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Chapter 11:
"Karasu." Came a growl at the other end of the phone.
Karasu grimaced at the voice; if was from the last person he ever wanted to hear from.
"Yusuke." Karasu said with a calm voice.
"Urameshi? Why did he answer?" Kuwabara asked, a bit confused at the fact Yusuke would be answering the demi-god's phone.
"Where's Kurama?" Karasu asked, ignoring Kuwabara.
Kuwabara really didn't care that Karasu ignored him at the moment since what he relayed aloud was just an out spoken thought; not really wanting an answer.
"Where's Kuwabara?" came an equally calm voice on the other end.
"Hold on." Kuwabara said.
Karasu looks at his prisoner.
"You can put it on video if ya want. It might calm everyone down." Kuwabara suggests.
He was never the type to like tension, and this was one of those very stressful moments that could go down a path that none of them wanted to go down.
Karasu blinks at the human before a smirk, hidden by his mask, crossed his face.
"And I thought you were the idiot of the group." Karasu smirked.
"Shut up! Why don'tcha say that to my face ugly!" growled Kuwabara, glaring at an amused Karasu.
"Kuwabara! Is that Kuwabara!" Yusuke shouted into the phone, his voice filled with relief and excitement at being able to hear his best friend's voice.
"Settle down Yusuke."
Karasu froze as the voice of his beloved made it to his ears.
"I am going to put you on video phone." Karasu says.
Yusuke was quiet for a moment before nodding.
"Alright, fine." Growled Yusuke.
"What does he want?" Kurama asks, worried for his secret desire.
"He's gonna put us on video phone or something." Yusuke snorts.
Yusuke watches the phone, ready to see the bastard's face appear on the phone.
Nothing appeared for several minutes; however he did hear some different sounds coming from Kuwabara's phone.
After a few more minutes of those strange sounds, Yusuke could hear a confrontation in the back ground and tried to listen.
"Damn it Karasu! Yer gonna break my phone! If you break it you'll owe me $1200 plus interest! Just untie me, I'll show you how to put it on video…" Kuwabara shouted.
Yusuke had a faint smile appear across his face.
He closed his eyes.
"Kuwabara…he sounds alright at least…still cocky…" Yusuke sighs.
Kurama lets out a breath, glad that Kuwabara wasn't seriously hurt.
"Now why would I do such an idiotic thing like that? You could escape." Karasu says, narrowing his eyes at this prisoner.
"Man yer paranoid. Where the heck can I go? I don't even know where the heck I am! Besides, I won't go too far with my shoulder still bleeding…and would it kill ya to at least bandage it! I mean, seriously, it's a good thing my body can heal pretty fast or I would have died from blood lost already!" shouts Kuwabara.
Karasu looked at Kuwabara and then at his wound, realizing the human was right. He could have at least properly bandaged his prisoner.
Karasu sighed.
"You have a point."
"What!"
Karasu looked back at the phone.
Yusuke had heard everything Kuwabara just said.
"Damn it Karasu, when I get my hands on you I'm gonna kill you!" growls Yusuke.
"Yusuke, calm down. I really don't think this is…" Kurama starts.
"I don't care if it's not a good idea to yell at him! I don't give a damn! I'm gonna kill the bastard!" Yusuke shouted over the phone.
Karasu sighed.
He couldn't take Yusuke's screaming.
"Show me how to do this human." Karasu says, walking up to Kuwabara and untying his hands.
Kuwabara glares at Karasu.
"Let me at least wrap my wound, alright? Then I'll help you shut Urameshi up."
"Hey!" came a shout from the other end of the phone.
Yusuke forgot about how delicate the whole situation was; he wasn't going to let his friend dis him like that, no matter how much his life was in trouble.
"Shut up Urameshi! Yer givin me a headache!" Kuwabara shouted while wrapping a sheet around his arm.
Kurama and Koenma couldn't help but chuckle. Even in such a tense situation Kuwabara could still insult his best friend.
"Why that…after we save yer ass I'm gonna blast it with a spirit gun blast!" Yusuke shouts.
