Disclaimer: Don't own Yuyu, but, hopefully, I'll own a new DVD of it, if I can convince my mom to take me shopping soon! --;;
Hatoko: I'm not feeling very witty right now... I can't think of anything funny to say! T-T
Hiei: That's no shock. You're never funny.
Hatoko: I'd rather have people think I don't act funny then be the same kind of funny you are: Funny lookin'!
Kurama: Now, now, children. Can't you see someone's trying to get their homework done, over here?
Hatoko: Woah. Who spit in your Cheerios?
Kurama: Hah hah. Not funny.
Hatoko: Then why'd you laugh?
Kurama: (vein popping out on his forehead) What does it take to get a little piece and quite around here?!
Hatoko: Actually, th--mph!
Hiei: (with a hand over Hatoko's mouth) Quiet, baka, or, do you want me to tape your mouth shut?
Hatoko: (shakes head vigorously)
Hiei: Then do us all a favor, and shut the hell up! (takes his hand away from her mouth)
Kurama: Thanks, Hiei.
Hiei: Hn.
Hatoko: (cries) I know when I'm not wanted! Then, I guess I'll just do the only thing that'll cheer me up after both of you (usually it's just Hiei) ganged up on me... Thank the reviewers! Whoot!
Hiei: Be quiet about it, baka!
Hatoko: (sticks tongue out at Hiei) Yeah, yeah. No need to be pushy!
Hiei: Hmph!
Black-Fire-Ryu: Hahaha! What can I say, it just come naturally! Well, as I always say, we all have to have our secrets! The st--
Hiei: You don't always say that, baka liar!
Hatoko: So? It doesn't have the same effect if you say "I occasionally say"!
Hiei: At least that has a little truth in advertising!
Hatoko: As soon as you're through, Interruptor Jones, I'll continue!
Hiei: Hn!
Black-Fire-Ryu: Sorry about that. As I was saying, the story plot is one of the secrets I'm keeping! And, I'm still updating as often as my busy (cough) schedule permits! --;;
Rebekah: I'm trying, I'm trying! (pant, wheeze, hack) You're hard to keep up with! --;;
Fireyoukaivixen: Hey, just because I made you find my account, I only have two names that I could possibly make it, as they consist of everything else I have that require some type of username, so it would be obvious what I would choose! You, on the other hand, have so many different names, you can't even count them all on one hand! Oh, and, it's not that I have any type of grudge against Hiei... it's just that, he's a LITTLE BRAT. (Hiei: Hn! Baka onna!) But, you know as well as I do (starts whispering) that in reality, I love him to death! He's my favorite Yuyu character! Anyways (stops whispering) I like Care Bears... although, I think the Care Bear Cousins were... a bit... much. --;; We could've done without them. Thankies, then, I guess... --;;
LoversPastForgotten: Thankies! I think you don't need to worry about one thing: anyone dying. Character death has always really gotten to me too, so, one of the things I told myself when I decided to write a fic like this, was, I wouldn't kill anyone off. So, don't worry!
KayHiei: Thank you! I'm sure the little bugger will be fine... and, no prob! I'm trying to update as quickly as possible! --;;
Agent Dark Moose: Hahaha! I'm trying to update fast! Thank you so much! You have no idea how happy it makes me to know that you love me story! Arigatou gozaimasu! (bows deeply)
Hatoko: Thanks again, minna-san! Now, no more dwaddling! Come on, Hiei, Kurama! It's time to start!
Hiei: Hn.
Kurama: Very well... I didn't get to finish my homework, though... --;;
Hatoko: By the way, just to let you know, the chapter is following Yukina. I won't say "her point of view", because she's not the one telling the story, but she's the only one whose thoughts are heard, and whose opinion and decisions sway the story plot. Just as a little tid bit of info about this chapter. Enjoy!
