InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden Pain ❯ Chapter 25

Chapter 25

Just a nice friendly side note, Chapter 26 will be the last chapter. I'm writing a sequel (because this one has so much interest in it) because I want to. But yeah, sad, depressing… It's been great! And you're not getting Chapter 26 right now! Read and review! I'll be back before the end of the summer.

 

Yoko took another punch feeling his energy drain even more as he skidded against the cold stone ground. A chunk of the cave ceiling fell onto of him. Getting back up again Yoko avoided a punch only to get kicked aside into the cave wall that collapsed on top of him.

“Kit! You will not win this! I swear, if you give up now your death will be far less painful than that of Hagari's.” Yoko pushed the rubble off of him standing, glared at Chenja and moved to attack again, but found himself held up by the neck hands digging into his flesh. “Foolish kitsune-“

Chenja quickly tossed Yoko aside and began blocking as fast as he could the blade of a green demon covered in eyes. Once he realized who he was fighting Chenja's eyes narrowed and grabbed the blade nearly severing one of his fingers and tossed the youkai with it in the distance giving him time as the green youkai attacked again with his speed.

“Forbidden one, I thought we killed you. I don't expect a response, but in seeing the condition of this cave and my companion about to emerge,” Chenja punched Hiei in his gut with such shear power that it broke skin, then kicked him straight into the crumbling cave as the ceiling began to cave in even more. “I have somewhere else to be.”

The portal changed colors for the last time to that of a dark blue as a creature came out from it that had skin the color of the portal. He had a white headband and had longish black hair in one single braid out of the way wearing traditional garbs. There was also a series of white markings along the left side of his body. In seeing Hiei emerge from the rock pile he waited for Chenja to fight him again and after a short while snap his forearm and throw him back into the cave wall that was nearly collapsed.

“Chenja.”

Chenja began going towards a portal that opened. “Akumu. We're finally on the other side.”

Akumu followed to the portal. “Why are you the only one here. Who are they-“

Chenja put him inside of the portal. “-Akumu, you can not be here now, it took Reitouzoku almost a week to regain his energy you don't know how long it will take you.”

Akumu stopped not going into the portal. “Not just yet. Why haven't you mentioned Ganban?”

Chenja frowned. “He got himself killed. Go, now. Reitouzoku will explain when you get there.” Chenja jumped aside from a falling rock and let himself get cut and decked Hiei. “Play time is now little youkai.” Chenja ran out of the tunnel. “Are you coming or a coward?”

Hiei ran after Chenja being led through the forest further away from the cave and after a few more minutes it collapsed. Leading Hiei further away from everything and up to the hills Chenja fought with him for a short while, punched him down, then disappeared into a portal himself.

Hiei, pist, threw his sword into the hillside and punched the ground. He got away. The bastard got away. The prick who wanted to rule the world got away. The son of a bitch that still had a lingering scent of Kagome all over him got away. Infuriated, Hiei took his sword out of the hill and ran back towards what was left of the cave as he saw a massive jakai gun being shot into the air.

Yoko managed to stand on his third try and quickly jumped to the side avoiding a massive boulder falling from above. He did his best to quickly run towards the river jumping over mounds of rocks and dove under. Finding it easier to swim than walk, Yoko quickly began going towards the break of dawn ahead noticing rocks falling through to the bottom of the river that even he could not see. When he surfaced he took in a deep breath climbing out to dry land. Leaning on a Jeep with a few dents and even more holes through it, Yusuke spoke.

“Do you know where they went.”

Yoko looked at Yusuke briefly. He was covered with a number of minor cuts that bled, bruised all over, a mangled arm that was wrapped tightly using parts of his shirt he no longer wore and a large gash on his back dripping the most blood. He also noticed he put more weight on his right leg, the left with a hole, two through it. There was also a hole in his stomach formed differently from the others that had a strip of his shirt also tied around. Yoko spoke turning away from Yusuke looking at the sun creeping up, still dark outside.

“I placed a seed in Chenja, but Hiei went after him. I don't know if he went to the same place the newly realsed youkai did, into a portal.”

Yusuke spoke looking as well. “The one that just got out of the portal was the last one. Itsuki informed me before disappearing with his dead Sensui.”

Yoko looked down at his feet. “I can get enough energy to sense where he's at in a few hours.”

Yusuke watched the energy drained spirit fox walk off into the forest to bury his dead mate. He sighed, closed his eyes and clentched his fist as best as he could with his injuries. Things weren't supposed to end up like this. About ten minutes later Hiei jumped down in Yusuke's area.

