Chapter Three: Maiden in Distress
Kuwabara suddenly woke up and looked around his surroundings, trying to get his eyes to focus as he did. After a few minutes, he realized that the sun was rising off in the east. He looked up to that Hiei was already awake and seemed to be deep in thought and looking at something far away.
"What's up?" Kuwabara casually asked with a yawn as he stretched and stood up.
But the small demon didn't respond, just simply continued to peer off into the distance, where the sun was slowly rising, looking keenly at something unrecognizable.
The human picked up his jacket and put it back on. "Hey, what are you looking at?" He then asked as he walked up beside the short demon.
"Look." He replied simply as he pointed off into the distance.
The taller spirit detective did as he was instructed and squinted his eyes to try and see what Hiei was pointing at. But, after a few moments of looking around, he failed to see anything. Kuwabara frowned and looked back at the demon. "I don't see anything." He complained, but the demon simply repeated his instructions once more without looking at him.
After moment longer, something suddenly appeared off in the distance. Kuwabara quickly distinguished it as two figures chasing another one. "I see it!" He exclaimed.
"Silence!" Hiei retorted, making a silencing motion as he did so. "Look closer." He muttered.
Kuwabara looked back at the approaching figures and realized that the one in front was a young woman with dark hair and a long green dress, ant the two people chasing her were strange looking men in weird armor. "She looks like she's in trouble." He stated after looking back at Hiei. "We have to go check it out!" He then exclaimed.
"Why?" Hiei asked him indignantly. "We have no obligation to help any of these. 'locals' in any way!" Hiei exclaimed coldly. "I'd prefer to not get involved in _their_ problems." He added.
Kuwabara scowled at him. "How can you say such a thing when a girl is in danger?!" He asked in amazement at the Demon's complete lack of concern.
"Unlike you," He began. "I can't afford to blindly throw myself into any idiotic dilemma that I feel like!" Hiei shot back in irritation.
The two members of the Reikai Tantai glared venomously at each other for a few moments, almost causing electricity to spark between them.
Eventually, Kuwabara stepped back, disgusted by the short demon's caviler attitude about the whole thing. "Fine then!" He exclaimed. "You can stand here and be a bastard about it, but I have duty to my honor as a fighter and spirit detective to help those who are need!" He exclaimed, holding his chest out in a distinctly proud manner.
He started to leave, but then turned back and looked down at Hiei. "But I guess that I shouldn't expect a demon to know anything about chivalry!" He added, rather happy at getting the last word in as he took off running.
A sweat bead ran down Hiei's head as he watched him go running off into the horizon, screaming out a terrible 'battle cry' as he went.
"Idiot!" Hiei exclaimed as he watched him disappear. He shook his head and slowly made his way after him. Unlike Kuwabara, he was in no hurry.
***
Lin ran frantically from her pursuers, but her worst fears were realized when she suddenly tripped and fell forward.
One of the demons that was chasing after her, stopped and looked down at her. "Stupid bitch!" He exclaimed as he reached down and grabbed hold of her by the hair and pulled her up to his eye-level, forcing her to look at him. Tears were welling up in her eyes as she tried to look away.
"You humans are such a pain to deal with!" He began. "I think I should teach you a lesson." He spoke as he looked at her, eying her body greedily.
"We'll show you what we demons can _really do_!" The other added as he stepped forward.
"Unhand her!!!"
The Demon holding Lin looked up just in time to receive a boot print to the face and be sent flying.
Lin fell to the ground and looked up at the person who had saved her. It was a young man in black pants and a blue coat (looking to be about seventeen years old). He was tall, with orange hair and broad shoulders.
He looked down at her, making his broad chin and slender eyebrows visible as well. "Don't worry Ma'am!" He announced. "I'll protect you." He informed her as he beamed with a bright smile.
"Look out!" she screamed as the other demon appeared over his shoulder, but he merely held out his fist- causing it to crash directly into the demon's face.
"Don't worry," Kuwabara began. "I sensed him coming from the start." He proudly explained to her. He held out his hand to and took hers, easily lifting her up onto her feet.
