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Chapter 17: Problems
"Oh..." Yukina stuttered awkwardly, drawing her hands against her collarbone and away from the unconscious fox. She gazed down at him in silence, her red eyes pained. "I can't do much more...my energy was drained, when..." her timid voice faded to quietness when the others gazed down at her fragile little form intently.
"What did that foolish bitch demonness do to you?" Hiei cast worried, violently-flashing eyes to his little sister...who was still oblivious to her relations with him.
"Oh..." Yukina shifted her eyes away. "It doesn't matter...you, you already...'took care' of that..."
"No, it does matter..." Kuwabara crouched beside her, draping his hands about her little shoulders. "'Cuz then we'd hafta bring her back to life and kill her again." Yukina pricked awkwardly at the red-head's statement, but was eased back to her calmer state when Yusuke stepped towards the bunch, Keiko hitched to his back, arms coiled loosely about his neck. He had her propped this way for their jump from the cage, and he was now slowly setting her to the ground.
"How is he?" Yusuke crouched by Kurama's side, examining the beaten fox.
"I was, er...weakened, here..." Yukina drooped her head in shame.
"You were abused..." Hiei's face struck a firm, enraged glare, about to burst of anger. Yukina gazed up to him, locking his blood eyes with her own. In a moment of silence, Hiei realized the girl's plight, and that she didn't need any more violence in her young life. With a heavy sigh, Hiei jerked away, a calmer tone about his character.Yukina tucked a mint spike of a lock of hair behind her ear in a disturbed state of mind. "...and, I don't have enough energy to bring him to consciousness...or to restore his Spirit Energy...but, his wounds are healed," she finished in a hopeful tone, praying that what she DID manage to do will be considered helpful.
"Thanks, Yukina," Yusuke smiled softly at the gentle aperition. "You did your best...don't push yourself any further if you can't take it."
She nodded slowly, a disapointed expression tainting her face. Kuwabara coaxed his arm around hers, gently assisting her up.
Blood soaked deep into the fibers of Kurama's shirt. His blue button-down was tinted in various spots with gruesomely large stains of scarlet. His rolled sleeves were snaged by the viciously jagged rock wall, and slivers of red snaked their way down over the puncturing veins of his arms. Kurama's massively bushy mane was weighed tight against his scalp with sticky blood that blended in perfectly to his hair's violently red shade. His emerald eyes locked closed, and his mouth gaped a sliver wide, crimson seeping out in tiny strokes. His kakis were torn in various spots, and blood soaked them heavily. His muscles were loose, and his face was tense. The fox's gashes and scratches may have been healed over, but the blood-lose was certainly too much for him. His Spirit Energy wasn't a nickel's worth, and his physical energy barely kept him breathing.
"This is terrible..." Keiko knelt by the fox's side, and gently began stroking his soft face. Her hands eventually combed into his disheveled mane, brushing the short locks from his bloodied temble. Kurama's breaths eased slowly, his voice gurgling in the depths of his throat.
"B-Botan..." the fox stuttered. "Botan..." his voice cooed to an easy, smooth whisper. Everyone, let Hiei, pricked. Hiei smirked.
"Even when unconscious, the sharp-witted, brilliantly clever Kitsune has more of a one-tracked mind than anyone would suspect."
"What do you mean?" Kuwabara piped.
"I mean," Hiei glared calmly over his shoulder to the group behind him. "that he's thought of nothing but Botan for days now...and with her threatened, his thoughts focus solely on the annoying bluette."
"He cares about her that much?" Keiko cast her caramel eyes softly downwards for the wounded fox. Her soft hand threaded into his, gripping firmly.
"Indeed...he denies attraction to her," Hiei smirked. "but he really is crazy for the irritatingly perky ferry girl."
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"Let me go!!" Botan screeched angrily. "YOU BETTER LET ME GO!!"
"Oh SHUT UP!!" the demon growled deviously at the ferry girl.
"I will not!!" Botan's candy eyes narrowed sharp.
"That boy has VERY bad taste in women..." the wolf sneered in angry annoyance. "I cannot BELIEVE that YOU are his weakness...you haven't shut up ONCE..."
"Well maybe I'd shut up if you LET ME GO!!"
"Oh My God!!" the wolf's golden eyes sharpened deviously as he knotted his fist tight. The last thing Botan's raspberry eyes caught was the sight of his fist lashing downward for her face.
