Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Hiei's Mistake ❯ Chapter fourteen ( Chapter 14 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Yukina had just left to talk to Genkai. She wanted to find the reason for her brother’s continued slumber. It just wasn’t right. When the poison had been removed, Hiei’s temperature should have stabilized and he should have woken up shortly afterwards. Because of that, she feared what she would find.
Botan went to report to Koenma. The others stayed behind for much-needed support. Kurama rocked his demon lover in his arms. He kept telling Hiei he loved him and begged him to open his eyes. Luckily, as the hours passed, Hiei’s core temperature rose back to his normal one and his breathing and heart rates stabilized. He was physically well, which was a great relief.
But what the hell was stopping him from awakening now?
After a few hours, Botan and Koenma had come- they had found out that Hiei had completely shut himself out. This was his mind’s way of dealing with everything that had happened in the past few days. He, in essentiality, was locked in his own prison of a mind.
And, if they didn’t do something about it, Hiei would remain sleeping forever.
“Hiei’s mind has so many twists and turns,” Koenma said, referencing the very small (think seven pages in comparison to a normal seven-thousand) information packet he held in his hands, “well, this is all the information that we have on Hiei at all. His mind is all but one page and we haven’t even scratched the surface.”
“So how the hell are we gonna’ get in there to get him?” Yusuke asked, frustrated that Hiei was the culprit of his own slumber. Geeze, we went to that stupid fountain and now he’s making himself sleep!? Che’ Typical of Hiei to make everything difficult.
“Well,” Botan said hesitantly, “someone has to venture in.” She continued, “We looked into it before we left. The person must have an extremely close bond with the victim. That narrowed it to Yukina and Kurama. Also, considering the danger of the traps that will certainly be found in Hiei’s mind, said person must be able to defend themselves from a high level mind attack. That made Kurama the choice.”
Koenma turned to the broken fox, “Do you agree, Kurama?”
“Of course I agree!” Kurama said, clutching his lover to him in a tight hug, “I could never live with myself if I could help him and didn’t.”
Koenma nodded and gave him a flask full of a bluish liquid. “Drink this and you will be able to enter his mind. But be careful, as we have stressed, Hiei’s mind is dangerous. Watch the Jagan, especially, it doesn’t like to be invaded, so stay away from it.” He turned to the others, “We must wait outside, they need to be alone to do this.”
Everyone left, leaving Hiei and Kurama alone. Kurama released his sleeping lover and opened the flask. He quickly downed the bitter liquid and concentrated on their mental bond. He soon found himself in a complex maze of memories and traps.
He looked around before beginning his quest for Hiei’s consciousness. No wonder I could never read his thoughts. Koenma hadn’t been lying. Hiei’s mind was scary just looking at it, dark and complex thing that it was. He took a deep breath and started to explore.
Kurama saw everything Hiei ever saw. He heard and smelled many different parts of the Makai, the Ningenkai, and the Reikai. He saw people and animals that had been in Hiei’s life. He saw his weapons and attacks from the past and present. He searched for hours on end.
Then, after encountering dozens of traps, he found a door in Hiei's mind. Kurama went to it to find it was locked and sealed against any forms of invasion. Wards and locks covered it, as well as an elaborately woven dragon mind spell, one of Hiei’s favorite, but lesser practiced forms of spell casting.
He knew right then where his lover was. It took him a while to come up with a plan to unlock, de-ward, and release all of the locks, wards and spells on the door. The wards and spell were broken with a Youko spell that he remembered from his days as a thief. That inspired his idea of getting a lock-pick. He returned back to where Hiei had stored his memories of various thieving skills and took a lock-pick from the pile of gadgets he had used at different times during his time as a thief.
Going back to the door he used all his thousand year skills to open the many locks keeping the door shut. After another eternity, he had opened the last lock. He pushed open the heavy door to find a room full of…nothing. Just blackness. He searched for any sign of life, hoping that he wasn’t wrong about this being Hiei’s hiding place.
Then he saw it. On the floor in the room was a small, huddled form. He slowly walked towards it, hoping it wasn’t another trap. He knelt down and touched it on the shoulder.
“Hiei?" he asked gently, not wanting to scare what he now realized was his lover.
“K-Kurama?" Hiei timidly asked, his normally strong voice wavering and childlike in tone.
"Hai," Kurama said, relieved that he had finally found him.
"Why are you here?" Hiei asked bluntly, his voice belying his confusion at his love’s presence.
“I came to take you home," Kurama said, worried now at Hiei’s odd behavior.
"How can you love me?" Hiei asked, looking away.
“Hiei, you are the very heart of me. My very world. How could I *not* love you?"
“I am a forbidden bastard. All I do is hurt you,” Hiei said in a self-depreciative tone.
"No Hiei, that is not true. And you know it. You bring me the greatest joy, I can’t imagine living without you," Kurama assured him, a small smile lighting his face.
“I do?" Hiei asked, tilting his head to the side in curiousity.
“Yes, love. Please, come back to me."
"What about Yusuke?"
"What of him?" Kurama asked, forgetting he was ever angry at his lover.
"I had sex with him or did you forget?"
"I forgave you just as you forgave me remember?" Kurama still felt guilty about that though.
"Hn," apparently, Hiei was returning, but still didn’t believe that Kurama could forgive and forget that easily.
"We worked as a team, myself and Yusuke to get rid of the posion."
"I don't want to go back just to be alone."
"You won’t,. I'll never leave you. Please don't leave me," Kurama pleaded, tears gathering in his eyes.
After a moment, Hiei turned to him, "I want to go home, fox. Home to your arms."
With that Kurama's mind went back into his body.
Hiei soon woke up, as promised, held tightly by his fox. Everyone was happy. It was a hill that they all had to get over.