Lin trembled slightly and then suddenly broke into tear and threw her arms around the person who had just saved her. "O was so afraid of what they were going to do to me!" She cried out. "Thank you for saving me from the horrible men!" She went on.
Kuwabara laughed nervously and placed his hand behind his head. "Oh, it was nothing." He replied, trying to dislodge himself from the emotionally overwhelmed girl. But then, he suddenly turned pale as they heard a strange cutting sound behind him.
Lin released Kuwabara as the two of them turned around to see Hiei pull his katana out of a third demon who had come out of nowhere.
"You should do a better job of watching your back." He informed Kuwabara. "There's not always someone to save you when you're not paying attention to hostile chi energies." He informed him, deliberately sounding arrogant as he did so.
Lin observed the new stranger that had appeared. He was much shorter then the first one- even shorter then she was. But he had an unusual look to him. Dark eyes and bushy black hair (with a strange patch of white in the front, over his eyes). He was wearing a strange cloak around his body, so it was hard to distinguish anymore details.
But at that moment, the effect of the emotional and physical strain on Lin finally caught up to her and she lost consciousness.
The two men had begun arguing, but had to step abruptly when the young woman fell down between them, face-first!
"Oh hey! What in the-" Kuwabara started to say as the girl dropped to the ground before him.
Hiei also had to step back to keep her from falling onto him- trapping him in a situation that would have been awkward to say to say the least. He looked up and saw that Kuwabara was looking at him, as if expecting some kind of answer.
"Don't look at me!" He began. "I'm certainly not going to carry her!" He exclaimed in indignation.
~End of Chapter 03~
I think that I was successful in moving the story along in this chapter. At any rate, I figured that is was about time that some new characters were introduced. (It also provided me with a chance to flesh out Hiei and Kuwabara a bit more.)
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and I plan on having the next one out soon. And if you're interested, I'd love for you guys to take a look at my other stories that I'm working on. Any feedback on them (especially "JENOVA" or "Gunslinger"!) would be great.
Thanks,
-Bojack
P.s. Any suggestions or ideas are also welcome, too!
Kuwabara suddenly woke up and looked around his surroundings, trying to get his eyes to focus as he did. After a few minutes, he realized that the sun was rising off in the east. He looked up to that Hiei was already awake and seemed to be deep in thought and looking at something far away.
"What's up?" Kuwabara casually asked with a yawn as he stretched and stood up.
But the small demon didn't respond, just simply continued to peer off into the distance, where the sun was slowly rising, looking keenly at something unrecognizable.
The human picked up his jacket and put it back on. "Hey, what are you looking at?" He then asked as he walked up beside the short demon.
"Look." He replied simply as he pointed off into the distance.
The taller spirit detective did as he was instructed and squinted his eyes to try and see what Hiei was pointing at. But, after a few moments of looking around, he failed to see anything. Kuwabara frowned and looked back at the demon. "I don't see anything." He complained, but the demon simply repeated his instructions once more without looking at him.
After moment longer, something suddenly appeared off in the distance. Kuwabara quickly distinguished it as two figures chasing another one. "I see it!" He exclaimed.
"Silence!" Hiei retorted, making a silencing motion as he did so. "Look closer." He muttered.
Kuwabara looked back at the approaching figures and realized that the one in front was a young woman with dark hair and a long green dress, ant the two people chasing her were strange looking men in weird armor. "She looks like she's in trouble." He stated after looking back at Hiei. "We have to go check it out!" He then exclaimed.
"Why?" Hiei asked him indignantly. "We have no obligation to help any of these. 'locals' in any way!" Hiei exclaimed coldly. "I'd prefer to not get involved in _their_ problems." He added.
Kuwabara scowled at him. "How can you say such a thing when a girl is in danger?!" He asked in amazement at the Demon's complete lack of concern.
"Unlike you," He began. "I can't afford to blindly throw myself into any idiotic dilemma that I feel like!" Hiei shot back in irritation.
The two members of the Reikai Tantai glared venomously at each other for a few moments, almost causing electricity to spark between them.
