Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Worthless Humans ❯ What Winter Brings ( Chapter 9 )

Author's Notes: Just wanted to take the time and thank you all for the kind comments. Sorry this story takes so long to get out. It's just, I spend more time on this one than any other for I want to keep it interesting to read. But thanks for waiting patiently everyone.

 

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Time was starting to pass and age Nari's body a bit. It had been one year now and she was amazed that she was still alive. Her neighbor was equally amazed but then again, she was surprised that she had lasted as long with Nari. Of course, there were many through out the long year that did not survive. On occasion, she would see dead bodies, dragged out of the barn making her stomach churn as she thought of the blood red lake where they would be taken. Her neighbor watched with her as this would occur all throughout the year she had stayed down there and concern for herself consumed her expression.

 

“Don't worry,” Nari whispered, her hands shaking at the bodies that were drug past her. “We will make it…”

 

It was becoming winter and getting very chilly in the barn. Nari, of course without clothing, had to wrap the straw around her body to try and warm herself up. As she lied there shaking underneath the uncomfortable straw, Nari neglected to notice that some of the demonic masters were coming in and taking their slaves out of their stalls. Of course, she came to her senses once Yomi came in with Kuronue at his side. The cold was consuming her body but fear over took her shaking body once Yomi picked her up with one hand.

 

“Come here, you bitch.”

 

“Hurry up,” Kuronue ordered from the doorway, “Yoko Kurama is waiting.”

 

As the chain was placed back onto her neck shackle, Nari was drug out of her stall into the barn's walkway. All she could do was wonder what was going on, especially since most of the people were gone from their stalls now that she looked around the area. Where is everybody? Don't tell me they were all…

 

“Pick up the pace, runt,” Yomi ordered, pulling on her chain, making her fall forward a little ways.

 

Kuronue looked over his shoulder to see her concerned face as she looked about the stalls while she traveled down the long walkway. “Do you want to stay here in freeze?” The bat demon asked as he opened the barn doors so they could exit. It was much colder outside for there was snow now on the ground and falling just a little bit from the sky. “All of the slaves have been taken to the hideout so they won't freeze over in the barn. Now, let's go.”

 

This was odd and rather kind of them. Of course, she knew with every bit of kindness they showed, came a prince of some kind. Once they stepped out into the freezing snow, Nari drew back boldly not liking the feel on her naked body. It would be awhile before they would reach the hideout and she knew her body would go numb by then.

 

Yomi was about to attack. Kuronue could see it in his eyes as he clutched his fists. “Listen here, you little-”

 

“Yomi,” Kuronue began catching the demon's attention. “Why don't I take her to the hideout? I am sure I can get her to come without her rebelling.”

 

“You can drown the little beast for all I care,” Yomi snarled, throwing the chain over to Kuronue. “She is becoming a pain in the ass!”

 

Kuronue and Nari both waited until Yomi was gone from sight till they looked at one another. “I made him mad, didn't I…?” Nari asked feeling somewhat guilty.

 

“Don't talk,” Kuronue ordered, taking the chain and heading towards her. “Come on now. This barn can get really cold in the dead of winter so I suggest you come on.”

 

Nari wasn't allowed to speak since he asked her to so she stood there looking about the snowy surroundings.

 

Sighing, he came closer to her making Nari's stomach knot up. “You don't like the cold, do you?”

 

Nari shook her head quickly, stepping back a bit from nervousness.

 

“Come here, then.” The bat demon got down so he could pick up Nari into his arms. Nari's shaking arms wrapped around his neck as her legs wrapped around his waist. She was still a bit nervous to do this but it was better than freezing to death. Taking his bat wings, he wrapped them tightly around her body, making Nari's body warm up a little bit. “Now, let's go.”

 

The whole way there Nari stayed quiet wondering what was to await her back at the hideout. It was a lot more comfortable in the hideout, sleeping with her masters, but pain was to await her no doubt. The large doors to the mansion were soon within sight but Nari was too busy lying contently on Kuronue's shoulder to notice at the time.

 

Knowing that if he walked into the hideout in this fashion, he would get countless stares and comments, the demon patted her back trying to get her to wake up. “We're here.”

