Kuwabara will not be in the fic, mainly because I don't like him. He is studying in America as part of an exchange student program. And don't try to convince me otherwise, I just really don't like him and am not putting him in my story.
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"Talking" 'Thinking' .:Telepathic communication:.
AAAAA - Change in time/place etc.
About language: They are speaking Japanese. Later on this will change, but that will be noted when it comes up.
Disclaimer: You know what goes here. I own no characters in this story except Skava. She is mine. You may not use her. If I find that you have stolen my character, I will hunt you down in the night and eat your babies. Enjoy!
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Skava
Chapter two: What? A case?
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"What? Really?!… Yes! Finally!" Yusuke's joyous shouts could be heard from, as it seemed to Kurama, miles away. He tried to calm the excited teenager down, but to no avail.
"Aww, man, this is so cool! Man, the toddler finally comes through! We get a case! Yes!"
"Yusuke, please! Calm down! People are staring!"
"Huh? Oh….What are you looking at?!" he demanded of the group of spectators as they suddenly decided that nearby trees were incredibly fascinating and hurried off to meet people they saw in the distance.
"All right… that's one way of getting rid of them. At any rate, we are to meet Koenma at 5:00 this evening to receive details and before then, could you please try and contact Hiei and Kuwabara? I haven't been able to find them to tell them anything yet."
"Wow fox, you're getting slow. Kuwabara's in America, remember? He left two days ago."
"Oh, no. I forgot. I've just been so busy with testing, other things are slipping my mind."
"And that's why I don't go to class! No wasted brain power that way."
"Yusuke, you don't go to class because you are too lazy and you know it." The black haired teenager in question shrugged disdainfully.
"Eh, to each their own. At any rate, I'll just be glad to have something to do that doesn't involve running from Keiko." The red head chuckled derisively.
"And we all know how much that happens." At that moment the bell rang.
"I have to go now, but remember! 5:00!" he turned to see if his companion had heard, and was rewarded by a lazy hand wave in his direction.
'Oh well, that will have to do.' At that moment he felt a mental tug. 'Hmm? Who's there?'
.:Kurama:.
.:Of course. Hello Hiei. What is it?:.
.:You have news for me?:.
.:Why yes, I do. Koenma has given us a new case. We are to meet him at 5:00 and he will give us the details:.
.:Understood:.
.:So, you'll be there then?:.
.:Who said anything about being there? I just said understood:. At that, the link was broken and Kurama found that he was in front of the classroom door. He sighed.
'Why is he so difficult? Hopefully he'll decide to be there anyway, but why couldn't he just say that in the first place? It's so annoying.' He entered the classroom and sat down, trying to pay attention as the teacher went over the homework that he had, as usual, gotten 100 on.
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Hey, what do you know? It's 5:00.
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Koenma watched in agitation as the group in front of him finally settled down. Kurama was, of course, passively leaning on the doorframe, awaiting instruction, but Yusuke was in a fit of hyper bubbly-ness, that did not allow him to settle. Ah, there, finally, he was seated. Kuwabara wouldn't be on this mission, he was too far away in America. And where was Hiei? Ah well, he might as well begin; the little sociopath was probably hiding in some corner, listening to every word.
"All right, now you two know that you've been given a new mission, you just don't know who/what it is. Is that correct?" Both team members nodded. "All right, well meet you're new target." So saying, he brought a picture up on the screen.
Kurama raised an eyebrow, the female shown before him looked no older than 16, though with demons there was no way to tell. Her silver hair was pulled back, and she gazed with her oddly silver eyes at whatever camera had taken this shot with a level stare, her mouth quirked into a small smile. She looked like she was daring them to catch her, if they could.
Yusuke just stared. Man, she was pretty! She had an air of humor about her, like the very idea of them going after her was laughable. She looked daring, as if wanting and ready for them to find her. It was compelling.
"This is your new case. So far no one even knows her name, but she's a thief, and an incredibly good one. With a few more decades or centuries of practice, she may be equal in skill to our old friend Yoko. However, at the moment, she is still a little more inexperienced than is necessary to be truly supreme. And I don't intend for her to get any more practice then she already has. I want you to find her, and I want her brought back alive or dead, whatever seems appropriate to you. She has a massive bounty on her head, which gives her plenty of pursuers, but nothing seems to help. She has not been caught no matter how many people we send after her.
"That is why we need you, all of you, to find her and bring her back. And I need to get the amulet back, because it is very valuable and very powerful. I don't know if she's figured out how to use it yet or not, but we need it back as soon as possible, if not sooner. Unfortunately, the only link on where she might be right now is in the Ice world, and that's not much to go on. Apparently she's after some artifact that will make her even more impossible to catch, though I didn't think that was possible. We don't know what it does, but we have a hint on where is it. I'll be giving you the coordinates to the particular mountain that we think it may be residing in, but other than that, you're on your own. That is all for now, I hope you succeed."
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Kurama walked through the halls of the Spirit world castle, lost in thought. That girl, for some reason she looked oddly enchanting. He was not interested in her in any way romantic, but she somehow caught his interest. He wanted to find her; he wanted to talk to her. He was so lost in thought; he failed to notice the familiar signal from behind him.
"Fox."
He jerked. 'What?'
"Ah. Hiei. I should have known. You were here all along I suppose?"
"Hn."
"How much do you know?"
"More than you."
"Would you care to elaborate?"
"Hn."
"Hiei…"
"All right. Her name is Skava, and she is indeed in the Ice world. Happy?"
"How do you know this?"
"I watched her fight on my way to see Yukina."
"You did, did you… This could be helpful. We will need you to help us gain an advantage if you already know her style. Can you tell me now, what is her preferred weapon?"
"Sword."
"Hmm. And I would imagine that she was skilled with it to survive this long. How would you compare her to yourself, skill wise?"
Hiei shrugged. "I didn't get to watch her truly fight with it, hard to say. From watching her move I can say that I would at least have a fairly hard time defeating her."
"Ah. Do you have any idea how old she is?"
Hiei shook his head. "No. My guess is as good as yours Fox."
"Well, it was something at least. We start as soon as possible, so meet tonight at the park."
"…"
"Please Hiei? We need your help on this mission."
"Hn... All right fox, I'll do it."
"Thank you. We meet in three hours."
A/N: This chapter would really have been posted earlier, I meant to do it last weekend, but someone ACTUALLY BOTHERED to report a story that has been up on my site for maybe a year now, so I got banned from posting for awhile. The problem? It was in "script format." Why they bothered to report it, I don't know. Not really mad at them, just don't really get what the big deal was. The administrators deleted the story, which is okay, because I didn't like it anyway. I still don't think it was worth reporting.
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