Ahah just read, I'll explain at the end.
Chapter 12: Trip to Demon world
A week and four days passed. To my surprise, no one else came after my throat. I was walking back from school when I heard a voice.
"Kali! Wait up!" Zaira and Sachiel rushed to catch up with me.
"What are ye up to?" Zaira asked.
"Uh, going home. Was there something else you wanted to do?" I inquired.
"It's Friday. Lets do something," Zaira said.
"And what would you like to do?" Sachiel took out a comb and brushed her hair.
"Lets go for a walk. Ye know, the same place that we went the last time," Zaira smiled.
"Sure," I answered. We went out to the park. My mind traveled over to the past events that happened in the last few days. Gina had been transferred to another school. Hicora accidentally broke her black necklace and wasn't able to come out to the sunlight anymore.
Asura and Melinda's schedule at the hospital has been so busy that they couldn't watch over me like they promised. So I was just surrounded by my two best friends, my lovely half sister and my Guardian. I haven't seen the cat girl around either. School's been boring except for the occasional meetings with the shrink.
I haven't heard from Kuwabara or Yukina, and Kurama has yet to come back. My mind came back to reality when I picked up some strong energy.
"Hey, do you guys sense anything?" I asked.
"Ah'm gathering some energy over here," Zaira frowned. She walked over to a spot where there was a field of black grass.
"Should we tezt it?" Sachiel wondered.
"Who wants to die first?" I was trying to be funny, but no one was laughing. I sighed. Zaira kept on walking. She gasped and that made me stop following her. I became alarmed.
"What?" Sachiel whispered.
"Ah think Ah just stepped through a barrier."
"Stay where you are. I'm coming," I instructed. She obeyed. As soon as I stepped closer to her I felt a wave of air try to push me back. It was like it wanted me out. Sachiel joined us.
"That waz weird," Sachiel mumbled. She rubbed her arms.
"Cold?" Zaira questioned. Sachiel nodded.
"Should we continue?" I inquired.
Zaira exhaled. "Yes."
We moved away from the black grass. Once we did, the entire park changed. Hell, it wasn't even a park anymore. The ground was stripped of grass, nature was at its worst, and the smell in the air wasn't helping me.
"Where in the name of the heaven, are we?" Zaira scanned the area.
"Toto, I don't think we're in Japan anymore," I mumbled.
"Who'z Toto?" Sachiel asked.
"A dog character from The Wizard of Oz," I replied. "Don't you guys watch movies?"
"How do we get back?" Zaira mused.
"Do I look like I got all the answers?" I snapped.
"Sorry."
We tried to walk back to the park, but it just wasn't happening. The black grass totally disappeared. I scowled. Damn my luck.
"Dude, Ikatora is going to fry me," I muttered.
"We're trapped in some other dimension, and all ye can think about is how much trouble yer going to be in?" Zaira retorted. I chuckled softly. I got her into a bad mood.
"OH MY GOD! KALI LOOK!" Sachiel pointed at a familiar green figure. I threw my hand across her mouth and kept it shut. It was the doppelganger. I groaned. Now I have more bad luck.
"Do ye think it saw us?" Zaira asked. "What the hell is that thing?"
"According to what Kurama told me, it's a doppelganger," I said. They know about the fox demon's real name. I told them so sue me.
"And just exactly what is that?" Zaira kept hurling questions at me.
"I don't really want to explain right now. Lets just slowly back away and hope it won't notice us," I whispered. Zaira, Sachiel and I moved as quietly as possible. Some how, that didn't work because the next thing I know the doppelganger is standing right in front of me. Sachiel screamed so loud I thought I lost my hearing. So we went from slowly walking away to running like maniacs.
"GET BACK HERE YOU DAMN HUMANS!" One of the thing's friends yelled. It was a few minutes after the chase when I realized that the doppelganger was with company.
"RUN, FOREST, RUN!" I shouted.
"WHAT FOREST?" Zaira yelled.
"ANOTHER MOVIE CHARACTER! JUST FORGET IT! RUN!" I hollered back.
Sachiel squeaked as the monster looking thing jumped ahead of her. I pushed her aside and dodged the swinging swordsman. I glanced back to see Zaira ducking a blow from a masked figure.
"ZAIRA! YOUR POWER! USE YOUR POWER!" I screamed.
Immediately, Zaira dropped to the floor and touched the ground. Before you could even blink, vines and plants grew out of the ground. The vines wrapped up the creepy masked dude. He dangled in the air.
"BEHIND YOU!" Sachiel warned me. Green thing nearly punched me.
"THANKS!" I said to Sachiel.
I bared my fangs. Yea, I grew those too. I howled, causing Zaira to laugh for some reason. The masked creep cut down the vines and went after the earth fairy. I put my leg out from underneath him. He went flying.