“I trust you killed Sensui.”

“He's dead.”

“Itsuki.”

“With Sensui.”

“Hn." Chenja escaped into a portal. The third youkai is realsed.”

Yusuke sighed for having to explain himself again. “He's the fourth out, third youkai. No more to unseal.”

“Explain.”

Yusuke looked down. “Kagome killed Ganban.”

Yoko wrapped Kagome's body in a pure silk cloth that was in one of his caves he accumulated over the years filled with his possessions. Gold, silver, diamonds, spells, swords, rubies, wealth of nearly all kinds. And as he lowered her body into the ground he would give it all up just for her to breath again. He moved the rich dirt back into the hole on top of her and began growing plants on top of the small mound. They were all daisies flowers. He never knew her favorite flower, but he had seen her look at them once while they were in New York. But they were arranged in her favorite constellation Grus, the crane. That she had told him. He stood looking down at the burial sight. It was the place where they had last mated in Makai. He smiled some, she'd want him to continue to be arrogant, so he buried her in an arrogant place.

“I'll find a way to bring you back, but until then, rest in peace, my mate. I'm sorry.”

Akumu emerged from the portal and found himself in a room with pictures, plants, an ogre leaving, and a large desk with only a few papers visible. He took a few steps and soon the door opened. Akumu raised his hand in preparation of an attack upon seeing who entered.

“Akumu, it's Reitouzoku.”

Akumu deviously smiled. “You're in Koenma.”

Koenma smirked. “It's a living.”

Akumu frowned at him. “That means you're dead.”

“I had to. I could only use this ability if I was dead. As soon as Chenja freed me and I got my energy back I had already thought about it and asked him to kill me a certain way so that the reapers would avoid me. Then when I came up here on my own I possessed Koenma and have been in charge of spirit world ever since. Not like Enma is ever here.”

Akumu nodded. “Understandable. Will you stay this way once we've accomplished or task?”

“Hell no. By then with all three of us I can be brought back to life.” Koenma flicked his cape. “I'm not a spirit prince, but a taiyoukai.”

“So then with your current occupation who killed Ganban. Nothing could get to him, no forms of rekai or youki yet Chenja said he was dead, killed.”

Koenma sat down in his chair. “I have someone questioning the reaper who informed me. Apparently all she knew was that he had no body, and that when she grabbed ahold of his soul it simply disappeared. As if it were purified into non existence.”

Akumu shook his head, with his long braid following him. “He was purified. In this era are their mikos or houshiis of power any longer-“

Koenma slammed his hand on the desk cursing loudly. “-Damnit! That's who killed him!” He had a scowl on his face. “A fire ice youkai.”

“I saw one, but I sensed no purity from him, even with what little senses I do have now.”

“Not the male, a female. When a reversing contraption, as best as I can explain it, is placed on her, she reverts to what she would be as a ningen. And as a ningen that she thought herself to be for years she was a miko. Very powerful.” He gave the best growl he could as Koenma. “She killed him.”

Akumu looked at his palms. “Tell me where she is at and I will kill her.”

The door opened with a red ogre dumping a small stack of papers on his desk. As Koenma continued speaking, he left.

“Don't worry about it until you have your energy back from the transition and everything-“

Akumu looked at Koenma. “Why did you stop so suddenly.”

Koenma held up the paper for Akumu to see. “Her name was Kagome. She's dead.”

Akumu took the paper reading it himself. “Body buried, but no trace of her soul…Like Ganban, she purified herself.”

Koenma smirked. “Serves her right, dirty mix breed. Let me know the moment you have your powers up. I want you to do something for a quick test of your powers…”

Yoko walked up to Yusuke and Hiei now in the parking lot with the dawn sky. “I can't sense it in Makai or Ningenkai.”

Yusuke sighed. “Meaning the bastard is in Rekai with Koenma and we can't get there unless they open a portal up.”

Hiei spoke looking down. “They won't stay there forever if they want to take over Earth.”

Yusuke sighed again. “Know what this last one looked like.”

“Dark blue, a black braid, long, white markings on his left side. And his voice defiantly was not like Chenja's.”

Yusuke started walking as Hiei finished. “Let someone know when you sense him here then Yoko.”

Yoko looked up briefly seeing Grus disappear with the sun rising and let Shuichi take over so that he would heal faster.

“Where are you going.”

Shuichi turned to Hiei. “I'm not quiet sure.” He started walking. “I'm sure I'll see you soon enough Hiei, until then, focus on healing.”

