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Chapter 9

In the morning, Kurama and Yusuke awoke to a loud pounding on their door. Kurama was instantly alert. Yusuke on the other hand just grumbled and threw his pillow at the door. Kurama stifled a laugh before calling out to whomever was on the other side of the door, "One minute." He made his way to the door and lobbed Yusuke's pillow back to him and aiming it so it hit him in the head. Kurama opened the door to see Kitty and Kurt out there. He held the door open for them and invited them in while he went to wake Yusuke up, the rest of the way.

Kurt and Kitty had come to take the two new recruits to the danger room for testing. Kitty left the group when they reached the doors to the danger room. "See you boys later." She said as she disappeared into another door. Kurt led them into a room where he handed then each of the two Tantei battle suits for use in the danger room. Yusuke's eyebrows rose, "What in the fucking hell are these for?"

"Hell if I know. All I know is that they are required in there."

Yusuke glanced at his partner, Kurama, who had a look on his face that was disgust mixed with fear, however it was veiled on the kitsune's face. Yusuke smirked; it might be worth it to see Kurama in one of those spandex like suits. Kurama shot him a dark glare, seeming to know what was his partner was thinking. All this happened so fast that Kurt never saw the exchange.

The two Tantei donned the suits rather reluctantly and entered the control room separately and the first victim of the danger room was Kurama. Yusuke and the imminence pleasure of seeing the expressions on the girls' faces as Kurama elegantly walked in to the room. It was no doubt in his mind that the girls thought he most likely was just a pretty face with no definition to him at all, boy where they ever wrong. The kitsune's body was like that of a very slim and lithe fighter. He may move as gracefully as a dancer, but he sure as hell was not built like one. Yusuke knew that he was going to enjoy this fight, as he never got to actually study any of his teammates' fights. This was going to be entertaining. Yusuke couldn't help but smirk. These humans would have absolutely no idea what hit them till it was to late.

Kurama walked calmly in to the large metal room and studied the area around him as the metal doors slid shut behind him. He closed his eyes and listened to his surroundings. His eyes snapped open as he heard machines humming to life. He smirked; this was going to be fun. He knew he was in no danger from any of these machines. So, what plant to use?

Yusuke's eyes widened as he saw what the kitsune was up against; several tazers, a few robotic dogs, about three lasers, and a barrage of obstacles that Yusuke knew were there to impede Kurama. His eyes grew even larger as he saw the weapon that his partner pulled from his hair. –Kurama what are you thinking! Use your fucking rose whip. - Yusuke thought as he saw the leaves take shape in Kurama's hands.

Kurama dodged to the right and ducked slightly as one of the lasers came at him. The moment he passed him, he jammed one of the leaves into the underbelly of the machine. The machine shuddered to a stop and Kurama then turned around and gave a kick to the metal dog that was coming up behind him, as the dog got to its feet he threw one of the razor sharp leaves into the dent in its side. As one of the tazers and one of the lasers came at him together, he found himself up against a wall that had sprung out of nowhere. Kurama glared at the two machines, pulled out a rose, and with centuries of practice, quickly turned it in to a long and rather thorny whip.

Yusuke stared bug eyed at the room before him. He was beginning to think, -To hell with keeping my Reikai Powers a secret, I'll just blow my way out of the room. Kurama's having a tough time with those things. - He let out a soft whistle as Kurama, rose-whip was seen snapping up over the side of a barricade and two now useless machines joined the other two on the floor. A few minutes later, the redhead joined the other in the control room. He flipped his hair over his shoulder as he entered saying, "Good luck out there Yusuke." He sighed as he went to sit down as Yusuke brushed past him on his way out.

Now it was Yusuke that stood in the middle of the now barren room. He was still thinking about what to use as the room sprang to life. He yelped in surprise as a laser came way to close for comfort. He glared at the offending machine made another move toward him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw another laser coming from behind. He stepped to the left and was greeted just a barely a centimeter away from his face, by the two machines crashing into each other. He grinned as a mechanical dog as big as Kurama was in animal from come charging at him. He raised his foot just so and it 'ran' in to the Tantei's foot with the force of a sledgehammer. Yusuke had only been knocked back a few feet. The dog however didn't fare quite so well. Its face had been reduced to a pile of now useless wires and smashed metal. He shook his foot out and faced another tazer and tazer combo. He smirked as he grabbed the to hissing electronics and putting some Reikai behind his grasp he bent the heads of the two machines backwards so the shorted each other out.

Kurama sighed; he should have known that Yusuke would find away to use both of his specialties. He only hoped that it wouldn't blow their cover. Yusuke reenterd the room pooping his knuckles and saying, "That was fun. When's the next session?" Kurama shook his head and sighed. He had made a mental note to ask Yusuke what in the hell he was thinking.