Eventually, Kuwabara stepped back, disgusted by the short demon's caviler attitude about the whole thing. "Fine then!" He exclaimed. "You can stand here and be a bastard about it, but I have duty to my honor as a fighter and spirit detective to help those who are need!" He exclaimed, holding his chest out in a distinctly proud manner.
He started to leave, but then turned back and looked down at Hiei. "But I guess that I shouldn't expect a demon to know anything about chivalry!" He added, rather happy at getting the last word in as he took off running.
A sweat bead ran down Hiei's head as he watched him go running off into the horizon, screaming out a terrible 'battle cry' as he went.
"Idiot!" Hiei exclaimed as he watched him disappear. He shook his head and slowly made his way after him. Unlike Kuwabara, he was in no hurry.
***
Lin ran frantically from her pursuers, but her worst fears were realized when she suddenly tripped and fell forward.
One of the demons that was chasing after her, stopped and looked down at her. "Stupid bitch!" He exclaimed as he reached down and grabbed hold of her by the hair and pulled her up to his eye-level, forcing her to look at him. Tears were welling up in her eyes as she tried to look away.
"You humans are such a pain to deal with!" He began. "I think I should teach you a lesson." He spoke as he looked at her, eying her body greedily.
"We'll show you what we demons can _really do_!" The other added as he stepped forward.
"Unhand her!!!"
The Demon holding Lin looked up just in time to receive a boot print to the face and be sent flying.
Lin fell to the ground and looked up at the person who had saved her. It was a young man in black pants and a blue coat (looking to be about seventeen years old). He was tall, with orange hair and broad shoulders.
He looked down at her, making his broad chin and slender eyebrows visible as well. "Don't worry Ma'am!" He announced. "I'll protect you." He informed her as he beamed with a bright smile.
"Look out!" she screamed as the other demon appeared over his shoulder, but he merely held out his fist- causing it to crash directly into the demon's face.
"Don't worry," Kuwabara began. "I sensed him coming from the start." He proudly explained to her. He held out his hand to and took hers, easily lifting her up onto her feet.
Lin trembled slightly and then suddenly broke into tear and threw her arms around the person who had just saved her. "O was so afraid of what they were going to do to me!" She cried out. "Thank you for saving me from the horrible men!" She went on.
Kuwabara laughed nervously and placed his hand behind his head. "Oh, it was nothing." He replied, trying to dislodge himself from the emotionally overwhelmed girl. But then, he suddenly turned pale as they heard a strange cutting sound behind him.
Lin released Kuwabara as the two of them turned around to see Hiei pull his katana out of a third demon who had come out of nowhere.
"You should do a better job of watching your back." He informed Kuwabara. "There's not always someone to save you when you're not paying attention to hostile chi energies." He informed him, deliberately sounding arrogant as he did so.
Lin observed the new stranger that had appeared. He was much shorter then the first one- even shorter then she was. But he had an unusual look to him. Dark eyes and bushy black hair (with a strange patch of white in the front, over his eyes). He was wearing a strange cloak around his body, so it was hard to distinguish anymore details.
But at that moment, the effect of the emotional and physical strain on Lin finally caught up to her and she lost consciousness.
The two men had begun arguing, but had to step abruptly when the young woman fell down between them, face-first!
"Oh hey! What in the-" Kuwabara started to say as the girl dropped to the ground before him.
Hiei also had to step back to keep her from falling onto him- trapping him in a situation that would have been awkward to say to say the least. He looked up and saw that Kuwabara was looking at him, as if expecting some kind of answer.
"Don't look at me!" He began. "I'm certainly not going to carry her!" He exclaimed in indignation.
~End of Chapter 03~
I think that I was successful in moving the story along in this chapter. At any rate, I figured that is was about time that some new characters were introduced. (It also provided me with a chance to flesh out Hiei and Kuwabara a bit more.)
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and I plan on having the next one out soon. And if you're interested, I'd love for you guys to take a look at my other stories that I'm working on. Any feedback on them (especially "JENOVA" or "Gunslinger"!) would be great.
Thanks,
-Bojack
P.s. Any suggestions or ideas are also welcome, too!