Author's Note: Hi people. I'm in a horribly crappy mood today. I really hope it doesn't affect my plans for this
evil evil peice of crap I call a story, because then it will be as angsty as Enigmatic, and nobody wants that. I
apologise for taking so long and stuff, I've been wrapped up in reading wierd online comics lately. And I'm annoyed
by the fact nobody seems to be reading MINE. Alas, this has nothing to do with Chapter Twelve, so please, continue
on reading. Yes, I am scary. I must go on and finish this story soon before it rots my brain. Not that I had one,
but, you know...
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~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Twelve
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The elevator doors opened.
There was nothing. Nothing but the vast, open hallways of impending doom. Holding his index finger to his lips, Kurama
motioned for them to follow him.
Jin floated to avoid footsteps, staying behind Sniper, who tiptoed behind Kurama. They went to the stairs, and stood
there for a while, waiting for Hiei. They had to rely on him for a lot of this mission. Kurama looked at his watch and
was surprised to see that ten minutes went by already.
"I'm worried..." He whispered.
"Don't be. He's probably having a little fun," Jin winked.
"If 'fun' is what you'd call it," Hiei said, appearing next to Kurama. The fox noted that there was a bit of blood on
the blade.
"Hiei..."
"What? He shot me," He said and walked swiftly away, down the dark hallway.
Kurama's eyes widened. "Sh-shot him...?"
Hagiri looked at Kurama's horror-filled face. He took the fox's hand in his and tugged him down the hallway, Jin flying ahead to float by Hiei's side.
"Shot you, eh?" Jin asked quietly. "Why didn't you dodge it?"
"I did, kind of. It only scraped my shoulder, but had I completely dodged it, it would have hit the daughter of one of
the men. A small child like that does not deserve death by bullet."
"So, you have some compassion and a small sense of honor."
Hiei brushed that off and halted Jin. "It's right here. Don't take one more step, or those guns will be automated to
shoot you."
"What guns?"
"The ones hidden in the walls."
Jin noticed that Hiei's jagan was revealed. He also noticed a small bit of blood dripping between Hiei's small fingers.
Kurama walked up and stood behind Hiei, looking at the tear of cloth on his shoulder.
"Hiei..."
"Don't move. The guns will shoot you when you touch this line of light."
"There are guns. In the walls," Jin stated, with a nod of his head and a twitch of his ears.
"This is your job now," Hiei said, giving Jin a lazy look.
Jin snapped. "Oh yeah!" He looked at Kurama, who was staring blankly at Hiei's shoulder.
Hiei's voice brought him back. "You should carry me over first. That way, I can defeat any sort of threat that may stand
there. Then bring Kurama over. He seems too in space right now to defend himself right now. Sniper can be last so that he
can make mincemeat of any person that followed us."
Jin nodded, and suddenly scooped Hiei up, and took off, flying over the laser lines, his head almost touching the roof.
Kurama reached his hand up. Hagiri looked at him and thought, was I this pathetic when Touya was taken away?
And there was silence. An empty, uncomfortable silence in the black, vacant hallways in the abyss. Kurama said nothing,
Hagiri said nothing. And they were alone.
The moonlight reflecting off of the snow as it drifted by the window was the only light they had at the moment.
"What happens if he doesn't come back...?" Kurama suddenly whispered.
"Don't be so paranoid. This is how I felt when they stole Touya from me."
Kurama looked at him with sad eyes. "I'm sorry."
"It's fine," Hagiri said, shifting his gaze out the window. "Because I know I'll get him back, and nothing can stop me."
"I wish I had that kind of confidence," Kurama smiled.
"You do. You're just so overcome by worry and anticipation, you can't remember it."
"There's a lot of things I can't remember," Kurama stated, trying to materialize 'kaasan's smiling face in his mind, and
drew a blank.
Jin grabbed Kurama a second later, and told Hagiri he would be back in a second.
He stood there, in the dim light, and was suddenly reminded of the song that Touya sang to him that night. The one line
stuck to him tonight like glue. "Blinking in an instant, to go running into the dim light..."
He held onto this song deep within his heart, because it was a sign of Touya's love.
He suddenly, strongly and fiercely, needed Touya by his side, now more than ever. He barely noticed when Jin took him
to the other side of the hallway, barely noticed the group as they decended toward the even darker room full of prison-
like cages. Hagiri then felt a cold, a familiar cold, but it was faint. He walked down the column of the cages, following
the cold signal. He was unaware of the others following close behind him.
