Greetings everyone and welcome to my petshop where rare and unusual commodities are found...
Tonight, you shall find something you desire. We build our contracts on the ideas of love,
dreams, and hope. Oh just one more thing. When taking your new pet please be sure to follow
the terms of the agreement exactly as written. If you do not, then we shall take no responsibility
for any. . .unpleasantness that may come as a result. But don't worry. . .at this petshop everyone
gets exactly what they deserve. . .---- kindda creepy huh? Well, I LOVE the petshop of horrors
and I thought it was finally time to pay tribute to it in my stories. Hmmm. . . I guess that's about
it. Oh, but before I forget. . . this will be the last chapter of this installment so I want you all to
brace yourself for the conclusion of Hate and Happiness (I know you'll all miss it so!). . .
ENJOY! :)
I do not own jin and touya nor yu yu hakusho (Betty Crocker is nothing more than the lesbian
sister of Sara Lee)
##############################################################################
"Kill Kurama? Well ya can't be bein' serious?! Even if what ya've been sayin's been
bein' the truth, I can't just be up and killin' a friend like that! I won't be havin' any part of it.
Looks like you'll be havin' ta find a new thing to be tryin' for." He looked down at the youkai
girl's ankle. "And I don't see why ya be needin' another tear gem when ya've already be havin'
so many! What's one more gonna be doin' for ya?"
The woman smiled at Jin as though she found his friendship with the fox rather comical
in nature, and the wind master thought she would speak to him then but instead she remained
quiet. Opting to speak through thoughts rather than words. It almost seemed, to Jin, as though
she had the intention of keeping this quest a secret from the other members of the tribe.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY LITTLE DEMON, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE BAND
AROUND MY ANKLE CONTAINS BUT 6 BLACK TEAR GEMS. THIS IS, SADLY, 1 SHY
OF THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER NEEDED TO CREATE THE KUBIKAZARI. A
POWERFUL ITEM, THAT WHEN PLACED AROUND THE NECK OF ANY INDIVIDUAL
WILL CURE WHATEVER ILLNESS MAY BE AFFLICTING THEM, NO MATTER HOW
STRONG OR FATAL IT MAY BE..
"Well that's kindda soundin' like somethin' I'd be needin'! Ya think that when it's done
I could be usin' it?"
ALAS LITTLE DEMON, THE KUBIKAZARI ONLY WORKS ONE TIME, AND
AFTER ITS MAGIC HAS BEEN USED IT CRUMBLES INTO NOTHINGNESS. AND, WE
ALREADY HAVE DECIDED ITS USE.
"Ya, and what's that bein'?"
The demon girl's expression changed in that moment and instead of the look of one that
was in complete control, her countenance was that of person whose emotions were about to get
the better of them.
IF YOU PROMISE NOT TO RUN. . .I WILL RELEASE YOU AND ALLOW YOU TO
VIEW WHAT EVEN FEW AMONG OUR TRIBE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO
SEE.
Jin pondered this a moment. This woman was giving him the perfect opportunity to
escape but at what cost? He had tried to escape from the village before, and this woman had
proven to be not only craftier than he, but also more skilled in the use of her you-ki. If he tried to
run she would undoubtedly capture him again, and this time there would be no negotiations. Jin
also found himself being very interested in what, exactly, the youkai girl would do with the
Kubikazari once she had it in her possession, fore it seemed to be an item of most important and
substantial value to her, as though it would be much more than a simple trophy. "All right then.
You'll be havin' me word that I won't be runnin' away from ya. But ya have ta be givin' me
yours that won't be leadin' me inta a trap!"
I CAN ASSURE YOU LITTLE DEMON THAT I SHALL NOT HARM YOU ANY
MORE THAN I ALREADY HAVE. I CAN SEE HOW FRIGHTENED YOU ARE OF MY
SUPERIOR YOU-KI AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU IN LINE.
"Now you just be holdin' on a second, I'm not bein' afraid a you and your snappin' trick!
I've been fightin' a million youkai in the past and at least a hundred a them were bein' more
powerful then you!"
THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU DEFEATED THOSE
DEMONS, ONLY THAT THEY WERE STRONGER THAN I, AND I HAVE NO TROUBLE
ADMITTING THAT THERE ARE YOUKAI THAT SURPASS EVEN MY GREAT
STRENGTH. I AM NOT LIKE YOU.
"Errrrrr, ya know I'm really startin' not ta like ya!"
HMMM, FUNNY. I WAS JUST STARTING TO LIKE YOU.
She smiled once again and with a snap of her delicate fingers, the wind master felt
himself released from the spell to which he was bound. For the first time in what seemed like
days, he rose to his feet and with a look of slight annoyance brushed the dirt from his whitish
garb. "Ya know ya really should be thinkin' about dustin' this place a bit. Kurama's livin' in a
cave and it isn't bein' HALF as foul as this place."
HN. PLEASE FOLLOW ME.
!#$%&()
Touya's head was swimming and his entire body ached with what seemed to be an
extreme fever. He knew that Sazuka was the reason behind this new found suffering, but he
could not explain how, in fact, the clown youkai was doing it. In the weeks he had been staying
there, Touya had not encountered any reason to assume Sazuka would do him any harm. In fact,
the youkai had gone nearly out of his way to make sure the ice demon was comfortable, even
making an attempt to talk to him every night about the life he shared with the wind master. It
was almost. . .friendly. But there was no hiding the truth. Sazuka was, at heart, a madman, a
cold blooded demon whose only companion was himself and Touya knew this all too well. Still,
he could not escape his current state. The ice youkai was too weak now, he had waited too long.
All that was left for him now was to wait. . .and see just what it was. . .Sazuka had in store. . .
!#$%&()
The room in which Jin now stood was dimly lit, but even so, the wind master could see
that it greatly lacked the finery of the chamber in which he had met with the youkai girl only
moments before. In the center of the room stood a large bed, perhaps, Jin thought, large enough
to hold four full sized youkai comfortably. On the walls hung a sparse amount of candles (about
20 or so) and they were indeed the only source of light. As for anything that may have been in
side the room, it was nearly impossible to see it. All that could be viewed was located directly in
the center of the bed. . .a woman, with no you-ki.
TAKE A LOOK LITTLE DEMON AND TELL ME WHAT IT IS YOU SEE LYING
BEFORE YOU.
The wind master stared intensely at the woman. Her hair was of a deep black with grey
starting to appear at the roots. Her face seemed young, and had it not been for the wrinkles
around the mouth and eyes Jin would have thought her to be a woman around the age of 30. She
was very beautiful, but the red haired youkai knew that her beauty was all she had left. "She's
pretty nice lookin' but I can't be understandin' what it is ya want me ta see. She's lookin' like
any other youkai girl I've been meetin' bore. Actually. . .she's lookin' a lot like you. . ." He left
the sentence trail off.
THAT'S BECAUSE SHE IS ME LITTLE DEMON, OR AT LEAST PART OF ME.
THIS IS MY MOTHER, KANSAKI, AND SHE IS THE ONE WHOM THE KUBIKAZARI IS
DESTINED FOR.
"But I'm not understandin' this. I'm not gettin' a whiff of ANY you-ki comin' of a her.
It's like she's bein' a nigen (human). Yer tellin' me that she was makin' YOU."
INDEED IT IS TRUE, BUT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND LITTLE DEMON, THAT
SHE WAS NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS. NO. SHE WAS IN TRUTH THE STRONGEST
MEMBER OF OUR TRIBE, OUR SHIDOSHA, OUR LEADER. SHE WAS VERY WISE,
AND ONLY USED HER POWER FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THINGS. SHE
BELIEVED THAT ALL YOUKAI WERE BASICALLY GOOD, EVEN THOUGH THEIR
BAD JUDGEMENT SOMETIMES CLOUDED THEIR MINDS. SHE NEVER HURT
ANYONE WHO DID NOT DESERVE IT, AND SHE NEVER STAINED HER HANDS WITH
INNOCENT BLOOD. SHE WAS TRULY MAGNIFICENT.
