Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Hanyou ❯ Chapter 19 Kurama's Anger; Beautiful Release ( Chapter 19 )

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By: DragonKitsune
Kurama gets very angry that he was forced to kill an innocent child, but just how does he plan on venting that pent up anger?

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Chapter 19- Kurama's anger, beautiful release
Recap- “It's a beautiful view isn't it?” Sensui mused from the couch faced away from them as he watched his movie, “I tell you, you can keep your sunsets and crystal blue oceans and snow capped mountains. Give me a front seat to the end of the world and I'm the happiest man on earth. It's the mark of true art. You're witnesses to true history my friends.” He turned around to face them, “and trust me, you couldn't ask for better seats to the end of the world.”
Desota snarled at him, “Don't you dare even refer to us so closely, you damned bastard! You're a mad man that takes pleasure in doing and seeing morbid things!” she accused.
“Ah, there you are.” He glanced at her before returning to his own show, “I was wandering when you'd show up. What ever happened to that innocent front you put up, little one? You seem to have gained a sharp tongue since you left us.”
“I'll show you SHARP!” she got ready to attack, but Kurama put a hand out to stop her. She laid her ears back and snarled in frustration, “Move out of my way! He's had it coming for everything he's done to me!”
“It's just a mind trap he's using to single one of us out.” He told her.
“My, my, my” mused another voice from the hard left of them, “It would seem we've become a little paranoid after the draconian guardians and Game Master's territory, that's to be expected though.” There, leaning against the wall by the entry way was a man dressed up in a black pair of pants and a dark blue shirt with a black trench coat on. His copper golden hair matched his dark hazel eyes and he looked like a foreigner in Japan. The oddity of him was that he wore a black cowboy hat as well as sun glasses that rested on the tip of his nose and a cigar hung out of his mouth. He smirked when he saw the young hanyou's reaction, “Tell me, how is Amanuma?”
“Bastard.” Desota cursed and pointed at him, “YOU'RE SUPOSE TO BE DEAD!”
“You know that's exactly what Ryu said to me when I showed up a little earlier.” The warlock mused out of the blue was if he were conversing with a gossip buddy, “No wonder you two sound so much alike. Share the same body probably has those type of side effects after awhile I suppose.”
“Ryu?” then it hit her, “WHERE IS HE!” She demanded.
“She still ceases to amuse me with her demand for authority.” Itstuki sighed from where he stood by Sensui.
“URA'ESHI! H'S N DE WA'R!! UN'ER A WELL!!!” Kuwabara muffled out.
“He's in a war with a dell?” Yusuke tried.
Everyone nearly fell over at how stupid that was.
“I'll put you fools out of your misery, just so you don't get too riled up too early.” Soukou said with a sweat drop and nodded to the water, “your dragon friend is in the water under my spell and will remain that way until he finishes shedding.”
“What good'll that do you? Its not like his old skin comes off and a new one grows back on. The only reason you'd want him while he's in this state is to kill him off easily” Desota said.
“They could have waited until we were here to witness it so we'd attack irrationally.” Kurama said.
“Good guess, but I'm afraid that Ryukunai's true purpose will remain a mystery to you until the time has come to use it.”
Yusuke looked determinedly at the tunnel.
“In case you're thinking you've done this before, don't. Its nothing like maze castle.” Hiei said, “They've tapped into the true bowels of demon world. Ordinary humans will shrivel up just by inhaling the toxic air.”
“That dense, huh?” Yusuke cringed.
“Father had to take me weekly up to the top level of the demon world to get fresh air into my system when I lived with him before. I'm half human and the fumes still bothered me a little, especially on my human night.” Desota recalled.
Sensui continued to watch his war movie, “the grit of the film is coming Yusuke.”
“Yippy” Yusuke humored him.
“The finally is in half an hour.” He continued to watch for a bit before speaking again, “the most repulsive part is that they weren't fighting for anything real. They were killing out of fear of an idea that threatened their greed.” He stood up, “It only gets crueler from here. And then the whole thing wraps up with a rather beautiful song.”
“That's oddly inappropriate.”
“To me the song symbolizes hope so that's why I timed it to when the tunnel opens up to the demon world.” Sensui said turning toward them.
Kyo's shivering increased as he whined cowardly.
Hiei noticed Seaman's shock, “what's the matter?”
“It's Mr. Itstuki. How is he standing up?” Kyoshi gapped.
“Well he does have legs.” Yusuke said sarcastically.
“Its not that, it's just that I don't ever remember him standing up out of the boat like this since he was always creating a tunnel!”
Gatekeeper turned his head to them, “the portal is alive now, it's out of my control. Even if I wanted to stop it now I couldn't.”
Desota noticed hands starting to ooze out of the portal, “Look! They're after Kuwabara!”
