New Friend Found
Chapter four
The Hanyou's Excuse
"Okay, Koenma said he put up a barrier around this forest" Yusuke explained to Hiei and Kurama, standing right next to him. "The barrier shouldn't let her get out of this forest, so all we have to do is run into her and bring her to Koenma."
The three guys were no longer in Koenma's office, oh no. Instead, they stood in a secluded forest somewhere in Makai definitely. It was easy to tell because the forest was dark and ominous. They all could tell that demons roamed the land and were probably hiding, ready to kill the tantei. But, the forest was silent and no demons could be sensed with in the area.
'Koenma probably extinguished any demons within the area where the barrier was so we could have an easier time getting Kayu.' The youko pondered as his emerald eyes scanned the area he and his friends were. Where ever his eyes roamed, he saw trees upon trees colored with dark hues because of the lack of sunlight in the dim forest.
"Finding her shouldn't be hard." Yusuke once again announced. Both the fire demon and youko looked at him strangely. How could finding a top class murderer be easy?
"What exactly makes you think that finding this creature of killing will be so easy?" The black haired fire demon questioned the brown eyed boy, eyeing him.
"Because we have the Demon Compass." Yusuke answered to Hiei, his voice filled with pride as if he thought he was the smartest one. He had a big smile across his face when he said this.
"Um, Yusuke," The wise Kurama began saying, in a calm cool manner, "the compass is useless in this case." Yusuke's grin quickly faded from his face as he turned his head to look at the red headed youko.
"What do you mean the compass is useless?" The human boy questioned, "She is a demon right? So the compass should lead us right to her."
"If you haven't noticed tantei, both Kurama and I are demons as well, so the compass will only point towards us as well as the girl, depending who's closer." Hiei clarified, staring straight ahead.
"Oh, yeah, so the compass is useless isn't it. . ." Yusuke felt like an idiot. He should have known. It was understandable that Kuwabara would over look this but him? He was smart enough to know that. Yusuke hung his head in shame, mad at himself to miss the obvious fact.
"Well, I guess we should split up and find her." Kurama suggested putting his hands in his school uniform pockets, staring straight ahead.
"Agreed," Was Hiei's only reply.
"Alright then, let's go." Yusuke answered, as he began to run into the forest to begin his search for the murdering demon. Both Kurma and Hiei did the same, taking different paths that the other took.
"Damn! I must have been in this freakin' forest for at least an hour and I haven't seen anyone!" A certain Reikai Tantei yelled through the forest. Yusuke had emerged from behind a tree only to be faced with, what else? Than more trees. The black haired boy let out a low groan, obviously not in a happy mood.
Hiei jumped from tree to tree, looking below him to find the wanted demon. No sign of her so far and Hiei was losing his patience.
'She has to show up soon.' The black haired fire demon thought to himself. So he continued to leap around up high above the grounds, keeping an eye out. Hiei had just landed on a thick tree branch of a strong large tree when some movement caught his eye. He turned to see who or what is was but the creature ran right past him without stopping. Not wanting to take the risk of letting a top class murder get away, (if it was her) he followed the faint spirit energy that was probably the creature that rustled the bushes earlier. Barely keeping up with it because of the faint energy it was giving off.
Walking through the forest, Kurama calmly examined the surrounding area. He gave a deep sigh finding that no one was here. The youko suddenly spotted a clearing up ahead.
'Wonder if anything is up there.' The red head considered as he started making his way through the trees and to the clear opening. Finally reaching the clearing of the Makai forest, he took in the sunlight that filled the area. It felt so good to feel the warm sunlight wash over him after moving through a shady forest. He took in a deep breath, feeling relaxed being in the open. Before he knew it, he heard someone coming. Kurama immediately changed from being relaxed and became alert. He waited for the on comer to show themselves, ready to attack if the on comer did the same.
At last the demon showed themselves and Kurama loosened up as soon as he saw who it was.
"Hello Kayu." The youko smiled and approached towards the hanyou. Kayu started to back away out of instinct, but the voice was seemed familiar. The scent the guy was giving off was recognizable too. Then, it hit her. She knew who the ningen-looking youko was.
"Kurama. . .?" The golden haired girl warily asked making sure it was who she thought it was.
