Chapter Nine: Fire and Ice
The grass bent under the weight of his boots as he walked towards them.
Kuwabara stepped in front of Lin, making sure that he would remain between the girl and their unknown attacker. "Who are you?" He demanded.
The figure smiled slightly at the question, his mouth and jaw just visible from under his hat. "Well that's a good question." He remarked.
***
"You see, you and your friend have been causing us a great deal of trouble recently." The stranger explained and he took another step towards Hiei.
The fire demon's jagan eye confirmed that Shera was safely inside the house. He then descended the steps, towards the cloaked figure. "'Us'?" Hiei asked incredulously. "By that, you must mean that you are one of Darkon's lot?" He asked.
The stranger just laughed at the question and then smiled.
***
"Allow me to introduce myself." The stranger began as he looked at Kuwabara.
A gloved hand appeared from his cloak and he reached up and took hold of the brim of his hat and threw it aside.
Kuwabara was greeted by the visage of a lean red face with long white hair.
"I am Densil," He began. "Elemental Demon of Fire!" He exclaimed. "And I have come to kill you!" He added haughtily with a laugh.
***
The stranger reached up and gripped the brim of his hat, and pointed towards Hiei with his other hand. "Look now at my face, for it is the face of your destruction!" He called out.
And with that, he tossed the hat aside to reveal his slender blue skinned face and long white hair.
Hiei's muscles tensed slightly in anticipation of what might happen
"I am Ansul, Elemental Demon of Ice!" He announced as he stepped forwards and looked down at the smaller demon.
***
Densil threw back his cloak, revealing his full form to Kuwabara. He was wearing a breastplate and armored boots and gloves. A chain was looped across hi chest and seemed to be hanging behind his back. A sword was tucked into his belt, along with a dagger.
The Demon pulled out his sword thrust it towards Kuwabara, stopping just centimeters away from his face.
The tall human stepped forward and looked him straight in the eyes, fixing him with a cold glare.
Densil frowned and pulled the blade back. "Why didn't you get out of the way?" He asked.
Kuwabara grinned slightly. "Because you weren't going to hit me with it." He replied. "And besides," He continued. "You're attack chi didn't rise at all." He finished.
The demon laughed at this. "Well, it seems that I've underestimated you." He replied. "But next time, I won't be so nice!" He added.
The two fighters stood there, looking at one another, when Densil suddenly lunged towards him- striking him in the chest with his fist and sending him crashing into a tree.
Lin watched in horror as he slid down the side of the large tree and hit the ground unceremoniously, his head slumping down.
The red demon smiled confidently and then turned towards her and crossed his arms proudly. "Look now at what happens to those who oppose our will," He remarked. "Not even your precious hero can help you dirty humans." He added.
Suddenly, a blast of chi energy struck him in the side and knocked him to the ground. The demon looked up to see his once fallen opponent standing up with his hand held out. "That was your free hit." Kuwabara announced.
"Damn you!" He screamed. "I'm through playing around with you!" He exclaimed as he clamored up onto his feet.
Lin smiled inwardly as she watched the two of them prepare to make their next moves.
***
The short demon observed that his opponent was wearing a sturdy-looking breastplate and had a couple of swords and a sickle hanging at his waist.
Ansul held his hand out, open palm facing up towards the sky. A small orb of cold air seemed to form just above it. He then threw it at Hiei.
But the small demon easily deflected it with a chi-blast. This created a small explosion and sent up a wall of dust and dirt.
Hiei took a step back as Ansul went flying at him through the dust cloud. He easily blocked the punch that his attacker threw at him. Their battle- energies flared up just slightly as their punches met in mid-strike. Chi energy crackled around them as they pressed their clenched fists against each other's. Finally, both of them jumped back from one another.
Hiei sighed heavily as he straightened himself out. He sensed something and called out to Shera, ordering her to stay inside. She nodded and remained inside the house.
Ansul came at him again, this time trying to deliver a side kick to his ribs, but Hiei blocked it and jumped back- just in time to dodge another kick and then a punch from both hands.
Hiei was forced to lean backwards and then to the sides, but then changed his stance and leaned forward- punching Ansul in the stomach.
The Ice Demon gasped for air as he craned forward, just in time to receive a kick to the chin from Hiei. Ansul fell onto the ground and rolled onto his side, spitting out dark-colored blood.
"You worthless piece of trash!" He spat as he got onto his feat. "I'll kill you!" He exclaimed.
Ansul sped towards Hiei an unprecedented speed and appeared right in front of him. He managed to take hold of the smaller demon's wrist. Hiei gasped as a thick layer of ice formed over his hand and halfway down his fore-arm.
Hiei pulled his hand away from him, but the Ice Demon was able to kick him in the midsection and send him flying onto his back. He started to get up again, but was knocked down by a blast of condensed cold-air.
