InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden Pain ❯ Chapter 24

Chapter 24

 

Kieko walked out of the house along side Yusuke and Shuichi. “So it's been three days since you guys went into that cave and Yusuke keeps telling me you're both fine…So, you're going back once you leave me and Hiei with some Sesshomaru?”

Yusuke continued walking down the steps. “We're not leaving you there. You're staying for safety while we go out and make sure you're safe-“

Kieko stopped in front of him. “-Don't lie to me Yusuke. Don't you dare lie to me. I've seen you dead before and I don't want that to ever happen again.”

Yusuke smirked. “I remember that, free access to girl's locker room.”

“Shut up Yusuke I'm serious. Promise me you won't get killed or do something heroic and get yourself killed.” She looked into his eyes. “Promise.”

Yusuke gave her a hug. “I promise Kieko. Now can we get going towards the bus stop?”

“One last question.” Kieko looked at them both. “Where'd Kagome go and why did she leave? I know you both keep avoiding me when I ask but I deserve an answer she's like a quiet sister to me and I want to know why she felt she had to leave.” She looked at Shuichi. “Please.”

Shuichi hesitated getting nothing from Yoko. “What truly happened is not for me to say, and if Yoko wishes not to discuss it then it is his decision. And as for why she left,” He sighed. “perhaps because she felt she no longer should be, amongst us and left to heal on her own.”

Kieko looked at him. “So she isn't off trying to kill these taiyoukai?”

Yusuke spoke. “No way she can. Last I saw her it looked as if she couldn't even walk and I couldn't sense her, little energy. She has to be off gaining strength somewhere.”

“So then why'd she bring Nij-“

Yusuke lightly pushed on Kieko. “-`nough questions Kieko we gotta get moving…And if you want to be stubborn and not move-“

Kieko's eyes widened and turned around to smack Yusuke. “Pervert!”

Yusuke easily moved out of the way with a smirk on his face. “Got you moving though.”

After switching busses for a fifth time they made their way on foot towards a large empty grass field. After a few minutes of walking they came across a Shinto shrine, small, and walked under the Torii. There was a large traditional style house in the distance.

`Very large house.'

'It's Sesshomaru's palace from the feudal era not a large house. He's kept it this long.'

`I was beginning to wonder what happened to you Yoko. Do you want to walk in or I?'

`You can keep carrying Hiei, I don't want to be seen as a foot peasant.'

`Foot peasant?'

`Doing nominal tasks such as you are doing now. Just keep walking so we can get this over with.'

Once inside of the palace a servant immediately came taking Hiei away from Shuichi. The guards closed the large doors and they waited at the base of the stairs. Kieko looked around in awe, knowing not to say anything, but was amazed by the beauty displayed. About forty minutes later a demon walked down the stairs wearing a traditional kimono.

“Sesshomaru sama will have an audience with Yoko Kurama.” She turned around walking back up the stairs. “Follow me.”

Yoko walked up the stairs following the female dog demon servant past many rooms until she stopped. The servant opened the door for Yoko to enter closing them behind him. When he walked through he went down the hall to another set of old mahogany doors and pushed them open himself astounded at what he saw unable to hide his emotions.

Zokusai and Nijuu were playing with an assortment of toys, mainly climbing over them and tackling each other. They had yet to notice their father. After a few moments they both sniffed at the same time, turned towards the door and with a few yips ran towards their father. Yoko knelt down picking them up.

“Something of you is surprisingly well behaved.”

Yoko looked at Sesshomaru, in his traditional garb, standing before him. “Sesshomaru-sama. How is Zokusai alive?”

“That is not for you to know of, thief.”

“Where is Kagome.”

“No longer in my palace. The wench requested for your kits to be placed under my protection until you are finished with your task at hand.”

Yoko let Zokusai crawl over his shoulders. “Sama I ask of you I beg of you, please tell me the location of my mate.”

Sesshomaru looked at Yoko. “There is no point in finding someone who has no want to return. Leave.”

