Uh Oh, Yusuke's in Trouble

"Get in the car," commands a police officer as he stuffs a teenage boy into the back of his squad car.

"You didn't have to push me in like that, asshole," shouts the angry teen, "I do have rights you know!"

"Yes, you do, so I advise you to use one of them and shut up," suggests the officer as he enters the vehicle. The delinquent teen in question is Yusuke Urameshi. He's been taken in for questioning on the suspicion of the strange happenings that have been reported within Mushiyori City, occurrences that only a spirit detective would know.

As the squad car makes its way to the police station, Yusuke thinks of a way to get out of this mess, "Do I least get a phone call?"

"You're just going in for questioning, nothing more. A phone call won't be necessary," replies the officer.

"Questioning for what? I didn't do anything."

"You'll find out when we get to the station." Both the officer and Yusuke remain silent for the remainder of the ride.

The squad car arrives at the police station within ten minutes. The officer reaches the back of the vehicle and tugs on Yusuke's arm. Yusuke takes the hint and exits the car. Upon entering the station, an unknown ally observes the unfolding action, Officer Kenichi Ikeda. The officer who brought Yusuke in makes his report to the receptionist and leads the teen to an interrogation room.

"Will you stop pushing me," Yusuke asks.

"Oh, shut up," the officer demands.

Kenichi walks up to the receptionist to see what's going on. "Excuse me, who was that young man who just came in," he asks.

"That's Yusuke Urameshi. It's possible that he's responsible for the unexplained events that have been going on around here. He's being taken to IR #2," the receptionist replies.

"Is that so? Thanks for the heads up," Kenichi leaves the receptionist desk and makes his way to his own. It's time to call for help.


Outside the front door of the Minamino home, a childhood friend impatiently waits for the eldest son of the house to let her in. "Geez, how long does it take to answer a door," she asks. The door opens and the friend is greeted by a warm, friendly smile from the mother of the home, Shiori.

"Kiyoni, it's so good to see you," she says.

"Hello, Miss Shiori," Kiyoni smiles back, "Is Shuuichi home? I've come to pick up some plants he wanted to give away."

"Oh sure. He's in the backyard as we speak. Come on in."

"Thank you." Kiyoni enters the home and removes her shoes, "How do I get to the backyard?"

"Go through the living room. The garden will be straight ahead."

Kiyoni smiles in anticipation, "Cool! Thanks, mom." She makes a beeline for the garden much to Shiori's delight. When she makes it to the garden, she opens the door and shouts, "I'm here!"

"Hello, Kiyoni. Nice of you to show up," Kurama replies as he tends to a rose bush, "Give me a hand, will 'ya?" Kiyoni removes her socks, applies a pair of garden gloves, and gets to work. The first thing she does is collect the freshly cut roses Kurama sheared.

In the middle of primping each rose, her phone rings. "Hi, dad," she answers.

"Hey, Kiyoni. Shuuichi has a friend named Yusuke, right," Kenichi asks.

"Yes, that's true. May I ask why?"

"And did you say he's a spirit detective?

"Former, dad. Is there something wrong?"

"Well…he's here…at the station."

"What?! Why?"

Kurama turns his attention to Kiyoni, "What's going on?"

"Dad, hang on a second," Kiyoni mutes her phone, "Yusuke's been taken into police custody." Kurama is surprised.

Unmuting her phone, "Dad, why is Yusuke at the station?"

"Probably related to those unexplained cases, if you know what I mean," Kenichi replies.

"Say no more, dad. We're on it," Kiyoni hangs up and answers Kurama's question, "Basically…they're gonna question him about his job as a private spirit detective."

"I'd figured as much," Kurama stands up and puts his garden shears down, "You call Kuwabara, I'll contact spirit world."

"Deal," Kiyoni calls Kuwabara while Kurama cleans up.

Within a half hour, Botan and Kuwabara meet with Kiyoni and Kurama at the Ikeda apartment. Three of the friends are seated around a table enjoying tea and snacks when Kiyoni enters the room with a large, antique book in her hands. "Here it is," she sits down, "The appearance change spell."

