Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Abnormal Tendencies ❯ Seriyu, the ice freak ( Chapter 8 )

Abnormal Tendencies

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Chapter 8- Seriyu the ice freak

"Where to now?" Kuwabara said as we walked down the hallway.

"If we knew that we would be fighting the next Saint Beast right now, dummy!" Yusuke replied. Kuwabara scowled at him before shutting up and we continued on silently.

"It's a dead end," Yusuke said when we stopped in front of about a dozen doors leading different ways.

"Yes, now which door to take?" Kurama said glancing between doors.

"Good question," I muttered.

"I'm the more spiritually aware one here so I will decide," Kuwabara said stepping forward.

"Hn, he'll probably lead us to our death," Hiei muttered loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Yes, more than likely he'll lead us to hell thinking it's heaven," I replied to Hiei, smiling at him, knowing we agree with something. He glanced at me for a second searching me over, for something I had no idea of, then went back to staring straight ahead with no emotion. I did the same as we watched Kuwabara look at all 12 doors in front of us.

"Behind here, there's something scary and big," He said walking up to one of the doors.

"Who wants to bet it's a mouse," I muttered so only the others could hear besides Kuwabara. Suddenly Kuwabara swung open the door and got hit by flames.

"What was that?" Yusuke asked as he looked at the burnt Kuwabara lying on the floor.

"Apparently he chose the wrong door, containing fire that burst out into flames when he opened it," Kurama said, studying the facts.

"Oh well, at least we weren't right behind him. I knew he would choose the wrong one," I said, "Now it's my turn to figure it out." I looked at all the doors again and finally found the one that contained a large amount of Spirit Energy behind it.

"Found it. You guys can choose to stay behind and let me go see what's inside first," I said walking over to the door and opening it.

"No. If you go in then we go also," Hiei said, walking next to me, followed by Yusuke and Kurama.

"Yeah! I want to prove that you chose the wrong door too!" Kuwabara said jumping up with an amazing recovery.

"Oh joy, the idiot is awake," I said as we walked through. So far there was nothing that I could sense anywhere near us. Everyone seemed to be on their guard, except for Hiei, who was walking calmly next to me with his hands in his pockets. I could see the outline of his fists through the pockets though so he was ready for anything as well.

"Kami! How far do we have to walk to get to each beast!? I'm getting tired from just walking," Kuwabara muttered to no one in particular, but of course Hiei had to come up with a snide comment.

"Maybe it's just all that skin fat you call muscles that's keeping you down," He replied walking with his eyes closed and a wide smirk on his face.

"Why………YOU!!" Kuwabara yelled, ready to jump Hiei, but Yusuke kept him back.

"Come on children! We need……… to keep up our energy……… for the Saint Beasts not waste it on each other," Yusuke stuttered out while trying to hold back Kuwabara.

"Yes, agreed. See, we're almost there," Kurama said while pointing ahead. About fifty feet in front of us was a door.

"Hm, why didn't I see that door earlier?" Kuwabara muttered once again after he got out of Yusuke's grasp and calmed down.

"Maybe your stupidity was blinding you," Hiei said with another smart-ass remark. Can't say I was getting annoyed of them though, I was actually on his side against Kuwabara. `Hiei is actually pretty cool for a demon. He hates Kuwabara (like me); He fights better than anyone and is totally hot! Wait………this is Hiei I'm talking about! He's a demon! He wouldn't even give a human girl like me a second glance! Wait……… Do I want him to think of me that way? Oh I just need to drop this entirely. I'm thinking too much.' With that said I went back to watching the end of the mini battle.

"Why you!!! I'll get you some day………" Kuwabara said muttering the last part before walking forward towards the door as we followed. I glanced at Hiei, who was walking next to me and saw him grinning widely, happy to know he had won the battle of words. I even let a smile loose after seeing him look so proud.

"Hmmm, I wonder if there's a dragon demon behind these doors," I said sarcastically as we reached the door, which had two dragon statues on either side and a dragon carved into the door.

"Really? And here I thought it would be a bunny," Yusuke said. We walked forward and pushed the doors open to find an 8 foot tall bunny (It was a joke people).

