Thank you for the reviews so far! I'm glad people are actually reading this, otherwise I might take it off! (And I might...or just revise it. I'm debating right now) So thank you, and here's the next installment of Ghost and Shadow!
Ghost and Shadow: Awaken to Reality
Kris was stuck in the dark. No, not just stuck, swimming in it. It was all around her, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get out of the darkness. She could feel something, like a hand almost, trying to grab her hand to help her, but their help was not enough. Every time they go closer to her Kris could feel herself being pulled even farther back. Yet there was hope, because after a while she began to resist the pulling sensation when the helping hand arrived. And soon after she just began to resist, she was fighting it altogether. One day the help came like it always did, methodically around the same time, and she fought the pulling with all she had. That was all it took, and Kris could feel herself rising out of the dark pool and back into the world of the living.
Slowly, she began to feel solid once again. Kris could feel the air around her and the bed she was lying on. 'Wait a second...Bed?' She snapped her eyes open right then and there. Upon looking around she saw that she was in a room, apparently on an upper story by the scene out the window, and right beside her bed, sleeping as quietly as possible, was...
"Kurama?"
After the previous fight with Zarkia, Kris had collapsed into a coma from the exertion of using her most powerful weapon. Kurama had taken upon himself to carry her back. And ONLY he could and would do so. Yusuke had offered to help him, but Kurama gave one snarl and Yusuke had backed off. Kurama carried Kris to the small safe-house and laid her down in the nearest bedroom. Unfortunately for him, it was his own with a view of the forest.
After laying her down on his bed and covering her up, Kurama did something he hardly ever did. He fell asleep. Being a demon of his nature, Kurama hardly ever felt the need to sleep, and yet he had begun to sleep more and more often since Kris had come around.
"What am I thinking?..." Kurama said to himself while curling up with a particularly comfortable blanket. "She wouldn't do something like that, at least not on purpose..." With his consciousness fading like his voice, Kurama feel into a deep sleep.
During this nap, or it could be a hibernation due to the fact he was unsure of how long he was asleep; but Kurama dreamed a very strange dream. He saw Kris in some sort of black water, yet every time she came to the surface and gave a hand to help her, she would be pulled back under. And right as she went under, for split second, he would see a face appear in the water. Kurama could swear that he knew that dark face but before a name could be placed with it, it would vanish in a ripple of black water. However, before he could ponder t anymore, a soft voce called out his name, causing his eyes to snap open and forcing the dream out of his thoughts.
"Kris!" He threw himself at her without thinking, but withdrew quickly when she winced. 'Why did I just do that? I never do that!' "Sorry, are you feeling better now?"
"Yeah, loads. Now get me to the kitchen so I can make some food."
"You're not cooking, someone else will. You are just going to eat, alright?" Kurama scooped Kris out of the bed and proceeded to carry her down to the kitchen. Seeing as no food had come up while he was on watch, he assumed no one was trying to cook so he'd make the food for the two of them. Imagine their surprise when the heard yelling coming from the kitchen area.
"URIMESHI! THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT!"
"OH, AND YOU KNOW, FANCY-PANTS!?!?!"
"OF COURSE I DO!!!!"
"NO YOU ONLY THINK YOU DO!!!"
"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? I-" Jin cut off at the sight of Kurama holding Kris and standing in the doorway staring at the two of them and the kitchen. "Aww! I never noticed this before, but you two make a cute couple!"
Kurama set Kris onto a chair before cuffing Jin with the back of his hand. "Care to tell me what's going on?"
"Er..." Yusuke began, but his voice trailed off. The kitchen explained it all. There was food (unidentifiable food) in every corner of the room and even sticking to the ceiling. "Uh we were cleaning?"
Kurama arched an eyebrow. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you two were trying to cook something for some unknown reason considering neither of you can cook anything more than ramen noodles. However, that may not be true for Jin. All I know is Yusuke once burned water."
"How the hell do you do that?" Jin asked curiously, tilting his head to the side.
"I do not know. One minute there's water in the pot, the next POOF, no water."
"Water evaporates, genius!" Kris called out from the table where she was sitting. "Now, what's with the new decorations?"
"Er..." They both looked very nervous. "Well," Jin and Yusuke said in unison before falling silent again.
"OUT WITH IT!!!!" bellowed both kitsunes. Kitsunes happen to be neat freaks, and the kitchen was bothering them immensely to the point of insanity.
"It was for Kris..." they squeaked out, receiving very confused stares from the kitsunes.
"Huh?"
"Did I just hear them correctly?" Kurama stated in disbelief. "This was an apology? In some strange way/shape/form?"
"Yes," was the squeaked reply.
The fox demons exchanged glances before bursting out into great fits of laughter. It took several minutes for them to calm down (not Jin and Yusuke, Kurama and Kris where the ones laughing. Jin and Yusuke were too freaked out to move).
"That...was...the funniest thing...I have ever heard!" Kris gasped out, clutching her side.
