A Real Brew-Ha
Chapter 8
I don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho... Never have, never will!
Do I have to put this at the beginning of every chapter? I've said it like six other times already!
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"Leave him alone!" It was Sango's voice that echoed through the empty alley.
She'd used Ki energy to track the young kitsen. Evening was approaching, and she'd decided it was best to find him, then get back to the shrine. Though there were no demons, she still didn't want to wonder around the strange city at night. Unlike the Sengoku Jidai, lanterns and lamps were used to illuminate the dark, but Sango felt leery. Almost as if something was lurking in the unknown. Waiting to pounce on her. As she drew closer, a bone chilling sensation made the huntress halt her steps. It was so strong and vivid, that it seemed to pass through her very soul. Suddenly feeling cold, Sango began to shiver.
She wonder if any one else was affected, if they could feel it too, but as they continued to move about in the unseasonably warm autumn weather, she could tell they weren't. The warning was present! There was a demon about, and a strong one too. The foreboding was so strong, so strong that it was making her ill. Sango managed to force the bile down only fall to her knees and retch all over the side walk a few seconds later. The youki was that intense. Very aware of the surprised yet disgusted glares she was receiving, the taijiya ignored the on lookers and strained her senses. It was close, but not enough to were it could sniff her out. Most demons could smell a blood born from a mile away. Thus making her target more times than she could count.
Though Sango was out of range, she could feel Shippo's fear almost as demanding the demonic aura that had immobilized her. She had to move, and for Shippo's sake alone she commanded her limbs into working. Gravity was cruelly jesting at the moment, and Sango took a deep breath with even the slightest movements. 'Mind over matter...Mind over matter!' Not even one passer by stop to assist as she willed herself to stand.
"Okay" she muttered finally getting her feet under her. "The worst is over, now get your ass in gear Sango. Shippo needs you!" Almost collapsing with the first step, the second was a bit more easy going. The taijiya whispered encouragements as she slowly put one foot in front of the other. She would not succumb. Not when it meant so much. Not when it meant that some she loved was in danger. She'd failed once when she let her father and the others slayers die. Then again by letting Kohaku remain in Naraku's clutches, but this time...This time she would not.
It started out as light uneasy jog, which turned into a blinding sprint. The taijiya was but a few feet away now. One had to only adjust to shouki before they became immune to it, as the waves of nausea washed away.
When Sango found them, she was able to pull apart it's components. The youkai was of fire, but...but it was something else. Reaching further within, she decided it's other half was ice. Puzzled, she stood from a distance taking in his appearance. The black cloak concealed mostly everything, but the gravity defying hair atop of his head. How could one be made of ice and fire? Cold and Heat at the same time? He really didn't look all that threatening, barely standing at her height, but Sango knew better than to judge youkai by looks alone. What she felt was coming off this creature and she'd be damned if she'd be mislead to believe other wise.
Sensing a presence, Hiei turned his attention to the spectator. She was probably some troublesome human wanting to intervene on a bullying, but his instincts warned him other wise. Hiei narrowed his eyes at the authoritative tone of her voice. Who was she to even address to him? Dismissing her as ignorant, he returned his attention to the fox in human disguise.
Shippo had never been happier to see one of his friends. Well that wasn't true since they constantly saved his butt, but he was relieved just the same. When the demon turned his piercing gaze to him again, he scurried over to Sango whimpering in fear. The demon growled irritably as he followed the fox with his eyes. Sango pushed the child behind her and stood as a barrier. Instead of just pushing the naive woman out of the way and grabbing the runt by the scruff, he tried a different approach. One that was completely foreign to him. Tact.
"Idiot woman, that is no a mere child. It is-"
"I know exactly what he is, youkai!" She spat with all the disdain she could muster. When his eyes settled on hers, she gasped. They were so much like is composition. A complete and utter contradiction. Crimson orbs burned brightly as they froze her with their arctic gaze, and Sango began to timidly back away.
