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*Heyz, everyone! RekkaShinen1 here and wow are we moving fast! Already onto chapter 2! Thanks a bunch to the readers who reviewed for chapter 1; your comments and opinions meant a lot to me! Well that's all for now. This chapter is very sad in my opinion so keep a few tissues ready. (Ok, maybe not that dramatic. Ok, so maybe it is. ^_^) Enjoy this chapter of Lil' Detectives!
*******Chapter 2 - Rescue Mission*******
"Yusuke, listen up!" Koenma commanded sharply."This new rescue mission you have involves many new aspects. Your rescue charge is the princess of the snow apparition kingdom."
"Snow apparition?" Yusuke thought out loud.
"Yes. The snow apparition kingdom coexists with the ice apparitions. Feudal arguments occasionally rise between the two neighbor states because, well, basically the ice apparitions believe in a democratic rule while the snow apparitions prefer a monarchy with a royal family and everything." Koenma explained as best as he could.
"So what does this have to do with us?" Yusuke didn't get what this had to do with his case. "Shhhhh, he's getting to that part." Botan whispered to him softly.
"The royal family of the snow apparitions, the Haritsuta clan, has ruled over their country for quite some time . I believe they've existed for about 400 years. As you can probaly tell, the elders of the ice apparitions are getting fed up with their style of leadership, they want democracy for both countries and they want it now!" Koenma continued.
"The ice apparitions......are you referring to the Koorime?" Hiei spoke out, the first time in a while.
"No, Hiei. I believe Koenma is talking about the other types of ice apparitions. If I'm not mistaken there are more than 5 different types of ice apparitions, Koorimes included." Kurama answered Hiei's question with a knowing glance. Hiei smirked in reply.
"Quite right, Kurama. This ties in with your case, Yusuke. One race of ice apparitions called the Hishinja with the aid of others has decided to take action. The apparition princess," Koenma pulls out a book and opens it up to a bookmarked page," was kidnapped and held hostage, sometimes even tortured. Her name is Kori Haritsuta." The junior ruler gestures toward the book and Yusuke leaned forward to check it out.
A picture of a petite maiden with medium length light blue hair (but not as light as Botan's) dressed in a dark blue and white kimono was imprinted on the page. Yusuke took a look at the kidnapped girl and was instantly reminded of someone else but he couldn't quite place who it was that this girl looked like. He set the volume down onto the table to let the others look at it. Botan, Kurama, and Hiei all set eyes on the picture.
Kurama was the first to notice the color of her eyes. He was awestruck when he gazed at the color of her eyes. (A/N: To Kurama fans, don't worry Kurama didn't fall in love with her, he is just fascinated with the color of her eyes ^__^) The princess's eyes were a glossy tinted shade of blue but if you looked closely they had the sparkle and shimmer just that of.....a crystal.
Hiei and Botan both saw it at the same moment. 'It' was the brilliant pattern of what looked like stars in the backdrop. They were arranged so that the tiny dots of light created an outline of a snake-like figure in the sky behind Kori's head.
Yusuke was getting bored, he quickly asked Koenma," So just who was she kidnapped by? The Hishinja people?" Koenma responded, "Unfortunately no. It's not that easy. Kori Haritsuta was taken hostage by a gang of Hishinja radicals and....," he casted his eyes on the tatami-matted floor of Genkai's temple,"her own family."
"What? That's horrible! Her own family?! How could they?!" Botan cried. Yusuke fumed, "Damn those cruel bastards! Someone being tormented by their own family?! They make family sound like it's a bad thing!"
"Yes, but that's not even the worst part. An even bigger downside is Kori's brother was supposed to be the next heir to the crown of the yuki genshi (snow apparition *I'm getting tired of saying snow apparition over and over again so I thought I'd tried in Japanese- teehee ^_^) . But he reportedly disappeared about 2 months ago, the same time the king and queen along with other relatives went on a journey to construct an agreement with the ice apparitions, and hasn't turned up since. However, some of my other scouts have found a body incased in ice located within a cave in an unknown mountain range. This mysterious mountain range is situated in a nameless part of snow apparitions' country. Furthur investigation with some very intelligent analyzers have proven the body to be the future heir to the throne and sadly, Kori's younger brother." Koenma said all this without showing the convulsion that rippled through his toddler body.
