Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Hiei One Half ❯ The End? ( Chapter 18 )

The End?

By Beautiful Dreamer1

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This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
* The Doors

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"Hiei, today is the trip at school." Hiei was buried underneath a blue blanket, and Yukina drew closer to it.

"They say the cherry blossoms are going to be really pretty and no one should miss seeing them. Hiei, please, will you go for me. You haven't left this room in days, I'm sure you will have a great time. I'm… I'm just worried about you." Yukina's words made Hiei sit up.

"I'll go with you." Hiei said.

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A line of buses were parked next the curb of a local park. Crowds of students from both schools were chatting in their own little groups. Suddenly, the crowd quieted down as they made way for the top two delinquents of Sarasaki High approaching the area.

"Of course you'd show up for a field trip, Yusuke." A slightly angered Keiko said.

"Give me a break, Keiko. I can do with some R&R." Yusuke stretched out his arms.

"Yukina! Where are you hiding my darling?" Kuwabara called through the crowd.

"Knock it off, baby brother, you're embarrassing yourself." Out of nowhere Shizuru punched her brother in the back of his head.

"What are you doing here sis?"

"I'm a chaperon, remember?"

"Oh, yeah." Kuwabara said sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head.

"Hey, Kuwabara!" The three of his closest friends from school came walking up to him.

"Hi, guys. What's up?" Kuwabara straightened up.

"We just saw Yukina. She was walking with the other girl that used to go to our school, Hiei."

"The shrimp! Trying to make a move on my sweet, innocent Yukina." Kuwabara shouted frantically. Just then, another burst of cries erupted from the crowd. A swarm of students were hovering around a teen couple. The girl's arms were firmly wrapped around her boyfriends elbow so as to display how close she was to him.

"Urameshi, look who finally got a girlfriend." Kuwabara said still talking loudly.

"I didn't think he would go for the clingy type." Yusuke stated, watching Kurama and Maya walk on to one of the buses. He didn't appear to be too happy with her from Yusuke's perspective, yet, most of the entire populous there, were envious of them.

"I always thought Kurama and Hiei were a couple." Keiko muttered to Shizuru.

"Something seems odd about this." Shizuru crossed her arms across her belly.

"What do you mean Shizuru?" Keiko looked at her puzzled.

"Nothing. Forget I even said anything."

"YUUKKIINNAA!!!!!" Kuwabara yelled as he made a mad dash to the blue haired koorime.

"Hello, Kazuma." Yukina replied in a saddened voice.

"What's wrong, Yukina?" Kuwabara was genuinely concerned.

"I'm alright." Yukina forced out a smile.

"Did that shrimp hurt you?" He raised his fist, ready for a fight, but at the sight of Hiei's sad demeanor he quieted. "Hiei?" Kuwabara was shocked by the change in Hiei. "What's wrong shortie, did you lose a fight, or something." The look Hiei gave Kuwabara frightened him, it wasn't the usual scowl, there was just an emptiness.

"Whoever the bastard was we'll go beat him down." Yusuke butted in also worried about his friend.

"There should be no beating down on this trip Yusuke." Mr. Takanaka came up from behind and placed a firm hand on Yusuke's shoulders. "Anyways, it's time to depart, so, everyone get on the bus."

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A couple of hours later, the buses arrived at the site. Some of the parents were already waiting within a skyscraper that lies in the middle of the orchard of cherry blossoms. The building was a sort of hotel/visitors center, the first hand artifacts like pottery, swordsmanship, and jewelry that were found in the area. Today, the hotel rooms were being remodeled so guests stayed in the rooms. To the west, were the hot springs, and jagged mountainous regions. On top of the peaks was Miroshi silently watching as all the visitors went inside.

"Everyone please quite down. Roll needs to be taken. I said shut up!" A teacher from one Sarasaki High yelled at her students.

"Shuuichi." Kurama turned around at the sound of his human name. Before him was his mother and his stepfamily.

"Mother, I'm happy that you and Hatakana could take time off of work." Kurama politely replied.

"Minamino, who is this lovely young lady?" Kazuya Hatakana didn't feel comfortable using his stepson's first name and truth be told, he sort of felt intimidated by Kurama.

"I am Maya. I'm glad I finally got to meet you." Maya cheerfully replied as a slight blush colored her cheeks. Kurama completely forgot about the girl in spite of the fact that she was cutting off the circulation to his arm.

"Hopefully, we'll see more of you." Kazuya carried on the conversation with Maya.
A violent rumble erupted from the earth.

"It's an earthquake!" A few people yelled. Mr. Iamouto ran to the door, scared out of his mind. "The doors are locked!" The mean spirited teacher yelled.

