Disclaimer: I do not own YYH, just the plot and Kila. Okay, I don't know if
there is a day in between the semi-finals and the finals, but, in this
story, there will be, alright? Get used to me going a little outside the
actual things of what happened in the show because there is going to be a
LOT that never happened!
~*~ Chapter 3: Attempted escape (Kila's POV) ~*~
When I woke up in the morning, I immediately noticed that I couldn't move my hand or feet. "Karasu!" I yelled in hopes that he would hear me.
"Yes?" He said, appearing from out of the closet. He had only his pants on.
"Why don't you come over here and untie me so that I don't have to go hopping around today," I said with mock humor in my voice.
"Certainly," Karasu said with a mock bow. He untied me and handed me some new clothes, also black, but not skintight this time.
I glared at him and made sure that nothing was showing. I then made my way over to the bathroom. I found a towel and took a shower. I hummed softly to myself as I showered.
When I got out of the shower, I slipped on the tile and fell over with a small crash.
Karasu walked over to the door and tested it. The door was locked. (A/N: HENTAI KIISAMA!!)
"D*mn tile!" I yelled as I stood up and had to grab onto the counter to stop from falling again.
I quickly got dressed and put my hair in a semi-messy ponytail.
Karasu looked me over quickly and ripped the hair band from my hair. My hair fell over onto my back, pooling around my shoulders. He nodded to himself and grabbed my wrist to lead me wherever the heck he was going.
"Come, my pet. (*Gags in a corner*) We need to go if we are going to see Team Urameshi's fight," Karasu said, pulling me along with him.
We had simple seats in the stands. Karasu, however, decided to be nice to me for one hour. (Oh, joy. The world is doomed. *Gets hit in the head with a baseball bat* Okay, I'll shut up now!)
"You can stay with Team Urameshi for one hour. After that, I'll meet you in the hall," Karasu said.
I nodded and found myself in the shadows near Team Urameshi. They were on the fifth fight. 'D*mn it! Trust Karasu to drop me off here of all places and leave without a trace or explanation!' I thought to myself.
I watched the last two fights from in the shadows and only when all of the fights were over did I make myself noticed.
"Kurama! Hiei! Kuwabaka, oops, I mean Kuwabara!" I yelled as they exited. They all gaped at me in wonder.
"How did you get away from him?" Kurama asked after a moment of silence.
"I only have about 45 minutes left. Karasu let me have one full hour away from him. Most likely only because it's my birthday today," I said with a heavy sigh.
"How old are you?" Hiei asked me abruptly.
"14. Why?" I asked, staring intently at the shorter demon.
"No reason."
Midnight jumped onto my shoulder suddenly, making me start. "Hello, Midnight." I caressed Midnight's ears. He purred.
"Who's that?" Kurama asked, reaching out to pet Midnight.
"Kitty! Come here, kitty, kitty, kitty," Kuwabara said, and, being the idiot he was, tried to get Midnight off my shoulder.
He ended up with a big lump and a scratch. The lump was from me; the scratch from Midnight.
"By the way, Team Toguro is fighting next," Kurama said.
I stopped dead. "So, that's why he got rid of me. Couldn't drag me out onto the field, even if he wanted to. They might think that I was part of the team and then I would probably be required to fight and I would get killed and I don't even have my sword! I couldn't kill anything unless I really wanted to. I use a reverse-blade sword. I only used it to knock some sense into my brother!" My tone took on a sad, desperate note and tears welled up in my eyes.
"What did you leave back at home?" Kurama asked gently.
"I left my brother, my mom, my dad, all my other family, and everything I owned except what I was wearing. I left so much, I left everything, came into a completely new life style and a new place. Everything is so...different." Tears stained my cheeks now.
Kurama nodded. Kuwabara was unusually quiet. Hie showed almost no emotion at all. Botan listened to the whole story with sad eyes.
"My brother is 3 ½ years older than me and he hates me. His name is Kai," I continued. "Midnight was the only thing that has kept me from running away for a long time. I had almost nothing at home," I said. My voice grew stronger here. I closed my eyes for a few moments.