"BOTAN!!!" Kurama wailed, his voice piercing into the void of cave and his emerald eyes flashing wide as he forced himself into a sit instantly. Keiko, Yusuke, Yukina and Kuwabara collapsed to their rears as the fox whipped up, each of his companions, including the introvertic Hiei, stared in shock at the fox's uncharacteristiv antics.
"How DARE he!!" Kurama snarled viciously, his eyes flashing in anger. The fox swiped his leg beneath him, kicking up in a quick gesture and rushing off from the cavern.
The entire group stared. A full five minutes, silence choked the hollow cave, all five teenagers staring quietly after the rushing fox. At a random moment, Hiei shifted in a weighed sigh, kicking off after his best friend. "Kitsune...wait up!"
With yet another moment of silence, the rest finally gave in, rushing after the enraged fox.
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"Finally..." the wolf cast relieved, gold-flicked eyes at the unconscious Botan. A large, swelled stain of gray tainted her temple. "I don't like resorting to the abuse of females...but you just don't shut up..." he sighed a slow, nostril-flaring sigh, stepping slowly from his veil of shadow.
One could certainly tell he was the father of the famous Yoko Kurama. His face was sculpted in the same shape, with age sagging it a little about the frame of his sharp, golden eyes. His nose was long and thin, perfectly placed in the center of his flawless expression of thirst for vengeance. His mane clashed against Yoko Kurama's, but nearly matched Suichi's. A blood red, bushy and wild, with an undershade of coal. Silver tainted some hairs, the result of age. He was, afterall, 1300 years old. The wolf's build was a horrific height, 8 feet, beating his young son's by 12 inches exactly. His muscle span doubled Yoko's, tense and buffed. Claws stretched long from his thin fingers, and fangs nestled comfortably in a wedge in his teeth, leaving his fangs usually unexposed. His ears were most definitely where Yoko inherited his own. Dog-like ears, each layered completely with short, charcoal hair. At a prick of a noise his ears would flick against his head, much like a dog's...or a wolf's, to be more exact. A smirk curved his expression from annoyance to admiration as he sensed his offspring drawing near.
"Ah yes, Suichi Minamino..." he chuckled faintly to himself. "Run for it, lad, before your annoying beloved is more than merely knocked out."
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Demons charged for the angry fox as he rushed further into the depths of the caves of Mount Shiverku. Kurama, though lacking his normally immense amount of Spirit Energy, was able to slay each without a bead of sweat to drip from his temple. He was lost in rage...the instant he felt Botan fallen at the hand's of the vicious wolf, Kurama's signature calmness betrayed him. He was trapped in rage, and though lost of Spirit Energy, he still possessed a decent amount of physical strength, and used it to punch the head's off the shoulders of any demon daring enough to pounce for him. Hundreds of low-class demons swam in their own blood at Kurama's passing.
Hiei blurred into nothingness, jerking back to a human speed beside the angry fox. A smirk graced his face. "You're not sharing, Kitsune."
"If you want to fight some demons, Hiei, I suggest you skip ahead..." Kurama didn't flinch in any way for the dragon. "...because anything living that crosses my path to guard me from her will DIE..."
"Pissed off, ne?"
"Very much so, Hiei..."
"I see...well, if you won't let me take a couple, then I suppose I'll just sit back and watch...I don't feel like venturing any further than needed at the moment..."
"Whatever you say, Hiei..." Kurama threw a punch for yet another demon, his knuckles briefly linking into the creature's jaw, cracking the bone on impact. Kurama viciously kicked the ungly beast away, continuing about his run for the main cavern. 'hitting her down...father, you bastard.'
Yusuke, Kuwabara, Yukina, and Keiko, stared after Kurama as they followed. The fox was truly in a rage...and Hiei was so calm about it! Man...you'd think Hiei would try to calm Kurama down, or something...
Suddenly, Kurama eased to a halt, crouching on one knee. Heavy breaths racked his lungs, several tiny beads of sweat forming at his temple. Exhaust from the run finally got to him...he had just sprinted seventeen miles into the Shiverku caves, and left behind him a heavy trail of dead or hurt demons...not to mention he did so with the energy level of a mere human, and lacking all his Spirit Energy.
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a/n: dont feel like a conversation wit Hiei and Kurama...
Hiei and Kurama: hey!
