Hello folks and here is chapter nine too all those people who this actually reaches their eyes, ahaha. But on a more serious note I am now going to wing it and go with the flow, no more writing it down, 20 some odd chapters then throwing it out. I changed the original story so much it's not even funny... plus I don't even remember what the lord was actually for... but anyway back to Kurama and Hiei's story of the castle
"Bugs go squish!" –ME! (Last day of school, 10th grade killing bugs, must be side effects of meds...)
Chapter Nine: Separate Ways
Hiei grabbed the map from Kurama's cold hand. "Damn it all!" He glanced at the unfurled map in his hands; the second ingredient was indeed above them. The black dragon bent down and patted his fallen companion's back. "I'll be back for you, after I grab that damn water. I will get us out of here!" Hiei faded from sight and appeared on a ledge twenty feet off the ground. He looked down on the fallen figure. "I promise I will return..." He then faded again, and moved his way up to the ceiling opening by fading and appearing on various ledges.
A few moments later a moan issued from Kurama's mouth as he struggled to his feet. He inhaled his first breath after what seemed hours of not breathing. A memory flashed through his mind of the hooded figure's warning, "you will not be able to use your demonic powers, for the power of the eclipse will contain them..." Kurama sighed as he looked around for the map. "Where is the map?" he looked around again, "Where is Hiei?" Kurama stumbled as he tried to step away and fell in the nearby river. "I hope the map didn't float down stream, though that would be one explanation for the disappearance of the map and Hiei." The kitsune thought for a bit (Unless Hiei took the map and continued on, but... I fell near the river so there is that possibility as well... well I'll check down stream first...)
Kurama stumbled to his feet in the knee high river. And followed it down stream, deeper into the castle's basement, and the castle reservoir...
!#$&()
After exiting the cavernous room Hiei found himself in another elegant hall, filled with paintings of the castle exterior in various times of the day.
In the air a faint sound of music drifted lightly in the air, as if it was air itself. The black haired youkai found the classical music a bit annoying but continued down the corridor anyway. At the end of the hallway Hiei found himself in a large room. This was the origin of the music Hiei had heard and stared in wonder at the sight he had met on his way in there. There, dancing to the music where multiple pairs of ghosts dancing to the dreadful noise that they apparently called music.
Hiei's mouth open wide with shock as one of the ghostly couples had passed right through him. To Hiei this had felt as if he walked through a mist of ice, it was colder than the hands of the nameless one. (Don't know how else to explain, sorry!) The couple stopped dancing and looked at the intrusion of their dance. The man spoke to the speechless, wide eyed, youkai in what seemed to be an English accent.
"Sorry there sir, didn't expect there to be a demon in here." Hiei just gaped at the spirit man, whose ghostly female partner went off to dance with another. The spirit stared back at the dragon and replied to the silence Hiei had given him. "What's the matter man, you look like you can use some brandy." (::AUTHOR'S NOTE!:: No I do not approve of drinking alcohol, but if you know anything about old times you would know after a shock people would usually drink an alcohol, brandy, after a shock. The most recent thing of this would be in Harry Potter where they eat chocolate after a shock...) Hiei had finally found words.
"Where is the throne room?" The spirit man laughed.
"Oh it's a long way away chap." He smiled. "But you're gettin' close!" Hiei was starting to lose his patience with this overly happy spirit.
"Damn it, Casper! Tell me where to go!" The ghost man frowned.
"Casper? My name is Jonathan, Jonathan Harker." The ghost then pointed to the others, who continued to dance as if nobody was there, "That there is my wife, Mina Harker, That's Lucy, That's Dr. Van Helsing, he's Quincy Mor..." Hiei interjected quickly.
"I don't give a damn who you are! Just tell me how to get to the throne room!" The ghost of Jonathan smiled.
"I'll do better than that my friend, I'll take you there myself no one knows this castle better than me, well except the master that is. Follow me, quickly, I'd like to continue you my dance." The ghost vanished through the wall, leaving an astounded Hiei behind.
"But... I can't walk through walls." Jonathan's head came back through.
"Don't worry; it's a trick wall, castles full of 'em." Hiei looked untrustingly at the ghost and showed his surrender with a sigh. Hiei stepped closer to the wall and stopped a few inches away. The ghost smiled reassuringly. So the dragon closed his eyes and stepped forward...into a solid wall. The ghost burst out laughing.
"I'm sorry, I just have to do it once to all newcomers, not that we had any for a while, but you were the first to fall for it." Hiei snarled his anger.
"If I wasn't in a hurry I would slay your shade on the spot!" Jonathan frowned.
"Do not fret; I will take you there, honest." Hiei snarled again while rubbing his bleeding nose.
"You better..." The ghost took off down a hall, and Hiei muttered to himself, "This is going to take forever..." he than started to follow the ghost down the hall.
!#$&()
Kurama's small boat that he found plummeted over another waterfall, but this one was steeper than the others, and the tiny vessel broke into splinters as it hit the cold hard floor of the reservoir's bottom. Kurama survived the fall but again found himself unconscious in the dark castle...
In his dreams, the yearning to be yoko, found himself, in one of the chambers of hell, being stabbed by mini demons, and he felt his body move on his own... but part of the dream was true, Kurama WAS being attacked by these tiny bluish imps, who could take over his body with their tiny little pitchforks. Kurama finally found a break and used it to grab two nearby imps and crush them in his bare hands.
"I am sorry it had to end that way but I need to be on my way..." Kurama started to turn when he found out that there was an imp left. Kurama walked over to it to give it the hand of death, but soon realized the imp was crying, and that it was smaller than the other two. This one was just a baby. Learning its impish ways fro its parents. "I can't bring my self to harm such an innocent creature..." So the yoko turned and walked away.
After a few steps, Kurama heard a whizzing noise fly past his pinkish hair. The imp had followed him. The yoko frowned. "Please, its ok, I wont hurt you; just go back to where it was you came from..." The imp cried out.
"Maaamaaa!" and then burst into tears. All of a sudden a swarm of imps appeared. Kurama prepared to fend himself but to his surprise, the imps surrounded the baby imp as they chanted.
"Death to the young of the dead!" their shrill voices could be heard even over the waterfalls. Kurama looked on wide eyed as the imps flew in closer to the baby, they intended to kill it.
The yoko ran over to the circle, and grabbed two nearby imps and crushed them. The rest of the imps lost site of the child and started on the newer, more deadly foe, Kurama...
Kurama made quick work of the imps with just a few punches and kicks as the baby watched on from safety of the sidelines. Kurama looked on to the child as he sighed.
"You will die alone, if you wish to live come with me," the baby stared at Kurama for a few seconds, as if trying to make up its mind, when suddenly flew out to Kurama's side. The yoko smiled; he had made a friend and ally in the enemy's territory.
Sorry folks, but that's all for now. I hope to have more up soon but it may take a while to do it. So tata 4 now and see you all at chapter 10! oh yea sorry, another cross over from Dracula, by Bram Stoker, oops