Well my followers, here's the next installment. Sorry to keep every one waiting but I had to write it out first. Hope every one is enjoying the story and if there's anything I need to improve, please don't hesitate to let your voice be heard.
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Chapter 8
" So when do we make our move?", a voice asks from the darkness.
" Very soon Kuronue, very soon", a female voice answers.
" I've heard she knows she's a half fox demon. Won't this complicate things, Angel?", he asked her with his arms crossed, leaning against a tree.
" On the contrary, it should make things easier for you", a voice answers from behind them.
Angel and Kuronue get into fighting stances and look around for the intruder.
" Who's there? Show yourself!", Angel demanded.
" I'm some one who knows the bitch very well", the voice answered.
A dark figure steps out from the trees to revel Keiske with a pure evil smirk on his face.
" And just who are you?", Kuronue asked, arms crossed.
" My names Keiske, and the only thing I want, is that bitch dead!", he replied, his eyes flashing angrily.
" But we need her alive, in order to gain her powers. After we've achieved our goal, then you can have her and do what you want with her. Deal?", Angel answered, giving him a seductive smile.
" Deal. And I know exactly where she's going to be", Keiske replied.
" And where would that be, prey tell?", Kuronue asked with a smirk.
" She's training with an old woman up in the woods. She'll be there starting Monday morning, we can ambush her and the fox after she's finished", he told them.
Kuronue and Angel look at each other, then back at Keiske.
" Very well, we'll attack at night fall. They won't be expecting any one to attack them so soon", Angel finally told them.
The two males nod in understanding, then part ways.
" Soon, very soon Kira, I will have my revenge", Keiske said to the darkness grinning evilly.
" Rise and shine beautiful. You have training today", a voice softly says to the sleeping figure.
" Let me sleep a few more minutes, please?", the figure replies sleepily.
" Sorry Kira, Master Genkai wants to get a head start on you last few days of training. So get up" he replied.
" Oh alright", she replied, slowly sitting up, still covered up.
" You know, you don't have to be so modest. I have seen you with out your shirt on", he tells her with a smirk.
" Yeah well, I had no control over that. And besides, that was because I got injured and it left a scar", she said quietly, pulling the covers tighter around her.
Kurama sits down on the bed beside her.
" Listen Kira, I could care less about what is or isn't on your body. To me, you still look beautiful", he told her, kissing her softly on the lips.
Kira pulls back, and looks at Kurama with tears in her eyes.
" Thanks Kurama, that means a lot to me. Now, go so I can get dressed. And tell Youko he can't watch, at least not this time", she tells him, adding the last part with a sly smile.
" I wonder what it would feel like to have her beneath us", Youko said thoughtfully.
Kurama didn't have to say anything, cause he was thinking along the same lines. Kira notices Kurama's eyes turn gold and giggles.
" I don't want to know what he's thinking. Now, out", she told him, pointing to the door.
Kurama leaves her room with a soft smile and a chuckle, then goes to prepare breakfast.
" So, exactly what's going to happen when my training with Genkai is finally over?", Kira asked, walking into the kitchen.
Kurama looks up from the stove and looks at Kira thoughtfully.
" Well, for one thing your training with me will be full time. Other than that, its up to you", he told her, paying attention to the stove again.
" Oh goody, what fun we'll have", she replied sarcastically, while sitting down at the table.
" It's the only way for you to learn how to use your demon powers and transform into your demon form", he told her, setting a plate down in front of her.
Kira stares at her plate deep in thought.
" Kurama?", she asked as he sat down.
" Yes?".
" What if I'm not able to use my demon powers? Or be able to transform into my demon form?", she asked him quietly.
Kurama looks at Kira, and smiles softly at her.
" Kira, you are the most stubborn person I've met, besides your brother. You will get the hang of it, I believe in you. Now believe in yourself", he told her sincerely.
Kira looks at Kurama and gives him a small smile and nods.
" I am so freaking glad this part of the training is almost over", Kira exclaims on the way to Genkai's Monday morning.