Hiei turned to leave, then turned back. “Make sure he doesn't kill himself.”

Shuichi turned back towards Hiei still looking at him and gave a small smile. “I'll do the best I can.”

Yusuke opened his eyes and cursed. He had passed out before making it anywhere. His right arm still wasn't completely better but the rest of his wounds were almost completely healed. For being a youkai as strong as he was he better be able to heal at least this fast. Getting up to his feet he looked around and noticed he was on a bus parked in its lot, and by the sounds outside around him, it was getting matience. Meaning it was at least after midnight. Wondering how long he had been asleep, and if the bus drivers ever checked the buses like he doubted as a child, he pried open the bus doors shocking the mechanics and started walking around then cursed.

“Where the hell am I?!”

Yoko sat in a room in Sesshomaru's palace watching his two kits sleeping. When he had called them up to him they were both full of smiles, Nijuu always more than his brother. But when he told them their Mother wasn't coming back it tore him apart. Zokusai had a face, that even for a one year old, showed pain and anger as he began to cry and sit still tail wagging on his father's knee. But with Nijuu it hurt even worse. His silver son continued to smile and yip, telling his father that he was crazy. That he knew his Mommy was coming back. And then he climbed down his leg and wondered why his brother was so quiet. And two days had passed since Yoko first came to them and told them, five from burying their mother. Nijuu was still more active than Zokusai, who seemed slightly angry, even for a baby, but he hid it well.

He would have made Kagome proud.

Yusuke entered after the guards cleared him and was led to the room where Kieko was. “I think I've only seen you in a kimono once a year since we've known each other Kieko.” He hugged her as she ran up to him. “At those shrine festivle things you always drag me to.”

Kieko cried on his chest. “Yusuke you idiot don't do that! No one would tell me anything once Yoko came back!” She looked up at him. “I thought you were dead.”

Yusuke smiled down at her stroking her hair. “Nope, if it makes you feel any better I don't even know how long I was gone for. I woke up on a bus a few hours ago.”

Kieko smacked him. “Uremeshi I was worried about you and all you can say is that `I woke up on a bus'?” She smacked him again tears running down her angry face. “Don't you ever do that again!”

Yusuke rubbed his cheek. “Been a while since that's happened…Getting smacked by you! That's what!” He smiled. “Missed you though.”

Kieko sighed. “Yusuke…Now that you're back can you at least tell me what happened? Why I haven't seen Yoko? Why Hiei came and left? Where's Kagome?”

Yusuke looked at her. “She's dead.”

“No she isn't Yusuke she has a mate and babies to come back to there's no way she'd go off and get killed!”

Yusuke closed his eyes. “Kieko. She's dead.”

Kieko began crying again. “No she isn't Yusuke! She isn't! She said she would be there when I gave birth to our child Yusuke I'm not even pregnant yet so she isn't dead! She isn't dead she isn't dead she isn't dead,” Kieko cried out on his chest. “she isn't dead!”

Yusuke looked down. “I don't want her to be dead, but she is. I know she was very close to you-“

“-She was like a sister to me…The one I never had.” Kieko cried out. “Why did she die! Why!” Yusuke held her up, knees no longer supporting her. “Why?” Kieko tossed her ringing phone to the side on a futon sniffling on Yusuke's chest. “Why…”

Kieko silently sobbed as her cell phone continued to ring. After thirty minutes Yusuke continued rubbing her back and spoke.

“Kieko, if your phone is ringing as much as it is now maybe you should pick it up. Whoever it is, they really want to talk to you.”

Kieko sniffled. “They can wait.” Five more minutes passed, Kieko sighed. “Maybe not.” Kieko walked over picking up the phone. “Moshi moshi.”

Yusuke watched as Kieko's weary expression quickly changed into a seriously focused one to crying again as he listened on. It took everything in him to wait for Kieko, who was determined to come with him, and not just run off and begin beating the life out of the sick bastards who did this to her. And he had only three guesses of who it was.

Yusuke got off of the bus and ran next to Kieko as they went towards the crowd infront of her family's restaurant. As Yusuke cleared a path for her towards the front he glared down the police letting Kieko pass through the yellow tape and talk to the detective in charge. No other information was given over the phone. She spoke to a woman wearing a trench coat and a badge on her front pocket.

“I'm Uremeshi Kieko tell me what happened to my family.”

The woman looked up at Yusuke about to get into a confrontation with the other police oficeres. “And who is he?”

“Uremeshi Yusuke he's my husband please tell me what happened!”

