Chapter five
I had heard the tales of a vault in the Reikai that held three objects. The Shadow Sword was the item I was interested in, and then there was the Orb of Baast, which could steal a soul from its body, and last was the Forlorn Hope, which could grant you any wish under a full moon… but as always, with such power comes a price. It took your life in exchange.
As I spoke about these artifacts Kurama listened patiently. When I spoke about the Forlorn Hope and what it could do I knew I had his attention and he would help. He cared too much for his human mother to let her die… he wouldn't hesitate to give his life for her.
Kurama had agreed to work with me but under the condition that we find a third party member.
"Why?" I asked. "We're powerful enough to take on the whole Reikai! Why do we need another person to get in our way?"
"Because, Hiei-kun…" he began calmly. "I'm use to working in a team of three."
The larger the group the more complex things would be… I wouldn't mind a team of two but three people was a little much. I didn't want to cross the fox spirit though… He would be hard to kill or replace.
"Fine." I reluctantly agreed. When I left to find the demon Kurama had been talking about Kuronue appeared, keeping up easily.
"Y'know… It won't be that bad working with three people." He said, smirking. "It could be fun."
"Hn!" I replied as usual. "Two people is more then enough for me. I don't see why the hell we have to have a third."
"It's just the way he's use to working." He replied.
"And how would you know that? He probably knows this demon, Gouki and they'll turn against me the moment we steal those artifacts…" I said, leaping from tree to roof to the ground and back at lighting fast speeds.
Kuronue glanced at me. "Damn kid. You're really paranoid, you know that?"
I didn't even waste my time glaring at him. "Just shut up and focus on the mission at hand." We had to find this demon, Gouki.
end of chapter five