A/N: ok guys....this is where the big turn of events happens, and the plot
thickens.....*cheesy duo grin* alrighty....i'm nervous XD....well anyways...thanks
for all your reviews for chappie 13.....and here's chappie 14.....oh and there
is some important conversing in this chappie between Hiei and
Aki...so....READ!!
~ Dark Takeover: Chapter 14 ~
"When do these guys give up?!" exclaimed a very annoyed Aklyis. She was becoming sick and tired of constantly being attacked by the intruders and demolishers of the peace.
"Lord Zoran commands that you come with us!" one of the minions shouted.
Hiei gave the man a flat vacant stare, "And if we don't?"
The man chuckled cruelly, "Then we'll have to kill you!"
"Sure..." came the sarcastic remark from Hiei as he leapt up in the air crashing down on the man full force knocking him out for good.
"Hey Miya, why don't you try using the Terra Jewel, like with the rest," Aklyis whispered to her alert sister.
Miya simply nodded, as she pulled out the jewel. As if on instinct, the jewel began to glow, and floated up into the air. Flashing, like all the others, the figure of a tall slim, middle aged woman appeared, her long wavy hair was an earthy brown colour, she had brilliant deep turquoise eyes and wore a long green velvety dress. As soon as she appeared an earthquake began to form beneath the minions of Zoran. The ground began to shake, and split beneath their feet, causing them all to fall through. Hiei, Aklyis, and Miya were left safe however.
"Well....that takes care of that," Miya smiled smugly, dusting her hands.
As the three teenagers walked along the plains, Miya began singing a not so very in-tune song. To Hiei, it was like nails against a chalkboard causing him to wince every now and then when the raven-haired girl hit a higher note.
"Would you SHUT UP?!" Hiei suddenly snapped, stress veins forming all over his face.
Miya suddenly stopped, spinning around, her big blue eyes becoming glossy, her bottom lip trembling slightly.
"Hey! Don't yell at my sister! She's just trying to keep the atmosphere cheerful you miserable twit!"
Hiei 'humphed,' "I'd rather get stabbed and die."
"Hey, being stabbed hurts you know." Aklyis retorted still somewhat annoyed.
"Yeah, like you would know," stated the fire demon glumly.
"Actually I DO know thank you very much. A few years ago, Miya here was getting charged at by one of those stinky soldiers and I ran in the way so she wouldn't have gotten stabbed, and ended up getting a blade through the gut."
"Pssht. Smart move."
The brunette scowled, "Would have done the same for you," she mumbled under her breath, but a bit too audibly. Hiei had heard this as his head snapped up as he stared at the girl beside him.
"Why?"
Aklyis was too stunned to move. Why had she just said that? Trying to remain calm and keep her composure, the girl simply shrugged in response and kept walking. Hiei eyed her carefully as she walked, noticing a tinge of red in her cheeks.
"Alright lookie here guys, the Aqua temple is built on a scrap piece of land in the middle of the lake. It's a huge building made of white limestone, and inside there's lots and lots of....water. I've heard that the temple has floors all the way to the bottom of the lake, and pressing different switches will allow water into the temple, so you can get to certain places." Miya said informing the group.
"Great, more traps," Aklyis mumbled still flustered.
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Zoran shook with anger as he glared down at his minions, "You failed my again! Insolent fools, your incompetence never ceases to amaze me!" And with the wave of his hand a portal was opened, and the men sucked in, to spend the rest of eternity in hell.
"Must I do everything myself?!"
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Hiei, Aklyis, and Miya stared out at the crystal clear lake, and the small island in the middle, where the giant temple stood.
"It's so beautiful," Aklyis said quietly, gazing upon the open waters completely awestruck at its beauty.
"Why don't you go take a swim," Hiei shot sarcastically, earning a glare from the brunette.
"Enough children," Miya began, "We have more important things to worry about."