"HAVE A NICE TRIP!" I bellowed.
Zaira's vines saved my life. The green creature was hovering above my head, trapped within the vines and it was trying to move its arms. Sachiel stopped moving, closed her eyes in concentration, and started to glow blue. I already knew what she was going to do. When the masked man tried to get back, she froze him in his place. The green thing remained still.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?" He wasn't too happy. I'm guessing it's a he judging by his chest.
"What does it look like?" Zaira snapped. She sat down. Obviously, she was tired.
"Why are you chazing uz?" Sachiel panted.
"You're in my territory," He growled.
"That doesn't give you the right to cut off our heads!" I exclaimed. I blinked. Wait a second here. This is an actual person. Does that mean…
"Are you Hiei by any chance?" I asked.
He frowned. "And how is it that you know my name, human?"
"Okay, for one thing buster, I am not a-" I was on a roll before Zaira made me shut my mouth. She looked at me and shook her head.
"We know a Kurama," Sachiel said.
I snorted, and Zaira was worried about me giving up too much information. Zaira glared at Sachiel. She gave me the okay sign so I could explain myself. The Hiei person didn't seem too pleased.
"I go to school with him and he's been helping me with my issues," I informed him. "I need to talk to him. Do you, by any chance, know where he is?"
He didn't respond fast enough. I lost my patience. "DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT!"
"I don't see why I should tell a human about the fox's whereabouts."
"I AM NOT A HUMAN GAWD DAMNIT! I'M A WEREWOLF!"
He stared at me. "A werewolf?"
"Do ye think Ah should let him go?" Zaira asked.
"If we release you, will you promise not to attack?" I questioned him. He scoffed.
"YES OR NO? ARE YOU CAPABLE OF ANSWERING SIMPLE QUESTIONS OR WHAT, YOU GREEN SMURF!" I know. Shaul told me that one of these days my temper will get the best of me.
Sachiel tried to stifle a giggle. It didn't work. Hiei gave me a death glare.
"I shall tear you open and-"
Zaira cut him off by tightening the vines around his throat. He continued to give us a very heated glare. Sachiel looked up at him.
"You muzt be nice to ladiez."
He snarled at her. I sighed. Zaira commanded the vines to maintain a firm hold on him.
"What do we do now?" Zaira asked.
"I don't know," I shrugged. Sachiel pointed at the frozen man.
"What about him?"
"Do ye think he'll be of more help?" Zaira turned to me.
"Only one way to find out. Just be prepared for an attack."
Sachiel unfroze the masked person. He looked at us and brought up his sword.
"Not a very good idea," Zaira said as she produced more vines to wrap around his feet. An earth fairy comes in handy, you know? Gotta love friends. My nose caught a burning scent. The green dude was on fire!
"Holy shit," I muttered. He turned the vines into ash. Sachiel and Zaira stared at the two.
Hiei smirked. "Have anything else to say?"
"Nope, not coming up with anything useful at the moment," I muttered. He vanished and appeared in front of me. His blade nearly came in contact with my neck, but something had happen. My body flowed with energy.
"Kali! You're glowing!" Zaira screeched.
Indeed. I am glowing. Thank god I'm not blue. I was glowing hot pink. The blade in Hiei's hand was fighting against the energy coming off of me. I suddenly felt the urge to touch him. So I did. I touched his face. His eyes dilated. He dropped his sword and rammed his hands at his head. He screamed. I stopped glowing and watched as he kept screaming. He crawled up into a little ball on the ground.
"What… happened?" I asked. Sachiel and Zaira had taken care of the masked person. He was, once again, frozen and covered in vines.
"Ah think yer using the Black Reflection," Zaira answered.
"Creepy," Sachiel mumbled. Hiei moaned. Tears streaming down his cheeks. They turned into black small balls. Sachiel picked up one.
"What are theze?" Sachiel inquired. I shrugged.
"Ah think ye can stop now. Ah've never seen a guy cry before," Zaira whispered.I stared at her.
"Ummm...that's slightly the problem."
"What now?" Zaira glared.
"How to make it stop..."
I tried many spells that I saw in movies, then waving my hands like a crazy maniac.
"I demand for you to stop!" I yelled while still waving my arms around. "Why aren't you stopping!"
I was about to give up when Sachiel whacked my head.
"YOU IDIOT! JUST TOUCH HIM!"
"Alrighty then! You don't have to hit me!" I hollered. I crouched down on my knees and I touched his face again. His eyes turned back to normal. He stared at me with watery eyes.
"Stay… away."
"I didn't mean to do anything. Honest!" I said. He stopped rocking himself back and forth. He suddenly went out of my sight. I waited a few minutes to see if he would reappear but he didn't. Zaira looked behind her.