Hiei stood up on his feet; a deep growling sound coming from him as he looked down at the ground, the sound was almost feral-like. He held up frozen hand, and as his body began to glow with energy- the ice shattered off of his hand. The small fire demon then disappeared from his attacker's view.
***
Kuwabara ducked down as Densil tried to kick him in the head. He caught hold of his boot and tossed him onto his back.
Furious, the demon got back onto his feet and charged Kuwabara and took a swing at him. The tall human just caught hold of his wrist and cuffed him across the jaw with his free hand.
Densil spun around and fell on his face. He got back up again and blew fire out of his mouth.
Kuwabara was barely able to get out of the way as a hot jet of flame shot up into the sky. He sent a few more jets of flame at him, but to no avail.
The fire demon pulled out his sword and then magically lit the blade on fire. He began taking swings at Kuwabara. But to his amazement, the human somehow formed a sword out of pure energy and deflected the attacks.
They both stood before each other, pressing their blades against one another's. After a moment of them, they moved back and began lashing back out at each other again.
"What?!" Densil gasped as his sword finely broke over Kuwabara's spirit sword. He threw the handle down. He then held up both of his hands and clenched them into fists. They began glowing with a strange sort of flame.
Densil launched two fireballs at Kuwabara, who had a hard time blocking them with his spirit sword.
***
Ansul looked around frantically, but then suddenly sensed something behind him. He looked over his shoulder just as Hiei placed his hand against his back ad cause a small amount of chi to violently explode where he was touching.
His cloak disintegrated as he was thrown forward. He did manage to stay on his feet, but as he turned around, his breastplate was dented by Hiei's kick. He pulled out his sickle and threw it at the smaller demon, who deftly leaned to the side and missed the spinning blade.
Ansul pulled another device off of his waist. It was a series of four sections that were held together by chains. The chains slid into the sections as he attached them all together to form a staff with it, except the last section made it look more like a scythe.
Hiei jumped behind him and Ansul turned around in time to see him catch a sword that was thrown at him by the small girl from earlier.
Hiei unsheathed his katana blade and the two of them began striking at each other with their respective weapons, sending sparks flying out as their weapons clashed. At that moment, Ansul pulled back his scythe and prepared to deliver the final blow.
Their weapons met in mid-swing and everything grew quiet. Hiei still had his arm outstretched. Ansul looked down to realize that the end of his scythe was gone- now laying behind him. Then, a gash opened up across his right cheek and dark blue blood ran down the side of his face.
Hiei stood up straight and watched as the demon wiped his cheek and then looked down at his blood-stained glove.
"Damn you!" Ansul exclaimed. "I won't forget this," He went on. "I will come back very soon!" He added and then vanished.
Shera ran outside, stopping next to Hiei. "Are you alright?" She asked him.
Hiei took a deep breath and looked back at her. "Yeah, I'm fine." He answered. "Let's go on in." He added.
***
Kuwabara kept deflecting the blast with his spirit sword.
The demon laughed and the flames around his hands seemed to just disappear as fast as they had appeared. "I can see that this is getting us nowhere." He remarked.
Densil reached up and pulled off the chain that was hanging on him. The thick iron chain had a large, spike ball on the end of it, which promptly burst into flames. The light of the fire reflected off his armor and eyes in a strange way as he smiled evilly.
The Spirit Detective had to jump back as the burning orb hit the ground and caused a small explosion.
"I'll get you now!" Densil announced as he advanced towards him. Densil was twirling the chain and the exploding orb over when he kicked out the other end of the chain, hitting Kuwabara with it.
The human stepped back and just missed being hit by the orb, but the blast it made when it hit the ground behind him, caused him to loose his footing and fall onto his back.
The demon threw the orb and chain over his shoulder pulled his other sword out of his belt, preparing to drive it into Kuwabara's heart. But the human rolled to the side, causing the blade to drive into the soil. He then kicked out his legs, striking Densil squarely in his torso and sending him onto his back. The orb caused another explosion behind him as he fell.
The fire demon then stood up and swung the orb back at Kuwabara. Then something strange happened. Kuwabara caught the orb in his hands and threw it back at Densil.
The fire demon cried out as it hit him and exploded right before him, setting his cloak ablaze. Densil scream and then vanished.
"Ha!" Kuwabara yelled and then set down and let out a long, protracted sigh of relief. "I guess he really couldn't handle a little taste of his own medicine." He remarked as he leaned back against a tree and closed his eyes.
~End of Chapter Nine~
Please drop me a line and let me know what you all though of this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it, because it's longer and I had to spend a lot more time working on it. The actions sequences were fun to writ, but they took for ever. Anyway, I'll see you guys next time.
