Chapter ten:
Ryushi laughed evilly. Kuwabara looked to his friends with confusion.
"What did he mean, 'the show will start soon'?" he asked.
"What do you think stupid?" Hiei snarled, "He means that he will come after Kurama."
Kuwabara managed a small "oh" before being shaken by the events around him. There was a low rumbling sound and in the ceiling a door opened. From that door a large metal object came from it, it was long almost a capsule shape. It had a large clear door showing Kasumi.
"Oh my..." Botan muttered.
"Ryushi, what is your plan?" Kurama asked quietly, angrily.
Ryushi just sneered and pointed his gun at Kurama. Hiei drew his Kanata and Kuwabara powered up his Rei-ken. Kurama looked to his friends and shook his head. Hiei lowered his Katana in shock, in the end Kurama had planned to fight alone.
Kurama took a tense step forward. "Stop, this is my fight. I know you all want to help me, but this is something I must do alone."
"Kurama, stop this nonsense," Hiei growled, "you put on a brave front, but you are no match for technology."
Kurama turned to Hiei with a sharp glare, "What am I supposed to do, abandon this girl?"
Kasumi banged her hands against the door her lips were moving, but no sound passed through. All she could do was hit the door and hope that her message would get through to Kurama and the others, for she could see everything that happened below her, but was being kept from warning them.
"Kurama watch out!" Botan yelled.
Kurama turned around only to get shot in the arm by Ryushi. If he hadn't turned it would have been a clear shot to the upper back. He winced from the pain, and looked at his arm. Blood poured in a stream from where the bullet wound was. The arm was useless, if he tried to move it, the bullet may go deeper.
"I am fine, the bullet did not go deep," he assured his friends.
"Next time it will be your heart," Ryushi sneered.
Slowly Kurama reached into his hair and produced a rose. The rose had turned into a whip, with rose thorns around it, just by inserting his Yoki into the rose. A frown played on Kurama's lips as he turned off to the side, protecting his vital points from any bullets shot at him by Ryushi.
"Your injustice shall be rewarded, whether if it is me or someone else," Kurama said coldly, "the pain you have caused this girl and her family is beyond words."
"Heh, your heroism is over done! I know you and your attacks. Don't think I have only this gun!" Ryushi sneered.
"We shall see about that," the Kitsune growled.
Kurama watched as Ryushi's hand went swiftly from Kurama to beyond him an evil smile upon his lips. Something told Kurama that he was not the only one in danger, but his friends as well. It was a mistake having them come along, and Kurama knew it in his gut. There was this small voice within his head yelling at him, telling him to make a move, even if he kills Ryushi, saving his friends goes before his own...even if he pays for it with his own life.
"What are you planning to do Ryushi?" Kurama asked.
"It's simple really; why waste time trying to kill you when I could just kill your friends?" Ryushi stated. "And I was thinking of starting with your little girlfriend."
"Leave her outta this or Kurama won't be the only one kicking your ass!" Yusuke shouted.
"Stay out of this, Yusuke," Kurama warned.
"But...oh, alright, but if you get into anything I'm gonna kick this bastard's ass, you got me?" Yusuke asked.
Kurama just nodded and kept his eyes on Ryushi. There was no use in trying to argue with him, Yusuke was stubborn as a mule when it came to fights. There were more important things on his mind then whether he or Yusuke fought Ryushi.
"What do you want me to do, Ryushi? As long as you leave my friends out of this, I may accept," Kurama said calmly.
"Hmm...it sounds interesting. Would you give your life for your friends?" Ryushi asked wickedly.
"I would."
"So be it."
"But, first let them go, all of them, including Kasumi."
"And if I say 'no'?"
"Then he'll kick your ass!" Yusuke interrupted.
"Shut your trap, boy!" Ryushi shouted and shot a couple of bullets in Yusuke's direction.
Kurama raised an eyebrow, Yusuke was definitely getting somewhere. If Ryushi wastes all of his bullets on his temper then the safety of the others is pretty much insured...but there had to be other guns, besides this one. Then again, if Ryushi cracks there may be no need for violence.
