Disclaimer: I do not won YYH, only the plot and Kila.
Okay, here's the next chapter. Hope you all enjoyed the last one!
~*~ Chapter 4: The beginning of the fights ~*~ (Kila's POV)
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.
I got up and limped into the forest. I spent the night on a tree limb. At the crack of dawn, I woke up to some sort of commotion by the hotel. It turned out that several low class demons had gotten into a fistfight. I sighed. 'Stupid demons,' I thought to myself. I grabbed my bag and brought out my frying pan just in case I had to defend myself, should one of the demons notice that I was there.
However, the fight was soon over. Several of the demons lay dead on the ground. Two figures made their way out. One was wearing purple and had red hair and the other was wearing all black and had black hair.
I managed to stand up on the tree limb to get a better look at them. They were Kurama and Hiei. (*sarcastically* Oh, joy.)
I waved at them and smiled trying to keep off my right ankle.
"Kila! What are you doing there?? What's wrong with your foot??" Kurama asked as he sprinted towards me. Hiei appeared next to me.
I nearly fell out of the tree. I had to grab hold of the trunk to keep from falling. "Would you not do that?!" I yelled at Hiei, still trying to balance on one foot.
"Why don't you come down?" Kurama asked.
"I can't. My ankle is broken. I broke it in a fall," I said.
Without a word, Hiei picked me up and dropped to the ground.
"Thank you," I said, still trying not to put weight on my right foot.
"We need to get that bandaged up," Kurama said as he helped me limp towards the hotel. "You can stay in our room for a while and I'll go tell Yusuke and Kuwabara. They'll want to hear how you escaped as well."
The elevator door opened and the three of us walked in. I didn't complain that Kurama was helping me walk, but I didn't really feel like being disabled at that moment.
"You really don't have to bother," I said as we walked in the hotel room.
"Oh, don't I?" Kurama said doubtfully as I nearly fell. "I think you still need a bit of help."
"No, I don't." I said, too proud to seen being helped around. "I refuse to talk to Yusuke and Kuwabara. They're going to make fun of me. I know it."
"If they do, I'll be surprised," Hiei said as he and Kurama walked out to get the others. "It's against Kuwabara's code and Yusuke just isn't that type of person."
Kurama smiled reassuringly at me. "Don't worry. We'll be back in a minute."
I heard several yells from next door and curses, followed by, "Urameshi! What the heck was that for?!" I chuckled.
A moment later, Team Urameshi was in Hiei and Kurama's room, along with Koenma, Botan, George, Keiko, Shizuru, and Yukina. All were looking at me.
"How did you escape?" Yusuke finally asked, breaking the silence that had settled over us.
"I went out the window," I said calmly. At everyone's surprised looks, I explained, "I jumped from ledge to ledge. I...misjudged on the third one from the ground, falling and breaking my ankle when I fell."
"Are you okay?" Keiko asked, concerned for me. She looked rather nervous and very concerned. I could tell she pitied me. I hated it when people pitied me.
"I am positive I'm fine. It's nothing too serious and I'm sure that I'll be fine in a few hours, probably enough to walk," I said, smiling a bit despite my discomfort.
"Liar." Yusuke looked hard at me, and I could tell he was trying to figure me out. When I gave him a puzzled look, like everyone else, he said, "You are lying to us. You won't be fine in a few hours. You'll never be fine again after what happened to you. Now stop lying and tell us what happened to you."
I sighed and began to tell them the story. Some of the things they knew; others they did not know. Kuwabara interrupted a few times, but was quickly quieted by the others.
I talked for a total of five minutes. Everything after that they knew.
Once again, silence filled the room. It was occasionally broken by someone shifting or coughing.
"Do you want me to treat your ankle?" Yukina asked after about a minute.
I merely nodded, too deep in though to properly understand much at that moment.
Yukina walked over and healed me ankle. I gasped slightly, not expecting that.
There was silence for a few more moments. "Thank you," I whispered.
"What for?" Yusuke asked, puzzled.