Kuwabara started to try and avoid the numerous demonic parts that tried to snatch him.
“HEY! KUWABARA GET AWAY FROM THEIR HANDS!” Yusuke shouted.
“Do'n u ink I'm INING!!” Kuwabara muffled.
“Those must be C class demons vying for his attention. Simple apparition governed solely on instincts alone.” Sensui explained.
Kuwabara evasively moved away from the swipes coming at him, “I ont onna e eaten I C emons!!” he yelped.
One lucky demon grasped him around the neck and started to pull him towards them.
“Kuwabara!” Desota yelled.
“AAHH!! HEY LET HIM GO!!!!” Yusuke roared.
Something flashed under the water and a stream of blue and green flames roused up between the portal and Kuwabara, sending anything but the human into ashes as it went. Kuwabara flopped back into the boat sweating in fear.
“Damn that was close!” he heaved for air.
Soukou glared at the water, “even weakened as he is, Ryu finds a way to defy me.” He held out his hand to the water a moment as if reinforcing the spell, “It's amazing he could even perform any fire attacks like that,” he looked down at the water as he stood up again in amazement at just how strong the dragon really was, `he truly is an enigma'
“Heh, C class demons are nothing more than a seed. Abundant and worthless. But a one in every hundred grows into a B class with brains and strength and can easily surpass that of a human.” Sensui turned back to them, “want to tell us first hand Hiei and Kurama? I know the little one here was born from a high level family on both sides of her blood so she was already born a B demon. She's probably an A class right now if her power wasn't so locked up.”
Desota gritted her teeth in frustration.
“Although it's unlikely, A class demons only come from a handful of the B class and are usually of inevitable sizes worthy enough for human legends like the Titans of Olympus.” Sensui said.
“I'm getting really tired of hearing you talk.” Yusuke growled.
“The A class demons are probably watching us right now in the pits of demon world waiting for their chance to rise.” Sensui continued.
“Spare me the prep talk! You're killing off the people who you were supposed to protect!”
“My job was to protect the universe as a whole and that's just what I'm doing.” He turned to marvel at the tunnel, “I've been trying to enlighten you Yusuke, don't you remember the doctors' words? Humanity is a disease.”
Kuwabara bristled, “C'nt u g'ys f'ish this de'ate ing a'fer ur un aving e!” he growled in frustration.
“Killing humans can't be that horrific, Yusuke. You'd have killed the doctor if Genkai wasn't there and Kurama killed a human child.” Sensui went on to say.
“We had to; it was for the greater good.” Yusuke said.
Sensui slowly turned to look at them sidelong, “and what if every human was bad.”
“No matter where you look, Sensui, there is always this `bad' you talk about. In humans and demons! Yet just as there is bad there is also a stronger good- some admittedly had probably lost it along the way, bit still, you're not justifying the world under that presumption!” Desota defended.
“Besides I don't do what ifs” Yusuke smirked.
“Heh, heh, heh” Sensui chuckled, “and what say so does a clean cut half-breed know about humans? You're just as much demon as you are human!”
“I guess I have a more open mind when it comes to ideals then don't I?” Desota shot back while she folded her arms across her chest.
“Heh,” Sensui smirked at her rebuttal, “Mr. Makihara.”
Gourmet leaped out of the boat and landed at Sensei's side.
“That's Gourmet.” Kyoshi said.
“Great, does he cook?” Yusuke snorted.
Desota wrinkled her nose, “No, but he does have a distinct smell that I never really favored much.”
“If you can kill Mr. Makihara right now, I'll give Kuwabara back to you unharmed.” Sensui dealt.
“Say ES!! Say ES!!” Kuwabara shouted.
“It's your choice. If you refuse, I'll deflect any attack you use with Kuwabara's body.” Sensui warned this time.
Desota's brow knotted, “This guy's had it coming to him for a while.” She growled.
Gourmet approached them and Kyo transformed to stand next to his mistress with a growl.
“Don't trust Sensei's word.” Kurama whispered when Yusuke stepped back, “We'll make a push for Kuwabara first chance we get. For now just play along.”
`At least he's not raving mad anymore.' Desota sighed with relief.
Gourmet stopped just a little in front of them and turned to Seaman.
“Touching Seaman, You're so worried about Kuwabara that you're feeling very protective of him since he protected you. But your worried about what Mr. Sensui will think since you've befriended them so quickly.” Said the big ox of a man.
“What?” Kyoshi stepped back.
“You're scared Sensui'll kill him to punish you for being a traitor.” He smirked when the boy gritted his teeth, and then turned his assault on Kurama, “But you've got a juicier one, Kurama. You're more beat up about killing Game Master than Yusuke or Desota believe.”
Kurama glared at Gourmet and made sure Desota herself was still safely behind him.
