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Killer in a Kimono
A Yu Yu Hakusho Fanfic
Chapter One: Hisui
"I'm glad you're all here," Koenma spoke, his voice etched in deep concern as he planted his tiny hands on the desk that was much too large for him. His brows were furrowed, as they always seemed to be, and he was frowning, which was nothing new. But Koenma was bothered. So deeply bothered that he had to bring Yusuke out of his forced retirement as a Spirit Detective, Kurama and Kuwabara out of their regular, human lives, and Hiei out of patrol duty in Demon World.
"I'm only here because Botan said so," Hiei grumbled.
"I already told you, Hiei," Botan said sternly from behind Koenma's desk. "We already talked to Enki. If all goes well we just might be able to end your patrol time sooner than later."
"Be that as it may," Koenma continued. "I'm grateful that you're here. As you might have noticed, energy levels around Human World have been spiking recently, so much so that it's causing us to raise alarms here in Spirit World."
"So? What else is new?" Yusuke asked. "I mean there's plenty of guys walking around with spirit energy. What's the big deal?"
"At first, we thought it was simply a natural reaction to the fact that we took out the barriers between the Human World and Demon World, similar to that of the Mushiyori City incidents during Sensui's time. But apparently, we were wrong."
Reaching forward, Koenma pushed one of the many buttons on his desk, the screen in front of him flickering to life. He gestured to the Tantei, who turned. On the screen, frozen, was a destroyed building in Tokyo, which had popped up in the news recently.
"We managed to keep this from the media. You might have heard the news that last week, an earthquake struck this part of Tokyo, destroying this building and killing everyone inside it."
"That was no earthquake," Kuwabara said. "I would have felt it if it was."
"You're right," Koenma said. "That wasn't an earthquake. We noticed that a couple of months ago, a new drug started to circulate in the black market, reaching the masses pretty quickly. Normally, the Spirit World doesn't interfere with matters like this, but then we learned that the drug has a very interesting side effect. Here's the inside of the building five minutes before the ' "
Koenma pressed another button, causing the scene to rewind right before their eyes, until the building was whole again. The camera had somehow zoomed in on one of the windows in the building, showing a businessman talking angrily on the phone. Once he hung up, he lifted up his sleeve and tied something to his arm. A tourniquet. He grabbed a needle from deep within the recesses of his cabinet and injected it right into his bloodstream. He seemed to feel immediately better afterwards, much like you would feel better after someone just gave you a blow job. But, something was wrong. Once the guy leaned backwards into his desk, he started to rub his chest, like he had indigestion.
"Oh man, I know that look," Kuwabara said. "When I really started to use my spirit energy it got really uncomfortable sometimes, and I thought it was heartburn."
"Look at what happens next," Koenma said.
Just then, the guy started to glow with an eerie sort of aura, one you would associate with spirit energy. But then it started to get stronger and stronger. Soon, the man was in pain, holding on to himself, as of afraid he would explode.
And then he did. The scene quickly turned to the one they were familiar with, the building shaking and tumbling all the way down. Koenma wordlessly turned off the screen, the boys turned to him.
"From what you've seen, it's obvious why we need to interfere."
"What the he'll kind of drug was that?" Yusuke asked, eager to jump in to action.
"More importantly," Kurama said, speaking for the first time. "What can we do to help?"
"The drug is known in Demon World as Hisui," Koenma said. "To the average demon, Its effects are equal to that of your every day heroin or cocaine. But someone had the brilliant idea of selling this in the Human World, not knowing about the side effects. Our intelligence has found that the members of Torukane and Sakyo's group of rich mad men have established a little town up in the mountains, right in between human and Demon World. We're positive that the drug is being sold or manufactured there."
"Awesome," Yusuke said. "So we bust in, kill the bad guy and save the day again."
"Its not that simple," Koenma said. "To answer Kurama's question, the four of you will have to go undercover in that town. Not all the people there are demon brutes and human scoundrels. You will have to involve yourselves in one of the town's favorite hobbies."
"And what's that?" Yusuke asked, which made Koenma smile.
"Drinking tea," he answered simply.
He didn't seem too surprised when the four just looked at him like he was nuts.
"The town up in the mountains," he said, "Or Mayaku, as they call it, is pretty famous for their fabulous selection of teahouses and geisha."
"Tch. Don't tell me were supposed to be blending in with that ridiculous crap," Hiei said.
"You are, " Koenma said, "but not in the way that you would expect. Besides having the four of you looking for our man, you will have someone on the inside the tea district, someone who was trained to extract information and become inconspicuous."
"What do you mean, like a spy?" Yusuke asked.
"Yes. A geisha spy. Gentlemen, may I introduce you to Hana Jung," Koenma said, standing to gesture towards the door. "She'll be your new teammate."
The four boys turned to meet the new girl. She wasn't too tall, just a bit under Yusuke's height. Her features, from afar were...well, they were pretty spectacular. Her skin seemed to me made of porcelain, flawless and smooth. Her long, dark hair fell straight just above her waistline, emphasizing her thin, hourglass appearance. Her form was graceful, poised, something you would have expected from a ballerina or a dancer. Her smile was gorgeous, seemingly lighting up the room. But the boys barely noticed these when they saw her eyes. They were the most curious shade of amber, similar to that of Kurama's in his youko form. Her clothes were pretty modern, very un-geisha, but you could tell. There was something about her. Something...different. Hana smiled to them and bowed, crossing one hand over the other as she did.
