Chp. 9 The capture

Disclaimer: never have, or will own YYH.

YY4e: Hello there fellow authors and authoress', and of course readers! Welcome to the next chapter of Red and Black flame. Now I would like to say- looks around hey, where'd everybody go? picks up a note that's nearby Huh? What in the world.....?

Note reads: We have gone to the arcade, you were busy and we didn't want to bother you. See you soon!

-the gang

YY4e: twitchinggrrrrrrrrr, you call homework busy!

KK: apparently they do.

YY4e: Man and I wanted to go too!

KK-hmmmmmmmm, I think I'll go as well goes off to arcade

YY4e: -- you people are mean.

"Blah"-talking

'Blah'-thinking

#Blah#-telepathic conversation

Shelby took her ninja stars and trough them at Yami, who easily dodged them. Then, without warning, the stars came back like a boomerang. "What the..." Yami hit them away with her katanas.

"Star vine!" Vines grew out of the points on the stars, coming straight for Yami! Yami seemed to vanish, but a vine managed to get a hold of her ankles. Yami fell and dropped her katanas and rolled on the ground after hitting it fairly hard.

"Grrrr.....god damn you Shelby!" Yami managed to get up on her knees, as fire seemed to burn behind her eyes. The vines were wrapped around her arms to her thighs. Shelby smirked at her 'handiwork'.

"I wouldn't waste my breath by cursing your enemy if I were you."

"Too bad you aren't me." Yami said coldly. Without warning, Yami's eyes widened and her pupils shrinked to a very small dot of black (think of Yusuke's eyes when Suzaku gives him that huge lightening attack). A sudden blood curdling scream of pain erupted from Yami, causing the others to wince from the loudness of it. Shelby's smirk grew.

"I see you have found out that the vines drip acid onto whatever it's wrapped around. The acid can eat through anything; cloth, metal, skin, and even bone." At this, everyone's eyes, including Hiei's, eyes grew a fraction of an inch. Hiei disappeared then reappeared in front of Yami as the vines loosened and fell off of her. Hiei's katana was pointed directly at Shelby, as he protected Yami from anymore harm. Yami staggered up and snatched her katana.

"Thanks Hiei, but this is my fight, and no one interferes my fights without getting punished." Yami warned him. Hiei looked back over his shoulder and nodded in acknowledgement. He sheathed his katana, and started to head back to the gang. He looked back one last time, and saw something unexpected: Yami's tattoo. No one, except Emmy and Cheyenne, who was still watching the fight, had seen the tattoo before. Apparently the acid from the vines had eaten through the back of her cloak and shirt right between her shoulder blades. Her black and red tipped hair had moved to where it was visible to anyone looking at it. (A/N: remember the tattoo in the first story? That's what they see. If you don't remember, I suggest you go and find it.)

"That can't be right...." Kurama whispered.

"What can't be right?" Kuwabara asked stupidly.

"Only one demon in all of Makai has a tattoo like that on their back, her name was-"

"Yami Yasha, a famous half-breed, an assain and a thief almost as good as Yoko." Emmy finished.

"You knew?" Kurama asked, looking down slightly at Emmy.

"Of course I did. I don't hang around just anyone, besides, she told me a long time ago." They continued watching the fight. Yami took her katana and started to twirl it in a circle in front of her. Black and red flames seemed to cover the sword. Shelby threw her ninja stars at Yami, but they disinigrated in the flames from the heat. 'That's not possible!' She yelled in her head.

"Black flame of immortality!" The fire the covered her katana shot out at Shelby. She tried to run but slipped and fell. She muttered something under her breath, causing vines to wrap around her like a cocoon right before the flames got to her. When the flames dispersed from all around Shelby, the vines still held. The flames die down, and the vines loosened. Shelby came out of her 'cocoon' when she thought it was safe. She looked all around her to see burnt grass and trees. Yami was breathing hard from using so much energy at one time.

"You....survived?!" Yami managed to gasp out. Shelby smirked; she knew Yami wouldn't last so long with so low energy.

"You don't have enough spirit energy to try that attack on me again. In fact, I don't think you have enough spirit energy for ANY attack." 'Oh how wrong she is to think that.' Emmy thought to herself. Yami sheathed her katana, an evil yet knowing look on her face.

"Oh, I wouldn't say that."

"What do you mean?"

Yami parted her feet, bent her knees so that she could stand on the balls of her feet, and put her hands together, intertwining her fingers except her index fingers. (A/N: think of Suzaku from the Saint Beasts when he does the multiply trick) She closed her eyes and started to chant something that went along these lines: "Earth, fire, wind, water; bring me my desire." She canted this 12 times. On the 12th time, symbols for earth, fire, wind, and water appeared around Yami. The symbols circled above her head, then gathered into a bright white orb on her index fingers. Yami's eyes shot open. "Elemental chains!"

Chains formed from the orb, wrapping around her right arm, dangling down to the ground. Yami smirked, "Who said I wasn't powerful enough to attack you? I just so happen to know how to summon the four basic elements and form them into a weapon of my choice, while gaining some spirit energy in the process." Shelby gawked. To the right of the fight, Kurama kept muttering.

"How is it possible...?"

Yami whipped the chins at Shelby; she just barely managed to knick her shoulder.

"No matter if you have the elemental chains or not, I can still defeat you." Shelby sneered. (A/n: my, aren't we a little overly self confident?) Five ninja stars formed in her hands. She threw them at Yami. Yami twirled the chins in front of her.

"Fire shield!" Fire surrounded the whirling chins, eating up the stars. Yami lashed the chains at Shelby again, managing to wrap them around her. Yami smirked, "Looks like I win Washiki, I wouldn't even try to use your stupid tricks on these chains. Nothing can penetrate them." Shelby glared, but gave in to defeat and slumped her head. Yami felt a wave of fatigue and dizziness hit her. 'I used way too much spirit energy.' She thought as she started to collapse. She felt someone catch her in their arms and someone else grab the chins away from her limp hands. Then all went black, the last thing she heard was a familiar voice saying,

"She used too much energy, she won't wake up for awhile I bet." Then all went silent.

YY4e: I love battle scenes! Especially when I'm about to plot one for the gang. evil glint in eyes

Botan: comes in Hey YY4e! Where are the others?

YY4e: at the arcade sighs

Botan: and they didn't invite you?

YY4e: if they did, I wouldn't be here now would I? They thought I was "busy". I was just finishing up my homework.

Botan: which takes you hours to do rolls eyes

YY4e: no need to rub it in!

Botan: review before YY4e decides to kill the gang for ditching her!

YY4e: I SAID YOU DON'T NEED TO RUB IT IN!!!!!!!!!