Ch. 2 Strange Meetings (note: these are not the official titles...)
Akihito was running from a group of demons, which was the usual thing to do. He would run until either he would out run them or he would just stop and fight. He had been running for a week straight, and Akihito kept running until he heard one of the demons mumble something.
The demon mumbled, "Damn this kid! He's just like Yoko Kurama, running away from his fights! What I would give to pound his face."
Akihito stopped and turned to the demons. He yelled, "What did you just say?!"
"Oh what? Did we make you mad with that comment?" Laughed one of the other two demons.
"No. What did you just say? You said something about someone named Kurama. Who?!" Akihtio was very angry.
"Kurama?" Demon three was confused.
"We were talking about Yoko Kurama." Informed demon one.
"Who's that?" Akihito looked at demon one.
"Like we'd tell ya." Laughed demon two; but just as soon as he finished his sentence, Akihito blast his head and one of his partners' head clear off with his Spirit energy then aimed at the last demon.
"Who is he?" He glared.
"A fox demon. He was a bandit." Spoke the remaining demon trying to save his head.
"What do you mean was?" Akihito still holding his arm out aimed at the demon.
"Word is he went to Human World, never to come back." The demon could feel Akihito getting angry again.
"Dammit! That doesn't help!" Akihito grabbed the demon's head and blast it off; and at that monent, Akihito got a glimpse of a fox demon with dark silver hair and gold eyes.
-"Wha...Was that him?"- Akihito stared at his hand seeing that it was alittle less faded but just barely.
-"What's that?"- Akihito heard a noise from behind him; and when he looked a human looking demon with long black hair jumped right over him, landed by the other demons' bodies, and turned to Akihito with Akihito looking straight at him. The demon looked side to side at the demon's bodies.
"Low lives." He said to himself.
"Who are you?" Akihito aimed his fists at the demon.
"I could ask you the same question. -Hey, you're a ghost," remarked the demon observing Akihito wih the same shade of blue eyes as Akihito himself.
"And you're a Mazaku I take it. Nice tribals" Akihito lowered his aim seeing that the demon didn't mean any harm and noticing the blood red tribal markings which are all over the demon's body.
"Yeah. I'm Hero Higrashi," he stuck out his hand introducing himself.
"Akihito Minamino." Akihito shuck his hand.
"Wait. Minamino?" Hero was confused.
Before Hero could say another word, a much older human looking demon with shoulder length black hair ran to them.
"Son, wait," the demon breathed heavily catching his breath.
"Dad, he's a Minamino." Hero turned to his father.
"What?" He looked at Akihito. "Oh crap. He has his father's eyes," Hero's dad said in shock.
"You know my father?" Akihito sorta demanded.
"Of course, I was his best friend." He answered now fully caught his breath.
"Does that mean you also know my mother?" Akihito questioned.
"Yes, we all were old neighbors. Your father passed away years ago, but I know your mother's well." He explained. "But it's amazing. You look almost exactly like Suichi."
"He must be my brother! Wait, if you know my parents, then shouldn't you be humans?!" Akihito couldn't contain himself.
"We were, until we are trapped here. We've been here for ten years, being here has changed us." Hero's father informed.
"Oh." Akihito looked away.
"My name's Hiori. And I believe you've already met my son, Hero." He introduced himself.
"Akihito." He looked back to Hiori and Hero.
"We shouldn't stay here much longer. More demons are coming this way." Hiori looked over his shoulder sensing demons.
"Lets go!" Hero jumped into a tree and started running through the tree tops with his father and Akihito following.
An hour past, and the group was still running. Up till this point, they had gone in silence.
"Answer me this: what do you know about my brother?" Akihito looked to Hero and Hiori.
"Suichi? He was my best friend. We lived next door basically ever since Sam was born." Hero answered back.
"Sam? Who's that?" He questioned.
"Sam's my daughter. She and Suichi were childhood sweethearts." Hiori had a laugh in his voice.
"Yeah, she always wanted to be with Suichi whenever we'd go outside and play." Hero also laughing.
