At the time, Hagiri had had no idea of what he was getting into, and, right now, he hated himself for that oversight.
Backing up, he ran his hands along the wall behind him, looking for an exit between the grey bricks.
Carry out a simple order? Fine, he had thought. However, no matter who it was for, he
did not want to be trapped in a seemingly never-ending, dimly-lit maze, one with no obvious
exit. Purple eyes darting about in agitation, he crept slowly along the wall, as if the
fearsome shape of his captors could loom out of the darkness at any
given moment. He felt his breast pocket, making sure the golden lighter
he had been given was still there. It was. He let out a small sigh of relief and gripped several die
in his left hand, expecting the beasts to come at any moment. He was sure that ammunition would strike
just the right places to make them die slow and agonising deaths.
Keeping one eye on the other side of the corridor for them, he
leapt across a puddle of pinkish acid that glowed and sparkled in the faint light.
Making sure that the puddle wasn't following him –they had been known to do so on occasion- he
neared a fork in the path. He flicked a single dice down both tunnels, listening in case one of them led to
open air. He heard the dice flicked down the left passage connect with stone. He turned to the right
passage. He went down the corridor, sticking to the shadows, as quickly and
quietly as he could. He could feel fresh air coming down through the darkness in drafts that
ruffled his dark hair. He knew that he was finally approaching the exit, after so long in the darkness.
Silently he moved forward, the wind as his guide. Although as watchful as he could be, he nearly failed
to notice the shadow that had detached itself from the darkness. Thinking it could go
undetected in the sniper's watchful presence, the beast moved towards its prey. As it lunged, it
voiced a demonic cry. Hagiri whipped around and shot a handful of die at the creature.
Warm blood poured out of the wounds on its head and chest. Still, it approached him, its
xanthic hair obscuring its face. Grimly, he pulled out the lighter and flicked it on. The creature caught fire,
yelling bloody murder as it fell on the ground, burning until it was nothing but ash. Hagiri sighed as a distant
zephyr blew away the maze of words and the remains of the creature. One… 'fangirl' down… Hundreds more to go.
Long-ish story short, this was written a couple of years ago for a creative writing asseignment in class, were the first letters of each line had to be in alphabetic order. So, after about three minutes of thought, I wrote this piece... Which ended up being the most coherent story of the bunch. The format might make it a little hard to understand, though, sorry... Also, I apologize for the fact that it never states what exactly Hagiri's doing... or how he ended up in the maze... or who gave him the lighter... or whose orders he's following to kill the fangirls... I should probably make this into a longer, more coherent story. Tell me if you think I should! (If there's enough positive feedback, I might make it into a multi-chapter...)
In case you didn't notice, I was trying to mock Mary-Sues and the horrible stories they bring with them. I'm not sure if I succeeded very well...
Yuu Yuu Hakusho does not belong to me, reviews are greatly appreciated, and thank-you's to those who read all of it!