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Chapter 11: The Artifact Thieves! First case as a Trio!
Date: February 22nd, 2002
Somehow, in the interim of getting to Spirit world with Botan and bringing Shea to Koenma, Getting shouted at by my father for coming home past curfew, and my going to bed, Yusuke and I had gained a new teammate. Shea had refused to gain the protection she needed from Spirit World, and at the same time, Yusuke had an Idea. He suggested that she join us in our Spirit detective work. He mentioned that her flying ability, and speed would assist us wonderfully later on. Botan also threw in her rare energy would be a huge plus. Shea seemed hesitant at first, but like she does with everyone else, Botan managed to rope her into joining, since she'd be protected without being constantly followed by spirit world guards all the time. Shea made something clear to us. Her living world Alias was Shia, and though it's only a one letter difference from Shea, we still had to call her Shia in front of normal humans. After we had agreed, that concluded our Sunday.
And then Monday morning came. It's only, in reality, been about three days since Yusuke and I went through the trail to get our lives back, but it seems like weeks since then. But as all Monday morning mean, this one certainly meant the same thing: Back to School. I groaned, rolling onto my side and looking at my alarm clock. 6Am. Peck, peck, peck…. I sat up and looked to the direction of my window. Riki sat outside, seemingly cooing. I threw the covers back and walked over to the window, unlatching the hook and throwing the window wide open, allowing Riki to fly in and perch on my shoulder.
"Giving me a wakeup call Riki?" I questioned, scratching Riki's head Softly.
"Riki…" She cooed. I let her fly around the room while I made my way through my school morning routine. Take a shower, pull on a fresh school uniform, check my bag while snacking on a piece of toast, and head out the door. My father, fancy chauffeur dude, and the limo were waiting outside. I rolled my eyes at the extravagance of the vehicle before sliding inside next to my father.
"To Sariyaski Junior High." My father instructed the chauffer, who I guessed was new. The Limo started up and began down the block. I listened to my father go on about the weather, and then-
"Dad! Stop the Car!" Confused, my father instructed the driver to stop, and I lowered the window.
"Shia!" She stopped walking and looked over to me. Her appearance was a lot different to what she had been like in the hospital. Her hair was straight, coming to the length of her elbows, and was neatly brushed, not in a ponytail like before, and she was in a lavender colored boy's uniform on, which confused me a little… but not like I minded."Oh, hey. That's quite a fancy car you have there. I looked back at my father, who just nodded.
"Shia, which schools do you go to?"
"Meio Academy." She answered. I opened the door.
"Need a ride?" She seemed hesitant for a moment, but too my offer and got into the car beside me.
"Meio Academy." My father stated. Once the Limo was moving, my father turned to Shea, smiling kindly.
"You're a friend of Mimiko's?" He questioned once the Limo became steady in its speed. Shea looked thoughtful, then nodded.
"Yes, it's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Unizagi." She said softly.
"Likewise…Um…is there any reason you're wearing a boys uniform?"
"Father!" I protested. Shea held a hand out in front of me.
"It's okay." She almost grinned at my father before continuing.
"I used to wear the girl's uniforms, but… I had sort of a risk of getting hurt wearing…those kind of uniforms in my neighborhood…"
"Is it a dangerous area?" Shia shook her head.
"No, it's a wonderful neighborhood, it's just some not so great people live in it… I normally walk home with my brother and the neighbor boy, but one day… The science club had asked my friend to stay behind, and my brother got detention for something he did… and, well-"She couldn't seem to get out exactly what had happened, but my father had guessed.
"I'm very sorry for asking, and thank you for telling me." Shea dismissed it.
"Oh no, it's okay, I'm actually glad you asked, most people just assume I wear this because I either want to be a complete freak or because I'm in love with my best friend, because it's one of his uniforms…my brother…Heheh… he wouldn't let me borrow one of his."
"Meio Academy!" The Chauffer announced, getting out and opening the door for Shea. I opened the window after she got out and she bowed great fully.
