Cheza examined her surroundings, she was in a castle…but she didn't know where. She crinkled her nose in digust, the air smelled foul…a mixure of rotting flesh and blood. "Take her to her cell" the eerie demon guy ordered. A lizard demon only a few inches taller than herself approached, "Yessir!" he bowed then yanked her by her arm, "Come on you filthy human! " She walked down a long corridor before being shoved down a flight of stairs. She whimpered as her head clashed with concrete, the lizard demon just cackled at her suffering. She stumbled to her feet only to be dragged to a cell and thrown in. "stupid human!" the lizard demon snarled before vanishing from her site. She sat up noticing a girl with long blonde hair huddled in the corner of the cell. Her face wasn't visable, it was covered by her hair. "Hi…" Cheza said uneasily. The girl didn't respond. Cheza stood up, a small window occupied the cell. She stared out to see the sky was blood red, "where am I?" she muttered to herself. "Your…in Lord Ryuu's castle" the girl said in almost a whisper. Cheza turned to see the timid girl staring at her, she was taken aback at what she saw. The girls face was now visable, it appeard to have been badly burned. The girl must of seen Cheza's reaction for she quickly covered her face with her hair. "Im..sorry..I.." "Its okay…Im Kaya" "Im..Cheza..how long have you been here?"
" since I was a little girl…Lord Ryuu slaughtered my family and took me when I was 5" Cheza felt uncomfortable to ask her next question, but she couldn't help but wonder. "Did…that Ryuu guy do that to your face?" Cheza could see Kaya tense up, she didn't respond. "Sorry..its none of my business"
~~~~~~flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~
She was running for her life, the horrors she had just witnessed would scar her forever. A large black dragon had attacked her village, killing everyone. Her family hid in terror in a closet , she remembered her mother holding onto her with a death grip. Kaya's parents, her two 4 year old brothers, and herself sat in silence listening to screaming emanating from outside. She remembered her heart racing at the sound of footsteps walking into the room, stopping in front of the closet. She remembered closing her eyes and holding her breath. In an instant the closet was slid open and a sinister looking lizard demon stood with a smile. "well well look what we got here.. IN HERE YOU GUYS!" More footsteps were heard and 4 more lizard demons appeared. Her family was forced outside, hundreds of charred bodies could be seen everywhere. Kaya watched as tears rolled down her mothers cheeks. Kaya's eyes fell upon the sky, the dragon was heading straight for them! When the dragon landed the ground shook and time itself seemed to stand still. Kaya stared into its soulless eyes, she'd never forget those eyes. "Lord Ryuu we found these filthy humans hiding from us!" One by one her family members were slaughtered before her eyes, she was the last one standing. She decided to make a break for it, she didn't stand a chance if she didn't at least try to get away" She took off running, running as fast as her legs could go. She looked behind her, the dragon was nowhere in sight. She ran and ran, finally stopping under a large oak tree to catch her breath. Her heart sank when she heard the flapping of wings above her. She looked up to see the dragon hovering over her, its eyes narrowed. Fire shot from the dragons mouth, seconds later she felt searing pain all over her face. She screamed in agony..that was the last thing she could remember…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end of flashback~~~~~~~~~~~
Cheza stood leaning against the cell wall staring out the window. Every now and then a bird would fly by, they were defiantly now ordinary birds. Their eyes were red, they resembled pterodactyls. Cheza glanced over at Kaya, the two hadn't spoken a word to each other for over an hour. Cheza placed her hand in her pocket feeling the pendant, she figured she better hide it good. She wanted to keep it on her being, but where? She decided to hide it in a secret pocket located on the inside of her shorts. She then patted her shorts down to make sure the pendant could not be felt then sighed, how long was she going to be stuck here? As if on cue, the lizard demon appeared. "Lord Ryuu would like to speak with you now human" it hissed. The lizard demon opened the cell then yanked her out. The two walked in silence up flight after flight of stairs finally stopping in front of a pair of large wooden doors. The lizard demon opened the doors and shoved her in. Her eyes fell upon the demon she had come to find out was named "Ryu", he stood staring out a large window of the castle. He didn't even turn to look at her, " Give it to me and I may decide to spare your life". Cheza glared, "I don't know what your talking about" In a split second she was slammed into the ground. She heard a sickening crack followed by a searing pain in her ribs. " Do you still not know what Im talking about?" Cheza tried to sit up but the pain was unbearable, she didn't answer. "I said, do you still not know what I am talking about?" "Go to hell!" she wheezed. Ryuu grabbed her wrist yanking her to her feet. The pain was so intense she felt her whole body go numb. Once again she was slammed into the ground, this time her vision began to get blurry and everything went black.