"Your gifts. Your promises, Yusuke and Kuwabara. The fire, Hiei. And the rose, Kurama. If it wasn't for those, I would still be up there right now. Thank you," I said sincerely. (*Gagging in a corner after rereading what she just wrote*)
"It was nothing," Yusuke said, blushing slightly. Kurama and Hiei both nodded.
"What do you mean?" Keiko asked.
"Well, Yusuke said he would kill me, Kuwabara said he would he would break my sword, Hiei and Kurama gave me these," I said, holding up my gifts.
"How did they help you, though?" Botan asked.
"Well, I had lost hope of escaping. I considered myself weak, broken. Then, I remembered them. How they were always strong. That lit a fuse that set off a firework, so to speak. I had one last plan, executed it, and wound up here. Not too bad, eh?" I asked, chuckling slightly. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to bed and the first person to wake me up for no reason will find themselves without a head," I said, standing up.
Hiei and Kurama herded everyone out of their room, saying that they could see me later, and closed the door after them.
I had walked over to the couch and was about to settle down when I felt someone grab my hand. I whirled around and saw Hiei.
He was silent, but pulled me over to his bed and helped me get comfortable. Kurama had left a few minutes before.
After I had settled down, Hiei took off his cloak and gently lay it over me. I blushed, but purred slightly at the warmth. I fell asleep soon after.
Hiei left out the window and went to check with his teammates to see who would fight who.
"Okay, I get Toguro!" Yusuke shouted. Everyone looked at him and sweatdropped.
"I don't care," Kuwabara said.
"Karasu is mine," Kurama said, glaring slightly around the table.
Hiei just "Hn"ed, already knowing who he was left with.
Back in my room, I stirred slightly in my sleep. I was having a dream—no, more like nightmare.
~*~ In Kila's dream ~*~
I was watching the events of the finals of the Dark Tournament unfold from next to the rest of Team Urameshi. I watched as, one by one, the team was either defeated (Poor Kurama!) or won their match. None come out unscathed. Well, perhaps with the exception of Hiei, except he was worn out!
Hiei walked over, said some stuff that was a fancy way of saying that he was tired and needed to sleep, and fell asleep right in front of me. I giggles slightly and looked up at the ring.
"Uh...Yusuke? Somehow I don't think that they're going to have you guys fight in a ring that is practically non-existent," I said, still giggling.
"And just what are you laughing about??" Yusuke demanded, rather angry.
"Oh, nothing bad!" I assured him. "Just the fact that Hiei just said a whole bunch of stuff that was, basically, a fancy way of saying that he was tired and needed to sleep, and the fact that the ring is almost gone," I said, smiling slightly.
Yusuke smiled back at me and then turned to Kurama and Koenma, who were now debating how to get Hiei to a room in which he could sleep peacefully. I smiled as I watched them all. Then, right before my eyes, they all faded into blackness. I was surrounded by it, without one speck of light.
I panicked. 'Wait just one friggin' moment! If this is my mind, because I know that I am asleep, then how come I have no control over what is happening?!' I thought to myself.
"Now that is a good question, little one," A voice right behind me said. I jumped and turned around quickly, coming face-to-face with a man that I had never seen before, in any anime.
He was about 5'7, had black hair that reached his mid-back, and ice-blue eyes. He also had a pair of red wings sticking out of his back, two red fox ears, and a red fox tail. He stared at me for a few moments, and I blushed in embarrassment. He chuckled before cupping my chin in his hand and saying, "Hello, Kila. If you were wondering, I am Ryuken, a mix of kitsune and bat demons, as you can see. I have come to claim what is mine," he said, moving even closer to me.
I jerked away from his touch and started running. I heard him running behind me and I ran faster. "STAY AWAY FROM ME, YOU BIG JERK!" I screamed over my shoulder, also throwing a shoe at his head. It hit him in the forehead and he growled. Uh-oh. Last time I checked, that was NOT a good thing!
"B*tch! Get back here!" Ryuken shouted at me, going faster himself and catching me. I struggled and screamed against his grasp, kicking him in a rather private area and then running away as fast as possible.
