Chapter 14
"Slave." Natsu yelled at one of the girls with a lip ring. "Barbie!" he yelled again "where is that horrible girl?"
"Here master, I got lost." Barbie said sadly. "I am sorry. If you wish it I will end my pathetic life. M' lord." She gave a bow, "I do wish to please you."
"Oh, calm down child, your death is not required yet." He said evilly, "Gather the others." He ordered.
"Yes m' lord." She bowed once more and did as she was told.
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"There it is." Botan said.
"Natsu's castle." It loomed high on a mountain. The darkness engulfed the flames of hell that the ground spit up. "Let's go." Machiko said.
"No, you cannot cross the border." Botan pointed to the ground, a straight purple line of dust was blocking their way into the dark kingdom. "This places is were the damned live, no one can enter, not without losing his or her soul. Even the most bravest people could not live in that place of insanity." Botan cautioned.
"Damned?" Kayko repeated in fear. "But then how will we save Machiko's friends?"
"I guess the only think we can do is go back to Koenma and tell him." Yukina said
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The girls had returned at the very moment that the Urameshi team had. Not waiting to say hi to each other, they all ran for the room that held the dying girl.
The door swung open with a burst. With the others close by, Kurama entered with the antidote in his hands. If only he had time to examine the antidote, to make sure it was the real thing, but there was no time. He knelt next the bed and pulled the stopper from the vial, he pored the smooth red liquid into Cindy's mouth, her lips were faded pink with a tinge of blue, and her skin was pail.
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She was on her last memory and the only color she could see was a grayish red blur. As the liquid engulf the darkness, Cindy could feel herself being pulled into the light. Who would she see at the other end?
***** As the hours past. Everyone but Kurama and Machiko had left Cindy's side. Koenma had another mission for them so Kurama had to go, not knowing if the girl would be there. 'What is it about that half Ningen girl?' he asked himself, 'she is rather interesting. I wish I could help her find what she is looking for.'
"Kurama?" Machiko have her hands in front of his face, "Earth to Kurama. I don't want to leave her either, but we have some important information on the location of your next mission."
"Right. I'm coming." He said coolly.
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"The land of the damned." Kuwabara played with the words in his head. "What kind of place is that?"
"Yeah. Sounds fun?" Yusuke said sarcastically.
"The land of the damned was a place where the most vicious of demons were sent, the bloodthirsty and loathed. As punishment they were sent there in exile. But we soon discovered that the demons were becoming crazy and began to loss their souls. They would never be the same. " Koenma stated, "we discovered that this place was corrupt, for even the darkest of criminals and so we left the dark land to rot, the spirits of the old days still wonder around there today. "
"So. You want us to go into the land of the damned, a place were not even the most notorious criminals go. And save the world by stopping lord Natsu?" Yusuke
"Exactly."
"Hn."
"Yeah, pacifier breath, we can do that. Only we need our rest before we can go." Yusuke said
"Perhaps Yusuke is right," Kurama said, only wanting to see how his little mystery.
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That night when everyone had fallen asleep, Kurama went to Cindy's room. She had been sleeping for twelve hours. He looked and her, as she soundly slept, he saw the moon through the darkness and remember what she had said about the moon.
He opened the shutters and the moon cascade into the room and splashed its silver beauty on Cindy's body. It was a full moon. He was about to leave the room but a golden dust washed over the girl. The silver of the moon and the gold of the air collided and became a misty liquid. Cindy's hair had a mixture of both colors. Her skin had a light glittery tint to her soft skin.
"You have transformed?" he said out loud to himself.
"Ku-Kurama?" he heard her call for him. He looked deeply into her clear crystal eyes, only they were prismatic, they held a trace of every color of the rainbow. She was, without a doubt the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.
"Hoshiko?"
"Yes." Hoshiko said, "I am she. I knew I was a demon from the start, I only figured it out a while ago, when-- it was her past, and it was sneaking up on her. "No!" She yelled, and tears slid down her face. "Just don't tell the others. I just wanted you to see it. See the real me." She said as he took a step closer and sat on the edge of the bed. "The moon is my strength. And on the full moon I am, perfect. And I wanted you to see me, I don't want to hide anything from you." she was telling the truth, but she was unsure about telling him about her dark past.
"Why are you telling me all of this?"
"Because you saved my life." She said
What will Natsu make his new "servants" do for him? Can Yusuke and the others get to Natsu before it does happen? What is Hoshiko's dark secret?
