Hi again! I just wanted to let you know, although you've probably already seen the home page, that ff.n fixed the problem with the reviews, so you can send them to me like usual again. Hooray! Anyway, I would like to apologize to any 'Prisoners' fans who may be reading this. I am having massive writer's block with that story and am taking some time off of it to work on this one. Hopefully I'll have some new ideas by Saturday at the latest. But hey, it could be worse. At least this story doesn't suck, and can probably pacify you for now.
I would like to say one more thing before I officially start this chapter. I have decided that I can add other characters to this story without much trouble, so, if you would like to be included in this story, then please give me an e-mail or include the following information in a review:
Name: Doesn't have to be your real one, just what you want to be called in this story.
Gender: That one speaks for itself.
Description: Just a quick summer of yourself. Eyes, hair, ect.
Personality: Again, a quick description of what your like. Smart, class clown, ect.
Get it? Got it? Good. Now... LET US CONTINUE!!! ^_^
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Having finally finished shouting twenty-million things at once at Kurama, the group settled down to figure out whose turn it was.
"Hiei's message said to go back a turn, so I guess it's your turn again, Kurama," Neiko deduced, handing him the dice.
Slightly more weary of the game after his last turn, Kurama let the dice drop to the game's surface. They bounced along, finally stopping on a five and a one, totaling to six. His white elephant moved six paces down its path. The group held their breaths as Kurama read the message that appeared out loud.
"His fangs are sharp, he likes your taste; your party better move posthaste."
The group all jumped as a twig cracked loudly in the small grove of trees on the other side of the stream. The all peered into the darkness surrounding the tree trunks. Two large, yellow eyes peered back. They stared, as if in a trace, unable to look away from the glowing eyes watching them from the trees. Then it lunged.
As it splashed across the stream, they got their first good look of what 'it' was. It was a lion! An enormous, shaggy, king of beasts with thirty-two razor-sharp fangs and three-inch claws.
Keiko screamed, Neiko just sat there, stunned, while the rest of the group sank into their fighting stances. The lion came bounding onto their side of the stream, lunging for the terror-stricken Neiko. Once she realized she was its target, Neiko came out of her trance enough to let loose an ear-piercing scream. Yusuke hit the lion square in the side with a sprit gun blast before it could reach her, much to Neiko's relief. The lion was blown back into the stream, but wasn't dead. It was certainly dazed and only half-conscious, but not dead.
"I don't get it. That should have killed it," Yusuke said.
"I don't think you can kill these things," Kuwabara said, remembering how little success he had had at trying to kill the bats.
"Kuwabara's right. The board said they will only go away when we finish the game. I don't think you can get rid of them any other way," Kurama said.
"We'll if that's the case, why don't we get out of here before Simba over there comes to his senses," Neiko said, standing up and casting a weary eye on the momentarily defeated lion.
"We can finish the game at my house," Yusuke offered.
"Are you sure about that?" Keiko asked, remembering the damage they had already done to Kurama's poor home.
"Would you rather stay out here with the lion?" Yusuke asked.
Keiko hurriedly shook her head, and the group quickly left the area in the direction of Yusuke's apartment. Unfortunately, they didn't quite get there unhindered.
They were two blocks from Yusuke's apartment complex, nearly there. As they walked, suddenly Kurama stopped, looking back over his shoulder.
"What's wrong?" Yusuke asked, afraid of what the answer might be.
"I think it would be in our best interest to quicken our pace," Kurama replied.
Yusuke was about to ask why, when the question was answered for him as the lion came bounding around the corner.
"Shit!" Yusuke swore as he broke into a sprint. The other's followed suit, praying they could make it.
"This is stupid. Why are we running?" Hiei asked, holding back from his usual pace with the soul purpose of asking that question.
"Because it's pointless to fight something that can't die," Neiko pointed out.
"Hn," was Hiei's only response as he regained his usual speed and blurred out of sight.
Kurama, however, seemed to sense something wrong with Hiei's sudden action and skidded to a stop.
"Hiei, what are you doing?!" he yelled as he turned around.
Neiko and the other's also stopped, curious of their friend's odd behavior. They turned as well, and understood why Kurama was worried.
"What are you doing?! I just got done telling you, IT CAN'T DIE!!!" Neiko yelled.
Hiei was standing between them and the lion, katana in hand. The lion skidded to a stop before him, letting out a warning growl.
"Hiei!" Yusuke called.
"Just worry about getting yourselves inside, I'll be fine," Hiei said calmly, never taking his eye's off the lion.
His friends just looked at each other for a moment. Finally Yusuke shrugged.
"Alright, I guess," he said.
"What?! But-" Neiko started, only to be cut off by Yusuke.
"But nothing. This is Hiei we're talking about. Trust me. He knows what he's doing."
With that, Yusuke took off for the apartment again, followed by Kurama, Kuwabara, Keiko, and a reluctant Neiko. They reached the apartment and were just about to shut the door when Hiei materialized in front of them. They let him in before closing the door. To Neiko's surprise, he didn't have so much as a scratch on him. The others just smiled at him as he took his usually place in the corner.
