Oasis
Chapter Three: And So He Arrives
"We could just blow the thing up!" Yusuke's voice told me.
I turned towards him with a growl and another bite to my thumb. That was the most scatter-brained thing I had ever heard the boy say since I met him!
"The water will then get on everything and everyone, Yusuke. That question is definitely going on the list of dumb things you do." I retorted.
He frowned at me as Kuwabara began snickering. Poor human thought that the half demon was the only one with a list. Oh well. I guess I'll let him think that for now.
"Then how do you advise we cleanse the water?" Kurama asked me.
"We have Koenma destroy it. Simple as that." Hiei growled before I could talk.
I turned towards him while once again biting down on my thumb, though this time it was my other one.
"No. That will still do us no good. Let me try this." I pulled my thumbs away from my face and everyone saw that they were bleeding.
"What the hell are you doing? Are you a masochist or something?" Kuwabara screeched, piercing my wolfish ear drums louder than normal.
They flinched as I growled at him with my red eyes. They warned him not to do that ever again. When I knew that he understood how serious I was, I got down on my knees and leaned over the edge of the bank. I put both of my hands on the top of the crystal clear water and watched as several drops of my blood fell into the liquid.
Almost immediately, a green fog jumped up from where my blood had touched the water. I felt my iridescent fae wings appear as I saw them as well. They were shimmering and fluttering as rapidly as a hummingbird as I worked my magic.
I took a deep breath and slowly released it, showing another green mist to pour out of me. That vapor dived straight into the water and disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. The rest of the haze that had been caused by my blood vanished as well.
I got to my feet while turning to look at the rest of the group to see that they were staring down at me in mild confusion.
"What is it?" I asked while twitching my ears.
"Y-Your wings are…sh-showing…" Kuwabara stated.
I gave him a look as my wings halted their rapid movement, showing themselves for the first time in months. They had the veins running through them like a bumblebee, but if you touched any part of the edges, you'd more than likely cut yourself. Unlike the empty color most creatures had with these wings, mine contained a rich emerald hue that caught the light perfectly. Sparkles shimmered even as they twitched, wishing to carry on their quick flutter. I allowed them to do so with a sigh.
"This is strong fae magic that I'm using. When that happens, my fairy traits come out even more than usual. And before you ask, I'm cleansing the water from its tainted ways." I growled.
"Tainted ways? You make it sound like the water is a human." Yusuke smirked.
"Actually, the water-"
A splash sounded behind me and I turned my head while my senses urged me to jump back. I started to do just that when a spray of water slapped my eyes and nose. I screeched while tumbling back with smoke curling out from the two places that had been hit. I landed on my ass with everyone around me as my hands grabbed at my face.
I heard Kurama and Yusuke asking what had happened as I rocked back on forth on the ground. I couldn't see or smell thanks to the acid water that had been sprayed at me. My ears twitched as I heard a chuckle from the source of where the water had been splashed. I could do nothing to fix what had been done at the moment as my fae magic grew weaker. It wasn't long before my wings disappeared as well, yet they were still fluttering.
"What happened Faye? Answer me!" Yusuke demanded.
"That stupid demon has been in the water the entire time! He just ruined my nose and my eyes!" I yelled while trying to heal the wounds with my magic.
I couldn't heal it at all, no matter how much demonic energy I put into it. This bothered me but I couldn't do anything to fix it because more water splashed up towards the people that had no idea what it could do. I put one hand to the ground and dug my nails into the clumps of grass underneath it. I opened my eyes even though I knew that there was going to be no good. Sure enough, all I managed to see where blurry images and a figure floating up out of the water.
But that was enough for me to know where the enemy was.
"Kurama, I just thought of a new poem," I said while concentrating my fae magic once more.
"Oh? Which one is it this time?" He questioned, seemingly oblivious to my intentions for distraction.
"It's by a girl, but her name eludes me. Anyway, the title of the poem is 'And So He Arrives*' and it is really good. Would you like to hear it?"
"I suppose, but why now? Of all the places?"
I didn't have an answer for that as my fae magic poured into the ground below me. Almost immediately after, vines jumped up and I looked at the shadowy figure that I knew was no one that I recognized.
"And so he arrives,
Much to my surprise.
"The sly smirk he brings
Makes even death angrily sing.
This sudden appearance kills,
Because he is not here to thrill."