Star
"Slave." Natsu yelled at one of the girls with a lip ring. "Barbie!" he yelled again "where is that horrible girl?"
"Here master, I got lost." Barbie said sadly. "I am sorry. If you wish it I will end my pathetic life. M' lord." She gave a bow, "I do wish to please you."
"Oh, calm down child, your death is not required yet." He said evilly, "Gather the others." He ordered.
"Yes m' lord." She bowed once more and did as she was told.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"There it is." Botan said.
"Natsu's castle." It loomed high on a mountain. The darkness engulfed the flames of hell that the ground spit up. "Let's go." Machiko said.
"No, you cannot cross the border." Botan pointed to the ground, a straight purple line of dust was blocking their way into the dark kingdom. "This places is were the damned live, no one can enter, not without losing his or her soul. Even the most bravest people could not live in that place of insanity." Botan cautioned.
"Damned?" Kayko repeated in fear. "But then how will we save Machiko's friends?"
"I guess the only think we can do is go back to Koenma and tell him." Yukina said
%%%%%%%%%%%
The girls had returned at the very moment that the Urameshi team had. Not waiting to say hi to each other, they all ran for the room that held the dying girl.
The door swung open with a burst. With the others close by, Kurama entered with the antidote in his hands. If only he had time to examine the antidote, to make sure it was the real thing, but there was no time. He knelt next the bed and pulled the stopper from the vial, he pored the smooth red liquid into Cindy's mouth, her lips were faded pink with a tinge of blue, and her skin was pail.
**************************
She was on her last memory and the only color she could see was a grayish red blur. As the liquid engulf the darkness, Cindy could feel herself being pulled into the light. Who would she see at the other end?
***** As the hours past. Everyone but Kurama and Machiko had left Cindy's side. Koenma had another mission for them so Kurama had to go, not knowing if the girl would be there. 'What is it about that half Ningen girl?' he asked himself, 'she is rather interesting. I wish I could help her find what she is looking for.'
"Kurama?" Machiko have her hands in front of his face, "Earth to Kurama. I don't want to leave her either, but we have some important information on the location of your next mission."
"Right. I'm coming." He said coolly.
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"The land of the damned." Kuwabara played with the words in his head. "What kind of place is that?"
"Yeah. Sounds fun?" Yusuke said sarcastically.
"The land of the damned was a place where the most vicious of demons were sent, the bloodthirsty and loathed. As punishment they were sent there in exile. But we soon discovered that the demons were becoming crazy and began to loss their souls. They would never be the same. " Koenma stated, "we discovered that this place was corrupt, for even the darkest of criminals and so we left the dark land to rot, the spirits of the old days still wonder around there today. "
"So. You want us to go into the land of the damned, a place were not even the most notorious criminals go. And save the world by stopping lord Natsu?" Yusuke
"Exactly."
"Hn."
"Yeah, pacifier breath, we can do that. Only we need our rest before we can go." Yusuke said
"Perhaps Yusuke is right," Kurama said, only wanting to see how his little mystery.
**************************
That night when everyone had fallen asleep, Kurama went to Cindy's room. She had been sleeping for twelve hours. He looked and her, as she soundly slept, he saw the moon through the darkness and remember what she had said about the moon.
He opened the shutters and the moon cascade into the room and splashed its silver beauty on Cindy's body. It was a full moon. He was about to leave the room but a golden dust washed over the girl. The silver of the moon and the gold of the air collided and became a misty liquid. Cindy's hair had a mixture of both colors. Her skin had a light glittery tint to her soft skin.
"You have transformed?" he said out loud to himself.
"Ku-Kurama?" he heard her call for him. He looked deeply into her clear crystal eyes, only they were prismatic, they held a trace of every color of the rainbow. She was, without a doubt the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.
"Hoshiko?"
"Yes." Hoshiko said, "I am she. I knew I was a demon from the start, I only figured it out a while ago, when-- it was her past, and it was sneaking up on her. "No!" She yelled, and tears slid down her face. "Just don't tell the others. I just wanted you to see it. See the real me." She said as he took a step closer and sat on the edge of the bed. "The moon is my strength. And on the full moon I am, perfect. And I wanted you to see me, I don't want to hide anything from you." she was telling the truth, but she was unsure about telling him about her dark past.
"Why are you telling me all of this?"
"Because you saved my life." She said
What will Natsu make his new "servants" do for him? Can Yusuke and the others get to Natsu before it does happen? What is Hoshiko's dark secret?
Star