"Please, stay calm." Mr. Takanaka pleaded with the people. However, massive panic swept the crowd and more people tried tugging at the door. The electricity went out and the building quickly sunk into the earth. With a jerk, everything came to a stop and the emergency power kicked on dim lights.

"Are you okay, Mother?" Kurama asked as he helped his mom to her feet.

"I'm alright. How are the others?" Kurama scanned the place. Hatakana was holding on to little Shuichi. Maya was lying on the ground flat on her face. Kuwabara held onto Yukina and his sister, while Yusuke checked on Keiko. Hiei had her back against the wall, unfazed by the recent event.

"Welcome, I'm glad that got some volunteers for my testing." A voice said. "To make your way out, you must fight through a few of my recruits." A part of the wall fell away and a passage opened through the dirt and stone. "Lets start out with something easy. These are a new form of Cultivated Humans. Twice as powerful as the old types and most of you'll be dead within a matter of seconds." Twenty blue mopped head bodies appeared from the opening.

"This was supposed to be a relaxing trip and now, veggie heads." Yusuke complained

"Yusuke, this is no time for games. You stay back and let the adults held this." Takanaka put a firm hand on the teen's shoulder.

"I can't let you do that old man. You might pull a muscle or something." Yusuke spoke cheerful sternness.

"This is serious, Yusuke." A few of the men were already running to fend off the monsters. Each man went were tossed through the air like a rag doll; luckily, none of them were severely hurt.

"Hey, Kuwabara, you think we should help, now?" Kuwabara's three friends were waiting for his orders.

"No. Guys, let me and Urameshi deal with this situation." Kuwabara had that heroic tone in voice that made his friends admire him. "Let's go, Urameshi."

"Right." Yusuke said as he dashed behind Kuwabara. The crowd was amazed by the boys' strength as they watched them beat down their enemies. However, there were two people that were not interested in the fight.

"Why isn't Hiei joining them? Hiei isn't a type of person that would turn down a fight." Kurama thought to himself as he watched Hiei stare at the ground.

"Shuuichi, I am scared. Do you think they can beat those monsters?" Maya didn't miss the opportunity to grab on to Kurama's arm. Kurama had to stop himself from filching at her actions but he still remained in control.

"There is nothing to worry about, the fight is over." Feeling slightly ridiculous, Maya let go of his arm and blushed.

"I beat up more than you, Urameshi." The usually bickering started up between the two teammates.

"You need to learn to count Kuwabara. It is clear that took down more." While, Yusuke talked, the floor started to move again and developed a solid wall that divided the groups of people.

"That's not good." Yusuke muttered. "Hey, what happened to Keiko?"

"Um…Keiko and some other people fell back and got trapped on the other side." One of Keiko's friends cautiously said, scared of the great Urameshi. Kurama examined the area and noticed that his mother and stepbrother were also gone.

"Yukina! My sweet Yukina is trapped over there and I must go to her. Urameshi, blast your way over there!" Kuwabara lifted Yusuke by the shirt.

"I would if you let go of me."

"Don't waste your time, Yusuke. I'm sure that there is a place were the passages intersect." Kurama made his way silently up to his friends.

"What! Than who gonna protect Yukina and the others!"

"Wait, Hiei on that side so there nothing to worry about, even though he-- um…she is acting kinda strange." Yusuke replied.

"I don't trust that shrimp around my precious Yukina. I, Kazuma Kuwabara, will come to my darlings rescue so don't worry Yukina, I am coming." The carrot top teen yelled as he ran into the darkness.

"Okay…By the way, Kurama. Do you know what is wrong with Hiei?" Yusuke asked Kurama, while they walked a few feet in front of the pact of people. An icy cold glare was directed at Yusuke.

"I don't know what you mean." The look Kurama was given Yusuke set a whole new meaning to the phrase, 'if looks could kill.'

"Sorry, I'd asked."

"Maya, did you know that Minamino knew those boys?" A student came up to her.

"No. I wouldn't think he would know them."

"I'll beat he just sucking up to them, so they would protect him. He must be too frightened to think about you." A jealous student commented.

"Is it true? I wonder what you are thinking about?" Maya questioned as she stared at Kurama.

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"We are going to slaughter these monsters. Using this sword, I'm sure we can win." A random kid shouted as he broke the casing to the sword display.

"Give me that kid." Shizuru said as she grabbed the sword and walked towards Hiei. "Here, I think you'll need this." Shizuru held out the sword for Hiei to hold.

"Why are giving that sword to that girl? We men should handle it." Shizuru ignored him but raised a fine eyebrow at Hiei. "What's the matter?" Shizuru asked once she came to the conclusion that Hiei wasn't going to take the sword.

