Dream: WOO! It's Xmas Eve!!!
Freckles: ^_^ do I get a carrot tomorrow?
Dream: o.O shoot, I don't have anything for you...
Freckles: *gets evil look on his face* You Don't??? Why you… *starts chasing dream around* Get back here!
Dream: HELP! I'M BEING CHASED BY A PSYCHO BUNNY!!!!
Kurama: o.O;;; yes, well, we hope you enjoy chap. 14 The demon within!
Dream: SOMEONE SAVE ME FROM THE WRATH OF THE EVIL BUNNY OF DOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tenka had changed himself back into a demon with the necklace. He stood, "We're not finished here yet…Look!" He pointed at a demon beast that was coming down the hallway that Nuala had come through.
"What is that???" Arielle asked.
"Stay Back!" Hiei commanded.
The demon beast took a step forward and released glowing circular pendants into the air. The pendants flew towards the group. Yusuke was blasting them. Kuwabara and Hiei were hitting them with their swords. Kurama was using his whip against them. One got past him and attached itself to his wrist.
"Kurama! You okay?" Autumn asked.
"Yes, fine…Look out!" Kurama tried to push Autumn out of the way but another pendant came and attached itself to her wrist.
"Eek! Get it off! Get it off!" Autumn started waving her arm around very fast.
A loud screech was heard as Hiei sliced the beast in half. The others then gathered around Autumn and Kurama.
Kuwabara poked at the pendant on Kurama's wrist, "What is it?"
A loud laugh echoed around the room, "Those pendants are very similar to the necklace around Tenka's neck. They are under my control and if I will it Kurama and his little girlfriend will change into their demon forms."
"I have a name you know!" Autumn yelled.
The pendants began to glow. The glow surrounded Autumn and Kurama. Once it cleared Youko and Phantom were standing there. Phantom had on the outfit from the last dream. Youko was wearing his usual outfit.
Phantom blinked and arched an eyebrow, "…that was stupid. This only makes us stronger…"
Everyone stared blankly at them. Koenma smiled and put his arms in the air, "This is great! Now Phantom will help Yusuke with his missions and the demons will be too frightened to commit crimes!"
Phantom's ear twitched. She grabbed Koenma by the front of his shirt and held him up at eye level. "Now listen here, shrimp. I will not help Yusuke in his missions. I want nothing more to do with you! Also, if anyone other than the people in this room right now finds out where I am or that I've been found I will hold you responsible and you will suffer. Do you understand?" she growled.
Koenma nodded. Everyone blinked at her except Youko, he was smiling. Phantom arched an eyebrow at him, "What?"
Youko shook his head, "And you look like such a nice girl."
"Every rose has its thorns, Youko. You said that yourself." Phantom dropped Koenma.
"And here I thought you weren't paying attention to me when I said that." Youko smiled.
"I wasn't. Jouka told me you said that."
Dariken started to laugh. Youko glared at him, "It's not funny!"
Phantom was busy inspecting the pendant on her wrist. She pulled at it but it wouldn't come off. She then noticed that Thorn had been staring at her the whole time. Phantom blinked, "Is there a reason that you're staring at me?"
Thorn suddenly squealed loudly and ran over making Phantom take a step back. "PHANTOM!!!!! YOU'RE MY HERO!!!!! I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D ACTUALLY GET TO MEET YOU!!!!!!! THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!" Thorn yelled loudly. Phantom's ears went back in shock from the loud noise.
"Hey! Can we get out of here already?" Yusuke yelled.
"Not until we reverse the spell on Phantom and Youko." Tenka crossed his arms.
Thorn was now shaking Phantom's hand furiously. Phantom finally pulled her hand away. "Alright, alright! Calm down! Take deep breaths!" she yelled at Thorn.
Thorn nodded and started taking deep breaths. Phantom was about to say something when something caught her attention. It was a strange yet familiar energy. She turned to face the direction of the energy. Youko put his hand on her shoulder, "What's wrong?"
"You don't sense that energy?"
"No…are you feeling ok…?" Youko looked at her suspiciously.
She rolled her eyes at Youko and started walking down the hall where the energy was coming from. She turned and motioned for the others to follow. Tenka rushed over and held her tail while they walked. Phantom could feel the energy getting stronger as they walked.
"Where are we going?" Kuwabara whined.
"Silence, ningen. I'm trying to concentrate." Phantom hissed.
"But…"
Phantom let out a low growl as her ears flattened back in anger. Youko turned to Kuwabara, "Be quiet now if you value your life."
Phantom stopped suddenly and looked at the wall on the left. She put her hand on it and it started to glow revealing an ancient stone door with a symbol on it. The symbol was a white fox and a black fox together in the shape of a yin yang. Underneath that was a small circular space where a token of some sort would go. There was ancient writing in the space that Phantom studied carefully.
Thorn walked over and looked at the space, "Hey! That writing looks familiar!" She pulled a pendant out of her pocket. It was golden with a carving of the mist mountains in its center and the ancient writing along the outside.
Phantom and Dariken's eyes widened when they saw it. "Where did you get that???" they both yelled at the same time.
"…my dad gave it to me…" Thorn blinked at their reactions.
Phantom closed her eyes. "By any chance, did your father have silver dragon wings and a silver tail that was cut off at the end?"
"Yes…how did you know?"
"Because I was the one that cut off his tail…"
Thorn's eyes widened, "What??? WHY???"
Phantom kept her eyes closed, "He killed them…"
"Killed who…?"
"My family and the other Mist Mountain Kitsune. He killed them all." Phantom's voice remained calm.
Youko wrapped his arms around her, "Phantom…"
She opened her eyes and smiled at him, "Call me Harmony."
