*Anemone's room...Kurama, Hiei, and Mirai Trunks walk in after
failing to find Anemone...Kurama looks a little bit ashamed, Mirai Trunks
looks very frustrated, and Hiei's just kind of there...Hiei turns to
Anneliese*
Hiei: Onna! Corner! now!
Anneliese: Hn...*walks over to the corner* now what?
Hiei: you let me kiss you, Baka...
Anneliese: call me Baka and you're a dead man...
Hiei: *raised eyebrow* just be quiet...
Anneliese: -no! I shouldn't hafta- *Hiei shuts her up by frenching her*
Mirai Trunks, Kurama, and Ellen: O_O;;
Hiei: *pulls away* is that ALL you've got?!
Anneliese: *glare* hell no, Midget! *jumps at him, they collapse making out*
Hiei: *pulls away* ...you're just as tall as me...
Anneliese: shut up...!
Mirai Trunks, Kurama, and Ellen: O_O;;;
Ellen: *tips head to the side as she watches* they have a weird love- hate relationship...
Hiei: *pulls back slightly* ...hn...this is HARDLY worth my time bakayaro...
Anneliese: *pissy glare* you're SUCH a bastard, Hiei! *Hiei frenches her*
Mirai Trunks: ...are they loving or hating right now...?
Hiei: ...THERE we go!!! *frenches her again*
Kurama and Ellen: *pause, blink, shrug*
*Computer dings...of course Hiei and Anneliese ignore it...but the other three turn to investigate*
Kurama: *gasp* It's an instant message from Mones!
Hiei: *mumbles through Anneliese's mouth*
Kurama: ...?
Hiei: *pulls away* I said...answer it baka......*turns to Anneliese* you're losing it...
Anneliese: ...as if YOU had it...*pause, glaring at each other, they both french each other at the exact same time*
Ellen: *inches away, bumps into Mirai Trunks*
Mirai Trunks: *rolls eyes, escorts her to his other side* what does the instant message say, Kurama?
Kurama: *signing in his screen name RedFox15* let's see...*the pop-up window is now readable*
ReviewDammit89: KURAMA!
RedFox15: Mones! Are you alright?!
ReviewDammit89: no i'm not alrite!
RedFox15: Oh my God Mones I am so sorry! Have they harmed you in any way?!
ReviewDammit89: well YEA theyve harmed me they think im ur gf but thats not y i'm mad!
RedFox15: ...then...why are you mad...?!
ReviewDammit89: check out the sn kurama...
RedFox15: Your LIFE is at stake and you care about Reviews?! Mones!!
ReviewDammit89: put MT on...
RedFox15: why?
ReviewDammit89: I'M MAD @ U!!1
RedFox15: *twiddles fingers sheepishly* well, alright, if you're truly irritated with me...
RedFox15 has signed off.
Kurama: *turns to Mirai Trunks* go ahead, sign on.
Mirai Trunks: *types into the keyboard, pulling up his screen name SworDBeaRer90*
SworDBeaRer90: mones? you there?
ReviewDammit89: Mirai! SAVE ME! the Suichi-cult is INSANE!!!11
SworDBeaRer90: wut have they done to you?!
ReviewDammit89: they hav me frickin' chained to a frickin' WALL!!1
SworDBeaRer90: omg are you serious?! Those wretches! don't worry, mones ill save you!
Hiei: WHOA! Holy shit you're a good ki-*cut off by a frencher*
Mirai Trunks, Kurama, and Ellen: -_-;;;
Ellen: okay this is getting VERY wrong...*then the scene gets a little 'too' intense*
Kurama: O_O;; *shields Ellen's eyes*
Mirai Trunks: *blush* ahem...
SworDBeaRer90: okay mones can you tell me where you are?
ReviewDammit89: first can you tell anneliese and hiei to tone it WAY down?! Jeez i can feel ur awkward blushing from here!
Mirai Trunks: *blinks at the screen*
SworDBeaRer90: ...?
ReviewDammit89: when i'm wicked pissd i can feel weird-ass things...
SworDBeaRer90:: ...ok...?
ReviewDammit89: SAVE ME!!
SworDBeaRer90: please tell me where u are, i can't help u until i know where to look, love!
ReviewDammit89: *sniffles* im in a cave...
SworDBeaRer90: umm...ok that's a little too vague, mones...
ReviewDammit89: uh...im near the gas station...like half a mile from it...i can see it from here...
SworDBeaRer90: there's a cave near the gas station...?
ReviewDammit89: YES DUM-DUM!
SworDBeaRer90: uh...ok...at least now i have a destination...alright mones hang tight, k? tty soon
ReviewDammit89: DON'T LEAVE ME!!
SworDBeaRer90: ...but...i have to go save you...
ReviewDammit89: but! im all chained up and i like CANT get free!
SworDBeaRer90: ...then...how're u online...?
ReviewDammit89: they chained my legs to the wall, not my arms...but they chained my wristss together so its a bitch to type...
Hiei: *cracks neck* hahaha...you've kissed better...
Anneliese: so have you...!
Hiei: ooh...nice, a little bit of spark...
Anneliese: shut up and kiss, Dumbass...
Hiei: HN! With THAT type of insulting I'd nev-*cut off again by a frencher, goes with it*
Kurama: dear LORD have neither of you an once of decency?! *still shielding Ellen's eyes*
Ellen: huh? What are they doing?
Kurama: erm...nothing...
SworDBeaRer90: wait hold on where'd u get access to a comp?!
ReviewDammit89: its my laptop...it fell out of my bag and skid JUST beyond my reach and it took me a damned three hours to get it, turn it on and get online!!
SworDBeaRer90: my dear lord! Don't worry, mones, I'm coming! hold on!
ReviewDammit89: *sniffle* ok...
SworDBeaRer90 has signed off.
Mirai Trunks: *grabs Kurama by the arm* c'mon! Let's go!
Kurama: *who had been shielding Ellen's eyes from the ghastly Hiei- Anneliese session* -wh!- *dragged away from Ellen*
Ellen: *sees Hiei and Anneliese who are STILL going at it* AH! EW! *runs after Mirai Trunks and Kurama*
Hiei: *after ten minutes, pulls away* huh? *blink, accidentally throws Anneliese off him as he whips up* Holy crap where'd they go?! Why aren't they online with Onna?!
Anneliese: *growl* HIEI!
Hiei: what Onna?
Anneliese: *decks him upside the head* dumbass...*walks out to follow Mirai Trunks and the others*
Hiei: HN! Fine! See if I ever let you kiss me again! HN! *stands glaring at nothing for ten minutes...growls, runs after her* LIESE! WAIT! Stop walking! I command you!! *long pause, she keeps walking* Okay FINE! I'm...*pause, growl* srey! Is that how you pronounce it?! Wait...no it's...sarry? Yeah that's it...sarry...I'M SARRY!! *blurs after her and the others* DAMN YOU ALL!
Ellen: *pops back into the room at the confused readers* oh yeah...Mones had written the next chapter in advance before she got kidnaped...go read...bye! *runs after others*
Chapter 11: Vankra
"...you have...a half sister...?" Hiei asked carefully in surprise, eyeing the solemn Ryooki with a strange expression. He blinked to himself, trying to figure out any relations and any time yet another sibling could have possibly fit into the fray.
"...Vankra..." Kurama's lips parted subconsciously as his whispered voice escaped. Hiei grunted slightly, throwing a half-confused glare to his partner.