~~~~~~Dream~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Wake up damnit!"she felt so tired she couldn't even open her eyes. Cheza felt a hand being placed on her chest, then a powerful surge of energy flooding her every limb. Her eyes fluttered open staring into Kuronue's. He picked her up, " I must act before its to late". She seemed confused at first, but everything came back to her. "Am I dead!" Kuronue placed her over a strange symbol painted in blood, "No". "Im not sure I will be able to do this…but I have to do something" she examined the strange symbol she was standing on. She was standing inside a circle, an ancient looking symbol that appeared to be glowing in the center of it. "What are you doing?" "Im going to attempt to take over your body" Cheza gave him a puzzled look, "How is that possible!" Kuronue pulled out a small pocket knife cutting his palm with it, " I was taught how to do this when I was just a kid…I never tried to take over a girls body though..I'm not sure what will happen..let me see your hand" Hesitantly she surrendered her hand, "This will only hurt for a second" she winced as Kuronue cut her palm. The two now stood in silence inside the circle, " you will be able to see whats going on but you will have no control over your body" he took Cheza's hand in his and their blood began to run together. The strange glowing symbol grew brighter and brighter until it was blinding.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end of dream~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ryuu now stood back by the window looking out, his attention quickly turned to where he had left Cheza unconscious. A mysterious purple mist was beginning to engulf her body. "well well whats this?" Cheza's body could no longer be seen, Ryuu grinned. "What a turn of events? Is it really you?" he could sense a demons spirit energy now. "I take it your still pissed off at me" came an all to familiar voice. Ryuu knew exactly who was speaking, he hated him with every ounce of his being. " I seek revenge.. and now I shall have it". The purple mist began to fade revealing Kuronue, "Heh..you can try to kill me" ." You broke into my castle and stole my most prized possession! You will pay!" Ryuu lunged forward as Kuronue pulled out a scythe from his belt.
(meanwhile)
"Slow down Kurama" Yusuke said gasping for air. Kurama came to a hault, he sensed Kuronue's spirit energy once again..but this time it was different. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and himself had entered a portal Koenma created which lead to Ryuu's castle. Hiei had taken out the lizard demons that stood guard. The four were now following Ryuu's spirit energy which had spiked quite a bit.
Ryuu's fist whizzed by Kuronue's face, missing it by mere inches. Kuronue's scythe made contact with Ryuu's side though, leaving a deep gaping wound. "You insolent fool! You actually think you stand a chance against me!" Ryuu formed a ball of energy in his palm, it looked like a giant ball of fire. He flung it towards Kuronue, who barely dodged in time. Kuronue pulled out his other scythe, focusing some of his spirit energy into it. Ryuu once again lunged forward, this time Kuronue wasn't quite quick enough. Ryuu's fist made contact with Kuronue's face sending him crashing through the concrete wall. Ryuu laughed, "Had enough ?". Kuronue got to his feet a bit dazed, " You'll never win!"
Kuronue wiped blood from his lip while glaring at Ryuu, " we'll see about that". The two ran towards each other ready to clash. Kuronue's scythe cut into Ryuu's shoulder as Ryuu punched Kuronue in the stomach, the two skidded back in opposite directions. "No more playing games!" Kuronue watched as Ryuu began to transform. Ryuu laughed hysterically as his features began to morph into that of a dragon. Soon after, an ominous black dragon stood glaring at Kuronue. Kuronue could feel his spirit energy depleting, "damnit!". He stared at his arm, a purple mist was beginning to emit from it. His arm transformed back into Cheza's, he knew he was in trouble. The dragon appeared amused at this point, it watched as Kuronues entire body was engulfed in the purple mist. "KURONUE!" the dragon turned its attention to Kurama who had just entered the room, followed by Hiei, Kuwabara, and Yusuke. Kurama couldn't see Kuronue, but he could sense his spirit energy..it was very faint now. "SPIRIT GUN!" Yusuke yelled pointing his finger at the dragon. The dragon dodged with ease as Hiei unsheathed his sword. (Okay im going to stop here..I think I wrote to much this chapter xp)