Author's note: Welp, it's almost over, only a few more chapters. I own no one but Rutilus. Enjoy.
Chapter Seven
Rutilus stumbled through the city in her human form, she was unable to concentrate, and she always seemed hungry. Four weeks ago she would only eat one person a night, now it was up to four to five people a night and to top it all off she always had the urge to puke. She passed a burger restaurant, the smell of cooked meat made her stomach lurch. She stopped and slumped down on her knees her hand over her mouth, she finally lost control and vomited.
"Why can't I do anything but eat and puke?" She whimpered. After getting up she went into the restaurant, there was an old man eating and a teenage boy behind the counter.
"May I help you ma'am?" He asked he. She fiddled around with some stuff Ototo had left in the coat pockets, she pulled it out and looked at it, it was the same stuff she had seen Ototo and Ani give many market people. She placed the paper and coins on the counter.
"What can I get with this?" She asked, he counted it.
"What do you want?" He questioned.
"What are they called," She stared at the ceiling, "Ham-Hamburgers, I think is what they're called."
"You want to spend all of this on hamburgers?" He asked, she nodded, "Go sit down and I'll bring you your order when it's ready." She stumbled to a table and sat down.
*****
Ototo and Ani were sitting on the floor of the temple playing a complicated board game that they had got to pass the time.
"Rutilus has been killing more lately." Ototo said moving his token.
"I've noticed." Ani curse as his token was taken, "Did you get the shampoo she wanted?"
"Yes, she smelled it on someone she slaughtered, I can't believe her....There's something I've noticed though," Ani looked up at him. "Her power is dropping, she's getting weaker. Once she's too weak we can kill her and get our freedom back."
"Yes, freedom." Ani said dreamily. He cursed again as another token was taken.
******
The guy walked over with two trays, he placed them in front of her and left. There was about twenty burgers on there. Rutilus picked one up.
"There must have been value in the paper and metal disks I gave him." She said, she ate all of the hamburgers in a ten minute span and left. She thought about how Hiei said Yukina was his sister, but she remember she slaughtered her ruthlessly. She went to the graveyard were he said she was buried. She could smell death, she could also smell most of the recent ones had died from her. She picked up Yukina's smell and followed it, it led to a small grave. She paused before digging her sharp claws in to the soft earth, she dug until her nails hit something hard, it was the coffin. She inhaled deeply: Yukina. She uncovered it the rest of the way and pulled it out of the hole. She ripped the lid off easily, showing Yukina's small, frail, disemboweled form.
"I call to the higher power! Hear my pleas! Bring unto life once more to this one I have so ruthlessly slain! Arise, live once more!" She watched as the wound in her gut healed. Yukina jerked and opened her eyes.
"Ka-Kazuma?" She looked at Rutilus and started crying.
"Easy, don't cry." Rutilus reached down and picked her up, Yukina looked at her, confused.
"I thought I was dead." She said.
"You were, I brought you back to life." For the first time since her mother was alive she smiled kindly, she took Yukina out of the graveyard and set her down, "This is where we part."
"Bye." Yukina waved as Rutilus headed back to the temple.
****
Ototo and Ani were asleep on the floor when she walked in, she shut the door silently and crept through the room. She slipped out the backdoor, once she was out of hearing range she sighed. There was a small pond behind the temple she bathed in, she took off the clothing that she hated and slid into the cold water. She closed her eyes whe she heard the backdoor close.
"Hey." She opened her eyes, Ototo was standing over her, holding a jug of pick liquid.
"Hello, Ototo." She said.
"I got the shampoo you wanted." He held out the bottle. She took it, opened it, and them looked at him, her ears flattened questioningly, "Do you not know how to use it?" She shook her head.
"No."
"Dunk under the water and get up on shore." She went under the water and crawled up onto the bank. He sat down behind her and put some shampoo in his hand, he began to wash her hair, her ears twitched, "Do you want me to wash your ears too?"
"Yes." She closed her eyes and moaned softly when he began to wash her ears.
"Do you like that or something?" He asked, she nodded. Out of curiosity he put some shampoo on her tail and ran his hands down her back, she shivered, he then ran his fingers through her thick tail: his mistake. With a growl like thunder and the force of a train she grabbed him by the throat and threw him in at the temple, putting several large holes in it.