"...Vankra?" the Dragon grunted faintly. "That's her name? Odd...I've never known animal breeds to possess that type of name...it's reserved for- "
"-ice breeds." Kurama cut the flame Koorime off, Hiei's glare narrowing in sync to the sincerity of his partner's voice.
"Hn..." Hiei grunted in the core of his throat, drawing his eyes closed. "...why was a forest demon given the name of an element race of apparition?"
"...because she was raised by one." Ryooki's deep, pulsing voice boomed gently, his tormented eyes shut and his expression almost forced calm.
"...? Elaborate for his vagueness, Kitsune..." Hiei grunted for Kurama's answer...but even Kurama seemed a little on the hazy tip ofthe scale with his half-sister's role.
"...I only remember...few things of her..." he breathed cautiously.
"...meaning?" the Dragon half-roared in annoyance and his trademark impatience.
"...well..." Kurama curled his fingers to his chin as he drew away in thought. "...Grapko had cheated on Mother..." his voice seemed to waver and chaffe at mention to the gentle Jiaanti...but he almost instantly clicked back to reality, and Hiei's piercing glare. "...with, a Wolf demonness...and together they had but one pup, a female..."
"...I see..." Hiei calculated the scenario to himself.
"Yes...I was already two hundred when she was born...Ryooki about my age, give or take half a century..."
"Continue." the Dragon snorted for details.
"...well...Grapko slew the she-wolf...and in fear for our infant sister's life, we smuggled her from Mount Shiverku...and..." a pause as the humanoid strained to tap into his Yoko memories. "...it was so long ago, and in my other form...I can barely remember the rest."
"Hn..." Hiei's glare sharpened viciously, flame glints sharpened against the corrosive ruby of his eyes.
"Forgive me, Hiei...but it was a good hundred-fifty years ago, and even my most recent Yoko memories abandon me..."
"You...speak..." the Dragon growled to Kurama's brother, Ryooki shooting a narrow glare over his shoulder at the forward flame Koorime.
"...what is your immense interest in Vankra's life, Dragon?" Ryooki dared, his left ear flicking against his scalp.
"...Hiei is a mutant ice breed..." Kurama managed to smirk tiredly...Hiei shot a dangerous glare at his partner for his smug choice of words...
"Ah...and he wishes to know what clan we left her to?" Ryooki sighed a rolling sigh, and managed to quirk his lips ina slight grin. "Well...Yoko and I had taken her from group to group, of various breeds...but all feared for their lives if Grapko was ever to pursue the then nameless infant...but, a single clan saw in her worth, and they took her in...they gave her the rarest name of their breed...Vankra, which means 'the crystalline eyes.'"
"...Hn..." Hiei grunted a slight smirk...an ice clan would take in a wolf, but not a flame Koorime who was offspring to two clan members? Peculiar...what a lucky infant she must have been.
"...but, recently Grapko found her...he dragged her back to Mount Shiverku, tearing her from her mate and child!"
"...she's a mate?!" Kurama blinked in surprise. "...and a child?!"
"Vankra's daughter, being a half-breed between wolf and element, aged in human standards...she's now seventeen, equal in age to your Ai..." Ryooki sighed slowly. "...and neither Vankra's mate nor daughter are taking her kidnaping lightly."
"I'd hope not..." Kurama ended sternly. "...Grapko kidnaped our sister? A trap to drag us back to the demon world..."
"Hn..." Hiei grunted in agreement, then allowed a low, murderous smirk tighten about his lips. "...he can't let shit go, can he?"
"Apparently not..." Kurama sighed in embarrassment of his genealogy, weaving his arms loosely about his chest. "...he STILL holds it against me that I became human?"
Ryooki, who had by now managed to ease to a stable, looming stand, grunted slightly as he nodded. "...and he still blames Hiei for forbidding him of his crush merely by birth...and he now blames me as a traitor for helping you."
"Damn...this guy needs a hobby..." a scoff was heard from just beyond the immediate group...the three blinked up, only to be met with the smirking, ready, and pumped Yusuke, arms folded and a grin of sheer excitement about his calm face. "...what are you all staring at?! Yeesh we gonna go kill this thing or what?!"
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Botan reached towards Kuwabara's sweating brow, stroking away the excess gloss of a sheen that soaked his temples. She spread a dampened towel over his tense forehead, the warm water easing smooth over his taut expression of pain. She drew her hands in a knot to her lap, overlooking the red-head with sad eyes.
"Oh, Kuwabara...how could you do this to Yukina?" she scolded in sorrow and worry, shifting in a weighed sigh and tucking a lock of sapphire behind an ear. "And Kane too, you blasted, egotistical...!" she couldn't bear to hear herself grunt bitter words at the sight of the pained man. "...very, very brave hero..."
He had known the risks of fighting. He had known his heart's bitter, wavering condition. And he had known...in his heart of hearts, in the core of his instincts...to kill all those who threatened the lives of his wife and son. He knew he could die in the process...but their lives, their happiness...meant more to him than anything in the cosmos.
Kuwabara pulsed in heavy breaths, his chest jerking in uneven spasms. He quivered in pain, and would ease into motionless slumber for a time, before tensing yet again...his shifts in sleep, from light to heavy, either tightened or loosened the pain he felt...his heart was bruised and was merely starting to pump in normality.
After a time Botan sighed gravely to herself, and stalked slowly from the dark room. She slipped from the velvet shadows into the silvery yard...where she found some innocent sights to calm her frazzled spirit.
Keiko, Yukina, and Hinegeshi were to the farthest end of the garden, sipping green tea and conversing quietly. Keiko and Hinegeshi strained to be careful with the topics they edged into conversation, avoiding Kuwabara entirely...Yukina would smile meekly, and sip her tea with little motions. Her eyes were downcast as she sighed calmly, an air of attempted tolerance about her.
Botan smiled gently, then shifted her raspberry glare for yet another end of the Kuwabara abode...apparently she was the only to notice...Kane and Gakilei. The two were fast asleep, Kane sprawled out semi-comically, half-snoring softly. Gakilei was nestled against him, and she too was in a funny position, her head rested to his chest and her arms and legs spread randomly. Botan giggled in her trademark cat-like innocence...then sifted to another segregated twosome.
Kisho lay to the slanted roof of the dojo which lay separately from the house. His left knee bent and his arms tucked under his head, he seemed just as lazy as he was signature for. His spiked sapphire hair jut just as randomly as the norm, and his deep, thoughtful emerald eyes mirrored Kurama's in every way...even in the sincerity of inner plight. They shot for the sky, and he seemed hermit in his thoughts.
Botan smiled gently, and noticed the morbid she-Hiei just behind Kisho, standing to the very top of the dojo roof...they seemed to ignore each other...and yet...they didn't. Neither allowed their lips to part in speech...but they both seemed...tolerant, even dependant, on the other's presence. Ryuuhayai's normally tensed and rigid body was loose...and it was only so when she was around the wolf-tailed bluette. Kisho was relaxed even more so than usual...and he was smiling somewhat.
Botan sighed slightly, and felt her lips curve in a mischievous grin. 'they seem so...perfect...when they're together...what he lacks she has, and vice versa...they just mesh...' Botan felt a motherly smirk twinge to the corner of her mouth, and she jerked in stifled giggles. 'Kisho you smooth little lady's man...just like your father...'