“Not only are you riddled with guilt, but you're embarrassed. Yoko Kurama would never be so weak.” Gourmet continued.
With her hand on his back, Desota was able to talk to the Silver fox himself.
//It's hard to admit, but its true. I don't think I'd be troubled much about killing a child unless it were my own.// Yoko answered her when he felt her trying to reach him.
Yusuke's eyes lit up in recognition.
“Bin-go,” Gourmet mumbled, “Haven't you wandered where the ol'flimsy's been since he left that hospital?”
“Who?” Desota blinked.
Yusuke glared at him, “eating my teammate? That's on my ass kick list.” He stepped forward only to have his shoulder firmly gripped by Kurama's hand.
“I'll take this one Yusuke. Don't ague. I'm not in the mood.” The fox said not taking his death glaring eyes away from Gourmet.
“Uhh …. OK.” Yusuke backed down while Kurama stepped forward to face Gourmet.
Desota mounted Kyo's back getting fractions of a plan moving in her brain to save Ryukunai while Kurama distracted everyone. Kyo was fast enough that not even Itstuki or Sensui would have time to catch her.
Kurama pulled out his every prosperous rose and held it at the ready while Kyo's muscles bunched up ready for a quick sprint to the lake when the moment arrived. In all but three seconds, it was over. Kurama's whip lashed out and tightened around Gourmets head right under his nose. With a sound pull from the fox, the upper half of the mans head almost seemed to pop off.
“That was so fast, I didn't even see the whip until all was said and done!” Kyoshi gawked.
`It was a little too fast. Kyo wasn't able to use it as a distraction' Desota thought.
Kurama stepped a little more closer to the body, “rely on impulse and not even your thoughts can betray you.” He said giving the body a hard glare. “Now. Come out, Toguro.”
Everyone looked shocked, but Desota looked confused, `who's Toguro?'
“Did you think I wouldn't notice? I could smell your stench even as we entered the cave,” Kurama growled.
Kyo jumped startled a bit when the dead body started laughing and stood up. A small head spouted out of the opened jaw to reveal a sickly looking demon with grey hair and golden irises.
“Very good Kurama. It would seem you've gotten stronger in your human form as well, although the red hair isn't nearly as pretty as your silver hair.” He then cackled menacingly.
“Now THAT ….. Is gross.” Desota stuck out her tongue in distaste. Kyo mimicked her.
“Hai, shina hora” he moaned in disgust.
“Gourmet must have eaten him to gain his powers!” Kyoshi said.
“Right, goldilocks, but I'm the one who got the run of the ship. I took him over from the inside slowly and toyed with his mind when he saw there was no escape.” Once again the small head cackled.
“Could you get much creepier?” Desota winced and Kyo nearly feinted under her.
“When Toguro told me about the many achievements of the new Spirit Detective, Yusuke Urameshi, I felt the hands of the Universe tugging at my arm” Sensui said, “In the trial against humanity, the defense now had an able returnee. At long last I could begin …. The sentencing.”
“You boys should have been there while I slowly took over this big oaf's body! There was a fear so thick I could eat it!! Ah hahahahaha!!” that grey thing started to cackle yet again and sent Goosebumps up Desota's back.
“That is enough.” Kurama silenced him. When he had Toguro's attention, he started side stepping, “You have survived for far too long.”
Toguro kept his eyes on Kurama as the Fox started to circle him.
“It ends here.” Kurama said calmly as he stopped at his desired place.
“Uh-oh! The fox thinks he can kill me now! Ah hahahaha! But what you don't realize is that I am stronger now than ever before from what brother has done to me and with the help of these other psychics, I'm practically invincible! Ah ahahahahaha!”
Desota covered her ears, “ARG! ENOUGH WITH THE LAUGHING ALREADY! WE GIT IT! YOU'RE A PHSCOPATH!! NOW CUT IT OUT!” she yelled at him. That only made him laugh harder.
“She's new isn't she, Kurama.” He smirked as he gave her a once over, “yes, I believe I would remember such a morsel like her. Maybe after all is said and done, Mr. Sensui'll let me play with her a bit before she dies.”
Kurama's green eyes sharpened, “you will not even see her from now on. So don't go getting ideas that wont even happen in you r dreams.” As this was said, flicks of gold started to swirl in those green irises as Yoko's own influence kindled Kurama's growing flame of barely concealed aura.
“Touchy, touchy. The fox is being protective. No matter. I'll just kill you and do it any ways!” with that Toguro bolted at him with arms out wide and long fingers turned knife like. Kurama let out a smokescreen from his sleeves to consume them both.
`Now's my chance.' Desota nudged Kyo to give him the signal. In a flash, Kyo was gone and by the lake in an instant. She looked down in it and gasped at what she saw. Ryu's humanoid form was lying in the middle of the lake embedded in a crystal of ice that anchored its self to the bottom of the lake by more Ice.
