New Friend Found
Chapter six
Misunderstood Facts; the Truth Uncovered
The promise Kayu demanded of them still burned in their minds. She was of the up most serious that she had ever showed them, so the promise must have been important to her. But their minds were soon torn away from their thoughts when, only a few steps after Kayu stopped them, they came into a wide clearing.
It seemed to be as big as a battle arena, at the most, but it probably wasn't even as big as that. The trees were completely cut off to form a circle around the wide clearing, making the little sun shine left of the day shine through.
They all stopped at the edge of the clearing from where they had come from, taking in the surrounding area. The golden sunlight cast the grass into a beautiful golden hue; the trees staying the ever so enchanting green within the light.
"Come on out Kouji, I know you're here." The golden haired hanyou called out into the surrounding area. She stepped forward a few steps, making space between her and the guys.
"Very good, Kayu; you have come back to me, and I didn't have to call for you." A voice called out from the opposite side of the forest edge. A shadowy figure emerged from the shadows of the high trees.
"It's nice to know that you're finally listening to me after all these years." He was a tall man, and thin in stature. He was clothed in a black cloak so his clothes were unseen. His hair was a normal ningen boy hair cut with a mix of silver and dark brown. His eyes were a dark gold hue with thin cat like pupils. He could pass as an unusual looking ningen if he didn't have pointed ears.
"Hm, don't make me laugh. You know as well as I do that I will never agree with you without having to say something about it." Kayu replied, a bit cocky she acted.
"Is this your partner?" A confused Yusuke asked. He didn't expect for them to be fighting if they worked together in slaughtering demons and ningens.
"Yeah," The hanyou replied, "more or less, he is my partner." She didn't seem to be in a good mood any more. Her voice was filled with what sounded like hate, as if thinking about this male demon filled her with anger.
"Friends you picked up on the way, Kayu?" Kouji asked, cocking an eyebrow. He had a sly, evil grin upon his face. Then he added in an undertone: "Didn't think you had any."
Apparently, Kayu heard Kouji's comment with her sharp hearing. She began to growl under her breath.
"No, just people here that came to kill you." The female hanyou replied. She continued to walk forward towards the golden eyed demon.
'I've got to distance myself from them, if they want a fair fighting chance.' She began to consider within her mind.
"Well, we'll just fix that wont we, my pet." Kouji's grin grew wider and more evil looking. He gave a small cold laugh. He then raised his right hand up across from his head, outstretched. He then suddenly and slowly started to bring his thumb and index finger close together, as a small red streak of what looked like lightning flashed between the two fingers.
All of a sudden, Kayu quickly reached for her neck with her hands, gasped for air, and fell to her knees in one movement. The Reikai Tantei eyes widened in surprise at what the female hanyou did. They didn't understand what would make her fall to her knees like that. Kouji's laugh became a little louder and more sinister.
"Interesting, isn't it? How just inching my two fingers together makes her gasp for air for dear life. I bet your wondering why, am I right?" The mix of silver a dark brown hair that belonged to the demon fell forward into his eyes, never loosing his evil grin. The guys didn't reply but Kouji gave the answer anyway.
"That collar that wraps itself around her neck, that's the key."
"What do you mean?" Kurama demanded first. His beautiful emerald eyes were hard and serious.
"Glad you asked. You see, that collar I put on her is able of erasing a person's mind at any given time I command. At first it tightens itself, almost suffocating its victim and then starts to erase their mind. All I have to do is close in my thumb and index finger and it starts to take affect. The closer my fingers get together, the more powerful the spell becomes. After the person's mind has been erased I can use them to do whatever I please against their will. After I'm done with them, their minds are returned to them." Kouji just couldn't stop smiling his wicked smile.
"Well, if you can only control them if they have that collar on, then why doesn't Kayu take it off?" Yusuke asked after Kouji finished. He took a step forward. They all could hear Kayu gasping for air in the background as the collar tightly gripped her throat.
"Good question ningen. Well, you see, there is a spell on that collar. Neither she nor anyone else can remove that collar. If they try to, their hand gets severely burned trying. Only I can remove it." The pointed eared demon continued to smile, he just couldn't help himself.
"So, you mean," Yusuke continued, it didn't take long for him to put it all together, "All this time, all of the assassinations that she has done, you controlled her to do all of it?"
"Well, if I said no, that would be a lie." Kouji continued to laugh.
"Yeah," Kayu finally spoke, her voice low just regaining her breath back, "But all of that stops here and now."
"You always were annoyingly disobedient whenever you were around me." Kouji stated as he pressed his two fingers close together once again, leaving little space between them. Kayu began to scream for a second but then she began to heavily pant. Not long after, her panting became quick gasps of her last breaths. Then, it all stopped.
"But you always became my loyal pet after gaining control of you." He slightly rose up his hand and Kayu began to stand up silently. Next, he twirled a finger around and Kayu turned around, facing the Tantei.
The three guy's eyes widened in surprise; Kayu's eyes changed. They were no longer the deep pools of blue that they once were, oh no. They had become a bloody and ruthless deep scarlet color, covering every inch of her eye. Her face showed no emotion. It was blank and uncaring as if she was lost within her own mind and couldn't find a way to consciousness.
