Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Two Hearts, Two Minds, One Soul ❯ The Truth Behind the Necklace ( Chapter 34 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Sorry if it's more than a year since I last updated, but I was caught up with school, and with me being in honors classes...well, let's just say that the updating will be slowing down than before this year long slump. Oh! I had torn feelings between Kurama and Hiei, and I have chosen Kurama!

Hiei: Thank Enma...*a lil pissed*

Mitsukai: You're just mad because I was sitting on your head...or were you embarrassed? ^-^

Hiei: -_- Oi! ningens! I found the crazy onna!

Mitsukai: O_O The happy people! You traitor! I gave you sweet snow!

Hiei: So?

Mitsukai: *runs away* Meanie weenie!

Carnation: She doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho, though she does own me...*sigh*

Mitsukai: *dragging Hiei away while Carnation follows* Read and Review!

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Two Hearts, Two Minds, One Soul

Chapter Thirty-Four

The Truth Behind the Necklace

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"Can we rest?" Keiko asked as the girls were exhausted from walking all around the city, continuing to walk into forests.

Yusuke looked back and sighed. "I guess...Oi! Guys! We're gonna rest a bit. The girls are tired."

Kuwabara nodded, smiling and skipping to Yukina as she sat beneath a tree.

Kurama agreed. "I suppose a little recuperation will be wise." However, Hiei, however, glared, standing on a tree branch.

"I don't care if you stay here and rest as the hanyou is probably in trouble about now. I'm not resting."

Koenma, who was in his teen form, closed his eyes and said, "I'd actually agree with Hiei. Gwenevere's fate is probably hanging by a tenuous thread."

The group looked at each other apprehensively as Carnation frowned, lying in Shizuru's arms. Hiei was about to vanish, but...

"Gwen!" Carnation gasped, lifting her antennae.

"Nani!?" the group asked, surprised. They started looking around. Hiei looked at Carnation, jumping off the branch and appearing in front of her.

"Where is she?" he demanded.

"I sense her...she's not that far away...about nine miles from here," Carnation replied, antennae twitching.

Hiei closed his eyes, his Jagan glowing faintly. "I found her."

Then he started running westward. The group ran as fast as they could to keep up.

'Hanyou, you're going to pay for making me feel these emotions...' Hiei cursed as he stopped near a cliff which was facing the setting sun. At the edge was a girl, looking at the sunset.

The group stopped, most of them trying to gain their composure. Then the girl turned around, a breeze blowing toward the reikai tantei. Her tan colored wings stretched to their full wing span as she stared at them.

"I've been waiting," was her short remark, her eyes narrowing. 'Perfect...' she thought with a small smirk.

"Why does Gwen look different?" Keiko asked.

"It's because she turned into her youkai self, I suppose," Kurama answered.

"So this is her youkai form?" Yusuke muttered.

"Hai, Reikai tantei," the taka nodded. "My ningen half was too weak..."

"Nani?" they asked in shock.

Hiei looked at the taka as she glared at him. Gales of wind started blowing around the reikai tantei.

"Too weak...like you!" she yelled.

The wind blew Hiei a few feet closer to his friends as the girl pointed at him.

"You promised you would always be there for me...You promised you would always protect me!"

Then a huge gust of wind came at Hiei, and he couldn't avoid the attack.

"Hiei!" his friends shouted. Hiei was in the eye of the tornado, and Gwen's youkai half smiled. Suddenly, the wind was cut in half and Hiei frowned at her, katana drawn out.

"You know me better than that, taka," Hiei said. "Your wind tricks will not kill me."

She closed her eyes. "That's just like you...you're always too confident!" She opened her eyes and looked at the sunset. "Why...didn't you save me all those years ago?"

Hiei was taken aback. He never expected her to seem so sad or to ask him that question. But he regained his composure. "What are you talking about? You left me."

"That was because I was forced to leave. If I was controlling my body I would've stayed. However...I couldn't because of that Hanyou Gemstone."

"The Hanyou Gemstone?"

She turned toward him, fury in her eyes. "You don't know what it is? You gave it to me!"

Koenma widened his eyes a bit. "Of course! I remember now!" The group looked at him for further explanation. "When Aliana was pregnant, she was afraid that her child would cause havoc, seeing as the child would be very powerful, having the blood of both Aliana and a relative of Genkai. So she came to me for help.

