~Chapter 8~
~Stolen in the Dead of Night~
A/N: OK Gerudo. You can have Hiei. I didn't want to be left without a bishie and well; I managed to kidnap Duo Maxwell last night. So...*Gives you Hiei and huggles Duo* On with the fic!
Hikina spent two years at Neko's school learning to combine her powers. Her friends eventually caught up with her abilities and produced a few powerful attacks of their own. Ametsuchi remained a poor fighter, but his healing abilities always found use after difficult classes. Corana visited her daughter often and kind of adopted Ametsuchi as well. Hiei didn't appear as often, but he was a busy demon and Hikina soon forgot about it.
Hikina and her friends had been driven inside due to a storm and were lounging about the library, discussing their future.
"We should all band together." Lair grinned. "With the four of us looking out for each other, we could survive quite well."
"But what should we do with ourselves?" Ametsuchi asked.
"Does it matter?" Kage grinned. "I'm sure wherever we go, the four of us can think of something to get us by." Kina nodded her agreement.
After much more discussion, the four friends separated and went to bed. Hikina was woke with a start and a feeling that something was not quite right. She got up from her bed and threw open the window. Her Jagan glowed red a moment and she started to look for her family. She saw Hiei and Corana bound and unconscious in a dungeon. By spreading her awareness, she saw Darktydes, Kurama, Arctic Fox, Kuwabara, Touya, Arianna, and a handful of other demons that she knew and many she didn't in similar circumstances. She searched the castle until she found the owner, sneering in his throne room.
"Now that we have the parents, we shall wipe out their cursed half breed children." She couldn't see his face, but by his silhouette, Hikina could tell he was either a fox or a wolf demon with his tail and ears.
~We won't be so easy to wipe aside.~ She growled in his head and then cut the connection. She ran to her dresser and threw her few belongings into a bag and strapped on every weapon she owned.
The commotion caused Lair to wake up. "What's going on?"
"I'm going hunting." Hikina replied.
"This late?" She grumbled.
"Our parents were kidnapped. I'm going to get them. You coming?" She asked, her expression had become completely cold.
Lair sprung up. "WHAT?!"
"They're in a dungeon, unconscious right now. I don't know why he didn't just kill them." She replied. "Are you coming? If not, stop wasting my time."
"Of course I'm coming!" She replied and swiftly got up and dressed and followed Hikina out the door.
They ran right into Corvor. "You know?" He asked them. They nodded and he fell into step with them. They first went to Kurama's quarters. Kuron was just leaving them.
"I'm coming too." He snarled. "His scent is everywhere in my parents' room." They nodded and flew down the stairs.
"Wait!" Hikina called. "Suchi and Kage!" She turned to run back up the stairs.
"Kage maybe, but Suchi will just slow us down." Kuron shook his head.
"Or keep us alive. Corvor has to focus on fighting. Suchi can heal us. And he'll be hurt if we leave him behind." Her jaw was set and she ran up the stairs, using the speed she'd inherited from her father. She burst into the boys' room. "Ok kiddos get up! We're on a rescue mission." She pulled the blankets off their beds and started packing stuff for them.
"What? Five more minutes..." Kage grumbled.
"Fine. Let your parents die." Hikina shrugged.
Kage leapt up. "What?!"
"They've been kidnapped, and the guy who did it is coming to kill us. Corvor, Lair, and Kuron are downstairs waiting. Come on." She threw the packed bag at Kage who was now hurriedly changing into fighting clothes.
Suchi shook his head. "There's nothing I can do to help. I wanna go though! Your mom was really nice to me!" His jaw was set.
"Of course you're going!" Hikina assured him. "Who's going to keep us alive? Now get dressed." She threw a packed bag at him too and after they were situated, they all rushed downstairs. The six companions flew out of the castle, following Hikina, who was using her Jagan to lead the way.