"Hiei, it's your turn," Kuwabara said once he had gotten the board reset-up, throwing the dice to Hiei. Hiei caught them effortlessly and let them drop from his grasp to roll across the carpet. They stopped on a two and a three, totaling to five. His black rhino piece moved five spaces as words appeared once again.
"A hunter from the darkest wild makes you feel just like a child," Yusuke read out loud.
Suddenly, the door was blown off it's hinges by some very strong force. Keiko screamed, and everyone jumped. Hiei's only reaction was to open his previously closed eyes.
Through the door stepped a genuine, African game-hunter. He wore a tan jacket with several pockets on it, matching tan pants, boots that came halfway up his calve, and a tan safari hat. In his hands he held a long rifle. He brought this up to his shoulder, aiming the double barrels at Hiei. He pulled the trigger.
There was another scream from Keiko and a hole appeared in the wall were Hiei had been standing seconds before. He reappeared behind the hunter.
"Even the lion could do better then that," he scoffed. The hunter whipped around. He stared at Hiei for a moment, then smiled.
"Ah, a challenge. I do enjoy challenges," he said as he raised his gun again.
"Oh, no. You're not blowing any more holes in my house!" Yusuke cried, but the hunter had pulled the trigger before he could power up enough for his spirit gun.
"HIEI!" he cried as the little fire demon reappeared behind the hunter once again. "If you're gonna do that, take it outside!!!"
Hiei spared him a fleeting glance, then decide that it was probably best to lead the hunter away form the house. He blurred away again, reappearing at the door.
"I've got you now!" the hunter cried as he let another bullet rang out into the air. He hit Hiei this time, but only his after-image. Hiei himself was long gone before the bullet got so much as on inch from the end of the barrel.
"Afraid not! Care to try again?!" Hiei called from his perch atop a lamp post. The furious hunter let another bullet whiz throughout the air. He missed, again.
"Closer!" Hiei teased from another lamp post further down the street. The hunter took the bait, shooting at Hiei every time, and following him further down the street every time he missed. Soon, the pair were out of sight.
It was about ten minutes later when Hiei finally returned.
"Where's the hunter?" Yusuke asked.
"I left him at some place called 'Tokyo Disney Land.' He got side-tracked by a bunch of baka children who attacked him," Hiei explained.
The other's burst out laughing, realizing that the kids at the park must have thought he was another one of those guys in suits that's there to hug and take pictures with. Hiei didn't understand what was so funny, but decided to take to opportunity to go raid the freezer for 'sweet snow' while everyone was distracted.
I would like to say one more thing before I officially start this chapter. I have decided that I can add other characters to this story without much trouble, so, if you would like to be included in this story, then please give me an e-mail or include the following information in a review:
Name: Doesn't have to be your real one, just what you want to be called in this story.
Gender: That one speaks for itself.
Description: Just a quick summer of yourself. Eyes, hair, ect.
Personality: Again, a quick description of what your like. Smart, class clown, ect.
Get it? Got it? Good. Now... LET US CONTINUE!!! ^_^
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Having finally finished shouting twenty-million things at once at Kurama, the group settled down to figure out whose turn it was.
"Hiei's message said to go back a turn, so I guess it's your turn again, Kurama," Neiko deduced, handing him the dice.
Slightly more weary of the game after his last turn, Kurama let the dice drop to the game's surface. They bounced along, finally stopping on a five and a one, totaling to six. His white elephant moved six paces down its path. The group held their breaths as Kurama read the message that appeared out loud.
"His fangs are sharp, he likes your taste; your party better move posthaste."
The group all jumped as a twig cracked loudly in the small grove of trees on the other side of the stream. The all peered into the darkness surrounding the tree trunks. Two large, yellow eyes peered back. They stared, as if in a trace, unable to look away from the glowing eyes watching them from the trees. Then it lunged.
As it splashed across the stream, they got their first good look of what 'it' was. It was a lion! An enormous, shaggy, king of beasts with thirty-two razor-sharp fangs and three-inch claws.
Keiko screamed, Neiko just sat there, stunned, while the rest of the group sank into their fighting stances. The lion came bounding onto their side of the stream, lunging for the terror-stricken Neiko. Once she realized she was its target, Neiko came out of her trance enough to let loose an ear-piercing scream. Yusuke hit the lion square in the side with a sprit gun blast before it could reach her, much to Neiko's relief. The lion was blown back into the stream, but wasn't dead. It was certainly dazed and only half-conscious, but not dead.
"I don't get it. That should have killed it," Yusuke said.
"I don't think you can kill these things," Kuwabara said, remembering how little success he had had at trying to kill the bats.
"Kuwabara's right. The board said they will only go away when we finish the game. I don't think you can get rid of them any other way," Kurama said.
