Chapter 6
"What do you mean you can't find them?!" demanded Konoe.
Moomba Tatsumi rubbed his furry forehead. "We can't sense any of their presences. And no one here can really take me seriously when I'm...like this."
Suddenly, Watari burst into the room. "I'VE GOT IT!!!!!!! THE ANTIDOTE!!!!!!!!"
"Give it!!!" Moomba Tatsumi took the test tube and gulped it down.
"All right, NOW go and-" began Konoe, but stopped.
Tatsumi was now a mini Cataur.
"I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he shrieked, running after Watari.
Konoe rubbed his temples. "WHY did I hire such incompetent idiots?!?!"
Rei groaned and rolled onto her side. She had such a splitting headache...
"Hey, I think she's awake!!" said and overly cheerful voice right next to her.
Her eyes snapped open. She stared up at a little girl with VERY long blue hair, blue eyes, and a big ruby in the center of her forehead.
"REI-CHAN!!!!!!!!!" the girl glomped her.
Rei stared at her. "Carbunkle?!"
Her tiny Shikigami beamed at her. "It's been too long!!! I was sooooooooo worried!!!!"
Rei looked around. She was in Gensoukai. "How did I get here? I don't think Wakaba-chan opened a Gate..."
Then she remembered what happened. "Muraki-"
"He has your two companions," said a voice from the door.
Rei looked to the doorway. "Wha-"
"He would've got you too," said Carbunkle. "But Quezacotl went and got you out of there."
Quezacotl left the doorway and walked over to the bed. His hair was a golden blond that was just as long as Carbunkle's, and his eyes were cold amber.
"Got me out?" repeated Rei. "How?"
"I went into Chijou without really leaving Gensoukai," he said. "Since you've already been killed by him before, it'd be pretty damn embarrassing to get killed by him again."
"...You said he had my two companions. Hisoka-chan and Asato-kun?"
"That's right."
"I found Rei!!" declared Wakaba. "She's at Gensoukai!!!"
"How the hell did she get THERE?!" said Terazuma.
"Let me check...Quezacotl reached into Chijou without leaving Gensoukai, so he was in his human form, and he pulled her out of there and into Gensoukai."
"And Kurosaki and Tsuzuki?"
"...They aren't in Gensoukai."
"Then where the hell ARE they?!"
Muraki glanced at his watch and smiled his demented smile. Just a little longer. Then his plan could be set into full motion.
He walked over to Tsuzuki, who was still unconscious. He gently ran a finger down his face. "How beautiful you look when you are asleep, Tsuzuki. I had almost forgotten how beautiful."
He paused, and then looked at Hisoka, who was unconscious not too far away. "It is sweet seeing your bond grow deeper than friendship. But how deep is it? Heh. Not deep enough. And in a few minutes, that will be proven."
Rei sat frozen on the bed, looking at Quezacotl with a shocked expression. "He WHAT?!?!"
"Both of them," said Quezacotl. "And if he does what I think he'll do, then all hell will break loose."
Rei jumped out of bed. "We gotta go!!"
"Where?" asked Carbunkle.
"To see Asato-kun's Shikigami. You both need to take me there!!"
"What's happening, Rei-chan?!"
"I don't know. And that's why I'm scared."
"I'm sure this is it!!" said Watari, shoving a test tube at the tiny Cataur.
"THIS BETTER BE IT!!!!!!" growled Cataur Tatsumi, almost gulping down the whole test tube.
Now he was a Jigglypuff.
Watari burst into a fit of giggles. "Oops!!"
"Jiggly-PUUUUUUUUFF!!!!!!!!" shrieked Tatsumi (as Pokémon can't really speak). He pulled out a hammer.
"WAAAGH!!!!!!!!!" yelled Watari as the hammer came down, smashing a whole bunch of test tubes and beakers. "Hey!!! Jigglypuffs are supposed to be gentle!! And that's 10000 yen worth of equipment you destroyed!!"
From the outside of the lab, 'Jiggly-PUUUUUUUUFF!!!!!!!!' and 'AGGGGGGH!!!!!!!' could be heard, along with the smashing of expensive equipment.
