Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ For the One You Love ❯ Held Hostage! Yuusuke Kidnapped ( Chapter 10 )

~As always, I only own the plot. I don't own the series or characters, so don't sue me.

 

Chapter Ten: Held Hostage! Yuusuke Kidnapped

“So what are we going to do?” Kuwabara asked. “I mean there's no way we're going to give her Hiei in exchange for Urameshi!” There was a long pause. “Right?”

“We just might have to,” the red head responded.

“Kurama, may I see it?” Koenma asked.

The fox demon silently handed the paper to the brunette who immediately began reading it.

I will spare the boy's life if you give me what I want.
You have until sunset to decide.
Return to the forest on the edge of town.
I'll be waiting.

The demi-god frowned. It was just like Yuusuke to sacrifice himself to save everyone else. `Try not to do anything stupid Yuu-chan.'

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Chocolate brown eyes slowly opened trying to focus through the immense pain. It took a moment for him to realize his position. He felt the cold ground beneath him and something hard and uneven against his back. He was sitting somewhere in a cave most likely. There was a bit of light, but not enough to make out the finer details. He tried to move his hands to stand up, but quickly found out they were shackled above his head against the hard surface.

As Yuusuke lifted his head to look around, his vision swirled and he found himself fighting to stay conscious. He quickly turned his head away from his body as a wave of nausea coursed through him. He coughed a bit before letting his head hang once more.

`Concussion,' was all he could manage to think before he lost consciousness.

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After about an hour of everyone being lost in thought, Kurama broke the silence. “Can you sense him Hiei?”

“Doubt it,” the fire demon responded not bothering to try. “She probably has a barrier up.”

The two began to argue back and forth about the issue of wasting energy. Koenma's eyes suddenly widened as a disturbing image of Yuusuke being gutted appeared in his head. Several other images soon flooded his mind. It was all too much for him to handle. He grabbed his head and shook it back and forth trying to get rid of the disturbing images.

“Hey are you okay?” Kuwabara asked as he reached out to the demi-god.

“Stop it,” the brunette whispered, flinching away from the gesture.

“What?” the orange haired boy questioned. All eyes were now on Koenma.

Kurama rushed over to him, grabbing him firmly by the shoulders. “Koenma, what is she doing? Focus here. Whatever it is, it's not real!”

The demi-god roughly shoved the red head away and jumped to his feet, hands still clutching his head. “Stop it!” he screamed.

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Akabe was suddenly thrown back as her connection to her victim broke. `He's stronger than I thought.'

She heard a low chuckling sound from behind her. Turning, she glared darkly at the boy.

“Koenma isn't as weak as he looks,” Yuusuke said while smirking. “They won't fall into your trap so easily.”

The wind in the half demon's lungs suddenly flew out as the psychic's foot connected with his chest. He coughed in response and gasped trying to catch his breath.

“Hostages are supposed to remain silent!” The female demon stormed off without so much as glancing back leaving the former detective to his thoughts.

Thanks to Genkai's spirit orb, he had recovered from the concussion in about an hour's time. The only question now was how she managed to capture him. He could remember the barrier blocking access to his energy and he remembered charging at her, but after that everything got fuzzy.

Akabe charged at Yuusuke. The half demon moved to fire his spirit gun, but no energy moved to his finger. He jumped back just in time to dodge her punch.

“Oh I forgot to tell you,” she said while smirking. “I've erected a barrier that doesn't allow you access to your energy.”

“Shouldn't you be affect too?!”

“I am. That doesn't change anything though. You'll still lose this fight.”

“We'll just see about that!” he yelled as he charged at her.

Yuusuke focused hard trying to recall what happened next. “Okay, I remember she dodged my attack,” he said softly.

The half demon looked around quickly trying to locate the psychic. She had disappeared right as his punch was about to connect. He looked up just in time to see her knee headed straight for it. There wasn't enough time to dodge, but at the last second he threw his arms up to block his face. The former detective flew back a ways before he managed to stop himself. He lowered his arms to glare at her, but growled as she had disappeared again.

“Why don't you fight me fair instead of running and hiding?” he called out.

“Where's the fun in that?” she answered, her voice seeming to echo.

Growling again his eyes scanned the area trying to find her. Suddenly he turned around quickly and managed to connect a punch to the psychic's face. Akabe flew back a bit and her back collided with a tree. She wiped a thin trail of blood from the corner of her mouth. Her eyes widened as the boy was suddenly on her again fist flying rapidly at her. The purple haired demon managed to dodge all of them. She took a quick swing at the boy only to have him dodge it and grab her arm and throw her over his shoulder all in one fluid movement.

