Society of the Living Dead
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Summary: If you've read the previous chapters, you'll know!
Chii: Well, I'll make it to three pages this time!
Na: Like that'll happen!
Chii: Will too!
A clue! He finally found a clue! Something that would lead him to her and her secret place! The secret place he's been looking for…… He'd finally be able to get her back for what she'd done to his childhood……
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Kuwabara came charging at the creatures. They turned to watch him clumsily running with that shining blade of his. They also thought nothing of it, since thoughts rarely came independently into their heads. Unison is what the preferred method of thinking was…..
Yusuke started after his friend. Before he could make on step though, Kurama had grabbed the collar of his shirt. It tore slightly, the ripping noise temporarily distracting the monsters from their current prey, giving their prey a chance.
The blade sliced thru one of the creatures with a sickening lurch, the creatures head coming off with a slight popping sound. It thudded to the ground, stunning the creature momentarily. Yet its eyes and jaw were still moving, moving in a strange pattern, making audible clicking sounds over Kuwabara's battle cry.
He sliced thru several more of them, all of their body parts falling and flying off into different directions. Some of the body parts fell over by his comrades. The head of one of the creatures fell onto Keiko, its gnarled teeth biting into her exposed arm. Her screams went on until the head had cleanly bitten thru her wrist, falling with her hand onto the ground.
"KEIKO!" was the only response form Yusuke, as he rushed over to his wounded girlfriend. Holding her tightly against him, he continually whispered "It'll be alright, it'll be alright….." His thoughts were quite different, more distraught than his comforting whispers. HOW! He yelled at himself, I could've saved her! I could've!
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She'd been watching from her post in the trees, watching and waiting while the creatures she was sent to destroy now ripped thru the orange haired man. They'd finished off their first victim rather quickly, leaving behind nothing but gnarled, already rotting bones. The man didn't last long. The leader of the creatures ripped out his vocal cords, cutting his cries short, leaving hollow sounding gasps, and the occasional blood filled gurgle. His head was already cleanly scalped, his hair laying yards from his actual head. These creatures didn't eat hair filled with hair care products…..
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"Kuwabara!" "Oh Inari! They've got him too!" "Quick! We've got to kill these things!"
Between all the frantic yelling was Hiei. He stood their, his arms behind his back, watching these creatures kill the "loud mouth". Amusement could be seen in his eyes, yet his face was emotionless.
"Hiei?"
"Hn?"
"Do you think…. We should help them?"
"Iie! You should know better than that, Kurama! "
"Do you think she'll help them?"
"….."
"The one in the trees. She's been watching us the whole time."
"Baka…."
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"I guess I should…… K-u-r-a-m-a!"
With a mischievous grin, she slipped out of the tree, making her way slowly into the clearing.
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The thief's turned in unison, facing the new arrival. Kurama's eyes were drawn to her eyes, green reflecting warm blue grey. "Hello… and you might be?" he asked with a slight smirk. She gave him a slight smile in return, eyes showing a slight hatred of the fox. "Well," she purred, "I'm no one really…… But you semi-mortals may call me Na."
"Na?" huffed Hiei. "What kind of a name is Na? And who are you!" Her glare cut him short in his ratings. Something about her didn't seem right to him. A girl able to keep him quiet! Devious thoughts about committing harm came into his already hate filled mind.
Yusuke looked back at the rest of the crew. Koenma was fighting some of the creatures; Botan was defending Yuukina, Keiko, and himself. Kurama and Hiei were talking to some wicked looking red head…… Wait! He starts, who is that girl! Where'd she come from! How does she now Kurama and Hiei!
His thoughts were once again interrupted, as he saw the girl leaping at the closest creature. A short blade came out of the sleeve of her midnight black jacket, slicing the air with such ferocity; it called forth a gale of leaf filled wind. The leaves became like razorblades, searing thru the flesh of the monsters, creating enough friction that they started burning. His nose was filled with the smell of burning flesh. It was both invigorating and pungent, filling him with excitement at the prospect of combat. Yusuke failed to notice that Keiko had stopped moving. She was still, save for a shuddering breath…… and then she was dead……
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Na sheathed her blade, controlling the gale with her mind. She had to act quickly, and give these creatures their funeral rights. Cremation was the only way to keep them from coming back. Her senses told her that the injured girl had died a few seconds ago, yet she could feel the dark energy filling the corpse, animating it with the Evil that the creatures had possessed. The young man embracing her was focusing on the battle at hand, his senses betrayed by a false sense of security.
The corpse slowly lifted its head, eyes opening to reveal rotting eye balls, blood slowly trickling down its cheeks. It opened its huge mouth, tearing the fragile skin to extend the jaw. After much tearing, ripping, and cracking of other body parts, its mouth was wide enough to swallow the young man's head.
A leaf blade cut in front of Yusuke's vision, startling him. He could fell it slashing thru Keiko, taking her head of at the base of the neck. He turned fast enough to see the widened jaw, the almost hollow eye sockets, and smell the foul stench of death.
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Koenma watched the blaze, tears welling up due to the heat. It reeked of flesh burning, screams from half formed mouths, and the stumbling confusion of the aflame creatures. Botan stood next to him, trembling with controlled fear. Yuukina had passed out, splayed on the ground like a rag doll. Hiei crouched next to her, checking the Koorime's health, while Kurama made his way to Koenma's side.
Their attention was diverted by a blood curdling scream. Their heads snapped towards the noise. With frantic looks in everyone's faces, they found the source.
It was Yusuke.
A decapitated Keiko in his arms.
Her body starting to rapidly rot.
Her head a grotesque mask of her former self, laying in a pool of black blood.
"Yusuke!" cried Kurama, as he sped to his friend's side. He gripped Yusuke's clenched arms, trying to pry him off the dead body of his former girlfriend. He failed several times, but with the aid of Botan, Koenma, and the now conscious Yuukina, they managed too get him to let go.
They watched him curled up on the ground, tears streaming down his pale cheeks, wailing, screaming, yet somehow laughing at the same time. How could they understand…? He just lost three important people….. His girlfriend…. His best friend….. And his best friend's sister……
He was lost in a trance when the new arrival came over. She kneeled by his head, her hand gently touching his head. He jumped a little, than calmed as a strange power ran through him. He felt sleepy…… so he laid his head down……. This feels nice, he thought, a smile spreading across his face. He had never felt more relieved.
She made him forget. Temporarily forgetting all his pain, his worries, and everything that could hurt him. After she was done, Na turned to the others.
"He will be alright. He just need to rest. I have to leave now…… Seek me out if you need my help……."
Chii: Look! Three pages! Three complete pages!
Na: Good job…….