Chapter 2 Reveled Beauty
"So what kept you guys?" Mayline asked. "We had a little bit of trouble with these ugly creatures that tried to eat me," Kuwabara said. "Oh, ok." "Hey, Mayline, we've been meaning to ask you," Yuusuke started. "Yes." "What did Kylie mean by unsealing your heart?" Kurama asked for him. "Well, this guy betrayed me and put a spell on me so that all of my emotions except for anger were locked away. There was a flaw in the spell though. My emotions can be unsealed one day each month; however, it will become permanent in a few days. So I wont have that privilege yet, and we still haven't found a way to undo it." Mayline answered.
"Oh, well. Looks like we're here. Homey, isn't it?" Yuusuke said. "Well, do we just walk in?" "That would be the appropriate thing to do," Kurama said. "I say we just make them come out and fight us like they're not a bunch of sissies." Kuwabara stated. "Your sense of strategy is amazing." Hiei said in his normal cold voice. "Are you talking to me runt boy?" Kuwabara yelled. Mayline glared at him and started to growl very loudly. Yuusuke and Kuwabara backed up slowly while Kurama and Hiei looked at her confused. "Um.Mayline doesn't like it when Kuwabara insults someone about their height." Kylie quickly explained. "Mayline, just write it down for now and hit him later." Miko said, trying her best not to stutter. Mayline glared at Kuwabara and took out her book and pen putting a tally mark under Kuwabara's name. "Ok, let's go." Yuusuke said trying to hide his nervousness. Mayline put another tally mark under Kuwabara's name when she heard him call Hiei stupid dwarf.
The walked for a while until a purple, one-eyed bat came up to them. "Ew, now that's ugly." Kylie said. "Not as ugly as your third boyfriend." Mayline stated. Kylie shot her a glare. "Those who enter Maze Castle must pass through the gate of betrayal," the bat said. "What in the world is the gate of betrayal?" Miko asked. They all watched at the bat went over to the wall and pulled a switch. "Why did you have to ask Miko?" Mayline said. Suddenly, the ceiling dropped on them.
As the bat explained about the gate, Mayline began to feel cold. Her blood ran through her veins like ice-cold water. The air around her began to feel freezing cold. Hiei noticed that he could faintly see her breath: "What's wrong with you?" Mayline's body was cold, but she seemed to be ignoring it. "I'm fine. Concentrate on the weight." She snapped. "Hiei." Hiei looked over at Yuusuke. "You're a lot faster than any of us. We'll hold the ceiling up while you flip the switch." Yuusuke said. "What!? Are you crazy? We can't trust that guy. Look at him; he doesn't even care about us." Kuwabara yelled. "Your ugly friend has a good point detective." Hiei said, receiving a slight giggle from Mayline. "Who's ugly? Come here you mouse." Kuwabara snapped.
"You know, Kuwabara, if my hands were free, I would beat the shit outta you. And by the way, you are ugly." Mayline said with a grin. Kuwabara was about ready to explode. Mayline ignored him and turned to Hiei: "We trust you, and we know you'll come through for us. Now go!" Hiei looked at her a bit confused before running over to the switch. He went up to flip it when a thought came to his mind. Why am I doing this when I can kill them and rule the Ningenkai? But do I want to do this? They trust me. "Hiei, flip the switch." Kylie yelled. "Hurry." Mayline added. "There is no need to make snap judgments my friend. What have they ever done for you?" the bat said.
Mayline could hear every word that the bat was saying. "Kylie, do you think you'll be able to hold up my part as well as yours?" "Yeah I think so. Go! Go and talk to him." Mayline nodded and ran just as fast as Hiei and went over to him. "I know you are more powerful than I am, so I wont try to get past you, but why are you doing this? You may have vowed revenge on Yuusuke and you may not like Kuwabara not that I can say that anybody does, but what about Kurama? He is your friend is he not?" Mayline asked. Hiei just stared at her with cold eyes. Mayline sighed: "Whatever. I'm going back under the gate. See ya." She the turned and headed to the gate. "Mayline, why are you doing this? Why are you going back under the gate?" Hiei asked. Mayline stopped and turned: "Because I'm not going to leave my friends there to die. Either we get out of here together or we die together. It's known as friendship." She then got under the gate and took her place under the heavy ceiling. Friendship. What is true friendship?
