Surprises Ch. 2
AN: How much trouble can one Kyukonkee be to Yusuke and company? Especially to a youko that doesn't know what she is? FIND OUT! Kuwabara's Cat get's poisoned by a kid named Raion! All in the same chapter!!
~a few weeks later~
Kathy and Botan walked home from the bus every day after that. Kathy seemed to be able to rattle off names and functions of artifacts and mythology, she knew a few kinds of Mythical creatures, but nothing else about them and Botan was more than willing to teach her. As for Magick? Kathy had been well schooled in that. The theory at least, her father never let her practice it on her own.
Botan was actually appalled at how little of what was out there Kathy knew. She was the daughter of the previous Spirit Detective, Nemean Togeto, yet about the trade, she knew nothing. One such afternoon they were at the park when Kathy noticed a mousy haired teen sucking on a pacifier watching them from beneath a tree, about, oh, 50 feet away.
"Botan, who's that kid over there? He's been watching us the whole time." Kathy nodded in the teen's direction.
Botan looked. "Koenma!" She gasped. "He followed us here!"
"Is he your boyfriend or something?" Kathy giggled.
"No, he's not my boyfriend. I have a bad history with men." Botan lowered her eyes. "He's a friend of mine."
"I see." Kathy smirked, several schemes running through her mind.
Koenma approached them. "Botan, I need to talk to you."
"Have a seat Koenma." Botan scooched over on the picnic blanket.
"Yeah, I've brought munchies!" Kathy grinned. "Pocky, Hello Panda, Molasses Cookies, M&M's, Three Musketeers (my personal favorite) and Hot Mulled Cider!" Kathy dug through the picnic basket. She always wanted to make a good impression.
;... Koenma sweatdropped. "Um... Mollasses cookies are fine."
"Coming right up!" Kathy cheerfully dug through the basket until she found the cookies. She handed a baggie of them to Koenma.
Once everybody was settled down, Koenma sighed irritably. "Botan, Gouki has escaped. When you're doing your runs, I'd like you to keep a look out for him. He's headed to this area."
"Why?" Botan knew it was dumb to ask.
"I'll give you three guesses, but you're only going to need one." Koenma munched on a cookie thoughtfully.
"I zis a problem?" Kathy asked brightly, with her mouth full of Hello Panda.
"Yes, that's why I've asked Botan to keep an eye out for him. He's probably out for revenge over his last defeat." Now Kathy was completely confused.
She wondered about it clear through to the next day. Then, on the bus, Kathy forgot about it when Kuwabara climbed on, sobbing his eyes out. "What's wrong Kuwabara?" Kathy asked, curious.
"Raion poisoned my caaaaaaaTTTTTT!!!!!!" Kuwabara bawled. "And he left a Pitbull puppy in a basket on my doorsteeeeeeeeeeepppppppp!!!!!"
"It's for your own good KittyBara! You should have gotten a manly pet. I know the local petshop is having a sale on Rotwieler puppies!"
"Sexist pig." Yusuke grumbled.
"Ya wanna say that to my face?!" Raion demanded. "Stay outta this! Or I'll settle you good too!"
"Ohh, I'm so scared! I have nothing for you to poison, ruin or smash! My reputation has already gone to Hell! What have I got that you could take away?!"
"That strange looking ring on your finger for starters! Ghost boy! Maybe I should snatch it when you fall asleep in Math Class!" Raion sneered at Yusuke down his nose.
"I seriously do not like this guy!" Yusuke stamped his foot. "Kuwabare! Why don't you fight back! You could easily punch this guy out! Why don't you?!"
"He's my cousin from my mom's side. My mom always has to break up our fights!" Kuwabara protested. "She'd be angry!"
"Who's more important, your mother, or revenge for your cat?" Yusuke demanded.
"I don't want to get revenge! I just want him to leave me alone!" Kuwabara bawled.
"I'll get you after school Raion!" Yusuke growled at the kid.
"I look forward to it." Raion purred.
That afternoon...
