Flamer: Well, I'm starting to like these moons... I'm making dragon steak tonight. Who wants some!
Kirbys: I DO!
You will eat none of my people, thank you!
Flamer: Most of them are going to die, anyway
Teen Koenma: You should stop talking before you get killed.
Flamer: Oh yeah? By who?
Hiei: jabs a stick in Flamer's mouth, making a Kirby-on-a-stick I was paid to do this. No hard feelings?
Flamer: muffled 'NO HARD FEELINGS' MY ASS!
Teen Koemna: But you don't have an ass.
Sun-Shine: This is true...
Kurama: sweatdrops On with the fic.
Wait wait wait! Before that, I got an annocement. Spikelives, i E-mailed you. just thought you might want to know that. And to those who wanted that lemon, gomen ne, but I can't find it for some reason. Won't get it, but the next lemons that won't show up in this story will be found, i promise.
Flamer: Yeah, let's see if you live up to it.
Yoko dashed through the forest, running with concentration in his yellow daggers. Suddenly, his ears turned to a sound to his left and dogded an attacking dragon. It flew at him with such speed that when it missed Yoko, it ran into a tree,blood splattering from it's broken face.
The fox had little time to check on it, for the source of which he was running from would catch up with him shortly... for it was flying.
/- We should have never split up. And why in the hell did Hiei have to follow Chi-Li when he knew that it would endanger Ruby! All we can do now is out run this devilish spell... but... -/
"But" was correct, for as this was a blue moon it was mating season now for foxes. Yoko was now wishing that Kai hadn't left his side when she did, because they had aburtly stopped their playfulness when it was getting dark.
/- Damn this Alpha! He's keeping Kai up there with him while the rest of us are risking life and limb! -/ Yoko cursed, dodging yet another offending dragon.
He decided that it would be best to go to the shore where the trees were taller. The fox jumped from branch to limb, climbing until he reached a branch on the very top that he could rest, but not be seen or smelled, for thetree bore flowers and fruit.
As he rested, he once again slapped himself mentally for going on a mission without getting proper infomation.Keeping down wind, Yokowentback to the events that played back to his position as his fox ears turned and perked to any sound that might attack him...
Sunset
Hiei, Ruby, and Chi-Li walked through the forest, talking through the plan to get into the fortress.
"Have you placed a day of our entry yet?" Hiei asked.
Chi-Li sighed.
"Not yet, Hiei. We have to get you guys in the fortress under the right moon, and now we have this threat of an evil blue moon coming over our island. I can't believe that our Alpha would betray us!" Chi-Li growled.
It hurt Chi-Li more to know that it was her reincarnate's mate that was doing all of this.
Ruby narrowed her eyes. "I don't think he betrayed us..."
Hiei and Chi-Li stopped and turned around, shocked.
"How could you say that! He kept you from knowing about a moon that turns you into a killer! How could you let that just pass your head, Ruby?" Hiei snapped, balling his fist.
However, Ruby's face didn't change.
"I know, but I see the sense behind it. If we knew about this killer moon, we wouldn't look into the sky, right? Well, the way I see it is... we fight each other to eliminate the weak from the powerful and only the ones that survive this battle royal deserves the right to live on."
Chi-Li gasped at the explanation. Her eyes were wide with a pained expression.
"Ruby... that's not the way I trained you. How could you ever have that train of thought in your mind? 'Picking the weak from the strong'; You're sounding like some kind of dictator!" Chi-Li hissed.
"We're living under one leader, aren't we? We might as well think like that." Ruby spat, arguing with her former mother.
Chi-Li's face went from pained to angry. She walked up to Ruby, her fist balled.
"I will not allow you to talk to me in this manner, Ruby-kun."
She huffed. "It's not like you're my damn mother."
"Fuck up! I think Kai would have your ass on the ground right now if she heard those words!"
Suddenly, Hiei whinched as a form of disclipline crossed his eyes. Ruby had beenpunched by her foster mother. The force combined with Chi-Li's anger proved too much for Ruby's balance and the mutt fell to the ground with a red mark on her face and a bleeding jaw.
Ruby whimpered as she quickly turned around to face Chi-Li's ice cold aqua eyes and streched aqua wings. Slowly, Chi-Li's anger calmed and she flew off, ashamed of her 'daughter'.
Hiei, somewhat understanding of the dragoness' anger, did not help Ruby up. This left the mutt cold in the heart, as if no one understood her. Suddenly, a statement from the fire demon cleared her clouded and blinded mind.
"To think... I used to sound like you, but I don't have the same twisted mind as that Alpha of yours."
And then he left into the darkening forest.
Ruby collasped onto her legs. What happened to her? When did she start to have the same train of thought as some sort of greedy and mentally challengedruler? Had she any mercy? The mutt looked up at thesunsetting sky with her tear stained eyes. Her eyes produced more and looked away, as the sky's color reminded Ruby of Kai... and what she would have thought of her right now.
Suddenly, from the corner of her eyes, she saw the shinning glow of a rising moon in the background...
