It's kind of depressing, knowing that one of your teammates is going to die. Hell, who am I kidding - it's a lot depressing, even when the one dying is Hiei. Even Kuwabara is down about it. I think that he finally realized that despite all the fights the two of them had, they were still both a part of a team. The Urameshi Team, the best in the business! My team...
It's strange to think that soon there will only be three of us. Deep down, I guess I don't want to think about it. We've been through so many things together - so many fights, missions, even death... Well, I've been through death, and I guess Kurama has too in a way...
Kurama's taking it pretty badly, though. I mean, he tries to smile and all, but who does he think he's kidding? Not me! Maybe Kuwabara, though... and maybe Hiei himself... I wish that the two of them could have sorted that mess out before all this happened... 'Cause at this rate we'll be losing two team members...
And then there's Yukina. Man, has Hiei got a mess of a life to clean up! I just hope he has time... Anyway, I guess Kuwabara's been good with Yukina. He'll help her get over Hiei's eventual death. Probably a good thing she doesn't know that he's her brother. It'll be easier on her this way. Seeing Yukina cry is almost as bad as if it was Keiko...
"Think the little bastard's dead, yet?" Kuwabara interrupts my thoughts as we head into Genkai's temple. The words are somewhat callous, but I know that the gruffness is there only to hide his concern. If only for Yukina's sake.
I catch a flash of bright red hair through an open doorway and freeze, grabbing Kuwabara's arm to make him stop.
"Kurama's here," I hiss at him. He pales slightly. We both know what that means. He would never willingly abandon Hiei, so...
I take a deep breath, brace myself, and enter the room, Kuwabara following behind me.
I freeze again as I see Kurama on the floor, bending over Yukina who is wrapped in his arms...
"Yukina-san!" Kuwabara rushes over to her. I stay where I am. Something is not right...
Kuwabara pulls Yukina gently out of Kurama's embrace, calling her name.
Kurama raises his head to look at me - but his face is blank, his eyes dead...
"Yukina-san?" Kuwabara's voice is little more than a whisper, as he looks down at her limp form in horror.
"Kurama," I manage to get out. "What the hell happened?!"
He blinks those dead green eyes at me.
"Hiei's dead."
I lean forward and grab him by the shoulders, shaking him.
"And so's Yukina! What the hell happened?"
"I killed her."
I stare at him, frozen once more. Beside me I hear Kuwabara making similar inarticulate sounds of disbelief. Gods, please tell me that this is a nightmare...
"She killed Hiei." The words drop from Kurama's lips like teardrops, hitting the ground with a splat. "She poisoned him. I had to kill her. She killed Hiei." He is staring through me, now, with glazed eyes and ashen face.
Gods, he really did it. He really killed -
"NOOOO!!!" Kuwabara lunges at Kurama in a blind rage, sword in hand, striking to kill...
"Kurama!" I move to intercept the blow - but it's not necessary. Somewhere in Kurama's brain a survival reflex is still working.
I can only gape as Kuwabara drops to the floor. Three slivers of bamboo are sticking out of his eyes. I turn to face Kurama - and several more slivers zip past me, one brushing my cheek.
"REI-GUN!" Kurama is down, momentarily. A moment is all I need - a couple of swift punches, and he's out cold.
So here I am, sitting on the floor in Genkai's temple, the bodies of three of my friends lying around me. Two dead, one unconscious - and possibly insane. I wish I knew the truth.
This has got to be the worst day of my life.
Urameshi Team, down at least two. Hell, it'd probably be better off down all four.
Man, I wish this was a dream...
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