Charms
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Chapter 5
The hallway was too long to the sealed room and Yusuke had begun to complain. Kurama didn't say anything this time. He perfectly understood his feelings of anxiousness and uncertainty. And...his pinky toe was starting to itch. It was very uncomfortable.
Ko-Enma sama guided them down to a seemingly deeper corrador. Some how, the light seemed to shy away from this place. The door had a very strange lock built into it. He hid the way he opened the door but Kurama felt a certain familiarity with the kind of device that was probably used. The yokai fox had been a theif once and became familiar with many such traps and locks.
"This way." Ko-Enma waved in the haze of darkness.
"What's with this creepy place." Yusuke looked around. Kurama closed his eyes, it was so dark by now there wasn't a reason to keep them open. "Where are we anyway?" the spirit detective asked. The red head could hear the brunet's breathing, but for some reason he couldn't sense where he was. Kurama opened his eyes.
"What's the big idea dragging us so far and..." Yusuke paused when the sound of a heavy door closed behind them, "and shutting us...in." A light as small as a pin head floated past Yusuke's face. It danced and seemed to sing with a hum. It made a click sound when it jetted forward.
"Oh there you are Korina." Ko-Enma's face dimly reflected the tiny light. "If you'd be so kind." he requested. It clicked and hummed flying a short distance to a globe of somekind.
"What is that thing?" Yusuke asked.
"That is Korina. She's a powerful demoness."
"A what?!" the brunet jerked. When Korina touched the glass globe, an explosion of light swept over the room. Yusuke rubbed his eyes. "What are you try'n to do blind me?" he exclaimed.
"A demoness?" Kurama new the spirit world had many demon's in it's service. He made it his buisness to know the names of all of them just in case some trouble may arise. But he never heard once this name. Korina.
The globe had a blue hue but the room was as bright as if the sun touched it. Green eyes scanned the room, why here? It wasn't so extrodinary looking. It was lavishly decorated with pillows, couches, and even curtains on the walls. There was something else too, something bothered him about this room. A chill crawled up his spine, slowly.
"This," the prince of the spirit world presented with both arms, "is the hollow room."
"Hollow? Keh! It doesn't seem very empty to me." Yusuke frowned, unimpressed.
"No," Ko-Enma shook his head, "Use your spirit powers to reach out, to sense others."
"Urgh! I didn't come here for a lesson in spirit energy. Okay?" he shrugged, "There I..." Yusuke looked dumbfounded. Kurama's suspicions were confirmed, it was like a vacum of spirit energy in this room.
"Nothing..." Kurama whispered.
"That's right." Ko-Enma pointed out. "This is one of our most valuable vault's."
"Vault?" the red head looked around again.
"Enough already so you have a neat room can we please get back to Botan. You know the reason I busted you're door." Yusuke said, his pinky finger in his ear.
"Very well." he ploped down on a cushion and folded his arms. "As you've probably noticed there hasn't been a lot of activity having to do with demons or other spirit world problems on Earth."
"Now that you mention it, yeah." the brunet rubbed is head and sat down on a couch. Kurama didn't want to be the only one standing so he sat on the next nearest couch.
"That's because Botan has done such a great job monitoring the passage ways between all three worlds."
"That's why we haven't seen her lately." Kurama pointed out.
"Yes. She's taken her job very seriously. I was concerned that she may have been over doing it. Just three days ago she was supposed to report in. I have yet to receive a report." Ko-Enma shook his head.
"She's missing?!" the spirit detective jumped up. "We've got to find her!"
"I told you no!" the binky bounced in his mouth.
"Yeah, gimme one reason why." Yusuke challenged.
"Her last report." the prince of the spirit world told him. "I can't tell you exactly what's in it. there are somethings you don't need to know. But she made it very clear that something like this could happen. Something's going on that, not you or even I can do anything about. We have to trust her to come back. Until she does Hinageshi will serve our needs."
"You idiot! What if she needs our help and can't get word to us? Then what? Huh!?" the brunet raged.
"Yusuke," Ko-Enma sighed, "Don't you trust Botan at all?"
"Of course, but..." Yusuke started.
"She can handle herself. I have total confidence in her." the prince of the spirit world got up and walked to the door. "She'll do fine. As long as he have that thing."
"That thing?" Yusuke and Kurama asked. The red head felt excitement at that term. That thing? What could it be? Locked up behind such carefully guarded doors.
"Botan was able to retrieve a valuable artifact that may be the key to her disappearence. As long as that thing is in this room under Korina's care...she'll be back." Ko-Enma explained.
