~ Chapter 10 The Matters at Hand
"Shuuichi, are… are you alright? Your not i…in any trouble are you?" She could not help
but ask her child.
"I...I love you mother, but I have to go now. Please do not worry…I… I am fine really.
Love you." He hangs up the phone crossing his arms on Koenma's desk, resting his head upon
it and cries.
She listens as the phone goes dead on the other side. She knew her son had lied to
her and was no closer to knowing where he was than before. The phone drops from her ear
as she cups both hands over her eyes and lets the tears cascade down her face.
"Why did you not tell her the truth Shuuichi? Are we to end with a lie what we started with a lie?
Is that woman to be in eternal misery? Why spare her life when we only have made life miserable for her
ever since that night. How is she to have the life time of happiness the Ankoku Kyou granted if her son
refuses to speak the truth to her?" The fox removes himself from the rather comfortable position that he
has taken upon the couch to pad himself towards the crying red haired boy. The fox wanted an answer to
this, despite all the crap that the boy had put him through, he knew exactly what the boy was feeling.
"How, how can I tell her, I don't know how. Why are you talking to me anyway? I thought you
hated me." Shuuichi glares down at the oversized silver fox that had taken a seat next to him. All eyes
are on the pair as if expecting some great battle to occur such was not the case.
"Hate is too strong of a word, I am thinking back on things and how much you remind me of
myself when I was a young kit. Perhaps we can work things out without dealing with spirit world logic.
They are just a little too anal retentive for their own good." The fox glances up at Koenma, as does
Shuuichi. There is duel laughter behind them as both Kuwabara and Yusuke cannot help but laugh at the
fox's statement.
"And what is that supposed to mean fox?" In unison, the voices of both Koenma and Botan
resonate through out the room causing a round of laughter to chorus though out the office.
"Nothing your lordship, merely that I am willing to overlook the hell this hooligan put me through
under some... provisions." With the sarcastic tone and the toothy grin from the fox, Shuuichi wondered
what exactly he meant by that. Koenma merely gestured for the fox to continue.
"Three actually, One he comes completely clean with his mother I can assist him in that much,
after all Autsuko and Keiko are fully aware of Yusuke, and Shizuru, Kazuma's Guardian no less, is aware
of his situation, there for it is only fitting that Shiori be aware of Shuuichi's. More so than that, half of
what hurts Shiori so, is the fact that her son sneaks out, lies to her, and disappears for days on end. The
second is that I still need an actual body to manifest myself in, preferably uninhabited It has been long
that I have not had a body of my own; I would be appreciative to have one once more. The third is
Shuuichi needs trained to use his Rei-ki, at this moment he is quite similar to Yusuke in that manner. He
seems to have inherited some of my abilities, and he needs properly trained in their usage. I believe that
would only leave the matter of his attempted escape, in which he was panic stricken and terrified,
probably not in the most stable of states." The last sentence was a stretch, but he was trying to be civil
about things. After all, he could have all the fun in the Ningenkai teaching the boy how to use his Rei-ki
the hard way. Not to mention if he could get a physical form, then he could have even more fun
tormenting… teaching the boy. What was more important to him though was getting Shiori up to date on
what is going on with her child.
"Did he just call me Kazuma?" Kuwabara blinks slightly not used to hearing anyone call him by
his first name other than Yukina. He merely stands there bewildered forgetting half of what is actually
going on.
"Hey wait your saying that if Koenma gets you a body and Shuuichi fesses up to his mom then
you'd teach Shuuichi how to use his Rei-ki?" Yusuke blinks playing through what just happened.
"Yes. However, the lessons are going to be quite difficult. It takes more energy to manipulate
organic matter than it does to form an energy attack. It is better to have a master teach than an
apprentice try to figure it out on his or her own. Is my offer valid for a plea bargain on behalf of
Shuuichi?" The fox states glancing slightly at Yusuke before his gaze reverts to Koenma for his reply.
"Yes well, that should suffice, though where am I going to find a body at this hour, It was hard
enough putting Yusuke back in his. Your body is probably dust by now…. We can probably find something
suitable for you, perhaps a ningen fox, or something along those lines. It would take less time for you to
transfigure inside of it and it is a lot less questionable. Once you transfigure you are back to your Youko
self again. That's not the hard part though." The toddler's eyes get a little wide and his index fingers
begin to tap against each other's tips.
The whole of the room turn to look at the nervous toddler. Their brows are quirked and their ears
are awaiting more information. Kurama stands upon his haunches plopping his front paws on the
toddler's desk with a light pat. He was the most interested in what the demi-god had to say. Koenma
coughs briefly before he stands upon his chair. He coughs once before taking a serious look and
informing them of the requirements.
"Well, here's the catch Kurama. You have to take the vessel at the time of conception. That is
where you made your mistake with Shuuichi, you see he was already well under his way when you snuck
in. The trick is to get in there before the new soul has a chance to manifest. Now here are your choices,
there are humans mating every thirty seconds, but it takes nine months for the child be born, though I
am certain all you Knew that much, but the body grows very slowly. You would have to wait the ten
years you had previously anticipated before you would be back in full. Now let us compare that to a fox.
