Glossary:
Gaki Dama - A green ball that has the ability to remove souls from still living bodies, while it favors children, any soul can be removed. (Orb of Baast in the Dub)
JSDF - Japanese Special Defense Force - Military Police, Kurama states this As a Joke that Shuuichi is so loud that he can be heard in the Ningenkai.
Rei-kai Daihatsu Kan - Spirit World Great Building
Shinigami - God of death
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~~Chapter 4 Shuuichi on the Lamb.~~
"ATTENTION! KOENMA SPEAKING. WE HAVE AN ESCAPEE, RED HAIR GREEN EYES AVERAGE HEIGHT; HE MAY METAMORPH INTO A TALL MAN SILVER HAIR, GOLDEN EYES FOX EARS AND A TAIL OR A SILVER KITSUNE. THIS ECOMANCER IS CONSIDERED EXTREMLY DANGEROUS. APPREHEND AT ONCE. THAT IS ALL."
Frantic footsteps sound through the halls of the Rei-kai Daihatsu Kan; no, it was a
Fortress of the dead. The sirens screeching in his ears, were reminding him
constantly of his predicament. How could he not see what that fox was planning,
didn't he have control? The sound of laughter rings in the back of his mind, mocking
him. Damn that fox, he was enjoying every moment of this. He never expected Koenma to
turn on him so quickly especially after all they were through together; if he had then he would
have forced control much sooner. He was certain he was going the correct way, until he met a
wall. He quickly turned around to come face to face with seven security apparitions.
"Halt. Come quietly and we will not use force." There was a hint of fear in the red
apparition's voice. Red, that was all that Shuuichi could tell about this apparition, for other
than their gaunt hands, no part of them was visible beyond the black fabric draped over them.
Surely it was these that gave Botan the reputation of being a skeleton in black robes.
"I'm sorry, I cannot be captured just yet." Like hell he was going to get dragged off by
these apparitions.
He quickly reaches into his hair to draw out his rose. He always kept one there, sound
advice from his good "friend" the fox. What he didn't expect was the amount of energy he had
to expend to transform the bloom into his trademark rose whip. The hand that held the whip
shook as his eyes went wide. Why had it taken so much energy to form the weapon that he
has drawn several times?
"Oh.....I can answer that" the voice in his mind, that fox, spoke to him in a teasing
mocking tone that caused Shuuichi to grit his teeth together.
It clearly distracted the red haired young man, and the Skeletons were quick to take
advantage of it. Several had gripped onto his arms, forcing the Ningen to drop the whip. With
out the energy of its user it flashes briefly reverting back into the rose from whence it came.
Shuuichi quickly regains his senses, thrusting his left foot into the one that heal his left arm,
sending it crashing back into the wall. The sickening sound of crunching bones resounds
throughout the room, as his left hand his balled up, knocked into the skull of the one holding
his other hand captive. Causing the release of his other appendage. Knowing he could not take
the remaining ones on alone, especially since there seemed something amiss with his abilities,
he swiftly leaps over the remaining four, loosing some material from the front of his white shirt
to a white skeletal hand. "Must be the one that started the grim reaper rumors." he thought as
he soared above them. He then dashes down the halls, knowing the fox knew his way, but
unfortunately he was not paying attention when he let him steal the Ankoku Kyou for him two
years ago.
"Now, what do you mean you know." He spoke it as a command and not a question, he
was not in the mood, his voice was loud, alerting other apparitions of his presence. He
certainly was not the "Legendary Thief" that he held captive. Before long he had several of the
skeletal apparitions hot on his tail.
"Now now Shuuichi, if you spoke any louder you would have JSDF on your tail. All I'm
saying is I have pulled my energy back to me, a strenuous effort on my part, but I must
recover from that little beating you gave me. You're on your own kid." More malicious laughter
in the back of the Redhead's mind and he felt a cold chill run down his spine.
Shuuichi could feel it, he didn't know that Kurama could do that. Crap, he was reduced to
his own spirit power, and he wasn't quite certain how much he had. But he knew how to
manipulate plants still; that was something to go on, but it took so much strength to manifest
that whip. He would have to conserve his power and use it when he had to.