~*~ Outside Kila's dream ~*~
Team Urameshi had rushed into my room when they heard me screaming and saw me thrashing around in my bed, moaning slightly.
"Hiei, see if you can get into her head and see what's up with her!" Yusuke commanded, trying to get me to calm down. He was failing.
Hiei ripped the ward off his forehead and his Jagan eye opened. He managed to get into my head and saw black. He then heard my shouts and saw me race towards him, then hide behind him. Behind me, chasing me, he saw the demon that had "Come to claim what is mine."
Hiei got into a fighting stance and slashed Ryuken across the stomach. Ryuken glared at Hiei and then looked at me, his eyes softening. "I WILL come back to get you, Kila Kitsune!" Ryuken said, then disappeared. Hiei looked at me, then exited my mind, brining me back to consciousness with him.
"What happened?!" Kurama asked as I looked around, a wild, animal-like fright in my eyes. I looked around and, seeing no danger, settled down a bit.
"I-I had some sort of...dream," I said, unsure of how to tell them what I was dreaming of. "At first, I was just dreaming about some nonsense stuff, nothing important, and then everything faded to black. A guy named Ryuken, or something like that, came and said that he was there to claim something that was his. I didn't know what he meant, but he scarred me, so I ran. He caught me and I kicked him, then ran again. Then Hiei showed up, I hid behind him, and Hiei slashed Ryuken across the stomach. Ryuken disappeared, saying that he would come back to get me, and he called me....he called me...." I couldn't continue. A legend that I had once heard was coming to mind. It had said something about a girl falling from her world into another. She had the power to either save the worlds or destroy them... all three. It had said that the person's name was Kila Kitsune, and that she would have to go through many opponents to get to her goal. The hardest one would be the one that was supposed to love her the most, Ryuken.
I mentally slapped myself for not remembering this sooner. Everyone was looking at me as I shook my head and shot up out of bed.
"Why don't you tell everyone the interesting conclusion you just came to, Kila?" Hiei asked me coldly. I glared at him, such ferocity in my eyes and a secretly burning fire, fueled by all my anger and hatred, that Hiei stepped back about half a step, a look of surprise on his features. He quickly covered it up and leaned against the wall.
"I will tell you anyway, but only because I don't know what to do," I said, looking like a lost little girl that just wanted to go home. "When I was younger, I heard a legend. It was about a girl that fell out of her own world into another. It said that she had the power to save the three worlds...or destroy them, depending on who she allied herself with. She was going to face many perils, the greatest of which was, supposedly, the one who loved her the most. His name was Ryuken. And her name....was Kila Kitsune," I finished my tale.
"So, what's so special about that?" Yusuke asked, looking angry.
I anime-fell. "Yusuke, you dolt! That's MY NAME!!" I screamed at him, very ticked off right at that moment. I hit him over the head and sat back down on the bad, trying to calm myself.
Kurama saw that I needed to be alone for a few moments, so he said, "Yusuke, Kuwabara, why don't you two go and tell Koenma what Kila just told us?"
"Why should WE tell PACIFIER BREATH anything?!" Yusuke asked, nursing his wounded head and his pride.
"Because, he might have a few answers and he might be able to find more information on this legend," Kurama said patiently. The two boys nodded and left the room. Kurama exited after them.
I sat on my bed, my thoughts in a jumble, my head in my hands. I felt someone wrap their arms around me from behind and leaned onto the firm chest behind me. I smelled the faint scent of pine trees and felt warmth from the person behind me....WAIT A SECOND! WARMTH?!?! That could mean only one thing......
"Uhhhh...Hi, Hiei?" I said, looking up nervously into red eyes that seemed to see into my soul. Hiei looked down at me and smirked slightly.
"Well, on'na, you need to go to sleep if you want to be awake for tomorrows fights," Hiei said, looking down at me. I nodded and climbed under the covers. I could have sworn I heard Hiei whisper, "Goodnight, Kila." Then I fell asleep.
