Now hear this: This is Chapter 7!
Disclaimer: I said it in the past 6 chapters and I don't feel like saying it again in this one! NYAAAAAA!!!!
Have a nice Day! ::Smiles::
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I sat back, slightly tired and looked up at the top of the cavern. There were even more webs coming down on us, like a clamp lowering to crush a car in the junkyards. I could barely make out the silhouettes of more of the spiders. "Crap!" I shouted. "Hiei! Get that web cut NOW!" Kurama and Yusuke looked up and saw what I saw. "Hiei! Get out of the way! NOW!" Yusuke shouted. "SPIRIT GUN!" he yelled as the bright blue ball of energy left his out pointed finger and blew the webs out of the way. "Why the hell didn't you do that in the first place?" I yelled at him. He grinned back at me and said nothing. 'Men.I don't like them.they always do things the hard way.'
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We ran out of the ally way as fast as possible. At almost every turn there were more spider webs then there were only minutes before. And there were more of the huge spiders perched along the tops of the roofs. We followed the mostly web free route, trying not to get caught. I slowed slightly, looking up at the spiders. Oh how I loathed them! I wrinkled my noes at them in disgust. It was pathetically easy to get away from them. 'Stupid Bugs' I mentally muttered. Here was a clear path, and they weren't even trying to stop us. "Not trying to stop us." I whispered. I slowed a little. 'Why are there so many spiders in one place, and they are not even trying to get us?' I would bet my right arm that they didn't get a meal like us very often. 'Alright, what do I know about spiders? Well, they have 8 legs, don't think that'll help. They can have a lot of eyes, so much for blinding them. They produce their webs from their @$$, I don't even want to think about that right now! And the trap their prey.crap!' No wonder it was too easy to get away from them. They were leading us into a trap. And it was probably at the center of the city, right where the cleared pathway was leading. And the center clearing was in sight, only another 120 yards or so away. Damn. I looked up to see Yusuke, Kurama, and Mr. Personality himself at least 100 yards away. "IT'S A TRAP!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. Only Kurama heard me. He paused and looked back at me. It looked like he was shouting something to the others, but they kept going. Right into the trap.
It seemed to happen like slow motion. The webs, I hated to say. Gracefully fell into place behind Yusuke and Hiei, forming an opaque wall. I could hear shouting from behind the wall, but not for very long. Kurama was looking at the web wall. I was slightly out of breath when I finally caught up to him. I didn't stare at the wall. I looked up to the rooftops. Very few spiders lingered there. The few that did seemed to glare at me. Almost as if saying 'You lost us half our meal.' 'Well, damn them to hell' I thought, but realized that this probably WAS hell. "How did you know it was a trap? Kurama asked me. I looked up at him. "Well, what else could it have possibly been! One pathway almost perfectly clear of webs when the entire city is overrun with these things? Spiders are smart. I may hate the blasted things, but even I do admit that they are incredibly smart. They taught us in school that spiders are very patient. And they like to trap their prey. It was only natural that they would try to herd us into a centralized section of their hunting grounds. And it worked almost perfectly." Kurama's eyes were wide open, their emerald green color showing clearer than ever. "Now all we have to do is get Yusuke and the nit wit out."
I pulled my backpack off and pulled out my bow. (A/N: It's one of those fancy metal ones that can be folded and packed away.) And I pulled out my quiver full of arrows. I was very glad that my waist length hair was still in its braid. It wouldn't get in the way. I made sure that my stiletto was accessible, while giving the other one to Kurama, and put my backpack back onto my shoulders. I pulled an arrow out of my quiver and set it at the ready. For the first time since coming into the underworld, I was about to use powers of a priestess. 'And against a wall too.' I pulled the bow up and sighted the center of the web wall. I loosed my arrow and watched as it buried itself in the center of the wall, quickly burning away the webbing. The sight of my power sent what few spiders that were left spying on us scurrying farther away.
Kurama and I cautiously ran up to the burned webs and peered inside what I had deduced was the strong hold of the spiders. I really hated it when I was right. 'Sometimes' I added. There in the central clearing, was Yusuke and Hiei, covered from head to toe in webs. And what made me quiver in fear was the 10 foot high spider that was looming over both of them. "Crrrraaaaaapppppp." I muttered. How the hell were we supposed to get out of this one? Drool from the spider's mouth splashed onto the stonework beneath it. It sizzled and a small hole appeared. 'Acid!' I thought. 'Great! Just what we need right now. A spider with acid drool.' I pulled another arrow out from my quiver and shot it at the giant spider's eyes, hoping to distract it while Kurama took my stiletto and cut the others free. I don't know if it was good or bad that the arrow worked. It had taken out half of the eyes that I could see. The Spider started to lumber its way over to me, and I could tell that it was enraged. And there was little space to run.
