And I'll be nice and give you chaper nine. And thanks to everyone who's read and/or reviewed so far!
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Cold As Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Nine
Level One--Yosei
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"Hm... Well, sure, it's got enough room, but just look at the location*!" Tensi joked as the five teammates looked up at the huge castle. They were in the Demon World, standing in front of the fortress that Kurai Maho had locked herself in.
The four men just stared at their short female companion. She winced. "Oh, tough crowd, tough crowd."
"Do you ever shut up?" Kuwabara asked irritably. "You've been rambling since we've left."
"If I had stayed silent, the pressure would have killed us all. You're all too worried about this. Smiling won't kill you, you know."
"Stop bickering," Kurama commanded quietly. "The queston is, how do we get in?"
As if to answer his question, the heavy oak doors opened up. The five looked at each other. Yusuke put his hands in his pockets and entered, Kurama and Kuwabara following.
"Hey, if it's that easy, can I get something to eat?" Tensi joked again, perking up a bit.
"Come on," Hiei sighed, grabbing Tensi's hand and fair dragging her inside.
Tensi looked back over her shoulder as she followed behind him.
The feeling was back.
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"So, they've teamed up?" Kurai Maho asked herself out loud. "What do you know. Five for five. Now this is an interesting fight."
A small shadow flew in front of Kurai and knelt. "Milady, let me fight first," she insisted. "With my size, they'll be unable to see me."
Kurai Maho was silent for a split second before making up her mind. "All right. Granted. Do not fail. You know the concequences for failure."
"Yes, Milady."
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The doors shut immediately behind the group. They looked back at the slam, then looked at each other.
"So, who's up first?" Tensi asked nonchantally.
"I'll go," Kurama volunteered, stepping forward and pulling out his Rose Whip.
"Ah, so the great fox thief, Kurama shall be the first to die," came a female voice from the shadows.
Tensi snapped her head around. "Behind us!"
"Are you so sure?" came the voice again, from another end of the room.
Kurama gritted his teeth. "She's either fast, or can throw her voice."
"Maybe it's both, maybe it's neither..." came the voice once again, tauntingly. "And maybe it's time for you to DIE!"
"You first," Kurama replied, his whip lashing out and wrapping around the voice's owner. He pulled the whip end towards him and grabbed the tiny demon.
"Let me go!" the tiny female replied, struggling to get free. Her blonde hair tumbled down over Kurama's fingers, and golden--wings?!--beat against his palm. She bit at one of his fingers, causing him to drop her in shock. She hovered about four inches in front of his eyes.
"A fairy?" Kuwabara asked, shocked.
"My name's Yosei," she snapped back. "And you cheated!"
"Well, Yosei, it appears you've lost," Kurama replied, lashing out with his whip again, capturing her.
"That's what you think." Yosei raised her hands up over her head, then pointed them, palms out, at the fox spirit. "Here's a special one, just for you. Fox Hunt!"
From her palms came four firey apparitions in the form of hounds. They immediately attacked Kurama, who began fighting back with his whip, to no avail.
"Kurama can't keep this up for long," Hiei observed. "He's getting tired already."
The three others sat watching, silently agreeing. Kurama was watching the fire hounds, who were circling him, waiting for an opportunity to attack. Suddenly, all four attacked at the same time. Kurama could only fend off two of them, the other two sinking their teeth into the fox demon's arm and side, causing him to cry out in pain.
Tensi bit her lip in worry, drawing blood. She took a step forward, but Yusuke and Kuwabara grabbed her arms and pulled her back. "Don't. Let him do this."
"But--!"
"He can handle himself. Trust him," Hiei told her, taking her into his arms. She buried her face in his shoulder, not wanting to watch her friend get abused any further.
Yosei whistled, and her dogs obediently retreated to her heel. She bent down and scratched one of the hound's ears. Kurama had one hand pressed to the wound on his side, blood trickling in rivulets through his fingers. "I just love this attack. It inflicts as much pain as possible, before I finish you off!"
