Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Reunited ❯ Chapter 21
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.28.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.4K | Visits: 265 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.28.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.4K | Visits: 265 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 21
Shiroi watched the gathering from the top of the rise where, even if someone looked up to see if anyone was around, they wouldn't see her.
She knew what happened here, because her mother had told when she was five years old. She was glad she had remembered it, and sat there motionless, almost like a gargoyle.
She watched as the priest, actually the priestess, as the ritual to summon what they called the Spirit Fire. The fire would surround all the occupants in the ceremony and give them glimpses of their future, showing them if their relationships would be good or bad. There were five couples that were promised, and another five married couples already down there, and that would be all that would be admitted in the ceremony.
Ashes from the ceremonial fire the year before was held in a bag in the priestess's hand. She dumped the entire bag into her empty hand and threw it into the fire.
The flames sparkled with color, and changed its color from red, to green, to blue, and back to orange. The priestess recited the words that would bring the future to the flames, and the colored fire rose from the pit, surrounding everyone around it.
Shiroi watched with awe, but was startled as the fire came up at her! It wrapped itself around her, just as Hiei appeared over the rise.
"Shiroi!" he yelled, having no idea what was going on. He rushed forward to the flames, but was caught up in them as well.
Images flashed before their eyes. One in particular caught their eyes more than all the others. It was over a boy, or whom looked like a boy who looked almost exactly like Hiei, but the eyes were a different color.
Suddenly the fire released them and went back down to the pit, its fuel burnt out.
Shiroi and Hiei peeked over the ridge to the scene below. No one seemed to know that the flames had come all the way up to them, not even the priestess.
"Shiroi," Hiei gasped quietly, "What was that?"
Shiroi shook her head. "That was a Spirit flame. It shows the future of a couples relationship-," she stopped. The flames was only supposed to show the future to couples, which would mean... Shiroi shook her head and got to her feet.
"Shiroi?" Hiei got up after her. "Is that all it does?"
Shiroi didn't reply. She looked up at the harvest moon, wondering if she should answer him. "Did you see the boy?" she asked.
Hiei wasn't startled by the question. "Yes," he answered. "So?"
"Hiei," Shiroi turned to look at him, but something behind him, in the air caught her attention.
***
Back at Nana's, Botan's demon raider watch was going off at full volume.
"What is that thing?" Elder Sansa asked over the noise.
"A demon detector," Botan asked as she looked at the data.
"But there are two demons in the village," Nana said, referring to Kurama and Hiei.
"It knows that those two don't pose a threat," Botan answered as she shut off the watch and got to her feet. "Something's coming, something big."
"Does anything really huge live in the mountains?" Yuseke asked as he got to his feet, Kurama and Kuwabara following him.
"Giant winged serpents have been said to live in the high mountains in the other side of the valley," Sansa replied. "But no one has seen one in almost fifty years."
"Until now," Kurama said as they headed out the door.
***
Hiei realized what was happening just in time, and leapt out of the way as the creature flew past.
Shiroi ducked to avoid the creature's attack. She knew what the creature was; she had heard enough stories to know what it was.
The winged serpent landed oddly, since it didn't have legs, just its leathery, bat-like wings. It hissed at Shiroi, two long fangs hanging down, dripping dark green liquid.
Shiroi took a few steps back, not wanting to be anywhere near those fangs.
"What is that thing?" Hiei asked.
Shiroi had never heard the creature's name, but the serpent didn't seem to need one. The descriptions that had been told to her were exact, the deep green bat wings, the fangs, the venom color, and the bright acid green body, making it easy to see even in the dark.
"It's a winged serpent," Shiroi answered.
"That's obvious!" Hiei exclaimed.
"Well that's all I can tell you," Shiroi snapped, "I don't know its name, if it has one."
Hiei looked over the serpent quickly, not wanting to stand in the same spot for too long. He could see the serpent's eyes, bright orange in color, were looking him over, just as he was looking it over.
Suddenly Shiroi shoved him to the side. "Move!" She yelled.
Hiei jumped to the side, just as the serpent struck.
"Don't look into its eyes," Shiroi said. "It'll hypnotize you if you do, that's why you didn't realize it was about to strike."
Hiei felt embarrassed, for doing something so obvious that it was stupid to do it. The serpent stuck again, missing him by inches. The venom pooled on the ground, hissing and burning any vegetation around it.
Shiroi hadn't had a chance to see if the people down in the ceremonial base had noticed the commotion, but she wouldn't be surprised if they had. The serpent abandoned its attempt to get Hiei and turned its attention toward her. Before she could even think, she instinctively launched a blast of spirit energy.
The blast hit the serpent in the snout. It hissed and shook its head, more annoyed than in pain, its thick scales protecting its body from almost anything. It hissed in anger at Shiroi, and stuck again.
Shiroi dodged the strike, and this time sent out a blast of fire, hoping to catch a wing.
She missed. The serpent was fast, and dodged the attack as easily as she had dodged it. It decided that staying on the ground wasn't enough to get a meal, and took to the skies again. It rose two miles into the air, tucked in its wings, and dove down.
Shiroi and Hiei jumped out of the way just in time, but they had to jump over the ridge, and fell down to where the twenty something people crouched. The two quickly got their feet, not fazed by their fall, yet. They were the serpent's target, and they had to get away from the innocent bystanders before they got caught up in something they didn't need to.
"Follow me," Shiroi said.
Hiei nodded and they both leapt to the other side of the ridge, and ran into the dense forest that covered the land for forty miles.