"You never touch me there!" She snarled. She then got back in the water and got the soap out, she got back out and shook off, grinning ear to ear. She walked in the temple, Ototo was sitting up again a wall, letting his injuries heal. Her stomach growled and she looked at Ani while licking her lips, "You're so scrawny, but...I'm hungry so you'll have to do."
"What?!?" He tried to run but she already had him against the door, she took his clothes off and popped her knuckles, "Brother help me!" Ototo stood up and walked over to her, he reared back and punched her in the face, sending her about ten feet backwards. Ani scrambled to his feet and hid behind Ototo. Rutilus got up and began to laugh.
"That was very gutsy of you to punch me." She grinned evilly, "I'll spare him this time, but the next time he might not be so lucky."
*****
Yukina knocked on Kuwabara's door, Shizuru answered it.
"Yukina!" She said, shocked to see her alive. Kuwabara came over.
"Yukina!" He picked her up and began to hug her, "I thought you were dead."
"I was, but that fox girl brought me back." She smiled lovingly at him, he set her down and ran into the living room, now making phone calls. She waited on the couch after he was done he sat down next to her.
"I called up everyone, they're coming over to see you." He said, she just smiled again.
*****
Rutilus flopped down on her sofa.
"I'm going to go to sleep, I had better not find out that you two are plotting against me while I'm out." She yawned and fell asleep, Ototo and Ani looked at each other.
"I'll get the knife." Ani said.
"No, she can still hear everything we say." Ototo said, Ani looked at the floor a little saddened.
*****
After Yukina's welcome back party, Hiei was sent on an errand for Koenma. Kurama was the last to leave the party, it was well passed midnight as he walked down the empty streets.
"It'll be okay, just get a hold of yourself." He said.
*****
Rutilus snapped awake and hopped off the couch, Ototo and Ani were asleep, she got dressed and snuck out the door. She walked through the somewhat more familiar part of the city. She heard someone coming, she inhaled deeply: Kurama.
*****
Kurama walked silently down the sidewalk, he thought he heard someone coming, but he dismissed the idea and then he smelled it. The scent of Rutilus filled his nose, he was about to run but it was to late, something heavy laid him senseless. Rutilus chucked as the picked the unconscious Kurama up off the ground, she ripped his clothing off.
"And this will end it, Hiei will be mine and mine alone."
Chapter Seven
Rutilus stumbled through the city in her human form, she was unable to concentrate, and she always seemed hungry. Four weeks ago she would only eat one person a night, now it was up to four to five people a night and to top it all off she always had the urge to puke. She passed a burger restaurant, the smell of cooked meat made her stomach lurch. She stopped and slumped down on her knees her hand over her mouth, she finally lost control and vomited.
"Why can't I do anything but eat and puke?" She whimpered. After getting up she went into the restaurant, there was an old man eating and a teenage boy behind the counter.
"May I help you ma'am?" He asked he. She fiddled around with some stuff Ototo had left in the coat pockets, she pulled it out and looked at it, it was the same stuff she had seen Ototo and Ani give many market people. She placed the paper and coins on the counter.
"What can I get with this?" She asked, he counted it.
"What do you want?" He questioned.
"What are they called," She stared at the ceiling, "Ham-Hamburgers, I think is what they're called."
"You want to spend all of this on hamburgers?" He asked, she nodded, "Go sit down and I'll bring you your order when it's ready." She stumbled to a table and sat down.
*****
Ototo and Ani were sitting on the floor of the temple playing a complicated board game that they had got to pass the time.
"Rutilus has been killing more lately." Ototo said moving his token.
"I've noticed." Ani curse as his token was taken, "Did you get the shampoo she wanted?"
"Yes, she smelled it on someone she slaughtered, I can't believe her....There's something I've noticed though," Ani looked up at him. "Her power is dropping, she's getting weaker. Once she's too weak we can kill her and get our freedom back."
"Yes, freedom." Ani said dreamily. He cursed again as another token was taken.
******
The guy walked over with two trays, he placed them in front of her and left. There was about twenty burgers on there. Rutilus picked one up.
"There must have been value in the paper and metal disks I gave him." She said, she ate all of the hamburgers in a ten minute span and left. She thought about how Hiei said Yukina was his sister, but she remember she slaughtered her ruthlessly. She went to the graveyard were he said she was buried. She could smell death, she could also smell most of the recent ones had died from her. She picked up Yukina's smell and followed it, it led to a small grave. She paused before digging her sharp claws in to the soft earth, she dug until her nails hit something hard, it was the coffin. She inhaled deeply: Yukina. She uncovered it the rest of the way and pulled it out of the hole. She ripped the lid off easily, showing Yukina's small, frail, disemboweled form.
