chapter four
Lilies on the Pond
"To be used for sex." He said with amusement.
That's when it hit him. His Nadia, the only person he thought of as family, had been sold as a sex slave.
"Bastard." Akashi grumbled as he grabbed the guard by the neck and smashed his face into the bars.
The demon let out a pain filled yelp as he placed both his hands on the bars, trying not to get his face thrown into them again.
Three other guards rushed over to help their friend, and punish the slave. After they withdrew the shaking, bleeding demon from Akashi's grasp, they watched as the man walked back into his cell, glaring at all of them.
One guard dared to glare back at him with his dark, black eyes.
"Solitary confinement." He ordered as a few other men came and restrained him as they went to go place him in the dark, small box outside that the sun beat down on angrily.
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Nadia walked into the room, her eyes downcast and covered by her long brown hair.
"Come now, let me see your pretty face." Her new owner, Haru said.
She didn't listen to him as she set the clothes out on his bed. Her new owner stood up and walked around the bed post, looking her up and down.
"Do you like to wear chains, my dear?"
Nadia had not looked at him yet, but when she did it was a glare that sent shivers down his spine. She looked up at the tall, and what some would call "handsome" creature before her. Every time she looked at him, she thought of something rotting. It wasn't his appearance that made her think of it, but his manner. Though she didn't know why.
His hair was short and spiky, white with red bangs hanging down in his face. His eyes were an unnaturally bright purple that made her think of the flowers that grew close by her cottage back in her old village.
She hadn't seen those flowers in ages, yet she remembered them clearly. As if she had seen them not even a day ago. Though, she saw them every night. In her dreams, the same dream, that started out light and pleasant, but turned out to be a re-occurring nightmare that she couldn't escape. She never could.
She was dragged out of her thoughts as a cold hand grabbed her chin and brought her eyes from the floor, and placed them right in front of amethyst ones. Nadia stared coldly into his eyes, a flash of black steel passing through her eyes briefly before he let go of her in fear.
Half demon or not, her kind was still one of the most dangerous demons in Makai. Though she never used the full extent of her powers, nor fought for a cause in which she saw the need to give it her best.
This wasn't one of those times.
"Don't touch me." She said in an emotionless voice.
For a moment she thought he wasn't going to say anything, but to her dismay, he was as arrogant as they come.
"I'll do with you as I please."
He grabbed both her wrists and shoved her onto the bed, straddling her in the process. As his lips met the hot skin of her neck, he felt something in her beat. Like a heart beat. But this... vibration went throughout her entire body, and was strong.
Without warning he was thrown back and hit the wall opposite that of the bed. He rubbed his head as he stood up and glared at her. She had already risen off the bed, her hand raised in front of her face.
"You insolent little-," He stopped himself as he looked into her eyes. They were completely black, and for once in his life, he knew when to shut up.
Her nails started to grow longer and longer until they were thin, sharp needles.
"Wait... please? We can talk about-," He was cut off as she waved her hand in his direction, sending the needles flying at him.
He screamed.
Two struck him in each arm, pinning him against the wall. The other two landed in the wall just to the sides of his head, and the last just below his groin. He sighed heavily as he looked down and saw the needle inches away from his pants.
He passed out.
Nadia's eyes turned back into their regular light gray at his scream, and her finger tips burned as new finger nails grew in. She hissed at the unexpected pain, and then looked over at the demon she nearly killed.
'W-what... just happened? What did I do?' She thought as she stared down at her hands. What had possessed her?
Recognition hit her, her eyes widening in shock.
'That... power? I haven't felt that... in a long time. How did it come out? I've suppressed it for so long? How-,' She was interrupted from her thoughts as she heard foot steps.
She ran towards Haru, her hand reaching out for the key that hung around his skinny neck when the door burst open. Guard after guard filed into the room. Soon, she was surrounded.
'Dammit!'
It took four guards to hold her back as the others tried to waken their master. It took a good few minutes, and a bucket of cold water. When he came into awareness, he started spewing out venomous words as the needles were pulled out of his arms. Not only towards the lone girl being held back, but also to the guard that had poured water on him, and of course the needles themselves.
After calling her many names, in which she glared at him for, he walked over to her and slapped her hard across the face.
"You'll pay for that with your life." He said in a low, dark voice filled with hate and embarrassment.
"Take her to the dungeons."
The demons nodded their heads and dragged her off to the dungeons at the bottom level of the castle. She didn't fight back, just let them lead her there. What did she care? At least she wasn't being touched by that filthy, spoiled brat.
Then again, the smelly guards holding onto her right now were no better.
She was finally thrown into one of the small, dank cells that smelled of rotting flesh. After a wink from one of the guards and a few laughs, she was left alone.
'Finally.' She thought as she tried not to gag from the smell.
She sighed inwardly and brought her knees up to her chest. She mentally cursed her new owner for the "uniform" he made her wear.
It was a simple garnet cotton dress, that was low cut in the front with a black corset over top. She would had loved it if it would have stayed like that, but no, there had to be two long slits up the sides that went straight to her thighs.
Horny bastard!
That's all she could think of to call him at the moment as she tried to hold the sides of the dress to her legs. It was a bit cold down there, and this stupid dress wasn't helping any.
'What will happen to me now?' She thought to herself sadly as she closed her eyes and let the coldness throw her into a disturbed sleep.
