East
meet's West
part
10 "Conclusions"
by
BANE Huntress
Bane
looked over at her friend, "So it has come to this..." she
sighed as she heard Hiei's voice booming Kurama's name.
"It
was Kurayami's own folt... you did warn him the last time..."
Kin wisperd, her eye's glearing.
"I
know..." Bane groned. "But it was going so well... I
though I had finaly found some inteligens in one of my kind."
She shooke her head, "But again I was mistaken".
Kin
smiled coldly, "As always."
Bane
snarle at her friend, "You were there when I found him... why
didnt YOU say anything? hmm?"
Kin
remaind silant as she looked away.
"Come
on..." Bane said with a growl, "We have to be ready to
move in once Hiei get's out of there." with that she moved
forwards to take her plase by the front entranse.
Hiei
screamed Kurama's name, He was about to jump on what looked like the
leader when he had seen his lover.
Kurama
was held in midair by a piller of light, his silver hair streamed
around him as he seemed to be in some kind of pain only no sound
came from him. then those Golden eye's he had though lost, looked at
him, then Kurama smiled as he mouthed Hiei's name.
Hiei
couldnt take his eye's of his mate, as an ark of light and power
sudenly went into the leader's chaist. Then thiner, weaker stripes
of light brock off and went to the others stood in a larg sercal.
Each
now looked like they where in some kind of extasy that was a world
of pain.
But
Hiei had expected some kind of noice, a huge crushendo of violent
sound that would hurt his ear's. But there was nothing, not even the
sound of a slight brease ruffaling materal, nothing. and that he
found it more desturbing.
No
one seemed to even have notised he was there, they were so inwraped
in what they were doing.
The
only thing to move in the hall now was Kurama as he thrashed in the
light he seemed to be cort in.
Hiei
shooke himself, He had promist Bane he wouldnt kill any of them, all
he need do was get Kurama out, and now he saw his mate, all thought
of reveng had left him, Bane could have her minians to do with as
she pleased. all that sat on his mind was how to get Kurama out of
the light...
After
a while he finaly came up with the only thing he could do, and with
a lunge of speed he throw him self at Kurama.
Kurayami
could feel all of the Youko's Ki seeping into him, he maniged to
chanel smaller amouts to the others so they thought they were geting
the same thing. but he laped up the chaingling's power as if it were
mear water.
He
glorifd in it as it corsed through his vain's, he could feel the
land around him and the power he could pull from it or the way he
could chaing it at mear will. It over loaded his senses till he was
sure he would loos himself in it at any moment, but he fearsly keped
himself in check.
He
could feel that the Youko was waning, he was puting up a good fight,
but he was loosing, as the ki flowd more freely now. Kurayami could
also feel the Youko/human fisical body becoming weaker as the
thrashing became less.
Then
suddenly everything was cut off, the powr was instantly wriped from
him, it was like a big hole had just been punched through his chest.
but he couldnt move or see or hear any more. all his senses flue on
the wind now and he was left helpless.
Hiei
hit the colum of light like a bulit, at first it bulked him then
suddenly gave way as he threw his arm's around Kurama's wast as they
both went flying to the flore in a heap.
Hiei
got up as Kurama lay limp on the ground like something broken, his
silver hair coverd his face. Hiei ignored him for the moment as he
looked at the others in the hall.
There
were a multitude of demon's of many veriaty, but all of them now
crumpaled, as there shreakes of pain and destress filled the
rafter's, they all seemed cort up in there own world, not notising
him or Kurama.
He
turnd his conserns back to the Youko, to see Kurama sturing and
trying to sit up.
"Stay
still" he said as he put his hand on his chaist.
"Hiei?..."
came the weak reply as golden eye's focased on him. then he smiled,
"You took your time"
Hiei
snorted then picked the Youko up in his arm's, "You can complan
when I have you out of here youko" he said, his heart was
trying despratly to beet at just being close to what was his but he
fought it down fearsly, there were more important things to do right
now.
Kurama
tightend his arm's about his neck, "I'm tired..." he
statedas his eye's closed again.
Hiei
bit his lip in fear as he tried to remember how to get out of this
plase. He couldnt go the way he had come in and Kurama was now no
help. So taking the first door he saw he ran.
Kurama
was pruving a clumsy waight and slowed him down, but he ran down
coridor after coridoor, always keeping to the larger ones.
Then
suddenly huge door's infrunt of him flue open and he froze, ready to
throw Kurama down and fight if need be.
But
it was Bane who steped over the thresh hold, her gray eye's sought
him out quickly, then she smiled when she saw Kurama in his arm's.
"Quick"
she said coming towards him, Kin on her heals like a shadow.
"My Elves have built a small camp beyond the trees... Take him
there."
Hiei
brisaled, he was fed up of this woman telling him what to do,
"I'll take him where I please" he saped.
Bane's
eye's sudenly went into vishus slit's as her face lost all imotions.
