Tori the Hanyou: Yup! I'm back! Jaws music plays in background lol, well,
I'm sad to report I did NOT make the cheerleading squad, due to the fact
that it was my first time, and the coach didn't seem to have room for me or
my two friends on the travel thingy, well, enough about me, let's get to
the story.
BTW, I hope y'all enjoyed my little fic, Side Quest, I thought it was cute when I wrote it. It's based mostly on Sesshomaru and Rin's relationship (father and daughter) and I kinda based it on Pokemon 3 (if anyone has seen it, you know what I'm talking about). It's a one shot, just an idea I thought up, so those of you who haven't read or reviewed it, plz do! It would make me a happy muffin! - (Hiei: don't ask...)
DISCLAIMER: Nope, don't own anyone or anything, except Tori and the ligress, lol
Fighting Back
Chapter 14: New Meetings and More Reunions
After dinner, the two couples headed back upstairs to go to bed. Kurama watched Kagome as she yawned and laid her head on his shoulder as they walked.
"That was good, I already feel sleepy," she said. Kurama smiled softly, wrapping an arm about her waist.
Tori's eyelids drooped. She agreed with Kagome. She felt really tired, and eager to get to bed. She almost didn't notice that they'd reached their door after they got off the elevator, and Hiei had to pick her up to stop her from sleepwalking down the hall. He shook his head, smirking gently at her as he carried her to the bed and laid her down.
Kurama and Kagome were fast asleep as soon as they turned the light off next to their bed, engulfing the room in darkness.
Tori felt the warmth surround her, and she felt happy to embrace the darkness and stay there forever, but it wasn't to be so. Her nose suddenly tingled, as she smelt an unfamiliar scent reach it. She couldn't fully identify the source, not while she was asleep. Her mind felt fuzzy as she struggled to wake herself up and find out what was wrong. But the darkness held her tightly, not wanting her to go.
She gritted her teeth and gave one enormous mental heave, shoving herself out of sleep and sitting straight up, her nose and ears sharply tuned to her surroundings. She scanned the room with her ligress's eyes. Not seeing anyone out of the ordinary, she wondered if perhaps her nose had had one of its little spas attacks, when the scent struck again as the faint breeze from the window on Kagome and Kurama's side of the room blew towards her.
'Demon,' she thought. She gently pulled the covers off, and set her socked feet down silently on the carpet. Using all modes of stealth she knew, she crept through the darkness like a cat, her now golden eyes gleaming with the thrill of the night's hunt.
She stopped near the other couple's bed, sniffing the air, expecting to catch Kagome's lilac scent mixed with Kurama's rose one. That's when her eyes widened. Kurama's scent was gone. She straightened up, peering curiously at where the two slept like rocks, or so she thought. She reached one hand slowly towards the covers, stopping when she saw something twitch. The entire body shifted, and Tori sensed tenseness. She clamped her jaw, and grabbed the covers, yanking.
In a flash, a silver bolt flew out of the bed, facing her, its ears pinned back, and large fangs gleaming.
Tori jumped back, drawing her claws.
"Give it up, demon scum! Where's Kurama??" she declared. The look on the intruder's face softened to normal, or what seemed to be normal. Tori could now see him clearly. He was a fox demon, full fledged, with large, silver fox ears protruding from his head. His long silver hair gleamed in the moonlight, along with his golden eyes, and Tori caught the swish of a silver tail behind him. "Who are you?" she growled. She heard stirring in the bed behind her, and Hiei's voice.
"Tori, do you have to be so loud...oh, hello Yoko," he said calmly, noticing the demon. Tori looked confusedly from him to the demon.
"Yoko? You know this guy?" she asked Hiei. He nodded. "Where's Kurama, then?" asked Tori.
"I am Kurama," said the demon, speaking for the first time. His voice did sound like Kurama's; only it was deeper and huskier.
"You're Kurama? No way, you look nothing like him!" cried Tori. Yoko snickered.
"You should not base your judgments on appearances, it is unwise," he muttered.
"It's him, Tori, it's just his demon form," yawned Hiei. "But I am curious to know, Yoko, why are you here?"
"Shuiichi decided to let me out for a bit, seeing as I was bothering him too much about it," explained the demon, with a matter-of-fact flip of his foxtail.
"Shuiichi?"
"It's Kurama's human name," explained Hiei. "I'll tell you all about it later, but can I go back to sleep now?" Yoko looked curiously from him to Tori.
"Did you finally get yourself a girl, Hiei?" he said, slyness glinting in his treacherous orbs. Hiei glared.
"Watch it, fox, I know where you sleep," he snapped, "come on, Tori." She took one last look at the fox demon as he crawled back into bed with Kagome, before turning and going back to Hiei.
"Hey, Hiei, if you're a demon, what's your form like?" she asked. He raised an eyebrow at her, a glint of mischief in his eyes.
"Do you really wanna know?" he asked, smirking. Tori bit her lip as she noticed his facial expression.
"No, not really, how about we wait until a time when I can take it better?" she asked.
"Hn, suit yourself," said Hiei. Tori put her head on the pillows, blushing slightly as she felt his arms wrap around her from behind. She'd mostly gotten used to it, but it never failed to spark some emotion within her whenever he did it.
Kagome opened her eyes wearily the next morning, and yawned as she snuggled closer to her source of warmth. It moved, and lightly grazed her arms with sharp claws...wait...SHARP CLAWS??? Kagome leapt out of bed wildly, screaming as her first thought was, 'INUYASHA!!'
She heard Tori scream at almost the same time, and soon both were back-to-back, facing the beds they'd been sleeping in as though they were filled with snakes. She paused.
"What's going on, Tori?" she asked.
"Heck if I know," she answered shakily, "I just woke up and...hey, what's wrong with you?"
"Who's in my bed?" asked Kagome stiffly. Tori peered around her friend's shoulder, spying the silver hair and fox ears. She giggled quietly.
"I can understand why YOU were scared," she said, "He DOES look like Inuyasha, doesn't he?" Kagome looked from the figure to her as though she was crazy.
"What're you talking about?? That IS him!" she said. Tori shook her head.
"Look closer."
She didn't need to. The figure stood up, revealing a very frazzled Yoko.
"I see you slept well. Unfortunately, I didn't, now being woken by TWO girls in the same 24 hour period," he said, rubbing one of his ears painfully. Kagome stared like she'd just seen a ghost.
"Who are you?" she asked, frightened. He watched her calmly.
