The Key

Black Hole

Kurama sat with the girl called Riane in her room. Koenma had not shown up, and the fox didn't know what that meant. He was told a week, it had already been two. The only silver lining was that it gave him more time to convince Riane to come back to his world with him. That is, if Koenma ever came back. He definitely couldn't stay here for much longer. He was missing out on his own schooling, and time with his family. Not to mention, he had duties to attend to back at the temple.

He sighed, knowing that he had no choice but to wait. Riane was still sleeping, her roommates gone from the apartment for two weeks. Kurama understood Riane's complaint about them, but was indifferent to their presence, largly because they couldn't see him. His opinion of Riane seemed almost to change every day. While a lot of the time she could be irritating, he loved the way her mind worked. Her stone cold logic and outlook on life made things simple and easy. There was one thing he never understood, the lack of family in her life.

He didn't want to ask, knowing it would be inappropriate. There could also be a problem with them, something that happened that she'd rather not mention. He had noticed that she wasn't good with emotions. Her sarcasm and indifference were just a front to hide what she was feeling. She was very open and honest, but Kurama feared that without a way to release most of the frustration and sadness she tried so hard to hide, she was going to have a mental meltdown, and it wasn't going to be pretty.

He sighed, wishing that he could just go home. While he didn't agree that forcing her would be a good idea, it might just be the only way to get her if they needed her that badly. He had her to the point where she would at least have a look, but the lack of Koenma's presence ruined his chances of that. Kurama's main issue with Riane was how much like her this girl really was. He tried hard not to think about it, but it waa causing him a lot of pain.

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Another two weeks had passed, and Kurama's patience was almost at its limit. Where was Koenma? Why hadn't he come yet? Riane was religiousy writing in her journal, like every morning that she woke up and had a dream.

"Why do you do that?" asked Kurama.

"I find that dreans are a key to the future. But lately I've been having dreams of almost like a past life. Been starting since you showed up actually. If I'm not dreaming of people talking to me, I keep dreaming about running in a forest towards a giant tree."

"That does sound strange. Perhaps it is your subconscious telling you to believe me."

"I don't see what a giant tree in a forest has to do with that."

"There is a very large tree in my home land," it was hard to mention it, and was hoping be wouldn't have to go into much detail.

"That just further proves that you are my subconscious taking form."

"How so?"

"You said theres a giant tree from where you come from, dreams are subconscious in the first place, therefore, those dreama are just you."

Kurama sighed. It made too much sense to argue with, "What I am saying is true, Riane. You will see when Koenma arrives."

"This same old song? Wasn't he supposed to be here a month ago?"

"Yes, but things were quite hectic, and I couldn't arrive until now," Koenma interrupted.

"Better late than never I suppose," said Kurama.

"Are you ready to leave, Riane?"

"No, because all of this isn't real," she replied.

Thunder sounded in the background. The whole room began to shake, the cat hissed, while they all looked around with eyes wide. Riane gasped when she saw a voetex take form in her parking lot, sucking in everything around it.

"We don't have time, we must get out of here!" cried Koenma.

"What's going on?!" asked Riane in alarm.

"This world is being destroyed," replied Koenma, creating a portal, "We have to get out of here or we'll cease to exist with it!"

"Riane, we must leave," Kurama urged, holding his hand to her.

"I..." she was in too much shock to form words.

"Look at me," he commanded. She met his steady gaze, "trust me."

She just started at him, and when the ceiling above her started to crack with a loud boom, she nodded. She grabbed her cat and jumped into the portal, away from harm.

Everything was a blur, she couldn't quite keep herself focused. She had the wind knocked out of her when she finally made contact with solid ground. She struggled to catch her breath, standing as she did so.

"So you're here. Amazing, you shouldn't even exist. No matter, I'll rectify that mistake now."

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So this chapter got confused on my other site with a different one and erased the original. i understand that this is a different site but i still haven't fixed it yet, i was planning on doing so when i finish this story, so please be patient with it and sorry for this. thanks.