I can't blame you if you're mad at me for not telling you who it is just yet, but I have an idea. Just trust me on this, hehehe… kinda funny that I'm asking you to trust me when you don't even know me…
I don't own YYH or any of the characters.
If I make the characters a little out of character, I'm sorry, but sometimes they just have to be like that, you know? Well on to the story. Hope you enjoy.
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Recap of what happened last time:
They all see Kurama's eyes glaze over with sadness quickly before changing back to a calm and serene look. "kitsune, you miss her don't you?" "she should have been back by now, with as fast as that oar goes. I can't but think that something is terribly wrong."
As they reach Keiko's house, they see a dark shadow in the window suddenly grab Keiko and Shizuru, and seemingly disappear.
"KEIKO!!!" "Hn. That was no ordinary ningen. There's something about him that's oddly familiar." "yes. I feel the same way Hiei, almost as if I should know him." "him? We know it's a him?" "well not exactly, but we'll call it a him for now."
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The shadow took Shizuru and Keiko to the heart of Makai and locked them in a cell, with a still unconscious Botan. "Botan? Oh my God! Botan! Wake up?" "Keiko? Shizuru? What are you two doing here? How did you get here? Where are the guys?" "one question at a time. We're here because we got kidnapped and taken here, wherever here is. And I have no idea where the guys are, but don't worry they'll find us."
The mysterious shadow walked towards the entrance of the cell that the girls were in. "ah! I see the pretty blue-haired ferry girl is awake." Botan looked at him and a wave of recognition and fear was visible in her eyes. "hey! I know who you are! You're k-"
Back with the guys
"I don't care if it's a him or a her, nobody gets away with stealing my Keiko!" "Don't worry sis, I'm coming!" "Kitsune, what are you thinking?" "I get the feeling this was no coincidence, it was all planned for whatever reason." "What do you mean?" "First Koenma comes and tells Botan she has to go, and as she leaves he gets visibly paler and paler, then Botan disappears, and Koenma's nowhere to be found. Enma won't talk to us, Hinageshi won't tell us anything. Keiko and Shizuru get taken by somebody who seems familiar to both Hiei and I in some way. Something just doesn't seem right. I get the feeling something else is going to happen." "What else could happen?" "Another kidnapping perhaps." "If they're trying to piss us off there's only one other person they could kidnap, but nobody would dare try to hurt my dear Yukina, would they?" "Hn, that's where you're wrong. I spent this entire time using my jagan to try to find Yukina, but I can't. Which means that she's already missing like the other three. I swear if they hurt even one hair on her head-" "They will pay for touching my dear sweet Yukina!!" "Come now, we have to start looking for clues somewhere. Perhaps they'll be some sign of whoever took the girls in Keiko's house, after all that is where she was just taken from." "Smart thinking Kurama."
The boys searched throughout the house, but the only clue they had was the fact that he seemed familiar to Kurama and Hiei, and that wasn't much of a clue to begin with.
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Ayame was running around looking for more information. Though she knew she wasn't supposed to, she wanted to help them find the girls. Botan was always like a daughter to her, and she knew that she had to help save her life, at any cost. "Hinageshi hurry up and come here!" "I'm here Ayame." "I want you to go and take this note to Kurama, and hurry, there's no time to spare." Ayame handed Hinageshi the note and they both headed their separate directions.
