Lost Squirrel: Look, I hate to say it, but I do need reviews. I want to make this story good! I need a lot of help!
Dragonfly: Yeah! I can't edit it all by myself!
Lost Squirrel: Shut up Dragonfly! I don't want them thinking I stink at writing that badly!
Dragonfly: you do though…
Lost Squirrel: I hate you.
Dragonfly: I love you too…
Chapter 2
The Theatre
Aiko sat on the theatre balcony. Her face was showing no expression as her mind drifted into thought.
'My final test… the one thing I am coming to fear. Wouldn't Rae laugh, if she knew that I was afraid of a challenge for the first time?" Aiko sighed. 'The greatest feat, I know the book doesn't mean hiding from my friends, but what is it? Do I even want to find out?'
The sound of steps coming forward made her stop gazing at the starry night and made her give the tiniest of smiles.
"Welcome, Yusuke. I do hope you aren't mad I made you get up late." Aiko laughed and jumped to the ground outside the theatre. "I'm just here to take over what you have no right to truly own." She had to make him believe this was just a normal gang fight.
"You mean my title? No way in hell am I going to lose it to a girl like you." Yusuke waited for the first punch. "Now come on and fight, or have you changed your mind already?"
Aiko pulled out the book, if nothing else it did have quite the array of protection and attack spells, for safety while traveling, though the one she needed right now wasn't there. 'Damn, no binding spell, then I'll have to knock him out cold.' Her mother's training was usually used for protection, but she prayed that this wouldn't be breaking the rules at all. She would try to not hurt him, but at this point that seemed a bit useless.
Yusuke grew tired of waiting and pulled the first punch at Aiko. She wasn't very good at the physical fighting with people this fast, so she did the only thing she knew to do, block with the book. When Yusuke's fist connected with the book's cover his hand got covered in an electric red energy and started to burn.
"AAAHHH!" Yusuke pulled his hand back. The steam was still present on his knuckles. "I'm guessing that you aren't entirely human, are you?"
"No, I am completely human, like you, but I just have something I need to do before I can leave you alone." Aiko jumped and held the book in the air. "Spirit protection!" The air around her formed into a ball. "Yusuke, I suggest you save your spirit gun, this ball guards against spirit energy of any kind. Even yours."
"Yeah, but it still can't block against my fist." Yusuke lunged at the ball and hit Aiko strait in the stomach. With her guard being only on the spiritual level, the attack spells were her only hope of completing her task. Aiko flew up into the air with her ball of protection again. This time taking time to find the best time to strike him with all she had.
"Care to try that again?" Aiko gritted her teeth. This wasn't going to be easy, but it had to be done, even if all her energy could do was knock some of the wind out of him it would be enough.
"Didn't know you were so taken with getting beat on." Yusuke jumped up again and when he flew at her the second time instead of meeting with a solid punch he got a face full of explosives. Those were only meant to cloud his vision and lungs. That was until he heard it.
"Fire Rage!" Aiko pushed all of her energy into this blast, knowing that it would only take him down for a few minutes, but that was all she needed. Yusuke fell to the ground with a thud. "Please, don't take this too badly; I need to finish the game." Aiko placed the music on his back and laid a bird sticker that only Rae would be able to remove. Before she left, Aiko turned to Yusuke and prayed to her mother. "Please, forgive me."
"Damn girl, must have tagged me with these stupid papers before I woke! I was only out for a second!" Yusuke was yelling at the sky when the group walked up to him. It appeared that he was trying to rip off the papers that were stuck to him, but the only thing he was accomplishing was ripping his shirt. The sound of steps could be heard. "Hey, Hiei. What are you doing here?"
"Your job, apparently." Hiei walked to Yusuke. "Can't Koenma watch who comes into this world and take care of it before it bothers me?"
"Hiei, Don't be angry at Yusuke, he has nothing to do with this." Kurama came from underneath one of the many tree's shadows surrounding the theatre's entrance. He motioned for Rae and John to come out as well. They looked a bit tattered from having to follow Kurama through the woods, the road was open, but Kurama didn't want to leave them to any open attack.
"Yusuke? Is that really you?" Rae stepped forward and looked at him, making a small circle around him. "You're real? I don't care how many people I meet here, it's still strange to see that you guys are real!" Rae reached out and touched Yusuke's shoulder. The papers that had been bonded toYusukefell off and floated to the ground.
"Ah! I didn't do it!" Rae jumped back. While John just stepped up to grab the papers.
"It seems we just missed her." John sighed and looked down, this was getting to be tiresome for him and if he didn't get some sleep soon, Rae would have to drag his butt to the nearest tree.
"Her? Could someone explain what the hell is happening?" Yusuke stared at Rae and John, "Who are they?"
Kurama thought it best if they contacted Koenma. Kurama and John took turns telling Yusuke what was happening on the way to spirit world. It took a while, but he finally got the picture, though not completely.
"So, Aiko is the enemy? What does she want?" Yusuke looked at Rae questioningly.
"No! Aiko is really a good person; she would never do anything too dangerous no matter how bad this sounds it has a point! As for what she wants, well…We don't know." Rae looked at Yusuke. "Please don't hate her, she isn't a bad person!"
Yusuke just sat silent for a moment and nodded, "Right, I don't hate her, I just want you to know that if she is dangerous I will have to fight her."
John leaned over to Rae. "So, I am guessing that right now isn't the time to crack the 'Danger to Society' joke about her?"
Rae laughed and hugged John. "Just promise to keep the insanity jokes to a low around him."
Yusuke rolled his eyes at the affection those two were showing toward one another. "Could you be any more affectionate?"
"Only if you want us to be!" Rae laughed and kissed John on the cheek, making Yusuke gag.
end chapter 2
Lost Squirrel: I know, it's short, but I wanted to get it out while I had the chance!
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