Winds of Thyme
By Sakura Takanouchi
~*~ Winds of Thyme Chapter Fifteen: Shock! The face beneath the Mask Revealed ~*~
Disclaimer: I own nothing! On a scale of one to ten, I guess that disclaimer sucked, huh? I'll think of something... *thinks*
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Three Hours Later
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*Still thinking* *actually asleep*
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Fifteen Hours Later
*Wakes up* gahh! Where am I? ...hehehe... oh yeah! *still thinking*
~*~ In Reikai ~*~
"Okay, guys, I'm sorry, but I can't hold off your missions any longer," Kornma told the tantei after months of sitting in front of Koenma's TV.
"I just don't get it," Yusuke said. "It's like the guy had inside information, and he knew when we skipped our missions."
"Well, your mission today is to capture this guy," Koenma pressed a button on the remote, and a guy's face popped up on the screen. "This is Waseda Yuji, a low-class demon who used trickery to gain favor and is now trying to seize power in the Makai. You must capture him and bring him back here. Also," he now pushed another button, and Rando's face popped up onto the screen.
"Rando!" Yusuke said. "What does he have to do with this?"
"Hey, I remember him!" Kuwabara said happily, and then shuddered. "Yea, now I remember..."
"Well, recently he escaped from Reikai custody," Koenma told them.
"You're kidding... so we have to go catch him again?" Yusuke said, aggravated.
"No, you don't," Koenma replied. "At a park in Tokyo, Rando's dead body was found. I had Botan bring it to me, but someone did kill him."
"That person must have been really strong," Yusuke muttered. Kurama smiled quietly to himself, for he knew who had really killed Rando. "Hey, why are you so happy?" Yusuke asked.
"Oh, nothing," Kurama replied.
Yusuke shrugged, and said, "Well, Koenma, just tell us when we're going and we'll go."
"That's great!" Koenma yelled. "Like you have any choice in the matter anyway..." He thought for about five seconds. "You're going now!"
Yusuke and Kuwabara striked an 'ack' pose, while Hiei remained unfazed, and Kurama started walking out of the room towards wherever Waseda Yuji was.
~*~ Wherever Waseda Yuji is (Actually an underground fortress in the middle of a forest) ~*~
Kurama and Hiei arrived there first, but Yusuke and Kuwabara soon followed them. Kurama looked around in confusion. "I wonder where Waseda is hiding," Kurama spoke. Then, they heard noises that sounded like fighting. They quickly ran towards the sounds.
The masked fighter was there, beating up several demons who appeared to be guards. They did put up a fight, and it looked like he had been there for a while. He then realized the tantei were there. He punched the closest demon, sending him sailing back towards Yusuke's feet.
Then the masked fighter ran away from them. "Stop!" Kurama called. The guy hesitated, but kept on running. That was a mistake, for it allowed Hiei enough time to cut him off. He dodged all of Hiei's attacks, and then leapt onto a tree branch, where he threw several shuriken at Hiei and the tantei. Of course, only Yusuke and Kuwabara got hit.
Hiei swung his katana again, but he blocked the attack by holding two shuriken. He then threw them down onto the tree limb they were standing on, then jumped off just in time. Hiei realized this as he was falling, and jumped up within reach of the masked fighter. He swung at his mask (gently) and it fell off, revealing a face which two of them knew.
"Sakura?" Hiei and Kurama asked as she lost her balance from Hiei's attack and fell out of the tree and onto the ground. She tried to stand, but fell back down. Kurama ran to her and picked her up. "K...Kurama..." She said, but was very weak at the time. Her face had a lot of bruises, and was bleeding as well. She then fainted. Hiei jumped down from the tree as Kurama walked back to the two gawking members of the tantei.
"It seems our masked fighter is a girl," Hiei commented as Yusuke and Kuwabara were at loss for words.
"It also seems that she is an acquaintance of mine," Kurama said, looking at her.
"I... I KNEW IT!" Kuwabara yelled, and then he proceeded to do a victory pose.
"You knew what?" Kurama asked.
"I knew all along the masked fighter was a girl, but no, Urameshi just wouldn't believe me... YOU OWE ME TWO HUNDRED YEN!" Kuwabara then started poking Yusuke. "Hand it over!"
Yusuke forked over the money, and then there was a minute or so of silence. "What are we going to do with her now?" Kuwabara asked.
"I'll take her to Reikai," Kurama offered. "You three can finish the mission."
They all agreed to that, and Kurama went to Rekiai while Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei finished the mission.
~*~ At Reikai ~*~
"In the name of all that is holy and good, what is that!" Koenma screeched in the middle of his Jazzercise when Kurama came in to his room, still carrying an unconscious Sakura.
"That's who, not what," Kurama stated, "And her name is Takanouchi Sakura. She's the mysterious masked fighter that we've been searching for."
"Oh, that," Koenma said, sounding like he'd just remembered. "Well, go tell Botan to give her a place to stay so she can heal."
Kurama nodded and backed out of the room. He found Botan several minutes later and explained to her about Sakura. "Oh my, she looks like she's in bad shape. She can use this room over there." Botan pointed to a spare room.
Kurama set Sakura down on the bed that was in the small but cozy room. He then shut the door and went back to Koenma's office to see how the rest of the tantei were doing without him.
Kuwabara and Yusuke were arguing because Yusuke had given him arcade tokens instead of real money, and Hiei had already captured Waseda, tied him to a tree with several yards of rope (where he got it, I don't know), and had disappeared.
"Oy..." Koenma said, staring at the screen. Kurama left to go back to Ningenkai, and after he had left, Koenma went back to his Jazzercise.
~A/N~
I don't really have a wise-sounding comment to end this chapter with. So... Um... Well... May the force be with you! Bye!
