Disclamer: YuYuHakusho does not belong to me in any way possible. It belongs to the allmighty Yoshiro Togashi so DON'T be mad at me! Now, on with the story!
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"W-What are you doing here my Lord?" Hiei said with hazy eyes. I raised my eyebrows. "What?" I shook him vigorously until his eyes shot open with malice in them. "Don't touch me!" he swatted my hand away and I just scowled.
"You know I was trying to help you." I said with a pout.
"I didn't ask for your help," he growled.
"Um…excuse me," I heard the blue haired girl speak again. "You are under arrest for…" she was cut off by Hiei's growling and sharp glare. I looked at the girl then at Hiei. "Hiei," I poked him. "You called me 'Lord' earlier…what's that supposed to mean?"
I know he's probably delusional but why call me that? Did I remind him of someone? I wonder who.
"You just looked like someone," he spit out blood on the side; barely missing the blue haired girl's foot. "It's none of your business."
"Well seeing as I looked like this person, I think it is my business."
"Hn," was all he said.
We heard a sharp 'Stomp' on the floor and saw the blue haired chick having a tantrum. "I said you are UNDER ARREST!" She looks like she's about to burst into flames, which to be honest, was funny.
"Look here onna, just hurry up and give me the sentence…I don't want to waste my time looking at your face," Hiei said rudely. It was obvious that the girl was pissed of. She wanted to talk more but seeing Hiei's deadly glare made her think otherwise. I saw her flip her phone, turned away and started talking.
"So Hiei," I started. "Who did I remind you of?"
"I told you it's none of your business!" he growled and looked at me with a sharp glare. I'm getting the impression that this person can only glare. I know I should stop but curiosity just got the better of me. "C'mon! Tell me!" Since Kurama told me about my "humanity", I've been thinking about it. Either one of my parents is not my parent at all or I'm adopted. But the probability that I have a parent that I don't know, being confirmed by Hiei's slip up during his 'drowsy' state, just grew a percent. "I told you I'm not going to tell you, brat!"
This person needs to chill.
Before I could press on though, the blue-chick came up and stared down at us. "The Spirit Police are coming and they will escort you to Koenma. He will be the one to give you your sentence," then for the first time, blue-chick's eyes fell on me. She cocked her head and looked at me questioningly. "Can I help you?" I asked her. She, in turn, shook her head and walked over to the fallen brunet and the gel-head guy. Hiei was now in his own little world; trying to get his breathing evenly and leaned on the wall.
Well this was interesting. First, zombies starts attacking us and Emi fighting them off then now Hiei is under-…EMI! I jerked up a bit, unsettled by the fact that I almost forgot about her. My eyes roamed swiftly and to my relief, she was there sitting next to Kurama, albeit comforting him and talking randomly to make him forget the pain, and pressing her white handkerchief on his wound. It looked so cute and natural that I wanted to cheer them on, but I knew that Kurama wouldn't want it. It was obvious that Kurama was…taking advantage of his injury. Emi wasn't at all looking at Kurama's face, she was panicking and tending to his wounds, which I knew was already starting to heal, and he was smiling slightly at her. Their lips were moving, but I couldn't hear what they were saying.
(NO ONE'S POV):
"This is the perfect time to attack!" said one of the figures lurking in the shadows. "Shut it Bird Brain! Weren't you listening to Leader?" said the other figure, contradicting his friend.
"But Orpheus, don't you think his plans are taking a while? If we continue going this slow, it would be too late to stop that from happening."
"Just shut up and follow orders, Arsen," said the one named Orpheus. "If we mess up then the plan would really end up in the bottom of the drain."
"But the plan is not on paper."
"It's a figure of speech idiot!"
With a small beep, Orpheus opened his communicator and up came the shadowed figure. "I need your evaluation of the situation," said the growly voice of the figure.
"Lord Erebos," the two figures bowed. "Right now, everyone's oblivious to anything. Everything's going according to plan. We're just waiting for the white haired girl to be swallowed a bit more," a sick smile passed through Orpheus's lips. "Then we'll attack…"
Lord Erebos, the shadowed figure in the screen of the communicator nodded. "Good, make sure that you make no mistakes whatsoever"
"Yes my Lord." Orpheus bowed yet again and the shadowed figure disappeared. He closed the communicator and looked at his comrade. "Heard that? We need to follow his orders." Arsen scoffed and looked at the white haired girl who was now tending to the other fox's wounds which was obviously healing, he twitched. "Whatever, I just want to get this over with…" Arsen looked at Orpheus with a serious expression. "As long as I can play with her, I'll be fine," a mischievous smile grew on Arsen's face.
Sin saw Emina support Kurama up and lent her shoulder to him. They approached her. One of Kurama's hands was around Emina's shoulder while the other is supporting his bloody stomach.
"I'll take him home Sin-chan; would you be okay here?" Emina asked thoughtfully.
