Hey, I don't know if even half of ya'll read my little thank you's, but I had a question up there for you all. Do any of you think that Arc is a "Mary Sue"? Tell me the truth, I can handle it. I swear, just be easy on me! Yes, I'm finally back. I got internet again. WOOT! (STARTS TO SING AND JUMP UP AND DOWN LIKE AN IDIOT) I'M SO HAPPY! Well, here you go, enjoy, and please don't hate me. I still love all of you!
Chapter 13
In Your Eyes
She stood up and faced them all. Her eyes kept changing back from blue to red.
"Arc, what happened to you", Kuwabara asked as he looked at her.
She stood there in a long blue silk dress that had slits up the sides that went straight up to her thighs, with a pair of blue silk pants underneath it. A red medallion was tied around her neck with a black leather string.
She didn't answer him, she just stared, debating what she was going to do to him.
"Arc..."
"Less talking, more action. Come on Arc, show me what you're capable of", Ruri shouted out to her.
Arc didn't say anything as she nodded her head and disappeared.
"Arc", Kuwabara called out to her.
She reappeared behind him and grabbed the back of his neck. A sudden blue light outlined her body and his. His body shook uncontrollably before it stiffened and his eyes shot open.
Ruri watched on in interest as she followed her new pet's every move. A smile curled on her lips when she saw Kuwabara fall lifelessly from Arc's hands.
"KUWABARA", Yusuke screamed.
His body had taken on a pale white, and his lips were blue. His eyes were shot open in disbelief and fear.
'How could she do that to him', Yusuke thought.
Arc turned towards the other three men chained to the walls and yelled, "Who's next?"
They all stared in wonder at her.
Next, was Yusuke. When he fell to the ground he tried to run towards Ruri but, Arc stopped him.
She sent a wall of fire around Ruri that rose high into the air, as Yusuke tried to jump over it.
"It's no use Yusuke. You must fight me, or die", Arc said to him as he shook with anger.
He looked over towards a dark walkway where two demons had dragged Kuwabara's body too.
He looked back up at Arc and couldn't believe that she had just killed his best friend, one of her own friends. But, what he saw made him even more confused. She stood there with a look that held nothing more than amusement but, her eyes they pleaded at him.
'What are you up to Arc', he thought.
"Come on Detective, I haven't got all day", Ruri muttered.
Yusuke took one final look at her, and than got in the arena with her.
'I get it', he thought.
"You ready to go down", he asked.
The fire around Ruri died down as Arc laughed and charged at him.
Hiei and Kurama watched on in silence. If they felt any fear or worry they didn't show it.
Yusuke blocked all of her attacks, and delivered a few of his own. He punched her in the stomach and she fell to the ground.
"You can stop this now, Arc. Just give me that medallion."
A chill laughter rang in his ears as he looked up at Ruri. A smug look was on her face.
"Do you really think that she will return to normal by just simply removing a necklace?"
She laughed wickedly again and stared at him with a weird look in her eyes. She stopped short when he took a few steps forward towards Arc's neck.
"If you remove it, than you kill her."
Yusuke's hand stopped and he looked down at Arc. She was on her hands and knees on the arena floor.
She didn't look like she was in any kind of physical pain but, when she looked up at Yusuke, he saw another kind of pain in her eyes that were now blue.
She tried to grab the necklace around her but, a shock of white electricity shocked her hand and singed it.
She looked up at him again and pleaded with her eyes.
"Please Yusuke", she begged as her eyes began to turn back to red.
She jumped up and flashed another dagger of ice close to his throat. He grabbed her arm and forced the blade from her hand. It dropped and he grabbed the necklace around her throat and pulled it off of her.
His hand burned and smoke filled the air around it. He threw the now melting red medallion off to the side of the arena. He turned back towards Arc who had gone back to her normal self. Except, her hair was still white and her eyes were now a reddish-orange.
She lay on the floor, her eyes fluttering open slowly and than closing.
Hiei and Kurama were now trying to get out of their binds but, had no success as of yet.
Hiei cursed himself as he struggled with his cuffs. His hands and wrists were now bleeding as he pulled one arm free. He freed his other hand and dashed forward towards Arc.
He reached her in a matter of seconds and placed her head on his lap.
"Arc", he whispered.
She looked up at him and smiled a slow, sad smile.
"Hiei", she grabbed onto his hand and placed it to her face.
"Don't try to move", he instructed.
She smiled at his worried face and thought, 'Maybe he does care about me.'
"You fools", Ruri yelled at them as she began to rise in the air with a trail of fire beneath her.
Hiei looked up at the demon who had done this to her and snarled.
"Hiei...", Arc started.
He looked back down at her as she whispered three words to him.
"I... love you", she said as her hand went limp in his.
"Arc", he yelled as she closed her eyes.
The same blue light that had lighted up Kuwabara's body now outlined hers. Her skin turned white and her lips blue, while Hiei stared on in disbelief.
"No", he whispered.
Yusuke stood behind him with his fist clenched and his body shaking. Kurama had gotten out of his restrains by now, and was in front of Hiei and Arc.
"Hiei", he soothed.
Hiei looked up at Kurama with a look of hate and pain that tore at his heart.
"You three don't know what you've done", she said as she stopped rising and raised her hands. Long streams of fire burst from them and hurtled down at them. Hiei grabbed Arc's body as they all jumped out of the way.
He placed her safely over in the grass, and than charged at Ruri.
She disappeared as he came close to her, and reappeared a few feet behind him. A burst of fire hit him in the back but, he didn't pay much attention to it. He pressed forward and delivered a few kicks before he pulled out his katana.
A slash of his sword and Ruri was cut in half. She snickered, and than faded away.
"She's mine now, thanks to all of you", Ruri's voice said as it floated around in the air, and than disappeared.
Ruri did not return.
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Yusuke fetched Kuwabara's body and threw it over his shoulder as he shivered, trying not to show his emotions.
Hiei did the same with less effort. His face held nothing but, his eyes; you could only see the pain in his eyes.
"Let's get out of here", Yusuke said in a calm, saddened voice.
They all nodded their heads and left.
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I really didn't like the whole thing when Arc told Hiei that she loved him, especially on her death bed. It seemed so cliched(can't spell). Blah, but I couldn't think of any other way I wanted to write it, so that's how it turned out.
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