Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ To The Rescue ❯ Shadow ( Chapter 13 )

 

 

Chapter 13:Shadow

 

 

Takara sat by Yoko's futon as the water demon sat down on the bedding. Her long black hair was pulled back into a long braid and it lay straight down her back. The night had been too eventful and Takara wished that it had never happened in the first place. A deciding battle was drawing closer, and she was afraid that not everyone would make it out alive. She watched as Yoko pulled her knees up to her chin and rested her head. There was something weighing on the water demon's mind, and Takara could see that it was hurting.

 

“Today--” Takara began.

 

“I might not come back from this, Takara.” Yoko cut her off. Takara looked at her fighting partner angrily.

 

“Don't say that! Don't you EVER say that again!!” Takara yelled. Yoko didn't look at her friend. Her mind wasn't in the present; it was trying to escape from the past. Takara felt like punching a wall.

 

“Would you just listen to yourself!? You are talking about dying!! Stop that! You are coming home!” Takara said determinedly. She looked at Yoko for any sign of regret in what she said… but there were none to be found.

 

“I'm not going to pretend like there isn't a chance that I won't die. And you shouldn't either Takara. That isn't like you…” Yoko said as she turned to finally face her partner. Takara felt her heart skip a beat when she looked at Yoko's eyes. There was the lust for death in the girl's eyes. The girl before Takara was no longer the girl she had ever known before.

 

“Shut up! This isn't like you!!” Takara stood up and yelled at the water demon. Her dog ears popped out and she could feel her blood boil as she listened to her best friend spew a bunch of crap about her own death.

 

“Wake up, Takara! Why can't you just think about reality!?” Yoko growled as she got up. She stood shorter than Takara, but the look in her eyes held stronger than the dog demon could ever imagine. Takara didn't want to entertain the thought of the death of her fighting partner.

 

“Just because Mizu and Harukigi have a suicide code doesn't mean I will enter into one with you or let you enter into one at ALL!” Takara shouted. She didn't want to think about it; she wasn't going to think about it. A world without Yoko wasn't a world at all.

 

“I'm not asking for that! I'm asking you to accept the reality that I may not come home!” Yoko whispered menacingly. She grabbed her jacket from the dresser on her way out of the room. Takara watched as Yoko shut the door softly, despite her angry mood.

 

`I can't think about losing you Yoko… that isn't an option for me…' Takara thought. She fell to her knees as all the blocked up tears started to leak out of her eyes. The dog demon's ears disappeared as she cried herself to sleep.

 

 

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Yoko found herself down by the lake in the middle of one of the forests near Genkai's temple. The water was clear and it was dark, just like the thoughts inside Yoko's head. She let the thoughts bubble over one another as she looked out over the water.

 

“Thinking of me?” A dark voice said from directly behind Yoko. The water demon turned around quickly and a fist flew at her; knocking her to the ground. Yoko felt the pain in her side flare as she stumbled to her feet.

 

“You.” She spit out blood. It had been a long time since she had been punched like that. The air around her was thin and it was cold; almost choking her. Yoko watched as a figure emerged in front of her, out of the dark of night. His hair was spiky and long, gelled to the front of his head. He wore a white bandana around his head and a long white coat with a black shirt and pants under it. The figure's smile reminded her of the Cheshire cat's; its mockery and lies were hidden behind it. He looked at her with a greed that could be spotted a mile away.

 

“Fiancé, it's good to see you again.” The man laughed. Yoko growled. Her side no longer hurt her, and she stood up to face the devil in disguise.

 

“What are you doing here, Raidon?” Yoko hissed out the man's name. Raidon laughed a deep and fruitful laugh. His grey eyes were dancing with anticipation and excitement. Yoko wanted to cut those eyes out slowly while he was still alive.

 

“Oh, Yoko… As lovely as ever.” Raidon advanced steadily towards the girl. Yoko felt herself moving backwards instead of staying still. It was getting hard for her to lie to herself by telling herself that she was capable of killing him in her present state. The possibility of her being taken was greater than her possibility of her being able to yell for help.

 

“Come so I can kill you?” Yoko growled. Raidon disappeared and Yoko didn't have the time to look around before his left arm wrapped around her entire body and his right hand pulled her head back.