He stopped abruptly, and looked inside. Yet, it was too dark. Hiei peered in with his jagan, and took his sword, slicing through the bars like they were nothing.
"Don't breathe this air in," Kurama said suddenly. "It's all chloroform, to keep him unconscious. He must have put up a
fight."
"Can't chloroform kill?" Hiei asked.
Kurama nodded and Hagiri covered his mouth and nose with his jacket, plunging into the room. Hiei followed, his scarf
coming in handy. And Hagiri saw him, leaning against the wall, breathing slowly, almost skipping a breath. And he wasn't
just leaning, he was chained to the wall. Hiei brought down his sword again, and Touya was released. Hagiri gathered him
in his arms and ran out of the room, Hiei way ahead of him.
He looked at Touya's bruised wrists, from the chains. Clutching the Ice Prince close to him, he looked at Kurama with
silent tears. "Thank you so much..."
Jin grinned at Hagiri's happiness, but Kurama's look was grim. Hiei saw that look, and went into serious-killer mode.
"Go now..." Kurama said. "Do you remember where to meet us?"
"We've got it all covered," Jin said.
Walking past him, Hagiri put a hand on Kurama's shoulder. "I'm sorry..."
The fox looked at him, and smiled thinly. He suddenly looked so stressed and depressed. "Go."
Nodding, Hagiri took his last look at him, and stalked after the wind Master. Hiei walked ahead, and Kurama followed him.
They reached a set of stairs that lead up. Lifting foot after foot, Kurama said nothing, and thought nothing. And he was suddenly aware that they halted in front of a set of large doors. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out the fake I.D.
card.
Hiei's hand found it's way into his.
"This is it," the fire demon said. "Are you ready?"
"There's no turning back now."
"Is there?"
Kurama shook his head.
And with a fierce gaze, he shot the card though the slot.
And the doors opened.
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Hieica: Damn me! Aren't I mean? Look what I did to you!! Don't kill me. And I want your opinions people. How long do you
think this story should be? I'm not sure. And it scares me.
Swissy: Yeah, so review it. NOW. NOW I SAID! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STILL READING THIS? REVIEW!!!!!!
evil evil peice of crap I call a story, because then it will be as angsty as Enigmatic, and nobody wants that. I
apologise for taking so long and stuff, I've been wrapped up in reading wierd online comics lately. And I'm annoyed
by the fact nobody seems to be reading MINE. Alas, this has nothing to do with Chapter Twelve, so please, continue
on reading. Yes, I am scary. I must go on and finish this story soon before it rots my brain. Not that I had one,
but, you know...
*
*
*
*
~A Red Rose in the Darkness~
Chapter Twelve
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*
*
The elevator doors opened.
There was nothing. Nothing but the vast, open hallways of impending doom. Holding his index finger to his lips, Kurama
motioned for them to follow him.
Jin floated to avoid footsteps, staying behind Sniper, who tiptoed behind Kurama. They went to the stairs, and stood
there for a while, waiting for Hiei. They had to rely on him for a lot of this mission. Kurama looked at his watch and
was surprised to see that ten minutes went by already.
"I'm worried..." He whispered.
"Don't be. He's probably having a little fun," Jin winked.
"If 'fun' is what you'd call it," Hiei said, appearing next to Kurama. The fox noted that there was a bit of blood on
the blade.
"Hiei..."
"What? He shot me," He said and walked swiftly away, down the dark hallway.
Kurama's eyes widened. "Sh-shot him...?"
Hagiri looked at Kurama's horror-filled face. He took the fox's hand in his and tugged him down the hallway, Jin flying ahead to float by Hiei's side.
"Shot you, eh?" Jin asked quietly. "Why didn't you dodge it?"
"I did, kind of. It only scraped my shoulder, but had I completely dodged it, it would have hit the daughter of one of
the men. A small child like that does not deserve death by bullet."
"So, you have some compassion and a small sense of honor."
Hiei brushed that off and halted Jin. "It's right here. Don't take one more step, or those guns will be automated to
shoot you."
"What guns?"
"The ones hidden in the walls."
Jin noticed that Hiei's jagan was revealed. He also noticed a small bit of blood dripping between Hiei's small fingers.
Kurama walked up and stood behind Hiei, looking at the tear of cloth on his shoulder.
"Hiei..."
