Quest Thread 4

[Watcher]

Location: Battle Arena
Time: 7.30 PM
Players:
1. Rage Asakura
2. Karin Hiiragi
3. Hime Mizuno

[Quest Will Begin Once All Players Have Entered]

[Asakura]

Rage roamed the Battle Arena, waiting for something to happen here. It was dark, and the only source of light Rage had was his torchlight that was turned on, giving him vision. He just felt like making sure no one was out so late, for the possibility that someone might come and kidnap them.. then again, the whole point of this Academy was to protect them. There was coldness in the air, making him shiver.

"Wonder why I'm here again..."

[Hime]

"A light..."Hime thought, seeing a moving lamp going towards her. She wasn't alone there in the arena anymore. She stood up from the bleacher that she was sitting and fixed her clothes as the light got closer. It's probably someone from her team, since they were the ones assigned here at that time of night. She was kind of expecting her friend, Kariin because she asked her to meet her there at exactly 7:30 PM, but when she saw the shadow...

Short hair...tall...broad shoulders...Definitely not Kariin.

She smiled and run towards the shadow to meet him.

"Rage-san!"She greeted him happily.

[Asakura]

Aaand then he heard the oh so familar voice pierce through the silence of the evening. Hime's voice. He smiled, not expecting her to be out so late. Yet... bah.

"Oh, hi Hime. Whats up?"

Rage asked, standing there, raising his torchlight to face her.

[Hiei]

"WELCOME, TO MY CLASSROOM!"

The cold, emotionless, deep, monotonous voice echoed throughout the whole place, the fog somewhat fading away, being pushed by the sound waves. From where Rage and Hime stood, which was on one side of the Battle Arena, a cloaked figure stood on the other side. The dark fabric covered his whole body, leaving no trace of identification. Even his voice was different. It was more...Cold...Intimidating. The figure looked up, his cloak shifting slight by his movement. And then, he jerked his arms outward, loosening the grip of the cloak's sleeves. His hands reached up to his hood, and slowly, he pulled back, revealing an all-too familiar face with closed eyes. Although it was familiar, it was still different.

For one, his whole face was decorated with wierd black shapes. His hair was also different. Last time, it was totally black. And now, the tips of his hair were red. His eyes kept close, hiding the red pupils that was stored inside. Then, his hands reached down to grab the neck of his cloak and he pulled, the cloak giving away oh-so simply. He was wearing a black shirt that covered only his chest, revealing his stomach and his bare arms. His right arm still held that dark mark, and his left, like his face, was decorated with black dots. He wore black pants that fit him perfectly, allowing better flexibility and mobility. He wore leather gloves, that had a red mark on top. The mark of two red dots. The eyes of the infamous Dark Dragon. Hiei was back.

The supposedly dead school captain raised his head, his eyelids opening, revealing the red eyes that lay underneath. Unlike his old self, where his eyes used to show no emotion, these ones showed bloodlust, thrill, craze. Like a serial killer's. And then, his lips widened, changing into a sadistic smile. He tilted his head slightly, adding more into the crazy environment that surrounded him now. "Hello, Rage. Hime." His voice. Like his eyes and his smile, they were sadistically evil. No. This wasn't the Hiei the duo knew. This was the Dark Dragon. Hiei had lost to the Dark Dragon, letting him have full control over his body. And slowly, he captured and hypnotised others. For example, Daisuke Matoni, a person who shared the seem hatred as him. Hatred for the human society, hatred for humanity, hatred for mankind.

And this school was the only thing standing in his way to achieve that revenge. He was going to destroy it and cripple its students, and maybe even capture a few more followers to aid him in his war. Yes, his host was still young. Hiei was still 13. But Dark Dragon wasn't. He had enhanced Hiei's fighting ability to that of a perfect soldier, so he could use it to fight for him. Then, Hiei's head tilted to the other side. His lips opened once more.

"I'm BAAAAAAAAACK! Missed me?"

Suddenly, a black flame covered his whole torso in a flash. The Dark Dragon armour. The armour that could withstand plenty of damage before wearing out. And also, it could be thrown at his opponents with an explosive result.

[Asakura]

Rage couldn't believe it. He just couldn't. He saw the person leave the Mortal Realm himself, how could he have come back from there?! And most of all, where was his coolness and his love for Hime? What the heck! He was going to kill them. He knew he would try. Rage still had this lingering love for Hime even though he thought he had alreayd given up. He would protect her. And yet, he would hold back. What if Hiei had a chance to return to his original self? What happened if he ruined that chance? Damn. This was some kind of hell situation.

"Hiei! Snap out of it!.. You cant hurt Hime... that's not Hiei."

