Disclaimer- I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho , if i did I'd be a very happy girl. Enjoy. (I also don't own Smooth Criminal)
You've been hit by a smooth criminal~ Smooth Criminal
It was pretty close to midnight, the streets of Japan were void of people aside from the few who were leaving the Japanese rave scene or getting home from the late night shift. On the corner there was a television store, mostly old, used sets were set up for the display and they usually showed the news. One small TV flickered in the center, a decrepit model that fizzled on and off, seemed to try and hold its picture through an important news story.
Onscreen a lady sat at a news anchor desk as she reported the nightly news. Unfortunately due to the condition of the TV set you could only make out bits and pieces of the broadcast.
"We're reporting on the string of robberies…Police think the suspects might be armed…Homes in suburbs most likely to be targets…No new clues have been found…Police are investigating…This is channel six keeping you updated…Good Night."
'Gong! Gong! Gong!…' Somewhere a large grandfather clock chimed twelve fold announcing the witching hour. The clock in question belonged to a grand looking mansion, tucked away neatly in the mountainous backdrop of the Japanese countryside. 'Gong! Gong! Gong!…' The endless corridors fell silent. Perhaps even too silent. It was an ideal evening for supernatural happenings, as if the gods had blotted out the moon and stars from the sky. It was ominous to say the least. What's more, the hallways weren't as empty as they seemed…
"Lotus, can you give me a readout on the next hall?" a voice from no where sounded.
"I've hacked in to the security systems cameras. Yua make yourself visible so I can see your position. I've set a loop of the empty hallway so the guards won't see you." came another voice.
"Alright…if you say so." With these words a girl materialized, seemingly from thin air. Attached to her ear was a communication device, about the size and shape of a hearing aid, which the second voice was coming from.
"There is no movement in the next hall, save for a few mice in the walls." the voice, known as Lotus, stated.
"Thanks, I'll get back to you when I get to the safe." Yua said.
Yua and Lotus were a pair of human thieves, never had they been caught while on the job. Lotus was the brains, Yua was the brawn. This didn't mean that Yua was an idiot and Lotus was helpless though, Yua's "gift" gave her an excellent ability to sneak in to establishments undetected and Lotus' knowledge of the latest technology made her useful behind a computer. Thus their partnership was cemented in this way, and the two young women had become had become the two largest criminals in Japan. The only problem was that none of the authorities knew what they looked like, this gave the duo freedom to terrorize Japan as they wished.
The girl's willowy figure proceeded to stalk through the hallways, creeping past motion sensors, alarms and camera's that were hidden. She managed to evade the traps with the help of her comrade who seemed to know every inch of the buildings blueprints. After passing through a laser maze with her acrobatic skill, she found herself in a small room with a large ornate grandfather clock. It's walls were bare, aside from wall sconces and the cobwebs that adorned them. When she looked up there was a large circular stained glass window, almost resembling the Rose Window of Notre Dame fame.
Pushing a lock of hair away she tapped the device on her ear and spoke quietly in to it, "Lotus, I'm in the room you said would have the safe, but I don't see one."
"That's because you don't know you're looking at it," answered Lotus sharply. Just as she said this Yua pulled a face to which Lotus immediately replied, "And don't make that face."
"How does she always know?" Yua thought.
"Because I'm clairvoyant remember? Now look right across the room, see that Grandfather clock? I want you to open it's face." Lotus instructed.
It was no fluke that Lotus knew exactly what was going on over at Yua's end, she was indeed a psychic. However, much like her powers of invisibility, Lotus was limited to how much of the future she could actually see. The clearest she could force herself to see was perhaps a week at most, anything further than that became hazy. Lotus's power was also very spontaneous, giving her the ability to see random events in the far future very clearly, but this was a rare event and, strangely, only happens when she's drunk.
Like an obedient machine, Yua did as she was instructed. Once the clock's face swung open she peered in at the dust covered cogs. "Now what?" Yua asked, "I only see spiders."
"I'm getting to that." Lotus snapped, exasperated with her partner. "Find the mechanism that turns the hands. Once you have, I want you to turn the hands counter-clockwise until both have made it back to twelve. "
Again Yua obeyed, making sure that she followed Lotus' instructions exactly. Slowly, she cranked the hour hand towards twelve, making her body tremble with anticipation. Deftly wiping sweat from her brow she watched the hour hand crept closer to the minute hand, with a final click the hands overlapped and the bell sounded, it's cry echoing in the still nights air.
