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In a blink of an eye, Hiei's sword penetrated Ryu's scaly armor. Kurama appeared oblivious to everything going on around him, his eyes were fixated on the purple mist that was beginning to disperse.
Cheza's limp form became visable catching the kitsune off guard. His attention quickly averted to the dragon as its tail swung at him, slamming him into the wall. Hiei pulled his sword loose as Kuwabara armed himself with his own. Kurama 's eyes flashed gold, he couldn't control himself anymore. A white haze began to consume his body, this hadn't gone unnoticed. The dragons eyes widened as he sensed another demons spirit energy, he knew exactly who it belonged to. The mysterious mist began to fade away, a dark figure could be seen. Kuwabara charged at the dragon only to be kicked into the wall by its powerful hind leg. The dragon not once took its eyes off the shadow that lurked in the fog.
Yoko finally became visable, "remember me?" . The dragon roared in fury, he hated the fox as well as his bat friend. "I don't think he's too happy to see you!" Yusuke remarked. The dragon took flight, propelling itself straight ahead towards Yoko. It emitted flames from its mouth, but these were no ordinary flames. These flames were an ominous dark purple. Yusuke and Kuwabara began to cough uncontrollably. Hiei pulled his shirt over his nose, he was fully aware that the smoke from the flames was toxic. Yoko pulled a seed from his hair tossing it in front of the creature as he dodged the flames. A strange looking vine began to grow and grow taking over nearly every square inch of the room they were in. Little white flowers began to sprout, soon after they opened and a strange looking yellow powder shot out of them. Hiei stared onward, what was the fox planning to do? These flowers had nothing special about them. The powder would put any human to sleep, but not a dragon! The dragon appeared distracted as it watched the flowers, expecting something to happen..but nothing did.
"I suppose your wondering what these flowers do?" The dragon's eyes narrowed as they locked onto Yoko's. "Well…nothing" Yusuke exchanged glances with Kuwabara , the two had puzzled expressions on their faces. Hiei showed no emotion, he knew the fox was up to something. The vine latched onto one of the dragon's legs. Flames once again erupted from the dragons mouth burning the vine off.
"they may not do anything..but they are a good distraction" Yoko said slyly. An ear piercing screech echoed throughout the castle, everyone covered their ears. A gigantic plant, that resembled a venus fly trap, crashed through the wall of the castle. It had thousands of razor sharp teeth and large thorns all over its stem. "Jeese! It's a venus fly trap on steroids!"Yusuke exclaimed. "Well well Ryu I don't see any flys around…"Yoko taunted. Ryuu was caught of guard, he hadn't even sensed the plant coming. He transformed back into his human form "Should I be scared of the big bad plant?" he mocked. "You really shouldn't insult my plants…they tend to take it personally". Before Ryuu could reply, the plant went on the offense. Hundreds of large thorns headed straight for Ryuu, he dodged with ease. He began to laugh, "you really think a stupid plant can hurt me!" The plant hissed and lunged for its prey. Ryuu formed a ball of energy in his hand, "Goodbye!". The ball flew right into the plants mouth causing it to explode, green goo splattered everywhere. "Yuck!" Yusuke tried to brush the goo off of his shoulder only to have it stick to his hand. Ryuu grinned, "Looks like I win". Yoko smirked, "You know, killing an offspring is a good way to get yourself killed..the mother is always close by..she wont stop until shes devoured you..limb…by limb". Another ear piercing screech was heard, even louder than the first. Another plant came crashing through the wall, this one was 5 times larger than the first. "Im guessing that other plant was the baby!" Yusuke said backing away. Ryuu took a step back as the plant barred its teeth. In an instant the plant had bitten into Ryuu's side, he shrieked in agony. "Once your bit..you become paralyzed" Yoko informed. Ryuu tried to move..he managed to move his fingers..but that was all. The plant released its victim only to strike again this time it consumed Ryuu's entire body. The sickening sounds of bones breaking could be heard. Yusuke looked totally freaked out. Hiei, on the other hand, appeared to enjoy every minute of it.
Cheza slugishly opened her eyes, everything was blurry to her. She had been in and out of consciousness for the last 10 minutes. She looked ahead of her , her eyes settled on a man with lengthy sterling hair. It hadn't occurred to her it was the infamous kitsune she had been searching for. She would close her eyes and see Kuronue laying next to her resting...when she opened them she would see the silver haired man. She knew she was unconscious when she saw Kuronue. Once again she opened her eyes, she realized someone was carrying her. She looked up to see a pair of golden orbs staring down at her, her heart began to race. Were her eyes playing tricks on her? Was she really staring at the infamous Yoko Kurama ? She smelled the sweet scent of roses, where had she smelt this before? Kurama…..
