Here's chapter I! I know it's short, I know! I promise they'll be getting
longer after this.but yeah. Heh, heh. Sorry if you don't like it, just hold
in there!
Seperation "Like the days I could say, 'I'll wait forever.'" Now forever has come and gone but I'm still standing here." -Better days by Dayroom
Hiei stood at attention before Mukuro who was gazing at him evenly. Hiei had decided a while ago that she was a good woman and a good ruler. She didn't ask much from her heir beyond patrolling her borders and other miscellaneous tasks, so he had free time should he choose to take it. Additionally, whatever task she chose for him was usually a test of his skills, ranging from the moderate to extremely hard. Because of this, he was keeping his own skills honed nicely and had begun to improve in certain areas. It showed that she both trusted in him and recognized his skill, and he appreciated this. However, all of this was hard for Hiei to accept. He had been chosen as her heir, and from there things had fallen neatly into place. He'd never had it so easy in his entire life, and now that things were going his way without him even having to work for it, he didn't know quite how to deal with it. To top things off, he'd found that Mukuro was very competent and strong, and he'd begun to both like and trust her. First Kurama, then Yusuke, and now Mukuro. He was almost becoming sociable! Hiei glowered at this thought and waited for Mukuro to speak.
"There's a demon here to see you, Hiei."
"..."
"Please be careful. Rumors are that he's here to collect a debt you owe him, and we both know how dangerous that can be." If there was a deeper meaning to what she was saying, Hiei didn't pick it up.
"Your concern is unneeded," Hiei responded. Most of his debts had been repaid years ago, before he'd even come to the Ningenkai. He hated the debts, but in the beginning he had needed help. "Tell him to come to the main hall," Hiei requested of Mukuro before flitting away. In his departure, Mukuro sighed heavily. Even she could not interfere with the debts being repaid.
"What do you want?" Hiei glared at the youkai. He quickly accessed the demon, and although he was of a fairly high level, Hiei would easily be able to beat him.
"I've just come to get my debt repaid. Imagine! The heir of Mukuro owes *me* a debt!" The youkai gushed happily. Hiei continued to glare evenly at the boasting demon. "But...I'm afraid I can't relish in this fact too long. I'm really just the middleman, seeing as I'm actually paying off a debt to someone else," The demon suddenly seemed to deflate.
"Who?" Hiei's curiosity took over, and a lump of something within him began to form. This could be more dangerous than he thought.
"I guess it doesn't matter if I tell you. He didn't tell me not too...anyway, I believe you know a certain Karasu."
"He's dead," Hiei replied. His eyes were the only give away that he'd been startled at the news.
"That's not stopped the determined before," The youkai reminded him, shrugging slightly.
"What do you want me to do to fulfill the debt?" Hiei was eager to get this over with. Dealing with Karasu was bad news, but he was surprised that the bomb controlling youkai was going after him and not Kurama.
"I want you to go to hell," The demon responded coldly. His whole demeanor changed dramatically. All at once eerie green spheres surrounded the fire demon completely. He froze, wondering how he could get out of this situation. He felt a sudden intense pain followed by paralysis and dizzying vertigo. His eyes closed involuntarily to help deal with the pain and disorientation, when he opened his eyes again, he was looking down at his body, still caught in the explosions of the orbs. Finally, his torn body fell limply to the ground, blood quickly pooling out around him. The demon that had done this to him also dropped to the floor, unconscious, and in his place stood Karasu. What the hell was happening?!
Karasu's soul stepped from the body, not even giving it a second glance as it fell to the floor behind him. He eyed the soul of the fire demon and then glanced at the ruined body. Karasu kneeled next to it and saw a slight rise of the chest and could hear the rasping of breath. "If you're careful, you can still come back," he told the fire demon.
"This isn't possible," Hiei had felt the connection between him and his physical self almost severe completely when he'd been bombed. Even though he'd tried to reenter, nothing had happened. Still, somehow his body managed to keep breathing. Before he could question Karasu, Mukuro burst into the room with a small demon at her side. Hiei recognized it as one of Mukuro's psychics who was strong in ESP.
"Is he here?" Mukuro rushed to her heir's side, kneeling opposite of Karasu.
"Yes," The psychic was looking at Karasu and Hiei's souls.
"Damnit, Karasu! You said you wouldn't kill him!" Mukuro yelled into the room at the ghost she couldn't see.
"Tell her he's not dead. I just need to borrow his soul, and this is the easiest way to do it-and it was fun-Mukuro has those regenerators, and his body can be saved. I just needed to make the connection weak. Remind her that I keep my word. She'll get her heir back... probably," Karasu grabbed onto Hiei who had found that the paralysis was of his soul, not his body. He disappeared with the little demon.
"Karasu!!!" An agonized scream echoed through the hall.