"I wonder how they're all doing now." Akihito looked down.
"Probably better then ever, I mean, this is Sa-Hey!" Hero quickly jumped back and caught Akihito who had blacked out from exhaustion.
"Dad!" He yelled up to his father who landed a few seconds after Hero called him.
"What happened?" Hiori walked up to his son.
"He just blacked out and fell." He looked up to his father.
"It looks like he just blacked out from exhaustion. Come on. We have to find a safe place to let him rest."
They started running again with Akihito on Hero's back. Not too long after, they found a place to stay and laid Akihito on the ground near a tree.
"This should be good enough. We ran for awhile, so I doubt anyone will find us anytime soon." Hiori turned back to his son. "How's he doing?" He sat.
"He's sleeping." Hero turned to Akihito then back to his father.
"Good, then lets let him sleep. He'll need it for the upcoming tournament." Hero's dad folded his arms.
"Are we gonna attend?" He asked.
"Yeah, I think it'll be in our best interest to. But...in the mean time, we have to continue training and preparing for it." Hiori sounded alittle concerned.
"Right."
Hero and his father continued to talk about the next Demon World Tournament, but as for Akihito...he started to have another strange dream...
It was dark again...and cold.
Akihito felt nothing but the black obis which surrounded him. He couldn't move.
-"Where...Where am I?...I'm...I'm floating."- He thought to himself trying to stand and open his eyes.
Then he heard a voice...a kind and gentle mother's voice call out to someone, "Samora?"
Akihito moaned.
"Samora...are you awake?"
Now standing, Akihito opened his eyes to see a young mother awakening her four year old daughter. He was now also in the room but was invisible to the mother and her child.
"Yes, Mother?" The young girl sat up in her bed rubbing her eyes.
"Samora, Suichi and Hero are waiting for you outside." The mother replied.
"Suichi's here!" Little Samora very excitedly jumped out of bed and ran into her closet to change giggling.
Her mother laughed as well.
"No matter how many times I see you eagerly jump out of bed for Suichi, you're still as cute as ever," young Mrs. Mimi made her daughter's bed.
"I always wanna see Suichi," Samora walked out of her closet adjusting her light green shirt and green skirt.
"Mommy, do you see my black shoes?" Samora looked around her room.
-"Hey,"- Akihito began to think. -"She's Hiori's daughter...and she"-, he turned to Mrs. Mimi, -"must be his wife."- (same time as the next two)
"By your dresser, Sweetie," Mrs. Mimi pointed them out.
"Oh, thank you," Samora ran and put the shoes on.
-"I don't understand...Why am I here?"- Akihito thought still watching the two.
"You can go play now if you're finished getting dressed," the mother looked at her happy daughter.
"Yay!" She yelled in excitement running out the door to go play with her hands thrown up in the air.
...It all went black again...there was a short silence then Akihito could hear little Samora yelling.
"Suichi! Suichi..where are you?! Where are you, Suichi?!"
The little girl was frightened...terrified even. Her voice started to break with her crying.
"Suichi!"
"It's ok! I'm here," Akihito tried to find the girl as he anxiously looked around trying to find her.
She called out again; and this time, she sounded very near. Akihito turned around and saw her lying in her bed. It was a nightmare that had her screaming. Little Samora was still crying.
"Hey, it's ok now. It's just a bad" Akihito cut off in a gasp as he realized the more he tried to reach her, the more she moved away.
"Hey, what's going on?!" Akihito tried running but then felt the floor move underneath him.
"What the" Akihito screamed as he feel into the black obis again.
At the same time as Akihito's dream, Samora was also having a weird dream...
Samora felt herself in the same black obis she felt in her first strange dream...will this one be like the first? No. This will be worse then that one; for this time, Samora could barely move. She felt as if something was trying to crush her.
Then she heard a voice...it was a man's voice...and by what he was saying...he sounded like a doctor..."I'm sorry. But the infant didn't make it."
-"Huh? Wha...What's going on?"- Samora thought to herself still floating in mid-air with her eyes closed shut only able to hear the voices around her.
