Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Of Ice and Wind ❯ Call and answer ( Chapter 6 )

Yes that's right, ANOTHER CHAPTER! I'm writing this so fast I think my hand's gonna fall off! But I'm ok with it. This story wants to be written (even if it means staying up until 12:00 am! :) Also, thank you to everyone who has read up until this part in the story. I means a lot to see so many hits on my page! I hope to hear from you all soon. In any case, here is chapter 6. ENJOY! :)

 

I do not own Jin and Touya nor yu yu hakusho (insert witty remark here).

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The trek through the forest was seeming to take forever. If Jin was in fact being held at the former shinobi headquarters, they would never make it in time. The sun was again setting behind the multitude of trees, and it was now exactly 24 hours since “the wind” had fallen. It would all be over soon. . .one way or another.

 

Touya looked ahead of him into the very heart of the forest. They had perhaps another two days of walking before they even made it to the outskirts of Risho's domain, and this was time they did not have. Touya stopped his march, eyes cast upwards towards the sky.

 

“Touya why. . .”

 

“There is no hope Kurama, no point in traveling on. It's all over. Jin is dead.”

 

“How do you know? Did you sense it?!”

 

Touya gazed intently at Kurama, sadness coating his every word. “No. . .but look at where we are! We will never reach him in time.”

 

“But there is still hope.”

 

“No Kurama, there is none and there never was. Hope is merely a crutch, a false dream!”

 

Kurama then took a step forward, nose just inches away from Touya's. The kitsune took the youkai's hands in his and spoke directly to him, eyes never blinking. “I too have had a troubled past Touya and I too have felt the pains of sorrow and resentment. But if there is one thing that my nigen mother taught me, it's that help is always given to those who ask for it.” As if on command, the ground around them began to shake. To Touya, it felt as if the Makai was being split down the middle and they would be lost in the center. Sure enough, the ground did crack but from it came a plant. A plant of such magnitude that it blocked out the moon and became the heavens.

 

Touya's expression became one of pure shock and amazement, but swiftly changed to one of horror. Kurama, seeing this, decided the he should quiet Touya's nerves, lest he decide to attack it. “It is called a tanpopo (dandelion). It is a native plant to the human world and considered to be a weed by most. But I have found that under a demons care it can be quite useful.”

 

“But. . .how?” Touya said this in absolute wonder. Though it was dark, he could see that it was at least 30ft. tall and at the top resided a large, circular flower that seemed to glow a bright yellow.

 

“The tanpopo is really quite an amazing thing. In the summer it looks like this, but when it starts to become cooler, like in autumn, its entire appearance changes.” And, as though it had heard Kurama's words, the plant's yellow glow started to fade. But instead of disappearing, the flower changed to a brilliant white. The petals became little puffs that resembled stars and again Touya was lost in wonder.

 

With a flick of his hand, Kurama made the plant bow to him and from it he plucked of one of the gigantic puffs. Then Touya understood. Seeds. These fake stars were seeds and they were big enough to carry them to the end of the Makai and back in half the time it would take you to blink. “We will travel through the sky.” Kurama said this as he mounted the tane (seed).

 

 

Touya brought a smile to his lips once more. Perhaps they would make it after all. He too mounted the seed, and as the wind began to carry them upwards, Touya couldn't help notice that it had gotten slightly stronger. It was almost as though Jin knew they were coming, and was doing all he could to get them there faster.

 

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Hiei, exhausted and frustrated, found himself coming home to a very empty cave. But he was not worried. If Touya had attacked Kurama, or had betrayed their trust in any way, Hiei knew he would find at least a few bits and pieces of the ice demon scattered around the room. This did not explain, however, where in fact the duo had gone.

 

Then Hiei was struck with a horrific thought. What if Kurama had been seduced by the blue haired youkai? There was no denying the fact that they had somewhat bonded during their fight in the dark tournament, and Hiei had noticed all too well all they had in common.

