Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Awake and Unafraid ❯ Cell Mates ( Chapter 6 )

Tama: Chapter Six! Well, let's get straight to it then, shall we? I don't own YYH or any of its characters, but I do own my OCs and situations. And I just remembered! I don't think I made this clear. Just for the record, so no one gets confused (I was confusing myself), Aurora and Diemos and all of the goddesses lived before the time that the Makai barrier was put up. So they lived their social lives as humans, but had the power of demons. I hope that got rid of any confusion! Read now!

 

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When fifteen minutes had gone by and Saya wasn't back yet, Kurama began to get worried. It was below freezing outside, and she shouldn't be outside in that cold for that long.

 

By the time a half an hour had passed, he knew something had happened. There was no way she would willingly stay out in this weather that long. He had learned from training her that she absolutely hated the cold and would avoid it in all ways possible.

 

“Hey, guys, I'll be right back,” Kurama said as he stood up. He turned and walked out, with Niichi right on his heels. Once Kurama was out of earshot, Keiko spoke up.

 

“Aw, that's so cute! He's worried about her!” she exclaimed and squealed. “Oh, I can't wait until they finally get together!” Ayano smiled. She was right. She wasn't the only one who saw it.

 

That smile quickly turned to a frown. She realized how long it had been since Saya had left. She had a terrible feeling in her gut, but she kept telling herself that everything was fine, nothing happened. It couldn't have.

 

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Kurama knew Saya had left through the back doors, but he didn't know where she went after that. He decided that his best bet was to go to where she went most often. That was either the beach or the training grounds. At the moment, he was closer to the training grounds, so he decided to go there first.

 

Soon, he discovered a subtle set of footprints. If he didn't follow them quickly, they would get entirely covered with snow. He ran as fast as he could, following the trail.

 

He was about fifteen feet away from the training grounds when he noticed something strange. There were two more sets of footprints coming from the left that eventually lined up with Saya's. Kurama gasped.

 

“Oh no,” he whispered under his breath. Niichi looked up at him, confused. Kurama ran to wear the footprints stopped. He looked down, and sure enough, there were light traces of blood. He looked to his left and noticed drag marks next to more footprints.

 

He gritted his teeth and kicked the snow.

 

“Damnit!” he yelled in frustration. He knew something was wrong. He should've listened to himself sooner. He took a deep breath.

 

`Nothing's going to get done if you're this upset, calm down,' he told himself.

 

&Yea really, we've learned this the hard way& Youko piped in.

 

`Youko, do you have any ideas?' Kurama asked. Youko grinned to himself. Kurama sighed, knowing what he wanted. He allowed the silver fox to take over. Once he had transformed, Niichi wanted nothing to do with him. He ran off into the woods.

 

Youko ran back to the temple at top speed. He knew if he wanted to find Saya fast, he could cover more territory with more people.

 

As soon as Ayano heard the door fly open, she knew that something had gone wrong. She stood up and raced towards the door, colliding with Youko at full force, both getting knocked down.

 

“Ah, Jesus Christ, watch where you're going would you?” Youko complained, rubbing his head.

 

“Where's Saya?” Ayano asked, frantic, as she stood up. Youko did the same.

 

“That's why I'm here. She's missing. I found blood…,” he explained. All Ayano heard was the word blood. Blood. Saya's blood, no doubt. She mentally killed herself for not knowing soon enough to help her. Within seconds, everyone was in the hall by the door. Youko explained to all of them what he had seen. He told them that there was no point in looking around here. There was no doubt in his mind that it was Daeva and her crew who had taken her, and that they most likely took her to demon world.

 

“Yusuke, Hiei, Ayano and I will go to Makai to search there,” Youko said. “And just in case I'm wrong, Keiko, Yukina, and Kuwabara, stay here.”

 

“Hey! I wanna go to demon world, too! You can't make me stay here!” Kuwabara protested.

 

“Well, just think, Kuwabara. What if the people who took Saya show up here? We need someone semi-strong to look after Keiko and Yukina here…,” Yusuke explained. He didn't really mean that, but it would get Kuwabara to stay behind.

 

“Of course! For Yukina, my love, I will stay and protect!” he said heroically and grabbed Yukina's hands, completely missing the “semi” part. Hiei fumed as Ayano dragged him out of the temple.

 

The four raced off to where Botan was waiting for them with the portal to Makai. As they ran, Kurama's voice made one last statement to the silver fox.

 

`You let anything happen to her, Youko, I swear to god, I'll kill us both,' he threatened. Youko sighed.

 

&Don't worry, you baka. As long as we still have a pulse, we will protect her. What happened last time will not happen again&

 

That statement confused Kurama. Last time? But he let it go. They had more important things to worry about.

 

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Saya slowly opened her eyes, only to see more darkness. The only light was moonlight shining in through a window above her head. Speaking of head, hers was aching. It was bearable, but it was annoying. She was more focused on the pain in her wrists. She had puncture wounds, most likely from nails, because of the grip marks on her wrists and forearms.

 

`What happened? I don't remember anything…,' she thought to herself. Kneeling, she rubbed her wrists.

 

“Hey, do you need me to take a look at that?” a male voice from beside her made her jump about three feet. She thought she was alone. She hadn't expected a sound.