`Ryu!' Desota carefully got off of Kyo and set her hands in the water, `Forgive me but I'm not a fire demon so this'll have to do.' She thought as she concentrated her electricity to conduct into heat, but the water still surged in electrical currents. Ryu seemed unconscious in the Ice below the water. The Ice around him shattered however when the electric waves proved to be too much for it to handle. She sighed in relief and bent down to dive, `now to just get you out of-,'
“DESOTA!!” Kurama shouted in fear when he sensed the aura ropes lashing over to her.
She didn't have time to move before 2 long black ropes covered in dark purple aura snapped around her and bound her arms tightly to her sides as they wrapped themselves tightly to her.
Soukou Chuckled on the other end of the rope where he held it tautly, “You heroes seem to always forget about the `snipers' of the groups your up against its so much fun to play the part and watch you fall into the traps over and over and over again.” He laughed from where he hovered near the ceiling of the cave.
Kyo snarled, “Kasha meno Ishintantou!” he barked up at the warlock.
“I have no idea what you're saying ol'chap, but I'm sure it's not appropriate.” The Warlock held out a hand and his spell shout out to Kyo, “why don't you take a NAP!”
Golden energy fluttered around Kyo's head while Kyo started gnawing at the enchanted rope. He suddenly fell to his side and snored in slumber as he reverted back to his smaller form.
“Let them go!” Yusuke demanded.
“Now Yusuke, you're being greedy again. I just gave you back Kuwabara. And here, have a pup sack to go with it,” Sensui nodded to Soukou and the warlock levitated the size shifter over to them before throwing the enchanted slumbering animal at them. Hiei caught Kyo by the scruff of his neck and Kyo continued to snore and kick his leg in a dream.
A shadow like thing appeared under them and big pink lips and blue eyes to go with it.
“WHAT THE-,” Yusuke started.
Desota's widened, “No! Get out of there you idiots!”
Soon as those words left her mouth, it opened its own mouth and swallowed all of them into a dimension. It then traveled across the water and on the wall and spat out Urameshi.
Yusuke landed on his stomach and groaned, “It's like the school bus all over again.” He mumbled.
“Soukou, prepare the dragon and the girl, but don't distract us, “Yes m'lordship.” Soukou smirked.
Itstuki melted into the ground, “I'll leave you two alone.”
Yusuke looked confused when he didn't see Soukou or Desota anymore. And his friends were still in that thing on the wall.
“Don't worry, Detective, no one is hurt. I just don't want any distractions.”
Yeah and where did that Soukou guy take Desota!” Yusuke demanded.
Sensui nodded to the water, “See for yourself.”
Yusuke looked down in the water to see what looked like reflections of Soukou, Desota, and Ryu! They were merely standing there.
“It's an illusion. We need the little one for other uses that have nothing to do with you so I suggest you watch out for yourself, because when I'm done, you won't even recognize her from your own pit in hell.”
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The illusion belied what was really going on, Desota held her breath as she was pulled under water and clenched her eyes closed.
“Stop being so ridiculous. Yes you're in water, but you're able to breath here.” Soukou's voice seemed echo.
Desota opened her eyes to find them underwater. It felt wet and everything, but when she took a breath, she was surprised when air filled her lungs just like they would on land! She was still tied up though. Squirming a bit to test out her bindings' strength, she gave up with a huff.
“Tired already little one?” Soukou's voice echoed. With a snap of his hands, the binds broke from her. She couldn't escape him anyways so what was the point in using up both their energy to keep it on?
“What do you want with me? Where are the others? What's wrong with Ryu!” she started spouting out questions.
Soukou glanced at her in an annoyed way before sighing, “Well, it appears your power is being finicky about awakening. I guess we have time for question and answers for a while.”
“Power? What power?”
“That is besides the point of your questions. So sit down and shut up already!” he was loosing patience fast with her.
She blinked up at him innocently, “We're in the water! Where exactly to you sit down in the water!”
“The others are with in the Shadow Creature's body that Itstuki tamed. Don't worry, they're fine. Save for the fact that they're now in a limbo of dimensions of a lost soul.” Soukou said, “If you want to see for yourself, go look through the surface of the water near the wall and spy them through one of the eyes of the creature.”
Desota swam over to the surface and tried to breach it, but it was solid. She couldn't get out, “Don't even try it. You won't get out until you've done what we brought you hear to do.” Soukou said while he waited for her to satisfy her worries.
Glaring down at him, Desota once more peered through the surface that looked like a liquid glass wall to her. In the blue eyes of the shadow on the wall and saw Kazuma wailing on it to try and get out.
