Hi all! Short intro. Enjoy the chapter. Sorry for the slow updates.
"You guys—Neriede's been threatening to come out all day. And she wants to beat up Kurama." Nissi moans after yet another long day of school.
CRACK! The glass in Olivia's hand shatters. Meagan and Vanessa promptly drop their loads, and the three bolt from the room and into Kurama's room, who is apparently explaining some issue to the others in the room. Malia quivers, then goes after them.
"Kurama," they pause for breath from running, "Get everyone else out of your room and lock the door!"
"And just who is Neriede?" Hiei rubs his ears.
Olivia shakes him, "She's Nissi's other side and she wants to kill Kurama! She'll get you two if you don't RUN!"
"Whatever…" the others shrug, not believing.
"Fine. Be pounded into pulp," Vanessa pouts.
Meagan drags them out, "COME! We must dispose of all rocks and bricks in the facility…she likes to throw them."
They run out of the room, Malia in the lead.
In his room, Kurama ponders the Destinies' words, then shakes his head. Just another one of her jokes…he smiles. The door opens and Nissi enters, looking wicked.
"Nissi…are you okay?"
"I'm not Nissi."
Kurama's eyes widen, their words coming back to him:
She's Nissi's other side and she wants to kill Kurama!
Neriede walks closer, from her hand swinging an impossibly large kitchen knife. "You know, Nissi has been holding back during training…but I won't." She cracks her knuckles.
"Eunice…"
"I'm not Eunice."
She throws the knife and Kurama ducks quickly, a few strands of his red hair falling softly to the ground. Neriede jumps over to the wall in which the knife is stuck, pulls it free, and strikes again. A cut appears on his cheek, dripping blood. The knife crashes through the glass window and falls to the ground.
"Dang…I've lost my weapon. Guess I'll just have to use my claws!"
"Aah! Kurama pulls his rose from his hair. "Rose Whip!"
Claws meet thorns in an almost epic battle as Kurama finds that he has a much stronger charge than he imagined. Furiously, Neriede throws punch after punch—and many of them hit the mark. Kurama continues dodging.
Outside, Olivia stops smashing bricks with her mind, "I sense danger."
"Go check it out," Malia wipes her brow. "When is Kurama going to explain what's wrong with me?"
"If we don't go, we might not ever get to hear!" Olivia urges.
"you go!"
"Just me? I could die intercepting one of Neriede's fights!"
"You sensed the danger!"
"But I'll die!'
"GO!"
Grumbling, she materializes her cloud and flies back into the mansion and up the stairs to Kurama's room. The door is open and as she pushes herself in…
THWACK! Kurama's rose whip flips past her face, and she draws back with fright mustering up all the courage she needs to step in between a teacher/pupil fight, Olivia whistles to catch their attention.
"Neriede go torture someone else," She commands.
Neriede gives her one of her "I'll get you my pretty" smiles and moves off. Kurama collapses onto the floor, breathing heave. His lip is busted open and he has a gash above his left eye. Olivia apologizes profusely, helping him up and onto his bed.
"You stay here and relax while I try finding a way to force Neriede back into her box…"
She runs out of the room, worried.
Meanwhile…
"Hello, Hiei," Neriede grins.
"Hn. What do you want Nissi?"
She shoves him into a room, locking the door behind her. Hiei growls at her.
"I'm not Nissi. And I don't want much. Just a kiss."
Neriede steps closer; Hiei steps away. She continues this process until Hiei is trapped "Onna…"
"No where to go now!" she whispers happily, capturing his lips.
She pulls away as the desk behind her explodes into tiny, splintering pieces. Hiei stares at the ground, knowing full well that if he looks up he will be the one splintering in millions of pieces.
"I'd back off if I were you, Neriede," Olivia stands in the now broken down door, face devoid of all emotion.
Neriede grins cockily, "Maybe I don't want to back off. "She hugs Hiei, her head resting gently on his shoulder. "I like where I am right now."
Olivia's eyes narrow and several cuts appear on Nissi's skin. In turn, Neriede narrows her eyes until they glaze over the pupils widen—Nissi is back.
"Sorry about the cuts," Olivia calmly turns to leave. "They should heal in a minute."
"Onna…" Hiei jerks his head up but Olivia is gone. "Dang."
Shooting a super death glare to Nissi, he storms out of the room after his girlfriend. Nissi, tears in her eyes, stumbles out of the room which happened to be the one Jin and Touya share—haha and to Kurama. Burying her head in his covers, tears spill out as she sees him wince and look away.
"I'm sorry…I'm sorry.."
Realizing that his usual Nissi is back, Kurama wraps his arms around her pulls her into a hug, kissing her head and twirling her hair in his fingers.
Malia cautiously enters the house, seeing Olivia seated at the table. She prances over to her.
"I see you're still alive," she prods.
Olivia looks up and the chandelier falls to the ground, the crystals shining no more. Olivia drops her head again.
"Uh…are you okay?"
Malia steps away.
"Do not let me see Nissi for two hours or her safety cannot be guaranteed, understand?"
"Um…"
Olivia smiles, "Just joking. Now call Kurama—he's explaining this whole mess with you now.
Nissi: Bad news….Olivia got grounded for another month (boy are her parents harsh). Guess I'll be sticking with you guys for awhile. Aww….Neriede's really just a big softie!
Neriede: I was mentioned in this chapter, so I demand to say something!
Nissi: Yes, but all you did was cause trouble for me and Olivia's boyfriends…
Neriede: I wouldn't let any boys near you! And besides…Hiei's hot!
Nissi: Oh, so it's okay for you to make out with Hiei when I can't even have a relationship with a guy?
Neriede: If I got hurt by a guy, I'd just beat him up. You on the other hand wouldn't do anything but cry. You're way too nice for your own good.
Nissi: -/-sweat drop-/- This coming from someone who chucks bricks at people….and leaves permanent kick marks on their legs and bite marks on their hands.