Chapter 10

TOPIC: The gang finally manages to find a way to return to Japan.
However, it would not be an easy way!! There they meet one of the
Philippines Spirit Detectives, Rainer.

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Chapter 10

"So you're saying that there are demons here." Sumiko said. She and the others, except Hiei who was leaning against a tree, were crowding in Yusuke's communicator.

"Yes." Koenma said. Keiko and the other girls except Genkai were crowding over to see if the boys were ok.

"Are you all right there?" Keiko asked Yusuke. Yusuke nodded and made a peace sign.

"Are you alright Kuwabara?" Yukina said from the communicator. Kuwabara nodded and showed his muscles to prove that he was fine. "How about Hiei?" she asked, "Is he ok?"

A loud Hn was heard from the side. The girls grinned (except Yukina and Sumiko) to know that Hiei was still ashamed to meet his sister. Hiei jumped up the tree and noticed the people farming. He went to Sumiko's side but away from the communicator's view.

"What are they doing?" Hiei asked at the group of kids who were playing with their hands. "Is it like the game that you ningens have that was paper, rock, and scissors?"

Sumiko nodded. "Yukina will come over here too." she said.

Suddenly, Sumiko noticed a glowing thing on Hiei's forehead. "What's that?" she asked.

Hiei turned away. "Nothing..." he said. Kurama and the others grinned.

"No! Yusuke! The communicator is going out!" Koenma said. "I have to tell you all something! Terrorists there-----adding demons--- must catch them and--- kill demons----------'

The line went dead.

Great. Hiei thought.

"So, did anyone understand a thing Koenma said?" Yusuke said as he snapped the communicator shut.

"Hn." Hiei said as he folded his arms. Sumiko stared at him.

"You know what Hiei? I remember you a lot." she said.

Hiei's eyes opened. "What?"

"Uuuy, you have a crush on Hiei!" Yusuke teased.

"Don't you dare have a crush on him!" Kuwabara shouted.

"Why do you keep remembering about him?" Kurama asked.

"I remember him because he reminds me of myself." she said.

Kuwabara stopped. He meets Sumiko once every year and he remembered that the first time they met, when Sumiko was still thirteen, she acted so cold and sad.

However, he had forgotten about that. For the past years, he was facing a very happy Sumiko Takehashi and it shoved at the back of his head.

"You?" Hiei said with a raised eyebrow.

"Upps, I mean I didn't say anything." she said. She quickly looked at the ground as if to tell she did not want to talk about it.

Kurama decided to break the silence. "Now what?" he said. "We don't have anywhere to sleep plus we don't have money."

"Hn."

"Hiei, for once, can you get serious?" Yusuke shouted to Hiei.

"Hn."

"Ok, I give up."

"Well, it is not really a problem." she said.

"Not a problem?"

"Oh yeah!" Kuwabara said, "Your cousins live here!"

Sumiko nodded.

"Hn." Hiei said, "I bet this cousin of yours is as stupid as all of you are, um, not counting you Kurama." he said as cold as possible.

Sumiko, however, did not seem to notice the cold expression. "Oh, you haven't seen my cousins!" she said, "All of the girls are pretty and all of the guys are handsome!" she said gaily.

"I take it your pretty too?" Yusuke said as if saying something with it.

"Nah." she said. Then she said soberly and faking crocodile tears, "I am the only one who is not pretty among all of us! Why! Why! WAAAAAAA!!!" she said as she faked the tears.

"Hn." Hiei said.

"Kurama? Right when Hiei says Hn, it means yes?" Sumiko asked Kurama. Kurama nodded.

"WAAAAA!!!!" she faked again.

***

"Yukina, are you ready?" Genkai asked Yukina who was now wearing a shirt and pants. She was standing beside the machine Mukuro was talking about. They were in Mukuru's castle and Koenma brought the girls along. There were other demons there who were powering the machine. Mukuru was now the leader of the Spirit World.

"What's happening?" Keiko asked. She was not able to understand what was happening since she was busy worrying about Yusuke.