 

She whipped her head around. The darkness made it hard to see perfectly, but she could get a pretty good idea of what he looked like. Although he was sitting, he looked tall, about Kurama's height maybe. He had shaggy blonde hair, with dirty blonde lowlights. His eyes were light, maybe grey, but she couldn't really tell in the dark. He had a silver earring looped through his left earlobe. His clothes were a bit strange, all of which were rather dirty. He wore pants that reminded Saya a lot of Youko's, except that they were dark brown. He wore a baggy, long sleeved, off-white shirt that opened in a V, showing off part of his muscular chest. He had brown sandals, and Saya noticed a scar on his left cheek. In general, he was very good-looking.

 

Saya just sat there, rather dumbfounded. Her mouth was still agape. She wasn't sure if it was his attractiveness or simply the fact that he had caught her so off guard that amazed her, but nevertheless, he did. He smiled.

 

“Is something wrong?” he asked, with a slight laugh. Saya finally snapped out of it.

 

“Hm? What? Oh, no. I-I'm sorry, I was just a little, um…taken aback, let's say,” she explained, embarrassed. Suddenly it dawned on her. “Hey, where are we anyway? Who are you?”

 

The man sighed. He looked straight ahead.

 

“We, my friend, are in a dungeon. And that,” he pointed up at the window. “…that is the only source of light you see in here.” Saya's eyes widened. Dungeon?

 

She looked around her and sure enough, they were in a jail cell. They had three walls of dirt and one of iron bars. They had one barred window. That was it. Saya gulped. What was she doing here?

 

“And as for your second question, my name's Kijirou. I'm a master of wind,” he grinned. “Well, the only one left, anyway. And if I'm in here much longer, the ability to control the wind will be completely gone.”

 

“What do you mean?” Saya asked.

 

“Well, there used to be two of us, a girl and myself. She was killed long ago. Daeva says she's been reincarnated but…” For about the fiftieth time that day, Saya was in shock.

 

“Did….did you just say Daeva?” she asked. He nodded.

 

“Who do you think put us in here?” he said. He sighed and leaned back against the wall. Saya couldn't believe it. He had to be lying, he just had to be. There was no way Daeva could've come for her this soon. No way. She didn't even have her powers yet. And she didn't have Ayano either, that she knew of. And where was Kurama? He promised he would prepare her for this. But her she was, sitting in Daeva's dungeon, weak as weak could be. Kurama…

 

A silent tear slid down her cheek. She was so frustrated. She was supposed to have months before she met Daeva. She was scared. She knew that alone, here, she would die.

 

“Hey, what's wrong?” he asked softly. He reached up and wiped away her tear. At his touch, a bright light flashed before her eyes.

 

“Come on, Aurora! We don't have all day! It's gonna be dark soon!”

 

“Coming!” Aurora yelled back. Her fiancée was already out of sight, wanting to get back to the castle as soon as possible. She raced after him, grinning.

 

“Kijirou wait up! It's hard to run in heels!” she called. She could hear him laugh, but he stopped. Once she had caught up, she didn't stop running. She ran straight into him, tackling him to the ground. He grunted as he hit the ground, then laughed. She giggled, then kissed him softly on the lips. She glanced over to her left and noticed a small spring.

 

“Hey, let's go swimming!” she whispered and jumped up. She took off her shoes, skirt and top and dove into the water, barely dressed. Kijirou rolled his eyes. He stood up and stripped down as well and followed her lead.

 

“What's with this sudden impulse?” he asked as he swam out to her. “What's gotten into you?” She grinned mischievously. Kijirou raised an eyebrow. She smiled and kissed him. It immediately deepened as she pushed him up onto a river bank. Kijirou was right. What had gotten into her?

 

Kijirou was just staring at Saya, confusion in his eyes. She looked back at him. Sure enough, he was the same Kijirou in the flashback. She knew she must've remembered something from Aurora, which meant…Aurora was involved with this guy? Saya quickly shook it off. For some reason, she didn't want him to know that she was Aurora's reincarnation. She had to keep her cool.

 

“Oh, uh, I was just remembering, I don't think I've introduced myself yet. I'm Saya,” she said. “I'm, uh, human.”

 

`Good,' she thought to herself. `Right now you are human, that's not a lie.'

 

“Really?” he asked, rather shocked. “You give off a demonic…no, not demonic…some sort of aura. I'm not sure what. But it's not human.” Saya shrugged and bit her lip. How could she be giving off an aura if she hadn't gotten her powers yet?

 

Suddenly, a loud crash was heard from outside their cell. Saya and Kijirou looked at each other for an explanation, but neither of them had one. They stood and walked over to the bars. Saya's heart beat faster as she heard footsteps coming down the stairs just to the right of the cell.

 

“Shit,” Kijirou mumbled. “I suggest you get as far away from the bars as possible. Trust me.” Saya looked at him with questioning eyes, and he nodded. The two pressed their backs to the back wall, just waiting to find out whoever it was that was paying them a visit.

 

And Saya had a feeling that whoever it was wouldn't be welcome.

 

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Tama: Chapter six, finis!

 

Nori: That was short.

 

Tama: Yea, I decided to cut it short, cuz I already know how I'm gonna start the next chapter. So it'll be up soon! …hopefully…

 

Nori: Read and Review!

 

Tama, Kurama and Hiei: No flames!