Roses Are Black...
By MysticHakai24
Yukina smiled as she caught sight of Yuusuke and Kuwabara running up the stairs. "Yuusuke-san! Kazuma-san! Konnichiwa," she said with a beautiful smile over her pleasant features. "Genkai-san is waiting for you with Botan-san inside."
Yuusuke nodded and ran into the temple. Kuwabara walked into it also, not even giving a glance to his crush. Yukina, aware of the miscomfort around the two teenagers, walked inside, too, to prepare some tea for the daily guests.
"What is it, Genkai, Botan?" Kuwabara asked, his arms crossed over his chest in a dignified manner. He was acting, formal. And that wasn't a good sign for the psychic.
Genkai glared at the delinquent before glancing at Yuusuke. "Yuusuke," she said in a very firm voice. The boy turned to her, wiping off a grin on his face. "I'm sure Botan told you about Kurama's troubles, ne?" When the boy nodded, she stood up and went into her room.
Botan came out of a different room, and once glancing at the two boys, she sat down where Genkai had just occupied and sighed. "This is serious." Her gaze never left their's. "You do know about Hiei's disappearence, right? Well, it seems, that while Hiei was trying Kurama, the demon in charge sent him into a portal of some sort into a world sealed by darkness."
Kuwabara snickered. "Serves the shrimp." He looked up into the glaring face of the blue-headed ferrygirl. "Nani?" He brought his head back down.
"So we're now missing both Kurama and Hiei?" Yuusuke asked hesitantly, that was not good. "What a troublesome pair. Next thing you know, one of us is going to be threatened by death by some demon who just pops in here."
As if on cue, the doors to the temple were pushed open and a brunette was standing there, her red eyes glowing with fury. "Where's Minamino-san? He said he was coming over to my house!" She stormed over to Yuusuke and picked him up. "Where? Tell me!"
"How did you find us, girl?" Kuwabara asked fiercely. "And who are you? AND, what do you want with Kurama? Oh, and let Urameshi down!"
"Who's Kurama?" the girl asked blankly.
"Er, I meant Shuuichi. What do you want with Shuuichi?" the orange- haired one asked, correcting his previous mistake. He crossed his arms over his chest again.
The brunette dropped Yuusuke on the floor and glared. "My name is Mai Ishaboda. And Minamino-san said he would work with me on our project. Plus, I just happened to know by some rumors going around that you idiots happened to be Minamino-san's friends. So I followed you here. simple. Now where's Minamino-san?"
Botan grew angry. "You are breaking and entering, I have all the right to call the cops and kick you out. And the fact that you are stalking us diesn't help, either." She grabbed the girl's arm and threw her out the door, then locked the temple door, and just in case, leaned against them, throwing all her weight onto the entrance.
Yuusuke cracked up. "I think that that's the girl who bothers Kurama all day! You know, the mone he was talking about a couple days ago?" He and Kuwabara started laughing.
Botan looked furious. "And Kurama won't be able to talk to us about anything anymore if we don't save him from that demon who's holding him captive! plus, we have to get Hiei!" She stomped her foot down and swung out her wooden oar.
Yuusuke stopped laughing and looked down at the ground sadly. "Botan, you're right. But we don't even know where he is! And we don't know how to get Hiei out!"
The doors slammed open and Genkai walked in with an ancient red book in her arms. "I found it," she announced proudly. "This book will tell us all about the world that Hiei is in currently. And this book," she whipped out a rusty gray book from behind her back, "will tell us all about the different kinds of potions and their antidotes."
Botan smiled. "This is so great, Genkai-san! Oh! Arigato gozaimazu!" she looked extremely happy. Quickly, she flipped open the gray book and began researching.
Genkai nodded. "But first, we should get rid of some evil inside my beautiful temple." She turned to look at Kuwabara. "Kuwabara Kazuma. I know what you are hiding from me. You are not yourself." She smirked. "Come out, O' Evil One."
Kuwabara cackled. "You are amazing sometimes, Old Hag, but alas, you are not perfect." His tall frame immediately larged and widened. His eyes became dark blue, his body darkened also, and Kuwabara's physical body fell onto the sofa limply.
"How about some tea?" a sweet voice sang. Yukina walked out, holding a silver tray with a couple cups on it and a glass teapot, smoking a bit from the immense heat. She gasped. "Kazuma-san!" Putting down the tray, she hurried to the taller man and knelt down beside him.
The swirl, though cackled. "You need not worry about you dear Kurama, he is safe as long as you hand me the Mirror of UtterDarkness. But as for the Koorime, he's in trouble."
"Say cheese!" Botan cried as she snapped a picture of the black swirl. The photograph came out and she looked at it proudly. "Koenma-sama will take a look at these. And maybe someone can identify you, you demon creep."
The swirl shook its majestic head, if it had one, and blink its blue eyes. "I can save you the trouble," it said in a low, bass voice. "My name is Banpaia, and now I bid you farewell. As you should bid your little Koorime good-bye too, as you shall never see him again."
And it disappeared.
"I'm sitting here, very bemused. Can someone explain? I'm very confused," Yuusuke chanted stupidly. He was rewarded with a smack on the head by an oar.
"Baka," Botan muttered to the detective.
The tea continued to smoke.
