(Yu Yu Hakusho) Take a Shot -
Chapter 3: A Past Meeting
"Those damn demons ruined my whole backyard! It will take days to fix!"
Genkai stopped complaining about the damage and just sighed in aggravation. She left the damaged backyard and entered the temple, making her way to the living room. There sat Keiko, Botan, Yukina and Shizuru, all drinking some tea to relax after the drama from yesterday. Yesterday, once all the gargoyle's ran off, the girls immediately picked up Mikari, in her wolf form, and took her inside to be healed up again. With all that has happened, this was their first break since the events.
"Do you think they will attack again?" Keiko spoke out in the silence. She was still slightly shaken up from yesterday and did not want to be involved in another fight anytime soon. But she would rather be prepared then surprised.
"I actually think they won't." Shizuru took a sip of her tea. "They had a grand chance yesterday to finish us off, especially when Mikari collapsed. But they just decided to leave."
"That means that someone else is giving them orders on what to do, but for what?" Everyone in the room went silent. The young girls were getting really worried. They never had to solve these kind of cases before. They had the boys to do that, but now they weren't here.
"A-ano, back to Mikari," Yukina said, trying to chance the mood of the atmosphere. "I'm glad we were able to save her, she took a big blow. And we were able to finally get all the poison out of her, thank goodness."
"That's right Yukina-chan. And now with the poison out, Mikari's demon energy is returning to her and is helping to heal her body on its own." Botan concluded cheerfully. Suddenly, Genkai slammed her foot on the floor loudly.
"Your speed isn't back yet Mikari! Now get out of my kitchen!" She yelled out, scaring the girls slightly in their seats.
The sounds of metal and other objects crashing to the floor were heard, alongside the murmurs of curses from a female voice. Al eyes went to the kitchen door to see Mikari walk out in her normal demon form, wearing the same giant shirt from yesterday and she again was wrapped in bandages. Also, in her arms was a bottle of sake, a tub of ice cream and a bag of beef jerky.
"Yo...morning everyone." She gave them a toothy grin. Her long wolf tail whooshed around behind her. The girls eyes stayed on her as she sat down on the floor in front of Genkai.
"...wow...I must admit you're nothing how you were while fighting." Shizuru said in a shocked voice. The ookami acted so cold and blood-thirsty during the fight, and now she was acting like a normal girl in a way. Completely normal from an average demon they've seen before.
Mikari opened the bag of beef jerky and threw one piece in her mouth and swallowed it whole without chewing. "Well I can be however I want as I feel like it." She voiced openly in a cheerful way. Her happiness ended when Genkai kicked her head from behind. "Stop taking my food without permission! You're like a pig! Now go put it back!" "NOOOO! I'm hungry and I didn't ask cause you all were talking!"
"OK! OK! Don't kill each other now!" Mikari and Genkai stopped yelling at each other to look over at Botan. "Lets get to the important matter on hand...introducing you to Yukina and Shizuru!"
Mikari's ears went down from Botan's high pitched voice. "please Botan, you know my ears are sensitive."
"Well then let me go first." Mikari turned her gaze to a young girl with blue hair tied back in a low ponytail and red eyes. She was also wearing a light blue kimono. "My names Yukina. It's a pleasure to meet you. And thank you for saving us earlier."
"No problem at all." mikari's nose twitched. "You're a yuki-onna...but you seem too kind to be one...not trying to be mean to your kind or anything..."
"That's alright." Yukina smiled at her. "My kind has become quiet cold over the years."
"Me next I guess." A older female, a ningen Mikari smelled, with a smoke in her hand said with a 'I don't care' voice. "I'm Shizuru, Kazuma's sister."
"...Kazuma?" Mikari questioned, giving a look to Botan. She smiled back, knowing that she would want an explanation. "Kazuma Kuwabara is Yusuke's friend and he's part of the Spirit Detective Team. Remember Koenma told you about the whole team and showed you some of their cases?"