I had to keep it from noticing that Kurama was freeing its next meal. That was my job and by all that lived, I would! But it's kinda hard to keep that in mind when the Spider the size of a house was trying to catch you. The Spider stopped moving, and I was afraid that it had noticed what Kurama was doing but then I felt the air around me become slightly windier. The spider was drawing in breath. 'Is it going to spit at me?' I wondered in slight amusement and slight fear. And that was what it did. It spit that acid like drool at me. It knew that in such close range, I would be hit no matter what if I went left or right. So I did something else. I ran forward, under the monstrous Spider, my bow in my left hand. I shuddered while running under the hairy belly of the Spider. 'How easily I could be crushed if it decided to sit on me.' AS I was running, I felt something sticky wrap itself around my legs. "Damn!" I cursed angerly. I had forgotten about the webbing that comes from the spiders @$$. The webbing began to tighten around my legs, making me wince. I grabbed my last stiletto out of its sheath and hacked at the webs, thanking everyone who popped into my head that the blades were sharp, and that I healed fast since I was slicing thought parts of my legs too. It only took me a few seconds to get free, but in those precious seconds, the spider had turned and had hurled another spitball at me. I scrambled to get out of its path, but I wasn't as lucky this time. It splattered over my right shoulder. I bit my lower lip to keep from crying out in pain. It would distract Kurama. And right now that couldn't happen. Not until he has gotten Yusuke and Hiei freed.
I stumbled to another wall, the pain in my shoulder reduced to a throb, a very painful throb, but a throb none the less. I pulled another arrow out of my quiver, noting that I had very few left, and pulled my bow up. I notched the arrow and brought it up to target the brain area. My shoulder ached fiercely, and my vision was becoming slightly blurred. 'Focus!' I told myself harshly. I sighted the targeted area and loosed the arrow. It sped on its way and buried itself deeply into the Spiders head. It cried out. The screech almost deafening. I took the spare second to glance over to Kurama. Hiei was gone already, and Yusuke was almost out of the webbing. A few more seconds should be enough. I gripped my stiletto firmly in right hand while looping my bow across my chest. I ran towards the spider. I extended the blade straight out and flew towards the nearest leg, severing it. The spider screeching once again. Its ruined, sightless face trying to search for me. I ran towards it again, severing another leg on the other side. I was trying to cripple it so it couldn't follow us out of this hell city.
"ALEX!" Kurama was yelling. "I GOT THEM! LET'S GO!" I didn't need any more urging to leave this horrid thing behind me. I ran behind Kurama, who was half carrying Yusuke. He and Hiei were stumbling, as if they had just woken up from a long nap. I ran ahead of them clearing a path in the webs, straight out of the cursed city. Here and there, a smaller spider would appear, but it would soon vanish. It took surprisingly little time to escape the city. 'At least it wasn't JUST like my dream!' I thought amusedly through a grimace of pain from my shoulder. It was taking more time to heal than normal. But at least my legs were almost completely healed. That was a plus!
We stopped about a mile outside of the city. Yusuke dropped to the ground and started to snore. Hiei just sat down and for all appearances fell asleep too. Kurama did not immediently fall asleep. He stared at me for a moment. "You're hurt." He stated bluntly. I shrugged and looked towards the nearest lava pool. It was casting red shadows everywhere. I heard rustling and I looked back to Kurama. He was digging around in my backpack. He pulled out a small first aid box. He held it in his had as he walked over to me and sat down behind me. "I saw the spider spit that acid stuff at you. Not even demonic healing can heal that THAT easily. You need to have it cleaned and bandaged." He took some of the peroxide and carefully dotted along the burns. I hissed between my teeth. It STUNG! With even more care, he put some anti- bacterial gunk over the burns, and bandaged it gently. I heard the snap of the plastic case being closed. He tossed it over towards the pack. Then he wrapped his warm arms around me once again and pulled me into his lap and rested his head on my good shoulder. We just sat like that for a few minutes. I fell asleep with a smile on my face and comforted in his arms as he whispered "Good Night Dear One"
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And yet again I leave you to the normal world. But this time I leave you with a few words to the wise. If you like this story and want it to continue, please review. If I don't get any reviews, I won't continue the story. There's no point in continuing if no one reads it right? So read and review! Thanks!