"I call to the higher power! Hear my pleas! Bring unto life once more to this one I have so ruthlessly slain! Arise, live once more!" She watched as the wound in her gut healed. Yukina jerked and opened her eyes.
"Ka-Kazuma?" She looked at Rutilus and started crying.
"Easy, don't cry." Rutilus reached down and picked her up, Yukina looked at her, confused.
"I thought I was dead." She said.
"You were, I brought you back to life." For the first time since her mother was alive she smiled kindly, she took Yukina out of the graveyard and set her down, "This is where we part."
"Bye." Yukina waved as Rutilus headed back to the temple.
****
Ototo and Ani were asleep on the floor when she walked in, she shut the door silently and crept through the room. She slipped out the backdoor, once she was out of hearing range she sighed. There was a small pond behind the temple she bathed in, she took off the clothing that she hated and slid into the cold water. She closed her eyes whe she heard the backdoor close.
"Hey." She opened her eyes, Ototo was standing over her, holding a jug of pick liquid.
"Hello, Ototo." She said.
"I got the shampoo you wanted." He held out the bottle. She took it, opened it, and them looked at him, her ears flattened questioningly, "Do you not know how to use it?" She shook her head.
"No."
"Dunk under the water and get up on shore." She went under the water and crawled up onto the bank. He sat down behind her and put some shampoo in his hand, he began to wash her hair, her ears twitched, "Do you want me to wash your ears too?"
"Yes." She closed her eyes and moaned softly when he began to wash her ears.
"Do you like that or something?" He asked, she nodded. Out of curiosity he put some shampoo on her tail and ran his hands down her back, she shivered, he then ran his fingers through her thick tail: his mistake. With a growl like thunder and the force of a train she grabbed him by the throat and threw him in at the temple, putting several large holes in it.
"You never touch me there!" She snarled. She then got back in the water and got the soap out, she got back out and shook off, grinning ear to ear. She walked in the temple, Ototo was sitting up again a wall, letting his injuries heal. Her stomach growled and she looked at Ani while licking her lips, "You're so scrawny, but...I'm hungry so you'll have to do."
"What?!?" He tried to run but she already had him against the door, she took his clothes off and popped her knuckles, "Brother help me!" Ototo stood up and walked over to her, he reared back and punched her in the face, sending her about ten feet backwards. Ani scrambled to his feet and hid behind Ototo. Rutilus got up and began to laugh.
"That was very gutsy of you to punch me." She grinned evilly, "I'll spare him this time, but the next time he might not be so lucky."
*****
Yukina knocked on Kuwabara's door, Shizuru answered it.
"Yukina!" She said, shocked to see her alive. Kuwabara came over.
"Yukina!" He picked her up and began to hug her, "I thought you were dead."
"I was, but that fox girl brought me back." She smiled lovingly at him, he set her down and ran into the living room, now making phone calls. She waited on the couch after he was done he sat down next to her.
"I called up everyone, they're coming over to see you." He said, she just smiled again.
*****
Rutilus flopped down on her sofa.
"I'm going to go to sleep, I had better not find out that you two are plotting against me while I'm out." She yawned and fell asleep, Ototo and Ani looked at each other.
"I'll get the knife." Ani said.
"No, she can still hear everything we say." Ototo said, Ani looked at the floor a little saddened.
*****
After Yukina's welcome back party, Hiei was sent on an errand for Koenma. Kurama was the last to leave the party, it was well passed midnight as he walked down the empty streets.
"It'll be okay, just get a hold of yourself." He said.
*****
Rutilus snapped awake and hopped off the couch, Ototo and Ani were asleep, she got dressed and snuck out the door. She walked through the somewhat more familiar part of the city. She heard someone coming, she inhaled deeply: Kurama.
*****
Kurama walked silently down the sidewalk, he thought he heard someone coming, but he dismissed the idea and then he smelled it. The scent of Rutilus filled his nose, he was about to run but it was to late, something heavy laid him senseless. Rutilus chucked as the picked the unconscious Kurama up off the ground, she ripped his clothing off.
"And this will end it, Hiei will be mine and mine alone."