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The toddler sighed loudly in frustration. Things were just not going his way. He rubbed his temples as he tired to come up with something.
Hiei stood in his usual corner, waiting for the meeting to end so he could go catch some sleep.
"Well, then I guess we'll just have to keep a look out for things. We never knew which slave owner it was to be exact, but we do know that it was either Shizuma or someone who dealt with him."
Hiei's eyes opened at those words. He was not angry at them, knowing that what they had been doing all along was close to pointless, but that he may have an idea as to who the person was. And he'd let the bastard get away, along with that girl.
Without even reading Koenma's mind he knew what the baby's next words were going to be.
"Hiei, since you don't have responsibilities in ningekai like everyone else, I think it would be best if you kept a look out in Makai for awhile. Just until we figure out where these humans keep disappearing to."
"Hn." He answered as he walked out of the room. The others followed soon after.
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First thing he was going to do was sleep. He had not had a good night's worth in awhile. Besides, it was day time and he worked better at night.
He rested his body on one of the highest branches in a tree, pleased that it offered a good bit of shade.
The ningens and the slave girl could wait, if they weren't already dead.
Soon, he was off to sleep.
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( Light green blades of grass tickled her feet as she pattered over to the small flower bed in the woods. She giggled to herself as she looked back over at her mother that hadn't noticed her disappearance. As she crept into the shade of the trees she saw the first sign of the flowers she was searching for. She stepped over the fallen tree log and smiled to herself at the small pond in front of her. Purple water lilies rested on top of the placid surface, that soon had ripples dancing across it as she placed her hand in the water.
She sighed lightly as she turned over onto her back and closed her eyes, her hand still in the water. Everything was quiet and peaceful around her.
When the first bit of noise reached her ears, she thought nothing of it, thinking that it was a few kids from the village playing. But when she heard the pain filled scream break through her comfortable space, she bolted upright and stood. Looking back towards the village she saw a fire starting and could already smell the flames licking at the flesh of her neighbors. She took an instinctive step back at the fear that pulsed through her and fell right into the water. Her head slammed against something hard and slimy, sending her into an unsettling blackness... )
Nadia sat up and fell over face first into the cold, stone floor. She cursed at herself quietly as she pulled herself up and sat on her knees.
Footsteps neared her, which had wakened her, not letting her finish her dream. Which she didn't mind. But she knew that those steps coming closer and closer couldn't mean anything good for her.
The footsteps came to a stop right in front of her cell, and she lifted her head up to see who it was.
A guard stood before her, grinning down at her. More steps sounded behind him as three more guards came, along with the master.
"It's time." Haru said to her cruelly as he smirked.
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(... but when they heard the pain filled scream breakthrough their comfortable space, they bolted upright and stood. Looking back towards the village they saw a fire starting and could already smell the flames licking at the flesh of their neighbors. They took an instinctive step back at the fear that pulsed through them and fell right into the water. Their head slammed against something hard and slimy, sending them into an unsettling blackness... )
Garnet eyes opened, slightly glazed over as the moonlight beat down on them. Hiei looked around him, as if that dream came from close by. He knew it wasn't his, but someone else's. But who's?
He stopped pondering over it as he stood and took off. He could smell the girl close by, which would lead him straight to the demon who bought her.
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"Had enough?"
Nadia looked up unashamed by what they were doing to her, and looked at the demon with dark red bangs hanging over his purple eyes.
She said nothing in response as the whip came down on the back of her legs again. Her arms twisted at her sides as she tried to break free, but the chains were unrelenting.
'I can't... move!'
Blood gurgled in her mouth as her chin hit the top of the table again as the whip lashed out at her naked body.
'I don't won't to stay here, but I don't want to use that power again. I will not let it take control-,' She was dragged out of her thoughts by his hate filled voice.
"That's enough. Cover her up, I don't want to see her disgusting body again."
The chains that held her hands and ankles down were removed and she was pulled off of the table. Her first instinct was to run away, get out of their hands, but her body wouldn't move. It wouldn't listen to her instructions.
There was no way out of this one.
A simple cotton white dress was slipped over her head. The sleeves fell past her hands, and the dress drooped to the floor, dragging after her as they carried her off.
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Hiei could smell blood, lots of it. And he knew who's it was.
He landed in a tree in a small clearing that had a tower of logs held firmly in place with rope, along with scattered pieces of wood beneath it. When he heard the sound of foot steps approaching, he watched closely as a few demons came into the clearing, dragging someone with them.
The night was dark, but the first thing he noticed was the pair of silver eyes staring up at the moon as their body was tied to the logs.
"Any last words?" Haru asked.
She didn't reply.
She didn't move, or blink as he threw the lit torch down on the bundle of sticks. Her eyes stayed on the full, bright moon, wishing she could escape this death. But knew there was no chance of that, unless someone saved her.
The smoke filled her nose and mouth as it choked its way down her throat and into her lungs. Tears started to well up in her eyes as the smoke stung them. The heat from the fire made her sweat, as she held back a scream at the flames dancing up her dress, and caressing her legs with pain.
She looked down blindly at Haru, who was no where to be found. She couldn't see or smell anything but her own flesh burning.
The last thing she saw was a shadow fly past her before she passed out.
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Hmm, i really have no idea where i want to take this, so any ideas are highly appreciated.
Love you all,
robin
