Kurama cried out as something pierced his side. The weapon lodged between his ribs, turned out to be an actual spear, not an energy one. He cursed silently, and ripped it out, blood staining the ground. He turned to his assaulter, and growled at him angrily. Kurama decided to use his rose whip on the demon instead of the energy power he'd been given, and wrapped the spiny whip around the monster's neck, and with a twist, the head popped off.
As Kurama was painted with blood, he tucked away the whip. The pain from jerking the weapon out, made him stumble as he stood. He wrapped up the injured side with a piece of shirt, "borrowed" from the dead demon. He fell on his knees pain, filling up his upper torso.
"Hey..."
Kurama turned to his side, to see a small demon girl looking at him. She had shoulder length strait black hair, and pecan eyes. Her body was crushed by another demon, five times her size. All that was seen of her was her left arm, from the shoulder up.
"Oh God!"
"I'm not in any pain...Don't worry." The girl smiled as blood trailed down her lips. "I was just wondering if you could get this thing off me. I do want to come back you know, but I doubt I can if my body was flattened like a pancake." She spoke so calmly, it made Kurama feel nervous. Painfully he shoved the demon off her, freeing her from the weight.
He winced and turned away. "T...Thank you." The girl whispered. Kurama placed her small head in his lap. He immediately knew what she was. A flower demon. Peaceful, gentle creatures. They were loved in the human and demon world. The human's called them "fairies" but they were not small as the humans thought.
"My names Je...Jennifer....what's yours?"
Kurama looked down and with a bitter smile told her his name. "What a nice name....I'll be glad when the war is over..." She smiled up at him. "When it's over I can see my friend's again...and my beautiful flowers....th...they're so lovely in the morning..." Her lids were closing, very slowly. "Make sure I goto the portal when I'm gone...I'd hate to be the only one who couldn't come back to say...hell...hello again."
Her eyes closed completely.
"Don't you think...it will be beautiful Kurama? When this war is over, the flowers will come in bloom, and change this d...dark place...and while that happens...we'll be with our friends...our family....everyone." She sighed, "Won't that be lovely?"
Her smile grew stiff, still remaining soft, and Kurama knew she had died.
Kurama looked at her dead form, and tears dripped down his face. "That's just a fairy tail...there is no happy ending. No flower will grow in this field of blood red soil, and we will not be laughing with our friends...we will be in our homes, remembering this Hell we faced."
Kurama held her, rocking the small form to his body.
"What a beautiful lie you had..."
"EVERYONE, FALL BACK!!"
Kurama turned his head just in time to see a rush of water speeding towards him, like a tidal wave. He held the girl's body close, and jumped out of the way. He spotted a water Demon sending a wave of water, she was on a Venom, and laughed her head off at the sight of everyone running, and drowning.
Kurama growled, took aim, and shot a seed at the water demon. The seed burst into bloom in a matter of minutes, and a strangled cry filled the air. Who needed a bracelet that gave you endless energy, when you were able to shoot seeds in people's bodies and make them explode?
She had stopped sending the water, but the water she had sent, crashed through the trench. "LOOK OUT! GET OUT OF THE TRENCH!" Kurama cried. He turned his head, crying out as some of the other soldiers got swept away, his call too late.
Kurama was glad at least some dived out of the way, but fear clutched his heart for those who did not move in time. Friends grabbed hold of their own who were being swept away, only to be pulled in the water with them. Younger ones went down, and only a few submerged back to the surface.
Kurama held onto the girl again, tears filling his eyes. He felt so empty...everything seemed wrong....
Hiei's head turned as he saw the rush of water. Hiei gasped, and looked down at the sobbing man, and gripped him. "Kuwabara! We need to-" He was cut off as the water crashed down on him, sweeping him and Kuwabara away.
Hiei tried desperately to hold on to Kuwabara, surprised at how much he didn't want to lose the human he "hated". He opened his eyes and saw Kuwabara had his hand at his throat. Kuwabara did not have demon lungs, he needed air in a much shorter amount of time than he did.
Hiei kicked Kuwabara as hard as he could, sending him to the left, knowing he'd land safely on the ground. Hiei only hoped he didn't hit him too hard, afraid he may have broken something. Hiei spiraled in the water, and managed to catch a few gasps of airs, before being swept downstream once again.
He struggled, fighting for his life, the water freezing over his body, doing more damage then the others, being as he was a fire demon. (---I can never remember what type of demon he is. Hope that's right) Then the water slowed, and the ground became nothing but mud.