"The masked one is gone too," She told me.
"They both went away?" Sachiel asked.
"I guess so," I replied.
"Ah wonder what his fear was," Zaira said softly. "It must have been horrible."
I nodded. Guilt pained my heart. I sighed. I felt like a child that did something wrong.
"It'z okay, Kali. You were juzt trying to protect yourzelf," Sachiel reassured me. Zaira smiled and grabbed my shoulder to comfort me.
"Where do you think he went?" I questioned.
"Maybe to that castle over there?" Zaira pointed at the castle ahead of us.
"Now when did that get there?" I frowned. I could have sworn that it wasn't there before.
Sachiel shrugged. "Tis a strange place."
"Damn right it is," I confirmed. "Do you guys want to go up there?"
"To what? Get killed?" Zaira grunted.
"It could also mean our only way out," I stated. Sachiel and Zaira glanced at me.
"Ah really hate ye sometimes," Zaira muttered.
I smirked. "I love you too."
--- Hiei ---
Hiei sat his partner down on the floor. He was standing in the halls of the Mukuro's home. She wasn't going to be thrilled to hear of what happened. He rubbed his temples, trying to erase the pictures that kept playing in his head and leave behind the old pain that the girl brought up. He frowned. How she managed to do that was beyond his understanding, but he wasn't going to allow her to touch him again. He sighed and opened the doors of Mukuro's lair.
"I take it that you failed to retrieve the intruders," Mukuro's voice welcomed him.
"Hn."
"What happened when she touched you, Hiei?"
"You saw what occurred?" His eyebrows furrowed. She bobbed her head.
"Answer, Hiei."
"I don't know. I just… lost control. Images kept running through my mind," He replied.
"What kind of images?"
Hiei didn't answer. Mukuro's face greeted his. He couldn't bring himself up to meet her eyes.
"Don't make me repeat myself, Hiei."
Hiei swallowed and took in some air. "Images… of things."
"Such as? Go on."
"My fears," Hiei frowned. He didn't like to admit that he actually had fears.
"Interesting."
He snorted. "I will kill her."
"Not before I meet her," Mukuro smiled. "I have to encounter the girl who brought out Hiei, the Jaganshi, his fears."
Hiei scowled, but left the subject alone.
"She and her friends are coming," She said. She identified the three figures walking toward her home. Hiei growled.
-- Kali and co.-
I found the stairs annoying. Why do places like these always have to have a lot of stairs? I huffed and puffed while climbing up the mountain of stairs.
"Someone please tell me that we're almost there," Zaira said behind me.
"I wish," I grunted. Sachiel decided to take a break and sit. I joined her.
"Thiz iz a workout," Sachiel groaned.
"Tells how much you should workout." A lady came out of nowhere.
I jumped at her sudden appearance. Zaira tensed. The lady had brownish hair and one blue eye. The other eye wasn't really human looking. A bionic woman without a doubt. A boy came out from behind her and folded his arms. He had black hair with bluish tints and a white starburst. His red eyes reminded me of Hiei. Then again, so did his scent.
"Um, hi. Sorry to invade your place, but I came here on pure accident. Since we did show up here… by the way, where is here?" I asked her. She chuckled.
"You're in Makai, Demon World," She answered.
"YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS? DEMON WORLD? Hold on, wasn't there some type of tournament going on?" I inquired. Was it possible that Kurama lied to me?
"Yes, I am serious. You seem to know quite a bit about Makai for a human," She said. "How did you know that there was a tournament?"
"Was? There was? So you mean it's over?" I ignored her question.
"Yes, it ended a few days ago," The lady frowned.
"Oh, okay, so Kurama didn't lie to me," I sweat dropped. Zaira nudged me with her elbow.
"You know Kurama?" Her turn to ask me a few things. I nodded.
"I go to school with him. Hey, have you seen a green person by the name of Hiei?" I saw a smirk form on her lips.
"He's in the room right now," She replied.
"Where?" Sachiel asked. The lady pointed to the boy standing next to her.
"NO WAY! YOU WERE GREEN!" I exclaimed. He scowled. Yep, it was him.
"And ye are?" Zaira inquired the lady.
"I am Mukuro," She introduced herself. "I was curious about your powers. You said you were a werewolf?"
I nodded. She tilted her head. "What is a werewolf?"
Sachiel, Zaira and I face planted. "You don't know what a werewolf is?"
"Oh boy," Sachiel chuckled.
"To keep the story short, it's a … Kali, ye tell her," Zaira told me.
"I was going to. Werewolves are half human and half wolf. I also have some vampire blood in me," I informed her.
"Vampire?"
I sighed. She didn't know what a vampire was either.
