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To: AngelQueen1325 From Dark!
Thanks! I hope this one is just as good! Tell me what you think?
"Lady Suzume! Lady Suzume!" A large man with bulging muscles but a baby like face yelled as he ran into a large room filled with rich colored furniture and a few even richer guests looking for his employer.
"Yes, Ichiro?" Suzume asked in a smooth voice as she sipped on a dark red wine while her three male guests eyed her hungrily.
"The girl, ma'am!" Ichiro said excitedly and looked down at the floor sheepishly as Suzume dismissed her guests, handing them off to several super model type girls that fawned over the men in a way that had all three excited.
"Ichiro, why don't you explain? Oh, before I forget girls," Suzume spoke causing the woman to all pause and look back at the deadly woman with poisonous eyes. "Have plenty of fun," Suzume said with a smirk as the girls squealed and two of them flashed fangs and a predatory look at each other.
"Succubuses are so easily filled." Suzume said with a tired sigh as she shook her head and looked at the giant baby man as he gulped. "Now, Ichiro what were saying?" Suzume asked with a soft smile that didn't quiet reach her eyes.
"Well Lady Suzume, one of the snake yokia came in a little while ago and said he had seen a strange half demon man in red and a young kitsune a few days ago enter a building belonging to the Lord of the Wolves Kouga and later they left with a half demon toddler and a young girl. The snakes say the girl could be a half demon and she fits all the requirements you were looking for." Ichiro said, his voice rising and falling with his excitement as he alternated with looking at the floor and at the deadly woman. "And, and the snakes said that little baby Koenma has sent his Spirit Detectives here and that they've already scouted around a bit but that now they're gone so you don't have to worry." Ichiro finished with a big smile as he puffed up his chest with pride.
"Very good, why don't you go take a break? I'm sure a few of the human delicacies downstairs will help satisfy your appetite." Suzume said with a smile as the man's face lit up like a child in a candy shop. Bowing, Ichiro left as quickly as his giant feet could take him, leaving Suzume to smile into her blood red wine as she thought of the new development.
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"Akari. Akari, wake up!" I dimly heard Shippo say as I was roughly shaken awake.
"Ship-po it's st-ill da-ark!" I said between shakes, swinging my arms out at the older boy as he let go.
"Ow!" Shippo hissed as I fell half off of the bed after knocking Shippo's nose. "Why did you do that?" He whined as I glared at him after saying the same thing.
"You woke me up!/You hit me in the face!" We both said at the same time.
"Look, just tell me why you woke me up?" I asked with a slight growl as I yawned and rubbed my eyes before noticing InuYasha's red haori wrapped around my shoulders. "Why do I have this?" I asked in confusion and looked up at Shippo as he put a finger to his lips for the signal to be quiet while darting his eyes over to Masaru sleeping beside himself for once.
"Oh, right. Sleeping toddler, cranky when awoken!" I thought with a silent snort as an image of a sign saying that appeared in my head.
"InuYasha left about thirty minutes after you and Masaru fell asleep. I don't know about you but I'm going after him. You coming or no?" Shippo asked me and I swallowed my immediate no and nodded my head, grabbing my brother's hand as he stood up and helped me to my feet.
"I'm coming," I said and slowly slipped off InuYasha's haori and placed it around Masaru so he would remain asleep for as long as possible. Feeling slightly exposed now that I had neither Kagome's or InuYasha's jackets I rubbed my arms and tried to focus on following Shippo's silent footsteps.
Fifteen minutes later we were racing around on the rooftops, following the faint scent of InuYasha.
"What if he's not in the city?" I asked from my perch on Shippo's back, pulling myself around his shoulders to look at his face as he looked around at the busy building filled with humans walking into a strange snake like thing that kept shooting off before coming back and repeating the actions.
"Then we go back to the Shrine. For now, we'll go get Masaru and then head that way." Shippo said as he turned and started back the way we had come. I looked at the side of his face from the angle I was at, frowning as I saw the hard yet determined look in his eye.
"Shippo's keeping something from me." I thought with certainty and looked up at the dark sky, missing the millions of stars I was once able to see.
"When we get there grab Masaru and InuYasha's haori, leave everything else or I won't be able to carry you guys." Shippo said with a smile in his voice. "Well, I could just drop you." Shippo said and faked letting me go, making me scream and tighten my hold on him.
"You baka! I could have died!" I yelled at him and hit his head with my fist to prove my point. "Just wait until I get back to normal!" I added as Shippo ducked his head and laughed.