"See ya." She said to me, before running over to two boys. One had Blonde hair and brown eyes. The other, was the exact same one I crashed into in the hospital the other day. There was an even stranger Aura around him today, like he was about to do something he was set on doing. And after bowing to Shea, and the blonde haired boy saying something to make her blush a deep red color, the other boy bowed to them and ran off. I didn't have too much more time to see what direction he was off in, because after that, the Limo took off again.
"That friend of yours…" My father started.
"What about her?" I asked, fidgeting in my seat. He sighed, looking out his tinted window.
"She was kidnapped." My eyes widened.
"How do you know?" He shook his head.
"Mimiko, I saw the expression in her eyes when she stopped talking. She was scared. The fear in her eyes was unmistakable. It's either that or…"
"Or what?" He turned away, as if he didn't want to say anymore.
"Or what?!" I insisted. He didn't answer. We then arrived soon after, at Sariyaski, which was considerably smaller than Meio, but then again, Sariyaski was no academy. I thanked the Chauffer after he let me out at the school, saying goodbye to my father as well, after he warned me to be cautious. I only shook my head, before walking into the gates of the school. People I knew started welcoming me back, as I was declared missing last Monday. Apparently, it had been on the news.
"Mimi!" Before I could figure out who had called me by my nickname, I was tackled to the ground, and had no need to try and figure it out anymore.
"Kouhei!" I noticed the excitement and confusion that shone in her Maroon eyes.
"What happened all those days you were gone?!" She then went on to tell me how many times she tried to call me.
"I'm sorry…And the news was wrong…I wasn't missing…I was…away." I replied. She helped me off the ground and we hurried inside.
"Where's Shi?" She questioned to herself, or me, with Kouhei, you could never really tell. I felt an arm sling over my shoulders, and Kouhei yelped as she received the same feeling.
"Trio's here huh?" I recognized the voice right away. Shin.
"Shi!" Kouhei exclaimed, her funny yelp making Shin and I laugh.
"Shin, don't you have some place to be… like, English class?" Shin rolled his eyes and groaned.
"But we're taking a test on the Heart of Darkness, and it's so lame! I wasn't paying attention to the book. My friend Keiko tried to tell me about it… but that didn't help too much." I smiled as he said Keiko was his friend. I wondered if any problems would arise if I met Keiko. That and if Yusuke would even think of introducing me to Keiko.
"Can you even remember the author?" Kouhei offered.
"No." Kouhei stopped.
"Mimi, it's schedule B today, which means we have Mr. Iwamouto first!" I slapped my forehead. Both Kouhei and I happened to dislike Mr. Iwamouto. Greatly and with good reason. He picks on all the kids that enjoy slacking off in class, and even though I didn't know Yusuke before the day I died, I saw how Iwamouto treated him in the hallways, and it made me sick. People like that just have the tendency to piss me off. Kouhei and I told Shin we'd see him later, and shuffled off to Iwamouto's classroom.
"Miss Unizagi, it's good to see you've returned." Iwamouto said as I entered class.
"Thank you Mr. Iwamouto Sir." I said politely, rolling my eyes as I turned to sit down. Kouhei sat in the seat next to me, and we opened our books. My thoughts as Mr. Iwamouto taught, shifted to Yusuke. I stared out the window at the Tennis court, which was occupied by the first period gym class. I had gym fifth period. The same gym class as Yusuke, which was one of only two classes I knew I had with him. The other was Math, but he always skipped that class. Sure…He always skipped gym class too…but I knew he hung out on the roof when he did. That's where I'd go today. Sixth period was math, and I had figured I'd attempt dragging him to it. The next sound that came to my ears was Mr. Iwamouto slamming a ruler onto my desk.
"Unizagi!" I snapped to attention.
"Yes?!" He removed the ruler from my desk.
"Kindly repeat what I just said." I blinked.
"I…um…Don't know Sir…" Iwamouto pointed the giant ruler at me.
