Here's chap 4...enjoy.
Note to Ookami Aya: I'm glad you like it. However, the person who told me this is taking Japanese lessons, and so far her theory has proven correct, in that 'u' makes an 'o' long, not simply drawn out (I'm not saying you're ignorant about the language, mind). Like I said before, both 'o's in Youkou are long, therefore a 'u' should be put after each one, 'Youko' would sound more like 'Yoh-kaw', or something along those lines – the last 'o' would be short, like the short 'o' in Kuronue is pronounced 'Koo-rawn- oo-eh', and like 'Kagome', since proper spelling is without a 'u', is more like 'Kagame' (from InuYasha) when you listen to the subs, but I'll ask my friend again just to make sure. So for my fics, it's going to be spelled Youkou for now. As for switching tenses...gomen, I didn't even realize I did that; I'll try to pay better attention. And also from now on, Saturday's a school day...man, I didn't know they went to school on Saturday, poor them...arigatou for the info.
-Chapter 4, Preparation: Part 2-
The rolling blue energy starts to thin, showing the outline of a tall, leanly muscled man. Youkou Kurama steps out of the mist, his loose white clothing billowing around his long legs, silver tail gently swaying behind him.
"Kuronue..." his deep, hypnotizing tones fill the small room like thunder, "I suppose we should begin."
Kuronue nods with a dark, grave look in his violet eyes. "Let's go to the backyard."
They could easily wash away the bloodstains, then.
Kurama nods silently. This had to be done if both sides were to be controlled fully. By taking the juice of the Fruit of the Previous Life, Shuichi was absorbing Youkou's power. But he needed real training to be able to control him, and vice versa. Shuichi Minamino could not ever show his face in this situation. The consequences would prove dire. From this point on, Kurama knew, he would be Youkou Kurama until the mission was completed. He'd leave a note for Shuichi's mother so she wouldn't worry before he left.
--
Kuronue pulls out his scythe, and begins...
Youkou Kurama easily dodged the first few attacks, jumping and twisting with such incredible acrobatics it would make a gold-medal Olympic winner jealous. He landed softly on the grass, blackened by the moonless night, patches turned orange from the beams of the street lamps (a/n: if they don't have street lamps in Japan...they should, and they do now.).
Kuronue beats his wings and hovers high in the air, unleashing merciless assaults on Kurama, who made no offensive moves; the training couldn't be postponed by attacking...he had to beat both his sides into submission.
Hours passed. Youkou was soaked in his own red blood, panting, his silver lengths clinging to his fine, pale face.
Finally...it happened. Startling red began to slowly bleed into the silver locks...
"Kuronue!" Youkou snaps at him to attack again.
With a perfectly executed jerk of his wrist, the bat demon's scythe rips through the air towards the fox.
Adrenaline pumps through his system and blood red is taken over by silver...
Hours passed. More attacks. More blood.
Suddenly, a light blue mist of energy hovers over the fallen silver fox. A small cloud of gold appears, but the mist engulfs it, taking it over.
Kuronue sighs with relief, landing soundlessly on the bloody ground. "You've done it."
--
An hour later, silver ears twitch, followed by the opening of cold golden eyes.
Demons had an incredible capacity to recover. The wounds Kuronue gave did not threaten his major vital organs, but the blood loss, pain and energy used was enough to knock the fox out and beat both his sides into submission.
Youkou Kurama raises a silver eyebrow, glancing around the room he was in. "So, it worked," he mutters, sliding off of Shuichi's bed, rolling up the white sheet that had been spread over the blanket, lest the bed get bloodstained, and stuffing it under the bed where Shiori wouldn't see it. Suddenly the sound of rushing water hits him. "Kuronue?"
The sound was explained when Youkou got to the backyard. Kuronue had figured out the ningen water hose, and was washing the blood off the grass.
Suddenly Youkou finds himself ice cold and coughing. Brushing a wet strand of silver hair out of his face, the fox sends a cold golden glare to the laughing bat demon.
Kuronue smirks with a mock air of innocence about him. "You were covered in blood, what was I to do?"
Before Kuronue could go on, Youkou raises a hand to quiet him, urgency in his posture. His silver ears twitch and swivel, fine-tuning the sound. He could faintly hear neighbors stirring...the sound of a coffee maker...
"We should leave. Now," Kurama says briskly, "The humans are waking up."
"Yes," all joking aside, Kuronue quickly coils up the hose and turns off the stream of water, "And I already wrote a note for your mother."
"She knows my handwriting, Kuronue."
"Doesn't matter. I found some school notes of yours and copied your handwriting...the human script is pitifully simple."
Youkou smirks in agreement.
--
The two thieves easily dodge mortal eyes, speeding through the city and to the spirit world...
-End Chapter-
I don't think that was really a cliffhanger...after all, the preparation is finished, so, you can't yell at me. Yesterday my comp was acting up, or else I probably would've gotten this done sooner, gomen! Hope you enjoyed it.
