Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Fire or Ice? ❯ What Happened to Rika? ( Chapter 8 )

 

Chapter eight

What Happened to Rika?

 

“Wake up sleepy head”, a pleasant voice said.

 

Arc cracked her eyes open, and looked up to see who was talking to her.

 

“Rika?”

 

“You've been asleep for awhile now”, she said.

 

“Where are we”, Arc asked, as she got off the ground and looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings.

 

“We're home, my dear Arc”, a voice said lovingly.

 

Arc turned her head around and looked up at Rika's face. Except, she seemed... different?

 

“Rika”, she said alarmed.

 

“Rika is dead. I am Ruri”, she said calmly.

 

“What? What happened to her”, Arc asked, shaking now.

 

“When I found our dear Rika, she was practically begging for her death. So, instead, I offered her a place where she could be happy, and live without having any pain. She took it, of course, and I in return got her body. I was in there for quite awhile, and must say that I have a few lingering human emotions because if it. But, it was worth it, because now, I have you.”

 

Ruri walked closer to her and stroked her cheek. Arc shook at the touch of her, and backed away.

 

Ruri looked somewhat... hurt at this action, and turned away. Her normal features returned to her as she sat in a large chair made of bones. She rested her pale hand on a skull, and looked at Arc with her silver eyes. Her long black hair fell into her eyes, and around her shoulders.

 

“Why do you hate me”, she asked bluntly.

 

Arc looked at her as if she was crazy. Her blue eyes narrowed on her, as everything fell into place around her.

 

“Why do I hate you? That's rather simple, don't you think? You killed my parents, pretended to be my friend, when all you want to do is use me. Just another person that has betrayed me.”

 

“Arc, I do not want to use you”, she said, as she stood up. She walked towards her, as her usual clothes turned into a long crimson red gown. The sleeves hung to the floor, and the back trailed across the floor behind her. A corset bodice was wrapped tightly around her waist, that pushed her breasts up.

 

Arc stayed where she was, not moving forward or back, as that pale hand once again came into contact with her body.

 

An arm wrapped itself around her waist, and held her tightly. Ruri bent her head to the side, and whispered into her ear.

 

“Let me show you what the world will be like under my rule.”

 

Her arm closed tighter around her, as her vision blurred, and everything turned black.

 

/Ruri stood with Arc, still holding onto her. She was now dressed in similar attire as her, except her dress was a dark, midnight blue, and her train wasn't as long.

 

Arc looked around her, to see the streets of Tokyo. Everything was the same, all was normal, except... everywhere she looked, she couldn't see any men.

 

“A world without men will bring more freedom to women everywhere”, she said, as her eyes glazed over at what she saw. A smile crossed her features, and she almost looked... normal. Like she wasn't about to destroy half the population on the planet.

 

“They're happier this way. They can do what they want now. Not just here, where they have some of the same freedoms as men, but in every country. Look”, she said, as the vision blurred, and they were now staring at the streets of Iraq.

 

“Do you see how free they are now? They don't have to worry about being beaten or killed for showing their skin. They can leave their homes now, go to school, live life the way they want.”

 

Arc looked at them, and noticed that they did look happy, but, something was out of place? Some of their smiles looked fake, as they walked past them, and through them.

 

The scene changed again, as they stared down the streets of New York.

 

“They can live without fear of being raped, or murdered. They don't even know what the meaning of fear is now.”

 

Arc looked up at her, and thought of something to say, but, couldn't think of anything. Nothing seemed wrong with what she was doing, but, Arc knew that something was wrong. But, she couldn't place it. Her thoughts were not of her own, but of Ruri's.

 

They studied every manless country; Ruri's smile getting wider and wider by the next city.

 

They finally stopped, and Ruri turned to Arc, and put her hands on her shoulders.

 

“Do you see how happy we can make them? We can give this to them, to them all. Just say you'll be with me, and we can rule the world together.”

 

Arc didn't say anything as she stared at her, her thoughts on everything at once. She stared at the women of the city one more time, and noticed that they were back in Tokyo.