Chi-Li hadn't flown off far. Just enough to get away from the bitch that was her former daughter. Infact, it really wasn't the fact of what Ruby said... it was just the fact that Ruby had been growing too confortable to the Makai and its rules. She had almost lost touch of her old personality. Ruby had become the zombie that their Leader wanted her to be, and it tooka sucker punchto get the oldRuby back.
Soon, Hiei came to her side, with his tradmark poker face.
"You became digusted with her, also?" Chi-Li asked, not looking in his direction.
Hiei huffed.
"I still love her, let's leave it at that." he answered, walking past her.
"And where are you going? It will be nightfall soon."
The fire demon sniffed the air, sighing with a smirk on his face.
"Can't you smell them?"
The dragoness was stumped until two familar scents crossed her nose. She chuckled in response.
"They just couldn't keep their hands off each other tonight, but it smells like they haven't started anything yet." Chi-Li stated.
As the two followed their noses, Chi-Li chuckled.
"Ruby's a bad influence on you, Hiei. I never knew you as an ease-dropper on things this personal."
"You're one to talk. I smelled you around while I was courting Ruby during the orange moon. Who was spying on who?" Hiei chuckled, looking at the blushing dragon.
/- I hate it when he's right. -/
Suddenly, there was a hand on her chest, signalling for her to stop. It startled her, because she still wasn't used to Hiei's extra inches and the fact that he was as tall as her. The fire demon seem to look at something behind the thick brush that he was behind. As Chi-Li sat on her knees and looked closer, she was in the most of envy, but almost cooed in the cuteness.
Yoko -sitting against a tree- was softly stroaking Kai's midnight hair, who was laying in the fox's lap. The dragon's eyes were closed as her head nuzzled into Yoko's neck. He dazed upon his lover's face as Kai's figure was highlighted by the lowering sun.
"I haven't seen them together like this since... well..." Hiei trailed off in a whisper.
Chi-Li looked at him with sympathy.
"Ruby's right about one thing. You do dweal on the past too much. That was decades ago, Hiei. Forget about it."
It was Hiei's turn to blush as he looked upon his companion's moment once again. Then, he listened in on a conversation.
"He stinks." Yoko suddenly spat.
Kai's orange orbs opened slowly, slightly startled by the unknown insult.
"Pardon?" She whispered.
Yoko looked down at Kai and sniffed once.
"Your Leader... his stinch is upon you."
Kai giggled a little.
"That's amusing, because Alpha strangled me because of the nasty taste of your mouth..."
Yoko gasped at Kai, and the dragoness gasped at herself, for she told herself that she would not tell Yoko that fact. The fox's eyes became cold, but still held concern.
"Has he done this before?"
Kai shook her head.
"No, because I haven't been 'sneaking around' until you came. I don't care what Leader says about your taste, your kisses are heavenly to me." Kai purred, nuzzling against Yoko's neck again.
However, Yoko wanted to remove this Alpha's horrid claim upon Kai's mouth and drew her into a 'heavenly' kiss. Kai giggled a little, before truly enjoying the soft connection. She cupped the fox's jaws, not wanting the beautiful embrace to break.
As they parted slowly, Kai smiled, scratching Yoko's ears affectionately.
"We are lucky that yesterday wasn't a blue moon. I was able to spend some extra time with you." She whispered.
The fox purred under her touching, murmuring. "If it didn't rise yesterday, I'll rise tonight..."
Both Hiei and Chi-Li tore away from the scene, thinking a little. Then, something went off in the fire demon's head.
"Don't you have to keep an eye on this forest?"
"And be attacked? No, thank you. Besides, I have to stay here and cover their sounds. Since it's not going to be an orange moon tonight, they will be easy to hear."
Hiei narrowed his eyes.
"How do you do that?"
"That's a secret." Chi-Li winked.
The fire demon rolled his eyes, and looked back on Yoko and Kai, hearing more conversation.
Yoko was trying to reatch behind his dragoness' armor piece, but Kai kept stopping him.
"Yoko... I can't..." She whispered.
"Why not? Do not be frightened of him. You could bathe afterwards. Besides... I need you. I haven't been able to touch you since I got here and yesterday... and I dare not let this Leader of yours have you. You are mine..." Yoko whispered, lust dripping from her lips.
Kai narrowed her eyes and Yoko reframed from his possessive train of thought. He remembered that the dragoness never wanted to be treated like someone's property ever again. The fox's yellow jewels softened as the darkening sky arose.
"I'm sorry, Kai. It's just this blue moon. It's my mating season and I'm not acting normal. It's taking all of my will power not to rape you... but you're so beautiful..." Yoko whispered, sounding like he was having a mental battle with himself.
Suddenly, Kai looked into the sky and saw that it was becoming dangerously late and she had to clean herself before returning. She kissed Yoko deeply once more before dissapearing into the forest.
Hiei was confused.
"What just happened?"
"Kai has to get to the towers before night fall and before the moon rises so Leader can keep an eye on her."
Hiei huffed.
/- So Karasu can keep his hands on her. I pity Kai. -/
Suddenly, Chi-Li was starting to act extremely distressed. She held her head in a pained manner and she was on the ground with pain. Hiei gasped and huddled over her, concerned.
