I don't normally do action/adventure stories, but I'll try one this time. This one has been waiting to get on the net for awhile now. Hope you like it.
Oh and I should warn you there are spoilers about the rest of the Chapter Black saga, particularly about Yusuke's true origin. You have been warned.
Randall Flagg2
(1)
He looked out the hotel window.. Almost time. Soon he could place judgment on these sorry excuses for creatures. After all, after what had been revealed to him and his comrades, it was what the humans deserved. After all they had done to themselves and to others, it was what they deserved.
The angel known as Judgment turned around to face the three other angels: Life, Death, and Ferryman. All of them shared the same views and opinions as he did. Judgment was well pleased with their willingness to follow them. In fact they always followed him. That was the way it had worked for centuries, right up to this time period. Even after they had been given different jobs in the spirit world, the three still followed him.
Judgment stepped towards them, still in his human form, which looked like a lean, handsome young man in his mid twenties with long white hair. Like the other three, he did not change into his real form unless absolutely necessary. His true form was meant mostly for battle, just like his comrades. Not that he needed to transform that often. He was not named Judgment for nothing.
"I trust that the plan will be a success?" Life asked.
"Be patient, Life." Judgment replied. "Very soon we will annihilate these creatures and then we can be satisfied."
"This will indeed be splendid master." Death said, a tad quietly. "And to think we used to assist them. We were fools. Even though it was our job, we were fools."
"Yes, I know Death. But we are fools no longer. Now that we know the truth about them, we can punish them."
"I look forward to this immensely, but do you think he will get in the way master?" Ferryman asked.
"Who Ferryman?"
"The spirit detective Yusuke Urameshi."
Judgment smiled. "He and his rag tag band will be of no worry. It is true they are powerful, but even they cannot compare with our power levels." he said dismissively.
Life pushed back his long, green hair. "Very well then, shall we commence with the destruction of the human race?"
"Yes. We shall."
(2)
Yusuke Urameshi sat on the roof of his junior high school, lost in a sea of boredom. Boredom was really all her had felt since they had defeated Sensui. So he was the descendent of a form of demon known as the Ma-zoku. It didn't make sense. If he was the result of a demon, how could he be born into the human world instead of the demon world? It just didn't make sense. A demon being born from a human mother. Why and how could it have happened?
But that wasn't what mattered. What mattered was that now that he knew what he really was, nothing really mattered to him anymore except learning about his ancestor. Heck he didn't even feel like this was home anymore. If he was a demon, shouldn't be belong in the demon world? It onlyseemed logical.
"Hey Urameshi!" called a voice from below. Yusuke looked down to face Kazuma Kuwabara, his friendly rival. Yusuke gave him a disinterested look, and laid back on the roof again.
"Come down and talk to me Urameshi! You haven't spoken to me for the past three days! What's eating you?"
Yusuke jumped down to face the orange haired boy. Rather then speak to him, he just sat down against the wall and closed his eyes.
"Urameshi come on! At least say hello! What's on your mind!"
"You know what's on my mind Kuwabara." Yusuke sighed.
Kuwabara sighed. "Oh. That."
"I don't belong here Kuwabara. If I'm a demon, shouldn't I be in demon world?"
"No you don't Urameshi. You've lived on earth your entire life, and earth if where you're gonna stay! Life wouldn't be the same without you man! We need you here!" Kuwabara protested vehemently.
Yusuke rolled his eyes. "My teachers and most of the other students in the school would think otherwise." he said blandly. "And furthermore, I want to know who, what, and where my ancestor is. Until that happens, I don't know if I can be satisfied."
Kuwabara grabbed Yusuke by his shoulders and stood him up. "Urameshi, why does that mean so much to you! So your ancestor was a demon, it doesn't really matter! You're alive after your battle with Sensui and that's all that matters!" he yelled into the black haired teen's face.
Yusuke shoved Kuwabara away. "You don't get it!" Yusuke half snarled. "I used to understand this place, but now that it turns out I'm not really human, I don't. Everything just seems foreign to me now."
"Get over it. We'll find out one of these days. In the meantime you should just try to live your life the way you used to." Kuwabara said, a bit unevenly.
Yusuke smiled a devious smile. "Like I used to eh?" he said with a smirk. Yusuke tackled Kuwabara to the ground and raised his fist up. Kuwabara's eyes widened.
"Wait Urameshi I didn't mean to that extent!" he screamed. Too late. Yusuke's fist came crashing down into Kuwabara's face.
(3)
After school hours were done, Kurama (known to the human world as Shuichi Minamono) walked quietly through the streets of Tokyo. It had been a busy day, but not difficult. Even more, he was looking forward to getting home. School could really tire you out.
