Disclaimer: I still don't own Yuyuhakusho and I'm not even going to pretend that I own it. I just own the story line and what characters obviously aren't in the show, comic, or games.
Thanks to all who have read! I'm glad to finally get this chapter up and running!
"Now you see. If I had really had been here to kill you all. I would have and could have," the red headed woman spoke. Trying hard to contain a smirk from forming on her lips, as everyone came close to face planting into the ground. By the looks of it none of the people before her had expected her to show up. She could no longer help it. A huge smirk graced her lips.
"Mukuro right now is not the time to be joking with us," Hiei muttered, before sparing a glance towards his mate's body. Mukuro followed his gaze and her smirk fell at the sight of the fallen warrior. This was not a good sign. If the fox was down for the count, then the killer was a force to be dealt with logically and carefully.
"He didn't even have a chance to defend himself. Hell. Papa didn't even give me the chance to find some other story to use," by now tears were fully streaming down the young child's face. Falling, forgotten, to the cold dirt. Things just weren't fair. It hadn't accord to her that with out a body it was going to be hard to help her father. For all she knew. He could now be trapped in her mind forever.
"Amethyst. I think you need to explain what happened and where his soul is now," for once it was Yusuke giving the serious tone and setting up the conversation. It wasn't often the half human acted older and seemed to actually give thought to the situation. It of course, didn't help Yusuke that the black hair'd demon was currently trying hard not to look lost or hurt by his mate's death.
With small interruptions, for she was still alittle winded from her 'trip', Amethyst sadly told what had happened and where her red headed father was staying. Hopefully for the time being.
'This looks like a good memory to start at!' Kurama exclaimed to himself. He had decided that if Amethyst trusted him with a key. . . then she wouldn't mind the fox looking at her memories. 'An early start on raiding her stuff. I have to have practice for when she is a teenager!'
It was strange with the key. Green eyes had one moment looked at the blank darkness and the next blinked and found lights flashing everywhere. Little arrows under the lights pointing to what looked like files. 'My daughter is already organized. Wait. Why can't her room be like this? But without the lights.' Kurama made a 'mental' note to ask his daughter why she picked such bright colors.
He now stood in front of a file labeled 'Before death memories'. The red head could only guess that this was the file containing memories from before her mother's death. Which was what Kurama wanted to see. He had heard the story and had heard what Yomi had to say about Lillian. But he wanted to see. What caused Arc not to kill Amethyst, yet to just injure her.
It was like looking at pictures. Each memory in the form of a picture and the picture showing one scene from the memory. It wasn't hard to figure out which one was Lillian's death. For on the cover Arc was holding the dagger what at her throat.
Kurama reached in and had barely touched the picture when it lept out and all the flashing lights disappeared. All that was left was the fox and the floating picture, that was slowly getting bigger and bigger. Until it was the size of what Kurama's memories had appeared as.
"Here we go," Kurama murmured, before sitting down and gathering his knees to his chest.
A snarl tore from the bushes as the black and brown kit ran for Arc's calf. Though she was young she could tell that this man, her father, was not to be trusted and was about to hurt the one person who had really loved her.
Amethyst's teeth sunk deep into the demon's leg and a gasp errupted from Arc. The pain swelling in his leg was what triggered the jerking motion of the man's hands. It was what let the dagger and the mother fox slip, and fall towards the ground.
The dagger landed with a tiny 'thump' and Lillian landed with a small 'eep'. Before Arc could react Lillian had jumped towards her kit and had grabbed her by the scuff. With a little force the pure black fox was able to remove her kit from the demon's calf and was turning tail to run for it.
It was quick and it was pain less. Just as Arc had received his dagger and was prepared to chase after the two foxes- something got to them first. One arrow flew and landed right into Lillian's shoulder. The second one pierced right into her stomach. And the third hit Amethyst's shoulder, causing the kit to give a yelp.
As said before. It was quick and painless. Lillian never knew that she dropped the kit or that she landed with a deadly sounding 'oof.' And she would never know what would to her kit in the future. All she would know. Was the Lord Yomi would come and ask for a part of her memory on what had happened.
Even with an arrow poking out of her shoulder, it didn't stop the kit from attempting to find her mother. But before she could reach the fallen fox; a large hand hit her in the head and knocked her a foot or two towards the bushes and three feet away from her mother. With blurry eyes, Amethyst tried to see who hit her. But all she could make out was two figures.
"What if that blow kills her? What if the arrow kills her?" Arc's voice was filled with anger. He did not seem pleased that some one had messed with his plans. Amethyst went to try and stand, but was again knocked over. Pain raced through the kit's shoulder as the figure took the arrow out of her shoulder.
