Hello, it is I, hyperchica, writing from an undisclosed location. Kai-kai is with me too. In fact, he's the reason we are in an undisclosed location!

Seto Kaiba- Don't call me Kai-kai! That is not my name. You may call me Kaiba, or Mr. Kaiba, or Kaiba sir. Not Seto, not kai-kai, no nicknames!

Hyperchica- Kai-kai is so silly! He is no longer the champion of the card either! I have beaten him 3 times at Go Fish, 2 times at War, 1 time at Speed. . .

Seto Kaiba- I told you, I do not play with that kind of cards!

Hyperchica- uhhuh, whatever. To my readers- TANK-OO! TANK-OO! TANK-OO! You guys are great! Seven reviews on otaku eimi's story (or is it eimi otaku? I dunno. . .) I guess that means I can post now! Even tho I have the sneaking suspicion that they all were by the same person. . . but a promise is a promise. So here is the ficcy-wicky! Goodie goodie gumdrops!

Seto Kaiba- You scare me. Start the fic and shut up. Then the poor readers won't have to deal with your insane rantings.

Hyperchica- If I start it will you play me again at BS?

Seto Kaiba- Don't you need three people for that?

Hyperchica- Hmmm. . . that's right. . . Gotta go find a third! So here's the fic!

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Chapter 9

Chica de Osa y Alacran (Bear Scorpion Girl)

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3~~~~~Where we are starting from~~~~~3

They both stared deep into each other's eyes. Shippo saw Rin's eyes close and her lips slightly part as she leaned forward towards him. He did likewise, thinking she was inviting him in for a kiss. He did not notice the dart on the back of her neck, for if he had, he wouldn't have been as surprised when a sharp pain started at the back of his neck. He felt the numbness first overtake his neck and slowly spread throughout his body.

Shippo spasmed, then fell silent. A feminine voice laughed with a tinny sound behind him.

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3~~~~~And now we continue~~~~~3

As Rin awoke, she realized she was in a small dark place, crammed next to who she thought was Shippo. The floor she sat on was damp, and the air was musty. The temperature was on the cooler side, and she shivered, trying to fold her arms across her chest.

When she attempted this, she realized that her arms were tied behind her back. Looking down, she noticed that her feet were tied together in the same fashion.

Rin squinted in order to get a better look at her bindings. She could barely make them out, but she saw that the ties were nothing more than a segment of very old rope. She laughed in spite of her current situation.

'Who is this guy?' she thought. 'They must not know me very well if they expect me to be bound by some moldy old rope.'

"I am not that stupid," said a voice coming from a direction Rin could not figure out. The voice was nondescript, and Rin could tell nothing from it except that its owner was female.

"I did not say that," said Rin.

"No. But you thought it."

'She knows what I'm thinking!' Rin realized. Rin suddenly perceived just how bleak her situation was.

"Who are you?" Rin inquired.

"Urissa," the voice said simply.

An opening appeared in front of Rin, and light spilled through the crack. Rin squinted again, trying to get her eyes accustomed to the sudden light. When she finally got over the wave of brightness, she looked up at the voice's owner.

'A hybrid!' Rin thought. "But a rather odd mix . . .I can't make it out."

"Yes, I am a hybrid. Bear and scorpion to be exact," the voice coolly replied, again to Rin's thoughts.

"Can you read my thoughts?" Rin, terrified at this new turn of events, struggled to keep her mind blank.

"Yes. I can hear your every deliberation as clear as if you were yelling it into my ear. So don't even think about leaving. Literally," the hybrid threatened.

"Um . . ." said Rin, trying to change the subject, "How is it possible that you are such an unlikely hybrid?"

"My parents were in their human forms at the time I was conceived, though why I am telling you this I do not know. I suppose it is because one should humor someone whose days are numbered. In very low numbers."

With this, Urissa laughed maniacally.

Rin, scared out of her wits, pulled against the old rope binding her. She felt a slight shock go through her fingertips as the ropes glowed green.