Okay, here's the next chapter. Hope you all enjoyed the last one!
~*~ Chapter 4: The beginning of the fights ~*~ (Kila's POV)
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.
I got up and limped into the forest. I spent the night on a tree limb. At the crack of dawn, I woke up to some sort of commotion by the hotel. It turned out that several low class demons had gotten into a fistfight. I sighed. 'Stupid demons,' I thought to myself. I grabbed my bag and brought out my frying pan just in case I had to defend myself, should one of the demons notice that I was there.
However, the fight was soon over. Several of the demons lay dead on the ground. Two figures made their way out. One was wearing purple and had red hair and the other was wearing all black and had black hair.
I managed to stand up on the tree limb to get a better look at them. They were Kurama and Hiei. (*sarcastically* Oh, joy.)
I waved at them and smiled trying to keep off my right ankle.
"Kila! What are you doing there?? What's wrong with your foot??" Kurama asked as he sprinted towards me. Hiei appeared next to me.
I nearly fell out of the tree. I had to grab hold of the trunk to keep from falling. "Would you not do that?!" I yelled at Hiei, still trying to balance on one foot.
"Why don't you come down?" Kurama asked.
"I can't. My ankle is broken. I broke it in a fall," I said.
Without a word, Hiei picked me up and dropped to the ground.
"Thank you," I said, still trying not to put weight on my right foot.
"We need to get that bandaged up," Kurama said as he helped me limp towards the hotel. "You can stay in our room for a while and I'll go tell Yusuke and Kuwabara. They'll want to hear how you escaped as well."
The elevator door opened and the three of us walked in. I didn't complain that Kurama was helping me walk, but I didn't really feel like being disabled at that moment.
"You really don't have to bother," I said as we walked in the hotel room.
"Oh, don't I?" Kurama said doubtfully as I nearly fell. "I think you still need a bit of help."
"No, I don't." I said, too proud to seen being helped around. "I refuse to talk to Yusuke and Kuwabara. They're going to make fun of me. I know it."
"If they do, I'll be surprised," Hiei said as he and Kurama walked out to get the others. "It's against Kuwabara's code and Yusuke just isn't that type of person."
Kurama smiled reassuringly at me. "Don't worry. We'll be back in a minute."
I heard several yells from next door and curses, followed by, "Urameshi! What the heck was that for?!" I chuckled.
A moment later, Team Urameshi was in Hiei and Kurama's room, along with Koenma, Botan, George, Keiko, Shizuru, and Yukina. All were looking at me.
"How did you escape?" Yusuke finally asked, breaking the silence that had settled over us.
"I went out the window," I said calmly. At everyone's surprised looks, I explained, "I jumped from ledge to ledge. I...misjudged on the third one from the ground, falling and breaking my ankle when I fell."
"Are you okay?" Keiko asked, concerned for me. She looked rather nervous and very concerned. I could tell she pitied me. I hated it when people pitied me.
"I am positive I'm fine. It's nothing too serious and I'm sure that I'll be fine in a few hours, probably enough to walk," I said, smiling a bit despite my discomfort.
"Liar." Yusuke looked hard at me, and I could tell he was trying to figure me out. When I gave him a puzzled look, like everyone else, he said, "You are lying to us. You won't be fine in a few hours. You'll never be fine again after what happened to you. Now stop lying and tell us what happened to you."
I sighed and began to tell them the story. Some of the things they knew; others they did not know. Kuwabara interrupted a few times, but was quickly quieted by the others.
I talked for a total of five minutes. Everything after that they knew.
Once again, silence filled the room. It was occasionally broken by someone shifting or coughing.
"Do you want me to treat your ankle?" Yukina asked after about a minute.
I merely nodded, too deep in though to properly understand much at that moment.
Yukina walked over and healed me ankle. I gasped slightly, not expecting that.
There was silence for a few more moments. "Thank you," I whispered.
"What for?" Yusuke asked, puzzled.
