-1Deadly Adventures
A/N: Again with what happens when I'm not allowed online for a long, long time.
Summary: Desperate for a win in the war against Lykouleon and the dragons, Nadil casts a spell to summon more demons. And he got more than he bargained for. Answering the call were Kurama, Youko, Hiei, and Kuronue. Unfortunately for Nadil, only one of the answering demons actually made it to where he specified. The other three found themselves in an odd world and not exactly welcome. Especially for the one that found himself in the vicinity of Rath.
Category: Yu Hakusho and Dragon Knights crossover.
Genre: Angst. Drama. More? I'll let ya know.
Rating: M/NC-17.
Couples: Youko/Kuronue. Rune/Rath. Will Hiei and Kurama end up together? Maybe. I haven't totally decided yet.
Warnings: I'm really getting sick of having to put this down. YAOI!! Get over it, people! Um, possible rape and torture mess, too.
''thinking to self
/thinking to someone else
/sd/flashback
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Shuuichi
/Hiei? Hiei, can you hear me?/ Shuuichi called out desperately to his comrade. When again met with silence, he sighed aloud and slumped back against the wall he was chained to. The stone surrounding him made him nervous; he couldn't feel any plants around and it was unnerving.
He had been trying to reach either Hiei or Youko for the past…He couldn't remember just how long he had been there. There was no way for him to tell time without the sun or a clock. All he had to go on for time was Nadil's word, and that was about as easy to trust as the weather in Michigan.(1) Already, Nadil had told him that he'd been down in that dungeon for a year. Yeah, right. He sat back, trying to find a comfortable position and lost himself in his thoughts.
"Ah, Hiei." He turned to see the shorter yokai approach him. "What brings you here?"
"…Shuuichi, did you grow all these plants on your own?" Hiei asked, glancing around nervously at the many plants. He knew that many of the plants the Kuramas grew were flesh-eating. Shuuichi laughed.
"My flesh-eating plants are in another area, Hiei. I wanted birds to visit this garden, so I grew rather normal plants here."
"That's not normal, Shuuichi." Hiei stated, pointing to a large purple flower with a single yellow stripe down the center of each petal.
"Hmph. What do you know about flowers?" Shuuichi demanded, stroking a finger on the offended plant's petal.
"…I know they're beautiful like you." Hiei mumbled. Shuuichi stiffened and turned to stare at Hiei. "Ah, I'll just go now…" Hiei turned to leave, but Shuuichi caught him by the arm.
"Do you mean it?"
"Do I mean what?" Hiei tugged at his arm half-heartedly.
"Did you mean that I was beautiful?" When Hiei nodded slowly, Shuuichi smiled. "Oh, Hiei, I've waited so long to hear something like that from you!" He leaned down and hugged the yokai close. "Hiei, I lo-
Kurama was jerked back to reality when his cell door slammed open. He stiffened, sensing a strange yokai aura with another strange aura. A yokai walked into his sight and threw a young boy with long, blond hair onto the floor before Shuuichi. The boy struggled to get up, but the yokai kicked him in the gut.
"Stay down, you stupid elf. Once Rath comes for you and we get him out of the way, your precious Dragon Tribe will fall." The yokai smirked, walking out of the room and closing the door, making sure to lock it.
"…Are you alright?" Shuuichi asked after he was sure that the yokai was gone. The elfin boy turned over and looked at him tiredly.
"I've gone through worse…What about you? You look really beat up…" Shuuichi smiled slightly.
"I've taken worse as well. Though, rape is a new one for me." The boy's eyes widened considerably and Shuuichi was surprised by just how blue those eyes were. "Hey, that yokai-"
"Bierrez." The boy offered.
"Yeah, Bierrez mentioned someone named Rath…Isn't he a Dragon Knight?" The boy nodded.
"Yeah. I am too, though I'm not a very good one. My name is Rune."
"Oh, I've heard of you! You're Rath's lover, right?" Rune blushed, but nodded. "My name is Shuuichi. I'm friends with Youko, Kuronue, and Hiei."
"Ah! I was wondering who you were to have such an aura, yet obviously be human. Everyone is so worried about you." Rune sat up with obvious pain and scooted closer to Shuuichi. "Hiei especially."
"No, Hiei can't be that worried about me…" Shuuichi protested.
"No, really, he is! Before Bierrez brought me here, he was arguing with Youko over whether or not they should come to save you immediately. He also said that he would take Nadil's commands if he hadn't known that Nadil had already hurt you." Rune insisted. "You just have to believe me!"
"Ok, ok, so maybe it isn't that hard to believe. He must just want to pay me back for all the times I've helped him." Shuuichi said sadly, wishing that what he believed wasn't true.
"No, he told me that he thought you were amazing, beautiful, perfect, and everything one could wish for." Rune smiled. "He's really taken in by you."
"No…"
Somewhere…
"Do you know where we're headed?" Hiei demanded as he jumped over a large log, following Rath.