"And I answered her, saying that the Hanyou Gemstone will lock away the stronger half, making the child weaker, yet still powerful once she has the proper training. The Gemstone was safe in the vault, seeing as they are quite rare. I offered it to her once the child was born. Aliana agreed, and said that her friend Zarie would come pick it up at that time. She did, and that is why you see Gwenevere wearing that necklace all the time."

"Well, that does explain a lot," Kurama said.

"So, where is Gwen's human half?" Botan asked.

"Hai. Where is your ningen half, taka?" Hiei questioned.

"Ha! Typical. The reikai tantei always side with the ningen..." the girl sighed, smirking a little, finding it funny. "Well, they are weak. Were weak would be more appropriate after a couple of years..."

"You didn't answer my question..."

"Hiei, shut it for a second," Yusuke said. Hiei looked back and Yusuke smiled a little. "Don't worry. We'll find Gwen's ningen half." Hiei nodded a bit, gesturing to Yusuke that he understood. Yusuke looked at the hawk. "What do you mean, 'after a couple of years...'?"

"I mean that there will not be any ningens left," she said, her tone matter of fact. The group looked shocked, and she continued. "I will kill them all...but first, I must kill off you, Reikai Tantei, then you, Koenma."

Koenma frowned and was about to tell her off, however, she wasn't done talking.

"After that, I will go to Reikai and slay your father, seeing as the reikai tantei will not be there to stop me, being dead and all that. After causing chaos in Reikai, I will enter Ningenkai and slaughter the weaklings."

~How is it that the villain always explains the plan to the heroes?~ Carnation asked, glaring at her friend's youkai half.

"It is because the heroes have no hope to defeat the villain..."

~So why now? Couldn't you have escaped in earlier years than now?~

"No, this was my only chance. The ningen had her guard down. She didn't care because she was heartbroken..." the hawk said, turning to Hiei. "And you, who was the cause of her heartbreak. You kissed Mukuro...You know, I would like to thank you for that. If you hadn't done that, I wouldn't have escaped."

Everyone looked at Hiei. "Nani!?"

Hiei growled. "I didn't kissed the bitch. She kissed me."

"And yet you let her kiss you..."

Hiei gave her a death glare, and she smirked. "I really am grateful you did that, though. It just made my plan run faster..."

"Nani? Your plan to kill everyone?" Shizuru asked, frowning.

"Not that plan...the plan to kill my ningen half and Hiei. I planned a special death for the both of you," the taka replied, wearing an evil smile. The group tensed at this answer.

"I figured that the ningen would gain her memory back, and knew that you two would fall in love again," she explained, looking at Hiei. "I was the one who terrorized the both of you in that dream. I was the one behind you, stabbing your girlfriend. And I had a perfect front row seat, watching it from the Gemstone. Though, when she was asleep, I had the opportunity to get into her dream and somehow, got into yours. I was the one who was in your dream, killing your lover. However, I was very surprised when Mukuro kissed you and you let that happen. That was why the plan sped up...it caused the ningen to be depressed...to fall into despair..."

"So, when Aliana was killed, you controlled Gwenevere's body when she went unconscious?" Koenma asked. "And Gwenevere didn't know because she had acquired amnesia because of the Falcon throwing her headfirst into the ground, am I correct?"

"Hai. And I was the one who killed the Falcons."

"I see..."

Hiei was oblivious to Koenma's conversation with the hawk. One thing she had said had taken over his mind. 'And you, were the cause of her heartbreak...' Hiei frowned, feeling guilty yet again, and it was because he had broken Gwen's heart, even though he never meant it.
However, a new phrase entered his mind when the taka said, "You weaklings shouldn't be troubled anymore...you don't need to search for Gwenevere...for she is dead."

"Dead!?" Yukina cried out, trembling in fright.

"Correct. But do not fret...I'll be happy to be your liberator of this world..."

Yusuke glared, standing in front of the girls. Kuwabara looked very puzzled. "But don't you have part of Gwen's soul, so shouldn't she be alive since you are?"

The taka’s eye twitched in annoyance. "Let me make myself clear for the ningen no baka: I am the stronger half. I can live even if she dies since I...am...stronger..." she said slowly for Kuwabara to comprehend the sentence. They looked eye to eye, and Kuwabara stood frozen, turning pale.

"Kuwabara?" Kurama asked, noticing his white face.