"Miya's right, we can ride Leiko or Kyo to the temple." Aklyis suggested
"You mean those psychotic dragons of yours?" came the sarcastic remark from the fire demon once again.
Aklyis gritted her teeth using up all her strength to refrain from pouncing at him, "Well, you can swim then, and we'll ride the dragons."
"No thanks."
"Then put a sock in it!" the summoner exclaimed as she summoned out one of her dragons, "Alright hop on if you don't want to get eaten by the sea creatures."
The three climbed up on Leiko's back as the huge winged creature flew over to the island.
"Well, this is interesting, now how do we get in," wondered Aklyis as she gazed upon a giant metal gate blocking the entrance to the stone temple.
Hiei grunted as he simply grabbed the two girls, jumping up and leaping over using his demon strength and speed. The girls blinked as they looked around.
"Problem solved!" Miya chirped as she headed inside the temple, leaving the other two shaking their heads.
The temple inside was enormous. All it's walls were covered in limestone, a center platform in the middle of the temple, and all around was water. The temple went down three floors. The third way down at the bottom of the lake.
"Great, we have to swim down there," Miya pointed out as she noticed a switched at the bottom of the water filled temple, "I bet that lowers the water level! So, who's going for a swim?"
"Well I can't hold my breath that long," Aklyis said backing up a few steps indicating there was no way she would do it.
Hiei simply scowled as he plunged down into the water swimming towards the switch at the very bottom of the temple. It seemed like hours, but after about a minute he finally reached the switch, summoning all his strength to pull the heavy thing underwater, as he nearly ran out of breath. The water seemed to drain out into the lake outside the temple, as the level decreased to the point to which there was no water left in the temple at all.
Hiei sucked in a big breath of beloved air as he looked up at the girls still standing on the top floor.
Miya shouted down, "Great, looks like you're on your own bud! But don't worry we'll guide you!!"
Hiei scowled at her. 'Why should I help them? Right, whatever, I need them to get out now. Stupid girls....'
"Hey Miya pull that switch over there," Aklyis commanded pointing to a switch located on the platform which the two girls were standing on.
"Okie dokie," Miya complied as she hopped over, pulling the switch. Suddenly the water began to flush in again, sending Hiei floating up once more. However this time the water stopped at the middle floor. Hiei hopped up on the platform. Looking around he noticed that the giant rock column that held up the middle, and top platforms had some inscriptions in them, and what seemed to be a door. Of course, the rock hard door was meant to open at command, but why figure out what the magic word was when Hiei could just knock it down using his demon like strength? Well, there is no reason, since Hiei did just that, using his ungodly strength to topple over the old stones. Inside, a glow lit up the dark hallow column, as a blue spherical sapphire sat on a pedestal. The sapphire was imbedded in a gold round circular plate on the bottom and topside. Hiei simply picked up the stone, and pulled the final lever, allowing the water to rise once more to its initial level.
"And he made it look so easy too," Miya pouted as the three exited the temple, only to be greeted by more, once again, minions of Zoran. Unfortunately this time there were about one hundred armed men, ready to take on the three teens. Aklyis winced. This was going to get ugly. Miya looked at the Aqua Jewel, which Hiei still held in his arms.
'We've gotta use it!' she thought to herself, eying the glowing sapphire.
"You kids are dog meat!" one man shouted the usual threat.
"You ain't getting away this time brats!!" Another yelled out in a gruff voice.
"Oh yeah!! We'll see about that!!" A confidant Miya rang out, breaking the circle of fear among the three, "Hiei pass me the Jewel!" she yelled, as Hiei casually tossed it to her. Holding the Jewel up, Miya secretly asked the priestess for a strong enough force to wipe out all the soldiers. The sapphire began to glow, and seemed to have a water-like substance trapped inside. The sky suddenly darkened around them, as thunder began to crash, and the water in the lake became restless. The wind blew hard, tempting the waves to become stronger. Slowly a huge tsunami began to work up as it towered over the group of soldiers. On top of the enormous wave stood a mystical woman, who seemed to be made of water. Her long wavy blue hair running past her waste, pale skin, with elfish pointy ears. Her arms outstretched, she pushed the title wave forward. It crashed down on the soldiers, and the three companions. Sending everyone in different directions. The soldiers had taken a much harder, direct blow, as most drowned instantly. Aklyis and Miya swept off in one direction, while Hiei was blown away into the other.
