I do not own any of the Yu Yu Hakusho characters but I do own Genkan, Rika
(still soon to come,) and this story. ^_^
Not sure if there were any "goofs" in the last chapter so here's the recap, Hiei is becoming more and more weak now that he and Genkan have reached the Underworld city, Kon (where the Aura supposedly is.) Will Hiei live or die? Now to continue!
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"What's wrong with you?" Hiei asked Genkan, who seemed to be a little shaky.
Genkan twitched, "Nothing." Then she looked at him, "If you were wise, you'd stop talking and save what energy you have left to get to the city."
"Hn." Hiei was dragging his feet a little, strongly disliking the Aura now. "I'm going to die here."
Genkan stopped, sighing, "...No, you're not." She glanced at Hiei to reassure him then moved on. Hiei smiled a little then went after her.
They approached Kon, just short of two miles now. Hiei was tagging behind Genkan. Then things became even blurrier for Hiei as he finally collapsed to the ground letting blood dribble out of his mouth. Genkan turned her head in alarm, looking down at shivering Hiei. She knelt down, feeling his face, which was clammy and cold. She gritted her teeth and tried talking to Hiei, "Hiei-Hiei-You're not going to give up on me now, are you? It'd be embarrassing to be carried into town by a female, right?" Hiei opened his eyes a little, groaning. Genkan nodded, "Good. It should only be a short distance until we find that annoying twit..." Genkan pulled Hiei up and he limped past her toward Kon's entrance.
They arrived inside the walls of the old city Kon where a small number of demons dwelled. The demon's slept in buildings that were falling apart and down old ally ways. The ground was dry just as the whole city seemed. Genkan searched around for a place the Aura might be found in. She couldn't sense the Aura at all but Hiei could. He twitched an eye. He felt a surge of pain along with another flash of scenery....
It was the Aura. She was gagged and blindfolded. She wore a ragged and torn cloak, dripping with blood. Her hands were chained above her head as she dangled against an old stone wall. She couldn't speak but Hiei could hear her in his mind. 'Help me, please...' she uttered in pain. 'You must know...' then the image shattered with the Aura screaming...
"Uhg!" Hiei snapped out of his trance, gasping for breath as before.
Genkan questioned, "What's wrong? Did you see something?" Hiei stared at the ground, still trying to catch his breath. "Hey! Wake up and tell me where she is so we can get out of here!" she touched Hiei's shoulder, feeling a fiery blast of his energy. "Ah, what the Hell's going on! Hiei you're losing it! Don't!" she yelled into his face but it was like he was somewhere else. Genkan growled then started zipping off in many directions, searching for the Aura.
Hiei clenched his hair, holding on tightly. He squeezed his eyes shut, wishing the Aura would leave him alone. "Why'd you choose me?" he whispered in pain.
Genkan stopped in front of a lower-class demon. "You. Do you know of any- activity-that may be going on somewhere in this city?"
"Activity?" the scratchy voiced demon growled. "Look around. Do you see anything unusual? Heh. Heh."
Genkan was losing her patience. Although, she may have lost that a long time ago. "Grr... Tell me! You DO know something so tell me what it is you know!" Her eyes began to glow as did her Jagan eye.
The demon's eyes widened, "Oh-oh-Actually, um... maybe I did hear- something..."
"Go on..." an evil echo seemed to speak with Genkan.
"Y-Yeah, uh..." he gulped. "Suyaki told me of a youkai gang in hooded cloaks roaming around this area. They seemed to have also had prisoners of some kind. These prisoners looked like humans but one of them didn't smell like a human. And-and she didn't smell like a demon either, come to think of it... Th-that's all I know. I swear!"
Genkan threw the demon aside and began to sniff out for a human scent. She did catch a human scent. 'Strange, I didn't notice it before...' she thought.
Hiei was scrunched up in a ball, shivering. He twiddled his thumbs around beneath his chin. His head and heart wanted to explode. "Genkan..." he whimpered. "Gen..."