Konoe rubbed his temples. "That's it. When everything is said and done, I'm firing EVERYONE."
"FLY!!!!!!!!!!" yelled Rei.
"Yeah!!!!! Fly!!!!!" yelled Carbunkle.
Quezacotl scuffed. He was in his Shikigami animal form. "It's bad enough I have to lug Rei around, but get off my back and fly yourself!!!!"
"Aww, you're mean!!!" but Carbunkle hopped off and transformed. She flew beside them, flapping her long ears.
"Hurry!!" said Rei. "We need to talk to Asato-kun's Shikigami right away!!"
"What do you think Muraki has planned for those two?" asked Carbunkle.
"I have an idea of what he's planning. And I'm REALLY hoping that I'm wrong."
"Just a little longer," murmured Muraki, watching the two Shinigami trying to force themselves awake. They were failing.
My plan is perfect, he thought. Once I'm done, I'll set it into full motion. Yes, everything will start when the two wake up...
Watari whimpered as he cleaned up his lab. Nearly all the test tubes and beakers were destroyed.
"WOW!!!!!!!! A Jigglypuff!!!!" exclaimed Shirou. He glomped the little thing. "I didn't know Pokémon existed!!!!"
"Jigglypuff!!!!!!" snapped Tatsumi, struggling against the little boy.
"Did you deliberately turn him into a Jigglypuff?" asked Konoe.
"No," sniffed Watari. "I thought I had it right that time. But I put in too much of one of the ingredients." He stood. "I've got to go to Meifu and buy more test tubes and beakers. He'll just have to stay a Jigglypuff and know what it feels like to get no payment."
Tatsumi stopped struggling. "Jiggly?"
Watari glared at him. "It's only right. You cut off Tsuzuki's pay when he destroyed the library. YOUR pay should be cut for destroying my lab."
Konoe looked thoughtful. "That would be fair."
"Jiggly-PUUUUUUUUFF!!!!!!!!"
"...And that's everything," said Rei.
The twelve Shikigami stared at her in shock.
"AGAIN?!?!" cried Suzaku. "Muraki has Tsuzuki-san AGAIN?!?!"
"Wonderful," muttered Kijin.
Rikugou tapped his chin with his finger. "Why would Muraki want to capture both of them?"
"I don't know," said Rei. "I just know that he has them."
Souryuu suddenly looked angry. "That BOY must have caused this!!!"
Rei rolled her eyes. "Oh c'mon, why would-"
"He's nothing but bad luck!!! He might be conspiring with Muraki!!"
Byakko glared at him. "Why in the hell would Hisoka conspire with the very man who killed him?!"
"Maybe Muraki didn't kill him!!! Maybe he just made it all up!!!"
Rei suddenly got angry. She grabbed Souryuu by strands of his long. "Would you get your head out of your ass for five minutes?! How can you think of such a thing?! Muraki raped and murdered him!!!! You talk all big like you know everything, you incompetent asshole!!!!!"
Everyone stood gaping at her. Even her own Shikigami.
Rei let go of his hair. "I don't know what Muraki has planned, but if Asato-kun calls you up, DON'T listen to him!!!"
"Why not?" asked Touda. "We certainly can't go against his orders.
Suzaku glared at him. "You're still mad about that rumor, aren't you?! It may be true!!"
Touda returned her glare.
"Look, I'm going back to Meifu and then to Chijou," said Rei. "Just...please try to ignore him."
Byakko looked confused, his tail swooshing about him. "What do you mean?"
"If my assumption is correct...then Muraki will turn Hisoka-chan and Asato-kun against each other."
Okay, another chapter done!!!!!! I'm VERY sorry for the long wait, but I'm taking some hard classes this year. Well, Cataurs belong to Squaresoft, and Jigglypuff belong to whoever made Pokémon. And, I'm sorry for being mean to Souryuu. He isn't exactly my favorite Shikigami for his cruel attitude towards Hisoka. Oh well, see ya next time!!!! ^_^
"What do you mean you can't find them?!" demanded Konoe.
