"To who it may concern-"began Maya as she typed on her computer. Meina, fully recovered and divested of bandages, mewed happily from her wicker basket underneath the window. Maya grinned at the blue silver cat, and turned back to the computer to continue typing.
"To who it may concern," started Maya with a grin. "I am proud to announce the grand reopening of the Paranormal Investigation and Activity Website! The site was in desperate need of revamping-to better facilitate viewing of this site we had to purchase higher and faster broadband connection cables-not to mention better bandwidth."
Maya grinned and sat back away from the computer. She shut it off and got up, stretching. She turned to the two tailed cat. "C'mon, Meina, let's go make dinner!"
Maya Kitajima. Age: 18 years old. In her childhood she fell in love with Shuichii Minamino, A.K.A. Kurama. To keep her safe, he used a pollen to make her forget. She did forget until recently, when she met the nekonata demon Meina. Meina has been living with Maya for three weeks after a demon attacked Maya. What Maya doesn't realize is that demons are attracted to her new pet.
Maya laughed as she raced the demon cat down the stairs. Meina mewed happily as it raced for her cat dish.
Maya's parents are business owners, so she stays home every night since her parents work late, so they don't miss any business calls. Maya is a popular girl but doesn't have many friends.
Maya grinned as she opened a can of cat food and feed it to her. Meina mewed and began to eat her food happily.
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Koenma sighed as he waited for Botan to hurry up. He looked down at the folder on his desk. He was rather hesitant to hand this case over but it was getting out of hand...
"Yes, sir?" asked Botan as she poked her head through the door, "You called for me, sir?"
"Hmm, yes, Botan, come in." he sighed. Botan walked in and up to his desk. "Botan, I want you to take this to Yusuke-It has all he needs to complete this next assignment to him."
Botan took the folder, looking curiously at it. She looked back to Koenma. "Sir? Since Yusuke isn't the Spirit Detective, shouldn't we not-?"
"Shh!" he hushed her. "My father doesn't quite know that I'm giving Yusuke cases. Besides-it's not like I'm not paying him."
Botan raised a brow. "Are we, sir?"
"Yes, who else do you think has being doing these cases-and it's not like I would give him one if it hasn't gotten serious." he huffed. "Just give to him, Botan."
"Yes, sir!"
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Yusuke and Kuwabara sat staring at Botan who was sitting on Kuwabara's bed. The way she grinned at them gave them a sinking feeling in their stomachs.
"Well, guys, great news-" she began.
"-I've got another case for you to solve." groaned Yusuke and Kuwabara as the same time as her. She blinked before stuck her tongue out at them.
"Oh, knock it off!" she huffed and waved the folder in front of their noses. "Everything you need to know about your case is in here!"
Groaning, Yusuke reached over and snatched the manilla folder from her hands. "So what's this about anyway?" He flipped it open to see pictures clipped to some papers. The first picture showed a silver blue cat, with blue eyes, long tapering ears, and two tails. "A cat. We're not finding Koenma's lost cat are we?"
"A cat!" squeaked Kuwabara and tugged the folder from his hands. Botan huffed.
"No, it's neither Koenma's nor do you need to find it."
"So, what? Are we killing it, cause I think that's a violation to some animal rights..."
"Yusuke! It's a demon!" she snapped, "You don't have kill it anyways-just get to Spirit World. We'll take care of everything after that." Kuwabara looked up from the photo.
"Are you gonna kill it?" he asked with teary eyes. "Cause that not right! Even if it is a demon kitty..." he shuffled through the photos. "Besides, what would this girl say?"
Yusuke blinked and looked over at the other photos. Sure enough, a girl their age was holding the cat in her arms with it sleeping contentedly. "Who's the girl, Botan?"
Botan grabbed the papers from the folder and shuffled through them. "Ahh! Here it is-her name's Maya Kitajima. She's 18 years old. Three weeks ago she found that cat, and has been taking care of it."
"So what's the problem?" grumbled Yusuke.
"The problem is that the cat's being attracting demons like moths to a candle." harumphed Botan. "Miss Maya doesn't know about because the cat's been dispatching demons if they get too close. But those demons were only low-classed. Imagine if a high-class demon found it? Miss Maya is in danger as long as that cat's around."
"So we just got to capture this thing, right?" he asked, then grinned at her. "No problem, right?"
Botan nodded. "Just to tell you-Kurama and Hiei agreed to help."
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Yusuke sat at the bench in front of the tiny store, which sold the cigarettes he was smoking at the moment, and watched as Maya and her cat, Botan had said it was named Meina, as they walked down the street. Maya carried a grocery bag in one hand and was grinning down at the cat, who bounded around at her feet. The cat mewed and ran out past her master.
