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Entwined Destinies (Epilogue)

A Yu Yu Hakusho fanfic by Siew Lee 

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*Eternal love would be rewarded with hope, 
 For the ones who are sincere with emotions...*

[Hiei's thoughts in the present]

A year had passed without Kurama by my side. Sometimes, I wished he was 
still with me... Time flowed without looking back at me, or was it that 
I didn't look back at it? I truly didn't know. 

Life was so empty without him; nobody to fill out the hollow part in my 
soul. In a way, it was totally lonely for me in this world. I had always 
thought that I didn't need anybody to live near me, anybody to treat me as 
a friend... But I was wrong. I never like to admit mistakes... It was too 
late now, Kurama was already gone. 

I sighed sadly. I was in Makai right now. No, I was not in Mukuro's palace 
anymore, eversince Kurama left me. I simply told Mukuro that I have other 
things to do, then I left. Mukuro was quite kind to me as she didn't stop 
me. I knew she led a sad life too... 

Makai... It was so cold and hot down here, uncomfortable for many; yet I 
found my peace of mind here. I closed my eyes slowly, as fiery gusts of
wind blew across the barren lands. One year... It was already one year... 
How I wished I had the chance to apologize to Kurama. I remembered the 
bitter taste in my mouth when I swore that I won't shed another tear for 
Kurama... I remembered how harsh I was to him... The feeling now was 
terrible... It had always been a total regret to me, as I didn't 
appreciate the chances I had to ever say sorry to him. 

I buried my head into my folded arms. One year... That one lonely night, 
when Kurama died. I recalled the dreadful feeling I had in my chest when 
Kurama's life drained away. Almost sub-consciously, I gathered up his body 
and flew off in the silent night. 

I sat down with his body in the park where we always met. It all happened 
too fast. It was only two days ago when we first quarreled here, after 
this two days, Kurama was already dead. Tears still flowed uncontrollably 
down my face, dripping onto Kurama's hospital gown and soaking it. The 
wind howled and the trees bent, almost in tribute to the tragedy that 
stuck me in such a short time. Slowly, I hugged his still warm body... It 
was impossible...

Dawn arisen, the sun bobbed up the horizon line. I know I must put 
Kurama's human body to rest. I remembered distinctly that Kurama once said 
that he would like to be buried on a hill overlooking vast beautiful 
scenery, where he could relish the soothing rays of sunset everyday... 

***

That happened a year ago, yet I was unable to forget that anguish that 
I painfully constrained it deep inside my chest. Yusuke and the rest also 
knew about Kurama's death, as I sent them each a message. Sad, they may 
be, but they will never feel the emotions that had eaten away parts of me 
along all the time. They won't understand what situation I had been 
through. Kurama meant everything to me, besides Yukina. The way how I said 
goodbye to him still echoed in my ears, the look on Kurama's face when I 
threw the last handful of earth... It really hurts me deep inside. 

Unconsciously, a tear dropped down from my eyes and landed on the dry 
earth. Kurama had never came back... "No! Kurama, why don't you come 
back? Don't you know I missed you so much?" I yelled to the plains of 
Makai, knowing that nobody will hear me. 

But someone did. 

"I came..." a voice said behind me. 

*No... No... That couldn't be... It can't be...* I chanted mentally. 
Slowly, I turned back my head to see who was it... 

A sliver youko stood in my path. Long and flowing sliver hair blew with 
the direction of the wind. The youko was wearing a half smile and his eyes 
were closed. White robes covered his body and fuzzy ears protruded from 
his head. 

The youko slowly opened his eyes. Liquid golden eyes. "Hello, Hiei." 

I was shocked. I simply couldn't believe the sight that appeared before 
me... Kurama was alive! More tears began to form at the corners of my 
eyes, my heart nearly bursting with joy! I stood there, immobilized. 

At last, I managed to open my mouth, but no sound came out. Tears of 
happiness already flowed down. I ran towards Kurama and hugged on the 
waist. 

"Kurama! Where have you been? I have been waiting for you for so long!" 
I yelled in his embrace, my voice cracking with emotion. 

"Hiei... Inari-sama called me back to Makai," explained Kurama as I could 
feel his arms circling me and locking me into a bearhug. 

"Why don't you come and find me earlier? Don't you know that I miss you 
so dearly? Why? Why?" I screamed... 

"My soul must have a definite shape before I can come. It took me a year 
to recover for the separation from my human body. Now, I have my youko 
form back. I'm sorry..." apologized Kurama. 

"No... It is not you who had to say sorry, it's me. I'm sorry... I don't 
mean to hurt you that night... Kurama, you won't know what I had been 
through. My conscience torturing me every waking moment of my life," I 
cried. After saying that, I wept even harder. 

"Hiei, we won't be apart ever again. I promise I'll stay by your side 
forever... Are we still friends?" asked Kurama. I nodded and felt Kurama 
hugged me even more tighter than ever. This was the time when heaven and 
earth were joined together, the time when our love entwined ever more 
securely than ever. 

It was truly a miracle. Sometimes, the time apart that we spent away from 
each other had helped us to realize things. Realize that how important we 
were towards each other. Shuichi Minamino's death was a blessing in 
disguise, as I thought I would never had the chance to see him ever again. 
Now, Kurama was here, standing in front of me and hugging me. 

In a way, destinies were important... It was destiny that had brought us 
together, until we had entwined destinies. We were meant to be together 
forever, as destiny calls it. 

*Hiei, I'll never leave you ever again...* 

*Kurama, you shall always occupy a place in my heart...* 

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