"HIEI!!" Aklyis screamed, outstretching her arm to him as he was taken away with the wave. Her voice seemed to fade out to him, as he began to lose his mind in the water. It felt like a brick had fallen on his head, as he slowly lost consciousness and allowed the water to carry him to safety.
~~~ A few hours later ~~~
Hiei slowly opened his eyes, allowing the light of day to invade him. Groaning he sat up, trying to remember and comprehend what had happened. Looking around he realized Aklyis and Miya were no longer with him. 'Does this mean freedom?' he thought. A faint sound of chains, and footsteps made his ears perk up. Jumping to his feet and spinning around, the fire demon came face to face with pale eyes. It was no one other than the sorcerer himself, Zoran.
"Hello nephew," came the calm greeting from Hiei's uncle.
"What do you want old man?" the fire demon spat with venom in his voice.
Zoran chuckled. Things were going just as he planned, "Look at you. You're pathetic. First you live your life like an animal, in the wild, now you have brought yourself so low, that you are jumping into lakes and nearly killing yourself for two little bitches."
Hiei was taken back by the comment slightly as he stepped away. He thought back to the temple. He had jumped into the water and nearly killed himself for them. In fact, he saved their lives numerous times. Even got himself injured for Aklyis and her little twit of a sister.
"You deserve more than this, boy," Zoran hissed, taking a step towards his nephew, "You have so much potential. Why are you throwing your life away in this dump? You can have it all with me."
"Yeah, if I bow down to you like a dog." Hiei stated flatly.
"Well would you rather be the dog to me, or to those whores. With me, you could have everything. You and I, we could rule together. We are as equals. I would never tell you to jump into a lake to fetch a silly little stone for me. No. You would have an army to do it for you. While you sit back and enjoy the show. I am telling you Hiei. Join me, and forget the past. It is time to move on, and do what you were destined to do. I know you lust power, wealth, fame. You were meant to have all of these! And you can, with me!"
Hiei thought. Yeah, sure Zoran was evil. But nevertheless, he was right. Hiei did want power. He did want wealth, and fame. And he had to admit, torturing and killing was quite the site to him. After all, he was a demon. Demons didn't have a place in the world. They were rejected, feared, and prosecuted wherever they went. Zoran seemed to read this instantly, "I know boy. I know the humans fear you for your demon strength and power! But why sink down to their pathetic low level to fit in? Show them your powers! Make them suffer for judging and expelling you! Take your rightful thrown!"
The more Hiei thought, the more it all made sense, and the more he wanted to join his uncle. He was right! Looking down, the fire demon noticed an outstretched hand from his uncle, silently asking him to join. Hiei looked at his uncle's gloved hand, and then in his eyes. It was tempting, so tempting that Hiei slowly moved his hand forward.
'Why not join? What benefits will I have here? It's just my stupid human side telling me to do the right thing. Well I AM doing the right thing. The right thing for me!' Without a second thought, Hiei brought up his hand and took his uncle's. He looked up into Zoran's eyes and smirked,
"Where to...Uncle"
A/N: *GASP * WHEEZE* that was the LONGEST chapter I've EVER written. IT'S TWICE AS LONG AS MY USUAL ONES!!! EVEN MORE!!! XD well I hope you guys liked the surprise. *sigh * if it was good, don't die just yet!! There's another one coming up in chappie 16!! And.....if you thought it was a bad surprise....well I'm sorryyyyyyyyyyyy really really sorrrrrrryyyyyy just don't come at me with pitchforks and axes!!! XD so....i've decided on the ending....and I'm guessing that this story will be around 25 chappies win or lose a few. So.....READ AND REVIEW!! AND TELL ME IF YOU WANT A SEQUEL OR NOT!!!