Her thoughts drifted smoothly to Kurama...his smile...his warm presence...he was too perfect...far too perfect to be hers. His eyes were filled to the brim with complexity and soul, they were saturated in pain and grief...and they were drowned in love, whenever they locked onto her.
Often she'd second guess what life would have been if he hadn't fallen in love with her...where would she be? Could she have lived, with her heart aching for him? And she'd sigh, and allow a dreamy smile to curl her lips.
He did love her...he loved her with all his heart, all his soul. His smile was brilliant...his eyes were cosmic...he was beauty, he was grace and stealth...did he really choose her?
Nightly, before she'd fall asleep, he'd nestle against her, and curl his strong arms about her slim waist. He'd smile lovingly, and coo in her ear, in a single, nostalgic breath, "Aishiteru, Botan...and I will until beyond the grave."
Botan nearly collapsed in a dreamy state, smiling rather foolishly. Her eyes sagged in her subconscious antics, and her grin was drunk with emotion and yearning for her husband...her sweet, loving, romantic mate.
She then clicked to reality, and, after blinking slightly, chuckled meekly to herself in embarrassment...luckily, none of her companions had noticed her nearly drop to the veranda floor in her girlish thoughts. She quickly quieted herself, allowing her slender nose to singe in scarlet. 'Botan you baka...! Don't be so milky-minded!'
She then pricked slightly, having noticed something rather interesting...Ai sat to a rock, gazing upwards in the velvet navy sky...beside her sat Yukio, eyeing the sky in sync with her calmness and serenity...the odd thing of this was...they were holding hands, Yukio's long fingers tied with Ai's, and nestled in her lap.
Botan smiled excitedly, drawing a cheery gasp and stifling a giggle. 'Lovebirds!' she thought happily, instantly throwing her glare for Kisho and Ryuuhayai, and in turn to Kane and Gakilei. 'all of them! OOH!' she bit to her lip in joy. 'Kurama and the others are going to be SO happy!'
She cast her excited glare for Ai and Yukio. 'I'm going to be related to Keiko! And Yusuke!'
She then twisted excitedly for Kisho and Ryuuhayai. 'How funny! Now Kurama and Hiei will be in-laws!'
And she then jerked for Kane and Gakilei. 'OH! Yusuke and Kuwabara! How cute their children would join the two rivals!'
Botan giggled despite herself, clapping her hands together in joy. 'How lovely! I can't WAIT for grandchildren!! Oh Kurama...' she smiled calmly, her gaze softening. '...you'll be a grandfather...how thrilling!'
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"What?" Yusuke shrugged at the demons casually, their vibrant glares pinning rigidly against him.
"How long have YOU been here...?" Ryooki asked narrowly.
"Oh is my presence a bother?" Yusuke growled, then faked a hurt tremble. "my emotions...they're shot..."
"Yusuke!" Kurama grunted sternly. "You should be back with the others! It's bad enough Hiei followed after me, but YOU'RE the last line of defence come any danger to our families!"
"Uh, Kurama? Seriously, you're getting WAY too paranoid for me to stomach!" Yusuke barked. "Yeesh! Normal parents brag about how great their kid is...you can't seem to stand the thought of yours being labled as strong!"
"That is not so!" Kurama half-gaped. "I know well how powerful Ai and Kisho are!"
"Then why did you say I was the last line of defence?" the Detective countered smugly. Kurama paused in thought, then growled bitterly in defeat...his morbid partner merely chuckled.
"Finally!" Hiei smirked. "A shred of sense has been threaded into that swollen head of yours."
"Stifle yourself Hiei..." the red-head threatened thinly, his patience withered and his expression on the cusp of murderous. Ryooki blinked to his younger brother, then pulsed in a sigh, shifting his footing to stalk from the three.
"...Ryooki...?" Kurama quickly jerked from his argument to face the loner fox-wolf...Ryooki paused briefly, then, casting a thin smirk over his shoulder, began on his way again.
"We'd better get going if we want to make it to the Demon World before another troop of Hell's Shadows are spread around this dimension, Yoko..." he breathed faintly through a frame of a narrow, tired smirk. Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke stared blankly after him as he trudged away calmly, the entire casing of mist around him thickening with his dramatic leave. Kurama blinked to reality, and, easing his long hands to his pockets, followed after his brother in taut silence.
A blink of ruby and a blink of chocolate...shifted side-glances between Dragon and Detective, the shorter of the two grunting and starting off after his partner.
Yusuke followed each with his nimble glare, taking note of Kurama's rigid tail, the hair to the tip standing on end. *a/n: damn I keep forgetting he has one lol* It swished violently against his leg, jerking in mad, random sways. 'Kurama's...scared...?!" the Detective gaped inwardly, blinking at the red-head's calm countenance. Kurama had an air about him...one that made those around him feel...confident...as if, merely his presence, will ensure victory...but, if even his trademark expression was betrayed now by his newly-spawned tail, imagine the countless times he feared for his life and the lives of his loved ones, but never allowed it to seep through...
'Damn, Kurama...' Yusuke thought gently, a half-crude smirk tweaking to his lips. '...you had me fooled that you weren't...you're one good, loyal actor.'
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*Random cave a half-mile from the gas station...Mirai Trunks has his sword, Kurama's guarding Ellen out of courtesy, and Hiei and Anneliese are shoving at each other and mumbling negatively trying to fit in through the little entrance...they're pinned back to back with each other*
Hiei: dammit Onna move!
Anneliese: you move, Baka!
Ellen: *whispers to Mirai Trunks* NOW they're hating.
Mirai Trunks: *grunt, rolls eyes, scans through the cave* hmm...where is she...?
Kurama: *about to follow Mirai Trunks and Ellen into the cave, but realizes Hiei and Anneliese are still stuck* erm...keep watch. *follows after the others*
Hiei: WHAT?! *wriggles insanely in anger* I NEVER keep watch, Kitsune! I ALWAYS head the attack!! *accidentally elbows Anneliese in the back, she gapes in pain, then glares murder-daggers at him and elbows him between the shoulder blades...he rams against the wall and, hitting his head, is rendered unconscious*
Anneliese: O_O;...oops...
*in the cave*
Mirai Trunks: Kurama, you should be careful...there's probably a Suichi cult in here...
Ellen: aren't you worried about a Mirai Trunks cult? I mean, you're a pretty boy too...*MT looks at her strangely, then blushes slightly*
Mirai Trunks: *cough* hem...well...uh...thank you, Ellen...I think...?...
Kurama: alright we'd best keep our guard up...*turns to Ellen* are you okay...?
Ellen: of course I am!
Kurama: *rolls eyes* ...you're not going to get paranoid on me, are you...?
Ellen: what? Of course not silly!
Kurama: *eyes her cautiously* alriiight...
*drip*
Ellen: *jumps on Kurama's back* -what was that?!?
Kurama: *looks over his shoulder at her* ...?
*drip*
Ellen: AHH!! *winds her arms around Kurama's neck and face, he loses balance and can't see...he trips and they both collapse*
Mirai Trunks: *completely ignoring them...gasp* I can sense her ki! It's faint but...jagged...she's far away...and angry...*runs into the darkness of the cave* Mones!
Kurama: *struggling to get up...Ellen's holding onto him as if for dear life* Ellen! It's just water dripping! Please let go!!
