Second chapter finally! This one was so long! But that's good, cause when I
have to wait for a stupid writer to hurry up, I always like a long one!
Here's my traditional random quote. Actually it's not all that random. I
think it fits well. "Beauty, of whatever kind, invariably excites the soul
to tears." – Edgar Allen Poe. And here's another. I just put it in because
I wanted to. Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are
you. HOWEVER...the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl
is empty and so is your head. Okay back to the story.
Anxiety hung on the air as the Reikai Tantei, excluding Hiei, waited in silence. They all knew the seriousness of the situation, especially Kurama, who at this point was gazing out the window, and sighed out in melancholy.
Kurama focused his attention on the rain drizzling onto the pane of glass that separated him from the outside. He pressed his hand against the chilled windowpane, wishing he could be on the outside, far from the predicament troubling him now.
"Hey, how you doing?" Yusuke asked in concern, lightly pressing his hand to Kurama's shoulder.
"I don't really know. Somehow I'll manage." Kurama said, keeping his eyes on the falling shower.
Yusuke backed away, realizing Kurama wasn't in the greatest mood to talk. Suddenly Koenma slid open door to the room they all were waiting in.
"The final preparations have been made. Now if you all will come with me, we can begin the procedure." Koenma rotated to proceed and steer the group down the hallway. Kuwabara and Yusuke started to leave, when Yusuke noticed Kurama wasn't following them.
"Hey Kurama, it's time." Yusuke called out softly to his friend. "Hm?" Kurama turned his head to face Yusuke. "Oh, right." Kurama rose from his seat and left the room with Yusuke following.
When they reached the transportation room, many ogres were operating on computers and busily working with equipment for the trip. "Kurama, Yusuke, over here." Koenma spoke to the two from the far corner of the room.
"Now, I shall have Shihan, here, demonstrate how the tools you will use on your mission work, Kurama." Koenma informed presenting an oni with particularly large spectacles.
"Arigatou, Koenma-sama. The first implement we have constructed for your use, Kurama-san, is the tracker. It is a microchip that is installed in to your headset you will wear. It will send us the electronical impulses from your mind to a large screen we have here." Shihan finished revealing a large mainframe behind him.
"The longer you are in the youkai's mind, the more impulses we can receive, making it more trouble-free to find the youkai. Understand, it is very vital that you stay in there long enough, or the mission will collapse." Kurama stirred uneasily at this.
"The second item is this arm brace. It will open a portal in your mind, letting you communicate us. You'll find it will be downloaded onto your virtual self's arm as well. Make sure to take care of it, because the physical and mental braces are linked, and if one is damaged, the other will not work."
"And the third item, of course, is the transport pod which will send your psyche into the youkai's mind." He concluded, presenting an oval glass altar with many wires linked to it.
"Arigatou." Kurama thanked bowing his head. "Douitashimashite." The oni bowed back. (By the way that really long word just stated above is the equivalent to 'don't mention it.') The oni set the tools on the pod and walked away to work at another station.
"Wow, this is creepy, you guys." Kuwabara said picking up the headset and examining it.
"More like a science fiction story gone wrong." Yusuke added looking around at all the machinery and wires.
"Yeah, I'd be totally freaked to use it." Kuwabara said without thinking. Yusuke and Kurama glared at Kuwabara. "But you know, I'm sure it's safe! I wouldn't be that scared!"
Kuwabara added quickly to recover from his previous statement. "Besides," Kuwabara laughed awkwardly, "Kuwabara Kazuma is the man! He fears nothing!" Kuwabara continued laughing, but it soon died down when he realized Hiei wasn't there for him to insult him. "Whatever." Yusuke replied uncaringly.
Kuwabara sighed; he kinda of missed Hiei making his smart remarks, not that he would EVER tell anyone.
Little to their knowledge, Hiei was there.
He had stayed hidden above on the rafters of the tall ceiling, masking his ki. He didn't particularly want to join the others, seeing how he was still angry with Kurama for his decision.
