Dream: *is all perky and hyper* YAY! R GAVE ME THE BEST XMAS PRESENT EVER!!!!!!
Freckles: I'm afraid to ask what it is…
Dream: ^_^ CANDY!!!!!!!!! I GOT A WHOLE BOX OF WHOPPERS!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Freckles: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVIL R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dream: *grabs Freckles and starts dancing* CANDY IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL!!!!!!!!!
Freckles: BUT NOT GOOD FOR THE RABBIT!!!!!!!!!!!
Muppet: well they're having fun…
Chuchu: I want stowy!
Dream: OK!!! STORY IT IS!!!!!!!!
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The next day went by extremely slow for Autumn. She was bored out of her mind and it didn't help that she had two tests. She was doodling on all her papers. Finally 9th period came and soon it was after school.
"You have to focus." Kurama was saying to Autumn. They were in the park.
"How can I focus with you there without your shirt???" Autumn was just staring at him. It wasn't that cold and he had worked up a sweat so he had just thrown his shirt aside.
Kurama blushed slightly. "Autumn…please just try to focus." He smirked, "I'll put my shirt back on if you don't."
Autumn immediately stopped staring and started to concentrate on what he was saying. He first taught her punches, kicks, and dodging skills. After she had gotten pretty good at that they took a break. They were sitting under a tree looking up at the sky. It wasn't even five and it was already getting dark. Kurama had put his shirt back on, much to Autumn's dismay.
"Kurama?"
"Hmm?"
"Thanks." Autumn rested her head on his shoulder.
He smiled and wrapped his arm around her. "No problem."
"There you are, Kurama! We've been looking everywhere for you!" Yusuke said stepping out of the forest followed by Kuwabara, Hiei, Botan, and Koenma.
"You two really do make a cute couple." Botan smiled at them.
Kurama smiled and pulled Autumn closer. Autumn blushed slightly. Koenma cleared his throat, "Yes, well. We wanted to discuss the trip with you. I guess it's a good thing you're here Autumn."
"So the Mist Mountain Kitsune were killed in a fire, right?" Yusuke asked Koenma.
"Yes, that's what we believe."
"Seems pretty stupid to me. How could so many fox demons have died in a fire? Why didn't they run away?" Kuwabara said.
"We don't know. The only ones who know are Phantom Harmony and (A.N: Name, name, must think of a name…) Ninikinaki (Ninny-kin-a-key). Neither of them will tell exactly what happened." Botan said.
"So how'd they survive? Were they the only smart o…?"
Autumn cut Kuwabara off, "Shut up."
"What?" Kuwabara blinked.
"I'm sick of hearing your voice. Shut up!" Autumn's voice was cold.
"Gee…you're in a bad mood today, Autumn." Yusuke said.
"What do we need to discuss about the trip?" Kurama changed the subject quickly.
"Well, we have to discuss who is going." Koenma said.
"I want to know more about Phantom, if we're going to be looking for her than we should at least know who she is and stuff." Yusuke pointed out.
"Well, what do you want to know about her?" Koenma asked.
"Well, how old is she? What does she look like? How old was she when the fire happened? Why is she so famous? What was her family like? What's so special about her that we have to look for her anyway?" Yusuke was counting the questions on his fingers.
"I believe she's 700 years old…" Koenma paused and looked at Autumn out of the corner of her eyes.
Autumn stiffened, He's providing wrong information on purpose. He's trying to get me to reveal my true identity… 'play along. It'll be fun.' "She would be 818 years old right now."
"How do you know?" Yusuke asked Autumn.
Autumn smiled
innocently, "I have my sources."
"Oh, really?"
Yusuke arched an eyebrow.
Koenma blinked at Autumn, She fell for my trap? But…
Autumn smiled again, she knew a way to tease them without openly admitting her secret. "To answer you're other questions: Phantom was about Kurama's height. She had dark brown hair and stormy blue eyes. She had two black fox ears and a black fox tail that always had a light blue ribbon tied to it. I've heard that the ribbon belonged to her sister, Melody. In her full fox form Phantom would have eight tails.
"When the fire happened Phantom was just about 100 years old, still young by kitsune standards. In the fire her mother and sister died. Her sister was her non-identical twin. Melody was older by a few minutes. Phantom's brother, Dariken, decided to call her 'baby sister' because of that. She was famous because of the fact that she had…been persuaded that it was in her best interest to become a spirit detective. She earned a reputation as 'The Black Angel' because her preferred weapon was a feather and because she hardly ever killed her opponents. I would assume that you need to find her because Koenma said so."
