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The Treasure Hunt Begins: Saiyans and Youkais Don't Mix
*OCTOBER 30TH : ONE DAY TIL HALLOWEEN*
"Watch them trick-or-treat?"
It was the next day, and Kuwabara had went over to Kurama's house to ask about the "favor".
"Yeah, that Gohan kid needs someone to watch 'em." Kuwabara gulped, hoping that Kurama would accept. "Me and Urameshi would do it, but we've got plans..."
Kurama smirked. "Really? Yusuke told me a few days ago you two were gonna scare little kids all over town on Halloween."
Kuwabara got a little pissed. "Yeah, well now we've got REAL plans!!" Kurama then got the idea. "Oh, is it a case from Koenma?" Kuwabara paused for a second. "N...uh...y-yes, it is." Kurama smiled. "In that case, I'll do it."
"R-really?! Great, thanks!" Kuwabara looked up to the sky and mouthed out "thank you". Kurama decided not to comment on that. "Oh yeah, but you'll be doing it with Hiei as well." (A/N: Not like that, you hentais! -_-)
This surprised Kurama. "Hiei?! You don't really think he's the kind to watch little kids, do you?"
"Not really. I think Urameshi just wants to torture him a little." Kurama chuckled at Kuwa's statement. "That's Yusuke alright. Where is he, anyway?"
Kuwabara pointed up. "Up in Reikai, lookin' for Hiei. He went to ask him about the favor this morning."
"How do you suppose Yusuke will manage to make Hiei say yes?"
"I dunno. All he told me was that he'd give him an offer he couldn't refuse." Kuwabara shrugged. Kurama shuddered, having an idea of what Yusuke may have ment.
"YOU WOULDN'T!!!!!"
"Oh, I would Hiei, I would!!"
In Reikai, somewhere around Koenma's place, Yusuke had Hiei backed against a wall. Yusuke was grinning evily. Hiei smiled nervously. "Are you telling me that if I don't help Kurama look after these baka kids, then...you'll tell everyone about our...secret?"
"You'd better believe it. And I'll be sure to tell your cute, little sister first..."
"NO!! Not Yukina!! She can never know that I have a relationship with...with that fox!!!"
Hiei looked around, trying to find a solution, or at least an alternate escape route. He looked over at Koenma at his desk. Koenma shrugged, and went back to stamping papers. Hiei grunted. "Fine...I'll do your little chore...but afterwards, I'm gonna have some fun with you!"
Hiei grabbed Yusuke by the collar as he said this. Yusuke gave Hiei a silly grin. "Perfect! We'll take you guys over there tomorrow evening!"
"Hn..." Hiei let go of Yusuke. Then the little fire-demon moved quickly out of the area, probably off to somewhere in the Makai. Yusuke sighed with relief. *Well, that worked out nicely...*
Later that day, at Kuwabara's house, Yusuke was coming over to tell him of his success that morning. Yusuke rang the doorbell and Shizuru (A/N: Is that how you spell her name? I forget) answered it. "Is "idiot" at home?"
"Yep, "idiot" is upstairs in his room."
"I HEARD THAT!"
"Just come on in." Shizuru moved to the side and Yusuke entered. He quickly ran upstairs to Kuwa's room, where he found the boy playing video games...again.
"Training yourself for our next battle, I see." Kuwabara smirked without looking up from his game. "I'll win again next time, too." Kuwabara then turned the game off and turned to face Yusuke. "So...how'd it go?"
"I was just gonna ask you the same thing."
"You first." Yusuke shrugged. "Well...what can I say? It was real easy. He accepted alright." Kuwa looked surprised. "He said YES?! How?!" Yusuke smiled slyly. "It's like I said. I gave him an offer he couldn't refuse."
"Which was?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke stuttered, "W-well...I can't tell you. If he had so no...I would be telling everyone right now." Kuwabara finally understood what he ment. "Oooooohhhhhh. Blackmailing."
"Yep. Works every time. And I'm assuming Kurama accepted willingly?" Kuwabara stiffened a bit. "Yes...but...I somehow got him thinking we couldn't watch 'em cause we had a case..." Yusuke fell over. "WHAT?!"
Kuwabara nodded nervously. "Aw, that's just dandy! Knowing Kurama, he'll probably end up telling someone like Keiko and then she'll be watching us all night!" Kuwabara shuddered. "Y-yeah, and they'll kill me if they find out I lied..."
Just then, the phone rang. Yusuke looked over at it. "Shouldn't you get that?"
"Nah. My sis'll get it"
After a minute or so, Shizuru called from upstairs. "YUSUKE! PICK IT UP, IT'S FOR YOU!"
"Huh?" Yusuke was confused. He hesitated, then picked up the phone. *It can't be Gohan, he doesn't know "idiot's" number here. But who would know I'm here anyway? Unless...* Yusuke spoke into the phone, "H-hello?..."
"GOOD AFTERNOON, SPIRIT DETECTIVE!"
"YAAH!!" Yusuke nearly fell over with Koenma screaming in his ear. He yelled back at Koenma, "Don't scare me like that, you toddler!! Do you want a death wish?!"
Koenma's voice became annoyed. "How many times must I tell you Yusuke, I'm FAR older than you are. But anyways, I have a little job for you and Kuwabara."
"What? A case?..." Yusuke was starting to feel a little relieved, thinking that now they had a real excuse for not chaperoning the boys. "No...not exactly, just a little scouting job, nothing serious...yet."
Yusuke's hopes sank. *A scouting job would definently not last 2 days...* "Wait, whaddaya mean by, "yet"?"
"Hold the phone out so both you and Kuwabara can hear this." Yusuke nodded and held the phone out. "Hey video boy, c'mere and listen. We got a little job to do for Koenma."
