Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho (unfortunately...) T_T
Author's note: Akikaze is a OC that I've had for about the past two years. I'll give everyone a short back story on her so that no one is confused. ^-^' Akikaze is a Fox demon that can control the Wind. Her mother died during child birth and her father sold her to a group of bandits that traded/auctioned off sex slaves. The bandits considered Akikaze to be so beautiful that they kept her themselves instead of auctioning her off to a private buyer. For 8 years she was objected to their devious acts, and being whipped when she disobeyed. All of the bandits decided that instead of marking her entire body with scars they would only whip her back, this way her front side would always stay beautiful. Soon they found another young child to fuel their evil desires and took Akikaze to the woods to literally whip her to death. Just as she was about to die Akikaze snapped and in a blind rage (with power equal to that of an A class demon) slaughtered all of her torturers. Youko Kurama found her and brought her back to his camp. He sensed the girls hidden power and wondered if one day it could be of use to him. Akikaze grew up with Youko from then on along with a young boy about her age named Akio. Yuoko became the closest thing that she had to a father, and over time she fell in love with Akio. She became notorious in Youko's band of thieves for being a cold blooded ruthless murderer. After killing the bandits Akikaze found that she loved murder, it was an outlet for all of her pent up anger, and hatred for everything. Over the years she grew close to Akio a Shadow Wolf Demon, and eventually they became lovers. At this point in time Akio is Youko's right hand man (accomplished with Akikaze's help and influence).
About the title: Set Fire To The Rain-Adele
I think this song fits the first part of this two shot because although Akikaze isn't a fire demon I think the metaphor of her rage at the end is like setting fire to the rain. You'll see what I mean when you get there...
Side Note/Warning: This is a two shot. The second part will be up soon! Promise! WARNING: Profanity and some gore!
"Akio, what are you thinking?" Akikaze asked as she stared the wolf demon that she come to love over their years spent together.
To most demons they seemed like the most unlikely and unstable couple, they were opposite in almost every aspect. Akikaze loved to kill and showed no mercy in battle, Akio only killed when necessary and would show mercy to some demons (which usually backfired on Akio and Akikaze would have to clean up his mess so to speak), she was hot tempered while Akio was calm in almost every situation, she didn't mind being filthy and covered in her enemies blood, while he liked clean kills, she was a combat junky while Akio strategized. The list of differences between the two could go on forever, their favorite colors, time of day, and even their heights were different. Akio stood at 5'9 while Akikaze stood at 5'0.
She looked at her current best friend and lover as she lay beside him in their tent. Akio was on his back staring at the roof of the tent and thinking about something as he answered Akikaze, "Nothing important. Just about when we're going to leave and begin our own pack…" The young demon said turning on his side, his large green eyes boring into Akikaze's golden ones.
Akikaze was surprised by Akio's statement but said carefully, "It's hard for me to tell Youko…I haven't the slightest idea how he'll take it."
Akio smiled and curled up next to Akikaze his arm rapping securely around Akikaze's waist. Akikaze tensed at the sudden contact of skin on skin but slowly relaxed and settled her head into Akio's chest while stifling a yawn. Akio let his fingers trace the many scares on Akikaze's back gingerly; he had learned that him doing this soothed Akikaze to sleep. Which was ironic to Akio because normally when Akikaze's scars where touched she hated it. Slowly her body relaxed against him and he could hear her soft snores as he softly ran his fingers through her long thick fluffy white hair. Her fox ears twitched as he brushed against them causing Akio to think that he had woken her but she merely mumbled something incoherently and curled even closer to him. He smiled as he slowly removed himself from her sleeping form, careful not wake her and placed extra pillows around Akikaze. He grabbed a black bag from beside his bedside, staring at Akikaze as she shifted and curled her small form around one of the pillows. Before leaving their tent Akio placed a blanket over Akikaze's curled up sleeping form. 'She's so peaceful when she sleeps, hard to believe she's a foul mouthed evil mini tyrant when she is awake…she'd kill me if she could have heard that thought just now.' Akio thought as he let out a quiet chuckle as he exited the tent.
