Yatta! This is my 7th chappie! K.G. is so excited! I've finally found the initiative to write the next part in this epic adventure that I know you've all been waiting on tenterhooks for! Or, if you haven't, can you at least pretend you have? PLEASE? It'd make me very happy! I haven't gotten any new OC's, so I'm gonna go with the fact that everyone thinks I'm just a looser who wants reviews, and will do anything to get them. Okay, maybe I am, and it's a pathetic attempt, but I promise to make anyone who sends me an OC will have the chapter they appear in dedicated to them! Honest! Enter whatever sort of disclaimer you want here, and remember, as long as you don't flambé me, flames are accepted.
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Chapter Review
As they try to run to the couch, someone bursts in the door and turns into some sort of large water snake, attempting to grab the sleeping youkai as well, but also is too late.
"Who're you?" both Yuuske and Kuwabara ask. She changes back into a hominid form and says "Kuso... missed. Oh, name's Nagini."
Chapter Seven- Scales and Silver
"Nagini? What the heck kinda name is that?" Kuwabara was getting very edgy, the thought that someone could smother Hiei's youki like candle in a vacuum chamber was more than a little disconcerting to him. He wanted to be the one to kill Hiei, and someone had the gall to try it before he got the chance!
The girl turned her head around nearly 135 degrees to look at him; just the fact that her head could turn that far was enough to make Kuwabara pale.
"'Nagini' is the kinda name given to the Chosen One in my culture; it means 'all powerful avatar of the First Mother' in Serpentine. Basically, it means that I was born to be the purifier of my people. Not that you deserve to know that, you ugly little rat." She had the look of someone who could kill another in cold blood. But, considering the fact that she had a snake tail, and could become a full snake, she probably was cold-blooded to begin with.
Yuuske was starting to loose his patience. Taking into account how little of that he had, loosing any of it can mean that many small animals and random people suffer for days until he finally calms down. Multiple anger vein things that are classically seen on a pissed anime character began to cover his head. Enough to make one worry about his blood pressure, and wonder why his forehead hadn't exploded yet.
"YO! Whoever the hell you are and my idiot friend! Am I the only one who cares that my job is endangered because my assignment and my two other team members have just disappeared into a crazy swirling demon vortex because they just ate that stupid ice cream?" If you didn't know better, you'd think that Yuuske was become frantic; almost nervous.
Nagini snapped her attention to Yuuske in an instant.
"Ice cream? You mean that pink stuff flung randomly all over the walls? (sniffs a patch) Hmm… do humans normally eat the Makai herb of sleep? Whatever this spicy scent is, it cleverly masks the aura from the plant without counter acting the effects, and seems to be some form of aphrodisiac, or something like that. There also seems to be some sort of mind control power infused, which would explain why they all went to sleep on that specific spot, instead of dropping where they were. If only that little demon over there hadn't been killed; he seemed to know something, and I could have used my alethio-venom. (notices an incredibly blank look on their faces) Uhh… venom in my fangs that makes the victim tell me the truth, no matter what… now I'll have eat the nasty little thing's mind."
Yuuske and Kuwabara both turned a disturbing and sickly green, and their faces took on looks of inexpressible disgust as Nagini picked up the demon's carcass, bit into his skull, and sucked out a strange, glowing substance. She sat still for a moment, giving Yuuske the chance to analyze her appearance. She was tall, slender, and had the look of someone who must be very limber. Her eyes were pale, and had vertical pupils like, well, a snake's. Even though she was currently in a humanoid form, she still had a long, scaly snake tail. It was acid green; Yuuske couldn't understand how she didn't cause panic in the streets on her way through the city. I mean, with bright green hair to match her tail, a forked tongue, scales instead of fingernails, and fair skin, that was a little weather-worn; the look of a warrior. When she seemed to have found the information she wanted, Nagini stood up, and Yuuske noticed that her armor seemed to be made of dragon scales, woven so tightly that you couldn't fit a fingernail under them; her uniform was flawless. It seemed sensible, if she really was so important to her people. She turned to Yuuske and Kuwabara, and had a grim look on her face.