"Foolish girl. Do you really think I would bind you without an enchantment? I saw you take on that demon. And I also saw that he is no pushover either. I am not an idiot. Do not insult me with your feeble attempts to escape," Urissa sneered.

Rin glared at Urissa's sneering face. Just then, she heard her male companion start to stir.

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Shippo lazily opened his eye. He looked to his right, and saw Rin, peering down at him with a concerned look on her face.

"Shippo are you ok?" she asked, leaning towards him.

Her face was slightly out of focus to Shippo, who was stilt not totally awake. He nodded to Rin's question, acknowledging that he was not dead or anything horrible like that.

"Stupid girl, of course he is ok. He is not a weak human. He is a demon."

Rin turned and made a sound, which sounded suspiciously like a growl to Shippo, in the direction of the light source. Shippo's eyes were coming back into focus now, and he turned to see whom exactly the owner of the offending voice was.

When he first saw her, he blinked a few times, thinking his eyes were deceiving him. But no, even when his vision became crisp again, she still looked the same.

Her eyes were a bright green, and she had on dark crimson eye shadow that matched the color of her lips. Her hair was as dark as the sky on a moonless night, and had green ornamental things on the front part of the sides of her head.

He looked closer at her hair and noticed two ears sticking out from the top, much like Inuyasha's, except hers looked like bear ears, and were brown.

Her dress was a dark-ish green, and one of the straps was broken. The broken strap hung down from where it was still attacked. The dress over her stomach was netted, and you could see skin underneath it. The bottom of her dress stopped about five inches higher than her knees, and the hem was torn up. All things considered, her dress was one step away from becoming a rag.

However, the part of her appearance that took him most by surprise was a tail. It was yellow, with green tints, and had a sharp point at the end. He had never seen anything like it on a demon before. It reminded him of something he had seen on a bug he squashed, then got poisoned by as a result.

'Who is she? And why am I here?' Shippo wondered.

"I am Urissa. You are here because I brought you here."

Shippo freaked out. He turned to Rin.

"SHE CAN READ MY THOUGHTS RIN! SHE CAN READ MY THOUGHTS! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!" screamed Shippo.

He was just a tiny bit off the wall from the poison still lingering in his system. However, no one knew this, so they just thought he was a scardy cat.

Rin shook her head, disgusted. 'What an idiot,' she thought.

Urissa turned to face Rin. "Even though you are my prisoner, I agree with you. Wholeheartedly."

Urissa sat down on a rock. After a few minutes, all the effects of the poison on Shippo's demon body had disappeared, and he was back to normal.

'Wonder what her tail does?' he thought, not being able to recall the few minutes when he was under the influence of the poison.

"Watch," said Urissa simply as she ran out of the small cave where they all were located. She came running back a few minutes later, a bunny rabbit in her hand. She took her tail and quickly punctured the rabbit's skin. Almost instantly, the struggling furry body of the bunny became limp. Shippo could hear no heartbeat from the poor creature.

"YOU KILLED IT! IT DIDN'T NEED TO DIE! WHY DID YOU KILL IT?" Rin yelled, extremely upset.

"You can thank your friend for that," the demoness replied. "He was the one who asked what my tail could do."

"Shippo! How could you!" Rin said with emotion quavering in her voice.

"I . . . I . . . I didn't," said Shippo, confused.

"You thought it, didn't you!" accused Rin.

"Well, I did," Shippo admitted, "but I don't see how that--"

"You fool! Don't you remember anything! She can read minds!" Rin yelled exasperatedly.

"Um . . ." Shippo paused, trying to remember when he had learned this. Just then, the events of ten minutes ago decided to unearth themselves in Shippo's mind.

"Crud!" he yelled, mad at himself.

'If only I had remembered sooner. . .' he thought remorsefully.

Rin was still sobbing over the poor bunny. "The loss of a life is horrible," she whispered, "even if it is just a bunny. This bunny could have been part of someone's family. . ." With this she looked up at Urissa. "AND YOU KILLED IT! WITH NO REASON AT ALL!" she screamed with rage, and then broke down in sobs again.