Akio looked around to see the camp quiet and motionless, fires were smoldering, and some loud snoring could be heard as his fellow thieves slept in their prospective tents. Akio using his wolf speed quickly exited the camp and made his way toward Blood Castle. On his way he thought about why he was pulling this heist; alone. He could tell that Akikaze was unsure of his thieving abilities that if they ran off to start there own pack, their own band of thieves; he wouldn't be able to lead them. Although few things unnerved Akio, Akikaze's mistrust of his abilities aggravated him to no end and tonight he would prove her wrong by pulling off this heist all by himself. In battle they trusted the each other with their lives but in this case Akikaze was unsure of Akio. 'That's the true reason why she doesn't want to tell Youko we are leaving, or at least the bigger part of it.' Akio thought as he came upon the castles borders, hiding himself in the forest on the outskirts of the grounds.
He chose this castle for one item, and one item only. The precious and invaluable Blood Ring. The ring was merely a beautiful garnet stone that was encased in hard steel, to fit on the hand like a ring but what made it so invaluable was the immense power it held. Countless demons over countless centuries had wielded the powerful ring possessing it until death, before dying the welder would pour all of their energy into the ring, storing it until the next holder came upon it. Now the ring was kept hidden, and safe from anyone who wanted to possess it. 'Until now.' Akio thought as he counted the guards all around the fortress. He chose this ring for two reasons. One: Garnet, the color of the ring, was Akikaze's favorite color; she said that garnet stones emitted a crimson shine that reminded her of blood. Two: It would give Akikaze's current demon energy such a boost that she could rule all of demon world with one finger, and if Akikaze loved something more then death, carnage and mayhem it was power. '55, on the outside altogether, 32 on the top towers and 23 on the lower levels…maybe 50 more inside.' Akio thought as he quickly realized that his speed would be his best advantage here along with his shadow powers of course. Silently he slipped into the shadows, his physical body disappearing and becoming part of the shadows that enveloped the ground beneath him. 'The perfect night for a new moon.' Akio thought as he traveled carefully through the shadows of the earth and then through the shadows of the guards until he reached the interior of the castle, he could tell he had entered due to the fact that there were now less shadows for him to move in and out of unnoticed. Seeing no moving shadows he emerged from them to see his surroundings a normal torch lit corridor with two guards approaching. He quietly sunk back into the shadows and made his way carefully towards the East Tower where the Blood Ring was supposedly kept. Finally after an hour of searching he found the location of the Ring.
Two guards were outside of the room, guarding the doors while another four were inside keeping constant watch on the ring. The Blood Ring sat on a black pillow, its stone covered with sutras and talismans to keep the Rings' mighty power from bursting out of the stone. Akio's wolf ears twitched listening for words to be said between the guards but none of them spoke. Cursing in his thoughts Akio went back outside the corridor and reaching out through the shadows of the flames from the torches, he knocked the torch out of it holder and quickly reentered the shadows before the torch even hit the ground. Once the torch hit the ground its sounds echoed through the corridor and before long five guards from the room that held the Blood Ring stood in the hall unsure of what had happened. As they whispered amongst themselves Akio began to slip away, until one of the men asked loudly over all of his fellow guards, "Hey do you guys feel that?"
All of the other guards stopped and could feel an out of place presence.
"Shit! The Ring! Protect the Ring!" The guard shouted as he rounded off towards the room where the Blood Ring was kept. Akio using his speed made it to the room before the guards, knocking out the one left remaining in the room. Akio had no time to think as he scooped up the Ring and threw it into his small black bag; as soon as the Ring was removed a loud annoying alarm filled the air the made Akio want to cover his sensitive wolf ears in pain. 'No time for this!' He thought as he quickly entered the shadows, as he did he heard the guards enter the room and knew that they had saw him exiting through the shadows.
"Shit!" Akio cursed loudly as moved from shadow to shadow looking for a way out of the castle without any complications. As he finally entered the outside grounds he noticed that dawn would be coming soon, he had to get a move on! However before Akio could advance any further he was surprised when light flood his path, allowing him no way to travel. He could see that he had miscalculated when counting guards, around him, or around his shadow, now stood around 200 guards, and now they all knew what he was. It was the worst case scenario for two reasons. One: If he tried to connect with one of the guards' shadows, they would only move away from him before he could possess their shadow. Two: He was down to half his demon energy and the more time he spend as a shadow the more demon energy he wasted. Slowly Akio emerged from the shadows to stare sure death in the face. He tightly gripped the bag that held Akikaze's ring.