"You will do as I say if you want Kurama back as he was, little
one" her voice was also vod of all imotons now and it sent a
shiver down Hiei's spine, "His fight is not over yet... now
go!"
Hiei
gleard at her, But she had helped him this far, another day couldnt
hurt. Without a word he ran passed her and out the door.
Bane
watched Hiei disapear and hoped he would listen to her, other wise
he would find he had a problem on his hand's. espeshay if he took
Kurama back to the Ningenkiai right now.
"Baka"
Kin grumbaled.
"Say's
you" Bane brisaled, "If he dosnt listen to me then I'm not
going to be the one that has to sort it out this time! My kind will
be hunted down till the last... I dont facy having to deal with
fanatics after my blood."
Kin
gave her a side way's look. "like it's a problem for you if
this world or the one's attached to fall foul to that plage"
she snorted.
Bane
sighed, "But like
this dimention... Somethings always going on..."
Kin
looked away, "I dont see what your so attached to..."
Bane
fought down her anger as she sterd at her friend, "No you
wouldnt... Come on.." she said, she could still hear the
screams coming from the great hall, "It would seem your pray is
wating for you".
Kin
smiled in the only way she could, vishasly. "What are you
wating for then?"
Bane
smiled as she began carmly walking down the coridoor.
Kurayami
strugaled to he feet as his senses finaly began to obay him again.
his hearing was the first thing to come back to him, and all he
could hear was the sound of the others screaming and his own panted
breath.
Once
he was stood and his head had stoped swiming he carfully opend his
eye's and looked to the center of the surcal to see what had happend.
but his eye's fell on nothing, Krama was no longer there, then he
glanced down and his heart stoped.
The
Lady was stood with her hand's on her hips and a self asuring smile
on her face as she looked at him. Then he notised someone stood just
behind her shoulder. The other figur almost made him gag.
He
had heard of the other demon in storis and tails, but he hadnt
thought it was real. The shorter demon stood with her thick dark
hair covering her eye's that he knew sterd at him. Small horns
patruded through her hair and her lips were pulled in to some form
of a smile that froze Kurayami in place. He had once thought that
the Lady was an imposing figure but this one seemed to pull all the
light out of the room. He tried to swallow, What now stood at the
Lady's shoulder had killed her own family and wiped out entire
rasces of people without batting an eye lid. She was rumerd to be
dead, or at least she hadnt been seen in years.
The
Lady moved a little untill she resterd her elbow on the other's
shoulder. "I asume you two need no intruduction?" she
looked smug. "Kin my dear... This is the one that has be urking
me for the longist time... Do you wish to save him till last?"
The
smile on the Kin Slayers face broudent as she trow The Lady's arm
off her shoulder then she advansed on the first damon that came to
hand, Kurayami watched as Akarui was the first one she grabed by the
shoulders. He was still realling in what ever pain he was traped in
and didnt realise what was happening.
His
eye's flutterd open as the Kin Slayer presed her lips to his. She
groned in something close to extasey as Akarui's eye's flu open and
he began to strugal, but the Kin slayer had a tight hold on him, and
it wasnt long befor she droped him, a lifles corpes.
Kurayami
felt no tang of guilt for Akarui, he had hated him, and ifhe could
have would have killed him in the same way, Sucking his very soul
out of his body. But was that to be his fait?
Quickly
he maniged to get some hold on the storm that was his Ki, as
carfully as he could he tested to see if there was any meens of
escape. But the Lady had a sheild about the room and he could vagly
sence another that surounded the entire mantion. He groned as the
Kin slayer moved on to her thired victim.
The
Lady looked at him then, noting his grone. "Dont worry
Kurayami.. I'm asured t's quite painless... well at first
anyway" she smiled, "Ow and dont think you can escape.
That tendral you sent out didnt tell you about the vacume I have
created between the two barriers did it?" she grinned as she
walked over to him.
Kurayami
cringed away from her, he hadnt known and the fact that she had let
him sence them only bought shame. he stumbaled and fell to his nease
as she sat down besides him like they were old friends watching a
play or something.
"I
wish you had listend to me" She sighed almost regretfully as
she watched the Kin Slayer haveing a bit of dificalty with one of
the lager demon's. "I could see you were not happy here with
these weakalings" she waved her hand at the surcal, "And
befor you started on this stupid sceam I was thinking of asking you
into my harem..." she mused.
Kurayami
grouled, "I would rather die..." he maniged to weez out.
"Than be one of your... Snivaling Elves who kiss and lick..
your feet!"
The
Lady was chewing on a nail as she looked at him, almost the image of
innocens, "I would not have expected that of you" she said
her face carm. "They follow me like thay do because that's how
they want too, I neather expect or tell them how they must be around
me... it's like a huge game to them I think." she played with a
bit of her golden hair. "I just deside who comes in and who
goes... They only do what I say in hope of gaining my interest"
she grinned.
"One
day they will.. turn on you.." Kurayami smiled.
The
Lady smiled down at him. "Doutfull" she comented.
