Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Fire or Ice? ❯ Seek and Destroy ( Chapter 17 )

WARNING: There is torture and a lot if blood in this chapter, which is why i am raising the rating. So, here you go, enjoy, and please review!

 

Love, Robin

 

Chapter seventeen

Seek and Destroy

 

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

 

The high pitched scream rang throughout the small dungeon and entered the woods outside.

 

Breathes of pain came out harsh and short on the cold air, as she panted and breathed heavily.

 

“Oh, my Majori. I never thought you would be this weak! To think that you are all that is left of one of the strongest clans in Maikai and yet, here you scream and plead for you life”, the cold voice said from one of the many dark corners of the room.

 

“Please, stop this! I beg of you”, the young girl pleaded.

 

Ruri stepped out into the light, and ran her long finger nails over the girl's exposed stomach.

 

The girl was suspended in the air, her arms and legs attached to a plaque of wood that was connected to the long chains hanging down from the celling.

 

“Please”, the girl sobbed.

 

“NO, I want to play”, Ruri shouted as she slashed her skin open on her stomach, and let the blood bathe her face.

 

Ruri licked her lips as the girl screamed out in pain.

 

“You're mine, now, Majori!”

 

“NOOOOOO”, the girl screamed.

 

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A few hours later, the screams stopped. The girl's voice had become harsh and raspy from using it so much.

 

“You're about to die, Majori. I can see it in your eyes.”

 

Ruri ordered her servants to bring in a large, iron tub. They dragged it under the girl's body and than left.

 

“Now, Majori. Say your last words.”

 

“AHHHHHHHHHHHH-”

 

Her last, raspy, pain filled screams were cut short as Ruri slit her throat open with a sharp, gem incrusted dagger.

 

The blood filled the tub, and Ruri ordered one of her servants to come forward.

 

“My loyal Natsue, I want you to do me a favor.”

 

“Anything you wish, Mistress.”

 

“Go to the ningen world and find Archer Windsor's family in Japan.”

 

“What do you want me to do with them?”

 

Ruri smiled viscously as she began to strip out of her clothes and get into the blood filled tub.

 

“I want you to torture them, and destroy them.”

 

“And what about the girl?”

 

“You may play with her as you please, but do not kill her.”

 

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“Hey, Arc”, the bubbly grim reaper called out through the temple.

 

Arc appeared a few minutes later, looking refreshed and happy.

 

“Yes, Botan.”

 

“Um, the girl you asked about. She made it to heaven”, she said with a smile.

 

“She did”, Arc asked in disbelief and surprise.

 

“Yep”, the blue haired girl nodded her head.

 

“Yay”, she yelled as she ran up to Botan and gave her a hug.

 

“What are you so happy about”, Hiei asked as he entered the room and stared at the weird scene before him.

 

Arc looked over at Hiei, and her smile softened slightly.

 

“My friend went to heaven”, she said calmly.

 

“Hn.”

 

He walked out of the room and went outside.

 

Arc's smile dropped from her lips after he left.

 

'Hiei, what are you scared of? Me, or my feelings for you', she questioned herself as she felt a sting of pain at her heart.

 

“Arc, are you all right”, Botan asked in a worried manner.

 

“Yeah, I'm fine”, she said as she put a fake smile on her face.

 

“Good. I'm going to go to the mall with Keiko and Yukina, you wanna come with?”

 

“No thank you, I just need sometime to myself, and maybe go see my parents.”

 

“OK, well I'll see you later.”

 

“Bye”, and with that, Arc left the room.

 

'Hiei, what's wrong with you? Do you not feel the same way I do? But, the way you act around me, when you hugged me... was it all out of friendship... or more?'

 

Arc walked into her room, and started to straighten up, something she normally did when she was nervous or upset.

 

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'Arc, I-i... don't know how... I feel... for you. It doesn't matter. I'm not good enough for you anyway.'

 

Hiei stood in a tree near the Temple, and saw Arc walk outside with an empty bag in her hand.

 

“Just forget about me”, he whispered to her, so low that he thought she wouldn't be able to hear, and than disappeared.

 

Arc looked up towards the sky, and than at the tree he had been in.

 

“It's not that easy, Hiei.”

 

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Arc walked all the way to her house, which was pretty far, but she didn't mind. Even though, she could feel Hiei following her, and she didn't like it.

 

She felt too many things for him, and she didn't want to. She trusted him as a friend, and maybe more than that, but he showed her nothing that seemed like he returned her feelings.

 

At least, not when he was thinking.

 

She stopped short at her parents house, when she smelled something foul.

 

She rushed inside and gaped at the scene in front of her.

 

Blood covered the walls of the living room and furniture. Blood stained the carpets where someone had been dragged from the kitchen, around the living room, and than finally, upstairs.

 

Arc cautiously walked up the steps, trying not to step on the soiled carpet.

 

Bloody hand prints and claw marks littered the railing where someone tried to fight for their life.

 

She followed the path of red and black blood that led to her old room. She held back a few sobs as she entered her room, and saw her mother laying on her bed, a look of pain and fear froze on her face.

 

Arc fell against the side of the wall as she stared on in horror.

 

'No.... it can't be! She can't be... dead!'

 

She steadily rocked back and forth, trying not to cry, trying not to scream, but did not succeed.

 

A hot wetness burned her cheeks as her hand swept across her face. Her sobs were quiet, and unheard by anyone who might be there. Except for one creature.

 

'Time to play', the demon thought as she licked her teeth.

 

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