Chapter two: Formal Meetings

"Ryuu, what's up with all the bugs?" Yami asked, swatting at another Makai insect. The tamer shrugged,

"I have no idea, I'm sure that the Spirit Detective will take care of it though. Now, didn't you want to go visit that Yusuke dude or whatever?" Yami perked up,

"Oh yeah! I haven't seen him in almost a year, what with me being sheltered and all," she sent a pointed glare at her caretaker. He rolled his eyes,

"Just get out of here." She grinned,

"Thanks Ryuu~"

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"Ugh," Yami growled, freezing another bug as she looked around for her friend. Finally spotting him, she grinned, "Hey Yusuke!" she shouted, waving as she ran over.

"Oh, hey Yami," he smirked, "Haven't seen you in a while." She smiled brightly,

"I know, what have you been up to?" she took a look at the girl with him, "And who's this?"

"Oh, you know, dying, training, the norm. And this here is Keiko." Yami blinked, laughing slightly,

"I'm sure, and nice to meet you Miss Keiko," she bowed, a human custom Ryuu had taught her. Keiko blushed slightly at the formality,

"A-Ah, nice to meet you too Yami?" Yami nodded,

"So where are you two headed if you don't mind my asking."

"Well Yusuke just got back from vacation so we were going to the movies," Keiko smiled. Yami smirked,

"Ah, so Keiko is your girlfriend then?" The two blushed,

"No!" Yami giggled,

"Cute." They all continued walking until they got to the theater,

"I'll go get the tickets," Keiko offered, walking to stand in line, leaving the demon and human alone for a moment.

"So where was this vacation?" Yami asked, "I never knew you to be a tourist…" Just as the teen was about to answer, he was cut off,

"Urameshi!" The two turned to see another teen jogging towards them.

"Hey Kuwabara," Yusuke called, waving slightly. Kuwabara had just gotten over and set his sights on Yami when he froze, staring at her. "You okay Kuwabara? Or did me being gone for so long screw you up?" This seemed to snap the boy out of his trance,

"Shut it Urameshi!" he growled, turning back to Yami when she smiled,

"Nice to meet you," she bowed once more, "I'm Yami."

"Kazuma Kuwabara," he simply nodded, startling Yusuke.

"Hey Kuwabara, can I talk to you real quick?" he asked, smiling brightly as he grabbed the taller one's arm and dragged him away. "You okay man? You didn't immediately flirt with her and that stare really creeped me out…"Kuwabara glanced nervously at the girl behind them, who was looking around in slight wonder, and turned back to Yusuke,

"Her aura gives me the creeps," he admitted, "she just gives me a really weird feeling, like something bad's gonna happen…" Yusuke stared at him a moment before bursting out into laughter,

"Y-Yami?" he gasped, trying to maintain his giggles, "but she's as innocent as a little kid!" Kuwabara pouted slightly,

"Fine! But when I end up being right, don't come crying to me." While they were talking, they missed said girl freeze another insect, crushing it under her foot. She looked up when she heard a crash however, when she tried to find the boys she found them gone.

"I guess I better find out what that noise was…" she muttered, going into the alley, quickly ducking behind a wall when she heard the two teens fighting. Peeking her head out, she watched sickly looking blue men fought her friend.

"Spirit Shotgun!" Yusuke shouted, following bright blue orbs of spirit energy hitting the men. She gasped quietly,

'Could he be the new Spirit Detective?' she wondered, hearing a new voice come in,

"I see you boys have had a run-in with the Makai insects."

'Wait a minute… I know that voice…'

"Botan? What are you doing here?"

"Botan?" Yami asked aloud.

"Who's there?" Yusuke shouted. The small ice koorime cautiously stepped out, seeing the familiar ferry girl and the two teenagers.

"Ah, hi," she waved. Botan blinked,

"Yami?" she grinned, walking over. Yami smiled, accepting the hug that she was offered.

"Wait, you two know each other?" The girls jumped away,

"Of course not!" Botan waved her hands around.

"Yeah," Yami nodded at the same time. The two boys raised an eyebrow as Yami began to explain, "Well…"she looked at botan for permission. At her nod she continued, "We met when I was transported here, and when I had to fill out the paperwork to stay here in the human world."

"Demon," Kuwabara muttered, having figured out the rest. Yami nodded,

"I was sent here by my master when he died, and have been living with a dragon tamer for a few years now."

"So that's why you haven't been around lately," Yusuke butt in. she nodded,

"Ryuu was teaching me things about the human world; customs, manners, laws, things like that," she frowned slightly, "I'm sorry for not telling you, but I didn't know if you were powerful enough to sense my aura." She looked up slightly, "But… by any chance are you the new Spirit Detective?" Yusuke nodded as Kuwabara hummed in thought,

"Yeah, I died a while back and got brought back to do this crappy job." Yami grinned brightly, bowing and letting her fangs come out (courtesy of the dragon inside of her),

"It's nice to meet you two, I am Yamishiro of the Ice Maidens, and protected by the Tamer of Dragons." The two blinked at the formal greeting,

"Uh, hi."

"Nice to meet you pretty lady!"

"Oh dear…"


Hallo! Chapter 2 here! Next is the Dark Tournament, I just wanted to show the introduction of Kuwabara and Yami's demon nature revealed :)

I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Yami~