Sakura Takanouchi
Winds of Thyme
By Sakura Takanouchi
~*~ Winds of Thyme Chapter Fifteen: Shock! The face beneath the Mask Revealed ~*~
Disclaimer: I own nothing! On a scale of one to ten, I guess that disclaimer sucked, huh? I'll think of something... *thinks*
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Three Hours Later
...
*Still thinking* *actually asleep*
...
Fifteen Hours Later
*Wakes up* gahh! Where am I? ...hehehe... oh yeah! *still thinking*
~*~ In Reikai ~*~
"Okay, guys, I'm sorry, but I can't hold off your missions any longer," Kornma told the tantei after months of sitting in front of Koenma's TV.
"I just don't get it," Yusuke said. "It's like the guy had inside information, and he knew when we skipped our missions."
"Well, your mission today is to capture this guy," Koenma pressed a button on the remote, and a guy's face popped up on the screen. "This is Waseda Yuji, a low-class demon who used trickery to gain favor and is now trying to seize power in the Makai. You must capture him and bring him back here. Also," he now pushed another button, and Rando's face popped up onto the screen.
"Rando!" Yusuke said. "What does he have to do with this?"
"Hey, I remember him!" Kuwabara said happily, and then shuddered. "Yea, now I remember..."
"Well, recently he escaped from Reikai custody," Koenma told them.
"You're kidding... so we have to go catch him again?" Yusuke said, aggravated.
"No, you don't," Koenma replied. "At a park in Tokyo, Rando's dead body was found. I had Botan bring it to me, but someone did kill him."
"That person must have been really strong," Yusuke muttered. Kurama smiled quietly to himself, for he knew who had really killed Rando. "Hey, why are you so happy?" Yusuke asked.
"Oh, nothing," Kurama replied.
Yusuke shrugged, and said, "Well, Koenma, just tell us when we're going and we'll go."
"That's great!" Koenma yelled. "Like you have any choice in the matter anyway..." He thought for about five seconds. "You're going now!"
Yusuke and Kuwabara striked an 'ack' pose, while Hiei remained unfazed, and Kurama started walking out of the room towards wherever Waseda Yuji was.
~*~ Wherever Waseda Yuji is (Actually an underground fortress in the middle of a forest) ~*~
Kurama and Hiei arrived there first, but Yusuke and Kuwabara soon followed them. Kurama looked around in confusion. "I wonder where Waseda is hiding," Kurama spoke. Then, they heard noises that sounded like fighting. They quickly ran towards the sounds.
The masked fighter was there, beating up several demons who appeared to be guards. They did put up a fight, and it looked like he had been there for a while. He then realized the tantei were there. He punched the closest demon, sending him sailing back towards Yusuke's feet.
Then the masked fighter ran away from them. "Stop!" Kurama called. The guy hesitated, but kept on running. That was a mistake, for it allowed Hiei enough time to cut him off. He dodged all of Hiei's attacks, and then leapt onto a tree branch, where he threw several shuriken at Hiei and the tantei. Of course, only Yusuke and Kuwabara got hit.
Hiei swung his katana again, but he blocked the attack by holding two shuriken. He then threw them down onto the tree limb they were standing on, then jumped off just in time. Hiei realized this as he was falling, and jumped up within reach of the masked fighter. He swung at his mask (gently) and it fell off, revealing a face which two of them knew.
"Sakura?" Hiei and Kurama asked as she lost her balance from Hiei's attack and fell out of the tree and onto the ground. She tried to stand, but fell back down. Kurama ran to her and picked her up. "K...Kurama..." She said, but was very weak at the time. Her face had a lot of bruises, and was bleeding as well. She then fainted. Hiei jumped down from the tree as Kurama walked back to the two gawking members of the tantei.
"It seems our masked fighter is a girl," Hiei commented as Yusuke and Kuwabara were at loss for words.
"It also seems that she is an acquaintance of mine," Kurama said, looking at her.
"I... I KNEW IT!" Kuwabara yelled, and then he proceeded to do a victory pose.
"You knew what?" Kurama asked.
"I knew all along the masked fighter was a girl, but no, Urameshi just wouldn't believe me... YOU OWE ME TWO HUNDRED YEN!" Kuwabara then started poking Yusuke. "Hand it over!"
Yusuke forked over the money, and then there was a minute or so of silence. "What are we going to do with her now?" Kuwabara asked.
"I'll take her to Reikai," Kurama offered. "You three can finish the mission."
They all agreed to that, and Kurama went to Rekiai while Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei finished the mission.
~*~ At Reikai ~*~
"In the name of all that is holy and good, what is that!" Koenma screeched in the middle of his Jazzercise when Kurama came in to his room, still carrying an unconscious Sakura.
"That's who, not what," Kurama stated, "And her name is Takanouchi Sakura. She's the mysterious masked fighter that we've been searching for."
"Oh, that," Koenma said, sounding like he'd just remembered. "Well, go tell Botan to give her a place to stay so she can heal."
Kurama nodded and backed out of the room. He found Botan several minutes later and explained to her about Sakura. "Oh my, she looks like she's in bad shape. She can use this room over there." Botan pointed to a spare room.
Kurama set Sakura down on the bed that was in the small but cozy room. He then shut the door and went back to Koenma's office to see how the rest of the tantei were doing without him.
Kuwabara and Yusuke were arguing because Yusuke had given him arcade tokens instead of real money, and Hiei had already captured Waseda, tied him to a tree with several yards of rope (where he got it, I don't know), and had disappeared.
"Oy..." Koenma said, staring at the screen. Kurama left to go back to Ningenkai, and after he had left, Koenma went back to his Jazzercise.
~A/N~
I don't really have a wise-sounding comment to end this chapter with. So... Um... Well... May the force be with you! Bye!
Sakura Takanouchi