Diclaimer: I do not own any Yu Yu Hakusho characters! But Kinnara/Narue, the Great War, and the rest of the Ancients are mine, and the product of my way overactive imagination!
Tap, tap, tap.
Yuske was bored, and the tapping noise wasn't helping. The noise itself was coming from the young man sitting to his left, Suiichi Minomino. His left foot was hurriedly tapping against the tile floor of Koenma's office, filling the thick silence with the annoying noise.
"Why are we here again?" Kuwabarra suddenly asked as he shifted around uncomfortably, his eyes scanning the room, settling on Koenma, who cleared his throat before replying.
"You are here to meet your new trainer, she should be here any second now," and with that, he returned to the tedious task of filling out the mountains of paperwork that had gathered behind his desk.
As if on cue though, the large doors behind them opened, and a young woman walked briskly through the door, the silence filled with the sound of the heels clicking on the tile. She was tall, but no one got just how tall until she passed by Kuwabarra, and proved that she was even taller. Quickly, she shucked off the pea coat she was wearing, then tucked it under her arm, placing on hand on her hip in an impatient manner. The blouse under the jacket was a pale yellow, almost a cream, and tailored to fit her thin form and hung over the waist of her black slacks. The slacks were made of heavy cotton, with wide legs, falling over the tops of her black leather boots. The heels, while small, were wide and thick, and quite formal considering her dress.
"Koenma, you expect me to train these… weaklings?" she spat the last word out, and it almost seemed to drip contempt.
"HEY!" Yuske cried out, walking over to her defensively.
"HN, these ningens may be weak, but do not lump me in with them…" Hiei muttered, shifting his weight in an annoyed manner.
"Just remember, this is the last favor you call in… alright?" the girl simply told Koenma, and her voice was slightly gentler, though it still sounded somewhat odd. Her voice was sweet sounding, but it had an odd tone, as though electricity was threaded into every word. She quickly turned around, casting a quick glance over at the four spirit detectives, her eyes bright yellow around almost diamond shaped pupils.
Tanned skin and bright eyes were an odd combination, but her hair was the most stunning. Deep black and cut at her chin, it spiked out from her face, framing it and each strand of hair was tipped in blonde, and none could figure out if it was natural or dyed.
"Who are you to say we're weak!" Yuske cried out as he raised his fists, ready to punch the tall young woman, who just looked at his fists in a bored manner.
"Are you thinking of hitting me with those?" she asked calmly, and then sighed, adding in "Well, then, care to say anything before you do?"
"What!" Yuske quickly replied, his anger quickly rising at the girl.
"Because those will be your last words if you lay a fist on me right now," she replied back calmly, smirking at him, and then her eyes rested on Hiei.
"HEY!" Yuske hollered at her as she walked away from him, over to the short young man clad in black.
"Hiei… it's been a while since I've seen you… Ototou-san," she said softly, looking at the small demon with an odd tenderness.
"…" he looked at her, and suddenly, for a moment, recognition stole across his face. But it didn't stop him from leaving the room, walking briskly out of the room, to God knows where.
"Hm? Should have expected that… Good evening, Spirit Detectives, I am you new trainer, you may call me Narue," she nodded her head curtly at the three remaining detectives, ignoring the fact that Yuske was still glaring at her.
"Narue?" Kuwabarra tried out the name, then nodded as though pleased with the sound.
"Yeah," she replied, giving him a look that seemed to say 'didn't I just say that?' "Well, you guys, head to the training room Koenma-san has assembled, I'll meet you there in a half hour, you guys just get ready… and you might want to pray,' she added on an after thought, and only after she was sure that the detectives were gone did she look over at Koenma, suddenly serious, a morbid look on her petite face.
"What was the other reason why you called me down?" she asked quickly, leaning on his desk heavily, bearing down on the toddler sized ruler.
"It's about Aquias," he replied quietly, looking away as though not wanting to meet her eyes.
"So… Aquias is dead…" she whispered, as though afraid to say it aloud.
"Yes, suicide, it's just you and Her…" Koenma added, tender upon an already tense subject.
"Really, now… they're all dead?" she muttered breathlessly, holding back tears in her bright eyes and resting her head on her hands.
"Yes… Narue… are you alright?" the judge of the dead slowly got up, walking over to the young woman, and for once was worried, but she quickly stood, wiping off her eyes and staring off at a dark corner of the room.
"Why wouldn't I be, we all knew it would happen… after Ice… but it still seems unreal. If you'll excuse me… I need to train some of your lackeys, but thank you for keeping me updated…" she replied coldly, pulling on her jacket, and with that, she walked off and out of the office, leaving a rather worried Koenma.
"Just you… and Her…" he muttered to the empty room. "I just hope that She will die off soon…"
Narue sighed as she left the room, letting the large door slam shut behind her. She felt oddly alone as she made her way slowly down the thin hallways to the training room, and as she walked, one arm extended slightly, she let the tips of her thin fingers trail against the wall.
The only sound in the hallway was her heels clicking against the tile, and finally, she reached the large doors to the training room, and the stone was still freshly carved. It was new, and made just to her specifications. But it didn't matter.
She grasped the thick iron rings that protruded from the door and she slowly heaved them open, her knuckles almost glowing white from the strain. And inside lay the spirit detectives (Hiei nowhere to be found). Sitting politely on one of the benches provided was Kurama, his hands resting on the wood planks. Yuske was sprawled out on the edge of the circular platform, whistling lowly some obscure tune, the notes hanging in the chilly air of the room. But Kuwabarra was pacing, back and forth, back and forth.
He'd reach the end of his short journey, and then quickly turn on his heel, and head back the other way.
"Hello, Spirit Detectives!" Narue called out as she made her way in, and as she did she seemed to have a certain air of invincibility. Her hands were shoved deep into her pockets, as she tried to no avail to warm them.
"All right, you're the girl who's supposed to train us, so lets start training already! I'm bored," Yuske moaned, rolling off the platform and landing somewhat awkwardly on his feet.
"Aren't you the pushy one, alright, see that wall over there," she pointed over at the far wall, where, bolted to the walls, was various weapons.
"Each of you go over there, and pick out a sphere, and we'll start from there, and for the record, I know you guys don't fight with spears, so don't even start. Just go over there, and if you don't know how to pick from the different… choose a pretty one I guess," she shrugged, making her way to the wall, and gently unhooking her own spear, a long slender one, and on the ends of the ties were small bells that jingled cheerfully in the gloomy room.
Slowly, the spirit detectives made their way to the large wall, and choose their weapons, rather recklessly too. With grace (Kurama) or awkwardness (Yuske & Kuwabarra) they made their way to face Narue, who stood plainly in the middle of the large platform, leaning slightly on the spear.
"Alright, now that that's done… this is my head…" she placed a hand on her forehead, "And right below here is my heart," she rested her other hand just above her heart.
"And the reason we need to know this is?" Yuske asked, quickly annoyed, "We're not in Biology!"
"That's not it, I want you to take the pointy end of those spears… and drive it straight into my brain… or heart, you're choice," she replied quickly, grinning at them, as though it was the easiest thing in the world….
Thanks for reading this first chapter, Narue is a fun character to mess with. But she has a long history, and knows Hiei quite well. Have fun, and please review! And the story gets more action packed as it goes on!