She brought her hands up above her head, gathering her Spirit Energy into a huge sphere. As she began to prepare to hurl it at Kurama, his whip flashed though the air, knocking Yosei out of the air and into the wall. "Gotcha." The fire demons disappeared as Yosei passed out and the doors in front of the group opened.
Tensi rushed forward. "Kurama, are you alright?"
"I'm fine," the boy replied, smiling at his friend.
"Okay, just making sure."
"Shouldn't we be going?" Hiei asked a bit nastily as he walked past the two, who rolled their eyes.
"Hiei..." Tensi groaned. "Don't start."
"Hey, I call shotgun on the next guy!" Kuwabara called after Hiei, running to catch up with the fire demon.
Yusuke, Kurama, and Tensi looked at each other, and Tensi bowed to Yusuke. "After you, O Great Urameshi."
"Hey, I'm beginning to like you," Yusuke told her jokingly, starting after his other two comerades.
"Don't let Hiei hear you," Kurama warned, making the other two laugh.
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The doors lead to a large staircase. After a quick conference, the five decided to let Yusuke, with his Fire Crystal, go first, then Kurama, with Kuwabara behind, then Hiei and Tensi with their swords bringing up the rear.
As the other three started off, Tensi grabbed Hiei's arm. "What, Ten?"
"Hiei, I've got a bad feeling about this." She met his eyes. "Really bad feeling about this."
Hiei took Tensi into his arms in a comforting hug. "Look, nothing's going to happen, okay? Simple, routine mission, then we'll go home and I'll take you to the other side of the island, deal?"
Tensi looked up and smiled. "Deal."
They leaned in for a kiss, but Yusuke clearing his throat made them pause halfway. "Hey, you two, play kissy-face on your own time," he requested, starting up the stairs.
Hiei glared up at Yusuke. "Urameshi, you forget, you're on MY time right now."
With that, the five of them started off up the stairs.
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*Quote from Shrek. Hee hee. I'm pillaging...
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Cold As Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Nine
Level One--Yosei
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"Hm... Well, sure, it's got enough room, but just look at the location*!" Tensi joked as the five teammates looked up at the huge castle. They were in the Demon World, standing in front of the fortress that Kurai Maho had locked herself in.
The four men just stared at their short female companion. She winced. "Oh, tough crowd, tough crowd."
"Do you ever shut up?" Kuwabara asked irritably. "You've been rambling since we've left."
"If I had stayed silent, the pressure would have killed us all. You're all too worried about this. Smiling won't kill you, you know."
"Stop bickering," Kurama commanded quietly. "The queston is, how do we get in?"
As if to answer his question, the heavy oak doors opened up. The five looked at each other. Yusuke put his hands in his pockets and entered, Kurama and Kuwabara following.
"Hey, if it's that easy, can I get something to eat?" Tensi joked again, perking up a bit.
"Come on," Hiei sighed, grabbing Tensi's hand and fair dragging her inside.
Tensi looked back over her shoulder as she followed behind him.
The feeling was back.
* * * * *
"So, they've teamed up?" Kurai Maho asked herself out loud. "What do you know. Five for five. Now this is an interesting fight."
A small shadow flew in front of Kurai and knelt. "Milady, let me fight first," she insisted. "With my size, they'll be unable to see me."
Kurai Maho was silent for a split second before making up her mind. "All right. Granted. Do not fail. You know the concequences for failure."
"Yes, Milady."
* * * * *
The doors shut immediately behind the group. They looked back at the slam, then looked at each other.
"So, who's up first?" Tensi asked nonchantally.
"I'll go," Kurama volunteered, stepping forward and pulling out his Rose Whip.
"Ah, so the great fox thief, Kurama shall be the first to die," came a female voice from the shadows.
Tensi snapped her head around. "Behind us!"
"Are you so sure?" came the voice again, from another end of the room.
Kurama gritted his teeth. "She's either fast, or can throw her voice."
