The Escape
Lights aura: Hello again my lovely readers! We are here with a new chappie.
Amu: (nods head) Yes, we hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. I only own the crazy imaginings of my mind.
Sira groaned as she slowly sat up. It felt as if every bone in her body was bruised and the slight oozing feeling sliding down the back of her head hinted that she had a nasty gash. A groan from nearby alerted her that she wasn't alone. Sira slowly opened her eyes to complete darkness. Only two words ran through her mind. Oh Shit…
Hiei groaned as he glanced up. There was no way he would be able to climb back up with the annoying human girl. He glanced over at the aforementioned girl and sighed. She really was pathetic, sitting there like a quivering mass. He glared. It was people like her that made the human race so pathetic.
"We're going," Hiei said as he stood up.
Sira raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Hiei? Is that you?"
"Hn," He began to walk away.
"Hey Hiei, wait," Sira hesitated for a second before continuing, "Would you hold my hand, please."
Hiei smirked. "Not unless you want me to cut it off."
"Please, Hiei," Sira said, desperation clinging to her voice. "I-I'm terrified of the dark. I need to know somehow that you are nearby."
"Hn."
Sira brought her knees up to her head. "I'm going to die in this horrible dark place." She glared in his direction with wide accusing eyes. "And it will be your fault you evil short person." She brought her knees up to her face again and began to sob.
Hiei rolled his eyes. This pathetic girl was really beginning to get on his nerves.
Sira felt someone grab her wrist and drag her to her feet. She gasped when she realized who it was.
"Keep up," Hiei said as he continued to drag her down the corridor.
Sira stared at him in surprise. He had actually held her hand. Of course, he was now dragging her down to god knows where and she was sure that her arm would be ripped out of its socket but still, he did what she had asked. Maybe he wasn't so bad. As they rounded another corner, Hiei yanked her arm harder. Sira glared. Never mind, he was still a jerk.
Tori awoke to the sounds of battle surrounding her. It took a moment before her eyes were able to focus. Kuwabara was fighting off hoards of bats with his spirit sword while Yusuke was squaring off with Akatsuki. Both were battered and bruised from their fight but neither was willing to give up. Glancing down, she realized she was on Kurama's back. He was holding her up with one arm while the other sliced the makai bats with the rose whip.
She leaned towards his ear. "So, what all did I miss?"
Kurama started slightly before jumping to higher ground. "I'm glad to see that you are awake." He said as he sat her down. For the moment, they were safe from the makai bats. "It seems that your captor was not too keen with the idea of us taking you away."
Tori smirked. "Yeah, well I wasn't too keen about staying there." She surveyed the battle scene with a frown. "Where are Sira and Hiei?"
"After you passed out the ground collapsed. Sira fell down the hole and Hiei went after her."
Tori's frown deepened. "That's not good. Sira's terrified of the dark."
Kurama put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, she'll be fine."
Tori shook her head. "It's not her I'm worried about. I'm worried about Hiei's reacion to her paranoia."
After an hour, Sira had become really grumpy. Her arm was really sore from the many times that Hiei had yanked it. Stupid luck Sira thought. Stupid darkness, stupid paranoia, stupid Hiei yanking my arm out of its socket. She felt Hiei's grip tighten around her wrist. Sira frowned. Stop reading my mind Hiei. She felt his grip slacken quickly. Sira grinned satisfied. Ha! Sira: one, Hiei zero.
The sound of rocks tumbling startled her from her thoughts. Sira shrieked as she grabbed Hiei's arm.
"It's just some rocks," Hiei muttered, his voice hinting at his irritation.
"I'm going to die," Sira whimpered as she clinched his arm tightly. Hiei tried to loosen her grip but her paranoia seemed to give her some kind of super strength. The only way to loosen her grip was to cut her arms off.
Must... resist... urge... to kill her, Hiei thought as he dragged her down the tunnel.
