Chapter Two
Kurama had been walking up and down the streets since he had left Keiko and Yusuke at the noodle shop. He continued to reach out for some sort of abnormal energy source. Almost twenty minutes prior he could have sworn he detected something. But it was so faint that he could only pinpoint a general area versus a specific spot.
Tiring of his bad luck Kurama decided a quick stop at the nearest coffee shop was in order. If he had planned to scout the area all night then he needed some sort of stimulant in his system.
Upon entering the coffee shop a line of people had formed at the front counter. It was not a waiting line more like a huddle. Like something a group of school kids would do when a cat fight would break out amongst school girls.
This however was not a school fight. A big hairy man looking much like a gorilla was yelling at a smaller baffled girl. The girl definitely caught Kurama's attention. She looked almost broken as the man yelled at her. She had long black tresses highlighted with a plum color. Her eyes were the color of the deepest ruby. They surely would shimmer if not under the current stress she was experiencing.
He was sure she wasn't a high school student her attire wasn't quite a school uniform. What caught him odd was although she looked like she was meek there was almost something about her that he could have sworn was far from that.
"Look, it's your fault for clumsily running in to me you stupid girl." The bigger man yelled.
"In all due respect sir you tripped over me I was simply just passing by." She offered. Her voice was so much softer than his.
"How dare you? Are you calling me a liar?" He yelled taking a step closer to her. The young woman in return re-treated a step back.
"I have no money I've already told you that." She pleaded.
Kurama wasn't sure what bothered him more the look of desperation on her face or the tone the man was having with her.
"I don't believe you for a second." The man seethed again advancing towards her.
"Don't you think you are over reacting about this?" The girl finally yelled at him no longer being able to retreat.
Gasps were heard from the crowd as the man grabbed hold of her wrist and knocked her down to the ground. He reached down to grab her wrist again to keep her detained. Keeping her still he raised his other hand up to strike her.
"Serves you right," he yelled out.
The girl struggled against him. This was not what she had expected upon exploring this place. Surprise took her as he not only loosened his grasp but also never struck her.
"I think that is quite enough." A calm collective voice came from a deep red headed man.
Hikaru was surprised and confused to the actions of this new comer. His blood red hair fell below his shoulder blades. His bright green eyes held a look of loathing as he looked at the grizzly of a man. He was wearing a dress shirt and dress slacks which looked like weird attire to her. In comparison to the bigger man this stranger was not as big of a man. Actually he was on the leaner side, but seeing how he was holding back the gorilla man, he had to have held some strength.
Kurama had the vile man's arm twisted behind his back painfully. Once he had released the girls arm Kurama lightly pushed him back.
Reaching into his pocket Kurama pulled out a fiver dollar bill throwing it down on the counter
"I believe this should suffice, although it is greatly un deserved." He whispered.
Kurama turned towards Hikaru and smiled genuinely.
"Are you alright?" Kurama asked.
"Why you son of a bitch!" was heard from the ill-tempered man. He swung at Kurama from behind. Taking a quick step to the side the man fell through the air and into a stand of assorted teas and coffees.
Kurama sighed never giving a glance to the man. He reached his hand down to Hikaru. She stared up at him like he was crazy. It didn't go unnoticed by Kurama.
'Is she scared of me?' he wondered to himself keeping his hand out to her.
"I'm not going to hurt you." Kurama whispered.
Her eyes lit up at that and a small smile graced her lips.
"Thanks," she whispered and reached for his hand to be hoisted up off the cold tile.
Hikaru's eyes widened the minute her hand came into contact with his. The coffee shop became distorted in darkness. She saw Red head man saying his goodbyes as he turned to walk out of the coffee shop. Energy shots came sputtering down into him after his foot stepped out the door. One went through his neck another two through his chest. The young man fell limply against the ground chocking on his blood before he stilled.
More shots came into the coffee shop. People screamed and scattered to get out or hide. Hikaru then saw the shadowing figure at top of the building as he jumped down to the street to enter into the coffee shop.
Hikaru saw herself running through the streets only to be ambushed by the other two of the three men who were after her.