Anemone: shh!!! migraine...anywho, please review...latr
Chapter 17: Problems
"Oh..." Yukina stuttered awkwardly, drawing her hands against her collarbone and away from the unconscious fox. She gazed down at him in silence, her red eyes pained. "I can't do much more...my energy was drained, when..." her timid voice faded to quietness when the others gazed down at her fragile little form intently.
"What did that foolish bitch demonness do to you?" Hiei cast worried, violently-flashing eyes to his little sister...who was still oblivious to her relations with him.
"Oh..." Yukina shifted her eyes away. "It doesn't matter...you, you already...'took care' of that..."
"No, it does matter..." Kuwabara crouched beside her, draping his hands about her little shoulders. "'Cuz then we'd hafta bring her back to life and kill her again." Yukina pricked awkwardly at the red-head's statement, but was eased back to her calmer state when Yusuke stepped towards the bunch, Keiko hitched to his back, arms coiled loosely about his neck. He had her propped this way for their jump from the cage, and he was now slowly setting her to the ground.
"How is he?" Yusuke crouched by Kurama's side, examining the beaten fox.
"I was, er...weakened, here..." Yukina drooped her head in shame.
"You were abused..." Hiei's face struck a firm, enraged glare, about to burst of anger. Yukina gazed up to him, locking his blood eyes with her own. In a moment of silence, Hiei realized the girl's plight, and that she didn't need any more violence in her young life. With a heavy sigh, Hiei jerked away, a calmer tone about his character.Yukina tucked a mint spike of a lock of hair behind her ear in a disturbed state of mind. "...and, I don't have enough energy to bring him to consciousness...or to restore his Spirit Energy...but, his wounds are healed," she finished in a hopeful tone, praying that what she DID manage to do will be considered helpful.
"Thanks, Yukina," Yusuke smiled softly at the gentle aperition. "You did your best...don't push yourself any further if you can't take it."
She nodded slowly, a disapointed expression tainting her face. Kuwabara coaxed his arm around hers, gently assisting her up.
Blood soaked deep into the fibers of Kurama's shirt. His blue button-down was tinted in various spots with gruesomely large stains of scarlet. His rolled sleeves were snaged by the viciously jagged rock wall, and slivers of red snaked their way down over the puncturing veins of his arms. Kurama's massively bushy mane was weighed tight against his scalp with sticky blood that blended in perfectly to his hair's violently red shade. His emerald eyes locked closed, and his mouth gaped a sliver wide, crimson seeping out in tiny strokes. His kakis were torn in various spots, and blood soaked them heavily. His muscles were loose, and his face was tense. The fox's gashes and scratches may have been healed over, but the blood-lose was certainly too much for him. His Spirit Energy wasn't a nickel's worth, and his physical energy barely kept him breathing.
"This is terrible..." Keiko knelt by the fox's side, and gently began stroking his soft face. Her hands eventually combed into his disheveled mane, brushing the short locks from his bloodied temble. Kurama's breaths eased slowly, his voice gurgling in the depths of his throat.
"B-Botan..." the fox stuttered. "Botan..." his voice cooed to an easy, smooth whisper. Everyone, let Hiei, pricked. Hiei smirked.
"Even when unconscious, the sharp-witted, brilliantly clever Kitsune has more of a one-tracked mind than anyone would suspect."
"What do you mean?" Kuwabara piped.
"I mean," Hiei glared calmly over his shoulder to the group behind him. "that he's thought of nothing but Botan for days now...and with her threatened, his thoughts focus solely on the annoying bluette."
"He cares about her that much?" Keiko cast her caramel eyes softly downwards for the wounded fox. Her soft hand threaded into his, gripping firmly.
"Indeed...he denies attraction to her," Hiei smirked. "but he really is crazy for the irritatingly perky ferry girl."
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"Let me go!!" Botan screeched angrily. "YOU BETTER LET ME GO!!"
"Oh SHUT UP!!" the demon growled deviously at the ferry girl.
"I will not!!" Botan's candy eyes narrowed sharp.
"That boy has VERY bad taste in women..." the wolf sneered in angry annoyance. "I cannot BELIEVE that YOU are his weakness...you haven't shut up ONCE..."
"Well maybe I'd shut up if you LET ME GO!!"
"Oh My God!!" the wolf's golden eyes sharpened deviously as he knotted his fist tight. The last thing Botan's raspberry eyes caught was the sight of his fist lashing downward for her face.