"Then's how's it bein' that she's like this then?" The youkai girl's face became saddened
once more, but though Jin expected it, she did not cry. Instead, she continued her story, though
she wanted so desperately to stop.
ONE DAY A DEMON BY THE NAME OF SAZUKA WANDERED INTO OUR
VILLAGE. HE WAS BADLY INJURED, BLEEDING FROM EVERY POSSIBLE ORIFICE
AND MY MOTHER SAW IT FIT TO TREAT HIM. WE HEALED HIM, CARED FOR HIM,
AND ACCEPTED HIM LIKE ONE OF OUR OWN. BUT HE BETRAYED US. WE HAD NO
WAY OF KNOWING THAT HE AS WELL WAS A COLLECTOR OR RARE MAKAI
ARTIFACTS, AND THAT ALL THE WHILE HE HAD BEEN PLANNING TO ROB US OF
EVERYTHING WE HAD. ONCE HE WAS STRONG AGAIN, SAZUKA UNLEASHED AN
ATTACK UPON OUR VILLAGE, USING EVERY ONE OF HIS 999 ATTACKS. LUCKILY
WE WERE MORE SKILLED THAN HE IN THE ART OF WAR, AND WE WERE ABLE TO
WIN THE BATTLE. BUT SAZUKA IS MUCH CRAFTIER THEN PEOPLE GIVE HIM
CREDIT. BEFORE WE COULD EXECUTE HIM, HE TOLD US OF THE POISON HE HAD
INJECTED INTO MY MOTHER AND THAT THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD RECEIVE
THE ANTIDOTE, WOULD BE TO PRODUCE THE ITEMS HE DESIRED. AND EACH
TIME WE DID THIS, WE IN RETURN RECEIVED ONE INGREDIENT TO THE
ANTIDOTE. THE SEEDS TO THE MAKAI DREAM FLOWER IS WHAT HE OFFERS US
NOW. BUT WE ARE TIRED OF SERVING HIM! AND WITH YOUR HELP LITTLE
DEMON WE WILL BE ABLE TO CURE OUR LEADER WITHOUT SAZUKA'S AIDE!
PLEASE, YOU MUST DO THIS! ONCE SHE IS AWAKE SHE WILL TAKE REVENGE
UPON SAZUKA AND THEN HE WILL BE THE ONE WHO SUFFERS SO! PLEASE
LITTLE DEMON, HELP US IN OUR QUEST. BRING BACK HIEI'S TEAR GEM AND RID
US OF OUR MISERY.
"But why's it bein' I have ta be killin' Kurama ta do it? Why can't there be some other
way? Or why not just be usin' a different demon all together?!"
ALAS, THE GEM MUST BE ONE SHED OF PURE AND UNBLEMISHED FEELING.
SOMETHING MUST HAPPEN TO HIM OF SUCH EMOTIONAL MAGNITUDE THAT THE
ONLY WAY TO RELEASE TO RELEASE THE TENSION IS TO CRY. AND HIEI IS THE
LAST OF HIS KIND LEFT IN ALL THE THREE WORLDS SO HE IS THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN PROVIDE US WITH WHAT WE NEED.
"But I just don't think I can be. . ."
THINK OF IT LITTLE DEMON. YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO HELP YOUR
FRIEND, SAVE THIS WOMAN,. . .AND TAKE REVENGE ON THOSE WHOM HAVE
BETRAYED YOU. KILL YOKO KURAMA AND ALL YOUR PAIN SHALL DWELL
WITHIN YOU NO LONGER.
Jin stood there for many moments, unmoving. This was truly the way to prove to Touya
once and for all that his feelings were valid and that he would do anything for him. And if that
ment he had to do something he did not agree with then so be it. "All right then. . .I'll be doin' it.
I'll be killin' Yoko Kurama. . ."
!#$%&()
Hiei's eyes shot open, his body dripped with a cold sweat. He had had the most horrible
nightmare but it had felt all too real to have been a dream. He turned over and stared with a
panicked expression at the yoko lying next to him. Kurama was sleeping soundly, his only
movement being the steady rise and fall of his chest as he breathed in the calming scents of the
cave. The fire demon reached out his hand and, with as gentle a gesture as he could preform,
brushed some of the fox's silver hair off his face. Kurama was truly beautiful, and Hiei could not
believe that it had been only a short time ago that he had hated the idea of ever sharing his life
with another. But now he was the happiest he had ever been and it was all thanks to a mere
contradiction of words; hate and happiness.