I knew when my vines had grabbed the person and when the others noticed because of the gasps that came from everyone of them. I unsteadily got to my feet while placing a hand on Kurama's while putting my free hand against my eyes. I used demonic energy this time instead of my fae and I felt the acid in my orbs back off enough for me to be able to tell who was who. But my nose remained the same, as dull and unable to smell from when the toxin got them.
My red eyes were repaired enough that I finally saw who the one that had attacked me was.
He had copper blonde hair spiked sort of like Hiei's but it was at Yusuke's length. No article of clothing was on him besides a pair of honey colored pants so his chest- that was in the distinct hue of amber –was visible to all of us. Though I couldn't use my nose to tell what sort of demon he was, it was the eyes that gave him away. One was a deep gold and the other was pitch black like the stars. I growled lowly while the demon gave me a smirk I knew was filled with deviousness.
"It's nice to know that my poison didn't blind you completely, my dear little fairy." He said as he bowed with a hand over his chest.
I growled deeply and replied with: "A snake as wicked as you has no right to touch this water."
The snake- who I assumed to be Aruai –looked at me benevolently, but I knew he was lying. And I didn't like demons that tried to lie to me.
"But my dear fairy, I find that you are elegant in every way. You radiate with such intense-"
I growled and extended my hand with my fingertips outstretched to their limit. With a sudden blast of fae and demon energies combined, a mace that was entirely spiked appeared in the hand I used to summon it.
"I may seem like a sweet little fairy," I said with a mocking smile as I raised the mace over my head, "but I absolutely detest those that try to kill or poison me. You'll have to handle an angry fae until your face is smashed into pieces."
Aruai widened his eyes in mock surprise as I brought the mace down on his head. It was only a blink of my red eyes, but I saw the snake slip out from my vines and lung at me with pointed teeth that were guaranteed to have poison laced within.
My mace was quickly dropped as everyone jumped back. I took my wolf form and bit into the demon's arm. My teeth snapped against air as I put my chest to the ground and raised my backside in preparation to attack again. I faced a grinning serpent as my hackles stood on their ends.
"If you must be that way, I will have no choice but to kill you with my fangs. And Devlin will not be happy." I heard him mutter to himself.
My heart froze at that name and I'm sure the demons around me heard it. Yusuke started to ask what was wrong when I growled at him to be silent, which he thankfully did.
Aruai smirked at me once more before lunging at me with the speed snakes possessed. I pivoted out of the way and bit into his leg, sinking my teeth into it as deeply as I could. That was when Kurama and Yusuke stepped in, as we had agreed on. I noticed his poisonous fangs coming down for me and I released him while jumping back.
This was when the half demon slammed the snake onto the ground face-first and the fox held him down with rose vines. For the moment, we had subdued the demon that poisoned the water.
But for how long that will last, even I don't know.
I noticed Yusuke and Kurama looking at me as I reverted back to my human form. I was lucky to get out of that skirmish without a cut. If he had even grazed me with those fangs, I'm sure I wouldn't be standing without pain.
"Hey, Faye." The black haired boy called.
"Yes?"
"Wanna finish the rest of that poem for us?"
I looked up at him like he was crazy then. He hated when I talked about poetry, as seen in Spirit World. But I smiled anyway. I was happy to finish the poem.
"The sly smirks he brings
Makes even death angrily sing.
This sudden appearance kills,
Because he is not here to thrill.
"And so arrives hate,
In the most dangerous of faces,
Despite the destined fate,
That he die by a mace.
"Though he seems nonchalant,
I know the lie.
He is trying to taunt
The girl who sighs.
"And the garden that hides
Will not so easily bide
To the will she yells,
With a bell.
"And so he arrives,
But he does not leave,
Not to my surprise,
Or the lie he weaves."
Yusuke and Kurama stared at me for a few seconds and then looked down at Aruai.
"It's like that poem was meant for this guy." The half demon said.
"We can't dwell on that thought now. We have to get to Koenma while my fae magic heals the water- which should take a full twenty-four hours." I said to him.
He sighed and grumbled something about a damn wolf that I smiled about. With lightning fast moves, we got the snake demon back to Koenma's with more than enough ease.
But that was when it all went to hell.
Author's Note
*And So He Arrives is a poem that I made up just for this series (and for people that remind me of snakes). This will happen sometimes if I can't find poems that fit the chapter (or if I'm too lazy to think of a poem), I hope you will like the next chapter! See ya then!