Hiei now found himself being dragged in the mud, and he choked as it forced it's way in his mouth, up his nose, and in his ears. Hiei freed himself from the muddy trap, and was no longer recognizable, looking like a snowman made out of mud. He twitched and cursed angrily. With a sigh he gave one last curse.
"Dam*"
"Y...your tel...tellin' me..."
He turned around, to see another creature covered in as much mud as him. This creature had a rather large piece of wood through it's gut. A jagged piece from one of the broken crates. It was at an angle holding the muddy creature up off the muddy floor. If the wood was any bigger, it's torso may have been sawed off.
The eyes opened and he saw the large blue eyes, and recognition filled his mind. A girl holding out her hand, smiling at him, and placing wood in Yusuke's mouth.
"Your that human girl. Keely..." The girl smiled and blood dribbled out her mouth. Hiei did not see this, because of all the mud smeared on her body.
Hiei came over to her, and sliced the wood off, making sure it stayed in her. If he cut it out, she would die instantly, maybe this could keep her alive long enough so he could save her. She was in a terrible, fierce amount of pain, but had no strength to cry out. He wiped her face, and now was able to make out her red hair, just a little.
"Hmm. Not bad, it can be fixed." Hiei muttered under his breath.
"I...If I was...a..a demo...demon."
Hiei looked at her. He knew she was right, but did not voice his agreement.
"I'm dying."
She smiled and turned her head. "Hmm...I don't...I don't think...I...I can come...come back. I've already di...died before."
Hiei watched her, and saw muddy tears go down her face. She was afraid of the death that was steadily approaching her.
"Koenma promised to bring everyone back. You'll be brought back."
She nodded. Her eyes were no longer the dark blue, but had turned pale, like a blind woman's eyes. Hiei looked at her, the eyes making his heart twist.
"Hiei."
She looked at him puzzled, "What?"
"My name is Hiei." He said in an unchanged voice. She smiled and held out a shaking hand. "My nam...es Keely. Ho...How do you...How do you do?" He shook her hand, holding it there. He did not answer her, for her hand went limp and cold; she died looking at him, with a gentle smile.
He picked her up, pulled out the wood, seeing no more need to leave it there, and began to walk back towards the others, who were almost a mile away. There was heavy silence. The night raid must have been over. He walked pulling several people out of the mud, and made it back within 30 minutes, thanks to his demon speed.
He approached the Healers, Mali, and Kurama rushing to meet him. Hiei held out Keely, and Mali took her. "She's so light..."
"She has no more blood in her. It's emptied out all over the trench."
Kurama grasped Hiei's shoulders and hugged him, catching Hiei off guard. "Thank God your okay!" Kurama pulled away, and smiled at the muddy figure. "You need a bath." Hiei glared, and then felt another hand on his shoulder.
He turned to see Yusuke, "You should listen to the man." Yusuke smiled, his skin pale. "Mali!" Mali turned back to Hiei, she'd been cleaning the mud off the dead girl's face.
"That is the girl that saved you." Hiei stated pointing at her.
Yusuke looked down at her corpse and shook his head. He looked at the girl, gratitude filled in his eyes. Mali shook her head, "How am I going to tell Danton?"
"He's the Healer that helped me, are they friends?" Mali shook her head, "She's her best friend, and her brother. He took her in, when he killed her parents. He could not bring himself to kill the girl, and raised her. She changed him, and he became good." She shook her head, "Now what shall I do?"
Mali walked away, and Danton who'd been the subject of their conversation ran to her. When he noticed the small child in Mali's arms he froze. He grabbed the small girl, and held her. He dropped on his knees, holding her tightly, his body trembling.
"I hate this place." Yusuke spat.
Kurama squeezed his shoulder. "At least everyone has stopped battling for the time being. Everyone is looking for the stragglers. We should help." Kurama looked around. "But first, we need to search for Kuwabara."
Hiei's eyes widened as he remembered him. "Wait." He took off and went to the place he'd kicked him, sending him to the side. After searching Hiei felt his throat close.
Kuwabara was not there...
He turned hopping to the other side of the trench, that was ahead of the safety. If Kuwabara was thrown over here, it would have been no safer than the flood of water.
Six feet away, he saw Kuwabara laying very still on the ground. Hiei felt his hands shake, Kuwabara had been out in open fire. He could be dead. He could have been shot. Hiei could have thrown him into more danger, signing his death warrant.