"They know I dont need them, nor ever will do, and they also
know I can hold all there lives in my hand if I so chose.. but I do
not... and you have diverted my from my point" she fround at
him as if to a naughty child, "If you would have acepted my
offer it would have goten you out of this plase, you could have told
the others I demanded it, they would not have gone against my word..
and you could have left any time you would have wished after
that" she shruged, "But I asure you, you would not have
wanted to... You would have been my companion, I would have tought
you anything you wished to learn from me and with in my power... I
would have even shown you how to do what you have tried here... But
you didn not listen to my first warning" she sighed deeply.
Kurayami
let sink in what she had just siad. and he would have beged her to
forgive him. but his prid was to batterd as he sat there at her
mirsy.
A
shrill scream cut the other wise silense in the room. The Lady
stood.
"Kin?!"
she called out to the damon across the hell. as Kin pushed the demon
away she had been consuming the soul of.
"Damn
bastard!" the Kin Slayer stormed as she jumped on the offended
demon who even now was tying to make hs escape.
"What
is it?" The Lady demanded as she walked away from him.
Kurayami
heard The Kin Slayer mumbal something about tanted soul's and
selling. and the Lady mumbal something about it being to weak to
bother about and not being a thret in it's next life.
But
Kurayami was bejond careing, The Lady was destracted and this would
be his only chanse,carfully this time, and with more of his sences
intact he began to form together his powers.
Hiei
was now glad that Bane had told him to find the camp she had built
just bejond the tree's. Because he didnt think he could go on much
longer without colapsing. He was also thankfull he hadnt had to
fight, for he knew he would have probably lost.
He
spid the green tent's as he looked for the small camp.
He
jumped down into it's senter and was apaled to be greeted by an
unruffaled Valimoor, who just smiled at him.
"ah..
your back then... and with the Kurama I see". Valimoor sounded
as if he knew him and it emediatly put Hiei on edge. But the Elf
just turnd. "Follow me, we have a tent all ready to reseve you
both." he began to wander towards a larg tent, and Hiei folowed
with his burdan. "Would you like anything to eat?... anything
brought?" Valimoor asked as he opend the flap.
Hiei
steped inside, the interear was strooned with larg cutions, the
floor was coverd with a huge thick rug, and there was a small table
in the middle with what looked like a jug of wine and a bowl of
fruit.
Valimoor
steped passed him and nelt down at the far corner and began
rearanging some of the cutions. once he was finished he turned with
a smile, "Why dont you put Kurama down here?..."
Hiei
at first wanted to protest, but he was growing weary and it was the
best plase to put his unconshas burdan he still carrid. He walked
over and jentaly laid Kurama out, Noteing Valimoor watched him but
was wise enough not to inteveen.
The
plase Valimoor had made was wide enough for them both but he didnt
lay down as he so despratly wanted to. instead he layed Kurama out
the way he had seen him sleep so many nights when he had just
watched him.
He
heard Valimoor move then a soft sheat was pushed into his hand's.
"Why dont you get some sleep?..." his voice was soft and
suthing now, loosing al its haughty amusmant. "I will be
standing guard and so will some of the others so you can rest in
pease... We will inform you once Lady Bane get's back."
Befor
Hieicould say anything Vailmoor was on his feet and going out the
flap closing it tightly behind him.
Hiei
could sence other elves already stood around the tent all on guard
and watchfull. With a sigh he looked down at Kurama, he was still in
his Youko form wich was worrying enough but at least he had him
back... after so long of thinking he would never see that face
again. he felt something hard hit his hand, he was crying, Black
tear jem's litterd his lap, and he realized that was probably why
Valimoor had left so sudden.
carfully
he curled up next to Kurama as his mate sleped, covering them both
in the soft warm sheat Valimoor had given him. He layed his head on
a broughd chaist listening to the rithum of the otheres heart.
slowly his eye's closed and he sliped into sleep.
Bane
found her self suddenly trying to carm Kin down. Her friend was
fureus. all she could get out of her was that the demon she had just
slaughterd had already lost his soul to some other power and she had
tried to eat his life-esanse with. by all acounts, was something
completly difrent.
Bane
had no idea what the difrens was but Kin was going off on a fit of
anger which never bowed well as she pounced on her next victime with
a cry of fury.
"Kin
calm down!" she tried to reson. "your only going to make
your self sick!"
"Shut
up!" Kin stormed as she wriped the soul from a female demon who
just stood there her eye's wide with fear. "All soul's should
be mine if I so wish!... Who as the RIGHT to defiy ME!?"
Bane
sighed. "Kin I though you were here to help me?"
That
stoped the soul-eater in her trackes. as she turnd and gleard at
her. "I'm here to help my self!"
Bane
groned as she looked pashantly back at her friend. some time's she
wonderd why she was so close to the other demon. They had been
friends for the longest time, but they always acted like enamis, Kin
always seemed to be in competition with her and she didnt know why,
Bane had given up a long time ago and now just left Kin to it. She
didnt understand what kept them together, she loved Kin as a sister
even though there bondes of friend ship were sometimes streched they
still came back together in the end.
