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Cold as Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Thirteen
Level Four And Kurai Maho--The Inner Chamber
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Hiei could hear Tensi down the hall, though the doors. Listening to her voice sarcasticly taunting someone made him grin a bit. She's okay.
"Come on, come on! Is that all you've got? Ooh, I'm scared, Mommy!" He heard the smack of skin-on-skin. "Oho, you don't like that, do you? No wonder. You'd proably like it better if my brother slapped you on your ass, fatty."
Oh, yeah, she's okay.
As the four boys shoved the doors open, they saw Tensi, with dried blood and dirt smeared across her face and her clothing in ribbons, land a nice spinning kick to the demon's head. She looked down at the blacked-out demon in front of her. "Rule number one for a fight: Never take your eyes off your opponent. That little tidbit's free."
Kurai Maho stood from her throne. With a wave of her hands, she lit the entire chamber with the torches along the walls. With no more half-shadows to hide her face, she could be clearly seen. A woman, about fifty, with strait black hair stood before them, her Spirit Energy pushed way up, creating a glow around her.
Kurama and Tensi both narrowed their eyes. "Akuma."
"Well, I'm glad to see that you haven't forgotten me," Akuma replied snidely. "Although I can see you're surprised to see me."
"Kurai Maho or Akuma, it's my turn," Yusuke replied, stepping forward. He looked over at Tensi. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Take her out for me, okay?" Tensi asked, turning to join the others.
"Oh, I'll take her out," Akuma replied. She pointed her palm towards Tensi and released a huge beam of Spirit Energy at her back.
"Tensi!"
What happened next seemed to be in slow motion. Tensi turned around and froze, for once in her life. Hiei ran and knocked her out of the line of fire, but he was a half a second too slow and caught half of the blast in the side. They fell to the floor hard. Tensi immediately sat up and shook his shoulders. "Hiei!"
"Damnit, I missed." Akuma snapped her fingers in dismay.
"Too bad," Yusuke said sarcastically. "I won't! Spirit Gun!"
Akuma knocked his blast away easily. "Stupid boy. I've been training for years. I've more power in one strand of hair than you have total."
"Hiei, that was a stupid, stupid move," Tensi told him gently as he picked his head up and met her eyes.
"Are you okay?"
Tensi nodded. "And you?"
"I'll live."
"That's what you think," Akuma sneered, waving her hand. In Tensi's arms, Hiei hissed in pain. Tensi held Hiei close to her while staring daggers at Akuma.
Akuma shifted her gaze from Tensi to Yusuke. "My turn, boy." She raised her hand palm upwards towards Yusuke. "Total Annihilation!"
Yusuke instinctively covered his head with his arms as the huge black energy blast came hurtling towards him. Damnit! This is gonna hurt.
He never found out.
After fifteen seconds of waiting, he looked up. Looking around, he saw Tensi standing next to him, an energy shield in front of them of her own doing. Her hair and clothes rustled as her Spirit Energy ran unchecked, her green eyes glowing blue. "Traitor! You're no martial arts expert, you're a witch! You've sold your soul, Akuma. And for that, you must pay!"
"Tensi, don't!" Kurama pleaded. "You could die!"
"If my life is the price I have to pay to wipe Akuma off the planet, then I'll give it gladly." She lowered her arms and shut her eyes, concentrating hard. Bringing her hands up to in front of her chest, she created a large ball of bright blue energy. She turned to Yusuke and held it out towards him.
Yusuke just raised his eyebrows.
"I need your help on this one," Tensi told him quietly. "Go on."
Yusuke heasitantly put his hand into the glowing circle, where it glowed pale blue before Tensi's energy was absorbed into his hand.
He leveled his finger at Akuma. Here goes nothing. "SPIRIT GUN!"
When Akuma tried to block this blast, it took her arm off, totally burned it away, all the way up to her shoulder.
"What the--?" Yusuke felt like he hadn't even fired his Spirit Gun--if anything, he felt stronger.
"Do it again, Yusuke," Tensi insisted. "And again, if need be."
"I'll do it all at once. SHOTGUN!"
None of the bullets missed their mark, all five of them slicing into Akuma. She screamed horribly, pain ripping though her body.
Tensi raised both her hands in a way similar to yet totally different from Akuma. "Now, begone!"
Suddenly, Akuma burst into flames. As Akuma's screams once again filled the air, Yusuke glanced over at Tensi. The half-demon was concentrating hard, her usually pretty features contorted into a look of deep hatred... and pain. She spread her fingers and watched as the flames rose higher.
When Tensi finally lowered her hands and dimmed the flames into nothing, the only remains of Akuma were bits of bone, charred scraps of fabric, and a handful of ashes. She looked over at Yusuke and grinned, her entire demenior showing fatigue.
"You did it," he told her, returning her grin.
"We did it," she insisted. "We did..." With that, she crumpled right into Hiei's arms.
