Yellow, orange, and red leaves crunched beneath her feet, her blue-eyed companion trotting happily about enjoying the cool breeze. "Alice!" the girl called out, the husky tilted her head to the side before running up to her master, wagging her tail excitedly. She had fierce, piercing blue eyes, her face was mostly white with a twinge of black. The girl herself had piercing blue eyes much like Alice's and long blonde hair.
She wore a camouflage tank top with a dark green pair of shorts , her name Cheza. They were deep in the woods around her apartment, eerie noises could always be heard at night coming from these woods. "Let's get back home it's getting dark" Cheza commented while running back towards the apartments. She only had one neighbor..no one else wanted to live near these woods, people were always saying the woods were haunted. But these were the cheapest apartments around and they were actually really nice inside, just a little creepy since all the other rooms were vacant except for a few doors down.
She took site of her only neighbors who were yelling back and forth. "YUSUKE! YOU BETTER NOT BE GONE LONG THIS TIME! YOU DISSAPEAR AND I DONT HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU FOR WEEKS SOMETIMES!" Cheza had talked to her quite a few times, her name she had learned was Keiko. They had moved in about half a year ago, they were a cute couple she had thought they were a bit strange though. She would hear them talking about "demons" and "spirit world" and weird things like that sometimes. Cheza made her way up the old wooden steps and to her apartment, Alice right behind her. Keiko had yet to notice Cheza and continued to yell at Yusuke, Yusuke on the other hand was watching Cheza's every movement. Cheza opened her door noticing her flowers were wilting outside making a mental note to actually remember to water them.
Yusuke's brown orbs settled on Cheza who was unlocking her apartment door behind Keiko. He had drowned Keiko's voice out and was pondering about what Cheza looked like naked. SLAP! "Hey Im talking to you! snap out of it!" Keiko shouted. "OWW WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!" Yusuke shouted. Keiko crossed her arms glaring at Yusuke. "Sorry Keiko but I have to get going...I promise I'll be back as soon as I can!" before Keiko could respond Yusuke kissed her and dashed off down the stairs.
Cheza flopped down on her couch staring up at the ceiling.
"Come on Urameshi! We're gonna be late!" Cheza recognized the voice right away as the big orange haired oaf that came around quite a lot. "I give you my word Keiko... Yusuke will be fine..we should be back by late tonight" came a soft voice that Cheza did not recognize. Letting her curiosity get the better of her she peeped through her window, making only her eye visible and took site of a handsome red head. Keiko had a worried look in her eye but she nodded and put on a fake smile. What was she so worried about? Was Yusuke like a secret agent or something? a trained assassin? Shaking the thoughts from her head she made her way to her shower getting ready for a night out with her friends.
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Ready to hit the drinks, Cheza exited leaving Alice to guard the fortress. A sweet scent flooded her nose as she looked over at the flowers she had noted needed water earlier. They looked beautiful! *that's weird* she thought. They were practically dead earlier and now they looked like they could win first place in a flower contest.
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It was about 2:30 in the morning before Cheza made her way back home, it took all she had to just walk. She had a little to many beers, everything blurred together as she stumbled up the steps and to her apartment. She stopped as she reached the final step noticing her door was wide open. "Alice?" she said shakily but there was no answer. "ALICE"" she yelled frantically after hearing a loud yelp come from the pitch blackness of the woods. Hesitantly she made her way back down the stairs still stumbling at every step, entering the woods she used her cell phone for light. She heard a low growl to her side, turning she flashed her phone in the direction spotting Alice who was in a threatening stance, her teeth barred. Cheza could hear her heart pounding, scared to shine the light at the source that threatened Alice.
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"That was a pain in the ass!" Yusuke commented walking alongside Kuwabara and myself. Within a few minutes we had reached Yusuke's apartment, exchanging my farewell I left in a hurry not wanting mother to be worried sick about me, after all it was nearly 3 in the morning. While walking back a light from the corner of my eye caught my attention, an outline of a girl stumbling into the woods was all I could make out in the darkness. I sensed something strange coming from those woods, I always did but I could never quite put my finger on it. I had stopped abruptly and was contemplating on if I should keep going or go find the girl, this was a very dangerous place for a girl to be wandering around at night .My thoughts dispersed when I heard an ear piercing scream that caused me to flinch.