"It turns out his parents had snuck him out during the middle of the night, and either took his life by their own hands or by paying criminals to do it. All this, murdering a son" Koenma shook his head in a grief," How ever something this horrible could've happened is something beyond me."
Upon hearing this bit of info, Hiei, Kurama, Botan and even Genkai looked horror struck. Genkai instantly closed her eyes and looked away, pitying the poor offspring of such a disgraceful family. Botan was almost in tears, she couldn't bear the incredible misfortune befalling on the two youngsters, one was being tortured, the other dead.
Kurama was sickened by this act of cruelty; "Their parents want their children to suffer so much just for the judgement of how to be ruled? It's too horrifying to tolerate." Kurama thought angrily. And he was supposed to be the calm one. Hiei had seen this kind of brutality many times before with other demons but it didn't stop him from wanting to gut them with his katana and hear them beg for mercy they didn't show. This was too appalling.
However, Yusuke, fury clearly shown on his face, leapt up from the chair he was sitting on and quickly strode towards the door. "And where do you think you're going, Yusuke?" Genkai inquired. "Koenma, tell me where this snow apparition country and where this kingdom is located....." Yusuke, still facing the door, ignored Genkai's question by asking one of his own. Koenma infomed the raged spirit detective and asked," But Yusuke, what exactly do you plan on doing?"
Yusuke turned back towards his companions, jabbed a finger at his chest and retorted by saying, "Isn't it obvious? I'm going to kick their faces in, then rip out their eyes from the eye sockets and feed it to them. Pyschotic power hungry jackasses! I'm going to make them wish they were in hell after I'm through with them!"
"Yusuke! Wait!" Koenma ordered and gestured for Hiei, Kurama, and Botan to accompany him. "Get Kuwabara to join you as well. The more the merrier." Yusuke grinned in a sympathetic sort of way and turned to leave. However, Koenma wasn't finished.
"One more thing, mister! Note, don't tell Kori about her parents murdering her brother. She has enough hardships to deal with without having to hear her sibling was gone and she's alone now. Oh yes, and Yusuke? I never told you, did I? Why her parents were torturing her like this? Rumors has it that Kori possesses and can unleash terrific power. Used for destruction and to benefit criminals or to put her power to use for good is up to her. The king and queen wish to use their daughter's power to gain control entirely of Makai. To do that, they secretly worked with a band of the Hishinja to make it look as though they were innocent and the radicals to look like the bad guys. In return, my scouts have wheedled out that the radicals will be given a great fortune of riches, money, and jewels not to mention a high position as co-rulers if they succeed in taking over Makai. It could be possible with Kori's power and her cooperation."
"Thanks for the 411, Koenma. Now if you don't mind I gotta hostage to rescue." Yusuke turned once again to leave.
"Yusuke? ANOTHER THING!" Koenma yelled at the departing spirit detectives.
"WHAT IS IT NOW, PACIFIER JUNKIE?! I have a princess to save and criminals to slaughter!!!!!!" Yusuke was irritated at being stopped so many times.
"OH, SO FIRST I WAS A CRYBABY TODDLER AND NOW I'M A PACIFIER JUNKIE???!!!! I just wanted to say.....good luck, Yusuke. Go kick some ass!" Koenma yelled back with as much ethusiasm as Yusuke had.
The spirit detective and the two youkai quickly turned and sprinted at top speed towards Yusuke's town to fetch Kuwabara and to stop the wicked pair of conquesters, the king and queen of snow apparitions.
Will Yusuke and the others make it in time to save Kori and stop her parents? Or will Makai be taken over by two manipulative psychos? The answer will only be found out in the next chapter!
