Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ To Be As One ❯ Silent Promise 2 ( Chapter 7 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN Yu Yu HAKUSHO OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN IT. (However, everybody else present within the story (Raisha, Sheena, Habaki, etc…) are my original characters.)

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OH! By the way, there may be times where I have characters portray their thoughts to you readers. Their thoughts will be italicized and bolded with ellipses before and after the thought.


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         &n bsp;To Be As One


Previously on To Be As One…

Raisha had been staring at him for what seemed like hours before he moved, pulling her flush against his body into……..an embrace.

Well this was shocking.

Of all the things, Raisha was not expecting this form of affection from him. It was slightly more shocking then anything he’s ever done before. But amidst her shock, that feeling of cold dread came back full force when she realized his intention far too late.

“The instant we met, you were mine. I will not let him have you. So rest, Raisha, for when you wake, he will no longer be your concern.”

Without pause, his fingers found the pressure point on her neck, knocking her unconscious.

Wrapping her securely in his arms, cradled to his chest, Youko took her farther into the cave in a minor opening. There lay sheets made of the finest material, silk spread in every color. Placing her gently across it, he watched her breath so silently, her face void of any emotion. Peaceful. Beautiful.

Raising a hand, Youko ran his fingers across her face, starting from her hair line down past her closed eye lid, her cheek, to her lips, which were full, moist, and red. Her smooth skin was soothing and warm and his gut contracted. This woman…His woman was here in front of him. He actually found his soul mate.

The chances of finding one’s soul mate was slim to none. And as the King of All Bandits, Youko didn’t think he had one...

But he did.

And another wanted her.  

Youko’s growled low, his vision blood red in anger.

Malacus. That bastard. Youko wasn’t going to just going to kill him. No. He was going to make his life a living hell.

Eyeing the pulsing-blue vine that wrapped itself around his mates broken leg, he muttered, “No one will harm you and live to breathe another day. No One.”

Resting a sheet upon her, Youko secured the cave once more, before leaving to find the bastard who dared to touch what was his.  
Chapter 7: “Silent Promise”    
“Where am I?” Raisha thought to herself, walking through a pathway, midst saturating the air around her.

Night fall was upon her as she walked through the forest, which was pitch black, not illuminated with its usual sea of stars. A gust of wind swept by, lifting her light pink dress along with her hair. And so she held her dress down with one hand, removing her hair out of her face with the other. Raisha looked all around her and listened for…anything.

It was silent. Completely silent, which was unnatural and this unnerved her. Nothing could be heard. Not even the harmonious humming of the insects or the riveting calls of the birds that always soothed her rang in the air.

Raisha stopped, no longer continuing down the path. She looked around once again, taking her time to observe every inch of the forest that which surrounded her.

Something wasn’t right…

“Hello, Raisha.”

Behind her the voice came, and so she spun around instinctively grabbing the dagger hidden well inside her dress, along the outer area of her thigh.

There he stood, surrounded by that egotistical, malevolent aura she resented so much.

On guard, she prepared herself, ready to attack at any given moment. She would never, ever let him have her willing. No. Not without a fight.

“How were you able to pin point my location?” She inquired.

Malacus—in the same form of the wolf with violet eyes—smirked. “Oh, I have my ways, my sweet temptation—”

The dagger flew past his head, piercing his skin if only a quarter of a centimeter deep. Blood drew and fell alongside his cheek. Wiping the blood away as if it were nothing, he eyed the woman he craved as she glared him down, hatred burning through her like an over-heated furnace. If there was one thing Raisha couldn’t stand, it was those unwanted words of endearment from him and she made this clear every time he used them.  

Smirking wider, he said, “Did you know that your temperament is quite a turn on?”

Ignoring his statement, Raisha commanded, “Answer my question,” readying a second dagger.

A look devoid of any emotion replaced the glee he sported just a second ago.

“Like I said, I have my ways. However, that disgusting fox’s scent was all over you. I could have tracked you down even if I didn’t want to with that wretched smell attached to such a perfect being as yourself.”