"You two? Actually apologizing? For what?" Kurama asked curiously, looking at them with his best interrogation glare which was ruined by his occasional snort of laughter.
"For doubting her..." Yusuke muttered. "For her coming almost-suicide for us. I guess it's an apology/thank you."
"That's so cute! " Kris motioned them over and hugged them to the point there was no air left in the shorter demons' lungs. "Thank you, but, can Kurama cook instead?"
After Kurama finished with a basic breakfast and they were eating, the topic of the previous fighter came up.
"What the hell was it?" Jin asked slowly. "I've never seen anything like it before in my life."
"I second that."
"Urimeshi, you have yet to live long enough."
"Shut up Jin!"
Thus began a small, playful match of who could get the most eggs on the other in the shortest amount of time. Jin won due to help from the wind.
"I think it was animatronic-human manipulator." Kris said softly. "They're very powerful, considering what they can do to human bodies as well as their own."
"Meaning?" said the rebellious duo still flinging eggs at each other (Yusuke declared the previous fight was a tie).
It was Kurama's turn to respond. "They observe demons and battle strategies, and then manipulate metal into reflecting those attacks. I think yesterday's was just a decoy to get to know our strengths."
"The manipulator was surely watching from the trees," added Kris.
"You guessed right..." a voice from outside whispered through the open window.
"NT ANOTHER ONE!!!" Screamed Jin at the top of his lungs.
"Is it my turn?" asked Yusuke, rolling up his sleeves and charging to the door. Suddenly, a large figure appeared in the doorway, blocking him.
"What the hell? MOVE IT!" Yusuke threw a punch in his direction, but the figure disappeared and reappeared over in the garden. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?!"
Kurama didn't respond, he was looking at the ground. There was a disturbance of soil where the figure had been, meaning one thing.
"He's not a teleporter..." Kurama said slowly, shutting Yusuke up.
"What? So he moves really fast? Then, why today of all days did Hiei have to go and get another mission?!" moaned Jin.
"He goes through the ground, dimwit." Kris was also looking at the spot on the floor, but from her seat at the table. "I can't fight that..."
"No, but I can." Kurama got up and went out through the door to meet his new adversary.
"So, you figured it out then?" said the figure as Kurama approached. "Brave to face me alone. I am Yomashi. I am your next opponent. This is round two."
HI AGAIN!!!!!! Sorry it took me so long, many problems no one wants to know about, believe me. So, here is the new chappie. Please wait a week or so for the next one, alright? Later! Keep up with the reviews!! I LOVE REVIEWS!!!!!!!
Ghost and Shadow: Awaken to Reality
Kris was stuck in the dark. No, not just stuck, swimming in it. It was all around her, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get out of the darkness. She could feel something, like a hand almost, trying to grab her hand to help her, but their help was not enough. Every time they go closer to her Kris could feel herself being pulled even farther back. Yet there was hope, because after a while she began to resist the pulling sensation when the helping hand arrived. And soon after she just began to resist, she was fighting it altogether. One day the help came like it always did, methodically around the same time, and she fought the pulling with all she had. That was all it took, and Kris could feel herself rising out of the dark pool and back into the world of the living.
Slowly, she began to feel solid once again. Kris could feel the air around her and the bed she was lying on. 'Wait a second...Bed?' She snapped her eyes open right then and there. Upon looking around she saw that she was in a room, apparently on an upper story by the scene out the window, and right beside her bed, sleeping as quietly as possible, was...
"Kurama?"
After the previous fight with Zarkia, Kris had collapsed into a coma from the exertion of using her most powerful weapon. Kurama had taken upon himself to carry her back. And ONLY he could and would do so. Yusuke had offered to help him, but Kurama gave one snarl and Yusuke had backed off. Kurama carried Kris to the small safe-house and laid her down in the nearest bedroom. Unfortunately for him, it was his own with a view of the forest.
After laying her down on his bed and covering her up, Kurama did something he hardly ever did. He fell asleep. Being a demon of his nature, Kurama hardly ever felt the need to sleep, and yet he had begun to sleep more and more often since Kris had come around.
"What am I thinking?..." Kurama said to himself while curling up with a particularly comfortable blanket. "She wouldn't do something like that, at least not on purpose..." With his consciousness fading like his voice, Kurama feel into a deep sleep.
During this nap, or it could be a hibernation due to the fact he was unsure of how long he was asleep; but Kurama dreamed a very strange dream. He saw Kris in some sort of black water, yet every time she came to the surface and gave a hand to help her, she would be pulled back under. And right as she went under, for split second, he would see a face appear in the water. Kurama could swear that he knew that dark face but before a name could be placed with it, it would vanish in a ripple of black water. However, before he could ponder t anymore, a soft voce called out his name, causing his eyes to snap open and forcing the dream out of his thoughts.
"Kris!" He threw himself at her without thinking, but withdrew quickly when she winced. 'Why did I just do that? I never do that!' "Sorry, are you feeling better now?"