~ Dark Takeover: Chapter 14 ~
"When do these guys give up?!" exclaimed a very annoyed Aklyis. She was becoming sick and tired of constantly being attacked by the intruders and demolishers of the peace.
"Lord Zoran commands that you come with us!" one of the minions shouted.
Hiei gave the man a flat vacant stare, "And if we don't?"
The man chuckled cruelly, "Then we'll have to kill you!"
"Sure..." came the sarcastic remark from Hiei as he leapt up in the air crashing down on the man full force knocking him out for good.
"Hey Miya, why don't you try using the Terra Jewel, like with the rest," Aklyis whispered to her alert sister.
Miya simply nodded, as she pulled out the jewel. As if on instinct, the jewel began to glow, and floated up into the air. Flashing, like all the others, the figure of a tall slim, middle aged woman appeared, her long wavy hair was an earthy brown colour, she had brilliant deep turquoise eyes and wore a long green velvety dress. As soon as she appeared an earthquake began to form beneath the minions of Zoran. The ground began to shake, and split beneath their feet, causing them all to fall through. Hiei, Aklyis, and Miya were left safe however.
"Well....that takes care of that," Miya smiled smugly, dusting her hands.
As the three teenagers walked along the plains, Miya began singing a not so very in-tune song. To Hiei, it was like nails against a chalkboard causing him to wince every now and then when the raven-haired girl hit a higher note.
"Would you SHUT UP?!" Hiei suddenly snapped, stress veins forming all over his face.
Miya suddenly stopped, spinning around, her big blue eyes becoming glossy, her bottom lip trembling slightly.
"Hey! Don't yell at my sister! She's just trying to keep the atmosphere cheerful you miserable twit!"
Hiei 'humphed,' "I'd rather get stabbed and die."
"Hey, being stabbed hurts you know." Aklyis retorted still somewhat annoyed.
"Yeah, like you would know," stated the fire demon glumly.
"Actually I DO know thank you very much. A few years ago, Miya here was getting charged at by one of those stinky soldiers and I ran in the way so she wouldn't have gotten stabbed, and ended up getting a blade through the gut."
"Pssht. Smart move."
The brunette scowled, "Would have done the same for you," she mumbled under her breath, but a bit too audibly. Hiei had heard this as his head snapped up as he stared at the girl beside him.
"Why?"
Aklyis was too stunned to move. Why had she just said that? Trying to remain calm and keep her composure, the girl simply shrugged in response and kept walking. Hiei eyed her carefully as she walked, noticing a tinge of red in her cheeks.
"Alright lookie here guys, the Aqua temple is built on a scrap piece of land in the middle of the lake. It's a huge building made of white limestone, and inside there's lots and lots of....water. I've heard that the temple has floors all the way to the bottom of the lake, and pressing different switches will allow water into the temple, so you can get to certain places." Miya said informing the group.
"Great, more traps," Aklyis mumbled still flustered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Zoran shook with anger as he glared down at his minions, "You failed my again! Insolent fools, your incompetence never ceases to amaze me!" And with the wave of his hand a portal was opened, and the men sucked in, to spend the rest of eternity in hell.
"Must I do everything myself?!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hiei, Aklyis, and Miya stared out at the crystal clear lake, and the small island in the middle, where the giant temple stood.
"It's so beautiful," Aklyis said quietly, gazing upon the open waters completely awestruck at its beauty.
"Why don't you go take a swim," Hiei shot sarcastically, earning a glare from the brunette.
"Enough children," Miya began, "We have more important things to worry about."
"Miya's right, we can ride Leiko or Kyo to the temple." Aklyis suggested
"You mean those psychotic dragons of yours?" came the sarcastic remark from the fire demon once again.
Aklyis gritted her teeth using up all her strength to refrain from pouncing at him, "Well, you can swim then, and we'll ride the dragons."