But Hiei knew the real reason that had pushed him to pursue the others. It was that he did really care. To him, caring was a weakness. And that was something he did not want to show to the group, especially Kurama. So he remained silent, observing from above.
"Kurama, are you ready?" Koenma inquired as he walked beside him. "I am." Kurama replied with his face indifferent and his eyes shielding all emotion he might be feeling.
"And you're sure that you can do this? The mission would be very much dependent on what you do." Koenma questioned, hopeful that Kurama was out of his gloominess funk.
"Koenma, I have already stated I am up to the challenge," Kurama retorted coolly, "I will not let the Ningenkai down, I promise you that." Kurama added on a stronger note.
"Very well. Shihan, start up the generator." Koenma ordered as the pod lit up different neon colors. Kurama walked over to the altar and placed on his wrist the arm brace. He elegantly slid his slender body into the pod, while Kuwabara came from behind and handed him the headset.
"Good luck, Kurama." Kuwabara said encouragingly.
"Arigatou," Kurama smiled as he placed the headset on.
"Hey, Kurama! "Make sure to kick his ass again for all of us!" Yusuke called out giving Kurama thumbs up, smirking. Kurama laughed to himself, and for a brief moment smiled.
"All is ready, Koenma-sama." An oni reported from a computer.
"Initiate count down," Koenma replied.
"INTIATING COUNT DOWN." The computer spoke as oni typed away furiously. The pod's glass cover descended over the crown of the pod, and Kurama closed his eyes, awaiting what would happen next.
"TRANSPORTATION IN, TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR- Kurama tightened his fists- THREE, TWO, ONE. Hiei watched from above intently. "Be careful, fox.' He whispered.
The pod glowed an intense white, and Kurama's head jerked back as he felt his body being sucked into a portal, which was actually the splitting of his body and mental self. Kurama was thrown into a threshold of lights as his self ripped at high speed its way through the tunnel.
Kurama then abruptly stopped. He opened his eyes slowly. There were swirls of light encircling the space he was floating in. Kurama got up gradually, shaking still from the trip. But as soon as he got on his feet, the space collapsed, and he felt himself fall into darkness.
Kurama suddenly saw a light opening below him as he plummeted his way down. The light embraced him and through it, he fell into a new world.
Kurama gracefully landed on solid ground, something for which he was thankful for. He brushed himself off as he gazed around at where he had landed.
It appeared to be fairly similar to a normal forest. And that's what scared Kurama the most.
'Am I in the right place? Surely this can't be Karasu's mind?' Kurama thought to himself as he cautiously strode through the foliage. 'Perhaps I did something wrong, wait no,' Kurama shook his head, 'I can sense Karasu's ki faintly in this world. It's even in the trees.' Kurama told himself.
'So much for my influence on plants. I doubt trying to use something saturated with his ki would be successful.' Kurama grimaced. Kurama was surprised that his walk through the forest did not take long.
He soon found himself stumbling onto a crooked black road. Kurama scanned the horizon. Ahead of him was a huge castle with looming thunderclouds and a bizarre darkness the encompassed the area.
Kurama had a strong feeling that he did not want to go to that castle at all. He had a pretty good guess at what or who lurked there.
A strange wind arose out of nowhere. Kurama's concentration was still on the castle, but was directed to the sound of the wind. There were murmurs in the wind, or at least that what he thought.
'What is it saying?' Kurama pondered intensely, as he cocked his head to the side and closed his eyes to listen more closely. The wind suddenly began to whirl around him, encircling him in a current of air.
"Kurama. Kurama." It whispered and called into Kurama's ear.
Kurama's eyes shot open with intense horror. He attempted to escape, but the wind was pushing him intently forward, towards the castle.
"No!" Kurama yelled out loud as he struggled against the current pulling him in.
Kurama thrashed and twisted violently, but the wind was unyielding.
"No stop!" Kurama cried. 'Don't take me to him. Please not to him.' Kurama thought in anguish.