"Oh! You mean the baka other then Yusuke!" "Yup! That's my baby brother." All the girls began to laugh together. It felt a bit strange laughing with strangers that she didn't know well other then what she just learned and what Koenma told her, but Mikari didn't complain. She felt like herself with this group, like she was actually apart of them.
"Um..." Keiko began a new topic once everyone calmed down. "How about we tell Shizuru and Yukina how you met Yusuke and I, Mikari?"
"I guess thats alright." The okami had a toothy grin on her face again. "Let me properly introduce myself since you both did. My names Mikari Tenrou."
"Did you say Tenrou?"
"Have you heard about them Kurama?"
In the dungeon cell of Sarugami, Yusuke and Koenma had been pressured by the others to tell them abit about the okami, Mikari and how he met her. And right away after saying her full name, a commotion started. What caught Yusuke by surprise was that Kurama knew her family name.
"Yes, I've heard about the Tenrou clan long ago, back when I was Yoko. Normal okami demons could fight easily with their speed, claws and fists. Also, all okami's had the ability to sense every kind of energy around them, even with their eyes closed. No enemy could hide from them. So even though okami could sense all kinds of energy, their bite was just as strong as their bark. They could fight with demon energy in the simplest of ways, and were known as very strong demons for their skills and speed. The Tenrou's had all the normal okami powers, but they could also control one of the five main elements: thunder, water, earth, fire, and air. So they were stronger then the average okami demon, which many feared. Even though they were a large clan, years ago the clan broke up into 5 clan groups, one group represented an element and that's the element they could control only, though they all are still called the Tenrou clan."
"Sugoi...and she's just been working for you?" Kuwabara asked Koenma, who gave him a nod. "Yes for a couple of years now, but that's another story to tell how I got her to work for me. Later it will be told."
"So you gonna tell how you met her, Urameshi?" "Hm, where to begin?"
"You're going back to train with Genkai?" Keiko asked Yusuke beside her. "Ya, just for a month or two. The old hag says she has more to teach me. This way I can get stronger."
The couple silently walked through the park before Yusuke had to leave to train with Genkai. It was only a month after the dark tournament, but Yusuke was already bored and wanted to get stronger, that way noone could hurt Keiko. But before he had to go, he wanted to be alone with Keiko for abit, they hadn't had time together in awhile. And thankfully the park was empty.
As they walked past some trees, just talking about random stuff, they heard laughter above them in one of the trees. "Can't believe you're the Spirit Detective so many have talked about in a high way. But seriously, you're a complete let down of what I imagined."
The couple stopped and Yusuke glared up at the tree. 'Why don't you show yourself, then I'll prove my reputation!" He yelled out angrily.
There was a rustle in the tree, a branch shook back and forth slowly. Yusuke kept his gaze on the tree, trying to catch sight of whoever was mocking him. He saw nothing, but then felt a slight breeze go by him. Then Keiko began to suddenly laugh, getting him to look at her in shock. She pointed down to which he followed and gasped to see his pants all cut up to reveal green boxers. He began to blush in embarrassment and tried to cover himself from Keiko
"Awwwwww! Poor little Spirit detective. Embarrassed in front of his girlfriend." The same voice from before taunted, laughing again.
As Yusuke was trying to hide his shame, Keiko looked behind them to see a figure sitting on a tree branch. She saw a young girl with brown hair wearing a simple purple yukata with a yellow obi tied around her waist. Keiko couldn't help but stare at the brown wolf ears and tail on the girls body.
"...you're so cute!" Keiko cooed out while Yusuke just grumbled and looked at the girl with a glare. "You little-"
"What? Bitch? Mutt? Runt? Oh please, I've heard them all...and each word will get you dead." The girl brought her arm to her knee and held her chin up with her hand. A fang shined at the edge of her smirk and the pupils in her bright blue eyes went into slits.
