Chapter 14! Yay! Alrightyness!
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Yusuke and Kuwabara were in the security room, staring at all the monitors, watching the outside, hoping that nothing out of the ordinary would happen and that the vault break-in was just a normal one. Unfortunately, it did not go as they wished.
After just five minutes of boredom watching the monitors, something appeared near the River Stix. It looked like a portal, but it did not look complete from what Yusuke and Kuwabara could see. But they knew exactly what was trying to come through it, and only to reassure their suspicion, Shiku appeared, out of her hiding place, waiting to welcome her guests.
Yusuke nodded to Kuwabara, who positioned himself right next to the alarm, his arm at the ready, his hand itching to pull it as soon as Ikuro stepped through the slowly growing portal.
- Vault -
Kurama thought he must have imagined my voice saying his name, after all, it was very faint and too echoey. But when Hiei's voice zapped through his mind, he quickly hurried to the rescue. For his assistance to be needed, something must have gone wrong, and Kurama sped through the halls and rooms, trying his best to avoid setting of traps. It took him a while to reach the entrance of the vault, where he saw the splatter on the wall.
A little faint trail of blood, from Hiei's shoulder, showed Kurama the way, and he continued, picking up the pace slightly. He found us sleeping like a bunch of children, it was quite embarrassing. Kurama recognized the sleeping poison immediately, but he did not know if any of the plants he had with him would do the trick. He had to focus and find a way to help them quickly, no questions asked.
Take them to the hospital wing, try and treat them here, two options Kurama had. He debated both sides, but he knew if he took them to the hospital wing, not that it was far away, the doctors would take too long and possible not allow them to leave after they've awoken, not caring if they still had a job to do. Kurama settled himself inbetween Hiei and I, and took out his plant seeds.
As he worked, he knew that it had been Ikuro's men, and he choose two siblings who had the power he needed to make sure he had a higher chance of succeeding in his mission. He could tell that much, even if it was just a random guess.
Then Kurama knew the way to dilute the poison. There was a way with the materials he had with him at the moment, but he was not sure how long it would take before it took affect. He hoped for a very fast recovery, but pushing all thoughts aside, he took the plant seed in his hand and it immediately burt open, revealing a beautiful plant, but if used wrong, must likely very deadly.
- Security Room -
The portal had grown in size, it no longer looked like a tiny black dot on the horizon. The portal steadied itself, stabilizing, and began its duty, letting people through. Two people stepped through, but not Ikuro himself, yet. Yusuke was smart enough to know that these were the last two of Ikuro's followers, and most likely the strongest ones of the group, save Ikuro himself. It was like playing a video game.
Shiku did not budge from her position, except raised her hand, a signal for Yusuke. Yusuke nodded again to Kuwabara who held his breath, the suspence was killing him.
A foot appeared now, followed by the leg, then the rest of the body. Green spiky hair, golden eyes, a lowered white cloak, wearing all red and black. Ikuro. On the monitor showing Shiku, her other hand formed into a tight fist, but she did not lower her other hand, not yet. Ikuro walked behind his two companions, slower then the rest, taking in the view before he destroyed it all. As soon as he became a little more visible, Shiku lowered her arm.
Yusuke told Kuwabara, "Now."
And the alarms pierced through the silence of Spirit World. Yusuke and Kuwabara ran out of the security room, and unlike what I had told them, they did not join the fight in the vault. They went to join Shiku, they wanted a part of this fight, and it only seemed fair to fight three against three, even if Shiku was an S-Class demon who could handle measily kids like them.
- Vault -
Hiei and I woke just as the alarms reached our ears. Kurama looked quite releaved, whether or not Spirit World was in danger or not. But there was no time to rest, with quite a struggle, I got up, feeling sore everywhere.
"Unfortunately, Sana, Hiei, you might have woken up, but the poison is going to slow you down for a while. It'll take a while for it to vanish completely, I'd say about one to two hours," Kurama said, cautiously picking out his words.
I nodded my head, quite understandable. "It doesn't matter, we'll do what we can to help, but it's no longer my fight. I fought my share, same for you and Hiei."
Hiei did not say anything as he got up with a little less struggle then I had, and after taking a huge breath, gathering all our strength we could muster while still under the poisons diminishing effects, we ran out of the vault and headed for the entrance.
- Front Doors -
The two teenagers reached Shiku, Yusuke, and Kuwabara first, Ikuro was still taking his good old times. Or he was overconfident that his little followers could handle Yusuke and Kuwabara, for he had not yet laid eyes on his sister. He still thought she was as good as dead.
The guy on the right, facing Kuwabara, held out his hand, a long shining orange glinting Spirit Sword forming from the air. His face had a smug look on him as he invited Kuwabara, dared him to come and fight him. The one on the left had bandaged hands, no doubt a close combat guy, his arms ready to punch anything, and he walked up to Yusuke, a smug look on his face too.
Shiku took a quick glance towards Yusuke and his opponent, then at Kuwabara, before she walked away from them, toward Ikuro, just the giant doors behind her opened and Kurama, Hiei, and I all stepped outside, looking a little worse then the last time they saw us. I stared at Shiku's back, and suddenly, a thought passed through my mind.
What if she lost, what if the same thing happens? What if-
Shiku raised her hand again, waving it once before lowering it. I let my thoughts bury themselves in the back of my mind. There was not anything the six of us could not handle.
© copyright LahtoriReikna
Sorry not a lot of action was in this chapter... I had to change scenes here, but I hope it wasn't too boring.
Next Chapter: Things are heating up. Yusuke and Kuwabara fight.
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH, but Sana, Shiku, and Ikuro are mine, thanks.