Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or it's characters. I do own Angela, Star, and the twins. I own the Darkness, the shadow creatures, the zombie queen, and the Crimson Force.
AN: Don't shoot me. I don't know any of the YYH characters' blood types, so don't quote me or get mad if you know and I'm wrong. I also don't know exactly what they do when they take an IV out. Okay, we're winding down to the point where I stopped my outline. I haven't actually figured out what happens. Give me time, in the mean time, read some of my Favs and I'll try to put up the more lighthearted story I'm starting. Till we meet again. Also, can you spot an 'Inferno' reference? Good book, though a bit long.
Legend:
-Thought-
-Telepathy-
/Flashbacks/
/Dream/Visions/
Noise
Empathy/feelings
Chapter Eleven
"Sirs," the doctor said. "I have good news. The young lady is going to make it."
Kurama nearly colapsed with relief, Yusuke did fall to his knees, sighing. "Thank you," he said to the ceiling.
The doctor smiled for a second then became serious. "She is still in grave condition and will need to stay here for awhile longer. She has lost a great deal of blood and we need to know her blood type. Do either of you know?"
Kurama nodded. "Yes, O-positive. I am O-positive and can give her my blood," he said.
The doctor looked at him. "She needs alot of blood, I don't think one person can give it to her on their own. Do you know anyone else that is her blood type?"
Yusuke nodded. "My fiancee. I'll go get her."
The doctor nodded as Yusuke left, then he turned back to Kurama. "We need to get you cleaned up first." Kurama followed the doctor as he led him out of the waiting room.
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Yusuke bounded into the training room where he found Kuwabara and Star. "Hi," he said breathless. "Where's Yukina?"
"With the twins," Star said, coming over to him.
"Star, I need your help," Yusuke said as he hugged her. "Angela needs alot of blood and I remember you saying you were her blood type. Can you do it?"
Star nodded. "I'll do anything for her."
Yusuke turned to Kuwabara. "Have you contacted Koenma?"
Kuwabara nodded. "Yeah. He said that he hadn't seen Botan since we left for the tournament. He said he'll keep the SDF on high alert for her."
Star turned to Yusuke, sadness in her eyes. "Don't tell Kurama, but I have a little ability to see into the past...I looked back to when I was drowned...It was Botan."
Yusuke was silent. Then he held his fiancee. "We'll get to the bottom of all of this, I promise."
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Angela opened her eyes to find that she was in a hospital room. She looked around her. Kurama was snoozing in a nearby chair. "Kurama?" she croaked, her throat dry.
Kurama was instantly awake. He leaned towards her, worry in his face. "Angela, how do you feel?" he asked, not quite holding her hand that was closest to him, mainly because it had an IV in it.
Angela looked at it and turned sickly white. "I was okay until I saw the needle shoved in my arm." She laid back down, feeling her ears and the back of her neck start to burn, warning signs that she was about to pass out, which was normal when ever a needle was 'shoved' up her arm. She had had plenty of blood tests as a child when they had her on medicines for depression. Luckily, when she grew up, they had taken her off of the pills.
Kurama saw her reaction and called for a nurse. One came in immediately and checked Angela over. "Is everything alright?" the male nurse asked.
Angela shook her head and said through her teeth, "No, you sissy mother fuckin' shitty jackassed bitch!" Both males' eyebrows went up at her language. "I've got a damn needle shoved up my arm and it hurts!"
Kurama looked at the male nurse. "Is there a possibility that you can take the IV out?"
The nurse nodded. "I guess it will be alright since she's up now." He gently took the IV out and put a bandage where it had been, then he left hurridly, afraid of the tongue lashing the woman could dish out.
Angela sighed while Kurama smiled slightly at the speed the nurse had left. Then the sad look he had had for the past few days returned. He reached over and took Angela's hand "Angela...I'm sorry about what happened. I didn't even suspect Botan-" he started but Angela stopped him, shaking her head.
"Kurama, that wasn't Botan," she said.
He looked at her, confused by what she said. "What do you mean?"
Angela tried to sit up, but then thought better of it when a wave of dizziness and slight pain washed over her. She laid back down. "It was a creature called a Death Puppet. The Crimson Force creates a copy of a being that they have captured and it's virtually an exact copy except for the personality because thoughts of death and killing override it's every thought, so of course there's going to be a change in personality and that's why it's called a Death Puppet," she said in a rush, wanting to reassure Kurama, knowing that thinking his wife had done this was eating him up inside.
Kurama stared at her. "What?" he asked after awhile.
Angela sighed. "When do I get out of the hospital? I have alot to tell all of you, but this isn't the right place to tell my story."
