I liked this chapter. Though a little past half way it pissed me off because something happened and Word closed on me. When that happened I thought I lost most of the story. But it some how recovered most of the file and I only need to retype a tiny bit. That cheered me up again. This is my longest chapter and hopefully one of my best. There are some parts of this chapter that I don't like too much but oh well. What matters is that the readers like it. I'll stop talking now. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha. Just this story which I placed them.
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
Change of POV, location, and time
Hiei's Journey In The Past
Chapter 17
"Well hello there," Oni said in the most seductive voice she could muster.
Hiei turned and looked below him. He saw Oni waving up to him. A smirk crossed his face.
'Hn. Baka onna. She's just asking to be killed.'
Before jumping down Hiei searched to area, looking for any other demon that could be waiting to jump him. Once seeing that it was clear he jumped down. When he reached the ground he made sure to keep his distance.
When Hiei landed Oni noticed that he had a smirk on his face.
"Oh? That happy to see me are you?" Oni playfully teased.
The smirk on Hiei's face was replaced with a look of disgust. See this annoyed her. Before Oni could start to say something else she saw Hiei start to slowly reach for the hilt of his sword.
"Now wait a second. I'm not here to fight you just yet. First I have some things I want to ask you."
Hiei glared at her.
"Hn. Since you made it easy for me to find you I'll let you ask. But just remember. They will be your last words."
The playful look on Oni's face faded away as she looked at Hiei. She decided that the whole flirting thing wasn't going to work with him and it would be a waste to continue trying. She now looked at him with a glare of her own and placed one hand on her hip.
"What are you doing here?"
The question caught Hiei by surprise and he eased up a bit.
"Nani?!"
"I… we know that you aren't from this time. So how and just what are you doing here?"
Hiei quickly recomposed himself and got in to a stance.
"I have no reason to answer your questions! Prepare yourself!" Hiei yelled.
Oni let out a sigh.
'I knew that wouldn't work.'
Oni began to reach for her swords when Hiei disappeared from her sight. Her eyes widened in surprise.
'Wh…where did he go?!'
Suddenly Hiei reappeared in front of her in a crouched position, ready to pull out his sword.
'Oh crap!'
Hiei quickly drew his blade and slashed horizontally at an upward angle. Reacting quickly, Oni back flipped away from Hiei and dodged his attack. See her react Hiei dashed forward, pursuing her. When Oni landed on her feet again she had no time to sit still. Hiei brought his sword above his head and slashed straight down. Again Oni dodged his attack.
That time Oni jumped to her right. She saw that Hiei was prepared to charge at her again so she started to gather her energy in to her right hand. It started to crackle and form in to lighting.
She held out her hand and the lighting started to lick at the ground and air around it. Seeing this Hiei stopped his advance and waited. Oni let out a cry as she attacked. The lighting started low, grinding across the ground towards Hiei. Just before it reached Hiei he jumped out of the way. The lighting continued on until it hit a tree and burst in to different directions.
Oni stopped shooting out lighting and looked for where Hiei went. When she finally landed she found him, he was in a tree. He was preparing to launch off the tree and at her.
When Hiei launched himself off of the tree Oni stood and started to run away. As Hiei landed he watched as Oni ran off.
"Nani?"
As Oni was running she looked over her shoulder and yelled back to Hiei.
"Hey tough guy! Do you think you can catch me?!" she yelled in a playful manner, deciding that she would have some fun.
Hiei's annoyed and confused face soon turned to that of a confident one.
"Baka onna."
Inuyasa Group And KuramaA Few Minutes Earlier
The Inu group and Kurama had got an early start this morning, being that they needed to find Hiei as soon as possible. Kurama led the group, saying that he new Hiei's energy the best and would know which direction to head in if he felt it.
Kagome talked to Kurama most of the time while they walk. Shippo would from time to time join in on their conversations. Inuyasha was right behind them. He seemed slightly annoyed. Miroku was a behind. Sango trailed the behind the group with Kilala.
It seemed like she had something on her mind. Miroku would from time to time look behind to see what she looked like. He was worried about her. She had not said much this morning and whenever someone tried to start a topic with her she would slowly slip away.
Miroku, after having enough of this, slowed his pace so that he could walk in toe with her. When he was walking next to her she didn't react, like she didn't notice he was there. He cleared his throat. She jerked her head, looking over to him.