"I am Yoko, Shuiichi's demon form," he responded calmly. Kagome felt her fear slowly dissolve as she relaxed a bit.
"Kurama told me about you. Thank God you're not who I thought you were," she said with relief.
"You mean that half-demon? Of course not," snickered Yoko. "Shuiichi decided I should get to know you as well, seeing as it was me who sparked his interest in you that night a long time ago," explained Yoko. Kagome smiled at him.
"Well, thank you," she said calmly. He nodded.
Tori watched them curiously for a while, until she once more heard the reason she'd woken up in a fright.
"Ok, ok, that's all well and good, but can anyone tell me who THAT is??" she asked, pointing to her bed, where Hiei's black hair poked above the blankets. Kagome looked at it.
"It's Hiei," she said simply. Tori shook her head.
"No, it's not," she responded, backing away from the bed.
"Sure looks like him," said Kagome.
"All you're seeing is the hair," said Tori. Suddenly, the figure moved, and the blankets shifted, revealing part of Hiei's face. Tori went pale. "No, that is DEFINITELY not him!" she said. She was right, partially. Hiei's skin appeared to have turned green.
"Oh, I know who that is..." said Yoko quietly. Tori faced him.
"Well?" Yoko smirked.
"You find out for yourself. Foxes don't tell secrets," he said sagely, swishing his tail to complete his statement. Tori rolled her eyes.
"Some help you are," she muttered. She turned back to where Hiei slept, and she inched slowly towards him, freezing as he growled softly. "I can't do this," she muttered quickly.
"Oh, just go already, you're boring me," said Yoko. Tori glared.
"Then you do it, fox!" she snapped. He chuckled.
"Just like Hiei..." he muttered, shaking his head. Tori turned around, and gently grasped the blankets, but a flash scared her near to death, and even made Kagome gasp.
A green hand clutched Tori's wrist, a clawed hand, and she was frozen to the spot as none other than Hiei's demon form sat up in the blankets. She trembled on the spot, staring straight at his revealed Jagan Eye.
"H-Hiei?" she asked quietly. He smirked, standing up. Tori could see him clearly now. On his hands were two open eyes, the same color as the eye on his forehead. "What are those?" she asked, gesturing to his Jagan, and the two eyes on his hands.
"There's more where that came from," Hiei spoke for the first time, his voice deeper.
"Amazing you haven't shown her your true form yet, Hiei," came Yoko's voice from behind them. Kagome had been frozen to the spot at Hiei's transformation, as well.
"What do you mean more?" asked Tori, ignoring Yoko. Before she could take it back, Hiei had removed his shirt, displaying the eyes that covered his upper body, every single one focused on her.
Despite his cool attitude, Hiei's heart was pounding on the inside. What if she rejected him? What if she didn't like him because of his demon form? 'She's just staring at me...' he thought, 'what's wrong?'
Tori's expression changed from shock to wonder. "Hiei, I agree with Yoko. Why didn't you show me this before?" she asked. Hiei felt confused. Was she upset? Disappointed? He couldn't bring himself to ask, at least not until they were alone...
It seemed Yoko read his mind, and the fox swiftly swept Kagome out of the room and onto the balcony to give the other couple some privacy.
'Hn, thanks,' he spoke telepathically to the other demon.
'Of course,' responded Yoko.
Hiei turned to Tori.
"Well, now you see me as I truly am," he said. Tori nodded. Hiei tried to read the emotion in her eyes to soothe his upturned feelings, but she'd learned well from him, and kept it hidden... 'Damn me and my influence,' he thought. "So, what do you think?" he blurted. To part of his relief, Tori smiled.
"I'm just a LITTLE cheesed that you kept this from me for so long," she started, leaving him at a cliffhanger, "but other than that..." She wrapped her arms around his neck, "who WOULDN'T want a demon for a boyfriend, especially one as cool-looking as you?" Hiei nearly felt his insides go to pieces with relief. She liked it!
He sighed quietly.
"I'm glad you do. I was worried for a minute you'd reject me," he said, expecting her to stay quiet, but as we all know, with Tori this is never the case.
"Why would you think I'd turn you down? Didn't I say I love you?" she asked. He nodded.
"Yes, but that was before you knew what my demon form looked like," he said.
"That would've been really shallow of me to say I love you, then see you for who you are, and then dump you on the spot," responded Tori, "I'm shocked you would think that of me," she said in mock hurt. Hiei smiled, embracing her.
"I'm just glad you're not one of those people," he whispered into her ear. Tori smiled, hugging him back.
"Yeah, you'd better be, there seem to be a lot of them these days," she said jokingly. She'd admit, at first she'd been surprised at Hiei's appearance, but when she closed her eyes as he held her close, it still felt the same, especially the heartbeat.
After Yoko had changed back to Kurama, and Hiei had transformed back to normal, everyone got ready to go locate the Demonic Blade and retrieve it from Kaiba as soon as possible.
Tori and Kagome snuck in and gave Botan and the other boys a VERY rude awakening. They jumped on the beds, yelling right in their ears,
"GOOD MOOOOOORNING!!"
Botan responded wearily,
"Five more minutes..."
Kuwabara was just waking from a 'dream',
"NOO! BUNNIES! DON'T LEAVE ME!!!!"
And Yusuke followed up with the New York Hello,
"GO TO HELL!!"
So, the two resorted to pillow pounding, which somehow got the lazy bums up.
Later...much...
"I can't believe it took you FORTY MINUTES to get out of bed!" said Tori to Yusuke as they walked down the street towards KaibaCorp. He ignored her, responding with a mere huff. Tori rolled her eyes. 'City boys...' she thought with exasperation.
"We're almost there," reported Kurama. Everyone set their minds on their next task, getting the Demonic Blade away from the richest, snootiest guy in the city.
They walked down the street, watching as numbers of duelists went at it, fiercely clashing with their most powerful creatures. Tori kept her duel disk out of view. She was supposed to wear it as tournament rules, but she really didn't have the time to duel anyone. She kept her eyes out as well for any Rare Hunters. After her and Kagome's little episode, she really didn't want to meet up with any.
Kagome frequently stopped to watch with immense curiosity as the gruesome monsters fought and battled. Trap Cards were activated, and Magic Cards increased the creatures' power (or decreased it). It looked very complicated, especially after seeing one of the really experienced duelists perform an extremely difficult combo.
She looked closely at the one who'd just pulled off the expert move.
"Hey, guys!" she called. They turned to look at her. She pointed to the duelist. "Haven't we met him?" she asked. They looked, and Tori's eyes widened.