"A wise choice. That girl wouldn't have been any help to you. The boulder would've crushed you anyway," the bat said as he began to fly away. Friendship. Trust is a form of friendship! Hiei then turned around and sliced the bat. Mayline smiled as Hiei flipped the switch and the ceiling stopped. "What did you tell him, Mayline?" Kurama asked. "Oh, I don't think he'd be happy if I told you." Mayline said.
As they walked through the castle, Mayline had her drawing pad out and was completing a picture of Kurama. Kylie rummaged through her bag and pulled out some green apples. She handed one to Mayline: "Want one?" Mayline grinned and took it. She bit into it and left it in between her teeth. Every few minutes she would swallow something. "What are you doing to that apple, Mayline?" Kuwabara asked. Mayline looked over at him with a confused look on her face. "What's wrong with eating an apple?" Miko asked. "Guys, she's doing something freaky. She keeps that thing in between her teeth and every few minuets I see her swallow something." Kuwabara said as he looked at her suspiciously. "Kuwabara, you are a dolt." Mayline said as she put the finishing touches on her picture. "Well, what the hell are you doing to it?" Kuwabara asked. Mayline finally got annoyed and took the apple out of her mouth: "I'm sucking the juice out of it and storing the acid in it. Now will you leave me alone?" Kylie then handed her a lemon and Mayline did the same thing.
"Why the hell would you want to store the acid?" Yuusuke asked. "You'll find out later. Hey, does this look ok?" Mayline asked as she handed the picture to Yuusuke. "Oh wow! That is good. Hey, Kurama, come take a look." Yuusuke handed Kurama the picture. It was a picture of him standing with one hand in his pocket. "I think we have an artist in our mists," Kurama said as he handed the picture back to Mayline. She then flipped. The page to a blank one and started to draw again. "I'm guessing she's bored. Hey, Kylie, why are you guys here? I now you're on parole, but why?" Yuusuke asked. "Well, we stole the artifacts at least twelve times this year. We usually steal them and then hide them. I got caught when they caught Mayline. Miko had already been caught," Kylie said. "Oh, wow!" Kuwabara said.
"What about these Saint Beasts? Botan pushed us down that hole like a herd of cows and didn't tell us anything about them," Yuusuke said. "I'm afraid she wouldn't have told you much. Once you see their bodies you'll be surprised," Kurama said. "Terrified even. There is a door behind you. Take it." They turned around and opened the double doors. "Ladies first." "I don't see any ladies." Mayline said. Kylie laughed a bit: "We don't consider ourselves as Ladies. More like Bitches." "Which you always have been," the boomed out. Yuusuke took a torch and threw it out in the open to reveal a man made of stone. "I am Genbu, the first of the four Saint Beasts." Genbu looked over at Mayline, Kylie, and Miko: "Why do you hide your beauty under such things?" "To keep people like you from finding us," Mayline answered as she continued her drawing. "Well, my chamber will fix that," Genbu said as wind began to encircle the girls.
The black in Miko's hair began to spill as if it were water, revealing chocolate brown hair. Her eyes were no longer black. They changed into a deep crystal blue. Kylie's hair went from white, to pink, and then finally to red and was in hundreds of braids. Her eyes turned into soft emerald gems. Mayline's hair went darker until it was midnight black. Her eyes became ruby orbs, and a Jagan appeared on her head. It was a deep teal blue, and she was about two inches shorter than Hiei. Their clothes changed as well. Miko wore what looked like a loose red and purple kimono. Kylie wore a blue shirt with some loose pants. Mayline, however, wore jeans, a black tank top, and a jacket, but for some reason, she looked as though she were shivering.
The guy's jaws dropped. "What the hell." Yuusuke said. Mayline, Kylie, and Miko all shrugged. "You see. They hide behind masks. They also have great power within them. Because they are virgins, they have stored a lot of power inside of them. When they are taken, that power will be transferred into that person. That's why I'm going to get a reward catching you and bringing you to Machete alive," Genbu said was he swung his tail at them. They easily dodged the attack. Kurama stepped up to him: "I will fight him." "Are you sure? He's no push over, but he is weak," Kylie said. "I'll be fine. Besides, I can hardly let Hiei and Mayline take all the credit for this mission, now can I?" Hiei and Mayline looked at him and both turned the heads away.
"So I get to take you out one by one huh? That's fine with me," Genbu said. "Sir, the first move is yours," Kurama said. "Good looks, manners, and politeness, a very hard mixture to find in a man. Unlike these men over here," Miko said. "Men? Where?" Mayline said with a grin. "Hey, that's not funny!" Kuwabara yelled. Mayline and Miko both doubled over laughing. Kylie stood there and giggled. "I haven't heard her laugh like that in years. I wish I could hear you laugh a lot more often, Mayline," Yuusuke said. "Well, soon I wont be laughing at all," Mayline said as she studied her drawing.