"She will survive brother. But right now Mukuro and Yomi are on their way here and we have to leave," the man's voice sounded smooth compared to Arc's once rough sounding voice. This voice seemed to hold no emotion and not to even have cared what happened to Arc's daughter.
Suddenly there was other voices. Coming closer and closer to the clearing. With great force Amethyst was picked up and tossed into a nearby bush. The kit was so tired she couldn't even squeal when the thorn pierced into her left leg. And with that small thorn- came darkness.
"Who was the man?" Kurama asked himself, as the memory flew away and the flashy lights returned. The voice had sounded familiar and, he knew, had come from his past. But who was it? 'Oh well. Let's find something else to watch.'
Green eyes looked around and tried to find some other memory to watch. After days, to him, of searching he came across a folder that had the same writing as the notes Amethyst had been taking before she was kidnapped. 'This should be interesting,' Kurama thought, while searching through the file. He was relieved to see that everything she wrote was here and that it came with a version that was written in another language--a language he could read.
He pulled one out that had read 'Marceo'. The red head was hoping that this was going to help him better understand what was going on.
"Do we have any clue where his soul could be?" Shiori asked. This was doing nothing to help with her nerves. Aiko now rested in her lap again and Koenma sat close to the two woman. It wasn't often now a days for him to be able to come and visit Human World, but this was something he knew had to be dealt with in person.
"He soul will be attached to something or someone. All we need is this object, or person, and we can pull his soul out. Then we will also need to make a new body for him," Koenma commented. He already had Jorge working hard at getting the body ready for when they did find Kurama's soul.
"It is hard to say though. Shiori, you have to understand that Kurama could be anywhere. Where ever his soul felt it should attach itself. It could be his lost treasure or it could be Hiei's sword. But don't worry. We will find him," Yukina murmured while standing to retrieve some tea. The young maiden knew that this was going to be a long journey for Kurama, and even for Hiei, and that it could be years before they ever found the fox' soul.
"How did he get inside of your mind?" Yusuke asked. He figured that if it could go anywhere it would have gone to Hiei. Or even to Spirit World. Then again. The fox had a thing about defying death.
"I'm not sure," the young girl answered. She really had no clue on why her father's soul had gone to her. Maybe because she was closer? And there was room in her mind? Amethyst's mind didn't have a Jagan to block the soul away? If he had gone to his treasure that no one would be able to find him? There was a number of things that could explain what had caused him to pick her. But that didn't stop any of them from wondering.
"Let's just be glad that we know where he is and that he is safe," Mukuro commented. But instantly realized that with Arc chasing the young girl, she was no safer then with a rock. Thankfully nobody commented on what she had said. But all had known that her words really were not true.
"You all have good reason to be scared," everyone instantly reacted. They knew that this time it was no joke. That the owner of the voice was trully there to take them down. Hiei rose and dropped Amethyst, while pulling his sword out. Amethyst landed on her feet and quickly had her dagger and knife out for battle. Kuwabara was holding his spirit sword and was placing his feet into the right stance. Yusuke had his finger up and pointed at the brown haired demon and Mukuro merely pulled her fists up into view.
"Arc what are you doing here?" Amethyst yelled over the now raging winds. Mentally the young girl praised herself for finally learning how to use the power. Even if she couldn't entirely control it whenever she was sleeping. That was the reason she had not been sleeping for days. She was afraid of it targeting the ones she loved.
"Why wouldn't I be here," Arc questioned. The wild purple aura flowed from his eyes and floated around his body. His fists were clenched with anger and the earlier self loathing. But there was something different about him. He seemed taller, and to continue getting taller, and his hair was wildly growing. That's when it hit.
"Everyone scatter! He is. . .," but before Amethyst could continue, Arc's energy shot out in every directions. Causing everyone to be pushed back by the force. Mist started to swarm and gather around the growing demon. Leaving the group to gather themselves up and wait to see what was to come.
"Yukina. . . what's going on with your mirror?!" Shiori and Koenma yelled for the ice maiden from the dojo area. Said maiden, instantly dropped the tea and left the steaming kettle to run to see what they were talking about. When she opened the door, the room was suddenly filled with misty lights that popped and bubbled from the mirror.
"I'm not sure," She whispered, as she turned to shield her eyes from a stronger ray of light that came forth from the magical mirror.
Well. I'm finally glad to get this chapter done and posted! That is what I love about the weekends. I'm thankful for them, 'cause I've heard horror stories of people who worked 7 days a week. So to everyone who has to work that much... be at peace. Your day will come when you can force other people to work while you go golfing on the weekend!
Thanks again to everyone who has read this far! Means a lot to me! Reviewing would be nice. I like to know what people think of my stories!
-Ssa