He didn't seem harmed, just freaked out that he was caged.
“Ok, so what about my other 2 questions?” She asked while she swam to him.
Soukou waited for her to swim closer.
“Ryu is shedding right now. He's just unconscious from the natural metamorphosis while his old skin starts to fuse with the new, but he is in pain since he refuses to morph into Dragon form which is the proper form for this type of change in dragons.”
He watched her amusedly as she swam over to where Ryu's body floated through the water. She grabbed the collar of his shirt and started to shake it, “WAKE UP YOU DIPSHIT AND CHANGE!! THERE'S NO REASON FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH UNNECCISARY PAIN LIKE THIS!” she yelled at him.
Soukou sweat drop, `if it gets the 1st part of the job done, I'm fine. She might not even have to unlock her powers just to wake him up if she goes about it like that. Yet still, Mr. Sensui needs that power boost if what I saw in my foresight vision was true. He'll need all the power he can get. And that Armor is top priority.'
Soukou looked up when he felt the water surface being disturbed, `What's Sensui doing in the water? Did Urameshi do that?!' he gulped and looked back to the girl who still tried to shake her friend awake, `I can't wait any longer. Sensui may need that power! I'll have to forge a boost in her system to get the power flowing.'
Soukou sent the black and purple aura ropes at Desota again.
“EH! What gives!” she yelped.
“My dear, I thought I could spare you from this, but that option has just been knocked out of the list. I apologize ahead of time for I usually don't attack women” Soukou said.
“Oh so when you had Ryu's body that was just a fluke when you attacked me!? And what about the torturing before that!” She snapped.
An electric zap went through her and made her back stiff up and her vision blur.
`What's …..? Happening to me?' she thought. Her voice refused to work and she couldn't even move her tongue! Only her eyes moved freely.
Through the black haze, a snowflake fell down her vision and was followed by another and another until she realized it was snowing.
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A checkered pattern flowed about them as whatever had eaten them transported all 4 boys along with the slumbering form of kyo to a mysterious place. There was not earth soil for their feet to land on. No sky to out stretch above them. There was simply an air of nothingness. Skulls of humans and other litters such as debris or animal and demon skeletons littered around the limbo like place floating suspended.
Kyoshi looked around with wide dark blue eyes, “What is this place…..?” he asked no one in particular.
“Looks like the dark bowels of hell,” Kurama voiced what automatically came to mind of Yoko soon as they got what little bearings they could with out even being able to stand stably since gravity wasn't needed in a place with no earth nor sky.
Kyoshi twisted to look up at the fox avatar floating diagonally above him, “Are you serious!?” he almost yelped.
“Yeah, well, where ever we are, can some one untie me now please?” Kuwabara whimpered.
Hiei silently took in their surroundings as well and looked down at the small heavenly being that was draped over his shoulder to see the effects of Soukou's spell wearing thin, “We're in the dark bowels of something, Kurama.” He confirmed the foxes' assumption earlier, “I'd say it's a dark soul,”
“Dark soul?” Kyoshi repeated.
“What's that? Sounds terrible.”
//I don't really give a rats ass if it's fucking Disney land! We need to find a way out of it and get our mate back to safety!// Yoko wanted to scream in frustration. There was no obvious doorway out of this hell. So he'd have to reside his impulsive instinct to protect his mate, who foolishly singled herself out and was going to hear from it later, and go back to his usual `think-things-through' approach.
`Just calm down, Yoko! You're not the only one concerned for her safety!' on the outside, Kurama was calm and collected as always in these types of situations. However on the inside he was going mad with fear and uncertainty.
Can you blame him? His mate was held captive of the same man who tortured and probably nearly raped her once before and here he was stuck in some gravity less wonder land unable to so much as see or even sense her through their bond even!
“We weren't swallowed by chance!” he gritted his teeth and once again swallowed his fears in light of the situation at hand- getting out, “Some one else must be controlling this creature.”
“Creature?” Itzuki's calm and collective voice brought the groups' attention to the one called “Gatekeeper” who stood suspended in space off to the side of them, “please, call him Uray Otoko. That's his proper name.” the said demon had appeared and was looking down on them with little more than a passing interest, “he is my pet, I tamed him myself.”
“Itstuki” Kyoshi sneered.
//He's not like the rest, Kurama, he's not human. If there is a way out then its looking at us right now.// Yoko commented with a growl. If this idiot was going to stand between him and a way to his mate, he'd be disposed of quickly, but they might need him to get out….. So no killing yet.
Damn!
“You're not truly human, are you.” It wasn't a question Kurama was asking out loud.
“Do you think a human could create the tunnel?” Itstuki smirfed.
6 pale white arms with violet irises eyes embedded in the pale skin cut through the dimension around Itstuki to surround him. This was his true colors.
