Kiko's Revenge
This is the sequel to Kurama's Betrayal. I didn't want to write about the Titanic, so Kiko and I came up with this. Enjoy...
One Shot-
"Kiko, I've lived my time here. I must go to Reikai now."
"Why, Rajika? You are all I've ever known. Why do you have to leave?"
"You will understand in time, Kiko." Rajika stood up and bowed, "You've kept me alive for 15 years. I owe you a lot. I will find you again." She made her leave, vanishing from the sight of her human counterpart.
Kiko sat alone in the darkness, staring into nothing.
Kiko's best friend Jauna arrived in the room, placing her hand on her shoulder, "Are you ready?"
Kiko looked up, an evil atmosphere surrounding her, her once brown eyes turning red in anger.
Kurama and Botan were walking through the forests of the Makai. They were nearing the portal to Reikai when Botan spotted a dark cave. She moved closer to Kurama in fear, but her ditzy personality got the best of her, "Oh, Kurama, let's go!" Kurama nodded his agreement and they made their way to the cave.
Kurama turned to Botan, "Stay close. I know this cave. We used it as a dungeon to hide out in. It's dangerous. There are a lot of weapons down there."
"Okay, let's go." They walked down the path leading to the cave. It was dark, mysterious and humid. They continued along and Botan eventually let go of Kurama's arm.
A little further along, another being stood hidden in the shadows. A pair of red eyes opened and followed the pair through the cave.
Botan ventured away from her mate.
The trail split just ahead. Botan went right, assuming that that's were Kurama went.
Actually, Kurama had gone left, not even paying attention to where Botan was.
He felt a very familiar ki. The path sloped as he continued and the ki became stronger.
Kurama reached the huge, heavy stone slab doors. He pushed them open.
There it was: the source of the ki. She stood facing Kurama, staring daggers at him.
Kurama slowly approached the figure, "Kiko? Is that you?" He stood right in front of her, pulling her into a warm embrace, "It is you! Where've you been?"
"Get away."
"..." Kiko was enraged. She held her composure.
"I will die, Kurama. You will kill me. Then your love for Botan will be unhindered and I will be out of the way."
"Wha- no! I would never hurt you, Kiko."
"You already did..." Kiko pushed away, falling backwards.
Kurama looked surprised, "KIKO!"
He was too late. Kiko landed on a metal spike that was anchored to the floor, impaling her chest and killing her instantly. Kurama was shaken at the sudden loss of his friend. He slowly backed away and left the dungeon.
Another figure saw Kurama leave. Her golden hued eyes were bright in the dark dungeon.
She came out of the shadows and approached the body of her friend and partner.
"He's gone, Kiko."
The dull, lifeless eyes suddenly blinked. Her limp arms reached upwards and she began to pull herself off the spike.
A fully alive and healed Kiko stood in front of her friend, "Well?"
"You really scared him. He thinks you're dead, so now all we have to do is change your appearance."
Kurama ran back up the pathway and outside. Botan was panicking outside, having turned around after she realized that Kurama wasn't with her. When he came out, she ran to him in a hug, "What happened to you? You look awful."
"Kiko was down there. She- pushed me away. Fell- she fell..."
"Settle down, koi!" Botan comforted him.
"Kiko's dead. She fell on a spike in the dungeon."
"I'm sorry. I know how close you two were."
They walked away and returned to Reikai.
IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE MAKAI-
Two girls sat under a willow tree. One was recognizable as Jauna. Her brown hair was up in a ponytail. Her bright blue eyes were tinted with a golden hue, which only happened when she was angry. Kiko, however, was completely different. She did not bear the same appearance they knew her by. She had shoulder length dark brown hair that was straight, but began to wave at the bottom. She had leafy green eyes tinted red with anger. She wore a button up white shirt and baggy blue jeans.
Jauna looked over at Kiko with an idea.
"Let's attack them."
"I just want revenge on Kurama. I don't want to hurt Botan."
"Well, I could shape-shift into you and attack Botan while you go after Kurama. I could even use water powers." Kiko looked up and stared into her friend's eyes, "That's a great idea!"
They left their hideout and went to find the two they were after.
REIKAI-
The tantei stood devastated in Koenma's office.
Yusuke broke the silence, "What exactly happened?"
"Kiko has died, Yusuke," said Koenma.
"What," asked Yusuke. He turned to Kurama, grabbing his shirt and pushing back against the wall, "We know where you were! What did you do!"
