Rea: Hey there! Chapter 17 now…geez, I never thought that I'd be doing over ten chapters but look at me now- I feel so happy! Oh, by the way, if you guys want to know anything about the characters, let me know and I'll put it in at the end as a special features type of thing, okay? If not, then don't put anything. It's easy as pie…what an oxymoron…
Disclaimer: I don't own YuYu Hakusho and I don't know the original person who said the quote for this chapter 'cause it's been used so many times so if you do know please tell me so that I can correct it.
Chapter 17
"Yes, well, the best laid plans…"
Midoroshi came running into Minna's room. Midoroshi's gray eyes were glowing with excitement and her silver hair looked like she had been running. Midoroshi was smiling from ear to ear with 'mischief' written all over that smile.
"C'mon, Minna! You've gotta see this! Koenma's in his office with bruises and cuts all over him! It's great!" Midoroshi said as she looked at Minna expectantly. Minna smiled and started running behind Midoroshi down the halls.
When they reached the office, they both started cracking up. There was the great Koenma, lying on the floor with swirls for eyes. The girls were nearly doubled up with laughter when Boton glared at them.
"This is not funny, girls! Honestly, this is a problem! Someone got through the barrier surrounding the palace and got to Koenma, the most protected person in all of Spirit World. Think of what they could have done to you!" Boton told the girls, shaking a finger at them. Minna continued smiling and Midoroshi tried to contain a smile but failed. This was just too funny.
Yusuke came walking in behind the struggling girls and began laughing himself. "Who was the idiot that did this?" he asked between laughs.
Boton glared at him as well. "We don't know yet, Yusuke, but you're not setting the best example for these girls, you know!"
Koenma suddenly sat up and looked around the group that had stopped laughing abruptly. The girls were wide-eyed and Yusuke was barely holding onto a 'politely concerned' face.
"What happened!" Koenma asked, resorting back to his toddler form. "Where's that intruder! Why haven't you caught him! And WHERE'S MY SANDWICH!"
Boton held his sandwich out for him to eat. "You got knocked out by the intruder, Sir, and I knocked them out with the tray that had the rest of your food on it but before I could take their mask off, a big puff of smoke enveloped them and they…disappeared…," Boton finished lamely.
Yusuke had left the room by now because he couldn't contain his laughter but the two girls were still standing in the doorway. Koenma seemed to be thinking hard before he came to a conclusion.
"We'll put up extra security around the entire place! Ogres, do your jobs! If we can do anything else, we'll do it, but for now I think it'll be fine if we just do that, right Boton?"
"Er—yes, Sir!" Boton said happily.
Midoroshi scoffed. "Like that'll help. It's probably someone from inside the palace, Koenma. Someone who wouldn't have had to get past all the security measures and stuff or someone who already knew the codes and stuff. Somebody who was really good with locks and codes. That's just my look at it."
Midoroshi walked away, leaving Minna in the doorway. Minna watched her go. Someone inside the palace? But who would do that? Only a few people could learn all the codes and security measures but they weren't the type that would attack Koenma just because they felt like it.
Minna turned to Koenma. "Hey, have you seen my necklace? Someone stole it."
Koenma looked at Minna. "What do you mean 'someone stole it'! How could you have let someone steal your necklace! You do realize just how important that necklace is, don't you!"
Minna shrugged. "Yeah, but it's not like the world'll end or anything."
Koenma did an anime-fall and sweat-dropped as Minna walked away. That just shows how much she's been paying attention! he thought.
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Rea: Short, I know. Sorry! I just realized that I forgot to put in the reviewers list from Chapter 15…sorry! I was busy…again. Here's the reviewer's list for chapter 16, anyways…:
CrazyDeafGirl: nothing's wrong. I just didn't have anything else to say! XP YOU UPDATED! I'll read as soon as I can, okay?
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