Possession
chapter 5
by Kurama
Okay, I've finished this thing.
This must be the fasted fic I ever wrote.
Others always took me a long time...
Well...whoever wants the full thing, tell me and I'll send it to you, chap 1 to 6 + epilogue.^-^
Disclaimers as usual, and C&Cs are definitely welcome.
If there's any silly grammatical/typo/spelling mistake, it's because I tried to write everything in 2 days and I've no more energy to edit and polish it up properly...
--Kurama
Part 5
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Night was already approaching.
Keiko ran, blindly accepting any direction that might lead her away from the horrible sight she had just seen.
::How could Yuusuke kill Yukina? Hasn't Yuusuke already recovered? This is all a dream, a terrible, horrendous dream. Wake up, Keiko, wake up!
That isn't Yuusuke.
Okay...calm down, Keiko. Go look for Atsuko, Shizuru, anybody! They'll be able to help."
"Atsuko!" Keiko greeted in relief as the slim woman, casually dressed in T-shirt and jeans, walked up to her.
"Look at this, Keiko," Atsuko pointed to a blue, fluffy thing in her arms.
Keiko almost screamed at the thought of Yuusuke. She calmed down and told herself that it was only Puu. Besides, what can Puu do? Atsuko told Keiko her account of her horror when she came home to find the house burned down, and among the ashes, found Puu. Yuusuke was nowhere to be found.
"Yukina is dead, Atsuko! I saw Yuusuke kill her with my own eyes!" Keiko screamed in Atsuko's face, near to the point of being hysterical. Keiko's hair was unkempt, her jeans dirtied from falling a few times on the road. Atsuko looked at her blankly.
"What do you mean, Keiko-chan?" Atsuko asked, her blank look slowly turning into a twisted grin. Keiko looked on with wide eyes. She screamed again, wanting someone to take her away from this never-ending nightmare.
Little Puu's little yellow feet were clawed instead of being round, and the claws penetrated through Atsuko's skin. Red marks on her arms where she held Puu could be seen as Puu shifted to a more comfortable position. Keiko could see blue little strings from all plunged into Atsuko's arms, into her arteries. Puu was sucking her life-force away.
"Puu?"
Keiko could not take it anymore. She screamed at the top of her lungs. The blood rushed to her head as colors swirled in her vision, mixing the black with red.
She fainted.
Puu bounced out of Atsuko's arms and she immediately collapsed on the ground, pale and shuddering. Her arms were full of little red dots where Puu broke off from. The larger and more malicious version of Puu took its place and crushed Atsuko under its claws. Its claws left two holes through Atsuko's chest and neck, killing her instantly. Puu then shook the mangled, almost bloodless body out of its claws as it carefully picked Keiko up with its other clawed foot, meticulously avoiding scratching her skin.
Yuusuke look curiously at the unconscious Keiko, wondering why he could not bear to kill her at first.
She was beautiful.
Puu snuggled its head against Yuusuke's cheek as Yuusuke petted it and smiled.
"Thanks, Puu ol' buddy."
As if to express that Yuusuke was welcome, Puu lowered its head a little and left in search of more prey.
Yuusuke cautiously approached Keiko and cradled her in his arms as if she was Puu. He kissed her on the cheek and observed her expressions. "Join me, Keiko. Don't leave me now."
Keiko's eyes fluttered open and she adjusted slowly to the light.
::Yuusuke?:: she thought, seeing the gentle face smiling at her, hair damp from rain. "You look nicer with your hair not gelled up, Yuu-chan," she whispered softly.
"You are all I want to possess, Keiko..." Yuusuke said warmly and kissed her fully on her lips. Keiko kissed back, and hugged him as tightly as she could.
::Don't leave me now, Keiko...::
Kurama entered the temple, and found Koenma with Shiori. He quickly turned and walked away, but it was too late.
"Shuuichi! What on earth happened to you? You're covered with blood!" Shiori gasped as she ran over and supported him to a chair.
Kurama assured her he was all right, and Koenma gave a sigh of relief. Koenma took out his Reikai laptop as it beeped. George Saotome's face appeared on the screen and Kurama peered from behind Koenma. Shioru was puzzled, for she could not see anything on the screen.
"Koenma-sama," George's screeched, "Atsuko is dead! Her soul just came here, and she reported that Puu killed her."
"WHAT?!" Koenma shouted, scaring the poor Oni into cowering.
"We got to kill Yuusuke," Kurama concluded and limped across the room. Shioru gripped Kurama's arm tightly with her own and looked at him fiercely.
"I know who Yuusuke is. That friend of yours, right?" Shiori asked.
Kurama only nodded wearily.
Shiori continued, determined, "Shuuichi, I don't know exactly what's going on, but this is too dangerous. You're already wounded!"
Kurama ignored her and turned to Koenma.
"Take care of 'kaasan, Koenma-san."
With that, he pulled Shiori's hand off his arm and left.
Kurama went to where Yuusuke ran off. Kuwabara's body was still there, but he had no time to dispose of it properly. The trail of Yuusuke's blood was easy to follow.