Hiei's eyes widen in surprise, but he quickly masked it. This woman knew of demons? How? He had always been under the impression that humans were unaware of the existence of supernaturals. Was she a futuristic miko of some sorts then? The human's spiritual energy was faint, but that wasn't the cause of his ire. She appeared to be a a normal human girl, but it was something else. Something that was provoking him. Edging him on. And what was it with her eyes. He'd never seen a human with such fiercely colored iris's. A shade so close to his own. Maybe she held demon blood, but it was just to faint to detect.
Noticing her movements toward the alley's opening he sprung into action. Moving quicker than human vision comprehended the fire apparition was behind them both. The woman gasped and the little kitsen whimpered as they both began to back away.
Sango had to think quickly, for the little bastard was fast. She and Shippo, who wasn't able to hold his disguise a second longer, wouldn't have a chance in hell if they didn't move from the confined space. Shippo grasped onto her leg tightly as the strange demon stalked forward, his heart was practically beating through his chest. Looking up he could see Sango's icy glare. She seemed so confident and unafraid, and he wished he could be more like her.
The taijiya refused to remove her eyes. She would catch his next movements and she began channeling her energy. Honestly, Sango thought she didn't have a whore chance in heaven, but at least she'd try. At least Shippo would escape if nothing else. She refused to stand by and let her friend be harmed.
"The child will come with me, be it will or force." Hiei was enjoying this immensely, the smell of their fear was intoxicating. He caught a whiff of the woman's before she quickly masked it. What a mystery she was. How could the human know that he'd be attracted to her fear? He snarled at the kitsen pup. How disgusting it was for a demon to behave this way, emotions unchecked and open for the world to see. The little moron didn't even have the backbone to keep his knees from quaking.
"Fuck off! Your not taking him any where and I'll snap your neck for trying." She'd been in the hanyou's company far to long. Sango had adapted the same foul tongue and crass mannerisms. Much like the hanyou, she found herself way to anxious for confrontations as of late. Miroku mentioned it on more than one occasion, and she'd dismissed him. Oh well, no time to reflection now.
Her comment had brought him up short, and Hiei found himself smirking in return. Though he would never admit it out loud, he couldn't deny her spunk.
"Very well" Moving at blinding speed he went to tear the kit away, but this time Sango had caught the direction of his movements. Moving opposite of him she quickly pulled Shippo into her arms and headed for the opening. When he appeared in front of them, she quickly changed course. He was toying with her, and it only served to piss her off. Changing direction after he repeated the same trick, running to the nearest brick wall, she used it as a step to boost her into the air. Shippo squeak in fright, when without notice, was jettisoned into the air. Sango had thrown him so hard that he rose above the buildings.
"Now Shippo! Do it now" Without a seconds delay, Shippo shouted 'Transform' and morph himself into a pink, floating blob. Although the strange demon could leap very high, to Sango's immense relief he could not fly. When he landed, he fix the slayer with a fierce scowl. Immediately getting into battle mode she crouched low to the ground and waited for his attack. If it weren't for the fact that she had made his mission just that more difficult, he would have thought her intelligent for a human. She was brave, courageous, and actually quite pretty, though he'd never admit any of this aloud. All that aside, she was an annoyance and therefore had to be dealt with.
"You should not have interfered woman. I shall show you the error of your foolish ways." Sango didn't have time to retaliate because he come at her a lightning speed. Barely dodging a blow to the face, she parried with a kick to the chest that surprisingly made contact.
Hiei had never remembered being kicked so hard. Not even the detective had been able to knock the air from his lungs in such a fierce way. The woman had sent him flying and he hadn't even touched her yet. Now that Hiei knew that she was skilled and unexpectedly fast for a human, the element of surprise was no longer in her corner. Getting to his feet again, the fire koorime sent her a wicked smirk before moving again.
This time Sango was blasted in the face with a powerful punch that sent her flying through the window of a nearby shop. She saw him slowly stalk toward her after the stars cleared from her vision. She was too dazed to notice the shocked screams and little partials of glass that nicked her. Sango stood shakily and got into fighting stance. She wouldn't let the icy jerk get the best of her, though that punch had dazed her pretty good.
Looking around at the small darkened shop Hiei noticed all the little trinkets, and forget me nots on the shelves. It was an antique shop of sorts... who's the contents were probably priceless. This would be funner than he thought.