Urissa laughed in way that sent shivers up Shippo's spine.

"Stop it!" he commanded. "That was a dirty rotten thing to do!"

"You have no power over me, you stupid fox demon! Do not act like you do," said Urissa.

Rin's head was still bent, and she was silently crying. Shippo heard her mutter something, and as he listened closer her could just barely make out what she was saying.

"Mother . . . father . . ."

Shippo's heart felt ripped apart when she said that.

'Dang, now what have I done. I've caused my Rin to become unhappy. . . did I just think MY Rin?'

"Yes, you did," said Urissa.

"STUPID! WHY DO YOU KEEP READING MY THOUGHTS!" yelled Shippo

"Why do you keep thinking," Urissa retorted, "when you know I can read your mind?" Shippo growled. He had a pout on his face for a while, but then the pout turned into a mischievous smirk.

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Rin finally stopped crying. She had no more tears left to cry. She raised her head and looked with red puffy eyes over at Shippo.

He had a smirk on his face that kind of scared her. He was staring at Urissa, never blinking. Suddenly, his face screwed up in concentration. His eyes closed and he whispered something Rin could not hear.

Just as he did this, Urissa stumbled back, as if hit by a blow to the head. He repeated whispering over and over again, and every time, Urissa would stagger back.

Shippo was whispering for about the fourteenth time, and once again, Urissa stepped away. However, this time is was different. She tripped, fell, and hit her head on a rock, knocking herself unconscious.

The ropes that had been binding Rin and Shippo's wrists and ankles suddenly went slack and fell down.

"YES! I was right!" yelled Shippo, jumping up from his sitting position. He grabbed Rin's hand and pulled her up, but did not let go.

"Come on!" he said urgently.

"But . . . she's gonna catch us!"

Shippo was running very quickly, dragging Rin behind him.

"Don't worry, even if she did wake up from that, we are too far away now for her to catch us," reassured Shippo.

"Shouldn't you knock on wood now or something?" Rin asked.

"Can't," said Shippo, running out of breath.

Just then, a piece of wood fell from the top of the cave, which had widened considerably from where they originally were.

"There's some!" said Rin.

Shippo groaned, but went to knock on it, just to humor Rin.

The second he touched it, the wood seemed to spring to life. It transformed into something great, something powerful, something in a white baboon cloak, and then all went dark for Shippo and Rin as roots shot out from under the cloak and covered the entrance they were so close to.

"All is lost," whispered Rin as she clung to Shippo.

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How could I! I'M SO EVIL! THEY WERE SO CLOSE! Oh btw, Urissa is an OC (original character) I made up. I have fan art for her, and Rin, and I'm working on shippo's. I drew all of them by myself. Unfortunately, I have nowhere to post them! I anyone has a site they would be willing to let me post them on, that would be great!!! OK, now what am I on? **looking down at cards in her hand**

Seto Kaiba- sixes.

Hyperchica- Thank you! **sets down 2 cards** two sixes!

The third person- BS.

Hyperchica- Nope! Oops! Sry! I forgot to introduce the third player for this game. He's from the Yu-gi-oh world too! He's got blond hair. . . and his name is . . . JO-JO!!!

Third- HEY! NO IT'S NOT!!! IT'S JOEY!!! JOEY WHEELER!!!

Hyperchica- whatever you say, Jo-jo! Ok, now take the cards! It's your turn now, Jo-jo!

Joey- One seven.

Hyperchica- BS.

Joey- Dang it!

Kaiba- one eight

Joey- BS.

Kaiba- Take 'em.

Joey- Double dang!

Hyperchica- One sec, before I take my turn, please let me tell you something-I have planned up to chapter 18!! YA FOR HYPERCHICA!!! Ok, 3 nines. **sets down last few cards**

Joey- BS.

Hyperchica- NOPE!!! TAKE 'EM!!! I WIN!!

Joey- but I had the most cards!

Kaiba- the point of the game is to have the least cards, you fool!

Joey- WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THAT BEFORE!!!

Hyperchica- Cuz it was too fun watching you!

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