A/N: peeks in through a half opened door , Soooo… do y'all hate me yet? I'm so sorry it's been so long, life is evil, but today we had a weather day from school cuz it's raining like no tomorrow. Seriously, I think I could swim in the ditch at the end of our street! So we finally meet Hidaka in this chapii, whispers the evil prick! Oh, sorry. But anyways, tell me what you think, thanx!

Disclaimers: We all know I don't own YYH or the characters within that universe. I do however own this plot and the OCs featured in this fic. V.v Are you happy now?

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Chapter 8

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Suddenly something shot out from one of the trees and wrapped it's self tightly around Cho's body winding it's way around her until she was completely covered in restraining tethers.

A cruel laugh floated to her ears and Toguro froze in fear. That voice, it was him

"Hello my sweet, so lovely to see you again." A man appeared from behind a tangle of trees leering at her cockily.

"Hidaka," She breathed in fear unable to move even a muscle. "No."

"I'm so glad you're happy to see me. It's been so long since you escaped my grasp, I'd almost forgotten how pretty you are." Hidaka reeled her tethers in and grasped her face in his powerful hand.

Cho hated his cold skin. It felt like the embodiment of death and destruction. "Get away from me," Toguro hissed trying to put on a good front though unable to erase the fear shining in her eyes.

"I see you haven't changed much my dear," Hidaka smirked at her brave act. "You know," He said pressing his check against hers so that his lips brushed against her ear, "You have caused me a lot of trouble these last few years. Don't make this anymore difficult than it has to be."

"Please," Cho breathed as Shizori reentered the clearing yanking an irate fire youkai behind her on a leash of purple spirit energy. Hiei was practically hissing with rage as she threw him to the ground and pressed a healed foot into his throat.

"Look what I've caught my lord, a rabid animal trying to defend its master." Shizori chuckled vindictively.

"Good work," Hidaka said never taking his eyes off of Cho. Toguro stared in fear as Hiei struggled with out result to relieve the pressure on his air passage. "Maybe," Hidaka said reading the expressions of concern and care in Cho's green eyes as she stared at the youkai, "We can use him as leverage. What do you think?"

He grabbed Cho's hair forcing her to look at the pain and struggle in Hiei's expression. "Should I kill him or will you come back with me like a good little girl?"

A tear rolled off of her cheek as Cho braced herself for the answer she was about to give her captive. The image of Hiei's smile from her dream, then again when they had talked that morning floated through her mind, and in an instant she knew what she had to do.

"Never," She said the fear draining from her visage as she broke through the tether of energy that held her to the evil youkai.

"What?" Hidaka shouted unbelieving.

"You will not touch him!" She said in a low growl as tendrils of brilliant green spirit energy pulsed around her petite figure, her eyes glowing a menacing warning to the demon she now stared at.

A great burst of energy shot out from around the hanyou kicking up leaves and branches all around them. The energy then surged forward knocking Hidaka and Shizori back with bone breaking force.

"Leave," Cho shouted not letting up on the energy output as she now towered over Hidaka who lay sprawled where he had been forced to the ground. They stayed for a moment like this, neither blinking, before the shock on Hidaka's face wore off to be replaced with a cool smirk.

"Fine, but don't think this is the end little one, not even for a second. I will win you in the end. Shizori," A snapped to his henchmen and they both disappeared in a crack of negative color.

Cho finally retracted the spirit energy around her and sighed in relief. He was gone… for now. "Hiei," Toguro questioned kneeling down beside the apparition still lying on the leaf strewn floor. He rose slowly shaking the pain from his head then looked at the girl next to him.

Cho tried to touch his neck were Shizori had held him down wanting to examine any damage the demon may have left but was stopped by a swift hand catching hers gently in rout.

"I'm fine, onna." He snapped though the glint in his eyes told her that if he could, he would have smiled at her.

"How touching," A voice behind Cho cooed falsely. Before they could even turn to face the intruder a hand had snatched Toguro's wrist forcefully pulling her off of the ground.

Cho realized too late that she was looking into the eyes of her enemy once more, and there was nothing she could do about it.

"I forgot to give you my parting gift my sweet," Hidaka laughed cruelly at the fear that returned to the girl's pail face. "Wouldn't want you thinking I'm anything less than a gentleman."

"Bastard," Hiei barked unsheathing his katana preparing to lunge at the man holding Cho captive, but before he could move another inch Hidaka's lips came crashing down on Cho's.

Time seemed to stop, as did the people standing in the wood as the event paned out. Cho wanted to scream, but found her entire body unable to move, unresponsive to her mind's pleading to fight back.

Then, there was only pain.

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Prixa dashed around the line of trees outside the temple hoping to every god she could think of that her friends were okay.

"Did you see anything?" Kurama said running towards her from the opposite direction.

"No, oh, Kami where are they? What if Shizori turned up? What are we going to do?" Prixa's anxiety levels shot straight through the roof at the thought of what might happen if they didn't find Cho in time.

"Guys!" Yusuke's voice shouted from the front of the temple. It sounded urgent, afraid…

Both kitsunes looked at each other forebodingly before taking off at a dead run until they reached the front yard of the temple where they stopped in their tracks.

Hiei sat on his knees on the ground looking as though he had collapsed on the spot, in his arms clutched a trembling figure with soft pink hair.

"Cho," Prixa shouted rushing to the pair and skidding to a halt on her knees. "What happened to them?" She asked trying to get Hiei to let go of her friend with little effect.

"We don't know." Yusuke said prying the girl from Hiei's hands forcefully. When the apparition finally released her both cried out in agonizing pain. Prixa took Cho while Yusuke and Kuwabara tried to persuade Hiei to uncurl his trembling hands from his head and talk to them.

"Damn it," Prixa hissed finally revealing Cho's face as the girl lay in her lap, back arched in pain gasping for air. They stared at the horrid sight before them as the two demons suffered without relief.

Cho's lips were black, a deep shade of evil incasing them so completely. Kurama tried to shake Hiei out of the state of shock he appeared to be going into but only got a hushed reply.

"Hidaka's life is mine." The words dripped with venom before both he and Cho lost consciousness.

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Well, this was going to be longer but then I thought, no, if I don't post now someone my hate me for the rest of eternity. I just couldn't have that, they might give me a bad review, SO here it is! When the next chapii comes out is anybody's guess, so just hang in their and I'll do my best to facilitate my readers. Oh-kee-day?

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