Kuwabara and Kurama came up behind him, Hiei was hidden somewhere, and Botan was high above them on her oar. The cat raced out to the corner of the street and stopped waiting for Maya to catch up. It mewled and danced about excitedly.
Suddenly, Meina stopped. She perked her ears up and peered over at them.
"She sees us." murmured Kurama.
"Maybe we should just grab it now-" he halted as he heard Kurama gasp lightly. Yusuke blinked and twisted about to see Kurama had turned pale and was staring at the girl who had raced up to the cat. "Something wrong, Kurama?"
"Hey! Wait up!" laughed Maya from across the road. She laughed as her cat raced back to her and jumped up to her shoulders. The cat mewed and wounded itself around her neck. Maya laughed and began to walk home. The cat twisted itself around once more and plopped it's head down on her shoulder, staring at them.
"Kurama, what the hell-" Yusuke started.
"Yusuke, do you still have that communicator with Botan?" he asked. Yusuke blinked.
"Yeah, sure, what do you-"
"Can you ask Botan to come down here? I need to speak to her." Yusuke frowned and wondered if he should just say no to get back at him. Kurama smiled apologetically, and Yusuke grumbled as he had the communicator over to him.
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Botan blinked as she flipped the communicator open to see Kurama's face on the screen. "Hi, Kurama. What can I do for you?"
"Botan, this girl who owns the cat..."
"Yes?"
"What was her name?"
Botan blinked. "Maya Kitajima." she looked at him curiously, "Why? Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing's wrong." and with that flipped off the communicator.
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Maya whistled as she chopped up vegetables, dicing fast with the kitchen knife as the carrots befell it as prey. Meina mewled happily as she ate her cat food below her not to far from the door. "Good dinner, Meina?"
"Mew!" meowed the cat. Maya laughed and placed the carrots, along with the other chopped vegetables, in a pan and began to stir-fry them.
Out in the bushes, on the far side of her backyard, Yusuke and the others sat. "Uhh...she's cooking..." grumbled Yusuke.
"What's wrong with you, Urameshi?" muttered Kuwabara.
"She's cooking...and I'm hungry. We've been staking her out all day..." he grumbled. All of them turned to look into the kitchen window where Maya was joyfully making her dinner. A collective growl rose from their stomachs and they sighed.
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"So, alright what are we going to do?" asked Yusuke. They had had to sit through watching her eat her entire dinner in front of them-to keep an eye on Meina they had had to move to some other bushes, so they saw the whole thing. Even watching Meina eating her cat food was horrible. Now, she was washing the dishes and they were still waiting for an opportunity to nab the cat.
Kurama sighed as the others sent him dark looks. Suddenly he perked up and began to rummage through his pockets.
"Something wrong, Kurama?" asked Botan peering at him.
"I-" he jabbed his hand into his coat pocket, "-have-" he yanked out his cell phone, "-an idea."
Inside the kitchen, Maya craned her head about and stared at the phone hanging above the sink. She wiped off her hands and reached for it. "Kitajima Residence, Maya speaking-oh, hi, papa!"
"Maya, I wanted to check up on you." remarked her father on the other end of the line. "Any calls?"
"No, papa, it's been silent here at the house-just me and the cat." she laughed. "And I'm fine. How's the weekend at the spa been going?"
"Oh, it's been fine." he answered. "Your mother and I have been having a fine time."
"I'm glad."
"Look, Maya, I've got to go." he hurried. "I'll call you later-your mother's calling me!"
"Oh-okay, bye, papa!" she shouted as the phone went dead.
Kurama frowned as they listened in on through the open window. Alright, he had what he needed. He gestured to Yusuke and Kuwabara to move to the house. He quickly dialed his phone and waited for Maya to pick up. He cleared his throat and Hiei and Botan looked at his curiously.
"Hi, Kitajima Residence-"
He cleared his throat and spoke. "Maya, it's me again." Botan jumped a bit when she heard the different voice come from Kurama's throat.
"How'd he do that?" she asked. Hiei snorted.
"He's a kitsune-he's a shape shifter. If he couldn't change his voice his cover would be blown no matter what." Botan glared at him.
"Papa?" she asked confused. He continued.
"Maya, I forgot to mention-the radio is saying a storm's rolling in."
Maya frowned and cast a glance at the sky-it was overcast...
"Can you make sure all the windows are shut?"
Maya smiled-leave it to her father to call about the windows. "Yes, papa-I'll get 'em in a sec."
"Thank you, Maya. Good night."
Maya blinked. "Papa!"
Kurama faltered a moment. "Yes?" Through the window he could see her pouting at the phone.
"Love you."
Hiei smirked maliciously while Botan giggled. "Well, answer her!"
"I-I love you too, Maya."
She grinned, at least this time he remembered! "Alright, papa, bye!"