"Oh. I'm sorry Miroku. I didn't notice you. Do you need something?"
He turned his head slightly so that he could look at her as he talked.
"What are you thinking about Sango?"
She looked at him with a questioning look.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"You seem to have something on your mind. It's pretty obvious."
She looked back ahead of them with her gaze down on the ground.
"It's nothing. Really. It's nothing to worry about."
Miroku was not satisfied with that answer. So he tried again.
"Is it about Hiei or the news that Kurama brought with him?"
Sango didn't answer. She herself was unsure. The whole morning she just figured that it was the news about what was happening in the future. But now that Miroku brought it up she wasn't sure which it was.
"I…."
"There!"
Sango was interrupted by Kurama yelling out. She looked up to him to see him putting over to his left.
"I sense Hiei's energy over in that direction! It's faint but it's slowly building up," Kurama said.
"So than he's heading in this direction right? That's why it's increasing?" Kagome asked.
Kurama shook his head.
"It is becoming stronger but not because he's getting closer. Now it actually feels like he's moving away."
"Than come on! We don't have any time to lose. Kilala!" Sango exclaimed.
The small cat demon jumped out of her arms and transformed. Sango hurried onto her back and signaled to the others.
"Come on! Lets get going! Hurry up Miroku!"
Everyone looked at her with surprised faces.
'She seems to have cheered up greatly,' Kurama thought with a smile.
Kagome climbed onto Inuyasha's back with Shippo on her shoulder. Miroku and Kurama climbed onto Kilala's back with Sango. Kurama pointed them in the direction that he sensed Hiei and they were off.
With Hiei And Oni
'If she wants to play before she dies than I'll toy with her for a while. But I'm not going to allow this to continue for too long,' Hiei thought.
Hiei was keeping a steady pace behind Oni from up in the trees. He was keeping a close eye on her, expecting her to try something. They had been running for a few minutes and every minute or two she would start to zigzag around the trees.
'What is she up to?'
Oni was running as fast as she could, trying to see how fast Hiei was. When she zigzagged around trees she would look back to see if he was still there.
'Perfect. I just hope he decides to keep this up for a while longer. Because at this pace we should be there by the time the sun is at its highest point. I just hope this plan backfires in a good way,' Oni thought to herself with a smirk.
Inuyasha Group And Kurama
Inuyasha was running as fast as he could through the forest with Sango and the others following closely behind right above the tree line. They knew there was no time to spare and were continuing to move as fast as they could. As they flew through the air Kurama started to feel uneasy and began to look around. Miroku noticed Kurama and soon started to feel it himself.
Miroku looked down to Inuyasha and yelled, "Inuyasha! I feel large amount of demonic energy heading towards us! It feels like it's more than one!"
"What!" Inuyasha exclaimed and started to sniff the air.
He soon picked up the scent of demons. One in particular caught his attention.
"Damn! One of them smells like Naraku!"
"Naraku! Do you think he knows that Hiei's on his own again?!" Sango asked Miroku.
"I don't know but I can see them now over there."
In the distance a large group of huge, long serpent like demons could be seen flying towards them. They could barely see but could tell that Kagura was leading the large group.
"Who's that leading the group?" Kurama asked.
"That's Kagura, one of Naraku's incarnations. She has power over the wind and is some times tricky to deal with and some power to control the dead," Miroku explained.
"I see."
They decided to stop for moment to prepare themselves. Inuyasha let Kagome and Shippo off of him and Kilala landed on the ground. Once they landed Sango ran over to a few bushes. Miroku and Kurama went over to the others.
"So what's the plan you guys?" Shippo asked.
"We're going to fight. What else," Inuyasha said.
"We don't have anytime to waste. Is there anyway we can avoid this or possible end it quickly?" Kurama asked.
"Don't worry Kurama. When we turn the battle over to our side Kagura will most likely run away. Once that happens it shouldn't be too much longer before we can continue," Kagome said.
Kurama nodded his head in her direction showing that he heard. He looked back up through the trees to see how much closer the demons were.
"I believe we should get started."
The others looked up as well and saw that they were much closer than before. Sango came back out of the bushes in her slayers outfit. She climbed onto Kilala and lifted her Hiraikotsu off of her back and held it above herself, ready to throw it at any time.
"Are you guys ready?" she asked.