Kurama calmly grabbed Yusuke's hands and removed them from his shirt, "I didn't kill her. I tried to help her, but she pushed me away."
"Even I know how much you hurt her, Kurama," said Kuwabara.
Koenma looked at the group, "He did what? What do you mean he hurt her?"
Hiei's voice came from the window where he was sitting in the window, "Kurama went into heat and mated with Botan. Since Kiko was his original mate, you could understand how hard this impacted her."
Everyone turned to Kurama and Botan.
Yusuke looked angry, "How could you? Kiko loved you, Kurama. She was ready to give up her life for you. She's crushed because you betrayed her!"
"She killed herself," said Kurama.
"She's dead because you mated with another woman, Kurama. You betrayed her," yelled Hiei.
Kurama stared at the group, "No- I couldn't..."
Hiei walked over to Kurama and Botan.
"I will show you all proof."
He pulled down the necks of their shirts and everyone in the room gasped.
At the junction of their necks was a bite mark.
"You marked each other," said Koenma.
Kurama shook Hiei off, "I'm sorry." He ran out of the room and disappeared.
Botan broke down into tears, "I didn't know. I would never have done that if I'd known he had a mate already. I'm sorry!" She sat down on the floor and buried her face in her hands. She then ran out to find Kurama.
IN NINGENKAI-
Jauna and Kiko wandered around the human world, looking for Kurama and Botan.
"Do you think they're nearby?" asked Kiko.
"Actually, yes. I think they're in the park. I think, though, that it would be best if we attacked them somewhere more private."
"Good idea."
Kurama sat on a bench in the park, staring off into space. As he sat despairing over his actions, a shadow appeared over him. He looked up into the eyes of a young girl. She had dark brown hair, which was mostly straight and got wavy. She wore a black long sleeve turtle neck and baggy army jeans and black boots.
"You're Kurama, right?" she asked in a shy voice.
"Yeah, do I know you," he asked suspiciously.
"No, I don't think so. I just got this job as the Spirit World's messenger," she replied, "I have a message for you from Koenma." She looked around, "Um.. do you think we could go to a more secluded area not so full of humans?"
"Sure, that's a good idea," said Kurama. He stood up and she led him into a small forest that was far enough away so nobody would know what was going on.
She smirked as she walked, her back to Kurama.
They stopped in the middle of the forest, inside a clearing.
"What is it Koenma has sent you to tell me," he asked.
"Your funeral is coming up soon," she replied evilly, turning around and glaring at him.
"Who are you," asked Kurama, panicking.
The girl continued her glare as she said, "Don't play dumb, Kurama. You know exactly who I am."
Kurama gasped, finally realizing who it was, "No..."
Botan wandered around the park, looking for Kurama. He was nowhere to be seen, but she knew he was here.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a figure in the woods. It was staring at her, smirking.
"KIKO!" Botan chased her through the woods, calling her name.
In Koenma's office, the rest of the tantei sat watching the scene on two different screens.
"What's going on," asked Yusuke.
"Kiko's getting her revenge," said Hiei.
"That's Kiko? She changed," said Kuwabara.
"Rajika left, that's why. She came here for judgement," replied Koenma.
"You mean no one can stop her," asked Yusuke.
Koenma looked down, "Not only that: Kurama's most powerful ally has sided with her. His own sister is attacking him. The problem is: I can't tell which one's which."
"What do you mean?" asked Yusuke.
"I mean, she's a shape shifter. She can become anyone she wants."
The boys left the room, determined to find out which one was Kiko and save Kurama and Botan.
Kurama stared at Kiko, "What do you want?"
"I want my revenge, Kurama. You hurt me more than I could ever have imagined."
"Kiko, I didn't want to. I couldn't control it. You know how heat works."
"Yes, Kurama, I do. That shows that you love her more than me. Heat tells you who you actually love."
Kurama looked down, "I'm sorry. I guess I hadn't seen you for so many years, I thought you were dead."
"That doesn't change anything."
Botan stared into Kiko's angry eyes, "Why do we have to keep apologizing?"
"Cheating on a mate is far worse than cheating on a husband or wife."
Botan turned to look around while trying to avoid Kiko. She could see Kurama nearby.
"You've found Kurama? Fine, go."
Botan ran to Kurama, arriving at his side in a few minutes.
Kiko was standing there, which scared Botan.
"How did you get here? You were over there."
That's when the other Kiko appeared and stood next to her twin.