"That's horrible. You have a worse time at home than Yusuke does," Botan said, sympathy laced in her voice. I hated people being sympathetic towards me.
Kuwabara nodded as did Kurama. Hiei simply "hn"ed, which, in this case, was an agreement.
"How did you put up with him? I would have beaten him into a bloody pulp," Kuwabara said.
I chuckled. "I put up with him because I had my cat and I could always knock some sense into him if need be. Besides, I learned to live with it." I sighed.. I was still having trouble getting used to all this. "What was your first reaction when you found out that I wasn't fighting back, Kuwabara?"
"'D*mn it! She's not even fighting him!'" Hiei said mockingly. "That's exactly what he said. He probably would have gone and killed the three demons and then though about what he was doing."
I merely smiled. "Glad to see at least one person is trying to help me. Kurama, was there a backpack next to me when you found me?"
Kurama blinked. "Yes, there was. Do you want it?"
"Yes, thanks," I said, taking the bag from Kurama. I opened the bag, rifled through it for a moment, and took out a frying pan. "Good. Now I have at least one weapon. Karasu took my sword and hid it somewhere. But not before it had.....other uses." I flinched lightly.
"Like?" Kuwabara prodded, trying to get me to tell them.
"Like something I don't want to talk about!" I half-shouted in a fury,
Hiei was silent for a moment, the said, "You could have defended yourself."
"Oh, yeah? How?" I asked. "Since you obviously know what happened to me, what do you think I could have don? There was nothing I could do, ever, since this whole d*mned adventure started," I said, a tear slipping down my face in remembered pain.
Hiei simply shook his head and disappeared.
"What happened to you?" Kurama asked.
I looked away and pulled up the sleeve of the shirt. The remainder of Team Urameshi gasped. There were numerous cuts and bruises on my arm. One had started bleeding again. I winced as Kurama poked me arms gently. "Does that answer the question?"
Kurama nodded and I let the sleeve fall.
"30 minutes," I said at last.
"Huh?" Kuwabara asked.
"30 minutes until I have to return to Karasu. *Sigh* I know that you guys are wondering why I don't just run away from him. It's simple, really. If I don't return, Karasu will hunt me until he finds me, he will return with me to his room, and what happened last night will be light punishment compared to what he would do if I was late." I heaved a heavy sigh and bowed my head. "I'm taking a walk," I announced as I walked out of the room.
"Who's going to follow her?" Botan asked. At the boys puzzled looks, she said, "Well, you aren't going to leave her to fend for herself, are you?"
"I'll go," Kurama said, nodded to them in promise, and departed after me.
I wandered around aimlessly. When I saw a glimpse of the ring, I stopped dead. It was Karasu's fight. I went out to watch him fight, just to see how easy this would be for him.
As he was walking out of the ring, he looked up at me and held up two fingers, and then five, but only so that if you weren't really watching, you wouldn't notice.
I gulped and decided to go. I had 25 minutes left to enjoy the time I had on my own.
"Where are you going" Kurama asked from behind me. I jumped a mile.
"You scared me half to death!" I said, still shaken by Kurama's "sudden" appearance.
"Sorry. But you are not going anywhere without me. You need someone to protect you against demons. You really shouldn't wander around on your own, you know," Kurama said.
"I don't need to be protected. I'll be fine on my own, like I always have been before now! Do I really need to be humiliated further in this cruel world?! Haven't I suffered enough?!" I asked, a tear snaking it's way slowly down my face. Right then, I hated everyone and everything in all the worlds. I didn't know what I had done to deserve this treatment. "I was planning to make my escape, but I don't know where I would go now. It seems as if all anyone ever wants to do and has wanted to do is hurt me, make me suffer for no good reason. No-one ever treats me with respect, ever. I guess nothing really has changed, has it?" I asked, tears now streaming down me face.
"Don't cry,: Kurama said, trying to embrace me. I moved away from him and blindly ran through corridors until I was outside again. I ran as fast as I could to the hotel and ran up the stairs. On the top level, I went over to wait next to Karasu's door.
