Chapter 11: A Dangerous Meeting

Yasu opened the door, "Rai! I'm home." But no one answered. "Rai? This had better not be one of your stupid tricks!"

Rai tumbled into the room, "Yasu, Yasu. He came here with a note, Yasu. It was him!"

"What? Himimaru was actually here? How'd he find this place in a mass of humans?"

"I don't know. He left this note here with me, and Yasu. He attacked me before he left. He nearly killed me because I didn't have any spirit energy left after the other day." Rai held out the note to Yasu, slightly shaking.

Yasu slowly opened the note, which contained information. She read it out loud.

"Yasu Gihiratou,

Hello, it's wonderful to hear you're still alive and well. I'm sure you are familiar with me, as I am with you. I am going to finish what I started all those years ago. Meet me at sunset at the deserted warehouse on 39th and Retaka Lane in three days. That is, if you're not a coward like the rest of your family. Bring no one with you. Tell no one."

A messy, hardly legible signature was at the bottom.

Yasu crushed the letter in her hand. She was shaking from anger.

"Are you going to do it? Are you going to meet him?" Rai asked quietly.

"I have to. I have to get revenge for what he did to me and my family. Especially after how he killed my brother. No one deserves to die like that." Yasu answered, "Do not tell anyone, not even the guys, about this. In three days time, I shall go and meet him."

Rai looked down at her feet and bit her lip, she had a bad feeling this was trap. But nothing she could say right now would stop Yasu. "May I come with you?"

Yasu looked at Rai sadly. They went through so much together just to come to this point. To find Himimaru so Yasu could kill him. "I'm sorry Rai. It says to come alone and I don't want you to get hurt. He nearly killed you today. I don't want to lose my best friend."

"I don't want to lose mine either! I'd have my energy back by then! You know how good at fighting I am. And I know how good you are." Rai took a deep breath, "Fine. I won't tell anyone and I won't go with you."

Yasu looked at the ground. "I'm sorry. I can't let Himimaru have the slightest chance of taking someone close to me ever again. I'm sorry."

Rai smiled. "It's alright, I understand why you need to go without me."

"That's why you're my best friend Rai. Because you do. Good-night."

"G'night."

The next three days went by horribly, but a good highlight was that since Yasu was back, and crankier than ever, Rai no longer got mobbed by the boys. The last day, both Yasu's and Rai's nerves were on edge. Kuwabara did not help in the slightest.

Yasu sat after class, thinking with her favorite type of sucker in her mouth to help calm herself down. Kuwabara saw her thinking, and, walked up to her. She was in her own world and didn't notice him.

"Why do you always have a sucker in your mouth?" He asked, pulling out the sucker. Yasu quickly snapped out of her world. She looked up at Kuwabara with much irritation.

"Kuwabara." Yasu snarled. Rai opened the door. Rai saw Kuwabara, with a sucker, and Yasu, without a sucker.

"Uh oh." Immediately she took action. She ran at Kuwabara, pushing him out of the way, pulled out another sucker, took off the wrapper and stuck it in Yasu's mouth. Yasu's expression softened up. "I think it's time that Yasu and I head home now. Bye Kuwabara." Rai dragged Yasu out of the room.

The walk home was slow. Yasu walked ahead and Rai lagged behind. "So Yasu… Do you know the place you're supposed to meet him?"

"Of course. I've must have checked the area about fifty times in one day. You know that I'm not one for sitting and waiting." Yasu told her.

They were silent the entire way back home. Yasu wouldn't stay home longer than she had to. She changed out of her uniform into her white hoodie, blue pants, and white sneakers and grabbed her katana. "I'm going to meet him Rai. Good-bye." And ran out before Rai could stop her.

Rai bit her lip, "What should I do? I can't keep it to myself anyone. I've got to let someone know." And it hit her, Kurama, other than Hiei,was the most level-headed person available. She walked over to the phone hanging in the kitchen and dialed his number.

"Hello, is Shuichi there... Um, how old is the older one... The older Shuichi… My name is Rai Toshimo… Thank you." If the phone cord had been any longer, she would have been pacing.

"Oh! Kurama, thank goodness I was able to reach you!... You know how Yasu's after revenge for Himimaru, right... Well, the other day she received a note from him telling her to meet him today at sunset. I think it's a trap, and I'm going to go after her… Where? At a deserted warehouse on 39th and Retaka Lane… No, don't come. Yasu and I can handle him together. Good-bye, Kurama." She hung up.

She changed into her fighting clothes, grabbed her shuriken and tanto, and ran after Yasu.

Just to let you know, the next couple of chapters are going to be a little slow on being updated. I'm doing what I can to make the fighting scenes better and I am wanting to add a little of a certain someone in it. Please forgive me. I haven't actually seen that much of the wonderful show I'm writing this story for, so I have toweasel a little more information on this certain someone's personality. This is all in your benefit. Thank you.