Okay, for the sake of the story, lets just say that Team Urameshi already
know who Karasu is and his ....abilities. Okay? On with the fic!
~*~ Chapter two: Caught (Kila's point of view) ~*~
"Kila, huh? Well, it's nice to meet you, Kila. I s'pose you already know our names," Yusuke said.
I blinked. "Yes, I know you, Yusuke, and everyone else. But why would you chase me of all people around?"
"Apparently, Koenma wanted to know more about you since you will be staying with us at least until the tournament ends," Kurama said.
I brought my knees up to my chest and looked around, wondering what my fate was. "Why?" was the only thing I could get out.
"Who knows? Koenma MUST have a good reason. Besides, you might have some fun watching us," Kuwabara said.
"Hn. Somehow I doubt that," Hiei said before disappearing.
"Why don't we go get some lunch?" Kurama suggested. Everyone agreed.
I couldn't eat much. Too many demons. I moved a little closer to Kurama so that I would feel a little more protected, at least.
'What are you doing?' Hiei's voice asked me mentally. I jumped a mile.
'Well, I-I don't really feel --well-- protected here. There are too many demons,' I thought back to him.
Hiei nodded slightly and returned to his food. Kurama was watching me intently.
"By the way, do you know what had happened to you before we found you?" Kuwabara asked.
"Not really. I remember falling asleep at home, a REALLY bad dream, waking up to see someone standing over me, and then I woke up on a couch in Hiei and Kurama's room," I said truthfully.
"What did you dream about?" Kuwabara asked. (Let's say that Genkai and Yusuke have already gone, alright?)
"Nothing of importance. Just a few demons, Karasu, and a Dark Tournament fight," I said.
"Karasu?? Why would he be in your dreams?" Kurama asked.
I shrugged, looking at him. Kurama looked rather surprised and concerned at this news.
"Was Karasu...doing anything?" Kurama asked, rather nervously.
"Not really. Just being the evil sadistic b@$%@&# that he is," I said with a smirk.
Karasu, who was hiding in the bushes near us, said to himself, 'I will make this girl mine. Then I will use her as bait for the fox.' Karasu walked away, making a plan in his head.
~*~ Later that day ~*~
"Hello! We are supposed to be fighting, Kuwabaka!" I yelled angrily.
"I don't fight girls! It's against my code!" Kuwabara yelled back.
"To h*** with your d@** code and just fight me already, you coward!" I yelled, now very angry.
"I, Kazuma Kuwabara, am no coward. I will fight and defeat you!"
"Yeah right!" I yelled, attacking from above.
Kuwabara just managed to get out of the way before my sword came down. "HEY! That was my head you were aiming at!"
"Precisely," I said before attacking him again. "My style is better than any style you use or could use!"
Suddenly, I stopped dead, my eyes wide with fear.
"What is it?" Kurama asked, running over to me.
"I-I don't know." Suddenly, I ran, jumped up into a tree, and yelled out in pain.
Kurama followed me into the tree and saw Karasu holding my wrists above my head while he pinned me to the tree trunk.
"An 'Evil sadistic b@%%@&#' am I?" Karasu whispered into my ear, making me shiver slightly. "Come now, I think we could learn to live with each other." Then he noted Kurama. "Ah, Kurama. I was just about to leave with the girl," Karasu said, chuckling a little bit. "Would you like to join us?"
"No, Karasu. And I suggest that you let her go right now if you want to live," Kurama said, brining out his Rose Whip.
Never in my life had I been more afraid than I was then. "No, Kurama! If you got hurt to get me away from it-"I jerked my head at Karasu "- then I would never be able to live with myself. Don't worry. I'll find a way out. Always have," I said before Karasu picked me up and disappeared.
"KARASU!! D@** it! Where are you taking her?!" Kurama yelled, furious.
"What's up, Kurama?" Kuwabara called up to him.
"Karasu arrived, grabbed Kila, and left, that's what's up!" Kurama said heatedly.
"What?? Karasu?? And you have no idea where he is going to take her, or is, right?" Kuwabara said.