Dariken was stunned, "What…? Our family was killed? By Thorn's father…?"
Thorn looked up at him with tears in her eyes, "You hate me now, don't you?"
"No…I hate your father, not you."
Phantom pointed at the pendant in Thorn's hands, "Put that in the space on the wall. It'll probably open the door."
Thorn nodded and placed it gently in the space on the wall. The pendant glowed brightly and there was a clicking sound but the door didn't open. Yusuke laughed, "Got any other ideas, fox girl?"
Youko growled slightly and pulled Phantom closer. She tilted her head to the side as she looked at the symbol on the door. Tenka smirked, "You know what? I think you and Youko are supposed to put your hands on the foxes. After all, Youko's a white fox…well silver but close enough…and you're a black fox."
"The runt's got a point." Youko shrugged.
"HEY!!!! I AM NOT A RUNT!!!!" Tenka yelled up at him.
"Yes you are! You're even shorter than Hiei!" Youko laughed.
"Kurama…" Hiei said menacingly while holding his sword as if he was ready to attack.
-_- Phantom sighed, "Are you quite through? I'd like to get this over with as quickly as possible."
"Sure." Youko held out his hand and put it on the white fox as Phantom did the same with the black fox. The door started glowing and then was gone.
"Where are we going?" Arielle asked.
Phantom started walking through the door, "We'll find out once we get there."
"You don't know?" Arielle blinked. Phantom shrugged. "Well then why are we going?" Arielle crossed her arms.
"You'll find out when we get there." Phantom sighed.
Youko grinned, "You're just like I remember you."
Dariken growled and walked over to give Youko a death glare, "You keep away from my baby sister you thieving bastard."
Phantom sighed and grabbed Dariken's ear before pushing him ahead of her through the door, "I can take care of myself, Dari."
Youko smiled and followed Phantom. The others soon followed. After walking for a while longer and up a few flights of stairs they found themselves standing on a large ledge on the mountainside. The sun was rising.
"You mean we were walking around in that cave for a whole day???" Yusuke yelled.
"Obviously." Phantom crossed her arms.
"This is all your fault! If you had just told us who you were in the first place we wouldn't be here right now!" Yusuke yelled at Phantom.
"Calm down. I have to take care of something quickly and then we can leave." Phantom said.
"Oh? And what would that be?" Dariken asked.
Another cold laugh was heard from above. Everyone looked to see a dragon demon floating there. He was wearing a long black cape and all black clothes. His hair was black and tipped with silver. He had one red eye and one violet colored eye. He had large black and silver dragon wings and a long silver tail. Around his neck he was wearing the amulet that held the spirits of the Mist Mountain Kitsune in it.
Thorn's jaw dropped, "ZERO???"
"Hello, dear sister." The dragon demon smiled.
Phantom's eyes narrowed as she saw the amulet. It was glowing with strong black energy. She gave a low growl as she stepped forward, "Give that amulet to me, now!"
"What's so special about my father's old amulet?" Thorn asked.
"Thorn, when our father killed those kitsune he trapped their spirits in this amulet. I'm sure it's been bothering Phantom for a long time that her mother and sister haven't been allowed to rest in peace." Zero landed and stood there smirking.
"Bastard!" Youko yelled.
Zero shook his head. "Youko, you don't remember me? I was part of your group! So was my sister."
Youko thought for a moment, "Hey wait, you're that crazy demon that I kicked out because you wanted to steal that crystal from the Mist Mountains…"
"Yes! The only reason you didn't want to go through with it was because of her!" Zero pointed at Phantom. "After you met her you started going soft!"
Phantom hadn't taken her eyes off of the amulet the whole time. Youko crossed his arms, "Obviously you don't understand love…"
"Feh, love is a weakness!"
"Not always. Love can also be a strength. It was love for my family that allowed me to beat your father." Phantom said.
"You didn't beat him!"
"He ran away like the coward he was."
"Shut up!" Zero charged at her (A.N: -_- like father like son) and she grabbed the amulet from around his neck as she sidestepped him.
"Gotcha." She smirked as she summoned her feather sword and prepared to destroy the amulet.
"NO!" Zero tried to stop her but Youko held him back.
Phantom threw the amulet in the air and sliced it in half with her sword. A blinding light erupted forth as the amulet started disintegrating. Hundreds upon hundreds of spirits started pouring out of the amulet. As the light was fading a small cream colored fox spirit and a white fox spirit turned and smiled at Phantom. She smiled back and waved. The pendants on Youko's and Phantom's wrists broke and disappeared. Autumn and Kurama were standing there. The light finally disappeared.
Autumn slumped down into a sitting position, "I am so tired…"
Kurama sat down next to her, "You did it."
"NO! What have you done?" Zero was on his hands and knees. Botan appeared.
"So I suppose he was working with Nuala. Well, I'll take him back to Reikai as well!" She took Zero and disappeared.
"Do we get to go home now? Tomorrow's Christmas eve!" Kuwabara stated.
"Hey! I've got a great idea!" Thorn smiled, "How about we all get together for a Holiday party at my house on Christmas?"
"Sounds like fun!" Autumn smiled.
"Alright! Let's go home and we'll all meet at Thorn's house for a party on Christmas!" Yusuke smiled.
Everyone agreed and soon left.
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Dream: Well, that's chapter 14! Only one more to go!
Freckles: Aww….
Kurama: What's going to happen?
Dream: *smirks evilly* you'll just have to wait and see!
Kurama: Can't you give me a hint? Please?
Dream: Alright…here's your hint: mistletoe
Freckles: What about toes? o.O