"Shizuru, you'll have to excuse Hiei, she not feeling very well." Yukina spoke. Right then, moans sounded throughout the tunnel.

"I think we are about to have some company." Shizuru looked down the tunnel to see more Cultivated Humans.

"Please, Hiei. You have to fight." Keiko butted in and began pleading with Hiei.

"I don't know what you girls expect from her. This is a job for a man. If those trouble makers Urameshi and Kuwabara can beat them than so can I." Mr. Iamouto stole the sword while pushing Shizuru in the process. The fool, Iamouto, was down in ten seconds and scrambling to get away.

"We've to do something." Keiko was starting to agonize over the situation.

"I-I will stop them." Yukina squeaked out.

"But Yukina…You." Both Shizuru and Keiko were shocked. Even Hiei looked up from the ground and watched his sister walk towards danger and the zombie like beings groaned as they came to surround Yukina. She raised her hand above her head, while only holding up her two longest fingers.

"Yukina, you can't go out there by yourself." Keiko and Shizuru turned around as they heard Shiori voice call out. Shiori and little Shuichi were pushing their way through the people.

"That girl is nut, what's does she expect to do?" Another person spoke out.

However, no one said anything after that as cold air surrounded them, and they saw a swirl of snow around Yukina's fingertips. The force built up and with the wave of her hand, a blizzard of snow was released. None of the monsters were dead, only frozen solid within a sheet of ice.

"Wow, Yukina, I never thought you could do that." Keiko said with amazement. Yukina turned to face Keiko. "I have been practicing."

"Yukina, behind you!" Shizuru shouted. Unknown to Yukina, one of the creatures cracked out of the ice and leaped towards her. Yukina was paralyzed with fear and closed her eyes waiting for the end. But it never came, Yukina opened her eyes to see Hiei slicing through all the monsters with the sword. Making sure each everyone of them was dead.

"I'm sorry, Hiei. I guess I can't be as strong as you." Yukina whispered sadly.

"Yukina, you did well for someone just learning to fight but I'll protect you from here." Hiei gave Yukina a compliment, while not encouraging her to keep fighting.

"That was very braze, Yukina." Shiori patted her on the shoulders and the other girls joined in.

"Yeah, you two were awesome." Shuichi proclaimed.

"What the hell are those two girls?" A few people said with fear.

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"Yukina!" Kuwabara yelled.

Just like Kurama predicted, the two tunnels did connect and everyone were reunited and made their way to the surface. The sky was turning gray and wind began to pick up. Once, outside, half the people moved away from the people that showed unusual strength and abilities.

"Urameshi, can you explain to us what's going on." Takanaka approached him.

"Allow me to explain." Miroshi appeared out of nowhere and smiled. A wide range of gasps sounded out. "For those who don't know me. I am Mirsohi, one of the rulers of the underworld. I am only here to test out some experiments of mine. So, you ordinary humans don't have to worry about me harming you. We're planning to enslave you but first, we have to rid of a few people. I think it time for the next faze of my plan. Meet my newest creations." Three cloaked figures wearing masks, stepped out from behind him. "3 and 2, go." Two of the three vanished and appeared to strike Yusuke and Kuwabara.

"Don't you feel lonely experiment number one? Well, the Yoko wouldn't come out of hiding if you don't flush him out." Miroshi nodded his head towards Shiori. Experiment number one needed no farther explanation on what do because he was prepared to kill the woman.

Yet, the attacker missed it's target. An uproar occurred as the people witness Minamino holding his mother safely in his arms.

"Shuuichi…" Shiori was at a lose for words, when noticed that she was in her son's arms.

"Yoko Kurama, I'm glad that you've decided to join the fun." Bafflement ran throughout the crowd, wondering whom Miroshi was referring to.

"I've no interest in fighting our toys." Kurama spoke calmly.

"It would be in your utmost interest to know whom these fighters are." Miroshi smile was becoming more fiendish.

"What are getting at?" Kurama wasn't at all amused.

"It doesn't matter. One, go try out your skills." Miroshi commanded.

"Mother. Run." Before Shiori could reply, she saw her son defending himself against his attacker. The battle was taking longer than anyone would had guess. Yusuke was having a hard time landing a punch on number three. Kuwabara was given little opportunity to attack number two. Then number one and Kurama seemed evenly matched, also. However, no one had used their spirit energy.

"Enough. That is all the data I require for today. Now, go back to base." Without question, the masked fighters left. "I have one thing to do before I depart."

