The moon shone brightly, contrasting the dark clouds that floated freely past it in the night sky. A girl with long brown hair and hazel eyes quickened her pace upon hearing the roar of thunder overhead. A storm was approaching and she still had a 40 minute walk ahead of her. The wind tugged at the girl's untamed mane, a light rain began to fall dampening her hair. "Great" the girl muttered. She was close to a park, she ran until she reached it and took shelter under a large wooden roof where four wooden benches lay spread out underneath it. She decided to wait out the rain. Lightning began to dance across the murky sky, the rain began to fall harder and harder. Every few minutes thunder would rattle her shelter.
Twenty minutes passed and the rain had yet to let up. She sighed contemplating rather or not she should wait any longer. Her thoughts abruptly came to a halt when a large hand grabbed her throat from behind her. She tried to scream, but found it near impossible. The hand tightened causing her to let out a strange choking noise. "That's not Keiko you idiot!" The hand loosened its grip and the girl quickly ripped the mysterious hand from her throat. She bolted from her spot on the bench and turned to face a pair of chilling red eyes. Whatever this thing was it was no man. Horns adorned the creatures head, its odd red colored skin glistened in the rain. "If she's not Keiko..then she isn't bait right?" Her eyes fell upon another creature, he was much larger than the first. He towered over the girl by over four feet, he had an odd turquoise tint to his skin. He didn't come off as being very bright. "Right! She's our midnight snack!" The girl began to back up as the strange creatures made their way towards her. The one who appeared to be the mastermind stopped abruptly, "wait Sif, she can be our little guinea pig! If she dies we eat her..if she doesn't then she'll die by our hands…and then we'll eat her!" The demon pulled out a crimson pendant from his pocket. "I found this beauty a few days ago. I have been too afraid to put it on out of fear my soul will be sucked inside." The girls wide eyes followed the pendant as it swung back in forth in the monster's hand. "You see, I've heard this pendant sucks in any soul that dies in its vicinity. But Sif hear heard if you place the pendant around your neck your soul will get sucked in that way…lets see which it is." The horned creature advanced towards the frightened girl, she flinched as he placed the pendant around her neck.
Nothing happened….
A grin spread across the monster's face, he turned to face his partner. " Well whatta know Siff, she didn't die…not yet anyway." The girl decided to make a run for it. She took off, not once looking behind her. "Hey! She's getting away!" The horned creature took off after the poor girl, "Hey you bitch! Gimme back my pendant!" The girl came to a halt and turned to face the creature who was a few feet away. "You want this!?" She ripped the pendant from her neck and threw it hard against a large oak tree. The sound of glass shattering filled their ears. "You dumb bitch! What have you done!" A strange wind began to pick up, a purple glowing blur caught the corner of her eye. She spun around just in time to see a large purple orb headed straight for her. She screamed as the strange orb slammed into her chest, effectively knocking the air out of her. In a blink of an eye her vision went black, she fell to the ground unconscious.
The demon didn't have a chance to contemplate his next move. A pain erupted down his torso. He turned to face a man with red hair and piercing green eyes. "Rose whip!" In an instant the demon lay slain, his eyes narrowed as the second demon took off running. He didn't get very far. A sword had sliced the demon's head clean off. Crimson saucers glared down at the bloody heap before them.
Kurama turned his attention to the girl. He picked her up after scanning over her limp form. " She has no visible injuries. I happen to live a few doors down from her. I'll take her home. I believe she lives alone, which makes things a lot less complicated." Hiei responded with his infamous, "hn" before jumping into a nearby tree and vanishing from sight.
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The fox made it to the girls apartment in no time. Kurama had moved in a few doors down very recently. His mother had thought it best for him to leave the nest and begin his own life soon after he graduated high school. He had chosen to rent out an apartment here since it was located relatively close to his mothers home. He began working for his step father's company to pay his bills.
Kurama only had two neighbors. He very rarely would see the teenaged boy who lived a few doors down. The poor guy worked three jobs and still somehow managed to go to college full time. That left his only other neighbor, Runa, the 19 year old female that lay unconscious in his arms.
Kurama carefully placed the girl on her bed and proceeded to erase her memories.
/\/\/\Early next morning/\/\
Runa awoke with a throbbing headache. She felt…different today. She sat up, thankful today was her day off. She made her way to her bathroom and splashed her face with water. Staring up at her reflection she stiffened. Her eyes widened as examined her face more closely,"My….my eyes!" she screamed. They were no longer their normal shade of golden brown, but rather a gorgeous indigo color. She didn't know what to make of this, eyes don't just magically change colors! A question suddenly swarmed her thoughts, why couldn't she remember her walk home last night? She began to undress to make sure nothing strange occupied her body, that's when she first heard the voice….HIS VOICE. "I never thought I'd be freed from my prison. I certainly would have never thought my soul would be merged with a weak human girl either…at least your hot" She spun around, "Who said that!?" The girl's heart began to race as her arm began to move on its own accord. Her hand began to squeeze one of her breasts. "I think I'm going to enjoy being in your body..at least for now anyways"
Runa screamed, was she losing her mind!?
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Kurama's eyes snapped open upon hearing his neighbor scream. He quickly sat up and ran to the girls apartment, upon sensing a strong demonic aura. Picking the lock to Runa's apartment with ease he followed the demonic energy and came upon Runa. He frowned, the demonic aura was coming off of her. She stared at him with wide eyes. That's when he noticed she was…well..she
was quickly shut her bathroom door and apologized. "Im sorry Runa, I heard you scream and…"
"No no don't worry about it, thank you for coming to see if I'm okay" she interrupted. He frowned again, he caught a glimpse of her eyes when he had quickly averted his eyes to her face upon realizing she was naked. Her eyes were no longer hazel, but rather a familiar indigo color. Was she wearing contacts?" He remembered her mentioning to him she had perfect vision, so it wouldn't make sense for her to be wearing contacts. He thought back to the strong demonic energy emitting off of her, his eyes narrowed. Something had to have happened to her last night. The fox was torn from his thoughts as the girl emerged from the bathroom, fully clothed I might add. Her red tank top matched the color of her cheeks, which were very red at the moment.
"Im sorry I screamed…I hope I didn't wake you." Kurama noticed she was staring at his chest, blushing profusely. Now it was his turn to blush, upon rushing to her aid he had forgotten to put pants on. All he was wearing was a pair of dark blue boxers. "I..I was already awake. Just not fully dressed yet." An embarrassed laugh escaped his lips. "As you can see…neither was I" the two laughed, trying to make the situation less awkward than it already was. The foxs eyes landed on the digital clock resting on Runa's dresser. *7:21*
"I'm going to be late for work!" the redhead exclaimed. He apologized once again before bolting out the door. The fox had wanted to stay and ask her a few questions, but the interrogation would have to wait. He had only been late on one other occasion, he had no intention of disappointing his step father by being late ever again.
Runa watched her neighbor take off before taking in a deep breath in an attempt to keep from panicking. Runa knew two things; First off, she had no recollection of the events that had unfolded the night before and secondly, her eyes had somehow changed color. Making her way back to her bedroom she fell onto her bed with a loud thump, could this day have started out any worse!?