"Your gifts. Your promises, Yusuke and Kuwabara. The fire, Hiei. And the rose, Kurama. If it wasn't for those, I would still be up there right now. Thank you," I said sincerely. (*Gagging in a corner after rereading what she just wrote*)
"It was nothing," Yusuke said, blushing slightly. Kurama and Hiei both nodded.
"What do you mean?" Keiko asked.
"Well, Yusuke said he would kill me, Kuwabara said he would he would break my sword, Hiei and Kurama gave me these," I said, holding up my gifts.
"How did they help you, though?" Botan asked.
"Well, I had lost hope of escaping. I considered myself weak, broken. Then, I remembered them. How they were always strong. That lit a fuse that set off a firework, so to speak. I had one last plan, executed it, and wound up here. Not too bad, eh?" I asked, chuckling slightly. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to bed and the first person to wake me up for no reason will find themselves without a head," I said, standing up.
Hiei and Kurama herded everyone out of their room, saying that they could see me later, and closed the door after them.
I had walked over to the couch and was about to settle down when I felt someone grab my hand. I whirled around and saw Hiei.
He was silent, but pulled me over to his bed and helped me get comfortable. Kurama had left a few minutes before.
After I had settled down, Hiei took off his cloak and gently lay it over me. I blushed, but purred slightly at the warmth. I fell asleep soon after.
Hiei left out the window and went to check with his teammates to see who would fight who.
"Okay, I get Toguro!" Yusuke shouted. Everyone looked at him and sweatdropped.
"I don't care," Kuwabara said.
"Karasu is mine," Kurama said, glaring slightly around the table.
Hiei just "Hn"ed, already knowing who he was left with.
Back in my room, I stirred slightly in my sleep. I was having a dream—no, more like nightmare.
~*~ In Kila's dream ~*~
I was watching the events of the finals of the Dark Tournament unfold from next to the rest of Team Urameshi. I watched as, one by one, the team was either defeated (Poor Kurama!) or won their match. None come out unscathed. Well, perhaps with the exception of Hiei, except he was worn out!
Hiei walked over, said some stuff that was a fancy way of saying that he was tired and needed to sleep, and fell asleep right in front of me. I giggles slightly and looked up at the ring.
"Uh...Yusuke? Somehow I don't think that they're going to have you guys fight in a ring that is practically non-existent," I said, still giggling.
"And just what are you laughing about??" Yusuke demanded, rather angry.
"Oh, nothing bad!" I assured him. "Just the fact that Hiei just said a whole bunch of stuff that was, basically, a fancy way of saying that he was tired and needed to sleep, and the fact that the ring is almost gone," I said, smiling slightly.
Yusuke smiled back at me and then turned to Kurama and Koenma, who were now debating how to get Hiei to a room in which he could sleep peacefully. I smiled as I watched them all. Then, right before my eyes, they all faded into blackness. I was surrounded by it, without one speck of light.
I panicked. 'Wait just one friggin' moment! If this is my mind, because I know that I am asleep, then how come I have no control over what is happening?!' I thought to myself.
"Now that is a good question, little one," A voice right behind me said. I jumped and turned around quickly, coming face-to-face with a man that I had never seen before, in any anime.
He was about 5'7, had black hair that reached his mid-back, and ice-blue eyes. He also had a pair of red wings sticking out of his back, two red fox ears, and a red fox tail. He stared at me for a few moments, and I blushed in embarrassment. He chuckled before cupping my chin in his hand and saying, "Hello, Kila. If you were wondering, I am Ryuken, a mix of kitsune and bat demons, as you can see. I have come to claim what is mine," he said, moving even closer to me.
I jerked away from his touch and started running. I heard him running behind me and I ran faster. "STAY AWAY FROM ME, YOU BIG JERK!" I screamed over my shoulder, also throwing a shoe at his head. It hit him in the forehead and he growled. Uh-oh. Last time I checked, that was NOT a good thing!
"B*tch! Get back here!" Ryuken shouted at me, going faster himself and catching me. I struggled and screamed against his grasp, kicking him in a rather private area and then running away as fast as possible.
