Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Dancer, Mayuri ❯ Freedom for Some ( Chapter 10 )

Dark: Hi everyone! I'm back with another chappie! Sorry it took so long but I am in summer school because I got the evilest teacher in the school and she failed me

 

K: that was probably your fault for not doing your homework

 

D: Like hell I want to know what rocks are made of. Well whatever. I just want to introduce my friend who will be hanging with me here. Welcome SHADOW!!

 

S: Hey Dark

 

D:*hugs Shadow* wanta do the disclaimer?

 

S: Dark does not own Yu Yu Hakusho but she does own Mayuri, Kiriana, Dankotsu, the figure, and the members of the pride.

 

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“Dankotsu, how are our prisoners holding up?”

 

“Master, the fox demon and the rabbit demon have had enough common sense to not cause any problems but the pride on the other hand…” Dankotsu shook his head. The pride hadn't taken their imprisonment well. They were able to subdue them well enough but the cheetah demon on the other hand had to be but in a warded room that let no demonic energy out. It forced the cheetah to her human form.

 

“You have pleased me so far, Dankotsu. Do not disappoint me.”

 

“Yes Master.” Dankotsu bowed and exited the room. He headed downstairs to check on the captives. Both red headed demons in the first cell where asleep. The two lioness demons were huddled in a shadowed corner, one laying in the other's lap apparently asleep while the other ran her fingers through the first one's hair. When she saw Dankotsu her red eyes narrowed into a menacing glare. Dankotsu smirked and continued walking. The two leopard demons were asleep on their cots as where the jaguar and tiger demon in the next cell over. In the second to last cell the two cougar demons were chatting so softly in a weird language but Dankotsu wasn't worried. He walked to the last cell and saw a girl with brown hair and dark purple eyes that were almost black. She wore a straight jacket and her legs were crossed as she stared at the wall. Dankotsu tapped on the glass wall of the cell but Naomi never looked away. Dankotsu wondered what she was doing but left the cell and ventured up two levels to the second floor and into his room. He had started to sit down in a chair but there was an urgent knock on his door and he opened it to see the face of a small servant.

 

“Master sent me to get you. He says that she's been spotted nearby.” The small boy said and Dankotsu pushed passed him.

 

 

 

After a small breakfast Mayuri was sitting in the corner with her arms crossed, a frown on her lips. Ana was sitting next to her, eyes switching between Mayuri and Hiei. “When are they getting here?” Mayuri asked for the millionth time.

 

“Hn. It's ningens we are talking about, onna. They should be here soon.” Hiei retorted and Mayuri's frown deepened. She was getting an uneasy feeling.

 

`It will be alright Keeper.' Koran mentally told the girl who was acting like an impatient kitten.

 

`Koran, I'm worried. Dankotsu can't do anything to the pride, a little damage to Kurama but Kiriana could be severely hurt.' Mayuri replied as her tail twitched.

 

She heard a snort and looked up to see Hiei with his eyes closed and his voice entered her head, `Since when do you care about the fox or the rabbit?' He asked as his eyes opened and looked at her with a taunting look in his eyes.

 

`I care about everyone but you, you stupid, ningen loving bastard.' Mayuri replied and mentally attacked him. Hiei flew into the wall on his right and Mayuri smirked as he rose with furry written in his eyes. `Serves him right for entering my mind.' Mayuri told herself.

 

“Take that back.” Hiei said seething.

 

Mayuri fixed him with a confused look but the near perfect mask was marred by the laughter in her eyes. “Take what back? I haven't said anything.” Hiei drew his katana and Ana screamed and shrunk in the corner while Mayuri stood in front of her, no emotion in her eyes. It was Hiei's turn to smirk as he charged at her but before he could reach her a large panther with red eyes appeared in front of her and growl viciously.

 

“Stay Back.” A male voice said and Koran glared at Hiei. It took a second before Mayuri realized that the voice was Koran's.

 

Hiei looked at Koran, grunted, and sheathed his katana, sitting back down with his arms and legs crossed. Mayuri began pacing with her hands behind her back and Koran was purring loudly as Ana began scratching him behind his ears. This went on for five minutes until Mayuri stopped walking in front of Ana. “Ana, I want you to do something for me.” She said, her blue eyes staring into Ana's golden ones.

