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(A/N. sorry for any out of characterness and as you well know I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho just Torrin. (sigh) like that's anything great.)
"Argh" a female voice grumbled angrily as a hand trusted its way out of the forgotten piles of rubble which had been looked over by raiders and the spirit world clean up crew alike. The broken bits of stone were heaving as a head finally peeked through the cracked slate colored stones. A woman tumbled from underneath the rocks of which she had been entombed.
The woman gave several dry haggard coughs, as if to expel dust from her throat. The cool air of the early morning felt undeniably comforting on the girl's skin, even though the soft zephyrs that whipped through the air made the many deep cuts across the woman's body sting. The one that hurt the most was the deep gash upon her arm. The skintight dark outfit the woman was wearing had been ripped and now hung over the woman's body in four large shreds. The girl gave another cough before dragging her wounded body off the pile of rubble that seemed like a mountain to her, in her weakened state.
The air had the distinct smell of moist dirt, from the rain that would no doubt come pouring from the already darkened sky. The woman looked up to the sky, after getting to her feet, though her stance was not a strong one she did not falter.
"I guess it's good I made it out now. Had it rained-" The woman shook her head then looked down at her sore hands. Her nails were chipped, uneven. Blood and dirt clung to the woman's hands, and was caked thick underneath what was left of her once perfectly manicured ebony nails.
"For this they should pay." The woman intoned angrily. "No one…" The sound of tumbling rocks caught the woman's ears. She sharply turned around to see the mountain of rubble sift, and collapse as a large ugly creature erupted from the stones.
"So you survived," stated the woman coldly looking over her shoulder at the large demon that had just emerged from the mountain of stone, which one could now clearly see was only so large because of his presence. "My lord Gladamus," the woman turned around fully to give a respectful bow to the large demon.
Gladamus gave the girl no mind only raised his massive and deformed face to the sky, and groaned angrily. The demon's voice bounced off the empty air making the girl's eardrums cry until his voice died away. The large demon thanks to the fact that his skin was largely impenetrable did not harbor any nicks or scraps from the falling rubble.
"My plan, how did it fail?" Gladamus growled angrily, to himself more than the girl that stood before him looking at him with marked curiosity. "How is it that that weak upstart was able to…?" Gladamus looked down at his chest it was bruised from Yusuke's attack, something that should not have happened. "How was it that his attack penetrated my skin?"
"Perhaps the fusion did not work properly. Though I don't understand what could have gone wrong" the woman mused out loud drawing the attention of Gladamus upon herself. Gladamus's beady eyes grew wide as he suddenly realized something.
"It was you" Gladamus growled at Sora who gasped when the large demon's voice rumbled hatefully in her ears. "Just as last time, this failure is your fault."
"No" Sora pleaded fearfully as she backed away from the clearly enraged Gladamus. The large demon snapped Sora up in his large hands far more quickly then the girl had expected.
"You may be able to manipulate your form and energy to appear like any creature that you want but you obviously can't copy their powers verbatim. And last time you were just careless."
"Please my lord I will not fail you again" Sora pleaded her voice strained as Gladamus's large hands grasped her, then his strong arms pressed her body to his. The demon seemed to be administering a deadly bear hug that was effectively squeezing Sora's body as if it were a tube of toothpaste. The sound of bones beginning to break though very muted was evident in Gladamus's ears.
"I know you won't" Gladamus stated coldly. The demon's grip grew even tighter, and though Sora struggled she could not free herself from Gladamus's iron like grip. The girl gave a croaking cough just before her body went limp in the Gladamus's hands. When Sora's head sank forward Gladamus stopped squeezing; the girl's life having been depleted the large demon tossed Sora's body to the ground, behind him.
"This is not the end Spirit World fools you should have killed me now. You will regret not having fin-" Gladamus gasped in a deep breath as his large body slumped forward languidly. Gladumus's face violently slammed into the ground.
Sora hovered over Gladamus her arm covered in blood that dripped off her jagged sharpened nails. "How dare you, try to kill me, blame your losses on me" The girl smiled then licked her finger, a look of distaste came over. "Tainted with malice, what a horrible taste," Sora spit a mixture of blood sweat and saliva from her mouth at Gladamus's form.
"H…h…how?" Gladamus stammered weakly noting that the thick liquid that was pooling about him was his own blood.
"It seems that demons like yourself have a vulnerable point just above the bases of your neck." Sora shook off her hand disdainfully, letting the remnants of blood that clung to it slide off and disperse into the air. "It can easily go unnoticed as it's covered by a flap of skin as impenetrable as the rest of your body, besides you ankle." Sora cast a short glance toward Gladamus's foot. "I found that out when I killed those other two fools you called comrades. They only got in the way, and now so have you." Sora's was cold admonishing, even as Gladamus's surprised eyes turned into unblinking lifeless orbs.
"Every time you enter my life Ravencroth things go wrong. I had meant for you to die. I had meant to rule Spirit World. But now… Now it seems I have my work cut out for me, and a few more names to add to my list of those I must destroy." The raindrops that the growing mass of dark clouds heralded began to fall to the earth. Sora had long since disappeared ready to put her dark intentions into action.
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"Not much is known about these demons, or the true nature of their powers. We do know that they are quite strong, and can really be troublesome." Koenma's voice rang in Yusuke's ears, as he raced away from a large crack as the earth began to crumble beneath his feet. This demon seemed to have to power to cause earthquakes at will.
"Great, just great" the indignant spirit detective grumbled to himself. As once again he had been sent out on another impossible mission. Fighting another unbeatable foe with no idea of what he was up against.