One of the yoko's eyes opened slightly at the feel of Hiei's touch and Kurama looked
upon his beloved fire demon with all the love anyone could ever give. "Hiei" he whispered. "Is
there anything wrong?"
"No" he replied, "I've just been dreaming."
And the yoko embraced the fire demon holding him in a way that seemed to relieve all
the troubles of the world and make them disappear. And as Hiei lay there about to once again
drift into the dark abyss of sleep, he whispered to his lover what he had spoken to him so many
times before. "You're mine fox and no one will ever, ever take you away." Then there was only
silence as the two slept there together, neither one knowing the dangers they were about to face.
Neither one wanting to know. All there was now was them and their memories, and the idea that
even the darkest hate. . .could bring about such overwhelming happiness. . .
Onwari
##############################################################################
So did you all like it? I hope so! I'm glad to see that this story recovered from its slow and
rather boring beginning, and was able to contain the same suspense, drama, romance, and plot
twists the previous stories had. I can't wait to hear from all of you! But, I'm afraid I have some
bad news. :( I know that I promised there would be a fifth story and I know that there NEEDS to
be one in order to explain what happens to Jin, Touya, Kurama, and Hiei. . .but. . .I feel that it is
time for me to take my leave of the fanfiction.net community. So with that I say to you that there
MAY not be a story #5 and that this may be the end of the shinobi's tales. I love you all, and I
want you to know that this is not because of any of you, or that I have run out of ideas for stories,
I just feel that I am losing my touch and took far too long with the creation of hate and happiness
to be considered great. I don't want you all to have to wait for me as long as you did. So here is
the choice I promised you in roads go ever, ever on: should the stories go on and. . .are you
willing to wait and not loose faith in Shinobi - sama? Write to me soon, and again I say. . .I love
you all and thank you. :)
Tonight, you shall find something you desire. We build our contracts on the ideas of love,
dreams, and hope. Oh just one more thing. When taking your new pet please be sure to follow
the terms of the agreement exactly as written. If you do not, then we shall take no responsibility
for any. . .unpleasantness that may come as a result. But don't worry. . .at this petshop everyone
gets exactly what they deserve. . .---- kindda creepy huh? Well, I LOVE the petshop of horrors
and I thought it was finally time to pay tribute to it in my stories. Hmmm. . . I guess that's about
it. Oh, but before I forget. . . this will be the last chapter of this installment so I want you all to
brace yourself for the conclusion of Hate and Happiness (I know you'll all miss it so!). . .
ENJOY! :)
I do not own jin and touya nor yu yu hakusho (Betty Crocker is nothing more than the lesbian
sister of Sara Lee)
##############################################################################
"Kill Kurama? Well ya can't be bein' serious?! Even if what ya've been sayin's been
bein' the truth, I can't just be up and killin' a friend like that! I won't be havin' any part of it.
Looks like you'll be havin' ta find a new thing to be tryin' for." He looked down at the youkai
girl's ankle. "And I don't see why ya be needin' another tear gem when ya've already be havin'
so many! What's one more gonna be doin' for ya?"
The woman smiled at Jin as though she found his friendship with the fox rather comical
in nature, and the wind master thought she would speak to him then but instead she remained
quiet. Opting to speak through thoughts rather than words. It almost seemed, to Jin, as though
she had the intention of keeping this quest a secret from the other members of the tribe.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY LITTLE DEMON, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE BAND
AROUND MY ANKLE CONTAINS BUT 6 BLACK TEAR GEMS. THIS IS, SADLY, 1 SHY
OF THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER NEEDED TO CREATE THE KUBIKAZARI. A
POWERFUL ITEM, THAT WHEN PLACED AROUND THE NECK OF ANY INDIVIDUAL
WILL CURE WHATEVER ILLNESS MAY BE AFFLICTING THEM, NO MATTER HOW
STRONG OR FATAL IT MAY BE..