The girl smiled evilly as Kuwabara explained. "I...I see Gwen..." Everyone looked at him, a bit shocked. "She's talking to the hawk...then they started fighting...It looked like she got the upper hand, but..."

Hiei ran up to him, taking him by the collar. "Where is she!?"

Kuwabara, shaken by the vision and by Hiei, replied, "In a cave somewhere." (over the rainbow…! Ow! *Hiei smirked, taking back his boot*)

Hiei released him, about to run to find Gwen, but the taka moved her hand aside, making a wind barrier around the group. Hiei looked back at her as she said, "I'm not letting you go that easily."

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In the opposite side of the forest as the Reikai Tantei, six figures walked along a dirt path along the forest.

"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Jin laughed as he twirled in the air a couple of inches off the ground, beginning to have his daily dose of flying. "I bet ya can't beat that, Touya!"

Touya rolled his eyes. "Whatever." Rinku chuckled as he played with five yo-yos in one hand.

Chuu laughed. "None of us can, cuz we're not wind youkai, mate."

Shishiwakamaru sighed heavily. "Why did you make me come to this stupid nature walk...I wanted to hit on some onna..."

Jin flew to him, smiling. "Nani? You don't like the fresh air? The perfect breeze?"

"Iie."
"Well, you're a baka like Suzuka."

Suzuka stomped over to Jin, making him move back. "That's beautiful Suzuka to you!" Jin sweat dropped and nodded.

Touya looked up from the dirt road. "Do you sense that?"

Jin stopped. "Did you feel that? The winds are changin' and it's not me doin' it."

Touya shook his head. "Iie...I sense someone nearby...their reiki's fading."

Everyone except Jin, raise their heads. "Hai, I sense it too, Touya," Rinku said as the other three nodded.

"I'll lookie about the winds an' you laddies go to tha' person you guys are sensin'," Jin instructed. The others nodded and they separated, Jin heading toward the reikai tantei without knowing it, and Chuu and the others were running toward the signal.

Shishi, ahead of the rest stopped in front of the cave, waiting about five seconds for his comrades to catch up. When they reached the cave, Chuu looked in.

“Pretty dark in there, mates,” he said.

“Um, then, you guys go in. I’m staying here,” Suzuka said, twitching a bit.

“Jin was right,” Touya remarked as he entered followed by Chuu, Rinku, and Shishi. “You are a baka like Shishi.”

“Oi!” Shishi complained as the other three laughed.

Suzuka hesitated for a minute or so, then stomped in, “Baka youkai…how dare they make fun of the beautiful Suzuka!”

The cave seemed dark and dreary, but the sun was setting on the side of the cave’s entrance so that the group could see, but only for so long.

“Ohayo!?” Rinku called out, only to hear his echo.

They looked around. Chuu looked confused. “Why does the cave have such a familiar scent?”

Touya looked around very closely. ‘Where is the reiki’s source?’ Then he spotted a pile of rocks, and his eyes widened. “There!” He pointed at the pile. The group all looked at him, then at the pile.

They all went to it. There was a silence looming over them. Then Suzuka said, “Well I’m not picking up those rocks!” The others looked annoyed, and started to pick them up.

After a while, they saw who was buried, and it was Gwen. They looked down at her, blinking.

“It’s Gwen-san!” Rinku exclaimed.

“No wonder the scent was familiar,” Chuu said, rubbing his head.

Touya looked at Rinku. “Rinku, could you heal her?” Rinku looked up, getting out of his brief moment of shock and nodded. Chuu picked her up gently and knelt down for Rinku to reach Gwen. Rinku concentrated as a blue light appeared in his palms. He moved his hands over the injured ningen onna as the blue light swam from his hands onto her body, healing her. After a minute of silence, the youkai sighed in relief as Gwen coughed a bit and began to breathe normally.

Shishi looked at the setting sun. “We should find Jin now and tell him that we found the hanyou-”

“...I don’t sense any youkai source in ‘er,” Chuu stated, looking down at Gwen.

“Nani?” the guys exclaimed. Then they took the time to sense her and realize their Australian friend was right.

“So...she’s a full-blooded ningen?” Shishi asked.

Chuu looks at Gwen closely. “Well, that’s what it looks like, but I sense something...missing. Like half of her soul’s gone.”

“Let’s go find Jin. We can look for the other half,” Touya declared.

They nodded their heads in agreement, leaving the cave, running toward the source of Jin’s reiki, the unconscious Gwenevere in Chuu’s arms.