One of the main guards stepped forward and said, "Give back the Ring and you will leave with your life."
Akio gripped the bag tightly his ears and tail twitching with irritation but in this case he knew that he had lost. Beaten he threw the bag towards the guards feet, the Ring rolling out and touching the tip of the guards boot. At first the guard seemed surprised but he recovered, carefully picked up the bag and then the Ring never taking his eyes off Akio. Some of the guards sounded agitated at Akio's easy defeat, they wanted blood damnit! Just as the guard rose his hand to allow Akio safe passage back into the forest a loud roar erupted from the back of the group of guards. The first speaking guard rolled his eyes as, what appeared to Akio, to be a Lieutenant of the guards entered the front of the group. Unlike the other guards who were ogre like and weak this demon gave off a powerful demonic aura. He was a giant compared to the others; he wore the same armor and had a giant claymore at his side. From the demons scent and his appearance Akio knew that he was a Boar demon.
"General, why are you letting this thief go?" The new demon on the scene asked the other guard disapprovingly with an evil murderous glint in his eyes.
The General held up the Ring and said, "He gave the item back, we have no quarrel with him."
The Lieutenant smirked evilly, "Now what do you think would happen if we let him go back to his other thieving friends?"
The General stared at the Lieutenant with an unreadable expression on his face.
"I'll tell you." The Lieutenant said pointing at Akio and angrily shouted," He'd tell all his pathetic buddies and say "Man you should steal from Blood Castle; they just let you off with a warning!" Now is that the kind of message we want to send boys?" The Lieutenant asked his fellow guards as all of them basically said, "Hell no!" The evil Lieutenant smirked and while staring Akio in the face.
Akio knew that no matter what he said now, it wouldn't matter; he glared at the Lieutenant and got into a defensive fighting stance as the Lieutenant shouted, "Kill him, and show no mercy!"
Akio's eyes widened in fear as he heard many of the guards rushing towards him. He quickly dodged some of their attacks but others hit him. His arm and back seared in pain as he felt warm blood flow from his open wounds. 'I have no choice. I have to get back to Akikaze!' Akio thought as his demonic energy crackled around him, while avoiding the guards attacks he focused his energy on every guard on the grounds and manipulated his demon energy into all of their shadows. Using this control he made the guards shadows creep up their legs until they where completely enveloped by shadows. With a clenching of his fist all of the shadow like cocoons crushed his opponents, sending bones, guts, and blood everywhere onto the now crimson ground. 'That was about 35% of them…' Akio thought as he struggled to stand, that attack took a great deal of his demonic energy.
Some of the guards in the air stopped their attacks shocked at seeing so many of their numbers wiped out at once; others didn't care and headed right for Akio. Akio looked up just in time to move out from under the broadsword of one of the guards, which would've pierced his skull, only to be cut deeply by another attack behind him. He instantly felt his shoulder go limp well aware that the cut went through down to the bone. He could feel the blood spiting from the wound as he saw an opening towards the woods and took it. Half way there the Lieutenant blocked his path and with a murderous grin on his face punched Akio in the middle of his chest sending him crashing into the castles outer walls. Akio could feel all the ribs that the punch had broken and as he gasped painfully for air knew that one of his broken ribs had punctured a lung.
"Akikaze…" He pitifully said as he gripped his heaving chest and watched the Lieutenant make his way towards him. Akio saw the General leaning against on of the castles pillars, in a last ditch effort he gave the General a pleading look. The General hung his head and began walking away. 'Coward.' Akio thought as he looked back to his current situation. Akio saw some guards carefully lingering behind their higher ranking officer waiting for orders, as the Lieutenant now stood before him.
"You have been a pest tonight, killed many of my men, and for that you will die this morning." The Lieutenant said as he raised his sword above his head the sunlight seeming to emit from behind it.
