lostmoonchild: Okay, everybody, I'm back. I wasn't planning on updating until a friend of mine went back home but she's sleeping and I'm wide awake right now. So I don't own YYH or anything else unless I say otherwise.
CHAPTER TWELVE
He was pissed, and they all knew it.
Evan stood between August and Danielle, thinking to himself that if Koenma stamped any harder on those papers, the stamp and his fist would go through the desk. "How much damage did she do?" Koenma asked finally putting the stamp down.
"Killed the demon mostly." Danielle answered, her eyes looking anywhere but at Koenma.
"Look, who exactly is this Roxanna person? I've never heard anybody mention her before so I'm totally lost." Evan stated.
"Yeah, me too. My parents never talked about anybody who they saw as a threat in front of us." August answered. "All Danny said was Roxanna's the reason she survived and died."
Koenma looked calmly at the fire hanyou and saw that any amount of normality she had was slipping away from her faster than she could understand. "Roxanna was a murderer who worked along side Hiei Jaganshi fourteen years ago." Koenma answered. "We have many suspicions about the real relationship between those two but before we could question Roxanna, she fled."
"Yeah, and then the minute you morons figured out who she was reborn into, you keep an eye on me incase I attempt to go to Hiei!" Danielle shouted, her eyes bleeding violet.
"Danielle, I really don't want to deal with Roxanna right now." Koenma stated calmly.
A frown appeared on Danielle's face as she moved choosing to lean against a wall. "So what do you want done this time? If you order another ward to be put on me, so help me I'll kill every damn ningen that comes within thirty feet of me with one and if I find even one of them on me, then every ningen around me will die slowly and painfully until I get an apology and the damn thing's taken off of me."
"Five years ago, Danielle, I wouldn't have believed that. Now I know better."
A smile threatened to form on the fire hanyou's face at the memory and knowledge that the only reason nobody was bothering to lock her away was because they didn't need any more of the dead to deal with than they were already. What Koenma failed to realize was that you could order demons around, but you could never truly control them if they decided to fight back. Maybe that's what happened with Evan's parents, the Reikai had pushed a demon or two a bit too far and they retaliated by taking down the Reikai's best Spirit Detectives. In an attempt to cover up their mistake, the Reikai pretended to have no suspects.
It was a possibility, wasn't it?
"So let me get this straight. Roxanna and Hiei were partners then Roxanna dies and comes here. Instead of being questioned, she chooses to take off and is reborn as Danny who, at the time, was a near dead fetus. Roxanna gives the fetus, Danny, her strength just to be allowed to live."
"Sounds about right." Danielle answered with a grin. "I give Roxanna a body and some protection against the Reikai, she gives me enough power and strength to survive."
Both teenagers looked at the fire hanyou for a minute before shrugging. If Roxanna made an unwelcome appearance again, then they could probably easily handle her. "So what did you want us for?" Evan questioned.
"I'm giving you three a mission."
"WHAT?! Koenma, we had this talk already. When there's already a mission that's taking up our time, do NOT hand over another mission."
"This mission needs a three man team and Evan is your newest team member." Koenma stated.
"Okay, I KNOW we talked about that!" Danielle shouted ignoring the other two team members. "What were my rules regarding having a human on my team or anybody working with me for that matter?!"
Koenma sighed and said, "I know you like being the solitary type but it's high time you had somebody with you incase Roxanna…"
"YOU MAKE ME HAVE TESTS DONE EVERY GOD DAMN TIME I GET BACK FROM A MISSION! I WAS NINE WHEN YOU HAD THOSE WARDS PUT ON ME AND YOU GOT RID OF THEM AFTER A YEAR SINCE I AGREED TO WORK FOR YOU IF YOU GOT THOSE FRIGGING THINGS OFF OF ME!" Danielle screamed. "NOW YOU'RE DECIDING SINCE YOU CAN'T HAVE WARDS PUT ON ME YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE BABYSIT ME?! THAT'S BULLSHIT!"
"You were lucky a ward was all you got and you're lucky now all you're getting are two teammates because if I hadn't agreed to keep wards off of you, you'd be wearing more than enough to keep Roxanna under control!"
"She is under control!"
"Oh really?"
"YES!"
"Then how do you explain her appearance earlier?"