He was a Yaminate, a rare mystical demon who had mysterious powers untold of and had control of strange, detached arms like Itstuki was showing.
Yoko was silent a moment in awe before Kurama's questioning probing made him explain the breeds' details.
“He's an actual Yaminate….,” Kurama's own eyes widened as well. Things certainly got interesting. He would have been more in awe, was the fact that he was burning to get out of here clouding his tight control.
Hiei snorted indifferently.
“I DON'T CARE IF HE'S A FUCKING UNICORN! I'LL BEAT HIM TO A PULP AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW SPECIAL HE IS!” Trust Kuwabara to spaz out like that.
However, currently, given the situation, Yoko wanted nothing more than to agree with the humans' terms, however, Kurama wasn't allowing any of that.
At the mention of a unicorn, Kyo groggily awoke.
“Kinai shinamuna?” he yawned and looked over at Itzuki's 6 arms, then jump started awake. He shot up and hid in Hiei's hair, “Na-nani?”
“Why, Kyoma, I'm surprised you're truly the bonded one of the infamous prince of dragons with the lack of courage you have, but since you were around the girl more often than Ryukunai himself, I guess I can understand you antics.”
Both Kyo and Kurama growled warning at that. Insult one or the other all you like, but insult her in front of either …… lets just say Kurama was hard press not to just say hell with it and do something rash he may regret later.
//and you say I'm rash//
`The feelings mutual between us as well so don't start that again!'
When the heavenly being morphed to his large, more battle suited form, Itstuki waved the threat off, “Calm you anger, all of you, I'm not here to fight”
“What? Then why'd you bring us here? Are we sight seeing? Cause I've seen enough!” Kazuma barked.
“Hai!” Kyo nodded in agreement.
“I'm merely protecting the battle that we must allow to take place and the events that must occur for it to happen with out interference.” Itstuki explained.
“What?” Kuwabara hadn't been prepared for a truthful answer.
“Though we are on different sides, our cause is still the same is it not? We fight to protect the essence we believe will become of this battle between the two detectives.” He turned to Kurama, “however, you made your situation a little more personal since you are concerned for your mates well being are you not.”
Now Yoko didn't like this guy at all. //How dare he speak of her!//
Kurama's expression steeled to one that obviously showed the rare demon his displeasure in the unfolded events.
“Do not fret too badly. Soukou will not kill her if it can be avoided.”
“Avoided?” Kurama's upper lip started to curl in a slight snarl.
“It is unlikely that once her power has been tapped into that it will allow its host to simply die because someone got too greedy with draining its unending source, but with how we have come to believe necessary to tap into it can prove otherwise.” The demon wasn't intending to start a fight, but he had no reason to lie to them and say the hanyou was safely out of harms way.
“You're treading on thinner ice than I'd care to allow,” Kurama warned.
“You're not getting my point. By protecting this fight we are giving our detectives the fight they've so yearned and wanted. Yusuke deserves it. Sensui deserves it.” Itstuki tried a different approach.
“Nai, Inari Shiku!” Kyo snapped.
“What do you mean he doesn't deserve it?” Itstuki asked the equine.
“Feh! Just what he said! You tell me one good thing that traitor has! One good thing that makes you follow his end of the world crusade!” Kuwabara, although he didn't understand what Kyo said, agreed.
Itstuki seemed to smirk, “heh, he has everything. Sensui can be violent, courageous, spiritually pure and even fragile.” Itstuki started, “he can be a graceful spokesman with charisma to bring anyone to his side.” He looked up with a far off look in his eye, “Indeed I had been drawn to his aura like a moth to the flame since the very first time we met.”
Hiei just stared at the demon he dubbed annoying beyond comprehension. He glanced over at that last remark though to Kurama, `sound familiar about a hanyou, fox?' he silently said.
Kurama's eyes flashed gold a moment as Yoko decided to answer the barb //I was only following you're example with your precious wolf, Hiei// he said with feigned innocents as the fire demon fumed at him.
“I first saw him in the darkness as he worked to slay demons. I couldn't keep myself away. Just watching him work made me feel alive. My obsession grew. I began helping him from the shadows by killing apparitions who wanted him dead. Yet when he found me, he wasn't grateful.” Itstuki seemed to be reliving the memory, “I was just another demon to judge. And so he let me live. I suppose I was the 1st step in him when realizing his mind sets of good and evil weren't all that ….. Well traditional.”
Kyo tilted his head to the side curiously, “Nanda?” he chose to stand in his larger form between where Hiei and Kurama were floating. Just above Kyoshi who was watching everything in a silent astonishment.
“Who could have dreamed that a hunter I admired for physical prowess, this killer of killers, could also be warm, compassionate, intellectual. Open to broadening his view of the world.” Itstuki nodded and held a hand up to his chin, “Yes, I always thought that my attraction was not just academic. I always dreamed that he would become my lover. You and Hiei are lucky to have found one who you can physically be with, Kurama.”
