Disclaimer: I don't own anything.! All of the character, except for Mari,
belong to someone else, that sadly isn't me. ^__^
Warning: The boys mouths are very fowl. So the rating is R for that.
Chapter One: What's wrong with this picture?
"What the hell is the meaning of this!?!" Hiei slammed a slip of paper under Koenma's nose.
Koenma, not fazed, with Hiei's words continued to stamp approvals on the never ending stack of papers. "So? What's wrong with it?" he asked.
"You're trying to make me go on another mission with the kitsune and the foolish humans! I thought that you said I had already done enough crap for the Spirit world for three life times. And now you're sending us on another mission!?!"
"Yes, you are going to go on another mission with your teammates. The human world and the Spirit world are counting on you. My five trustworthy fighters are going to save the world once again and I expect nothing less of A and S level youkai" Koenma said, not stopping his stamping to even look at the angry fire demon.
"WHAT!! The world can take care of itself! You don't need me to do this. Just send Yusuke to die, for all I care! Hey, you said five.? Kurama, Yusuke, the stupid red-headed human and me. Is Genkai going to came too? The old hag is nearly worthless!"
"No, Genkai isn't gonna come. You will have a new member of you're team and well Botan is going too."
"A new team member? What is that supposed to mean? Not another human I hope".
"So you're gonna go on the mission without grumbling, right? The new team member is a demon. A fire demon to be exact" Koenma said now passing a stack of paper to one of his ogres.
"A fire demon? Where did you fish one of them up?" Hiei asked thinking about the few fire demons that he knew, mostly the ones that he had killed.
"Yes, a fire demon. Now will you leave and let me do my work?" Koenma said ignoring Hiei's question.
"Mrrr!" Hiei growled and left the King of Hell Jr. office in a larger fit of rage then when he got in.
*******
The darkness of the forest started to unnerve Yusuke, even if he happened to sense nothing at the moment. It had been a year since he had last visited the Makai. After the death of his father Raizen he had battled in the tournament to be the next big youkai leader and lost, he had decided to get to learn the ways of the Makai better. After spending three years there he came back to the human world and expected to never return into the Makai again. But here he was in the middle of nothing waiting. and waiting. and waiting. "GOD DAMMIT!! WHERE ARE THEY"
Yusuke kicked a random branch muttering under his breath. "Where could they be? Where could they be...? I'm the one that is never on time.".
Finally, he felt someone coming. And not ling after that he felt the presence of Kurama coming closer. The wind played with his long red hair before it settled down his back in its natural state.
"Where have you been?" Yusuke snarled at the kitsune.
"What? Might I say that if you think about the time here and the time in the human world or so that you understand I am early to be exact" Kurama answered in his polite manner while Yusuke continued to fume.
"WHAT!!! The note from Koenma said at dawn the next day!!" Yusuke said. Being confused seemed to be his second nature.
"Yes. And now it is about four in the Makai. The sun should be up soon. In about an hour or so" Kurama said looking at his watch.
"You mean I came here too early??" Yusuke asked devastated by the thought.
"That's what I'm trying to say, yes", Kurama answered.
Yusuke sighed and sat down on the ground folding his arms and looking very tired of his life.
"Well since you're here now I can take a nap" Yusuke said closing his eyes and leaning back against a trunk of tree.
Kurama shook his head and leaned on the tree waiting for the others to arrive.
The two of them waited in the semi-darkness and waited. At six o'clock they felt the presence of Hiei approaching at his normal pace which meant that they sensed him about the same time that he appeared in front of them.
Without a word he jumped into the tree and sat there and waited with the others.
Finally when the sun was rising the fourth fighter appeared. His red hair gleamed when he came running with three youkai after him.
"Help me you guys! They just appeared in front of me when I used the transporting portal that Koenma gave me!" Kuwabara yelled while running for his life.
"And they say we need him?" Hiei said and jumped out of his tree to slice the pathetic C level demons that where after the stupid red-head.
"Thanks Hiei" Kuwabara said while trying to catch his breath. "Of course I could have taken them on, but they just startled me, that's all".
Hiei sighed and jumped back in his tree" I should have let him get killed" he muttered while closing his eyes. They still had someone to wait for.
"Come down Hiei! We have to go!" Yusuke yelled up to Hiei.
"The fifth fighter and Botan aren't here yet", Hiei said without
opening his eyes.
"What do you mean by a fifth fighter? Koenma didn't say anything bout a fifth fighter, did he?" Yusuke asked turning to Kurama. Kurama just shrugged and looked up at Hiei.
