Paycheck
Hiei drew his sword ready to take on all three newcomers. "I guarantee you will stay dead regardless of what paper you signed when I kill you tonight like I should have that night before. And while I'm at it I might as well finish you off as well you irritating brat!" Li snatched her ever-trusty dagger from her belt and stepped in front of her boss ready to defend.
"Alright! I was afraid I wouldn't get in on any action tonight! Lemme warn you, somethin's gonna get finished tonight but it's sure not me!" She made the first move, dashing at Hiei too fast for any spectators too see. He blocked the attacked and responded with a cruel blow to her stomach knocking her several feet backwards and slamming against the trunk of the tree. Hiei closed in for a quick kill and tried to pin her with his sword on the tree but she lodged her dagger into his gut before he could land what should have been a fatal blow. She removed her dagger to try at a final stab through his heart, meanwhile Karasu slipped off while everyone was watching the fight. "Nobody calls me a brat!" she exclaimed lifting the blade while Hiei was still in shock from the sudden critical wound. The knife came down swiftly but Hiei's sword came up to block it even swifter. There was an earsplitting clash of metal striking metal. Koenma decided this had gone on long enough. "Stop it! Stop it this instant or you're both fired! Hiei! Stop it I mean it! Stop it right now!" He tried to break up the fight. "You're going to have to set aside your differences if you're ever going to work together!" Li did not withdraw until Xeroth commanded her to and she did so reluctantly. "Are you serious, boss. I'm really being transferred to these guys?" "I am very serious, do you have a problem with that?" her employer stated solemnly. "That depends, just how big of a paycheck are we talkin' here?"
WAKE UP Saturday morning or maybe afternoon, Yuusuke rolled over in his bed and looked at his alarm clock. '12:47 pm'. He decided he deserved to go back to sleep at this hour after what had happened last night. From the warm covers of his bed it felt like last night had only been some violent nightmare. Just when Yuusuke thought things were cooling down, Karasu and some other guy showed up saying that that kid who kidnapped Keiko and his mom was going to be working with the spirit detectives. And the next thing he knew Li and Hiei had been about to kill each other. At least Keiko and the others were fine. But what about Li. Koenma had taken her with him when he left. What did he plan on doing with her? And where had Karasu got to? Had he been alive or was the whole thing really a nightmare. How was he supposed to go back to sleep with that on his mind?
"Well there's only one way to find out." He got dressed and headed for Koenma's palace. His mother snored loudly from her bedroom. She was so tired it was as if she had fought Li herself when in fact she spent most of the time sitting around in a tree.
Yuusuke laughed to himself as he opened the door. Bright afternoon sunlight penetrated the dark and cluttered household.
What a night."
Profile
"Yo Koenma!"
The demi-god looked up from his paperwork. One of his detectives was looming over him. What did he want? He must be here to complain about last night. He stood up straight in his cushy swivel chair. "Before you begin to complain about last night, let me remind you that I am your boss and I can do anything I want with you."
"It's not like that. I gotta question. What are you gonna do with that Li kid." George the big blue ogre stumbled into the office and corrected Yusuke. "Her name is Precious Li."
Koenma began flipping through the papers on his desk looking for the file on Precious. Got it. Her information was in a thick folder filled with recorded crimes and other information. The first paper was a profile.
Name: Precious Li Gender: Female Age: 20 Hair color: Black Height: 4'11 Species: Hanyou Description: Powerful shape shifter. Ex- thief. Ex con artist. Ex- Burger King employee. Current assassin. May engage in unprovoked attack. Unstable and explosive spirit energy. Aliases: Joe, Suzy, Kotoro, Shay, Kidd, Tantric Charged with murder, kidnapping, grand theft auto, breaking and entering, theft, gambling, drug dealing, and breaking the laws of physics.
Koenma read the profile aloud leaving Yusuke and George dumbfounded. "She did all that?!" they asked in perfect unison. "I swear on my life I was never a drug dealer." The convict strolled casually into the office, to Koenma's distress. Apparently she was supposed to be locked up in a holding cell until Koenma decided what to do with her. "WHY ARE YOU HERE!!" Koenma screamed in a mix of anger and fear. "Chill man. I just thought I'd drop by and ask if you really thought you were gonna keep me locked up in there." The demi god was not at all pleased with this answer. "George! How could you lit this happen? Is our security system so pathetic that a convict can just come waltzing into MY OFFICE!?" Precious took no notice of Koenma and turned her interest to the greasy haired boy she had seen the previous night. "Yo sorry about last night. No hard feelings, right?" she grinned widely and held up two fingers in a peace sign. "After all, this world is made of love and peace!" she laughed as if this were a joke. She really seemed nice enough at the moment, but her records and her behavior last night told a different story. 'But she didn't really have a choice if her boss made her do it. And Hiei started that fight...' Yuusuke thought to himself, contemplating whether Precious Li could ever be a trustworthy person. "Apology accepted. Just don't pull anything like you did last night or I'll have to kick your ass. Got it?" Li nodded, still smiling.
"Sure thing. Hey, Koenma! What am I supposed to be doing working for you anyways? And how much do I get paid?"
Koenma had decided that the only possible use for was a spirit detective, but that decision had not really been his. Xeroth had made it sound like they had happily agreed on this arrangement when in fact he threatened to blackmail the junior god if did not accept the deal. What information was being used for blackmail of course was a different story. He resolved to talk later about a salary. After a thorough job description he informed her who she'd be working with.
"Hold on a minute, so the Swift swordsman( who hates my guts), The legendary Yoko (who was thought to have died about 16 years ago) and a couple of teenage schoolboys are my co-workers?"
"Yes that's pretty much it." Said Koenma.
"I've had worse jobs..."
