Jiru stood laughing manically while wiping blood from his lip. About a minute before Jiru had sent a ball of spirit energy towards the three (Hiei, Kuronue,Yoko), the trio had evaded the attack with ease. Not even a second after Yoko had appeared next to Jiru, hitting him with a left punch to the chin. The fox had dazed him and split his lip, but no real damage had been done.
"Whats so funny?" Yoko asked while narrowing his eyes.
"I don't have time to deal with you..I'm more concerned about your little human friends, I wont let them ruin my plans". Jiru let out a high pitched whistle, soon after the ground began to shake. He began to laugh once more "my pet will finish you off while I take care of business!". The three watched as Jiru disappeared from site, an eerie silence filled the air.
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Cheza spun around staring eye to eye with a colossal snake. A large red diamond was embedded in its forehead, its beady eyes matched the color of the jewel. It became apparent to her the serpent was about to strike, Yusuke quickly stepped in front of her while charging his spirit gun. Just as it was about to strike a loud whistle echoed through the tunnel, instantly the snake looked up..within seconds the creature took off. Yusuke and Cheza exchanged glances, "lets get the hell out of here!" Yusuke exclaimed. Soon after, everyone took off..hoping to escape before the serpent returned.
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Yoko turned just in time to see a gigantic snake approaching in a wavey like motion. Hiei and Kuronue quickly turned around as well when a loud hissing noise erupted from the reptiles mouth.
"At least he doesn't have a giant pet spider…" Kuronue muttered. The bat had a fear of spiders, Yoko would always throw one on him just for kicks back in the day.
Hiei lunged forward in an attempt to cut the serpents throat, his sword ended up bending in half…
Kuronue attacked with his scythes soon after, not even a scratch was left on the reptilian.
The three soon realized the snake's body was impenetrable, its thick skin was stronger than any armor.
"what now…" Kuronue asked looking over at Yoko. Before he could respond the serpent made its move, it began to cough up…eggs? Black eggs about the size of a cat collided with the floor, instantly strange little snake-like creatures emerged from them…they appeared to made of black fire. Yoko used his rose whip, each one he hit disappeared in a "poof" of black smoke. Yoko's nose crinkled and his eyes began to water as the smoke formed a large black cloud. "Poison" Hiei stated.
The colossal snake's eyes began to glow bright red, along with the diamond on its head. What looked like a laser beam shot out of its eyes, "Don't let it hit you! You will turn to stone!"Yoko warned. The fox knew this because he had fought a women long ago, her upper half was human..but her lower half was that of a snake. She too had a red diamond encrusted in her forehead, and she too shot beams out of her eyes. Right before his very eyes he had seen his friend turn to stone..and with a swipe of the snake woman's tail he had crumbled into a million pieces.
Frustration was building…no matter how many battles the three had been in..they had always known how to defeat their enemy. Yoko had thought about striking the diamond but it would be impossible to break..then it hit him…
Yoko took off in a silver blur, "where are you going!" Kuronue yelled after him.
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Yusuke let out a sigh of relief, they had made it out of the hidden tunnel alive! "Hey binki-breath!" Yusuke yelled into his communicator. The mini spirit ruler's face appeared, "what is it Yusuke! is something wrong!"
"We have all the slaves Jiru was planning to sacrifice… …where are we supposed to take them?"
There wasn't anywhere to really go..one way or another they would have to cross paths with demons…Yusuke wouldn't be able to protect every single person.
"err…BOTON! Boton and I will be there in a minute!" the screen went black and Koenma's face disappeared.
A few minutes passed and sure enough Boton and Koenma appeared. "We must hurry!" Koenma exclaimed. Boton nodded while opening up a portal. "Listen up!, I need you all to walk through this portal! "
The slaves exchanged glances before hesitantly following Koenma's instructions. Before entering the portal and disappearing behind the last slave, Koenma ordered Yusuke and Cheza to find Kurama and the others.
Cheza and Yusuke now stood behind the castle the pale moonlight shining on their faces. It was pretty quiet outside, far off in the distance yelling and such could be heard from Jiru's party..but for the most part it was quiet.
"Spirit detective". Cheza and Yusuke looked in the direction of the voice, Jiru emerged from the shadows.
"you ruined my plan…I shall make you suffer greatly for it!"
Yusuke began to crack his knuckles, "Cheza get behind me".
Within seconds the two were throwing punches back and forth. Yusuke made contact with Jiru's temple, at the same time Jiru made contact with Yusuke's stomach. The two skidded back, only to collide once more with a fury of punches.