Kurama chuckles while watching her walk in front of him, keeping his senses open.
" Yes well when this training is over, you still have my training to do. And don't think I'll go easy on you", he replied with a smirk.
" I'm not expecting you to go easy on my", she remarked, while walking backwards.
" You know, if you're not careful you're going to run into something", he warned her.
Kira turns around, just barely missing a tree.
" You could've warned me you know?!", she growled at him.
Kurama's surprised when he sees her eyes turn gold momentarily.
' Did you see that, red? She's already starting to show signs of her foxy half', Youko said happily.
' Yes, I notices. It'll be interesting to see what her fox half looks like', Kurama answered.
The two reach the temple stairs ten minutes later.
" It's about time you showed up, squirt", Yusuke greeted them.
" You care to rephrase that, big brother?", she growled at him.
Yusuke backs up, hands up in mock surrender.
" Whoa, I was just kidding! Sheesh, did she wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something, Kurama?", he asked him.
" No, she's always like this in the morning", he replied with a chuckle.
" I am not!", Kira replied with a pout.
Before Yusuke or Kurama could say anything, Master Genkai comes out to greet them.
" You ready for your final week of training, Kira?", she asked the girl.
Kira gives a confident nod, and follows Genkai inside.
" So, she only has a few more days of training, huh?", Yusuke asked Kurama when the two ladies went inside.
" Yes. And then she starts fully training with me", Kurama answered with a nod.
" That should be interesting", Yusuke replied.
" And what exactly do you plan on teaching her, fox?", a voice said from behind them, making Yusuke jump.
" Hello Hiei. She needs to be trained to use her demon powers, and how to transform into her fox form", Kurama answered calmly.
" Hn", was Hiei's reply.
" I guess I'll have to watch what I say or do from now on, or she'll kick my ass", Yusuke joked.
" Yes, I suppose she would. She's already starting to signs of her demon half. As I'm sure you've noticed, Yusuke", Kurama told him with a grin.
" Yeah, I've noticed", he replied referring to his sisters eyes going gold. Yusuke and Kurama spend the rest of the time sparring, until Kira comes out four hours later.
" Hey kiddo, how'd you do?", Yusuke asked as Kira sat down.
" Do you have to ask?", she replied with a glare.
" How'd she do, Master Genkai?", Kurama asked the old woman.
" She may be done sooner than I expected. Kurama?", she said turning to the red head.
"Yes Master Genkai?", he replied.
" I want you to continue her training from here on. I think she's ready for it", she told him with a smirk.
Kira looks from Genkai to Kurama in disbelief. True she had been training for only a little over a month almost two months, but she didn't think she was ready for Kurama's training yet.
" Whoa, wait a minute you two. Who ever said that I was ready? Cause in reality, I'm not!", she told them.
" From what Master Genkai has been telling me and Yusuke, you're more than ready. In fact, I think it might be a good idea to see what you can do against one of us", Kurama suggested slyly.
Kira looks at Kurama like he had a third head.
" You're kidding, right? No way, no how, I'm not fighting one of you", she said stubbornly, arms crossed.
Kurama and Yusuke look at each other with a smirk, then with out warning attack Kira.
" What the…!", she exclaims, barely dodging their punches.
Kira back flipped, then sent an energy ball at Yusuke, who wasn't expecting it, knocking him against a tree.
" Looks like it's you and me, eh Kurama?", she taunted him, getting ready for his next move.
" Looks like it", he replied with a smirk, and a gleam in his eyes.
Kira forms an energy sphere, getting ready to fire at Kurama.
He quickly moves before she could fire at him, bringing out his rose whip and lashing out at her. She quickly dodges the attack, and goes on the offensive.
" Come on Kurama, you can do better than that. And besides, hiding is just so cowardly", she mocked him, sensing where his energy was.
" Who said I was hiding?", a voice said from behind her.
She quickly turns around to see Kurama standing there, a smirk on his face.
