Roses are Black...
By Mystichakai24
Yusuke sighed heavily and Kuwabara was aiming punches in midair. "Then that frickin' youkai will get some of this and some of this..."
"Just shut up will ya? I doubt you can punch that weird swirly black thing!" Yusuke cried in frustration. Kuwabara's eyebrows lifted and the two began sparring as they made their way to Reikai.
Botan flew over them on her oar and said, "There's the gate. Quickly! Koenma-sama is due for his nap in two minutes!" After smacking Yusuke and Kuwabara for laughing hysterically, Botan knocked on the gate and said, "This is Botan with Reikai Tantei Yusuke Urameshi and Kuwabara Kazuma. We're here to speak with Koenma-sama."
The door opened and they stepped in, dodged all the running onis. All the way in the back they saw a curtain, pulled it over, and finally saw Koenma. "Botan!" he exclaimed through the fuukuman. "Have you solved our problems yet?"
"Koenma-sama," Botan began, shuffling through her pink kimono for the photograph of Banpaia. Finally she withdrew it and handed it to the Demigod. "Koenma-sama, this is the criminal behind Hiei's disappearance and Kurama's kidnap. He said his name was Banpaia."
"Banpaia, eh? Never heard of him. But this picture looks familiar..." Koenma muttered.
"Yeah," Kuwabara said. "He looks like that genie from Aladdin."
Koenma sat up in surprise. "That's it! He's a Granting Youkai, or a genie in the ningenkai." He glanced at the picture. "But he's a freed one; he has no sign of bondage over his arms. That means someone released him before. That can be good for us."
"Why?" Yusuke asked.
Botan informed, "If a Granting Youkai cannot grant wishes for a certain amount of time (it depends on the level of demon) then it will be weakened until it is dispersed into oblivion."
Yusuke was confused. "If it's a genie, then why does it need the Mirror of UtterDarkness? Can't it grant its own wishes?" Kuwabara nodded in agreement.
"Well, when a genie is still a slave of a lamp, it can only obey the one that releases it. But when it is freed, then the genie can live freely, but at the cost of its inability to grant wishes. However, if a genie can be changed into a lowlife demon by the power of some magical force, then it can live. Reiki cannot help because the genie exists on a different plane from Youkai. It lives on its own magical influence. With the Mirror of UtterDarkness, it can transform itself."
Yusuke waited until Koenma was finished before he asked, "But won't it die?"
Botan whacked him on the head with her oar. "I already told you, Yusuke! Banpaia found some sort of potion that will prevent magical death!" She then turned to Koenma and said more respectfully, "Yukina-chan and Genkai-sensai are currently researching the potion up."
"Very good," replied Koenma.
"Koenma-sama, sir!" George interrupted as he ripped the curtain in anxiety. Then (after Koenma told him the curtain was going to be paid for by George) he handed the Prince a rusty brown letter. "We just received this in the mailbox."
"Did you see who sent it?" Kuwabara asked.
"No, it just floated in the wind and landed in the mailbox," replied George frantically.
Botan was worried. "There's no wind in Reikai," she said after George left.
Koenma opened the letter and read aloud:
This is Banpaia. If you have finally decided to hand me the mirror, be at the Makai. The spot is under the only tree bearing fruit. Be thereat midnight this Saturday with only one of you detectives. Anymore and your adorable fox will not be returned.
P.S. Your Koorime is still floating around in the portal of Reikai. Happy hunting!
"Well, now we know where to find him," said Kuwabara blankly.
"Today is...Thursday," Yusuke observed. Then he asked, "They have weekdays in Makai?" Botan smacked him again for the stupid question.
Kuwabara scratched his hair. "What did he mean by the Reikai portal?"
"The Reikai portal is where one can be transported through to the Makai." Koenma folded his hands. "The spot under the only tree bearing fruit... That's got to be the DevilFruit Tree. Anyone who eats the fruit of that tree will be stunned senseless for three days. By that time, demons will have devoured the one who ate it."
"Back to Hiei," Yusuke said. "How do we get him out of the portal?"
"I recommend we retrieve Kurama first. Without pure unity, getting lost in the portal is a definite. Back to Kurama, do we really give the Mirror of UtterDarkness or what?" Koenma asked. He stared at the others. "Let's vote, all in favor of not giving it, hands up!"
