Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Replaying History In More Than One Way ❯ Admittance ( Chapter 26 )

Tbiris: well, that sucked….

 

Karasu: You're just saying that.

 

Keiko: Well, she was highly praising Jinenji, so I think it's true

 

Yusuke: What? That she got next to no reviews for the previous chapter?

 

Tbiris: yup… T_T but I wanted to post this chapter before exams ended, but oh well…

 

Chapter 26- Admittance

 

Kagome stood in his room, dressed in the clothes of the Koorime (AN: think of Yukina's kimono). Her eyes, once bright and vivid were dull, dead. A shell of her normal self. Kurama's voice, not used very often, cracked as he said one word.

“Kagome.” Kagome met his eyes and replied to the unspoken question.

“I was sent to please you or the Forbidden Child in any way possible.” Kurama was startled. Never once had Kagome called Hiei the forbidden child.

“There was a reason that fire demons were only allowed into these rooms. Ice and fire don't go well together. Doubtlessly he knows this already. But plants and ice don't work well together either, do they?” Kagome caressed Kurama's face.

Half of him longed to lean into her touch, the other half rejected it, this not being the Kagome he knew. He jerked back, leaving her hand touching the air. She looked confused; the Koorime had told her that both of them would bend to her touch.

“Why?” she voiced her confusion. Kurama's voice was sad and strong when he replied.

“You aren't yourself.” He disappeared from the chair and hugged Kagome from behind.

“You wanted me to explain something before. Do you remember?” Kagome looked puzzled, yet pleased.

“No, I don't. You're much more talkative than I've heard.” Kurama went silent once again.

“Please go,” he whispered, tears filling his eyes. He was slinking into depression, yet he was angry, angry with himself for allowing this to happen. Kagome obliged and left Kurama to his thoughts. When she left, Kurama looked at the necklace and was reminded of his Kagome. They had wiped her memories or had possessed her. He hoped it was the latter. In frustration he threw the necklace. It bounced off one of the walls and landed on the bed. Kurama got up and punched the wall. It cracked and blood dripped down from his hand. Silent tears streaked down Kurama's face and he broke into silent sobs.

“Kurama.” It was Hiei; they'd grown lonely and talked to themselves before realizing that the other was in a neighboring room, so they started talking to each other through the wall.

“Sh… she doesn't..re-remember,” Kurama choked out. Hiei couldn't offer him any condolences.

“I heard.” Kurama sat down on the bed, still weeping. Eventually he allowed sleep to claim him for the first time since they had come to Koorime Island.

 

Unknown to him, Kagome was just outside the door and had heard every word. For a reason she could not find, it had struck a chord in her heart. She was supposed to have remembered something? But her family had said she's been brainwashed by the Forbidden Child, that they had removed the spell and wiped her memory so that she would not remember the horrible things she had dome.

Like Kohaku, a small voice in her head whispered. She ignored it and opened the door quietly and saw a sleeping Kurama.

She touched his face lightly again before running a hand through his hair. He moved slightly towards her hand, uncovering a necklace. Kagome reached out, curious. The moment her hand touched it, she felt like ice cracked over her head.

“I'll ask him about it later,” she decided out loud as she started to leave.

“How could you sink to this level, miko?” came a harsh voice through the wall. “You're breaking him into little pieces, miko.” Kagome stiffened, her family had told her that being a miko was an utter disgrace, but they still accepted her. Now the Forbidden Child was throwing the disgrace she brought her family into her face.

“I'm not a miko! I will not disgrace my family!” There was a low chuckle as Hiei heard Kagome leave Kurama's room to visit his. Without opening his eyes, he continued.

“Is that what they told you? A disgrace? Being a miko is the highest of honors, the most powerful race, should the heart and soul be pure and selfless. Able to kill demons with their bare hands if they have enough energy and are properly trained. You aren't a disgrace, you're a blessing; you've been able to change even the most cold blooded demons into people that care.” Kagome's rage dissipated, leaving confusion.

Hiei opened both of his normal eyes, looking at Kagome calmly, wondering how he could make his point.

“I have a sister that I used to watch from afar. I went through the Jagan operation just to watch her, to protect her. She doesn't know who I am, but she wishes for me to help find him. How can I admit to being her brother when so much blood covers my hands? I wonder sometimes whether I should have died before, or survived to watch and protect my sister.” Kagome remained silent, her blue eyes showing the conflict between her heart and her mind. She opened and closed her mouth.

“I… I have to go somewhere,” she lied. “I still have chores to do.” Hiei gave himself a small smile as Kagome fled the room. The seeds of doubt were planted.

“Remember that people aren't always what they seem.”

 

After she had left the room, Kagome just kept running, tears flowing, tears that would never turn into gems. Her family had said that it was because of her miko powers, but now; now she wondered if that was true or not. She stopped running when she reached the edge of the island.

“Who's right?!” she screamed into the night. She waited for the sky to give her some answer, when none arrived she turned and saw Ruri facing her. (AN: I've only read about her in two sites and the info said that she was Hina's friend and she was the one to throw Hiei off the cliff but before that she gave him one of his mother's gems to remind him that he was loved)

“Hiei.” After that one word, Ruri departed, leaving little signs that she had been there. The sign that she had left; that she had been there was a small shard. Kagome heard it call her, and looked at it curiously.

She listened to her instincts and picked it up, and then she knew what she had to do. First off, she had to go and get the other shards.

 

Kurama had sunken even further into his depression. He no longer cared if he lived or died. His love had forgotten him. He didn't notice the necklace growing in brilliance as its wearer became more aware of what she truly was.

During this entire time on Koorime Island, Yusuke had punched through the wall at least twenty…wait, make that thirty times. He'd found out that Kuwabara was in one of the neighboring rooms as well as Jin.

The breeding rooms were set up as an “H” the far left were demons or humans that would make a forbidden child, the middle was demons and the far right was humans. Yusuke had the room that was next to one demon room and two humans. Guess who was in the demon room? During their stay, Kuwabara and Yusuke discussed through the wall what their plans were for the future, namely Yukina and Keiko.

 

Kuwabara listened closely to Yusuke's advice about demonic marriages, and how you had to approach them so that your head didn't get cut off in the process. Somewhere around halfway through the explanation, where Yusuke told him about getting permission from the relatives, Kuwabara proclaimed that he would `even team up with shorty to find my true love's brother!' Yusuke laughed silently at that proclamation. If only he knew. However, he too listened raptly to Kuwabara as he pointed out what to do to on his dates with Keiko.

 

Hiei was, well…Hiei. Quiet, but then when you're reliving your life as a Forbidden Child, you would be quiet. He remembered his father, his mother and so on, until he remembered Ruri. His eyes snapped open in realization. If Ruri had her mind, she could get them out of this mess.

 

At the same time Hiei came to that realization, Kagome burst into Kurama's room, blurting out.

“I want to remember!” In her hand was the Shikon no Kakera. Kurama made no movement or sign that he had heard her. Uncertain, Kagome placed her hand on the necklace, before attaching it once again. She began to pulse, her memories returning and she said the three words that could finally snap Kurama out of his reverie.

“I love you.”

 

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Okay, so who wants to kill me? Again.

 

Jinenji: Well, you didn't get it, but I wanna give you something anyway because you were the only reviewer. *digs around in closet* AH here we go. ^^, it was a strong Hiei-ish chapter so *gives you Hiei plushie* How do you know who's senior and who's junior? I never did get it… I called the chap admittance because of the last line and because Hiei `admitted' to having a sister and he was uneasy about letting her know whom he was.

 

Next chapter: (I think you'll all get this one)Escape