As he rounded a corner, who should be standing there but Hiei. "Now what would he be doing out here in broad daylight?" Kurama thought. Before he could even open his mouth to say hello, Hiei took him by the arm and led him into an alley. He began to speak.
"Do you sense it Kurama?" the koorime asked.
"Sense what Hiei?" Kurama said back. "Is something wrong?"
Hiei pointed to the sky. "Look up fox. Surely your senses are sharp enough to know something is wrong." he said impatiently.
Kurama looked up at the sky and saw the strangest thing. They sky was ever so slightly red! But how could that be? Surely the kekai barrier was not being open again! If that was not it, what could it be?
"The humans can't see it because they lack spiritual awareness. However I think they will be aware of the final effect of this, whatever it is."
Kurama's eyes became serious. "What makes you think there will be a final effect Hiei?"
Hiei's eyes narrowed. "Because Kurama, I can sense intense spirit energy somewhere in this town. I don't know who it belongs too though. All I know is that it belongs to somebody of incredible power. I have a feeling that said person, whoever he or she is, is responsible for this."
Kurama nodded. Hiei was right. Now that he could feel the air, something was wrong. If the sky was turning red, it could mean many other things were going to happen. And Hiei was especially right about the spirit energy. It was very high indeed. He couldn't tell from where it was coming from though, since it seemed to cover the entire town, and a little bit beyond that. That was bad. Only S class and upper level A class apparitions had that kind of power. Even though their power had been boosted by watching Yusuke die at the hands of Sensui, they still might have trouble with A class demons. And S class demons? They dared not go there.
"Should we tell Yusuke and Kuwabara about it?"
"Perhaps."
Kurama turned to go. "Let's go find them then." he said.
(4)
"Jeez Urameshi, when I said live your life the way you used to, I didn't mean rub my face into the ground!" Kuwabara yelled as he followed Yusuke down the street.
Yusuke chuckled. "Sorry man, I couldn't resist. I was just taking your advice." he laughed.
"Shut up!" Kuwabara said ferociously, shaking his fist at Yusuke. "One of these days I am gonna beat you, you know."
Yusuke laughed even harder at that. "Yeah, if that happens I'll-"
Yusuke would have said more, has his eye not caught sight of a certain pair of demons, one of them with long red hair, the other spiky black. Yusuke approached them with Kuwabara.
"Hey you two, what's shaking?"
"It's urgent detective." Hiei said coldly. "You see-"
Yusuke's eyes narrowed. "Oh no! Don't tell me Koenma has another mission for me! I was going to spend the day at the arcade! So you can just tell Koenma he can go kiss my!"
"Yusuke please!" Kurama said, a tad roughly. "This really is an urgent matter. We haven't even seen Koenma yet. He still hasn't returned to spirit world you know."
Yusuke looked puzzled. "So what is it then?"
Suddenly Kuwabara gasped and his body tensed up. He began to tremble. "Urameshi!" he said worriedly. "All of a sudden I got a real strong energy reading! I don't know where it's coming from because it feels like it's coming from… well… everywhere! And there's something else too… It feels like something's out of place! I don't know what it is exactly, but something is out of place."
Yusuke turned to Hiei. "Is this what you wanted to tell us about?" he asked.
Hiei nodded. "Yes detective, you guessed right. Kurama and I sensed it a little while ago. And look up at the sky. It's different now."
Yusuke looked up at the sky and saw the same thing Kurama and Hiei had seen earlier. Red? What kind of color was that for a sky? But now that he looked at it, he could feel the same vibe Kuwabara was sensing. Something was definitely wrong here. And the spirit energy was indeed high. He didn't know who could be emanating such power. However he had a bad feeling that whoever it belonged to was the one who was causing the discoloration of the sky.
"Do you know who's causing this, either of you?" Yusuke asked.
"I can tell you what's causing this." said a familiar voice. They all turned to face Koenma. After the incident with Sensui, Koenma had been forced to live in human world until a resolution could be reached about his fate in spirit world. Koenma had disobeyed his father's orders to have Yusuke's body destroyed after Sensui had killed him, and now he was paying the price.
"What do you mean you know? Is it another psychic? Or perhaps a demon?"
"It's neither Yusuke. The only ones who could make the sky red are the four angels of heaven." Koenma said with a sigh.
"The what?" Yusuke asked. "Who are the four angels?"
"I'll try to explain this as best as I can. I don't know why they are attacking us, but it must be a pretty big reason."
"Let's cut to the chase, alright? I wanna hit the arcade!" Yusuke said irritably.
Koenma cleared his throat and began to speak.
To be continued…
Oh and if you don't understand the Ma-zoku reference, e-mail me and I'll explain it. Like I said, this story contains spoilers. See you again!
Randall Flagg2