Mukuru walked up to them. "Don't worry Keiko." she said as she walked up to her and placed an arm on their shoulder to comfort her. "We will be bringing back the boys."

"You will? But how about the mission in there?" she asked.

"Not to worry." Koenma said from behind. "There are Spirit Detectives there in the Philippines. Their names are James and Rainer."

"There are Spirit Detectives there?" Botan said disbelieving.

"Of course there are Botan. If there were only one Spirit Detective, how do you think the whole world is still not conquered?" Koenma said. "However, another group of trained specialists are in there. I don't know their names nut I know the names of the Spirit Detectives." he said.

"Does the others know where to go?" Keiko asked, biting her nails again. She was clearly worried.

"They do." Mukuru said as she placed a hand on her pocket. "I have made the machine to emit a certain amount of energy that can only be felt by the DNA that is programmed in it."

"Oh." Keiko said. Shizuru and Botan did not understand anything.

"Why is it that Yukina will be the one to come?" Shizuru asked as she puffed from her cigarette. "Why not anyone else?"

Mukuru sighed as she looked at the machine that was now 25% complete. "Because the machine can only accept the form of a woman." she said. "It is much easier to transport women than men. I gave Yukina money so that they could buy tickets back here. Plus, I have to ready her for things so she wont feel sick when she gets transported."

"I thought you said that they musn't be discovered?" Botan said. Mukuru nodded.

"And they musn't. We have already changed their names their. Yukina will brief them on their new names and everything." Mukuru said.

"In one way or the other, they have to reach Metro Manila in three days. They are in Mindanao now." she said as she held out a map of the Philippines, "Mindanao is a big chunk of Muslim people. It's in the lower part of Visayas and Visayas is in the lower part of Luzon. Metro Manila is near the middle of Luzon."

"It would be hard since Visayas are mostly islands. They have to cross certain places before they can get there. Then, they will go to this particular monument in Metro Manila, Quezon City. We cannot let them ride a plane in Mindanao since most of those demons are there. We have to let them stay in a place with lesser demons." she said. "I just hope everything will turn out out fine." she sighed.

"One question Mukuru," Koenma said as he looked seriously at her, "Why are you helping us?" he asked.

Mukuru smiled, "Hiei is in there right?" she said, "I wouldn't want my right hand person to just be gone."

Then she noticed the crowd of men demons crowding around Yukina. "Ok! That does it! Get Away form her you insufferable creatures!!"

***
"Cool." Sumiko said, "More demons." That was true. They were walking down the mountain and reached another clearing where thousands of demons waited.

"How did they get out of the Makai?" Yusuke said disbelievingly.

"The portal closed and they did not have a chance to get back." said a voice in the shadows. Just then a figure jumped out of the shadows and landed next to Sumiko. Sumiko looked at him, blinking.

"Oh, hi Miss." the guy said as he held out his hand. "Nice to meet you. The name's Rainer." he was grinning.

Rainer was also sixteen and had brown hair until his shoulders. He was wearing a long sleeved shirt and blue pants. He also wore a cap turned backwards.

"Oh, hi." she said as she held out her hand to him and they shook hands. Sumiko let go of her hand but Rainer did not let go. He knelt down and kissed her hand. Sumiko blushed.

Hiei felt anger boiling in him and he did not know why. He turned to Kuwabara as if expecting him to run and pound on the guy but he didn't. He just stood there grinning at the two.

"Aren't you going to pound him or something?" Hiei asked Kuwabara, obviously angry that someone was touching her.

"Why should I?" Kuwabara said. "They look like a perfect pair! I have always dreamed of Sumiko meeting a man as gentlemanly as he is and viola! here he is!"

Hiei was mumbling under his breath. "Jealous Hiei?" Kurama teased. Hiei shot Kurama a death glare.

"Kill them!!!" a voice shouted from the demons. Suddenly, thousands of demons swarmed up to them.

"This should be easy." Rainer said as opened his hand and a swirling happened and formed a sword. The place seemed brighter.

"How did you do that?" Sumiko said.

"I'm a spirit detective." he said, "And your friends look like one too. This should be easy."

"Hn." Hiei said. He really hated the guy more and more. He was getting Sumiko's attention real fast.