"The appearance change spell? What the heck is that," asks Kuwabara.

"It's exactly what it is, Kuwabara. With this spell I can change myself into anything or anyone," Kiyoni answers, "I have a plan with this spell."

"And that plan is," questions Botan.

"Bust Yusuke out without detection. He's been taken in for questioning about his supernatural cases," Kiyoni answers again.

"How does this spell work, exactly," Kurama inquires while looking at Kiyoni's spell book.

"You guys wanna see," Kiyoni suggests with a raised eyebrow. The three friends reply with excitement. Kiyoni takes out her sack of gemstone marbles and swallows the ones necessary to complete her spell, "Okay, here it goes…" She stands up and says the magic words, "Et mutare tempora, et eorum me. Faciem meam non potero ad eam (As the seasons change, so shall me. Let my appearance be what I want it to be)!" Kurama, Botan, and Kuwabara watch in awe as Kiyoni's body engulfs itself inside a lemony yellow aura.

When the spell is completed, the three friends see Kiyoni as…"Hey, check it out I'm Yusuke!"

"No freaking way," Kuwabara exclaims, "You even sound like Urameshi!"

A feeling of pride washes over Kiyoni, "That's right. I'm Yusuke Urameshi! A tough guy on the outside, and a softie on the inside. And I'll be willing to kick anyone's ass if rubbed the wrong way. Except for Keiko, of course. She wins every time."

Botan, Kurama, and Kuwabara laugh out loud. "That is so Yusuke," Botan says during her laughter.

"You're lucky he isn't here to see you," Kurama says holding his stomach.

"Do another one, do another one," Kuwabara suggests.

"…'Kay," Kiyoni tries again, this time she changes her appearance from Yusuke to…"Hey, now I'm Kuwabara!"

Botan and Kurama continue laughing while Kuwabara stares at his living reflection. "Whoa…neat," he says.

"You see, Kuwabara? I can change myself into anyone I want," Kiyoni informs, "I can copy their mannerisms too." The last time the three friends witnessed that was with Yanagisawa and his copy technique.

"Well I'm glad you got some taste, Kiyoni," Kuwabara stands up to join her, "It's pretty awesome when you're the warrior of love, the defender of the defenseless."

Both Kiyoni and Kuwabara stand side-by-side and with pride announcing, "Because we're Kuwabara, and in case you guys forgot, we got a sword!"

Kurama and Botan lose it, Kiyoni joins them upon reverting back to her normal self. "Do you see what I mean now," she asks.

Kurama pauses from laughing for a moment, "I get it now. You're gonna go to the police station, in disguise, to get Yusuke out."

"That's correct, Suu'chi," Kiyoni affirms, "Who all wants to come with me?" Botan, Kurama, and Kuwabara each raise their hands. "Alright, let's go," Kiyoni proclaims.


Sometime later, the four friends arrive at the police station. Along the way, Kiyoni informs her father (via text) about her plans. He agrees and volunteers to meet her at the door. In an alley down the street from the station. The teens go over her plan. "Alright, as soon as you go inside, you're on your own," Kurama states.

"I know, Suu'chi. I got this. It is my plan after all," affirms Kiyoni already in disguise. She makes her move.

"Good luck," Botan encourages.

"You think Urameshi's gonna recognize her," Kuwabara asks.

"We shall see," Kurama answers.

Once inside, Kenichi notices his disguised daughter and leads her to Yusuke's location. Within the interrogation room, a table separates the spirit detective and the real one. The interviewing detective looks through a file, "Alright, Mr. Urameshi. We brought you in to see if you can fill in some blanks for us. For the last couple of years, we've been noticing some strange events going around town. Witnesses of those events say that you've been found at the scene. Mind telling us why?"

"Tch, I don't know what you're talking about, sir. It could've been anybody at those events," Yusuke replies with an attitude, "Don't I need a lawyer for this kind of thing?"

Suddenly, the door bursts open. Both Yusuke and the detective are surprised by what they see. "And who might you be," asks the gumshoe.