"Kin
if your not carfull some of this scum might be able to still
reincarnat them selves... and you know I wouldnt like that..."
Kin
seemed to quell a little as she looked at the last of the demon's
who still lay on the floor still lost for wit."You would have
to call me back again.. and I hate an uncomplet soul... they dont
tast as sweet" she grinned as she advansed on her victim.
Bane
set her smile on her face again, the one she always ware no matter
what she felt. She turnd back to Kurayami who she had forgoten.
"Look's
like your next" she told him as he still lay there looking
pathetick.
Then
he looked up and his eye's were filled with amusment. "I think
not" he wisperd.
Bane
was just of mind to throw up her personal shealds as her own inner
barryer she had on the hall was suddenly wriped away.
It
all happend so fast, the vacume she had created now rushed to fill
the space in the hall. the walls buckaled and then bagan to colapes.
larg chunkes of sealing began to crash down at her feet, one barly
missing her as she jumped aside.
Kurayami
was on his feet now and laughing histericly, his hand's above his
head as he let his power go unchecked, corsing a mailstrum of havake.
Gritting
her teath Bane began to chant, she lifted her arm's out to the side,
not notising the rubal and the debri that now asailed her. she throw
her head back with a cry then with one motion she brought her arm's
and head forwrds.
With
a cry of fury at being crossed she sent forth a beem of black soul
fire directly at Kurayami's cheast. It hit it's mark with acursy,
engulfing Kurayami in a black cloud of shear wild energy.
She
heard his cryes above her own as he was being burned through to his
very being. She knew it cursed down his every vane like glass filled
blood as she pored her soul into it in anger. No one crossed her
more than oce and thought they could get away!
Sudenly
part of the wall and sealing separating them colapsed cuting her off
from him.
This
time it was her turn to scream in agoney as the black soul fire
backlashed on her, she strugaled and fought with it untill finaly
she had it under controle.
"BANE!"
someone screamed in her ear as she felt arm's about her, "Get
wrid of the second barrier, you stupid bitch!" it was Kin and
she was shaking her vilently. "I dont want to die in here cos
of you! you BAKA!"
Bane
maniged to get some sembalans of order as she found the thredes to
the barryer and dismataled it quickly. then she was awair of Kin
lifting her up and almost draging her out of the building that was
in it's death throws. the wall's groned as they colaped around them,
the air was thick with dust that they kicked up.
Bane
fumbled out side with Kin pulling her all the way as the mantion
finaly colapes completly behind them, wiping out all the sins that
had gone on within it's wall's.
Koenma
felt the desturbans of power as he sat in his office, something big
had hapend in the makai. as he rushed out of his office there was
mayhem going on.
"Georg!"
he screamed over the din. "What's going on?!"
The
demon lumberd up to him. "Boss" he said almost out of
breath. "Theres reports in that some one's just used the
forbiden 'Soul Fire' in a western part of the Makai".
Koenma
gassped, he didnt think anyone knew how to pull that one off
anymore. "What caliber?" he demanded around his dummy.
Gored
lookd pail. "Black boss" he answerd.
Kurama
nearly losed his dummy as he gasped. "Get Yuusuke and Kewabara
here now.. and find Botan imediatly!"
"Boss"
georg said as he lumberd off.
Well
at least this time Enma couldnt blame this on his me, Koenma thought
with releaf.
Koenma
was sat again at his desk as Yuusuke, Kewabara and Boten rushed in.
Yuusuke
was the first to demanded to know what was going on. he stood with
his leg's slightly apart ready for action.
Koenma
sighed. "Right... Forget everything, someone's used the
forbiden art of 'Black Soul Fire'..." He holted any questions
about it by holding up his chubby hand. "All you need know is
that it's powerfull and hasnt been used in a long time, I though it
a frgoten art, but it would apear someone knew what it was. No
soul's afected by it have been through here yet and thats worrying
me. We dont know who cast it, but I want you to find out who it
was"
"We'll
kick there asses!" Yuusuke promist him as Kewabara puffed out
his chaist.
"Yesss"
Koenma answerd. "Who ever cast it might be weak right now, but
if they gane to much energy back from it then theres no way youll be
able to stop them... and if you could... avoid killing them. I'd
like to have a word with them."
"Will
do Koenma-sama" Botan shrilled as she cluched her ore in hand,
"But where is it?"
"Someone
with sence" Koenma sighed. "Here..." he handed Boten
a gadgit that would take them straight to the desturbanse.
"This will get you there... from there it's up to you..."
Befor
he could finish he was alone in the office with a stack of papers
awaiting him. he just hoped that what ever it was would sort out the
problem with the influx of demon's that didnt belong in his part of
the Makai.
Hiei
was woken up by something tapping his shoulder, he groned and found
him self looking in to Valimoor's worrid blue eye's.
"Good
your awake... has Kurama awakend yet?"
