All at once, they were encaptured by red vines and dragged into a dark alleyway. Edan snarled and clawed at them, trying desperately to get free. Rhys and Jacob were struggling as well, but their mouths were covered so they couldn't yell.
Edan bit and scratched up the vines and finally got free. He hit the ground running. "I'll get help!" he called over his shoulder.
Sosaku smiled to herself as she walked down the street to Kurama's house. He had been so cute, making sure of when she would be there. She hoped he really cared for her. He might just be wanting more... um, yeah. She REALLY hoped he didn't. She had enjoyed the experience immensely, but was quite exhausted. Yoko had really taken it out of her. He really WAS more experienced than she was... and he had an amazing ability to make her feel like she was satisfying him as well. That made her feel good about herself.
The raven-haired youkai blushed. She was only seventeen and thinking unchaste thoughts like these. She really wished her mother was there to talk to about it...
Sosaku felt her eyes begin to sting. She mentally cursed herself. She was going to cry. If Kurama saw her crying, he wouldn't be happy. But maybe if she was crying... he'd comfort her! She smirked. That would involve being held... and possibly kissing... and...
She forced herself to stop. What a polluted mind she had now...
Before she realized it, she found that she was in the fox's front yard. She went for the front door and rang the doorbell. After a moment, Kurama opened the door. He was wearing a silk, button-up, forest green shirt. A whole lot of good those buttons did. They were undone, and Sosaku was acutely aware of it. He was wearing long, loose silk pants of the same color. He leaned against the door frame, smiling at her sweetly. "Hello." he murmured.
Sosaku's breath caught. "H-Hey..." She stared at him, wide-eyed.
"Come on in." he said, taking her hand and leading her inside. Sosaku followed him like a lovesick puppy. He led her into the living room and motioned for her to sit. He gave a heart-melting smile. "Are you hungry or thirsty?"
She smiled back dreamily, practically swooning. "Not really..."
The fox sat down beside her, his smile waning a bit. He licked his lips and leaned over towards her a little closer. "You sure?" he whispered.
Sosaku was nervous. "Kurama... Maybe we shouldn't-" She was cut off when he kissed her, pinning her down on the couch. He forced his tongue into her mouth and she moaned loudly. He pulled away after a long time and smirked at her.
She whimpered. "Oh..."
He began to laugh. It wasn't a soft, happy laugh like Kurama's. It was a harsh, sadistic laugh. Sosaku's eyes widened in sudden fear as chains came crashing up through the floor and wrapped around her, crushing the air from her lungs. Kurama stepped away from her, watching her gasp for breath. He slowly changed. His hair was black, and his eyes were an unrealistic yellow. Sosaku tried to scream, but no noise came out. Tears rolled down her face and the lack of oxygen finally got to her, causing her to lose consciousness.
Edan practically shred the door open to the house that he sensed Sosaku in. He stormed on through and halted in the living room when he saw a dark-haired man standing over Sosaku, who was encompassed with chains that had apparently torn up through the floor. The orange neko hissed and ran towards Sosaku, trying to rip the chains off of her. Needless to say, this only hurt his claws. The man struck him on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.
Sosaku awoke on a hard dirt floor. The first thing- things she noticed were the bars about two feet in front of her face. She blinked in the hopes that they would disappear and she was simply hallucinating being in a prison and all. It didn't work.
"Sosaku..." A gentle voice she recognized almost immediately called her name.
She struggled to sit up. "K-Kurama..."
A hand stretched through the bars and reached for her, helping her get into a sitting position. She saw the fox giving her a sad look through the bars and she held his hand tightly, baptizing it with her tears. Kurama reached through with his other hand and caressed her hair, pulling her closer to the bars that kept them apart. He whispered words of comfort to her and tried to keep his voice from cracking.
A loud laugh came from somewhere outside the bars. Kurama and Sosaku looked over at the same time to find a man with frightening red eyes and red and gold hair standing on a rock platform at the center of the cave they were imprisoned within, his head thrown back while he laughed sadistically.
Sosaku held onto Kurama more tightly, her arms bruising against the metal bars. She saw out of the corner of her eye that Hiei was out of his mind furious and was slamming himself up against the bars of the cage, only to get himself shocked by wards. Apparently there were only wards on the outer sides and not on the inner sides, so that Sosaku could reach Kurama.
She squashed her body against the bars even harder, trying to touch the fox and let him get his arms around her further. She felt him kiss her face gently, assuring her he would protect her. She looked over at the man with gold-red hair, who was still laughing, though the noise was dimming. He waved an arm and a huge red leaf seemed to pop out of the ground, with a small girl with long brown hair and brown clothes. She smiled so sweetly that you would never have imagined her to do what she was about to do. She said a word in a language Sosaku didn't recognize and red vines sprang from the rocky floor. Sosaku screamed when she saw Rhys and Jacob struggling within them.
Another man with light blue hair and light blue eyes dressed in white flew in through the cave entrance. It seemed strange to Sosaku, since he had no wings. He was dragging behind him Eri and Deirdre on a rope fastened about their waists and arms.
Sosaku sobbed. It didn't make sense. Who was that evil-looking man? And if Rhys was here, where was Edan? Had the cute neko man gotten captured as well?
Her answer was soon found. Another vine came creeping in through the opening, with Edan attached to it. He was squirming violently, and trying his best to get at the plant with his claws. He hissed and howled curses at the man who was obviously the leader, calling him Vered.
The man in white pulled the two girls up to the top of the cave (Sosaku hadn't noticed until then that the roof was very high indeed) and spun them around as they screamed, laughing to himself in slight amusement. He then slung them against the wall and the crash/thud noise was practically sickening. He then locked his fingers and slammed his joined hands against the wall, causing several stalactites to fall and pierce the girls' bodies. Strangely enough, no rocks fell anywhere but on the girls. And they were now, without a doubt, dead.
Sosaku couldn't truly tell, but she thought she saw Rhys crying. Kurama gasped quietly and forcefully turned her head the other way, clamping his hands over her ears. She continued to sob, but didn't resist. She knew that the murders of Rhys, Jacob, and Edan would be far too gruesome for her to witness and remain sane.
She heard Hiei shout a muffled something, to which the fox responded. She held onto Kurama for dear life, praying he would save her from this.
Kurama gaped at Hiei as a huge, black dragon appeared behind the small man. He had seen it before, but he knew he would never get used to it. Dark flames swirled everywhere and consumed the metal prison bars. The fox went through a gap in them and grabbed Sosaku, holding her bridestyle as he ran as fast as he could out and away from the cave. Her eyes were closed and her breathing shallow, but she was just unconscious. Kurama hoped it would stay that way...
End Chapter Nine
