Disclaimer: See part 1.
It has been brought to my attention that Yukina seemed a little mean in the last part. Well, here's some food for thought for you. Wouldn't you want to know why in the world someone you hardly knew was after an extremely rare plant? Ponder that for a while. (I don't mean to sound rude, but hey, that is my reasoning).
Part 5
Grudges
*Hiei*
Yukina had almost literally gotten down on her knees and begged me for a few moments rest. I had reluctantly given in and she now lay next to a tree, fast asleep.
'I guess I could use this time to check on Ryouki and Kurama.' I realized after about ten minutes. Hesitantly, I pulled the white cloth that covered my Jagen eye off.
Miles disappeared and, as if I stood next to them in the same room, I saw Ryouki and Kurama. My cousin was still sleeping and the fox-demon was reading a book.
"How is she?" I asked as I observed her. Kurama didn't so much as flinch at the disembodied voice.
"Her fever has been dropping steadily for some time now and she's breathing with less difficulty." He responded without looking up from what he was reading.
"How much energy have you forfeit?"
"Very little. How's the search going?"
"Yukina knows where one is but we have to go through thousands of demons to get there."
"Not that you're complaining." He smirked slightly.
"True but Yukina is." He rolled his eyes. Something moved in the distance. Someone was coming towards Yukina and me.
"Take care of Ryouki." I ordered.
"I will." He replied.
I closed my Jagen after a quick look at my cousin. Replacing the white headband, I stood up. The presence was strong but not to the point that I became worried.
As the apparition advanced, I woke my sister. Just after I had explained what was happening, the unknown demon showed himself.
His appearance was rather human with blond hair and blue eyes but he was obviously a demon.
"Who are you?" His voice was soft, and yet, it had a challenging undertone. Almost like the soft-spoken challenges that Kurama and my cousin often voiced.
"Travelers." I lied, keeping my voice devoid of emotion.
"Names."
"Yukina," I motioned towards the girl behind me, "and Hiei."
"Hiei, Hiei. Hmm." He pondered for a moment. "Ah yes." He snapped his fingers in triumph as he remembered something. "You're that traitor that assisted the human, Yusuke, in the Dark Tournament."
"Say anything more on that subject and you'll make me do something you shall regret." I warned coldly.
"Why would I worry about a weak traitor like you?"
That did it. Now I was pissed. "Yukina, if you don't want to see me kill him, I suggest you leave and leave quickly." I heard her hurry off into the icy woodlands.
"Aren't we cocky?" He commented dryly.
"Feel free to make the first attack." I offered. His smirk was full of cockiness. He would regret his words and that annoying grin.
A familiar chill incased my right arm from fingertips to elbow. So, he had control of ice and depended on making his foes immobile by freezing them. Figuring this in the fraction of the second after my hand was frozen; I decided to make this fun and took on a look of surprise.
His laughter was annoying, but I felt like toying with him for a while before I finished him off. I lunged as slow as I could, giving him the choice to freeze another part of me. He chose my left leg.
"Never mess with an ice master." My opponent growled. "They'll always prevail. Especially over traitors like you." With one last wave of his hand I took on a look of utter amazement as he froze me from head to foot.
'Okay, he's had his fun. Now, to make him scream for mercy.' I thought. I sent heat into the ice, cracking it and then shattering it.
"You where saying?" I asked. The terror on his face and in his eyes reminded me of one of the reasons I had become an assassin. Racing forward I landed a solid right hook to his nose and sent him sprawling across the snow. "Get up." I ordered. "I didn't hit you that hard."
As he stood, he pulled a dagger from a concealed sheath in his boot.
"Oh please," I muttered, "amateur." My opponent lunged and I dodged to the left slightly. After catching his hand I broke his wrist, dislocated his elbow and shoulder, and disarmed him all in the same move.
"I warned you." My voice was ice cold. "Now, you must die."
"No, please." He whimpered. "I have a wife and three children."
"They'd probably be happy I killed you." I replied as I rolled my eyes, not believing him in the slightest. He kept groveling. "You've had your last words and then some." I growled. I dropped my hold on his broken wrist and a spark of fire jumped from my hand to him. He had time for one last agonizing scream before the flames consumed him.
I called Yukina back and we started on our way once again. Leaving the pile of ashes behind us.
