Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. All I own are my characters and the extra parts of Yu Yu Hakusho's Plotline


A/N: Dammit I just noticed this was started almost a year ago, and I only have twenty chapter….so I've been being a major slacker when it's come to writing, anyway, once again another long wait produces one new chapter! Enjoy~

Chapter 21: Trapped! Yuudai comes to the rescue!

Date: June 29th, 2002

As soon as we landed on the ground, we felt the tension in the area. Yuki confused me as he quickly retreated, jumping into a bush. I turned to ask Shea what it was all about, but she silenced me before I could say a word.

"He smells the fear in the air." She explained. I guess this put a new twist on "nothing to fear but fear itself." All I did was nod. Hearing another scream, we turned to see Keiko running from Mr. Iwamouto, whose skin was currently blue. He had been infected too. Following him, were quite a few zombies, and only now had we realized that they were just flooding into the area. I turned to Shea, who gave me a nod of her head. We tailed them for a bit, instead of rushing in to save Keiko. We couldn't, it was way too risky for her and for us.

"They'll catch her at this rate…" She commented as we ran.

"Stop being a pessimist!"

"…" We continued to chase after them, and realized that they had come to a stop in an area that was rich with bushes. Shea and I nearly shrieked as we were pulled into the bushes. However, our fears were relieved when Botan's pink eyes came into my focus.

"There the two of you are!"

"Took you long enough." The other voice belonged to Loki, who was sitting with her back against the wall.

"B-Botan, who are they?" A third meek voice questioned. I turned only to find Keiko's warm brown eyes staring back at me. I smiled, glad that she was safe.

"This is Mimiko and She- Shia. They're two of my partners, like Loki." Keiko recognized me…but she didn't say much, or even act like she did. Then, who could blame her? She probably thought I was some sort of boy-friend stealing bitch or something.

"Mimiko, I've already called Yusuke and told him I found Keiko. He told me that your mirror disconnected with his while you were being chased. I gave her a simple nod as an answer.

"Yes, it broke because I dropped it. I wasn't really thinking about you're liability for it when it happened." Botan shrugged.

"That's okay, it's more important that your alive." Shea froze up for a moment. There was trouble.

"What is it?" Shea said nothing, only pointed to the blue face of my teacher sticking through the bushes. He reached in to punch us, and that's when we scattered into different directions. Loki took off to the left, Shea and I slipped under Mr. Iwamouto and ran straight, dodging other human zombies as we ran, and I thought I saw Botan take Keiko off to the right.

"Today is just not going how we planned is it?" I asked, panting as we ran into the building. Shea shook her head, stopping for a second to gain her breath back, or so I thought. Shea raised her head after another moment or two.

"Mimiko, I hear it again….the music…" I listened but heard nothing.

"Shea are you sure you aren't going crazy, by cha-"I was interrupted suddenly, by two zombie goons chasing us. Shea shot a glare in my direction, her hair occasionally falling back into her face.

"Who the hell is crazy now?" she questioned. I rolled my eyes and we made a left into the music room. It was quiet as far as we saw. The room was a soft baby blue, and chairs were lined in rows, in the front was a big black baby grand piano. I went there a lot since Music class was in my schedule.

"We just kind of trapped ourselves…" I nodded at Shea's comment as we discovered the zombie's were now blocking the doorway. Shea, against my shouting at her, rushed them, and she was grabbed and thrown back, sliding across the piano.

"Shea!" She sat up, rubbing the back of her head in annoyance.

"There goes my love of music." I gave her a slight nod before looking back at the zombies. This wasn't going too well. Once Shea reached me again, there was a scuffle as we ran about the room, avoiding the goon that chased after us.

"Shea, can't you use your powers to get these guys away from us?" Shea shook her head sharply.

"It isn't legal for me to use my demon attacks on humans, even ones that are possessed!" She panted. For a brief moment, Shea saw the other human zombie move from the door, and she took the chance to wrestle with him.

"Geez this guy is on some kind of weird steroids or-"

"Bugs." Shea nodded and then looked over to the door. "Mimiko, get out of here now, before I lose my grip on this guy!"

"But Shea-"

"Go!" I didn't question her anymore and ran from the now open doorway. This made me wonder how the boys were doing. I took out the newer communication mirror that Botan gave me (Which by the way, was the last one I was promised) and ducked into an open room, locking the door and jamming it with a chair. Quickly, I pushed the button to communicate with Yusuke, and waited nervously.

"Mimiko? Where the hell have you been?" My voice was shaky as I answered.

"Running for my life…" For a brief moment, I thought I saw a flash of sympathy on Yusuke's face.

"Where are the others?"

"We… got separated, I was with Shea, but we ended up getting split up too…" Yusuke shook his head.

"Mimiko, we're almost done here, almost to the last saint beast, you guys have to try to hold on a little longer…" I saw the door breaking, and I knew the chair wouldn't hold much longer.