Yusuke and Kuwabara had their hands up. "How are we sure that he will give Kurama back? I've seen many shows where they didn't give the hostage back in return!"
"But," Botan interrupted. "If all Banpaia wants is to live, how can we not grant him the chance? After all, it's not like he's going to take over Ningenkai or something."
Koenma responded with, "A genie-turned Youkai is a very strange thing. Magic mixed with ki, you see. When one is like that, anything could happen from their emotions."
"Like Sayako?" Yusuke asked nervously. Babysitting that little brat was trouble.
"Yes. They cannot decide what can be better, magic or ki, so they resort to something they can understand. Emotions. Depending on their feelings, anything can happen," Koenma explained. "It's very strange because something like this has never happened before. Banpaia must know that he is withering. That is why he needs the Mirror of UtterDarkness so soon."
Ring! Ring!
Botan gasped and snapped open her pink communicator. She spoke to someone and smiled. She snapped it back shut and let it back inside the folds of her clothing. "Good news, guys! Genkai-sensai has just informed me that there are two possible remedies that can undo Banpaia's potion! She and Yukina-chan are putting them together right now!"
"Good. Check in on them. *yawn* Just tell me the results when you..." Koenma slumped into his chair and began snoring.
Botan giggled as Yusuke and Kuwabara stared in bewilderment. "Koenma- sama always needs his beauty sleep three times a day so he can stay fresh, happy, and handsome!" She giggled again as George took Koenma away to his chambers. "All right, gang, let's go!" She giggled again. "I always wanted to say that." Botan hopped onto her oar and flew away.
Yusuke and Kuwabara followed her, still laughing hysterically from watching Koenma fall asleep. Before they knew it, they were whacked on the head several times for 'disrespect' as Botan so put it.
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Author's Notes: I am so sorry! I haven't updated in, like, a millennium! No excuses really, but I though this story was coming out so horribly that I decided it wasn't worth continuing. I just kept it up for the reviews. But now I will continue it! I don't update often, but I promise you I will! Please review for the next chapter and thanks for all the encouragement!
P.S. I just got the YYH movies subtitled! I like the second one better by so much! Hehe...
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By Mystichakai24
Yusuke sighed heavily and Kuwabara was aiming punches in midair. "Then that frickin' youkai will get some of this and some of this..."
"Just shut up will ya? I doubt you can punch that weird swirly black thing!" Yusuke cried in frustration. Kuwabara's eyebrows lifted and the two began sparring as they made their way to Reikai.
Botan flew over them on her oar and said, "There's the gate. Quickly! Koenma-sama is due for his nap in two minutes!" After smacking Yusuke and Kuwabara for laughing hysterically, Botan knocked on the gate and said, "This is Botan with Reikai Tantei Yusuke Urameshi and Kuwabara Kazuma. We're here to speak with Koenma-sama."
The door opened and they stepped in, dodged all the running onis. All the way in the back they saw a curtain, pulled it over, and finally saw Koenma. "Botan!" he exclaimed through the fuukuman. "Have you solved our problems yet?"
"Koenma-sama," Botan began, shuffling through her pink kimono for the photograph of Banpaia. Finally she withdrew it and handed it to the Demigod. "Koenma-sama, this is the criminal behind Hiei's disappearance and Kurama's kidnap. He said his name was Banpaia."
"Banpaia, eh? Never heard of him. But this picture looks familiar..." Koenma muttered.
"Yeah," Kuwabara said. "He looks like that genie from Aladdin."
Koenma sat up in surprise. "That's it! He's a Granting Youkai, or a genie in the ningenkai." He glanced at the picture. "But he's a freed one; he has no sign of bondage over his arms. That means someone released him before. That can be good for us."
"Why?" Yusuke asked.
Botan informed, "If a Granting Youkai cannot grant wishes for a certain amount of time (it depends on the level of demon) then it will be weakened until it is dispersed into oblivion."
Yusuke was confused. "If it's a genie, then why does it need the Mirror of UtterDarkness? Can't it grant its own wishes?" Kuwabara nodded in agreement.
"Well, when a genie is still a slave of a lamp, it can only obey the one that releases it. But when it is freed, then the genie can live freely, but at the cost of its inability to grant wishes. However, if a genie can be changed into a lowlife demon by the power of some magical force, then it can live. Reiki cannot help because the genie exists on a different plane from Youkai. It lives on its own magical influence. With the Mirror of UtterDarkness, it can transform itself."
