Yu Yu Hakusho is not mine. Era, Van-Gareth and the ancient language are
mine however.
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Chapter 10
Yusuke and the gang ran through the forest, Jin and Touya where still nowhere to be seen. This fact did not rest easy on Yusuke, he was still hoping that they could meet up with them later.
They came to a stop as four familiar people came into view. Yusuke laughed happily as they neared them, "Hey long time no see guys. How are you?"
"We're fine," Rinku said, "We ran into a friend of yours a couple of hours back."
"Was her name Era?" Yukina asked the child.
Rinku nodded his head, "Yep, sure was. She left a message for you guys too."
"Ah yes, let me guess what she said 'stay away 'cause I don't want you to get hurt'. Ya I heard it already," Yusuke said.
Rinku laughed, "She said that alright, just not exactly like you said it."
Shishiwakamaru looked through the group, "She said Jin and Touya were with you. If that's so where are they?"
Yusuke's face fell but it was Botan who answered, "Yusuke got in a verbal fight with them this morning because he didn't like them letting Era go. They made up but Touya still didn't want to go after her, so he split. Jin went after him and we haven't seen them since."
"Well it seems that they at least listened to her," Suzuka said.
"Not quite Jin went to try and talk Touya into coming," Botan said.
Suzuka laughed lightly, "Figures as much."
"She's a friend and we all want to help as much as possible. Sitting around is not going to help her," Yusuke said.
"Agreed," Chu said, "We may not know her too well but if she's going to save the world I'm going to help as much as I can to. Plus she seems like a swell kid."
The other three agreed and they soon headed off in the direction Era had gone together. Along they way the whole story of how they found her and what had happened since that time was told; to say the least the newer members were impressed.
***
Jin was having a hard time tracking his friend Touya. He knew that he was purposely evading him at all costs and that hurt him a bit. They had always stuck together, even after the Shinobi had been practically destroyed. Power in numbers is what their masters had taught them, but this seemed to evade Touya's mind when it came to helping Era fight Van-Gareth. This also concerned his, for Touya was very wise and something as important as that did not easily pass by him.
Jin flew quickly through the forest looking desperately for his friend. With Touya's desperate attempt to get away he might end up getting stuck in a sticky situation and that would not be good.
"Touya you crazy rat, where are you?" Jin yelled out.
Jin smiled as he heard a familiar voice but it quickly dropped as he heard was being yelled, "JIN HELP!"
With that Jin flew even faster as he neared where Touya's voice had come he saw him struggling against something next to a small river. As he got closer he saw Touya hefted into a tree so he was hanging with a vine tightly wrapped around his neck, Touya was trying to rip the vine away while struggling to breath.
Jin did the first thing that came to mind; grab the vine that was strangling his friend. He managed to break the vine and catch Touya before he fell to his death. The vine tried to grab him in turn but he used one hand and shot a wave of wind into them and they broke apart. The vines didn't end though so he quickly flew away.
He landed on the ground and put Touya down, it was then that he realized that his friend wasn't breathing. Jin panicked he didn't know what to do, he stupidly hit him in the chest quite hard. This did however make Touya cry out in pain and turn on his side coughing up a storm.
Jin smiled happy knowing that his friend was all right, but it soon occurred to him that he had just hurt his friend. Touya was curled up on his side holding his chest and coughing horribly. "Touya, you alright?" Jin asked worriedly.
Touya just kept coughing; this did not reassure Jin in the least. He pulled Touya on his back and Touya's coughing minimized, but he still had his arms wrapped around his lower chest area and his were eyes closed. Jin waited patiently for Touya's coughing to subside before asking again "Are you alright?"
Touya slowly opened his eyes to see Jin face hovering over his (Jin was still on the ground, he was just leaning over his friend), but closed them again as a wave of pain shot through him. A moment later he opened them again and managed to say, "I think you broke a few ribs," before flinching again.
Jin looked down at Touya who was visibly in a lot of pain and said sympathetically, "Sorry 'bout 'at Touya, I panicked."
Touya chuckled a bit before saying, "That's not like you, you never really panic...but, thanks." He coughed a bit more.
Jin waited for Touya's coughing to subside once more, "What do you say 'bout goin' after Era, to 'elp."
"Not much help I can be now," Touya muttered.
Jin smiled wirily, "We can root 'er on right. We don't need to fight."
"I don't want to get in her way, or put her in danger," Touya said still in pain. "That's why I didn't want to go."
"I know but come on Touya, I think she'll love haven' 'er friends rootin' 'er on."
Touya flinched once more, "Sounds good I guess. But theirs on problem with this plan of yours Jin."
"And what's that," Jin asked curiously.
"This," Touya said while raising his hand to show that it was covered in blood; one of his ribs had protruded through his skin, but had gone back in for the bone was not visible. Jin gasped, he had not thought he had hit Touya that hard, but how wrong was he.
"You'll be alright Touya," he said trying to reassuringly, "We'll meet up with Urameshi an' Yukina can heal you. You've 'ad worse than this before, you did have Kurama's death plant go through you chest in the Dark Tournament."
"Ya, I did," with that said Jin helped him get up. When on his feet he had a bit of trouble standing so Jin offered to help.
"I can carry you Touya, here..." Jin paused as he squatted down in front of him, "Get on my back, it'll be faster an' safer for you."
Touya had little strength to argue and he knew Jin was right, so he did as his friend asked. Jin held Touya's legs at his sides and Touya's arms went around his neck. With that done Jin took off. Some time along the journey Touya fell asleep, but Jin knew he was alright because his sensitive ears could hear his stead breathing.
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Don't you just want to smack Jin for his stupidity?
Will Touya get healed? Will the gang catch up to Era? Will Era survive her fight?
Review to find out.
