Thanks for the review Timeless Dreams, are you the only person who is reading this? but at least I can continue my story. For those of you other than Timeless Dreams who like reading this fic, then you should be happy, because I am continuing it. Anyway, this chapter is ok, but they get better… I think… you'll just have to read them to find out. Yes, Yukina is a tomboy in this story, the only character I intended to be out-of-character, but I guess they all came out that way? Oh well, it's a good fic anyway. Well, thanks for the reviews, and I'll expect the same for this chapter.^_^
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Chapter 6: Yukina Fights
The group continued walking up the stairs in the room. They came to yet another door, and walked inside. This room would be the trap room. They walked forward and examined the place.
"I wonder what's in here. In some ways, I don't want to find out." Yusuke said.
"Well, this is new. I don't sense any traps in here, and I've never known them not to trap. Trapping is there favorite thing. They hardly ever like to fight." Kurama said.
"So, then were safe." Kuwabara said. He had gotten used to the fact that Kurama was gay, and was back on talking terms with him.
"Don't underestimate them. I may not know much about them, I do know that they wouldn't leave us a clear path." Hiei said.
"Shut up Hiei. Nobody asked you." Kuwabara said. He may have been back on talking terms with Kurama, but he still didn't get along with Hiei. The group continued examining the room. There was no trap that they could see. Yusuke stepped forward, and a little too far, because he activated the trap. Rain.
"Hey guys! I found it! Its rain!" he stuck his hand in the rain, and kept it there a minute. Then he screamed bloody murder, and pulled his hand out of the rain. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!!!!!" he screamed, as his hand continued to smoke and burn.
"Extremely concentrated acid rain." Boton said. Kurama walked over to Yusuke and examined his hand. It was bloody, badly burned, and blistering. Kurama looked around the room for something to wrap his hand in, when he spotted Yukina. She was quite a tomboy, so she was wearing a guys over shirt, with a white shirt underneath.
"Yukina, take off your over shirt." She did, and handed it to Kurama. He began to rip the shirt when Yukina yelled at him.
"Hey! Do you know how much that shirt costs?!" she exclaimed.
"I'll reimburse you later." Kurama replied, and then ripped the shirt into strips. He wrapped each strip around Yusuke's hand until the burns were all covered.
"That's the best I can do right now. When we get out of here, you can get it looked at by a real doctor." Kurama said.
"Well, if it burnt just my hand that badly, imagine what it'll do to the rest of us if we try to run through it." Yusuke said.
"Well, I don't know how were going to get through it, but we need to find a way. If we don't, we wont be able to get to Kayko." Kurama said.
"Are you people really that stupid?" Hiei said. "We do have a way to get through it. You guys haven't seen it yet, because you're worried about Kayko. Don't think about that, and concentrate on the problem in front of us. We'll get to her. But only if we're trying. Focus, guys." Kurama thought he sounded rather noble, standing there, helping them through this problem. Hiei seemed to notice, because he continued.
"Don't even think about getting mushy right now, or I'll kill you myself Kurama. Now, the problem in front of us is the rain. When you freeze rain, it turns to ice. Then it will be harmless, as long as we don't touch it too long."
"Where are we supposed to find something that cold in the middle of nowhere?" Kuwabara asked.
"You really aren't the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, are you?" Hiei asked. "We have an ice demon in our midst. She can help us." Yukina finally realized that he was talking about her.
"Yeah, I can freeze the ice, then we can get through."
"Yeah…"
"I guess…"
"It sounds good…"
"It might work…"
"Genius. You guys are just so smart. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out." Hiei said.
"Well, of course not. It would take an idiot. We're just lucky that we had one with us, or we'd be stuck here forever." Kuwabara said.
"Why, you…" Hiei started, but Kurama jumped in before any action took place.
"Umm, Hiei…" he said.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. No unnecessary fighting." Hiei put away his sword. "But that doesn't stop me from killing him once we get out of here." the group stood back, and let Yukina to the front. She stood still, closed her eyes, and started to glow, faintly. She opened her eyes, and they were pure white.
