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Fighting Back

Chapter 9: Things Get Confusing . . .

Standing there, in the moonlight, Tori saw the three only-too- familiar faces.

"Joey . . .Tristan, and . . ." She turned to look behind her. Standing with one of his smirks was Yugi. She gasped, backing away, realizing she was backing into Joey, whom she spun around to look at. Hiei stood calmly, merely giving the three boys his famous icy stare. He noticed Tori seemed to be afraid of them.

"Now what?" he asked.

"It's . . .them . . .the ones I ran away from . . ." He saw her face. She seemed sad, and afraid. He turned to the boys.

"What do you want?" he asked sternly. They all pointed, synchronized, at Tori.

"Her," they all said together. Tori thought this was weird. Why were they acting like this?

"Hiei," she whispered. He glanced at her. "This can't be them. There's something wrong . . ."

"So you finally noticed," he responded with a smirk. "They're robots. Whoever's programming them is hiding in safety somewhere. Most likely, he's got the real boys held prisoner."

As if to complete his statement, he shot at the boys with his super speed. Tori barely blinked and all three of them were on the ground. Hiei drew out his sword, slicing off one of the heads. Many cables and wires poked out where he'd cut them. He reached into the throat under the speaker serving as a voice box, and pulled out something square, about the size of a quarter. "I'll use this to track them," he said.

"Why?" asked Tori.

"That's not important," he said. "You want to find the real ones, don't you?" he asked. Tori hesitated.

"Umm, I'm not sure if I do or not," she answered.

"Those robots were obviously the ones who did whatever to you. I'm sure the real ones would've never . . ." He trailed off.

"What? What's wrong?" asked Tori.

"Let's go," he said, starting to walk away. Tori stood firm.

"What is it?" she asked.

"I don't have to answer you," he snapped.

"Fine, then. I'll stay here."

"Fine." Hiei was about to take off, when something stopped him. Muggers, robbers, drunken alcoholics and thugs were usually out at this time. Growling to himself, he turned to Tori.

"Now what?" she asked. Hiei rolled his eyes, feeling the blush coming on. He suddenly flew forward, super fast, and picked Tori up bridal style, flying away. "Hey! Put me down!" she snapped, blushing. Hiei smirked slightly when they were up above the buildings in a few seconds, and made a dropping motion, letting his arms fall a few inches, making her drop with them.

Tori's heart skipped a beat, and she grabbed his shoulder sleeve tightly, burying her face in it, thinking he was serious. When she realized he hadn't dropped her, she turned to his face, and he was giving her one of his knowing smirks. Blushing wildly, she looked away, down at the ground, brightly lit by the lampposts. She noticed a group of thugs fighting. She felt Hiei's arms tighten around her as he noticed them, too, making her blush darker. They soon reached the hotel, landing on the roof so as not to attract attention. Tori quickly pushed away from Hiei as he let her down.

They looked to see that Kurama and Kagome had just walked into the front door of the hotel, Kagome's head on Kurama's shoulder, and Kurama's hand around her waist. "So, how're we getting down?" asked Tori. Hiei jabbed his thumb behind him at a door on the rooftop built into a small building, obviously the staircase. Tori looked at it, and back at the ground, the wind slightly blowing back her hair.

Hiei watched her face for a while. `Damnit, why do I feel this way?' he thought to himself, `I could've just left her on the streets to walk back, why do I care if she gets attacked by alcoholics? It'd be her fault, in the first place. She should be able to take care of herself by now, that weak human!' But suddenly, a picture of Tori surrounded by gangsters hit his mind, and he felt...worried, like he felt the need to protect her in a situation like that. He tried the shake the feeling off, but it kept haunting him.

Tori looked at his face, which was deep in thought. `Is he all right?' she thought. "Um, Hiei?" He snapped awake, turning to her. "Why'd you bring me back? I thought you said you were gonna leave me out there." His eyes went back to the ground.

"Like I said before, it's not important, so leave it be, unless you want me to go drop you in the ocean," he threatened.

"I'd like to see you try," snapped Tori.

