Into The Wild

Chapter 9

Yoko Kurama the strongest s class spirit, fought with little

effort against a black mist of long black hair. It had killed many its one

white eye staring at the Yoko.

The recent slaughter had been relatively one sided with

Kurama overtaking the entire property. Rooting down to the basement. Controlling

the garden and the rotting tree in the basement. An underground surgery room. A massive lab boxed in Carvings. The Soul Eater hid there.

Coward.

Already spreading his energy through the root system. The

dead tree was poisoned he would plant something to feed off the dead tree.

Kurama was cautious calculating when the stench blood hit

the air. He could smell Rosario's blood. Soaked into the earth as if staining

him.

Large Venus fly traps erupted snatching the enemy demon allowing

Kurama to flee towards the scent. Outside. The gardens bright light slowly

dimmed as he approached the blood soaked earth. She was pale gasping in and

coughing.

Trying to fight the unconsciousness for control.

Yoko Kurama frowned staring down at the human girl, lying on

her back. Phanting trying to regain her breath.

Swearing her favorite word he knew she was fine. As she

breathed in weakened from blood loss Rosario tried to get up failing

horrifically. And grunting in pain.

"Don't move so quickly."

Rosairo turned to the silver haired colossal man. Freezing

in place, his arms were rippled the muscles belong them strong and coiled. Long

silver hair curtained his shoulders the silver fox ears down in concern.

It was those eyes, those golden eyes full of concern. His

long sharp almond nails touched the blood soaked grass. For a moment Rosario

thought she died and was staring at a most beautiful god. The blood loss made

her woozy. As she reached out her blood soaked fingers petting the soft wispy

hair. Like cotton candy soft.

"Am I dead?"

She asked the fox who blinked his eyes at the question glancing to his blood

covered friend. Yusuke was still staring at his blood covered human in concern.

Holding his blood soaked shirt, he knew she had knocked an artery.

"Not yet."

Yusuke said as she turned to him blinking latching onto his

voice and nodded

"I'm just gonna, rest my head."

"You lost a lot of blood."

"I just need to rest."

Unsure if that was best Yusuke stood up the blood was still

warm and Rosario was unconscious as he filled the fox in on what happened.

"And her father?"

"He just vanished."

"Coward."

Yoko Kurama growled, though he shouldn't expect much from a

man who murdered his own son. Then kill

himself.

Lilliana gave her soul to save her only daughter. A mothers

love knows no bounds. Looking back at the home Kurama lifted the young woman.

Taking her upstairs to her bedroom to rest.

"How many demons are left?"

"A couple dozen at least."

Yusuke grimaced, the house was infested hoarded with demon. Hiei

made his way to the bedroom finding the unconscious would. He could feel the

dark energy bubble and flowing around her. Awakening.

Kurama nor Yusuke reacted, it was clear only he could sense

the black swirling aura shading each cell. Consuming her human body.

"Hiei have you seen Kazuma?"

The door slammed open as Kazuma Kuwabara entered the

bedroom. 

All four men in place.

Healing and resting for the next phase in battle a little

ringing came to everyone ears as Yoko Kurama opened a communication phone.

A little man sat on the other side, a cute little toddler

with a blue pacifier between his teeth. A young child no older than 3 in

appearance had the face of an ancient politician. Prince Koenma of the apart

world, a being in his early thousands,

How is the situation so far?

"68 souls reaped, 4 demons killed."

That is all? Not even half.

"Rosario has been hurt, we should retreat and regroup.

I don't think that's possible, we risk endangering

more human lives. So long as the black grimoire exists in that house the Itachi

can use it. Lure innocent lives and feed his belly for a millennia. The

Spanish Flower knew the risks. She is not someone who shall give up easily.

"What of her mothers soul?"

Lilliana gave the ultimate sacrifice for her child,

destroying the soul in process.

*sigh*

A mothers love knows no bounds.

The little king said sighing sadly he would monitor the

situation closely.

The Soul Eater has taken many lives, this cannot continue.

If capture is no longer available, we must do everything we can to prevent more

bloodshed. Do what must be done.