"Maybe it's both, maybe it's neither..." came the voice once again, tauntingly. "And maybe it's time for you to DIE!"
"You first," Kurama replied, his whip lashing out and wrapping around the voice's owner. He pulled the whip end towards him and grabbed the tiny demon.
"Let me go!" the tiny female replied, struggling to get free. Her blonde hair tumbled down over Kurama's fingers, and golden--wings?!--beat against his palm. She bit at one of his fingers, causing him to drop her in shock. She hovered about four inches in front of his eyes.
"A fairy?" Kuwabara asked, shocked.
"My name's Yosei," she snapped back. "And you cheated!"
"Well, Yosei, it appears you've lost," Kurama replied, lashing out with his whip again, capturing her.
"That's what you think." Yosei raised her hands up over her head, then pointed them, palms out, at the fox spirit. "Here's a special one, just for you. Fox Hunt!"
From her palms came four firey apparitions in the form of hounds. They immediately attacked Kurama, who began fighting back with his whip, to no avail.
"Kurama can't keep this up for long," Hiei observed. "He's getting tired already."
The three others sat watching, silently agreeing. Kurama was watching the fire hounds, who were circling him, waiting for an opportunity to attack. Suddenly, all four attacked at the same time. Kurama could only fend off two of them, the other two sinking their teeth into the fox demon's arm and side, causing him to cry out in pain.
Tensi bit her lip in worry, drawing blood. She took a step forward, but Yusuke and Kuwabara grabbed her arms and pulled her back. "Don't. Let him do this."
"But--!"
"He can handle himself. Trust him," Hiei told her, taking her into his arms. She buried her face in his shoulder, not wanting to watch her friend get abused any further.
Yosei whistled, and her dogs obediently retreated to her heel. She bent down and scratched one of the hound's ears. Kurama had one hand pressed to the wound on his side, blood trickling in rivulets through his fingers. "I just love this attack. It inflicts as much pain as possible, before I finish you off!"
She brought her hands up above her head, gathering her Spirit Energy into a huge sphere. As she began to prepare to hurl it at Kurama, his whip flashed though the air, knocking Yosei out of the air and into the wall. "Gotcha." The fire demons disappeared as Yosei passed out and the doors in front of the group opened.
Tensi rushed forward. "Kurama, are you alright?"
"I'm fine," the boy replied, smiling at his friend.
"Okay, just making sure."
"Shouldn't we be going?" Hiei asked a bit nastily as he walked past the two, who rolled their eyes.
"Hiei..." Tensi groaned. "Don't start."
"Hey, I call shotgun on the next guy!" Kuwabara called after Hiei, running to catch up with the fire demon.
Yusuke, Kurama, and Tensi looked at each other, and Tensi bowed to Yusuke. "After you, O Great Urameshi."
"Hey, I'm beginning to like you," Yusuke told her jokingly, starting after his other two comerades.
"Don't let Hiei hear you," Kurama warned, making the other two laugh.
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The doors lead to a large staircase. After a quick conference, the five decided to let Yusuke, with his Fire Crystal, go first, then Kurama, with Kuwabara behind, then Hiei and Tensi with their swords bringing up the rear.
As the other three started off, Tensi grabbed Hiei's arm. "What, Ten?"
"Hiei, I've got a bad feeling about this." She met his eyes. "Really bad feeling about this."
Hiei took Tensi into his arms in a comforting hug. "Look, nothing's going to happen, okay? Simple, routine mission, then we'll go home and I'll take you to the other side of the island, deal?"
Tensi looked up and smiled. "Deal."
They leaned in for a kiss, but Yusuke clearing his throat made them pause halfway. "Hey, you two, play kissy-face on your own time," he requested, starting up the stairs.
Hiei glared up at Yusuke. "Urameshi, you forget, you're on MY time right now."
With that, the five of them started off up the stairs.
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*Quote from Shrek. Hee hee. I'm pillaging...
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