“Ok you can stop right there, I don't think my ears are old enough to hear this!” Kuwabara clamped his hands over his ears.
“If you truly care for Sensui then help us stop him! The path he has chosen will destroy him as well.” Kurama tried to appeal to the demons interests now that he knew what they were ….. Somewhat. Even if they were a bit disturbing. Maybe it was a good thing Desota wasn't here to hear that right now. She wasn't introduced to the fact that some beings preferred the same sex as a partner…… that would be hell to explain to an 18 year old hanyou.
//practice for the kits// Yoko shrugged on the bright side.
Itstuki whole demeanor changed, “You can't save the damned.”
//if he puts up another hoop for us to jump through like he so loves to do lately, prepare another sin tree.//
“Don't you see? I'm expecting him to act terribly and hurt people. Even in his own end there's no way to stop it.” Itstuki calmly explained like he had all along.
“Shnai?” Kyo asked.
“Why you ask? Because Sensui must follow his souls true course. Drop ink on the finest snow white paper and it will inevitably absorb into black. Its purity demands it. Tainted men have immunities. Black does not absorb black. Sensui's change is proof of his perfection, and you can not stop him. The ability to prevent this demise would show purity did not exist. Purity is worth the world, and worth its ending.”
Kuwabara had about had enough, “Argh! You're really making me nauseous! All of your fancy lies,” he pointed at Itstuki accusingly, “You can't excuse him! He's a monster cut and dry!”
“You're not listening to me Kuwabara. I'm not excusing him”
“Then what are you doing!”
“Sensui is indeed becoming deprived, but I must allow that. Because I know that what ever he does to the world, whether it kills us all is what we deserve. Don't feel bad if the hanyou indeed dies at Soukou's hands. She'll be aiding Sensui's cause one way or another.”
//there he goes again, Kurama, didn't I tell you to get the sin tree?//
`That's a bit too much. I'd rather take him down by myself than let the trees handle it this time.'
Kurama's outside appearance hardened and Itstuki could tell he was barely holding on to the small thread like control he had, “You should know, I will kill you if I can with out remorse.”
Itstuki smiled knowingly, “hm, you will do as you must Kurama, but whether I live I die the battle will not be affect. My Urotoro will see to that. You see I am the only one who can control him.”
Kurama barely suppressed the frustrated growl that barreled in his chest. Hiei on the other hand made it clear as he openly growled.
“If and when we kill him I get the first hit.” The fire demon called dibs.
“I'm afraid these surroundings are making us stir-crazy. Let's have a better view.” Itstuki said. Behind him, 2 eye shape windows to the outside world, currently the cave opened up. They could see Yusuke and Sensui battling it out while Desota and Ryu seemed to be underwater, but weren't appearing to be drowned.
Kurama noticed Kyo's body had quivered when he saw his mistress and master. He wandered if their bond had been opened up once more like his had when he felt Desota's emotions. Still, they were delayed and only light ripples of what was going on, but at least he knew that the bond hadn't been severed.
Suddenly, Kyo's legs gave out under his body's quivering. His eyes dilated and the tremors running through him increased as if he were in some kind of pain.
“KIA!!” he squealed.
Kurama glared up at Itstuki, “Let him go!”
“I have nothing to do with what he's going through. He brought it upon himself to feel what she is feeling right now through the preparation Soukou's treating her to.” Itstuki admitted.
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`Snow?'
The black background faded into one of a quiet winter snow fall. She saw Shine steps and a woman dressed in Priestess garments knelling down to a small child who was crying in her shoulder. A man with black ears and a tail stood in black and royal purple robes of a nobleman with a solemn look on his face stood behind the child as if he waited for her.
“Do I have to go Mommy?” the child asked.
“We'll see each other again, my baby girl. You'll see.” The woman evaded the question.
“But Mommy!”
`That voice….'
The woman embraced the small child then handed her to the man who cradled her lovingly in his own strong arms. He bent down and kissed the woman's red lips, “I'll train her to be strong, my love.”
“Take care of her” the woman's voice cracked as tears slid down her face.
`I remember this. … It was the day Father took me away to live in the Demon world.'
The Man hoisted his child on top the shoulders of a striped black horse with silvery white mane.
`There's Kyo. That was the first time I met his larger form.'
The flash vanished and was replaced with the scent of blood, lots of it.
She couldn't see anything. All she could smell was blood and that laugh she knew so well. That laugh that haunted her every nightmare in the bowls of her mind. Her blackened vision slowly cleared away and she saw those glowing red eyes of the demons that snapped her mothers' neck as he raped her dead corps.
