If you'd noticed, I put dates at the very end of each chapter stating when
I finished that certain chapter. I know that this chappie has been finished
for a very long time, and I'm sorry for not posting this earlier. My
internet's busted and there's just no way of fixing it quickly. I'm just
borrowing a good hearted friend's PC. I apologize again, and I hope you
find it in your hearts to forgive me. ^_^
Troubles at Makai
by Yukitsu_Kitsune
Disclaimers: For the Nth time... I don't own HxH, YYH, and other animés of Togashi's doing. I am merely using them (however twistedly) for my entertainment.
" yadda " - text or characters' dialogue
* yadda* - italics or characters' thoughts
YADDA - emphasis or BOLDFACE text
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Chapter 4
Kurama tapped his foot impatiently. It was ten minutes after the Hunters and Kougo's disappearance, and Yusuke and Kuwabara were still not there. He shouldn't be impatient, he knew that; but he was worried for the two humans. It's true that they weren't ordinary humans, but that doesn't make them unsusceptible to danger. Especially ningen-eating-youkais kind of danger.
"Calm down and keep still, Kitsune" Hiei finally grunted, annoyed at the redhead's tenseness.
"I'm worried, Hiei" Kurama mumbled. He did stop tapping his foot. Instead, he resorted to pacing
"Makai is almost completely ningen-friendly now. Plus, the kid can take care of himself and the oaf" Hiei pointed out
"I guess your right. I'm just worried" Kurama repeated. He just really didn't want to involve benign ningens in his line of work. Particularly innocent friends.
"Oi! Kurama! Hiei!" a voice called at them.
Kurama turned to the caller, relieved that Yusuke and Kuwabara were already there. "You guys're finally here!"
"Took you oafs long enough" Hiei muttered
"What?! How dare you!" Kuwabara cried indignantly at the fire demon.
"Where's Kougo? Don't tell me you finished the guy off and didn't even let us join the fun" Yusuke demanded
"We never got around to defeating him." Kurama explained. Yusuke gave him his best incredulous look.
"Let me fini---" Kurama was again cut off by an angry yell
"Oi, you bastards!" a voice somewhere between high and low yelled out. Seconds later, a silver haired boy rushed out from the same place which gave passage to Yusuke and Kuwabara moments before. He burst from the bushes in an angry eruption and halted, brushing leaves and dirt from his shirt.
"You--" Yusuke started
"Killua!" a voice higher than the previous one called. Another small figured emerged from the vegetation. This time with a darker mop of hair
"Oi, you! Apologize for ruining our icecream!" Killua demanded, not recognizing the faces which surrounded him
"Killua-kun?" Kurama said, blinking at them.
"Gon-chan?!" Kuwabara exclaimed, dumbfounded.
"Eh?" Gon gazed at them. Recognizing them, his eyes lit up in merriment.
"Hey! Long time no see!" Yusuke said happily, going to the boys and giving them hearty pats on the back. Kuwabara didn't wait and immediately followed suit, merrily accepting a hug from the dark haired boy.
"Yusuke-niisan! Kuwabara-niisan!" Gon exclaimed cutely. If he had a tail, it would be wagging furiously by now.
"How've you been?" Kuwabara asked, ruffling Killua's hair
"Fine. But I'll feel much better if you'll lay off the hair" Killua muttered loudly.
"Why you..." Kuwabara started, he flexed his muscles threateningly, advancing towards the silver haired assassin.
"Enough!" Kurama said loudly. They all just stared at him.
"We have a problem, everyone; and I think it only right to involve Gon-chan and Killua-kun." he continued
"Eh?" Gon uttered, tilting his head inquiringly. Killua almost did the same, although a great deal less cutely.
"You see, we were chasing after this rebel youkai who thought that eliminating Koenma would help his 'cause' greatly. We almost had him, Hiei and I, when he decided to flee. He opened a portal to Makai and ran in." Kurama briefed the four.
"So?" Yusuke raised an eyebrow. "What's the big problem with that?"
Kurama took a deep breathe "The problem is: when he jumped into that damned portal of his, he dragged along two ningens with him."
"He WHAT?!?!" Kuwabara and Yusuke exclaimed with one voice.
"What has that got to do with us?" Killua asked boredly.
"The catch is, the ningens who were dragged in with the beast were Kurapika- san and Leorio-san" Kurama's shoulders sagged.
"WHAT?!" Gon, Yusuke, and Kuwabara almost screeched.
"Why didn't you follow them?" Yusuke demanded, zooming in on Hiei
"Kougo had some sort of masking spell around his portal. I had no way of knowing where he had landed." Hiei glared at Yusuke
"But-but... your jagan!" Kuwabara stammered, once again thunderstruck.
"I told you, I had NO means of finding out where the bastard landed. My jagan couldn't see where exactly in Makai he took them." Hiei bit out irritably.