Signing out ~ DevilWench ~
Disclaimer: I said it in the past 6 chapters and I don't feel like saying it again in this one! NYAAAAAA!!!!
Have a nice Day! ::Smiles::
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I sat back, slightly tired and looked up at the top of the cavern. There were even more webs coming down on us, like a clamp lowering to crush a car in the junkyards. I could barely make out the silhouettes of more of the spiders. "Crap!" I shouted. "Hiei! Get that web cut NOW!" Kurama and Yusuke looked up and saw what I saw. "Hiei! Get out of the way! NOW!" Yusuke shouted. "SPIRIT GUN!" he yelled as the bright blue ball of energy left his out pointed finger and blew the webs out of the way. "Why the hell didn't you do that in the first place?" I yelled at him. He grinned back at me and said nothing. 'Men.I don't like them.they always do things the hard way.'
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We ran out of the ally way as fast as possible. At almost every turn there were more spider webs then there were only minutes before. And there were more of the huge spiders perched along the tops of the roofs. We followed the mostly web free route, trying not to get caught. I slowed slightly, looking up at the spiders. Oh how I loathed them! I wrinkled my noes at them in disgust. It was pathetically easy to get away from them. 'Stupid Bugs' I mentally muttered. Here was a clear path, and they weren't even trying to stop us. "Not trying to stop us." I whispered. I slowed a little. 'Why are there so many spiders in one place, and they are not even trying to get us?' I would bet my right arm that they didn't get a meal like us very often. 'Alright, what do I know about spiders? Well, they have 8 legs, don't think that'll help. They can have a lot of eyes, so much for blinding them. They produce their webs from their @$$, I don't even want to think about that right now! And the trap their prey.crap!' No wonder it was too easy to get away from them. They were leading us into a trap. And it was probably at the center of the city, right where the cleared pathway was leading. And the center clearing was in sight, only another 120 yards or so away. Damn. I looked up to see Yusuke, Kurama, and Mr. Personality himself at least 100 yards away. "IT'S A TRAP!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. Only Kurama heard me. He paused and looked back at me. It looked like he was shouting something to the others, but they kept going. Right into the trap.
It seemed to happen like slow motion. The webs, I hated to say. Gracefully fell into place behind Yusuke and Hiei, forming an opaque wall. I could hear shouting from behind the wall, but not for very long. Kurama was looking at the web wall. I was slightly out of breath when I finally caught up to him. I didn't stare at the wall. I looked up to the rooftops. Very few spiders lingered there. The few that did seemed to glare at me. Almost as if saying 'You lost us half our meal.' 'Well, damn them to hell' I thought, but realized that this probably WAS hell. "How did you know it was a trap? Kurama asked me. I looked up at him. "Well, what else could it have possibly been! One pathway almost perfectly clear of webs when the entire city is overrun with these things? Spiders are smart. I may hate the blasted things, but even I do admit that they are incredibly smart. They taught us in school that spiders are very patient. And they like to trap their prey. It was only natural that they would try to herd us into a centralized section of their hunting grounds. And it worked almost perfectly." Kurama's eyes were wide open, their emerald green color showing clearer than ever. "Now all we have to do is get Yusuke and the nit wit out."
I pulled my backpack off and pulled out my bow. (A/N: It's one of those fancy metal ones that can be folded and packed away.) And I pulled out my quiver full of arrows. I was very glad that my waist length hair was still in its braid. It wouldn't get in the way. I made sure that my stiletto was accessible, while giving the other one to Kurama, and put my backpack back onto my shoulders. I pulled an arrow out of my quiver and set it at the ready. For the first time since coming into the underworld, I was about to use powers of a priestess. 'And against a wall too.' I pulled the bow up and sighted the center of the web wall. I loosed my arrow and watched as it buried itself in the center of the wall, quickly burning away the webbing. The sight of my power sent what few spiders that were left spying on us scurrying farther away.
Kurama and I cautiously ran up to the burned webs and peered inside what I had deduced was the strong hold of the spiders. I really hated it when I was right. 'Sometimes' I added. There in the central clearing, was Yusuke and Hiei, covered from head to toe in webs. And what made me quiver in fear was the 10 foot high spider that was looming over both of them. "Crrrraaaaaapppppp." I muttered. How the hell were we supposed to get out of this one? Drool from the spider's mouth splashed onto the stonework beneath it. It sizzled and a small hole appeared. 'Acid!' I thought. 'Great! Just what we need right now. A spider with acid drool.' I pulled another arrow out from my quiver and shot it at the giant spider's eyes, hoping to distract it while Kurama took my stiletto and cut the others free. I don't know if it was good or bad that the arrow worked. It had taken out half of the eyes that I could see. The Spider started to lumber its way over to me, and I could tell that it was enraged. And there was little space to run.
