Caged
They rushed down the corridors, killing anyone who dared cross their path. Kurama was last as they ran. Hiei stayed back by him, watching his every move.
"Almost there!" Simone shouted back at the Tantei. To the right Kurama saw Jofrl. He stopped dead in his tracks.
"Kurama!" Hiei called out.
"Go!" Kurama shouted back. "I'll be there in a minute!"
Hiei left. Kurama checked to make sure.
"Staying with me?" Jofrl asked contemptuously.
Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwa followed Simone through the maze that was the building. The guys were putting there trust in her to get them out of here.
"Where the hell are we?!" Yusuke yelled from the back of the group, turning momentarily to fire his spirit gun at the oncoming demons.
"We're in the ..." Simone started to explain when Kuwa sent her a withering look. "OH.... You were kidding."
"Staying with me?" Jofrl asked contemptuously. Kurama shook his head 'no'. "Really now then."
Jofrl stepped forward towards the kitsune. Kurama took a step back. Jofrl smiled at the kitsune before pulling out a whip and cracking it at his side in an intimidating fashion. Kurama flinched but held his ground. Jofrl lunged at him, and tried to wrap him up in his whip. Kurama gracefully stepped to the side, avoiding the attack, but Jofrl swung his whip and caught the kitsune's foot, dragging him to the ground. Kurama cried out as he hit the floor and found that he had not time to avoid Jofrl as he jumped upon the prone kitsune.
"You are mine and you will always be mine," Jofrl growled at Kurama. Kurama pushed at him, trying to get him off. Jofrl pressed himself against Kurama. The kitsune finally succeeded in pushing him off.
"You're dying, along with all my past," Kurama replied. "My days in dealing with the Network are done. And the Network is gone."
"Have it your way," Jofrl said. He rushed at Kurama again. Kurama pulled out the seed he had made just for this.
"Where the hell is that damn kitsune?!?!!" Hiei shouted at Yusuke and Kuwa. Simone just rolled her eyes and stared off into the distance.
"Jeez Hiei, calm down. You know he can take care of himself. He'll be fine," Yusuke replied.
"I can't take it anymore!" Hiei shouted and started walking back to the Network.
"Whoa! Hiei!" Yusuke rushed up to the irate demon and held him back. "Give him some time! We just got out, he'll be fine!"
"Let me go damnit!" Hiei shouted. Yusuke held him back still.
"Misery!" Kurama shouted. The plant grew. Black stems and leaves sprouted, both were covered with thorns. White and red blossoms appeared on the ends of the stems. "I made this plant especially for you."
"I feel special," Jofrl said.
"It will kill you, and no one else," Kurama said. He placed the plant on the floor. Jofrl sneered at the plant, dogged to the right and lunged at Kurama. The plant tied him up, and began sucking away at his body, each thorn sucking to its hearts content.
"Goodbye, I hope your stay in hell will be miserable," Kurama said and walked away, leaving behind him forever the screaming Jofrl.
Yusuke hoped Kurama would surface from the building soon, Kuwa couldn't hold off more demons and he couldn't hold back Hiei for much longer. Which is why, when Hiei stopped struggling, he looked to the building in surprise. Kurama was coming out of the building, black vines gently wrapped around his waist and arms. They dropped off and curled back into the building as soon as he walked out the door. Yusuke's arms went slack and Hiei rushed forward to meet the kitsune half way.
"Kurama..." he said as he got to the kitsune. Kurama smiled at him sadly and then collapsed to his knees.
"Kurama!" Hiei shouted and immediately crouched down besides the kitsune. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine Hiei," Kurama whispered. He looked at the concerned Koorime, and then wrapped his arms around him. Hiei's eyes went wide, but he hugged the kitsune back nevertheless. "Thank you Hiei."
"Yeah..." Hiei mumbled. He helped Kurama back up to his feet and walked him back to the others.
"Set it on fire," Yusuke told Hiei. Hiei smirked and unraveled his warded arm. The collective group backed up as he sent the Black dragon to feast on the Network. He yawned and sat on the ground.
"Serves them right. No one messes with my fox and get away with it," Hiei barely muttered as he fell asleep. Yusuke and Kuwabara chuckled. Kurama stared at the fire demon, astonished.
"'His' fox?" he asked suspiciously.
"Oh yeah," Yusuke told him. "I seem to have forgotten to mention that Hiei likes you."
Well, this isn't the last chapter... wait. It might be. It all depends on if you count the "afterward" as an actual chapter. Well, I know that that wasn't a really satisfying ending to Jofrl, but really that plant works kind of like that plant Kura used on the Elder Toguro (though I came up with this before I saw that, so no its not the same plant and I just realized how similar they are...). So actually he was going to be in for a long slow painful death... but then got evaporated by el Dragón Negro... oh well.... Yeah, KG, in reference to the clothes that Hiei pulled out of no where to give to Simone... I think that might just be a plot hole... or maybe he got them from aliens? I don't know... its prolly a plot hole. Ooops... Oh, and Raging Phoenix (have I mentioned I like your name?) I have seen some Mad TV, just not a lot. Yeah... notes are fun... feel free to let me know that I blab too much at the end of these things... I promise that next/last chapter I will praise all of you readers. I just adore you all.