Chapter 6: The old Karu is back, and hungry for blood.
Disclaimer: I don not own Yu yu Hakusho. Tell them Kurama sweetie.
Kurama: She doesn't own Yu yu.
Answers to a few questions, one from black magician girl. I made it that Kurama didn't use his plants because I wanted to put some decent blood shed into my story. That's also another reason why I brought them to the forest, so Karu could kill freely. Since we all already know from her attitude that she won't be the kind of demon who will sit still till sunrise. So I left it at that point, kind if making it look as though she might, but won't survive type thing. I hope that cleared that up.
Another for no name, Hiei only likes Karu as a partner so far, I don't know if I'll take it any farther than that. But why don't we have a vote. Karu/Karasu? Hiei/Karu? Karasu/Kurama, which I originally planned on. Which brings me to another question, for Kitsuna Hino. I'm not going to make it a Hiei Kurama for one reason, if I did it would be the biggest spoiler for the story I'm writing about them, that's why I didn't do it.
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"Ambushed? You mean, surrounded?" Kuwabara asked as he looked behind him.
"Of course he means surrounded baka, what else would ambushed mean?" Hiei spat as he grabbed the hilt of his katana. "Kurama, use your plants, create a sort of cage around you and the others. Yusuke and I are all we need for these low lives."
"Spirit Sword!" Kuwabara screamed as he swung his glowing orange sword around. "You're not doing this alone pip squeak. I'm helping. Someone has to protect the pretty girl."
"My name is Botan!" Botan eeped as she inched closer to the red haired fox. "What do we do about Karu. We can't lock her in a cage with us, we'll die."
"I'm not locking us in anything Botan. Just stay in the middle of this clearing and don't move an inch!" Kurama hissed as he pulled a hand through his flaming red locks, pulling a rose from them. "Rose whip."
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Heavy breathing could be heard on one far corner of the clearing, a pair of gleaming yellow eyes turned and stared at the beautiful demon next to him. "Mishu, do you have to breathe like that?"
"Sorry Mish, brother. But you know this happens when I get excited." The demon hissed as he stared at the squirming neko. "It's not everyday your master tells you to find the last neko, the forbidden one at that, and kill her." A gust of wind blew around them and fluttered Mishu's hair. His bright yellow main flowed around his face, his bright yellow eyes, focused on the prize in front of him. "That is the demon master Tain is so infatuated with, isn't it? Why would he want her dead?"
"Because she is a traitor. She's helping to hunt him down." Mish replied as he raised a hand in the air. Giving all the demon assassins the warning that they'll be moving in for the kill soon. "But I do not see why Tain would want so many apparitions to go after one target…"
A blood-curdling scream stopped his sentence dead in its tracks. Everyone around turned their attention to Karu, whose body was now still and motionless. Her eyes weren't there amethyst color that held the innocence everyone could see in her eyes, they were void of any emotion, just blank, white orbs. Her heartbeat was rapid, and her breathing increased with every intake. Her hair started to shorten itself as her appearance slowly started to change. Her claws and teeth got more lethal, and her ears more pointed.
Soon her hair was shorter than Yusuke's, and it still obtained its blood red color. Color start to leak back into her eyes. Botan gasped when Karu's head jerked in her direction, and she saw the sinister look that lay beyond those normally soft eyes. Her right eye was a bright, piercing yellow. While her left eye was a deep ocean blue. "What… what happened to her?" Botan croaked as she tried to escape from Karu's holding gaze.
"She's changing." Hiei spat as he watched Karu sit up, all muscles tense. "She won't be herself through the night." He strengthened his grip on his katana while he pulled hers from under his cloak.
Slowly Karu stood; her eyes fixed on Botan. "Chirpy little bitch." She hissed quietly. "If you do not move to your right, you will die."
"What… what are you talking about Karu?" Botan cried as she stood still out of fear.
"MOVE!" The neko screamed as she pushed Botan to the forest floor, a small throwing knife whizzing just an inch past her head. "Stupid girl. Do as I say or you'll die next time." Karu hissed as she stood to face a pair of demons that came out form the safety of the trees. Both with long flowing yellow hair and matching eyes.
"We have come for the neko, no one else will be harmed if you just hand her over." Mish said warningly. "We have to only kill the forbidden child, no one else."
