Chapter 12 – Tricked
Kiyoko opened her eyes, and quickly closed them as light flooded through her eyes. Pain seared through her eyelids, and after a few minutes, she opened up to look into the eyes of Kurama.
"You were mumbling in your sleep," he whispered, giving her his hand. Kiyoko took his hand and noticed how cold it was but shook it off. The sun was rising, but the air was still crisp and cold. "Something about Tamara and Kei."
"I was able to talk to them," Kiyoko said, stretching out. She heard mumbling behind her, and she turned to look. It had sounded like Yusuke and Hiei's voices. "What was that?" she asked. She looked around her feet and noted that Kenaba was gone. Her blood scent filled the air, "Why do I smell Kenaba's blood?"
"Koro and Keiro came and attacked," he said. He pulled Kiyoko close and kissed her forehead. She wrapped her arms around him and noticed how cold he was. "I was worried for you. I kept telling myself that you would get hurt, and I fought as hard as I could."
"Funny, Kurama," Kiyoko said, pulling herself away from him. "You aren't Kurama!" she threw a fireball out at him, which disintegrated into a red ogre. "A lower class demon," she sneered. Quickly as possible, Kiyoko transformed into her powerful form, letting her hair become long and silver once again. Her pointed ears became silver Salantan ears at the top of her head. Her nails became claws, her human pupil eyes become as sharp as if she was modeled exactly for sharp seeing, and her nose's sensitivity increased. "What the hell happened here?" she asked herself.
"Run, Kiyoko!"
Kiyoko turned around to see Kurama tied up with Yusuke and Hiei next to each other. They all had silencing bands on their mouths, yet, Kurama had managed to wiggle free of his.
Koro and Keiro stood behind them, with cheep smirks hidden on their faces.
Kiyoko turned to face them, her eyes wide and serious. "What the hell did you guys get yourselves into?" Kiyoko smirked, letting fire lick her feet. She threw a heavily loaded fireball at Keiro, who merely dissipated it in thin air. At Koro, she threw a tightly compacted ice ball, which went across his face and actually caused blood to fall down his face.
"You want to protect these boys, don't you, Kiyoko?" Koro teased with a smile on his face. He wiped the blood from his face and licked it off of his hand. "You love them, perhaps?"
"Don't kid yourself!" she snapped, her eyes flashing red. She lifted up a heavy boulder with ease and threw it at him. Keiro reflected it, and when Koro closed his eyes, the boulder multiplied in size. It his Kiyoko square in the chest, and trapped her underneath the great piece of earth. "Earth!" she yelled, and the boulder exploded before everyone's eyes.
"Don't underestimate me, girl!" Keiro yelled, while rolling her eyes. "We are tired and bored. All we want is your power."
"The power that keeps me alive?" Kiyoko snapped harshly, sending a barking growl throughout the forest. "No way!"
"Fine, you leave us with no choice!" Koro yelled. He held his sword at the back of Kurama's neck. Kiyoko instantly stopped. "You keep fighting, he dies, and then the next one, and then the next, and after that, would be your so-called father, Koenma. We could have killed him so long ago, when we were chasing Tamara and Kei, yet, we let him take you in so your power would mature, so we wouldn't have to stabilize it ourselves." Kiyoko lowered her hands, and Keiro walked over reluctantly and jerked them backwards. Pain pulled throughout Kiyoko's spine, and she yelped in pain. A small silver tears ran down her face. Kurama!!! She yelled with her voice.
Kiyoko! His voice rang in her head. She looked up and noticed he was gazing intently at her. He was speaking with her telepathically. Why did you do that?
I had to protect you! She snapped, before falling victim to the pain in front of her. Koro knocked Kurama and the others unconscious with a single bone snapping blow to the head. Kurama!! She didn't get an answer. She fell victim to one of Keiro's fans falling at the back of her head, sending her to a black oblivion.