I can't believe I agreed to this…
The place was crowded with thousands of people who were hoping to see someone's head get chopped off, and were willing to pay any price to see it. You could see betting pools being placed, and then you walk out of the stable, leaving Mizu, your horse, and Hotaru in the stable.
"Hey wait for me! "
Hotaru yells, running after you. You sigh and stop. She catches up, out of breath. "You walk…fast…for a…-"
"Don't say it!"
You say starting to walk again.
" What? I was going to say for a Sky Demon!"
"Hn…."
You say still walking. She sighs and rushes to catch up. You push through the crowd to the sign up place.
" I'm the representative from the village of Mizuho."
A hush falls over the crowd. Hotaru looks around nervously.
"It doesn't look like they believe us…." You are ignoring everyone else but the ogre who is simply staring.
"You? You are a girl. There is no way that you would be the representative that they would send. "
He laughs.
"Really?" You answer, in a terrifyingly level voice. "Would you like to see my skill, and then perhaps you'll believe me. "
He gets scared. "N-n-n-no…Of course n-n-n-n-not…what's your name, m-m-m-m-mama" He manages to stutter out.
"That's better…the name is Rai Kazemaru."
He hastily writes it down and then hands you a key. "Your r-r-r-room is right of the training ground, as requested."
"Hn…" You storm off.
"Thank you, mister!" Hotaru says before running off to follow you. The ogre recovers and picks up the phone. "Get me a direct line to Koenma. The Representative he asked for from Mizuho has arrived."
You arrive at the room, and Hotaru is giving you a lecture. "How dare you be so mean to that poor ogre! He was so scared he turned blue!"
"Uh Hotaru…I think his skin was naturally blue…"
"Oh…Well still, you were very rude and- "
"Hotaru give it a rest! I had to, or he wouldn't have believed us! And besides! I use that tone with you all the time…"
"Yes, but these people don't know you like I do." She points out.
"Hn."
She shakes her head and lies down on her bed. "You have to work on your social skills, Rai…" She says before dozing off.
And she says I am the one who takes constant catnaps… You lean out the window and begin wondering what your dad was like. What blood did you inherit from him? Sore refuses to tell you whenever you ask. You sigh. You'd probably never find out. You realize that you are kinda tired and lay down, you are asleep in minutes.
In the Prince's office "Remember I told you I was holding this tournament to
find you guys a new teammate?" Says Koenma, Prince of the Spirit world. The 4 boys in front of him nod. " Two things, First off, Hiei will be the final opponent for the person who makes it that far, and second, there is one particular participant that I would like to see make it to the finals. The representative from Mizuho. The elders sent me a notice saying that the person they sent may be tempted to drop out, as they didn't want to come in the first place. So your job is to make it so they want to make it to the finals. Understand?" The boys nod again.
"Good, now she-"
"Whoa! Koenma, back up! A girl?"
"Yes, Yusuke, a girl. I've been going over her credentials in my database, and it seems that she is more qualified for this job then you are."
" I don't think that a girl can handle what we go up against."
"This one might. She scared the crap out of George in one sentence. I'm the only person he's ever been scared of, with the exception of Hiei."
"Hn." "We'll see what this girl can do. I was a little surprised myself, but when I found out she was Sore's daughter, I looked up everything I could find on her. Now…Here is all the info we have on her…"