"BOTAN!!!" Kurama wailed, his voice piercing into the void of cave and his emerald eyes flashing wide as he forced himself into a sit instantly. Keiko, Yusuke, Yukina and Kuwabara collapsed to their rears as the fox whipped up, each of his companions, including the introvertic Hiei, stared in shock at the fox's uncharacteristiv antics.
"How DARE he!!" Kurama snarled viciously, his eyes flashing in anger. The fox swiped his leg beneath him, kicking up in a quick gesture and rushing off from the cavern.
The entire group stared. A full five minutes, silence choked the hollow cave, all five teenagers staring quietly after the rushing fox. At a random moment, Hiei shifted in a weighed sigh, kicking off after his best friend. "Kitsune...wait up!"
With yet another moment of silence, the rest finally gave in, rushing after the enraged fox.
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"Finally..." the wolf cast relieved, gold-flicked eyes at the unconscious Botan. A large, swelled stain of gray tainted her temple. "I don't like resorting to the abuse of females...but you just don't shut up..." he sighed a slow, nostril-flaring sigh, stepping slowly from his veil of shadow.
One could certainly tell he was the father of the famous Yoko Kurama. His face was sculpted in the same shape, with age sagging it a little about the frame of his sharp, golden eyes. His nose was long and thin, perfectly placed in the center of his flawless expression of thirst for vengeance. His mane clashed against Yoko Kurama's, but nearly matched Suichi's. A blood red, bushy and wild, with an undershade of coal. Silver tainted some hairs, the result of age. He was, afterall, 1300 years old. The wolf's build was a horrific height, 8 feet, beating his young son's by 12 inches exactly. His muscle span doubled Yoko's, tense and buffed. Claws stretched long from his thin fingers, and fangs nestled comfortably in a wedge in his teeth, leaving his fangs usually unexposed. His ears were most definitely where Yoko inherited his own. Dog-like ears, each layered completely with short, charcoal hair. At a prick of a noise his ears would flick against his head, much like a dog's...or a wolf's, to be more exact. A smirk curved his expression from annoyance to admiration as he sensed his offspring drawing near.
"Ah yes, Suichi Minamino..." he chuckled faintly to himself. "Run for it, lad, before your annoying beloved is more than merely knocked out."
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Demons charged for the angry fox as he rushed further into the depths of the caves of Mount Shiverku. Kurama, though lacking his normally immense amount of Spirit Energy, was able to slay each without a bead of sweat to drip from his temple. He was lost in rage...the instant he felt Botan fallen at the hand's of the vicious wolf, Kurama's signature calmness betrayed him. He was trapped in rage, and though lost of Spirit Energy, he still possessed a decent amount of physical strength, and used it to punch the head's off the shoulders of any demon daring enough to pounce for him. Hundreds of low-class demons swam in their own blood at Kurama's passing.
Hiei blurred into nothingness, jerking back to a human speed beside the angry fox. A smirk graced his face. "You're not sharing, Kitsune."
"If you want to fight some demons, Hiei, I suggest you skip ahead..." Kurama didn't flinch in any way for the dragon. "...because anything living that crosses my path to guard me from her will DIE..."
"Pissed off, ne?"
"Very much so, Hiei..."
"I see...well, if you won't let me take a couple, then I suppose I'll just sit back and watch...I don't feel like venturing any further than needed at the moment..."
"Whatever you say, Hiei..." Kurama threw a punch for yet another demon, his knuckles briefly linking into the creature's jaw, cracking the bone on impact. Kurama viciously kicked the ungly beast away, continuing about his run for the main cavern. 'hitting her down...father, you bastard.'
Yusuke, Kuwabara, Yukina, and Keiko, stared after Kurama as they followed. The fox was truly in a rage...and Hiei was so calm about it! Man...you'd think Hiei would try to calm Kurama down, or something...
Suddenly, Kurama eased to a halt, crouching on one knee. Heavy breaths racked his lungs, several tiny beads of sweat forming at his temple. Exhaust from the run finally got to him...he had just sprinted seventeen miles into the Shiverku caves, and left behind him a heavy trail of dead or hurt demons...not to mention he did so with the energy level of a mere human, and lacking all his Spirit Energy.
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a/n: dont feel like a conversation wit Hiei and Kurama...
Hiei and Kurama: hey!
Anemone: shh!!! migraine...anywho, please review...latr