Both opponents ran at each other, exchanging a series of lightning fast blows. The shop keep and customers were to stunned to run for cover and screamed when ever the quarreling duo came close. Hiei went in for a blow to the stomach but was kicked in the back when Sango dodged. He was sent flying yet again, though this time into a display shelf full of lamps.
They met each other blow for blow. Block for block. The spectators heard only the crashing of the glass objects, the fighters were moving to fast. In a last act, Sango began throwing vases at the fire demon. Most of them connected though, Hiei didn't seem to feel it. She could barely hear the shop keep ranting on about them ruining him as she lunged everything within reaching distance. Only a powerful upper cut stopped her. The punch made getting smashed in the chest with Hiraikotsu seem like a pinch.
Hiei smirked when she landed with a sickening crunch. That was the end of her, and all he had to do was drag the human to a private location and make her talk about the company she kept. The fire demon knew she wouldn't talk unless she was properly...persuaded and he'd be more than happy to take the job. Shame really! Just when he thought he'd had a half decent fight on his hands.
'I should have known not trust a human to withstand my-' He halted his steps when said human began to rise.
Sango knew that last punch should have done her in, but it didn't. Not wanting to ponder further, she rose to her feet. Wiping away the thin trickle of blood, she raised her hand to have a taste, and began speaking in a eerily calm tone.
"It's gonna take more than that asshole! Come on! I wanna feel it next time." Wait a minute! What had she just said? 'I really need to stop spending time with Inuyasha' she thought. He was starting to rub off o her entirely to much.
Hiei could have danced with joy! He was going to get what he'd been longing for. A good, unbiased, uncontrolled brew-ha and with no restrictions. They began to fight harder than before as the fight was moved out side. People began to duck for cover from the flying kicks and super punches. Sango used both feet to kick the youkai away after she was body slammed on the hood of a car making a large dent. Yanking the pole from a stop sign out the ground, Sango began to twirl it
above head. Daring the demon to come closer, only to wish she hadn't when he removed his sword from it's sheath.
Though Hiei held his speed to prolong the fight, he didn't oppose turning his sword against her. Sparks flew as the metals clashed. Both were relentless, and passerby s could barely believe their eyes. No one mentioned anything about a movie in filming downtown Tokyo. And where were the cameras? What they were witnessing had too be some kinda action flick.
Using supersonic assaults, both youkai and taijiya didn't seem to tire. Hiei decided to relieve her of the weapon, by cutting it in half with his sword. The experienced exterminator, knowing the worth of the metal pole, and seeing the force behind the attack, moved to block with her forearm. She smirk at his shocked expression, for her arm should have been amputated.
Hiei covered his surprise quickly. The woman had brought him up short yet again. At a flick of her wrist the concealed blades she'd been harboring surfaced through the material of the jacket. The taijiya knew it was no mistake to bring at least a few weapons. Though Hiraikotsu had been left in the well house, she still had her arm blades. And a sheath dagger strapped to her upper thigh... And some throwing knives tuck into the waist of her skirt, who's leather carrying case was currently chaffing the small of her back slightly. The fire in her eyes burned brightly making the color match his own. Baffled and extremely curious, he looked to the woman who seemed to be more demon than anything.
"Who are you" He demanded as got into fighting stance again. The question sounded less authoritative and more inquisitive.
"I am but a simple taijiya," she answered with sickly sweet voice "whose job is to rid this world of the likes of you."
"You are a liar and a fool. Hiei responded with a cool voice. "It is common knowledge that exterminators no longer exist. They haven't so for centuries."
"Oh... I'm sure theres at least one still hanging around" He sent a dark look which she returned with an innocent smile. How could he not believe it? This woman had the makings of the race long since extinct. Her weapons, and fighting styles! Fiery determination! Hiei once had the pleasure of meeting an exterminator in battle. The man was cut down before he'd even had chance to remove his blade. And Hiei was only a child then. He later found that it was the females who posed the real threat. The blood borns. Fast as cheetahs with the strength of ten grown men! It was rumored that one even took out a demon lord. Real live Kama Kazy! She had gotten back into stance with ease. She shouldn't have been able to move let alone prepare for an attack. Hiei was thoroughly impressed.