Kurama had to find something to hold on to, and fast. He dug his nails into the earth, and held on to the ground as tight as he could. The wind just as abruptly as it had started, halted.
Kurama pushed himself up little by little, and finally managed to get back on his feet. Kurama sighed in relief as he was finally able to get off the black road.
Kurama looked around at where he should go next. The farthest away from the castle was his best bet. So he planned to travel low in the tall grass stalks. Maybe there he would have a better chance at keeping concealed, since Karasu probably was aware of Kurama. Kurama laughed bitterly to himself. 'He's going to have to try harder than that if he wants to catch this kitsune.'
Kurama really shouldn't have thought that. Just as he headed to the grass stalks, he heard the most ear-piercing shriek.
Kurama clasped his hands to his ears to block the sound, and turned around. "Nani?!" Kurama exclaimed in disbelief.
He now had pursuers. Creatures of considerable size formed out of the forest, upright with large crow wings on their backs and razor-sharp beaks. "Oh, come on." Kurama cried in exasperation.
Kurama ripped his way through the stalks, seeing as they could give him cover. Kurama didn't dare turn around, that would take time, and that was something he didn't have. If the situation wasn't bad enough, the demons were extremely fast too.
Kurama kept running as hard as he could through. He decided to dart into the forest considering their scent was right behind him. Kurama sprang from the stalks and bolted into the woods.
'I cannot keep this up forever. I have to lose them at all costs.' Kurama thought to himself. He could hear their cries getting louder and louder. He had to think of something fast. "Over here, quick!" A voice spoke from his left. Kurama glanced over quickly to see a face of a young man poking out from the brush. "Do you want to lose them or not?!" The boy motioned for Kurama to follow.
Kurama looked back over his shoulder to see they were closing in on him. So he took a wild chance, despite his instincts telling him to keeping on running straight. "Stay close behind now or you'll get lost in the brush." The boy hastily spoke as he leapt and ducked between the overgrowths of vegetation.
Kurama ran hard, something easy for a kitsune, but it was difficult to follow one who darted left and right. Finally, after a couple of minutes, Kurama found himself in a clearing. "Hello?" He asked warily as he lost sight of his guide.
"Hey, over here." The boy said from a top a large tree scanning the horizon. "Looks like we've lost them. You're very lucky. Your thoughts are far too loud for your own good."
"My thoughts can be heard?" Kurama asked, puzzled. "Newbie, huh? Well, I suppose should explain then." The boy hopped down from the tree and walked towards Kurama.
"You see in this neoteric world you now find yourself in, feeling and thought vibrations can be heard by others, if they are contemplated too intensely. I myself had to learn to control and block them in order to stay concealed. Believe me it wasn't easy initially." The boy informed.
"That could prove to be a challenge. Not to mention the challenge of those things chasing me." Kurama thought out loud. "By the way, what exactly were those things?" He asked earnestly.
"Tengu." The boy spoke with disgust for them. "They're the overseer's 'pets', I believe."
"So much for a devious entrance." Kurama muttered to himself.
"It's too bad you met up with them; they can be a hell of nuisance to escape if you don't know where you're going. Speaking of which, why were they chasing you? I don't think they've ever been so quick to try and capture a ningen on their arrival."
"A ningen?" Kurama asked assuming that the boy knew what he was.
"Huh? You mean you aren't a ningen?" The boy questioned, surprised.
"Well, no, actually it's kind of a long story." Kurama answered awkwardly.
"Huh. So, you're different then." The boy backed away a little not being used to friendly terms with a demon.
"And your ningen judging by your scent." Kurama replied sensing the aura around the young man.
"Oh, I'm sorry. That must be particularly unsettling for a ningen to hear." Kurama reprimanded himself for not thinking before he spoke. However the boy continued just the same.
"It's not at all unsettling compared to things I've heard, things I've seen," he spoke quietly and shivered. "How long have you been a captive here?" Kurama asked wondering what damage had been done to this guy.
"I'm not sure about time anymore. I left that when I left my world." He replied with sorrow in his tarnished brown orbs underlined with shadow from the lack of sleep.