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Cold as Fire
by Grace Musica
Chapter Thirteen
Level Four And Kurai Maho--The Inner Chamber
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Hiei could hear Tensi down the hall, though the doors. Listening to her voice sarcasticly taunting someone made him grin a bit. She's okay.
"Come on, come on! Is that all you've got? Ooh, I'm scared, Mommy!" He heard the smack of skin-on-skin. "Oho, you don't like that, do you? No wonder. You'd proably like it better if my brother slapped you on your ass, fatty."
Oh, yeah, she's okay.
As the four boys shoved the doors open, they saw Tensi, with dried blood and dirt smeared across her face and her clothing in ribbons, land a nice spinning kick to the demon's head. She looked down at the blacked-out demon in front of her. "Rule number one for a fight: Never take your eyes off your opponent. That little tidbit's free."
Kurai Maho stood from her throne. With a wave of her hands, she lit the entire chamber with the torches along the walls. With no more half-shadows to hide her face, she could be clearly seen. A woman, about fifty, with strait black hair stood before them, her Spirit Energy pushed way up, creating a glow around her.
Kurama and Tensi both narrowed their eyes. "Akuma."
"Well, I'm glad to see that you haven't forgotten me," Akuma replied snidely. "Although I can see you're surprised to see me."
"Kurai Maho or Akuma, it's my turn," Yusuke replied, stepping forward. He looked over at Tensi. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Take her out for me, okay?" Tensi asked, turning to join the others.
"Oh, I'll take her out," Akuma replied. She pointed her palm towards Tensi and released a huge beam of Spirit Energy at her back.
"Tensi!"
What happened next seemed to be in slow motion. Tensi turned around and froze, for once in her life. Hiei ran and knocked her out of the line of fire, but he was a half a second too slow and caught half of the blast in the side. They fell to the floor hard. Tensi immediately sat up and shook his shoulders. "Hiei!"
"Damnit, I missed." Akuma snapped her fingers in dismay.
"Too bad," Yusuke said sarcastically. "I won't! Spirit Gun!"
Akuma knocked his blast away easily. "Stupid boy. I've been training for years. I've more power in one strand of hair than you have total."
"Hiei, that was a stupid, stupid move," Tensi told him gently as he picked his head up and met her eyes.
"Are you okay?"
Tensi nodded. "And you?"
"I'll live."
"That's what you think," Akuma sneered, waving her hand. In Tensi's arms, Hiei hissed in pain. Tensi held Hiei close to her while staring daggers at Akuma.
Akuma shifted her gaze from Tensi to Yusuke. "My turn, boy." She raised her hand palm upwards towards Yusuke. "Total Annihilation!"
Yusuke instinctively covered his head with his arms as the huge black energy blast came hurtling towards him. Damnit! This is gonna hurt.
He never found out.
After fifteen seconds of waiting, he looked up. Looking around, he saw Tensi standing next to him, an energy shield in front of them of her own doing. Her hair and clothes rustled as her Spirit Energy ran unchecked, her green eyes glowing blue. "Traitor! You're no martial arts expert, you're a witch! You've sold your soul, Akuma. And for that, you must pay!"
"Tensi, don't!" Kurama pleaded. "You could die!"
"If my life is the price I have to pay to wipe Akuma off the planet, then I'll give it gladly." She lowered her arms and shut her eyes, concentrating hard. Bringing her hands up to in front of her chest, she created a large ball of bright blue energy. She turned to Yusuke and held it out towards him.
Yusuke just raised his eyebrows.
"I need your help on this one," Tensi told him quietly. "Go on."
Yusuke heasitantly put his hand into the glowing circle, where it glowed pale blue before Tensi's energy was absorbed into his hand.
He leveled his finger at Akuma. Here goes nothing. "SPIRIT GUN!"
When Akuma tried to block this blast, it took her arm off, totally burned it away, all the way up to her shoulder.
"What the--?" Yusuke felt like he hadn't even fired his Spirit Gun--if anything, he felt stronger.
"Do it again, Yusuke," Tensi insisted. "And again, if need be."
"I'll do it all at once. SHOTGUN!"
None of the bullets missed their mark, all five of them slicing into Akuma. She screamed horribly, pain ripping though her body.
Tensi raised both her hands in a way similar to yet totally different from Akuma. "Now, begone!"
Suddenly, Akuma burst into flames. As Akuma's screams once again filled the air, Yusuke glanced over at Tensi. The half-demon was concentrating hard, her usually pretty features contorted into a look of deep hatred... and pain. She spread her fingers and watched as the flames rose higher.
When Tensi finally lowered her hands and dimmed the flames into nothing, the only remains of Akuma were bits of bone, charred scraps of fabric, and a handful of ashes. She looked over at Yusuke and grinned, her entire demenior showing fatigue.
"You did it," he told her, returning her grin.
"We did it," she insisted. "We did..." With that, she crumpled right into Hiei's arms.
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