Chapter 17
* "Hail Natsu-hail Natsu." The people repeated. Every person under the control of the Soul Mirror was wreaking havoc on the small island of Oahu. Barbie just stood there laughing as her followers began to steal and murder. *
"That's horrible!" Botan exclaimed as she watched the happening in the screen.
"We have to stop them." Machiko said
"Do we have any information on the missing girls?" Kurama asked
"No we don't."
"Missing girls?" Hoshiko questioned as she walked in.
Everyone backed up. No had told her about her friends. "Well?" she asked
"Cindy, I mean Hoshiko." Machiko steeped up, "Barbie, Jenea, Vanessa, and Sara were taken by this man by the name of Natsu."
"Now he is sending them to do his dirty work." Koenma added.
"Those are my friends." Hoshiko was getting upset. And being in her demon form when she was upset was not a good combination. "We have to stop that Natsu bastard." She started out the door but Kurama stopped her.
"Let us see what this is all about first." He said, giving his hansom smile. Hoshiko blushed slightly; he did not seem to notice.
"Right. That girl." he pointed at the screen.
"Barbie." Machiko added
"She is controlling the people of the island with the Soul Mirror, A very powerful weapon that has the ability to steel souls, hence the name. All who are effected by the mirror will willingly fallow the user." Koenma said
"You need to smash the mirror and free the stolen souls. "
"Lets go!" Kuwabara exclaimed only to make an impression on Yukina, who was standing next to him.
"I only want to send two of you on this mission." Koenma said, "the is still the matter of king Natsu. We must find a way to enter the land of the damned."
"We will go." Kurama said and looked at Hoshiko.
"We?" She said, "but I don't wish to hurt my friend." She paused "I would however like to know why she is doing it."
"Very well." Koenma agreed.
"You need the training anyway." Kurama said.
As they left the room Koenma spoke to the others about the land of the damned.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"You will all bow down to the great Natsu. And surrender your souls to him." Barbie said as she held the mirror up higher.
"Stop right there, Barbie!" Hoshiko yelled. She turned to she whom it was who was addressing her in such a manner.
"The Divine one." Was all she said when her eyes met Hoshiko's
"Divine one?" you repeated in bewilderment. "Kurama? What is she talking about?" you asked hoping he could give you the answers.
"I do not know." He pulled out his rose, ready to fight.
"Oh, how the mighty have fallen." Barbie said, noticing Kurama for the first time. "Yoko Kurama? How is it that a ruthless thief like you becomes one of the good ones?"
'How does she know all of this? She hadn't met Kurama until that night.' Hoshiko asked herself.
Barbie went on with her speech. "You have become soft because of your Ningen mother. Pathetic." Hoshiko knew that Barbie should not have said that.
"We will see who is pathetic." Kurama stated, "Rose whip." He said but before he could ran at Barbie, Hoshiko stopped him, by jumping between the two.
"Wait Kurama, there has to be a reason why she is acting this way. You can't kill her." Hoshiko's clear eyes pleaded. "We have to find out what is wrong with her."
"Your right and she might be able to help us find your other friends." He agreed.
"Ha! You two will have to kill me in order to get the mirror." Barbie held it up and faced it toward Hoshiko.
"No!" in an effort to stop her Hoshiko closed her eyes and tried to call upon her spirit energy. Her soft eye opened slowly as she felt a weapon form in her hands. Like Machiko, Hoshiko was holding a bow and arrow only they were a dark blue color. Hoshiko pulled back and let the arrow slice through the air leaving a glittering dust. The mirror flew from Barbie's hands. "All I have to do is smash that mirror."
"Hoshiko?" Kurama started, "you-"
"There is no time for that. We must get the mirror." Hoshiko said. Too late the Mirror was in the hands of Barbie once more.
How can Hoshiko and Kurama stop Barbie without killing her, or falling under the spell of the mirror as well? What information does Koenma had on Natsu? And what did Barbie mean by "the divine one"?
