Chapter 7: Shimei no muri 4 mission impossible 4 part II

'Crap, I forgot the other half of the way to get to Natura,' Kurama thought. Kurama stopped in his tracks, and everybody sighed. Timber was carrying Hiei, and they hoped to find Natura as soon as they could.

'I think I remember the way from here,' Timber muttered. Kurama looked at her, and then was relieved.

'Then lead; I forgot the way from here,' he said. Genkai rubbed her forehead, and Kuwabara just started singing that he wanted to be an Oscar Mayer Weiner.

As Timber led, they finally reached Natura; or else the dark barrier to Natura. It was night there, and they couldn't get through the barrier.

'I think only Phire knows how to get through here,' Timber sighed. Yusuke charged up his spirit gun and shot through the barrier, but it reflected right back at him, but he luckily dodged it.

'Crap, I can't believe Phire put a really strong dark barrier around here,' Kurama said. Everybody tried attacking, but it was all in vain. Just then, Timber noticed that Hiei's sword was glowing red. Everybody looked and they gasped along with the gasping mice.

'Maybe we have to use his sword,' Kurama suggested. Timber picked it up, and she was about to hit the barrier, but Kurama stopped her.

'I meant more than just you, Timber,' he said. She sighed. Kurama went behind Timber and held the sword as well. Just then, a strange dark aura was surrounding them, but no one noticed.

'Timber, one, two… go!' Kurama yelled as the two charged the sword at the barrier. It finally made a big enough hole for someone the size of a squirrel, and Timber and Kurama continued slashing until the hole was as big as a 7-foot tree.

'You guys, stay here. Timber and I will take Hiei inside and we'll find the revival plant. Make sure that no one enters the door,' Kurama told them. They nodded.

'Timber, if you were a revival plant, where would you be?' Kurama asked. Timber raised an eyebrow and backed away slowly from Kurama. He sighed.

'Seriously, where should we start looking?' he asked. Timber shrugged, but then saw that there were over 2 directions they could go.

'Kurama, you go west, I'll go east,' Timber told him. Kurama nodded, and they departed, Hiei with Timber.

Even after four hours, neither one could find the revival plant. Kurama panted, but continued looking. He had no idea of what it would look like, but he'd be able to tell; it was not a normal plant. Timber also had no idea of what it looked like.

'Crap, I can't find it. Hang in there, Hiei, we'll save you,' Timber hugged Hiei tightly, a teardrop falling on him. Just then, a hand touched Timber's shoulder, but she didn't jump and attack; she knew it was Kurama, so she didn't do anything.

'I checked the whole west area,' Kurama told her, panting. She sighed.

'Aw, do you two need help?' was the voice in the sky, and both Kurama and Timber heard it. Kurama had his rose whip out, and Timber went into wolf form, ready to use wolf taijutsu.

'Show yourself!' Kurama and Timber growled. Just then, a thunderstorm cloud went over them, and it rained heavily. Timber covered Hiei and Kurama covered both of them, not caring for himself.

'Mwa ha ha ha ha,' the voice laughed in an evil way. Kurama growled. Just then, 18 lightning strikes struck 36 trees, and all of those trees surrounded Kurama and Timber. Kurama moved Timber to a safe spot as Kurama took the trees' entire blow.

'KURAMA!' Timber yelled. Just then, the shadow of a figure appeared right next to Timber. Timber attacked, but then he grabbed her arms and legs and threw her on top of the huge pile of 36 trees; that too, they were burning.

'NO! HIEI!' Timber growled. The stranger took Hiei. Timber sweated and then moved most of the trees and found Kurama, who was also digging through the trees.

'Timber, where's Hiei?' Kurama asked, panting. His left eye was closed, and he had burnt marks all over him. Timber cried, and didn't answer. Kurama widened his right eye.

'You lost him? To a stranger?' he asked. She nodded and hugged Kurama. He thought, and then fell unconscious, along with Timber, from the smoke of the fire.

'Genkai, what's going on?' Yusuke asked. Genkai gasped, as she knew what was going on.

'Kurama and Timber might die! Two of us must go in, and the rest wait out'-

'Tsk tsk tsk, old hag, haven't you learned to obey what you are told?' was the last thing everybody outside heard after they were knocked unconscious.

'Finally! I've gotten the Hiei kid, and his friends are dying. Now I just have to wait until he wakes up in two more days. Until then, I've got Kiyuna looking for Phire, as well as the note… besides, what else is there to do? Oh yes, get Mizu and Hinote; how could I forget?' was the voice in the sky, but of course, no one heard it.