"Oh you're gonna be dead first!" Yusuke took a step forward to run for the girl, when suddenly he fell forward on his face. He looked back with a groan to see his shoe laces tied together from one show to another. All he heard in the background were both girls laughing at him.
"Kinda sad if I think about it. You've be trained by a legendary psychic and you couldn't see what I did as I ran by, and I was only at half my speed." The girl said in a bored tone before leaving the couple alone, Yusuke still lying on the ground with Keiko laughing at him.
'"You played him like a fool Mikari!" "Yeah she did! It was so hilarious!"
Mikari just nodded her head as the girls talked and laughed about their first encounter. She was half listening as she was eating the ice cream, or as she and other demons called it, sweet snow, since she had finished the beef jerky long ago. Also, Genkai had given up kicking Mikari to stop eating, so instead she decided to place her feet atop her head like a cushion. It was comfortable to Genkai, but was creating a gigantic headache for Mikari.
"Is that the end of the story?" Yukina asked sadly, but brightened when Mikari shook her head. "No way, there's still more."
"Dammit! Who the hell was that girl!" Yusuke yelled out angrily, walking down a forest path with Keiko not far behind him. Thankfully for Yusuke, he had another pair of pants in his bag that he would take to Genkai's. But after the encounter with the okami, he was incredibly pissed.
"Don't be so upset. She didn't seem that bad. Just playing around." "You're only saying that cause you thought she was adorable!"
Their silent walk ended when a chill went down Yusuke's spine. He sensed demon energy around them and took a protective stance in front of Keiko.
"Stay behind me Keiko! And if I say so, run!" "O-ok."
She then let out a piercing scream catching Yusuke's attention. He quickly turned around to see Keiko in the arms of a giant, ugly, green demon. Keiko kicked and screamed in the demon's arms trying to escape its hold, but it just tightened its grip, causing her to gasp out for air. Her lungs were being squished tightly together, losing all air inside.
"Let her go!" Yusuke pointed his finger at the demon, getting ready to fire his signature Spirit Gun. His eyes slowly widened in realization that he could possibly hit Keiko.
"Y-yusuke..." Keiko choked out, tears streaming down her cheeks. Her energy was slowly leaving her body as her breath was.
The demon laughed at the helpless Detective in front of him, who put his finger down to the side, trying to think of a plan. His time ran out as the arm holding Keiko raised up so that she would fall into the demons mouth. Yusuke saw his chance, so he ran for the demon, ready to throw a fist. At the same time he ran, the demons arm was sliced right off, releasing Keiko. Already in running motion, Yusuke was able to catch Keiko bridal style. The demon screamed in pain and did not move for the detective as a Spirit Gun got it in a head shot from the distance. Yusuke and Keiko looked behind them to see that it was Genkai who shot the demon dead. Then Yusuke spotted a figure in a tree again.
"Y-YOU!" He yelled out, pointing a finger at the girl from before. Her claws were stained in blood from slicing the demon's arm off. She licked it off, ignoring the weird glances of the others and the continued yelling of Yusuke. "Why the fuck are you here!"
"That's a rude thing to say to someone who just saved your girlfriends life." She said before disappearing from the tree in a blur. Instantly she was beside Keiko, who was back on her feet. Keiko jumped in shock at the girl's speed, but calmed down when she saw the concerned look on the girls face.
"Are you ok?" She asked sincerely, not in a cocky voice like before. Keiko smiled down at the short girl who reached to her shoulders and petted her head. "I'm ok, thanks to you." The girl was surprised at the gesture, but welcomed it with a smile and a wagging tail.
"Get away from her Keiko!" Yusuke angrily pushed the girls apart. He took a stance in front of Keiko, receiving a shocked stare from the okami. "You can't trust her!"
The girl's stare went down slightly with a hint of sadness in them at his words. Genkai then walked up to them with an angry face. "Slacker! Don't be rude to her after she saved Keiko!"
Yusuke looked at Genkai in disbelief that she was protecting the girl. "B-but we know nothing about her oba-chan! How could we ever trust her! And she's a demon too!"
