I felt like being generous today and decided to put two chapters up in one day. Third chapter's almost done too...Well; hope you like this one too. If not, just don't read it. It's as simple as that really...
-Lightning crashed down beside the temple, narrowly missing a tree. The thunder rumbled on deeply. Dark yawned and lay back against the floor. "Ok, that's enough for now." he told the kids. They all groaned and begged for more. Kurama laid against the wall and looked up at the ceiling.
"Yes, you do not need to know anymore."
"Please Sensei! Continue." Akane cried out. Dark looked as though he was thinking about it for a moment.
"Nah. Don't wanna." he said with a smirk. Kurama stood up and slid open the door behind him.
"Get some sleep children. Training resumes tomorrow." Akane stood up, along with Sukai and two males.
"Please Masters! Continue." she cried out. The children all began whining and begging for more.
Kurama sighed and slid the door closed again. "Fine. But next time we stop, that's the end." he told them while sitting back down. They all sat and nodded in agreement.
"You're too soft." Dark muttered, crossing his arms across his chest...-
...Back in the past...
Kurama saw this as his chance. 'Thank kami he's an idiot!' the fox cried out as he backed away from the hunters while their attention was on the angel. Smoke suddenly surrounded the fox and when it cleared, he was in his youkai form again. He pulled a rose out from inside his haori and struck it out to the ground, it turning into a whip. He swung it forward and cut three of the hunters in half.
Dark took a few steps away, his wings disappearing from his back, He swiftly grabbed hold on one of the hunter's guns leaning close into their face, "Guns are very cheap toys." He said, their noses almost touching. The hunter's eyes widened and Dark pulled the gun away and smashed it into the hunter's face, knocking him unconscious.
Kurama wrapped his whip around one of the other hunter's neck and pulled him forward. "I've had enough of your kind. It's nothing personal, but your life ends now." he hissed, yanking the whip roughly until the hunter's neck snapped.
Whith swayed back and forth in a tree above, watching the fight, "Kyuu?" it wondered as it slipped from the tree, it fell and hit a hunter in the head, knocking him unconscious. Dark stared at the sight for a moment, "Pathetic" he murmured, then continued to have his fun with the hunters.
Two of the hunters farther from the scene shot towards the fox. Two bullets hit it in the chest and one in the right leg. He whimpered and dropped to the ground, holding the wounds on his chest as blood poured over his hands.
A few more shots were fired in Dark's direction, he managed to avoid one, but the other two of three shots-- he wasn't too lucky. One got him in his thigh, and the other, his right arm. He turned around sharp to look at the hunters and was forced to use his left hand to fight with, for his right arm was not much good. He used a hard left elbow to one hunter's head, hitting a vital point, the temple, causing that hunter's world to go black eternally. One more bullet dug deep into his skin of his right arm. "What the hell did I do wrong!" Dark shouted in frustration.
Kurama was through with this now. He threw the whip aside and pulled a seed from his pocket. He clenched it in his fists and large purple and grey vines began to coil out of his hand. He kneeled to the ground and placed his hand on the dirt. The plant began to dig into the ground and travel underground. Kurama then clenched his fist hard and all the vines shot up, clamping down on the hunters. Blood flew everywhere.
Dark blinked once in confusion, then twice, "What the hell...?" He said looked at all of the corpses on the ground. Whith hurried along jumping over the corpses and ran up onto Dark's shoulder.
"Kyuu...Kyuu…" the bunny said shakily.
Dark looked over at Kurama, "They got you pretty bad..." he muttered.
Kurama's breathing had grown heavy and he was sweating. His eyes were beginning to glaze over. The root coiled back into his arm and went inside the seed again. He shoved the seed in his pocket and tried to stand up. The damage from the wounds took toll and he collapsed to the ground. He lay on his back and looked up at Dark. "I know I'm pretty messed up, but are you ok?" he asked, then winced because of the pain.
"Heh, well. I've been better." He said sitting down on the ground near Kurama rubbing his messed up arm. "What the hell did they want from you?" Dark asked glancing down at Kurama.
"I'm a thief and I stole a very important jewel from their lord. Now I have a bounty on my head. Everyone in Makai has been out to kill me." Kurama replied, pushing himself up to the sitting position slowly. Blood was still flowing rapidly from his wounds.
"Important huh?" Dark smirked at his thoughts, "How so?"
"I haven't quite figured that part out yet. But it was guarded by over 30 demons so it must be good. Their lord already hated me though since I had stolen from him before. He's the one responsible for the death of my 'friend' Kuronue." Kurama hunched over slightly and gripped at his chest. 'Damnit. I hate guns.' he thought bitterly. His chest had also began to hurt from the mention of Kuronue. It just reminded him of the night their robbery had gone wrong.
"...so...you stole something you knew nothing about?" Dark said blankly. "Who steals something they don't know anything about?"
Whith curled up in a ball next to Dark, "Kyuu..." it sighed and began to doze off.
"Yes. I don't really care though. I hardly ever pay attention to what I steal." Kurama sighed and stood up. "I should be leaving now. More hunters are probably on their way so I need to get moving." He pulled a dark red gem about the size of a golf ball out of his pocket and tossed it to Dark. "Here's the jewel. Do what you wish with it." He then turned from the angel and began to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Dark asked, standing up quickly. He shoved the jewel into his pocket. Kurama kept his back turned and continued walking without a reply. "Don't ignore me damnit!" he yelled as Kurama began to disappear into the dense forest. Kurama paused.
"I do not wish to involve you in anymore danger. I have to get away from here so the hunters only focus on me." the fox replied after a few moments had passed. He gripped his chest again as the wound continued to bleed.
"You'll die if you go out there. Your wounds aren't something you can ignore." Dark walked up to Kurama and placed a hand on his shoulder. "You better stay with me while you're injured." Whith stirred slightly over on the ground, one of his ears twitching.
Kurama pulled away and whimpered as the pain from the gunshot wounds grew worse. "What good will come if I stay with you? You can't even protect yourself." he replied through clenched teeth, his fists clenched because of the pain.
Dark walked around the kitsune and stood in front of him. "You look like you'll die if you take one more step. Just come sit back down." he replied, crossing his arms over his chest.
Kurama growled deeply and pushed Dark aside. "I said no. Now move." He stepped forward towards the forest and that was as much as he could take. He uttered a slight whimper, then fell forward. Dark quickly got in front and caught him before he hit the ground.
"Damn fox..." he muttered, setting Kurama down on the ground carefully. "Now what?" he asked, sitting beside him.