Yusuke met Raion on the rooftop. "Foolish human," Raion began to shapeshift. His ears slid up the side of his head. His head bulged out, forming whiskers and a furry muzzle. His hair became fur with jaguar markings. Raion's hands sprouted claws. The tail grew out of his butt like a weed. Fur covered his upper body. "You're in way over your head!" Raion now had the head and upper body of a jaguar and the lower body of a human.
"LOOK OUT YUSUKE! HE'S A KABAKARA!" Kathy shouted from her perch on top of the stairwell.
"A what!??" Yusuke demanded.
"A creature from Mayan Mythology, they have the head and upper body of a jaguar and the lower body of a human." Botan explained. "They're really strong physically."
Kuwabara froze. Raion's father was his mother's brother. Could he be...that monster? He shook his head, trying to force the thought from his mind. There was a 50/50 chance of that happening. It wasn't very likely.
But there was a chance of that. A chance he couldn't ignore. Maybe is seldom never, his father used to say, just because the chance wasn't likely, didn't mean that it couldn't happen. The thought frightened him beyond belief.
Kathy's eyes were wide with wonder. If Kabakaras were real, what's to say that maybe...pegususes weren't real? That was cool!
"Be careful Yusuke!!" Botan cautioned.
"YEAH!!! KICK HIS LILLY ASS!!!" Kathy shouted.
"You mess with my friends, you mess with me Raion!" Yusuke shouted, powering up. A power kick to the chest left Raion doubled over, his back defenseless.
"YEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAWWWWW!!!" Kathy roared.
"SPIRIT GUN!!!!!!" Yusuke launched his most powerful attack.
"I don't think so." Raion deflected the blow into the sky.
"HE DEFLECTED IT?!" Yusuke demanded.
"Yes, I deflected it." Raion licked a spray of blood from his lips. "You think I could let myself be hit? Momma would throw a fit. Tell you what man, let's call it a draw. If that thing had hit me I wouldda been T.K.Oed across the floor."
Yusuke agreed, but the damage to Kuwabara's self esteem was done. He was terribly afraid of what he might be. And that was what Raion had been hoping.
"See you, Kittybara." Raion teased.
AN: How much trouble can one Kyukonkee be to Yusuke and company? Especially to a youko that doesn't know what she is? FIND OUT! Kuwabara's Cat get's poisoned by a kid named Raion! All in the same chapter!!
~a few weeks later~
Kathy and Botan walked home from the bus every day after that. Kathy seemed to be able to rattle off names and functions of artifacts and mythology, she knew a few kinds of Mythical creatures, but nothing else about them and Botan was more than willing to teach her. As for Magick? Kathy had been well schooled in that. The theory at least, her father never let her practice it on her own.
Botan was actually appalled at how little of what was out there Kathy knew. She was the daughter of the previous Spirit Detective, Nemean Togeto, yet about the trade, she knew nothing. One such afternoon they were at the park when Kathy noticed a mousy haired teen sucking on a pacifier watching them from beneath a tree, about, oh, 50 feet away.
"Botan, who's that kid over there? He's been watching us the whole time." Kathy nodded in the teen's direction.
Botan looked. "Koenma!" She gasped. "He followed us here!"
"Is he your boyfriend or something?" Kathy giggled.
"No, he's not my boyfriend. I have a bad history with men." Botan lowered her eyes. "He's a friend of mine."
"I see." Kathy smirked, several schemes running through her mind.
Koenma approached them. "Botan, I need to talk to you."
"Have a seat Koenma." Botan scooched over on the picnic blanket.
"Yeah, I've brought munchies!" Kathy grinned. "Pocky, Hello Panda, Molasses Cookies, M&M's, Three Musketeers (my personal favorite) and Hot Mulled Cider!" Kathy dug through the picnic basket. She always wanted to make a good impression.
;... Koenma sweatdropped. "Um... Mollasses cookies are fine."
"Coming right up!" Kathy cheerfully dug through the basket until she found the cookies. She handed a baggie of them to Koenma.
Once everybody was settled down, Koenma sighed irritably. "Botan, Gouki has escaped. When you're doing your runs, I'd like you to keep a look out for him. He's headed to this area."