Hiei drew his sword ready to take on all three newcomers. "I guarantee you will stay dead regardless of what paper you signed when I kill you tonight like I should have that night before. And while I'm at it I might as well finish you off as well you irritating brat!" Li snatched her ever-trusty dagger from her belt and stepped in front of her boss ready to defend.
"Alright! I was afraid I wouldn't get in on any action tonight! Lemme warn you, somethin's gonna get finished tonight but it's sure not me!" She made the first move, dashing at Hiei too fast for any spectators too see. He blocked the attacked and responded with a cruel blow to her stomach knocking her several feet backwards and slamming against the trunk of the tree. Hiei closed in for a quick kill and tried to pin her with his sword on the tree but she lodged her dagger into his gut before he could land what should have been a fatal blow. She removed her dagger to try at a final stab through his heart, meanwhile Karasu slipped off while everyone was watching the fight. "Nobody calls me a brat!" she exclaimed lifting the blade while Hiei was still in shock from the sudden critical wound. The knife came down swiftly but Hiei's sword came up to block it even swifter. There was an earsplitting clash of metal striking metal. Koenma decided this had gone on long enough. "Stop it! Stop it this instant or you're both fired! Hiei! Stop it I mean it! Stop it right now!" He tried to break up the fight. "You're going to have to set aside your differences if you're ever going to work together!" Li did not withdraw until Xeroth commanded her to and she did so reluctantly. "Are you serious, boss. I'm really being transferred to these guys?" "I am very serious, do you have a problem with that?" her employer stated solemnly. "That depends, just how big of a paycheck are we talkin' here?"
WAKE UP Saturday morning or maybe afternoon, Yuusuke rolled over in his bed and looked at his alarm clock. '12:47 pm'. He decided he deserved to go back to sleep at this hour after what had happened last night. From the warm covers of his bed it felt like last night had only been some violent nightmare. Just when Yuusuke thought things were cooling down, Karasu and some other guy showed up saying that that kid who kidnapped Keiko and his mom was going to be working with the spirit detectives. And the next thing he knew Li and Hiei had been about to kill each other. At least Keiko and the others were fine. But what about Li. Koenma had taken her with him when he left. What did he plan on doing with her? And where had Karasu got to? Had he been alive or was the whole thing really a nightmare. How was he supposed to go back to sleep with that on his mind?
"Well there's only one way to find out." He got dressed and headed for Koenma's palace. His mother snored loudly from her bedroom. She was so tired it was as if she had fought Li herself when in fact she spent most of the time sitting around in a tree.
Yuusuke laughed to himself as he opened the door. Bright afternoon sunlight penetrated the dark and cluttered household.
What a night."
Profile
"Yo Koenma!"
The demi-god looked up from his paperwork. One of his detectives was looming over him. What did he want? He must be here to complain about last night. He stood up straight in his cushy swivel chair. "Before you begin to complain about last night, let me remind you that I am your boss and I can do anything I want with you."
"It's not like that. I gotta question. What are you gonna do with that Li kid." George the big blue ogre stumbled into the office and corrected Yusuke. "Her name is Precious Li."
Koenma began flipping through the papers on his desk looking for the file on Precious. Got it. Her information was in a thick folder filled with recorded crimes and other information. The first paper was a profile.
Name: Precious Li Gender: Female Age: 20 Hair color: Black Height: 4'11 Species: Hanyou Description: Powerful shape shifter. Ex- thief. Ex con artist. Ex- Burger King employee. Current assassin. May engage in unprovoked attack. Unstable and explosive spirit energy. Aliases: Joe, Suzy, Kotoro, Shay, Kidd, Tantric Charged with murder, kidnapping, grand theft auto, breaking and entering, theft, gambling, drug dealing, and breaking the laws of physics.
Koenma read the profile aloud leaving Yusuke and George dumbfounded. "She did all that?!" they asked in perfect unison. "I swear on my life I was never a drug dealer." The convict strolled casually into the office, to Koenma's distress. Apparently she was supposed to be locked up in a holding cell until Koenma decided what to do with her. "WHY ARE YOU HERE!!" Koenma screamed in a mix of anger and fear. "Chill man. I just thought I'd drop by and ask if you really thought you were gonna keep me locked up in there." The demi god was not at all pleased with this answer. "George! How could you lit this happen? Is our security system so pathetic that a convict can just come waltzing into MY OFFICE!?" Precious took no notice of Koenma and turned her interest to the greasy haired boy she had seen the previous night. "Yo sorry about last night. No hard feelings, right?" she grinned widely and held up two fingers in a peace sign. "After all, this world is made of love and peace!" she laughed as if this were a joke. She really seemed nice enough at the moment, but her records and her behavior last night told a different story. 'But she didn't really have a choice if her boss made her do it. And Hiei started that fight...' Yuusuke thought to himself, contemplating whether Precious Li could ever be a trustworthy person. "Apology accepted. Just don't pull anything like you did last night or I'll have to kick your ass. Got it?" Li nodded, still smiling.
"Sure thing. Hey, Koenma! What am I supposed to be doing working for you anyways? And how much do I get paid?"
Koenma had decided that the only possible use for was a spirit detective, but that decision had not really been his. Xeroth had made it sound like they had happily agreed on this arrangement when in fact he threatened to blackmail the junior god if did not accept the deal. What information was being used for blackmail of course was a different story. He resolved to talk later about a salary. After a thorough job description he informed her who she'd be working with.
"Hold on a minute, so the Swift swordsman( who hates my guts), The legendary Yoko (who was thought to have died about 16 years ago) and a couple of teenage schoolboys are my co-workers?"
"Yes that's pretty much it." Said Koenma.
"I've had worse jobs..."