"Maybe I will, then," he responded.

"Do it, I dare you," she said coolly. That did it. Hiei shot forward and picked her up, but instead of flying to the ocean, he dropped her on top of the small building on the roof, sitting down next to her.

"Now shut up, or I'll make you," he snapped.

Tori sighed.

"Again with the threats..."

"I said be quiet!" he snarled.

"I don't have to be!"

"Yes, you do!"

"You're not the boss of me!" At this, Hiei's demon blood blazed slightly. He turned sharply, putting his face an inch away from hers with a glare so fierce it made even Tori shut up.

"Don't forget who controls the collar around here," he whispered dangerously, and Tori's heart began to beat faster as she felt his fingers on her neck, where the collar was. His demonic red eyes stared powerfully into hers, and she trembled slightly.

Suddenly, the danger left his eyes as Hiei regained control of himself, realizing his position, and drew away from her quickly, jumping down to the roof and heading in the door.

Tori sat there, dazed. `Well, that was what I call slightly freaky,' she thought. She moved her hand to the spot on her neck where Hiei touched her, and she gave a slight shiver. Never before had someone succeeded in shutting her up in such a way. Normally, her ligress would've been furious, and fought back, but for some reason, she hadn't responded.

Tori jumped down from the roof, shuddering at how Hiei had actually made her submit to him. Normally, she'd never obey anyone's commands (courtesy of her family's death), but the way Hiei had done it, it scared her.

She went down to her room, where the girls were still chattering excitedly with the boys, but the minute Tori came in, they jumped at her asking where she'd been.

"SHUT UP ALREADY! I'M TIRED, AND I WANT TO GO TO BED!!" cried Tori. Without changing out of her clothes, she jumped into bed, turning off the lamp next to it. She pulled the covers off her face to look out the window, where Hiei sat on the railing, staring out into the city.

Hiei felt Tori's gaze on him, and turned to meet her eyes. Tori hid underneath her pillow, sighing. This was going to be a looooong night...

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The next morning, Tori awoke to the sunlight. The door between the girls and boys rooms was locked, so she got up and changed clothes.

"Oh, good, you're awake," came a voice behind her. Tori spun to see Kagome sitting up in bed, Botan, too. They had strange looks on their faces.

"Yeah, I'm awake, so what?" Botan got up and stood in front of the door to the hallway.

"You still didn't tell us where you were last night," she said, smirking. Tori rolled her eyes.

"Not again, guys..."

Kagome stood in between her and the balcony door, too.

"Tori, just answer the question, its not that hard," said Kagome.

"I was on the roof, ok?"

"Ooo, on the roof, all alone, WITH HIEI?????" said Kagome smartly. Tori realized where this was going. Glaring as a cover-up for her blush, she sat down firmly on her bed, crossed her arms and legs, and snapped her jaw shut, pursing her lips. "And here I thought you said you'd never love again...Tsk, tsk, Tori."

"Oh, shut up."

"Ohh, that's so cute! You and Hiei! I can just picture it!" said Botan. Tori glared. Kagome had an evil look on her face, apparently in thought.

"Kagome? What's going through that head of yours?" asked Tori warily. Kagome's expression suddenly changed to innocent.

"Oh, nothing, nothing at all." She got up and dressed, so did Botan. She went to the boys' door, where she could hear the TV going. "Can Botan and I come in?" she asked, knocking on the door.

"Sure," came the reply. Kagome and Botan went in. Tori was about to follow, but Kagome put out her hand, stopping her.

"Say, Tori, since YOU'RE the one in this tournament, why don't you go out and duel some people? Come back around nighttime, ok?"

"WHAT is going on, Kagome??" asked Tori angrily as the door shut on her, locking. Suddenly, she heard a sliding door close, and she went to her porch door, looking out to the next balcony, where Hiei was standing, glaring at the boys who'd thrown him out. He turned, not noticing Tori, and flew off into the city.

Tori decided to head out on her own little journey. She went out of the hotel, heading down the main street, where there were many duelists eager to test their skills. She kept a sharp eye out, remembering what Hiei said about the robots. She was now out to find the real people.

