Ah, hello minna-san. Heh, well, you all didn't have to wait long for me to create the first chapter of the sequel for Slipping into Crimson, did you? Okay then, I know you all don't want to read my ramblings so I'll just get to the warnings and disclaimers:
Bloodstained Hurricane
HieiKuramaFan
Warnings Bloody gory descriptions of battle, this one isn't meant to be a happy story either, so happy bubbles will be popped; However no suicide attempts as of yet. This story is Shounen ai/Yaoi themed, so I suggest if you don't like it, go find another story to read.
Disclaimer I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, it all belongs to Togashi-sama. Every last bit of it, and the events occurring in this story are entirely fictional, none of it ever happened. So, you can't sue me for anything.
A/N: Thoughts are in Italics, emphasized words are underlined.
…Happy Reading…
One, Rainstorms
Thunder. How sweet the rumbling sound it made. How absolutely fantastic it felt to be on the ground and look up into ominous dark clouds, hear the thunder roar, feel the earth beneath you shake with the power of its voice. Watch as the lightning flashes and strikes wherever it fancies. Yeah, that feeling. There was only one thing better than being on the ground to witness this.
Being in the air.
A red haired demon sped through the air, using the dark clouds around him as cover, deep blue eyes scanned the ground, watching the every move of the demons in which he hunted. They were scurrying and scrambling to be able to escape his prying eyes. Though they themselves could not see him, someone had tipped them off that the legendary bounty hunter known as Takaze, would be coming their way.
A grin slowly found its way onto the mouth of the bounty hunter in question, a small fang poking out over his bottom lip as he continued to speed onward. The lightning flashed right beside him and he could feel the electricity prickle his skin, causing the hair on his arms to stand up and his wild red hair seem all the more wilder.
His pointed ears twitched and his grin broadened as he turned and dove directly downwards, accelerating with each passing second he easily topped 350 MPH. He seemed to appear suddenly behind a fleeing demon, and simply sped over him nonchalantly, headed for two more escaping youkais. A second or two after he had passed the demon, which had been about to breathe a sigh of relief, suddenly found that his head snapped forward; the sickening crack! echoed loudly as his spinal cord snapped. His neck split horizontally at the base where it met with his shoulders, ripping away from the rest of the body. Blood spurted from the wound and jumped high into the dark sky, creating a "rain" of sorts, it created intricate patterns on the ground after it had fallen back to earth.
The demon's body kept running for ten steps or so before it fell and blood gushed out and pooled around the gaping hole where a head had been only moments before. The bounty hunter turned his head slightly, and after witnessing the death of his first kill tonight, he grinned wider and continued to speed after the two closest escapees. They had both stopped in their tracks to turn and watch their comrade fall, looks of utter shock plastered on their faces, mouths agape. The bounty hunter took his chance; creating a whirling tornado around his right arm, he slammed it into the skull of one, the damage instant. His skull tore and became disfigured, eyes popping out of their sockets and dropping to the ground while brains, blood, and other material spewed out of any opening it could find in the smashed head. The demon's body fell limply to the ground and now it was the other's turn. The other demon was dispatched with a kick to the stomach, causing blood to pour out of his mouth; and while he was doubled over, a hard elbow to the neck sent him sprawling to the ground, dead.
The bounty hunter stood proudly, hands on his hips, observing his work for a moment or two. He probably could've been a little less messy, he admitted to himself. Not much he could do about it now though. From a short distance away, two more demons sat huddled against a rock, watching the every move of the bounty hunter with utter fear. The shorter of the two turned to the other.
"D-did you see that?"
He stammered out. The other could only bring himself to nod numbly. The shorter one continued.
"He took out our f-first guy without even t-touching him… and the other t-two…"
He indicated towards the more recent of their dead companions. The taller one found his voice and said quietly.
"They don't call him the best bounty hunter in Makai for n-nothin you know. He's only been here for fifteen years, but…"
He glanced nervously over at where the bounty hunter still stood, reviewing his work.
"But what?"
The shorter asked. The taller one glanced one more time at the bounty hunter to make sure he was still there before turning back.
"But they say… he used to be a Shinobi…"The shorter one's eyes widened as he asked in a hushed whisper.
"…a Shinobi?"
The taller demon nodded, again checking to make sure the bounty hunter was still preoccupied with the carnage around him. He turned back to face the shorter one.
"Yeah, but they say he went crazy and quit 'cause of some incident where a guy killed himself and he got real upset about it. I guess he stayed on for another year or so after it happened, but then he just quit. Sounds a little retarded if you ask me though. Give up a job as a Shinobi just 'cause of one little death?"
The shorter one nodded his agreement, shifting so he could re-adjust his grip on the small crystal ball like item they'd stolen from a wealthy looking demon.
"Yeah, but… a Shinobi… wow. I wonder which element he was?"
He asked more to himself than the taller demon. The taller rolled his eyes.
"Well, why don't you just go over there and ask him? I'm sure he wouldn't mind!"
He snapped at his shorter companion, who shrunk away from him slightly. They both nearly had a heart attack when they heard a new voice.
"Ah, I mightn't mind. I used to be a Shinobi, a Shinobi of wind to be exact."
They both looked upwards to see the grinning face of the bounty hunter. The shorter demon raised a shaky arm to point at him.
"T-then, your name's n-not Takaze, y-you're Jin!"
Jin's face kept his happy grin for a moment or two, before it became one of malice and his eyes flashed as he started advancing toward them.
"Yea, I am. An' now you have to die!"
The two demons had barley had time to scream before they were dead. He had simply snapped their necks, and he let the taller one, who was still in his grasp, fall to the ground.
Jin's feet touched the ground and he looked upwards at the darkened clouds. The thunder rumbled again and he could feel a drop or two of water hit his face. Before long the downpour had started, washing away all the blood and bits of flesh from him. He smiled up at the clouds with his eyes closed.
Rain… you always loved the rain, didn't you?
He glanced down at his arm, watching as the pale red water ran off of it. His eyes traveled to his wrist from there and his smile faded a bit.
Didn't you, Yusuke…The lightning flashed, and the thunder rumbled angrily overhead. Jin didn't want to, but he let his thoughts wander to Yusuke as he started walking back in the direction of town.
It was a night just like this, wasn't it? When you first tried to take your life, wasn't it? Yea, 'cause I remember flyin' through the rain with you to the hospital… Heh, I didn't know then all tha' was gonna happen to us…
He wiped some of his sodden bangs out of his eyes, only to have them fall right back into place.
It still hurts ta think of ya, you know that? It still hurts real bad Yusuke. Even though it's been, what? Over fifteen years now?
A small sigh escaped his lips as he looked upwards again, watching the clouds move slowly as more rain continued to pour down upon him.
…I want to be with you Yusuke. I really do, but… I can't bring meself ta commit suicide. An' that's why I became a bounty hunter… I don't have the strength to kill meself an' I don't want to have to live out the rest of my life as long as it'll go. That's why. I was hopin' tha' one of these days someone'll take me out…
He took one last look at the carnage behind him, and took a body count in his head before he took flight into the sky; rising to an altitude where he could use the clouds for cover again.
Heh, all of this just for you…He accelerated, he was still a good half hour or so from the town in whence he came, but he could cut the time in half if he just flew faster. The pained smile didn't leave him as he thought.
Just for you…
-End of First Chapter-
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-HieiKuramaFan