All Yu Yu Hakusho characters (c) Respective Owners
Genkan, Ookami, the Ten of Makai (c) Amber M. aka Doki
Here's the brief recap: Previously in Battle of the Youkai! Hiei was about to be tortured and murdered by Ookami, a wolf youkai, and the Ten of Makai who are at the time an unknown force but an unexpected visitor shows up to put a damper in the youkai's plans. It was Youko Kurama! He seemed to know Ookami from the past, not as a friend though, and they treat each other as respected rivals. During this time Hiei is warned by the Aura that the Ten of Makai was going to kill all those close to him, including Yukina. So he erupts from his pained situation and sets out on a rampage against the Ten of Makai; he managed to kill two of them. They quickly fled the area, following their leader, Ookami. Afterwards, Hiei and Youko got into an argument about Genkan and that's where we are now! So let's go!!! :D
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"There's only one way to settle this then," Youko muttered.
"Hmph. I agree." Hiei stepped back into fighter stance, trembling immensely because of the atrocious amount of blood he had lost.
Youko still stood normally. He said, "I want to fight on ground level where it's much more hazardous then down here."
Hiei quickly darted up the gaping hole so as not to give away his weakened status. As he bounced back and forth between the walls he remembered what the Aura had said to him before. "They'll kill all of your friends... Including your sister..." 'I shouldn't linger for long. Sh, it'll be fine. I can be rid of Youko in an instance.' With that he leaped once more to reach the outside once again. The air actually tasted much better than it did below where it was rather vile. He walked away from the hole for a distance, wincing at the pain of every muscle. He stopped in place, searching the area for Genkan but she was nowhere to be found. Few lower- class demons had still loitered throughout the small city. Most of them had been sleeping.
Youko shot up out of the hole and landed a short distance from Hiei. He took a fighter stance, signaling that he was ready to battle Hiei. "Now, a good clean fight to the end, Hiei."
Hiei nodded and he slipped of his bandanna, knowing that the Jagan eye was his only chance of survival against the fully powered Youko. The Jagan glowed and his energy blew up around him. The Death Tree crawled into the open with each jaw snapping of voracious hunger. Hiei smirked, believing it to be easy for him to evade this monster though he knew that it might be difficult to kill it. A mouth of the Death Tree snapped at Hiei as he slipped out of the way and leaped into the air. He removed his sword from its sheath as an emergency defense. 'The Death Tree has strong bark and with me lacking force, it will be difficult to simply slice through it.' He stepped once on the ground then hopped over a few branches and into the air. 'Alright Youko. I WILL win this challenge.'
Youko had been watching Hiei smugly as he waited behind the Death Tree patiently. He could only think of the satisfaction of victory. In fact, he could just taste it.
Hiei had been reading Youko's thoughts and what he read really fired him up. Shooting straight into the Death Tree at what vigor was left in him, Hiei managed to hack through several branches of the Death Tree. The branches fell to the ground but the sizzling of the saliva still seemed persistent to crawl across live flesh. Hiei took a step on the ground and darted in for Youko. This proved to be unwise; Hiei took a direct hit from Youko's Death Tree. The teeth of a branch snapped at Hiei and caught a piece of him. He hastily tore away, leaving behind parts of the flesh from his arm. Blood poured out of the gash, stirring up the Death Tree's tastes even more.
Youko's eyebrows lowered in displeasure and confusion. The saliva of the Death Tree surely should have finished Hiei off considering all of the previous agony he had endured. "Hm..."
Hiei fell to his back, trying desperately hard not to reveal the pain of that attack. The saliva was really eating at his skin at a dangerously fast pace. He couldn't move and the entire Death Tree began to close in on him. Was this the end? "Damn..." Hiei managed to utter.
"Youko!" a voice cried out.
Youko pulled back the Death Tree, frowning in disappointment. Genkan dropped in between the two, looking at Hiei. Youko glanced at Genkan and she looked back at him with a look of revolt. Youko sighed as he watched Genkan jump over to Hiei's side. Blood seemed to flood around Hiei and the Death Tree's saliva had still been coursing through his veins. Genkan muttered, "Great. Now, you're really close to death. I'll have to use the maximum of my healing powers just repair this—We'll be flying with a broken wing."
"Then—don't—waste your energy on me—I'm sure as dead anyway."
