All five Reikai Tantei were at Sariyashiki Junior High before the bell chimed 11 p.m. They all had very anxious faces except Hiei, who wore his usual expression: none whatsoever.
Mayumi smiled. "Good. No chickens."
Yusuke coughed and nudged Kuwabara. Hard.
"Shut up, Urameshi!"
"We don't have time for this," Kurama said. "Let's go." Hiei nodded.
With Mayumi leading the way, the five of them trooped through the dark streets. It was a long time before anyone spoke.
"Mayumi," Hiei said shortly. "Where exactly are we going?"
"Straight."
The fire youkai rolled his ruby eyes. Kurama nudged him.
"Don't worry, Hiei," he said. "Mayu-chan knows where she's going."
"Arigato, Kurama-kun!" Mayumi said appreciatively, giving him the thumbs-up sign. "See? I know what I'm doing."
"How do you know?" Kuwabara asked skeptically. Mayumi sighed.
"Well, for one, our first opponent's walking toward us."
They stopped as a man dressed in a business suit walked toward them. "Excuse me," he said in a pleasant voice. "Do you know where the bus stop is?"
"Yeah, it's right over--" Kuwabara began, but was stopped when clapped her hand over his mouth.
"The location of the bus stop is the least of your worries, Saito," she said in an icy tone. "You'll have to deal with us first."
The man scowled, and his features began to change from an ordinary gentleman into a large, scaly beast.
"It's been a long time since I've eaten ningen," he said in a raspy voice, licking his sharp fangs. "Which one of you is first?"
Kuwabara stepped forward. "I'll take this bastard," he said, forming his Rei Ken and assuming battle stance.
"You're mine!" Saito roared, charging towards Kuwabara, two foot claws outstretched, ready to gore his opponent.
"Oh yeah?" the ningen asked arrogantly. "We'll have to see about that! REI KEN!" he yelled, running towards the youkai with the flaming sword outstretched.
Saito fell over, dead, pinned to the ground by the sword. Dark blood seeped from the wound, discoloring the concrete.
"Not bad, Kuwa-kun," Mayumi said admiringly. "Easy, but not bad."
Kuwabara didn't cheer. "That was too easy," he muttered, looking around. "We have to be careful…something's not right."
They kept walking down the road.
Mayumi smiled. "Good. No chickens."
Yusuke coughed and nudged Kuwabara. Hard.
"Shut up, Urameshi!"
"We don't have time for this," Kurama said. "Let's go." Hiei nodded.
With Mayumi leading the way, the five of them trooped through the dark streets. It was a long time before anyone spoke.
"Mayumi," Hiei said shortly. "Where exactly are we going?"
"Straight."
The fire youkai rolled his ruby eyes. Kurama nudged him.
"Don't worry, Hiei," he said. "Mayu-chan knows where she's going."
"Arigato, Kurama-kun!" Mayumi said appreciatively, giving him the thumbs-up sign. "See? I know what I'm doing."
"How do you know?" Kuwabara asked skeptically. Mayumi sighed.
"Well, for one, our first opponent's walking toward us."
They stopped as a man dressed in a business suit walked toward them. "Excuse me," he said in a pleasant voice. "Do you know where the bus stop is?"
"Yeah, it's right over--" Kuwabara began, but was stopped when clapped her hand over his mouth.
"The location of the bus stop is the least of your worries, Saito," she said in an icy tone. "You'll have to deal with us first."
The man scowled, and his features began to change from an ordinary gentleman into a large, scaly beast.
"It's been a long time since I've eaten ningen," he said in a raspy voice, licking his sharp fangs. "Which one of you is first?"
Kuwabara stepped forward. "I'll take this bastard," he said, forming his Rei Ken and assuming battle stance.
"You're mine!" Saito roared, charging towards Kuwabara, two foot claws outstretched, ready to gore his opponent.
"Oh yeah?" the ningen asked arrogantly. "We'll have to see about that! REI KEN!" he yelled, running towards the youkai with the flaming sword outstretched.
Saito fell over, dead, pinned to the ground by the sword. Dark blood seeped from the wound, discoloring the concrete.
"Not bad, Kuwa-kun," Mayumi said admiringly. "Easy, but not bad."
Kuwabara didn't cheer. "That was too easy," he muttered, looking around. "We have to be careful…something's not right."
They kept walking down the road.