NJ: My moment of sadness has come to an end, thanks to all your reviews!
Jujik: What reviews?
NJ: Shut up...
Marissa: Will I be in this story?
NJ: Hmm, let me check...::checks manuscript:: Yes...
Marissa: YAY
NJ: In fact you need to get ready!
Marissa: ::gets ready::
NJ: By the way, I hope this long chapter makes up for the short last chapter!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but this idea and the girl who is to be named...
Chapter 5: WhoWhatWhenWhyWhere and possibly How...
"WE DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!!!"
(Keiko/Yusuke fluff)
"OH YEAH, YUSUKE?! JUST HOW WERE YOU PLANNING TO DATE ME IF YOU COULDN'T EVEN GET TO THE NINGENKAI, HUH?!"
"IF I WANTED TO GO BACK I WOULD- Huh? What did you say about a date, Keiko?" Keiko blushed and turned away,
"I-I didn't- OH SHUT UP YUSUKE!"
(End fluff)
"ME?! YOU'RE THE ONE YELLING WHY DON'T YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH?!"
"HOW-MMMPH MGND! mmmfph?" Yukina walked past the bickering couple after freezing both of their mouths shut,
"Please stop, you are giving me a headache..." Hiei stopped trying to grab the air where 'she' had been and smirked slightly,
'I knew the evil streak was in her somewhere!' he thought and fought the urge to cheer, both for the silence and for Yukina's rebellious act.
Kurama was openly smiling and decided to question the group about that girl but Botan beat him to the chase,
"I guess the girls weren't needed after all, but I couldn't be too careful. Right, guys, you have accidentally been sent to the Makai Desert-"
"Dessert? Where?" Hedgehog had finally got his foot out of his mouth and was drooling at the prospect of having an icy ice cream.
"No, I said 'desert' as in lots of sand, sun, dangerous animals, heat...cacti?" she added after observing the bakas condition and smiled in realization,
"Yeah, anyway, our portals don't work in this region, so we have to lead you to the nearest rip area in the worlds to get you back. Have you seen a girl? About, maybe, 5'5' with long purple hair and red eyes?" She looked hopefully at the boys and Hiei gave her an odd look,
"That girl was here right before you came and I think she is still here."
"Ah, that's good...Did any of you see where she went?"
"Up that tree." Kurama pointed out the tree, trying to look through the leaves and branches to see a crouching figure, but he didn't have x-ray eyes so it was a 'no-go'. Botan nodded in thanks and walked over to the said tree. Leaning against the thick trunk, she called up into the leaves,
"Rei-chan, are you up there?" There was no answer to her query apart from the uncomfortable shuffle of the leaves. Botan thought for a moment, glanced back at her group, and turned back to the tree,
"I'm sorry. Reiya-sama, are you there? If you are, can you please come down? My friends won't attack you, so you need not be on the defensive..." Botan's voice was hopeful and she was rewarded when 'Reiya' climbed slowly down the tree, keeping watchful crimson eyes on the figures behind her 'ally'.
"It's good to see you in person, Captain..."
"Long time no see! But, please, lay off the formalities, OK?" Botan was grinning from ear to ear and placing an arm around Reiya's neck, she steered the girl into the significantly larger group of people and began to introduce them,
"This is Hiei the Irritable Jagenshi, Yusuke the Smart-Ass Pervert, Kuwabara the Baka Ningen, Keiko the Smart Ningen, Yukina the Polite Koorime and Kurama the Kitsune Thief." And before anyone could object to their titles, she continued, "Guys, this is Reiya...She's a friend."
----FLASHBACK----
Botan had just been given one of her first missions; it was to take a youkai's soul to the Rekai to be judged. Botan had been informed that this youkai had to die even if she had to kill them herself, so off she went with a determination that could rival a charging bull's. Unfortunately she ran into some trouble on the way. In the area where her 'client' was, a large group of (ugly) demons had conjugated,
"Hey, what's a pretty thing like you doing all alone? Need some help? We'd be happy to help...for a price!" Botan instantly knew she was in trouble and whacked the demon into a nearby tree, but that just made the others grip her by the arms and hold her still.
