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Hello! I didn't want to have to worry about what my first story would be or have to pick just one, sooooooooooooooo I'm posting 3 at once! I hope you like them and if you don't, I don't care. Please read and feel free to give constructive criticism. Don't just say "You suck!" I wanna know how and why so I can get better. Check out some of my other stories. Enjoy!
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"Oh, come on. There's no way Nakamoto could take down Kawasaki in the finals," said one of four boys walking down the sidewalk. His hair was slicked back into what he called "battle mode" and dared the taller boy next to him to contradict him.
"Nuts to you, Urameshi. You forgettin' that Nakamoto won in the Kyoto tournament and placed second in Internationals? Not to mention that in his last match, he took down Moriyama in one punch!" retorted Kuwabara.
Four years agter Yusuke Urameshi's return from the Makai, a second tournament was held and a new king was appointed. And, while able to prevent Yomi or his son, Shura, from winning, the new king encouraged the consumption of humans. With renewed spirits, demons once again preyed on human flesh, driving Reikai to re-erect the barrier. The majority of demons could no longer threaten humanity, but several more powerful and malicious youkai had been able to cross over before the barrier had risen. Unable to hire Urameshi back as a spirit detective, Koenma created the Human-world Task Force, comprised of Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei to take on the ever mounting cases.
"C'mon, Kuwabara. Have you seen Kawasaki? He's a friggin' giant!"
"Size don't matter in a battle, idiot."
"Well 500 yen says Kawasaki beats Nakamoto at Tokyo dome."
"You're on, Urameshi!"
"If you idiots aren't going to have a real conversation," Hiei broke in, "then I'm leaving." He disappeared in a blur of motion before anyone could reply.
Yusuke stared after him and asked, "What's his problem?"
Kurama chuckled, "I guess he didn't find the conversation stimulating enough. By the way, I heard there's a little one on the way."
"Wha... Oh right. Yeah, and the pregnancy thing is killing me."
"How so?"
"It's Keiko and her damn hormones. It's like she's gone mental."
Kurama stopped and turned to his right, facing east. His eyes narrowed, scanning the horizon. "Do you feel that?"
"Yeah," Kuwabara replied, "and it don't feel too friendly neither."
Yusuke's sixth sense had never developed. Annoyed, he asked, "Ya think you could keep me in the loop?"
"Demons," Kurama answered.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" a young woman screamed in the distance.
"Let's go! Yusuke shouted, and the three of them set off at a run. "Kurama, how far?"
"About 5 kilometers."
"That's where the park is, dammit!" Yusuke sped up and Kurama with him.
"Hey! Slow down, Urameshi!" Kuwabara gasped. "I can't run that fast. Besides, shouldn't we be trying to find Hiei? Much as I hate to say it, but the runt could be some help."
"That shouldn't be necessary," Kurama stated.
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Yusuke exclaimed.
"I'm only picking up the energies of low level demons. Easy enough to take down. We're actually quite lucky, today."
"Whaddya mean?"
"The park's been closed for a bit of construction, and it's late afternoon, almost sunset. There won't be many people around." The girl screamed a second time. "We should hurry."
They turned the corner and skidded to a halt. Kuwabara was still a block behind them. Two scraggly, red-skinned demons towered over a small figure on the ground. They had her pinned against a wall
"RAPID FIRE!" Yusuke shouted, and an energy blast hit both demons. Nothing was left of them. With a smug grin on his face, Yusuke said, "Well, that was easy. Hey, Kuwabara, you caught up yet?"
"Oh, shut it," Kuwabara panted.
"Hey, miss, you all right?" Yusuke looked over and was surprised by what he saw. On the ground was a small figure with aqua-green hair in a blue kimono.
"An ice maiden? What's one doing out here?" Kuwabara asked.
"How should I know?"