"This class, is a prime example of what happens when you don't pay attention." As I tried to contemplate what he meant by that, the bell rang. I was the first one to jet out of class. Kouhei caught up to me though.
"This class, is a prime example of what happens when you don't pay attention." Kouhei mocked, making me laugh when her voice went down in pitch. We went through the next three periods pretty quickly. Each teacher I had welcomed me back, especially Mr. Takanaka. His class was probably the class I enjoyed the most. What I did not enjoy however, was that I had Iwamouto again for math, with Yusuke. But finally, fifth period came, and I dressed in my gym uniform, as usual, but this time, I made my way up to the roof of the school. And that happens to be exactly where I found him, staring at some sort of monocle… thingy.
"Yusuke?" He looked up at me, then back down at the item in his hands.
"Hey." I folded my arms across my chest.
"Skipping again? And what is that supposed to be?" I bent down next to him.
"Some Spy glass thing that Botan gave me last night. It's supposed to see right through all kinds of things." He held it to his eye, and looked at me. Once I realized his area of focus was my shirt, I slapped him.
"Idiot."
"Botan did that to me yesterday!"
"And with good reason!" I sighed.
"I wonder if that means we'll be looking at another case soon."
"Maybe." He answered, stowing the spy glass in his pocket. He then spread out next to me and began to nap. This only made me wonder more why I decided to come up to the roof in the first place. After he woke up, we headed off to room 2-B which was our math class. Yusuke yawned as he entered the room, me behind him.
"I'm here." Everyone looked back at him. Shin was there too, but he seemed nervous, trying to pretend he was focused on the book in his hands. The room fell silent, all eyes on Yusuke. He was about to sit down, then noticed the looks he was getting.
"Alright, what's with the staring?" Keiko, who was seated next to Shin, gasped, and ran beside Yusuke, opposite to the side I was on.
"You think Yusuke took those things?! He's no thief!" I was about to ask her about the things she mentioned, but another student cut me off.
"He's a thug Keiko, and I don't know if there is much of a difference, he did Skip gym." I stepped in at this point.
"I wasn't in gym either; I was with Yusuke the entire gym period. He was up on the roof napping." I looked at Keiko, hurt suddenly evident in her eyes.
"I had to ask him if he still had my math textbook from last week." Before anyone could say anything, Iwamouto slid open the classroom door.
"Hey! What's this Racket all about?" He questioned. He dragged me and Yusuke to the office once he heard the story from the other students.
"Hey, I had nothing to do with it so let go of me!" Yusuke shouted. Iwamouto gave him a punch to the face.
"Don't Lie!" I growled.
"Sir, he had nothing to do with it!"
"Stop protecting him!" Mr. Takanaka took over.
"Iwamouto! I trust you found evidence before punishing?" the slime ball nodded.
"Yes. There was no trouble while he was gone, and now that he's back, look what we have." I stepped forward.
"But he didn't!-"Iwamouto shoved me backwards into Mr. Takanaka before turning to Yusuke.
"Yusuke and Mimiko were the only ones skipping gym while the items were stolen. While I have no reason to believe Mimiko helped Yusuke, she's defending him more than she should be. Yusuke must have learned his tricks from his tramp mother." Yusuke fists curled at the comment, I knew that nothing I could say or do would stop him, and punching Mr. Iwamouto would put him out of school here forever. Apparently from the smirk on Iwamouto's face, he knew that as well.
"You can…do whatever you want to me…but don't talk about my mother!" As he was about to deliver the punch, everything froze in the room but me and Yusuke and Koenma appeared in a flash.
"Yusuke! Mimiko!" Yusuke was shocked.
"Koenma?!"
"Have I got a big case for you! Three criminals broke into Spirit world and stole the artifacts of darkness from my father's vault, then escaped to living world!" How did I see that coming? Yusuke blinked.