*Far in the cave*
Anemone: *ankles shackled and chained to the wall, hands bound together in front of her by the wrists with rope...glaring at nothing in particular, negative antisemitic mumbles* stupid Kurama...*mumble*...stupid Hiei...*mumble*...stupid damned amnesia...*mumble*...stupid ice cream...
Fangirl: *keeping guard, goes to give Mones her dish of food...sets the cold gray plate of mush at Mones's feet*
Anemone: what the hell is this crap?!
Fangirl: *glare* Our best chefs made this!
Anemone: *blink, blinks at the food, -_-;...pricks, smirks* Suichi's cooking is better...
Fangirl: O_O Suichi's?! Suichi has COOKED for you?!
Anemone: hell yeah! ALL the time! *still smirking evilly*
Fangirl: You're, you're LYING! *trying not to cry*
Anemone: *smirk, pricks, looks just beyond the Fangirl's shoulder* *fake gasp, REALLY fake sounding*...Suichi? Is that you?
Fangirl: *whips around* SUICHI?! *gets decked upside the head by Anemone's bound wrists...gapes in pain, numb, gets kneed by Anemone in the stomach...Anemone then bashes her tied wrists against the Fangirl's face a couple times, and the Fangirl is rendered unconscious*
Anemone: MUAHAHAHA! I AM A GENIUS! DESPITE THE WHIPPINGS, BURN MARKS, ATTEMPTS TO SUFFOCATE ME WITH A PLASTIC BAG AND CUTS DUSTED WITH SALT FOR TORTURE, I'VE, STILL, GOT IT! HELL YEAH! MUAHAHAHA! *mood swing from victorious to pissy and dangerously low sounding* ...now to get free and totally get back at Kurama for letting me get kidnaped...!
Mirai Trunks: *runs into the scene, having followed Anemone's evil laughter* Mones?
Anemone: *goes from evil looking to innocent and confused* *shifty eyes* er...hi honey!
Mirai Trunks: *about to go to her, sees the bruising knocked-out Fangirl sprawled out on the floor* ...?
Anemone: oh, her? Uh...she came like that...
Mirai Trunks: -_-;;
Anemone: *shifty eyes* what?
Mirai Trunks: *sigh...steps over the bloody pulp that was once a semi- good-looking Fangirl, draws sword, and cuts through the binds at her wrists and the shackles at her ankles*
Anemone: SWEET! Freedom!!
Mirai Trunks: are you alright, Mones?
Anemone: *plants one on his cheek* I am now!! *he blushes and smiles*
Mirai Trunks: *picks her up* Now to find the others. *about to sprint back where he had entered from*
Anemone: WAIT! I NEED MY LAPTOP AND BUTTERFLY NET!
Mirai Trunks: ...you mean...you don't, have them with you...?
Anemone: *negative glare at nothing in particular* ...'THEY' stole them...
Mirai Trunks: how did 'they' find out about your net and laptop?
Anemone: ...*avoiding his gaze*...
Mirai Trunks: ...Mones...?
Ellen: *bounces out of nowhere right between them*
Mirai Trunks and Anemone: -AH!!-
Ellen: -I bet she was playing a game on it and they caught her and she had her butterfly net out or something along those lines!
Mirai Trunks: *LONG pause, blink* ...where did you come from, Ellen...?!
Kurama: *heard in the distance* Ellen? Mirai Trunks!! Where are you?! Hello...?! It's not safe to be alone!!
Ellen: *calls out at him* oh like it's safe to be with you when there's a Suichi cult looming around?!
Anemone: *jumps out of Mirai Trunks's arms, sounds happy* KURAMA!!
Kurama: *comes into view, smiles in relief* Mones!
Anemone: *runs over to him, looks like she's going to glomp him*
Kurama: *chuckling, ready to be glomped*
Anemone: *almost in his arms, suddenly gets a pissed off expression, and decks him downside the head*
Kurama: MPF!! *collapses into the floor*
Mirai Trunks and Ellen: O_O;;
Kurama: *really cute expression of betrayal as he rubs his head* wh...what did I do...?!
Anemone: you let yourself be sexy, that's what!!
Mirai Trunks: *blush* MONES!
Anemone: if it wasn't for the fact that you're a hottie, there wouldn't be a cult after my BLOOD!
Kurama: *stands up* are you alright, Mones?
Anemone: *glares at him* I don't hit you unless it's either the time of the month, I was aiming for Hiei and missed, or I'm hurt because of you...WHICH OF THOSE THREE DO YOU THINK IT WAS?!
Kurama: *sheepish expression* I'm sorry Mones...I'll heal those wounds when we get home...
Anemone: you better...*glare, pricks, hears the rampaging of a coming mob* SHIT!
Mirai Trunks: *pricks, grunts faintly, scoops up Anemone and motions for Kurama to help get Ellen out*
Ellen: but I wanna see the freaks! *classic Homer Simpson line*
Kurama: no time! *throws her over his shoulder and bolts after Mirai Trunks*
Ellen: I FEEEL VIOLAAAATEEED!!! *hits him against his back, he winces and fights the urge to just ditch her*
*Kurama and Mirai Trunks manage to escape with Ellen and Anemone...suddenly, a Suichi-cult breaks into the scene, the leader wearing a wig made to look like Kurama's hair and a ceremonial garment with a picture of Kurama on the front*
Leader: *gasp* The prisoner has escaped!!!
Cult: TYA! TYA! *ceremonial grunt of anger and fury*
Leader: *sniffs the air* SUICHI WAS HERE!
Cult: *gasp* SUICHI?!?! SUUUUUIIIIICHIIIII!!!
Leader: we shall find! And we shall conquer!! *totally insane uproar of agreement*
*Home*
Anemone: freakin' messed up bitches...
Kurama: *wrapping a flesh wound on her arm after cleaning the salt out* ...indeed...
Anemone: *turns to Mirai Trunks* they had a sister cult, too...one that focuses on you.
Mirai Trunks: *wide-eyed, slope of his nose blushes...gulp* It may seem rather out of character for me to say, but...I'm rather glad all the teenage boy-crazy girls got blown up by the androids in my time...
Anemone: yeah seriously...
Anneliese and Ellen: *trying to make Hiei come to*
Mirai Trunks: he gets knocked out pretty easily...
Anemone: *reads skit* holy crap! This is savagely long...I'm stopping here-OW!! *Kurama's trying to clean another salty wound*
Kurama: -please hold still, Mones!-*Anemone's trying to run away from the Q-tip of pain, ducks behind Mirai Trunks*
Mirai Trunks: *eye-roll chuckle combo, smiles tiredly...scoops her up, sits to the edge of her bed, gently holds her in his lap so Kurama can clean her wound*
Anemone: *wriggles violently in his hold* TRAITOR!
Mirai Trunks: *Vegeta smirk, frenches her...she gets into it, and Kurama cleans her wounds without her noticing much...Anneliese and Ellen have semi-impressed expressions...Anneliese turns back to the unconscious Hiei, and Ellen, after glancing around to find nothing better to do, shrugs and sighs*
Ellen: okay then I guess I'll say it...GO REVIEW! BYE!
-p.s. = read "Hiei, putt putt, and everyone else" by flameology...seriously folks, it's good...and, to back it up, I'M IN IT! lol...Theresa, ladies and gents...that being my real name...bwahaha...c'mon, read it, please? Ellen and Anneliese have a point in being in my fic you know lol we're practically on a joint account hahaha...just read it, my online buddies are good authors...please?!? *puppy dog eyes* don't make me hold my story hostage! *haha I wish...I don't have enough fans for that to work...* but I will if you don't give theirs a chance! lol...latr!