The demon got up and stumbled backwards again, causing the tree to shake and a figure to fall out of the branches,
"OI! CAN'T A GIRL GET A DECENT SLEEP AROUND HERE?!" The figure was a girl wearing a loose, black, Chinese outfit with a dragon winding up the side. Her long purple hair was tied in a high ponytail and her crimson eyes were flashing dangerously at the demon. She had clearly been asleep in that tree until she fell out. Pulling out a silver staff from behind her back, she fumbled around with the hand positions until it felt right and her stance was that of an amateur fighter.
The demons laughed at what they saw as no threat and turned their backs on her...that was their greatest mistake and their last.
After the demons were felled, the girl turned to Botan and gasped in horror.
"Y-you!" She pointed, "You'll never catch me alive! Or dead!" and she ran away, Botan, however got on her oar and chased her, catching her in almost no time and pinning her to the ground.
"What the Hell did I do to deserve this?! I don't wanna die! I'm too young to leave my body! For Kami's sake, I'm ONLY 150!" She cried out, but Botan had no intention of killing her now, especially after she saved her life,
"I'm not going to kill you on several conditions;" Botan waited for the girl to nod and then continued, "The first is that you tell me your name so I can thank you for saving my life and the other is that you become my friend!" Botan was a very cheery person but never really seemed to make friends, so she took the opportunity as it was presented to her.
The girl blinked,
"You're the grim reaper? You want to know my name and for me to be your friend?" She asked incredulously and Botan nodded enthusiastically. The girl pushed Botan off of her back and shrugged,
"Sure, why not? My name's Reiya and if you want to be my...friend...then never, ever, EVER tackle me like that again! What's your name?" Botan sweatdropped, the girl had mood swings like her own,
"Botan!" They shook hands.
----END FLASHBACK----
Botan laughed as she told the story and Reiya laughed as well, they both acted like idiots when they were younger.
"Anyway, Rei-chan is going to lead us out of here, aren't you Rei-chan?" Botan said and Rei nodded. With much urging from the boys, they started walking towards the exit of this desolate land and swapped stories on the way.
---Later---
The sun had set and the moon and stars rose into the sky above the travelling group around a cheery fire. Rei looked up into the sky, searching for the moon's status and smiled when she saw it was different from the full moon yesterday. She pointed it out to Botan who also smiled,
"Tonight?"
"Yup!"
"What's tonight?" The boys (and girls) had been listening in the friends for a while,
"My regular form disappears on nights when the moon is full and reappears when it changes." Reiya replied and shifted to the side slightly, "Do I look any different?"
The Tantei looked hard; the long purple hair was still tied back and she was wearing the same Chinese outfit with the same staff at her back. Her crimson eyes were the same...but something was different...
Rei laughed knocked Yusuke on the head...without moving? No, Yusuke looked even closer and noticed the tip of a sky blue dragon tail hovering above hair head...and looking at her head, two sky blue, water dragon ears drew attention to themselves in her purple hair and Yusuke fell back in surprise.
"A water dragon?!" He asked in shock and she got up. The ears were like fins and webbed and the tail swished behind her with a fin at the end. She nodded,
"A water demon in the desert. How ironic. And let me guess, you're no water dragon, you're a water spirit aren't you?" (inside joke) Kurama said suddenly, drawing attention to himself and Rei laughed,
"A sharp one, that you are!"
Botan smiled and let her eyes wander over to Hiei and Yukina.
Hiei was demonstrating something with fire at Yukina's request and she was staring on in awe. She was an ice demon but she just loved to watch fire and Hiei could manipulate it perfectly. She sat there in admiration and when he stopped, her thoughts drifted to her brother, who was he? What was he like? Was he like Hiei? Yukina smiled at that thought and held onto it. Hiei would make a perfect brother...
Hiei noticed Botan's stare and she looked away, blushing madly. Caught red handed Botan glared at her friend, currently looking into her eyes and toying with her thoughts, and stood up and, in a loud voice began to proclaim,
"REI HAS A CRUSH ON KUR-" she was pulled to the ground and sat on by a large blue dragon (long Chinese one) with a red chest. The dragon changed back into Rei, sitting cross-legged on Botan's back, and she smiled yet again,
"She meant nothing by that, folks!" she looked down at Botan, "Did you?" Botan shook her head, "Good...now I'm going to sleep!" She announced and jumped into a tree. Soon her head appeared upside down from the leaves,
"By the way, don't touch, eat or drink anything without reading the labels first. That is all!" And she disappeared from view. Yusuke shrugged, Keiko began to lie out some bed things, Hiei disappeared, Yukina had fallen asleep listening to Kuwabara, Botan was thinking and Kurama was lying against a tree.