Hiei
sat up, disliking to be found in such a vonrable position, "No
Baka" he snarled.
The
Elf sighed in what apeard to be releaf. "My Lady askes if she
may be permited entry?"
Hiei
sat up fully, pushing the covers off his leg's he sat up. "What
dose she want?"
Valimoor
sat back a bit, "She wishes to cure Kurama of what now ails
him" he blinked then smiled, "Unless you could live with a
Youko who drink's blood and devours Ki?"
Hiei
growled at him again. "I though that was taken care of?"
Vaimoor
shruged then a look of pain crossed his face, "She leaves her
own bed to come and help, when I shouldnt let her up from it."
he looked at him pleading, "Please let her do what she must so
I can see her to bed and rest again... We fear we have been notised
and we must move soon".
Hiei
snorted, "Then show her in than!" he snaped. As the Elf
got up and rushed out.
Hiei
was tucking Kurama in when he heard Valimoor come back in. He turnd
to see Bane clinging to Valimoor's arm, she looked pailer than she
had earlyer but her smile was still there.
They
walked over to him and Valimoor helped Bane to sit down the other
side of Kurama, the elf looked worrid as he hoverd over her
shoulder, but Bane ignored him.
"He
hasnt woken then?" she said and her voice sounded shaky.
Hiei
shook his head as he sterd at her.
"Good"
she smiled at him, "Wouldnt want him to bite you or anything, I
feel your rather attached to your Ki?" Then she lent forwards
and put her right hand on Kurama's forehead, then she glansed up at
him, "I would sugest you stand by the door" she said,
"And you too Valimoor, if anything gose wrong now I dont want
eather of you two
involved. Kin is just out side and she will sort anything out if
something were to go wrong..." her eye's narrowed for a moment,
"I want neather of you to interfear what ever happens.. you
hear me?"
Hiei
swalowed, there was no way he was going to loos Kurama now. he opend
his mouth to say something when the elf cut him off.
"But
my Lady!" he said in a destressed tone. "I wont let you do
this alone! I cant... I beg you to leave this till you are strong
enough... Please!" he was on his nees now and almost weeping.
Bane
glansed at him, "This has to be done and now... I dont have the
power to restrain Kurama once he awakens" her voice was cold as
Valimoor sobed.
"Please
my Lady!"
"Vali!"
she snaped, then a look of loss enterd her eye's as she reached out
and took one of the crying Elf's hand's. "Vali..." she
said more softly. "If I dont do this now I feer for your and
all the others safty... I dont want to see YOU harmed my
love..."
Valimoor's
head snaped up at her last word. Bane smiled. "But I think Hiei
here feels the same as you, he want's no harm to come to his love...
but you must both be strong now.. for me and Kurama... Now go... Do
as I say."
Valimoor
slowly stood then backed away to the door. Hiei sighed, "Will
this take long?" he asked.
Bane
took her eye's off the other elf. "If I can help it, it will
take no time at all... Now go stand with Valimoor and dont interfeer."
He
nodded, there was nothing else he could do, then something Kurama
had told him a long time ago hit him, "I thought all lesser
vampires turnd ningen once the leader was dead... I thought you
killed him?"
Bane
smiled wider, "So did I?... but Kurama is a little difrent to a
ningen Vampire... now go."
Hiei
fround as he stood, he still didnt understand what Bane's motives
were for saving Kurama, but there was nothing else he could do but
trust her.
Bane
sighed as she looked down at Kurama, Hiei and Valimoor had gone, and
now she sat alone with the Youko.
She
smiled to her self as she thought of what Valimoor was now thinking,
she loved makng him worry, he was so good at it, and she had a
reputation to uphold. The thing she had to do to Kurama was an easy
job and wouldnt even tax her powers that much, and she couldnt help
being the drama queen, Even though she was tired bejond all baleaf
and if Kurama would have biten Hiei it would have made her job a
little harder.
She
strocked Silver hair from Kurama's face then layed her palm on his
forhead. She closed her eye's then delved into Kurama's body.
There
was no resistans, The Youko was passed that in his slumber. She
easly found Kurama's Youko and human blood then swiftly began to
eradicat all the Vampire blood from every vain and kapilary, then
moving on to cells and tissu.
In
no time she had completed her job, andwith a sigh of exawstion she
puled away phisicly and mentaly.
Kurama
stured and his golden eye's opend a crack.
"Welcome
back" Bane smilled down at him, he was gorgeause even though he
looked like he had just been draged through hell.
"Ugg?...
Bane?... what the hell?" He asked siting up.
"Hmm..
what a greeting to an old friend" she laughed, "And after
I saved you and restord you back to your old self."
Kurama
gave her a side way's look. "Are you going to explain?... or
just sit there looking smug?"
"Oww..
I think I can do both at once" she grinned.
Kurama
rubed his head, He rememberd being traped in nothing ness, and that
his Human side was slowly being killed, Somewhere in the back of his
mind he could feel the aparition of him self that had been known as
GinHikari and all it's memoris... but with a jold he shide away from
them, he could studdy them later.. when all this was over and done
with.