The woman raised her voice some. “Oi! Let him through he's cleared!” She waited for Yusuke to closer. “Uremeshi my name is Naho and I'm the lead detective in this case. What I'm about to tell you is very, graphic and brutal, but the truth. A usual customer an hour ago was about to enter the restaurant when he noticed all of the customers inside were dead. Blood was seeping out fromt the door and bodies were tossed about, some horribly mutulated.” She sighed. “I'm not sure if this is good or not, at least in a comforting way, but your family members are not dead or even physically harmed.”

Kieko spoke already crying. “Go on.”

“Once the police entered along with the medics, they were found alive. All of them. Your two uncles, mother, father, and the cousins that worked here and were helping to build your extension on your restaurant. But they were not mentally sound.” Naho looked down. “Sorry for my unprofessionalism Uremeshi san but it was horrific. We haven't been able to move all of them, only a few of your cousins that have been transferred to the hospital. The rest are inside, if you'd like to see along with your husband.”

Kieko entered and knew that if she wanted to puke from the smell of blood and flesh that Yusuke had to be swallowing his bile. Walking back to where an officer led her she saw her two uncles first. One was twitching all over, eyes closed, and frantic like. The other had his eyes open filled with fear curled up on himself so tense that any needles that neared in an attempt to sedate him would do more harm than good. Kieko continued crying as she saw one of her cousins tearing his hair out pulling at his skin harming himself running into walls unable to be restrained. Then she saw one of her cousins dead, recent by the medics covering her with a body bag. Her wrist were both slit with a cleaver, hanging on by a vein. Turning more going deeper into the back room she saw her mother who was being forced into a stray jacket as she mumbled to herself rocking back and forth looking deranged, scared, and demented at the same time. Biting her lip she then knew where the screaming came from as she saw her father sitting in a corner crying out as loud as he could eyes red tears streaming down his face.

Kieko shook her head. “Daddy…”

Yusuke looked around. No human did this, yet he couldn't sense any youki. Not having the time to investigate he continued to hold Kieko walking her out of the restaurant and her home. He continued to hold her as she answered questions. Looking around he couldn't find a thing out of place. Humans, everywhere. And there was no possible way that anything but could have done this to her family.

`Fuck! All I see is a shit load of ignorant black or dark haired haired short Japanese ningens with the occasionally punk wannabe blond died. And there's one damn American standing around too so where is this damned youkai that fucked with my mate's family!' Yusuke growled to himself. `Fuck! I don't see or sense anyone!'

“Yusuke?” Kieko sniffled. “What's wrong?”

Yusuke looked at Kieko briefly and went back to looking around. “Nothing, more anyway. Anything else you have to do here, if not, let's get out of here.”

After leaving Kieko after she cried herself to sleep Yusuke went into the room where Yoko was with his two kits. Again, Nijuu was more active than Zokusai, who still hid it well.

“You good enough.”

“What do you want Toushin.”

“I'm leaving. If you sense Chenja, go after him with Hiei, but I won't be leaving with you.”

Yoko stood after Yusuke left knowing he wouldn't get anything from him. Walking into Kieko's room he smelled an abundance of tears from her futon. She woke upon his entering eyes still red.

“Where's, Yusuke?”

“I came to ask you where he went to.”

Kieko's eyes drastically widened in fear. “He already left…”

Yoko wasn't shocked by the amount of sadness she radiated from her, he was used to the feeling. “What happened.”

Kieko spoke quietly, out of it. “I picked up my phone and the police told me to go to the restaurant, and when we got there it was a police scene. All of the customers that had been dining at the time were killed, horribly, slaughtered and pieces of-“ Kieko covered her mouth, continuing later. “One of my cousins, in the back room, killed herself. And the rest had gone insane. My father couldn't stop screaming, my mother was in a stray jacket mumbling, rocking. My uncles were…Were…One was trying to kill himself, mutulating…It wasn't natural Yoko, like they didn't even know what was going on.” She looked up at Yoko. “And I asked Yusuke if a youkai did it, and he said he couldn't pick up on any youki or anything. Nothing. And I begged him not to go back and wind up like my father!”

Yoko spoke apathetic. “Watch over Zokusai and Nijuu while I am away. A servant will tell you the room they are located-“

Kieko cried out. “-Do not go and leave your children too Yoko! You are all they have left in this world!” Kieko lunged out at Yoko as he walked out of the door but only grasping air shouting as the door closed behind him. “Do not leave them Yoko! Don't go!” Kieko broke down and cried again. “Please don't go.”