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* "Hail Natsu-hail Natsu." The people repeated. Every person under the control of the Soul Mirror was wreaking havoc on the small island of Oahu. Barbie just stood there laughing as her followers began to steal and murder. *
"That's horrible!" Botan exclaimed as she watched the happening in the screen.
"We have to stop them." Machiko said
"Do we have any information on the missing girls?" Kurama asked
"No we don't."
"Missing girls?" Hoshiko questioned as she walked in.
Everyone backed up. No had told her about her friends. "Well?" she asked
"Cindy, I mean Hoshiko." Machiko steeped up, "Barbie, Jenea, Vanessa, and Sara were taken by this man by the name of Natsu."
"Now he is sending them to do his dirty work." Koenma added.
"Those are my friends." Hoshiko was getting upset. And being in her demon form when she was upset was not a good combination. "We have to stop that Natsu bastard." She started out the door but Kurama stopped her.
"Let us see what this is all about first." He said, giving his hansom smile. Hoshiko blushed slightly; he did not seem to notice.
"Right. That girl." he pointed at the screen.
"Barbie." Machiko added
"She is controlling the people of the island with the Soul Mirror, A very powerful weapon that has the ability to steel souls, hence the name. All who are effected by the mirror will willingly fallow the user." Koenma said
"You need to smash the mirror and free the stolen souls. "
"Lets go!" Kuwabara exclaimed only to make an impression on Yukina, who was standing next to him.
"I only want to send two of you on this mission." Koenma said, "the is still the matter of king Natsu. We must find a way to enter the land of the damned."
"We will go." Kurama said and looked at Hoshiko.
"We?" She said, "but I don't wish to hurt my friend." She paused "I would however like to know why she is doing it."
"Very well." Koenma agreed.
"You need the training anyway." Kurama said.
As they left the room Koenma spoke to the others about the land of the damned.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"You will all bow down to the great Natsu. And surrender your souls to him." Barbie said as she held the mirror up higher.
"Stop right there, Barbie!" Hoshiko yelled. She turned to she whom it was who was addressing her in such a manner.
"The Divine one." Was all she said when her eyes met Hoshiko's
"Divine one?" you repeated in bewilderment. "Kurama? What is she talking about?" you asked hoping he could give you the answers.
"I do not know." He pulled out his rose, ready to fight.
"Oh, how the mighty have fallen." Barbie said, noticing Kurama for the first time. "Yoko Kurama? How is it that a ruthless thief like you becomes one of the good ones?"
'How does she know all of this? She hadn't met Kurama until that night.' Hoshiko asked herself.
Barbie went on with her speech. "You have become soft because of your Ningen mother. Pathetic." Hoshiko knew that Barbie should not have said that.
"We will see who is pathetic." Kurama stated, "Rose whip." He said but before he could ran at Barbie, Hoshiko stopped him, by jumping between the two.
"Wait Kurama, there has to be a reason why she is acting this way. You can't kill her." Hoshiko's clear eyes pleaded. "We have to find out what is wrong with her."
"Your right and she might be able to help us find your other friends." He agreed.
"Ha! You two will have to kill me in order to get the mirror." Barbie held it up and faced it toward Hoshiko.
"No!" in an effort to stop her Hoshiko closed her eyes and tried to call upon her spirit energy. Her soft eye opened slowly as she felt a weapon form in her hands. Like Machiko, Hoshiko was holding a bow and arrow only they were a dark blue color. Hoshiko pulled back and let the arrow slice through the air leaving a glittering dust. The mirror flew from Barbie's hands. "All I have to do is smash that mirror."
"Hoshiko?" Kurama started, "you-"
"There is no time for that. We must get the mirror." Hoshiko said. Too late the Mirror was in the hands of Barbie once more.
How can Hoshiko and Kurama stop Barbie without killing her, or falling under the spell of the mirror as well? What information does Koenma had on Natsu? And what did Barbie mean by "the divine one"?
Star