Staring into his eye Selenay took out a black pendant from the folds of her dress. Though Kurama's gaze didn't turn from her, her eyes went to the black pendant in her hand and considered it for a moment.
"Yoko...you know how Kuronue died...he went back for his pendant and....and he was bled to death because of that treacherous bamboo trap?" She had an arduous time describing this situation to Kurama becaue the event had wounded him gravely.
Kurama nodded and looked at the yellow fire, "Yes. I remember that time as vivid as I see you now." His heart dropped to his stomach. When Kuronue died he hadn't the stomach to go back for the body and it had wounded him mentally, "Why do you bring up this situation?"
Selenay looked at Kurama and held out the pendant to him, "I went to find Kuronue's body...so I could give it a proper burial of course...I couldn't find it anywhere but I did find his pendant. I believe you should keep it. I would of given it to you sooner, but at the time you disappeared before I could."
Kurama took the raven pendant and ran a finger over it. He clenched it in his fist. It was as if he could feel Kuronue in the pendant and it pulsated twice.
"I could bring him back, but you wouldn't be able to touch and smell him. He will only be derived from your memory, and it would only be temporary." Selenay offered. Kurama remembered her nickname, Life Illusionist. She could bring dead plants back to life, and bring illusions of the ones who departed into being. This was a good tactic in a theif, and she was wonderful to bring when they needed a decoy.
Kurama declined from the offer, "No. Its best if he remains in memory only"
Selenay drew back a bit, her ear cocked sideways and she tilted her head. The air went thin and she closed her eyes. "They know we're here. Prepare yourself."
Kurama stood up and turned her back to her and faced the door that reverberated and seemed to echo from a strange energy. The door blew open and a cold wind rushed in stinging both their faces and the fire in the hearth went out. The dark seemed to move, and formed into seperate personifications.
Kurama looked at them, "What do you want from the female demon? I will not allow you to harm her in any form."
The figures laughed simultaneously, "Our master has ordered us to torture her. He wants her dead for refusing to do the ceremony."
Kurama looked at her from the corner of her eye, "A ceremony? You haven't told me about a ceremony."
Selenay looked away from him, "They have the wrong person. I can't perform a ceremony."
The figures laughed again, "Come to us peaceably, Temptress of demons, and your punishment won't be as severe and this human gets to go free, as if we never seen him before. "
Kurama tried to concentrate on the figures, but they were so hard to see. You could faintly see them in the darkness. Selenay took a step toward them as if agreeing to their terms. It would wound her greatly to see Kurama hurt or even dead.
"Leave him be. Its me you want, but I'll put up a fight first," Selenay began to glow an gold aura and her hair and clothes seem to float in an unfelt wind.
Kurama would of formed his rose whip, but in such an enclosed area he could accidentally hit Selenay, or bring the roof down on top of all of them. He placed his hand in front of Selenay to stop her. She stopped only temporarily and looked at him, "I'm sorry about all this, Yoko. I only wanted you to unbind me, not...well...fall for me all over again and protect me from these...fiends. Forgive me for not telling you the whole picture." She leaned forward and kissed Kurama again. It was gentle and innocent, and he was willing to forget the other figures in the room.
But she had kissed him to stop a dagger from being thrown into his stomach. She fell forward against him her face on his shoulder, and her blood was stained on his hands, "Selenay! Stay with this world!" Kurama pleaded to her.
The figures' dark gloved hands siezed her and they cackled sickly, "We won't let her die yet human. Our, Master, Sir Rinji, has yet to use her as a tool. She will be weak for a while."
"I thought you want her dead." Kurama queried.
"It was a lie, but what's it to you?" They scurried out the door.
Kurama ran after them forming his rosewhip, and sliced one of the men down the middle and had raised the whip for another attack, but...
...a cold wind picked up and just as swiftly as they had come, they vanished.
'No.' Kurama thought, 'How could I not protect her?' He collapsed to his knee's. Though he had hope. They had given them a name and a purpose. He could report that to Koenma. The Spirit World files might have some answers he seeked.
