Nobody but me has reviewed, but here's the third part anyway.


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Yusuke looked weakly at the others, not wanting to tell them himself but realizing that neither of the two others would want to either.

Kurama took a glass of lemonade and sucked it down; yet, somehow, he was still parched as he set down the empty glass. He looked up and saw Leeoyasha give him a mixed look of amusement, worry, and confusion.

'Heavens above, this entire moment can't be real. It must be a dream. First off, Hiei, he can't be…gone. There's just no way," Kurama felt tears spring into his eyes and saw Kai lean forward worried, with a handkerchief. He accepted it and wiped his eyes. "Thank you."

'There was the other thing. There was no way possible that the real Lady Kai could be sitting across from him. Man, she was beautiful. And so nice,' Kurama handed her back the handkerchief and smiled feebly as their fingers brushed each other.

"Well we gonna sit here all day with no one saying a word?" Impatience rang through Maboroshi's tone.

Yusuke coughed uncomfortably. "Why are you ladies living in Hiei's house?"

Maboroshi shot him a look that could kill. "Because its mine."

Yusuke rose to the challenge, ignoring the fear in his gut. "His name is on the deed."

"Because I gave him the money to buy the land. My money, my design, my house."

"Why didn't you just buy it yourself?"

Maboroshi snorted scornfully. "Because at the time that this house was built, it was illegal for a woman to own land."

Yusuke pulled the deed out of his pocket and looked carefully at it. "The deed is only five years old." He said triumphantly.

Maboroshi snatched it from his hands. "Yes, because five years ago, this house was under a time warp that sent the whole thing back five hundred years ago."

Yusuke didn't know how to respond. Maboroshi just shook her head.

"How did you know Hiei?" Kurama asked quietly, looking specifically at Kai.

Kai looked at him and felt her knees go weak. She couldn't lie to those beautiful green orbs. "Leeoyasha and I met him through Maboroshi." She jolted from her chance as Maboroshi gave her an elbow to the gut.

"And how did you two meet?" Yusuke asked her directly. Maboroshi leered at him. "None of your damned business."

"I sense bad blood between you two. Are you two enemies now?"

"My, aren't you perceptive." Maboroshi remarked sarcastically. "I wouldn't say he's my worst enemy, but I'd put him with the top ten."

"So you'd have reason to kill him?"

"Yeah, I have loads of reasons to kill him."

Yusuke looked at her. "So you admit that you killed him?

Maboroshi looked at him like he has sprouted another head. "I said I would, not that I did. Hiei isn't dead, much as I'd like him to be."

Kurama put his head down and mumbled. "Actually, that's what we came here to tell you ladies. Hiei was found this morning…d-dead." He stumbled over the last few words.

Kai sat back, her face drained of all color. Leeoyasha sank to the floor, tears already coming to her eyes. Maboroshi sat there with her arms crossed and looked Yusuke in the eye. "Come again?"

"Hiei is dead. Murkuro found him on her doorstep this morning, his throat cut."

Maboroshi's sat there unmoving. It looked like she had stopped breathing. Kurama leaned forward and gently touched her shoulder. "Maboroshi?" She gave no response.

Kai shook her slightly. "Maboroshi?!" She called out, slightly panicked. The demon still gave no response.

Kai looked at her old friend carefully. "She's not here right now."

"What do you mean?" Kurama asked.

"I mean that she has escaped."

"Escaped? Escaped where?"

Kai shrugged, her eyes filled with concern. "Into her memories."


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