The first place to look was Yugi's grandfather's game shop, located in the dueling area of the city. She headed towards it. She was suddenly stopped by a boy about two years younger than her.

"Hey, you look strong. Want to duel me?" he asked. Tori smiled.

"Sure." After all, this WAS a dueling tournament.

They began the duel. It took a minute or so for Tori to get a feel for the duel disk instead of a mat or dueling arena. The disk card slots had special magnets on them to keep the cards from falling off, so Tori didn't have to worry about holding her arm still while she dueled.

Once she'd gotten used to the new system, the duel went much smoother for her. She eventually wound up beating the kid by about 2000 life points. He looked slightly disheartened, but Tori cheered him up by giving him a few supporting words and tips on how to do better next time. The kid handed over her second locator card. Tori didn't see why she needed it, but she took it. It wasn't like she was good enough to go to the finals.

She soon found the little building with its yellow walls and green roof that said Game Shop in big red letters. She went in the front door, to see that it was rather dark.

"Mr. Moto?" she called. Soon, a short old man with spiky gray hair came out of the back room. He looked seriously down about something.

"Can I help...Oh! It's you!" he said. "Yugi's been worried sick about you for months!"

"Where IS Yugi?" asked Tori.

"That's what's wrong. I have no idea. He's been missing for days now. He hasn't come home, and I'm worried."

"I came to see if he was here, but I guess not. I think I may know a way to find him, though," she said.

"Please, find him! I can't leave the shop, thanks to the tournament!" said Mr. Moto.

"Don't worry!" said Tori confidently as she walked out of the card shop.

She knew the one and only place to start, and she didn't like it, one bit. She headed towards one of the biggest buildings in Domino. It towered above all the others around it, looking like a square bottle with an egg-shaped part right on top. On this part stood two letters: KC

She reluctantly walked into the front lobby, where there were duelists and employees bustling around busily. Overhead hung a banner that read:

WELCOME TO KAIBACORP

Over in the corner was where Tori was headed. There was a set of computers set up just for duelists to locate others.

Tori sat down at one, typing in the name `Yugi Moto' on the screen. A red dot started blinking on the map that had appeared. It was in the warehouses next to the ocean. Tori's eyes widened. Why would Yugi be there? A window had also appeared displaying his dueling level (5 out of 5 stars), picture, and rarest card. Tori expected to see the Dark Magician on the screen, but something made her freeze. In the rarest card spot, Dark Magician had been replaced. Tori stared at the card. It was an enormous red dragon with two mouths. The name read: Slifer the Sky Dragon. Tori looked at its attack points, and was surprised to see that there wasn't a number, just an X followed by three 0's. Confusing...

She decided to find the rest of the group. She typed `Joey Wheeler' on the screen. Joey's dot was in the same place as Yugi's. His info read that his rarest card was no longer Red Eyes Black Dragon, it was...three? Tori read the cards, Jinzo, Insect Queen, and Legendary Fisherman. Apparently, all three were of equal status on the `rarity' scale.

Tori then typed in `Bakura Ryou' (I'm making that his last name for now, I don't know his real last name.) The dot appeared near the aquarium.

Out of suspicion, Tori typed in the one name that would answer one main question for her, `Marik Ishtar'. She'd heard Yugi tell her the name once. He said how bad this Marik guy was, heck, he'd turned Joey on the rest of them, that was a good enough reason for Tori any day.

She jumped when she saw his location. He was with Yugi and Joey! She closed the window and jumped up, about to race out the door, when she heard an all- too-familiarly cold voice.

"Where are you going?" She spun around, coming face-to-face with the one and only Seto Kaiba.

"None of your business, Kaiba." She turned to leave, when she felt the hand on her shoulder. "Hands...off!" she snapped viciously.

"Where's Yugi? I haven't seen him in a while," said Kaiba in his icy tone.

"I'm going to find out for myself," she responded touchily. She tore her shoulder away from Kaiba's grip and headed for the door.