"Ice Breath!" she shouted. Then she took a long breath, and blew onto the falling rain. It instantly froze, and a thick coat of ice covered the ceiling to stop the rain. The group stepped forward, and walked to the staircase on the other side of the room. They began walking up, when Hiei stopped Kurama.
"It might be a good idea to melt the ice, just in case Sephina is still down there. That way she can't get to us."
"Go ahead." Kurama said. Hiei stood sideways on the steps, facing the frozen rain. He placed his right arm out in front of him, and made a fist. Then he pulled his arm back, as if he was going to punch someone. He thrust his fist forward and yelled, and the most magnificent shadow of black dragon uncoiled itself from his right arm, fell on the floor, and grew to 3 times its size. All the while, Hiei kept his right arm extended, and his hand in a fist. The black dragon stood, waiting for its orders.
"Black dragon, fire attack!" the black dragon opened its mouth wide, and then blew flames at the frozen ceiling and floor. Instantly, the ice melted, and the acid rain continued to pour. "Black dragon, return!" Hiei yelled. The black dragon shrunk, and coiled itself around Hiei's right arm. Then it flattened back into a tattoo, as if nothing had happened.
"I don't get it Hiei. Why do you always get so proud when you use your Black Dragon Attack?" Kurama asked him.
"Because I'm a showoff. None of my friends can use this attack. The only other people that can are the fire demons, miles away. I want to show that I'm special." Hiei said.
"But you are special!" Kurama said. He was about to hug Hiei, when he got interrupted.
"Kurama, didn't I say not to get mushy? That offer of killing you still stands." Hiei said. Kurama suddenly got a hurt look in his eye, turned around, and started to slowly walk up the stairs. Hiei noticed the look, but didn't think too much of it. He just apologized, and walked up the stairs. I'll make up for it when we get home, Hiei thought.
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"Wow, I never would have guessed that master Youko was gay!" Yorouki said, looking at her TV screen. She and Sephina were in Yorouki's room. Sephina was still hiding out from the six advancing enemies. Yorouki walked over to a chair facing in the other direction. She turned it around, and Kayko was sitting in it, her arms and legs tied to the chair so she couldn't get away.
"I bet you didn't even know that about your 'friend', did ya?" she asked Kayko. Kayko's mouth wasn't gagged or anything, so she was free to talk.
"I'm not the type to pry into someone's personal life. None of us are. And you do know that you wont get away with this. My boyfriend Yusuke…" Kayko said.
"Ahh yes, Yusuke Urameshi. The Great Spirit Detective. The only one to defeat Suzaku." Yorouki said. "In case you haven't noticed, he is very weak at this moment. He can't fight. They are gong to have that girl fight me. Old blue there."
"Boton is not old. Well, technically, she is, but she is still very strong. She can defeat you." Kayko said.
"Hey! What is that!?" Sephina yelled. She had been watching the monitor, and saw Hiei use his Black Dragon Attack. She was stunned, because he had almost beaten her. Why didn't he use that attack on me? She thought. He could have defeated me, but he didn't. He let me run. Why?
Yorouki was still talking to Kayko, but turned around immediately when Sephina yelled. She saw the attack on the screen, and Kayko could just barely see it. Go Hiei! You guys have to save me! Kayko thought. Yorouki turned away from the screen, and paced the room.
Damn! If those guys beat Kiyoko and me, then the ritual is dead. This is my only chance to… no don't think that way. You have to get it together. These guys can't possibly beat you. Yorouki thought to herself. She paced the room, and then turned back to the screen, watching the group inch closer to ruining everything.
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Yukina was in the lead, with much protest. She had been chosen to fight Kiyoko, so the rest of the group decided that she should lead. Hiei was behind her the whole way though. Literally. He was the very last person in line with Kurama. Yukina was very pissed off because of this. Boton decided to keep Yukina company. She walked up to the front of the group to talk.