"But don't you have ANY idea, atleast, as to where they are?" Gon insisted, tugging at Hiei's cloak. Killua immediately pulled him away, feeling that doing that won't be good to his bestfriend's health
"Back off, kid." Hiei growled. He glared at the expecting faces before replying grudgingly "I think they're in Gandara"
"Gandara?" Kurama echoed, somewhat startled.
"What's that?" Killua butted in rudely
"It's roughly the third of the whole of Makai" Kurama explained harriedly. "It's governed by a blind Makai overlord called Yomi and his son, Shura. Of all the places in Makai, Gandara would probably be the closest to a ningen city there. Gandara is technology-filled, and it has this sort of law that every youkai living there must follow."
"Cool" Killua shrugged.
"Why are you so apprehensive, then, Kurama-niisan?" Gon asked curiously
"I-- well.... It's like this. I told you before that I was once a Makai theif, right?" Kurama said, contemplating about telling the boy. Gon nodded "At some point of my career, Yomi had been my partner, my subordinate. After some time, he became too impulsive and thus became a danger to the rest of the pack. Let's just say that we parted under unpleasant circumstances."
"You had him killed" Killua stated matter-of-factly.
"Well... yes." Kurama admitted
"And it didn't work" Killua continued.
"Yes." Kurama nodded reluctantly, somewhat surprised at the light haired boy's perception
"And he became powerful, even more so than you"
Kurama nodded once more
"And he wants your head" Killua said again. This time, Kurama shook his head as a negative sign
"What then?" Gon inquired
"We wants me to become his right hand in his rule over Gandara"
"Is he crazy? He wants his near-murderer to be his RIGHT HAND?" Killua raised his eyebrow quizically.
"Well.... He seems to have this unexplainable infatuation over me" Kurama admitted, a slight bit red from embarrasment
Killua started laughing, clutching his sides at the ridiculousness of it all.
"It's not THAT funny" Kurama chided gently, not taking offense.
"So Kurapika and Leorio are somewhere in this Yomi-guy's territory?" Gon reiterated.
"We believe so."
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go and get them!" Gon cheered enthusiastically
Yusuke bonked Gon on the head
"Do you have any IDEA as to how HUGE Gandara is?!" he screeched at the poor boy
"Uh... no! How big IS it?" Gon chirped.
"It's as big as a whole continent, you idiot!" Yusuke said loudly, making Gon wince
"Oh... so how ARE we going to find Kurapika and Leorio?" Killua said, yawning widely at the same time.
"Well... we haven't planned that much yet." Kurama admitted.
"Plan shmam. We don't have to plan. Let's just think as we go along" Killua yawned again. His eyes had a gleam, though, excited for the adventure waiting for him at another world
"If you want to die, you can do just that, you idiot" Hiei snorted
Killua maliciously bared his fangs at his counter part and flexed his hands. Nobody, and he meant NOBODY, insulted him.
"What. Did. You. Say?" he asked slowly
"I said go ahead and die, you idiot" Hiei glared at the boy. Tension rose like mist over the group. As abruptly as it started, though, likewise did it end.
"Maa maa [calm down] If we want to help Kurapika-san and Leorio-san, we must agree and keep our peace" Kurama placitated, patting Killua's shoulder.
"Hn." Hiei and Killua snorted at the same time
"What we should do, I think, is to go there as soon as possible and go directly to Gandara. Once there, I may be able to ask Yomi to help us. I doubt if he'll... um... refuse" Kurama said aloud. He raised an eyebrow as all of them, except for Hiei, struggled to muffle their snickers.
"Now then. Anyone here contradicts?" Yusuke said loudly, as if hosting an auction. Nobody raised their hands.
"Hiei" Yusuke prompted, giving the fire demon a pat on the back. Hiei glared at him and shrugged his hand away
"Hn." Hiei briskly removed his bandana and let his jagan unfurl. With out another word, he concentrated his youki on a spot in front of him, a bluish- white hole forming.
"Get in" Kurama ushered the two boys as Yusuke and Kuwabara leapt in. They both gave him wide stares but jumped in nevertheless. Kurama soon followed and Hiei not a moment after, the latter letting the void close behind him.
~~~~~~~
So there you are! Another chapter.
I know this isn't as good as "It's a Small World", but please tolerate. I'm having some sort of difficulty right now, but I'll get over it, promise!
Maybe I'm just thinking that this isn't as good as "Small World" since I got only half of the number of the other's review for the same (and more) number of chapters. *shrugs* talk about conscious!
Anyway, next chapter will be divided into half. The first half for Kurapika and Leorio, while the latter half for Kurama, Hiei, and the rest.
Shinja: Today is Febuary 7, 2003. One week before Valentine's!
