KK: Thnx for the reviews. I totally love all the support this story is getting. For all of you who've read my other stories and want those to be updated too, I promise you I'll update those as soon as I'm done with this one. I'm not sure how long this story is going to be, but it's not going to be as long as other stories I've written, but never gotten the chance to post on here. Well, another chapter. Read and review plz!!
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Chapter 13: The Rescue
"Look at this!" Kuga yelled to Kurama and Hiei. He picked up the large sword of the demon he had just killed. Actually, large was an understatement. The blade of the sword alone was taller and wider than Kuga. Kuga lifted the sword off the ground and swung it into the wall next to him. The marble shattered under the swords force. Kuga's face split into a huge grin as he swung the sword around as if he had had it his whole life. "This is the coolest weapon ever!"
"Isn't that sword heavy?" Hiei asked.
Kuga shook his head. "Notuh. This is the lightest sword I've ever used."
Hiei was about to say something else, when a scream echoed down the hall. Kurama and Hiei turned in surprise. Kuga slipped the sword and it's sheath over his right shoulder so that it would sit comfortably on his back (like Mimiru's sword in .Hack//Sign) and then ran with the two Spirit Detectives down the hall. They ran until they were stopped by a dead end. But the screaming seemed to be getting louder.
"What do we do now?" Kuga asked.
Kurama walked up and knocked on the wall. "It appears to be hollow."
"This is the entrance to the dungeon," Hiei said, "But there's no door leading into it."
Kuga pulled his new sword from its sheath. "We don't need a door. I can make one. Stand back Kurama."
Kurama moved away from the wall quickly. Then Kuga swung his sword into the wall. The brick crumbled. When the dust cleared, Kurama, Kuga, and Hiei were looking down a long, dark tunnel.
"This is the dungeon," Hiei said.
The screaming, which had stopped for a few seconds, started up again, louder than ever. The three demons looked at each other, and then ran down the hall. They got three quarters of the way down before Kuga suddenly stopped. He sniffed the air around him, tail twitching.
"What is it?" Kurama ask.
"Kaita," Kuga whispered, "I smell Kaita somewhere near here."
Hiei narrowed his eyes and walked over to the wall next to where Kuga was standing. He pressed his ear up to it. Kurama walked over to where Kuga was still sniffing the air.
"I hear voices," Hiei said, "There's a room behind here." He stepped back.
Kuga stopped sniffing the air and lifted his sword. At a nod from Kurama, Kuga swung it and once again the brick wall before him crumbled.
Once the dust settled, the three companions found themselves staring into a dark dungeon cell. Standing inside were three men. One of them both Kurama and Hiei recognized as Koi. The other two were high-ranking demon officers. Behind Koi was a chair with its back turned to the "door". Kurama was sure of who was seated in it, even though he couldn't see. Koi held a torture device in his left hand, which he was holding over the person in the chair. The guards were utterly astonished at seeing three people suddenly burst through the wall. But they quickly recovered their senses and drew their swords.
"What are you waiting for? Get them!" Koi ordered.
The guards rushed at Kurama, Kuga, and Hiei. Kuga smiled evilly and swung the massive sword. He hit the guards with the flat part of the blade, sending them crashing into the wall. He then shouldered the sword and glared at Koi. Koi looked from the guards on the ground, to the wolf demon, and raised his eyebrows.
"You use that sword better than Kioti did," he said.
Kuga pointed the sword at Koi. Ii was so long that it almost touched Koi's neck. "Let Kaita go now," he growled.
Koi chuckled, "You're very hasty. Now that you've come to play, lets have some fun." He raised hi hands over his head. Suddenly, hundreds of demons came out of the ceiling and down the hallway. Kurama, Kuga, and Hiei immediately went back-to-back and soon found themselves surrounded.
"Do you see now what you've gotten yourselves into?" Koi laughed, "You shouldn't worry about the girl. Just worry about getting out alive."
"What do we do now?" Kuga whispered to the two older demons.
"We've got to get to Kaita," said Hiei.
Kuga growled menacingly at a demon that got too close. "Yah, but how?"
"Get to Koi," Kurama murmured.
Kuga gave him a blank look.
"If we capture Koi and threaten to kill him, then his guards wont dare kill us." Kurama explained.
"I give you three seconds to surrender," yelled Koi, "If in three seconds you still haven't made your decision, then you will die."
Kuga turned, "It's now or never, Kurama."
"Three," Koi counted.
Kurama pulled a seed out of his hair and stared hard at Koi. "Wait until I say go."
"Two."
"Kurama, I want it understood. Koi is mine," said Hiei.
Kurama nodded.
"One."
"Go!" Kurama yelled. He seed he was holding burst into a huge bouquet of vines and acid-spitting flowers. The vines stabbed demons through their hearts and the flowers soaked any demons that the vines missed with acid. Kuga and Hiei ran through the demons, slashing and cutting at any of them dumb enough to get in their way. Hiei barred his teeth as he neared the room where Koi stood. He cut down the last of the demons, ran behind Koi, and placed his katana to Koi's throat.
"Tell your demons to stop attacking or I'll slit your throat," he growled.