"Feh. Like I'm never ready," Inuyasha said while drawing Tessaiga.
Kagome readied her bow and Miroku climbed back onto Kilala. Kurama, deciding that it would be best, climbed back onto Kilala as well. Shippo ran over a bush to use it as a cover.
"Lets go Kilala!" Sango yelled.
Kilala quickly took off and in to the sky. Inuyasha started to leap to the top of the trees and Kagome took an arrow and pulled it back, taking aim.
As the mass of demons got closer Kagura started to go up, trying to get at a save distance. When the demons were close enough Inuyasha jumped off the top of a tree, prepared to use the Wind Scar. He let out a grunt as he slashed Tessaiga down diagonally from over his right shoulder. The golden blast of energy flew up and destroyed some of the demons.
"Sango. Will you be able to do me a favor?" Kurama asked.
"Huh?" Sango said as she looked back at him.
Few Seconds Later
Sango nodded her head and commanded Kilala to fly towards the center of the demons. When they watch them the demons tried to ram in to them but Sango held them off by throwing Hiraikotsu. When they were close enough Kurama leaped off of Kilala.
As Kurama was falling one of the demons tried to attack him but was destroyed by a pink light. He looked to see where it came from and saw Kagome waving up to him. Giving a quick wave back to say thank you he reached into his hair with both of his hands. In his right hand he had his rose and in his left a couple of seeds.
When Kurama safely landed on one of the demons backs Sango ordered Kilala to get out of the large mass and head for Kagura. As they were trying to get out Sango killed a few more demons with her Hiraikotsu and Miroku sucked some into his Wind Tunnel.
Kurama planted one of the seeds into the demons back and leaped over to another demon and did the same. He did this to a few others. Shortly after he did that Inuyasha started to go after the first demon that Kurama planted the seed in.
"What the hell's he doing? He should have killed the damn thing while he was still on it's back," Inuyasha said out loud as he leaped towards said demon.
He lifted his Tessaiga above his head, ready to hack its head off when vines and flowers started to erupt from its body. The demon let out a bloody cry as it started to fall towards the ground. Inuyasha, while in a panic, tried to get around the demon. He managed to climb around it and leap off to another demon, this time avoiding one that Kurama was on.
"What the hell did he do to it?" Inuyasha said out loud.
Kurama had activated the other seeds and six more demons ended up with the same results. He had now transformed the rose in to his Rose Whip and was now slicing the demons as he went by.
Kilala was now getting closer to Kagura. Sango lifted Hiraikotsu and throw at her. Seeing the weapon being thrown at her Kagura lifted her fan and created powerful gusts of wind. The weapon started to slow down and then was launched back at its owner. Miroku created a barrier and the weapon crashed into it with a powerful force. The barrier withstood the hit and the weapon started to fall, losing the momentum that it had. Kilala flew after the weapon and Sango caught it.
"I didn't think that would work," Sango said.
Miroku started to reach for the beads on his right arm when saimyosho began to appear around Kagura. Slowly he pulled his hand away and cursed under his breath. Knowing that she was safe Kagura smirked to herself.
"Sango!" Inuyasha yelled as he jumped off the top of a tree.
Sango looked down to where she heard her name called. She saw Inuyasha coming up to them. Realizing what he wanted to do she moved her weapon over to her left hand and reached out with her right. She caught his hand and then commanded Kilala to fly towards Kagura. Seeing what they were up to Kagura swong her fan and shot her white energy blades down at them.
"Now Sango!"
"Right! Here you go!"
Sango thrust her arm forward and threw Inuyasha towards the oncoming attack. Inuyasha had a smirk on his as he swong the tessaiga horizontally, but it quickly faded.
"What the hell?!"
When he slashed the blades they all broke apart and more blades started to fly everywhere. Doing the only thing he could do Inuyasha shielded himself from the blades with his sword. Some of the blades went over towards the hord of demons where Kurama was. Seeing them Kurama jumped back to the ground. Miroku created a barrier again to shield Sango, Kilala, and himself from the blades. Kagome didn't notice what was happening as she continued to fire arrows at the demons.
Inuyasha looked behind himself once it was safe to make sure the others were alright. Sango, Miroku, and Kilala were fine. He couldn't see Kurama anywhere. Then he looked towards Kagome and saw that she wasn't paying attention and there were still blades heading towards her.