Yoko held his ground. “What did she go off to do- She is not even well enough to travel!”

Sesshomaru laughed once. “The wench is foolish but is no fool. Knowing of my vast resources she asked to be healed before she left. Leave.”

Yoko still did not leave. “Where is my mate.”

Sesshomaru took a step toward Yoko. “Do you wish to have yourself killed, kitsune.”

“I will fight you if need be to find my mate Sesshomaru sama.”

It was quiet for a while. “After your, mate, informed me of why she departed from your side she left to amend your name as well as your formerly dead son. You will be able to sense her before she accomplishes her task.”

Yoko was weary. “Why.”

“She asked for the necklace to be placed on her once again. She knows that what happened to your son is unable to happen to her for reasons.” Sesshomaru watched as Yoko set his kits on the ground. “Do not return to my palace until you have accomplished your tasks for you will be turned away. The forbidden male will be realsed once he is able to leave. The clasp is weaker and if you succeed in ending her task you should be able to remove it. Leave.”

Yoko, knowing not to run in Sesshomaru's home, walked down the stairs seeing Yusuke waiting alone, figuring Kieko was put in a room.

“Well?”

Yoko continued walking out of the palace. “We're going to Mushari city.”

Kagome walked around in a plain pair of pants and shirt away from where she sensed the majority of the physics. She wasn't after the ningens, most of them anyway. Walking for thirty more minutes she came across a forest of trees near a highway realizing it was on the other side of the park. Walking down the hill she saw an obstacle in her path.

“What's wrong? Lost little miko?”

Kagome looked at Ganban with a blank face. “I'm not here for you, step aside.”

Ganban smirked jumping down from a tree limb. “Step aside? You want for me to step aside for a filthy ice and fire youkai parading as a tainted miko?” He laughed for a while. “Not happening bitch. I'm here to make sure you don't try to crash a certain party still in the making, so if you want for me to step aside,” Ganban grinned at him. “you will just have to make me.”

Kagome created the same barrier as before around them. “Fine.”

Ganban laughed. “This again! After I have proven to you that I can break free of your tainted purity?” Ganban laughed loudly, then charged at her. “Or that I can beat you to the ground quicker!”

Shuichi and Yusuke stepped off of the train and ran. Yusuke spoke next to Yoko.

“What the hell does she think she's trying to do? Get herself killed? With that much energy she's giving off we can even sense it in this city!”

Yoko growled. “She's not trying to get herself killed with whoever she's fighting, she's wanting to kill herself.”

Yusuke looked at Yoko running. “You're serious… Because of what happened in that cave.”

Yoko growled. “This is my fault.”

Yusuke continued running. “We're almost there. Stop the crazy girl before she does go through with- Shit! Take cover!”

Ganban charged at Kagome who let herself get speared by one of his arm growths. She coughed up some blood, then let her mouth open as it freely flowed out. Ganban smiled deviously.

“Tainted fool! It went straight through your chest with ease! Did you want to get killed?”

Kagome put her arms around Ganban's neck closing her mouth. “You were supposed to be Chenja.” She glowed with her miko energy. “And I'm not tainted.”

Ganban hissed with pain. “Bitch get the hell off of-“

Ganban's words were cut off by his own yell when Kagome surrounded him with her energy. And then she intensified it, letting out all of her energy wildly, yet focused on her only objective. She never wondered how she became pure again as she felt herself begin to purify as she let her bloody mouth open in a silent gasp of pain.

Yusuke and Yoko leaped behind a boulder and raised their own energies as much as possible as a massive wave of purification passed over them. When it receded some Yoko took off running ahead and stopped about ten meters away from Kagome holding Ganban still speared. He was as close as he could go with his aurora around him without being purified. He saw what she was doing, and how the simplest face was filled with more pain than a scream could fill. All was quiet save the faint sound of Ganban whining and the hum of her miko energy clashing against Yoko's youki. He shouted.