He rounds the corner as the voice in his head falls silent, chuckling here and there at
every little mistake that he made. Despite the laughter he had been doing quite well,
apparently he remembered some things. He had made it to the network nucleus where the
entry paperwork was filled out, there were several ogres bustling about transporting
paperwork, taking phone calls.
A small red and black ogre, a female of average height, a singular horn upon her
forehead caught sight of the escapee. She was dressed in practical office attire, with a pair of
glasses upon her face. She let out a horrified screech that caused everyone to stop what he or
she was doing.
The next thing anyone saw was everyone trying to gather the paperwork, and transport it
to safety, while the ones taking calls were now paging security. There was a great amount of
horrified screams as Shuuichi calmly strode through the area towards the first of the double
doors that lead to the outside.
It was this sound that caused a young black haired man, dressed in a pair of slightly snug
yet loose fitting blue jeans and a white T shirt, to dash down the great hallway towards the
second of the double doors. The Dark haired man had wrapped his hand around the wrist of
his companion, the blue haired woman in a dark blue Kimono, Botan, dragging her to the
second door.
"Open it Botan." The reluctant, yet eager man bunched his balled up right fist, into the
open palm of his left hand.
"Emergency override, Botan. Password Shinigami." The doors slide open to a chaotic
scene that did not look good for the red-haired Shuuichi.
Several of the Ogres were trying to bar his path to the door as it slid open. Shuuichi,
despite loosing Kurama's support in combat, was doing a rather sufficient job of knocking
them out by either throwing them across the great room, or simply beating the crap out of
them. There were several behind him that were severely injured. It did not appear that he
killed any of them, though there were a few that it was questionable if they would survive.
"Kurama, what are you doing?!" The dark haired man angrily yelled at the red haired
man; the fire in Yusuke's eyes was clearly burning.
"Yusuke, that's not Kurama remember. Its Shuuichi." The blue haired woman whispered
into Yusuke's ear.
During the trip, she had informed him of everything that had happened in Koenma's
office. Yusuke was still having difficulty accepting that fact. But it was true, as he soon
realized that Kurama, or Shuuichi as he realized really was doing this.
"Shuuichi, why are you...." That was all Yusuke could get out before he realized Shuuichi
was dashing straight for him. It took very little effort on the Taiyoukai's part to dash forward
at the on comer, ball up his fist and deal a rather devastating blow to the boy's stomach. Had
Shuuichi truly had Kurama's power he would have been able to shake it off, but Kurama took
that away, and the Shuuichi met darkness.
"I guess, your right Botan. Wow, Where do we take him then?" Yusuke blinks his eyes in
sheer disbelief looking down at the Unconscious form of Shuuichi Minamino.
"I don't know let me find out." The blue haired errand girl blinks not having been able to
follow Yusuke's actions when he knocked the boy out. She Calmly walks over to one of the
phones, dialing an extension.
"Who is calling me, I have to get this done! And there's an escapee on the loose!" She
had to pull the phone away from her ear as the toddler begins yelling through the other side.
"Heh, it's me Botan, Yusuke stopped him, but what do you want done?" She nervously
speaks into the phone, she could only imagine the wrath that Enma is going to deal to the
toddler when he finds out about this.
"Bring him to my office, Bring rope." The toddler hangs up the phone sighing briefly.
Hey Ogre! Get Up and get me some asprin!" He angrily looked down at the floor next to him.
Truly this whole ordeal has given him a massive headache.
"Yes, Koenma Sir!" By some miracle, that or the Ogre had been playing possum
the whole time, he gets up and frantically runs out of the office towards the infirmary
to fill the demi-god's request.
"Now things should start getting very interesting." He pushes a button on his
phone, a deep feminine voice sounds through asking him for his request.
"Yes, when Botan returns with the Prisoner, you and her are to go to the vault
and retrieve the Gaki Dama." A gasp from her before she confirms his Order and
disconnects.
"Now, how am I going to do this...." He places the stamp on the ink pad and
slips into silent contemplation.
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~I would thank My Faithful Reader Fey Wind for her Kind words, and Vulpine-chan for giving me an Idea from the Title of this Chapter. Yes I'll even thank all though who are reading and not reviewing, for reading! But please, Read and Review so I know you're out there!
Aikousha no Gingitsune.
Devoted Fan of the Silver Fox.