Hiei approached him, and saw Kuwabara was soaked in as much mud as him. He realized he must not have kicked Kuwabara fully to safety, and Kuwabara had crawled, thinking he was on the safe side of the trench. Hiei turned him over, seeing his eyes closed. Kuwabara had no visible wounds.
He checked his body for broken limbs, and Kuwabara whimpered. "Kuwabara?" Hiei looked at him, and realized the scent of a Demon blood was in the air. He searched and spotted a demon body. Judging by his wound, Hiei could tell Kuwabara had stabbed him.
He looked down, and realized the Demon must have been trying to drag him to the enemy side. So they could interrogate him, which would mean torturing him, and harming him in unbelievable ways, just to get what they needed.
"Wake up human. I'm not carrying your as* back to the others."
Kuwabara's eyes opened, and he looked at Hiei. He tried to sit up, but in the end, needed Hiei's help. "Ugh..." He grunted. He looked over at Hiei, and then noticed the body. "Did you kill him?"
Hiei raised an eyebrow. Kuwabara did not remember? Hiei decided it was best not to tell Kuwabara that the Demon tried to capture him, "He was strangling you, and I killed him. For a fool, you were putting up a good fight." Hiei felt he deserved to give a bit of a compliment to the human. It was Kuwabara that had killed the demon, not him. Kuwabara didn't bother to reply.
Only stating, "I feel cold."
Hiei lifted him up, realizing he was cold as well. "Come on. Yusuke might lose control if he doesn't know your safe. Why he cares for you so much, is beyond me." When Kuwabara did not bother to snap back, Hiei realized that the human must have been serious. Kuwabara couldn't be fine if he wasn't snapping back at him, and yelling back in that gritty voice, as Hiei called it.
"Come on."
"Hiei...are you injured?" Kuwabara asked cautiously.
"No...Do you feel any injury?" he asked, equally cautious. This was the first time the two had spoken in a friendly manner.
It was a time to tread softly here. They were not close friends, they were barely friends, and now to be speaking in friendly terms, seemed dangerous. Their beginning friendship was filled with mines, and they needed to avoid those mines, as so not to ruin their first baby steps towards companionship.
"My head hurts..."
Hiei merely nodded and helped Kuwabara walk back to the Healers.
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Hiei and Kuwabara have fallen ill from their water ride, and Kurama and Yusuke have a heart to heart talk.
As Kurama was painted with blood, he tucked away the whip. The pain from jerking the weapon out, made him stumble as he stood. He wrapped up the injured side with a piece of shirt, "borrowed" from the dead demon. He fell on his knees pain, filling up his upper torso.
"Hey..."
Kurama turned to his side, to see a small demon girl looking at him. She had shoulder length strait black hair, and pecan eyes. Her body was crushed by another demon, five times her size. All that was seen of her was her left arm, from the shoulder up.
"Oh God!"
"I'm not in any pain...Don't worry." The girl smiled as blood trailed down her lips. "I was just wondering if you could get this thing off me. I do want to come back you know, but I doubt I can if my body was flattened like a pancake." She spoke so calmly, it made Kurama feel nervous. Painfully he shoved the demon off her, freeing her from the weight.
He winced and turned away. "T...Thank you." The girl whispered. Kurama placed her small head in his lap. He immediately knew what she was. A flower demon. Peaceful, gentle creatures. They were loved in the human and demon world. The human's called them "fairies" but they were not small as the humans thought.
"My names Je...Jennifer....what's yours?"
Kurama looked down and with a bitter smile told her his name. "What a nice name....I'll be glad when the war is over..." She smiled up at him. "When it's over I can see my friend's again...and my beautiful flowers....th...they're so lovely in the morning..." Her lids were closing, very slowly. "Make sure I goto the portal when I'm gone...I'd hate to be the only one who couldn't come back to say...hell...hello again."
Her eyes closed completely.
"Don't you think...it will be beautiful Kurama? When this war is over, the flowers will come in bloom, and change this d...dark place...and while that happens...we'll be with our friends...our family....everyone." She sighed, "Won't that be lovely?"
Her smile grew stiff, still remaining soft, and Kurama knew she had died.
Kurama looked at her dead form, and tears dripped down his face. "That's just a fairy tail...there is no happy ending. No flower will grow in this field of blood red soil, and we will not be laughing with our friends...we will be in our homes, remembering this Hell we faced."