“Kagome stop this! Do not kill yourself I never blamed you I knew it wasn't your fault for what Chenja did and I don't know why I didn't want to be around you but please do not end it like this! You need to live!” Yoko shouted again. “I never stopped loving you but don't do this for me! I don't blame you Kagome!”

Kagome closed her eyes leaning her head on Ganban's shoulder getting her cheek cut open.

Yoko tired getting closer fighting against the burning sensations but found Yusuke had pulled him back shouting at him. “Damnit if you get any closer you will be purified! Do not join her in de-“

But before Yusuke could finish the miko energy dissipated. Ganban fell to the ground turning into ash blown away as Kagome fell to the ground in a pool of her ever growing blood.

Yoko rushed over dropping to his knees next to Kagome ignoring the feeling of purification from her body slowing dying off. He quickly took of the clasp on the back of the necklace hearing a choking sound come from her as her body forced itself to go back to that of a demon's.

“You are not dying on me.”

Kagome smiled and closed her eyes as she continued to purify herself. “I don't deserve, to live after what I've done, to you. Better off, dead…”

Yoko tried cutting his palm pressing it on one of her open wounds but found his blood purified as it dripped upon her. She couldn't stop it even if she wanted to. Yoko brought her closer to his chest, bent his head down and closed his own eyes as he felt apart of himself fade away forever.

Yusuke walked off giving Yoko time. If it hurt this much seeing her die he wondered if Yoko even wanted to live now. He knew some youkai followed their mates in death, but would he leave his kits behind to go after her? Yusuke punched a tree in anger and yelled in anger. It wasn't fair. They drove her to do this they drove her to kill herself-

And for that he would kill these bastards. For making Kagome kill herself believing she should be dead and had betrayed Yoko. For killing Zokusai. For making Hagari kill Genkai. For all of the hell they have been put through.

`For touching Kieko.'

Yoko looked down at Kagome. He smiled. It looked as if she were resting under a tree with a wound somewhere. He would come back later to give her a proper funeral, but there wasn't any time. He grew out a giant leaf from the tree so that it leaned over her, protecting her from the sun.

“Let's go.”

Hagari held onto the chocker filled with Hiei's energy. He stood in front of the circular abyss that only he could see with a wrapping around his neck no longer oozing blood. Chenja, Sensui, and Itsuki were in the cave behind him.

“So I just throw it up in the thing and shoot.”

Sensui spoke. “Correct.”

Hagari knew it was the last thing he should do, but had already stalled for four days by acting as if it hurt to do anything. He couldn't stall any longer. Doing the only thing that came to mind Hagari turned around and hurled the chocker over all of their head towards the entrance to the cave, formed a tiny ball of energy in his palm and sent it at them as he jumped into the river. Sensui and Chenja moved out of the way, Itsuki already leaning against the wall. Sensui had a slight scowl upon his face.

“How did he not know that Hagari was with them.”

Chenja shook his head. “That ningen had to fool himself to make it work, why he didn't lie when receiving the chocker.”

Itsuki spoke walking toward the chocker. “He's swimming out of the cave and they don't know to collect him. I'll send-“

Itsuki stopped and turned around as a portal opened. Koenma walked out and looked around as Chenja spoke with a frown on his face.

“What are you doing here-“

“-Ganban was killed.” Koenma scowled. “I didn't even know about it until one of those damn reapers informed me that his soul was purified into nothing.”

Chenja growled some. “Unacceptable. As well it turned out that Hagari was with Uremeshi all along. He duped us, all.”

Koenma turned to him. “You lie! I tested him myself.”

Itsuki spoke. “He tossed the chocker towards the entrance and dove into the river.”

Koenma shook his head. “Sneaky little ningen.” He turned towards Chenja. “You know there's only one way now.”

Chenja growled louder. “Fine.”

Koenma opened the portal again. “Not like he can do anything without-“

Itsuki cut off Koenma. “-It's a fake. This isn't the real chocker Hagari has it with him.”