"What will we do about the body?" Questioned a nurse.
"Dispose of it as soon as you can. I don't want anyone to find such a thing," the doctor replied.
-"But...I'm alive!"- Samora almost yelled in her mind.
"Do it. End it," the doctor said walking away.
-"No! I'm alive!...Alive!"- She started to yell.
"Do it now," he said with a force.
-"NO! I'm ALIVE!!!"- Samora couldn't take it. She blast everything and everyone back even though she couldn't see the doctor; she still tried.
...nothing...everything went silent for a few moments...Samora heard little children laughing this time...they were...laughing at someone...Samora opened her eyes to see little kids all around her laughing and pointing. Samora realized she was a child again by her view of everyone.
"Ooh! Look what you did," teased one of the little girls.
"You're gonna be in bbbiiiiiiiigg trouble," taunted a boy.
"But...I didn't do anything," Samora tried to explain herself very confused.
One of the kids gasped.
"Here comes, Mrs. Micgrady!" He informed the other kids to run.
An old gray haired woman with a mean, very strict expression came basically stomping down the hall and into the open room with the kids.
"What have I told you! Never to do this again!" MicGrady seized Samora by her ear and started to drag her down the hall and into a room which looked like an office.
"Oww! Let me go!" Samora held her ear trying to slip free of the woman's grip.
As soon as Samora finished her sentence, the old woman slapped her so hard on the cheek that Samora fell to the floor.
"Don't you EVER raise your voice at me, you ungrateful BRAT!!" MicGrady looked as if she was just insulted for the first time in her life.
"But, I didn't do anything! What did I do?!" Samora held her cheek looking up at the old woman.
"YOU!! You want to know what you did! Fine! I'll show you what you did wrong!" She seized Samora once again but this time by the roots of her hair and jerked her around yelling at Samora to stand when she purposely swung Samora around so she couldn't.
The old woman dragged the little child by a mirror and made her stand by jerking on her hair again.
"That! That is what you did wrong!" She pointed into the mirror.
Samora looked...but saw a little boy with big blue eyes and blonde hair in the mirror...he looked to be not even six. Samora blinked...when she opened her eyes she saw MicGrady holding onto the little boy...she was back into her own body.
"But I can't control it? I don't know why it happens!" The boy tried to explain himself while trying to remove his hair from MicGrady's grip.
The old woman began to beat him.
"Don't lie, child! You do it on purpose!!" She was furious.
"I didn't!" The boy tried to block himself as much as he could.
-"Wait...could he be..."- Samora began to think.
"You deliberately dye your hair from red to blonde every half moon, you know it!" She continued to beat the little boy.
"No! It's not me!" The little boy was now crouched over with his hands over his head.
"Hey! Leave him alone!! -I was right! He's a half demon!- Stop!" Samora tried to stop the old woman yet she and the boy get bashed in the head by MicGrady with a big rock paper weight.
Samora jets up in her bed heavily breathing and yelling, "Nooo!!" While trying to calm herself, Samora placed her hand over her heart...
-"My heart's still racing."- Samora stared down into space.
"Oww." She placed her hand on her head and gasped to feel her head bleeding from the wound inflicted by MicGrady in her dream.
-"I really am bleeding."- She stared at her bloody hand.
-"I have to get this off and make the gash stop bleeding before Mom finds out."-
Samora got out of bed and cautiously tip-toed down the hall and into her bathroom even though her mother's room was on the opposite side of the house. She knew she couldn't take any chances if her mother had been awoken by her yelling. Finally once in the bathroom, she started to clean the unsightly gash in the back of her head.
"Damn, she got me good." Samora muttered to herself observing the medium wound. It was a good size gash for a freakin rock paper weight.
After she finished, she placed the rags in the dirty clothes hamper and noticed her blood was already starting to disappear.
"I love my blood for that. No mess."