Yuusuke and Kuwabara thought about that but decided to worry about it later. They turned their attention back to Kurama's fight. That's when Yuusuke noticed Genbu doing something with his tail: "Hey, stone man's doing something freaky with his tail." Kurama turned around and jumped out of the way but wasn't fast enough. Genbu's tail cut him across the stomach. "Kurama, he can make any stone part of his body," Kylie yelled. "Now you tell him," Yuusuke yelled. Kylie shrugged. Maybe I should've told him that before. *Nah ya think* *Get out of my head Mayline* *Ok, but I think you might have a crush on Kurama* *Yeah, so what if I do* *Nothing I'm just saying that you two would make a nice couple*
Kylie then couldn't feel Mayline in her head anymore. She looked over at her and saw her wrap her coat around her a little tighter. Her breath was becoming even more visible and she was beginning to shiver. Hiei must have noticed too since he kept taking side-glances at her, and she would return them with death glares. If looks could kill, Hiei would be dead and six feet under. Mayline continued to draw while Kylie and the others watched Kurama. It looked like he wasn't doing very well, but then Kurama took out a rose. "A flower?" Yuusuke asked. "Now that's weird. If he's trying to win the beast over, I don't think that's going to work." Kuwabara said. "it's no ordinary flower." Kurama said as he began to turn it into a weapon. Rose whip!!! Kylie thought. "Oh my god!" Mayline said. "No way!" Miko yelled. "I can't believe it. How is that possible?" Kylie asked. "I have no idea. Maybe he's just like you," Mayline said. "Maybe. You never know," Miko said in a matter-of-fact tone.
What is Kylie, Mayline, and Miko talking about and who it this Machete guy? Find out in Chapter 3, Cold Heart.
Preview. Yuusuke and the other go up against another Saint Beast by the name of Byoko, a white tiger. But something's wrong with Mayline. Why is she so cold? What!? She's a fire demon!? But she's not suppose to be cold. Find out why in chapter 3.
"So what kept you guys?" Mayline asked. "We had a little bit of trouble with these ugly creatures that tried to eat me," Kuwabara said. "Oh, ok." "Hey, Mayline, we've been meaning to ask you," Yuusuke started. "Yes." "What did Kylie mean by unsealing your heart?" Kurama asked for him. "Well, this guy betrayed me and put a spell on me so that all of my emotions except for anger were locked away. There was a flaw in the spell though. My emotions can be unsealed one day each month; however, it will become permanent in a few days. So I wont have that privilege yet, and we still haven't found a way to undo it." Mayline answered.
"Oh, well. Looks like we're here. Homey, isn't it?" Yuusuke said. "Well, do we just walk in?" "That would be the appropriate thing to do," Kurama said. "I say we just make them come out and fight us like they're not a bunch of sissies." Kuwabara stated. "Your sense of strategy is amazing." Hiei said in his normal cold voice. "Are you talking to me runt boy?" Kuwabara yelled. Mayline glared at him and started to growl very loudly. Yuusuke and Kuwabara backed up slowly while Kurama and Hiei looked at her confused. "Um.Mayline doesn't like it when Kuwabara insults someone about their height." Kylie quickly explained. "Mayline, just write it down for now and hit him later." Miko said, trying her best not to stutter. Mayline glared at Kuwabara and took out her book and pen putting a tally mark under Kuwabara's name. "Ok, let's go." Yuusuke said trying to hide his nervousness. Mayline put another tally mark under Kuwabara's name when she heard him call Hiei stupid dwarf.
The walked for a while until a purple, one-eyed bat came up to them. "Ew, now that's ugly." Kylie said. "Not as ugly as your third boyfriend." Mayline stated. Kylie shot her a glare. "Those who enter Maze Castle must pass through the gate of betrayal," the bat said. "What in the world is the gate of betrayal?" Miko asked. They all watched at the bat went over to the wall and pulled a switch. "Why did you have to ask Miko?" Mayline said. Suddenly, the ceiling dropped on them.
