They ran with the speed of a dozen cheetahs grouped as one. They moved in perfect unison, each taking step right after the other. But that did not stop it. That did not stop the wave that followed them, chasing them down as if they were the last survivors in the Makai.
In reality, they were the only ones being chased. The one with blood-red eyes was the first to realize this. He could not understand why or how this could have happened and why of all people it decided to target, it targeted them. But it had. And now they ran for their lives.
He was caught first. The one with the stunning beauty, so stunning, that many questioned how a human could possibly have gained such incredible looks. They even questioned his masculinity! But he was indeed a boy, and he was the first to be trapped.
The invisible wave that each boy had felt paused now as it trapped its first victim.
"Kurama!" The boy with slicked back hair called. He tried to run back, he tried to save his friend. But it was too late.
Already the wave encompassed him, his last words, "Keep going! You have a-" With that the wave swallowed him. The once visible wave vanished and begun its trek of keeping up with the boys again.
The carrot topped boy swallowed and pulled his best friend away, "Yusuke! We have to go! MOVE!"
The large boy pushed Yusuke to his feet and they began their run again.
"Where's Hiei?!" Yusuke screamed.
Almost as if the name was a teleportation device for him, the boy with blood-red eyes appeared next to them, his long black cloak trailing behind him.
Hiei looked at his comrades, at these two human boys whom he had come to trust over the years they had now spent fighting. Even the idiot Kuwabara, the idiot carrot head, had grown on him, though he still disliked the thought of him getting close to his sister. Yet he had come to consider these to two guys his comrades, his companions, his friends. A sharp pain struck his chest as he saw that it was only two of his friends who now ran beside him.
Kurama….. he thought sadly as he saw that only two remained with him.
While in his thoughts though, he had failed to notice that another of his friends had been caught. He watched in horror as the wave became visible once more. It swallowed the boy greedily. He could imagine a tongue licking its lips as it finished taking another of his friends.
"YUSUKE!" Kuwabara cried.
"MOVE!" Hiei yelled just as Kuwabara had yelled earlier.
Kuwabara knew he had to keep going and so they did. But they were growing weary. Especially Kuwabara. It was as if the wave sensed the fatigue that was taking over the boys. It licked its lips once more and dove forward, reaching Kuwabara easily. The bulky boy gave a yell as he was taken into the wave; Hiei only watched in horror as the fool was taken in.
But then, just as suddenly as the wave had taken him in, it spit Kuwabara back out and lashed out Hiei.
Hiei blinked as a tingly feeling crept across his entire body. It was as if a thousand bugs crawled over his body, leaving no room for him to feel safe. Then there was a tugging at what he realized was his demon form but he controlled it easily since the form he was in now was also his demonic form. The wave seemed to realize this and, rather reluctantly, pulled away from him.
Then, just as suddenly as the waved had appeared, it disappeared.
Hiei blinked and stared at Kuwabara as he realized that they were the only two left untouched by the invisible wave.