"Youkai law. That demon hit me and was threatening to hurt August and Andrews so Mot-Roxanna," Danielle quickly corrected herself, "decided to make a grand appearance to ensure that…"
Danielle fell silent under Koenma's calm stare, knowing for sure that he was planning something. "You nearly called her your mother." Koenma stated.
"No I didn't."
Koenma shook his head a little before saying, "I know you appreciate Roxanna giving you her energy for keeping you alive, but it's impossible for her to be your mother. She died before you were born."
"No shit."
"Just stop fighting me with everything I say, Danielle. Here's the file for your mission for you three to go over."
"Oh, you're so loving." Danielle snapped grabbing the file. "Do me a favor and make sure you drop us in the right area."
As it turned out, Koenma dropped them at least fifteen miles away from the intended area. "What is with him and dropping us off away from where we're supposed to go if it's in the Makai?" August asked looking around.
"You're asking me?"
"Good point. So what'd you do to piss Koenma off when you were nine that resulted in wards?" August questioned.
"Killed a ningen which is exactly what I'll do if somebody doesn't remove his hands RIGHT NOW!" Danielle shouted punching Evan.
Evan groaned and rubbed his jaw as he stared at the teenage girl. "How'd you do it?" Evan questioned.
Danielle put her face up close to Evan's before answering slowly, "Burned… him… alive."
Evan gulped and moved away from the fire hanyou before retreating behind August as if thinking she'd protect him from the hanyou's fiery wrath. "Come on, you two." August said moving away from the human boy. "Let's go."
Watching Evan trying to adjust quickly to being in the Makai had to be one of the most humorous things either girl had witnessed. "I need a breather!" Evan shouted after a little while.
Both girls groaned and stopped, watching as Evan fell to his knees panting for air. "Pitiful." Danielle said with an annoyed look. "If you're gonna work with us, Andrews, you've got to learn to toughen up."
"Hey! Half an hour is the longest I've ever run without stopping for a breather!" Evan managed to shout.
"Wow, give the ningen a hand." Danielle said sarcastically.
August smiled a little and watched the scene play out before her. She hated stopping just to breathe but she wasn't tempted at the moment to take her frustration out on the boy. It wasn't his fault that humans had a frailer body than anybody with demon blood but he needed to learn that not all demons or hanyous would be as tolerant as they were. If Evan had groped some random female demon, he would have been dead. They were doing him a favor and just hitting him every time he touched them without their permission.
When Evan was ready to start running again, the small group took off running again. They came to their target's area in about two hours and had gotten a room to rent for a few weeks. "Okay, this is our target and why exactly he's on our hit list." Danielle stated putting the folder down on the table.
"Warlord… stole an artifact? What the hell?" Evan asked looking surprised.
August studied the file patiently before saying, "Looks like this one had a few dealings. Lord Youko's enemy, one of them at least."
"Seriously, Aug, what is your fascination with Youko Kurama?"
"Does the phrase "best damn thief around" mean anything to you?" August asked.
"You're asking somebody who was BORN to be an assassin?"
"Who's Youko Kurama?" Evan questioned.
August grinned and Danielle groaned, getting up and heading into the kitchen to make them some supper. "He's the best of the best. He's the King of Bandits and practically every thief in the Makai wants to work with him." August said with an excited look.
"Well, until he got killed!" Danielle stated putting in her comments.
"Shut up! He never truly died so ha!"
"No, instead he's a damned ningen now. What kind of demon willingly becomes a damn ningen?"
"What kind of pure blooded demon willingly becomes a hanyou?" August shot back.
"The intelligent one so screw you."
"Ok, so what's the plan?" Evan questioned looking interested.
Danielle looked bored before saying, "This guy only works with youkai. We're going to have to infiltrate his group and find out what exactly he's planning. Normally, Spirit Detectives do this shit but because this is an assassination job, we're doing it."
"So…"
"So August is gonna pretend to be some criminal mistress while we, meaning you and me, are going to pretend to be her bodyguards."
August grinned a little before saying, "I like where this is going. I get to order you two around, right?"
"Whatever."
Evan looked thoughtful for a minute before saying, "If this guy only works with demons, how are you going to explain why August has a human and half demon bodyguard?"
A sadistic smile spread across August's face as a plan began forming itself in her mind. "Easy," August stated, "listen to this."
lostmoonchild: AHHH! AUGUST HAS A PLAN! EVERYBODY RUN! Lol, just kidding. Yeah, August having an idea can be scary and this plan is absolutely terrifying. Anyway, read and review, flames are accepted.