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Chapter 6
Hikaru and Yuki began to stir. Slowly, they opened their eyes and sat up.
"Are you alright?" Kurama asked.
"Hikaru stared at him. Yeah, we're fine," she gazed around the room. "How the hell did we get here?"
"And where is here?" Yuki added.
"You mean you don't remember?" Botan asked.
"Remember what?" the girls said in unison.
"You guys just started staring off, and then you started glowing and floating in the air and talking like some friggin' robot or something," Kuwabara explained.
"You took the elevator upstairs to the second floor," Hiei added.
"You mean we got possessed by something or other and just floated up to this vault?" Yuki asked, pointed to the door behind them. She received a nod in response.
"The only thing I remember is hearing this really awkward voice inside my head, and then I had the sudden impulse to go upstairs," Hikaru told them. "Koenma, can you open this vault? I think there's something in there that's making us act weird."
"Open it? Are you nuts! There are hundreds or dangerous items in there that could destroy the three worlds!" the young ruler protested.
"Then why did you tell your ogre to open it and clean it out, hm?" Yuki countered.
"I-uh…"
"Koenma, we need to save him as well as find out what the hell is making us act strange," Hikaru coaxed further. The toddler exchanged glances with everyone and sighed in defeat.
"Fine, but if anything happens, it's your own fault," he said. Koenma put his hand to the vault. Surprisingly, he wasn't shocked and thrown back like the girls. Instead, he shut his eyes and his hand began to glow a faint blue. Before long, a click was heard. "There, it's open."
"Thanks," Hikaru and Yuki smiled.
"Can you stand?" Kurama asked the two of them, though Hikaru noticed he kept his eyes more on her.
"Yeah, we're fine, thanks," Hikaru smiled. Slowly, they stood, though slightly wobbly. They braced themselves against the wall, waiting until the dizziness passed.
"We're ready, Yuki announced. Botan nodded and opened the vault door.
Everyone was greeted by semi-darkness from the vault. Cautiously stepping inside, Hikaru and Yuki stared around them. The light from outside, though not much, was enough to illuminate some area around them. The ceiling was invisible to them, as it was so high up. Shelves upon shelves of boxes and other containers held strange looking items. Some glowed with an eerie light, while others looked plain scary.
"Is there any way we can light this place?" Yusuke asked.
"We don't use any lights just incase they activate any of these things," Koenma explained.
"Hiei, why don't you use your flame?" Kurama suggested to the vertically challenged youkai. Hiei glared at the kitsune.
"Fine, but don't you get used to this," Hiei's fist instantly ignited in a dazzling red flame, easily shedding light in a 50-foot radius.
All sorts of things cluttered the floor and walls. Things that seemed as harmless as a fly ("What's this?" Yuki picked up a tiny bear plushie. "No, don't touch that!" Koenma shouted. Too late, Yuki was already hypnotized. Koenma knocked her on her head. "Don't touch anything," he said. "Sorry," Yuki sniffed.) and things that seemed to scream "Danger!" as you stared at it.
"Guys, I feel a little dizzy," Yuki said. She grabbed her head and closed her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Kurama asked.
"There's something in here…it's the same feeling I got when we were being hypnotized before…" Hikaru explained.
"I think…I think it's over here," Yuki pointed in front of her.
"Hiei, could you come over here?" Hiei glared at Hikaru. "Please?"
Hiei growled, but complied. He couldn't believe he was taking orders from a ningen! Now able to see, Hikaru and Yuki led the way to where the strange feeling was leading them.
Five minutes later they hadn't even walked halfway across the gigantic vault.
"Are you sure whatever you are looking for is over here?" Kuwabara asked. He received no response. "Hey, are you listening to me!"
"Shut up, you baka!" Hiei hissed. Confused, Kuwabara looked over towards the girls. They were panting heavily, as if each step they took drained energy from them like a vacuum. They looked about ready to pass out. Kuwabara kept quiet for the rest of the walk.
Hikaru stopped suddenly, causing Yuki to crash into her.
"Ow…" Yuki groaned. "What did you stop for?"
"Look," Hikaru pointed to a faint glowing in the distance.
"What's that?" Yusuke asked.
"I don't know, but that's where these impulses are coming from. I'm sure of it," Hikaru answered and crept closer to it. As she did so, the green glow grew brighter and brighter. Soon it was enough to light most of the room.
"OGRE!" Koenma shouted and rushed over. The familiar blue ogre was lying unconscious next to the blinding green light. "What happened to him? This is just a box!"