He came to that conclusion, he had to reassure Hime, and make sure she wouldn't foolishly throw herself at him. Bah! She was lightening up on the grieving and now it was back to grieving again! He grasped Hime's wrist, just strong enough to make sure she couldn't run to him. And then he whispered, in a non-believing tone.

"Thats not Hiei, Hime."

[Hime]

Her whole body went paralyzed...It was him, the dead school captain, the boy she thought about night and day, the boy she held close...her Hiei.

Is he really back? He definitely is, but he was different. Those eyes doesn't belong to him. Whenever he calls her name, she always feels good, but this time, his voice calling her name sent fear within her.

Just then, Rage grabbed her wrist. She had no energy to move, she just stood behind him, her eyes never leaving the apparition before them.

After a few moments of trying to grasp the truth, she finally gathered enough courage to answer Rage.

"I know, Rage...I know..."

[Karin Hiiragi]

These days, Karin always being late. Even in school, private meeting, and especially this Quest. Now she's going on a quest in Battle Arena.
"I'm late! Oh no..!"
She ran to Battle Arena with rushed. When she's there, it's so dark and freaky. She turned on her torch and start walking. "I'm not gonna scared..." The air is very cold, but she was used to it. She said, "I'm sorry, Hime...being late as usual." with a low voice. But no one is hearing, just she alone there.

And then, suddenly, she saw a black flame there. It must be Hiei.

"Watch out!"
Karin warned her partners to be not closer to Hiei's flame.

[Hiei]

Hiei turned his head to look at the newcomer, his sadistic smile turning upside down into an angry frownd. He took a step and turned his body so that he faced her, reeled his right arm back, and then jerked it forward, sending a black flame at Karin. It wasn't long enough to reach her, though. It was only ment to scare her. After keeping it on for five seconds, he closed his hand, the black flame dispersing from its core. The frown turned once more into a sadistic grin. Ragen and Hime were together, and were definitely harder to take down. But this girl. Well, she was alone, and afraid too. Free, easy prey.

Hiei took a step towards her, his head tilting to the side once more like a maniac. His Dark Dragon armour stayed on his body, the black flames flickering and emitting an aura darker than the night sky. "Oh, what do we have here? A cub seperated from the pack?" His voice was totally sarcastic, trying to add into her fear. It was what he needed. It was what he fed on. It was what he concentrated on. His opponent's fear, and he always magnified it to cripple the enemy's mind. A very, very harsh attack.

When he was close enough, he placed his left leg in front and reeled his right hand back, the palm open and a black fire ball floating above it suddenly visible. Hiei lifted his right leg above the ground and smashed it down in front of him, throwing the fireball at Karin at the same time like a baseball pitcher. Though, he was aiming at the ground right in front of her. He didn't want to cripple them yet. He wanted to have a little fun first, hear this screaming for mercy. The explosion, though, would be able to hurt her a lot.

[Karin Hiiragi]

((OOC : oh no.. i'm not prepared enough for a battle ^^;)


"Ugh... I suppose that you're gonna make us screaming..."
Along with saying those words, Karin also create a barrier, from the wind. She's protecting Rage and Hime too, her partners. Otherwise what another reason that she's here.
Karin also enjoyed a bit from this quest. She never fight hard with her old friends, long long time ago.

"You're gonna re... Ouch!" Suddenly, when she's gonna make a 'little surprise', her left arm and her right foot were affected by the fireballs. Tough, she's not hurt a lot but, she think her arm and her foot can't move properly. In the meantime, Hiei was throwing fireballs, and she can't do anything. "Ugh, I wish Hikari was here..." She know that her wish wouldn't came true. Her left foot moved behind, slowly...

[Hime]

"Karin! Run away!!!"Hime shouted when she saw Hiei about to hit the fireball to hurt her, but it was no use. It hit her left arm and foot already. She was hurt, and she needs help.

Rage was right, he was trying to kill them. At that thought, anger filled her heart. She's not going to let someone kill her friends in front of her, she can't stand it. She had lost important people in her life without even her, doing anything about it....and now, she's won't let it happen anymore. With all the strength she could gather, she pulled her wrist from Rage's tight grasp.

She ran as fast as she could to get in front of Hiei, blocking his way of hurting Kariin again. She spread her arms wide, like what she always does whenever she dreams of flying over the seas. She wore a couragous determined look on her face and looked. She was trying to protect Kariin.

"I won't let you lay a finger on her!" She spoke, her voice still soft, though she delivered it in an angry manner.

"I know you're not Hiei...Who are you and what have you done to him!? Answer me before I spill out every single molecule of water in your body!!!!"She spoke again as she tried to threaten him, and this time, she let all her hatred out.

She didn't know if she meant what she said, neither if she can really do it or not, but she isn't afraid now....Not afraid to kill anyone who will try to hurt her friends.

