black, although they were greying slightly.
Kurama put the glasses back on. Kaonashi ushered the girls and himself out of the room, save for Botan. Kuwabara, Hiei, and Koenma also exited. Yusuke gave Kurama a sympathetic look, and put a hand on his shoulder. Kurama smiled sadly at the gesture before Yusuke exited.
Botan walked over to Kurama, putting her head on his shoulder and sighing. Kurama put a hand on hers, and they stayed like that.
Kurama had three days.
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Kurama and Botan realize they have a little more in common than they think. But will a budding relationship between the two end so suddenly and tragically? Kurama still has 3 days to train himself to get used to his blindness and fight Keisuke. But will that be enough?