Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated this in, like, forever, it's mainly because I didn't know how to end it and I don't do the Kage-Kurama pairing any more, Kage's paired with a fox named Kouhai, Youko's brother (actually the red fox from Narnia, don't ask), but I figured out how to end it. This ending erases the song I had meant to do at the end (I had it all worked out from the beginning, too…) but it means that the sequel is more to my liking, so I'll deal with it. So now I'm writing this with my friend, Ryu, and I've got the next 3 chapters written, almost to the end! So yay! I hope you haven't given up on me…
Oh and sorry about the little jump in plot, it makes no sense, I know. My friend and I write on these things called Alphasmart Pros, and they have files that hold roughly 5 pages, so she finished one part, uploaded it onto the computer, saved it, wrote the other, uploaded it, and saved it as a different thing. I didn't notice and thought I had all of it, so I'll try to find it and upload that to clue you in on what's going on. Sorry! Okay enough of my babbling, on with the story!
Disclaimer: I haven't updated in a year. If I owned Yu Yu Hakusho, that would make people very unhappy. So I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, and Ryu and Allie refuse to be owned, so I don't own them either. Got it?
Kage looked at Kurama. "Shit," she muttered.
"What's wrong?" he asked, looking up from the chessboard. His last move hadn't been extremely witty or anything, so he was confused as to the swear word, also, Kage almost never swore. Something was up.
"Ryu's gone."
"How do you know?" he asked, fear boiling in his stomach.
"Hiei's emotions."
"Do you know who took her?"
"The crow demon."
"Karasu," he muttered grimly, standing up. "Let's go get Allie and Yusuke."
"Yeah, they're in the game room."
"Figures."
They opened the door to see Yusuke trying to best Allie's score at the punching game. "Guys," said Kage, shaking her head. "We have a problem."
"Yeah we do, she's stronger than me!"
Allie bonked him on the head, sending him flying into the receptacle, and the score when higher than even she had hit. She admired it for a moment, and then said absently, "What's up?"
"Ryu's gone."
Everyone snapped into action. Allie walked toward the door and was joined by the rest of the group. They walked out the door, then started running, with Kage in the front because she could sense Hiei's aura.
About half an hour of hard running later, they arrived at a grimy, cave-like structure. Hiei was in the middle of a fight with Sensui. It looked to be a one-sided brawl, or maybe someone letting their frustrations out on a concrete statue. Blood dripped from his mouth and right eye, and he had scrapes all over from the statue fighting back.
Kage gasped, stopping in her tracks. Allie stopped out of reflex (when Kage stops, Allie and Ryu stop), and Kurama stopped just short of hitting Kage, so Yusuke was the only one to crash his nose into the shadowy barrier around them.
"Ow…what the hell, I didn't think they could make barriers!" he complained.
"They can't," answered Kage tartly.
"Then whose is this?"
"Mine."
"So you're trapping us for no goddamn reason?"
"Look around us." Yusuke glared for a moment more, but did as she asked, gasping and stepping back as his S-class demon energy revealed neon green balls of highly combustible demon energy around them.
"Very good, I applaud your efforts," said a creepy voice. Karasu stepped out from the shadows. "But what would you do if I, say, brought all of them down on your flimsy shield at once?"
"Her shield is not flimsy! It crushed my nose!"
"That's not saying much. Your friend is focusing her energy on draining Sensui-san to help little Hiei. I'm afraid this is a very low-level shield."
"You are correct, but this is not all I plan to do, I'm afraid," answered Kage, malice creeping into her voice. Kurama, however, looking at her closely, noticed sweat appearing on her cheeks and that her skin was much more pale than normal, if that's possible. He saw her suddenly drop down slightly, and reached out to catch her, only to realize she had been bending her knees to jump. Allie grabbed her wrist and they shot through the barrier.