 

“Anything.” Ana replied as she looked up to Mayuri. She knew that Mayuri would never to anything to hurt her.

 

“I need you to stay here with Koran.” Two voices began talking at the same time, one out loud while the other shouted at her mentally.

 

“But Mayuri, I want to go. I want to help. Please let me come. I need to get Mitari out. She's my sister!” Tears were welling in Ana's eyes as she tried to reason with Mayuri.

 

`No way in hell am I staying here! My Job is to protect you Keeper! How can I do that if I am here instead of with you? I refuse.' Koran shouted mentally but Mayuri turned her heart to stone, not letting the begging or sheer refusal affect her.

 

“Enough. You will both do as you are told. Do you understand?” Mayuri's voice left no room for argument. Ana's mouth that was open from begging shut shamefully as she realized she contradicted her superior and her head tilted downward with her ears flat against her head. Koran on the other hand growled loudly but when he looked into Mayuri's eyes he saw something that knew it was dangerous if he continued to challenge her. Instead his ears too flattened against his head and he stalked to the other side of the cave and curled up, red eyes filled with fire that he dare not unleash. From Ana, Mayuri saw her nod. Mayuri bent down and lifted Ana's face. “Ana, I don't want you hurt if we do not succeed. You and I both know that you are in no shape for battle and if I leave you here with Koran, I will know that you are safe.” Truth was evident in Mayuri's eyes but Ana also saw that thing in Mayuri's eyes that Koran saw and knew that something bad was going to happen.

 

“Alright. I will do as you wish. You have never done me wrong.” Ana replied with a small smile on her face.

 

Mayuri smiled lightly but when she turned to face away from Ana, it was gone. There was a flare of ki and Hiei rose to his feet. “They are here.” He said and turned to look at Mayuri but she was already in her panther form, going down the tunnel. Hiei just followed her with a quick glance at Ana who waved and Koran who had yet to move. When he arrived on the other side of the tunnel Mayuri was coming from the opposite side of the entrance and when he gave her a questioning look she just shook her head and they left the cave and met with the spirit detectives. Then they began in the direction that Mayuri knew everyone was. She had been there once before and that was the worst time of her life. `I am free now. Now I will kill you.' Mayuri thought and a malicious smile crossed her features and the three boys around her noticed but were too frightened by it to say anything.

 

 

Kiriana and Kurama were brought into the dark room and forced to their knees with their hands chained behind their backs with wards burning into their flesh. A hollow sound of laughter rang through the halls and the sound of familiarity sent shivers down Kiriana's spine. “So we meet again Kiriana. I was surprised when my servant brought you here and I was about to kill you when I thought of a better idea. Keep her alive. You are a nice prize but there is a bigger one that I am after.” The voice stated and Kiriana froze as she tried to remember where she had heard the silky, seductive, yet dangerous voice from before.

 

“What do you want?” Kurama asked when the voice stopped talking and right at that second Kiriana's eyes widened.

 

“No! You evil sadistic bastard! You will never have them!” Kiri rose to her feet only to get struck in the back with something sharp.

 

“Kiri! Are you alright?” Kurama asked as Kiri lay hunched over on the floor.

 

Ignoring him Kiri looked up at when the voice came from, “She knows it's you and she will kill you!” Kiri said as she got to her knees again. “That is if… I don't get you first!” Kiriana quickly broke her chains that they had put on her and charged at the person sitting in front of them in the shadows, a clawed hand raised. Before she could reach the person, a milky white hand shot out and grabbed her around the neck. Kiri's hand flew to the hand and tried to pry it off so she could breathe correctly but the hand was firm.

 

“You should have known Kiriana that if you tried to attack me it would end in your death.” The voice said but a small smirk appeared on Kiri's face.

 

“At least…I will die…looking…beautiful.” Kiri gasped out but when the hand squeezed tighter she gripped the hand tighter, desperate to get the hand off her throat and the matters didn't help much when Kiri was lifted from the ground, held by her throat. From where he was Kurama growled loudly and a silver mist surrounded him. When he emerged he was Yoko Kurama and he too broke his chains and charged at the figure but Kiri was thrown at him. Yoko caught Kiri and looked down at her in concern. She had past out thanks to lack of oxygen and when he went to set her down on the ground, something around her stomach poked him and he lifted her shirt lightly to see something silver at her side. He heard footsteps rushing at him and he smirked as he removed the dagger from its sheath and killed the guards that were running towards him.

