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Fighting Back

Chapter 11: The Reunion

Kagome awoke at approximately 7:30 that morning with a scared look.

"I thought you said we'd let them out in a half an hour!" she said, waking Kurama.

"What…oh, we must've dozed off, I suppose," responded the kitsune, turning to look at the closet door. "Oh, looks like they let themselves out."

"What do you mean? They can't…oh, no…" said Kagome with a horrified expression.

"OH NO IS RIGHT!" came a voice from behind the couch. Tori suddenly jumped up and began pounding the heck out of both of them with two couch cushions. "HOW *bam* DARE *bam* YOU *bam* LOCK ME *bam* WITH HIEI *bam* IN A CLOSET *bam* ALL *bam* STINKIN' *bam* NIGHT!!!! *Bam, bam, bam*"

"Whoa, Tori! Calm down!" cried Kagome as she tried to shield herself from the pillow onslaught. Kurama pulled Kagome off the couch to avoid the angry girl, but Tori finished up by hurling both pillows at them with a final huff of satisfaction.

The yelling in the girls' room awoke the two boys from their sleep. Yusuke yawned and realized his head hurt, a lot. He opened his eyes to see the bright sun rising over the city, though why was it upside down, and why did he suddenly feel cold? He fully awoke to realize he was hanging outside the window by black energy ropes attached to the porch. Horrified, he looked to his left, to see Kuwabara half-awake, too.

"WAKE UP, YOU IDIOT!!" yelled Yusuke. Kuwabara jumped, looking at him.

"What? What?" He looked down. "YIPE!!! HEEELLLLPPP!!!"

"Having fun down there?" came the cocky voice of the fire demon. Both looked up to see Hiei smirking at them from his position on the porch railing.

Tori heard the distress call and turned to look out the window.

"Jeez, he sure let them off easy. I thought he was gonna throw them out the window instead of hanging them from the porch with the look he had on his face," she said to herself. Kagome and Kurama hurried over and looked, too.

"Well? Do something! He might drop them!" said Kagome.

"Oh, don't worry about it. I sure think they deserve it, but Hiei wouldn't let them fall," said Tori confidently. To rest her case, Hiei pulled the boys back up on the porch, but left them tied up. He came inside.

"Oh, hello. Did Tori beat the crap out of you two like she said she was going to?" he asked. Their appearances had answered the question before he even asked. "Thought so, looks like you had a nice awakening," he snickered. Kagome glared.

"Uhh, can someone help us out here?" asked Yusuke meekly. Tori turned to Hiei.

"I think scaring the hell out of them was enough punishment," she said.

"Fine," said Hiei with a look of sarcastic annoyance on his face. He snapped his fingers, and the ropes vanished. The two came inside, and burst out into laughter at seeing Kagome and Kurama's hair after Tori's pillow attack. Botan awoke, and stared around, yawning,

"What'd I miss?" She squeaked when she noticed Tori and Hiei. "Oh! Uh…hello! You two sleep well?" she asked warily. They gave her a look, and she shut up.

After cleaning themselves up and dressing, everyone went down to the lobby for breakfast. Tori explained her plight she had found yesterday at KaibaCorp.

"What's this got to do with our mission?" asked Yusuke stiffly. Botan elbowed him.

"These are her friends, Yusuke! I think we should help them," she said. Tori smiled.

"Thanks, Botan, but I have no idea where to begin. I know where they are, but this guy who's with them is bad news, according to Yugi. I've never seen or heard him, but if he turned one of my friends against the rest of us, he's pretty damn sick. I just don't know what I'm facing here. He might be too strong for any of us to cope with," she explained.

"Good point," said Kagome. "Well, I think we need to find your other friends, Tori. If we've got their help, we might be able to save them, ok?"

"Yeah, good idea, Kagome."

So, after breakfast they headed down to KaibaCorp, where Tori once more searched the names to check where they were today. Yugi, Joey, and Tristan were still in the warehouses, so Tori checked Bakura's location. He was at the aquarium again. Luckily, Kaiba was nowhere in sight, so they hurried out before he made his appearance.

Tori led the way to the aquarium, which was next to the ocean. She decided to have them split up. She, Botan, Kagome and Yusuke would search the orca show stadium, and Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara would go under to the tanks. They went inside.

Tori looked around. The stands were full of people, while in the center stood a large, circular tank where an enormous killer whale was launching its great body out of the water into a twister-like dive. It landed in the water, splashing the audience with a tidal wave of seawater. Kagome, Botan and Tori watched with amazement, while Yusuke was glancing around.

Meanwhile, high in the stands, a boy with light brown skin, white, untidy hair, and sharp lavender eyes sat watching the newcomers. He turned to the man standing next to him.

"Odion, do you feel that?" he asked.

"You mean that energy that appeared, sir?" asked his companion. This man was bald, except for a ponytail of black hair in the back of his head. Half of his face was tattooed with ancient hieroglyphics and symbols, and he had yellowish-amber eyes.