A woman enters the room, closes the door, and introduces herself, "My name is Akemi Gotoh. I'm an attorney for Mr. Urameshi."

"Who the hell is this woman," Yusuke asks himself. Upon a closer look, he notices the woman's familiar necklace, "Kiyoni?!" Her disguise is that of a woman in her early to mid-thirties, with blonde, mid-back length hair, blue eyes, standing around 5'7', and weighing about 135 pounds with a curvy build. Her outfit is a charcoal black, white pin striped business suit with matching black (red bottom) pumps and black suitcase. Yusuke's impressed with this new look. Kiyoni sits next to her "client", giving him a look that says, "What the hell have you done now?"

"Uh, well, Ms. Gotoh, your client is only here for questioning. We want to know, what he does, about some of our unsolved cases," informs the detective.

Kiyoni takes control, "Mm-hmm. And has my client been charged with anything?"

"Uh. No ma'am…he hasn't been charged with anything."

"So if my client hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing, why is he here? Better yet, why are we here?" Kiyoni crosses her left leg over her right.

"Ma'am I just said why he's here…"

Kiyoni looks at Yusuke, "Were you at any of these so-called events that this detective is talking about?"

"No! I don't know what the hell he's talking about," Yusuke exclaims, "I'm just as clueless as you!"

Kiyoni looks back at the real detective, "Well, it looks like my client is completely innocent. You have the wrong man. We'll be leaving now. Let's go, Yusuke." Both Kiyoni and Yusuke get up to leave.

The (now confused) detective attempts to stop them, "Now, wait a minute. I'm afraid we're not finished with this interview!"

Kiyoni looks at the detective furiously as Yusuke exits the room, "I believe we are, sir. You handcuffed my client on this silly ass assumption that he's behind cases that you can't explain! And on top of that, he's told you many times that he's innocent! How dare you put such a responsible young man in the hot seat like that?"

"Now you wait just a moment, miss. If you're going to act that hastily, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave!"

Kiyoni inches herself closer to the detective, making him slump back down in his chair. She leans forward on the table just enough for the detective to catch a glimpse of her ample breasts, "And I'd like for you to take everything you said and did to my client and shove it up your fat ass, but I guess you're not that flexible, aren't you? My client, Mr. Yusuke Urameshi, is innocent. Bother him again and, so help me, I will file a lawsuit so quick it'll be considered an Olympic sport. Now…have a good day." She stands up and takes her leave.

The detective tries to catch her again, "But, miss…"

"I said good day, sir!" Kiyoni exclaims, stomping the ground with her right foot and giving the detective another ferocious look. The detective freezes in shock, Kiyoni walks away with a final, "Hmpf." Both she and Yusuke exit the station, silent but content.

Kiyoni returns to the alley, Yusuke in tow, with a warm greeting from Botan, Kuwabara, and Kurama. "I see the plan worked like a charm," Kurama concludes.

"Man, Kiyoni. Your magic tricks are awesome. Almost had me fooled." says an appreciative Yusuke.

"Thank you and you're welcome," Kiyoni states as she returns to her normal appearance.

"So how did everything go," Kuwabara asks.

"Kiyoni managed to stop the interview before it really began, to be honest," Yusuke continues, "Her timing could not have been better." Kiyoni starts to blush.

"Well, I guess we'd better be careful next time," Botan states, "I'll see if I can get some people to handle the cleanup for cases here. It's a shame there isn't a team for that in spirit world."

"Yeah, and also see if I can be on some type of payroll for your random dirty work," Yusuke implies, "Handling supernatural cases from spirit world doesn't exactly pay the bills around here."

"Here you go again with the 'you-don't-pay-me-enough' routine," Kiyoni implies. The friends laugh as they leave the alley.


This one is another take on #56 of the writing prompt: The gang must talk their way out of trouble with the local police, which can be found on YYHfanfiction on Tumblr. Be sure to check it out!

Special thanks to all who made comments on my previous two chapters. I did have a lot of fun writing them and yes, I had fun with this one as well.