"I would imagine that he would go to his room," Kurama said.
"Do you happen to know where that is, Fox?" Hiei asked. Kurama just shook his head.
"Darn it!" could be heard from Kuwabara.
~*~ With Karasu and Kila ~*~
"What the heck do you want with me??" I asked angrily.
"With you, nothing. I want you," Karasu said, slowly moving towards me. I looked around for a window. I saw only one window, and that was a little to high for me.
So I ran, jumped, and landed on the windowsill. I looked down to see a drop that was at least 100 feet.
"Darn it all," I said softly as I watched Karasu walking towards me.
"I have a top-story apartment, Kila. It would be unwise to jump," Karasu said, still making his way towards me.
"Logic is not always the best thing, you know. Not all people listen to logic in the face of danger or hatred, or common sense for that matter," I said, slowly opening the window.
Karasu moved with such speed that I could not follow his movements. He grabbed my wrist and shut the window. At the same time, he pulled me down to the floor to stand next to him.
"Indeed," he sneered at me. "never realized one ningen could be so stupid."
"Then you obviously haven't met Kuwabara. He is the BIGGEST idiot I have ever seen or heard of. Yusuke's almost as bad, but not quite there yet," I said with a small chuckle. 'What the h3ll am I doing?!?! I am in the same room as the person who kidnapped me, who I hate, who is an evil sadistic b@$%@&# and yet I'm relaxing!' I mentally slapped myself.
Karasu watched me intently for a few moments. "If you were a demon, I think you would be a fox," He said suddenly and unexpectedly.
I stared at Karasu for a few long moments. "What color would I be?" I asked after a few more moments.
"I think you would be a silver fox, like Kurama," Karasu said, still watching my every move.
"'Like Kurama' being the main part," I said with a snort. I chose that moment to kick out at him. I hit him squarely in the stomach. I used the moment when his grip slackened to wrench my hands free from his grasp and run for the door.
I didn't get far when I felt, father than saw, Karasu start to run after me. I made it to the door and realized it was locked. Karasu had the only key and dangled it n front of my eyes.
"I don't think so," Karasu said before removing his mask and shoving me against the wall. He then leaned down and.......
My eyes widened as Karasu closed the gap between us. That kiisama was *kissing* me!!!
At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Karasu shoved me back into the back of the room, replaced his mask, and opened the door. It was Toguro.
"Yes?" Karasu asked, a little curtly, I thought.
"My brother and I are going out to dinner. We were wondering if you would like to come," Toguro said calmly as he spotted me moving restlessly in the background. "Perhaps even take your...friend with you."
"Yes. We will come. I will meet you in half an hour, your room. Sound good?" Karasu said, casting me a glare that said 'talk-and-die.' Toguro nodded and left.
"Well, you should get something descent on besides what you're wearing," Karasu said, looking at the clothes I was wearing. He disappeared into a closet and came back out seconds later with some black clothes.
I studied them for a second. "H3ll, no," I said as I realized what he wanted me to wear. It was a black, *skintight* fighting suit. "I'll go to the abyss and back before I wear that."
Karasu simply chuckled. He shoved me into the bathroom, came in behind me, and closed the door. There were no windows in there.
"Wha--?" I started.
Karasu pointed to the shower, a gleam in his eyes that meant I would regret it if I didn't change. I sighed in defeat and grabbed a long black cloak.
I came out a minute later dressed in what Karasu had given me as well as the cloak, with the hood pulled up over my head.
Karasu pulled the hood down off my face and motioned for me to follow him. I did so very reluctantly.
When we were outside of Toguro's door, Karasu knocked. Both Toguros came out almost instantly.
"Who is that?" Elder Toguro asked with slightly raised eyebrows.
"Her name is Kila. I...met her earlier today," Karasu said, sliding a hand around my waist; more of a way to ensure I behaved than anything. I pulled my hood up over my head as we entered and stood in between Karasu and Toguro, trying to think of them as Kurama and Yusuke.
