"Serenity, Serenity are you there ?" said a voice. "Huh ? Who is this ?"
said serenity. "Its Koenma, im in your dream" said Koenma. "Then where are
you ? I don't see you" said serenity as she looked around. "Look down !"
shouted Koenma. Serenity looked down and then fell over with laughter.
"You're much smaller in person !!!" yelled serenity between laughing.
"Enough !! Hiei is worried, where are you ?" asked Koenma. "I don't know !
I was in this dark part of town and me and shippo got taken to this place
where there are lots of other kids who've been captured..." said serenity.
"You were kidnapped ?!! I'll get Hiei to track you down as soon as possible
!!" shouted Koenma. "Wait, can I ask you something ?" asked serenity. "Fire
away" said Koenma. "How can you talk with that pacifier still in your mouth
?" asked serenity. "Never mind that !!" yelled Koenma. "Ok, ok !" said
serenity. With that, Koenma disappeared out of serenity's dream.
Hank gently kicked serenity to wake her up. "Im up, im up !!" said serenity as she woke up. "We have to start work, now !" said hank as he pulled the sleeping bag off of serenity. "Its cold !! Give that back !!" yelled serenity. "Come on, we have to start working" said hank as he pulled serenity by her shirt collar across the floor with shippo hanging onto her tail. After a while, serenity and shippo came out in their work clothes. Serenity wore a pink shirt with short pink pants. Shippo wore the same as serenity, but his was light blue, hank had on the same as shippo. "I hate pink..." said serenity. "Too bad" said hank.
Downstairs, Hank, Serenity and Shippo and lots of other kids started at their jobs. There was the task of washing floors, setting tables, and cleaning tubs. "Hank, what kind of place is this ?" asked shippo. "A bath house" said hank. "What kind ? I don't see any people" said serenity. "It's a bath house for spirits" said hank. "Spirits ?!" exclaimed serenity and shippo. "Uh-huh" said hank as he nodded. "Hank, you and your helpers clean the big tub today" said miroku. "Hey ! That's the 7 year olds job !!" shouted hank. "Orders from the top, now move it !!!" shouted miroku. "Fine !!" yelled hank as he stormed off with serenity and shippo following behind him.
Hank had a few brooms and a bucket in his hands, serenity and shippo carried rags and soap. "Heard you got the big tub today hank !" shouted an 11 year old girl. "Leave me alone" mumbled hank. When they came to the room which the tub was in, there was grass and dirt everywhere, plus the tub looked very dirty. "Those jerks, they haven't cleaned this place in months..." said hank. A lot of the younger kids giggled. Hank glared at them, then the giggling stopped. "Lets get this over with" said hank. Serenity stepped onto the floor, but slipped on some grass and fell on her back. "Owww !!!" shouted serenity. Hank held out his hand to help serenity up. Serenity was pulled to her feet and dusted herself off.
After sweeping away the grass and dirt, hank, serenity, and shippo tried to scrub the inside of the tub clean. "We use this tub for our guests who are really dirty..." said hank. "Disgusting !" said serenity. "The dirt, its not coming off !!!" shouted shippo. "No wonder there, the sludge is so caked on, it'll take a while to scrub off" said hank. "Hurry in there, we have customers coming !" said a little girl. "Wait ! Hold on !! This is clearly harassment !" yelled hank. "What'll we do now ?" asked serenity. Hank gave serenity a boost out of the tub. Serenity fell out onto the floor. "Go and get an herbal soak piece from the foreman" said hank. "Sure" said serenity as she ran off. Then, she came back. "That was fast" said hank. "I had to swipe it since he wouldn't give it to me" said serenity. Hank walked over with shippo on his shoulder. He tapped on the wall and a small door opened. "You hook on the piece and it goes up, and out comes our water" said hank as he did so. A slope came from the wall and over the tub.
"That's for the water im guessing" said shippo. "Your not as dumb as you look" said hank as he climbed up on the side of the tub and let serenity pull a rope which released the water into the tub. "It smells funny" said serenity. "Its dried worm bath salts, its supposed to be good for you. Plus, with water this murky, you cant see the sludge in the tub" said hank. Serenity held onto the rope and watched the tub fill up. "You can let go of the rope now, I'll go get us some breakfast" said hank as he walked off with shippo behind him. "Ok !" said serenity.