Sure, you have to wait for mating season again, unless there are some late maters, which is in another
six or seven..."
"Eight." The fox humbly states cutting off Koenma. He then licks his lips and quirks a brow. The
look on his face reflects some where on the lines of ask me I dare you.
"Don't… Remind me..." Shuuichi shudders remembering quite clearly some of Kurama's vixens.
Yes, he was a very busy fox in the spring.
Koenma quirks his brow, recalling having to turn off his monitor a few times. He notes that all
eyes are on the fox, but no one seems to have the courage to ask, and decide to brush it off as he is a
fox, of course he would know that.
"…Eight months… Then Kits are born in the winter. Now foxes obviously grow to maturity much
sooner than ningen and I would say it would take roughly a year or so before Kurama is back to full and
he would be able to transfigure probably after his fourth month. Despite all this Shuuichi still has the
matter of his assault on my employees to deal with." Koenma takes a seat in his chair pondering a
resolution to this; it would be difficult to brush aside.
"That is simple Koenma, Yusuke has obviously served his purpose as your Rei Kai Tantei,
therefore why not have Shuuichi take his position as your primary sleuth? After all he would be much
better at it anyway; that way Yusuke can return to his proper responsibility." Hiei glances over at the
toddler, his ruby spheres refined into a pair of daggers staring Koenma piercing his line of vision.
"Let me guess Hiei you want me to go back to the Makai." Yusuke narrows his gaze on the short
youkai. He left the Makai a year early; he knew that, but why was Hiei pushing him to return?
"Your lands are in Chaos and if you want to avoid a war, I suggest you return." It was true, ever
since Yusuke had left, the rebellions within the lands on the Taiyoukai had increased. There was no
longer any fear of reprimand, and things were thrown into utter chaos.
"Probably should, I was hesitant to leave as soon as I did but I missed everyone. Well what do
you say Koenma?" He looks over at the toddler for the final answer.
"Perhaps, I have to go speak to the courts about this arrangement thought, and I'm certain they'll
want to throw in their little quips." He slides off of his chair and strides towards the door running the
entire list through is mind.
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~ Yep the latest installment. Well more to come! Thanks to all my reviewers! My Dedicated readers, and everyone who gives me their honest opinion!
~Aikousha no Gingitsune. Devoted Fan of the Silver Fox.
Konada Mikari
"Shuuichi, are… are you alright? Your not i…in any trouble are you?" She could not help
but ask her child.
"I...I love you mother, but I have to go now. Please do not worry…I… I am fine really.
Love you." He hangs up the phone crossing his arms on Koenma's desk, resting his head upon
it and cries.
She listens as the phone goes dead on the other side. She knew her son had lied to
her and was no closer to knowing where he was than before. The phone drops from her ear
as she cups both hands over her eyes and lets the tears cascade down her face.
"Why did you not tell her the truth Shuuichi? Are we to end with a lie what we started with a lie?
Is that woman to be in eternal misery? Why spare her life when we only have made life miserable for her
ever since that night. How is she to have the life time of happiness the Ankoku Kyou granted if her son
refuses to speak the truth to her?" The fox removes himself from the rather comfortable position that he
has taken upon the couch to pad himself towards the crying red haired boy. The fox wanted an answer to
this, despite all the crap that the boy had put him through, he knew exactly what the boy was feeling.
"How, how can I tell her, I don't know how. Why are you talking to me anyway? I thought you
hated me." Shuuichi glares down at the oversized silver fox that had taken a seat next to him. All eyes
are on the pair as if expecting some great battle to occur such was not the case.
"Hate is too strong of a word, I am thinking back on things and how much you remind me of
myself when I was a young kit. Perhaps we can work things out without dealing with spirit world logic.
They are just a little too anal retentive for their own good." The fox glances up at Koenma, as does
Shuuichi. There is duel laughter behind them as both Kuwabara and Yusuke cannot help but laugh at the
fox's statement.
"And what is that supposed to mean fox?" In unison, the voices of both Koenma and Botan
resonate through out the room causing a round of laughter to chorus though out the office.
"Nothing your lordship, merely that I am willing to overlook the hell this hooligan put me through
under some... provisions." With the sarcastic tone and the toothy grin from the fox, Shuuichi wondered
what exactly he meant by that. Koenma merely gestured for the fox to continue.