"Well that's kindda soundin' like somethin' I'd be needin'! Ya think that when it's done
I could be usin' it?"
ALAS LITTLE DEMON, THE KUBIKAZARI ONLY WORKS ONE TIME, AND
AFTER ITS MAGIC HAS BEEN USED IT CRUMBLES INTO NOTHINGNESS. AND, WE
ALREADY HAVE DECIDED ITS USE.
"Ya, and what's that bein'?"
The demon girl's expression changed in that moment and instead of the look of one that
was in complete control, her countenance was that of person whose emotions were about to get
the better of them.
IF YOU PROMISE NOT TO RUN. . .I WILL RELEASE YOU AND ALLOW YOU TO
VIEW WHAT EVEN FEW AMONG OUR TRIBE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO
SEE.
Jin pondered this a moment. This woman was giving him the perfect opportunity to
escape but at what cost? He had tried to escape from the village before, and this woman had
proven to be not only craftier than he, but also more skilled in the use of her you-ki. If he tried to
run she would undoubtedly capture him again, and this time there would be no negotiations. Jin
also found himself being very interested in what, exactly, the youkai girl would do with the
Kubikazari once she had it in her possession, fore it seemed to be an item of most important and
substantial value to her, as though it would be much more than a simple trophy. "All right then.
You'll be havin' me word that I won't be runnin' away from ya. But ya have ta be givin' me
yours that won't be leadin' me inta a trap!"
I CAN ASSURE YOU LITTLE DEMON THAT I SHALL NOT HARM YOU ANY
MORE THAN I ALREADY HAVE. I CAN SEE HOW FRIGHTENED YOU ARE OF MY
SUPERIOR YOU-KI AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU IN LINE.
"Now you just be holdin' on a second, I'm not bein' afraid a you and your snappin' trick!
I've been fightin' a million youkai in the past and at least a hundred a them were bein' more
powerful then you!"
THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU DEFEATED THOSE
DEMONS, ONLY THAT THEY WERE STRONGER THAN I, AND I HAVE NO TROUBLE
ADMITTING THAT THERE ARE YOUKAI THAT SURPASS EVEN MY GREAT
STRENGTH. I AM NOT LIKE YOU.
"Errrrrr, ya know I'm really startin' not ta like ya!"
HMMM, FUNNY. I WAS JUST STARTING TO LIKE YOU.
She smiled once again and with a snap of her delicate fingers, the wind master felt
himself released from the spell to which he was bound. For the first time in what seemed like
days, he rose to his feet and with a look of slight annoyance brushed the dirt from his whitish
garb. "Ya know ya really should be thinkin' about dustin' this place a bit. Kurama's livin' in a
cave and it isn't bein' HALF as foul as this place."
HN. PLEASE FOLLOW ME.
!#$%&()
Touya's head was swimming and his entire body ached with what seemed to be an
extreme fever. He knew that Sazuka was the reason behind this new found suffering, but he
could not explain how, in fact, the clown youkai was doing it. In the weeks he had been staying
there, Touya had not encountered any reason to assume Sazuka would do him any harm. In fact,
the youkai had gone nearly out of his way to make sure the ice demon was comfortable, even
making an attempt to talk to him every night about the life he shared with the wind master. It
was almost. . .friendly. But there was no hiding the truth. Sazuka was, at heart, a madman, a
cold blooded demon whose only companion was himself and Touya knew this all too well. Still,
he could not escape his current state. The ice youkai was too weak now, he had waited too long.
All that was left for him now was to wait. . .and see just what it was. . .Sazuka had in store. . .
!#$%&()
The room in which Jin now stood was dimly lit, but even so, the wind master could see
that it greatly lacked the finery of the chamber in which he had met with the youkai girl only
moments before. In the center of the room stood a large bed, perhaps, Jin thought, large enough
to hold four full sized youkai comfortably. On the walls hung a sparse amount of candles (about
20 or so) and they were indeed the only source of light. As for anything that may have been in
side the room, it was nearly impossible to see it. All that could be viewed was located directly in
the center of the bed. . .a woman, with no you-ki.
