Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Double identity ❯ Hot and crispy ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter 3: Hot and crispy

 

Mizu's answer came, not verbally, but with her next step. Her knees wobbled beneath her, her eyes drooped and she collapsed on the sand, her right knee hitting the soft sand first. Mizu then fell on her right side, her hair flowing gently behind her before falling down on her shoulders, her body shifting to the left.

 

Kurama's eyes widened and he rushed towards his unconscious friend, the sand sticking on his feet slowing him down. “Mizu!” he knelt next to her, his wet hands carefully grabbing her shoulders and turning her on her side. Mizu's face was slightly covered with sand, her breathing shallow.

 

Curious classmates began crowding around them while Kurama tapped on his friend's cheeks, trying to wake her unsuccessfully. His frown deepened when he noticed her lips were dry and white. He then grabbed her hand, checking her fingernails: they were white.

 

A teacher pushed his way through the circle of onlookers, asking what happened. “I think she's dehydrated... She needs water.” replied Kurama, looking around for a bottle of water, then stopped Mizu's empty one. 'She just finished drinking, this doesn't make any sense...'

 

A friend -more like an acquaintance- of Mizu stepped out of the circle, a bottle of water in hand. Kurama quickly took the bottle and unscrewed the cap, tilting Mizu's head back on his wet laps with his free hand. Water dripped out of her partly opened mouth, one hand twitching once.

 

'Come on... wake up.' hoped Kurama, then he noticed the drops that were on her face two seconds ago, weren't anymore. He saw her lips twitch, muttering something inaudible to the human ear. To play the part, he leaned forward and listened.

 

“Water...” whispered Mizu over and over. So she was conscious, sort of. Just too weak to do anything. Kurama poured more water in her mouth, noticing again the drops disappear. Weird.

 

“It's not enough...” he muttered, crunching the empty plastic bottle in his hand.

 

Another teacher came and shook her head, “This is serious. I'll call an ambulance.” and she left, whipping her cell phone from her bag. Ten minutes and three more bottles later, the ambulance arrived. Naturally, that only attracted more curious, nosy people and tourists.

 

Two paramedics stepped out with a stretcher and lied Mizu onto it. Kurama, like many others, stood and watched them get back in the ambulance and leave hurriedly.

 

As soon as the ambulance left, the sun was hidden behind gray clouds, the heat wave disappearing instantly. Kurama shivered and picked up his towel, the field trip was pretty much ruined and now he was worried. There was no way he could stay here and enjoy himself.

 

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Mizu gasped and bolted up from the stretcher, she felt a lot better now, strangely enough. “Where-- what--?” she glanced around quickly, seeing two guys staring at her, one in front of her - by her feet- the other right next to her.

 

“Nice of you to wake up in time for the fun to begin.” greeted the one on her right.

 

“... I'm fine now... I'll go home.” replied Mizu strongly, slinging her right foot over the edge. A hand grabbed her left foot firmly.

 

“I don't think so, nymph.” growled the -guy?- next to her.

 

A shiver ran down Mizu's spine, and it wasn't a good one. It was one of those 'Shit-this-is-bad-this-guy's-scary' shiver. “Let go.” ordered Mizu, her voice deep and authoritarian. She didn't want to get pissed, but hey, she was getting to that point.

 

“Make me.” snickered the guy holding her foot. She was about to -she really was- but then she heard the sound of tearing fabric, like something precious. Her face went from a serious frown to repulsed disgust.

 

The “guy” in front of her had just torn off his cover, and finished eating it. Not a pretty sight. Claws appeared, sharp and black, fangs grew out, dripping with saliva and fresh blood. And lets the other delicious details details to your imagination. But some suggestions: she saw every single organ of the human body being slurped up and quickly chewed them before swallowing hungrily. Lovely.

 

Before Mizu could blink, or twitch a muscle or even take another breath, she was slammed onto the wall of the moving ambulance. Great. “You're coming with us.” growled the ugly tall and strong demon holding her by the throat, her feet inches above the ground.

 

“Y-you don't understand-- they'll die if I leave this world!” gasped out Mizu, trying to take short breaths, barely succeeding.

 

A mocking laugh answered her, “That's exactly why we're taking you.”

 

Mizu couldn't reply for two reasons: one, she lacked the air and didn't really have a come back to that, two, she felt something being created right next to her, her hair slowly being sucked in. Must be a portal. Hey, even if she wasn't all that tuned in with demon world, she knew the basics... being a nymph herself.

 

Only one last resort then...

 

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Kurama was walking away from the beach, reaching the sidewalk when he gasped quietly, cringing at the shrill scream echoing down the streets. It was so loud! 'What-- is that?' he thought, both hands covering his ears, his eyes closed in pain.

 

A nearby dog started howling loudly, whimpering then running into the street blindly, the car tires screeching to an abrupt stop. The cats were going insane as well, meowing over and over, running around as if mad.

 

 

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The demons in the ambulance roared, clutching their ears dearly, the sound nearly deafening to them. “Y-you bitch!” shouted the demon holding Mizu, and he kicked her into the portal, the mermaid like sound dying instantly.

 

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Kurama opened his eyes, breathing heavily. The sound was gone. He looked around, noticing people looking at him strangely. He pushed himself off the wall he had been leaning against and hurried back towards school, holding his bag tightly in his hand.

 

Once he arrived at the school, his wet hair sticking to his shirt, he hid in an empty classroom and took out his communicator. That scream was anything <i>but</i> human. “Koenma?” he asked, noticing the toddler seemed frantic, nearly ripping his skin off his face.

 

“Not now Kurama I'm busy!” he replied nearly screaming, sucking on his pacifier.

 

“But Koenma, what was that sound?” forced Kurama. That, seemed to calm the Prince of Rekkai.

 

A heavy sigh was heard before he answered. “Japan just lost its water nymph.” Kurama raised an eyebrow, slightly lost. Koenma rolled his eyes and explained quickly, “Each country has a nymph for water, it prevents water shortages -or droughts- but if the nymph is killed or taken out of Ningenkai, then... the water will disappear and the humans will die.”

 

Kurama's eyes slightly widened, “But... I haven't heard of any droughts anywhere.”

 

“No you haven't, because it takes two days after the nymph disappeared for the water to evaporate. Turn on a TV and it's all over the news. I'm a bit overwhelmed right now so share this information with Yusuke, Hiei and Kuwabara.” and he hung up.

 

Kurama had to process all this. A water nymph, for each country. So far so good. If its killed or taken away from Ningenkai, it will take two days for the water to start evaporating quickly. Check. So, does that mean their mission would be to find the nymphs and bring them back?

 

No time to lose. He called Yusuke and Kuwabara, telling them to meet him at his house since his mom was still at work. He was slightly ditching class, but since his grade was still at the beach... no worries.

 

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Ok a bit shorter and... weirder I guess... >.> But I just wanted to give you guys an update, so hopefully you enjoyed it! ^^;;

 

Aisha Anonymous: ^^;; Well as a matter of fact-- she was. But I shall explain more in details later. Hehe it's nice to know my OC differs from all-- the others out there... But I don't really know why or how, just a new writing style I guess... :P But if it works. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

 

The Raven: Lol so you think she's different too heh? @@ I wonder how I did that. Hehe. Cool hair heh? :P I hope you liked this chapter... I was working on and off on it... >.> *cough*