“Mother?” she felt those hot tears fall down again and her power surge from her, “MOTHER!!” in a flash, her power surged in a beam and destroyed the demon and her mother's body to ashes.
“MOTHER!!” black again. She heard her own young voice scream for her mother echo in her mind.
`What's going on?'
“Desota, Desota wake up.”
`K-Kurama?'
Her vision once again opened up for her and she found herself staring at Kurama's eyes of green.
They were lying together on his bed at home …. Wait home?
They were back at his mother's home! Shiori!
`What about Sensui and Soukou? What happened? The Tunnel? Was it all just a dream? No that was defiantly too long and complicated to be a dream.'
“There you are sleepy head.” Kurama smiled at her.
“Kurama … what's …. What's going on? What happened with Sensui and the demon tunnel?”
“Demon tunnel?” he asked. He really looked like he was lost with that one.
“You know … the demon tunnel everyone's so worked up about sealing up or breaking through? End of the world? Ring a bell?” she insisted.
“Darling, I think the baby's giving you strange nightmares.” He chuckled.
“B-baby?” Desota stuttered. She jolted when she felt his large hand cup over her stomach and looked down at the bulge that lumped out of her where she was suppose to have a flat stomach instead. Her eyes almost popped out in surprise, “I-I'm pregnant?”
“Not anymore,” Desota started when it was no longer Kurama beside her, but Sensui. He pierced her stomach through with a blade and smiled as she slowly lost sight of him to the cold darkness once more.
`SOBODY HELP ME!! I'M LOSING MY MIND!!' Desota tried to scream, but her voice was once again bound to nothingness.
A blue lime light shown upon her through the darkness. She felt heavy and looked down at her body to see large Iron chains tangled around her and holding her down to the floor.
She looked up as she saw each of her new friends in a separate light.
`Not again! So far, everyone is dieing in these strange dreams! RUN! DON'T COME NEAR ME, YOU'LL DIE!' she tried to tell them.
As if that set off a switch, one by one, an invisible force cut them down one by one in front of her. Each one of them stared at her as if she had betrayed them.
“Why did you do it, Desota?”
`Keiko!'
“I thought we could trust you!!”
`Botan, what-,'
“How could I have trusted a twisted Hanyou bitch?”
`Y- Yusuke!'
“I can't even look at you while I die; I'm too ashamed of allowing you near me with your dirty back stabbing blood.”
`No, Kuwabara!'
“Heh, at least I die knowing that I was right all along about you.”
`Hiei, what'd I do?'
“You went back on you're vow to me. You promised to me! I trusted you!”
`Yumi! Please don't go!'
“You're still just like Sensui said you'd be….”
`K-Kyoshi!'
“Father was right to tell me to hunt down a half breed bitch and kill it on sight. Look what you've done!”
`Koenma! I never even met you in person, but what ever I did, I'm sorry!'
“Heh and people are always calling me the bastard of a dead race. At least I'm still trust worthy which is more than what I can say about you.”
`Ryu! Don't you leave me too…..'
Then there was Kurama. He said nothing to her, but looked down on her disgusted and walked away.
`Kur-Kurama?'
He kept walking but said in a harsh voice, “Don't ever say that name again. You're such a filthy bitch that I can't believe I brought myself to fall in love with you. The next time I see you, I'll run you through with my own claws.”
`Kurama…… KURAMA!!! NO!!!' She struggled against the heavy chains and tried to reach out to him, `NO! You promised….. YOU PROMISED!! YOU PROMISED YOU'D NEVER LEAVE ME!! PLEASE DON'T DO THIS! I'LL FIX WHAT EVER IT IS!! I'LL GIVE UP MY LIFE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT!'
She saw his shadow fade into the darkness and fell limp. Her body suddenly drained, `please ….. Don't leave me….. I can't take it anymore…. No more….' She sobbed as she fell into darkness. This time, nothing else came, but numbing pain.
Outside of her tortured mind, Soukou held his forehead to hers, trying to use his powers to find the source.
There it was. It was hidden under her most pained memories and most horrified fears.
“There you are.” He smiled.
Soon as his power tapped into it, the source flamed up and consumed around him. At first it singed him, but then it fed him power beyond his imagination of what it would be.
“Such power! And it truly is never ending!” he looked over at Ryukunai, “Transform and give me your hide, heathen!!” he commanded as he held out a hand to the humanoid.
Purple aura was combined with a swirl of gold from the power up Desota's source gave him and hit the body, causing it to jerk.
Ryu's eyes glowed bright orange as he burst into green and blue flames and when they parted, the water of the lake over flowed.
“The Great Dragon Lord himself has yet again risen!” Soukou laughed manically as the water of the lake was evaporated around the hot skin that surged with pain as Ryu's shedding began to take full effect.