TAKE A LOOK LITTLE DEMON AND TELL ME WHAT IT IS YOU SEE LYING
BEFORE YOU.
The wind master stared intensely at the woman. Her hair was of a deep black with grey
starting to appear at the roots. Her face seemed young, and had it not been for the wrinkles
around the mouth and eyes Jin would have thought her to be a woman around the age of 30. She
was very beautiful, but the red haired youkai knew that her beauty was all she had left. "She's
pretty nice lookin' but I can't be understandin' what it is ya want me ta see. She's lookin' like
any other youkai girl I've been meetin' bore. Actually. . .she's lookin' a lot like you. . ." He left
the sentence trail off.
THAT'S BECAUSE SHE IS ME LITTLE DEMON, OR AT LEAST PART OF ME.
THIS IS MY MOTHER, KANSAKI, AND SHE IS THE ONE WHOM THE KUBIKAZARI IS
DESTINED FOR.
"But I'm not understandin' this. I'm not gettin' a whiff of ANY you-ki comin' of a her.
It's like she's bein' a nigen (human). Yer tellin' me that she was makin' YOU."
INDEED IT IS TRUE, BUT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND LITTLE DEMON, THAT
SHE WAS NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS. NO. SHE WAS IN TRUTH THE STRONGEST
MEMBER OF OUR TRIBE, OUR SHIDOSHA, OUR LEADER. SHE WAS VERY WISE,
AND ONLY USED HER POWER FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THINGS. SHE
BELIEVED THAT ALL YOUKAI WERE BASICALLY GOOD, EVEN THOUGH THEIR
BAD JUDGEMENT SOMETIMES CLOUDED THEIR MINDS. SHE NEVER HURT
ANYONE WHO DID NOT DESERVE IT, AND SHE NEVER STAINED HER HANDS WITH
INNOCENT BLOOD. SHE WAS TRULY MAGNIFICENT.
"Then's how's it bein' that she's like this then?" The youkai girl's face became saddened
once more, but though Jin expected it, she did not cry. Instead, she continued her story, though
she wanted so desperately to stop.
ONE DAY A DEMON BY THE NAME OF SAZUKA WANDERED INTO OUR
VILLAGE. HE WAS BADLY INJURED, BLEEDING FROM EVERY POSSIBLE ORIFICE
AND MY MOTHER SAW IT FIT TO TREAT HIM. WE HEALED HIM, CARED FOR HIM,
AND ACCEPTED HIM LIKE ONE OF OUR OWN. BUT HE BETRAYED US. WE HAD NO
WAY OF KNOWING THAT HE AS WELL WAS A COLLECTOR OR RARE MAKAI
ARTIFACTS, AND THAT ALL THE WHILE HE HAD BEEN PLANNING TO ROB US OF
EVERYTHING WE HAD. ONCE HE WAS STRONG AGAIN, SAZUKA UNLEASHED AN
ATTACK UPON OUR VILLAGE, USING EVERY ONE OF HIS 999 ATTACKS. LUCKILY
WE WERE MORE SKILLED THAN HE IN THE ART OF WAR, AND WE WERE ABLE TO
WIN THE BATTLE. BUT SAZUKA IS MUCH CRAFTIER THEN PEOPLE GIVE HIM
CREDIT. BEFORE WE COULD EXECUTE HIM, HE TOLD US OF THE POISON HE HAD
INJECTED INTO MY MOTHER AND THAT THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD RECEIVE
THE ANTIDOTE, WOULD BE TO PRODUCE THE ITEMS HE DESIRED. AND EACH
TIME WE DID THIS, WE IN RETURN RECEIVED ONE INGREDIENT TO THE
ANTIDOTE. THE SEEDS TO THE MAKAI DREAM FLOWER IS WHAT HE OFFERS US
NOW. BUT WE ARE TIRED OF SERVING HIM! AND WITH YOUR HELP LITTLE
DEMON WE WILL BE ABLE TO CURE OUR LEADER WITHOUT SAZUKA'S AIDE!