Adelphoi: Thanks you guys, for reviewing this. if she doesn't get encouragement, she'll definately stop her career as a writer. And she hasn't even written about ME yet!
Tsuki: Good riddance! *glares at Adelphoi*
Troubles at Makai
by Yukitsu_Kitsune
Disclaimers: For the Nth time... I don't own HxH, YYH, and other animés of Togashi's doing. I am merely using them (however twistedly) for my entertainment.
" yadda " - text or characters' dialogue
* yadda* - italics or characters' thoughts
YADDA - emphasis or BOLDFACE text
~~~~
Chapter 4
Kurama tapped his foot impatiently. It was ten minutes after the Hunters and Kougo's disappearance, and Yusuke and Kuwabara were still not there. He shouldn't be impatient, he knew that; but he was worried for the two humans. It's true that they weren't ordinary humans, but that doesn't make them unsusceptible to danger. Especially ningen-eating-youkais kind of danger.
"Calm down and keep still, Kitsune" Hiei finally grunted, annoyed at the redhead's tenseness.
"I'm worried, Hiei" Kurama mumbled. He did stop tapping his foot. Instead, he resorted to pacing
"Makai is almost completely ningen-friendly now. Plus, the kid can take care of himself and the oaf" Hiei pointed out
"I guess your right. I'm just worried" Kurama repeated. He just really didn't want to involve benign ningens in his line of work. Particularly innocent friends.
"Oi! Kurama! Hiei!" a voice called at them.
Kurama turned to the caller, relieved that Yusuke and Kuwabara were already there. "You guys're finally here!"
"Took you oafs long enough" Hiei muttered
"What?! How dare you!" Kuwabara cried indignantly at the fire demon.
"Where's Kougo? Don't tell me you finished the guy off and didn't even let us join the fun" Yusuke demanded
"We never got around to defeating him." Kurama explained. Yusuke gave him his best incredulous look.
"Let me fini---" Kurama was again cut off by an angry yell
"Oi, you bastards!" a voice somewhere between high and low yelled out. Seconds later, a silver haired boy rushed out from the same place which gave passage to Yusuke and Kuwabara moments before. He burst from the bushes in an angry eruption and halted, brushing leaves and dirt from his shirt.
"You--" Yusuke started
"Killua!" a voice higher than the previous one called. Another small figured emerged from the vegetation. This time with a darker mop of hair
"Oi, you! Apologize for ruining our icecream!" Killua demanded, not recognizing the faces which surrounded him
"Killua-kun?" Kurama said, blinking at them.
"Gon-chan?!" Kuwabara exclaimed, dumbfounded.
"Eh?" Gon gazed at them. Recognizing them, his eyes lit up in merriment.
"Hey! Long time no see!" Yusuke said happily, going to the boys and giving them hearty pats on the back. Kuwabara didn't wait and immediately followed suit, merrily accepting a hug from the dark haired boy.
"Yusuke-niisan! Kuwabara-niisan!" Gon exclaimed cutely. If he had a tail, it would be wagging furiously by now.
"How've you been?" Kuwabara asked, ruffling Killua's hair
"Fine. But I'll feel much better if you'll lay off the hair" Killua muttered loudly.
"Why you..." Kuwabara started, he flexed his muscles threateningly, advancing towards the silver haired assassin.
"Enough!" Kurama said loudly. They all just stared at him.
"We have a problem, everyone; and I think it only right to involve Gon-chan and Killua-kun." he continued
"Eh?" Gon uttered, tilting his head inquiringly. Killua almost did the same, although a great deal less cutely.
"You see, we were chasing after this rebel youkai who thought that eliminating Koenma would help his 'cause' greatly. We almost had him, Hiei and I, when he decided to flee. He opened a portal to Makai and ran in." Kurama briefed the four.
"So?" Yusuke raised an eyebrow. "What's the big problem with that?"
Kurama took a deep breathe "The problem is: when he jumped into that damned portal of his, he dragged along two ningens with him."
"He WHAT?!?!" Kuwabara and Yusuke exclaimed with one voice.
"What has that got to do with us?" Killua asked boredly.
"The catch is, the ningens who were dragged in with the beast were Kurapika- san and Leorio-san" Kurama's shoulders sagged.
"WHAT?!" Gon, Yusuke, and Kuwabara almost screeched.
"Why didn't you follow them?" Yusuke demanded, zooming in on Hiei
"Kougo had some sort of masking spell around his portal. I had no way of knowing where he had landed." Hiei glared at Yusuke
"But-but... your jagan!" Kuwabara stammered, once again thunderstruck.
"I told you, I had NO means of finding out where the bastard landed. My jagan couldn't see where exactly in Makai he took them." Hiei bit out irritably.