"Alright." Kuwabara walked over and leaned in front of the phone. Koenma could be heard clearing his throat, then he began. "Well, I've been having concerns about the Makai lately. The many demons and monsters who live there have been acting very strangely for the past week. I sent Botan over to the area of the Makai we control to see what's up, and she gave me and odd report."
*FLASHBACK*
Koenma is sitting at his desk, and Botan is just coming up to him.
"Ah, good, you're back. So, what did you find out?"
"Not a whole lot, sir. It's strange, they're all just talking about things like, "rebellion", and "the day of reckoning will soon be at hand". I don't know about you Koenma, but I say they're all drunk or at least on some type of drug. I mean, rebellion? Please..."
The whole time Botan spoke, Koenma just squirmed around nervously in his chair. "Um...y-yes, very good Botan. A-a fine report..."
*END FLASHBACK*
"Not to bring the mood down or anything, but something tells me something bad is going to happen soon. Something VERY bad. The demons of Makai have NEVER talked about rebellions and days of reckoning before."
As soon as Koenma began explaining the problem, Yusuke started to look serious. "That does sound kinda bad. But, are you sure something's really gonna happen? I mean, it does sound a little out-of-the-ordinary..."
"Yusuke, I always go with my gut feeling on these things, and it tells me something will happen. Bad or good, I don't like it. So I want you two to check it out, how the Makai is."
Kuwabara decided to speak. "Right now?"
"No, I'm swamped with work for the rest of the day, no time. Let's say...sometime, early tommorow evening?" Yusuke and Kuwabara's faces lit up.
"R-really?! We can do it at that exact time?!" Koenma began to sound confused. "Yes...unless you'd like to do it at a later time..." Yusuke cut in at that. "No no, that's just GREAT, Koenma! Buh bye!" And with that, Yusuke hung up. The two teens turned to face each other.
"Alright!! Now we really DO have an excuse!" Yusuke looked very pleased with himself. "Maybe Hiei won't kill me now!" The two started dancing around for joy, then they suddenly realized how stupid they were acting. They immediately sat down.
"Um...yeah, it's quite fortunate."
"Yeah...*cough cough*...a lucky break for us."
*THE NEXT EVENING: HALLOWEEN NIGHT. TIME: 6:00 P.M.*
Somewhere out in the forest, Gohan was standing around, waiting for someone. He was dressed up in a vampire costume; with fangs and all. "I vant to suck your blood...blah!" Gohan tried to perfect his vampire accent, without much luck. There was suddenly a rustling in the bushes nearby. "Hmm?" Gohan heard some leaves being slashed at. A tiny little boy dressed as a pirate and holding a fake sword jumped out from the brush.
"Well, shiver me timbers. I've found me a vampire. Too bad I don't have me cutlass at hand..."
Gohan chuckled. "Well well, if it isn't Captain Trunks, the strongest pirate on the high seas!" Trunks smirked. "That's Captain TORANKUSU to you, scally-wag!" Just then, another little pirate appeared from the brush. "Arr, we've found oniichan, captain!"
"Hey Goten. So, it's pirates for you guys?" The boys grinned. Then they looked around behind Gohan. "So where are these friends of yours that hafta watch us?"
Gohan looked around as well. "I'm not sure, really. They should be here anytime now..."
Suddenly, a rustling of leaves was heard behind the group. Gohan turned around, not knowing what to expect. In a quick flash, two figures appeared before him. One had long red hair and was dressed in an entirely red suit. The other was short and looked kinda like Vegeta. "Uh...Vegeta-san?..."
Hiei grunted. "I am not a "Vegeta-san." I am Hiei." Gohan laughed nervously. "Of course you are! Sorry, you just look a lot like a friend of mine." Hiei forked an eyebrow at Gohan. "Is that so..."
Gohan just stared dumbfounded at Hiei. Kurama smiled politely. "Don't mind Hiei. He's always grumpy at this time of the day."
"Oh, so then you're Kurama?" Kurama twirled around a rose he was holding. "People tell me that."
Goten suddenly spoke up. "Why do you look like a girl?" Kurama's face reddened. "Like a girl?!" Gohan clamped Goten's mouth shut. "These two just have a problem with manners, Kurama. Don't mind it." Kurama put a hand to his forehead. "I've noticed. So...I guess we can take over from here."
Gohan clasped his hands together. "Perfect! I've got to get going anyway, or I'll be late!" Gohan floated into the air and prepared to take off. Hiei stared at Gohan. "You have the ability to FLY?..." Gohan stated matter-of- factly, "Well, yeah. Everyone around our strength level can fly." Hiei looked annoyed. "Really now..."
"That is an interesting ability, Gohan. Oh, but just one more question before you leave. Why are you dressed like a vampire?" Gohan smiled and replied, "You like it? I made it myself. Goin' to a costume party tonight. Catch you later!" And then Gohan took off towards Videl's house. Hiei and Kurama looked around awkwardly for a moment. Then Trunks and Goten broke the silence with a, "Let's go!!"
"To where? There are not houses around here," Kurama had just noticed. "Why did Gohan want us to meet here?"
"Oh!" Trunks and Goten lowered their faces and walked over to Kurama. Goten whispered in his ear, "It's a secret." Goten looked around, in case anyone was listening. "We're not supposed to be going out tonight, but Gohan's bending the rules for us..."
"Wha? You're doing this without permission from your parents? Oh my..." Kurama did not seem to approve of this action. But Hiei smirked. "Breaking the rules, eh? You've got guts, kids." He began to walk forward. "Well c'mon kids, Kurama. Let's get this night over with."
Trunks shook his hands at Hiei. "Oh no, we're not gonna start with walking! That'll take too long. It'd be better if we flew..."
Hiei scowled. "Are you death, brat? It's obvious from what I said before that me and the fox cannot fly."
"No problem. We'll carry you." Goten had already grabbed Kurama and lifted him into the air. "Goodness, I've never FLEW before..."
