Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ To The Rescue ❯ Marriage ( Chapter 16 )

 

 

Chapter 16:Marriage

 

 

 

“My princess, you have been summoned to the ballroom.” Nagiso said as he stood at the foot of the princess's bed later on that day. She hadn't moved all day. Yoko looked up at Nagiso with miserable eyes. She wanted to fight back and she wanted to leave her personal hell, but she couldn't go anywhere: not while Raidon was alive, and certainly not while he had Nagiso under his control. Nagiso sat down on the side of her bed and gently placed his hand on top of hers. Yoko could feel the reassuring cold grip of Nagiso's skin. It made her remember her parents and her siblings, the way their skin was always cold to the touch and familiar.

 

“Must I go?” Yoko asked her private servant. Nagiso nodded. He went over to her closet and pulled out another white dress. Yoko sighed, feeling a familiar hate for the color white.

 

“Would you like me to leave you?” Nagiso asked his princess. She didn't answer him, but she pulled the covers back and let her body be exposed to the night air. Nagiso walked over to her and held the dress above her head. Carefully Yoko let the dress squeeze her into a rigid, royal form. Nagiso admired the slender form that the princess easily maintained. She looked at him apathetically. He reached over for her brush and carefully brushed out her curly hair. She didn't complain or comment.

 

Nagiso led her out of her room, down the halls, and through two large doors into a magnificent ballroom. It was large and filled with old world art. Yoko unhooked herself from Nagiso's arm and looked up. Above her was a magnificent glass doom that showed the stars and the moon perfectly. It was radiant. Yoko felt some sense of wonder creep back into her heart and amaze her.

 

“Do you like it? It is my wedding gift to you.” Raidon said as he leaned against a pillar at the far end of the ballroom. Yoko twirled herself around to get a full look out the giant doom window. Beside herself, she smiled at the dazzling gift. She felt a warm hand against her cheek. Her body flooded with the heat. She rested her head against it, feeling content.

 

`Oh, Kurama would just-' Yoko shot her eyes open and pulled away quickly, realizing what she was doing. Her eyes glared at the demon that held her prisoner in her own skin. He laughed at her and pulled his hand back.

 

“Oh don't worry; the only gift I require from you is an heir.” Raidon smirked. Yoko growled. She could see him looking at her body, the lust thick in his eyes. She remembered the events of the early morning.

 

“You will get no such thing from me.” She stated. Raidon frowned. He was suddenly in front of her, holding her chin up towards him. She glared at him and tried to move her head, but found it held tight. Her body was nervous, remembering all the physical signs. She pleaded with herself, begging him not to do it again.

 

“I will get what I want.” Raidon whispered to her. He leaned in towards her, lowering his lips to meet hers. Yoko ran her nails along his face quickly and pulled back as Raidon shot his hand up to his face.

 

“I will NEVER bear your child!” Yoko said menacingly. Raidon hissed and pulled the water demon close to him. She fought him weakly, still not adjusted to the drastic changes of the Kazekai. Her body was still weak from the morning.

 

“LET ME GO!” She screamed at him. Yoko struggled, but could feel herself panicking. Raidon ran his hands over her eyes, closing them. Yoko panicked when she couldn't open her eyes. They would not open with her directions.

 

“Stop! STOP FIGHTING ME!” Raidon yelled at the water demon in his arms. Yoko felt her limbs give up. Her body was not taking direction from her anymore. She lost control, and she feared that most. Her heart raced as she could sense the air around her change, melt into her and she swore she could smell roses. Raidon held her close to him, taking in all her lovely features. She was defiant and rebellious and he wanted to close her in. His life had been devoted to capturing his promised lover. She would be his, no matter how he would have to go about it.

 

“No….” Yoko whispered into the air. She could feel herself being pulled into a strange abyss. It was soft, sweet, and she knew that she indeed smelled roses around her.

 

`Kurama…'Yoko told herself. Raidon chuckled to himself. He continued to let the air around them swirl and change. He pulled the girl close to him and ran his thumbs down her cheeks. Two triangular marks on each of her cheeks appeared. All of them pointed in towards her face, with the base of the mark extending from her ears. They were dark blue and strong, but still being controlled by Yoko's unconscious desire to keep a hold of herself. Raidon took his hands from her cheeks and brushed her hair back.