"Bakura," she said. They watched as he incinerated his opponent with a blast from his now totally souped up Shadow Ghoul.
"Guess that's the end of the duel for you," came Bakura's voice, and Tori gasped. That didn't belong to him at all! He walked over to his defeated opponent, who handed over a locator card, and the rarest card in his deck.
Curiously, Tori approached him, and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Bakura?" she asked. He turned to face her, his expression completely normal, until he recognized her.
"Tori!" he exclaimed, "I can't believe it! It's you!" Tori raised an eyebrow in confusion. What happened to the creepy voice he'd had before?
"Um, yeah, it's me," she said, still dazed. Bakura looked at her oddly.
"What's the matter?" he asked. She shook her head.
"Nothing! Uh, great duel," she said, "You totally schooled that guy!" Bakura smiled, but Tori could see it wasn't a real one.
"Thank you...I guess..." he said, looking with newfound curiosity at the cards he held in his hand. His expression seemed to say he'd never seen them before. It wasn't long before Tori heard more familiar voices coming through the crowd.
"Bakura! There you are!" cried one of them. Tori peered around the boy's shoulder to see the other four emerge from the crowd that had watched the duel. Duke walked up and hit Bakura in the back. "Good job, man!" The other three had stopped, dead still.
Kagome came through the crowd to see Tori standing with the duelist, and a guy she'd never seen before. Behind them was a small group of three girls.
"Hey, aren't they the kids we saw in the aquarium?" asked Kuwabara. Kurama nodded.
"Yes, they are," he said quietly. Hiei kept his eyes fixed on Tori, as one of the girls let out a small cry and ran towards her.
"Tori!" Before the girl could react, Tea had nearly tackled her in a hug. Tori's stare had soon turned into a choked up smile, and she embraced her friend back. The other two came up and joined the small reunion.
"Serenity! Mai!" said Tori happily. When they broke apart, all four girls had slight tears.
"We thought we'd never see you again!" said Serenity.
"Yeah, don't EVER scare us like that again!" said Mai. Tori nodded,
"I'll try not to," she said. She heard her other friends come up behind her, and Tea, Serenity and Mai stared.
"Tori? Who are they?" came Kagome's voice. Tori turned to see Kagome had a questioning look. Botan came up as well, but she, for once, stood silent.
"They're my friends, Kagome," she said.
"But, didn't you say...um...never mind," responded Kagome.
Duke and Bakura approached the newcomers.
"Hey, we know you," said Duke, pointing to Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara. The girls turned around, and recognition dawned on three of their faces.
"Yeah, we met you in the aquarium!" said Tea. She looked at Tori. "Do you know them?" Tori nodded, as did Kagome.
"We're stuck with them," said Kagome in a fake half-hearted voice. Tori giggled. Mai then noticed the chokers.
"Ooo, Tori, I like the accessory!" she said, pointing to Tori's neck. Tori reached up and touched it. She'd almost completely forgotten about it. "You both have one!" Mai continued. Kagome nodded, and looked at Tori, who shook her head. They'd tell them about the collar effect later. Tea nudged Tori.
"You're actually STUCK with those guys?" she whispered, "Heck, I'd PAY to be stuck with those three!" she pointed to Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei.
"Sorry to break it to you, but all three are taken," whispered Kagome. Tea's expression sank.
"Oh, well," she whispered back, "I already have Tristan." Kagome looked from her to Tori, confused.
"Yeah, Tristan, the same guy I was talking about," said Tori. Botan spoke up.
"How could you like him?" she asked. Tea giggled.
"I know he tends to be rude, but he's a good guy," she said.
"He made fun of Botan's hair and eyes," said Kagome.
"No, that was that Joey person. Tristan said that he thought Tori would kill herself," said Botan.
"Joey made fun of you?" asked Mai. Botan nodded. "Well, guess I'll have to have a few words with him whenever he gets back," she said. "By the way, where DID they go this morning?" she asked.
"No clue," came Serenity's response.
"Just for your 411, Kagome, Mai's with Joey, and Serenity's his little sister," said Tori, to relieve a bit of Kagome's headache. Kagome nodded. Hiei came up to them.
"Come on, we're going," he said.
"Where are you off to?" asked Mai.
"KaibaCorp," said Tori, as though the very word was poisonous. The girls gasped.
"Why?" asked Serenity. They all knew how much Tori hated Kaiba.
"I...err...can't tell you," she said, fidgeting with her collar. Tea's eyes widened.
"Why not?" she asked incredulously.
"It's classified information," came Hiei's voice from behind her. Tori glared at him, but nodded. NOW he'd done it...
"Whaddya mean, classified?" asked Duke. Hiei rolled his eyes.
"Allow me to define it for you: confidential, top secret, withheld from general circulation for reasons of security, containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could be prejudicial to the national interest, must I go on?" he snapped.
Tori smacked herself in the forehead. Hiei definitely didn't know how to shake off curiosity without intensely spurring it first.
"What he means is, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT!" said Tori, giving Hiei a death glare. Now they'd NEVER leave them alone! Tea stared between them, and turned to Tori, giving her an evil smile.
"Oh, Tori..." she said in a singsong voice, making Serenity and Mai join in on it. Tori shook her head and backed away from them, telepathically sending every curse word she knew in Hiei's direction.
"I don't like how you're looking at me..." said Tori.
"You never have," pointed out Duke, obviously not seeing what was going on. Tori turned and ran for it, speeding through the crowds, closely pursued by Tea and Serenity. Mai had stayed behind, not wanting to ruin her heels.
Hiei watched with piqued interest as the girls took off.
"Shouldn't you go save her or something, Hiei?" asked Yusuke. Hiei shook his head.
"She'll be fine," he muttered.
Tori dodged around the various obstacles in the city, such as fountains, trashcans, people, dogs, pigeons, benches, clocks, lamps, statues, and many more, until she reached what she'd thought to be a through alleyway, and nearly ran straight into the brick wall at the end. She spun around to face her two friends, who were panting hard.
Inwardly, Tori smirked. Her endurance had increased without her knowledge. She'd hardly broken a sweat. 'Thank you, training,' she thought.
The girls approached her, slightly recovered. Tori stared at them.
"Tori...pant...what's going on?" asked Tea.
Serenity recovered the fastest, and stood up straight. Tori realized she could've run, but after what Hiei had put her through, she figured she'd LOVE to see them try and get anything out of her. She faced Serenity as Tea soon caught her breath and joined her.
