Yoko dodged to his right avoiding what looked like someone pulling the trigger on a flamethrower. A baby dragon about the size of a cat was attacking him. "That little bastard is pretty strong!" Kuronue commented. "Distract it while I grab the mirror". Yoko disappeared in a silver blur, the dragon stomped its feet then charged at the bat. Kuronue took to the skies, the little dragon hadn't learned how to fly just yet…but it didn't stop it from trying. It flapped its wings with all its might but it only hovered above the ground for a few seconds. Kuronue landed in a tree and watched as the dragon attempted to breathe fire at him, but all that came out was a poof of smoke. "Ran out of fire huh?" Kuronue averted his gaze from the dragon after seeing a silver blur out of the corner of his eye. Yoko soon appeared grinning, the mirror in hand. "That didn't take long.." Kuronue commented. The fox motioned for Kuronue to follow him, in a flash the spirit fox had vanished. Kuronue took to the skies once more making sure to keep track of Yoko. The fox stopped once he was far enough away from the baby dragon. Kuronue touched down landing next to Yoko, " Kuro look". Yoko was staring into the mirror. Kuronue followed suit, the mysterious girl in black could be seen running towards them. She was still a distance away. Yoko grinned, " She's come to steal the mirror…I'll get ahold of her this time…" Yoko took off in a silver blur towards her leaving Kuronue in a cloud of dust.
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Kimi came to a halt to catch her breath, she knew she would reach her destination shortly. She stiffened after having the feeling someone was watching her. She quickly spun around, but she saw nothing. Sighing in relief she turned back around…her eyes met with a pair of golden orbs. "Hello kitten, I've been trying to get a hold of you..but you like to play hard to get" She took a step back, she was in trouble and she knew it. She could take most demons..but Yoko was on a whole other level than her. In a flash the fox had knocked Kimi's feet out from under her. After she fell he quickly pinned her wrists to the ground and sat on top of her. "who are you? And why have you been spoiling my raids?" When she didn't respond his grip on her wrists tightened. She struggled to get out from underneath him but he was just to strong. After Kimi had finally given up hope and stopped struggling, the fox let go of one of her wrists and proceeded to pull off her ninja mask, he was taken abak at what he saw.
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As I studied the girls features I realized I couldn't pull myself away from her. She was very beautiful. I stared into her eyes, they were so…inticing. A bright blue, framed by long lashes…eyes that could lighten even the darkest of nights. I looked up hearing footsteps approaching behind me..it was Kuronue. As he came closer I noticed a look of shock fall upon his features...he obviously knew who this girl was. "let her go" is what he told me. I was hesitant to listen to him..after all this girl was quite a nuisance. As soon as I got up the girl quickly sprang to her feet, her gaze was fixated on Kuronue…and his gaze was fixated upon her. Neither one spoke a word, a few seconds passed and the girl took off running. I tried to go after her but Kuronue stopped me…
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Kuronue finally understood what Kimi meant now by saying "You died". She had stolen the monkey paw…she had wished him back to life. He stared up at the stars, laying in the grass..hands behind his head. He had told Yoko to leave him alone..but he could sense him approaching.
"care to tell me who your lady friend is?" Kuronue was getting a bit annoyed, "curiosity killed the fox" he wise-cracked. "Well I guess you don't mind if I watch her undress then" Kuronue turned his head a bit to see Yoko staring into the mirror they had stolen earlier, " Any time I desire I can see what she is doing". Kuronue got to his feet and stared into the mirror..she really was undressing. He tried to snatch the mirror out of Yoko's hand, but Yoko was just to fast for him. "Give it to me!" he growled. Yoko grinned, "not until you tell me who she is". Kuronue attempted to snatch the mirror once more, but to no avail. "its a simple question Kuro..I don't see why you wont answer it" Kuronue muttered something under his breath then glared at his comrade, "she saved me". Yoko raised an eyebrow, "saved you?"
Kuronue had mentioned something about some girl nursing him back to health. "That night…I died …and she…she brought me back to life with that monkey paw we were trying to steal".
Yoko could feel that sinking feeling again in the pit of his stomach, his best friend…really had died…yet here he was standing before him. Silence filled the air as the two friends stared onward at the grassy expanse before them.
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It was no later than 9 in the morning, Kimi was already up shadowboxing. The sound of leaves rustling in a tree above her caught her attention..but it was already to late. The frog demon that had sent her on her mission leaped from the tree and tackled her to the ground. "You tricked me! How dare you!" he shouted. He had paid her before hand to take on the mission…but she had never returned with the mirror he so desired. She pushed the frog off with ease and hit him with an uppercut. The slimy amphibian slammed into a nearby tree. "Stupid frog" she muttered. The sound of clapping emitted from behind her followed by a male voice, "bravo…youre much stronger than I though you would be". Kimi turned meeting eyes with a plump toad demon. Sensing his spirit energy she assessed he was not much of a threat. " who are you?" she demanded while getting into a fighting stance. "Lets just say Kaeru (he motioned towards the unconscious frog demon) works for me…". "So..you've come to "kill me" and take back the money he gave me" The toad demon grinned, "aren't you the insightful one". Kimi rolled her eyes, "your no match for me toad now get lost!". The toad glared and lunged forward, Kimi dodged his attack with ease, but was caught off guard as the toad threw some strange green powder over her. Immediately she felt the powders effects, her limbs were getting heavier and heavier by the second..she could barely keep her eyes open. She could hear the toad cackling in front of her. The slimy toad abruptly stopped laughing and began to cough. Kimi leaned against a tree for support and looked up at him, the tip of something metal was sticking out of the toads belly..he was bleeding profusely and coughing up blood. With a soft thump the toad demon fell over dead and there stood someone behind him….but who? Her vision was so blurred all she could see was a tall dark figure. The figure was now approaching her...
She was on the brink of unconsciousness by the time the figure reached her..just as she was fixing to fall over a strong pair of arms wrapped around her waist. She felt herself being picked up (bridal style) she tried to focus her eyes as best as she could..thats when she realized who was holding her. "Kuronue…" she whispered before succumbing to the darkness.