The tantei had seen this before. It was in the image Koenma had showed them when he told them their new assignment. Her eyes and face perfectly matched the picture. Kouji's laughter disturbed their thoughts.
"Amazing, is it not, the power coming from such a small item taking control of something as powerful as her. I must say, it's a brilliant item I've created." Kouji continued to smile even more, his pearly white fangs showing magnificently.
"Now, kill them!" He shouted sending out his hand in front of him at Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama. Kayu gave a low growl that was almost unheard, and quickly materialized a pair of battle rings made of steel that came from her raw rei ki. She then quickly dashed forwarded at them and attacked. Hiei quickly darted away in a flash and appeared up on a tree branch. Both Kurama and Yusuke darted in the opposite direction that Hiei went and stood on the forest floor instead of retreating up into a tree. None of them were injured, but if the hanyou had gotten them, they would have surely been viscously wounded, and the ground showed. The dirt and land had been torn apart by the impact of Kayu's missing blow and had formed a small crater in the earth.
"Well this explains why she made us promise to kill anyone we would fight." Hiei pointed out. He with drew his gleaming sword from its sheath, ready for combat.
"Tantei, you think you can handle a half breed? I know Kurama can, but can you?"
"Yeah, I'll be able to hold her down, Hiei." Yusuke replied back. He positioned himself into a fighting stance, ready for anything Kayu was going to dish out.
Kurama did the same, his mind not really focusing on the battle but on the new info he, Yusuke, and Hiei just received. It all made sense now. The image that Koenma showed him and the others was taken when she was possessed, and she seemed so normal when she first met him. It was all because of Kouji. It was Kouji that controlled Kayu into doing all of those killings against her will. It was Kouji that made a criminal out of Kayu. It was all because of Kouji. He was so good at hiding himself from everyone that they all believed that Kayu acted on her own will and worked alone. He was a master-mind at crimes; killing all who he wanted acting through someone else. Kayu was just a puppet that he used to pin all of the murders on; she had no choice in any of this.
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Hi, guys. I just wanted to clear up on something about Kayu's rings. If you already know what the rings are, then you don't have to read this. Alright, you know when it says the part about Kayu's weapon, about the rings, right? When it says rings, it doesn't mean the rings you wear on your finger, okay? You know Tio's weapon from "Grandia II", those silver sharp round blades she carries around? That's what it's talkin' about, okay? Just don't want you to get confused. Hope I cleared something up.
-Halfbreedfox
Chapter six
Misunderstood Facts; the Truth Uncovered
The promise Kayu demanded of them still burned in their minds. She was of the up most serious that she had ever showed them, so the promise must have been important to her. But their minds were soon torn away from their thoughts when, only a few steps after Kayu stopped them, they came into a wide clearing.
It seemed to be as big as a battle arena, at the most, but it probably wasn't even as big as that. The trees were completely cut off to form a circle around the wide clearing, making the little sun shine left of the day shine through.
They all stopped at the edge of the clearing from where they had come from, taking in the surrounding area. The golden sunlight cast the grass into a beautiful golden hue; the trees staying the ever so enchanting green within the light.
"Come on out Kouji, I know you're here." The golden haired hanyou called out into the surrounding area. She stepped forward a few steps, making space between her and the guys.
"Very good, Kayu; you have come back to me, and I didn't have to call for you." A voice called out from the opposite side of the forest edge. A shadowy figure emerged from the shadows of the high trees.
"It's nice to know that you're finally listening to me after all these years." He was a tall man, and thin in stature. He was clothed in a black cloak so his clothes were unseen. His hair was a normal ningen boy hair cut with a mix of silver and dark brown. His eyes were a dark gold hue with thin cat like pupils. He could pass as an unusual looking ningen if he didn't have pointed ears.
"Hm, don't make me laugh. You know as well as I do that I will never agree with you without having to say something about it." Kayu replied, a bit cocky she acted.
"Is this your partner?" A confused Yusuke asked. He didn't expect for them to be fighting if they worked together in slaughtering demons and ningens.
"Yeah," The hanyou replied, "more or less, he is my partner." She didn't seem to be in a good mood any more. Her voice was filled with what sounded like hate, as if thinking about this male demon filled her with anger.
"Friends you picked up on the way, Kayu?" Kouji asked, cocking an eyebrow. He had a sly, evil grin upon his face. Then he added in an undertone: "Didn't think you had any."
Apparently, Kayu heard Kouji's comment with her sharp hearing. She began to growl under her breath.
"No, just people here that came to kill you." The female hanyou replied. She continued to walk forward towards the golden eyed demon.
'I've got to distance myself from them, if they want a fair fighting chance.' She began to consider within her mind.
"Well, we'll just fix that wont we, my pet." Kouji's grin grew wider and more evil looking. He gave a small cold laugh. He then raised his right hand up across from his head, outstretched. He then suddenly and slowly started to bring his thumb and index finger close together, as a small red streak of what looked like lightning flashed between the two fingers.
