The mirror of forlorn hope.

training for the rest of the day was the order of business that I forced us both through. but soon, it was midnight and I slept over at yusuke's house.

-The next day-

Arriving at the meeting place with Kurama, he looks at both of us, and says, "follow me. his blood red crimson hair flowing behind him."

Yusuke frowns, and we follow him up the stairs and into a room with a woman who looks like she could take her last breath at any moment.

"This is my mother and she has cancer of the brain." Kurama says, sounding depressed.

"Your mother?!" yusuke gasps out.

I look at him side-eye. "That's what you're surprised about? not the brain cancer?"

Yusuke coughs, "I just wasn't expecting a demon to have a normal human mother."

Kurama then begins to tell his tale. "I was once an S class demon. but i didn't start that way, I was once a simple fox demon, stealing and stealing, anything that shined with lustrous gold was my favorite. Gemstones of power and significance were my second."

he sounded nostalgic as he continued, "after i grew sick of thievery, i joined a group of assassins called the ends, gaining my first title, Kurama of the end, and when i grew sick of killing my own kind, I killed the assassins who refused to let me go, gaining my second title, kurama the 9 tailed death. I quickly gained an upright form, and when I became S-class., they named me Kurama the yoko, none survived my ire."

he sighed, "I eventually made a mistake, I was captured, and skinned alive by the king of demon world. he then sealed my soul, only to flay my soul every few days. He then drained my power for himself. turning me into a lowly D class soul. I was irrevocably damaged. I regretted everything I did."

He then began to stroke the hair of the mother He was reborn from.

"I was able to escape just barely, I'm still almost certain he just let me go for his amusement. I retreated to the human world, and selected a baby that would have been stillborn, and entered its fetus before the birth. Reviving it and making myself the baby which would eventually be named Shuichi Minamino."

His other hand which was not stroking his mothers hand began to bleed as puncture wounds from his finger nails caused his hand to bleed onto the floor. he took out the mirror, and starting moving upstairs, just as she began to flat-line. we followed him closely as tears fell from his eyes. arriving at the roof within half a second of running at full speed. He quickly directs the moon-light at the mirror and everything but the three of us, the mirror, and a the black energy pouring from the mirror froze. time itself became the mirror's bitch, and reality became a suggestion.

"In exchange for your life, you wish for your mother to be fully healed and alive, is that correct?" the mirror demands.

"it is."

Yusuke shouts "HEY! what the hell would your mom feel if you died just so she could live!"

he then puts his hand over the mirror and demands, "Hey TAKE MY LIFE INSTEAD! I'm not willing to let this happy life become full of sorrow!"

I then grimace, and put my hand on the mirror as well. "You fucking retard, if you die, KEIKO will NEVER forgive you. she will literally kill herself to be with you. She loves your stupid ass! take mine instead, I have no one!"

the mirror hums, and then begins to speak in a surprised voice. "2 humans of good heart, and a demon with a good heart. I am dumbfounded. I will not take any of your lives, but this will be the last time this mirror will ever be used. I will use my own reserves to heal the one known as Hana Minamino. Rejoice, your wish will come free of cost. Farewell."

The mirror then cracks down the middle. and we are blasted backwards and reality returns to normal.

I then grab Yusuke by the collar as Kurama runs downstairs to check on his mother. "You motherfucker, you literally just came back to life. If Keiko ever finds out about this, and I WILL absolutely FUCKING TELL HER, she will slap your dumb ass silly." I push him away. "Don't throw your damn life away."

I storm off. pissed off at my best friend. "Hey! You can't tell her about this. She doesn't even know about supernatural shit!"

"Bitch! she revived you with a kiss. Are you stupid enough to believe that she doesn't know?" I demand.

He grimaces, and I start walking again. " tomorrow, I'm telling her everything for her own damn good and for yours too."

-Zachary Kimihara-

body: 47.8

Mind:31.2

soul:40.6

Total Spiritual power: 11.9