Akabe sat up only to find the boy standing in front of her. “I admit,” she started, “In hand to hand combat you are far superior. But you still won't win.”

“After that…” Yuusuke thought aloud. “That's right! She dropped the barrier and blasted me in the side of my head!”

He growled, angry at himself for walking into such an obvious trap. But then, if he hadn't Koenma might have gotten seriously hurt. He couldn't live with himself if his friends got hurt because of himself. Hopefully said friends were fairing much better and had developed a plan to defeat her.

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“Does anyone have any good ideas?” Koenma asked as he took some aspirin. He had gotten a killer headache because of the psychic's “gift”.

“Maybe we should go with Urameshi's plan,” Kuwabara suggested.

“I said good Kuwabara,” the demi-god responded.

“Well then, what about Yana? Can't he copy people completely?” the orange haired boy tossed out.

“Although the idea has merit,” Kurama started, “I doubt we could track him down in time. Not to mention she'll likely kill him the second we make the trade.”

Kuwabara growled. “Fine then! I'll just keep my mouth shut!”

“Best idea you've had so far,” Hiei said.

“Why don't you say it to my face shrimp?!” he shouted in return.

“Now isn't the time for this,” the brunette said while rubbing his temples.

“Hiei,” said Kurama, “Can you at least attempt to find Yuusuke?”

“Fine,” he conceded while ripping off his bandana.

Slowly the Jagan opened and Hiei closed his eyes in return. The third eye began glowing purple as he focused on finding Yuusuke. Suddenly his eyes snapped open and he gasped in surprise.

“Did you find him?” Koenma asked hopeful.

“I have no idea where he is, but,” Hiei paused, “I can speak to him telepathically.”

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Yuusuke had been fighting against the shackles hoping that maybe he could break them, but no such luck. His wrists were raw from rubbing against the cold metal for so long. He would have continued struggling, but his arms fell asleep from being in that position for so long.

`Yuusuke,' a familiar voice called out to him in his mind.

`Hiei?'

`Do you know where you are?'

`No idea, sorry.' The half demon paused thinking for a moment. `Well, I think I'm in a cave somewhere shackled to the wall.'

`Koenma's pestering me to ensure you're fine,' the fire demon said annoyed.

`Well my arms are numb, but other than that I'm fine.'

There was a long pause as his friend was no doubt informing his boyfriend that he was alright. Yuusuke remained silent waiting for Hiei to question him further.

`Dare I ask how she captured you?' The half demon instantly recalled what happened and Hiei must have seen it as he began laughing. `And here I thought Kuwabara was the only one dumb enough to walk into such an obvious trap.'

Yuusuke mentally growled at him. `Look what's done is done.'

`Is there anything you can give us? Any information at all?'

`Yeah actually she's not-' the former detective was cut off.

`Tsk tsk Detective,' scolded the psychic as she entered his mind. `And Hiei, you should know better than that.'

`Akabe, why are you doing this?'

`Because you killed my mate unjustly,' she spat back.

`Hiei didn't have a choice!' Yuusuke interjected.

`Shut up!' she cried as she psychically struck the boy. He cried out in pain in response to the attack.

`Yuusuke!' Hiei called out.

`I could easily destroy his psyche,' she said.

`You wouldn't,' the fire demon retorted.

`Perhaps, but I happen to have other plans for him. Unfortunately for you, you'll just have to find out!' With that she lashed out and forced the demon out of the former detective's mind.

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Hiei stumbled back only to be caught by Kurama before he could fall. His Jagan appeared to be slightly damaged from the encounter. He brought his right hand to his forehead in an attempt to soothe the pain.

Gasping he spoke. “I was discovered.”

“I figured as much,” Kurama added.

“She's plotting something with Yuusuke,” he said ignoring the red head.

“What do you mean?” Koenma asked.

“I think she intends to somehow use him against us.”

“Like mind control?” questioned Kuwabara.

“Yuusuke's energy is much too high for her to do something like that,” the red head answered.

Kurama attempted to help his friend to his feet, but was quickly pushed away. Hiei slowly walked over to a chair before promptly sitting down on it. He covered his Jagan with the bandana before he spoke again.

“Sunset is quickly approaching. We have a few short hours to prepare before our final battle with her.”