Genkan batted a few demons around, moving them out of the way in order to find a trail or entrance somewhere. Dust began to swirl in circles, dancing across the seemingly weak ground. "I've lost all tolerance!" she growled then whipped of her headband to reveal the Jagan eye. The demons around all screamed and fled the area quickly. All but traumatized Hiei. "Beneath the surface!?" she shouted then a glow burst around her fists and she shot at the ground hitting it rapidly. A ring of fire grew violently around her and the ground began to sink. Hiei slid a little down the slope but was stopped by a large rock. Then the fire blew out and smoke clouded the area. The only thing heard was the light panting from Hiei and the wind. As the smoke cleared up, Genkan's shadow could be seen. She was staring down. Down at the glassy surface her feet stood on. Her face expressed irritation. She muttered, "What the hell is this?"
Hiei picked himself up on his elbows then stood up weakly. He limped down the slope and stood at the edge of the half sphere bulging out of the ground. They could both see some sort of passage below them with stone bricks preventing the dirt from falling in. Genkan had made the ceiling of this passage fall in and now this barrier was preventing any outsiders from entering. She tapped her foot, watching little ripples bounce off from the light pressure. Hiei knelt down and reached his hand out to touch the barrier. Inching little by little, his knees began to slide off the edge and he fell through the barrier. Dust flew up from the crash of Hiei's dead weight. Genkan hopped over to where Hiei fell through and tried to drop down in the same spot but nothing happened and she just couldn't get through. She growled, watching Hiei pick himself up again. The passage was dark ahead. The only light was the small area surrounding him. The pain inside him grew faster. He couldn't take it so he jumped up and sped off into the dark. Genkan gasped, gritted her teeth then started pounding the ground with her flaming fists again. However, this time she was following the direction of Hiei by clearing the ground to follow the passage.
She watched his shadow through what light was shining on him. He must have been getting closer to an opening. Rocks and rubble shot up into the air and it looked like a tornado was blowing by as she continued to follow and clear the roof of the passage. Finally she stopped, because Hiei stopped.
Hiei stood at the edge of a ravine, staring down into a light. The Aura was at the bottom of the ravine, chained up and suffering. Sweat was pouring down Hiei's face and every pulse in his body was throbbing harshly. He could hear laughter. It was a sinister laughter. Genkan could hear it as well and wished so badly she could go down and destroy the youkai who was creating such a laugh. 'I wonder how big this youkai gang is? If it is a large numbered gang then... could Hiei actually beat them in his condition?' Genkan curled her fingers into a fist and pounded the barrier. With every beat of her fists impacting on the barrier came a white and red flash. Hiei glance up then took a deep breath and dropped off the edge.
The wind rushing past him made him feel a little better. Only a little. Through his vision he could only see shades of blue and objects were rather blurry. 'I am the one who will destroy the demon race... but you will be spared because you have been chosen by me...' Words ran through Hiei's head but they were not his own. The Aura? Hiei's feet touched the ground but he felt as light as a feather. He lifted his head up and was watched by a gang of ten youkai. He could sense their power. From what he could see in the shadows of their hoods, they had human faces. One stepped toward him and lifted off his hood. A male youkai with two sharp fangs. He was a wolf youkai. "Hum. Tell me how you got through the barrier?" he said in a cold, raspy voice. Hiei said nothing. "You seem... weakened... but behind that head band is the Jagan eye... Am I right?" No response. The youkai turned to the others, "Riku, Kokufuu... grab him and chain him up. I want to know how he got through our barrier. He's not even a youkai, it should be impossible..."
"Hn. I may be weakened but..." Hiei grinned. "I still have the power to take all of you down."
The Aura was chained up in the shadows with a blind fold over her eyes and blood staining her skin. The rusty chains had pierced her skin... She smiled.