"What has twisted your logic so that you would take a girl hostage?" Kurama asked; his voice was low with obvious anger.
"It's simple really, I can obtain power, power that I had desired for so long," Ryushi replied.
"You are a sick man," Kurama growled.
Kasumi sank to the bottom of the capsule and watched. Her heart felt low, she knew there was no use trying to do something. She clutched her dress tight as she sat not knowing what was happening. She could see that Ryushi shot his gun and that Kurama was wounded, the blood still flowing from his wounded arm. Tears started to fall from her eyes; she had no one to blame but herself. If she hadn't been so weak none of this would have happened.
Botan stood behind Kurama, her eyes wide with fear as Ryushi adjusted the gun to be pointed at her. She felt her legs start to fail her. Her eyes left Ryushi's gun and looked at Kurama's arm, it was still bleeding, the blood was pooling beneath his arm. She closed her eyes, hoping to rid herself of feeling scared.
"Scared girl? I would be too," Ryushi sneered.
Hiei started to walk forward. "You are stupid, you actually think we'd let you kill her?"
Ryushi pointed his gun at Hiei who moved with blinding speed out of the way. Ryushi shot an afterimage, with Hiei's speed it was near impossible to get him with bullets alone. Kuwabara just stood watching them dumbfounded, it was not like he hadn't experienced Hiei's speed before, but it was the fact that Hiei was standing up for Botan that shocked him.
Kurama took a few steps forward, an idea just popped into his head. He used his whip to knock the gun from Ryushi's hand and into his own. Now Kurama had the upper hand. He threw the gun to Hiei and started to make his way towards Ryushi.
"To tell the truth, Ryushi, I could careless if you died at this moment," Kurama stated. "I would rather see you die then live and destroy more lives. But, killing you will not be vengeance enough to those whose lives have already been destroyed by you."
Kurama was now face-to-face with Ryushi. His anger had already hit its peak and Ryushi knew if the Yoko fox came out from within Kurama, they would all be possibly in the presence of death. It takes a lot just to make Kurama mad, but Ryushi had seemed to hit the tender spot within Kurama's heart by trying to kill his friends. It hardly mattered anymore and he was now the one praying for death.
"You are defenseless Ryushi; I would not try anything rash if I were you. Just surrender quietly and maybe I will have pity on your soul," the Kitsune growled.
"B-but it's against the law that you kill a human," Ryushi stammered.
"Since when did you care about the law?" Kurama asked with great anger. "If you did then you would know that kidnapping is against the law and so is illegal use of weaponry...the list could go on. You care nothing for laws...so why should I?"
Ryushi let something much like a whimper out. Without a gun or a weapon he was starting to crumble. He stumbled backwards causing him to fall. Ryushi scooted backwards as Kurama stepped forward. Kurama's emerald eyes were starting to flicker with a hint of gold. The inner Kitsune fighting to get out, but was being kept at bay for now.
"This scene must seem familiar, does it?" Kurama murmured.
Ryushi gulped and moved back until his back was against the wall. Kurama stopped a few feet away from him with his Rose Whip in hand. Yusuke and the others watched in shock at the change in Kurama's personality, they could not believe that Kurama was actually thinking about killing this man.
"Surrender now," Kurama snapped.
Ryushi whimpered some more. He curled himself into a ball, trying to protect himself from an attack that might be made by Kurama. However, Kurama made no move to attack. He eyes stayed focused on the whimpering man, but showed no mercy. He could not forgive a man who tortured and killed many.
"What is your answer?" Kurama demanded, his voice growing into a shout.
Hiei threw the gun onto the floor. "Hn, you know he is going to cry and make a scene until he has a plan. Give him his justice now."
"What are you saying, Hiei?" Yusuke asked.
"This man deserves death!" Hiei replied.
"Who are you to decide who lives and who dies?" Botan asked Hiei weakly. "That is not your job. Besides, it is against the law of Reikai that a yokai kills a human!"
"Release Kasumi and we will be on our way," Kurama said to Ryushi.
