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Guide

Announcment

Chapter 3

At five that afternoon Kurama, Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuwabara walked into a field behind Ikami High School. Various stands were set up throughout the field. A young girl with purple hair and eyes ran up to the group.

"Stop!" she ordered. "I'm going to need to see an invitation."

"Megumi," Kurama said, "they're with me."

"Oh! I didn't see you there, Kurama. I didn't mean to be rude," Megumi apologized. "We just can't allow humans to come prancing in here."

"We understand." Kurama answered.

"We do?" Kuwabara asked.

"This Ikami High is a school for the 'gifted'." the purple haired girl explained. "I'm sure you can figure out what they mean by 'gifted'."

"Right, a school of demons, brilliant." Yusuke muttered.

Megumi ignored him. "Kurama, be sure to buy some of the softball team's cookies, we're trying to get enough money to go outside the school to get our uniforms."

"Why?" Yusuke asked.

"Because otherwise we have to get our names put on them."

"They didn't let you put that stuff on them this year?" Kurama asked, appalled.

"No, so I was stuck with 'Megumi' on my jersey. We had wanted to get our nicknames put on our jerseys this year," Megumi explained to Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Hiei. "Sensei, Bitch, Punk, All-Star, Angel, Turkey, Squirrel, Trickster, Demoness, and Satan Spawn." She smiled. "I guess that's why the school wouldn't let us get them."

"Bitch, Turkey, Squirrel, and Satan Spawn. Gee, why wouldn't you be allowed to get those?" Yusuke asked sarcastically.

"Whatever. You're just another SDI. I don't care what you think." Megumi growled. "Catch ya later Kurama!"

Kurama shook his head as he led the others through the maze of stands. People shouted greetings to him and occasionally he stopped to talk to them. As they reached the end of one of the rows they saw a group of boys in baseball jerseys. One boy threw a baseball and a mocking voice called:

"Please! You couldn't hit water if you fell out of a boat!"

They pushed their way through the group and saw Risty sitting in a dunk tank in a black tankini swinging her feet and yelling insults at the baseball team. The boy threw another five on the table and was handed three balls by a guy dressed in black pants, black army boots, and a black shirt and cloak with short, spiked, black hair and black eyes.

The first two balls missed and Risty laughed at him. "Now I know why your team sucked this year." she called. "Your pitcher can't throw a ball to save his life!"

The third ball hit the target and the girl fell into the tank with a short 'meep'.

"That's better!" she yelled flipping a few wet strands of hair out of her face and pulling herself back onto the platform.

The baseball team walked away laughing and Rogue and the guy in black began counting money.

"I got thirty," Rogue announced." How 'bout you Dante?"

"Twenty. So we got fifty dollars (A/N I'm not sure what dollars converts to in yen so I shall be using American money, please forgive me. :-( )from the baseball team alone. Sweet."

"Hey Kurama!" Risty yelled, climbing out of the tank. "Are your clothes dry-clean-only?"

"No."

"Good. Rogue go get the girls' softball team. I've got an idea."

"Right." Rogue saluted and ran down the path between the stands.

"Dante, give me a hand here."

Risty grabbed one of Kurama's arms and Dante grabbed the other one and they dragged him towards the dunk tank. Yusuke stormed towards them angrily.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Kurry-chan here is just making his contribution to the band." Risty explained, then she turned and talked to Kurama. "Look at it this way, as our manager you're in charge of expenses, and we can't keep paying everything out-of-pocket. So just sit there and let a bunch of girls dunk you in a tank of water and it'll save us about a hundred dollars in the long run."

Kurama rolled his eyes but kept quiet.

Risty grabbed a black sarong from the back of a chair and tied it around her waist. It hung to her ankles and swayed slightly in the breeze. She walked barefoot over to the other Spirit Detectives.

"Would any of you like to be the first to dunk Kurama?" she asked sweetly.

"Sure." Kuwabara said, stepping forward. "I, the great Kazuma Kuwabara will..."

"Shut up already, please." Risty begged. "People only call you the 'Spirit Detective idiots' because they don't know any better. Please try to not prove them right."

Kuwabara handed Dante a five and dunked Kurama one out of three tries. Yusuke laughed at him, but only managed to sink Kurama twice. Hiei refused to try.

A few minutes later Rogue came running up with the softball team following behind her. "Found 'em." she panted.

"Oh goody, for some reason I've always imagined getting to dunk Kurama in a pool of water." A girl with light brown hair and cat ears purred.

"That's actually a little disturbing." The girl with blue, leathery wings standing beside her muttered.

"Quiet please." Megumi snapped. "Would our pitcher like to go first?"

"Sure." Risty shrugged and pulled money from a pair of jeans laying across her chair. She sunk Kurama all three times. "You're next." she said, tossing three balls to the cat-eared girl.

"Kit, you know you really don't want to do this." Kurama pleaded.

"Oh, but I really do." Kitten responded, dunking him three times in a row. "Ryu?"

The girl with blue dragon wings sunk Kurama two of her three throws. "Shit. Here Kina, you try."

A girl with white hair and eyes dressed in white stepped forward and only managed to dunk Kurama once. "Kanke!" she swore. (damned bastard) "You try Sensei, this is why I'm the DH."

A green haired girl gently patted Kina's hand. "You're a very good hitter, Kina, you just need a little more practice throwing."

"Oh, because you have such wonderful aim." Kurama muttered. "I didn't mean that!" he immediately apologized, "I really didn't!"

The first two throws dunked him, but the third missed. The girl ran up and pushed the target instead.

Megumi was the last person to throw and Kurama was dunked three more times. "SDI." she muttered at him.

Attention! The fireworks will begin in fifteen minutes! Please close down you stands and collect your money! We ask that you not move while the lights are off! Thank you!

"Fifteen minutes!" Risty yelled. "Have we been here that long?"

Kurama climbed out of the tank and was handed a towel.

"What's the big deal?" Yusuke asked. "They're just fireworks."

"And we only have five minutes after the fireworks before we go on!" Risty yelled at him. "We have to get ready, close down, collect our stuff and get good seats in fifteen minutes!"

"Chill." Dante told her. "You go get changed, we'll clean up here, and we'll meet you by our usual spot with Kurama and the morons. And Hiei."

"Hey!" Kuwabara yelled. "Why's the shrimp get special treatment?"

"Cause the dude wears black. He's obviously got good taste, therefore not making him a moron. Really man."

Hiei smirked at Kuwabara.