Two thumps were heard as Hikaru and Yuki fell to their knees, each clutching their heads. They were now glowing just as the box was, though Hikaru was a lightning yellow and Yuki and ice blue, just as before.
"It's definitely that thing!" Yuki yelled.
"It's…it is calling us…it's trying to get us to open the box!" Hikaru shouted.
"Koenma, sir, what is that thing!" Botan asked.
"That's the thing: no one knows what's in there," Koenma answered.
"Then what's it doing in here?" Yusuke asked.
"We haven't been able to open because anyone who's tried to touch it has been shocked, paralyzed, killed, you name it. The only thing we've been able to do is get it in here by levitation. It's immune to any kind of spell or magic we use. This is actually the first time it's acted this way."
"Then…then what about the ogre?" Yuki asked through clenched teeth.
Hikaru put a hand over his mouth. "He's still alive. I can feel a breath coming from him.
"What do we do? That box is making Hikaru and Yuki act strange!" Botan shouted, frantic. Everyone exchanged worried glances.
"We have to open it," Hikaru said.
"What? Didn't you hear what Koenma said? It could kill you!" Yusuke protested. Hikaru didn't grace him with a reply. All she knew was what her choices were. She made up her mind and glanced over at Yuki. Without any words, they knew what each other was thinking and nodded. Slowly, they reached out their hands to touch the box despite the fierce protests from the others.
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A/N: I could've ended it here. But I can't…anyways, sry for the interruption!
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Once their flesh came in contact with the wooden box, the green light erupted, sending energy up their arms. The corresponding glows that each girl was in grew increasingly brighter until it was a blinding light. All Hikaru could feel was her hair standing on end, as if being electrocuted. Yuki, on the other hand, was shivering, but neither girl removed her hand and continued to feed off the energy from the box.
Finally the auras subsided and the girls fell to the floor.
"Hikaru! Yuki!" Botan cried. Kurama and Botan, being the closest, caught the two.
"Ugh…" Yuki groaned.
"Are youalright?" Botan asked worriedly.
"Yeah…I think," Hikaru answered.
"Hey, guys, the box…it opened," Kuwabara announced. Indeed the box had opened to reveal two small, glowing spheres. One was a golden yellow, the other an icy blue. Inside them energy seemed to be raging inside like a fire.
"Those…those spheres…" Kurama stuttered.
"Could they possibly be…" Koenma didn't finish his sentence either as he awed at the sight moving his gaze from the spheres, to Hikaru and Yuki, and back again.
"There's only one way to find out," Yuki said and reached out to the blue sphere. While the yellow one repelled her touch as she drew nearer, the blue one seemed eager to fall in her grasp. She gripped it tightly, and a warm, tingling sensation shot through her body, soon replaced by a pleasant aching of cold. What was even stranger was that Yuki's wounds from training had healed instantly.
"Yuki? Yuki?" Hikaru called out.
"I…I feel cold, but it's like…it doesn't bother me. In fact," Yuki looked over her body, "it feels like I should feel this way. Hikaru, try the other one."
Hikaru glanced at the yellow orb. It was somehow calling to her, urging her to grasp it. Hesitantly, she did. A tingling sensation crept through her whole body before becoming stronger, almost like an electric shock; it was strange to her, because instead of feeling intense pain, the feeling seemed so pleasant. The sphere itself seemed to be trying to get her to relax with this new power.
"Hikaru?" Yuki's voice rang out in her head. She shook her head slightly. And looked down at her body. Her wounds had also healed like Yuki's. In fact, she felt rejuvenated, like she could go through a million and one of those sessions again. Looking at her sister, she gasped, soon followed by Yuki's gasp.
"What? What's wrong?" Yusuke asked.
"Our eyes…" Hikaru said. Before, Hikaru and Yuki had regular eyes: Yuki's were a sky blue, Hikaru's an amber yellow. Now Yuki's eyes were swirling with different shades of blue, just like her sphere. Hikaru's did the same, though with yellows.
"Wow…"
"Interesting."
A/N: Well, here's this chapter! Hope you guys like it!
Anyways, my friend Yumi is going to make an appearance in the next chapter, as well that certain youkai that E wants to meet so bad. So yeah. The next chapter shall be called…uh… how about "The Best Birthday Bash Ever!" Please review! I R hungry for reviews! Tengo hambre! Quiero reviews! (I am hungry!(Or literally "I have hunger") I want reviews!)
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