 

With this new conclusion firmly placed in his mind, Hiei walked towards the secluded area of the cave that he and Kurama called their shinshitsu (bedroom). They had been together for almost seven years, and he wasn't about to let some other depressed demon with a monotone voice and an odd hairstyle take his kitsune away. “If I find that you're with him Touya, I swear I'm gonna shove some fire up your ass and melt that pretty ice of yours!.” But to Hiei's relief, there was nothing to see. Inside the bedroom was just the same as it had always been, their stuff neatly arranged and their bed perfectly made. However, there was a slight addition.

 

Directly in the center of the shindai was a single red rose, Kurama's symbol that he had gone out and for Hiei not to worry. The fire youkai held the bara (rose) delicately in his hand. After a few moments, he brought the flower close to his nose and breathed in its warming scent. And Hiei found it amazing that no matter how angry he got, Kurama was always able to calm him down (whether he was there or not). “You're very lucky I love you fox.”

 

That was last thing Hiei said as he dropped the rose and set off from the cave. Kurama and Touya had gotten a head start and he to Hiei that was unacceptable. In front of him loomed the darkness of the night, and behind him a single petal fell from the fallen rose.

 

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The trip through the forest was going much faster now that they had Kurama's plant to carry them. However, it made for a long period of silence. Kurama had always been talkative whether in his nigen or youkai state, and he decided to take matters into his own hands (plus, it would help if he knew a little more about why he was going on this journey). “Why do you care so much about what happens to Jin?”

 

“Why do you care at all?”

 

“I had always been under the impression that the shinobi kept to themselves and did not bond with one another. This way if one of them fell during battle, it would not affect the other members of the team. Why is it different for you?”

 

“You did not answer my question Kurama.”

 

“What?”

 

“Why do you care?”

 

“For what?”

 

“For anything! You are a Yoko now, and the demons of your race are not supposed to create loyalties or to have monogamous relationships. And yet, you have forsaken this and have entered into a life with Hiei. Why did you do this? Why do you care for him?”

 

For a while Kurama didn't answer. In all the years he and Hiei had been together, he had never stopped to think about why they shared so much and stayed together for so long. “What Hiei and I share is something deeper then physical pleasure. He knows what I am thinking even before I say it and he knows my needs better then anyone else. We share the same emotions and connect with each other in ways that would be impossible for me to explain to you now. We complete each other and together form a heavenly bond that the Gods themselves would envy. He makes my life worth living every day, and for all the three worlds, I've spent every one of those days trying to make him feel the same way. And I know in my heart that, so far, I have succeeded.”

 

Touya drew in a breath and held it for a few eternal seconds. And with his exhale he said what he never thought he would. “You and I are not so different Kurama, in the way we feel about those. . .about those we care about.”

 

“Do you love him?”

 

“No. Love is something only for those who are weak.”

“So it is a physical bond. Have you been with him?”

 

“No. I can't.”

 

“So then, who is your partner now? Who have you been with before?”

 

Touya gave an involuntary shudder in response to this question. No matter what had gone on in the past, he would never allow himself to acknowledge that it was reality. In his mind it was a dream. A horrible nightmare. But Kurama deserved to know the truth. “I. . .I have been with no one.” And this in itself was true. To Touya, to be with someone meant you had to have feelings towards the other person, and Touya had none to spare for the bastard demon in black.

 

“But do you at least care for the wind master?”

 

Touya's eyes started to burn, but as a shinobi he had been taught not to cry, not to let feelings show, and he would hold true to these beliefs. But he did not answer Kurama, for the two had now become completely silent. Ahead of them about five miles into the distance stood the shinobi castle, its grey walls almost silver in the morning light. It had taken them ten hours to get there. But they had made it. The final battle was about to begin, Touya knew, and like the petals of a flower, one of them would wither and fall. . .

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Ohh the end is getting awfully close isn't it? But what's going to happen next? Frankly, I haven't decided yet lol :) And what am I gonna do when it's all over?! I guess I'll write another story. . .hmmm. . .but what about? Oh well! Best not to worry about it now! See ya at Chapter 7! :)