Asiya and the Urameshi Team walk out of the portal and into the neighborhood of Chaz's parents. They stop and look at the directions. The address is a few blocks from where they are at. They look at each other and then walk toward their destination.
Phoenix hears Mina scream out and her body jumps up in her bed. She is sweating profusely and trembling all over. She looks over at Chaz and he is sound asleep. She places her hand on her heart and it is racing. She takes a couple of breaths to calm herself down and then chuckles at herself.
"It was just a dream." She says relieved.
Phoenix lies back down in her bed and closes her eyes. In moments she is dreaming once more...
She is running from the Urameshi Team. She is in a building with endless twists and turns. She looks back and Yusuke is right behind her. She makes a sharp left and comes to a dead end. She looks around frantically looking for some sort of escape but there is none. She can hear his footsteps along with the others pounding closer to her. Her heart is pounding and she is preparing to fight when she hears a woman giggling behind her. She turns to see who it is and sees her mother's violet eyes boring into her hungrily.
"Mom? Why are you here?" She inquires.
An evil grin spreads across her mother's face and she grabs her.
"You will pay for your crimes Phoenix." She says to her coldly.
Phoenix's eyes widen as fear build in her chest. "But it was your orders that I was following. I don't understand." Phoenix says shakily.
She desperately tries to pull herself free from her mother's grasp but she can't. She has an iron grip on her. Her mother pulls a dagger from behind her back and buries it in Phoenix's chest. Phoenix screams out.
Phoenix is panting heavily and her body is trembling. She slowly sits up in her bed with her hand on her heart. It is beating so hard that it is making her chest ache. A few tears roll down her cheek as she mentally calms herself down. ...Just another nightmare. It wasn't real Phoenix. Your mother would never betray you.... She says to herself, relieved that it was just a dream. She lays back down on her pillow exhausted.
She always had horrible nightmares ever since she was a little girl. She lost count of how many times she would wake up screaming in the middle of the night in tears and completely exhausted. They would be so intense that she would go for weeks at a time without sleep. She hated them and hated the fact that she had them. It would piss her off and she would always take it out on others.
She once saw a psychiatrist about them because she couldn't take it anymore and he had said some bullshit about her suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome because of how she was raised. That just sounded so stupid to her so she just stopped going. After awhile she just got used to them. She had them so much that the effect they had on her became dull. It had been so long since she has woken up like this. ...What a horrible dream... she thinks to herself and shuts her eyes. Her body relaxes into her bed and in seconds she is sound asleep.
10 minutes later, the Urameshi team and Asiya walk calmly to Rai's& Mina's front door and pick the lock. The five of them file in and look around quietly. Yusuke heads up the stairs followed by the others. They surround Rai & Mina's bedroom door and barge in.
An earsplitting scream echoes through the house.
Phoenix's body becomes rigid and she jumps up out of her bed and rips open the bedroom door. She heads for her aunt and uncle's room but is tackled to the ground. Her head bounces off of the marble floor and she looks up at her attacker dazed. To her horror it is Kurama.
Her eyes widen and her head is throbbing. She pushes her body up against Kurama to throw him off but he lifts her up by her shoulders and slams her back into the floor. Stars explode around her and the back of her head splits open. She starts to feel herself slip into darkness when another earsplitting scream rips through the air. The scream from her Tita brings her back into focus. She bites down on Kurama's arm and he screams out temporarily letting her go. She takes this chance and flips him off of her and heads for Mina and Rai's room.
She rushes into the room and sees Mina and Rai cornered by Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuwabara. She rushes Kuwabara first, and takes him down. She jumps in front of her aunt and uncle to protect them from Yusuke and Hiei. They both growl at her and attack. Phoenix knocks Yusuke to the floor with a power ball attack. Hiei squares off with her and attacks with his katana drawn. She blocks it and punches him square in his face.
He stumbles back and curses in frustration but attacks again. Her eyes become a crimson red and she hisses at him. In one quick move, she pins him to the ground and sinks her teeth into his neck. Phoenix is picked up and roughly tossed into her aunt and uncle. The three of them slam into the wall and slump to the ground.