As the bat explained about the gate, Mayline began to feel cold. Her blood ran through her veins like ice-cold water. The air around her began to feel freezing cold. Hiei noticed that he could faintly see her breath: "What's wrong with you?" Mayline's body was cold, but she seemed to be ignoring it. "I'm fine. Concentrate on the weight." She snapped. "Hiei." Hiei looked over at Yuusuke. "You're a lot faster than any of us. We'll hold the ceiling up while you flip the switch." Yuusuke said. "What!? Are you crazy? We can't trust that guy. Look at him; he doesn't even care about us." Kuwabara yelled. "Your ugly friend has a good point detective." Hiei said, receiving a slight giggle from Mayline. "Who's ugly? Come here you mouse." Kuwabara snapped.
"You know, Kuwabara, if my hands were free, I would beat the shit outta you. And by the way, you are ugly." Mayline said with a grin. Kuwabara was about ready to explode. Mayline ignored him and turned to Hiei: "We trust you, and we know you'll come through for us. Now go!" Hiei looked at her a bit confused before running over to the switch. He went up to flip it when a thought came to his mind. Why am I doing this when I can kill them and rule the Ningenkai? But do I want to do this? They trust me. "Hiei, flip the switch." Kylie yelled. "Hurry." Mayline added. "There is no need to make snap judgments my friend. What have they ever done for you?" the bat said.
Mayline could hear every word that the bat was saying. "Kylie, do you think you'll be able to hold up my part as well as yours?" "Yeah I think so. Go! Go and talk to him." Mayline nodded and ran just as fast as Hiei and went over to him. "I know you are more powerful than I am, so I wont try to get past you, but why are you doing this? You may have vowed revenge on Yuusuke and you may not like Kuwabara not that I can say that anybody does, but what about Kurama? He is your friend is he not?" Mayline asked. Hiei just stared at her with cold eyes. Mayline sighed: "Whatever. I'm going back under the gate. See ya." She the turned and headed to the gate. "Mayline, why are you doing this? Why are you going back under the gate?" Hiei asked. Mayline stopped and turned: "Because I'm not going to leave my friends there to die. Either we get out of here together or we die together. It's known as friendship." She then got under the gate and took her place under the heavy ceiling. Friendship. What is true friendship?
"A wise choice. That girl wouldn't have been any help to you. The boulder would've crushed you anyway," the bat said as he began to fly away. Friendship. Trust is a form of friendship! Hiei then turned around and sliced the bat. Mayline smiled as Hiei flipped the switch and the ceiling stopped. "What did you tell him, Mayline?" Kurama asked. "Oh, I don't think he'd be happy if I told you." Mayline said.
As they walked through the castle, Mayline had her drawing pad out and was completing a picture of Kurama. Kylie rummaged through her bag and pulled out some green apples. She handed one to Mayline: "Want one?" Mayline grinned and took it. She bit into it and left it in between her teeth. Every few minutes she would swallow something. "What are you doing to that apple, Mayline?" Kuwabara asked. Mayline looked over at him with a confused look on her face. "What's wrong with eating an apple?" Miko asked. "Guys, she's doing something freaky. She keeps that thing in between her teeth and every few minuets I see her swallow something." Kuwabara said as he looked at her suspiciously. "Kuwabara, you are a dolt." Mayline said as she put the finishing touches on her picture. "Well, what the hell are you doing to it?" Kuwabara asked. Mayline finally got annoyed and took the apple out of her mouth: "I'm sucking the juice out of it and storing the acid in it. Now will you leave me alone?" Kylie then handed her a lemon and Mayline did the same thing.
"Why the hell would you want to store the acid?" Yuusuke asked. "You'll find out later. Hey, does this look ok?" Mayline asked as she handed the picture to Yuusuke. "Oh wow! That is good. Hey, Kurama, come take a look." Yuusuke handed Kurama the picture. It was a picture of him standing with one hand in his pocket. "I think we have an artist in our mists," Kurama said as he handed the picture back to Mayline. She then flipped. The page to a blank one and started to draw again. "I'm guessing she's bored. Hey, Kylie, why are you guys here? I now you're on parole, but why?" Yuusuke asked. "Well, we stole the artifacts at least twelve times this year. We usually steal them and then hide them. I got caught when they caught Mayline. Miko had already been caught," Kylie said. "Oh, wow!" Kuwabara said.