"G-good bye." He flipped the phone off and glared at Hiei and Botan, Hiei for smirking and Botan who had dissolved into a fit of giggles. "You two think you're rather funny, don't you?" Botan pressed her hands to her mouth to stop for laughing louder, Hiei smirked at him.
Inside, Maya put the phone back. "C'mon, Meina." The cat looked up her and huffed. "Alright, be that way, don't go running out." The cat went her back to her nap. Maya walked away. Meina opened an eye as she watched her leave but closed it as soon as she was out of sight. She began to fall back asleep but perked an ear up. She lifted her head up, twitching her ears back and forth.
Outside, Yusuke and Kuwabara slunk to the door. With Maya distracted, now was the perfect chance to get the cat and leave.
But Meina had different plans. She had become rather fond of living here with Maya, and Spirit World be damned, this is where she was staying!
She jumped up and raced after Maya. "Mew!" she cried as she hopped upon on of Maya's shoulders.
"Eep!" yelped Maya as the cat climb her like a scratching post. She shut the window she was in front slowly then turned her head to the cat. "What's up with you, Meina? Change your mind?" The cat mewled, rubbing and winding herself against Maya's neck. "Oh, alright! You can stay here with me-just no more scratching."
Kurama glared as the cat wound herself around Maya's neck. Hiei smirked and bent closer to him. "You know, Kurama, it's not a good thing when you get jealous of a cat." Kurama glared.
As Maya finished closing the windows she headed towards the kitchen door. Kurama and Botan blanched and tried to get Yusuke and Kuwabara's attention. They peered inside to see Maya walking to the door. They yelped and turned to the only tree in the yard and raced up it. Maya stepped outside and looked up at the sky. She stood there studying it a moment before the cat began mewing at her feet. "Alright, Meina, alright. Let's go back inside." As soon as they were inside, Maya stopped and looked back out the door before turning to the cat. "I'm going to take a bath before the storm hits, okay, Meina?" The cat mewled up at her.
She grinned down at it and began to walk away. To her surprise, Meina followed. "Coming, Meina? But, you hate water..."
"Mew!"
"Alright, c'mon." she laughed and walked into the bath.
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"So, where'd she go?" asked Botan again. Maya had walked away and disappeared with the cat on her heels for the last fifteen minutes. One of the lights downstairs turned off, and the cat raced in front of the door, turned the corner and raced up the stairs. The lights flipped off and they Maya's hands close the door while saying "Oops, left the door open."
Up in the tree, Yusuke nearly jumped when Meina appeared in an open window upstairs. He elbowed Kuwabara and pointed to the cat. "Lower me down. I got an idea." Kuwabara grabbed his feet and lowered him down. Yusuke bent forward, reaching for the cat when Meina turned around and looked at him. Shit.
Maya-who had a rather relaxing bath so she had forgotten Meina's odd behavior-had just her pants on and was reaching for a shirt when Meina produced a long, low hiss. "What's up with-"
Kurama jumped up and out of the bushes when he heard Maya scream "PERVERTS!" Hiei and Botan had to fight with him to get him back in the bushes-that was before a flash red shot out of her bushes and Yusuke came tumbling down with a red bat next to him. Kuwabara jumped down out of the tree, grabbed his unconscious friend and made a run for it over, nearly flying over the fence behind them. They heard footsteps racing down the stairs inside and the three of them scrambled back in the bushes.
Maya came out-with a shirt hastily shoved on-with a flashlight in hand. She found her bat and raised it menacingly in the air as she shone the light around the backyard. Meina bounded out beside her and began to wander about. She pricked her ears up and sniffed the air, and began walking right towards their bushes. Maya followed shining her light at the bushes.
Very, very quietly Kurama and Botan leaned away while Hiei inched the other way. Maya stuck her bat into bush to separate it. They held their breathes as she looked down inside the bush-and then turned away. She flashed the flashlight about a few more times than went inside, bat in hand with cat in front of her.
Botan let out a loud sigh of relief-Maya stopped, whirled around and chucked the bat straight into the bush. Hiei had to duck very, very low to narrowly avoid get a bat impaled in his head. She walked back and wrenched the bat back out. She sighed and walked back inside, making sure to lock the door this time.
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"Hello, police?" Maya asked into a receiver. "I'd like to file a report-earlier this evening a couple of boys were peeping inside my house. ...No I didn't get a clear look at them...alright, tomorrow morning? Yes, I'll come down to the station. ...No, you don't need to send an officer over...yes, they ran off...yes, I'll be fine. Thank you, good night."
Meina looked up at her mistress as she paced her room. Maya had called up some friends and warned them that perverts were in their neighborhood.
Suddenly, Maya stopped and screamed in frustration. "UGH! Meina-those jerks saw me without a shirt! God, I hate them!"