Legacy
Chapter three: Meetings and drama, part I.
Summary: Twenty-five years after the Three Kings arch, the position went world wide as demons spread farther. Now there's multiple Sprit Detectives in different countries. One of these Detectives is Akane Urameshi. She has to balance her school life, her Detective life, her personal life, and her growing love life, all with a new threat on the horizon. And when Yusuke Urameshi, a man she calls "father", gets involve with the Detectives again, her life is about to come crashing down.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did, more then likely there would be a bit of Yaoi in there (Not much. Probably just Hiei and Kurama getting together.)
"Last of the cans!" Itsuki announced as Haru and he put the cans down.
"Why did you get two cans of red paint?" Akane asked as she and Hikari moved the cans of white paint near the to the walls that would hold the murals. The murals and re-doing the wall by the stairs would be the last thing to be done before they could start moving things into the small basement. Haru that Itsuki had installed the chalkboard that morning.
"Didn't you want two cans?" Haru shot back.
"No, baka. I said four cans of white, just in case, and one can of red." The boys stared at her. "Now help me. I gotta get the white up and start painting if I want to go to the meeting and get it murals done by the time dad gets home."
They spent the rest of the afternoon painting the two walls and messing around. After the walls where blank, they set a few fans on them for quick drying and plopped down on the floor.
"What paint are you using for the murals?" Hikari asked as they settled down.
"Well, I asked the guy at the art store, and he told me to use Acrylic paints. And to have mineral spirits to put the brushes in so the paint doesn't dry on them." Akane replied, bouncing. The white paint streaked through her black hair, something her friends where happy to keep from her. "He told me that it may take a long while to paint it, but I'm doing something simple for the one I need done before dad comes home."
The talked for the next few hours, adjusting the fans every now and then, before the first was dry and Akane was shooing her friends out.
"Kuwabara and I'll be back to go with you to the meeting." Haru said as Akane walked them to the door.
"Why?" The young detective asked as she leaned against the frame.
"All the teams are going to be there before heading back to their respective countries, via portal." Haru replied. "But I'm not gonna be able to stay for the whole thing. I got a Kitsune meeting."
"What time is the Detective meeting?" Akane asked.
"Eleven thirty, Japanese time." Haru replied smoothly. Akane glanced at Itsuki, who bobbed his head in agreement.
"Alright." Akane chirped happily. "And, for once, I'll be on time!"
"Like that'll happen." Itsuki sighed as he and Haru turned to leave.
"What is that suppose to mean?" Akane yelled after them.
"See ya, 'Kane." Hikari skipped down the path after the boys.
"Come on, we're late!" Akane urged Haru and Itsuki as they hurried down the long hall. Akane was balancing a stack of files, dropping a few as she rushed. The two boys followed at a slightly slower pace, picking up the dropped files.
"When are we going to tell her the meeting is eleven forty, not eleven thirty?" Itsuki asked as Akane sped around a corner.
"She'll find out soon enough." Haru replied, checking his watch. 11:38 shined up happily at him.
That's when they heard the crash.
The boys picked up the pace and rounded the corner to see Akane on the floor, files spread out around her, next to a boy with dark hair and angry red eyes. The boy's twin sister was standing off to the side laughing.
"I'm so sorry, Daiki." Akane apologized as she gathered up the files.
"Watch where you're going next time, Detective." Daiki snapped.
"Give her a break, Ki." His sister sighed. "Can't you see she's in a rush?"
"Thank you, Amiko." Akane said as she stood up.
"What are you two doing in the Reikai?" Haru asked, eyeing the thieves.
"Prince Koenma asked us to help us with the Detective meeting today." Amiko replied pleasantly. "We're running a tad late because he bumped up from eleven forty to eleven thirty so it's like 'Grrrr', you know?"
Amiko didn't get a reply from Akane because at the mere mention of the meeting, she was off again.
"When did he bump it up?" Haru asked, sighing. Why were they never informed of these things?
"This morning."
The group resumed their movement to the conference room. Akane was impatiently waiting for them at the door before flinging the double doors open and striding in, like she owned the world. That what was what Haru loved most about her. How she could be panicking and falling apart on the inside, but on the outside she could look like she was so much better then you and that she didn't care what anybody thought.
"Sorry we're late, King-O-Tots." Her voice boomed through the room. The other Detectives, excluding the other two Spirit Detective Japan, cringed and the Heads gave her a look.
Koenma glared at her. "Nice of you to join us, Akane."
Akane glared back. "At lease I made it, unlike the Great and Mighty Former Detective Yusuke Urameshi."