"Can't you see I'm busy with this asshole here?!" He abruptly covered his mouth, looking to the frozen Iwamouto. Koenma reassured him that he couldn't see or hear anything right now. Yusuke sighed in relief.
"Anyway, can't you call back later or something?!" Koenma became angry.
"Stupid! This is much more important! If these artifacts are used to their full power, living world will be in a state of mass chaos and suffering! Lost lives, captured souls, and a bunch of other unhappy things! Got it?!" Yusuke refused.
"I'm not going anywhere for some dumb theft case until I clear up my own okay?" Koenma pointed to Iwamouto.
"Well there's your culprit right there! Take out your Psychic Spyglass and look into his left pocket." Yusuke took it out, and I ran to his side, looking through it with him. Iwamouto had all the stolen items!
"I don't believe it!"
"Now hurry up and do your thing!" Koenma made time start again, and Yusuke went to work digging into Iwamouto's pocket. From it, he pulled what he wanted. A golden fountain pen.
"An explanation Mr. Iwamouto?" Takanaka Demanded. Iwamouto, freaking sly cat, had a comeback for that. He explained Yusuke slipped it into his pocket, then said he was so mad, he couldn't look at Yusuke anymore, and went to leave.
"Hold on, Iwamouto! I'm afraid we have more to discuss!" Takanaka went after Iwamouto, and Koenma appeared beside Yusuke and I.
"He really tried to set me up!"
"You've been freed from the charge…now go to work!" We turned to Koenma.
"Okay, I'll get to it. But before that, he pays." Koenma shook his head, as did I.
"That's not smart Yusuke, assaulting a teacher once you've been set free." Koenma mentioned. Yusuke sighed.
"But I can't let him go like that!"
"Then attack him invisibly."
"….Give me a break do I look invisible to you?!" Koenma shrugged.
"It's one of your new abilities. Try to take control of your spirit energy and gather it into your right index finger." Yusuke concentrated on his finger, and it began to glow blue. Similar to what happened with my hands the night my house was robbed.
"Hey, it's getting warm!" Yusuke exclaimed.
"Good, now all you need to do is aim and shoot. Just imagine the trigger, and pull."
"Pull huh?" Yusuke aimed his finger at Iwamouto's back. He eventually got it, blue energy pulsing from his finger, grazing Mr. Takanaka's shoulder, and hitting Iwamouto. Takanaka ran to Iwamouto's side. Yusuke looked stunned.
"It worked." Koenma only nodded.
"It's your Spirit Gun."
"My what?" Koenma turned to me.
"It's like your Tomoshibi-Mari." I snapped my fingers.
"Oh yeah!" Yusuke blinked.
"So you can do something like I just did too?" I nodded a positive. Koenma then explained about our spirit energy, and how we became more aware of it as ghosts. He also mentioned we could only fire our attacks once a day until we became stronger, and may need to rely on Shea to deliver more than one attack per fight. He then took us to a shed outside the school.
"The Shadow Sword will make a monster out of whomever it cuts, the Forlorn Hope emits a cryptic power at full moon, and the Orb of Baas can capture living souls, especially souls of children."
"Cheery. Who came up with that one?" Yusuke commented once Koenma was done telling us what the artifacts we were to recover were.
"Understand you two these items were forged from the darkness and prey on the weak and defenseless. They were created Eons ago and serve vital roles in balancing life. But in the wrong hands they can destroy and do no good. Get them Yusuke, Mimiko, as living Humans, you two along with Shea are the best chance we've got to capture these three thieves." Yusuke became confident.
"Don't say anything more. "He stood up, and then helped me get up as well. "You brought us back to life, so I guess we should do something Useful to earn out keep. Right Mimiko?" I nodded.
"Right." He bowed to us.
"It's in your hands, spirit detectives." After he had told us where the thieves might be hiding, we headed off to get Shea, and to start the first case as a team of three.
A/N: Mmk, long chapter, and if you're wondering about the date at the top, I've updated all the chapters with a date, just so you can all tell how much time has passed between chapters.
