"Yusuke-san! Kuwabara-san! Please, help!" I screamed, rushing into the castle on shaking legs. Yusuke and Kuwabara quickly looked up from their video game, startled by my trembling figure.
"Mitsuki-chan?" Kuwabara said in alarm, "What is it? What's wrong?" Without responding, I took their arms in mine and began to pull them out of the castle and into the rain. The two looked at me in confusion, and Kuwabara took me in his arms, trying to calm me down. "Whoa, whoa, Mitsuki-chan! Calm down! Explain what's going on first!" I looked up at Kuwabara with wide eyes, and wasted no time to explain it to him.
"Jun-chan…it's Jun-chan! He's in trouble!" I said as I let go of their arms, and jumped onto Ryuku's back. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at me in alarm.
"What's wrong with Juichi? Is a demon attacking him?" They asked. I shook more now, holding my arms in my hands.
"I…I don't know!" I said, shaking my head, "I just know that something is wrong! There's this feeling in my stomach…every time I think of Jun-chan, I feel nauseous, and I get dizzy…" I whispered. "I'm so scared…I don't know what Jun-chan is up against, but I know that I'm no match for it…and neither is he!" Looking at Yusuke and Kuwabara, I grabbed their hands. "Please, go help him!" Yusuke and Kuwabara switched a look before nodding quickly.
"Okay, Mitsuki-chan. Lead us to him!" They shouted. I quickly nodded before commanding Ryuku to go to Jun. We jumped quickly through the trees, the rain getting heavier and heavier each second. When we finally reached the area, I jumped off of Ryuku's back and looked around for Jun.
"J-Jun-chan! Where are you?" I called out, turning and turning, looking for any sign of Jun. "Jun-chan?" I called out again.
"O-Onee-chan…" I looked to my left to see Jun crawling over towards me, about a yard away, and screamed, noticing his bloody clothes.
"Jun-chan! What happened?" I asked, quickly running over to him. Ryuku ran over quickly as well, Kuwabara and Yusuke close behind. Resting his head on my legs, I stroked his dark hair gently, my hand shaking in helpless fear. His eyes opened slowly as he heard my petrified gasps of panic, and he stretched his bloody hand to my face gently with a struggling smile.
"I-I'm okay, Onee-chan…I'm just a little tired…that's all…" His smile fell as he looked over to Yusuke. "But…we need to get out of here…otherwise, he'll catch us…" I took his hand in mine quickly.
"Who will catch us?" Yusuke asked before a loud laugh bellowed from the shadows of the burnt trees. Flames surrounded our group of teenagers, and I screamed loudly, covering my head as I felt the heat around me. Jun sat up in a struggle, and hugged me tightly. He stared up into the flames with a glare, and spoke:
"He's here…" Jun said, his body shaking just as much as mine. I peeked out of Jun's hug to see who it was that tortured me so, and I saw a man floating. He was dressed in an iron suit, and wore a golden crown decorated with multiple diamonds and other expensive gems. His gloves were white as snow, or, rather, they would have been, had they not been scarred from the fire. His face wore a handsome smile, though is eyes almost refused to laugh. His hair was a wavy blonde as his dead blue eyes grinned down at our helpless forms. His eyes seemed to put Jun in a shock, and Jun's body fell limp in my arms. As I shook him nervously, the man spoke to Yusuke.
"Hello, spirit detective." He said it in such a sarcastic voice, as if Yusuke were just a little play date he had been forced to play with. "It is nice to finally meet you, I suppose." Yusuke and Kuwabara stood in defense in front of Jun and me quickly, sensing the danger the man possessed. I was new at this whole 'evil demons' thing, and even I could feel the threat he brought upon us from outside of the forest.
His eyes laughed at us as he floated closer. "What is wrong? Why are you so stiff? Relax, I just want to talk." But Kuwabara and Yusuke only lifted their fists higher.
"You're the guy that did this to Juichi, right? Why should we trust you, then?!" Kuwabara sassed. The man, looking at him with an irritated face, floated closer and simply slapped Kuwabara.