[Asakura]

"..What?..What?!"

As soon as Hime got out of his grasp, he almost fell, but he made himself stand. He held his right arm infront of him, his palm facing Hiei, and threw a wind bomb towards Hiei, hoping to disable him for a moment. Bah!

[Hiei]

"You just don't get it, do you? Hiei's gone! I just possessed his body, that's all. Now that you know that, let's see if you will still decimate the body of your loved one, even if he MAY still be alive, eh?"

Once more, the sadisctic grin and the tilting of his head. He took a step forward, his eyes glistening in lust. This was easy, too easy. And plus, there were two helpless targets in front of him now. And he could easily shoot out his Dark Dragon armour. Though, just before he could send it forward at Hime and Karin, his body suddenly jerked. There was a voice in his mind. Not his, though. It was Hime's.

"I want to know who I am, and I want to find out what happened. I want to know who did all this to me, I want to know what is wrong with me...because I know, for some reason...someone is trying to kill me."She said in a low but determined voice. "You would help me, right? Hiei-san?" She caught his stare and stay trapped in his.

"I promise, Hime. I would help you. And protect you."

His voice. Hiei's voice. Hiei's deep yet caring voice. It was in his head, and it was hurting. Then, he snapped back to reality, realising that only less than half a second had passed and the sudden movement of his body disrupted his aiming and the Dark Dragon armour rocketted up to the sky. Before the possessed Hiei could try to recall what happened, he felt a force hit his side and he flew sideways, his body being thrown in the air as the wind ball hit him. He landed on his shoulder, skidding on the ground a few feet, before recovering. He palced his hands on the grass and pushed himself up. He looke dup, his teeth clenched tight and his eyes squited in anger. He let out a scream, turned around and tossed a black fireball at Ragen.

He had realised what had happened. When Hiei had been possessed, he knew that Dark Dragon would eventually hurt Hime and tried to fight back, but still lost. Though, now, when Dark Dragon had actually tried to kill Hime, Hiei had remembered about the promise and had actually succeeded in fighting back with more power. Dark Dragon would have to defeat these guys before Hiei could defeat him too. Little did he know, that at the moment his body jerked, Hiei had actually regained control of his body FOR A MOMENT. The only thing that changed was his eye color, which at this state only Hime could have seen. Of course, that was when Hiei was in control. Now that his Alice had retaken control, it had turned back to the crimson red.

[Hime]

She was really determined to kill him if he didn't say that Hiei is possibly alive. But this guy, in front of them is still not Hiei, and he is about to kill them. What will she do? If she tries to protect her friends by killing him, she would kill Hiei. She has to choose between them before something happens, and right now, he is walking towards her and Kariin with his sadistic smile. She can sense clearly that he wanted to brutally murder them. She can't do anything, but Kariin is hurt. Distracting him is the only way she can give Kariin a chance to escape.

Before Rage fired a blast on him, he suddenly looked as if he was losing his mind...Suddenly, something caught her attention. She's not sure if her eyes served her right. His eyes changed their color...they turned into something more familiar...those familiar brown-black eyes that have once stared and reached her deeper heart...The eyes of Hiei.

Yes, he was still there. She sensed that he's fighting this monster within him and he had won at that time. But it was just for a moment. Just then, Rage attacked him and he was thrown into a wall.

She was alarmed, it’s her chance to get Kariin and run away with Rage, but still, she’s sure that what she saw is Hiei. She wanted so much to run towards him and help him but…she just can’t. Something was telling her to run away.

She quickly tended to Kariin and helped her. “Kariin, let’s escape…” She said, putting Kariin’s right arm around her neck as she pulled her towards Rage.

“Rage, let’s get her out of here!” She shouted to him, as she tried so hard to carry Kariin’s weight.

[Asakura]

"Hime... that.. that's his Alice.. Hiei's alive. Unfortunately, only you can reach him! Hime, you can save him. We can't leave his soul to rot in that possessed body."

Rage shouted, as he used his best effort to create the strongest wind barrier he could infront of the all of them, with the exception of Hiei of course. His alice, the Dark Dragon had possessed his body. He had read about them in the student files and sadly realized the truth of all this. His alice had taken over his body, Hiei was still in that body though. But he had witnessed Hiei pass over to the afterlife, what was his body and soul still doing here?!

[Karin Hiiragi]

"Hime... You don't have to do this, just because of me..." she opened her eyes, just half. Her left arm that injured because of Hiei's fireballs was moving slowly. She tried to help Rage to created the wind barrier as well, but still not strong enough. So she released her right arm from Hime. It's hurt, but she do it for Hime. Her right hand tried to create the wind barrier too. She couldn't do anything except this. Her right foot was shaking all the time, trying to stood up properly. "I agree with Rage. Only you that can save him, Hime..." she's trying to talk.

