Sorry I took forever to update. I had massive writers block for like all of my stories. I'll update the other ones soon as well. I'm so happy! Yesterday, May 31, was my birthday! Ya!!!! I'm finally 14!!! All of my friends are way older then me! (Well, all except my one friend, but he skipped a grade and is only 13, so he doesn't count.) Anyway, here's the next chapter...ENJOY!!! (I wish the quick/edit would give my smileys back.)
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Kurama and Yusuke raced for the text book section as another scream pierced the air. They didn't get more then halfway there, however, before a very pale and scared looking Kairi ran into Yusuke while running the other way. The two tumbled to the ground in a heap. Kairi immediately scrambled to her feet, looking fearfully back in the direction she had come from.
"What's wrong?" Yusuke asked, getting up as well. Kairi shook her head, swallowing several times before finding her voice again.
"Some...some THING attacked me!" she exclaimed in a shaky voice. Now Kurama and Yusuke both noticed the claw mark running down her left arm from the shoulder to the elbow. It was bleeding profusely, crimson droplets falling to the linoleum below. Before any of them could say anything else, the 'thing' that had attacked her came charging out of the stacks. It was an ugly, bird-looking creature with a single long, sharp claw at the tip of each gray wing. One of these claws was stained red with blood.
"Kurama, get her out of here," Yusuke ordered, taking a step forward and raising his hand, powering up for his Spirit Gun.
"Surely you don't think they're after HER, do you?" Kurama asked, somewhat hesitant to go anywhere with this girl that made him feel so awkward.
"It attacked her didn't it? Who else would it be after?" Yusuke said over his shoulder. "Now GO!"
Kurama turned and grabbed Kairi's hand, practically dragging her out of the store. She stumbled along behind him, obviously on the verge of a nervous break down. As they left, a bright blue-tinged light exploded from the book store, but Kurama took no notice and Kairi was still too shaken to be fully aware of anything going on around her. It was still raining outside, but again neither of them seemed to notice.
Kurama lead her a few blocks away and finally stopped in an alley. He released his hold on her and walked slowly further into the dark alleyway, making sure it was free of new dangers. Kairi, who was now slowly beginning to regain some senses, leaned against the wall and watched him.
"W-what was that thing? What did it want with me?" she asked quietly after a moment. Kurama wasn't sure how to answer, but as it turned out, he didn't have to. At that moment, Kairi was grabbed from behind by another demon, this one a bat with giant black wings and long, curving fangs. Kairi screamed and tried to wriggle herself free, but the bat had a tight hold on her.
Kurama immediately took action. In mere seconds he had formed his Rose Whip and with one flick of his wrist, the demon's head rolled off and onto the pavement. Kairi gasped and forced herself free from the corpse's grasp. Now she turned to Kurama, but it wasn't in 'Thanks,' it was in 'Fear.' She backed slowly from him, here eyes wide with fear.
"Kairi," Kurama said, noticing her reaction, "I won't hurt you. I promise." Kairi didn't answer, just continued to stare.
"Come out, come out, where ever you are. Where are you girl?" a clearly demon voice called down the damp, empty street the alley faced.
"Come on," Kurama instructed, taking her arm again and pulling her into the abandoned building to the right of the alley.
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Sazume sighed and stared at the rain droplets beating against the glass. She had decided to stay at the school and wait out the rain since she didn't have an umbrella. But now it didn't show any sign that it would stop anytime soon. She sighed again and decided that umbrella or not, it was time to go home.
She stepped out into the cold rain, shivering as she walked home. As she passed the park, she noticed several figures coming towards her. She thought it was strange anyone would be in the park when it was raining, but she didn't dwell on the thought long. But then something dropped in front of her. A canister of some kind. It began to spew white smoke and she felt light headed and dizzy. Before she had time to think or react, she found her world consumed by black and she fell to the ground and knew no more.
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Hiei had spent the last hour or so flitting from branch to branch in almost every tree in the city, just looking for a demon who he could decapitate. As he passed the park for the third time, he noticed a group of demons huddled around something. He smirked to himself and unsheathed his katana.
He appeared among them and began slashing before any of them could realize what was happening. Two of them got away, carrying something between them, but he'd hunt them down later. At the moment, he was content with this group of misfits. It wasn't long, however, before he noticed a gray blur in the air. And there it was again! What was it?
The blur appeared a third time and two demons fell dead before Hiei even touched them. Now he was certain, the blur was another demon. He smiled to himself. This would be an interesting fight.
He flung himself at the blur, matching it's speed and becoming a black smear as well. The two blurs, one gray and one black, had a short, but interesting fight, if anyone had seen it. The two blurs would come together for a moment, then jump apart again, then together again as the two demons attacked, countered, and attacked again. Ready to end this, Hiei prepaired for his finally blow.
