Hello! Alright, I had mentioned a few chapters ago I had another fanfic idea swimming around in my head; today it just spun out to life!
So either today or tomorrow, keep your eyes peeled for "A Light in the Dark"!
But for now! Here is chapter 10! It's a tid-bit on the short side but, enjoy!
-B.J.
Chapter 10: Venomous.
"They are coming for usss, Brother," A woman hissed from the dark shadows of a massive, cavernous cave.
There was a deep, haunting chuckle from the darkness, "Shall we send them a message?"
The lightning outside flashed dangerously with an eruptive boom of thunder, the sound of the rain was so loud it resembled a freight train. The woman spoke again in her lisped voice, "But of courssse, Brother," There was a commotion in the shadows, followed by the ominous glow of an uncountable amount of green eyes, "Pleassse my children, teach them a lesssson,"
The groans from the demon hoard that filled the dark void were deafening.
"TRY HARDER DIMWIT!" Genkai yelled towards Yusuke, who was steadily being pushed back further and further as he blocked each of Kirazuki's blows. They were currently in the dojo section of her temple on their first day of training.
"I AM TRYING YOU HAG!" Yusuke shouted back as he took the opportunity of Kira landing to charge his Spirit Gun. Kira smiled sadly, she was too fast to be hit by his Spirit Gun, Yusuke should know that by now, "SPIRIT GUN!" Kira did a backflip straight over it; but something wasn't right. Yusuke was smirking.
'Damnit!' She scolded herself mentally, realizing it was coming back up from behind after bouncing off of a small patch of ice, she pushed herself farther up, but it still clipped her right calf.
"He actually hit her!" Kuwabara screamed in shock from the sidelines.
Yusuke brought the tip of his finger up to his mouth, giving it a cocky blow, "Bang,"
Kira smiled again, standing up, "Inventive, I'll have to remember to lay ice plates out for you in the middle of battle," Her voice was dripping with sweet sarcasm. Genkai couldn't help but smile.
Yusuke gritted his teeth, "Yeah and when have you hit me so far!?"
Big mistake. Hiei smirked as Kira disappeared before Yusuke launched across the floor, the right side of his face swelling quickly from the sharp kick. "Bang," Kira grinned.
Genkai chuckled, waving her hands, "Kanami!" The small creature seated next to Kuwabara jumped, "I want to see where your abilities are." Kanami nodded nervously, scrambling to her feet and scurrying towards the middle of the room where Kira waited; Kanami assumed a position Kira didn't recognize and began muttering, while Kira pushed her hand out in front of her, freezing over the floor in one sweep.
A glowing blue dome appeared around Kanami as she continued her chant, Kira couldn't resist her curiosity, approaching it and reaching her hand out as sparks danced across her arm when it came in contact with the half-sphere, 'A barrier.' She thought to herself, similar to the one she had produced by accident. She would need to figure out how to do this on her own.
Kanami had stopped chanting, her hands joined together in front of her chest, "I can only hold this for 90 seconds right now," She spoke to Genkai cautiously.
'Hold what?' Kira wondered, but when she tried to tilt her head to the side, she realized she couldn't move a single muscle in her neck, trunk, arms or legs. Tricky girl. "This is great to give others an opportunity to attack physically, but.." Kanami squealed in panic as the cold began to wrap it's way up her both of her legs, "It will do nothing for Spirit Energy,"
"How'd she do that if she can't even move?!" Kuwabara screamed.
Kurama chuckled lightly with a smile, "Because she froze over the floor before they began, it became an extension of her own field of attack," He explained light-heartedly to Kuwabara. These beings were certainly fascinating to him.
Genkai nodded, pleased with the outcome, "I can work with this," She smiled kindly, while Yusuke grudgingly wondered why the old woman was so nice to these two.
Kanami's barrier dropped suddenly, her crystal eyes opening in shock, "Something is here,"
There had to be at least two hundred reptilian-like demons standing before them as they exited the temple walls, their long green tails flicking from side to side as they all chanted, "Massster'sss warning you, Massster'sss warning you," over and over in unison.
"HERE'S OUR WARNING FOR YOUR STINKIN' MASTER!" Yusuke yelled, firing off a Spirit Gun into the crowd.
"They're possessed, moron," Genkai spoke calmly as she closed her eyes, "They'll keep coming until they're dead.
"Hn, low-class distractions," Hiei said from beside Kira, who looked far too happy given they were surrounded by a hoard of demons.
"What are we waiting for!" Kira shouted, disappearing in a flicker.
Hiei smirked and shook his head, 'Foolish mutt,' Before disappearing as well.
"SPIRIT SWORD!" Kuwabara shouted, before letting out a war cry and charging into the crowd.
Kira had the biggest smile on her face as she raised her hands above her head, 7 human-sized spikes of ice shooting up out of the ground and impaling several of the intruders.
Yusuke stuck to hand-to-hand combat, easily pummeling the weak demons; while Kurama used his signature Rose Whip, cutting through their bodies like it was nothing.
Kanami cried out as one of the putrid demons wrapped his long tail around her body, but Hiei appeared for only a second, cleanly slicing off the lizard's head, 'Useless..'
Kira laughed happily as her hands began to glow, placing them in front of her before sweeping them in an outwards direction, a massive boomerang shaped blade of ice jettisoned into a cluster of the invaders, their heads separating from the bulk of their bodies. One particular head rolled it's way foot, "Ew." She winced, but as she prepared to take a step back, the disembodied head latched onto her foot, sinking it's sharp fangs into her skin.
Hiei appeared, quickly crushing the head with his foot and smirking, "Not fast enough?" He questioned mockingly.
Kira meant to reply with some snide comment but a searing, burning pain erupted up her leg, causing her to cry out in pain. She looked down at her foot and could see the veins turning black, spider-webbing their way up her pale skin. She couldn't control her suddenly rapid heartbeat, her breath felt like it was caught in her chest. This wasn't right.
Kurama's eyes widened in terrified realization, "They're venomous!" He shouted in warning to the others before trying to make his way towards the wolf demoness.
Kira fell clumsily, grabbing her foot where the lizard had bit her, her vision was starting to cloud over rapidly. 'Fuck, no!'
Hiei's jaw clenched as he scooped up the tiny creature, instantly noticing she was far too warm; her nails tore small holes in his cloak, leaving small scrapes on his chest as her fists clenched at his chest, another horrifying scream pushing out of her lungs, "Fox!" He called, completely clueless about what to do.
"Bring her inside!" Kurama commanded, slicing his way through another small section of the hoard.
Hiei disappeared, quickly entering the front of the temple, crouching down and attempting to set her down on the floor, "No," Kira said between wavering gasps, wrapping her shaking arms around the fire demon's neck so he couldn't let go. It would be a lie to say she wasn't terrified. If she was going to die, she at least didn't want it to be completely alone on a floor.
"You aren't going to die," He said sternly as he probed her thoughts, although there was a strange panic steadily rising in his chest. Hiei pulled her back enough to see her frightened honey eyes, "Stay awake," He commanded, very unsurely placing a hand on her now-warm cheek.
But she couldn't.
The dark clouds in her vision had taken over.