Shade- First of all I would like to thank Wilted Rosea. I will take your
suggestions and I am grateful for my first piece of slight criticism.
There is always room for improvement! Now how can I slow this down a bit?
Let's see... Oh I'll find out when I type
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Chapter 3: dreams
"Has anyone ever been down to Hades and come back?" Kuwabara asked sitting in Koenma's office.
"Well yes actually. But they were dead by the time they were spat back out." Koenma answered looking out the window.
"Jeez. Is it that bad off a place?" Yusuke asked.
"Yes. It's the land of the most evil demons and their slaves. There could be a chance that Serena isn't even alive anymore but no one knows. That's most of the information that we have, sorry." Koenma looked back out through the window.
'Wow, Koenma is so serious about this. I hope that Serena is still alive and that I can save her.' Yusuke felt his first taste of real sadness. This mission seemed to be more of a personal thing to everyone.
"I'm not exactly sure if you're going to have to fight anyone. But an angel in Hades is very valuable so retrieving her will be hard no doubt about it. You're going to have to pose as slaves and get as close to Serena as you can and convince her to go with you."
"Okay, how do we get to Hades?" Kurama asked with the slightest bit of untraceable fear in his voice.
"There is an old portal located in the southwestern part of Makai. It hasn't been used in centuries but it is the only way to enter Hades. You can be teleported there. When you enter, you will probably be in the backgrounds of Hades and Serena most likely will be in the center where the slave city is. If you are confronted by anyone you must not fight back. They will take you to be a slave in the city and that is where you want to be. This may take a while so you should be going."
"So I guess we're going to Hades." Yusuke stood up ready to leave.
"First I find out there's a real Limbo and now there's a real Hades, jeez." Kuwabara stood too and walked to stand next to Yusuke.
"Will there be anything we need to bring?" Hiei asked from the shadows.
"No, you'll be fine with what you have now. Botan can teleport you to the portal."
"Come on boys, we should get going now." Botan walked out of the room with Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei behind.
*~ Southwestern part of Makai ~*
"The portal should be around here somewhere." Botan was walking in mud looking for the old portal to go to Hades.
"The portal is incredibly old, almost as old as Makai itself, so it may take a while to travel through, and it may hurt. Here it is." Botan pushed a group of weeds out of the way to show a large black hole in the ground. It had swirling colors of only black and darker black.
"And I thought I was going to Hades after death." Hiei stood next to the whirling black hole staring down into its bowels and only seeing further darkness.
"Be careful. Please you guys, just be careful." Botan opened the portal and a gust of strong black wind surrounded the hole and the five onlookers.
The guys hesitated to enter. They didn't now what hell was going on down there and they didn't know if they were strong enough to withstand it. Their eyes darted around to decide who would jump through first. They all stood their ground and finally Yusuke was the first to jump.
"Tell my mom I love her!" Yusuke was engulfed by the darkness and disappeared below.
Then Kurama jumped.
"Tell my mom the same and I'm sorry!" He disappeared.
Hiei jumped in silence.
Kuwabara was the last to jump.
"Feed my cat Botan!"
Botan smirked slightly and closed the portal.
"Please, don't die." Botan walked off the site in tears.
*~ Portal ~*
Screams of pain were heard from inside the portal, and Yusuke and the rest came into view. All looked to be in excruciating pain as they were falling into nothing.
Yusuke was having a nightmare in his head be played out again and again. He saw his beautiful planet being destroyed be a large black figure and he could do nothing to stop him. Every time he killed a human, Yusuke could feel their pain, every time he flattened a city Yusuke watched his loved ones die under the rubble of the buildings crashing down. Then, to Yusuke's fear, he watched it all happen again and again.
Kurama was having a different dream but with an equal amount of pain and torture. A feeling came from Kurama's stomach and as a sting entered his abdomen a large energy left his body. It was Youko. Kurama, doubled over in silent pain, watched as his mother suddenly entered his mind and Youko began killing her. Watching him murder her, Kurama saw that it was not actually Youko who was killing her, but a dark figure, baring horns on its head. Now, the figure was killing his mother and Youko, ripping them limb from limb, feeding upon their flesh. Inside his head, Kurama slowly died knowing he did nothing to save his family.
