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Didn't you notice?
Chapter 5
Didn't you notice?
Chapter 5
"It appears..." Genkai started. Everyone leaned forward.
"It appears that something is attacking Kurama's spirit energy."
Yusuke blinked slowly, attempting to register what was just said. No good.
"WHAT?"
Kuwabara nodded beside him. "Yeah, I don't get it, how can something be attacking his spirit energy? I mean, is that even possible?"
Genkai gave him a fierce stare. "Of course it's possible, it's happening to Kurama."
Hiei's face was grave, and if anyone besides Genkai knew the significance of this, it was him. Botan and Kuwabara were still very puzzled.
Yusuke lowered his gaze, attempting to piece this all together. "Okay, let's just start from the beginning. This is the, erm, fourth time that Kurama has passed out this week. The first two times were when he was fighting that little runty demon. Woah, wait a second, that's it! Whatever this is, whatever is happening to him, it was brought on by that little green demon! That's where it all started, remember? We knew that Kurama got attacked, but we couldn't find anything wrong with him. That's because he wasn't actually injured, it was a different type of attack..."
Botan interrupted in a small voice. "Yusuke, what about what you were saying before?"
"Oh, yeah. Well, like I said, the first two times were from that little demon, the third was when Hiei and I found him in the park, and the fourth time was today. In the park..well..erm...I'm not sure what Kurama was doing there, but my point is-"
"There was a rosebush." Hiei put in.
Botan looked at him quizzically. "What?"
"I found him right in front of a wilted rosebush in the park. He must have tried using his energy to revive it."
"Perfect Hiei! Now we know that too. As for the fourth time, I saw it. Kurama was trying to use his rose whip. Just after he tried he passed out again. So now we know for sure that Grandma was right. We know that the problem is his energy."
"Okay, so we figured that the little green demon did something to Kurama that's draining his spirit energy, right? So now what?" Kuwabara asked.
Genkai and Hiei had the same sad expression on their faces. Yusuke looked at them both, trying to figure them out. Suddenly it dawned on him. He spoke gravely, the truth had finally hit him. "When this...thing..whatever it is that's attacking Kurama's spirit energy...when it's done...It's going to keep attacking him until we figure out how to stop it. But...if we can't...when you run out of spirit energy, you tap into..." His voice wavered and he fell silent.
Genkai nodded solemnly, finishing Yusuke's sentence. "Life energy."
"That's why..." Yusuke nearly whispered. "He's been so tired lately...he's..."
"Whatever it is that's attacking Kurama's spirit energy..." Genkai stated. "Is killing him."
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If you don't like where this is going, you may not want to stick around for the next chapter, it get's worse.
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{End Chapter 5}
{End Chapter 5}
