Well it's been an extremly long week. Been sick, a lot of stuff going on with the family. But it's a weekend, so I have time to get another chapter up! I've been reading a lot of other fanfics lately, and I notice that the majority of my fics are just talking for the most part. Other fics I read, have more descriptions of movement, and other things. (But this is my 1st fic, since I started writing it before I did the other one I've posted on But either way, my new goal is to describe things, like what people are doing, more.
Chapter 7
Kurama opened his eyes to find darkness, except for 4 different colored squares. He was sitting on the floor, if you could call it that. There was only blackness under him, but he seemed to be supported by an invisable floor. He blinked a few times to adjust his vision. He looked around and found Hiei examining the area. Darkness stretched on as far as they could see, except for the 4 squares that surrounded them. When Kurama studied them more closely he figured out that they were actually doors. One door seemed to glow all the colors of the rainbow. Next to it was another door that was identical, except it wasn't glowing. There was also a red colored door with a lock on it, and a black door. The only thing allowing you to see it was that it was outlined with what appeared to be stars. And where the knob to the door would normally be, there was a miniature moon.
"There's something to this onna, a normal human's mind wouldn't be seperated like this." Hiei stated, while breaking the silence.
Kurama checked out his surroundings once more before standing up. He walked over to the rainbow colored door that was glowing. With caution he reached out to touch the door. But when his hand came in contact with the door there was a burst of electricity as sparks started to fly out of the point where his hand was touching the foor. (Similar if you were to throw a toaster into a bathtub.) A burning feeling went through his hand, and he quickly retreated it from the door. There were little burn marks on his hand, and he turned to the koorime behind him.
"This is similar to the demon ward on the kakai barrier seperating the human world from Makai." he informed Hiei.
"Hn."
Kurama turned his attention to the door next to him. It looked exactly like the one he just tried to open, except it wasn't glowing. Kurama backed up so he was standing between the two rainbow doors. He pulled two seeds out from behind his left ear. He took one of the seeds and flicked it at the glowing door. At contact the sparks returned, and stopped when the seed fell to the floor in a burnt manner. Kurama turned and flicked the other seed at the door that wasn't glowing. The seed hit the door, and fell to the floor like it would with any ordinary door. Kurama turned around once again to face Hiei.
"It looks like this door isn't protected." Kurama told Hiei as he pointed over his shoulder to the non-glowing door.
Hiei started walking forward towards the door. Kurama turned around after Hiei has passed him. Without any hesitation Hiei pushed the door open.
The room they were in blackened. The other three doors disappeared, only leaving the one door Hiei had just pushed opened remaining. But the door was closed. Hiei and Kurama turned around to examine the room. It was completely different. Like the previous room they were in, it was completely black. But there were little bubbles that were floating up and down in the room. They were glowing, allowing Hiei and Kurama to see where they were going. They each approached different bubbles, examining the strange spheres. The bubble that Kurama was examining moved close enough that it popped when it touched his nose. Instantly Hiei, the room, and all the bubbles disappeared. Kurama rubbed his eyes checking to see if he got soap in them, that caused him to lose his vision. When he brought his hands down he found himself in Kurome's room in her world. She was sitting on her bed with her eyes closed. Next to her sat himself eating popcorn, and watching the grudge with her. Then everything went black again, and Kurama found himself back in the bubble filled room. Hiei was next to him looking up into Kurama's face.
"What happened?" Hiei asked.
"I just saw one of her memories." Kurama replied.
Hiei turned and was going to poke a bubble near him when Kurama grabbed his wrist to stop him.
"Let go of me fox." Hiei demanded.
Kurama shook his head, "It's not our place to view her memories, especially without her permisssion."
Hiei pulled his arm back, freeing himself from Kurama's grasp.
"Hn, baka kitsune." he mumbled as he turned and went back to the rainbow door. He pushed it open, and yet again everything went black until they were back in the room with 4 doors. Instantly Hiei started to walk to the next door. He walked over to the red door with the lock on it. Kurama followed Hiei, and stood next to him.
"Don't you dare stop me this time fox. If she's hiding something, she'd lock it away in her mind." Hiei stated as he unsheathed his katana and sliced the lock with a quick swipe. But there wasn't even a scratch mark on the lock, it remained in place.
"Allow me." Kurama said as he pulled a rose out from behind his ear. He picked the lock using the stem of the rose until the lock snapped open. Slowly the door started to open on its own. This time the room didn't disappear, the duo just peered through the doorway. The room was completly black until a pair of red eyes opened. There was a slight growling noise until the creature jumped at Hiei and Kurama. But before it got to them, Kurama grabbed the door and slammed it shut.
There was a loud pounding noise from the creature hitting into the door, then scratching noises.
"Or maybe it was ment to keep something in." Kurama said as he grabbed the red lock, and locked the door back up.