Sin nodded with a smile, "Go ahead. I'll be okay. You better take Shuichi back home or he might suffer from blood loss," Sin was smirking inwardly but Kurama noticed and twitched. Emina nodded. "Well, if anything happens, you know where to find me, right Sin-chan?" The brunet nodded at her friend. "I'll be okay Emi! Go ahead and take care of that big baby," Apparently, Sin was having fun teasing Kurama. An unnoticed pout passed thorough Emina's lips, they seem…so close. With a bright smile, Emina started walking with Kurama out of the warehouse. Once alone, Sin turned towards Hiei and looked at him.
"You sure you're okay?" she asked in a gentle manner.
That earned her a rude scoff, "Baka Onna."
That made her twitch.
"You know, being rude is a bad thing! You should at least give people a nice response when they're worried about you!"
"Too bad, I'm not nice," that irritated her even more. She was about to give him more sharp words when she was interrupted by rapid footsteps. Her head snapped to the other directions in time to see ten weird looking creatures with horns and they were dressed in…rags that only covered their middle. It was an interesting sight so see them scampering inside the warehouse. Despite how bulky and threatening they look, due to the protruding set of shredders they had, Sin couldn't help but be entertained. Once every one of those creatures was in the warehouse, the blue-chick suddenly stood up, her eyes darted back and forth as if looking for someone. Sin's head was pivoting left to right, taking in the bizarre sight before her, not noticing the floating presence approaching her. When she did though, it was too late for the face of the Spirit World prince was right in front of her, with pacifier and all.
"Hello," said the floating baby.
The first thought that passed her mind was, is this baby talking to me? The second one was, Woah! He looks funny! The natural response of any sane person would scream and run away from the floating baby who was looking at them. To Sin, however, her response was…to burst out laughing.
Her loud outburst got the attention of everyone in the warehouse, including Hiei who was now staring at her incredulously. What's with this girl? Hiei thought. One of the creatures stepped out of their group and glared down at Sin. "Mind your manners girl! Do not laugh at the Prince Koenma!"
Instead of stopping, Sin took another glance at Koenma and started yet another round of laughter. "T-This…baby is a…p-prince?!" She didn't know why but the mere fact that he was a baby and had a pacifier bobbing up and down on his lips made her crack up. It was obvious that Koenma wasn't enjoying this at all. He eyed the girl sternly, as stern as he can, which was not at all effective.
By eyeing her, he noticed something quite puzzling. He waved his hand, signaling the Ogres, the 'interesting' creatures, to get Hiei. Due to his lack of energy, Hiei wasn't able to fight the weak Ogres and ended up getting arrested. By the time Sin noticed this, it was too late.
"Hey! Where are you taking him?!" she shouted at one of them.
"They're taking him back to Reikai for more investigation," said Koenma while eyeing Sin intuitively. There was something about the girl that made Koenma think deeply.
"Is he going to be okay?" asked Sin concernedly; her eyes following the retreating form of Hiei being held by the Ogres. "We don't know," Koenma said. He then turned towards the blue haired girl who was now crouched over the unconscious girl on the floor. "Botan," so that's her name, Sin thought. "Who's this girl?" Koenma asked while pointing to Sin.
"I don't know Koenma, Sir. She and her friend just suddenly ran in here and went straight to Hiei."
"Interesting," Koenma whispered; a spark of curiosity in his eyes. "What's your name?"
"Why should I tell you?" Sin said with a sharp edge.
"Because I can help explain everything that's happening around you," Koenma's hand waved throughout the warehouse, indicating the scene in front of her. Sin narrowed her eyes and studied the still floating baby. Could she trust him? Maybe not, but if he tried anything, she could always use her new found ability, right?
"You'll answer anything I ask?" She made sure to give him a direct stare.
Koenma nodded, "Yes."
"What's the catch?"
"Nothing…I just want to help you."
Being the inexperienced person she is, Sin nodded and stood up so that she could look at him on eye level. "Alright then, let's start," at the corner of her eye, she saw the gel-headed guy leave with the brown haired girl in his arms. "Why are you here?"
Koenma cleared his throat and held his hands together behind him. "I'm here in behalf of King Enma of Reikai. My Spirit Detective has been assigned to capture the thieves that stole the sacred Artifacts that are deadly when handled by the wrong hands. And as you've seen earlier," he points out the open door of the warehouse where random human bodies lay sprawled on the dirt. "It's very dangerous. Three demons have gotten them and your friend Kurama and Hiei were involved. Therefore, I'm here to punish them."
Sin's eyes grew wide. That can't be true! She didn't want Hiei nor Kurama be killed! "B-But you can't do that!"
"Why can't I?" Koenma challenged.
"Because…um…you just…can't! And what's a Spirit Detective anyway?"
"I can and I will. A Spirit Detective is someone who straightens up problems concerning…the overlapping problems of the three worlds. I presume that you already know them, the existence of the three worlds I mean."
Sin nodded.
"And I suppose that you are not human?"
Sin's eyes bulged out and gawked at him. How did he know?! Her reaction informed Koenma that his hunch was correct. "What are you doing in the human world then?"
"…I've been here since I was born! Kurama said that I'm a half demon…but…I…well…I don't know! I'm still new to this…thing."
Koenma looked at her and decided that she's telling the truth. "Alright, would you be interested in joining my team then?"