Eventually Hinageshi found them. They were in a secluded park where no one would see or hear them. "Kurama! I have important news for you!" "Hinageshi?" "Ayame sent for me to give you this note. Reikai has been in complete chaos since Botan and Koenma left. No one knows what to do or where to go anymore. Please bring Botan back, maybe then Koenma will come back." "I will bring her back, but Koenma better have some damn good excuse this time." "Ayame said there's no time to spare, so hurry and read the note already. But read it out loud please, I want to know what it says too, if you don't mind." "Not at all." The note said:
Kurama, I have some important news for you and the others. As you probably already know the girl's kidnappings and Koenma's disappearance are connected. None of Reikai know exactly why Botan was sent when Hinageshi or I were available, nobody except Enma-sama that is. After Botan went to Makai, Koenma seemingly disappeared, we don't know if he willingly left, or if he was kidnapped also. But that's not important right now. What you need to know is that all the girls are together, I'm pretty sure of that. I have done some scouting around and from what I can tell, they're moving around a lot in Makai, almost as if they don't want to be found, I mean the people who kidnapped them don't want to be found. But before you go rushing into things, you need to know something extremely important. I found out in Koenma's secret files that karasu is alive. He did not die, like we all thought he did. Also, I found out something that might cheer you up a little bit, Kuronue is alive. Don't ask me how, I really don't know. I only read what I could in the files when I had the chance. I don't know what else was written because the files were burned just this morning. Please, all four of you, be safe and bring back the girls alive. I beg of you. Whenever I find something new out, I'll send Hinageshi, so be on the lookout for her too. Good luck, I hate to say it, but you might need it. -Ayame.
"corona is alive? But that's impossible. How?" "Kuronue, kitsune, Kuronue was familiar to both of us, and he's alive. It could be him." "But Karasu is alive too, and wouldn't he want to pay Kurama back for nearly killing him in the tournament. Not only that, but he's familiar to you also." "Shut-up both you! There's no way we're going to find Botan and the others, and get the answers we need if the two of you go at each others throats the entire time." "I'll just be going now, don't forget to keep a look out for me while you're in Makai. I'll make sure to get every bit of information we have. Bye and good luck." "goodbye Hinageshi. Give our thanks to Ayame, will you?" "of course." Hinageshi flew off, but not before opening a portal that would lead them straight to Kurama's lair in Makai.
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When they got there Kuwabara was the first one to talk. "Who's Kuronue anyway? How do you know him? Who do you think stole the girls? Do you think the girls are alive? Do you think the kidnapper is strong? How come you could smell him and I couldn't? Where are we? How do you know this place? Why are there a lot of plants here? Is that a cave? Are you sure we're in Makai? Where in Makai are we? Are we going to get help? Do you think we'll need help? Who are we going to get help from?" "Kuwabara shut-up! Kurama and Hiei are trying to think in case you hadn't noticed. You baka!" "why don't you say that to my face Urameshi!" "Both of you shut-up or you'll face the wrath of my darkness dragon, is that understood? (both Yuseke and Kuwabara immediately became quiet) I don't know why I'm doing this, but I'll answer your questions, since the kitsune seems to be in his own little world. Kuronue was Kurama's partner when he was still a demon. He died, and then Kurama was shot and hid in suiichi minamino's body. But as you know now, he's still alive, somehow. We don't know who stole the girls, but it's extremely possible that it was Kuronue or Karasu. As you heard in the note, we don't' know if they are alive, but we think so. The kidnapper must be strong if he could easily take Yukina, Shizuru, Keiko, and Botan with no trouble at all. They might not be very strong, but they can defend themselves if necessary, and as we all know, you're baka mates all hit hard. We're in Makai, in front of Kurama's lair. Somehow Hinageshi or Ayame or one of the other baka ferry onnas got us a portal directly here. We won't get help unless we find out if we need it. Is that understood?" "how did you memorize all the questions I asked?" "I, unlike you, have a good memory. Hn" "Quiet, I think I hear something or someone in my lair." Kurama slowly inched forward, until he saw the culprit of the noise, it was none other than Hinageshi herself. "Hinageshi? What are you doing in my lair?" "oh, sorry Kurama. I got here a bit earlier than you guys surprisingly, so I decided to wait here. We think that the girls are somewhere around murkuro's castle, but we're not quite sure. I've already sent word to murkuro that you will be visiting her shortly, so she is awaiting you. Do not waster your time. Good luck boys. I'll talk to you when I find out something new." "Hey shorty? Isn't Murkuro your girlfriend or something?" Hiei just ignored him and started walking in the direction they had to go, alongside Kurama and Yuseke. "Hey! Wait for me!!!"
How did you all like that? Don't forget to read and review. It's probably kind of confusing, though, isn't it? Oh well, you'll probably understand later I hope. Heck, I don't know how I'm going to write it all, I only have my idea to work off of. Laterz all!!