Chapter Four
Far off in the distance there was a white cat, a black blaze on her chest. Kurama thought he knew who that was, but it was kind of...reversed. The cat stared at him with wide, blue eyes which looked red in the darkness. She ran off, and Kurama ran after her.
"Here kitty kitty," He called softly, "you don't have to hide from me." He looked around, then he heard deep hissing. He quickly whirrled around and there was a black cat with a white blaze on her chest. She hissed again. "Nita? What's the matter?" Kurama knelt down, and then Nita jumped at him. Kurama quickly dodged and watched her skid across the floor. She jumped up and turned around, then hissed again. "Do you have rabies or something!?" Kurama yelled, dodging Nita again. This obviously wasn't Nita, she wouldn't just attack Kurama for no reason. Kurama's heart raced. If it wasn't Nita, then who was it? Some cat bent on killing him? He wasn't going to risk anything, he ran.
Yusuke heard someone running towards him, then he turned around. "KURAMA, SLOW DOWN BEFORE YOU--" Too late, Kurama ran into the bewildered spirit detective. "Ow, watch it, Kurama...!" Yusuke got up and brushed some dust off of him. "What are you running from anyway?" It was a stupid question, Yusuke knew it was. "A cat...she looked like Nita, and she tried to attack me." Kurama said, then took in a deep breath. "But I'm fine, and I don't think that cat's going to chase after me." A low growl was heard. The two silently looked behind Kurama and saw two glowing red orbs in the darkness. The two started running, and the REALLY big kitty cat chased after them, then lunged at Yusuke, attempted to strike him with her large paw, and missed.
"First, the others get kidnapped, then, it's some dude bent on killing us, then it's a maniac kitty, and NOW a panther!? WHAT'S WITH THIS PLACE!?" Yusuke yelled. "Yusuke, we have to get out of here as soon as we can!" Kurama yelled at him, then picked up his pace and sped ahead of Yusuke. "Wait up!" Yusuke yelled, dodging another attack from the panther.
Standing before them was Hiei and Kuwbara. But they didn't seem like themselves; they were incredibly pale and they stared coldly at Yusuke and Kurama. "Guys," Yusuke walked over to them, "Thank God you're still alive. I thought you woulda been--" Hiei removed the bandage on his right arm, and Kuwabara pulled out his spirit sword. "Yusuke?" Kurama asked. "Yeah?" Yusuke replied. "I don't think...these are our friends." Gasping, Kurama turned around and saw the panthers eyes glowing in the darkness. It slowly approached them, and Yusuke gulped. "Well, this is the end...Good bye, ol' buddy ol' pal!" "Don't call me that..." Kurama mumbled. "Sorry."
"Well, let's look at the bright side..." Kurama said, him and Yusuke backing up against the wall. "How is there a bright side to dying?!" Yusuke screamed. "At least we can die knowing our friends are still alive." Kurama smiled sheepishly, and Yusuke glared.
The cloaked person appeared again. Behind him was a white tiger, who looked very sophisticated; folllowing him and all. It sat down and watched the figure float slowly over two our two scared heros. They gulped, and then felt a sharp pain in their stomach as they felt themself being lifted from the ground. They took in shaky breaths. This thing was trying to suffocate them! Yusuke wasn't about to let him do this. He slowly pulled his hand up near the person's face and readied the spirit gun. "Yusuke....don't...! It won't work..." Kurama struggled to breathe, and he was insanely pale.
Yusuke's hand shook as a blue light swirled around his hand. "Yusuke..." Kurama gagged. Yusuke finnally shot the spirit gun at the man, and he dropped them and fell dead. The imposters screamed and dissolved into thin air.
Yusuke was laying on the ground, he didn't look to good. Kurama took in a few deep breaths, then looked at Yusuke. "Yusuke!" He yelled, scrambling over to him. "All right, Yusuke, you killed him, now you can get up and we can get out of here!" He yelled. He shook Yusuke a bit. "Now I understand," Kurama thought, "That wasn't SPIRIT energy he used, he used life energy...!" Kurama quickly transferred enough of his energy into Yusuke's lifeless body. It was just enough to put him back on his feet. "Thank goodness..." Kurama mumbled. "What happened?" Yusuke looked at the puddle of blood behind Kurama. "Wha!? Did you kill him!?" "You don't remember?" Kurama asked. Yusuke shook his head. "Nope." He said. "Well...I'll tell you later." Kurama stood up. "Let's just get out of here and go home." Kurama started walking and Yusuke followed.
Outside, it was as light as day. But why was it so dark inside the house? Yusuke and Kurama didn't know, but they were out, and they could finally relax at home. Then, a helicopted slowly landed in front of them. "Hey!" The pilot yelled. Yusuke and Kurama blinked. "Are you two ready for Survival Horror?!"