Screams ranged when the group saw Miroshi appear beside Hiei. "Hiei. You are tragically beautiful as ever." Miroshi said as he brushed his fingers in Hiei's hair. The fire demon jerked away from his touch. "Why don't you join me Hiei? You can help me rule all three worlds. It's better than the offer of being Mukuro's heir. What's your answer."

"I'll give you my answer with this sword." Hiei coldly replied.

"I thought so." Miroshi smirked and rushed forward to capture the half-breed's lips. Spectators observed with wide eyes as saw Miroshi deepen the kiss by adding his tongue.

Disgusted, Hiei bit down on the unwelcome presence. Miroshi withdrew himself from the jaganshi and swallowed the blood that flowed in his mouth.

Suddenly, tree roots shot up at Miroshi but he easily evaded them. "It seems like the Yoko is mad."

"Touch Hiei again and I've your head nailed to the ground." Kurama's eyes changed to gold and voice grown deeper. The people that thought they knew Kurama couldn't believe the change in him.

"As you know, Hiei is too irresistible, not to touch." Miroshi back to Hiei and began to move his hands over her body. Hiei started to feel light headed and sleepy as Miroshi continued the motion. Than his hand rested over her stomach. "Say good-bye to Hiei, Kurama." Utter terror swept through Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabar as they ran to save their friend.

In a fluid movement, Miroshi hand went straight into Hiei's stomach and pulled out a glowing orb containing Hiei's soul. Everything seemed to be happening in slow motion as Hiei's body fell lifelessly onto the ground. Blood drip from the orb and quickly, shattered the sphere within his hands that released the memories of the demon child. A flood of memories went into everyone's head as they saw various scenes play out.

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"I think you should leave if you don't want to apologize for what you have said." Kurama spat out harshly.

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"Your breast aren't fake... Then, you really are a girl." Kuwabara muttered.

"Yeah, take a feel for yourself, Kurama." Yuusuke grabbed Kurama's hand and place them on Hiei's breast. Kurama wasn't wondering if Hiei's breast were real but if they should be touching Hiei's breast at all. Unintentionally, Kurama's hand slightly squeezed her breast; that was the final straw for Hiei. With full force, Hiei punched Kurama across the face.

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But what caught Hiei's interest was the pot of water that was flying through the air. However, the pot of water wasn't headed towards her but was going in the opposite direction. Umi actually made the pot go over her head instead of forward before she fell. Now the pot of water made a perfect landing on top of Kurama's head.

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"What are you looking for Hiei?" Yukina asked as she watched the small Jaganshi searching through the cabinets.

"Chocolate." Hiei said over the sounds of silverware dropping to the floor.

"You ate it all yesterday." Yukina politely informed the demon boy.

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"What's the shrimp doing here!" Kuwabara began to shriek out. Hiei gave the oaf a cold glare.

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"This one is good, it has a lot of caramel. Also, that one there is good, too ." Shuichi pointed to arrangements of sugary treats and Hiei listened with interest to the younger boys opinion.

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"What are you waiting for fox?" Hiei asked.

"I just thought of something. You're a virgin in your girl form." A smile crept onto his lips as he changed to his human form.

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"The tests show that Hiei has caught a slight cold and will need to rest for a week. With a few pills, that nasty cold will go away." Announced the doctor.

"I'm glad it's not anything serious." Shiori said with a sigh of relief.

"No need to worry, this cold will not effect Hiei's pregnancy." The doctor said with a reassuring smile.

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"Your grandchildren?" Hiei asked.

"Yes, even though you aren't my biological daughter I have grown to love you as if you were my own child. If you don't mind, I'd like you to consider me a second mother." Shiori gave Hiei a bright smile, and a faint smile was returned by the fire demon. Nothing more needed to be said.

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"Hiei, you have become nothing more than a whore." Kurama said coldly as he reached into his hair and pulled out three seeds.

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"Whoever the bastard was we'll go beat him down." Yusuke butted in also worried about his friend.

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Hiei immediately relaxed against him once she recognized the hugger who nestled her into his arms. The arousing aroma, the strong arms, and hardened length could only belong to one man or demon…It was no other than Yoko Kurama but blurs of the red haired Shuuichi kept popping into her head. And a rare, true smile that belonged only to Hiei.

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It was the last memory that flickered as Hiei's life came to an end.

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AN:// Okay, if you didn't hate me before, you really have to hate me now.

Preview Kuwabara's voice: "I can't believe he is gone. It so unreal what happen that day. There is only one thing on the team's minds, Revenge. I promise you Hiei, your death will have not been vain. Next time on Hiei, One Half, tournaments, retribution, and flying pigs. WHAT FLYING PIGS, AND WHO ARE THESE NEW WEIRDOES!