Pt 10
"What the hell happened?"
"I don't know…" Hiei wiped away the trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Whatever you said to her, I doubt she was happy."
"She remembered something; I don't know what it was but she remembered."
"And blasted you…that's one heluva memory. It's like she's gone crazy."
"She's lost control. She's done it before." Kuwabara crossed his arms.
"Well it's your own fault ya know. You should be nicer to people. Obviously she hates you. If you had been nice to her whenever it was that you met then this wouldn't have happened; she would have good memories of you."
"Not necessarily…" All eyes turned to Yusuke.
"If Hiei's right then somebody's doing this on purpose. Our memories have been twisted so we remember differently."
"Then we're fighting a battle against an opponent we can't see or hear."
"We've fought unfair battles before, we can do it again."
Out of thin air an annoying little voice yelled: "Less talking, more fighting! Move it, move it, now, now, NOW!"
"Sheesh, who put jalapeño on his pacifier?"
"I'm thinking he's got diaper rash…" Hiei shook his head as the humans laughed at their own lame excuse for jokes. Humans never do grow up…
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The stone around his neck glowed brightly and she choked. She gasped for breath as she stumbled backward. It hurt too much to even scream.
"You will remember your place slave." A growl formed low in her throat as her muscles tensed for battle. Control, clarity and consciousness blurred into darkness as her body melted away. "What the…" Her pale skin dissolved and gave way to red fur as rapidly she shrunk. Black eyes glittered evilly from her face. "Damn!"
She leapt at him, knocking him backwards in her fury. He tried desperately to throw her off but the bundle of fur would not be moved. Her claws ripped through the skin of his face as he fought to get away from the enraged fox.
Fear like he had never felt before coursed through him. He was probably sixteen times her weight and size, maybe more, but the creature had him pinned. Suddenly she struck, snapping jaws aimed at the life-flow in his neck. Reacting quickly he flung his arm up to protect himself.
Blood gushed from between her teeth where they punctured skin. Bone cracked audibly, causing him to cry out.
Desperately he tried to shake her off and finally resorted to slamming her against a near-by tree.
A yelp tore from the kitsune as her skull connected with wood. He had finally found her weak-spot. He spun, smashing his hand (fox and all) against a huge rock, shattering stone and bone.
Her jaws loosened enough for him to wrench his arm away as she crumpled liquidly to the forest floor.
Shikijou's breath was haggard and quick. His eyes were fastened on the motionless animal. A thin line of red wound down her head and the blood matted in her fur. He stepped closer to investigate.
Carefully he turned her over with is foot, noting the stiffness. The expected rise and fall of her sides was absent. He bent down beside her and reached a tentative hand to feel for her heart.
Suddenly her eyes shot open and she flew up, this time successful in latching on to his neck. He choked and froze. For a while neither of them moved.
"Go ahead." Shikijou whispered. Kirai's pupils narrowed. "You can't do it, can you Miya?" She whimpered as his mind wrapped itself around hers.
"Too much…too much stuff in my head!"
"You can't resist much longer Miya, I'll control you if it kills you…"
"Miya, it's Hiei, Miya can you hear me?"
"What the hell's going on here?"
"Damn you, all of you! Get the hell out of my head!" She screamed as several consciousnesses flooded her at once.
With a blast she knocked him backwards, at the same time resuming human form. "Why can't you all just get out of my head!" Shikijou fell to his knees, clutching his head.
Hiei's eyes widened and silent screams ripped through him. He felt his mind being torn apart…
"What the…" Kuwabara had taken only a few steps toward the yokai before finding himself unable to move. A pin-point of pain formed in the center of his mind and cycloned out of control, taking over him. He opened his mouth to yell but nothing…
Miles away, Hikari rode ahead of his friends, long hair flowing behind him. He laughed at the others' attempts to keep up with him. Suddenly his laughs turned to pain as a wave of telepathy coursed through him, throwing him from his horse. The animal reared in fright, hooves coming down at the young lord's contorted face…
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His eyes widened in pain and he staggered backwards. Damn she was powerful! The aura around her was incredible. Banshi smirked. This was going to work out quite well. She can no longer differentiate between enemy and friend, so she attacks them both. Both friends and enemies had hurt her; then again, who could hurt you worse than the people you thought were your friends…
Concentrate on it, focus on the pain…get rid of all of it. Destroy your world for me…
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"Ahh!" Miya clenched her fists as another soul, seeing Tousho, followed his example and pulled himself into her body. Soon hundreds of others came swarming at her, some pulling themselves from Jougen's body…That Kuwabara, he was one of the souls that inhabited her body!
"I don't recall giving you permission to move." He pulled her up against him, hand roughly gripping one of her breasts. She tried to struggle but a sharp pain in the back of her neck froze her. His uncaring hand gruffly explored her body. "You have a perfect body; it's nothing to be ashamed of. It would seem that I do have a use for you."…Shikijou
Blood rushed down her back as He tirelessly rained blows down on her back. She tasted blood in her mouth, this time her own as she bit her tongue in order to remain silent…Hiei
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"Out of my head…all of you just go away…get out!" She stumbled to her knees; everything around her dimmed, swallowed up in the blackness she created. Screams echoed then even those faded away. Around her flashed images, faces of familiars and strangers, all blurring into a twisted picture.
So many minds reached out to touch hers at once. It was overloading her mind and she decided to put an end to it. She was tired of being the rope in people's tug-of-war: it all ended now. One by one she shut them down, completely severing the cords that held her back and effectively destroying any link she had. She had to get away; had to find somewhere where everyone would just leave her alone…
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"Hiei, Hiei are you alright?" Yusuke cried anxiously as the koorime collapsed. A split second later the spasms took Kuwabara. Yusuke could only watch in horror as their throats constricted wordlessly. The pain on their faces was indescribable. The tense moments passed and the human was helpless. Koenma wasn't answering him. Slowly they began to still. They gasped for breath to fill their starved lungs. Slowly even that stilled…
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"You have any idea how lucky you are?" He chuckled.
"Toukei, I honestly doubt it would have killed me; I have lived through worse you know. If Shikijou hasn't killed me yet then I don't think the horse would."
"You're taking it way too lightly Hikari! That horse could have done some serious damage to your skull!"
"Shouldn't we be more focused on the fact that it didn't cause any damage?"
"I dunno, we really can't tell how much damage was done considering just how thick your head is!"
"Oh, funny." Hikari practically flung his friend out of the room and slammed the door, wincing as it connected. He wasn't about to admit it but his head was splitting. He still wasn't sure what had happened. He was riding, then suddenly pain and blackness. When he came to he found himself on the ground, nearly crushed beneath the powerful hooves of his stallion. For a moment he thought he had hit his head, but then he figured the pain had come from something else. "Damn it, what the hell is going on? It's not supposed to go like this. It's not supposed to happen this soon…"
"Hikari…" He spun.
"Kirai!"
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A/n: Confused? Good! My mission has been accomplished. The next chappie's on the way! It may be a little late though…srry again.