Kat: Yay, new story!!! I warn you now, the beginning kind of sucks but, it will get better, I promise!!!
Disclaimer: I own Kuro and I don't care if anything happens to Ashi. I also don't own the song that this starts off with. It's "Riot" by Three Days Grace.
Read and enjoy…
She stopped. She had to. Sweat trickled down from her scalp, down her forehead and her nose to drip off her nose and to the floor. The music blasted from the speakers and the lyrics made her bob her head.
//If you feel
So empty
So used up
So let down//
The beat of the music matched the beat of her heart in her ears and the sound of her blood flowing through her veins. She then walked forward to stand underneath a pull up bar that was about eight feet above the ground and seeing as she was only five foot six inches, she would have to jump for it. She crouched down, registered how much strength she would have to use to get up there and make sure that she didn't fly past it. She jumped and caught the bar, hanging limp from it before she began doing pull ups.
//If you feel
So angry
So ripped off
So stepped on//
'Story of my life,' she thought as she continued with her pull ups. She lost track after a while but she knew she had been down a lot so she pulled herself up harder than she had before so she flew past the bar and when she came back down, she landed stand on top of it. "What do I want to do now?" she asked herself out loud as she looked over all the equipment that she could use.
//You're not the
Only one
Refusing
To back down
You're not the
Only one
So get up//
"I feel like beating the crap out of something. That means the punching bag!" She crouched down once again and pushed herself off the bar, flying high above all of the equipment until she landed on the wooden floor right next to a black punching bag. She reached in her pocket and pulled out two rolls of bandages. She wrapped both her hands and arms to her elbows before she took her stance and began, smiling as the lyrics shouted louder.
//Let's start a riot!
A riot!
Let's start a riot!
Let's start a riot!
A riot!
Let's start a riot//
She punched the bag once, testing it before she did another right punch followed by a quick left. Then a right, left, right. Then a right, left, right, left kick, right punch. Then she blocked everything out besides the punching bag, her stance, and the music.
//If you feel
So filthy
So dirty
So fucked up
If you feel
So walked on
So painful
So pissed off//
'It's so strange. How do they seem to sing out your exact feelings? How do they know your emotions? It's like they're psychic,' she thought as she began punching the bag as hard as she could, imagining it was a certain someone she would love to beat up instead of a poor punching bag. She was lucky that she was punching a specially made bag and not a normal bag or the bag would have been off its chain and into a nearby wall. That's how bad she wanted to beat that person.
//You're not the
Only one
Refusing
To go down
You're not the
Only one
So get up//
Left, right, right, left, right kick, left kick, roundhouse kick, left punch, right, left, left, hard right kick. She stopped to catch her breath and looked at the wear of the bag that her exercising had done. "Whoops. Guess I had more aggression then I thought. Better stop before Genkai kills me." She then looked around her for something else to entertain herself with. "Let's see. What shall I do now?" She looked around the large room and smiled, "Running laps sound good. Five hundred sounds good." She smirked before she disappeared in a blur to begin her laps around the room.
// Let's start a riot!
A riot!
Let's start a riot!
Let's start a riot!
A riot!
Let's start a riot//
It took her a few seconds to run around the entire room at her fastest speed but she pushed to go harder. She could feel the adrenaline flooding through her veins like her beloved fire. The sweet rush fueled her to go harder and faster along with the music.
//If you feel
So empty
So used up
So let down
If you feel
So angry
Just get up//
She finished her laps and stopped to catch her breath that only took a few seconds and she began to bang her head to the music, singing along with all of her might. God how she loved this song. It really hit home and she felt as if Three Days Grace knew the workings of her mind and heart.
//Let's start a riot!
A riot!
Let's start a riot!
Let's start a riot!
A riot!
Let's start a riot!
Let's start a riot!
A riot!
Let's start a riot!
A riot!
Let's start a riot!
A riot!
Let's start a riot!
Let's start a riot!
A riot!
