Disclaimer: Let's see, I must say I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did, Hiei would be in Kurama's arms, where he belongs, Keiko would not be with Yusuke (We don't like her much) and the series would not have ended. But, as most can see, I clearly don't own the series. (and those of you who can't see…should pro'lly be in an asylum O.O...or get glasses .)
Note: Uh…I don't think I have anything to say…
Kit: So, why exactly did you bother putting a note?
Me: I don't know why…There seems to be a reason…hmmm…wonder what that could be…
Kit: Arghh! You are hopeless!
Me: Really? You think so? Hmmm…could be…
Kit: -groans and starts hitting her head against table-
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Me: Uh…that looks somewhat painful…
This story is slightly old...I've been meaning to post it for a while...
Oooh, wanna know something funny? Since my name's DemonUntilDeath, and you know how people abrieviate their names (Like SaintMe SM) well, my abreviated name is DUD...ahahahahha...that's alright, my other name on is EvenDemonsDream...EDD...I'm a girl...hahahahah...okay, not funny anymore.
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Cold Rescue
Chapter 1
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The midnight darkness coated the snowy field in a blanket of frosty blackness. No one was around to see the lone figure walk silently through the knee-high snow, his arms wrapped around his body in a futile attempt to keep warm.
The figure shivered as the wind picked up and he ran his long hands up and down his freezing skin. Chains were hanging from cuffs that adorned his red, bleeding wrists. The cold metal clinked against his equaling freezing skin.
His simple clothes were not meant for such extreme temperatures and were becoming stiff as they froze slowly. Silky red hair blew across his face as the wind once again blew over the frozen field. Clear green eyes looked tiredly ahead, unable to see anything but the pitch-black horizon rising off of the dull white snow.
Kurama dropped to his knees, cold penetrating his every bone. His crystal, forest green eyes slid closed as he collapsed in the freezing snow.
-Earlier ; Makai – near the Koorime lands-
DUD: AHHHH!
-Pause...No, I'm not near the Koorime Lands...-
Kit: AHHH! -Sits up breathing heavily and clutching chest- Don't. Do. That!
DUD: I just remembered why I put that note there!
Kit: Uh….now?
DUD: Yep, sorry, but the earlier sign made me remember.
Kit: Uh…how?
DUD: This is how. Okay, just a warning to all you people: This fic has a really weird order to it. It pretty much jumps around…a lot…but I'll try to keep it from getting too confusing. Actually, that might be somewhat hard cuz there will be things that are mentioned that haven't been explained yet. For example
Kurama pressed his hands to his pierced stomach. The blood had slowed in the coldness but the wound was still seeping the red liquid.
Something like that. See, later, I'll explain how he got that wound. Might get a bit confusing…I'll try my best, but it is supposed to be that way. Well, okay…that should be it…
Kit: Uh…-Goes back to banging her head-
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DUD: O.O Shrug
-As I said before: Earlier ; Makai – near the Koorime lands-
DUD: Oh! Oh! Oh! Wait!
Kit: Now what?
DUD: Terribly sorry, but there was another reason for the note to be there. Quick warning: THIS STORY IS YAOI! NOTHING MUCH BUT DEFINITELY SHOUNEN-AI. YOU NO LIKE, YOU NO READ. Kay? Good. On with the story!
Kit: Uh…Turns to bang head on table but finds a pillow duct taped to that part of the table.
DUD: Hehehe, sorry, can't have you loosing all your brain cells on me! Duct tape fixes all!
Lia-sensei: Poofs into room I came!
DUD: I saw!
Both: I duct Taped!
Kit: You. People. Have. Problems.
-As I said before before: Earlier ; Makai – near the Koorime Lands-
"Give me the damn amulet, Kitsune!" the pale-skinned demon screamed. Kurama continued staring ahead, ignoring the demon just to tick him off. It worked as the black-haired demon leaned forward and slapped the chained fox, the force carrying his cheek into the cold ice wall behind him.
Kurama slowly turned his head back to stare at the demon who was turning red with anger. The fox said nothing as he just glared at the demon. His cheek stung painfully but he ignored that too.
"There'll be blood next if you don't give me back my amulet!" the demon yelled again but got no reaction from the fox. Growing impatient, the demon reached out and grabbed the silver chain that rest around the fox's neck.
Dangling from the chain was an oval, purple gem the size of Kurama's thumb. It was encircled with silver that hooked up to the chain in an elegant design of ice crystals and flames. (A/N: No, the design has nothing to do with Hiei. Just thought I'd clear that up ahead of time .)
Pulling out a dagger, he tried to slice the chain off the kitsune's neck, not noticing nor caring as the dagger drew close the Kurama's pale skin. The chain remained whole as sparks flew off the dagger and the blade chipped, a small chunk falling to the iced floor with an audible "chink." Kurama held back a hiss as the sparks landed on his pale flesh.
"It will not break, no matter how many times you slice at it. I'd have thought you'd realize that after you ruined your other blade, Jirinti," Kurama taunted, smirking slightly despite the soreness of the skin on his neck, which now had a bright red hue as the chain continued to irritate his skin.