" Hiding your energy again, I see. Lets finish this, shall we?", she told him.
" Lets", he answered, lashing at her with his rose whip.
Kira dodges the whip and concentrates her energy like Genkai had taught her.
Kurama pauses in his attack and looks on with interest.
" Whoa, what's happening, Grandma?", Yusuke asked Genkai, with surprise.
" She's using her true powers. I was amazed to see how well she gained control of them so fast", Genkai replied with pride.
With in a few moments, Kira had concentrated the amount of energy needed and opened her eyes, which were now a golden color. She formed the energy into a big sphere and fired it at Kurama, who's so surprised he didn't have time to move. The sphere knocked him back a couple feet flat on his back.
Yusuke and Genkai look on in amazement at what had just happened.
" Whoa!", was all Yusuke managed to say.
Genkai look on with a small smile, pride clearly showing in her eyes. Kira looks at Kurama as he slowly gets up off of the ground.
" That was quite impressive. You have been training, very well it seems", he congratulated her, walking up and giving her a small hug.
" Thanks. You're ok, aren't you? You're not hurt or anything?", she asked worriedly.
Kurama chuckles and shakes his head.
" No, I'm not hurt. I like the color of your eyes, by the way", he told her with a smirk.
" What's wrong with my eyes?", she asked confused.
Genkai handed her a hand held mirror.
" What the hell?!", she exclaimed In surprise. "My eyes are gold!", she whispered in shock.
" Why'd her eyes go gold?", Yusuke asked, scratching his head in confusion.
" The power she brought forth was he demonic power. Therefore, it brought out her demon features", Kurama explained matter of factly.
Kira was too stunned to say anything.
" Wow, this is pretty cool. Will they stay this way?", she finally managed to ask.
" I don't really know, only time will tell. Come on lets go, its getting late and I think we're all hungry. Care to join us, Yusuke?", Kurama asked, looking at Kira's brother.
" Sure, lets go. See ya, Grandma", he replied.
Kira, Yusuke, and Kurama head down the stairs and reach the bottom, when they suddenly sense a wave of demonic energy.
" Guys, do you feel that?", Kira asked the two boys, fear evident in her voice.
" Yeah, we do and I don't like it", Yusuke answered grimly.
Kurama stood protectively in front of Kira..
" No matter what happens, stay behind me", he told her, eyes straight ahead waiting for the demon or demons to show themselves.
" Still protecting that girl I see, Kurama", a feminine voice said from the shadows.
Yusuke looks at Kurama to see his eyes turn gold.
' Oh boy, this isn't good', he thought to himself.
" And here I thought you were a ruthless thief, partner", another voice said, also from the shadows.
Kurama's eyes go wide in shock as he recognizes the voice.
" Kuronue?", he whispers, shocked.
Kira looks up at Kurama with a worried and confused expression.
" Kurama, are you alright?", she quietly asked him.
Kurama doesn't respond, still staring in the direction the last voice had come from.
Moments later three figures step out. Two she recognizes immediately, the third, which seemed to be some type of bat demon, she didn't.
Kira glared at the demons she did recognize.
" Angel! Keiske! What are you two doing together?!", she growled at them, her eyes flashing dangerously.
" You should know the answer to that, love", Keiske replied with a smirk.
Angel looks past Kurama and fixes her gaze on Kira, a sinister smile playing on her lips.
" Well, well, well it looks as if the human isn't quite human after all. Tell me half breed, do you have complete control of your demon powers? Can you transform into your fox form?", she sneered.
Yusuke moves next to Kurama and his sister, glaring at the trio of demons.
" Stay away from her, you ugly bitch!", Yusuke told them, anger flashing his eyes. He turns to Kurama, and notices him still staring at the bat demon, still in shock.
" Hey Kurama, snap out of it!", he hissed at the red head.
" Huh? Oh, sorry Yusuke. I thought you were dead, Kuronue?", he finally said, directing the question to the bat demon.
" As you can see, I'm very much alive. Now do us all a favor and hand over the girl", he told him with a sneer, arms crossed.
