Burn it Black(Summary): Released from her dwelling place by mistake, a female demon seeks out her fated enemy. Now she battles to keep her mysterious ways out of the Detectives' knowing, but is thrown off course when she feels strangely toward a certain fire/ice apparition. Hiei/oc
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, only my characters and the plot.
"To belong to a world of things that cry in the dark"—unknown
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Never Underestimate your Opponents
I landed out on the side of a road and my head hit the pebble-dusted grass. "Great, just my luck," I mumbled sarcastically. I rolled my eyes at God knows what as I wobbly got to my legs, which, by the way, felt like Jell-O. I closed my eyes as a migraine split my head in two. In my blinded pain, I reached out with my hands in hope of resting on a tree.
Something cool slid under my fingertips. I smiled when I ran my hands up and down the newfound bar. It's a bench. I opened my eyes a bit and see the metal bench that I've never been so happy to see before.
"I love benches," I said happily as I staggered to the most comfortable looking piece of crap that I'd find for miles, it seemed. Sure, it may be rusted and sure, it may have bird droppings in a few places but right now I didn't care. All I knew was that there was something that would, hopefully, support my weight.
After a few minutes of staggering, falling, and incoherent grunts of curses, I finally found a position that was most comfortable. My head was resting against the arm of the bench and my legs spread out across the seat.My black hair wrapped around me and my mellow crimson eyes weakly watched ahead of me. Down the long, winding paved road that came from nowhere and led nowhere.
A deep sigh turned into a tongue-curling yawn, and after it ended I found myself settling down for sleep. I'm usually a very light sleeper, so occasionally I woke up to the fall of a branch or the scurrying of a rabbit that looked particularly tasty, but I ignored my animalistic desires as best I could.
"Hey, what's that over there?"
I froze. Was that a voice? A human voice?
"I think it's a girl. Our age, too."
"Ooh, let's have us some fun!"
"Sounds like a good idea."
I rolled over and saw a pack of five human boys, all about 16 or 17 years of age. They looked particularly strong, by human standards of course. The supposed leader walked across the street and toward me. I sat up and went to walk up and slit his throat, but then I grunted as I felt a wound reopen on my side. I hurriedly place my hands on it and pressed, all the while cursing under my breath.
Dammit, I though, I must've not noticed when Hiei nicked me. My, this isn't going well.
"Hey, what's up girlie?" someone asked as I felt a finger under my chin turn my head upward. I soon came face-to-face with the leader, who I could now see well. He had black hair and hazel eyes, and a cut along the side of his face. He was smiling a perverted smile, and it made me want to whack him. And I really, really wanted to. So I did.
SLAP
That was my first mistake.
There was a resounding choir of gasps from the four on the other side of the road, and the man from before was kneeling on the grass spitting out blood and a tooth or two. His angry eyes flashed up to me, and I inwardly got a bit worried.
"What did you just do?" he asked with a deathly venom to his voice. I didn't answer, but instead snaked my hands along my sides for my weapons. If I opened my wound more by fighting, so be it.
"I asked a question, wench! Answer!" he shouted as he stood up. He quickly grabbed a hold of my chin and pulled my head upward. His grip was rather rough.
"Because you aren't my type," I said coolly.
That was my second mistake.
His glare hardened and he punched the left side of my face. My head rocked to the side from the force of the blow, making me loose my balance and flip over on my side again.
I closed my eyes and bit my tongue to fight the stinging pain on the side of my face. After all, it was a no win situation. Snickers echoed around me as the four crossed the street. My head was pounding, and I couldn't concentrate, so I couldn't rely on the shadows for any help.
"We still gonna have our fun, Zaku?"
"Shut your face. I'll have my own fun," he snapped.
"Aaaw, but I need to have some fun."
"Not that kind, asshole."
"Oh…"
I shook my head and sat up, a new glare flared on my face. The boys all turned to me, curious. Curiosity killed the cat. My hair spread out as a dark essence glazed over my eyes as I unsheathed my Sais and got off the bench. The four stared at me in shock, until Zaku shook out of it.
"She can't handle those," he decided as he unsheathed a large kitchen knife. My glare softened to a black stare, and I started to circle the human. He followed my pattern, twirling his knife with a lack of experience, thus proving more deadly then he thought it was.
"Do you even know how to wield that?" I sneered.
"Let me show you," he growled as he flung himself at me. I back stepped and missed the swipe clean, and he cut upward. I ducked and thrust my hand forward and cut him across the chest. He grunted and tried to kick me away, but I was too quick.
I flickered into a shadow, now that my concentration was forced into battle and survival, and was suddenly behind Zaku. He looked over his shoulder in shock and I glared, cutting him across his back and kicking the back of his shin. He stumbled forward and nearly to his knees, but caught his balance the last second.
"Get out, now," I spat as I prepared to sheathe my weapons. A pair of hands grabbed my arms and forced them behind my back uncomfortably, and another pair jerked my Sais from my grip. I struggled against them as one of the four boys took a rope and tied my ankles together quicker then I anticipated a human could. With a push from behind, I fell forward and closed my eyes as I hit the hard earth.
