Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Unpaid Vengeance ❯ The Weapon ( Chapter 9 )

Unpaid Vengeance
Part of the Relations series

Me: Ahhh… once more, another story draws closer to the end.

Hiei: Seems like yesterday that we were just starting Friends.

Me: Well that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Hiei: Cookie?! Where?!!!! I want cookie!!!! (runs off in search of nonexistent cookie)

Me: (watching, shaking head) He just doesn't understand the term 'It's an expression.'

Hiei: (in the distance) COOKIE!!!

Me: (taking out an envelope) I guess I have to read this. Last chapter, the group caught up with Hiei, who filled them in. Just as they were about to head towards the entrance of the compound, a large group of youkai emerged to block their path. Yusuke and Kurama, along with the rest of the good guys, cleared a path for Hiei and Yukina, who insisted to be allowed to come in order to heal if the need arose. Because I am evil, it ended with Hiei opening the door of the room where he sensed Kiru's energy signature.

Hiei: (running still) COOKIE!!! (falls down) Owwww. (comes back to me) No cookie.

Me: (hands him a cookie) Here you go!

Hiei: Yay! (eats cookie) Arigato!!

Me: Standard disclaimers apply on all but my creations (see chapter 7 for details.) Enjoy!

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Hiei opened the heavy metal door, assessing the situation in a split second. He saw, with some relief that Kiru hadn't released her energy yet, but was indeed summoning the phoenix. I made it…But she looked alarmingly drained, panting heavily from overexertion.

Ryudo was cowering in the nearby corner, a small dagger his only defense. He was shaking like a leaf. Coward. Hiei redoubled his vow to painfully kill him. He quickly noted the dreary state of the cell, and tripled his vow.

'Kiru!'

She started slightly and her concentration broke, the Makai flames dying instantly. She turned an exhausted gaze towards him, 'Hiei?' Her voice was little more than a soft whisper. She wore a white shift, or what he thought was a white shift. He couldn't really tell because it was so stained with her blood. Her arms were marked with fresh burns, and what flesh he could see was slashed and bruised. Her usually bright ruby eyes were dark and haunted. Her lips were tinged blue, and she was shivering slightly- probably due to the fact that she was wet. He noticed the empty bucket earlier.

He ran towards her, disregarding the youkai in the corner, wrapped her in his cloak, and took her battered form into his embrace. 'Kiru. I'm here now.' He drew back to look into her face, a wave of tenderness enveloping him, relief dampening the rage that had flooded his body.

But her face was panicked. 'No!' she said, surprisingly strong, 'You have to run!' Her eyes were those of a cornered cat, feral and fearful at the same time. But that fear was for him, not for what would happen to her.

'Kiru, what…' he was confused at her words. What was there to run from? That worm of a youkai couldn't possibly be strong enough to withstand his dragon, especially not when he was mad. All he wanted to do right now was get her out of here. His revenge could be left for later. 'Just relax, everything will be fine.'

She shook her head, fisting her hands in his shirt and looking straight into his eyes, 'You don't understand! I won't let them do it to you, too!'

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'Shotgun!'

As Yusuke dispatched the last of the army of youkai that had charged them, Kurama and the rest started towards the entrance they had seen Hiei go into earlier. Everyone was worried, they could all feel Kiru's ki was weak, but took some solace in the fact that Hiei's ki was right next to her's.

They ran into the compound, noting the many doors. Mukuro saw Yukina standing in front of a door down the hallway to the right.

'Yukina!' Mukuro called.

The ice maiden turned towards them, her ruby eyes worried. 'Yusuke-san! Kuwabara-kun!'

'Where's Hiei?' Kurama asked her, curious as to why Hiei left his beloved sister alone in an unfamiliar territory.

'He went into this room, but as soon as he was in, the door closed, and I can't get it open.'

Yusuke turned to the door, and tried to open it. 'Jeeze,' he said, pulling at the handle, 'It's stuck!'

They all tried to open it, using everything from brute force to 'Open Sesame!' Nothing worked. Yukina started to cry, and Yusuke started to curse. Kurama was worried that there was more to this than originally thought.

He just hoped that everything would turn out okay.

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Yoh and Taki ran towards the back entrance to Kiru's torture chamber. They had been playing cards when a level five warning had sounded, accompanied by a rising of youki from their plaything. They knew that their boss, Ryudo, was still in the torture chamber.

They also knew that she would never allow them to accomplish their goal without a fight. She had been hard enough to contain all those years ago, who knew how much stronger she was now. They would have preferred to just kill her, but they needed her for bait. And the extra income that could be brought from her bloodstones didn't hurt either.

They opened the door to find Ryudo in the corner, still shell-shocked. They ran over to him to try and shake him out of his stupor. After about five minutes, they finally got him into a state where he could do what he needed to.

Ryudo looked up and saw Kiru being embraced by her lover. This seemed like the perfect opportunity. Kiru was too weak to do anything to help him- her ki signature was barely recognizable- and he was lost on why his koi was so panicked. Fool, you'll soon find out.

Ryudo smiled and took the dagger from its special resting place in its case. It was his pride and joy, his most devastating weapon. It was a beautiful thing, a wonderfully sculpted, beautiful creation of black silver, a rare Makai metal, with etchings of ancient chants in the old language of the demons. The hilt was made with the bark of a death tree, and the grip had leather from a dragon's hide. But the danger lay in the spirit that was trapped in the dagger itself.

That Forbidden Child will never know what hit him.

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Me: Hey look! Another cliffhanger!

Hiei: Oh joy. (eats another cookie)

Me: Shut up. Now be a good boy and tell them to review so I can make more cookies.

Hiei: Cookies! (looks chibi) Please review so I can have more cookies!!!!