Why am I even thinking like this? He thought as he sliced a demon and five others at the same time. I have been living for a hundred years but I have never felt anything like this in my entire life...

Sumiko transformed into a demon willingly. "Hey cool! I got to transform!" she said. Rainer looked over at her and smiled. "Wanna see mw transform too?" he asked Sumiko. Sumiko nodded as she knocked out five demons and not killing them.

Rainer slowly transformed into something that resembles much like a wolf. He had fluffy gray ears and fur was properly placed around his body that made him look all the more charming. He even had a gray tail.

Sumiko and Rainer fought the demons side by side and Hiei felt so angry that he nearly hit Kurama in the process. "Hey watch out!" Kurama said. "Hn." Hiei replied.

Kuwabara was happy. He did not like Hiei to be Sumiko's lover and Sumiko showed no signs that she liked him. He knew that Hiei liked Sumiko but Hiei did not know that himself. He was planning for some other guy for Sumiko to fall for before Hiei notices that.
In twenty agonizing minutes, they defeated the monsters and once again, they disappeared. Hiei and the others were tired.

"What brings you all here?" he asked them. They were all speaking Japanese since Rainer seemed to know that language.

"A fight." Kurama said and explained to him everything that happened. He also explained that they had to go to Metro Manila to get back to Japan. "So that mainly covers up everything." He said as he finished his story.

Rainer rubbed his chin. "Well, there might be a way..." he said,

"There is?" Sumiko said surprised, "Do you know how far it is? We don't have money and we can't ride the bus lest we draw attention to ourselves. I cannot think of any way!" she wailed.

Rainer placed a comforting hand around her shoulder. "Not to worry." he said. "My two pals and I are here in Mindanao for a vacation. We used a car to travel places, a van, to be specific. We could bring you all along with us." he said as he let go of Sumiko's shoulder.

"Will we reach there in three days?" Kurama asked as he was healing his wound with his plants.

Rainer nodded. "And we can pay for all your expenses!" he said, "I earned a lot of money already and I am willing to use it for some fun!"

"When are we leaving?" Yusuke asked.

"Tomorrow. However, at the meantime, my pals and I are going to the beach. Can I tag you all along?" Rainer asked.

"SURE!" Yusuke and Kuwabara shouted. Kurama nodded.

"No." Hiei said stubbornly.

"Aw, come on!" Sumiko said as she moved closer to Hiei. "It won't be that bad! You could swim and stuff and I could look at all the cute um, food!" she said innocently

"No!" Hiei said stubbornly.
"If you don't, I'll kiss you!" she said. Kuwabara nearly spat out.

"What?" Kuwabara hissed. Kurama held him back. "She knows what she is doing." Kurama explained.

Hiei nearly lost his voice. "How is that supposed to make me go?" he managed to say.

"Duh!" she said, "I know you don't like people kissing you so go now!" she said, not noticing how embarrassing it was. She tried pulling Hiei up. He did not budge. "Hiei! DO you still want me to wait to kiss you?" she said.

"What if I say no?" he said.

"I'll force you."

Hiei felt like saying, Then, will you kiss me? But he thought the better of it.

"Fine I'm going." he said as he stood up.

"Yay!!!" Sumiko cheered. She was happy Hiei was going along with them.

Rainer smiled as he placed an arm on Sumiko's. "Shall we go?" Rainer offered.

"Oh no! I forgot something!" Sumiko suddenly burst out.

"What is it?" Kurama said as he stood up, fully recovered.

"We all don't have clothes." she said.

"No problem." Rainer said. "I have a friend named Mika and is about the same height as you do. Her clothes will fit you. As for your friends, I can buy new clothes for them."

"YAY!!" Sumiko shouted, "We are going to have a fun time!!!"

Everyone smiled at her enthusiasm. It was very enlightening.

They headed down the mountain, hitched a ride on a tricycle (not the one for kids but the one used for transportation) and rode down to the foot of the mountain and to the beach resort. Hiei was starting to regret it. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: Please Review and someone please tell me what Yu Yu Hakushu means.