'The sun…' Akio thought as he looked down and noticed that he had a shadow. Just as the Lieutenant brought down his sword, Akio using the last bit of his energy seeped into his own shadow and made his way home; leaving the Lieutenant cursing behind him as he headed back into Akikaze's arms.
Akikaze awoke in the late morning getting up she stretched letting the thin brown blanket that covered her naked body fall to the side. She sniffed the morning air, her tail and ears twitching in happiness as she thought, 'No nightmares last night…' All her happiness died however when she looked to her bedside and found Akio gone. 'That's strange…' Akikaze thought a she moved around the tent gathering her clothing. She put on her black yukata and stepped out to see the camp busy with activity. She walked her way towards Youko's tent; few demons greeted her as she passed while others avoided her altogether. She entered Youko's tent to find him conversing with some of his high in command thieves. 'We'll be pulling off a big heist soon!' Akikaze thought excitedly her tail and ears twitched in anticipation while she asked Youko as he looked up at her, annoyance written all over his face, "Where's Akio?" 'He should be here…' Akikaze thought knowing that Akio being Youko's right hand man should be here for the planning part of all this.
Youko glared at her as he said coldly, "I thought you could tell me."
Akikaze was surprised and mumbled, "Maybe he went hunting…or to the springs for a bath…"
She saw Youko's ears twitch as he said, "Go look for him and when you find him tell him that he needs to report to me." With that Youko went back to conversing with his fellow thieves. Some of the thieves gave Akikaze glares as she began to exit the tent, until one of them mumbled something under his breath.
Akikaze now angered turned around and glared murderously at the thief asking calmly, "What did you say?"
The thief smirked at her and said, "I said I bet you're lover has left you for another." Akikaze's pupils became slits and glowed yellow as her claws extended ready to strike the demon down but Youko's vines beat her to the punch.
Youko manipulated the vines tightly around the demons neck slowly suffocating him as he coldly stated to his fellow thief, "When you are in my presence you will not insult Akikaze or Akio. Do I make myself clear or do you all need a demonstration?" Youko smiled evilly as he tightened the vines around the demons neck, making blood begin to pool from the demons eyes. The other thieves nodded their heads in understanding while the suffocating demon pulled at the vines, clearly trying to nod his head yes. Youko smirked and released the thief, his vines disappearing behind him. The demon gasped for air and coughed up blood as Youko turned to Akikaze and said calmly, "Find Akio."
Akikaze nodded at him, sending him a small smile of thanks before exiting his tent and making her way into the surrounding forest around the camp. After an hour of searching, and making sure to check the springs first, Akikaze finally found Akio's scent on the opposite side of the forest. 'Damnit with so many demons coming through the woods it's hard to find even one scent!' Akikaze thought angrily as she began to follow Akio's trail. 'What would he be doing all the way out here?' Akikaze wondered to herself knowing that she was at least 4 miles from camp, well out of the thieves 'safe zone'. She kept following the scent until she stepped in a puddle. 'But it hasn't rained in days…' Akikaze thought in confusion as she looked down to see her bare foot standing in a pool of blood, her foot now covered with the beautiful crimson liquid. She stepped out of it and kneeling down sniffed the blood. As soon as she sniffed the blood her eyes widened in horror.
"Akio!" Akikaze shouted at top of her lungs, forcing her energy into her shout, letting the wind carry her voice around for miles. She listened for a few minutes, her ears twitching in every direction listening for the smallest sound. Then to her right about 20 yards away she heard the smallest whimper.
"Hold on Akio!" Akikaze shouted as she quickly ran towards the whimper. What she saw would haunt her for the rest of her life as she rounded one of the trees in the forest. Akio sat against a tree, covered in blood, his right arm hanging literally by a thread, bruises and cuts covering his entire body. His body was illuminated by the sun, and his complexion was pale as he slumped against the tree.
Akikaze stood in fear believing him to dead until Akio heaved and coughed up blood. She snapped out of her shock and ran over to Akio carefully cradling him in her arms.
"Akio?" Akikaze asked as she laid his head in her lap tears beginning to come to her eyes but she blinked them away as Akio slowly opened his beautiful dark green eyes.