"Say goodnight, girlie," was the last thing I heard before something slammed into my head, sending me into a black bliss, unaware that these boys had plans of their own that included me.
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Kurama, Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuwabara were all sitting in a local library, at a wooden circle table. Hiei was standing against a wall, beside a glass window. It was raining, and pattered against the stained glass in a steady rhythm. Hiei was watching the humans discuss about the woman from earlier, occasionally adding his own two cents.
Kurama began explaining, "So, Kumori can travel through the shadows due to a power of hers called, well, Shadowing. It means that she can willingly enter shadows. Depending on how fast she does this, it can make her seem like she's melting into the floor or just disappear, though it takes much mental discipline."
Kuwabara spoke up next, "Where does she go when she's in the shadows? Like, does she see anything or what?"
Kurama cleared his throat, "She enters something called the Darkness Realm-."
"Wait," Yusuke interrupted, "I've heard of this before…give me a second. I've got it!"
This was a while ago, when Yusuke had just discovered that there were indeed two other parallel universes. He was only too painfully aware of one, the ReiKai, or Spirit World. He had been looking up on a child named Shota. Yusuke had helped him through a tough time when his dog, Jiro, had died, and was checking up on his buddy. Then Yusuke found out that a girl named Sayaka was dragging Shota's soul to her when he slept. Botan had informed Yusuke of this danger.
"It's damaging him, as though his body's slowly being cut up by a knife that causes no pain. If this continues, his body's going to fail." At this, Yusuke instantly jumped into action to save the boy from his fate, only to find that Sayaka's loneliness enforced her gauge of power, and proved too strong for Yusuke. Then Botan told him something else…
"Sayaka's longings have intensified o take on traces of resentment and evil. She's dangerous. She only wants a friend, but that's causing her to drag someone else down with her. If they try to enter heaven like that, they'll be lost to a realm of Darkness, a purgatory of souls where no light ever shines though. I would think it's worse then Hell."
"That's it, isn't it?" Yusuke asked, excited he had remembered all that.
"I believe so," Kurama mumbled as he thought it over.
"Wait, I don't understand something," Kuwabara cut in, "Why would someone want to enter that kind of place every time they move into the shadows? Why would any sane person want to go someplace worse then Hell so many times a day? And at night, too?"
"Apparitions do what they need to survive. If you're anywhere for long enough you learn to adapt. You, on the other hand, have always this stupid," Hiei said offhand from the other side of the room.
Kuwabara sent a glare in his general direction, but kept his mouth shut. He had other things to worry about other then a certain 4'11" demon. Even if he did deserve a good whacking upside the head…
"Please, Hiei, we're trying to collaborate and finish this mission as quickly as we can. Kuwabara, good job. Silence is golden," Kurama praised him.
As Kuwabara beamed, Hiei couldn't help but ruin the moment. After all, someone had to do it, and he thought it his personal job at times.
"What, are you going to throw him a bone now?" he sneered.
Kuwabara turned toward him. "Shut up, pipsqueak! At least I use my brain!"
"What brain?" Hiei asked dryly.
"Why you-!"
"Brawl later, think now," said Yusuke as he leaned on the back legs of his chair. He sent a startling glare at both of the men to tell them to shut up immediately. He was getting a headache just hearing their constant bickering.
Silence followed. Kurama sighed in relief. "Finally, some silence…"
"Now, where were we?" Yusuke asked. "We've got how she works down, now we've got to think about how to get her."
"I believe I have a solution," Kurama said, "I was studying those Sais that she left behind at the house, and I found she's not only a shadow demon, but also a fire one. There are traces of ash and places where the blade is melted slightly. Therefore, if my deductions prove to be true, she should be susceptible to water and light. In other words, get her out on a rainy day and she shouldn't be able to go in the shadows or use her fire techniques. Leaving her nearly completely human."
"Man, I love the way you think!" Yusuke shouted as he stood off his chair and threw an arm around the redhead's neck.
Kuwabara smiled. "That shouldn't be too hard, either. It's the beginning of the rainy season already."
Kurama grinned unsurely as Yusuke began to grind his fist against his head. "Um, I'm, ouch, glad you like the plan."
Just then, something in Yusuke's pants went off. He reached inside and grabbed a compact and opened the screen. His boss was sitting on the other side, looking into the screen intently.
"You got a problem or somethin'?" Yusuke asked irritability.
"No, you do," he replied. "I've found Kumori's current location. A pack of humans have taken her to the Café Half Dead…"
Yusuke's eyes widened. That wasn't good news. Last time he went there, it was to save Keiko from a few thugs that almost had their way with her.
"Oh, that ain't good," Kuwabara pointed out. "I heard about the new gangsters that took over that place. I'm telling you right now, they're ten times worse then Dai and his clowns that lived there once upon a time. The new leader's name is Satsujinki, and he's seen more then his fair share of blood shed. Urameshi, I'm tellin' you right now; he's as ruthless as Hiei and fights like a demon."
Back from the compact, Koenma responded, "Indeed. That was going to be your next mission. Satsujinki is indeed a demon. Get your butts into gear and move it before he kills Kumori! If she dies, you fail your mission. Now go!"