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She kicked and struggled at her attacker as she felt something warm run down the side of her face. Alice lunged forward biting into the green flesh of the mysterious creature which let out a yelp. She had yet to catch a good glimpse of what Alice was attacking, all she had seen when she shone the light in its direction was a pair of crimson eyes that sent chills down her spine.
Cheza stumbled to her feet as Alice viciously thrashed the creatures arm around. She took shelter behind a large tree that looked as old as time itself. Cheza shined her light on Alice finally catching site of what had been attacking her. The creature's body was green, it stood at least 6'0 and had large pointy teeth, she slammed her phone shut as the creature eyed her menacingly. There was nothing but darkness now. Seconds felt like hours as she tried to contemplate what to do. A foul odor flooded her senses and soon the source made itself known. The monster was now eye to eye with Cheza, who was shaking like a leaf. Again Alice lunged this time taking hold of the creature's throat, thrashing wildly. The creature snarled and screeched , soon a loud thump was heard then deafening silence. Cheza opened her phone shining the light on the corpse, a green liquid bubbled from its body, she assumed it was blood. She turned her attention to Alice who was drenched in green ooze, her jaws still clamped down on the neck of the monster. Something shiny around the creature's neck caught her attention, reluctantly she walked forward reaching her hand out towards the mysterious object. Yanking it from the beasts neck she felt something hot..very hot! She instantly let go of what she now discovered was a pendant. A blinding red light emitted from the pendant and soon she noticed something weird...really weird. What appeared to be an orb of light coming out of the demon was being sucked into the pendant. Cheza quickly spun around at the sound of footsteps running towards her. She quickly grabbed the pendant and shoved it in the pocket of her shorts. A silhouette of something..or someone became visible, her heart began to pound again...were there more of these things?
Kuramas pov
I took off running into the woods not knowing what to expect, what I heard was the sound of a demon in pain. Fumbling around in my pocket I pulled out my cellphone for light but saw nothing. I quickly followed the sound of a dog growling and soon came face to face with the source. The dog was covered in demon blood. I quickly became aware of what had happened, which came as a shock to me. The dog had protected the girl and killed the demon. I did not see the girl but I could sense her aura near me. I shined the light instantly behind me when I heard rustling of leaves coming from behind a large tree. "Your safe now, you can come out" I whispered and soon a pair of enticing blue eyes peered from behind the tree.
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She recognized the voice but didn't know who it belonged to. Was this all a bad dream? Unsure of what to do she stayed behind the tree, peeking from behind it. With the light from the stranger's phone she took site of who had called out to her, it was the handsome redhead from earlier.
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I could sense the girl's fear. I needed to get her out of here before anymore demons made their presence dog quickly ran to her side nudging her softly. I was lost in her eyes, they were like none I had ever seen. "What is that thing!" she asked me, it was apparent there was fear in her voice. I wasn't quite sure how to respond, if I told her it was a demon what would she do? maybe I should just have Koenma erase her memory? I watched her every movement as she got to her feet, "I'm gonna have to give you a bath now" she muttered. Her dog lowered its head, I figured the dog didn't like that idea to much. I chuckled, "Yes I think that would be a good idea". Her stunning eyes locked onto mine, "You don't seem weirded out at all by this...what exactly is this thing?" she said poking it with a stick. I was at a loss of words so I quickly changed the subject, "Do you live near here?" I questioned. She nodded pointing towards the apartments Yusuke lived in. "I don't like being out here" she said looking around cautiously. "Don't worry I'll walk you to your door" I replied. She seemed less tense at my words, giving one last glance at the demon she stumbled to my side. I took her scent in, all I smelt was alcohol and blood. "You're bleeding" I had smelt her blood earlier but was a bit distracted to mention it at the time. "It's not green is it?" she said jokingly. I smiled, "No but it does require some medical attention". "I'll be fine...I just hope I don't start growing horns or something now..." I chuckled. She had no idea that what had attacked her was a demon. I kept on high alert as we made our way back to her apartment. She held onto my hand with a death grip. Quite a few times I had caught her before she fell, she appeared to be quite drunk. Finally we managed to make it to her door, "Please let me help you with your wounds before I go" She seemed to tense up a bit at what I had said but she nodded.