"Girl, where have you been? Don't answer that." I shook my head.
"Vampires are 'dead' people so to speak, but they can walk around still. They drink the life essence from others by feeding on their blood," I explained.
"Fascinating mixture. So you're wolf and part undead?" Mukuro seemed very curious.
"Yes, sorta."
"And what about you two? Are you a fox demon?" Mukuro asked Zaira.
"Uh, no. Ah'm an Earth Fairy," Zaira replied.
"A Nereid," Sachiel answered before Mukuro could question her.
"Interesting indeed. What did you do to Hiei?" Mukuro turned back to me.
"I already apologized. I didn't mean to do it. It just started to work all on its own," I defended myself with my hands up in the air.
"I don't mean to alarm you. I just want to know what you did."
"She uzed the Black Reflection," Sachiel spilled out. Zaira glared at her. I'm gonna nickname Sachiel the Blabber Mouth. Mukuro flipped her attention onto the Nereid.
"What's that?"
I twitched. I didn't like the way Mukuro was acting. It was if she was trying to be naive and innocent. Hiei, meanwhile, had been silent the entire time, which had me even more suspicious of what they were up to.
"She see other people's fear and bring them to reality," Sachiel responded.
Zaira slapped her forehead. It was no use. Sachiel was going to give Mukuro all the data that she needed. Hiei's eyes rested on me.
"Well, that explains a lot," Mukuro smiled. Instinct was telling me to keep this chat short.
"Look, I'm only here to see Kurama. Could you tell us where he is?" I asked her.
"Kurama went back to Ningenkai a few days ago. He hasn't contacted you yet?" Mukuro's smile was starting to freak me out. Mind you, I don't feel like fighting with dangerous people. I'm already on the top hit list with some other creepy-crawlers back home.
"No, he hasn't."
"Would ye mind leading us back home?" Zaira asked. I glanced at her. She gave me an encouraging nod. Mukuro stood up straight.
"Of course. Hiei, see to it that they get home safely," Mukuro ordered. Hiei unfolded his arms. He led us out of the castle. I tried to come up with something to say, but couldn't think of anything that might have satisfied him.
"Get going," He said through his teeth. We were back at where the black grass was.
"The grass isn't here. We tried it before and it didn't work," I told him. He glowered.
"Trust me, it will work," He declared.
"Fine, but if it doesn't. I'll say I told you so," I smirked at him. He growled.
"Oh cheer up, yer getting rid of us," Zaira smiled. Hiei grunted and stuck his hands through a portal. Sachiel looked at it.
"I'm not going through that. It lookz dangerouz."
"Ah'll go through first then," Zaira said. She entered the portal. Her head appeared again in a few seconds. She smiled.
"All clear."
Sachiel took a deep breath and stepped in. I was about to join them when Hiei grabbed onto my wrist. He pulled me close enough to hear his heart beat.
"Don't ever return here. Next time I will exterminate you."
"Hey, man. Seriously, take a chill pill. I already told you that I was sorry. What would you like me to do to make it up to you?" I asked. One look from his face made me regret what I just said. I took in a deep breath.
"You know what? Don't answer that," I replied. He released my wrist.
"Just don't come back."
"That's fine with me. Bye now." I waved and walked into the portal. What a grouchy person.
"What took you so long?" Sachiel saw me as the portal closed.
"Hiei held me back." I rolled my eyes.
"Ye didn't make out, did ye?" Zaira laughed at me.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"
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Suntiger: Same situation. My disc does not want to work with me, but luckily I was smart enough to send my sister chapters 1-14 so I only need to write the next 15-20 chapters. GRRR So it will still take a long while..
I'm going to explain the whole vampire and werewolf thing. It's a human myth/legend so I didn't think a demon would know human legends and so on. Just like demons don't know a lot of human technology… in some cases…
Kali isn't stronger than Hiei. Haha she was way lower than his level, but when she first got her power, they shot out of her very strongly because it was a sudden burst. She doesn't know how to stop it until Sachiel tells her the obvious. The masked man is Kiren. He is also one of those people that patrols around with Hiei. One more thing! HIEI AND KALI HATE EACH OTHER!
Yet again, I am so sorry for the long delay of this chapter. Thank you all for your patience.
Previews:
"Is that a threat?" Elvira's voice was like a snake.
"Damn right it is," Ikatora daunted.
"You don't intimidate me, sister," Artia frowned. "Though, it's sad that you would rather take her side than your pure blooded sister's side."
"I don't kill to amuse myself," Ikatora snarled. ...
"Act normal. It will make them think that they can attack us."
"Act normal. Pssh. I am acting normal," I smirked. Kurama chuckled. ...
"My name's Yusuke Urameshi," He introduced himself a bit late.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Kali Anariel," I responded.