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Chapter 6

    Hikori was walking home from school a few weeks later, thinking about how he had just done on his math test. He was quite preoccupied with it, since he wasn’t sure how well he had done on it.     He stretched as he walked, “Oh well, whatever I got on it will have to do.” He yawned, he had been up studying until late last night, and they’d been made to run track in P.E., so Hikori was beat. “The first thing I’m doing when I get home is going to my room and falling asleep. I don’t care where I land.”     He was so tired that when he heard the rustling in the bush next to him, he was barely able to look up, much less dodge the blow to his head. He blacked out from the pain; just barely able to think about what might happen to him.     ooo     Hiei was standing on the roof of the shrine, watching the stairs and waiting for Hikori to come home. The boy was already half an hour late. If too much more time passed and he didn’t return, Hiei would go and look for him.     “This isn’t like him,” Shiroi said as she floated up and landed next to him.     “I walked by his room last night at around midnight,” Hiei said, “His light was still on. I’m not sure if he was studying, but I knocked on his door and told him to go to bed.”     “If he had gone to Yuseke’s he would have contacted us,” Shiroi said. “You don’t think anything’s happened to him?” She got a nervous look in her eyes.     Hiei sighed, “I don’t know. If it makes you feel better, I’ll go out and look for him now.” Shiroi nodded, and Hiei leapt off the roof on out of sight.     Hiei jumped from tree to tree, scanning the ground as he went. When the trees thinned out, he started roof hopping. He went all the way to the school, just in case Hikori had to stay after for one reason or another. Hiei hid in a tree and sensed for Hikori’s power. When he didn’t feel it, he began to get worried.     He leapt from the tree and roof hopped to Yuseke’s. He landed in front of their door and calmly rang the doorbell. The last thing he wanted was for someone else to get worried.     When the door opened, Mitsuki stood there. “Oh, hello Hiei.”     “Is Hikori here?” Hiei asked calmly.     “No he isn’t,” Mitsuki answered.

  “Whose here?” Mitsuki looked behind her as Yuseke appeared in the doorway. “What’s up Hiei? We don’t normally see you around here.”     “I was just wondering if Hikori was here,” Hiei answered. “Sorry to bother you.” He leapt out of sight before Yuseke could reply.     “Hikori was with when you came home right?” Yuseke asked his daughter.     Mitsuki nodded, “Yeah, he said he was going to go home and sleep because he stayed up late last night to study. I wonder why he hasn’t gotten home yet?”     “Hmm,” Yuseke thought. “I’ll call Kurama in about ten minutes. By then, Hiei would have been to his place and asked him if Hikori’s there or not.”     “And what if he’s not there?” Mitsuki asked.     Yuseke shook his head, “I don’t know…” He walked back inside and Mitsuki closed the door.     ooo     Hiei landed in front of Kurama’s place. He knew the fox was home; the car was in the driveway. He rang the bell, waiting impatiently for Kurama to answer.     When Kurama opened the door, he was surprised to see the firs demon. “Oh, Hiei. What a surprise. I wasn’t expecting you to come around here anytime soon.”     “Is Hikori here?” Hiei asked.     Kurama blinked, “No, he isn’t I’m afraid. He hasn’t come home yet?”     “No,” Hiei answered. He turned around, “See you around.” He vanished from the steps.     Kurama stood in the doorway, thinking. “This doesn’t sound good.”     ooo     Hiei raced back to the temple, still keeping an eye on the ground. He arrived at the temple with still no sign of Hikori. He didn’t like this, not at all. He didn’t like the fact that he had to tell Shiroi that he could find Hikori. As much as he hated to admit it, he was beginning to worry about Hikori too.     Hiei walked a few feet into the temple, and then stopped, realizing something. Shiroi wasn’t there, her presence gone. Hiei quickly searched the entire temple, and used his Jagan to check the forest. No sign of her, she wasn’t around.     “Damn,” Hiei hissed. He didn’t like what was going on. First his son disappeared, and then Shiroi. “What the hell is going on?”     ooo     Hikori’s head throbbed. He didn’t want to move, but he knew he had to, since he knew he in an unfamiliar place. He opened his eyes and sat up, wincing. He looked around from where he sat. He seemed to be in a cell.     “Where am I?” he asked no one. He felt something around his neck and reached up and touched it. It was cold, and felt like metal. “What is this?” He looked around the cell again, but he couldn’t find anything that could be reflective.     “So you’re awake?”     Hikori looked up to see a very ugly looking creature standing in front of his cell. “Uh…”     The creature unlocked the cell, “Lets go shrimp.”     Hikori glared at the creature, but got to his feet. “Where am I?” He asked.     The creature glared at him, “You’re in demon world. Now lets go kid.”     “Why am I here?” Hikori asked without moving.     “Let’s go brat!” the creature yelled. It reached out and grabbed Hikori’s shoulder.     Hikori started to summon his fire abilities, but was taken aback when pain lanced through his head. “Ah! What the hell happened?”     The creature laughed, “You tired summoning you powers didn’t you?” It laughed again. “You can’t do that while you wear that thing.” He pointed to the collar around Hikori’s neck. “That blocks your powers, so you can use them. Quite a handy little thing Lord Chimera created.”     “Lord Chimera?” Hikori asked.     “Yes, you’re in his domain. Now lets get moving!” He yanked Hikori out of the cell and dragged the young apparition down the hall. They reached a large chamber and the creature threw Hikori down. “The boy, as you asked my lord.”     Hikori picked himself up and started at the person in front of him. He looked human enough, but Hikori knew better. He could sense the demon’s power, and it was high up. The demon’s jet-black hair and icy blue eyes would attract any female. He could tell how tall the demon was, since he sat in a wooden throne.     “What do you want with me?” Hikori asked.     The demon lord sneered at him, “Watch it boy, or your mother will suffer for it.”     “What?” Hikori asked, “My mother?”     The demon lord snapped his fingers. Another creature came out from behind Chimera’s throne and threw Shiroi down at the lord’s feet. “Yes, your mother.”     Hikori gaped down at his mother. The woman had been beaten; it was plain to see. She also wore a color around her neck. It’s colors ranged from deep green, red-orange, yellow, white, purple, blue, and black.     “What do you want with us?” Hikori asked.     Chimera chuckled darkly, “Your powers, the power that your mother controls, the power that is deep within you. I want to control that power.”     “My parents told me about demons with that kind of power,” Hikori said. “The power ends up destroying them.”     Chimera chuckled, “Yes, I know. That’s why I captured both of you. I know that I can’t control your powers alone, but I can control you.”     Hikori gulped.     Chimera laughed evilly. “But I won’t control you just yet. I need to wear down your spirits first, weaken you so you’re easier to break.” He looked down at Shiroi and grinned. The woman was coming to. She opened her eyes and sat up quickly, turning to face Chimera. “Awake now are we? I was just having a nice conversation with your son.”     “Hikori,” Shiroi gasped and turned around. She tried to stand and go to him, but Chimera caught her collar and dragged her back. “Now where are you going?”     “Let her go!” Hikori yelled.     Chimera leveled his gaze on Hikori, “Do you not remember what I told you?” His grip on Shiroi’s throat tightened.     Hikori stiffened; he didn’t want his mother to get hurt.     Chimera smiled, “Take him away for now. I’ll have things for him to do later.”     The demon that had brought Hikori in bowed, and then dragged Hikori out of the chamber.     Chimera looked down at Shiroi, “Now, as for you…”     ooo     Author’s Note: Wow, I finally wrote a new chapter to something. I’ve been so busy, the only thing I’ve wanted to think about is sleeping. Plus I’ve had major writer’s block. Well, at least I got something up, review me and tell me what you think.