Hiei folded his arms across his chest. "If you think I'm going to be carried by a child, you've got another thi~ HEY!" Trunks had went ahead and grabbed Hiei. "C'mon dude, they've already gone ahead, you wanna be left behind?" Not waiting for a response, Trunks powered up and flew quickly after Goten and Kurama.
"HEEEEEEYYYY, SLOOOOWW DOOWWWN!!!" Hiei was definitely not enjoying the ride. Kurama was having a good time though. "WHHEEEEE!! I FEEL SO LIGHT!" (A/N: Kurama's so silly! ^_^)
"Yo, Goten! Hold up, you just passed a neighborhood!" Trunks had stopped, much to the relief of Hiei. "Okay!" Goten spun around and landed on the ground next to Trunks. Hiei jumped out of Trunks' grip and landed, breathing hard. Realizing how pathetic he was acting, Hiei tried to hold in a blush and he stood up straight. "R-remind me to kill you next time you do that to me..."
Trunks scratched his head sheepishly. "Um, y-yeah, sure. Alright, you got the bags, Goten?"
"Uh huh! Right here!" Goten pulled out two capsules from his pocket. He threw them to the ground, and two huge empty pillow cases emerged. One of them spilled out on top of Kurama. "Gah! Good grief! How much candy do you two intend to get tonight?!"
Trunks and Goten picked up their "bags" and slung them over their shoulders. Trunks gave the two youkais a silly grin. "A treasure trove of candy!"
Goten laughed. "Yeah, we're goin' on a treasure hunt!"
"A TREASURE HUNT FOR CANDY!!!" the two saiyans exclaimed at once. Kurama and Hiei held their ears as they yelled out. Trunks gestured to himself. "I'm captain of this ship, Captain Torankusu!" He then pointed at Goten. "He's me first mate!"
Finally, he pointed at Hiei and Kurama. "And you're me crew! Now men, let's go collect our booty!" Kurama and Hiei began to sweat, but Kurama played along with them. "Aye aye, captain!" he grinned, laughing slightly. Hiei just raised an eyebrow at Kurama. Kurama blushed, then they continued staring at the two saiyans, who had started walking forward on the street.
"...What are we getting ourselves into, Hiei?" Hiei looked just as worried as Kurama. "I'm gonna kill Yusuke for this...if I'm still alive at the end of this night." The two youkais gulped, then they started after Goten and Trunks. Hiei suddenly stopped. He turned around, halfway drawing his katana. A small, slithering white thing stuck out from some bushes. Hiei sighed and stopped drawing his katana.
"Hn...probably just a snake..." he muttered to himself. Then he turned and followed Kurama. As they left, something popped up from the bushes at the other end of the white thing. It was a ghost of some kind. The ghost looked at the foursome walking off, and it laughed an eerie laugh to itself. Then it flew off into the night.
Above Satan City, Vampire Gohan flew towards Videl's home for the party. He thought on the boy's situation.
*Gosh, how am I gonna convince mom and Bulma that Goten and Trunks are at the party? Maybe Videl can help me.....nah, she'd just tattle.* Gohan landed in front of Videl's house, at the front door. He rang the doorbell.
"Hold on, I'm coming!" Gohan smiled. *Ah, that's Videl. I wanna see what her costume is.* The door opened, and Gohan found Videl standing before him...dressed as a female vampire.
The two just stared at each other for a moment. "Hey! You stole my idea!" they both said at once.
"Well I had the idea for MINE first!" Gohan said proudly. Videl smirked. "I planned to wear this since last MONTH!" Gohan was defeated by this. Videl sighed and pulled him into the house.
"Well hey, it's no big deal. Besides, Dracula should have a MISSUS Dracula, don't you think?" Gohan thought on that for a moment, then he grinned. "It seems only fitting!" Gohan then noticed a lot of the others in the house. He saw his mom, dressed as a mummy. (A/N: Get it? Mommy...mummy...it's funny! ^_^) Goku was dressed as Sonic the Hedgehog. This meaning that he died his hair blue and was in SSJ3 mode, along with all blue clothes. Gohan kind of half-way smiled as his father. *He really should've come as something else. He's had to change out of it and take a Senzu Bean every 20 minutes when he practiced.*
Gohan looked over at some of the others. *Well at least Dende can help him there.* The little guardian was dressed like a wizard, complete with pointy wizard hat. Piccolo, who refused to wear any kind of costume, insisted that he was a human with skin cancer. Krillin was a disco dancer from the 70s. Of course, he was wearing a HUGE afro wig. Baba was simply a witch, no costume required. Miari Trunks was Link from The Legend of Zelda. (No duh! :p) Oolong was dressed as a werewolf; but his costume was absolutely horrible. Mr. Popo appeared to be some kind of phantom, but no one was quite sure. Tien was dressed like a disgusting mutant thingy, and Choutzu was a clown. Again, no surprise there. Android 18, also refusing to wear a costume, insisted she was a robot. But, she said a FULL robot, so she talked with a robotic voice just to humor the others. Marron wasn't wearing a costume either, because she didn't really like Halloween. She just came to see the others. Roshi was dressed as a pimp, and was unfortunately acting in character a little too much. Turtle had simply placed some fake spikes on his shell, saying he was an armored turtle. (A/N: Turtle was never too bright ~_O) Yamcha didn't want to buy a whole new costume, so he just wore his baseball uniform and said he was a major league baseball star. Puar was dressed like a fairy. (A/N: Augh!! The horror!!! O_O) Finally, Hercule was...himself. He said that his likeness was so great, that coming as himself was the best costume idea anyone could make. Bulma's family had not yet arrived.
Gohan laughed. "Looks like some of us didn't try that hard this year." Just then, Chi-Chi spotted Gohan and went over him. "Oh, there you are Gohan! Aah, you make a very handsome vampire, you know that?" Gohan blushed. "Mom..."