"My my! A demon and a human! What a tasssty sssurprisse." We heard a voice hiss as we landed on a large flat roof with an old hut on stilts that said water on the side.
"Come out!" Shippo yelled as he tightened his hold on my legs before letting go of one of my legs to reach into his vest.
"A kitsssune! Delicsssioussss!" The voice said as a snake demon with diamond patterned scales slithered out from behind the strange tower.
"Who are you?" Shippo demanded angrily as I looked at the demon with a touch of fear from my spot on my brother's back.
"I am a Diamond Back Yokia, I come from the .A. my name is Thomassss." The demon said and I noticed for the first time that he had a strange accent.
"Nice to know." Shippo said and I felt him tense up slightly before he snapped his hand out and scattered a mix of leaves and acorns in front of us, providing a smoke screen as his illusion took place. "Let's get out of here!" I heard him say before we were up in the air again.
"Not ssso fassst!" The demon yelled and Shippo yelled in shock as we were jerked out of the air and smashed into the wooden hut, finding out the hard way that it was filled with cold water. "I love a good fight, Kitsssune." The demon said with a laugh as I coughed up water and tried to ignore the pain radiating from my body.
"Damn," I heard Shippo grunt and looked over to see him climbing to his feet, dripping water as it ran down his face, mixing with a small cut on his cheek. "You okay Akari?" He asked me, not once taking his eyes off of the snake as it slithered closer.
"I'm fine." I managed to say between coughs and grabbed my side as a sharp pain ripped through it. "Damn! I'm hurt really bad!" I thought as I felt a hot sticky start to coat my fingers while the pain grew every time I tried to move.
"You have no hope againssst me, little Kit." The snake, Thomas hissed with amusement as his putrid yellow eyes flashed and he struck out at Shippo, forcing him to dodge a set of vicious set of fangs but not the claws as the demon shot past him and towards me.
"Akari!" Shippo yelled as I dove out of the line of fire and rolled to my feet, trying to ignore the raging pain as I focused on the fight. "Fox Fire!" Shippo yelled and launched a ball of emerald fire at the snake, hitting it's back but not causing much damage due to the scales on him.
"Nicsssse try," Thomas hissed with a laugh before turning around and aiming at me again. As he drove closer I felt fear hit me and I froze, raising my other arm as I watched the snake appear to fly at me with my eyes wide. As I opened my mouth to scream the snake was suddenly veering off to my left, crashing into the rock wall and kicking up dust as the wall shattered.
"Hmph!" A familiar black clad figure said as he straightened and turned his head slightly to look back at me while Shippo raced towards me.
"Akari!" Shippo cried as he enveloped me in a hug before jumping away with me in his arms almost immediately. "You're hurt." He whispered with a touch of fear as he looked at Hiei as the snake demon, Thomas got back up and looked at us.
"I sssssee. They are your prey." Thomas hissed and without another word dove over the side of the building and vanished from sight. I watched as Hiei turned around to glare at us, feeling a wave of dizziness wash over me as Shippo slid a step back.
"Who are you!" Shippo demanded angrily, making Hiei scoff at us with a glare before walking over to look Shippo in the eye.
"Follow." Hiei said in a dead tone and I felt the hesitation in Shippo's hold as he seemed to debate it. "Unlike you, she's human." Hiei snapped suddenly and I tried to shake my head to dislodge the dizziness I felt while pulling myself out of Shippo's arms.
"I'm fin-" I started only to fall into darkness when Hiei vanished and I felt something hit the back of my head. "Dammit!" I thought before I completely lost consciousness.
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Hiei caught her without any effort, looking over at Shippo with a glare when the boy moved to attack him. He was not in the mood to deal with two stubborn idiots that couldn't see that they needed his help. Shippo growled and flexed his claws, flashing his yokia at the boy in hopes of causing some hesitation if not intimidation.
"Let her go." The boy demanded making Hiei scoff before lightly tossing Akari to him, surprising Shippo and making him take a few steps back to maintain his balance.
"Wait here." Hiei said with a touch of annoyance before vanishing from sight. Shippo debated on trying to get back to Sesshoumaru's penthouse but stopped when he looked down at the blood dripping down from the wound on Akari's right side. Not giving it a second thought, Shippo took off his vest and blue shirt, ripping the shirt into suitable enough bandages while pulling his vest back on.
"Thank Kami, Kagome taught me how to do this." Shippo muttered as he carefully tightened the makeshift bandages and looked at his work. It was sloppy but it would hold until he could get help. Being careful to not aggravate the injury Shippo lifted Akari up into his arms bridal style and made to start back to Sesshoumaru's.
