Okay, I'm very happy right now. Even though I haven't posted on this account in a long time, I finally perfected my formatting!!! Yeah!!! I'm so happy!!
Okay, back to the story. ~D.D.
P.S.- Keeper of the Apocalypse, what does 'KUTGW' mean? Just curious. And thanks for the Yomi comment. I always thought I was the only one who knew about him. And thank you, Sheesha!
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Chapter Two: The Mission
"At least you made yourself taller. I hate looking down on people I dislike."
Kurama choked when he finally got the joke. Koenma scowled.
"Right, Miss Averys. Now, to continue."
"Listen, it's Bane. I don't like being called 'Miss Averys.'" She paused. "Unless I'm in trouble."
She glared at Kurama.
"Listen, I have no idea of what's going on here," he protested. "None at all. Like I told you, I was told to get you, no details."
She nodded and turned her baleful eyes on Koenma.
"All right, here's how it goes. The Dark Tournament is coming up. Team Urameshi had been… requested… to make an appearance. With Genkai unable to participate and Kuwabara MIA, we need two members. One, Bane, is you. Do you have any suggestions for someone else?"
She sat on the floor and looked thoughtful.
"Perhaps one of my friends, but she's a serious student and mid-terms are coming up," she told herself. "No, Grace is completely unavailable. What's in the fire this time, pacifier breath?"
Koenma glared before turning to his TV screen.
"The Dark Tournament, as I said before. Kuwabara is MIA. You're here because you're one of the best mortal fighters I know of," said a deep voice behind her. She turned and smiled.
"Yuusuke Urameshi," she murmured, nodding.
"She's quick," Koenma noted.
"That's why she was chosen. She's a fighter, a computer hacker, and a street racer," Yuusuke replied. "Only problem is that she doesn't have any reiki attacks."
"Which may very well work to your advantage. If I fight the Dark Tournament, my opponent would expect a reiki attack. So, a physical, purely physical attack, would be unexpected."
Yuusuke paused before gracefully admitting that she was right.
"So, where's everyone else? Kuwabaka's MIA, so where's Hiei?" she queried.
"Hiei is-"
"Right here," rasped the fire demon.
She bowed to him and said, "I'm Mychela Averys."
"Hn."
She rolled her eyes. Then, she thought of the perfect revenge for his brusque treatment of her. "How's Yukina these days, Hiei?"
He looked at her. Kurama looked bland and Yuusuke's eyes were wide.
"Yukina is fine," Hiei growled.
"And how goes the search for her twin brother?"
Hiei looked like he'd been hit with a Mack truck or a two-by-four in his Jagan. Mychela was torn between the descriptions because either one was accurate for his look of astonishment.
"I don't know."
She smirked and turned back to Koenma. "Where's the Tournament this time?"
"Running Blood Island-" he pulled up a map of the Makai on his screen. "-is here. About twenty miles from Hang Neck Island. A part of the same archipelago."
She nodded. "Hang Neck Island was where the last Tournament was. That scar-faced dude, the hot one, bought it, right?" She was silent until her mind latched onto a name. "Sakyo."
Koenma blinked. "Right. So it was out of the question."
"Good. Scary place."
"You will have a month to train and learn."
She nodded again, grinning. "I may be able to learn some reiki attacks by that time, who knows?" Then, just as a stunt, she decided to try Yuusuke's famous trick.
"SPIRIT GUN!"
And she had it aimed at him. Yuusuke promptly dodged and looked at her in amazement.
She blew the top of her finger.
"Urameshi, never underestimate a woman. Now, where'm I staying?"
"Genkai's."
"Where's my bike?"
"Currently trapped in the dimension that portals are made in. Once you step into one, you'll be able to retrieve it."
"Good. I'm going home for about thirty minutes to retrieve some things that I'll need at Genkai's. My mother should be at work, so I can sneak in and sneak out."
Then, the fifth fighter hit her.
"Arelia Jones."
"What?" Koenma and Yuusuke asked simultaneously.
"Arelia Jones. She's an associate of mine and a damned good fighter. Something of a female version of Kurama at his worst. Quiet, deadly calm, but a bitch once you've ticked her off."
"Weakness?"
"Three. One, her baby brother. He's about seven and they're closer than any pair of twins I know. Two:- Well, I won't go into two and three. Her brother is the biggest and the most exploitable."
"What are two and three?" Yuusuke demanded.
"Given in confidence and you can't torture them out of me," she said bravely.
Yuusuke smiled. "I like you."
"Yuusuke, when you find Kuwabara, eat his."
Kurama's jaw dropped and Koenma looked appreciative. Hiei's eyes gleamed. Botan laughed straight out.
"Yuusuke, I think you've met your better," Botan choked out.
Yuusuke sputtered indignantly before shutting up.
"I need a portal home. I'm bouncing for a bit, but don't worry, Yuusuke. I will so be back.
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Kurama watched as Hiei stared after Mychela. Something about Hiei's reaction to her worried him.
"How did she know about Yukina?"
Kurama decided to play stupid for a little while and shrugged. "I don't know. She knows about my ability to turn into Youko."
"She knows that I'm part-demon."
"She knows my normal form is a toddler."
"Everyone knows you're a baby, Diapers!" Yuusuke replied in disgust. "She knows too much to be human."
Kurama smiled secretly and kept his silence.
Wouldn't they get a shock when she revealed all of her knowledge about their world?
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As soon as she pulled into her garage, she was half-way upstairs.
Fortunately the stunt she was about to pull wouldn't take up any of her laptop memory, because she had a 'Zip' disk and drive on the computer.
Once she logged into her mother's ID, she pulled up the site she wanted. It had a detailed analysis of every main character on YYH.
She saved the pages on the disk. Attacks, personal files, images.
Perfect blackmail information.
She smiled and e-mailed her mother.
To: averys1275@aol.com
From: maverysluvskurama@hotmail.com
Re: Hi, Mom!
Message:
Hi, Mother. I'm staying with a friend of mine for awhile. I'll call you when I can and try to e-mail daily with some pictures of what I'm up to. Love.
She clicked 'SEND' and went to her closet, pulling out drawers and tossing some of their contents on her bed.
One duffel bag, one suitcase, and my laptop case. Yes. That will suffice, she thought, taking her laptop from the duffel bag and wondering where the hell she had placed the laptop's proper bag.
Finally, she found it and placed the computer in the bag with CDs and some PC games.
Now, for clothes. And where did I place that pack of AA batteries? she asked herself.
She pulled out a majority of her black clothing and her three biker's suits, carefully folding everything. As she did that, she wondered whether or not she should take her makeup.
Dear God, girl! What are you thinking?! You're staying at Genkai's with an absolutely to-die-for bishounen! Of course you take your makeup! replied the part of her that was totally feminine.
Her PC beeped.
E-mail. Probably Mother, she realized.
Mychela, the message read, Don't forget your violin or else you will be grounded for a year!
Mychela groaned. The one thing I planned on leaving behind!
She dug the thing out of her closet, scowling. Then, she ran down to tie the bags to her bike. A second's thought made her run back in to get her blades and her 'Matrix/SetoKaiba/VampireHunter' coat.
The blades weren't long enough to classify as swords, but they weren't exactly butter knives, either.
If she fought the Dark Tournament, something told her she'd need these. She strapped them on and went back to her bike.
Then, she zoomed away from everything she knew and was comfortable with. Little did she know that her life would never, ever be the same.
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Okay, readers and my precious reviewers. I need your help. I know one pairing, but what should the rest be? Of course, OC/Kurama is already taken.