Nakoruru's Notes: Wow, I don't know what to say. Well, I do, actually. I
wanna thank everyone for their reviews and the support of this story. I
would have had the story to you sooner, but I'm been in the chat rooms a
lot lately, and slacking. But I promise not so much anymore. *thinks* I
don't think I have anything really important to say for this chapter. But
you'll know at the end if something pops up. My muse always points it out.
*looks at the half human/half wolf demon playing the Inu Yasha game for
the PS one* Yeah, okay. Story time! Look for some fan service!
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Chapter 4
Yusuke paced the floor as he thought about the situation at hand. Kurama and Hiei had disappeared from the Ningen Kai, the Makai, and the Rei Kai without a trace. The youkai that had attacked them, told Yusuke (once Yusuke had the youkai grounded under his feet), that he had transferred the two to another dimension. Of course Yusuke "asked" Majira to bring Hiei and Kurama back, but the youkai said it was impossible. After some more "persuasion" Yusuke realized that the youkai didn't know how to bring the two back from wherever he sent them.
"Yusuke, please stop pacing the floor. It's not helping anyone," Botan said.
"Well, I can't think of anything better to do. We have no way of knowing where the hell they are. Or if they are even all right. It burns me up to know that I'm helpless to do anything about it." Yusuke went to the window of Kuwabara's apartment. He didn't know how much longer he could keep lying to Shiori. She would eventually want to know the whereabouts of her son. So what is he going to do, tell her that Kurama was sucked into another dimension by this thing that wanted to kill him? "I don't know how much longer we can keep up this charade with him missing."
"Don't worry about that, Koenma said that everything would be taken care of," Botan said. "For now we concentrate on how we're going to find Kurama and Hiei."
"Where do we begin, that's the problem?" Yusuke turned his eyes back to the young woman with blue hair. Kuwabara sat in a chair, wearing an equally worried look.
"Where it first started, the park."
Meanwhile, as Yusuke and the others formulate a plan to find our lost bishonen, the two are sitting with Raye and the other girls in a fast food joint. After finding out that Amy would recover in no more within the next day, the girls decided to take their new allies out for a celebration meal. Kurama sat between Raye and Lita, while Hiei was situated between Mina and Serena.
"Hey, Hiei, why don't you eat something. Come on, have some of my fries." Mina pushed the fries towards the koorime, but he just sat there looking at the fried potatoes. "Ah, c'mon. If you don't eat, how do you ever expect to grow?"
"I am grown," Hiei said, controlling his urge to retort something nasty. "This is standard height for koorime males." (Nako's notes: I know this really isn't true, but I had to find some way to explain things.)
"Koumimay?" Serena said, half a hamburger in her mouth. "Watz tha?"
"A koorime is what Hiei is. Another way to say fire demon. Just like youko is another way to say fox spirit. Which is what I am," Kurama explained. "In our dimension, there's not just one type of youkai. There are many. All of us different in our own way."
"Wow, I still can't believe that you guys come from a different dimension than us. You seem so. . .normal and stuff. I wish we could take a trip to your world and check things out. It must be so amazing to live there," Mina smiled. Turning to Hiei, she made a face. "Come on, just try one. Even if you are a demon or whatever, you still need to eat something. How about I split half my burger with you?"
"Are you always this persistent?" Hiei sighed with obvious annoyance.
"Yep. Now eat up, or I'm going to have the girls help me tie you down, and then I'll tickle you until I finally get some food in you." Mina made the motion to reach for him, but found only space. "Huh."
"Mind Hiei not. He doesn't like fast food very much. He'll eat when he feels like it," Kurama replied. "Let him be for now."
"Where did he go, though?" Mina looked around, not finding the koorime anywhere around. "He just disappeared into thin air."
"No, he just decided to get some air. He's not use to being around so many lovely girls at one time," the red head smirked. Knowing that if Hiei had heard that remark, what would have come out the koorime's mouth. Serena, Lita, Raye, and Mina's eyes grew wide with shock, then blushed.