"Yes, it's me." The pleased red headed youko answered. The hanyou girl wore a smile upon her face, happy to meet the only person who she trusted.
"What are you doing here in Makai?" The golden haired questioned, acting as if she could see. Which she did often. Her snowy white fox ears twitched, waiting to hear the ningen looking youko's answer.
"It's good you asked, I'm here beca-" But Kurama never finished his sentence. Instead, Hiei had bounded out from a near by tree branch, landed in front of the blue eyed Kayu, and unsheathed his sword in one quick moment. The very tip of the shimmering blade held up to Kayu's slender neck, just above the leather collar, ready to slice the flesh. Both Kurama and Kayu stood stunned at this new happening.
"Good job Kurama," the smaller demon commented towards his green eyed friend. "It figures you'd be the first to find her."
"What?" Kayu softly questioned, her eyes turning into a puzzled look.
"I met up with Yusuke while trying to track you down." The red eyed Hiei continued, "I left him behind so he wouldn't slow me down in finding you. He should be coming soon."
"You mean your hunting me?" The blind hanyou asked. Hoping to find out what's going on.
"Yeah, basically." Another voice responded from the trees behind Kayu. It was Yusuke. He emerged from the wooded-area and started walking around Kayu, examining the female demon. He looked her up and down taking in every detail of her he could get.
"Those pictures don't do you justice on your appearance." The black haired boy stated as he stood in one place with his hand on his chin. Kayu's face immediately went from worrying for her life to anger. Obviously not pleased by this information Yusuke gave.
"Excuse me." She began, as she turned her head to where she heard the ningen boy's voice. Her azure eyes were filled with anger, revealing her fangs. She wanted to clog him on the head, but with the fire demon's blade up alongside her neck, it wasn't wise to advance on him. So instead, she turned her attention to where she first faced Hiei and changed her expression once again to a calmer look but you could still tell that she was irritated.
"So, all three of you are out to get me, correct." She questioned, crossing her arms against her chest.
"Actually, no. Koenma is the one that wants you, not us." Yusuke continued to explain. "We're just here to get you for him."
Kurama walked up to Hiei, standing right by his side, gazing at the captured Kayu. He could tell that Kayu was furious, that was a given. But he knew why she was angry, it was because of him. It showed in her eyes. He knew that the white fox eared Kayu trusted him, and she thought that he had deceived her by capturing her and giving her to Koenma for punishment. But he didn't, he wanted to know why she was killing all of these people and humans, and maybe understand what's going on in her world.
"Have you noticed," Yusuke began to speak up again, "her eyes. They were red in the picture Koenma showed us, now they're blue."
"So my eyes change color, big deal." The annoyed Kayu responded. She seemed to be focusing on Kurama, for her gaze was turn at him now that he was closer.
"Well, let's take her Reikai now so I can finally get home. I'm tired of running all over the place because of all these cases Koenma gives me." The brown eyed Yusuke complained.
"Fine, let's get going." The silent Hiei finally answered since he appeared. "Come on." He commented towards Kayu.
"I'm not going." Kayu replied towards the three guys, refusing to go with them to Reikai.
"Why not?" A certain fire demon coldly asks, looking up at the hanyou with fiery crimson eyes.
"Didn't Koenma tell you about him?" A curious Kayu asked.
"Who's him?" Yusuke questioned. A look of bewilderment was placed upon his face. But not only Yusuke looked puzzled, both Kurama and Hiei did too. Not knowing about this second person Kayu was talking about.
"The brains behind the killings." The female hanyou answered, a sly look crossed her face.
"So you mean that this other guy helps you with your murdering?" The ningen boy asked, trying to understand what Kayu was talking about.
"Yes, he plans who, when and where I should kill. I can take you to him if you'd like." Her voice was filled with cleverness, she felt so superior to them that she knew who the brains behind the murders was.
"So, how do we know your not lying?" Hiei asked, eying the female hanyou youko. Kayu opened her mouth to answer the smaller fire demon, but another voice answered and it wasn't coming from Kayu's mouth.
"Because she wouldn't lie about this." Kurama answered, he walked up towards Kayu standing next to her in her defense. Hiei and Yusuke stared at Kurama, puzzled by him defending the murdering demon. But not only Hiei and Yusuke were confused, Kayu was too. Her face was filled with curiosity along with her deep sapphire eyes.