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By MysticHakai24
Yukina smiled as she caught sight of Yuusuke and Kuwabara running up the stairs. "Yuusuke-san! Kazuma-san! Konnichiwa," she said with a beautiful smile over her pleasant features. "Genkai-san is waiting for you with Botan-san inside."
Yuusuke nodded and ran into the temple. Kuwabara walked into it also, not even giving a glance to his crush. Yukina, aware of the miscomfort around the two teenagers, walked inside, too, to prepare some tea for the daily guests.
"What is it, Genkai, Botan?" Kuwabara asked, his arms crossed over his chest in a dignified manner. He was acting, formal. And that wasn't a good sign for the psychic.
Genkai glared at the delinquent before glancing at Yuusuke. "Yuusuke," she said in a very firm voice. The boy turned to her, wiping off a grin on his face. "I'm sure Botan told you about Kurama's troubles, ne?" When the boy nodded, she stood up and went into her room.
Botan came out of a different room, and once glancing at the two boys, she sat down where Genkai had just occupied and sighed. "This is serious." Her gaze never left their's. "You do know about Hiei's disappearence, right? Well, it seems, that while Hiei was trying Kurama, the demon in charge sent him into a portal of some sort into a world sealed by darkness."
Kuwabara snickered. "Serves the shrimp." He looked up into the glaring face of the blue-headed ferrygirl. "Nani?" He brought his head back down.
"So we're now missing both Kurama and Hiei?" Yuusuke asked hesitantly, that was not good. "What a troublesome pair. Next thing you know, one of us is going to be threatened by death by some demon who just pops in here."
As if on cue, the doors to the temple were pushed open and a brunette was standing there, her red eyes glowing with fury. "Where's Minamino-san? He said he was coming over to my house!" She stormed over to Yuusuke and picked him up. "Where? Tell me!"
"How did you find us, girl?" Kuwabara asked fiercely. "And who are you? AND, what do you want with Kurama? Oh, and let Urameshi down!"
"Who's Kurama?" the girl asked blankly.
"Er, I meant Shuuichi. What do you want with Shuuichi?" the orange- haired one asked, correcting his previous mistake. He crossed his arms over his chest again.
The brunette dropped Yuusuke on the floor and glared. "My name is Mai Ishaboda. And Minamino-san said he would work with me on our project. Plus, I just happened to know by some rumors going around that you idiots happened to be Minamino-san's friends. So I followed you here. simple. Now where's Minamino-san?"
Botan grew angry. "You are breaking and entering, I have all the right to call the cops and kick you out. And the fact that you are stalking us diesn't help, either." She grabbed the girl's arm and threw her out the door, then locked the temple door, and just in case, leaned against them, throwing all her weight onto the entrance.
Yuusuke cracked up. "I think that that's the girl who bothers Kurama all day! You know, the mone he was talking about a couple days ago?" He and Kuwabara started laughing.
Botan looked furious. "And Kurama won't be able to talk to us about anything anymore if we don't save him from that demon who's holding him captive! plus, we have to get Hiei!" She stomped her foot down and swung out her wooden oar.
Yuusuke stopped laughing and looked down at the ground sadly. "Botan, you're right. But we don't even know where he is! And we don't know how to get Hiei out!"
The doors slammed open and Genkai walked in with an ancient red book in her arms. "I found it," she announced proudly. "This book will tell us all about the world that Hiei is in currently. And this book," she whipped out a rusty gray book from behind her back, "will tell us all about the different kinds of potions and their antidotes."
Botan smiled. "This is so great, Genkai-san! Oh! Arigato gozaimazu!" she looked extremely happy. Quickly, she flipped open the gray book and began researching.
Genkai nodded. "But first, we should get rid of some evil inside my beautiful temple." She turned to look at Kuwabara. "Kuwabara Kazuma. I know what you are hiding from me. You are not yourself." She smirked. "Come out, O' Evil One."
Kuwabara cackled. "You are amazing sometimes, Old Hag, but alas, you are not perfect." His tall frame immediately larged and widened. His eyes became dark blue, his body darkened also, and Kuwabara's physical body fell onto the sofa limply.
"How about some tea?" a sweet voice sang. Yukina walked out, holding a silver tray with a couple cups on it and a glass teapot, smoking a bit from the immense heat. She gasped. "Kazuma-san!" Putting down the tray, she hurried to the taller man and knelt down beside him.
The swirl, though cackled. "You need not worry about you dear Kurama, he is safe as long as you hand me the Mirror of UtterDarkness. But as for the Koorime, he's in trouble."
"Say cheese!" Botan cried as she snapped a picture of the black swirl. The photograph came out and she looked at it proudly. "Koenma-sama will take a look at these. And maybe someone can identify you, you demon creep."
The swirl shook its majestic head, if it had one, and blink its blue eyes. "I can save you the trouble," it said in a low, bass voice. "My name is Banpaia, and now I bid you farewell. As you should bid your little Koorime good-bye too, as you shall never see him again."
And it disappeared.
"I'm sitting here, very bemused. Can someone explain? I'm very confused," Yuusuke chanted stupidly. He was rewarded with a smack on the head by an oar.
"Baka," Botan muttered to the detective.
The tea continued to smoke.
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