The Day the Hiroseki Fell
Chapter Three: Exploration and Healing
Yukina awoke with a start, and put a hand to her throbbing head. After a few minutes, dizziness passed, and her vision started to clear. She looked around the room she was now situated in, and it immediately dawned on her that she was no longer in Genkai-san's temple. The room was large, made of stone, and the furnishings were unexpectedly modern from the old look the room itself seemed to be immitting. There was a bed (that she was currently sitting on), a bookshelf in the opposite corner, with the door next to that. In the center of the room, was a square table, with two chairs on opposing sides, and in another corner was a trunk, presumably from guests staying long intervals, so they would a have place to store their clothing. In between the trunk and the bed, sat the lone window of the room. Yukina took in all these features and gasped. She jumped off the bed, and ran over to the window. The scenery behind the shades confirmed her doubts. A little weak-kneed, she felt her way along the wall back to the bed, and plopped down on it as everything registered itself in her mind. She was no longed in Genkai-san's temple, for sure. Heck, she wasn't even in the Ningenkai anymore!
Quickly gathering her thoughts, Yukina made up her mind. She got up quickly from where she had slumped back against the bed, and moved to the door. She turned the handel, and was amazed when the door opened; she had been expecting it to be locked. She slowly and quietly opened the door, and glanced up and down the hallway beyond. Seeing no one, she quickly slid through the doorway, shut it behind her with a small 'snap!', then ran down the hallway to her left, leading downwards. The corner at the end of the hall turned her right, and she kept running until she reached the main passage.
'This is a big castle,' she thought. 'So why haven't I seen anybody yet?'
Not that she wanted too, of course. She wasn't that stupid. No, she would work on getting out of this wretched castle first.
The first time Yukina ran across someone, she was at least three floors further down the keep. She ducked down a hall to her left (she likes going left, okies? --;;) and, as the person walked by her hall she managed to catch a glimpse of the person as he ran hurriedly in the direction opposite the one she had been going in. It was a small demon boy, whose tattered and dirty clothes revealed him as a servant boy. He was muttering to himself as he passed, and Yukina could hear a bit of what he was saying.
"...'to take care of the fire demon, Yastushi... if the Jaganshi dies, it will be your neck on the line...' Jeez, what do they think Yatsushi is? Yatsushi serves M'lady, not that three-eyed freak..."
Yukina gasped. 'A three-eyed fire demon, known as Jaganshi? That could only be one person!'
"Hiei-san..." Yukina muttered.
She couldn't believe that Hiei was here, too. She had always thought of Hiei as unbelievably strong, like all of Kazuma-san's friends, and it was greatly difficult for her to accept the fact that one of them had actually been captured, Hiei inparticular.
'Oh, come on, Yukina!' she mentally chided herself. 'If that boy was talking about Hiei-san, then the way he had said "if the Jaganshi dies" made it sound like Hiei-san is not in very good shape at all! I must find him immediately!'
She glanced out into the main hall again, and moved quicker down the hall then ever, only stopping occasionally to duck into a deserted coorider or room to avoid people, of which, the number seemed to increase the further down in the castle she got.
Finally, after what seemed like hours and hours, Yukina came to the main floor. This floor, as opposed to the upper floors, was bustling with activity. She stood behind the door to the hall, wondering how she was going to make it through the throngs of people without being noticed. Certainly, at least one would recognize her as their hostage. It was then that she noticed a laundry cart sitting along the wall opposite her, unattended (convinient, neh?). She cautiously wondered over to it, and picked up one of the garments inside. It wsa a robe, brown and patchy, but, at least it was clean, and it would get the job done. She pulled the cloak over her head, making sure to hide all of her distinguishing features that might make someone recognize her, and ventured out into the throng of people.
She was shoved and pushed from both sides, people constantly running into her, without bothering to excuse themselves, as demons of every shape and size seemed to be fighting each other, just to get to where ever they were going, first. Yukina managed to push herself across the cavarnous main entrance, to the side opposite that which she came; the entrance leading further down, presumably, to the dungeons.