"Yes. It's coming from those three down there," he gestured to Kagome, Tori and Yusuke. "I've never felt anything like it. The most unique of that energy seems to be coming from her," he pointed at Kagome. "It's priestess power, extremely ancient magic," he explained. Odion nodded.

"Aye, sir, I feel it."

"I want you to bring me that priestess. Her powers will definitely be of use to me," he said. Odion nodded.

"Aye, Master Marik."

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Kuwabara stared at the large box jellyfish as they drifted in the tank.

"Those things' tentacles look like fettuccini pasta," he said with disgust.

"Yes, but they're quite dangerous. They're the most poisonous animal on Earth," explained Kurama. Kuwabara flinched and withdrew from the tank glass.

"Gross."

They continued down the dark hallway, passing a number of different animal species. Hiei kept every sense open as he glared sharply around. Kurama was fairly enjoying himself, taking the time to admire some of the creatures as they walked by. He particularly liked the dolphins, how playful and sneaky they were! Yoko looked on with interest as they read about each animal.

Kurama looked up ahead in the hallway. A group of kids his age was standing watching the killer whales in the display tank, two of them were boys, and three were girls. Kurama approached them.

"Excuse me. We're looking for someone named Bakura Ryou. Do you know him?" he asked. Hiei and Kuwabara came up behind him.

"Um, that's me," said one of the boys, stepping forward.

"Oh, nice to meet you. I'm Kurama, and these two are my friends, Hiei and Kuwabara. You wouldn't happen to know a girl by the name of Tori, would you?" he asked. A girl spoke up.

"Yes, we all know her. She's our friend. Why? Do you know where she is?" she asked. She had short, brown hair and blue eyes.

"Um, yes, she's up in the stadium right now with three more of our friends," answered Kurama.

"Are you serious? We've been worried about her, ever since she left…" another girl said, her voice trailing off. This girl had amber-colored hair with grayish-green eyes.

"Why did she leave?" asked Kurama, to appear as though he didn't know.

"It was three of our friends," said the last girl. This one had purple eyes and long, wavy blonde hair. "They were being awful, saying horrible things about her. She just so happened to overhear them, and decided to leave."

"We haven't seen her since," explained the brunette.

"Well, she's here," said Hiei.

"We'll take you to her. She's been looking for you as well," said Kurama. As they were walking, he piped up again. "By the way, what are your names?"

"I'm Tea," said the brunette.

"I'm Serenity," said the amber.

"I'm Mai," said the blonde.

"And I'm Duke. You know Bakura," said the other boy, gesturing to the first one.

They reached the stadium, where the show had ended, looking around.

Tori and Kagome were leaning against the exit wall, watching the people go by.

"See `em?" asked Kagome.

"Nope. Where're Botan and Yusuke?"

"Yusuke went to the bathroom. No idea where Botan is," came the response.

"I'm gonna go find her, ok? Stay here and keep an eye out," said Tori, turning and weaving back through the flood of chattering people.

Kagome watched her friend disappear, and continued scanning the crowd for anyone fitting the description of what Tori had told her. After a while, the crowd was almost completely gone, and there was still no sign of anyone like that. Now she'd started keeping an eye out for Tori, Botan, or even Yusuke. It was starting to get quite lonely.

She didn't notice the figure approach her until he'd spoken.

"Hello. And who might you be?" Kagome jumped, and turned to see a hooded face. Yellow eyes watched her from underneath.

"Um, I'm looking for someone right now," she said, edging away. `Where the hell is Tori when you need her?' she thought.

"Maybe I can help. Actually, maybe we can help each other," said the figure. His voice was deep, and had a rather untrustworthy tone to it. "My master would like to see you, and after you've spoken with him, I'll help you find whoever it is you're looking for."

"And what if I decline?" asked Kagome, getting defensive.

"That's not an option, I'm afraid. Come along." He grabbed her wrist before she could object, clapping a hand across her mouth. Kagome thrashed; taking a leaf out of Tori's book, she tried to bite him. Didn't work. The man dragged her out of the aquarium to a waiting car. He threw her inside, and Kagome managed a scream,

"HEEELP!!!" before the door slammed.

Tori found Botan talking with the orca trainer who, when she got closer, realized was none other than Mako Tsunami.

"Hey, Botan! Kagome and I were wondering where you were!" she said.

"Oh, hello there, Tori!" said Mako.

"Hiya, Mako. Have you seen my friends?" she asked.

"Why yes, they were here a while ago, I think they went under…"

He was cut off when all of them heard Kagome scream.

"Kagome!" Tori raced for the exit as fast as she could go. Apparently, somehow Kurama had heard her, too, for he was already there.

"Where is she?" he asked.

Tori noticed the car tearing away.