"Yeah, loads. Now get me to the kitchen so I can make some food."
"You're not cooking, someone else will. You are just going to eat, alright?" Kurama scooped Kris out of the bed and proceeded to carry her down to the kitchen. Seeing as no food had come up while he was on watch, he assumed no one was trying to cook so he'd make the food for the two of them. Imagine their surprise when the heard yelling coming from the kitchen area.
"URIMESHI! THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT!"
"OH, AND YOU KNOW, FANCY-PANTS!?!?!"
"OF COURSE I DO!!!!"
"NO YOU ONLY THINK YOU DO!!!"
"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? I-" Jin cut off at the sight of Kurama holding Kris and standing in the doorway staring at the two of them and the kitchen. "Aww! I never noticed this before, but you two make a cute couple!"
Kurama set Kris onto a chair before cuffing Jin with the back of his hand. "Care to tell me what's going on?"
"Er..." Yusuke began, but his voice trailed off. The kitchen explained it all. There was food (unidentifiable food) in every corner of the room and even sticking to the ceiling. "Uh we were cleaning?"
Kurama arched an eyebrow. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you two were trying to cook something for some unknown reason considering neither of you can cook anything more than ramen noodles. However, that may not be true for Jin. All I know is Yusuke once burned water."
"How the hell do you do that?" Jin asked curiously, tilting his head to the side.
"I do not know. One minute there's water in the pot, the next POOF, no water."
"Water evaporates, genius!" Kris called out from the table where she was sitting. "Now, what's with the new decorations?"
"Er..." They both looked very nervous. "Well," Jin and Yusuke said in unison before falling silent again.
"OUT WITH IT!!!!" bellowed both kitsunes. Kitsunes happen to be neat freaks, and the kitchen was bothering them immensely to the point of insanity.
"It was for Kris..." they squeaked out, receiving very confused stares from the kitsunes.
"Huh?"
"Did I just hear them correctly?" Kurama stated in disbelief. "This was an apology? In some strange way/shape/form?"
"Yes," was the squeaked reply.
The fox demons exchanged glances before bursting out into great fits of laughter. It took several minutes for them to calm down (not Jin and Yusuke, Kurama and Kris where the ones laughing. Jin and Yusuke were too freaked out to move).
"That...was...the funniest thing...I have ever heard!" Kris gasped out, clutching her side.
"You two? Actually apologizing? For what?" Kurama asked curiously, looking at them with his best interrogation glare which was ruined by his occasional snort of laughter.
"For doubting her..." Yusuke muttered. "For her coming almost-suicide for us. I guess it's an apology/thank you."
"That's so cute! " Kris motioned them over and hugged them to the point there was no air left in the shorter demons' lungs. "Thank you, but, can Kurama cook instead?"
After Kurama finished with a basic breakfast and they were eating, the topic of the previous fighter came up.
"What the hell was it?" Jin asked slowly. "I've never seen anything like it before in my life."
"I second that."
"Urimeshi, you have yet to live long enough."
"Shut up Jin!"
Thus began a small, playful match of who could get the most eggs on the other in the shortest amount of time. Jin won due to help from the wind.
"I think it was animatronic-human manipulator." Kris said softly. "They're very powerful, considering what they can do to human bodies as well as their own."
"Meaning?" said the rebellious duo still flinging eggs at each other (Yusuke declared the previous fight was a tie).
It was Kurama's turn to respond. "They observe demons and battle strategies, and then manipulate metal into reflecting those attacks. I think yesterday's was just a decoy to get to know our strengths."
"The manipulator was surely watching from the trees," added Kris.
"You guessed right..." a voice from outside whispered through the open window.
"NT ANOTHER ONE!!!" Screamed Jin at the top of his lungs.
"Is it my turn?" asked Yusuke, rolling up his sleeves and charging to the door. Suddenly, a large figure appeared in the doorway, blocking him.
"What the hell? MOVE IT!" Yusuke threw a punch in his direction, but the figure disappeared and reappeared over in the garden. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?!"
Kurama didn't respond, he was looking at the ground. There was a disturbance of soil where the figure had been, meaning one thing.
"He's not a teleporter..." Kurama said slowly, shutting Yusuke up.
"What? So he moves really fast? Then, why today of all days did Hiei have to go and get another mission?!" moaned Jin.
"He goes through the ground, dimwit." Kris was also looking at the spot on the floor, but from her seat at the table. "I can't fight that..."
"No, but I can." Kurama got up and went out through the door to meet his new adversary.
"So, you figured it out then?" said the figure as Kurama approached. "Brave to face me alone. I am Yomashi. I am your next opponent. This is round two."
HI AGAIN!!!!!! Sorry it took me so long, many problems no one wants to know about, believe me. So, here is the new chappie. Please wait a week or so for the next one, alright? Later! Keep up with the reviews!! I LOVE REVIEWS!!!!!!!