Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Suffering of Friendship ❯ Capture ( Chapter 2 )

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Just to warn you, the first chapters are short, but they do get longer.

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Hiei couldn't eat. Not because he didn't want to, but because he really was not capable. Rekenkai's sword had gone straight through his body, and the tears in the organs that were in the sword's path, including Hiei's stomach, still had to heal.

Yusuke and Kuwabara had been taking turns feeding him their energy. They had refused Kurama's help, knowing that he would be fighting next, and he needed to save his strength.

Hiei felt sick. He couldn't do much of anything. He was so weak he couldn't even sit up in his bed. He longed to be outside, perhaps training in the meadow with Kurama, or watching that oaf Kuwabara make a fool of himself while fistfighting with Yusuke. He wanted to do more than just lie around in his hotel room. Being hurt was so annoying. He hated, no, he loathed, being helpless.

He was just about to go to sleep, pretty much the only thing he could do by himself, when he felt something. There was someone else there, he could feel it. "Yusuke? Kurama?" he called, but no one answered. "Fool?" he asked, meaning Kuwabara, but still there was no answer.

He didn't need one. Hiei knew that the thing he felt was not one of his teammates, or anyone he knew as a matter of fact.

He reached for the katana beside his bed, but found the space empty. Where did it go? he thought.

At that moment, a metal band slid around his wrist. He felt himself getting weaker and weaker. Hiei realized that the band was draining his Spirit Energy. He tried to yank the band off, but met with no success. 

The last thing he felt was a cloth being pressed around his mouth and nostrils. He smelled a sweet but sickening scent. Then he blacked out.

"Hey, Shorty?" Kuwabara called. That's weird. Where is he? Kuwabara wondered. Probably with Kurama or Yusuke. It's strange, though. I didn't know he could walk yet. Kuwabara scratched his head in confusion. Oh, well. He'll turn up somewhere. I'd better get down to the stadium before the match starts without me.