"This staircase is the longest yet. We've been walking for five minutes, and we still haven't reached the top." Yukina complained.
"Don't worry. We'll get there soon enough." Boton said. They continued walking. Five minutes later, they reached the top. Boton opened the door, and walked through, the group following her. They had indeed reached Kiyoko's terrace. They saw the waterfall coming from nowhere falling off the side. And from a door on the other end of the terrace…
"Welcome master. It is an honor to have a dead man stand in my presence. It doesn't happen very often" Kiyoko said, starting to walking out.
"Don't worry. Urameshi is used to hearing that by now" Kuwabara said.
"Kuwabara, has your brain been on off the whole time?" Hiei said. "In case you hadn't noticed, she was talking about Kurama."
"But Kurama never was dead." Kuwabara said.
"Never mind, Kuwabara. Just never mind." Hiei said. Kuwabara was trying to figure out what he missed, but Yusuke was trying to get a better look at Kiyoko. She had stopped when she got half her body out. Most of what could be seen was covered in shadows. He was just about to ask her to step out of the shadows, when she did.
Kiyoko was the most beautiful demon so far. She was wearing an ankle length blue silk skirt, with a slit up the side, a long sleeve blue shirt, with the sleeves draping. They were thin at the shoulder, and then got wider as the got longer, with an extra pointed piece sewn on the inside of the sleeve to give it a mid evil look. She had beautiful blue hair, ankle length, which was parted at the side, so it covered half of her face. She was wearing a pair of blue high heels, and a necklace, with the most gorgeous blue pendant hanging from it. This time it was Boton's turn to be staring.
"Oh, my god. Where do you buy your clothes and jewelry? They are just so gorgeous! I love your pendant! That is one of the most beautiful skirts I have seen!" she went on and on, until Yukina walked over and hit Boton.
"OW! What was that for!?" Boton yelled.
"We are here to fight, and get Kayko back. We're not here to socialize, and gossip!" Yukina shouted. Boton kept her mouth shut, but it was hard, with so many new questions forming about Kiyoko's clothing.
Yukina stepped forward, with a disgusted look on her face.
"Humans are so awful. I can't believe that you would actually allow yourself to wear that." she said, looking at Yukina in shorts and a shirt. "True girls are supposed to wear dresses, like me."
"I am not a human." Yukina said, not happy. "I'm an ice demon. True girls aren't supposed to fight either, but I'm going to kick your ass." Kiyoko just smiled, and stood in a fighting pose. Yukina stood in a fighting pose too, and laughed at Kiyoko.
"You know, there's one problem about dresses…" she said, taking a run at Kiyoko and punching her. "… You can't fight in them." Kiyoko stood up, bleeding from the mouth. She took a run at Yukina, and swung, but Yukina dodged, hitting Kiyoko in her face again. Kiyoko ran again, swung, and missed. Yukina hit her in her face again.
"Why isn't she turning into her demon form?" Yusuke asked Kurama. Kurama just shrugged.
"The reason, my dear boy, is that I have a much longer temper. Yorouki and me can handle being hit in the face better than the others. You all should be grateful." Kiyoko said. Yusuke was wondering how she heard him, when she answered. "I can read your mind. Surely you would have guessed that by now. Or at least master should have told you."
"That must be a new technique. They must have formed that power when I stopped teaching them." Kurama said, hoping that it was true.
"Actually, we had that power long before we met you. We just never used it much." Kiyoko said.
"That means…. Kiore. You bastards!" Kurama shouted at Kiyoko. Kiyoko just smiled.
"That's right. We knew she was there that day. At least me and Yorouki did. We discovered your little life and wanted to destroy that with you. Unfortunately, we failed to track down everyone that had ever known you."
"Well, with my history, you would have to destroy the whole Ningenkai, and the Makai, until there was nothing left." Kurama laughed. Kiyoko ignored him and turned back to Yukina.