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The Fox Demon lifted Corana from the floor. His action was rewarded with a growl from Hiei and spit in his eye from Corana. He smacked her and sent her sprawling again. Byakko was enjoying toying with his captives. The curse he'd used to bind their hands and feet prohibited them from using their spirit energy, and even Hiei's Jagan was useless against it. He picked Corana back up again, slung her over his shoulder and took her from the cell. He was sucking the energy out of the demons he kept locked up. He took almost all of their energy and threw them back into the cell, almost dead to recover for a few days, only to have the process repeated. Sure he'd mess up and take too much energy and kill one on occasion, but he had more where that came from. He'd taken a fresh batch tonight and he would be off to kill their children, once he'd extracted all their energy. Those disgusting beings. He shuddered at the touch of the mutt he was carrying now. They should have been robbed of any ability to reproduce. Demons should be pure. He was going to enjoy this one though. It wasn't often he managed to get an S Class demon in his clutches. Her power would contribute to his enormously. He smirked in pleasure as he laid Corana on the operating table to begin the procedure.
*******
Corana was thrown back in the cell, shaking and barely conscious. Friends, who'd known her for a while, were shocked at the dramatic changed in their feisty demoness. Her eyes were clouded in pain and she curled into a ball in a corner and began to cry. They turned their faces away, pretending not to notice, to save her the humiliation if anything. All but Hiei. He made his way over to her and pulled her head onto his lap. She was shaking uncontrollably and her blue eyes were slowly dimming.
"Come on Corana." He muttered. "Stay with me here."
"Hiei?" She asked softly.
"Hn."
She smiled through her pain. "What's that supposed to mean?"
He smiled softly at her before her body was wracked with pain again. She let out an involuntary cry before it subsided and she went limp.
Hiei shook her gently. "Don't leave me. We're gonna get through this." He muttered in her ear. She didn't respond and he shook her a little more roughly.
Corana buried her head in his lap. "Hiei...that...hurts...." She mumbled and went limp again. Hiei was able to feel shallow breathing through his cloak so he let her rest.
A/N: Kylarkallana: Ok so that's the chapter! Hope you liked it.
Duo: Review!
Kylarkallana: *hugs Duo* Isn't he just so cute?
Duo: ^_^;
~Stolen in the Dead of Night~
A/N: OK Gerudo. You can have Hiei. I didn't want to be left without a bishie and well; I managed to kidnap Duo Maxwell last night. So...*Gives you Hiei and huggles Duo* On with the fic!
Hikina spent two years at Neko's school learning to combine her powers. Her friends eventually caught up with her abilities and produced a few powerful attacks of their own. Ametsuchi remained a poor fighter, but his healing abilities always found use after difficult classes. Corana visited her daughter often and kind of adopted Ametsuchi as well. Hiei didn't appear as often, but he was a busy demon and Hikina soon forgot about it.
Hikina and her friends had been driven inside due to a storm and were lounging about the library, discussing their future.
"We should all band together." Lair grinned. "With the four of us looking out for each other, we could survive quite well."
"But what should we do with ourselves?" Ametsuchi asked.
"Does it matter?" Kage grinned. "I'm sure wherever we go, the four of us can think of something to get us by." Kina nodded her agreement.
After much more discussion, the four friends separated and went to bed. Hikina was woke with a start and a feeling that something was not quite right. She got up from her bed and threw open the window. Her Jagan glowed red a moment and she started to look for her family. She saw Hiei and Corana bound and unconscious in a dungeon. By spreading her awareness, she saw Darktydes, Kurama, Arctic Fox, Kuwabara, Touya, Arianna, and a handful of other demons that she knew and many she didn't in similar circumstances. She searched the castle until she found the owner, sneering in his throne room.
"Now that we have the parents, we shall wipe out their cursed half breed children." She couldn't see his face, but by his silhouette, Hikina could tell he was either a fox or a wolf demon with his tail and ears.
~We won't be so easy to wipe aside.~ She growled in his head and then cut the connection. She ran to her dresser and threw her few belongings into a bag and strapped on every weapon she owned.
The commotion caused Lair to wake up. "What's going on?"
"I'm going hunting." Hikina replied.
"This late?" She grumbled.