"I
didnt manig to get Kurayami though" Bane said regretfuly.
"I have no idea how he got away, but he will be greatly weakend,
I dout he will ever recover... and so that's it, what to know
anything else?"
Kurama
looked up at her, she want the pritist thing on any planit, but she
had a charm that very few apresheated. He remeberd meeting her quit
some time ago, and not for very long, she hadnt seemed to chaing at
all since that time.
Bane
put her head to one side. "Thinking about how we met?" she
asked with a customery smile.
Kurama
couldnt help but smile back, "Ya... I was thinking it was a
long time ago and you havent seemed to chaing"
"Oww..
I've chainged" Bane said leaning back a bit, "But you
remember that night?" she grinned, chainging the subject with
ease. "we where both trying to mug each other" she
laughed, "How on earth did we end up in that tavern so drunk
neather of us could see straight?".
"If
I remember right it was your idea" Kurama grined, "You
liked the barman but didnt do anything."
Bane
sighed, "Ya him... Well I dont have to find men now" she
grinned, "There now flinging them selves at my feet." she
waved a hand at the wall's of the tent. "no dout you can feel
we are surounded by people."
Kurama
nodded, he could indeed, it had un-nerved him at first, but Bane
didnt seem to be botherd by it so he relaxd. "Who are
they?"
Bane
sighed as she lay back on the small bed they sheard. "There all
my follower's, all wanting me to pay them the smallist attention,
and there all so loyal..." she lifted her head and winked at
him, "And there ALL so hansum"
Kurama
laughed, "Seem's you have a good life here then" he
pawsed,"amm?... where exactly are we?"
She
sat up, "We are in a forist in the Makai, which remeind me...
isnt there someone you want to be reunited with?"
Kurama's
breath cort in his throught, "Hiei" he breathed. The last
time they had been together was when Kurama could rememeberd looking
up into Hiei's pain filled eye's, fighting back tear's. He rememberd
trying to hold on to his last breath, as his heart stoped, he didnt
want to leave Hiei, not like that, not when he had finaly warmed the
fire demons heart. a tear fell down his cheak.
"Come..."
Bane said softly as she stood. "He's out side probably sick
half to death with antisipation" She smiled and it was jental
this time. "He almost gave up completly when he couldnt find
you... It must be nice to have that kind of love... Come" She
held out her hand to him.
Kurama
took it and stood slowly on tired legs.
Hiei
was growing impationt as he passed back and forth, Valimoor was a
constant anoying presans, as the elf just steard at his feet with a
sick, worrid look on his face.
But
he could cope with Valimoor, after all in a way he almost
simpathised with the elf who obveusly loved the stupid grinning
wench, as much as he loved Kurama.
What
was geting to him was Kin... she didnt do anything but watch him,
her red eye's never left him as she stood with her arm's crossed, no
expretion ever crossed her face.
Finaly
he snaped as he suddenly apeard infrunt of her, glearing at here
almost eye to eye.
"Will
you stop bloody looking at ME!" he snarled, his fists clenched.
One
of Kin's eye brows rose, but she remeind silant.
Hiei
was growing even more unerved, "What the hell is it with
you?!" he asked, "Are you a bit dime in the the brain
departmant or something?"
The
other eye brow rose as her lips began to pull back in almost a
rictus grin.
Hiei
was just about to do something he hoped Kin would regret, when he
heard the tent lap behind him being moved and Valimoor's releaved
sigh.
He
spun round to see Bane leading Kurama Blinking into the light. For a
moment he could find the sence to move.
Valimoor
rushed to Bane's side, taking her arm as he quiatly looked at her
worridly. With a small grin at Hiei, Bane steped away from Kurama's
side, leting Valimoor lead her a little away.
Kurama
blinked a few times as his eye's got used to the dappled light
coming through the canapy. then he looked up and there eye's met.
Kurama
smiled slightly as he took a step forward, He cuped Hiei's face in
his hand. "Helo" he breathed, his golden eye's shining.
Hiei
reached up in kind, notising as he did so that his betraying hand
trembaled slightly as he layed it againced one pale cheek. Then
without thinking he brought it back and slaped the Youko across the
face harshly. "You EVER do this to me again!" he rored
"And I'll kill you myself!"
Kurama
blinked in stuned sliance down at him, his golden eye's wide.
Hiei
couldnt help but grinn as he grabed two hand fulles of silver hair
bringing Kurama's face colser to his own. "Stupid Youko..."
He growaled as he clamed his mate's lip's.
It
didnt take Kurama long to return the fearsly pationat kiss, as he
wraped his arm's around Hiei's wast and holding him tightly.
Bane
watched the two demon's clinging to each other with a smile, that
she then turn on Valimoor. The look of releafe in his eye's was
adorabul, as he smiled back at her.
"My
lady?" He wisperd.
"Yes..."
Bane sighed. "Brack camp. We Leave as soon as the other's are
ready. I leave it to you to sort thing's out."