"Stop!" Koi yelled. All fighting ceased instantly.
Kurama quickly ran over to the chair behind Koi. Kaita lay in it, unconscious. She looked worse than death. She was skin and bones and you could clearly see her ribs from under her shirt. There were huge dark circles and bags under her eyes. Her whole body was covered in large bruises of all different colors. Her face was pale. And, when Kurama picked her up out of the chair, he noticed that one of her arms didn't bend the right way.
Kuga starred in disbelief and his proud caregiver. "Kaita?" he gasped.
Even Hiei was shocked. "What did you do to her?" he growled at Koi.
But Koi only laughed. "You will never escape from this castle alive. I have the perfect trap for you."
Suddenly, the whole room shook. A large stone block fell from the ceiling and landed next to Kuga. He leapt out of the way and rolled over to Kurama.
"Kurama, we have to get out of here!" Hiei yelled, "The whole dungeons collapsing."
Kurama nodded and pressed Kaita's limp body to him. Then he and Kuga raced out of the cell. Koi was laughing hysterically. Hiei snarled and pushed Koi away from him. Koi stumbled back and fell to the ground, still laughing. He continued to laugh until the whole cell's ceiling collapsed onto him.
Kurama, Kuga, and Hiei ran down the long dungeon hall. They weren't attacked by a single guard. All of them were too interested in getting out of there to make sure Kurama and the others didn't.
At last, Kurama, Kuga, and Hiei made it out of the dungeon.
The last of the ceiling fell behind them, and then the castle stopped shaking. The demons that hadn't died in the cave-in ran down a long tunnel to the right of the dungeon and disappeared.
Kuga leaned against the wall, breathing hard.
Kurama looked down at Kaita. She was barely breathing. "We have to get her to Genkai soon, or she'll die," he said.
Hiei nodded, "Ok, come on. We have a lot more running to do."
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Bito knelt in front of a golden throne. "Father," he choked, "Koi...he is dead. And his prisoner is free."
Bito's father stroked his chin. "This is very distressing news."
"What do you propose we do?" Bito asked.
"We will bring together an army of demons," the father said, "One that no Reikai Tantei force could possibly hope to defeat. They will return. They know that, if they do not destroy us, we will continue to peruse Katie and complete our plan. But we will be ready for them. And, when the time comes, we will crush the Reikai Tantei one by one."
A soldier entered the room and saluted. "My lord Aiten." He said, "The Spirit Detectives have crossed into the Ningenkai."
"Perfect," Lord Aiten said, "The battle will soon begin."
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KK: How was that? Ok, there's one thing you have to understand. When I wrote the second part, it was just after I had finished watching Lord of The Rings. Sry about not updating 4 a while. I had carpal tunnel so I couldn't type. Well, review plz.
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Chapter 13: The Rescue
"Look at this!" Kuga yelled to Kurama and Hiei. He picked up the large sword of the demon he had just killed. Actually, large was an understatement. The blade of the sword alone was taller and wider than Kuga. Kuga lifted the sword off the ground and swung it into the wall next to him. The marble shattered under the swords force. Kuga's face split into a huge grin as he swung the sword around as if he had had it his whole life. "This is the coolest weapon ever!"
"Isn't that sword heavy?" Hiei asked.
Kuga shook his head. "Notuh. This is the lightest sword I've ever used."
Hiei was about to say something else, when a scream echoed down the hall. Kurama and Hiei turned in surprise. Kuga slipped the sword and it's sheath over his right shoulder so that it would sit comfortably on his back (like Mimiru's sword in .Hack//Sign) and then ran with the two Spirit Detectives down the hall. They ran until they were stopped by a dead end. But the screaming seemed to be getting louder.
"What do we do now?" Kuga asked.
Kurama walked up and knocked on the wall. "It appears to be hollow."
"This is the entrance to the dungeon," Hiei said, "But there's no door leading into it."
Kuga pulled his new sword from its sheath. "We don't need a door. I can make one. Stand back Kurama."
Kurama moved away from the wall quickly. Then Kuga swung his sword into the wall. The brick crumbled. When the dust cleared, Kurama, Kuga, and Hiei were looking down a long, dark tunnel.
"This is the dungeon," Hiei said.
The screaming, which had stopped for a few seconds, started up again, louder than ever. The three demons looked at each other, and then ran down the hall. They got three quarters of the way down before Kuga suddenly stopped. He sniffed the air around him, tail twitching.
"What is it?" Kurama ask.
"Kaita," Kuga whispered, "I smell Kaita somewhere near here."
Hiei narrowed his eyes and walked over to the wall next to where Kuga was standing. He pressed his ear up to it. Kurama walked over to where Kuga was still sniffing the air.
"I hear voices," Hiei said, "There's a room behind here." He stepped back.
Kuga stopped sniffing the air and lifted his sword. At a nod from Kurama, Kuga swung it and once again the brick wall before him crumbled.
Once the dust settled, the three companions found themselves staring into a dark dungeon cell. Standing inside were three men. One of them both Kurama and Hiei recognized as Koi. The other two were high-ranking demon officers. Behind Koi was a chair with its back turned to the "door". Kurama was sure of who was seated in it, even though he couldn't see. Koi held a torture device in his left hand, which he was holding over the person in the chair. The guards were utterly astonished at seeing three people suddenly burst through the wall. But they quickly recovered their senses and drew their swords.