"You're teasing us, aren't you?" Lita said.
"Why would I tease? It's true."
Raye wagged her finger at him in a playful scold. "Keep that up and you just may regret that one. It's a wonder you don't have a girlfriend in your dimension. Girls must be lined up to watch you. And all you do is tease them. That's a shame, Minamino-san." Kurama laughed, finding that he was enjoying the company of these girls more and more. He was pretty sure that Hiei was warming up to them too.
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The room was dark as the two boys stumbled their way deeper into the underground floor of the abandoned building they had been searching. One of the boys reached into his bag for a small flashlight he carried around. "Hey Takuya, stop moving, I think I hear something." The shorter of the two boys tugged on his friend's shoulder. "Let's get out of here. I don't feel right."
"Give me a minute. I'm sure it's just a few rats or something. You know it is an old building. I almost got the flashlight." Takuya shrugged his friend's hand from his T-shirt.
"Takuya," his friend whined. Young Noboru Fujiyoshi tugged at his friend's shirt yet again. The feeling that was inside of him was growing stronger by the minute as he waited in the omniscient darkness for Takuya to find his flashlight. He didn't know how he always let Takuya drag him into these sorts of things, but one thing was clear. If they ever got out of this dammed underground floor of the building, he would never let Takuya pressure him into another one of these escapades. He was really starting to get afraid. The sound he was hearing was too large to be a rat. He could almost sense something evil about the thing that was stalking around in the dark with them, something evil and almost supernatural.
The young boy nearly jumped out of his skin as the material of his friend's shirt brushed against him. "Will you calm down? Jeez. It's just my shirt. I have the flashlight chicken," Takuya mocked. The boy turned on the flashlight and aimed it on his friend's face. The boy noticed how pale his friend was. "Are you really that scared Noboru. Alright, let's go before you wet your pants down here." The two boys were just about ready to turn around, when a noise caught their attention. Takuya whirled around to catch something almost like a panther watching them with deathly black eyes. "What. . .what the hell is that?"
The two boys backed away slowly, but another noise caught their attention. Wheeling around, another large panther like creature stood behind them menacingly. The two young boys trembled under the unearthly stare of these foreign creatures. The light wavered on the creatures, as Takuya's hand shook violently. Both were terrified and awe-stricken beyond belief at these otherworldly creatures. Never in their lives had they seen creatures like these. How these things massive bodies were sleek and deathly looking, and the unusual scales upon their backs.
"Well, well, well. It looks as though my Jari have found some prey for me. Hmm, how convenient for me." Out of the darkness stepped a large figure. Takuya rose his flashlight up to see the male who had been talking, but as soon as he did, he wished he hadn't. The male was almost six and a half feet tall. He had long spiky blackish green hair that was held back by a band. His eyes were what caught the children most off guard. His eyes were the color of blood itself; a dark crimson color that sent out dangerous vibes about him. (Nako's notes: If anyone is familiar with the Betterman series, you would probably have to consider this guy a scary looking version of Lamia Betterman.)
"What do you want with us?" whimpered Noboru.
The male only smiled as he turned to one of the creatures he had referred to as Jari. Without a word, he rose his hand towards the boys. The creatures jumped out at the boys, as they gave out a long horrendous scream of pure terror. The only thing louder than their screams was the maniacal laughter of the man.
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The sun slowly lowered to the horizon as the group stood outside at the bottom steps of Raye's temple. Each one of the girls that were present stood in silence, looking at their new friends who had helped them to save the Earth that day. Finally Serena spoke. "You guys were totally awesome today. We would have had a tougher time if you weren't here. Maybe it wasn't a coincidence that you were brought here."
"Maybe not. Maybe fate played a hand in it," agreed Kurama.