Kurama steps closer to Kira protectively.
" Not a chance!", he growled.
Then with out warning, Kurama changes into Youko, who turns to Yusuke.
" Yusuke, take Kira and get out of here. Take her some place where no once will get hurt in case we take the fight there", he told him.
Kira looks at Youko with worry and grabs a hold of his arm.
" I'm not leaving you. What if something happens to you?", she quietly tells him.
Youko takes her hands off his arm and pulls her into his arms.
" Nothing will happen to me, not when I know I have some one to protect. Now, go!", he whispers lovingly into her ear.
She pulls back and lets go of him with a nod, putting on a brave face.
" Alright, just be careful", she replied, taking off with Yusuke.
" Take care of her, Yusuke", he whispers. Youko turns his attention back to the trio, a smirk on his face.
" You're not going anywhere near her", he told them confidently.
" Oh I think we are. Kuronue, will you do the honors?", Angel said, motioning to the bat demon.
" It'll be my pleasure", he answered, bringing out his scythe and swinging it at Youko.
He barely misses the attack before he's attacked by Angel as well, earning him a kick that sends him crashing into the wall.
" Not so tough now, are ya fox boy? Not against the three of us", Keiske taunted him.
" Well, I'd like to see how this ends, but I've got a girl to catch, see ya", Kuronue tells them, a little too cheerfully.
" No! Don't you dare touch her!", Youko yelled, bringing out his rose whip.
" Ah, ah, ah, I don't think so!", Keiske said, coming up behind him, a knife in his hand.
" Ahh!", Youko hissed in pain, as Keiske sliced him across his back, bringing him to his knees.
Youko glares up at Angel and Keiske, his eyes almost turning red. Angel walks over to the fallen fox and kneels down, cupping his face with her hands.
" You might as well face it my sweet, you can't protect her, no one can", she croons to him, then places a kiss softly on his lips.
" Lets go Keiske, we've a half breed to catch", she orders the fire demon, as she stands up and walks off.
" Ta, ta for now, foxy", Keiske taunted Youko with a smirk.
" NO!", Youko yelled at them, as they disappeared into the night.
" Kira!", he shouted as he slowly stands up and goes after them.
" Come on Kira, hurry up. I don't know how much time Kurama can buy us", Yusuke told his sister urgently.
" I'm coming, sheesh", she replied, giving him a glare.
They arrive at the park, shortly after midnight, and stop to catch their breath.
" Yusuke, I have this bad feeling we're being followed", she told her brother, hands on knees bent over.
" Yeah, so do I", he replied turning to the trees.
As if in answer, he quickly dodges a scythe as it comes flying out of the cover of the trees.
" Yusuke!", Kira shouted in alarm.
" No, stay there!", he ordered her, getting up off the ground.
" Very brotherly advice, detective. Less chance of me accidentally killing her, and Angel wouldn't like that", Kuronue remarked coming out of the cover of the trees.
" You! Why are you working for Angel? You after my powers as well?", she glared at him.
Kuronue looks at Kira with a smirk and chuckles.
" No, I'm not after your powers. Which if Angel thought about it, will be nearly impossible now", he told her, scythe in hand.
Kira and Yusuke look at each other then back at Kuronue in confusion.
" And why is that?", Yusuke asked, crossing his arms.
" It's simple really. Since the girl now has full control over her powers, Angel won't be able to attain them by force. She has to have Kira give it to her willingly", he answered with a shrug.
" And I won't do that. So why are you helping her then? What's in it for you?", Kira asked him suspiciously.
Kuronue starts walking towards them, but stops as they hear footsteps coming their way. It's Angel and Keiske.
" So, you've found them, good job Kuronue", Angel sneered as she walks to stand next to the bat demon, with Keiske in tow.
" Heh, you haven't finished off the detective yet, Kuronue?", Keiske asked with a smirk.
" I'm biding my time, hot head", he retorts with a glare.
Kira looks at her brother, worry written all over her face. She then turns to the three demons.