"No! Never!" Ryushi yelled and ran for his gun.
"Stubborn bastard!" Yusuke sneered as Ryushi reached his gun.
"What do you plan on doing?" Kurama asked.
Ryushi did not reply. He just turned the gun on himself and shot himself in the chest. The blood sprayed about him like rain, coating his clothes and skin as well as the ground beneath him. Kurama could not find pity on a man who killed himself; instead he turned away and reached one of the henchmen.
"Release the girl," he said softly in reply the henchman nodded and went to get Kasumi.
Kurama turned to his friends and walked over to them. His face was filled with sorrow. His right hand clutched over his left arm without realizing the wound had opened up again and fresh blood poured freely.
"Kurama!" Botan yelled and rushed to his side.
He blinked a couple of times not realizing why her voice was filled with fear. Botan took a piece of clothe from her kimono and pressed closer to Kurama. She carefully wiped the blood from his arm.
"Eww, that's gross...how do we get the bullet out?" Kuwabara asked.
Kurama handed his cell phone to Botan. She nodded and made the call to the hospital while the Reikai Tentei crowded around Kurama asking him what happened.
A couple of minutes later Kasumi walked through the door looking somewhere between scared and sick. She managed to walk past what were the remains of Ryushi and sit on the ground next to Kurama and the Tentei.
Several hours later, everyone had returned home, with the exception of Kurama and Botan. It had taken some explaining what had happened in the mansion and why they were there. Botan had gone with Kurama to the hospital, they were lucky that the bullet came out easily and that he would be going home soon.
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a/n: Ok, so this was a fairly bad ending to this whole ordeal, but I was thinking if I over did it, it look stupid, so I had it end like this.
Yusuke: You have a complaint from Dana!
Botan: Oh shut up! Dana got annoyed because Kurama got hurt! If he left this fight without a scratch it'd look weird. So ha!
Yusuke: Riiiight! Remind me to write that one down.
Botan: Alright stop with the jokes, and Chapter 11 is up now (I was too lazy to wait a week).
Ryushi laughed evilly. Kuwabara looked to his friends with confusion.
"What did he mean, 'the show will start soon'?" he asked.
"What do you think stupid?" Hiei snarled, "He means that he will come after Kurama."
Kuwabara managed a small "oh" before being shaken by the events around him. There was a low rumbling sound and in the ceiling a door opened. From that door a large metal object came from it, it was long almost a capsule shape. It had a large clear door showing Kasumi.
"Oh my..." Botan muttered.
"Ryushi, what is your plan?" Kurama asked quietly, angrily.
Ryushi just sneered and pointed his gun at Kurama. Hiei drew his Kanata and Kuwabara powered up his Rei-ken. Kurama looked to his friends and shook his head. Hiei lowered his Katana in shock, in the end Kurama had planned to fight alone.
Kurama took a tense step forward. "Stop, this is my fight. I know you all want to help me, but this is something I must do alone."
"Kurama, stop this nonsense," Hiei growled, "you put on a brave front, but you are no match for technology."
Kurama turned to Hiei with a sharp glare, "What am I supposed to do, abandon this girl?"
Kasumi banged her hands against the door her lips were moving, but no sound passed through. All she could do was hit the door and hope that her message would get through to Kurama and the others, for she could see everything that happened below her, but was being kept from warning them.
"Kurama watch out!" Botan yelled.
Kurama turned around only to get shot in the arm by Ryushi. If he hadn't turned it would have been a clear shot to the upper back. He winced from the pain, and looked at his arm. Blood poured in a stream from where the bullet wound was. The arm was useless, if he tried to move it, the bullet may go deeper.
"I am fine, the bullet did not go deep," he assured his friends.
"Next time it will be your heart," Ryushi sneered.
Slowly Kurama reached into his hair and produced a rose. The rose had turned into a whip, with rose thorns around it, just by inserting his Yoki into the rose. A frown played on Kurama's lips as he turned off to the side, protecting his vital points from any bullets shot at him by Ryushi.