Kurama stepped over and knelt down, his hand extended to help pull her up. "It's alright. We're here to help." However, his actions gained the opposite reaction of what he was expecting. She had flinched at the sound of his voice and her midnight-blue eyes stared up fearfully. Bangs and two long locks of hair framed her face; she looked around seventeen years old. She tried to scramble away but hit the wall behind her. She began to tremble from head to foot. "Please," Kurama tried again. "We're not going to hurt you."
"Ya know," Kuwabara commented, "she looks kinda like Yukina."
The young ice maiden sat up, her fear gone. "Yukina! How do you know her? Is she alright? Where is she?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on there." Yusuke stopped her. "Just who the hell are you?"
"Please, tell me where she is!"
"Name first, missy."
"I don't have time for this. I have to find Yukina!" she cried out desperately. The ice maiden tried to get up, but instead, she let out a cry of pain and fell back on the ground. A deep gash ran diagonally up her calf.
"Jeez, no wonder you were on the ground."
Kurama bent down to inspect the wound. "I can treat it, but you won't be able to walk or put any weight on it for awhile." He pulled a small package out of his shirt. "May I ask your name?"
"Rei," she said hesitantly.
"A lovely name. I'm afraid this might sting a bit." Rei gasped as Kurama applied medicinal herbs and bandaged the leg. Kurama turned to Yusuke and Kuwabara, "Now, we'll have to find somewhere safe for her to stay."
"I could always take her to the shrine Yukina's staying at," Kuwabara volunteered.
Yusuke gave a nasty grin, "You just want an excuse to go visit her."
"Sh-shut up!" but his face was beet red.
"Sounds good to me," Yusuke agreed. "You carry her."
"What! C'mon, Urameshi."
"You carried Hiei when he passed out."
"Which is why it should be your turn to carry somebody! Hey, where you going, Kurama."
"I thought somebody should inform Reikai."
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Awp! Where d'ya think your going, Urameshi!"
Yusuke was already halfway down the block. "I'm going to the shrine. Now grab Rei and hurry up."
"Lazy, no good..." Kuwabara started muttering under his breath. He picked up Rei and piggybacked her. "C'mon," he said and hurried after Yusuke.
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In Reikai, Kurama and Botan stood in front of Koenma's desk. Stacks of paper were piled on the desk and Koenma's stamp seemed to be traveling at super speed.
"Uh... Koenma, sir," Botan hesitantly started.
"WHAT! What is it? Can't you see I'm busy?"
Kurama spared Botan the pain, "We've located another ice maiden in Ningenkai."
"So go rescue her!" Koenma answered distractedly. "And where's Jorge? JORGE!"
"That's not the case. We found her injured, attacked by two other demons."
Koenma finally gave his full attention to the pair, his stamp raised over the next paper. "What?"
"Yes," Botan broke in. "Her name is Rei. We don't have much about her on record, but apparently she was looking for Yukina." She flipped through a small notebook. "She asked several times about Yukina's whereabouts and her behavior seemed typical of an ice maiden. Shy, timid, wary of men..."
"Then Yukina must have been quite and exception of her kind," Kurama commented.
"Indeed."
"Enough chit-chat!" Koenma said irritably. "Where is she now?"
"Yusuke and Kuwabara are taking her to Yukina's shrine," Kurama answered.
"And what about her injuries?"
"I've treated them, but she won't be able to move on her own for at least a week."
"Well I'd say the situation has been handled well so far, but I want extra precautions taken. We don't want another Tarukane incident. I want at least one member of the HTF checking on them everyday. I'm not taking chances; two ice maidens is a tempting prize."
"Lord Koenma!" "Koenma, sir, we need these approved!" Five ogres laden with papers shoved their way through the door.
"Gah! Alright! Botan, get Kurama out of here. I've gotta get back to work. JORGE! Lazy, good-for-nothing...Ouch!
"Koenma, sir, are you alright?" Botan asked.
"I stamped my hand again." Botan and Kurama left Koenma screaming for Jorge and went through the portal to Ningenkai.