"It's an honor meet all of you," she said, rising back to her full height. "The Reikai Tantei has quite the reputation here in the Spirit World."
"Oh, do we?" Yusuke asked, puffing up his chest. "Well, Koenma didn't tell us that you were such a charmer.""Well, obviously she has to be," Hiei huffed. "I hardly think that men, much less demons would be attracted to anything that looked remotely like Kuwabara."
"You calling me ugly, shrimp?" Kuwabara challenged, immediately turning to Hiei, who crossed his arms over his chest.
"If the shoe fits, asshole."
"So," Kurama said, cutting the argument short by moving in between Hiei and Kuwabara. "How will this work, exactly? I assume that you will be our geisha."Hana nodded, and turned to Koenma to confirm that she could go on. Once Koenma nodded, she turned to the others. "I will be living in the okiya with Kuwabara, as he will be my dresser."
"You hear that, Kuwabara?" Yusuke snickered before Kuwabara punched the side of his face to shut him up. Hana took that as a sign to continue. "Since everyone knows every okiya in the town, Botan will be in charge of the okiya Koenma set up under another name. In a sense, I'll be living independently."
Botan nodded, seemingly in approval of this part of the plan. "Yusuke and Kurama, since you both are pretty well-known amongst demon circles, you'll become my danna," Hana said. "Danna?" Kurama echoed, tilting his head to the side. Hana nodded again. "To a geisha, a danna is her patron, someone who provides her with security and safety," she said. "I will escort you in engagements and we'll be able to safely talk about what we've discovered within the course of the mission."
"Of course, Kurama, you would have to stay in your demon form if you wish to keep your identity a secret," Koenma pointed out, to which Kurama shook his head. "It's inconsequential, especially after the tournament," he pointed out before turning to Hana. "What about Hiei?" Kurama asked. Hana seemed to be studying the fire demon carefully, as if trying to seize his character. Hiei, who was sitting in a corner, was glaring at her as well. A small smile formed on the corner of her lips. "He'll be on patrol duty," she said, fighting back a chuckle at the irony. Hiei continued to glare.
"Listen, onna. I didn't get out of Demon World just to be your watchdog in geisha town."
"Hiei," Kurama said sternly, throwing a glance at Hana, as if asking if he could interrupt. Hana nodded and Kurama continued. "Obviously you're the only one suited for the job," Kurama said. "You're the fastest and the most stealthy among all of us."
"Hn."
"However, if you do object, I'm sure Kuwabara would be delighted to take patrol duty," Hana offered, to which Hiei immediately grunted. They weren't really sure if that was a good thing. "We'll take that as a yes," Koenma said, turning to the others. "If there aren't any more questions, you can go. Just be ready tomorrow, six am sharp. You'll all be taking the bus to the mountains."
"Thank you, Lord Koenma, Botan." Hana said, bowing to him and to Botan before turning to the others. "I'll see you boys tomorrow," she said to them, bowing as well, before turning to leave. "Yeah, see you," Yusuke said, his eyes following her all the way out the door. Kurama walked towards the door to make sure that she was gone before closing them. He gave Yusuke a nod.
"What the hell, Koenma?" Yusuke asked, taking the god by surprise as Yusuke slammed his palms on his gargantuan desk. "Who the fuck was that?"
"I told you! She's Hana Jung, and she's going to help-"
"Don't avoid the question. Who is she, really," Yusuke said, giving Koenma the stink eye. "I think what Yusuke is trying to say," Kurama said with a sigh, "Is that we're surprised you asked her to come in. What does she benefit from working for you?"
Koenma leaned back on his chair, twiddling his thumbs. "Oh," he managed to say. "Well, I guess all of you have your reasons for working here. Let's just say that Hana has her reasons. She's been undergoing training in the Spirit World for centuries now.""Centuries? Just how old is she?" Kuwabara asked.
"By our guesstimation," Botan said. "She's right around Hiei's age."
"What, five?"
"Shut up, you idiot."
"Who are you calling an idiot, shorty?"
Koenma coughed, abruptly making the two stop. He looked up at Kurama, who seemed to be deep in thought. "Penny for your thoughts, Kurama," Koenma said almost sarcastically. "I'm beginning to see the logic," Kurama said. "Who better to act as a geisha than a vampire?"
"A v-v-vampire?" Kuwabara asked, almost jumping right out of his skin. "Y'mean those things are real?"
"More real than we ever thought, apparently," Yusuke said, seemingly taking all of this in stride."If you want to know more about her, I suggest you just get to know her," Koenma said, dismissing all of them with a swivel of his chair. "You'll have plenty of time. But remember the reason why I called you all here. You're supposed to bring in the bad guy.""Get the bad guy, save the world," Yusuke said. "So what else is new?"
"I'll see you boys tomorrow, six thirty sharp!" Botan exclaimed as she escorted the four out the door. Yusuke noticed that Kurama still seemed a little bit preoccupied with his thoughts. "So, Kurama," Yusuke said, walking slower to match his pace. "How'd you know that Hana was a vampire?"
"I've encountered vampires before in my forays in the Demon World," Kurama said. "They're intelligent, deadly and certainly beautiful. Koenma could not have chosen a better spy."
"But you're uneasy," Hiei pointed out. "Yes," Kurama said. "Let's just say that I have never enjoyed their company."
"But she's still our teammate," Kuwabara pointed out. "I know that. It just makes one wonder what it is she wants to make up for so badly that she became Koenma's latest experiment."
-End of Chapter One-
Oh you can post covers now? Interesting.
