Under Light of Four Stars
Ixi: Yea, 'nother chappie, Lark take it away
Lark: . . .
Ixi: Lark? Hey now that I think about it, where is Elmer?
*Crashing of large piles of junk while Ixi looks for Elmer and Lark*
Ixi: ON VACATION!? *Looks at a note*
Houdini: Guess it's just you and me for a while
Ixi: Well, I guess the story was going to take a darker turn sooner or later. You want to do disclaimers?
Houdini: No
Ixi: Evil
Houdini: I try
Ixi: No I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho and you should know who owns the others by now. On with the story!
Chapter 13 First Test
The huge doors creaked open, and Hiei took off into the castle until something began to appear in front of him. Hiei stopped and watched the little white dots slowly come together and take form. Hiei readied himself to attack or defend whichever came first. The white lights finally took their form, a person under a glowing white cloak. The angelic figure stepped forward a few steps and bowed. "Welcome Hiei, to the test of your life. I am the Light Guide, Kyla here to guide you through the castle." Hiei was still in his attack stance, "How do I know I can trust you, Kyla?" A sweet chuckle came from under the hood catching Hiei off guard. "Because, I could kill you now and you know this." Kyla turned and walked down the hall decorated with several weapons, some stained with blood. (Ixi: That was your idea wasn't it Houdini? Houdini: MWAHAHA!! Ixi: That answers that.)
~* With the gang *~
A whooshing sound from behind the ornate tapestry alerted everyone someone else was in the room. "Heh, you catch on fast Esme." Ixi chuckled as the yellow fox stepped from behind the tapestry. "So was the breaking in easier or more difficult than last time you tried?" Ixi continued looking at the fox amused. "To be blunt, it was like walking through a ghost town, nobody saw me." The fox stepped forward and bowed taking Ixi's hand in a formal greeting. "So, you have given them all they need m'lady?" The fox asked, retaining royal obligations. "Only the basics, but that is all I can given them." Fox stood up and nodded understandingly. The fox turned its gaze to Kurama. "Kurama, come with me." She commanded taking a step back for some reason. Kurama shrugged and stepped towards the fox, who then grabbed his arm. In a flash the two were gone and Yusuke, Kuwabara and Keiko were left speechless.
"The rest of this game must be played carefully." Ixi said taking their attention away from the point of disappearance. "You speak like it is a game." Keiko said shocked. Nerru stepped forward, "Because it is a game, not like chess or solitaire, but still involving strategy, timing and skill." "You must go now" came the voice of Lex. Ixi and Nerru both nodded their heads in agreement. "Sonic Tarken Flare." All at once, Keyou began glowing with red light and soon a huge bird of prey with flames on its tail, wingtips, and back was standing in its place. Even faster the bird's flames began glowing white. They licked the flammable items but didn't burn them. On one of the white-hot feathers a blue sphere appeared and the three were soon in it. In a flash they were teleported to some place they had never been before. As they vanished they could see Sonic turn into Keyou again and those in the room watched them off.
~* With Kurama *~
Kurama stood up from where he had stumbled. "Watch your step." Esme said with a laugh. "Heh, very funny, where are we anyway?" Kurama said jogging to catch up. "Under Aris's castle." Kurama stopped dead in his tracks. "What?" "We're under Aris's Castle." The fox said again. "Why? What are we going to do here?" The fox smiled, "You'll see."
~* With the gang *~
"Uh, anybody have any ideas as to where we are?" Keiko asked looking around the ornate room they were now in. "Uh?" The two boys just looked at each other to see if the other had the answer. The room was entirely whitewashed, and all the décor was white or light colors. "Simple, you are in the most possible danger you could be." Came an unfamiliar icy voice. A girl looking barely older than the rest of them walked from the mahogany doorway. (Ixi: Think Mika with longer skirt on her dress and a slit up to the top of her knee, long white hair with two black bangs that are almost as long as the rest of her hair. She is wearing high-heeled roman style sandals. That means there are the ties criss-crossing her legs. The sleeves to the dress are long but the tops are cut so you can see her bare arms.) "You must be Aris we've heard so much about." Yusuke snippily said pointing at her. "Huh? I thought Aris was really old?" The neko demon in front of them rolled her eyes. "You must be Gryphon. Never very smart. And you must be Phoenix, fiery, arrogant, need I go on?"
"No, you don't." Yusuke replied, "Because in a few seconds when you're lying on the ground it won't matter." "Urameshi, we can't fight a girl!" Kuwabara exclaimed. "So you would rather get wupped by one?" "No I didn't say that!" "It doesn't matter, you'll all fall no matter who fights. Just like the other four, they all fell, one-by-one. Oh who was first, I've forgotten, oh yes Dragon. He should be joining us in time to be first again." "What?" "Hmm, don't you remember who took his sister? He's trying to find her in this very castle. But he won't succeed."