Phoenix rises slowly from the ground. She glances down t her guardians quickly to see if they are okay. To her relief they are just knocked unconscious. She digs her nails into her palm angrily, making a fist, a low growl rumbles in her throat as she glares at the one who tossed her. Her growl dies in her throat as she sees her mother's wrathful violet eyes glaring back at her. The blood drains from Phoenix's face at the sight of her mother. ...Mom? Why is she here? And why the hell is she helping Urameshi Team? Has she betrayed me...? Mixed emotions begin swirl inside of her as she stares at her mother. ...Wait.... There is something different about her. It isn't her but what is the meaning of this? She asks herself. She opens her mouth to say something but she is hit by Yusuke's spirit gun before she can speak.
The power of his gun throws her through the window taking the whole wall and part of the floor with her. She falls to the ground with a loud thud followed by her aunt and uncle who fall near her. The fall wakes them up.
After several moments, Rai and Mina are the first ones who recover from the fall. Phoenix lays on the ground stunned. Hiei and Yusuke jump down from the bedroom window and continues to send off attacks. Phoenix tries in vain to get up but she can't.
Rai yells out, "SYOUTO-MYOU KYOUMO NO JUTSU!"
Dark storm clouds immediately appear out of no where and make a thick wall around Rai, Mina, & Phoenix. Hiei and Yusuke's attack bounces off of the storm clouds. They both grunt in frustration and rush in but jump back just as lightning strikes the ground.
"HINOTE RENSA!" Mina yells.
A chainlink whip made of fire appears from behind the wall of clouds and wraps itself around Yusuke's ankle. He yells out as the fire sears into his skin and shoots his spirit gun in the direction the whip came from. Instead of hitting Mina, he hits Rai, knocking him to the ground next to Phoenix. The wall of storm clouds disperses and Hiei and Yusuke rush in.
Mina steps in front of Rai and Phoenix and begin to fight Yusuke and Hiei together. While the three of them are in fierce battle, Kurama and Chaz fly through the front window dodging each others attacks. Phoenix lies there helplessly watching the battle rage on. Rai jumps up and rushes Kurama to protect Chaz. A woman's voice booms into the air and thorn vines reach up from the ground and wrap themselves hungrily around Chaz, Mina, and Rai.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! STOP IT! LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!!" Phoenix yells out forcing her body to get up.
"PHOENIX COME WITH YOUS OR THEY WILL DIE!" Hiei bellows.
Phoenix scans the area around her house and meets eyes with the wrathful eyes of the girl who looks like her mother. Rage surges up inside of her and she launches herself at the girl.
"I'LL KILL YOU!!" Phoenix howls.
The girl's eyes widen. Before Phoenix reaches her Hiei is on top of her with his katana buried into her side. She howls in pain and tosses him off of her. He does a back flip in the air and lands on his feet. Phoenix gets up on shaky legs with her hand on her side. She is panting heavily and bleeding profusely. Hiei launches himself at her again but she doesn't pay any attention to him. She locks her eyes on the girl who looks like her mother. She moves toward her but falls to her knees. Hiei stops right next to her and reaches down to pull her to her feet. Like lightning she grabs his arm and rolls on her back, tossing him over her with her feet.
He goes flying toward the girl but she moves slightly to the left so that he won't slam into her. Just as Hiei flies past her, Phoenix appears right in front of her with her hand cocked back as if to punch her. Her eyes widen and she braces herself for the hit but it never comes. Phoenix is pinned to the ground with Kurama's hand firmly around her throat. Asiya sighs in relief. ...She is scary. That was to close.. She thinks to herself.
Phoenix's eyes flash at Kurama and his eyes glaze over. His grip loosens on her. A sinister grin spreads across Phoenix's face and she flips him onto his back. She sinks her teeth into his neck. He groans slightly. A euphoric feeling takes over him and he wraps his arms around her. He pulls her closer to him and she sinks her teeth deeper into his neck.
Phoenix suddenly jumps away from an attack and lands a few feet from her attackers. She crouches down in a defensive pose and hisses at them, baring her fangs. She is about to launch herself at Hiei and Yusuke when Chaz yelps in pain. She turns her attention to him and her eyes widen as the vines tighten around him and the thorns begin to dig into his skin. She glares at the girl who looks like her mother.