 

Ruri bent her head down, and kissed Arc on the lips. Arc's eyes widened in shock, and horror, as the image around them broke. She saw fires licking at the city, tearing it apart. Screams of men and women echoed off the burning buildings as demons filled the city. All of these demons were female, and they were most savage, as they ripped man after man apart. Blood littered the streets, and she saw Hiei standing admist all of this. His body was on fire, and he was screaming. His flesh was melting off of his body, and his screams were earth shattering.

 

Arc screamed into Ruri's mouth, and stumbled back away from her. She ran towards Hiei, screaming his name, but he disappeared. Everything disappeared./

 

Ruri stood in front of her, her eyes filled with flames. They were thrown back into the cold, dark stone castle walls of her fortress. Arc was on her knees, on the floor, shaking uncontrollably.

 

“Hiei”, she whispered.

 

“You love him, don't you”, a snarling Ruri asked.

 

Arc looked up at her, as she was now seated in her chair again.

 

“Arc, I didn't want to do this, but, you leave me no choice”, she said, as the ceiling started to open up. A small cage made out of black electricity was lifted down. Arc jumped up and ran towards it when she saw who was inside of it.

 

“Hiei”, she screamed, as he lay there in the floor of it. He didn't move, and had burn marks and cuts all over his body.

 

“Hiei, wake up, please”, she said desperately.

 

“Don't worry, he's just sleeping. He's exhausted himself by trying to get out of there. I guess he was worried about you”, she said smirking.

 

“What do I have to do”, Arc asked, her voice laced with worry and anger.

 

“You know what I want. I want you to be by my side, and never leave me. I will let him go if you do.”

 

“You'll just kill him anyway, won't you”, she asked, her throat feeling dry.

 

“Not me, my dear, but them”, she said, pointing to the women in the room. Or at least, they looked like women at a distance.

 

“But, I will give him time to run before I release them, if it makes you happy?”

 

Arc looked at Hiei as he opened his eyes.

 

“Arc”, he whispered hoarsely.

 

“Yes Hiei, it's me. Don't worry, I'm going to get you out of here”, she said reassuringly.

 

She stood up, and walked towards the throne. She stopped short in front of Ruri, and held her eyes.

 

“I will be by your side, if you let Hiei go.”

 

“Fine”, she said, as she waved her hand.

 

The black electricity around the cage disappeared, and the door opened. Two demons came and grabbed his arms, and pulled him out.

 

“No, Arc don't do this”, he yelled, as he tried to break free of their grasp. But, they sent a shock of blue electricity into his body. He stopped struggling as his body went limp. He looked up at her, and tried to call her name again, but it was barely above a whisper.

 

A seat next to Ruri's rose from the ground, and Arc took it, with one last look at Hiei.

 

“I'm sorry”, she said, as she bent her head down.

 

Hiei was thrown into a portal, and it closed behind him.

 

Ruri looked at Arc and smiled. Arc didn't even look up at her.

 

“You made the right choice, my dear”, she said with amusement in her voice.

 

Arc sat there, still staring at the last place Hiei had been. Her thoughts raced through her mind, filling her with sadness, and anger. She couldn't control her thoughts, as they spun a web, capturing all pain.

 

“Arc stop it”, Ruri said, as the air around them chilled, and their breaths lingered in the air.

 

A web of ice started to weave its body around the chair, and Arc, who just sat there, not even noticing what she was doing. The ice grew thicker around her, as Ruri kept on yelling at her.

 

Ruri tried to break the barrier that Arc had created around her, but it was no use, nothing could break it. Nothing, and no one, except for Arc.

 

“Arc”, she screamed, as the tears around her eyes froze. Her hands began to grow ice on them, as she touched the web around Arc. She pulled back, as ice started to grow up the walls and on the floor, like a vine. She stumbled backwards out of the room, as ice covered every inch of it.

 

Arc's face, shoulders and feet were the only things that weren't covered by ice. But, her skin had know taken on a pale blue, and her lips turned purple. She sat there, frozen, as every memory played like a movie in her mind.

 

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So, how did you like the chapter? I really liked writing this one, don't know why. Anyway, please tell me anything, OK? Whether it's criticism or something good. OK, well, talk to ya later.

 

Robin