The girl had enough of his words and disappeared with a growl. Keiko began to yell at Yusuke for being so mean. He just stood there in silence, looking at the empty spot beside Genkai.
"Man Urameshi, you were pretty harsh to her. And after she saved Keiko." "I know! I know!" Yusuke sighed to himself at the memory. He was a jerk to Mikari back then, he couldn't help it, it was just in his nature.
"What happened after?" Yusuke looked shocked at Hiei. "Wow, you're actually interested." Hiei turned away. "Hn."
"Well afterwards, like any good person, I went to find Mikari. Thankfully she was at Genkai's."
Yusuke ran through Genkai's temple, heading for the backyard. As he got to the backyard, he slowed down and stopped in front of a tree. Laying down on the branch was the okami girl with her eyes closed.
"Man you seem to like trees like a certain fire demon I know."
"Don't compare me to someone I don't know!" She spat back at his joke viciously. Yusuke could tell she wasn't in a great mood. Why would she be? Her fangs were sharp and her demon energy was flaring up all around her.
"...look I'm sorry Mikari." Wolf ears twitched at the soft words. Mikari looked down at Yusuke in surprise. He actually had a sincere look on his face. She brought he demon energy down and sat upright on the branch.
"Did Genkai and your onna put you up to this." She questioned, eyebrows raised.
"Sorta, but I also felt bad for what I said especially after you left Genkai told me that you work for Koenma." Yusuke admitted in defeat. He bowed his head in apology to Mikari, shocking her even more.
She smiled at him and jumped down in front of him. "You're quite a ningen Detective. And you've earned my respect."
Yusuke snapped his head up and glared down at her angrily. "Someone's talking all high and mighty now."
Mikari closed her eyes and smirked. She brought her foot around underneath Yusuke's feet. He lost balance and fell to his back with Mikari towering over him. "I like talking all high and mighty Detective." She gave him a wink before laughing at the baka.
"You bitch!" Yusuke got on his feet and threw a punch at Mikari. She easily caught his fist with her hand, then brought her other hand to grab his arm tighter. This got her to have a good grip to throw Yusuke towards a tree. The tree shook at the force and a few leaves fell down. Yusuke's body laid limply on one side of the tree, while his head was stuck inside of the tree and almost making it to the other side. His head was hard enough to make a hole for his head.
"What the hell!" He screamed out, trying to get his head out of the tree. It didn't work out as the hole was somehow to tight and small for his head to get out easily.
Mikari watched in amusement as Yusuke struggled to get out of the tree. "Just so you know, Koenma told me to train you, that's why I'm here. And then later on he wants me to join your team. So I guess you can say this is lesson number one: don't get me pissed."
"I see...NOW PLEASE HELP ME!" "Sure but every option can badly hurt you, just a warning." "NOOOOOO!"
"So did you beat him up the whole month he was suppost to be at Genkai's?" The girls sweat dropped at Shizuru's question. She was quite happy with the results.
"Ya I was there for that whole month. Then Yusuke went to face Sensui I believe." Mikari answered, looking up in thought at the memory.
"Also, I went to visit during that month at the temple, just to know Mikari better." Keiko said cheerfully.
"OH MY!" The group turned to Botan who had jumped out of her seat. She looked very shocked. "What?"
"Through all of this commotion, we forgot that the boys still haven't arrived! I better call Koenma!" Botan ran out of the room with her Spirit Phone out and dialing.
Mikari looked at the others in confusion. "The team was suppost to be here?"
"Yeah, but the gargoyle thing happened so we forgot. They should have been here yesterday." Yukina answered with a shrug. She was getting a bad feeling in her stomach now.
"This is not good!" Botan ran back in the room, breathing unevenly and looking red in the face.
"What now?" Both Genkai and Mikari took a sip of their sake and tea, waiting for Botan to continue.