"Your injustice shall be rewarded, whether if it is me or someone else," Kurama said coldly, "the pain you have caused this girl and her family is beyond words."
"Heh, your heroism is over done! I know you and your attacks. Don't think I have only this gun!" Ryushi sneered.
"We shall see about that," the Kitsune growled.
Kurama watched as Ryushi's hand went swiftly from Kurama to beyond him an evil smile upon his lips. Something told Kurama that he was not the only one in danger, but his friends as well. It was a mistake having them come along, and Kurama knew it in his gut. There was this small voice within his head yelling at him, telling him to make a move, even if he kills Ryushi, saving his friends goes before his own...even if he pays for it with his own life.
"What are you planning to do Ryushi?" Kurama asked.
"It's simple really; why waste time trying to kill you when I could just kill your friends?" Ryushi stated. "And I was thinking of starting with your little girlfriend."
"Leave her outta this or Kurama won't be the only one kicking your ass!" Yusuke shouted.
"Stay out of this, Yusuke," Kurama warned.
"But...oh, alright, but if you get into anything I'm gonna kick this bastard's ass, you got me?" Yusuke asked.
Kurama just nodded and kept his eyes on Ryushi. There was no use in trying to argue with him, Yusuke was stubborn as a mule when it came to fights. There were more important things on his mind then whether he or Yusuke fought Ryushi.
"What do you want me to do, Ryushi? As long as you leave my friends out of this, I may accept," Kurama said calmly.
"Hmm...it sounds interesting. Would you give your life for your friends?" Ryushi asked wickedly.
"I would."
"So be it."
"But, first let them go, all of them, including Kasumi."
"And if I say 'no'?"
"Then he'll kick your ass!" Yusuke interrupted.
"Shut your trap, boy!" Ryushi shouted and shot a couple of bullets in Yusuke's direction.
Kurama raised an eyebrow, Yusuke was definitely getting somewhere. If Ryushi wastes all of his bullets on his temper then the safety of the others is pretty much insured...but there had to be other guns, besides this one. Then again, if Ryushi cracks there may be no need for violence.
"What has twisted your logic so that you would take a girl hostage?" Kurama asked; his voice was low with obvious anger.
"It's simple really, I can obtain power, power that I had desired for so long," Ryushi replied.
"You are a sick man," Kurama growled.
Kasumi sank to the bottom of the capsule and watched. Her heart felt low, she knew there was no use trying to do something. She clutched her dress tight as she sat not knowing what was happening. She could see that Ryushi shot his gun and that Kurama was wounded, the blood still flowing from his wounded arm. Tears started to fall from her eyes; she had no one to blame but herself. If she hadn't been so weak none of this would have happened.
Botan stood behind Kurama, her eyes wide with fear as Ryushi adjusted the gun to be pointed at her. She felt her legs start to fail her. Her eyes left Ryushi's gun and looked at Kurama's arm, it was still bleeding, the blood was pooling beneath his arm. She closed her eyes, hoping to rid herself of feeling scared.
"Scared girl? I would be too," Ryushi sneered.
Hiei started to walk forward. "You are stupid, you actually think we'd let you kill her?"
Ryushi pointed his gun at Hiei who moved with blinding speed out of the way. Ryushi shot an afterimage, with Hiei's speed it was near impossible to get him with bullets alone. Kuwabara just stood watching them dumbfounded, it was not like he hadn't experienced Hiei's speed before, but it was the fact that Hiei was standing up for Botan that shocked him.
Kurama took a few steps forward, an idea just popped into his head. He used his whip to knock the gun from Ryushi's hand and into his own. Now Kurama had the upper hand. He threw the gun to Hiei and started to make his way towards Ryushi.
"To tell the truth, Ryushi, I could careless if you died at this moment," Kurama stated. "I would rather see you die then live and destroy more lives. But, killing you will not be vengeance enough to those whose lives have already been destroyed by you."