"Why are you going to KaibaCorp?" asked Serenity.
"And who the hell are those people?" demanded Tea. Tori smirked. Boy, did they suck at this! She couldn't believe she'd ever been tortured into telling them anything.
"I don't think I should tell you..." she said, looking at her nails as though they were the most interesting things in the world. Tea smirked.
"Well then, what's with those guys? Are they REALLY taken?" she asked. Tori glanced at her.
"Mm hm," she said, looking back at her nails.
"I don't think you're telling the truth. Who are they with, then?" asked Serenity. Inwardly, Tori cringed. Okay, they'd gotten better. She didn't let her face show it, though.
"I don't have to tell," she said.
"Oh, okay then, I'll just go and ask for that red-eyed guy's number. He's pretty cute," said Tea. Tori felt a flame spark.
"What about Tristan?" she snapped. Tea raised an eyebrow.
"Why so cold?" she asked.
"What about that other black-haired guy?" asked Serenity.
"And what about Duke?" Tori responded towards her. She was winning, at least, so she thought.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Tori, I didn't realize you found someone else," said Tea, "we were just thinking we'd get you and Yugi back together..."
"NO!!" snapped Tori, turning to face them, urgency and fury in her eyes. The girls withdrew, staring.
"Whoa! Sorry, Tori!" said Tea. Serenity blinked.
"Don't you EVER let that guy near me AGAIN! GOT IT??" snarled Tori. They trembled slightly.
"We're sorry, we're sorry!" said Tea, waving her hands. Tori took a deep breath, feeling her ligress sink back into her mind.
She didn't say another word to the girls. She strode past them, not noticing their looks of confusion and fear.
She came back to the group, who'd sat down on some benches (in Hiei's case, a cement wall), and she joined them, not speaking to anyone.
Tea and Serenity came back, looking like they'd seen a ghost. They avoided Tori as they took a seat with Mai.
Tori sat quietly, not responding when Kagome asked her a question.
"Tori? Hello?" asked Kagome, poking her friend.
"I'm leaving," said Tori simply, and she stood up, walking off towards KaibaCorp. Her friends watched her strangely, and Mai, Duke and Bakura looked curiously at Tea and Serenity for answers.
Kagome hurried after Tori, and Hiei jumped off the wall, walking after them, followed by Botan, Yusuke, and Kurama. Botan gave a friendly wave goodbye to the other group as she raced to catch up with the girls.
When Botan caught up, Tori explained the whole scenario, glaring at the ground the entire time. When she'd finished, Kagome spoke.
"Even after all that, though, are they still your friends?" she asked. Tori sighed.
"Yes, Kagome, they still are."
They headed towards the large building, when a beeping came from Botan's direction. Hurriedly, she pulled out the detector, and her eyes widened.
"There's an artifact nearby!" she hissed. Hiei and Kurama glanced around. Yusuke and Kuwabara clenched their fists, and the girls looked about the area.
"I don't see anyone," said Tori. Kagome whispered something to Botan, who nodded and reached into her pack, pulling out the Hyper Bow and handing it to Kagome.
Tori got an idea. She also whispered to Botan, who gave her the Boomerang of Summoning.
"Anyone else need an artifact?" she asked. Yusuke nodded, and she gave him the Blaze of Water Ring.
They all stood, tense, in the now empty street. Suddenly, Kuwabara got struck from behind, and Yusuke blasted right above him with a huge burst of fire.
Kagome aimed a light arrow, but she too was struck, by absolutely nothing, and she fell, shooting the arrow, nearly causing it to pierce Tori's neck, if Hiei hadn't pulled her down.
"It's an invisible enemy," reported Kurama, and he quietly sniffed, quickly turning and holding out his arm, and everyone heard the thud of arm against arm. The sniffing gave Tori an idea. She held out the Boomerang, summoning a wolf.
Kurama threw a punch toward the opponent, but it apparently wasn't there anymore, as his arm passed through thin air.
Tori instructed the wolf to sniff out the intruder, and find it. Kurama once more used his nose, and jumped in front of Hiei with another punch, and everyone once more heard the connection. Tori heard the footsteps as they staggered away from Kurama, and stopped. She pounced for the hidden person, claws out, and felt the air sweep as the person dodged.
Her claws soon caught a piece of clothing, and she fell, skidding on the asphalt.
Kurama jumped for the source of the smell again, this time connecting with a kick. Tori's wolf leapt for the unseen enemy, and Hiei jumped out of the way before the person could hit him. Kagome shot for the target, and apparently it missed, as the arrow shot away towards the buildings, dissipating as it struck them.
The wolf soon had grabbed something, and it snarled as it tugged on it like a police dog, its mouth half open. Kurama grabbed just above the wolf's jaws, feeling an arm.
Tori glanced at the cloth in her hand. It was bright green...
Suspiciously, she walked towards Kurama, making the wolf disappear, and she took where its jaws had been, and she soon felt a clenched hand. The person struggled to get away, kicking Kurama. Kagome smacked where she suspected the head was, and it hit, knocking something off.
She stared. A pair of circular glasses lay on the ground.
Tori pried her fingers into the hand, forcing it to let go, and with success, she felt something like a coin.
She pulled it out, and the person became visible, a blind, beaten up Weevil Underwood.
Kagome picked up the glasses as Weevil shrieked.
"My coin! You took my lucky coin!" he cried. "Where are my glasses?"
Kagome handed them to him, and he put them on, seeing the deadly faces. Tori was busily examining the coin. It was gold, with the Millennium Eye symbol on it. It was about the size of a half-dollar.
"It's the Eye of Invisibility all right," she reported. Botan came over, and she put the Eye in her backpack, along with the Boomerang.
Kurama released him, and he glanced around at them.
"Get lost, nerd," spat Yusuke, and Weevil ran off.
"Okay, now that's...five artifacts, according to my math," said Kuwabara.
"Which sucks, it's seven," said Yusuke. Kuwabara glared.
"Well, are we gonna keep going?" asked Tori. They nodded, and turned towards KaibaCorp.
Seven artifacts...three left to go...
Tori the Hanyou: Yes, this is DEFINITELY the longest chappie I've ever written! 14 PAGES, BABY! WOO HOO! And I did it JUST for you guys! It's what kept me from updating for so long, lol. Well, this chappie was based on, of course, reunions, and the gaining of one more artifact, but next chappie...let's just say you Kurama/Kagome fans are gonna be REALLY happy...lol.
