"Prisoner"
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Hiei had indeed found out that his sister and potential mate had been kidnapped by Tarukane to be sold on the Black Market for their bodies or tears that could turn into gems and was rushing off to catch up to Yusuke, Kuwabara and Botan to save the two girls.
The fire demon didn't know how it was possible, but he had gained an attraction to the mahogany haired witch.
She was a bit childish, but also strong willed and brave.
Dai was also the first one to ever forgive him for his sins, treat him like he was a normal person and not a monster.
When she had given him a hug and didn't jump back apologize, saying it was an accident or spur of the moment type of thing, he had felt a small warmth in his chest, but shook it off.
He was confused over his growling feelings, but he knew that he wanted her and he wasn't going to allow her to die or be sold or have her innocence taken away by another demon that would only want her for pleasure.
He suddenly felt horrified that they might just do that to his sister to make her cry her tears that turn into precious gemstones.
His fangs gritted as he opened his Jagan Eye, using it to search for his sister and potential mate's auras.
"They better be unharmed or I'll slaughter those bastards." Hiei growled.
(In Tarukane's manor…)
Sitting at a window looking sadly at the birds that sang beautifully outside of it was a short girl with long teal hair tied into a ponytail by a red ribbon that matched her lovely scarlet eyes.
She was also dressed in a very light blue, almost white, kimono with a dark blue obi tied around her.
The sound of footsteps made her turn to the door with a frown, sadness in her eyes as they glowed an icy blue color as frost covered the room, making the temperature drop rapidly.
When the door was opened, fear and confusion was shown on her face as her eyes returned to normal.
There were the Toguro brothers, the youngest carrying in the unconscious body of a girl that was chained and blindfolded.
A short man with a disfigured face, bald head and thin mustache dressed in a purple suit walked in with a grin that made the teal haired girl's skin crawl.
"We brought cha a roommate. Try not to freeze this broad." The man, Tarukane, said.
Toguro threw the chained up girl's body down on the floor, a curse coming from her mouth making them know that she was now awake.
"What is this? Who the hell are you? Where am I and tell me why I shouldn't kick your ass?" The girl snarled as she forced herself to sit up.
Tarukane laughed as he walked over to the girl, about to reach out to touch her cheek, but she then spat at him.
"Feisty little thing, huh? Well, let me tell ya what's going on here. I'm Tarukane. I'm the boss around here. You, little witch, are gonna be sold in the Black Market. You're my little money maker just like the ice dame." The disfigured man said as he whipped away the spit on his face.
He then set his sights on the teal haired girl, an idea coming to mind.
"Hey, why don't we see how tough this witch is?" Tarukane suggested to the brothers.
"Allow me." The elder said.
Sniggering, he walked over to the mahogany haired girl as his right hand transformed into a knife.
Grabbing her face, he then turned it to the teal haired girl so that she could get a proper view of what he was doing.
Elder Toguro touched the knife to the girl's face, bringing it down her flawless tanned cheek, a thin line of blood appearing as a few drops of the red liquid slid down her face.
The teal haired girl gasped in shock at the sight of the blood, but the other girl kept up her brave front.
"Get your hands off me, you scumbag!" she yelled as she jerked out of his hold and tried to snap her teeth at his hand.
That comment and action had her back handed down onto the floor before he then started to kick her in the stomach.
"Have anything to say now?!" the elder Toguro mocked.
The girl gritted her teeth as she tried to ignore the pain, willing it away to not give the sick monster any satisfaction of seeing her in pain or crying.
But she wasn't the one that they wanted to make cry.
It was someone else who had tears forming in her scarlet eyes.
"NO!" the teal haired girl yelled.
She fell to the ground as her tears of horror fell, the liquids turning into pearl like gems before they even hit the floor.
Seeing this hurt her more mentally than any physical abuse she would get, she just couldn't bear seeing someone being harmed just so she could cry her gems.
Tarukane snickered as he walked over to the fallen gems and scooped them up in his greedy, fat hands.
"Perfect. Nothing more beautiful than seeing tears of pain." He said as he eyed them with lust of becoming richer than he already was.
The elder Toguro stopped kicking the girl, then walked over to his younger brother, climbing up onto his shoulder again.
"We'll leave you gals to get acquainted." Tarukane said.
With that, he closed the door behind himself and the brothers.
(In Spirit World…)
Kurama was still glaring at Koenma, his emerald eyes bleeding gold a few times as his rage grew.
"Why would you send Hiei with that tape? You know he'll kill Tarukane and then Dai will kill you because Hiei will be put to death for murdering a human." The fox demon said.
Koenma sighed as he knew he was in deep trouble.
Yusuke had even called and yelled at him, insulting him for allowing Dai to get kidnapped.
"I understand that this is troubling, but I have faith in Yusuke and Kuwabara to keep Hiei calm as they save Yukina and Daisuke." The Prince said.
Kurama just kept his glare on his face as his eyes gave out the most murderous gaze ever since he had become human.
"You better be sure." He warned.
Koenma was crying tears of fear and hope at that moment.
If this was what Kurama was like, he was terrified to see what Hiei would be like.
(With Dai…)
Once the males left the room, Dai groaned as she pushed herself up onto her knees, but it was difficult since she didn't have her hands to help her and had to use her head to do it.
She looked over to where there was sobbing, but all she saw was the darkness from the blindfold.