Sin looked at him like he was crazy, "Excuse me?"
"I'm asking if you want to be one of my Spirit Detectives. If you did, I could get you trained; your powers would be better handled and what's more," Koenma leaned in closer to her and whispered. "I can give you information about your real parent."
Without thinking, Sin looked at him with bright eyes, "Really?! You could do that?!"
Koenma nodded. He earned a massive bear hug from Sin and her sweet voice rang with delight, "Then I'll join!"
Secretly, Koenma smiled mysteriously and whispered. "Perfect."
Sin let go of him and practically bounced everywhere with happiness. "Now, for your first assignment…"
Meanwhile, Emina was in Kurama's kitchen, fixing a simple meal for the injured demon. Kurama insisted that he was alright but the white haired girl brushed it off. Besides, she wouldn't let an opportunity to help the person she liked. "Shuichi-kun…would you like anything to eat?" she asked in her calm voice, poking her head to peek at the red head who was sitting on the couch. "S-Sure"
"Anything in particular you want?" Emina walked out of the kitchen to look at Kurama. Kurama, on the other hand was having a hard time thinking for Emina was wearing his mother's pink apron which made her look even more adorable. "N-no...I'm fine with anything." He managed to smile at her before she left for the kitchen and fixed some warm soup. After a few minutes, she came back with a tray with a bowl of steaming soup. She put it on the table in front of him and sat next to him. "Are you sure your wound is okay?" Emina felt very concerned, not knowing that Kurama's wound already healed by itself. "It's fine Emina. You really don't have to help me. I'm more worried about Sin. Are you sure it's okay to have left her there?"
Emina felt a pang in her chest but she didn't let her expression betrayed her. He's worried about her?
"I probably made the wrong decision," Emina smiled and bonked her head playfully.
"Yeah, you know how Sin could be. She'd do things without thinking about it and end up in big trouble," he smiled at her. "But I'm reassured that nothing bad would happen to her when you're around." He meant that as a complement.
So I'm her guard to reassure his feelings.
"Thanks for always looking after her." Kurama's warm smile was misinterpreted.
How ironic. Here I am thinking that he likes me…guess I'm just a 'guardian'.
Emina smiled a flawless smile and stood up. "You're welcome. Sin is my dearest friend and I won't let anything touch her." She gave him a pat on the head. "Then I'll be on my way now."
"Let me walk you home!" Kurama said getting up.
Emina shook her head; I won't be able to keep quiet. "I can take care of myself. Besides, you're still injured. I can't make an injured man walk me home." she giggled. Kurama, not wanting to blow his cover, couldn't argue with her. He ended up sitting alone on the couch, watching Emina walk out of his house. For some odd reason, he felt something…odd. He dismissed it.
Walking down the dark street towards her apartment, Emina had a blank stare on the road.
Did I do anything wrong?
Am I not good enough for his feelings?
How could she?!
Sin knows I like him!
But before her thoughts could run wild, she shook her head vigorously. She can't think about her friend like that, it's repulsive! She knew Sin better than that! She knew Sin would never do anything like that. Sin was happy for her and her feelings for the Kitsune. Yet the disgusting feeling in her heart couldn't go away. It even annoyed her.
"Sigh, I'm such a despicable person," she said to himself.
"Not really," a voice said. Her head spun quickly and jumped away from where the voice came from.
"Who's there?!" her eyes roamed around the dark street.
"There now little kitty, don't be afraid," the voice was very low and fluid. It flowed so gracefully as if to mesmerize her. She didn't allow herself to be fazed. "Show yourself!" she poised herself in an attacking position. She made sure to allow some of her energy leak out to study the unknown presence.
"Woah, no need to be feisty little cat; I'm not here to hurt you!" Slowly, the owner of the voice stepped into the ray of bright light coming from the light post. Emina was unfazed by his appearance. (Insert picture)
"Who are you?" Emina hissed.
"I'm Orpheus. No need to be alarmed. I just wanted to praise your ability." a slight flicker of evilness crossed his handsome face.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, no demon could go undetectable for more than a week yet you made it through your whole life!"
Emina hissed at him.
"And what's more, you even have a human-like scent. If I didn't know better, I would've thought that you really were human."
"Who are you!?" Emina's calm façade was slowly disappearing. How could this stranger know so much?
"Didn't I already tell you?"
"I didn't mean that! How do you know…me?! What do you want?!"
"Nothing, I'm just here to give you a friendly advice."
"…You're not my friend." Emina said bluntly.
"Ouch," Orpheus pretended to be hurt. "Harsh words shouldn't be coming out of those beautiful lips." Emina shuddered and growled at him. "I just wanted to tell you that…you better keep an eye on your friend."
"…who…"
"Who else do you think? I'm sure you're already noticed how close she is to the person you like."
"Sin-chan won't do anything that would betray me!"
"Are you sure?"
"YES!"
"Really…"
"…"
"Then let me help you…" Orpheus slowly approached Emina like a predator hunting cornering its prey.
A harsh breeze passed the town, making everything it touched quiver. Up in the sky, the shadowed moon promised a dark premonition.
