This chapter is rather short. Sorry.
It's Going to Happen at One Time or Another
Hiei tossed the knife in the sink. "More what? More apples?"
Darkfire shook her head. "More things that taste 'good'. More things that are 'good'."
"You want that?"
"I want to remember, Hiei. For the first time in a long while, I want something."
He smirked. "Good."
"Are you serious?" Yuusuke laughed.
Kurama nodded. "He really wants to help this human girl."
"Man, you'd never guess by looking at him." His eyes turned to Kuwabara, whom was lost in thought. "You sure have been quiet. I thought you'd be poking all sorts of fun."
"I've just been thinking about the prophecy, is all," the boy answered.
"What about it?"
"About what it said. 'When It All returns, Hell with live on Earth, and only the death of It All can return the norm.' I was just thinking about 'It All'."
"Koenma said Darkfire is 'It All', that's why Hiei has her. If something happens, he'll stop it. He knows what has to be done if she turns into a demon. That's also why she's in Makai. She can't bring Hell to Earth if she isn't on Earth."
Kuwabara shook his head. "But it says 'returns'. From where?"
"Makai, obviously."
"But if he was worried about her coming to Earth, why didn't we just leave her in captivity? Why would we risk it?"
Yuusuke fell silent.
"Kurama, what if 'It All' isn't Darkfire? What if it's inside her?"
"I don't think I understand," the fox said, tilting his head forward.
"You said Hiei was trying to bring her emotions back."
"Yes."
"What if that's 'It All'?"
"You mean…?"
"Yea."
Standing, Yuusuke said, "You mean if Darkfire's emotions return, the prophecy—"
"Yes," Kurama sighed, sitting back. "The prophecy will come true."
"Then we have to stop Hiei!"
"That won't do."
"What d'ya mean? He's smart; he'll listen!"
"He'll listen, but he won't leave her like that."
"Kurama!"
The fox waved his hand. "We'll just have to let Hiei test his little experiment. If and when her feeling does return, Darkfire will have to die. Then the prophecy will come true and end."
"But we can stop it from ever happening!"
Kuwabara's jaw tightened.
"It's a prophecy, Yuusuke. It's going to happen at one time or another."
"But—"
"'It All' isn't specific. We will handle it when it comes."
"Kurama—"
"Yuusuke, enough."
He sat back down, a little surprised by the demon's harsh tone.
The other human leaned forward. "You're waiting for a miracle, aren't you?"
"What?" Kurama said, lifting a brow.
"You want to see what Hiei will do. You want to see if he's really going to help her. You want to see if he'll be hurt when we kill her."
A dark aura began to spread among the human population. Intangible, unseen, unfelt by the creatures it fed on. No one cared enough to notice. If they had, it would have been nauseating, choking. Something so evil, it was never meant to be born beyond the reaches of Hell.
Its formless, invisible fingers stretched weakly into the new world.
Undetected by all.
A/N: Yes, unnaturally short. Only two pages on Word. But I couldn't think of anything else.