I had to keep it from noticing that Kurama was freeing its next meal. That was my job and by all that lived, I would! But it's kinda hard to keep that in mind when the Spider the size of a house was trying to catch you. The Spider stopped moving, and I was afraid that it had noticed what Kurama was doing but then I felt the air around me become slightly windier. The spider was drawing in breath. 'Is it going to spit at me?' I wondered in slight amusement and slight fear. And that was what it did. It spit that acid like drool at me. It knew that in such close range, I would be hit no matter what if I went left or right. So I did something else. I ran forward, under the monstrous Spider, my bow in my left hand. I shuddered while running under the hairy belly of the Spider. 'How easily I could be crushed if it decided to sit on me.' AS I was running, I felt something sticky wrap itself around my legs. "Damn!" I cursed angerly. I had forgotten about the webbing that comes from the spiders @$$. The webbing began to tighten around my legs, making me wince. I grabbed my last stiletto out of its sheath and hacked at the webs, thanking everyone who popped into my head that the blades were sharp, and that I healed fast since I was slicing thought parts of my legs too. It only took me a few seconds to get free, but in those precious seconds, the spider had turned and had hurled another spitball at me. I scrambled to get out of its path, but I wasn't as lucky this time. It splattered over my right shoulder. I bit my lower lip to keep from crying out in pain. It would distract Kurama. And right now that couldn't happen. Not until he has gotten Yusuke and Hiei freed.
I stumbled to another wall, the pain in my shoulder reduced to a throb, a very painful throb, but a throb none the less. I pulled another arrow out of my quiver, noting that I had very few left, and pulled my bow up. I notched the arrow and brought it up to target the brain area. My shoulder ached fiercely, and my vision was becoming slightly blurred. 'Focus!' I told myself harshly. I sighted the targeted area and loosed the arrow. It sped on its way and buried itself deeply into the Spiders head. It cried out. The screech almost deafening. I took the spare second to glance over to Kurama. Hiei was gone already, and Yusuke was almost out of the webbing. A few more seconds should be enough. I gripped my stiletto firmly in right hand while looping my bow across my chest. I ran towards the spider. I extended the blade straight out and flew towards the nearest leg, severing it. The spider screeching once again. Its ruined, sightless face trying to search for me. I ran towards it again, severing another leg on the other side. I was trying to cripple it so it couldn't follow us out of this hell city.
"ALEX!" Kurama was yelling. "I GOT THEM! LET'S GO!" I didn't need any more urging to leave this horrid thing behind me. I ran behind Kurama, who was half carrying Yusuke. He and Hiei were stumbling, as if they had just woken up from a long nap. I ran ahead of them clearing a path in the webs, straight out of the cursed city. Here and there, a smaller spider would appear, but it would soon vanish. It took surprisingly little time to escape the city. 'At least it wasn't JUST like my dream!' I thought amusedly through a grimace of pain from my shoulder. It was taking more time to heal than normal. But at least my legs were almost completely healed. That was a plus!
We stopped about a mile outside of the city. Yusuke dropped to the ground and started to snore. Hiei just sat down and for all appearances fell asleep too. Kurama did not immediently fall asleep. He stared at me for a moment. "You're hurt." He stated bluntly. I shrugged and looked towards the nearest lava pool. It was casting red shadows everywhere. I heard rustling and I looked back to Kurama. He was digging around in my backpack. He pulled out a small first aid box. He held it in his had as he walked over to me and sat down behind me. "I saw the spider spit that acid stuff at you. Not even demonic healing can heal that THAT easily. You need to have it cleaned and bandaged." He took some of the peroxide and carefully dotted along the burns. I hissed between my teeth. It STUNG! With even more care, he put some anti- bacterial gunk over the burns, and bandaged it gently. I heard the snap of the plastic case being closed. He tossed it over towards the pack. Then he wrapped his warm arms around me once again and pulled me into his lap and rested his head on my good shoulder. We just sat like that for a few minutes. I fell asleep with a smile on my face and comforted in his arms as he whispered "Good Night Dear One"
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And yet again I leave you to the normal world. But this time I leave you with a few words to the wise. If you like this story and want it to continue, please review. If I don't get any reviews, I won't continue the story. There's no point in continuing if no one reads it right? So read and review! Thanks!
Signing out ~ DevilWench ~