 

“You are so beautiful.” Raidon whispered to the water demon. Yoko felt the soft whisper reach her some where in the abyss. It was Kurama, she knew it. Raidon studied the small bodied girl. He knew that her demon form was hiding in the human body. He knew that he would release her from the pain of holding it all in.

 

“What do you think? Do you love me?” Raidon asked. Yoko smiled, her eyes still closed; her mind still dreaming.

 

“Yes. Of course I love you.” She answered. Raidon tapped Yoko's forehead gently and the girl opened her eyes. Before her stood Kurama, her lover. His red hair and green eyes were welcoming and lovely. She hugged him passionately. Raidon smiled as the water demon clung to him.

 

“Good. If you love me so much, why don't you go upstairs and change for me? Yoko, don't forget to fix your hair; I HATE curls.” Raidon demanded. Yoko's shallow eyes were dull, but her smile was joyous. She nodded and slowly walked away, towards her room. Raidon looked up at the sky-dome and laughed to himself. He was such a genius for taming the Princess with her own fantasies. She would never know the difference.

 

“Don't you wish her to love you at all, master?” Nagiso asked from the shadows. Raidon's face showed displeasure with the comment.

 

“She thinks she's in love with me now. What do I care about her actual feelings? She'll give me what I want now as it is; and if that fox shows up and manages to get to her, she'll believe it is me attacking and protect her `Kurama.' What more do I need?” Raidon laughed. For a few moments, he watched the stars in the sky, connecting them with his finger. He barely felt the presence behind him.

 

“Does this suit you better, darling?” Yoko asked her beloved. She envisioned a hard at work Kurama, who rarely asked anything of her. Raidon fought to inhale when he saw Yoko walk towards him. Her hair was straight and pulled up behind her. She wore the ceremonial robes, drenched in layers of white and light blue. Yoko took tiny steps to meet Raidon. He touched her cheek gently and kissed her forehead.

 

“You are perfect now.” Raidon spoke as he reminded himself how intelligent he was.

 

“You are the most perfect princess.”

 

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Yusuke rushed inside and flung Kurama's door open. The kitsune was staring out the window at the night sky, seemingly waiting for someone. Yusuke growled at the kitsune for being so easily duped.

 

“Kurama, wake up! I got something to tell you!!” Yusuke said to the red head. There was no sign or movement from the boy. Yusuke rolled his eyes and shook Kurama. Still, there was no bodily reply.

 

“Kurama! YOU BASTARD!” Yusuke yelled as he slapped the kitsune. Kurama turned to him suddenly, a second out of his stupor. Yusuke began talking really fast.

 

“She didn't mean it! She didn't leave you because she didn't love you!!” Yusuke said happily. Kurama's eyes started to fade again. Yusuke slapped the boy and saw Kurama return back.

 

“Kurama! She loved you, but she was punishing herself.” Yusuke said calmly. He had to act fast while he had Kurama's attention.

 

“Yoko had a strange conversation with me the morning before she left. She told me that some times we do things that we don't want to; just to protect WHO WE LOVE!!” Yusuke said. Kurama blinked at the detective. His eyes were sad and desperate.

 

“Not everything is what it seems! Yes she went to him, but not because she wanted to! She went to PROTECT YOU!!” Yusuke yelled. He shook Kurama harshly and Kurama started to mumble.

 

`She….did that….for me?' Kurama thought to herself.

 

`Makes sense.' Youko replied.

 

“SHE NEEDS YOU! GET YOUR ASS UP!!” Yusuke yelled. Keiko came running into the room and back handed Yusuke. She carefully inspected Kurama, checking to see if he had a temperature. Kurama lifted his hand towards Keiko's and pulled it from his forehead. Keiko's eyes bugged out of her head.

 

“Yusuke is right. I have to go to her.” Kurama spoke. Keiko glared at Yusuke and then nodded. Yusuke smirked.

 

“Damn straight you do! And I know how to get us up there!!” Yusuke bragged. Kurama smiled.

 

`I am coming for you Yoko…'

 

 

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Yoko wandered around the palace, carefully looking at things. There were pictures of people she had never seen before. She couldn't seem to believe where she was; but she knew that if she had Kurama, it didn't matter.

 

“Princess, would you like me to bring you tea in the garden?” Nagiso asked his mistress. Yoko waved him away and shook her head. He followed close by her, constantly aware that she thought she was with Kurama when ever she was truly with the one she despised. He watched the way her fingers lightly touched the flowers. Her body was tightly bound in the dress that Raidon had demanded she wear. And, like Nagiso thought, Yoko agreed, happily; for her `Kurama.'