With time, wounds will heal. With time, trust will begin again. The two demons knew as long as they had each other things would work out.
--
~The End~
…
~or is it?~
Botan went to report to Koenma. The others stayed behind for much-needed support. Kurama rocked his demon lover in his arms. He kept telling Hiei he loved him and begged him to open his eyes. Luckily, as the hours passed, Hiei’s core temperature rose back to his normal one and his breathing and heart rates stabilized. He was physically well, which was a great relief.
But what the hell was stopping him from awakening now?
After a few hours, Botan and Koenma had come- they had found out that Hiei had completely shut himself out. This was his mind’s way of dealing with everything that had happened in the past few days. He, in essentiality, was locked in his own prison of a mind.
And, if they didn’t do something about it, Hiei would remain sleeping forever.
“Hiei’s mind has so many twists and turns,” Koenma said, referencing the very small (think seven pages in comparison to a normal seven-thousand) information packet he held in his hands, “well, this is all the information that we have on Hiei at all. His mind is all but one page and we haven’t even scratched the surface.”
“So how the hell are we gonna’ get in there to get him?” Yusuke asked, frustrated that Hiei was the culprit of his own slumber. Geeze, we went to that stupid fountain and now he’s making himself sleep!? Che’ Typical of Hiei to make everything difficult.
“Well,” Botan said hesitantly, “someone has to venture in.” She continued, “We looked into it before we left. The person must have an extremely close bond with the victim. That narrowed it to Yukina and Kurama. Also, considering the danger of the traps that will certainly be found in Hiei’s mind, said person must be able to defend themselves from a high level mind attack. That made Kurama the choice.”
Koenma turned to the broken fox, “Do you agree, Kurama?”
“Of course I agree!” Kurama said, clutching his lover to him in a tight hug, “I could never live with myself if I could help him and didn’t.”
Koenma nodded and gave him a flask full of a bluish liquid. “Drink this and you will be able to enter his mind. But be careful, as we have stressed, Hiei’s mind is dangerous. Watch the Jagan, especially, it doesn’t like to be invaded, so stay away from it.” He turned to the others, “We must wait outside, they need to be alone to do this.”
Everyone left, leaving Hiei and Kurama alone. Kurama released his sleeping lover and opened the flask. He quickly downed the bitter liquid and concentrated on their mental bond. He soon found himself in a complex maze of memories and traps.
He looked around before beginning his quest for Hiei’s consciousness. No wonder I could never read his thoughts. Koenma hadn’t been lying. Hiei’s mind was scary just looking at it, dark and complex thing that it was. He took a deep breath and started to explore.
Kurama saw everything Hiei ever saw. He heard and smelled many different parts of the Makai, the Ningenkai, and the Reikai. He saw people and animals that had been in Hiei’s life. He saw his weapons and attacks from the past and present. He searched for hours on end.
Then, after encountering dozens of traps, he found a door in Hiei's mind. Kurama went to it to find it was locked and sealed against any forms of invasion. Wards and locks covered it, as well as an elaborately woven dragon mind spell, one of Hiei’s favorite, but lesser practiced forms of spell casting.
He knew right then where his lover was. It took him a while to come up with a plan to unlock, de-ward, and release all of the locks, wards and spells on the door. The wards and spell were broken with a Youko spell that he remembered from his days as a thief. That inspired his idea of getting a lock-pick. He returned back to where Hiei had stored his memories of various thieving skills and took a lock-pick from the pile of gadgets he had used at different times during his time as a thief.
Going back to the door he used all his thousand year skills to open the many locks keeping the door shut. After another eternity, he had opened the last lock. He pushed open the heavy door to find a room full of…nothing. Just blackness. He searched for any sign of life, hoping that he wasn’t wrong about this being Hiei’s hiding place.
Then he saw it. On the floor in the room was a small, huddled form. He slowly walked towards it, hoping it wasn’t another trap. He knelt down and touched it on the shoulder.
“Hiei?" he asked gently, not wanting to scare what he now realized was his lover.
“K-Kurama?" Hiei timidly asked, his normally strong voice wavering and childlike in tone.
"Hai," Kurama said, relieved that he had finally found him.
"Why are you here?" Hiei asked bluntly, his voice belying his confusion at his love’s presence.
“I came to take you home," Kurama said, worried now at Hiei’s odd behavior.
"How can you love me?" Hiei asked, looking away.
“Hiei, you are the very heart of me. My very world. How could I *not* love you?"
“I am a forbidden bastard. All I do is hurt you,” Hiei said in a self-depreciative tone.
"No Hiei, that is not true. And you know it. You bring me the greatest joy, I can’t imagine living without you," Kurama assured him, a small smile lighting his face.
“I do?" Hiei asked, tilting his head to the side in curiousity.
“Yes, love. Please, come back to me."
"What about Yusuke?"
"What of him?" Kurama asked, forgetting he was ever angry at his lover.
"I had sex with him or did you forget?"
"I forgave you just as you forgave me remember?" Kurama still felt guilty about that though.
"Hn," apparently, Hiei was returning, but still didn’t believe that Kurama could forgive and forget that easily.
"We worked as a team, myself and Yusuke to get rid of the posion."
"I don't want to go back just to be alone."
"You won’t,. I'll never leave you. Please don't leave me," Kurama pleaded, tears gathering in his eyes.
After a moment, Hiei turned to him, "I want to go home, fox. Home to your arms."
With that Kurama's mind went back into his body.
Hiei soon woke up, as promised, held tightly by his fox. Everyone was happy. It was a hill that they all had to get over.
With time, wounds will heal. With time, trust will begin again. The two demons knew as long as they had each other things would work out.
--
~The End~
…
~or is it?~