 

Nodding, Nari slipped out of his embrace from behind his warm wings looking behind her to see the hideout. Sighing, she stood there waiting for Kuronue to enter before her so she could follow. She was dragged in waiting to be insulted by the onlookers but they didn't say a word directed towards her. Maybe it was because they were distracted with their own slaves to even care about her at the moment. Nari had never seen this many humans before in one place ever since she had been down there in Makai. Her stall restricted where she could look and all she could see was the neighbor to her left, right, and the person's stall that was directly across from hers. Never was she able to see everybody out in the open like this.

 

“I see you got her here,” Yoko Kurama's voice announced making Nari close her eyes upon hearing the fox demon speak aloud. Her chain was handed over to Yoko Kurama making Nari feel uneasy as she took a quick glance from the silver haired fox back down to her feet. “Good, good. I'll put her in the room before we head out.”

 

Head out? Nari thought as she followed behind her master back to the room she had not seen for a few months. Head out to do what?

 

Yoko Kurama led her down the long hallway to his room at the end yet again, opening the door, and pulling her inside. “Alright, runt,” Yoko Kurama began, tying up the young blond to the golden chair leg. “I want you to stay here till I get back.”

 

All Nari could do was nod as she rolled her teeth over her lower chapped lip. Before she could lie down and rest for the time being, Yoko grabbed onto her chain, making her look into his narrow golden eyes.

 

“Come on—kiss me,” Yoko Kurama ordered with a smirk across his features.

 

Knowing it would get him out of the room faster, Nari touched her lips to his, and giving him the satisfying deep kiss he was looking for.

 

With that done, Yoko Kurama, patted her head roughly, messing up her destroyed hair with his hand before leaving the room.

 

“This room,” Nari said aloud to herself looking about it, “I like it more here…maybe because it puts me closer to my masters and I know they wouldn't let anything happen to me…”

 

It did make little sense to her. Her masters abused her verbally and physically, yes. But they would also destroy other demons that dared touch her and that made her feel as though her own family was watching over her. She was still shaken up about what happened a few months ago when a few stray demons snuck into the barn and ate some of the slaves during the night. None of the slaves would tell their master's what was going on in fear of being beaten if they opened their mouths. Wondering if the slaves were escaping, some of the demons stayed at the barn wondering what was going on. Though the stray demons were caught and dealt with, right before her eyes, it still haunted Nari from that time on. She couldn't forget the horrible screaming and breaking of bones when it came to the eating of the other slaves or the demon thieves dealing with the stray demons. The sound haunted her when she would close her eyes to sleep at night there alone in her stall. To be in the hideout was more comforting than anything knowing that her three masters would not allow any stray demon inside of the room.

 

Exhaustion overtook her weary body and Nari lie out on the intricately designed rug underneath her to sleep for awhile. Her body was getting a bit used to not getting much sleep so it wasn't becoming an issue any longer. Though it was not as cold out in the barn, it was still a bit cold in the room since there weren't exactly heaters in Makai and her master's didn't light the fire before they left.

 

Taking a bit of the rug, she wrapped herself halfway in it hoping that would make her a bit warmer. She wanted to get some sleep in before her masters returned regardless of what her body had been trained to do. The sound of only the grandfather clock chiming in the room was peaceful to her and it caused Nari to close her eyes to sleep for a few moments.

 

 

 

 

She got a good bit of sleep till the rug was throw off of her and she was shaken roughly to come to her senses. “Come on, runt, get up,” Kuronue ordered, shaking her.

 

“Just kick her,” Yomi remarked from somewhere in the room. “That should get her up.”

 

“Indeed, but I would rather not since I want her to last longer,” Kuronue sighed, continuing to shake her.

 

“She has lasted longer than the others have, Kuronue,” Yoko Kurama's voice replied from the door of the room. “I must say, this runt amazes me.”

 

Nari's eyes focused as she saw her three demonic masters conversing among the other about her `well being'. With all three demons in the same room as herself, it made her wonder what was going to happen.

 

“Give me the chain,” Yomi ordered, reaching for it. “You go set the fire, Kuronue.”

 

Kuronue handed over the chain to Yomi making Nari shake uncontrollably. Sitting there on her backside in an Indian style position she shook staring up at him fearful of what he was going to do to her. Amazingly, he did nothing at the time but stand there with the chain in his hand as his partner lit the wood that was in the fireplace.