Thank you.
Thank you 'Revlis' and 'blaze' for reviewing.
On with the tale
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Chapter 10
Yusuke and the gang ran through the forest, Jin and Touya where still nowhere to be seen. This fact did not rest easy on Yusuke, he was still hoping that they could meet up with them later.
They came to a stop as four familiar people came into view. Yusuke laughed happily as they neared them, "Hey long time no see guys. How are you?"
"We're fine," Rinku said, "We ran into a friend of yours a couple of hours back."
"Was her name Era?" Yukina asked the child.
Rinku nodded his head, "Yep, sure was. She left a message for you guys too."
"Ah yes, let me guess what she said 'stay away 'cause I don't want you to get hurt'. Ya I heard it already," Yusuke said.
Rinku laughed, "She said that alright, just not exactly like you said it."
Shishiwakamaru looked through the group, "She said Jin and Touya were with you. If that's so where are they?"
Yusuke's face fell but it was Botan who answered, "Yusuke got in a verbal fight with them this morning because he didn't like them letting Era go. They made up but Touya still didn't want to go after her, so he split. Jin went after him and we haven't seen them since."
"Well it seems that they at least listened to her," Suzuka said.
"Not quite Jin went to try and talk Touya into coming," Botan said.
Suzuka laughed lightly, "Figures as much."
"She's a friend and we all want to help as much as possible. Sitting around is not going to help her," Yusuke said.
"Agreed," Chu said, "We may not know her too well but if she's going to save the world I'm going to help as much as I can to. Plus she seems like a swell kid."
The other three agreed and they soon headed off in the direction Era had gone together. Along they way the whole story of how they found her and what had happened since that time was told; to say the least the newer members were impressed.
***
Jin was having a hard time tracking his friend Touya. He knew that he was purposely evading him at all costs and that hurt him a bit. They had always stuck together, even after the Shinobi had been practically destroyed. Power in numbers is what their masters had taught them, but this seemed to evade Touya's mind when it came to helping Era fight Van-Gareth. This also concerned his, for Touya was very wise and something as important as that did not easily pass by him.
Jin flew quickly through the forest looking desperately for his friend. With Touya's desperate attempt to get away he might end up getting stuck in a sticky situation and that would not be good.
"Touya you crazy rat, where are you?" Jin yelled out.
Jin smiled as he heard a familiar voice but it quickly dropped as he heard was being yelled, "JIN HELP!"
With that Jin flew even faster as he neared where Touya's voice had come he saw him struggling against something next to a small river. As he got closer he saw Touya hefted into a tree so he was hanging with a vine tightly wrapped around his neck, Touya was trying to rip the vine away while struggling to breath.
Jin did the first thing that came to mind; grab the vine that was strangling his friend. He managed to break the vine and catch Touya before he fell to his death. The vine tried to grab him in turn but he used one hand and shot a wave of wind into them and they broke apart. The vines didn't end though so he quickly flew away.
He landed on the ground and put Touya down, it was then that he realized that his friend wasn't breathing. Jin panicked he didn't know what to do, he stupidly hit him in the chest quite hard. This did however make Touya cry out in pain and turn on his side coughing up a storm.
Jin smiled happy knowing that his friend was all right, but it soon occurred to him that he had just hurt his friend. Touya was curled up on his side holding his chest and coughing horribly. "Touya, you alright?" Jin asked worriedly.
Touya just kept coughing; this did not reassure Jin in the least. He pulled Touya on his back and Touya's coughing minimized, but he still had his arms wrapped around his lower chest area and his were eyes closed. Jin waited patiently for Touya's coughing to subside before asking again "Are you alright?"
Touya slowly opened his eyes to see Jin face hovering over his (Jin was still on the ground, he was just leaning over his friend), but closed them again as a wave of pain shot through him. A moment later he opened them again and managed to say, "I think you broke a few ribs," before flinching again.
Jin looked down at Touya who was visibly in a lot of pain and said sympathetically, "Sorry 'bout 'at Touya, I panicked."
Touya chuckled a bit before saying, "That's not like you, you never really panic...but, thanks." He coughed a bit more.
Jin waited for Touya's coughing to subside once more, "What do you say 'bout goin' after Era, to 'elp."
"Not much help I can be now," Touya muttered.
Jin smiled wirily, "We can root 'er on right. We don't need to fight."
"I don't want to get in her way, or put her in danger," Touya said still in pain. "That's why I didn't want to go."
"I know but come on Touya, I think she'll love haven' 'er friends rootin' 'er on."
Touya flinched once more, "Sounds good I guess. But theirs on problem with this plan of yours Jin."
"And what's that," Jin asked curiously.
"This," Touya said while raising his hand to show that it was covered in blood; one of his ribs had protruded through his skin, but had gone back in for the bone was not visible. Jin gasped, he had not thought he had hit Touya that hard, but how wrong was he.
"You'll be alright Touya," he said trying to reassuringly, "We'll meet up with Urameshi an' Yukina can heal you. You've 'ad worse than this before, you did have Kurama's death plant go through you chest in the Dark Tournament."
"Ya, I did," with that said Jin helped him get up. When on his feet he had a bit of trouble standing so Jin offered to help.
"I can carry you Touya, here..." Jin paused as he squatted down in front of him, "Get on my back, it'll be faster an' safer for you."
Touya had little strength to argue and he knew Jin was right, so he did as his friend asked. Jin held Touya's legs at his sides and Touya's arms went around his neck. With that done Jin took off. Some time along the journey Touya fell asleep, but Jin knew he was alright because his sensitive ears could hear his stead breathing.
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Don't you just want to smack Jin for his stupidity?
Will Touya get healed? Will the gang catch up to Era? Will Era survive her fight?
Review to find out.
Thank you.