Chi-Chi looked around behind Gohan. "Where's Goten? He's not with you?" Gohan's eyes widened. "Goten? Um...uh...he's here! Trunks too! They just both ran off to play around in the house." Chi-Chi frowned. "Well, go get him! I want to see how cute he is in his pirate outfit!" Gohan's eyes widened more, and he started to sweat. "Well...uh..."
Videl looked at Gohan with concern. "Are you okay?" Gohan nearly spazzed out when she touched his shoulder. "Yes, I'm fine!!!" A surprised Videl leaned back away from Gohan. Gohan shook his head and calmed himself down. "Why not let them play around a bit? I mean, they've never actually been to this house before. I'm sure they want to see how big it is, and check out the rooms."
Gohan silently prayed to the Kais that that would work. Chi-Chi just said nothing at first, then she sighed. "Oh, alright then. I'll find him later...now, c'mon! Try some of the food, it's great!"
Chi-Chi headed towards the snack bar. Gohan breathed a sigh of relief and he started to walk forward, but Videl got in his path. She was frowning a little. "Alright, what's up, Gohan?"
"What's up? Nothing! Everything's fine!" Videl smirked at Gohan's attempt to avert the subject. "Then why deny it so openly?" Gohan gently pushed Videl aside. "Honest, nothing's wrong! Now if you'll excuse me...I've got a craving for some cookies." Gohan then passed Videl and headed for the snacks where his mom was.
*I'll find out what's bugging you, Son Gohan. You know you can't keep any secret from ME.* Videl thought to herself. Gohan looked worried. *This is gonna be harder than I thought...*
*TIME: 6:30*
"DING-DONG"
"Honey, get the door! More trick-or-treaters!"
The door to the house was opened, and standing before the woman was Goten and Trunks; Kurama and Hiei were standing out in the yard a good distance from the porch.
"TRICK OR TREAT!" Goten stuck his foot up in the air. "Smell my feet!" Then Trunks held his pillow case open and said, "Give me something good to eat!"
The woman smiled at the two kids. "Aww, aren't you the most adorable little pirates I've ever seen!"
Trunks grinned as Goten went to ask him something. "I thought it was "give US something good to eat"." Trunks shook his finger. "No no, it's give ME something good to eat."
The woman smiled more. "And humorous as well! Well then, let me just get you two some treats then." She reached behind her and brought out a basket of candy.
"One for me..." Trunks said, taking one piece of candy.
"One for you..."
"One for ME..." Goten said, also taking a piece.
"One for you too..."
"TWO for me..." This time, Trunks took two more pieces.
"Two for you..."
"Two for me..." Goten also took two pieces.
"Two for...hey...wait a second!" Goten and Trunks grinned. The woman couldn't help but smile at their cute faces. "Well usually trick-or- treaters are allowed to have TWO pieces each, but I'll let it slide this once."
"Thank you!!" the two saiyans exclaimed at once. Then they jumped down from the porch and went over to Hiei and Kurama, both placing their candy in their now half-full sacks of candy.
"You two seem to be getting to hang of this," Kurama said. Trunks laughed as he crunched on a Snicker's bar. "No doubt to that! This is real easy." Kurama became concerned when he saw Trunks eating. "Um...Trunks is it? Aren't you supposed to eat the candy AFTER you finish trick-or-treating?"
At this statement, Goten and Trunks stopped in their tracks. They turned to face Kurama. Both began laughing hysterically. Hiei smirked. "Looks like you're just a big joke, Kurama."
"But...um..." Kurama began to regret his statement. Goten dried his eyes and spoke. "What's the fun in waiting? When we get food, we eat it!" The boys then began eating more of the candy from their bags.
"Yeah, besides, we're saiyans. We have to eat a lot, or we won't be big and strong!" Trunks added on as he sucked on a lollipop. Hiei's ears perked up at the word "saiyan". "Saiyan? You're not human?"
"No. Why, is that weird?"
"Of course not...we can understand that, we aren't human either. I've just never heard of a demon called a "sayian" before..."
"We are not demons!" Goten was annoyed by Hiei's statement. "We're ALIENS, of course. Well, just halfway." Hiei scratched his side. "Hm, hybrids. How strange..."
The group continued to walk on. They had a little ways to go, since they were entering an area with no houses. The boys continued to wolf down candy. After a few minutes of this, Trunks turned to face the two youkais.
"So...um...do you two have names?" That annoyed Hiei. "Yeeesss...weren't you listening earlier?" Trunks grinned. "Nope."
Hiei grunted. "I'm HIEI. He's KURAMA. Can you remember that?" Trunks nodded. "Yes. Also, I wanted to know, how long will we be staying out here? Is there a time limit?"
Hiei began to speak, but Kurama stopped him. "There certainly is. Until 9:00. When that time comes, we will take you home. Alright?"
Goten and Trunks sighed, not seeming to like that time. "Okay..."
Kurama then leaned to the side and whispered to Hiei through clenched teeth, "I KNOW what you were gonna say, so don't even think about it! I happen to like these little guys, and you will tolerate them! Got it?!"
Hiei said nothing, although he was aware of how dangerous Kurama could be when angered. "Hn..." Kurama took this as an "okay". "That's more like it! Very good!"
As the group trudged on, all were unaware of what lay behind them. A few more ghosts like the one from before were floating around, and a fierce looking wolf walked into the street. In the bushes, many glowing eyes lay hidden, looking at everyone and everything that passed.
A/N: Oooo! Something spooky is brewing in this plot! ^_^ Along with that note, this story will get more serious in later chapters. And quite creepy as well...it is a Halloween story, you know. The beginning just has to be more humorous because...well, it's the beginning. Now, to find out more about this eerie plot, just perform one simple step. CLICK! ^_^
The Treasure Hunt Begins: Saiyans and Youkais Don't Mix
*OCTOBER 30TH : ONE DAY TIL HALLOWEEN*
"Watch them trick-or-treat?"