Upstairs, kagura was counting the money she had just got from some customers, then she sensed something. "Somethings coming...I wonder what" she said as she placed to money in a box a looked outside. "What could be outside in this rain ?" kagura asked herself. Back downstairs, the phone rang and koga answered it. "Yes ?" said koga. "We have an intruder, keep your eyes open" said kagura. "Is it a human ?" asked koga. "I don't know" said kagura. "Stink spirit !!!" shouted one of the kids who was a lookout. "A stink spirit ?!!" shouted koga as he nose already smelled something foul. "Hmm ? Something smells fishy that doesn't smell like a stink spirit. But we have no choice, go greet him, just hurry and get it a bath and get it out of here !" said kagura, "yes kagura" said koga as he hung up the phone.
"All customers get to your rooms at once !!! This is not a drill !!" shouted a few girls as they ran down the halls. All of the other spirits rushed into elevators and into their rooms. Kagura came downstairs and calmed everything down. "Serenity !!!" yelled kagura. Serenity ran into the room. "Yes ma'am ?" said serenity. "We have a customer here, I want you to take care of him" said kagura. "But..." said serenity. "No buts or I'll turn you into a rat !" said kagura. "Here it comes !!" shouted miroku as he ran out covering his nose. Serenity frizzed up from the smell and covered her nose. "Hands down, you'll insult or guest" said kagura who was trying not to faint from the smell.
The stink spirit entered, it was a very big oozing blob with big legs and a face you could hardly see. "Welcome to our establishment" said kagura. The spirit held up its oozing hand. "Oh, its money ! Serenity take the nice customer's money" said kagura. Serenity held out her hands and a piece of gold covered in sludge fell into her hands. Serenity's whole body frizzed up, even her hair. "Don't just stand there ! Take him to the tub" said kagura. "Yes, this way" said serenity meekly with her eyes wide open from the stench.
Serenity lead the sink spirit down one of the hallways. Hank and shippo saw serenity walking towards the tub. "Serenity !" shouted shippo. Hank's nose smelled the vile stench and his forehead turned blue with disgust. "That's a stink spirit..." said hank as he almost fainted. The 2 bowls of rice in hank's hands turned black and melted into rotting sludge from the smell. "Our food !!!" yelled hank as he saw the toxic rice in the bowls he was holding. "Open the windows !! All of them !!" yelled kagura as she, koga and miroku ran onto a balcony above the room where serenity was to take the spirit.
Serenity had lead the spirit to the tub, and it jumped in. water overflowed out and turned into mud-like sludge from the stink spirit itself. It looked up from the side of the tub at serenity. "You want more water ? Sure thing" said serenity as she made her way over to where hank had gotten the water earlier. "Heh, disgusting" said kagura as she laughed a bit. "I don't think its very funny" said koga. Serenity banged on the wall and the small door opened and hit her in the face. She took a piece from her pocket and tried to clip it on, but it fell. She got another one and made sure it fit and the piece when up and the slope for the water came out over the tub. "Hmm ? Who gave her all the bath pieces ?" asked kagura. "Don't look at me" said miroku.
Serenity slowly made her way to the tub to pull the rope. She was waist deep in sludge, but kept going. "Shes trying to fill up the tub" said kagura with a smirk. "Oh no, shes gonna waste all of our good water" said koga. Slowly but surely, serenity made her way to the top of the tub. The stink spirit yawned right in her face. Serenity nearly passed out from the awful stench. She grabbed the rope and pulled it, then she fell into the tub. Water gushed out into the tub, and overflowed it. Serenity was stuck head-first in the sludge with the stink spirit. The spirit grabbed up serenity in its hand and brought her up to the surface. Serenity spit out water from her mouth and felt something in the spirit's side. "Huh ?" said serenity as she put her head through the water flowing over the spirit to see what she felt.