"Wow! What an ugly bunny," Yusuke said to finish his joke. We all looked up at the tall ice demon standing in the middle of the room. Ignoring what Yusuke said he began to, I think, greet us?

"Welcome to Maze Castle. I am Seriyu, the ice demon. Although you managed to defeat two of the four Saint Beasts, we shall not let this disgrace continue any further. All your lives will end here," He said with a plain expression.

"Yeah, nice to see you too," Kuwabara muttered.

"Hm, you actually expect sympathy or nice ness from them? You're even dumber than I thought. It's not what you're going to get, so don't waste your time giving it," Hiei muttered to Kuwabara who glared back at him. Just as Kuwabara was about to make some wise ass remark, he snapped his head up like the rest of us as we felt something coming closer.

"You feel that?" Kuwabara muttered.

"It's getting closer," I said looking at the door behind us. `Who is it? NO………It couldn't be! Could it?'

"It can't be him………" I said to no one in particular, but they all still heard me.

"Who is it, Robin?" Yusuke asked.

"It's the-" Just as I was about to continue the doors swung open and in stepped Byakko.

"Grrr it is him! Why won't you die!!" I yelled the last part to him. He slowly stumbled in with his hand holding onto his left side, which was bleeding profusely.

"Seriyu ……… Please ……… HELP ME!" He said stumbling past us to him.

"Ha! You're a disgrace to us all to lose to a human," Seriyu replied bitterly.

"Yeah, that is pretty sad to lose to Kuwabara. You have to be really weak," I said putting in my input. The others nodded at that except Kuwabara who just seethed.

"Please! It wasn't my fault!" Byakko replied continuing his conversation with Seriyu as if we hadn't said anything.

"NO! No exceptions!" Seriyu yelled, then pulled back his hand and shot out small crystals of ice. As soon as they hit Byakko, he turned to ice.

"Now you will never disgrace us again," Seriyu said walking over. Then, with one final blow, Seriyu cut off the tiger's head, killing him permanently.

"Sheesh what's your problem? He was your team mate and you just turn your back on him and kill him for one loss?" I yelled.

"Actually, two Robin," Yusuke said, holding up two fingers. I turned to glare at him with my eye twitching slightly.

"That didn't exactly help, Yusuke," I said, then turned back to Seriyu.

"It is none of your concern," He replied, "Now, who will challenge me first and be the first to die?" I saw Yusuke about to step forward but Hiei stepped in front of him.

"Save your energy for the last Saint Beast, Spirit Detective. This one will be mine," He said before stepping forward till he was approximately 10 feet away.

"Be careful Hiei," I whispered so quietly I barely heard myself. He heard me though and turned his head slightly to look back at me, giving me a funny look before turning his attention back to Seriyu. The head of Byakko was about 5 feet away from Hiei. He glanced at it before swiftly ripping off his shirt and cloak, throwing it over its head.

"Ha! What are you, a nobleman? Well let's hope it doesn't affect your fighting," Seriyu said, taking a stance to begin. Hiei did the same and then the fight started. Seriyu threw more ice crystals at Hiei, who easily dodged him with his super speed. The fight continued that way until Seriyu actually hit Hiei in the leg with the ice crystals he was throwing everywhere.

"Ha! Now you can't move as swiftly as you could before. You're trapped now, Hiei," He says while aiming to throw more, but to our surprise, Hiei just stood up and ran again. He couldn't run as fast as before, but he was still faster than Seriyu can throw those crystals.

"Darn you!" Seriyu yelled watching Hiei appear then disappear and reappear somewhere else, "I won't miss anymore!" Then he started just shooting them everywhere in the room. Including our direction. A whole lot of them were coming straight at me!

"Robin! Watch out!" Yusuke yelled, seeing them coming. That got Hiei's attention and I saw him turn his head toward me.

"Caught you!" Seriyu yelled throwing crystals at Hiei, who was currently caught off guard.

"Hiei!" I yelled after I somehow dodged the crystals thrown at me. He had dodged but not quick enough. His right arm was frozen over, but at least it wasn't his entire body like it would have been. He glanced over at me for a second and scanned me over `I guess to see if I was ok……… wait……… This IS Hiei! Hm, then why did he look over? Gah! I'm thinking too hard again!' I looked back up to see Seriyu chatting with Hiei.