Smoke from the explosions echoed around them. Allie came rocketing out of it, sending a kick to Karasu's head. He backed up slightly, then smirked as he caught her fist. She growled and tried to pull back, and felt her bones crack. She cried out as he threw her into the grasp of Otto (Younger, I think) Toguro.
"Allie!" Yusuke yelled. He took a step forward and his leg exploded. Kage's shield was gone. That was when a drop of thick liquid fell onto Kurama's arm.
A white substance slid down, pierced by swirls of black. He looked up and was amazed to see that this odd mixture was Kage's blood.
White wings flapped from the girl's back. She had one arm clutching her stomach, and large chunks of her shoulder and thighs were gone, as well as holes out of her wings. Blood dripped from her mouth as well. Blood was falling behind Kurama, yet she hadn't stopped what she was doing. Hand outstretched, she drained the energy and life force of Sensui, trying to save Hiei in the battle that she knew he couldn't win.
"Kurama," she whispered weakly, "You and Yusuke help Allie." She pointed at Yusuke, who was trying to walk on his leg although gleaming white bone showed through. A moment later, a mist overwhelmed him and he was left with a simple cut. As soon as he could walk he ran forward.
Kurama looked up at Kage. "But what about you?"
"I'll be fine! Kurama…" she looked at him. "Please, help Allie and Hiei. Save Ryu." Her eyes held a pleading note.
Kurama took one last look at the girl, and then rushed into battle.
Allie had slammed her foot into the soft area that every man holds precious. Otto Toguro was crumpled on the ground, having had his privates crushed by Allie's Super-Strength.
Yusuke sprang into their midst and slammed his fist into Ani (older?) Toguro's stomach. He didn't stop there, as he grabbed his stomach and, glaring, tied the stretchy man in a knot. "Hey fox-boy! Gimme a hand cutting this guy to shreds!"
"I have a better idea. Yusuke, let's—" he was cut off by a scream from Allie. He glanced over to see her about 40 feet in the air, suspended by Bui's neon green energy. A bomb exploded by her head.
"Now, should I bring that a bit closer?" taunted Karasu.
"You little bastard shit-fuck mother fucking BIRD!" she yelled. "PUT ME DOWN!"
"Oh but it's not my energy suspending you. If it were, you would explode."
"Goddamn bastard!"
"Allie!" yelled Yusuke, dropping Ani Toguro and running forward—straight into a nest of Karasu's bombs.
Kurama shot his hand out and skewered Ani as he fell. The vines grew in his body, and would have killed him, but for the pain erupting in Kurama's head as two massive fists slammed down. He shot his arm around, but the rose whip that formed simply clanged off of Otto Toguro's steel body. His vision swam and he angled his whip toward Toguro again, but a bomb exploded his shoulder, and before he could stop it, his whip was speeding straight at Hiei and Sensui.
Sensui noticed the whip and jumped out of the way, leaving it to pierce Hiei's chest.
Hiei pulled it out with a grimace, blood coming out of cuts on his hands. "Baka kitsune, what the hell was that for?" he yelled, but he looked up and his words died in his throat.
Kurama was unconscious on the ground, losing blood rapidly. Otto Toguro was pummeling Yusuke, and he was unresponsive. Karasu and Bui were having fun torturing the onna, Allie, and Ani Toguro was keeping watch.
Hiei growled, feeling his own blood soak his shirt. Where the hell was the black-and-white girl? He thought angrily. Using his Jagan he scanned the area and she was easy to locate – flying above and behind him, lowering Sensui's energy reserves. Too bad she was lowering her own as well. She'd have to tap into life energy soon.
Sensui had monitored his dropping life force and decided he'd lost enough. Lightning-fast, he shot out a hand, sending a blast of sacred energy at the girl. She didn't even have enough energy to dodge.
The yellow energy caught her form and held it still, but she could feel it searing through her skin. She raised a barrier with the rest of her life energy, but as the blast disintegrated, she crashed onto the ground, hard, and lay, unmoving, except for a whispered sentence that escaped her lips as her spirit left her body.
"Kurama…I love you."