" Where's Youko? What did you do to him?", she demanded, hands at her side balled into fists.
Keiske smirks at her, and crosses his arms.
" Lets just say, I owed him from the last time we met", he answered her non-chalantly.
Kira's eyes go wide, as her spiritual energy rises.
" Kira? Kira, are you alright?", Yusuke asked, watching as his sister transforms before his eyes.
Kira's spiritual and demonic powers rise so high, it begins to transform into her fox form. When the dust clears, the three demons and Yusuke find a fox demon version of Kira, completely different from head to toe.
Her clothes consisted of a red halter like top, gold bracelets on both wrists, and belly dancer style pants with slipper like shoes. Her hair had a combination of black and silver.
She opens her eyes, and glares at Angel and Keiske, hatred burning in them.
" Kira, is that you?", Yusuke tentatively asked.
" Yes, its me Yusuke. It looks as though Kurama won't have to train me, huh?", she replied.
She turns her attention back to Angel and Keiske.
" You will pay for hurting the man I love! Spirit orb!", she yells out, forming a semi-giant orb and throwing it at Angel and Keiske. The attack hits Angel in the chest, knocking her back against a tree, while Keiske manages to dodge it.
" I see you've gotten more powerful, you bitch! But are you fast enough", Keiske taunted her, disappearing from their sight.
" Where'd he go?", Yusuke asked in alarm.
" Right behind you!", a voice hisses from behind Yusuke.
Kira quickly turns to see Keiske behind Yusuke holding a dagger to his throat. She attempts to rush over to her brother, but is stopped as Keiske pushes the dagger harder against his throat.
" I wouldn't come any closer if I were you. Now, you have two options. The first options is, you give yourself up willingly. The second options is, you refuse and your brother dies. Which will it be?", he sneers at her, an evil gleam in his eyes.
Kira glares at Keiske, trying to come up with a way to save her brother.
" You're not so confident now, are ya bitch?!", Angel said coming out of the trees, holding her injured arm.
" Kira, don't listen to them. Don't give in to them, I'll be fine", Yusuke calmly told her.
Kira looks from Angel to Yusuke to Keiske, and finally comes to a decision.
" Fine, I'll go with you. But let Yusuke go first", she quietly told them.
" Kira, don't do it!", Yusuke shouted at her.
Kira looks at Yusuke and gives him a small smile.
" I'm sorry Yusuke, I have to. Kurama's already gotten hurt trying to protect me, I don't want any one else to get hurt as well", she told him calmly.
" Very wise decision. Keiske, let the detective go", Angel ordered him.
Keiske releases Yusuke and pushes him to the ground.
" Hey, watch it you bastard!", Yusuke glared at him.
" Shut up, puny human!", Keiske retorted, kicking him in the gut.
" Yusuke! Hey, I said don't hurt him!", Kira growled, flexing her claws.
Keiske just gives an evil chuckle as he walks over to Kira and grabs her roughly by the arm.
" Hey, not so rough, ugly!", she growls at him, trying to pull free.
Keiske slaps her in response, causing her to have a bloody lip.
" You don't have to be so rough on her, hot head!", Kuronue told him with a glare.
" Come on, hurry up!", Angel shouts at him.
" Let her go!", a deep voice warns them.
Angel, Kuronue, Yusuke, Keiske, and Kira all look in the direction the voice came from, to see Youko. Kira's eyes go wide in shock, then her face lights up with a smile.
" Youko!", Kira yelled, trying to get away from Keiske.
" Looks like I didn't inflict enough damage. I guess I'll have to try harder!", Keiske shouted, while throwing a fire ball at Youko.
He dodges the attack, and throws something at Keiske.
Keiske pulls Kira towards him, using her as a shield.
" I wouldn't do anything if I were you. You don't want anything to happen to your precious mate, do you?", Keiske taunted him, his hands starting to roam over her mid section.
Kurama's eyes turn red as he pulls his rose whip out.
" Yusuke?", Youko finally says.