Konada Mikari
Gaki Dama - A green ball that has the ability to remove souls from still living bodies, while it favors children, any soul can be removed. (Orb of Baast in the Dub)
JSDF - Japanese Special Defense Force - Military Police, Kurama states this As a Joke that Shuuichi is so loud that he can be heard in the Ningenkai.
Rei-kai Daihatsu Kan - Spirit World Great Building
Shinigami - God of death
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~~Chapter 4 Shuuichi on the Lamb.~~
"ATTENTION! KOENMA SPEAKING. WE HAVE AN ESCAPEE, RED HAIR GREEN EYES AVERAGE HEIGHT; HE MAY METAMORPH INTO A TALL MAN SILVER HAIR, GOLDEN EYES FOX EARS AND A TAIL OR A SILVER KITSUNE. THIS ECOMANCER IS CONSIDERED EXTREMLY DANGEROUS. APPREHEND AT ONCE. THAT IS ALL."
Frantic footsteps sound through the halls of the Rei-kai Daihatsu Kan; no, it was a
Fortress of the dead. The sirens screeching in his ears, were reminding him
constantly of his predicament. How could he not see what that fox was planning,
didn't he have control? The sound of laughter rings in the back of his mind, mocking
him. Damn that fox, he was enjoying every moment of this. He never expected Koenma to
turn on him so quickly especially after all they were through together; if he had then he would
have forced control much sooner. He was certain he was going the correct way, until he met a
wall. He quickly turned around to come face to face with seven security apparitions.
"Halt. Come quietly and we will not use force." There was a hint of fear in the red
apparition's voice. Red, that was all that Shuuichi could tell about this apparition, for other
than their gaunt hands, no part of them was visible beyond the black fabric draped over them.
Surely it was these that gave Botan the reputation of being a skeleton in black robes.
"I'm sorry, I cannot be captured just yet." Like hell he was going to get dragged off by
these apparitions.
He quickly reaches into his hair to draw out his rose. He always kept one there, sound
advice from his good "friend" the fox. What he didn't expect was the amount of energy he had
to expend to transform the bloom into his trademark rose whip. The hand that held the whip
shook as his eyes went wide. Why had it taken so much energy to form the weapon that he
has drawn several times?
"Oh.....I can answer that" the voice in his mind, that fox, spoke to him in a teasing
mocking tone that caused Shuuichi to grit his teeth together.
It clearly distracted the red haired young man, and the Skeletons were quick to take
advantage of it. Several had gripped onto his arms, forcing the Ningen to drop the whip. With
out the energy of its user it flashes briefly reverting back into the rose from whence it came.
Shuuichi quickly regains his senses, thrusting his left foot into the one that heal his left arm,
sending it crashing back into the wall. The sickening sound of crunching bones resounds
throughout the room, as his left hand his balled up, knocked into the skull of the one holding
his other hand captive. Causing the release of his other appendage. Knowing he could not take
the remaining ones on alone, especially since there seemed something amiss with his abilities,
he swiftly leaps over the remaining four, loosing some material from the front of his white shirt
to a white skeletal hand. "Must be the one that started the grim reaper rumors." he thought as
he soared above them. He then dashes down the halls, knowing the fox knew his way, but
unfortunately he was not paying attention when he let him steal the Ankoku Kyou for him two
years ago.
"Now, what do you mean you know." He spoke it as a command and not a question, he
was not in the mood, his voice was loud, alerting other apparitions of his presence. He
certainly was not the "Legendary Thief" that he held captive. Before long he had several of the
skeletal apparitions hot on his tail.
"Now now Shuuichi, if you spoke any louder you would have JSDF on your tail. All I'm
saying is I have pulled my energy back to me, a strenuous effort on my part, but I must
recover from that little beating you gave me. You're on your own kid." More malicious laughter
in the back of the Redhead's mind and he felt a cold chill run down his spine.
Shuuichi could feel it, he didn't know that Kurama could do that. Crap, he was reduced to
his own spirit power, and he wasn't quite certain how much he had. But he knew how to
manipulate plants still; that was something to go on, but it took so much strength to manifest
that whip. He would have to conserve his power and use it when he had to.