It was the next day, and Kuwabara had went over to Kurama's house to ask about the "favor".
"Yeah, that Gohan kid needs someone to watch 'em." Kuwabara gulped, hoping that Kurama would accept. "Me and Urameshi would do it, but we've got plans..."
Kurama smirked. "Really? Yusuke told me a few days ago you two were gonna scare little kids all over town on Halloween."
Kuwabara got a little pissed. "Yeah, well now we've got REAL plans!!" Kurama then got the idea. "Oh, is it a case from Koenma?" Kuwabara paused for a second. "N...uh...y-yes, it is." Kurama smiled. "In that case, I'll do it."
"R-really?! Great, thanks!" Kuwabara looked up to the sky and mouthed out "thank you". Kurama decided not to comment on that. "Oh yeah, but you'll be doing it with Hiei as well." (A/N: Not like that, you hentais! -_-)
This surprised Kurama. "Hiei?! You don't really think he's the kind to watch little kids, do you?"
"Not really. I think Urameshi just wants to torture him a little." Kurama chuckled at Kuwa's statement. "That's Yusuke alright. Where is he, anyway?"
Kuwabara pointed up. "Up in Reikai, lookin' for Hiei. He went to ask him about the favor this morning."
"How do you suppose Yusuke will manage to make Hiei say yes?"
"I dunno. All he told me was that he'd give him an offer he couldn't refuse." Kuwabara shrugged. Kurama shuddered, having an idea of what Yusuke may have ment.
"YOU WOULDN'T!!!!!"
"Oh, I would Hiei, I would!!"
In Reikai, somewhere around Koenma's place, Yusuke had Hiei backed against a wall. Yusuke was grinning evily. Hiei smiled nervously. "Are you telling me that if I don't help Kurama look after these baka kids, then...you'll tell everyone about our...secret?"
"You'd better believe it. And I'll be sure to tell your cute, little sister first..."
"NO!! Not Yukina!! She can never know that I have a relationship with...with that fox!!!"
Hiei looked around, trying to find a solution, or at least an alternate escape route. He looked over at Koenma at his desk. Koenma shrugged, and went back to stamping papers. Hiei grunted. "Fine...I'll do your little chore...but afterwards, I'm gonna have some fun with you!"
Hiei grabbed Yusuke by the collar as he said this. Yusuke gave Hiei a silly grin. "Perfect! We'll take you guys over there tomorrow evening!"
"Hn..." Hiei let go of Yusuke. Then the little fire-demon moved quickly out of the area, probably off to somewhere in the Makai. Yusuke sighed with relief. *Well, that worked out nicely...*
Later that day, at Kuwabara's house, Yusuke was coming over to tell him of his success that morning. Yusuke rang the doorbell and Shizuru (A/N: Is that how you spell her name? I forget) answered it. "Is "idiot" at home?"
"Yep, "idiot" is upstairs in his room."
"I HEARD THAT!"
"Just come on in." Shizuru moved to the side and Yusuke entered. He quickly ran upstairs to Kuwa's room, where he found the boy playing video games...again.
"Training yourself for our next battle, I see." Kuwabara smirked without looking up from his game. "I'll win again next time, too." Kuwabara then turned the game off and turned to face Yusuke. "So...how'd it go?"
"I was just gonna ask you the same thing."
"You first." Yusuke shrugged. "Well...what can I say? It was real easy. He accepted alright." Kuwa looked surprised. "He said YES?! How?!" Yusuke smiled slyly. "It's like I said. I gave him an offer he couldn't refuse."
"Which was?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke stuttered, "W-well...I can't tell you. If he had so no...I would be telling everyone right now." Kuwabara finally understood what he ment. "Oooooohhhhhh. Blackmailing."
"Yep. Works every time. And I'm assuming Kurama accepted willingly?" Kuwabara stiffened a bit. "Yes...but...I somehow got him thinking we couldn't watch 'em cause we had a case..." Yusuke fell over. "WHAT?!"
Kuwabara nodded nervously. "Aw, that's just dandy! Knowing Kurama, he'll probably end up telling someone like Keiko and then she'll be watching us all night!" Kuwabara shuddered. "Y-yeah, and they'll kill me if they find out I lied..."
Just then, the phone rang. Yusuke looked over at it. "Shouldn't you get that?"
"Nah. My sis'll get it"
After a minute or so, Shizuru called from upstairs. "YUSUKE! PICK IT UP, IT'S FOR YOU!"
"Huh?" Yusuke was confused. He hesitated, then picked up the phone. *It can't be Gohan, he doesn't know "idiot's" number here. But who would know I'm here anyway? Unless...* Yusuke spoke into the phone, "H-hello?..."
"GOOD AFTERNOON, SPIRIT DETECTIVE!"
"YAAH!!" Yusuke nearly fell over with Koenma screaming in his ear. He yelled back at Koenma, "Don't scare me like that, you toddler!! Do you want a death wish?!"
Koenma's voice became annoyed. "How many times must I tell you Yusuke, I'm FAR older than you are. But anyways, I have a little job for you and Kuwabara."
"What? A case?..." Yusuke was starting to feel a little relieved, thinking that now they had a real excuse for not chaperoning the boys. "No...not exactly, just a little scouting job, nothing serious...yet."
Yusuke's hopes sank. *A scouting job would definently not last 2 days...* "Wait, whaddaya mean by, "yet"?"
"Hold the phone out so both you and Kuwabara can hear this." Yusuke nodded and held the phone out. "Hey video boy, c'mere and listen. We got a little job to do for Koenma."