When Karasu arrived a few minutes later, he was surprised to see me sitting nest to the door, glaring at the walls and anything that moved. "What are you doing here to early? You still have 10 minutes."
"I felt like coming early. You don't mind, do you?" I asked sarcastically.
Karasu merely opened the door and walked in, holding it open for me.
After I walked in, Karasu closed the door silently behind me. I went over to the couch and sat down stiffly on the edge of the cushions.
"Why don't you relax?" Karasu asked, sitting next to me.
"Because the last time I relaxed, me brother came out of nowhere and nearly killed me. The last time I relaxed, I was put under a spell and you kidnapped me. I have good reason not to relax," I said fiercely.
Karasu nodded and sat back. "If I were you, I wouldn't try to escape."
"Why not?" I asked innocently.
"Because the door is locked and you would never survive the fall.....or jump," Karasu said simply, making me rather angry.
I bit back a curse. "Then what am I supposed to do? There's nothing in here for me to do. You won't let me wander around or anything exciting and there are no adventures!" I complained, glaring at the evil yokai.
"Why don't you go play with your cat or something like that? Or you could go to sleep. From what I heard, you had a rather exciting day already." Karasu smirked when I stuck out my tongue at him.
"I'm not tired *Huge yawn* and even if I was, I would not go to sleep because I don't trust you. My cat is with Team Urameshi and that is where he is going to stay. So, I still have nothing to do unless you have books around here," I said, pacing the room. Suddenly I stopped, turned around, and walked over to my bag. I rifled through it for a few moments and pulled out a book at the bottom of the bag. It was a book titled "The Time of the Twins," and had the DragonLance symbol across the front. (I do not own DragonLance, but my mom has a copy of the books! ^__^)
I plopped down on the floor next to my bag and began to read.
Karasu chuckled lightly and moved over to stand behind me. His shadow did not fall across the pages that I was reading, so I did not notice him. "What would you prefer to do?"
I shrugged. "Go outside, have an adventure, something along those lines. The forest would be a nice place to start," I said, already forming a plan in my mind as to how to escape and run for my life. I had hoped he would fall for my plan. He did not.
"We'll see," He said before turning to look out the window. "Alright. Hurry up/" At my stunned silence, Karasu smirked. "We'll go into the forest for a little while."
I nodded and followed Karasu docilely; that is, until we got into the forest.
As we were stepping into the forest, I ran in a random direction. It took Karasu a few moments to notice that I was gone, crashing through the trees. With a curse, he sprang after me, knowing that unless I stopped suddenly or slowed down, it might take him a while to catch up to me.
As I was running, I became aware of something I had not noticed before. I could feel the presence of Karasu, chasing after me, and I could feel Kurama just outside the forest!! I made a turn out of the forest, saw Team Urameshi, and ran towards them at full speed.
Kurama turned around just in time to see a red and black blur crash into him and start to breath heavily. "What the--?"
"Not now. No time to explain. Read this later," I said as I pressed a note into his hands. "Tell the others that I said good-by. Explain everything to them from the note. I hope that you can understand, Kurama." With that said, I turned and dashed off among that trees again.
Karasu changed direction slightly and ran after me; I had decided to plunge into the heart of the forest. I knew he was going to catch me eventually; that was inevitable. So I slowed down and began to climb a tree.
Karasu appeared on the branch I had just climbed onto. He grabbed a fistful of my hair and yanked backwards; I yelped in pain. "Never do that again," He said, pulling my hair slightly with every word.
I managed to nod slightly. "I won't," I said feebly, lowering my gaze.
"We are going now and that is the last time I am going to let you out on your own. You became too independent when you did."
As we were walking back to the hotel, a single rose petal brushed my cheek. I picked it up and tucked it in a pocket. "I know that you are going to beat me, and you are just waiting until we get back the room, so don't act like your not going to," I said softly.
