Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A Mistaken Past ❯ Comfort ( Chapter 15 )

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Ch.15 Comfort weeks passed, and Kurama was well enough to return to school. Though he still had bandages on his face and his back, he was able to bear it. His mind had raced with so many questions. He had been thinking of Minagi non-stop, and now as he would sit in his classroom and see her empty seat he will not be able to focus on his work. He would sense demonic presences every now and then and hope that it was Minagi, but every time he was dissapointed to find just another low-class demon.that he walked on the sidewalks of Tokyo, bag in hand, he would ignore the demonic energy that would find him. How he missed her, and hoped that she was alive. He now had the fear that he would be walking along and see her dead body in an alley somewhere, but he prayed he wouldn't. So now, he went on his normal day to day schedule, trying to act normal even though his mind would be somewhere else.passed by an alley, right between a flower shop and a market, and sensed demonic activity. He sensed two right away, but there was another, a weaker one. He glanced by the alley as he passed, and he would have kept going had a particular object not caught his attention: a pointed ear. He stopped dead in his tracks. There was one huge demon infront of the weaker one, with his little partner beside him with a perverted smile spread across his lips.Go on", the little one said with a scratchy voice, " Hurry up and get it over with, I want a turn!"You can wait!" The big one yelled, holding the weak demon out of Kurama's view. " Shes' enough for both of us!"larger demon slammed the figure in his grip against the concrete wall hard. Kurama could now see the demon, and what he saw made his heart race and his blood boil. It was Minagi! She looked like she was barely concious and wasn't fighting back, as if she didnt care. She had many deep wounds on her body. Her clothes were ripped and caked with blood. Her beautiful face had many cuts and bruises, as blood ran down from her temple. The large demon had his hands around her throat and was about to violate her, when Kurama's anger exploaded.Release her NOW!!" he threatend. He had thrown his book-bag on the ground, ready to kill.two demons looked at him for a moment, then the larger one released one of his hands from Minagi's throat and laughed.Whos gonna make us?!" he laughed. " Get lost human scu-"yellow energy swelled around Kurama as he got closer to the demons. The wind picked up as Kurama pulled his rose from his hair and with a flick of his wrist, transformed it into his trusty Rose Whip.Ah, an animal spirit!" the little one said with some interest. The larger one tossed Minagi's body aside causeing her to hit the wall and fall to the ground like a rag-doll, makeing Kurama's eyes become fierce .You should have left well enough alone boy!" The large demon said, grabbing his sword and preparing to destroy this little demon.before the demon could even think about raising his sword, Kurama gave his whip a crack sending it across the demon's body, slicing his body in two. The littler demon started to run in fear, but Kurama swung his whip at him cutting off his head sending his headless body onto the ground. And in a bursts of flames the demon's bodys burned and dissapeared leaving nothing but ash marks. Kurama's energy subsided and his whip turned back into a rose. Kurama put it back into his hair as he ran to Minagi's side. He held her head up trying to get her vision apon him.Minagi!" he said to her." Minagi! Minagi can you hear me?! Minagi please answer me!"eyes were half open and they were clouded. Blood ran down her face into fresh cuts and out again. Her blonde hair was messy , caked with dirt, and flowed everywhere. He pulled her face to his and looked into her eyes, those beautiful sea sprayed eyes. Her gaze was in one directon no matter where her head faced, as if she was some sort of trance . He put his ear against her chest, quietly he could hear her heart beat. He looked back at her with a sympathetic and guilty look in his eyes. He felt responsible for this, if he hadn't let her go...if he had chased her...But he couldn't think about that now. He held her close to his body, embraceing her gently.I'm so sorry Minagi," he whispered in her ear. She didn't respond, but he knew that she could hear him. " You will be alright. I will care for you."he picked her up in his arms and carried her. He bent down and picked up his bag then ran towards his house, ignoring the strange glances he got from passers by.
gently layed her on his bed then rushing down stairs to get bandages. His mother would be at work for a few more hours, so that would give him time to think of an excuse for this. He ran back up stairs, ignoring the pain in his back. He rushed to her side and started to mend her wounds. He took off her top to get to a deep gash on her chest. She had on a thin black bikini top underneath that was torn from were she had recieved the gash. He got out antibiotics and dabbed some on a large gause. He then put it on her chest and whinced expecting a response from her because of the sting of the antibiotics. But Minagi made no regaurd to it. He wrapped bandages all around her chest. He then moved to her face, preforming the same procedure on the cuts and the blow to her temple. He whipped the blood away with a wet towel then let it sit in hot water. ' what happened to you?' he thought as he put a band-aid on a cut bellow her eye. ' She must have been in such grief that she didn't care what happend to her. She must have felt that she deserved to die for the mistake that she made so... she would LET harm come to her.' Kurama wasnt sure about his theorys,but a guilty feeling was settling in his heart.then went to treat cuts on her arm when he noticed that the cuts were lined up horozonily on her arm, almost perfectly. The felt so familiar, their energy felt like Minagi's own. Then a horrible conclusion came to Kurama's thoughts: she had given herself these wounds. He looked at her other arm, and found the same pattern of cuts. There was a long cut across her stomach that had the same energy. ' Why would she do this to herself?' he thought. He treated all of those wounds, and while treating the cuts on her left arm he noticed that she had her fist closed tight around an object. He took her hand and found that her grip was very firm around the object. He pulled hard until he got it free from her grasp. It was Kuronue's pendant. It had spots of blood on the red ruby which sat in the middle of it and it's chain was dull and almost falling apart. He suddenly felt a tear run down his cheek and onto the pendant. ' Oh Kuronue,' he prayed ' Please forgive me. I...i'm sorry I could not protect her...I - i'm so ...sorry...' Suddenly, Kurama felt a warmth on his shoulder, almost like someone was touching him. He turned in surprise, but sadly no one was there. But he was sure that felt someone...Kuronue? Maybe...but it left a comfort in his heart. Perhaps Kuronue was trying to say something. What ever the reason, Kurama smiled, knowing that his friend was with them...was comforting them. With the feeling of support in his heart, Kurama went back to work, tending to Minagi's wounds. He looked up at her face and noticed that a single tear was on her cheek. He smiled and wiped it away gently with his hand.Don't be afraid Minagi," he comforted," I will not let anything hurt you..I swear."tended to her long into the afternoon hours until he was finally finished. He had put her clothes in the wash, but left her undergarments on and put the warm covers over her body. He held her hand as her watched her, the other under the covers. He gently used his finger and thumb to close her eyes so that she could sleep. She was so helpless, like a little child. He swore that he wouldn't let her run...not again. He layed his head on her hand so that it was between his hand and his head. This was to let her know that he was there and that he was not going to leave her. He stayed awake as long as he could, but sleep found him and swiftly took him. He layed there by her side until the sound of his mother comeing through the front door woke him.