"Kagome!"
Kagome stopped shooting her arrows when she thought she heard someone call her name. She looked around herself. When she saw no one she looked up and finally saw the blades. Her eyes widened in fear as the blades got closer. She knew that even if she started to run she wouldn't be able to get away. So she stood there, closed her eyes, and shielded herself with her arms. Suddenly she was swept off her feet and carried away from danger. When she opened her eyes she saw Kurama.
"You saved me again," Kagome said.
"Lets try not to make a habit out of this," Kurama said with a smile.
'Damn. This is turning out real bad. Oni just better hurry up because I can't stay here much longer,' Kagura thought to herself.
With Hiei And Oni
Hiei was beginning to get tired of this. Every now and than he would get close and attack her for a while but she would always turn and run. It was starting to become suspious. Deciding that their little game of tag had gone on for long enough Hiei jumped ahead of Oni and cut her off.
When Hiei landed not to far off ahead of her she slide to a stop.
'Damn. I'm so close.'
Hiei started to walk towards her.
"I've had enough of this. Stand and fight or I'll cut you down where you stand," Hiei said as he reached for his sword.
Oni was starting to panic. She knew that she couldn't fight him here and she needed him to follow her. In a desprite attempt to stop him she blurted out the first thing that came to mind.
"You wouldn't kill someone that loves you, would you?" she asked, trying to look and sound sad when she said it.
Hiei stopped and looked at her with a look between disgust and confusion. Finally he looked annoyed.
"What kind of fool do you take me for?" Hiei asked as he drew his sword and held it by his side.
'So much for that,' she thought
Before Hiei could charge she stopped him again.
"Wait! This is going to sound a little odd but I have something I want to ask you."
Ignoring her Hiei ran towards her. Oni drew one of her swords and parried his attack. When doing so she managed to get back around him. Once that happened she started running again, but she kept her sword out incase she needed to use it.
Hiei turned around to see her running over a hill. He cursed under his breath as he ran up the hill after her. As he neared the top of the hill the atmosphere around him started to feel different. He looked around himself but everything looked normal. When he reached the top he looked down and his eyes widened in surprise.
Below him was a gaint barrier. Inside seemed to be a castle, or what was left of one. When he looked further down the hill he saw Oni running towards the barrier.
'Kuso.'
Hiei started to run down the hill. He told himself that he couldn't let her reach the barrier. When he was half way down he leaped in to the air. He took his sword with both of his hands and held it with the blade facing down, ready to stab down into his fleeing opponent. As he got closer he encased his sword in regular flames.
Oni, when feeling the spark in Hiei's energy, looked over her shoulder only to see him about to impale her with a flaming sword, dived forward. Hiei just missed.
Oni landed safely within the barrier and stood and turned to face Hiei. Hiei was glaring at her as he stopped the flames and pulled his sword out of the ground.
'That was close,' Oni thought to herself as she closed her eyes and placed her left hand over her chest.
After a few seconds she opened her eyes to look at Hiei again. He was now studing the barrier, trying to see if there was a weak spot somewhere.
'I never should have let her run nearly as long as I did.'
Oni turned and started to walk away. Hiei looked back at her and glared as she walked. When she reached a small building she turned back around and looked at Hiei again. He saw her whisper something. Shortly after a hole appeared in the barrier right in front of him. When the opening appeared Oni turned and ran around the corner of the building. He stayed where he was.
"Does she really think I'm that stupid?" Hiei said out loud.
He looked around himself one more time before letting out a sigh.
"What the hell. I'll kill two birds with on stone."
Hiei slowly walked into the barrier. When inside he looked behind himself to see the barrier close up again.
'Hn. No turning back now'
Hiei reached the small building that he saw Oni run to the other side of. He slowly edged himself to the corner. When there he picked around the corner. See that no one was there he walk around it in the open.
Hiei started to wander around aimlessly since he was unable to sense Oni's power. After a while he reached a courtyard which he guessed meant that he was around the center of the castle. He looked around himself.
"Where the hell did she go?"
Hiei heard what sounded like foot steps and turned to face the direction they were coming from.
"So nice of you to join us Hiei."
END CHAPTER 17
So that was the chapter. I don't feel like pointing out what parts I'm between liking and not likeing so please leave reviews to tell me what you thought of this chapter. Later.