Karasu snorted slightly. "I see you are not as stupid as I though you were. Well, if you are not, then you know that all your ways out are gone; the door is locked, you will not get time out on your own, and you would not survive the fall or jump from the window. There are no other means of escaping, so you might as well just give up."
For an instant, my eyes shone defiantly. "Never give up. Never surrender," I quoted quietly. Then my eyes dulled and I nodded.
Kurama had, once again, decided to follow me. When he overheard the conversation and saw me as I was before I had been caught, he had some hope. However, when he was me become docile and obeying, he lost some of that hope. But he saw that if I was given a chance, I would return to the proud, fierce person I had been before. Once again, he heard my whimpering and screaming as he left.
~*~ That night ~*~
I lay where Karasu had left me, bleeding and bruised. I had barely fought back this time; I didn't have the spirit to. I had been captured entirely by this one demon; and I had never been caught before. I hated it. I hated it all the way to the pits of h*ll. I had never been caught before, never been caged, beaten, with a collar constantly around me neck, forcing me to stay where I was and under the control of Karasu without much of a fight. Before, I had been proud, strong, fierce, and fiercely independent. Now, I was weak, battered, beaten, bruised, shattered.
But as I lay, shivering, on the ground, I thought of Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwabara. All of them were strong. Yusuke had promised me he'd kill me if I gave up hope. Kuwabara said he would break my sword. Hiei had given me a small corked bottle with black flames in it, and Kurama had given me a rose. I now held the bottle in my left hand while my right fingered the rose.
It was as if those memories lit a spark. I, once again, worked out how I was going to get out of this place. I was back to my old self.
~*~ Later that night ~*~
I crept over to the window and looked down. It was then that I noticed that every window on the way down had a windowsill that jutted out just enough for me to grab part of it.
When I tried to open the window, it opened silently. I jumped down, slung my backpack over my shoulder after getting it, and hopped back up on the windowsill.
I jumped down onto the next windowsill after closing the window. I made my way down by jumping and catching myself with my hands.
Around the third level from the ground, I missed and landed on my right foot, There was a small *Crack* and I felt tears well up in my eyes. My right ankle was broken.
~*~ End of chapter 3 ~*~
Well, I hope you liked it, to anyone who is reading this. I know it took me a long time to update, but I have really long chapters for this story. Please leave a review!
~*~ Chapter 3: Attempted escape (Kila's POV) ~*~
When I woke up in the morning, I immediately noticed that I couldn't move my hand or feet. "Karasu!" I yelled in hopes that he would hear me.
"Yes?" He said, appearing from out of the closet. He had only his pants on.
"Why don't you come over here and untie me so that I don't have to go hopping around today," I said with mock humor in my voice.
"Certainly," Karasu said with a mock bow. He untied me and handed me some new clothes, also black, but not skintight this time.
I glared at him and made sure that nothing was showing. I then made my way over to the bathroom. I found a towel and took a shower. I hummed softly to myself as I showered.
When I got out of the shower, I slipped on the tile and fell over with a small crash.
Karasu walked over to the door and tested it. The door was locked. (A/N: HENTAI KIISAMA!!)
"D*mn tile!" I yelled as I stood up and had to grab onto the counter to stop from falling again.
I quickly got dressed and put my hair in a semi-messy ponytail.
Karasu looked me over quickly and ripped the hair band from my hair. My hair fell over onto my back, pooling around my shoulders. He nodded to himself and grabbed my wrist to lead me wherever the heck he was going.
"Come, my pet. (*Gags in a corner*) We need to go if we are going to see Team Urameshi's fight," Karasu said, pulling me along with him.
We had simple seats in the stands. Karasu, however, decided to be nice to me for one hour. (Oh, joy. The world is doomed. *Gets hit in the head with a baseball bat* Okay, I'll shut up now!)
"You can stay with Team Urameshi for one hour. After that, I'll meet you in the hall," Karasu said.
I nodded and found myself in the shadows near Team Urameshi. They were on the fifth fight. 'D*mn it! Trust Karasu to drop me off here of all places and leave without a trace or explanation!' I thought to myself.