Hiei: Onna! Corner! now!
Anneliese: Hn...*walks over to the corner* now what?
Hiei: you let me kiss you, Baka...
Anneliese: call me Baka and you're a dead man...
Hiei: *raised eyebrow* just be quiet...
Anneliese: -no! I shouldn't hafta- *Hiei shuts her up by frenching her*
Mirai Trunks, Kurama, and Ellen: O_O;;
Hiei: *pulls away* is that ALL you've got?!
Anneliese: *glare* hell no, Midget! *jumps at him, they collapse making out*
Hiei: *pulls away* ...you're just as tall as me...
Anneliese: shut up...!
Mirai Trunks, Kurama, and Ellen: O_O;;;
Ellen: *tips head to the side as she watches* they have a weird love- hate relationship...
Hiei: *pulls back slightly* ...hn...this is HARDLY worth my time bakayaro...
Anneliese: *pissy glare* you're SUCH a bastard, Hiei! *Hiei frenches her*
Mirai Trunks: ...are they loving or hating right now...?
Hiei: ...THERE we go!!! *frenches her again*
Kurama and Ellen: *pause, blink, shrug*
*Computer dings...of course Hiei and Anneliese ignore it...but the other three turn to investigate*
Kurama: *gasp* It's an instant message from Mones!
Hiei: *mumbles through Anneliese's mouth*
Kurama: ...?
Hiei: *pulls away* I said...answer it baka......*turns to Anneliese* you're losing it...
Anneliese: ...as if YOU had it...*pause, glaring at each other, they both french each other at the exact same time*
Ellen: *inches away, bumps into Mirai Trunks*
Mirai Trunks: *rolls eyes, escorts her to his other side* what does the instant message say, Kurama?
Kurama: *signing in his screen name RedFox15* let's see...*the pop-up window is now readable*
ReviewDammit89: KURAMA!
RedFox15: Mones! Are you alright?!
ReviewDammit89: no i'm not alrite!
RedFox15: Oh my God Mones I am so sorry! Have they harmed you in any way?!
ReviewDammit89: well YEA theyve harmed me they think im ur gf but thats not y i'm mad!
RedFox15: ...then...why are you mad...?!
ReviewDammit89: check out the sn kurama...
RedFox15: Your LIFE is at stake and you care about Reviews?! Mones!!
ReviewDammit89: put MT on...
RedFox15: why?
ReviewDammit89: I'M MAD @ U!!1
RedFox15: *twiddles fingers sheepishly* well, alright, if you're truly irritated with me...
RedFox15 has signed off.
Kurama: *turns to Mirai Trunks* go ahead, sign on.
Mirai Trunks: *types into the keyboard, pulling up his screen name SworDBeaRer90*
SworDBeaRer90: mones? you there?
ReviewDammit89: Mirai! SAVE ME! the Suichi-cult is INSANE!!!11
SworDBeaRer90: wut have they done to you?!
ReviewDammit89: they hav me frickin' chained to a frickin' WALL!!1
SworDBeaRer90: omg are you serious?! Those wretches! don't worry, mones ill save you!
Hiei: WHOA! Holy shit you're a good ki-*cut off by a frencher*
Mirai Trunks, Kurama, and Ellen: -_-;;;
Ellen: okay this is getting VERY wrong...*then the scene gets a little 'too' intense*
Kurama: O_O;; *shields Ellen's eyes*
Mirai Trunks: *blush* ahem...
SworDBeaRer90: okay mones can you tell me where you are?
ReviewDammit89: first can you tell anneliese and hiei to tone it WAY down?! Jeez i can feel ur awkward blushing from here!
Mirai Trunks: *blinks at the screen*
SworDBeaRer90: ...?
ReviewDammit89: when i'm wicked pissd i can feel weird-ass things...
SworDBeaRer90:: ...ok...?
ReviewDammit89: SAVE ME!!
SworDBeaRer90: please tell me where u are, i can't help u until i know where to look, love!
ReviewDammit89: *sniffles* im in a cave...
SworDBeaRer90: umm...ok that's a little too vague, mones...
ReviewDammit89: uh...im near the gas station...like half a mile from it...i can see it from here...
SworDBeaRer90: there's a cave near the gas station...?
ReviewDammit89: YES DUM-DUM!
SworDBeaRer90: uh...ok...at least now i have a destination...alright mones hang tight, k? tty soon
ReviewDammit89: DON'T LEAVE ME!!
SworDBeaRer90: ...but...i have to go save you...
ReviewDammit89: but! im all chained up and i like CANT get free!
SworDBeaRer90: ...then...how're u online...?
ReviewDammit89: they chained my legs to the wall, not my arms...but they chained my wristss together so its a bitch to type...
Hiei: *cracks neck* hahaha...you've kissed better...
Anneliese: so have you...!
Hiei: ooh...nice, a little bit of spark...
Anneliese: shut up and kiss, Dumbass...
Hiei: HN! With THAT type of insulting I'd nev-*cut off again by a frencher, goes with it*
Kurama: dear LORD have neither of you an once of decency?! *still shielding Ellen's eyes*
Ellen: huh? What are they doing?
Kurama: erm...nothing...
SworDBeaRer90: wait hold on where'd u get access to a comp?!
ReviewDammit89: its my laptop...it fell out of my bag and skid JUST beyond my reach and it took me a damned three hours to get it, turn it on and get online!!
SworDBeaRer90: my dear lord! Don't worry, mones, I'm coming! hold on!
ReviewDammit89: *sniffle* ok...
SworDBeaRer90 has signed off.
Mirai Trunks: *grabs Kurama by the arm* c'mon! Let's go!
Kurama: *who had been shielding Ellen's eyes from the ghastly Hiei- Anneliese session* -wh!- *dragged away from Ellen*
Ellen: *sees Hiei and Anneliese who are STILL going at it* AH! EW! *runs after Mirai Trunks and Kurama*
Hiei: *after ten minutes, pulls away* huh? *blink, accidentally throws Anneliese off him as he whips up* Holy crap where'd they go?! Why aren't they online with Onna?!
Anneliese: *growl* HIEI!
Hiei: what Onna?
Anneliese: *decks him upside the head* dumbass...*walks out to follow Mirai Trunks and the others*
Hiei: HN! Fine! See if I ever let you kiss me again! HN! *stands glaring at nothing for ten minutes...growls, runs after her* LIESE! WAIT! Stop walking! I command you!! *long pause, she keeps walking* Okay FINE! I'm...*pause, growl* srey! Is that how you pronounce it?! Wait...no it's...sarry? Yeah that's it...sarry...I'M SARRY!! *blurs after her and the others* DAMN YOU ALL!
Ellen: *pops back into the room at the confused readers* oh yeah...Mones had written the next chapter in advance before she got kidnaped...go read...bye! *runs after others*
Chapter 11: Vankra
"...you have...a half sister...?" Hiei asked carefully in surprise, eyeing the solemn Ryooki with a strange expression. He blinked to himself, trying to figure out any relations and any time yet another sibling could have possibly fit into the fray.
"...Vankra..." Kurama's lips parted subconsciously as his whispered voice escaped. Hiei grunted slightly, throwing a half-confused glare to his partner.