Raisha’s heart stilled then sunk to the pit of her stomach as her eyes opened wide. She couldn’t breathe as she eyed him, searching for the crack in his façade that would indicate to her that he was lying.

But she could not find it.

If he truly found her this way and stood in front of her this very moment, then what happened to…

“No.” She whispered to herself, looking at him in horror.

He heard her and grinned. “Oh yes, my sweet temptation. You have guessed correctly. Youko Kurama is no longer.” Behind him, he withdrew a hand, covered in blood. It was completely coated in it as it dripped down his whole forearm at a slow, steady rate. But that wasn’t what caused her heart to constrict in pain so crippling she was sure it would kill her.

It was the beating heart he held in that hand that did.

Wrapping an arm over her stomach, as the other clamped over her mouth, she shook her head forcefully, as tears burned her eyes.

“Raisha, Raisha, Raisha. When will you learn? You are mine. Always mine. And I will kill all who dare try to take you away from me.” Closing his fist around the heart, he added, “Just like the others, he is dead.” With that, he crushed the heart in his hands, the gruesome sight brought on the flood of tears waiting to fall. Her sobbing racked her body as she fell to her knees.  

“No!” She yelled through her tears, denying the truth.

…He can’t be dead. He JUST CAN’T BE. Not him too…

Raisha couldn’t take it. She just…couldn’t. The pain this time around. My God! Why was it so bad!?!? It was as if someone had slashed her skin multiple times with a sharp, tiny blade that then carved out her heart slowly soon after. It was unimaginable and...it was real. Never had she ever felt anything like it. Her tears were an endless river as they ran across her light tan cheeks now flushed and red.  

Grinning evilly, Malacus added, “Yes, Raisha. Yes. You will always be mine, my sweet temptation. Always.”

“NO!” She yelled once more, her voice carrying loudly throughout the cave. Raisha flew upward with a rush that had the silk warm sheets that caressed her skin, down to her waist and her hair falling forward into her face.

Suddenly experiencing a quick dose of vertigo, Raisha closed her eyes then covered her face with both hands, which refused to stop trembling. With every rapid breath she exhaled, she inhaled mindfully, desperately trying to calm her heart as it beat so fast she knew it was only a matter of time before it left her chest. It took her time, much time to settle down, but when finally did her hands no longer shook with the fear that remained in her heart. Instead she removed her hair from her face then brought her hands slowly down over her heart. Opening her eyes—vertigo now gone—Raisha stared ahead with light relief that what just occurred was a dream. A nightmare. A horrible, horrible one. Nothing more…But she knew better. And that thought killed what little relief she was able to muster.

A water benders dream was a vision. Whether a vision of the past, present, or late future, a dream was a vision and her nightmare would come….

“No…..I won’t let it. Not this time.” Raisha whispered to herself, determination rising only by God’s grace.

Removing the silks sheets from her entirely, Raisha adjusted herself to stand when she saw the blue vine pulse around her leg at a slow pace, staying in place.

…Me leg. Is it--...

Testing her theory, Raisha placed her palms behind her and leaned back slight to lift her right leg. She lifted it about a foot in the air and to her surprise no severe pain accompanied the action. There was a mild ache centered at the heart of the wound, however she would take this over what she experienced before.

“This plant actually healed me….He healed me.” And how did she repay him? By drafting his death warrant that’s how.

“No.” She muttered, placing her foot back down. Getting up slowly from her resting area, she took a gentle step forward as vertigo tried to mess with her again. Shaking it off, she took a few more steps towards the entrance of the cave.

“I will not let him die for my sake. I cannot, will not let this be so.” Stepping at the edge of the opening, looking over the dense forest ahead of her, Raisha closed her eyes and focused on the darkest, most evil energy signature nearby and spotted it within seconds.

Opening those bright sapphire orbs filled with drive and determination, Raisha remembered the silent promise to herself that never again will another precious soul perish because of an evil being’s obsession over her. Not if she could help it.

“This I swear with my very life.” And before a blink of an eye, she left the cave and sprinted straight for the forest, straight to Malacus.  
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