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tears of a goddess

5

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The sun had set and the crickets were chirping again. Kimiko sighed contentedly. She was having tea with Yukina and Keiko. Yusuke was outside with Kuwabara tussling. "It's so nice and peaceful," Keiko said sipping her green tea.

"Yes," Yukina replied.

Kimiko smiled at her new friends and looked back at the windowsill. Hiei was sitting there with his eyes closed. She smiled at him and the feelings he made her feel. Not physically, but this emotional pang that would build whenever she was around him. Could this be love? Is that what this is? But what about him?

Hiei could feel her eyes on him and held in a smile. It was so amazing how quickly he had grown attached to this girl. But was it love? No, it couldn't be. Hiei didn't love.

Kimiko gasped when Yusuke and Kuwabara yelled in pain together, which coincided with a blast of energy. She knew that energy.

Keiko gasped. "Yusuke!" She ran outside and Yukina yelled after her.

"Keiko!" she cried. Kimiko felt a hand on her shoulder to keep her from standing up. She looked back and Hiei was holding her.

"Stay here." He flitted away and Kimiko put her hand over her chest.

"No..." she whispered. She ran outside, in spite of what she was told, and her heart stopped.

Yusuke and Kuwabara were on the ground bleeding and Keiko was tending to Yusuke. It was him.

His horrible gray eyes met her shining blue orbs. "Kimiko..." he said menacingly.

"Dern..." she whimpered.

"Kimiko! Don't come further!" Hiei shouted. He had his bandages off and was ready to fight Dern head on.

"Aw...did you entice a demon, Kimi? How sweet," he said with that same evil tone.

"I - " She looked down. She could never speak in front of him.

"Shut up! I'll kill you if you touch her!" Hiei shouted in rage.

"I already have. She belongs to me," he said with no emotion.

Hiei was infuriated. This was the man who had tortured her. He saw nothing as his eyes went red, attacking him at full force. Dern blocked his attack with ease and laughed at him. Hiei was thrown into the temple wall and coughed after the rubble fell on him.

"Yusuke, hang on," Keiko eased. Dern raised an eyebrow and chuckled vilely.

He walked up to the young human and scoffed. "Do you like Kimiko?"

"S-stay away!" Keiko whimpered in fear.

"I bet she likes you." Without warning he grabbed Keiko by the neck and threw her to the ground away from Yusuke.

"Keiko!" Yusuke shouted coughing up more blood.

"We have to stop him..." Kuwabara said hoarsely.

Dern grabbed her again, punching her in the face making her nose crack and break. Blood poured down her face as he beat her. She couldn't make any noise, she was in so much pain.

"NO!" Kimiko screamed.

Dern chuckled. He took his hand and thrust it into Keiko's stomach, blood bursting out the other side. He pulled out his hand revealing her organs draped on his knuckles.

"KEIKO!" Yusuke screamed, powerless to save her. Dern grasped her neck and powered up his hand, red energy glowing on it. It got stronger and stronger until it began to burn the outer layers of her flesh. Blood spraying everywhere, her flesh melted away until the bone showed underneath. He cracked his hand and snapped the bone, her lifeless head falling to the ground.

Yusuke screamed like no other and jumped up, making blood spurt out of the wound in his side. He rushed the horrible demon and began punching and kicking for all his worth. Dern blocked all of his attacks and seemed like it was a game.

Kimiko watched as Yusuke fought with rage and grief. Dern had killed this innocent human girl. For no reason. She had done nothing to him. That's when it dawned on her. It was because of her that Keiko died. Dern killed Keiko to teach Kimiko a lesson. If she hadn't run away Keiko would still be alive.

She couldn't control it. Tears welled in her eyes and fell from her face. She cried for the first time in her life. Ever since he had told her he wanted her to. Sobs wracked her body and her shoulders shook.

Just then, thunder clouds formed above the temple. Dern looked back at Kimiko and smiled wickedly. "Yes...That's it, Kimi..." Rain poured out of the clouds and Dern punched Yusuke in the face, making him fall back. Dern opened his mouth and drank the rain, laughing the whole time. "Cry, Kimi! Cry!" He laughed insanely and continued to drink the rain.

She couldn't stop it. The tears just kept coming. The more she cried the more it rained.

Everyone watched as his body began to glow with white energy. "YES! YES! I HAVE IT! FINALLY! IMMORTALITY!" He laughed and screamed in victory. Yusuke wanted to kill him so badly but couldn't move from his injuries. Hiei charged him and Dern stopped drinking and hit him in the chest, making him vomit blood.

"NO!" Kimiko sobbed seeing Hiei coughing blood.

"YES, KIMI! I WIN!" He disappeared.

Botan and Kurama arrived on her oar and Botan gasped when she saw the body on the ground.

Kimiko's legs gave out from underneath her and she continued to sob. "I'm so sorry..."

~TBC