"...Vankra?" the Dragon grunted faintly. "That's her name? Odd...I've never known animal breeds to possess that type of name...it's reserved for- "
"-ice breeds." Kurama cut the flame Koorime off, Hiei's glare narrowing in sync to the sincerity of his partner's voice.
"Hn..." Hiei grunted in the core of his throat, drawing his eyes closed. "...why was a forest demon given the name of an element race of apparition?"
"...because she was raised by one." Ryooki's deep, pulsing voice boomed gently, his tormented eyes shut and his expression almost forced calm.
"...? Elaborate for his vagueness, Kitsune..." Hiei grunted for Kurama's answer...but even Kurama seemed a little on the hazy tip ofthe scale with his half-sister's role.
"...I only remember...few things of her..." he breathed cautiously.
"...meaning?" the Dragon half-roared in annoyance and his trademark impatience.
"...well..." Kurama curled his fingers to his chin as he drew away in thought. "...Grapko had cheated on Mother..." his voice seemed to waver and chaffe at mention to the gentle Jiaanti...but he almost instantly clicked back to reality, and Hiei's piercing glare. "...with, a Wolf demonness...and together they had but one pup, a female..."
"...I see..." Hiei calculated the scenario to himself.
"Yes...I was already two hundred when she was born...Ryooki about my age, give or take half a century..."
"Continue." the Dragon snorted for details.
"...well...Grapko slew the she-wolf...and in fear for our infant sister's life, we smuggled her from Mount Shiverku...and..." a pause as the humanoid strained to tap into his Yoko memories. "...it was so long ago, and in my other form...I can barely remember the rest."
"Hn..." Hiei's glare sharpened viciously, flame glints sharpened against the corrosive ruby of his eyes.
"Forgive me, Hiei...but it was a good hundred-fifty years ago, and even my most recent Yoko memories abandon me..."
"You...speak..." the Dragon growled to Kurama's brother, Ryooki shooting a narrow glare over his shoulder at the forward flame Koorime.
"...what is your immense interest in Vankra's life, Dragon?" Ryooki dared, his left ear flicking against his scalp.
"...Hiei is a mutant ice breed..." Kurama managed to smirk tiredly...Hiei shot a dangerous glare at his partner for his smug choice of words...
"Ah...and he wishes to know what clan we left her to?" Ryooki sighed a rolling sigh, and managed to quirk his lips ina slight grin. "Well...Yoko and I had taken her from group to group, of various breeds...but all feared for their lives if Grapko was ever to pursue the then nameless infant...but, a single clan saw in her worth, and they took her in...they gave her the rarest name of their breed...Vankra, which means 'the crystalline eyes.'"
"...Hn..." Hiei grunted a slight smirk...an ice clan would take in a wolf, but not a flame Koorime who was offspring to two clan members? Peculiar...what a lucky infant she must have been.
"...but, recently Grapko found her...he dragged her back to Mount Shiverku, tearing her from her mate and child!"
"...she's a mate?!" Kurama blinked in surprise. "...and a child?!"
"Vankra's daughter, being a half-breed between wolf and element, aged in human standards...she's now seventeen, equal in age to your Ai..." Ryooki sighed slowly. "...and neither Vankra's mate nor daughter are taking her kidnaping lightly."
"I'd hope not..." Kurama ended sternly. "...Grapko kidnaped our sister? A trap to drag us back to the demon world..."
"Hn..." Hiei grunted in agreement, then allowed a low, murderous smirk tighten about his lips. "...he can't let shit go, can he?"
"Apparently not..." Kurama sighed in embarrassment of his genealogy, weaving his arms loosely about his chest. "...he STILL holds it against me that I became human?"
Ryooki, who had by now managed to ease to a stable, looming stand, grunted slightly as he nodded. "...and he still blames Hiei for forbidding him of his crush merely by birth...and he now blames me as a traitor for helping you."
"Damn...this guy needs a hobby..." a scoff was heard from just beyond the immediate group...the three blinked up, only to be met with the smirking, ready, and pumped Yusuke, arms folded and a grin of sheer excitement about his calm face. "...what are you all staring at?! Yeesh we gonna go kill this thing or what?!"
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Botan reached towards Kuwabara's sweating brow, stroking away the excess gloss of a sheen that soaked his temples. She spread a dampened towel over his tense forehead, the warm water easing smooth over his taut expression of pain. She drew her hands in a knot to her lap, overlooking the red-head with sad eyes.
"Oh, Kuwabara...how could you do this to Yukina?" she scolded in sorrow and worry, shifting in a weighed sigh and tucking a lock of sapphire behind an ear. "And Kane too, you blasted, egotistical...!" she couldn't bear to hear herself grunt bitter words at the sight of the pained man. "...very, very brave hero..."
He had known the risks of fighting. He had known his heart's bitter, wavering condition. And he had known...in his heart of hearts, in the core of his instincts...to kill all those who threatened the lives of his wife and son. He knew he could die in the process...but their lives, their happiness...meant more to him than anything in the cosmos.
Kuwabara pulsed in heavy breaths, his chest jerking in uneven spasms. He quivered in pain, and would ease into motionless slumber for a time, before tensing yet again...his shifts in sleep, from light to heavy, either tightened or loosened the pain he felt...his heart was bruised and was merely starting to pump in normality.
After a time Botan sighed gravely to herself, and stalked slowly from the dark room. She slipped from the velvet shadows into the silvery yard...where she found some innocent sights to calm her frazzled spirit.
Keiko, Yukina, and Hinegeshi were to the farthest end of the garden, sipping green tea and conversing quietly. Keiko and Hinegeshi strained to be careful with the topics they edged into conversation, avoiding Kuwabara entirely...Yukina would smile meekly, and sip her tea with little motions. Her eyes were downcast as she sighed calmly, an air of attempted tolerance about her.
Botan smiled gently, then shifted her raspberry glare for yet another end of the Kuwabara abode...apparently she was the only to notice...Kane and Gakilei. The two were fast asleep, Kane sprawled out semi-comically, half-snoring softly. Gakilei was nestled against him, and she too was in a funny position, her head rested to his chest and her arms and legs spread randomly. Botan giggled in her trademark cat-like innocence...then sifted to another segregated twosome.
Kisho lay to the slanted roof of the dojo which lay separately from the house. His left knee bent and his arms tucked under his head, he seemed just as lazy as he was signature for. His spiked sapphire hair jut just as randomly as the norm, and his deep, thoughtful emerald eyes mirrored Kurama's in every way...even in the sincerity of inner plight. They shot for the sky, and he seemed hermit in his thoughts.
Botan smiled gently, and noticed the morbid she-Hiei just behind Kisho, standing to the very top of the dojo roof...they seemed to ignore each other...and yet...they didn't. Neither allowed their lips to part in speech...but they both seemed...tolerant, even dependant, on the other's presence. Ryuuhayai's normally tensed and rigid body was loose...and it was only so when she was around the wolf-tailed bluette. Kisho was relaxed even more so than usual...and he was smiling somewhat.
Botan sighed slightly, and felt her lips curve in a mischievous grin. 'they seem so...perfect...when they're together...what he lacks she has, and vice versa...they just mesh...' Botan felt a motherly smirk twinge to the corner of her mouth, and she jerked in stifled giggles. 'Kisho you smooth little lady's man...just like your father...'
Her thoughts drifted smoothly to Kurama...his smile...his warm presence...he was too perfect...far too perfect to be hers. His eyes were filled to the brim with complexity and soul, they were saturated in pain and grief...and they were drowned in love, whenever they locked onto her.