"Kurama, why are you protecting her?" Yusuke inquired. Wondering why his friend is sticking up for a low life demon.
"I trust her. I don't believe she's lying." The red headed youko continued to explain. His voice was calm, trying to convince his friends to trust her.
"But you don't even know her! How can you trust her just like that?" Yusuke was getting a little mad. He didn't understand why Kurama stood up for the worthless female. His friend trusts a cold blooded killer!
"Fine, lead us to your partner." Hiei had spoken. He lowered his blade to his side looking up at her. "But if you try to get away, you won't get far." Now Yusuke lost it. First Kurama, now Hiei.
"Hiei! What do you think you're doing?! You don't trust anyone, why are you trusting her?!" Yusuke complained. His brown eyes were burning with fire, pure anger flowing through his veins.
"If Kurama trusts anyone that he hardly even knows, she must be worth something." The black haired fire demon explained. Kayu couldn't believe it. Kurama had made his friends to trust her. A worthless half breed of a demon, which they only knew as a heartless murder, began to trust her to lead them, for all they knew could be a trap to kill them! She didn't understand it.
"Well, start walking." The impatient fire demon commanded Kayu. "We want to meet this partner of yours."
"Fine. Straight ahead." She instructed them, walking ahead. The three boys followed her, Yusuke being the closest. He walked up right behind Kayu, leaning his head over her shoulder, him being only half a head taller than her.
"I don't know what you did to make Kurama and Hiei gain your trust, but you haven't gained mine." Yusuke threatened the female youko, his voice hardly reaching over a whisper.
"Don't worry; I wouldn't do anything to hurt you or your pals. What I speak is the truth." She whispered back at the untrusting Yusuke. He withdrew his head from Kayu's shoulder and continued walking behind the hanyou, Kurama drifting not so far away from the two and Hiei bringing up the rear end of the four.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Okay, so I didn't do a good job on updating so soon, but with school and all it's sort of hard to find free time to finish the story. I'm so mean telling you guy's that I'd be updating more often when I'm not.
-halfbreedfox
Chapter four
The Hanyou's Excuse
"Okay, Koenma said he put up a barrier around this forest" Yusuke explained to Hiei and Kurama, standing right next to him. "The barrier shouldn't let her get out of this forest, so all we have to do is run into her and bring her to Koenma."
The three guys were no longer in Koenma's office, oh no. Instead, they stood in a secluded forest somewhere in Makai definitely. It was easy to tell because the forest was dark and ominous. They all could tell that demons roamed the land and were probably hiding, ready to kill the tantei. But, the forest was silent and no demons could be sensed with in the area.
'Koenma probably extinguished any demons within the area where the barrier was so we could have an easier time getting Kayu.' The youko pondered as his emerald eyes scanned the area he and his friends were. Where ever his eyes roamed, he saw trees upon trees colored with dark hues because of the lack of sunlight in the dim forest.
"Finding her shouldn't be hard." Yusuke once again announced. Both the fire demon and youko looked at him strangely. How could finding a top class murderer be easy?
"What exactly makes you think that finding this creature of killing will be so easy?" The black haired fire demon questioned the brown eyed boy, eyeing him.
"Because we have the Demon Compass." Yusuke answered to Hiei, his voice filled with pride as if he thought he was the smartest one. He had a big smile across his face when he said this.
"Um, Yusuke," The wise Kurama began saying, in a calm cool manner, "the compass is useless in this case." Yusuke's grin quickly faded from his face as he turned his head to look at the red headed youko.
"What do you mean the compass is useless?" The human boy questioned, "She is a demon right? So the compass should lead us right to her."
"If you haven't noticed tantei, both Kurama and I are demons as well, so the compass will only point towards us as well as the girl, depending who's closer." Hiei clarified, staring straight ahead.
"Oh, yeah, so the compass is useless isn't it. . ." Yusuke felt like an idiot. He should have known. It was understandable that Kuwabara would over look this but him? He was smart enough to know that. Yusuke hung his head in shame, mad at himself to miss the obvious fact.
"Well, I guess we should split up and find her." Kurama suggested putting his hands in his school uniform pockets, staring straight ahead.
