Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho but I own Kori, the 4 warriors introduced in the last chapter and a whole bunch of other people, I'm sure you will be able to tell them apart! ^__^
*Hey, everyone! How did you like the last chapter? Personally it was my favorite chapter but that's just me! I would also like to thank reviewers and readers, you guys rock! A little info about this chapter: When I was brainstorming for ideas to write a fan fic about, I came up with the main storyline in this chapter. To tell you the truth I looked forward to writing this specific chapter for reasons unknown! ^_^ Odd? Just read on and find out! Remember to R/R please!
*Now RekkaShinen1 presents*
*******Chapter 6 - Mistaken Identity*******
As the four spirit detectives proceeded to exit, pinkish purple gas started to fill up the room. "Knock out gas! Quick, hold your breaths!" Kurama clarified while slapping a hand over his mouth and his nose. The others, though hidden in the thick clouds of gas, imitated him and they all managed to quickly run out of the room. Outside the room in another hall, they all breathed deeply and turned to look at Yusuke for the next step.
"Kori should be held captive in the Akai Tower, but I have no frickin' clue where we are!" Yusuke yelled, frustrated, as the group raced up another set of stairs. When they reached the landing and headed forward, all of them passed by a wide open window without a second glance. Kuwabara did a double take and ran back to look out the window.
"Akai Tower?! That's it!" Kuwabara jumped up and down, pointing out the window. Indeed, the open window in the tower they were in was 10 feet adjacent to an open window in Akai Tower. The others came back at Kuwabara's call and peered out the window at a blood red-colored stone tower.
"All right!" Yusuke punched his fist into his other hand. "Easy enough, now all we have to do is jump across! Hiei, you're the super leaper here. Do ya think you can reach it?" (Hee hee, Hiei the super leaper! Daa da da da!)
"Hn" was Hiei's reply and he disappeared in a flash and reappeared again in Akai Tower's window.
"Kurama....." Yusuke continued but the Youko fox had already clambered onto the window sill and had neatly bounded across the gap through the opposite window.
"Ok, then.....Kuwabara, hurry up, would you?!" Kuwabara was nervously teetering on the window sill. He gulped loudly when he accidently looked down and wondered what would happen if he fell, scrambled Kuwabara, ick. Yusuke impatiently shoved his friend through the window with a "Go!" Kuwabara screamed,"AHHHH! Oh my god! I'm going to die! AHHHHH!" as he fell forward towards the Akai window.
But instead of dying to a horribly painful death he landed right under the window sill, holding onto the extension with both hands for dear life. Kurama helped him up hurriedly while Yusuke made his jump across. "My guess is that the princess is being held captive at the top. Let's get going!" Kurama assured the others and the four set off again.
After racing up 3 more sets of stairs and dashing through endless corridors, the spirit detectives finally bumped into a door that was padlocked on the outside. "I think she's in there." Kuwabara stated the obvious. Grinning, Yusuke asked,"Ok. Who would like to do the honors?"
"I will..." Hiei stepped forward, smiling menacingly. He tightened his securely bandaged fist, as it started to glow with spirit energy. Yelling "Dragon's Strike of the Darkness Flame!", Hiei punched the lock and it shattered into dozens of pieces. He nodded and he and the others cautiously pulled the door open in case there were traps set up. Surprisingly, the coast was clear and as they carefully looked inside, they noticed a young girl that matched Koenma's description sitting inside. Her room was pitifully bare, containing only a bed, a desk, three chairs and a small assortment of her own personal items. She was leaning on a window ledge, gazing out the open window, longingly as she sighed heavily.
"Excuse me, miss? Princess Kori?" Yusuke interrupted her as they all treaded inside the depressing room. At his voice, Kori spun around, looking horrified and clambered frantically onto the wide window sill.
"Stay away! Or I'll jump, I swear!" Kori panickingly threatened. The spirit detectives were taken aback and not one took a step furthur. Kori was on the verge of tears. "Why are you after me?! Do you want my life that much?! I didn't do anything! Just leave our family alone!"