Kurama, still stunned at being told that it wasn't his wife that had held the knife, stumbled for a few seconds before he gathered his wits. "Uh..The doctor said that once you regained your strength, we could take you home. But then you would still need alot of bed rest," he said.
Angela nodded, relaxing a bit, placing her hand on her belly as habit, then she panicked. "Kurama! The baby!"
Kurama put a comforting hand on her arm. "The baby is fine, don't worry," he said soothingly. "Now rest." Angela nodded, and fell immediatly to sleep.
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Several days later Angela was laying in her bed at the shrine with Kurama, Yusuke, Kuwabara and Koenma, who had come in to hear Angela's news in person. Angela sighed, not sure how they were going to take her news. "Well...When I was taken to the hospital, my soul disconnected with my body." She waited for a reaction, but there was no reaction besides Yusuke's 'I've been in that situation before.' She sighed again. "A man came to me, an Angel. He said that he had something to show me and that I had to go with him. I wasn't sure what was happening but I went with him anyways. When I took his hand a light flashed around us and we were transported back 9000 years to my birth...Then we were transported back a little more, I'm not sure by how much, but we saw a seer. She had had a vision of my birth and the things I would do. It was a prophecy known as the Bleeding Angel, I'll tell you about it at the end of my story. A side note, I was the daughter of Rianda, princess and second child to King Aer and Queen Serisha, my bloodline was called the Star Key line, that's important. I was destined to become Queen since my uncle Dier could not have kids. We then were transported a thousand years later when I was Queen. There had been twelve Angels, known as the Fallen Twelve, who had taken a liking to the pain, torture, blood, and death of others. They also wanted to over throw the rulership of the Angels and take over the worlds by force. I had to banish them into deep outer space. They were enveloped in eleven pods, because two were twins. Oblong, smooth and red..." She paused for Kurama's and Yusuke's gasp.
-The meteorite!- Kurama thought.
She continued, "Then we transported to the time of the Great Darkness. It turns out that it was created by the Fallen Twelve and fed on pain, blood and death. Before the Fallen Twelve were banished, the leader, Seir, cast a spell on it so that it would grow until it was really powerful, and then it would try to take over the worlds. It managed to feed off of the wars and evil deeds of the other worlds. So four thousand years later, it was powerfull enough to take over the worlds, but I made the suggestion to fight it, and the other Angels followed me. Then, when we weren't winning I came up with the sealing, except the difference between this sealing and my sealing is that they didn't seal their souls with it and they used Star power. It would have worked just as good as mine except Seir gave it a little power so that it could cast one spell and that was the prophecy about how it would come back. Then we were transported to the Civil War era in America and we saw one of the Fallen Twelve, who call themselves the Crimson Force, land in the plantation and create the zombie queen to create an army. It no longer looks like an Angel..." She described what it looked like and Koenma turned visibly green and Yusuke and Kuwabara weren't far behind. "Well, then we transported to when the meteorite fell in the Forest of Fools, but we weren't able to see much because of a shield that they had."
She paused and Yusuke spoke up, "What about this Prophecy?"
"It's a prophecy that foretold my destiny." She sighed, then chanted in a haunting voice, "'The green eyed grandchild of King Aer shall one day lead the Angels to their greatest era, banishing those that would do evil to the worlds, but at a high price. Thrice she shall do this before her body is slain by traitorous hands should the one with crimson eyes fall. High her spirit shall soar to uncover what was lost and gain entrance to the stars to join her kith and kin. Under the night sky will she rise to shine hope on the worlds. However the eleven stars of the fallen shall chase her into darkness. Without aid the stars will vanish from the skies in the wake of the Bleeding Angel and leave no one to ponder their loss. Should aid come from twice born, twice dead, a shining star, good hearts, once evil hearts, the backing of a child-god and the power of the lost bloodline, the star of hope will once again shine to find what was lost by her hands and the Bleeding Angel shall be healed.' " Her voice returned to normal. "And that's the Prophecy of the Bleeding Angel," she said. She held up her hands to stop interruptions. "The Angel said that half of it has been fullfilled. I've banished evil three times, and I've been slain by traitorous hands."
Yusuke interrupted despite her held up hand. "But then how are you alive? Hiei, I'm sure the prophecy means him by 'crimson eyes', is dead. Right?"
Angela shook her head. "What I killed was a Death Puppet, a 'trick' that the Crimson Force has mastered while in space. I don't know what has happened to Hiei. We weren't sure if I would be able to come back to life, 'cuz we didn't know if Hiei was alive or dead, there was only one way to find out, but the Angel said he still had one more thing to show me. He took me into space and told me that the most powerfull enchanters and the Star Key line could fly among the stars. It turns out that there's a sixth element, Star power, however, it is only in some of the enchanters and the Star Key line and it is tied to our body, in our blood. He also told me that there was a power that I needed in a sacred place among the stars called the Star Sanctuary, it was like to Angels what Heaven is like to Humans. Only the Star Key line was able to open the portal to the Star Sanctuary. He said he couldn't teach me because he wasn't of the Star Key line, I had to remember how to find the power. I had a memory of when my grandmother was teaching me how to use my Star power. I opened the portal and inside I found a plaque." She grew quiet, remembering what the plaque had said.