"When were you last in our world, the ningenkai?" Kurama asked solemnly. "On the 8th." The boy said, remembering. "That was two weeks ago." Kurama said to himself out loud.
"Two weeks, huh? Feels longer." The boy responded soberly, his eyes drifting off into emptiness.
"I'm sure Karasu is also capable of distort time, as well as surroundings." Kurama said in a cold fix to the ground.
"Karasu? You know his name?" The young man perked up his head in interest. "Then you must have met him before. Was he an enemy of yours?" He asked with curiosity.
"You're pretty sharp. Yes, he was an adversary of mine, for lack of better words." Kurama shuddered at the very memory of their past battle.
"Guess that explains why those beasts were after you. I assume he was aware of your presence." "Well, he is now." Kurama added hopelessly.
There was a silence between them. Suddenly the boy got up holding his hand to his head. "Wow, I'm sorry, I've been talking all this time and I forgot to introduce myself.
The name's Tebiki." He said cordially, clasping his hands and bowing a little.
"And yours is?" Kurama hesitated to say his real name, but feeling no ill vibrations coming from this boy, he decided to utter it anyway.
"I am called Kurama."
It's time for Japanese Mythology with amber energy! -Tengu are woodland demons associated with crows and have large beaks. Their mystical powers include shape-shifting into humanoid forms, the ability to speak without moving their mouth, and the magic to appear uninvited in the dreams of mortals.
Yeah, that's all folks for this chapter. Sorry I couldn't keep going, but I had to stop somewhere. But no worries, I'm getting to the next one ASAP. So Kurama now has a little aid to help him stay out of sight. But unfortunately, you'll see Karasu is well aware of the familiar kitsune in his mind. In fact he has a few plans for his favorite redhead (which you'll get to hear about next chapter; I'm so excited to finally have Karasu appear since this is partly his story) soon we'll see what he has in store for his 'guest of honor.'
And what about Tebiki? What is going to become of him? This is the angst section so I could kill him off just as easily. Or not. What do you guys think I should do? Thumbs up or down? But don't worry. I'm definitely not going to make this a Tebiki x Kurama chronicle. This is about Karasu and Kurama. Okay that's all, so see ya!!
Anxiety hung on the air as the Reikai Tantei, excluding Hiei, waited in silence. They all knew the seriousness of the situation, especially Kurama, who at this point was gazing out the window, and sighed out in melancholy.
Kurama focused his attention on the rain drizzling onto the pane of glass that separated him from the outside. He pressed his hand against the chilled windowpane, wishing he could be on the outside, far from the predicament troubling him now.
"Hey, how you doing?" Yusuke asked in concern, lightly pressing his hand to Kurama's shoulder.
"I don't really know. Somehow I'll manage." Kurama said, keeping his eyes on the falling shower.
Yusuke backed away, realizing Kurama wasn't in the greatest mood to talk. Suddenly Koenma slid open door to the room they all were waiting in.
"The final preparations have been made. Now if you all will come with me, we can begin the procedure." Koenma rotated to proceed and steer the group down the hallway. Kuwabara and Yusuke started to leave, when Yusuke noticed Kurama wasn't following them.
"Hey Kurama, it's time." Yusuke called out softly to his friend. "Hm?" Kurama turned his head to face Yusuke. "Oh, right." Kurama rose from his seat and left the room with Yusuke following.
When they reached the transportation room, many ogres were operating on computers and busily working with equipment for the trip. "Kurama, Yusuke, over here." Koenma spoke to the two from the far corner of the room.
"Now, I shall have Shihan, here, demonstrate how the tools you will use on your mission work, Kurama." Koenma informed presenting an oni with particularly large spectacles.
"Arigatou, Koenma-sama. The first implement we have constructed for your use, Kurama-san, is the tracker. It is a microchip that is installed in to your headset you will wear. It will send us the electronical impulses from your mind to a large screen we have here." Shihan finished revealing a large mainframe behind him.