"Do you have any idea what that was?" Hiei asked the kitsune.
"If I'm not mistaken, that was a demon, and a very powerful one." Kurama replied.
"That was a blood-thirsty demon. The only thing on its mind was killing. It didn't care if we were there to help it, or if we were stronger than it. All it wanted to do was kill." Hiei stated. (I used the word 'it' too much there)
"I'm surprised you were reading its mind at such a critical situation." Kurama remarked.
"Hn."
"Well I guess we should look into the last door." Kurama added while looking at the star-outlined door.
Both Hiei and himself started to walk towards the door. When Kurama touched the mini moon knob, the room disappeared, and they found themselves on the edge of a forest. There was a meadow stretched out in front of them with two figures in it. One was sitting down, and the other standing. The figure that was standing quickly turned around to look where Hiei and Kurama were standing. They quickly ducked down behind some bushes. The figure stared for a few more seconds before turning back around at the sound of its companion's voice.
"What's wrong?"
The standing figure shook their head.
"I thought I felt a youkai presence, but the lock is still on the door." they replied.
Kurama and Hiei looked over the top of the bushes. The sitting figure turned out to be Kurome. The standing figure looked exactly like her, except it had wolf ears, and a wolf tail.
"So what is in that door?" Kurome asked wolf. (That's what I'm calling the standing figure.)
Wolf looked up at the cresant moon in the sky, ignoring Kurome's questioned. Kurome noticed wolf staring at the moon.
"Why can't I talk to you on moonless nights?" she asked just to be ignored again. Kurome let out a low growl.
"Well will you at least tell me who you are?" she asked in a raised voice.
Wolf looked down at her. "You are asking more questions than usual." she stated.
Kurome sighed, "Will you answer me?" she asked again.
Wolf stood there for a few seconds. "..You" she finally replied.
"That's what you always say." Kurome replied with disappointment in her voice.
"It's for your own good." Wolf told her.
Kurome glared up at wolf, "It isn't helping protect me or anything! I don't know much about myself! And I don't know if Kurama and the others will always welcome me if they don't know much about me. Because there's so many demons that want to get to them, they might think I'm one." Kurome said, as she talked, her voice got calmer.
Wolf let out a low growl, and looked back up to the moon.
"I'm afraid I'll be left alone again, like when mother died." Kurome quietly continued.
Wolf glared down at her, not out of anger at Kurome, but being upset recalling what happened when Kurome's adoptive mother died.
"I won't let that happen to us again. I will always protect you, even if the world turns it back on you, I will always stand with you." she yelled at Kurome who looked up at wolf, knowing that she didn't yell on purpose. Kurome pulled her legs closer to her body, and wrapped her arms around them.
"I know, it's just that I've never felt as happy in years as I do while I'm with Kurama and the others. But I'm probably just being silly, I'm not used to being accepted." she whispered.
Wolf stood still, silent, for a minute until she started to smell the air.
"Those clothes you're wearing, the one that smell like roses..." Wolf began.
Kurome looked at her, "What about them?" she asked.
"You got them from Kurama right?"
"Yes, why?"
Wolf didn't reply, she just lunged towards the bushes where Kurama and Hiei were. Once the two noticed wolf coming towards them, they jumped away. Wolf managed to pin Kurama down using her hands and knees. (Hiei got away because of his speed.) Kurome stood up and ran to where wolf disappeared to in the forest.
"What are you doing here?" Wolf demanded.
Hiei unsheathed his katana, and Wolf put her claws to Kurama's neck.
"Move, and he won't be breathing much longer." she threatened.
Kurama started to focus his youkai to summon a plant to get Wolf off of him when Kurome's voice reached his ears.
"Don't hurt him!" she yelled at wolf as she ran up to the scene. Wolf looked at Kurome, then slowly got off of Kurama, who stood up and brushed himself off.
Kurome turned to Kurama and Hiei, "What are you two doing here?" she demanded.
Hiei snorted, "What does it look like? I knew you were hiding something. And I was right." he replied as he pointed to Wolf, who started to growl and show her fangs. Then everything went black.
Kurama and Hiei found themselves in Kurome's room at Genkai's temple. Kurome opened her eyes and instantly glared at Kurama and Hiei.
"Get out." she demanded.
Hiei snorted and disappeared. While Kurama turned towards the door, and opened it. He went through the door, and turned back around to close it.
"I'm sorry." he apologized before he shut the door.
Kurome glared at the door for a moment before laying back down in her bed, and falling to sleep within minutes.
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Man the wrath of a pissed off girl. That's sumthin you don't wanna mess with.
Well I'd like to know if you liked this chapter more because I spent more time describing things. I noticed that I have, I guess it's a good thing I've read all these fics lately.
Until we meet again! Ja!