---The next day---
"Here we are! Captain, get Koenma to open the portal now, since it will take ages to form here..." the Tantei etc had been walking in the HUGE oasis for a few hours and the boys were extremely thirsty.
"If it's going to take ages, then me and Kuwabara will go and find water...Who else wants some?" Yusuke said as he began walking away with the baka in tow.
"I'll have some..."
"Hn..."
"So only Kurama and the Shrimp?" Kuwabara asked and counted them, the girls said they weren't thirsty because they had just drunk some water.
"Remember, read the labels!" Rei warned them and they walked away. Rei sighed.
---The Bakas---
There's a fountain around here somewhere...I saw it...Ah, there!" Yusuke found what he was looking for and Kuwabara gasped at the beautiful sight,
A fountain stood in a clearing from the thick palm trees and vines and poured out delicious looking, cold water. The bakas darted over and began to drink their fill, before taking out bottles for their companions and filling them. They then marched away proudly, ignoring the stone slab with a warning etched onto the surface...
---Back at Wherever---
Kuwabara handed out he two bottles and Kurama and Hiei also drank. Rei was lying against a tree, sleeping again, her tail twitching occasionally, while all the others played cards. Hiei and Kuwabara were throwing insults, when suddenly Hiei's voice changed pitch. From a low growl, it rose to a high squeak and everyone stared at him, Rei cracked an eye open the glance at him, before going back to sleep.
"What the he-lll" His voice went back and forth between his usually deep voice and this high childish squeak. Suddenly...
Tsuzuku...(to be continued)
NJ: BWAHAHAHA! R&R to find out what happens!!! The joke is that 'Rei' means spirit, so there ya go! I personally don't think this chapter was very good, but it had to be done!
Ja'
NJ
Jujik: What reviews?
NJ: Shut up...
Marissa: Will I be in this story?
NJ: Hmm, let me check...::checks manuscript:: Yes...
Marissa: YAY
NJ: In fact you need to get ready!
Marissa: ::gets ready::
NJ: By the way, I hope this long chapter makes up for the short last chapter!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but this idea and the girl who is to be named...
Chapter 5: WhoWhatWhenWhyWhere and possibly How...
"WE DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!!!"
(Keiko/Yusuke fluff)
"OH YEAH, YUSUKE?! JUST HOW WERE YOU PLANNING TO DATE ME IF YOU COULDN'T EVEN GET TO THE NINGENKAI, HUH?!"
"IF I WANTED TO GO BACK I WOULD- Huh? What did you say about a date, Keiko?" Keiko blushed and turned away,
"I-I didn't- OH SHUT UP YUSUKE!"
(End fluff)
"ME?! YOU'RE THE ONE YELLING WHY DON'T YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH?!"
"HOW-MMMPH MGND! mmmfph?" Yukina walked past the bickering couple after freezing both of their mouths shut,
"Please stop, you are giving me a headache..." Hiei stopped trying to grab the air where 'she' had been and smirked slightly,
'I knew the evil streak was in her somewhere!' he thought and fought the urge to cheer, both for the silence and for Yukina's rebellious act.
Kurama was openly smiling and decided to question the group about that girl but Botan beat him to the chase,
"I guess the girls weren't needed after all, but I couldn't be too careful. Right, guys, you have accidentally been sent to the Makai Desert-"
"Dessert? Where?" Hedgehog had finally got his foot out of his mouth and was drooling at the prospect of having an icy ice cream.
"No, I said 'desert' as in lots of sand, sun, dangerous animals, heat...cacti?" she added after observing the bakas condition and smiled in realization,
"Yeah, anyway, our portals don't work in this region, so we have to lead you to the nearest rip area in the worlds to get you back. Have you seen a girl? About, maybe, 5'5' with long purple hair and red eyes?" She looked hopefully at the boys and Hiei gave her an odd look,
"That girl was here right before you came and I think she is still here."