"Soon the moon alignment will be all set and you'll be able to back to your own world. It'll be like a dream," Mina sighed with some sadness. Suddenly, her face lit up with an idea. "Hey, since you guys won't be leaving until four days from now, how about we go on a picnic soon. About two days from now, when we don't have school? That way you can take some memories of here back with you!" The other girls smiled, liking the idea.
"Please say yes," Raye pleaded.
"Well. . .it definitely wouldn't hurt. After all, it would be nice to get to know you all before we return back home. What do you say, Hiei?" Kurama gave the shorter male a side way's glance. Hiei remained aloof, but the youko could tell that he wasn't so much against the idea. Kurama suspected it had to do with the girl with pigtails.
"So, are you accepting the invitation?" Lita winked. "We won't take no for an answer."
"I don't thing Hiei minds so much. We would be delighted." At that news, all the girls squeaked with excitement.
Later that night, Kurama found Hiei sitting on the temple roof looking up at the sky with contemplation. Kurama jumped onto the roof and seated himself beside the koorime. Hiei didn't so much as glance at him. "You've been quiet since dinner. Something has caught your attention, hasn't it?" Kurama shifted his eyes towards the night sky and stars. "Are you still worried about Yusuke and the others?"
"I have no doubt that Yusuke has taken care of Majira. I sense something else about, haven't you sensed it yet?" Hiei doesn't shift his ruby eyes from the night scenery.
Kurama closed his eyes and sniffed the air. Something was amiss. There was definitely something about, some powerful force, which was shielding itself from their senses. "I sense it, but barely. It seems to not be strong enough yet for me to be fully alert. The scent faintly reminds me of Nagi, but the scent is sharper."
Hiei nodded with agreement. "I don't think they can handle it alone. They may be good fighters, but they still have much to learn. We shouldn't tell them until we know what it is for sure." This time, the koorime shifted an eye towards the youko.
"You wish to protect them." Kurama smiled softly, thinking about something. "You seem at ease with them. That girl, the one they call Serena, you're most worried about her. Does she remind you. . .of Yukina, Hiei?"
"There's no need for us to get them riled up so soon after the last battle. I want to check things out more." Before Kurama uttered another word, the koorime was gone. It took the youko a few seconds to realize that Hiei had dodged the question. With a slight smirk, but his thoughts fell back home to his dimension. Was his mother worried? He was sure that Yusuke was doing everything in his power. . .but would he ever see his mother again.
"Kurama?" The voice came from below. Dipping his head over the side of the roof, he saw Raye in her temple clothing, looking up at him. "You could sleep, huh? Is Hiei up there with you?"
"No. He decided to get some air. What are you still doing up?" replied the youko cheerfully.
"I was thinking to myself. That maybe time ran differently here then back in your time. That maybe it's only been hours instead of days. So maybe your mother isn't so worried about you," Raye replied.
Kurama slid off the roof and walked over to where she stood, looking down into her eyes. He smiled, touched by the kindness in her heart. How she had taken them in with so much as questioning them and worried. Kurama felt drawn to this one. She had so much strength and kindness. "Thank you for worrying about me, Raye. I really do appreciate all you've done for both Hiei and myself. But don't worry, I'm sure my friends have taken care of things." Kurama leaned down and kissed her forehead. "You should get some sleep. School tomorrow. Good night, Raye." Kurama turned and walked away from her.
"Good night. . .Kurama." Raye stood there and watched as he went to the guestroom. She touched her forehead, still able to feel his soft lips against her skin. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest. She was sure he could hear it as he was standing there, looking into her eyes with those magnificent emerald eyes of his, as if he was looking into her very soul. Raye turned away finally to go to bed. But her mind couldn't stop thinking about that red head that had looked at her with such sweet eyes.
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Nakoruru (grinning): Tell me how you like the chapter, mina! Did I or did I not hit on the areas you wanted so badly!
Blazer *still playing Inu Yasha*: You actually accomplished something for a change.