REVIEW ANSWERS:
Thank you guys so much for answering my questions! I feel happy knowing it's not just Kurama and Kagome that makes you wanna read my story.
CHAPTER TITLE PREVIEW: When Foxes are in Love (intriguing, isn't it?)
BTW, I hope y'all enjoyed my little fic, Side Quest, I thought it was cute when I wrote it. It's based mostly on Sesshomaru and Rin's relationship (father and daughter) and I kinda based it on Pokemon 3 (if anyone has seen it, you know what I'm talking about). It's a one shot, just an idea I thought up, so those of you who haven't read or reviewed it, plz do! It would make me a happy muffin! - (Hiei: don't ask...)
DISCLAIMER: Nope, don't own anyone or anything, except Tori and the ligress, lol
Fighting Back
Chapter 14: New Meetings and More Reunions
After dinner, the two couples headed back upstairs to go to bed. Kurama watched Kagome as she yawned and laid her head on his shoulder as they walked.
"That was good, I already feel sleepy," she said. Kurama smiled softly, wrapping an arm about her waist.
Tori's eyelids drooped. She agreed with Kagome. She felt really tired, and eager to get to bed. She almost didn't notice that they'd reached their door after they got off the elevator, and Hiei had to pick her up to stop her from sleepwalking down the hall. He shook his head, smirking gently at her as he carried her to the bed and laid her down.
Kurama and Kagome were fast asleep as soon as they turned the light off next to their bed, engulfing the room in darkness.
Tori felt the warmth surround her, and she felt happy to embrace the darkness and stay there forever, but it wasn't to be so. Her nose suddenly tingled, as she smelt an unfamiliar scent reach it. She couldn't fully identify the source, not while she was asleep. Her mind felt fuzzy as she struggled to wake herself up and find out what was wrong. But the darkness held her tightly, not wanting her to go.
She gritted her teeth and gave one enormous mental heave, shoving herself out of sleep and sitting straight up, her nose and ears sharply tuned to her surroundings. She scanned the room with her ligress's eyes. Not seeing anyone out of the ordinary, she wondered if perhaps her nose had had one of its little spas attacks, when the scent struck again as the faint breeze from the window on Kagome and Kurama's side of the room blew towards her.
'Demon,' she thought. She gently pulled the covers off, and set her socked feet down silently on the carpet. Using all modes of stealth she knew, she crept through the darkness like a cat, her now golden eyes gleaming with the thrill of the night's hunt.
She stopped near the other couple's bed, sniffing the air, expecting to catch Kagome's lilac scent mixed with Kurama's rose one. That's when her eyes widened. Kurama's scent was gone. She straightened up, peering curiously at where the two slept like rocks, or so she thought. She reached one hand slowly towards the covers, stopping when she saw something twitch. The entire body shifted, and Tori sensed tenseness. She clamped her jaw, and grabbed the covers, yanking.
In a flash, a silver bolt flew out of the bed, facing her, its ears pinned back, and large fangs gleaming.
Tori jumped back, drawing her claws.
"Give it up, demon scum! Where's Kurama??" she declared. The look on the intruder's face softened to normal, or what seemed to be normal. Tori could now see him clearly. He was a fox demon, full fledged, with large, silver fox ears protruding from his head. His long silver hair gleamed in the moonlight, along with his golden eyes, and Tori caught the swish of a silver tail behind him. "Who are you?" she growled. She heard stirring in the bed behind her, and Hiei's voice.
"Tori, do you have to be so loud...oh, hello Yoko," he said calmly, noticing the demon. Tori looked confusedly from him to the demon.
"Yoko? You know this guy?" she asked Hiei. He nodded. "Where's Kurama, then?" asked Tori.
"I am Kurama," said the demon, speaking for the first time. His voice did sound like Kurama's; only it was deeper and huskier.
"You're Kurama? No way, you look nothing like him!" cried Tori. Yoko snickered.
"You should not base your judgments on appearances, it is unwise," he muttered.
"It's him, Tori, it's just his demon form," yawned Hiei. "But I am curious to know, Yoko, why are you here?"
"Shuiichi decided to let me out for a bit, seeing as I was bothering him too much about it," explained the demon, with a matter-of-fact flip of his foxtail.
"Shuiichi?"
"It's Kurama's human name," explained Hiei. "I'll tell you all about it later, but can I go back to sleep now?" Yoko looked curiously from him to Tori.
"Did you finally get yourself a girl, Hiei?" he said, slyness glinting in his treacherous orbs. Hiei glared.
"Watch it, fox, I know where you sleep," he snapped, "come on, Tori." She took one last look at the fox demon as he crawled back into bed with Kagome, before turning and going back to Hiei.
"Hey, Hiei, if you're a demon, what's your form like?" she asked. He raised an eyebrow at her, a glint of mischief in his eyes.
"Do you really wanna know?" he asked, smirking. Tori bit her lip as she noticed his facial expression.
"No, not really, how about we wait until a time when I can take it better?" she asked.
"Hn, suit yourself," said Hiei. Tori put her head on the pillows, blushing slightly as she felt his arms wrap around her from behind. She'd mostly gotten used to it, but it never failed to spark some emotion within her whenever he did it.
Kagome opened her eyes wearily the next morning, and yawned as she snuggled closer to her source of warmth. It moved, and lightly grazed her arms with sharp claws...wait...SHARP CLAWS??? Kagome leapt out of bed wildly, screaming as her first thought was, 'INUYASHA!!'
She heard Tori scream at almost the same time, and soon both were back-to-back, facing the beds they'd been sleeping in as though they were filled with snakes. She paused.
"What's going on, Tori?" she asked.
"Heck if I know," she answered shakily, "I just woke up and...hey, what's wrong with you?"
"Who's in my bed?" asked Kagome stiffly. Tori peered around her friend's shoulder, spying the silver hair and fox ears. She giggled quietly.
"I can understand why YOU were scared," she said, "He DOES look like Inuyasha, doesn't he?" Kagome looked from the figure to her as though she was crazy.
"What're you talking about?? That IS him!" she said. Tori shook her head.
"Look closer."
She didn't need to. The figure stood up, revealing a very frazzled Yoko.
"I see you slept well. Unfortunately, I didn't, now being woken by TWO girls in the same 24 hour period," he said, rubbing one of his ears painfully. Kagome stared like she'd just seen a ghost.
"Who are you?" she asked, frightened. He watched her calmly.