Then the door burst open and a bleeding creature, agonizingly fell forward. "Mistress Aris, he's, he's already killed off half our defense units." This didn't seem to upset Aris in the least bit. Yusuke looked over to the injured creature. 'No way, that's the cat/bat thing that attacked us in Nigenkai.' He thought to himself. "Hmm, he's behind schedule." Is all she said, "Oh, well it doesn't matter, Menu step up his first challenge." The injured creature bowed and hurried out of the room. Aris smiled and before the Yusuke, Kuwabara or Keiko could tell what was going on she vanished into thin air. "What? Where did that cat go?" Yusuke exclaimed looking around the room.
~* With Kurama *~
"Kurama, put your necklace right here." Esme ordered as she pointed to a spot on the wall. Kurama obeyed and held up the necklace. It began glowing green and so did the wall. In a matter of seconds, there was a doorway where a stone wall once was. The fox jumped through the door and pulled Kurama with her. "If you are going to win against Aris, you'll need some help." The two fell hard on the floor and when Kurama looked up 4 pairs of glowing eyes were staring at them. One pair red, another blue, a third green and the last white. Even in the shadows the shapes of the things before them were visible. The one with red eyes was a huge bird, the blue ones were a long serpentine dragon, green belonged to a horse shaped creature, and the white was of a gryphon. "Great lords of the past, your help is once again needed." The fox did a fancy bow to the shapes.
~* With Hiei *~
"Now if you're finished fooling around Hiei, your first test awaits." The cloaked person said, pushing open a door and bowing. Hiei looked at her while he walked past her into the darkened room. "Your first test is the Shadow Mirror." "What kind of test is that?" "Heh, you shall see." Hiei stepped forward and the lights immediately snapped on. In the middle of the floor there was and ordinary looking mirror. Old maybe but not magical, that is until it started to glow green. Light came from the glass of the mirror and slowly a figure became visible in the light. "Hiei, you're test begins now!" Kyla cried as the figure stepped out of the beams of light and came into view. Hiei stepped back but took his katana out anyway.
~* With Kurama *~
"It has been too long Esme." The one with red eyes said with a voice full of wisdom. "Indeed it has Ambrose." The fox stood up from the bow she had been in. "But to the matter at hand." Esme calmly said as her and the bird shape went for a walk. Kurama was now alone with the other three shapes. The one with eyes of green slowly walked forward, and once it was into the light Kurama could see a beautiful white and green unicorn. Its body was silvery white and its mane, tail, horn and feathers were of a rich forest green. (Ixi: Feathers refer to the long hairs around some horse breed's feet.) "So, you must be Kurama." He said in a calm voice. "Yes, I am." Kurama said uncertainly as the unicorn circled around him.
Ixi: Ta-da, now that this is coming to a close I have to tie everything in and it's starting to get confusing. But I'll try and update soon. Please review.
Ixi: Yea, 'nother chappie, Lark take it away
Lark: . . .
Ixi: Lark? Hey now that I think about it, where is Elmer?
*Crashing of large piles of junk while Ixi looks for Elmer and Lark*
Ixi: ON VACATION!? *Looks at a note*
Houdini: Guess it's just you and me for a while
Ixi: Well, I guess the story was going to take a darker turn sooner or later. You want to do disclaimers?
Houdini: No
Ixi: Evil
Houdini: I try
Ixi: No I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho and you should know who owns the others by now. On with the story!
Chapter 13 First Test
The huge doors creaked open, and Hiei took off into the castle until something began to appear in front of him. Hiei stopped and watched the little white dots slowly come together and take form. Hiei readied himself to attack or defend whichever came first. The white lights finally took their form, a person under a glowing white cloak. The angelic figure stepped forward a few steps and bowed. "Welcome Hiei, to the test of your life. I am the Light Guide, Kyla here to guide you through the castle." Hiei was still in his attack stance, "How do I know I can trust you, Kyla?" A sweet chuckle came from under the hood catching Hiei off guard. "Because, I could kill you now and you know this." Kyla turned and walked down the hall decorated with several weapons, some stained with blood. (Ixi: That was your idea wasn't it Houdini? Houdini: MWAHAHA!! Ixi: That answers that.)
~* With the gang *~
A whooshing sound from behind the ornate tapestry alerted everyone someone else was in the room. "Heh, you catch on fast Esme." Ixi chuckled as the yellow fox stepped from behind the tapestry. "So was the breaking in easier or more difficult than last time you tried?" Ixi continued looking at the fox amused. "To be blunt, it was like walking through a ghost town, nobody saw me." The fox stepped forward and bowed taking Ixi's hand in a formal greeting. "So, you have given them all they need m'lady?" The fox asked, retaining royal obligations. "Only the basics, but that is all I can given them." Fox stood up and nodded understandingly. The fox turned its gaze to Kurama. "Kurama, come with me." She commanded taking a step back for some reason. Kurama shrugged and stepped towards the fox, who then grabbed his arm. In a flash the two were gone and Yusuke, Kuwabara and Keiko were left speechless.