PLEASE, YOU MUST DO THIS! ONCE SHE IS AWAKE SHE WILL TAKE REVENGE
UPON SAZUKA AND THEN HE WILL BE THE ONE WHO SUFFERS SO! PLEASE
LITTLE DEMON, HELP US IN OUR QUEST. BRING BACK HIEI'S TEAR GEM AND RID
US OF OUR MISERY.
"But why's it bein' I have ta be killin' Kurama ta do it? Why can't there be some other
way? Or why not just be usin' a different demon all together?!"
ALAS, THE GEM MUST BE ONE SHED OF PURE AND UNBLEMISHED FEELING.
SOMETHING MUST HAPPEN TO HIM OF SUCH EMOTIONAL MAGNITUDE THAT THE
ONLY WAY TO RELEASE TO RELEASE THE TENSION IS TO CRY. AND HIEI IS THE
LAST OF HIS KIND LEFT IN ALL THE THREE WORLDS SO HE IS THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN PROVIDE US WITH WHAT WE NEED.
"But I just don't think I can be. . ."
THINK OF IT LITTLE DEMON. YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO HELP YOUR
FRIEND, SAVE THIS WOMAN,. . .AND TAKE REVENGE ON THOSE WHOM HAVE
BETRAYED YOU. KILL YOKO KURAMA AND ALL YOUR PAIN SHALL DWELL
WITHIN YOU NO LONGER.
Jin stood there for many moments, unmoving. This was truly the way to prove to Touya
once and for all that his feelings were valid and that he would do anything for him. And if that
ment he had to do something he did not agree with then so be it. "All right then. . .I'll be doin' it.
I'll be killin' Yoko Kurama. . ."
!#$%&()
Hiei's eyes shot open, his body dripped with a cold sweat. He had had the most horrible
nightmare but it had felt all too real to have been a dream. He turned over and stared with a
panicked expression at the yoko lying next to him. Kurama was sleeping soundly, his only
movement being the steady rise and fall of his chest as he breathed in the calming scents of the
cave. The fire demon reached out his hand and, with as gentle a gesture as he could preform,
brushed some of the fox's silver hair off his face. Kurama was truly beautiful, and Hiei could not
believe that it had been only a short time ago that he had hated the idea of ever sharing his life
with another. But now he was the happiest he had ever been and it was all thanks to a mere
contradiction of words; hate and happiness.
One of the yoko's eyes opened slightly at the feel of Hiei's touch and Kurama looked
upon his beloved fire demon with all the love anyone could ever give. "Hiei" he whispered. "Is
there anything wrong?"
"No" he replied, "I've just been dreaming."
And the yoko embraced the fire demon holding him in a way that seemed to relieve all
the troubles of the world and make them disappear. And as Hiei lay there about to once again
drift into the dark abyss of sleep, he whispered to his lover what he had spoken to him so many
times before. "You're mine fox and no one will ever, ever take you away." Then there was only
silence as the two slept there together, neither one knowing the dangers they were about to face.
Neither one wanting to know. All there was now was them and their memories, and the idea that
even the darkest hate. . .could bring about such overwhelming happiness. . .
Onwari
##############################################################################
So did you all like it? I hope so! I'm glad to see that this story recovered from its slow and
rather boring beginning, and was able to contain the same suspense, drama, romance, and plot
twists the previous stories had. I can't wait to hear from all of you! But, I'm afraid I have some
bad news. :( I know that I promised there would be a fifth story and I know that there NEEDS to
be one in order to explain what happens to Jin, Touya, Kurama, and Hiei. . .but. . .I feel that it is
time for me to take my leave of the fanfiction.net community. So with that I say to you that there
MAY not be a story #5 and that this may be the end of the shinobi's tales. I love you all, and I
want you to know that this is not because of any of you, or that I have run out of ideas for stories,
I just feel that I am losing my touch and took far too long with the creation of hate and happiness
to be considered great. I don't want you all to have to wait for me as long as you did. So here is
the choice I promised you in roads go ever, ever on: should the stories go on and. . .are you
willing to wait and not loose faith in Shinobi - sama? Write to me soon, and again I say. . .I love
you all and thank you. :)