Karasu sat next to me. So, I was sitting in between the wall and Karasu. I wished that I could disappear into thin air, not to be noticed by any, to go back to Team Urameshi. I shrank back into the shadows as I saw other demons looking at me with lust-filled eyes.
'Why did he make me come? *Sigh* Probably because he doesn't trust me and wanted to ensure that I didn't try to escape. D@mn, life sucks!' I thought to myself.
As the other three discussed topics I wasn't paying attention to, I became lost in thought; thoughts about the future, thoughts about what Team Urameshi would say if they saw me in this predicament, not even fighting back, and thoughts abut why the h3ll Karasu chose me out of all the people he could have chosen.
At that moment, Karasu's nails pierced my flesh and I gritted my teeth so as not to cry out from the pain.
Karasu smirked. My blood was mow on his nails and running freely down my leg.
I felt something furry rub against the side facing the wall. I looked down and nearly fainted from shock. My cat, Midnight, stood right next to me. From the look in his eyes, I could tell that he was ready to pounce on Karasu and KILL him simply for laying a hand on me.
I put the cloak around him and carried him as we left. Still, the demons stared at me more than any of the others. I rushed, a little bit at least, out of the place and was about to make a sudden dash when I felt Karasu grab my wrist. We walked back to the rooms and went on silently.
Little had I known, I had been watched by Team Urameshi. They had followed Karasu, assuming that I was with him and had hidden in the bushes not far from our table.
"D@mn it! She's not even fighting him!" Kuwabara said angrily.
"Think about it. Would you want to go up against three demons with no spirit energy? Only a reverse-blade sword. She would be dead in an instant. Besides, Karasu had his hand on her leg, so if she tries anything, he'll blow off her leg," Kurama said calmly as he watched me.
"She's thinking too much," Hiei said abruptly.
"Meaning?" Kuwabara said impatiently.
"Meaning that she is withdrawing into herself. She is thinking about what is to come, why Karasu chose her, and what Karasu wants with her," Hiei said. (A/N: WOW! HIEI SAID MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES! So he CAN talk!!!)
"You lost me," Kuwabara said.
"Let's follow them and see where his room is. Then we can see how far it is incase she wanted to jump," Kurama said just as I had Midnight in the folds of my cloak.
They followed silently and found that Karasu entered a room on the top floor, dragging me into the room after him I was frantically trying to get away from him. One final yank from Karasu made me cry out in pain. Blood spattered the floor where Karasu had hit a blood vessel when pulling me into the room.
"D@mn you, Karasu," Kurama said as he examined my blood that had spilled on the floor. My scream of pain could be heard clearly. Kurama was about to pound on the door and force Karasu to give me to them when Hiei and Kuwabara grabbed him and dragged him back.
"You can get her tomorrow," Kuwabara said.
"And Karasu," Hiei added.
Kurama nodded and they left.
~*~ Inside ~*~
"D@mn you!" I yelled at Karasu, who was smirking as he slashed at me with my own sword. I now had several cuts and bruises with blood running freely over my body. My body felt like I could collapse at any moment. Karasu frowned and aimed another blow at my body. However, I was so tired that I simply collapsed at Karasu's feet.
Midnight could be heard, meowing and scratching at the bathroom door. My cloak lay on the floor, half in the bathroom and half in the bedroom.
Karasu sheathed my sword and bent down to help me up. I slapped his hands away and simply crawled over to a dark corner where I lay, curled up in a ball, shivering. Karasu could see all the curves of my body because I no longer had the cloak to cover myself with.
"How old are you?" Karasu asked suddenly.
"14 tomorrow," I said, still wanting him to stay as far away as possible.
"We will have to do something special then, my pet," Karasu said, waltzing his way over to me. He carefully bent down and picked me up. He went over to the bed, put me in one side, getting in the other.
I fell asleep within seconds, though not before telling Karasu, "You should probably let me have at least 6 hours of sleep unless you want me to be very irritable and crabby and angry in the morning."
Karasu smiled as he watched me sleep. I seemed so peaceful, so innocent, so...helpless. Karasu made sure to be very careful, quiet, and soft when he tied my feet together as well as my wrists.