Yusuke looks wearily at him, " Yeah?".
" Take care of Angel, but leave Kuronue and Keiske to me", he told him, still looking at Keiske.
" You got it! It's pay back time!", Yusuke smirked looking at Angel and cracking his knuckles.
Yusuke and Angel begin their fight, while Youko and Keiske are in a stand off, Keiske still using Kira as a shield.
" Let me go!", Kira growls, still struggling.
" Not until you're dead!", he hissed, pressing the dagger to her side.
' Kira?', a voice echo's in her head.
' Kurama, is that you', she answers confused.
' Yes, now listen to me very carefully. I want you to concentrate your demon energy into the seeds I threw on him. That will release them and wrap around Keiske. Do you understand?', he asks her.
' Yeah, I understand. But, I don't think I can do it, I don't know how', she told him, unsure of herself.
There's silence for a few moments.
' if you were able to transform into your demon form, you can do this. I believe you can', Youko told her softly.
Kira begins concentrating her demonic powers into the seeds on Keiske's body. A few moments go by before vines start spreading around his body.
Keiske looks at the vines in alarm and shoves Kira away from him, thrashing at the vines trying to get them off of him.
" What the hell!? What did you do to me, you bitch?!", Keiske yells at Kira, kicking her in the stomach.
" Don't ask me, I just do as I'm told, bastard!", she smirked at him.
" Kuronue, help me!", he yells to the bat demon, who had already left the scene.
" That coward! Ahh!", he shouted in pain, as the vines wrapped more tightly against him.
Kira slowly gets up, and looks around for Yusuke. She finds him still fighting Angel who looks like she's seen better days.
" Yusuke, finish with her already!", Kira yells at him.
Angel takes the distraction to quickly escape into the trees.
" This isn't over, half breed!", her voice echo's from the shadows.
Kira slowly walks over to Youko, who finally collapses onto the ground due to his injuries.
" Youko, are you alright?", Kira asked him with worry.
Youko looks up at Kira, and just stares at her for a couple minutes, not saying anything.
" Hey, Kurama, you alright? You're spacing out", Yusuke asked him, snapping his fingers in his face.
" Huh? Oh, yes I'm fine. What about you two?", he asked slowly standing up, with Yusuke's help.
" Eh, we're fine. We're better off than you are. Come on, lets get you to Genkai's and patched up", Yusuke told him, leading the way to Genkai's.
They reach Genkai's shortly after one in the morning.
" What happened?", Yukina asked with concern, looking at the now human Kurama being helped by Yusuke.
" We were attacked by Angel and Keiske. Can you help him, Yukina?", Kira asked, looking tired herself.
" Bring him to one of the spare rooms", she told the two siblings.
Yusuke and Kira follow Yukina into one of the spare rooms and lays the injured fox demon on the futon. Yukina looks at his injury and places her hands over the wound.
" Is he going to okay?", Kira finally asked after a couple minutes of silence.
Yukina stands up and gives Kira a small smile.
" He's going to fine. He just needs some much needed rest, much like the two of you. There's spare rooms for you if you like", the ice maiden told them, then leaves them alone.
" Come on kiddo, you need some sleep", Yusuke told his sister.
Kira looks at Yusuke and gives him a small smile, but shakes her head.
" No, I'm going to stay here with Kurama. It's my fault he's like this. You go ahead and head home", she told him tiredly.
Yusuke looks at his sister with sympathy and embraces her in a hug.
" Don't you dare say that, it's not your fault. You know as well as I do, that Kurama would rather be the one to get hurt than see you get hurt. Now get some sleep, you need it", he told her sternly.
" Thanks for the concern Yusuke, but I'm going to stay with Kurama. I'll see you in the morning. Well, when ever you wake up any way", she said.
" Alright, see ya", he finally gave in with a sigh.
Kira watches him leave then turns to Kurama with a worried expression.
" I'm sorry I got you mixed up in all this", she whispered to him, then sits down to catch some much need sleep.