Valimoor
grinned as he bowed and then hurrid away giving order's to the other
elves, and imedeatly tent's began to be tacken down.
Bane
was just about to folow him when she cort sight of Kin out the
corner of her gray eye's.
The
soul eater was stood watching Hiei and Kurama. her red eye's intent
n ther stear.
"Kin...
come on leave them alone!" But Kin didnt move.
With
a froun. Bane cast a look at the imbrasing couple to see Kurama's
silver hair bleed into red, It also apeard that he lost about a foot
in high. With a sigh she walked over to her friend and took her arm.
"Come." she wisperd. "You can say what you want
whenwe leave."
Grugingly
Kin walked away. as always silantly. With another sigh, Bane
followed.
Finaly
Hiei broack the kiss, and opend his eye's to bright green ones,
framed by red hair. and his heart missed a beet. "Kurama"
he breathed out softly as the redhead smiled down at him.
"Thanyou
Hiei" the other wisperd.
Hiei
shruged the coment off, trying to act like it had all been nothing.
"Hn... You would have dont the same..."
Kurama
smiled, "Maybe..."
Hiei
let red tresses slip throught his finger's. only one thing botherd
him now... He could smell another sent covering his Youko, and that
sent carrid heavy tones of sex. "You dont smell of me" he
wispard to himself.
"Then
we will have to see about that..." He felt hot breath on his
ear as Kurama wisperd back.
A
sudden fit of jelusy griped Hiei as he gleard at him. "I was to
be your first!" he snaped angraly. "I should have taken
you befor you died!"
Kurama
just smiled at him. "I'm glad you didnt, I wasnt exactly at my
best."
Hiei
growled, as he pushed the Youko away. "So you let someone else
take you at your best then!"
Kurama
snorted a laugh as he took Hiei in his arm's again, "You silly
thing." he chuckaled. "Kurayami only ever got a tast of
Kurama..." he lent down and wisperd in his ear again, "Suichis
verchu is still sound for your taking...."
Hiei
blinked in puzzaled anger, as Kurama's green orbes looked at him
with amusment. "You...?"
Kurama
nodded, "I may not have rememberd anything, but nothing would
let me betray you, Hiei." all amusmant left his perfect face
suddenly. "Nothing!"
Hiei
blinked as realisation struck and he gave a vishas grinn. "Then
I'll have to see about geting you clean..." he said taking
handfulles of red hair posesivly. "And then I'll take what is
mine."
Kurama
smiled. "I have no argumant's about that."
Yuusuke
was growing exited, he could feel Hiei's Ki strongly now, But he
could also sence Kurama's as well. Kuwabara lumberd on behind him as
they made there way throught a dence Maki forist.
"Can
you feel them?" Yuusuke asked his friend.
Kuwabara
grinned. "The little shrimp definatly passed this way... but he
wasnt alone."
Yuusuke
nodded, "Well we can deal with them once we find him...Come
on!"
Finaly
the camp was packed away and her elves now stood waiting for her to
give the order to leave, Valimoor stood at her elbow with a wide
grinn on his face after the prase she had just given him for his
affciancy.
She
looked over at Hiei and Kurama, they where both smiling at each
other now and she hated to brack up the lovly site. but she walked
over and coughed politly.
"Sorry
guy's" she said with a grinn. "But it's time we where out
of here befor your friends get here."
Kurama
fround at her as Hiei snarled at the intrusion.
"Friend's?" Kurama asked.
"Your
partners, Yuusuke and Kuwabara." Bane informed them. "I
cann't aford to be seen, and I have matters else where that demand
my attention."
Kurama
brock away from Hiei and huged her tightly. "Thanyou for all
youve done." he said. "Will we see you again?"
She
shruged with another grinn. "Maybe... But time is really
pressing..." She could feel two presanses drawing close.
"Tell Koenma that the problem in the west is over, He should be
releved to hear that I think."
Kurama
grinned, "I'm sure he will." he gave her another warm hug.
"It's a shame we didnt have more time."
"My
Lady...?" Valimoor said worrdly at her side, "We need to
be going."
"Yes,
yes." she said, then holding her hand up to other side of the
clearing, she poke a word of power, She felt the power's pulling at
her as they brock thought time, space and dimention's. Then with a
quiat woosh, a larg hole apeard showing a view of steep hill's coved
with fields under a dark broding sky, and beyond brown moor coverd
flat's few animals dwelt there other than cow's, sheep and rabbit's.
She could smell the grassy feilds waft throught the portanl from the
wind swept scape. She heard Kurama gasp behind her, as Valimoor
began to order the other elves through the portal.
"Where
is that?!" Kurama asked, then she realized it was a place he
might never have seen befor, non like it existed in the Makai or in
Japan.
"That."
she said with a growing pride. "Is my home, if any can be
called that now... It's where I grew up."
"It
dosnt look very inviting." Kurama mumbaled as he sterd at the
almost baran landscape.