All of a sudden, Kayu quickly reached for her neck with her hands, gasped for air, and fell to her knees in one movement. The Reikai Tantei eyes widened in surprise at what the female hanyou did. They didn't understand what would make her fall to her knees like that. Kouji's laugh became a little louder and more sinister.
"Interesting, isn't it? How just inching my two fingers together makes her gasp for air for dear life. I bet your wondering why, am I right?" The mix of silver a dark brown hair that belonged to the demon fell forward into his eyes, never loosing his evil grin. The guys didn't reply but Kouji gave the answer anyway.
"That collar that wraps itself around her neck, that's the key."
"What do you mean?" Kurama demanded first. His beautiful emerald eyes were hard and serious.
"Glad you asked. You see, that collar I put on her is able of erasing a person's mind at any given time I command. At first it tightens itself, almost suffocating its victim and then starts to erase their mind. All I have to do is close in my thumb and index finger and it starts to take affect. The closer my fingers get together, the more powerful the spell becomes. After the person's mind has been erased I can use them to do whatever I please against their will. After I'm done with them, their minds are returned to them." Kouji just couldn't stop smiling his wicked smile.
"Well, if you can only control them if they have that collar on, then why doesn't Kayu take it off?" Yusuke asked after Kouji finished. He took a step forward. They all could hear Kayu gasping for air in the background as the collar tightly gripped her throat.
"Good question ningen. Well, you see, there is a spell on that collar. Neither she nor anyone else can remove that collar. If they try to, their hand gets severely burned trying. Only I can remove it." The pointed eared demon continued to smile, he just couldn't help himself.
"So, you mean," Yusuke continued, it didn't take long for him to put it all together, "All this time, all of the assassinations that she has done, you controlled her to do all of it?"
"Well, if I said no, that would be a lie." Kouji continued to laugh.
"Yeah," Kayu finally spoke, her voice low just regaining her breath back, "But all of that stops here and now."
"You always were annoyingly disobedient whenever you were around me." Kouji stated as he pressed his two fingers close together once again, leaving little space between them. Kayu began to scream for a second but then she began to heavily pant. Not long after, her panting became quick gasps of her last breaths. Then, it all stopped.
"But you always became my loyal pet after gaining control of you." He slightly rose up his hand and Kayu began to stand up silently. Next, he twirled a finger around and Kayu turned around, facing the Tantei.
The three guy's eyes widened in surprise; Kayu's eyes changed. They were no longer the deep pools of blue that they once were, oh no. They had become a bloody and ruthless deep scarlet color, covering every inch of her eye. Her face showed no emotion. It was blank and uncaring as if she was lost within her own mind and couldn't find a way to consciousness.
The tantei had seen this before. It was in the image Koenma had showed them when he told them their new assignment. Her eyes and face perfectly matched the picture. Kouji's laughter disturbed their thoughts.
"Amazing, is it not, the power coming from such a small item taking control of something as powerful as her. I must say, it's a brilliant item I've created." Kouji continued to smile even more, his pearly white fangs showing magnificently.
"Now, kill them!" He shouted sending out his hand in front of him at Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama. Kayu gave a low growl that was almost unheard, and quickly materialized a pair of battle rings made of steel that came from her raw rei ki. She then quickly dashed forwarded at them and attacked. Hiei quickly darted away in a flash and appeared up on a tree branch. Both Kurama and Yusuke darted in the opposite direction that Hiei went and stood on the forest floor instead of retreating up into a tree. None of them were injured, but if the hanyou had gotten them, they would have surely been viscously wounded, and the ground showed. The dirt and land had been torn apart by the impact of Kayu's missing blow and had formed a small crater in the earth.
"Well this explains why she made us promise to kill anyone we would fight." Hiei pointed out. He with drew his gleaming sword from its sheath, ready for combat.
"Tantei, you think you can handle a half breed? I know Kurama can, but can you?"
"Yeah, I'll be able to hold her down, Hiei." Yusuke replied back. He positioned himself into a fighting stance, ready for anything Kayu was going to dish out.
Kurama did the same, his mind not really focusing on the battle but on the new info he, Yusuke, and Hiei just received. It all made sense now. The image that Koenma showed him and the others was taken when she was possessed, and she seemed so normal when she first met him. It was all because of Kouji. It was Kouji that controlled Kayu into doing all of those killings against her will. It was Kouji that made a criminal out of Kayu. It was all because of Kouji. He was so good at hiding himself from everyone that they all believed that Kayu acted on her own will and worked alone. He was a master-mind at crimes; killing all who he wanted acting through someone else. Kayu was just a puppet that he used to pin all of the murders on; she had no choice in any of this.
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Hi, guys. I just wanted to clear up on something about Kayu's rings. If you already know what the rings are, then you don't have to read this. Alright, you know when it says the part about Kayu's weapon, about the rings, right? When it says rings, it doesn't mean the rings you wear on your finger, okay? You know Tio's weapon from "Grandia II", those silver sharp round blades she carries around? That's what it's talkin' about, okay? Just don't want you to get confused. Hope I cleared something up.
-Halfbreedfox