 

“I am so lucky.” Yoko smiled lightly. She wandered around the gardens helplessly, content to do nothing on the day of her wedding.

 

“Why is that Princess?” Nagiso replied. Yoko never turned to him, but Nagiso had a feeling that she was smiling her `empty' smile. He didn't know how he fit into the haze that Prince Raidon had placed over her.

 

“Nagiso, have you ever been in love?” Yoko asked. Nagiso nodded.

 

“Once, when I was much younger.” He said. Yoko sat carefully on the stone wall surrounding the flower beds. Her pale skin among the bright colored flowers was a sight to behold, and Nagiso remembered their home land, filled with gentle flowers of all sorts.

 

“It is magic…” Yoko whispered to the flowers. Her hair was long and straight, exactly the way that her `Kurama' approved of. Nagiso was confused by what the Princess felt. If she believed that Prince Raidon and her lover Kurama had changed places, then surely she would believe that each one knew only specific information.

 

“Don't you worry that Prince Raidon will come for you?” Nagiso asked gently. Yoko's smile fell slightly. Her brain was confused as it tried to sort it out.

 

“I don't think he will. Not here, where I barely know where I am. How could that demon possibly find me?” Yoko laughed carelessly. Nagiso shook his head. His mistress knew nothing of her surroundings, knew nothing of the people she had left behind in the Ningenkai.

 

“Of course. You are right. How foolish of me.” Nagiso said as he sat near her. The smell of fresh roses was everywhere; filling up Nagiso's nostrils. He tried not to cough. It was too deliberate.

 

“I think we should go and see my prince.” Yoko demanded. She placed her arm out for Nagiso's help to stand. He didn't like how tightly she was bound in the dress. The dress was cutting into her, but she wouldn't complain, because her lover had asked so little of her.

 

“Yes, your highness.” Nagiso said. Another look into the princess's eyes was all it took to convince Nagiso that he needed to save his princess.

 

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“What are we waiting for?” Kuwabara asked as he and the other three of the Tantei stood outside, waiting for something. Yusuke checked his watch and sighed, tapping his foot impatiently. Hiei stood near Kurama, who looked as determined as ever to get this mission started.

 

“Ahoy down there ya crazy blokes! Whatcha been waiting for! I jus' got myself over here a few minutes ago and I thought you'd all be jumping for joy, ya that I did!” An thick Irish voice said over head. Yusuke smiled and looked up!

 

“JIN! `Bout time!” Yusuke shouted. Jin dropped to the ground and smiled. Kurama was surprised to see Jin the Wind Master at Genkai's.

 

“Yusuke, what is this about?” Kurama asked carefully. Yusuke grinned.

 

“Yoko said the only way to get to the Kazekai is to have a wind demon take you up there! So I called on my buddy Jin!” Yusuke laughed. Kurama understood.

 

`She set out the rescue plan before she left.' Kurama noted to himself.

 

`She's a smart little thing.' Youko added.

 

“So, how do we do this?” Kuwabara asked. Jin smiled a mischievous smile and Hiei looked at Kurama, wondering what was going to have to happen.

 

“Well, we are about to take a short trip right up into the Makai and then ya are all gonna follow me, right till be get to under the Kazekai, my home land that be!! Many a great times I seen a few kids of that place a dive right off! What a crazy place it is! Then we all go up in a hurried flurry! It'll be great, I'll promise ya that!” Jin said quickly as he added his large hand movements. Yusuke laughed with him, but everyone else seemed bit tense about everything that was going down.

 

“Sounds great!” Yusuke said. Kurama just nodded, knowing that he would soon be closer to Yoko.

 

“Let's do this.” Hiei said.

 

 

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Yoko found herself wrapped up tightly in her beloved's arms. Nagiso watched on as the princess was enveloped in Raidon's embrace. He kissed her head lightly and let his hand fall to the crook of her back.

 

“Darling, what's the matter?” Yoko asked as she looked up at `Kurama.' Raidon smiled and ran his thumbs across Yoko's face, checking her demon markings.

 

“It doesn't feel right to have you trapped up inside this human body…don't you long for freedom?” Raidon said smoothly to her. Yoko pulled back a bit, confused.