"I think Koenma actually wants me dead. Bet he's watching this right now, laughing," Yusuke grumbled to himself becoming even more angry. Things might not have been going so badly, if not for the fact that Yusuke had stumbled into this little fight alone, and unprepared.
"Had enough" the demon that went by the name of Kydryk inquired to Yusuke as a laugh rumbled from his throat. Yusuke shot Kydryk a glare that only made the demon laugh harder. Kydryk had a muscular form and at first glance appeared human, that is if one did not take into the account that his skin was an unnatural shade of green, and that he had large orange eyes, not unlike those of a fly's one his face.
"Enough of this!" Yusuke exclaimed stopping in his tracks. The earth beneath Yusuke's feet began to crumble as Kydryk focused his attack at the point where Yusuke stood, a move that baffled the demon, but he was not going to complain about an easy kill.
Yusuke, just before the ground went crashing down into a hole that seemed endless, leapt and prepared to send a blast from his spirit gun down at Kydryk who, was very much open to an aerial attack at the moment. "Spirit Gun!" the boy exclaimed as a fearful Kydryk looked on realizing he'd left himself wide open. A confident smile had dawned Yusuke's face as the blue ball of spirit energy was formed and ready to be released.
However, before Yusuke's attack had fully been unleashed a torrent of hot air shot up from the earth below, knocking Yusuke back and sending his spirit gun attack skyward. Whether it was just Kydryk's good luck, or if he had it planed, was uncertain though that did not keep the demon from giving a triumphant laugh as he now held the upper hand. Epically since Yusuke's plan of attack had landed the boy in a very bad position.
Yusuke was now, hanging on for dear life as his body dangled over the open mouth of a deep dark and seemingly endless chasm. An intense heat rose up from beneath Yusuke and the boy could already feel beads of sweat starting to form on his skin. "Damn" the boy swore trying to pull himself up.
Yusuke was able to get his chin up over the edge, before he was staring at the blackened soul of Kydryk's foot. Yusuke's growled that the prospect of his head becoming a doormat for Kydryk.
"I hope you don't have any unresolved issues. I hear they can be pesky especially for those who die." Kydryk began to press his foot down hard on Yusuke's head, the boy held on to the ground tightly. That was until a sharp stomp on the unsuspecting Yusuke's hand left the boy clinging haphazardly over the edge by one hand, and as Kydryk had just slammed his foot down onto the boy's other hand and was twisting as if trying to put out a cigarette; it was unknown how long Yusuke would be able to hold on.
Kydryk laughed and gave another hard stomp on Yusuke's already stressed hand. The spirit detective, not only had to fight to keep his hand from giving, he also had to fight to keep from crying out in pain. Beads of sweat slipped down from Yusuke's face which was contorted in a look of pain. Soon his hand would give. "Damn" the boy swore once again under his breath as Kydryk laughed enjoying the sound of the bones in Yusuke's hand crunching with each stomp.
"Die!" Kydryk raised his foot to deliver a finishing blow that would leave Yusuke plummeting down toward his death in the endless chasm. Just before Kydryk lowered his foot something fast moving and obviously sharp pierced his neck. And, whatever it was felt much larger than a pinprick. "Iyah" Kydryk said in response to the pain in his neck. The demon, forgetting about Yusuke, pulled the object of his duress from his neck. Once it was removed Kydryk gave the object a curious look.
"A flower?" Kydryk stated with deep curiosity before he realized someone else was present in the room. He looked at an opening in the wall to see a boy with long red hair gracefully land on the ground. Kydryk growled. "So there are more of you. Fine! Hah!" Kydryk exclaimed then made a sweeping motion over the ground with his hand. The earth seemed to blow apart in a path leading up to the redhead. Kurama jumped and nimbly dodged the chunks of rising earth that shot up toward him. Kydryk, sent wave after wave of the rock spurting fissures at Kurama until he just, literally, fell to pieces. Thanks to a swift black blur which, once the damage had been done could be recognized as Hiei. He was putting away his weapon and seeming most complacent about it too.
"What the hell are you guys doing here?" Yusuke inquired as Kurama helped him up, and to his feet. Yusuke massaged his tired hand, once he stood firmly on solid ground.
"Saving your sorry ass apparently" retorted Hiei, gaining a slight glare from Yusuke. "He caught me off guard" stated the boy grumpily. "How does that make you getting bested by such a weak demon any better?"
"You're lucky we found you Yusuke." said Kurama changing the subject to keep Yusuke and Hiei's tempers from flaring. "We'd better try and find Kuwabara and Botan, in case they've run into trouble themselves."
"Can I ever get a break?" Yusuke groused.
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(Somewhere over the equator/Who's evil space.)
Who: Well that's the first chapter I know I know. It'll get better. That is assuming you thought it was bad. You know how these set up chapters work gotta get some type of a plot ready.
Torrin: Honestly Virgin what took you so long?
Who: I was enjoying not being called, Virgin.
Torrin: Well you could get me to stop. I think you know the stipulations for changing your moniker.
Who: Well it's not like it's gotta be you I've gotta do it with.
Torrin: (raised brow) Oh, so you have someone in mind.
Who: I never said that! Why am I doing this to myself again?
Torrin: Because MY dear Virgin. I wanted you to, and as I own you. You must do what I want.
Who: (grumbles) Pretty lax with that rule aren't you?
Torrin: Well if you like me to be stricter then you could get on you knees and…
(Doorbell)
Who: Saved by the bell. Wonder who that could be? (Quickly goes to answer door)