Later,
-Bojack747
The grass bent under the weight of his boots as he walked towards them.
Kuwabara stepped in front of Lin, making sure that he would remain between the girl and their unknown attacker. "Who are you?" He demanded.
The figure smiled slightly at the question, his mouth and jaw just visible from under his hat. "Well that's a good question." He remarked.
***
"You see, you and your friend have been causing us a great deal of trouble recently." The stranger explained and he took another step towards Hiei.
The fire demon's jagan eye confirmed that Shera was safely inside the house. He then descended the steps, towards the cloaked figure. "'Us'?" Hiei asked incredulously. "By that, you must mean that you are one of Darkon's lot?" He asked.
The stranger just laughed at the question and then smiled.
***
"Allow me to introduce myself." The stranger began as he looked at Kuwabara.
A gloved hand appeared from his cloak and he reached up and took hold of the brim of his hat and threw it aside.
Kuwabara was greeted by the visage of a lean red face with long white hair.
"I am Densil," He began. "Elemental Demon of Fire!" He exclaimed. "And I have come to kill you!" He added haughtily with a laugh.
***
The stranger reached up and gripped the brim of his hat, and pointed towards Hiei with his other hand. "Look now at my face, for it is the face of your destruction!" He called out.
And with that, he tossed the hat aside to reveal his slender blue skinned face and long white hair.
Hiei's muscles tensed slightly in anticipation of what might happen
"I am Ansul, Elemental Demon of Ice!" He announced as he stepped forwards and looked down at the smaller demon.
***
Densil threw back his cloak, revealing his full form to Kuwabara. He was wearing a breastplate and armored boots and gloves. A chain was looped across hi chest and seemed to be hanging behind his back. A sword was tucked into his belt, along with a dagger.
The Demon pulled out his sword thrust it towards Kuwabara, stopping just centimeters away from his face.
The tall human stepped forward and looked him straight in the eyes, fixing him with a cold glare.
Densil frowned and pulled the blade back. "Why didn't you get out of the way?" He asked.
Kuwabara grinned slightly. "Because you weren't going to hit me with it." He replied. "And besides," He continued. "You're attack chi didn't rise at all." He finished.
The demon laughed at this. "Well, it seems that I've underestimated you." He replied. "But next time, I won't be so nice!" He added.
The two fighters stood there, looking at one another, when Densil suddenly lunged towards him- striking him in the chest with his fist and sending him crashing into a tree.
Lin watched in horror as he slid down the side of the large tree and hit the ground unceremoniously, his head slumping down.
The red demon smiled confidently and then turned towards her and crossed his arms proudly. "Look now at what happens to those who oppose our will," He remarked. "Not even your precious hero can help you dirty humans." He added.
Suddenly, a blast of chi energy struck him in the side and knocked him to the ground. The demon looked up to see his once fallen opponent standing up with his hand held out. "That was your free hit." Kuwabara announced.
"Damn you!" He screamed. "I'm through playing around with you!" He exclaimed as he clamored up onto his feet.
Lin smiled inwardly as she watched the two of them prepare to make their next moves.
***
The short demon observed that his opponent was wearing a sturdy-looking breastplate and had a couple of swords and a sickle hanging at his waist.
Ansul held his hand out, open palm facing up towards the sky. A small orb of cold air seemed to form just above it. He then threw it at Hiei.
But the small demon easily deflected it with a chi-blast. This created a small explosion and sent up a wall of dust and dirt.
Hiei took a step back as Ansul went flying at him through the dust cloud. He easily blocked the punch that his attacker threw at him. Their battle- energies flared up just slightly as their punches met in mid-strike. Chi energy crackled around them as they pressed their clenched fists against each other's. Finally, both of them jumped back from one another.
Hiei sighed heavily as he straightened himself out. He sensed something and called out to Shera, ordering her to stay inside. She nodded and remained inside the house.
Ansul came at him again, this time trying to deliver a side kick to his ribs, but Hiei blocked it and jumped back- just in time to dodge another kick and then a punch from both hands.
Hiei was forced to lean backwards and then to the sides, but then changed his stance and leaned forward- punching Ansul in the stomach.
The Ice Demon gasped for air as he craned forward, just in time to receive a kick to the chin from Hiei. Ansul fell onto the ground and rolled onto his side, spitting out dark-colored blood.
"You worthless piece of trash!" He spat as he got onto his feat. "I'll kill you!" He exclaimed.
Ansul sped towards Hiei an unprecedented speed and appeared right in front of him. He managed to take hold of the smaller demon's wrist. Hiei gasped as a thick layer of ice formed over his hand and halfway down his fore-arm.
Hiei pulled his hand away from him, but the Ice Demon was able to kick him in the midsection and send him flying onto his back. He started to get up again, but was knocked down by a blast of condensed cold-air.