She screamed as they hoisted her up to take her away.
The last image that she saw was two young men and a girl hovering over her red headed savior. Tears poured out from the young woman. One of the men leaned down over the fallen boy's body and cradled him as he seethed.
"Kurama, No" the black haired man called out.
The coffee shop returned to normal as the vision had passed by her completely. Hikaru looked up at Kurama still dazed.
"Are you alright?" He questioned letting go of her hand.
Hikaru still looked upon him with fear clearly in her eyes.
"There is no reason to be afraid anymore. He won't hurt you." Kurama pointed to the man that was currently being escorted out by two policemen who had arrived only second after the incident.
Kurama turned from her and began to walk towards the door. He turned slightly towards her.
"Take care," He called out. And just like in her vision he headed for the door.
"Kurama stop!" It only took her a second to react. He had only been within in a few feet of the door until she yelled out his name. He turned towards her confused as she made her way towards him.
That's when Kurama felt it. The strong energy level him and Yusuke had felt earlier. An array of energy blasts came down heavily through the door. Kurama felt himself jerked back as the girl with the long ebony hair pulled him back.
A stinging sensation passed through his left shoulder.
The whole coffee shop began to panic and scramble heading out the emergency exit to escape the chaos.
Realization dawned on Kurama of just what could have happened if he had not been warned. He glanced down at the girl who still held his bicep. The fear he had seen earlier that he dismissed was still in her eyes and tenfold.
"How did you know? And how did you know my name? Who are you?" The stream of questions just began to flow out his mouth unconsciously.
She shook her head.
"No time for that we have to get out of her now!" She yelled pulling on him to follow her.
"Tsk tsk Hikaru protecting a common human, just one more thing to punish you for." A taller man spoke from the once door frame of the coffee shop. He was lean and almost sickly pale. He had shaggy charcoaled hair. And his eyes bleed red in a demonic way. He wore a leather trench coat with not shirt under and matching leather pants with it.
Although he was handsome his aura reeked of darkness.
"No Nitami, please don't hurt him. He doesn't know anything he only helped me." Hikaru pleaded stepping in front of Kurama with a protectiveness she never realized she had.
"You mean that large disgusting man? Don't worry about him love. Let's just say decapitation is a good look for him." Whoever spoke walking closer to Hikaru.
She gasped sickness feeling her gut knowing just what he was capable of.
"After seeing the way you were clinging to him. He who is touching what is mine. Do you think I can possibly let him live. Come now Hikaru you know our rules." Nitami pulled a simple throwing knife from his belt.
Hikaru again placed herself more in front of Kurama. She was surprised when Kurama placed a hand on her shoulder to pull her lightly back.
"I'll be fine Hikaru." He simply stated.
Despite the current terror of the situation Hikaru couldn't stop the butterflies that entered her stomach. No one had ever spoke her name quite like that before. But then realization dawned on her at what Kurama was doing.
"No you can't you don't understand he he is he…" She stammered.
"Am a part of a group we like to be known for as the deadly sins of the demon world. You will meet you maker now!" Nitami yelled he threw the dagger that erupted into six separate burst of energy.
Kurama waited for the objects to get closer to him. Kurama swiped his arm through the air knocking the blade into the nearby wall.
Both Hikaru and whoever looked on stunned that he had simply knocked the attack away from him.
"You're an illusionist. Only one blade is real. If it does not strike its foe then none will. Throwing like that you will not hit me." Kurama confidently summarized. His right hand bleed slightly from knocking the sharp object away.
"Impossible. Who are you?" whoever seethed.
"None of your concern," Kurama stated.
The dark demon growled with fury. Obviously he had never had anyone deny or stick up to him before.
"Hmph you're bleeding from that wound in your shoulder. We both know your weak human body won't sustain this fight much longer. "
Hikura gasped looking up at Kurama's shoulder that was indeed gushing blood. Making her decision she shot out from the left side of Kurama and held up her hands.
"Hey Netami," she yelled out the demon's name to snag his attention. "Kurama look away!"
A bright light erupted and the demon screamed out.