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Author's Note: Hello again! RekkaShinen1 here (or Rekka for short)! I hoped you enjoyed this chapter of Lil' Detectives! This chapter was pretty horrific though, I felt so guilty during and after writing this. Please review! Your opinions are so important to me, I don't mind if you criticized my writing but at least give me a reason why and I will consider it. Well that's all for now! Remember R/R! Thanks for reading! ^__^
*Heyz, everyone! RekkaShinen1 here and wow are we moving fast! Already onto chapter 2! Thanks a bunch to the readers who reviewed for chapter 1; your comments and opinions meant a lot to me! Well that's all for now. This chapter is very sad in my opinion so keep a few tissues ready. (Ok, maybe not that dramatic. Ok, so maybe it is. ^_^) Enjoy this chapter of Lil' Detectives!
*******Chapter 2 - Rescue Mission*******
"Yusuke, listen up!" Koenma commanded sharply."This new rescue mission you have involves many new aspects. Your rescue charge is the princess of the snow apparition kingdom."
"Snow apparition?" Yusuke thought out loud.
"Yes. The snow apparition kingdom coexists with the ice apparitions. Feudal arguments occasionally rise between the two neighbor states because, well, basically the ice apparitions believe in a democratic rule while the snow apparitions prefer a monarchy with a royal family and everything." Koenma explained as best as he could.
"So what does this have to do with us?" Yusuke didn't get what this had to do with his case. "Shhhhh, he's getting to that part." Botan whispered to him softly.
"The royal family of the snow apparitions, the Haritsuta clan, has ruled over their country for quite some time . I believe they've existed for about 400 years. As you can probaly tell, the elders of the ice apparitions are getting fed up with their style of leadership, they want democracy for both countries and they want it now!" Koenma continued.
"The ice apparitions......are you referring to the Koorime?" Hiei spoke out, the first time in a while.
"No, Hiei. I believe Koenma is talking about the other types of ice apparitions. If I'm not mistaken there are more than 5 different types of ice apparitions, Koorimes included." Kurama answered Hiei's question with a knowing glance. Hiei smirked in reply.
"Quite right, Kurama. This ties in with your case, Yusuke. One race of ice apparitions called the Hishinja with the aid of others has decided to take action. The apparition princess," Koenma pulls out a book and opens it up to a bookmarked page," was kidnapped and held hostage, sometimes even tortured. Her name is Kori Haritsuta." The junior ruler gestures toward the book and Yusuke leaned forward to check it out.
A picture of a petite maiden with medium length light blue hair (but not as light as Botan's) dressed in a dark blue and white kimono was imprinted on the page. Yusuke took a look at the kidnapped girl and was instantly reminded of someone else but he couldn't quite place who it was that this girl looked like. He set the volume down onto the table to let the others look at it. Botan, Kurama, and Hiei all set eyes on the picture.
Kurama was the first to notice the color of her eyes. He was awestruck when he gazed at the color of her eyes. (A/N: To Kurama fans, don't worry Kurama didn't fall in love with her, he is just fascinated with the color of her eyes ^__^) The princess's eyes were a glossy tinted shade of blue but if you looked closely they had the sparkle and shimmer just that of.....a crystal.
Hiei and Botan both saw it at the same moment. 'It' was the brilliant pattern of what looked like stars in the backdrop. They were arranged so that the tiny dots of light created an outline of a snake-like figure in the sky behind Kori's head.
Yusuke was getting bored, he quickly asked Koenma," So just who was she kidnapped by? The Hishinja people?" Koenma responded, "Unfortunately no. It's not that easy. Kori Haritsuta was taken hostage by a gang of Hishinja radicals and....," he casted his eyes on the tatami-matted floor of Genkai's temple,"her own family."
"What? That's horrible! Her own family?! How could they?!" Botan cried. Yusuke fumed, "Damn those cruel bastards! Someone being tormented by their own family?! They make family sound like it's a bad thing!"
"Yes, but that's not even the worst part. An even bigger downside is Kori's brother was supposed to be the next heir to the crown of the yuki genshi (snow apparition *I'm getting tired of saying snow apparition over and over again so I thought I'd tried in Japanese- teehee ^_^) . But he reportedly disappeared about 2 months ago, the same time the king and queen along with other relatives went on a journey to construct an agreement with the ice apparitions, and hasn't turned up since. However, some of my other scouts have found a body incased in ice located within a cave in an unknown mountain range. This mysterious mountain range is situated in a nameless part of snow apparitions' country. Furthur investigation with some very intelligent analyzers have proven the body to be the future heir to the throne and sadly, Kori's younger brother." Koenma said all this without showing the convulsion that rippled through his toddler body.
