Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Burden of Sin ❯ Ch 2: The Trail ( Chapter 2 )

Burden of Sin

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(crap) - author's note

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Chapter 2: The Trial

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~Present~

~In the forest in front of Genkai's temple~

Hiei felt that his blood froze with the sight of the scene in front of him. *The feeling was right. I shouldn't have left Yukina. I knew it but still I have abandoned her.*

When the others finally arrived, they had the very same facial expression as the stunned fire demon - eye-widened, mouth-opened - shocked.

"I can't believe this. How could this happen? What should we do?" This question raced in everyone's mind.

Yukina was crying helplessly in front of a frozen dead human body.

"Yukina-san!!!!!!!" Kuwabara was the first one who got over the shock and yelled, "What happened? Are you alright? Are you hurt?" He lightly put a hand on her shoulder trying to comfort her.

Silence fell, except for the weak sob of Yukina and, without anyone noticing, very soft dripping sound of Hiei's blood, from the wound on his back, hitting the ground.

"Yukina-san, please calm down and tell us what happened." said Kurama, putting an assuring hand on her shoulder.

Yukina looked up, with fear in her eyes, and meet the eyes of her trusted friends and … Hiei's. She felt comfortable looking at those crimson eyes, same as her own's.

Finally she put herself together, "Gom … gomen, I didn't mean it. I really didn't mean to kill him. I was sweeping in front of the temple when this man suddenly jumped out of nowhere and threatened me with a knife asking for money. I gave him all the money I had but he was not satisfied. He grapped me to the forest and started tearing my clothes. I was scared and I tried to stop him but failed. The next thing I knew was that huge amount of energy escaped from my body, freezing him and the surrounding trees into ice. Please trust me, I didn't mean it." She buried her face in her hands and tear gems started falling from the gaps of her fingers.

"We trust you, Yukina-san. We all trust you. The only problem is Reikai. They have this stupid law giving death sentence to any demon killing a human, regardless of the reason …" said Yusuke, scratching the back of his head. He could barely finish the sentence before a team of Reikai police appeared before them.

The captain of the team scanned through the scene and stationed his eyes onto Yukina. "Ms. Koorime, we are afraid that we have to arrest you for killing a ningen." Two of the Reikai police stepped out and took out a pair of handcraft. They walked towards Yukina preparing for the arrest. Fear reappeared in Yukina's eyes while the others could do nothing but watch.

"She didn't do it." came a deep voice, "I did it. I killed that ningen."

Everyone turned to the origin of the voice. There was no one but a small fire demon. Hiei looked very pale due to the massive blood loss and struggled to stand on his feet.

"Hiei-san …" murmured Yukina, not knowing how the response to the sudden change of the whole situation. Kurama and Yusuke exchanged looks with anxiety while Kuwabara's month hanged open.

The captain scanned through the small fire demon before speaking again, "Sir, are you serious? If I am not mistaken, you are a fire demon." He pointed to the corpse and said, "This human was frozen to death. Could you please explain how you did it."

Hiei looked down to the ground, fists tightened. Silence.

The captain said, "Sir, if you can't prove that you have the power to control ice, we are afraid that we have to arrest the only one in the scene who have." He looked at Yukina, who was under the protective arms of Kuwabara, fear filled her eyes.

Hiei's head shot up and looked straight to the captain's eyes, decision made, "Don't you even think about touching her." Hiei said in his deep voice dangerously, "I can do it. I can control ice. Because I am a half-koorime."

Yukina's eyes wide opened in shock and hands cupped her mouth. Kurama and Yusuke looked away, unbelieving what was happening. Kuwabara's jaw simply dropped to the ground.

"You can check this and my identity with your boss Koenma." said Hiei, turning to face the shocked koorime, "I am sorry, Yukina. I am sorry for lying to you …" before his body finally gave up to his injury and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

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Hiei slowly opened his eyes, seeing nothing but darkness. He waited for his eyes to adjust and eventually he could see the surroundings. It was a small room surrounded by stone walls with a small window and an iron door. *The Reikai prison* Hiei recognized it as he had been imprisoned in one of the similar rooms before.

He tried to sit up but the pain on his back stopped him. *Hn. I almost forgot that I got hurt by that damned demon in the last mission.*

His upper torso was completely wrapped by bandages. He noticed a familiar smell of herbal medicine. *Kurama … * He knew that it was Kurama who treated his wound.

He laid back on the bed and re-ran the whole incidence in his mind. *Things can't get worse than this.* He signed. He could no longer keep his eyes open as his body dragged him into dreamless sleep again.

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~Meanwhile, in Koenma's office~

"What do you mean you can't do anything? We all know that he was lying! We all know that he didn't commit the murder! How can you convict an innocent man like this!!" yelled Yusuke at the face of the infant Koenma.

Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara gathered in Koenma's office after watching the Reikai police took the unconscious Hiei away.

"How's Yukina?" asked Koenma, avoiding the questions thrown at his face by Yusuke.

"She is fine." said Kuwabara, "She is staying in Genkai's temple with Keiko and Boton. She is very upset. Especially that she found out that shrimp is her twin brother and he is taking all the consequences of what she had done. Kurama gave her some sleeping herbs and she is resting now. I still can't believe that shrimp is actually her twin brother. They are the exact opposite of each other!"

"I hope she is not going to do anything silly …" said Koenma.

"Hey! Don't avoid my question! There must be something you can do about this! You can't just let Hiei die like this!" yelled Yusuke, grabbing Koenma's collar.

Koenma looked at Yusuke's eye, seeing fire burning inside the black eyes. "What do you expect me to do? I can't change the law. Or do you want to tell the Reikai police that Hiei was lying and Yukina is the true murderer? Do you think this is what Hiei wants?"

Yusuke slowly let go of Koenma. He lowered his head and said, "I know. But we can't let him die like that. He has done so much for Reikai and us. He doesn't deserve an ending like this."

"If this is what Hiei wants, we can't do anything about it." said Kurama, "He wouldn't be able to forgive himself if anything happen to Yukina."

"There will a trial on the case 2 days later." said Koenma, "That will be the last chance for Hiei to defend himself, if he would ever do it."

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