"Basically." Rath responded, hacking through some brush. "Save your breath for the obstacles and yokai we may come across."
"Save my breath? Hah, you must not know me well." Hiei smirked. But, not long after, he was struggling for breath. The terrain of this area was not made for people to walk across and he found himself wishing for the human way of travel from his world.
Focusing on his breathing, Hiei did not notice that Rath had stopped until he ran into the other. Rath held a hand up for silence before Hiei could demand an explanation for the halt and he looked forward, wondering what Rath saw.
What he saw were two yokai with long, white hair arguing over what looked like a corpse. He couldn't tell, since all he could see were the person's feet. The two yokai kept arguing and the volume grew until Hiei could hear their argument with no real effort.
"Lord Nadil will not need this child, Shyrendora! As we speak, Bierrez is presenting the Water Knight Rune to our Lord and that will draw Rath!" From the voice, Hiei could finally tell that at least one of the two was male.
"Quiet, Shydeman! I myself have seen the potential of this male and I believe that our Lord would be pleased with such a gift!" The other, Shyrendora, was clearly female, Hiei noted. Now, if he could only see who they were arguing about…
"Fine! Do as you please, as I know you will, and when the Lord laughs in your face, it will be no fault of mine!" Shydeman shouted, fading from sight. Looking at the person they were arguing about, Hiei cursed silently. Yusuke had somehow made it there.
Not long after, Shyrendora had picked Yusuke up and faded from view as well. Rath stood up and started walking forward when two new figures dropped from the trees before him. He immediately drew his sword, but the other two looked to Hiei.
"Touya. Jinn. I suppose you came with the detective?" Hiei scowled.
"Yes, Koenma grew worried when he heard that all four of you disappeared and weren't in Makai." Touya answered, effectively stopping whatever comment Jinn was about to make.
"Friends of yours?" Rath glanced over his shoulder at Hiei, starting to lower his sword.
"Friends is too strong a word." Touya answered for Hiei. "We are old acquaintances."
"So who was that boy that Shyrendora took with her?" Rath asked, sheathing his sword again.
"That was the Spirit Detective, Yusuke. He is a comrade of ours." Hiei answered.
"May I ask who this is, Hiei? It is uncommon to see you with anyone other than Kurama." Touya raised an intrigued eyebrow.
"An alliance of necessity. This is Rath Illuser, a Dragon Knight of this world. His lover was stolen by the same man who currently has Shuuichi." Touya's eyebrow rose higher.
"Someone has Kurama? And Youko is not with you while you are on your way to save him?"
"The fox currently has priority issues. We'll tell you which way to go and you can go meet up with them." Hiei said.
"No, the wind be telling me-"
"Stop talking, Jinn. I'll kill you if you don't." Hiei growled.
"What Jinn was trying to say is that we will go with you to save Kurama. I'm sure the fox has his reasons for not accompanying you but we watched that one female take Yusuke out. You will need our help." Touya stated with finality.
"We don't-"
"You're welcome to come as long as you don't get in the way or slow us down." Rath cut Hiei off.
"Oh, you dun have to worry 'bout that." Jinn smirked.
Kuronue
He and Lykouleon stared at each other for the longest time. Neither had blinked but Kuronue was sure Lykouleon would first, as he was the one currently at fault. Youko and Thatz were standing beside the two of them, looking back in forth, searching for the first sign of weakness.
"Admit defeat, Lykouleon. This is your fault for not locking Rath up." Youko said in exasperation.
"No, this is YOUR fault for not locking Hiei up!" Thatz snapped. He and Youko continued their argument. Neither Lykouleon nor Kuronue paid them any attention. They had been arguing on and off the whole morning. Finally, Lykouleon sighed and looked away from Kuronue's eyes.
"You're right. This is my fault." the Dragon Lord confessed. "I knew he would leave…"
"He's just like you, Lykouleon. Besides, he'd've broken out of any prison we would've put him in." Ruwalk commented.
"It's our fault too. However, since we didn't lock Hiei up, now Rath isn't alone in his quest into danger." Kuronue admitted. "Now that that is out of the way; what are we going to do now?"
Lykouleon sighed and shook his head. "The only thing I can think of is to move the plans to attack forward. We can't leave the two of them alone in this."
"But Lykouleon! Kai-Stern isn't even back yet and with so few Dragon Officers-!" Lykouleon waved Ruwalk's argument off.
"I know that this isn't that great of a plan, but we cannot lose so many important people in this war. Ruwalk, inform Tetheus of the sudden change of plans and send someone to find Kai-Stern. Then, muster the army and prepare to march." Lykouleon ordered. Ruwalk hesitated for a moment then bowed and left the room.
"…You know, I'm almost ashamed to say this, but I wish Yusuke were here." Youko muttered.
A/N: Heh, here you go, I was trying to make it longer but I have so much to do that…well, I'm swamped.
1.: Michigan is a state in the United States and its weather is unpredictable and untrustworthy.