^^That night, at the beach^^
Drake was sitting across from me on the beach blanket, we had just finished eating a nice little picnic dinner. "This place used to be my home, my brother and me would always come down here and try and catch fireflies" I said, gazing into the starry sky.
"Fireflies are vile creatures, I can't imagine Carter ever running after such a thing" said Drake.
"Carter? Are you kidding? He's a total ass" I said, glaring at the sky. I ignored his comment about fireflies, some people didn't like them, so what?
"How could you talk about the king, your brother, like that!" yelled Drake as he slapped me, I fell to the side.
"Damn ass" I said, glaring at him. "What the hell was that for!" I yelled and he smirked, making my anger mellow out. "Whatever" I muttered and he grabbed my face forcefully, pressing my lips against his in a demanding kiss. He got over me, pinning me to the sandy shore as he tried to remove my bikini. I started to struggle and he placed spirit binds on my hands and feet.
"Shh, little baby" he said as he kissed me roughly. "It won't hurt a bit" he said laughing manically.
"GET OFF ME! KURAMA! HIEI! SOMEONE!" I screamed and he growled, covering my mouth with his hand. However someone knocked him off as soon as he untied my top. I looked to my savior to find Kuwabara, amazingly. With Drake's concentration broken the spirit binds also disappeared allowing my hands and feet to be free.
"Kuwabara!" I said, and he looked at me with a thumbs up. "WATCH OUT!" I yelled as Drake sent a fire blast at Kuwabara. Kuwabara dodged, just in time though. "Get help Kuwabara, go to the house…get Hiei or Kurama!" I said and Kuwabara nodded, dashing off as I finished tying my bikini top again.
"Your going to die" said Drake.
"Why! I thought you actually liked me" I said, glaring at him as my heart was torn in two.
"I did, really. But orders from Carter, are orders and they must be followed" he said, smirking as he advanced on me. I backed away, and started making hand signs to a secret attack I hadn't yet practiced.
"Fiery Phoenix!" I screamed and a huge flaming phoenix came out of no where, it looked down at Drake, and it's eyes burned with mischief.
"What the…HELL?!" screamed Drake's last words as the phoenix devoured him till nothing remained. I panted, and fell to my knees completely drained of energy. The phoenix turned around to look down at me, bowing its head before it puffed away. Hiei finally came from the sidelines, being the first over to me.
"I should've listened to you…you were right all along…I'm sorry, Hiei" I said as I collapsed. Hiei caught me and picked me up, taking me back to the castle-like house.
^^Next Morning^^
I woke up to the streaming sunlight, like I used to when I was little. I heard someone breathing next to me and I slowly opened my tired eyes. I found Hiei with his head on my bedside, sitting in a chair. His face looked like he was a little worried, but also he seemed so peaceful and friendly. Unlike his usual assassin like ways, or scheming plots to get whatever he'd be idolizing at the time.
"So your awake… Hiei's been looking after you all night" said Kurama from the doorway. "That was quite an impressive attack, where'd you learn it?" asked Kurama.
"From the forbidden fire attacks room" I said, shrugging. "It's not allowed but I enjoyed the attack anyway" I smirked, though my left hand hurt immensely, I looked at it and to my demise the scar of the Phoenix showed brightly as a stinging red scar. "They say there can only be one user of it in the entire three worlds.. so until I die it's mine" I informed.
Hiei started to stir and Kurama smiled and waved as he shut the door behind him. I looked at Hiei and his, even more beautiful then Drake's eyes, looked at me. "Morning, Hiei" I said, he rose to a sitting position.
"Morning…" he muttered.
"I heard you were here all night…watching over me…" I said, smiling at the thought. "Thank you" I added.
"Just listen to me next time" said Hiei. "I could've lost you" he said and left. I stared at where he had just sat and sighed. Why was I hurting slightly from his sudden leaving? I asked myself, looking out at the sea. Was I starting to fall for this brilliant assassin?
^^Midday^^
Kurama had helped to bandage my arm earlier, then I got dressed. Currently I was on the couch staring at Yusuke contently. We were in the 50th staring contest of the day. I kept winning and right after Yusuke would demand a rematch. Honestly, by now he had no chance.
"Give up detective" said Hiei emotionlessly, he had to be judge all day. There wasn't any other choice anyway, Kurama had gone to Ningenkai to see his mother (abandoning our mission), Kuwabara was dead asleep upstairs since last night, and all the girls weren't allowed to be in Maikai. Not right now anyhow.
"No way, Shrippy" Yusuke began. "I'm going to win this time!" he said smirking, and being distracted he accidentally blinked.
"Krystal wins, again" said Hiei smirking, and I giggled a bit.
"You tricked me!" yelled Yusuke. "Your on her side!" he whined and pushed me over, landing on top of me on the couch. "I'll get my revenge" winked Yusuke, laughing.
I pushed him off and laughed as well, "Only in your dreams, Yu-Chan!" I replied smirking, making him crack yet another laugh.
Then the door slammed open loudly, it was Carter. "Where is Colonel Drake!?" he hissed dangerously, glancing around the room. His eyes landed on me and his glare deepened, "You are to be arrested, in the murder of Colonel Drake!" yelled King Carter. Guards and military people barged through the door, handcuffing me with spirit binds. Hiei glared, but held Yusuke from punching, or killing, any of them.
"You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, you have a right to an attorney, if not able to afford one, one will be presented to you by the court of law, do you understand?" said a guy with a cruddy bronze badge.
"Hn, yes" I said, reluctantly being carried away from my friends and out the door.
"Think they'll put her to jail?" asked Yusuke.
"No, they'll kill her" said Hiei as flicker of devastation shown in his eye, quickly disappearing into angry determination.