Moomba Tatsumi rubbed his furry forehead. "We can't sense any of their presences. And no one here can really take me seriously when I'm...like this."
Suddenly, Watari burst into the room. "I'VE GOT IT!!!!!!! THE ANTIDOTE!!!!!!!!"
"Give it!!!" Moomba Tatsumi took the test tube and gulped it down.
"All right, NOW go and-" began Konoe, but stopped.
Tatsumi was now a mini Cataur.
"I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he shrieked, running after Watari.
Konoe rubbed his temples. "WHY did I hire such incompetent idiots?!?!"
Rei groaned and rolled onto her side. She had such a splitting headache...
"Hey, I think she's awake!!" said and overly cheerful voice right next to her.
Her eyes snapped open. She stared up at a little girl with VERY long blue hair, blue eyes, and a big ruby in the center of her forehead.
"REI-CHAN!!!!!!!!!" the girl glomped her.
Rei stared at her. "Carbunkle?!"
Her tiny Shikigami beamed at her. "It's been too long!!! I was sooooooooo worried!!!!"
Rei looked around. She was in Gensoukai. "How did I get here? I don't think Wakaba-chan opened a Gate..."
Then she remembered what happened. "Muraki-"
"He has your two companions," said a voice from the door.
Rei looked to the doorway. "Wha-"
"He would've got you too," said Carbunkle. "But Quezacotl went and got you out of there."
Quezacotl left the doorway and walked over to the bed. His hair was a golden blond that was just as long as Carbunkle's, and his eyes were cold amber.
"Got me out?" repeated Rei. "How?"
"I went into Chijou without really leaving Gensoukai," he said. "Since you've already been killed by him before, it'd be pretty damn embarrassing to get killed by him again."
"...You said he had my two companions. Hisoka-chan and Asato-kun?"
"That's right."
"I found Rei!!" declared Wakaba. "She's at Gensoukai!!!"
"How the hell did she get THERE?!" said Terazuma.
"Let me check...Quezacotl reached into Chijou without leaving Gensoukai, so he was in his human form, and he pulled her out of there and into Gensoukai."
"And Kurosaki and Tsuzuki?"
"...They aren't in Gensoukai."
"Then where the hell ARE they?!"
Muraki glanced at his watch and smiled his demented smile. Just a little longer. Then his plan could be set into full motion.
He walked over to Tsuzuki, who was still unconscious. He gently ran a finger down his face. "How beautiful you look when you are asleep, Tsuzuki. I had almost forgotten how beautiful."
He paused, and then looked at Hisoka, who was unconscious not too far away. "It is sweet seeing your bond grow deeper than friendship. But how deep is it? Heh. Not deep enough. And in a few minutes, that will be proven."
Rei sat frozen on the bed, looking at Quezacotl with a shocked expression. "He WHAT?!?!"
"Both of them," said Quezacotl. "And if he does what I think he'll do, then all hell will break loose."
Rei jumped out of bed. "We gotta go!!"
"Where?" asked Carbunkle.
"To see Asato-kun's Shikigami. You both need to take me there!!"
"What's happening, Rei-chan?!"
"I don't know. And that's why I'm scared."
"I'm sure this is it!!" said Watari, shoving a test tube at the tiny Cataur.
"THIS BETTER BE IT!!!!!!" growled Cataur Tatsumi, almost gulping down the whole test tube.
Now he was a Jigglypuff.
Watari burst into a fit of giggles. "Oops!!"
"Jiggly-PUUUUUUUUFF!!!!!!!!" shrieked Tatsumi (as Pokémon can't really speak). He pulled out a hammer.
"WAAAGH!!!!!!!!!" yelled Watari as the hammer came down, smashing a whole bunch of test tubes and beakers. "Hey!!! Jigglypuffs are supposed to be gentle!! And that's 10000 yen worth of equipment you destroyed!!"
From the outside of the lab, 'Jiggly-PUUUUUUUUFF!!!!!!!!' and 'AGGGGGGH!!!!!!!' could be heard, along with the smashing of expensive equipment.