Once she managed to break through the edge of people around the entrance, she pulled the hood off her face, and noticed that, like the cooridors upstairs, these ones were deserted as well. And, she was starting to pick up a trace of Hiei's ki, which was either warded, or dangerously low. She smiled, glad that her intuition had been correct, and she would soon be reunited with Hiei, so she could heal any wounds he might've sustained, and so they could get out of here without further incident. With her mind and heart set, she followed Hiei's ki towards the source, which lead her through a maze of different dungeons, torture chambers, and interrogation rooms. Finally, at long last, she decended the last of the stairs, and found the little youkai on a not-very-comfortable-looking bed.
"Hiei-san!" she exclaimed, and ran towards the semi-concious figure.
"Y-yukina-chan," he breathed, opening his eyes a fraction of an inch to see his sister's face peering at him with concern written all over her soft features.
"Hiei-san, don't try to talk," she said, kneeling next to him and bringing her hands up to his chest. "And bear with me for a few moments please."
At once, a blue wave of energy radiated from Yukina's small hands as she began healing Hiei's wounds. After a few minutes of concentrated silence, Yukina looked into Hiei's eyes and smiled.
"All done!" she said, happily.
Hiei sat up, and put a hand to his chest.
"Thank you." he said quietly.
"My pleasure!" Yukina replied brightly. "But, more importantly, Hiei-san, do you have any idea where we are, or why we were brought here?"
Hiei shook his head, and looked down at his clenched fist.
"All I know, is that the cowards waited until I was wounded after one of Mukuro's missions, and cornered me at the fox's house before making me over-exert myself, then knocked me out. They at least didn't do something so violent to you, did they?"
Yukina shook her head. "My guess is that they used chloroform, judging by how my head felt when I woke up."
Hiei nodded and said, "Now, we need to think of a way out of here."
"Not so fast," said a cool female voice.
The twins' heads shot toward the doorway, where the voice had come from. Hiei started growling, and Yukina gasped and put her hands to her mouth.
'But, that is...!' Yukina thought. 'How can this be?'
-Owari-
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Hatoko: Oooh, nasty cliffhanger there.
Hiei: Yeah, really. That's not very nice.
Hatoko: Since when have you cared?
Hiei: ..... good point.
Kurama: Still.... --;;
Hatoko: Whatever, you two. I was originally planning on making this two sepreate chapters, but, since I didn't meet my deadline (much to my shagrin) I decided to put the next two chapters together, so, hopefully, you'll all forgive me. (looks up with big watery eyes) But, it also wasn't my fault! was being really screwy yesterday, so I couldn't log in, or post reviews! Meaning, I couldn't post my story, either! So, I'm really sorry! (bows low)
Hiei: Hah! Blame it on the computer...
Hatoko: What! Hiei, you were there! You saw that it didn't work!
Hiei: I only see what I want to see, baka.
Hatoko: So, you're saying that you chose not to see the fact that the website wasn't working?
Hiei: Precisely.
Hatoko: Hah! You just admitted that it wasn't working! So there!
Hiei: Wha.... Not fair!
Hatoko: Yeah, yeah, Hi-chan! Don't be embarrassed because I tricked you!
Hiei: Hn!
Kurama: Hatoko-san, I think you should wrap this up now... People are probably getting bored now, and I still need to finish my homework... --;;
Hatoko: Okies, Kurama. If you say so. Whelpers, everybody, thanks for bearing with me for this long and please, please, please review! Thankies! Oh, just one more thing I wanted to share with you all before I left. The other day, I went to the store, and I finally got the Yuyu Hakusho movie, Poltergeist Report! Whoot! My favorite part was when the guy with the Evil Eye blew up the bridge, and Kuwabara was about to attack him, when Hiei stuck out his foot and tripped him. I laughed soooooo hard. Anyways, that was it! T-t-f-n! Tah tah for now!
-Hatoko-