Sen, who was standing in the corner of the room in a group of Ferry Girls, giggled with a blue haired girl. Haru and Itsuki gave her a disbelieving look as they took a seat next to Akiko, who was seated next to Komaru.
Akane noticed there two demons sitting next to the open space next to Itsuki. Must be the Former Detective's team, Akane concluded. It took her a second to recognize Kurama, Haru's father. Of course, Kurama-San helped Detective Urameshi with the Tournament, after all. So the other one must be the Twin's father, Hiei, the Forbidden Child.
"Yusuke is calling his daughter at the moment."
"Let's just get started, shall we." A woman with dark brown hair pulled back in a tight bun, seated on Koenma's left, jumped in. Jem, head of the Spirit Detective America, once a cop before she got into an accident that rendered her unable to work with the Police Force, Akane's mind supplied. "We can fill Former Detective Urameshi when he returns." Her Japanese was stiff, probably a result from the Translator.
"Amiko," Koenma motioned for the young thief to start.
"Alrighty," Amiko beamed as she bowed to the Detectives taking a spot at the head of the table. "I am Amiko, A class fire demon."
"Koenma is enlisting demon thieves to help now?" A battle-harden man with short dark hair snorted to himself. Jet Ashdown, Akane's mind supplied, Head of the UK sector. Amiko tried to act like she didn't hear it But it was obvious that the words had hurt her.
"Excuse me, Master Jet?" Akane growled, cutting Amiko off. She swung her feet off the table. "Perhaps you would like to share with the class." Oh god, I'm becoming Seto-Sensei. From the corner of her eye, Akane could see Akiko grin at the line.
"I said, why is we listening to a demon thief, who is wanted in the Maikai and the Reikai?" Jet replied slowly, like he was talking to retarded children.
Daiki started to move forwards, probably to punch the stupid Brit, but Amiko clung to his arm, prevent him from moving any closer. A glance from the corner of her eye told Akane that Hiei was, also, being restrained by Kurama.
Akane began to rise from her seat, feeling the warmth from the Spirit Dagger, her weapon of choice, in her hand.
"Akane," Haru said softly, hand on her arm. She sat back down, glaring at Jet. "This is not the time for fighting."
"We are listening to a theif, Jet-san," Komaru began, "Because Amiko-chan and her brother where the only ones with time to scope the new enemy, because we Spirit Detective Japan are to busy dealing with the criminals that escaped from the UK. And, unlike Spirit Detective UK, we manage to catch all of them." There was a slight disturbance from where Spirit Detective UK where sitting.
"Enough!" Koenma shouted with much more authority then Akane knew he had. "Ashdown, Urameshi, Komaru. We are here to deal with this new threat, not fight each other. Just let-"
Koenma was cut off as the door to the conference room slammed open.
"Now, this is my kind of meeting." The late Detective grinned. Only Akiko and Haru noticed when Akane slid underneath the table.
And only Akane noticed Sen's giggling picked up.
"You are so dense, Akane." Haru mumbled to her, his fox ears pricked up in mirth. Akane hit him on the shin, making him wince.
"Why is the kitsune talking to himself?" Yusuke Urameshi asked, drawing attention to Haru, the only Kitsune demon in the room.
"Haru, where's Akane?"
"Under the table." The kitsune replied, amusement in his voice.
Akane tried to bolt up, but her back slammed against the underside of the table. The heavy table shook slightly at the force.
Akane crawled back into her seat, blushing.
"I was looking for my contact."
"Akane, you don't wear contacts. Or glasses." It was Yusuke who spouted this little fact.
"May we continue?" Jem interrupted smoothly. It seemed like she dealt with this a lot.
Yusuke took his seat between Hiei and Itsuki.
Yusuke took his seat between Itsuki and Hiei and the meeting officially began.
The lights dimmed as Amiko pulled down the projection screen. "From what Daiki and I have been able to tell, the threat is a team of two people. We believe them both to be demons. One is a Kitsune demon." Both Kurama and Haru twitched at this. The projector whined as it was turned on and an image of a Kitsune demon appeared. He had long, kind of girly, brown hair that had a number of leaves and twigs sticking out, paired with gold eyes, a common eye color for Kitsunes. "He's a Plant Manipulator. From the style and plants he use, we believe he's from the Clan that's located in the Forest Of Fools, the one that start the Rebellion against the Kings of New during the Reign of the Fourth King." Click. The picture switched, showing a human-like man with dark brown hair and blank, soulless eyes. "The other type of demon is unknown. But he has an unusual energy about him, something that I have never felt before. There are strange creatures around their base in the Maikai, they seem to be made of wood." There was another click and there was a picture of what seemed to be a puppet, but a twisted, demonic one.