"Our parents were kidnapped. I'm going to get them. You coming?" She asked, her expression had become completely cold.
Lair sprung up. "WHAT?!"
"They're in a dungeon, unconscious right now. I don't know why he didn't just kill them." She replied. "Are you coming? If not, stop wasting my time."
"Of course I'm coming!" She replied and swiftly got up and dressed and followed Hikina out the door.
They ran right into Corvor. "You know?" He asked them. They nodded and he fell into step with them. They first went to Kurama's quarters. Kuron was just leaving them.
"I'm coming too." He snarled. "His scent is everywhere in my parents' room." They nodded and flew down the stairs.
"Wait!" Hikina called. "Suchi and Kage!" She turned to run back up the stairs.
"Kage maybe, but Suchi will just slow us down." Kuron shook his head.
"Or keep us alive. Corvor has to focus on fighting. Suchi can heal us. And he'll be hurt if we leave him behind." Her jaw was set and she ran up the stairs, using the speed she'd inherited from her father. She burst into the boys' room. "Ok kiddos get up! We're on a rescue mission." She pulled the blankets off their beds and started packing stuff for them.
"What? Five more minutes..." Kage grumbled.
"Fine. Let your parents die." Hikina shrugged.
Kage leapt up. "What?!"
"They've been kidnapped, and the guy who did it is coming to kill us. Corvor, Lair, and Kuron are downstairs waiting. Come on." She threw the packed bag at Kage who was now hurriedly changing into fighting clothes.
Suchi shook his head. "There's nothing I can do to help. I wanna go though! Your mom was really nice to me!" His jaw was set.
"Of course you're going!" Hikina assured him. "Who's going to keep us alive? Now get dressed." She threw a packed bag at him too and after they were situated, they all rushed downstairs. The six companions flew out of the castle, following Hikina, who was using her Jagan to lead the way.
******
The Fox Demon lifted Corana from the floor. His action was rewarded with a growl from Hiei and spit in his eye from Corana. He smacked her and sent her sprawling again. Byakko was enjoying toying with his captives. The curse he'd used to bind their hands and feet prohibited them from using their spirit energy, and even Hiei's Jagan was useless against it. He picked Corana back up again, slung her over his shoulder and took her from the cell. He was sucking the energy out of the demons he kept locked up. He took almost all of their energy and threw them back into the cell, almost dead to recover for a few days, only to have the process repeated. Sure he'd mess up and take too much energy and kill one on occasion, but he had more where that came from. He'd taken a fresh batch tonight and he would be off to kill their children, once he'd extracted all their energy. Those disgusting beings. He shuddered at the touch of the mutt he was carrying now. They should have been robbed of any ability to reproduce. Demons should be pure. He was going to enjoy this one though. It wasn't often he managed to get an S Class demon in his clutches. Her power would contribute to his enormously. He smirked in pleasure as he laid Corana on the operating table to begin the procedure.
*******
Corana was thrown back in the cell, shaking and barely conscious. Friends, who'd known her for a while, were shocked at the dramatic changed in their feisty demoness. Her eyes were clouded in pain and she curled into a ball in a corner and began to cry. They turned their faces away, pretending not to notice, to save her the humiliation if anything. All but Hiei. He made his way over to her and pulled her head onto his lap. She was shaking uncontrollably and her blue eyes were slowly dimming.
"Come on Corana." He muttered. "Stay with me here."
"Hiei?" She asked softly.
"Hn."
She smiled through her pain. "What's that supposed to mean?"
He smiled softly at her before her body was wracked with pain again. She let out an involuntary cry before it subsided and she went limp.
Hiei shook her gently. "Don't leave me. We're gonna get through this." He muttered in her ear. She didn't respond and he shook her a little more roughly.
Corana buried her head in his lap. "Hiei...that...hurts...." She mumbled and went limp again. Hiei was able to feel shallow breathing through his cloak so he let her rest.
A/N: Kylarkallana: Ok so that's the chapter! Hope you liked it.
Duo: Review!
Kylarkallana: *hugs Duo* Isn't he just so cute?
Duo: ^_^;