"go to sleep kitten" was the last words she heard. The fox had pulled a seed from his hair, creating a little white flower. A strange powder shot out of it,landing on Cheza. She felt a strange tingling feeling, then she could barely keep her eyes open.
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Cheza had been sent to the spirit world intensive care. Kurama had stayed with her nearly the whole time, but of course he had to leave for school..and to check on his mother. Cheza happened to awake a few minutes after he had left for school. She had bonded with Kuronue quite a bit the past 4 days. She would have had no idea she had been unconscious for so long, but Kuronue kept track of the days. She had informed him she had seen Yoko Kurama…that she in fact knew exactly how to find him now. "Your awake!" A large purple ogre smiled down at her, his stethoscope swinging side to side. "I am doctor Reiki". Cheza slightly smiled, "hi". "How are you feeling today?" "okay..I guess". He nodded, " Most of your wounds are just about healed.." After a few hours the doctor permitted her to leave, Boton had arrived to take her back to human world. Once they arrived back at her apartment, she noticed the hole in her door, and the hole in her wall had been patched up. "Kurama and I fixed the holes…it took a lot of work!"Boton announced. "thankyou" . "Someone has missed you quite a bit you know!" Cheza blinked, "who?" "I'll be right back!" Boton exclaimed. Cheza watched as Boton knocked on Yusuke's door, soon after she dissapeard inside. "WOOF WOOF WOOF!" Alice came running full speed out of Yusuke's apartment knocking Cheza over. Boton walked out of Yusuke's apartment, " she moped around the entire time you were gone!". Alice's tail wagged excitedly as she greeted her master with tons of licks to the face. "Hey Cheza, feeling better?" Yusuke stood beside Boton now, "Yeah". "Well you two I should get going! Its about lunch time for Lord Koenma..he gets cranky when I bring him his lunch late!" Boton announced. "see ya" Yusuke and Cheza said in unison as Boton flew off on her oar."You wanna come with me and Kuwabara to the arcade?" "Umm..sure" Cheza said while petting the attention starved Alice.
The three walked down the sidewalk, the sun's rays beating down on them. Alice refused to leave her master's side again, so she tagged along. Kuwabara and Yusuke were playing "punch buggy " the whole way to the arcade. Cheza eyed Kurama walking with a pile of books in hand on the other side of the road. "HEY FOX BOY!" Yusuke yelled. Kurama quickly looked up to see Yusuke waving at him. He looked both ways before running across the street. He came to a halt next to Kuwabara, his emerald orbs fell upon Cheza, "Your awake". "yeah, Boton brought her over earlier" Yusuke replied. "Punch buggy!" Kuwabara exclaimed while punching Yusuke in the shoulder. "That wasn't a Beetle!" Yusuke protested. "Yes it was!" Kuwabara responded. Cheza turned her attention back to Kurama as the two continued to argue. Kurama hadn't taken his eyes off her the whole time, "Cheza..I need to speak with you…how about we meet up tonight?". Cheza nodded, "sure". "I'll come by around 7, if that's alright" Cheza nodded again, "yeah that's fine".
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Cheza checked the time on her cellphone, "6:59". She was walking Alice along the borderline of the woods by her apartment. "Cheza!" she turned to see Kurama walking towards her. Alice barked, wagging her tail excitedly. "would you like to take a walk in the park?" "WOOF!" Alice responded. "Take that as a yes" Cheza said smiling.
The two walked in silence until they reached the park. Alice trotted around the playground as Cheza and Kurama sat down on the swings. "Your..him aren't you?" Cheza questioned even though she already knew the answer. Kurama nodded, "Yes". The two stared off at the sky, slightly swinging back and forth. "You found Kuronue's pendant didn't you?" Cheza was a bit caught off guard by his question, but she figured it really wasn't that hard to figure out. She fumbled around in her pocket, fingering the pendant she pulled it out. "Can you really bring him back?". Kurama nodded, "Yes..but I will need your help". "My..help?" Kurama nodded, "yes". Cheza hadn't the slightest idea as to how she could be of any help. She handed Kurama the pendant. Sorrow flooded his eyes, "Im sorry I couldn't bring you back sooner Kuronue..I wont fail you again" he whispered. "How..exactly are you going to bring him back?" Kurama handed the pendant back to Cheza, "I will need you to accompany me to the Makai". "De..demon world!" Cheza said a bit shakily. "Under normal circumstances I would never allow you to enter the makai..but I will need your assistance … I will protect you." Cheza felt uneasy about the idea..but she wanted to help Kuronue. "So…when do you want to go?"