Koenma spoke walking into the portal. “I'll be back.”

Hagari took in a deep breath as he surfaced from the river on the cave exit side. After a few more breathes he climbed out from the sides and got onto dry land. There was a Jeep with Seaman and two other physics in and around it.

“What happened to you-“

Hagari had no time to waste. “-We're supposed to go back to the last base-“

Seaman spoke shaking his head. “-Sniper, Sensui told me himself to wait here for the Spirit Detectives. He'll come talk to us if he-“

And with that Hagari quicker formed a tennis ball size of his energy in his palm and flicked it at Seaman who had no time to react as it took off the side of his head. As blood splattered his body fell to the damp grass as the other two physics dove out of the way of two energy balls flicked at them. Hagari ran aside as a piece of paper in the shape of a crane came at him attacking and eventually ran past shooting off five small energy balls. The origami physic fell to the ground shouting loudly holding his stump for a left arm oozing blood. The other physic gave a shout feeling his side grazed but before Hagari could form any more he found himself falling and then stuck in the ground up to his chest. A man walked up to Hagari, who looked up and cursed.

“You're that ice cream vendor.”

He looked down at him. “I thought you had potential too. And it seems like you did, but for the wrong side.” He pulled out a gun. “Mangum. And now you get a bullet through your-“

“-Wait.”

The ice cream vendor held the gun at Hagari's head and turned around. “And you are?”

Koenma continued to walk up to the physic. “Not your enemy. You're not supposed to kill him-“

The ice cream vendor turned the gun to Koenma. “-Look! I don't know who you are but take another step and I pull this trigger! Sniper has to die!”

Koenma continued walking. “Actually, I'd like to see you try.”

The ice cream vendor flexed his muscle to pull the trigger when he suddenly fell down into a clown faced creature that was flat against the grass. As he disappeared Koenma sucked on the pacifier and smiled.

“Thanks Itsuki, wherever the heck you're at. Now.” Koenma knelt down next to Hagari. “I need to borrow you.”

Itsuki opened his eyes inside of the cave. “It's done.”

Chenja shook his head. “He needs to hurry up. He didn't say who killed Ganban or where they were at. But it has to be near- Hagari. Welcome back.”

Hagari took out the chocker from his pants and walked towards the end of the bridge. “I can see it.” He formed a number of balls in his hand and practiced shooting them off in various directions. “Okay, let's see if I can do it.”

Hagari tossed the chocker in the abyss and once he saw a large silver glow distort his image he sent five energy balls in the areas he saw a type of smaller circle form. The circle abyss became visible and Hagari walked back from the bridge.

“I have to go, quickly-“

Hagari turned seeing a jakai gun go past him at the circle abyss. It went through it. As the wall crumbled behind Yusuke ran into the cave with Yoko behind him. Doing the first thing that came to mind he ran after the circle abyss that started to swirl.

“-Uremeshi wait it's a trap!”

Yusuke stopped and growled. “What is it then?”

Hagari spoke near as Chenja and Sensui turned towards him. “If you go near it, then I heard-“

Yusuke inhaled sharply as he saw a small blue ball go through his stomach as he side stepped out of the way. Turning around he saw a number of Hagari's energy balls heading at him and put his finger up sending a jakai gun at them knocking them out of the way. As he ran at Hagari he shouted at him.

“Damnit what the hell is wrong with you I thought you were on our side!”

Hagari continued shooting at Yusuke not moving out of the way. “What's wrong in deed-“

“-Shut up!” Yusuke punched straight through Hagari's chest, but something caught his attention out of the corner or his eye that left Hagari's body. “What the hell.”

A spirit floated off, too quick for Yusuke to tell what it really was or what it really looked like. But when he turned back to Hagari, he saw the teen seizing on his arm eyes rolled in the back of his head before his body went still and there was no longer a heart beat in him. Sensui spoke to the side of Yusuke.

“It looks like you killed one of your last team members Uremeshi. And the only thing he did aside from killing Genkai was aiding you.”