"Miss Haritsuta, I don't know what you have told but you have been lied to." Yusuke calmly reassured the petrified girl. Kurama stepped forward and held out his hand, "Believe us, we are not here to kill you, we're here to rescue you.....if you'd just step down from the ledge we will explain everything." Kori shook her head violently,"I've heard all about you! The four assassins trying to hunt me down and execute me and my family!"
Yusuke gently explained,"No, we'd swear on our lives we are trying to help you. We are spirit detectives sent from Koenma of the spirit world to come save you. You can trust us." Yusuke smiled a friendly grin. Kori was now calmed, sat down on the sill and said,"Fine, I will listen to your story. But I'm sitting on this ledge and if you try to attack me I will jump." Yusuke and the others nodded. He explained the whole story, about her parents, about the warriors and about their mission, purposely leaving out the part with Kori's brother. Kori listened intently, her eyes widening disbelievingly at Yusuke's words. "....and so that's why we have been sent here to save you, your parents are not who they seem like. And you probaly don't believe us now."
Shockingly, Kori nodded her head."A few weeks ago, I was going to go check on my little brother when I ran into my parents. I explained to them where I was going and I didn't know it then but they headed me off. Then, I happen to overhear them talking to the elemental warriors and telling them to kill four trespassers, I just shook it off then but my parents came into my room one night, explaining that a group of assassins were coming for me and that for my safety I should reside in this lonely chamber at the top of a forbidden tower. On top of all of that I'm banned from having companions, my poor brother disappeared some time ago and I can't seem to locate him even though I've tried."
The group were good listeners and Hiei, who had been straying in a dark corner, showed himself and pointed out,"Why didn't you just escape through the window? You were so intent on jumping through it." Kori, turning to look at Hiei, responded,"Because I didn't want to di..." and then stopped abruptly as soon as she caught a glimpse of the demon. She went into shock and then the others were stunned to find that her eyes had rapidly filled up with tears. She hastily jumped off the ledge, back into her room, and rushed at Hiei. She threw her arms around appalled Hiei's shoulders in a tight hug while her tears poured out. "Ryuki! Oh my god, Ryuki! Where have you been?! I was so worried about you!" Kori cried, her face streaked with her tears.
Hiei was startled at first by this sudden outburst of emotion, but then he shook the princess's arms off him as he stepped back, apparently taken aback. Yusuke, Kurama and Kuwabara watched this with puzzled interest. "What do you think you're doing?!" Hiei inquired crossly as Kori looked up and studied Hiei through tear filled eyes. She gasped, while briskly wiping her tears away and apologized, looking embarassed. "I'm so sorry, I thought you were...no, you looked a lot like him. My missing brother......"
The princess stood up and went to the desk to retrieve an item. When she returned she held a faded, slightly crumpled color photo. It was of herself and a guy who did indeed look like Hiei, only with no white band in his differently styled hair. Also, instead of Hiei's crimson red eyes, the boy in the picture had friendly turquoise eyes. Kori had her arm around her sibling and they were both grinning widely while holding up two fingers in a peace sign. Kori gazed at the picture both fondly and sadly. "We took this picture when Ryuki insisted we sneak off into the human world. We were very close, he was only 2 years younger than I, but he was a kind, gentle and funny child. I remember whenever I was feeling down, he'd always tried to cheer me up, doing everything in his power to make me laugh. He was the type of person who couldn't hurt a Makai fly, he would let them go. But he's gone....."
Feeling sympathy for the tender hearted princess, the group confered about their actions. Finally they reached an agreement and Yusuke turned back to the young girl and said,"Ok, Princess. Pack your things, we're busting you out of here!" For the first time Kori beamed a genuinely happy smile. "Give me 2 minutes and I'll be ready. I really didn't like this room anyway, reminds me too much of a dungeon cell."