She made it outside all right, but she soon heard his footsteps behind her.

"I'd like to know where he is, too, you know. We have a score to settle."

"You have a score to settle with everybody!" snapped Tori. "Settle it with everyone else first, then solve your differences with Yugi, okay?" She turned to leave, but Kaiba grabbed her arm.

"You're his girl, you know more about him than me. Spill!"

"What is your deal?" asked Tori as she struggled to get away. He was scaring her.

"You know his dueling strategies. If I learn them, then I can beat him at his own game!" said Kaiba in a hushed voice. His other hand went to his left hip, unnoticed by Tori. Tori glared at him, giving it one more fruitless pull on her arm.

"Let go of her!" snarled another all-too-familiar voice. Suddenly, a certain black bullet collided with Kaiba, knocking him backwards. Tori opened her eyes to see the fire demon standing between her and the KaibaCorp President.

"Hiei!" she said. Kaiba looked strangely at this newcomer.

"Who are you?" he asked icily.

"My name is Hiei, learn it, embrace it, fear it," snapped the demon in his own merciless voice.

"Hiei, huh? No doubt you've heard of me, Seto Kaiba, the founder of this tournament."

"Oh, yes, the snobby primadonna! I've heard loads about you," said Hiei sarcastically. Kaiba glared.

"Whatever." He stalked back to the Kaiba Corp building, unable to obtain his information...for now...

Hiei turned to Tori.

"You all right?" he asked. Tori nodded. "What are you doing with people like him?"

"Trust me, I didn't want to be near him. I was heading for the ocean," explained Tori.

"Why?"

"That's where they're holding two of my friends captive. I gotta go, now," said Tori, about to step around Hiei, but he took her wrist.

"Not now," he said.

"Why not?"

"We don't know what we're up against here," he explained. Tori sighed.

"Good point. So, what do we do?"

Hiei checked the clock, and marveled at how much time had passed.

"It's about 4:30 in the afternoon," he said. "Maybe we should go back to the hotel."

"I dunno...there was something scary about the look on Kagome's face this morning..." said Tori.

"Yes, I got the same thing from Yusuke," replied the fire demon. Both fell silent.

"Well, how about we just go and walk around a little more by ourselves, and at 7:00 we go back?" suggested Tori.

"Whatever," said Hiei. He turned and walked away.

Tori went towards the park, where she strolled along through the elongating shadows of the trees. There were a few people here, mostly couples. Tori looked sadly at one twosome that was sitting underneath a large elm, staring out across the small river that flowed through the park. Valentine's Day had just ended; many relationships had been refreshed. Tori looked to the ground as she walked down the path towards the little bridge that crossed the river. She stared quietly at the flowing water as it passed underneath her, glinting in the rays of the quickly dying sun.

She found a tree unoccupied by anyone, and sat at the base of it, dozing off.

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She awoke to darkness. `Holy shit! What time is it?' she thought, glancing at her watch hurriedly. She relaxed when it only read 6:40. It wasn't Daylight Savings, so it got dark by 6:00. She stood up, and began her trek back to the hotel, noting that all the couples had gone.

She reached the hotel without running into any duelists or gangsters, thankfully. She went inside the lobby, where other duelists were relaxing. There was no dueling allowed in the hotel. She hopped onto the elevator, patiently waiting as it went up and up, finally reaching her floor.

She headed down the hallway to her room and opened the door with her key. When she stepped inside, it was totally dark.

"Um, Kagome? Botan?" No answer. She warily went into the room, shutting the door behind her, making the room pitch-black.

Just as she did, she felt two pairs of hands grab each of her arms, catching her by surprise. "Who is that?" she asked sternly. She was roughly dragged across the room, and she sensed someone in front of her, who moved, and the air was swept to one side, meaning a door had opened. She struggled, but was thrown into what she now remembered was a walk-in closet in their room.

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Tori the Hanyou: How'd u like that? You'll find out Kagome's `evil' plot in the next chapter, though it's pretty obvious what it is now...and what's going on with these crazy people! Hopefully, nobody's going insane here except me...oh, well!

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