"I am Yoko, Shuiichi's demon form," he responded calmly. Kagome felt her fear slowly dissolve as she relaxed a bit.
"Kurama told me about you. Thank God you're not who I thought you were," she said with relief.
"You mean that half-demon? Of course not," snickered Yoko. "Shuiichi decided I should get to know you as well, seeing as it was me who sparked his interest in you that night a long time ago," explained Yoko. Kagome smiled at him.
"Well, thank you," she said calmly. He nodded.
Tori watched them curiously for a while, until she once more heard the reason she'd woken up in a fright.
"Ok, ok, that's all well and good, but can anyone tell me who THAT is??" she asked, pointing to her bed, where Hiei's black hair poked above the blankets. Kagome looked at it.
"It's Hiei," she said simply. Tori shook her head.
"No, it's not," she responded, backing away from the bed.
"Sure looks like him," said Kagome.
"All you're seeing is the hair," said Tori. Suddenly, the figure moved, and the blankets shifted, revealing part of Hiei's face. Tori went pale. "No, that is DEFINITELY not him!" she said. She was right, partially. Hiei's skin appeared to have turned green.
"Oh, I know who that is..." said Yoko quietly. Tori faced him.
"Well?" Yoko smirked.
"You find out for yourself. Foxes don't tell secrets," he said sagely, swishing his tail to complete his statement. Tori rolled her eyes.
"Some help you are," she muttered. She turned back to where Hiei slept, and she inched slowly towards him, freezing as he growled softly. "I can't do this," she muttered quickly.
"Oh, just go already, you're boring me," said Yoko. Tori glared.
"Then you do it, fox!" she snapped. He chuckled.
"Just like Hiei..." he muttered, shaking his head. Tori turned around, and gently grasped the blankets, but a flash scared her near to death, and even made Kagome gasp.
A green hand clutched Tori's wrist, a clawed hand, and she was frozen to the spot as none other than Hiei's demon form sat up in the blankets. She trembled on the spot, staring straight at his revealed Jagan Eye.
"H-Hiei?" she asked quietly. He smirked, standing up. Tori could see him clearly now. On his hands were two open eyes, the same color as the eye on his forehead. "What are those?" she asked, gesturing to his Jagan, and the two eyes on his hands.
"There's more where that came from," Hiei spoke for the first time, his voice deeper.
"Amazing you haven't shown her your true form yet, Hiei," came Yoko's voice from behind them. Kagome had been frozen to the spot at Hiei's transformation, as well.
"What do you mean more?" asked Tori, ignoring Yoko. Before she could take it back, Hiei had removed his shirt, displaying the eyes that covered his upper body, every single one focused on her.
Despite his cool attitude, Hiei's heart was pounding on the inside. What if she rejected him? What if she didn't like him because of his demon form? 'She's just staring at me...' he thought, 'what's wrong?'
Tori's expression changed from shock to wonder. "Hiei, I agree with Yoko. Why didn't you show me this before?" she asked. Hiei felt confused. Was she upset? Disappointed? He couldn't bring himself to ask, at least not until they were alone...
It seemed Yoko read his mind, and the fox swiftly swept Kagome out of the room and onto the balcony to give the other couple some privacy.
'Hn, thanks,' he spoke telepathically to the other demon.
'Of course,' responded Yoko.
Hiei turned to Tori.
"Well, now you see me as I truly am," he said. Tori nodded. Hiei tried to read the emotion in her eyes to soothe his upturned feelings, but she'd learned well from him, and kept it hidden... 'Damn me and my influence,' he thought. "So, what do you think?" he blurted. To part of his relief, Tori smiled.
"I'm just a LITTLE cheesed that you kept this from me for so long," she started, leaving him at a cliffhanger, "but other than that..." She wrapped her arms around his neck, "who WOULDN'T want a demon for a boyfriend, especially one as cool-looking as you?" Hiei nearly felt his insides go to pieces with relief. She liked it!
He sighed quietly.
"I'm glad you do. I was worried for a minute you'd reject me," he said, expecting her to stay quiet, but as we all know, with Tori this is never the case.
"Why would you think I'd turn you down? Didn't I say I love you?" she asked. He nodded.
"Yes, but that was before you knew what my demon form looked like," he said.
"That would've been really shallow of me to say I love you, then see you for who you are, and then dump you on the spot," responded Tori, "I'm shocked you would think that of me," she said in mock hurt. Hiei smiled, embracing her.
"I'm just glad you're not one of those people," he whispered into her ear. Tori smiled, hugging him back.
"Yeah, you'd better be, there seem to be a lot of them these days," she said jokingly. She'd admit, at first she'd been surprised at Hiei's appearance, but when she closed her eyes as he held her close, it still felt the same, especially the heartbeat.
After Yoko had changed back to Kurama, and Hiei had transformed back to normal, everyone got ready to go locate the Demonic Blade and retrieve it from Kaiba as soon as possible.
Tori and Kagome snuck in and gave Botan and the other boys a VERY rude awakening. They jumped on the beds, yelling right in their ears,
"GOOD MOOOOOORNING!!"
Botan responded wearily,
"Five more minutes..."
Kuwabara was just waking from a 'dream',
"NOO! BUNNIES! DON'T LEAVE ME!!!!"
And Yusuke followed up with the New York Hello,
"GO TO HELL!!"
So, the two resorted to pillow pounding, which somehow got the lazy bums up.
Later...much...
"I can't believe it took you FORTY MINUTES to get out of bed!" said Tori to Yusuke as they walked down the street towards KaibaCorp. He ignored her, responding with a mere huff. Tori rolled her eyes. 'City boys...' she thought with exasperation.
"We're almost there," reported Kurama. Everyone set their minds on their next task, getting the Demonic Blade away from the richest, snootiest guy in the city.
They walked down the street, watching as numbers of duelists went at it, fiercely clashing with their most powerful creatures. Tori kept her duel disk out of view. She was supposed to wear it as tournament rules, but she really didn't have the time to duel anyone. She kept her eyes out as well for any Rare Hunters. After her and Kagome's little episode, she really didn't want to meet up with any.
Kagome frequently stopped to watch with immense curiosity as the gruesome monsters fought and battled. Trap Cards were activated, and Magic Cards increased the creatures' power (or decreased it). It looked very complicated, especially after seeing one of the really experienced duelists perform an extremely difficult combo.
She looked closely at the one who'd just pulled off the expert move.
"Hey, guys!" she called. They turned to look at her. She pointed to the duelist. "Haven't we met him?" she asked. They looked, and Tori's eyes widened.
