Yet another chapter. This one is full of humor. It might be slightly confusing at points but all will be explained in due time.
ENJOY!
"How come you never told me you were really Sakura or the guardian of the Satsu Jinsei? How come Zuki and Kinton (1) never told me? Why am I always left in the dark?" Koenma whinned.
The Reikai Tantei and Sakura watched this with smirks on their faces. Koenma stood on his desk pacing and flailing his arms around.
"Koenma please, will you...SHUT UP!" Sakura screamed, making the toddler king fall over in suprise.
She leaned back in her chair and put her feet up on his desk. Dirt from her boots fell onto the papers that were scattered on the desktop.
"You idiot! You're getting it everywhere!" He walked over to her and began kicking her boots with his small feet. "OFF! OFF! OFF!"
She laughed at his feeble attempt to make her obey him. Standing up, she took Koenma by the ear and pulled him into his chair.
"Silly baby. Be a good boy and stay in your chair. Remember to play nice wittle Koenma." She pinched his cheek and, to annoy him, made baby sounds.
"STOP IT NOW SAKURA!" He screamed, batting her hands away.
"Does the baby need a diaper changing?"
"Just sit down."
"Whatever." She took her seat with a large smirk on her face.
Yusuke and Kazuma were rolling on the floor, laughing, while Kurama and Shuichi tried to restrain themselves but were failing terribly. Hiei's eyes held amusement but his face remained as stoic as ever.
"Now, Sakura." Koenma pulled a piece of paper out of a file and drew a pen from his drawer. "I need some information about you to keep in the records."
"Ok."
"Name?"
She smirked
"Urameshi Yusuke."
"Name?" Koenma asked again.
"Jaganshi Hiei."
"NAME?" he bagan to grow impatient.
"Sukuii Youko Sakura."
"Age?"
"Hmmm...last I checked...lets see...499 years.(2)"
"Damn she's old."
"Shut up Yusuke."
"Sex?"
"No thank you."
"Sakura?" the toddler king growled.
"Hehe...female...just like my ani-kun."
"Hey?"
"Love ya Kurama."
"Parents?"
"None."
"Names?"
"Mother, Youko Utsukushii. Father, none of your concern."
Koenma sighed.
"You're impossible."
"I know."
"Siblings?"
"Youko Kurama, half brother through mother. Sukuii Ashi, half sister through father."
"Demon type?"
"Not for you to know."
He glared up at her and she returned it.
"Demon type?"
"Fine. Kitsune thorugh mother."
"And your father?"
"Now, if I were to tell you that, i'd give him away."
"I give up!"
Sakura looked down at the furious demi-god.
"Are we done?"
"Yes."
"Okay."
She stood up and walked out the door. The others turned to face each other.
"This has turned out to be a very interesting day." Kurama said.
"Indeed." agreeded Shuichi.
The door of Koenma's office opened and Aishati Sakuso, the old man they rescued a year ago, entered.
"Koenma?"
"Yes?"
"There is something you must know."
Koenma's attention perked.
"What is it?"
"The Satsu Shibou is in danger."
"What's the Satsu Shibou?" asked Kazuma.
"The Satsu Shibou, also known as the Temple of Death, the brother temple of the Temple of Life, is located in Makai. They are part of a union called the Trinity. The Trinity consists of life, death, and destiny. Each one has it's own temple."
"So," inquired Shuichi. "If the Temple of Life is in Ningenkai and the Temple of Death is in Makai, then the Temple of Destiny is in Reikai?"
"No. Reikai is it's own. It has no affiliation with the Trinity except helping to support it." the toddler king stated.
"Then where is it?" questioned Yusuke.
"You mean where was it. The Satsu Shukumei was located in Meikai."
"Interesting. I was wondering...Sakura says that she is guardian of the Satsu Jinsei...who are the guardians of the other temples?" Kurama asked.
"Sakura told me not to disclose that information with anyone except herself and Tenshi Shiro. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some business to attend to."
He turned around and walked out the door.
With Sakura
Sakura enterd her apartment and found Shiro sitting on the couch watching a movie. The angel didn't notice her friend enter so Sakura toook this as an opportunity to scare her. She snuck up behind and drew in a breath.
"BOO!"
Shiro jumped up, making popcorn go everywhere, and landed hard on the floor.
"Sakura? Don't do that. You almost make me have a heart attack."
"Sorry Tenshi. I could not help myself. By the way, you better pick this stuff up."
"I know. Besides, i've been keeping this place up for you. What took you so long anyways? You were suppose to be restored 5 minutes after Hina died."
"I was but I kind of got hung up."
Both of them sat on the couch.
"Why? What happened?"
"Well...I underwent my transformation, and believe me when I say it was painful. Zyjion went through his too. When it was finished, I was so exhausted that I passed out. When I came to, I was in a cell, chained, and had energy restaints on. I managed to escape 6 months later and sought refuge at Ashi's house. About 2 weeks after, I went to the temple and that is when the others found me."
"Wow. No wonder."
Sakura turned and looked out the balcony door.
"Sakuso."
Her friend faced her.
"What about him?"
"He told everyone about the Trinity."
"Why?"
"The Satsu Shibou is in danger...well...at least the artifacts inside are."
"You mean the Chikara's?"
"Yes. Koenma will probably send the others to go them, but they do not know the rules of the temple. If they go, they will be killed."
"You must tell them."
"No. They will ask me to join them on the mission. I will agree and then tell them what Sakuso did not."
"What is that?"
"That I am the guardian of the Trinity."
"Will you tell them more then that?"
"Not now. In due time, possibly, but they need not know all about my past. It is, after all, a dark tale. They might not want to be friends with me after all. I mean...would they honestly want a friend like me?"
"I do."
Sakura smiled at the angel.
"I know...we have been, over many lifetimes, friends. How many years is it now?"
"Ummm...almost 2.5 million. (3)"
"...Damn, we are old."
Notes:
1. Zuki and Kinton were Hina's parents and Sakura's allies.
2. Sakura is 499 years old. This part is confusing.
Sakura died when she was 498 years. She was reborn as her friends (see note one) child and was given the name Hinagiku in order
to protect herself from those that wanted her dead in the Makai. When Hina died, Sakura's demon soul surfaced (Hina was human so it
was like there were two souls, as in the case with Kurama and Shuichi). She kept Hina's body but, because of her soul, it turned into
a demon body. (With me so far?) Since Sakura was brought back, she resumed her original age.
3. Shiro has the same curse that Zyjion and Sakura have. When she dies, she's reborn. Due to this, they have been friends for a real long
time. Mind you...humans came around 2.2 years ago and, in this story, demons did as well. So how were they friends 300,000 years
before demons and humans even came around? All will be explained...in a later chapter.
Hope you aren't to confused!
-UtsukushiiCho