/Cheza's pov/\/\/\\
I didn't know what to make of this guy, he was very attractive and I could tell he was quite intelligent. I didn't trust him though, that thing that had attacked me didn't even phase him..it was as if he had seen one before. I decided not to ask any more questions about it since he seemed to be avoiding the subject. His hand brushed away the hair in my face, I could feel my cheeks heating up. "It's not that bad" He seemed to be talking more to himself. I felt something cold on my head followed by a stinging sensation. "That should do it". "Thank you" I whispered averting my gaze, I wasn't a shy person but I felt very timid around him. He gave me a warm smile "I really should get going now" his gaze was upon the clock. It was 3:11 in the morning. I again nodded not saying anything. I walked him to my front door and he said goodbye. Before my mysterious hero left he handed me some weird flower. "Eat this so you don't have a hangover tomorrow" was the last thing he had said. Soon after I made my way to my bed collapsing onto it not bothering to change letting the sandman work his magic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~DREAM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cheza's eyes fluttered open…she saw nothing but darkness. Fumbling around looking for the switch to her lamp she realized she was not on her bed, she was on a cold hard stony surface. She quickly glanced to her left noticing a faint light that seemed to be coming closer and closer. Her gaze promptly turned to the ceiling, she couldn't actually see the ceiling but assumed there was one. Something had whizzed by above her, she could hear a pair of wings flapping around. "I didn't think I would get lucky like this" came a chilling voice. Cheza froze, "whose there!" She heard the sound of wings again closer this time, soon after, a pair of footsteps. A arm wrapped around her waist, she could feel someone breathing down her neck. "A lot better than that ugly demon that came through here earlier". "What?" Cheza managed to say. "You haven't figured it out yet? You're in the pendant" Cheza gave a confused look before remembering the pendant she had taken off that monster, she had forgotten all about it. "If you die and the pendant is anywhere near you, it'll suck your soul in and trap you in this place forever." His voice was cold and eerie. "But I don't like anyone near my pendant.. so when a soul does get sucked in.. I kill it.." His mouth lit up as he grinned revealing a pair of fangs. Cheza took a step back, "but don't worry, I've been pretty lonely in here..so I won't kill you" Cheza didn't like where this was going..a guy trapped alone for who knows how long, rarely catching site of a female. She continued to back away when she tripped over something, falling to the ground the light she had seen earlier now partially lit up the room. She still couldn't see much but she could clearly make out the man in front of her..or rather vampire? "So vampires are real" Cheza exclaimed not taking her eyes off the mysterious bat man. "I'm not a vampire, I'm a bat demon" . She gave a disgusted look as she realized what she had tripped over, the monster from the wood's head.
"He tried to act all big and tough so I cut his head off " her eyes locked onto the bat's, his eyes were breath taking much like her own. They were a beautiful indigo color, filled with no emotion whatsoever. "How did you die?" she asked uneasily.
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I ran faster and faster, a adrenaline rush hitting me like a ton of stones. I had escaped with it! I was home free! No….I was wrong, I had been spotted. I wasn't quite as stealthy as my silver haired friend, but I could handle my own. "GET THEM!" I looked behind me catching site of three guards, weapons in hand. I had gone on many raids before and never had been seen, this was a first for me and sadly a last.
I looked down unclenching my fist revealing a ring, it wasn't just any ring , this beauty had immense power. Wearing this ring gave a demon incredible strength as well as the ability to see into the future. The ring was made of pure gold, the jewel inside was like none I had ever seen. Lightning would continuously streak inside the jewel, a swirl of black clouds could be seen as well but they would quickly disperse when you looked into it revealing something from the future, in my case what I saw was my death. My eyes widened as I stared into the jewel watching my own death, I had been killed by a bamboo trap…and had bled to death. Before I had a chance to change my fate I dropped my pendant, I came to a halt looking for it frantically, that's when I felt a searing pain in my leg. "Kuronue!" I looked up staring into a pair of golden orbs, 'Youko go! Save yourself!". I could tell my friend didn't want to leave me like this but he nodded as I handed him the ring ,he was out of my vision within seconds.
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I felt my whole body shake, I had seen the strange bat man..demon..whatever looking into a ring…I had felt his pain when he looked into his friend's eyes, knowing his fate was sealed right then and there. Had I just seen a memory of his? Did he have some weird power that allowed me to view parts of his memory? Everything went black, the little bit of light that had filled the room was gone…I could see nothing now.
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Cheza's eyes opened, the sunlight from her window warming her face. "WOOF!" she stretched when she got to her feet and saw Alice holding her doggy bowl in her mouth. She smiled, "Okay okay I'll feed you" As she prepared Alice's meal she stiffened a bit remembering her strange dream. She felt around in her pocket until her fingers came upon it…the pendant. Had it really been just a dream?