"Alright." Kuwabara walked over and leaned in front of the phone. Koenma could be heard clearing his throat, then he began. "Well, I've been having concerns about the Makai lately. The many demons and monsters who live there have been acting very strangely for the past week. I sent Botan over to the area of the Makai we control to see what's up, and she gave me and odd report."
*FLASHBACK*
Koenma is sitting at his desk, and Botan is just coming up to him.
"Ah, good, you're back. So, what did you find out?"
"Not a whole lot, sir. It's strange, they're all just talking about things like, "rebellion", and "the day of reckoning will soon be at hand". I don't know about you Koenma, but I say they're all drunk or at least on some type of drug. I mean, rebellion? Please..."
The whole time Botan spoke, Koenma just squirmed around nervously in his chair. "Um...y-yes, very good Botan. A-a fine report..."
*END FLASHBACK*
"Not to bring the mood down or anything, but something tells me something bad is going to happen soon. Something VERY bad. The demons of Makai have NEVER talked about rebellions and days of reckoning before."
As soon as Koenma began explaining the problem, Yusuke started to look serious. "That does sound kinda bad. But, are you sure something's really gonna happen? I mean, it does sound a little out-of-the-ordinary..."
"Yusuke, I always go with my gut feeling on these things, and it tells me something will happen. Bad or good, I don't like it. So I want you two to check it out, how the Makai is."
Kuwabara decided to speak. "Right now?"
"No, I'm swamped with work for the rest of the day, no time. Let's say...sometime, early tommorow evening?" Yusuke and Kuwabara's faces lit up.
"R-really?! We can do it at that exact time?!" Koenma began to sound confused. "Yes...unless you'd like to do it at a later time..." Yusuke cut in at that. "No no, that's just GREAT, Koenma! Buh bye!" And with that, Yusuke hung up. The two teens turned to face each other.
"Alright!! Now we really DO have an excuse!" Yusuke looked very pleased with himself. "Maybe Hiei won't kill me now!" The two started dancing around for joy, then they suddenly realized how stupid they were acting. They immediately sat down.
"Um...yeah, it's quite fortunate."
"Yeah...*cough cough*...a lucky break for us."
*THE NEXT EVENING: HALLOWEEN NIGHT. TIME: 6:00 P.M.*
Somewhere out in the forest, Gohan was standing around, waiting for someone. He was dressed up in a vampire costume; with fangs and all. "I vant to suck your blood...blah!" Gohan tried to perfect his vampire accent, without much luck. There was suddenly a rustling in the bushes nearby. "Hmm?" Gohan heard some leaves being slashed at. A tiny little boy dressed as a pirate and holding a fake sword jumped out from the brush.
"Well, shiver me timbers. I've found me a vampire. Too bad I don't have me cutlass at hand..."
Gohan chuckled. "Well well, if it isn't Captain Trunks, the strongest pirate on the high seas!" Trunks smirked. "That's Captain TORANKUSU to you, scally-wag!" Just then, another little pirate appeared from the brush. "Arr, we've found oniichan, captain!"
"Hey Goten. So, it's pirates for you guys?" The boys grinned. Then they looked around behind Gohan. "So where are these friends of yours that hafta watch us?"
Gohan looked around as well. "I'm not sure, really. They should be here anytime now..."
Suddenly, a rustling of leaves was heard behind the group. Gohan turned around, not knowing what to expect. In a quick flash, two figures appeared before him. One had long red hair and was dressed in an entirely red suit. The other was short and looked kinda like Vegeta. "Uh...Vegeta-san?..."
Hiei grunted. "I am not a "Vegeta-san." I am Hiei." Gohan laughed nervously. "Of course you are! Sorry, you just look a lot like a friend of mine." Hiei forked an eyebrow at Gohan. "Is that so..."
Gohan just stared dumbfounded at Hiei. Kurama smiled politely. "Don't mind Hiei. He's always grumpy at this time of the day."
"Oh, so then you're Kurama?" Kurama twirled around a rose he was holding. "People tell me that."
Goten suddenly spoke up. "Why do you look like a girl?" Kurama's face reddened. "Like a girl?!" Gohan clamped Goten's mouth shut. "These two just have a problem with manners, Kurama. Don't mind it." Kurama put a hand to his forehead. "I've noticed. So...I guess we can take over from here."
Gohan clasped his hands together. "Perfect! I've got to get going anyway, or I'll be late!" Gohan floated into the air and prepared to take off. Hiei stared at Gohan. "You have the ability to FLY?..." Gohan stated matter-of- factly, "Well, yeah. Everyone around our strength level can fly." Hiei looked annoyed. "Really now..."
"That is an interesting ability, Gohan. Oh, but just one more question before you leave. Why are you dressed like a vampire?" Gohan smiled and replied, "You like it? I made it myself. Goin' to a costume party tonight. Catch you later!" And then Gohan took off towards Videl's house. Hiei and Kurama looked around awkwardly for a moment. Then Trunks and Goten broke the silence with a, "Let's go!!"
"To where? There are not houses around here," Kurama had just noticed. "Why did Gohan want us to meet here?"
"Oh!" Trunks and Goten lowered their faces and walked over to Kurama. Goten whispered in his ear, "It's a secret." Goten looked around, in case anyone was listening. "We're not supposed to be going out tonight, but Gohan's bending the rules for us..."
"Wha? You're doing this without permission from your parents? Oh my..." Kurama did not seem to approve of this action. But Hiei smirked. "Breaking the rules, eh? You've got guts, kids." He began to walk forward. "Well c'mon kids, Kurama. Let's get this night over with."
Trunks shook his hands at Hiei. "Oh no, we're not gonna start with walking! That'll take too long. It'd be better if we flew..."
Hiei scowled. "Are you death, brat? It's obvious from what I said before that me and the fox cannot fly."
"No problem. We'll carry you." Goten had already grabbed Kurama and lifted him into the air. "Goodness, I've never FLEW before..."