***
Author's Note: Sorry, it's kinds short; at least it is in my eyes. I hope this is better than the chapter before, it definitely has more action, and that serpent isn't done yet. I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can. Review me and tell me what you think.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 21
Shiroi watched the gathering from the top of the rise where, even if someone looked up to see if anyone was around, they wouldn't see her.
She knew what happened here, because her mother had told when she was five years old. She was glad she had remembered it, and sat there motionless, almost like a gargoyle.
She watched as the priest, actually the priestess, as the ritual to summon what they called the Spirit Fire. The fire would surround all the occupants in the ceremony and give them glimpses of their future, showing them if their relationships would be good or bad. There were five couples that were promised, and another five married couples already down there, and that would be all that would be admitted in the ceremony.
Ashes from the ceremonial fire the year before was held in a bag in the priestess's hand. She dumped the entire bag into her empty hand and threw it into the fire.
The flames sparkled with color, and changed its color from red, to green, to blue, and back to orange. The priestess recited the words that would bring the future to the flames, and the colored fire rose from the pit, surrounding everyone around it.
Shiroi watched with awe, but was startled as the fire came up at her! It wrapped itself around her, just as Hiei appeared over the rise.
"Shiroi!" he yelled, having no idea what was going on. He rushed forward to the flames, but was caught up in them as well.
Images flashed before their eyes. One in particular caught their eyes more than all the others. It was over a boy, or whom looked like a boy who looked almost exactly like Hiei, but the eyes were a different color.
Suddenly the fire released them and went back down to the pit, its fuel burnt out.
Shiroi and Hiei peeked over the ridge to the scene below. No one seemed to know that the flames had come all the way up to them, not even the priestess.
"Shiroi," Hiei gasped quietly, "What was that?"
Shiroi shook her head. "That was a Spirit flame. It shows the future of a couples relationship-," she stopped. The flames was only supposed to show the future to couples, which would mean... Shiroi shook her head and got to her feet.
"Shiroi?" Hiei got up after her. "Is that all it does?"
Shiroi didn't reply. She looked up at the harvest moon, wondering if she should answer him. "Did you see the boy?" she asked.
Hiei wasn't startled by the question. "Yes," he answered. "So?"
"Hiei," Shiroi turned to look at him, but something behind him, in the air caught her attention.
***
Back at Nana's, Botan's demon raider watch was going off at full volume.
"What is that thing?" Elder Sansa asked over the noise.
"A demon detector," Botan asked as she looked at the data.
"But there are two demons in the village," Nana said, referring to Kurama and Hiei.
"It knows that those two don't pose a threat," Botan answered as she shut off the watch and got to her feet. "Something's coming, something big."
"Does anything really huge live in the mountains?" Yuseke asked as he got to his feet, Kurama and Kuwabara following him.
"Giant winged serpents have been said to live in the high mountains in the other side of the valley," Sansa replied. "But no one has seen one in almost fifty years."
"Until now," Kurama said as they headed out the door.
***
Hiei realized what was happening just in time, and leapt out of the way as the creature flew past.
Shiroi ducked to avoid the creature's attack. She knew what the creature was; she had heard enough stories to know what it was.
The winged serpent landed oddly, since it didn't have legs, just its leathery, bat-like wings. It hissed at Shiroi, two long fangs hanging down, dripping dark green liquid.
Shiroi took a few steps back, not wanting to be anywhere near those fangs.
"What is that thing?" Hiei asked.
Shiroi had never heard the creature's name, but the serpent didn't seem to need one. The descriptions that had been told to her were exact, the deep green bat wings, the fangs, the venom color, and the bright acid green body, making it easy to see even in the dark.
"It's a winged serpent," Shiroi answered.
"That's obvious!" Hiei exclaimed.
"Well that's all I can tell you," Shiroi snapped, "I don't know its name, if it has one."
Hiei looked over the serpent quickly, not wanting to stand in the same spot for too long. He could see the serpent's eyes, bright orange in color, were looking him over, just as he was looking it over.
Suddenly Shiroi shoved him to the side. "Move!" She yelled.
Hiei jumped to the side, just as the serpent struck.
"Don't look into its eyes," Shiroi said. "It'll hypnotize you if you do, that's why you didn't realize it was about to strike."
Hiei felt embarrassed, for doing something so obvious that it was stupid to do it. The serpent stuck again, missing him by inches. The venom pooled on the ground, hissing and burning any vegetation around it.
Shiroi hadn't had a chance to see if the people down in the ceremonial base had noticed the commotion, but she wouldn't be surprised if they had. The serpent abandoned its attempt to get Hiei and turned its attention toward her. Before she could even think, she instinctively launched a blast of spirit energy.
The blast hit the serpent in the snout. It hissed and shook its head, more annoyed than in pain, its thick scales protecting its body from almost anything. It hissed in anger at Shiroi, and stuck again.
Shiroi dodged the strike, and this time sent out a blast of fire, hoping to catch a wing.
She missed. The serpent was fast, and dodged the attack as easily as she had dodged it. It decided that staying on the ground wasn't enough to get a meal, and took to the skies again. It rose two miles into the air, tucked in its wings, and dove down.
Shiroi and Hiei jumped out of the way just in time, but they had to jump over the ridge, and fell down to where the twenty something people crouched. The two quickly got their feet, not fazed by their fall, yet. They were the serpent's target, and they had to get away from the innocent bystanders before they got caught up in something they didn't need to.
"Follow me," Shiroi said.
Hiei nodded and they both leapt to the other side of the ridge, and ran into the dense forest that covered the land for forty miles.
***
Author's Note: Sorry, it's kinds short; at least it is in my eyes. I hope this is better than the chapter before, it definitely has more action, and that serpent isn't done yet. I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can. Review me and tell me what you think.