Bane
chuckaled, "I supose your right, but I love it all the
same..." All the her elves where stood in the cold bejond the
portal now, only Valimoor waited for her now with an expectant look
on his face. "Well I best be going" she smiled at Kurama
for one last time, "And make sure you bed Hiei befor the sun
set's in your world's."
Kurama
chuckaled as he gave her another quick hug. "Like I'm going to
do anything else..." he wisperd back.
"Come
on Kin!." she said as she walked toward's Valimoor.
Hiei
sterd at the horrid place Bane and the stupid elves where going, it
looked far to cold for him, and very boring.
Finaly
the tall woman said her god bye's and began to walk away.
"Come
on Kin!"
But
the shorter woman was still looking at him with her red eye's.
Hiei
growaled ashe stered back. "What the HELL is it!?" he
demanded to her face.
Suddenly
a huge smile split her other wize emotionless face. "You are so
CUTE!" with that her hand's shot out and she gave him a bone
crushing cuddal.
Hiei
couldnt help but squeek as he was given no time to react. Then he
heard Bane Laughing at them.
"I
think we best leave now, befor Kin get's any other ideas" she
said in Kurama's direction. "Kin... Leave him we have something
to do!"
As
suddenly as Kin had embrased him she let him go with a wink.
"So cute." Then she bounded through the portal and began
chasing a few of the elves about.
Hiei
looked at Bane with an acusing look, but she just shruged.
"Good bye Hiei, it was nice working with you." she waved
then took Valimoor's arm, "Come on we best save the others
befor Kin gets her hands on them... See ya Kurama... Hiei..."
Then
she steped through the portal which instantly colapsed behind her
and was gone in a blink, leaving no trase that they had ever even
been there.
Hiei
grunted glad to be wrid of them finaly. He grunted again in surprise
as he felt a hand run down his spine and hot breath on his neck.
"It
would seem we are alone." Kurama murmard, presing his lean body
againced Hiei's side. "I know a good hotsprin we could
visit...."
Hiei
shiverd as Kurama nibaled at his ear, then he stiffand as he turnd
to his bond mate.
Kurama
fround at him, "What?"
Hiei
grabed a lock of hair, "No more hotsprings!" he stated
flatly, "This is how all this started." He gave a soft
tug. "And I'm not about to loos you for some time yet."
Kurama
gave him a sulty smile, "Oww... I think I could live with you
waiting on me hand and foot again..."
There
lip's were just about to tuch again, as they sterd deeply into each
others eye's when there was a noice of something running thought the
forist towards them, Bird's filled the air and demons shreeked
warnings as they got out of the path of the desturbans.
Hiei
and Kurama looked up just in time to see Yuusuke and Kuwabara come
thundering into the clearing. then stop suddenly.
They
all looked at each other blinking befor Yuusuke grinned. "Found
you both at last then!?" he said comeing closer, Hiei resisted
the urg to growa at him as he took hold of Kurama's wrist posesivly.
"Your
looking good for a corps Kurama!... What to explaine?" Yuusuke
glanced at Hiei, giving him a funny look
"A
corps?" Kurama fround, "I would explain if I knew what
atualy happend your end first... I dont remeber much but being
ill... then...:
Hiei
heard the hesitation in Kurama's voice, and he steped forward's.
"He's still tired." He snaped at the Ningen. "He need
to rest... then he can tell Koenma all he want's to know..." He
pulled at Kurama's arm and began walking back the way they had come.
Yuuske and Kuwbara silantly followed.
"Taking
me home?" Kurama wisperd down to him.
Hiei
looked up with an evil grinn on his lips. "I wouldnt want you
bracking youre promis to Bane naw would I?"
-The
End-
...or
is it?...
Kurama:
BANE!!! you lide!!! this is going on into another part! you cretin!
Bane:
*tryes to hide under her comp desk* Gommen!
Hiei:
Hn... well it could have been finished with this episod... you could
have left all the lovey shit out with you and that stupid Elf!
Bane:
Hay!.. dont diss Valimoor!
Hiei:
*looks away in descust then spise a sparkalingly clean coffee cup
stumbal into the room* ugg... I thought you wouldnt be coming back.
Coffee
mug of DOOM: some basterd put washing up liquid in the shower head!
Bane:
*tries to hide further under her desk*
Kurama:
*looks under the desk to find Bane* youve done it now... what ya
going to do?
Bane:
*grumbales so only Kurama can hear* sort it all out in the next and
final episod with a lot of hammer's and probably a Yaoi seen or two!
Kurama:
*looks hopefull* really... I'll hide you till youve finished the
LAST episod then... keep quiat I'll destract DOOM.
Bane:
*mumbales thanks as she attackles the keybored fureusly*
EEP!!!
I know, I know!!! No Yaoi bit's >_<, but you ppl pesterd me
for this part and here it FINALY is ^_^... Sorry for the long
wait... And I promis some time in the futcher when I have another
sleepless night I'll do a yaoi epiloge for it... but I HATE to
finish it...
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