Let's start a riot//
She collapsed to the floor in a fit of laughter as the song ended and it was suddenly quiet except for her laughter. She finally stopped when she heard the door open and one of her friends step into the room.
Her hair was sea foam green and her eyes were a bright crimson. She wore a light blue kimono with a red sash that matched her red bow. "Kuro, lunch is ready," the kind girl spoke softly.
Kuro looked up at her from the floor, "Thanks Yukina. I'm going to take a shower before I do anything else. I'm all sweaty." Yukina nodded before she left through the door she came in from and Kuro followed but as Yukina went down the stairs, Kuro walked past them and to the room farthest from the stairs. She opened the door and closed it behind her, looking straight across the way and out the window where it showed the edge of a forest not far off and a blue sky above it. She went to her closet and pulled out a random outfit and walked to the window, right past the private bathroom. She threw open the window and jumped out, doing a flip in the air, and landing on her feet. She dashed for the forest and flitted amongst the trees until she came to a waterfall. She set the outfit she carried on the high bank and went to a tree next to it, bending low to pull out a small bag from a hole in the trunk. She set the bag on the lower bank and began shedding her clothes.
First she unraveled the bandages she had wrapped around her arms. Then she pulled off her white tank top and wriggled out of her black baggy capris after flipping off her slip on shoes. She then took off her sports bra and underwear before diving in the chilly water. She held her breath a while before she kicked hard, shooting to the surface and gasping for breath that's sound was muffled by the crash of the water. She swam back to the edge and opened the bag, taking out soap and began to lather herself with it.
After she was covered in suds, she dived under water again to rid herself of the soap. Under the water, she ran her fingers through her hair to make sure that all the suds were gone before she resurfaced and went to bank. Once she was completely out of the water, she raised her energy and a millisecond later, she was completely dry.
She braided her snow white and black hair so the braid was a mix between those two colors and tied a knot at the end before she dressed in a red tank top and black shorts to her knees with silver chains hanging from them. She ran barefoot back to the temple and jumped through her large open window and pulled on a pair of black and red socks that went past her knees and a pair of combat boots that went to her shins that had more buckles then necessary. Sighing, she grabbed her iPod and her book before she left the room through the bedroom door. She went to the dining room where Yukina, Genkai, Hiei, and his evil girlfriend Ashi were. Ashi was trying to feed Hiei and Kuro had to look away to keep from gagging.
Yukina was the first one to notice Kuro, "Kuro. Here is your plate." Yukina indicated the plate of food next to her.
Kuro smiled kindly but she still felt sick because she could still see Ashi out of the corner of her eye. "Thank you, Yukina, but I think I will eat outside." Kuro took her plate and chopsticks before she smiled once more and left through the front door.
She sat down once again under a shady tree in the garden and ate her food without really tasting it. When she was done, she set her plate beside her and put in her headphones, playing a random song, and opening her book to her carefully marked page.
She was reading intently when she heard a door slam and looked up to see Ashi leaving. "I'll be back later, sweetie!" she said over her shoulder. When she turned forward, Kuro could see the look on her face and she did not like it.
'I swear that she is up to something.' Kuro stood up and watched as Ashi walked down the stairs. Kuro jumped into the tree above her and set her book in between two branches before she jumped off that tree and into another one, following Ashi undetected. 'Every one thinks that I am paranoid but I could feel it down in my bones that she was trouble from the first second I set my eyes on her,' Kuro said to herself as she dashed through the forest. She paused for a few moments to unchain the chains on her pants and set them in a tree before she proceeded silently.
She followed Ashi for an hour until the blonde entered an apartment building. Kuro followed the woman's energy and she put her hand against the building in a shadow, closing her eyes and concentrating until her skin began to get darker until she was the same shade of black as the shadow she had her hand against. Her black hand began to sink into the shadow, followed by her arm then her body and head.
When Kuro opened her eyes once again, she was in a different world. Everything around her was white and black but it was mostly white. The only other color was the red in Kuro's outfit. She was in what appeared to be a bedroom. There was little else besides a bed and a dresser.