"Whatever Urameshi….there." Kuwabara says, fixing the phone so it can show his face on the phone and he was looking at Yusuke who looked like he was about to have a complete melt down.
Yusuke's glare disappeared once he saw how bad his best friend was fairing.
His hair was in a loose version of his normal 'Elvis' style; all of his hair gel gone.
Yusuke could clearly see Kuwabara's shoulder, which was wrapped up in a sheet, though the sheet was stained already with blood.
Yusuke looked sadly at his friend.
"Kuwabara…" he whispered.
"See I'm fine, now get me out of here already so I can kick yer ass for making me have a headache!" Kuwabara says, giving Yusuke a grin, trying to cheer up his best friend.
Yusuke was about to say something back when Karasu took the phone from Kuwabara.
"Alright, now let me talk to Kurama."
"Hey! I was still talkin'!" Kuwabara shouted.
Karasu glared off screen.
"You want me to remind you who's in charge here?" Karasu asks his voice deadly cold and making a bomb, that couldn't be seen over the video phone.
Kuwabara shuttered under that glare and closed his mouth, just glaring at the demon.
Karasu smirked, satisfied that he finally shut up the human.
"You hurt him and I'll kill you." Growls Yusuke, not liking how the crow was treating his best friend.
He was a bit worried at how Kuwabara instantly shut up after Karasu said that. Yusuke was worried if Karasu hurt his best friend more then he already knew.
"Just put the fox on." Karasu said, starting to get more then annoyed.
Kurama looks at Yusuke, who growls at Karasu before handing the phone to Kurama. Kurama looks Yusuke in the eyes, promising him with his eyes that they would get Kuwabara back safely.
Yusuke sighed and nodded in understanding.
Kurama looked into the phone calmly; looking right into Karasu's violet eyes.
"Hello my beloved fox." Karasu says in a sweet voice.
Kuwabara thought he was going to be sick; as well as Kurama.
"Cut the crap Karasu. What do you want?" Kurama ask dryly, surprising Yusuke, Koenma and even Kuwabara, who couldn't see Kurama but could still hear the conversation, since he put it on speaker phone as well as the video.
"You should know that by now. I want you." Karasu says.
"I know that, crow. What I want to know is why you kidnapped Kuwabara-san to get to me?" Kurama asks, confused as to why Karasu would use Kuwabara.
He didn't know about Kurama's secret desire over the human, or so the fox thought.
"Now my dear fox, I would expect the detective to play dumb, but you? You're much smarter then that. You know why I took your precious human friend." Karasu said putting extra emphasis on 'precious'.
Kurama paled.
That was his worse fear. Karasu some how found out his secret and was using it against him.
Yusuke looked at his friend and at Karasu, looking over Kurama's shoulder.
'He can't mean that Kurama…likes Kuwabara more then a friend…can he?' thinks Yusuke, narrowing his eyes at Karasu.
"Now the only thing we need to discuss is when and where to make the trade; you for your friend." Karasu says.
Kuwabara stared at the phone, dumbfounded.
He thought Karasu would tell them to come to his hideout and ask all of them to come, not just Kurama.
'Shit…I tried to protect Kurama and screwed him instead…' Kuwabara thought.
"Don't do it Kurama! Forget me and tell this jackass no!" Kuwabara shouts.
Karasu looks at Kuwabara.
"You haven't shut up since you woke up. You're starting to get annoying." Karasu says.
"Well deal with it dude, 'cause I ain't shutting up until Kurama turns down yer stupid offer!" Kuwabara shouts.
"Shut up Kuwabara!" Kurama shouted. "I have no choice…I won't let him hurt you…" Kurama says closing his eyes.
Yusuke looked at Kurama in shock, as well as Koenma.
Karasu smirks.
"That's right. You'll be mine soon, my sweet Kuramaaaaaa!" Karasu said, but was tackled by Kuwabara, who was still untied.
Kuwabara sat on top of Karasu, who dropped the phone, tossing it to the ground.
It landed on its side, facing the two.
Kuwabara was holding Karasu down with his hands.