Samora walked out of her bathroom and back into her room. She checked her alarm. The time read: 4:30. This was only thirty minutes before her usual wake up time. Samora decided to stay up since it was only a half an hour and walked out onto her balcony to get some fresh air. She was kinda out of it for the first few minutes she was out there then looked straight ahead into Suichi's room. She could see it clearly for the fact that his doors were all window doors.
-"Suichi's still asleep. Hee hee. I can see his feet."- Samora giggled to herself. This was the first time Samora had seen Kurama in his room and didn't go in and fall asleep on his floor. Everyone knew that if Samora wasn't in her house somewhere, then she was with Kurama. That's just how it was back then. Not much had really changed which was a good thing.
Samora smiled then waited for the time to pass. It was a very cool morning. The wind gently blew through Samora's hair. It felt so good to feel the wind and have the feeling of home all at once. This was the feeling Samora missed the most while she was away.
An hour past. Samora and her mother had gotten dressed and eaten breakfast. Samora gave her mother a hug good bye and headed for school; and as usual, Kurama was just getting out of his house. He and Samora began to talk about the upcoming events at their school as they walked together.
By the time they got there, they were a few minutes later then normal. They usually arrived at 6:30 when their school started for seven. Today they were there for 6:40. Kurama and Samora continued to walk down the halls which slowly filled with students. Five minutes later, Yusuke and Kurwabara arrived and walked up to Kurama and Samora.
"Hey, Kurama. I didn't know you came to school this early." Yusuke looked at Kurama.
"Good morning, Yusuke, Kuwabara. Actually, I usually arrive at 6:30." Kurama informed.
"6:30?! Geez, that's the time I wake up in the morning." Kuwabara commented.
"Morning, guys." Samora smiled adding herself into their conversation.
"Morning, Samora. How are you?" Yusuke turned his attention to her.
"Just fine. And you?"
"Same." Yusuke looked at Kurama then back at Samora then to Kuwabara noticing that he had just done the same...and they evilly smiled.
"What?"Samora tilted her head to the side confused.
"So how does it feel to be Kurama's girlfriend?" Teased Kurwabara.
"Yeah, you must feel really lucky." Yusuke joined in.
Samora and Kurama blushed.
"N-No. You have it all wrong. I'm not with Sui" Samora was cut off.
"Now now. Don't deny it, Sam. We all know it's true." A girl with long, gorgeous, flowing black and pink hair and green eyes walked up.
"Kiri...Kiriiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!" Samora yelled very hyperly and clung to the girl.
They both started dancing around repeating each other's names...and yes, they're chibis by this point. The boys just stood there and laughed.
"Geez, Kiri! It's been so long! I mean look at you! You're gorgeous!" Samora could barely control herself seeing her best friend in the whole wide world.
"And you're so preeeeetttttttyyyyyy." Kiri replied.
They hugged again then went back to the boys.
"I'm glad to see you're well, Kiri." Kurama little smiled.
"Oh! OH! I'm gone for two weeks and all you can say is that!" Kiri got easily offended.
Kurama laughed.
"You're the same as ever." Yusuke smirked.
Kiri could barely look at Yusuke's smiling face…..that oh-so handsome face that she had fallen in love with three years ago……….it's taken them two long years to finally admit to each other how much they loved each other. After they're long and agonizing struggle to finally reveal their love, they have barely been on a date thanks to the oh-so-loving-and-caring-damn-older-brother
Kurama. He's really been the reason Yusuke and Kiri haven't truly been on a good date…..good meaning no interruptions and being alone…….but all of that's about to change….now that the one Kurama loves is back (Samora is and forever will be completely clueless about love).
Fortune smiled upon them, for the bell rang meaning only fifteen minutes till class started which wasn't much cause some students had classes all the way across the school. Samora departed from everyone giving Kiri another hug and waving good bye to the guys. Kiri soon followed except going in the opposite direction (they both had their first period class alone). The guys headed toward their lockers to get the books they needed then went to class (yes, Yusuke is ACTUALLY going to class -thank you Kiri and Kurama-/lol).