Finally the group were ready to go but sneaking out was going to be harder than coming in. It was likely that the king and queen knew they were inside. Cautiously creeping down the hall, they exited Kori's prison room and had started down the first set of stairs when a loud booming alarm went off, emitting deafening sirens. Startled, the gang and the princess started bolting down the stairs and through various channels. Miraculously, they made it back to the waiting room from before, meeting only two demon henchmen along the way. Hiei had decked them both in the face and he highly doubted they would wake up soon. With Yusuke leading the way the team rushed through the door to Temashi's lair. The warrior was nowhere in sight and the detectives and princess continued to exit, through the entrance door to the lightning warrior's lair, through the dark channel with the thunderbolt enscripted on the wall and lastly through the crest shaped maze. Kurama and Hiei had both wondered how they were going to get out of Makai, seeing as they came here as orbs of energy, but the answer was waiting for them when they sprinted out of the labyrinth.
Botan was waiting for them, floating in midair on her oar. A relieved smile broke out over her face when she saw the boys for the most part unharmed. As they rushed up to her demanding an explanation, Kori stepped out shyly from behind Hiei and glanced at the ferry girl. Botan beamed a gentle smile at the princess and she smiled in return. "All right, guys! And Princess Haritsuta." Botan quickly added. "Koenma has sent me to fetch you all and if you'll just hold onto this crystal ball here.....we'll be teleported automatically to Koenma's office." She held out a glittering sphere and the others crowded around her, touching one or two fingers on the orb. Suddenly Hiseken, its frosty blue sky, and its clouds of swirling snow and ice disappeared as the humans and demons not to mention the snow apparition and the ferry guide all materialized back in Koenma's paper pile stacked office.
Koenma was hurriedly stamping papers on his desk with his trademark endorsement, skimming the requests. Koenma looked up when the team suddenly appeared in his room. "Good job, Yusuke, you have completed your mission. Now you guys can go."
"But the princess....." Kurama started to reason, but the junior king shook his head while replying,"It's ok, I have arranged for Miss Haritsuta to stay with her distant cousin who lives in Tokyo." He pointed a remote at the large TV screen at the head of the room and all turned to face it. A girl with layered violet hair of about 20, dressed in a navy blue skirt and white blouse with a gray vest over it, was walking and laughing with a friend. "That is Koyuki Mashiko, she is also a snow apparition but living in the human world. You will reside with her, Princess, until we deal with this matter at hand with your parents."
Kori shifted her gaze onto the young prince, asking,"Please, Koenma-sama! Have you seen my younger brother? Ryuki? Can you locate him on that screen?",pointing at the monitor. Koenma shook his head,"I'm sorry, Kori. This is not within my league....." The princess looked disappointed for a moment but then pretended to brighten up. "Oh well, that's ok! Can I meet my cousin?"
Koenma was on the verge of telling Kori about her brother but then he quickly changed topics and said,"Yes, of course. Kurama, will you take her to Koyuki's house? It's Building 17, Apartment 5C in the Tsunami Star complex." Kurama nodded, gestured to Kori to follow him and walked out the double doors. Turning back to the others, Koenma assured them,"We can't do anything about Ryuki, you all can go home, I'll call if I need you." The others also left, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Botan returning to Yusuke's house and Hiei leaving for Kurama's. Back at Yusuke's place the 2 humans and the ferrygirl discussed Kori's misfortunes. Hiei, arriving at Kurama's house, did not walk in the house but instead retreated to the backyard where he sat on a tree branch, hidden and thinking.
After bringing Kori to Koyuki's residence and explaining everything to her Kurama went back to his house for slumber. Koyuki was very generous, taking the princess in gladly, befriending her and joking about how tomorrow they were going mega shopping for Kori's needs, hence clothes, shoes, more food, and entertainment. Weary from their journey, every spirit detective eventually fell asleep or was taking a quick nap.
Author's Note: Ok, that was kind of short compared to last chapter but oh well. I am also in the process of drawing portraits of Koyuki, Kori and Ryuki. It's kind of difficult but it's fun. Lastly I am coming out with InuYasha and Fushigi Yugi fan fics soon. Please check them out when they're out and tell me what you think! I just posted the Fushigi Yugi one today! Ok, that's all! See you next chapter!