"There is no way in Hell I'll let you do that you bastard! Kurama is my friend. I thought if I told you Koenma's number, even have you call my house to reach him that he could figure out a way to kick yer ass and finally destroy you, but I was wrong. I am not gonna be the reason a friend of mine is put in danger….never again….I won't let my friend's down again!" growls Kuwabara, glaring into Karasu's eyes.
"Kuwabara!" shouted the three on the other side of the phone line.
Yusuke gasped as he realized what Kuwabara was talking about.
"Kuwabara….it wasn't your fault that Sensui killed me…it's not your fault that he kidnapped you to get to me…" Yusuke says, grabbing the phone from Kurama, who was in shock that Kuwabara just tackled Karasu.
Kuwabara closed his eyes, hearing Yusuke.
"It was and I'll never let my friend's die cause of me again!"
Kuwabara reopens his eyes and looks at Karasu, his eyes filled with fire.
"Leave Kurama alone you bastard. Pick on someone yer own size, or species for that matter!" Kuwabara grunts as his shoulder starts to hurt, realizing that he was still injured.
Karasu was in shock. He never expected the human to tackle him. He looked at the fire in those deep brown eyes of his prisoner and found them to have just as much fire and mystery as the one he had found him self desiring since he heard of the legendary bandit Yoko returned in a lovely human's body.
'It seems that carrot tops are just as determined and full of fire as lovely red heads….' smirks Karasu.
He couldn't help but start to think of the human as something worthy of his attention. He seemed to be more determined then the fox.
Using Kuwabara's weaken state, and seeing how the human was a bit distracted by his pain, managed to flip the boy over and was now on top of a wide eyed and in pain Kuwabara.
From the phone, Yusuke's voice could clearly be heard.
"GET OFF OF HIM YOU BASTARD!" Yusuke shouted, close to crushing the phone in his hands.
Karasu bent down close to Kuwabara's frightened face.
"It would seem that I've underestimated you my dear boy." Karasu whispers for only Kuwabara to hear.
Kuwabara's face pales from the closeness of his secret desire's face was to his own.
'Crap crap crap crap! This is sooo not good!' thinks Kuwabara.
Without looking away from the frightened teen, Karasu spoke to those across the phone line.
"I might have some fun with this one."
Kuwabara's eyes widened even more, as sweat started to come from his face. Fear was in those eyes of his, and Karasu was basking in this fear.
"YOU BASTARD! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HIM!" roared a pissed Kurama.
This shocked everyone.
Yusuke looked at his friend, who was steaming and it was clear by the light strands of white in his normally pure red hair; along with the tint of golden with in those green eyes of his.
Kuwabara didn't notice, to afraid of what the crow had just said.
He had just announced he wanted to have 'fun' with him, and it not only excited the teen, but scared him that he felt excited by the statement.
"Well well my dear fox. You're showing your true colors, aren't you." smirked Karasu, though no one could see it from under his mask.
Karasu looked at the phone, which was side ways, but was still in his view.
His eyes showed his amusement as he looked into those angered green orbs.
"Shut up." growled Kurama, who was looking over Yusuke's shoulder.
Kurama's eyes and hair started to flash, as if he was going to turn into Yoko at any moment.
Karasu's smirk turned into a grin.
"Then I suggest you meet me tomorrow evening in the park, by that tree you like to sit by. Yes, I've been watching you for a while now. If you do not show up..."
Karasu turns back to the withering boy beneath him.
"Then I'll do every single thing I had desired for you to him."
Kuwabara whimpered in fear and more at this threat.
No one noticed the excitement it was causing Kuwabara, and thought the whimpering was more fear then anything else.
"I WILL be there, don't you worry about that, crow." Hisses Kurama.
Karasu's eyes showed the satisfaction of those words spoken by the lovely fox.
"Then I shall see you soon sweet fox." Karasu said before reaching over to the phone and ending the conversation.
Hehehehehe Sorry guy, but another cliff hanger you get winks I hope you guys liked this and sorry for the long wait! Please read and review!