[Hiei]

And BOOM! His fireball hit teh wind barrier, exploding in contact, the whole area surrounded by black fire and smoke. Hiei, or the Dark Dragon, stood there, looking at the direction of the explosion. He clenchied his fist tightly when he saw the wind barrier behind the wall of smoke. He gritted his teeth, realising that he'd have to move faster and attack fiercer in order to win. He let out a battle cry, then reeled his right hand back. This time, the whole arm was englufed in fire. And then, he punched at the direction of the trio. Of course, he hit nothing, but the fire from his hand shot forward, stretching like the whip as it trailed from his hand towards the trio. Then, the tip of the black flame moved to form a head of a Dark Dragon. It was a 'clone' of the Dark Dragon.

The black flame, sitll connected to Hiei's hand, let out a nerve-wrecking screech, before hitting the wind barrier. If the wind barrier didn't break under the impact, Hiei would push the Dark Dragon forward against the wind barrier until it did. Slowly, Hiei walked towards them, his hand reaching out and connected to the Dark Dragon. The Dark Dragon let out another screech, still pushing against the wind barrier. Hiei wondered how long it would take until the wind barrier would break and the Dark Dragon would break through, exploding in contact of any of them, preferably Ragen. He was the main fighter among the three, and once he was taken down, the other two won't be a problem...Except Hime. There was something about her that worried the Dark Dragon. Her presence seemed to intensify Hiei's will power.

[Hime]

Hime still held Karrin on her shoulder. For one, her weak body couldn't carry her weight anymore, so she accidentally fell down.

"Kariin, are you okay?" She said, tending to her. "Gomenasai..."She said while looking outside the barrier. He was still trying to break it, but what Kariin said earlier made an impact in her mind...that she can still bring Hiei back...And she's the only one who can do it.

"How am I going to do that?" She whispered in a desperate tone and closed her eyes tightly and whsipered a prayer that he won't be able to break through it. She was so helpless against him. She can't do anything for now.

Rage seemed to be having a hard time for now. She just hated to see what was happening...It hurts to see Hiei like that, but she doesn't want to cry. No, not a single tear. She's going to fight.

She clenched her fist shakingly and looked around to see if there's even a single sign of water.

[Asakura]

A missile of Dark flames, smashing against the enforced Wind Barrier. Rage felt his strength slowly being drained by the force of the dark flames. It seemed to be aiming somewhere inbetween the three, and yet, if the barrier let itself go, it would most likely hurt Hime. Since it was aiming to an area nearer to her. He couldn't keep himself up much longer, and the other girl, Karin probably couldnt. Not against this force. He moved himself, nearer to Hime, and let the wind barrier go.

The missile broke through Karin's enforcement and started its path. Of course, Rage, being the stupid hero, decided to jump into the path of the missile, protecting both girls. Afterall, Hime was the most powerful asset to the trio in this situation. And Rage yelled, yelled out his pain as the missile, or whip-like thing came in contact with his body.

[Hiei]

In one moment, he felt the Dark Dragon expand itself as it reached for its prey. In the next moment, the area exploded in black flames and the area was covered in dark smoke mixed with wet fog. It was a wierd surroudning. A mixture of black and white, covering all four of them. Hiei was having problem seeing in the mixture too. He took a step forward at the direction of the explosion, then another. He kept his senses aware for any surprise attacks. They were wind, after all. They could simply blow away the fog. But they hadn't. That left only two possibilities. Either that they were already down, or they were waiting for him to fall into their trap.

Suddenly, the ground gave way in front of him and he fell forward on his palms into a small crater. Instinctively, he conjured a fireball on each hand that exploded instantly in the ground. The ground below Hiei blasted upwards, throwning him and dirt all around. He landed a few meters in front of the crater, his right arm already broken from the fall. He gritted his teeth, then grunted, the pain unbearable for the Dark Dragon. He had taken control of his body, but that meant it was HIS body for the moment. He could still feel the pain.

He stood up, ignoring the broken arm as he used a wrapping of Dark Flame as a cast to keep it firm. He looked around, seeing that a part of the fog had been blown away by the explosion he had created. Well, that gave him an idea. He raised his left hand, the palm open and facing the sky. He closed his eyes, then concentrated. A black flame appeared over his hand, and it started enlarging until it was the size of two basketballs. And then, he closed his hand and the fireball split into four, rocketting towards the ground in four different directions. The explosion blew away the fog, causing Hiei to be standing in an open space, uncovered by the mixture of fog and smoke.

"Oh, Ragen, Hime, Karin! Where are youuuuuuuu?!"