"Well...what did it say?" Koenma asked.
Angela shook her head. "It is not the time for it." She took in a breath and continued, "Well, then we came back to the present again and he said it was time for me to try to go back into my body. He then disappeared. I climbed back into my body. The next thing I remember is waking up with that IV in my arm, damn the son of a bitch that put it in there to the ninth circle of hell," she grumbled.
Yusuke smiled. "Not a fan of needles eh?" he asked.
Kurama ignored him. "So this means that Hiei is more than likely alive," he said gently.
Angela nodded, smiling. "Yes."
Koenma 'hm'ed. "Well, I'll have to write down that prophecy. And about that aid...I know I'm in it as 'child-god'. Twice dead is the dumb ass here," he said, thumbing Yusuke.
"Hey!" was the indignant reply from the 'twice dead'.
"And 'twice born' would be me," Kurama said.
"And 'shining star' would be Star," Angela said. "I also know what the 'power of the lost bloodline' is. Now, who are the 'once evil hearts' and the 'good hearts'?"
They thought about it for several seconds then Kuwabara showed that he did have brains. "Maybe the demons in the border patrol. Some of them used to be evil. And some demons have always been good. And not to mention I'm a good heart." The others stared at him.
Kurama nodded after awhile. "Yes, that would make sense."
"Well, with half of it fulfiled, all we can do know is figure out how to fight the Crimson Force," Angela said after a bit.
"Yes. Did this Angel by any chance tell you how long we had until the Crimson Force arrives?" Kurama asked.
Angela shook her head. "No, but I doubt we have alot of time."
Kurama nodded. "Then our best bet to figure out how to fight the Crimson Force is to find the three that are here."
Angela held up two fingers. "No, there are only two now. While I reviewed our battle with the Darkness, I noticed that Lar, the CF, was also sucked into the dimensional hole."
Yusuke snapped his fingers. "There! You said it!" The others looked at him. He explained, "All we have to do is seal them like we did with the Darkness."
Angela glared at him. "You mean I sealed the Darkness. And don't forget, to do that someone with a strong soul would have to be sealed with them. We lost Sensui and Itsuki for that reason." The glare turned cold. "Who are you willing to volunteer for that purpose?"
Yusuke wilted. He held up his hands. "Ssorry."
Silence grew as they retreated into their own thoughts. Finally Kurama looked at Angela. "Angela, are you able to make shields like you did when we fought the Darkness?" he asked.
Angela nodded. "Yeah, why?"
"I'm thinking that we must go back to the Forest of Fools, and by 'we' I mean myself, Yusuke, Kuwabara, yourself of course, Star and over fifty demons from the border patrol. With your shields, we may be able to roam through the forest with little trouble from the demons there."
Koenma looked at Kurama. "Are you sure this will work?" he asked.
Kurama shrugged. "At the moment we're out of options."
Koenma nodded. "You're leaving out the 'backing' from me. I'll send all of the SDF with you. In the meantime I think it would be safe to bring Yukina and the twins to Spirit world for protection." Everyone nodded.
The others left Angela's room except for Kurama. He stayed at her bedside, unable to ask what he wanted to ask. Angela's eyes softened, able to feel his confusion and grief through her Empathy. She patted his hand. "Kurama, I don't know that answer, I don't know what happened to Hiei, Botan and the others that disappeared in the Forest of Fools. Maybe they escaped and are wandering lost in the forest, like the fake Hiei. Or maybe they're still in the clutches of the Crimson Force. I don't know. But I do know we'll get our revenge on the Crimson Force. The prophecy says so."
Kurama shook his head. "No, the prophecy has several endings. It could have ended with you dying because Hiei had fallen, it can still end in favor of the Crimson Force, or it can end with us winning. Don't believe that just because a prophecy says something is going to happen it's going to happen the way you want it to. Look at the prophecy the Darkness had made. It thought that it would be free of the seal with the blood and sacrifice of an Angel. But it was only freed from one seal right into another. Learn from that lesson. There are always loop holes in prophecies." He patted her hand in turn and got up to leave.
Angela called to him before he closed the door behind him. "I'm sorry I don't know what happened to Botan, but eventually you'll be reunited, either in this life or in the afterlife, you'll be together again."
He nodded. "I know."