"Here," Hiei suddenly said, appearing with Masaru wrapped securely in InuYasha's red jacket, successfully keeping the child asleep and quiet. "Follow me," Hiei said as he somehow switched Akari into his own arms and put Masaru in Shippo's.
"Wa-wait! What about my pack? This is kidnapping!" Shippo told him, his voice shaking slightly as he adjusted Masaru in his hold.
"I don't have to answer you." Hiei snapped at Shippo before taking off in what seemed a random direction to Shippo. Having no other choice and feeling guilty at what he had caused he followed Hiei, not looking back and noticing the snake demon he had fought slither back up onto the roof.
"Missstresss, I have newssss." Thomas hissed into a small Iphone as he slithered over to a hidden corner behind an A/C unit and gathered up a set of clothes and a simple ear spike that doubled as a concealment charm.
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"Hiei!" Botan exclaimed in surprise as she slid the temple door open to see the Jagan user holding a small human girl in his arms with an unfamiliar boy holding a toddler wrapped in red cloth standing behind him panting for breath.
"Have Yukina heal her." Hiei said bluntly and shoved Akari into Botan's arms, bringing notice to the bloody wound on Akari's right side, before he left again. Nodding her head, Botan rushed to one of the small bedrooms that was normally used for such events.
"Yukina!" Botan called and caught sight of Kuwabara's sister, Shizuru walking towards them with a cigarette in her hand.
"What's up, Botan?" Shizuru asked calmly, her eyes following the Reaper as she moved into the bedroom near them both and laid Akari down on a small futon in the middle of the floor. "Yo, kid, what's going on?" Shizuru asked while putting her cigarette in her mouth just as Yukina walked into the hallway.
"Yukina! Thank goodness! It seems Akari's been hurt!" Botan said, poking her head out to look at the girl while Shippo looked torn between going to Akari's side and keeping everyone away from her or staying back and hopefully letting her heal.
"Oh no!" Yukina gasped and immediately dashed into the room and to a small concealed cabinet that held several sets of bedding and two first aid kits.
"Got a name kid?" Shizuru asked calmly as Shippo looked on from the doorway as Akari's shirt was pulled off of her and his make shift shirt bandages cut off of her.
"Shippo." He said absently and looked down at Masaru when he began to squirm and wake up with a cry.
"C'mon, he sounds hungry. I'm pretty sure we'll be useless until they get finished so we might as well eat something." Shizuru said and walked past Shippo, not waiting for him to follow her as she made her way to the kitchen where a pot of stew was already cooking. "Had a feeling we'd have company anyway." She said and caught sight of a guilty Shippo following behind her slowly.
"She'll be fine, you know. Can he eat food?" Shizuru asked while setting a bowl of stew down on the counter near Shippo.
"Yeah," Shippo said slowly and snapped his head back to look at the doorway with a look of guilt and slight fear on his face. Before Shizuru could stop him he was already racing back the way they had come.
"What are you doing to her!?" Shippo yelled as he shoved Botan back away from Akari and grab the girl away from Yukina as well.
"Shippo?" Akari questioned as Shippo half dragged her away from them all and put his back to the wall.
"Now listen here, you! We're trying to help her!" Botan snapped at Shippo as Yukina looked at him in shock.
"Yeah right! It didn't sound like that!" Shippo snapped at her and looked back at Akari as she latched onto his arm tightly and felt his face pale when she slumped over against him. "Akari!" He yelled as he lowered himself to the ground to catch her.
"Now see what you've done?" Botan snapped at him and Shippo looked up at her with guilt on his face.
"If you let me, I can finish healing her and you can stay here if you want." Yukina said softly and Shippo bit his lip and looked down at Masaru before his eyes darted to Akari and he nodded.
"Okay, I'll help you too." He said in a determined voice as he looked at the ice woman. Yukina nodded and walked over to the boy, carefully supporting Akari and pulling her away from Shippo.
"Stay." Shippo barked at the fussy Masaru and turned away, helping Yukina by putting Akari back into the bed and holding her down as his little sister voiced her loud complaints and affirmations of being alright.
"It's weird," Shizuru said after a minute of watching Yukina carefully stitch Akari's wound back together. "I thought demons were supposed to have concealment charms on at all times." She said when Botan looked at her, the Reaper's face going from curiosity to confusion before settling on surprise.
"You're right!" Botan exclaimed and tapped her chin with a finger. "I wonder why he isn't wearing one." She trailed off before shaking her head and pulling out a small beeper from her skinny jeans.
"That's Koenma," she said before walking off to see what the toddler prince wanted.