Chapter 9
"This damn forest." Yusuke said as he was pulling off vines that were wrapping around his legs. "Let me go!" he yelled in vain. The vines were also wrapping around the others. "Who suggested we go this way?" Yusuke asked.
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"I'm sure if we go this way. It will be the fastest." Kuwabara suggested.
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"Hn. Baka." Hiei said to Kuwabara.
"Hey, shorty. I still think this is the fastest way. All we have to do is cut through these vines and we're there." He said in his defense.
"Yeah, one problem with your theory." Yusuke said, "every time we cut them they double in number."
"Then stop cutting them." Kurama said, getting an idea.
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"I'm glad you came to school today." Toshiro said
"Oh yeah. Anytime." Maryann said. She wanted to spend time with Toshiro but Cindy was more important to her at the moment. And now that she was a demon, she wasn't sure how Toshiro would handle it. "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" she said and just as she was about to turn. Toshiro grabbed her wrist and pulled her in for a hug.
"I love you," he said softly in her ear. Maryann froze.
"Toshiro?"
"You don't have to say it back. I just wanted you to know. Just in case."
'Just in case?' Maryann repeated in her mind as the hug ended.
Maryann turned and walked into Cindy's still empty house. She ran up the about fifteen steps and came to Cindy's room. She slowly packed some cloths and walked into the closet. She moved a cloth and jumped into a bright green light, to the ReiKai.
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Who was her human mother? Cindy did not remember that memory was lost to her. Cindy tried to go back to the memory of Kurama, but the vision of his beautiful visage would not come as it had before. All she could see was red roses, nothing more of him. Nor could she see her other friends. Cindy was tired of this. She was not this weak. She had lost her will to go on, long ago. But now the world and her friends had grown to depend upon her. She would not let them down.
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"Ready?" Kurama asked. "Run." He told them. And they did, in every which way. After ten minutes, each vine was too tangled to move, and so they continued.
As the walked the forest became quiet. The group of boys stopped to listen. The as if out of nowhere the leaves on the forest ground began to dance. They flew up from and circled around them. Each one hitting them all over, causing swift cuts in their skin.
"What the?" Yusuke asked
"Hahaha." Came a laugh, "my babies like you." it said. "I wasn't very nice of you to get them all tangled up like that."
"Silence! Show yourself." Kurama was irritated and had no time for mind games. He pulled a rose from his hair.
"As you wish." There levitating above them was a fat demon with green skin, goat legs and a flute. His green hair was long and made out of vines, and as he watched above the group, his vines began to untangle themselves. "My babies won't stand for that type of behavior." He said.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Yusuke said still blocking the sharp leaves.
"I'm known as Haru. Oh, dear now that I have told you my name, I'm afraid that you'll all have to die." The demon said
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"How is she?" Machiko asked (now in her demon form).
"Not too good. We can't seem to keep her temperature down." Yukina said sadly. "They only have ten hours left to get back with the antidote."
"Yusuke can do it." Kayko said, "And so can the others. Don't worry."
"Thank you for watching over her." Machiko said, "You guys can go if you'd like."
"No that's okay. Lets get to know one another." Kayko said as Botan walked through the door. "Oh, join us Botan."
"Oh, okay but is Cindy-" Botan started to ask.
"It's up to the boys now." Yukina said
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Hiei stepped up to the challenge.
"Hey hold on, short stuff. It's my turn." Kuwabara interjected. He drew his spirit sword.
"Hn." Was all Hiei said and he backed off.
Kuwabara, without thinking ran head-on toward Haru. Stupidly he tripped on the vast jungle of vines, which he did not see.
"Haru laughed and twirled his finger, more vines danced and jumped at Kuwabara. Surprisingly he rolled out of the way. "Now who's laughing?" Kuwabara joked.
"Kuwabara! There is no time for that." Yusuke yelled. "Get up." He paused, "and don't get yourself killed."
"Ha, I told you, I have to beat you before I die." Kuwabara stood up. Haru was still playing around with Kuwabara.
Haru began playing his flute, and his vines grew green with spirit energy. He was going to use one of his attacks. All Kuwabara could do was wait and see. Then a massive pink bud grew from the vines, it had sharp teeth. "Oh dear" Haru said, "you have until the time this bud opens to 'try' and defeat me."
"." Kuwabara ran for him once again.
Ohhh maaan, that's the end for now. I do have to go to school. Yes to Radford, it's the crappiest school in the world. Okay maybe not the world but.eh. TTFN
Star
*Oh yeah. * Will the girls find away to help Cindy if the boys cannot make it? Will Kuwabara be able to Defeat Haru? What will happen when the bud opens?