"What are you waiting for? Get them!" Koi ordered.
The guards rushed at Kurama, Kuga, and Hiei. Kuga smiled evilly and swung the massive sword. He hit the guards with the flat part of the blade, sending them crashing into the wall. He then shouldered the sword and glared at Koi. Koi looked from the guards on the ground, to the wolf demon, and raised his eyebrows.
"You use that sword better than Kioti did," he said.
Kuga pointed the sword at Koi. Ii was so long that it almost touched Koi's neck. "Let Kaita go now," he growled.
Koi chuckled, "You're very hasty. Now that you've come to play, lets have some fun." He raised hi hands over his head. Suddenly, hundreds of demons came out of the ceiling and down the hallway. Kurama, Kuga, and Hiei immediately went back-to-back and soon found themselves surrounded.
"Do you see now what you've gotten yourselves into?" Koi laughed, "You shouldn't worry about the girl. Just worry about getting out alive."
"What do we do now?" Kuga whispered to the two older demons.
"We've got to get to Kaita," said Hiei.
Kuga growled menacingly at a demon that got too close. "Yah, but how?"
"Get to Koi," Kurama murmured.
Kuga gave him a blank look.
"If we capture Koi and threaten to kill him, then his guards wont dare kill us." Kurama explained.
"I give you three seconds to surrender," yelled Koi, "If in three seconds you still haven't made your decision, then you will die."
Kuga turned, "It's now or never, Kurama."
"Three," Koi counted.
Kurama pulled a seed out of his hair and stared hard at Koi. "Wait until I say go."
"Two."
"Kurama, I want it understood. Koi is mine," said Hiei.
Kurama nodded.
"One."
"Go!" Kurama yelled. He seed he was holding burst into a huge bouquet of vines and acid-spitting flowers. The vines stabbed demons through their hearts and the flowers soaked any demons that the vines missed with acid. Kuga and Hiei ran through the demons, slashing and cutting at any of them dumb enough to get in their way. Hiei barred his teeth as he neared the room where Koi stood. He cut down the last of the demons, ran behind Koi, and placed his katana to Koi's throat.
"Tell your demons to stop attacking or I'll slit your throat," he growled.
"Stop!" Koi yelled. All fighting ceased instantly.
Kurama quickly ran over to the chair behind Koi. Kaita lay in it, unconscious. She looked worse than death. She was skin and bones and you could clearly see her ribs from under her shirt. There were huge dark circles and bags under her eyes. Her whole body was covered in large bruises of all different colors. Her face was pale. And, when Kurama picked her up out of the chair, he noticed that one of her arms didn't bend the right way.
Kuga starred in disbelief and his proud caregiver. "Kaita?" he gasped.
Even Hiei was shocked. "What did you do to her?" he growled at Koi.
But Koi only laughed. "You will never escape from this castle alive. I have the perfect trap for you."
Suddenly, the whole room shook. A large stone block fell from the ceiling and landed next to Kuga. He leapt out of the way and rolled over to Kurama.
"Kurama, we have to get out of here!" Hiei yelled, "The whole dungeons collapsing."
Kurama nodded and pressed Kaita's limp body to him. Then he and Kuga raced out of the cell. Koi was laughing hysterically. Hiei snarled and pushed Koi away from him. Koi stumbled back and fell to the ground, still laughing. He continued to laugh until the whole cell's ceiling collapsed onto him.
Kurama, Kuga, and Hiei ran down the long dungeon hall. They weren't attacked by a single guard. All of them were too interested in getting out of there to make sure Kurama and the others didn't.
At last, Kurama, Kuga, and Hiei made it out of the dungeon.
The last of the ceiling fell behind them, and then the castle stopped shaking. The demons that hadn't died in the cave-in ran down a long tunnel to the right of the dungeon and disappeared.
Kuga leaned against the wall, breathing hard.
Kurama looked down at Kaita. She was barely breathing. "We have to get her to Genkai soon, or she'll die," he said.
Hiei nodded, "Ok, come on. We have a lot more running to do."
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Bito knelt in front of a golden throne. "Father," he choked, "Koi...he is dead. And his prisoner is free."
Bito's father stroked his chin. "This is very distressing news."
"What do you propose we do?" Bito asked.
"We will bring together an army of demons," the father said, "One that no Reikai Tantei force could possibly hope to defeat. They will return. They know that, if they do not destroy us, we will continue to peruse Katie and complete our plan. But we will be ready for them. And, when the time comes, we will crush the Reikai Tantei one by one."
A soldier entered the room and saluted. "My lord Aiten." He said, "The Spirit Detectives have crossed into the Ningenkai."
"Perfect," Lord Aiten said, "The battle will soon begin."
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KK: How was that? Ok, there's one thing you have to understand. When I wrote the second part, it was just after I had finished watching Lord of The Rings. Sry about not updating 4 a while. I had carpal tunnel so I couldn't type. Well, review plz.
