Nightmare
The sun slowly arose from behind the trees it was damp outside. A calm breeze was sent through the morning air. The breeze blew against a figure's face awakening him. Blood red eyes slowly opened they looked around wearily then blinked a couple times. Hiei stared down at the ground trying to forget about the pain in his arms. He had been hanging there for the whole night. His hands had a discolored look they were purple from being cut off from circulation for so long. His right shoulder ached from the wound that Gram had given him during the fight. His stomach was no better the bleeding had stopped, but the pain was still present. He needed his wounds treated soon or they could become infected from the dirt and cold. He sighed and then closed his eyes again.
Faint footsteps were heard coming his way, he kept his eyes closed but his eyes shut tighter out of anger. The footsteps stopped when they had reached their destination. Hiei heard the sound of a sword being unsheathed; he braced himself for the blade to make contact with his flesh. Instead he felt the rope loosen, it had been cut from the tree branch. Hiei fell to the ground he opened his eyes to see Orion standing there. They stared eachother down not saying a word Orion stepped closer to the fire demon. Then grabbed Hiei's arm standing him up he cut off the rest of the rope and through it to the ground. Hiei rubbed his sore wrists as best he could with the Spirit cuffs still on him.
"Move." Orion spat. Hiei looked back up at him, he gripped his sword tighter signaling him to move or else. Hiei started walking beside Orion, he didn't know what was going to happen to him next and frankly he didn't really want to know.
Kurama, Kuwabara, Botan and Yusuke walked in a grassy field. Yusuke was trailing behind still tired from being awoken by Kurama at the crack of dawn.
"We don't have much time left." Kurama spoke.
"Are we close to the Forsaken forest?" Botan asked.
"I'm afraid not we will be traveling for a while." Kurama answered.
"I hope we can make it there in time…" She said sadly.
"Don't worry Botan we will get there in time kick their asses save the shrimp and have him back safe and sound!" Kuwabara chirped.
"I hope your right…" Botan said then averted her eyes to the ground.
They walked quietly for the next minute or two until they heard a loud thud and a loud curse of damn it coming from behind them. The three turned around to a pissed off Yusuke he had been walking and then tripped his foot in a ground hog hole. He fell into a sticker patch. Kuwabara couldn't help but laugh at his misfortune.
"Shut up Kuwabara!" He yelled as he pulled a sticker off of him. "OW!"
"Yusuke you have them in your hair and everything!" Botan said. She walked over to the struggling boy and pulled one out of his hair.
"OW! Damn it Botan!" Yusuke yelled clutching his head.
"Well it's the only way to get them out!" She shouted.
"Well you don't have to pull so hard!" He retaliated.
"Yusuke we must continue moving." Kurama spoke. Yusuke nodded and then stood up brushing himself off. He started to walk as Botan continued to pull the stickers off of his body from behind him.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" He shouted after Botan would pull one off.
Orion led Hiei over to a group of more demons standing in rows. He put him in the row in the very back. Then Orion stood a few feet away from him. "What is going on?" Hiei thought.
"You are all going for a walk." A purple skinned monster announced with a whip in his hands. "A walk? What does this fool mean." Hiei thought once again.
"But this is no walk in the park…you will be going around the whole forest…if you do not keep up with the rest of us…you will be killed on the spot. You will all be walking for the whole day no stopping, no food, and no water. You all must keep a quick pace if you don't you will also be killed. For those of you that survive will be given water once we return…that is if any of you do survive. Orion and myself will be watching you at all times so don't try anything funny." The purple monster cracked his whip "Now move!"
The demons started to move quickly down the path. But apparently it wasn't quick enough because the purple monster started to shout and crack his whip at demons. All the demons were now running while the two monsters flew through the air keeping a close eye on them.
"They call this a walk!" Hiei thought as he ran.
Botan pulled another sticker out of Yusuke's hair "Ow!" He said again. "And that's the last one!" She said.
Yusuke felt the top of his head surprised to find hair still there. He had seen Botan rip out clumps of hair when she would pull the stickers off of him. He had thought he was bald!
"What's our plan once we get there?" Yusuke asked trying to start a conversation.
"Our plan is to defeat as many monsters as we can and if they are to strong we will grab Hiei and retreat back home." Kurama said.
"Retreat! No way I wanna make these guys pay for what they have done!" Yusuke shouted.
"Yusuke please I understand how you feel I don't like what they have done either, but we must think wisely. We must consider what would happen to Hiei if we took those actions." Kurama said.
Yusuke sighed "Fine, but once we get Hiei out of there I'm going back and making them pay."
Kurama shook his head "He will never learn." He thought.