The fox agreed sensing the ghost Luka was sitting over his

sister, staring at her. The pale woman lied motionless, barely breathing. Soon

the room became aware of his presence.

"Is she dead?"

The question surprised the four men. Luka couldn't tell. He couldn't feel her. They had been bonded since birth. The moment their mother saved Rosario he could no longer feel her.

"Just unconscious."

Luka could only stare

"Fuckin coward."

Anger and resentment filled a southern drawl.

"The Man won't rest until he kills his whole damn family."

Luka stood up an angry determination filled his aura as he vanished. 

That glowing black aura hummed around the unconscious woman,

Hiei watched as every cell in her body began to transform. A sort of pale

undertone began to spread across her flesh.

The Jagon a mystical eye that could see through time space

and dimensions. A psychic energy so strong he could feel the darkness.

The sudden screens and fleeing of souls echoed about the

house. Kazuma stood.

"Guys, Luka is going after The Soul Eater."

"Idiot is gonna get himself killed."

The tall proud man stood and suddenly slammed his hands on a

the hilt of a sword. Gold bright energy surged as Kazuma slammed the blade into

the wooden floor. A wide golden bright energy belted around the woman.

"What are you doing?"

"Mayiko Tibia is still alive."

Kazuma said recalling the memory of the beautiful raven

haired woman. A powerful psychic had come to him. She was here, alive the

Itachi fed on her. But she would die soon. So he needed another one. Someone

strong.

Hana would be devoured.

"If the Itachi has that book it's going to come straight for

her. You guys need to go, now!"

The three men followed suite slaughtering the evil souls and

dark demons that began attacking. Kurama sealed the door trying to protect the

young woman.

Yusuke shot through demons with his eliminating 21 ghoulish

demons.

Luka was a powerful spirit he fought his way through demons

just as a single soul. Had his father not killed him due to Paranoia and idiocy.

Luka ran into the cellar, the blackness stared back at them,

the Itachi demon's energy consumed the entire underground laboratory and

surgical facility.

The ghoul Doctor. The man who started everything was huddled

in a corner drinking formaldehyde, one of the smartest men of his time, had his

child not been murdered Doctor Tashi would have become a leader in innovative

science bring the world two centuries into medical advanced future.

If not for his ego.

"Oh hey, how's the girl?"

The man asked drinking yoko Kurama glared at the man.

"She will live no thanks to your Huburis."

The doctor scoffed nodding

"What if god is just a mad scientist banishing his creations,

for their own benefit?"

Yusuke blinked in confusion that doesn't make any sense,

"She's a good egg that Rosie."

The words surprised the boys, they knew she was intelligent but did not know her state of mind.

"She will be the greatest of your generation, a mind like

hers is one in a century."

The man stood walking to a counter, removing the cloth at a

sort of antique gun, very steam punk, cherry red barrel with silver all around

it, a large glass dome in the center with purple glowing glitter like a jewel

filled with a gelatin center.

"A mind such as hers."

Admiring the weapon the men stared at it. The sleek design the strange glowing aura

"What is it?"

"Cupids Arrow. A weapon that will subdue any attacker,

stunning the victim into submission, the energy disperses a jolt of electricity

directly into the nervous system. Releasing stem cells that flood to damaged

areas, obliterating unhealthy cells mimicking the healthy ones, it causes the subject

to become intact. They heal, any body modifications revert back to their

original pure form. Completely solid."

Kurama stared at the weapon

"It is a weapon to subdue, not kill."

"So it's a stun gun that heals?."

"Not just heals, the lame will walk, an amputee will have

their limbs regrew in a painful excruciating metamorphosis. Becoming whole once

again. It heals down to the basic structure, even kills cancer cells.

Exactly the way Rose envisioned.

That girl.

She is the future, her contribution to this world will be

godlike, be it good or evil. The world will grow into the next phase."

The man bowed his head turning to a grim reaper nodding

once, the woman took his hand gently as the two began to vanish into nothing. As

the room shifted his energy vanishing.

A lightness filled the home, all the spirits were gone, as

were the ghouls. They old sense him though, the Itachi, its energy fading. The

three ran into the underground basement to find Luka a large blade in his

hands. The Itachi stood in thread trousers, its head and shoulders black as if

dipped in tar.

