Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Burden of Sin ❯ Ch 1: Murder ( Chapter 1 )

Burden of Sin

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(crap) - author's note

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Chapter 1: Murder

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~Present~

"I can't believe this. How could this happen? What should we do?"

This question raced in everyone's mind from the very second they arrived at the scene.

The scene which Yukina was crying helplessly in front of a frozen dead human body…

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~12 hours ago~

~In front of Genkai's temple~

"WHAT? Is he out of his mind? We have just completed the last mission and returned from Makai!! I haven't even have time to take a shower!!" yelled Yusuke at the usual innocent face of Botan.

"Please don't yell at me. I am just a small, insignificant, innocent messager of Koenma-sama. I am sure that it must be a very important mission. Otherwise, Koenma-sama would not call for you guys in such urgency." said Botan.

The four members of the Reikai Tantei, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei, were gathered in Genkai's temple, all battered and exhausted from the last mission assigned by Reikai (well, Koenma, of course!) to capture a gang of demon thieves in Makai.

"That infant Koenma is getting more and more demanding. I can't even find the time to accompany my Yukina-san!" said Kuwabara, not noticing a death glare darted at him from Hiei, "Botan, tell that infant I have decided to quit and stop bothering me!"

"I think it is a bit out of hand too." said Kurama, keeping his polite manner, "We do need time to rest and treat our wounds before going after another mission."

There was a moment of embarrassing silence before Yusuke, Kuwabara and Botan started debating again.

Kurama watched the others arguing with a gentle smile on his face. He suddenly noticed that Hiei was unusually silent and standing away from the crowd, seemingly in deep thoughts. Kurama walked to Hiei and asked, "Hiei, are you alright?" Hiei turned sharply to Kurama as if he was taken by surprise. His look was blanked and confused. Kurama's smile faded as he got worried about his friend and asked again, "Hiei, you alright? Are the wounds affecting you?"

Hiei's eyes finally came back to focus and realised Kurama's questions. "Hn, I am fine." came his usual short answer.

Kurama was not convinced. "What's going on? You look aweful." *Actually Hiei looks … terrified … but I am sure that he won't like being described as that …* "Tell me what's wrong. You know you can trust me."

Hiei looked at his best friend for a moment. "You should get rid of this fox-like curiosity soon. Otherwise, you will get killed one day for this." said Hiei.

However, knowing his friend well, Kurama did not give up. He looked at Hiei and waited for his answer.

Hiei signed and gave up to his friend's persistence. Hesitantly, he looked down to the ground and said, "I don't know. I am not sure what does it mean. I just … I just have a very bad feeling and I don't want to leave the temple."

"Is it something about Yukina?" said Kurama, knowing that there was nothing apart from Hiei's sister that can bother the fire demon so much.

"Hn. I am not sure but I believe so." said Hiei.

Suddenly, Koenma appeared out of thin air and stood in front of the three arguing people (well, while Kurama and Hiei were talking, Yusuke, Kuwabara and Botan did not stop arguing ^-^;).

"Guys! I need you all immediately!! It is very urgent! A convicted murder demon had escaped the Reikai prison, killing everyone on his way! I need you all to stop this demon NOW!" yelled Koenma at the top of his voice.

Everyone was shocked at the news and rushed to the nearest portal to Reikai, except for Hiei. He stood at the same spot, tore between his worst-ever urge to stay with his twin sister and the request from Koenma.

Kurama sensed his friend's confusion and turned from his run. "Koenma, can we go to the rescue without Hiei? He is not in his top condition. Perhaps the three of us can handle it ourselves."

Koenma yelled, "NO, not this time. The demon is one of the most powerful youkai I have even encountered. I need every single strength from all four of you to do this job. Come on, Hiei! Let's move!"

Kurama looked at the confused fire demon, "Hiei, I don't think we have a choice."

