Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Sacrifice ❯ Round Two ( Chapter 5 )

AN: I had to cut up that last chapter into two parts, so here goes. To be honest I haven't even checked my reviews for the last installment…so I could be sitting here, clicking away, rewarding all you people for not even reading this. I guess that's just the kinda girl I am. JK. Have fun wallowing in vicarious depression!

 

Chapter Five- Round Two

 

I awake in a nearly bare, modern chamber on a thin futon reminiscent of Kurama's shag rug. My head feels like it weighs more than life itself, and throbs just as miserably, but it's nothing to the agony spreading throughout my chest and limbs. I am thankful that the curtains, (however thin and useless) are drawn, because I do not think I could take the light.

Gradually I remember the alley and my embarrassing episode. With this recollection, the devastating anguish that has clamped my heart since that fateful, cursed afternoon tightens its grip, and I moan as I sit p.

I have to get out of here. Gods know what sorrows I am set to suffer in this sordid human habitat. All I can think of is my fox's pretty room with all its trinkets and curiosities, and his rather tolerable ningen mother who would bring us sweet snow agreeable in the midst of winter…she never made an issue of us “ studying” with no books…now she's nearly catatonic with depression…

Why can't I just be left to grieve?! In speaking of mother's…the polar opposite of Shiori has just stumbled her way through the entrance. I recognize drunkenness from my observations in the club, and wrinkle my nose as she deals me a dumb smile.

 

“ Wellello there. Are you Yusuke's new boyfriend? Whenee told me he was into guys I kinda expected that redhead to come over…but you're prettyot too!”

 

Where is my katana? Nothing can possibly be gained from this woman living. Dammit! He took my sword! Ugh…moving…not…smart…

 

“ Ma! Get lost, okay? We've got important things to discuss.”

 

Yusuke, who's just barged in, shoves the hapless female away and enters with a tea tray.

 

“ Yeahokay! I'm gonna go back to the bar…remember to clean up after yourselves…and don't do too much screamin' hiccup orelse the neighbors'll be on my ass…”

 

I glare death as she slams the door behind her.

 

“ Sorry about that.” The Detective mumbles, and I see an uncharacteristic blush to his cheeks. Absurdly I recall a book my fox made me listen to for his school…” No Exit.” Didn't the main character say something about being `naked in the mind for the viewing of others?'

I pull the blanket protectively around myself and `hn.' I guess that makes us even.

 

“ How long have I-”

 

“ About a week. Jeez, you don't remember anything? You've been throwing up and muttering for ages now.!”

 

I blink soberly and lift the teacup to my lips to hide a murderous grimace.

 

“ Hn. I am leaving now.”

 

In a flash of speed and white-hot pain I run for the window, save…the minute I touch it or try to move outward, an invisible kakki clashes, leaving my hand burnt. Yusuke looks on with infuriating calm as I try again and again to go, until at last I curse vehemently and lie back down on the floor.

 

“ Release me or perish, Detective.”

 

He smirks and downs his tea in one gulp. “ Effective, huh? Genkai made it specifically to keep certain Jaganshi from flying the coop before a few things were dealt with. And unless you want to land yourself in the big house where little B-class like you are an appetizer I suggest you shut up and listen to me.”

 

I lunge. NO ONE threatens me. Besides, what makes him think I give a damn about my future?

His face slams under my right fist. Apparently I caught him off guard. But not for long. With surprising strength he kicks me off of him and pins me to the wall. His knee comes up in between my legs, and I see stars as I crumble in a twitching heap to the ground.

 

“ Had enough?!!” he yells.

 

I cough and grab his ankles, pulling him off balance, only to scramble my way on top of him again to better beat the living daylights out of him. We go at it for what seems like hours, indulging in our second official fight since…erm…three weeks ago.

 

“ GRRRR DETECTIVE!”

 

“ SHUT UP BITCH AND STAY DOWN!”

 

“ YOU'LL NEVER WIN THIS!”