Yusuke yanked Hagari's body off of his arm tossing him to the wall. He turned towards Sensui noticing Chenja standing next to the circle abyss, now a portal. Itsuki was still to the side.

“I already said I was going to kill him but you people had some damn spirit in him making him do that!” Yusuke let his aurora surround him in dark red causing his hair to grow and his markings to appear in full force. “I think I'll start off by killing you since you know so damn much.”

Sensui let his golden aurora surround him. “A battle between Spirit detectives.” He grew a type of gray armor around him. “Fine.”

As the fight between Yusuke and Sensui grew to levels exceeding the cave Yoko made his way to Chenja standing before the portal and with his personal rose whip in hand he attacked at a distance, only to find Chenja grasping onto the whip. The thorns went through his hand but he absorbed the energy Yoko had put into it turning the whip into a seed. He tossed it back at Yoko taunting like.

“Your plants are useless around me, kit.” Chenja let his true face show. The longer hair, shorter body and noise. And his terrible, wretched voice. “So try me if you'd like.”

Yoko hesitated. His plants were useless, and if Chenja touched him then his energy would be drained giving him enough time to finish him off. The man that defiled his mate-

Yoko's eyes glowed red. “Bastard.”

Yoko ran at Chenja punching at him quickly moving away before he could try connecting anything. But it couldn't last forever. Chenja smiled.

`Kitsune, your confidence will be your downfall in this fight.'

Yusuke and Sensui's first met every time with the same force. Moving all over the cave they both noticed after a few minutes that the cave would not be able to sustain both of their energies and as the cave began to collapse they both ran out through the tunnels. After leaving Yusuke jumped back firing a jakai gun at Sensui who ran out of the way and charged at Yusuke decking him out of the air. Yusuke skidded through a number of trees and stood, stopped himself and ran after Sensui also charging at him. Their energies clashed in a blinding light and the blows were matched up again. Yusuke, angry, let himself get punched in the gut then head butted Sensui back. He skidded for a while then spat out some blood from biting his blood.

“What do you call that Uremeshi?”

Yusuke glared at him. “Tactics. Use what you got.”

Sensui formed a ball of energy in his hands the size of a soccer ball. “I couldn't've said better myself.”

Unsure of what Sensui was about to do Yusuke paused and soon regretted it as he formed ball after ball of energy filling the area of the forest they were in with them. Yusuke looked around. There wasn't much space to move. Sensui spoke tossing each a ball in his hand.

“I'm not sure if you have that much room to move around Uremeshi. These spheres of energy pack a punch. Care to find out first hand?”

Yusuke raised his hand. “Find out my own damn way Shot gun!”

Yusuke's energy spread out in red shot guns, but his eyes widened once he realized what happened when the two energies collided. The entire area began exploding. He ran off trying to get further away when Sensui ran up in front of him and punched him back into the forest area before he himself jumped away.

Yusuke shook himself off when the dirt settled enough for him to see. `Don't do that again.'

“Very good Uremeshi. Now let's try that again shall we?”

Yusuke prepared himself seeing a number of the energy balls forming around him again. He didn't move, until one went straight past his head nearly missing him. Sensui could kick them off in any direction he wanted to. Yusuke began running, jumping, trying to avoid them only to find himself running into the solitary balls of energy that weren't directed at him. After the first few hits he began letting out shouts before Sensui finally let up. He sent the few remaining balls of energy at Yusuke who didn't have time to dodge them. Sensui emerged from the forest speaking.

“I knew of your legacy as a spirit detective, but what is this Uremeshi. Aren't you supposed to be a Toushin, Raizen's son suppoently? Just another weak youkai, beaten by a ningen.”

Yusuke spoke with dirt and dust still all around him, but could tell Sensui had changed something about his armor. “I ain't dead yet Sensui.”