He rounds the corner as the voice in his head falls silent, chuckling here and there at
every little mistake that he made. Despite the laughter he had been doing quite well,
apparently he remembered some things. He had made it to the network nucleus where the
entry paperwork was filled out, there were several ogres bustling about transporting
paperwork, taking phone calls.
A small red and black ogre, a female of average height, a singular horn upon her
forehead caught sight of the escapee. She was dressed in practical office attire, with a pair of
glasses upon her face. She let out a horrified screech that caused everyone to stop what he or
she was doing.
The next thing anyone saw was everyone trying to gather the paperwork, and transport it
to safety, while the ones taking calls were now paging security. There was a great amount of
horrified screams as Shuuichi calmly strode through the area towards the first of the double
doors that lead to the outside.
It was this sound that caused a young black haired man, dressed in a pair of slightly snug
yet loose fitting blue jeans and a white T shirt, to dash down the great hallway towards the
second of the double doors. The Dark haired man had wrapped his hand around the wrist of
his companion, the blue haired woman in a dark blue Kimono, Botan, dragging her to the
second door.
"Open it Botan." The reluctant, yet eager man bunched his balled up right fist, into the
open palm of his left hand.
"Emergency override, Botan. Password Shinigami." The doors slide open to a chaotic
scene that did not look good for the red-haired Shuuichi.
Several of the Ogres were trying to bar his path to the door as it slid open. Shuuichi,
despite loosing Kurama's support in combat, was doing a rather sufficient job of knocking
them out by either throwing them across the great room, or simply beating the crap out of
them. There were several behind him that were severely injured. It did not appear that he
killed any of them, though there were a few that it was questionable if they would survive.
"Kurama, what are you doing?!" The dark haired man angrily yelled at the red haired
man; the fire in Yusuke's eyes was clearly burning.
"Yusuke, that's not Kurama remember. Its Shuuichi." The blue haired woman whispered
into Yusuke's ear.
During the trip, she had informed him of everything that had happened in Koenma's
office. Yusuke was still having difficulty accepting that fact. But it was true, as he soon
realized that Kurama, or Shuuichi as he realized really was doing this.
"Shuuichi, why are you...." That was all Yusuke could get out before he realized Shuuichi
was dashing straight for him. It took very little effort on the Taiyoukai's part to dash forward
at the on comer, ball up his fist and deal a rather devastating blow to the boy's stomach. Had
Shuuichi truly had Kurama's power he would have been able to shake it off, but Kurama took
that away, and the Shuuichi met darkness.
"I guess, your right Botan. Wow, Where do we take him then?" Yusuke blinks his eyes in
sheer disbelief looking down at the Unconscious form of Shuuichi Minamino.
"I don't know let me find out." The blue haired errand girl blinks not having been able to
follow Yusuke's actions when he knocked the boy out. She Calmly walks over to one of the
phones, dialing an extension.
"Who is calling me, I have to get this done! And there's an escapee on the loose!" She
had to pull the phone away from her ear as the toddler begins yelling through the other side.
"Heh, it's me Botan, Yusuke stopped him, but what do you want done?" She nervously
speaks into the phone, she could only imagine the wrath that Enma is going to deal to the
toddler when he finds out about this.
"Bring him to my office, Bring rope." The toddler hangs up the phone sighing briefly.
Hey Ogre! Get Up and get me some asprin!" He angrily looked down at the floor next to him.
Truly this whole ordeal has given him a massive headache.
"Yes, Koenma Sir!" By some miracle, that or the Ogre had been playing possum
the whole time, he gets up and frantically runs out of the office towards the infirmary
to fill the demi-god's request.
"Now things should start getting very interesting." He pushes a button on his
phone, a deep feminine voice sounds through asking him for his request.
"Yes, when Botan returns with the Prisoner, you and her are to go to the vault
and retrieve the Gaki Dama." A gasp from her before she confirms his Order and
disconnects.
"Now, how am I going to do this...." He places the stamp on the ink pad and
slips into silent contemplation.
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~I would thank My Faithful Reader Fey Wind for her Kind words, and Vulpine-chan for giving me an Idea from the Title of this Chapter. Yes I'll even thank all though who are reading and not reviewing, for reading! But please, Read and Review so I know you're out there!
Aikousha no Gingitsune.
Devoted Fan of the Silver Fox.
Konada Mikari