Kat: Hi, we're back again
Kii: I see they're excited. sarcasm
Kat: No, new reviews today pouts
Kii: That's normal.
Kat: Let's just jump into this chapter today.
Kii: Okay.
Kat: we own none of the YYH characters.
Kii: Yes.
Chapter 7: Behind the Smoke
Kii stared at him. "Hachi? How original."
Sakia jabbed her in the ribs. "You baka. No matter how hurt you are, you're always as mouthy as ever."
"I see that you have brought some friends to try and help you out?" the man, who finally has a name, asked.
Kii sneered at him. "Friends that are just as fair as having those bees of yours." She motioned to the ice covered ceiling.
"I never said anything about them not being able to help you," he said before looking up to see all of his children frozen to the ceiling. "What did you do to my children?" he asked angrily.
"Well what does it look like? Don't be dumb," Kii replied.
"But... but how?" he muttered. "My poor children."
"I did it, if you really want to know," Sakia replied.
"Who are you?"
"Takami Sakia. I'm an ice kitsune if you must know," Sakia replied.
"I'm Sage Kat. And I'm a physic Neko," Kat chirped in.
"I don't care who you are just who did this to my children," he angrily answered.
"I did it," Kurama lied.
"And you would be..."
"Just call me Kurama," he replied.
The three girls looked at him confused.
"You smell like roses. How could you produce ice?" asked Hachi.
"... Mysterious isn't it?" Kurama said calmly.
"Yes, I guess it is," answered the bee man.
"Well, I suppose we aren't going to be able to leave with out a fight. So if you must fight someone, then fight me," Kurama told him.
"You guessed right, but let's not fight in here," Hachi answered. "Follow me," he said walking out the room.
"Be careful, Kurama! He's tricky!" Kii said in a sudden outburst.
"So, am I," Kurama answered with a wink following Hachi out the room.
"I'm going to watch!" Kii said, shoving Sakia away from her, and running after Kurama.
"We should go too, Sakia. He may need our help. Especially if Kii's running after him," explained Kat.
"... He'll be fine. Especially since Kii's fought him before. He'll be able to get advice from her," Sakia said. "We should stay out of the way and allow Kii to say and do as she pleases, unless it's something unnecessary."
"Right!" stated Kat. "We should hurry up then the fight might have already begun."
Sakia nodded and headed out the door.
"Kurama! Please be careful," Kii said. "He's very, very tricky. He used almost all my tricks right back at me."
"Yes, but I have my own tricks up my sleeves that I don't think that he'll be able to use back," Kurama answered mildly amused.
"... Then I hope you use them well," Kii replied.
"I will," he replied turning towards his opponent.
Kii backed off a bit, and looked on worriedly.
Sakia and Kat finally arrived, and stood next to Kii.
"I see that they haven't started yet," said Kat watching the two opponents.
Kii nodded.
Kurama took his rose out from his hair and transformed it into a rose.
"You think that you can beat me with that?" questioned Hachi.
Kurama didn't reply.
"What's he doing?" Sakia whispered.
"Like I know," replied Kat.
Kii shrugged. "He's using a rose whip. You're a kitsune. You should know that."
"I'm only like a quarter kitsune!" Sakia protested.
"Would you two please keep it down? I'm watching the fight," Kat interrupted.
"...So... the fight begins," Kii remarked, silently watching the fight before them.
"I guess that you're not much of a talker," stated Hachi. "Very well then."
He disappeared and reappeared behind Kurama. Kurama threw a seed at the ground near Hachi's feet, and a plant grew out of it, and grasped Hachi.
He tried to wiggle free but every time he tired the plant became tighter.
"...The harder you struggle the tighter it squeezes," Kurama said calmly.
"Thanks for the info," sneered Hachi. "Watch this though."
He struggled even more until the plant squeezed him so hard that he became millions of bees.
Kii let out a gasp, along with Sakia.
"Does anyone know what just happened here?" asked Kat.
"..." Kii and Sakia didn't reply. Their eyes glued to the fight.
The sound of the buzzing from the bees began to sound like laughter.
"I told you that you can't beat me," buzzed them as they became one again.
'He can regenerate himself! Let's hope Kurama has some experience with this type of demon!' Kii thought.
"Now, let's continue," stated Hachi flying towards Kurama.
Hachi extended his claws ready to sting. Just before he came too close to Kurama, Hachi let out a smoke screen. As everything became a cloud, Hachi was able to nick Kurama right before Kurama jumped out of the way.
When the smokescreen disappeared, Kurama was nowhere in sight.
"Oh, no, where's Kurama?" asked Kat worried looking all over the place.
"Look up," Kii said simply.
"Huh?"
Up in the air, from jumping out of the way, a totally silver kitsune existed.
"That's not Kurama, Kii," Kat informed the mistaken Kii.
"Yes it is," she said simply. "The spirit energy is very much the same. This one is just a little more demonic."
"Well, if you say so," she answered. "You know, he's kinda cute."
Kii didn't mention she thought the same.
The silver kitsune landed near Hachi.
"What happened to that Kurama I was fighting with?" asked Hachi a bit nervous.
"He needed me," he replied calmly but a bit coldly. "My name is Youko Kurama."
Hachi took a nervous step back. "Yoo... Youko Kurama. The Youko Kurama?" he asked.
"Yes," Youko replied simply.
'This isn't good. I wasn't expecting this,' thought Hachi. 'How am I going to win?'
"Enough talk," Youko replied coldly and he took out a seed, and tossed it. From it sprouted a death plant. "Girls. Stay still unless you want to die."
Kii nodded reassuringly at her pals, before freezing.
"What is this another one of you stupid plants? I escaped you're last one what makes you think that I won't do the same here?" he questioned with a laugh.