"Fool. Haven't I told you before? Koenma will see to it that I burn in Hell if I allow you to die—And what the hell is with this weak attitude on you, Hiei?" Genkan turned towards Youko who stood utterly silent. She said to him, "I thought I had asked you to assist Hiei in fighting the Ten of Makai not set out to destroy Hiei, himself—and for what?" Youko and Hiei exchanged looks and neither of them said a thing. Genkan didn't bother to ask and tended to Hiei's wounds.
After a few hours of completely repairing the gash and removing the poison from Hiei's veins, they were ready to follow after the Ten of Makai and retrieve the Aura from their grasp. However, Youko wasn't about to permit Hiei to travel with Genkan alone. Genkan led Hiei out of Kon City and noticed that Youko was following them. She stopped and turned to him. "What are you doing?"
He looked around as if looking for an answer. "Well, I thought it be only right that I should join the two of you in this mission, considering that there is now an inapt lack of strength among you."
"Do as you wish," Genkan replied and continued forward. Hiei glared at Youko as he walked by then hesitantly followed after.
The sky began to darken and the trio hadn't a clue where the Ten of Makai could be. They tried to rely on Hiei's sense of the Aura but that confirmed to be useless at their present location. Two demons were spotted in the distance ahead of them on the rough path. Genkan jumped over to them and began to interrogate them. Youko and Hiei continued on in a steady pace. Hiei used telepathy to communicate with Youko. 'You're unneeded here.'
Youko's ears twitched. 'Unneeded with you—and Genkan.'
'That's right.'
'On the contrary. I AM needed because there is no possible way that the two of you will be able to take down a mass of the Ten of Makai. It just can't be done, especially since you're both much weaker then your full strengths.' Youko paused. 'Besides—It would be stupid to leave YOU alone with Genkan. Although—I have come to know that you have a problem confessing your feelings for others...'
'Can't I say the same about you?'
"Heh, actually once this mission is over—I plan on asking Genkan to join me as a partner in thievery.'
Hiei sweats a little. 'You call that confessing your true feelings?'
"One step at a time...' Youko frowned, watching Hiei out of the corner of his eye.
They both turned their attention to the path ahead and caught up to Genkan. The two lower-class demons were shrinking back in fear of Genkan. She shot them evil looks and they skittered off in the direction of Kon City. Youko and Hiei came to a stop next to Genkan, listening for any information she had gotten. She said, "Well, according to the locals, a mass of Youkai had traveled along this way heading southeast supposedly—They were also in a hurry so we have to hurry as well." Youko and Hiei nodded in agreement and they all moved on at a faster pace.
The Oni Ruins was a sacred place of evil. It was said to be a place that birthed the most malignant of the wicked. Even the strongest of the demons were cautious in treading in such a place. Most avoided it entirely because if you took the wrong step you could be trapped and tormented for all eternity. This was the home of the Ten of Makai. Outside you could hardly believe that any breathing creature would inhabit such a place. It sat at the foot of a range of jagged mountains and the terrain was stricken with poisoned blooms of Death Nobaras. A river that reeked death flowed quietly throughout the area in front of the Oni Ruins. Not a breathing thing with a heartbeat could be found and a pin drop could easily be heard.
However, inside the Oni Ruins and beneath the surface was a hundred powerful youkais. They were the Ten of Makai. Beside themselves, they also kept thousands of prisoners in confined cages and buried alive in the infested grounds. Spirit World of course couldn't interfere with the actions of the Ten of Makai because they resided in the regions of the Demon Underworld where they could only send demons (and creatures) as punishment or on inconspicuous missions. As long as the Ten of Makai never stepped into the Mortal Realm, they couldn't be touched.
Ookami sat on a stone chair, flipping a silver coin in the air repeatedly. He was on a higher, secluded platform watching as youkais shoved weak prisoners into tormenting chambers. At his side the Aura was chained in the corner. She rocked back and forth, singing something under her breath. Riku and Kokufuu stood as guards on the platform; they were talking quietly so as not to disturb their leader. Ookami glanced back at the Aura and said, "They'll get theirs."