Everyone blinked at her. She smiled, "I bribed Dariken with some candy."
The others nodded as if they understood. Autumn laughed in her mind, 'their expressions are priceless!' was that too much information? 'I'd say that was perfect. Not too much, not too little.' o.O I'm answering my own questions…this isn't good…
Botan shook out of her shock and smiled, "Well! It seems that at least one of you did your research."
Just as Autumn had hoped, Yusuke and Kuwabara had gotten completely lost during Autumn's description. Hiei and Kurama both seemed to be deep in thought over what she had told them.
Koenma was confused, Phantom would never have fallen for my trap…maybe I was wrong about Autumn…
"So, who's going to be going on the trip?" Kurama asked to break the silence.
"You, Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwabara of course. Thorn and Dariken should go to. I suppose Arielle and Autumn might be able to go…" Botan began.
"Might? I'm going! Whether you people like it or not!" Autumn said.
"Botan will also be joining you. Jin and Touya said that they would help, if Yusuke felt it was necessary and…well I guess that Margaret girl might be able to help." Koenma said.
Hiei's eyes grew wide, "Not her!"
"If Jin goes then Margaret will cling to him. Especially with Arielle guarding Hiei." Autumn said.
"Alright, then Jin and Touya will meet you at the mountains. Autumn, you can get in touch with Margaret and tell her what's happening. Once you guys get to the mountains you will be splitting into two groups. One group will investigate the mountain that Phantom was born on. The other will investigate the nearby village." Koenma continued.
"Who's going to be in each group?" Yusuke asked.
"Dariken will be the one leading the group in the Mist Mountains. Yusuke will be in that group. Hiei, I assume you will want to be in the same group as Kurama and away from Margaret and Kuwabara?" Hiei nodded. Koenma continued. "Then you and Kurama will go with Dariken. Autumn and Arielle will go with you. Everyone else will be in the other group."
"Sounds good to me." Autumn said.
Koenma was again surprised, Phantom would've protested having to go back to her home…
"See you guys tomorrow!" Autumn got up and started walking away. Kurama followed. Hiei glanced around at who he was left with before quickly turning to catch up with them.
"Why'd you say so much about Phantom?" Kurama asked once they were out of range of the others.
"She told me to. Koenma gave wrong info about her on purpose as a test for me. He knew that I would figure out the test and keep quiet. By saying all that I confused him. He isn't sure that I'm Phantom anymore."
"Clever." Hiei commented.
Autumn smiled, "You think it's clever? I thought I was going crazy!"
Kurama again thought about what Autumn had told the group. "What did you mean about Phantom being persuaded to be a spirit detective?"
"She didn't know what she was saying yes to. She was young at the time and looking for Dariken. Koenma promised that he would help her find her brother if she agreed to run some simple 'errands' for him. Over the years the errands became spirit detective missions. She tried to get out of them but Koenma wouldn't let her."
"Ah." Kurama said.
"So she finally just ran away?" Hiei said.
"Yep." Autumn hummed a tune that was stuck in her head. Kurama recognized it.
"Are you humming Kurayami ni akai bara?"
"Yes. I love that song! You sing very well."
Kurama blushed slightly, "You really like my singing?"
Autumn nodded, "Can you sing it, please?"
Kurama blinked, "I don't know…"
Autumn gave him her best puppy dog face. Her eyes were wide and pleading, her lip quivered a little.
"No, not the face!" Kurama sighed, "Alright…"
As they walked Kurama sang. Eventually Autumn started singing with him. (A.N: I memorized the song, yay! ^_^) After that song was sung, Kurama and Hiei started singing Wild Wind.
"Thanks for the show, you two!" Autumn waved as she went inside her house.
Kurama and Hiei walked away thinking.
"Are you sure she's Phantom Harmony?" Hiei asked.
"Yes. Yes I am." Kurama smiled.
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Dream: Hi people! I just thought you people might like more info about Phantom, so yeah!
Freckles: wow, you put up two chapters in one day!
Muppet: and she's going to start 7 too!
Dream: I'm on a roll! ^_^ oh and I guess I should've put this in the beginning but this is a key of what stuff means:
"What characters are saying"
'What characters say telepathically'
What characters are thinking
'What Youko and Phantom say to Shuichi and Autumn'
yeah that's about it.
Freckles: by the way, for all your anime lyrics needs visit Animelyrics.com!
Dream: *waves* bye people!