"It turns out his parents had snuck him out during the middle of the night, and either took his life by their own hands or by paying criminals to do it. All this, murdering a son" Koenma shook his head in a grief," How ever something this horrible could've happened is something beyond me."
Upon hearing this bit of info, Hiei, Kurama, Botan and even Genkai looked horror struck. Genkai instantly closed her eyes and looked away, pitying the poor offspring of such a disgraceful family. Botan was almost in tears, she couldn't bear the incredible misfortune befalling on the two youngsters, one was being tortured, the other dead.
Kurama was sickened by this act of cruelty; "Their parents want their children to suffer so much just for the judgement of how to be ruled? It's too horrifying to tolerate." Kurama thought angrily. And he was supposed to be the calm one. Hiei had seen this kind of brutality many times before with other demons but it didn't stop him from wanting to gut them with his katana and hear them beg for mercy they didn't show. This was too appalling.
However, Yusuke, fury clearly shown on his face, leapt up from the chair he was sitting on and quickly strode towards the door. "And where do you think you're going, Yusuke?" Genkai inquired. "Koenma, tell me where this snow apparition country and where this kingdom is located....." Yusuke, still facing the door, ignored Genkai's question by asking one of his own. Koenma infomed the raged spirit detective and asked," But Yusuke, what exactly do you plan on doing?"
Yusuke turned back towards his companions, jabbed a finger at his chest and retorted by saying, "Isn't it obvious? I'm going to kick their faces in, then rip out their eyes from the eye sockets and feed it to them. Pyschotic power hungry jackasses! I'm going to make them wish they were in hell after I'm through with them!"
"Yusuke! Wait!" Koenma ordered and gestured for Hiei, Kurama, and Botan to accompany him. "Get Kuwabara to join you as well. The more the merrier." Yusuke grinned in a sympathetic sort of way and turned to leave. However, Koenma wasn't finished.
"One more thing, mister! Note, don't tell Kori about her parents murdering her brother. She has enough hardships to deal with without having to hear her sibling was gone and she's alone now. Oh yes, and Yusuke? I never told you, did I? Why her parents were torturing her like this? Rumors has it that Kori possesses and can unleash terrific power. Used for destruction and to benefit criminals or to put her power to use for good is up to her. The king and queen wish to use their daughter's power to gain control entirely of Makai. To do that, they secretly worked with a band of the Hishinja to make it look as though they were innocent and the radicals to look like the bad guys. In return, my scouts have wheedled out that the radicals will be given a great fortune of riches, money, and jewels not to mention a high position as co-rulers if they succeed in taking over Makai. It could be possible with Kori's power and her cooperation."
"Thanks for the 411, Koenma. Now if you don't mind I gotta hostage to rescue." Yusuke turned once again to leave.
"Yusuke? ANOTHER THING!" Koenma yelled at the departing spirit detectives.
"WHAT IS IT NOW, PACIFIER JUNKIE?! I have a princess to save and criminals to slaughter!!!!!!" Yusuke was irritated at being stopped so many times.
"OH, SO FIRST I WAS A CRYBABY TODDLER AND NOW I'M A PACIFIER JUNKIE???!!!! I just wanted to say.....good luck, Yusuke. Go kick some ass!" Koenma yelled back with as much ethusiasm as Yusuke had.
The spirit detective and the two youkai quickly turned and sprinted at top speed towards Yusuke's town to fetch Kuwabara and to stop the wicked pair of conquesters, the king and queen of snow apparitions.
Will Yusuke and the others make it in time to save Kori and stop her parents? Or will Makai be taken over by two manipulative psychos? The answer will only be found out in the next chapter!
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Author's Note: Hello again! RekkaShinen1 here (or Rekka for short)! I hoped you enjoyed this chapter of Lil' Detectives! This chapter was pretty horrific though, I felt so guilty during and after writing this. Please review! Your opinions are so important to me, I don't mind if you criticized my writing but at least give me a reason why and I will consider it. Well that's all for now! Remember R/R! Thanks for reading! ^__^