His eyes widened in shock at the last moment and he stopped his blade inches from his attacker's nose. The opposing demon did the same with it's black sword, letting it hover centimeters from Hiei's face. Wait, not 'it', 'HER!' The demon was a girl! She was maybe an inch taller then Hiei with a long brown braid of hair that snaked down her back. Two gray wolf ears were perched on her head and a long, gray wolf's tail swished behind her. Hiei stared at her, and she stared right back.
"YOU!" they both exclaimed at the same time.
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Kurama had lead Kairi up two flights of stairs until they were on the third floor of the building. He then raced into the nearest room. The floor creaked dangerously under them and dust coated everything. He turned to the closet, but Kairi stopped, staring in fear.
"I tire of this girl!" the demon's voice called from downstairs.
"Come on!" Kurama hissed, but Kairi shook her head, still staring fearfully at the closet. Kurama didn't know why she was so scared, and he didn't have time to ask. He pulled her into the closet, closing the door behind them. The door wouldn't close all the way, however and it left a sliver of light leaking into the dark space.
"Girl! I know you're in here! I can smell you!" the demon declared, stepping into the room. It looked like a giant black panther. Kairi squeezed her eyes shut in fear, but not of the demon. She was pretending, wishing that she was anywhere but in this closet. Kurama wondered at her behavior, but as long as she was quiet it didn't matter what she did. The demon took a sniff of the air and turned towards the closet.
"There you are," he said, stepping towards the closed door. Kurama realized that if the demon cornered them in the closet, there would be no escape. He readied his whip and waited until the demon was two steps from the door, then he sprang. The whip created a deep gash in the demon's chest and it stumbled back, crying out in surprise and pain.
"Run!" Kurama called over his shoulder to Kairi. She didn't move.
"GO!" Kurama yelled, turning to face her. Kairi stared for a moment, then she ran.
Kurama turned back to the demon, listening to Kairi's footsteps as she raced down the stairs.
"You bast-" the demon began, but he didn't finish because Kurama sliced him in half with his whip. The only reason he hadn't done that in the first place was because Kairi had been watching and he remembered her reaction the first time he used his whip in front of her.
He took one last look at the mess that used to be the black panther demon, then he hurried from the room to catch up with Kairi.
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Kairi ran for all she was worth. She didn't know where she was. She was so disoriented with fear she didn't even know how long she had been running. It felt like days...years...her whole life. She chanced a glance over her shoulder, wondering if she was being followed. Then she felt herself hit something hard.
She looked up to find she had run into a tall demon who's features were hidden by a long cloak. She screamed but the sound was muffled as the demon grabbed her and pressed a white rag to her mouth. Kairi struggled, but then she began to feel sleepy. She tried to fight it, but to no avail. The world blurred before her, spinning crazily, and she fell forward and lost consciousness.
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Kurama and Yusuke raced for the text book section as another scream pierced the air. They didn't get more then halfway there, however, before a very pale and scared looking Kairi ran into Yusuke while running the other way. The two tumbled to the ground in a heap. Kairi immediately scrambled to her feet, looking fearfully back in the direction she had come from.
"What's wrong?" Yusuke asked, getting up as well. Kairi shook her head, swallowing several times before finding her voice again.
"Some...some THING attacked me!" she exclaimed in a shaky voice. Now Kurama and Yusuke both noticed the claw mark running down her left arm from the shoulder to the elbow. It was bleeding profusely, crimson droplets falling to the linoleum below. Before any of them could say anything else, the 'thing' that had attacked her came charging out of the stacks. It was an ugly, bird-looking creature with a single long, sharp claw at the tip of each gray wing. One of these claws was stained red with blood.
"Kurama, get her out of here," Yusuke ordered, taking a step forward and raising his hand, powering up for his Spirit Gun.
"Surely you don't think they're after HER, do you?" Kurama asked, somewhat hesitant to go anywhere with this girl that made him feel so awkward.
"It attacked her didn't it? Who else would it be after?" Yusuke said over his shoulder. "Now GO!"
Kurama turned and grabbed Kairi's hand, practically dragging her out of the store. She stumbled along behind him, obviously on the verge of a nervous break down. As they left, a bright blue-tinged light exploded from the book store, but Kurama took no notice and Kairi was still too shaken to be fully aware of anything going on around her. It was still raining outside, but again neither of them seemed to notice.
Kurama lead her a few blocks away and finally stopped in an alley. He released his hold on her and walked slowly further into the dark alleyway, making sure it was free of new dangers. Kairi, who was now slowly beginning to regain some senses, leaned against the wall and watched him.
"W-what was that thing? What did it want with me?" she asked quietly after a moment. Kurama wasn't sure how to answer, but as it turned out, he didn't have to. At that moment, Kairi was grabbed from behind by another demon, this one a bat with giant black wings and long, curving fangs. Kairi screamed and tried to wriggle herself free, but the bat had a tight hold on her.