Nakoruru (_): Shut up and go back to playing the game.
Blazer: I'm kicking butt with Sesshomaru.
Nakoruru (O.O): You playing with Sesshomaru! Uw! I wanna watch! See ya all later. (rushes over look at muse play game)
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Chapter 4
Yusuke paced the floor as he thought about the situation at hand. Kurama and Hiei had disappeared from the Ningen Kai, the Makai, and the Rei Kai without a trace. The youkai that had attacked them, told Yusuke (once Yusuke had the youkai grounded under his feet), that he had transferred the two to another dimension. Of course Yusuke "asked" Majira to bring Hiei and Kurama back, but the youkai said it was impossible. After some more "persuasion" Yusuke realized that the youkai didn't know how to bring the two back from wherever he sent them.
"Yusuke, please stop pacing the floor. It's not helping anyone," Botan said.
"Well, I can't think of anything better to do. We have no way of knowing where the hell they are. Or if they are even all right. It burns me up to know that I'm helpless to do anything about it." Yusuke went to the window of Kuwabara's apartment. He didn't know how much longer he could keep lying to Shiori. She would eventually want to know the whereabouts of her son. So what is he going to do, tell her that Kurama was sucked into another dimension by this thing that wanted to kill him? "I don't know how much longer we can keep up this charade with him missing."
"Don't worry about that, Koenma said that everything would be taken care of," Botan said. "For now we concentrate on how we're going to find Kurama and Hiei."
"Where do we begin, that's the problem?" Yusuke turned his eyes back to the young woman with blue hair. Kuwabara sat in a chair, wearing an equally worried look.
"Where it first started, the park."
Meanwhile, as Yusuke and the others formulate a plan to find our lost bishonen, the two are sitting with Raye and the other girls in a fast food joint. After finding out that Amy would recover in no more within the next day, the girls decided to take their new allies out for a celebration meal. Kurama sat between Raye and Lita, while Hiei was situated between Mina and Serena.
"Hey, Hiei, why don't you eat something. Come on, have some of my fries." Mina pushed the fries towards the koorime, but he just sat there looking at the fried potatoes. "Ah, c'mon. If you don't eat, how do you ever expect to grow?"
"I am grown," Hiei said, controlling his urge to retort something nasty. "This is standard height for koorime males." (Nako's notes: I know this really isn't true, but I had to find some way to explain things.)
"Koumimay?" Serena said, half a hamburger in her mouth. "Watz tha?"
"A koorime is what Hiei is. Another way to say fire demon. Just like youko is another way to say fox spirit. Which is what I am," Kurama explained. "In our dimension, there's not just one type of youkai. There are many. All of us different in our own way."
"Wow, I still can't believe that you guys come from a different dimension than us. You seem so. . .normal and stuff. I wish we could take a trip to your world and check things out. It must be so amazing to live there," Mina smiled. Turning to Hiei, she made a face. "Come on, just try one. Even if you are a demon or whatever, you still need to eat something. How about I split half my burger with you?"
"Are you always this persistent?" Hiei sighed with obvious annoyance.
"Yep. Now eat up, or I'm going to have the girls help me tie you down, and then I'll tickle you until I finally get some food in you." Mina made the motion to reach for him, but found only space. "Huh."
"Mind Hiei not. He doesn't like fast food very much. He'll eat when he feels like it," Kurama replied. "Let him be for now."
"Where did he go, though?" Mina looked around, not finding the koorime anywhere around. "He just disappeared into thin air."
"No, he just decided to get some air. He's not use to being around so many lovely girls at one time," the red head smirked. Knowing that if Hiei had heard that remark, what would have come out the koorime's mouth. Serena, Lita, Raye, and Mina's eyes grew wide with shock, then blushed.
"You're teasing us, aren't you?" Lita said.
"Why would I tease? It's true."