"Shut up!" Jirinti yelled as he backhanded the fox's cheek. Before the kitsune had time to react, the demon gripped his chin painfully tight and pulled his head back, forcing Kurama to look up into the clear blue eyes of Jirinti.
"Take it off now! Do it before I have to slice your pretty little head off!" Jirinti screamed and the Kitsune closed his eyes as his heightened senses reeled at the loudness.
"I can't," he spoke. Jirinti's eyes grew cold.
"What?" His voice was icy cold.
"I can't," Kurama repeated calmly, but his voice was weaved with an icy coldness. "You need a key. Clearly, I don't have it."
Indeed, the fox did not have the key that unlocked the precious artifact around his neck. Koenma had decided to separate the two so that if the demon tried to reclaim the stolen object, he would only be able to claim one half of what he would need to release the power within the amulet.
It only figures that the part that Jirinti knew about was the part around Kurama's neck. And since attempting to take it off at the sight of the kidnapping had not worked, Jirinti had one choice: take the fox with him.
"Fine," the black-haired demon spat out as he drew close to the fox, releasing his chin. Kurama drew back until he was pressed against the freezing wall behind him, his loose Chinese-style tunic keeping none of the cold away from his body.
The demon placed the chipped dagger blade against the fox's cheek. He tilted it slightly, enjoying the thin line of red that appeared beneath it. A small trail of blood trickled down the kitsune's cheek. "I'll be back with that Key. Don't go anywhere."
He turned to leave the underground ice cave he had dragged the wounded fox to. Kurama stood against the wall as he watched him go. The demon gave one last look towards his captive before vanishing up the ice stairs leading to the outside world.
The fox sagged against the chains. The wound he had obtained to his stomach was still bleeding; he could feel it. The cuffs around his wrists were rubbing his skin raw and smearing lines of blood were already running down his arms. He pulled futilely on the chains that connected the cuffs on his wrists to the hooks in the wall. They did not give way, as he had expected them not to.
Fiery pain shot through his midsection as he tested his stomach muscles, trying to see how much damage had been done. The pain shot quickly through the rest of his body and straight to his head, increasing the already pounding headache.
A groan sounded from the kitsune's lips and he sagged more against the chains. Under Jirinti's ki, the hook in the wall slid down with Kurama's motion, allowing the fox to slide into a sitting position on the ground. The ice immediately hardened again, ending any hope of pulling away while the ice was weak.
Kurama leaned his head down on his chest, his brilliant green eyes closing as his mind searched for any way out of the predicament. He slowly fell into a fitful sleep as his brain found no solution to his current problem.
-Little Later ; Ningenkai – Some forest Somewhere...yeah...good description-
Yusuke charged the demon, aiming a punch for his lower chest. The pale-skinned, S-class easily dodged and the raven-haired teen's fist slammed into a rough-barked tree. Blood slowly began to seep over his knuckles as he pulled his hand back, wincing.
"Urameshi!" Kuwabara screamed as he charged the demon, swinging his sword wildly. Black hair flew around the pale demon's face as he dodged around every swing with the grace that few demons even possess.
A backhanded slap sent the orange-haired teen flying past Hiei (who dodged the oncoming body) and straight into a tree. The sickening crunch of bones breaking sounded through the woods.
Hiei turned to face the demon. "Jirinti, you bastard!" he screamed as he drew his katana quicker than the eye could see and charged the demon. Jirinti moved away from every slice, dodging at an almost equal speed to the fire demon.
The sanjiyan swung lightning fast and, on each swing, he almost hit the bastard. Jirinti smiled as Hiei missed his neck by mere inches and he took another step backwards.
"Aww, Hiei, are you mad at me for stealing away your little fox?" he taunted the fire demon as he dodged the attacks, which grew more furious by the moment.
"Where. Is. He!" Hiei yelled as he sliced with his katana, finally making a hit. The sword sliced through Jirinti's side, cutting through an inch of the demon's pale skin. His clear blue eyes closed momentarily before opening in a look of slight shock and pain.
The fire demon smirked as he backed away, pulling the sword with him. He raised it to finish the job but stopped at Jirinti's maniacal grin.
"What in Hell's name is so funny, Kisama?" Hiei growled as he paused in his attack, sword still raised menacingly.
"If you kill me, little Hiei, you'll never find Kurama…Especially with him warded and wounded like he is…" Jirinti smirked as the fire demon barely held down his desire to sever the demon's head from the rest of his body.
"No, you would never find him." The pale demon took a step towards Hiei, who kept his defense up but did not attack. He took another step. "You have no other choice but to give me the ke-"
Jirinti never finished as he was shoved forward by Yusuke's large shot of spirit gun. The demon collapsed as the energy pushed him into the ground, burning the skin on his back slightly before dissipating.
"No! Yusuke, he's the only one who knows where Kurama is!" Hiei screamed as he ran over to the limp body on the ground.