 

“How can you kill me when I can take you so easily? Yoko, you were never good at bluffing…” Raidon smirked as he held Yoko against his chest. Yoko didn't squirm or try to fight him. There was more to what he was saying.

 

“How can you take me when you are talking?” Yoko snapped. Raidon frowned and threw her down to the ground. He knelt over the weak water demon and shook his head.

 

“I'm giving you the chance to make the treaty right. We can play this little game of hide and seek all you want, but I will continue to hunt you down…” Raidon snarled. Yoko's eyes were angry and determined not to give in to the wind demon.

 

“I'm not running from you anymore. Never again.” Yoko said. Raidon laughed at her. She felt her anger building up, felt her transformation coming on. She also knew her body was too weak to keep her mental walls up; she would end up becoming Her. It was a risk she didn't want to take.

 

“Apparently not. Not that it matters. You and I are always going to be connected.” Raidon grinned. His face had an unpleasant look to it when he was going to get what he wanted.

 

“When I kill you, it won't matter.” Yoko yelled at the wind demon. Raidon kicked her in the stomach and Yoko flew a few feet away. She lay in a ball on the dewy grass. Raidon's anger rose.

 

“Remember that statement when everyone you love is dead.” Yoko's eyes grew wide.

 

“How lovely would it be to come to the temple one day and find every person slaughtered? Hmm? How would you like it done, Yoko?” Raidon baited her. Yoko glared through her pain. He bent down next to her and pulled her up by her shirt collar. She winced in pain and felt the shirt start to choke her.

 

“Maybe I should slice them into tiny pieces? Start with your partner Takara. I'd love to cut off that tongue of hers first. How'd you like it as a present? Hmm?” Raidon continued to speak. Yoko growled at the wind demon. She was weak, but she wasn't going to take this.

 

“No? Well then… maybe you'd like it better if I saved your precious Ku-ra-ma for last?” Raidon mentioned the fox's name and Yoko's eyes showed fear.

 

“OH? That gets your attention. Oh yes, the infamous Youko Kurama. Makai thief. I know just what I'd do to the idiot who tried to take you away from me. I'd like to nail him down to the floor with Lightning Bolts and slowly cut out his heart until he stops breathing!!” Raidon laughed at Yoko's pain. The water demon shook her head.

 

“NO!” Yoko cried. Raidon watched as his fiancé cried for another man.

 

“It looks like you've grown an attachment to this kitsune. Maybe I should just march over RIGHT NOW and-”

 

“NO! STOP IT! STOP! STOP IT DAMMIT!” Yoko cried and struggled against Raidon's grasp. He only laughed at her.

 

“Is this enough to make you see that you can never run? Do you see that I'll kill EVERYONE to find you?” Raidon asked. Yoko nodded through her tears. She tried to erase the horrible pictures in her mind of the fox crying out in pain and cursing Yoko with his last breath. She couldn't bear to be the cause of his death.

 

“Y-yes! ENOUGH!” Yoko said. Raidon brushed away her tears with his thumb and kissed her forehead.

 

“Just remember that you can never run from me, Yoko. Never.” Raidon let Yoko fall to her knees as he let go of her shirt collar. She watched as he disappeared into the night.

 

`Oh god! No! Kurama! I can't… I can't let you get hurt! Takara… Kurama… Yusuke… everyone! I can't let them die! NO! DAMMIT!' Yoko yelled at herself. She pounded her fists against the ground and felt her insides breaking.

 

“Why?! WHY?! GOD DAMN YOU!!! WHY?!” Yoko screamed at the top of her lungs. She wanted to just die, to kill herself and be out of her own misery; but that wouldn't stop Raidon from killing everyone any way. Yoko knew she couldn't selfishly kill herself and leave everyone defenseless.

 

“I will kill him. I will kill him and then myself for having to hurt you like this Kurama. I promise you this…” Yoko said as she stood up slowly, her body regaining strength. She brushed away her useless tears and looked out over the lake.

 

`I'm sorry.'

 

 

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WOW! End to chapter 13!! WOW! This is a new chapter, and it is stuck in between the second and third part to old chapter 10. wow. If you remember that far back… you seriously are like my biggest fan! Haha.

 

Anyway… this was fun to write because I got to finally introduce the evil Raidon into the picture. About freakin' time huh?!

 

Well, leaves me comments and lovels.

 

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