"Bakura," she said. They watched as he incinerated his opponent with a blast from his now totally souped up Shadow Ghoul.
"Guess that's the end of the duel for you," came Bakura's voice, and Tori gasped. That didn't belong to him at all! He walked over to his defeated opponent, who handed over a locator card, and the rarest card in his deck.
Curiously, Tori approached him, and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Bakura?" she asked. He turned to face her, his expression completely normal, until he recognized her.
"Tori!" he exclaimed, "I can't believe it! It's you!" Tori raised an eyebrow in confusion. What happened to the creepy voice he'd had before?
"Um, yeah, it's me," she said, still dazed. Bakura looked at her oddly.
"What's the matter?" he asked. She shook her head.
"Nothing! Uh, great duel," she said, "You totally schooled that guy!" Bakura smiled, but Tori could see it wasn't a real one.
"Thank you...I guess..." he said, looking with newfound curiosity at the cards he held in his hand. His expression seemed to say he'd never seen them before. It wasn't long before Tori heard more familiar voices coming through the crowd.
"Bakura! There you are!" cried one of them. Tori peered around the boy's shoulder to see the other four emerge from the crowd that had watched the duel. Duke walked up and hit Bakura in the back. "Good job, man!" The other three had stopped, dead still.
Kagome came through the crowd to see Tori standing with the duelist, and a guy she'd never seen before. Behind them was a small group of three girls.
"Hey, aren't they the kids we saw in the aquarium?" asked Kuwabara. Kurama nodded.
"Yes, they are," he said quietly. Hiei kept his eyes fixed on Tori, as one of the girls let out a small cry and ran towards her.
"Tori!" Before the girl could react, Tea had nearly tackled her in a hug. Tori's stare had soon turned into a choked up smile, and she embraced her friend back. The other two came up and joined the small reunion.
"Serenity! Mai!" said Tori happily. When they broke apart, all four girls had slight tears.
"We thought we'd never see you again!" said Serenity.
"Yeah, don't EVER scare us like that again!" said Mai. Tori nodded,
"I'll try not to," she said. She heard her other friends come up behind her, and Tea, Serenity and Mai stared.
"Tori? Who are they?" came Kagome's voice. Tori turned to see Kagome had a questioning look. Botan came up as well, but she, for once, stood silent.
"They're my friends, Kagome," she said.
"But, didn't you say...um...never mind," responded Kagome.
Duke and Bakura approached the newcomers.
"Hey, we know you," said Duke, pointing to Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara. The girls turned around, and recognition dawned on three of their faces.
"Yeah, we met you in the aquarium!" said Tea. She looked at Tori. "Do you know them?" Tori nodded, as did Kagome.
"We're stuck with them," said Kagome in a fake half-hearted voice. Tori giggled. Mai then noticed the chokers.
"Ooo, Tori, I like the accessory!" she said, pointing to Tori's neck. Tori reached up and touched it. She'd almost completely forgotten about it. "You both have one!" Mai continued. Kagome nodded, and looked at Tori, who shook her head. They'd tell them about the collar effect later. Tea nudged Tori.
"You're actually STUCK with those guys?" she whispered, "Heck, I'd PAY to be stuck with those three!" she pointed to Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei.
"Sorry to break it to you, but all three are taken," whispered Kagome. Tea's expression sank.
"Oh, well," she whispered back, "I already have Tristan." Kagome looked from her to Tori, confused.
"Yeah, Tristan, the same guy I was talking about," said Tori. Botan spoke up.
"How could you like him?" she asked. Tea giggled.
"I know he tends to be rude, but he's a good guy," she said.
"He made fun of Botan's hair and eyes," said Kagome.
"No, that was that Joey person. Tristan said that he thought Tori would kill herself," said Botan.
"Joey made fun of you?" asked Mai. Botan nodded. "Well, guess I'll have to have a few words with him whenever he gets back," she said. "By the way, where DID they go this morning?" she asked.
"No clue," came Serenity's response.
"Just for your 411, Kagome, Mai's with Joey, and Serenity's his little sister," said Tori, to relieve a bit of Kagome's headache. Kagome nodded. Hiei came up to them.
"Come on, we're going," he said.
"Where are you off to?" asked Mai.
"KaibaCorp," said Tori, as though the very word was poisonous. The girls gasped.
"Why?" asked Serenity. They all knew how much Tori hated Kaiba.
"I...err...can't tell you," she said, fidgeting with her collar. Tea's eyes widened.
"Why not?" she asked incredulously.
"It's classified information," came Hiei's voice from behind her. Tori glared at him, but nodded. NOW he'd done it...
"Whaddya mean, classified?" asked Duke. Hiei rolled his eyes.
"Allow me to define it for you: confidential, top secret, withheld from general circulation for reasons of security, containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could be prejudicial to the national interest, must I go on?" he snapped.
Tori smacked herself in the forehead. Hiei definitely didn't know how to shake off curiosity without intensely spurring it first.
"What he means is, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT!" said Tori, giving Hiei a death glare. Now they'd NEVER leave them alone! Tea stared between them, and turned to Tori, giving her an evil smile.
"Oh, Tori..." she said in a singsong voice, making Serenity and Mai join in on it. Tori shook her head and backed away from them, telepathically sending every curse word she knew in Hiei's direction.
"I don't like how you're looking at me..." said Tori.
"You never have," pointed out Duke, obviously not seeing what was going on. Tori turned and ran for it, speeding through the crowds, closely pursued by Tea and Serenity. Mai had stayed behind, not wanting to ruin her heels.
Hiei watched with piqued interest as the girls took off.
"Shouldn't you go save her or something, Hiei?" asked Yusuke. Hiei shook his head.
"She'll be fine," he muttered.
Tori dodged around the various obstacles in the city, such as fountains, trashcans, people, dogs, pigeons, benches, clocks, lamps, statues, and many more, until she reached what she'd thought to be a through alleyway, and nearly ran straight into the brick wall at the end. She spun around to face her two friends, who were panting hard.
Inwardly, Tori smirked. Her endurance had increased without her knowledge. She'd hardly broken a sweat. 'Thank you, training,' she thought.
The girls approached her, slightly recovered. Tori stared at them.
"Tori...pant...what's going on?" asked Tea.
Serenity recovered the fastest, and stood up straight. Tori realized she could've run, but after what Hiei had put her through, she figured she'd LOVE to see them try and get anything out of her. She faced Serenity as Tea soon caught her breath and joined her.