~*~ Chapter two: Caught (Kila's point of view) ~*~
"Kila, huh? Well, it's nice to meet you, Kila. I s'pose you already know our names," Yusuke said.
I blinked. "Yes, I know you, Yusuke, and everyone else. But why would you chase me of all people around?"
"Apparently, Koenma wanted to know more about you since you will be staying with us at least until the tournament ends," Kurama said.
I brought my knees up to my chest and looked around, wondering what my fate was. "Why?" was the only thing I could get out.
"Who knows? Koenma MUST have a good reason. Besides, you might have some fun watching us," Kuwabara said.
"Hn. Somehow I doubt that," Hiei said before disappearing.
"Why don't we go get some lunch?" Kurama suggested. Everyone agreed.
I couldn't eat much. Too many demons. I moved a little closer to Kurama so that I would feel a little more protected, at least.
'What are you doing?' Hiei's voice asked me mentally. I jumped a mile.
'Well, I-I don't really feel --well-- protected here. There are too many demons,' I thought back to him.
Hiei nodded slightly and returned to his food. Kurama was watching me intently.
"By the way, do you know what had happened to you before we found you?" Kuwabara asked.
"Not really. I remember falling asleep at home, a REALLY bad dream, waking up to see someone standing over me, and then I woke up on a couch in Hiei and Kurama's room," I said truthfully.
"What did you dream about?" Kuwabara asked. (Let's say that Genkai and Yusuke have already gone, alright?)
"Nothing of importance. Just a few demons, Karasu, and a Dark Tournament fight," I said.
"Karasu?? Why would he be in your dreams?" Kurama asked.
I shrugged, looking at him. Kurama looked rather surprised and concerned at this news.
"Was Karasu...doing anything?" Kurama asked, rather nervously.
"Not really. Just being the evil sadistic b@$%@&# that he is," I said with a smirk.
Karasu, who was hiding in the bushes near us, said to himself, 'I will make this girl mine. Then I will use her as bait for the fox.' Karasu walked away, making a plan in his head.
~*~ Later that day ~*~
"Hello! We are supposed to be fighting, Kuwabaka!" I yelled angrily.
"I don't fight girls! It's against my code!" Kuwabara yelled back.
"To h*** with your d@** code and just fight me already, you coward!" I yelled, now very angry.
"I, Kazuma Kuwabara, am no coward. I will fight and defeat you!"
"Yeah right!" I yelled, attacking from above.
Kuwabara just managed to get out of the way before my sword came down. "HEY! That was my head you were aiming at!"
"Precisely," I said before attacking him again. "My style is better than any style you use or could use!"
Suddenly, I stopped dead, my eyes wide with fear.
"What is it?" Kurama asked, running over to me.
"I-I don't know." Suddenly, I ran, jumped up into a tree, and yelled out in pain.
Kurama followed me into the tree and saw Karasu holding my wrists above my head while he pinned me to the tree trunk.
"An 'Evil sadistic b@%%@&#' am I?" Karasu whispered into my ear, making me shiver slightly. "Come now, I think we could learn to live with each other." Then he noted Kurama. "Ah, Kurama. I was just about to leave with the girl," Karasu said, chuckling a little bit. "Would you like to join us?"
"No, Karasu. And I suggest that you let her go right now if you want to live," Kurama said, brining out his Rose Whip.
Never in my life had I been more afraid than I was then. "No, Kurama! If you got hurt to get me away from it-"I jerked my head at Karasu "- then I would never be able to live with myself. Don't worry. I'll find a way out. Always have," I said before Karasu picked me up and disappeared.
"KARASU!! D@** it! Where are you taking her?!" Kurama yelled, furious.
"What's up, Kurama?" Kuwabara called up to him.
"Karasu arrived, grabbed Kila, and left, that's what's up!" Kurama said heatedly.
"What?? Karasu?? And you have no idea where he is going to take her, or is, right?" Kuwabara said.
"I would imagine that he would go to his room," Kurama said.