"Your comrades have been captured…. Well, by someone who is dead. In matter of speaking. Are you familiar with the bat-youkai Korunue? He seems to be the master of this little dead peon. Korunue was a partner to the youkai Yoko Kurama years and years ago. Together they were renowned as the most powerful pair of thieves in all the Makai. Then, Korunue died. I dunno how. But, it was awful I'm guessing, because the little imp here remembers anyone who brought bamboo or hollow spears of some kind was destroyed mercilessly. From the memories I extracted, Korunue was the one who took Reiku. Used her for to steal or something. Not sure about all the details, but it seems he suppressed her sense of self, or her personality. Point is, he was a sick freak. When Koenma captured her, Korunue was desperate to get her back, so that no one would find out that he was alive. When he found her, he found your friends as well, and decided to take advantage of this "three-for-one" deal. In order for all of them to be found, we're going to have to go to the Makai."
"They Makai? On such short notice? We're not prepared! And besides; Urameshi and I can't open the portal…" Kuwabara seemed determined to avoid going.
"I know you can't, you spineless human. But your friend can, he IS the Mazaku. The heir of Raizen will always have access to the Makai. And even if he doesn't know, I do. So, you have no excuse you pitiful whimpering carrot-top. Grab some supplies, and get ready; I'm going to reopen the portal that took them."
"One question- why do you even care?" Yuuske was a little uncomfortable that a complete stranger knew he was the Mazaku, and then was trying to take the role as leader. Wasn't that his job?
"I owe Reiku my life. We have a bond, so that I will always know when she is in real danger. The First Mother showed me the peril she was in through a vision 10 days ago. I've been running to Reiku to aid her ever since. We have become very close friends. I'm not going to fail her. I don't care if you don't want to come; you're coming. You have friends in danger too, right? Only a complete coward wouldn't go to help rescue them. That might explain why your loser little buddy doesn't want to come, but doesn't give him an excuse."
Kuwabara was fuming at being called a coward and started to puff himself like a pigeon whose feathers have been ruffled. "Of course I'm going! I just thought that you would need to rest, but was trying to be uh…. That one fancy word for polite!"
"Er…. Tactful?"
"Yeah, that one! I was trying to be tackful."
'SUUUURE he was. And I'm a vegetarian. Hmmm, "tack"ful… not a bad idea…' Nagini just decided to humor him. For an hour, the three of them gathered necessary supplies, and rested a bit. When Nagini was ready, she reopened the rift to the Makai, and they were on their way.
In Korunue's Lair
In a dank, typical spooky dungeon, a single shaft of sunlight was weakly peeking through to illuminate a pile of old hay, giving the only warmth in the entire room to the limp strands of straw. You'd think that the room was completely devoid of life from the silence; and you'd think wrong. Snuggled up under that straw, three sleepy youkai were beginning to stir, and trying to figure out why they were buried under hay. The last thing Reiku remembered was eating ice cream, and Kurama and Hiei's puzzled faces. The last thing Hiei remembered was screaming that he loved Kurama, and needing a shower. And the last thing Kurama remembered was Yuuske blowing up a carton of ice cream, and then falling asleep on top of Hiei and Reiku. Then he remembered that little demon that Yuuske blasted flying out from behind the couch, but he just couldn't think why that memory would seem so important. But he knew something was wrong. How did they all get here? And, where was here? It seemed a little familiar. Almost like he had been there before, but he couldn't place when.
"Urgh… Kur… Kurama? Hiei? Wha, what happened? What's going on? Why are we in a hay pile?" Reiku wriggled out of the straw, and blearily tried to focus her eyes.
"Gr…. Stupid hay… Rrrr, get out! Get ou--- whoa!" Thump. As Hiei was trying to escape the "nest" they had been dumped in, he had discovered a highly uncomfortable amount of straw twigs and seeds lodged securely inside his pants. While removing it, he managed to finally get out of the hay, but landed on the stone floor in the process. Don't worry; he broke the fall with his head, and his large volumes of hair softened the impact. That didn't really do much for his temper, which was already beginning to wear thin.
"Hiei! Are you alright? Here, let me help you." Kurama shook the straw out of his hair, leapt out of the pile to land on all fours, and scooped Hiei up like a mother picking up a crying child. Then he brushed Hiei off, picked a few bits of hay from his pants, and re-fluffed his hair. This made Reiku giggle and Hiei gave a little smirk, oddly enough enjoying the attention. In fact, it would have been perfect, if they hadn't just been kidnapped weren't locked in a dungeon. Plus, for some reason, they could feel that their powers were being suppressed, and they couldn't escape. So, they'd just have to sit and keep themselves entertained until their "host" decided to show up. They didn't have long to wait…
Owari to Ch. 7
Woot! Finally, new chapter done! R&R, kudasai! And don't forget to send me your OC's! Because I got one from one of The Dark Sisters, this is dedicated to her! Tanky! 3 you girl! Ja ne!