"The rest of this game must be played carefully." Ixi said taking their attention away from the point of disappearance. "You speak like it is a game." Keiko said shocked. Nerru stepped forward, "Because it is a game, not like chess or solitaire, but still involving strategy, timing and skill." "You must go now" came the voice of Lex. Ixi and Nerru both nodded their heads in agreement. "Sonic Tarken Flare." All at once, Keyou began glowing with red light and soon a huge bird of prey with flames on its tail, wingtips, and back was standing in its place. Even faster the bird's flames began glowing white. They licked the flammable items but didn't burn them. On one of the white-hot feathers a blue sphere appeared and the three were soon in it. In a flash they were teleported to some place they had never been before. As they vanished they could see Sonic turn into Keyou again and those in the room watched them off.
~* With Kurama *~
Kurama stood up from where he had stumbled. "Watch your step." Esme said with a laugh. "Heh, very funny, where are we anyway?" Kurama said jogging to catch up. "Under Aris's castle." Kurama stopped dead in his tracks. "What?" "We're under Aris's Castle." The fox said again. "Why? What are we going to do here?" The fox smiled, "You'll see."
~* With the gang *~
"Uh, anybody have any ideas as to where we are?" Keiko asked looking around the ornate room they were now in. "Uh?" The two boys just looked at each other to see if the other had the answer. The room was entirely whitewashed, and all the décor was white or light colors. "Simple, you are in the most possible danger you could be." Came an unfamiliar icy voice. A girl looking barely older than the rest of them walked from the mahogany doorway. (Ixi: Think Mika with longer skirt on her dress and a slit up to the top of her knee, long white hair with two black bangs that are almost as long as the rest of her hair. She is wearing high-heeled roman style sandals. That means there are the ties criss-crossing her legs. The sleeves to the dress are long but the tops are cut so you can see her bare arms.) "You must be Aris we've heard so much about." Yusuke snippily said pointing at her. "Huh? I thought Aris was really old?" The neko demon in front of them rolled her eyes. "You must be Gryphon. Never very smart. And you must be Phoenix, fiery, arrogant, need I go on?"
"No, you don't." Yusuke replied, "Because in a few seconds when you're lying on the ground it won't matter." "Urameshi, we can't fight a girl!" Kuwabara exclaimed. "So you would rather get wupped by one?" "No I didn't say that!" "It doesn't matter, you'll all fall no matter who fights. Just like the other four, they all fell, one-by-one. Oh who was first, I've forgotten, oh yes Dragon. He should be joining us in time to be first again." "What?" "Hmm, don't you remember who took his sister? He's trying to find her in this very castle. But he won't succeed."
Then the door burst open and a bleeding creature, agonizingly fell forward. "Mistress Aris, he's, he's already killed off half our defense units." This didn't seem to upset Aris in the least bit. Yusuke looked over to the injured creature. 'No way, that's the cat/bat thing that attacked us in Nigenkai.' He thought to himself. "Hmm, he's behind schedule." Is all she said, "Oh, well it doesn't matter, Menu step up his first challenge." The injured creature bowed and hurried out of the room. Aris smiled and before the Yusuke, Kuwabara or Keiko could tell what was going on she vanished into thin air. "What? Where did that cat go?" Yusuke exclaimed looking around the room.
~* With Kurama *~
"Kurama, put your necklace right here." Esme ordered as she pointed to a spot on the wall. Kurama obeyed and held up the necklace. It began glowing green and so did the wall. In a matter of seconds, there was a doorway where a stone wall once was. The fox jumped through the door and pulled Kurama with her. "If you are going to win against Aris, you'll need some help." The two fell hard on the floor and when Kurama looked up 4 pairs of glowing eyes were staring at them. One pair red, another blue, a third green and the last white. Even in the shadows the shapes of the things before them were visible. The one with red eyes was a huge bird, the blue ones were a long serpentine dragon, green belonged to a horse shaped creature, and the white was of a gryphon. "Great lords of the past, your help is once again needed." The fox did a fancy bow to the shapes.
~* With Hiei *~
"Now if you're finished fooling around Hiei, your first test awaits." The cloaked person said, pushing open a door and bowing. Hiei looked at her while he walked past her into the darkened room. "Your first test is the Shadow Mirror." "What kind of test is that?" "Heh, you shall see." Hiei stepped forward and the lights immediately snapped on. In the middle of the floor there was and ordinary looking mirror. Old maybe but not magical, that is until it started to glow green. Light came from the glass of the mirror and slowly a figure became visible in the light. "Hiei, you're test begins now!" Kyla cried as the figure stepped out of the beams of light and came into view. Hiei stepped back but took his katana out anyway.
~* With Kurama *~
"It has been too long Esme." The one with red eyes said with a voice full of wisdom. "Indeed it has Ambrose." The fox stood up from the bow she had been in. "But to the matter at hand." Esme calmly said as her and the bird shape went for a walk. Kurama was now alone with the other three shapes. The one with eyes of green slowly walked forward, and once it was into the light Kurama could see a beautiful white and green unicorn. Its body was silvery white and its mane, tail, horn and feathers were of a rich forest green. (Ixi: Feathers refer to the long hairs around some horse breed's feet.) "So, you must be Kurama." He said in a calm voice. "Yes, I am." Kurama said uncertainly as the unicorn circled around him.
Ixi: Ta-da, now that this is coming to a close I have to tie everything in and it's starting to get confusing. But I'll try and update soon. Please review.