"Serenity !!!!" yelled hank as he came in with a broom in his hand and a cloth mask over his nose and mouth. "Stay back from it serenity !! Its alright, I wont let it hurt you !!" shouted hank. "Im fine, but it think the spirit has a thorn in its side" said serenity. "A thorn ?" asked miroku. "I knew it..." said kagura. "Huh ?" said koga. "Get the staff down there !!!" shouted kagura as she jumped down the serenity and hank. "Listen, that no ordinary stink spirit we have on our hands !" said kagura as she made a rope appear in her hands. "Tie this on it" said kagura. Serenity and Hank tied the rope onto the 'thorn' on the spirit. Lots of little kids, and the few teenage kids who worked there grabbed onto the other end of the rope. Even Koga, and Miroku grabbed on also.
"Everyone ready on my signal !" shouted kagura. Everyone braced themselves, waiting for Kagura's signal. "And heave!!!!!" yelled kagura. With as much strength as they could, everyone pulled. "Put your backs into it !!" yelled hank to the others as he pulled along with serenity. Shippo even helped there was no room on the rope to pull, so he stayed on hank's shoulder and pulled a bit of hank's part of the rope. The pulling on the rope caused the 'thorn' to come out of the spirit, but it was an old rusty bike. "A bicycle ?" said Serenity. With a few more pulls, what seemed to be a whole dumping ground amount of old items and trash. "What the heck ?" said hank as he looked around. Serenity pulled out the last thing from the spirit, a small fishing hook.
The water over the spirit flowed down as if it had disappeared. A swirling flow of water surrounded serenity. "Whats happening her ?!" shouted shippo. "The water is surrounding her for some reason" said hank. The water around serenity lowered and in her hands was blue dragon's scale. Then, the water in the tub shot upward. "Serenity, out of the way our guest wants to leave" said kagura. "Yes ma'am" said serenity as she jumped down.
Hank looked down and saw that the water was washing away some of the sludge and he saw small, shiny gold pieces. Also everyone else saw it, too. "Its gold !!!" shouted some of the kids. A mad scramble took place as they all tried to get some of the gold. "Pipe down you idiots !! Our guest is still here !!" yelled kagura. A large, long dragon burst out of the tub and into the room. It flew up to the ceiling and then out through the door and flew off into the night. Everyone cheered at the sight of a real dragon coming to their establishment. "Serenity you did it !! We made soo much money !!!" shouted kagura as she petted serenity on her head.
Hank picked serenity up by her waist and spun her around. "Your so brave, you could've gotten killed !!" said a 6 year old girl. Serenity was too shocked and overjoyed at the time, so she didn't speak. "Sake is on the house tonight" said kagura. "Alright !" said hank and few younger kids. "After you give back the gold that is" said kagura. "What ?!" shouted hank. "Why you being so stingy ?!" said an 11 year old boy. "That's no fair !" yelled shippo. Serenity just started at the dragon scale, with it in her possession, she felt a power spread through her that would be at some use to her later.
Later that night, serenity laid on her side starring out of an open window- like door. Hank walked over to her, he had a blush on his face, but it was a sign of drinking too much sake, but he was still sober enough. Shippo was snoozing near serenity, but woke up when he heard hank. "Here, I got this for you" said hank as he handed serenity some curry bread. "Thanks" said serenity as she bit into it. "So who looks after you ?" asked hank as he sat next to serenity. "This guy, who saved me and shippo. His name is Hiei" said serenity. "Do you miss him ?" asked hank. "Uh-huh" said serenity as she took another bite of bread. "One day im gonna get out of here, if I grew wings" said hank. "Huh ?" said serenity. "Yeah, we're up in the sky. This is a spirit bath house" said hank. "So we're up in the sky ?!!" shouted shippo. "Yep" said hank. "Please hurry and get me Hiei" said serenity softly. "You like him, don't you ?" asked hank with a grin. "No, he's just my guardian" said serenity. "Suuuuuure" said shippo and hank. Serenity giggled a bit. "So what if I did like him, what bugs me is whats under his headband" said serenity.
