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Chapter 9: First Case! A Rare Demonic Aura!
Date: February 21st, 2002
The following morning, after convincing my father I wouldn't need a bodyguard, I decided to visit Makoto in the hospital. After arriving, I realized I couldn't recall the room number. Looking around, I found a girl, about my age…maybe a year older. Her eyes and hair were both and unnatural purple, and her back was against the wall. She wore a candy striper's uniform, and she looked kind of familiar… kind of like someone I had seen before… from a distance. There was also something else I noticed about her. She had some kind of vibe about her, kind of like a cold wind.
"Excuse me?" She looked up at me, my eyes interlocking with hers for a brief moment. However Demeanor and her vibe, told a different story than her voice, which I half expected to be cold and cautious.
"Yes? Can I help you?" I nodded.
"Yeah…would you know where Makoto Unizagi's room is?" She looked down at the clipboard in her arms.
"Makoto Uni- Oh that's right, Room G45. Are you related to him?" I nodded a yes.
"He's my younger brother; I've just come to visit with him." She smiled warmly, her tensed posture fading.
"Well, it's nice that you've come to visit him. Follow me, I'll show you to his room." And so I followed her. She didn't say too much on the way to the room however. She stuck her head into G45.
"Makoto?"
"Yes Shia?" I heard my brother answer from inside.
"Um…" she turned back to me. "I'm sorry; I didn't get your name."
"Mimiko." I responded.
"A...Mimiko is here to see you." She waited his approval for a moment, before stepping aside.
"Go on in" I thanked her and went in. Makoto perked up upon seeing me.
"Mimiko!" I smiled.
"Hey there Kiddo. How you feeling?" I greeted. Makoto shrugged.
"Okay, Mommy said I may even be able to get out of the hospital to go to the park tomorrow!" I situated myself in the chair next to him.
"Well I think that's great! See? Better and better every day." He nodded.
"But that's not the best part!" He continued to go on about how the nurses said he might be able to eat ice cream, and how he thought one of the candy striper's little sister's were cute, and he indulged himself, telling me everything.
It was about two hours later when I decided to leave. I bid my goodbye to Makoto, and went back outside, deciding to take the side door out of the hospital.
"Have a good day." I jumped. Leaning against the wall behind me, was the candy striper from earlier.
"Oh Um…thank you…" Creepy? Yes. I had not sensed the girl's presence at all. On my way home, my cell phone went off.
"Hello?" I asked once I picked it up.
"Mimiko, Botan gave me this video thing about an hour, she said that we have to watch it, and then she said something about meeting us later." Yusuke answered from the other line.
"A…Video?" I inquired.
"Yeah…but uh… My VCR isn't very good….think we can use yours?" I winced.
"I guess but…"
"Great! I'll go over to your house in an hour!" I blinked and closed the phone as soon as I heard the hum of the open line.
"…But my father doesn't like any boys over my house except for Shin…" I muttered to myself, shoving the back into my pocket. Once home, I waited for Yusuke in the Foyer. Not even bothering to knock, Yusuke swung the door open, a video in his hands.
"Thanks for knocking." I stated bluntly.
"You're welcome, now let's go." He replied, grabbing my arm and leading me off to my room, of course, having no idea where it was. I ended up dragging him there, sitting him on a cushion in front of my television. He gave me the tape and I fed it into the VCR. After quite the dramatic intro to the video, Koenma's face appeared on the screen.
"Yusuke, Mimiko, I hope you realize I'm giving you a very important case." He began as I sat next to Yusuke.
"And this won't be very easy. I need you to rescue a very important member to demonic society." Yusuke looked at me.
"What is he talking about?" I shrugged, giving him a look that told him I knew about as much as he did. We watched as Koenma continued.
"She's the princess to a rare breed of demons, and marks one of the last of the royals of her breed. The eagle demons have been scarcely seen since their king and queen died in a raid on their kingdom. There were four children, and all escaped, three escaped somewhere into demon world, but one was believed to have escaped to the living world, This one being the one I'd like you to look for."
"How much trouble could she be in..? She's in Living world after all…" I questioned quietly to myself.
"We believe that someone from demon world is after her. She seems calm and cooperative on the outside, but on the inside, she's a bit of a firecracker, and not easy to take down I'm afraid. I'd like her Alive if you will. We'll have spirit world officials on the lookout for whoever's after her, but you need to find her before they do." A picture appeared on the screen, and I could have died….again. Her eyes and hair were both and unnatural purple, and her disposition was calm. I was positive this was the same candy striper from the city hospital.
"What I'd like you to do is coax her into coming to Spirit world with Botan, so she can be put under guard until whoever is looking for her is apprehended. This demon is out to kill her, so please, try and make this case a hasty one!" The video faded to fuzz, and I stood up slowly.
"Yusuke…" He stood up, dusting off his pants as he did.
"What?"
"That princess, I know where she is…" He blinked.
"How?" I strolled over to Niko's cage, staring absently at the rabbit inside.
"I was at the hospital visiting my little brother earlier, and a girl, she looked just like that, and she was a candy striper there. Chances are, she's still there." Yusuke rolled his eyes.
"So what? Doesn't mean that's the demon we're looking for." Sighing, I turned back to him.
"But the weirdest part was," I went on," That normally, I'm good at sensing people when they are around me…I couldn't sense her presence at all..." Yusuke's previously confused and seemingly angry look softened.
"Okay. Well, I guess we can go check it out, but I still doubt she's the right girl…" I shook my head.
"We should go any-"
"Mimiko? Is that you?" I heard from downstairs.
"Crap! My Father's home!" I quickly whispered, grabbing Yusuke by his shoulder, and shoving him into my closet,
"What are you?!-"I quickly closed the curtains. At that point, my father entered the room.
"Mimiko? Oh there you are!" I waved in response. He looked at my T.V.
"Mimiko, is something wrong with the Television?" I shook my head innocently. I heard Yusuke shift in the closet and my father snap to attention.
"What was that?" I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly.
"Um…I think one of my coats fell…" After a few minutes of arguing with my father about there being nothing in my closet, I thanked him for worrying, and pushed him out my door. I opened the curtains and got Yusuke from his crammed in position.
"Well thanks for the warning." I rolled my eyes, and opened my window.
"Do I have to go out the hard way?" I only nodded slowly and threw a rope at him.