"Lets just get this over with." She stood facing Yukina, waiting for an attack. Unfortunately, Yukina did the same. After a few moments, they realized that they were getting nowhere fast.
"I'm waiting…" Yukina said. Kiyoko looked rather annoyed with her, but attacked. She hit so fast that Yukina couldn't even keep up with it. She flew backwards and was motionless for a few seconds.
"Yukina!" Hiei started to run forward, but Kurama stopped him.
"No, Hiei. Throwing yourself into the fight wont help."
"It will if I can save Yukina." Hiei said.
"Yukina wants to fight this one alone. Besides…" Kurama looked over in Yukina direction, while Hiei stared at him. "… She's getting up." Hiei looked over in her direction too, and spotted Yukina struggling to get up.
Yes Yukina! You can do it! Now just get up! Hiei thought, cheering his sister in his mind. She didn't like him to cheer him on out loud.
I know I can Hiei. Just gimme a minute. She thought back to her brother.
"I think there's something I need to tell you to, Kiyoko. I too can read minds. I can also transmit messages without speaking. Your attacks wont be so easy from now on." Yukina said. She stood in a fighting pose and looked at Kiyoko with a smile. Kiyoko could sense that Yukina was getting ready to attack, so without warning, she raised her hands above her, and brought them down with a loud swish. A tidal wave of water came flying at Yukina.
That should keep her busy for a while, trying to stay afloat. Kiyoko thought, but got a huge surprise at Yukina's next move. Yukina just took in a deep breath, and exhaled at the huge wave. It instantly froze.
"What! How!" Kiyoko exclaimed.
"You forgot one critical detail." Yukina said. "I'm an ice demon." she exhaled a long breath towards Kiyoko at the same time that kiyoko sent another wave attack at Yukina. The water rebounded as soon as it hit the ice, and froze as soon as it hit Kiyoko. It froze everything but Kiyoko's head.
"Why you… when I get out of here you're really…"
"Yeah, yeah, I know. 'I'm really gonna pay dearly for this'. Why don't you guys get a new line sometime." Yukina said, in a taunting voice. Then she exhaled again, and froze Kiyoko's head so that she couldn't breath.
Now just finish her off and we can get going, Hiei thought to his sister.
Yeah, yeah! Yukina thought. Damn! Would you get off my back for once!
Well, I would, but… Hiei started, but Kurama put his hand on Hiei's shoulder. Hiei looked back at Kurama surprised, but Kurama just shook his head.
"I don't know what you two are fighting about, but I know your fighting. Forget it for now and let Yukina finish the job. You can continue this later."
"Thank you Kurama. Now, let me finish this." Yukina said. She raised her hand in the air, and a huge ice lance formed in the air just above her hand. She pulled her arm back, as if throwing a baseball, and lurched it forward, throwing the lance. It hit the Kiyoko ice sculpture, and shattered everything, including Kiyoko. It was over.
"Now, can we continue?" Hiei asked.
"Not right now Hiei. Lets fight after we get out of here." Yukina said.
"I have plans for after this case. If I live." Hiei said.
"And that would be?" Yukina asked.
"Oh, never mind." Hiei said. He didn't need to though. Yukina started to read his mind, but suddenly hit a wall.
"Don't bother, Yukina. I can block my mind long enough to knock you unconscious." she knew Hiei wasn't lying so she stopped using up her energy. She turned around and started to walk away slowly. Kurama looked at Hiei, and decided to ask him the same thing.
"So, what are your plans for after this gets over?" he looked into Hiei's eyes, trying to find a little weakness.
"Its nothing." he said, because the others were nearby. When they started walking again, Hiei took Kurama to the back of the group to talk to him.
"Kurama, you'll find out my plans soon enough." and he left it at that, as they continued walking. They walked through the elaborate blue room, and out the other side. They came to yet another room, and stayed perfectly still. No traps. They quickly crossed the room, and slowly walked up the stairs. They reached the door, turned the handle, and were greeted by complete darkness.
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