 

“Do you want me to do it, or you?” The horned demon eventually asked looking from Kuronue to Yoko Kurama.

 

“Use your sword,” Yoko Kurama remarked before sitting down on the chair that was close to the fireplace that was soon lit.

 

Hearing the word `sword' made Nari want to attempt to escape. She had no idea what they wanted from her but she didn't want Yomi to use his sword on her if Nari had indeed done something wrong.

 

Yomi reached for her and this caused Nari to burst into quiet tears. “Shut up, runt,” He ordered, heading over to the bed, placing the young girl on the bedcovers.

 

Nari tried to stop crying since it was Yomi who was the one ordering her to do so but it was rather difficult if she had a feeling they were going to attack her with a blade.

 

Yomi unsheathed his sword, grabbing onto Nari's growing dusty blond hair forcing her to close her eyes in a panic. “Oh, stop whimpering, runt, I am just cutting your hair!”

 

She didn't trust Yomi's words, so regardless of what he said, she kept her eyes shut tightly fearing what he may do. Please don't hurt me, please don't hurt me, she begged softly with her eyes tightly closed in fear.

 

He was telling the truth. Taking his sword, Yomi cut off the ends of her splitting hair, a bit unevenly so her hair wouldn't grow out to be a total mess. “I'll just throw this outside,” Yomi remarked, looking at her hair in his hands.

 

Nari ran her hands through her cut hair feeling how uneven it was making her feel even more hideous than before. The backside was a bit longer than the right and left side of her head. Why do they insist on doing this to me…? She thought, hanging her head.

 

Yoko Kurama could see her unhappiness and it aroused a sense of excitement within him. Grabbing onto Nari's chain forced the girl to look frightfully into her master's eyes. “Awe, what is the matter, runt? You don't like your hair cut?”

 

Nari didn't answer with her body language not knowing what she would get if she was honest with him.

 

“Well, too bad, because we need to cut it or your hair will grow out hideously,” the fox demon smirked, with a slight tug to the chain he held.

 

I already look hideous, Nari thought looking away from her master. What does it matter anymore?

 

Grabbing onto her uneven shoulder length hair, Yoko pulled on it angrily, making her scream. Hearing the young girl's shrill made Kuronue jerk his head back and his body jolt a bit not quite ready for that. “Don't pretend to ignore me!” He barked angrily at the crying Nari.

 

“I wasn't ignoring you!” Nari accidentally blurted out.

 

Yoko Kurama threw her down on the bed by using her hair for help making Nari scrunch up in a fetal position praying for her life. “You know better than to speak up without permission, you bitch!” He growled making Nari embrace her body fearful of what he may do for punishment.

 

She was so scared that her stomach forced her to regurgitate the food she had eaten last night over the bedside. Kuronue sighed watching her actions as he walked over to her, forcing her back on the bed once she was finished. “She has been doing that a lot lately.”

 

 

“Maybe she is dying from an illness,” Yoko Kurama teased horribly to make the young girl even more frightened.

 

Yomi soon re-entered the room, closing the door behind him making the two demons look his way. “What did she do this time?” He asked looking at the girl's shaking body.

“She won't mind her mouth,” Yoko Kurama answered looking over at Nari who was being helped back on the bed thanks to Kuronue. “She has been alive for a whole year and you would think she would know better than that!”

 

“You want me to punish her?” Yomi asked looking over at his leader. “I won't kill her.”

 

Kuronue could see that Yoko Kurama was seriously thinking about letting him do it. This worried him. If Yomi was allowed to punish this fragile slave, she would surly die. “If you want, I can do it,” Kuronue volunteered with a neutral sound in his tone. The two demons looked over at the bat demon wondering why he would. “It's mostly my fault she speaks out of turn anyways. I let her talk to me too much and she gets used to it.”

 

Yoko Kurama was quiet upon hearing Kuronue admit this aloud. Kuronue had been acting differently with this slave. Yoko and Yomi could both see it no matter how hard he tried to cover it up. “I do not care that she speaks out of turn so long as she asks if she may do so before hand.”

 

“He's just trying to cover up for your ass,” Yomi remarked irritably looking over at the bat demon that narrowed his eyes at Yomi upon hearing that statement. “Admit it, Kuronue. You care too damn much for this little slut, don't you?”