End of Chapter I
Pleeeease comment! Anyway, like I said, it's short. The next one will be longer!
Seperation "Like the days I could say, 'I'll wait forever.'" Now forever has come and gone but I'm still standing here." -Better days by Dayroom
Hiei stood at attention before Mukuro who was gazing at him evenly. Hiei had decided a while ago that she was a good woman and a good ruler. She didn't ask much from her heir beyond patrolling her borders and other miscellaneous tasks, so he had free time should he choose to take it. Additionally, whatever task she chose for him was usually a test of his skills, ranging from the moderate to extremely hard. Because of this, he was keeping his own skills honed nicely and had begun to improve in certain areas. It showed that she both trusted in him and recognized his skill, and he appreciated this. However, all of this was hard for Hiei to accept. He had been chosen as her heir, and from there things had fallen neatly into place. He'd never had it so easy in his entire life, and now that things were going his way without him even having to work for it, he didn't know quite how to deal with it. To top things off, he'd found that Mukuro was very competent and strong, and he'd begun to both like and trust her. First Kurama, then Yusuke, and now Mukuro. He was almost becoming sociable! Hiei glowered at this thought and waited for Mukuro to speak.
"There's a demon here to see you, Hiei."
"..."
"Please be careful. Rumors are that he's here to collect a debt you owe him, and we both know how dangerous that can be." If there was a deeper meaning to what she was saying, Hiei didn't pick it up.
"Your concern is unneeded," Hiei responded. Most of his debts had been repaid years ago, before he'd even come to the Ningenkai. He hated the debts, but in the beginning he had needed help. "Tell him to come to the main hall," Hiei requested of Mukuro before flitting away. In his departure, Mukuro sighed heavily. Even she could not interfere with the debts being repaid.
"What do you want?" Hiei glared at the youkai. He quickly accessed the demon, and although he was of a fairly high level, Hiei would easily be able to beat him.
"I've just come to get my debt repaid. Imagine! The heir of Mukuro owes *me* a debt!" The youkai gushed happily. Hiei continued to glare evenly at the boasting demon. "But...I'm afraid I can't relish in this fact too long. I'm really just the middleman, seeing as I'm actually paying off a debt to someone else," The demon suddenly seemed to deflate.
"Who?" Hiei's curiosity took over, and a lump of something within him began to form. This could be more dangerous than he thought.
"I guess it doesn't matter if I tell you. He didn't tell me not too...anyway, I believe you know a certain Karasu."
"He's dead," Hiei replied. His eyes were the only give away that he'd been startled at the news.
"That's not stopped the determined before," The youkai reminded him, shrugging slightly.
"What do you want me to do to fulfill the debt?" Hiei was eager to get this over with. Dealing with Karasu was bad news, but he was surprised that the bomb controlling youkai was going after him and not Kurama.
"I want you to go to hell," The demon responded coldly. His whole demeanor changed dramatically. All at once eerie green spheres surrounded the fire demon completely. He froze, wondering how he could get out of this situation. He felt a sudden intense pain followed by paralysis and dizzying vertigo. His eyes closed involuntarily to help deal with the pain and disorientation, when he opened his eyes again, he was looking down at his body, still caught in the explosions of the orbs. Finally, his torn body fell limply to the ground, blood quickly pooling out around him. The demon that had done this to him also dropped to the floor, unconscious, and in his place stood Karasu. What the hell was happening?!
Karasu's soul stepped from the body, not even giving it a second glance as it fell to the floor behind him. He eyed the soul of the fire demon and then glanced at the ruined body. Karasu kneeled next to it and saw a slight rise of the chest and could hear the rasping of breath. "If you're careful, you can still come back," he told the fire demon.
"This isn't possible," Hiei had felt the connection between him and his physical self almost severe completely when he'd been bombed. Even though he'd tried to reenter, nothing had happened. Still, somehow his body managed to keep breathing. Before he could question Karasu, Mukuro burst into the room with a small demon at her side. Hiei recognized it as one of Mukuro's psychics who was strong in ESP.
"Is he here?" Mukuro rushed to her heir's side, kneeling opposite of Karasu.
"Yes," The psychic was looking at Karasu and Hiei's souls.
"Damnit, Karasu! You said you wouldn't kill him!" Mukuro yelled into the room at the ghost she couldn't see.
"Tell her he's not dead. I just need to borrow his soul, and this is the easiest way to do it-and it was fun-Mukuro has those regenerators, and his body can be saved. I just needed to make the connection weak. Remind her that I keep my word. She'll get her heir back... probably," Karasu grabbed onto Hiei who had found that the paralysis was of his soul, not his body. He disappeared with the little demon.
"Karasu!!!" An agonized scream echoed through the hall.
End of Chapter I
Pleeeease comment! Anyway, like I said, it's short. The next one will be longer!