In Kuwabara's head he was having a nightmare beyond any other nightmare he had had before. He was stuck in a glass box frantically looking for a way out. As he peered at the muddy banks below him he saw... himself. Kuwabara tried to scream for help but no voice came from his throat, he could only stay put. Kuwabara's double stood up and summoned the spirit sword. He had on a stern face as he spotted children playing by the water. Observing his movements, he sat in horror as his double killed the children by the bank and shoved their dead corpses into the water. Kuwabara banged on the box he was captive in, pleading for him to stop. He didn't. Walking away, blood seeped to the surface of the water, he looked back at himself and now he saw someone else. It was a black body, with horns and blood red eyes staring into Kuwabara's soul... and laughing.
In Hiei's dream he was back on the Island of Koorime. Who stood before him, was his mother Hina, and his sister, Yukina. Yukina wrapped her arms around Hiei's neck and said a word He never thought she would. 'Brother'. She cried on his shoulders as Hina smiled above them and said 'son'. Hiei thought this would never happen. That Yukina would accept him as her brother, and that his mother was alive. He felt, for the first time in his life, that he was truly accepted. He felt good inside, but suddenly that all changed. A black hole was formed below the three family members and Hina fell into her demise. Yukina and Hiei looked on. Watching Hina disappear from sight, Hiei could see tear gems follow his mother's path and be sucked into the hole. He saw Yukina crying uncontrollably and a laugh entered his ears. He let his eyes follow the noise and in the black hole he saw two piercing red lights that blinded his vision. Hiei couldn't see a thing, but then he heard the slowly dying away scream of Yukina. She had fallen into the hole and reached out for her brother's hand. Hiei reached his hand towards Yukina's but his hand only passed through hers. He sat staring at his sister, the only reason he stayed alive, fall into a forever death of lost screams. He looked at his hand and realized that he was a ghost. He was dead.
The four's nightmares were ended as their bodies met with the ground, all of them gasped for air and light to wake them up. They laid there waiting to realize that their horrid nightmares were only that, nightmares. Although, the pain in watching those things happen didn't disappear as fast as the picture, they slowly realized those things never happened.
They sat up and looked at each others faces, and realized that they all saw their own version of Hades.
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Chapter 3: dreams
"Has anyone ever been down to Hades and come back?" Kuwabara asked sitting in Koenma's office.
"Well yes actually. But they were dead by the time they were spat back out." Koenma answered looking out the window.
"Jeez. Is it that bad off a place?" Yusuke asked.
"Yes. It's the land of the most evil demons and their slaves. There could be a chance that Serena isn't even alive anymore but no one knows. That's most of the information that we have, sorry." Koenma looked back out through the window.
'Wow, Koenma is so serious about this. I hope that Serena is still alive and that I can save her.' Yusuke felt his first taste of real sadness. This mission seemed to be more of a personal thing to everyone.
"I'm not exactly sure if you're going to have to fight anyone. But an angel in Hades is very valuable so retrieving her will be hard no doubt about it. You're going to have to pose as slaves and get as close to Serena as you can and convince her to go with you."
"Okay, how do we get to Hades?" Kurama asked with the slightest bit of untraceable fear in his voice.
"There is an old portal located in the southwestern part of Makai. It hasn't been used in centuries but it is the only way to enter Hades. You can be teleported there. When you enter, you will probably be in the backgrounds of Hades and Serena most likely will be in the center where the slave city is. If you are confronted by anyone you must not fight back. They will take you to be a slave in the city and that is where you want to be. This may take a while so you should be going."
"So I guess we're going to Hades." Yusuke stood up ready to leave.
"First I find out there's a real Limbo and now there's a real Hades, jeez." Kuwabara stood too and walked to stand next to Yusuke.
"Will there be anything we need to bring?" Hiei asked from the shadows.
"No, you'll be fine with what you have now. Botan can teleport you to the portal."
"Come on boys, we should get going now." Botan walked out of the room with Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei behind.
*~ Southwestern part of Makai ~*
"The portal should be around here somewhere." Botan was walking in mud looking for the old portal to go to Hades.