"No thanks."
"Then put a sock in it!" the summoner exclaimed as she summoned out one of her dragons, "Alright hop on if you don't want to get eaten by the sea creatures."
The three climbed up on Leiko's back as the huge winged creature flew over to the island.
"Well, this is interesting, now how do we get in," wondered Aklyis as she gazed upon a giant metal gate blocking the entrance to the stone temple.
Hiei grunted as he simply grabbed the two girls, jumping up and leaping over using his demon strength and speed. The girls blinked as they looked around.
"Problem solved!" Miya chirped as she headed inside the temple, leaving the other two shaking their heads.
The temple inside was enormous. All it's walls were covered in limestone, a center platform in the middle of the temple, and all around was water. The temple went down three floors. The third way down at the bottom of the lake.
"Great, we have to swim down there," Miya pointed out as she noticed a switched at the bottom of the water filled temple, "I bet that lowers the water level! So, who's going for a swim?"
"Well I can't hold my breath that long," Aklyis said backing up a few steps indicating there was no way she would do it.
Hiei simply scowled as he plunged down into the water swimming towards the switch at the very bottom of the temple. It seemed like hours, but after about a minute he finally reached the switch, summoning all his strength to pull the heavy thing underwater, as he nearly ran out of breath. The water seemed to drain out into the lake outside the temple, as the level decreased to the point to which there was no water left in the temple at all.
Hiei sucked in a big breath of beloved air as he looked up at the girls still standing on the top floor.
Miya shouted down, "Great, looks like you're on your own bud! But don't worry we'll guide you!!"
Hiei scowled at her. 'Why should I help them? Right, whatever, I need them to get out now. Stupid girls....'
"Hey Miya pull that switch over there," Aklyis commanded pointing to a switch located on the platform which the two girls were standing on.
"Okie dokie," Miya complied as she hopped over, pulling the switch. Suddenly the water began to flush in again, sending Hiei floating up once more. However this time the water stopped at the middle floor. Hiei hopped up on the platform. Looking around he noticed that the giant rock column that held up the middle, and top platforms had some inscriptions in them, and what seemed to be a door. Of course, the rock hard door was meant to open at command, but why figure out what the magic word was when Hiei could just knock it down using his demon like strength? Well, there is no reason, since Hiei did just that, using his ungodly strength to topple over the old stones. Inside, a glow lit up the dark hallow column, as a blue spherical sapphire sat on a pedestal. The sapphire was imbedded in a gold round circular plate on the bottom and topside. Hiei simply picked up the stone, and pulled the final lever, allowing the water to rise once more to its initial level.
"And he made it look so easy too," Miya pouted as the three exited the temple, only to be greeted by more, once again, minions of Zoran. Unfortunately this time there were about one hundred armed men, ready to take on the three teens. Aklyis winced. This was going to get ugly. Miya looked at the Aqua Jewel, which Hiei still held in his arms.
'We've gotta use it!' she thought to herself, eying the glowing sapphire.
"You kids are dog meat!" one man shouted the usual threat.
"You ain't getting away this time brats!!" Another yelled out in a gruff voice.
"Oh yeah!! We'll see about that!!" A confidant Miya rang out, breaking the circle of fear among the three, "Hiei pass me the Jewel!" she yelled, as Hiei casually tossed it to her. Holding the Jewel up, Miya secretly asked the priestess for a strong enough force to wipe out all the soldiers. The sapphire began to glow, and seemed to have a water-like substance trapped inside. The sky suddenly darkened around them, as thunder began to crash, and the water in the lake became restless. The wind blew hard, tempting the waves to become stronger. Slowly a huge tsunami began to work up as it towered over the group of soldiers. On top of the enormous wave stood a mystical woman, who seemed to be made of water. Her long wavy blue hair running past her waste, pale skin, with elfish pointy ears. Her arms outstretched, she pushed the title wave forward. It crashed down on the soldiers, and the three companions. Sending everyone in different directions. The soldiers had taken a much harder, direct blow, as most drowned instantly. Aklyis and Miya swept off in one direction, while Hiei was blown away into the other.