"What about these Saint Beasts? Botan pushed us down that hole like a herd of cows and didn't tell us anything about them," Yuusuke said. "I'm afraid she wouldn't have told you much. Once you see their bodies you'll be surprised," Kurama said. "Terrified even. There is a door behind you. Take it." They turned around and opened the double doors. "Ladies first." "I don't see any ladies." Mayline said. Kylie laughed a bit: "We don't consider ourselves as Ladies. More like Bitches." "Which you always have been," the boomed out. Yuusuke took a torch and threw it out in the open to reveal a man made of stone. "I am Genbu, the first of the four Saint Beasts." Genbu looked over at Mayline, Kylie, and Miko: "Why do you hide your beauty under such things?" "To keep people like you from finding us," Mayline answered as she continued her drawing. "Well, my chamber will fix that," Genbu said as wind began to encircle the girls.
The black in Miko's hair began to spill as if it were water, revealing chocolate brown hair. Her eyes were no longer black. They changed into a deep crystal blue. Kylie's hair went from white, to pink, and then finally to red and was in hundreds of braids. Her eyes turned into soft emerald gems. Mayline's hair went darker until it was midnight black. Her eyes became ruby orbs, and a Jagan appeared on her head. It was a deep teal blue, and she was about two inches shorter than Hiei. Their clothes changed as well. Miko wore what looked like a loose red and purple kimono. Kylie wore a blue shirt with some loose pants. Mayline, however, wore jeans, a black tank top, and a jacket, but for some reason, she looked as though she were shivering.
The guy's jaws dropped. "What the hell." Yuusuke said. Mayline, Kylie, and Miko all shrugged. "You see. They hide behind masks. They also have great power within them. Because they are virgins, they have stored a lot of power inside of them. When they are taken, that power will be transferred into that person. That's why I'm going to get a reward catching you and bringing you to Machete alive," Genbu said was he swung his tail at them. They easily dodged the attack. Kurama stepped up to him: "I will fight him." "Are you sure? He's no push over, but he is weak," Kylie said. "I'll be fine. Besides, I can hardly let Hiei and Mayline take all the credit for this mission, now can I?" Hiei and Mayline looked at him and both turned the heads away.
"So I get to take you out one by one huh? That's fine with me," Genbu said. "Sir, the first move is yours," Kurama said. "Good looks, manners, and politeness, a very hard mixture to find in a man. Unlike these men over here," Miko said. "Men? Where?" Mayline said with a grin. "Hey, that's not funny!" Kuwabara yelled. Mayline and Miko both doubled over laughing. Kylie stood there and giggled. "I haven't heard her laugh like that in years. I wish I could hear you laugh a lot more often, Mayline," Yuusuke said. "Well, soon I wont be laughing at all," Mayline said as she studied her drawing.
Yuusuke and Kuwabara thought about that but decided to worry about it later. They turned their attention back to Kurama's fight. That's when Yuusuke noticed Genbu doing something with his tail: "Hey, stone man's doing something freaky with his tail." Kurama turned around and jumped out of the way but wasn't fast enough. Genbu's tail cut him across the stomach. "Kurama, he can make any stone part of his body," Kylie yelled. "Now you tell him," Yuusuke yelled. Kylie shrugged. Maybe I should've told him that before. *Nah ya think* *Get out of my head Mayline* *Ok, but I think you might have a crush on Kurama* *Yeah, so what if I do* *Nothing I'm just saying that you two would make a nice couple*
Kylie then couldn't feel Mayline in her head anymore. She looked over at her and saw her wrap her coat around her a little tighter. Her breath was becoming even more visible and she was beginning to shiver. Hiei must have noticed too since he kept taking side-glances at her, and she would return them with death glares. If looks could kill, Hiei would be dead and six feet under. Mayline continued to draw while Kylie and the others watched Kurama. It looked like he wasn't doing very well, but then Kurama took out a rose. "A flower?" Yuusuke asked. "Now that's weird. If he's trying to win the beast over, I don't think that's going to work." Kuwabara said. "it's no ordinary flower." Kurama said as he began to turn it into a weapon. Rose whip!!! Kylie thought. "Oh my god!" Mayline said. "No way!" Miko yelled. "I can't believe it. How is that possible?" Kylie asked. "I have no idea. Maybe he's just like you," Mayline said. "Maybe. You never know," Miko said in a matter-of-fact tone.
What is Kylie, Mayline, and Miko talking about and who it this Machete guy? Find out in Chapter 3, Cold Heart.
Preview. Yuusuke and the other go up against another Saint Beast by the name of Byoko, a white tiger. But something's wrong with Mayline. Why is she so cold? What!? She's a fire demon!? But she's not suppose to be cold. Find out why in chapter 3.