Akatsuki was trapped. There was no way, in his current state, that he could fight all three off at the same time. He knew he had only one option left. And that option, he was really not looking forward too.
Yusuke smirked. "Any last words before we kill you?"
Akatsuki forced a laugh. "Do you really believe that if you kill me that it is all over?" He spread his wings out to their full extent. "I am merely one of them. Where I fail, they will flourish." He jumped into the air before any of them could react. Catching a gust, he flapped around once above their heads. "This is merely the beginning." With one final flap, he disappeared into the clouds.
Kuwabara let his sword vanish as he frowned. "What a coward."
"Hey Tori, are you alright?" Yusuke asked as he glanced at the terrified girl cowering behind a rock.
Tori nodded as she stood up. "I'm fine at the moment."
"I suppose we should head to the meeting place," Kurama mused. "I'm sure that is where Hiei has taken Sira already."
As they began to walk away, Tori shivered slightly. Kurama's keen senses didn't fail to notice.
"Are you cold?" he asked.
Tori shook her head. "No, I just really hope I don't develop a paranoia for bats."
"Glorious Light!" Sira sang as she spun around. They had finally found the exit. Sira was etastatic that they had escaped from the creepy darkness. "This moment would be totally perfect…." She glared at Hiei, "If you weren't here."
"Hn." Hiei began to walk away.
Sira quickly caught up with him. She found the creepy atmosphere of Makai comforting somehow. It was probably because she was so happy to be out of the darkness that anything would seem great. She looked up at Hiei.
He seemed to be lost in thought and the atmosphere that surrounded him was cold and depressing.
I wonder what he is thinking, Sira thought curiously. She focused her gaze on the back of his head. I'm going to read your mind. I'm going to read your mind. Sira thought over and over again.
After a couple of minutes, a sharp pain ran through her head. Sira yelped as she rubbed her head. "Was that really necessary?"
"Hn," was Hiei's only response as he continued to walk.
"Hn," Sira muttered sarcastically. She clenched her fists. Why couldn't I have been stuck with Chris Evans, she thought miserably. At least he would have a sense of humor.
Tori let out moan. "Are we there yet?"
Yusuke snickered. "You sound like a three-year-old."
"I don't care," Tori said, "I was kidnapped and attacked by bats. I deserve to act like a three-year-old."
"Don't worry," Kurama chuckled. "We are stopping at the cave up ahead."
"Yeah!" Tori said as she ran quickly to the cave.
"I thought she was tired?" Kuwabara said confused.
"She's from a different dimension which means she's got to be a little weird." Yusuke smirked.
There was a loud shriek as Tori was tackled. The boys ran up just in time to see Tori protesting under Sira's death grip.
"Yeah! I'm not dying of boredom anymore!" She glared at Tori. "What took you so long?"
Tori finally pulled free from Sira's grasp. Rubbing her sides she said, "We had to convince an evil bat to let me go."
"How sad, did you let him down easy?" Sira said in mock seriousness.
Tori nodded. "Yep! He even was able to fly away in the end."
"Where's Hiei?" Kurama asked as he glanced into the cave.
Sira laughed. "Like he would stay five minutes with me if he didn't have to? After telling me that he would dismember me if I left this cave, he went searching for the portal."
Kurama glanced at his watch. "The portal is not due for another couple of hours."
"How dare he lie to me!" Sira said as she stood up. "I would so rip his bones from his body if it weren't for the fact that he was a demon and would probably kill me."
Tori patted Sira's head. "Good girl. You are finally showing some common sense."
"I'm not a dog," Sira said as she swatted Tori's hand, "Now, can we go inside the cave before I physically hurt something?"
Everyone snickered.
"Once again, the idea of your short self hurting something, very amusing." Tori said.
"I'm taller than Hiei" Sira protested.
"By an inch" Tori reminded her.
"Besides Hiei is a full class demon who has been known to kill people without a second thought." Kurama said. "He's a little bit more intimidating than you."