The day went by pretty fast for everyone except for the classes Kiri and Samora had with Yusuke and Kurama. Samora continually slipped in and out of reality; and Kiri had her friends (mainly cough Yusuke cough) stuck on her mind. They both had paid no attention to their teachers whatsoever and had doodled in their text books all over the pages (yeah, we're THAT bored). Kurama couldn't keep his head straight and for once, instead of staring into one of his little books as he had always done in class, he stared at Samora for every class period they had together. And Yusuke couldn't get Kiri out of his mind (he was VERY happy she was back) and had already started to plan their big ACTUAL date together. I mean, with Kurama occupied with Samora, they should have no problem going on a good date...right? Wrong, for as the end of the day bell rang and everyone left the school, Samora had disappeared.
"Yusuke, have you seen Samora?" Kurama asked him as he walked up.
"No. Did you ask Kiri?" Yusuke shut his locker door.
"Yes, but she hasn't seen her either." He replied sounding concerned.
"She probably left already. She could've been in a rush. -Oh crap, don't tell me he's gonna stay by Kiri now that Samora's not here.-" Yusuke tried to blow it off.
"Right. Thanks, Yusuke." Kurama left.
"Ok, that wasn't normal." Yusuke commented to himself.
"Yusuke!" Kiri walked up.
"Hey, do you know where your brother's going?" He turned to her.
"He said he was going home. Why?" She only looked at him.
"He was looking for Samora, but she left already." He pointed out.
"So?" She didn't get it.
"So, me and you can go on our date now." Yusuke smirked.
Kiri smiled, and she and Yusuke left the school to enjoy their first actual date together. They knew Kurama would be thinking of Samora all afternoon, so he wouldn't be any trouble for them. Where was Samora exactly? Why, she was going around town, heading for the mall to be exact. She was off in her own little world not paying attention (again) and staring at the sky. It was a miracle that she didn't bump into anyone she was so spaced out. Just then...she sensed something. She stopped and looked forward. Very much to her surprise, only a few feet in front of her...was Shinobu Sensui. Samora's eyes went big...she gasped dropping her bag in shock. Shinobu stared at her for a moment then smiled.
"Shu...Shinobu?" Samora couldn't believe her eyes! She hadn't seen him in months! Why did he just pop up here...out of nowhere. A huge smile came across her face.
"Shinobu!" She yelled as she ran to him and threw her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her with a big smile on his face.
"It's been too long, my Samora." Sensui simply said to her.
"I...I can't believe you're here! I mean, what are you doing in Tokyo?" She looked at him.
"I came here for you, of course. Hagiri said that you were back, so I came. Speaking of which, he's enrolled at your school and will be starting tomorrow." He still had his arms around her.
"Really? Yay!" Samora threw her arms up into the air...(back to reality) They embraced again.
"I'm so happy to see you, Shinobu." She held on tight to her lover's neck. After a few moments, they let go.
"Lets walk around town, shall we?" Shinobu held out his hand in a very gentlemen way.
"Sure." Samora got her bag and grabbed his hand with that huge smile still on her face. Shinobu took the bag from her, and they began to walk hand-in-hand.
(To Kurama)
Kurama made it home to find it empty. He walked over to the counter where a note from his mother was sitting. He picked it up and read it. It read: "Suichi, Kokoda, Kiri, your father and I are at the store and will be back by 5. We have leftovers in the fridge or pizza on the counter if you want that. We'll see you three when we get home. We love you. -Mom and Dad" Kurama put it back down on the counter and went up to his room. He dropped his bag on the floor and looked out onto his balcony (door was open/breeze was in the room) hoping to see Samora in her room...but she wasn't there. He sighed then plopped down on his bed and, with his arms folded under his head, began to stare at his ceiling thinking only of Samora. He couldn't get her out of his mind, no matter what he did. The breeze gently blew his hair, but this had no affect on him. And he knew good and well that Kiri and Yusuke were out on their date, but this didn't seem to bother him either. He didn't care about them, his mind was only for Samora at the moment. He had so wished she would be lying on his bed right next to him. The more he thought the more he drifted into sleep until finally, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