 

Kuronue stood there not saying anything in his defense not wishing to answer that. This made Nari nervous. Her masters were getting mad at one another and she did not want to see them fight in front of her. It would be like when her mother and father used to fight so much around her when she was a little girl. She tried to avoid the fights back in Human World by sitting on her bed, locking her bedroom door. But regardless of this, she could still hearing the screaming and shouting of her mom and dad. This was different, however. These demons could tare one another apart and Nari didn't know who was stronger than the other.

 

All of her thoughts retreated from her, however, once Yomi pulled his sword back out, placing it under Nari's chin and close to her throat. Her eyes quickly flashed over to Kuronue praying he would say or do something. But, he did and said nothing. He stood there looking at the two with a null expression as always. “What if I were to slice her throat right now?” Yomi questioned making Nari feel sick yet again. “What would you do hu?”

 

“Yomi!” Yoko Kurama replied in an irritated tone, “That is enough! Let her go!”

 

Kuronue closed his eyes slowly, reopening them eventually with a heavy sigh. “Is this all you want to do? Cause a fight? To be honest with you, I think Yoko Kurama chose poorly when it came to our slave here. Look at her!”

 

Yomi pulled back his sword looking at the young shivering girl who was crying softly to herself.

 

“She is a baby!” Kuronue continued with a slight growl, “Just because she has bled doesn't mean anything.”

 

“Actually, I don't smell blood on her,” Yoko Kurama remarked from where he was now sitting on the bed.

 

“Humans don't bleed all the time, Yoko Kurama,” Yomi pointed out.

 

“Indeed, but they bleed at least once a month, but I don't smell any blood on her like I normally do.” Yoko got closer to the frightened girl, smelling about her trying to pick up the sent of blood on her but to retrieve none. “Hmmm, well this is odd. Runt, when did you bleed last?”

 

Nari was a bit hesitant to answer but she eventually formed the words needed, “I—I don't remember…” All Nari knew was that it was winter. She didn't exactly have a calendar to help her with what exact month it was or day for that matter. “I-I think a few weeks ago…?”

 

“No,” Yoko Kurama thought aloud looking at her, “If you bled a few weeks ago, I would be able to smell it.”

 

Yomi began to laugh aloud making everyone wonder what he found so humorous. “Maybe she got pregnant already.”

 

Nari felt her heart sink hearing him announce that. Normally, this would be a wonderful thing to hear but for one, she was too young to be having a baby and for two, Yoko Kurama and Kuronue had already told and shown what would happen to her newborn if she so much as had one. “That would explain her constant vomiting,” Yoko Kurama stated continuing to examine her body.

 

Yomi looked over at Yoko Kurama forgetting about taunting Kuronue for the time being since this was all the more exciting for him. “What should we do about it?” He asked with a wicked smirk on his face. “Treat her like we did the others?”

 

“Neglect the baby,” Yoko Kurama answered, crawling in the bed next to Nari. “Maybe she will bare a stillborn.”

 

Nari couldn't bear the thought of letting a baby die inside of her. If it was indeed true that she was pregnant, Nari wanted more than anything to keep the baby.

 

Yoko Kurama started to twirl his finger around her blond hair as he kept his eyes on her. “What's the matter, runt?” Yoko asked with his fakey caring tone.

 

Nari shook her head not wanting to answer him verbally. She could feel his hand scrolling down to her womanhood making Nari's body become tense and still. She knew what he was after…but all of her master's were in the room this time. What would happen if one touched her sexually? Would the other two join? Nari bit her lower lip as soon as she felt two of the demon's fingers slid into her opening. She didn't want to moan or release any sounds that would encourage the demon onward.

 

Yomi snuck onto the bed, making Nari jolt a bit on the inside since she felt the bed waver downward thanks to the demon's weight on it. “Trying to fight your emotions towards the attention?” Yomi questioned eyeing her evilly yet seductively. “Let's see how long it takes for you to break.”

 

Nari tried to close her legs tightly, accidentally trapping Yoko Kurama's fingers inside of her. Feeling her react this way forced Yoko to scratch the inside of her with his long nails. “Open up your legs, runt,” He ordered over her loud cry of pain.