"If you are only here for Karu, why do you need Hiei?" Kurama questioned the two demons.
"Kurama!" Hiei hissed as he stared at the fox in bewilderment. "I may be forbidden. But so is she."
Karu lifted her head in the air, sniffing slightly. "Hmm, not including you two, I smell twenty-seven, no, twenty-eight different demons… Why so many for one simple target?"
"You know what I don't understand." Mish started as he walked up to Karu, her baring her teeth and claws in response. "Why is it, a fighter for hire, whom should be the strongest of her family. Is now on a team that catches us for our bad deeds. When your brother told me, that you have done much worse than me and my twin put together."
"My brother?" She asked simply, cocking her head to a side. "What does he or any of the others have to do with killing me?"
"Master Tain. Or should I say, Master Tu, would really love to see his fighter for hire fiancée dead."
"TU!" Karasu screamed as he jumped to Karu's side. "Tu! Tu broke off the engagement with her because she was a neko, why does he want her dead?"
"Because that's the reason, she's a neko of course. Do you know the price on her head for being the last living neko, even if she is only a half breed?" Mish raised his hand in the air slightly. "ATTACK!"
At that moment all demons around came out of hiding and ran after everyone in the clearing. For the exception of Mish and Mishu. One large demon went after Kuwabara and Botan, Kuwabara trying desperately to protect the pretty girl. "Don't' you touch them!" Karu hissed as she jumped in between the orange haired oaf and the apparition. "Your fight is with me." Using incredible speed that could only be matched by Hiei, Karu slashed at the demon, her claws and body now covered in blood from the now sliced up demon at her feet.
A malicious smile appeared on her face as she looked at the bloody heap, she lifted a hand to her face and stared for a split second before sticking a finger in her mouth a sighing. "Blood never tasted so sweet." She hummed as she looked around, a demonic glint in her eye. "Now die!" She screamed as she rushed at another demon, ripping his heart out and shoving it down his throat.
"What happened to her?" Botan cried as she watched the one demon wrecking crew kill every apparition around. "Why is she so heartless?"
"This is the old Karu, the fighter for hire heartless. We used to call her that when she got into fights and killed so ruthlessly, that it made us scared of what she could do." Karasu explained with a smirk as he watched his old partner kill with pleasure. "Shunu. After she finishes the freaks off, would you mind sealing her mind so she can't move the rest of the night?"
"Yes master Karasu." The little white haired apparition replied without haste.
"No! No stay away!" Another demon screamed as Karu ripped out his tongue and slit his throat happily. "Shut up you worthless little twirp!" She hissed as she dropped the last demon around for the exception of Mish and Mishu. "Now for you." Her eyes gleamed in the darkness, her smile sending shivers down every ones backs.
She took off in a sprint, going after Mish first. "Stop!" Mishu cried as he lifted a katana blade to her throat. She stopped slightly and looked at the yellow haired fiend. Venom could be clearly seen in her eyes. "I will not allow you to kill my brother witch!"
"Witch?" She asked quietly, staring at him with malice. "I am a witch? I use magic to kill, when?" She hissed as she brought a bloody hand up to the blade at her throat, easily shattering it with ease. "Die!" She screamed as she rammed a hand through his chest, ripping I back out, pulling his beating heart with it. She smiled simply as she went to take a bite of it.
"Stop Karu! Stop!" A blade whizzed past her face, pinning the heart into a tree trunk. She turned to look at the offender. Finding two ember eyes staring at her. "You've killed enough tonight. Shunu, now!"
Shunu looked up at Karasu, who gave a chaste nod. Shunu threw another glowing orb at Karu. She turned in time to see it coming right at her face. "Oh no you don't you little shit!" She screamed as she leapt up into the trees and disappearing with a quick dash.
"Karu!" Yusuke screamed as he went to go after her. Only to be stopped by a firm hand grabbing his shoulder. "Release me!" He spat as he struggled against Kurama's tight grip.
"Let her ride this out. The sun will come up soon. And when it does, we'll have the old Karu back who won't remember a thing from this night."
TBC
Well, I hope you guys liked this chapter, because I really enjoyed writing it. Thank you for reading and now please review.