 

“But darling, I can't. I have to stay inside, or I could hurt someone.” Yoko said. Raidon sighed. He marveled at how tame she was when she believed he was someone else.

 

“Oh, I know… but once we are married, I will be able to handle you. I will be able to take care of you.” He assured the water demon. Yoko's eyes sparkled a tiny bit.

 

“Really?!” She asked excitedly. Raidon felt his plan falling directly into place.

 

“Yes, then we can raise your home, and we can bring everyone back. They are only asleep after all!” Raidon said. Nagiso could feel disgust welling up in his stomach. The entire kingdom was dead except for him and the Princess. The Prince was telling lies; of the most horrible kind.

 

“Are you sure?” Yoko asked innocently. Raidon nodded.

 

“Yes, but we have to be married first.” He brushed her cheeks once more, and the markings stayed longer, lingering after his touch.

 

“Alright, yes! We can do it tomorrow night!” Yoko smiled. She couldn't believe that `Kurama' was asking her to marry him. And he was going to be able to handle her true demon form.

 

“Your highness, isn't this a little early in the courtship?” Nagiso asked his Princess. Yoko turned to him and shook her head.

 

“I love him, time doesn't change love.” Yoko smiled and hugged her lover. Raidon glared at Nagiso. He knew that soon he would have to rid himself of the pesky water demon. He was only a problem.

 

“Tomorrow night it is then.”

 

 

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Kurama felt Youko's energy envelope him the moment they hit the Makai. The fox demanded he be let out. Kurama growled.

 

`Shut up! We are here to rescue Yoko! Not for you to have a play day!' Kurama said.

 

`Awwww, I can find her faster!!' Youko pouted.

 

`But we need Jin either way!' Kurama thought to himself.

 

“Keep up Kurama!” Yusuke said from a few yards in front of him. Kurama quickly caught up, desperate to find his water demon.

 

`Yours?! How is she yours?!' Youko demanded.

 

`I don't know, she just is! Stop picking a fight!'

 

“Alrighty! Here we go! Yup, this is the place I reckon, I am sure and sure about it, right here, yes indeed!” Jin said. He was super excited about helping out Yusuke and the gang. Yusuke looked up and didn't see anything but clouds.

 

“How can you tell? It's just a bunch of clouds!” Yusuke asked the wind master. Jin pouted and looked at Yusuke.

 

“'Cause I just can! That's a reason all on its own!” Jin said. Yusuke rolled his eyes and waited for Kuwabara to show up. He came huffing and puffing behind Hiei, who had been taunting the other detective so he would keep up.

 

“Not only are you an idiot, you are a slow idiot. You are of no use.” Hiei said to the carrot-haired boy. Kuwabara tried to catch his breath to insult the Jaganshi, but he couldn't and so he let it slide.

 

“Are you ready?! Huh!?” Jin asked. Kuwabara shook his head while everyone else nodded.

 

“This isn't going to kill us is it?” Yusuke asked. Jin thought or a second.

 

“Donno, I haven't ever really tried it, no I haven't, because the last time I saw it, it was some oldy wind demon, yeah, he was quite a crazy that one!” Jin said. Yusuke laughed and shrugged.

 

“Here ya go!” Jin said as he created a massive tornado on his right arm. Yusuke looked at it and sighed.

 

`Not again…' Yusuke thought to himself.

 

Jin shot the tornado off his arm and yelled; “Jump in!”

 

“Thanks!” Yusuke yelled as the four of them jumped in and felt the tornado whirl them up through the clouds until they saw a massive amount of land and a giant palace in the background.

 

“Jump!” Kurama yelled as everyone neared the edge. His fox senses started to escape and he could smell Yoko. She was there, and he was going to find her.

 

 

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YAY! Done!

This fanfic is taking me a really long time… so I guess I'm just being lazy with writing little character skits at the end.

 

Hiei: Boo! I like these.

 

Yusuke: I thought you hated them.

 

Hiei: You know nothing.

 

Bunny: No, seriously. You said you hated them.

 

Hiei: Shut up! Baka ningen!

 

Bunny: *glares* What did you say???

 

Hiei: *glares back* You heard me.

 

Kurama: V.V ohhhh boy. They are at it again!

 

Hope you read and like, and then REVIEW! PLEASE!!!

I am almost done… I think??

 

Lovels, Bunny.