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‘Now...who to kill first...’ the taka thought pensively. ‘Hiei will be last...I want to give him a good, long, and painful death...’ She looked at each and every one of the teenagers’ worried or tensed faces. She smirked, spreading her fingers out. ‘I know who to start with...’ She moved her hands upward, creating a huge gust of wind from the ground, going skywards. The reikai tantei and the girls tensed up, trying to stay on the ground.

“Yu...Yusuke!” Keiko screamed.

Yusuke turned to her, seeing that she was being pulled up by the wind. “Keiko!!” He ran to her, trying to grab her down, but he could barely reach her. “Keiko!” The reikai tantei soon realized that not only Keiko was headed for doom, but Shizuru, Botan, and even Yukina were as well.

Hiei knew what had to be done, for everyone’s sake, especially for Gwen’s and Yukina’s. Hiei drew out his katana, prepared to kill the hawk. However, the taka saw what Hiei intended to do and waved a finger at him, the sword flying out of his hands and landing a few feet next to him.

‘Shimatta...’ Hiei cursed mentally, wind blowing everywhere, the girls flying towards death.
The taka laughed loudly, the boys glaring darkly at her. She looked back with a smile. “Who’s next to die?”

Yukina, eyes closed, was not able to scream due to the wind preventing her from even breathing. Keiko, Botan, and Shizuru were flying feet away from her. ‘Is this it?’ Yukina thought. ‘I’m going to die before I find my brother? I wish I could’ve seen him...’

As soon as she thought that, Yukina felt two strong arms holding her as the wind died down. The koorime opened her eyes slowly, seeing Jin looking down at her with a smile.

“Yer all righ’, lass?” Jin asked in his Irish accent.

Yukina nodded. “Thank you, Jin-san.” She looked around, her friends floating in mid-air, wearing shocked faces.

Jin looked down at the hawk, who was glaring up at him with hatred.

He whistled. “If looks could kill... Say, why is Gwenie tryin’ to hurt yeh, lassies?”

“Long story, Jin...” said Shizuru.

Jin shrugged, descending from the sky, bringing the girls down safely by means of his wind powers.

Yusuke sighed in relief, seeing Keiko and the girls were safe and sound.
“Arigatou, Jin,” Yusuke said with pure gratitude.

“I’m lucky tha’ I sensed the change in th’ winds. I saw th’ lassies flying in the wind currents and knew tha’ there was somethin’ wrong,” Jin replied.

Gwen’s youkai half’s eye twitched. “You people annoy the hell out of me! Prepare to die!!” Her aura began to appear, the gold energy swirling around her as she powered up. Huge gusts of wind whirled toward them. Jin used his wind powers to create a shield against the mini cyclones.

“This is gettin’ dangerous, Urameshi!” Jin yelled, feeling the winds pushing him back.

Yusuke nodded, holding onto a terrified Keiko. ‘What are we going to do...? Is this how we’re all gonna die?’ He looked down at Keiko. ‘Keiko...I didn’t mean to get you involved in this shit...gomen nasai..’

Chuu and the others were at the edge of the forest, feeling a tremendous wind rushing toward them.

“I wonder what’s going on?” Suzuka pondered out loud. The group got out of the forest to see Gwen’s youkai half, advancing towards the reikai tantei.

Gwen’s ningen form moaned softly, opening her eyes, seeing the taka about to strike her friends. With a miraculous burst of energy, she pulled herself away from Chuu and ran towards the taka, eyes glowing white. She ran against the intensity of the wind and collided with the hawk, grabbing her neck. She never realized she was falling off the cliff into the water below.

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So....I’m sorry everyone that it took so long...T_T the guilt killed me...

Hiei: you’re still alive...

Carnation: and still annoying...

Mitsukai: you guys are so mean! Why did you follow me here?

Hiei: *getting pissed* I didn’t follow you here! You dragged me here!

Carnation: I’m only here so you can get into more trouble...

Mitsukai: *blinks* oh...*sighs* I wish kurama was here...

Hiei: *rolls eyes* I wish I can leave...

Mitsukai: *angry* go ahead!! Leave!

Hiei: I can’t...-_- you promised me sweet snow...

Mitsukai: *blinks* really?

Hiei: *mad, strangling her*

Carnation: see? That’s why I’m here...to watch the entertainment...*to readers* Please review...