Hiei stood up on his feet; a deep growling sound coming from him as he looked down at the ground, the sound was almost feral-like. He held up frozen hand, and as his body began to glow with energy- the ice shattered off of his hand. The small fire demon then disappeared from his attacker's view.
***
Kuwabara ducked down as Densil tried to kick him in the head. He caught hold of his boot and tossed him onto his back.
Furious, the demon got back onto his feet and charged Kuwabara and took a swing at him. The tall human just caught hold of his wrist and cuffed him across the jaw with his free hand.
Densil spun around and fell on his face. He got back up again and blew fire out of his mouth.
Kuwabara was barely able to get out of the way as a hot jet of flame shot up into the sky. He sent a few more jets of flame at him, but to no avail.
The fire demon pulled out his sword and then magically lit the blade on fire. He began taking swings at Kuwabara. But to his amazement, the human somehow formed a sword out of pure energy and deflected the attacks.
They both stood before each other, pressing their blades against one another's. After a moment of them, they moved back and began lashing back out at each other again.
"What?!" Densil gasped as his sword finely broke over Kuwabara's spirit sword. He threw the handle down. He then held up both of his hands and clenched them into fists. They began glowing with a strange sort of flame.
Densil launched two fireballs at Kuwabara, who had a hard time blocking them with his spirit sword.
***
Ansul looked around frantically, but then suddenly sensed something behind him. He looked over his shoulder just as Hiei placed his hand against his back ad cause a small amount of chi to violently explode where he was touching.
His cloak disintegrated as he was thrown forward. He did manage to stay on his feet, but as he turned around, his breastplate was dented by Hiei's kick. He pulled out his sickle and threw it at the smaller demon, who deftly leaned to the side and missed the spinning blade.
Ansul pulled another device off of his waist. It was a series of four sections that were held together by chains. The chains slid into the sections as he attached them all together to form a staff with it, except the last section made it look more like a scythe.
Hiei jumped behind him and Ansul turned around in time to see him catch a sword that was thrown at him by the small girl from earlier.
Hiei unsheathed his katana blade and the two of them began striking at each other with their respective weapons, sending sparks flying out as their weapons clashed. At that moment, Ansul pulled back his scythe and prepared to deliver the final blow.
Their weapons met in mid-swing and everything grew quiet. Hiei still had his arm outstretched. Ansul looked down to realize that the end of his scythe was gone- now laying behind him. Then, a gash opened up across his right cheek and dark blue blood ran down the side of his face.
Hiei stood up straight and watched as the demon wiped his cheek and then looked down at his blood-stained glove.
"Damn you!" Ansul exclaimed. "I won't forget this," He went on. "I will come back very soon!" He added and then vanished.
Shera ran outside, stopping next to Hiei. "Are you alright?" She asked him.
Hiei took a deep breath and looked back at her. "Yeah, I'm fine." He answered. "Let's go on in." He added.
***
Kuwabara kept deflecting the blast with his spirit sword.
The demon laughed and the flames around his hands seemed to just disappear as fast as they had appeared. "I can see that this is getting us nowhere." He remarked.
Densil reached up and pulled off the chain that was hanging on him. The thick iron chain had a large, spike ball on the end of it, which promptly burst into flames. The light of the fire reflected off his armor and eyes in a strange way as he smiled evilly.
The Spirit Detective had to jump back as the burning orb hit the ground and caused a small explosion.
"I'll get you now!" Densil announced as he advanced towards him. Densil was twirling the chain and the exploding orb over when he kicked out the other end of the chain, hitting Kuwabara with it.
The human stepped back and just missed being hit by the orb, but the blast it made when it hit the ground behind him, caused him to loose his footing and fall onto his back.
The demon threw the orb and chain over his shoulder pulled his other sword out of his belt, preparing to drive it into Kuwabara's heart. But the human rolled to the side, causing the blade to drive into the soil. He then kicked out his legs, striking Densil squarely in his torso and sending him onto his back. The orb caused another explosion behind him as he fell.
The fire demon then stood up and swung the orb back at Kuwabara. Then something strange happened. Kuwabara caught the orb in his hands and threw it back at Densil.
The fire demon cried out as it hit him and exploded right before him, setting his cloak ablaze. Densil scream and then vanished.
"Ha!" Kuwabara yelled and then set down and let out a long, protracted sigh of relief. "I guess he really couldn't handle a little taste of his own medicine." He remarked as he leaned back against a tree and closed his eyes.
~End of Chapter Nine~
Please drop me a line and let me know what you all though of this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it, because it's longer and I had to spend a lot more time working on it. The actions sequences were fun to writ, but they took for ever. Anyway, I'll see you guys next time.
Later,
-Bojack747