I watched the last two fights from in the shadows and only when all of the fights were over did I make myself noticed.
"Kurama! Hiei! Kuwabaka, oops, I mean Kuwabara!" I yelled as they exited. They all gaped at me in wonder.
"How did you get away from him?" Kurama asked after a moment of silence.
"I only have about 45 minutes left. Karasu let me have one full hour away from him. Most likely only because it's my birthday today," I said with a heavy sigh.
"How old are you?" Hiei asked me abruptly.
"14. Why?" I asked, staring intently at the shorter demon.
"No reason."
Midnight jumped onto my shoulder suddenly, making me start. "Hello, Midnight." I caressed Midnight's ears. He purred.
"Who's that?" Kurama asked, reaching out to pet Midnight.
"Kitty! Come here, kitty, kitty, kitty," Kuwabara said, and, being the idiot he was, tried to get Midnight off my shoulder.
He ended up with a big lump and a scratch. The lump was from me; the scratch from Midnight.
"By the way, Team Toguro is fighting next," Kurama said.
I stopped dead. "So, that's why he got rid of me. Couldn't drag me out onto the field, even if he wanted to. They might think that I was part of the team and then I would probably be required to fight and I would get killed and I don't even have my sword! I couldn't kill anything unless I really wanted to. I use a reverse-blade sword. I only used it to knock some sense into my brother!" My tone took on a sad, desperate note and tears welled up in my eyes.
"What did you leave back at home?" Kurama asked gently.
"I left my brother, my mom, my dad, all my other family, and everything I owned except what I was wearing. I left so much, I left everything, came into a completely new life style and a new place. Everything is so...different." Tears stained my cheeks now.
Kurama nodded. Kuwabara was unusually quiet. Hie showed almost no emotion at all. Botan listened to the whole story with sad eyes.
"My brother is 3 ½ years older than me and he hates me. His name is Kai," I continued. "Midnight was the only thing that has kept me from running away for a long time. I had almost nothing at home," I said. My voice grew stronger here. I closed my eyes for a few moments.
"That's horrible. You have a worse time at home than Yusuke does," Botan said, sympathy laced in her voice. I hated people being sympathetic towards me.
Kuwabara nodded as did Kurama. Hiei simply "hn"ed, which, in this case, was an agreement.
"How did you put up with him? I would have beaten him into a bloody pulp," Kuwabara said.
I chuckled. "I put up with him because I had my cat and I could always knock some sense into him if need be. Besides, I learned to live with it." I sighed.. I was still having trouble getting used to all this. "What was your first reaction when you found out that I wasn't fighting back, Kuwabara?"
"'D*mn it! She's not even fighting him!'" Hiei said mockingly. "That's exactly what he said. He probably would have gone and killed the three demons and then though about what he was doing."
I merely smiled. "Glad to see at least one person is trying to help me. Kurama, was there a backpack next to me when you found me?"
Kurama blinked. "Yes, there was. Do you want it?"
"Yes, thanks," I said, taking the bag from Kurama. I opened the bag, rifled through it for a moment, and took out a frying pan. "Good. Now I have at least one weapon. Karasu took my sword and hid it somewhere. But not before it had.....other uses." I flinched lightly.
"Like?" Kuwabara prodded, trying to get me to tell them.
"Like something I don't want to talk about!" I half-shouted in a fury,
Hiei was silent for a moment, the said, "You could have defended yourself."
"Oh, yeah? How?" I asked. "Since you obviously know what happened to me, what do you think I could have don? There was nothing I could do, ever, since this whole d*mned adventure started," I said, a tear slipping down my face in remembered pain.
Hiei simply shook his head and disappeared.
"What happened to you?" Kurama asked.
I looked away and pulled up the sleeve of the shirt. The remainder of Team Urameshi gasped. There were numerous cuts and bruises on my arm. One had started bleeding again. I winced as Kurama poked me arms gently. "Does that answer the question?"
Kurama nodded and I let the sleeve fall.
"30 minutes," I said at last.
"Huh?" Kuwabara asked.