Kurama immediately took action. In mere seconds he had formed his Rose Whip and with one flick of his wrist, the demon's head rolled off and onto the pavement. Kairi gasped and forced herself free from the corpse's grasp. Now she turned to Kurama, but it wasn't in 'Thanks,' it was in 'Fear.' She backed slowly from him, here eyes wide with fear.
"Kairi," Kurama said, noticing her reaction, "I won't hurt you. I promise." Kairi didn't answer, just continued to stare.
"Come out, come out, where ever you are. Where are you girl?" a clearly demon voice called down the damp, empty street the alley faced.
"Come on," Kurama instructed, taking her arm again and pulling her into the abandoned building to the right of the alley.
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Sazume sighed and stared at the rain droplets beating against the glass. She had decided to stay at the school and wait out the rain since she didn't have an umbrella. But now it didn't show any sign that it would stop anytime soon. She sighed again and decided that umbrella or not, it was time to go home.
She stepped out into the cold rain, shivering as she walked home. As she passed the park, she noticed several figures coming towards her. She thought it was strange anyone would be in the park when it was raining, but she didn't dwell on the thought long. But then something dropped in front of her. A canister of some kind. It began to spew white smoke and she felt light headed and dizzy. Before she had time to think or react, she found her world consumed by black and she fell to the ground and knew no more.
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Hiei had spent the last hour or so flitting from branch to branch in almost every tree in the city, just looking for a demon who he could decapitate. As he passed the park for the third time, he noticed a group of demons huddled around something. He smirked to himself and unsheathed his katana.
He appeared among them and began slashing before any of them could realize what was happening. Two of them got away, carrying something between them, but he'd hunt them down later. At the moment, he was content with this group of misfits. It wasn't long, however, before he noticed a gray blur in the air. And there it was again! What was it?
The blur appeared a third time and two demons fell dead before Hiei even touched them. Now he was certain, the blur was another demon. He smiled to himself. This would be an interesting fight.
He flung himself at the blur, matching it's speed and becoming a black smear as well. The two blurs, one gray and one black, had a short, but interesting fight, if anyone had seen it. The two blurs would come together for a moment, then jump apart again, then together again as the two demons attacked, countered, and attacked again. Ready to end this, Hiei prepaired for his finally blow.
His eyes widened in shock at the last moment and he stopped his blade inches from his attacker's nose. The opposing demon did the same with it's black sword, letting it hover centimeters from Hiei's face. Wait, not 'it', 'HER!' The demon was a girl! She was maybe an inch taller then Hiei with a long brown braid of hair that snaked down her back. Two gray wolf ears were perched on her head and a long, gray wolf's tail swished behind her. Hiei stared at her, and she stared right back.
"YOU!" they both exclaimed at the same time.
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Kurama had lead Kairi up two flights of stairs until they were on the third floor of the building. He then raced into the nearest room. The floor creaked dangerously under them and dust coated everything. He turned to the closet, but Kairi stopped, staring in fear.
"I tire of this girl!" the demon's voice called from downstairs.
"Come on!" Kurama hissed, but Kairi shook her head, still staring fearfully at the closet. Kurama didn't know why she was so scared, and he didn't have time to ask. He pulled her into the closet, closing the door behind them. The door wouldn't close all the way, however and it left a sliver of light leaking into the dark space.
"Girl! I know you're in here! I can smell you!" the demon declared, stepping into the room. It looked like a giant black panther. Kairi squeezed her eyes shut in fear, but not of the demon. She was pretending, wishing that she was anywhere but in this closet. Kurama wondered at her behavior, but as long as she was quiet it didn't matter what she did. The demon took a sniff of the air and turned towards the closet.
"There you are," he said, stepping towards the closed door. Kurama realized that if the demon cornered them in the closet, there would be no escape. He readied his whip and waited until the demon was two steps from the door, then he sprang. The whip created a deep gash in the demon's chest and it stumbled back, crying out in surprise and pain.
"Run!" Kurama called over his shoulder to Kairi. She didn't move.
"GO!" Kurama yelled, turning to face her. Kairi stared for a moment, then she ran.
Kurama turned back to the demon, listening to Kairi's footsteps as she raced down the stairs.
"You bast-" the demon began, but he didn't finish because Kurama sliced him in half with his whip. The only reason he hadn't done that in the first place was because Kairi had been watching and he remembered her reaction the first time he used his whip in front of her.
He took one last look at the mess that used to be the black panther demon, then he hurried from the room to catch up with Kairi.
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Kairi ran for all she was worth. She didn't know where she was. She was so disoriented with fear she didn't even know how long she had been running. It felt like days...years...her whole life. She chanced a glance over her shoulder, wondering if she was being followed. Then she felt herself hit something hard.
She looked up to find she had run into a tall demon who's features were hidden by a long cloak. She screamed but the sound was muffled as the demon grabbed her and pressed a white rag to her mouth. Kairi struggled, but then she began to feel sleepy. She tried to fight it, but to no avail. The world blurred before her, spinning crazily, and she fell forward and lost consciousness.