Hiei folded his arms across his chest. "If you think I'm going to be carried by a child, you've got another thi~ HEY!" Trunks had went ahead and grabbed Hiei. "C'mon dude, they've already gone ahead, you wanna be left behind?" Not waiting for a response, Trunks powered up and flew quickly after Goten and Kurama.
"HEEEEEEYYYY, SLOOOOWW DOOWWWN!!!" Hiei was definitely not enjoying the ride. Kurama was having a good time though. "WHHEEEEE!! I FEEL SO LIGHT!" (A/N: Kurama's so silly! ^_^)
"Yo, Goten! Hold up, you just passed a neighborhood!" Trunks had stopped, much to the relief of Hiei. "Okay!" Goten spun around and landed on the ground next to Trunks. Hiei jumped out of Trunks' grip and landed, breathing hard. Realizing how pathetic he was acting, Hiei tried to hold in a blush and he stood up straight. "R-remind me to kill you next time you do that to me..."
Trunks scratched his head sheepishly. "Um, y-yeah, sure. Alright, you got the bags, Goten?"
"Uh huh! Right here!" Goten pulled out two capsules from his pocket. He threw them to the ground, and two huge empty pillow cases emerged. One of them spilled out on top of Kurama. "Gah! Good grief! How much candy do you two intend to get tonight?!"
Trunks and Goten picked up their "bags" and slung them over their shoulders. Trunks gave the two youkais a silly grin. "A treasure trove of candy!"
Goten laughed. "Yeah, we're goin' on a treasure hunt!"
"A TREASURE HUNT FOR CANDY!!!" the two saiyans exclaimed at once. Kurama and Hiei held their ears as they yelled out. Trunks gestured to himself. "I'm captain of this ship, Captain Torankusu!" He then pointed at Goten. "He's me first mate!"
Finally, he pointed at Hiei and Kurama. "And you're me crew! Now men, let's go collect our booty!" Kurama and Hiei began to sweat, but Kurama played along with them. "Aye aye, captain!" he grinned, laughing slightly. Hiei just raised an eyebrow at Kurama. Kurama blushed, then they continued staring at the two saiyans, who had started walking forward on the street.
"...What are we getting ourselves into, Hiei?" Hiei looked just as worried as Kurama. "I'm gonna kill Yusuke for this...if I'm still alive at the end of this night." The two youkais gulped, then they started after Goten and Trunks. Hiei suddenly stopped. He turned around, halfway drawing his katana. A small, slithering white thing stuck out from some bushes. Hiei sighed and stopped drawing his katana.
"Hn...probably just a snake..." he muttered to himself. Then he turned and followed Kurama. As they left, something popped up from the bushes at the other end of the white thing. It was a ghost of some kind. The ghost looked at the foursome walking off, and it laughed an eerie laugh to itself. Then it flew off into the night.
Above Satan City, Vampire Gohan flew towards Videl's home for the party. He thought on the boy's situation.
*Gosh, how am I gonna convince mom and Bulma that Goten and Trunks are at the party? Maybe Videl can help me.....nah, she'd just tattle.* Gohan landed in front of Videl's house, at the front door. He rang the doorbell.
"Hold on, I'm coming!" Gohan smiled. *Ah, that's Videl. I wanna see what her costume is.* The door opened, and Gohan found Videl standing before him...dressed as a female vampire.
The two just stared at each other for a moment. "Hey! You stole my idea!" they both said at once.
"Well I had the idea for MINE first!" Gohan said proudly. Videl smirked. "I planned to wear this since last MONTH!" Gohan was defeated by this. Videl sighed and pulled him into the house.
"Well hey, it's no big deal. Besides, Dracula should have a MISSUS Dracula, don't you think?" Gohan thought on that for a moment, then he grinned. "It seems only fitting!" Gohan then noticed a lot of the others in the house. He saw his mom, dressed as a mummy. (A/N: Get it? Mommy...mummy...it's funny! ^_^) Goku was dressed as Sonic the Hedgehog. This meaning that he died his hair blue and was in SSJ3 mode, along with all blue clothes. Gohan kind of half-way smiled as his father. *He really should've come as something else. He's had to change out of it and take a Senzu Bean every 20 minutes when he practiced.*
Gohan looked over at some of the others. *Well at least Dende can help him there.* The little guardian was dressed like a wizard, complete with pointy wizard hat. Piccolo, who refused to wear any kind of costume, insisted that he was a human with skin cancer. Krillin was a disco dancer from the 70s. Of course, he was wearing a HUGE afro wig. Baba was simply a witch, no costume required. Miari Trunks was Link from The Legend of Zelda. (No duh! :p) Oolong was dressed as a werewolf; but his costume was absolutely horrible. Mr. Popo appeared to be some kind of phantom, but no one was quite sure. Tien was dressed like a disgusting mutant thingy, and Choutzu was a clown. Again, no surprise there. Android 18, also refusing to wear a costume, insisted she was a robot. But, she said a FULL robot, so she talked with a robotic voice just to humor the others. Marron wasn't wearing a costume either, because she didn't really like Halloween. She just came to see the others. Roshi was dressed as a pimp, and was unfortunately acting in character a little too much. Turtle had simply placed some fake spikes on his shell, saying he was an armored turtle. (A/N: Turtle was never too bright ~_O) Yamcha didn't want to buy a whole new costume, so he just wore his baseball uniform and said he was a major league baseball star. Puar was dressed like a fairy. (A/N: Augh!! The horror!!! O_O) Finally, Hercule was...himself. He said that his likeness was so great, that coming as himself was the best costume idea anyone could make. Bulma's family had not yet arrived.
Gohan laughed. "Looks like some of us didn't try that hard this year." Just then, Chi-Chi spotted Gohan and went over him. "Oh, there you are Gohan! Aah, you make a very handsome vampire, you know that?" Gohan blushed. "Mom..."