No hair, large ripped arms. With a missing limb bleeding

black goop. It snarled as Luca attacked again the demon kicked him into the

wall as Yusuke lunged to attack, knocking the demon down. A brawl between the group

attacking the demon weaking it. Luka stabbed its chest. The creature screeched

as it began to sizzle and melt into black sludge

Electricity cracking through the fluid.

Out of a black murky puddle a woman gasped in cough and

choking out the sludge.

Kurama moved quickly helping the woman up, her large dark

brown eyes wide in horror and. Fear screaming and screaming. Into oblivion.

The only option was to karate chop the old woman into

silence.

Luka stood staring at the woman, she had spoken to him so

many times in the shadows. Telling him how to defeat the Itachi.

Teaching him how to control and harness his power.

"Is she ok?"

"We will get her medical treatment quickly."

Kurama promised as Luka nodded looking at the grim reaper, a

pretty girl in Yellow. She bowed

"I have to say good bye to my sister."

The young woman and Yellow smiled politely bowing as she

shook her head.

"I'm afraid that is not possible."

"He just killed the Itachi, let him say good bye to his sister."

"I'm afraid I cannot do that, no one is allowed to talk to

their loved ones once stripped of their mortal coil. You are no acceptation."

"Horse shit!"

Yusuke began to argue

"This is not up for debate, Luka."

The guy stared as he analyzed the situation then tossed the

sword to Hiei.

"It's a family heirloom, keep it safe."

Luka blinked then bolted running up to see Rose

"Rosario!"

Every step echoed down the hall pounding in Luka's ear as he

rushed to her bedroom.

"Rosario!"

He yelled turning down the hall and slamming himself into

her hallway. The large mahogany door had roses carved in its edge, sandlewood

colored rose door knob, he had made it for her in his first wood making class.

He had intended to paint it but Rose wouldn't have it, she

loved the design of the petals against the natural grain.

Camouflage roses she called them.

"Rosario!"

His sister was there, once he met her matching stormy gray

blue eyes everything would be better. His hand gasped the knob. Turning the thing

and rushing into a bright lit room

~*~

Rosario gasped in trying to regain her breath. Kazuma Kuwaba was standing over the girl. She felt this sort of dread. As if a limb was severed.

"What happened?"

"Ugh…"

Bolting from the bed Rosario fled, the house seemed to stay. It didn't move the staircase ended at 34 steps. The walls stayed the same.

There was a lightness in the air. A freshness that pushed away the tension in the home.

Checking each room, every door everywhere Rosario couldn't find them.

The lab which held her designs and inventions sat empty. The space was clear and open. No looking presence.

It was all so quiet.

She was alone. The sudden realization that they were gone hit Rosario in the chest cavity.

They were gone. Her mouth parted as her chest filled with burning air.

The basement was empty, the indents of the Itachi fading from the ground. Kneeling down Rosario placed a hand where the energy was nearly gone.

A few wisps of memory would fade as Kurama saturated the ground in his energy.

The boys gathered around the woman, as she kneeled down.

"Luka killed him, drove a sword through his heart."

The blade glistened in Hiei's hand, cleaned of blood. Rosario stared at the blade, it had belonged to her brother. Bequeathed from their grandfather after his death

"Luka gifted it."

Hiei held the blade to the girl her eyes staring at the blade shaking her head

"Luca gave it to you, it's not mine to keep. Use it well. Blades can feel their master."

Her hand hovered on the hilt as she waved at the spell carved into its aura, she could feel her brothers magic. The two had poured over every spell mastering each one.

He was gone. This sword was all that was left. Rosario gasped as if choking for air. Stepping back Rosario bowed to the men.

"Thank you. I appreciate what you did for me, if you don't mind. I would like to be alone now."

The men all bowed as Rosario stared at the circle where the soul eater was.

Yusuke bowed leaving the girl as did Kazuma and Hiei.

Kurama just stood waving his friends off and bowing as he watched Rosario.

She stood not speaking saying nothing for so long. Her knees buckled plopping her to the ground.

Breaking down into tears she sobbed releasing all of the pain and frustration of the past year.