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Rae: No one is around so I will be doing the disclaimer. Again, I do not own Rein (who doesn't appear in this chapter), Kira, or the up and coming Riku Green.
Sayain Under Cover- I'm afriad I had to change Kira to having Wind/Storm element, because Rein had taken Water/Ice before you. Hope you don't mind. I do like your character though.
Couples: Rein/Botan, Kira/Kurama, Riku/Yusuke, and Shade/Hiei...lol...didn't see that one coming.
Rae: ENJOY!!
(Begin)
Chapter Two
The gang looked up as a knock came from the front door of Botan's apartment floor. Botan, being the host, stood up and opened the door. A girl with shoulder length, black hair. Icy, blue eyes gazed at them tiredly. She was dressed in a purple and black kimono, black sandals covering her feet.
"Kira, you're back," Botan greeted Hiei's younger sister.
The girl nodded and entered the apartment. Hiei and the others nodded to her as she took a seat beside her brother, blushing from the green eyes that stared at her.
"So, anything happen while I was gone?" she asked, the group tensed up.
She was about to ask when the front door opened and Mecca walked in, dressed in a elementary school uniform and a back pack slung over her shoulders. The smaller girl stopped dead in her tracks, Hiei and Kira heard hear mumble something that sounded like, "again."
"Who is that Botan?" Kira asked.
Mecca glared at her, "My name is Mecca, who are you?"
"Kira Jaganashi, I am Hiei's sister," Kira replied, glaring back at the orange-eyes girl.
"Mecca! That was totally uncalled for! Go to your room!" Botan demanded.
The little girl huffed and went to her room, slamming her door behind her, "I swear she is a strange child."
Kira glanced at the guys with confusion, so they spent an hour going over what happened in the past few weeks.
Kira sighed and stood up, walking to the balcony. She gazed down at the city lights, a cold breeze blowing pass her. Jumping she heard a voice, "Strange things have been happening since the attack we had two months ago."
Whirling around, she caught a glimpse of Kurama's beautiful red hair and dropped her defensive stance and relaxed.
"Something wrong Kira?" he asked, worried, emerald green eyes gazed questioningly.
"I have this feeling, as if something bad is going to happen," Kira replied.
"Well, Koenma has a new mission for all of us. Someone has a threat on breaking into King Enma's Vault," Kurama informed.
Kira nodded and the two went inside, waiting for the others to get ready. Botan looked over at Mecca's door and sighed, "Mecca, we're going out. Keep yourself inside and don't burn down the house!"
The group left through a portal Botan had formed and appeared in the office of a frantic Koenma.
"What's wrong?" Botan asked her boss.
"Someone has informed us that there is going to be an attempt on the Crystal of Alcenba. We must have full protection for it and you guys are the strongest," Koenma informed.
"They must be cocky of themselves to send a message before they do it," Kira pointed out.
"What's the Crystal of Alcenba?" Yusuke asked.
"The crystal hold the balance of the Ninigen-kai. If the crystal falls into the wrong hands, this could mean pure disaster," Botan answered.
"Balance? Like light and dark?" Kurama guessed.
"Yes, Light and Dark were known as the Supreme Elements. Under them were the elements, Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth. Around a few decades ago, these elements were fused into this crystal, because they were getting out of control. The only problem with it, is that the person who sealed away the elements had to also infuse their soul to the elements," Botan answered.
"How do you know all of this?" Hiei demanded.
Botan looked down, "I just do."
Hiei glared at her suspiciously, "Like Botan said, we must protect this crystal, or else one of the elements could be released at the holder whim."
Koenma's voice pulled Hiei out of his suspicions, for now. Koenma showed them to the vault and went back to his office.
They had the doors open when chills ran up their spines. Looking at each other, they shrugged it off and entered the vault. Walking through they noticed none of the inside guards were killed, nor were any of the traps activated. Even when Kurama and Hiei broke in they had to go through these traps and kill the guards. They followed Botan, up the staircase in back and walked pass the Artifacts of Darkness, causing Kurama to wink and Hiei jokingly, "Don't think about you two."
They looked over at Yusuke, who smirked at them. Hiei raised and eyebrow questioningly, "Why not detective?"
Yusuke pointed his index finger at him in his "Spirit Gun" style and winked, "Cause I'd have to find people to replace you."
"We're here," Botan broke through the guys's remembrance.
They gazed up at an alter, and each gasped at a figure that stood in front of it. Their back was to them as the person gazed at the crystal, clear gem on top of a violet pillow. The pillow sat atop a white, column-like pedestal.
"Shade? You're after the crystal? Why?" Botan demanded at the figure.
The silver haired guy turned around, and gazed at Botan, "I'm taking back what's mine. It shouldn't be in a place where it can be stolen so easily."
"Easily? This vault has top guards and traps," Botan shot back.
Shade glared at her harshly, "Just two, almost three, years ago, three demon thieves broke into this vault and stole the Three Artifacts of Darkness. Now I'm in here, without doing any damage, but that's usual, cause I don't like getting my hands dirty."
"How did you get in? Even these two needed to cause some havoc and kill people in order to get those artifacts," Yusuke demanded.
Shade smirked, "It's funny how dumb Koenma's new detective is. You guys let me in. Here I thought you'd catch it Botan."
Shade turned around, "Rose Whip!"
Dodging the kitsune's deadly accurate attack, he whirled around and pointed his finger at him, his other hand parallel and pulled back, "Silver Arrow!"
A arrow of silver flew through the air, singing a short, high pitched melody, and nearly caught Kurama off guard.
"Whirlwind Tsunami!" Kira shouted.
"Fist of the Mortal Flame!" Hiei yelled.
Both attacks flew towards Shade who tensed up, "Shadow Incasement!"
A black dome formed around his body, the attacks hitting head on. The dome broke and Shade flew back, into the wall behind the pedestal. Sliding down to the wall, he winced slightly.
"Shot," Yusuke started.
"No d," Botan's warning was cut off, "Gun!"
Shade's body formed in front of the pedestal as the multiple attack flew towards it. Shade took most of the hits head one, but one singed past him, "NO!"
Shade watched in horror as the attack hit the pedestal, the crystal instantly dissolving. Taking a step back, Shade shook his head. A flash of grey shot up from the dust and hit Kira in the chest, knocking her unconscious. A flash of dark blue, dark red, and green shot up and disappeared through the roof. Shade took another step back as a flash of white and black flew up and hovered in the air. A small beam of white and a small beam of black shot out from the balls hovering in the air. They combined and formed into a grey ball of light. Shade took another step, causing the group to become confused.
"No, I don't want to," Shade whispered, only being heard by Kurama and Hiei.
The grey ball shot forward and hit Shade in the chest, causing Shade to go unconscious. Botan ran forward to the mysterious fighter, and kneeled beside Shade.
"We have to get Kira and Shade out of here. We'll ask what Shade was up to in there," she said.
Hiei picked up Shade, seeing as though Kurama had lifted his sister in his arms. Hiei glared, he lost one sister, he didn't want to lose another.
The group left back to Botan's apartment, going through a portal. They arrived and Kira was set in a room, while Shade was set on the couch. Botan noticed Mecca was in her bed, sleeping.
Turning off the lights Botan had the guys stay at her place, and she went into her room and fell asleep.
Hiei, who was instructed to patch Shade up, pulled his shirt over his head. A gasp came from Hiei, and he looked at Shade's face, "You're an onna."
(End)
Rae: HAHAHAHA!!! didn't see that one coming did ya? Well, you'll find out a little more on what the Crystal of Alcenba really does, and why Shade was so dead set on getting it.
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