"RELEASE HIM OR I WILL KILL YOU!" She growls.
Phoenix launches herself at the girl before she can respond but stops in mid-launch as the yelps of her aunt and uncle echo in the air. She looks over at them ...Fuck! I forgot they were here. Damn them!.. She growls to herself.
"Take one step forward and I will rip them apart with my vines!" The girl who looks like her mother growls threateningly.
"I'll reach you before you can do that!." She counters fiercely.
A vicious smile spreads across the girls face. "They will be dead before you reach me. As soon as the thorns pierce their skin, they will all die a very painful death from the poison in the thorns. You may reach me but I guarantee before you do, they will die." She says with finality in her voice.
Phoenix's eyes widen in horror as she looks at the three of them. She glowers at the girl and the girl's vicious smile spreads into a victorious one.
"Will you surrender Phoenix? Or will you witness the painful death of those you love more than your own life?" Hiei says with amusement dancing in his eyes.
Phoenix's body trembles with rage despising the fact that she has lost. She can see herself ripping the heads off of Hiei and that haughty girl. She wants nothing more than to accomplish that but she will not do it at the cost of Chaz, Mina, and Rai.
"Fine. I will come with you. Just let them go." She growls at Hiei vehemently.
Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama rush Phoenix and pin her to the ground.
"I won't let you take her!" Chaz screams maniacally and bursts free of the vines.
He launches himself at the detectives. Vines burst through the ground but he dodges them as quick as lightning.
Just before he reaches Phoenix, She yells out to him. "NO! Stop!"
Chaz stops abruptly. "Go and help your mother and father. I will be alright. They will not keep me long be sure of that." She commands.
Chaz looks into Phoenix's eyes troubled. She raises her eyebrows at him and gives him an abscond look; ...Go! That is a direct order... Her voice echoes in his mind. He turns away from her and walks over to Mina and Rai, obeying her command.
Yusuke handcuffs Phoenix as she watches Chaz help Rai and Mina to their feet. Phoenix watches the three of them disappear into the forest. As soon as they completely disappear from sight, she turns on Yusuke and kicks him in the shins. He yells out letting her go and she takes off running.
Hiei, Kurama, and Asiya take off after her. They gain on Phoenix but she does not slow down. She jumps through her arms so that her handcuffed hands are now in front of her instead of behind her. She speeds up putting a great distance between her and her three pursuers. Vines burst up from the ground at the same time that Kurama's rose whip lashes out at her. She jumps into the trees to evade both attacks. She leaps from branch to branch increasing the distance between her and them.
Once satisfied that she has put enough space between her and her pursuers, Phoenix stops. She places her hand on the nearest tree and leans her head into her forearm panting. Her heart is pounding in her chest so hard that all she can hear is her own blood rushing furiously in her veins. Her side is aching terribly and her whole body is trembling. She can feel exhaustion begin to take her but she shakes it off.
After several moments, her ragged breathing returns to normal, and she looks behind her. A crafty smile spreads across her face.
"HA! Idiots! They really thought they had me! Fucking amateu-"
Before she finishes her sentence, someone jumps down on her and pins her to the ground. She throws off her attacker and gets in fighter stance.
"You were saying?" Hiei says taking his Katana out.
Hiei attacks Phoenix and she dodges his attack but his katana slices into her arm.
"Not quick enough." He growls.
She glares at him. She winces in pain as the wind hits the open wound and falls to one knee. An arduous smirk spreads across his face and he attacks again. She rolls out of the way but his katana slices down on her leg this time. She screams out in agony and grabs her leg. His raised katana comes down on her again and again and again; each time finding its mark. Before long she finds herself covered in blood from the wounds his has dealt her. He is towering over her with a triumphant smirk on his face.
"Give up Phoenix you are no match for me. I am to quick for you. Stay down or I will finish you off." Hiei says icily.
She laughs in defiance at him and with her last ounce of strength, she latches herself onto his throat sinking her teeth in. He cries out and rips her from his throat. He slams her into a tree and she sees nothing but darkness.