~*~ Outside Kila's dream ~*~
Team Urameshi had rushed into my room when they heard me screaming and saw me thrashing around in my bed, moaning slightly.
"Hiei, see if you can get into her head and see what's up with her!" Yusuke commanded, trying to get me to calm down. He was failing.
Hiei ripped the ward off his forehead and his Jagan eye opened. He managed to get into my head and saw black. He then heard my shouts and saw me race towards him, then hide behind him. Behind me, chasing me, he saw the demon that had "Come to claim what is mine."
Hiei got into a fighting stance and slashed Ryuken across the stomach. Ryuken glared at Hiei and then looked at me, his eyes softening. "I WILL come back to get you, Kila Kitsune!" Ryuken said, then disappeared. Hiei looked at me, then exited my mind, brining me back to consciousness with him.
"What happened?!" Kurama asked as I looked around, a wild, animal-like fright in my eyes. I looked around and, seeing no danger, settled down a bit.
"I-I had some sort of...dream," I said, unsure of how to tell them what I was dreaming of. "At first, I was just dreaming about some nonsense stuff, nothing important, and then everything faded to black. A guy named Ryuken, or something like that, came and said that he was there to claim something that was his. I didn't know what he meant, but he scarred me, so I ran. He caught me and I kicked him, then ran again. Then Hiei showed up, I hid behind him, and Hiei slashed Ryuken across the stomach. Ryuken disappeared, saying that he would come back to get me, and he called me....he called me...." I couldn't continue. A legend that I had once heard was coming to mind. It had said something about a girl falling from her world into another. She had the power to either save the worlds or destroy them... all three. It had said that the person's name was Kila Kitsune, and that she would have to go through many opponents to get to her goal. The hardest one would be the one that was supposed to love her the most, Ryuken.
I mentally slapped myself for not remembering this sooner. Everyone was looking at me as I shook my head and shot up out of bed.
"Why don't you tell everyone the interesting conclusion you just came to, Kila?" Hiei asked me coldly. I glared at him, such ferocity in my eyes and a secretly burning fire, fueled by all my anger and hatred, that Hiei stepped back about half a step, a look of surprise on his features. He quickly covered it up and leaned against the wall.
"I will tell you anyway, but only because I don't know what to do," I said, looking like a lost little girl that just wanted to go home. "When I was younger, I heard a legend. It was about a girl that fell out of her own world into another. It said that she had the power to save the three worlds...or destroy them, depending on who she allied herself with. She was going to face many perils, the greatest of which was, supposedly, the one who loved her the most. His name was Ryuken. And her name....was Kila Kitsune," I finished my tale.
"So, what's so special about that?" Yusuke asked, looking angry.
I anime-fell. "Yusuke, you dolt! That's MY NAME!!" I screamed at him, very ticked off right at that moment. I hit him over the head and sat back down on the bad, trying to calm myself.
Kurama saw that I needed to be alone for a few moments, so he said, "Yusuke, Kuwabara, why don't you two go and tell Koenma what Kila just told us?"
"Why should WE tell PACIFIER BREATH anything?!" Yusuke asked, nursing his wounded head and his pride.
"Because, he might have a few answers and he might be able to find more information on this legend," Kurama said patiently. The two boys nodded and left the room. Kurama exited after them.
I sat on my bed, my thoughts in a jumble, my head in my hands. I felt someone wrap their arms around me from behind and leaned onto the firm chest behind me. I smelled the faint scent of pine trees and felt warmth from the person behind me....WAIT A SECOND! WARMTH?!?! That could mean only one thing......
"Uhhhh...Hi, Hiei?" I said, looking up nervously into red eyes that seemed to see into my soul. Hiei looked down at me and smirked slightly.
"Well, on'na, you need to go to sleep if you want to be awake for tomorrows fights," Hiei said, looking down at me. I nodded and climbed under the covers. I could have sworn I heard Hiei whisper, "Goodnight, Kila." Then I fell asleep.