Raye wagged her finger at him in a playful scold. "Keep that up and you just may regret that one. It's a wonder you don't have a girlfriend in your dimension. Girls must be lined up to watch you. And all you do is tease them. That's a shame, Minamino-san." Kurama laughed, finding that he was enjoying the company of these girls more and more. He was pretty sure that Hiei was warming up to them too.
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The room was dark as the two boys stumbled their way deeper into the underground floor of the abandoned building they had been searching. One of the boys reached into his bag for a small flashlight he carried around. "Hey Takuya, stop moving, I think I hear something." The shorter of the two boys tugged on his friend's shoulder. "Let's get out of here. I don't feel right."
"Give me a minute. I'm sure it's just a few rats or something. You know it is an old building. I almost got the flashlight." Takuya shrugged his friend's hand from his T-shirt.
"Takuya," his friend whined. Young Noboru Fujiyoshi tugged at his friend's shirt yet again. The feeling that was inside of him was growing stronger by the minute as he waited in the omniscient darkness for Takuya to find his flashlight. He didn't know how he always let Takuya drag him into these sorts of things, but one thing was clear. If they ever got out of this dammed underground floor of the building, he would never let Takuya pressure him into another one of these escapades. He was really starting to get afraid. The sound he was hearing was too large to be a rat. He could almost sense something evil about the thing that was stalking around in the dark with them, something evil and almost supernatural.
The young boy nearly jumped out of his skin as the material of his friend's shirt brushed against him. "Will you calm down? Jeez. It's just my shirt. I have the flashlight chicken," Takuya mocked. The boy turned on the flashlight and aimed it on his friend's face. The boy noticed how pale his friend was. "Are you really that scared Noboru. Alright, let's go before you wet your pants down here." The two boys were just about ready to turn around, when a noise caught their attention. Takuya whirled around to catch something almost like a panther watching them with deathly black eyes. "What. . .what the hell is that?"
The two boys backed away slowly, but another noise caught their attention. Wheeling around, another large panther like creature stood behind them menacingly. The two young boys trembled under the unearthly stare of these foreign creatures. The light wavered on the creatures, as Takuya's hand shook violently. Both were terrified and awe-stricken beyond belief at these otherworldly creatures. Never in their lives had they seen creatures like these. How these things massive bodies were sleek and deathly looking, and the unusual scales upon their backs.
"Well, well, well. It looks as though my Jari have found some prey for me. Hmm, how convenient for me." Out of the darkness stepped a large figure. Takuya rose his flashlight up to see the male who had been talking, but as soon as he did, he wished he hadn't. The male was almost six and a half feet tall. He had long spiky blackish green hair that was held back by a band. His eyes were what caught the children most off guard. His eyes were the color of blood itself; a dark crimson color that sent out dangerous vibes about him. (Nako's notes: If anyone is familiar with the Betterman series, you would probably have to consider this guy a scary looking version of Lamia Betterman.)
"What do you want with us?" whimpered Noboru.
The male only smiled as he turned to one of the creatures he had referred to as Jari. Without a word, he rose his hand towards the boys. The creatures jumped out at the boys, as they gave out a long horrendous scream of pure terror. The only thing louder than their screams was the maniacal laughter of the man.
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The sun slowly lowered to the horizon as the group stood outside at the bottom steps of Raye's temple. Each one of the girls that were present stood in silence, looking at their new friends who had helped them to save the Earth that day. Finally Serena spoke. "You guys were totally awesome today. We would have had a tougher time if you weren't here. Maybe it wasn't a coincidence that you were brought here."
"Maybe not. Maybe fate played a hand in it," agreed Kurama.
"Soon the moon alignment will be all set and you'll be able to back to your own world. It'll be like a dream," Mina sighed with some sadness. Suddenly, her face lit up with an idea. "Hey, since you guys won't be leaving until four days from now, how about we go on a picnic soon. About two days from now, when we don't have school? That way you can take some memories of here back with you!" The other girls smiled, liking the idea.