There were two Kikos.
At the same time, two small puddles at their feet shot up, revealing Kiko's water katana. Both girls had Kiko's most powerful weapon.
Botan approached one of them, "Please, don't."
"Don't try to stop me!" Kiko charged forward.
"No, Kiko, d-" Botan's words were cut short as Kiko ran her sword right through her former friend's chest.
"No, Botan!" yelled Kurama.
The three remaining tantei arrived just as this happened.
Botan's lifeless body fell limply to the ground. The other Kiko charged at Kurama, who tried to use a blade of grass to defend. However, his power was blocked.
"Kiko is blocking Kurama's power," said Yusuke.
Both Kikos smirked.
The Kiko attacking Kurama finally struck her target, impaling through his shoulder. She let go of the blade and threw a hard punch. It landed, sending him flying backwards. His unconscious body hit the ground roughly.
Yusuke ran to his side. He dislodged the sword and sat protectively by him.
Kuwabara went to Botan, lifting her up and taking her away from Kiko.
"I hope he's learned that I'm not playing around," stated the Kiko on the right.
"I wasn't joking when I said I'd get revenge," said the Kiko on the left.
Yusuke stood up and charged his spirit gun.
"You shouldn't have killed Botan. Now you have me to answer to."
"You have to figure out who the real Kiko is before you shoot."
"I don't care who the real Kiko is! You both committed harsh acts."
He shot, aiming for the Kiko that had killed Botan.
It hit its target. The blast went through her chest, knocking her back into a tree. She slumped to the ground.
Kurama sat up, having just awoken. The sight he saw made him gasp.
The figure on the ground wore black satin pants, a black tank top that was low cut. She had black arm bands and gloves (like Miroku's ward on his void) and her hair was up in it's usual ponytail. (for a better idea of the outfit, think Elektra)
"Kara," yelled Kiko. She ran to her fallen friend. She was fading fast.
Kiko reached into her pocket and pulled out a string of beads. On the beads there was a spell. Holding them over Jauna, she chanted the incantation.
Her friend's body glowed, mending itself in seconds.
Yusuke prepared for another shot, but Kiko looked up and stared at him. The look in her eyes caused him to stop; the sadness that registered on her features seemed to say, 'I thought you were my friend. How could you try to hurt me?"
Tears welled up in Kiko's eyes as she laid Jauna on her back so the healing could make better progress. She got up and walked towards Hiei and knelt in front of him. She looked at him as if to say, 'You wouldn't try to hurt me, would you, Hiei?'
To everyone's surprise, Hiei reached out to Kiko and brought her into a loving embrace, "I would never even think about it," he replied in a hushed whisper. Kiko returned the hug, they stayed like this for a few minutes, then let go of each other.
Kiko walked over to Jauna, who had fully recovered but was still unconscious. Kiko picked her up bridal style and gave Hiei one last look. He surprisingly gave her a reassuring smile. Kiko smiled back, then turned and ran into the forest.
Everyone gawked at Hiei in surprise. Kiko had just injured Kurama and conspired to kill Botan, and Hiei hugged her! As soon as she was out of sight, Hiei changed back to his heartless glare, "What are you looking at?" he asked coldly when he saw everyone staring at him.
"What was that about?" asked Yusuke.
"I did nothing wrong."
"You hugged her!"
"I didn't try to kill her."
Yusuke looked down, ashamed, "True... I could understand that..."
"I think it's best that we go find them, Yusuke," said Kurama.
"Hold on, Kurama. Aren't you the one she's after? You should stay here," said Kuwabara.
"I can handle it."
Yusuke and Kurama went off to search for the girls.
Kiko finally stopped running and placed her friend on the ground.
"Kara... hey, wake up," she said, shaking her while trying to rouse her.
The female kitsune didn't respond to her partner's pleas.
"Kara, wake up! Come on..." No response.
Kiko heard a noise behind her and she protectively placed Jauna in her lap and covered her body with her own.
Kurama and Yusuke came into view and Kiko snarled, "What do you want?"
"Kiko, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have shot at you; even if it wasn't you I hit," said Yusuke.
"Look, Yusuke," yelled Kiko, "She's still unconscious! A hit like that would have killed her if I hadn't healed her. Yusuke, you nearly killed my friend and you expect me to forgive you that easily? How do you think Kurama feels? She's his sister."
"Kiko, you need to calm down. I'm sure Kara will be just fine," said Kurama.