"I called the Spirit World and George the Ogre told me that Koenma was captured by some black smoke!"
The girls gasped and Mikari spat out her drink, while Genkai stayed calm. "WHAT!"
"And he said that the boys were captured too by the same smoke!"
Cue girls gasping louder then before, Mikari spitting out her drink again, and Genkai still calm. "WHAT!"
"Mikari I hope you know you will have to clean that up." Was all Genkai said to this.
Mikari stood in Genkai's backyard, fixing te t-shirt she wore and the shorts she now had underneath. The bandages on her body were also re-tied. She was ready to go. And it was night, so the girls were sound asleep.
"Where do you think you're going?" Mikari grumbled to herself at the voice. Turning around she saw all the girls, wearing their day clothes, on the porch behind her.
"I think its obvious where I'm going. I called George to open a portal to take me to where they believe the guys are." "You can't go alone though! You might not be in perfect shape!"
Mikari glared at Keiko. "Don't even think that I'm gonna take you all along! Yusuke and the others will probably kill me if anything happens to you guys! It's best if you stay here!"
Yukina stepped forward. "Please Mikari-chan." She softly begged. "We promise not to get in the way. We just want to help the boys anyway we can."
Mikari grabbed her head in anger and shook it back and forth. She looked back up and gave a look to Genkai. "Don't tell me you're gonna allow this! They could get in the way and easily get hurt! We might not be able to protect them!"
Genkai just shook her head. "These girls are as persistent as the boys. Nothing will change their minds."
A bright light began to shine behind Mikari. It was the portal that George had opened. Mikari looked at each of the girls faces. They all had a determined look plastered on their faces. The okami sighed at the situation. There was no way she could avoid this without getting yelled at or wasting demon energy.
"Fine." She finally said. The girls jumped in joy, excluding Shizuru. "But..." She said getting their attention. "I will not be held responsible if the boys freak out. And I can't promise I can help you all along with Genkai."
"OK!" They yelled out running through the portal with Mikari following behind with a loud groan.
"Is this the place?" "Well the note that George got from our supposed mastermind says that this is the place they have the guys captured."
Mikari looked at the area in boredom. They were in the demon World, a mountain region beside the 'Lost Woods'. But at the moment, the group of females were standing in front of a cave that was in the shape of a demon's mouth, fangs ready to eat whoever walks through. Just a normal entrance to a demon's lair, nothing special Mikari thought.
"So...should we just walk in?" Botan asked Mikari and Genkai, who led the group at the front.
"If it was just me, I could sneak in by making my own entrance, but you're all here." Mikar said in a bored voice. She was rewarded with a smack to the head by Genkai. "Then look for another way mutt. I don't trust this entrance."
Then suddenly, the ground below them began to shake. They looked down to see that the ground was normal, but when they looked up, they weren't expecting the view. The ground below them was moving them through the cave, just like an escalator. Quickly they were entering the dark cave without even moving. Mikari grabbed Yukina and Keiko while genkai took hold of Shizuru and Botan. The two began to run against the floor, trying to head back for the entrance. It wasn't working out to well, they just stayed on the same spot. Mikari's speed didn't even help her. She tried jumping forward in another attempt. But when her feet hit the ground at the new spot, a hole appeared below her and even Genkai. Screams echoed through the cave as all 6 girls fell through the giant hole to who knows where. The two fighters couldn't even grab onto the wall or anything as they fell.
"THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO GO ALONEEEEE!"
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Botan: Hello, Botan here. Well we're in a sticky situation, and Mikari isn't very pleased with the outcome. I guess she would have done better if she was alone. At least we're gonna see the boys soon, but it won't be easy to save them. Mikari and Genkai will have to do a double battle against 2 of Sarugami's men. How will they face the partners that work well together? And will the girls and I be safe during the fight, or will Mikari have to risk the fight and save any one of us? Well I guess it's time to see Mikari's abilities.
Next time Chapter 4: Cyclone of Duo's