"But don't you have ANY idea, atleast, as to where they are?" Gon insisted, tugging at Hiei's cloak. Killua immediately pulled him away, feeling that doing that won't be good to his bestfriend's health
"Back off, kid." Hiei growled. He glared at the expecting faces before replying grudgingly "I think they're in Gandara"
"Gandara?" Kurama echoed, somewhat startled.
"What's that?" Killua butted in rudely
"It's roughly the third of the whole of Makai" Kurama explained harriedly. "It's governed by a blind Makai overlord called Yomi and his son, Shura. Of all the places in Makai, Gandara would probably be the closest to a ningen city there. Gandara is technology-filled, and it has this sort of law that every youkai living there must follow."
"Cool" Killua shrugged.
"Why are you so apprehensive, then, Kurama-niisan?" Gon asked curiously
"I-- well.... It's like this. I told you before that I was once a Makai theif, right?" Kurama said, contemplating about telling the boy. Gon nodded "At some point of my career, Yomi had been my partner, my subordinate. After some time, he became too impulsive and thus became a danger to the rest of the pack. Let's just say that we parted under unpleasant circumstances."
"You had him killed" Killua stated matter-of-factly.
"Well... yes." Kurama admitted
"And it didn't work" Killua continued.
"Yes." Kurama nodded reluctantly, somewhat surprised at the light haired boy's perception
"And he became powerful, even more so than you"
Kurama nodded once more
"And he wants your head" Killua said again. This time, Kurama shook his head as a negative sign
"What then?" Gon inquired
"We wants me to become his right hand in his rule over Gandara"
"Is he crazy? He wants his near-murderer to be his RIGHT HAND?" Killua raised his eyebrow quizically.
"Well.... He seems to have this unexplainable infatuation over me" Kurama admitted, a slight bit red from embarrasment
Killua started laughing, clutching his sides at the ridiculousness of it all.
"It's not THAT funny" Kurama chided gently, not taking offense.
"So Kurapika and Leorio are somewhere in this Yomi-guy's territory?" Gon reiterated.
"We believe so."
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go and get them!" Gon cheered enthusiastically
Yusuke bonked Gon on the head
"Do you have any IDEA as to how HUGE Gandara is?!" he screeched at the poor boy
"Uh... no! How big IS it?" Gon chirped.
"It's as big as a whole continent, you idiot!" Yusuke said loudly, making Gon wince
"Oh... so how ARE we going to find Kurapika and Leorio?" Killua said, yawning widely at the same time.
"Well... we haven't planned that much yet." Kurama admitted.
"Plan shmam. We don't have to plan. Let's just think as we go along" Killua yawned again. His eyes had a gleam, though, excited for the adventure waiting for him at another world
"If you want to die, you can do just that, you idiot" Hiei snorted
Killua maliciously bared his fangs at his counter part and flexed his hands. Nobody, and he meant NOBODY, insulted him.
"What. Did. You. Say?" he asked slowly
"I said go ahead and die, you idiot" Hiei glared at the boy. Tension rose like mist over the group. As abruptly as it started, though, likewise did it end.
"Maa maa [calm down] If we want to help Kurapika-san and Leorio-san, we must agree and keep our peace" Kurama placitated, patting Killua's shoulder.
"Hn." Hiei and Killua snorted at the same time
"What we should do, I think, is to go there as soon as possible and go directly to Gandara. Once there, I may be able to ask Yomi to help us. I doubt if he'll... um... refuse" Kurama said aloud. He raised an eyebrow as all of them, except for Hiei, struggled to muffle their snickers.
"Now then. Anyone here contradicts?" Yusuke said loudly, as if hosting an auction. Nobody raised their hands.
"Hiei" Yusuke prompted, giving the fire demon a pat on the back. Hiei glared at him and shrugged his hand away
"Hn." Hiei briskly removed his bandana and let his jagan unfurl. With out another word, he concentrated his youki on a spot in front of him, a bluish- white hole forming.
"Get in" Kurama ushered the two boys as Yusuke and Kuwabara leapt in. They both gave him wide stares but jumped in nevertheless. Kurama soon followed and Hiei not a moment after, the latter letting the void close behind him.
~~~~~~~
So there you are! Another chapter.
I know this isn't as good as "It's a Small World", but please tolerate. I'm having some sort of difficulty right now, but I'll get over it, promise!
Maybe I'm just thinking that this isn't as good as "Small World" since I got only half of the number of the other's review for the same (and more) number of chapters. *shrugs* talk about conscious!
Anyway, next chapter will be divided into half. The first half for Kurapika and Leorio, while the latter half for Kurama, Hiei, and the rest.
Shinja: Today is Febuary 7, 2003. One week before Valentine's!
Adelphoi: Thanks you guys, for reviewing this. if she doesn't get encouragement, she'll definately stop her career as a writer. And she hasn't even written about ME yet!
Tsuki: Good riddance! *glares at Adelphoi*