Yusuke waited until Koenma was finished before he asked, "But won't it die?"
Botan whacked him on the head with her oar. "I already told you, Yusuke! Banpaia found some sort of potion that will prevent magical death!" She then turned to Koenma and said more respectfully, "Yukina-chan and Genkai-sensai are currently researching the potion up."
"Very good," replied Koenma.
"Koenma-sama, sir!" George interrupted as he ripped the curtain in anxiety. Then (after Koenma told him the curtain was going to be paid for by George) he handed the Prince a rusty brown letter. "We just received this in the mailbox."
"Did you see who sent it?" Kuwabara asked.
"No, it just floated in the wind and landed in the mailbox," replied George frantically.
Botan was worried. "There's no wind in Reikai," she said after George left.
Koenma opened the letter and read aloud:
This is Banpaia. If you have finally decided to hand me the mirror, be at the Makai. The spot is under the only tree bearing fruit. Be thereat midnight this Saturday with only one of you detectives. Anymore and your adorable fox will not be returned.
P.S. Your Koorime is still floating around in the portal of Reikai. Happy hunting!
"Well, now we know where to find him," said Kuwabara blankly.
"Today is...Thursday," Yusuke observed. Then he asked, "They have weekdays in Makai?" Botan smacked him again for the stupid question.
Kuwabara scratched his hair. "What did he mean by the Reikai portal?"
"The Reikai portal is where one can be transported through to the Makai." Koenma folded his hands. "The spot under the only tree bearing fruit... That's got to be the DevilFruit Tree. Anyone who eats the fruit of that tree will be stunned senseless for three days. By that time, demons will have devoured the one who ate it."
"Back to Hiei," Yusuke said. "How do we get him out of the portal?"
"I recommend we retrieve Kurama first. Without pure unity, getting lost in the portal is a definite. Back to Kurama, do we really give the Mirror of UtterDarkness or what?" Koenma asked. He stared at the others. "Let's vote, all in favor of not giving it, hands up!"
Yusuke and Kuwabara had their hands up. "How are we sure that he will give Kurama back? I've seen many shows where they didn't give the hostage back in return!"
"But," Botan interrupted. "If all Banpaia wants is to live, how can we not grant him the chance? After all, it's not like he's going to take over Ningenkai or something."
Koenma responded with, "A genie-turned Youkai is a very strange thing. Magic mixed with ki, you see. When one is like that, anything could happen from their emotions."
"Like Sayako?" Yusuke asked nervously. Babysitting that little brat was trouble.
"Yes. They cannot decide what can be better, magic or ki, so they resort to something they can understand. Emotions. Depending on their feelings, anything can happen," Koenma explained. "It's very strange because something like this has never happened before. Banpaia must know that he is withering. That is why he needs the Mirror of UtterDarkness so soon."
Ring! Ring!
Botan gasped and snapped open her pink communicator. She spoke to someone and smiled. She snapped it back shut and let it back inside the folds of her clothing. "Good news, guys! Genkai-sensai has just informed me that there are two possible remedies that can undo Banpaia's potion! She and Yukina-chan are putting them together right now!"
"Good. Check in on them. *yawn* Just tell me the results when you..." Koenma slumped into his chair and began snoring.
Botan giggled as Yusuke and Kuwabara stared in bewilderment. "Koenma- sama always needs his beauty sleep three times a day so he can stay fresh, happy, and handsome!" She giggled again as George took Koenma away to his chambers. "All right, gang, let's go!" She giggled again. "I always wanted to say that." Botan hopped onto her oar and flew away.
Yusuke and Kuwabara followed her, still laughing hysterically from watching Koenma fall asleep. Before they knew it, they were whacked on the head several times for 'disrespect' as Botan so put it.
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Author's Notes: I am so sorry! I haven't updated in, like, a millennium! No excuses really, but I though this story was coming out so horribly that I decided it wasn't worth continuing. I just kept it up for the reviews. But now I will continue it! I don't update often, but I promise you I will! Please review for the next chapter and thanks for all the encouragement!
P.S. I just got the YYH movies subtitled! I like the second one better by so much! Hehe...
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