Sira glared at everyone's amused faces. Throwing her hands into the air, she yelled, "I hate you all," before stomping inside the cave.
"You know," Yusuke commented. "I think Hiei's rubbed off on her."
"If that's true then we're all screwed," Tori said as she trudged inside.
An hour later, Hiei was still missing, Kuwabara and Yusuke were outside of the cave arguing, and Sira was asleep on the cave's floor. This left Kurama and Tori sitting across the fire from each other. Tori watched Kurama curiously. He had an intent look on his face as he stared at the fire.
I wish I had my sketch pad, she thought. She quickly shook her head before asking. "Something wrong, Kurama?"
He blinked before he looked up at her. "I'm fine, just pondering."
"You're worried about what Akatsuki said earlier aren't you?"
Kurama raised an eyebrow. "So you noticed?"
Tori shrugged. "Well yeah, but that's not the only thing." She looked down at the ground briefly before meeting his gaze. "When I was kidnapped, I overheard Akatsuki talking with someone else. I didn't see who it was but I could definitely tell that Akatsuki was taking orders from him."
"This is a dilemma," Kurama said as he brought his clasped hands to his chin. "It seems we have to deal not only with Akatsuki but an invisible enemy as well."
"That's depressing," Tori said jokingly.
"Portal's here!" Yusuke shouted from outside.
Tori bent down and shook Sira's shoulder. "Wakie! Wakie!"
Sira groaned as she turned over. "Go away."
Tori rolled her eyes and whispered into Sira's ear. "Sira, Chris Evans is here with a bouquet of roses for you."
"Where?" Sira said as she sat up excitedly. Yusuke and Kuwabara snickered while Kurama tried to keep his composure. She glared at Tori. "I hate you."
"Sure you do," Tori said as she helped Sira to her feet. "Portal's here, let's go."
Sira followed Tori and the others out. Hiei was waiting for them at the portal. She sent him one final glare before following Tori through the portal.
Akatsuki was a nervous wreck. Not only had he failed to capture the other girl, but he had lost the first girl as well. "They aren't going to like this…" He mumbled. He stopped in front of two large double doors. He took a moment to collect himself before opening them. Five silhouettes loomed before him.
"Well?" asked the one in the center. Its voice was deep and low with a slight growl to it.
Akatsuki nervously wrung his hands, "Well you see, I had the girl but then her friends came to rescue her and frankily, I was outnumbered." He could feel their glares boring into him. "But if you give me another chance, I will not under estimate them again."
"You've already had your chance," said a sing song voice. "Now you must pay."
Akatsuki shrieked as a bolt of lightning struck him. A second later, his charred remains fell to the ground with a sickening thud.
"Must you be so crude?" mused a young male voice.
"Sorry," the sing song voice giggled. "I just love electrocuting things."
"We still have the girls to worry about," said a soothing eerie female voice. "The Arcos brought them here for a reason."
"That pesssky little critter is alwaysss getting in our way," said a voice that resembled the hiss of a snake. "But ssstill, two human girlsss? What could he posssssibly be planning?"
"It does not matter," said the deep voice, "as long as we have them in our possession, we will be victorious."
"Oh! Oh! Let me go, please!" said the sing song voice. "I would love to play with them."
"If she goes then I will too," said the young male voice. "Knowing her, she would accidently barbecue them."
"Hey!"
"Fine," said the deep voice, quickly silencing their bickering. "Go then, but do not fail." A growl resonated from the voice's direction. "They cannot interfere."
Lights aura: Okay, so not as much of a cliffhanger this time. (looks around) I'm trying to behave.
Amu: (eye twitch) Those people in the end were creepy, especially the little kid one.
Lights aura: They will play a bigger part later on. (rubs hands together) And it shall be glorious! Glorious I say! Mu wah ha ha ha!
Amu: (slowly steps away) I don't know her.
Lights aura: (ignores Amu): You know what to do. Please read and review!