"We'll if that's the case, why don't we get out of here before Simba over there comes to his senses," Neiko said, standing up and casting a weary eye on the momentarily defeated lion.
"We can finish the game at my house," Yusuke offered.
"Are you sure about that?" Keiko asked, remembering the damage they had already done to Kurama's poor home.
"Would you rather stay out here with the lion?" Yusuke asked.
Keiko hurriedly shook her head, and the group quickly left the area in the direction of Yusuke's apartment. Unfortunately, they didn't quite get there unhindered.
They were two blocks from Yusuke's apartment complex, nearly there. As they walked, suddenly Kurama stopped, looking back over his shoulder.
"What's wrong?" Yusuke asked, afraid of what the answer might be.
"I think it would be in our best interest to quicken our pace," Kurama replied.
Yusuke was about to ask why, when the question was answered for him as the lion came bounding around the corner.
"Shit!" Yusuke swore as he broke into a sprint. The other's followed suit, praying they could make it.
"This is stupid. Why are we running?" Hiei asked, holding back from his usual pace with the soul purpose of asking that question.
"Because it's pointless to fight something that can't die," Neiko pointed out.
"Hn," was Hiei's only response as he regained his usual speed and blurred out of sight.
Kurama, however, seemed to sense something wrong with Hiei's sudden action and skidded to a stop.
"Hiei, what are you doing?!" he yelled as he turned around.
Neiko and the other's also stopped, curious of their friend's odd behavior. They turned as well, and understood why Kurama was worried.
"What are you doing?! I just got done telling you, IT CAN'T DIE!!!" Neiko yelled.
Hiei was standing between them and the lion, katana in hand. The lion skidded to a stop before him, letting out a warning growl.
"Hiei!" Yusuke called.
"Just worry about getting yourselves inside, I'll be fine," Hiei said calmly, never taking his eye's off the lion.
His friends just looked at each other for a moment. Finally Yusuke shrugged.
"Alright, I guess," he said.
"What?! But-" Neiko started, only to be cut off by Yusuke.
"But nothing. This is Hiei we're talking about. Trust me. He knows what he's doing."
With that, Yusuke took off for the apartment again, followed by Kurama, Kuwabara, Keiko, and a reluctant Neiko. They reached the apartment and were just about to shut the door when Hiei materialized in front of them. They let him in before closing the door. To Neiko's surprise, he didn't have so much as a scratch on him. The others just smiled at him as he took his usually place in the corner.
"Hiei, it's your turn," Kuwabara said once he had gotten the board reset-up, throwing the dice to Hiei. Hiei caught them effortlessly and let them drop from his grasp to roll across the carpet. They stopped on a two and a three, totaling to five. His black rhino piece moved five spaces as words appeared once again.
"A hunter from the darkest wild makes you feel just like a child," Yusuke read out loud.
Suddenly, the door was blown off it's hinges by some very strong force. Keiko screamed, and everyone jumped. Hiei's only reaction was to open his previously closed eyes.
Through the door stepped a genuine, African game-hunter. He wore a tan jacket with several pockets on it, matching tan pants, boots that came halfway up his calve, and a tan safari hat. In his hands he held a long rifle. He brought this up to his shoulder, aiming the double barrels at Hiei. He pulled the trigger.
There was another scream from Keiko and a hole appeared in the wall were Hiei had been standing seconds before. He reappeared behind the hunter.
"Even the lion could do better then that," he scoffed. The hunter whipped around. He stared at Hiei for a moment, then smiled.
"Ah, a challenge. I do enjoy challenges," he said as he raised his gun again.
"Oh, no. You're not blowing any more holes in my house!" Yusuke cried, but the hunter had pulled the trigger before he could power up enough for his spirit gun.
"HIEI!" he cried as the little fire demon reappeared behind the hunter once again. "If you're gonna do that, take it outside!!!"
Hiei spared him a fleeting glance, then decide that it was probably best to lead the hunter away form the house. He blurred away again, reappearing at the door.
"I've got you now!" the hunter cried as he let another bullet rang out into the air. He hit Hiei this time, but only his after-image. Hiei himself was long gone before the bullet got so much as on inch from the end of the barrel.
"Afraid not! Care to try again?!" Hiei called from his perch atop a lamp post. The furious hunter let another bullet whiz throughout the air. He missed, again.
"Closer!" Hiei teased from another lamp post further down the street. The hunter took the bait, shooting at Hiei every time, and following him further down the street every time he missed. Soon, the pair were out of sight.
It was about ten minutes later when Hiei finally returned.
"Where's the hunter?" Yusuke asked.
"I left him at some place called 'Tokyo Disney Land.' He got side-tracked by a bunch of baka children who attacked him," Hiei explained.
The other's burst out laughing, realizing that the kids at the park must have thought he was another one of those guys in suits that's there to hug and take pictures with. Hiei didn't understand what was so funny, but decided to take to opportunity to go raid the freezer for 'sweet snow' while everyone was distracted.