"Why are you crying?" she asked the other girl.
"OK, I get it. That was a stupid question." Dai relented.
The other girl stood up as she walked over to Dai and her hands, which were ice cold, began working on the knot of the blindfold, undoing it.
When it was done, Dai was happy to see that she could see the room she was in had a window, but there were small papers with wards on them and there was a chair by the window.
"I was crying because of how cruel they were to you because of me." The girl said as she moved to sit down in front of the witch.
"Hey, that's not true. I have a record of getting people mad at me. That wasn't your fault." She said making the teal haired girl look into her crimson eyes.
"I'm Daisuke Motomiya by the way, but my friends call me Dai." She smiled.
The other girl returned the smile as she felt this friendly aura from the witch that calmed her.
"My name is Yukina. It's nice to meet you." she said.
Dai moved around to try and make herself comfortable, but it was hard to do with the chains holding her.
"So, why did those guys kidnap you?" she asked.
"I'm an Ice Maiden. We're a race of female demons that have the ability to cry tear gems. I was venturing away from my home world when I was captured." Yukina explained.
"Why didn't you fight?" Dai asked.
"Ice Maiden's, despite our name, are very gentle beings and aren't violent by nature. We always lived alone with no other demons coming to our world because it was very frigid and so we had no dangers and no need to fight." The demoness explained.
"Huh. So they force you to cry…Wait, was that why they hurt me? To make you cry? That's what you think?" Dai asked.
"I haven't been crying when they hurt me. I became friends with the birds and the Toguro brothers killed them. They didn't do anything." Yukina said sadly.
If her hands weren't chained, Dai would have placed them on this girl's hands to try and provide comfort.
"But they said they were going to sell me. They came after me for my power or be a sex slave, not to force you to cry." She said.
Yukina looked up with horror written on her face.
Would they actually do that to her new friend?
It was so monstrous for anyone, human or demon, to ever think of doing something like that.
With a small sniff, Yukina could tell that the girl was already claimed by another demon because his scent was on her.
What confused her was the fact that it smelt a bit familiar to her, like something she had smelt when she was much younger.
"I wouldn't worry. I'm sure your mate will come save you soon." Yukina said with a smile.
"My what?" Dai asked confused.
"Your mate. His scent is on you." Yukina pointed out.
Curious, Dai leaned her head down and sniffed at her clothing and caught the scent of smoldering embers and also a nice musk.
This scent was familiar to her.
Now she remembered!
It was Hiei's scent.
The scent had been filling her nose as he carried her around as he picked her up and jumped around fighting off those cultivated humans.
"Huh, I didn't even notice. Wait a minute…" she trailed off.
The word 'mate' finally seemed to process in her mind making her eyes widen in shock as her face burned bright red.
"He isn't my mate!" she yelled.
The Ice Maiden giggled at the witch's sudden shout, amused by how she was acting over this.
"Well, if he isn't your mate, then he must be close to claiming you." she said.
"Say what now?" Dai asked.
"You see, demons usually start their mating process in stages. The first stage is to establish some sort of mating ritual, which is rubbing their scents on each other. This mysterious demon suitor of yours has already rubbed his scent on you to warn other demons off." Yukina explained.
"The fact that I was kidnapped by demons seems to tell us it didn't work." Dai quipped making her new friend laugh.
The witch couldn't help but smile back at her.
There was just something about her that seemed a bit familiar, especially her scarlet eyes.
Not only that, but focusing on her aura, she could see that her ice power was a pure teal color that she had seen once before inside of a certain fire demon.
Looking deeper under the cold, she found a red glowing ember.
This Ice Maiden had fire inside of her.
How was that possible?
"Is something wrong?" Yukina asked when she saw Dai's frown.
"Huh? Sorry, just thinking of something. So what happens after the whole scent thing?" Dai asked.
"Then he would…mate with you. As in…" Yukina trailed off unsure of what word to use.
"Make love?" Dai offered.
"Ah, yes. Make love to you and then finally, to symbolize that you are mates, you both will mark each other." The Ice Maiden finished.
"Mark each other? How?" Dai asked.
She never knew this much about demons and here she was now learning about them first hand from a demoness.
It was a little weird to learn that one of her friends may be interested in mating with her, but it was also very flattering.
Normally guys never paid attention to her when she was with Hikari, Miyako, Sora and Mimi who are equally more beautiful than she is.
Even Botan, Yukina and Keiko are prettier than her.
Kurama was easily prettier than anyone she had ever met, which was a bit of a sting to a woman's pride to find out that a man was more beautiful and graceful than her.
"You would bite each other hard enough to draw blood. It's a bit odd, but this is how demons choose their eternal lovers." Yukina explained.
Dai nodded to this when she suddenly sensed four auras she knew well that brought a bright smile to her lips as she looked over to the window.
Yusuke, Botan and Kuwabara were making their way to their prison along with Hiei following a few feet away from them.
"What's wrong? You look so happy all of a sudden." Yukina noted.
The mahogany haired girl just turned to her with her kitty ears and tail out as they swayed and wiggled in pure delight making the Ice Maiden smile just as enthusiastic.
She loved animals, especially foxes and kittens.
"Let's just say we're gonna get out of here soon. But never mind that. Why don't cha tell me all about yourself and I'll do the same?" Dai offered.
Giggling, Yukina nodded.
To be continued…