Yusuke ran out of the cloud of dirt straight for Sensui and before he could jump away Yusuke kicked Sensui down. Sensui tried tripping Yusuke causing him to jump up giving Sensui time to get to his feet and punch at Yusuke, who smirked letting Sensui's punch go past him then wrapped something around his arm. Yusuke punched Sensui as hard as he could following him with the punch keeping at it.

“Now who do you think is a weak youkai!”

Sensui didn't have time to adjust and was getting pummeled. He was beginning to get angry and used Yusuke's own tactics and once given a chance raised his knee into his gut and head butted Yusuke. Punching him again he morphed his bound left arm into a small cannon and fired.

Yusuke shouted in pain as the strip of his shirt he used to bind both of their arms together was shot through, along with his forearm. Finding it almost rendered useless Yusuke growled to himself as blood from his right arm dripped onto the grass.

“I didn't know you had a damned gun in your arm.”

“It's a small cannon, and it's not in my arm it is my arm. Saint Light energy has many uses Uremeshi. Perhaps if you were an adequate Spirit detective you would know about this already, but then, maybe your limited intelligence did transfer to your youkai self.” Sensui smiled seeing Yusuke growl at him but not take action. “Good. May I ask, what do you call tying both of our arms together. It's not marshal arts style that I've heard of.”

Yusuke stood. “It's not. Ever heard of street fighting baka?”

Sensui laughed once. “I forgot. Number one thug at your junior high and high school weren't you? I do applaud you for graduating as a ningen though. But, moving on.”

Sensui shot more bullets with one going through Yusuke's left leg slowing him down even more. Yusuke kept moving through the forest under the moon light. If he stopped he would be killed. Finding a small opening he fired another jakai gun at Sensui giving him enough time to run up as fast as he could at him and with energy on his fist punched Sensui in his face. He kicked him while he was down until Sensui grabbed ahold of his leg squeezing tightly where the bullet passed through bringing Yusuke down to his knees and Sensui giving him a swift elbow in the face. Morphing his arm back into a normal arm Sensui stood putting one foot on top of Yusuke's chest.

“Truly.” Sensui formed an energy ball in his hand. “I expected more from you Uremeshi.”

Yusuke smiled quickly with a laugh. “Well, I'm still trying not to disappoint you shot gun!”

Sensui was hit on his sides as he tried avoiding a full on impact of the shot gun finding Yusuke charging at him again. “Tell me Uremeshi, do you think you already know of my fighting style so soon?”

Yusuke continued attacking and blocking when able to. “I know that you fight a hell of a lot better at far range with them damn energy ball things so I'm keeping you at a disadvantage. That,” Yusuke punched Sensui in his face sending him into a tree. “and I like the look of your face close up so much I just had to punch it myself.”

Sensui stood jumping aside from a spirit gun and put his aurora around him again causing Yusuke to pause. “Good. You learn Uremeshi. Now let's see how you deal with this.”

Sensui began to spin around and within seconds a massive tornado was formed around him. Deciding not to shoot more energy at him Yusuke ran away from the massive destructive force that up rooted trees and rocks in its wake. But he couldn't avoid it. He let out a yell when it lifted him up from the ground, spun him around inside of the tornado and sent him flying towards the parking lot for the cave. Yusuke shouted as his back left a deep imprint in the concrete. He struggled to get up but soon was kicked out of his place. Bouncing a few times he crashed into a park ranger vehicle furthing damaging his body.

Sensui spoke walking up in front of him. “I'm surprised you're still alive.” Sensui stood above him. “But it's time you die. I'm sure by now the mythical youkai is already realsed-“

Yusuke's eyes widened. “The last?” He spat out blood. “Where's the third then?”

Sensui gave Yusuke a disgusted picking him up by the shirt. “Not important to a dead man is it-“

Yusuke head butted Sensui causing him to stumble. As he landed on his feet and one hand for support Yusuke stood letting out his red aurora again.

“What the first thing toddler told you Sensui!” Yusuke shouted running at Sensui again. “Never tell your opponent what the hell is going on or he might come back to kick your sorry ass!”