"Ah, that's good...Did any of you see where she went?"
"Up that tree." Kurama pointed out the tree, trying to look through the leaves and branches to see a crouching figure, but he didn't have x-ray eyes so it was a 'no-go'. Botan nodded in thanks and walked over to the said tree. Leaning against the thick trunk, she called up into the leaves,
"Rei-chan, are you up there?" There was no answer to her query apart from the uncomfortable shuffle of the leaves. Botan thought for a moment, glanced back at her group, and turned back to the tree,
"I'm sorry. Reiya-sama, are you there? If you are, can you please come down? My friends won't attack you, so you need not be on the defensive..." Botan's voice was hopeful and she was rewarded when 'Reiya' climbed slowly down the tree, keeping watchful crimson eyes on the figures behind her 'ally'.
"It's good to see you in person, Captain..."
"Long time no see! But, please, lay off the formalities, OK?" Botan was grinning from ear to ear and placing an arm around Reiya's neck, she steered the girl into the significantly larger group of people and began to introduce them,
"This is Hiei the Irritable Jagenshi, Yusuke the Smart-Ass Pervert, Kuwabara the Baka Ningen, Keiko the Smart Ningen, Yukina the Polite Koorime and Kurama the Kitsune Thief." And before anyone could object to their titles, she continued, "Guys, this is Reiya...She's a friend."
----FLASHBACK----
Botan had just been given one of her first missions; it was to take a youkai's soul to the Rekai to be judged. Botan had been informed that this youkai had to die even if she had to kill them herself, so off she went with a determination that could rival a charging bull's. Unfortunately she ran into some trouble on the way. In the area where her 'client' was, a large group of (ugly) demons had conjugated,
"Hey, what's a pretty thing like you doing all alone? Need some help? We'd be happy to help...for a price!" Botan instantly knew she was in trouble and whacked the demon into a nearby tree, but that just made the others grip her by the arms and hold her still.
The demon got up and stumbled backwards again, causing the tree to shake and a figure to fall out of the branches,
"OI! CAN'T A GIRL GET A DECENT SLEEP AROUND HERE?!" The figure was a girl wearing a loose, black, Chinese outfit with a dragon winding up the side. Her long purple hair was tied in a high ponytail and her crimson eyes were flashing dangerously at the demon. She had clearly been asleep in that tree until she fell out. Pulling out a silver staff from behind her back, she fumbled around with the hand positions until it felt right and her stance was that of an amateur fighter.
The demons laughed at what they saw as no threat and turned their backs on her...that was their greatest mistake and their last.
After the demons were felled, the girl turned to Botan and gasped in horror.
"Y-you!" She pointed, "You'll never catch me alive! Or dead!" and she ran away, Botan, however got on her oar and chased her, catching her in almost no time and pinning her to the ground.
"What the Hell did I do to deserve this?! I don't wanna die! I'm too young to leave my body! For Kami's sake, I'm ONLY 150!" She cried out, but Botan had no intention of killing her now, especially after she saved her life,
"I'm not going to kill you on several conditions;" Botan waited for the girl to nod and then continued, "The first is that you tell me your name so I can thank you for saving my life and the other is that you become my friend!" Botan was a very cheery person but never really seemed to make friends, so she took the opportunity as it was presented to her.
The girl blinked,
"You're the grim reaper? You want to know my name and for me to be your friend?" She asked incredulously and Botan nodded enthusiastically. The girl pushed Botan off of her back and shrugged,
"Sure, why not? My name's Reiya and if you want to be my...friend...then never, ever, EVER tackle me like that again! What's your name?" Botan sweatdropped, the girl had mood swings like her own,
"Botan!" They shook hands.
----END FLASHBACK----
Botan laughed as she told the story and Reiya laughed as well, they both acted like idiots when they were younger.
"Anyway, Rei-chan is going to lead us out of here, aren't you Rei-chan?" Botan said and Rei nodded. With much urging from the boys, they started walking towards the exit of this desolate land and swapped stories on the way.
---Later---
The sun had set and the moon and stars rose into the sky above the travelling group around a cheery fire. Rei looked up into the sky, searching for the moon's status and smiled when she saw it was different from the full moon yesterday. She pointed it out to Botan who also smiled,
"Tonight?"