*Hey, everyone! How did you like the last chapter? Personally it was my favorite chapter but that's just me! I would also like to thank reviewers and readers, you guys rock! A little info about this chapter: When I was brainstorming for ideas to write a fan fic about, I came up with the main storyline in this chapter. To tell you the truth I looked forward to writing this specific chapter for reasons unknown! ^_^ Odd? Just read on and find out! Remember to R/R please!
*Now RekkaShinen1 presents*
*******Chapter 6 - Mistaken Identity*******
As the four spirit detectives proceeded to exit, pinkish purple gas started to fill up the room. "Knock out gas! Quick, hold your breaths!" Kurama clarified while slapping a hand over his mouth and his nose. The others, though hidden in the thick clouds of gas, imitated him and they all managed to quickly run out of the room. Outside the room in another hall, they all breathed deeply and turned to look at Yusuke for the next step.
"Kori should be held captive in the Akai Tower, but I have no frickin' clue where we are!" Yusuke yelled, frustrated, as the group raced up another set of stairs. When they reached the landing and headed forward, all of them passed by a wide open window without a second glance. Kuwabara did a double take and ran back to look out the window.
"Akai Tower?! That's it!" Kuwabara jumped up and down, pointing out the window. Indeed, the open window in the tower they were in was 10 feet adjacent to an open window in Akai Tower. The others came back at Kuwabara's call and peered out the window at a blood red-colored stone tower.
"All right!" Yusuke punched his fist into his other hand. "Easy enough, now all we have to do is jump across! Hiei, you're the super leaper here. Do ya think you can reach it?" (Hee hee, Hiei the super leaper! Daa da da da!)
"Hn" was Hiei's reply and he disappeared in a flash and reappeared again in Akai Tower's window.
"Kurama....." Yusuke continued but the Youko fox had already clambered onto the window sill and had neatly bounded across the gap through the opposite window.
"Ok, then.....Kuwabara, hurry up, would you?!" Kuwabara was nervously teetering on the window sill. He gulped loudly when he accidently looked down and wondered what would happen if he fell, scrambled Kuwabara, ick. Yusuke impatiently shoved his friend through the window with a "Go!" Kuwabara screamed,"AHHHH! Oh my god! I'm going to die! AHHHHH!" as he fell forward towards the Akai window.
But instead of dying to a horribly painful death he landed right under the window sill, holding onto the extension with both hands for dear life. Kurama helped him up hurriedly while Yusuke made his jump across. "My guess is that the princess is being held captive at the top. Let's get going!" Kurama assured the others and the four set off again.
After racing up 3 more sets of stairs and dashing through endless corridors, the spirit detectives finally bumped into a door that was padlocked on the outside. "I think she's in there." Kuwabara stated the obvious. Grinning, Yusuke asked,"Ok. Who would like to do the honors?"
"I will..." Hiei stepped forward, smiling menacingly. He tightened his securely bandaged fist, as it started to glow with spirit energy. Yelling "Dragon's Strike of the Darkness Flame!", Hiei punched the lock and it shattered into dozens of pieces. He nodded and he and the others cautiously pulled the door open in case there were traps set up. Surprisingly, the coast was clear and as they carefully looked inside, they noticed a young girl that matched Koenma's description sitting inside. Her room was pitifully bare, containing only a bed, a desk, three chairs and a small assortment of her own personal items. She was leaning on a window ledge, gazing out the open window, longingly as she sighed heavily.
"Excuse me, miss? Princess Kori?" Yusuke interrupted her as they all treaded inside the depressing room. At his voice, Kori spun around, looking horrified and clambered frantically onto the wide window sill.
"Stay away! Or I'll jump, I swear!" Kori panickingly threatened. The spirit detectives were taken aback and not one took a step furthur. Kori was on the verge of tears. "Why are you after me?! Do you want my life that much?! I didn't do anything! Just leave our family alone!"