Hiei stared at the ground, then very reluctantly, he moved and catch up with the rest of the Reikai Tantei. *I don't like this. I really don't like this feeling. Something's wrong and I don't know what is it.* He looked at Yukina from a distance, who was watching the team ran for their next mission with concerned eyes and hands holding upon her chest. *Please be safe … I will come back as soon as possible… Please be safe …*

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~2 hours ago~

~Somewhere in Reikai~

"That infant was not kidding when he said he needs every single strength of us to restraint this damned demon! It is really strong!!" yelled Kuwabara while barely dodged a blow of energy threw at him by the youkai.

"Shut up and get me out of here!" yelled Yusuke. He was lying on an imprint of his own body on the ground using all his energy to push away the gigantic foot of the youkai from crushing his ribs.

"Yusuke, hang on!" yelled Kurama, in his youko form, while trying to using his rose wipe to distract the demon from putting all his weight onto the half-youkai under his foot.

"Stupid ningen." murmured Hiei.

It turned out the demon was a gigantic upper-S class youkai with the determination to kill every living thing came to his sight. The Reikai Tantei was having a hard time fighting it.

Hiei was using his lightning speed to put wounds everywhere onto the youkai with his katana and fire, weakening the youkai. He knew very well that none of them can serious injure the youkai in any single blow. Their only chance was to weaken the youkai and gave it a damned good blow to finish the job. It was easier said than done. The youkai was fast and strong. Hiei was the only one who can outrun the youkai and put some more-like-it injuries onto its body.

Things seemed to be going according to plan. The youkai was getting weaker and slower. Kurama had succeed in putting a few deep wounds on the youkai's foot stepping on Yusuke with his rose wipe. The youkai yelled in pain and removed his foot from Yusuke, who immediately rolled away gasping.

Hiei saw the opportunity and closed in to the youkai for some more serious damages. Just before he could dig his katana into the torso of youkai, something struck his as if he was struck by a lightning bolt.

*Yukina*

Then an excruciating pain from his back snapped him back to reality. The youkai took advantage of the split second shock struck Hiei and dug his claws deeply across Hiei's back, leaving him a bone-deep wound from the right shoulder to the left waist.

Hiei fell to the ground wincing for the pain. "Hiei!" cried Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara in unison. They shot to the youkai, attacking it furiously. With the wounds all over its body inflicted by Hiei and Kurama earlier in the fight, the youkai couldn't stand the fierce attacks from the three angry Reikai Tantei for long.

"Rei Gun!!!!!" A super-large bright blue energy ball hit directly at the youkai, knocking it unconscious, smoking.

Instead of celebrating over the hard-earned victory, the three of them rushed to Hiei to check on his injury. Hiei was curling on the ground shivering from the pain. "This is bad …" said Kurama, looking at the wound and the blood pouring out if it. "We have to get you to treat the wound immediately."

To everyone's surprise, "No." said Hiei weakly, opening his crimson eyes. "We have to go. We need to return to the Ningenkai right now." he said as he struggled to stand up.

"You shouldn't move, Hiei. The wound on your back is large and deep. You will bleed to death before you even got to the Ningenkai." said Yusuke.

"Yeah, don't be stupid, shrimp. There is no rush to get back." said Kuwabara.

Hiei stared blankly to the way to the Ningenkai. "No." he insisted, "We have to leave now. Yukina… Yukina's in trouble."

"WHAT do you mean? What's happening to my lovely Yukina-san? And how would you know?" yelled Kuwabara, while Kurama and Yusuke frowned.

"I don't know… I can just … feeling it." said Hiei. In a split second, he ran off in lightning speed towards the nearest portal to the Ningenkai despite of his wound, leaving behind a trail of blood on the ground along the way.

"What … what is happening? What was the shrimp talking about?" asked the all-confused Kuwabara, looking at Kurama and Yusuke.

Kurama and Yusuke looked at each other, knowing that it must be something about the ever mystery-connection between twins. Without a word, they nodded to each other and ran, following the blood trail left by Hiei.

"Hey, wait up!!" yelled Kuwabara while started running as well, leaving the other Reikai security guards blinking in confusion.

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End of Chapter 1

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