"Yusuke," the tears welled up in my eyes, and I had to admit now, I was truly scared. "Please just do your best to take care of it…" Before he could respond to me I flipped the mirror closed. Tears were now leaking freely from my eyes as I thought about how I just left Shea back in the music room. She could have been dead, for all I knew. Maybe I deserved this. As the chair finally gave in and the human zombie entered the room, I stepped back. Carefully, I lifted my hand.

"Tomo…Barrier…" the green energy sparked in my hands but died out. I had realized a pang of fear entered my heart as I called for the defensive move, but was this fear holding up my energy? The human growled at me, suddenly lurching forwards and pinning me to the wall. However, just as soon as I had felt his weight on me, I felt the cool air of the outside world and the soft silky fabric of a scarf under my hand. I wanted to open my eyes but I didn't dare.

"It's safe now, open your eyes." His voice was deep, but he couldn't have been much older than me. Slowly I opened my eyes, and found myself staring into this boys deep brown ones. He had a mess of blond hair, and he wore a thick green scarf around his neck and shoulders. He let me down and I realized we were up on the roof.

"What are you doing here? It's dangerous." He stated coolly. I gave a huff; I couldn't exactly let him know I was here on spirit detective business.

"I could ask you the same question." He seemed like a complete human, though I found it weird how we got to the roof so fast.

"I um… was worried about my friends that were here..." I answered vaguely. He hummed a bit.

"Yeah, I've seen a couple of girls running around."

"But that doesn't answer my question, why are you here?" He smirked before answering me

"That's for me to know." I became slightly frustrated.

"I told you why I was here!"

"Yes, but you didn't have too." He pointed out. This boy was sort of pissing me off a bit. He seemed about to say something else when Shea's voice cut in.

"Mimiko?" She looked at the boy next to me, and I guess whatever look she might have been giving him made him nervous, because he quickly whispered his name to me.

"I'm Yuudai." He then brushed past Shea and down the roof stairwell. After he was out of sight I rushed over to Shea.

"Shea! How did you- I mean I-"

"Yuki came back and saved my ass." She answered, motioning to the fox that appeared next to her.

"Shea, I'm sorry I…" She held up a hand, warning me to shut up.

"It's okay. I told you to go." There was another moment of silence between us, but I didn't sense any tension in the air.

"I wonder how Botan and Keiko are…" Shea said finally, slipping her fingers across Yuki's silky white fur. I shrugged.

"Let's hope Loki's okay too."

"Who?"

"Orange hair? Hiei's servant?"

"Oh her. Whatever, maybe they're with her." I rolled my eyes, there was really no getting to Shea, I supposed.

"Who was that guy?" Noticing she was referring to Yuudai, I sighed.

"He said his name was Yuudai. I don't know much about him, but he saved me."

"Well, if he saved you, then he's good in my book. Plus, he's kind of hot."

"Shea!" Shea blinked innocently.

"What? I'm not actually thirteen." I gave a huff of frustration.

"You're forgetting about your boyfriend!" Shea looked genuinely confused, scratching her oddly colored hair in order to express this confusion.

"Boyfriend….who in hell are you talking abou- Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! I already told you Kurama doesn't think of me like that!" I turned and stuck my tongue at her, my voice rising in an innocent tone of my own.

"Now, who in the world said I was talking about Kurama?" Shea's face must have burned about five different shades of red.

"You know what; let's stop talking about this…" I really, really wanted to go and find the other girls, but Shea and I didn't dare move from the roof, not for hours. When the sun finally set, we ventured down the stairs. A scream suddenly ripped through the air, and we ventured to the source, finding Keiko there. She was crouched over Botan's body, and quite a few fainted men and woman were strewn out and around her. Their skin was no longer blue, but a regular, normal color for skin.

"Keiko are you okay? What happened to Botan?" Keiko looked at me, before casting a greatful glance to Botan.

"Botan got knocked out trying to save me… they surrounded us… but when I opened my eyes, they were all on the floor." I guessed Yusuke must have broken the Mekai whistle. I gave Keiko a reassuring look.

"Well don't worry, everything is fine now." Shea gave a chuckle, while looking around the ruined hallway.

"Well we managed to turn this place into a battlefield."

"Relax Mutt, it isn't like any one really wants human schools anyway." I was relieved, unlike Shea, to see Loki coming down the hall.

"Loki, you're okay!" Loki gave me a shrug.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because you're an idiot?" Shea snorted, sparking a newfound rage in Loki that caused them to start arguing…again. Keiko looked concerned, but I waved it off.

"Don't worry; these fights are becoming quite normal."

So everything turned out okay. The rest of the team came home, explaining that Yusuke had used his life energy, an energy that can only be accessed after all Spirit energy is drained and the user is in dire need of it. Though Koenma warned me it should never be used. With his life energy, Yusuke managed to defeat the last Saint beast and save Keiko….then the idiot almost managed to die again, though I was also told Kuwabara saved him. Kuwabara, Yusuke and I ended up out of school for a good week too. I spent most of the time with Kouhei and Shin, and as far as I heard, Hiei and Loki were still somewhere in town.

All in all, I was just glad that that mission was over with. Then again…. I had to wonder about that Yuudai guy… who in hell was he?