"What did he say when you went and asked him about the mission?" Kurama asked Hiei in turn.
"He said that we will have a fifth fighter", Hiei answered.
"Is he strong?" Yusuke asked thinking of the upcoming fight.
"How should I know? He or she is supposedly an A or S level youkai. So they must be pretty strong or a human which I doubt", Hiei answered.
".by the way. What are we doing here anyways? What is the mission?" Kuwabara asked.
Hiei fell from his tree and the others sweatdropped .
"Did you read the letter Koenma sent you?" Kurama asked in return.
"Uuhh. He sent us a letter? I thought it was just the note", Kuwabara said.
"We are here to keep the world in a balance. There is another group of demons that have organized themselves and try to escape into the human world. They have just started to sent lower level youkai into the world which the lesser officers of the Spirit world have taken care of, but the main people behind the operation are here in the Makai and Koenma has sent us hear to investigate in our duties to the Spirit and Human worlds" Kurama said trying to make the concepts easy enough for the human to understand.
"Yes that is what Koenma told me too, but we just have another party member. I suppose that Botan is bringing the fire demon here. I wonder why they chose to add a new member to the party now. I thought we were doing okay without the help of others", Yusuke mused while taking a stick, that he had picked off the ground next him, apart.
"Yes, I got to agree with you on that one", Hiei said from his tree.
"I sense Botan coming!" Kurama said standing up.
The others sensed the powerful presence that was coming towards then. Botan's presence was just a drop in the sea compared to the presence of the youkai that was coming closer. Hiei jumped from his tree to stand next to Kurama and Yusuke and Kuwabara walked to stand next to him on either side of the two youkai.
*******
Botan with her long blue hair in a pony tail, bouncing up and down, walked toward the group oblivious of the glares they sent towards the human that was walking besides her.
The human walked sulkily next to Botan. Her long red hair was in a braid down her back and her bangs looked like they hadn't been combed in a while and her clothes looked like she had just come from a fight.
The guys stared and her. Could this small human be the source of all that demon energy they had just felt? Yes the feeling had passed and they could sense no spirit or demon energy from this kid.
"What! Is this kid the fifth fighter?" Yusuke asked ruffling the hair of the short, little girl getting a glare from her, but she didn't pull away.
"Yes isn't she cute! It reminds me of the time when you and Keiko where in Jr. high school and I got to where that cute school uniform!" Botan said smiling.
"Hey that was over four years ago! How old are you anyways kid?" Yusuke asked smiling down at the kid.
"I'm seventeen", came the cool answer. The girl kept her gaze on the ground as she tried to keep her hands on off this insolent pup that called her a kid.
"Hey she's the same age as we are!" Kuwabara said looking dumb folded.
"What's your name?" Kurama asked looking at the red headed girl.
"Mari", came the answer.
"Mari, huh? Well, that's a nice name. How are you today Mari?" Kurama asked trying to get the girl to warm up a little.
"Couldn't be better", she answered looking up the first time. Her eyes flashed on odd color when her eyes met Kurama's, but it was gone so soon that Kurama thought that it must have been his imagination.
"So now we have a new kid on our team" Yusuke said getting another glare from Mari. "I mean that it's nice to get someone else on this team. The block head isn't very good company, cause you can't talked to him unless you repeat you're self at least five times!" Yusuke said while dogging Kuwabara's death blow.
Kurama could have sworn that she smirked at the two adolescents fighting before she lowered her head again.
"Oh! I forgot to introduce everyone!" Botan said slamming her hands together. "This is Hiei," she pointed at the fire demon that hadn't bothered to move during the whole act, "this is Kurama," Botan pointed at Kurama and the red-head bowed at Mari telling her it was a pleasure to meet her, "this is Yusuke Yurameshi," she said pointing at Yusuke who now was trying to get a good grip of Kuwabara's head in his hands, "and this is Kazuma Kuwabara", she pointed at Kuwabara half-dead on the ground.
"Okay guys it's time to act!" Botan said and put her hand in front her. "Lets go!"
"Yes", Kurama said and placed his hand on top of hers.
"Let's do this!" Yusuke said placing his hand on the pile.
"All for the sake of love!" Kuwabara said, placing his hand on top of Yusuke's.
"Humph" Hiei sighed and placed his hand on top.
All eyes where on Mari as she placed her hand on top of Hiei's.
"Okay! Let's go!" Botan said throwing her hand in the air.