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Oooh... *shivers* Heehee, just kidding. Yay! I got the fifth chappy done! What will happen next!? Is Ookami setting a trap? Are Genkan, Youko, and Hiei walking into their death? Will Hiei kill Youko or Youko kill Hiei? Stay tuned to find out! Until next time, seyonora! (heh, spelling.) ^^;
Here's the brief recap: Previously in Battle of the Youkai! Hiei was about to be tortured and murdered by Ookami, a wolf youkai, and the Ten of Makai who are at the time an unknown force but an unexpected visitor shows up to put a damper in the youkai's plans. It was Youko Kurama! He seemed to know Ookami from the past, not as a friend though, and they treat each other as respected rivals. During this time Hiei is warned by the Aura that the Ten of Makai was going to kill all those close to him, including Yukina. So he erupts from his pained situation and sets out on a rampage against the Ten of Makai; he managed to kill two of them. They quickly fled the area, following their leader, Ookami. Afterwards, Hiei and Youko got into an argument about Genkan and that's where we are now! So let's go!!! :D
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"There's only one way to settle this then," Youko muttered.
"Hmph. I agree." Hiei stepped back into fighter stance, trembling immensely because of the atrocious amount of blood he had lost.
Youko still stood normally. He said, "I want to fight on ground level where it's much more hazardous then down here."
Hiei quickly darted up the gaping hole so as not to give away his weakened status. As he bounced back and forth between the walls he remembered what the Aura had said to him before. "They'll kill all of your friends... Including your sister..." 'I shouldn't linger for long. Sh, it'll be fine. I can be rid of Youko in an instance.' With that he leaped once more to reach the outside once again. The air actually tasted much better than it did below where it was rather vile. He walked away from the hole for a distance, wincing at the pain of every muscle. He stopped in place, searching the area for Genkan but she was nowhere to be found. Few lower- class demons had still loitered throughout the small city. Most of them had been sleeping.
Youko shot up out of the hole and landed a short distance from Hiei. He took a fighter stance, signaling that he was ready to battle Hiei. "Now, a good clean fight to the end, Hiei."
Hiei nodded and he slipped of his bandanna, knowing that the Jagan eye was his only chance of survival against the fully powered Youko. The Jagan glowed and his energy blew up around him. The Death Tree crawled into the open with each jaw snapping of voracious hunger. Hiei smirked, believing it to be easy for him to evade this monster though he knew that it might be difficult to kill it. A mouth of the Death Tree snapped at Hiei as he slipped out of the way and leaped into the air. He removed his sword from its sheath as an emergency defense. 'The Death Tree has strong bark and with me lacking force, it will be difficult to simply slice through it.' He stepped once on the ground then hopped over a few branches and into the air. 'Alright Youko. I WILL win this challenge.'
Youko had been watching Hiei smugly as he waited behind the Death Tree patiently. He could only think of the satisfaction of victory. In fact, he could just taste it.
Hiei had been reading Youko's thoughts and what he read really fired him up. Shooting straight into the Death Tree at what vigor was left in him, Hiei managed to hack through several branches of the Death Tree. The branches fell to the ground but the sizzling of the saliva still seemed persistent to crawl across live flesh. Hiei took a step on the ground and darted in for Youko. This proved to be unwise; Hiei took a direct hit from Youko's Death Tree. The teeth of a branch snapped at Hiei and caught a piece of him. He hastily tore away, leaving behind parts of the flesh from his arm. Blood poured out of the gash, stirring up the Death Tree's tastes even more.
Youko's eyebrows lowered in displeasure and confusion. The saliva of the Death Tree surely should have finished Hiei off considering all of the previous agony he had endured. "Hm..."
Hiei fell to his back, trying desperately hard not to reveal the pain of that attack. The saliva was really eating at his skin at a dangerously fast pace. He couldn't move and the entire Death Tree began to close in on him. Was this the end? "Damn..." Hiei managed to utter.
"Youko!" a voice cried out.
Youko pulled back the Death Tree, frowning in disappointment. Genkan dropped in between the two, looking at Hiei. Youko glanced at Genkan and she looked back at him with a look of revolt. Youko sighed as he watched Genkan jump over to Hiei's side. Blood seemed to flood around Hiei and the Death Tree's saliva had still been coursing through his veins. Genkan muttered, "Great. Now, you're really close to death. I'll have to use the maximum of my healing powers just repair this—We'll be flying with a broken wing."
"Then—don't—waste your energy on me—I'm sure as dead anyway."