"What is it?" the brunet was curious. //Yes what is it?// Kurama wanted to know.
"I'm sorry. I have no more time to talk with you today." the prince told them flatly.
"Don't give me that..." Yusuke defied him.
"I knew you'd do this." Ko-Enma sighed again. "I guess I have no choice. Korina." The light from he globe glowed brighter and the brighter it glowed the greater he shadows became but soon even the darkness was eaten by the intense light. "I'm not going to tell you anything else so you should just give up for now. Ja...see you."
When the light was more tolerable Kurama opened his green eyes to see his room. //Huh?// he blinked //was that some sort of teleportation?//
He absently assumed Yusuke was transported to his own room. The wind blew the chime to sound. That was an unusual amount of secrecy where Botan was concerned. //Where are you? Botan?// Shuichi's stomach growled. Surprised, he laughed at himself and went into the kitchen to see what his mother had made for dinner.
"Shuichi?" his mother called from the kitchen, she must have heard his foot steps.
"I'm here mother." he came to meet her.
"Oh, I didn't hear you come in." she smiled.
"Oh, well..." how could he explain that a demoness named Korina from the Hollow room in the spirit world transported him right to his room, to his desk to be precise.
"Oh well, I'm glad you're home. Come eat." she told him. He always jumped at the chance to have his mother's home cooking. "Oh ah..." she began.
"Yes?" Shuichi asked, with a bowl already in hand for his rice.
"A young lady with glasses, I believe her name was Michiba-san. She asked me to give you this when you got home." she slid a note across the table.
"Michiba-san?" he put down the bowl and read the note.
"What is it dear?" She asked, filling his bowl with rice.
"Michiba-san is a student council member. She wrote me this note, suggesting I visit the new student, Daiki Hazama at his home." he told her.
"A new student, eh?" she smiled "What a wonderful idea. Tomorrow's sunday isn't it?"
"Yes it is." shuichi nodded.
"That would be perfect, don't you think? I'll make something nice that you could take, make him feel welcome." she started naming some dishes she could prepare for him, she looked so happy. He was so greatful she could live with him like this, with out fear of that terrible illness that once threatened her life. He wished there was some way Yusuke could feel that same about his life.
"That's a great idea." he smiled. He really knew no one as generous as his mother.
More and more yeah! I'm really enjoying this. Please comment if you like if you don't comment anyway;) Thanks!
Chapter 5
The hallway was too long to the sealed room and Yusuke had begun to complain. Kurama didn't say anything this time. He perfectly understood his feelings of anxiousness and uncertainty. And...his pinky toe was starting to itch. It was very uncomfortable.
Ko-Enma sama guided them down to a seemingly deeper corrador. Some how, the light seemed to shy away from this place. The door had a very strange lock built into it. He hid the way he opened the door but Kurama felt a certain familiarity with the kind of device that was probably used. The yokai fox had been a theif once and became familiar with many such traps and locks.
"This way." Ko-Enma waved in the haze of darkness.
"What's with this creepy place." Yusuke looked around. Kurama closed his eyes, it was so dark by now there wasn't a reason to keep them open. "Where are we anyway?" the spirit detective asked. The red head could hear the brunet's breathing, but for some reason he couldn't sense where he was. Kurama opened his eyes.
"What's the big idea dragging us so far and..." Yusuke paused when the sound of a heavy door closed behind them, "and shutting us...in." A light as small as a pin head floated past Yusuke's face. It danced and seemed to sing with a hum. It made a click sound when it jetted forward.
"Oh there you are Korina." Ko-Enma's face dimly reflected the tiny light. "If you'd be so kind." he requested. It clicked and hummed flying a short distance to a globe of somekind.
"What is that thing?" Yusuke asked.
"That is Korina. She's a powerful demoness."
"A what?!" the brunet jerked. When Korina touched the glass globe, an explosion of light swept over the room. Yusuke rubbed his eyes. "What are you try'n to do blind me?" he exclaimed.
"A demoness?" Kurama new the spirit world had many demon's in it's service. He made it his buisness to know the names of all of them just in case some trouble may arise. But he never heard once this name. Korina.
The globe had a blue hue but the room was as bright as if the sun touched it. Green eyes scanned the room, why here? It wasn't so extrodinary looking. It was lavishly decorated with pillows, couches, and even curtains on the walls. There was something else too, something bothered him about this room. A chill crawled up his spine, slowly.
"This," the prince of the spirit world presented with both arms, "is the hollow room."
"Hollow? Keh! It doesn't seem very empty to me." Yusuke frowned, unimpressed.