"Agreed," Was Hiei's only reply.
"Alright then, let's go." Yusuke answered, as he began to run into the forest to begin his search for the murdering demon. Both Kurma and Hiei did the same, taking different paths that the other took.
"Damn! I must have been in this freakin' forest for at least an hour and I haven't seen anyone!" A certain Reikai Tantei yelled through the forest. Yusuke had emerged from behind a tree only to be faced with, what else? Than more trees. The black haired boy let out a low groan, obviously not in a happy mood.
Hiei jumped from tree to tree, looking below him to find the wanted demon. No sign of her so far and Hiei was losing his patience.
'She has to show up soon.' The black haired fire demon thought to himself. So he continued to leap around up high above the grounds, keeping an eye out. Hiei had just landed on a thick tree branch of a strong large tree when some movement caught his eye. He turned to see who or what is was but the creature ran right past him without stopping. Not wanting to take the risk of letting a top class murder get away, (if it was her) he followed the faint spirit energy that was probably the creature that rustled the bushes earlier. Barely keeping up with it because of the faint energy it was giving off.
Walking through the forest, Kurama calmly examined the surrounding area. He gave a deep sigh finding that no one was here. The youko suddenly spotted a clearing up ahead.
'Wonder if anything is up there.' The red head considered as he started making his way through the trees and to the clear opening. Finally reaching the clearing of the Makai forest, he took in the sunlight that filled the area. It felt so good to feel the warm sunlight wash over him after moving through a shady forest. He took in a deep breath, feeling relaxed being in the open. Before he knew it, he heard someone coming. Kurama immediately changed from being relaxed and became alert. He waited for the on comer to show themselves, ready to attack if the on comer did the same.
At last the demon showed themselves and Kurama loosened up as soon as he saw who it was.
"Hello Kayu." The youko smiled and approached towards the hanyou. Kayu started to back away out of instinct, but the voice was seemed familiar. The scent the guy was giving off was recognizable too. Then, it hit her. She knew who the ningen-looking youko was.
"Kurama. . .?" The golden haired girl warily asked making sure it was who she thought it was.
"Yes, it's me." The pleased red headed youko answered. The hanyou girl wore a smile upon her face, happy to meet the only person who she trusted.
"What are you doing here in Makai?" The golden haired questioned, acting as if she could see. Which she did often. Her snowy white fox ears twitched, waiting to hear the ningen looking youko's answer.
"It's good you asked, I'm here beca-" But Kurama never finished his sentence. Instead, Hiei had bounded out from a near by tree branch, landed in front of the blue eyed Kayu, and unsheathed his sword in one quick moment. The very tip of the shimmering blade held up to Kayu's slender neck, just above the leather collar, ready to slice the flesh. Both Kurama and Kayu stood stunned at this new happening.
"Good job Kurama," the smaller demon commented towards his green eyed friend. "It figures you'd be the first to find her."
"What?" Kayu softly questioned, her eyes turning into a puzzled look.
"I met up with Yusuke while trying to track you down." The red eyed Hiei continued, "I left him behind so he wouldn't slow me down in finding you. He should be coming soon."
"You mean your hunting me?" The blind hanyou asked. Hoping to find out what's going on.
"Yeah, basically." Another voice responded from the trees behind Kayu. It was Yusuke. He emerged from the wooded-area and started walking around Kayu, examining the female demon. He looked her up and down taking in every detail of her he could get.
"Those pictures don't do you justice on your appearance." The black haired boy stated as he stood in one place with his hand on his chin. Kayu's face immediately went from worrying for her life to anger. Obviously not pleased by this information Yusuke gave.
"Excuse me." She began, as she turned her head to where she heard the ningen boy's voice. Her azure eyes were filled with anger, revealing her fangs. She wanted to clog him on the head, but with the fire demon's blade up alongside her neck, it wasn't wise to advance on him. So instead, she turned her attention to where she first faced Hiei and changed her expression once again to a calmer look but you could still tell that she was irritated.
"So, all three of you are out to get me, correct." She questioned, crossing her arms against her chest.
"Actually, no. Koenma is the one that wants you, not us." Yusuke continued to explain. "We're just here to get you for him."