 

“Now, you will die thanks to what you have done to my Kiriana.” Yoko said as he stood up, dagger held loosely in his hand but the daggers in his eyes seemed to pierce the figure's milky skin.

 

“I look forward to it.” The figure replied and that was when Yoko attacked.

 

 

 

Mayuri was impatient. Traveling with ningens was slowing her down and when she began to run to get ahead she was caught by Hiei and brought back to the others. Now they were taking turns walking next to her to make sure she didn't try to run off again. Instead she began to thing off ways to free her pride and murder the person that was holding them. `Oh,' Mayuri thought as the smile that she had had earlier reappeared, `This is going to be fun.'

 

Hiei was watching Mayuri from his place up in the tree as she walked next to Yusuke. She was thinking of horrible ways of torture and Hiei was surprised that she thought of many. Soon though her thought changed to words and he realized that she was singing so softly to herself that only he heard her. He watched as Mayuri slowly calmed down until they reached a large castle made out of black stone. Mayuri paused and the three boys watched as she was surrounded by her aura. When she reappeared she had a light blue chest plate that was strapped over her left shoulder by a red strap and the whole thing was made of ice. Under the chest plate she wore a blue tank top and black baggy pants. On her feet were black slip on shoes. Her appearance had also changed. Her black hair now had white tips and was in a braid. Her bangs that framed her face were also white. The biggest change was that her eyes were mix matched. Her left eye was sapphire blue while the other was crimson. Her calm posture she had before disappeared and was replaced by that scary look in her eyes. “Here is the plan. Hiei and I will proceed to his main chamber while you two go to the dungeons and free everyone. And when I say everyone I mean the rabbit, kitsune, and my pack. If you forget one, you will die. Understood?” the heads of the two ningens nodded, afraid to contradict her. “Alright, let's go.” That was when the four stormed the castle.

 

Breaking through the gate was simple, as were the few guards in the yard. “Now, he knows that we're here. Be alert.” Mayuri said and the others nodded before Mayuri reached forward and threw open the doors. Before them stood about a hundred guards and at the top of the staircase in the middle of the room was Dankotsu, wearing gold armor.

 

“Attack!” Dankotsu yelled and the demon guards shouted as they charged. Mayuri saw the smug look on Dankotsu's face and her anger skyrocketed. She stepped in front of the three boys who were ready to fight and closed her eyes. She imagined in her mind a panther that was surrounded in white hot flames and when she opened her eyes, white fire laced them.

 

“Panther of the Frozen Flame!” Mayuri's right arm was surrounded in ivory flames that started from her fist to her elbow and she threw her arm forward and a large panther flew off and charged at the approaching demons until they were all devoured by the white hot flames. The only one left in the hallway was Dankotsu and he watched with horror filled eyes at the large white panther. Mayuri gave a small malicious smirk and she raised a finger, pointing at Dankotsu. “Go.” Mayuri said and the panther devoured Dankotsu before returning to Mayuri. “The dungeons are through that door. Hiei come on.” Mayuri hopped onto the flaming panther's back as Yusuke and Kuwabara raced through the door Mayuri had pointed to.

 

 

 

Yusuke and Kuwabara ran a long way until they finally reached a long set of stairs that they took down three at a time until they reached a long hallway with glass wall cells. “I don't see Kiri or Kurama. You?” Yusuke asked as Kuwabara ran to the other end of the cells.

 

“Nah, but I found Mayuri's pride or whatever.” Kuwabara replied and Yusuke ran next to him, looking into a cell where he saw two demonic cougars walking around the cell, growling.

 

“Yeah, I think that's them.” Yusuke replied and fired up his spirit gun enough to destroy the lock. The bang made the cougars change their forms into two twin guys both a foot taller that Kuwabara. Yusuke swung open the door and the cougars took defensive stances. “Whoa, chill. We're here to rescue you. We're friends of Mayuri.” The two cougars looked at each other and nodded, remembering the two humans as ones who had captured Mayuri but all differences were usually set aside when it came to a rescue mission. Yusuke was walking to the cell on the right to free the jaguar and the tiger when the cougar with short spiky black hair grabbed his arm and dragged him away.