"Don't move. The guns will shoot you when you touch this line of light."
"There are guns. In the walls," Jin stated, with a nod of his head and a twitch of his ears.
"This is your job now," Hiei said, giving Jin a lazy look.
Jin snapped. "Oh yeah!" He looked at Kurama, who was staring blankly at Hiei's shoulder.
Hiei's voice brought him back. "You should carry me over first. That way, I can defeat any sort of threat that may stand
there. Then bring Kurama over. He seems too in space right now to defend himself right now. Sniper can be last so that he
can make mincemeat of any person that followed us."
Jin nodded, and suddenly scooped Hiei up, and took off, flying over the laser lines, his head almost touching the roof.
Kurama reached his hand up. Hagiri looked at him and thought, was I this pathetic when Touya was taken away?
And there was silence. An empty, uncomfortable silence in the black, vacant hallways in the abyss. Kurama said nothing,
Hagiri said nothing. And they were alone.
The moonlight reflecting off of the snow as it drifted by the window was the only light they had at the moment.
"What happens if he doesn't come back...?" Kurama suddenly whispered.
"Don't be so paranoid. This is how I felt when they stole Touya from me."
Kurama looked at him with sad eyes. "I'm sorry."
"It's fine," Hagiri said, shifting his gaze out the window. "Because I know I'll get him back, and nothing can stop me."
"I wish I had that kind of confidence," Kurama smiled.
"You do. You're just so overcome by worry and anticipation, you can't remember it."
"There's a lot of things I can't remember," Kurama stated, trying to materialize 'kaasan's smiling face in his mind, and
drew a blank.
Jin grabbed Kurama a second later, and told Hagiri he would be back in a second.
He stood there, in the dim light, and was suddenly reminded of the song that Touya sang to him that night. The one line
stuck to him tonight like glue. "Blinking in an instant, to go running into the dim light..."
He held onto this song deep within his heart, because it was a sign of Touya's love.
He suddenly, strongly and fiercely, needed Touya by his side, now more than ever. He barely noticed when Jin took him
to the other side of the hallway, barely noticed the group as they decended toward the even darker room full of prison-
like cages. Hagiri then felt a cold, a familiar cold, but it was faint. He walked down the column of the cages, following
the cold signal. He was unaware of the others following close behind him.
He stopped abruptly, and looked inside. Yet, it was too dark. Hiei peered in with his jagan, and took his sword, slicing through the bars like they were nothing.
"Don't breathe this air in," Kurama said suddenly. "It's all chloroform, to keep him unconscious. He must have put up a
fight."
"Can't chloroform kill?" Hiei asked.
Kurama nodded and Hagiri covered his mouth and nose with his jacket, plunging into the room. Hiei followed, his scarf
coming in handy. And Hagiri saw him, leaning against the wall, breathing slowly, almost skipping a breath. And he wasn't
just leaning, he was chained to the wall. Hiei brought down his sword again, and Touya was released. Hagiri gathered him
in his arms and ran out of the room, Hiei way ahead of him.
He looked at Touya's bruised wrists, from the chains. Clutching the Ice Prince close to him, he looked at Kurama with
silent tears. "Thank you so much..."
Jin grinned at Hagiri's happiness, but Kurama's look was grim. Hiei saw that look, and went into serious-killer mode.
"Go now..." Kurama said. "Do you remember where to meet us?"
"We've got it all covered," Jin said.
Walking past him, Hagiri put a hand on Kurama's shoulder. "I'm sorry..."
The fox looked at him, and smiled thinly. He suddenly looked so stressed and depressed. "Go."
Nodding, Hagiri took his last look at him, and stalked after the wind Master. Hiei walked ahead, and Kurama followed him.
They reached a set of stairs that lead up. Lifting foot after foot, Kurama said nothing, and thought nothing. And he was suddenly aware that they halted in front of a set of large doors. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out the fake I.D.
card.
Hiei's hand found it's way into his.
"This is it," the fire demon said. "Are you ready?"
"There's no turning back now."
"Is there?"
Kurama shook his head.
And with a fierce gaze, he shot the card though the slot.
And the doors opened.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hieica: Damn me! Aren't I mean? Look what I did to you!! Don't kill me. And I want your opinions people. How long do you
think this story should be? I'm not sure. And it scares me.
Swissy: Yeah, so review it. NOW. NOW I SAID! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STILL READING THIS? REVIEW!!!!!!