Note to Ookami Aya: I'm glad you like it. However, the person who told me this is taking Japanese lessons, and so far her theory has proven correct, in that 'u' makes an 'o' long, not simply drawn out (I'm not saying you're ignorant about the language, mind). Like I said before, both 'o's in Youkou are long, therefore a 'u' should be put after each one, 'Youko' would sound more like 'Yoh-kaw', or something along those lines – the last 'o' would be short, like the short 'o' in Kuronue is pronounced 'Koo-rawn- oo-eh', and like 'Kagome', since proper spelling is without a 'u', is more like 'Kagame' (from InuYasha) when you listen to the subs, but I'll ask my friend again just to make sure. So for my fics, it's going to be spelled Youkou for now. As for switching tenses...gomen, I didn't even realize I did that; I'll try to pay better attention. And also from now on, Saturday's a school day...man, I didn't know they went to school on Saturday, poor them...arigatou for the info.
-Chapter 4, Preparation: Part 2-
The rolling blue energy starts to thin, showing the outline of a tall, leanly muscled man. Youkou Kurama steps out of the mist, his loose white clothing billowing around his long legs, silver tail gently swaying behind him.
"Kuronue..." his deep, hypnotizing tones fill the small room like thunder, "I suppose we should begin."
Kuronue nods with a dark, grave look in his violet eyes. "Let's go to the backyard."
They could easily wash away the bloodstains, then.
Kurama nods silently. This had to be done if both sides were to be controlled fully. By taking the juice of the Fruit of the Previous Life, Shuichi was absorbing Youkou's power. But he needed real training to be able to control him, and vice versa. Shuichi Minamino could not ever show his face in this situation. The consequences would prove dire. From this point on, Kurama knew, he would be Youkou Kurama until the mission was completed. He'd leave a note for Shuichi's mother so she wouldn't worry before he left.
--
Kuronue pulls out his scythe, and begins...
Youkou Kurama easily dodged the first few attacks, jumping and twisting with such incredible acrobatics it would make a gold-medal Olympic winner jealous. He landed softly on the grass, blackened by the moonless night, patches turned orange from the beams of the street lamps (a/n: if they don't have street lamps in Japan...they should, and they do now.).
Kuronue beats his wings and hovers high in the air, unleashing merciless assaults on Kurama, who made no offensive moves; the training couldn't be postponed by attacking...he had to beat both his sides into submission.
Hours passed. Youkou was soaked in his own red blood, panting, his silver lengths clinging to his fine, pale face.
Finally...it happened. Startling red began to slowly bleed into the silver locks...
"Kuronue!" Youkou snaps at him to attack again.
With a perfectly executed jerk of his wrist, the bat demon's scythe rips through the air towards the fox.
Adrenaline pumps through his system and blood red is taken over by silver...
Hours passed. More attacks. More blood.
Suddenly, a light blue mist of energy hovers over the fallen silver fox. A small cloud of gold appears, but the mist engulfs it, taking it over.
Kuronue sighs with relief, landing soundlessly on the bloody ground. "You've done it."
--
An hour later, silver ears twitch, followed by the opening of cold golden eyes.
Demons had an incredible capacity to recover. The wounds Kuronue gave did not threaten his major vital organs, but the blood loss, pain and energy used was enough to knock the fox out and beat both his sides into submission.
Youkou Kurama raises a silver eyebrow, glancing around the room he was in. "So, it worked," he mutters, sliding off of Shuichi's bed, rolling up the white sheet that had been spread over the blanket, lest the bed get bloodstained, and stuffing it under the bed where Shiori wouldn't see it. Suddenly the sound of rushing water hits him. "Kuronue?"
The sound was explained when Youkou got to the backyard. Kuronue had figured out the ningen water hose, and was washing the blood off the grass.
Suddenly Youkou finds himself ice cold and coughing. Brushing a wet strand of silver hair out of his face, the fox sends a cold golden glare to the laughing bat demon.
Kuronue smirks with a mock air of innocence about him. "You were covered in blood, what was I to do?"
Before Kuronue could go on, Youkou raises a hand to quiet him, urgency in his posture. His silver ears twitch and swivel, fine-tuning the sound. He could faintly hear neighbors stirring...the sound of a coffee maker...
"We should leave. Now," Kurama says briskly, "The humans are waking up."
"Yes," all joking aside, Kuronue quickly coils up the hose and turns off the stream of water, "And I already wrote a note for your mother."
"She knows my handwriting, Kuronue."
"Doesn't matter. I found some school notes of yours and copied your handwriting...the human script is pitifully simple."
Youkou smirks in agreement.
--
The two thieves easily dodge mortal eyes, speeding through the city and to the spirit world...
-End Chapter-
I don't think that was really a cliffhanger...after all, the preparation is finished, so, you can't yell at me. Yesterday my comp was acting up, or else I probably would've gotten this done sooner, gomen! Hope you enjoyed it.