"30 minutes until I have to return to Karasu. *Sigh* I know that you guys are wondering why I don't just run away from him. It's simple, really. If I don't return, Karasu will hunt me until he finds me, he will return with me to his room, and what happened last night will be light punishment compared to what he would do if I was late." I heaved a heavy sigh and bowed my head. "I'm taking a walk," I announced as I walked out of the room.
"Who's going to follow her?" Botan asked. At the boys puzzled looks, she said, "Well, you aren't going to leave her to fend for herself, are you?"
"I'll go," Kurama said, nodded to them in promise, and departed after me.
I wandered around aimlessly. When I saw a glimpse of the ring, I stopped dead. It was Karasu's fight. I went out to watch him fight, just to see how easy this would be for him.
As he was walking out of the ring, he looked up at me and held up two fingers, and then five, but only so that if you weren't really watching, you wouldn't notice.
I gulped and decided to go. I had 25 minutes left to enjoy the time I had on my own.
"Where are you going" Kurama asked from behind me. I jumped a mile.
"You scared me half to death!" I said, still shaken by Kurama's "sudden" appearance.
"Sorry. But you are not going anywhere without me. You need someone to protect you against demons. You really shouldn't wander around on your own, you know," Kurama said.
"I don't need to be protected. I'll be fine on my own, like I always have been before now! Do I really need to be humiliated further in this cruel world?! Haven't I suffered enough?!" I asked, a tear snaking it's way slowly down my face. Right then, I hated everyone and everything in all the worlds. I didn't know what I had done to deserve this treatment. "I was planning to make my escape, but I don't know where I would go now. It seems as if all anyone ever wants to do and has wanted to do is hurt me, make me suffer for no good reason. No-one ever treats me with respect, ever. I guess nothing really has changed, has it?" I asked, tears now streaming down me face.
"Don't cry,: Kurama said, trying to embrace me. I moved away from him and blindly ran through corridors until I was outside again. I ran as fast as I could to the hotel and ran up the stairs. On the top level, I went over to wait next to Karasu's door.
When Karasu arrived a few minutes later, he was surprised to see me sitting nest to the door, glaring at the walls and anything that moved. "What are you doing here to early? You still have 10 minutes."
"I felt like coming early. You don't mind, do you?" I asked sarcastically.
Karasu merely opened the door and walked in, holding it open for me.
After I walked in, Karasu closed the door silently behind me. I went over to the couch and sat down stiffly on the edge of the cushions.
"Why don't you relax?" Karasu asked, sitting next to me.
"Because the last time I relaxed, me brother came out of nowhere and nearly killed me. The last time I relaxed, I was put under a spell and you kidnapped me. I have good reason not to relax," I said fiercely.
Karasu nodded and sat back. "If I were you, I wouldn't try to escape."
"Why not?" I asked innocently.
"Because the door is locked and you would never survive the fall.....or jump," Karasu said simply, making me rather angry.
I bit back a curse. "Then what am I supposed to do? There's nothing in here for me to do. You won't let me wander around or anything exciting and there are no adventures!" I complained, glaring at the evil yokai.
"Why don't you go play with your cat or something like that? Or you could go to sleep. From what I heard, you had a rather exciting day already." Karasu smirked when I stuck out my tongue at him.
"I'm not tired *Huge yawn* and even if I was, I would not go to sleep because I don't trust you. My cat is with Team Urameshi and that is where he is going to stay. So, I still have nothing to do unless you have books around here," I said, pacing the room. Suddenly I stopped, turned around, and walked over to my bag. I rifled through it for a few moments and pulled out a book at the bottom of the bag. It was a book titled "The Time of the Twins," and had the DragonLance symbol across the front. (I do not own DragonLance, but my mom has a copy of the books! ^__^)
I plopped down on the floor next to my bag and began to read.
Karasu chuckled lightly and moved over to stand behind me. His shadow did not fall across the pages that I was reading, so I did not notice him. "What would you prefer to do?"
