A/N: Okay! I am starting back to school tomorrow, so expect some delays because of homework. Also, I have volleyball practice as well, so it gives me less time to do my homework, therefore less time to work on the story. But I will try my hardest. I give my thanks to everyone who reviewed. And now, on with the story!
Disclaimer:I don't own YYH.
Kurama and the Amulet of Truth
Yavanna was pissed off big time. She had let herself be captured, and then she had been thrown in Spirit Prison, the one place she vowed she would never go! And worse, she had nothing to show for it. No amulet, no anything. She bowed her head in despair. Then she noticed something glowing outside her cell.
"What the hell?" she said, getting up to get a closer look. Her cell door was translucent, which meant that she could she the glowing light, but could not see the source. The glowing light moved closer and closer until it just slipped through the cell door. Yavanna blinked. There was no way that could happen! Nothing could get through the door on either side unless it was open, yet this mysterious object just had. Yavanna took a closer look at the object and gasped. It was the amulet of truth!
Yoshimi and Kurama were back in Koenma's office, the tender moment forgotten in light of this recent occurrence. "So...what do you think happened?" Yoshimi asked. "I thought this vault was the highest security vault you have!"
"It was!" Koenma exclaimed, standing up in his chair and putting his hands on the desk. "It was like the amulet just disappeared! The only reason that we know it was gone is that something disturbed the balance of one of the other items in the other items, causing it to explode. When I sent somebody to check the vaults, they said that it was missing! But none of the security features had been touched! The cameras were just fine! They just showed the amulet in the vault one minute, and out the next. Every thing was in perfect order, except the missing amulet, of course!"
"Perhaps, without spirit energy to power it, the amulet self-destructed, vaporizing into thin air," Kurama suggested.
Koenma shook his head. "No," he said. "If the amulet runs out of energy, it just loses the ability to prevent lies."
Kurama nodded. "As I figured, just a guess," he said.
At that moment, one of Koenma's assistants appeared into the room. "What is it, Kiyoko? I'm rather busy at the moment," Koenma said, sounding irritated.
"I have some information on the amulet of truth you asked me to research," said the assistant.
"Well, hurry it up," Koenma said, impatiently. "I haven't got all day."
"Well, sir, it appears that this amulet must have some spirit energy to anchor too, or else it just floats around aimlessly. It can even move through matter! So it is quite possible that the amulet just floated away, moving toward the closest high spirit energy signal. It is even possible that the amulet was what caused the Sphere of Death to explode."
"Every thing else makes since, but why would the amulet cause the sphere to explode? Truth and death aren't that closely related!" Koenma exclaimed. "In fact the only thing that can make the Sphere of Death explode is a negation cell..."
"But we know where the amulet could be now!" Yoshimi interrupted. "All we have to do is find the highest spirit signal that is closet to where the amulet was!"
A face suddenly appeared on Koenma's big screen. It was Yavanna. "I have the amulet! If you ever want it back, bring the girl to our castle!"
"Well, obviously, we can't send you in there by yourself, Yoshimi, so I'm going to call up the other spirit detectives to go to the castle with you, as well as Kurama," Koenma said. They were still in Koenma's office. Yoshimi was once again sitting in the chair: she had fallen out when Yavanna had spoken.
"That's a good idea," Kurama said. He hadn't fallen out of his chair. "I'll go meet them." He left the room.
"Yoshimi," Koenma said, turning her attention back to him. "It is obviously a very dangerous place, so even, no; ESPECIALLY you need to be armed. Botan can show you the items that you will need."
A very cherry girl with blue hair popped into the room. "You called, Koenma sir?" she said.
"Botan," Koenma said, speaking around his pacifier as always. "I need you to give Yoshimi some items for the trip to the castle."
"Of course," she said, smiling. "Come with me, Yoshimi!" Yoshimi followed her down the hallway. "I heard all about the ordeal with the amulet," Botan said, striking up a conversation. "I wonder why they want you, though. I mean, they have the amulet, don't they?"
"Yeah, I have no idea why they want me," Yoshimi said, a pondering expression on her face. "I suppose that they could want to know how to work it, or more about it, but they probably know more than I do."
"Hmm...it is strange," Botan said. "Ah! Here we are! The supply room for the missions! We use the items in here to equip the spirit detectives. Most of this stuff is for detecting, but we have some weapons in here as well." She opened the door. Yoshimi's jaw dropped.
"Wow," she said. "There sure is a lot of stuff in here."
"We've acquired quite a collection, what with all the confiscating. And of course, some of the items were already in King Enma's possession," Botan explained. "Where is that? Ah! Here it is! The telepora cube! It instantly moves you to whatever place you think about. We have only recently acquired this, and this is the first time it's gone out on a mission."
"But...it's safe to use, right? I mean, you've tested it and all, right?" Yoshimi asked, suddenly hesitant.
"Uh...well, we haven't tested it, but I'm sure it will be safe to use. The worst thing that could happen is that you could accidentally think of somewhere you didn't want to go and get sent there," Botan said, trying to smile reassuringly, but not really succeeding. Needless to say, Yoshimi wasn't much comforted.
"And this is the Corpora Disk," Botan said, holding up a thin piece of translucent pink material about three feet in diameter. "It morphs into almost anything you can think of, and all you have to do is think! You can also fly on it; it's just like surfing, except on air! You think you can do that? You can always just sit on it, of course."
"I think so," Yoshimi said. "Is that everything?"
"It is," Botan said. "And now it's time to meet the rest of the spirit detectives!" Botan took Yoshimi to where the other spirit detectives were waiting. After the introductions and the briefing of the mission, they were ready to go.
"Let's go kick this guy's butt!" Yusuke said, slamming his fist into his other hand. With the touch of a button, a portal was called up and the walked in, and when they walked out, they were facing the castle. Who knew if they were going to come out?
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