Oh, it was on.
Kuwabara's anger took control, and he jumped towards the man, only to be kicked gracefully in the stomach. Yusuke quickly attacked after, but only the same effect rose.
He quickly knocked down Yusuke and Kuwabara again and again into trees, and sometimes through trees, until they were down for the count. He floated down in front of Jun and me, his face not even having a single sweat break out. I covered Jun's harmed body tightly, screaming for him to get away. "Do not come any closer! Don't hurt Jun-chan anymore!" He raised an eyebrow at me, and eyed Ryuku, who now stood as the only barrier between us and the mysterious man.
"That's alright; I only came here to see purity I've heard about. Interesting…you will be of use to me in the future." He whispered before dodging a bite from Ryuku. It was then that I realized, he wasn't after Yusuke…
He was after me.
As I wondered why he wanted me and my so called 'purity,' he floated up high into the sky, his hand on his chin. "I suppose I'm done for now. It was nice meeting you, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Jun-chan," His eyes narrowed as he looked down at me with a menacing smile, "and especially you, Mitsuki." As soon as he was sure that I was scared down to my bone, he took his leave gladly, dodging a shot from Yusuke's finger.
It took me a moment to register what had just happened in the last ten minutes. Jun-chan had been hurt badly, Yusuke and Kuwabara were exhausted, and Ryuku and I were sitting on the ground, somehow unharmed; well, unless you count mentally, because I was so confused right now.
Yusuke and Kuwabara soon sat up, though, and helped me snap out of my trance. Kuwabara and Yusuke, in silence, helped me up, and Ryuku offered to carry both Jun and I; I gladly took his offer. We made our way back to the castle, all shocked by the randomly strange man that had defeated the heir to the demon king's throne in just a couple of punches and kicks. We were outside of the castle doors when Kuwabara swayed, already ready to faint. But a small man appeared, and caught his fall quickly. I quickly got off of Ryuku, and helped Kuwabara.
"Thanks, Hiei." I mumbled as I took Kuwabara's full weight onto my shoulders. Hiei stared at me, as if knowing that I wouldn't answer any of his questions, and opened the doors shortly after before taking Kuwabara back onto his much shorter shoulders. He pointed inside the castle, instructing me to go.
"Koenma's not busy right now; go talk to the baby and tell him everything that happened." I nodded at Hiei's directions, and Yusuke rubbed the back of his head in defeat. Hiei looked at Ryuku, and demanded that the 'stupid big weasel' followed him to the infirmary with Jun. Though Ryuku was insulted obviously, he followed Hiei's instructions after nuzzling my stiff leg. I tried to smile in response, but I ended up only turning and walking into the castle. As we walked through the large halls towards Koenma's room, I shakily looked over to Yusuke, who walked beside me in silence.
"…Yusuke-san…" He didn't look at me, but tilted his head, acknowledging my voice, "Who was that man?" Yusuke crossed his arms, determined to find the answer in the hall's walls. But in the end, they only softened as he finally looked at me,
"I don't know." Before I could even ask him anymore questions, we found ourselves in front of Koenma's door, and they opened just as we reached for the handle, revealing a shocked Kurama.
"Mitsuki-chan, Yusuke!" He almost screamed in alarm, "What happened? I just heard about the attack from Hiei; are you alright?" Yusuke simply walked past him, already irritated with the fact that he had lost to 'such a pretty boy.' I nodded slowly and lightly to Kurama to ease his worry only a little before also walking around him; my anger with his attitude was still strong in my soul, after all. Kurama, though upset that his friends had basically ignored him, quietly closed the door behind us as we faced the baby ruler.
"Mitsuki," Koenma said gently, "Tell me what happened from the time you left with Juichi till now." I nodded, and stepped up, my legs still shaking.
"There was a man…a very, very scary man…"
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Yeah, so that's all. Sorry it is so short, even though you had to wait for such a long time! XP I will do better next time, I promise!
-KitaxHaku