Hiei comes over to Phoenix and glares at the unconscious criminal. He places his hand on his neck and touches the bite she gave him. He raises his katana over her heart like he is going to strike but does not. Instead, he cuts a piece of her shirt off & places the cloth on his neck to stop the bleeding. The cloth becomes saturated with his blood but it stops the bleeding. He looks at the cloth and throws it to the ground furious. He lifts up the unconscious female youkai roughly and throws her over his shoulder.
"If Koenma didn't want you alive you would be dead now bitch." He growls to himself and carries Phoenix off.
Hiei walks up to Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Asiya. At the sight of Hiei and Phoenix, Yusuke opens up his communicator and requests for a portal. A portal opens up before Yusuke's communicator closes, Hiei & the unconscious Phoenix, Kurama, Yusuke, Asiya & Kuwabara walk into the portal.
Hiei places Phoenix down on a chair in front of Koenma's desk.
"What the hell did you guys do to her Hiei? I wanted her alive barely breathing." Koenma yells.
"She put up one hell of a fight Koenma, we did what we could to restrain her. She almost escaped us twice." Hiei counters angrily.
"I figured as much. Just look at her." Koenma sighs heavily and sits back in his chair.
"Well wake her up." Koenma orders.
"Phoenix." Hiei growls at her and slaps her across the face.
She doesn't move. He slaps Phoenix again harder but still gets no response from her. Instead he sees her wounds starting to close.
He hesitates but raises his hand back and punches her on the side of her face. She springs up and head-butts him in his nose. Hiei falls back holding his face and screams out in pain.
Phoenix rushes for Koenma's office door and knocks it off of its hinges. She slams into the other side of the hall and rolls off of the door. She jumps to her feet and takes off down the hall. She almost makes it to the first turn but Kurama's rosewhip lashes out and wraps itself around her waist. Kurama yanks her back and she slams into his chest and falls to the floor. He lifts her up by the nape of her neck and takes her back into Koenma's office. He roughly pushes her down into her seat. She growls at him in response but he just narrows his eyes into her.
"Phoenix sit." He says disdainfully.
Phoenix's eyes flash at him and Kurama's eyes glaze over. A malevolent grin spreads across her face.
"My you are cuter in person Kurama." She says to him with sweet venom in her voice.
His rose whip loosens just enough for her to jump up and sink her teeth into his neck. A small groan escapes his lips but he does not stop her.
A heavy hand comes from behind him and smashes into her cheek knocking her off of Kurama's neck. Her cheek splits open.
Phoenix growls at the person who struck her, it is Hiei. She smirks artfully at the condition Hiei is in; his face is covered in blood.
She lunges at him and goes for his neck a third time; Yusuke tackles her to the ground.
She squirms underneath him trying desperately to free herself from him and to his surprise she is succeeding.
"Kurama SNAP OUT OF IT!" Yusuke yells but he gets no response from Kurama.
Hiei walks over to Kurama and smacks him, breaking him out of his trance.
Kurama shakes his head. "What happened?" He asks confused.
"KURAMA YOUR ROSE WHIP!" Yusuke yells just as Phoenix throws him off.
Phoenix lunges for the exit but Kurama's rose whip lashes out again and wraps itself around Phoenix. He yanks her back toward her seat and she slams into the chair hard.
Phoenix begins to struggle and Kurama's whip tightens around her causing her to cry out. She spats at Kurama and begins to struggle again but the thorns dig so deep into her side that she stops.
"Hello Phoenix." A voice calls out to her causing her head to snap in the direction the voice came from.
"Koenma." Phoenix hisses.
"I want you to know Koenma I will not be staying for long. You can't hold me here brat!" She bellows.
Koenma tenses up in response. Hiei comes from the side and backhands Phoenix across the other side of her face, breaking the skin on her other cheek.
"Show some respect to the Prince of Reikai criminal." He growls.
Phoenix kicks him in the shins in defiance and he screams out. In an instant he has his katana to her throat.
...Do it oni. You traitor. You sell out! I dare you... She growls in his mind, leaning into his blade.
