Chapter 7
Yomi had his back to a column, his left arm hanging useless at his side, blood dripping down it, a little gift from Hiei's sword. The runt was alive it seemed and he had managed a surprise attack on him in the indoor stone atrium inside the palace. But the little fire demon had not escape that encounter unscathed. Yomi had felt ribs give under his return blow. It seemed Lord Urameshi was with the runt and he could hear the pair preparing their next attack. He could almost smell the raw raging power that Yusuke was drawing on and that whore of a runt was bracing for something. All of a sudden, the room started vibrating, the very stone screamed in agony. It was like the entire palace was yelling at him.
"What the Hell." He heard Yusuke scream.
"Damn you Ummm." Hiei roared.
Then all was silent, not the silence of a quiet autumn night, but the silence of a void in space. No echoes, he couldn't even hear his own heartbeat. An infinite wall of white, not in a thousand years, not since the day after he had lost his eyes had Yomi felt this blind. There was no sound at all.
"What's going on?" Yomi cried. But he couldn't tell if he said it out loud or in his head.
Tap, 'what was that', Tap 'there it was again'…like a stone skipping along gravel.
Yomi spun his head back and forth, trying to pinpoint the sound. Tap…to the left…Tap … no to the right, fear was beginning to build in his chest. This was not Hiei's or Yusuke's doing, this was different, yet familiar.
"I have sent the children to play….we are all alone now." He heard a voice say. The sound struck him like a whip. He knew that voice.
Whap!! A hand slapped him hard on his left buttock, causing him to cry out and spin away.
"Now that the foreplay is out of the way." The voice said as a hand rubbed along his spine, sending shivers to his toes. "Do you like The Puffball, such a unique earthen plant, absorbs sounds lovingly. Don't you think?" Yomi heard in his ear. Whirling to his left, he unleashed a titanic blast of energy, but heard nothing…
"My senses." He screamed. "What have you done to me?" Fear nearly claiming him. "Tell me!"
"Oh, just trying to set the mood." The voice whispered in his face, as a hand stroked his groin. "I wanted us to be alone, no interruptions."
Yomi yelped and leaped back, straight into a solid wall of flesh. Arms encircled his chest, brushing his nipples and he felt breath against the side of his face. "You'll beg for release before I grant you any peace." The voice purred.
"Youko?" Yomi breathed, the cold grip of fear finally claiming him.
"Yes." Youko hissed as he spun Yomi from his arms, making him stumble to the floor. Then the fox pounced….
Yomi's screams could be heard across the palace as they seemed to ricochet off walls and echo down halls.
a)a)a)a
Yusuke and Hiei came to in what looked like a circular prisons of celery, both had a foul smell in their nose.
"Damn it." Yusuke spat, trying to get the taste that came with the smell out of his mouth. He looked at the pale green plant life that surrounded them. "Kurama?" He said with confusion. He could not see how the red head could have done this in the shape he was in.
"Not, unnhh, Kurama." Hiei groaned, his jagan glowing under the bandana. "It's Youko." He replied, as he tried to hack a stem with his sword. A loud ring was his only reward and he grabbed his side as the vibrations jarred his broken ribs.
"Youko…are you sure? But…he's gone." Yusuke said, not understanding, the spirit yoko was gone, had been for months.
They both heard a muffled scream.
"We have to get out, NOW!" Hiei cried, his fear rising at the fact that the spirit yoko was alive and wondering what had happened to Kurama.
"That I agree with, stand back." Yusuke said, his only warning as a ball of raw power began to form around his index finger. His hair started growing in length as his Mazaku markings appeared. Several minutes later, the white haired unleashed his famous cry "SPIRIT GUN."
The wall of the prison exploded in a shower of plant parts and dirt, but when the smoke cleared, all they saw was more dirt.
"Damn him, the bastard's buried us alive" Yusuke said, his Mazaku fading.
"Not for long." He heard Hiei snarl.
Something in the voice made Yusuke turn his head slowly toward the fire demon. What he saw struck a cord of fear in him. Hiei stood there, the dragon of the darkness flame coiling around his lithe body. He had never seen Hiei summon the dragon so easily. Never did the dragon seem to give itself to him so willingly, never had he seen it summed for a sole purpose, not even in the dark tournament did the two look so close and so…
"Oh Shit." Yusuke whispered, his eyes following the dragon as it roared towards the ceiling. The world exploded in a violent cacophony of flames and noise…
The floor disintegrated into a shower of dirt and flower parts, leaving a hole that was 35 feet wide and evaporating all of the ceiling. At the bottom stood Hiei and Yusuke, who was covered in plants and dirt. While Hiei stood spotless, looking almost energized.
"Damn Hiei, a little overkill, don't you think?" He said, after he spat a piece of celery out of his mouth.
"Shut up detective." Hiei growled leaping out of the hole. "Where are you YOMI?" He yelled into the dust.
"Oh…he is over here" A soft voice called, a surprising lilt of emotion in the voice.
Hiei's eyes landed on the silver fox, the truth that he was alive filling his mind. The fox was standing erotically, with his head half turned to the side. Then something else caught his eye, behind the fox, writhing on the floor, laid Yomi. But this former Lord was reduced to a mewling wreck, as he could see some type of plant life growing out of every orifice of his body. Not just his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, but even his fingers and toes had a vine coming out of them. Hiei knew the former Lord was blind. His other senses having heightened over the years by the lack of sight. The plants seem to be over stimulating the other senses, causing him to gasp and whimper so his body was unable to control the sensations, as his mind tried to sort the feelings. He then saw a bulge moving around in the Lord's pants and didn't want to think of what might be going on there.
"I guess, I was a little more than he really wanted" Youko purred as he sauntered by Hiei, rubbing his thigh along the smaller figure. "You…coming?" He cooed.
The fire demon stood there, for once in his life, he was in shock. Yusuke had made it out of the hole and was also staring, his mouth hanging open as he took in the former Lord.
Youko took a dozen more sauntering strides, smirking at the shock expression on their faces.
Hiei turned to say a scathing remark to Youko, but saw the tall demon fall. Before he could think, he caught him, almost tenderly.
"Hiei?" Youko whispered looking into those deep crimson eyes. "I'm sorry…" He choked out.
"Sorry, for what?" Hiei said, silently admitting to himself that he had missed the fox.
"I did…not…go away, I left…I left…piece of myself with Kurama." Youko said softly as his hand grabbed the fire demon's small hand and held it to his face.
"Is he alright?" Hiei asked, allowing Youko to hold his hand.
"He is very weak and…" Youko stopped as small coughs were making there way out. "He….." He coughed hard and a bit of blood trickled out of his mouth. "If he dies, so will I." He said, seeming to finally except the fact that he could not live if the red head died.
"Easy." Hiei said, though his own body was starting to shake, pulling him into hibernation.
"He loves you, you know? He does not.... (cough)… know what has happened here." Youko whispered. His body went limp and the only thing Hiei remembered seeing was red hair as he fell forward, unconscious.
Yusuke was still standing there, trying to comprehend the scene and understand when he heard voices, Mukuro's army had arrived.
End Chapter 7