At the same time an alarm screeched through the air in Spirit World, causing all in it's range to rush about in a frenzied manner. Many of the ogres started to panic and shout for Koenma.
"Koenma sir!" The blue ogre, Jorge, ran through the halls calling out for the toddler. "Koenma, Koenma sir!" The ogre's large frame skidded to a halt in front of the pint-sized ruler. Jorge bent over, placing his hands on his knees as he panted heavily. "Ko-koen-m-ma sir, we have a pro-problem."
The look on the child god's face was anything but pleased. One eyebrow cocked in irritation he continued to stamp and file the papers in front of him. It was such a tedious process, he wished he were on an island relaxing somewhere.
"Koenma sir! Are you even listening?"
Once more his stupid ogre assistants voice pierced his daydreams. "What is it ogre?" he barked.
Jorge winced at Koenma's sudden outburst, but quickly regained his composure. "Koenma, the alarm…"
"So what?" he snapped, "That damn thing goes off if a demon insect passes through the barrier. And if that's the case we'll just send Botan out with her can of bug spray."
"But sir! This is much more urgent than a creepy crawley!" Jorge insisted.
Koenma sighed and rubbed his temples, "Alright, what's the reason for this damned alarm giving me a headache?"
Jorge said nothing, he merely fumbled for the remote that belonged to the large television screen that seemed to have omniscient powers. Pressing a few buttons the screen flickered to life and focused in on a a girl of average height, but of a petite build. She seemed to be turning the hands on the large grandfather clock that stood before her.
"You're showing me a girl…fixing her clock? Ogre have you truly lost your mind?!" Koenma shouted, his countenance screwing up with fury.
"Please don't hurt me sir! If you keep watching you'll see she's not fixing clocks or radios or any other electronic device." Jorge begged as he ducked to avoid the mallet which Koenma had been stamping papers with.
Settling back in to his seat with crossed arms, Koenma begrudgingly watched.
The chiming ceased and was followed by a grinding noise. Yua leapt backwards as the clock slid the left and revealed a safe. A grin stretched across Yua's face as she slowly reached out towards the numbered dial on the safe's front.
Just as her fingers brushed the door Lotus' voice assaulted her ears through the speaker, "Yua don't! There are sensors on the safe's door!"
"Oops…" Her palm flat on the safe by now.
Sirens began blaring throughout the house, dogs barked viciously from outside and angry voices could be heard getting closer.
"You have literally three minutes to grab the goods and get out!" Lotus stated, the sound of fingers clicking across a keyboard could be heard. "There's no time to crack the safe, use force."
"With pleasure," she replied. From her pack of tools she had been carrying she produced a small, crowbar-like instrument. She jammed it between the hinges of the safe's door and pried the door open with a loud creak from the metal. After her destruction of the safe Yua snatched up its contents. That's when she got her first look at the item she and her partner were so intent on stealing. It was a diamond, about the size of her fist, perfectly cut in the traditional diamond shape. Yua held the precious crystal up to the faint light that filtered through the window overhead. The gem shone brightly in the pale moonlight, seeming to pulsate with an ethereal energy. The giddy grin upon her lips grew as she continued to stare at it.
"Yua!" Lotus screeched, "Get your skull out of the clouds and hurry!"
As if slapped Yua came back to herself. The footsteps could be heard, closer now, as the precious seconds she had left ticked past. Yua's thoughts raced as she tried to put together a hasty escape.
That's when the lightning bolt of realization struck her, hard. Remembering that she could become invisible faster than she could intake air, she let the power rush through her body. It was almost routine by now, the almost chilling sensation of disappearing and being hidden from the naked eye. It was almost like someone had doused her with a bucket of icy water, but without feeling soaked afterwards.
Another thought occurred to her though, what if the guards became too suspicious of her seemingly flawless escape? If they didn't believe she had escaped before they arrived they could bar the room and search for her, and while she was invisible she was most definitely still solid. Though she doubted the guards intelligence, she felt it wouldn't be wise to chance it. She guessed probably had about two minutes left of Lotus' estimated three, this guess was backed up by the sound of clamor growing nearer.
"Shit, shit, shit…" Yua thought as she absent mindedly hefting the crowbar in her hand, considering using it as a bludgeon.
Now Lotus was usually the brains of every operation, but that didn't mean Yua couldn't be crafty, she was raised by some pretty sneaky people. Having glanced up at the large and beautiful window it almost pained her to carry out her crudely fashioned plan, but it wouldn't rest heavy on her conscious for long.