Often she'd second guess what life would have been if he hadn't fallen in love with her...where would she be? Could she have lived, with her heart aching for him? And she'd sigh, and allow a dreamy smile to curl her lips.
He did love her...he loved her with all his heart, all his soul. His smile was brilliant...his eyes were cosmic...he was beauty, he was grace and stealth...did he really choose her?
Nightly, before she'd fall asleep, he'd nestle against her, and curl his strong arms about her slim waist. He'd smile lovingly, and coo in her ear, in a single, nostalgic breath, "Aishiteru, Botan...and I will until beyond the grave."
Botan nearly collapsed in a dreamy state, smiling rather foolishly. Her eyes sagged in her subconscious antics, and her grin was drunk with emotion and yearning for her husband...her sweet, loving, romantic mate.
She then clicked to reality, and, after blinking slightly, chuckled meekly to herself in embarrassment...luckily, none of her companions had noticed her nearly drop to the veranda floor in her girlish thoughts. She quickly quieted herself, allowing her slender nose to singe in scarlet. 'Botan you baka...! Don't be so milky-minded!'
She then pricked slightly, having noticed something rather interesting...Ai sat to a rock, gazing upwards in the velvet navy sky...beside her sat Yukio, eyeing the sky in sync with her calmness and serenity...the odd thing of this was...they were holding hands, Yukio's long fingers tied with Ai's, and nestled in her lap.
Botan smiled excitedly, drawing a cheery gasp and stifling a giggle. 'Lovebirds!' she thought happily, instantly throwing her glare for Kisho and Ryuuhayai, and in turn to Kane and Gakilei. 'all of them! OOH!' she bit to her lip in joy. 'Kurama and the others are going to be SO happy!'
She cast her excited glare for Ai and Yukio. 'I'm going to be related to Keiko! And Yusuke!'
She then twisted excitedly for Kisho and Ryuuhayai. 'How funny! Now Kurama and Hiei will be in-laws!'
And she then jerked for Kane and Gakilei. 'OH! Yusuke and Kuwabara! How cute their children would join the two rivals!'
Botan giggled despite herself, clapping her hands together in joy. 'How lovely! I can't WAIT for grandchildren!! Oh Kurama...' she smiled calmly, her gaze softening. '...you'll be a grandfather...how thrilling!'
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"What?" Yusuke shrugged at the demons casually, their vibrant glares pinning rigidly against him.
"How long have YOU been here...?" Ryooki asked narrowly.
"Oh is my presence a bother?" Yusuke growled, then faked a hurt tremble. "my emotions...they're shot..."
"Yusuke!" Kurama grunted sternly. "You should be back with the others! It's bad enough Hiei followed after me, but YOU'RE the last line of defence come any danger to our families!"
"Uh, Kurama? Seriously, you're getting WAY too paranoid for me to stomach!" Yusuke barked. "Yeesh! Normal parents brag about how great their kid is...you can't seem to stand the thought of yours being labled as strong!"
"That is not so!" Kurama half-gaped. "I know well how powerful Ai and Kisho are!"
"Then why did you say I was the last line of defence?" the Detective countered smugly. Kurama paused in thought, then growled bitterly in defeat...his morbid partner merely chuckled.
"Finally!" Hiei smirked. "A shred of sense has been threaded into that swollen head of yours."
"Stifle yourself Hiei..." the red-head threatened thinly, his patience withered and his expression on the cusp of murderous. Ryooki blinked to his younger brother, then pulsed in a sigh, shifting his footing to stalk from the three.
"...Ryooki...?" Kurama quickly jerked from his argument to face the loner fox-wolf...Ryooki paused briefly, then, casting a thin smirk over his shoulder, began on his way again.
"We'd better get going if we want to make it to the Demon World before another troop of Hell's Shadows are spread around this dimension, Yoko..." he breathed faintly through a frame of a narrow, tired smirk. Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke stared blankly after him as he trudged away calmly, the entire casing of mist around him thickening with his dramatic leave. Kurama blinked to reality, and, easing his long hands to his pockets, followed after his brother in taut silence.
A blink of ruby and a blink of chocolate...shifted side-glances between Dragon and Detective, the shorter of the two grunting and starting off after his partner.
Yusuke followed each with his nimble glare, taking note of Kurama's rigid tail, the hair to the tip standing on end. *a/n: damn I keep forgetting he has one lol* It swished violently against his leg, jerking in mad, random sways. 'Kurama's...scared...?!" the Detective gaped inwardly, blinking at the red-head's calm countenance. Kurama had an air about him...one that made those around him feel...confident...as if, merely his presence, will ensure victory...but, if even his trademark expression was betrayed now by his newly-spawned tail, imagine the countless times he feared for his life and the lives of his loved ones, but never allowed it to seep through...
'Damn, Kurama...' Yusuke thought gently, a half-crude smirk tweaking to his lips. '...you had me fooled that you weren't...you're one good, loyal actor.'
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*Random cave a half-mile from the gas station...Mirai Trunks has his sword, Kurama's guarding Ellen out of courtesy, and Hiei and Anneliese are shoving at each other and mumbling negatively trying to fit in through the little entrance...they're pinned back to back with each other*
Hiei: dammit Onna move!
Anneliese: you move, Baka!
Ellen: *whispers to Mirai Trunks* NOW they're hating.
Mirai Trunks: *grunt, rolls eyes, scans through the cave* hmm...where is she...?
Kurama: *about to follow Mirai Trunks and Ellen into the cave, but realizes Hiei and Anneliese are still stuck* erm...keep watch. *follows after the others*
Hiei: WHAT?! *wriggles insanely in anger* I NEVER keep watch, Kitsune! I ALWAYS head the attack!! *accidentally elbows Anneliese in the back, she gapes in pain, then glares murder-daggers at him and elbows him between the shoulder blades...he rams against the wall and, hitting his head, is rendered unconscious*
Anneliese: O_O;...oops...
*in the cave*
Mirai Trunks: Kurama, you should be careful...there's probably a Suichi cult in here...
Ellen: aren't you worried about a Mirai Trunks cult? I mean, you're a pretty boy too...*MT looks at her strangely, then blushes slightly*
Mirai Trunks: *cough* hem...well...uh...thank you, Ellen...I think...?...
Kurama: alright we'd best keep our guard up...*turns to Ellen* are you okay...?
Ellen: of course I am!
Kurama: *rolls eyes* ...you're not going to get paranoid on me, are you...?
Ellen: what? Of course not silly!
Kurama: *eyes her cautiously* alriiight...
*drip*
Ellen: *jumps on Kurama's back* -what was that?!?
Kurama: *looks over his shoulder at her* ...?
*drip*
Ellen: AHH!! *winds her arms around Kurama's neck and face, he loses balance and can't see...he trips and they both collapse*
Mirai Trunks: *completely ignoring them...gasp* I can sense her ki! It's faint but...jagged...she's far away...and angry...*runs into the darkness of the cave* Mones!
Kurama: *struggling to get up...Ellen's holding onto him as if for dear life* Ellen! It's just water dripping! Please let go!!
*Far in the cave*
Anemone: *ankles shackled and chained to the wall, hands bound together in front of her by the wrists with rope...glaring at nothing in particular, negative antisemitic mumbles* stupid Kurama...*mumble*...stupid Hiei...*mumble*...stupid damned amnesia...*mumble*...stupid ice cream...