"The longer you are in the youkai's mind, the more impulses we can receive, making it more trouble-free to find the youkai. Understand, it is very vital that you stay in there long enough, or the mission will collapse." Kurama stirred uneasily at this.
"The second item is this arm brace. It will open a portal in your mind, letting you communicate us. You'll find it will be downloaded onto your virtual self's arm as well. Make sure to take care of it, because the physical and mental braces are linked, and if one is damaged, the other will not work."
"And the third item, of course, is the transport pod which will send your psyche into the youkai's mind." He concluded, presenting an oval glass altar with many wires linked to it.
"Arigatou." Kurama thanked bowing his head. "Douitashimashite." The oni bowed back. (By the way that really long word just stated above is the equivalent to 'don't mention it.') The oni set the tools on the pod and walked away to work at another station.
"Wow, this is creepy, you guys." Kuwabara said picking up the headset and examining it.
"More like a science fiction story gone wrong." Yusuke added looking around at all the machinery and wires.
"Yeah, I'd be totally freaked to use it." Kuwabara said without thinking. Yusuke and Kurama glared at Kuwabara. "But you know, I'm sure it's safe! I wouldn't be that scared!"
Kuwabara added quickly to recover from his previous statement. "Besides," Kuwabara laughed awkwardly, "Kuwabara Kazuma is the man! He fears nothing!" Kuwabara continued laughing, but it soon died down when he realized Hiei wasn't there for him to insult him. "Whatever." Yusuke replied uncaringly.
Kuwabara sighed; he kinda of missed Hiei making his smart remarks, not that he would EVER tell anyone.
Little to their knowledge, Hiei was there.
He had stayed hidden above on the rafters of the tall ceiling, masking his ki. He didn't particularly want to join the others, seeing how he was still angry with Kurama for his decision.
But Hiei knew the real reason that had pushed him to pursue the others. It was that he did really care. To him, caring was a weakness. And that was something he did not want to show to the group, especially Kurama. So he remained silent, observing from above.
"Kurama, are you ready?" Koenma inquired as he walked beside him. "I am." Kurama replied with his face indifferent and his eyes shielding all emotion he might be feeling.
"And you're sure that you can do this? The mission would be very much dependent on what you do." Koenma questioned, hopeful that Kurama was out of his gloominess funk.
"Koenma, I have already stated I am up to the challenge," Kurama retorted coolly, "I will not let the Ningenkai down, I promise you that." Kurama added on a stronger note.
"Very well. Shihan, start up the generator." Koenma ordered as the pod lit up different neon colors. Kurama walked over to the altar and placed on his wrist the arm brace. He elegantly slid his slender body into the pod, while Kuwabara came from behind and handed him the headset.
"Good luck, Kurama." Kuwabara said encouragingly.
"Arigatou," Kurama smiled as he placed the headset on.
"Hey, Kurama! "Make sure to kick his ass again for all of us!" Yusuke called out giving Kurama thumbs up, smirking. Kurama laughed to himself, and for a brief moment smiled.
"All is ready, Koenma-sama." An oni reported from a computer.
"Initiate count down," Koenma replied.
"INTIATING COUNT DOWN." The computer spoke as oni typed away furiously. The pod's glass cover descended over the crown of the pod, and Kurama closed his eyes, awaiting what would happen next.
"TRANSPORTATION IN, TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR- Kurama tightened his fists- THREE, TWO, ONE. Hiei watched from above intently. "Be careful, fox.' He whispered.
The pod glowed an intense white, and Kurama's head jerked back as he felt his body being sucked into a portal, which was actually the splitting of his body and mental self. Kurama was thrown into a threshold of lights as his self ripped at high speed its way through the tunnel.
Kurama then abruptly stopped. He opened his eyes slowly. There were swirls of light encircling the space he was floating in. Kurama got up gradually, shaking still from the trip. But as soon as he got on his feet, the space collapsed, and he felt himself fall into darkness.
Kurama suddenly saw a light opening below him as he plummeted his way down. The light embraced him and through it, he fell into a new world.