"The portal is incredibly old, almost as old as Makai itself, so it may take a while to travel through, and it may hurt. Here it is." Botan pushed a group of weeds out of the way to show a large black hole in the ground. It had swirling colors of only black and darker black.
"And I thought I was going to Hades after death." Hiei stood next to the whirling black hole staring down into its bowels and only seeing further darkness.
"Be careful. Please you guys, just be careful." Botan opened the portal and a gust of strong black wind surrounded the hole and the five onlookers.
The guys hesitated to enter. They didn't now what hell was going on down there and they didn't know if they were strong enough to withstand it. Their eyes darted around to decide who would jump through first. They all stood their ground and finally Yusuke was the first to jump.
"Tell my mom I love her!" Yusuke was engulfed by the darkness and disappeared below.
Then Kurama jumped.
"Tell my mom the same and I'm sorry!" He disappeared.
Hiei jumped in silence.
Kuwabara was the last to jump.
"Feed my cat Botan!"
Botan smirked slightly and closed the portal.
"Please, don't die." Botan walked off the site in tears.
*~ Portal ~*
Screams of pain were heard from inside the portal, and Yusuke and the rest came into view. All looked to be in excruciating pain as they were falling into nothing.
Yusuke was having a nightmare in his head be played out again and again. He saw his beautiful planet being destroyed be a large black figure and he could do nothing to stop him. Every time he killed a human, Yusuke could feel their pain, every time he flattened a city Yusuke watched his loved ones die under the rubble of the buildings crashing down. Then, to Yusuke's fear, he watched it all happen again and again.
Kurama was having a different dream but with an equal amount of pain and torture. A feeling came from Kurama's stomach and as a sting entered his abdomen a large energy left his body. It was Youko. Kurama, doubled over in silent pain, watched as his mother suddenly entered his mind and Youko began killing her. Watching him murder her, Kurama saw that it was not actually Youko who was killing her, but a dark figure, baring horns on its head. Now, the figure was killing his mother and Youko, ripping them limb from limb, feeding upon their flesh. Inside his head, Kurama slowly died knowing he did nothing to save his family.
In Kuwabara's head he was having a nightmare beyond any other nightmare he had had before. He was stuck in a glass box frantically looking for a way out. As he peered at the muddy banks below him he saw... himself. Kuwabara tried to scream for help but no voice came from his throat, he could only stay put. Kuwabara's double stood up and summoned the spirit sword. He had on a stern face as he spotted children playing by the water. Observing his movements, he sat in horror as his double killed the children by the bank and shoved their dead corpses into the water. Kuwabara banged on the box he was captive in, pleading for him to stop. He didn't. Walking away, blood seeped to the surface of the water, he looked back at himself and now he saw someone else. It was a black body, with horns and blood red eyes staring into Kuwabara's soul... and laughing.
In Hiei's dream he was back on the Island of Koorime. Who stood before him, was his mother Hina, and his sister, Yukina. Yukina wrapped her arms around Hiei's neck and said a word He never thought she would. 'Brother'. She cried on his shoulders as Hina smiled above them and said 'son'. Hiei thought this would never happen. That Yukina would accept him as her brother, and that his mother was alive. He felt, for the first time in his life, that he was truly accepted. He felt good inside, but suddenly that all changed. A black hole was formed below the three family members and Hina fell into her demise. Yukina and Hiei looked on. Watching Hina disappear from sight, Hiei could see tear gems follow his mother's path and be sucked into the hole. He saw Yukina crying uncontrollably and a laugh entered his ears. He let his eyes follow the noise and in the black hole he saw two piercing red lights that blinded his vision. Hiei couldn't see a thing, but then he heard the slowly dying away scream of Yukina. She had fallen into the hole and reached out for her brother's hand. Hiei reached his hand towards Yukina's but his hand only passed through hers. He sat staring at his sister, the only reason he stayed alive, fall into a forever death of lost screams. He looked at his hand and realized that he was a ghost. He was dead.
The four's nightmares were ended as their bodies met with the ground, all of them gasped for air and light to wake them up. They laid there waiting to realize that their horrid nightmares were only that, nightmares. Although, the pain in watching those things happen didn't disappear as fast as the picture, they slowly realized those things never happened.
They sat up and looked at each others faces, and realized that they all saw their own version of Hades.