"Yup!"
"What's tonight?" The boys (and girls) had been listening in the friends for a while,
"My regular form disappears on nights when the moon is full and reappears when it changes." Reiya replied and shifted to the side slightly, "Do I look any different?"
The Tantei looked hard; the long purple hair was still tied back and she was wearing the same Chinese outfit with the same staff at her back. Her crimson eyes were the same...but something was different...
Rei laughed knocked Yusuke on the head...without moving? No, Yusuke looked even closer and noticed the tip of a sky blue dragon tail hovering above hair head...and looking at her head, two sky blue, water dragon ears drew attention to themselves in her purple hair and Yusuke fell back in surprise.
"A water dragon?!" He asked in shock and she got up. The ears were like fins and webbed and the tail swished behind her with a fin at the end. She nodded,
"A water demon in the desert. How ironic. And let me guess, you're no water dragon, you're a water spirit aren't you?" (inside joke) Kurama said suddenly, drawing attention to himself and Rei laughed,
"A sharp one, that you are!"
Botan smiled and let her eyes wander over to Hiei and Yukina.
Hiei was demonstrating something with fire at Yukina's request and she was staring on in awe. She was an ice demon but she just loved to watch fire and Hiei could manipulate it perfectly. She sat there in admiration and when he stopped, her thoughts drifted to her brother, who was he? What was he like? Was he like Hiei? Yukina smiled at that thought and held onto it. Hiei would make a perfect brother...
Hiei noticed Botan's stare and she looked away, blushing madly. Caught red handed Botan glared at her friend, currently looking into her eyes and toying with her thoughts, and stood up and, in a loud voice began to proclaim,
"REI HAS A CRUSH ON KUR-" she was pulled to the ground and sat on by a large blue dragon (long Chinese one) with a red chest. The dragon changed back into Rei, sitting cross-legged on Botan's back, and she smiled yet again,
"She meant nothing by that, folks!" she looked down at Botan, "Did you?" Botan shook her head, "Good...now I'm going to sleep!" She announced and jumped into a tree. Soon her head appeared upside down from the leaves,
"By the way, don't touch, eat or drink anything without reading the labels first. That is all!" And she disappeared from view. Yusuke shrugged, Keiko began to lie out some bed things, Hiei disappeared, Yukina had fallen asleep listening to Kuwabara, Botan was thinking and Kurama was lying against a tree.
---The next day---
"Here we are! Captain, get Koenma to open the portal now, since it will take ages to form here..." the Tantei etc had been walking in the HUGE oasis for a few hours and the boys were extremely thirsty.
"If it's going to take ages, then me and Kuwabara will go and find water...Who else wants some?" Yusuke said as he began walking away with the baka in tow.
"I'll have some..."
"Hn..."
"So only Kurama and the Shrimp?" Kuwabara asked and counted them, the girls said they weren't thirsty because they had just drunk some water.
"Remember, read the labels!" Rei warned them and they walked away. Rei sighed.
---The Bakas---
There's a fountain around here somewhere...I saw it...Ah, there!" Yusuke found what he was looking for and Kuwabara gasped at the beautiful sight,
A fountain stood in a clearing from the thick palm trees and vines and poured out delicious looking, cold water. The bakas darted over and began to drink their fill, before taking out bottles for their companions and filling them. They then marched away proudly, ignoring the stone slab with a warning etched onto the surface...
---Back at Wherever---
Kuwabara handed out he two bottles and Kurama and Hiei also drank. Rei was lying against a tree, sleeping again, her tail twitching occasionally, while all the others played cards. Hiei and Kuwabara were throwing insults, when suddenly Hiei's voice changed pitch. From a low growl, it rose to a high squeak and everyone stared at him, Rei cracked an eye open the glance at him, before going back to sleep.
"What the he-lll" His voice went back and forth between his usually deep voice and this high childish squeak. Suddenly...
Tsuzuku...(to be continued)
NJ: BWAHAHAHA! R&R to find out what happens!!! The joke is that 'Rei' means spirit, so there ya go! I personally don't think this chapter was very good, but it had to be done!
Ja'
NJ