Amiko stepped back and Akiko stood, taking the stage. She briefly introduced herself before beginning. The picture of the Kitsune demon returned.
"From what Amiko had sent me, I have been able to find the name of the Kitsune demon. He is Koro Yuzuru from the Koro Clan, which Amiko is correct about being the Clan that started the Rebellion. In the Maikai, he is son of the Chief. He can be found in the Ningenkai database as Yuzuru Yoshida." Another click showed a human man with short brown eyes and hair. "He works as a Gardener. As for the other one," The picture of the human looking demon returned. "He is not a demon. He's a human who had gained control over his Spirit Energy, as many humans did when the barrier came down. We found that a similar problem happened in the Sensui case."
People ignored her last statement as they started talking amongst themselves.
"We're fighting a human?" Akane growled to Haru. They never dealt with a human being involved in cases. But there was a protocol regarding such issues. Protocol that Akane never bothered looking at twice. Now she had to find that handbook again!
"Don't forget, Akane, you're human too." Yusuke replied, overhearing her. Which was odd, considering she spoke in a low voice even Itsuki didn't hear. And Akane swore she heard Yusuke mummer "Well, partly" under his breath.
"I have the book, Akane. Don't worry about it." Haru told her. She mouthed a small "thank you" to him.
"Quite!" Akiko snapped after a few moments. Akane felt like she was back in class in the Ningenkai. "His human name is Taiki Shuda. In Maikai and Reikai, he uses the name 'Puppet Master'. I have yet to learn the meaning of the name."
Akiko sat down and the meeting continued for another hour.
Akane talked about the different types of Spirit Energies, a task both Amiko and Akiko asked her to do. Her presentation was complete with video footage of different demons and humans using their Energies and the possibilities of what Shuda might have.
Komaru talked about the rising number of illegal fight rings and how Shuda and Koro Yuzuru might have a hand in them.
Another hour and three arguments later, the meeting broke for a small break. A cool-down of shorts, before Akane stabbed a certain British Head of Detectives.
"Who does that jerk think he is?" The high school girl raged to the other Spirit Detective Japan and their teams. "He dismissed my entire presentation, saying it was irrelevant and I had no proof on what type of Energy Shuda had! I would like to see him do better! And he was complaining about listening to a teenager! Well, I saw two teenagers in the UK section and I'm sure they had Detective rings!"
She noticed Akiko motioning for her to turn around, which the girl did.
There was one of the Spirit Detective Britain standing behind her. The girl was in her early twenties with long, wavy light brown hair and bright green eyes. She was very pretty and nice looking.
The girl had clearly been waiting for Akane to finish because it wasn't until she turned around that the British girl put the Translator back in.
"I have come on the behalf of Spirit Detective Britain to apologize for Jet's behavior." The girl said, sounding like she learnt her Japanese out of some overly-formal textbook. She offered a friendly smile. "He can be an ass sometimes, and a hypocrite most of the time. What he said about Miss. Amiko was uncalled for." She gave another smile.
Akane was about to glare and snap at the girl when Akiko stepped in.
"It's not a problem, Nicole-chan." The hacker returned the smile.
The girl's, Nicole's, smile dropped. "It's just, Jet is under a lot of pressure from Prince Koenma, so he's being more of an ass then usual." Nicole broke off from her little speech as she stared at Akiko. "I'm sorry, but do I know you from somewhere?"
The color drained from Akiko's face as she realized that the past she worked so hard to erase came back to bite her in the ass.
"I don't think so. I'm just a simple school teacher. I never been to Britain, even though I'm sure it's a lovely place with the Eiffel Tower and everything. I-"
"Seto-Sensei," Akane cut her off. "You're babbling. And getting geography and stuff mixed up again."
Nicole's eyes widened at "Seto".
"Excuse me," The British woman said before running off towards where the two other Spirit Detective Britain where.
"I wonder what that was about…" Haru said as they watched Nicole flee.
"Who cares?" Komaru put in.
Before anything could be said, another voice spoke up.
"Akane."
"So many people wanting to talk to us today," Akane sighed as the group turned to face. Yusuke. "Yes, dad?"
"I need to talk to you."
A/N: I was going to make this chapter longer, but I have been keeping you from an update for over a month, so… The entire next chapter is written down, I just need to type it up. So, expect another update soon. Not like tomorrow, but soon.