A uniform nod passed through the room.

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Yuusuke's head turned violently at the force of the punch that connected with his cheek. More blows followed suit. The psychic mercilessly rained punch after punch randomly on the boy's body. She stopped and the half demon spit the blood out of his mouth.

“You broke my one rule detective,” she growled as she stood straight before him.

“I've always been known to break the rules,” he coughed out.

“Always a joker until the very end aren't you?”

“Even if this is the end for me,” he paused to smirk up at her, “My friend will still kick your ass.”

Akabe chuckled lowly. “Oh this isn't the end for you yet detective. No,” she stopped as she grabbed a tiny vial from her top. Uncorking it she got on her knees and hovered dangerously close to the former detective's face. “It's only the beginning…”

She poured the reddish orange liquid into her mouth. Quickly she grabbed his chin firmly and closed the distance between their lips. She used her tongue to fight her way into his mouth. The psychic transferred the liquid into his mouth. Yuusuke managed to bite her tongue, but it seemed to have no effect on her. He tried to fight the liquid back into her mouth, but he ended up swallowing it instead. As she released his lips, he coughed heavily for a few moments.

Yuusuke's vision began to blur and he fought hard against it, but it was useless. His head suddenly slumped forward and hung limply as he lost consciousness. Akabe spit out the excess liquid from her mouth. She immediately used her power to break the shackles and carry the boy out of the cave. She hid herself in a tree as she telekinetically moved the boy into the middle of the clearing.

It wasn't long before the sun began to set.

**********

Kurama and Kuwabara led the way to the clearing in the forest. Hiei was close behind them, and Koenma lagged a good distance behind. They stopped a good deal away from the clearing in order to tie up Hiei.

“No matter what happens,” Hiei said, “Stick to the plan.”

Kuwabara grabbed the fire demon and slung him over his shoulder. The group began running to the clearing again. Upon reaching the clearing, the two boys froze as they saw their friend lying unconscious in the middle of the grass. Koenma finally managed to catch up to them. When he saw his love he immediately ran for him.

“Yuu-chan,” he panted out.

The demi-god didn't make it past Kurama as the red head extended his arm, effectively stopping him.

“It's probably a trap,” he offered as an explanation.

“You're all so suspicious of me,” Akabe chuckled as she hopped down from her perch coming into view.

“Perhaps it's because you're trying to kill us,” Kuwabara replied.

“Now now,” she chided, “I've only been trying to kill Hiei. It's not my fault you all keep getting in the way. Now, how bout that trade?”

Kuwabara received a nod from the fox demon and felt a tiny nod on his back indicating that he was ready. He tossed Hiei into the air and the fire demon landed roughly where Yuusuke lay. He remained unmoving, pretending to be unconscious. Akabe telekinetically moved the former detective over to his friends. Koenma caught him and tried to wake him by shaking him. The psychic moved closer to her prey. Just as she was about to reach him, the ropes suddenly flew off his body as he jumped into the air. Withdrawing his katana, he prepared to strike her.

“Tsk tsk,” she scolded as a smirk crossed her face.

Suddenly a fist connected with the side of Hiei's face. He found himself on the ground quickly. As he sat up to face his new attacker his eyes widened. Yuusuke stood close to Akabe, eyes staring blankly and lifelessly at him.

“Yuusuke what are you doing?!” his boyfriend cried out.

“Did I forget to mention the ESP virus I planted in him?”

“No,” Koenma uttered in disbelief.

“What does that mean?” Kuwabara asked.

“It means she has complete control over Yuusuke,” Kurama answered.

“That's correct,” the psychic added. “Only your friend has left out one important detail.”

“And what's that?” the orange haired boy asked.

Akabe put her hands on the half demon in a suggestive manner. Koenma growled as he answered the boy's question.

“It means that even if we kill her, the virus will still control him.”

 

~TBC~

Thanks to:

SuichiKuramaZakuro: You'd better. >.O I'll get it up sometime after Ohayocon. Since it's so old it's needs a ton of revision.

Hellfire95x: Well then you're definitely going to love my next YuKoe fic. There's a scene in the first chapter toward the beginning. It's going to have a lot of smut in it. ^.~

(A/N: Anyways, I regret to inform you all that there will be no chapter next Saturday. I will be away for most of next week and won't have time to write it, but since I'm so nice, the week after that I will be giving you two chapters. ^.~ As always, if you read it, please review it!)