Chi-Chi looked around behind Gohan. "Where's Goten? He's not with you?" Gohan's eyes widened. "Goten? Um...uh...he's here! Trunks too! They just both ran off to play around in the house." Chi-Chi frowned. "Well, go get him! I want to see how cute he is in his pirate outfit!" Gohan's eyes widened more, and he started to sweat. "Well...uh..."
Videl looked at Gohan with concern. "Are you okay?" Gohan nearly spazzed out when she touched his shoulder. "Yes, I'm fine!!!" A surprised Videl leaned back away from Gohan. Gohan shook his head and calmed himself down. "Why not let them play around a bit? I mean, they've never actually been to this house before. I'm sure they want to see how big it is, and check out the rooms."
Gohan silently prayed to the Kais that that would work. Chi-Chi just said nothing at first, then she sighed. "Oh, alright then. I'll find him later...now, c'mon! Try some of the food, it's great!"
Chi-Chi headed towards the snack bar. Gohan breathed a sigh of relief and he started to walk forward, but Videl got in his path. She was frowning a little. "Alright, what's up, Gohan?"
"What's up? Nothing! Everything's fine!" Videl smirked at Gohan's attempt to avert the subject. "Then why deny it so openly?" Gohan gently pushed Videl aside. "Honest, nothing's wrong! Now if you'll excuse me...I've got a craving for some cookies." Gohan then passed Videl and headed for the snacks where his mom was.
*I'll find out what's bugging you, Son Gohan. You know you can't keep any secret from ME.* Videl thought to herself. Gohan looked worried. *This is gonna be harder than I thought...*
*TIME: 6:30*
"DING-DONG"
"Honey, get the door! More trick-or-treaters!"
The door to the house was opened, and standing before the woman was Goten and Trunks; Kurama and Hiei were standing out in the yard a good distance from the porch.
"TRICK OR TREAT!" Goten stuck his foot up in the air. "Smell my feet!" Then Trunks held his pillow case open and said, "Give me something good to eat!"
The woman smiled at the two kids. "Aww, aren't you the most adorable little pirates I've ever seen!"
Trunks grinned as Goten went to ask him something. "I thought it was "give US something good to eat"." Trunks shook his finger. "No no, it's give ME something good to eat."
The woman smiled more. "And humorous as well! Well then, let me just get you two some treats then." She reached behind her and brought out a basket of candy.
"One for me..." Trunks said, taking one piece of candy.
"One for you..."
"One for ME..." Goten said, also taking a piece.
"One for you too..."
"TWO for me..." This time, Trunks took two more pieces.
"Two for you..."
"Two for me..." Goten also took two pieces.
"Two for...hey...wait a second!" Goten and Trunks grinned. The woman couldn't help but smile at their cute faces. "Well usually trick-or- treaters are allowed to have TWO pieces each, but I'll let it slide this once."
"Thank you!!" the two saiyans exclaimed at once. Then they jumped down from the porch and went over to Hiei and Kurama, both placing their candy in their now half-full sacks of candy.
"You two seem to be getting to hang of this," Kurama said. Trunks laughed as he crunched on a Snicker's bar. "No doubt to that! This is real easy." Kurama became concerned when he saw Trunks eating. "Um...Trunks is it? Aren't you supposed to eat the candy AFTER you finish trick-or-treating?"
At this statement, Goten and Trunks stopped in their tracks. They turned to face Kurama. Both began laughing hysterically. Hiei smirked. "Looks like you're just a big joke, Kurama."
"But...um..." Kurama began to regret his statement. Goten dried his eyes and spoke. "What's the fun in waiting? When we get food, we eat it!" The boys then began eating more of the candy from their bags.
"Yeah, besides, we're saiyans. We have to eat a lot, or we won't be big and strong!" Trunks added on as he sucked on a lollipop. Hiei's ears perked up at the word "saiyan". "Saiyan? You're not human?"
"No. Why, is that weird?"
"Of course not...we can understand that, we aren't human either. I've just never heard of a demon called a "sayian" before..."
"We are not demons!" Goten was annoyed by Hiei's statement. "We're ALIENS, of course. Well, just halfway." Hiei scratched his side. "Hm, hybrids. How strange..."
The group continued to walk on. They had a little ways to go, since they were entering an area with no houses. The boys continued to wolf down candy. After a few minutes of this, Trunks turned to face the two youkais.
"So...um...do you two have names?" That annoyed Hiei. "Yeeesss...weren't you listening earlier?" Trunks grinned. "Nope."
Hiei grunted. "I'm HIEI. He's KURAMA. Can you remember that?" Trunks nodded. "Yes. Also, I wanted to know, how long will we be staying out here? Is there a time limit?"
Hiei began to speak, but Kurama stopped him. "There certainly is. Until 9:00. When that time comes, we will take you home. Alright?"
Goten and Trunks sighed, not seeming to like that time. "Okay..."
Kurama then leaned to the side and whispered to Hiei through clenched teeth, "I KNOW what you were gonna say, so don't even think about it! I happen to like these little guys, and you will tolerate them! Got it?!"
Hiei said nothing, although he was aware of how dangerous Kurama could be when angered. "Hn..." Kurama took this as an "okay". "That's more like it! Very good!"
As the group trudged on, all were unaware of what lay behind them. A few more ghosts like the one from before were floating around, and a fierce looking wolf walked into the street. In the bushes, many glowing eyes lay hidden, looking at everyone and everything that passed.
A/N: Oooo! Something spooky is brewing in this plot! ^_^ Along with that note, this story will get more serious in later chapters. And quite creepy as well...it is a Halloween story, you know. The beginning just has to be more humorous because...well, it's the beginning. Now, to find out more about this eerie plot, just perform one simple step. CLICK! ^_^