"Relax, Hiei. I only knocked him out. I know that we need him alive. Come on, I'll get him while you go find Kuwabara. We'll get this guy in the Rekai prisons and question him when he wakes up."
"Hn. Fine." Hiei turned and walked off, not looking back as he flitted off to find the Fool. Yusuke turned back to the body on the ground before him.
"He's gonna have one hell of a headache, though."
-Same Time ; Makai – near the Koorime Island-
Kurama shivered again as his head continued to ache. The darkness around him was anything but comforting and he stood silently in the middle of it all, not moving. He shivered again and a small patch of light disturbed the blanket of darkness.
Another shot through the black cover as another shiver ripped through the fox's body. Kurama could tell he was waking up and, as he closed his eyes in the darkness, he opened them up to the familiar ice cave.
Kurama groaned as another wave of shivers, accompanied by a painful pounding in his head, racked his weakened body. If he did not get out of the cold soon, his human body was sure to catch pneumonia or possibly undergo hypothermia.
The fox tried to stand up, the chains once again adjusting as he managed to stand weakly on his feet, pain shooting though his midsection yet again. The kitsune looked around at his bleak surroundings, finding nothing different from the last time he had checked for a way out.
Kurama weakly pulled against the chains, leaning forward painfully and merely pulling with his own weight. His strength was dwindling to the point where he couldn't do much more.
Suddenly, there was a crack behind him, in the ice. Before he could balance himself, the hooks suddenly came loose and Kurama face-planted onto the hard snow beneath him.
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"…Ow…"
He had not been prepared enough to catch himself and he lay on the floor, shivering in the cold and moaning from the pain such an impact had caused on his wounds.
"What…the…" Kurama groaned. Jirinti must have been killed... Which meant…no one knew where he was.
Several seconds after this shocking recognition, he pushed himself off the ground and into a standing position. Shaking from the cold and his own weakening body, he moved slowly towards the stairs.
Every step seemed like a million and hours seemingly passed before he reached the outside. Blackness wrapped around the snowy world and a light snowfall was coming down. He stood in the small cave entrance, which led to the stairway down. It was slightly warmer here as the walls were made of rock, not ice.
He knew that his teammates must have defeated Jirinti, that's why the hooks gave way. Without his ki, they were not meant to stay in the ice. However, this also meant that no one knew where he was, and his body could not stand the temperatures of the small semi-cave that lingered over him nor the cave below.
He would have to venture out in the cold and take his chances. Hopefully he would stumble upon a town. Even as he watched, the snow seemed to lighten up and the number of snowflakes began to decrease.
"Somebody up there loves me…" he whispered as he thanked his fox god, Inari.
Kurama pressed his hands to his pierced stomach. The blood had slowed in the coldness but the wound was still seeping the red liquid. The wound would take too much energy to heal here. He needed as much of that as he could reserve to keep him warm.
Sighing, he stumbled out into the snow, trailing the chains from his wrists lightly behind him.
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DUD: WEEEEEE! Now wasn't that fun!
Audience: O.O -Silence-
DUD: Hn. Party Poopers!
Kit: I….am SO FREAKIN LOST!
DUD: Sigh…Okay, those of you who are lost, raise your hand.
Several dozen hands go up-
DUD: That's funny…I remember only letting three people read this story…Hmm shrug
Alright! Basically, Kurama has this amulet, (yes, it will be explained in the next chapter…or maybe the one after that…), Jirinti is a demon that stole the amulet in the first place. But the tentai stole it back. How Kurama's got an irremovable magic artifact around his neck, that too will be in further chapters. Anways, here's the story line so far.
Jirinti Stole amulet.
Tentai stole it back
Kurama got it stuck on his neck (Heheh, funny…actually, but how it really happens isn't…but o well!)
One of the other tentai has the other half
Jirinti kidnaps Kurama, not knowing there's a key until later
Jirinti goes after Tentai
Tentai knock him unconscious
Kurama's freed but stuck in sub-zero temps. In the middle of nowhere near the koorimes.
He collapses
and that's the story so far.
DUD: Now, why I put it in such a confusing order…hmmm….that's a good question…
Audience: -Face vault-
DUD: Oh…I know…I had this crazy idea for a story at 1:30 in the morning, decided to start writing it, began with the wrong part, and decided to try a new, confusing style of writing to see how lost we can get the readers.
DUD: Anyhoo! Maybe I should have written it normally but this was fun. O well, it might have one of those fun, unsuspecting loops in it where the whole story suddenly makes sense…kinda like the ending of the Sixth Sense…hehehe…o well…
Kit: Please review. Even if all you say is… "Interesting plot…YOU LOST ME WITH THE FREAKIN ORDER!"
DUD: Yeah, maybe if I get enough of those, I'll change the whole order of the story just to make sense…Hmmm. Yawn O well, I'll deal with it tomorrow.
Kit: shaking head and looking for a hard surface to bang it against but finding every inch of every table and wall is duct taped with pillows
DUD: Yawn I'm going to bed now.
(\O.O/) Night peoples (\O.O/)