^^With Krystal^^
They threw me into a jail-like cell, except the bars were made of spirit energy. They had me chained straight up-and-down, to more spirit binds that sucked out my spirit energy. I screamed as some guy poked me with a stick, "What the fuck are you doing?" I cursed at him. He was a middle-aged male demon, blue thorns sticking out of his head and darker blue hair in a scrappy mess. He wore rags for clothes and his metallic silver eyes showed pain and suffering.
"Just seeing if you were still alive" his voice was deep, and even more then his eyes, showed his hardship.
"How long have you been here for?" I asked calmly because no guards were present.
"Since I was 18" he replied, "I'm now 78 (demon years ppl)" he said sadly.
"Why'd you get put in here?" I asked, he shook his head and chuckled a bit.
"Real simple, I tried to assassinate that damned King Carter" he said.
"I wish you would've succeeded, but then I'd have to be the Queen of this damned place" I said, he gasped.
"Your Royal Princess Krystal?" he asked, amazed still. A glimmer shone in his eyes, as well as hope for his beloved nation.
"I gave up the Royal Princess title long ago, it's Krystal now" I said and he nodded. "I just wish I knew what Carter was planning" I said.
"Ah hah! That's where I come in handy" he said to me, smiling in hope. "I'm trusting you know that no one likes Carter here, ey?" he asked and I nodded. "Well you see, they won't kill the bastard cause those fools are too afraid of what would replace him" he said.
"Yes, some guards or something told me that before. I can't recall who exactly" I said, and he nodded.
"Well anyway, he doesn't want you known about. If any of his siblings would come back from their supposed graves or come back from being kidnapped, he'd immediately be slaughtered by the people" he said, smiling.
"Ah! Eureka!" I said. "Because then the people would KNOW who was to replace him…and that's why he ordered Colonel Drake to seduce me and then kill me!" I said, gasping in realization of their master plan. "But how did you know all this?" I asked him.
"The guards talk" he said, "And I listen" he replied winking. Guards came into the room with their impassive faces and stopped immediately at his cell.
"Today is your assassination date" said the one guard sternly. "Say your last words now" he said unlocking the door.
"My name is Marko Irishita!" he said to me, "Tell my daughter that I love her, and tell my fiancée that we'll have the wedding in heaven!" he yelled to me as they started dragging him down the hallway. "Fix this nation, save the lives of the innocent like myself, Royal Princess Krystal Tashima!" he bellowed through the now only-inhabited-by-me prison. I heard some mumbles from where they had taken my newly acquired friend, then the devastating metal-on-wood clash from the execution. My heart twitched, he was a real good man. He was out for his nation, and probably trying to protect his family. Never would I let what Carter had just done go without justice, no way in hell.
^^Back with the boys^^
Hiei paced uneasily in the living room, scamming someway to save Krystal. "I say we kill Carter" he finally said aloud to Yusuke.
"Are you crazy? We'll die for sure then!" Yusuke said startled.
"No…" he said. "Haven't you noticed the blankness in all of the military and policemen?" asked Hiei.
"Yeah, so what?" asked Yusuke.
"They're under mind control…" Hiei said plainly.
"Like what you did when I first battled you….and won" Yusuke just had to add the winning part.
"Can it, Detective" said Hiei irritated.
"Who would know you'd care so much, about a girl none-the-less!" laughed Yusuke. "So do you have a crush on my little Kristy?" asked Yusuke.
"Of course not you fool, but the diaper price will kill us if he finds out that she's been ARRESTED in MAIKAI!" yelled Hiei into Yusuke's ear.
"For such a quiet guy, you yell pretty damn loud when annoyed" said Yusuke rubbing his ears.
"Whatever, as I was saying…" Hiei began, explaining to Yusuke their new little mission.
^^The next day, Krystal POV^^
The guards came again, this time followed by the man I dreaded most in this word.
Carter.
"Ah, so your awake" said Carter smirking his white smile. To bad it was crooked from all the lies he had made.
"Yeah, I'm awake" I said plainly, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Guards, leave" said Carter as he smirked and instantly opened my cell, stepped in, and closed it behind him again. "Now" he said, the prison was bare and there was no one else here but me, and him. "Your going to BARE my child…I do not have the power to seduce any girl out there, and frankly with your powers the child would be stronger then any before" said Carter smirking as he knocked me out and raped me.
The next morning I awoke fully, but sloppily, re-dressed. I gasped in realization as blood was dried to my vag and it throbbed in pain. I cried and screamed a blood-curdling scream as Carter entered the prison laughing. "I'm you fucken sister, CARTER!" I yelled at him shocked.
"Don't worry about being related to me, that you're not" Carter said. "Your related to Kai though, so am I" he said. "You see, you were fathers and an angels child, but me… I was my mothers and a random male demon" said Carter. "Kai was fathers and my mothers only child together"
"I knew it" I said threw gritted teeth. "I KNEW YOU COULDN'T BE MY BROTHER" I said as tears of hate rolled down my face.
"All the better to SCREW with you!" said Carter laughing at me. The prison doors pounded opened, and their stood my savoir…Hiei. Hiei then disappeared and reappeared behind Carter, knocking him out in one single blow.
"Hiei, god I owe you so much!" I said to him as he unlocked the cell door. He also got the spirit energy binds off me. "How'd you do that?!" I asked stunned.
"Being a criminal helps you to learn many, many things along the way" smirked Hiei as he held out his hand for me. I didn't take it, and remained curled in a ball of sadness. "Common, we need to go…" he said in a concerned but serious voice. I took his arm in sheer need and ran out of the prison with him hand-in-hand.