Kurama walked up to Hiei, standing right by his side, gazing at the captured Kayu. He could tell that Kayu was furious, that was a given. But he knew why she was angry, it was because of him. It showed in her eyes. He knew that the white fox eared Kayu trusted him, and she thought that he had deceived her by capturing her and giving her to Koenma for punishment. But he didn't, he wanted to know why she was killing all of these people and humans, and maybe understand what's going on in her world.
"Have you noticed," Yusuke began to speak up again, "her eyes. They were red in the picture Koenma showed us, now they're blue."
"So my eyes change color, big deal." The annoyed Kayu responded. She seemed to be focusing on Kurama, for her gaze was turn at him now that he was closer.
"Well, let's take her Reikai now so I can finally get home. I'm tired of running all over the place because of all these cases Koenma gives me." The brown eyed Yusuke complained.
"Fine, let's get going." The silent Hiei finally answered since he appeared. "Come on." He commented towards Kayu.
"I'm not going." Kayu replied towards the three guys, refusing to go with them to Reikai.
"Why not?" A certain fire demon coldly asks, looking up at the hanyou with fiery crimson eyes.
"Didn't Koenma tell you about him?" A curious Kayu asked.
"Who's him?" Yusuke questioned. A look of bewilderment was placed upon his face. But not only Yusuke looked puzzled, both Kurama and Hiei did too. Not knowing about this second person Kayu was talking about.
"The brains behind the killings." The female hanyou answered, a sly look crossed her face.
"So you mean that this other guy helps you with your murdering?" The ningen boy asked, trying to understand what Kayu was talking about.
"Yes, he plans who, when and where I should kill. I can take you to him if you'd like." Her voice was filled with cleverness, she felt so superior to them that she knew who the brains behind the murders was.
"So, how do we know your not lying?" Hiei asked, eying the female hanyou youko. Kayu opened her mouth to answer the smaller fire demon, but another voice answered and it wasn't coming from Kayu's mouth.
"Because she wouldn't lie about this." Kurama answered, he walked up towards Kayu standing next to her in her defense. Hiei and Yusuke stared at Kurama, puzzled by him defending the murdering demon. But not only Hiei and Yusuke were confused, Kayu was too. Her face was filled with curiosity along with her deep sapphire eyes.
"Kurama, why are you protecting her?" Yusuke inquired. Wondering why his friend is sticking up for a low life demon.
"I trust her. I don't believe she's lying." The red headed youko continued to explain. His voice was calm, trying to convince his friends to trust her.
"But you don't even know her! How can you trust her just like that?" Yusuke was getting a little mad. He didn't understand why Kurama stood up for the worthless female. His friend trusts a cold blooded killer!
"Fine, lead us to your partner." Hiei had spoken. He lowered his blade to his side looking up at her. "But if you try to get away, you won't get far." Now Yusuke lost it. First Kurama, now Hiei.
"Hiei! What do you think you're doing?! You don't trust anyone, why are you trusting her?!" Yusuke complained. His brown eyes were burning with fire, pure anger flowing through his veins.
"If Kurama trusts anyone that he hardly even knows, she must be worth something." The black haired fire demon explained. Kayu couldn't believe it. Kurama had made his friends to trust her. A worthless half breed of a demon, which they only knew as a heartless murder, began to trust her to lead them, for all they knew could be a trap to kill them! She didn't understand it.
"Well, start walking." The impatient fire demon commanded Kayu. "We want to meet this partner of yours."
"Fine. Straight ahead." She instructed them, walking ahead. The three boys followed her, Yusuke being the closest. He walked up right behind Kayu, leaning his head over her shoulder, him being only half a head taller than her.
"I don't know what you did to make Kurama and Hiei gain your trust, but you haven't gained mine." Yusuke threatened the female youko, his voice hardly reaching over a whisper.
"Don't worry; I wouldn't do anything to hurt you or your pals. What I speak is the truth." She whispered back at the untrusting Yusuke. He withdrew his head from Kayu's shoulder and continued walking behind the hanyou, Kurama drifting not so far away from the two and Hiei bringing up the rear end of the four.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Okay, so I didn't do a good job on updating so soon, but with school and all it's sort of hard to find free time to finish the story. I'm so mean telling you guy's that I'd be updating more often when I'm not.
-halfbreedfox