"Three actually, One he comes completely clean with his mother I can assist him in that much,
after all Autsuko and Keiko are fully aware of Yusuke, and Shizuru, Kazuma's Guardian no less, is aware
of his situation, there for it is only fitting that Shiori be aware of Shuuichi's. More so than that, half of
what hurts Shiori so, is the fact that her son sneaks out, lies to her, and disappears for days on end. The
second is that I still need an actual body to manifest myself in, preferably uninhabited It has been long
that I have not had a body of my own; I would be appreciative to have one once more. The third is
Shuuichi needs trained to use his Rei-ki, at this moment he is quite similar to Yusuke in that manner. He
seems to have inherited some of my abilities, and he needs properly trained in their usage. I believe that
would only leave the matter of his attempted escape, in which he was panic stricken and terrified,
probably not in the most stable of states." The last sentence was a stretch, but he was trying to be civil
about things. After all, he could have all the fun in the Ningenkai teaching the boy how to use his Rei-ki
the hard way. Not to mention if he could get a physical form, then he could have even more fun
tormenting… teaching the boy. What was more important to him though was getting Shiori up to date on
what is going on with her child.
"Did he just call me Kazuma?" Kuwabara blinks slightly not used to hearing anyone call him by
his first name other than Yukina. He merely stands there bewildered forgetting half of what is actually
going on.
"Hey wait your saying that if Koenma gets you a body and Shuuichi fesses up to his mom then
you'd teach Shuuichi how to use his Rei-ki?" Yusuke blinks playing through what just happened.
"Yes. However, the lessons are going to be quite difficult. It takes more energy to manipulate
organic matter than it does to form an energy attack. It is better to have a master teach than an
apprentice try to figure it out on his or her own. Is my offer valid for a plea bargain on behalf of
Shuuichi?" The fox states glancing slightly at Yusuke before his gaze reverts to Koenma for his reply.
"Yes well, that should suffice, though where am I going to find a body at this hour, It was hard
enough putting Yusuke back in his. Your body is probably dust by now…. We can probably find something
suitable for you, perhaps a ningen fox, or something along those lines. It would take less time for you to
transfigure inside of it and it is a lot less questionable. Once you transfigure you are back to your Youko
self again. That's not the hard part though." The toddler's eyes get a little wide and his index fingers
begin to tap against each other's tips.
The whole of the room turn to look at the nervous toddler. Their brows are quirked and their ears
are awaiting more information. Kurama stands upon his haunches plopping his front paws on the
toddler's desk with a light pat. He was the most interested in what the demi-god had to say. Koenma
coughs briefly before he stands upon his chair. He coughs once before taking a serious look and
informing them of the requirements.
"Well, here's the catch Kurama. You have to take the vessel at the time of conception. That is
where you made your mistake with Shuuichi, you see he was already well under his way when you snuck
in. The trick is to get in there before the new soul has a chance to manifest. Now here are your choices,
there are humans mating every thirty seconds, but it takes nine months for the child be born, though I
am certain all you Knew that much, but the body grows very slowly. You would have to wait the ten
years you had previously anticipated before you would be back in full. Now let us compare that to a fox.
Sure, you have to wait for mating season again, unless there are some late maters, which is in another
six or seven..."
"Eight." The fox humbly states cutting off Koenma. He then licks his lips and quirks a brow. The
look on his face reflects some where on the lines of ask me I dare you.
"Don't… Remind me..." Shuuichi shudders remembering quite clearly some of Kurama's vixens.
Yes, he was a very busy fox in the spring.
Koenma quirks his brow, recalling having to turn off his monitor a few times. He notes that all
eyes are on the fox, but no one seems to have the courage to ask, and decide to brush it off as he is a
fox, of course he would know that.
"…Eight months… Then Kits are born in the winter. Now foxes obviously grow to maturity much
sooner than ningen and I would say it would take roughly a year or so before Kurama is back to full and
he would be able to transfigure probably after his fourth month. Despite all this Shuuichi still has the
matter of his assault on my employees to deal with." Koenma takes a seat in his chair pondering a
resolution to this; it would be difficult to brush aside.
"That is simple Koenma, Yusuke has obviously served his purpose as your Rei Kai Tantei,
therefore why not have Shuuichi take his position as your primary sleuth? After all he would be much
better at it anyway; that way Yusuke can return to his proper responsibility." Hiei glances over at the
toddler, his ruby spheres refined into a pair of daggers staring Koenma piercing his line of vision.
"Let me guess Hiei you want me to go back to the Makai." Yusuke narrows his gaze on the short
youkai. He left the Makai a year early; he knew that, but why was Hiei pushing him to return?
"Your lands are in Chaos and if you want to avoid a war, I suggest you return." It was true, ever
since Yusuke had left, the rebellions within the lands on the Taiyoukai had increased. There was no
longer any fear of reprimand, and things were thrown into utter chaos.
"Probably should, I was hesitant to leave as soon as I did but I missed everyone. Well what do
you say Koenma?" He looks over at the toddler for the final answer.
"Perhaps, I have to go speak to the courts about this arrangement thought, and I'm certain they'll
want to throw in their little quips." He slides off of his chair and strides towards the door running the
entire list through is mind.
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~ Yep the latest installment. Well more to come! Thanks to all my reviewers! My Dedicated readers, and everyone who gives me their honest opinion!
~Aikousha no Gingitsune. Devoted Fan of the Silver Fox.
Konada Mikari