His eyes widen despite himself and he pushes the blade into her throat. A haughty smile forms across her face.
"Hiei let her go." Koenma orders.
...That's right you house-broken pup obey your master's command. Back off... Phoenix growls in Hiei's mind. Hiei's eyes grow beady from glaring at Phoenix so hard. He pushes the blade further into her throat.
"Hiei unless you want to share a cell with her stand down." Koenma commands.
Hiei snorts and then lets Phoenix go. ...Good boy... Phoenix hisses in his mind. Hiei glares daggers at her in response.
"Thank you. Here clean yourself up." Koenma says throwing a rag at Hiei.
He catches it and presses the rag to his face.
"Kurama make sure that whip is tight around her." Koenma says simply turning his chair to the file cabinet behind him.
He opens the cabinet doors and pulls out a metal collar.
Phoenix watches Koenma intently as he walks over to her and starts to place the collar over her neck. She moves away from him and tries to bite his hand but the rose whip tightens around her. Her blood begins to seep out of her sides. She yelps in pain and stays absolutely still.
Koenma places the collar around her neck and locks it. He moves his hand away and despite the pain Phoenix is feeling from Kurama's rose whip and the blood she has lost because of it, she attempts to bite Koenma's hand again but misses it.
"Kurama let her go." Koenma orders.
"What! But why? She will just attack again!"Kurama responds.
"No she won't I assure you." Koenma says confidently.
Phoenix has her eyes locked on Koenma as Kurama's rose whip loosens around her. A smirk spreads across her face showing Koenma how stupid she thinks he is for ordering Kurama to release her. As soon as she is released, she lunges at Koenma but is stopped in mid-air by 10,000 volts of electricity running through her body.
She falls to the floor in excruciating pain. She sits up and tries to rip the collar off of her but another 10,000 volts course through her. She falls on her back twitching madly and screaming at the top of her lungs. Her body relaxes as the electricity running through her dies down and she rolls onto her knees panting heavily.
"Take this fucking thing off of me or I will kill you Koenma." She howls at him.
The detectives look at her wide-eyed and at Koenma impressed. He winks at them and artful smiles spread across their face.
"I will not take that collar off of you Phoenix. If you try to attack again or take it off, 10,000 volts will run through your body every time. I don't care how powerful you are Phoenix you and I both know that your body will not be able to withstand that much punishment for to long. YOU will hear what I have to say." Koenma says to her coldly.
Phoenix glares at the ground hating the fact that Koenma is right and she really has no choice but to listen. ...Damn him! Fucking brat! I can't take to much more of the electric shock anymore. I'm exhausted... She thinks to herself grudgingly.
Every muscle in her body is weak and pulsating in agony. She looks up at Koenma with deep hatred burning in her eyes.
"Fine I will hear what you have to say but regardless of you having this collar on me or not, I will not stay here for long." Phoenix hisses defiantly.
"Whatever you say Phoenix. But you and I both know you are not going anywhere. Now if you don't mind can you please return to your seat." Koenma orders.
Phoenix attempts to get up but her legs are like jelly and she cannot move. She chuckles slightly.
"What is so funny?" Koenma asks.
"I would love to get up and return to my seat your highness but it seems that my legs refuse to work at the moment. If you don't mind I will just lie here." Phoenix says and lays her head down on the floor.
"Kurama lift her up and sit her down please." Koenma orders.
Kurama silently walks over to Phoenix and lifts her up and sits her back in her seat. She attempts to look over at Koenma but she cannot hold her head up and she finds herself nodding in and out of consciousness.
"Phoenix you are under arrest for countless murders of youkai and human, numerous murder attempts on the Urameshi Team, and for attempting to break your parents out of the spirit prison. You will be placed in a holding cell tonight and tomorrow your sentence will be carried out. Do you understand?" Koenma asks.
Phoenix looks at him, scarcely keeping her eyes open and her head bobs up and down. Her head falls back on the seat and she slips into cool darkness.
"I'll take that as a yes. Good work team we will meet tomorrow morning. Kurama,take her to the holding cell." Koenma orders.