It has been brought to my attention that Yukina seemed a little mean in the last part. Well, here's some food for thought for you. Wouldn't you want to know why in the world someone you hardly knew was after an extremely rare plant? Ponder that for a while. (I don't mean to sound rude, but hey, that is my reasoning).
Part 5
Grudges
*Hiei*
Yukina had almost literally gotten down on her knees and begged me for a few moments rest. I had reluctantly given in and she now lay next to a tree, fast asleep.
'I guess I could use this time to check on Ryouki and Kurama.' I realized after about ten minutes. Hesitantly, I pulled the white cloth that covered my Jagen eye off.
Miles disappeared and, as if I stood next to them in the same room, I saw Ryouki and Kurama. My cousin was still sleeping and the fox-demon was reading a book.
"How is she?" I asked as I observed her. Kurama didn't so much as flinch at the disembodied voice.
"Her fever has been dropping steadily for some time now and she's breathing with less difficulty." He responded without looking up from what he was reading.
"How much energy have you forfeit?"
"Very little. How's the search going?"
"Yukina knows where one is but we have to go through thousands of demons to get there."
"Not that you're complaining." He smirked slightly.
"True but Yukina is." He rolled his eyes. Something moved in the distance. Someone was coming towards Yukina and me.
"Take care of Ryouki." I ordered.
"I will." He replied.
I closed my Jagen after a quick look at my cousin. Replacing the white headband, I stood up. The presence was strong but not to the point that I became worried.
As the apparition advanced, I woke my sister. Just after I had explained what was happening, the unknown demon showed himself.
His appearance was rather human with blond hair and blue eyes but he was obviously a demon.
"Who are you?" His voice was soft, and yet, it had a challenging undertone. Almost like the soft-spoken challenges that Kurama and my cousin often voiced.
"Travelers." I lied, keeping my voice devoid of emotion.
"Names."
"Yukina," I motioned towards the girl behind me, "and Hiei."
"Hiei, Hiei. Hmm." He pondered for a moment. "Ah yes." He snapped his fingers in triumph as he remembered something. "You're that traitor that assisted the human, Yusuke, in the Dark Tournament."
"Say anything more on that subject and you'll make me do something you shall regret." I warned coldly.
"Why would I worry about a weak traitor like you?"
That did it. Now I was pissed. "Yukina, if you don't want to see me kill him, I suggest you leave and leave quickly." I heard her hurry off into the icy woodlands.
"Aren't we cocky?" He commented dryly.
"Feel free to make the first attack." I offered. His smirk was full of cockiness. He would regret his words and that annoying grin.
A familiar chill incased my right arm from fingertips to elbow. So, he had control of ice and depended on making his foes immobile by freezing them. Figuring this in the fraction of the second after my hand was frozen; I decided to make this fun and took on a look of surprise.
His laughter was annoying, but I felt like toying with him for a while before I finished him off. I lunged as slow as I could, giving him the choice to freeze another part of me. He chose my left leg.
"Never mess with an ice master." My opponent growled. "They'll always prevail. Especially over traitors like you." With one last wave of his hand I took on a look of utter amazement as he froze me from head to foot.
'Okay, he's had his fun. Now, to make him scream for mercy.' I thought. I sent heat into the ice, cracking it and then shattering it.
"You where saying?" I asked. The terror on his face and in his eyes reminded me of one of the reasons I had become an assassin. Racing forward I landed a solid right hook to his nose and sent him sprawling across the snow. "Get up." I ordered. "I didn't hit you that hard."
As he stood, he pulled a dagger from a concealed sheath in his boot.
"Oh please," I muttered, "amateur." My opponent lunged and I dodged to the left slightly. After catching his hand I broke his wrist, dislocated his elbow and shoulder, and disarmed him all in the same move.
"I warned you." My voice was ice cold. "Now, you must die."
"No, please." He whimpered. "I have a wife and three children."
"They'd probably be happy I killed you." I replied as I rolled my eyes, not believing him in the slightest. He kept groveling. "You've had your last words and then some." I growled. I dropped my hold on his broken wrist and a spark of fire jumped from my hand to him. He had time for one last agonizing scream before the flames consumed him.
I called Yukina back and we started on our way once again. Leaving the pile of ashes behind us.