Wasting no time, Yua curled her arm back like a seasoned baseball player and let the object in her hand fly as she swung her limb forward. The resulting sound was a crash of shattering glass that would have woken people for miles, were there any people nearby.
As the newly broken fragments clattered to the floor the voices became much more frantic.
"Did you hear that?'
"It sounded like someone breaking a window…"
"Hurry and get to the safe room you imbecile!"
After a moments stand still, the heavy booted foot steps picked back up again. Yua pressed herself up against the wall next to the grandfather clock and held her breath, afraid that even the slightest sound would arouse suspicion. As if on cue, the door splintered apart and fell to the floor. A group of men filed in to the room anxiously, expecting to see a bumbling thief with their hand in the safe. Yua bit her tongue in order to avoid laughing, the expressions on their faces was a mixture of shock, confusion, and disbelief.
"What's the problem men?" boomed a voice, "You're trained security personnel and you can't find a simple thief?"
Yua almost snorted in disbelief, she had managed to evade all of their poorly hidden "traps" (save the one she had tripped) and he dared to call her a simple thief? Yua gritted her teeth and seethed, "We'll see who's the simple one…"
All the guards parted as a tall, muscular man with a walrus like mustache strode in with a fierce looking German Shepherd in tow. Almost immediately the dog seemed to growl and tug its chain in the direction of Yua, teeth bared as it tried to lunge towards her. His handler quickly took notice of the dogs strange behavior and smirked.
"It seems that Valko here has picked up something, perhaps he can find what you idiots can't," the man scoffed. After throwing a disdainful glance to his subordinates he commanded the dog, "Search, Valko!"
The dog immediately lunged for the spot Yua stood in, snarling viciously as she tried to flatten herself against the wall and away from the dogs gnashing teeth. The furrows in the dark haired man's face deepened as he frowned, flushing red as his comrades burst out laughing.
"Stupid mutt, you dare make a fool of me?" he hissed, kicking the dog in its haunch. The dog yelped as the boot connected with its body and limped away, whimpering in pain.
Witnessing the brutal treatment of the dog, Yua felt a pang of guilt. If it wasn't for her the poor creature wouldn't have to suffer. After throwing one last venomous stare to the man who inflicted the pain on the canine, she managed to slip out as the guards examined the crime scene.
Lotus huffed, her full lips formed a slight pout as she watched her partner descend the wall she had her back to.
"It's about time," she muttered, not so much as glancing at Yua as she approached.
"You could have told me that it was a trip safe…" Yua muttered.
"I tried to, but you're so impulsive. Always rushing in to things before I can stop you." Lotus snorted.
Unlike Yua who was built much like a ballerina, Lotus was stacked. While Yua had a boyish frame, Lotus' was obviously hourglass. While Yua's skin had a healthy rose tint and freckles, Lotus had skin of porcelain that was blemish free. What Yua lacked, Lotus had. They were as opposite as the sea and sky.
"Let's get out of hear before those meat headed guards wise up," Yua growled and flung the sack containing the jewel in Lotus' direction.
Lotus deftly caught it and pulled the gem out to examine it, "So this is the second one? They look almost identical, like twins."
"You mean triplets, there's still one more left," Yua smirked.
"Yes, we'll have to reunite these two with their siblings. Not tonight though, we'll wait until tomorrow…" Lotus' voice seemed to trail off as her eyes glazed over, Yua moved in closer. She recognized the face, it was the one she made when she was about to have a premonition. Within seconds Lotus' eyes switched back to their normal rose red only instead of immediately telling Yua what she saw, she held herself and shuddered.
"I didn't see much this time, it was more of a…feeling." Lotus' voice dropped to a whisper on the last note.
"It that all you got from the vision?" Yua asked.
"That and I felt we may be facing a strong opponent in the very near future, very near indeed." Yua cringed as Lotus' face darkened, she couldn't remember a time when the steely Lotus was bothered this much by a vision.
"Let's get out of here," Yua concluded, placing a hand on her friend's shoulder.
Lotus just nodded and followed her partner in to the darkness where they would slip away, once again, unnoticed.
The tape went blank after the girl suspiciously disappeared from the feed.
"Hmm, Ogre it seems you were right. This is a problem," Koenma said thoughtfully, leaning back in to his chair, "Put Yusuke on the case immediately, have Botan gather them all and bring them here at once!"
"Yes sir, Koenma sir!" The ogre bowed several times before rushing off to places unknown.
"Mmm, Yusuke I have a feeling there's something more to this than thievery, I hope you're up to this challenge." Koenma thought.