"Why are you going to KaibaCorp?" asked Serenity.
"And who the hell are those people?" demanded Tea. Tori smirked. Boy, did they suck at this! She couldn't believe she'd ever been tortured into telling them anything.
"I don't think I should tell you..." she said, looking at her nails as though they were the most interesting things in the world. Tea smirked.
"Well then, what's with those guys? Are they REALLY taken?" she asked. Tori glanced at her.
"Mm hm," she said, looking back at her nails.
"I don't think you're telling the truth. Who are they with, then?" asked Serenity. Inwardly, Tori cringed. Okay, they'd gotten better. She didn't let her face show it, though.
"I don't have to tell," she said.
"Oh, okay then, I'll just go and ask for that red-eyed guy's number. He's pretty cute," said Tea. Tori felt a flame spark.
"What about Tristan?" she snapped. Tea raised an eyebrow.
"Why so cold?" she asked.
"What about that other black-haired guy?" asked Serenity.
"And what about Duke?" Tori responded towards her. She was winning, at least, so she thought.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Tori, I didn't realize you found someone else," said Tea, "we were just thinking we'd get you and Yugi back together..."
"NO!!" snapped Tori, turning to face them, urgency and fury in her eyes. The girls withdrew, staring.
"Whoa! Sorry, Tori!" said Tea. Serenity blinked.
"Don't you EVER let that guy near me AGAIN! GOT IT??" snarled Tori. They trembled slightly.
"We're sorry, we're sorry!" said Tea, waving her hands. Tori took a deep breath, feeling her ligress sink back into her mind.
She didn't say another word to the girls. She strode past them, not noticing their looks of confusion and fear.
She came back to the group, who'd sat down on some benches (in Hiei's case, a cement wall), and she joined them, not speaking to anyone.
Tea and Serenity came back, looking like they'd seen a ghost. They avoided Tori as they took a seat with Mai.
Tori sat quietly, not responding when Kagome asked her a question.
"Tori? Hello?" asked Kagome, poking her friend.
"I'm leaving," said Tori simply, and she stood up, walking off towards KaibaCorp. Her friends watched her strangely, and Mai, Duke and Bakura looked curiously at Tea and Serenity for answers.
Kagome hurried after Tori, and Hiei jumped off the wall, walking after them, followed by Botan, Yusuke, and Kurama. Botan gave a friendly wave goodbye to the other group as she raced to catch up with the girls.
When Botan caught up, Tori explained the whole scenario, glaring at the ground the entire time. When she'd finished, Kagome spoke.
"Even after all that, though, are they still your friends?" she asked. Tori sighed.
"Yes, Kagome, they still are."
They headed towards the large building, when a beeping came from Botan's direction. Hurriedly, she pulled out the detector, and her eyes widened.
"There's an artifact nearby!" she hissed. Hiei and Kurama glanced around. Yusuke and Kuwabara clenched their fists, and the girls looked about the area.
"I don't see anyone," said Tori. Kagome whispered something to Botan, who nodded and reached into her pack, pulling out the Hyper Bow and handing it to Kagome.
Tori got an idea. She also whispered to Botan, who gave her the Boomerang of Summoning.
"Anyone else need an artifact?" she asked. Yusuke nodded, and she gave him the Blaze of Water Ring.
They all stood, tense, in the now empty street. Suddenly, Kuwabara got struck from behind, and Yusuke blasted right above him with a huge burst of fire.
Kagome aimed a light arrow, but she too was struck, by absolutely nothing, and she fell, shooting the arrow, nearly causing it to pierce Tori's neck, if Hiei hadn't pulled her down.
"It's an invisible enemy," reported Kurama, and he quietly sniffed, quickly turning and holding out his arm, and everyone heard the thud of arm against arm. The sniffing gave Tori an idea. She held out the Boomerang, summoning a wolf.
Kurama threw a punch toward the opponent, but it apparently wasn't there anymore, as his arm passed through thin air.
Tori instructed the wolf to sniff out the intruder, and find it. Kurama once more used his nose, and jumped in front of Hiei with another punch, and everyone once more heard the connection. Tori heard the footsteps as they staggered away from Kurama, and stopped. She pounced for the hidden person, claws out, and felt the air sweep as the person dodged.
Her claws soon caught a piece of clothing, and she fell, skidding on the asphalt.
Kurama jumped for the source of the smell again, this time connecting with a kick. Tori's wolf leapt for the unseen enemy, and Hiei jumped out of the way before the person could hit him. Kagome shot for the target, and apparently it missed, as the arrow shot away towards the buildings, dissipating as it struck them.
The wolf soon had grabbed something, and it snarled as it tugged on it like a police dog, its mouth half open. Kurama grabbed just above the wolf's jaws, feeling an arm.
Tori glanced at the cloth in her hand. It was bright green...
Suspiciously, she walked towards Kurama, making the wolf disappear, and she took where its jaws had been, and she soon felt a clenched hand. The person struggled to get away, kicking Kurama. Kagome smacked where she suspected the head was, and it hit, knocking something off.
She stared. A pair of circular glasses lay on the ground.
Tori pried her fingers into the hand, forcing it to let go, and with success, she felt something like a coin.
She pulled it out, and the person became visible, a blind, beaten up Weevil Underwood.
Kagome picked up the glasses as Weevil shrieked.
"My coin! You took my lucky coin!" he cried. "Where are my glasses?"
Kagome handed them to him, and he put them on, seeing the deadly faces. Tori was busily examining the coin. It was gold, with the Millennium Eye symbol on it. It was about the size of a half-dollar.
"It's the Eye of Invisibility all right," she reported. Botan came over, and she put the Eye in her backpack, along with the Boomerang.
Kurama released him, and he glanced around at them.
"Get lost, nerd," spat Yusuke, and Weevil ran off.
"Okay, now that's...five artifacts, according to my math," said Kuwabara.
"Which sucks, it's seven," said Yusuke. Kuwabara glared.
"Well, are we gonna keep going?" asked Tori. They nodded, and turned towards KaibaCorp.
Seven artifacts...three left to go...
Tori the Hanyou: Yes, this is DEFINITELY the longest chappie I've ever written! 14 PAGES, BABY! WOO HOO! And I did it JUST for you guys! It's what kept me from updating for so long, lol. Well, this chappie was based on, of course, reunions, and the gaining of one more artifact, but next chappie...let's just say you Kurama/Kagome fans are gonna be REALLY happy...lol.
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