Kurama gracefully landed on solid ground, something for which he was thankful for. He brushed himself off as he gazed around at where he had landed.
It appeared to be fairly similar to a normal forest. And that's what scared Kurama the most.
'Am I in the right place? Surely this can't be Karasu's mind?' Kurama thought to himself as he cautiously strode through the foliage. 'Perhaps I did something wrong, wait no,' Kurama shook his head, 'I can sense Karasu's ki faintly in this world. It's even in the trees.' Kurama told himself.
'So much for my influence on plants. I doubt trying to use something saturated with his ki would be successful.' Kurama grimaced. Kurama was surprised that his walk through the forest did not take long.
He soon found himself stumbling onto a crooked black road. Kurama scanned the horizon. Ahead of him was a huge castle with looming thunderclouds and a bizarre darkness the encompassed the area.
Kurama had a strong feeling that he did not want to go to that castle at all. He had a pretty good guess at what or who lurked there.
A strange wind arose out of nowhere. Kurama's concentration was still on the castle, but was directed to the sound of the wind. There were murmurs in the wind, or at least that what he thought.
'What is it saying?' Kurama pondered intensely, as he cocked his head to the side and closed his eyes to listen more closely. The wind suddenly began to whirl around him, encircling him in a current of air.
"Kurama. Kurama." It whispered and called into Kurama's ear.
Kurama's eyes shot open with intense horror. He attempted to escape, but the wind was pushing him intently forward, towards the castle.
"No!" Kurama yelled out loud as he struggled against the current pulling him in.
Kurama thrashed and twisted violently, but the wind was unyielding.
"No stop!" Kurama cried. 'Don't take me to him. Please not to him.' Kurama thought in anguish.
Kurama had to find something to hold on to, and fast. He dug his nails into the earth, and held on to the ground as tight as he could. The wind just as abruptly as it had started, halted.
Kurama pushed himself up little by little, and finally managed to get back on his feet. Kurama sighed in relief as he was finally able to get off the black road.
Kurama looked around at where he should go next. The farthest away from the castle was his best bet. So he planned to travel low in the tall grass stalks. Maybe there he would have a better chance at keeping concealed, since Karasu probably was aware of Kurama. Kurama laughed bitterly to himself. 'He's going to have to try harder than that if he wants to catch this kitsune.'
Kurama really shouldn't have thought that. Just as he headed to the grass stalks, he heard the most ear-piercing shriek.
Kurama clasped his hands to his ears to block the sound, and turned around. "Nani?!" Kurama exclaimed in disbelief.
He now had pursuers. Creatures of considerable size formed out of the forest, upright with large crow wings on their backs and razor-sharp beaks. "Oh, come on." Kurama cried in exasperation.
Kurama ripped his way through the stalks, seeing as they could give him cover. Kurama didn't dare turn around, that would take time, and that was something he didn't have. If the situation wasn't bad enough, the demons were extremely fast too.
Kurama kept running as hard as he could through. He decided to dart into the forest considering their scent was right behind him. Kurama sprang from the stalks and bolted into the woods.
'I cannot keep this up forever. I have to lose them at all costs.' Kurama thought to himself. He could hear their cries getting louder and louder. He had to think of something fast. "Over here, quick!" A voice spoke from his left. Kurama glanced over quickly to see a face of a young man poking out from the brush. "Do you want to lose them or not?!" The boy motioned for Kurama to follow.
Kurama looked back over his shoulder to see they were closing in on him. So he took a wild chance, despite his instincts telling him to keeping on running straight. "Stay close behind now or you'll get lost in the brush." The boy hastily spoke as he leapt and ducked between the overgrowths of vegetation.
Kurama ran hard, something easy for a kitsune, but it was difficult to follow one who darted left and right. Finally, after a couple of minutes, Kurama found himself in a clearing. "Hello?" He asked warily as he lost sight of his guide.
"Hey, over here." The boy said from a top a large tree scanning the horizon. "Looks like we've lost them. You're very lucky. Your thoughts are far too loud for your own good."