"There!" She raced for the tires, claws extended, but missed. Kurama shot out his whip, latching it onto the antenna. The car slowed as Kurama held his ground. Tori grabbed the whip and helped pull, ignoring the thorns digging into her palms. Botan came running out and tried to help, but the antenna on the car snapped, and it drove away.

"No!" yelled Kurama. He tried to run after it, but Tori stopped him.

"Wait! I told you this morning! You could be running to your death, you know!"

"It'd be well worth it," said Kurama angrily. Hiei appeared.

"No, it wouldn't. It'll be a lot better to have you alive to help us think of a better way instead of just charging in like Yusuke does," he explained.

Still glaring after the car, Kurama reluctantly stopped.

"So, what do you suggest?" he asked.

"I just said it," said Hiei. He turned to Tori. "We found your friends, by the way. What was your plan of action after we located them?"

"Oh, right. I said we needed to head down to the docks. That's where the warehouses are. Hiei, show me that thing you pulled out of the robots," she said.

"This?" He pulled the tiny microchip out.

"Yeah, you said we could track them using that. Botan, give me your detector," said Tori.

Botan handed it to her. "If we can somehow implant this microchip into the detector, it might be able to show us where they are, similar to how we find the artifacts," explained Tori.

"I think I might know a way," said Kurama. He took the chip and detector, opening the back of the detector. While he was working, Kuwabara and Yusuke came up. After telling them what happened, Hiei noticed Tori's bloodstained palms.

"Tori, your hands," he said.

"Huh? Oh, I didn't notice," she said, looking at them. "But now that you mention it, they're starting to hurt."

"I've got just the thing!" said Botan, opening her knapsack and pulling out medical tape and peroxide. She handed them to Tori.

"We'd better take the bus down to the docks," said Yusuke.

They reached a bus stop, where they waited. Tori was slightly angry with herself for letting Kagome get kidnapped. She could tell Kurama felt the same.

When the bus came, they got on. It had a few more stops before the docks, so they took seats near the back. Botan sat with Kurama to help with the detector, Yusuke and Kuwabara sat together, and Tori sat with Hiei.

While they were driving, Tori was huffily trying to put the tape around her hands. The peroxide stung badly, putting her in a worse mood. Hiei watched for a minute, before placing a hand on her wrist, stopping her.

"Here, let me do it," he said. He took the tape from her, wrapping it gently around her left hand. Tori blushed, feeling his hands softly caress her own. Tori gently smiled as he finished her left hand and started her right. Strangely, her hands already started to feel better…

Kurama attached the last wire with Botan's tweezers, and closed the back.

"So you're saying we don't even need to take the chip out to find the artifacts again?" he asked. Botan nodded. They looked around. Botan noticed, with exasperation, that Kuwabara and Yusuke were having a thumb-war, and Kurama spied Tori and Hiei. He glared out the window. Whoever Kagome's kidnapper was, they'd pay dearly.

When they got off the bus, they headed for the docks. Once more, they split up to search, everyone by themselves. Hiei knew it'd be better if he stuck near Tori, but Kurama insisted he search near the ocean, whereas Tori was on the streets.

After a while of walking near the roads, Tori heard car wheels behind her. She jumped and spun around. It wasn't Kagome's kidnapper, but a silver limousine. It stopped next to her. Tori glared as the door opened, and out stepped the primadonna himself, Seto Kaiba.

"Now what?" she snapped angrily.

"I needed to speak with you," answered Kaiba. Tori took one step back.

"Sorry, but I'm busy right now. A friend of mine's been kidnapped and…"

"Why don't you just use your POWERS to find her?" sneered Kaiba. Tori gasped, her anger forgotten.

"H-how did you know about my powers?" she said with shock.

"I've seen you around the city, pulling off numerous escapes using mysterious claws/super speed that seem to appear out of nowhere," he spoke with utmost confidence.

Tori's look of surprise changed back to a glare.

"Then you know what I can do to you if you annoy me too much," she snapped. Kaiba's smirk remained on his face.

"I do. And that's why I've enlisted the help of a certain item I picked up," he said. Before Tori could react, Kaiba's hand had gone to his left hip again, and he drew out a long, silver sword with a spiked hilt embedded with mystifying purple jewels. Tori's eyes widened.

"Th-the Demonic Blade…" she gasped out before Kaiba had jumped forward, the jewels glowing, and the blade struck her shoulder, going through without any damage.

Tori and the ligress were only able to put up a small mental fight before the Blade's power fully took over, and both blanked out.

Kaiba gave a snicker as the girl collapsed. He waited for a minute, to make sure she was completely under his control, before he spoke her name.

"Tori. Stand up." Immediately, she rose to her feet, and her normally sparkling brown eyes had become dull, empty, and lifeless, with the pupils closed up. "Get in the limo. We're leaving," he ordered.

"Yes, master…" came Tori's monotone voice, as she stepped into the limo, Kaiba following her and closing the door.

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