Demon's Serenade - Chapter 1 - 12/28/03
Author's Notes: Sorry for not updating for a long time… The lack of reviews really hurt, so I just gave up… however, I got a review! I got a review! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I will continue! I'm pulling it of the dogpile of fanfics to continue (the rest are posted on my own website at
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Alright, on with Ch. 1!
(a) Chapter I ~ Into the City of Demons{Disclaimer}
All Yu Yu Hakusho characters are owned by Togashi Yoshihiro/Sheisha, Fuji TV,
Pierrot, and FUNimation.
Real Bout High School © 2000 Reiji Saiga/Sora Inou. First published in 2000 by Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., LTD., Tokyo. English translation rights arranged with Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., LTD., Tokyo through Tuttle-Mori Agency, INC., Tokyo.
"…Well, is this a perfect team or what?" Yusuke cried triumphantly, looking from Kurama, to Kazuma, to Hiei, and back.
"Hn," Hiei replied, before turning towards the large city full of demons. "We should leave quickly."
"Argh! Monobrow, get off me!"
"Stupid Sasquatch! What 'r ya doin' there?"
"Ha! Serves you amateurs right!" Our quadric Reikai Tentei turned to find two people, piled on top of one another, with a long-haired girl, seemingly fallen on her face, rising to her knees.
"Fear not! Kazuma Kuwabara will rescue you!" Kuwabara cried as he turned to find them in a small dog pile, almost (but not quite) flinging "Monobrow" off of an extremely unnerved, beautiful high school student. Coming down on one knee and offering his hand, he put on his most, er, "handsome" face. "Do you need assistance, fair lady?"
"Er, sure…"
"Wha ya do tha' for, carrot top?" Monobrow asked from behind Kuwabara as he rose to his feet. "Sasquatch" stands up shakily, then, recovering her dignity, whipped her hand from Kuwabara's and reached to pick her bakken up off of the ground.
"Who…" she trailed off as she took a good look around her.
"We are pleased to have your acquaintance. My name is Suuichi, it is to our great happiness to meet you, but, we must still ask of your arrival point," Kurama trailed off questioningly as she focused on him. A large crack cut off his next words.
Azumi stiffened and jumped back as a small, hooded creature popped up from the ground. Pulling out her kiribayashi, she sliced it in half, leaning forewords…
Only to meet another face over the cut creature. She looked, utterly surprised, into the red eyes of a small, gothic boy.
"…and you are?"
"Hiei."
"Azumi Kiribayashi, master of the Kiribayashi Naginata-Jitsu"
"The most powerful demon you'll ever meet," and with that, they jumped back, and their signature smiles returned to their faces. In almost perfect unison, they both closed their eyes, content, and replaced their weapons.
"Uh, wha'?" Kuwabara asked, completely dumbfounded. Kurama shook his head.
"It's a warriors' agreement," and with that he turned to the quite confused Shizuma. As he opened his mouth (again) another crash cut him off.
"Where the…?" looking around, Taiho sat up, before he noticed who he was sitting on. "Oh, er, sorry, Kunugi. Didn't see ya."
"You are so hopeless," Kunugi sat up, readjusting his fighting outfit just as another crowd dropped down on him.
"Xiaoxing's bottom hurt!" Another, short, scrawny character, gender unknown, jumped from the top of the pile, a yoyo like attachment swinging from her shoulder.
"Xiaoxing's behind hurts because she fell on Megumi's sorry back!"
"Megumi's back is sorry? What did Megumi's back do?"
"Does it matter? Just get off!" Kunugi cried from beneath the now very heavy load on top of him.
"Hey, I'm better now, so, payback time!" Jumping up, Megumi turned to face the still pinned Kunugi.
"Oh, I'm sure I'll be a real challenge with them on top of me!" A ninja-like dressed girl dropped gracefully from the lap of a brown haired, tall, one-eye-covered-by-a-load-of-thick-hair (very reminisce of Trowa Barton from Gundam Wing, if you ask me…) girl, who then removed herself from Kunugi. Kunugi stood up, his Cloud-Strife-blond-spiky hair forming a downwards tilting spike at the back of his head.
"What are all these people doing here?"
"That's what I'd like to know," Yusuke grumbled, looking around at the small, growing, crowd.
"Hey, Shrimp, he looks like you!" Kuwabara pointed out gleefully, pointing at Kunugi. The "Shrimp" immediately shot a small fireball at the outspoken red head, before turning to Kunugi.
"What are you, color blind?!?" Kunugi snapped, irritated at this new muscle-headed simpleton. He pointed at the utterly gothic Hiei. "I have blond hair, idiot!" Taiho sighed(oh, and his hair's down now, so it's not like Kuwabara's anymore.) before looking from one to another.