"What's wrong?"
"The moon... it's drawing my face toward it..." She growled, trying to keep her head looking towards the ground.
The fire demon looked into the sky to see the evil moon coming east and rising.
Hiei tried to keep Chi-Li's face away from the moon, but the pull was too strong and the strain was putting pain upon the dragoness' neck. Chi-Li tried to just close her eyes as her face looked at the moon, but the evil power opened her lids and she could feel the overwhelming killer instinct starting to control her.
She pushed Hiei away, growling fiercly.
"Get... away! Warn Yoko... I'll... be attacking you two... soon! GO!"
As if on cue, Yoko -alarmed by the growling- came from the bush to see the problem.
"Hiei... Nani!"
"Run!" Hiei screamed before Yoko could firmly grasp the situation.
In a flash, Chi-Li's eyes were blank white and her movements were lethal and zombie like. She moaned and growled as she flew on the attack. Yoko and Hiei made a run for it, not wanting to hurt their friend, but not wanting to be killed.
"What's going on? I thought you told Chi-Li about the blue moon?" Yoko asked while running along side the fire demon.
"I did, but it seems that the moon had other plans."
Yoko's eyes widened. "Excuse me?"
"The moon was tearing Chi-Li's eyes to it, like another spell. That also means that Kai and Ruby will be forced to look at it. Since demons aren't affected by this -as you know- we're practically moving targets."
"Better moving than standing still." Yoko panted slightly.
He looked back to see that Chi-Li was still flying after them and seem to be gaining. Suddenly, an unknown dragon attacked Hiei in a mid-jump to the ground. He also had blank white eyes and snarled at the fire demon as if to bite him to death. Hiei used his legs to push the dragon off, but it came back for him. Yoko came to help, but Chi-Li was coming quickly.
"I'll take this one, Yoko. Keep going!" Hiei called out.
The fox nodded and continued to run. As Chi-Licame up toHiei and the other dragon, she simplyflew pastthem and persued the spirit fox. It was as if there was more to her spell than just the blue moon...
Yes, there was a envious glow in Chi-Li's blanked eyes that kept them on only Yoko, and she wouldn't give until he was dead.
Kai, looking down from the towers, cried silently. She had just learned the other part to the horrible blue moon from Karasu. Resistance was futile.
"How could you? How could you just let my family be killed? You won't even let anyone but us and the guards in the castle since it is protected by the spell." She sobbed.
Karasu, laying on the bed, seem to glow with a purple tint. Kai gasped at the sudden rise in his ki levels as the dragon chuckled evilly to himself.
/- Perfect. Each dragon that dies tonight... will add more power to myself. Soon, I will have all the power needed for my plans. -/
"Alpha?"
Karasu's tint vanished and his eyes fell on Kai, who looked at him with more fear than usual. He stood from the bed, walking over to her with a smile on his face. Kai looked at those eyes, seeing a half sane creature.
"Like I stated before... they are no offspring of mine... so I care nothing for them. My plans are centered around only us and the strongest that wake up tomorrow morning."
"What are these plans?"
Karasu once again chuckled in a sinister tone.
"You'll know in good time."
Kai shivered under how much vemon dripped from the statement, but how much care was in them for her. However, Karasu still didn't mention anything else, so that eased Kai slightly. Suddenly, that peace of mind went away as the dragon sniffed the air and his wings opened and closed slightly.
"That smell..." Karasu growled.
"Y-Yes..." Kai whimpered.
The dragon smiled cutely. "Lavender in your bath? It smells nice... you should use it more often."
Kai blushed from the statement and simply whispered an 'arigato'. Looking outside once more, she prayed that Yoko and the rest would survive as she rested out of harm's way. Karasu motioned for her to lay beside him as the purple tint started to engulf him once more.
The dragoness, still slightly attracted toward Karasu, obeyed and quickly fell alseep under the warm energy. Karasu kissed her lightly on her forehead as he listened -in his opinion- to the sweet song of a new beginning outside the window.
And it was here that Yoko sat, still trying to sleep knowing that somewhere, Ruby was probably killing, Chi-Li was still on his heels, and Hiei was probably fighting amob of zombie-like dragons right now. It was enough to make him guilty, for he knew that if he became involved, he would die and would be against Hiei's wishes.
Once again, he cursed Chi-Li and Hiei for leaving Ruby alone, although if he knew the reason, he would have done the same thing. Slowly, his mind fell to what silence there was in this night and his tired eyesclosed in suit.His ears had to listen for anydanger... in the evil and death-filled music of the Blue Moon's night.
Flamer: some how got loose from the stick, eating a dead dragon This tastes great! Come on, have some, Blue-Sky.
crying slightlyCan you please stop eating my kind? It's not healthy.
Flamer: stomach growls But I'm hungry!
Kurama: Here, eat this. gives him barbequed ribs
Flamer: eating Hey, this is better! YAY!
I'm glad you're happy... so the world won't be coming to an end.
Hiei: You are afraid of a singleKirby?
Everyone: YES!
Hiei: How pathetic. Review plz.