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Yoko now stood side by side with Hiei and Kuronue, a mirror in hand. Kuronue was puzzled as to why he had gone to get a mirror, but Hiei had figured out the fox's plan. Once again the snake shot red beams out of its eyes..this time Yoko sprinted in front of it holding the mirror up. The beam deflected off the mirror heading straight back at the snake. The creature turned to stone….
Hiei threw a left jab at the serpentine sculpture..it shattered to the ground in a million little pieces.
"Yusuke's spirit energy is fading.." Yoko informed while taking off in a sliver blur.
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Jiru kicked Yusuke in his side, he began to cough up blood. Jiru had injured him badly…he was coming in and out of consciousness. "one down…one to go" Jiru's gaze fell upon Cheza. Cheza began to back away as Jiru began to walk forward, "don't worry I'll make it quick and painless". In a blink of an eye Jiru had slammed Cheza into the ground. She quickly stumbled to her feet and took off running. Cheza came to a halt and looked behind her after running for what seemed liked forever.
"boo!" Jiru now stood in front of her…. Her eyes widened a bit as she felt a searing pain in her left shoulder. Her piercing blue eyes stared down to see the bloody handle of a dagger sticking out. "now to finish you off!" Jiru grabbed the handle of the dagger and began to twist, she screamed in agony. Her vision began to blur soon everything went black. All of a sudden Jiru felt a burning sensation in his right arm..he stared at the source of pain to see his arm was no longer there. "you insulant fool! How dare you!"
Kuronue's scythe had reached its intended target…
Hiei unsheathed his katana as Kuronue put some of his spirit energy into his other scythe. Yoko quickly approached Cheza's limp form, she was a bloody mess.
He examined the wound, he had to act fast..if she lost much more blood she would not survive. He knew better than to pull the dagger out…there wasn't much he could do besides get to her to a hospital and fast.
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A week had gone by and Cheza had finally been released from the spirit world hospital. Her wounds had not fully healed, she was ordered by the doctor to change her dressings twice a day. On the way back to her apartment,Boton had informed her Kuronue and Hiei had finished off Jiru and that Yusuke had made a full recovery.
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Cheza stared up at the ceiling in her bedroom, she had not seen anyone yet…it was around 9 at night..so she figured Kuronue would show up soon.
A knock at the door tore her from her thoughts.
"Kurama!" she said with a smile while opening the door wide enough for him to enter. Alice barked and wagged her tail excitedly.
"how are you feeling? Boton told me you were released today". "Im okay.."she muttered as Kurama walked in.
Just as Cheza was fixing to shut the door she heard Yusuke yell "Hey Cheza!" Yusuke walked in, he had a black eye but other than that he looked to be in good health, " I need your guys help..Im stuck on the video game I've been playing!" Before Kurama or Cheza could respond Yusuke was pulling them out the door.
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After playing videogames for nearly 3 hours Cheza decided to call it a night. Kurama walked her to her door. "Wheres Kuronue?" Cheza asked. "I sense his spirit energy..he isn't far" Kurama replied. Cheza sighed as she noticed blood soaking through her tanktop, "Well…goodnight! I have to go change my bandages".
"If you would like I can help you" Kurama offered.
Cheza lead Kurama to her bedroom, pulling out a box of bandages she sat down on the bed. Kurama turned a slight red as he slid the straps of her tank top down to undo her old bandages. After he had finished redressing her wound he sat down next to her on the bed, "Do you…have feelings for Kuronue?"
Cheza's eyes widened a bit, "I…umm…I don't really know" she replied. He looked away staring off into space, Cheza was curious as to why he had asked such a question. "Did he say something to you?" she asked. He remained silent for a moment before replying with a "no".
After a few minutes the two found themselves gazing into each others eyes.
"I..better go its getting late" Kurama replied after realizing he had been staring at her for quite some time. She was so lost in his emerald orbs..she didn't even hear what he had just said. He stared at her for a moment, expecting her to respond but she didn't. With out realizing it, he leaned in closer to her.. it was as if Yoko had taken over..next thing they knew..their lips were embracing in a long kiss. The intoxicating smell of roses flooded Cheza's senses as Kurama began to explore her mouth with his tongue…he tasted like sweet nectar.
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Kuronue walked into Cheza's apartment, he sensed Kurama in Cheza's bedroom. It was pretty late, why would Kurama be here? And in Cheza's bedroom! Being careful not to make any noise Kuronue approached Cheza's bedroom door, to his dismay Kurama and Cheza were kissing. He clinched his fist in anger feeling betrayed. Alice began to bark as she noticed Kuronue in the doorway, Kurama and Cheza quickly pulled away looking in the direction of the door..but no one was there…