"Very well woman, I'll play for a bit" Hiei couldn't refuse the fact that his insides really hurt. Stifling down a cough, he pretended not to taste the blood present his in mouth. Scanning the supposed taijiya, whose sweet face was now sporting a black eye and swelling jaw. Both suffered from various scrapes, and cuts, though the two had too much pride to let it show.
This time, Sango didn't wait for him as she through a series of punches and flying kicks. The demon had strength and speed, but it was her flexibility and intellect that gave her fighting chance. With a right hook to the chin, it was Hiei who landed on the top of a car. The own of the vehicle screamed before she abandoned her property all together. The demon moved just as Sango landed in the space he'd occupied. Dagger sunk deeply into the metal... Where his throat should have been.
Glaring, both knew this fight was far from over. Once again sparks flew as the metal clashed. From car top to car top, the two warriors danced while slashing and blocking at each other. A sword fight in the middle of down town Tokyo traffic. It was unheard of. Hiei could hear the sirens though they were still a good stance away. He'd have to make a brake for it any minute now, and leave the woman to her own fate. Shame they weren't back in Maikai. This could have lasted a bit longer.
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Being big came in handy most of the times, except for moments like this. Kuwabara tried to get his legs to work faster, but it was of no use. 'Wheres Boton with a portal when you need one?' Then he remembered. 'That's rights! We don't work for spirit world anymore!' Oh well, it didn't change the fact that one of his friends was in trouble, and he had to get there before his priminiscion came to life.
The vision had come to him, right in the middle of a test. And of all the people in his life, it concerned his inch high quarreling buddy. Though Kuwabara couldn't see the other fighter. He'd seen enough to make him run out of the lecture hall right before answering the sixth quiz question. Hiei was about to be killed. He pinpointed the fire demons spirit energy and searched for the other demons. When he couldn't identify with other's Ki, he was startled.
"What kinda demon doesn't give off youki" muttered the spirit psychic. It felt more human than anything else. Unlike any human he'd ever came in contact with, but human none the less. "No way shorty's gonna be taken down by a human!" He didn't have to ponder further because he was almost there.
When Kuwabara broke into clearing, what he saw shocked him beyond comprehension. There was Hiei, standing on top of some poor bastard's sports car, banging blades with a girl. A human girl. A human girl with a very short skirt! Kuwabara , stood mesmerized as he caught a glimpse of a pair of very dainty pink panties, when the girl in question sent a draw kick towards fire youkai's head.
Sango was getting tired, but she wouldn't give into that. She could hear the people screaming from beneath the metal contraption from which she was standing. It was time to ends this before some one got hurt!
Hiei swung his swords a second to soon, only to realize his mistake. He forgotten that woman was quick for a human, and that she'd had arm blades as well as a hidden dagger. He'd known the mistake would prove fatal, when he saw the taijiya move in.
'Imagine that! I Hiei, being slain by a human female. And with a lucky strike at that!' He thought with no small amount of regret. A simple mistake was all it took for ones opponent to gain the upper hand. A mere slip of concentration when he saw her eyes flash.
When Sango blocked the sword with her arm blade, she saw an opening right in the fire demons mid section. Never one to hesitate, she instantly went for it. An ear splitting shout brought her to a halt.
"Nooooo!" Kuwabara screamed like his souls was being pierced. The thought of Hiei dying right in front of him was unbearable and though they fought constantly, Hiei was still one of his best friends. When the woman stopped, both fighters (as well as most of metro Tokyo) turned their heated yet questioning gazes to him.
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This chapter was a real BITCH! So many issues over the last couple weeks. Plus I've never really been good at action scenes. Sex, yes! Action, no! It's about to all come to a boil, and for those who care (which I'm happy to see my fan base is expanding) it won't be another long wait for an update. Just expect an expanded waiting period for long action scenes. And thank you for your patience. Haven't heard from my beta yet so I've posted without waiting. I thought the public display served as a pretty good setting. And the antique shop! Sorry for the long wait, and the next chapter of Where The Heart Lies will be up before weeks end! Promise!
It's time again to thank all who reviewed:
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P.S.S. There will be lots of explaining next chapter!
