~High Voltage~
. . .
Prologue:
. . .
All was quiet in the dark hall. Not one thing stirred; there was nobody present. From the ceiling, a shadow dropped down to the floor, just barely visible in the darkness. If one hadn't known it would happen, it wouldn't have been seen at all.
It crept along the wall, slinking carefully but quickly; nobody would notice even if there were gaurds there.
'No gaurds, not even one. Wexas,' it thought as it approached the vault. 'Not that any gaurds would be useful to them now anyhow.' Placing one hand on the vault, it expertly entered the correct number combination--one would think it had done this many times before--and a minute later, the vault door slowly swung open without making a sound. Perfect. Still nothing but another shadow in the darkness, the unrecognizable being darted into the safe, carefully stepping over, under, and around the thin red lines coming from the ceiling and the walls.
What a dull night. After snatching what it was after--a small, cloudy green cube the glowed softly in the dark--it decided to liven up the area a bit.
After all, if you're fool enough to leave a vault full of priceless items unguarded, you can't expect that it won't be broken into.
It left the vault, letting the door slam on the way out, but also deliberately brushing one of the lasers. Almost immediately after the vault door shut and locked, a loud alarm went off. A combination of long beeps and wails.
'Annoying.'
Shaking its head, the shadow raised its wrist to the ceiling, shooting a grappling hook from the contraption on its arm to the top, at the vents it had used to enter the building. The dark figure shot upwards, pulled by the grappling hook, just as a dozen demon guards came running into the room.
One of them pressed a button, which filled the entire room with a bright light.
"What's going on here?" Another roared.
"I don't know!" The first one shot back. "Something must be wrong with the alarm, there's nothing here!"
"No," said a third, sniffing the air. "Somebody was here." His expression turned to a snarl. "It smells human."
"Where?" Asked a fourth.
"...Gone," answered the third. His gaze traveled up, to the line of vents at the top of the walls. There was no trace of anyone ever having been there at all.
The shadow landed neatly on its two feet at the bottom of the hill. Turning back, it looked at the building it had just escaped from moments ago. It was now nearly a mile away, and the shadow could see lights starting to come on inside the building.
Time to go.
Turning the small cube over in its hand, the shadow allowed a smirk to cross its face. It then turned back and fled into the forest.
. . .
Translations:
"Wexa" -- "Fool"
AN: well, that was the prologue. This is my first real Yu-Yu Hakusho fic that isn't a crossover or anything, so I don't know if I'll to a good job keeping everyone in character, but I'll try. I think I've got a method that works pretty well. Anyway, I definitely need to come up with a better title than the one I have now. I always have the most trouble with titles *sigh* oh well. Please, do tell me what you think of my fic so far!