"Kaze-" Akio began heaving as blood poured out of his mouth and onto Akikaze's hands as she held his face.
"Akio what happened to you? Who did this?" Akikaze now screaming asked him popping his cheek with her hand trying to wake him up as her body began shaking uncontrollably.
Akio opened his eyes to see the sun shining behind Akikaze's beautiful white hair, her golden eyes full of concern and fury at the same time. Her lips formed a scowl as she said something that he couldn't hear as he opened his eyes completely to see her. 'She looks like a Goddess.' Akio thought as horrible pain erupted in his chest as he went into another coughing fit, feeling his blood filling his mouth, the metal rustic taste enveloping his taste buds.
Akikaze lightly slapped Akio's cheek to keep him awake as another coughing fit passed and he tried to slip away from her. His eyes seemed to clear as he stared up at her. "Didn't you hear me? I asked who did this to you!"
Akio now able to hear Akikaze could only force out weakly, "Blood Castle."
Akikaze's eye widened in disbelief, she felt anger, betrayal, sadness, love, and even hate all at once as she shook Akio's body to keep him awake shouting, "Why in the fuck did you go there? Who did you take with you?"
Akio took in the biggest breath he could take without causing another coughing fit. He knew it would be his last, he could feel his body and energy fading away as storm clouds blocked out the sun, lightning flashed behind Akikaze as he whispered, "I went alone, I went there for you, for the Blood Ring." He paused as his body went into a seizure, he could feel his core slowing down, his eyes rolling up into the back of his head and his throat becoming clogged with blood.
Akikaze held onto Akio's body temporarily forgetting her anger towards him as he went into a seizure sure that these where his final moments, tears filled her ears as she burrowed her face into his thick black hair taking in his scent. 'You idiot…' Akikaze thought as she cried into Akio's hair. Slowly his body stopped jerking and she released him to see him staring up at her. At first she thought that he had died with his eyes open but was shocked when he blinked up at her. Blood now pooled from his mouth, covering her hands.
'No I have to tell her this!' Akio thought as his seizure began to fade his eyes coming back into focus to see Akikaze staring down at him with tears in her eyes. Using the last of his physical strength Akio using his left hand gripped Akikaze's hands, which where cupping his face. He rubbed her fingers gingerly as he felt himself fading away, he whispered. "I love you; I have in this world and will in the next. Forgive me Kaze for leaving you to soon, you will love again, but know that I love you and I always will…" Akio felt one of Akikaze's tears hit his cheek as he faded away, with a peaceful smile on his face.
Akikaze's eyes widened as Akio's hand fell from her hands and landed limply on the ground, to her ears it was the loudest thump she had ever heard. She watched Akio's eyes close and a peaceful smile come across his face as lightning once again struck behind her and rain began to pour. Akikaze felt so many emotions they overwhelmed her, her eyes began to glow brilliant yellow, her tears mixing with the rain and Akio's blood on the ground. A furious Wind surrounded her and Akio's body tearing all of the trees within 60 feet of them into splinters.
"AKIO!" Akikaze screamed at the top of her lungs, letting the wind carry her voice for miles as she projected her anger, fear, sadness, and hatred towards the sky sending the Wind above her creating a huge tornado. For a few moments the sky was clear and dry. Akikaze screamed in pain and hate as her power reached it's maximum but she kept pushing not caring if she died; she wanted to. She could feel the Wind beginning to tear at her skin, each cut becoming deeper then the last, and soon her own power would consume both herself and Akio. Then in Akikaze's moment of maddening self destruction a thought occurred to her.
'The fuckers that did this to him are still alive!' In an instant she dropped her power level down to normal, the Wind slowly dying around her and Akio. She looked down at Akio to see that her Wind had placed even more cuts on his body; however they did not bleed, due to that fact that he had no more blood to shed. She looked down at his peaceful face as she picked him up bridal style in her arms and walked out of the massive crater that she had created. The cuts on her body began to close as she slowly walked towards Castle Blood. To say that she had a murderous look in her eyes was an understatement. As the pouring rain washed her and Akio's bodies clean of blood Akikaze hissed,
"They will all perish and tonight it will rain blood."
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