-1Doi Co Bao Lau
Summary: Name's taken from a Vietnamese song (which rocks, find the band Cardin and listen to it) and it means 'To Be Alone.' Or something like that. Anyway, onto the actual summary. Kuronue, wandering around Ningenkai, learns of Kurama's kidnap by Yomi from listening to Yusuke's conversation with the others. Of course, he didn't believe that Youko could still be alive, but his curiosity got the best of him and he heads off to find Yomi and Kurama. However, what he finds is not what he was looking for.
Category: Yu Yu Hakusho
Genre: Angst. Romance. Crap like that.
Rating: M/NC-17
Couples: Karasu/Kurama (forced)[mentioned, Yomi/Kurama (forced)[mentioned, Kuronue/Youko, Hiei/Kurama
Warnings: Look at my couples section. Don't ask questions like that. I will fill this in as I go along, however.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho.
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[Kuronue
"Are you sure we'll be able to get in here?" The Agent asked, staring at the crack in the castle walls with distrust.
He rolled his eyes, wondering if Youko's ningen would become upset if he killed her. 'Probably,' was what he decided.
"This is how Kuronue and I escaped. It'll be fine." Youko whispered at her. She still looked uneasy, but said nothing else as Kuronue and Youko slipped inside.
As before, there were no guards in the hallway. However, Kuronue had no idea where to go. He wasn't sure if the two were being kept in the dungeon or not. He glanced at Youko, who turned to the Spirit Agent, who looked down at a machine in her hand.
"It says that they're above us." She whispered to them.
Kuronue rolled his eyes yet again. Of course they'd be above them. Where most of the guards probably were. He and Youko could probably make it with little trouble, but managing to drag along the other four seemed a bit more on the difficult side. Youko clearly caught onto his train of thought and agreed, for he turned to the two yokai.
"Touya, Jinn, we need a distraction." Touya stared at him for a moment, before nodding and pulling Jinn back outside the castle with him.
"What do you need a distraction for?" The ningen questioned loudly. Youko and Kuronue's combined glare made him gulp.
"While Youko and I would have little trouble making our way through this castle on our own, I'm sure that you two do not trust us enough with your friends." The ningen nodded at this statement. "Well, that means that we'll have to get you two up there too. So, we need a distraction to cover your impossibly low capacity for stealth." Kuronue explained.
"Uh…What?" The ningen blinked.
"Don't worry about it, Kuwabara." The Agent said, setting a hand on his arm. "He just said that they were going to take us with them to save Yusuke and Hiei."
Youko rolled his eyes but said nothing, instead starting to slip down the hallway leading to the stairs. Kuronue followed, wincing as the two behind him made enough noise to rouse suspicion.
They would've never survived in Makai on their own.
…
He watched as Youko deftly picked the locks on the Forbidden Child's manacles. He'd already released the Detective, who was being checked over by the Agent while staring at he and Youko.
Youko stepped back, the manacles being released. The Forbidden Child found his feet quickly and stared up at Youko, who was retreating back to Kuronue's side. Before Youko could make it to the safety of his presence, however, the Forbidden Child seized his hand, pulling him forward and into a kiss.
Oh, he was going to die.
With a quickness he only used when opening time-sensitive locks, Kuronue flung his blade between Youko and the Forbidden Child, forcing them apart. Darting forward, he placed himself between the two of them. The Forbidden Child's eyes narrowed, but he made no move to get near to Youko again.
"Oi, Kurama!" At the Detective's exclamation, Kuronue whirled around to see the struggle for control on Youko's face. The Detective had stepped forward, but he too had to dodge Kuronue's blade.
"Youko." Kuronue set his hands on Youko's shoulders, shaking his kitsune. "You can fight, him, Youko. He's just a ningen."
He ignored the Forbidden Child's snort of disbelief. "Your time is over, Bat. This is Shuuichi's time, not Youko's. You had your years with him and they're over now."
"No. No! Shuuichi and I agreed to return to Makai when we regained my power! This is my time again!" Youko shouted, his hands on the side of his head. "I won't give in. Not when I have Kuro back…"
"Why, Youko Kurama. It has been so long, hasn't it?" Kuronue's blood ran cold as he heard the calm, semi-amused voice in the doorway. He knew that voice. It was Yomi.
[Yusuke
Watching the scene between Youko Kurama, the strange yokai, and Hiei was slightly disturbing. There was something more there than what he could see, and it was making the way they reacted to each other more hostile than he had expected.
When Yomi strode into the room, however, his attention was quickly diverted from the on-going hostilities between his friends and rescuers.
He could see the new yokai tense and Youko's eyes widen marginally before narrowing to pinpoints. They had not expected to run into Yomi, then.
"Why, Youko Kurama. It has been so long, hasn't it?" Yomi sounded rather amused.
'This could be bad…' He thought to himself.
"I had a feeling that you had come when I dealt with the distraction outside. It never was something you were fond of, but then, I'm sure you had your reasons to do something you disliked." Yomi spoke as though they were only discussing the weather. "They did manage to destroy a large part of my army as well as Karasu."
"Did you kill them?" Botan demanded, stepping forward, and Yusuke had to place an arm out to stop her advance.
Yomi turned his head towards them slightly. "No. I felt no real need to do so." Botan sighed in relief. "My, what an interesting party you've pulled together, Youko. A Spirit Detective, a Spirit Agent, the Forbidden Child, and a ningen." Yomi turned back to Youko Kurama. "Oh, and let's not forget Kuronue. I was under the impression that he was dead, so where did you find him?"
"…How did you know that he was supposed to be dead? You were not around at that time!" Youko glowered.
"It might have something to do with having been the one to cut his pendant. I knew he'd go back for it. I'm truly surprised that he managed to live after being hit with so many bamboo stakes." Yomi stated calmly as Youko stopped breathing. Kuronue's eyes had widened now and he slowly fingered the pendant he wore on his neck.
"You…You did that?" Youko's voice was cold, colder than Yusuke had ever heard it. He watched as Youko's fists clenched at his sides. "You cost me the happiness I had found…You took it from me."
"And you took my light!" For the first time, Yusuke heard Yomi's voice rise and color with a true emotion. Anger. "You sent that assassin after me and stole my light! It seemed only fitting that I steal what you had seen as your light." The last statement was heard in Yomi's normal, calm tone.
"But you failed." Kuronue spoke up and Yomi turned towards him. "I did not die, as you had anticipated. Not only that, but I found Youko again. And I will not lose him again." Kuronue had his blade again, tossing it into the air while eyeing Yomi. "But I shall make sure that you lose more than just your 'light' for what you have done."
"You are welcome to try." Was Yomi's reply.
A/N: Oh my…We're nearing the end of this…Um, at the most, there'll be two more chapters, but I'm leaning more towards only one. I didn't realize how close we were to completion until one night I was lying in bed and thinking about it. 'Huh. Once this happens that then that, there's no more. Well I'll be damned. It's almost done!' It kinda sucks. I really like this fic. But that's ok. I have another Kuronue/Youko in the works. Anyway, preview:
[Hiei
He watched as the pendant Youko had been wearing of black onyx flew from its snapped chain and Youko disappeared, leaving Kurama standing in his place.
"Youko!" Kurama's shout was full of pain, as though his soul was being torn in two. Which, when reaching out through their link, Hiei found that it was.
R&R, please!!