"Well, you're both short, spiky-headed…" he trailed off as the two said fighters bared their teeth at him. "…and have extra long canines!" Hiei gripped his hands as Kunugi sighed, loosing the ticked off look.
"When they waste all their cells on muscle, they have none left over for brains, eh?" Hiei looked suspiciously out of the corner of his eye, before nodding agreement. Suddenly, they both had a very scary glint in their eyes.
"Never thought I'd agree with a human…"
"…nor anyone as short as me…"
"…Now they scare me," Yusuke stated firmly, looking from one short warrior to the other.
"Um, who are you?" Ryoko asked suddenly, breaking the "scary" moment. Kunugi and Hiei, as well as everyone else, looked, pretty much, at everyone else.
"Well, um…" Yusuke muttered.
"Now things get complicated…" Everyone looked at one another for a long moment before Xiaoxing smiled.
"I Xiaoxing! Xiaoxing must fill quota, bondage 300 bad people!" The Reikai Tented looked at each other exasperatedly.
"Megumi Memoir the top wrestler of Tokyo!"
"Asuka Kuronari. All those whom appose oust moral code thus will be visiteth upon with forthwith extreme annihilation."
"Kunugi. Class A ninja."
"Taiho. Toughest user of the Fang of Impact technique."
"Shizuma Kusanagi. Best street fighter ever." ("That's debatable," was heard from Yusuke.)
"Ryoko Mitsurugi, samurai idol of Daimon High."
"Kurama. Class A youko."
"Hiei. Class A demon."
"Kazumi Kuwabara. The worst punk of Sariaski Jr. High."
"Yusuke Urameshi. The much, much worser punk of Sariaski Jr. High."
"Aoi Asihina. My regards." Everyone sweat dropped. With a sigh, Kurama looked around.
"Did Koenma send you?"
"Wha'?" Shizuma asked as Asuka sighed.
"Thus thy small knowledge comes forthwith," she stated simply. Yusuke cocked his head.
"Translation?"
"We're not supposed to be here."
"Yeah, I was about to pay him back for knocking the terrorist ninja out!" Megumi pointed dangerously at Kunugi. Asuka sweat dropped while the Urameshi team and the four other guys all looked at her quizzically.
"It's not my fault we fell through!" Kunugi snapped back defensively.
"Then who-" Megumi began before Kurama waved his had forcefully.
"It was probably a fluke portal or two. These pop up randomly in the Ningenkia," Kurama stated smugly.
"Ya' know, for a girl, ya' actually sound kinda smart," Shizuma said as a vein throbbed in Kurama's forehead.
"I'm a guy," he stated, quite calmly.
"'For a GIRL'?!?!" Ryoko snapped impatiently at the monobrow. He opened his mouth to reply before Hiei cut in.
"Listen, we're running out of time. Since you all seem to be fighters, if human, then you can be of some service. You shall accompany us to 'save the world', as Yusuke so bluntly put it." And with that he turned and walked towards the gates in the City of Demons.
"Huh?" Taiho commented.
"More babysitting, I suppose, Hiei?" Kurama asked the Koorime as he walked forewords. With a sigh the said demon nodded.
"Hey, Hiei, wait up!" Kuwabara snapped as he raced to catch up to the Koorime, and the quickly following Yusuke.
"Xiaoxing confused! Little man talk too fast! Xiaoxing begin new language only week plus week plus week plus week ago!" Our loner Hiei fell flat on his face as Kurama smiled and the edge of his mouth started to twitch.
"So, there're insects that can turn people into zombies flying around Tokyo, and we're going to this castle why?" Ryoko questioned as she walked next to the ever-patient Kurama.
"Because they have the /whistle/ that keeps the insects /in/ the Ningenkia. We are in the Makai right now, and…"
"Alright, so, we just walk straight on in?"
"YEP!" Shizuma said happily, walking forward.
"Um, but what about the side door?" Asuka pointed to a small, normal door to the left. Everyone looked at the door, then at Kurama.
"I screw up too, ya know!"
"We should split up." Kunugi turned and walked towards the door, kicking it open. "Shizuma, Ryoko, Azumi, you go with the new quad, the rest of us'll go this way."
"…" Azumi shook her head.
"Why should I go around with this sasquatch?" Shizuma groaned.
"Why should I have to put up with Monobrow?" Ryoko snapped. Turning, the two of them glared at each other. Kurama politely pushed Ryoko forewords and Yusuke grabbed Shizuma's ear.
"Come on, we don't got all day, here," Yusuke grumbled, dragging along the now ticked Shizuma.
"Are you sure that was smart, Kunugi?" Taiho asked as they walked through the passage leading deeper into the castle.
"If they can't survive the three of them, we don't need them anyways."
"Harsh, man. Harsh."