Kurama was now face-to-face with Ryushi. His anger had already hit its peak and Ryushi knew if the Yoko fox came out from within Kurama, they would all be possibly in the presence of death. It takes a lot just to make Kurama mad, but Ryushi had seemed to hit the tender spot within Kurama's heart by trying to kill his friends. It hardly mattered anymore and he was now the one praying for death.
"You are defenseless Ryushi; I would not try anything rash if I were you. Just surrender quietly and maybe I will have pity on your soul," the Kitsune growled.
"B-but it's against the law that you kill a human," Ryushi stammered.
"Since when did you care about the law?" Kurama asked with great anger. "If you did then you would know that kidnapping is against the law and so is illegal use of weaponry...the list could go on. You care nothing for laws...so why should I?"
Ryushi let something much like a whimper out. Without a gun or a weapon he was starting to crumble. He stumbled backwards causing him to fall. Ryushi scooted backwards as Kurama stepped forward. Kurama's emerald eyes were starting to flicker with a hint of gold. The inner Kitsune fighting to get out, but was being kept at bay for now.
"This scene must seem familiar, does it?" Kurama murmured.
Ryushi gulped and moved back until his back was against the wall. Kurama stopped a few feet away from him with his Rose Whip in hand. Yusuke and the others watched in shock at the change in Kurama's personality, they could not believe that Kurama was actually thinking about killing this man.
"Surrender now," Kurama snapped.
Ryushi whimpered some more. He curled himself into a ball, trying to protect himself from an attack that might be made by Kurama. However, Kurama made no move to attack. He eyes stayed focused on the whimpering man, but showed no mercy. He could not forgive a man who tortured and killed many.
"What is your answer?" Kurama demanded, his voice growing into a shout.
Hiei threw the gun onto the floor. "Hn, you know he is going to cry and make a scene until he has a plan. Give him his justice now."
"What are you saying, Hiei?" Yusuke asked.
"This man deserves death!" Hiei replied.
"Who are you to decide who lives and who dies?" Botan asked Hiei weakly. "That is not your job. Besides, it is against the law of Reikai that a yokai kills a human!"
"Release Kasumi and we will be on our way," Kurama said to Ryushi.
"No! Never!" Ryushi yelled and ran for his gun.
"Stubborn bastard!" Yusuke sneered as Ryushi reached his gun.
"What do you plan on doing?" Kurama asked.
Ryushi did not reply. He just turned the gun on himself and shot himself in the chest. The blood sprayed about him like rain, coating his clothes and skin as well as the ground beneath him. Kurama could not find pity on a man who killed himself; instead he turned away and reached one of the henchmen.
"Release the girl," he said softly in reply the henchman nodded and went to get Kasumi.
Kurama turned to his friends and walked over to them. His face was filled with sorrow. His right hand clutched over his left arm without realizing the wound had opened up again and fresh blood poured freely.
"Kurama!" Botan yelled and rushed to his side.
He blinked a couple of times not realizing why her voice was filled with fear. Botan took a piece of clothe from her kimono and pressed closer to Kurama. She carefully wiped the blood from his arm.
"Eww, that's gross...how do we get the bullet out?" Kuwabara asked.
Kurama handed his cell phone to Botan. She nodded and made the call to the hospital while the Reikai Tentei crowded around Kurama asking him what happened.
A couple of minutes later Kasumi walked through the door looking somewhere between scared and sick. She managed to walk past what were the remains of Ryushi and sit on the ground next to Kurama and the Tentei.
Several hours later, everyone had returned home, with the exception of Kurama and Botan. It had taken some explaining what had happened in the mansion and why they were there. Botan had gone with Kurama to the hospital, they were lucky that the bullet came out easily and that he would be going home soon.
~*~*~
a/n: Ok, so this was a fairly bad ending to this whole ordeal, but I was thinking if I over did it, it look stupid, so I had it end like this.
Yusuke: You have a complaint from Dana!
Botan: Oh shut up! Dana got annoyed because Kurama got hurt! If he left this fight without a scratch it'd look weird. So ha!
Yusuke: Riiiight! Remind me to write that one down.
Botan: Alright stop with the jokes, and Chapter 11 is up now (I was too lazy to wait a week).