"Fool. Haven't I told you before? Koenma will see to it that I burn in Hell if I allow you to die—And what the hell is with this weak attitude on you, Hiei?" Genkan turned towards Youko who stood utterly silent. She said to him, "I thought I had asked you to assist Hiei in fighting the Ten of Makai not set out to destroy Hiei, himself—and for what?" Youko and Hiei exchanged looks and neither of them said a thing. Genkan didn't bother to ask and tended to Hiei's wounds.
After a few hours of completely repairing the gash and removing the poison from Hiei's veins, they were ready to follow after the Ten of Makai and retrieve the Aura from their grasp. However, Youko wasn't about to permit Hiei to travel with Genkan alone. Genkan led Hiei out of Kon City and noticed that Youko was following them. She stopped and turned to him. "What are you doing?"
He looked around as if looking for an answer. "Well, I thought it be only right that I should join the two of you in this mission, considering that there is now an inapt lack of strength among you."
"Do as you wish," Genkan replied and continued forward. Hiei glared at Youko as he walked by then hesitantly followed after.
The sky began to darken and the trio hadn't a clue where the Ten of Makai could be. They tried to rely on Hiei's sense of the Aura but that confirmed to be useless at their present location. Two demons were spotted in the distance ahead of them on the rough path. Genkan jumped over to them and began to interrogate them. Youko and Hiei continued on in a steady pace. Hiei used telepathy to communicate with Youko. 'You're unneeded here.'
Youko's ears twitched. 'Unneeded with you—and Genkan.'
'That's right.'
'On the contrary. I AM needed because there is no possible way that the two of you will be able to take down a mass of the Ten of Makai. It just can't be done, especially since you're both much weaker then your full strengths.' Youko paused. 'Besides—It would be stupid to leave YOU alone with Genkan. Although—I have come to know that you have a problem confessing your feelings for others...'
'Can't I say the same about you?'
"Heh, actually once this mission is over—I plan on asking Genkan to join me as a partner in thievery.'
Hiei sweats a little. 'You call that confessing your true feelings?'
"One step at a time...' Youko frowned, watching Hiei out of the corner of his eye.
They both turned their attention to the path ahead and caught up to Genkan. The two lower-class demons were shrinking back in fear of Genkan. She shot them evil looks and they skittered off in the direction of Kon City. Youko and Hiei came to a stop next to Genkan, listening for any information she had gotten. She said, "Well, according to the locals, a mass of Youkai had traveled along this way heading southeast supposedly—They were also in a hurry so we have to hurry as well." Youko and Hiei nodded in agreement and they all moved on at a faster pace.
The Oni Ruins was a sacred place of evil. It was said to be a place that birthed the most malignant of the wicked. Even the strongest of the demons were cautious in treading in such a place. Most avoided it entirely because if you took the wrong step you could be trapped and tormented for all eternity. This was the home of the Ten of Makai. Outside you could hardly believe that any breathing creature would inhabit such a place. It sat at the foot of a range of jagged mountains and the terrain was stricken with poisoned blooms of Death Nobaras. A river that reeked death flowed quietly throughout the area in front of the Oni Ruins. Not a breathing thing with a heartbeat could be found and a pin drop could easily be heard.
However, inside the Oni Ruins and beneath the surface was a hundred powerful youkais. They were the Ten of Makai. Beside themselves, they also kept thousands of prisoners in confined cages and buried alive in the infested grounds. Spirit World of course couldn't interfere with the actions of the Ten of Makai because they resided in the regions of the Demon Underworld where they could only send demons (and creatures) as punishment or on inconspicuous missions. As long as the Ten of Makai never stepped into the Mortal Realm, they couldn't be touched.
Ookami sat on a stone chair, flipping a silver coin in the air repeatedly. He was on a higher, secluded platform watching as youkais shoved weak prisoners into tormenting chambers. At his side the Aura was chained in the corner. She rocked back and forth, singing something under her breath. Riku and Kokufuu stood as guards on the platform; they were talking quietly so as not to disturb their leader. Ookami glanced back at the Aura and said, "They'll get theirs."
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Oooh... *shivers* Heehee, just kidding. Yay! I got the fifth chappy done! What will happen next!? Is Ookami setting a trap? Are Genkan, Youko, and Hiei walking into their death? Will Hiei kill Youko or Youko kill Hiei? Stay tuned to find out! Until next time, seyonora! (heh, spelling.) ^^;