"HIEI!!" Aklyis screamed, outstretching her arm to him as he was taken away with the wave. Her voice seemed to fade out to him, as he began to lose his mind in the water. It felt like a brick had fallen on his head, as he slowly lost consciousness and allowed the water to carry him to safety.
~~~ A few hours later ~~~
Hiei slowly opened his eyes, allowing the light of day to invade him. Groaning he sat up, trying to remember and comprehend what had happened. Looking around he realized Aklyis and Miya were no longer with him. 'Does this mean freedom?' he thought. A faint sound of chains, and footsteps made his ears perk up. Jumping to his feet and spinning around, the fire demon came face to face with pale eyes. It was no one other than the sorcerer himself, Zoran.
"Hello nephew," came the calm greeting from Hiei's uncle.
"What do you want old man?" the fire demon spat with venom in his voice.
Zoran chuckled. Things were going just as he planned, "Look at you. You're pathetic. First you live your life like an animal, in the wild, now you have brought yourself so low, that you are jumping into lakes and nearly killing yourself for two little bitches."
Hiei was taken back by the comment slightly as he stepped away. He thought back to the temple. He had jumped into the water and nearly killed himself for them. In fact, he saved their lives numerous times. Even got himself injured for Aklyis and her little twit of a sister.
"You deserve more than this, boy," Zoran hissed, taking a step towards his nephew, "You have so much potential. Why are you throwing your life away in this dump? You can have it all with me."
"Yeah, if I bow down to you like a dog." Hiei stated flatly.
"Well would you rather be the dog to me, or to those whores. With me, you could have everything. You and I, we could rule together. We are as equals. I would never tell you to jump into a lake to fetch a silly little stone for me. No. You would have an army to do it for you. While you sit back and enjoy the show. I am telling you Hiei. Join me, and forget the past. It is time to move on, and do what you were destined to do. I know you lust power, wealth, fame. You were meant to have all of these! And you can, with me!"
Hiei thought. Yeah, sure Zoran was evil. But nevertheless, he was right. Hiei did want power. He did want wealth, and fame. And he had to admit, torturing and killing was quite the site to him. After all, he was a demon. Demons didn't have a place in the world. They were rejected, feared, and prosecuted wherever they went. Zoran seemed to read this instantly, "I know boy. I know the humans fear you for your demon strength and power! But why sink down to their pathetic low level to fit in? Show them your powers! Make them suffer for judging and expelling you! Take your rightful thrown!"
The more Hiei thought, the more it all made sense, and the more he wanted to join his uncle. He was right! Looking down, the fire demon noticed an outstretched hand from his uncle, silently asking him to join. Hiei looked at his uncle's gloved hand, and then in his eyes. It was tempting, so tempting that Hiei slowly moved his hand forward.
'Why not join? What benefits will I have here? It's just my stupid human side telling me to do the right thing. Well I AM doing the right thing. The right thing for me!' Without a second thought, Hiei brought up his hand and took his uncle's. He looked up into Zoran's eyes and smirked,
"Where to...Uncle"
A/N: *GASP * WHEEZE* that was the LONGEST chapter I've EVER written. IT'S TWICE AS LONG AS MY USUAL ONES!!! EVEN MORE!!! XD well I hope you guys liked the surprise. *sigh * if it was good, don't die just yet!! There's another one coming up in chappie 16!! And.....if you thought it was a bad surprise....well I'm sorryyyyyyyyyyyy really really sorrrrrrryyyyyy just don't come at me with pitchforks and axes!!! XD so....i've decided on the ending....and I'm guessing that this story will be around 25 chappies win or lose a few. So.....READ AND REVIEW!! AND TELL ME IF YOU WANT A SEQUEL OR NOT!!!