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Um, this chapter was a little short... Sorry but I hope that it still moves the story along well enough. Please, PLEASE leave a review! ^_^
Not sure if there were any "goofs" in the last chapter so here's the recap, Hiei is becoming more and more weak now that he and Genkan have reached the Underworld city, Kon (where the Aura supposedly is.) Will Hiei live or die? Now to continue!
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"What's wrong with you?" Hiei asked Genkan, who seemed to be a little shaky.
Genkan twitched, "Nothing." Then she looked at him, "If you were wise, you'd stop talking and save what energy you have left to get to the city."
"Hn." Hiei was dragging his feet a little, strongly disliking the Aura now. "I'm going to die here."
Genkan stopped, sighing, "...No, you're not." She glanced at Hiei to reassure him then moved on. Hiei smiled a little then went after her.
They approached Kon, just short of two miles now. Hiei was tagging behind Genkan. Then things became even blurrier for Hiei as he finally collapsed to the ground letting blood dribble out of his mouth. Genkan turned her head in alarm, looking down at shivering Hiei. She knelt down, feeling his face, which was clammy and cold. She gritted her teeth and tried talking to Hiei, "Hiei-Hiei-You're not going to give up on me now, are you? It'd be embarrassing to be carried into town by a female, right?" Hiei opened his eyes a little, groaning. Genkan nodded, "Good. It should only be a short distance until we find that annoying twit..." Genkan pulled Hiei up and he limped past her toward Kon's entrance.
They arrived inside the walls of the old city Kon where a small number of demons dwelled. The demon's slept in buildings that were falling apart and down old ally ways. The ground was dry just as the whole city seemed. Genkan searched around for a place the Aura might be found in. She couldn't sense the Aura at all but Hiei could. He twitched an eye. He felt a surge of pain along with another flash of scenery....
It was the Aura. She was gagged and blindfolded. She wore a ragged and torn cloak, dripping with blood. Her hands were chained above her head as she dangled against an old stone wall. She couldn't speak but Hiei could hear her in his mind. 'Help me, please...' she uttered in pain. 'You must know...' then the image shattered with the Aura screaming...
"Uhg!" Hiei snapped out of his trance, gasping for breath as before.
Genkan questioned, "What's wrong? Did you see something?" Hiei stared at the ground, still trying to catch his breath. "Hey! Wake up and tell me where she is so we can get out of here!" she touched Hiei's shoulder, feeling a fiery blast of his energy. "Ah, what the Hell's going on! Hiei you're losing it! Don't!" she yelled into his face but it was like he was somewhere else. Genkan growled then started zipping off in many directions, searching for the Aura.
Hiei clenched his hair, holding on tightly. He squeezed his eyes shut, wishing the Aura would leave him alone. "Why'd you choose me?" he whispered in pain.
Genkan stopped in front of a lower-class demon. "You. Do you know of any- activity-that may be going on somewhere in this city?"
"Activity?" the scratchy voiced demon growled. "Look around. Do you see anything unusual? Heh. Heh."
Genkan was losing her patience. Although, she may have lost that a long time ago. "Grr... Tell me! You DO know something so tell me what it is you know!" Her eyes began to glow as did her Jagan eye.
The demon's eyes widened, "Oh-oh-Actually, um... maybe I did hear- something..."
"Go on..." an evil echo seemed to speak with Genkan.
"Y-Yeah, uh..." he gulped. "Suyaki told me of a youkai gang in hooded cloaks roaming around this area. They seemed to have also had prisoners of some kind. These prisoners looked like humans but one of them didn't smell like a human. And-and she didn't smell like a demon either, come to think of it... Th-that's all I know. I swear!"
Genkan threw the demon aside and began to sniff out for a human scent. She did catch a human scent. 'Strange, I didn't notice it before...' she thought.
Hiei was scrunched up in a ball, shivering. He twiddled his thumbs around beneath his chin. His head and heart wanted to explode. "Genkan..." he whimpered. "Gen..."