"My thoughts can be heard?" Kurama asked, puzzled. "Newbie, huh? Well, I suppose should explain then." The boy hopped down from the tree and walked towards Kurama.
"You see in this neoteric world you now find yourself in, feeling and thought vibrations can be heard by others, if they are contemplated too intensely. I myself had to learn to control and block them in order to stay concealed. Believe me it wasn't easy initially." The boy informed.
"That could prove to be a challenge. Not to mention the challenge of those things chasing me." Kurama thought out loud. "By the way, what exactly were those things?" He asked earnestly.
"Tengu." The boy spoke with disgust for them. "They're the overseer's 'pets', I believe."
"So much for a devious entrance." Kurama muttered to himself.
"It's too bad you met up with them; they can be a hell of nuisance to escape if you don't know where you're going. Speaking of which, why were they chasing you? I don't think they've ever been so quick to try and capture a ningen on their arrival."
"A ningen?" Kurama asked assuming that the boy knew what he was.
"Huh? You mean you aren't a ningen?" The boy questioned, surprised.
"Well, no, actually it's kind of a long story." Kurama answered awkwardly.
"Huh. So, you're different then." The boy backed away a little not being used to friendly terms with a demon.
"And your ningen judging by your scent." Kurama replied sensing the aura around the young man.
"Oh, I'm sorry. That must be particularly unsettling for a ningen to hear." Kurama reprimanded himself for not thinking before he spoke. However the boy continued just the same.
"It's not at all unsettling compared to things I've heard, things I've seen," he spoke quietly and shivered. "How long have you been a captive here?" Kurama asked wondering what damage had been done to this guy.
"I'm not sure about time anymore. I left that when I left my world." He replied with sorrow in his tarnished brown orbs underlined with shadow from the lack of sleep.
"When were you last in our world, the ningenkai?" Kurama asked solemnly. "On the 8th." The boy said, remembering. "That was two weeks ago." Kurama said to himself out loud.
"Two weeks, huh? Feels longer." The boy responded soberly, his eyes drifting off into emptiness.
"I'm sure Karasu is also capable of distort time, as well as surroundings." Kurama said in a cold fix to the ground.
"Karasu? You know his name?" The young man perked up his head in interest. "Then you must have met him before. Was he an enemy of yours?" He asked with curiosity.
"You're pretty sharp. Yes, he was an adversary of mine, for lack of better words." Kurama shuddered at the very memory of their past battle.
"Guess that explains why those beasts were after you. I assume he was aware of your presence." "Well, he is now." Kurama added hopelessly.
There was a silence between them. Suddenly the boy got up holding his hand to his head. "Wow, I'm sorry, I've been talking all this time and I forgot to introduce myself.
The name's Tebiki." He said cordially, clasping his hands and bowing a little.
"And yours is?" Kurama hesitated to say his real name, but feeling no ill vibrations coming from this boy, he decided to utter it anyway.
"I am called Kurama."
It's time for Japanese Mythology with amber energy! -Tengu are woodland demons associated with crows and have large beaks. Their mystical powers include shape-shifting into humanoid forms, the ability to speak without moving their mouth, and the magic to appear uninvited in the dreams of mortals.
Yeah, that's all folks for this chapter. Sorry I couldn't keep going, but I had to stop somewhere. But no worries, I'm getting to the next one ASAP. So Kurama now has a little aid to help him stay out of sight. But unfortunately, you'll see Karasu is well aware of the familiar kitsune in his mind. In fact he has a few plans for his favorite redhead (which you'll get to hear about next chapter; I'm so excited to finally have Karasu appear since this is partly his story) soon we'll see what he has in store for his 'guest of honor.'
And what about Tebiki? What is going to become of him? This is the angst section so I could kill him off just as easily. Or not. What do you guys think I should do? Thumbs up or down? But don't worry. I'm definitely not going to make this a Tebiki x Kurama chronicle. This is about Karasu and Kurama. Okay that's all, so see ya!!