"Why?" Botan knew it was dumb to ask.
"I'll give you three guesses, but you're only going to need one." Koenma munched on a cookie thoughtfully.
"I zis a problem?" Kathy asked brightly, with her mouth full of Hello Panda.
"Yes, that's why I've asked Botan to keep an eye out for him. He's probably out for revenge over his last defeat." Now Kathy was completely confused.
She wondered about it clear through to the next day. Then, on the bus, Kathy forgot about it when Kuwabara climbed on, sobbing his eyes out. "What's wrong Kuwabara?" Kathy asked, curious.
"Raion poisoned my caaaaaaaTTTTTT!!!!!!" Kuwabara bawled. "And he left a Pitbull puppy in a basket on my doorsteeeeeeeeeeepppppppp!!!!!"
"It's for your own good KittyBara! You should have gotten a manly pet. I know the local petshop is having a sale on Rotwieler puppies!"
"Sexist pig." Yusuke grumbled.
"Ya wanna say that to my face?!" Raion demanded. "Stay outta this! Or I'll settle you good too!"
"Ohh, I'm so scared! I have nothing for you to poison, ruin or smash! My reputation has already gone to Hell! What have I got that you could take away?!"
"That strange looking ring on your finger for starters! Ghost boy! Maybe I should snatch it when you fall asleep in Math Class!" Raion sneered at Yusuke down his nose.
"I seriously do not like this guy!" Yusuke stamped his foot. "Kuwabare! Why don't you fight back! You could easily punch this guy out! Why don't you?!"
"He's my cousin from my mom's side. My mom always has to break up our fights!" Kuwabara protested. "She'd be angry!"
"Who's more important, your mother, or revenge for your cat?" Yusuke demanded.
"I don't want to get revenge! I just want him to leave me alone!" Kuwabara bawled.
"I'll get you after school Raion!" Yusuke growled at the kid.
"I look forward to it." Raion purred.
That afternoon...
Yusuke met Raion on the rooftop. "Foolish human," Raion began to shapeshift. His ears slid up the side of his head. His head bulged out, forming whiskers and a furry muzzle. His hair became fur with jaguar markings. Raion's hands sprouted claws. The tail grew out of his butt like a weed. Fur covered his upper body. "You're in way over your head!" Raion now had the head and upper body of a jaguar and the lower body of a human.
"LOOK OUT YUSUKE! HE'S A KABAKARA!" Kathy shouted from her perch on top of the stairwell.
"A what!??" Yusuke demanded.
"A creature from Mayan Mythology, they have the head and upper body of a jaguar and the lower body of a human." Botan explained. "They're really strong physically."
Kuwabara froze. Raion's father was his mother's brother. Could he be...that monster? He shook his head, trying to force the thought from his mind. There was a 50/50 chance of that happening. It wasn't very likely.
But there was a chance of that. A chance he couldn't ignore. Maybe is seldom never, his father used to say, just because the chance wasn't likely, didn't mean that it couldn't happen. The thought frightened him beyond belief.
Kathy's eyes were wide with wonder. If Kabakaras were real, what's to say that maybe...pegususes weren't real? That was cool!
"Be careful Yusuke!!" Botan cautioned.
"YEAH!!! KICK HIS LILLY ASS!!!" Kathy shouted.
"You mess with my friends, you mess with me Raion!" Yusuke shouted, powering up. A power kick to the chest left Raion doubled over, his back defenseless.
"YEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAWWWWW!!!" Kathy roared.
"SPIRIT GUN!!!!!!" Yusuke launched his most powerful attack.
"I don't think so." Raion deflected the blow into the sky.
"HE DEFLECTED IT?!" Yusuke demanded.
"Yes, I deflected it." Raion licked a spray of blood from his lips. "You think I could let myself be hit? Momma would throw a fit. Tell you what man, let's call it a draw. If that thing had hit me I wouldda been T.K.Oed across the floor."
Yusuke agreed, but the damage to Kuwabara's self esteem was done. He was terribly afraid of what he might be. And that was what Raion had been hoping.
"See you, Kittybara." Raion teased.