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"Yoko...you know how Kuronue died...he went back for his pendant and....and he was bled to death because of that treacherous bamboo trap?" She had an arduous time describing this situation to Kurama becaue the event had wounded him gravely.
Kurama nodded and looked at the yellow fire, "Yes. I remember that time as vivid as I see you now." His heart dropped to his stomach. When Kuronue died he hadn't the stomach to go back for the body and it had wounded him mentally, "Why do you bring up this situation?"
Selenay looked at Kurama and held out the pendant to him, "I went to find Kuronue's body...so I could give it a proper burial of course...I couldn't find it anywhere but I did find his pendant. I believe you should keep it. I would of given it to you sooner, but at the time you disappeared before I could."
Kurama took the raven pendant and ran a finger over it. He clenched it in his fist. It was as if he could feel Kuronue in the pendant and it pulsated twice.
"I could bring him back, but you wouldn't be able to touch and smell him. He will only be derived from your memory, and it would only be temporary." Selenay offered. Kurama remembered her nickname, Life Illusionist. She could bring dead plants back to life, and bring illusions of the ones who departed into being. This was a good tactic in a theif, and she was wonderful to bring when they needed a decoy.
Kurama declined from the offer, "No. Its best if he remains in memory only"
Selenay drew back a bit, her ear cocked sideways and she tilted her head. The air went thin and she closed her eyes. "They know we're here. Prepare yourself."
Kurama stood up and turned her back to her and faced the door that reverberated and seemed to echo from a strange energy. The door blew open and a cold wind rushed in stinging both their faces and the fire in the hearth went out. The dark seemed to move, and formed into seperate personifications.
Kurama looked at them, "What do you want from the female demon? I will not allow you to harm her in any form."
The figures laughed simultaneously, "Our master has ordered us to torture her. He wants her dead for refusing to do the ceremony."
Kurama looked at her from the corner of her eye, "A ceremony? You haven't told me about a ceremony."
Selenay looked away from him, "They have the wrong person. I can't perform a ceremony."
The figures laughed again, "Come to us peaceably, Temptress of demons, and your punishment won't be as severe and this human gets to go free, as if we never seen him before. "
Kurama tried to concentrate on the figures, but they were so hard to see. You could faintly see them in the darkness. Selenay took a step toward them as if agreeing to their terms. It would wound her greatly to see Kurama hurt or even dead.
"Leave him be. Its me you want, but I'll put up a fight first," Selenay began to glow an gold aura and her hair and clothes seem to float in an unfelt wind.
Kurama would of formed his rose whip, but in such an enclosed area he could accidentally hit Selenay, or bring the roof down on top of all of them. He placed his hand in front of Selenay to stop her. She stopped only temporarily and looked at him, "I'm sorry about all this, Yoko. I only wanted you to unbind me, not...well...fall for me all over again and protect me from these...fiends. Forgive me for not telling you the whole picture." She leaned forward and kissed Kurama again. It was gentle and innocent, and he was willing to forget the other figures in the room.
But she had kissed him to stop a dagger from being thrown into his stomach. She fell forward against him her face on his shoulder, and her blood was stained on his hands, "Selenay! Stay with this world!" Kurama pleaded to her.
The figures' dark gloved hands siezed her and they cackled sickly, "We won't let her die yet human. Our, Master, Sir Rinji, has yet to use her as a tool. She will be weak for a while."
"I thought you want her dead." Kurama queried.
"It was a lie, but what's it to you?" They scurried out the door.
Kurama ran after them forming his rosewhip, and sliced one of the men down the middle and had raised the whip for another attack, but...
...a cold wind picked up and just as swiftly as they had come, they vanished.
'No.' Kurama thought, 'How could I not protect her?' He collapsed to his knee's. Though he had hope. They had given them a name and a purpose. He could report that to Koenma. The Spirit World files might have some answers he seeked.
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Yay. Sorry this one took me so long, but I finally got it up. Please Review.