Konoe rubbed his temples. "That's it. When everything is said and done, I'm firing EVERYONE."
"FLY!!!!!!!!!!" yelled Rei.
"Yeah!!!!! Fly!!!!!" yelled Carbunkle.
Quezacotl scuffed. He was in his Shikigami animal form. "It's bad enough I have to lug Rei around, but get off my back and fly yourself!!!!"
"Aww, you're mean!!!" but Carbunkle hopped off and transformed. She flew beside them, flapping her long ears.
"Hurry!!" said Rei. "We need to talk to Asato-kun's Shikigami right away!!"
"What do you think Muraki has planned for those two?" asked Carbunkle.
"I have an idea of what he's planning. And I'm REALLY hoping that I'm wrong."
"Just a little longer," murmured Muraki, watching the two Shinigami trying to force themselves awake. They were failing.
My plan is perfect, he thought. Once I'm done, I'll set it into full motion. Yes, everything will start when the two wake up...
Watari whimpered as he cleaned up his lab. Nearly all the test tubes and beakers were destroyed.
"WOW!!!!!!!! A Jigglypuff!!!!" exclaimed Shirou. He glomped the little thing. "I didn't know Pokémon existed!!!!"
"Jigglypuff!!!!!!" snapped Tatsumi, struggling against the little boy.
"Did you deliberately turn him into a Jigglypuff?" asked Konoe.
"No," sniffed Watari. "I thought I had it right that time. But I put in too much of one of the ingredients." He stood. "I've got to go to Meifu and buy more test tubes and beakers. He'll just have to stay a Jigglypuff and know what it feels like to get no payment."
Tatsumi stopped struggling. "Jiggly?"
Watari glared at him. "It's only right. You cut off Tsuzuki's pay when he destroyed the library. YOUR pay should be cut for destroying my lab."
Konoe looked thoughtful. "That would be fair."
"Jiggly-PUUUUUUUUFF!!!!!!!!"
"...And that's everything," said Rei.
The twelve Shikigami stared at her in shock.
"AGAIN?!?!" cried Suzaku. "Muraki has Tsuzuki-san AGAIN?!?!"
"Wonderful," muttered Kijin.
Rikugou tapped his chin with his finger. "Why would Muraki want to capture both of them?"
"I don't know," said Rei. "I just know that he has them."
Souryuu suddenly looked angry. "That BOY must have caused this!!!"
Rei rolled her eyes. "Oh c'mon, why would-"
"He's nothing but bad luck!!! He might be conspiring with Muraki!!"
Byakko glared at him. "Why in the hell would Hisoka conspire with the very man who killed him?!"
"Maybe Muraki didn't kill him!!! Maybe he just made it all up!!!"
Rei suddenly got angry. She grabbed Souryuu by strands of his long. "Would you get your head out of your ass for five minutes?! How can you think of such a thing?! Muraki raped and murdered him!!!! You talk all big like you know everything, you incompetent asshole!!!!!"
Everyone stood gaping at her. Even her own Shikigami.
Rei let go of his hair. "I don't know what Muraki has planned, but if Asato-kun calls you up, DON'T listen to him!!!"
"Why not?" asked Touda. "We certainly can't go against his orders.
Suzaku glared at him. "You're still mad about that rumor, aren't you?! It may be true!!"
Touda returned her glare.
"Look, I'm going back to Meifu and then to Chijou," said Rei. "Just...please try to ignore him."
Byakko looked confused, his tail swooshing about him. "What do you mean?"
"If my assumption is correct...then Muraki will turn Hisoka-chan and Asato-kun against each other."
Okay, another chapter done!!!!!! I'm VERY sorry for the long wait, but I'm taking some hard classes this year. Well, Cataurs belong to Squaresoft, and Jigglypuff belong to whoever made Pokémon. And, I'm sorry for being mean to Souryuu. He isn't exactly my favorite Shikigami for his cruel attitude towards Hisoka. Oh well, see ya next time!!!! ^_^