"Shes been what ?!!!" shouted Hiei. "Yes, serenity and shippo have been kidnapped" said Koenma. "How did this happen ?!" shouted Kurama. "They were in the dark part of your town, and that's how it happened" said Koenma. "The little dog-eared girl didn't even try to save herself ?!" shouted Yusake. "Shes was in shock I bet !!" said Hiei. "Where is this place they were taken to ?" Kuwabara asked. "Its located far in the north of the city, and is in the sky" said Koenma. "In the what ?!!" shouted Kuwabara. "Yes, her spirit energy is giving off from a location in the sky" said Koenma. "Then we have no time to lose !!" shouted Kurama. "When I find out who is behind this, I'll use the Flaming Dark Dragon Wave on them !!" thought Hiei.
To be continued...
Hank gently kicked serenity to wake her up. "Im up, im up !!" said serenity as she woke up. "We have to start work, now !" said hank as he pulled the sleeping bag off of serenity. "Its cold !! Give that back !!" yelled serenity. "Come on, we have to start working" said hank as he pulled serenity by her shirt collar across the floor with shippo hanging onto her tail. After a while, serenity and shippo came out in their work clothes. Serenity wore a pink shirt with short pink pants. Shippo wore the same as serenity, but his was light blue, hank had on the same as shippo. "I hate pink..." said serenity. "Too bad" said hank.
Downstairs, Hank, Serenity and Shippo and lots of other kids started at their jobs. There was the task of washing floors, setting tables, and cleaning tubs. "Hank, what kind of place is this ?" asked shippo. "A bath house" said hank. "What kind ? I don't see any people" said serenity. "It's a bath house for spirits" said hank. "Spirits ?!" exclaimed serenity and shippo. "Uh-huh" said hank as he nodded. "Hank, you and your helpers clean the big tub today" said miroku. "Hey ! That's the 7 year olds job !!" shouted hank. "Orders from the top, now move it !!!" shouted miroku. "Fine !!" yelled hank as he stormed off with serenity and shippo following behind him.
Hank had a few brooms and a bucket in his hands, serenity and shippo carried rags and soap. "Heard you got the big tub today hank !" shouted an 11 year old girl. "Leave me alone" mumbled hank. When they came to the room which the tub was in, there was grass and dirt everywhere, plus the tub looked very dirty. "Those jerks, they haven't cleaned this place in months..." said hank. A lot of the younger kids giggled. Hank glared at them, then the giggling stopped. "Lets get this over with" said hank. Serenity stepped onto the floor, but slipped on some grass and fell on her back. "Owww !!!" shouted serenity. Hank held out his hand to help serenity up. Serenity was pulled to her feet and dusted herself off.
After sweeping away the grass and dirt, hank, serenity, and shippo tried to scrub the inside of the tub clean. "We use this tub for our guests who are really dirty..." said hank. "Disgusting !" said serenity. "The dirt, its not coming off !!!" shouted shippo. "No wonder there, the sludge is so caked on, it'll take a while to scrub off" said hank. "Hurry in there, we have customers coming !" said a little girl. "Wait ! Hold on !! This is clearly harassment !" yelled hank. "What'll we do now ?" asked serenity. Hank gave serenity a boost out of the tub. Serenity fell out onto the floor. "Go and get an herbal soak piece from the foreman" said hank. "Sure" said serenity as she ran off. Then, she came back. "That was fast" said hank. "I had to swipe it since he wouldn't give it to me" said serenity. Hank walked over with shippo on his shoulder. He tapped on the wall and a small door opened. "You hook on the piece and it goes up, and out comes our water" said hank as he did so. A slope came from the wall and over the tub.
"That's for the water im guessing" said shippo. "Your not as dumb as you look" said hank as he climbed up on the side of the tub and let serenity pull a rope which released the water into the tub. "It smells funny" said serenity. "Its dried worm bath salts, its supposed to be good for you. Plus, with water this murky, you cant see the sludge in the tub" said hank. Serenity held onto the rope and watched the tub fill up. "You can let go of the rope now, I'll go get us some breakfast" said hank as he walked off with shippo behind him. "Ok !" said serenity.