Fangirl: *keeping guard, goes to give Mones her dish of food...sets the cold gray plate of mush at Mones's feet*
Anemone: what the hell is this crap?!
Fangirl: *glare* Our best chefs made this!
Anemone: *blink, blinks at the food, -_-;...pricks, smirks* Suichi's cooking is better...
Fangirl: O_O Suichi's?! Suichi has COOKED for you?!
Anemone: hell yeah! ALL the time! *still smirking evilly*
Fangirl: You're, you're LYING! *trying not to cry*
Anemone: *smirk, pricks, looks just beyond the Fangirl's shoulder* *fake gasp, REALLY fake sounding*...Suichi? Is that you?
Fangirl: *whips around* SUICHI?! *gets decked upside the head by Anemone's bound wrists...gapes in pain, numb, gets kneed by Anemone in the stomach...Anemone then bashes her tied wrists against the Fangirl's face a couple times, and the Fangirl is rendered unconscious*
Anemone: MUAHAHAHA! I AM A GENIUS! DESPITE THE WHIPPINGS, BURN MARKS, ATTEMPTS TO SUFFOCATE ME WITH A PLASTIC BAG AND CUTS DUSTED WITH SALT FOR TORTURE, I'VE, STILL, GOT IT! HELL YEAH! MUAHAHAHA! *mood swing from victorious to pissy and dangerously low sounding* ...now to get free and totally get back at Kurama for letting me get kidnaped...!
Mirai Trunks: *runs into the scene, having followed Anemone's evil laughter* Mones?
Anemone: *goes from evil looking to innocent and confused* *shifty eyes* er...hi honey!
Mirai Trunks: *about to go to her, sees the bruising knocked-out Fangirl sprawled out on the floor* ...?
Anemone: oh, her? Uh...she came like that...
Mirai Trunks: -_-;;
Anemone: *shifty eyes* what?
Mirai Trunks: *sigh...steps over the bloody pulp that was once a semi- good-looking Fangirl, draws sword, and cuts through the binds at her wrists and the shackles at her ankles*
Anemone: SWEET! Freedom!!
Mirai Trunks: are you alright, Mones?
Anemone: *plants one on his cheek* I am now!! *he blushes and smiles*
Mirai Trunks: *picks her up* Now to find the others. *about to sprint back where he had entered from*
Anemone: WAIT! I NEED MY LAPTOP AND BUTTERFLY NET!
Mirai Trunks: ...you mean...you don't, have them with you...?
Anemone: *negative glare at nothing in particular* ...'THEY' stole them...
Mirai Trunks: how did 'they' find out about your net and laptop?
Anemone: ...*avoiding his gaze*...
Mirai Trunks: ...Mones...?
Ellen: *bounces out of nowhere right between them*
Mirai Trunks and Anemone: -AH!!-
Ellen: -I bet she was playing a game on it and they caught her and she had her butterfly net out or something along those lines!
Mirai Trunks: *LONG pause, blink* ...where did you come from, Ellen...?!
Kurama: *heard in the distance* Ellen? Mirai Trunks!! Where are you?! Hello...?! It's not safe to be alone!!
Ellen: *calls out at him* oh like it's safe to be with you when there's a Suichi cult looming around?!
Anemone: *jumps out of Mirai Trunks's arms, sounds happy* KURAMA!!
Kurama: *comes into view, smiles in relief* Mones!
Anemone: *runs over to him, looks like she's going to glomp him*
Kurama: *chuckling, ready to be glomped*
Anemone: *almost in his arms, suddenly gets a pissed off expression, and decks him downside the head*
Kurama: MPF!! *collapses into the floor*
Mirai Trunks and Ellen: O_O;;
Kurama: *really cute expression of betrayal as he rubs his head* wh...what did I do...?!
Anemone: you let yourself be sexy, that's what!!
Mirai Trunks: *blush* MONES!
Anemone: if it wasn't for the fact that you're a hottie, there wouldn't be a cult after my BLOOD!
Kurama: *stands up* are you alright, Mones?
Anemone: *glares at him* I don't hit you unless it's either the time of the month, I was aiming for Hiei and missed, or I'm hurt because of you...WHICH OF THOSE THREE DO YOU THINK IT WAS?!
Kurama: *sheepish expression* I'm sorry Mones...I'll heal those wounds when we get home...
Anemone: you better...*glare, pricks, hears the rampaging of a coming mob* SHIT!
Mirai Trunks: *pricks, grunts faintly, scoops up Anemone and motions for Kurama to help get Ellen out*
Ellen: but I wanna see the freaks! *classic Homer Simpson line*
Kurama: no time! *throws her over his shoulder and bolts after Mirai Trunks*
Ellen: I FEEEL VIOLAAAATEEED!!! *hits him against his back, he winces and fights the urge to just ditch her*
*Kurama and Mirai Trunks manage to escape with Ellen and Anemone...suddenly, a Suichi-cult breaks into the scene, the leader wearing a wig made to look like Kurama's hair and a ceremonial garment with a picture of Kurama on the front*
Leader: *gasp* The prisoner has escaped!!!
Cult: TYA! TYA! *ceremonial grunt of anger and fury*
Leader: *sniffs the air* SUICHI WAS HERE!
Cult: *gasp* SUICHI?!?! SUUUUUIIIIICHIIIII!!!
Leader: we shall find! And we shall conquer!! *totally insane uproar of agreement*
*Home*
Anemone: freakin' messed up bitches...
Kurama: *wrapping a flesh wound on her arm after cleaning the salt out* ...indeed...
Anemone: *turns to Mirai Trunks* they had a sister cult, too...one that focuses on you.
Mirai Trunks: *wide-eyed, slope of his nose blushes...gulp* It may seem rather out of character for me to say, but...I'm rather glad all the teenage boy-crazy girls got blown up by the androids in my time...
Anemone: yeah seriously...
Anneliese and Ellen: *trying to make Hiei come to*
Mirai Trunks: he gets knocked out pretty easily...
Anemone: *reads skit* holy crap! This is savagely long...I'm stopping here-OW!! *Kurama's trying to clean another salty wound*
Kurama: -please hold still, Mones!-*Anemone's trying to run away from the Q-tip of pain, ducks behind Mirai Trunks*
Mirai Trunks: *eye-roll chuckle combo, smiles tiredly...scoops her up, sits to the edge of her bed, gently holds her in his lap so Kurama can clean her wound*
Anemone: *wriggles violently in his hold* TRAITOR!
Mirai Trunks: *Vegeta smirk, frenches her...she gets into it, and Kurama cleans her wounds without her noticing much...Anneliese and Ellen have semi-impressed expressions...Anneliese turns back to the unconscious Hiei, and Ellen, after glancing around to find nothing better to do, shrugs and sighs*
Ellen: okay then I guess I'll say it...GO REVIEW! BYE!
-p.s. = read "Hiei, putt putt, and everyone else" by flameology...seriously folks, it's good...and, to back it up, I'M IN IT! lol...Theresa, ladies and gents...that being my real name...bwahaha...c'mon, read it, please? Ellen and Anneliese have a point in being in my fic you know lol we're practically on a joint account hahaha...just read it, my online buddies are good authors...please?!? *puppy dog eyes* don't make me hold my story hostage! *haha I wish...I don't have enough fans for that to work...* but I will if you don't give theirs a chance! lol...latr!