Kuro walked through the room and straight through the wall which led her into a living room. This room had a small couch, an overstuffed chair, a TV sitting on a small coffee table, and two people one of which she had been following.
Ashi closed the door behind her and the other person rushed forward to greet her. He looked like a human nerd but the scent of demon rolled off him in waves. He reached for Ashi but she eluded his grasp, giving him her hand instead. "Lady Ashi! It is so good to have you back. How is our plan to kill the Forbidden Child coming along?" The demon asked before he began slathering Ashi's hand in kisses.
"It's coming along quite well. I am very happy with you, Kar. Now all we have to do is get rid of that other twit, Kuro before we can execute our plan," Ashi seemed to be talking to herself for the last part and pulled her hand away from Kar before she began pacing back and forward in the little space that the small living room allowed.
"Why must we dispose of her, Lady?" Kar asked as he watched Ashi pace. Kuro had the feeling that she was going to be there a while so she made herself comfortable leaning against the wall but not phasing through it.
Ashi began to rub her chin as she paced, "Because I believe she has feelings for the 'demon'," Ashi all but spat the word and Kuro fought to maintain a growl that clawed at her throat, "Seeing that she has feelings for him, she is most likely to take revenge for his death and I also know that she suspects me about being untrustworthy. I have seen that bitch fight and neither of us will survive if she unleashes her wrath upon us."
'So, the blonde does have some common sense.' Ashi was correct, if anyone hurts Hiei, or any of the Spirit Detectives for that matter, she would get revenge and her wrath is not something someone wanted to suffer. Kuro smirked as she watched Ashi stopped pacing.
"Does that mean that you are frightened of her, Lady?" Kar asked and Ashi glared at him.
"No. I intend to leave no evidence that it was I who conspired against him. Not even you." Kar looked at Ashi with horror filled eyes. Ashi walked to the door and smiled darkly over her shoulder at Kar, "Stay put Kar. I will know if you run and I will hunt you down. The plan continues on track. By tomorrow morning, Hiei Jaganshi will be no more." With that, Ashi made her grand exit.
Kuro closed her eyes and concentrated. The white around her began to fill with colors and she was leaning against a solid wall that she couldn't phase through. The other difference in this world was that she could be seen.
Kar heard a noise behind him and when he turned to see her standing there, he jumped a mile high. "Who are you and what are you doing here? How did you get in?"
Kuro looked up at him and smirked, "My name is Kuro Toushi. I am here because I believe that Ashi is betraying me and my friends and plotting to kill someone I am in love with and I got in because I am not human. I am an elemental Fallen. I used the Shadow Realm to get in. Another reason I am here is because I am not happy with you, Kar, and unless you want to feel my wrath, you better come with me."
Kar looked at her with wide eyes, "You're the one Lady Ashi was talking about." When Kuro nodded, Kar continued as he slowly began backing up, "Lady told me not reveal anything to anyone, especially you."
Kuro frowned, "That is not good. This is making me upset, and it's not good when I get upset."
"I can't tell you! Lady Ashi said she would kill me!" Kar shouted and Kuro's lips rose in a half smile.
"What makes you think that I won't?" Kuro asked nonchalantly but Kar froze instantly, the scent of fear rolling off him in waves. Kuro stood up right from the wall and looked at Kar seriously, "I want to take Ashi down. The others will not believe me alone, so I need you to help me. Ashi would kill you if you tell but if you come with me, I will protect you from her and you would go to see Koenma who would give you your punishment. If you refuse me, I will torture you so bad that you would wish for death. I do not take refusal lightly. Your choice, Kar. You could take your chances with Koenma," Kuro held her hand up and there was a flash of black light and a black handled katana appeared in her hand, "Or you could die. Choose now."
Kar thought for a moment before he looked at Kuro, his eyes focused and she knew he had made his decision. "I want to…"
Kat: YAY!!! Cliffhanger!!!! I really hate reading them but I love writing them for some reason. I know, I'm mentally ill or something but hey, I'm never boring so it's okay. Read and Review. Flames welcome!!!