Upstairs, kagura was counting the money she had just got from some customers, then she sensed something. "Somethings coming...I wonder what" she said as she placed to money in a box a looked outside. "What could be outside in this rain ?" kagura asked herself. Back downstairs, the phone rang and koga answered it. "Yes ?" said koga. "We have an intruder, keep your eyes open" said kagura. "Is it a human ?" asked koga. "I don't know" said kagura. "Stink spirit !!!" shouted one of the kids who was a lookout. "A stink spirit ?!!" shouted koga as he nose already smelled something foul. "Hmm ? Something smells fishy that doesn't smell like a stink spirit. But we have no choice, go greet him, just hurry and get it a bath and get it out of here !" said kagura, "yes kagura" said koga as he hung up the phone.
"All customers get to your rooms at once !!! This is not a drill !!" shouted a few girls as they ran down the halls. All of the other spirits rushed into elevators and into their rooms. Kagura came downstairs and calmed everything down. "Serenity !!!" yelled kagura. Serenity ran into the room. "Yes ma'am ?" said serenity. "We have a customer here, I want you to take care of him" said kagura. "But..." said serenity. "No buts or I'll turn you into a rat !" said kagura. "Here it comes !!" shouted miroku as he ran out covering his nose. Serenity frizzed up from the smell and covered her nose. "Hands down, you'll insult or guest" said kagura who was trying not to faint from the smell.
The stink spirit entered, it was a very big oozing blob with big legs and a face you could hardly see. "Welcome to our establishment" said kagura. The spirit held up its oozing hand. "Oh, its money ! Serenity take the nice customer's money" said kagura. Serenity held out her hands and a piece of gold covered in sludge fell into her hands. Serenity's whole body frizzed up, even her hair. "Don't just stand there ! Take him to the tub" said kagura. "Yes, this way" said serenity meekly with her eyes wide open from the stench.
Serenity lead the sink spirit down one of the hallways. Hank and shippo saw serenity walking towards the tub. "Serenity !" shouted shippo. Hank's nose smelled the vile stench and his forehead turned blue with disgust. "That's a stink spirit..." said hank as he almost fainted. The 2 bowls of rice in hank's hands turned black and melted into rotting sludge from the smell. "Our food !!!" yelled hank as he saw the toxic rice in the bowls he was holding. "Open the windows !! All of them !!" yelled kagura as she, koga and miroku ran onto a balcony above the room where serenity was to take the spirit.
Serenity had lead the spirit to the tub, and it jumped in. water overflowed out and turned into mud-like sludge from the stink spirit itself. It looked up from the side of the tub at serenity. "You want more water ? Sure thing" said serenity as she made her way over to where hank had gotten the water earlier. "Heh, disgusting" said kagura as she laughed a bit. "I don't think its very funny" said koga. Serenity banged on the wall and the small door opened and hit her in the face. She took a piece from her pocket and tried to clip it on, but it fell. She got another one and made sure it fit and the piece when up and the slope for the water came out over the tub. "Hmm ? Who gave her all the bath pieces ?" asked kagura. "Don't look at me" said miroku.
Serenity slowly made her way to the tub to pull the rope. She was waist deep in sludge, but kept going. "Shes trying to fill up the tub" said kagura with a smirk. "Oh no, shes gonna waste all of our good water" said koga. Slowly but surely, serenity made her way to the top of the tub. The stink spirit yawned right in her face. Serenity nearly passed out from the awful stench. She grabbed the rope and pulled it, then she fell into the tub. Water gushed out into the tub, and overflowed it. Serenity was stuck head-first in the sludge with the stink spirit. The spirit grabbed up serenity in its hand and brought her up to the surface. Serenity spit out water from her mouth and felt something in the spirit's side. "Huh ?" said serenity as she put her head through the water flowing over the spirit to see what she felt.
"Serenity !!!!" yelled hank as he came in with a broom in his hand and a cloth mask over his nose and mouth. "Stay back from it serenity !! Its alright, I wont let it hurt you !!" shouted hank. "Im fine, but it think the spirit has a thorn in its side" said serenity. "A thorn ?" asked miroku. "I knew it..." said kagura. "Huh ?" said koga. "Get the staff down there !!!" shouted kagura as she jumped down the serenity and hank. "Listen, that no ordinary stink spirit we have on our hands !" said kagura as she made a rope appear in her hands. "Tie this on it" said kagura. Serenity and Hank tied the rope onto the 'thorn' on the spirit. Lots of little kids, and the few teenage kids who worked there grabbed onto the other end of the rope. Even Koga, and Miroku grabbed on also.