Please R&R. It's my first fanfiction so don't be too harsh.
Chapter One: What's wrong with this picture?
"What the hell is the meaning of this!?!" Hiei slammed a slip of paper under Koenma's nose.
Koenma, not fazed, with Hiei's words continued to stamp approvals on the never ending stack of papers. "So? What's wrong with it?" he asked.
"You're trying to make me go on another mission with the kitsune and the foolish humans! I thought that you said I had already done enough crap for the Spirit world for three life times. And now you're sending us on another mission!?!"
"Yes, you are going to go on another mission with your teammates. The human world and the Spirit world are counting on you. My five trustworthy fighters are going to save the world once again and I expect nothing less of A and S level youkai" Koenma said, not stopping his stamping to even look at the angry fire demon.
"WHAT!! The world can take care of itself! You don't need me to do this. Just send Yusuke to die, for all I care! Hey, you said five.? Kurama, Yusuke, the stupid red-headed human and me. Is Genkai going to came too? The old hag is nearly worthless!"
"No, Genkai isn't gonna come. You will have a new member of you're team and well Botan is going too."
"A new team member? What is that supposed to mean? Not another human I hope".
"So you're gonna go on the mission without grumbling, right? The new team member is a demon. A fire demon to be exact" Koenma said now passing a stack of paper to one of his ogres.
"A fire demon? Where did you fish one of them up?" Hiei asked thinking about the few fire demons that he knew, mostly the ones that he had killed.
"Yes, a fire demon. Now will you leave and let me do my work?" Koenma said ignoring Hiei's question.
"Mrrr!" Hiei growled and left the King of Hell Jr. office in a larger fit of rage then when he got in.
*******
The darkness of the forest started to unnerve Yusuke, even if he happened to sense nothing at the moment. It had been a year since he had last visited the Makai. After the death of his father Raizen he had battled in the tournament to be the next big youkai leader and lost, he had decided to get to learn the ways of the Makai better. After spending three years there he came back to the human world and expected to never return into the Makai again. But here he was in the middle of nothing waiting. and waiting. and waiting. "GOD DAMMIT!! WHERE ARE THEY"
Yusuke kicked a random branch muttering under his breath. "Where could they be? Where could they be...? I'm the one that is never on time.".
Finally, he felt someone coming. And not ling after that he felt the presence of Kurama coming closer. The wind played with his long red hair before it settled down his back in its natural state.
"Where have you been?" Yusuke snarled at the kitsune.
"What? Might I say that if you think about the time here and the time in the human world or so that you understand I am early to be exact" Kurama answered in his polite manner while Yusuke continued to fume.
"WHAT!!! The note from Koenma said at dawn the next day!!" Yusuke said. Being confused seemed to be his second nature.
"Yes. And now it is about four in the Makai. The sun should be up soon. In about an hour or so" Kurama said looking at his watch.
"You mean I came here too early??" Yusuke asked devastated by the thought.
"That's what I'm trying to say, yes", Kurama answered.
Yusuke sighed and sat down on the ground folding his arms and looking very tired of his life.
"Well since you're here now I can take a nap" Yusuke said closing his eyes and leaning back against a trunk of tree.
Kurama shook his head and leaned on the tree waiting for the others to arrive.
The two of them waited in the semi-darkness and waited. At six o'clock they felt the presence of Hiei approaching at his normal pace which meant that they sensed him about the same time that he appeared in front of them.
Without a word he jumped into the tree and sat there and waited with the others.
Finally when the sun was rising the fourth fighter appeared. His red hair gleamed when he came running with three youkai after him.
"Help me you guys! They just appeared in front of me when I used the transporting portal that Koenma gave me!" Kuwabara yelled while running for his life.
"And they say we need him?" Hiei said and jumped out of his tree to slice the pathetic C level demons that where after the stupid red-head.
"Thanks Hiei" Kuwabara said while trying to catch his breath. "Of course I could have taken them on, but they just startled me, that's all".
Hiei sighed and jumped back in his tree" I should have let him get killed" he muttered while closing his eyes. They still had someone to wait for.
"Come down Hiei! We have to go!" Yusuke yelled up to Hiei.
"The fifth fighter and Botan aren't here yet", Hiei said without
opening his eyes.
"What do you mean by a fifth fighter? Koenma didn't say anything bout a fifth fighter, did he?" Yusuke asked turning to Kurama. Kurama just shrugged and looked up at Hiei.