"Now you have lost an arm as well, Hiei. Really, you should concentrate on your fight instead of your girlfriend over there," Seriyu said smirking. My jaw dropped along with everyone else's. `Woah Girlfriend? HOW?!' I looked back at Hiei to find him staring emotionless at Seriyu, then he glanced back over at me, then back to the other demon.

"Hn, your games end now, Seriyu. I'm tired of wasting time with you," Hiei said before unsheathing his katana and standing up from his kneeling position on the ground.

"Wasting time?" Seriyu spat, "You're the one half crippled!" Hiei grinned, obviously knowing something Seriyu didn't.

"We'll see," He said then lunged at Seriyu, sword ready. `Hm, one, two, three, four……… Wow he's faster than I thought.' Next thing we saw was Hiei on the ground behind Seriyu in kneeling position once again. Seriyu slowly turned around laughing.

"Hahaha you accomplished nothing!" He said still laughing. Hiei slowly stood up and turned around to face him with a grin on his face and fire in his eyes.

"I'm afraid you're wrong," He said right before a trickle of blood found it's way down Seriyu's face from the top of his head. Next thing we knew, all his body parts burst apart, turning into ice that shattered once it hit the ground. We ran over to him once all parts of Seriyu had been shattered.

"Are you ok?" I asked, standing in front of him.

"Seriyu was weaker than he made himself look," was his only reply before he flexed his arm and the ice shattered leaving his arm back to normal. Then he did the same with his leg.

"And here we were worried about you, thinking you were frozen over," Yusuke said laughing, "You got Seriyu good though."

"Yes, you did Hiei. Exactly how many times did you cut him up?" Kurama asked.

"He got him 16 times," I said answering Kurama's question. Hiei looked at me with confused eyes. It seemed he didn't expect me to be able to keep up with him.

"16!!!" Kuwabara and Yusuke yelled in unison.

"It's not much, I could have done more," Hiei said casting his eyes to the side of the room.

"If you pull those moves next time we fight, I'm in big trouble," Yusuke said, laughing. Hiei didn't say anything but walked over to go pick up his cape from Byakko's head.

"Wait, you guys fought?" I asked, surprised Hiei and Yusuke had once battled.

"Yep," Yusuke replied.

"Who won?"

"Me."

"Really? Hiei must have been having an off day then. Well, I suppose there's always a first time for everything," I said laughing.

"WHAT! For you information I beat him fair and square!"

"Is that so?"

"Yeah!"

Hiei's POV

Their voices droned out of my hearing except for one's. I slowly bent over and picked up my shirt and put it back on. The head of Byakko slowly disappeared until it was fully gone. I turned back around to see Robin and Yusuke bickering over the fight Yusuke and I had had in the past. `What is this girl doing to me?'

//Flashback//

"Robin! Watch out!" Yusuke yelled seeing the crystals coming at her. I looked to my side and saw mostly all the crystals going Robin's way. `Damn, I have to save her' They were almost at her and I could see them coming closer. I used all the speed inside me and ran faster than I even knew I could. I had moved her out of the way and gotten back to the position I was in before anyone could even blink. I glanced over at her to make sure nothing had hit her, leaving me vulnerable to attacks.

"Caught you!" Seriyu yelled throwing crystals at me. I didn't notice he was throwing more at me until she yelled out my name.

"Hiei!" She yelled, snapping me back to reality. I dodged just before they hit me full on but it still hit my arm. I looked down at it in disgust. I can't believe that she distracted me so that I would get myself hit. This was becoming very annoying.

"Now you have lost an arm too Hiei. Really, you should concentrate on your fight instead of your girlfriend over there," Seriyu said smirking. I stared back at him with an emotionless face, not to give anything away. Really, I was confused inside. `What is a girlfriend? Well I suppose she is a girl and maybe my friend. I'm still confused on that part. But maybe it means………' I glanced back at her to see her staring at me with worried eyes, then turned my head to face Seriyu again `Maybe it means something stronger than that. Maybe a mate? Ha! Me and her? I suppose it is possible but I doubt it will happen. I'm not into that mating thing. Wait………what is this feeling I've been having lately when I'm with her? It's nothing I've felt before. Suppose it is what Seriyu is saying. Now this is sad, I'm taking advice from an enemy. This ends now.' It took me seconds to have that conversation with myself before it finally ended.