"Please say yes," Raye pleaded.
"Well. . .it definitely wouldn't hurt. After all, it would be nice to get to know you all before we return back home. What do you say, Hiei?" Kurama gave the shorter male a side way's glance. Hiei remained aloof, but the youko could tell that he wasn't so much against the idea. Kurama suspected it had to do with the girl with pigtails.
"So, are you accepting the invitation?" Lita winked. "We won't take no for an answer."
"I don't thing Hiei minds so much. We would be delighted." At that news, all the girls squeaked with excitement.
Later that night, Kurama found Hiei sitting on the temple roof looking up at the sky with contemplation. Kurama jumped onto the roof and seated himself beside the koorime. Hiei didn't so much as glance at him. "You've been quiet since dinner. Something has caught your attention, hasn't it?" Kurama shifted his eyes towards the night sky and stars. "Are you still worried about Yusuke and the others?"
"I have no doubt that Yusuke has taken care of Majira. I sense something else about, haven't you sensed it yet?" Hiei doesn't shift his ruby eyes from the night scenery.
Kurama closed his eyes and sniffed the air. Something was amiss. There was definitely something about, some powerful force, which was shielding itself from their senses. "I sense it, but barely. It seems to not be strong enough yet for me to be fully alert. The scent faintly reminds me of Nagi, but the scent is sharper."
Hiei nodded with agreement. "I don't think they can handle it alone. They may be good fighters, but they still have much to learn. We shouldn't tell them until we know what it is for sure." This time, the koorime shifted an eye towards the youko.
"You wish to protect them." Kurama smiled softly, thinking about something. "You seem at ease with them. That girl, the one they call Serena, you're most worried about her. Does she remind you. . .of Yukina, Hiei?"
"There's no need for us to get them riled up so soon after the last battle. I want to check things out more." Before Kurama uttered another word, the koorime was gone. It took the youko a few seconds to realize that Hiei had dodged the question. With a slight smirk, but his thoughts fell back home to his dimension. Was his mother worried? He was sure that Yusuke was doing everything in his power. . .but would he ever see his mother again.
"Kurama?" The voice came from below. Dipping his head over the side of the roof, he saw Raye in her temple clothing, looking up at him. "You could sleep, huh? Is Hiei up there with you?"
"No. He decided to get some air. What are you still doing up?" replied the youko cheerfully.
"I was thinking to myself. That maybe time ran differently here then back in your time. That maybe it's only been hours instead of days. So maybe your mother isn't so worried about you," Raye replied.
Kurama slid off the roof and walked over to where she stood, looking down into her eyes. He smiled, touched by the kindness in her heart. How she had taken them in with so much as questioning them and worried. Kurama felt drawn to this one. She had so much strength and kindness. "Thank you for worrying about me, Raye. I really do appreciate all you've done for both Hiei and myself. But don't worry, I'm sure my friends have taken care of things." Kurama leaned down and kissed her forehead. "You should get some sleep. School tomorrow. Good night, Raye." Kurama turned and walked away from her.
"Good night. . .Kurama." Raye stood there and watched as he went to the guestroom. She touched her forehead, still able to feel his soft lips against her skin. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest. She was sure he could hear it as he was standing there, looking into her eyes with those magnificent emerald eyes of his, as if he was looking into her very soul. Raye turned away finally to go to bed. But her mind couldn't stop thinking about that red head that had looked at her with such sweet eyes.
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Nakoruru (grinning): Tell me how you like the chapter, mina! Did I or did I not hit on the areas you wanted so badly!
Blazer *still playing Inu Yasha*: You actually accomplished something for a change.
Nakoruru (_): Shut up and go back to playing the game.
Blazer: I'm kicking butt with Sesshomaru.
Nakoruru (O.O): You playing with Sesshomaru! Uw! I wanna watch! See ya all later. (rushes over look at muse play game)