"Do you happen to know where that is, Fox?" Hiei asked. Kurama just shook his head.
"Darn it!" could be heard from Kuwabara.
~*~ With Karasu and Kila ~*~
"What the heck do you want with me??" I asked angrily.
"With you, nothing. I want you," Karasu said, slowly moving towards me. I looked around for a window. I saw only one window, and that was a little to high for me.
So I ran, jumped, and landed on the windowsill. I looked down to see a drop that was at least 100 feet.
"Darn it all," I said softly as I watched Karasu walking towards me.
"I have a top-story apartment, Kila. It would be unwise to jump," Karasu said, still making his way towards me.
"Logic is not always the best thing, you know. Not all people listen to logic in the face of danger or hatred, or common sense for that matter," I said, slowly opening the window.
Karasu moved with such speed that I could not follow his movements. He grabbed my wrist and shut the window. At the same time, he pulled me down to the floor to stand next to him.
"Indeed," he sneered at me. "never realized one ningen could be so stupid."
"Then you obviously haven't met Kuwabara. He is the BIGGEST idiot I have ever seen or heard of. Yusuke's almost as bad, but not quite there yet," I said with a small chuckle. 'What the h3ll am I doing?!?! I am in the same room as the person who kidnapped me, who I hate, who is an evil sadistic b@$%@&# and yet I'm relaxing!' I mentally slapped myself.
Karasu watched me intently for a few moments. "If you were a demon, I think you would be a fox," He said suddenly and unexpectedly.
I stared at Karasu for a few long moments. "What color would I be?" I asked after a few more moments.
"I think you would be a silver fox, like Kurama," Karasu said, still watching my every move.
"'Like Kurama' being the main part," I said with a snort. I chose that moment to kick out at him. I hit him squarely in the stomach. I used the moment when his grip slackened to wrench my hands free from his grasp and run for the door.
I didn't get far when I felt, father than saw, Karasu start to run after me. I made it to the door and realized it was locked. Karasu had the only key and dangled it n front of my eyes.
"I don't think so," Karasu said before removing his mask and shoving me against the wall. He then leaned down and.......
My eyes widened as Karasu closed the gap between us. That kiisama was *kissing* me!!!
At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Karasu shoved me back into the back of the room, replaced his mask, and opened the door. It was Toguro.
"Yes?" Karasu asked, a little curtly, I thought.
"My brother and I are going out to dinner. We were wondering if you would like to come," Toguro said calmly as he spotted me moving restlessly in the background. "Perhaps even take your...friend with you."
"Yes. We will come. I will meet you in half an hour, your room. Sound good?" Karasu said, casting me a glare that said 'talk-and-die.' Toguro nodded and left.
"Well, you should get something descent on besides what you're wearing," Karasu said, looking at the clothes I was wearing. He disappeared into a closet and came back out seconds later with some black clothes.
I studied them for a second. "H3ll, no," I said as I realized what he wanted me to wear. It was a black, *skintight* fighting suit. "I'll go to the abyss and back before I wear that."
Karasu simply chuckled. He shoved me into the bathroom, came in behind me, and closed the door. There were no windows in there.
"Wha--?" I started.
Karasu pointed to the shower, a gleam in his eyes that meant I would regret it if I didn't change. I sighed in defeat and grabbed a long black cloak.
I came out a minute later dressed in what Karasu had given me as well as the cloak, with the hood pulled up over my head.
Karasu pulled the hood down off my face and motioned for me to follow him. I did so very reluctantly.
When we were outside of Toguro's door, Karasu knocked. Both Toguros came out almost instantly.
"Who is that?" Elder Toguro asked with slightly raised eyebrows.
"Her name is Kila. I...met her earlier today," Karasu said, sliding a hand around my waist; more of a way to ensure I behaved than anything. I pulled my hood up over my head as we entered and stood in between Karasu and Toguro, trying to think of them as Kurama and Yusuke.
Karasu sat next to me. So, I was sitting in between the wall and Karasu. I wished that I could disappear into thin air, not to be noticed by any, to go back to Team Urameshi. I shrank back into the shadows as I saw other demons looking at me with lust-filled eyes.