I shrugged. "Go outside, have an adventure, something along those lines. The forest would be a nice place to start," I said, already forming a plan in my mind as to how to escape and run for my life. I had hoped he would fall for my plan. He did not.
"We'll see," He said before turning to look out the window. "Alright. Hurry up/" At my stunned silence, Karasu smirked. "We'll go into the forest for a little while."
I nodded and followed Karasu docilely; that is, until we got into the forest.
As we were stepping into the forest, I ran in a random direction. It took Karasu a few moments to notice that I was gone, crashing through the trees. With a curse, he sprang after me, knowing that unless I stopped suddenly or slowed down, it might take him a while to catch up to me.
As I was running, I became aware of something I had not noticed before. I could feel the presence of Karasu, chasing after me, and I could feel Kurama just outside the forest!! I made a turn out of the forest, saw Team Urameshi, and ran towards them at full speed.
Kurama turned around just in time to see a red and black blur crash into him and start to breath heavily. "What the--?"
"Not now. No time to explain. Read this later," I said as I pressed a note into his hands. "Tell the others that I said good-by. Explain everything to them from the note. I hope that you can understand, Kurama." With that said, I turned and dashed off among that trees again.
Karasu changed direction slightly and ran after me; I had decided to plunge into the heart of the forest. I knew he was going to catch me eventually; that was inevitable. So I slowed down and began to climb a tree.
Karasu appeared on the branch I had just climbed onto. He grabbed a fistful of my hair and yanked backwards; I yelped in pain. "Never do that again," He said, pulling my hair slightly with every word.
I managed to nod slightly. "I won't," I said feebly, lowering my gaze.
"We are going now and that is the last time I am going to let you out on your own. You became too independent when you did."
As we were walking back to the hotel, a single rose petal brushed my cheek. I picked it up and tucked it in a pocket. "I know that you are going to beat me, and you are just waiting until we get back the room, so don't act like your not going to," I said softly.
Karasu snorted slightly. "I see you are not as stupid as I though you were. Well, if you are not, then you know that all your ways out are gone; the door is locked, you will not get time out on your own, and you would not survive the fall or jump from the window. There are no other means of escaping, so you might as well just give up."
For an instant, my eyes shone defiantly. "Never give up. Never surrender," I quoted quietly. Then my eyes dulled and I nodded.
Kurama had, once again, decided to follow me. When he overheard the conversation and saw me as I was before I had been caught, he had some hope. However, when he was me become docile and obeying, he lost some of that hope. But he saw that if I was given a chance, I would return to the proud, fierce person I had been before. Once again, he heard my whimpering and screaming as he left.
~*~ That night ~*~
I lay where Karasu had left me, bleeding and bruised. I had barely fought back this time; I didn't have the spirit to. I had been captured entirely by this one demon; and I had never been caught before. I hated it. I hated it all the way to the pits of h*ll. I had never been caught before, never been caged, beaten, with a collar constantly around me neck, forcing me to stay where I was and under the control of Karasu without much of a fight. Before, I had been proud, strong, fierce, and fiercely independent. Now, I was weak, battered, beaten, bruised, shattered.
But as I lay, shivering, on the ground, I thought of Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwabara. All of them were strong. Yusuke had promised me he'd kill me if I gave up hope. Kuwabara said he would break my sword. Hiei had given me a small corked bottle with black flames in it, and Kurama had given me a rose. I now held the bottle in my left hand while my right fingered the rose.
It was as if those memories lit a spark. I, once again, worked out how I was going to get out of this place. I was back to my old self.
~*~ Later that night ~*~
I crept over to the window and looked down. It was then that I noticed that every window on the way down had a windowsill that jutted out just enough for me to grab part of it.
When I tried to open the window, it opened silently. I jumped down, slung my backpack over my shoulder after getting it, and hopped back up on the windowsill.
I jumped down onto the next windowsill after closing the window. I made my way down by jumping and catching myself with my hands.
Around the third level from the ground, I missed and landed on my right foot, There was a small *Crack* and I felt tears well up in my eyes. My right ankle was broken.
~*~ End of chapter 3 ~*~
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