Yusuke's punch connected with Sensui who changed his armor again. They continued fighting until Sensui's eyes widened.

“What are you planning Uremeshi.”

Yusuke punched Sensui again slowly gaining the upper hand. “Rule number two!” Yusuke kicked Sensui getting punched in the side himself and ran after him. “Don't waste time chatting with your enemy any smart person would know it's pointless!”

Sensui didn't even notice the change from equal hits taken and received to Yusuke showing total dominance of the fight. He was expending almost all of his energy, and yet…Yusuke wasn't getting weak any longer. He couldn't even block any more the attacks were coming so fast.

Yusuke grabbed Sensui's wrist from an attempted punch twisting it back kicking him then elbowing him in the neck and continued his assault. Punching him further into the forest through trees Yusuke decided to end it seeing Sensui beat up enough as it was. He tossed him as far as he could in the air and while Sensui gained altitude in the air Yusuke steadied his good left arm with his heavily injured right arm and focused a massive amount of his energy on his index finger.

“It's over Sensui Jakai Gun!”

An large and deadly red shot of energy went up into the air and hit Sensui dead on. Yusuke let out a breath almost assured of Sensui's death but jogged over to his location to make sure. When he got there he was slightly shocked.

Itsuki was already there, holding Sensui in his lap, gently. “I assure you Toushin, he is dead.”

Yusuke spoke glad the pain hadn't caught up to him yet. “How the hell did you get here that quickly.”

Itsuki spoke looking at Sensui. “The final taiyoukai, youkai, mythical youkai was realsed right before the cave collapsed. It was about thirty minutes ago.” He opened a portal of some sorts that looked very similar to his `pet' behind him and stood with Sensui in his arms. “All I know.”

Yusuke spoke. “You don't wanna kill me for revenge.”

“Even if I did I'm not a fighter but a manipulator. My want is at peace now.”

Yusuke was slightly sick to his stomach. “Aside from Akuzo who was demented I'd never heard of a fag youkai. Not on instincts.”

Itsuki looked up at Yusuke with a slight glare. “I've never heard of a `fag youkai' either but I there are obviously male ningen that have affection towards once another just as with youkai.” He walked in the portal. “Fare well, Toushin.”

Hiei was running along as fast as possible. One moment he's looking at Kagome with Kieko holding her kits, the next he's awake in Sesshomaru's palace. Even if they were in Mushari city, his Jagan was going crazy. There was no way he could not pick up on any of what was going on, even if was only a little. An evil massive energy that seemed only to get larger as the time went by. Only a few minutes outside of Mushari city he wondered what had happened for them to leave him with Sesshomaru. No one was in the room when he woke up and with all the Jagan was sending him he didn't have time to stop and ask questions. He felt better than he had in years. Full of energy, no wounds. He couldn't say that every day. He knew something was wrong, but didn't know what-

In frustration Hiei tore the headband off of his head. The Jagan had almost burned through anyway. He was inside of Mushari city, and though he shouldn't be able to sense anything from the barrier placed around the entire city he himself could slightly pick up three things causing him to change the direction he ran in. The same evil growing energy, Yoko in a loosing fight again Chenja, who clearly had the upper hand. And an uncertain fight with a ningen with extraordinary energy against Yusuke, who was still holding back.

`He probably doesn't know he's holding back.'

Hiei kept running and upon entering the beginnings of the forest near the park felt a dreaded sense from his Jagan. After a few more seconds of running he stopped running and paused.

He wouldn't've known she was dead if it wasn't for his Jagan being enraged for seeing Kagome lying on her side dead against a tree under a large scented leaf. His Jagan eye opened wider in pure anger. The woman who was like him, whom he loved, whom he would die for, was dead. And he pushed her to it. In sensing the battle with Yoko take another dive, he knew that if Yoko didn't have time to mourn neither did he.

But that didn't mean he wasn't the angriest he had ever been in his existence.