'Why did he make me come? *Sigh* Probably because he doesn't trust me and wanted to ensure that I didn't try to escape. D@mn, life sucks!' I thought to myself.
As the other three discussed topics I wasn't paying attention to, I became lost in thought; thoughts about the future, thoughts about what Team Urameshi would say if they saw me in this predicament, not even fighting back, and thoughts abut why the h3ll Karasu chose me out of all the people he could have chosen.
At that moment, Karasu's nails pierced my flesh and I gritted my teeth so as not to cry out from the pain.
Karasu smirked. My blood was mow on his nails and running freely down my leg.
I felt something furry rub against the side facing the wall. I looked down and nearly fainted from shock. My cat, Midnight, stood right next to me. From the look in his eyes, I could tell that he was ready to pounce on Karasu and KILL him simply for laying a hand on me.
I put the cloak around him and carried him as we left. Still, the demons stared at me more than any of the others. I rushed, a little bit at least, out of the place and was about to make a sudden dash when I felt Karasu grab my wrist. We walked back to the rooms and went on silently.
Little had I known, I had been watched by Team Urameshi. They had followed Karasu, assuming that I was with him and had hidden in the bushes not far from our table.
"D@mn it! She's not even fighting him!" Kuwabara said angrily.
"Think about it. Would you want to go up against three demons with no spirit energy? Only a reverse-blade sword. She would be dead in an instant. Besides, Karasu had his hand on her leg, so if she tries anything, he'll blow off her leg," Kurama said calmly as he watched me.
"She's thinking too much," Hiei said abruptly.
"Meaning?" Kuwabara said impatiently.
"Meaning that she is withdrawing into herself. She is thinking about what is to come, why Karasu chose her, and what Karasu wants with her," Hiei said. (A/N: WOW! HIEI SAID MORE THAN TWO SENTENCES! So he CAN talk!!!)
"You lost me," Kuwabara said.
"Let's follow them and see where his room is. Then we can see how far it is incase she wanted to jump," Kurama said just as I had Midnight in the folds of my cloak.
They followed silently and found that Karasu entered a room on the top floor, dragging me into the room after him I was frantically trying to get away from him. One final yank from Karasu made me cry out in pain. Blood spattered the floor where Karasu had hit a blood vessel when pulling me into the room.
"D@mn you, Karasu," Kurama said as he examined my blood that had spilled on the floor. My scream of pain could be heard clearly. Kurama was about to pound on the door and force Karasu to give me to them when Hiei and Kuwabara grabbed him and dragged him back.
"You can get her tomorrow," Kuwabara said.
"And Karasu," Hiei added.
Kurama nodded and they left.
~*~ Inside ~*~
"D@mn you!" I yelled at Karasu, who was smirking as he slashed at me with my own sword. I now had several cuts and bruises with blood running freely over my body. My body felt like I could collapse at any moment. Karasu frowned and aimed another blow at my body. However, I was so tired that I simply collapsed at Karasu's feet.
Midnight could be heard, meowing and scratching at the bathroom door. My cloak lay on the floor, half in the bathroom and half in the bedroom.
Karasu sheathed my sword and bent down to help me up. I slapped his hands away and simply crawled over to a dark corner where I lay, curled up in a ball, shivering. Karasu could see all the curves of my body because I no longer had the cloak to cover myself with.
"How old are you?" Karasu asked suddenly.
"14 tomorrow," I said, still wanting him to stay as far away as possible.
"We will have to do something special then, my pet," Karasu said, waltzing his way over to me. He carefully bent down and picked me up. He went over to the bed, put me in one side, getting in the other.
I fell asleep within seconds, though not before telling Karasu, "You should probably let me have at least 6 hours of sleep unless you want me to be very irritable and crabby and angry in the morning."
Karasu smiled as he watched me sleep. I seemed so peaceful, so innocent, so...helpless. Karasu made sure to be very careful, quiet, and soft when he tied my feet together as well as my wrists.