"This damn forest." Yusuke said as he was pulling off vines that were wrapping around his legs. "Let me go!" he yelled in vain. The vines were also wrapping around the others. "Who suggested we go this way?" Yusuke asked.
&&&&&&&Two hours earlier&&&&&&
"I'm sure if we go this way. It will be the fastest." Kuwabara suggested.
&&&&&&&Normal time&&&&&&&
"Hn. Baka." Hiei said to Kuwabara.
"Hey, shorty. I still think this is the fastest way. All we have to do is cut through these vines and we're there." He said in his defense.
"Yeah, one problem with your theory." Yusuke said, "every time we cut them they double in number."
"Then stop cutting them." Kurama said, getting an idea.
~~~~~~~~~~
"I'm glad you came to school today." Toshiro said
"Oh yeah. Anytime." Maryann said. She wanted to spend time with Toshiro but Cindy was more important to her at the moment. And now that she was a demon, she wasn't sure how Toshiro would handle it. "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" she said and just as she was about to turn. Toshiro grabbed her wrist and pulled her in for a hug.
"I love you," he said softly in her ear. Maryann froze.
"Toshiro?"
"You don't have to say it back. I just wanted you to know. Just in case."
'Just in case?' Maryann repeated in her mind as the hug ended.
Maryann turned and walked into Cindy's still empty house. She ran up the about fifteen steps and came to Cindy's room. She slowly packed some cloths and walked into the closet. She moved a cloth and jumped into a bright green light, to the ReiKai.
**********
Who was her human mother? Cindy did not remember that memory was lost to her. Cindy tried to go back to the memory of Kurama, but the vision of his beautiful visage would not come as it had before. All she could see was red roses, nothing more of him. Nor could she see her other friends. Cindy was tired of this. She was not this weak. She had lost her will to go on, long ago. But now the world and her friends had grown to depend upon her. She would not let them down.
%%%%%%%
"Ready?" Kurama asked. "Run." He told them. And they did, in every which way. After ten minutes, each vine was too tangled to move, and so they continued.
As the walked the forest became quiet. The group of boys stopped to listen. The as if out of nowhere the leaves on the forest ground began to dance. They flew up from and circled around them. Each one hitting them all over, causing swift cuts in their skin.
"What the?" Yusuke asked
"Hahaha." Came a laugh, "my babies like you." it said. "I wasn't very nice of you to get them all tangled up like that."
"Silence! Show yourself." Kurama was irritated and had no time for mind games. He pulled a rose from his hair.
"As you wish." There levitating above them was a fat demon with green skin, goat legs and a flute. His green hair was long and made out of vines, and as he watched above the group, his vines began to untangle themselves. "My babies won't stand for that type of behavior." He said.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Yusuke said still blocking the sharp leaves.
"I'm known as Haru. Oh, dear now that I have told you my name, I'm afraid that you'll all have to die." The demon said
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"How is she?" Machiko asked (now in her demon form).
"Not too good. We can't seem to keep her temperature down." Yukina said sadly. "They only have ten hours left to get back with the antidote."
"Yusuke can do it." Kayko said, "And so can the others. Don't worry."
"Thank you for watching over her." Machiko said, "You guys can go if you'd like."
"No that's okay. Lets get to know one another." Kayko said as Botan walked through the door. "Oh, join us Botan."
"Oh, okay but is Cindy-" Botan started to ask.
"It's up to the boys now." Yukina said
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Hiei stepped up to the challenge.
"Hey hold on, short stuff. It's my turn." Kuwabara interjected. He drew his spirit sword.
"Hn." Was all Hiei said and he backed off.
Kuwabara, without thinking ran head-on toward Haru. Stupidly he tripped on the vast jungle of vines, which he did not see.
"Haru laughed and twirled his finger, more vines danced and jumped at Kuwabara. Surprisingly he rolled out of the way. "Now who's laughing?" Kuwabara joked.
"Kuwabara! There is no time for that." Yusuke yelled. "Get up." He paused, "and don't get yourself killed."
"Ha, I told you, I have to beat you before I die." Kuwabara stood up. Haru was still playing around with Kuwabara.
Haru began playing his flute, and his vines grew green with spirit energy. He was going to use one of his attacks. All Kuwabara could do was wait and see. Then a massive pink bud grew from the vines, it had sharp teeth. "Oh dear" Haru said, "you have until the time this bud opens to 'try' and defeat me."
"." Kuwabara ran for him once again.
Ohhh maaan, that's the end for now. I do have to go to school. Yes to Radford, it's the crappiest school in the world. Okay maybe not the world but.eh. TTFN
Star
*Oh yeah. * Will the girls find away to help Cindy if the boys cannot make it? Will Kuwabara be able to Defeat Haru? What will happen when the bud opens?