Kurama surprised that the frail girl had emitted that kind of power was knocked out of his stupor when she grabbed for his hand.
"Come on we have to go now! Out the back we can't go through the front the others will be waiting for us." Hikaru pulled against Kurama.
"We have to hurry that was only a blinding blast it won't last long especially against someone like him."
Kurama reached into his pocket pulling out a seed. He tossed it at the feet of whoever. Holding up his hand it glowed brightly as vines sprout out from the seed and wrapped its way around whoever's feet.
Hikaru looked on astonished at the power that Kurama had.
"Let us go. If he is as strong as you make It seem then that will only allow us a few more minutes."
With that said Hikaru did what she could to help the obviously injured Kurama out the back of the coffee shop.
Yusuke continued running through the streets holding Keiko's hand as he dragged her along with him. They turned the corner to find a crowd that had gathered in the middle of the street.
"That's a coffee shop that Kurama hits almost every day." Yusuke informed Keiko.
"Well considering that were looking for him that's probably a good place to start." Keiko pulled on Yusuke towards the crowd.
"Back up people no one is allowed to enter the building at the time it is not safe." A man in a hard cap explained to the group of people.
"Hey Yusuke I have an idea follow me." Keiko walked past the crowd and towards the alley that lay between the coffee shop and the building next to it. She followed the alley way to the back door of the coffee shop.
"Nice Keiko." Yusuke smiled as they entered the building.
He could hear Keiko's gasp as they viewed the scene. Yellow Tarps had been placed over the windows keeping from anyone seeing in. Glass was in shambles and covered the floor. Chair were turned over and some in pieces as well. More disturbing was the puddle of blood near the door.
"Yusuke do you think that this blood is Kuramas?" Keiko asked fear obviously in her voice.
"I sure hope not Keiko but I know that he was definitely here." Yusuke walked over to the front of the shop and grabbed up a set of vines that covered the floor. "This is Kurama's doing. It almost looked like he was trying to keep something here."
Yusuke glanced at the vines that had obviously held someone's feet in place. The material in the caught in the vines was more evidence to his theory.
"Hey look, the blood has a trail all the way out to the door. It almost looks like there are two sets of prints as well." Keiko explained as she studied the prints and the various sizes.
Yusuke chuckled as he made his way over to Keiko.
"Are you sure you're going to school for the right career." Yusuke teased.
"Hey there's nothing wrong with paying attention to detail Yusuke you could take some notes you know."
Keiko's phone buzzed once again.
"Hello?" Keiko answered.
"Hey Keiko, did you and Urameshi find Kurama?" Kuwabara's voice came from the receiver of the phone.
"No, not yet but I think he was at the coffee shop at one point in time." She sighed.
"Think you should check out his apartment? I can keep searching the streets just in case you know." Kuwabara offered.
"Good idea." Keiko agreed.
She looked over at Yusuke and smiled a reassuring kind of smile.
"We'll find him I promise. Kuwabara suggested checking out his apartment. You know where that is right?"
Yusuke nodded. He wasn't sure how to explain it or what to expect but he definitely had a bad feeling. Whatever had been in this room with Kurama was certainly strong.
He felt Keiko slip her slender hand into his.
"Yusuke it'll be alright." She offered stepping in closer to lean next to him. Yusuke gripped her hand tighter .
"I hate to be grim Keiko, but I have a really bad feeling about this."
"Do you think it is Demons or maybe spirits?" Keiko couldn't help but shudder at the thought. Yusuke along with everyone else had already faced so much. The thought of everyone more importantly him being in danger was not helping her nerves.
"Don't worry Keiko I won't let anything happen to you I promise. Come on let's get going. This place is giving me the creeps."
Author Note:
Yay! The reviews have been awesome and greatly appreciated. Really trying to keep everything in character! I plan to incorporate everything that people are requesting. So again if you think there is something you want to see happen that hadn't in the show let me know! O ps I plan on having a few er several OC in this fic. That way to have the story flow right! I have images of every character. If people would like a visiual to picture I would be happy to find a way to post and link to them if people are interested!
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