 

“Free her first.” He said as he pointed to a brunette in a straight jacket that stared at the wall.

 

“Are you kidding me? She's in a straight jacket!” Yusuke shouted.

 

“No, she's in pain.” The cougar replied insistently. Yusuke grunted and shot the lock. The cougar burst into the room while Yusuke moved on freeing the other felines. When they were all out, they rushed over to where the brunette was getting the jacket taken off carefully by the cougar that pulled her out. When it was off, Yusuke and Kuwabara saw a load of wards attached to her skin, burning her flesh.

 

“Is she going to be alright, Hono?” the girl with tan hair and red eyes that they remembered from the market asked the cougar demon who was peeling off a ward and he nodded.

 

“She'll be fine, Kigori. Now, Naomi. I need you to change to your demon form. It will be easier to heal you.” The brunette in his arms was surrounded by a lavender light and when she reappeared Yusuke and Kuwabara recognized the other girl that had fought with Mayuri in the market to save Kigori. After a few minutes Naomi was patched up enough to be carried by a leopard demon named Mirac and they were about to walk up the stairs when a girl with tiger ears and tail and silver eyes walked in front of Yusuke and he noticed that there were tears in her eyes.

 

“Excuse me. Please tell me, did Mayuri mention a girl named Ana?” The girl clasped her hands together tightly.

 

“Are you Mitari?” the girl nodded and Yusuke said, “Mayuri mentioned her on the walk here. Said she was in the Itugoshi cave or something like that.” Tears of happiness and relief fell from Mitari's eyes as they all ran up the stairs. When they arrived back at the ground floor the group split. The pride ran towards the door and Yusuke and Kuwabara were running in the direction of loud destruction was heard until they heard someone shout, “Wait!” They turned and saw Mirac with Naomi in his arms.

 

“Please,” Naomi said in a weak voice, “Tell Mayuri thank you and that we will see each other again.” The boys nodded and Mirac blurred away as Yusuke and Kuwabara ran the opposite direction.

 

 

 

 

Yoko was getting tired. The figure was fast and dodging his attacks. The figure had begun to attack also and Yoko was scratched up good but he never stopped. He paused for a quick breather until the figure tried to attack him from behind and they disappeared in streaks of color again. “So kitsune. What are we going to do? Fight to the Death?”

 

“You could always give up.” Yoko suggested as they stopped, appearing facing each other. Yoko was the only one that stood in the light but he could see his opponent's clothes. He wore white pants similar to his and a blue shirt that was long sleeved. On his feet were a pair of silver slip on shoes.

 

“I never give up.” The figure replied. Yoko sighed as he was about to charge again when the doors to the room flew open and both fighters turned to the doorway. A flaming white panther took up the doorway. A figure jumped from its back and walked forward.

 

Yoko was lost at who she was until Hiei also jumped down from the panther and realized that it was Mayuri. “Enough Kurama. This is my battle.” Kurama nodded and went to Kiriana, picking her up and carrying her to the corner, out of the way and returned to his human form. He rested against the wall with Kiriana resting against him.

 

“Well, Little Mayuri. Welcome back to Maharasha Castle. Now I will let your little friends live if you give them to me. Hand over the Frozen Teardrop and the Frozen Flame.” The figure's milky white hand appeared again, outstretched, waiting.

 

Mayuri simply looked down at the hand and slapped it. The figure swore as they looked down at the hand that was now burnt. “I've always hated this castle.” Mayuri said as she looked around. “It was too dark, too far away, too filled with nonsense, and too filled with your whores. But the thing I hate worse here is you…”

 

D: Okay, that was the end of this chapter

 

S: You are EVIL!! I hate cliffhangers

 

D: *smirks* I know, that's why a torture you

 

S: * dives at Dark*

 

K: *Intercepts Shadow* don't attack the author. She can do horrible things to you

 

S: *calms down and sits crossed legged* whatever but you better start the next chapter

 

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