Kurama held her, rocking the small form to his body.
"What a beautiful lie you had..."
"EVERYONE, FALL BACK!!"
Kurama turned his head just in time to see a rush of water speeding towards him, like a tidal wave. He held the girl's body close, and jumped out of the way. He spotted a water Demon sending a wave of water, she was on a Venom, and laughed her head off at the sight of everyone running, and drowning.
Kurama growled, took aim, and shot a seed at the water demon. The seed burst into bloom in a matter of minutes, and a strangled cry filled the air. Who needed a bracelet that gave you endless energy, when you were able to shoot seeds in people's bodies and make them explode?
She had stopped sending the water, but the water she had sent, crashed through the trench. "LOOK OUT! GET OUT OF THE TRENCH!" Kurama cried. He turned his head, crying out as some of the other soldiers got swept away, his call too late.
Kurama was glad at least some dived out of the way, but fear clutched his heart for those who did not move in time. Friends grabbed hold of their own who were being swept away, only to be pulled in the water with them. Younger ones went down, and only a few submerged back to the surface.
Kurama held onto the girl again, tears filling his eyes. He felt so empty...everything seemed wrong....
Hiei's head turned as he saw the rush of water. Hiei gasped, and looked down at the sobbing man, and gripped him. "Kuwabara! We need to-" He was cut off as the water crashed down on him, sweeping him and Kuwabara away.
Hiei tried desperately to hold on to Kuwabara, surprised at how much he didn't want to lose the human he "hated". He opened his eyes and saw Kuwabara had his hand at his throat. Kuwabara did not have demon lungs, he needed air in a much shorter amount of time than he did.
Hiei kicked Kuwabara as hard as he could, sending him to the left, knowing he'd land safely on the ground. Hiei only hoped he didn't hit him too hard, afraid he may have broken something. Hiei spiraled in the water, and managed to catch a few gasps of airs, before being swept downstream once again.
He struggled, fighting for his life, the water freezing over his body, doing more damage then the others, being as he was a fire demon. (---I can never remember what type of demon he is. Hope that's right) Then the water slowed, and the ground became nothing but mud.
Hiei now found himself being dragged in the mud, and he choked as it forced it's way in his mouth, up his nose, and in his ears. Hiei freed himself from the muddy trap, and was no longer recognizable, looking like a snowman made out of mud. He twitched and cursed angrily. With a sigh he gave one last curse.
"Dam*"
"Y...your tel...tellin' me..."
He turned around, to see another creature covered in as much mud as him. This creature had a rather large piece of wood through it's gut. A jagged piece from one of the broken crates. It was at an angle holding the muddy creature up off the muddy floor. If the wood was any bigger, it's torso may have been sawed off.
The eyes opened and he saw the large blue eyes, and recognition filled his mind. A girl holding out her hand, smiling at him, and placing wood in Yusuke's mouth.
"Your that human girl. Keely..." The girl smiled and blood dribbled out her mouth. Hiei did not see this, because of all the mud smeared on her body.
Hiei came over to her, and sliced the wood off, making sure it stayed in her. If he cut it out, she would die instantly, maybe this could keep her alive long enough so he could save her. She was in a terrible, fierce amount of pain, but had no strength to cry out. He wiped her face, and now was able to make out her red hair, just a little.
"Hmm. Not bad, it can be fixed." Hiei muttered under his breath.
"I...If I was...a..a demo...demon."
Hiei looked at her. He knew she was right, but did not voice his agreement.
"I'm dying."
She smiled and turned her head. "Hmm...I don't...I don't think...I...I can come...come back. I've already di...died before."
Hiei watched her, and saw muddy tears go down her face. She was afraid of the death that was steadily approaching her.
"Koenma promised to bring everyone back. You'll be brought back."
She nodded. Her eyes were no longer the dark blue, but had turned pale, like a blind woman's eyes. Hiei looked at her, the eyes making his heart twist.
"Hiei."
She looked at him puzzled, "What?"
"My name is Hiei." He said in an unchanged voice. She smiled and held out a shaking hand. "My nam...es Keely. Ho...How do you...How do you do?" He shook her hand, holding it there. He did not answer her, for her hand went limp and cold; she died looking at him, with a gentle smile.
He picked her up, pulled out the wood, seeing no more need to leave it there, and began to walk back towards the others, who were almost a mile away. There was heavy silence. The night raid must have been over. He walked pulling several people out of the mud, and made it back within 30 minutes, thanks to his demon speed.