 

Nari opened her legs back up for Yomi as she buried her face into Yoko's white clothing. She didn't want to see him touch her in any way or form. The demons didn't care so long as she didn't pull away or retaliate. Yoko Kurama took his fingers out of her, and placed them on either side of her opening, spreading her further open for Yomi. Nari's limp hand on Yoko's chest turned into a clutch when she felt Yomi's tongue messaging the inside of her body. It was making her body react in a positive manner. Yomi could taste her reaction making him grin as he continued to do it.

 

The fox demon took his right hand and ran it up and down her healed, scarred back with his sharp nails pinching her skin. “You know you cannot resist showing how much you enjoy this,” He whispered eerily.

 

Kuronue said and did nothing the whole while as he sat in one of the three chairs that was in the room. He just sat there examining the three together without a word as they continued to force themselves on the young teen the remainder of the day.

 

 

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Nari was eventually left alone in the room yet again so the thieves could go about their other business but she could see it was becoming nightfall from the wall length windows. That would mean her masters would return and want to sleep with her. She felt disgusting throughout the hours that followed after her sexual torment. Her body reminded her where they touched her and how they did so. I don't mind it when they hurt me mentally and physically but…when they touch me like that…

 

The door opened making Nari embrace herself, making her ready for whatever was going to happen to her. She stayed tensed up till a hand touched her body. This touch was not of Yomi or Yoko Kurama and it made her relieved to know this, making Nari relax a bit.

 

“You'll hurt yourself if you stay tensed up like that,” Kuronue remarked, lifting his hand off of her.

 

Nari watched as he headed over to the fireplace, to keep the fire alive and strong. She wanted to talk to him. She wanted to ask him a few questions about before but Nari dared not say a word not wanting to upset him again.

 

The bat demon got to his feet and looked at the girl on the bed seeing she was curious in her expression. “What is it?” he asked with a sigh leaning on the bedpost, “Speak.”

 

“Why—why didn't you join in when they were touching me?”

 

“I have to be in a certain mood to enjoy a foursome.”

 

“I am not good enough for you yet…right?” Nari asked relaxing on the tossed about bedcovers. Kuronue looked at her in a questionable manner wondering what she meant by that. “You said…I am just a baby and not good enough yet…”

 

“Indeed. But you are learning what needs to be done in the role you are playing down here at an incredible rate. Unlike the others we have had which is a positive trait in you.” Both were quiet making Kuronue believe that was the end of her questions. Turning his back to her, he headed towards the wall length windows to watch the snow fall.

 

Nari looked about the room a moment before landing her hand upon her stomach with a sorrowful sigh. “Am—am I truly pregnant?”

 

“Don't know,” Kuronue answered keeping his back turned to her, “If you are, it's too early to know for sure.”

 

“Please, master,” Nari begged, biting her trembling lower lip. “If I am pregnant, I want to keep my baby…”

 

“That is not for me to say,” Kuronue replied quickly to her begging.

 

“But you said it was Master Yoko Kurama's fault that I was brought down here! Please don't let the baby suffer because of his poor decision!”

 

“Be quiet!” He ordered, looking over his shoulder a little bit at her. “You have said enough!”

 

“Can't you just let me have it and raise it to be part of this group?” Nari was feeling quite bold now and she was unaware that her mouth was running away with her at this moment. She was disobeying her master's orders before and who knows what he would do to her if she continued.

 

Kuronue heard the courage in her tone, causing him to turn around to look at her on the bed. He walked slowly over towards it making Nari regret her words knowing she would be punished for this. Fearing for her life, she lied out on the bed, with her hands folded in front of her on the bedcovers hoping that bowing would work to ward him off.

 

“You would truly want to keep an abomination for a baby?” Kuronue asked not touching her.

 

Nari didn't know what he meant by this but she kept her head lowered to him. “I—I don't understand what you mean. It's just a baby…”

 

“A baby of mixed races,” Kuronue corrected. “The child you bear will be half human and half demon. For all you know, the baby could come out looking like Yoko Kurama. Would you truly want a child with your master?”

 

Nari didn't know what to say to that. She would be giving birth to a demonic child and the chances of it being related to Kuronue, the one master she cared for, were very slim.