"I told you I'm sorry," said Yusuke, frustrated.
"Well, guess what? Apology not accepted," Kiko screamed back, "I guess Hiei is the only true friend I have out of your group," she added through clenched teeth.
"Explain to us why Hiei is so important to you!"
"Well, he didn't try to kill me and we used to go on killing sprees in Makai together."
"So that's why you two became such good friends," said Kurama.
"I'm closer to him than you are, I'll say that much."
Kiko felt a movement in her lap. She looked down to see her friend stirring. Jauna moaned before opening her eyes and sitting up. She turned to Kiko and smiled. When she saw the boys, her smile faded into a scowl of pure hatred.
"Come on, Kara, let's go," Kiko said, helping her companion to her feet.
"Don't follow us anymore," said Jauna.
They walked away, leaving the two boys alone.
"Damn it, Kurama! Why'd we have to hurt them?"
"I started it, Yusuke. I'll finish it, even if it's the last thing I do. I need to correct my mistake. It has cost lives and has gone too far. It is my fault and I need to make it right."
"Kurama, she wants nothing to do with you. If you keep following her, they could kill you, just like Botan."
"That's a risk I have to take, Yusuke. I will make amends and try to help with what I can. If she kills me, fine. At least she will be happy."
"Then she will die for the murder of an agent to the Spirit World!"
"My sister will die for Botan's death. Those two are so loyal to each other; they'd die protecting each other before they could be arrested."
"Well, then you should find them before they do something stupid."
"Yes..." Kurama ran off in the direction the girls went while Yusuke returned to the group.
"Where's Kurama," asked Hiei.
"He went to find the girls again. They ran off and warned us not to follow. They will kill him if he finds them."
"I'll go get him." Hiei blurred out before anyone could stop him.
Yusuke turned to Kuwabara, "Let's go back to Koenma's office. Hiei and Kurama can handle themselves."
Kurama masked his ki, noting that the ki of the girls was not far away. He quietly continued forward until he could hear them just ahead.
"How are you feeling," asked Kiko's voice.
"Not too bad. My head hurts a bit, but I'll survive. You must have healed me because I know Yusuke and that was no low energy shot."
"I did heal you. If I hadn't, you wouldn't have made it."
"I appreciate it."
"I need you."
Jauna scowled, "Damn it, Kurama. We told you not to follow us!"
Kiko looked confused, "There's no energy here but ours."
"Well, I'd think that of all people, you two would know about my power and that you don't have to be out in the open for me to find you. Your ki can still be sensed even when its masked. Now, come out, Kurama."
Kurama stepped out of his hiding place, "I always loved that ability, Kara, but not when you use it against me."
"I guess you should have thought about that before you mated with Botan."
"You're my sister. You should be on my side."
"Not when you've turned against my friend. I cannot be the mediator between you two. You did wrong. You can't expect me to side with you."
"Kara, you are not involved in this. Leave it between Kiko and me."
Jauna looked over at Kiko, who nodded, "We'll take it from here. You just rest."
Jauna did as she was told, moving out of the way and sitting down propped against a tree.
"It's just you and me now, Kurama."
"Yes," Kiko summoned her water katana once again.
Kurama decided to make it fair and used a small grass blade, which he grew to the same length as Kiko's weapon.
The two weapons clashed in a fury of swings.
Yusuke and Kuwabara sat in Koenma's office, waiting to see what would happen.
Koenma was staring into space, not knowing what to tell them.
"Yes, Yusuke, she will have to be executed."
Yusuke kept eye contact with Koenma, "What about Kiko?"
"Well, so far, she will be tried for conspiring to kill Botan and the injuries she inflicted on Kurama. If what you say is true and she does kill him, then she will also be executed."
"What do you want us to do?"
"You have to arrest them."
"Kurama told me that they'd die protecting each other first."
"So be it. Treat them like any other adversary."
"Koenma, I can't..."
"Yusuke, rule number one of being a Spirit Detective is that you must make sacrifices. You have to capture her and if she refuses to come, you have to be drastic. Kara has to die anyway."
Yusuke looked down, "Alright..."
END
Wow! That was long! There is a lot more to this story, but it got too long so Kiko and I decided to make the next part another chapter. Hope you like and please review.
For those of you reading Youko's Girl, I haven't given up hope, but I seriously need reviews on that one. So many people were looking forward to it to be posted and I've only gotten like, 4 reviews on it.