He approached the Healers, Mali, and Kurama rushing to meet him. Hiei held out Keely, and Mali took her. "She's so light..."
"She has no more blood in her. It's emptied out all over the trench."
Kurama grasped Hiei's shoulders and hugged him, catching Hiei off guard. "Thank God your okay!" Kurama pulled away, and smiled at the muddy figure. "You need a bath." Hiei glared, and then felt another hand on his shoulder.
He turned to see Yusuke, "You should listen to the man." Yusuke smiled, his skin pale. "Mali!" Mali turned back to Hiei, she'd been cleaning the mud off the dead girl's face.
"That is the girl that saved you." Hiei stated pointing at her.
Yusuke looked down at her corpse and shook his head. He looked at the girl, gratitude filled in his eyes. Mali shook her head, "How am I going to tell Danton?"
"He's the Healer that helped me, are they friends?" Mali shook her head, "She's her best friend, and her brother. He took her in, when he killed her parents. He could not bring himself to kill the girl, and raised her. She changed him, and he became good." She shook her head, "Now what shall I do?"
Mali walked away, and Danton who'd been the subject of their conversation ran to her. When he noticed the small child in Mali's arms he froze. He grabbed the small girl, and held her. He dropped on his knees, holding her tightly, his body trembling.
"I hate this place." Yusuke spat.
Kurama squeezed his shoulder. "At least everyone has stopped battling for the time being. Everyone is looking for the stragglers. We should help." Kurama looked around. "But first, we need to search for Kuwabara."
Hiei's eyes widened as he remembered him. "Wait." He took off and went to the place he'd kicked him, sending him to the side. After searching Hiei felt his throat close.
Kuwabara was not there...
He turned hopping to the other side of the trench, that was ahead of the safety. If Kuwabara was thrown over here, it would have been no safer than the flood of water.
Six feet away, he saw Kuwabara laying very still on the ground. Hiei felt his hands shake, Kuwabara had been out in open fire. He could be dead. He could have been shot. Hiei could have thrown him into more danger, signing his death warrant.
Hiei approached him, and saw Kuwabara was soaked in as much mud as him. He realized he must not have kicked Kuwabara fully to safety, and Kuwabara had crawled, thinking he was on the safe side of the trench. Hiei turned him over, seeing his eyes closed. Kuwabara had no visible wounds.
He checked his body for broken limbs, and Kuwabara whimpered. "Kuwabara?" Hiei looked at him, and realized the scent of a Demon blood was in the air. He searched and spotted a demon body. Judging by his wound, Hiei could tell Kuwabara had stabbed him.
He looked down, and realized the Demon must have been trying to drag him to the enemy side. So they could interrogate him, which would mean torturing him, and harming him in unbelievable ways, just to get what they needed.
"Wake up human. I'm not carrying your as* back to the others."
Kuwabara's eyes opened, and he looked at Hiei. He tried to sit up, but in the end, needed Hiei's help. "Ugh..." He grunted. He looked over at Hiei, and then noticed the body. "Did you kill him?"
Hiei raised an eyebrow. Kuwabara did not remember? Hiei decided it was best not to tell Kuwabara that the Demon tried to capture him, "He was strangling you, and I killed him. For a fool, you were putting up a good fight." Hiei felt he deserved to give a bit of a compliment to the human. It was Kuwabara that had killed the demon, not him. Kuwabara didn't bother to reply.
Only stating, "I feel cold."
Hiei lifted him up, realizing he was cold as well. "Come on. Yusuke might lose control if he doesn't know your safe. Why he cares for you so much, is beyond me." When Kuwabara did not bother to snap back, Hiei realized that the human must have been serious. Kuwabara couldn't be fine if he wasn't snapping back at him, and yelling back in that gritty voice, as Hiei called it.
"Come on."
"Hiei...are you injured?" Kuwabara asked cautiously.
"No...Do you feel any injury?" he asked, equally cautious. This was the first time the two had spoken in a friendly manner.
It was a time to tread softly here. They were not close friends, they were barely friends, and now to be speaking in friendly terms, seemed dangerous. Their beginning friendship was filled with mines, and they needed to avoid those mines, as so not to ruin their first baby steps towards companionship.
"My head hurts..."
Hiei merely nodded and helped Kuwabara walk back to the Healers.
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Hiei and Kuwabara have fallen ill from their water ride, and Kurama and Yusuke have a heart to heart talk.