"What did he say when you went and asked him about the mission?" Kurama asked Hiei in turn.
"He said that we will have a fifth fighter", Hiei answered.
"Is he strong?" Yusuke asked thinking of the upcoming fight.
"How should I know? He or she is supposedly an A or S level youkai. So they must be pretty strong or a human which I doubt", Hiei answered.
".by the way. What are we doing here anyways? What is the mission?" Kuwabara asked.
Hiei fell from his tree and the others sweatdropped .
"Did you read the letter Koenma sent you?" Kurama asked in return.
"Uuhh. He sent us a letter? I thought it was just the note", Kuwabara said.
"We are here to keep the world in a balance. There is another group of demons that have organized themselves and try to escape into the human world. They have just started to sent lower level youkai into the world which the lesser officers of the Spirit world have taken care of, but the main people behind the operation are here in the Makai and Koenma has sent us hear to investigate in our duties to the Spirit and Human worlds" Kurama said trying to make the concepts easy enough for the human to understand.
"Yes that is what Koenma told me too, but we just have another party member. I suppose that Botan is bringing the fire demon here. I wonder why they chose to add a new member to the party now. I thought we were doing okay without the help of others", Yusuke mused while taking a stick, that he had picked off the ground next him, apart.
"Yes, I got to agree with you on that one", Hiei said from his tree.
"I sense Botan coming!" Kurama said standing up.
The others sensed the powerful presence that was coming towards then. Botan's presence was just a drop in the sea compared to the presence of the youkai that was coming closer. Hiei jumped from his tree to stand next to Kurama and Yusuke and Kuwabara walked to stand next to him on either side of the two youkai.
*******
Botan with her long blue hair in a pony tail, bouncing up and down, walked toward the group oblivious of the glares they sent towards the human that was walking besides her.
The human walked sulkily next to Botan. Her long red hair was in a braid down her back and her bangs looked like they hadn't been combed in a while and her clothes looked like she had just come from a fight.
The guys stared and her. Could this small human be the source of all that demon energy they had just felt? Yes the feeling had passed and they could sense no spirit or demon energy from this kid.
"What! Is this kid the fifth fighter?" Yusuke asked ruffling the hair of the short, little girl getting a glare from her, but she didn't pull away.
"Yes isn't she cute! It reminds me of the time when you and Keiko where in Jr. high school and I got to where that cute school uniform!" Botan said smiling.
"Hey that was over four years ago! How old are you anyways kid?" Yusuke asked smiling down at the kid.
"I'm seventeen", came the cool answer. The girl kept her gaze on the ground as she tried to keep her hands on off this insolent pup that called her a kid.
"Hey she's the same age as we are!" Kuwabara said looking dumb folded.
"What's your name?" Kurama asked looking at the red headed girl.
"Mari", came the answer.
"Mari, huh? Well, that's a nice name. How are you today Mari?" Kurama asked trying to get the girl to warm up a little.
"Couldn't be better", she answered looking up the first time. Her eyes flashed on odd color when her eyes met Kurama's, but it was gone so soon that Kurama thought that it must have been his imagination.
"So now we have a new kid on our team" Yusuke said getting another glare from Mari. "I mean that it's nice to get someone else on this team. The block head isn't very good company, cause you can't talked to him unless you repeat you're self at least five times!" Yusuke said while dogging Kuwabara's death blow.
Kurama could have sworn that she smirked at the two adolescents fighting before she lowered her head again.
"Oh! I forgot to introduce everyone!" Botan said slamming her hands together. "This is Hiei," she pointed at the fire demon that hadn't bothered to move during the whole act, "this is Kurama," Botan pointed at Kurama and the red-head bowed at Mari telling her it was a pleasure to meet her, "this is Yusuke Yurameshi," she said pointing at Yusuke who now was trying to get a good grip of Kuwabara's head in his hands, "and this is Kazuma Kuwabara", she pointed at Kuwabara half-dead on the ground.
"Okay guys it's time to act!" Botan said and put her hand in front her. "Lets go!"
"Yes", Kurama said and placed his hand on top of hers.
"Let's do this!" Yusuke said placing his hand on the pile.
"All for the sake of love!" Kuwabara said, placing his hand on top of Yusuke's.
"Humph" Hiei sighed and placed his hand on top.
All eyes where on Mari as she placed her hand on top of Hiei's.
"Okay! Let's go!" Botan said throwing her hand in the air.
Please R&R. It's my first fanfiction so don't be too harsh.