Youko looked at him coldly. "It's called at Death Plant. Should I tell it to eat you?" He asked him calmly.
"If it can," he sneered back.
"This plant is very deadly. It eats anything that moves. Including bees," Youko replied.
"Let's see then," Hachi answered lunging towards Youko.
The plant automatically swallowed Hachi.
He tried to separate into bees but when he did he couldn't find away out.
"Eww, that's gross," stated Kat watching the plant swallow Hachi.
"That was short. And uneventful," Kii boredly stated.
"Yeah, I wanted more blood," Kat said after just saying that it was gross.
"And you claimed that a man-eating plant was gross," Kii said rolling her eyes. Kii then eyed the Death Plant. "Sush. Hold still."
"Oops," she said freezing again.
The plant shrunk back down to a seed, and Youko Kurama picked it up. "You can move now."
Kii unfroze, and walked over to him. "Good fight," she complimented him.
"So, you're Youko Kurama. Who would have guessed?" asked Kat walking towards him.
Youko nodded to both girls.
"So... You going to change back to Kurama now?" Sakia asked.
"No," Youko said. "I'm staying out until we get back."
"Hey, tell us what happened in the smoke screen. I couldn't see a thing," questioned Kat.
"Well... I changed into Youko Kurama," he replied.
"That was all?"
Youko nodded.
"That sucks no punches or anything?"
"...Kat. Be quiet now," Kii replied.
"Sorry," Kat said shutting her mouth. "One more question though," she said. "How are we going to get out?"
"Kii?" Sakia asked.
Kii shook her head.
"Not the way we came," Sakia replied.
"Maybe you can quickly teach me. Then you both don't have to use the rest of your energy," suggested the once quiet Kat.
"... It doesn't go that way, Kat," Sakia replied.
Kii smiled bitterly. "Yeah. You wouldn't understand."
"That isn't fair. You both have cool techniques and I don't," she pouted.
"This is forbidden!" Kii snapped.
"Soo, it's still cool."
"Forbidden? I meant to ask you about that," Youko Kurama interrupted.
Kii and Sakia stayed silent.
"It probably means that they don't want to teach it to anyone else," whispered Kat into Youko's ear.
"It does not!" Kii snapped.
"Its way too dangerous for you to know!" Sakia snapped.
"It's forbidden, because it can kill you! It was forbidden by King Yanma a long time ago!" Kii yelled.
"Now, we're going to talk about dangerous? Don't even get onto the topic with me," Kat hissed.
Kii and Sakia were angrier than angry.
Surprisingly Kat didn't care too much that two of her best friends were angry at her. She was angry at them too so it didn't matter.
"You know what? I think that I'm just going to leave," Kat said angrily twirling around and walked out.
Kii huffed. "Whatever."
"Forget you two," she mumbled. "By the way," said Kat turning around. "I'm going home to get my things then I'm gone. You seem that you can deal without me."
"Whatever," Kii replied, spinning on her heels and walking in the opposite direction. "At least I don't have someone to tell my secrets anymore."
"I didn't mean too, but I'm glad that I did," Kat snapped.
Kii continued to walk away.
"Umm... are you going to stop them?" asked Youko to Sakia. Sakia just stood silent.
"Luckily, I don't tell you many of my secrets because of one flaw of yours," Kii replied calmly, still walking.
"Oooh, I have a flaw? What would that be?" Kat asked turning around.
"You drink too much. And you have a good way of getting me pissed," she replied, not stopping.
"And you think that that's a flaw? Yeah, I drink but most people do, and it's not a flaw. Do you even know why I started to drink in the first place?" the neko asked walking towards Kii now. "Well, do you?" she asked again.
"Because you couldn't handle the stress that was put on you for dealing with Tsunami. Dealing with Sakia, Sayo, and me," she replied, and disappeared.
"That's not all. You don't even know my past. What I went through. So, don't talk to me about flaws or danger or anything like that," she cried and disappeared in the opposite direction.
"Well, that was odd. Do they normally fight like this?" asked Youko.
"You get Kii, I'll get Kat. Kii's in that tree," Sakia told Youko, pointing to a nearby tree.
"Okay," Youko said walking to the tree as Sakia went looking for Kat.
"Kat-chan! Oh Neko!" Sakia called out.
Kii glared darkly at Youko. "What do you want?"
"I just wanted to see if you were okay," he replied.
"I'm fine," she said stubbornly, blushing a bit.
"What was that all about inside?" asked Youko.
Kii didn't answer immediately. "It was about me. Okay? Happy?"
"What's wrong with you?"
"I'm just angry," Kii said. "I'm sorry for taking it out on you."
"That's okay. We should see how Sakia's fairing with Kat."
Kii jumped down and they both began looking for the two.
"Kat-chan?" Sakia called out.
"Leave me alone," replied Kat looking in a pond.
"No I won't," Sakia said. "You're being stupid again."
"No, I am not," she replied angrily. "Kii is."
"Well at least she isn't leaving her friends!"
"What friends?"
"...You're serious, aren't you?" Sakia looked hurt.
"Why? Can't I be serious for once?" snapped Kat.
"Now I see why Kii's so angry!" Sakia said angrily. This shocked Kat, for Sakia never ever lost her temper or yelled at anyone.
"Wow, I see that I'm making more enemies too today then I have mad in the last month. Isn't this just my luck?" stated Kat. "I'm leaving. Don't bother to look for me." She got up and began walking away.
Sakia's blood began to boil, and her aura got dark.
"Don't bother ever coming back," she said and stomped into the other direction.
"I wasn't planning too," was the reply.
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Kii: And tis the end.
Kat: Yeappers.
Kat Kii: RR