"Hn, Your games end now Seriyu. I'm tired of wasting time with you," I said before unsheathing my katana and standing up.

//End of Flashback//

`Yes, then I beat him and then another strange feeling happened.'

//Yet another Flashback//

"Are you ok?" She asked, standing in front of me and looking at me with those worried eyes yet again.

"Seriyu was weaker than he made himself look," was my only reply before I flexed my arm and the ice shattered leaving it back to normal. Same with my leg.

"And here we were worried about you, thinking you were frozen over," Yusuke said laughing, "You got Seriyu good though."

"Yes, you did Hiei. Exactly how many times did you cut him up?" Kurama asked.

"He got him 16 times," She said answering Kurama's question for me. `I don't understand this girl! Why do I feel this way? What is she doing to me?'

"16!!!" Kuwabara and Yusuke yelled in unison.

"It's not much, I could have done more," I said. I looked to my side to see her smiling at me kindly. Suddenly, I got this feeling in my stomach and was becoming aroused almost. `What is happening? I couldn't be experiencing love now, could I?' I looked to the other side of the room.

"If you pull those moves next time we fight I'm in big trouble," Yusuke said laughing. I didn't say anything but kept scanning the floor, as if it was the most interesting thing I had ever seen. Suddenly I saw my shirt still over there and decided to go get it and sort out what I was feeling.

//End of Flashback//

`Well I didn't exactly figure out anything but at least I got my emotions under control. I couldn't seriously be falling for her, could I?' It's possible. A small voice in my head said. `No I am a demon and I will not be swayed by these ridicules emotions over a human girl none the less. But you like her. Admit it. You think she's cute. I blushed slightly at my own thoughts that I was having. Just admit it. It won't hurt your fighting to have her on your side. It would probably help since she's so skilled. `Yes I do admit that she is very skilled in her fighting abilities. After all she has lived 8 lives before this with fighting and powers, so it's no surprise she's as strong as she is now.' Before I could contemplate with myself anymore, the one person I was thinking about began talking again.

"Hiei? Are you there? We're going to the next room now," She said, walking over next to me and smiling kindly. I stared at her for a second then nodded.

"Fine, let's go. We only have one more to beat," I said before walking forward. They followed me and Robin soon caught up next to me.

"Hey, are you ok? What are you thinking about?" She asked.

"No one," I said quickly, trying to dismiss the conversation without realizing what I said.

"Huh," She said blinking, "OH! I get it! You were thinking of someone. See, I asked you what you were thinking about, not who, so you must be thinking about someone. Who is it?"

"No one. I'm thinking about no one," I said, making sure she understood the conversation was over. She looked a little hurt, but I couldn't exactly tell her that I was thinking about her. She would think I was a stalker or something.

"What are you two lovebirds talking about up there?" Yusuke called out from 20 feet behind us. As soon as he said it, Kurama clamped his hands over Yusuke's mouth, obviously fearful of my wrath, but he was too late. Robin and I stopped in our tracks at the same time and spun around and charged at him.

"Allow me to do the honors, Robin," I said half smiling at her.

"Oh, hmm he's all yours," She said smiling back and watched me chase after him. The others were barely 10 feet behind us following. I only used half of my speed to chase him since I wanted to torture him. Obviously he was running out of breath.

"Come on Hiei! Give me a break! I was just kidding! It's just what Seriyu said that popped into my mind and forced me to say it!" He yelled running as fast as he could. We were passing by room through room until suddenly Yusuke stopped in his tracks. I stopped right behind him and moved to his side to start mocking when I saw why he had stopped and his jaw was hanging open. Right in front of us was an army of green zombies. The others came to a stop behind us and saw the same site.

"Crap, we're in trouble," Robin said.

"Don't tell me we got to fight all these guys!" the orange head oaf yelled panting.

"Oh yeah we're gonna be busy for a while," Yusuke said nodding his head.

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A.N.-Ok long chapter! Review and I'll update! Bi bi!!!!!!!!