"Miss Haritsuta, I don't know what you have told but you have been lied to." Yusuke calmly reassured the petrified girl. Kurama stepped forward and held out his hand, "Believe us, we are not here to kill you, we're here to rescue you.....if you'd just step down from the ledge we will explain everything." Kori shook her head violently,"I've heard all about you! The four assassins trying to hunt me down and execute me and my family!"
Yusuke gently explained,"No, we'd swear on our lives we are trying to help you. We are spirit detectives sent from Koenma of the spirit world to come save you. You can trust us." Yusuke smiled a friendly grin. Kori was now calmed, sat down on the sill and said,"Fine, I will listen to your story. But I'm sitting on this ledge and if you try to attack me I will jump." Yusuke and the others nodded. He explained the whole story, about her parents, about the warriors and about their mission, purposely leaving out the part with Kori's brother. Kori listened intently, her eyes widening disbelievingly at Yusuke's words. "....and so that's why we have been sent here to save you, your parents are not who they seem like. And you probaly don't believe us now."
Shockingly, Kori nodded her head."A few weeks ago, I was going to go check on my little brother when I ran into my parents. I explained to them where I was going and I didn't know it then but they headed me off. Then, I happen to overhear them talking to the elemental warriors and telling them to kill four trespassers, I just shook it off then but my parents came into my room one night, explaining that a group of assassins were coming for me and that for my safety I should reside in this lonely chamber at the top of a forbidden tower. On top of all of that I'm banned from having companions, my poor brother disappeared some time ago and I can't seem to locate him even though I've tried."
The group were good listeners and Hiei, who had been straying in a dark corner, showed himself and pointed out,"Why didn't you just escape through the window? You were so intent on jumping through it." Kori, turning to look at Hiei, responded,"Because I didn't want to di..." and then stopped abruptly as soon as she caught a glimpse of the demon. She went into shock and then the others were stunned to find that her eyes had rapidly filled up with tears. She hastily jumped off the ledge, back into her room, and rushed at Hiei. She threw her arms around appalled Hiei's shoulders in a tight hug while her tears poured out. "Ryuki! Oh my god, Ryuki! Where have you been?! I was so worried about you!" Kori cried, her face streaked with her tears.
Hiei was startled at first by this sudden outburst of emotion, but then he shook the princess's arms off him as he stepped back, apparently taken aback. Yusuke, Kurama and Kuwabara watched this with puzzled interest. "What do you think you're doing?!" Hiei inquired crossly as Kori looked up and studied Hiei through tear filled eyes. She gasped, while briskly wiping her tears away and apologized, looking embarassed. "I'm so sorry, I thought you were...no, you looked a lot like him. My missing brother......"
The princess stood up and went to the desk to retrieve an item. When she returned she held a faded, slightly crumpled color photo. It was of herself and a guy who did indeed look like Hiei, only with no white band in his differently styled hair. Also, instead of Hiei's crimson red eyes, the boy in the picture had friendly turquoise eyes. Kori had her arm around her sibling and they were both grinning widely while holding up two fingers in a peace sign. Kori gazed at the picture both fondly and sadly. "We took this picture when Ryuki insisted we sneak off into the human world. We were very close, he was only 2 years younger than I, but he was a kind, gentle and funny child. I remember whenever I was feeling down, he'd always tried to cheer me up, doing everything in his power to make me laugh. He was the type of person who couldn't hurt a Makai fly, he would let them go. But he's gone....."
Feeling sympathy for the tender hearted princess, the group confered about their actions. Finally they reached an agreement and Yusuke turned back to the young girl and said,"Ok, Princess. Pack your things, we're busting you out of here!" For the first time Kori beamed a genuinely happy smile. "Give me 2 minutes and I'll be ready. I really didn't like this room anyway, reminds me too much of a dungeon cell."