"Everyone ready on my signal !" shouted kagura. Everyone braced themselves, waiting for Kagura's signal. "And heave!!!!!" yelled kagura. With as much strength as they could, everyone pulled. "Put your backs into it !!" yelled hank to the others as he pulled along with serenity. Shippo even helped there was no room on the rope to pull, so he stayed on hank's shoulder and pulled a bit of hank's part of the rope. The pulling on the rope caused the 'thorn' to come out of the spirit, but it was an old rusty bike. "A bicycle ?" said Serenity. With a few more pulls, what seemed to be a whole dumping ground amount of old items and trash. "What the heck ?" said hank as he looked around. Serenity pulled out the last thing from the spirit, a small fishing hook.
The water over the spirit flowed down as if it had disappeared. A swirling flow of water surrounded serenity. "Whats happening her ?!" shouted shippo. "The water is surrounding her for some reason" said hank. The water around serenity lowered and in her hands was blue dragon's scale. Then, the water in the tub shot upward. "Serenity, out of the way our guest wants to leave" said kagura. "Yes ma'am" said serenity as she jumped down.
Hank looked down and saw that the water was washing away some of the sludge and he saw small, shiny gold pieces. Also everyone else saw it, too. "Its gold !!!" shouted some of the kids. A mad scramble took place as they all tried to get some of the gold. "Pipe down you idiots !! Our guest is still here !!" yelled kagura. A large, long dragon burst out of the tub and into the room. It flew up to the ceiling and then out through the door and flew off into the night. Everyone cheered at the sight of a real dragon coming to their establishment. "Serenity you did it !! We made soo much money !!!" shouted kagura as she petted serenity on her head.
Hank picked serenity up by her waist and spun her around. "Your so brave, you could've gotten killed !!" said a 6 year old girl. Serenity was too shocked and overjoyed at the time, so she didn't speak. "Sake is on the house tonight" said kagura. "Alright !" said hank and few younger kids. "After you give back the gold that is" said kagura. "What ?!" shouted hank. "Why you being so stingy ?!" said an 11 year old boy. "That's no fair !" yelled shippo. Serenity just started at the dragon scale, with it in her possession, she felt a power spread through her that would be at some use to her later.
Later that night, serenity laid on her side starring out of an open window- like door. Hank walked over to her, he had a blush on his face, but it was a sign of drinking too much sake, but he was still sober enough. Shippo was snoozing near serenity, but woke up when he heard hank. "Here, I got this for you" said hank as he handed serenity some curry bread. "Thanks" said serenity as she bit into it. "So who looks after you ?" asked hank as he sat next to serenity. "This guy, who saved me and shippo. His name is Hiei" said serenity. "Do you miss him ?" asked hank. "Uh-huh" said serenity as she took another bite of bread. "One day im gonna get out of here, if I grew wings" said hank. "Huh ?" said serenity. "Yeah, we're up in the sky. This is a spirit bath house" said hank. "So we're up in the sky ?!!" shouted shippo. "Yep" said hank. "Please hurry and get me Hiei" said serenity softly. "You like him, don't you ?" asked hank with a grin. "No, he's just my guardian" said serenity. "Suuuuuure" said shippo and hank. Serenity giggled a bit. "So what if I did like him, what bugs me is whats under his headband" said serenity.
"Shes been what ?!!!" shouted Hiei. "Yes, serenity and shippo have been kidnapped" said Koenma. "How did this happen ?!" shouted Kurama. "They were in the dark part of your town, and that's how it happened" said Koenma. "The little dog-eared girl didn't even try to save herself ?!" shouted Yusake. "Shes was in shock I bet !!" said Hiei. "Where is this place they were taken to ?" Kuwabara asked. "Its located far in the north of the city, and is in the sky" said Koenma. "In the what ?!!" shouted Kuwabara. "Yes, her spirit energy is giving off from a location in the sky" said Koenma. "Then we have no time to lose !!" shouted Kurama. "When I find out who is behind this, I'll use the Flaming Dark Dragon Wave on them !!" thought Hiei.
To be continued...