To Flying Star: THANK YOU! Thats exactly what I wanted, to maintain the characters actual attitude and make them believeable. But this chapter puts that to the test, so PLEASE tell me how well I did it.
Chapter 11: The poison sinks
Location: Time Fluxuation, Kuabara's apartment
"A very interesting story, but how do we know you are trustworthy." Kurama asked.
"We did save Yuskue, didn't we?" Aileta asked.
"Yes I suppose that's true." Kurama said smiling. Yuskue, Kuabara, Kurama, Kayko (A/N: Lots of "K" names), Shizuru, Botan, Aileta and David sat in Kuabara's apartment. Koenma listened via a computer screen. Aileta had just finished explaining the situation to everyone. David grumbled about how he didn't understand a word and that there still weren't any chairs. But in the next room, a silent terror waited. Sahathroe sat patiently, picking up vibrations and translating them into words and movements.
"Hey aren't we missing someone?" Kuabara grumbled.
"Yeah were is shorty?" Yuskue joked.
"Uh…who are you talking about?" Aileta questioned. Kurama chuckled.
"They are talking about Hiei; he's a little stubborn and tends to keep to himself." Aileta translated to David. This time it was David's turn to laugh.
"Oh I know his type." David stood up. He began walking toward the window. "The only way to find them…is to impress them." David pulled out his staff. He opened the window and held the staff out in front of him. He energized it and the spirit weapon expanded from 7 inches, to 6 feet long. The tip began to glow and radiate. He stood there for a moment. He finally let his staff shrink and he put it back on his belt. "Aileta you can tell Hiei to come off the roof now." Aileta walked to the window and looked out. She glanced upward and saw a little black shadow looking down on her. She spoke to it.
"Um…Hiei…you can come down now." She said. The shadow dropped from its perch and landed right in front of Aileta. He glanced at the boy who had sat on the floor again.
"Kurama, who is this boy who can create an incredible amount of energy in such a small space?" Hiei said in his monotone voice.
"Boy isn't you the cheery one." Yuskue whispered to himself.
"Hiei this is David, and Aileta." Kurama explained. He then continued to tell the same story Aileta told, to Hiei. As he was saying this, Hiei slowly became disgusted.
"You actually expect me to believe that I am nothing more than a living memory. This whole time fluxuation nonsense is not worth my time." But as he said this, a small red snake had slipped under the door and began to crawl for the group of humans and demons. It slithered up to the nearest one, the one with blue hair. As the group tried to persuade Hiei that they were telling the truth, the serpent got under the table and poised itself for a strike. It wouldn't bite till it was told, and Sahathroe needed to give it a visual command. He eased the door open silently and looked at his creation. He pointed to it. The snake reared back. It shot forward and sunk its fangs into Botan's leg. She screamed in pain and jumped up. David ran over and ripped the snake off her leg. He threw it against the wall hard, killing it. Yuskue looked toward the door and saw the familiar face.
"You again!" He bolted for the door. Yuskue quickly gave chase. Sahathroe ran out of the hallway and broke through the door across from him. With Yuskue at his heels he leapt through the window and landed on the street below. Yuskue could only watch as he jumped to the next building and scaled it like Spiderman till he reached the roof, and disappeared. Yuskue sighed and walked back. Outside the door was Kayko, and she was crying. "Hey…what's wrong?"
"Its Botan…she's…she's…oh Yuskue." Kayko hugged him. Yuskue quickly caught on. He clenched his fists and filled himself with rage.
"There was nothing you could do Yuskue." Aileta said as she walked out of the room. That same snake almost got David the first time we met Sahathroe. Turns out a single drop would have killed her."
"Then I don't care if we do all die if we kill him…I want to punch his face in right now."
"Then we better start planning." The three walked back into the room.