"No," Ko-Enma shook his head, "Use your spirit powers to reach out, to sense others."
"Urgh! I didn't come here for a lesson in spirit energy. Okay?" he shrugged, "There I..." Yusuke looked dumbfounded. Kurama's suspicions were confirmed, it was like a vacum of spirit energy in this room.
"Nothing..." Kurama whispered.
"That's right." Ko-Enma pointed out. "This is one of our most valuable vault's."
"Vault?" the red head looked around again.
"Enough already so you have a neat room can we please get back to Botan. You know the reason I busted you're door." Yusuke said, his pinky finger in his ear.
"Very well." he ploped down on a cushion and folded his arms. "As you've probably noticed there hasn't been a lot of activity having to do with demons or other spirit world problems on Earth."
"Now that you mention it, yeah." the brunet rubbed is head and sat down on a couch. Kurama didn't want to be the only one standing so he sat on the next nearest couch.
"That's because Botan has done such a great job monitoring the passage ways between all three worlds."
"That's why we haven't seen her lately." Kurama pointed out.
"Yes. She's taken her job very seriously. I was concerned that she may have been over doing it. Just three days ago she was supposed to report in. I have yet to receive a report." Ko-Enma shook his head.
"She's missing?!" the spirit detective jumped up. "We've got to find her!"
"I told you no!" the binky bounced in his mouth.
"Yeah, gimme one reason why." Yusuke challenged.
"Her last report." the prince of the spirit world told him. "I can't tell you exactly what's in it. there are somethings you don't need to know. But she made it very clear that something like this could happen. Something's going on that, not you or even I can do anything about. We have to trust her to come back. Until she does Hinageshi will serve our needs."
"You idiot! What if she needs our help and can't get word to us? Then what? Huh!?" the brunet raged.
"Yusuke," Ko-Enma sighed, "Don't you trust Botan at all?"
"Of course, but..." Yusuke started.
"She can handle herself. I have total confidence in her." the prince of the spirit world got up and walked to the door. "She'll do fine. As long as he have that thing."
"That thing?" Yusuke and Kurama asked. The red head felt excitement at that term. That thing? What could it be? Locked up behind such carefully guarded doors.
"Botan was able to retrieve a valuable artifact that may be the key to her disappearence. As long as that thing is in this room under Korina's care...she'll be back." Ko-Enma explained.
"What is it?" the brunet was curious. //Yes what is it?// Kurama wanted to know.
"I'm sorry. I have no more time to talk with you today." the prince told them flatly.
"Don't give me that..." Yusuke defied him.
"I knew you'd do this." Ko-Enma sighed again. "I guess I have no choice. Korina." The light from he globe glowed brighter and the brighter it glowed the greater he shadows became but soon even the darkness was eaten by the intense light. "I'm not going to tell you anything else so you should just give up for now. Ja...see you."
When the light was more tolerable Kurama opened his green eyes to see his room. //Huh?// he blinked //was that some sort of teleportation?//
He absently assumed Yusuke was transported to his own room. The wind blew the chime to sound. That was an unusual amount of secrecy where Botan was concerned. //Where are you? Botan?// Shuichi's stomach growled. Surprised, he laughed at himself and went into the kitchen to see what his mother had made for dinner.
"Shuichi?" his mother called from the kitchen, she must have heard his foot steps.
"I'm here mother." he came to meet her.
"Oh, I didn't hear you come in." she smiled.
"Oh, well..." how could he explain that a demoness named Korina from the Hollow room in the spirit world transported him right to his room, to his desk to be precise.
"Oh well, I'm glad you're home. Come eat." she told him. He always jumped at the chance to have his mother's home cooking. "Oh ah..." she began.
"Yes?" Shuichi asked, with a bowl already in hand for his rice.
"A young lady with glasses, I believe her name was Michiba-san. She asked me to give you this when you got home." she slid a note across the table.
"Michiba-san?" he put down the bowl and read the note.
"What is it dear?" She asked, filling his bowl with rice.
"Michiba-san is a student council member. She wrote me this note, suggesting I visit the new student, Daiki Hazama at his home." he told her.
"A new student, eh?" she smiled "What a wonderful idea. Tomorrow's sunday isn't it?"
"Yes it is." shuichi nodded.
"That would be perfect, don't you think? I'll make something nice that you could take, make him feel welcome." she started naming some dishes she could prepare for him, she looked so happy. He was so greatful she could live with him like this, with out fear of that terrible illness that once threatened her life. He wished there was some way Yusuke could feel that same about his life.
"That's a great idea." he smiled. He really knew no one as generous as his mother.