Genkan batted a few demons around, moving them out of the way in order to find a trail or entrance somewhere. Dust began to swirl in circles, dancing across the seemingly weak ground. "I've lost all tolerance!" she growled then whipped of her headband to reveal the Jagan eye. The demons around all screamed and fled the area quickly. All but traumatized Hiei. "Beneath the surface!?" she shouted then a glow burst around her fists and she shot at the ground hitting it rapidly. A ring of fire grew violently around her and the ground began to sink. Hiei slid a little down the slope but was stopped by a large rock. Then the fire blew out and smoke clouded the area. The only thing heard was the light panting from Hiei and the wind. As the smoke cleared up, Genkan's shadow could be seen. She was staring down. Down at the glassy surface her feet stood on. Her face expressed irritation. She muttered, "What the hell is this?"
Hiei picked himself up on his elbows then stood up weakly. He limped down the slope and stood at the edge of the half sphere bulging out of the ground. They could both see some sort of passage below them with stone bricks preventing the dirt from falling in. Genkan had made the ceiling of this passage fall in and now this barrier was preventing any outsiders from entering. She tapped her foot, watching little ripples bounce off from the light pressure. Hiei knelt down and reached his hand out to touch the barrier. Inching little by little, his knees began to slide off the edge and he fell through the barrier. Dust flew up from the crash of Hiei's dead weight. Genkan hopped over to where Hiei fell through and tried to drop down in the same spot but nothing happened and she just couldn't get through. She growled, watching Hiei pick himself up again. The passage was dark ahead. The only light was the small area surrounding him. The pain inside him grew faster. He couldn't take it so he jumped up and sped off into the dark. Genkan gasped, gritted her teeth then started pounding the ground with her flaming fists again. However, this time she was following the direction of Hiei by clearing the ground to follow the passage.
She watched his shadow through what light was shining on him. He must have been getting closer to an opening. Rocks and rubble shot up into the air and it looked like a tornado was blowing by as she continued to follow and clear the roof of the passage. Finally she stopped, because Hiei stopped.
Hiei stood at the edge of a ravine, staring down into a light. The Aura was at the bottom of the ravine, chained up and suffering. Sweat was pouring down Hiei's face and every pulse in his body was throbbing harshly. He could hear laughter. It was a sinister laughter. Genkan could hear it as well and wished so badly she could go down and destroy the youkai who was creating such a laugh. 'I wonder how big this youkai gang is? If it is a large numbered gang then... could Hiei actually beat them in his condition?' Genkan curled her fingers into a fist and pounded the barrier. With every beat of her fists impacting on the barrier came a white and red flash. Hiei glance up then took a deep breath and dropped off the edge.
The wind rushing past him made him feel a little better. Only a little. Through his vision he could only see shades of blue and objects were rather blurry. 'I am the one who will destroy the demon race... but you will be spared because you have been chosen by me...' Words ran through Hiei's head but they were not his own. The Aura? Hiei's feet touched the ground but he felt as light as a feather. He lifted his head up and was watched by a gang of ten youkai. He could sense their power. From what he could see in the shadows of their hoods, they had human faces. One stepped toward him and lifted off his hood. A male youkai with two sharp fangs. He was a wolf youkai. "Hum. Tell me how you got through the barrier?" he said in a cold, raspy voice. Hiei said nothing. "You seem... weakened... but behind that head band is the Jagan eye... Am I right?" No response. The youkai turned to the others, "Riku, Kokufuu... grab him and chain him up. I want to know how he got through our barrier. He's not even a youkai, it should be impossible..."
"Hn. I may be weakened but..." Hiei grinned. "I still have the power to take all of you down."
The Aura was chained up in the shadows with a blind fold over her eyes and blood staining her skin. The rusty chains had pierced her skin... She smiled.
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Um, this chapter was a little short... Sorry but I hope that it still moves the story along well enough. Please, PLEASE leave a review! ^_^