Finally the group were ready to go but sneaking out was going to be harder than coming in. It was likely that the king and queen knew they were inside. Cautiously creeping down the hall, they exited Kori's prison room and had started down the first set of stairs when a loud booming alarm went off, emitting deafening sirens. Startled, the gang and the princess started bolting down the stairs and through various channels. Miraculously, they made it back to the waiting room from before, meeting only two demon henchmen along the way. Hiei had decked them both in the face and he highly doubted they would wake up soon. With Yusuke leading the way the team rushed through the door to Temashi's lair. The warrior was nowhere in sight and the detectives and princess continued to exit, through the entrance door to the lightning warrior's lair, through the dark channel with the thunderbolt enscripted on the wall and lastly through the crest shaped maze. Kurama and Hiei had both wondered how they were going to get out of Makai, seeing as they came here as orbs of energy, but the answer was waiting for them when they sprinted out of the labyrinth.
Botan was waiting for them, floating in midair on her oar. A relieved smile broke out over her face when she saw the boys for the most part unharmed. As they rushed up to her demanding an explanation, Kori stepped out shyly from behind Hiei and glanced at the ferry girl. Botan beamed a gentle smile at the princess and she smiled in return. "All right, guys! And Princess Haritsuta." Botan quickly added. "Koenma has sent me to fetch you all and if you'll just hold onto this crystal ball here.....we'll be teleported automatically to Koenma's office." She held out a glittering sphere and the others crowded around her, touching one or two fingers on the orb. Suddenly Hiseken, its frosty blue sky, and its clouds of swirling snow and ice disappeared as the humans and demons not to mention the snow apparition and the ferry guide all materialized back in Koenma's paper pile stacked office.
Koenma was hurriedly stamping papers on his desk with his trademark endorsement, skimming the requests. Koenma looked up when the team suddenly appeared in his room. "Good job, Yusuke, you have completed your mission. Now you guys can go."
"But the princess....." Kurama started to reason, but the junior king shook his head while replying,"It's ok, I have arranged for Miss Haritsuta to stay with her distant cousin who lives in Tokyo." He pointed a remote at the large TV screen at the head of the room and all turned to face it. A girl with layered violet hair of about 20, dressed in a navy blue skirt and white blouse with a gray vest over it, was walking and laughing with a friend. "That is Koyuki Mashiko, she is also a snow apparition but living in the human world. You will reside with her, Princess, until we deal with this matter at hand with your parents."
Kori shifted her gaze onto the young prince, asking,"Please, Koenma-sama! Have you seen my younger brother? Ryuki? Can you locate him on that screen?",pointing at the monitor. Koenma shook his head,"I'm sorry, Kori. This is not within my league....." The princess looked disappointed for a moment but then pretended to brighten up. "Oh well, that's ok! Can I meet my cousin?"
Koenma was on the verge of telling Kori about her brother but then he quickly changed topics and said,"Yes, of course. Kurama, will you take her to Koyuki's house? It's Building 17, Apartment 5C in the Tsunami Star complex." Kurama nodded, gestured to Kori to follow him and walked out the double doors. Turning back to the others, Koenma assured them,"We can't do anything about Ryuki, you all can go home, I'll call if I need you." The others also left, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Botan returning to Yusuke's house and Hiei leaving for Kurama's. Back at Yusuke's place the 2 humans and the ferrygirl discussed Kori's misfortunes. Hiei, arriving at Kurama's house, did not walk in the house but instead retreated to the backyard where he sat on a tree branch, hidden and thinking.
After bringing Kori to Koyuki's residence and explaining everything to her Kurama went back to his house for slumber. Koyuki was very generous, taking the princess in gladly, befriending her and joking about how tomorrow they were going mega shopping for Kori's needs, hence clothes, shoes, more food, and entertainment. Weary from their journey, every spirit detective eventually fell asleep or was taking a quick nap.
Author's Note: Ok, that was kind of short compared to last chapter but oh well. I am also in the process of drawing portraits of Koyuki, Kori and Ryuki. It's kind of difficult but it's fun. Lastly I am coming out with InuYasha and Fushigi Yugi fan fics soon. Please check them out when they're out and tell me what you think! I just posted the Fushigi Yugi one today! Ok, that's all! See you next chapter!