 

“ WANNA BET, ASSHOLE-AHH!”

 

“ Yusuke Urameshi! What on earth do you think you're doing!? I don't think I need to listen to your…your fornication's from next door. Especially since it's barely two in the afternoon! And you should really lock your door.”

 

Yusuke freezes in mid-pummel and wipes his bloody lip as he turns towards the entrance. He looks first at the obese ningen woman, then down at our torn shirts,

( casualties of what I hope to be a fatal battle. On either side.) then back to the woman again as he blushes for a second time.

 

“ Ah…um, Mrs. Natsumay! We're not-I mean, it's not what it, why are you, uh, huh?”

 

The whale of a female lifts her quivering chin haughtily and makes her way out.

 

“ Oh, whatever. Stupid fag…”

 

As the door slams noisily out in the unreachable living room, my opponent rolls onto his back and gasps for air.

 

“ Look…w-we should stop. We're running out of time, anyway.”

 

I growl, but can't summon the energy to raise my head.

 

“ F-for what, exactly?”

 

“ Hmm, let's see? My patience to reach its breaking point!!!?”

 

I tense as an annoying, childish tennor mars the sound waves. Presently Koenma's teenage-shaped face looms above us, for once looking stern.

 

“ Yusuke was right about prison, Hiei. I can think of one hundred good reasons to send you there now. Especially those recent murders in Tokyo.”

 

I make a feral sort of sound and force myself to jump to my feet.

 

“ So send me. I dare you to try.”

 

To my surprise, he shakes his head nonchalantly. “ My father always says that it's important to use your resources, and pick the lesser of two evils. If I were to waste you on a demon jail for the sake of three scumbag ningen, when there's someone much more important who needs your help, then what kind of ruler would that make me?”

 

I shrug and whisper a string of Makian oaths as I catch my breath. The physical pain ebbs…but not the rage.

 

“ What in Gods' NAME are you babbling about?”

 

Yusuke flexes his fingers and grins mirthlessly. “ Kurama gave himself up to save us. I'm not about to squander that gift, or let you do the same. We got us a fox to rescue.”

 

I begin to shake. “ Hn. And what makes you think he'll go along/ Plan to trap him in a cozy little net and drag him home like a disobedient kit?”

 

Koenma eyes me oddly. “ Jeez, Hiei. You have some kinky ideas running through your head. I'll have to remember to tune my TV on your bedroom sometime…anyway, that's not it. I thought over Kurama's oath carefully. He said, ` as long as you are here, I will never leave you.' Which makes things very simple. You and Yusuke have one week for your new duo assignment; kill the Crow, and save Kurama.”

 

I stare at the pair incredulously as the prince opens a portal with nauseating ease.

 

“ And how do you know he's still alive?” I ask softly, my pain showing through my words as if they were made of cheesecloth.

 

Yusuke eyes me seriously. “ I just know. Don't you?”

 

There is a long pause, but eventually I nod curtly. “ Yes.” I whisper. “ We are bonded. I…I would know.”

 

“ Good! Then get in there you two, and find Karasu's damn lair before it's too late! I'm not losing my most intelligent fighter to a psycho bird!”

 

I am about to swear at him again, but Koenma practically shoves us into the pseudospace. As we fly through the void, his tones follow us in a distorted way.

 

“ The next portal out will appear at sunset on the seventh day! Be at the base of Lehcare Mountain!”

 

Hn. Leave it to the prince to do everything half-assed. Crucial information, given at the last minute, no clear location on the castle or tree mud hole that serves as Karasu's humble abode, not to mention pairing two grief stricken yokai together against a pyro freak. Then something daunting ceases my criticism.

I am finally home.

And Kurama will once again be mine.

 

AN: The following chapter is definitely the most screwed up in the entire fic, and incidentally, was the favorite of my former best friend. I hope you all share her opinion, but I'm warning you again right now, just in case some dumbass decided to randomly click on chapter six without reading the warnings in the first chapter.